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Background. Targeted physical activity drives functional recovery after stroke. This review aimed to determine the amount of time stroke survivors spend physically active during physiotherapy sessions. Summary of Review. A systematic search was conducted to identify published studies that investigated the use of time by people with stroke during physiotherapy sessions. Seven studies were included; six observational and one randomised controlled trial. People with stroke were found to be physically active for an average of 60 percent of their physiotherapy session duration. The most common activities practiced in a physiotherapy session were walking, sitting, and standing with a mean (SD) practice time of 8.7 (4.3), 4.5 (4.0), and 8.3 (2.6) minutes, respectively. Conclusion. People with stroke were found to spend less than two-thirds of their physiotherapy sessions duration engaged in physical activity. In light of dosage studies, practice time may be insufficient to drive optimal motor recovery.
People with stroke spend less than a quarter of their day engaged in physical activity in rehabilitation centres [1, 2]. Studies conducted internationally over many years have shown that the time spent by people with stroke in therapy and in contact with therapists during the working day is very little [1–4]. Bernhardt et al.  found that people with stroke spent only 5.2 percent of the working day in contact with therapists in an acute stroke unit which equates to 0.5 hours of a nine-hour observation period. Similarly, Thompson and McKinstry  found that people with stroke in an inpatient rehabilitation unit spent only 1.2 hours of an 11-hour observation period in therapy. However, an observational study investigating the use of time in physiotherapy sessions specifically, reported that people with stroke spend between 21 percent and 30 percent of therapy sessions inactive . Many studies have identified therapy sessions as being the most active part of the day and therefore provide the greatest opportunity to maximise physical activity levels. Therefore, this review was important to determine exactly how active people with stroke are in their physiotherapy sessions during stroke rehabilitation.
Targeted physical activity drives functional recovery after stroke. There is now strong evidence that more time spent in task-specific therapy after stroke improves functional outcomes [6, 7]. Furthermore, high repetitions of a task-specific physical activity have been shown to facilitate positive neuroplasticity in stroke survivors [8–10].
In light of this knowledge, and the fact that clinical guidelines for stroke management include recommendations to maximise active therapy time , it is important to determine just how active stroke survivors are in therapy sessions aimed at improving motor function. Therefore, the aim of this review was to synthesise the current evidence about the total amount of time spent by people with stroke engaged in physical activity (total active time) and time spent engaged in different physical activity categories during physiotherapy sessions in stroke rehabilitation.
Published studies of all designs were identified by entering various search terms (Table 1) in the following electronic databases: CINAHL, AMED, MEDLINE, and EMBASE (Classic + Embase from 1947 to 2010, week 38). Preliminary searches were conducted in August 2010 to find the appropriate search terms. The final search was completed on the 11th of December, 2011. The reference lists of studies which met the selection criteria were searched for potentially relevant publications. Searches were limited by years of publication (1990 to current), English language, and participants' age group (18 years and over). The authors of studies which reported both therapy content and therapy time but had insufficient data for the purposes of this systematic review were contacted for additional data.
Table 1: Search terms used to identify published studies which reported data on therapy content and duration.
Studies were included if (1) participants were adults receiving rehabilitation after stroke, (2) physiotherapy was provided in inpatient rehabilitation or an acute care hospital, and (3) data relating to both the therapy content (type of physical activity subcategories), and the amount of time spent in different physical activity categories during physiotherapy sessions was reported (i.e., studies reporting content of therapy only or total duration of therapy sessions only were not included).
Critical appraisal of the relevant articles was conducted using a modified evidence-based learning critical appraisal checklist . This tool assesses the quality of observational studies in four categories: population, data collection, study design, and results. The factors which were most likely to contribute bias to the studies were chosen from the original critical appraisal tool. Two additional criteria were added: "concealment of study purpose to the participants" as this would reduce any bias arising from changes in usual practice and "involvement of an independent person observing the therapy sessions" which would reduce the risk of bias of overestimation of therapy duration. A copy of the critical appraisal tool as it was applied in this review appears in the Appendix. Two reviewers critically appraised the included studies independently. Justification of results from both reviewers was discussed and when disagreement occurred, a consensus was reached by discussion. Where further information was required to clarify criteria (e.g., whether the assessor was an independent person), authors were contacted directly. Where consensus could not be reached or criteria remained ambiguous, the opinion of a third reviewer was sought.
Data from the included studies were extracted including total therapy session duration, time spent in different physical activity subcategories, and total inactive time. The percentage of total active time was calculated using total time spent in physical activity subcategories in a therapy session. The total active time was averaged across studies, where data were sufficiently homogenous.
The search yielded 2534 hits of which 61 studies were potentially relevant after reviewing titles and abstract (see Figure 1 for flow chart). After removing 13 duplicates, 48 relevant full-text articles were obtained and assessed against the selection criteria by one reviewer. A total of 28 studies were excluded because of their outpatient setting, and/or lack of data on therapy content or duration. Two reviewers assessed the full text of the remaining 20 studies and independently made a decision about studies to be included in the review. A third reviewer was available to adjudicate any disagreements, but this was not required. The reference lists of the included seven studies were scrutinized, but no further relevant publications were identified. An expert check was also conducted, but no further studies were identified.
Figure 1: Flowchart of study selection (according to the Prisma statement ).
All of the included studies were assessed as having a low risk of bias except Peurala et al.  which was assessed as having moderate to high risk of bias (Table 2). In Peurala et al. , there were no independent observers involved (the same therapists that provided the therapy also evaluated content and duration), the data collection methods were not adequately described, and the data collection instrument was not validated. Furthermore, it was unclear if the study purpose was concealed from the participants and therapists, thereby increasing the risk of overestimation of activity levels.
Table 2: Critical appraisal of the included studies.
All the included studies were observational except Peurala et al. , which was an RCT. The majority of the included studies were conducted in Australia (Table 3). Five of the included studies were carried out in inpatient rehabilitation facilities and two in acute care hospitals (Table 3). The average time since stroke ranged from 5.6  to 161  days (Table 3). Video recording, behavioural mapping, and contemporaneous recording by the researchers or therapists were the three main methods of observation used in the included studies. In the video recording method of observation, the entire physiotherapy session was video-recorded and later analysed to extract the data. In the behavioural mapping method of observation, the total observation period (for, e.g., from 9 am to 5 pm) is divided into 10-minute time slots. During every 10 minute-time slot, participants are observed for one minute, and their behaviour is recorded. The contemporaneous recording involves researchers or treating therapists recording the content and duration of the therapy sessions in a data collection instrument during or after the observed therapy session.
Table 3: Summary of the included studies and their findings in relation to therapy duration.
The mean total therapy session time ranged from 24 minutes to 64 minutes (mean of 49.5 minutes) except Lang et al.  (Table 3). Lang et al.  measured the number of repetitions performed by participants during a therapy session but they did not report total therapy time. The amount of active time within physiotherapy sessions ranged from 27 minutes to 39 minutes (mean of 32.8 minutes). The percentage of time spent active during a therapy session ranged from 42 percent to 71 percent (mean of 60 percent) (Table 3). The time spent by people with stroke engaged in various physical activity subcategories is outlined in Table 4.
Table 4: The average amount of time spent by people with stroke engaged in different physical activity subcategories and time spent inactive in therapy sessions.
The descriptions of physical activity subcategories and inactivity across the studies varied, but could be collated into categories of walking, standing activities, cycling, transfers (including sit-to-stand), sitting activities, upper limb activities, bed mobility/activities in lying, and inactivity/rest time.
