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Plains Conservation Loop
This one rides better than it reads. In fact the real knock on this route is that it is hard to figure out some times if you are on the right trail segment or not. Mostly, this is a signage problem, as in the City of Aurora is doing a terrible job labeling and signing their trails. It is really that bad and really that simple. But first, a few general thoughts on access and the ride character. I usually ride this clockwise and like heading out 7th Ave east across Colorado Blvd then continuing on 6th Avenue to Uinta St. Sixth Ave is not everyone's cup of tea so feel free to ride east on 7th Ave instead. This ride takes you way out east, past all of the suburban sprawl, to a point where you can see the plains and nothing beyond them (at least if you look in the right direction). If you look to the northeast from Plains Park, you can also see the giant white bubbles that mark Buckley Air Force Base's electronic monitoring stations. The dirt trail along the Plains Conservation Center is tricky in a few places but worth the extra effort. There are a few spots to pay attention, especially where the signage is inadeqaute.
Working clockwise, the exit from the High Line Canal to Toll Gate Creek Trail isn't obvious. You'll have passed under Chambers Rd, passed by an old historic farm, crossed over the High Line Canal and poof! there it will be. Look left, cross down and under Alameda Ave, and all will be well.
After that you'll be riding south on Toll Gate. You'll come into Horseshoe Park and will need to ride east on Powerline Trail. Your clue for when to turn is the power lines themselves. Look for them! They're big and tall and hard to miss. Keep riding east.
You'll eventually come to a park with a playground. Work your way around to the west side and you'll have a choice of a dirt trail or a paved trail. Both are fun. If you ride the dirt, it stops (and you should, too) at Hampden. Ride the sidewalk east to Skills Park, and go north through the park then angle left onto a (you guessed it) No Name Trail. Crazy, isn't it? No wonder they cannot stick a sign in the ground. If you are riding the paved trail, look for the no name trail angling sharply off to the right. Follow it to West Toll Gate Creek Trail back to Horseshoe Park and from there ride home the way you came or head southwest to Cherry Creek Reservoir. Alternately, there's a short stretch of West Toll Gate Creek Trail that leads south to Dartmouth Ave if you're interested in some of Aurora's finest on-street riding.
If you've made it back to Horseshoe Park and want to ride the full loop, all you have to do is figure out how to get out and south the Spillway Trail. It is not easy, but well worth it, if only to try to imagine what kind of cataclysmic event it would take for the spillway to ever come into play. And if you can imagine that, what would Horseshoe Park look like under that much water? The map below probably explains the route and route finding difficulties better than I can, so take a look and give it a try. The neighborhoods just south of Horseshoe are not super busy, so even if you are off route somehow, nothing ugly is going to happen. Once you're on the Spillway Trail, the only remaining obstacles are the several at-grade crossings just north of the park. Use the crosswalks, be patient, and all will be well.
One final note. I've shown this as a kind of open-jawed route with access from the north along 11th Ave to CU Medical School and the Anschutz Medical Plaza and from the south through the reservoir and from Denver along the Cherry Creek Trail. Rding in from northwest Aurora to Southwest Aurora is a tale of two cities (almost). The contrast is stark between the older and seemingly less affluent northwest and the suburban southwest. It is one of those things that makes riding a bicycle so interesting–there's no screen between you and the world around you.
Green Mountain Loop
Like the Florida West Line Loop, this route heads west on Florida and returns on the Lakewood Dry Gulch Trail. Instead of turning back at Alameda Ave, continue climbing on the southeast side of Alameda from Green Mountain and descend to the intersection with Jewell Ave and Bear Creek Blvd. From there, transition from the trail to the shoulder of Alameda Ave and head west towards the C-470 Trail, Red Rocks, and Morrison. Before you cross C-470 check for traffic and turn left immediately after Rooney Rd onto a spur of the trail. This takes you down to the C-470 trail which connects Chatfield Reservoir and the Platte River Trail to Golden and the 6th Ave Trail. Ride north on the trail and check your tolerance for dirt, local conditions and either exit the trail on a short, steep dirt trail or circumnavigate the Jefferson County Fairgrounds to reach Indiana Ave and 6th Ave. The dirt trail takes you up to Bayaud and Ellsworth Ave and then down a bomber descent to the same intersection.
This is a busy intersection, especially at rush hour, so use caution as you make your way through it. A sidewalk on the west side of Indiana under 6th Ave provides a safe haven in both directions if you don't feel like dueling with traffic. The rest of the route is just fun and interesting with only the on/off ramp at 13th Ave and Kipling St providing any real excitement. Use a little caution as you enter and exit the ramp: there's frequently sand at the bottom of the ramp and the design requires a 90 degree turn onto a narrow sidewalk, onto or from 14th Ave.
Florida West Line Loop
This loop ride has a good mix of surface roads and trails and takes in a part of the metro region most people do not get to on their bicycles. To reach it from the Denver side, start at Confluence Park or work your way south and west from Washington Park to Iowa St, which provides an east-west link to the edge of Overland Golf Course. From there, ride the crumpy sidewalk north to Florida and head west. I usually ride this clockwise, so that I am riding west on Florida to the Green Mountain area, but the loop is just as good in the reverse direction. Lakewood Gulch Trail was transformed by the West Line FasTracks project and now consists of a mix of new concrete trail and relatively quiet frontage road, sometimes both. The only caution here is to make sure you are on the trail side (north) of the West Line where it crosses over Wadsworth Blvd. An at-grade crossing is marginally possible, but not for the fainthearted. Florida, Garrison, and Union Ave all have marked bike lanes to separate you from passing cars (save for a short stretch on Garrison northbound between Alameda and Cedar, making this a good route to try out your urban biking skills. If you have the time, the slightly longer version takes you out into a quiet Lakewood neighborhood on the flank of Green Mountain itself. A decent paved trail alternates with a frontage road to swing you back to Union Blvd where a trail resumes, partially on the north side of Alameda, partially on the south.
