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What the genius 'musafir' Pancham's Life teaches us about our own
You cannot escape what's in store for you in Life – you have to bear your cross, no matter what!
Google reminded me that it is R.D.Burman's 77th birthday today. Panchamda is my absolute, all-time, favorite. He passed away so suddenly 22 years ago with so much music still left in him.
During the last 10 years of his Life, the man who ruled Hindi film music in the late 60s, all through the 70s and in the early 80s, struggled to get work. Bappi Lahiri's disco music had taken over and nobody wanted to touch Pancham. Not even Nasir Hussain, who had consistently used RD for all his films that included (and followed) Teesri Manzil (1966). Hussain let his son Mansoor Khan have his way and signed up Anand-Milind for his production Qayyamat Se Qayyamat Tak (1988), which famously launched Aamir Khan's and Juhi Chawla's careers. Interestingly, Panchamda got no National Award in his entire career and won only 3 Filmfare Awards (out of a total 18 nominations) – Sanam Teri Kasam (1983), Masoom (1984) and posthumously for 1942 – A Love Story (1995). Observers and chroniclers of Hindi cinema say that RD died a beaten and heart-broken man because he felt the industry that he gave so much to, "abandoned him and moved on with the times".
Anyone who has heard Mera Kuch Samaan from Ijaazat (Gulzar, Asha Bhosle, 1987) or Dhanno Ki Aankhon Mein from Kitaab (Gulzar, RD himself, 1977) will agree with me that RD is sheer genius. In fact, long-time collaborator, lyricist and director Gulzar refers to Pancham's Life as an "era that began and ended with him". To be sure, RD, Gulzar and Kishore Kumar together produced magic and the collection of the songs they created together would rate as the finest and most brilliant ever in Indian cinema. Why then should such a genius have had to go hunting for work? Why then should he be spurned by the same film-makers who once queued up at his door? Why then should such a celebrated artiste die a heart-broken man? Well, while there is no straight, logical answer to these questions; the only one I can muster is that "such is Life"!
Indeed. Such is Life. What goes up will come down. And what goes down will come up again. So, RD's Life teaches us, yet again, to appreciate the impermanence of everything. Name. Fame. Wealth. Success. Glory. And even failure. Because, though he died wanting to be celebrated again, posthumously, RD is now worshipped. Such is Life! What I have learnt is that we must keep going with the flow. Be humble and be happy for all that you have. When you get what you want in Life, be grateful. When you don't get what you want in Life, or when you get what you don't want in Life, be accepting. Don't fight Life. Don't become bitter. You are born untouched by worldliness. Live untouched. And go away untouched. Success and failure are both worldly labels. Don't let them get to you. As they seem to have gotten to RD in his last years. To quote my favorite RD number, again written by Gulzar, and sung memorably by Kishore Kumar, be like that 'musafir' (wanderer/voyager) from Parichay (1972): Musafir Hoon Yaroon, Na Ghar Hai Na Tikhana, Mujhe Chalte Jaana Hai, Bus, Chalte Jaana…!!!
Author AVIS ViswanathanPosted on June 27, 2016 January 4, 2019 Categories UncategorizedTags 1942 - A Love Story, Anand-Milind, Art of Living, Asha Bhosle, AVIS Viswanathan, Bappi Lahiri, Bitter, Bollywood, Depression, Dhanno Ki Aankhon Mein, Failure, Fall Like A Rose Petal, Fame, Filmfare Award, Google, Gulzar, Happiness, Humility, Ijaazat, Inner Peace, Intelligent Living, Kishore Kumar, Laxmikant Pyarelal, Mansoor Khan, Masoom, Mera Kuch Samaan, Musafir Hoon Yaaron, Name, Nasir Hussain, National Awards, Osho, Pancham, Panchamda, Parichay, Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, R D Burman, Sanam Teri Kasam, Spirituality, Success, Teesri Manzil, Uncategorized, Worldliness, Zen1 Comment on What the genius 'musafir' Pancham's Life teaches us about our own
Your Life flows in the direction created by the choices you make
There are no right or wrong ways to live your Life. Live it your way. After all, it's your Life!
What caught my attention over veteran Hindi actor Sadhana's passing on Christmas day was that she died alone in a hospital in Mahim, Mumbai – losing her battle with an undisclosed ailment. Her close friend and actor Tabassum told The Indian Express' Sonup Sahadevan that Sadhana, 74, was "very ill and very sad". Sadhana's husband R.K.Nayyar had died in 1995 – the couple had no children. Sadhana apparently had no relatives and was also embroiled in a bitter legal case over the house she was living in as a tenant in Khar. Her eyesight in recent years had been affected by hyperthyroidism.
Now, here was a woman who was the heartthrob of millions in India all through the 1960s and much of the 1970s – her famous films included Mera Saaya (1966), Woh Kaun Thi (1964), Gaban (1966), Mere Mehboob (1963), Ek Musafir Ek Hasina (1962), Hum Dono (1961), Rajkumar (1964), Waqt(1965), and Ek Phool Do Mali (1969). She was considered a style diva and her hairstyle, that was aped by many, was popularly called the 'Sadhana Cut'.
Did such a memorable icon deserve such a forgettable end? This is one question that some of the people writing, commenting, opinionating on Sadhana's Life and times, have asked over the last couple of days.
Interesting question. In trying to answer it, we must consider that Life is all about the choices we make. And we must remember that Life's basic principle is impermanency. Nothing is permanent. What goes up, comes down. What goes down, comes right back up. So, fame, fortune, friends and family – everyone and everything, will, at some point, fade away. The choice to live your Life alone is entirely yours. The choice to perhaps fight a court battle – or whatever – is entirely yours. The choice to be sad is entirely yours. Just as the choice to be among people you know, to not fight a court battle and to be happy is entirely yours!
I am not here pontificating whether Sadhana made the right choices in her Life. I am only saying that her choice to do what she did was purely her own. Just as it is with each of us in the context of our Life's stories. Osho, the Master, has explained a simple, practical, way of making decisions and choices in Life. He says, when decisions come from your head – from the way you are thinking; emotionally, rationally, whatever – you will often not enjoy the outcome of your decisions. He says you may even suffer from your choices. But when your decisions come from your being, he says, when they come from who you really are, then no matter what the decision is or what outcomes follow, you will be at peace. So, who are we to judge how Sadhana made her decisions, her Life choices? Maybe she was at peace living alone and fighting her court battles, even as she battled failing health. Maybe, if Tabassum's perspective is brought into focus, she was not. In fact, with Sadhana gone, it does not even matter now.
Even so, there's a learning here for all of us. Our lives are flowing in the direction created by the choices we have made. And, as I see it, there are no right or wrong choices. A decision is a decision. A choice is a choice. And each choice leads you through an experience that you again learn from. This is how Life flows…and flows….until it ends…possibly when it merges again with the source?
Author AVIS ViswanathanPosted on December 27, 2015 March 14, 2016 Categories Happiness, Inner Peace, Intelligent Living, Osho, SadnessTags Bollywood, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Osho, R.K.Nayyar, Sadhana, Sadness, Tabassum, The Indian Express, WaqtLeave a comment on Your Life flows in the direction created by the choices you make
Dharam 'paaji' and the secret of living above this world!
The surest way to stay grounded is to be silent. Not just in the face of emotional and physical provocation, but in terms of making it a daily practice.
Practicing silence periods awakens you to your true Self. This method is called Shubha Mouna Yoga.
Dharmendra in 'Yamla Pagla Deewana 2'
Listen to Bollywood legend Dharmendra, now 80, on how silence helped him. In a recent media interview, he's quoted as saying: "…In 2001, I was alone in America with a back problem. Loneliness was killing me. No one to share sorrows. Guess what? I started talking to myself. Then tanhayee (solitude) started talking to me, 'You don't know me. You are afraid of me. You can't escape me. Remember your childhood dreams of becoming a star? You were on my lap then. I was in the lullabies your mother sang. You didn't need me in all those years of mahurats, megahits, parties, tamashas. But now you are in my arms again'…."
The benefit of mouna is orgasmic in nature – it has to be experienced. It cannot be explained or described. Your being silent does not require the environment to be quietened by you. It requires only you to remain silent. When you are silent you encounter your God – the 'one' within you. When you converse with your God, you understand the truth of your creation. "Then you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free" – Jesus (John 8:32). When you are free, your world looks and feels different; there are no pressures, no worries, no fears. This does not mean problems vanish and challenges cease to exist. It means your problems don't trouble you and the challenges don't weigh you down. You live in the same world. But you now know how to live above it.
Reaching this state of evolution requires just 20 minutes of being silent each day to start with. Won't you give 20 minutes of your time daily to gain control over the remaining 1420 minutes in the day? If you invest in the stock-market or real-estate or mutual funds hoping to get a good return on investment (ROI), you will understand the value in giving 20 and taking back 1420!!! You don't have to listen to Jesus or to me, but listen to Dharmendra, a man who has lived Life fully, is a very colorful personality, has a glad eye, has married more than once and drinks even today with true Punjabi flourish! For he's one of those who have discovered the secret of living in this world and yet being above it!
Author AVIS ViswanathanPosted on December 23, 2015 March 14, 2016 Categories Inner Peace, Intelligent Living, Mouna, Silence PeriodsTags Bible, Bollywood, Dharmendra, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Jesus, Jesus Christ, ROI, Silence PeriodsLeave a comment on Dharam 'paaji' and the secret of living above this world!
Inspiration from a legend to stay Evergreen, Everyoung, Everalive
Do what you love doing. No matter what people think of you. And you will forever be at peace. And, importantly, you will always feel young.
Review your Life. Almost all your decisions are based on what other people think of you. The way you dress, the way you speak, the way you think are limited because of a perceived world-view you have of yourself. In fact, many people are trapped in lives and careers that are based on what other people have chosen for them __ parents or spouses __ or they have been driven by circumstances and fears to do what they are doing.
Dev Anand, Bollywood's Evergreen, Everyoung, Eversmiling and Everalive star, led his Life his way__no matter what people thought of him__and led the way for us for the 65 years that he was in cinema. Almost everyone loved him. In fact, I am yet to come across someone who says, "I don't like Dev saab". He lived a full Life, although his last recognized hit at the box office, 'Hare Rama Hare Krishna' came in 1971, which was 40 years before he passed away in December 2011! But over these 40 years, he continued to do what he loved doing __ make films, launch new talent, helping whoever came his way. He financed his 18 films between 1971 and 2011 from revenue from his various real estate investments and from his post-production, recording and sound remix facility in Pali Hill, Mumbai, which industry estimates say, earned him Rs.20 crore annually. So, his Navketan Films, continued to survive despite all his 18 films failing at the box office. Despite his bad run in the trade, Dev Anand's goodwill, carried him along in his last few decades. The venerable Warner Brothers associated even with his last film__and another failure__'Chargesheet' that released in October 2011, because, as an official told The Economic Times, "We did it for Dev Anand". Trade Analyst Komal Nahta recounts the tale of a person who bought the distribution rights of a Dev Anand film for the Rajasthan region some years ago. Nahta asked him: "Are you crazy?" His reply, Nahta told The Economic Times, was, "I got to pose with Dev Anand for a photo." It wasn't just about his star appeal alone, which he of course retained despite aging over the years. He didn't mind that the trade wrote him off because of his films' poor showing. He continued to be alive to humanity. What was special about Dev Anand was his energy. Nobody, it is said, who went to him came back depressed. He continued to launch talent__having launched stars like Naseeruddin Shah, Jackie Shroff and Tabu in films__and was willing to help anyone in distress. "Log mujhe pyaar karte hain", he would say smiling his trademark smile, meaning, "People love me." To me, the key learnings from Dev Anand's Life: 1. He loved what he was doing. 2. He was therefore ever peaceful, ever smiling. 3. He took his work seriously: continuing to improve every day, with each film, at least in his mind, within himself, IRRESPECTIVE OF WHAT PEOPLE SAID OR THOUGHT OF HIM. 4. He was forever willing to help. Only when we live Life this way, can we live easy, and as the lyrics of Dev Anand's 1962 classic 'Hum Dono' (We Both), go, we too can say, "…Main Zindagi Ka Saath Nibhatha Chala Gaya…Main Har Fikr Ko Dhuen Main Udaatha Chala Gaya…". This means, I went along playing ball with Life, blowing away all my worries. This, Dev Anand often said, was also his Life's Mantra.
Make it yours. And you too will be Everalive, Evergreen and Everyoung!
Author AVIS ViswanathanPosted on June 10, 2015 March 14, 2016 Categories Inner Peace, Intelligent LivingTags Be Yourself, Bollywood, Dev Anand, Hare Rama Hare Krishna, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Hum Dono, Komal NahtaLeave a comment on Inspiration from a legend to stay Evergreen, Everyoung, Everalive
Monday Morning inspirations from Panchamda's immortal music
Except what you will be remembered for, nothing is permanent. Neither your success. Nor what you call failure.
Everything changes. You too have changed. You too will lose everything that you desperately seek to protect: your name, your position, your salary, your savings, your assets. You too will move on, when your time comes. This is the Law of Life. This is the way of the Universe. If this is so, why do we fret, fume, worry, amass, control, protect, fear and feel jealous of or hate another?
Understanding the impermanence of Life itself and of each experience that comes with it in this lifetime is intelligent living. Whatever has happened, whatever is happening, whatever will happen to you cannot be changed. It is when you live with this realization that you actually live. And until you get this simple truth about Life straight, you will struggle and suffer through Life.
Last evening, I was listening to one of R.D.Burman's compositions – Musafir Hoon Main Yaroon – (Parichay, 1972, Gulzar, Kishore Kumar). To call Rahul Dev Burman just great is perhaps blasphemous. RD or Panchamda as he was fondly called, was__and IS__one of India's greatest music composers. Between 1966 and 1982, he ruled Bollywood. I am sure no one needs any introduction to his genre or his songs. Just a gentle reminder will get us all humming. It is said that he composed 'Aye Meri Topi Palat Ke Aa' for his father Sachin Dev Burman's 1956 'Funtoosh'when he was hardly 9 years old! The golden years of Hindi cinema were courtesy RD: 'Aaja Aaja Main Hoon Pyar Tera' (Teesri Manzil, 1966), 'Dum Maro Dum' (Hare Rama Hare Krishna, 1971), 'Piya Tu Ab Toh Aaja' (Caravan, 1971), 'Chingari Koi Bhadke', 'Kuch Toh Log Kahenge' 'Yeh Kya Hua' (Amar Prem, 1971), 'Duniya Mein Logon Ko' (Apna Desh, 1972), 'Chura Liya Hai Tumne' (Yadoon Ki Baraat, 1973), 'Is Mod Se Jaate Hain' (Aandhi, 1975), 'Mehbooba Mehbooba' (Sholay, 1975), all songs of the musical blockbuster Hum Kissi Se Kum Nahin, 1977, 'Nam Gum Jaayega' (Kinara, 1977), 'Aaj Kal Paon Zameen Par Nahin Padte Mere' (Ghar, 1978), 'Piya Baawri Piya Baawri' (Khubsoorat, 1980). The list is endless. Each of his songs can send people like me into a rapturous, emotional nostalgia trip. Yet, writes Bollywood chronicler and RD-admirer, Ganesh Anantharaman in his book 'Bollywood Melodies', "despite the youthful hit scores of Love Story (1981) and Betaab (1983), I believe that by the 1980s, RD was in the throes of a serious identity crisis. He had exhausted his capacity to create westernized jazzy scores. He had too many instances of his more melodious scores being rejected, mostly because the films were badly made or did not have the right star cast." In reality this translated into RD being totally rejected by Bollywood.
Can you imagine one of the greatest music composers of all times knocking on the doors of producers and studio owners in Mumbai "asking" for an opportunity? Where R.D. Burman had made a career from songs with a strong Western jazz influence, he found that he was repeatedly being outdone by Bappi Lahiri's Western "inspired" disco. There were a few reprieves though from this ignominy. Notable among them, once again showcasing his genius, was the work he did for his close friend Gulzar: 'Mera Kuch Samaan' (Izzazat, 1987). He plodded on, hurt, humiliated, financially devastated, in pain and suffering. '1942-A Love Story', Vidhu Vinod Chopra's super hit, and whose music restored RD's glory convincingly came, I guess, a trifle too late. Although he had poured his heart into composing the film's music__evident with the runaway success of the numbers 'Ek Ladki Ko Dekha', 'Kuch Na Kaho' and 'Pyar Hua Chupke Se'__he died, beaten, rejected, dejected on January 4th 1994, several months before the film's release and, therefore, before seeing his last work reach cult, iconic status.
(Enjoy a review of a book on him by Aniruddha Bhattacharjee and Balaji Vittal, R.D.Burman __ The Man and Music, in the video link here)
Such is Life. You could be on top one day. And hit rock bottom on another day. Or you could be catapulted to glory from the throes of defeat, failure and frustration. The key to intelligent living is to recognize the transient nature of Life. Then you will want to live well, in the moment, doing whatever you can do__the dishes, painting, cooking, teaching, curing, leading, whatever__the best way you ever can. Don't get carried away by fame. Don't get defeated by insults and rejection. What lasts is the immortality of your work__when you leave behind a legendary body of art. Just the way RD's music is. Everything else is impermanent.
