Housing environment isnt always as easy to obtain as we first might imagine. The issue of Affordable Housing in cedar rapids is a perennial one, but this summer it came to a head with a controversy surrounding the Crestwood Ridge mixed Income Development proposed for some land along edgewood road. Here with me this morning to untangle some member of our city council. Thank you for joining us, scott. Scott my pleasure. Heather phoebe trepp who is the executive director of willis dady shelter. Phoebe thanks for having me. Heather welcome phoebe. And lynda waddington, a columnist for the gazette. Lynda good morning. Heather good morning, lynda. Thank you all so much for joining us. I thought we would begin very quickly with a little bit of an overview of how has shifted over the years. Many years ago when i was in school in chicago, i used to do a lot of volunteer work with what was at the time called the projects, cabrinigreen. That kind of concentrated, lowincome housing is a model that
For having me. Craig we also have suresh raghavan, a professor of Biomedical Engineering at the university of iowa. Suresh, i thank you so much for being with us today. Suresh a pleasure, craig. Craig thank you. Today people of my generation, i wont include you guys in this, but people of my generation encountered only in science we see regularly today in the news. Artificial intelligence, mechanical organs, bionic limbs, these things happen on a daily basis. They are being improved and becoming much more sophisticated as we speak. A few years ago, i had the opportunity to read an excellent book entitled radical evolution. Originally published in 2005, 2020, that the combination of genetic robotic information and nanotechnolo gies would soon combine to change the very nature of who we are. A particular point that stood out to me in that book is the fact that it is much easier for us to introduce rapid changes in technology than it is for humans to adapt to those changes, our values, an
Followup show to bionic engineering of humans, what it means to be human. Id like to welcome back to the show today tom javoroski, who teaches philosophy at coe college. Tom, thank you for coming back. Tom j. thank you. Craig v. id also like to welcome suresh raghavan, who is a professor of Biomedical Engineering at the university of iowa. Suresh, thanks for coming back. Suresh r. thanks for having me. Craig v. as we discussed on our first show, advances in medical technology, artificial intelligence, mechanical organs, and bionic limbs are stretching our idea of what it means to be Biomedical Engineering, youre on the cutting edge of whats available out there. Could you talk to us a little bit about what constitutes a bionic device and maybe give us some examples of what is and isnt that . Suresh r. because bionics is not a scientific term but rather a popular term, theres opinions about what constitutes bionic device, probably depending on how broad and how narrow one wants to be. Ty
At a gathering in cedar rapids this is a logical fear of terrorism has created an irrational fear of things we do sunday night Saint Stephens Lutheran Church opened their house of worship to every belief to remember a pain share by all. All. The Inter Religious Council of linn county reached out to their communities to unite as one for a night of reflection. Organizers planned for about 50 people but more than double that filled the church pews. There were christians, jews, muslims, bahai and native tribes. Imam hassan salim says it is important for members of every faith to come together and continue building bridges to create communities built on love not hate. One of the effects of 9 11 has been i think a great deal of fear and somtimes hostility suspicion and even hatred directed to Muslim Americans 9 11. Following the Service Everyone shared food and conversation in the parish hall. Covering the corridor joe huisinga fox 28 news today not all eastern iowans are reflecting back of
Lets get a check of our cbs 2 breaking news update now from the mosque that caught on fire. Overnight. Authorities now say it looks like it was set intentionally. The Islamic Center of fort pierce is the same mosque that orlando nightclub shooter omar mateen attended. The Saint Lucie County Sheriffs Office posted on facebook about ten minutes ago that video shows someone walking up to the building right before a flash is seen and flames start burning the mosque. The Islamic Center has gotten many threats since the nightclub attack both online and in person. Authorities say theyre waiting to release the video and are in their early stages of their investigation. Overnight in new york city two giant towers of light illuminated the sky as a killed in the september 11th terrorist attacks 15 years ago. The beams were created from 88 searchlights that were turned on just after sundown last night. They were first put in place six months after the attacks now theyve turned into a yearly tradit