Spring 2015 Construction Updates
I've recently found myself cursing the gods, contractors, cars, and traffic as I've been forced off the usual trails and into sometimes sketchy detours around construction projects that are now getting into full swing in the metro region. It is something like Shakespeare's ditty on love: "Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive." Seemingly, there's construction everywhere: Cherry Creek Trail, Clear Creek Trail, Sand Creek Trail, Westerly Creek, etc. Below are annotated construction and detour maps for the major, long-term construction projects I've encountered. Shoot me an email if I've missed something. Here's one I missed: the obnoxious (and at night unmarked) steel plates between Monaco and Colorado Blvds. These are part of a Denver Water clean out and refurbishment project and they extend out into the bike lane along Montview. They are visible during the day but not lit by flashing lights at night. Use caution.
This first is the easiest, a construction project to allow for a new brewery's sewer outfall into the South Platte. The stretch on the road easy and straightforward.Next up is the detour along the South Platte River Trail at Confluence Park. Denver Parks and Recreation suggests in this map a detour through Commons Park. That works OK, but is circuitous. On the plus side, it will allow you to stop off at the Porta-Potty in Commons Park (with a side trip to Stoner Hill if you need to toke up) and thus avoid the really smelly Porta-Potty at the Denver Skate Park. An alternate detour takes you between the old 19th St bridge and 15th St via Water St, a far more interesting route, with a side option to the Denver Beer Company on Platte St. South of 8th Ave construction continues on the 6th Ave bridge, and necessitates a longish detour out into what I think of as white bread country–not for the people but for the giant Safeway bakeries in the area. Good smells! The flyer for this one promised a two month detour, but construction drags on.
Next up is a detour through the stone district around new trail construction through Habitat Park between Bayaud and 7th Ave. This one is scheduled for completion summer, 2015.
In the Stapleton area, construction of a new park and RTD East line construction have disrupted a portion of Sand Creek Greenway Trail, roughly between Central Park Blvd and Havana St. All of this should get better in the coming months as RTD is now testing the new light rail line and expects to open the line for service between Downtown and DIA in 2016. Slightly further east, Sand Creek Trail is disrupted again between Peoria St and Potomac St along Fitzsimmons Parkway. RTD was forced to realign the 225 FasTracks light rail project to protect sensitive research instruments at the CU Medical School and Anschutz Medical Plaza. The detour is pretty simple and not onerous if you are just trying to skip around the construction and get to Potomac and Colfax or the medical institutions, but more confusing if you are trying to continue east on the Sand Creek Greenway Trail. When I last road through there, late afternoon, I was able to leave Fitzsimmons, ride through the Park and north to the Greenway and Park Lane Drive. Alternately, you'll be able to continue along the trail via Peoria St and 30th Ave. The Clear Creek Trail detour was my best adventure. I somehow missed the sign to continue east along 56th Ave and wound up on a sketchy muddy sidewalk on Federal Blvd, wandering through parts of Adams County I have not visited since I was a private eye in the 70s. I was glad to see that the strip club I had visited on official business looks likes it has survived, reincarnated as Adult World at 65th and Federal. The correct detour looks simpler, if less interesting. Incidentally, if you've been hoping to ride the Little Dry Creek Trail (an interesting experience almost on par with a visit to Adult World), you'll have to ride the detour I made, along Pecos St to 70th Ave.
The Cherry Creek Trail at Arapahoe Rd is inching towards completion with work hopefully completed by July, 2015 in the trail extension under the new bridge. Go here for updates. Finally, if you like your Denver Trails detour information in a single handy place, go here. Note the suggestion that the CCT at Havana may be due for some flood mitigation work.
Get out there and ride.
Witter Squaw Loop
There's a new climb in town. Clear Creek County has recently finished paving the last 2 miles of Witter Gulch Road, which runs between Squaw Pass Road and Upper Bear Creek Road near Evergreen. While Witter Gulch lacked the sustained steepness of the dirt portion of Crawford Hill Gulch Road in Golden Gate State Park, its last 3 miles was still a sustained climb of almost 8% and featured multiple switchbacks to up the ante. The loop totals approximately 22 miles with a 2,700 foot elevation gain.
Shown above is one way to incorporate it into a longer loop, riding clockwise from Kittredge. Once past Evergreen Lake the traffic is light throughout the climb and the views of the impressive first and second homes along the creek will keep you entertained. If you ride the full loop the only cautionary stretch is between Bergen Park and the Kerr Gulch Road turnoff. There's no way not to ride on the shoulder of the Evergreen Parkway. Minimize the unpleasantness (the shoulder is adequate) by cutting along Bergen Parkway. As you come flying down the Kerr Gulch Rd, remember that the surface of the last mile ranges from rough to very rough. Beyond that your only likely obstacles are random deer and elk in the road.
For those who ride from Denver and the Front Range, you can access this from Lookout Mountain and Genesee by riding a short and unsettling distance along the shoulder of I-70 between exits 252 and 254, by riding up from Morrison along the well-traveled Highway 74 (about 8 miles, winding, narrow, shoulder comes and goes), or from any number of nearby routes between Evergreen and Deer Creek Canyon. And there's no reason not to start in Idaho Springs if you want to make a full day of it (75 miles, 8,400 feet). The profile below shows the route beginning and ending in Kittredge. You can find a Ride With GPS version with cue sheets and other goodies here.
