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Dogs and shelters (Re: “Surviving shelters,” cover story, Nov. 10.) I want to thank Elizabeth Miller for writing this article. Finally someone is willing to be honest publicly about HSBV’s less-than-humane decisions about the animals that people take to them, thinking they will be safe. I am a foster parent for Wyoming Australian Shepherd Rescue and Akbash Rescue. I know firsthand how much money comes out of my pocket and out of the pockets of people running the rescues. I didn’t realize before this article that HSBV actually pretended to put dogs on the euthanasia list so that the rescues would work harder to find them foster homes. Wow, with a huge budget, one would think that Boulder’s humane society would want to help the rescue organizations rather than misuse them. About seven years ago, I was being asked by HSBV’s volunteers if I would be willing to read their stories about what was going on at the shelter and expose the stories to the public. These volunteers only wanted to see HSBV become an advocate for the animals, which they didn’t think was happening. Too many of the stories involved animals being killed for a lack of space, which goes against one of their policies. I found other such discrepancies when comparing the policies and procedures with stories I was told. For many years and still now, people in Boulder believe that HSBV is a no-kill shelter, or that they only kill sick or very aggressive animals. Not true!
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I suggested they need to be responsible for what they write. “Today, only animals that are not deemed adoptable for temperament or health reasons are euthanized,” is a direct quote from their website. This is true, but remember that an “unadoptable” dog or cat could have a very treatable skin condition, like Sawyer. He is not the first one with a treatable skin condition that HSBV didn’t want to keep alive. I took lists of them to a local vet, asking if the skin conditions listed were treatable. The response was usually “yes.” When I told him they would be killed because of these conditions at
What a hatchet job and a poor job of reporting in a fair and balanced manner. Very disappointing.
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rim-faced military officers and ashen-faced politicians describe a horrific “war zone,” with “hundreds of people murdered” and “citizens under attack around the clock.” Some of the politicos say that the situation is so dire that it “may require our military.” Like the frenetic Bush-Cheney litany of lies that rushed America into the senseless Iraq war, what we’re now getting is a similar burst of mendacity about Mexican drug violence spilling across the border into our country. Rick Perry, the Texas gubernatorial goober, is even trying to make it a presidential campaign issue. “It is not safe on that border,” he recently wailed to New Hampshire Republicans, suggesting that he might send U.S. troops into Mexico “to kill these drug cartels.” Adding to this macho melodrama, two retired Army generals produced a “study” asserting that
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HSBV, he was in shock. I am so grateful for Elizabeth’s article for many reasons. But, the most important is that you, the public, know what might happen to your animal when you take it to HSBV. Please remember the peril you might be putting your animal in if you take them there. They appear to be about getting the animals out in a timely fashion rather than putting the animal first. Jan Mitchell/Boulder
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War on the Mexican border! by Jim Hightower spillover violence makes the U.S. side “tantamount to living in a war zone.” One of the ex-generals is Barry McCaffery, the infamous, hyperventilating fearmonger who once was America’s drug czar. At a press conference, McCaffery pointed excitedly to “hundreds of people murdered on our side of the frontier.” Really? Hundreds murdered? No. His source
Boulder Humane releases 91 percent of the animals they take in, it’s documented and verifiable; the article even touches on that. They also take in every animal brought to them, and they regularly take transfers from other agencies throughout the country. They’re an animal welfare organization, they’re not breed-specific, and they don’t advertise as a no-kill shelter. Breedspecific rescues are filled with “animal people,” not people who are prepared to make the hard decisions that not every animal surrendered or picked up is adoptable. The fact is, not every animal is adoptable, and a 91 percent live release rate is amazing, given the fact they don’t turn anybody away and take so many animals from other shelters in the country. What I found most important and I feel was glossed over is the fact that Boulder Humane actively exhausts all options before considering euthanizing an animal. They take the animal in, they evaluate, they train if necessary, they contact rescues, not the other way around, and if every option is exhausted, then they consider euthanization. How about you focus on the good things the shelter does? The way they responded to the animal welfare needs when there were fires in Boulder County last year? How about you focus on their humane no-pinch collar training techniques? How about the fact they have one of the most highly acclaimed animal behaviorists in the nation making evaluasee LETTERS Page 5
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turned out to be a South Texas rancher full of anecdotes about dead bodies found in the brush — but the Border Patrol says these were unlucky immigrants who perished during the past several years trying to enter our country, not recent victims of Mexican cartels. In fact, far from being a chaotic war scene, a study of the 14 Texas counties bordering Mexico shows that the number of murders has actually gone down in the past five years. Rumors of a Mexican cartel war in the U.S. are nothing but lies by self-serving political opportunists and self-aggrandizing military contractors out to line their pockets. Boulder Weekly
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Personhood USA flops by Pamela White
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Anti-GMO activism is evil by Paul Danish
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ccording to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service, 88 percent of the 2011 U.S. corn crop consists of genetically engineered varieties — either herbicide-tolerant types like Monsanto’s Roundup Ready corn, or insect-resistant types containing genes from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), or both. The figure for the 2011 U.S. soybean crop is 94 percent genetically modified. For the 2011 cotton crop the figure is 90 percent genetically modified. As for sugar beets, the crop that prompted the latest local witch-hunt about growing genetically modified crops on Boulder County open space, the figure for the 2010 crop is 95 percent, according to The New York Times. The foregoing raises an obvious question about the controversy over growing genetically modified crops on Boulder County open space, which is, why are we even having this conversation? The genie is out of the bottle. The horse is out of the barn. The train has left the station. The attempt to ban GM crops on county open space is meaningless environmental posturing. It would be farcical except for the fact that it is trashing the livelihoods of several Boulder County farm families. Are GM crops perfectly safe? Probably not. No activity involving humans is “perfectly safe.” But GM crops are clearly safe enough. GM crops have been grown for 15 years. Anti-GMO activists talk darkly of possible toxins and allergens tainting the food supply, but after 15 years there is a distinct paucity of victims. Given the pervasiveness of Roundup Ready and Bt corn and soybeans, there should be hundreds of thousands of human cases of GMO-induced Boulder Weekly
human illness and tens of millions of sick chickens, pigs and cows. So far, few, if any, convincing examples have emerged. What has emerged is that some weeds have managed to incorporate the Roundup Ready resistant gene and develop resistance to Roundup. Anti-GMO activists want to believe this is a show-stopper, but it is hard to see why it would be. All it means is that seed companies will develop different herbicides and find genes that impart resistance to them to add to their offerings, or find other work-arounds. American agriculture has embraced GM crops and the science behind them, and it is not going to give them up because there might be downsides any more than it would give up tractors because they might contribute to global warming. So to return to the original question: Why is Boulder County having this conversation? No mystery there. Anti-GMO activists see opposition to agricultural genetic engineering as a political organizing tool and as an avenue for attacking American corporations — which they do with an irrational virulence. For example, a recent letter writer to the Camera characterized the GMO biotech industry as “built on corruption, bribery, intimidation, government complicity and falsehood.” “The Monsantos, Syngentas, etc. are not to be trusted,” he added. Well, the guy is entitled to his opinion, but personally I think Monsanto is a lot more trustworthy and has a lot more integrity than the folks at, say, the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center who routinely besmirch both Monsanto and its products. Monsanto probably does see DANISH PLAN Page 7
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social experiment was conducted last week by some folks from Colorado, and it failed. The implications of that failure ought to bring some relief to those of us who believe in women’s equality. Personhood USA, the Colorado Springs-based Christian group that wants to see fertilized eggs given personhood and full constitutional rights, was behind the experiment. Having twice failed by overwhelming margins to win voter approval for a “personhood” amendment in Colorado, the group set its sights on more fertile territory — Mississippi. Women’s rights advocates have often called Mississippi the worst state in the nation to be a woman, in part due to its restrictive abortion laws. If Roe v. Wade should ever be overturned, abortion would immediately become illegal in Mississippi. Currently, there is a single abortion provider in the state, forcing 91 percent of the women in Mississippi to travel across the state or out of state for abortion care. A woman must receive state-directed counseling that includes information intended to discourage her from having an abortion. Then she must wait 24 hours before the procedure can be performed. Counseling must be provided in person and must take place before the waiting period begins, thereby necessitating two separate trips to the medical facility. For poor women, this means shouldering the expense not only of travel, but also an extra night in a hotel.
It’s not surprising that the folks at Personhood USA, not very popular in their home state, should look to a state like Mississippi. Up to Nov. 8, when Mississippi voters went to the polls, Initiative 26, which would have banned abortion without exceptions and made certain forms of birth control and fertility treatment illegal, as well, was expected to pass. But when voters reached the secrecy of the polls, they voted against it. The measure failed, with 58 percent of voters in that very conservative, very religious state rejecting Initiative 26. Some voters were concerned about the proposed amendment’s impact on in-vitro fertilization, which often results in unwanted frozen embryos. Others knew that birth control pills, emergency contraception and intrauterine devices (IUDs) would be outlawed as well, given that they can result in a woman’s body rejecting a fertilized egg (something women’s bodies do naturally quite often). Still others didn’t want to see their daughters, wives and sisters subjected to criminal investigations and forensic vaginal exams after miscarriages, as occurs in Guatemala as the result of a similar law. And what would happen to women who were pregnant but found out they had ectopic pregnancies or cancer? Would they be forced to give up their own lives for that of their fetuses? Would doctors see PERSONHOOD Page 7
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tions for them? How about you focus on their being awarded the top shelter for live adoptions by the ASPCA in the country last year? Instead your article focused on the “sky is falling” stories of a few “animal people” who are committed to their specific breed. I’ve had a couple of dogs from breed rescue and I recognized the breathless innuendo I’ve experienced firsthand the minute I read the quotes in the article. They believe no animals should be euthanized. They believe every situation is urgent and requires immediate action before the animal is put down. The reality is far from that. While it appears there can be an improvement on the communication front, it’s also clear that Boulder Humane actively promotes these rescues as another way to save lives. It’s also clear that communication
goes both ways. Fact is, no animal is going to be euthanized if a rescue says they can take it. Really disappointed that your article sought to pit people who are doing good work against each other. The fact is, they all do good work and Boulder Humane in particular has been recognized nationally for that work. Scott Cameron/via Internet
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Bullying in the name of God Two weeks ago, Michigan’s Republican-dominated Senate inserted language at the last minute into an anti-bullying bill that exempted bullies motivated by “a sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction.” If the homophobia and religious bigotry in those words were more thinly veiled they’d be naked. Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer, explaining her “no” vote, gave an impassioned speech after the bill passed, saying that the Republicans’ last-minute exception had “swallowed the rule.” Her speech went viral and sparked a national outcry, causing Republican Sen. Rick Jones, who introduced the bill, to recant the exemption, feebly justifying the language as protecting free speech, not bullies. Jones has since vowed to vote for the House version Republican Sen. of the bill, which lacks the controversial words. But Rick Jones Jones’ sentiment is clear, that it is OK to bully as long as your religion dictates it. While the First Amendment gives pompous and pious neanderthals like Jones the right to hate gays, it also gives the rest of us the right to berate them into keeping their Stone-Age beliefs in church and out of the classroom. Pray that this fool isn’t in public office for long. Worst attempt at holiday immortality Everyone has his or her favorite holiday TV traditions, from reruns of the old Andy Williams Show to a drinking game built around Olive, The Other Reindeer. For celebrities, carving out a spot in the holiday genre is as close to immortality as it gets. Think Jimmy Stewart in It’s a Wonderful Life or the gruff voice of Burl Ives as the snowman in Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer. Famous people continue to launch myriad attempts at new holiday programming. Let’s just say some efforts are stronger than others. This year’s award for creating the most contrived holiday show since David Bowie joined Bing Crosby in an odd rendition of “The Little Drummer Boy” goes to (drum roll) celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse. This is the best idea he could whip up. On Dec. 2, at 9 a.m., Lagasse will be joined by the Radio City Rockettes dressed up like elves as he teaches them, and you, how to make an “Elvis inspired” peanut butter and banana sandwich. We could be wrong, but can’t most Americans over the age of five, including Rockettes, already handle this one? Whatever. It sounds like a drinking game just waiting to be born. Benson’s generosity overwhelms So we’re supposed to fall all over CU President Bruce Benson because he turned down his measly 3 percent raise this year? The guy only makes $359,100 annually. Cry us a river. What a grand gesture for a filthy rich oil tycoon. Oh, and the university’s PR machine reminds us that he was among the overpaid administrators who agreed to have their salaries cut by 5 percent during the recession. What a sacrifice. Taking a tiny percentage out of salaries that are well into the six figures as a symbolic gesture rings hollow with the CU employees who actually lost their jobs during that time. You want to impress us, Bruce? Figure out how Colorado’s flagship university is going to survive in the long term in a state where higher education funding is being throttled in an increasingly tightening noose. After all, you weren’t hired because of your academic credentials. You were hired for your business acumen. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
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who gave women medication be indicted if that medication resulted in a miscarriage? Would women be held accountable if participation in sports or other activities led them to miscarry? Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, a staunch anti-choice Republican, told MSNBC, “I am concerned about some of the ramifications on in vitro fertilization, ectopic pregnancies where pregnancies [occur] outside the uterus and in the fallopian tubes. That concerns me, I have to just say it.” These same reasons led Colorado voters overwhelmingly to reject personhood DANISH PLAN from Page 5
more good in a week — by preventing famine on a planet whose human population is growing at a rate of 80 million a year, by making it possible for Third World peoples who have scratched out a subsistence existence since the dawn of time to produce the agricultural surpluses that are a necessary precondition for developing First World standards of living — than the entire peace and justice movement has produced in a generation. The author of the letter also intimated that he “was warned as a child to be very careful about who I hang out with.” Good point. He ought to take a good look at the denizens of the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center, the prime instigator of the local anti-GMO program, before hanging with them. The biggest environmental accomplishment of these folks was helping to delegitimize nuclear power a generation ago. The result of that “triumph” has been that three-quarters of the world’s electric power is produced by burning coal and natural gas and will continue to be for decades. They are as responsible for global warming as any oil or mining company. Back in the 1970s the ideological predecessors of today’s anti-GMO activists were attacking Norman Borlaug’s Green Revolution, which is widely credited with preventing global famine and saving a billion lives, with the same zeal with which they are attacking GMOs today — and with strikingly similar arguments: Someone is going to make money selling the seeds, poor farmers can’t afford the seeds and the fertilizers and pesticides they need, the new crops may hold hidden dangers and be setting the world up for a fall, etc. To hear the activists tell it, antiGMO activism represents the apotheosis of environmental morality. Just my opinion, but I don’t find tampering with the world’s ability to feed itself for political gain a very moral undertaking. In fact, I think it is malignantly evil — and that Boulder County should reject the counsel of those who do it like a disease. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
amendments twice, most recently in 2010. The fact that these same reasons resonated with voters in Mississippi ought to be reassuring to those of us concerned about reproductive rights. If Personhood USA can’t pass a “personhood” amendment in Mississippi, it’s extremely unlikely that such a measure will pass anywhere. But Personhood USA — it’s embarrassing to think they’re just down I-25 — isn’t discouraged and stands by its goal of getting similar measures on the ballots of Florida, Montana, Ohio, Oregon, Nevada and California in 2012. As hot-button an issue as abortion is,
it’s pretty clear that the average American doesn’t want to see it become inaccessible to rape and incest victims, women with badly deformed fetuses and those whose lives are in peril. Nor do most Americans want to lose access to the most reliable
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Rebates power biz lighting upgrades by Sara Wright
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he money is on the table. And unless Boulder County businesses act by year’s end, nearly a quarter million dollars in rebates aimed to upgrade commercial buildings and improve energy efficiency will vanish as revelers welcome in 2012. Since January, $217,000 in EnergySmart rebates have helped 230 commercial properties sport new, high-efficiency lighting. Eighteen have upgraded heating, air conditioning and water heaters, and 16 boast improved refrigeration. However, $233,000 of the $450,000 allotted for 2011 for business and commercial property owners remains available through Dec. 31. The funding is part of $12 million awarded to Boulder County by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) through the Department of Energy’s Better Buildings Program. The grant runs through May 2013 and helps power the EnergySmart program, which targets both businesses and residences for energy-efficiency upgrades. Until Dec. 31, Xcel Energy is sweetening the deal with a 50 percent bonus rebate for businesses that retrofit their heat-producing, halogen lights (T12s) to high-efficiency T8 fluorescent lighting and high-efficiency electronic ballasts. “The biggest bang for the buck on the commercial side is to look at lighting and do a lighting upgrade,” says Mary Wiener, an energy efficiency and sustainability specialist who advises business and commercial property owners for EnergySmart. “In retail, 40 percent of your electric bill can be from lighting.” The light bulbs are changing anyway. The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 will end production of the T12s in July. “When we found out about [EnergySmart rebates], we were blown away,” says Wade Arnold of The Colorado Group, a commercial real estate firm serving the Front Range. “I have three other part-
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Arnold’s decision to upgrade the warehouse’s lighting cost him $13,654; he’ll recoup $11,399 in rebates. “We’ve had a significant improvement in the working environment as a result of the energy upgrade,” says Patton, who directs business operations at Wild Goose Engineering. “We manufacture high-precision, detailed products, so the improvement in the lighting was significant. The fact that our landlord was willing to participate is another reason why we’re staying with Wade Arnold and The Colorado Group.” Since January, nearly 1,000 commercial decision-makers have sought guidance from Wiener and her colleagues. EnergySmart’s advisers perform an energy audit or analyze one already performed by the utility. They collaborate to establish the clients’ goals and priorities, budget and available rebates. They connect them with preapproved contractors, help them analyze bids and fill in any rebate paperwork. The advisers, in essence, help folks flip the switch with one-stop shopping. Through the grant, EnergySmart aims to stimulate economic growth and investment in energy efficiency, while advancing Colorado’s energy independence through large-scale energy upgrades. EnergySmart is sponsored in partnership with Boulder County, the cities of Boulder and Longmont, Xcel Energy and Platte River Power Authority. Partners offer rebates of their own. “Some of the rebates can be up to $45 per fixture,” says Wiener. “So if the total project cost is $1,000, the rebates are going to cover $600. You’re out of pocket only $400. Then, we look at how many kilowatts you’re going to be saving, and we can determine how quickly that lighting project will pay for itself.” Wiener says improved lighting saves 35 percent of energy use, on average. Plus, highefficiency lighting provides truer colors and better quality light, lasts longer, and has been shown to increase productivity, she says. The T8s don’t hum, either. “There is no catch,” Arnold said. “At some point you have to replace these lights. If it’s going to make our existing tenants happy and save some energy, why not do it sooner rather than later?” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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ners, and we’re all looking at each other saying, ‘What’s the catch here?’ You think it’s too good to be true.” Tenant Randy Patton of Wild Goose Engineering approached Arnold about improving the lighting in its space on 55th Street in Boulder. “They weren’t happy with the quality of the light in their space, and they were looking to try and save energy costs,” Arnold said.
