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Deadenders Deadenders is a science fiction comic book series written by Ed Brubaker and published by DC Comics. It is set in a post-apocalyptic future in New Bedlam, USA and features a heavy Mod content among the characters.
Deadeye (Starriors) Deadeye is one of the major characters in Marvel Comics four-issue Starriors series based off the toyline of the same name. Deadeye is a cosmittor, a huge tryranosaurus-style robot designed to hunt and kill giant mutant monsters to prepare the earth for the return of man, who is in suspended animation following terrible solar flares.
Deadfall (Bernice Summerfield) Deadfall is an original novel by Gary Russell featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield. The New Adventures were a spin-off from the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.
Deadliest Catch Deadliest Catch is a documentary-style television series that documents the events onboard six fishing ships in the Bering Sea during the Alaskan king crab and Opilio crab fishing seasons. The show is named "Deadliest Catch" because the crew of these ships are at a high risk of death or injury due to the conditions of the sea during the seasons they fish.
Deadlift The Deadlift is a weight training exercise where one lifts a loaded barbell (or, in the case of the trapbar deadlift, a loaded trapbar) off the ground from a stabilized bent-over position. It is one of the three gauges of powerlifting, and is an excellent exercise for overall body development if done properly.
Deadline (comics) Deadline is a four issue mini series that was printed by Marvel Comics in 2002, chronicling the first appearance of Kat Farrell as a newspaper reporter in New York City, stumbling onto a murder case. Kat works at the Daily Bugle, and dealt with major Bugle employees Betty Brant, Ben Urich, Robbie Robertson, and J.
Deadline (rock band) Deadline were a 4 piece Rock band from Yorkshire, England formed in 1999 and disbanded in 2005 by change of name to Crimes of Passion. Members were Kris Hudson-Lee (Bass Guitar), Andy Lindsay (Guitar), Dale Radcliffe (Vocals 2005) and Kev Tonge (Drums 2002-2005).
Deadlock II: Shrine Wars Deadlock II: Shrine Wars is a sci-fi turn-based strategy computer game developed by Cyberlore Studios and published by Accolade, released in February 28 1998. The game allows the player to play as the leader of an alien race who controls multiple colonies on a planet's surface.
Deadlock provision A deadlock provision, or deadlock resolution clause, is a contractual clause or series of clauses in a shareholders' agreement or other form of joint venture agreement which determines how disagreements on key issues are to be resolved in relation to the management of the enterprise.
Deadly Desert The Deadly Desert is the magical desert that completely surrounds the Land of Oz. On maps, the Eastern quadrant of the desert is called the Deadly Desert, while the other three quadrants of desert are called the Shifting Sands, the Impassable Desert, and the Great Sandy Waste.
Deadly Eyes Deadly Eyes is a 1982 Canadian film directed by Robert Clouse, based on the first book of the Rats saga by James Herbert. The story revolves around Giant Black Rats who begin eating the residents of Toronto after ingesting contaminated grain.
Deadly force Deadly force or Felonious Action Ceasing Maneuver is that level of force which is inherently likely to cause death or great bodily injury. Firearms, bladed weapons, explosives, and vehicles are among those weapons the use of which is considered deadly force.
Deadly Games Deadly Games was an American sci fi show that appeared on UPN as part of its 1995 season. The basic plot of the show is about video game characters that come to life, re-enacting their deadly plans in the real world.
Deadly Hands of Kung Fu Deadly Hands of Kung Fu is a Martial Arts comic book magazine published by Curtis Magazines (a short lived imprint of Marvel Comics). There were a total of 33 magazines published plus one "Special Album Edition" before the series was cancelled.
Deadly nightshade Deadly nightshade or belladonna (Atropa belladonna) is a well-known perennial shrub, with leaves and berries that are highly toxic. It is in the nightshade family (Solanaceae), which it shares with potatoes, tomatoes, eggplants, jimsonweed, tobacco, and chili peppers.
Deadly Perfection Deadly Perfection is a comic book with both noir and cyberpunk themes. It was created by Alfredo ChavarrĂ­a and the main character in the story is Kamili, a redhaired woman who searches for her identity and the truth behind her work.