CDOT Update: Cherry Creek Trail at Arapahoe Road
As many know, the Cherry Creek Trail at Arapahoe Road is incomplete. Trail users must use Jordan Rd to connect what is only a very short distance (.2 miles) of unfinished trail. The work requires you to ride 1.5 on busy Jordan Rd. The shot below shows the current state of affairs: trail in red (paved) or brown (dirt) and the on-street portion in blue.
CDOT is working to connect the two ends of the trail. here's the blurb posted on the website:
In early November 2013, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) began a bridge reconstruction project on State Highway (SH) 88 over Cherry Creek in Arapahoe County, from just east of South Jordan Road to South Chambers Way.
Originally built in 1959, the existing bridge needed to be replaced with a structure that meets current standards. In addition, there will be construction on the Cherry Creek Trail. The trail will extend under Arapahoe Road, giving pedestrians and cyclists improved connectivity.
SEMA Construction Inc. of Centennial, Colorado, is the contractor for this $18 million project.
To date, the project is 25 percent complete. Work is ongoing for Phase 1,which included demolition of the south end of the bridge and the eastbound lanes, a major milestone in the project. Caissons have been drilled and work is focused on building structures, including columns, girder placement and back-filling abutments. The first phase is still on target to conclude on time, concurrent with the beginning of Phase 2 at the end of July/early August.
More than half of the floodplain expansion has been completed, and stabilization is scheduled for this month. In the coming weeks, crews will seed and landscape 50 percent of the project.
Please note: Another project will be starting in the area of SH 88, at the Jordan Road and Arapahoe Road intersection. However, this project is separate and not connected or related to SEMA Construction Inc.'s current construction. For information on this project, please call 303-419-4903.
Work began in early November 2013 and is expected to last through May 2015. Normal daytime work hours will be Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. with weekend work when needed. Normal nighttime work hours will be Monday through Friday from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m.
Tollgate Creek Loop
This loop is accessible from multiple major points: Stapleton, Lowry, central Denver, the Highline Canal, and the Cherry Creek Trail. It also gives riders a great opportunity to ride through parts of Aurora that see little cycle traffic and thus to get some relief from the crowding on the Cherry Creek and Platte River Trails. The maps shows the multiple entry points possible to the loop, including brand new connections from the Stapleton area between 26th and 25th avenues.Navigationally, there are a few tricky spots, especially as you make your way from Iliff south to the Cherry Creek Trail. These maps and photos will make it easier.
If you are coming or going from the Stapleton area, the route between Montview Blvd/25th Avenue and Sable Blvd at 13th Ave is pretty straightforward. The Denver portion of Montview has a dedicated bike lane that disappears at the Aurora/Denver border, at Yosemite St. I recommend using 25th Ave to ride between Clinton St and Peoria St. The traffic intensity is lower and the views are better. Once you've gotten to Fitzsimmons Parkway near the Anschutz Medical Center, cross over Sand Creek on a bridge just east of the golf course to reach 29th Ave and Sable Blvd. A small amount of dirt (crusher fines) is involved. And if you are coming from Stapleton and are looking for a slightly shorter approach to and from the loop, use Moline St between 25th Ave and 2nd Ave with a jog west to Lima St to reach 1st Ave and the loop itself.
If you riding from Denver, 6th Ave is a great, if surprising choice, between Colorado Blvd and Uinta St. There's a narrow parking lane in this stretch, but I suspect it is so narrow that most people are reluctant to park in it and it becomes a good de facto bike lane instead. Once you've worked your way through the Lowry neighborhood leave Lowry Parkway at Yosemite Way and work you way east and south to Moline and then Lima St. From there it is a fine ride on dedicated bike lanes south to the reservoir, interrupted only by traffic lights at the major intersections. Once across Iliff Ave, work east and south on Wesley and Nome St to reach Yale Ave and then Peoria St. The stretch between Peoria and Parker Rd is fast and reasonably safe, even at rush hour. There are three lanes and drivers are mostly friendly. Watch out for the multiple deep manhole covers in the right lane. At Parker Rd, take the western turn lane to access a wide sidewalk and underpass that avoids the off ramp from I-225. Then ride east to the RTD station (Nine Mile) and south through it to join the Cherry Creek Trail.
If you are northbound on Peoria from Parker or even if you find the traffic intensity not to your liking, there's a sweet neighborhood route that takes you across Yale from Nome or Oakland streets, through a quiet residential area, and then out to Cornell St on a narrow path through the Cherokee Apartment complex. The path runs parallel to a shallow drainage ditch and shows up as public bicycle route on Arapahoe County GIS maps. I found it odd the first few times I rode the path but nobody I've encountered has ever said anything at all.Ride the Cherry Creek Trail into the state park, then follow the trail easterly (towards the east park entrance) until you come across the exit to the Spillway Trail, on your left. Leave the park. Cross on-and off-ramps to Parker Rd to reach the Spillway Trail proper. Follow it northeast, crossing Chambers Rd and Iliff Ave in the process and passing through a nice succession of local parks. North of Iliff you've entered the Horseshoe Natural Area, a place where multiple trails converge without great signage. Although it looks as if you should maintain a northerly direction after entering the natural area, it is more convenient to turn right after approximately .3 miles and work your way around the north and west sides of the baseball fields. Hug the creek on your left to reach the Tollgate Creek Trail. Anything else will take you further east (Power Line Trail) or south again (Tollgate Creek Trail and West Tollgate Creek Trail). Ride north.After crossing or passing under the major east-west roads of the metro area, the trail sneaks off to the right just before Alameda Ave so that you do not have to cross Alameda at grade. The by-pass is narrow, looks almost like a concrete foot path and is easy to miss. As you emerge on the north side of Alameda, turn right to ride the Highline Canal Trail under Chambers Rd, pass the Aurora City Government Center, and continue on to Sable Blvd. Ride north on Sable in the right lane, jog right, then left on Sable at 6th Ave and continue north to 13th Ave or 29th Ave, depending on your route selection. 13th Ave dead ends at what will be (in 2015) a major transit center for RTD buses and a FasTrack Light Rail stop. It is a huge construction zone at the moment (mid-2014) but a path still runs to and under I-225 and across the creek on a sketchy metal bridge. It is narrow, but safe. Plans call for a continued trail through the new station area.