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editor for 10 years, successfully changed state law in 2010 after exposing prisons’ practice of shackling women in labor. Dyer, whose work has appeared in national publications such as The New York Times Sunday Magazine, Vanity Fair, U.S. News & World Report and Mother Jones, is also the author of two books: Harvest Of Rage: Why Oklahoma City Is Only The Beginning and Perpetual Prisoner Machine: How America Profits From Crime. His investigative reporting has landed him in the national spotlight on news programs like The Today Show, Nightline, Good Morning America, ABC, NBC and CBS nightly newscasts, 48 Hours and The Editors. He was called to testify before the Senate Subcommittee on Terrorism in 1996 and has won numerous journalism awards.
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The shocking origins of America’s deadly drug shortages By Jefferson Dodge and Joel Dyer 10 November 17, 2011
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now, most of us are aware that our health care system has been compromised yet again. This time it’s a crisis born of a seemingly never-ending number of unexplained drug shortages. We have heard the horror stories and seen the faces of children suffering from leukemia and other forms of cancer, unable to get their hands on the medications that could save their lives or at least ease their pain. We’ve been made aware of breast cancer victims postponing necessary treatments for lack of a certain
Even though the gray market has actually been around for decades, its participants are becoming far more active and visible as the shortage crisis worsens. As a result, they are being offered up for slaughter by nearly every politician these days, from President Barack Obama on down. And why not? Low-hanging fruit is a staple on the political food pyramid, and these gray market distributors are easy to digest. They’re an electioneering gift like Willie Horton, something you can kick hard and be assured that everyone will applaud. And no one is arguing that these pharmaceutical shadow-dwellers
If you can’t find a particular medication that’s in short supply, and you absolutely need it to keep your child or partner or mom or dad alive, the gray market is where your health care provider will likely turn when all else fails.
following information was produced from a market analThe ysis conducted by Premier Healthcare Alliance during a two-week period in April and titled Buyer Beware: Drug Shortages and the Gray Market. The full report can be viewed at www.premierinc. com. According to the analysis, the average markup for drugs in short supply or back-ordered being offered by suppliers on the gray market during the research period was 650 percent. However, the markups were found to be much higher for drugs being offered in certain critical care areas. The Premier report found that the 10 short-supply medications being offered at the highest markups were as follows:
drug. And then there are the heart attacks, people dying from something that could and should have never happened if only the inexpensive, preventive medicines had been available. As with all tragedies resulting from some human shortcoming such as incompetence, greed or the longing for power, we need, even demand, someone to blame, but who? Thanks to the world’s largest drug manufacturers, our elected officials and a media environment addicted to good visuals and easy answers, we have been given a culprit in recent weeks, a dastardly collection of small medical distribution companies collectively referred to as the “gray market.” These companies make their profits in the secretive shadows of the mainstream pharmaceutical sector.
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don’t do unsavory things. For instance, if you can’t find a particular medication that’s in short supply, and you absolutely need it to keep your child or partner or mom or dad alive, the gray market is where your health care provider will likely turn when all else fails. And chances are these opportunistic distributors can get you what you need. The catch is that on the gray market, the drug may cost hundreds of times its original price. (See “Drug shortage price gouging” at right) It may be mislabeled, counterfeit, or no longer safe to put in your body from having been stored or transported improperly. In fact, the only thing you can count on for sure from the gray market suppliers is that the drug will ultimately find its
• Labetalol (cardiology) – 4,533 percent • Cytarabine (oncology) – 3,980 percent • Dexamethasone 4mg inj. (oncology and rheumatology) – 3,857 percent • Leucovorin (oncology) – 3,170 percent • Propofol (critical care sedation and surgery) – 3,161 percent • Papavarine (critical care) – 2,979 percent • Protamine (critical care) – 2,752 percent • Levophed (critical care) – 2,642 percent • Sodium Chloride Concentrate (critical care) – 2,350 percent • Furosemide inj. (critical care) – 1,721 percent According to Premier, most of the above marketing offers “were often in the form of emails and fliers that contained language such as: ‘We only have 20 of this drug left and quantities are going fast.’ All of the top 10 offers to sell products involved drugs in short supply or those that were completely back-ordered by their manufacturers. All were drugs specifically indicated for critically ill patients.”
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way to the highest bidder willing to take a chance on their products. But paying more can’t always solve the problem. When he last checked the status of generic cancer drugs on the market in August of this year, Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel, chairman of the department of medical ethics and health policy at the University of Pennsylvania, found that 14 of the 34 drugs were in short supply. Some of the 14 unavailable drugs are necessary for the treatments to cure leukemia, testicular cancer and lymphoma. It is no wonder that when faced with such diseases and no drugs to treat them, people will at least attempt to find them on the gray market. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and recent research offers evidence that this is driving the market. It seems the more integral a medication in short supply is to a person’s survival, the higher the prices can go. So it should come as no surprise that this market of desperation has resulted in oncology and other acute-care drugs comprising the top 10 most exploited-by-price medications. What may come as a surprise, however, is that these disturbing examples of capitalism at the point of a gun may be little more than a diversion, a smokescreen, if you will, that hides from view the real and considerably more complicated truth behind the current drug shortage crisis.
drugs were in short supply and another 400 drugs were on back order by the end of the year. This year, according to DIRC, we are expected to have shortages on as many as 360 different drugs, which would make 2011 the worst year in history for such unavailability. Making matters worse, most of the shortfall is impacting medications that are needed for chemotherapy, emergency care and anesthesia. (See “Local oncologist, patient have firsthand experience with short supply” at right.) Over a two-week period in April, Premier Healthcare Alliance analyzed the incidence of gray market offers being made to its members. Premier documented 1,745 examples of offers for unavailable or back-ordered drugs. On average, the drugs were priced at a 650 percent markup to the drugs’ regular price, with some drugs being offered at more than 4,000 percent price increases. In all, the offers documented by Premier were made by 18 different gray-market vendors, including a local On average, the drugs were priced Colorado company, Superior Medical Supply, Inc. As a result of Premier’s at a 650 percent markup to the findings and other factors, Superior has drugs’ regular price, with some found itself the target of a congressional investigation. The Committee on drugs being offered at more than Oversight and Government Reform has 4,000 percent price increases. repeatedly requested that the company supply it with documents pertaining to its business practices. So far, Superior has failed to furnish the requested paperwork to Congress. (See “Local supplier under market ebbs and flows with little rhyme or reason, fire,” page 14.) The problem leaving even the academics studying the matter at a Understanding, let alone solving, the drug shortloss. So just how big a problem is this gray market drug age problem is a challenge, because it seems to be as “The issue is very complex and we just don’t know debacle, in dollars? Depending on whom you ask, the much about politics as it is about supply and demand. the reasons. For 10 years, we’ve tracked the shortages, answer can range from “really big” to “insignificant.” The issue’s complexity makes it easy to lose sight of and the manufacturers never say why there are shortThat’s because on the economic side of things, most the fact that this is first and foremost a human trageages,” says Dr. Erin Fox, manager of the University of people — Bill Gates, Tim Geithner and Warren dy. People have died. An Associated Press review Utah’s Drug Information Resource Center (DIRC), Buffett aside — have a hard time comparing things identified 15 deaths in just the last few months, and the nation’s foremost database for tracking pharmathat end in “illions.” For most of us, $500 million, more people will no doubt die or be forced to live in ceutical shortages. $500 billion and $500 trillion all start to sound the pain simply because they can’t get the medication they The experts may not know all the reasons why same coming from the mouth of a politician, CEO or need even though it exists — or did exist, until somedrugs disappear from the market, but they do know Wall Street type. But they are nothing alike when it one inexplicably quit making it or started hoarding it. that the problem is bad and getting worse. comes to grasping the issues within the pharmaceutiThe number and variety of unavailable drugs on the In 2010, it was reported that approximately 240 cal industry. 12 November 17, 2011
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Local oncologist, patient have firsthand experience with short supply
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Leslie Busby of hematology and medical oncology at the Rocky Mountain Cancer Center (RMCC) in Boulder says he’s seen local shortages in generic prescription drugs, but so far no patients have been unable to get medicine they need to survive. But that may change soon. Dr. Busby says he has only run out of two drugs completely. The first, leucovorin, helps a chemotherapy drug work better, he says, and the second, doxil, is a chemotherapy drug that is still unavailable due to a “manufacturing problem” that prompted a drug recall. “It’s hard to find a lot of details on why or what happened,” he says of the doxil plant’s shutdown. The thing is, one of his cancer patients may need it next week. Martha Thomas, who underwent treatment for advanced ovarian cancer from December 2009 to May 2010, had a relapse five and a half months later, and she still has a 9.5-centimeter tumor. Doctors sent samples of the tumor to a lab in California to test what drugs would work best on it. If her scan scheduled this week shows no decrease in tumor size, doxil is one of the drugs that should be given to her as the next step, she says. “That would impact me and other people who have ovarian cancer, and maybe other cancers as well,” Thomas says. In most cases, Dr. Busby explains, there are alternate medicines that can be used when one drug runs out. But
once, in the case of an extreme shortage in the leukemia drug cytarabine, doctors in his network had to decide which patients really needed that medicine the most, because there wasn’t enough to go around. No patients have suffered from the shortages yet, he says, due to “a lot of hard work in the background.” He says the reimbursement to medical providers for certain generic drugs has been getting lower and lower, because fewer companies have been able to maintain their margins. “They can’t make a profit on it, or profit is very slim,” Busby says. “So they don’t have a lot of motivation to make more than they need to make.” A plant typically makes as much of a particular drug as manufacturers think they will need for the entire year, he explains. Then, when a plant is shut down by the Federal Drug Administration or the manufacturer, and there are only one or two others that have made that drug, demand suddenly skyrockets. Normally, when demand increases, prices go up, which should make it profitable for manufacturers. But thanks to The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, prices on certain generic drugs are capped, reducing manufacturers’ motivation to meet demand. Busby agrees that it’s the manufacturers, not the “gray market” that Congress and President Barack Obama are so riled up about, that are driving the drug shortage. “The gray market’s not the prob-
According to Amanda Forster, senior director of public affairs at Premier, the gray market’s inflated pricing costs the health care industry approximately $213 million a year. Forster also points to recent research by the American Hospital Association that identified an additional $213 million in extra costs associated with the training of staff in the use of Boulder Weekly
lem,” he says. “I’m not saying they’re wonderful people, either, but they’re not the problem, they’re just taking advantage of a situation that’s out there. They hoarded up some drug and then they’re trying to sell it at a huge profit.” When asked about the federal government’s efforts to crack down on the drug shortage through measures like ensuring that manufacturers give six months’ notice of an anticipated shortage, Busby says, “I’m not sure what they’re talking about is going to fix it.” The solution, he says, is encouraging manufacturers to make more generic drugs, possibly by amending the 2003 act to increase the allowable reimbursement rate above the current cost-plus-6-percent level for generics. Currently, the economics of Medicare encourage providers to prescribe expensive drugs because they get higher reimbursement, according to Busby. Another idea, he says, is to take a hard look at whether any federal drug regulations can be cut back, since that is one of the factors that drives up costs and, as a result, prices. Busby adds that the FDA doesn’t have a good back-up plan if a drug supply is exhausted, such as looking to European suppliers. When asked whether he would consider buying from the gray market if faced with a life or death situation and unable to find the necessary drug elsewhere, Busby replies, “That’s a good question.” But even if medical providers buy
replacement drugs, and the time spent searching the gray market for needed medications. So, on the surface, the gray market issue weighs in as approximately a $426 million problem. Seems significant enough, until you consider the size of the global pharmaceutical market. In 2011, the estimated size of the global pharma-
an older generic drug from the gray market, they can only get reimbursed at the capped Medicare rate, so they have to eat that extra cost. Another budget-buster occurs when the generic version is unavailable and providers have to buy the expensive brand-name option. In theory, he says, significant drug shortages drive up health care expenses for insurance companies, which then increase their rates. Busby agrees that the current assault on the gray market is, to some extent, political posturing. “To me, it’s a great way to get political points — no one likes to see Grandma getting charged 100 times more than the drug is usually billed for,” he says. “That upsets everybody. But the gray market is not the problem, in my opinion. They’re a symptom of the problem. If you encourage companies to make lots of generic drugs and make it somewhat profitable for them, you’re not going to have a gray market, because they’ll always have drugs available.” As for his patient Thomas, she agrees that “there does appear that there are a lot of politics between the FDA and the drug companies and the profit centers.” She has heard of a cancer patient who was told she had 30 days to live by heavy hitters like MD Anderson, the Mayo Clinic and Sloan-Kettering. The patient moved to Brazil for the drugs she needed and is still alive, seven years later. “Maybe I should go to Brazil,” Thomas says.
ceutical market is approximately $900 billion, and it is expected to grow to $1.1 trillion by 2014. So the gray market that is garnering so much attention from our elected officials these days actually represents 0.00046 percent of the overall pharmaceutical market. It’s a see DRUGS Page 16
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following is an excerpt we have obtained internal documents indi• the identity of all companies and individfrom an Oct. 5 letter cating that your company may be charging uals from which Superior purchased paclitaxfrom U.S. Rep. Elijah E. prices that are many times higher than norel, the date of each purchase, the quantity of Cummings, ranking member of the mal contract prices for critical drugs,” each purchase and the price paid for each Congressional Committee on Oversight and Cummings wrote to Snyder. “According to purchase; Government Reform, to Mark C. Snyder, chief information obtained by my staff, a typical • the identity of all companies and individexecutive officer of Superior Medical Supply, price for paclitaxel is approximately $65 per uals to which Superior sold paclitaxel, the Inc., which has a P.O. Box in Superior. vial. … In contrast, however, documents we date of each sale, the quantity of each sale Dear Mr. Snyder: have obtained also indicate that an account and the price paid in each sale; I am writing to request documents relating to representative from your company offered to • the company’s handling, storage and your company’s purchases and sales of the drug sell paclitaxel for over $500 per vial, more record-keeping procedures for the drug; paclitaxel, which is used to treat • the company’s gross revebreast and ovarian cancer and is nues, net profits and compensain critically short supply, according tion of company executives; to the Food and Drug • the company’s costs for Administration (FDA). labor, equipment, handling, storIn June 2009, Superior Medical Supply The Committee is investigating age and delivery; and, “key areas related to drug safety.” • the case filed against was fined $51,750 by the Colorado Pursuant to this investigation, I Superior by the California attorDepartment of Regulatory Agencies for have been working with a network ney general. receiving prescription drugs from nine of hospital, pharmacy, and governSnyder, the CEO, did not ment representatives to investigate return calls from Boulder entities that were not registered by the the extent to which “gray market” Weekly and had not provided state Board of Pharmacy. middleman companies are making the requested documents to substantial profits by engaging in a Cummings and his committee as form of drug speculation. of press time, even though his And so the scrutiny begins for Superior than 7 times a typical sales price.” deadline to do so was originally Oct. 19 and Medical Supply, Inc., a local company This is not the first time Superior has had been extended to Nov. 14. described as a gray market distributor. found itself the target of regulators. “Superior failed to submit any of the Superior’s facility is not in Superior, actuIn June 2009, Superior Medical Supply was requested documentation, even though they ally. It operates out of a Westminster office fined $51,750 by the Colorado Department originally promised to do so, and even though that has a rear loading dock, and Snyder is of Regulatory Agencies for receiving prescrip- many of the documents are required to be listing as having a residence in Erie. tion drugs from nine entities that were not retained by state and federal law,” committee The company is one of five gray marketregistered by the state Board of Pharmacy. spokesperson Ashley Etienne told Boulder ers in the nation currently being asked to And in December 2009, the California Weekly. “Superior has also failed to explain provide information as part of Cummings’ attorney general filed legal action against why they changed course from their initial investigation. Snyder and his company through that state’s statements of cooperation. In his letter to Snyder, Rep. Cummings Board of Pharmacy, accusing them of mis“In terms of next steps, we are consideroutlined reports on the nation’s drug shortbranding drugs with false or misleading labels, ing those now, but in the majority of cases ages, and notes that paclitaxel in particular disseminating deceptive and misleading inforthe Committee has investigated, we have not was in such short supply that one cancer mation to purchasers, and selling controlled had to resort to a subpoena,” she says. center was not able to enroll patients into substances in 2008 without being registered “Typically, companies that have nothing to clinical trials because it could not guarantee with the Drug Enforcement Agency to do so. hide are forthcoming and provide the the drug would be available. In his letter, Cummings has asked Snyder requested documents without compulsory “During the course of our investigation, for all documents related to: process.”
