RAISED PAVEMENT MARKERS

Have you ever seen the red side of a reflective raised pavement marker?

If so, it means you are going the wrong way!

RAISED PAVEMENT MARKERS
COLOR	MEANING
White	For lane markings or to mark the right pavement edge.
Yellow or Orange	These separate traffic moving in opposite directions, or mark the left pavement edge on one-way roadways.
Blue	Usually place in the center of the roadway to mark the location of fire hydrants on the shoulder or at the curb.
Green	Usually used to indicate that emergency vehicles can open gates to enter a gated community.
Red	Usually indicate areas that are closed to traffic
White and Red Yellow and Red	White or Yellow for normal use in one direction, and red to indicate “do not enter” or “wrong way” in the other direction.
Red-Clear	Primarily used to warn motorists they are going the wrong way; most people have never seen these because they show clear when approached in the correct direction, and only appear red to wrong-way drivers.
White and Black	White for marking lane restrictions (such as HOV diamond) in one direction on a roadway that has ‘reversible’ traffic flow, and black in the other direction when the markings do not apply.

SHARE OF POPULATION BORN OUTSIDE OF THE U.S.

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FIRST GAS STATION

On Saturday, December 1, 1913, what is today the Gulf Oil Company opened the nation’s first drive-in gas station. Located at the intersection of Baum Boulevard and St. Clair Street in Pittsburgh, the filling station was a simple but pleasing structure, with a cantilevered pagoda-style roof to shelter the pumps, cars and station attendants. Supporting the roof was a storage room and a restroom for staff only. Before this innovation, gasoline was dispensed from sometimes awkwardly located pumps at such places as grocery and hardware stores, and even some pharmacies.

In the ensuing 105 years, some of this earlier practice has come full circle. Nationwide, there are around 111,000 gas stations today. The vast majority — nearly 97,000 — are combined with convenience or food mart stores.

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SR-71 FINAL FLIGHT ON WAY TO MUSEUM BREAKS 4 SPEED RECORDS

When the SR-71 was retired in 1990, one Blackbird was flown from its birthplace at United States Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, to go on exhibit at what is now the Smithsonian Institution's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. On 6 March 1990, Lt. Col. Raymond E. Yeilding and Lt. Col. Joseph T. Vida piloted SR-71 S/N 61-7972 on its final Senior Crown flight and set four new speed records in the process:

·         Los Angeles, California, to Washington, D.C., distance 2,299.7 miles, average speed 2,144.8 miles per hour, and an elapsed time of 64 minutes 20 seconds.

·         West Coast to East Coast, distance 2,404 miles, average speed 2,124.5 miles per hour, and an elapsed time of 67 minutes 54 seconds.

·         Kansas City, Missouri, to Washington, D.C., distance 942 miles, average speed 2,176 miles per hour, and an elapsed time of 25 minutes 59 seconds.

·         St. Louis, Missouri, to Cincinnati, Ohio, distance 311.4 miles, average speed 2,189.9 miles per hour, and an elapsed time of 8 minutes 32 seconds.

NEMA CHICAGO

When NEMA Chicago is completed in 2019 it will be the 9^th tallest building in Chicago.

Official Name	NEMA Chicago
Name of Complex	Central Station
Street Address	1200 South Indiana Ave.
Building Function	Residential
Structural Material	Concrete
Completion	2019

TEN TALLEST BUILDINGS IN CHICAGO

1		Willis Tower	1974	442 m
2		Trump International Hotel and Tower	2009	423 m
3		Vista Tower	2020	363 m
4		AON Center	1973	346 m
5		875 North Michigan Avenue	1969	344 m
6		The Franklin – North Tower	1989	307 m
7		Two Prudential Plaza	1990	303 m
8		311 South Wacker Drive	1990	293 m
9		NEMA Chicago	2019	270 m
10		900 North Michigan Avenue	1989	265 m

	Completed
	Under Construction

FLOOR NUMBERING IN ELEVATORS IN EAST ASIA

Because the Chinese, Sino-Japanese, Sino-Korean and Sino-Vietnamese word for four sounds quite similar to the word for death, floor numbers containing a 4 are often skipped in buildings, ranging from hotels to offices to apartments, as well as hospitals.

ELEVATOR PANEL IN BUILDING IN CHINA