Author AVIS ViswanathanPosted on May 18, 2015 March 14, 2016 Categories Happiness, Impermanence, Inner Peace, Intelligent Living, SufferingTags Bollywood, Gulzar, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Immortality, Impermanence, Pancham, R D Burman, Suffering, Transient, Vidhu Vinod ChopraLeave a comment on Monday Morning inspirations from Panchamda's immortal music
Being depressed for too long is an unevolved response to Life
If you are feeling depressed about Life please know that you are experiencing something normal. Just don't allow the depression to pin you down and hold you hostage.
Recent media reports suggest that Bollywood star Deepika Padukone has talked about battling anxiety and depression last year. She reportedly felt a 'strange emptiness' in her Life and her close friend's suicide only made matters worse for her. Deepika has said she shot for much of the climax for Happy New Year (2014, Farah Khan) feeling "this way". Now, this confession by the actor may make some people wonder why she, of all people, has to be depressed. After all, doesn't she have it all – a glamorous Life, success, money, a fairy-tale relationship with a co-star and what not? But that's the way depression is – it strikes different people for different reasons. Even so the fundamental cause why people tend to feel depressed is the same – they are depressed when they don't get what they want. Since people's wants vary, the reasons for depression vary too. But since everyone out there has unfulfilled wants, depression is inevitable at some time in Life or the other in everyone's Life.
The way to deal with depression is simple though. First accept that depression is a normal and natural response to not getting what you want in Life. Sometimes your wants may be well defined – money, a car, a vacation, a relationship, a child…whatever. Sometimes your wants may be tangible; you may have all the material wealth but what you may be looking for is something intangible – better understanding from family, inner peace, joy in the work you are doing and such. In either case, know that most often you will not get what you want in Life. So, feeling depressed over a want not being met, or granted, is a juvenile, unevolved response to Life. Now if you learn that the nature of Life is such that all your needs will be fulfilled, but never your wants, then you can rise above your depressed state and move on. But if you allow yourself to be depressed for too long, then suffering isn't far away. Because depression is like a wave. If you stand there too long, you will be drowned by the high tide. Then depression will hold you hostage. This when you will not find motivation to do anything – to face people, to go to work, to believe in yourself or even to just be alone – by yourself. You will become irritable, you will grieve and you will suffer.
The first wave of depression is natural. But the second one is self-inflicted. You can't avoid the first one. But you can ensure that you keep the second one away. Be wary of depression. For every second in your Life that you are depressed, you are not living. You are merely existing! A simple truth worth remembering when depression strikes you is that if you are not getting what you want, then perhaps, it is the way it is meant you be. Instead, simply, accept what is and go on with your Life.
Author AVIS ViswanathanPosted on January 17, 2015 March 14, 2016 Categories Art of Living, Happiness, Inner Peace, Intelligent Living, SufferingTags Bollywood, Depression, Farah Khan, Happy New Year, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Suffering1 Comment on Being depressed for too long is an unevolved response to Life
Let your sadness make way for joy!
Don't approach anything that happens in your Life from sadness.
A loss. Pain. A heart-break. An insult. All of them are not what we expect. And so we respond with shock, anger and sorrow. But after we get over the initial response, we must develop the attitude to shift the attention to joy. Exult in the opportunity that each of those surprising, often times even shocking, events has thrown up. A loss always points to a gain in the future. A loss also teaches you, through your grief, what is more valuable to you in your Life. You grieve a loss because you attach a value to it. This awakening to the realization of what's important to you must call for celebration. And joy, not grief and sorrow!
If someone insults you, you must celebrate because you have now the opportunity to learn to live with an insult. A capability that you never thought existed in you. Your spouse tells you that she or he can't carry on in the relationship with you anymore. Beneath the obvious layer of shock and tears, it actually opens so many more opportunities to start afresh in Life. To explore newer horizons rather than be stuck in a bad relationship in grief, in sorrow, in pain. Joy here means the suffering for both of you has come to an end. Yes the pain of going through the process of separation will have to be dealt with. But eventually it too will lead to joy!
So, in effect, there are no sad endings in Life. Why then be sad about the interludes over which we have no control? A beautiful song from the John Abraham movie 'Jhoota Hi Sahi' (2010, Abbas Tyrewala, A R Rahman, Javed Ali, Chinmayi) comes to mind. It is among the most spiritual songs to emerge from Bollywood recently. The message is simple: Why Cry! Life's too short to be spent in sadness and worrying!
Author AVIS ViswanathanPosted on November 24, 2014 March 14, 2016 Categories Celebrate Life, Inner Peace, Intelligent Living, Joy, SadnessTags Bollywood, Chinmayi, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Javed Ali, Jhoota Hi Sahi, John Abraham, Joy, SadnessLeave a comment on Let your sadness make way for joy!
A lesson in finding yourself from 'Finding Fanny'!
There will be times in Life when you will find yourself lost. Don't panic or feel frustrated at such times. Know that only when you are lost, can you find your way – and find yourself!
I recently watched this very cute Bollywood English film called Finding Fanny(2014, Homi Adajania, Naseeruddin Shah, Dimple Kapadia, Pankaj Kapur, Deepika Padukone and Arjun Kapoor). The story revolves around how Ferdie, an old postmaster, goes in search of his lady love, Fanny, who he had lost contact with 46 years ago. Ferdie is supported in his search by Angie, a widow who lost her husband on the day of their wedding six years ago. Tagging along with Angie is her mother-in-law, Rosie, who claims her husband is dead but the truth is he ran away with someone else and Rosie makes up his "lost in the sea" story so that she doesn't lose face in the village. Then there's the man who has loaned his car for the search journey, an artist, who has a fixation for "big women" – and Rosie is his latest muse. Driving the car is young Savio, whose inability to profess his love for Angie to her in the first place, led to her wedding and subsequent widowhood! As the story unfolds you discover that while finding Fanny is indeed the context, each of these characters is really searching for something they are missing in their own lives. Each of them has lost something – most importantly, precious years of their Life – and are seeking love and belonging in their own ways. That's where, subconsciously Finding Fanny, connects to our own real, everyday, lives.
Each of us, at different times in Life, in different, often unique, contexts, will find ourselves lost. Either a job might have become listless or a relationship may have lost its very meaning. Or, sometimes, just raising a family – bringing up kids, attending to parents and in-laws, providing for the spouse – can take its toll. There may also be times when some decisions you took about your Life have misfired and you are swamped with guilt and self-pity. Or someone you deeply love someone who was you anchor, your everything, is suddenly gone – is felled by Life and is dead. Each of these situations – and many more – can happen to anybody. It can happen to you. It can happen to me.
The normal reaction in such times is to feel depressed. You will be deluged with a lot of questions in your mind. Questions for which you will have no immediate answers. What is the meaning of Life? Why am I having to face this problem situation? Why me, now? Is there really a God out there? If there is God, then why do good people like me have go through pain – and suffer? Why should I live any longer? Why is the world full of cynical, scheming, uncaring people? Where can I find love? Where can I find home? Just the vast range of questions, and the lack of answers, can weigh you down even more. And you will end up being more depressed than you already are.
But know and remember this: allowing depression to take over is not the way to respond to Life. In fact, when depression strikes and you sense a 'lack of meaning' in your Life, get up, even if you don't feel like it, and push yourself to keep walking, even if you lack the energy or intent to even take the next step. As much as you may think that Life has been cruel to you by placing you in a certain situation – joblessness, a critical health challenge, a divorce, widowhood, death of a child, a business failure or whatever – the truth really is whatever it is now that you have is really your new Life. Being depressed means continuing to mourn the Life you once had. But think about it. What was once is gone. It is not going to come back. No matter how hard you pine for it. Feeling lost and feeling depressed are convenient ways of saying you want to delay, you want to postpone living. Fine. But Life will go on. Just as the characters in Finding Fanny discover, your years will simply pass you by. There's no point waking up later in Life and wailing that you lost such a lot of time just feeling depressed. Instead, when dealt with Life's twists and turns, learning to accept what is, the way it is, taking it all in your stride and moving on – you will discover, is intelligent living!
You don't feel lost in Life because Life has been unkind to you. You feel lost because you don't understand, or often you don't want to understand, that the Life you have is the onlyLife you have. When you realize that you must live this Life that you have – no matter what circumstances exist – to the fullest, relishing every moment of the experience, you will have found yourself!
Author AVIS ViswanathanPosted on September 18, 2014 March 14, 2016 Categories Art of Living, Happiness, Inner Peace, Intelligent LivingTags Bollywood, Depression, Dimple Kapadia, Finding Fanny, Homi Adajania, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Naseeruddin Shah, Pankaj KapurLeave a comment on A lesson in finding yourself from 'Finding Fanny'!
There are no full stops in Life!
The key to intelligent living is to go with the flow of Life – savoring your successes and learning from what you fail at!
On a recent episode of the popular TV show, "Koffee with Karan", celebrity Bollywood director Karan Johar had the two sensational young stars Parineeti Chopra and Alia Bhatt as his guests. The show's format includes other stars giving Karan's guests either feedback or compliments through video recordings. On this episode, Alia's father, the famous Bollywood director, the venerable Mahesh Bhatt, had recorded a message for Alia. His advice for Alia, who's just a couple of films old in the industry, was this: "…Remember that in this world we will be penalized when we fail and we will be applauded when we succeed. Take them both in your stride. Keep going…because in such journeys, there's nothing like a full stop…!" Papa Bhatt was helping his daughter understand the vagaries of the movie business since she is new to it, she's young and inexperienced. But all that he said is true for Life itself.
Most of the time, a lot of us struggle with Life because we fear failure. Even before we make efforts, we have developed an attachment to the results. We expect and want every effort of ours to succeed. While theoretically every effort, when made with dedication and precision, can be successful, in reality this is just not possible. Besides, success and failure are labels that society has created. At a deeply spiritual level, there's only effort – there is no success or failure! This the essence of the message of the Bhagavad Gita – focus on ensuring that your motive is pure and the means are right, don't worry about the results or the outcomes.
I took a long time to understand this truth about Life and struggled with accepting it initially. I could never comprehend why sincere effort, driven with sound integrity of purpose, should fail. For the first few years of our bankruptcy, I felt humiliated with the label of "failed entrepreneur" that society pinned on me. Every time I appeared in court, to face charges pressed by irate creditors, I would be addressed as the "accused" by the officials and the judge. It hurt very badly. I was devastated when my family called me a "cheat". My grief was unbearable. It was my effort to get rid of my grief that led me to realize that I was allowing these social definitions (of me) to affect me. Yes, I had made mistakes in our business which had caused our challenging situation. But this was not the end-of-the-road for me, I reasoned to myself. I redefined my Life's context – I told myself that we had to hang in there, face Life, work harder than ever before, and climb out of the situation that my family and I were in. To be able to do this diligently is what success now meant to me. Indeed, we haven't managed to even begin turning around our financial fortunes. But we have developed this ability to keep ploughing on. This has happened because my wife and I have been able to get over the fear of failure. I believe when you are not afraid of failing in Life, you will be successful in facing Life, even if material success – as defined by society – takes a long time to arrive!
In Life, you win some, you lose some. Neither is success permanent. Nor is failure. Really, there are no full stops in Life. You simply have to keep on going – no matter what!
Author AVIS ViswanathanPosted on April 12, 2014 March 14, 2016 Categories Art of Living, Failure, Inner Peace, Integrity of Purpose, Intelligent Living, SuccessTags Bhagavad Gita, Bollywood, Effort, Failure, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Integrity of Purpose, Karan Johar, Koffee with Karan, Mahesh Bhatt, Outcomes, Parineeti Chopra, ResultsLeave a comment on There are no full stops in Life!
Life is a "Limited Period" Offer! Hurry!!! Offer open only until Life lasts!!!!
Beware: If you don't live the Life that you want to live, you may not get a second chance!
Mishra: the tea leaf plucker in Assam
Mishra: the "sevak" at the Golden Temple
This morning's 'The Indian Express' (TNIE) has a fascinating story. The headline screams: "In pursuit of happiness former techie does 28 jobs in 28 states in 28 weeks". Alexina Correya reports from Kochi that Jubanashwa Mishra, 29, a former engineer with Tata Consultancy Services in Chennai, decided to "seek what gave him joy". So, he quit his "stable, paying job" and set up a website ( www.oneweekjob.com/india ) announcing his plan to travel all over India, across the 28 states, working at a new job each week, over 28 weeks between May and December 2013. He invited prospective employers to donate the wages due to him to an NGO he supports, Goonj ( www.goonj.org ). He actually pulled off this incredible idea! He says he was inspired by Vancouver-based Sean Aiken who did 52 jobs over 52 weeks across North America in 2008. Mishra says Sean's struggle to answer the question "What should I do with my Life?" got him (Mishra) thinking too. He told TNIE's Correya that he has worked as a tea leaf plucker in Assam, as an emotional support consultant in Karnataka, as a hardware store assistant in Nagaland, as a photographer in Haryana, as a river rafting guide in Kashmir, as a groundnut/sundal seller in (Chennai) Tamil Nadu, as a cremation assistant in (Varanasi) Uttar Pradesh, as a contraception campaigner in rural Bihar, as a mountain garbage remover in Himachal Pradesh, as a pre-school teacher in Andhra Pradesh, as a film executive in a Bollywood production in (Mumbai) Maharashtra, as a TRP analyst in Odhisha, as a house boat driver in Kerala, as a strategist at a construction firm in Madhya Pradesh and as a sevak (volunteer) at the Golden Temple (Amritsar) in Punjab, among many other jobs! (See some great pictures in UK's Daily Mail here Daily Mail Jubanashwa Mishra Story) Mishra says parents put undue pressure on their children to follow the beaten path of securing an engineering or medicine degree. He says he too was "living someone's else's dream" until he decided to follow his own. Mishra says he has discovered that people who live their passion are the happiest. He told TNIE that he found his stint as a pre-school teacher in Andhra Pradesh the most "fulfilling" and plans to take it up full-time. He is currently writing a book on his 28-week experience and is also a motivational speaker.
Mishra: the "verkadalai-sundal" seller in Chennai
Mishra's story and experience is as engaging as it is inspiring. Surely several of us would like to experience Life to the fullest – trying out different things like Mishra did and then choosing what gives us joy. But parental pressures, financial considerations, the responsibility of raising a family or societal influences prevent us from taking the first step. But if you, like Sean, ask yourself "What do I want to do with my Life?" – the answer can have a profound impact on what you "really" want to do. It is a Life-changing question.
There are no compulsions to live Life the Mishra way though. Or even live it any one way. It's a free Life. You can even choose to ignore this opportunity called Life and be content with "earning a wage while doing a job". But please be content and be happy. Don't complain then that you had to make sacrifices for your family. Or that you are not happy in your career. To find fulfilment in whatever you do you must either love what you do or do what you love. It's as simple as that. Hope you make an intelligent choice. Because you live only once – and remember, the offer of this lifetime is closing fast, faster than you can even imagine!
Pictures Courtesy: Jubanashwa Mishra/Internet
Author AVIS ViswanathanPosted on March 7, 2014 March 14, 2016 Categories Art of Living, Happiness, Inner Peace, Intelligent LivingTags Bollywood, Daily Mail UK, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Jubanashwa Mishra, Sean Aiken, sundal, The New Indian ExpressLeave a comment on Life is a "Limited Period" Offer! Hurry!!! Offer open only until Life lasts!!!!


