what can the commission to to protect her fundamental rights? thank you. ..

>> translator: thank you president. the fifth of march, the president of italy signed a decree into law, and interpretation, which allows for the ground rules to be changed in the election campaign and on his own site, the presidential palace site, it says in a meeting on thursday, the text produced by the internal ministry was endorsed by me. in article lvii the italian constitution it says the president shell promulgate laws and legal acts and they cannot themselves be involved in the drafting of legislation or legal decrees and mr. champy says that this is a distortion of her democratic systems.

and this decree changed the electoral ground rules as undemocratic and those who broke the law can do so for electoral advantage. i wonder why this parliament is always happy to act on its own laws but won't do anything -- my. >> one minute questions. please, keep this rule. it is very important. >> madam, once again, don't ask me to get involved in an internal political issue. the commission has a responsibility in the area of fundamental rights when we are talking about executing european legislation either on the european or national level but this is not the application of a community law that is in question here but from what i can gather from your

contribution, this is more of an internal issue in your country. perhaps it does have a dimension that links into the legalities, but we really can't get involved in the issues of political personalities. >> thank you. >> thank you. president barroso, the fundamental rights are thus far the only international document that talks about discrimination on the basis of orientation and bands that form of discrimination. now, europe has made in achievement here. listening to the e.u., there were three countries, the u.k., poland and the czech republic which have not incorporated the

fundamental rights, so i would like to know about what you intend to do in the commission to protect the rights of and transsexual people to defend their rights. here, we have got directives on employment legislation and we want to stop discrimination. we want people to be able to debate their love lives without fear. >> there are two questions there. don't know if i can respond to them in one minute. first of all regarding discrimination on sexual orientation, the previous commission directed against any form of discrimination including based on sexual orientation outside also of an employment. we are committed in legislation and member states measures fully

respect the prohibition of discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. they are the principles as you know are not enshrined in european union charter of rights. regarding poland and the united kingdom, the protocol for the application of the charter and that the united kingdom and the ability within these member states. it states in particular the charter does not extend the ability of the court of justice or any court or tribunal or of the united kingdom to find the laws are provisions practices or actions of the united states are fundamental rights freedoms and principles. so we have to see still what is going to be the way. the european court of justice will make the interpretation of the protocol of those two member

states. >> thank you. mr. ashley fox please. >> countries around the world have finally worded ills of rights in their constitutions. rather fewer of for genuine protection to their citizens. do you agree that what matters is not the structure of protection of rights but rather how that protection is practiced. in the united kingdom, we face a general election within three months. if elected the conservative party will repeal the human rights act and replace it with their own bill of rights. this would mean that the european convention of human rights would no longer be directly applicable in the u.k. domestic law. esther president, will you explain to what extent plans for the e.u. to sign the european convention of human rights will take into account the different positions of member states? i party also seeks a treaty change to guarantee the charter fundamental rights does not affect u.k..

how will you ensure that the e.u. doesn't interfere with the u.k.'s right to opt out of those structures we don't wish to participate in? thank you. >> i partly already answered the question when answering the previous question. the united kingdom and other countries have a protocol regarding the charter of fundamental rights. and it has the rights. they were negotiated and we had an intergovernmental treaty that recognizes this. having said this i prefer all member states to accept the charter of fundamental rights because i believe this charter is a fundamental comp is for all european policies. we are also now ready to exceed the european convention on human rights. it is a system of protection of fundamental rights. secondly i respect the united kingdom as a democracy. it is a country that has given

during the centuries the most important contributions to democracy and that is why i regret that the united kingdom does not want to be with all its partners in the first line to have human rights not only at the national level but also at the european project. >> thank you very much. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: thank you very much, president of the commission. women's rights is a basic fundamental human right and we need to champion that in the european union that we see that there are huge inequalities that exist and are actually becoming worse, including salary differences between gender. we also have more poverty and more precarious work among women thomas so it is not enough to

pay lipservice to women's rights it is not enough to do that unless we have a full discussion with organizations who work with women, and i am wondering if the commission is available to give it a priority to this subject with two measures for example by drawing up a strategy in favor of the quality of the european parliament is drawing up a report on the strategy. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: last friday, commissioner redding and i presented a document in this area and we reaffirmed our commitment to work in this area in september. the document in question will be