Ride east on 13th Ave to Del Mar Parkway. A quick left and a right on Geneva Street bring you to 11th Ave. Ride it west to Uinta St, go south and you've completed the loop.
If you ride this loop in the opposite direction, one of the tricky spots is the left turn from Sable Blvd southbound to the Highline Canal. There's a median through which you pass–but the pass-through is at an angle, is narrow, and is raised. Patience works well here, first to let southbound traffic behind you pass and clear and second to let northbound traffic go by, as well. The only other tricky spot is northbound on Peoria St between Parker Road and Yale Ave. As discussed above, traffic intensity on the weekends is not terrible on Peoria northbound, but if that's not a happy option, use the neighborhood by-pass through the Cherokee Apartment complex.
Bryant Street Loop
In the dark days of the year, when the days are short and there's not enough light to ride before or after work, I frequently ride at mid-day, over lunch for an hour or so. The rides are not very complicated. They take about an hour to complete. And they are geographically diverse so that I don't get that stuck in a rut feeling where I'm always going to Washington Park or out to the Cherry Creek Reservoir and back, like some mindless lemming with no itch for new places and sights. They are also useful as easy recovery rides. These short loops include the Stock Show Loop, which takes you mostly north and slightly east of downtown, the Eisenhower Park Loop (south and east) and the Bible Park Loop (east and south). Bryant Street takes you south and west.
Most of what you need to know is on the maps themselves. But a few words are probably helpful.
Bryant Street Loop features my favorite short hill in metro Denver, between Dartmouth and Bates, two blocks of sheer steepness that flirt with the mid-teens in grade. Were the hill longer, the neighborhood would be overrun with Lycra. There are a few other, smaller hills, too, on Zuni Street as well. If they catch your attention, check out the Hill Junky Circuit. I've suggested riding this loop clockwise for two reasons. It makes the Mississippi stretch more manageable (a longish downhill run instead of a slow slog uphill) and it makes the navigation to Washington St (the one-way southbound that parallels Emerson St) a lot easier. But if you're persistent enough, you'll figure out how to make it work. The sketchiest part of the ride is between Platte River Dr and Broadway on Mississippi. The road is rough. There's a gloomy underpass. And sometimes the traffic is intense. Don't let these factors throw you off. Either time your entrance into the tunnel so the bulk of the traffic has passed, or find and use a sidewalk on the north side of Mississippi for a relatively safe passage through. Don't miss the sheer bliss of the bike lane northbound on Emerson St. It is a great alternative to Washington Park.
Silver Road Half Century
If you are signed up for the Triple Bypass and think you need one more hard training ride to be completely ready, here's the ticket. The Silver Road Half Century starts in Georgetown, rides up and over Guanella Pass, and returns to Georgetown. 48 miles, more or less, and more than 6,000 vertical feet up to a high point of 11,669. Twice. The combination of serious climbing and serious altitude should be irresistible. The SRHC will be held on June 30, 2013, in conjunction with the Guanella Pass Hill Climb, an organized USAC sanctioned race. So if you are into hard rides but not racing, the SRHC is the one for you. The ride is limited to the first 250 riders who sign up and is fully supported with aid stations, first aid support, and Al's Pit BBQ on the U.S. 285 side of the ride. (Al's, by the way, is worth a trip in its own right, but probably not when you are halfway through this ride, with 3,000+ feet of climbing still to go.)
You'll have to get up early–the ride starts at 7:00 a.m. in waves of 50 a few minutes apart to avoid congestion with the racers, the first group of which head out at 8:45. The ride benefits Colorado Lungs4Life, The Davis Phinney Foundation for Parkinson's Disease, Georgetown Trust for Conservation and Preservation, and the Bicycle Racing Association of Colorado Junior Development Program. These are serious charities and the ride expects you to raise serious money: registration costs $55 and you must raise $150 or more to enter the ride. At the $150 level you get a beautiful hat and t-shirt. Above that level there are these jerseys and vests from Pactimo.
Tollgate Creek Loop
Tollgate Creek is the major tributary of Sand Creek and drains (or at least used to before Cherry Creek and Aurora Reservoirs were built) the eastern plains between the two reservoirs. As close as it is to most urban cyclists, it sees little bicycle traffic. If the lack of use reflects uncertainty about how to link it up to make a loop, this map will help. The trail proper runs from the historic Delaney Farm in Aurora south to Iliff Ave. A branch of the trail heads southeast at Horseshoe Park and winds down to Quincy Ave with an optional tour on the Highline Canal further south to the Aurora Reservoir.
