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I will be going to rosa parks Senior Center. We just spent 2 million of federal monies to redo that whole Senior Center and allow that to be one of the sites that will post the Technology Advances you are experimenting with today. Our own residents at every location of our Senior Centers are going to enjoy the Technology Advances that we have as a society. This is why we work in a great city like San Francisco. We want everybody connected. We want to make sure the San Francisco connected Program Reaches all of our seniors, all of the people with disabilities. There is no reason why people ocea...

People have commented they cannot afford the wii. Go to your local Senior Center. The Broadband Technology Grant Program has purchased about 40 systems to be distributed throughout the city. Find out if your local Senior Center is part of that program and has a wii. I am going to be doing training with all of the Senior Center a activity directors in the next couple of weeks so that all of them will know how to supervise and manage and use the system. By this summer, there should be wii at a Senior Center near you. We urge you to try out this new activity. It is really fun to play golf, tennis...

Members of our community. This needs to go well beyond health care. It includes the availability of private housing, employment, education, meaningful relationships, as well as social participation. In addition, we will be working with the centers for medicare and Medicaid Services to develop, refine, and strengthen policies that promote independent living among all populations, especially those served by medicaid. We would also look with cms to promote home and communitybased services and support. Last but not least, i will be remiss if i forget to mention that may is also the time of the yea...

We will select two players. That is me. Does that look like me . It kind of those of does. Does that look like mackenna . That is not by chance. You can make the person look like anything you want. They can even look like aliens. Interesting. We are going to play some great tennis today. Ok. One thing to tell you, there is a little bar on top of the television. It picks up the movement of our arms. Were going to face the television as we play. Here we go. How many of you are cheering for me . How many of you are cheering for her . What is up with that . [laughter] that is it. You are going dow...

Will post the Technology Advances you are experimenting with today. Our own residents at every location of our Senior Centers are going to enjoy the Technology Advances that we have as a society. This is why we work in a great city like San Francisco. We want everybody connected. We want to make sure the San Francisco connected Program Reaches all of our seniors, all of the people with disabilities. There is no reason why people ocean not be connected up, and therefore no reason why people should not be connected up, there for everybody gets to enjoy the fantastic technology that we have. This...