Sentences with phrase «as skid row»

He studied for two years at the California School of Fine Arts (now the San Francisco Art Institute), and painted plein air cityscapes while earning a living as a Skid Row social worker.

One - third of the state's parolees settle in the 55 square blocks of Los Angeles known as Skid Row, and State of Incarceration» $» developed collaboratively by LAPD's Skid Row artists and in dialogue with organizers and recent parolees» $» powerfully examines the consequences of California's penal system on individuals, families and communities.

According to a CNet report, the Ubisoft «Online Services Network» (i.e. the insidious DRM protocol that requires a constant internet connection in order to play Assassin's Creed 2) has been hacked by a consortium known as Skid Row.

Not exact matches

We cruised toward a row of pylons at 40 mph — and then the steering abruptly lurched to the left and swerved right, as if it were trying to regain composure, before skidding to a stop.

Unlike the rescue mission which is usually an isolated entity, the Skid Row corps and the Social Service Center of the «Sally» (as the organization is known on Skid Row) are a part of a network of installations and services, the therapeutic resources of which are all available for helping alcoholics.

On a designated «Boozers» Day» as many as twelve hundred alcoholics were rounded up in Skid Row areas and transported on double - decker buses to a great hall where they were exposed to a gospel meeting on a grand scale.

The testifiers describe themselves as having lived on Skid Row and tell of their sins and degradation.

Skid Row (Unrated) Down - and - out documentary follows former member of The Fugees Pras as he masquerades as homeless for nine days to see what it's like to live on Skid Row in Los Angeles.

Nicolas Cage as the Mother Teresa of skid row.

This laudatory documentary recounts the life and work of writer Charles Bukowski, who survived a youth of boozing and fighting on Los Angeles» Skid Row to become famous as the «poet laureate of the gutter» and a hero to the counterculture.

There are no easy answers here, so don't expect a Hollywood ending, even though the picture was shot on location right on Skid Row (and employed hundreds of homeless as extras), virtually in the shadow of Tinseltown.

Many of my students thought of addicts as decrepit skid row bums who slept on the streets in cardboard boxes.

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Disclaimer: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Provided the Vehicles, Insurance, and One Tank of Gas Year: 2017 Make: Dodge Model: Durango Trim: GT Engine: 3.6 L 24 - Valve VVT with ESS Driveline: Eight - Speed Automatic, All - Wheel Drive Horsepower @ RPM: 295 @ 6,400 Torque @ RPM: 260 @ 4,000 Fuel Economy: City / Highway / Combined - 18/25/21 Curb Weight: 4,987 lbs Location of Manufacture: Detroit, Michigan Base Price: $ 40,095 As Tested Price: $ 49,660 (Includes $ 1,095 Destination Charge) Options: Premium Group - $ 2,395 Rear Entertainment System - $ 1,995 Safety / Security and Convenience Group - $ 1,195 Second - Row Captain Chairs - $ 995 Trailer Tow Group IV - $ 995 Brass Monkey Appearance Group - $ 595 Second - Row Console - $ 300 Year: 2017 Make: Jeep Model: Grand Cherokee Trim: Summit Engine: 3.6 L 24 - Valve VVT with ESS Driveline: Eight - Speed Automatic, All - Wheel Drive Horsepower @ RPM: 295 @ 6,400 Torque @ RPM: 260 @ 4,000 Fuel Economy: City / Highway / Combined - 18/25/21 Curb Weight: 4,952 lbs Location of Manufacture: Detroit, Michigan Base Price: $ 53,995 As Tested Price: $ 60,675 (Includes $ 995 Destination Charge) Options: Signature Leather - Wrapped Interior Package - $ 4,995 Summit California Edition - $ 995 Skid Plate Group - $ 295

The bundled readme file (which makes for very interesting reading) states that the hack was created simply to allow players to enjoy their legally purchased software, as well as to cement Skid Row's reputation in the hacking community.

«I Remember You» by Skid Row» In My Darkest Hour» by Megadeth & «2 Outta 3 Ain't Bad» by Meat Loaf remind me of playing Portal 2'd multiplayer mode by myself with two controllers sober as shite because my girlfriend at the time who wanted that game (not a Valve gal) left me not 2 days prior to it arriving and I listened to a lot of power ballads contemplating death whilst playing a game Idve hated regardless.

John Malpede founded LAPD 31 years ago and he has been on the ground in Skid Row working and building community as an artist and — with others — on a creative practice that is very resonant and remains very relevant.»

Young remembers the skid row neighborhood as, «Stench, vomit and death.»

Wearing's plan to cultivate a bunch of skid - row types over a period of years, give them the run of her studio, and film the proceedings — sounds like a recipe for disaster, not only for practical and aesthetic reasons but on ethical grounds as well.

The Court is undoubtedly sympathetic, as am I, to the well intentioned efforts of Detroit to «clean up» its streets and prevent the proliferation of «skid rows.»

In Vancouver, he worked in skid row as a street worker with young people at risk and with homeless adults.