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University in Sydney, New South Wales
Coordinates: 33°46?31?S 151°06?46?E / 33.775259°S 151.112915°E / -33.775259; 151.112915
Seal of Macquarie University
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S Bruce Dowton
1,698 (2018)[2]
45,558 (2018)
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Macquarie University is a public research university based in Sydney, Australia, in the suburb of Macquarie Park. Founded in 1964 by the New South Wales Government, it was the third university to be established in the metropolitan area of Sydney.[3]
Established as a verdant university, Macquarie has five faculties, as well as the Macquarie University Hospital and the Macquarie Graduate School of Management, which are located on the university's main campus in suburban Sydney.
The university is the first in Australia to fully align its degree system with the Bologna Accord.[4][5][6]
Peter Mason delivers first lecture
The idea of founding a third university in Sydney was flagged in the early 1960s when the New South Wales Government formed a committee of enquiry into higher education to deal with a perceived emergency in university enrollments in New South Wales. During this enquiry, the Senate of the University of Sydney put in a submission which highlighted 'the immediate need to establish a third university in the metropolitan area'.[7] After much debate a future campus location was selected in what was then a semi-rural part of North Ryde, and it was decided that the future university be named after Lachlan Macquarie, an important early governor of the colony of New South Wales.
Macquarie University was formally established in 1964 with the passage of the Macquarie University Act 1964 by the New South Wales parliament.
The initial concept of the campus was to create a new high technology corridor, similar to the area surrounding Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, the goal being to provide for interaction between industry and the new university.[8] The academic core was designed in the Brutalist style and developed by the renowned town planner Walter Abraham who also oversaw the next 20 years of planning and development for the university. A committee appointed to advise the state government on the establishment of the new university at North Ryde nominated Abraham as the architect-planner. The fledgling Macquarie University Council decided that planning for the campus would be done within the university, rather than by consultants, and this led to the establishment of the architect-planners office.[9]
The first Vice-Chancellor of Macquarie University, Alexander George Mitchell, was selected by the University Council which met for the first time on 17 June 1964. Members of the first university council included: Colonel Sir Edward Ford OBE, David Paver Mellor, Rae Else-Mitchell QC and Sir Walter Scott.[10][11][12][13]
First students at Macquarie University
The university first opened to students on 6 March 1967 with more students than anticipated. The Australian Universities Commission had allowed for 510 effective full-time students (EFTS) but Macquarie had 956 enrolments and 622 EFTS.[14] Between 1968 and 1969, enrolment at Macquarie increased dramatically with an extra 1200 EFTS, with 100 new academic staff employed. 1969 also saw the establishment of the Macquarie Graduate School of Management (MGSM).
Macquarie University Library 1993, scaled by members of the Macquarie University Mountaineering Society during O-Week.
Macquarie grew during the seventies and eighties with rapid expansion in courses offered, student numbers and development of the site. In 1972, the university established the Macquarie Law School, the third law school in Sydney. In their book Liberality of Opportunity, Bruce Mansfield and Mark Hutchinson describe the founding of Macquarie University as 'an act of faith and a great experiment'.[15] An additional topic considered in this book is the science reform movement of the late 1970s that resulted in the introduction of a named science degree, thus facilitating the subsequent inclusion of other named degrees in addition to the traditional BA.[16] An alternative view on this topic is given by theoretical physicist John Ward.[17]
In 1973 the student union (MUSC) worked with the Builders Labourers Federation (BLF) to organise one of the first "pink bans". Similar in tactic to the green ban, the pink ban was recommended when one of the residential colleges at Macquarie University, Robert Menzies College, ordered a student to lead a celibate life and undertake therapy and confession to cure himself of his homosexuality. The BLF decided to stop all construction work at the college until the university and the college Master made statements committing to a non-discriminatory university environment. MUSC was successful in engaging with the BLF again in 1974 when a woman at Macquarie University had her NSW Department of Education scholarship cancelled on the basis that she was a lesbian and therefore unfit to be a teacher.[18]
After over a decade of service, the first Vice Chancellor Mitchell was succeeded by Edwin Webb in December 1975. Webb was required to steer the university through one of its most difficult periods as the value of universities were debated and the governments introduced significant funding cuts. Webb left the university in 1986 and was succeeded by Di Yerbury, the first female Vice-Chancellor in Australia. Yerbury would go on to hold the position of Vice-Chancellor for nearly 20 years.
In 1990 the university absorbed the Institute of Early Childhood Studies of the Sydney College of Advanced Education, under the terms of the Higher Education (Amalgamation) Act 1989.[19] l
Building C7A, at night
Steven Schwartz replaced Di Yerbury at the beginning of 2006. Yerbury's departure was attended with much controversy, including a "bitter dispute" with Schwartz, disputed ownership of university artworks worth $13 million and Yerbury's salary package.[20][21] In August 2006, Schwartz expressed concern about the actions of Yerbury in a letter to university auditors.[22] Yerbury strongly denied any wrongdoing and claimed the artworks were hers.[20][23][24]
During 2007, Macquarie University restructured its student organisation after an audit raised questions about management of hundreds of thousands of dollars in funds by student organisations[25] At the centre of the investigation was Victor Ma, president of the Macquarie University Students' Council, who was previously involved in a high-profile case of student election fixing at the University of Sydney.[26] The university Council resolved to immediately remove Ma from his position. Vice-Chancellor Schwartz cited an urgent need to reform Macquarie's main student bodies.[27] However, Ma strongly denied any wrongdoing and labelled the controversy a case of 'character assassination'.[28] The Federal Court ordered on 23 May 2007 that Macquarie University Union Ltd be wound up.[29]
Following the dissolution of Macquarie University Union Ltd, the outgoing student organisation was replaced with a new wholly owned subsidiary company of the university, known as U@MQ Ltd. The new student organisation originally lacked a true student representative union; however, following a complete review and authorisation from the university Council, a new student union known as Macquarie University Students Association (MUSRA) was established in 2009.[30]
Parklands at the university
Within the first few hundred days of Schwartz's instatement as Vice-Chancellor, the 'Macquarie@50' strategic plan was launched, which positioned the university to enhance research, teaching, infrastructure and academic rankings by the university's 50th anniversary in 2014. Included in the university's plans for the future was the establishment of a sustainability office in order to more effectively manage environmental and social development at Macquarie. As part of this campaign, in 2009 Macquarie became the first Fair Trade accredited university in Australia.[31] The beginning of 2009 also saw the introduction of a new logo for the university which retained the Sirius Star, present on both the old logo and the university crest, but now 'embedded in a stylised lotus flower'.[32] In accordance with the university by-law, the crest continues to be used for formal purposes and is displayed on university testamurs. The by-law also prescribes the university's motto, taken from Chaucer: 'And gladly teche'.
