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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.9

                                November 7, 2002

Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc.
135 North Los Robles Ave.
Suite 800
Pasadena, California  91101

Gentlemen:

     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Restructuring
Agreements (as defined in the Umbrella Agreement (the "Umbrella Agreement") of
even date herewith among Ms. Elsie Ma Leung, Dr. Henry Yuen, The News
Corporation Limited and Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. (the "Company")),
Ms. Leung and the Company agree that:

     1.   The Company will retain, in a segregated interest bearing account (the
"Segregated Account"), the termination fee and all amounts to be paid in
settlement of Ms. Leung's unpaid salary, bonuses and unused vacation days
(collectively, the "Retained Funds") due to Ms. Leung on the Effective Date
pursuant to Section 2(a) of the Leung Termination Agreement (as defined in the
Umbrella Agreement), and upon doing so, the Company will be deemed to have
performed all of its payment obligations as of the Effective Date under the
Restructuring Agreements, and, except as otherwise contemplated by this
paragraph, all other actions (including Ms. Leung's resignation and the
termination of Ms. Leung's existing employment agreement) required to take place
on the Effective Date will be deemed to have been performed as of such time. The
Retained Funds will be retained by the Company and remain Company property
until, with respect to any portion of the Retained Funds, the earlier of (a) the
disbursement of such Retained Funds in accordance with the terms of an agreement
reached between the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and Ms. Leung
and (b) the disbursement of any remaining Retained Funds to Ms. Leung on May 6,
2003 (the "Release Date"). On the Release Date, the Company will transfer the
balance of the Retained Funds, as well as all interest earned thereon, to Ms.
Leung in accordance with clause (a) or (b) as the case may be.

     Notwithstanding the prior sentences and, provided that the SEC does not
object in either of the following cases, (i) upon receipt of proper
substantiation of the amounts requested, the funds due under Section 4 of the
Leung Termination Agreement shall be paid directly by wire transfer to Arkin
Kaplan LLP promptly after the date hereof, and (ii) any restricted stock, stock
options, or stock units granted pursuant to the Restructuring Agreements
(collectively, the "Equity Awards") on the Effective Date, or any date
thereafter, shall be issued directly to Ms. Leung in accordance with the terms
of the Restructuring Agreements. If, prior to the date of issuance, a court
order prohibiting any such issuance or requiring the escrow (or other similar
arrangement) of any of the Equity Awards has not been obtained and remain in
force, such

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Equity Awards will be issued to Ms. Leung on the later of (a) the Release Date
and (b) such later date on which any such Equity Award is to be issued pursuant
to the Restructuring Agreements.

     Ms. Leung hereby acknowledges that the Company will not have any obligation
under this letter agreement or under any of the Restructuring Agreements to make
any disbursement of any portion of the Retained Funds or to issue any of the
Equity Awards to the extent that a court order prohibiting any such disbursement
or issuance, or requiring the escrow (or other similar arrangement) of such
Retained Funds or Equity Awards has been obtained and remains in force.

     2.   As soon as reasonably practicable after the date hereof (but in no
event later than seven business days hereafter), the Company's outside legal
counsel and/or counsel to the Special Committee of the Board of Directors, along
with counsel to Ms. Leung, will arrange to meet with the SEC for the purpose of
jointly seeking the SEC's concurrence to release to Ms. Leung from the
Segregated Account those funds to which Ms. Leung is entitled pursuant to her
existing employment agreement.

     3.   Notwithstanding the terms of the New Leung Employment Agreement (as
defined in the Umbrella Agreement) and the Leung Termination Agreement, (i)
until December 31, 2002, the Company will continue to pay Ms. Leung at the
annualized salary of $1,360,145 per annum, such salary being that which was
effective immediately prior to the date hereof (the "Current Salary"), and (ii)
the termination fee set forth in Section 2(a) of the Leung Termination Agreement
will be decreased to equal $6,828,343.

     4.   For all purposes under the Restructuring Agreements, the "Effective
Date" shall mean November 7, 2002 and the Restructuring Agreements shall be
effective as of such date.