The average amount of time spent in walking practice ranged from four to 14.7 minutes per therapy session (Table 4). Walking practice included early gait activities (walking on level surface, therapist assisted using a gait aid) and advanced gait activities (walking on uneven surface, stairs, obstacle courses, and treadmill) [14–16]. In the study by Lang et al. , the average number of steps taken per therapy session was 395, and the average number of times the participants got up to walk was nine per therapy session.
All the studies except Lang et al.  reported the amount of time spent in sitting activities specifically. Sitting activities included postural control exercises, reaching, and active lower limb exercises. The average amount of time spent in sitting practice ranged from 0.3 to 9.6 minutes.
All the studies except Lang et al.  reported the amount of time spent in standing activities specifically. Exercises in standing included standing up, shifting weight from one leg to the other, and reaching in standing. The average amount of time spent in standing practice ranged from four to 11.6 minutes per therapy session.
All the included studies except De Wit et al.  reported the amount of time spent in upper limb activities during therapy sessions. Upper limb activities included active task practice using the paretic upper limb. The average amount of time spent in upper limb activities ranged from 0.9 to 7.9 minutes per therapy session. Lang et al.  reported an average of 86 repetitions of active upper limb activities performed per therapy session.
Only three studies [5, 15, 16] reported the average amount of time spent per therapy session performing bed mobility/activities in lying, this ranged from 0.3 to 5.2 minutes. Bed mobility/activities in lying included rolling, bridging, lying down from sitting, moving across the bed, sitting from lying, and isolated hip/knee control.
Five of the included studies [5, 14, 15, 17, 19] reported the amount of time/repetitions spent engaged in transfer exercises per therapy session. Transfers included sit-to-stand, moving from wheelchair to bed, and wheelchair to toilet. The average amount of time spent in transfer practice ranged from 1.8 to 3.7 minutes per therapy session. An average of 11 repetitions of transfers per session was reported by Lang et al. .
Only four of the included studies [5, 14, 18, 19] reported the time spent in other activities. Other therapeutic activities included cycling, activities in kneeling, passive movements, soft tissue techniques, tonus inhibition, positioning to stretch muscles, exercising the affected lower limb in any position, selective movements including coordination, strengthening exercises, and active relaxation. The average amount of time spent engaged in other activities ranged from 4.1 to 16 minutes.
Only three studies [5, 16, 19] investigated the amount of inactive time during therapy sessions. The inactive periods included time spent resting between activities, receiving instruction from or waiting for the therapist, and use of the nonparetic upper limb/lower limb. The average amount of inactive time ranged from 12.4 to 37 minutes per therapy session.
Figure 2 provides a visual representation of the average amount of time spent engaged in each category of activity in the context of total therapy time and enables a comparison with inactive or rest time.
Figure 2: Mean amount of time spent in different physical activity subcategories, and the time spent inactive in relation to the mean total therapy time. The minimum and maximum time spent in different physical activities may not be identical to the data in Table 4 due to rounding.
This systematic review found that people with stroke spent more than a third (40 percent) of their physiotherapy sessions inactive. In other words, 60 percent of the total therapy session duration was the averaged total active time. Physiotherapy techniques like passive movement, tonus inhibition, and stretching were included in "other therapeutic activities" within active time; therefore, this figure of 40 percent constitutes absolute rest or inactive time. Inconsistencies were found in how others have categorised these techniques as either passive or active, so the most conservative interpretation was chosen. The mean amount of active time in physiotherapy sessions was 32.8 minutes. The most common physical activities observed during physiotherapy sessions were walking, sitting, and standing practice. However, the actual amount of time spent by people with stroke engaged in these activities per therapy session was small (mean of 8.7 (SD 4.3) minutes walking practice, 4.5 (4.0) minutes sitting practice, and 8.3 (2.6) minutes standing practice).
Even less time was spent per therapy session on activities such as upper limb practice, transfers, and bed mobility. While we do not yet know what the optimal dose of therapy time and repetitions is to optimise functional recovery after stroke, neuroplasticity literature suggests that hundreds to thousands of repetitions of a task or movement are required to lead to lasting neural changes [20–23]. This raises the question as to whether the amount of task-specific practice currently provided during stroke rehabilitation is adequate to drive neuroplastic changes for optimal functional recovery.
Overall, the quality of the included studies was moderate-to-high with the exception of Peurala et al.  in which the method of data collection was not clearly described or validated. The study relied on therapists recording of the content of physiotherapy sessions which may not be accurate. Therapists are known to systematically overestimate the time participants spend in therapy sessions . We recently completed a study examining the accuracy of physiotherapists in estimating both therapy duration and the time spent in different categories of activity and inactivity in therapy sessions and found therapists systematically overestimated active time by 28 percent and systematically underestimated inactive time by 36 percent (unpublished data). This suggests any studies relying on therapist reports of therapy sessions are likely to overestimate active time. All other studies in the review used more objective measures of estimating active time in physiotherapy sessions. Two studies [15, 19] used behavioural mapping—a well established method by which participants are observed for one minute out of every 10 minutes per day and their activities are recorded. This method poses some limitations as the participants were observed for only one minute out of every 10 minutes during the total observation period. All other studies used some form of continuous monitoring of physiotherapy sessions—either by videoing sessions in their entirety and analysing the footage later [5, 16, 18] or by counting repetitions of a particular task . While these methods are likely to provide a more accurate picture of therapy time, there remains a risk of bias due to a possible increase in activity levels of participants because they are obviously being observed throughout their therapy session. These limitations in study design are most likely to lead to an inflation of active time in physiotherapy sessions.
Two of the included studies were conducted in acute settings and five in inpatient settings. The studies from outpatients and community settings were excluded because frequency and occasions of service delivery would be even more varied and therefore skew the results. Therefore, the findings of this review can only be generalised to services where the person is an inpatient. Even then there are some possible minor differences between acute and subacute settings in terms of length of therapy session provided. For this reason, we have concentrated on the percentage times spent active so that results can be more meaningfully interpreted.
The low level of physical activity within physiotherapy sessions is of concern, considering that clinical guidelines suggest that rehabilitation after stroke should be structured to provide practice time as much as possible, and that at least one hour per day should be spent in active task practice . This review suggests that stroke survivors are doing only around 33 minutes of active task practice in each therapy session which falls well short of the recommended target if it is the only session provided during the day.
The included studies did not report therapy session frequency per day. Therefore, only findings for percentage of total active time per therapy session were summarised. It is possible, particularly in the acute setting, that participants received multiple therapy sessions per day. Further studies are needed to report total active time in therapy sessions for the entire day in line with current stroke guidelines.
Time spent physically active could be increased by increasing the total time spent by people with stroke in therapy sessions. Group circuit class therapy sessions are an alternative to individual physiotherapy sessions. They are longer in duration and therefore have the potential to increase active practice time. Elson et al.  reported that the time spent physically active by people with stroke was higher during circuit class therapy sessions due to their longer therapy duration. However, in percentage terms, the time spent by stroke participants engaged in physical activity during circuit class therapy sessions was similar to that of the individual therapy sessions . Therefore, the effectiveness of circuit class therapy sessions in increasing physical activity levels of people with stroke requires further research.
