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I've declined your db-bio request on Fantom. "Created by its subject" is not a deletion reason, let alone a speedy deletion criterion – despite what a lot of people think, we have no policy against autobiographies. Besides, User:TheFantomMan could just as well be a fan of the band as a member of the band. The appearances in a film and multiple album releases claimed in the article are enough of an assertion of notability that CSD A7 doesn't apply. – iride  scent  14:35, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

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Assumption reinsurance

Assumption reinsurance is a form of reinsurance whereby the reinsurer is substituted for the ceding insurer and becomes directly liable for policy claims. This ordinarily requires a notice and release from affected policyholders. In the more typical reinsurance arrangement, the reinsurer has an obligation to indemnify the ceding insurer, which remains liable for claims on policies it has issued, and policyholders' approval is not required.

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Category:Racquets venues

This category lists places where people play the sport of racquets/rackets.

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Profiling (computer programming)

In software engineering, profiling ("program profiling", "software profiling") is a form of dynamic program analysis that measures, for example, the space (memory) or time complexity of a program, the usage of particular instructions, or the frequency and duration of function calls. Most commonly, profiling information serves to aid program optimization, and more specifically, performance engineering.

Profiling is achieved by instrumenting either the program source code or its binary executable form using a tool called a profiler (or code profiler). Profilers may use a number of different techniques, such as event-based, statistical, instrumented, and simulation methods.

Gathering program events
Profilers use a wide variety of techniques to collect data, including hardware interrupts, code instrumentation, instruction set simulation, operating system hooks, and performance counters.

Use of profilers

The output of a profiler may be:

 * A statistical summary of the events observed (a profile)
 * Summary profile information is often shown annotated against the source code statements where the events occur, so the size of measurement data is linear to the code size of the program.

/* source- count */ 0001           IF X = "A"                      0055 0002               THEN DO                        0003                    ADD 1 to XCOUNT         0032 0004               ELSE 0005           IF X = "B"                      0055

 * A stream of recorded events (a trace)
 * For sequential programs, a summary profile is usually sufficient, but performance problems in parallel programs (waiting for messages or synchronization issues) often depend on the time relationship of events, thus requiring a full trace to get an understanding of what is happening.
 * The size of a (full) trace is linear to the program's instruction path length, making it somewhat impractical. A trace may therefore be initiated at one point in a program and terminated at another point to limit the output.

 * An ongoing interaction with the hypervisor (continuous or periodic monitoring via on-screen display for instance)
 * This provides the opportunity to switch a trace on or off at any desired point during execution in addition to viewing on-going metrics about the (still executing) program. It also provides the opportunity to suspend asynchronous processes at critical points to examine interactions with other parallel processes in more detail.

A profiler can be applied to an individual method or at the scale of a module or program, to identify performance bottlenecks by making long-running code obvious. A profiler can be used to understand code from a timing point of view, with the objective of optimizing it to handle various runtime conditions or various loads. Profiling results can be ingested by a compiler that provides profile-guided optimization. Profiling results can be used to guide the design and optimization of an individual algorithm; the Krauss matching wildcards algorithm is an example. Profilers are built into some application performance management systems that aggregate profiling data to provide insight into transaction workloads in distributed applications.

History
Performance-analysis tools existed on IBM/360 and IBM/370 platforms from the early 1970s, usually based on timer interrupts which recorded the program status word (PSW) at set timer-intervals to detect "hot spots" in executing code. This was an early example of sampling (see below). In early 1974 instruction-set simulators permitted full trace and other performance-monitoring features.

Profiler-driven program analysis on Unix dates back to 1973, when Unix systems included a basic tool,, which listed each function and how much of program execution time it used. In 1982  extended the concept to a complete call graph analysis.

In 1994, Amitabh Srivastava and Alan Eustace of Digital Equipment Corporation published a paper describing ATOM (Analysis Tools with OM). The ATOM platform converts a program into its own profiler: at compile time, it inserts code into the program to be analyzed. That inserted code outputs analysis data. This technique - modifying a program to analyze itself - is known as "instrumentation".

In 2004 both the  and ATOM papers appeared on the list of the 50 most influential PLDI papers for the 20-year period ending in 1999.

Flat profiler
Flat profilers compute the average call times, from the calls, and do not break down the call times based on the callee or the context.

Call-graph profiler
Call graph profilers show the call times, and frequencies of the functions, and also the call-chains involved based on the callee. In some tools full context is not preserved.

Input-sensitive profiler
Input-sensitive profilers add a further dimension to flat or call-graph profilers by relating performance measures to features of the input workloads, such as input size or input values. They generate charts that characterize how an application's performance scales as a function of its input.

