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package org.smartdeveloperhub.jenkins.crawler.infrastructure.persistence;

import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.StringReader;
import java.net.URI;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;

import javax.xml.transform.Source;
import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;

import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import org.smartdeveloperhub.jenkins.JenkinsArtifactType;
import org.smartdeveloperhub.jenkins.JenkinsEntityType;
import org.smartdeveloperhub.jenkins.JenkinsResource;
import org.smartdeveloperhub.jenkins.ResourceRepository;
import org.smartdeveloperhub.jenkins.ResponseBody;
import org.smartdeveloperhub.jenkins.client.JenkinsClientException;
import org.smartdeveloperhub.jenkins.crawler.infrastructure.persistence.LockManager.CallableOperation;
import org.smartdeveloperhub.jenkins.crawler.xml.ci.Entity;
import org.smartdeveloperhub.jenkins.crawler.xml.ci.EntityRepository;
import org.smartdeveloperhub.jenkins.crawler.xml.jenkins.ResourceDescriptorDocument;
import org.smartdeveloperhub.jenkins.crawler.xml.persistence.Storage;
import org.smartdeveloperhub.jenkins.crawler.xml.persistence.StorageDescriptor;
import org.smartdeveloperhub.jenkins.crawler.xml.persistence.StorageEntryType;
import org.smartdeveloperhub.util.xml.XmlUtils;

import com.google.common.base.Optional;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
import com.google.common.collect.Lists;

public final class FileBasedStorage implements EntityRepository, ResourceRepository {

	private final class RetrieveOperation<T> implements CallableOperation<T, IOException> {

		private final Class<? extends T> entityClass;
		private final URI location;
		private final JenkinsEntityType entityType;

		private RetrieveOperation(Class<? extends T> entityClass, URI location, JenkinsEntityType entityType) {
			this.entityClass = entityClass;
			this.location = location;
			this.entityType = entityType;
		}

		@Override
		public T execute() throws IOException {
			final File file=FileBasedStorage.this.strategy.allocateEntity(location,entityType,JenkinsArtifactType.RESOURCE);
			T result=null;
			if(file.canRead()) {
				result=
					XmlUtils.
						unmarshall(
							file,
							entityClass,
							new IOException("Could not load entity "+location+" ("+entityType+") from ["+file.getCanonicalPath()+"]"));
			}
			return result;
		}
	}

	interface StorageAction {
		String id();
		File targetFile();
		boolean isXML();
		Source dataSource();
		String rawData();
	}

	private static final class ImmutableStorageAction implements StorageAction {

		private final Source source;
		private final File file;
		private final String id;
		private final String rawData;

		private ImmutableStorageAction(String rawData, Source source, File file, String id) {
			this.rawData = rawData;
			this.source = source;
			this.file = file;
			this.id = id;
		}

		@Override
		public String id() {
			return this.id;
		}

		@Override
		public File targetFile() {
			return this.file;
		}

		@Override
		public Source dataSource() {
			return this.source;
		}

		@Override
		public boolean isXML() {
			return this.source!=null;
		}

		@Override
		public String rawData() {
			return this.rawData;
		}
	}

	private final class StorageActionBuilder {

		private final class ContentSelectorBuilder {

			private String id;
			private File file;

			private ContentSelectorBuilder(String id, File file) {
				this.id = id;
				this.file = file;
			}

			private void createXmlAction(String rawData) {
				StreamSource source = new StreamSource(new StringReader(rawData));
				actions.add(new ImmutableStorageAction(rawData,source,this.file,this.id));
			}

			StorageActionBuilder withEntity(Object entity) {
				if(entity==null) {
					LOGGER.warn("No entity available [{}]",id);
				} else {
					String rawData=
						XmlUtils.
							marshall(
								entity,
								new JenkinsClientException("Could not marshall entity "+entity));
					createXmlAction(rawData);
				}
				return StorageActionBuilder.this;
			}

			StorageActionBuilder withXmlData(String rawData) {
				if(rawData==null) {
					LOGGER.warn("No data available [{}]",id);
				} else {
					createXmlAction(rawData);
				}
				return StorageActionBuilder.this;
			}

			StorageActionBuilder withPlainTextData(String rawData) {
				if(rawData==null) {
					LOGGER.warn("No data available [{}]",id);
				} else {
					actions.add(new ImmutableStorageAction(rawData,null,file,id));
				}
				return StorageActionBuilder.this;
			}

		}

		private final List<StorageAction> actions;
		private final URI location;
		private final JenkinsEntityType entity;

		private StorageActionBuilder(URI location, JenkinsEntityType entity) {
			this.location=location;
			this.entity=entity;
			this.actions=Lists.newArrayList();
		}

		StorageActionBuilder addResource(JenkinsResource resource) {
			final File rawDataFile=FileBasedStorage.this.strategy.allocateArtifact(this.location,this.entity,resource.artifact());
			final File resourceFile=FileBasedStorage.this.strategy.allocateResource(this.location,this.entity,resource.artifact());
			Optional<ResponseBody> body=resource.metadata().response().body();
			if(body.isPresent()) {
				ResponseBody responseBody = body.get();
				String content = responseBody.content();
				if("application/xml".equals(responseBody.contentType())) {
					new ContentSelectorBuilder("raw data",rawDataFile).withXmlData(content);
				} else {
					new ContentSelectorBuilder("raw data",rawDataFile).withPlainTextData(content);
				}
			}
			new ContentSelectorBuilder("resource",resourceFile).
				withEntity(StorageUtils.toResourceDescriptorDocument(resource, rawDataFile));
			return this;
		}

		StorageActionBuilder addEntity(Object entity) {
			final File file=FileBasedStorage.this.strategy.allocateEntity(this.location,this.entity,JenkinsArtifactType.RESOURCE);
			new ContentSelectorBuilder("entity",file).
				withEntity(entity);
			return this;
		}

		StorageAction[] build() {
			return this.actions.toArray(new StorageAction[this.actions.size()]);
		}

	}

	private static final class StoreOperation implements LockManager.RunnableOperation<IOException> {

		private StorageAction[] actions;
		private URI location;

		private StoreOperation(URI location,StorageAction... actions) {
			this.location = location;
			this.actions = actions;
		}

		private void preparePath(File targetFile) {
			File parent = targetFile.getParentFile();
			if(!parent.exists()) {
				parent.mkdirs();
			}
		}

		@Override
		public void execute() throws IOException {
			for(StorageAction action:actions) {
				preparePath(action.targetFile());
				if(action.isXML()) {
					XmlUtils.marshall(action.targetFile(),action.dataSource());
				} else {
					FileUtils.write(action.targetFile(),action.rawData());
				}
				if(LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
					LOGGER.debug("Stored resource {} {} at file {}",this.location,action.id(),action.targetFile().getAbsolutePath());
				}
			}
		}