followed up through a strategy in favor of equality, so we do have a broad framework for the commission to work under, to provide more equality between the genders, so we are very much in line with what mrs. ichiro said because we do have to guarantee these rights. the letter was published to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the beijing summit, and the commission and various committees of the european parliament are working in this area. tomorrow we will be having another meeting, so this won't be the first one. >> thank you are a much. >> president barroso, the question i would like to race today concerns the financial

situation in greece. article cxxi of the lisbon treaty is for the first time being used to push through structural reforms in that country. the good people of greece now find themselves that between iraq and a hard place and it becomes very clear that the country-- does this mean you are sending your officials to sort out the financial situation that you can now redress but only as the governor of greece? if the measures your officials putting greece don't work, do you have a plan b? if so, if it agrees to use the eurozone and friendly cert you intend to send in your officials to other countries suffering hardship, for example portugal, spain and italy? thank you. >> thank you very much but i would like to explain to our topic is implementation of the new treaty and respect the fundamental rights. so, please keep to this topic. are you ready to give an answer?

>> i try to be always ready at her request of members of of the parliament mr. president. your question mr. distinguished member of parliament, comes out of an assumption that is not correct. that is because greece is having some problems. in fact, we have countries outside of the euro area that have similar problems. in fact in some cases even more serious. in the european union, for instance iceland i am asking to join the european union precisely-- [inaudible] in fact it is a complete mistake to think that the problems of greece are a result of greece being in the euro. it is precisely because greece has not respected the rules of respect that greece is now

facing difficulties and that there is a difficult adjustment it has to make her co. >> thank you very much. >> mr. president, thank you. could i just ask it perez question with respect to the storage of data which the german constitutional court has ruled on early in the month saying that it was nolan voigt to store code medications data but it is still unclear to what extent unsupervised data storage and accessing data is compatible with human rights. e.u. directives on the storage of data. or the catalog of fundamental rights in the e.u. treaty must

come into force there. should we not check whether the catalog of fundamental rights in the treaty is correct with respect to provisions? >> thank you her co. >> first of all it is a fundamental right in article viii of the european charter of fundamental rights. thanks to lisbon treaty we can now establish a copper has a framework for the protection of personal data are co-this is essential to protect the privacy of our citizens to insure a common approach to all data processing activities within the european union and the european parliament of course has reform of the current legal framework since the decision procedure also applies for the former third pillar areas. we must also ensure that fundamental rights continue to be protected when personal data and agreement on personal protection for a person that

could be important and we are working for this. we are currently the technical-- to ensure transparency and collects the use of stakeholders and citizens. the commission plans to make a draft recommendation to authorize with the united states her co-. >> mr. president during the last decade international cooperation with counterterrorism has been made more difficult egos of humans rights concerns including the practices of the u.s. administration. we had hoped to put that behind us with the obama administration. sadly we have learned that unfair military commissions and indefinite detention without trial will carry on even if guantánamo is closed. these departures from international and domestic legal norms make transatlantic data

sharing projects even more problematic then they would otherwise be. what representation does the commission make to the u.s. administration in order to uphold fair trials and warning that their absence will prejudice cooperation? i hope that nowadays, unlike the past, there is no danger of the e.u. or its member states colluding with gross breaches of fundamental rights and counterterrorism. >> of being the first as far as i remember to raise the issue. with the united states president, former united states resident of the need to respect the fundamental rights and look law also in dealing with terrorism regarding the issue of guantánamo. myself and then president of the european council, then prime minister abbas or raise the issue and the matter has always

been an issue of dialogue with our american partners. so you may be sure that this is going to be in the agenda. re: regarding protection, we believe that we should work also with the united states for a framework or gorgeous mention that in a previous response. at the same time we need to have a framework to combat terrorism together so the question is to find the right way of responding to two needs that are important, the need to freedom, respect and protection and the need of security because without security there is not the possibility of freedom. >> thank you. one minute please. >> one of the key issues in the new lisbon treaty is the increased drawer of european union in the world. with this new strengthen foreign-policy we as a union must be more active in the promotion and defense of human