Data granularity in profiler types
Profilers, which are also programs themselves, analyze target programs by collecting information on their execution. Based on their data granularity, on how profilers collect information, they are classified into event based or statistical profilers. Profilers interrupt program execution to collect information, which may result in a limited resolution in the time measurements, which should be taken with a grain of salt. Basic block profilers report a number of machine clock cycles devoted to executing each line of code, or a timing based on adding these together; the timings reported per basic block may not reflect a difference between cache hits and misses.

Event-based profilers
The programming languages listed here have event-based profilers:
 * Java: the JVMTI (JVM Tools Interface) API, formerly JVMPI (JVM Profiling Interface), provides hooks to profilers, for trapping events like calls, class-load, unload, thread enter leave.
 * .NET: Can attach a profiling agent as a COM server to the CLR using Profiling API. Like Java, the runtime then provides various callbacks into the agent, for trapping events like method JIT / enter / leave, object creation, etc. Particularly powerful in that the profiling agent can rewrite the target application's bytecode in arbitrary ways.
 * Python: Python profiling includes the profile module, hotshot (which is call-graph based), and using the 'sys.setprofile' function to trap events like c_{call,return,exception}, python_{call,return,exception}.
 * Ruby: Ruby also uses a similar interface to Python for profiling. Flat-profiler in profile.rb, module, and ruby-prof a C-extension are present.

Statistical profilers
Some profilers operate by sampling. A sampling profiler probes the target program's call stack at regular intervals using operating system interrupts. Sampling profiles are typically less numerically accurate and specific, but allow the target program to run at near full speed.

The resulting data are not exact, but a statistical approximation. "The actual amount of error is usually more than one sampling period. In fact, if a value is n times the sampling period, the expected error in it is the square-root of n sampling periods."

In practice, sampling profilers can often provide a more accurate picture of the target program's execution than other approaches, as they are not as intrusive to the target program, and thus don't have as many side effects (such as on memory caches or instruction decoding pipelines). Also since they don't affect the execution speed as much, they can detect issues that would otherwise be hidden. They are also relatively immune to over-evaluating the cost of small, frequently called routines or 'tight' loops. They can show the relative amount of time spent in user mode versus interruptible kernel mode such as system call processing.

Still, kernel code to handle the interrupts entails a minor loss of CPU cycles, diverted cache usage, and is unable to distinguish the various tasks occurring in uninterruptible kernel code (microsecond-range activity).

Dedicated hardware can go beyond this: ARM Cortex-M3 and some recent MIPS processors JTAG interface have a PCSAMPLE register, which samples the program counter in a truly undetectable manner, allowing non-intrusive collection of a flat profile.

Some commonly used statistical profilers for Java/managed code are SmartBear Software's AQtime and Microsoft's CLR Profiler. Those profilers also support native code profiling, along with Apple Inc.'s Shark (OSX), OProfile (Linux), Intel VTune and Parallel Amplifier (part of Intel Parallel Studio), and Oracle Performance Analyzer, among others.

Instrumentation
This technique effectively adds instructions to the target program to collect the required information. Note that instrumenting a program can cause performance changes, and may in some cases lead to inaccurate results and/or heisenbugs. The effect will depend on what information is being collected, on the level of timing details reported, and on whether basic block profiling is used in conjunction with instrumentation. For example, adding code to count every procedure/routine call will probably have less effect than counting how many times each statement is obeyed. A few computers have special hardware to collect information; in this case the impact on the program is minimal.

Instrumentation is key to determining the level of control and amount of time resolution available to the profilers.
 * Manual: Performed by the programmer, e.g. by adding instructions to explicitly calculate runtimes, simply count events or calls to measurement APIs such as the Application Response Measurement standard.
 * Automatic source level: instrumentation added to the source code by an automatic tool according to an instrumentation policy.
 * Intermediate language: instrumentation added to assembly or decompiled bytecodes giving support for multiple higher-level source languages and avoiding (non-symbolic) binary offset re-writing issues.
 * Compiler assisted
 * Binary translation: The tool adds instrumentation to a compiled executable.
 * Runtime instrumentation: Directly before execution the code is instrumented. The program run is fully supervised and controlled by the tool.
 * Runtime injection: More lightweight than runtime instrumentation. Code is modified at runtime to have jumps to helper functions.

Interpreter instrumentation

 * Interpreter debug options can enable the collection of performance metrics as the interpreter encounters each target statement. A bytecode, control table or JIT interpreters are three examples that usually have complete control over execution of the target code, thus enabling extremely comprehensive data collection opportunities.

Hypervisor/simulator

 * Hypervisor: Data are collected by running the (usually) unmodified program under a hypervisor. Example: SIMMON
 * Simulator and Hypervisor: Data collected interactively and selectively by running the unmodified program under an instruction set simulator.

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The Pink Panther (disambiguation)

The Pink Panther is a series of films featuring the fictional Inspector Clouseau, played by Peter Sellers, that began in 1963.