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number so small it’s hard to fathom how it found its way onto the congressional radar. In fact, as a matter of perspective, consider that the overall losses attributed to the gray market ($426 million) are only about half as much as the $800 million the pharmaceutical industry spends each year just to fill the campaign coffers of politicians and lobby for industry-friendly legislation. It seems the pharmaceutical industry is second to none when it comes to keeping government off its back and out of its business, which may help to explain why recent attempts by politicians to deal with the drug shortage crisis can look more like political theater than problem-solving.
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of drugs, particularly low-cost generics that are increasingly becoming unavailable to health professionals and their patients for a variety of reasons. (See “Pharmacists describe local effects of shortage,” page 18.) The proposed solution coming out of Washington is to pass legislation that would make manufacturers warn us when a drug is going to become in short supply, and to hold hearings to berate the gray-market suppliers who make excessive profits because of the shortages. In other words, the drug shortage solutions coming from inside the Beltway don’t actually address the drug shortages at all. For instance, Colorado Rep. Diana DeGette is the co-sponsor of a pending bill that would require drug manufacturers to notify the market that a drug will be in short supply Boulder Weekly
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After all, what company would want to report that a drug shortage had occurred because it chose to use its limited facilities to manufacture a highly profitable drug at the expense of a less profitable or even money-losing generic medicine, even though it knew that people could potentially die or become ill as a result of that decision? The truth doesn’t always make a good brochure. Just ask the banks.
six months before the shortage occurs. Failure to do so would result in a $10,000-per-day fine. First of all, ten grand is hardly a fearful penalty for an industry doing more than $2.5 billion a day in business. In fact, it’s equal to about an hour’s worth of interest at 3 percent, compounded annually. Perspective. Critics also point out that giving notice that a drug will be in short supply could cause earlier hoarding of the drug by the larger hospitals and the gray-market suppliers as well, likely exacerbating an already difficult situation and pushing prices even higher. So why address a symptom instead of the disease? Why not attack the real problem behind the shortages with legislation aimed directly at the pharmaceutical manufacturers? It’s a question no one in Washington who has to periodically run expensive political campaigns seems eager to answer. Like many of her colleagues, Congresswoman DeGette gets more of her campaign funding from the pharmaceutical/health products sector than any other single industry source, according to the website Maplight, which tracks the influence of money in politics. (DeGette was traveling and was not available for an interview with Boulder Weekly.) So let’s try again. Why exactly are there so many shortages, and why does it seem that only certain categories of drugs are being affected? As DIRC’s Dr. Fox accurately points out, the only people who can answer this question with authority on a drug-by-drug basis are the manufacturers themselves, and they aren’t talking. We know that there are raw material issues, line closings due to contamination or equipment failure,
compliance issues, not enough FDA inspectors, and so on. There are also issues of too few competitors in the marketplace, manufacturers choosing to produce more profitable drugs over less profitable ones, and other problems that stem from economic decisions. It is complicated. If government wants to fix the problem, it must force drug manufacturers to provide detailed, specific and verifiable (no self-reporting loopholes) explanations for each and every shortage that occurs, and also address market issues such as consolidation and pricing. So why would the industry oppose divulging all of the reasons for its shortages? One answer is that publicly traded companies that make drugs and have paid good money to politicians to protect their business interests understand how they would be viewed by a growing public movement sick and tired of corporations that place profits above people. Think #Occupy Johnson & Johnson. After all, what company would want to report that a drug shortage had occurred because it chose to use its limited facilities to manufacture a highly profitable drug at the expense of a less profitable or even money-losing generic medicine, even though it knew that people could potentially die or become ill as a result of that decision? The truth doesn’t always make a good brochure. Just ask the banks. We know profit-driven manufacturing decisions that cause shortages are being made by the industry every day. We just aren’t sure how much of the problem they represent. “Manufacturer production decisions see DRUGS Page 20
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pharmacy directors say they have felt the effects of the national prescription drug shortage, but luckily their patients have been spared from serious impacts so far. Karen Monserud, pharmacy director at Boulder Community Hospital, says that while her pharmacy has not completely run out of any medicines, her staff monitors a list of about 50 drugs that are in limited supply. She says BCH deals only with reputable distributors, not the gray market, and it has never done business with Superior Medical Supply in Westminster, one of a handful of alleged graymarket distributors asked to provide documents as part of a congressional investigation. “I don’t believe the gray market caused the shortage,” Monserud says. “The gray market is taking advantage of the situation.” John Ives, director of pharmacy services for Longmont United Hospital, says he sees the biggest shortages in injectable, generic drugs that need to be kept sterile, and while he says the primary problem lies with manufacturers’ business decisions and manufacturing problems, the gray market is a contributing factor. “The gray-market companies are also a problem,” he says. “They certainly don’t help. But it’s much bigger than the gray-market companies, because it’s much more of a big-business financial decision.” According to Ives, the number of manufacturers that make these types of drugs has dwindled, in some cases to one or two, because they pick and choose what medicines make the most profit. Often, he says, when a market is already cornered by a couple of companies, other manufacturers focus their attention elsewhere. So when one drug-maker is shut down for not meeting U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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policies or some other reason, it can be devastating for providers, because they are left with little to no choice. Hospitals get many drugs from a single distributor that carries a variety of medicines, Ives says, so when one drug’s manufacturer gets put on hold, the hospital sometimes has to contract directly with a second manufacturer for that substance, which can drive up prices. “If we have to order 2,000 drugs from different companies, we’ve got trouble,” he says. Ives says the gray market just exacerbates the situation. “They’ve always been out there, doing what they do,” he says. “And what they do is look for drugs that are short and buying them up, and sometimes they’re buying them up before the drugs are short, with the hope that they will become short at some time so they can turn them around at a profit.” Asked about Superior Medical Supply, Ives says he’s heard of the company. “You’re not going to get them to talk,” he says. “What they’ll say is they’re providing a service to the medical community, but in reality, they’re not, because they’re perpetuating the shortage by buying them up, and then they hold us ransom at higher prices when these drugs are short, and so I see no value to the service that they provide.” Ives adds that the extra layers that the gray market contributes to the distribution system simply increases the chances that “counterfeit” drugs will be provided to patients. In the sanctioned supply chain, medicine should go from the manufacturer to an authorized distributor to the pharmacy. But he says there are some “unscrupulous pharmacies and medical providers” that will sell the drug to third parties somewhere within the supply chain.
Ives says one example of counterfeiting a liquid drug is to refill bottles with water and glue the lids back on. He says Longmont United has purchased medicine from the gray market in the past, but discontinued that practice due to the fear of counterfeit drugs. He says, however, that Longmont United does “sell drugs back and forth” with local facilities like Boulder Community Hospital, because it increases the chances that it can get the prescriptions it needs for patients. Ives says it would be a hard call to make if a patient were facing death and no reputable distributor had the drug he or she needed. If he had to go elsewhere for the medicine, he says, he would make sure the distributor was statelicensed by the Board of Pharmacy, and he’d inspect the drug’s “pedigree,” which is the documentation of the substance’s distribution history. “But the problem is, those pedigrees can be fake,” Ives says. The increased costs of going with a secondary manufacturer — or a gray market distributor — drives up prices for the consumer, although so far, Ives says, Longmont United has been eating those costs. But he acknowledges that somewhere down the line, after hospitals and pharmacists increase the amount they bill to insurance companies, the patients pay. “At some point, the hospitals have to pass those costs on,” Ives says. “At some point, I would say, it is contributing to an increase in overall costs. What it’s doing is it’s increasing the overall cost of health care, and so somebody’s paying that bill. It’s the consumer. It’s health insurance companies, and they pass that on with higher premium costs.” Boulder Weekly
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can cause shortages,” the FDA says in a brochure written to help health care professionals plan for shortages. It further states, “Occasionally, manufacturers temporarily or permanently reduce production amounts of certain drug products as they shift production or reallocate resources to other products. An apparent practice among some manufacturers has been the halt of production when annual quotas are met. A manufacturer’s reasoned, sound business decision to discontinue production of a drug product because of insufficient financial return can cause a shortage.” Even government regulators understand that profitable drugs sometimes take manufacturing priority over notso-profitable drugs. (See “Potential causes of drug shortages” at right.)But what they don’t know is just how often it happens and what percentage of the total shortages are caused by these profit-motivated decisions. In an opinion piece he wrote in August of this year for The New York Times, Dr. Emanuel, an oncologist as well as a professor, made the following observation: “Only about 10 percent of the shortages can be attributed to a lack of raw materials and essential ingredients to manufacture the drugs. Most shortages appear instead to be the consequence of corporate decisions to cease production, or interruptions in production caused by money or quality problems, which manufacturers do not appear to be in a rush to fix.” But in a country like ours that is driven by market forces such as supply and demand, the current drug shortages
make no apparent sense. If a drug is in demand, its price should rise until it offers appropriate incentive to be produced, and the demand is certainly there for most of the unavailable drugs. After all, we have seen that when it comes to lifesaving medications, money is no object and people will pay as much as 4,000 percent premiums to get them in their hands. So why is it that the market seems to be broken when it comes to pharmaceuticals? In fact, it could be argued that the gray market, which has no ability to actually increase the amount of a drug being manufactured, is functioning in a rational, if not moral, manner, unlike its mainstream counterpart. Once again the answer is, at least in part, political.
Good intentions, bad results
Over the past few decades, at the same time there seemed to be a neverending rise in the costs of medications, the pharmaceutical industry was being transformed. Like other global industries such as oil, media and agriculture, the pharmaceutical sector was consolidating into fewer and fewer, larger and larger companies. As competition waned, prices and profits naturally increased. All was going according to plan until about a decade ago. According to Dr. Fox at DIRC, we now live in a world where “a very small number of companies, five to seven, make most of the drugs, and the three largest distributors control nearly all of see DRUGS Page 22
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following explanations for drug shortages were provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). They have been edited for length. Raw and Bulk Material Unavailability. Disruptions can occur in the availability of raw and bulk materials to manufacturers of finished drug products. This is especially problematic when multiple manufacturers make a drug product with material available from only one source. Manufacturing Difficulties. Shortages can occur when the primary or only manufacturer of a drug product halts production in response to an FDA enforcement action concerning noncompliance with Current Good Manufacturing Practices. Voluntary Recalls. Voluntary recalls can cause shortages, especially when a sole manufacturer’s drug product dominates the market supply. Voluntary recalls usually affect specific lots. Unexpected Increases in Demand. Occasionally, an unexpected increase in demand for a drug product exceeds production capacity. Manufacturer Production Decisions. Manufacturer production decisions can cause shortages. Occasionally, manufacturers temporarily or permanently reduce production amounts of certain drug products as they shift production or reallocate resources to other products. An apparent practice among some manufacturers has been the halt of production when annual quotas are met. A manufacturer’s reasoned, sound business decision to discontinue production of a drug product because of insufficient financial return can cause a shortage. Under this circumstance, FDA might perform a medical necessity evaluation and, if the unavailability of the product puts the public at risk, encourage other manufacturers to produce the product. Nontraditional Distributors. The shortage of drug products has attracted several nontraditional distributors who have been able to obtain certain products. When demand exceeded supply through normal channels, these distributors announced the availability of these products at substantially higher prices. How they obtain these products and whether their activities contribute to shortages is unknown. Compounding pharmacies also have announced the availability of drugs that are in short supply. Caution is warranted because preparations from these pharmacies may not have FDAapproved labeling, and their sources of raw materials have been questioned. Orphan Drug Products. Drug products used to treat rare disorders for a relatively small patient population might be difficult to obtain. Natural Disasters. Natural disasters cause drug product shortages when they affect manufacturing facilities, particularly those of manufacturers that are the sole source for a drug product or category of products. Restricted Drug Product Distribution. An increase in the number of drug products available only through restricted distribution methods has caused artificial shortages for some health care organizations. Industry Consolidations. Manufacturer mergers often result in decisions to narrow the focus of product lines, resulting in the discontinuation of drug products. In addition, merged manufacturers of competing products may consolidate production, making product supply more vulnerable should problems arise. Market Shifts. The addition of a generic product to the market can precipitate a decrease in the production of the innovator product.