The route shown here is Denver-centric and takes advantage of Montview Blvd and the little-used but very quiet 25th Ave to reach Fitzsimmons Parkway. A bridge across Sand Creek spills you out on 30th Ave and then to Sable Blvd. Sable Blvd will carry you south to the junction with the Highline Canal (apprximately 2nd Ave). Sable Blvd between 30th Ave and the Highline Canal offers very good on-street cycling. There's a jog at 6th Ave and a left turn back onto Sable, but it's entirely manageable if you make the turn from the right (north) turn-lane of two. The intersection with, and turn onto, the Highline Canal Trail is not so friendly. First, a very narrow bike lane carries you up a hill to where the trail crosses Sable. Second, the concrete median has a diagonal cut in it for cyclists but it's a hump, it's narrow, and not easily accessible if there's traffic behind you. Third, there's no turn lane. So if you're feeling pinched by traffic your first time through, stop to the right, in the bike lane. Wait for traffic to clear behind you and roll into the median slowly while you gauge the flow of northbound traffic. Once across you're on a great stretch of the Highline Trail. It winds along the canal, passes by the Aurora city center and joins the Tollgate Trail at Alameda Ave. Exit right and up then immediately down to access Tollgate Trail. I'm always a little confused here because you leave a smooth gray concrete trail and connect to Tollgate on a rough, dusty looking stretch of pavement that hardly looks like a trail at all. Go south from here to smooth sailing on Tollgate Trail. At Mississippi Ave you surface, go east, then drop down again to creek level. At Mexico and Iliff Ave negotiate at-grade crossings with traffic lights. You'll approach a triple trail junction just before Iliff. There's little signage but the baseball field at Horseshoe Park will be your sign to turn west to cross the creek and then head south.
Follow the trail south through the sprawling Wheel and Olympic Parks to reach the Cherry Creek Reservoir Spillway Trail. Fine riding continues. Cross Chambers Rd at the light. Ride south. Just before reaching the reservoir be wary of high speed traffic at the Parker Rd and Hampden Ave interchange. There are traffic lights at both crossings and they are essential at rush hour. Enter Cherry Creek State Park and make choices about returning to where you start. Turn right for the direct route (along the Cherry Creek Trail) or left to circle the park or explore points beyond.
If you ride this in reverse order, the only caution is the turn from Fitzsimmons Parkway onto Peoria St to reach 25th Ave. It is uphill, there are only two lanes, and there can be high traffic intensity during rush hours. It is a short tenth of a mile but if you are feeling beleaguered, there's a narrow sidewalk you can use.
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Red Flags Signal Uncharted Territory for Many Businesses by November 1, 2008
By Jennifer Rossi
At the end of 2003, Congress passed the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACT Act), an amendment to the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The FACT Act requires financial institutions and creditors to create and maintain written programs for identifying "patterns, practices, and specific forms of activity that indicate the possible existence of identity theft."
The definition of "financial institution" under the FACT Act includes not only the traditionally thought of bank, savings and loan association, and credit union, but also includes any other business that "directly or indirectly holds a transaction account belonging to a consumer." The definition of "creditor" casts an even wider net—it includes any business that regularly extends, renews, or continues credit and "any assignee of an original creditor who participates in the decision to extend, renew or continue credit." Examples of creditors could include car dealerships, utility companies, mortgage brokers, or the proverbial attempt to catch-all—any business that directly or indirectly holds a transaction account belonging to a consumer.
As part of the FACT Act, Congress instructed the Federal Trade Commission and other banking-related agencies to establish guidelines to help businesses develop programs to spot the so-called "red flags" of identity theft. After nearly four years of drafting, re-drafting and public comment, the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Reserve, FDIC, Office of Thrift Supervision, National Credit Union Administration, and FTC issued their final Red Flag Rules and Guidelines on November 9, 2007. Although mandatory compliance is not required until November 1, 2008, businesses are scrambling to develop or update their programs. Not surprisingly, several companies are touting products that promise compliance.
With new rules come potential new pitfalls, and businesses of all types that maintain consumer credit information are right to be concerned about an uptick in litigation. Vigorous enforcement of the Red Flag Rules should be anticipated by those agencies that draft them. The FTC, for example, expressly has established information security as a priority in its enforcement efforts. Indeed, even without the force and effect yet to come of the Red Flag Rules, the FTC has already brought nearly two dozen complaints against businesses for "security deficiencies in protecting sensitive consumer information." To date, it has done so under its general authority to prevent unfair competition and deceptive acts.
Although written identity theft programs are required only of businesses with "covered accounts," all businesses bear the burden of assessing whether they offer or maintain such accounts. Covered accounts are defined as those primarily for personal, family or household purposes that involve or are designed to permit multiple payments or transactions. Examples listed in the rules include credit cards, mortgages, auto loans, checking and savings accounts, and utility and cell phone accounts. Also considered covered accounts, however, are those accounts for which there is a "reasonably foreseeable risk to customers or to the safety and soundness of the financial institution or creditor."
Notwithstanding their scope, the Red Flag Rules allow businesses to tailor their programs to fit their own size and complexity. In addition, the programs may be established in the form of amendments to a businesses' existing procedures. Regardless of its level of sophistication, however, each program fundamentally must include means of identifying, detecting, and responding to red flags, as well as a system for its own periodic review and improvement. For one thing, the Red Flag Rules require boards of directors-or, at least, appropriate board committees-to sign off on all initial plans. They also recommend policies and procedures for detecting red flags, such as verifying customer identity and monitoring account transactions. Finally, the guidelines describe appropriate responses to red flags, including contacting the affected customer, changing security codes, and notifying law enforcement personnel.
However helpful, the guidelines are only a start. Undoubtedly, it will be some time before either the agencies or the industry has a solid sense of what constitutes a strong yet workable theft prevention program. In all likelihood, that understanding will be the product of both consensus and contention. Businesses should do their utmost, of course, to foster the former. A good faith effort to comply with the Red Flag Rules is an essential start.
