Sentences with phrase «shot at the industry»

«Now that cannabis is exploding as an industry, we have to make sure that those communities that have been harmed and devastated by marijuana arrests get the first shot at this industry,» Nixon told Forbes Saturday at the Cannabis Parade in Union Square.

«Now that cannabis is exploding as an industry, we have to make sure that those communities that have been harmed and devastated by marijuana arrests get the first shot at this industry,» she told Forbes magazine.

But not everything was candy and roses, as the scientific community took a few shots at the industry.

Not exact matches

Unexpectedly, the news - gathering industry is receiving at least a short - term shot in its ink - stained and digital arms courtesy of a president who has labeled it an «enemy of the people.»

The union is part of a national wave of activism trying to get the firearms industry to improve gun safety and sales policies after another deadly mass shooting, this time at a Florida high school in February that left 17 people dead.

A second and third installment of Avatar are in the works, and at a recent comic convention Cameron said the films may be shot at a higher frame rate than the industry standard to make the film seem even more real.

It's the first time an executive at the nation's second - largest bank has publicly laid out how it will deal with gun - industry clients following Feb. 14 shootings at a high school in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 people dead.

And media critic Anita Sarkeesian — who left her home after her criticism of the industry's depiction of women prompted violent threats this summer — said Tuesday that she would cancel a speech at Utah State University after someone threatened a shooting at the event.

When Maclean's asked Kenney before the leadership vote about a carbon policy that these industry leaders may now view as something that must be replaced if it's repealed, he did something aspiring conservative premiers seldom do in Alberta: he took a shot at the corporate titans.

«In some ways I wonder if we are shooting ourselves in the foot as an industry with these different certifications [two were launched at Expo West — click HERE and HERE].»

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Sen. Tom O'Mara is carrying a farmland conservation bill that supporters hope will pass in 2012, and Assemblyman Steve Englebright is pushing for the Solar Industry Development and Jobs Act, which advanced this session and also has a good shot at passage next year.

When you are a big shot in Industry or land tenure and look back at the defining moments that took you there, you will see that talking with confidence to the right person at the right moment was key.

At that time snowboarding was more popular than ever, and I was about to be whisked into a frenzy of media and industry appearances, photo shoots, commercials, signings and obligations.

She earned a reputation for commissioning progressive, controversial shoots in her tenure at several magazines, and is one of the industry's top writers.

One might go so far as to assert that the entertainment industry's efforts to manipulate and numb those who consume its products, its relentless commitment to leaving reality unexplored, on the one hand, and the widespread commission of desperate, violent, anti-social acts (serial killings, school shootings, workplace violence), on the other, are entirely comprehensible at the very least as complementary phenomena.

At the film's press day, actor Paul Giamatti, who's also an executive producer on the movie, talked about what drew him to John Dies at the End, his most memorable experience of the shoot, working with such new actors, how he sees the industry now, and that he doesn't think a film like Sideways would even get made todaAt the film's press day, actor Paul Giamatti, who's also an executive producer on the movie, talked about what drew him to John Dies at the End, his most memorable experience of the shoot, working with such new actors, how he sees the industry now, and that he doesn't think a film like Sideways would even get made todaat the End, his most memorable experience of the shoot, working with such new actors, how he sees the industry now, and that he doesn't think a film like Sideways would even get made today.

While he lost out on a nomination for Best Director at the Golden Globes, which will air this Sunday (Jan. 15), many industry watcher think legendary director Steven Spielberg has a shot at an Oscar nomination for Best Director.

At a special industry screening director Paul W.S. Anderson said that the film was always planned as an R - rated movie and shot that way, but only three weeks prior to release the studio changed that by severely cutting the film for a lower PG - 13 rating.

Al - Mansour, the daughter of Saudi poet Abdul Rahman Mansour, and a former oil industry executive, had made a few splashes at festivals with shorts and documentaries before now, but «Wadjda» is an extraordinary calling card going forward — gorgeously shot, delicately balanced, always humane, and summoning up rich performances from a not - massively experienced cast.

As the highest grossing film of the 2017 summer movie season — along with critical and industry accolades — Wonder Woman was thought to have a legitimate shot at landing some Oscar nominations Tuesday.

What Blazing Saddles does do well with regard to satire is a high wire balancing act, at once taking shots at racism and government politics, as well as satirizing and sending up the Western genre and the Hollywood industry, what would become a trademark of Brooks» work (Spaceballs, anyone?)

First he's gimped - up to satisfy the didacticism of the time (with the trucking industry presenting limited opportunity for a moral, the movie settles on putting the fear of God in us over falling asleep at the wheel), then his role is reduced to reaction shots: When Paul finally takes the stand in the courtroom climax, all Bogart manages to squeeze out is «Wull yeah, but...» This is Raft's show, despite the film's studio - sanctioned absorption into the Bogey canon, though Bogart would have his revenge by stealing the lead in High Sierra — and in theory, every one of his Midas - touched career opportunities subsequent to High Sierra — out from under him.

Following «Starlet,» his 2012 drama about the unlikely friendship between a 21 - year - old aspiring porn actress and an octogenarian woman who missed her own shot at Hollywood celebrity, Baker has once more delivered a tender yet tough - minded look at little - remarked - upon lives in the margins of L.A.'s sprawling sex industry.

