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[mugshot of Mark J. Sykes].
No full textPhoto Div C.3 .Medler collection.6. Mugshot of Mark J. Sykes, 1895. Identifying information on verso of mount, including physical descriptions and criminal occupation.; Mug shots, both single- and double-views, of men arrested for crimes including burglary, larceny, highway robbery, pickpocketing, bank burglary and safe burglary. Most photographs include identifying information on verso of mounts, including physical descriptions. 9 items include Bertillon measurements. One item is a post-mortem photograph of an unidentified man.; Subjects include: James W. Francis; William Taylor; John Ryan; Charles Johnson; Mark J. Sykes; John Murray; Thomas Bennett; Mike Flynn; Henry Gloe; Thomas Nee; Henry Miller; James Ryan; James F. Bowers; Frank Bush; Joseph Leonard.; Photographs issued by the Louisville Police Department, Chicago Police Department, and McGuire & White Detective Agency, Chicago, Ill. One photograph is issued on carte de visite mount with label: Potter, Mansfield, O
The Future of the Near East
No full textComenzamos nuestra recopilación de fuentes para la historia del mundo árabo-islámico contemporáneo con dos artículos de uno de los personajes más importantes dentro del aparato político-militar del Imperio Británico en el Oriente Medio, Sir Mark Sykes. Sykes será siempre recordado por los acuerdos que llevan su nombre y el del diplomático francés François Georges-Picot, los acuerdos de Sykes-Picot. Mediante estos acuerdos secretos el Imperio Británico y Francia se repartían los restos del Imperio Otomano en Oriente Medio, poniendo la primera piedra de lo que luego sería el sistema de "mandatos" —los protectorados franceses e ingleses sobre Siria, Mesopotamia, Palestina y Transjordania—. Sir Mark Sykes trabajó durante un tiempo como agregado de la embajada británica en Constantinopla y realizó numerosos viajes por la zona, producto de los cuales fue su libro Dar ul-Islam (1904). Desde 1911 fue también miembro del Parlamento inglés y, una vez comenzada la I Guerra Mundial, gracias a su experiencia pudo pasar al servicio del Foreign Office e intervenir en la política de su país en las cuestiones de Oriente Medio, especialmente en lo concerniente a la revuelta árabe y a la postura que su gobierno debía tomar con respecto a ella. En los artículos que aquí recogemos, Sykes da su visión de cómo debería conformarse el "nuevo Oriente Medio" después de la guerra. A qué debería ser reducido el Imperio Otomano y cuál debería ser el papel jugado por las potencias europeas en la zona. Muchas de las cuestiones que aquí plantea tendrían luego su reflejo en el tratado de Sèvres, que sería finalmente invalidado y sustituído por el de Lausanne. Se trata, en definitiva, de un texto (en dos partes) que prefigura en gran parte lo que sería a partir de ese momento el domino franco-británico en Oriente Medio y la muerte del Imperio Otomano
The Gospel on the Margins: The Ideological Function of the Patristic Tradition on the Evangelist Mark
No full textIn spite of the virtually unanimous patristic opinion that the evangelist Mark was the interpreter of Peter, one of the most prestigious apostolic founding figures in Christian memory, the Gospel of Mark was mostly neglected in the patristic period. Not only is the text of Mark the least well represented of the canonical Gospels in terms of the number of patristic citations, commentaries and manuscripts, the explicit comments about the evangelist Mark reveal some ambivalence about its literary or theological value. In my survey of the reception of Mark from Papias of Hierapolis until Clement of Alexandria, I will argue that the reason why the patristic writers were hesitant to embrace the Gospel of Mark was that they perceived the text to be amenable to the Christological beliefs and social praxis of rival Christian factions. The patristic tradition about Mark may have little historical basis, but it had an important ideological function in appropriating the text in the name of an apostolic authority from the margins or periphery
Economic evaluation of a stratified transport method for Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) juveniles
No full textThe objective of this study was to evaluate a convenient, low-cost modification to conventional transfer methods for Atlantic halibut juveniles. A series of wire mesh cages were stacked within transport tanks creating a stratified transport system (STS), increasing the surface area for settlement and facilitating a more homogeneous distribution of halibut throughout the tank compared with the conventional insulated box (Unstructured, UTS). A stochastic cost-benefit analysis determined investment into a STS to be cost-effective, generating a mean benefit-cost ratio of 1.31 (95% CI, 0.68–2.00) after 2 years and a mean 5-year net present value of 85,176(9546,906–$125,630). The implementation of a STS was found to be technically feasible and economically efficient method to improve Atlantic halibut transport.Peter J. Sykes, Carol A. McClure, Debbie J. Martin-Robichaud, Charles G. Caraguel, K. Larry Hammel