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         [Signature page to Gemstar Side Letter Dated November 7, 2002]

Approved and Agreed to:

 /s/ Elsie Ma Leung
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Elsie Ma Leung

 /s/ Jeff Shell
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Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc.
By:    Jeff Shell
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Title: Co-President
      ---------------------Restated Promissory Note dated 10/1/02

  
 Ex. 10.1 
  
 FIRST AMENDMENT TO 
 SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED PROMISSORY NOTE 

 
 THIS FIRST AMENDMENT (THE “AMENDMENT”) TO THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED PROMISSORY NOTE (THE “NOTE”)
IS MADE AS OF THE 1ST DAY OF OCTOBER 2002, BY CLC HEALTHCARE, INC., A NEVADA CORPORATION (FORMERLY KNOWN AS LTC HEALTHCARE, INC., FORMERLY KNOWN AS LTC EQUITY HOLDING COMPANY, INC.), AS MAKER (“MAKER”), IN FAVOR OF LTC PROPERTIES, INC., A
MARYLAND CORPORATION, AS PAYEE (“PAYEE”) WHICH NOTE FOR $20,000,000.00 DATED JUNE 8, 2001 SUPERSEDED AND REPLACED THAT CERTAIN AMENDED AND RESTATED PROMISSORY NOTE DATED MARCH 30, 1998 MADE BY MAKER IN FAVOR OF PAYEE, WITH REFERENCE TO THE
FOLLOWING FACTS: 
  
 RECITALS 
  
 A.  As of the date hereof, Maker certifies, acknowledges and agrees the outstanding principal balance of the Note is $5,340,660.07 as of September 30, 2002.

  
 B.  Payee and certain of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, as landlord, and certain wholly owned
subsidiaries of Maker (hereinafter “Subsidiaries”), as lessee, are parties to certain leases. Maker’s Subsidiaries have failed to make rental payments as and when due up through September 30, 2002 under such leases in the total amount
of $2,250,000.00, and has requested, and Payee has agreed, to forbear from exercising Payee’s rights and remedies under such leases with respect to such rental payments. For good and valuable consideration, including without limitation,
Payee’s agreement to forbear through November 30, 2002, from exercising its rights and remedies under such leases, Maker is executing and delivering this Amendment to Payee. 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is acknowledged, Maker and Payee agree as follows: 
  
 1.  Recitals and Definitions.    The above recitals are incorporated herein by
reference. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Note and/or Security Documents. 
  
 2.  Amount Reduction.    The Note is hereby amended to reduce the amount of such Note from Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) to Ten Million Dollars
($10,000,000.00). In installments as herein stated, for value received, Maker hereby promises to pay to the order of Payee, at Payee’s principal place of business in Oxnard, California, or such other place as Payee may from time to time
designate, the principal sum of Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000.00), or so much thereof as may have been advanced, with interest accruing on the principal amount from time to time outstanding from the date hereof to and including the Maturity Date
(as defined below) at a rate equal to the lesser of (i) Ten Percent (10%) per annum, or (ii) the Highest Lawful Rate (as defined in Section 14 of the Note). Principal and interest shall be payable as more particularly set forth below. All principal
and accrued but unpaid interest shall be due on or before April 1, 2008 (the “Maturity Date”). Principal, interest and all other sums due hereunder shall be payable in lawful money of the United States. 

 
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 3.  Subject to the limitations described in Section 5
of this Amendment and any other provisions set forth in the Note, Maker desires to obtain a secured line of credit from Payee to enable Maker to borrow, from time to time, sums up to, but not exceeding, in the aggregate the principal sum of Ten
Million Dollars ($10,000,000.00). Accordingly, such sum represents funds that have been or will, subject to the terms hereof, be advanced to Maker in a series of disbursements that will be made, from time to time, up to, but not exceeding, in the
aggregate the principal amount of Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000.00). As a condition to Payee’s obligation to make each and every disbursement hereunder, Payee shall receive a request for advance setting forth the desired amount of the
advance and specifying the wiring instructions to which the advance should be sent (or other method of delivery) not later than ten (10) business days prior to the date on which Maker wishes to receive the funds. No request for any such advance
shall be for an amount less than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00). 
  