Deadly Perfume Deadly Perfume is a 1991 thriller novel written by Gordon Thomas. It follows Lieutenant Colonel David Morton, a Mossad agent, trying to prevent the international terrorist Raza from releasing a highly lethal form of Anthrax.
Deadly Reunion Deadly Reunion is a BBC Books original novel written by Terrance Dicks and Barry Letts and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Third Doctor, Jo, and UNIT.
Deadly Towers Deadly Towers is a video game developed by Lenar and exclusively-licensed by Irem as a software title for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It was released in Japan on December 15, 1986, and in the United States in September of the following year.
Deadly weapon A deadly weapon, sometimes dangerous weapon, is a statutory definition listing certain items which can inflict mortal or great bodily harm. In addition, deadly weapon statutes often contain "catch all" provisions which describe abilities used to designate other implements as deadly weapons.
Deadman's Island (San Pedro) Deadman's Island (alternately written as Dead Man's Island) was one of two islands near San Pedro, Los Angeles, California in the 19th century. Deadman's Island was dredged away in 1928 as part of a harbor development effort.
Deadnight Warrior - Something Wild Directed by Mika Lindberg this is the first video by Children of Bodom, it is common to most debut videos consisting of them playing with no story to it. It begins with the album art of Something Wild during the laughing intro and enters into the song.
Deadpool (comics) Deadpool is a Marvel Comics anti-hero, although he is sometimes portrayed as a villain. Created by artist Rob Liefeld and writer Fabian Nicieza, Deadpool first appeared in The New Mutants #98 (February 1991).
Deadstar Deadstar was an Australian band from Melbourne around singer Caroline Kennedy. Before she sang in Deadstar, she was in The Plums with Shamus Goble and Peter McCracken, and she also had her own project, The Caroline Kennedy Conspiracy.
Deadstick While fishing, generally for black bass, deadsticking is the act of presenting a soft plastic lure either by casting or a vertical drop and allowing the bait to remain motionless for an extended period time before retrieval.
Deadstick landing A deadstick landing or forced landing occurs when an aircraft loses all of its propulsive power and is forced to land. This is something of a misnomer, as the flight controls in the majority of aircraft are at least partially functional even with no engine power; it is not the "stick" (flight control surface) that is "dead," but rather the engine(s).
Deadsy (album) Deadsy is a self-titled album by Deadsy, their first album on a label. It was released in 1996 on Witchouse (Elektra/Warner) Records as a promotional-only release (blue colored CD), and later re-released in 1997 (white colored CD).
Deadweight (song) "Deadweight" is a single by Beck, taken from the soundtrack to the film A Life Less Ordinary. The song was nominated for Best Song From A Movie at the 1998 MTV Movie Awards, but lost out to Will Smith's "Men in Black.
Deadweight loss In economics, a deadweight loss (also known as excess burden) is a loss of economic efficiency that can occur when equilibrium for a good or service is not Pareto optimal. In other words, either people who would have more marginal benefit than marginal cost are not buying the good or service or people who would have more marginal cost than marginal benefit are buying the product.
Deadwood Dick Deadwood Dick was a fictional character from the pages of an 1800s dime novel by Ned Buntline. The character appeared in more than a hundred stories and became so famous the name was claimed by several men who actually lived in Deadwood, South Dakota.
Deady Hall Deady Hall is a historic building located in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It was the University of Oregon's first building, and remained the university's only building for almost ten years after its construction.
Deaf culture Deaf community and Deaf culture are two phrases used to refer to persons who are culturally Deaf as opposed to those who are deaf from the medical/audiological/pathological perspective. When used in the cultural sense, the word deaf is very often capitalized.
Deaf Dumb Blind (Summun Bukmun Umyun) Deaf Dumb Blind (Summun Bukmun Umyun) is an album by the American jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders. It was recorded at A & R Studios in New York City on July 1, 1970, and released on Impulse Records in the same year.
Deaf Equipment Acquisition Fund The Deaf Equipment Acquisition Fund or DEAF is a trust fund designed to pay the cost of specialized telecommunications equipment for the deaf or hearing impaired and to pay the cost of operating and deploying a dual-party relay system.
