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Mann's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, CA
"In Loving Memory
Of my Grandfather/Father
Theodore (Ted) Mann (1916-2001)
Mann Theatres
450 Theatres Nationwide
With love,
Johnny Brenden"
Johnny Brenden: Philanthropist
Johnny Brenden learned at a young age from his grandfather, Ted Mann, the importance of giving back to the community. Community service and contributing to the community remain his personal and corporate priorities.
In addition to Ted Mann's business ventures, Mann had a philanthropic spirit, creating the Ted Mann Foundation, which contributed to a variety of charities. Mann helped found the Boys Club of Minneapolis and the Landmark West School for youngsters with dyslexia. In 1993, he made substantial contributions to construct the Ted Mann Concert Hall at the University of Minnesota.
Other contributions and organizations he supported included Mount Olivet Lutheran Church of Minnesota for work with mentally challenged adults and youth, UCLA's resource center for women with breast cancer, Pepperdine University, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Variety International and other educational organizations.
Upon Mann's passing in 2001, the Ted Mann Foundation was distributed among his two daughters and four grandchildren who continue the Mann family tradition of making a positive difference.
The ongoing mission of the Ted and Roberta Mann Foundation is to keep alive the legacy established by Ted Mann. Run by Mann's eldest daughter, Roberta and her two children, Johnny and Blythe Brenden, the Ted and Roberta Mann Foundation continues to make a difference by supporting numerous Arts, Education, Health, Social Service and Religious organizations worldwide with special emphasis in Minnesota and Southern Nevada and California.
Through the efforts of his family's foundation and his company, the Brenden Theatre Corporation, Johnny Brenden has supported numerous charitable organizations primarily in the communities where his theatres are located in Northern California and Southern Nevada.
Although Johnny doesn't have any children personally, children's organizations are especially important causes he supports. Charities supported include Variety - The Children's Charity of Southern Nevada, Candlelighters for Childhood Cancer of Southern Nevada, Boys & Girls Clubs of Las Vegas, Nevada Partnership of Homeless Youth, KlassKids Foundation, Make-A-Wish Foundation and Las Vegas Natural History Museum.
Johnny routinely invites at-risk, disadvantaged and handicapped children to his theatres to enjoy the moviegoing experience. Thousands of children have benefited from his generosity and have had the opportunity to see a motion picture in a movie theatre, a rare treat from many of them. His corporation also contributes thousands of dollars worth of in-kind donations each year supporting schools and numerous social, charitable and community organizations.
Organizations have included Lied Discovery Children's Museum, Sunrise Children's Hospital, UNLV Short Film Archive, Greenspun College of Urban Affairs, Olive Crest, Rainbow Company, Safe Nest, Department of Parks & Community Services, D.A.R.E., Nathan Adelson Hospice Foundation, Southern Nevada Cancer Research Foundation, The Rape Crisis Center, Southern Nevada Center for Independent Living, American Heart Association, Las Vegas Day School, and Lutheran Social Services of Nevada and many others.
Other charities that Johnny Brenden has supported include Landmark Schools, The American Jewish Committee, Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation, Firefighters of Southern Nevada Burn Foundation, Amer-I-Can for Social Change, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, The Fulfillment Fund, AT Children's Project, Opportunity Village, 4 Kids - 4 Art - 4 Charity, The Greater Las Vegas Inner-City Games, Children of Peace, Motion Picture Pioneers Assistance Fund, Las Vegas Rattlers Traveling Baseball Team, Nevada Child Seekers, Children of the Night, Los Angeles Police Foundation, Friends of Tanaka Elementary School, Gallo Center for the Arts, Mt. Diablo Soccer League and CHP 11-99 Foundation.
In early 2005 in response to the Tsumani disaster in Asia, Johnny spearheaded efforts with the Las Vegas Asian Chamber of Commerce and community leaders and organizations to raise nearly $70,000 to support UNICEF and other relief efforts.
Johnny Brenden is also a strong supporter of independent film making as well as the arts and annually hosts the CineVegas Film Festival in Las Vegas and has provided in-kind support for many aspiring filmmakers.
"I believe it is very important to contribute to the community and to society in general. My grandfather, Ted Mann, had a philanthropic spirit, creating the Ted Mann Foundation which contributed to a variety of charities. I support as many groups as I can, especially at-risk, disadvantaged and sick children, and provide benefit movie screenings and refreshments for these children who have never been in a movie theater before. It is such a joy for me to see their excitement when they see a movie on a big screen for the very first time. While seeing a movie might not change their lives or the world in general, I hope the experience will be memorable and life enriching to them."