 4.  Payments. 
  
 (a)  Payments of
Interest.    Payments of interest only under the Note shall be made in arrears in monthly installments, without set-off, deduction, demand or notice of any kind or nature whatsoever, on the 1st day of each calendar month
commencing on November 1, 2002 (each, a “Payment Date”), in an amount equal to the accrued but unpaid interest for the immediately preceding one-month period on the principal amount outstanding from time to time. 
  
 (b)  Payments on Maturity Date.    Assuming no acceleration by Payee and no
prepayment in full of the Loan by Maker, on the Maturity Date, Maker shall pay to Payee the entire outstanding principal balance, accrued and unpaid interest and any and all other outstanding charges, fees or amounts owing to Payee by Maker under
the Note. 
  
 Paragraph 4 of the Note, entitled “Restrictive Covenants,” is hereby deleted and
replaced by the language as set forth in this Paragraph 5: 
  
 5.  Restrictive
Covenants.    Maker hereby covenants and agrees with Payee that, for so long as the obligations of Maker under the Note remain outstanding, or Payee has any obligation to make advances under the Note, Maker will comply with
all of the following: 
  
 (a)  Maker will not, and will not permit any subsidiary of Maker
to, create, assume, incur or suffer to exist any lien or encumbrance of any kind, upon all or any portion of the Collateral (as defined in the Security Documents). 
  
 (b)  Maker will not use the proceeds to pay any claim arising from an uninsured loss arising as a result of a claim for general or professional
liability. At the time of requesting any advance, Maker will submit to Payee a statement certified by an officer of Maker that the requested advance does not violate this provision. 
  
 (c)  Maker will not use the proceeds available under the Note for any purposes other than: (i) working capital, other than amounts referred to in
4(b) above, or (ii) for such other purposes Payee, in it sole and absolute discretion, approves in writing. 

 
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 (d)  Maker will not, and will not permit any subsidiary
to, directly or indirectly, incur, create, issue, assume, purchase or suffer to exist any debt, other than debt under the Note. 
  
 (e)  Maker will not, and will not permit any subsidiary to (i) lease, assign or sell all or substantially all of its property or business to any other Person (as hereinafter defined), (ii)
merge or consolidate with or into any other Person, (iii) purchase or lease or otherwise acquire all or substantially all of the assets of any other Person, (iv) sell, transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of capital stock in any of its
subsidiaries, (v) liquidate, suspend or dissolve its business operations, (vi) change its name, identity or corporate, partnership or other structure, or (vii) change the current principal place of business or chief executive office, in each case
without the prior written consent of Payee. 
  
 6.  No Further
Changes.    Except as expressly set forth in this Amendment, the Note remains unchanged and in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and affirmed. If there is any inconsistency between the provisions, terms and
conditions of this Amendment and the provisions, terms and conditions of the Note, the provisions, terms and conditions of this Amendment shall prevail in each and every instance. 
  
 7.  Counterparts.    This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such
counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Signatures on this Amendment conveyed via facsimile transmission shall be binding upon the parties who signed the Amendment. 
  

8.  No Waiver of Default(s).    To the extent any Event of Default exists under the Note as of the date hereof (or
any event has occurred, which with the giving of notice or the passage of time would constitute an Event of Default), the making and entering into this Amendment shall not be deemed to be a waiver by Payee of any such Event of Default (or any event
which, with the giving of notice or the passage of time, would constitute an Event of Default). Payee reserves all of its rights and remedies pertaining to any such Event(s) of Default and/or default(s). 
  
 9.  Governing Law.    This Amendment shall be governed by the laws of the state of
California. 
  
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment as of the date first above written.

  
 
	 MAKER:
 
	 
	 CLC HEALTHCARE, INC.,
 a Nevada
corporation
 
	 
	 By:
 	 	 /s/          
 

	  	 	 Christopher Ishikawa
 President
 

 

 
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