	}

	public static final class Builder {

		private static final StorageAllocationStrategy DEFAULT_STORAGE_ALLOCATION_STRATEGY = new DefaultStorageAllocationStrategy();

		private static final File DEFAULT_WORKING_DIR = new File(".crawler");

		private static final String DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILENAME = "repository.xml";

		private File workingDirectory;
		private File configFile;

		private StorageAllocationStrategy strategy;

		private Builder() {
		}

		public Builder withWorkingDirectory(File workingDirectory) {
			this.workingDirectory = workingDirectory;
			return this;
		}

		public Builder withConfigFile(File configFile) {
			this.configFile=configFile;
			return this;
		}

		public Builder withStrategy(StorageAllocationStrategy strategy) {
			if(strategy!=null) {
				this.strategy=strategy;
			}
			return this;
		}

		private File workingDirectory() {
			File result=
				Optional.
					fromNullable(this.workingDirectory).
						or(DEFAULT_WORKING_DIR);
			if(result.exists()) {
				checkArgument(result.isDirectory(),"%s is not a directory",result.toPath().normalize());
				checkArgument(result.canWrite(),"%s cannot be written",result.toPath().normalize());
			}
			return result;
		}

		private File configFile(File workingDirectory) {
			File result=
				Optional.
					fromNullable(this.configFile).
						or(new File(workingDirectory,DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILENAME));
			if(result.exists()) {
				checkArgument(result.isFile(),"%s is not a file",result.toPath().normalize());
				checkArgument(result.canWrite(),"%s cannot be written",result.toPath().normalize());
			}
			return result;
		}

		private StorageAllocationStrategy strategy() {
			return
				Optional.
					fromNullable(this.strategy).
						or(DEFAULT_STORAGE_ALLOCATION_STRATEGY);
		}

		public FileBasedStorage build() throws IOException {
			FileBasedStorage result=new FileBasedStorage();
			File fWorkingDirectory=workingDirectory();
			File fConfigFile=configFile(fWorkingDirectory);
			if(fConfigFile.exists()) {
				result.fromConfigFile(fConfigFile);
			} else {
				StorageUtils.prepareWorkingDirectory(fWorkingDirectory);
				StorageAllocationStrategy fStrategy=strategy();
				fStrategy.setWorkingDirectory(fWorkingDirectory);
				result.
					setConfigFile(fConfigFile).
					setStrategy(fStrategy);
			}
			return result;
		}

	}

	private static final Logger LOGGER=LoggerFactory.getLogger(FileBasedStorage.class);

	private final LockManager locker;
	private final ConcurrentMap<URI,StorageEntry> registeredEntities;

	private StorageAllocationStrategy strategy;
	private File configFile;

	private FileBasedStorage() {
		this.locker=new LockManager();
		this.registeredEntities=new ConcurrentHashMap<URI, StorageEntry>();
	}

	private FileBasedStorage setStrategy(StorageAllocationStrategy strategy) {
		this.strategy=strategy;
		return this;
	}

	private FileBasedStorage setConfigFile(File configFile) {
		this.configFile = configFile;
		return this;
	}

	private StorageEntry entry(JenkinsResource resource) {
		return entry(resource.location(),resource.entity());
	}

	private StorageEntry entry(URI location, JenkinsEntityType entityType) {
		return registerEntry(new StorageEntry(location,entityType));
	}

	private StorageEntry registerEntry(StorageEntry entry) {
		StorageEntry result=this.registeredEntities.putIfAbsent(entry.location(),entry);
		if(result==null) {
			result=entry;
		}
		return result;
	}

	private Storage toDescriptor() {
		StorageDescriptor descriptor=
			new StorageDescriptor().
				withWorkingDirectory(this.strategy.workingDirectory().toURI()).
				withStrategy(this.strategy.getClass().getCanonicalName());
		ImmutableMap<URI,StorageEntry> entries=
			ImmutableMap.copyOf(this.registeredEntities);
		for(StorageEntry entry:entries.values()) {
			descriptor.getEntries().add(entry.toDescriptor());
		}
		return descriptor;
	}

	private void fromConfigFile(File configFile) throws IOException {
		Storage descriptor=
			XmlUtils.
				unmarshall(
					configFile,
					Storage.class,
					new IOException("Could not parse configuration file '"+configFile.getAbsolutePath()+"'"));

		File workingDirectory=new File(descriptor.getWorkingDirectory());
		StorageUtils.prepareWorkingDirectory(workingDirectory);

		StorageAllocationStrategy configuredStrategy=
			StorageUtils.
				instantiateStrategy(descriptor.getStrategy());
		configuredStrategy.setWorkingDirectory(workingDirectory);

		setConfigFile(configFile).
		setStrategy(configuredStrategy);

		for(StorageEntryType entry:descriptor.getEntries()) {
			registerEntry(StorageEntry.fromDescriptor(entry));
		}

	}

	public StorageAllocationStrategy strategy() {
		return this.strategy;
	}

	public File workingDirectory() {
		return this.strategy.workingDirectory();
	}

	public File configFile() {
		return this.configFile;
	}

	public void save() throws IOException {
		XmlUtils.
			marshall(
				toDescriptor(),
				this.configFile,
				new IOException("Could not persist repository configuration"));
	}

	@Override
	public void saveResource(JenkinsResource resource) throws IOException {
		URI location = resource.location();
		StorageAction[] actions =
			new StorageActionBuilder(location,resource.entity()).
				addResource(resource).
				build();
		this.locker.write(location,new StoreOperation(location,actions));
		entry(resource).persistArtifact(resource.artifact());
	}

	@Override
	public JenkinsResource findResource(URI location, JenkinsArtifactType artifact) throws IOException {
		StorageEntry entry=this.registeredEntities.get(location);
		if(entry!=null && entry.isArtifactPersisted(artifact)) {
			File file=this.strategy.allocateResource(entry.location(), entry.type(), artifact);
			ResourceDescriptorDocument descriptor=
				XmlUtils.
					unmarshall(
						file,
						ResourceDescriptorDocument.class,
						new AssertionError("File '"+file.getAbsolutePath()+"' should store a "+ResourceDescriptorDocument.class));
			return StorageUtils.toJenkinsResource(descriptor);
		}
		return null;
	}

	@Override
	public void saveEntity(Entity entity, JenkinsEntityType entityType) throws IOException {
		URI location = entity.getUrl();
		StorageAction[] actions =
			new StorageActionBuilder(location,entityType).
				addEntity(entity).
				build();
		this.locker.write(location,new StoreOperation(location,actions));
		entry(location,entityType).persistEntity();
	}

	@Override
	public <T extends Entity> T entityOfId(final URI location, final JenkinsEntityType entityType, final Class<? extends T> entityClass) throws IOException {
		T result=null;
		if(entry(location,entityType).isEntityPersisted()) {
			result=this.locker.read(location,new RetrieveOperation<T>(entityClass, location,entityType));
		}
		return result;
	}

	public static Builder builder() {
		return new Builder();
	}
}


After the election, Al Cardnenas, head of the American Conservative Union, complained that the Republican Party was "too old and too white and too male." One wonders what Mr. Cardnenas would say about the Continental Congress or the Constitutional Convention. Of course, if Mr. Cardenas is upset at the thought of living in a country founded by old white males, there are plenty of other places untainted by white men for him to choose from. Maybe Burkina Faso would be more to his liking.
Something of the same spirit animated John Boehner's comment yesterday supporting "comprehensive immigration reform," otherwise known as amnesty. Boehner's comment should be seen as the first significant result of Obama's victory. House Republicans have been stalwart against amnesty, defying both George W. Bush and Barack Obama, but panic is starting to set in about the fact that the GOP is "too old and too white and too male." This panic would not exist if Romney had won. Of course, the notion that giving amnesty to illegal immigrants will help the GOP politically is nonsense. As Heather MacDonald patiently explained in an excellent post at National Review, Hispanics support the Democrats because they support big government, and this will continue whether Republicans foolishly follow the likes of Cardenas and Boehner or not.
As Boehner's remark brings home, winning is better than losing, especially losing to a leftist presdident who ran unabashedly as a leftist for reelection. Despite what some have been saying for months, Romney's defeat was not a good thing. Unfortunately, this point will be brought home repeatedly over the course of the next four years.