University of Bristol researchers, Oracle and Interactive Scientific have used Oracle's cloud infrastructure to combine real-time molecular simulations with VR, enabling them to "touch" molecules as they move — highlighting the potential of VR in seeing and manipulating complex 3D structures. The technology could change how drugs are designed, and transform the teaching of chemical structures and dynamics.
The molecules can be virtually folded, knotted, plucked, and their shape changed to test how they interact. The cloud allows several people to interact with them in the same virtual space at the same time.
The team designed a series of molecular tasks to test on a mouse and keyboard, touchscreens and VR. This included threading a small molecule through a nanotube, changing the screw-sense of a small organic helix and tying a small string-like protein into a simple knot. They said that in complex 3D tasks, VR gave participants up to 10 times more success.
Caltech's Azita Emami, Aubrey Shapero, Abhinav Agarwal and colleagues have developed a miniaturized, fully wireless, highly-sensitive, implantable, continuous pressure sensor that can remain in the human eye for four years. The goal is early detection and treatment of glaucoma progression.
Current tonometer measurement, which requires anesthesia, only measures pressure during an appointment, and can miss many daily pressure fluctuations.
The device is implanted on the white of the eye and does not interfere with vision. It consists of a pressure sensor, control circuitry, and an antenna. With no battery, it small and long lasting. Radio waves from a handheld scanner are received by the antenna and generate a small voltage that temporarily powers the device, which then takes a pressure reading and sends the signal back to the reader, using the same antenna.
Encapsulation with liquid silicone and a polymer called parylene allowed the researchers to overcome the impact of fluid corrosion and tissue growth. This is what enables the implant to remain in the eye much longer than previous devices.
A valve could also be added to release small amounts of fluid as tears, when pressure rises too high, creating a closed-loop glaucoma management system.
Jose Millan and EPFL colleagues have combined a brain computer interface with functional electrical stimulation in a system that, in a study, showed the ability to enhance the restoration of limb use after a stroke.
27 patients with a similar lesion that resulted in moderate to severe arm paralysis following a stroke participated in the trial. Half were treated with the dual-therapy approach, and reported clinically significant improvements. A BCI system enabled the researchers to pinpoint where the electrical activity occurred in the brain when they tried to extend their hands. Each time the electrical activity was identified, the system stimulated the muscle controlling the corresponding wrist and finger movements.
The control group received FES only, and had their arm muscles stimulated randomly. This allowed the scientists to understand how much additional motor function improvement could be attributed to the BCI system.
Cambridge's Anna-Maria Pappa, KAUST's Sahika Inal, and colleagues have developed a low cost, molecular wired sensor that can measure metabolites in sweat, tears, saliva or blood. It can be incorporated into flexible and stretchable substrates for cellular-level health monitoring.
A synthesised polymer acts as a molecular wire, accepting electrons produced during electrochemical reactions. It merges with sweat, tears or blood, absorbing ions and swelling, leading to high sensitivity. The signal can be amplified when incorporated into complex circuits, responding to tiny fluctuations in metabolite concentration.


