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Asphalt
Asphalt most often refers to: * Bitumen, also known as "liquid asphalt cement" or simply "asphalt", a viscous form of petroleum mainly used as a binder in asphalt concrete * Asphalt concrete, a mixture of bitumen with coarse and fine aggregates, used as a road surface Asphalt may also refer to: * Asphalt (1929 film), ''Asphalt'' (1929 film), a German silent film by Joe May * Asphalt (1964 film), ''Asphalt'' (1964 film), a South Korean film by Kim Ki-young * Asphalt (novel), ''Asphalt'' (novel), an American novel by Carl Hancock Rux * Asphalt (series), ''Asphalt'' (series), a racing game series produced by Gameloft * Asphalt, Kentucky * USS Asphalt (IX-153), USS ''Asphalt'' (IX-153), a Trefoil-class concrete barge * Asphalt modified racing, a variant of modified stock car racing using cars designed for asphalt surfaces * "Asphalt", a song by Hot Country Knights from ''The K Is Silent'' See also * Asphaltum, Indiana * Shilajit or black asphaltum, an organic-based clay {{Disam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asphalt (series)
''Asphalt'' is a series of Racing game, racing video games mainly developed and published by Gameloft. The series typically focuses on fast-paced arcade racing set in various locales throughout the world, tasking players to complete races while evading the local law enforcement. Gameplay includes teaming up with allied racers and gang groups to assist in police pursuits and shootout races against rival groups such as crime families and terrorists. Originally ''Asphalt'' had been made and released for mobile and handheld systems but recent titles have expanded to home consoles and computers as well as arcades. Incarnations of the Asphalt: Urban GT, original game from 2004 for various other platforms soon followed, the latest in the main series being ''Asphalt Legends Unite'' (formerly ''Asphalt 9: Legends'') released in 2018; a number of spinoffs were also released, such as the endless runner ''Asphalt Overdrive'', ''Asphalt Nitro'', a Minimalism (computing), minimal version of '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bitumen
Bitumen ( , ) is an immensely viscosity, viscous constituent of petroleum. Depending on its exact composition, it can be a sticky, black liquid or an apparently solid mass that behaves as a liquid over very large time scales. In American English, the material is commonly referred to as asphalt or tar. Whether found in natural deposits or refined from petroleum, the substance is classed as a pitch (resin), pitch. Prior to the 20th century, the term asphaltum was in general use. The word derives from the Ancient Greek word (), which referred to natural bitumen or pitch. The largest natural deposit of bitumen in the world is the Pitch Lake of southwest Trinidad, which is estimated to contain 10 million tons. About 70% of annual bitumen production is destined for road surface, road construction, its primary use. In this application, bitumen is used to bind construction aggregate, aggregate particles like gravel and forms a substance referred to as asphalt concrete, which is collo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asphalt Concrete
Asphalt concrete (commonly called asphalt, blacktop, or pavement in North America, and Tarmacadam, tarmac or bitumen macadam in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland) is a composite material commonly used to surface road surface, roads, parking lots, airports, and the core of embankment dams. Asphalt mixtures have been used in pavement construction since the nineteenth century. It consists of Construction aggregate, mineral aggregate Binder (material), bound together with bitumen (a substance also independently known as asphalt, Pitch (resin), pitch, or tar), laid in layers, and compacted. The American English terms ''asphalt'' (or ''asphaltic'') ''concrete'', ''bituminous asphalt concrete'', and ''bituminous mixture'' are typically used only in engineering and construction documents, which define concrete as any composite material composed of mineral aggregate adhered with a binder. The abbreviation, ''AC'', is sometimes used for ''asphalt concrete'' but can also denot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asphalt (1929 Film)
''Asphalt'' is a 1929 German silent film directed by Joe May and stars Gustav Fröhlich and Betty Amann. The film follows Else's attempts to seduce Albert, a traffic policeman, after he catches her trying to steal a precious stone. The film was shot between October and December 1928 at UFA. Plot In Berlin, a young woman named Else is a gorgeous trickster. Her high fashion clothes and perfectly ornamented makeup make her deserving to be peering over diamond cases while batting her eyes in want at the jeweler. She is caught stealing a precious stone but says it was her first time, and that she needed the money. Even when she meets Albert, she insists she doesn't own her luxurious furnishings, and is due to be thrown out of her apartment. She maintains her story until she flings herself into his arms and confesses to him, "I like you." Else thinks about Albert and as she smiles for the first time when she finds the passport photo of Albert in her apartment. Gazing at the photo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asphalt, Kentucky
Asphalt is an unincorporated community located in Edmonson County, Kentucky, United States. Geography Asphalt is located about west of Brownsville, the county seat of Edmonson County. In terms of transportation, it is served by Kentucky Route 655 (Segal Road) off of KY 70. The community is southwest of KY 655's intersection with KY 70 at Windyville. Sites of interest The Mathias Willis Store House is located near Asphalt at the end of Salvage Road (formerly Cummins Road). It was a mid-19th century store building that served customers traveling along the Green River, which flows just south of the community. In 1987, the store house was listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Churches Asphalt is the home to the Asphalt Church of Christ (formerly New Liberty Church), one of Edmonson County's several places of worship. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the congregation's Gospel Meetings, or revivals, were usually held in mid- to late-June. In the week of June 7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asphalt (1964 Film)