The Pink Panther may also refer to:

People

 * Paula Creamer (born 1986), an American professional golfer nicknamed "The Pink Panther"
 * Zoe Jones (darts player), an English women's professional darts player nicknamed "The Pink Panther"
 * Jim Rock, an Irish professional boxer nicknamed "The Pink Panther"

Fictional elements

 * Pink Panther (character), main and title character in a series of animated short films, originally appearing in the 1963 film
 * Pink Panther jewel, the titular pink diamond of the film series

Films

 * The Pink Panther (1963 film), starring David Niven, and Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau
 * A Shot in the Dark (1964 film), starring Sellers and Herbert Lom as Commissioner Dreyfus
 * Inspector Clouseau (film), 1968 film starring Alan Arkin as Inspector Clouseau
 * The Return of the Pink Panther, 1975 film starring Sellers and Lom
 * The Pink Panther Strikes Again, 1976 film starring Sellers and Lom
 * Revenge of the Pink Panther, 1978 film starring Sellers and Lom
 * Trail of the Pink Panther, 1982 film starring Sellers and Lom
 * Curse of the Pink Panther, 1983 film starring Lom and Ted Wass as Clifton Sleigh
 * Son of the Pink Panther, 1993 film starring Lom and Roberto Benigni as Jacques Gambrelli
 * The Pink Panther (2006 film), series reboot, starring Steve Martin as Clouseau and Kevin Kline as Dreyfus
 * The Pink Panther 2, 2009 film, the sequel to the 2006 film, starring Martin and John Cleese as Dreyfus

Music

 * "The Pink Panther Theme", theme for the Pink Panther films and animated shorts, written by Henry Mancini
 * The Pink Panther: Music from the Film Score Composed and Conducted by Henry Mancini, soundtrack album of the 1964 Pink Panther film
 * The Pink Panther (2006 soundtrack), soundtrack album of the 2006 Pink Panther film

Television

 * The Pink Panther Show (1969 TV series), a television series of Pink Panther cartoons
 * Pink Panther and Sons (1984 TV series), a cartoon television series
 * The Pink Panther (TV series) (1993 TV series), animated television series
 * Pink Panther and Pals (2010 TV series), a television cartoon series

Sculptures

 * Pink Panther (sculpture), a sculpture from the Jeff Koons series Banality

Organizations

 * The Pink Panthers, a name used by different gay rights organizations in North America and worldwide since the 1970s
 * Pink Panthers, a name given to an international jewel thief network by Interpol

Sports

 * Jaipur Pink Panthers, an Indian Kabaddi team in the Pro Kabaddi League.

Confectionery

 * There is a kind of pink wafer with Pink Panther branding

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MasterCraft

The MasterCraft Boat Company is an American manufacturer of luxury high-performance boats. The company was founded in 1968 in Maryville, Tennessee, and is currently headquartered in Vonore, Tennessee. MasterCraft boats are used in waterskiing, wakeboarding and wake surfing. The company has also produced several boats that are not focused on water sports, such as the NauticStar line of fishing boats.

History
MasterCraft's founder Rob Shirley was a young waterskiing instructor who opened a waterskiing school in Florida in 1965. In 1968, with the help of a few fellow waterskiers, he modified a Ski Nautique boat manufactured by Correct Craft. The boat was completed in August, and debuted at the U.S. Nationals in Canton, Ohio. In the same year, Rob was forced to close the waterskiing school, and moved to his wife's parents' farm in Maryville, Tennessee. There, he founded the MasterCraft Boat Company, which initially operated out of a two-horse barn.

During its first year of operation, MasterCraft only built 12 boats using the modified hull design. In 1993, the company's headquarters was relocated to Vonore, Tennessee. As of 2006, MasterCraft produced over 3,000 boats per year, sold in 25 different countries, by over 100 domestic and international dealers.

Some of the company's most popular products are the ProStar, a direct drive ski boat, and the X Series Wakeboard boats. Since 2012, all MasterCraft models use Ilmor Engineering inboard marine engines built on the General Motors 5.3L GDI, 6.0L MPI, 6.2L GDI, and 7.4L MPI V8 engine blocks.

In 2007, the company was acquired by two private equity firms: Charlesbank Capital Partners and Transportation Resource Partners (affiliated with Roger Penske). In 2010, the company was recapitalized by Wayzata Investment Partners.

In May 2015, MasterCraft filed for an IPO to raise $100M.

On July 17, 2015, Nasdaq announced that trading of MCBC Holdings Inc., operator of MasterCraft Boat Company, commenced on The Nasdaq Stock Market trading as (Nasdaq:MCFT).

MasterCraft Boat Company
MasterCraft Boat Company is the flagship subsidiary of MasterCraft holdings. MasterCraft focuses on building towboats for water skiing, wakeboarding, and wake surfing.

