Steenkamp sidelined
8 Dec 2011
Gurthrö Steenkamp has suffered a hip injury and will miss Toulouse’s next European Cup clash.
The Springbok prop has played just 40 minutes for his new French club since joining after the World Cup. The Toulouse management has confirmed that Steenkamp has sustained a serious hip injury, and will miss Friday’s match against Harlequins.
Meanwhile, other Toulouse front-rankers like former Bok prop Daan Human and Johnston Falefa are also unavailable because of injury.
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8 Dec 2011, 15:55 pm
Fookin hell finally! I haven’t been able to log in for about 2 days. What’s going on? Anyone else had the same problem?
8 Dec 2011, 15:57 pm
Keo had serious Gremlins in the system. Thought I was banned and was trying to figure out what I posted.
Kept on getting the “invalid username” prompt after entering my password.
8 Dec 2011, 16:00 pm
About time! Thought I was banned after my go at fuzzy-haired Vrede yesterday
8 Dec 2011, 16:02 pm
What, no Adi in the squad? Damn!
8 Dec 2011, 16:08 pm
@wooden spoon-51: @Michael-53: @Jeraldjay-52: you all are bloody paranoid tl tl tl
banned, on keo? please
8 Dec 2011, 16:08 pm
Dirty money includes fecal matter
Sapa | 08 December, 2011 11:25
If you get your hands on some money, wash them. Because all money is dirty — very dirty, say the experts.
Take a close look at coins: Some are tarnished, some are bright and shiny — but almost certainly any coin has passed through hundreds of hands before it got to you.
A coin issued in 2005, for example, has been in circulation for six years now. It has probably been passed between hundreds of people: beggars and millionaires, bankers and drug dealers, supermarket tills and vending machines.
Consider also the findings of a Global Hygiene Council survey in 2009, which estimated that 60 percent of South Africans do not wash their hands after going to the toilet or handling pets.
Theoretically, therefore, six of the last 10 people to handle that coin in your pocket could have left traces of faecal matter and accompanying germs on it.
Even if a coin has been sterilised at some point, “there is no such thing as a clean surface,” says Wits microbiology expert Prof Vincent Gray, who is also affiliated to the SA Society for Microbiology.
Press a coin between your fingers. It feels a bit sticky — why?
“Dirty fingers rub off on coins. Lipids (oils), amino acids (the building blocks of proteins), as well as bacteria, coat the surface of the coin and form a layer — like a skin,” Gray said.
Bacteria join to the lipids, dead skin cells and each other to form a living biomass or living biofilm, often seen accumulated in the recesses of a coin.
These oils and amino acids provide nutrients for bacteria, enabling them to survive and multiply on the coin’s surface. Also, if a coin is kept in your pocket, your body heat can act as an incubator for the surface germs and accelerate the rate at which they multiply.
Bacteria are also surprisingly durable: they can survive for weeks, even months, on a surface, Gray said.
Common bacteria that could be lurking on your change include various staphylococcal species, E. coli, corynebacteria, and propionibacterium.
Less common pathogenic bacteria may also be transferred to the coin through handling. These include mycobacterium tuberculosis (tuberculosis), salmonella, pathogenic strains of E. coli and vibrio cholerae (cholera) to name only a few.
“Bacteria are very abundant and account for a huge proportion of the world’s living biomass,” Gray said.
Viruses — like those that cause human infections such as hepatitis, herpes or influenza — can also be present on money, but are not likely to survive for long outside a host, he said. Viruses tend to die when exposed to ultraviolet radiation, like sunlight, and therefore have limited survivability.
Bank notes, as well as coins, can carry some surprising nasties.
A study by the Institute of Public Health in Bangladesh analysed bank notes and found bacteria associated with a variety of throat, skin and bone diseases.
Igumbor et al (2007) conducted a study for the University of Venda, which found that banknotes of lower denomination (R10 and R20) had a higher concentration of germs on average than higher value notes.
The study, entitled “Microbiological analysis of banknotes circulating in the Venda region of Limpopo province”, suggested this was because smaller notes circulate more quickly.
A British study conducted by Mass Spec Analytical found that 80 percent of bank notes were contaminated by drugs — especially cocaine. This figure rose to 99 percent in London bank notes.
It was hypothesised that this high rate of contamination might be caused by money counting machines, which spread traces of the drug to other notes.
But there are many other surfaces humans come into contact with on a daily basis that are even more likely to spread germs.
“Think of light switches, communal telephones, door handles and fridge doors… just think of how dirty white computer keyboards get,” Gray said.
While it is theoretically possible to become sick from the germs spread via money, they are unlikely to affect people with healthy immune systems.
“Most of us have latent infections, but if the immune system is compromised, non-pathogenic infections can become pathogenic [sickness causing],” Gray said.
Exposure to small amounts of germs can actually be beneficial, he explained, as a healthy immune system is usually capable of adapting to otherwise harmful bacterial strains by building the body’s natural resistance.
Nonetheless, if you get your hands on some money, it is advisable to wash them.