In 2013, the university became the first in Australia to fully align its degree system with the Bologna Accord.[4][5][6]
Macquarie's arms was assumed through a 1967 amendment of the Macquarie University Act 1964 (Confirmed by Letters Patent of the College of Arms, 16 August 1969).[33] The escutcheon displays the Macquarie Lighthouse tower, the first major public building in the colony, as well as the Sirius star, the name of the flagship of the First Fleet. The university's founders originally wanted to base the university's arms on Lachlan Macquarie's family crest, but they decided to go for a more radical approach that represented Lachlan Macquarie as a builder and administrator.[34] The motto chosen for the university was And Gladly Teche. This is taken from the general Prologue of The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer c.1400 and symbolises the university's commitment to both learning and teaching.[34] The coat of arms and the motto are used in a very limited number of formal communications.[35]
Macquarie has had a number of logos in its history. In 2014, the university launched a new logo as part of its Shared Identity Project. The logo reintroduced the Macquarie Lighthouse, a popular symbol of the University within the University community and maintained the Sirus Star.[35]
University Lake, a popular spot for students
Macquarie University's main campus is located about 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) north-west of the Sydney CBD and is set on 126 hectares of rolling lawns and natural bushland. Located within the high-technology corridor of Sydney's north-west and in close proximity to Macquarie Park and its surrounding industries, Macquarie's location has been crucial in its development as a relatively research intensive university.[36]
Prior to the development of the campus, most of the site was cultivated with peach orchards, market gardens and poultry farms.[37] The university's first architect-planner was Walter Abraham, one of the first six administrators appointed to Macquarie University.[9] As the site adapted from its former rural use to a busy collegiate environment, he implemented carefully designed planting programs across the campus. Abraham established a grid design comprising lots of 300 square feet (28 m2) running north-south, with the aim of creating a compact academic core. The measure of 300 feet (91 m) was seen as one minute's walk, and grid design reflected the aim of having a maximum walk of 10 minutes between any two parts of the university. The main east-west walkway that runs from the Macquarie University Research Park through to the arts faculty buildings, was named Wally's Walk in recognition of Walter Abraham's contribution to the development of the university.[9]
Apart from its centres of learning, the campus features the Macquarie University Research Park, museums, art galleries, a sculpture park, an observatory, a sport and aquatic centre and also the private Macquarie University Hospital. The campus has its own postcode, 2109.
Macquarie University Hospital
Macquarie became the first university in Australia to own and operate a private medical facility in 2010 when it opened a $300 million hospital on its campus.[38] The hospital is the first and only private not-for-profit teaching hospital on an Australian university campus.[39] The Macquarie University Hospital is located to the north of the main campus area towards the university sports grounds. It comprises 183 beds, 13 operating theatres, 2 cardiac and vascular angiography suites. The hospital is co-located with the university's Australian School of Advanced Medicine.[40]
The university hosts a number of high technology companies on its campus. Primarily designed to encourage interaction between the university and industry, commercialisation of its campus has also given the institution an additional revenue stream. Tenants are selected based on their potential to collaborate with the universities researches or their ability to provide opportunities for its students and graduates.[36]Cochlear Limited, has its headquarters in close proximity to the Australian Hearing Hub on the southern edge of campus. Other companies that have office space at the campus include Dow Corning, Goodman Fielder, Nortel Networks, OPSM and Siemens.[41]
The Macquarie University Observatory was originally constructed in 1978 as a research facility but, since 1997, has been accessible to the public through its Public Observing Program.[42]
Macquarie University Library
The library houses over 1.8 million items and uses the Library of Congress Classification System.[43] The library features several collections including a Rare Book Collection, a Palaeontology Collection and the Brunner Collection of Egyptological materials.[44] Macquarie University operated two libraries during the transition. The old library in building C7A closed at the end of July 2011 (which has since been repurposed as a student support and study space), and the new library in building C3C became fully operational on 1 August 2011. The new library was the first university library in Australia to possess an Automated Storage and Retrieval System (ASRS). The ASRS consists of an environmentally controlled vault with metal bins storing the items; robotic cranes retrieve an item on request and deliver it to the service desk for collection.[45][46]
Macquarie University Incubator
The Macquarie University Incubator is a space to research and develop ideas that can be commercialised.[47] It was established in 2017 as a part of the Macquarie Park Innovation District (MPID) project.[47] Macquarie University received $1 million grant from the New South Wales government to build the incubator. The University has also committed about $7 million to the incubator with financial support of the big businesses and the New South Wales government.[48] It was officially opened by Prince Andrew, Duke of York on 25 September 2017.
Residential colleges
Macquarie University has two residential colleges on its campus, Dunmore Lang College and Robert Menzies College, both founded in 1972. The colleges offer academic support and a wide range of social and sporting activities in a communal environment.
Separate to the colleges is the Macquarie University Village. The village has over 900 rooms in mostly town house style buildings to the north of the campus. The village encourages its students to interact in its communal spaces and has a number of social events throughout the year.[49]
The museums and collections of Macquarie University are extensive and include nine museums and galleries. Each collection focuses on various historical, scientific or artistic interests. The most visible collection on campus is the sculpture park which is exhibited across the entire campus. At close to 100 sculptures on display, it is the largest park of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. All museums and galleries are open to the public and offer educational programs for students at primary, secondary and tertiary levels.
Sport and Aquatic Centre
Located on the western side of the campus is the Macquarie University Sport and Aquatic Centre. Previously a sports hall facility, the complex was renovated and reopened in 2007 with the addition of the new gym and aquatic centre. It houses a 50-metre FINA-compliant outdoor pool and a 25-metre indoor pool. The complex also contains a gymnasium and squash, badminton, basketball, volleyball and netball courts.[50]
Macquarie also has seven hectares of high quality playing fields for football, cricket and tennis. Situated to the north of the campus, the playing fields are used by the university as well as a number of elite sporting teams such as Sydney FC and the Westfield Matildas.[51]
Macquarie University Metro Station
Macquarie University is served by Macquarie University Station on the Sydney Metro North West Line. Macquarie is the only university in Australia with a railway station on campus.
There is also a major bus interchange within the campus that provides close to 800 bus services daily.[52] The M2 Motorway runs parallel to the northern boundary of the campus and is accessible to traffic from the university.
E4A Building at Entrance to University
E4A courtyard
Central Courtyard
The Frederick Chong Courtyard
E7A Mitchell building
E6B building
Lane Cove Rd building
Macquarie University Observatory
Macquarie University Art Gallery
Cochlear building
Australian Hearing Hub building
School of Advanced Medicine Building
The university currently comprises 35 departments within five faculties:[53]
Macquarie Business School
Faculty of Human Sciences
Research centres, schools and institutes that are affiliated with the university:
The Australian Research Institute for Environment and Sustainability
The Macquarie University Hospital
The Australian Hearing Hub
Macquarie University's Australian Hearing Hub is partnered with Cochlear. Cochlear Headquarters are on campus.[54] The Australian Hearing Hub includes the head office of Australian Hearing.[55]
The Australian Research Institute for Environment and Sustainability is a research centre that promotes change for environmental sustainability, is affiliated with the University and is located on its campus.[56]
Access Macquarie Limited was established in 1989 as the commercial arm of the university. It facilitates and supports the commercial needs of industry, business and government organisations seeking to utilise the academic expertise of the broader University community.[57]
The university is governed by a 17-member Council.[58]
The University Council is the governing authority of the university under the Macquarie University Act 1989.[59] The Council takes primary responsibility for the control and management of the affairs of the University, and is empowered to make by-laws and rules relating to how the University is managed. Members of the Council include the University Vice-Chancellor, Academic and non-academic staff, the Vice President of the Academic Senate and a student representative. The Council is chaired by The Chancellor of the University.
The Academic Senate is the primary academic body of the university. It has certain powers delegated to it by Council, such as the approving of examination results and the completion of requirements for the award of degrees. At the same time, it makes recommendations to the Council concerning all changes to degree rules, and all proposals for new awards. While the Academic Senate is an independent body, it is required to make recommendations to the university Council in relation to matters outside its delegated authority.[33]
Macquarie's current Vice-Chancellor, Bruce Dowton, took over from Schwartz in September 2012. Prior to his appointment Dowton served as a senior medical executive having held a range of positions in university, healthcare and consulting organisations. He also served as a pediatrician at the Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, and as Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. There have been five Vice-Chancellors in the university's history.