rights from fundamental rights in third countries. my question to you is what are you and mr. ashton planning to do to strengthen the e.u. promotion of democracy policy? second question, but you'd be supporting greater funding for the european instruments for the democracy and human rights in the next budget? human rights always seem to take second and third place in our dialogues. i think we need to spend more time and money in the promotion and bh or european endowment for democracy. i would like to hear your opinion on these issues. thank you. >> up her vision of the treaty promotes rights throughout the world. european union has adopted guidelines on human rights and issues from death penalty to be

support for human rights defenders. under these guidelines the european union ranging from diplomatic-- i myself the in raising the issues of human rights and summits with heads of government from countries. just recently in the dialogue we have made the point on fundamental rights, precisely in the last sum it, the summit we had just last week her co-of european union has established human rights dialogues with partnering countries around the world would serve as a form for detailed discussions. the commission programs around 150 million each year to support human rights across the globe. and we try to insert the humans rights clause in every framework we conclude with a country. >> thank you very much

mr. president. >> thank you resident. one of the fundamental principles is freedom of movement. on the night of the issue between libya and switzerland, hundreds of e.u. citizens, workers that cannot answer libya to work. my question is what is the european commission doing to seek a solution to this issue urgently? it is acceptable that one country such as switzerland takes eight in the latter role decision that affects all citizens and in particular the workers that would like to work in libya to earn their daily bread? >> we are very concerned with this case. the commission has expressed suspension by libya of visits to

the areas. in addition the situations are current with the positive trend of relations between libya and the european union. intense efforts are ongoing to find a solution to the crisis. one of the two-- justice members have discussed it respectively and have supported the continuation of diplomatic efforts. i believe it is essential to keep the dialogue open and make effort of understanding its party's positions with a view to finding a solution as soon as possible. speak thank you for giving me the floor. now that we have had the ratification of the treaty and lisbon respect for fundamental human rights has been enhanced.

if you look at a number of decisions passed by the court of justice we do have to do something about strengthening these rights even further. in the luxembourg case, in fact, this has had implications for human rights. here we are talking about equal treatment to people earning wages in respect of their nationality and here we are talking about workers being given the same pay and similar working conditions to domestic workers, workers from the country concerned. now i think that we have to look at what mr. barroso said in the past before he was reelected as president of the commission. when can we expect, this is my question to put forward a legislative proposal to solve this problem which has come into being after the court's ruling? can the commission president

already today give us assurance? >> when these rulings were made public, we expressed our position very clearly. myself and then commissioner responsible for employment and social affairs making it clear that in our understanding those rulings could not put in question the fundamental rights like the right to strike, to write a trade unions, like the specificities of some mechanisms of labor relations in our countries. we are working on some proposals to address these issues. i cannot give you concrete states. i am sorry because i was not expecting this question now but as i have said before, the election of this commission by the responsible commissioner is an issue we will address shortly.

>> translator: thank you chairman. i would like to ask fundamental rights, the new treaty and external action. according to the budget committee, there have then 43 deficient financial transactions. how does the treaty, our engagement for fundamental rights and enhance the reduction of the number of errors in the budget, its performance and they are reporting 43%. that is a sample showing the level of financial error. >> as you know we have been working over the years to redeem

financial ayers and the accounts of the european union. many of those errors as you know are the responsibility of the member states and an implementation of many european programs. i am encouraged by the recent opinion given by the european court of law that is recognizing the progress made so far but i believe in this area we should not be complacent and we are ready to work to diminish all kinds of errors in implementation of the european union budgets. >> translator: thank you resident. yes the treaty does speak about how we are to safeguard fundamental human rights, and those countries that wish to become members of the e.u. must conform with what the e.u. is requesting as well as other

countries that became members with us. with regards to the president's beliefs, or regards to fundamental human rights, turkey must do a lot and what is the commission doing to ensure that before the turkish economy is stable, but for turkey is what we are requested, fundamental human rights are the most important aspects and i am sorry to say that these are inexistent >> i will not say not exist and frankly speaking. in fact we don't believe that it is still compatible, the standard of respect the fundamental rights and the rule of law, compatible with european standards and this is precisely part of the work we have been developing with turkey over the years and each year, because

turkey is a candidate country to the european commission, the european union reforms and all matters related to fundamental rights. there is progress in some areas, to be fair. there are others where we are requesting more efforts from a turkish authorities and i believe the way of keeping these dialogs and in fact these negotiations is indeed the right way to have progress in the matters of respect to fundamental rights and generally speaking the rule of law and democratic reform in turkey. >> thank you very much for a very interesting debate. the next meeting will be in one month. the next session. thank yous are a much. [applause]