There is a lack of evidence on the optimal dose and timing of therapy (block activity or frequent short bursts) required to enhance functional recovery after stroke. The optimal ways to schedule and deliver therapy is still unknown. However, therapists should aim to maximise the time people with stroke spend physically active in therapy sessions. Further research should focus on investigating the optimum timing and scheduling of therapy sessions.
Only one person completed the first review of titles and abstracts which may have resulted in some potential papers being missed. Data on therapy content and duration could not be directly extracted from some studies  and required a process of extrapolation which may have introduced errors. The degree to which the data presented in the included studies is reflective of usual practice is not known. Finally, only data for physiotherapy sessions were located. Studies investigating physical activity time in other rehabilitation sessions (such as occupational therapy) should be conducted to give a more comprehensive picture of the person's overall therapy experience.
The findings of this systematic review suggest that people with stroke are engaged in physical activity for less than two-thirds of the total physiotherapy session duration. The time spent by people with stroke engaged in the most commonly observed physical activity categories (walking, sitting, and standing) may be lower than what is recommended, and that is reported to be required to drive positive neuroplastic changes and optimise functional recovery. Therefore, therapists should be aware of the likelihood that people with stroke might not be receiving enough practice time. Researchers need to investigate the optimal therapy intensity and timing of therapy to drive positive neuroplasticity and functional recovery after stroke.
(i)Is the study population well reported? (i.e., acuity, and severity of stroke)(ii)Are the inclusion and exclusion criteria definitively outlined?(iii)Is the sample large enough for sufficiently precise estimates?(iv)Are data collection methods clearly described?(v)Is the data collection instrument validated?(vi)Were those involved in data collection not involved in delivering a service to the target population?(vii)Is the statistical analysis and its interpretation appropriate?(viii)Is the subset analysis a major, rather than a minor, focus of the paper?(ix)Was the study purpose concealed from the participants?
National Stroke Foundation, "Clinical Guidelines for Stroke Management," 2010, http://www.strokefoundation.com.au/clinical-guidelines.
L. Glynn, "EBLIP Critical Appraisal Checklist," Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, 2006, http://www.nihs.ie/pdf/EBL Critical Appraisal Checklist.pdf.


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Two Celebrity Stalkers-Killers
Because of my desire to keep confidential my prior protective services for Gavin de Becker, I have refrained from writing about that work. Tonight I was searching the internet and found this fascinating published article.
Because the details below have been made public by de Becker, I have highlighted in red the aspects of these cases in which I was involved, while still keeping confidential some of our behind the scenes activities.
You're The One That I Want!
The title song of Olivia Newton-John's album Physicalwas the #1 hit on the billboard charts in 1981.
But that brought her little comfort.
Two deadly stalkers were after her.
One killed a dog and sent its teeth to another celebrity. (NOTE: You would be astounded at some of the things that crazies sent to the objects of their stalking.)
In 1978 Olivia had starred with John Travolta in the blockbuster hit movie, Grease. Two songs from the film became huge hits: Hopelessly Devoted To You, and You're The One That I Want.
Ralph Nau decided Olivia was the one that he wanted ... to kill.
A difficult child
Ralph Nau was born in Wisconsin in 1955 with a spinal condition that prevented him from learning to walk until he was 3 years old. Relatives say he was a "difficult" child who exhibited increasingly erratic behavior. He would scream suddenly without provocation.
As a teenager he scared relatives by entering their homes in the dead of night and ran away several times. Then his obsession with celebrities began.(NOTE: For those who don't believe in "profiling", please note this photo and the photos of all the recent mass shooters.)
In 1978 he obtained a California driver's license under the name of Shawn Newton-John. Using this alias, he obtained Olivia's address and sent her several disturbing letters. He also killed a dog and sent its teeth to another celebrity. Terrified, Olivia hired security expert Gavin de Becker, who knew Nau was already targeting 40 celebrities, including Madonna (I worked at her home for a couple months), Cher (I worked at her home for several months and toured with her for a year) and Sheena Easton (I worked one of her concerts and shadowed Nau for several hours that day). Olivia became his main target.
600 terrifying letters
In the span of three years Nau sent her 600 terrifying letters. Security agents monitored him closely every day. He traveled the world to attend her concerts, unaware that security men (I sat behind him at one concert, after having patted him down when he entered, as I masqueraded as a ticket taker and pretended that we patted down everyone) occupied the seats around him. Convinced he was mentally ill, they tried, and failed, to have him hospitalized. In 1983, Nau moved to Illinois to live with his mother Shirley, his step-father, Ken Gerken, and Dennis Gerken, Ken's son from a previous marriage. Dennis, age 8, was severely disabled, unable to speak or perform basic functions.
Having read Nau's letters, de Becker feared he might harm his family and warned them. But on August 8, 1984, Ralph Nau bludgeoned Dennis with an ax and buried him in a shallow grave. The next day he told police he did this because the boy prevented him from watching an important TV show: Olivia was sending him signals.
Although his confession was thrown out on a technicality, Nau was deemed mentally unfit to stand trial and committed to a mental hospital where he remains at this writing. Because his case is reviewed twice a year, de Becker must testify against his release.
Five dead in Louisiana
On July 20, 1983, de Becker received alarming news. Police in Jennings, LA, had found five people brutally murdered. Their suspect was Michael Perry, and as de Becker well knew, Perry was also stalking Olivia. His agents flew to Louisiana (I was the only "agent" who flew to Louisiana. I brought with me Dr. Walt Risler. Risler had made a lifetime study of analyzing threat material. I knew of his path-finding work through our mutual friendship with Mike Carrington, a protégé of Risler. Carrington, by the way, is an outstanding professional in threat assessment, security, and law enforcement, and the retired U.S. Marshal from Northern Indiana).
The bodies were gone, but the crime scene photographs were gruesome. Perry had shot out his parents' eyes with a shotgun, killed his infant nephew and, inexplicably, fired several shotgun blasts into a wall heater. He also killed two cousins at another house.
Security agents found a notepad near where the bodies had been. On the pad were many names, some connected by lines, some circled, some underlined. Perry wrote the word sky near the names of those he had just killed. The agents believed the other names were people he intended to kill. Some were in Louisiana. Others were in Texas and Washington, D.C. One was in California. Olivia Newton-John.
Security agents moved Olivia to a safe location (We'll keep that location private, but I was there until we made special longer-term plans and before I flew to Louisiana). They figured Perry would go to her house. At that time, Ralph Nau was still roaming the country, but now their most urgent task was finding Michael Perry, who clearly intended to kill Olivia.
Over the next few weeks, de Becker interviewed
Perry's schizophrenic sister
a neighbor boy who said Perry had decapitated his dog
a librarian who lent Perry survivalist books
the doctor he'd told of his plan to "kill people in groups of ten."
Eyes in the sky, dead bodies below the floor
Michael's parents, Grace and Chester Perry, had long feared that he might kill them. When he came to visit Grace locked herself in the house and wouldn't let him in unless Chester was there. They hid their guns and gave him money to leave. This allowed them to sleep easier. It allowed Michael to stalk Olivia Newton-John and others.
As a child Michael had night terrors. The Perry home was built on foot-high stilts and he came to believe that dead bodies were rising through the floor from the space below the house.
When he was six, his father came home from work every day and questioned him about his bad behavior, like riding his bike in the street. His father knew this because he had asked a neighbor to watch Michael and report his activities.
Each day before he left for work, his father warned Michael: "When I go to work, I leave my eyes at home."