The Macquarie University International College offers Foundation Studies (Pre-University) and University-level Diplomas. Upon successful completion of a MUIC Diploma, students enter the appropriate bachelor's degree as a second year student.[60]
The Centre for Macquarie English is the English-language centre that offers a range of specialised, direct entry English programmes that are approved by Macquarie University.[61]
Computer Science building
The university positions itself as being research intensive. In 2012, 85% of Macquarie's broad fields of research was rated 'at or above world standard' in the Excellence in Research for Australia 2012 National report. The university is within the top 3 universities in Australia for the number of peer reviewed publications produced per academic staff member.[38][62]
Researchers at Macquarie University, David Skellern and Neil Weste, and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation helped develop Wi-Fi.[63][64][65] David Skellern has been a major donor to the University through the Skellern Family Trust.[66] Macquarie physicists Frank Duarte and Jim Piper pioneered the laser designs[67] adopted by researchers worldwide, in various major national programs, for atomic vapor laser isotope separation.[68][69]
Macquarie University's linguistics department developed the Macquarie Dictionary. The dictionary is regarded as the standard reference on Australian English.[70]
Macquarie University has a research partnership with the University of Hamburg in Germany and Fudan University in China. They offer dual and joint degree programs and engage in joint research.[71]
QS World[72]
THE-WUR World[73]
ARWU World[74]
USNWR World[75]
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CWTS Leiden World[76]
Australian rankings
QS National[72]
THE-WUR National[77]
ARWU National[78]
USNWR National[79]
CWTS Leiden National[76]
Macquarie University (MQ) world rankings includes it being number 237 on the QS rankings, number 251+ on Times (THE), number 151+ on ARWU, and number 267= with US News. This contributes to Macquarie being the number 8 ranked Australian university overall in the world ranking systems. Macquarie University rankings within Australia include being placed at number 8 on the ERA scale (2012) and being a 4 1/2 Star AEN rated university. Macquarie also has a student survey satisfaction rating of 77.4% for business, 90.3% for health, 91.4% for arts, and 93.8% for science. Macquarie is ranked in the top 40 universities in the Asia-Pacific region and within Australia's top 12 universities according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities, the U.S. News & World Report Rankings and the QS World University Rankings.[80] Macquarie was the highest ranked university in Australia under the age of 50 and was ranked 18th in the world (prior to its golden jubilee in 2014), according to the QS World University Rankings.[81][82]
Internationally, Macquarie was ranked 239th in the world (9th in Australia) in the Academic Ranking of World Universities of 2014. Macquarie University was ranked among the top 50 universities in the world for linguistics (43rd), psychology (48th) and earth and marine sciences (48th), and was ranked in the top 5 nationally for philosophy and earth and marine sciences, according to the 2014 QS World University Rankings.[83][84]
Macquarie ranked 67th in the world for Arts and Humanities (equal 5th in Australia), according to the 2015 Times Higher Education rankings by subject and 54th in the world for arts and humanities, according to the 2017 USNWR rankings by subject. Arts and Humanities is Macquarie's best discipline area in rankings. Macquarie was one of four non-Group of Eight universities ranked in the top 100 universities in the world in particular discipline areas.[85]
The Macquarie Graduate School of Management is one of the oldest business schools in Australia. In 2014, The Economist ranked MGSM 5th in the Asia-Pacific, 3rd in Australia, 1st in Sydney/New South Wales and 49th in the world.[86][87] It was the highest ranked business school in Australia and was ranked 68th in the world in the 2015 Financial Times MBA ranking.[88][89]
Students relaxing near Wally's Walk Park
Macquarie is the fourth largest university in Sydney (38,753 students in 2013).[90][91] The university has the largest student exchange programme in Australia.[92]
In 2012, 9,802 students from Asia were enrolled at Macquarie University (Sydney campuses and offshore programs in China, Hong Kong, Korea and Singapore).[93]
Campus Life manages the university's non-academic services: food and retail, sport and recreation, student groups, child care, and entertainment.[94] From late 2017 onward its Campus Hub facility has been closed for reconstruction; a 'pop-up'-style replacement, the Campus Common, has been opened for the duration.[95]
The Global Leadership Program (GLP) is a University-funded co-curricular program that is open to all students and can be undertaken alongside any degree at Macquarie University. The GLP aims to instil leadership and innovation skills, cross-cultural understanding and a sense of global citizenship in its graduates. Upon successful completion of the GLP, students receive a formal notation on their academic transcript and a certificate.[96]
Macquarie's GLP was the first of its kind when it launched in the Australian university sector in 2005 and is the country's flagship tertiary global leadership program with more than 4000 active participants in more than 200 academic disciplines. GLP is a co-curricular learning and engagement program that students design according to their own interests and complete at their own pace. Students are required to complete a workshop series, attend tailored keynote speaker and networking events and complete an experiential credit component. This ranges from short-term study abroad, volunteering (domestic and/or international), internships (domestic and/or international), learning a new language or attending internationally themed seminars and study tours.
The GLP won the Institute for International Education's 2017 Heiskell award for Innovation in International Education - Internationalising the Campus.[97] Macquarie University is the first Southern Hemisphere university to receive the award in its 17-year history. The GLP was awarded the 2018 NSW International Student Community Engagement Award (Joint Winner) in the Education Provider category.[98] This award recognises the innovative way in which the GLP facilitates connection and engagement with community for Macquarie University International GLP Students, and also recognises the contribution that the GLP makes to the International Student experience in New South Wales. In 2019, the GLP won the Global PIEoneer Award for International Education in the category of 'Progressive Education Delivery' in Guildhall, London.[99] The PIEoneer Awards are the only global awards that celebrate innovation and achievement across the whole of the international education industry.
Macquarie University has its own community radio station on campus, 2SER FM. The station is jointly owned by Macquarie University and University of Technology, Sydney.[100]
Macquarie University students celebrate Conception Day each year since 1969 to - according to legend - commemorate the date of conception of Lachlan Macquarie, as his birthday fell at the wrong time of year for a celebration. Conception Day is traditionally held on the last day of classes before the September mid-semester break.[101]
Notable alumni and staff
Life-size bronze statue of Graduates outside Macquarie University by sculptor Linda Klarfeld
Alumni include Rhodes and John Monash Scholars and several Fulbright Scholars.[102][103][104][105]
Notable alumni include: Australian politician and former Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Jim Soorley;[106] Australian politician, Tanya Plibersek; Australian basketball player, Lauren Jackson; Australian swimmer, Ian Thorpe; Australian water polo player, Holly Lincoln-Smith; two founding members of the Australian children's musical group The Wiggles (Murray Cook, Greg Page); former Director-General of the National Library of Australia, Anne-Marie Schwirtlich AM; New Zealand conservationist, Pete Bethune.[107][108]
Notable alumni in science include: Australian scientist Barry Brook,[109] American physicist Frank Duarte,[110] and Australian physicist Cathy Foley.[111] Alumni notable in the business world include: Australian hedge fund manager Greg Coffey,[112] Australian businesswoman Catherine Livingstone,[113] founder of Freelancer.com Matt Barrie, businessman Napoleon Perdis and Australian venture capitalist Larry R. Marshall.[114]
Notable faculty members include: Indian neurosurgeon, B. K. Misra[115] Australian writer and four time Miles Franklin Award winner, Thea Astley; Hungarian Australian mathematician, Esther Szekeres; Australian mathematician, Neil Trudinger; Australian environmentalist and activist, Tim Flannery; British physicist and author, Paul Davies; British-Australian physicist, John Clive Ward; Israeli-Australian mathematician, José Enrique Moyal; Australian linguist, Geoffrey Hull; Australian geologist, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, John Veevers; Australian climatologist, Ann Henderson-Sellers; Australian sociologist, Raewyn Connell.[116][117][118]
Four Macquarie University academics were included in The World's Most Influential Minds 2014 report by Thomson Reuters, which identified the most highly cited researchers of the last 11 years.[119]
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Macquarie University Sport and Aquatic Centre
S*, a collaboration between seven universities and the Karolinska Institutet for training in bioinformatics and genomics
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So what if a couple hundred other people were there too? As far as most of the ladies at Town Hall were concerned, this was as intimate as they would ever get with Ray LaMontagne without a) being very lucky, or, b) breaking the law.