This article was originally published in Robinson & Cole LLP's Spotlight newsletter. See Jennifer Rossi's presentation "The FCRA: It's Not Just for Credit Bureaus" at the IAPP Privacy Academy later this month. www.privacyacademy.org
Jennifer Rossi leads the Consumer Financial Services Team at Robinson & Cole LLP. She is a member of the Business Litigation Practice Group. She counsels businesses on compliance with the FCRA and FACT Act, and she represents businesses in consumer tort litigation (including class actions) involving claims under the FCRA and FACT Act. Before joining Robinson & Cole, she served as national defense counsel for a national credit bureau in state and federal courts nationwide.
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Stokkseyri Things to Do: 6 reviews and 30 photos
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Páll in 2014.
The Hunting museum/Wildlife museum in Stokkseyri (Veiðisafnið) is fantastic, much more than one expects. That in the small town of Stokkseyri such a museum can be found is extraordinary. The museum is the home of Páll Reynisson, hunter, see my picture, who opened his home to the public in 2004.
He started out with 2 stuffed birds, but his collection grew so much that he had filled 3 houses in Reykjavík. He then moved with his collection in 1999 to Stokkseyri. More and more people were knocking on his door to have a peak at his animals and when a 1000 people had visited him on that purpose over a period of 6 months, he decided on opening up a museum.
There are 2 big rooms - saloons really, one is his living room with a big giraffe in the middle of the room plus numerous other animals, which Páll has hunted in Iceland, Greenland, North-America and South-Africa.
In the other room, the drawing room, there is a lion and a lioness, polar bear, a crocodile and numerous birds and other animals. On display are also rifles, hand-guns, hunting knives and much more. It is quite amazing and so worth a visit.
Páll is such a perfectionist that it is a delight visiting, everything is perfectly arranged and the selection is so vast. A guided tour is available by appointment, make use of that as Páll is very knowledgeable.
The museum is one of the first houses when you enter Stokkseyri, on your right hand side, so this is where you can start, by visiting The Hunting Museum before visiting all the other interesting musei in Stokkseyri.
Admission to the museum is: adults ISK 1.250, children 6-12 ISK 650. Group discount.
The museum is open: April-September: daily from 11:00-18:00. October-March: weekends only. December-January: closed.
No pictures are allowed inside the museum for security reasons, so I had to take a picture of Páll himself ;) He didn´t mind.
Address: Eyrarbraut 49, 825 Stokkseyri, South-Iceland
Directions: The Hunting/Wildlife museum is one of the first buildings after you enter Stokkseyri, on your right hand side by the main road.
Other Contact: email@example.com
Phone: 354 4831558
Website: http://hunting.is/english/
The fisherman's hut.
Þuríðarbúð is an old fisherman's hut which was built in 1949 (rebuilt in 2001) in the memory of Þuríður Einarsdóttir, foreman, and old ways of living. Þuríður was born in 1777 and went to sea at the age of 11 with her father and became a perfectly valid fisherman at the age of 17. She was a fisherman for over 50 years, 34 of them from Stokkseyri, and a foreman on a boat for 25 years.
Þuríður had to dress as a man working at sea, and had to get a permission to do so from the district sheriff ;) There are no other examples known of a woman having such a career as Þuríður.
In the 19th century there were tens upon tens of fisherman's huts such as Þuríðarbúð in Stokkseyri. These huts were made out of turf and stone and here the fishermen slept, dined and entertained themselves while on land. The original Þuríðarbúð was located close to where the replica is now.
Þuríðarbúð is open all year around or upon agreement with the curator. I include the curator´s number (the 1st number). If you want to get a feeling for what it was like being a fisherman ashore in Iceland in the 19th century then on offer for groups is a 15 minutes´ play on the life of Þuríður. Call the second number I have included.
Address: Þuríðarbúð, 825 Stokkseyri, South-Iceland
Directions: Þuríðarbúð fisherman's hut is located right by the main road, you cannot miss it as you drive through Stokkseyri. It is on your right hand side by the road.
Other Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: 354 4863369 and 354 4831550
Website: http://www.husid.com
Geese in The Magic garden.
The Magic garden "Töfragarðurinn" is a family- and amusement-park located in Stokkseyri and there you can find many kinds of recreation for kids and adults alike. There are all kinds of Icelandic domestic animals at the garden, goats, Icelandic horses and the Icelandic dog, reindeers, rabbits, calves and sheep, wild foxes, kittens, pigs and colourful Icelandic hens. There is a lovely pond with ducks and white geese.
There is a playground for the kids with a 100 m2 jumping bladder and all kinds of plaything. There is also a 240 m2 tent where you can buy refreshment, coffee, hot chocolate and soft drinks.
A very lovely place to visit on a sunny day.
Open from May-September from 10-18. During the winter time it is closed, but open for groups.
Unfortunately this lovely park has been closed down.
Address: Blómsturvellir 6, 825 Stokkseyri, South-Iceland
Directions: Drive along the main street of Eyrarbraut, turn left on Sólvellir and right on Blómsturvellir by the sign (I added a picture of the sign) where it says "Töfragarðurinn".
Other Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: 354 4833800 354 8973801
Website: http://www.stokkseyri.is
The entrance to The Ghost Centre.
There is another museum in the same building as The Icelandic wonders museum, called The Ghost Centre. What can I say but: "Enter at your own risk". My mother and I got so spooked there that we left after room 6 - out of 24!!
There are 24 rooms and you get a CD-player and head-set and listen to all the ghost-stories as you walk from room to room, the estimated time for all the rooms is 45 minutes. It is quite dark in there and we got lost before entering the first room and got attacked by a ghost when we finally found out where to go. This said I must say that what we saw while in there was very well made and I would urge you to visit this museum. Not with kids though.