When Michael later changed his name to Eye, neighbors chalked this up to his bizarre behavior. But to Michael it made perfect sense.
After one of his celebrity stalking trips, Michael beat his mother so badly he was committed to a mental hospital. He escaped and went home. Police found him there, but his mother refused to let them take Michael into custody.
While hospitalized, Michael told doctors that when he was seven his mother pushed him against the wall heater, which resulted in disfiguring burns on his legs. Every day the scars reminded him of this. Twenty years later the shotgun blasts at the heater were his symbolic revenge.
"No woman should be above a man"
Michael hated his mother. Although the burns on his legs had long-since healed, he still wrapped his legs in Ace bandages to hide the scars. On July 19, 1983, Michael murdered his mother and made sure his father's eyes would never watch him again.
"No woman should be above a man," he once told his doctors. And one woman had just risen to a high position.
The person on his Washington, DC hit list was Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court.
The hunt for Michael Perry
Sociologist Walt Risler, a pioneer in predicting violence, interviewed Perry's family and examined photos the crime scene. Michael had placed several items in a crib: a crucifix, a pillow, 3 family photos face down, a wall plaque of the Virgin Mary, and a ceramic crab.
(NOTE: If Risler lived in a larger community, he would have been nationally known for this expertise and somebody would be playing his part on Criminal Minds.)
Risler believed Perry was either in Louisiana pursuing other people on his hit list, stalking Justice Sandra O'Connor in Washington, or hiding in the wilderness area behind Olivia's home in Malibu.
Firemen had told de Becker about a makeshift camp they had seen months earlier near her house. After learning that The Search by expert tracker Tom Brown was missing from the Jennings Public Library, de Becker asked Brown to help find Michael. Accompanied by de Becker and armed security agents, Brown searched the area. Then de Becker got a call from one of his agents. (Olivia was one of 33 illustrious clients of de Becker for whom I did protective work)
A break and a bust
A neighbor who lived near Olivia had just reported that a strange man knocked on her door asking about "the magic movie star" and ran into the woods. De Becker and his agents raced to Olivia's home where sheriff's deputies with tracker dogs waited. Barking furiously, the dogs dragged agents up a steep hill. Sheriff's deputies captured a man hiding in the brush. But it was not Michael Perry, just another man in pursuit of Olivia.
The next night agents searching the area near her home found a crude shelter. It had a direct view of the route Olivia took to and from her home, and the jacket of one her albums was inside. When agents they heard sounds of someone approaching, they pounced on a man, who screamed: "I'm the king!" But he wasn't Michael Perry.
A prediction comes true
While police across the country searched for Michael Perry, sociologist Walt Risler predicted Perry would go to Washington to kill Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. On July 31, his prediction came true.
Washington, D.C. police received a complaint from a man at a hotel, who said another man stole his radio. After questioning the two men, the officer dismissed the complaint. Then he checked their names for outstanding arrest warrants. One was Michael Perry.
A creepy killer speaks
Police notified de Becker, who spoke with Perry by phone. He denied going to Olivia's home but eagerly explained why he wanted to kill her. "When she was in that movie, whenever she turned around, she had a different face, you know. She looked like my mother back in 1961, ... my mother walked into the room ... she had this ugly-looking face ... and the face in that movie reminded me of 1961."
Giving the lie to his earlier statement, he described the entrance to Olivia's home and said: "... I rang the bell, and there was a camera out front ... I didn't get that girl's attention, and she didn't get mine, either ... nothing had ever stuck to my mind like that."
Fixated on Olivia's eyes, Perry believed she was responsible for the dead bodies that he believed were rising through the floorboards of his childhood home. "On her HBO special I saw her eyes change color. ... I didn't like it at all. That girl might be a witch, you know. It did look like my mother. ... I've stayed up many nights thinking about this."
When police searched his hotel room, they found seven TV sets tuned to nothing but static. On each screen Perry had drawn a pair of eyes with colored markers. As police drove Perry back to Louisiana, he asked them to send a message to de Becker: "You better keep an eye on her 24 hours a day."
No resolution
A jury convicted Michael Perry of the five Louisiana murders and sentenced him to death. Ironically, due to a Supreme Court ruling rendered by Justice Sandra O'Connor and her colleagues, his death sentence was set aside. Perry could not be forcibly medicated in order to be executed. He remains in prison.
When the public wonders why celebrities need security, they have no idea how many crazy individuals there are, fixated on what de Becker calls "media figures".
Another One for the Good Guys (Spring 2013)
Apr 01 Sully's Sayings

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What is a Combustible Gas Detector?
M. McGee
A combustible gas detector is a device that senses the presence of harmful gases and alerts people to the hazard. There are two main methods of detecting combustible gases: controlled combustion and infrared technology. Each of these methods has its own advantages and disadvantages, although the infrared methods are typically safer overall. In addition to combustible gas detectors, there are a wide array of other devices that detect non-combustible harmful gases.
In most cases, a combustible gas detector is a handheld or similarly sized device. They generally run on batteries and are easy to transport and set up. This allows users to take them into places where there may be harmful gases and get a reading immediately. In nearly all cases, these devices have audible alarms that are very loud. These alarms alert nearby people to the danger, giving them time to evacuate or stop the problem before it gets out of hand.
Fuel burning appliances, like a natural gas stove, may pose a risk for both fuel leakage and carbon monoxide poisoning.
Some types of combustible gas detectors actually heat the gases to the point of combustion to detect them. This is done within a controlled environment inside the detector. These are the original types of detectors and have been around for many years.
A controlled combustion combustible gas detector uses a special type of circuit called a Wheatstone bridge. This circuit measures the current flow between two points inside the detector. When combustible gas enters the chamber with the circuit, one half of the circuit is warm enough to ignite the gas, or it contains a combustion catalyst. When the gases combust, the heat present in the testing area changes and the flow of electricity over the circuit is altered. This change triggers the alarm in the device.
An infrared combustible gas detector works in a totally different way. As gas moves into the testing chamber, a beam is shot at it. The beam splits before it actually reaches the gas; one half goes into the gas to a receiver, and the other goes back to the emitter. The detector measures the intensity of the two beams to determine if combustible gas is present. When the beams are the same, everything is fine, but changes in the intensity of the gas-side beam could mean there is a problem.
Along with combustible gas detectors, there are a wide range of other gas detectors on the market. Since there are so many gases that are harmful to humans, these detectors are an important safety feature both commercially and residentially. Simple detectors such as carbon monoxide and radon should be present in every home and workplace.
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One Year Since Sean Hannity Agreed to be Waterboarded
Posted on Apr 22, 2010 in Sean Hannity | 2 comments
One year ago, today, Sean Hannity agreed to be waterboarded for charity. He has yet to do it, not even for the troops' families as he said he would…
Further Proof that Torture Doesn't Work
Posted on Jun 16, 2009 in Fox News | 0 comments
We've seen Fox News personalities claim that either Waterboarding is not torture, or that Waterboarding and torture provide accurate information. They also disputed waterboarding statistics.
We all know that, legally and morally speaking, Waterboarding is torture. It's against the law. Period. But what about the accuracy of the information? Again, rational people know that torture, unlike in the movies, produces lies. The proof is here in the form of quotes from conservative torture scapegoat, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
"I make up stories," Mohammed said, describing in broken English an interrogation probably administered by the CIA that concerned the location of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
"Where is he? I don't know. Then he torture me," Mohammed said. "Then I said, 'Yes, he is in this area.'"
