Gravel biking has become one of the biggest trends in cycling. So what is it, how does it work and where can you ride in Colorado?

WACO - Long, long ago, Papa would climb into his faded blue ’52 pickup and putter down the Dallas Highway to stay with us for a few days before heading back to the Hill County farm where he lived all alone. Occasionally during his visits, he seemed to develop a rasping, little cough that kept him - and us - awake at night. Despite being a lifelong teetotaler - because, according to family lore, his father had not been - the only cure for the cough was a “medication” he called a hot toddy. Hot water, sugar, a squeeze of lemon and Jack Daniels, it smelled really good when Mom heated it up on the stove. So, my grandfather wasn’t a drinker - of alcohol, that is - but he did have a liquid addiction: Dr Pepper. And he’s not the only one I’ve met over the years who can’t get along without their daily DP pick-me-up (maybe even at 10, 2 and 4, as the old ad slogan encouraged). I think of Joe Graham, the late Texas A&M-Kingsville anthropologist I got to know on field trips to a Mexican village 50 miles south of Presidio/Ojinaga. Joe was a Mormon who abstained from alcohol and tobacco, but every one of his trips along rutted gravel roads deep into rugged, rural Chihuahua was fueled by Dr Pepper. I’m not saying Dr Pepper’s secret ingredients include an addictive substance; I am saying that Waco’s most prominent export, the oldest major soft drink in America, has long enjoyed a loyal following. (Big Red is another Waco product that inspires loyalty, but nothing like Dr Pepper). Imagine the consternation of hardcore Pepper Uppers around the country when their drink suddenly became hard to get recently. From what I’ve read, an aluminum-can shortage, not an actual soft-drink shortage, was at the core of the problem. Preparing for the pandemic in the spring,...

Over the next three years, Tesla plans to transform a former sand and gravel mine into its largest “Gigafactory” assembling electric-powered Cybertruck pickups, Model Y SUVs and semi-trailer trucks.

Soil mechanics is a branch of soil physics and applied mechanics that describes the behavior of soils. It differs from fluid mechanics and solid mechanics in the sense that soils consist of a heterogeneous mixture of fluids (usually air and water) and particles (usually clay, silt, sand, and gravel) but soil may also contain organic solids and other matter. Along with rock mechanics, soil mechanics provides the theoretical basis for analysis in geotechnical engineering, a subdiscipline of civil engineering, and engineering geology, a subdiscipline of geology. Soil mechanics is used to analyze the deformations of and flow of fluids within natural and man-made structures that are supported on or made of soil, or structures that are buried in soils. Example applications are building and bridge foundations, retaining walls, dams, and buried pipeline systems. Principles of soil mechanics are also used in related disciplines such as geophysical engineering, coastal engineering, agricultural engineering, hydrology and soil physics. This article describes the genesis and composition of soil, the distinction between pore water pressure and inter-granular effective...

Dettifoss (Icelandic pronunciation: ​[ˈtɛhtɪˌfɔsː]) is a waterfall in Vatnajökull National Park in Northeast Iceland, and is reputed to be the second most powerful waterfall in Europe after the Rhine Falls. Dettifoss is situated on the Jökulsá á Fjöllum river, which flows from the Vatnajökull glacier and collects water from a large area in Northeast Iceland. The sediment-rich runoff colours the water a greyish white. The falls are 100 metres (330 ft) wide and have a drop of 44 metres (144 ft) down to the canyon Jökulsárgljúfur. It is the second largest waterfall in Iceland in terms of volume discharge (behind the Urriðafoss), having an average water flow of 193 m³/s. The superlative of "most powerful" comes from its water flow times its fall distance. Tourist access Dettifoss is served on its west side by Route 862, a tarmac road built in 2011. Road 862 gives access to Dettifoss in all seasons more and less, while an older gravel road (Route 864) serves the east side and is usually passable in summer...

The Country Doctor is a 1909 American short silent drama film written and directed by D. W. Griffith. Currently in the public domain, prints of The Country Doctor are preserved at the film archives of the Museum of Modern Art and the Library of Congress. Plot A doctor (Frank Powell) leaves his sick daughter (Adele DeGarde) to assist a neighbor that is gravely ill, and ignores his wife's requests to come home and take care of his own daughter who is getting worse. Cast Kate Bruce as Poor Mother (uncredited) Adele DeGarde as Poor Mother's Sick Daughter (uncredited) Gladys Egan as Edith Harcourt – Daughter (uncredited) Rose King as Maid (uncredited) Florence Lawrence as Mrs. Harcourt (uncredited) Mary Pickford as Poor Mother's Elder Daughter (uncredited) Frank Powell as Doctor Harcourt (uncredited)See also List of American films of 1909 1909 in film D. W. Griffith filmography Treasures...