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:* New York City has numerous Bastille Day celebrations each July, including Bastille Day on 60th Street hosted by the French Institute Alliance Française between Fifth and Lexington Avenues on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, Bastille Day on Smith Street in Brooklyn, and Bastille Day in Tribeca.
was conferred upon Brewster by Marischal College, Aberdeen ; in 1815 he was made a member of the Royal Society of London, and received the Copley medal ; in 1818 he received the Rumford Medal of the society ; and in 1816 the French Institute awarded him one-half of the prize of three thousand francs for the two most important discoveries in physical science made in Europe during the two preceding years.
He held 42 patents and received numerous awards, including the first Institute of Radio Engineers now IEEE Medal of Honor, the French Legion of Honor, the 1941 Franklin Medal and the 1942 Edison Medal.
) ( English: Institute of Advanced Scientific Studies ) is a French institute supporting advanced research in mathematics and theoretical physics.
In 1893, a French physician, Jacques Bertillon, introduced the Bertillon Classification of Causes of Death at a congress of the International Statistical Institute in Chicago.
** French Medical Institute for Children
In 1832 Böttiger was elected a member of the French Institute.
In a much more detailed account, Edward Daniel Clarke stated that a French " officer and member of the Institute " had taken him, his student John Cripps, and Hamilton secretly into the back streets behind Menou's residence and revealed the stone hidden under protective carpets among Menou's baggage.
One survey held in 2003 by the Kellogg School of Management and Sasin Institute showed that Thai cuisine ranked 4th when people were asked to name an ethnic cuisine, after Italian, French and Chinese cuisine.
Y. pestis was discovered in 1894 by Alexandre Yersin, a Swiss / French physician and bacteriologist from the Pasteur Institute, during an epidemic of plague in Hong Kong.
Such standards are defined in the International System of Units ( abbreviated SI from French: Système international d ' unités ) and maintained by national standards organizations such as the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the United States.
The first, and so far only, planetary balloon mission was performed by the Space Research Institute of Soviet Academy of Sciences in cooperation with the French space agency CNES in 1985.
Grenoble is also a major scientific centre, especially in the fields of physics, computer science, and applied mathematics: Joseph Fourier University ( UJF ) is one of the leading French scientific universities while the Grenoble Institute of Technology trains more than 5, 000 engineers every year in key technology disciplines.
Many fundamental and applied scientific research laboratories are conjointly managed by Joseph Fourier University, Grenoble Institute of Technology, and the French National Centre for Scientific Research ( CNRS ).
Numerous other scientific laboratories are managed independently or in collaboration with the CNRS and the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control ( INRIA ).
* French Institute ⁄ Alliance Française Library, New York, New York, 1997
Other members included theorist Raoul Vaneigem, the Dutch painter Constant Nieuwenhuys, the Italo-Scottish writer Alexander Trocchi, the English artist Ralph Rumney ( sole member of the London Psychogeographical Association, Rumney suffered expulsion relatively soon after the formation ), the Danish artist Asger Jorn ( who after parting with the SI also founded the Scandinavian Institute of Comparative Vandalism ), the architect and veteran of the Hungarian Uprising Attila Kotanyi, and the French writer Michele Bernstein.
The city houses many cultural institutes such as the Russian Cultural Institute, the Polish Cultural Institute, the Hungarian Institute, the Czech and the Slovak Cultural Institutes, the Italian Cultural Institute, the French Cultural Institute, Goethe Institut, British Council, Instituto Cervantes, and the Open Society Institute, which regularly organise temporary expositions of visual, sound and literary works by artists from their respective countries.

French and International
International Atomic Time ( TAI, from the French name Temps atomique international ) is a high-precision atomic coordinate time standard based on the notional passage of proper time on Earth's geoid.
The annual CHIO ( short for the French term Concours Hippique International Officiel ) is the biggest equestrian meeting of the world and among horsemen considered to be as prestigious for equitation as the tournament of Wimbledon for tennis.
The other organisations that maintain the SI system, also known by their French initialisms are the General Conference on Weights and Measures () ( CGPM ) and the International Committee for Weights and Measures () ( CIPM ).
French forces and the Opération des Nations Unies en Côte d ' Ivoire are a significant military factor in the country as of late 2011 ( see International Forces below ).
For short film enthusiasts and cinema professionals, Sagunenay International Short film Festival ( REGARD sur le court métrage au Saguenay, in French ) is now a " must-go event " ( Francois Levesque, Le Devoir ).
Because of the large number of races which were being termed ' Grands Prix ', the AIACR formally recognised the most important race of each of its affiliated national automobile clubs as International Grands Prix, or Grandes Épreuves, and in 1933 Monaco was ranked as such alongside the French, Belgian, Italian, and Spanish Grands Prix.
International excursions around that time were invariably against domestic neighbours: the Welsh, Irish, Cornish, and the Hundred Years ' War against the French and their Scottish allies.
* Kolodziej, Edward A. French International Policy under de Gaulle and Pompidou: The Politics of Grandeur ( 1974 ) online edition
In 1886, a group of French and British language teachers, led by the French linguist Paul Passy, formed what would come to be known from 1897 onwards as the International Phonetic Association ( in French, l ’ Association phonétique internationale ).
The International Civil Aviation Organization ( ICAO ), pronounced, ( in French: Organisation de l ' aviation civile internationale, OACI ), is a specialized agency of the United Nations.
It was during this time that French mathematician Louis Couturat formed the Delegation for the Adoption of an International Auxiliary Language.
The International Electrotechnical Commission ( IEC ; Commission électrotechnique internationale ( CEI ), in French ) is a non-profit, non-governmental international standards organization that prepares and publishes International Standards for all electrical, electronic and related technologies – collectively known as " electrotechnology ".
The International Olympic Committee ( IOC ) ( French: Comité international olympique, CIO ) is an international non-governmental organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre, Baron de Coubertin, on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president.
* International Commission on Illumination ; more commonly abbreviated CIE, following its French spelling
Anarcho-communism developed out of radical socialist currents after the French revolution but was first formulated as such in the Italian section of the First International.
Anarcho-communism developed out of radical socialist currents after the French revolution but was first formulated as such in the Italian section of the First International.
The nature of provisional measures has been a subject of great dispute in international law ; the English text of the Statute of the International Court of Justice implies they are not binding, while the French text implies that they are.
* Lotus case, case before the Permenant Court of International Justice arising from the collision between a French steamship named S. S. Lotus and a Turkish steamship.
The World Organisation for Animal Health is the intergovernmental organisation responsible for improving animal health worldwide and was created by an international agreement as the International Office of Epizootics ( still known by its French acronym Office International des Epizooties-OIE ) on 25 January 1924.
In 1931, he founded the Collège International de Cannes, a private institution teaching French language and civilization.