Abinger Roughs, behind Diddley's bench.
We were reminded of this beautiful song as it was played on the car radio, cruising through those spectacular Surrey lanes. Followed by a chat with a gentleman. Talking about a mental health campaign. Specifically: "Small Talk Saves Lives". A joint initiative between British Transport Police, on behalf of the Railway companies, and the Samaritans. He played a recording of Sarah Wilson talking within the campaign.
Bobby wanted to tell everyone about it, but was nervous that Mindfully Bertie was supposed to be fun, something a little entertaining and a break from the problems of the day. Mental health had come up once or twice and he didn't want to keep banging on about it. I reminded him that the GAD blogs had been well received and the timing of this just before Christmas was very appropriate. Christmas is one of the most stressful times of all. John Lewis and others evoke an idealised Christmas that may well be the aim of many. For others, it is a time to survive and look forward to the first snowdrops. So we agreed that we should ask you to read the following link or at the very least scan down to listen to Sarah Wilson's short video.
Have you noticed how many stations now have Samaritan help notices on the end of platforms? They have also been placed on lonely railway footpath crossings out in the countryside. This is all to do with this Small Talk Saves Lives campaign.
Another variation of the poster.
In situ at the end of Dorking Deepdene Station.
When Bobby worked for the Highways Agency, they had particular problems with certain bridges. Following the example of the Clifton Suspension Bridge, they installed Samaritan phone numbers at each end of the bridges to help prevent tragedy. Sometimes all you need is someone to talk to.
The first most of us know about suicides on the railway is travel delays. Obscure messages, that provoke a range of response from 'how sad' to 'how selfish'. How could anyone do such a terrible thing and subject those they love to lifetimes of "why couldn't we help you". " Was life really that bad". "How awful to feel that desperate". For who are we to judge from our apparent mental stability?
And now, with Bobby's agreement, I am going to relate a story a friend told us a few years ago.
James, Jim for short (not his real name) was going through a period of family strife. Weeks, months passed and gradually the situation deteriorated. Jim had no idea how close to the edge he was until one day he was pushed right over it. Sleepless nights followed and mental collapse that forced him to go to the doctors. The doctor expressing his opinion that it was a miracle that he had stayed sane that long.
Anti depressants inevitably followed and a complete change of personality. Still heading downhill, he found himself at Surrey Mental Health for the Elderly. Was given more pills and started having suicidal thoughts. They became an obsession to relieve the distressing symptoms. Surfing the net in the middle of sleepless nights he planned his own demise. At no time did he consider the affect it would have on others. This was his private battle that not another living soul knew about. Some of those sites even suggested that if you were looking at them you needed serious help.
For Jim, it could only lead to some form of action. The following is told in a light hearted way but, as Jim describes, he remembers the panic and adrenaline rush with sheer disbelief now in retrospect.
Third idea – Suffocate. Stick a bag on your head. He did and tore it off in terror. Before tea.
Fourth idea – Hang himself. Google "tying a noose". Where to do the deed? Would the beam break? Would the rope break? Could he do it before tea?
Fifth idea – Drown in the river. Too shallow. Go home for tea.
University College Hospital, Euston Road. Can you imagine Jim walking into that towering entrance to tell reception in front of other people that he felt suicidal and needed help?
For that is what he did.
There is am amazing coincidence here. Bobby likes Radio 2 on Sundays. Only Sundays. And always listens to the Rev Kate Bottley early in the morning. From a non religious standpoint, he finds the programme uplifting. Particularly where she lights virtual candles in remembrance of people we love. She related a story of how she was approached on Kings Cross Station by a young man. He told her he was thinking of taking his own life and asked her to pray for him. She did and she chatted and never forgets him. Praying for him every single day… Small Talk Saves Lives.
Rev Kate Bottley on Radio 2.
If you want to hear what she said, it's on BBC1 player for a few more days. Click here for link. 38 minutes in.
Seventh idea. Maybe there were others, but this seemed most attractive to Jim. Jump in front of a train. A survey would be needed to choose the best station. He settled for Raynes Park in having an odd layout of platforms and many non stop trains roaring through. It was such a good idea that he related it in front of a full house at St James Theatre in London years later to Ruby Wax in her mindfulness show. Apparently she didn't blink eyelid and thanked him for wishing her Happy Birthday. By this time he was cooking his own tea.
Months followed until he started seeing a brilliant counsellor. The corner was turned. Jim was on the way back. Those meetings took months to arrange. The parlous state of the NHS and the Dickensian attitude to mental health helped to create a situation that could have been averted with the right talking therapies. Against medical advice he threw every single pill down the toilet and stuck it out for a brave new world. One of rainbows and wonderful people.
Wastwater Lake District. A finalist in Landscape Photographer of the Year.
Jim asks me to tell our readers he is not against medication. For some it may help through a bad time. But there is evidence that anti depressants can cause suicidal thoughts in very vulnerable people. He also asks that the next time you hear there has been an incident on the railway you think of his story. It could happen to someone you know. The reality is that many suicide attempts fail, leaving people alive – but terribly injured. Destined to spend the rest of their lives in torment.
At the height of the panic, Jim rang the Samaritans every single night. Sometimes twice in the night. They are not trained to give you solutions, but to listen. As long as it takes. Jim is eternally grateful to those Samaritans who listened. Night after night after night.
I am really grateful to Jim. It's hard to believe that the Jim you see now could ever have had those terrible thoughts. He is not mentally ill. But for a few weeks you could say that he was. But, like Bobby, he is very sensitive and needed to find ways of protecting himself though self awareness. We met him through Al Anon. Another victim of family alcoholism.
For every alcoholic, there are many others whose lives are damaged or made intolerable by living with the affects of alcoholism. If you, or someone you know, is in that situation, the details follow. Members of Al Anon do not promote the Fellowship. We merely draw your attention to an organisation you may find helpful.
Screenprint of the Al Anon website. Click to view.
Two of the leaflets produced by Al Anon.
Al Anon produces many leaflets and books that can be bought on line. But, like Alcoholics Anonymous, it is felt that the main purpose is to provide a safe environment at meetings for people to share their personal stories, confident that they will not go beyond the rooms in which the meetings are held. Living with an alcoholic, particularly one you love dearly, can be a very lonely place.
Whenever Bobby is in London, including every Tuesday with Al Anon, he lights a candle to Diddley. It's often St Martin's in the Fields. A little free music, maybe. Or, book a concert. And usually apple crumble and custard in the marvellous crypt café.
St Martins in the Fields in the days of Mary Poppins.
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Bertie and Bobby. Thank you for this. Suicide has blighted our lives. As the wife left behind my feelings still are "how alone you were at the end"….I still cannot comprehend what happened. N did articulate how he felt a few days before he died after an overdose attempt and the on call psychiatrist saying "if you were really serious you'd have done the job properly" and sent him home….he didn't ask WHY he wanted to die…..5 days later rather than pills he hung himself. If that psychiatrist (as overworked and fed up as he doubtless was given his dismissive attitude that night,) had just asked "why?" and given him a few minutes rather than making him feel he was wasting his time……It is good to talk AND listen.
Sensitive and beautiful writing as always. Brave to publish it.. I love that your blog is funny and sad, just like life. I also love Wast Water and Eva Cassidy and Al-Anon Family Groups.
A powerful blog Bobby – your best yet. Addressing an extremely difficult and sensitive subject that lurks beneath the surface and impacts on so many lives. Raising awareness can only be a good thing in helping support those that need a little help.
If it has helped one single person to realise that they are not alone in their thoughts . That there are others . That the Samaritans really can save your sanity when you are at your loneliest. Its all worthwhile. I have never rung the Samaritans again. And yet for four or five weeks I went down the garden to the garden room to avoid disturbing Di. And rang them for hours it seems..
A deep blog indeed Bob and wonderfully written. To read of people like Jim is an inspiration to others.


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Q: Kaplansky's theorem and Axiom of choice Kaplansky in his paper titled by Projective Modules gave an important and essential theorem as follow:
Theorem: Let $R$ be a ring, $M$ an $R$-module which is a direct sum of (any number of) countably generated $R$-modules. Then any direct summand of $M$ is likewise a direct sum of countably generated $R$-modules.
But if you could take a look to the pattern of his proof, he applied the well ordering Theorem for proving it.
I am thinking about the relation of his proof with the well ordering theorem. More precisely I am thinking about the answer of the following question:

Question: Is the Kaplansky theorem equivalent with the Axiom of Choice or it can be proved with the weaker axiom (i.e.boolean prime ideal theorem)?