Crest
Crest builds pontoon boats which compete at the upper end of the market out of their Owosso, Michigan plant.

Aviara
Aviara specializes in building premium luxury day boats with a modern design. Aviara's manufacturing facility is in Merritt Island, Florida.

ProStar Series
The ProStar series featured tournament ski boats, family ski boats, and price point ski boats over the years, Although most of the ProStar models used a direct drive propulsion system, there were a few V-Drive ProStar models produced. While the lineage of the ProStar series dates back to the original competition ski boats built by MasterCraft beginning in 1968, the first boat to bear the ProStar name was the ProStar 190 introduced for the 1987 model year. With the rising popularity of wake surfing, MasterCraft begun producing only their flagship competition ski boat under the ProStar name beginning in 2014.

X Series
The genesis of the X Series began in 1997 with the introduction of the X-Star. These boats are MasterCraft’s top of the line boats with a focus on wakeboarding and wake surfing.

The current model line up is: X22, X24, and X26.

XT Series
Introduced in 2017. This model line is the “crossover” focused designs. They can create wakeboard and surf wakes, while also being able to produce an “open water” slalom ski wake.

The current XT Series consists of five models: XT20, XT22, XT22T, XT23, and XT24. The XT22T and XT23 are traditional bow boats, whereas the rest of the XT line are pickle fork designs.

NXT Series
The NXT Series was introduced in 2015 with the NXT 20 to bring more affordable offerings to the market without sacrificing build quality and construction. In 2016 MasterCraft launched the NXT 22 to add to its line of entry level towboats. For 2020, MasterCraft redesigned both the NXT 20 and 22 using design cues from the X Series and XT Series. The second generation NXTs has a redesigned dash, factory profiles, and better ergonomics in the interior.

MasterCraft expanded the NXT series once again in 2021 with the introduction of the NXT 24.

The current NXT series consists of five models: NXT20, NXT21 NXT22, NXT23 and NXT24

CSX Series
The CSX (Cross Sport Xtreme) Series was designed to offer versatile boats suited for a variety of activities. These boats utilized a direct drive propulsion system with a center mounted engine and offered features designed for skiing, wakeboarding, fishing, diving, and other on water activities.

The CSX Series was discontinued after the 2011 model year.

MariStar Series
The MariStar Series was created in 1989 to compete in the luxury runabout segment.

TriStar Series
The TriStar Series was born with the introduction of the TriStar 220 for the 1986 model year. This was MasterCraft's first boat designed purely for recreational use.

Swim Platform
1976 - MasterCraft introduced the first swim platform on a ski boat.

PowerSlot
1980 - MasterCraft introduced the optional PowerSlot 1.5:1 gear reduction transmission for increased acceleration.

Stringers
1983 introduced composite stringers

WearGuard Pylon
1989 - MasterCraft introduced their patented WearGuard pylon which featured a plastic insert at the tow point in order to reduce rope wear.

EFI
1992 - MasterCraft brought the first fuel injected ski boat to the market with the Corvette LT1 engine marinized by Indmar.

Taglines
In Pursuit of Perfection (1987)

Inboards Beyond Imagination (1988)

Nothing Else Even Comes Close (1989-1993)

The Leader. And Pulling Farther Ahead. (1993-2003)

Held to a Higher Standard (2004-2010)

CEOs/Presidents
Rob Shirley (1968-1987)

Chuck West (1987-1995)

Jim Hoag (1995-1996)

Gary Lownsdale (1996-1998)

John Dorton (1999-2012)

Terry McNew (2012-2019)

Fred Brightbill (2019-2024)

Brad Nelson (2024-present)

Ski

 * Ali Garcia
 * Taylor Garcia
 * Freddy Krueger
 * Joel Poland
 * Karen Truelove
 * Freddie Winter

Wake

 * Parks Bonifay
 * Harley Clifford
 * Meagan Ethell
 * Tyler Higham
 * Steel Lafferty

Surf

 * Ashley Kidd
 * Austin Keen
 * Jett Lambert

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1905 Tour de France

The 1905 Tour de France was the third edition of the Tour de France, held from 9 to 30 July, organised by the newspaper L'Auto. Following the disqualifications after the 1904 Tour de France, there were changes in the rules, the most important one being the general classification not made by time but by points. The race saw the introduction of mountains in the Tour de France, and René Pottier excelled in the first mountain, although he could not finish the race. Due in part to some of the rule changes, the 1905 Tour de France had less cheating and sabotage than in previous years, though they were not eliminated. It was won by Louis Trousselier, who also won four of the eleven stages.