Johnny Brenden
President & CEO,
Brenden Theatre Corporation
To request a financial or in-kind contribution from the Brenden Mann Foundation, send, in writing on organization letterhead, a letter of request including name and description of organization, 501(c)3 status, Federal Tax ID Number, purpose of request and amount or item requested to:
Brenden Mann Foundation
Attn: Kathryn Jensen,
4321 West Flamingo Road
Las Vegas, Nevada 89103
(612) 850-2981
Contribution requests are accepted on an ongoing basis. Please allow 3-4 weeks for response.
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no one ever likes me as much as i like them and that's it
Ugh. I'm so sick of this.
If Shaquille O'neal was a banana he would be Shaquille O'pealIf Shaquille O'neal was a shade of blue he would be Shaquille O'teal
If Shaquille O'neal was a criminal he would be Shaquille O'stealIf Shaquille O'neal was emotional he would be Shaquille O'feel
Can today just be like that episode of supernatural where every time Dean died the Tuesday started over again? But this time there is no trickster and everything ends up being okay?

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Metro Detroit has been a hot spot this week on the road to the White House. Vice President Joe Biden was in town on Wednesday speaking to voters at Renaissance High School. On Friday, the GOP ticket held a rally at a Commerce Township orchard.
Covering the event was FOX News Sunday host Chris Wallace. He sat down with our own Amy Andrews to talk about the presidential race in Michigan.Click the video player to watch her full interview.
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The Hon. L. Preston Bryant Jr. '86
The Honorable L. Preston Bryant Jr. '86, Secretary of Natural Resources for the
Commonwealth of Virginia, has been appointed by President Obama as chair of the
National Capital Planning Commission. The White House announced the appointment
in a September 10, 2009 press release.
"I join the R-MC community in congratulating Secretary Bryant on this distinguished
appointment," said Randolph-Macon College President Robert R. Lindgren. "His vast
experience with issues involving natural resources, coupled with his unflagging
commitment to environmental sustainability, eminently qualify him to serve in this
important role."
The NCPC is the central planning agency for all federal lands and buildings in Washington,
DC, suburban Maryland and Northern Virginia. The commission conducts environmental
studies, oversees stewardships for historic buildings, conserves open space and
parks, and plans all new buildings, memorials, museums and monuments on federal
lands in the national capital area.
Bryant has served in the cabinet of Governor Timothy M. Kaine since 2006. As secretary,
Bryant oversees all state environmental, historical and wildlife agencies. He also
leads Kaine's sustainability efforts and chaired the Governor's year-long commission
on climate change. Since 2007, Bryant has served as chairman of the Fort Monroe
Federal Area Development Authority. From 1996-2006, he was an elected member of
the Virginia House of Delegates, representing the City of Lynchburg and Amherst
Gov. Kaine lauded Bryant's appointment in a press release, saying "Secretary Bryant's
work in my administration and his private-sector experience make him an ideal choice
to chair the commission. I'm sure he will bring the same dedication, creativity
and hard work to this job that he has demonstrated while serving the people of Virginia."
As a state legislator, Bryant sponsored landmark legislation to protect more than
one million acres of non-tidal wetlands, restructure the state's stormwater management
programs, and establish a nutrient credit-trading program to facilitate improvements
to more than a hundred wastewater treatment plants. Bryant was also a manager and
partner from 1996-2005 at Hurt & Proffitt, Inc., a Virginia-based civil engineering,
surveying and planning firm.
"I am honored to accept the President's appointment," said Secretary Bryant. "The
National Capital Planning Commission is uniquely positioned to enhance Washington's
standing as a sustainable, livable capital city. I look forward to guiding projects
that will benefit the environment, advance green building design and protect the
city's treasured open space."
Bryant graduated 1986 from Randolph-Macon College with a Bachelor of Arts degree
in English. He earned his Master of Humanities degree at the University of Richmond
in 1988 and his Master of Arts degree in Modern British Literature at the University
of London in 1990.
Bryant has provided leadership to Randolph-Macon College as a member on the Board
of Associates and delivered the commencement address to the Class of 2007. In November
2008, he was awarded the Society of Alumni's Distinguished Alumnus Award at the
R-MC "Macon Connections" event at The Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, Virginia. Bryant
is also an ardent supporter of the college's environmental studies program and has
been known to don a pair of waders and work side-by-side with students and faculty
in local area stream cleanup projects.
"Preston is one of Randolph-Macon's finest," said Lindgren, "and is a shining example
of how a liberal arts education can prepare students for a lifetime of success.
