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Ridgewood Columbus Day Closing – Monday, October 9th, 2023
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Monday, October 9th is Columbus Day and all Village offices will be closed. Village Sanitation and Recycling services will not take place that day and the Recycling Center will be closed.
The paper’s perceived references to intelligent design have provoked anger and calls for a boycott of the journal
Doug Bolton
A recent scientific paper on the movement of the human hand has faced strong criticism for referring to a ‘Creator’ throughout.
The paper, titled: ‘Biomechanical characteristics of hand coordination in grasping activities of daily living’ was written by a team of four researchers, three from Huazhong University in China, and one from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts.
Published in the PLOS ONE journal, the fairly conventional study looked at the mechanics of how we grasp things, and involved the measurement of the hand movements of 30 participants.
‘Creationism taught at’ free school facing closure
However, members of the scientific community have demanded the paper be retracted, for its several perceived references to the pseudoscientific theory of intelligent design and a possibly divine ‘Creator’.
In the opening sentences of the study, it claims the link between muscles and hand movements is the product of “proper design by the Creator.”
Later, it says human hand coordination “should indicate the mystery of the Creator’s invention,” and concludes by again claiming the mechanical architecture of the hand is the result of “proper design by the Creator.
Yesterday Republican National Committee (RNC) responded to the John McCain ,Donald Trump controversy and we have responded to them .
WASHINGTON – Republican National Committee (RNC) Chief Strategist and Communications Director Sean Spicer released the following statement in response to Donald Trump’s comments:
“Senator McCain is an American hero because he served his country and sacrificed more than most can imagine. Period. There is no place in our party or our country for comments that disparage those who have served honorably.”
we respond……
John McCain may have been a war hero but he dose not have a right to continue to disparage voters and act like a jerk , that’s the issue. If he is going to continue to play the “hero” card then he should start acting like one. We also agree with Donald Trump in that McCain needs to apologize end of story .
As for the RNC despite the fact of a landslide Victory in the last election , the Republican Majority has nothing to show for it what so ever ! Far more energy should be devoted to creating compelling policy and better marketing of that policy than attacking Republicans who don’t tow the inside the beltway party line. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory is getting a bit old.