The singer/songwriter just released his new album, Supernova, this week via RCA Records, and Citi Cardmembers were treated to a special performance on May 1st. Produced by Dan Auerbach, the record is a collection of tracks that maintain LaMontagne's signature smooth vocals, while adding the edge you would expect from anything associated with The Black Keys.
LaMontagne and his four-piece backing band took to the dimly lit stage just after 9PM, starting with a soft acoustic number before introducing New Yorkers to the first track off Supernova, entitled 'Lavender'. Next came 'She's The One', another new track featuring a rock n roll vibe that seemed to channel the rough and tumble swagger of The Black Crowes.
Not much for small talk, he skipped any further stage banter and dove into an old favorite, 'For The Summer' from his 2010 album, God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise. A few more songs from Supernova rounded out the set, including 'Airwaves' and 'Ojai', and then a stirring encore of 'Drive-In Movies'.
Yes, it was a night to remember that left scores of ladies wondering, will he call?


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Austria and Hungary, the latter not always voluntarily, shared quite a long history. Austria, German-speaking, but not German, was clearly dominating the smaller Hungary (as well as a number of other territories on the Balkan) in matters of language, government, administration, and economy.
Nevertheless, Hungary's influence can also be seen in Austria: the famous Lippizaner horses, goulash, or Dobos cake are indicator that the cultural exchange was not just a one-way street.
At the end of World War I, in 1918, Austria's capital Vienna was reduced from an empire ruling over 50 million people to a rump state with 6.5 million. At this point, Hungary gained its independence from Austria. Consequently, Vienna was now an oversized capital for a country one third of its original size.
In Vienna, we will explore the St. Stephen's Cathedral, palaces like the Hofburg and Schönbrunn, and museums like the Art History Museum or the famous Belvedere. Besides art, we will also enjoy a concert or opera performance and enjoy the famous Viennese cakes in one of the many coffee houses such as the Cafe Central.
The Nazi past is part of the Austrian culture and often referrenced in modern art. We will, therefore, also visit the former concentration camp Mauthausen outside of Vienna.
Together with the Holocaust and Memory course, you can also visit the Central Cemetary, the largest cemetary in Europe (it has its own bus lines!), where famous cultural greates such as Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert are buried.
Exclusively in 2019, we have the chance to participate in a Viennese Ball. While a very formal affair (Men: tuxedo, women long evening gown), it is also inegral part of Austrian culture.
In Budapest, we will see the hilly Buda and the flat Pest on either sides of the Danube river, art museums, the Budapest castle with the Matthias chuch, and the famous Fisherman's bastion that affords us an incredible view over the Danube at the Parliament building.
We will also visit Esztergom, Visegrád and Szentendre, the three most beautiful cities in the Danube Bend.
Esztergom used to be the capital of Hungary and is still the centre of the Catholic Church. We visit the largest cathedral of Hungary. Afterwards, we drive across the river to Slovakia and enjoy the view over the Basilica. Visegrád: After the Mongol invasion a new fortification was constructed here in the mid-13th century. The top of the hill offers a fascinating panorama on the Danube valley. After lunch, we continue on to Szentendre, a small baroque city built on medieval ruins, located at the gate of the Danube Bend. The town is considered to be the Artists' Village or the Painters' Town. We walk around the historical centre and enjoy the cobblestoned narrow streets as well as the baroque houses. After the guided tour you can also visit some museums (for example the famous Margit Kovács Ceramic Museum or the Confectionery Museum with marzipan figures).
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7 Must See Holiday Movies For Artists
Andrea Davis December 22, 2015 Film, Performing Arts, Screenwriting, Writing
Artzray presents our list of offbeat holiday movies that artists will love.
Film has the power to transport you worlds away from the aggravations and absurdities of Black Friday, Cyber Monday or grandma getting run over by a reindeer. Film can also hold your eyes open and make you think, "I guess I don't have it so bad this Christmas. (Or Hannukah. Or New Year's.) As winter approaches, it's up to you to decide which cinema prescription will help either temper or enhance your holiday experience. Below are a few suggestions that go beyond the traditions of "It's A Wonderful Life" and "How The Grinch Stole Christmas". Because sometimes it's good to start NEW traditions.
1. Comfort and Joy (1984)
An affable radio DJ in Glasgow, Scotland, is drawn into a turf war waged between two competing ice cream truck companies over the Christmas holiday. Writer-Director Bill Forsyth gleefully meshes the kooky with the realistic: he based this film on stuff that actually happened in Glasgow in the 80's. The opening Christmas shopping / shoplifting scene offers a sweet twist. Later, when the main character's sleek BMW is vandalized by an angry ice cream truck crew, and he takes it into the shop for repair, a philosophical Scottish mechanic queries, "Is it really the ultimate driving machine?" Plus, a great score by Mark Knopfler.
2. Fanny & Alexander (1982)
Regarded as one of Swedish director Ingmar Bergman's best films, Fanny and Alexander isn't for beginners: it clocks in over 3 hours (and that's the abridged edition). But this exquisitely photographed (thank you, Sven Nyqvist) saga set in turn-of-the-last-century Sweden immerses the audience in an iconic, glorious version of a Swedish Christmas, only to contrast it with a grim and scary aftermath, when the patriarch of the family passes away and everything changes. Don't worry, though, 11-year-old Alexander and his little sister Fanny triumph in the end, with the help of their family friend (a Jewish puppeteer) and some magical realism… or is it just realism?
3. Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
Sweet and funny with delirious action… the perfect holiday anime (say that three times fast). Director Satoshi Kon delivers a cheeky story about three homeless friends: an alcoholic ex-biker, a teenaged runaway and a castoff transvestite, who find an abandoned baby on Christmas eve and embark on a quest to track down the child's parents. It's easy to be so thoroughly entertained that you don't even notice this movie is about non-traditional families, homelessness and the role of fate in our lives.
4. Metropolitan (1990)
When a bunch of Ivy League college freshman converge on the Upper East Side of Manhattan during their winter break, you'd think the tsunami of white privilege and pseudo-intellectualism these characters display would have the audience stomping to the exits. But just like Jane Austen (to whom he frequently refers), writer-director Whit Stillman deftly, unexpectedly coaxes us to unfold our affections for this initially unlikable lot. They're just a bunch of insecure, dopey kids trying to figure out life and love… using their extensive vocabularies. Come for the good-looking, sleekly costumed cast, stay for the banter: "Snobbery is looked down upon."
5. Friday After Next (2002)
In this third Friday movie, Day-Day (Mike Epps) and Craig (Ice Cube) finally get a place of their own, only to have a criminal Santa rob them of rent money and Christmas presents on Christmas Eve. Galvanized by the imagined skills their unarmed security guard jobs have given them, the duo are determined to bring the bad Santa to justice… and get their stuff back. Directed by Marcus Raboy and written by Ice Cube and DJ Pooh, this romp in the 'hood is watchable, wacky and full of profanity.
