Posted on Sunday, 15th August 2010 by 2M
Morton sends his review of the independent film Get Low:
I was expecting a good to very good movie based on the reviews. I thought my parents would relate and like it. They did, but for me it was much better than I expected.
Each member of the ensemble was perfectly cast and the acting, story, filming, music was exceptional.
Do yourself a favor, go see it. If you are a curmudgeon or reclusive you will like it even better!
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Posted on Friday, 13th August 2010 by 2M
Dan Silverman was interviewed in the August 2010 issue of New Orleans Living Magazine about The New Orleans Women’s Shelter (NOWS). The interview focuses on his organization and the struggle of the poor to survive post Katrina.
We’ve been broken, and it’s going to take a long time to fix what was probably already broken before the storm.
New Orleans is still struggling to overcome the affect of the storm. If you can help NOWS, visit their support page.
Link: Shelter After the Storm
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Posted on Tuesday, 10th August 2010 by 2M
StyleSubstanceSoul has posted an exclusive interview with Sue Cohn Rockefeller, the documentary filmmaker behind Making the Crooked Straight. In the interview she discusses her start as a filmmaker and how she became involved with Dr. Hodes.
I wanted people to see that one person can make a difference and that, in the overwhelmingness of the huge problems we hear about every day, we can take small steps that make all the difference, from helping an elderly neighbor with groceries, helping a person cross a busy city street, tutoring a student or sibling and just be reminded of gentle acts of kindness that we can do in our daily lives and be inspired to do them through the remarkable work of one man.
It is an interesting interview that focuses on how one person can make big changes in the world.
Link: Woman to Woman: Our Exclusive Interview with Filmmaker Sue Cohn Rockefeller
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Posted on Thursday, 15th July 2010 by 2M
An article published in the journal Cell has brought a lot of attention to a compound known as P7C3. This compound encourages neurons to grow in the brain, leading researchers to speculate that this might lead to new directions for Alzheimer’s research.
Click here to hear an interview from NPR’s ScienceFriday with one of the researchers, Dr. Steven McKnight.
UT Southwestern licensed P7C3 to 2M BioTech, one of Morton’s business interests, to determine its potential for commercial development.
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Posted on Wednesday, 7th July 2010 by 2M
Recently, Coach John Carter was interviewed by Dave Copps about the Turner Twelve. This is a great background on an organization The David Nathan Meyerson Foundation is proud to support.
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Posted on Friday, 11th June 2010 by 2M
Click Here for more pictures of the award-winning design.
Hocker Design Group. has received a 2010 ASLA Honor Award for the landscape design of Morton’s home, The PowerHouse.
The design jury at the American Society of Landscape Architects had this to say about the design:
This is art! Compelling and monumental. Its layers of industrial use that define the site are remnants the design pulls together. It celebrates its past use.
To read more about the awards and see some pictures of the design, head over to the PowerHouse page on the ASLA Award Site.
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Posted on Monday, 17th May 2010 by 2M
Mort sends a short, but effective, review of Babies:
If you haven’t seen the documentary Babies, go. It is super sweet and educational.
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Posted on Saturday, 8th May 2010 by 2M
The David Nathan Meyerson Foundation has been a long time supporter of Dr. Hodes work in Ethiopia. If you would like to donate money to help Dr. Hodes, please visit the JDC’s website.
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Posted on Saturday, 8th May 2010 by 2M
Morton submits this review of the independent film The Real Dirt on Farmer John:
I was given this documentary by Andy Grant the organic farmer in Ft. Collins who befriended me, David Meltzer and Michael while we were in Ft. Collins.
He gave it to me a long time ago and I just saw it.
I am going to get more copies and hope/wish/strongly urge you to see this with your families. Children will understand it and I think it is accurate, funny, sad, wildly human about what has happened to family farms in the USA over time AND where they are now headed with organics, CSA and biodynamic farming.
This is very important to the USA, to our family and anyone vaguely interested in the future value system of food in the USA.
Morton
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Posted on Saturday, 1st May 2010 by 2M
WFAA’s special on Jaap van Zweden, Morton, The Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and The Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center The Man and the Music, is embedded below. Morton enjoyed the special and wanted everyone who may have missed it to be able to view it.
The special includes Gary Cogill, WFAA’s Arts and Entertainment reporter, interviewing Morton and Jaap about the Dallas Symphony and the Symphony Center. At one point, Cogill asks Jaap if there is anything he would change about the hall. Jaap quickly responds “no!, nothing.” Morton talks about how a great concert hall is for everyone, saying, “this isn’t an elitist place, classical music was and is a music of the people, and that’s what’s needed in Dallas, and I think that we’ve fulfilled our mission in trying to bring that there. We must continue to educate our children and give access to those people that can’t afford it, or we will just be another elite organization that doesn’t make any sense.”
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Part two is embedded below:
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