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Diplopia. Diplopia. Other names. Double vision. One way a person might experience double vision. Specialty. Neurology, ophthalmology. Diplopia is the simultaneous perception of two images of a single object that may be displaced horizontally or vertically in relation to each other. [ 1] Also called double vision, it is a loss of visual focus ...
IFREMER. The Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer ( French for 'French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea') or Ifremer is an oceanographic institution in Brest, France. A state-run and funded scientific organization, it is France’s national integrated marine science research institute.
Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer ( French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t maʁi də la mɛʁ], also Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, lit.: " (the) Saint Marys of the Sea", locally Les Saintes, Provençal Occitan: Li Santi Mario de la Mar ), is the capital of the Camargue ( Provençal Occitan Camarga) in the south of France. It is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône ...
Per mare et terras. March. Auprès de ma blonde. The Compagnies franches de la marine (previously known as Troupes de la marine, later renamed and reorganized as Troupes coloniales and then Troupes de Marine) were an ensemble of autonomous infantry units attached to the French Royal Navy ( French: marine royale) bound to serve both on land and sea.
La mer was the second of Debussy's three orchestral works in three sections, the other being Nocturnes (1892–1899) and Images pour orchestre (1905–1912). The first, the Nocturnes, premiered in Paris in 1901 and though it had not made any great impact on the public, it was well-reviewed by musicians including Paul Dukas, Alfred Bruneau and Pierre de Bréville.
The General Secretariat for the Sea ( French: Secrétariat général de la Mer, abbreviated SGMer[ 1]) is a French government agency attached to the Prime Minister of France 's Office. The mission is to exercise control, evaluation and forecasting within the framework of France 's public policies concerning the sea and the littoral.
Toilers of the Sea. Toilers of the Sea ( French: Les Travailleurs de la mer) is a novel by Victor Hugo published in 1866. The book is dedicated to the island of Guernsey, where Hugo spent 15 years in exile. [ 1] Hugo uses the setting of a small island community to transmute seemingly mundane events into drama of the highest calibre.
Le Silence de la mer (lit. 'The silence of the sea') is a 2004 French-Belgian TV drama film directed by Pierre Boutron, based on the 1942 book of the same name by Jean Bruller (published clandestinely under the pen name "Vercors"), and starring Thomas Jouannet, Julie Delarme and Michel Galabru. The story takes place in 1941 during World War II ...