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The 385th Air Expeditionary Group is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to Air Mobility Command to activate or inactivate as needed. It was last known to be stationed at Incirlik AB, Turkey. It is currently a tenant unit of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar.

During World War II, it was active as the 385th Bombardment Group (Heavy), an Eighth Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress unit, stationed at RAF Great Ashfield, England.  The group led the famous attack on the Focke-Wulf Assembly Plant at Marienburg in East Prussia on 9 October 1943.

During the Cold War, the 385th Strategic Aerospace Wing was a Strategic Air Command (SAC) wing assigned to the 818th Strategic Aerospace Division at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. It conducted strategic air refueling operations and maintained ICBM readiness to meet SAC commitments. The wing served as a deterrent force and also supported SAC's global air refueling mission until inactivated in 1964 as part of the phaseout of the SM-65 Atlas ICBM from the USAF inventory.  It was inactivated on 15 December 1964.

History

World War II

The unit was constituted in late November 1942 as the 385th Bombardment Group and activated on 1 December 1943 at Davis–Monthan Field in Arizona. Its initial squadrons were the 548th, 549th, 550th, and 551st Bombardment Squadrons.

The group was formed in February 1943 at Geiger Field, Washington. It trained for two months and then moved to Great Falls AAB, Montana in April 1943. The unit completed training at the end of May 1943 with the aircraft moving to Kearney AAF, Nebraska prior to moving to England by the northern ferry route. Two aircraft were lost en route. The ground echelon left Great Falls on 8 June 1943. The 548th BS sailed on the Queen Mary on 23 June 1943 and the other squadrons on the Queen Elizabeth on 1 July 1943.

Under Eighth Air Force based in England, the 385th BG operated primarily as a strategic bombardment organization until the war ended, striking such targets as industrial areas, air bases, oil refineries, and communications centers in Germany, France, Poland, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Norway. The group received two Distinguished Unit Citations for bombing an aircraft factory at Regensburg on 17 August 1943 after a long hazardous flight over enemy territory. The group led the 4th Bombardment Wing a great distance through heavy and damaging opposition for the successful bombardment of an aircraft repair plant at Zwickau on 12 May 1944, being awarded another DUC for this performance. Other strategic targets included aircraft factories in Oschersleben and Marienburg, battery works in Stuttgart, airfields in Beauvais and Chartres, oil refineries in Ludwigshafen and Merseburg, and marshalling yards in Munich and Oranienburg.

The 385th sometimes supported ground forces and struck interdictory targets.  It attacked coastal defenses in June 1944 in preparation for the Normandy invasion and hit marshalling yards and choke points during the landing on D-Day. The group bombed enemy positions in support of ground forces at Saint-Lô in July 1944. Attacked German communications and fortifications during the Battle of the Bulge, December 1944 – January 1945.  It bombed troop concentrations and communications centers in Germany and France, March–April 1945, to assist the final thrust into Germany.

On 6 March 1944 raid to Berlin (the most costly mission the Eighth ever carried out) the 3rd Division commander, Brigadier General Russell Wilson, took off from Great Ashfield in a radar-equipped B-17 in a leading group of the 385th. All of the 385th aircraft returned safely ... all, that is, except the one carrying General Wilson. which was seen to take several hits from flak. setting one engine on fire. Although four of the crew managed to parachute to safety (including Medal of Honor hero First Lieutenant John C. Morgan), eight of the others were killed when the bomber exploded.

In May 1945 the group dropped food to the starving Dutch population in the Netherlands as part of Operation Chowhound. The 385th suffered the last enemy action in the European part of the war. On 2 May 1945, a B-17 of the 385th BG was struck by enemy ground fire while on Operation Chowhound but returned safely to base. This was the last credited combat mission of the war.

After V-E Day, the 385th Bomb Group hauled displaced French slave laborers from Austria to France.  It redeployed to the United States in June and August 1945.  The aircraft left between 19 June, and 29 June 1945. the ground unit left on 4 August 1945, and sailed on the Queen Elizabeth from Greenock on 5 August 1945. They arrived in New York on 11 August 1945. Group was then established at Sioux Falls AAF, South Dakota and inactivated on 28 August 1945.

Cold War

The origins of the 385th Strategic Aerospace Wing began on 15 August 1959 when Strategic Air Command (SAC) activated the 566th Strategic Missile Squadron (SMS) at Offutt AFB and assigned it to Second Air Force. The squadron was equipped with SM-65 Atlas-Ds.  Six weeks later, on 1 October 1959, SAC established the 4321st Strategic Wing at Offutt and assigned it to the 17th Air Division (later Strategic Aerospace Division) as an operational headquarters for the 566th and for the 34th Air Refueling Squadron, flying Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers.  The 34th had been stationed at Offutt since the fall of 1958, but was assigned to a wing located at Whiteman AFB, Missouri.

The wing's missiles were maintained on alert and ready for combat. The 4321st (and later the 385th) continued to maintain an alert commitment until inactivating. In August 1962, the 4321st was reassigned to the 818th Strategic Aerospace Division. However, SAC Strategic Wings could not carry a permanent history or lineage and SAC looked for a way to make its Strategic Wings permanent.

In 1962, in order to perpetuate the lineage of many currently inactive bombardment units with illustrious World War II records, Headquarters SAC received authority from Headquarters USAF to discontinue its Major Command controlled (MAJCON) strategic wings that were equipped with combat aircraft and to activate Air Force controlled (AFCON) units, most of which were inactive at the time which could carry a lineage and history.

As a result the 4321st SW was replaced by the newly constituted  385th Strategic Aerospace Wing (SAW), which assumed its mission, personnel, and equipment on 1 January 1963.
In the same way the 549th Strategic Missile Squadron, one of the unit's World War II historical bomb squadrons, replaced the 566th SMS. The 34th Air Refueling Squadron was reassigned to the 385th. Because the new organization controlled a combination of aircraft and intercontinental ballistic missiles it added "Aerospace" to the 4321st's designation.

The 385th SAW continued to conduct strategic air refueling operations and maintain ICBM readiness to meet SAC commitments. The wing served as a deterrent force and also supported SAC's global air refueling mission. It was inactivated on 15 December 1964.

In the 21st century, the 817th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron was part of the group; the 816th EAS may also have been assigned at times.

Lineage
385th Bombardment Group
 Constituted as the 385th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 25 November 1942
 Activated on 1 December 1942.
 Redesignated as the 385th Bombardment Group, Heavy on 11 August 1944
 Inactivated on 28 August 1945
 Consolidated on 31 January 1984 with the 385th Strategic Aerospace Wing as the 385th Strategic Aerospace Wing (remained inactive)

385th Strategic Wing
 Constituted as the 385th Strategic Aerospace Wing on 15 November 1962 and activated (not organized)
 Organized on 1 January 1963
 Discontinued and inactivated on 15 December 1964
 Consolidated on 31 January 1985 with the 385th Bombardment Group (remained inactive)
 Redesignated 385th Air Expeditionary Group and converted to provisional status, on 12 June 2002.