Deaf International Basketball Federation Deaf International Basketball Federation (DIBF) is a world governing body for international deaf basketball with support of FIBA and in cooperation with Deaflympics and its confederations. DIBF shall be an independent association composed of the National Organisations governing deaf basketball.
Deaf President Now Deaf President Now (DPN) was a student protest at Gallaudet University, the liberal arts university for the deaf in Washington, DC, pushing for the selection of a deaf university president. The university, established by an act of Congress in 1857 to serve the deaf, had always been led by a hearing president.
Deaf Smith Erastus "Deaf" Smith (April 19, 1787 – November 30, 1837) was an American frontiersman noted for his part in the Texas Revolution and the army of the Republic of Texas. He fought at the Grass Fight and the Battle of San Jacinto.
Deaf West Theatre Founded in 1991, Deaf West Theatre Company has become a cultural institution serving as a model for deaf theatre worldwide. It is noted for being the first professional resident Sign Language Theatre in the western half of the United States.
Deaf-mute Deaf-mute was a term historically used by hearing people to identify a person who was deaf and could not speak. This term first appears in the Code of Hammurabi, an ancient set of laws from the near east, in 1700 BC.
Deafblindness Deafblindness is the condition of having little or no useful sight and hearing. As with the word "Deaf", it can be capitalized to indicate that it is a culture; some prefer the spelling "DeafBlind".
Deafhood Deafhood is a term coined by Paddy Ladd in his book "Understanding Deaf culture: In search of Deafhood". It is an idea that has had a great deal of recent exposure due to the recent protests over the presidency of Gallaudet University in the U.
Deafchild India Deafchild India is a project of Nambikkai Foundation providing information technology access and training to many deaf children in schools in Tamil Nadu. The project was started in 2000 with the support of the Deafax Trust UK and the British Community Fund.
Deafnet Deafnet was created as a demonstration project in 1978 by SRI International (previously known as Stanford Research Institute) at Washington's Gallaudet University for the deaf. It was funded by The United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to demonstrate the advantages of e-mail for deaf people.
Deakin Business School Deakin Business School provides Deakin University's major postgraduate business programs covering Master of Business Administration, Master of Commerce, Master of International Business, Master of Marketing, and Doctor of Business Administration courses as well as Executive Development programs. A range of graduate certificate and diploma courses is offered as well.
Deakin Regional and Rural Medical School Deakin University Regional and Rural Medical School is a medical school of Deakin University based in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. On 8th of April, 2006, the Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon John Howard MP announced that Deakin University will host Victoria's third medical school.
Deakin University Deakin University is a large Australian public university with around 32,000 students studying Bachelor, Masters, Doctoral and Professional programs as of 2004. It has campuses in Geelong, Melbourne, and Warrnambool, Victoria.
Deal flow A term used by a venture capitalist, used to measure of the number of potential investments that are reviewed in any given period. The creation and maintenance of a flow of business proposals for evaluation and decision for financial backing.
Deal or No Deal Deal or No Deal is a television game show format owned by Endemol, a Netherlands-based production company known for creating such shows as Big Brother and Fear Factor. The first version of the show was broadcast in the Netherlands as Miljoenenjacht, followed by an Australian version, which was the first version with the Deal or No Deal name.
Deal or No Deal (Australian game show) Deal or No Deal is a game show which airs in Australia on the Seven Network and in New Zealand on Prime. It was the first international version of the gameshow, with the exception of the original Dutch version.
Deal or No Deal (Canada) Deal or No Deal is a Canadian version of the show Deal or No Deal airing in February 2007. The show will begin with a five episode trial run on the Global Television Network (the same channel that airs the American version in Canada).
Deal or No Deal (Malaysia, English version) This year, Malaysia will launch its own version of Deal or No Deal for ntv7. The smallest prize is presumed to be 1 cent, while the top prize will be 100,000 Malaysian ringgits, which equals about US$28,500, €21,900, £14,700, and ¥3,400,000.