Innovations and changes
After the 1904 Tour de France, some cyclists were disqualified, most notably the top four cyclists of the original overall classification, Maurice Garin, Lucien Pothier, César Garin and Hippolyte Aucouturier. Maurice Garin was originally banned for two years and Pothier for life, so they were ineligible to start the 1905 Tour de France. Of these four, only Aucouturier (who had been "warned" and had a "reprimand inflicted" on him), started the 1905 Tour. They were disqualified by the Union Vélocipédique Française, based on accusations of cheating when there were no race officials around. In 1904 Tour, it was difficult to observe the cyclists continuously, as significant portions of the race were run overnight, and the long stages made it difficult to have officials everywhere.

Because these disqualifications had almost put an end to the Tour de France, the 1905 event had been changed in important ways, to make the race easier to supervise: The first cyclist to cross the finish line received 1 point. Other cyclists received one point more than the cyclist who passed the line directly before him, plus an additional point for every five minutes between them, with a maximum of ten points. In this way, a cyclist could not get more than 11 points more than the cyclist that crossed the finish line just before him.
 * The stages were shortened so that no night riding occurred.
 * The number of stages increased to 11 stages, almost double from the previous year.
 * The winner was selected on points, not time.

As an example for this point system, the result for the first seven cyclists in the first stage is in this table:

The other important introduction were the mountains. One of Desgrange's staffers, Alphonse Steinès, took Desgrange for a trip over the Col Bayard at 1246 m and the Ballon d'Alsace at 1178 m, that had an average gradient of 5.2% with 10% at some places, to convince Desgrange to use these climbs in the route. Desgrange accepted it, saying that Steinès would take the blame if the mountains would be too hard to climb. In the two previous editions, the highest point was the Col de la République at 1145 m. In 1905, Desgrange chose to overlook this, and focused instead on the introduction of the Ballon d'Alsace, because he saw that he had missed the opportunity for publicity previously.

There were two categories of riders, the coureurs de vitesse and the coureurs sur machines poinçonnées. The riders in the first category were allowed to change bicycles, which could be an advantage in the mountains, where they could use a bicycle with lower gears. The riders in the machines poinçonnées category had to use the same bicycle in the entire race, and to verify this, their bicycles were marked.

Participants
Before the race started, 77 riders had signed up for the race. Seventeen of those did not start the race, so the Tour began with 60 riders, including former winner Henri Cornet and future winners René Pottier and Lucien Petit-Breton. The riders were not grouped in teams, but most of them rode with an individual sponsor. Two of the cyclists—Catteau and Lootens—were Belgian, all other cyclists were French. Leading up to the start of the Tour, Wattelier, Trousselier, Pottier and Augereau were all considered the most likely contenders to win the event.

Race overview
Despite the rule changes, there were still protesters among the spectators; in the first stage all riders except Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq punctured due to 125 kg of nails spread along the road. The first stage was won by Louis Trousselier. Trousselier was serving in the army, and had requested from his commander leave for the Tour de France; this was allowed for 24 hours. After he won the first stage and led the classification, his leave was extended until the end of the Tour. From 60 starting cyclists, only 15 cyclists reached the finish line within the time limit; 15 more reached the finish after the limit and the rest took the train. The Tour organiser Desgrange wanted to stop the race, but was persuaded by the cyclists not to do so, and allowed all cyclists to continue with 75 points.

In the second stage, the first major climb, the Ballon d'Alsace, made its debut. Four riders were the fastest climbers: Trousselier, René Pottier, Cornet and Aucouturier. Of those four, Trousselier and Aucouturier were the first to be dropped, and Cornet had to drop in the final kilometers. The top was therefore reached first by René Pottier, without dismounting, at an average speed of 20 km/h. Cornet, who reached the top second, had to wait 20 minutes for his bicycle with higher gear, because his support car had broken down. Later Aucouturier caught Pottier, and dropped him, and won the stage. Pottier became second in the stage and led the classification. Seven cyclists did not reach the finish in time, but they were again allowed to start the next stage.

In the third stage, Pottier had to abandon due to tendinitis. The lead was back with Trousselier, who also won the stage.

In the fourth stage, the Côte de Laffrey and the Col Bayard were climbed, the second and third mountains of the Tour de France. Julien Maitron reached both tops first, but Aucouturier won the stage. Trousselier finished in second place, still leading the overall classification, although with the same number of points as Aucouturier.

In the fifth stage, Trousselier won, and because Aucouturier finished in twelfth place, Trousselier had a big lead in the general classification. After the fifth stage, Aucouturier could no longer challenge Trousselier for the lead.

In the seventh stage to Bordeaux, Trousselier punctured after only a few kilometers. The rest of the cyclists quickly sped away from him, and Trousselier had to follow them alone for 200 km. A few kilometers before Bordeaux, Trousselier caught up with the rest, and even managed to win the sprint. Louis Trousselier kept his lead until the end of the race, winning five stages. Trousselier was accused of bad sportsmanship: he reportedly smashed the inkstands of a control post to prevent his opponents from signing. Unlike the 1904 Tour de France, no stage winners, nor anyone from the top ten of the general classification, were disqualified.