Assignments
 II Bomber Command, 1 December 1942
 Eighth Air Force, ca. 6 July 1943
 VIII Bomber Command, ca. 8 July 1943
 4th Bombardment Wing (later 4th Combat Bombardment Wing), 12 July 1943 (attached to 401st Provisional Combat Bombardment Wing until 13 September 1943)
 93d Combat Bombardment Wing, 17 February 1945
 45th Combat Bombardment Wing, 24 May 1945
 20th Bombardment Wing, 18 June 1945 – 28 August 1945
 Strategic Air Command, 14 November 1962 (not organized)
 818th Strategic Aerospace Division, 1 January 1963 – 15 December 1964
 Air Mobility Command to activate or inactivate at any time after 12 June 2002

Components
Squadrons
 34th Air Refueling Squadron, 1 January – 15 December 1964 (detached 10–15 December 1964)
 548th Bombardment Squadron, 1 December 1942 – 19 June 1945
 549th Bombardment (later Strategic Missile) Squadron, 1 December 1942 – 19 June 1945; 1 January 1963 – 15 December 1964 (not operational, 1–15 December 1964)
 550th Bombardment Squadron, 1 December 1942 – 19 June 1945
 551st Bombardment Squadron, 1 December 1942 – 19 June 1945
 90th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, 2002-Undetermined
 Squadron assigned to: NSA Souda Bay, Crete, Greece
 817th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, 2006-c. 1 April 2014

Stations
 Davis–Monthan Field, Arizona, 1 December 1942
 Biggs Field, Texas, 21 December 1942
 Geiger Field, Washington, 1 February 1943
 Great Falls Army Air Base, Montana, 11 April – June 1943
 Great Ashfield (Station 155), England, June 1943 – August 1945
 Sioux Falls Army Air Field, South Dakota,  – 28 August August 1945.
 Offutt AFB, Nebraska, 1 January 1963 – 15 December 1964
 Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, 2002-Undetermined

Aircraft and missiles
 Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, 1942–1945
 Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, 1963–1964, 2002-unknown
 SM-65 Atlas D, 1963–1964

References

 Notes

 Citations

Bibliography

 Anderson, Capt. Barry (1985). Army Air Forces Stations: A Guide to the Stations Where U.S. Army Air Forces Personnel Served in the United Kingdom During World War II (PDF). Maxwell AFB, AL: Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2012.

Further reading
 Leonard, Lt Col. Marston S. History of the 385th Bombardment Group (Heavy) and its affiliated units 424th Air Service Group, 877th Chemical Company (AO), Detachment 155, 18th Weather Squadron, 1 February 1943 –  14 August 1945. San Angelo, Texas: Newsfoto Publishing Company, 1974.
 Varnedoe, W.W. (Ed.). A New History of the 385th Bomb Group (H). St. Petersburg, Florida: Southern Heritage Press/385th Bombardment Group Memorial Association, 1995. .
 Varnedoe, W. W. The Story of Van's Valiants, A History of the 385th Bomb Group Colonial Graphics, 2005, 6th Edition 2009.

External links
 Friends of the 385th Bomb Group
 Replica WWII 385th BG Briefing Room at U.S. Veterans Memorial Museum