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We work with small farmers all around the world who practice sustainable agriculture. We have been sourcing these small farmers for over 20 years. Many if not all the practices detailed below are demonstrated by our farmers. Our farmers are distillers and the plant material is processed into an essential oil on the same land where it is grown. The whole cycle is complete and sustains itself within its own carefully managed ecosystem.
Sustainable agriculture seeks in principle to promote economic viability, environmental stewardship, and social responsibility. These three tenets are to be embraced as one functional unit. Decisions concerning a sustainable agriculture should then enhance the environment and the farmer's economic situation and benefit the regional society. Holistic Management gives us a way to move forward on these three tenets. It gives us a way to design agriculture to truly mimic nature's principles of sustainability. It gives us a way to make decisions that automatically take into account the society, the economics, and the environment before they are made.
To better understand how nature functions, her basic processes need to be considered. Looking closely, four basic processes can be found in all natural systems. First, water falls to earth as rain, filters through the soil and is either taken up by plants or continues downward to become ground water. When water is cycling effectively, floods are infrequent and of lower impact, water is released slowly through underground flow into springs and streams, and erosion is virtually non-existent. If on the other hand, bare soil is exposed and plant density is low, most water runs off the landscape rapidly resulting in soil erosion, much less water entry into the soil, and severe and more frequent flooding. So, an effective water cycle is apparent in nature and essential to a sustainable agriculture.
A second natural process we can observe in nature is the mineral cycle through the biological system. Minerals needed for biological growth are constantly recycled from soil to plant to animal and back to soil again. There is very little waste in the natural mineral cycle. There is no need for fertilizer in nature, as all the fertility is recycled again and again with very little loss. Ultimately, to be sustainable, we need to find ways to utilize the natural mineral cycle while minimizing our off-farm purchase of minerals. Farming practices that inhibit the natural mineral cycle, only reduce the sustainability of our farm.
A third natural process shows us that plant and animal communities strive toward high biodiversity. Not only is diversity high in the numbers of species, but also the genetic diversity within species, and a wide age structure of each population present. Greater diversity produces greater stability within the system. It also assures minimal pest problems. Large expanses of monoculture represent a simple level of diversity. Monocultures are almost never present in nature. Monocultures require great energy expenditure, either with fossil fuels or animal and human power to maintain. Weed invasion is nature's way of injecting diversity into monocultural cropland. When biodiversity is increased, the cost of pest control and fertilizer is decreased.
Crop rotation is the first step toward increasing biodiversity on the farm. It helps break weed and pest life cycles and provides complementary fertilization to crops in sequence with each other. Advancing from rotation to strip intercrops represents an even higher level of biodiversity. Our strip intercropping of spices, lumber trees, flowering and essential oil plants are several examples. Increasing habitat for more beneficial organisms with more borders, windbreaks, and special plantings for natural enemies of pests such as pennyroyal represent even higher levels of biodiversity and stability.
The fourth natural process involves the flow of energy from the sun through the biological system. The sun is the fuel driving the biology of our farm. Energy flows from the sun through the ecosystem from one level to the next. Sunlight is absorbed by the green plant, enabling it to grow. Plants are eaten by animals that are in turn eaten by predators which are eaten by even higher predators. During each step, energy is being transferred from one level to the next. Energy is transferred below ground through plant roots that eventually die. The dead roots become food for decomposer organisms. The waste and by- products from the primary decomposers are consumed by another set of secondary decomposers. Finally the residue is broken down into plant available nutrients and soil humus. At each step of the decomposition process, energy is either transferred from one organism to another or is lost as heat.
In summary, the holistic decision-making process incorporates values-based goal setting, the appropriate use of tools, financial planning, land planning, biological planning, and careful monitoring of effects. All these aspects are managed as a whole unit. The benefits are higher quality of life, financial stability, consistent profitability, and the confidence of knowing that your decisions are improving the environment and the community you live in. It provides people with a means to make decisions that more accurately mirror the way nature functions (in wholes), and thereby ensure that our civilization is truly sustainable over time.