Stage results
In the first and last stage, the cyclists were allowed to use pacers. All the 11 stages were won by only three cyclists:

General classification
The cyclists officially were not grouped in teams; some cyclists had the same sponsor, even though they were not allowed to work together.

Other classifications
Pautrat was the winner of the coureurs sur machines poinçonnées category, having used the same bicycle through the whole event.

The organising newspaper L'Auto named René Pottier the meilleur grimpeur. This unofficial title is the precursor to the mountains classification.

Aftermath
The tour organisers liked the effect of the points system, and it remained active until the 1912 Tour de France, after which it was reverted to the time system. In 1953, for the 50-years anniversary of the Tour de France, the points system was reintroduced as the points classification, and the winner was given a green jersey. This points classification has been active ever since.

The introduction of mountains in the Tour de France had also been successful. After the introduction of the Vosges in the 1905 Tour de France, in 1906 the Massif Central were climbed, followed by the Pyrenees in 1910 and the Alps in 1911.

The winner Trousselier received 6950 Francs for his victory. The night after he won, he drank and gambled with friends, and lost all the money. In later years, Trousselier would not win a Tour de France again, but he still won eight more stages and finished on the podium in the next year. The unofficial mountain champion of the 1905 Tour de France, Pottier, would be more successful in the next year, when he won the overall classification and five stages.

For L'Auto, the newspaper that organised the Tour de France, the race was a success; the circulation had increased to 100,000.

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House of Wang

The House of Wang was the royal ruling house of the Goryeo dynasty (918-1392) of Korea.

Its founder was Wang Kŏn, the chancellor of Taebong who overthrew its tyrant king Kung Ye and founded the new dynasty of Goryeo. His descendants ruled as kings for 474 years. From 1170 to 1270, the Goryeo kings were puppets of the Goryeo military regime. In 1270, the royal house broke free from the military regime's grasp and volunteered to become vassals of the Mongol Empire. During the Mongol domination of Goryeo, the House of Wang became semi-autonomous vassals of the Yuan dynasty, and engaged in intermarriage with the ruling Borjigin clan. In 1356, King Gongmin was able to restore the independence of Goryeo. However, after the Wihwado Retreat in 1388, Goryeo general Yi Sŏng-gye was able to seize power. In 1392, Yi ended the rule of the House of Wang, proclaiming himself King of Joseon.

After they fell from power, the House of Wang was persecuted by the new dynasty. From 1392 to 1413, they were subject to an extermination campaign where male members from the direct line of the royal Wang family were to be apprehended and killed. Due to the extent of persecution, a majority of Wang Kŏn's descendants in the modern-day Kaesong Wang clan are descendants of his fifteenth son, Prince Hyoeun via Wang Mi (, 1365-?), a survivor of the extermination.

Origins
The House of Wang originated from the local, regional lords, or hojok, of the Song'ak region. The ancestors of Wang Kŏn were thought to be influential maritime merchants, of Goguryeo origins. Chakchegŏn, the grandfather of Wang Kŏn, was an influential figure reaching beyond the boundaries of Song'ak, reaching as far as Ganghwa Island. According to historian Eugene Y. Park, Wang Kŏn's father, Wang Ryung, is thought to be the first likely member of the family to adopt the surname, Wang, mostly likely to facilitate trade with Tang China. Other historians, such as William E. Henthorn and G. Cameron Hurst III. suggest that Wang Kŏn was the first to adopt the surname after ascending to the throne of Goryeo, as his full name, Wang Kŏn, literally means "the kingly founder." The surname Wang (meaning King) was previously used in Goguryeo by some members of the royal House of Ko for its association with royalty. Song dynasty envoy, Xu Jing (徐兢), recorded that "The ancestors of the Wang clan are an illustrious family of Go[gu]ryeo".

The Wangs claimed ancestry from the legendary Dragon King of the West Sea via the wife of Chakchegŏn, later posthumously honoured as Queen Wonchang. According to the Pyeonnyeon Tongnok by Kim Kwan-ŭi, Chakchegŏn was able to marry the daughter of the Dragon King of the West Sea, due to his help in eliminating Mr. Old Fox, the foe of the Dragon King. This is likely a tale created to "sacralize the dynastic line".

Rise to Power
In 896, Song'ak became part of the rising state of Later Goguryeo, later known as Taebong. King Kung Ye appointed Wang Kŏn as the castle lord of Song'ak. Wang would later become the chancellor of Taebong. On July 24, 918, four generals of Taebong persuaded Wang Kŏn to become the king. After the successful coup, Wang Kŏn was crowned as the first king of Goryeo on the next day, July 25. He would later unify the Later Three Kingdoms, absorbing Silla and conquering Later Baekje. To ensure his power, Taejo Wang Kŏn married 29 women from various powerful families, from fellow regional lords, to powerful maritime merchants, and the royals of the fallen Silla kingdom. The House of Wang was originally a primus inter pares amongst other powerful regional families.