The above quotes are from the documents released recently as a result of an ACLU lawsuit, but were heavily redacted, contrary to Obama's pledge to be more transparent.
Sean Hannity Still Insists Waterboarding Is Not Torture
Posted on May 27, 2009 in Sean Hannity | 3 comments
A month after Sean Hannity said he would be waterboarded to show his support for our troops, Erich "Mancow" Muller took up the challenge. Mancow called it off after six seconds and stated, emphatically, that waterboarding is "absolutely torture." He made an appearance on Countown with Keith Olbermann and said that it's worse than drowning and that he would have said anything to make it stop, thus proving that it's an unreliable method of obtaining accurate information.
After the initial offer to be waterboarded, after Mancow "manned up" and took the challenge, and after Mancow declared that it is, in fact, torture, Sean Hannity still insists that it's not. He called Mancow and told him, "It's still not torture." Mancow replied, "Sean, it is torture."
Mancow also praised Olbermann and called him a "stand up guy" for donating $10,000 to the Veterans of Valor.
Keith Olbermann Donates $10k to Charity in Mancow's Name, not Sean Hannity's
Posted on May 23, 2009 in Keith Olbermann, Sean Hannity | 5 comments
It made big news yesterday when Erich "Mancow" Muller was waterboarded live on his radio show. It happened to be on the one month anniversary of Sean Hannity's offer to do the same to support the troops. Of course, Hannity has not followed through on his word. Keith Olbermann, showing what charity and support looks like, withdrew his offer to donate $1,000 per second to charity in Sean Hannity's name, calling him "unnecessary." Instead he decided to give $10,000 to charity in Mancow's name, even though Mancow only lasted around six seconds.
Jesse Ventura Makes $1,000 Waterboarding Bet to Sean Hannity
Former Governor, Navy SEAL and professional wrestler, Jesse Ventura, has been making the rounds recently promoting his new book. He's been on The View, The Howard Stern Show, Sean Hannity's show, Fox & Friends, etc. He also sat down with The Huffington Post for an interview in which he offered a $1,000 bet that if he were to waterboard Sean Hannity, he'd get Hannity to say that Barack Obama is the greatest president.
"I'll bet [Hannity] a thousand bucks that I can get him to say 'Barack Obama is the greatest president' — if I get him to say it, he'll give the thousand to charity and if I can't, I'll give the money to charity."
Ventura also mentioned that he wants to go on The O'Reilly Factor, but Bill O'Reilly doesn't have the courage to have him as a guest.
One Month Since Sean Hannity Waterboard Offer
On April 22, 2009, Sean Hannity offered to be waterboarded for our troops. It's been one month since he made this pledge, thinking that waterboarding is not torture, and he has not followed up it.
Another on-air personality, Erich "Mancow" Muller, thought the same. Until now. He left it up to his listeners who voted that he should be subjected to a waterboarding session, live on his show. He lasted six to seven seconds and now says that it is "absolutely torture."
Where are you at Hannity?
Karl Rove Calls Nancy Pelosi 'Torture' Accomplice
Posted on May 14, 2009 in Fox Nation | 1 comment
In the soap opera of American politics, we've seen countless stories about torture and who knew what, when. It's almost incestuous. Let's see if I get this right… it's a little twisted: Democrats charge that Republicans, specifically the Bush Administration, was behind the the approval of torture methods, such as waterboarding. Republicans counter that it was the CIA who misinformed them, or didn't inform them at all, about what was really going on. CIA disputes this and claims that Republicans and Democrats alike knew about and approved of what was going on.
Enter Nancy Pelosi, who is quoted as saying, "We were not — I repeat — were not told that waterboarding or any of these other enhanced interrogation methods were used" and Karl Rove, who just wrote an article for the Wall Street Journal, a News Corp. publication, which is now linked to on The Fox Nation web site. He claims, "Nancy Pelosi was an accomplice to 'torture'" and "she not only agreed with what was being done, she apparently pressed the CIA to do more." Accomplice is defined as "A cooperator; An associate in the commission of a crime." In other words, Mr. Rove seems to imply that others should be charged for ordering torture, such as those in the Bush Administration, including himself. What a tangled web…
Newt Gringrich Makes False Claim About Democrats & Waterboarding
Posted on May 11, 2009 in Fox News | 0 comments
Former House Speaker Newt Gringrich was on Fox News Sunday, spreading more nonsense. Gringrich made the assertion, which was not challenged whatsoever by Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace, that Democrats did not try to ban waterboarding.
"And second, you know, they've had control since January of 2007. They haven't passed a law making waterboarding illegal. They haven't gone into any of these things and changed law."
Here in the real world, we know that in 2007 the House of Representatives passed the Intelligence Authorization Act that would have limited interrogation methods to those approved by the Army Field Manual on Human Intelligence Collector Operations, thus prohibiting waterboarding. In 2008 a Democratic-controlled Congress passed the bill to ban the torture method. It was President George W. Bush who vetoed it.
Wanda Sykes Slams Sean Hannity At Correspondents Dinner
Posted on May 11, 2009 in Sean Hannity | 12 comments
Wanda Sykes was the featured comic at the White House Correspondents Dinner and she had some choice words for Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh. Sykes brought up the fact that Hannity has not lived up to his waterboarding pledge and joked that Limbaugh was the 20th hijacker on 9/11.
"Sean Hannity said that he was going to get waterboarded for charity for our armed forces. He hasn't done it yet I see. Talking about he can take a waterboarding, please,ok you might be able to get waterboarded by somebody he knows and trusts, but let somebody from Pakistan waterboard him, or let Keith Olbermann waterboard him. He can't take a waterboarding. I can break Sean Hannity by giving him a middle seat in coach."
Sean Hannity's Flock Want Him Waterboarded
Posted on May 8, 2009 in Sean Hannity | 3 comments
While it's obviously for different reasons, i.e. to shut up those evil libs, Sean Hannity's faithful followers won't let him forget about his offer to be waterboarded. Actually, it appears that they're foaming at their mouths to see it done, much like a pack of rabid sheep. Here are a few gems from Sean Hannity's forum…
Mr. Hannity I would be honor to join you for the waterboarding technique challenge offered by keith olberman. Although olbermann should not perform the waterboarding because he's an idiot and has no idea how it's done but I would not have any problem with an ex-military or ex-CIA doing it. (link)
Further proof that Sean puts his $$$ where his mouth is and yet another reason I love Sean! (link)
I'll hand you a towel Sean. Show those libs. (link)
Now that the terrorists know waterboarding technique and that it's won't necessary kill em, they'll be be prepare for it. It may even cause waterboarding to be less effective. Do we need to come up with different enhanced interrogation technique? (link)
There is ample proof on Hannity's forum that he has some seriously sadistic followers. With friends like those, he doesn't need enemies!