Ghost stories have followed the nation forever and are integrated in the Icelandic psyche as well as are elves and trolls and I can just say that we are a nation very afraid of ghosts (with a few examples). The museum features all of Iceland's most famous/infamous ghosts.
Before you enter the museum you can get a drink at the ghost bar which is guarded by the Alcohol ghost "Brennivínsdraugurinn" the Icelandic word for ghost being "draugur".
Pictures are not allowed inside the museum and mobiles must be turned off.
Opening hours are: Winter - Monday-Friday 18-20:30 and weekends in September-December and March-May 13-18. January and February - closed.
Summer time: daily from 13-18. Open for groups on request at any time.
The entrance fee is ISK 1.500.
Address: Hafnargata 9, 825 Stokkseyri, South-Iceland
Directions: The Ghost Centre is by the main road of Stokkseyri in the largest building there, red in colour, in the same building as the Icelandic Wonders museum, walk behind the bulding and there is the entrance to The Ghost Centre.
Other Contact: email@example.com
Phone: 354 4831202 354 8950020
Website: http://www.draugasetrid.is/Default.asp?Page=339
The entrance to The Icelandic Wonders museum.
The Icelandic Wonders museum is really a "must-see" while visiting Stokkseyri. Its theme is so integrated with the Icelandic nation's psyche - elves, trolls and the Northern lights! As you enter the museum there is a lovely souvenir shop with trolls, Icelandic Jule lads (jólasveinar), elves and more for sale.
As you enter the cave which is the museum the first thing you encounter is a pond with big fish in it and on your right hand side are the elves, it is lovely as if you have entered an elf-rock. Watch your step as it is quite dark in there, the only thing I want to complain about is the lack of light on the floor. The next cave you enter is the troll's cave where you encounter a big troll sleeping. And watch out for the smaller trolls which spook you, one gets really startled as it is so dark there! Then you enter the ice-cave with its Northern lights, which is quite lovely - and freezing cold. Watch out for the small troll which waits for you at the door as you leave the ice-cave :D
No pictures are allowed inside the museum.
The museum is open in the winter time Mondays to Fridays from 18-20:30 and weekends from 13-20:30.
Entrance fee is ISK 1.500.
The Icelandic name of the museum is "Álfa- trölla- og norðurljósasafnið", the museum is 1.200 fm2 and in the same building is the Ghost Centre "Draugasafnið" (see my next tip).
Address: Hafnargata 9, 825 Stokkseyri, South-Iceland
Directions: The museum is by the main-road in the largest building in Stokkseyri, red in colour and next to the restaurant "By the seashore". You cannot miss it.
Other Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: 354 4831202 354 8950020
Website: http://www.icelandicwonders.com/
The sea shore.
The sea shore at Stokkseyri is lovely and very popular. It is almost red in colour due to all the beach peat, shells and conch. The shore is popular both amongst locals and tourists and I have seen tourists camp in the ait there, wouldn't recommend putting up a tent so close to the N-Atlantic ocean though.
There is an information sign by the sea shore with information on the vegetation and bird-life as well as information on the lava by the shore, which stems from the largest known Holocene lava flow on earth some 8700 years ago. It must have been huge as it covers most of lowlands for 140 kilometers i.e. between Ölfusá and Þjórsá (see my tip on Urriðafoss waterfall).
Directions: Drive through Stokkseyri and right at the end of the town is this beautiful sea shore, look out for the sign (I added a picture).
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The Birth of Demonology in the Medieval West
Depicting this new demonology, Satan the Heretic considers the period between the mid-thirteenth and mid-fourteenth centuries when demons, in the eyes of Church authorities, suddenly burst forth, more real and more terrifying than ever before in the history of Christianity. Boureau argues that the rise in this obsession with demons occurs at the crossroads of the rise of sovereignties and of the individual, a rise that, tellingly, also coincides with the emergence of the modern legal system in the European West.
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One month after that, Griner arrived in China to begin a four-month stint in the Women's Chinese Basketball Association (WCBA). It was a grind, of course, but one that was a financial no-brainer.
While the Mercury could only pay Griner $49,440 in 2013, the WCBA's Zhejiang Golden Bulls signed her for approximately $600,000, according to ESPN The Magazine. Even with a $1 million endorsement contract from Nike, that type of money is hard to turn down. That's roughly six times more than the maximum salary in the WNBA.
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Sardines have a more assertive fish flavor than canned tuna, which I love, especially in combination with sweet onion and tomato. Grana Padana is very similar to Parmigiano Reggiano, with a saltier and more rustic flavor that stands up to the sardines. You may substitute Parmesan if that's what you have on hand.
- 1 medium ripe tomato, cored and finely chopped
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- Two 6-inch lengths store-bought or Four-Hour Baguettes
- 1 cup baby arugula or other baby greens, washed and dried
- ¼ cup very thinly sliced sweet onion, such as Maui or Vidalia
- One 4-ounce can oil-packed sardines, drained well
- 1½ ounces Grana Padana or Parmesan cheese, shaved with a vegetable peeler
Heat a panini or sandwich press according to the manufacturer's instructions.
Combine the tomato, lemon juice, olive oil, salt, and pepper to taste in a small bowl
Slice the baguette pieces in half lengthwise and spoon the tomatoes on the bottom half of each baguette. Arrange some of the greens on top of the tomatoes. Arrange the sliced onion on top of the greens. Arrange the sardines on top of the onions. Top with the cheese. Top each sandwich with the top half of the baguette.
Put the sandwiches on the press, pull the top down, and cook until they are browned and crisp, 4 to 7 minutes, depending on how hot your machine is. Carefully remove from the press and serve immediately.