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hello and welcome to this edition of net impact. we've seen nfl commissioner roger goodell and nfl players association executive director demaris smith exchanging pleasantries through the media and have even been in front of congress as the two sides attempt a collective bargaining agreement and as they do so the atmosphere will get more tense. we know goodell he's within on the job three years now but who is this man that the players have chosen to be their voice in this turbulent time? here's comcast sportsnet's mid- atlantic's jill sorenson. >> for our last practice we could play head coach. >> yea! >> we do head coach. >> reporter: this is fun for

demaris smith the executive director of the nfl players association by day and a coach for his 10-year-old son allen and his baseball team in silver vince, maryland, by night. >> tag -- in silver springs, maryland, by night. >> tag him! >> reporter: the intensity and passion you see here is smith's day job as union smith named the successor to the late and edge legendary gene upshaw in march, the man everyone calls dean has not slowed down. >> i've been on the job six months. i've probably been on the road three and a half, four months solid. >> reporter: he was seen as an outsider to get the job with former players as the front runners. his background as a trial lawyer was far from the experience of an nfl player. >> i definitely think that's a positive that he was an outsider, you know, guy coming in, he doesn't have all the connections or, you know, any preconceived notions of what was happening before and, you know, can he come in and kind

of look at things clearly. >> i'm very confident. i'm confident, that you know, he can get things done, whatever that may be. he's presented himself in such a way and i think he's broken it down to the players in such a way that we can understand it. >> reporter: as much as he's an outsider d. is a d.c. insider having grown up a stone's throw from fedex field. >> you come out of the room in d.c. and get smacked and then you're injected with burgundy and gold. >> reporter: on his resume counsel to then deputy attorney general eric holder and he also served on president obama's transition team. >> business worldwide in some way, shape or form always touches washington. it's one heck of a sports town. so yeah, those are things that are inextricably tied to who i am. does it affect what i do? probably. but hopefully affects it for the better. >> reporter: with the possible lockout on the horizon demorris smith has made it a priority to visit each team to help them understand the process.

>> this was in one of the file drawers in our office and it slowly but surely i'm going through every drawer, every cabinet. >> reporter: why? >> a great deal of our history on what we have done internally to be a stronger union is there. the one thing i'm blessed about is gene was an incredible note taker. here on the back he'd clearly written out in longhand a speech that i don't know whether he gave or was going to give, but the most interesting part at the bottom is you see it in quotes, the nfl has always been willing to take a short loss for a long term gain. >> reporter: in the midst of negotiations or perhaps because of them d. and the union have made national headlines on a regular basis. >> as executive director, my no. 1 priority is to protect those who play and have played this game. to me it is probably a little bit of a combination of half negotiation, half trial lawyer. i mean both of those things are

things that are in my dna for some way, shape or form. i think about my grandfather in the pulpit. there's probably a little bit of that, too. as a result, i'm really not afraid of my question. i want guys to be actively involved. truth be told, i probably lean on them in a very hard way, but this is their union. it's not my union. it's their union. >> reporter: always in the line of fire demorris smith is used to the heat. >> i thought that was a -- 17-year-old ben benji wilson was a rising star, a young basketball phenom with a definite nba future. in fact, in 1984 wilson was the no. 1 ranked high school basketball player in the nation. he'd been described as a magic johnson with a jump shot and kevin garnett with a better handle of the ball and a better perimeter game. luke stuckmeyer of comcast

sportsnet chicago shows us wilson's wizardry on the court. >> reporter: chicago may be a football town and baseball crazy in summertime, but at its core in the city basketball is a way of life. we're not just talking about the m.j. glory days. we're talking about the kids who built their games here like isiah thomas on the west side and more recently dwayne wade and derrick rose on the south side, but 25 years ago somebody else owned these courts in chicago, a skinny silky kid with a smile named benji. >> and center for the wolverines a junior, 6' 7, no. 25 ben wilson. >> if you haven't seen him, you're in for a treat, 20 a game. >> i would go and i want to be successful and i do what it takes to be successful and that is when i go home i study and do my work and go to class.