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the supply.” Under normal market conditions, this drive toward consolidation would be expected to increase the price of drugs, but not necessarily cause any shortages of drugs, but we got both. So what went wrong? During the same time period that the prices of pharmaceuticals were exploding upward, we began to hear the political mantra that Medicare and Medicaid were going to bankrupt the nation. And it was true. But still, the drug manufacturers were having a field day. For drugs that were administered by physicians, such as oncology or anesthesia medications, the doctor or hospital pharmacy would purchase the drug and then bill Medicare or an insurance company for the cost. Drug companies were able to charge very inflated prices, and, as is often the case when other people’s money is being spent (in this case taxpayers’ money), no one complained. But the world changed and the abuses became intolerable. With federal budget deficits returning following the events of 9/11, we crossed a political threshold. Washington actually found the political will, albeit temporarily, to try to stop at least some of the bleeding from Medicare. But no one saw the perfect storm gathering on the horizon. What happened next may well account for many of today’s drug shortages, and it helps explain what happened to supply and demand as a force in the drug market. In response to the excessive drug costs to the Medicare program, Congress passed The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003. The short version is that the act forced drug-makers to charge lower
prices to Medicare and, more importantly, due to the demands of the act for verification, etc., the price of the drugs could not rise by more than 6 percent every six months. Insurance companies followed suit, using the Medicare prices as a guide. What this meant for the drug manufacturers is that older generic drugs that had their prices frozen in time by the act were quickly becoming marginally profitable or money-losing to produce. Since newly developed drugs are branded and come under the act’s control at much higher prices, they are much more — often hundreds of times more — profitable to produce than the older generic drugs. While it’s true that most generic drugs are produced by manufacturers that specialize in such low-cost medicines, even their generic world is comprised of different levels. There are drugs that are money-losers, drugs that make pennies in profit, and still others that are quite lucrative to produce. So due to the influence of the 2003 act, every drug that is eventually offered as a generic runs the risk of one day finding itself in short supply as its price falls. Dr. Emanuel explained it this way in his recent New York Times opinion piece. He writes, “The act had an unintended consequence. In the first two or three years after a cancer drug goes generic, its price can drop by as much as 90 percent as manufacturers compete for market share. But if a shortage develops, the drug’s price should be able to increase again to attract more manufacturers. Because the 2003 act effectively limits drug price increases, it prevents this from happening. The low profit margins mean that manufacturers face a hard choice: lose money produc-
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ing a lifesaving drug or switch limited production capacity to a more lucrative drug.” Unfortunately, being a more profitable drug doesn’t mean being a more effective drug or a more in-demand drug. Dr. Emanuel continues, “The sad fact is, there are plenty of newer brandname cancer drugs that do not cure anyone, but just extend life for a few months, at costs of up to $90,000 per patient. Only the older but curative cancer drugs — drugs that can cost as little as $3 per dose — have become unavailable. Most of these drugs have no substitutes, but, crazy as it seems, in some cases these shortages are forcing doctors to use brand-name drugs at more than 100 times the cost.” The evidence suggests that with the passage of The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, the market forces that should have guaranteed that lifesaving drugs will continue to find their way to patients as long as demand exists were rendered impotent. Having created at least part of the problem, Congress needs to act. No one is suggesting that gray-market reforms such as those currently being explored are not needed, but in the big picture, the gray market’s role in the drug shortage crisis is at most microscopic. The larger problem is that in its effort to save the taxpayer dollars that were being misspent on drugs through Medicare, Congress became a co-conspirator in the drug shortage, along with the pharmaceutical manufacturers. There can be no doubt that some drug shortages are truly unavoidable and outside the control of the drugmakers. But there is also no question that many of the shortages are the result of companies choosing profits over people. When asked by Boulder Weekly what he would do to fix the drug short-
age crisis, Emanuel suggested several things. First, he believes it is imperative that the government should get out of the business of pricing drugs. He says that this would ensure that manufacturers, particularly those making inexpensive generics used in cancer and other critical care areas, would maintain the financial incentive needed to ensure an adequate supply of the drugs. He also thinks that the FDA needs more inspectors for the sector, so that whether it’s a manufacturing line that goes down or a regulatory concern that causes a delay, the problem can be remedied in a more timely manner than is happening currently. But it’s easier said than done. Imagine the difficulty of any politician taking such actions at this time. What elected leader would want to be viewed as trying to increase the profits of the already rich and powerful drug companies? And suggesting that we add more FDA inspectors translates to increasing the budget of a government agency, not exactly a popular position in the current political environment, where cutting off your nose to save your face doesn’t go quite far enough for some folks. But what choice do we have? The immoral profiteering of the gray market suppliers is an emotional and frustrating issue that needs to be addressed, but it is only one ingredient in the complicated mix that is causing the deaths and pain of the men, women and children who cannot get the drugs they need. While not every shortage can be avoided, many can. The largest contributors to the drug shortage crisis are the drug manufacturers that choose to under-produce some of the less-profitable lifesaving drugs to make more lucrative medications, and the politicians who have created the environment where such decisions are both allowed and even rational in economic, if not human, terms. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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leads to a lack of insulation for pikas in the winter. ... If they’re exposed to cold temperatures, because there isn’t sufficient snowpack, they could potentially freeze to death,” says Liesl Erb, the doctoral student who led the study team that assessed historic sites for pikas. “It’s also possible that the lack of precipitation could lead to lack of sufficient water in the vegetation that they eat. At this point it could be a combination of those factors.” John Williams, a professor at the University of Wisconsin, has also studied climate change models that factored for both precipitation and temperature. “What we found was that these climate model projections for the 21st century, if you compare those projections to the late 20th climates, you see areas where there’s novel climates emerging and current climates disappearing,” he says. “Meaning that in some areas of the world, climates that exist today will disappear or greatly shrink in size by the end of the century. In other areas of the world, mainly in the lower tropics, there will be expansions or appearances of novel climates that have not been seen within the earth’s system over the last several million years.” These new climates might expand the habitat for some species, like those that live in relatively warm environments, but it could also eliminate the environments of those that prefer relatively cold environments, Williams says. “There is some question of surprise,” he says. “What will happen in these novel climates that are outside of our experience?” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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Boulder-area residents are in for a rare treat when the International Gold, Silver and Diamond Buyers (IGSDB) host an event here this week, from November 14th - 22nd, at the Boulder Outlook Hotel & Suites. The company has identified this region as prime territory for purchasing your precious metals—especially gold and silver. The IGSDB estimates that local residents have millions of dollars worth of valuables that they no longer need or want. That is where the IGSDB comes in—they specialize in buying those items from local sellers in the U.S., Canada and Europe. Items like gold coins, scrap gold, sterling silver and tea sets also diamond rings are in high demand right now, and IGSDB is purchasing massive quantities of them on behalf of their global network of collectors, dealers and refineries. Currently on an international tour, IGSDB has included Boulder on its list of stops for this week. Residents are urged to mark their calendar for this special opportunity to meet one-on-one with gold, silver and diamond specialists. Because of IGSDB’s low overhead, extensive resources and massive volume, the company is often able to pay out more than other dealers and retailers. Many customers are surprised at how much they are offered for seemingly small amounts. “I had two bent herringbone necklaces, a class ring, and some outdated earrings that I brought to a show. I walked out with $425 in less than 15 minutes,” said a satisfied guest. Providing an economic boost to each region it visits, the IGSDB projects to pay out $350,000 at each event—a testament to the high volume of items they purchase and the prime prices being paid. Offers are made based on rarity, numismatic value, condition and market value. Company spokesman Matthew Enright says, “We just paid $4,700 for a loose 1.25—carat diamond. Our mission is to pay local residents on the spot for sterling silverware, fine jewelry, coins and precious metals—especially silver and gold.” The company has seen a huge influx of gold lately. “Customers have been scrambling to cash into the record-high value of gold,” adds Enright. For those who are unsure if their items are genuine gold or silver, or simply costume, company will test it for free. “The best strategy is to bring all items to the show for a free evaluation from our specialists. It always amazes me how a small handful of gold and silver can turn into hundreds of dollars in just a few moments. We test, weigh, and buy items right on the spot,” Enright says. At a recent show, a small—town dentist had a nice pay day. “I have been collecting dental gold for years
from patients who didn’t want their extracted teeth. It really added up—my check is for over $31,000!” While most people don’t have buckets of dental gold at their fingertips, they do have $750 worth of scrap gold scattered throughout their homes or mismatched earrings. In addition to scrap gold, fine jewelry and diamonds, coins are a big hit. Offers will be made on all coins dated 1970 and earlier—gold coins, silver, silver dollars, half dollars, quarters, nickels and dimes. Enright explains, “U.S. coins made before 1965 are worth more than their legal tender amount because they contain 90% silver. Rare dates and mint marks can make them even more valuable. We recently paid $78,000 for an amazing coin collection. One couple brought in a rusty coffee can filled with silver coins, sawdust, and a dead spider. The can had been in the basement for years. We were happy to send them home with a check for more than $700!” Boulder-area residents should start collecting their valuables now to bring to the free event, which runs Monday Nov. 14- Tuesday Nov. 22. Deals will be made and money will be paid on the spot. Attendance is expected to be high, but no appointment is needed. Enright encourages everyone to take advantage of this special opportunity to meet directly with specialists from the International Gold, Silver and Diamond Buyers. He concludes, “It’s a great chance for people to cash in their old diamonds, jewelry, coins and scrap gold. This is a seller’s market, so don’t miss out!”
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Taste some wines at Nissi’s on Thursday, Nov. 17.
Thursday, Nov. 17
Holiday Wine Tasting — The holidays are a perfect excuse to stop hiding your love of sweet wines. 6 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757.
Learning
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Otis Taylor teaches his flavor of blues at workshop by David Accomazzo
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November 2010, Otis Taylor, Boulder’s grizzled guitar-wielding and banjo-slinging statesman of the blues, found himself with some rare time off between bouts of playing his signature trance blues in Europe. The 11-time Blues Music Awards winner decided to bring to reality an idea he’d been kicking around for awhile: Host an inclusive workshop teaching people how to play his style of music. If it’s successful, then build on it. If not, no harm done. It was an instant success. The workshop quickly sold out, and on Nov. 28 of last year, about 50 people grabbed instruments and gathered in a conference room at the Boulder Outlook Hotel to absorb Taylor’s music and wisdom. Led by a band of pros that included bass, drums, djembe and more, Taylor soon had the entire room joining in playing a basic blues shuffle (“the heartbeat,” he called it), and soon he was telling stories, talking music and soloing intermittently over the hypnotic sounds emanating from the dozens of instruments. “At the end, there was this feeling,” Taylor says, sitting on a metal folding chair in his living room. “People left with a better feeling after the workshop than they did my concerts.” Encouraged, the 63-year-old Taylor developed the festival into a three-day gala this year, bagging dozens of local sponsorships and recruiting a top-notch group of musicians to lead workshops over Thanksgiving weekend. Joining him this year will be Muddy Waters’ longtime sideman Bob Margolin, influential banjo master Tony Trischka, Native American blues-rocker Mato Nanji of the band see Trance blues Page 28
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Boulder Downtown Coffee and Pastry Tours, Dining Tours — Downtown Boulder offers many types of coffee and pastry styles, fashions and philosophies. Learn the difference and pick a favorite. 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Call for details: 303-909-5747.
Saturday, Nov. 19
Poetry Reading — With Elizabeth Robinson and Susan Kolodny. Kolodny’s nature-centric poems captivate and entrance, leaving a lasting impression. 2 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore, 1203 13th St., Ste. A, Boulder, 303-5791644.
Sunday, Nov. 20
Ballet Nouveau Colorado’s Nutcracker Tea — An especially kid-friendly Nutcracker. 2 p.m. Aloft Hotel of Broomfield, 8300 Arista Pl., Broomfield, 303-466-5685.
Monday, Nov. 21
The Alignment Within — A film by Jose Jaramillo and Jose Carlos Alcala. 7 p.m. The Caritas Spiritist Center, 5723 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. 1A, Boulder, 303-449-3066.
Tuesday, Nov. 22
For the Birds — Young Artists at Work program. 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 to 4 p.m. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122.
Wednesday, Nov. 23
Good Gravy — See how they do their bluegrass up in Fort Collins. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399. November 17, 2011 27
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Indigenous, the legendary funk bass stylist George Porter Jr., Creole axe-man Don Vappie, and Taylor’s bass-slinging daughter, Cassie Taylor. Taylor’s music recalls the one-chord blues drones of Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker, but the musicians he has invited to the workshops play a wider range of styles. Porter, for example, is a legend of New Orleans funk. Trischka is a bluegrass master. Margolin is known for traditional blues guitar. The way these styles blend, and the way these musicians choose to teach the workshops, is bound to be one of the most fascinating — and educational — aspects of the weekend. Taylor’s being intentionally tight-lipped with the musicians, preferring to let them lead their own way when they get here. “It’s like, how would you put your bluegrass banjo on top of this music, how would you use your lead guitar?” Taylor says. “I’ll be able to mix it really easy, and it’s educational for people. And it’s fun.” Margolin is upbeat about the stylistic experimentation to come. He loves the format and is relishing the chance to play with such different players. “I think that’s going to add a lot of different textures to everything,” he says. “Tony Trischka is just a master of a banjo, and for me, personally, I’m just not in that world, musically. I think it’s going to be very different to hear what he and Otis do using that very percussive yet toneful instrument. George Porter Jr. is literally one of the legends of the kind of music that he plays, and I will be awed and inspired to just be anywhere near him.” Taylor has packed the weekend with activities. Friday, Nov. 25, will feature two events: an electric jam at the Outlook and an acoustic one at The Sink,
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Taylor says. (The electric jam will be like a big circle, with people trading solos, and the acoustic jam will be a more inclusive, workshop-style event, he says.) On Saturday, participants will either play in a workshop with Taylor or some of the visiting artists in the morning, and then switch teachers for the afternoon. The big jam happens on Saturday night at the Boulder Theater. Participants will bring their instruments to the first floor, and Taylor and the visiting artists will play from the stage. Taylor stresses that musicians of all skill levels are
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Tickets for all of Saturday’s events and workshops are $80, and tickets for just the Boulder Theater show are $40. Those who want to listen and not participate in the Boulder Theater show can sit in the balcony for $20. On Sunday, Nov. 27, Cassie Taylor will lead a workshop for kids at the Boulder Outlook Hotel. Tickets are $50 for adults and $25 for kids. For more information visit trancebluesfestival.com.
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welcome to join, and not just guitar players — he’s looking for bagpipers, horn players and the woman who hasn’t touched her violin since high school. He’s dedicated to the group, not the individual sound, he says, and he wants to bring musicians together who wouldn’t normally play with one another. “You want to sing good, sing good. You want to sing bad, sing bad. Bad’s almost better than good. They’re almost better because they’re expressing themselves in a way they never have before,” Taylor says.