We are incredibly proud of the leadership he provides to so many and of all he has


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U of S Community Health Researcher Honoured with CIHR Award
Today University of Saskatchewan researcher Nazeem Muhajarine will receive a Knowledge Translation Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for his leadership in turning research results into policies and programs that help Saskatchewan's children.
The award, which carries with it a $20,000 stipend, is being presented tonight at CIHR's fifth annual Canadian Health Research Awards ceremony in Ottawa.
"Professor Muhajarine's work has revealed that families in our city and province face unusual economic and cultural challenges," said U of S Vice-President Research Steven Franklin. "His strategy of strongly partnering his team's program with decision makers allows the benefits of research to flow directly to the community."
Knowledge Translation awards honour and support researchers that make outstanding contributions to the health of Canadians by using research knowledge to improve health, to create more effective services and products, and to strengthen the health care system.
"Nazeem Muhajarine epitomizes the CIHR Knowledge Translation Award," said Dr. Alan Bernstein, President of CIHR. "By taking academic research, applying it to policy and successfully using it in the community, he is helping build healthier communities for Saskatchewan's children."
Muhajarine, a professor and head of the department of community health and epidemiology in the College of Medicine and a research faculty member of the Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit, works closely with community decision makers.
Understanding the Early Years, a study he co-leads with Sue Delanoy at Communities for Children, Saskatoon's planning council for a child and youth friendly community, has been particularly effective at influencing policy and practice. Their research findings have provided the impetus for initiatives such as Saskatoon Public Schools' Literacy for Life program and a pilot program to integrate child care facilities into schools. This study is funded by Human Resources and Social Development Canada.
"Working with Nazeem and his research team has been a great opportunity for Communities for Children to learn how to use research to further our program development and advocacy work for children in Saskatoon," said Delanoy. "And I know that many of our partners – the Saskatoon public and Catholic school boards, the Saskatoon Tribal Council, Saskatoon Health Region and the government of Saskatchewan – have found our work together really useful in their own planning."
Muhajarine is a driving force in the Community-University Institute for Social Research (CUISR), a successful partnership between community-based organizations and U of S faculty members and graduate students. Since its inception in 2000, CUISR research has looked at a broad range of issues, from child poverty to the social and economic importance of the Saskatoon Farmers' Market.
Other research led by Muhajarine, funded by the Canadian Population Health Initiative and Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation, has guided policy makers among the provincial government and community groups and led to subsequent work together.
For more information, contact:
Nazeem Muhajarine or Fleur Macqueen Smith
Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit
University of Saskatchewan
(306) 966-7940 (Nazeem) or 966-2957 (Fleur
(306) 227-2982 (Nazeem cell)
Sue Delanoy or Jon Ellis
Communities for Children
306-956-1796 (office)
306-241-4952 (Sue cell)
Michael Robin
U of S Research Communications
(306) 966-2427
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Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti aren't exactly the kind of guys I'd level words like "bland" and "cliché" at, but that's what their run on Shanna was. The narrative, both written and visual, were on the weak side. Khari Evans got a tough break following Frank Cho on interior artwork, but you wouldn't expect Gray and Palmiotti to score lower in the writing area.


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Explore your LinkedIn network visually with InMaps
LinkedIn has been having some fun with their data lately. They opened up the career tree a couple of months ago, and today they announced InMap to visualize your links as a network diagram. They call it InMap:
InMaps is an interactive visual representation of your professional universe that answers all of the above questions. It's a great way to understand the relationships between you and your entire set of LinkedIn connections. With it you can better leverage your professional network to help pass along job opportunities, seek professional advice, gather insights, and more.
Below is LinkedIn's chief scientist DJ Patil with a brief description of how it works.
Basically, nodes are color-coded by groups you've affiliated yourself with, and placement is based on how you and the people in those groups connect. Bigger nodes represent people who are more connected in the group. Zoom in for more detail, and pan to see what you want.
I don't think anything fancy is going on here, but it's interesting simply because you get to see your network, and it's up to you to decide what each cluster means. Update: Read DJ Patil's comment on challenges with scaling for such a big network.
Here's my LinkedIn network visualized. I don't have a ton of connections on the site, so my view is sort of lame, but there are some meaningful clusters in there. The green one is the research center that I worked with, while the orange are people I've sort of worked with. Then the three maroon-colored nodes are friends. The rest is hit or miss.
How does your network look? Let us know how it works for you in the comments.
[LinkedIn via @steveeichert]
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It worked well for me, off of approximately 200 connections (http://nemejo.tumblr.com/). Each colored group was a collection of folks that were easy to identify…not surprising, since each new job has lead to a group of interconnected coworkers. What was interesting to me was that two of the groups were split into sub-groups, and looking back it was because I spanned to separate areas (usually a local team and a national team).