French and Relations
Relations between the two countries have not always been cordial due to the former French government's policy of supporting militant separatists in Angola's Cabinda province and the international Angolagate scandal embarrassed both governments by exposing corruption and illicit arms deals.
Glouster has been the home of several families / individuals who have come into reasonable success over the years, including the Mulnar's ( owners of several businesses in Athens County, such as Heiner's Bakery ), the Edward's ( owners / business moguls currently living in Nelsonville, Ohio ), Sam Jones ( former professional boxer & local entrepreneur ), Mark Echstenkamper ( former MLB pitcher ), Roger Bingman ( NCAA Division II College Football Champion ), Craig Cornett ( owner / founder of Frog Ranch Salsa ) and Nathan Angle ( former Nat ' l Advisor for French Relations ).
In November 2011, the NFB and partners including the Inuit Relations Secretariat and the Government of Nunavut introduced a DVD and online collection entitled Unikkausivut: Sharing Our Stories, which will make over 100 NFB films by and about Inuit available in Inuktitut and other Inuit languages, as well as English and French.
Relations between the British commander and the French commanders suffered greatly.
" Sir Austen Chamberlain, the Marquess of Crewe and Anglo-French Relations, 1924-1928 ," Contemporary British History, ( March 2011 ) 25 # 1 pp 49 – 64, argues that Crewe gave Chamberlain key ideas about French security and disarmament policy, the implementation of the Geneva Protocol, the Treaty of Locarno and the Kellogg-Briand Pact.
What we know today about the Illinois is based on the historical account Jesuit Relations, written by French Jesuit priests.
U. S. Senator Sam Brownback, Republican of Kansas and chairman of the Foreign Relations subcommittee on South Asia, then accused the French of doing " the Iranian government's dirty work ".
Relations with his father worsened, his father forbidding any thought of betrothal and marriage ( which French law permitted a father to do for a son under age 25 ), accusing him of distressing his mother ( whose role is unclear: she was either mildly supportive of her son or stayed completely out of the conflict ) and shouting at him about a then notorious husband-wife poisoning case as the most likely outcome of any match by his son.
Relations with France became strained when French agents of the DGSE bombed and sank the Greenpeace ship the Rainbow Warrior on 10 July 1985 while it lay moored in Auckland Harbour, killing photographer Fernando Pereira.
In March 1998 the Plenipotentiary for Relations with the Jewish Diaspora, Krzysztof Śliwiński, was quoted in a French newspaper as saying that the cross would be removed, because its presence was disrespectful of the Jewish legacy at Auschwitz.
Relations with the cultural sphere were promoted by a series of Lenten Sermons at Notre-Dame ( into which dialogue with prominent French intellectuals and state-employed academics were introduced ) and by plans for the opening of the Centre St. Bernard in the 5th arrondissement.
Relations between British colonists and Native Americans, which had been severely strained during the French and Indian War, reached a new low during Pontiac's Rebellion.
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Relations with Louisiana's Créole population were initially rather strained: Claiborne was young, inexperienced and unsure of himself, and on his arrival spoke no French.
In the Jesuit Relations, the French missionary priests referred to the river as Rivière de la Folle Avoine or " Fool's Oats River ", again a reference to the wild rice.
Most universities recommend that students take a double major ( e. g. Political Science, International Relations ) and French, if not included in the course.
In 2000, she was awarded the French Légion d ' honneur, and received the new mérite d ' honneur of French and of Francophone education, bestowed by the Quebec Minister of International Relations, Louise Beaudoin.
A Professor of Political Science, he received his degrees, BSc Political Science, MSc International Relations and Diploma in French from the University of Ife, Nigeria ( now Obafemi Awolowo University ).
* The French Military in Africa ( 2008 )-Council on Foreign Relations
Relations between the St. Lawrence Iroquoian and French deteriorated over the winter.
The Public Service Labour Relations Board ( French: Commission des relations de travail dans la fonction publique ) is a Canadian independent quasi-judicial statutory tribunal that is responsible for administering the collective bargaining and grievance adjudication systems in the federal public service and in Parliament.
Also in 2006, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education approved Arcadia ’ s proposal to establish an additional location in Paris and to extend its accreditation to cover the Masters in International Relations and Diplomacy offered in the French capital by the American Graduate School of International Relations and Diplomacy ( AGSIRD ), an institution created in 1994 by a group of international lawyers, scholars and diplomats, in partnership with the University of Paris 11.

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