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The Long Dream Sat, Nov 7, 2020 – Sun, May 2, 2021
Griffin Galleries of Contemporary Art
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Lise Haller Baggesen refuseniks in the wild, 2017 Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
Photo: Federico del Vecchio. Courtesy of the artist
Nick Cave, Arm Peace, 2019 Cast bronze and tole flowers 83 × 24 × 12 ¼ in. (130.8 × 48.3 × 31.1 cm)
Photo: James Prinz. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery
Mariano Chavez The Caller, 2015 Wasp paper, honeycomb, bees wax on plaster form with encaustic and pencil
Jesse Howard The Bewitching Hour, 2015 Mixed media 30 × 29 ½ in
Kevin Weil still from Demonstration, 2019 Single-channel video 12 min. 1 sec
Edra Soto Tropicalamerican, 2014
Inkjet print on silk 5 pieces, each: 67 × 43 in, Photo: James Prinz. Courtesy of the artist
Artists help us see our world more clearly. What aspects, which might have gone ignored in the past, can they help us see now?
Against the backdrop of a global pandemic and a renewed reckoning over racial justice and inequality, The Long Dream invites visitors to see the city of Chicago, the world, and themselves, through the eyes of more than 70 local artists whose work offers us ways to imagine a more equitable and interconnected world.
Named after the 1958 novel by socially committed author Richard Wright, The Long Dream brings together work by both emerging and established Chicago artists, and includes painting, performance, sculpture, video, and sound art. The exhibition extends beyond the gallery walls into the digital space, culminating in a live arts event in January where artists from across the exhibition will share their work.
The Long Dream is organized collectively by the Artistic Division, which includes the museum's curatorial, learning, and content teams. It is presented in the Griffin Galleries of Contemporary Art on the museum's fourth floor.
The artwork How much does this moment weigh for you? includes a bright, motion-activated light that may affect photosensitive visitors
Alberto Aguilar (Mexican and American, b. 1974)
Madeleine Aguilar (Mexican and American, b. 1998)
Candida Alvarez (American, b. 1955)
Jeanette Andrews (American, b. 1990)
Selva Aparicio (Catalonian, b. 1987)
Lise Haller Baggesen (Danish, b. 1969)
Sarah Bastress (American, b. 1989)
Jonas N.T. Becker (American, b. 1982)
Dawoud Bey (American, b. 1953)
Nick Cave (American, b. 1959)
Mariano Chavez (American, b. 1974)
Diane Christiansen (American, b. 1958) and Jeanne Dunning (American, b. 1960) with Steve Dawson (American, b. 1965))
Jessica Christy (American, b. 1986)
Mike Cloud (American, b. 1974)
Bethany Collins (American, b. 1984)
Experimental Sound Studio (collective, established 1986)
Brendan Fernandes (Canadian, b. Kenya, 1979)
Julia Fish (American, b. 1950)
Joanna Furnans (American, b. 1980)
Max Guy (American, b. 1989)
Andres L. Hernandez (American, b. 1974)
Paul Heyer (American, b. 1982)
shawné michaelain holloway (American, b. 1991)
Jesse Howard (American, b. 1952)
Aaron Hughes (American, b. 1982)
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford (American, b. 1983)
Manal Kara (Moroccan and American, b. 1986)
Jin Soo Kim (American, b. Korea, 1950)
Wesley Kimler (American, b. 1953)
Kirsten Leenaars (Dutch, b. 1976)
Riva Lehrer (American, b. 1958)
Tony Lewis (American, b. 1986)
Tonika Lewis Johnson (American, b. 1979)
Damon Locks (American, b. 1968)
Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle (American, b. Spain, 1961)
Derek McPhatter (American, b. 1979)
Miller & Shellabarger (American collective, established 1993)
Devin T. Mays (American, b. 1985)
Cae Monāe (American, b. 1993)
Corinne Mucha (American, b. 1983)
Floating Museum (American collective, established 2016) with Cecil McDonald Jr. (American, b. 1965)
Ryan Nault (American, b. 1991)
Jeroen Nelemans (Dutch, b. 1974)
Gladys Nilsson (American, b. 1940)
Jim Nutt (American, b. 1938)
William J. O'Brien (American, b. 1975)
OTV – Open Television (collective, established 2015)
Chris Pappan (Kanza/Osage, Lakota, b. 1971)
Kamau Amu Patton (American, b. 1972)
Nereida Patricia (American, b. 1996)
Ebony G. Patterson (Jamaican, b. 1981)
Claire Pentecost (American, b. 1956)
Jefferson Pinder (American, b. 1970)
Cheryl Pope (American, b. 1980)
William Pope.L (American, b. 1955)
Quarantine Times (American collective, established 2020)
Eduardo F. Rosario (Puerto Rican, b. 1988)
Jason Salavon (American, b. 1970)
Moises Salazar (American, b. 1996)
Farah Salem (Kuwaiti, b. 1991)
Darling "Shear" Squire
Andy Slater (American, b. 1975)
Edra Soto (Puerto Rican, b. 1971)
Leonard Suryajaya (Indonesian, b. 1988)
Selina Trepp (Swiss and American, b. 1973)
Jina Valentine (American, b. 1979)
Kevin Weil (American, b. 1990)
Rhonda Wheatley (American, b. 1972)
Amanda Williams (American, b. 1974)
Bernard Williams (American, b. 1964)
Sadie Woods (American, b. 1978)
Derrick Woods-Morrow (American, b. 1990)
SANTIAGO X (Koasati and Chamoru, b. 1982)
Guanyu Xu (Chinese, b. 1993)
Debra Yepa-Pappan (Jemez Pueblo and Korean, b. 1971)
Nate Young (American, b. 1981)
Kiki Jia Qi Zhen (Chinese, b. 1996)
Installation view, The Long Dream, MCA Chicago November 7, 2020–January 17, 2021
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago
Label Writing Project
Continuing The Long Dream's exploration of equity, the Label Writing Project invites Chicago community members to author artwork labels in the gallery. Offering this powerful point of connection to people outside the museum provides insights into the role of art in our city and offers a unique opportunity for personal reflection to the visitor.
Gallery Takeaways
"Birth Death Breath" Libretto
for The Long Dream
Lead support is provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; the Harris Family Foundation in memory of Bette and Neison Harris: Caryn and King Harris, Katherine Harris, Toni and Ron Paul, Pam Szokol, Linda and Bill Friend, and Stephanie and John Harris; Kenneth C. Griffin and the Zell Family Foundation.
Major support is provided by Anne L. Kaplan; Julie and Larry Bernstein; Citi Private Bank; Robert J. Buford; Lois and Steve Eisen and the Eisen Family Foundation; Becky and Lester Knight; the Kovler Family Foundation; Liz and Eric Lefkofsky; Gael Neeson, Edlis Neeson Foundation; Cari and Michael Sacks and Karyn and Bill Silverstein.
Generous support is provided by Anonymous; Jack and Sandra Guthman; Jana and Bernardo Hees; The Loewenberg Charitable Foundation, Robin Loewenberg and Mark Tebbe; Douglas and Yumi Ross; Carol Prins and John Hart/The Jessica Fund; and UnitedHealthcare.
Additional support is provided by Dr. John Edward Ellis.
The Dreamscape
Sat, Jan 16, 2021, 2:00 pm – Sat, Jan 16, 2021, 6:00 pm
Ticket purchase required
Soundtrack: SANTIAGO X and Sadie Woods
Fri, Jan 29, 2021, 12:00 pm – Fri, Jan 29, 2021, 1:00 pm
In Progress: Cae Monāe
Tue, Jan 12, 2021, 12:00 pm – Tue, Jan 12, 2021, 1:00 pm
Virtual Studio Visit: Joanna Furnans
Tue, Jan 5, 2021, 12:00 pm – Tue, Jan 5, 2021, 12:30 pm
Workshop: Celebrating Care
Tue, Dec 15, 2020, 6:00 pm – Tue, Dec 15, 2020, 7:00 pm
Virtual Family Day: Cycles of Care
Sat, Dec 12, 2020, 10:00 am – Sat, Dec 12, 2020, 12:00 pm
Virtual Studio Visit: Derek McPhatter
Tue, Dec 8, 2020, 12:00 pm – Tue, Dec 8, 2020, 12:30 pm
Virtual Family Day: Places and Names
Sat, Nov 14, 2020, 10:00 am – Sat, Nov 14, 2020, 11:00 am
Virtual Studio Visit: Darling "Shear" Squire
Tue, Nov 10, 2020, 12:00 pm – Tue, Nov 10, 2020, 12:30 pm
Talk: Reimagining Monuments
Thu, Nov 5, 2020, 6:00 pm – Thu, Nov 5, 2020, 7:00 pm
The Long Dream Exhibition Video Tour
The Long Dream Artist Residencies: Derek McPhatter
By Laura Paige KyberTara Aisha Willis
The Long Dream Artist Residencies: Darling "Shear" Squire
By January Parkos ArnallLaura Paige Kyber
Visiting Invisible Museums
Thu, Nov 5, 2020
CURRICULUM: Writing Interpretive Labels
On viewGladys Nilsson, Reclyning Blackveenus Rabbit, 1971
On viewJim Nutt, She Seams Up Set, 1971
On viewPope.L, Crying Painting, 2016
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Q: Handling Application commands in GWT Swing uses Actions to share functionality and state across multiple GUI components like menu items and toobar buttons. XUL uses a similar approach with their Command framework.
What are typical/best approaches to handle similar requirements in GWT? I'm particularly interested in showing whether a menu item or a button is enabled or disabled.