If the festival goes well this year, then Taylor wants to expand it to different cities, maybe even overseas. It’s not about ticket sales, he says. He wants to lasso enough local sponsorships to bring the cost of the workshop down to zero so that everyone who wants to can participate. Margolin, who appears behind Muddy Waters during his performance in The Last Waltz, expects profound results. “I’m kind of tickled that he chose me for it,” he says. “I always try to connect with an audience at my gigs, and I think this will turn out to be at the very least a different kind of connection, maybe even a deeper one.” The New Orleans-based Porter is eager to contribute however he can to the musical jambalaya, though he says he has no idea yet what that will require of him. Taylor reached out to him in July, and he hasn’t heard much since. “I’m not sure how I’d fit in. But he called me, and I said yes,” Porter says. “You know, my bass playing probably has to do with what’s needed. I can be a lead player, or I actually prefer being a pocket person, the guy who sticks with the drummer at home, so everyone can get back to me. It depends on the configuration of the music.” “I’m going with a very, very open attitude,” Margolin says. “A lot of why I’m really excited about this is because it’s going to be different from what I usually do, and I don’t know what it is. I’m going to have to be creative in that moment, and I hope that something good’s going to come out of it. I can’t imagine what it will be yet, to be honest.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears find success with soul-blues by Chris Parker
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hings were coming to a close for nascent “I started just learning everything I could from guitarist Joe Lewis. The nearly lifelong them, and decided to try to play music for a living,” Austin resident had reached the end of he says. “I got my guitar, and got into blues music his musical rope. He was without a band then that kind of naturally led into soul music. They and about to hang up his short-lived guikind of go together.” tar career, when he received a call from Zach Ernst. A He started playing Sunday nights at the approprimember of the University of Texas Music and ately titled Hole in the Wall with a klatch of friends Entertainment Committee, Ernst booked Lewis to who comprised local Austin bluegrass staple, The open for Little Richard at the University of Texas’ Weary Boys. It was a sketchy existence, shucking oysannual Forty Acres Fest. ters or waiting Courtesy of bighassle.com From there things have tables by day, just snowballed. drinking and Ernst, a guitarist himplaying all self, introduced Lewis to night. Without bassist Bill Stevenson and a car or even, drummer Matt Strmiska. for a while, a steady place to They recruited three horn stay, Lewis players and started playpushed on for ing together. The chemisalmost five try came quickly, as did years. For a the attention. Before long while he could they’d developed enough be spotted of a reputation to attract around town the interest of major label wearing sweatimprint Lost Highway, Black Joe Lewis (center) & the pants — seen which released the blues/ Honeybears in some quarfunksters’ first two albums ters as a sign and an EP, making them the style’s most buzzed-about act since Sharon Jones of surrender. & the Dap-Kings (with whom they’ve toured). “If you don’t want to get dressed you shouldn’t It all began in a pawnshop where Lewis worked. have to,” the ever-casual Lewis offers in his defense, Though he’d never played, Lewis was fascinated by with a telltale chuckle. the guitars musicians kept bringing in to pawn. As you might imagine, it was a work in process. “I fucked with all the merchandise, and I just kind Just standing up in front of people and singing was of thought one day that I’d buy a guitar, and started difficult, having never done it before. But slowly he messing around with it here or there,” he says, on his developed his own distinct style. way to Albuquerque for a gig. “It was pretty nerve-wracking at first … because I At the time, Lewis was only 20, and had never didn’t know what I was doing. I had so many bad played an instrument. He moved a bit closer in to shows over a while that it didn’t bother me anymore,” town and began hanging out with other musicians. he explains. “As you go along, every show you find out
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something a little newer. One day I just started screaming and I tried to make the scream into singing, and ended up somewhere in-between.” At once sultry and excitable, his shout/croon style recalls artists like Howlin’ Wolf, Wilson Pickett and, of course, James Brown. Like the guitar, he says, “It just came naturally, I guess.” After the Weary Boys went their own way, and then pulling together Ernst and company for his band, the Honeybears, Lewis self-released a couple of EPs. Two of those songs were plucked for his fourtrack, self-titled Lost Highway debut EP, the most notable being slow-burn soul rave-up “Bitch, I Love You.” The slyly humorous track (with some wicked lead guitar) has brought the band some heat, but true to form, Lewis could care less what other people think. The song cost him a chance to open for Al Green, which he finds amusing. “He’s a hypocrite. He’s probably beat a few women in his time. What’s that story about having hot grits poured on him? You know he must’ve been doing something wrong,” Lewis laughs. “You can’t really worry about it, as long as people are talking about you. That’s the main thing.” Similar wit shines on their two full-lengths, 2009’s Tell’em What Your Name Is? and the recently released Scandalous. It’s there on tracks like “Get Yo Sh*t,” where Lewis tries to console an angry girlfriend upon finding his stuff in the front yard after a night of drinking with his friends. “She said you don’t even buy me presents / Yeah I did, I bought you a box of chicken but I ate it on the way home,” he sings. “She said you don’t even know my name / I said, yeah, it’s Melissa, she said, no dumbass, it’s Roxanne.” For Scandalous, they spice their blues-soul staples with a few more excursions into the rock end of the spectrum. Perhaps the most surprising of these is “What Love Is,” a searing cover of the Dead Boys’ punk classic. see JOE LEWIS Page 32
retty Lights Music is loaded with solo electronic acts, so it’s refreshing to see that as lead man Derek Smith (Pretty Lights) has shed drummers over the years, Pretty Lights Music as a label is increasingly inclusive. The “No Egos, No Tomatoes” tour will stop at the Fox Theatre on Nov. 17, featuring PLM members Gramatik, Michal Menert, SuperVision and Paul Basic with the intent to smear its own dynamic. Denis Jasarvic, who performs as Gramatik, described this new teamwork mentality to Boulder Weekly over the phone. “That’s how
Michal and I were trying to set the tone of the tour, to be one big collective tour of people not concerned with egos. That’s why we called it ‘No Egos, No Tomatoes.’ We both hate egos, and we hate tomatoes even more. Mike and I discovered this one day when we started the tour — that we’ll eat every single derivative of tomatoes except the raw tomato itself. “That shit,” Jasarvic says, likely of both egos and raw tomatoes, “makes us puke.” So in the spirit of what Jasarvic described as a “label tour,” joining them will be see PRETTY LIGHTS Page 32
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Coloradans and new PLM members Along with the excellent Expedition Supervision and Paul Basic, opening for 44, an album of pure 4/4, East-Europe tech house, Jasarvic also manages to pay an inclusive dual-headline setup as Jasarvic and Menert play back-and-forth tribute to regional music as well. “There’s not that much to sample, 30-minute sets. because folk music of Slovenia, and PLM thrives on mid-tempo electro, Slovenian music particularly, is all major, and Jasarvic and Menert have volumes and I’m a minor type of guy,” Jasarvic between them of heavy, plodding says. “So our folk music is the opposite, rhythms with a slinky attitude. Guitarist like polka, the happy shit. So I can’t do Alex will shred it onstage as part of shit with that, I’m a blues type of guy. I’m Gramatik, and all three will eventually blue at least five times a day. So all that join forces at the end of the night. “Every night we switch up a little bit major stuff mixes with minor, it sounds disturbingly happy.” depending on how we feel. We’re not Where Gramatik and Menert will like, you have to end up with this track really succeed is so I have to start On the Bill how they bring with this one; you Michal Menert and Gramatik play the Fox Theatre on these sounds do it on the go.” Thursday, Nov. 17. Doors at together in a live PLM proudly 8:30 p.m. Supervision and Paul mix, especially waves a Colorado Basic open. Tickets are $17 in advance, $20 day of show, with volumes flag, but Jasarvic with a $2 fee for being underfrom Gramatik’s and Menert were 21. 1135 13th St., Boulder, Beatz and Pieces born in Slovenia 303-443-3399. and Street and Poland, respecBangerz collections that play through tively. Though Menert grew up in like beat tapes. Colorado, Jasarvic stayed in Slovenia “We’re not going to limit ourselves long enough to release a hip-hop album to anything,” Jasarvic says. “So say I’m in 2006 (in Slovenian) and moved steadily into electro territory with 2008’s not a one-genre type of producer, I definitely don’t want to be a one-genre type Beatz & Pieces Vol. 1. of sampler. I try to sample everything The idea that someone was making that I feel I can do justice to, it can be soul-revering electrohop in Slovenia was as strange to Pretty Lights’ Derek Smith folk music from Bulgaria, if I feel that fuckin’ beat, I’m going to try to slip it in. as it was for Jasarvic to learn that someWhatever comes our way and it’s hot, body in equally remote Fort Collins we’re going to make it hotter.” shared the same vision. Look for Gramatik’s collaboration “It makes us as humans feel more with labelmates Break Science, “Boogie connected that way,” Jasarvic says. “It’s Down,” coming out the week of the not limited to some environment or show. nationality. It’s universal. It makes you Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com feel good; it’s art in itself.”
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Meanwhile they’ve scheduled their fourth trip for Australia next month and plan some more European touring next year — their sixth visit. It’s quite a switch for a guy who was homeless less than a decade ago. “It’s rags to riches,” Lewis laughs. “I’m just having the time of my life.” And it shows. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
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A thriller in the second degree
Nothing is what it seems in Devil’s Thumb’s latest by Gary Zeidner
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xperiencing a theater company for the seems.” Let’s hear it for truth in advertising! first time is very much like going on a Accomplice is, in fact, an extremely funny, deviously blind date. High hopes compete with plotted and wittily written murder mystery that subtrepidation. The possibilities are limitverts the norms of the genre and repeatedly attempts less. You might Charles Carman, courtesy Devil’s Thumb Productions to give the audience theatridiscover your soul mate, or cal whiplash as it sets up sityou could end up with a uations and characters only hefty tab and a nasty case of to reveal shortly thereafter crabs. Thankfully, my first go that no one is who you around with Devil’s Thumb thought they were and nothProductions, a relatively new ing is, well, quite what it Boulder troupe, was much seems. more the former than the The fluidity of latter. She may not be my Accomplice’s reality extends soul mate, but I’d definitely beyond the internal elements ask her out again. of the play to the structure of the play itself. From act one Devil’s Thumb opens its to act two, Accomplice shifts third season — which also from a standard presentation includes Neil LaBute’s The to a completely meta one. Shape of Things, Shel Characters are not merely Silverstein and Tracy Letts’ revealed to be other characBug — with Accomplice, by ters, but the line between award-winning playwright character and actor is, ultiRupert Holmes. It is apparmately, obliterated. It is an ent from Devil’s Thumb’s effective device and a testachoice of plays for this seament to the play’s modernity, son that it is an ambitious, but the complete absence of young and hungry theater company. There are no obviany meta elements in the Laura Kruegel in Devil’s Thumb Productions’ Accomplice ous or facile choices in the first act combined with the lineup, and after seeing what overwhelmingly meta nature they were able to do with of the second act could create Accomplice, I am excited to learn how they fare with some cognitive dissonance for certain viewers. I would the rest of their varied and intense slate of produclike to have seen something, anything, in the first act tions. that hinted at the sharp right turn the play would take The advertising for Accomplice describes it as a after intermission. “comedic thriller” in which “nothing is quite what it As with any mystery thriller, the whodunit and
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who-got-it-done-to-’em elements of Accomplice are the heart and soul of the play. Knowing too much about the specifics before seeing it yourself would greatly reduce the play’s effectiveness and your enjoyment of it. For that reason, I refuse to divulge virtually any particulars about the plot or the characters. What I can say is that Accomplice concerns itself with two couples. The men are business partners, the women are faithful companions and everyone is scheming against everyone else. David Menich and Kent Randell play the men, while Alexandra Lewis and Laura Kruegel play the women. Given the frequency with which one character is revealed to be another, each actor pulls double or even triple duty, and they do so with aplomb. Reasonably credible English accents give way to Irish accents, which give way to American accents before doubling back — often within one scene. As the actors morph from one personality to the next, their mannerisms and speech patterns must switch over completely and immediately. This is no easy feat, but Menich, Randell, Lewis and Kruegel manage it masterfully. The program notes point out that the set design for Accomplice is bigger and better than anything Devil’s Thumb has attempted in the past. While the set is perfectly serviceable and shows dedication to production design and execution, it is no Taj Mahal. This leads me to the conclusion that, as with many startup theatre groups, Devil’s Thumb is working with a huge heart but a tiny wallet. Devil’s Thumb’s modest budget and minimal track record make the success of Accomplice that much more notable. This company is a scrappy Cinderella story out of left field, and judging from its choices of upcoming productions, Devil’s Thumb deserves close attention through its third season and beyond. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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Thursday, November 17
music Acoustic Open Mic Night. 9:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-9932094. Adam Bodine Trio. 6:30 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Danny Shafer. Upslope Brewing Company, 1501 Lee Hill Rd. #20, Boulder, 303-449-2911. Emma Henry, Harper. 6:45 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. Ginga. 7:30 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. Holiday Blue & The Magpie Duo. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628. Johnny O Band. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Michael Menert & Gramatik. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399. Open Mic at Folsom St. Coffee 5-7 p.m. Folsom St. Coffee Co. 1795 Folsom St. 303440-8808. Peace Officer — With the Glitta Kings and Proximity. 9 p.m. Shug’s Low Country Cuisine, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-398-9036. Rumpke Mountain Boys. 8 p.m. The Lazy Dog, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355. Steve Manshel. 5:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400. Tyler Farr. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475. Westwater Outlaws. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-4491922.
events Beginning Floral Arranging. 6 p.m. Sturtz & Copeland, 2851 Valmont, Boulder, 303-4426663. Belgian Beer Dinner — With Jef Versele and Van Steenberge Brewery. 7 p.m. The West End Tavern, 926 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4443535. Boulder Distillery Fall Harvest
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Live-band hip-hop is an exciting experience, especially when the music’s as interesting as what Denver-based Air Dubai offers. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.
Celebration for Growing Gardens. 5 p.m. 2500 47th St. #10, Boulder, 303-442-1244. Garmin-Cervélo 2012 Team Launch. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, www.slipstreamsports.com. Graffiti & Martinis. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Healing Space — With Alan McAllister. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Whole Being Explorations, 1800 30th St., Ste. 307, Boulder, 303-545-5562. Holiday Wine Tasting. 6 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757. The Importance of SEO (Search Engine Optimization) — with Boulder Green Building Guild. 8:30-11:30 a.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St., Boulder, www. bgbg.org. Opening for Boulder Arts & Crafts
Gallery 2D. 5 p.m. Rembrandt Yard, 1301 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-443-3683. BMoCA Scavenger Hunt — Use SCVNGR application or print copies, including “Just for Kids!” scavenger hunt. 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Through Jan. 29. Sojourns of the Soul — A Woman’s Journey Around the World and Into Her Truth, by Dana Micucci. 7 p.m. Chautauqua Community House, 900 Baseline Rd., Boulder, 303-442-3282. The Women’s Yoga Lab. 5 p.m. Kelly’s Blue Barn, 1360 Sumac Ave., Boulder, www. saraavant.com.
Friday, November 18
music Autumnal Fall, Dave Edwards, JSK Band. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada,
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Boulder/Denver Area All Artists Exhibition. Rabbit Brush Gallery, 7504 Hygiene Rd., Hygiene, 303651-1106. Through Dec. 10. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art — Zach Reini’s Suburban Lawns, Thomas Scharfenberg’s Obvious Invisible, Amanda Marie Ploegsma’s Purity & Credence. 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-4432122. Through Jan. 29. Bryce Widom. Smithklein Gallery, 1116 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-7200. Through Nov. 30.
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Burning Issues — The Fourmile Canyon Fire. University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Henderson Building 218, Boulder, 303-492-6892. Through Jan. 26. CU Art Museum — Points of View: Selections from Colorado Collections; The Anxiety of Influence: from CU’s ceramics collection. CU Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-1320. Through Dec. 17. From Hippie to Hip — 40 Years of Artists Growing. Boulder Arts & Crafts Gallery at The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-520-4931. Through
Jan. 6. Graffiti & Martinis — Learn street art techniques and enjoy a martini. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. NCAR Community Art Program — Nancy Myer and Kit Hevron Mahoney. NCAR Mesa Laboratory, 1850 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 303-497-2408. Through Nov. 30. Reflections & Traditions — A Journey Through Asia. 915 Pearl St., Boulder, 303359-8543.
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303-463-6683. Bonnie & the Clydes. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400. Bill McKay. 7 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Cornmeal. 9 p.m Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399. Detour Ahead. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475. J. Shogren Band. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. John McKay Band. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Just Gypsies. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., 303-443-3322. Last Waltz Revisited — Feat. Polytoxic & The Denver Horns. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Magic Music Reunion. 8 p.m. Daniels Hall, Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-7771003. Maria Schneider — With CU Jazz Ensemble. 7:30 p.m. Macky Auditorium, CU campus, 303-492-8008. The Mile Markers — With She Said String Band. 9 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461. Mother Lode. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Pamlico Sound — With Split Jive Broadcast. 9 p.m. Shug’s Low Country Cuisine, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-398-9036. Ramaya & Dechen Hawk. 9:30 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303440-4628. Janine Gastineau & Her Rhythm. 7:30 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. Statue of Liberty, The Get Down Easy’s. 7:30 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303-443-5108. Thomas Sandrock. 8 p.m. The Rib House, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-7427. Wall of Records. 8:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094.
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words Thursday, November 17 Rocky Mountain Land Series — With Robert Morgan, Lions of the West. 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover Bookstore, 1628 16th St., Denver, 303-436-1070. NaNoWriMo Write In. 3 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3099. Gwendolyn Hallsmith & Bernard Lietaer’s Creating Wealth. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074. Poetry Reading — With Robert Cooperman and William Roberts. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore, 1203 13th
Creative Side. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-8750276. Art as Action — Presents “beautiful mistake.” 8 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. From Hippie to Hip Opening — 40 Years of Artists Growing. 4 p.m. Boulder Arts & Crafts Gallery at The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Left Right Tim Improv Show. 7:30 p.m. CU campus, Hale 270, Boulder, 303-492-1354. The Sense and Sensibilities of Jane Austen — Presented by Cafe de la Culture, the venue for visionaries. 7 p.m. The Caritas Spiritist Center, 5723 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. 1A, Boulder, 303-449-3066. Sustainability Summit. 1 to 6 p.m. St. Julien
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theater Accomplice. Devil’s Thumb Productions, The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through Nov. 19. Billy the Poet. 73rd Avenue Theatre, 7287 Lowell Blvd., Westminster, 720-2766936. Through Nov. 20. Cannibal! The Musical. The Bug Theatre, 3654 Navajo St., Denver, 303477-9984. Through Nov. 26. Frost/Nixon. Longmont Theatre
Company, Longmont Performing Arts Center, 513 Main St., Longmont, 303-7725200. Through Nov. 19. The Merchant of Venice. Upstart Crow Theatre, The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2390 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-442-1415. Through Dec. 3. Phantom. Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-4496000 x4. Through Feb. 18.
St., Ste. A, Boulder, 303-579-1644.
Saturday, November 19 Greg Palast’s Vulture’s Picnic — Presented by KGNU. 7 p.m. Unity Church, 2855 Folsom St., Boulder, www. unityofboulder.com. Poetry Reading — With Elizabeth Robinson and Susan Kolodny. 2 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore, 1203 13th St., Ste. A, Boulder, 303-579-1644.
Tuesday, November 22 Tuesday Night Poetry Open Mic. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore, 1203 13th St., Ste. A, Boulder, 303-579-1644.
Hotel & Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-4069696. Wines for the Holidays. 6 p.m. Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada, 720-8987400.