Claud Sykes
No full textClaud SykesProfessional actor, co-founder of the English Players, writer, and MI5 agent. Born in Ipswich, England, in 1912 Sykes married Annie "˜Daisy' Race (1885-1969), his co-star in Octavia Kenmore's and Leigh Lovel's London company. Sykes acted in two dozen productions of Ibsen between 1908 and 1914 before he and his wife relocated to Switzerland in 1915, ostensibly for Sykes's health. He and JJ first encountered one another in early 1917, and by the end of the year, Sykes was overseeing typescript production on the early episodes of Ulysses. With a mix of professional and amateur actors, JJ and Sykes formed the English Players, whose first performance was The Importance of Being Earnest in April 1918. Through late 1919, the Players produced nineteen plays in Zurich and toured Switzerland. Sykes returned to England in 1920. In 1927 Sykes read proofs and provided suggestions for the German translation of Ulysses, published that year. In the 1920s, he wrote adventure fiction in the mold of John Buchan before, in the 1930s, establishing himself as a translator and author of First World War aviation writing, often under the pseudonym "˜Vigilant'. His translation work from German proved an effective cover for counter-intelligence work and, by the mid-1930s, he was reporting to his MI5 handler using the code name 'M/S'. In 1939, he worked briefly as a double agent, feeding disinformation to a Gestapo agent in Berlin. His interests in the theatre continued: he produced plays for the Letchworth Citizens' Company in the 1920s and published the Rutland-theory inspired Alias William Shakespeare? (1947). He died in Malta in 1963. William Brockman and Ronan Crowley</p
The effects of sample preparation and gas chromatograph injection techniques on the accuracy of measuring guaiacol, 4-methylguaiacol and other volatile oak compounds in oak extracts by stable isotope dilution analyses
No full textPollnitz, Alan P ; Pardon, Kevin H ; Sykes, Michael ; Sefton, Mark
Sykes-Picot and “Artificial” States
No full textA century after they met to conclude a secret agreement dividing Ottoman territories into British and French zones of influence, Mark Sykes and François Georges-Picot have been back in the news. Images of an ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) bulldozer rolling over a small section of the frontier between Syria and Iraq in order to destroy the “Sykes-Picot” border shone a spotlight on the agreement. Western commentators reflecting on the centenary of the agreement have tended to share the view that colonial borders bear a share of responsibility for the ills of the region. The underlying argument is that the “artificial” boundaries drawn by European colonial powers produced faultlines that have driven subsequent conflicts.</jats:p
Italian pictures, some ... antique sculptures, .... Collection of Sir Mark Nasterman Sykes
No full textAn Alternative Approach to the Mean
No full textThis article, created by Alan W. Sykes of Swansea University College, describes an alternate calculation of expected value, which illustrates continuous random variables. The author uses charts, graphs and text to help illustrate these mathematical concepts. The author provides external references for those interested in further study of this subject
Introduction to Symposium on the Many Lives and Legacies of Sykes-Picot
No full textAlthough their motivations varied, many senior British officials who were expert in imperial and Middle-Eastern matters condemned the Sykes-Picot treaty as a mistake almost as soon as it was signed. T.E. Lawrence wanted the British government to repudiate it and was assured by Gilbert Clayton, the head of the Arab Bureau in Cairo, in a letter he wrote to Lawrence in 1917, that “‘It is in fact dead and, if we wait quietly, this fact will soon be realized’.” Lord Curzon denounced the treaty as “not only obsolete ‘but absolutely impracticable,’” and further declared that only “gross ignorance” could account for the boundary lines in the treaty. Sir Mark Sykes was said to be ashamed of his involvement in the Treaty that was to bear his name. Despite these efforts, so soon after its birth, to announce the demise and irrelevance of Sykes-Picot, its complex, variegated, and evolving legacy has survived and is still very much with us.</jats:p
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