6. About A Boy (2002)
"Santa's Super Sleigh" is the much-despised yet perennially played Christmas pop song that generates the tidy royalties which fund main character Will's (Hugh Grant) self-indulgent lifestyle. And he didn't even write the song: his long-dead father did. So Will fills up his days and nights amusing himself with video games, new shoes, take-out food and easy conquests. He says, "Me, I didn't mean anything. About anything, to anyone. And I knew that guaranteed me a long, depression-free life." In a shallow attempt to bed one pretty single mom, he finds himself reluctantly befriending another mom's boy (Nicholas Hoult, before he was Nux in this summer's Mad Max Fury Road). Chris & Paul Weitz, who together with Peter Hedges adapted Nick Hornby's book and directed the movie, pull off this confection by wrapping it in cynicism… which melts away by the end.
7. A Christmas Tale (2008)
French matriarch Junon (played by the ever-luminescent Catherine Deneuve) calls her fractured family together for the holidays: she needs a bone marrow transplant and one of them might be a match. The syncopated timeline director and screenwriter Arnaud Desplechin (with Emmanuel Bourdieu) devises whips us between comedy and tragedy and back again. This is a sophisticated look at members of a dysfunctional family who all behave badly, but with Gallic aplomb, manage to do so in a civilized fashion. It'll make you feel like your family is fantastic in comparison.
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Actress and cast member Queen Latifah arrives at the Hollywood premiere of "Joyful Noise" in Los Angeles, California January 9, 2012. REUTERS/Gus Ruelas (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT HEADSHOT) - RTR2W36I
August 26, 2018 | Creative Economy
Queen Latifah supports Essence fund for women of color in the arts
ImpactAlpha, August 25 – Singer/songwriter Queen Latifah's production company, Flavor Unit Entertainment, is the first creative partner for Essence Ventures' $20 million fund for film, television and documentary productions by women of color. Latifah will join Essence Ventures' investment committee.
Essence Ventures, the parent company of Essence magazine and Essence Festival, is itself a black-woman-run investment firm. It has built a portfolio of content companies that cater to women of color. Its investment fund aims to "help the women they are serving, who are still underrepresented in media, see more frequent, and more authentic versions of themselves reflected in the content they consume," Inc.com reported in July when the fund was announced.
The new fund will both back new media projects and share ownership rights to "combat the frequent power imbalance that exists in entertainment."
Queen Latifah is the latest culture icon to demonstrate support of black entrepreneurs. Last week, venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz announced its Cultural Leadership Fund, which aims to accelerate black cultural influence in new consumer services. It has drawn financial backing from Sean "Diddy" Combs, Shonda Rhimes, Will and Jada Smith, Chance the Rapper, and other "cultural leaders."
Andreessen Horowitz partner Chris Lyons will invest in companies in the venture firm's portfolio that partner with the fund's limited partners to "connect the greatest cultural leaders in the world to the best new technology companies. The firm will also seek to "enable more young African Americans to enter the technology industry" by donating the fund's fees to non-profits cultivating black tech talent.
"One group of people has been responsible for more cultural influence than any other and perhaps all other groups combined. African Americans invented all modern forms of music from jazz to blues to rock and roll to hip hop. In the United States, most fashion, dance, and language innovation has come from this relatively small community," Andreessen Horowitz wrote on its website.
ImpactAlpha has been tracking the increasing number of venture capitalists dedicating funding to entrepreneurs of color. Most of the efforts to rebalance who gets early startup capital are being led by black and Latino investors and business leaders.
Investors are putting serious cash into black and Latino-founded businesses
Queen Latifah is a creative partner for Essence Ventures. A previous version of this post incorrectly stated she had made a financial commitment to the fund.


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Q: Написание мини-почтового сервиса Может видел кто "сделай сам" на тему мини-почтового сервиса?
Приём, отправка, спам папка - больше ничего не нужно. Как такое реализовать на РНР?
Хотя бы ссылочками поделитесь пожалуйста, буду очень благодарен (:
A: В случае, если по каким-либо причинам вы желаете реализовать данный функционал самостоятельно, то начните с установки sendmail на сервере и php скрипте, который будет отправлять электронную почту через стандартные функции php.
Если хочется установить что-либо готовое "из коробки", то имеет смысл запрячь гугл с запросами php e-mail service, php email framework, php cms email module и т.п

Отмечу, что есть и промежуточный вариант - все современные php фреймворки типа CodeIgniter, Symfony и т.п предоставляют набор более-менее удобных средств для работы с e-mail, и, вероятно, разобраться с ними будет проще, чем писать все самостоятельно (как я предложил в самом первом варианте).
Другое дело, что в этом случае задача потребует "разбирательств" с внутренним устройством и идеологией используемого фреймворка, что, может быть, не входит в ваши планы :)
P.S
Я сейчас подумал, что, например, если вы совершенно не представляете себе, как устроен спам-фильтр и какие алгоритмы применяются для фильтрации этого самого спама, то о полноценном варианте номер 1, пожалуй, стоит забыть. В таком случае лучше воспользоваться вторым или третьим способом.

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HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Audible roared to a three-length victory in Saturday's $1 million Xpressbet.com Florida Derby (G1), establishing himself as an imposing candidate for this year's Kentucky Derby (G1) while providing trainer Todd Pletcher and jockey John Velazquez their record fifth wins of Gulfstream Park's signature race for 3-year-old Triple Crown prospects.
Pletcher, who has clinched his 15th consecutive training title at Gulfstream's Championship Meet, saddled Always Dreaming for a five-length triumph in the 2017 Florida Derby before coming right back to score in the Kentucky Derby five weeks later.
Owned by WinStar Farm, China Horse Club International, Starlight Racing and Head of Plains 2018, Audible entered the 1 1/8-mile centerpiece of Saturday's 14-race program (five graded stakes) off a 5 ½-length romp in the $350,000 Holy Bull (G2) at Gulfstream in his 2018 debut Feb. 3.
"Everyone at the end of the day is only going to remember the Kentucky Derby winner as the most important horse now, but the one thing that I've seen over the years, and we've been fortunate to win a lot of the prep races and two Derbys now, I think the excitement level for the owners is that this is what really drives them, this is what motivates them, this is what excites them," said Pletcher, who also won the Kentucky Derby with Super Saver (2010). "These are the races they want to win. To get to Churchill I think is kind of everyone's ultimate goal or ultimate dream."
Audible picked up 100 qualifying points for the Kentucky Derby to easily earn his way into the field for the May 5 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.
"It was similar to what we did with Always Dreaming last year. We knew we had to perform well in the Florida Derby or we weren't going to accumulate enough points to get in, but we also all felt like if you don't run well in your final prep then you're probably not going to Churchill anyway," Pletcher said. "The most important thing is we thought he ran a huge race in the Holy Bull, we didn't feel that there was a benefit to running him back in between, that we could hopefully take another step forward by giving him some space between those races and the fact that the Florida Derby is a Grade 1 is super-important to a stallion like he's going to be."
Pletcher-trained duo of Noble Indy, the Grade 2 Louisiana Derby winner, and Magnum Moon, who captured the Rebel (G3) at Oaklawn, have also picked up enough qualifying points to run in the Kentucky Derby.
"We're fortunate to have the ones that we do but the next one is super tough," said Pletcher, who won the Florida Derby with Materiality (2015), Constitution (2014) and Scat Daddy (2007), as well as Audible and Always Dreaming. "It looks like a really deep crop and some very impressive horses so the main thing you've just go to hope you have a good five weeks from here and everybody stay healthy and handle the surface there."
Audible sat several lengths behind a torrid early pace contested by Swale (G3) winner Strike Power and Fountain of Youth victor Promises Fulfilled, who battled around the first turn before the former took the lead leaving the turn into the backstretch and was clocked in 21.95 (seconds) for the first quarter of a mile under Robby Albarado. Promises Fulfilled continued to lead the way past a half-mile in 46.37 and three-quarters of a mile in 1:11.68 before weakening on the far turn.
