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Jun 04, 2009 -
The improv gurus behind No Pants Subway Rides teamed up this week to throw a surprise wedding reception for a random, unsuspecting couple. Fifty wannabe guests got dressed in their matrimonial attire, and headed down to Manhattan's City Clerk's office.
One couple was selected and led to tents that had been borrowed from a just-finished job fair.
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Nov 19, 2008 -
Oh, man. I just came back from a trip. I wish Improv Everywhere had been there at the airport to welcome me back!
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Jul 08, 2008 -
Is there a twin phobia? Because if there is, the person with twinphobia had better not step on this subway train! Improv Everywhere staged another one of their amazing public happenings.
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Jun 21, 2008 -
London is gearing up for the Hide and Seek Festival, held on June 27 and 28. Encompassing everything from flashmob games to location-based art installations, it's for kids — and very big kids at heart alike. It's designed to celebrate the social joys of art and games, so you can just show up and join in though some require a reservation.
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Mar 10, 2008 -
Improv Everywhere is known for busting out comedic performances in unlikely locations, so they staged a musical — in a shopping mall food court. It all started with the Hot Dog on a Stick girl crying over spilled lemonade and ended with the whole food court triumphantly singing about napkin shortage. Hungry patrons, clueless that the joke was on them, didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
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Oct 18, 2007 -
100 shirtless men descend on Abercrombie & Fitch. Sound like a dream? It was an Improv Everywhere skit to test how far they could infiltrate the "Shirtless Zone" that is A&F.
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Jul 27, 2007 -
Improv Everywhere thought it would be funny to gather a gang of redheads, call them the National Association for the Advancement of Red-Haired People, and protest the Wendy's logo. Their stance was that the freakish looking little girl in the logo ("Wendy") unfairly depicts red-headed people as always freckled with chalky white complexions and funny pig tails. Ughh, guys...this isn't discrimination.
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May 30, 2007 -
As if riding on the subway weren't sensory overload enough, this poor woman is the subject of a "no pants" prank courtesy of the Improv Everywhere jokers. She doesn't know whether to laugh or to be startled by the fact that slowly, all the dudes getting on the subway car are wearing boxers--so she just clutches her purse. (She can be thankful it wasn't "tighty whiteys" day, God forbid!)
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May 11, 2009 -
Two years ago, Leslie Bamburg formed her company Labexperiment, an interior design business that offers an affordable professional decorator option to the design fiend who lacks mad cash. Labexperiment works on the premise that beautiful design can be affordable, individualized, and integrated to meet the resident's needs. Leslie notes that she doesn't believe that there should be separation between people's fashion, media, tech needs, music, and interiors.
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Oct 08, 2008 -
In This Report
- Highlights
- Introduction
- Symptoms and Complications...
- Causes
- Risk Factors
- Prognosis
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Medications
- Other Treatments
- Treatment for Raynaud's Phe...
- Treatment for Skin Thickeni...
- Treatment for Lung Complica...
- Treatment for Gastrointesti...
- Resources
- References
HEALTH GUIDE REFERENCE FROM A.D.A.M
Highlights
Symptoms
- Because significant depression can affect more than 50% of people with scleroderma, researchers say it may be beneficial for scleroderma patients to get routine screening for depression.
Causes
- Researchers have discovered a gene called connective-tissue growth factor (CTGF), which they say is more common in people with systemic scleroderma than in those without the disease.
Prognosis
- The prognosis for patients with systemic scleroderma has improved since the 1970s. Ten-year survival rates are up, and deaths from kidney crises have dropped. However, deaths from pulmonary fibrosis have increased during this time period.
Treatment
- High-dose immunosuppressant therapy with cyclophosphamide significantly improved skin and overall function in patients with scleroderma.
- Evidence shows that intravenous iloprost given in progressively increasing doses can reduce the duration and frequency of Raynaud's phenomenon attacks.
- A potential new therapy using PVAC, a substance derived from the bacterium, Mycobacterium vaccae, can improve skin symptoms without causing significant side effects.
Introduction
The name scleroderma comes from the Greek words skleros, which means hard, and derma, which means skin.
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