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DVIDS - News - Engineers Week Spotlight: Lt John Parada Fulfills the Family Legacy

WASHINGTON – Lt. John Parada, production officer, is representing Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Washington for Engineers Week. He serves at Public Works Department Annapolis, which supports the United States Naval Academy, Naval Support Activity Annapolis, and Naval Research Laboratory Chesapeake Bay Detachment. Lt. Parada hails from Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and grew up in a Navy family. His grandfather, Joseph Parada, was a plank owner on the USS Paricutin AE-18, commissioned in 1945. His father, John Charles Parada, enlisted in 1976 and served on active duty for four years. He later joined Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 21 in the reserves in 1990. While attached to NMCB 21 as a Seabee, he was promoted to Chief (SWC) in 1998.

10th Annual Plant Natives 2021 Programs To Be Held March 19-21 and March 27

10th Annual “Plant Natives 2021” Programs To Be Held March 19-21 and March 27 Friday, February 19, 2021 The Tennessee Valley Chapter of the Wild Ones is holding its 10th annual event, “Plant Natives 2021.” This year, there are big changes – an exciting and expanded lineup of speakers AND a new way to obtain a great variety of native plants for spring planting. “Plant Natives 2021!” will consist of three components: - Virtual Special Seminar | Friday, March 19 | 9 a.m.-noon - Virtual Symposium & Expo | Friday-Sunday, March 19-21  - Outdoor Native Plant Marketplace | Saturday, March 27 | 9 a.m.-3 p.m. This annual event brings gardeners, conservationists, landscape professionals and policy makers together for inspiration and education and focuses on the importance of native plants as the foundation for preserving and promoting biodiversity. The symposium schedule features seven recognized speakers in the field of native plant gardening and respons

Building Smart Cities With, Not For, Our Residents

Building Smart Cities With, Not For, Our Residents Rob Phocas, Energy & Sustainability Manager, City of Charlotte I like the latest “smart” technology as much as the next person. Be it a smart streetlight, a digital kiosk, or a solar powered bench that charges your smart device and counts passers-by, it is hard not to find futuristic features appealing. But as a sustainability director and public servant, I must look past that cool factor. At a recent smart cities conference at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the conference organizers asked the presenters to answer a question during their remarks: “Can innovative smart city technology create coherent and inclusive cities?” For those following the arch of the smart cities conversation, this is a very timely question, as we see more and more cities beginning to focus their smart city efforts on their residents first rather than on the technologies. What started as an industry-lead effort foc

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