Mississippi, who had settled in third on the backstretch, briefly took the lead leaving the turn into the homestretch, only to be swallowed up by Audible, who made a wide sweeping move on the turn after steadily advancing on the backstretch under jockey John Velazquez. Audible drew away under mild pressure to a comfortable victory, while Hofburg and jockey Jose Ortiz closed well to finish second, 7 ¾ lengths ahead of Mississippi and jockey Julien Leparoux. Catholic Boy finished fourth, another 1 ½ lengths back, while Promises Fulfilled and Strike Power finished last and next-to-last, respectively, in the nine-horse field.
"The race unfolded with the pace that we were hoping for and we wanted to get some position into the first turn, which he was able to do beautifully. Just watching the race I was a little concerned at the five-eighths pole because he started to drop back a little bit, but I could tell Johnny wasn't panicked," Pletcher said. "He kind of grabbed him up and sometime midway down the backstretch he started to pick up horses and I started to feel better and better. You could tell the pace up front had developed pretty swiftly so you felt like those horses were going to start to come back at some stage."
New York-bred Audible ran 1 1/8 miles in 1:49.48 to win his fourth consecutive race after finishing third in his debut at Belmont in September.
"Once he got to the horses on the lead I just tried to keep him busy down the lane and he kicked pretty good. I didn't ride him last time but he way he ran today he was definitely impressive. [The distance] didn't seem to bother him at all. I think the farther he goes the better he gets," said Velazquez, who picked up the mount when Javier Castellano opted to ride in the Dubai World Cup aboard West Coast, who finished second behind Thunder Snow.
The Florida Derby has produced the winners of 59 Triple Crown events, including 24 Kentucky Derby champions. Three of the last five Kentucky Derby winners – Always Dreaming, Nyquist (2016) and Orb (2013) -- also won the Florida Derby.
Hofburg picked up 50 qualifying points to earn his way into the Kentucky Derby field with his second-place finish in his Grade 1 debut after breaking his maiden at Gulfstream March 3 in his second lifetime start.
"I think we're all pleased. Naturally, winning would have been the only thing that would have been better, but he ran well and he galloped out well. He took a lot of dirt and was very professional. He was much more seasoned today and did everything right. He was the perfect gentleman and just much better behaved today" Mott said. "We've got to think about (the Kentucky Derby) he ran well enough and galloped out good enough that we've got to take everything into consideration but we're not going to rule anything out at this point."
Although Promises Fulfilled brought up the rear in the Florida Derby, the son of Shackleford could well show up in the Kentucky Derby.
"You live by the sword, you die by the sword," trainer Dale Romans said. "We went wire to wire last time, but that doesn't mean we don't regroup and go back in the Derby."
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Alan Spencer Oakley (7 January 1907 – 21 July 1991) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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Oakley later served in the Australian Army during World War II.

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What a 'Legend of Zelda' Ride May Look Like at Universal; Get Details About Super Nintendo World Power-Up Bands
Posted on Wednesday, December 30th, 2020 by Ben Pearson
Like practically every industry, theme parks were hit hard by the pandemic in 2020. But just because a portion of the year was spent with doors closed to the public doesn't mean there weren't employees working hard behind the scenes to develop some next level ideas about how to create brand new attractions.
A patent emerged recently for a potential Legend of Zelda ride, showing off some surprising designs that, if implemented, would result in a theme park experience unlike any other. Plus, Universal has unveiled some new details about how the Power-Up Bands will work at the company's Super Nintendo World.
A Zelda-Themed Land Could be Coming to Universal's Islands of Adventure
Posted on Friday, September 7th, 2018 by Ben Pearson
In the theme park wars, intellectual property reigns supreme. Universal Studios changed the game by incorporating The Wizarding World of Harry Potter into its parks, but with Disney's Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge poised to open next year, the rivalry is about to be taken to the next level.
Universal is going to have to implement some flashy new changes to lure guests over from a galaxy far, far away, and now a new rumor says that instead of creating one Nintendo Land in the United States, they're going to split that intellectual property across multiple parks – and more specifically, a Zelda land is coming to Universal's Islands of Adventure in Florida.
Super Nintendo World Concept Art Reveals Zelda's Kingdom, Donkey Kong Country & More
Posted on Monday, June 19th, 2017 by Peter Sciretta
Some new Super Nintendo World concept art has appeared online, giving us a much clearer idea of what to expect from Universal Studios upcoming Nintendo-themed land. The images also reveal where the first United States version of the theme park land will be constructed. Hit the jump to find out.
Casting Bits: Jennifer Lawrence Gets Jazzy, Leonardo DiCaprio Rocks & Chris Pine Is Lost In Time
Posted on Sunday, October 23rd, 2016 by Ethan Anderton
Three of Hollywood's prettiest faces just landed three new projects in this edition of Casting Bits:
Jennifer Lawrence will play a jazz icon
Leonardo DiCaprio will help create some of rock's biggest stars
Chris Pine will get lost in time
Find out more about these casting updates after the jump. Read More »
Nintendo Considering Interactive 'Legend of Zelda' Movie
Posted on Thursday, October 17th, 2013 by Russ Fischer
Nintendo's Zelda game series seems tailor-made for a film adaptation, but after the notiorious failure of the Super Mario Bros. movie the company is understandably gun-shy when it comes to bringing games to the big screen.
Nonetheless, Zelda film ideas have come and gone. The studio Imagi tried out for one years ago (see their pitch reel here) and there have been other conversations. Now Eiji Aonuma, in charge of Zelda for Nintendo, says that he's talked about movie ideas with game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, and that they've come to a conclusion that might not be exactly what fans want. Read More »
Watch the 'Legend of Zelda' Movie Pitch Reel Nintendo Turned Down
Posted on Monday, August 5th, 2013 by Russ Fischer
Nintendo has some of the most well-known video game characters in the world, and you'd think that the company would be happy to turn them into feature movie stars. But the company's first major foray into the film world turned into quite an embarrassment. Super Mario Brothers really hurt the chances for other Nintendo characters to make the leap to the big screen.
That hasn't stopped companies from trying to get Nintendo's attention, however, and several years ago the once-troubled company Imagi (TMNT, Astro Boy) pitched Nintendo on a Legend of Zelda film. A video that is billed as the animated Zelda pitch reel has shown up online, courtesy of former Imagi DP and layout supervisor Adam Holmes.
The design in the pitch is close to the look of Twilight Princess, which was the current Zelda release at the time. Check out the reel below. Read More »


Farmers in receipt of the Basic Payment can be inspected at any time of the year from various adjudicating bodies.
Current cross compliance regulations require that certain documents and records are available and up-to-date.
One of the difficulties many farmers experience is that the inspection can take various forms: it may be focused on NVZ regulations, it may be field-based (Protection Zones), or it could be only on ELS / HLS / CSS matters - the inspection is never predictable.
But there is always one common theme, there will be an examination of your records, as you are expected to have these available at all times. This examination of your records demonstrates that you are farming in line with the current environmental regulations.
Inspectors may also request to see your farm yard(s), this ensures that SSAFO regulations are being met if applicable.
When you are notified about an inspection, call us as soon as possible. We will ask you for some important information, such as the inspector's name and contact number so that we can organise a time to go through the paperwork with them prior to their visit. We will also ask what they're inspecting for.
Remember: We will attend all RPA or EA inspections, big or small.


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Discovery takes over former E.W. Scripps subsidiary
Alexander Coolidge
Discovery Communications is buying Knoxville-based Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. in a $14.6 billion deal.
Scripps Networks Interactive owns HGTV, the Food Network, the Cooking Channel the Travel Network, the DIY Network and Great American Country.
