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Constitution Dock
L–R: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hotel Grand Chancellor (where I stayed on this trip); Federation Concert Hall (home of the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra).
This Hobart set is connected with the history of school education systems in Australia, and sits between two chapters in the devolvement of aspects of nationally consistent education policy ...
Working with my CEO, I used to manage all of the administrative work for a national expert advisory group that was responsible for the nationally consistent measurement and reporting of school and student education performance information. We chose Hobart, and the Hotel Grand Chancellor, as the site of our last meeting, before handing over our processes and records to the newly established Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA).
This may alarm some Australian readers – at this time, the advisory group (i.e. primarily me) was responsible for the contract management of the 2010 NAPLAN test, covering the gap in time while the test administration was being transferred from an entity based in Melbourne to ACARA in Sydney. This was because all of the National Assessment Program was managed out of Queensland, as our education CEO was the permanent chair of the advisory group, which reported to the national education CEOs' committee and the relevant Ministerial Council. How on earth i ever found myself in such a position, I will never know! :-)
It was also related work with education data that landed me in Albuquerque New Mexico for the first time, as seen elsewhere in my Flickr blog. It's a long story ...
USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a three-masted wooden-hulled heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She is the world's oldest ship still afloat.[Note 1] She was launched in 1797, one of six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794 and the third constructed.
Three-mast heavy frigate of the US Navy. The world's oldest commissioned naval vessel still afloat.
www.history.navy.mil/ussconstitution/
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
The Consititutional Convention delegates met here during the Summer of 1787. What the delegates to that convention did, and the document they forged through months of arguing, listening, deliberating, and compromising changed the world.
Now the building may seem rather small compared to the surroundings....to me however, it is very grand indeed.
At the time of the convention, it was the Pennsylvania State House, only later becoming known as Independence Hall.
For my video; youtu.be/Ot_AYImAoEY
Canada Day,
Burrard Inlet, Vancouver harbour, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Constitution Hill dates from the 17th century and the reign of King Charles II. He is said to have come to the park for his daily constitutional walk, along with his favourite spaniels.
The May 17th Constitution Day parade makes its way through the snow. I was told that this event is normally graced by Spring sunshine! --- Longyearbyen, Svalbard (May 2013).
Made it to Flickr Explore.
USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a three-masted wooden-hulled heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She is the world's oldest ship still afloat.[Note 1] She was launched in 1797, one of six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794 and the third constructed.
Located near the Lincoln Memorial, this is a lovely hidden spot in DC. And with the pandemic, it's been so very quiet.