A: I use the Command class.  GWT MenuItems can have a Command associated with them.  Here are some relevant code fragments:
Command printCommand = new Command() {
      @Override
      public void execute() {
        myEventBus.fireEvent(new PrintEvent());
      }
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MenuItem print = new MenuItem();

print.setCommand(printCommand);

Notice that you can cause printCommand to execute simply by calling printCommand.execute().  For instance, you can have a print Button for which the ClickHandler calls printCommand.execute(), so it has the same effect exactly as the menu item in the above code.
Now I know in Swing there is a clever interaction between the Action and the Widget so that all the Widgets are enabled or disabled at the same time by enabling or disabling the Action.  The Command is not so tightly tied in, and I don't think there is anything in GWT like what you have in Swing for that sort of one-stop enable/disable feature.  Having said that, you might be able to extend Command so that you somehow register widgets that fire that command with the command, and the command has a enable methid that, when called, walks through the list of widgets enabling and disabling them as required.

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Following successful development and testing phases, the innovative musical interface developed by Omer Yosha is now available to the public.
The AirPiano allows the user to play and control software instruments on an attached computer by moving their hands in the air above it. In a nutshell, the AirPiano's array of sensors create a virtual matrix of keys and faders in the air above it. Each of the eight sensors can provide three keys or, alternatively, one vertical control fader. LED feedback confirms user actions and assures easy interaction and control. A custom software allows creative MIDI mapping as well as the assignment of Open Sound Control (OSC) messages.
A prototype of the device was provided to singer/songwriter Jo Hamilton, who has used it extensively during recent live performances. For a recent PSN-e story on Hamilton, click here.
Now, the AirPiano is available for purchase, priced at 1099 euros for delivery inside Europe, and 1149 euros for all other countries.
"For our trial series we produced a limited number of devices to get a better feeling for the demand. We expect to sell about 50 devices this year," Omer Yosha tells PSN-e.


Many Many Happy returns of the day Ayaan!
I wish I could see you grow and develop. You are no more a kid now,you have turned boy now. I still remember the days when we used to play a lot, jump a lot and sometimes study together. Our fights are endless hehe :D. I am missing you so much.


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We're excited to announce a major change to the types of data and depth of guidance found in webmaster tools with our Phoenix update to Bing Webmaster Tools. This update includes a new, fresh user experience, a range of new tools including Link Explorer (beta) and SEO Analyzer/SEO Reports (beta), and updates to current tools such as our Keyword Research Tool (beta), and our URL Removal Tool, among others.
Read more below to get some details about our update and sign into your Bing Webmaster Tools account today to explore on your own! We'll be back in the coming weeks with detailed looks at each feature and tool, but let's take a quick walk through the system now.
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La frégate Chevalier Paul est une frégate de défense aérienne, navire-jumeau du Forbin, de la classe Horizon de la Marine nationale. Son numéro de coque est D621.

Ce type de navire a pour principale mission l'escorte et la protection d'un groupe aéronaval constitué autour d'un porte-avions, généralement le  de la Marine nationale ou l'un des porte-avions de l'US Navy, ou d'une opération amphibie menée par des porte-hélicoptères amphibies. Sa spécialité est le contrôle de la circulation aérienne en zone de guerre mais il peut également intervenir dans un contexte de crise (évacuation de ressortissants, renseignement, intervention de commandos), en protection de navires peu ou pas armés. Les frégates Horizon telles que le Chevalier Paul sont les plus puissants bâtiments de surface que la France ait jamais construits (à l'exception des porte-avions). Son indicatif visuel est D621. Il est en service depuis la fin de l'année 2011.
Son nom vient de Jean-Paul de Saumeur, chevalier Paul, capitaine de la marine royale né à Marseille en 1598.

Nantes (Loire-Atlantique) est la ville marraine de la FDA Chevalier Paul depuis le .

Origine du nom : Le navigateur Jean Paul de Saumeur

Jean-Paul de Saumeur, dit le Chevalier Paul (1598-1667), est un navigateur français. Issu d'une famille catholique et bourgeoise du Dauphiné, il est le fils d'Elzias Samuel et de Jeanne Riche.

Historique

Ce navire est réceptionné par la Marine nationale en  et il est basé dans le port militaire de Toulon.
Il effectue le premier tir d'un missile MM40 Block3 par un navire de la marine française le .
Il effectue sa première traversée longue durée à partir du  devant se terminer mi-juillet.
Admis au service actif le , il est engagé trois jours plus tard dans l'opération Harmattan, la contribution française à l'intervention militaire de 2011 en Libye. Il assure la veille aérienne dans le golfe de Syrte et connait son baptême du feu en bombardant au canon de  les positions pro-kadhafistes avec plusieurs centaines d'obus.

Fin , il est envoyé au large de la Syrie dans le cadre de la guerre civile syrienne.

Le , il rejoint le dispositif de l'opération Chammal afin de renforcer la position de la France dans la coalition contre l'EI. Il est une composante du groupe aéronaval du , parti le 13 janvier de Toulon pour une mission d'environ cinq mois et il doit être engagé durant huit semaines dans le Golfe.

Le , le Charles de Gaulle appareille et rejoint son groupe aéronaval dont fait partie le Chevalier Paul. Celui-ci est également constitué de la frégate , de la frégate belge , du destroyer britannique , du navire ravitailleur  et d'un sous-marin nucléaire d'attaque.

En , elle termine son arrêt technique intermédiaire qui voit le remplacement des deux tourelles de 76 mm nommées «Hercule» et «Licorne».

Depuis son arrivée au service actif, son nom de code est "Power".

Caractéristiques

Les sept premiers morceaux de coque montés sur la frégate Forbin, sont arrivés le  à la DCN de Lorient. Ces éléments mesurent de 16 à  de long, sur  de haut pour un poids de  par anneau. La frégate est munie de stabilisateurs anti-roulis pour le confort de navigation mais également pour aider aux manœuvres d'appontage d'hélicoptère.

Les frégates du programme Horizon sont des navires dédiés au combat, par voie de conséquence exposé à des menaces lourdes. La frégate Chevalier Paul est donc conçue pour faire face aux menaces. Le navire est divisé en  étanches. Une brèche de  ou plusieurs sections noyées peuvent être supportés sans entamer la navigabilité. La superstructure est théoriquement conçue pour évoluer dans des endroits très dangereux, telles que des zones littorales minées, et résister à une explosion sous-marine. Des systèmes d'amortissement supportent tous les équipements, non seulement pour réduire la signature acoustique produite par le navire, mais le cas échéant pour supporter les conséquences d'un impact.

Galeries latérales
Pour améliorer sa résistance et sa capacité à évoluer en mode dégradé, par exemple à la suite d'un impact, les frégates Forbin et Chevalier Paul sont équipées de deux galeries techniques comme sur les frégates de type La Fayette, une sur chaque bord, qui courent sur toute la longueur du bâtiment. Ces galeries cloisonnées permettent à la fois d'absorber en partie l'impact d'une munition (torpille, missile), ou intégralement un tir de mitrailleuse lourde. Elles peuvent également permettre l'évacuation du personnel ou encore de faciliter l'intervention des pompiers qui peuvent l'utiliser pour contourner un incendie. La présence de ces galeries sur les deux bords rend le navire extrêmement souple à gérer en cas de crise.

Furtivité

Les frégates de défense aérienne les plus récentes bénéficient des études menées par la DCNS en matière de furtivité. Sur un écran radar, des navires de plus de  tels que le Forbin et le Chevalier Paul ont une signature équivalente à celle d'un chalutier d'une vingtaine de mètres. Pour réduire leur signature radar, les navires de classe Horizon, utilisent plusieurs techniques. L'utilisation de superstructures inclinées, ou l'emploi de matériaux composites font partie de ces techniques. On notera qu'il a été décidé de ne pas recourir à l'utilisation de matériaux absorbant les ondes radar, qui auraient permis de réduire encore la signature, afin de réduire les coûts. Le principe finalement retenu consiste non pas à d'empêcher la détection mais à rendre l'interprétation d'un signal radar impossible. Un traitement spécial a été mené sur les cheminées, afin de réduire les émissions infrarouges en réduisant la température des gaz évacués.