In 2008, it split away from Cincinnati-based E.W. Scripps Co., which owns WCPO.
The deal will join Scripps Networks' channels with Discovery's Discovery Channel, TLC, Investigation Discovery, Animal Planet, Science and Turbo/Velocity, as well as OWN in the United States and others. Discovery is based in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Combined, Discovery and Scripps will have nearly 20 percent share of ad-supported pay-TV audiences in the United States, Discovery said in the release. Additionally, the combined company will be home to five of the top pay-TV networks for women and will account for over 20% share of women watching primetime pay-TV in the U.S.
The transaction is valued at $90 per share, about a 4 percent premium to Scripps' Friday closing price of $86.91.
"Scripps is one of the best run media companies in the world with terrific assets, strong brands and popular talent and formats," said Discovery CEO David Zaslav.
Previously:Discovery in lead to buy Scripps Networks as Viacom drops bid
Previously:Scripps family considers offers for Knoxville-based Scripps Networks Interactive
The deal is expected close by early next year.
The Associated Press and the Knoxville News Sentinel contributed.


I trust that this message will lift our thoughts higher and higher to the throne of God where we may be able, by faith, to visualize God the Father and Christ the Son and the Holy Spirit – all working together to make our salvation possible. We will see revealed in this message the divine love of God as we have never seen it before. This is what the Three Angels' Messages are all about.
In the book of Revelation 14:7 we read, "The hour of his judgment is come." We want to know what kind of a God we must face and with what law will this judgment deal with. In searching for the answers we will also discover the wonderful news that there is absolutely no question about our Lord's ability to save us. God has loved us so much that He gave His only Son to die for you and for me, and Jesus has demonstrated this love for us on Calvary. Furthermore, they love us so much that they want us to live with them in heaven for eternity. What an amazing revelation.
This is why Jesus spoke those wonderful words in John 14:1-3, "Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also." What a blessed hope! Praise God.
There is however a big question to be answered: Why hasn't Christ come? Let us think about this for a few moments. What is He waiting for? Certainly the signs that tell of His coming can be seen taking place all around us. This world in which we live is becoming so rotten that many pray daily, "Come, Lord Jesus," so why hasn't He come? You will be amazed when I tell you that God has a problem and it is a tremendously big problem. How can He save the sinner without saving the sin? Think it through. Let me put it in these words: How can He destroy sin without taking the life of the sinner? One thing is certain, God can never take a sinner to heaven with infectious sin for it would spread throughout the universe and heaven would become like this sin-cursed earth. It's a big problem, believe me. But praise the Lord, God is able and He has a solution. This will be our study in this tape.
Before we proceed, let us pray. Loving Father, as we try to comprehend how God can destroy sin within us and then take us to heaven where we will never sin again, we plead to open our spiritual eyes so we can understand how Thou art able to do this and guarantee that sin will never arise again. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.
In the Word of God we read that Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life." John 14:6. The Psalmist wrote, "Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary." Psalm 77:13. In this study we will discover that God's way in which He can separate sin from the sinner is found in the Bible sanctuary system.
In Hebrews 8:2 Paul explains that Christ is now "a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man." In Hebrews 8:5 Paul refers us back to the sanctuary of the Old Testament which existed on this earth. (Look at your sanctuary picture #1). Paul states, "Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount." From this verse we learn that the sanctuary on earth was made after the pattern of the heavenly sanctuary. Please keep this in mind for this is very important.
Now let us take a look at the earthly sanctuary. We are going to examine every part to discover how it is used to separate sin from the sinner. Focus your attention now on visual aid #5. First of all you will notice that it is a sanctuary surrounded by a courtyard. As you enter within you will find the altar of sacrifice and at the entrance of the sanctuary there is a wash basin called a laver to be used for cleansing. Next we enter the sanctuary and find there are two rooms – one called the Holy and the other the Most Holy. Within the Holy Place are the altar of incense, the candlesticks and the table of shewbread. The Most Holy room is separated from the Holy by a veil. In the Most Holy is the ark of God.
Now let us see how God uses these to separate sin from the sinner. First of all the sinner is to bring a sacrificial lamb for his sin. (You will notice visual aid #2). Remember, the lamb represents Jesus Christ. Before it is placed on the altar of sacrifice the sinner must confess his sins over the lamb and then with his own hand take a knife and slay the victim (you will see this demonstrated for you in visual aid #3) then he gives the dying lamb to the priest to sacrifice on the altar.
As you look to the right in the Holy Place (visual aid #7), you will notice a table of shewbread overlaid with pure gold. On this table are two separate piles of six loaves representing the twelve tribes of the children of Israel. The shewbread also represents Christ for Jesus said, "I am the bread of life." John 6:35. Just before the veil which separates the Holy from the Most Holy compartments there is another piece of furniture called the altar of incense. This is pictured for you in visual aid #8. Here is where the priest takes the blood that he has brought into the sanctuary, from the lamb that was slain by the sinner, and with his finger puts some of the blood on the horns of the altar and sprinkles the rest before the veil. This is the place where the incense of your prayers come up before God for forgiveness, for pardon, for restoration and for victory over sin.
As we open the veil and pass through into the Most Holy we come to that beautiful symbol which represents the throne of God. It is called the Ark of the Covenant. This is pictured for you in #9. It is overlaid with pure gold. Two angels with their wings hover over the mercy seat. You will notice that these angels are looking down on the mercy seat in wonder and amazement for it is difficult for them to comprehend how the mercy of God is so great that He would give His Son to die for our sins. The angels of heaven are never able to sing the song that you and I can sing, such as "Redeemed how I love to proclaim it, redeemed by the blood of the Lamb" for only we who have sinned can experience salvation.
As we gaze upon this symbol of God's throne you will notice that the mercy seat is above the Ten Commandments revealing the wonderful truth that God has provided His mercy for all who have broken His law, repented and asked forgiveness. Within the ark are two tables of stone which, we read in Exodus 31:18, are the Ten Commandments written with the finger of God. You will find this illustrated in visual aid #10.
Everything in this earthly sanctuary was made by Moses and his people under God's direction according to the pattern showed to Moses on the mountain. But note this: There is one exception, for God said to Moses when it came to the law, "I will do this. I will write it with My own finger." Let me read it to you in Exodus 31:18, "And he gave unto Moses…two tables of stone, written with the finger of God." This is very important. You remember when Moses was coming down from the mount carrying those two tables of stone he saw the children of Israel worshiping an idol of a calf which represented the sun-god of the pagan religion. Moses became so angry that his people would turn from serving God and worship an idol that he threw the table of the law down on the ground breaking them to pieces, showing the people that they had broken God's law.
These Ten Commandments, if kept by the grace of God, become a law of liberty giving us the privilege to live with Christ forever in heaven. But, if we disregard and disobey this law it becomes a law of death. "The soul that sinneth, it shall die." Ezekiel 18:4. Paul further tells us, "The wages of sin is death." Romans 6:23. "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23.
There are those in the world today who teach that the priest took the life of the lamb, as we find in the Catholic mass of our day. But the Word of God plainly tells us that it was the sinner that must slay the lamb. Please forgive me if I make this personal. When you have sinned do you really envision Jesus dying for your sin on Calvary? Do you realize that it is you that took the life of the Lamb of God? This was what God was trying to teach His people in the sanctuary system. He wanted all to know the enormous cost to God to be able to forgive your sins. You may be tempted to commit the same sin again, but when you know the pain and the anguish that your sin caused Christ to suffer and to die, you will pray to God for power never to commit that sin again. Remember, it was the sinner's hand that must slay the victim.