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Ribosomal oxygenases are structurally conserved from prokaryotes to humans.
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Film Festival Guests to Include Meg Ryan, Oliver Stone, Leonard Maltin
John Kelly, john@johnkellypr.com
The 2015 Virginia Film Festival, presented by the University of Virginia and the Office of the Provost and Vice Provost for the Arts, will feature more than 100 films and a star-studded guest list.
The Nov. 5-8 event will include appearances by actor Meg Ryan, whose directorial debut "Ithaca" was filmed in Virginia; legendary director Oliver Stone; noted writer and activist Larry Kramer ("The Normal Heart"); and celebrated film critic and historian Leonard Maltin.
Other guests include Emmy Award-winning actor Cherry Jones; actor Scott Haze in his directorial debut documentary "Mully," along with Academy Award-winning filmmaker James Moll; actor Maddie Hasson; and cast members from the upcoming filmed-in-Virginia PBS Civil War dramatic series "Mercy Street," including Norbert Leo Butz ("Bloodline"); Tara Summers ("Boston Legal") and Central Virginia native Hannah James.
"This year's Virginia Film Festival will offer audiences an incredibly strong program of films that once again run the gamut of cinematic experiences," festival director Jody Kielbasa, U.Va.'s vice provost for the arts, said.
Along with the headline names, Kielbasa said, comes a reaffirmed commitment to cinematic discovery. "We have, as always, focused on creating a program that is as deep and broad as the interests and passions of our unique VFF audiences, and have further expanded our efforts to share new voices and talents with our audiences by bringing in a wide array of emerging filmmakers working across a vast landscape of genres, styles and topics."
Screenings will be supplemented with discussions led by festival guests and U.Va. academics, exploring the role of film in addressing various social and political issues.
For a full schedule and complete information regarding the Virginia Film Festival, visit virginiafilmfestival.org. Tickets will go on sale Friday and can be purchased online, in person at the U.Va. Arts Box Office (at Culbreth Theatre), and via phone at 434-924-3376.
Among the festival's highlights:
• Opening Night Film: "I Saw the Light"
Opening the 2015 Festival, on Nov. 5 at 7 p.m., will be "I Saw the Light," chronicling country music legend Hank Williams' meteoric rise to fame and its tragic consequences on a life cut short at the age of 29. The film stars Tom Hiddleston in the lead role and Elizabeth Olsen as Williams' wife, Audrey Mae, and is directed by Marc Abraham, a U.Va. alumnus and film festival advisory board member who will be on hand to present the film. He will be joined by cast members including theater legend and Emmy and Tony Award-winning actor Cherry Jones and rising Hollywood star Maddie Hasson, who plays Williams' second wife and widow.
• Centerpiece Film: "The Lady in the Van"
Maggie Smith stars in this funny, poignant and life-affirming true story about an elderly woman of uncertain origins who "temporarily" parked in the London driveway of acclaimed writer Alan Bennett ("History Boys") and proceeded to stay for 15 years. The film, directed by longtime Bennett collaborator Nicholas Hytner ("The Madness of King George"), also stars Alex Jennings and Jim Broadbent.
• Closing Night Film: "Son of Saul"
Hungarian director László Nemes' debut created an international sensation when it captured the Grand Prix at this year's Cannes Film Festival. The film offers a raw and rarely seen first-person perspective on the unspeakable horrors of the Holocaust through the story of a Jewish prisoner forced to work in a Nazi crematorium. When the man comes across the body of a boy he takes to be his son, he embarks on the impossible task of saving the body from the flames, finding a rabbi to recite the mourner's Kaddish and offering the boy a proper burial.
• "Ithaca," featuring special guest Meg Ryan
The famed actor's directorial debut, filmed in Virginia, tells the story of a 14-year-old boy in 1942 working as a bike messenger to deliver messages of love, hope, pain and death to the people of Ithaca, and how he deals with one particular message that will change him forever. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Saroyan's 1943 novel "The Human Comedy," "Ithaca" is a coming-of-age story about the exuberance of youth, the abruptness of change, the sweetness of life, the sting of death and the sheer goodness that lives in each and every one of us.
• Oliver Stone – "Born on the Fourth of July"
The festival welcomes legendary director Oliver Stone back for a screening and discussion of his powerful Academy Award-winning film adaptation of the bestselling book by famed Vietnam veteran-turned-antiwar-activist Ron Kovic. Stone and Kovic co-wrote the film's screenplay and Stone received a "Best Director" Oscar for the film, which earned eight Oscar nominations and won four Golden Globe Awards. Noted educator, author and Vietnam War expert Robert Toplin will lead the discussion.
• Special Event: An Evening with Larry Kramer
Distinguished American playwright and LGBT rights activist Larry Kramer will take part in a pair of events. He will be on hand for a discussion of the acclaimed HBO documentary "Larry Kramer in Love and Anger" on Nov. 8 at Newcomb Hall Theater. That afternoon in Old Cabell Hall, the festival will present "An Evening with Larry Kramer," a wide-ranging talk about his career and life. Kramer is one of the most dynamic and influential forces for political activism, gay rights, public health policy and AIDS awareness, and is renowned for both his ardent social activism and literary achievements. At the root of both is his lifelong commitment to criticizing gay apathy and government and social indifference to AIDS. He is the founder of the Gay Men's Health Crisis, an AIDS service organization, and ACT UP, a widely effective direct action AIDS advocacy group. His most acclaimed plays include "The Normal Heart" (1985) and the Pulitzer Prize-finalist "The Destiny of Me" (1992). A recent revival of "The Normal Heart" won three Tony Awards, including Best Play, and the 2014 HBO television adaptation earned the Emmy for Outstanding Television Movie.
• Leonard Maltin
Critic and film historian Leonard Maltin makes his festival debut to guest-program a number of films and to be a part of the annual Library of Congress series. Maltin's appearances include a conversation with the legendary animator Bill Plympton after a screening of his celebrated film "Cheatin.'" He also will present a screening of the Academy Award-nominated film "Songcatcher," followed by a conversation with director Maggie Greenwald. In addition, Maltin – a voting member of the National Film Registry – will present restored prints of "The Maltese Falcon" (1941) and "Employees' Entrance" (1933) from the Library of Congress archives in Culpeper.
• "Mercy Street"
The festival will present a sneak preview of an episode of the upcoming PBS television drama "Mercy Street." Set to debut Jan. 17, the six-part series was produced in and around Richmond. Part medical drama, part family saga, the series is based on true stories and is set in Alexandria, the longest Union-occupied town of the Civil War. The show follows two volunteer nurses on opposite sides of the Civil War; Mary Phinney (played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead), a staunch New England abolitionist, and Emma Green (Charlottesville-area native Hannah James), a naive young Confederate belle, who collide at Mansion House, the Green family's luxury hotel that has been transformed into a Union army hospital. Juxtaposed with the hospital is the story of the Green family, Southern loyalists who have stubbornly remained in their hometown despite the occupation. The intersection of North and South within the confines of a small, occupied city creates a rich world that is chaotic, conflicted, corrupt, dynamic and even hopeful. The screening will be followed by a discussion with several cast members, including Hannah James, Norbert Leo Butz ("Bloodline"), Cherry Jones ("24"), and Tara Summers ("Boston Legal"), along with one of the series' executive producers, Lisa Quijano Wolfinger, and U.Va. Civil War expert Gary Gallagher.
Spotlight Screenings
"Carol" – Set in 1952 New York, this new film from award-winning director Todd Haynes tells the story of an aspiring young photographer (Rooney Mara) whose chance department store encounter with an older, married woman (Cate Blanchett) sparks a relationship that changes both of their lives.
"Entertainment" – Director Rick Alverson, a Richmond native, presents a nightmarish account of an entertainer on the brink as an aging comedian tours a series of fourth-rate venues in the California desert while trying to reconnect with his estranged daughter.
"In Transit" – The final project of the late documentarian Albert Maysles takes viewers on a journey into the hearts and minds of everyday passengers aboard Amtrak's Empire Builder, America's busiest long-distance train route, capturing a beautiful portrait of America told in gorgeous landscapes and fascinating interconnected vignettes.
"Lamb" – A man's journey to self-discovery, fueled by the disintegration of his marriage and death of his father, takes an unexpected detour when he meets an awkward and unpopular 11-year-old girl whom he takes on a mountain road trip that affects them both in surprising ways. The film's writer, director and star, Ross Partridge, will be on hand for a discussion.
"Last Days in the Desert" – Ewan McGregor plays Jesus and The Devil in an imagined chapter from Jesus' 40 days in the desert that finds the two tangling over the fate of a family in crisis. The film is the latest from director Rodrigo Garcia, and was produced by U.Va. alumna Julie Lynn and her producing partner, Bonnie Curtis, at Mockingbird Pictures. Lynn will be on hand to discuss the film.
"A Light Beneath Their Feet" – A high school senior must choose between going to college and taking care of her bipolar mother (played by Taryn Manning) in this film starring Maddie Hasson, who will be on hand to participate in a discussion of the film.
"Louder Than Bombs" – Writer/director Joachim Trier's drama follows a father (Gabriel Byrne) and his two sons, played by Jesse Eisenberg and Devin Druid, as they confront their very different memories of their wife and mother, a famed war photographer. Druid and producer Ron Yerxa, a festival advisory board member, will be on hand to discuss the film.
"Mully" – Actor Scott Haze, a graduate of The Miller School in Albemarle County, makes his directorial debut with this inspiring story of Charles Mully, a one-time Kenyan orphan who rose to wealth and power, then risked it all to launch a foundation dedicated to creating a better life for orphans in the country today. Haze and the film's executive producer, Academy Award-winning filmmaker James Moll, will discuss the film.
"Project Greenlight" Film – A sneak peek at the result of HBO's acclaimed documentary series about filmmaking, focusing on the challenges facing a first-time director as cameras roll from pre-production to casting through principal photography and post-production. Director Jason Mann will take part in a conversation about the film.
