>> i want to thank commissioner melara for setting the tone on domestic violence and i actually wanted to say that dr. harry edwards who is often a commentator on the media and he is a scholar and he was asked to comment on the issue of police accessive force and he really said, on terms of the racial issues that we can't even talk about racial equality until we prevent violence against women and he was asked specifically to comment on whether or not the violence accessive force was a racial issue, and so that is food for thought as you go to your conference. and i am happy with the steps that we have recognized and being on the board of saint francis hospital and there is a woman's physician dialogue group and so we have had the privilege of having the doctor from ucsf as well as christie