By Alexa Rodriguez
Mar 15, 2021
Physical therapist Deanie Barth always keeps a full schedule, but the pandemic has added a new crop of patients to her roster of New York City clients: Professionals with neck and back aches and other pains arising from hours spent sitting at makeshift work-from-home stations.
Indeed, corporations have sent their workers home from offices, but in most cases, coveted pieces of ergonomic office furniture think $1,000 Herman Miller chairs and adjustable standing desks remain in the emptied spaces, as
employees continue to work from home in bed, on couches or sitting hunched in front of dressers and countertops.
Sideswipe: March 16: A west end town, a dead end world?
15 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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Edible evidence Imagine the indignation of returning to your home to find that not only has it been ransacked, but the perpetrator took a massive bite out of that lovely sausage you were saving (is nothing sacred?!). That s exactly what happened to a homeowner in the Rocholzalle in Gevelsberg, Germany, back in 2012. Nine years on, police finally have the identity of the perpetrator thanks to evidence of their guilt all over the remaining sausage. Officers took DNA from a half-eaten sausage but a search returned no matches at the time and the guilty party went free. That was, until they committed an unrelated crime and the arresting officers took a sample of their DNA. At last, an automated piece of tech was able to find a match for the Great Sausage Case of 2012 - a 30-year-old Albanian citizen. Unfortunately for the victim of the burglary, the statute of limitati
Racism and homophobia row: Hawke s Bay players ban eased
13 Mar, 2021 10:44 PM
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Two players banned for the season after this game, have had their penalty reduced.
Hawkes Bay Today
Two young Hawke s Bay cricket players banned for the season after complaints of racist and homophobic sledging are back on the field after their punishment was appealed.
In February, the teenage sons of Hawke s Bay Cricket chief executive Craig Findlay and Napier Tech s club manager Mike Pawson were banned for the season, which still has several weeks to run in Hawke s Bay.
However, the ban has been reduced after an appeal was made this past week.
Jarryd Hayne hits back at sexual assault accusation in court
14 Mar, 2021 12:45 AM
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Jarryd Hayne has pleaded not guilty. Photo / NCA NewsWire/Dylan Coker
news.com.au
By: Steve Zemek
Jarryd Hayne has emphatically denied sexually assaulting a woman during a grand final night meet-up at her Newcastle home, with the ex-NRL star telling a court she never said no .
Hayne on Friday denied the allegations levelled against him as he stands trial in Sydney s Downing Centre District Court where he has pleaded not guilty to two counts of aggravated sexual assault recklessly inflicting actual bodily harm.
The woman, who was 26 at the time, has previously testified that she repeatedly said no and no Jarryd after inviting the former Parramatta and NSW fullback to her Fletcher home which she shared with her mother.