Protection NRBC
Dans le cadre de menace nucléaire, radiologique, bactériologique et chimique (NRBC), le Chevalier Paul bénéficie d'un ensemble de dispositifs de protection. Le navire peut être entièrement isolé mécaniquement de son environnement extérieur par fermeture des écoutilles et des portes étanches. La vérification de la totalité du verrouillage du navire est assurée par des capteurs dont l'état peut être visualisé sous forme centralisée, sur les consoles de bord. Un système de code d'état à six niveaux et trois couleurs (rouge pour l'isolement complet, portes verrouillées, jaune, ou vert pour liberté de circulation) en vigueur sur le navire permet de choisir le niveau d'isolement de la frégate. Le système de recyclage d'air interne peut également être utilisé pour créer une surpression, ajoutant à la protection mécanique une protection contre l'air extérieur. Pour finir, un ensemble d'asperseurs d'eau parsème la coque du Chevalier Paul. Il peut être activé pour assurer le lessivage du navire et limiter les effets d'une contamination. Un sas de décontamination est situé à l'arrière du navire pour permettre le traitement du personnel victimes d'une contamination NBC.

Équipement et système d'arme
Le Chevalier Paul a pour mission principale d'assurer depuis la mer le contrôle de l'espace aérien. Dans le cadre d'un engagement, il peut surveiller et coordonner un trafic comportant des centaines d'avions militaires issus de forces armées différentes et mêlées à des trafics aériens civil. Il peut aussi travailler dans le cadre d'une mission de sauvegarde aérienne et notamment la protection des points d'entrées, par exemple sur une zone de combat ou dans le cadre d'un sommet de chefs d'État.

En plus d'assurer la protection d'une flotte ou d'un porte-avions, la frégate doit également prendre en charge sa propre protection, et donc suivre l'évolution de la situation navale en surface et sous la mer. Pour répondre à tous ces besoins, le Chevalier Paul a été doté d'un système d'information puissant et modulable, couplé à des capteurs et des systèmes d'armes performants. Le Chevalier Paul est en mesure de surveiller avec ses capteurs, un dôme de  de diamètre. C'est également une frégate robuste conçue pour fonctionner en mode dégradé dans un environnement de crise et capable de se défendre dans de nombreuses configurations.

Outre ses capacités de gestion de théâtre d'opération via son système de combat, le Chevalier Paul est également muni d'installations aéronautiques pour l'emport et l'appontage d'hélicoptères, ainsi que d'une drôme, dont une partie est dédiée aux forces d'intervention (bateaux pneumatiques et embarcations légères).

L'équipement est composé comme suit :

 Énergie et propulsion
 Motorisation : deux turbines à gaz GE-Avio LM2500, 2 moteurs Diesel SEMT Pielstick 12 PA6 STC ;
 un propulseur d'étrave, deux hélices à cinq pales ( de diamètre, ) ;
 Puissance :  ( × 2) ou  ( × 2) ;
 Usine électrique :  Isotta Fraschini VL 1716 T2 ME ;
 Vitesse maximale :  ( en propulsion Diesel) ;
 Autonomie :  à ,  à ;
 Capacités : + d'autonomie en vivres,  de gazole,  d'eau douce,  de TR5.
 Navigation
 2 radars de navigation SPN-753 ;
 2 centrales de navigation inertielle SIGMA 40 créées par Sagem ;
 1 géonavigateur via GPS ;
 2 compas ;
 1 loch & 1 sondeur.
 Systèmes de communication
 1 Syracuse III , 3 Inmarsat B, E/R HF, E/R VHF, E/R UHF, 1 téléphone sous-marin, NOCR, DTS, MIDS, Athréis et une architecture de mise en œuvre d'un réseau tactique multiliaisons composé des Liaison 11, Liaison 16, du JREAP C et potentiellement de la Liaison 22 ; une fonction de transfert d'informations permet le fonctionnement dans un réseau logique unique, conformément au concept de guerre en réseau ou NCW.
 Guerre électronique
 1 détecteur de radars, 1 intercepteur-goniomètre de transmissions Élite, 1 équipement de veille infra-rouge DIBV- VMB, 1 dispositif de guerre électronique d'autodéfense à base de lance-leurres (système NGDS), 1 brouilleur de radars, 1 brouilleur de communication, 1 système de lutte anti-torpilles (système Contralto). L'engagement des frégates Forbin et Chevalier Paul en pendant la guerre l'opération Harmattan en 2011 a montré la capacité à brouiller loin et longtemps les systèmes de détection adverses.
 Systèmes de détection
 1 radar de veille air tridimensionnel S-1850M version française du SMART-L LRR  et IFF associé TNNL qui permettent la surveillance de  sur un rayon de  contre les bâtiments de surface,  contre les aéronefs, >65 km contre les missiles de croisière et 2000 km contre les missiles balistiques , 1 sonar de coque ABF TUS 4110 CL, 1 antenne linéaire remorquée avec détecteur de torpilles Alto.

Système d'arme
Le programme Horizon dont est issue la frégate Chevalier Paul se distingue par de nombreuses nouveautés et équipements. En matière de missiles, les frégates Horizon sont équipées des nouveaux Aster 15 et 30 et des missiles Exocet MM40 Block 3C offrant des possibilités d'attaque contre des objectifs terrestre côtiers.

Missile Aster

Les missiles Aster constituent le principal système d'arme du Forbin. Le navire est équipé de  Aster 30 et de  Aster 15, logés dans des silos verticaux de type Sylver A50, implantés sur la plage avant. Un système d'arme antiaérien principal PAAMS (Principal Anti-Air Missile System), associé à un radar multifonction EMPAR fonctionnant en bande C, contrôle le lancement et le suivi de cible.

Le premier lancement d'un Aster 30 contre une cible depuis le Forbin a eu lieu en novembre 2008 au large de Toulon. C'était le premier tir de cet engin depuis une frégate. Les précédents lancements d'Aster 30 depuis la mer avaient été réalisés depuis une barge britannique et du navire d'essais italien Carabiniere. Le missile a été tiré contre une cible aérienne depuis le bâtiment en évolution au large du centre d'essais et de lancement du Levant, opéré par la DGA. Les missiles Aster 30 de la frégate de défense antiaérienne sont le second rempart de protection du groupe aéronaval, après les chasseurs Rafale, et assurent une protection à 360° à une distance de  contre les avions et  contre les missiles antinavires supersoniques rasants et manœuvrants en service ou en développement. La Marine nationale a montré avec la frégate Forbin sa capacité à détruire un missile supersonique () manœuvrant (SS-N-22, AS-17, BrahMos) et à une altitude de moins de  au-dessus de l'eau en abattant un GQM-163 Coyote. Les missiles Aster 15 de la frégate de défense antiaérienne (ou du porte-avions Charles de Gaulle) sont le troisième rempart du groupe aéronaval et assurent une protection à 360° à une distance de  contre les avions et  contre les missiles antinavires (le quatrième et dernier rempart est constitué des missiles MISTRAL d'autodéfense et de l'artillerie de chaque bâtiment.

Missile Exocet MM40 Block 3C
Le Forbin embarque huit missiles Exocet mer-mer installés sur le pont supérieur au milieu du bâtiment. C'est la version MM40 Block 3C la plus récente du missile Exocet qui a été sélectionnée. Il peut opérer à une distance de plus de  de son objectif. Cette évolution du célèbre missile mesure  pour un diamètre de  et son poids est de . Il est plus petit que la précédente version, tout en étant plus léger ( pour la génération précédente). Sa vitesse maximale est de . Il est propulsé par un turboréacteur, guidé par le système de géolocalisation Global Positioning System (GPS) et peut opérer contre des cibles terrestres côtières.

Autres armements
 Dans le cadre des principes définis dans le concept de guerre en réseau ou NCW (Network Centric Warfare), le Forbin dispose de la capacité de contrôler en liaison 16 des plates-formes Non-C2 (essentiellement des Dassault Rafale) ; une fois sous son contrôle, les plates-formes Non-C2 font entièrement parties du système d'armes de la frégate, où elles agissent en tant que senseurs et armes du système de combat. Ceci signifie, par exemple, qu'un missile embarqué sur un avion Rafale, intégré par liaison 16 au Forbin, peut être tiré sur ordre d'un opérateur situé sur le navire, sans aucune intervention du pilote.
 Conduite de tir : 1 radar multifonction tridimensionnel EMPAR associé au système d'arme antiaérien principal PAAMS (Principal Anti-Air Missile System), 1 conduite de tir MSTIS (radar AMS NA25 XP), 2 conduites de tir optronique Vigy 20, 2 postes optroniques Sofresud.
 2 systèmes Sadral de lancement de missiles Mistral
 2 tourelles avec canon OTO-Melara de  totalement automatisées, mises en œuvre à partir du Central Opération, et présentent une cadence de tir de  par minute. Chaque tourelle, d'un poids de , est gyrostabilisée, afin de pouvoir maintenir sa position malgré les mouvements du bâtiment. Elle dispose d'un barillet contenant  qui peut être réalimenté ravitaillé en temps réel par des servants récupérant les munitions arrivant depuis la soute à munition via un ascenseur. Plus de  de différents types (tir contre terre, contre surface ou antiaérien) sont stockés.La portée maximale est de  contre les cibles de surfaces.
 2 tubes lance-torpilles MU90 : ces torpilles peuvent être tirées depuis le Forbin, ou embarquées sur l'hélicoptère NH90
 2 canons manuels de  modèle F2 remplacés en 2019 par 3 canons automatiques Narwhal 20B de

Combat Management System (CMS)
Le Forbin a été équipé d'un système d'information, le Combat Management System (CMS), utilisable depuis un Central Opération logé derrière la passerelle. Une vingtaine de consoles équipent ce central. Les consoles donnent une vue de la situation tactique en utilisant les capteurs du navire (radar, sonar). Ce système peut également inter-opérer avec les éléments fournis par les capteurs d'autres forces navales, aériennes (avions de combat, Awacs) via des systèmes de transmission de données. Le système de combat du Forbin permet au navire de prendre le statut de plate-forme C2. Ces plates-formes participent à l'élaboration de l'image tactique commune d'une force, en utilisant la Liaison 16.