"Another Way of Living: The Story of Reston, VA" – American planner Robert Simon dreamed of "another way of living" in the suburbs, and in 1964 created the New Town of Reston. The film follows his unwavering belief in the project, despite being fired due to financial challenges in its earliest stages, and highlights his insistence that the town remain true to its core principles, even with the challenges brought on by financial success.
"The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution" – Filmmaker Stanley Nelson ("Freedom Riders") examines the rise of the Black Panther Party in the 1960s and its impact on civil rights and American culture. Nelson weaves together a treasure trove of source material with the voices of those who lived it, from the Black Panthers themselves to detractors, FBI informants, journalists, white allies and others.
"Bound: Africans versus African Americans" – Controversial and illuminating, this film from Kenyan-born Peres Owino uses testimonials to expose the seldom-discussed ways that Africans and African-Americans view each other, and looks at the cultures' shared history to foster mutual understanding. Owino will share her film and take part in a post-screening discussion.
"Generation A: Portraits of Autism in the Arts" – This powerful and insightful film, which features Temple Grandin and Ed Asner, shows how young people on the autism spectrum use the arts to reach their highest potential and to connect with others and build pathways into their community.
"Harry & Snowman" – This film about renowned Central Virginia equestrian Harry deLeyer tells the Cinderella story that began when he paid $80 for a broken-down Amish plowhorse headed for the glue factory. Two years later, the pair won the triple crown of show jumping, gaining worldwide fame and forging friendship that lasted a lifetime.
"Imba Means Sing" – An 8-year-old star drummer from Uganda's Grammy-nominated African Children's Choir leads audiences on an inspirational journey, highlighted by a life-changing opportunity and showcasing the importance of education.
"Rosenwald" – Aviva Kempner's latest film tells the incredible yet little-known story of how businessman and philanthropist Julius Rosenwald joined with African-American communities in the South to build schools during the early part of the 20th century, and the ongoing efforts to reconfigure those schools. The screening will be in tribute to the late civil rights activist and U.Va. history professor emeritus Julian Bond, who is featured in the film. Bond's widow Pamela Horowitz; poet and U.Va. English professor Rita Dove; and Kempner will be in attendance.
"Selma: The Bridge to the Ballot" – The true story of the forgotten heroes in the fight for voting rights – the courageous students and teachers of Selma, Alabama, who stood up against injustice despite facing intimidation, arrests, and violence. Presented in partnership with the U.Va. Center for Politics.
"Sol LeWitt: Wall Drawings" – Filmmakers Edgar B. Howard and Tom Piper present a retrospective of LeWitt's wall drawings in North Adams, Massachusetts. Born in 1928, LeWitt is considered one of the key pioneers of conceptual art for his belief that concept is more important than execution. This screening supports an exhibition this fall at The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia.
"Until 20" – When James Ragan was 13, he received the most devastating news: he had a rare childhood cancer. What he did after he heard that news is the basis for this film, a moving account of James' life after his diagnosis that asks the question, "How would you live if you knew your life would end at 20?"
Spotlight on Virginia Filmmaking
"This year's crop of films that were either made in Virginia or have Virginia roots are particularly impressive," festival programmer Wesley Harris said, "which really speaks to the growing base of talent and creativity in the commonwealth. It's an honor to be able to showcase their work each year."
This year's Virginia Filmmaking lineup includes:
"Coming Through the Rye" – Jamie Schwartz, obsessed with Holden Caulfield, runs away from boarding school in the year 1969 to find reclusive author J.D. Salinger. Inspired by actual events, Jamie's search for Salinger becomes a journey into sexual awakening, love and loss in this film directed by James Steven Sadwith.
"H8RZ" – With the intrigue of a crime thriller, this story of a mysterious high school "incident" tells a many-layered story that unravels throughout the course of the school's investigation, and cleverly deals with issues of bullying, school corruption and the darker side of teen interactions. The screening will feature a discussion with writer/director Derrick Borte (from Norfolk) and the film's star, Israel Broussard.
"Monroe Hill" –This historical documentary-essay film from Charlottesville-based documentarian Eduardo Montes-Bradley traces the roots and historical context of James Monroe's first home in Albemarle County. The property known as Monroe Hill serves today as the administrative offices of Brown Residential College on the U.Va. Grounds.
"Paradise" – Produced over the course of eight years beginning in 2007, the feature-length, non-fiction video by U.Va. professor Lydia Moyer focuses on seven stories of abandoned sites, including Wounded Knee, South Dakota; the mining town of Centralia, Pennsylvania; and the site of the Jonestown massacre in Guyana. Moyer's work will also be featured in this year's Digital Media Gallery, located in Second Street Gallery.
"Polyfaces" – Four years in the making, this documentary celebrates the unique connection between food and community found at the third-generation family farm of author and activist Joel Salatin (called the "world's most innovative farmer" by Time Magazine). The screening will feature a conversation with Salatin and filmmakers Lisa Heenan and Darren Doherty.
"Night of the Living Deb" – Endearingly awkward Deb wakes up in the apartment of the most attractive guy in Portland, Maine. One problem: she doesn't remember how she ended up there. A second problem: said guy ushers her out the door and straight into a full-scale zombie apocalypse. Virginia native director Kyle Baker, star Maria Thayer, and cinematographer Tom Ackerman will be present to discuss the film.
Library of Congress Series
The Virginia Film Festival celebrates the fifth year of its unique partnership with the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation in Culpeper, presenting a series of films that celebrate the National Film Registry and the Campus' dedication to film preservation.
This year's lineup will include the Humphrey Bogart classic "The Maltese Falcon" (1941), the seedy pre-Code drama "Employee's Entrance" (1933), and D. W. Griffith's landmark 1915 film "Birth of a Nation," which remains one of the most controversial films in American history. The latter screening will be followed by a panel discussion led by the Miller Center's director of public programs, journalist and author Douglas A. Blackmon, who earned the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for his book, "Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II."
"Cemetery of Splendour" (Thailand) – Palme d'Or winner Apichatpong Weerasethakul ("Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives") returns in this mysterious and funny new film about a young medium and middle-aged hospital volunteer who investigate a case of mass sleeping sickness that may have supernatural roots.
"Dough" (United Kingdom/Hungary) – An endearing and heartfelt tale about an old Jewish baker (Jonathan Pryce) struggling to keep his business afloat, who sees sales soar when a young Muslim apprentice accidentally drops cannabis into the dough.
"Eisenstein In Guanajuato" (Netherlands/Mexico) – Filmmaker Peter Greenaway looks into the mind of the Russian creative genius Sergei Eisenstein and how that filmmaker's 10 days in Mexico in 1931 and how the desires and fears of love, sex and death he faced there helped shape the career and legacy of one of the great masters of cinema.
"In the Basement" (Austria) – Ulrich Seldl heads deep into his nation's consciousness by delving into what its people get up to in their basements, one of the most utilized rooms in Austrian homes. The answers run the gamut from mundane hobbies to shocking obsessions and reveal, in some cases, more than we ever hoped to know.
"The Kindergarten Teacher" (Israel/France) – A young woman becomes enchanted, then obsessed, with the otherworldly poetic talents of a 5-year-old boy, ultimately pushing boundaries in an effort to protect that talent before his purity is lost.
"The Pearl Button" (Chile) – Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzmán uses the metaphor of water, inspired by his nation's vast coastline, to chronicle the history of the indigenous peoples of Patagonia, whose decimation by colonial conquest foretold the brutal Pinochet dictatorship.
"Mountains May Depart" (China) – A sweeping tale from Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhang-ke about a town beauty and two suitors that that jumps from the past to the near future to show how China's economic boom has impacted the bonds of family, tradition and love.
"My Friend Victoria" (France) – Adapted from a short story by Nobel Prize-winning writer Doris Lessing, this powerful tale of race and privilege shifts the scene to Paris to focus on a young orphan girl whose one night in the home of a wealthy family has reverberations that change the course of her life.
"Sembene!" (Senegal) – The real life epic about Ousmane Sembene, the "father of African cinema," tells the tale of an ordinary man who fought enormous odds to give African stories to Africans from the perspective of the man who knew him best.
"Summer of Sangaile" (Lithuania/France/Netherlands) – A chance meeting between two restless teenagers sets the stage for a summer of awakening, learning to fly and learning to love, in this film that earned a World Cinema Directing Award at this year's Sundance Film Festival.
"Taxi" (Iran) – Exiled Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi takes the helm, and the wheel, in a slice-of-life documentary that finds him posing as a taxi driver to get a look inside the lives of Tehran residents. The film earned the Golden Bear at the 2015 Berlin Film Festival.
"Victoria" (Germany) – Shot in a single two-hour-plus take, this edge-of-your-seat thriller tells the story of a runaway party girl whose spontaneous night out with three men turns into a bank robbery.
U.Va. Center for Politics
The Virginia Film Festival and the Center for Politics continue their annual collaboration with a special screening of "Selma: The Bridge to the Ballot." The true story of the forgotten heroes in the fight for voting rights depicts the courageous students and teachers of Selma, Alabama who stood up against injustice despite facing intimidation, arrests and violence.
The film will be followed by a panel discussion featuring Joanne Bland, the co-founder and former director of Selma's National Voting Rights Museum; Charles Mauldin, who at age 16 was elected president of the Dallas County Youth League, the student organization that led many of the nonviolent marches and demonstrations that culminated in the March to Montgomery and the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, and whose parents were the first two to be registered as a result of that passage; and Selma foot soldier Albert Southall, who faced dogs, horses, tear gas, billy clubs and cattle prods that fateful day at the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
"Faust," featuring John D'earth and the Free Bridge Quintet