''Asphalt'' () is a 1964 South Korean film directed by Kim Ki-young. Synopsis A revenge melodrama about a criminal whose wife is killed during his arrest. After serving 20 years in prison he attempts to kill the arresting officer's wife out of revenge, but fails and is again imprisoned. Cast * Kim Jin-kyu *Jang Dong-hee * Ju Jeung-ryu *Lee Dae-yub *Kim Hee-kap *Kim Nan-yeong * Park Am *Kim Ok *Kim Wun-Ha *Na Ae-sim References Bibliography * External links * * 1960s Korean-language films Films directed by Kim Ki-young South Korean crime thriller films 1960s crime thriller films {{crime-thriller-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asphalt (novel)
''Asphalt'' is a dystopian novel of speculative fiction by American writer Carl Hancock Rux and published by Atria/Simon & Schuster in 2004. The novel was completed while Rux was briefly in residence at the famed Chelsea Hotel in New York City. Plot Racine, an expatriate DJ, returns from an ill-fated stay in Paris to a war-torn New York City and finds himself lodged in a deteriorating civil war era brownstone mansion in a Brooklyn neighborhood devastated by poverty and despair. Here he meets Manny, a crossdressing free spirit with a penchant for women and architectural history; Mawepi the stout bouncer and translator for the clairvoyant yet reclusive Holy Mother Lucinda; and Couchette, an emotionally scarred erotic dancer mired in denial regarding her famous jazz musician father's suicide. Immediately Racine finds himself creating the sonic backdrop for intense parties, orgies, and conversations while Manny and the other residents chase their dreams in a transitional New York. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Asphalt (IX-153)
USS ''Asphalt'' (IX-153), a designated an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for asphalt. Her keel was laid down in 1944 at San Francisco, California, by Barrett & Hilp, Belair Shipyards. She was acquired by the Navy on 30 June 1944 through the Maritime Commission and was placed in service that same day. Service history Assigned to the Service Force, Pacific Fleet, as a floating provisions storage facility, she spent her brief career at forward bases, for the most part at Saipan, as a unit of Service Squadron 10. When a storm struck the anchorage at Saipan on 6 October 1944, ''Asphalt''s anchor chains parted, and she was driven hard aground on a coral reef. The barge was then declared a total loss. After her cargo and machinery were salvaged, she was abandoned. Her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register The ''Naval Vessel Register'' (NVR) is the official inventory of ships and service craft in custody of or titl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asphalt Modified Racing
Modified stock car racing, also known as modified racing and modified, is a type of auto racing that involves purpose-built cars simultaneously racing against each other on oval tracks. First established in the United States after World War II, this type of racing was early-on characterized by its participants' modification of passenger cars in pursuit of higher speeds, hence the name. There are many sanctioning bodies for modifieds, each specifying different body styles and engine sizes. History A typical early "modified stock car" was, as its name implies, generally a stock automobile, with the glass removed, a roll cage installed, and a souped-up motor. NASCAR began by organizing the modifieds, and ran its first race in Daytona Beach in February 1948 at the beach road course. (In June 1949, NASCAR organized its first " strictly stock" later model car race at Charlotte, North Carolina, which evolved into its well known premiere division.) What started out as minor modificatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asphaltum, Indiana
The Onion Belt, more formally known as the Chicago & Wabash Valley Railroad (C&WV), was a private railroad in Lake County and Jasper County owned and built by Benjamin J. Gifford for transporting crops, including the onions for which it is informally named, and livestock from his farmholdings in north-western Indiana. "The Swamp King" of the "Big Swamp Farm" Gifford, who came from in Kankakee, Illinois, started purchasing what was originally marsh land in July 1891, dredging channels for drainage and then leasing it out to tenant farmers, and decided to build his own railroad, using only his own money, for the crops that were grown by them. In addition to his lands in Indiana, he also owned around Kankakee. In the first five years of dredging with a steam dredge he dug of main line ditches, ranging from deep and wide, crossed by several hundred miles more of tile drains; and he had 250 tenants producing over 1,000,000 bushels of corn and 400,000 bushels of onions in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The K Is Silent
''The K Is Silent'' is the debut studio album of the American country music band Hot Country Knights. The band is led by Dierks Bentley (under his alter-ego) and is a parody of country music, specifically 1990s-era country. It was released on May 1, 2020 via Capitol Records Nashville. Content The album includes the lead single "Pick Her Up", a duet with Travis Tritt. Dierks Bentley, who performs on the album in-character as Douglas "Doug" Douglasson, produced the album. Critical reception Giving it 4.5 out of 5 stars, Stephen Thomas Erlewine called it "a parody album that can also hold its own with the songs it sends up" and "This blend of brains, brawn, and bawdiness all sounds invigorating when delivered by this band of bozos". Track listing Personnel Adapted from ''The K Is Silent'' liner notes. ;Musicians * Brett Beavers - background vocals * Jim Beavers - acoustic guitar, background vocals *Terri Clark - duet vocals on "You Make It Hard" *Douglas "Doug" Douglason - vocals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