Saturday, November 19
music Air Dubai. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399. Ayo Awasiko. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475. BLTN. 7:30 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303-443-5108. Carter Sampson, Eric Forsyth & Olivia Rudeen. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628. Elephant Revival and Steep Canyon Rangers. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030 Felonius Smith Trio. 5 p.m. Lefthand Brewing, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303772-0258. Gora Gora Orkestar. 9 p.m. Shug’s Low Country Cuisine, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720398-9036. The Goonies. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Grass at the Grange. 7 p.m. Altona Grange Hall, 9386 N. 39th St., Longmont, coloradobluegrass.org. Gretchen Troop Band. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., 303443-3322. Mary Gauthier — A Benefit for First Descents. 8 p.m. Daniels Hall, Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003. Mestizo. 7 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Mojomama. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont,
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303-485-9400. Off the Tracks. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. One on One. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Pete Stein. 8:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. Some Train Yard, So What Brothers. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303463-6683. Stephanie Bettman and Luke Halpin. 7 p.m. Unity Columbine Spiritual Center, 8900 Arapahoe Rd., Boulder, 303-546-0114.
events Art as Action — Presents “beautiful mistake.” 8 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Greg Palast discussing Vulture’s Picnic — Presented by KGNU. 7 p.m. Unity Church, 2855 Folsom St., Boulder, www.unityofboulder. com. Ignite the Light — An Ecstatic Celebration of Planetary Awakening. Guildwerks, 3821 B Steele St., Denver, 206-375-5433. The Sense and Sensibilities of Jane Austen — Presented by Cafe de la Culture, the venue for visionaries. 7 p.m. The Caritas Spiritist Center, 5723 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. 1A, Boulder, 303-449-3066. Panicking Poultry 5k. 9:30 a.m. Boulder Reservoir, 5565 N. 51st St., Boulder, www. panickingpoultry5k.com. Switch on the Holidays. 5 p.m. Pearl Street Mall, Boulder, www.boulderdowntown.com. Turkey Trot — 10k or 2 miles. 9 a.m. 4600 Clover Basin Dr., Longmont, 303-651-8406.
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Monday, November 21
music Jay Ryan’s Big Top Open Stage. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-4636683. Open Mic. 7 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303-443-5108. Salem. 10 p.m. The Southern Sun, 627 S.
Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-0886.
events The Alignment Within — A film by Jose Jaramillo and Jose Carlos Alcala. 7 p.m. The Caritas Spiritist Center, 5723 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. 1A, Boulder, 303-449-3066. For the Birds — Young Artists at Work program. 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 to 4 p.m. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750
13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. “So, You’re a Poet” — Open poetry reading. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628.
Tuesday, November 22
music Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303443-3399. Blues Jam. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-4433322. Delta Sonics. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Jessica Hayoun & Stephen Thurston. 6:30
Sunday, November 20
music Adam Bodine. 6 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475. Blue Mundo. 5 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461. Chasing Shade. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628. Dakota Blonde. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757. DVS & Friends. 10 p.m. Mountain Sun, 1535 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-546-0886. Idlewhile. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400. Jazz Jam — With Mark Diamond. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. Pete Kartsounes. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.
events Advanced Hawaiian Hula Class. 5:30 p.m. Boulder Ballet Studio, The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-447-9772. Ballet Nouveau Colorado’s Nutcracker Tea. 2 p.m. Aloft Hotel of Broomfield, 8300 Arista Pl., Broomfield, 303-466-5685. Beginning Hawaiian Hula Class. 7 p.m. Boulder Ballet Studio, The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-447-9772. Derech Chayim — “A Way of Life” 6 p.m. Boulder’s Rabbinic Council at Har Hashem Congregation, 3950 Baseline Rd., Boulder, contact Jodi for more details at 503-780-7470. Outdoor Boot Camp. 10 a.m. Take It Out Fitness and Play Boulder Foundation, Boulder City Park, 13th and Arapahoe, Boulder, 573424-7168. Tellabration — A celebration of storytelling. 2 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
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p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Mr. Pizzy, Mad Trees, JP Evolution, Q’Bala & DJ Dominic Deadbeat. 7:30 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303-443-5108. Open Mic. 8 p.m./7 p.m. sign-up. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-4491922. Statue of Liberty. 7:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.
events Boulder Improv Jam Association — Public dance jam every Tuesday. 7:30-10:30 p.m.The Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Rd., Boulder, 720-934-2028. For the Birds — Young Artists at Work program. 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 to 4 p.m. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Healing Space — 15-minute mini-healings with Alan McAllister. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Whole Being Explorations, 1800 30th St. Ste. 307, Boulder, 303-545-5562.
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George Nelson Quartet Wed., November 23rd
No-One Cares String Band Friday, Nov 25th - Crowboy Sunday, Nov 27th - Open Stage, 9pm Monday, Nov 28th - The Heavy Cats Wed., Nov 30th - Smack Thompson Friday, Dec 2nd - Dechen Hawk Sunday, Dec 4th - Open Stage, 9pm Monday, Dec 5th - The Heavy Cats Wed., Dec 7th - Monocle
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Bluegrass Pick. 8:30 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. The Clamdaddys. 7:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Easy Killer — Feat. Ivy, with Ejay & Khalib. 9 p.m. Shug’s Low Country Cuisine, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-398-9036. Good Gravy. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399. Hudson, The Get Down Easy’s. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303440-4628. Nelson Rangell. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Prohibition Six. 6:30 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Stephen Thurston. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475. Steve Manshel. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400.
events Compulsive Eaters Anonymous-HOW. 6 p.m. Community United Church of Christ, 2650 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 970-5564740. For the Birds — Young Artists at Work program. 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 to 4 p.m. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Wednesday Waltz Etcetera. 7 p.m. Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Rd., Boulder, 303-449-5962.
Kids’ Calendar Thursday, November 17 Musical Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
Friday, November 18 Sound Sleuths. 3:30 p.m. Lafayette Public Library, 775 W. Baseline Rd., Lafayette, 303665-5200.
Saturday, November 19 French Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. The Prairie Saga — Puppet show. 2 p.m. Call 303-441-3440 for details.
Sunday, November 20 Children’s Story Hikes at Chautauqua. 1 p.m. Chautauqua Ranger Cottage, 900 Baseline Rd., Boulder, www.naturehikes.org. Go Club. 2 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Gobble Gobble — Nature for Kids and Parents. 1 p.m. Chautauqua Ranger Cottage. naturehikes.org. Winter’s Coming — How local plants and animals survive the seasons. 9 a.m. Sawhill Ponds, 0.6 miles north of Valmont on 75th Street. www.naturehikes.org.
Monday, November 21 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Kid’s Hula Dance. 5 p.m. Community Dance Collective, 2020B 21st St., Boulder, 303-4472566. Reading Buddies. 4:30 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303441-3100. Thanksgiving Crafts. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424.
Tuesday, November 22 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Drop-in Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Erie Community Library, 400 Powers St., Erie, 720-685-5200. Kindermusik. 10 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424.
Wednesday, November 23 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. French with Veronique. 10 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424. Sugar Plum Fairy — With dancers from Ballet Nouveau Colorado. 10 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424.
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relations with his new girlfriend, another 88-year-old female patient. I told him I would get back to him, but honestly, I’m too nervous to ask my boss about protocol around this, and I don’t really know what to tell him. Suggestions? —Sex in Assisted Living Homes
Dear Sex, I’m glad you wrote in! This is a very important question that needs to be addressed in all health care scenarios. Our sexuality need not stop at any Dear Frequency, particular age. There is a myth that After the honeymoon stage in any older folks, especially those in assisted relationship, the frequency of sex living homes, are not sexual beings. declines. For some Quite the contrary! Questions it declines a lot, There is more time for others a little. to be sexual, and Send questions for Jenni According to the more wisdom under Skyler to drjenni@ research polls, the belt to know theintimacyinstitute.org. once a week is that sexuality is an right on target. integration of mind, The National body, spirit and Opinion Research Center reports that relationship. Furthermore, sex is an the average American couple has sex excellent form of exercise for older 66 times a year, or about 1.2 times a people. Of course, it’s still important to week. As for having more frequent sex provide condoms for safe sex and prewhen you were in your 20s, the report vention of STDs. claims that married adults under 30 While I am not your boss, I think it’s fabulous that this older couple is have sex 109 times a year, or about 2.1 interested in finding some private time times a week. In your 40s, the number to have sexual intimacy. I hear that you decreases to 70 times a year, or about are nervous to bring up this topic. 1.3 times a week; and 52 times a year However, think about how much courfor people in their 50s. age the 92-year-old man had to ask While you perfectly fit in with the national averages, each couple is unique you! Before talking to your boss, pracand needs not be a statistic. If you tice in the mirror or role-play the conwant to have more sex, make a date of versation with a friend. You will want it. Or perhaps commit to having interto know the protocol around this course only once a week, and leave the before talking to your patient. You may rest of the weekdays for other play such be surprised to hear what is permissias oral sex, sexy showers or sensual ble. Or, this might be an opportunity massages. Remember, when you have to help create important and improved pleasure, fun and intimacy, frequency guidelines for your patients’ wellnaturally increases. being. Send questions for Jenni Skyler, PhD, Dear Dr. Jenni, to drjenni@theintimacyinstitute.org. I work as a nurse in an assisted livSkyler is a sex therapist and board-certiing home for older people. I love my fied sexologist who runs The Intimacy patients and want the best for them. Institute in Boulder, www.theintimacyRecently, I had a 92-year-old man ask institute.org. me if it was OK to start having sexual Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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bled to your death in an icy wash cycle. But if you ski or snowboard, you will eventually have to deal with the avalanche decision-making process, even if it’s just looking at an avalanche closure rope and deciding to go the other way instead of cutting the closure. According to Scott Toepfer of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC), decision-making is a key part of mitigating the risk of avalanches for backcountry skiers and snowboarders. A former patroller who has been employed at a wide variety of resorts, from Arapahoe Basin to Courchevel, France, to Mt. Hutt in New Zealand, Toepfer has been with the CAIC since the early ’90s. Toepfer is a skier, and understands the lust for November powder days. “Everyone is getting jazzed,” Toepfer says of early season snowfall. “The resorts are opening, Warren Miller has had his show in town, and one of the reasons that people live here is to go out into the mountains. But it’s important to back up a step. “You want to look at a slope and think about what an avalanche will do if you get caught in it,” says Toepfer. “Early season avalanches may not be that deep, but where will they take you?” see AVALANCHE Page 44
Thursday, November 17 Avalanche Terrain — Beyond the Basics. 6:30 p.m. REI Store, 1789 28th St., Boulder, 303-583-9970. Fitzroy — 30-minute film of the 1968 third ascent of Fitzroy. 8 p.m. Neptune Mountaineering, 633 South Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-8866. Friday, November 18 Snowshoes.com Get Going! Workshop 6:30 p.m. REI Store, 1789 28th St., Boulder, 303-583-9970. Saturday, November 19 Boulder Cycling Club Saturday Morning Ride. 9:30 a.m. Meet at Bicycle Village, 2100 28th St., Boulder, 303-8752241. Panicking Poultry 5k. 9:30 a.m. Boulder Reservoir, 5565 N. 51st St., Boulder, www.panickingpoultry5k.com. Wheel Building Workshop. 9 a.m. Boulder Community Cycles, 2805 Wilderness Pl., Ste. 1000, Boulder, 720-565-6019. Monday, November 21 Vanishing of the Bees — Documentary on Colony Collapse Disorder. Colorado Mountain Club, Boulder Group Clubroom, Table Mesa Shopping Center, 3600 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, cmcboulder.org. Tuesday, November 22 NCAR Repeats — With Boulder Cycling Club. 12 p.m. Meet at King Soopers Parking Lot, 3600 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, www.bouldercyclingclub. org. To list your event, send information to: editorial@boulderweekly.com. attn: “Elevation.”
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According to Toepfer, it is a crucial question. “Are you going to be taken off of a 100-foot cliff into an old-growth forest or into a deep gully where you’ll be under 18 feet of snow?” Toepfer says. “Being carried into rocks and stumps at 40 or 50 miles per hour isn’t going to make for a very pretty ride.” And, with November’s thin snowpack, the odds are that most rides won’t be pretty, at least until more storms arrive and terrain gets filled in. Other choices, says Toepfer, also play a part. “It’s important to be educated,” he says, as well as have the right equipment. “A carpenter wouldn’t go to work without a hammer, so backcountry skiers and snowboarders absolutely must carry the correct equipment. A beacon, probe, shovel and first aid kit are the bare minimum.” Toepfer admits that he can sound a bit like Chicken Little. “I don’t want people to think that I’m running around saying ‘the sky is falling,’” he says of Colorado’s winters and the risk of avalanches. “I don’t want to tell people, ‘Don’t go.’ There will always be safe places to go, places with mellow terrain. But it’s human nature to push the envelope and push their limits. The thing for people to do is to reduce risk. If there’s snow on it, it can slide.” And, according to Toepfer, the early conditions that we’re experiencing now
are pretty ugly. “The snow we had in October is, for want of a better word, rotten,” he says. “It’s set up as our foundation for the winter, and it doesn’t inspire confidence.” Along with a rotten October base, the winds arrived in November, as did more snow. In particular, the sustained winds last weekend have moved snow from the higher peaks and ridges to below treeline, creating conditions ripe for avalanches in areas usually considered safe. “We’re starting to see avalanche formation in unusual places,” says Toepfer. “And this condition is widespread across the state.” For backcountry skiers and snowboarders, this creates a strange start to the season. Traditionally, areas below treeline are safer, but currently they could be some of the most dangerous. And this danger can linger. “There’s very little to hold the snow right now,” says Toepfer. “And the thing we always hear from people caught in avalanches at this time of year is that they say that they never thought there was enough snow to avalanche. Don’t be fooled by grass or other things sticking up from the snow.” And take your time. “As snow sits on the ground it becomes more comfortable,” says Toepfer. “Give it 24 to 48 hours after a storm, exercise patience. It’s OK to take it slow.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
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he price of poker is going up in Puerto Rico. That’s how Colorado men’s basketball coach Tad Boyle described the challenge his team faces this week at the Puerto Rico Tip-Off, starting tonight against Wichita State at 5:30 p.m. on ESPNU. Boyle’s Buffs are coming off an 85-57 victory over Division II Fort Lewis College. CU clearly wasn’t at its best against the Skyhawks, but they still managed to look impressive, with Austin Courtesy of CU athletics Dufault and Andre Roberson each recording doubledoubles. “I thought we really played well tonight,” Boyle said after the game. “Overall, I was pleased with how we played, especially given how many new guys played, some that haven’t played in quite some time in a college basketball game. The good thing is you can win by this margin and still have room for improvement.” The game didn’t come without issues for the Buffs. Colorado gave up nine offensive rebounds to the much smaller Skyhawks. Additionally, CU was guilty of two technicals — one on Ben Mills for dunking in pre-game warmups, and another on Shane Harris-Tunks for arguing with officials. “We’ve got to handle our frustration better,” said Boyle. “Our freshmen have to [handle their frustration], I thought Shane got frustrated. We’re going to run into more potent offensives, tougher defenses and bigger bodies [in Puerto Rico]. We’ve got to be ready to handle that emotionally and mentally.” When CU opens play in Puerto Rico tonight against the Shockers, they will get a glimpse of the talent that Boyle speaks of. Wichita State features Boulder Weekly
an exceptionally balanced attack that highlights many of the same players that led the Shockers to an NIT championship last season. Should the Buffs defeat Wichita State, they’ll face the winner of the Maryland-Alabama game. Either matchup would certainly be intriguing. Last spring, the Crimson Tide ended CU’s season in the semifinals of the NIT. The Buffs would be eager to achieve revenge against athletic Alabama. The Crimson Tide are an athletic bunch, ranked in the top 20 in the nation. They pride themselves on their ability to get deflections on defense, translating into easy points in transition. First-year Maryland coach Mark Turgeon and Boyle are best of friends, going back to their days as teammates at Kansas. Boyle coached under Turgeon at Wichita State, and the two faced each other last season, as Turgeon (then at Texas A&M), edged out Boyle’s Buffs in overtime. While he would never admit it, Boyle would love a rematch with his friend. Other schools in the eight-team field include Purdue and Austin Dufault Temple, both of which are receiving votes in the top 25, as well as Iona and Western Michigan. “I would rather ease into the schedule,” said Boyle. “But we don’t have that choice. The first two and a half weeks of the season we are going to learn a lot about our team and where we need to improve, but I would rather learn from winning than from losing.” If CU ends up learning by virtue of the former rather than the latter, then the Buffs could be in for a very successful season in the Pac-12, which isn’t exactly a juggernaut in men’s basketball. Boyle and his staff certainly hope this is the case. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
Men’s Basketball @ Puerto Rico Tipoff (Game Two) San Juan, Puerto Rico, 4:30 or 7 p.m., ESPN2 or ESPN3 Volleyball vs. Washington State Boulder, 5 p.m.
n Saturday, Nov. 19 Football @ UCLA Los Angeles, Calif., 5:30 p.m., Versus network Volleyball vs. Washington Boulder, 7 p.m.