Sean Hannity Silent About Waterboarding
It's been over a week since Sean Hannity accepted Charles Grodin's waterboarding challenge. His offer was to raise money for the troops. Keith Olbermann offered to donate $1000 per second to charity. A volunteer has been found to administer the torture. A web site or two have been started to try and get him to keep his word. Is it because Glenn Beck's waterboarding poll shows that his viewers believe (3 to 1) that it's torture? So, what's the deal, Hannity? Here are a few theories…
You really do think it's torture and you're scared
You can't admit that you made a stupid mistake
You don't know what goes on outside your bubble
You secretly hate our troops & don't want to donate
Fox News has told you to shut your trap
You've stuck your head in the sand like the last 8 yrs
You hope this will just go away if you ignore it
Volunteer Found to Waterboard Sean Hannity
First Sean Hannity, while talking with Charles Grodin, agrees to be waterboarded. Then, Keith Olbermann takes him up on it and offers up $1,000 per second that Hannity can withstand the torture method. Now, Olbermann has found a willing participant in this game of chicken. Former Army interrogator and SERE school instructor, Mike Ritz, has come forward to administer the waterboarding for charity. A $30,000 bonus has been offered if Hannity admits that, after being waterboarded, it is torture.
Fox News Disputes Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Waterboarding Number
Posted on Apr 28, 2009 in Fox News | 0 comments
While the rest of the world is reporting that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was waterboarded 183 times, Fox News plays another game of semantics and claims that that number is misleading. Here's how it plays out… Fox News obviously supports the use of torture, so they find a source that tells them that a waterboarding "session" can include numerous "pours," so Fox News can then say that there was only a small number of waterboarding "sessions" and everyone else is wrong. Tricky isn't it?
The problem with their reasoning, if you can call it that, is that Waterboarding is defined as a torture method where water is poured into breathing passages, or on a rag covering the breating passages, thus suffocating the victim. They did that 183 times. Fox News admits that there were breaks between pours where the victim can catch their breath. To use their terminology, that break would constitute the end of one "session" and the beginning of another. Nowhere in the definition of waterboarding is there a mention of "sessions."
Sean Hannity: Waterboard For Freedom?
Posted on Apr 27, 2009 in Sean Hannity | 11 comments
Another site has popped up, this time with a petition, encouraging Sean Hannity to keep his word and be waterboarded for charity. WaterboardForFreedom.org states, "Support Your Troops! Waterboard Sean Hannity!" Sign their petition here. The site appears to be a few days old and the petition has nearly 500 comments. There is also a page for tracking proposed charitable contributions, such as the $1000 per second from Keith Olbermann.
Waterboard Sean Hannity for Charity?
Sean Hannity consents to waterboarding. Then the bar is raised when Keith Olbermann offers $1000 per second. Now, there's a new web site devoted to the charitable waterboarding session…
At WaterboardSeanHannityForCharity.com, you can email mock donations of one dollar per second. Not good enough? You can provide stipulations (i.e. He has to be standing on a bucket for seven hours with no bathroom breaks). There is a disclaimer that your email will be forwarded to MSNBC, Fox and Sean Hannity's favorite charity.
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Riot's League of Legends MMO: 'We're going to make some choices that you may not agree with'
Let this post be your intermittent reminder that, yes, Riot Games is working on an unnamed and not-quite-officially-announced MMORPG. Of some kind. The project was revealed last December to be set in the Runeterra universe, and Riot Games is still in the process of hiring for it.
In fact, the studio just put out a call for a level designer to "help prove an innovative game concept in the early stages of development." Riot said in the job listing that the team is "still small" and is operating in an "ambiguous environment where goals and constraints are mostly team-driven."
And to help temper your runaway expectations, project lead Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street put out a post on the MMO's design, saying, "One thing I can say about 'unannounced' MMORPG is that you won't all love every feature in it. We're going to make some choices that you may not agree with. Players want different things in their games. That's fine. Some of you (shudder) may not love the game at all. Also fine."
Several follow-up tweets from Street addressed the streaming culture, the leveling experience, player feedback, social toxicity, and time investment. He did say that he didn't "want to get into specific features yet" but that players should know that he loves him some dungeons and raids. He emphasized that Riot won't have anything to show on the game "for a long time" — definitely nothing in 2021.
"It will almost certainly have RPG systems like stats, gear, dungeons. We're not ready yet to talk about how much it is or is not like other games out there," Street also clarified. He then added: "I have been preparing my whole life for this."
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Rottenrotny
I'm ready for something new, but I hope they keep it kinda old school.
luxundae
ok ok i hear you that's cool…
…but you won't make any changes that i disagree with, right?
Zanny Pants
I remember Ghostcrawler from back in the early WoW days. Every horrible change that was made was always made by him.
Jetra_Virsai
"Some things you won't like"
…Alright, so it's going to be pure PvP, Pay to Win, Open World, Sandbox, Gender-locked, grind-a-thon with crafting.
Pass.
Truvidien
Please do not be mobile..
I'm hoping it is 🤞
Neiloch Fyrestarter
When they announced on twitter my reply was
"Is it going to be on mobile or is it going to be good?"
Rndomuser
If it will be an open world PvP game – I'd play it even though I understand many players will not be playing it because of that. Hopefully it won't rely too much on instanced PvP, something which everyone can already get in any MOBA or any multiplayer FPS. And hopefully it won't be another dungeon grinder, something which is also available in many current games.
I've always loved Riot's art direction buy I don't love MOBAs. Hoping this will not be a mobile MMO. I'd be happy with a casual raid/dungeon crawler MMO.
In other words ffa pvp.
Bryan Correll
Well, it isn't possible to make a game where everyone agrees with design choices.
Estranged
Sounds like typical Ghostcrawler. Could be much worse, guys.
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Home android I'm digging Genshin Impact's new spooky gal, Hu Tao
I'm digging Genshin Impact's new spooky gal, Hu Tao
Digging the Grave, I got it made…
Genshin Impact might only have been on the scene for a few months, but it already has a surprisingly large roster of characters just waiting to gobble up your Fate (read: Cash). Despite my soft spot for Fire Emblem Heroes, I'm yet to fall prey to miHoYo's take on the Lure of the Gacha. But things are about to get a little tougher for me, with the arrival of brand new character Hu Tao. I am a simple man: I see Spooky Gal, I click.
Like myself, Hu Tao "walks the line between life and death", whilst somehow holding down a position as the 77th director of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor. Known as the "Versemonger of the Darkest Alleys" Hu Tao can most likely be found in some of Liyue Harbor's creepiest locations, hanging out with her spirit pals and practicing her pole-arm skills. A teasing trailer has Hu Tao introduce herself, complete with a light-hearted jump. I have to admit I think the voice is a little too cutesy, but I love her design.
Hu Tao joins the burgeoning roster of Genshin Impact heroes tomorrow, March 2, as part of the new banner event. Players who have completed the first campaign's second chapter will also be able to access her story "Papilo Charontis". I've yet to find the time to check out Genshin Impact since its release back in September 2020, but maybe the arrival of Hu Tao's ghostly-go-lucky ways will finally convince me to take a gander. After all, 30 million players and $800 million in annual revenue can't be wrong… right?.. RIGHT?
Genshin Impact is available now on PS4, PC, and mobile devices. PS5 and Nintendo Switch editions are also in the works, and are expected to arrive later in 2021.


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Consent Orders can be in relation to parenting or financial matters. In order for Consent Orders to be filed, a document known as a Financial Statement must be prepared and filed with your Application for Consent Orders. The Financial Statement will include details of all of your financial circumstances. In this document, you have a duty to disclose all of the property/debt that you own or owe including Superannuation.
It is highly recommended to finalise your financial relationship as these documents, once sealed by the Court are very hard to overturn. It is very hard to come back and seek more property once these documents are final and this can only be done in limited circumstances.
You should seek legal advice from an experienced Family Lawyer before you sign off on any Consent Orders.
The Court has to decide whether the Orders are just and equitable and if so they will then become a Court Order and legally binding.