C'est ce genre d'inter-opérabilité qui a été testé et mis au point lors de la première année de navigation du Forbin. Le CMS est également chargé de la mise en œuvre des mesures de guerre électronique, et d'écoute, interception de communications radio ou système de détection sous-marine.

Ce système de combat conçu spécialement pour les frégates Horizon comprend  logiciels, ,  et un million de lignes de codes. Le système doit permettre de gérer les armes, mais aussi assurer les liaisons tactiques et permettre l'analyse des informations transmises par la dizaine de senseurs situés sur le navire. Le CMS fonctionne avec des consoles totalement reconfigurables via un réseau administrable : ce qui signifie que tout opérateur peut accéder aux modules logiciels qui lui sont attribués depuis n'importe quelle console. Environ  sont nécessaires pour utiliser le système complet.

Dans le Central Opération du Forbin, une console est spécifiquement dédiée au commandant du navire. Une salle dite de conduite de crise, est également présente. Elle est attenante au Central Opération, et également munie d'une console. Elle permet de recevoir un état major complet susceptible d'utiliser le Forbin en tant que centre de commandement pour une force projetée. Une console est également installée sur la passerelle du navire.

Grâce à la mise en réseau du système, il a été possible de prévoir — pour réduire la vulnérabilité du navire — une seconde salle équipée de trois consoles et située en un autre emplacement du navire qui peut être utilisée en tant que Central Opération de repli, en cas de destruction du Central Opération principal. La frégate doit être en mesure, avec ces trois consoles, de continuer de se défendre et de rentrer au port.

Les performances des radars embarqués sur le Forbin associés à la puissance de calcul du CMS doivent permettre de détecter en un temps très court une menace dissimulée dans un trafic aérien très dense. Le système doit analyser le trafic, trier les avions de ligne et les appareils alliés d'éventuels échos hostiles. Aucun système d'arme du Forbin n'est piloté automatiquement par le CMS : les tirs doivent obligatoirement être validés par une intervention humaine.

Installations aéronautiques
Le Forbin peut embarquer et assurer la maintenance d'un hélicoptère grâce à une plate-forme et un hangar largement dimensionné. La frégate ne bénéficie pas d'une affectation de moyen héliporté fixe. Elle peut se voir attribuer un appareil et son équipe de servants (équipage et mécaniciens) selon les besoins des missions. Lors des opérations menées avec la Task Force 50, le Forbin a accueilli un hélicoptère Panther et recevait quotidiennement un SH-60 américain.

Le Forbin est prévu pour la mise en œuvre en toutes conditions d'un hélicoptère lourd de classe NH90. Cet hélicoptère est destiné à remplacer les Super Frelon (version transport) et les Lynx (dans leur version anti-sous-marine), et doit être livré à  à la marine à partir de 2009.Le contrôle de la zone d'appontage située à l'arrière du navire est assuré par le secteur Avia. Le secteur Avia est considéré comme l'un des éléments nécessaires à la mise en œuvre du système d'arme que constituent l'hélicoptère et son équipage, et à ce titre, il s'agit d'un poste de combat.

Le hangar peut être utilisé pour les réceptions et les présentations. Le Forbin, de par sa configuration furtive, disposant de peu d'espace extérieur pour la circulation de l'équipage, sa plateforme d'appontage est fréquemment utilisée pour les activités physiques et de détente.

 Caractéristiques de la plateforme Avia
 1 plate-forme d'appontage de  (), 1 hangar de  (), 1 radar DRBN 38 Decca Bridgemaster E250, 1 système de manutention Samahé, 1 balise TACAN.

Campagnes d'essais et de mise au point

novembre 2007 : traversée de longue durée
La première sortie à la mer du Chevalier Paul a eu lieu en . Deux ans plus tard, la Marine réceptionnait le navire.

5 mai 2009 : rencontre des Classe Horizon et revue navale
Le , les quatre frégates Horizon de la marine nationale, et de la marine italienne se rencontrent au large de La Spezia en Italie. Le Forbin est pour la première fois au côté du second navire de classe Horizon, le Chevalier Paul, dans la base navale de la Spezia. Il y reste amarré jusqu'au 7 mai au soir. L'escale est également l'occasion de poursuivre les travaux de finition du Forbin et d'embarquer les munitions des tourelles de .

Le , à l'occasion du  de la Victoire du , le Forbin participe à la revue navale qui se tient au large de Sainte-Maxime, dans le Var. Seize bâtiments sont présents, dont les plus récents tels que le BPC Mistral (où prend place le Président Nicolas Sarkozy), le BPC Tonnerre .

Lors de la démonstration des forces de projection : la frégate antiaérienne Cassard, le Forbin, le pétrolier ravitailleur Meuse, le transport de chalands de débarquements (TCD) Siroco et le bâtiment de projection et de commandement Tonnerre se présentent successivement par le travers du Mistral à petite allure (dix nœuds).

: traversée de longue durée

Le Chevalier Paul quitte pour la première fois Toulon où il est basé, pour sa première traversée de longue durée (TLD) le . Cette traversée de quatre mois a pour but de valider le bâtiment à la fois en eau froide et en eau chaude. Cette étape est cruciale pour évaluer le fonctionnement et les performances du navire et de ses équipements selon les deux conditions de navigations. Le type d'eau de navigation et de climat qui l'accompagne influe par exemple sur la propagation des ondes ou des dispositifs acoustiques (sonar).

Après sa sortie de Méditerranée via le détroit de Gibraltar, le Chevalier Paul remonte vers la mer du Nord et arrive en Russie. Une escale est, ainsi, prévue à Severomorsk fin mars/début avril.

Après les eaux glacées, le Chevalier Paul redescend en mer du Nord et participe brièvement à l'exercice OTAN Brillant Mariner (12 au ), qui implique aussi le porte-avions Charles de Gaulle et le BPC Mistral. Puis la frégate traverse l'Atlantique pour gagner les États-Unis et le Canada, avant de redescendre au sud vers les Caraïbes, faire escale au Mexique et franchir le canal de Panama. Elle débute alors un tour de l'Amérique du sud et arrive normalement à Rio de Janeiro en . Le Chevalier Paul retraverse ensuite l'Atlantique pour rejoindre le Maroc, puis retrouve, mi-juillet, la base navale de Toulon.

Durant cette première mission, un hélicoptère Panther de la flottille 36F, accompagné de ses servants sont embarqués. C'est l'occasion de vérifier et valider le fonctionnement de la plateforme d'hélicoptère, les équipements de bord, et le poste Avia.

Vie opérationnelle

2011 : Opération Harmattan
Au début des opérations, il était aussi chargé de la protection du porte-hélicoptères d'assaut , bâtiment amiral de la force amphibie américaine alors déployée dans la zone, puis de la maîtrise des opérations aériennes et simultanément la protection des porte-hélicoptères amphibie Mistral et Tonnerre. Le Chevalier Paul est intervenu avec son artillerie de  à quelques kilomètres des côtes Libyennes pendant l'opération Harmattan en 2011. Il a aussi brouillé les systèmes de détection adverses.

Bâtiments ayant porté le nom de Chevalier Paul
Deux bâtiments de la marine nationale française ont porté précédemment ce nom :
 Un contre-torpilleur de la classe Vauquelin (1934-1941)
 L'escorteur d'escadre T47 Chevalier Paul, sixième d'une série de dix-huit escorteur d'escadre anti-aérien et anti-sous-marin (1956-1971. Coulé comme cible par des Super-Étendard Modernisés du porte-avions Clemenceau en mai 1987)

Distinctions
 Son fanion est décoré de la croix de guerre 1939-1945 avec trois palmes et porte la fourragère aux couleurs du ruban de la croix de guerre 1939-1945 avec une olive aux couleurs du ruban de la croix de guerre 1939-1945 au titre des actions du contre-torpilleur homonyme durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
 L'activité intense de la frégate durant l'Intervention militaire de 2011 en Libye y a ajouté la croix de la valeur militaire, attribuée le .
 Le , Dominique de La Rochefoucauld-Montbel, président de l'Association française des membres de l'ordre souverain de Malte, a remis la croix de l'ordre souverain militaire hospitalier de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem, de Rhodes et de Malte au fanion du bâtiment.
 Le , à la suite de l'opération Arromanches 2 en Méditerranée orientale, la frégate reçoit la croix militaire belge.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Classe Horizon
 Liste des frégates françaises
 Liste des navires de la Marine nationale française
 Histoire de la marine française

Liens externes
 La frégate Chevalier Paul sur le site officiel de du ministère des armèes
 La frégate Chevalier Paul, « bête de guerre » de la Marine nationale sur le site de meretmarine.com

Frégate de la Marine française
Nom de bateau
Bateau lancé en 2006
Navire construit à l'arsenal de Lorient
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Titulaire de la croix de la Valeur militaire

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