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  2. List of Shortland Street characters introduced in 2012

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    Kronos appeared in several guest stints in both 2012 and 2014. He was named after the cat owned by a relative of the shows head writer. [ 7 ] Kronos was the household cat owned by Luke Durville (Gerald Urquhart).

  3. Hottentot Proclamation - Wikipedia

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    A portrait of the Earl of Caledon, who issued the Hottentot Proclamation.. The Hottentot Proclamation, also known as the Hottentot Code, the Caledon Proclamation, or the Caledon Code, was a decree issued by governor of the Cape Colony the Earl of Caledon on 1 November 1809 to legalise the enslavement of Khoikhoi ( referred to as "Hottentots"), the decree was a first in a series of colonial ...

  4. Kang and Kodos - Wikipedia

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    Kang and Kodos deny the accusation of wanting to eat them, revealing that they abducted the Simpsons in order to offer them paradise on Rigel VII. However, thanks to Lisa’s accusation, they are offended and hurt and so send the Simpsons back home. [2] Kang and Kodos have invaded the Earth on several occasions, with varying results.

  5. Thomas Gallant - Wikipedia

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    Considered by many to be the most difficult of all the musical instruments, the oboe is often called the "ill wind that no one blows good." Oboist Thomas Gallant is one of the world's few virtuoso solo and chamber music performers on this instrument and he has been praised by The New Yorker magazine as "a player who unites technical mastery with intentness, charm and wit."

  6. Invitation Homes - Wikipedia

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    In 2005, entrepreneur Dallas Tanner and several others formed the housing and apartment investment company Treehouse Group in Arizona. [5] Between 2010 and 2011, it bought 1,000 distressed houses in Phoenix, Arizona, a city heavily impacted by foreclosures caused by the subprime mortgage crisis [2] and one of the first areas where private equity investor purchases of homes for rent took place ...

  7. Login.gov - Wikipedia

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    Login.gov is a single sign-on solution for US government websites. [1] It enables users to log in to services from numerous government agencies using the same username and password. Login.gov was jointly developed by 18F and the US Digital Service . [ 1 ]

  8. Elefsina - Wikipedia

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    The old factory of Kronos at the seafront of Elefsina. View of the lower area of the town from the hill of the archeological site. In 1829, after the Greek War of Independence, Elefsina was a small settlement of about 250 inhabitants. By the late 19th century Elefsina changed drastically as new buildings were erected by the new merchant settlers.

  9. Dreadstar (graphic novel) - Wikipedia

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    Dreadstar quickly rises to a military command rank, which enables him to ensure that all members of the attack force that killed his wife and home are sent on suicide missions. He then assassinates the King of the Monarchy and intimidates the new monarch, the weak-willed Gregzor, into following his plan.