>> kind of corny stuff. >> well, it works. >> reporter: everything seemed to work for benjamin wilson, but especially basketball. >> wilson two. >> reporter: born and raised on the city's south side, he was the middle of five brothers and it wasn't long before that orange rock was the fiber of his life. >> looked like bruce lee with two basketballs. he approached the basketball hoops. just unbelievable what he could do with that ball three fingers pawning the ball like this. >> reporter: and with ben and his ball around the wilson's neighbors were always up early. >> the neighbors used to be furious about being woke up in the morning because he was always dribbling the basketball and one of the next-door neighbors mr. robertson said benji was the alarm clock to get him up and go to work in the morning. >> reporter: by 16 wilson could

still play like a point guard but now he soared like an eagle with his new 7' 3 wingspan. >> bankston drops it down to wilson for a turnaround. >> we used to imitate ben when he shoots his jump shot. it was like he'll shoot it and then put his wrist back like this and run down the court but everybody used to emulate him in high school. that's how big he was in high school. >> reporter: and everybody wanted to be around him. benji's game and personality drew in friends and admirers from all over including the nba. >> ben wilson steps in, scores. >> 6' 8, 8 1/2, can do it all. i mean when i say do it all and do it gracefully. i mean with the greatest of ease. i mean and it looks so pretty when he was doing it. i mean it was smooth. it was silky.

it was just you had to -- he had that camera that captured that moment. i mean he was that type of player. >> wilson slide down the lane. >> reporter: as a junior he was a starter on a lineup full of seniors. benji was third team all state and the wolverines went 30-1 for the 2a state title. that put simeon on the map. >> i think he helped push simeon into a more global nationwide type school, basketball power. i remember our senior year, you know, we thought we were world beaters, we could go anywhere and play anybody any time. >> reporter: after winning the state championship in the spring of 1984 ben kept improving stunning scouts at the nike all american camp. he left as the first kid from illinois to ever be ranked as a

no. 1 player in the entire country. >> he was clearly, clearly benjamin wilson was the no. 1 player in the country. no one came close. >> reporter: ahead how benji wilson's life changed in less than a second. >> ben's thumb was rising and then at midday. >> reporter: a horrific crime on these streets in chicago is í

benji wilson's future seemed secure. just a few years in college before fame and wealth would schuler follow in the nba -- would surely follow in the nba, but it wasn't meant to be. instead there was a tragic turn of events and now 25 years later benji wilson has never been forgotten.

let's get back to his story. >> reporter: ben wilson had it all, sizzling basketball skills and an electric personality, but on november 20th, 1984, it was a gray cold fall day a on the like this one and on vinsenz avenue right in front of simeon high school the day was about to get even darker. >> the old guys, they've served their times and lived their lives, when the sun is eclipsed or the sun is rising it's so different. ben's sun was rising moving towards midday and then it became midnight at midday. >> reporter: at 12:37 on november 20th ben wilson was walking with his girl friend and mother of his 10-week-old son brandon. they were a block from the school. he liked to gather at a small store around lunchtime but

benji bumped into two freshmen from calumet high school on the sidewalk. they pulled out a .22 caliber handgun and shot him twice, one bullet piercing his aorta and the other tearing a hole in his liver. >> to this day i still don't know the story. i've never tried to seek out the story because the only person that could tell is and while the chaos continued at simeon benji's brothers were miles away with a sibling connection that still haunts them. >> i was in library class and i heard somebody say i got shot. i got shot. i was in library class and i

was like i'm going crazy, but then i thought about cain and abel when cain slew his brother and the most high said where's your brother? i heard his blood cry from the earth. right there something let me know that he got shot. >> and as a matter of fact, i had a dream two nights in a row before he died, somebody or something tried to tell me, had a dream that night benji was dead. next day i had a dream benji was dead. at that moment i heard my brother's voice say i got shoot just like i said to you there, came to me like. so this was something there and i was like what the hell's going on here? my mama always say you want the most high to talk to you, you got to be in a quiet place and i was in the library class at the time my brother was shot and i heard him. when i found out, i went be

