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At Home on Clove Brook Farm with Christopher Spitzmiller

During the week, gifted ceramicist and designer Christopher Spitzmiller is busy creating his exquisite lamps, tableware and accessories found in the most stylish design shops and homes across the country including the White House. But weekends find him at Clove Brook Farm, his picture perfect country retreat in Dutchess County, NY. Five years …

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Medical Marijuana Is Not Regulated as Most Medicines Are

The industry lacks randomized controlled clinical trials that can clearly establish benefits and risks. Dan Shapiro was the first person I knew to use medical marijuana. As a junior at Vassar College in 1987, he was being treated for Hodgkin’s lymphoma with potent chemotherapy that caused severe nausea and vomiting. …

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Why Smash Ventures bet part of its $75 million fund on Epic Games

GamesBeat Summit 2021 #GBSummit returns with two days of content and networking designed for industry executives. Hosted Online April 28-29, 2021 Register Now Two years after it put some money into Epic Games in 2018, Smash Ventures finally came out of hiding with its $ 75 million fund for media, …

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