As I mentioned on Tumblr. What I would really love to see is this sort of mapping done across networks. It is one thing to see the connections between my business contacts, it is another altogether to see how I segment my networks (business, friends, creative, etc) and to identify those who cross the boundaries.
Lastly, this is the sort of thing that should really be animated over time. This network formed in bursts and some of the groupings remained tight, but others spread out quickly.
Very fun! My graduate school classmates professors segregated into two nodes: those with offices on the 7th floor, and those working in labs on the 1st floor. I had an office on the 7th floor, but my group did field work, so we had a small lab on the 1st floor for equipment storage and maintenance. Interesting!
It's a very good tool – and the first visualisations I have seen for LinkedIn. There have been many ways to hook in to FB and Twitter before this. I've now sat with a few people looking at their results – and the colour grouping is working well (although nowhere near 100%). Unfortunately, InMaps only gives part of the picture of your Personal Network. I think I am similar to you, Nathan, in not having a high percentage of my PN in LinkedIn. I "audited" it recently and LI accounted for only 11% – and 71% of these were weak ties. I've done a post on this at http://wp.me/pYnfH-78
I've been using LinkedIn for a while so it was fascinating to explore my map. What I found were three overlapping clusters showing how tight the my connections from Silicon Valley, Yahoo, and Six Apart overlap, then a very distinct group representing my colleagues that work at Dow Jones and then finally my most recent employer, Nokia has connections scattered in between as they kind of straddle both worlds.
Probably a total coincidence as I look at it now but all the Silicon Valley friends are on the left (West coast) while all my Dow Jones friends show up right around where you'd expect New England to be.
really enjoyed this app! I believe there is much more data to explore from within LinkedIn.
Last year I did a project on mapping my LinkedIn connections, hope LinkedIn will pick up on improving that some day….
One thing that we should note about the calculation is that this only uses the "graph" of connections. We don't use any other information. I think that is one of the very powerful aspects of this visualization. For example, in my case, it identifies my wife's networks, students, people I went to grad school with, etc. Additionally there are a couple of reasons why this was a challenge. A) Getting everything to work in the browser in a smooth way from small networks (come on Nathan you need to add some connections :-)) to larger networks. B) The ability to "process" as many user's networks as they use the site. There are over 85M users and that requires some serious processing power. We'll do a more extensive write up when we can and I can say I was surprised by how much compute power we had to apply to make this real.
Hi DJ – firstly, thanks for building such a great feature! It is interesting that you have just create a graph of connections. I assume that you tried several different ways (e.g. geographical/workplace/college similarities). Sure that method is a challenge with the disparate standards of data entry among LI users? The connections method is really smart – as it essentially uses the FOAF info you have access to. In my network, it had, for one small group (Vistage/TEC International – where I used to be a member), accurately clumped these guys together in one corner. It had also positioned one of my key contacts between two groups (I've increasingly used the term "worlds") where we both live/work/operate. Great work, has given me much food for thought in my research on Personal Networks. – thanks again.
One other thought, DJ. Please could we have a "Print to A0 Paper" service – so we can have our networks displayed as big as yours in this vid? http://wp.me/pYnfH-7f
If you get a chance, take a look at my blog for a video of DJ Patil (LinkedIn's Chief Scientist – and project leader on InMap) talking through his InMap network. He also goes through a couple of other examples on a sheet of A0 paper – much easier than my MacBook screen. It's amazing how a very large piece of paper makes visualisations even better (more understandable) http://wp.me/pYnfH-7f
It was interesting for me to see the groups I have been a member of and how they exist in generally separate worlds. My MBA classmates from different schools and even different years at different schools show up as separate clusters.
The network visualizations are stunning. Mine is in four main clusters: school connections, plus those from three jobs. Check it out: http://www.storytellingwithdata.com/2011/01/visualize-your-linkedin-network.html
BTW, does anyone know how I can change the pic associated with my comments? (The one in the apron is slightly embarrassing!)
Sorry if it's a silly question, but shouldn't the map update if new connections are added? I've added several new connections since first viewing my map and I don't see them included… is there a way to force a refresh or something?
I did read somewhere that the InMaps would be updated every seven days – but not dynamically every time you add a contact. I think this is down to the issue DJ Patil mentioned earlier in the comments about "processing" for the 80m+ users. Hope that helps.
Okay, got it. I'll wait another day or two and see. Thanks!
Mine hasn't refreshed in well over a week …