On Nov. 7, as part of a partnership with U.Va.'s McIntire Department of Music, the Free Bridge Quintet will perform a two-hour accompaniment to the 1926 silent film "Faust," directed by F.W. Murnau. The score, composed by Free Bridge trumpeter and U.Va. Director of Jazz Performance John D'earth, was originally commissioned by the U.Va. Film Society in 2003 for a presentation of the restored print. The film will screen in Old Cabell Hall and will feature the quintet with guest I-Jen Fang, principal percussionist of the Charlottesville Symphony. (Note: Festival ticket vouchers and badges will not be redeemable for this event.)
Family Day returns to the Betsy and John Casteen Arts Grounds on Nov. 7 with a daylong celebration for all ages, highlighted by screenings of "Pixar Short Films 2007-2012" and the family classic "Babe." The screenings begin at 10 a.m. at Culbreth Theatre.
Also returning this year will be the Charlottesville Symphony's Musical Instrument Petting Zoo in the Helms Theatre, and the popular Young Filmmakers Academy, showcasing the work of more than 600 student filmmakers from around the area.
The day will also feature the return of the arts-inspired interactive workshops led by U.Va. and community arts professionals on topics including "Make-up Effects," "Speak Shakespeare Like a Pro!", "Music in Movies" and more. The workshops are free, but require advance registration; visit virginiafilmfestival.org/workshops/.
Family Day events are free and open to the public, and feature convenient free parking at the Culbreth Road Garage.
School Screening: "Most Likely to Succeed"
Middle- and high-school students will attend a special screening of the award-winning documentary "Most Likely to Succeed" on Nov. 6 at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for the Performing Arts at Charlottesville High School. The film, by Greg Whiteley, has been hailed as one of the most important ever made on the topic of the past and present of school.
The film will also be presented at a public screening that evening at Piedmont Virginia Community College's Dickinson Center.
Digital Media Gallery
The Digital Media Gallery returns to Second Street Gallery, inside the City Center for Contemporary Arts, where it will feature video projection art and experimental films by students from acclaimed filmmaker Kevin Everson's intermediate and advanced U.Va. cinematography courses and students from Charlottesville's award-winning Light House Studio.
The gallery also will feature the debut of a new film by video artist Lydia Moyer, an associate professor at U.Va.
The gallery will open Nov. 6 with a First Friday reception and will remain open through the month. It is curated in company with Beyond Classification, a group exhibition of contemporary photography and video by women artists from Egypt who offer multiple perspectives on current political and social conditions there, as well as diverse strategies for communicating about those conditions in photography and video; these can be viewed beginning Oct. 23.
Beyond Classification and the Digital Media Gallery are both free and open to the public. The Digital Media Gallery is made possible by the support of the U.Va. Arts Council and The A/V Company and is part of the Virginia Film Festival's Community Outreach & Education Program.
Adrenaline Film Project
Since its launch in 2003, the Adrenaline Film Project has become an annual highlight and audience favorite, bringing together 10 to 12 teams of three filmmakers to write, cast, shoot, edit and screen their films in only 72 hours. Filmmaker and Charlottesville native Jeff Wadlow will once again head a veteran mentor team that includes Charlottesville filmmaker Derek Sieg and acting coach Leigh Kilton-Smith.
Mentors closely supervise each stage of production, and the process culminates Nov. 7 at 9:30 p.m. in a competitive screening and award ceremony in front of a live audience at Culbreth Theatre.
Highlights of this year's parties and events include:
Opening Night Gala – Nov. 5, Jefferson Theater, Downtown Mall (doors open at 9:30 p.m.; 21 and over event)
Celebrate the excitement of opening night following the screening of "I Saw the Light" and toast the weekend with beverages, light buffet refreshments and live big band music while mixing and mingling with guests, festival friends and supporters. Tickets are $75 per person.
Late Night Wrap Party – Nov. 7, Main Street Arena, Downtown Mall, 10 p.m. (21 and over event)
Close the festival in style and connect with filmmakers, special guests and fellow film fans in a fun and festive atmosphere. Tickets are $35 per person.
The 2015 Virginia Film Festival is generously supported by premiere sponsors The AV Company, The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, Virginia Film Office, Violet Crown and Wells Fargo.
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KKR To Acquire Majority Stake Of Music Catalog Of Ryan Tedder And OneRepublic
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(RTTNews) – Global investment firm KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR), and three-time Grammy award winning songwriter, producer and lead vocalist of OneRepublic Ryan Tedder, said Monday that KKR has agreed to acquire a majority stake of the music catalog of Tedder and OneRepublic, including music publishing and recorded music rights. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Following the acquisition, Tedder will retain an interest in his music alongside KKR. Tedder's management, Patriot Management, and artist development company mtheory, through its MTC Music Royalties fund, will also participate in the equity transaction. Interscope Records will continue to own the master recordings of OneRepublic.
The catalog includes nearly 500 songs written, recorded or produced by Tedder for OneRepublic and other artists.
This includes songs Tedder has written with Beyonce, U2, Paul McCartney, Adele, Stevie Wonder, Ed Sheeran, Lady Gaga, Cardi B, Jonas Brothers, and Thomas Rhett.
It also includes all OneRepublic songs such as massive hits "Apologize," "Secrets" and "Counting Stars," which just passed 40 million in sales and is one of the highest selling singles in Interscope Records' history.
Songs written by Tedder have sold over 420 million copies, or the equivalent of 63 billion streams.
KKR said it is investing in the catalog through its Dislocation Opportunities Fund and private credit vehicles.
KKR has experience investing in artist-centric businesses, including Gibson Brands, Alpha Theta (f.k.a. Pioneer DJ) and BMG.
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Lori Lightfoot to huddle with Ivanka Trump at the White House on Tuesday
By Lynn Sweet
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WASHINGTON — Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot will huddle with Ivanka Trump on Tuesday, when she kicks off three days of meetings at the White House and the Capitol, with some fundraising in between.
Lightfoot and President Donald Trump's daughter, Ivanka, who is a senior White House adviser, are, a White House source said, "having an introductory meeting tomorrow afternoon while the mayor-elect is in town. They will discuss workforce development and other opportunities."
White House Deputy Press Secretary Judd Deere said Lightfoot and President Trump "are not scheduled to meet."
Be mindful: That statement does not rule out the potential that there could be a meeting if Trump was so moved, only that nothing is scheduled.
As I reported last week, Lightfoot later on Tuesday afternoon meets with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other top congressional leaders. On Wednesday the incoming mayor is on the House side attending a meeting of the Congressional Black Caucus with her fundraiser at a government affairs group in the evening.
On Thursday, she meets with the Chicago and the rest of the Illinois congressional delegation at lunch and breakfast in addition to one-on-ones with Democratic Illinois Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin.
For years now, Trump has been a Chicago basher, with Emanuel, a former chief of staff to former President Barack Obama, presenting a tempting target to Trump.
Emanuel stood up to Trump and didn't take it from him. Trump kept punching anyway. Emanuel couldn't make Trump stop.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker campaigned almost every day last year against Trump, yet once elected, was happy to go to the White House as governor-elect and after being sworn-in if it meant boosting federal assistance for Illinois.
Pritzker, Emanuel and Lightfoot oppose so many Trump policies, as does Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. Yet Durbin worked with Jared Kushner, Ivanka's husband who is also a senior adviser, to pass the crime bill into law. Both Durbin and Duckworth quietly deal with the Trump White House to forge consensus nominees for federal judges and U.S. Attorneys in Illinois.
My guess is Lightfoot will take the same approach. It's just a practical thing to do, especially with an infrastructure bill in play. It does not mean an end to fighting Trump on immigration, Obamacare and a lot more.
Lightfoot lacks Rahm's D.C. headstart
Emanuel, a former congressman, had a head start as mayor when it came to crucial D.C. dealings, an enormous advantage Lightfoot does not have. Emanuel started with Chicagoan Obama as the president and with his status as a former chief of staff.
Emanuel knew where the federal money is buried in this town and which competitive grants to pursue — from the Defense Department to the more obvious Department of Transportation, for years headed by his Illinois pal, Ray LaHood. Obama gave him a NATO conference in Chicago. Emanuel knew every Obama Cabinet secretary and agency head, some in their jobs because of him.
When it comes to working the D.C. precincts, Emanuel will be a hard act to follow.
Rahm interviews Pelosi, in Chicago for Schakowsky
Pelosi was in Chicago on Monday to keynote Rep. Jan Schakowsky's major fundraising event, her 18th Annual Ultimate Women's Power Lunch, attended by more than 3,300 at the Chicago Hilton, 720 S. Michigan Ave.
Pelosi and Schakowsky and some others wore suffragists' white. Lightfoot and Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., were among the speakers. Pressley grew up in Chicago, a graduate of Francis Parker High School on the North Side who got to know Schakowsky well because she was friends with her kids.
With Pelosi in Chicago, Emanuel landed her as a guest on one of the final editions of his mayoral podcast.
To my point of Democrats pragmatically working with Trump on selected matters, Pelosi told Emanuel, "People say to me 'how can you go talk to (Trump) about infrastructure when they won't give us the information for the Mueller Report,' and I say that I have to. If we think there's a way that we can work to build our infrastructure working in a bipartisan way, we have that responsibility."
Other highlights:
•Emanuel asked Pelosi whether the job of president has changed or matured Trump.
"Unfortunately not," she said. Trump displays "no curiosity, no acquiring of knowledge, no, nothing. It's sad."
•Is Trump goading Democrats into seeking impeachment?
"That's why I have said when people keep after me on the impeachment, he's not worth it. He's not worth it because he wants us to go to that place so that we're not focusing on whatever else."
•On Attorney General William Barr:
Said Pelosi, "He's not just a toady for Trump. He's a toady for the special interests."
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