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I really love this Lord of time key
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If it's not in the shop then it has been sold. We do re-create designs, so keep checking back. Or you can wait for us to open custom orders and order one. Keep an eye on our web site www.keyperscove.com and keep checking the shop
what a amazing artist you are! I would love to purchase one of these!
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From what I've heard, piecing together an event is kind of like restoring a car- a complete pain in the ass, but Bad Granny did a great job combining classic cars, with motorsport clubs, new car companies, off-roaders, stunt bikes, automotive suppliers, media, drifting, kart racing and just about anything with wheels.Full Story
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See it, smell it, feel it and breathe it. From late night practice runs through the mountain "trail" to hosting their second independent event with the aid of RaceTrac Wheels, it is safe to say Drift World Order ascended through the calamities to once again put on a great event.Full Story
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Minus the pressures of competition, drifters be it new, old or prospective were given the chance to practice all day on a course that actually mirrored one of the holy grail of drift tracks in Japan, Ebisu. Drivers either did the beginner's layout or tackled the much more technical drift circuit, both under the watchful eye of other experienced drifters, who gave pointers and discussions allowing all to progress.Full Story
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Tic tack toe, three in a row!
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Sunday morning: 10:00am, where were you? Well one would expect us to be attending a church service of some sorts, but no, here we are in Arima Race Club; roasting tires and hitting rev limiters. Whatatatata! Mad men from around the little island popped up with their machinery ready to cause damage, and not for one second think there was only rear wheel drive cars. No no no. AutoNation's EK civic was there. Yes, a civic. Fitted with thinner tires to the back allowing the car to break traction easier this little yellow thing was quite enjoyable to watch as it looped loops and shredded rubber.Full Story
TTRC 2013 – Tarouba Unleashed
Posted By: Gerrard Wilson21/04/13No Comments;
Tags:Drifting, Rally, Reform, Tarouba, TTRCCategories: Event Coverage, Rally
Another great event put on by the TTRC and held on the Reform Stage with a special performance at the Tarouba stadium to make up to rally fans who were cheated when the finale for Rally Trinidad 2013 was cancelled. A few D&W competitors tried their hand at pace notes and the DWO boys gave the crowd a demo they won't forget. Another highlight was seeing to the two youngest racers in their respective fields, go head to head: Kristian Boodoosingh vs Kraig Sumair.Full Story
Drag and Wind #3
Posted By: Rawle Mahabir14/04/13No Comments;
Tags:ARC, AutoSport, dexterity, Drag, Drag and Wind, Drifting, windCategories: Drag & Wind / Time Attack, Drag Racing, Event Coverage
Great entries, as good a spectator attendance as we can hope for at this venue and the gradual improvement of organization in an ever evolving environment. Two major areas we focused on were to increase spectator covered-bleacher accommodation, and this we did but…. was still shown to be wanting more. And gaining access to the cleared area to the South for more parking. In both instances we were dragged on until the last minute to keep our word, but we persevered and delivered in the end.Full Story


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"Bienvenidos a Puerto Rico."
There were signs throughout the airport welcoming the team to the Caribbean island. For the most part, however, the trip was like any other.
"We get up, eat breakfast, have study hall for an hour and a half," Kelsey Wolfe said, describing a standard day on the trip. "Then we head over to the arena to practice for a couple of hours. Just like a normal trip."
Several of the players, including Ataira Franklin, even had to take a quiz at 8 a.m. on Thanksgiving morning.
There were some decided advantages to playing in Puerto Rico. The team hotel was adjacent to Carolina Beach, a long stretch of warm, white sand and calm, blue ocean that flanks the Isla Verde resort area.
"Walking outside of the hotel and being able to go to the beach is pretty awesome," said Jaryn Garner.
The trips to the beach were scheduled into the players' packed schedules.
"Everything is pretty much on a time schedule except for a few free hours in the afternoon," said Sarah Beth Barnette. "I have been going to the beach every chance I get. The ocean is my favorite place in the world."
Another favorite activity of the team was stopping off at the cafe right on the edge of the beach to get a special tropical treat.
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If we could see the way in which the characters mesh as well as differ, and if the play had a little more of Edith's sweetness, it would be a must-see. As is, M Ensemble's season finale explores the tumultuous relationship between a middle-age man and a slightly younger mother of two but lacks enough warmth and care to demonstrate that they are indeed in love.
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Strictly Come Dancing has landed its biggest audience of the series so far as it continued to stomp on The X Factor, with an audience two million ahead.
BBC1's edition of Strictly drew 10.4 million viewers - half a million up on its previous high so far this year, as Denise Van Outen once more topped the leader board with her paso doble.
Rival The X Factor on ITV1 pulled in an average of only 8.4 million - even including viewers on its +1 catch-up channel.
Once again it is a huge drop compared to the audience at this stage of the competition last year when an average 11.1 million people watched the show.
For weeks, The X Factor has struggled to replicate the ratings its has generated in previous years, although TV bosses will take some comfort in that it was 600,000 viewers up on the previous Saturday.
Denise's performance drew the biggest score of the series so far with her performance to White Stripes hit Seven Nation Army collecting nine points from each of the judges to give her a total of 36.
However bookmaker William Hill is making gymnast Louis Smith odds-on favourite to win the series. His performance picked up three nines, but notoriously low-marking judge Craig Revel Horwood was out of step with the others in giving just six points, which drew scorn from his colleagues.
Denise is at 5/2 to win, while Girls Aloud star Kimberley Walsh is 5/1.
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"It would be like if I had cameras in my house when my kids were growing up. I get to be more vulnerable, honest, open and more in the moment." Steven Tyler has promised fans will see a different side of him through his judging role on American Idol.