Now at this point the priest takes some of the blood from the slain lamb, which has been placed upon the altar of sacrifice to be consumed, and with this blood he enters the sanctuary. But first he washes and cleanses himself and then enters the sanctuary, passing by the candlestick and shewbread he comes to the altar of incense which you will see in picture #8. He takes the lamb's blood on his finger and places it on the horns of the altar and sprinkles the rest of the blood before the veil.
Why is he doing this? – There is something here that is very important about this blood that we must not overlook. In Leviticus 17:11 I read, "The life of the flesh is in the blood," so when the sins are confessed upon the head of the lamb, and the life is taken, the sin remains in the blood. This is why the blood containing the sin is carried into the sanctuary by the priest and deposited within the sanctuary. In this way God is teaching us how He can separate sin from the sinner.
This explains how Christ can cleanse and purify you "that He might present to Himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish." The sanctuary makes this so simple. An individual covered with the filth of sin can come to the Lamb of God who can wash us in His own blood and become spotless. The sanctuary is a complete laundry. God wants us to be cleansed so we can go to heaven with Him, for He cannot take you to heaven with your sins.
Think this through clearly. Only Christ can do the washing of our sin-soiled garments and make them white as snow. How can this happen to us? – You remember we are the sinners, but when we accept Christ as the Lamb of God as our Substitute, and confess our sin, and place them upon Him, then our sins have been transferred to Christ, the Lamb of God. Then by faith we follow Jesus, the resurrected Lamb of God, where He is now officiating as Priest in the heavenly sanctuary (picture #11). He takes our sins and presents them before God saying, "Father, I died for these sins. I've washed and cleansed this individual. He is now without fault and I want him to live with us." This is what is taking place in the heavenly sanctuary today for all who seek His forgiveness.
God has a way in which He can separate sin from the sinners. There is also another way in which the record of sins are taken within the sanctuary. We do not have time to discuss this in detail, but briefly, we are told in the scriptures that the priest often ate some of the victim being sacrificed, so within his body he carried the confessed sins with him as he entered the sanctuary. Thus in this way, by the blood carried by the priest into the sanctuary, or by the priest eating of the flesh containing the blood, the sins were brought before God's throne to be separated from the sinner.
Now let us see what took place. I'm reading verse fifteen. "Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the veil." The high priest was to enter the Most Holy of the sanctuary where the ark is located. And what does he do with this blood? – (verse fourteen) He "sprinkle[s] it with his finger upon the mercy seat." Now consider what the high priest is doing. He takes of the blood of the Lord's goat and sprinkles it on the mercy seat of God's throne to remove all the records of the past confessed sins, thus cleansing the sanctuary.
In verse twenty-one I read, "And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness." This explains what Christ is actually going to do with our forgiven sins. He is going to place them all on the head of Lucifer, the devil, who has tempted us to commit these sins. The Lord is not going to carry these sins throughout eternity. He is going to put them back on the devil. Satan is going to die for them and be punished with eternal death.
Now consider this: When our great High Priest, Jesus Christ, comes from the heavenly sanctuary, in the clouds of heaven to take us home, the scripture says He will no longer carry our sins. We read in Hebrews 9:28, "Unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin." Did you notice those two words "without sin"? Why? – Our sins have been blotted out and have all been placed on the devil. The work of the sanctuary has been completed. We have been separated from our sins, cleansed, made holy, ready to go home and to live with Jesus.
Let us briefly consider a prophecy known as the "2300 days." Please see the 2300-day chart which explains exactly when Jesus Christ our High Priest was to enter into the Most Holy of the sanctuary. I am reading from Daniel 8:14, "Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed." You will remember that in all of these studies of prophecy that a day stands for a year, so this 2300 days actually means 2300 years.
The beginning date of this prophecy was to be the year when a decree would be written to rebuild Jerusalem that had been destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar as we read in Daniel 9:25. Darius was given this work by God and he made such a decree in the year 457 BC and there is no question about it. This date has been verified by the archeologists who have dug up the clay tablets giving the date of this decree. Now, when you take this date (457 BC) and add 2300 years it brings us to the year 1844 AD which was the date when the sanctuary was to be cleansed. This was the date when Jesus went into the Most Holy compartment of the sanctuary to perform its cleansing. Isn't it wonderful that Jesus, at this very moment, is standing before God's throne taking care of our confessed sins. Since His resurrection Jesus had been officiating in the first compartment of the sanctuary, but in 1844 He went into the second compartment where He is making the final work of atonement pleading with His own blood.
Can you picture in your own mind Jesus standing before God in front of the mercy seat saying, "Father, I died for this person. Look at My nail prints. I shed my blood to cover this man's sin. Father, I died to save this person. I want you to accept My sinless life for his sinful life." Praise God! What a Savior! What a plan He has to remove our sins and to save us!
To claim Thy pardon yet once again.
Receive him at My hands for he is Mine.
Look Thou on me; his vileness I will hide.
He pleads not for himself, Lord; he dare not plead.
His cause is Mine; I am his Advocate.
Sin hath destroyed him, but sin has died in Me.
Death has pursued him, but I have conquered death.
Sin hath bound him, but Satan is my slave.
My Father, hear not him, but hear thou Me.
Isn't it wonderful that we have a Savior who loves us so much that He is standing before our God today and pleading in our behalf! How can any of us go to sleep at night with one unconfessed sin when we have such a Savior for He alone can blot out our sins and forgive us. But there is a day coming very soon when the great Day of Atonement of the sanctuary system will come to an end in the heavenly court. Jesus is going to throw His censor down and repeat those words found in Revelation 22:11, 12, "He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. And behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be." Immediately after this Jesus is going to come in the clouds of glory, without sin, unto salvation.
Friend, are you ready for this? The sanctuary will have been cleansed. All forgiven sin has been separated from His people. All infectious sin has been removed and He will place all of these sins on the head of Satan. This brings me to a most solemn and serious challenge that I have ever made. Are you aware that the final day of atonement, which has been taking place since 1844, is about to end? We know that Jesus is coming soon, but are we aware that the sanctuary system is soon to end – before He comes, and no longer will there be any provision made if you should sin? When Jesus comes probation's time has ended.
Beloved. What we need in this hour is the power of divinity in our lives so that He can help us to overcome every sin. What did Jude 1:24 say? – "Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy." When Jesus returns there is no longer a sanctuary system to separate sin from the sinner. It is today, by the grace of God, that we are to gain victory. How wonderful that Christ has given us an example to show us how He overcame every temptation and by following Him we too can be overcomers.
Do you have faith enough to believe that when you need help the Holy Spirit will give you power to conquer the devil's temptations? I have personally learned that if I will each morning pray to God and say, "I want You to send the Holy Spirit to me today to alert me whenever the devil comes with temptation. Don't let me be caught unawares. Let the Holy Spirit arouse me when I am about to fall into temptation. Warn me so that I can immediately ask for Thy divine power," instantly God gives me divine power and the devil flees. I know what I'm talking about for I have experienced this.
Beloved, Jesus overcame when the power of His Father was given to Him. What God did for Christ as a man, He can do for you. So let us claim the promise as it says in Jude 1:24, "Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless." What a Savior! Not only can He forgive you, and wash you, and separate you from sin, but He can give you victory over every sin. Remember, what we make of ourselves in probationary time we will remain throughout all eternity. Death destroys the body, but makes no change in the character. When Jesus comes we must be ready to live a sinless life with Him.
Let us pray. Father, grant us divine power for we pray as Jesus did in faith, believing with Thine help that we may overcome every temptation and be ready to live with Jesus when He comes and never sin again. Thank you, God, for Your divine plan in which you can separate sin from us that we may live with Thee for eternity. Amen.