Consent Orders are especially important if one of you is to keep the family home.
If there are Orders in place, you will not be liable for stamp duty on the transfer of the home, if it is in joint names. For instance, if the house is valued at $560,000 you would be saving approximately $20,000 in stamp duty.
For an experienced Family Lawyer to draft Consent Orders, a reasonable estimate of costs would be between $3,000 and $5,000.
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'This week has been awful': Family of missing Colorado boy pleads for help in video statement
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The family of missing Colorado boy Gannon Stauch released an emotional video statement on Wednesday, pleading for any information in the 11-year-old's disappearance.
"This week has been awful. It's been more than a roller coaster ride," Stauch's mother, Landen Hiott, said in the video, which was posted on the El Paso County Sheriff's Office YouTube page. "It's been more than an emotional mess. I don't have answers for my feelings, other than I'm afraid. I'm afraid that I'll never hear his voice, that I'll never hear him run and say, 'Mommy!'"
Hiott was joined on the video by Gannon's father, Albert Stauch, and his sister, Laina Stauch.
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Gannon's parents pleaded for any credible leads in the case.
"If you're too afraid because you know something — a kid just doesn't disappear and no one sees him. It's not how this works," Hiott said. "So if you have anything that's credible — if you're afraid, don't worry about it. Imagine my son, how afraid he is. Imagine how afraid Gannon is."
The video from Stauch's family came two days after Roderrick Dayton, a neighbor of Stauch's, shared surveillance video from his home that captured footage of what he says shows Stauch and his stepmother, Leticia Stauch, getting into a red truck in the driveway of their Colorado Springs home on Monday, Jan. 27 – the day the boy went missing.
Later, the video, Drayton said, shows the truck returning hours later but with only the stepmother appearing to get out.
Drayton told KMGH he went back to review his surveillance camera video from that day as the search for Stauch intensified over the past week.
Leticia Stauch reported the boy missing just before 7 p.m. on Jan. 27, and told police at the time that she had last seen him between 3:15 and 4 p.m. that day, when he left to play at a friend's house down the street.
Drayton said the surveillance video shows what he says is Gannon and his stepmother getting into the truck at 10:13 a.m. that day and Leticia returning, apparently alone, at 2:19 p.m.
Drayton said he gave the videos to police to aid in their investigation.
In the video released on Wednesday, Stauch's mother said she was afraid she would never hear one of her son's jokes again — but she wasn't giving up hope.
"Every single day, he has to tell me a joke," Hiott said. "He looks forward to telling me something silly. And I'm afraid that I won't ever see that again or hear it. I don't want to believe that, because that means that I'm giving up hope and I'm not giving up hope, because my son is full of hope."
Albert Stauch, Gannon's father, described his son as a happy child who "brings life to every party."
"His smile, even today, is keeping us going," Albert Stauch said. "His smile brings me joy every time I think about it."
This story was originally published by Ryan Osborne at KMGH.


Home News Colony and Abraaj: who, what, when, where and why?
Colony Capital confirmed on Thursday it will acquire a large chunk of Abraaj Group's fund management business and stakes in some of its funds.
Colony is a real estate specialist founded by real estate mogul Tom Barrack. The firm is better known for transactions such as taking over a $1.3 billion hotel portfolio from Goldman Sachs and bidding on film production firm The Weinstein Company. In 2016 it gained secondaries expertise by acquiring NorthStar Asset Management. Colony executives told sister publication PERE in December the firm was looking at complex secondaries deals such as real estate fund restructurings. Barrack himself has strong ties to the Middle East and is reported to have raised sizeable chunks of capital from the Gulf, which could explain why Colony is on the buyside of the Abraaj deal. Colony boasts offices in 18 cities globally, including a Beirut outpost and two in Asia.
Colony has acquired management teams and limited partner stakes in some funds in four regions: Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa and Turkey. These include the 2014-vintage $526 million Abraaj Turkey Fund and the 2013-vintage $926 million Africa Fund III. The firm will also provide "interim support" to other legacy funds not in those regions, but it is not clear what form that will take.
Abraaj has been trying to offload its general partner commitments to several of its funds since last year. Firms including HarbourVest Partners and other large secondaries buyers have looked at limited partner stakes and attempts at a stapled deal process towards the end of last year fizzled out. In February revelations that four LPs in its Global Healthcare fund had hired an auditor to examine the alleged misuse of capital brought it into the public eye. Colony was first linked to the deal in May, with TPG and Cerberus Capital Management also reported as contenders for different segments of the business.
Colony, which is based in Los Angeles, has said that Abraaj teams responsible for managing funds in the four regions will be brought under its roof. What happens to team members not included in the deal is unknown. Colony's asset management experience is predominantly in the US, not emerging markets. The move may lay some groundwork not just for geographic diversification, but expansion of its real estate, healthcare and industrials remit to Abraaj's other favoured sectors such as education, agriculture and manufacturing.
This is a trickier question to answer, at least for the time being. The official statement from the two firms speaks only of saving Abraaj, rather than how the group fits into Colony's strategy. Of course, more assets mean more management fees, which are always welcome at listed investment firms. Numbers have not been disclosed, but a back-of-napkin calculation suggests Colony will be taking on at least $1.5 billion in assets under management, according to PEI data.
It is not unheard of for Colony to make opportunistic investments outside its real estate sweet spot, such as the aforementioned Weinstein deal. Curiously, in Thursday's announcement Colony made no mention of property, describing itself instead as "an investment firm with significant holdings in the healthcare, industrial and hospitality sectors". Could this be a hint of further diversification to come?
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The bread, maufactured by Wakefield-based Speedibake, was sold by Iceland as frozen own-brand 6 Cheese & Garlic Slices and by Morrisons as own-brand Frozen 6 Garlic Bread Slices Topped with Cheese. All batch codes and best-before dates are considered to be affected. The garlic bread is sold in flow-wrapped plastic trays.


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3 Shot, 1 Fatally, In Baltimore Overnight Tuesday
By CBS Baltimore Staff October 28, 2020 at 9:07 am
Filed Under:Baltimore, Crime, Fatal Shooting, Local TV, Shooting, Talkers, teen shot
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Three people were shot, one fatally, overnight in Baltimore.
Officers responded to the 1500 block of Harford Avenue around 11:12 p.m. Tuesday for a Shot Spotter alert.
When they arrived, police saw a man lying on the sidewalk suffering from gunshot wounds to his body. The man was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Homicide detectives are interviewing potential witnesses and attempting to obtain any other evidence that will lead to the identification of a suspect.
Anyone with information about this murder should call detectives at (410) 396-2100 or call Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7lockup.
Then around 2:33 a.m., officers were dispatched to the 3600 block of 5th Street for a shooting.
Officers found a 21-year-old man suffering from a non-life threatening gunshot wound to his right arm.
Around the same time a 17-year-old boy was also dropped off that an area hospital for treatment after he was shot in his left arm. Police say both were shot in the 3600 block of 5th Street.
Southern District shooting detectives are investigating this incident and are asking anyone with information to call (410) 396-2499 or call Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7lockup.
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The Tecnológico de Monterrey is a private institution, non-profit, independent and unrelated to political and religious parties. It was founded in 1943 thanks to the vision of Mexican businessman Eugenio Garza Sada .