Under Taejo's son, King Gwangjong, Goryeo became a centralised society with the strengthening of royal rule. Gwangjong attempted to curb the power of the aristocrats of the powerful regional families. With the help of a Chinese scholar, Shuang Ji, he instituted a civil service examination system in 958. He ruthlessly purged opposition to his centralization reforms, liquidating former comrades of his father.

Fall and Extermination
In 1388, with the aftermath of the Wihwado Retreat, Goryeo general Yi Sŏng-gye was able to seize control of Goryeo. Initially, due to lack of legitimacy, Yi placed a puppet king, King Gongyang, on the throne after dethroning both King U and King Chang. After the assassination of Goryeo loyalist Chŏng Mong-ju by Yi's son, Yi Pang-won, there were no more significant opponents of Yi Sŏng-gye. On August 5, 1392, Yi had gathered enough support to proclaim himself king and end the 474 year rule of the House of Wang.

Three days later, on August 8, the new royal court ordered the expulsion of all Wangs from Kaesong, with the exceptions of Taejo Yi Sŏng-gye's in-law, Wang U, his two sons, Wang Cho and Wang Kwan, and civil official Wang Sŭng, and his son, Wang Kang. The expelled Wangs were sent to Ganghwa Island and Geoje Island. Wang U was recognized as the ritual heir for the fallen kingdom of Goryeo, and enfeoffed as the Prince Gwiui to perform ancestral rites for the former kings of Goryeo. On February 16, 1394, two Joseon officials, Dongnae magistrate Kim Ka-haeng and Pak Chung-jil, were caught using a blind fortune teller to discern the future fate of the House of Yi and the House of Wang. The incident raised suspicions on the Wangs. On March 28, ex-king Gongyang and his sons were moved to a different place of exile in Samcheok. The remaining royal members of the House of Wang who were on the mainland were moved to Geoje Island. On May 14, King Taejo of Joseon accepted the demands of his royal court to execute the members of the House of Wang, with the exception of the family of his in-law, Wang U.

On May 15, the Wangs on Ganghwa Island were killed. According to the Veritable Records, they were thrown into the sea. However, oral stories state that the Wangs were tricked into boarding a ship that was supposedly to take them to a new place of exile. However, the ship was intentionally sunk by divers who cut holes into the ship. On May 17, officials were sent to Samcheok to kill King Gongyang and his two sons. They were strangled to death. On May 20, the royal court proclaimed that an extermination campaign where anyone with the Wang family name was to be apprehended and killed. The remaining Wangs on Geoje Island were killed, with at least 111 former royals killed. In order to survive, the remaining Wangs either went into hiding or assumed their maternal surnames. Several Wangs were caught during this period of extermination. In December 1397, several illegitimate sons of members of the House of Wang were caught and executed.

Aftermath
The persecution of the House of Wang finally ended in 1413 under the rule of Joseon's third king, King Taejong. As a result of the persecution, a total of 135 members of the Goryeo royalty were killed, all of them being males close to the direct line of royalty, while the women and those far from the main branch were spared. Exceptions were also made for certain members from the direct line, such as Wang U and Wang Sŭng, who took part in the foundation of Joseon and were linked with the House of Yi by marriage. Wang Kŏŭromi, a descendant of King Hyeonjong, was arrested in Gongju in December 8, 1413. The king refused when the officials asked Taejong to carry out his father's order and kill the royal descendant. On December 19, he issued an edict repealing the extermination and guaranteeing the safety of the remaining survivors of the purge. Taejong commuted the sentences of those who were guilty of not reporting Wang Kŏŭromi's existence. Kŏŭromi's son, Wang Sullye, would later be appointed as the ritual heir for the House of Wang by King Munjong, Taejong's grandson, on March 25, 1452.

Legacy
While the number of Wangs diminished throughout time due to the early persecutions conducted by the Joseon Dynasty, there are still 22,452 members of the Kaesong Wang clan in South Korea as of the 2015 census. The actual numbers were thought to be higher since most of the Wangs changed their surnames, such as the Uiryong Ok clan, which claims to be descended from Chinese immigrants but whose claims are highly attested. Meanwhile, the House of Wang left a mark on a significant number of influential Korean clans, attributed to the former's extensive intermarriage policies during the reign of Taejo.