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Matt Sparkman (9-2): Colorado, 28-27 With nothing left to lose, the Buffs finally end their hideous road losing streak in a close game at the Rose Bowl. Guest Picker (9-1) – Jon Gold, Los Angeles Daily News: UCLA, 31-24 The Bruins play much better at home than they do on the road, and they’ve been able to bounce back following every loss. While the Buffalo running game will give UCLA fits, the aspirations of bowl eligibility and “staying in the race” will give the Bruins the emotional edge. November 17, 2011 47
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n the late 1990s, I worked on west Walnut Street, a stone’s throw from the Pearl Street Mall. For lunch, I’d patronize now-defunct venues like Juanita’s and the New York Deli, and I’d often pick up morning coffee at the old Bookends Café. Like many, I felt a touch of melancholy when I heard that Bookends was closing, but I’ve also learned to accept that businesses invariably come and go on Pearl. Riffs Urban Fare now occupies the Bookends space, and it’s owned by the same folks who had the Café. Chef duties are handled by John Platt of Q’s Restaurant. Upon entering for lunch, I experienced mild déjà vu, as this self-described “foodbar” had a similar layout to the cafe. I was joined by Louise and Grant, and it seemed appropriate to meet these new friends in this revived venue. Taking in the dark woods and industrial design bits, Louise observed that the space possessed an “urban, New York feel.” The menu features small plates and larger portions of dishes like short rib ravioli and lobster risotto appropriate for an entrée or sharing. Soups, salads and sandwiches are also on tap, including a Colorado’s Best Beef Burger and a Kentucky Hot Brown, featuring cheese sauce over turkey. We started with a $4 plate of house-pickled pickles, including wax beans, beets, cucumber and chard stems. Each possessed a pleasing, gentle crispness and delicate seasoning without an overwhelming vinegar
On the lighter side, we had a platter of $11 Ahi sashimi, slices of sushi-bar-quality tuna topped with a light salsa of jalapeño, cucumber and hearts of palm. The $4 flash-cooked Brussels onfits can be savory and sweet, sprout leaves with brown and refer to food that has gone butter and hazelnut through a long-standing method of might have benefited food preservation. As a matter of from a crisper texture, fact, the word “confit” derives from and we favored a simple the French verb meaning “to prebut comforting $5 butserve.” Confits of duck and goose ter-roasted cauliflower consist of those birds being seasoned with chevre. Said Grant, with salt and then cooked in their “If you’re going to eat own fat. Once the dish is cooled, the cauliflower, this is a good poultry is preserved in the solidified way to go.” fat, and can be used in such dishes Another entrée-woras cassoulet, the classic French mixed thy choice is the $8 musmeat and bean dish. Sweet confits sel “chowder” comprised are essentially jams in which fresh fruit of gold potato, leek, wine is cooked with sugar. and cream. Like the ahi, the mussels were sparkling fresh, with the ideal earlobe texture. The balanced seasonings allowed the subtle shellfish flavor to rise to the top. Less subflavor; consequently the vegetable flavors were hightle, but still compelling, was an $8 ground lamb kebab lighted to positive effect. Grant deemed this dish “a possessing equally accomplished spicing of cumin and pleasant palate pickup.” Louise felt the piquant pickles also complemented anise. We ended with a duo of solidly prepared desserts, the $12 crisp duck confit’s richness. Some versions of this preserved poultry are tough and dry. Happily, this each priced at $8. These were an autumnal pumpkin custard with a thin gingersnap, and flourless chocolate wasn’t the case, as the duck had appropriately crisp cake with coffee ice cream. These weren’t particularly skin and tender meat. An accompanying hash of al groundbreaking choices, but that’s likely not the point dente roast apple and earthy sweet potato provided a here. Like most of the menu items at Riffs, the hearty complement to the flavorful bird. Louise, who emphasis is on unfussy presentations that let the qualhas a culinary background, found the dish “a perfect introduction to fall, perfectly prepared, moist, yet fall- ity of the ingredients and culinary skill take center stage. ing apart.”
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o, I would like to comment on the flood (OK, more a drizzle than a flood) of remarks I got from last week’s rustic cheddar and
apple pie. Who knew it would gross so many of you out. Seriously? I thought it was much more common. I remember my family eating a hunk of cheddar with their apple pie growing up, and when I lived back East, there were plenty of places serving apple and cheese tarts and pies. Boulder, you don’t strike me as that out of the loop. Come on, apple and cheese for everyone, live on the edge! Guess I will keep my gouda and pear crisp recipe to myself. Anyhoo, this week we will keep the savory away from the sweet. The two shall occupy the same space, but keep their flavors to themselves. Hey, that gives me a great idea for this week’s treat. How about an “Occu-Pie” — now that’s some good stuff. I think I will do a Toasted Pecan Pie. It’s perfect for the holidays, and some occupys (occu-pies) seem to be getting a little sticky, so I deem this appropriate on all levels! This is going to be a basic pecan pie, not too many fancy things added. I am toasting the pecans, and placing them on the bottom to keep the crust nice and crisp just like a good pie should be: straight up, no soggy bottoms allowed. I love chocolate with my pie, but sometimes old-fashioned is just what you need, and this is a good old-fashioned, kiss-your-Grandma kind of pie. I am, however, not using corn syrup. People get so up in arms with poor little corn syrup, so this recipe is for all you corn syrup whiners. Kidding, kidding people, calm the h-e-double-hockey-sticks down. This version will be just as tasty, a tad less sweet, and you will never want to make one with the devil syrup again. Now you know you can make this recipe a whole lot easier on yourself if you buy a store-bought pie crust. The insides are so good, it’s hard for any crust to taste bad, but I will add my simple pie crust recipe for all of you
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with pre-made, store-bought crust aversion syndrome. (P.M.S.B.C.A.S. is the clinical name.) I’m sure there is a nice drug out there for it. I know a lot of people that prefer pecan pie instead of pumpkin (WTF) for Thanksgiving, so this will be an easy, breezy recipe to whip up for your guests. You know what I like to do? (No, Danette, what do you like to do?) Well, I’m glad you asked. I like to make a simple little pumpkin whipped cream to top the pecan pie with. Just make your basic whipped cream recipe, add a tablespoon of pure pumpkin and cinnamon, and yumdiddy-yum. You have a treat that will delight the masses, and you will be the hottest pilgrim in town. Now, follow the directions, put some love into it, and invite me over when it’s done.
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Toasted Pecan Pie 2 eggs 1 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup melted butter (unsalted) 1 tbsp. milk (I used 2 percent) 1 tbsp. flour 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla Pinch of salt 1 1/2 cups toasted pecans (lay pecans on baking sheet, 5-7 minutes at 350) 1 unbaked pie shell (9-inch) Preheat oven to 325. In large bowl, beat eggs. Add in brown sugar, granulated sugar and butter, mix until well combined. Stir in milk, flour, vanilla and salt. Fold in 1 cup of the toasted pecans. Take 1/2 cup of the toasted pecans and lay over bottom of unbaked pie crust. Pour filling over top. Bake for 50-60 minutes, until filling is set. Take out, let cool completely. Cut into slices, top with whipped cream and serve. Enjoy! Note: You can use your favorite pie crust recipe, purchase one, or use my crust recipe from the Rustic Cheddar and Apple Pie last week. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
TIDBITES Food happenings around town New restaurant Minglewood opens A new locally owned restaurant called Minglewood opened at 1606 Conestoga St. in Boulder last month. The restaurant offers homemade salads, sandwiches, soups and lunch entrees during the day, and delivers to local businesses from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. The restaurant also offers a full bar with “Specialty Old Time American Cocktails” and Cuban cocktails, in addition to its “Minglewood only” imported spirits. In the afternoon, the restaurant offers a full menu with a diverse range of ethnic specialties, including appetizers, group platter options and desserts made by the Minglewood pastry chef. Minglewood is open Monday through Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturdays from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. For more information, visit newminglewood.com or call 303-4420585. Spiked coffee drinks, cocktails As part of Baker St. Pub & Grill’s new “Café Holmes” beverage menu, spiked coffee drinks are being offered to customers as an alternative to a pint of beer. The drinks will be offered through February, and will include drinks with names such as “The Snuggler,” “Mounds” and “Nutty Detective.” The drinks are priced from $4.75 to $5.75.
Also available through February, the pub is offering “Holmes for the Holidays” cocktails, including the “Kraken Cookie Crumble,” made with spiced rum and gingerbread syrup, the “Shiner Holiday Cheer” beer, a “Fruitcake Martini” and a “Piece of Cake” vodka shooter topped with whipped cream.
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the kitchen. Kim and Jake’s Cakes, a local bakery tucked in a corner of the Table Mesa Shopping Center, has a huge list of classic and specialty cakes you can order for the holiday. For Thanksgiving, Jake Rosenbarger, co-owner of Kim and Jake’s, suggests the pumpkin cake, which is basically made with all the contents of a pumpkin pie. Rosenbarger says it sets up the frame of mind for Thanksgiving, but in a fun cake instead of a pie. Rosenbarger also points to the ginger molasses and carrot cakes as good spicy options. The bakery also has a variety of creative specialty cakes that bring out fall flavors. The Vindalicious offers an intriguing combination of warm spices perfect for the cool weather, and the Nut
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Tiffin’s 2416 Arapahoe Ave, Boulder 303-442-2500
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y its own description, Lafayette’s (503) Cafe highlights reasonably priced international cuisine, with a variety of American, Salvadoran, Thai and Italian options. For lunch, choices include prime rib sandwiches, pad thai and jicama root topped with lemon and salt. Dinner choices include the rib eye with pan sauce over garlic mashed potatoes, and a chicken Marsala atop Parmesan risotto.
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Backcountry Pizza and Tap House 2319 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder 303-449-4285
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he quintessential taqueria, Longmont’s Tacos Don Jose serves up tasty and reasonably priced Mexican in a bright setting. The menu ranges from gorditas to shrimp cocktails, and, unsurprisingly, one of the highlights is the $1.50 taco plate, available with such fillings as tongue and carnitas, and simply garnished with cilantro and onion. The sopes, a $3 street snack resembling a tostada with a thick tortilla base, is enough for a light meal on its own.
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lassic Chinese-American cookery is one of the stars of the show at Moongate Asian Bistro, with such venerable chestnuts as Kung Pao chicken and broccoli beef on tap. Moongate also offers several Thai, Japanese and Vietnamese selections, including pad thai, sushi and Saigon soft-shell crab. Don’t-miss items include the udon noodles, with a hearty mushroom-infused broth, and the classic Chinese-American starters of coconut shrimp and crab Rangoon.
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uLu’s is the latest local entrant in the barbecue sweepstakes, serving up Texasstyle meats smoked over oak for 18 hours. This inviting Louisville spot even features a few meatless options, including smoked tofu and veggie kabobs. But the star attraction is the meat, and highlights include the moist beer-can chicken and the tender and flavor-
he menu at the new Shug’s Low Country Cuisine reflects diverse European, African and Caribbean influences, as well as the pervasiveness of such Southern staples as greens and macaroni and cheese. There’s also a nod to the Low Country’s easy access to seafood in the shellfish Po’ Boy sandwiches. But one of the main stars of the show at Country Cuisine is the first-rate gumbo, brimming with meaty shrimp, perfectly textured okra and pleasing earthy flavor.
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onsider trying the traditional Japanese breakfast available at the Alfalfa’s Market food court. The Obaa-Chan option is the Asian equivalent of a grand slam, serving up steamed rice, a salmon filet, miso soup and a variety of vegetables. Lighter appetites may go for rice in a green tea broth, enhanced by seaweed and flaked salmon. The menu also has healthy alternatives to the standard eggand-bacon breakfast.
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ositioning itself as a Brooklyn-inspired sandwich shop, Boulder’s Deli Zone has a definite East Coast ambience. There are dozens of menu options, including baseball-themed breakfast sandwiches served all day, classic hot deli selections such as Reubens, cold Italian heroes and veggie sandwiches. East Coast transplants and fans of deli fare will want to make a beeline for the Chicken Parmesan and the New Yorker, a classic blend of corned beef and pastrami.
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ongmont’s Georgia boys BBQ has the feel of an old-school barbecue, right down to its location in an old house nestled among warehouses a stone’s throw from downtown. Available meats include pulled pork, pulled chicken and brisket. Both the pork and brisket are outstanding preparations, adroitly balancing spice, smoke and meatiness, while even a typically mundane side like BBQ beans becomes noteworthy once the Georgia boys have laid their hands on it.
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he dollar-to-flavor ratio at Pickled Lemon on The Hill is impressive, as this fast-casual locale offers flavor-packed Middle Eastern plates priced at well under $10. Favorites like beef and lamb kabobs are given new life with such toppings as spicy-sweet Moroccan carrots, incongruous but flavorful Korean kimchi and the namesake pickled lemon. The herbed falafel is another noteworthy and delicious item, as these fried chickpea delights have a remarkably delicate coating and light interior. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
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orty-five minutes or so into Tower Heist, the question arises: Is this movie with the title of purest generica — was “Stealing Money” taken? — truly good, or simply less bad than most of what director Brett Ratner has done previously? The improbable answer is A. For what it is — recessionary wish-fulfillment escapism, with a lot of highly skilled familiar faces in its amply qualified cast — it’s fun. The humor’s not subtle; a lot of it’s misogynous and fairly coarse. But the script by Ted Griffin (Ocean’s Eleven) and Jeff Nathanson (Catch Me If You Can) doesn’t make the usual action comedy mistake of piling on the action at the expense of the comedy. Recently tapped and dropped as producer of the Academy Awards telecast, Ratner made his pile on the Rush Hour franchise and by directing the third (and drecky) X-Men film. With Tower Heist he takes his cue from the atmosphere and vibe of various, beloved 1970s heist pictures, among them the original The Taking of Pelham 123. Certainly Ratner’s composer, Christophe Becke, has studied that film’s David Shire score: The funky bass lines and trumpet blasts here keep announcing big, bad doings in Manhattan. Played by the Trump Tower just off Columbus Circle across from Central Park, the luxe high-rise of Tower Heist is home to a Wall Street tycoon (Alan Alda) whose ethics recall Bernie Madoff ’s. He’s
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orget Jack and Jill and the fact that Adam Sandler plays them both and not particularly well in his new “twins” comedy. Al Pacino is almost reason enough to see it, all by his bigger-than-life self. Can I get a “HOO hah”? Pacino plays a scary, cartoonish and more over-the-top-than-usual version of himself in this farce and scores big laughs with every entrance. He’s performing Richard III on the L.A. stage, bellowing at cellphone users. He may take Man of La Mancha to Broadway, even though he sings like Sinatra’s pet bullfrog. And he’s mad for Jill, Jack’s obnoxious Bronx cheer of a sister, whom he met while sitting next to Johnny Depp in a Justin Bieber T-shirt at an L.A. Lakers game. Jack (Sandler) is a wealthy TV commercial director who can’t stand his yenta-sibling, Jill (Sandler again). She comes to visit over the holidays, craving a little “twin time,” and all Jack can think of is ditching her. “We shared our mother’s WOMB,” Jill pleads. “We’re WOMB-mates!” Jack needs Pacino to do this new “Dunkiccino” 54 November 17, 2011
entrusted by building manager Josh Kovacs (Ben Stiller) to handle the employees’ pensions. Poof: Pensions, be gone. Political connections favor the tycoon getting away with his $2 billion crime spree, a portion of which represents the staff ’s life savings. It’s up to Kovacs, with the aid of semi-pro burglar and fellow Queens resident Slide (Murphy), to locate and swipe a missing $20 million hidden somewhere in the tycoon’s penthouse, the centerpiece of which is a beautifully maintained classic Ferrari once owned by Steve McQueen. The promotional imagery for Tower Heist does not hide the sequences involving the Ferrari dangling from a cable outside the building, while down below the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade proceeds along
Central Park West. Compared with the outsized chaos of the Rush Hour sequels, though, Ratner’s latest has a pleasing sense of scale. The film actors such as Matthew Broderick (as a sad-sack Wall Street victim), Michael Pena (as a newly hired bellhop),Casey Affleck (whose droll line readings as the concierge are consistently surprising) and Gabourey ”Precious” Sidibe (as a safecracking maid). I wouldn’t say that producer and co-star Murphy is slumming here, exactly, but it is too bad the superstar who ruled the world with such savvy commercial entertainments as the first Beverly Hills Cop and the first 48 Hrs. doesn’t get a little more elbow room. Likewise, the splendid Tea Leoni, in the role of an FBI agent, is allowed just enough screen time to remind you she’s not getting the screen time she deserves. Murphy’s key early byplay with Stiller — when the building manager explains the heist plan — ends with a simple, quick, “Let’s go get something to eat!” Note: That’s not a funny line. But Murphy’s delivery is hugely so. The sleek and efficient Tower Heist was made for one reason only: It’s all about the Benjamins. No doubt producer Murphy will arrange for co-star Murphy to have more to do in Tower Heist 2. —MCT, Tribune Media Service Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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commercial for Dunkin Donuts, so when Jill catches the wild-eyed Oscar-winner’s attention, Jack needs his twin — or her clothes, in case he has to dress up like her to “close the deal.” Even by sloppy Sandler movie standards, this one’s a wreck — fart jokes, potty zingers and pit-stain gags. Cameos from infomercial stars and ex-Saturday Night
Live colleagues pepper the set, along with product placement from a certain pink stomach medicine, the aforementioned donuts and even a cruise line. Mexican comic Eugenio Derbez does some catchphrase shtick. One running gag works: Scripted “interviews” with real twins open and close the film and are funnier than anything Sandler’s house director, Dennis Dugan, has ever managed. They’re the reason Jack and Jill starts off as though it’s going to be far more evolved than the usual how-low-can-they-go wallow. Sandler’s such a feeble actor that his bellowing rages never match the expression he musters on his blank face. He puts all his efforts into playing a woman, broadly and badly, so much so that the male twin is even duller than standard-issue Sandler. But then there’s Pacino, out of place and yet somehow right at home. You want big? Al does BIG. And since this is as close as we’re likely to get to “Don Corleone Does Don Quixote,” that alone is worth the price of admission. —MCT, Tribune Media Service Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
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3 Hanna and Simon, a couple in their early 40s, live together in Berlin. With their 20th anniversary looming, they both become restless. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society
Happy Feet Two
Only a permanently optimistic bird would go up against the vampire film enterprise for the same release weekend. Power to the penguins.