Its work is supported by civil associations composed of outstanding leaders from all over the country, committed to the quality of higher education and to the development of Mexico. It has 31 campuses and 21 international offices and liaison offices. Its objective is to train leaders with an entrepreneurial spirit, a human sense and a high level of competitiveness.
The institution is in the top of the best private universities in the world , according to the QS World University Ranking; while the EGADE Business School is considered the best business school in Mexico and Latin America.
According to Quacquerelli Symonds University Rankings, it is the best private university in Mexico and in the opinion of employers, the number one university in Mexico, placing itself at the same level of University of Michigan, Boston University and Duke University.
The Graduate and Executive Education programs of the Tecnológico de Monterrey offer a value proposal that incorporates various products and services to contribute to the development of internationally competitive entrepreneurs, focused on business results and with a high human sense.
The programs are characterized by:
The content quality of development programs taught by highly qualified teachers in knowledge and experience.
A teaching-learning methodology that focuses on solving real problems at work using tools of immediate application.
Generation and integration of high performance teams committed to the development of projects that contribute to the improvement of the results of their organizations.
The transformation of individuals who participate in courses and programs, whose training allows them to achieve higher levels of performance and gives them tools to achieve a breakthrough in meeting the objectives of their company.
A Multicampus System that offers national and international coverage, in addition to having alliances with various universities and institutions.
For this and more the Tecnológico de Monterrey is the best option in Postgraduate and Executive Education in Mexico.
Educational Model The Graduate and Executive Education programs of the Tecnológico de Monterrey are based on an alt = "current, innovative and avant-garde educational model that uses case methodology, project development and / or experiential activities that allow increasing productivity due to the application immediate knowledge acquired and the opportunity to generate networking.
The focus is on the student, who is responsible for generating their own knowledge , accompanied at all times by their teacher, who assumes the role of guide.
Programs supported by professors with a doctoral degree and high potential executives with an excellent work profile.
High priority to the use of technology as a facilitator in the teaching-learning process and, in the case of masters and doctorates, emphasize international preparation through agreements and exchanges with renowned universities around the world.
Online programs that ensure access to communication, collaboration and learning networks among students, teachers and specialists from all over the world; as well as associations of graduates with the aim of strengthening the student's learning process.
With the above, the Tecnológico de Monterrey contributes to train professionals capable of taking on the challenges generated by globalization and the constant change of science and technology, while opening new opportunities for executives, entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs.
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Caracas, Capital District, Venezuela
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Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
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Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico
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San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
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Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
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Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
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August 05, 2008 Screen » Film Events
Time for a new Soul? Soul Caliber IV
Next week in the stars cabaret vip room. In yet another sequel to the popular fighting game genre, Soul Caliber IV takes on the next
By Shawn Wallbaum
Next week in the stars cabaret vip room. In yet another sequel to the popular fighting game genre, Soul Caliber IV takes on the next generation systems in style. Included in the original fighting character list is Darth Vader for the PlayStation 3 and Yoda for the Xbox 360, but each Star Wars character will be available on both systems through an online download. The third Star Wars character is called the Apprentice for the upcoming game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. With the returning characters, there seems to be enough changes and tweaks to give it a fresh playing field.
Where Soul Caliber IV shows its true colors is in the character creation mode. As the player uses his/her custom character the more the game opens up and unlocks different fighting options. Variety in game play and characters seems to be the goal here, and the gamemakers seem to be right on target.
Depending on which version you choose, the Xbox or PlayStation version of this game, they seem to balance out each other in what they can do. The PS3 version allows you to download the entire game to your hard drive to give quicker load times, but a new download for the 360 will allow you to do this with ANY 360 game so this is a moot point. Of the guest Star Wars characters, Yoda on the 360 seems to be the better character to fight with. He can jump around and is more agile, whereas Vader is slower and harder to maneuver, especially when using combos. When using their force powers they can throw around other fighters. The one odd thing is that a character like Vader isn't able to use a choke hold and that Yoda isn't able to throw around BIG objects like an X-wing. The last and most mysterious Star Wars character is a new one from a game that's not even out yet, the Apprentice or Starkiller from Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.
A new feature called "Critical Finish" is more like the fatality moves in Mortal Kombat. It is primarily used to punish players who block too much and makes the Soul meter deplete, allowing them to be more easily defeated. Soul Caliber IV is an online mode feature. As a player online you level up with each victory and leader boards show the most successful combatants. There are different ways that you can fight such as just good old brawling or the use of super combat skills you have acquired and see how you do with other online players. You can also have quick re-match's that sometimes take a bit to get going due to Internet connection speed, but even with this there was a lot of thought and work put into this feature on both the PS3 and 360.
There have been a ton of fighting games over the years and whether this one will end up a classic or just another defeated opponent on the heap is still up to the fans. The one thing that may make it classic is the "create-a-character" mode, its one of the best features they could add to this game and it makes it shine. So with a bit of classic and new this is one of the best fighting games to come out in some time.
Soul Caliber IV ★★★★✩
Rated- T for Teen. Publisher- Namco Bandi Games America. Platform- PlayStation 3, Xbox 360. Retail- $59.99
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Raiding the Tomb Again!: Tomb Raider Underworld
Adolescent boys rejoice, Laura has returned. Tomb Raider helped define the original Playstation. The game sold millions of copies spinning many sequels and a brassiere-busting silver screen turn from a pre-tabloid Angelina Jolie. Now Laura Croft returns for another adventure with Underworld. Making her way through the wilderness of the Mediterranean, the deep jungles of Mexico and other exotic locations around the world that would give Indiana Jones a run for his money. On Laura's plate this time is the quest for the legendary Hammer of Thor. As with most of the Tomb Raider games you have to make your way through mind-numbing puzzles and just about every trap you could think of. Most Tomb Raider games follow a basic outline, and this one is no different. The layout of the game is gorgeous, and the lush landscapes team with life. A lot of time was put into the environments and animals to make them more realistic than the original Tomb Raider game. Crystal Dynamics was able to blend Tomb Raiders' old-school puzzle solving, shooting, and climbing so they overlap each other. The result is smoother and more realistic. A neat change also new to this edition is the melee combat system that makes Laura fight and keep her distance from her attackers at the same time.
Better Late Than Never: The top games of 2008
Yes it's (almost) February, but every other website or magazine started, or ended the year, with a "Top 10" or "Best Of" list, so it must be a good idea, right? Either way, we're not sure if 2008 stacked up to 2007's monster gaming year, but there were certainly a few bright spots worth revisiting. 10. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of Patriots. The original MGS was what hooked me on the first Sony game machine and this title was well worth the wait. Could this be the end of Solid Snake? Don't bet on it! 9. Mario Kart Wii. Even though the Mario Kart franchise is 16-plus years old it still kicks ass. With on-line multi-player for the next generation and addictive game play, MK Wii never gets old.
Purple Dragons, Oh My!: Spyro Dawn of the Dragon
Puff on this dragon.Ever since Mario took the game scene by storm there have been many attempts to steal the limelight from the-little-plumber-that-could, with little success. One exception is Spyro the Dragon. The first Spyro game was released in 1998 on the original Playstation. The game was a straightforward platform game with Spyro freeing fellow dragons from their crystal prisons. The game won praise from gamers and spawned several sequels. Now comes the latest Spyro adventure, which is really more of a remake. The game uses an all-star cast of actors playing the main characters, including Spyro and sidekick Cynder. The game concludes much like the original game wherein Spyro must defeat his archenemy Malefor, the Dark Master.