Deal or No Deal (Spain) In Spain, Deal or No Deal is called "Allá tú" and airs on Telecinco. The show is hosted by Jesús Vázquez (Arturo Valls was the host during the summer of 2005 allowing Jesús to focus on the reality show "Operación Triunfo").
Deal or No Deal (US game show) The United States version of the gameshow Deal or No Deal, hosted by Canadian actor-comedian Howie Mandel, premiered on December 19, 2005 on NBC. After an initial weeklong event and another in February 2006, the show aired multi-weekly from March to June of 2006, typically on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Deal toy A deal toy, in the finance and investment banking world, is an object which is intended to mark and commemorate the closing of a business deal. The object is generally relatively inexpensive, although this is not always the case, and will display the names of the institutions involved as well as the date of the deal.
Deal Timeball Deal Timeball is a Victorian maritime Greenwich Mean Time signal located on the roof of a waterfront four-storey tower in the coastal town of Deal, in Kent, England. It was established in 1855 by the Astronomer Royal George Biddell Airy in collaboration with Charles V.
Deal's Gone Bad Deal's Gone Bad, hailing from Chicago, blend reggae, rocksteady, and ska music with American soul in a fiery brew all their own. DGB has been playing their unique brand of 50's and 60's Jamaican music for the past eleven years, and sharing the stage with legendary performers such as the Skatalites, Toots and the Maytals, Desmond Dekker, Hepcat, The Slackers and Flogging Molly.
Dealer's choice Dealer's choice is a style of poker where each player may deal a different game. A button passes to the left after every deal, giving the new dealer a chance to call a different game than the one that was previously called.
Dealesville Dealesville is a mixed farming town in the Free State Province of South Africa and is surrounded by numerous salt pans. There are many natural springs in the vicinity, most notably Florisbad some 35km from the town.
Dealey Plaza Sixth Floor Museum The Dealey Plaza Sixth Floor Museum is the former Texas School Book Depository building located within Dealey Plaza in Dallas Texas. In 1989 the depository was converted to the museum to present artifacts from and information about the November 22 1963 John F.
Dealey Plaza UK This is a research organisation that is dedicated to researching the assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas, Texas on the 22 November 1963. It has taken its name sake from an enclosed area of downtown Dallas where the fatal shots killed president Kennedy.
Dealignment Dealignment is a term used by political scientists, in contrast to realignment, to describe a trend or process whereby a large portion of the electorate abandons its previous partisan affiliation, without developing a new one to replace it. Many scholars argue that the trends in elections in the United States over the last several decades are best characterized as dealignment.
Dealing with Dragons Dealing with Dragons is a young adult fantasy novel written by Patricia Wrede, in which the fictional princess Cimorene escapes her oppressive family to be a dragon's princess. It is the first book in the Enchanted Forest Chronicles series.
Dealul Spirii Dealul Spirii (Spirii Hill, lit. "Spirea's Hill"; an antiquated version of the name is Dealul Spirei) is a hill in Bucharest, Romania, upon which, currently, the Palace of the Parliament (formerly known as House of the People) is located.
Deamidation Deamidation is a chemical reaction in which an amide functional group is removed from an organic compound. In biochemistry, the reaction is important in the degradation of proteins because it damages the amide-containing side chains of the amino acids asparagine and glutamine.
Dean Acheson Dean Gooderham Acheson (April 11, 1893 – October 12, 1971) was an American statesman and lawyer; as United States Secretary of State in the late 1940s he played the central role in defining American foreign policy for the Cold War. He likewise played a central role in the creation of many important institutions including Lend Lease, the Marshall Plan, NATO, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, together with the early organizations that later became the European Union and the World Trade Organization.
Dean Allmark Dean Allmark is a British professional wrestler best known in the United Kingdom for his work in All-Star Promotions and his appearance in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Allmark, who often goes by the nicknames "Xtreme", or "2-Xtreme", is one half of the UK Dream Team with Kid Cool.
Dean Arthur Schwartzmiller Dean Arthur Schwartzmiller (born July 7 1941 in Snohomish, Washington) is an alleged American child molester. He was arrested in Everett, Washington in 2005 while attempting to molest a pair of 12-year old boys, who are believed to be illegal immigrants.