8 Dec 2011, 16:10 pm
1. Harris???
2. Liebenberg
3. Blaauw
4. Elstadt
5. Bekker
6. Burger
7. Kolisi
8. Vermuelen
9. Duvenhage
10. Grant??
11. Habana
12. JDV
13. JDJ
14. Aplon
15. Pieterson
8 Dec 2011, 16:19 pm
Holy moly, I see Virender Sehwag has made the highest ever ODI score. He smacked 219 off only 149 balls against the Windies. Now that’s gonna take some beating.
8 Dec 2011, 16:24 pm
@>^..^< katman-58: Chris Gayle in the right mood could come close.
Sehwag always backs himself. To him its, “why play defensively when the ball is there to be hit”.
Windies also has a below par attack.
8 Dec 2011, 16:26 pm
@Jeraldjay-59: I think the previous best was Tendulkar’s 200 against us. 219 in an ODI will probably stand for a while.
8 Dec 2011, 16:39 pm
@>^..^< katman-60:
After Australia scored 434 at the Wanderers, I think it was Ian Chappel who said “This score will not be beaten for years to come” during the lunchtime break….
8 Dec 2011, 16:43 pm
@Michael-53: think Vrede polluted the site. was also unable to come give him kak.
8 Dec 2011, 16:52 pm
Q: What’s the worst thing you can hear when
you’re having *** with Willie Nelson?
A: “I’m not Willie Nelson.”
8 Dec 2011, 16:58 pm
@the artist formerly known as gunther-63:
Have you recovered from the experience ??
8 Dec 2011, 17:00 pm
@Transformation-49:
oh i see
hahahaha
silly me
8 Dec 2011, 17:03 pm
vokkit
I thought I was banned too!
Thought they did an audit and my 1000s of anti plod posts got me banned…
never thought I would say this….ever….but damn I missed you wa nkers
8 Dec 2011, 17:06 pm
@grant10-66:
Don’t push it !!!
8 Dec 2011, 17:08 pm
@grant10-66: hehehehe all you okes worried about being banned
8 Dec 2011, 17:13 pm
@the artist formerly known as gunther-63: ho ho ho. That’s worth re-telling.
8 Dec 2011, 17:18 pm
@>^..^< katman-69:
speaking of ho ho ho I see the president of the poodle appreciation society is on parole.
all he wants for christmas are his two front teeth…
8 Dec 2011, 17:18 pm
@Transformation-68: eish i am not gonna make it this weekend unfortunately man.
8 Dec 2011, 17:20 pm
@trupisero-62: Him and his perpetually-on-order jet ski are too easy.
@grant10-66: Soppy
8 Dec 2011, 17:26 pm
@rangerman-71: darn it…well i’ll just drink with Tac & Rossoneri then and enjoy the fun.
8 Dec 2011, 17:35 pm
but wtf is grant doin out the tub?
parp parp.
8 Dec 2011, 17:49 pm
Thought i had been banned as well,guilty by association to Stormersboy and Gunther lol. Then tried with my phone late last night and they said they cleaning up the site.
8 Dec 2011, 18:05 pm
@cab-74:
8 Dec 2011, 18:06 pm
@rangerman-76: he isnt out the tub, juswugby is just holding the computer above the lilac secented bubbles whilst gwanty hammers away at the keyboard.
8 Dec 2011, 18:16 pm
@rangerman-77: Hi Rangerman, i had dealing with a blesbok today, was slightly intimate with the poor creature.
8 Dec 2011, 18:21 pm
@Treehugger-78: hi hugs.
slightly intimate?
beautiful yummy blesbok.
8 Dec 2011, 18:34 pm
Cool it on the yummy..::mrgreen:… am a vegetarian now….:roll:
8 Dec 2011, 19:17 pm
@Treehugger-80: haha, well done Hugs!
havent eaten wildsvleis in a long time actually so Mrs Blessie is safe.
for now
8 Dec 2011, 19:34 pm
I am NEVER banned.
8 Dec 2011, 19:37 pm
@Dawn-82: thank goodness, you keep us grounded Dawnie.
8 Dec 2011, 19:37 pm
TRANS!!!!!!
Yo drinking with Tac??????
Please update me!
9 Dec 2011, 07:31 am
@au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir…-47: @Transformation-49: Yes!! Correct transie I was referring to my girlfriend! I am not as old as you fossils on this site! lol
9 Dec 2011, 07:34 am
@Dawn-82: I hope that you never get banned. You bring grace to the blog!
9 Dec 2011, 07:51 am
@Dawn-84:
is that ‘you drinking with tac?’ or is it ‘yo! drinking with tac?’
please update me?
@Sasuke-85:
a slip of the cerebral disk on my part, sir.
and very brave on your part to call your better half ‘my baby’ on a blog forum… some guys are old school and would frown on that… unmanly show of emotion…
9 Dec 2011, 08:07 am
@au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir…-87: lol! says the guy with “i love you bakkies” in his nic?
you must be new school.
9 Dec 2011, 10:12 am
@au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir…-87: lol I am comfortable showing my emotion!
@rangerman-88: lol
9 Dec 2011, 12:30 pm
@rangerman-88:
breaking new ground guy, breaking new ground…
@Sasuke-89:
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