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Ballet: Sleeping Beauty Sleeping Beauty garnered more accolades at its premiere than Swan Lake. Sadly, the composer did not live long enough to see its success outside of Russia. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater
Jack and Jill See full review Page 54. Rated PG. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Los Angeles Times/MCT
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey The Muppet Elmo is one of the most beloved characters among children across the globe. Meet the unlikely man behind the puppet — the heart and soul of Elmo — Kevin Clash. At Boedecker Theater and Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Boedecker Theater
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Creepshow Venerable horror director George Romero (Night of the Living Dead) and screenwriter Stephen King are responsible for this creepfest. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society
This heartwarmer based on a true story follows the tailless dolphin Winter (played by Winter) through all sorts of adversity alongside its human protectors. Rated PG. At Colony Square. — Michael Phillips/TMS Drive Breakout Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn (Bronson, the Pusher trilogy) throttles into the fast lane with the precision-crafted action caper Drive, winner of the Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life is a completely original take on one of France’s greatest mavericks, the illustrious and infamous Jewish singBoulder Weekly
A love story is both a physical and emotional tale, one that can be deeply personal and heartbreaking for an audience to experience. At Century and Mayan. — Landmark Theatres Machine Gun Preacher The inspirational true story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing criminal who finds an unexpected calling as the savior of hundreds of kidnapped and orphaned children. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres Martha Marcy May Marlene
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Dolphin Tale
J. Edgar Director Clint Eastwood’s film, featuring a valiant performance from Leonardo DiCaprio (J. Edgar), is a subtle and muted portrayal of one of American history’s most mysterious figures. Molded by his smothering mother (Judi Dench), Hoover ran the FBI from 1935 until his death in 1972. Between Eastwood’s objective stance and DiCaprio’s bold acting, you’re in capable hands here. Rated R. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Michael Phillips/TMS
From legendary animator, writer and director Michel Ocelot (Kirikou and the Sorceress) comes a shimmering, fairytale-like story of two brothers on a dangerous quest to find and free a Djinn Fairy. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater
From Alexander Payne, creator of the Oscarwinning Sideways, comes The Descendants, a sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic journey for Matt King (George Clooney), a distracted husband and back-up parent to two girls who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a life-threatening boating accident off of Waikiki. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres
homicide case in Conroe, Texas, master filmmaker Werner Herzog probes the human psyche to explore why people kill — and why a state kills. Rated PG-13. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres
er-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres
This feature documentary takes us on a journey from the swamps of Louisiana to the slums of Kolkata in search of what really makes people happy. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater
spawned many sequels) joins up a conscientious objector with a former gangster in an effort to desert the Japanese Army by stealing a train. (This is part of a rare film package of titles directed by Yasuzo Masumura that are not on DVD and being made available thanks to the co-sponsorship of the Japan Foundation and the Consulate General of Japan at Denver.) At International Film Series. — IFS
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In this sequel to the 2006 animated film, a dancing penguin must help his young son find his rhythm while also setting things right in Antarctica. Rated PG. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Los Angeles Times/MCT
When a power-hungry king rampages across ancient Greece in search of a legendary weapon, a brave young stonemason assembles a band to stop him. Rated R. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Los Angeles Times/MCT
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If you go into a major art museum that displays Europe’s great oil paintings, you’ll find that virtually every masterpiece is surrounded by an ornate wooden frame, often painted gold. Why? To me, the enclosure is distracting and unnecessary. Why can’t I just enjoy the arresting composition on the naked canvas, unburdened by the overwrought excess? I urge you to take my approach in the coming weeks, Aries. Push and even fight to get the goodies exactly as they are, free of all the irrelevant filler, extraneous buffers, and pretentious puffery.
TAURUS
April 20-May 20:
“Judge a moth by the beauty of its candle,” said the 13thcentury poet Rumi. More prosaically put: Evaluate people according to the nobility and integrity of the desires they’re obsessed with. Do you want to hang around with someone whose primary focus is to make too much money or please her parents or build a shrine to his own ego? Or would you prefer to be in a sphere of influence created by a person who longs to make a useful product or help alleviate suffering or make interesting works of art? It’s an excellent time to ponder these issues, Taurus — and then take action to ensure you’re surrounded by moths that favor beautiful candles.
GEMINI
May 21-June 20:
In Santa Cruz there used to be a nightclub that featured live rock bands on a big stage but enforced a strict policy forbidding its patrons from dancing. The one time I went there, the music was loud and infectious, and I naturally felt the urge to move in vigorous rhythm. Moments after I launched into my groove, a bouncer accosted me and forced me to stop. I think this situation has certain resemblances to the one you’re in now, Gemini. Some natural response mechanism in you is being unduly inhibited; some organic inclination is being unreasonably restrained or dampened. Why should you continue to accept this?
CANCER June 21-July 22:
During the time a blue crab is growing to maturity, it is very skilled at transforming itself. It sheds its exoskeleton an average of once every 18 days for an entire year. You’re in a phase with some similarities to that period of rapid ripening, Cancerian. Your commitment to change doesn’t have to be quite as heroic, but it should be pretty vigorous. Could you manage, say, two moltings over the course of the next 30 days? If done in a spirit of adventure, it will be liberating, not oppressively demanding.
LEO
July 23-Aug. 22:
“Progress isn’t made by early risers,” wrote author Robert Heinlein. “It’s made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.” That’s exactly the kind of progress you are in an excellent position to stir up in the coming weeks. You don’t have to match the stress levels of the Type A people who might seem to have an advantage over you, and you won’t help yourself at all by worrying or trying too hard. The single best thing you can do to supercharge your creativity is to think of yourself as a “happy-go-lucky” person while you go around dreaming up ways to have more fun.
VIRGO
Aug. 23-Sept. 22:
“Our elders know you don’t find the answer by asking thousands of questions,” says an essay on the website of the environmentalist group The Last Tree (thelasttree.net). “The wise way is to ask the right question in the beginning.” I recommend this approach for you in the coming weeks, Virgo. Given the sparkly mysteriousness that now confronts you, I know you may be tempted to simultaneously try a lot of different routes to greater clarity. But the more effective strategy in the long run is to cultivate silence and stillness as you wait expectantly for the intuition that will reveal the simple, direct path.
LIBRA
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In a review of James Gleick’s book The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood, The Week magazine reported that “the world now produces more information in 48 hours than it did throughout all human history to 2003.” From that dizzying factoid, we can infer that you are more inundated with data than were all of your ancestors put together. And the surge will probably intensify in the coming weeks. You are in a phase of your astrological cycle when you’ll be asked
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SCORPIO Oct. 23-Nov. 21:
In his poem “Ode to the Present,” Pablo Neruda tells us how to slip free and clear into the luxuriously potent opportunity of the present moment. The here-and-now is so ripe and willing, he says, so malleable. “Take a saw to its delicious wooden perfume,” he continues, and then “build a staircase. Yes, a staircase. Climb into the present, step by step, press your feet onto the resinous wood of this moment, going up, going up, not very high … Don’t go all the way to heaven. Reach for apples, not the clouds.” Such good advice for you, Scorpio! It’s a perfect time to learn more about the magic of the present moment as you free yourself from “the unrepairable past.” (Read the poem at bit.ly/NerudaOde.)
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Seminal psychologist Carl Jung wasn’t afraid of applying his scholarly analytical skills to the phenomena of pop culture. Late in life, he even wrote a thoughtful book on UFOs called Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies. To be as thorough and careful as he could possibly be about such an elusive subject, he wrote an afterword to his main argument, to which he added an epilogue, which in turn was followed by a concluding supplement. I hope that you are as scrupulous in wrapping up loose ends in the coming week, Sagittarius, especially when you’re dealing with enigmas and riddles. As you seek resolution and completion, go well beyond the bare minimum.
CAPRICORN Dec. 22-Jan. 19:
A great deal of land in the Netherlands has been reclaimed from the sea by human effort. But the system of dikes that holds back the primal flow is not a foolproof or permanent guarantee against flooding. That’s why more and more people are building homes that can float if they have to. “We are actually trying to move away from fighting against the water,” says architect Koen Olthuis. “We are beginning to make friends with the water.” I recommend you adopt this as a useful metaphor, Capricorn. During the coming months, you should be doing a lot of foundation work. What can you do to add buoyancy?
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According to my old philosophy professor Norman O. Brown, “Our real choice is between holy and unholy madness: open your eyes and look around you — madness is in the saddle anyhow.” Let’s take this hypothesis as our starting point, Aquarius. I propose that in the coming weeks you make an effort to get more accustomed to and comfortable with the understanding that the entire world is in the throes of utter lunacy. Once you are at peace with that, I hope you will commit yourself to the sacred kind of lunacy — the kind that bestows wild blessings and perpetrates unreasonable beauty and cultivates the healing power of outlandish pleasure.
PISCES
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It won’t be enough to simply maintain your current levels of strength, clarity, and intelligence in the coming weeks. To stay healthy, to keep up with the rapidly evolving trends swirling in and around you, you will have to actively push to get stronger, clearer, and smarter. No pressure, right? Don’t worry, the universe will be conspiring to help you accomplish it all. To trigger the boost you’ll need, imagine that you have a reservoir of blue liquid lightning in the place between your heart and gut. Picture yourself drawing judiciously from that high-octane fuel as you need it, bringing it first to your heart and then to your brain.
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November Canned Food Drive! MMR Patients : Bring in 3 cans of food, RECEIVE A MEDIBLE OR J! Bring in 6 cans of food, RECEIVE AN ENTRY TO WIN A $50 GIFT CARD ON 12/31 / 2011 ! Monday through Friday 8:30 - 7:00 Saturday 11:00 - 7:00 • Sunday 11:00 - 5:00 Established March 30, 2009 Boulder’s premiere 100% organic medical marijuana dispensary
Closed 11/24 for Thanksgiving Open 11/25 for Black Friday 1pm-7pm 2885 Aurora Ave. Suite 40 • Boulder • 720-266-9967 62 November 17, 2011
Check our website. www.newoptionswellness.com and Facebook page for daily specials Boulder Weekly
STRAINS OF THE WEEK
FLO Somango Lemon Skunk for colorado medical marijuana patients only
OMC
OPTIONS MEDICAL CENTER • BOULDER
FALL HARVEST SUPER SALE EVERYTHING $154/oz. Everything, Everyday (tax included). No membership required. Come see why 1675 Boulder patients choose OMC. Bring a friend that has never shopped at OMC and get a gram of Keef or Bud with every purchase.
Have you seen our most recent 25 strains? Violator Kush, Sour Kush, OG Bubble, Bubba Kush, OG Chocolope Kush, OG Candy Kush, Bruce Banner, Cold Creek Kush, Sour MTF, Wappa, Romulan, Mango, Grand Daddy Purps, Purple Drink, Pink Kush, Purple Diesel, Grape Ape, FLO, Golden Goat, Blue Dream, Skunk #1, Chem Dawg, Hong Kong Diesel, Blueberry Diesel, Jamaican Dream Hours: Monday - Friday 11am - 7pm • Saturday 12pm - 6pm • Sunday 12pm - 4pm
1534 55th Street • Boulder, CO • email: info@optionsmedicalcenter.com • 303.444.0861 Boulder Weekly
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The Drum Shop
African drumming classes with Fara Tolno Tuesday nights, 6-7:30pm 2095 30th St. in Boulder 303.402.0122
Tantra for Women & Couples tantraforyou.com. Call Paul at 303-807-0159 For more information see ad on page 59
Amazing, healthy clones
available now at AMS! Call now! 303-582-0420
TANGERINE HAZE $12/gr $80 qtr. HUGE EDIBLE SELECTION 20% OFF HARD CANDY DISCRETE LOUISVILLE LOCATION AT COLONY SQUARE www.Altermeds.com
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glass with class! 1144 Pearl St. Boulder 303-443-PiPe Westminster 3001 W. 74th Ave. 303-426-6343 • Highlands Ranch 7130 e. County Line Road 303-740-5713
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Siam Sensation Massage
720-389-6313
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See ad on page 59
Alpine Auto Detailing Full Mobile Service
Ask for Great Holiday Specials! Winner of Best of Boulder 2011!
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OPEN
THANKSGIVING 10am to 2pm.
$195 ounces available. Thirty strains in stock. For medical Marijuana patients only thefarmco.com
303.440.1323
MMJ CARDHOLDERS Learn how to maintain your own 6 plants utilizing a perpetual harvest cycle that will provide high quality all natural medicine every month. Become self-sufficient using only 25 sq. ft. of space and 600 watts of power. Free initial consultation. 1 on 1 instruction. Call Mike at Ancient Solutions,
DURBAN POISON! $12/GRAM-$199/OUNCE
720-442-3189
2031 16th St. (16th & Pearl) 720-235-4232 www.budforlife.org
WHERE NATURE & MEDICINE MEET
The Best Wax Deal in Town!
Piano Man
$15 1/2 grams all the time Rediscover the
Boulder Wellness Center Open Daily 11am-7pm
303.442.2565
5420 Arapahoe Ave. (Unit F) Boulder Between Connestoga & 55th. Going east, make right after Conestoga w w w. b o u l d e r w c . c o m
READY FOR THE SNOW?
Locally owned and operated by a Certified Snow Professional. We service ALL of Boulder County for both commercial and residential snow removal. We are 100% dedicated to snow and fully insured. Contact us now to receive a proposal for high quality eco-friendly service at a competitive price! DON’T FORGET TO ASK ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD DICOUNTS FOR RESIDENTIAL SERVICES!
303-248-6460 EcoSnowRemovalBoulder.
HEALING ARTS CENTER organic cannabis specializing in smoke-free alternatives
FIRST TIME PATIENTS: $25/EIGHTHS 25% OFF FOL Infused Products
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Quality Laptop & Desktop Computers. All come with Software & 30 Day WARRANTY! Prices starting at $40 for DELL, HP, IBM, Gateway and More. Working or not Trade-ins welcome. CALL Computers-N-goods
303-819-5707
Available for all occasions. Acoustic or digital piano, with or without vocals Dave Grimsland 720-841-1940
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FULLY ALIVE MEDICINE
A Holistic Family Practice : Treating chronic dis-ease. Teaching optimal self-care.
MMJ Evaluation and Renewals
$100 New Evaluations • $75 Renewals • +$25 without Records n Confidential, affordable, professional. n 100% state compliant. n We have a notary on staff and complete all paperwork on-site.
Hours by appointment M-F 9-5
n Our doctors spend 1/2 hour evaluating & educating our patients. n Offering complete Men’s & Women’s health care, bodywork/Massage, Acupuncture, Naturopathic Functional Medicine & much more!
303.444.1183
Online appointments at www.FullyAliveMedicine.com or call 303.404.2232
3970 North Broadway, Boulder (Park FREE in Lucky’s Shopping Center, just above Dagabi)
3000 Center Green Dr. Suite 130, Boulder (corner of Foothills and Valmont)