Dean Baker Dean Baker is an American macroeconomist and co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. He previously was a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute and an assistant professor of economics at Bucknell University.
Dean Benjamin McLaughlin Dean Benjamin McLaughlin (* October 25, 1901, Brooklyn, Queens, NY, USA; † December 8, 1965, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, MI, USA) was an American astronomer. He was a professor of astronomy at the University of Michigan.
Dean Bernardini Dean Bernardini is the bass player for the hard rock/alternative metal band Chevelle, as well as conveniently being a brother-in-law to the Loefflers. He joined the band in 2005 after the departure of Joe Loeffler, who had been a member of the group since 1996.
Dean Biasucci Dean Biasucci (born July 25, 1962 in Niagara Falls, New York) was a placekicker in the NFL for the Indianapolis Colts and Arizona Cardinals. He is the all time leading scorer for the Colts, collecting 783 points from 1984 to 1994.
Dean Blais Dean Blais is the current associate coach of the NHL's Columbus Blue Jackets. He led the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux hockey men's team to Frozen Four NCAA Division I championships in 1997 and 2000.
Dean Boudreau Dean Boudreau (born September 8, 1980 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian singer/songwriter. His vocal style has earned comparisons to Darren Hayes (Ex-Lead Singer for Australian pop act; Savage Garden), George Michael and Justin Timberlake.
Dean Burgon Society The Dean Burgon Society is an organization which promotes the King James Only position through publications and seminars. They make extensive amounts of information available online, as well as selling printed material.
Dean Cameron Dean Cameron (born Dean Eikleberry on December 25, 1962, in Morrison, Illinois) is an American television and film actor. He is probably best known as Francis Gremp, also known as Chainsaw, in the 1987 Mark Harmon comedy Summer School.
Dean Clark Dean Clark (born January 16, 1964 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a former ice hockey defenceman and currently the head coach of the Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League. He was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the 8th round, 164th overall in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft and played one NHL game for the Oilers.
Dean Close School Dean Close School is a co-educational independent school in Cheltenham, England. The school is divided into pre-prep, preparatory and senior schools located on separate but adjacent sites outside Cheltenham town centre, occupying the largest private land area in the town.
Dean Cogan Dean Cogan was a nineteenth century Roman Catholic Irish priest, (awarded the religious title of dean), who wrote a history of the Diocese of Meath in Ireland. Published in two volumes in 1862 and 1867, Cogan's The Diocese of Meath was an important history of Christianity in Ireland.
Dean Cochran Dean Cochran (born March 18, 1972, in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a film actor most recognizable as the star of such films as Air Marshal and Target of Opportunity. He has also acted alongside Colin Farrell in Phone Booth, Lindsay Lohan in Just My Luck, and Chuck Norris in The Cutter.
Dean College Dean College is a 2 year school located in Franklin, Massachusetts. Students can receive a bachelors degree through a Dean-Suffolk program, in which the student attends classes at Dean but receives a degree from Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts.
Dean Collins Dean Collins, born Sol Ruddosky on May 29, 1917, in Newark, New Jersey, was an American] [[dancer, instructor, choreographer, and innovator of swing. He is largely responsible for bringing swing dance, or lindy hop, from New York to Southern California.
Dean Collins (actor) Dean Richard Collins (born May 30, 1990, in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor best known for playing "Mike Gold" on Fox's sitcom The War at Home, which debuted in September 2005. He later appeared as "Harry Beardsly" in the November 2005 film Yours, Mine and Ours.
Dean Collis Dean Collis (born October 21, 1985 in Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian rugby league player for the Wests Tigers club in the National Rugby League competition. His position of choice is at centre.
Dean Corll Dean Corll (24 December 1939 – 8 August 1973) was an American serial killer who, together with two younger accomplices named David Brooks and Elmer Wayne Henley, committed the Houston Mass Murders in Houston, Texas. The trio is believed to be responsible for the murders of at least 27 boys, the crimes only coming to light when Corll was shot dead by his accomplice Henley.