It's important because it's the Italian auto industry's last, best shot at relevance beyond the niche of hypercars from Ferrari, Lambo and sundry Paganis, Covinis or Fornasaris (a sexy, potentially profitable niche, but a niche nonetheless).

While it is tragic that politicians are cutting costs at institutions that benefit the most people, it is the book industry that is also shooting itself in the foot with their draconian policies.

It has largely been an event aimed at patting the traditional publishing industry on the back for all of its innovation, while publishing regular blog posts that mock indies and shoot down any effort to prove that self - publishing can produce solid sales numbers.

The fallout from being a returns - based industry is that retailers have little incentive to order what they think they can really sell, and publishers rarely push back on what might be perceived as unrealistic orders because they're desperate for a shot at getting their product in a position where it might really move.

While the executive's email takes some cheap shots at the online retailer without divulging anything that hasn't been said before, Lacy makes an excellent point at the closing about the sour - grapes attitude of some in the industry: «My hope is disgruntled publishing executives like the one above will quit their comfortable jobs at dysfunctional prehistoric companies and start innovating on the model.

That's the bottom line of Shoot Out: Surviving the Fame and (Mis) Fortune of Hollywood, an inside look at the movie - making industry co-authored by Peter Bart and Peter Guber.

Amongst Dave's trenchant observations is that the Kindle is the strategy whereby Amazon will achieve over the publishing industry something near Apple's power over the music industry — and the only thing he see stopping it «is the Google Books settlement, where Google gets a shot at creating an Amazon - class bookstore for books — and derivatives thereof.»

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That's my personal opinion but if you don't eat meat for animal products welfare reasons l why would you thinks it's ok for baby chicks to be macerated for the egg Industry (including free range and organic) and calves shot in the head at a day old and animals abused in factory farms for the milk iIndustry (including free range and organic) and calves shot in the head at a day old and animals abused in factory farms for the milk industryindustry?

At the tournament, the British Virgin Islands booth featured colourful signature shots of the Territory with several destination collateral pieces on hand along with collateral from participating industry partners.

It's not a small change, but at the same time this is how Avatar and Tintin were shot, and it's how the CG industry works because they know how much you gain from shooting face, voice and body at the same time.»

President Trump met with executives of the video gaming industry at the White House on Thursday, continuing his discussions about steps that can be taken to address the growing trend of violence occurring in the nation's schools, and the large number of school shootings.

At the time, the industry was saturated with first person shooters, so it may come as no surprise that this flew under the radar for many consumers; however those who gave it a shot found a surprisingly fast - paced, albeit criminally short campaign with an interest gimmick that encouraged players to express their creativity in how they killed enemies.

Republican lawmakers and conservative media critics pressed President Trump on Thursday to explore new restrictions on the video - game industry, arguing that violent games might have contributed to mass shootings like the recent attack at a high school in Parkland, Fla..

That's about to change, however, as this fresh tweak on cooperative shooting has been wowing players at industry events the past few months.

The relationship between humans and industry was also explored in «To a Body,» an alluring group show at Shoot the Lobster.

Mining sites like eBay for 19th - and 20th - century photo portraits of everyday African Americans, Jefferson gives their forgotten sitters a shot at immortality by painting their formal portraits, emphasizing the importance of Sunday finery to people who toiled in the service industry six days a week during and after the days of slavery.

In projects for Burton's clientele (French Vogue, Cocky Boys, Tom Ford, Wrangler Europe, Vogue Hommes International, Naughty America, Colt Studio Group, Yves Saint Laurent, The New York Times, Hustler, Domus, Kris Van Assche, Vanity Fair, and Fantastic Man), he often acknowledges the cultural industries and their environments as a set (literally at times by shooting through its constructions as such), and his access to cultural producers and pop icons.

Screening: El Otro Lado at Light Industry By the time the photographer Danny Lyon made El Otro Lado (1978), he had already been an official photographer for SNCC, documented the Civil Rights Movement, and shot the demolition of old buildings in Lower Manhattan.

12.9.15: Michel Auder at Light Industry - «Week in Film: a Berliner Thriller and Rarely Seen Vids Shot By a Downtown «Ethnographer,»» Bedford + Bowery

Even then, eyes in surrounding states were on the prize of economic development: downstream states may have sensed that «If they could hold us up on water, they could hold us up on bringing industry into the state that they might have a shot at.»

Leaders of the U.S. solar industry will have one last shot at convincing the current Congress to extend a key federal solar incentive before a new Republican - controlled congress takes over at the beginning of 2011.

Industry witnesses were lining up Sept. 11 to take shots at a proposal by the Ohio Power unit of American Electric Power to protect the futures of about 3,100 MW of coal - fired generation through a power purchase agreement it wants approved by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.

-- a photo shoot with county commissioners receiving larger - than - life checks — came as the wind industry faces undaunted opposition in pockets of the state, which has banned new wind farms for at least another year.

The ceremony — a photo shoot with county commissioners receiving larger - than - life checks — came as the wind industry faces undaunted opposition in pockets of the state, which has banned new wind farms for at least another year.