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we seen ben on the floor by himself. that's what brothers do. >> they weren't supposed to. i don't like to talk about that but they had to see him. >> they was telling us that he's in stable condition and kenny allen pulled the sheet back and we saw him. we had to see him and we knew he was gone. >> reporter: early the next morning the day his senior season was supposed to start ben wilson was pronounced dead at the age of just 17. even president ronald reagan called the family to offer h

is dead. >> involved in extraordinary young man. >> he was gunned down. >> it's not how long you live. but how well you live. >> then i seen my brother in that casket. oh, tried to wake him up like man, you ain't dead. get up, man. get up. get up. you ain't dead. get up. then seeing those two guys who did it. >> did you know ben wilson? did you know him? >> reporter: after the shooting cousins billy moore and omar dixon were taken into custody charged with murder and attempted robbery. moore was later sentenced to 40 years for pulling the trigger and dixon 30 years as his

accomplice. on the day that benji died his simeon teammates decided to play their first game of the season without no. 25. earlier in the day students sobbed at simeon simply overwhelmed with grief, but benji's mother stood tall in the gymnasium. >> so today i speak in love of all of you who keep benji's memory and dignity and be strength v and strength and love alive -- strength and love alive. >> reporter: the wake was held on the gymnasium floor and 8,000 people came to see benji lying in his no. 25 jersey. the line stretched blocks outside of the school, mourners

waited seven hours. >> i still have dreams about him like, you know, he came back and he was able to play again, but just dreams. >> sometimes i sit down and, you know, when i'm going through things, you know, i speak, you know, just like i would to my grandparents, you know. hey, benji, how you doing, that type of thing. i just can't forget about him. this is very emotional.

>> reporter: still an emotional story 25 years later. there are some updates to this story. at the time of his murder benji wilson left behind a 10-week- old son named brandon. well, brandon would go on to become a talented high school prep basketball player himself. even played some college basketball at the university of maryland eastern shore but he would leave after his sophomore season according to a school official and as for the two young men convicted of this horrific crime, william moore is still in federal prison for wilson's murder and omar dixon would tack on additional charms when he was arrested for aggravate -- charges when he was arrested for aggravated unlawful use of a weapon in a separate attempted murder case. let's move on. next summer south africa will play host to the 2010fifa world cup but it was back in 1995 when they hosted another world cup that changed the country, a

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take a look at san francisco 49er eric heitmann and you'd never know that off the field he's a pianoman. here's comcast sportsnet's bay area's brody brazil to show us. >> reporter: this is the side of eric heitmann people know, an offensive lineman for the 49ers since 2002. and this is the side most would never expect, at 6' 3 315 pounds he's got the frame of a football behemoth with the hands of a beethoven. >> my mom made me take lessons about 10, 11 years growing up as a kid. right around when i started playing football, football became more of a focus for me and piano you put on the back burner a little bit.

it was always secondary for me, always a hobby but something that i always kept up. >> reporter: inside his home today heitmann employs both a piano and keyboard setup inner it connected with the apple program garage band. it is here where the stanford graduate composes his best work in the form of cinematic sound scapes. >> my style is more of a movie classical theme sounding stuff i guess i would characterize it. >> so dramatic it plays well essentially. it's dynamic. >> yeah. i'd like to think that. you guys can be the judge. >> reporter: while football is the profession and composition is the passion, it's the music that gives eric an escape from life when he needs it. >> i'll be home sunday night or after a big game and maybe there's something you need to crank out on the piano to kind of relieve some emotions or something. i use it as an escape. it's a good way to kind of release frustration or whatever emotions you're feeling at the time. it's something i've done for so

long, you know, i've played for so long i don't ever really want to let it go at this point. i enjoy playing and i'm going to keep doing it as long as i can. >> reporter: it's only natural to expect eric's musical endeavors will outlast his football career, but that doesn't necessarily mean he's planning for a future behind the keyboard. >> you never know. we'll see at some point maybe if there's something you can put out there. i'd love to get in a recording studio at some point, maybe not for profit, just something i could show my kids at some point. i'll continue to do this for as long as i can. >> reporter: brody brazil, comcast sportsnet. >> he's pretty good. his team's not doing bad either. that's going to do it for this edition of net impact. i'm your host and for all of us thanks for watching, see you again next month. www.evertz.c