Dean Couzins Dean Wayne Couzins (born June 9, 1981 in Christchurch) is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in 2001 against Malaysia. The defender played the latter part of 2005 for Dutch club Breda, returning to join the NZ team for the Oceania Cup in November.
Dean Cromwell Dean Bartlett Cromwell (September 20 1879 - August 3 1962), nicknamed "Maker of Champions", was an American athletic coach in multiple sports, principally at the University of Southern California. He was the head coach of the USC track team from 1909 to 1948, excepting 1914 and 1915, and guided the team to 12 NCAA team national championships (1926, 1930-31, 1935-43) and 34 individual NCAA titles.
Dean Cundey Dean Cundey is a celebrated cinematographer born 12 March 1946 in Alhambra, California, USA. He has worked on some of the most influential special effects films in history and has collaborated extensively with directors John Carpenter and Robert Zemeckis.
Dean Delaney Dean Delaney (born September 15, 1980) is an Irish footballer born in Dublin. Delaney looked to be Ireland's most promising young goalkeeper after the 1999 World Youth Championship in which he was part of the "golden generation" of Irish youth football (which included current stars Damien Duff and Robbie Keane), a side that eventually made it to the quarter finals of the competition.
Dean Dixon Dean Dixon (January 10, 1915, New York City - November 3, 1976, ZĂĽrich, Switzerland) was an American conductor. He is recognized as the first African-American to conduct major American symphony orchestras, and one of the first Americans to hold a leading post with European orchestras.
Dean Downing Dean Downing (24 January 1975) is an English bicycle racer, specialising in road cycling. He rode for the DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed team in 2006 and is the older brother of the former British champion, Russell Downing.
Dean Dozen The "Dean Dozen" in American politics, was the collective term for six groups of 12 candidates endorsed by Democracy for America, the political action committee led by former Vermont governor and presidential candidate Howard Dean, in the 2004 elections.
Dean Drayton Rev Dr Dean Drayton B.Sc.(Hons), B.D., Ph.D. was appointed as the President of the Uniting Church in Australia (UCA) at the 10th Assembly held in Melbourne in July 2003. He also lectures on a part-time basis in Missiology at Sydney's United Theological College (UTC).
Dean Faiello Dean Faiello was the main suspect in the murder of Maria Cruz, a Filipino immigrant who worked as a financial analyst in New York City. It was suspected that she was the victim of a botched medical operation by the unlicensed Faiello.
Dean Francis Alfar Dean Francis Alfar (born 1969), is a Filipino playwright, novelist and writer of speculative fiction. His plays have been performed in venues across the country, while his articles and fiction have been published both in his native Philippines and abroad, such as in Strange Horizons, Rabid Transit and The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror.
Dean Gallery The Dean Gallery is an art gallery in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is part of the National Galleries of Scotland. It was opened in 1999, opposite the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, which is its sister gallery.
Dean Garrett Dean Heath Garrett (born November 27 1966, in Los Angeles, California) is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Phoenix Suns in the 2nd round (38th overall) of the 1988 NBA Draft. Garrett actually started his NBA career in 1996, mere weeks from his 30th birthday, having played in Europe in the intervening years.
Dean Gerken Dean Gerken is a highly rated, young goalkeeper, who plays for Championship side, Colchester United. The 21 year old, has, in the past, been watched by England, and he is widely expected to play at a higher level in the future.
Dean Gordon Dean Gordon (born 10 February 1973 in Croydon) is an English footballer who plays in the position of left back. Gordon has international experience with the England Under-21s, After seven years at Crystal Palace he decided it was time to try his hand elsewhere and he moved to Middlesbrough F.
Dean Guitars Dean Guitars is a manufacturer of musical instruments. Primarily famous for their electric guitars they also make acoustic guitars, electric and acoustic basses, amplifiers, jazz guitars, resonators, banjos and mandolins.
Dean Haglund Dean Haglund (born in Oakbank, Manitoba, Canada July 29, 1965) is a Canadian actor best known for the role of Richard "Ringo" Langly, one of the Lone Gunmen on The X-Files. Haglund is also a stand-up comedian, specializing in improvisational comedy.

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