Notable members of the Kaesong Wang clan

 * Wang Jung-Hong, Commissioner of Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration
 * Wang Sang-eun, South Korean politician
 * Jun Ji-hyun, South Korean actress
 * Wang Seok-hyun, South Korean actor
 * Wang Bit-na, South Korean actress
 * Wang Jiwon, South Korean actress
 * Wang Ki-chun, South Korean martial artist
 * Wang Sun-jae, former South Korean footballer

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David Balfour

David Balfour may refer to:
 * David Balfour (1574–1634), Scottish-Danish shipbuilder, director of Bremerholm
 * David Balfour, the main character and narrator in the books Kidnapped and Catriona by Robert Louis Stevenson
 * David Balfour, an alternative title to the above-mentioned novel Catriona
 * David A. Balfour (1889–1956), Canadian politician
 * David A. Balfour Park named after the same politician
 * David Paton Balfour (1841–1894), New Zealand sheepfarmer, station manager, roading supervisor and diarist

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Cedric Gibbons

Austin Cedric Gibbons (March 23, 1890 – July 26, 1960) was an American art director for the film industry. He also made a significant contribution to motion picture theater architecture from the 1930s to 1950s. Gibbons designed the Oscar statuette in 1928, but tasked the sculpting to George Stanley, a Los Angeles artist. He was nominated 39 times for the Academy Award for Best Production Design and won the Oscar 11 times, both of which are records.

Early life

Cedric Gibbons was born in New York City in 1890 to Irish architect Austin P. Gibbons and American Veronica Fitzpatrick Simmons. The family moved to Manhattan after the birth of their third child. Cedric studied at the Art Students League of New York in 1911. He began working in his father's office as a junior draftsman, then in the art department at Edison Studios under Hugo Ballin in New Jersey in 1915. He was drafted and served in the US Navy Reserves during World War I at Pelham Bay in New York.

Career
Gibbons joined Goldwyn Studios, and began a long career with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1924, when the studio was founded.

In 1925, when he was first working in the art department at MGM, he was in competition with Romain De Tirtoff for a more substantial position, while working with Joseph Wright, Merrill Pye and Richard Day on some 20 films. Tirtoff is better known as Erte. When studio executive Irving Thalberg summoned Gibbons to work on Ben Hur (1925), he used knowledge of the up-and-coming art moderne (that was to become known as art deco) to advance in the MGM art department.

Gibbons was one of the original 36 founding members of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and designed the Academy Awards statuette in 1928, a trophy for which he himself would be nominated 39 times, winning 11, the last time for Best Art Direction for Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)''.

He retired from MGM as art director and the head of the art department on April 26, 1956, due to ill health with over 1,500 films credited to him; however, other designers did major work on these films, some credited, some not, during Gibbons' tenure as head of the art department. Even so, his actual hands-on art direction is considerable and his contributions lasting.

Personal life and death
Gibbons married 22 year old, Texas born, Gwendolyn Weller in New York City on January 16 1926 after having known her for one week. (On the marriage certificate he stated that he had been born in Dublin, Ireland.) They divorced shortly thereafter on the grounds of "desertion." Gibbons at first failed to pay the promised $6,000 per year alimony.

In 1930, Gibbons married actress Dolores del Río and co-designed their house with Douglas Honnold in Santa Monica, an intricate Art Deco residence influenced by Rudolf Schindler. The couple divorced in 1941. In October 1944, he married actress Hazel Brooks, with whom he remained until his death.

Gibbons' niece Veronica "Rocky" Balfe was Gary Cooper's wife and briefly an actress known as Sandra Shaw.

Gibbons' second cousin Frederick "Royal" Gibbons—a musician, orchestra conductor, and entertainer who worked with him at MGM—was the father of Billy Gibbons of the rock band ZZ Top.

Despite holding a US birth certificate, Gibbons claimed on census forms that he was born in Ireland and that his family emigrated to the US during his early childhood. His press marriage announcement also stated that he was a native of Ireland. The reasons for this misstatement are unknown.

Gibbons died in Los Angeles on July 26, 1960, after a long illness at age 70 and was buried under a modest marker at the Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles. Dorothy Kilgallen, journalist and gossip columnist, a friend of his second wife, reported his age as 65 at the time of his death.

Legacy
Gibbons' set designs, particularly those in such films as Born to Dance (1936) and Rosalie (1937), heavily inspired motion picture theater architecture in the late 1930s through 1950s.

Among the classic examples are the Loma Theater in San Diego, the Crest theaters in Long Beach, California and Fresno, California, and the Culver Theater in Culver City, California, some of which are still extant. The style sometimes is referred to as Art Deco or as Art Moderne. The style is found in the theaters that were managed by the Skouras brothers, whose designer Carl G. Moeller used the sweeping scroll-like details in his creations.

The iconic Oscar statuettes that Gibbons designed, which were first awarded in 1929, still are being presented to winners at Academy Awards ceremonies each year.

Gibbons was inducted into the Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame in February 2005.

Awards for Art Direction

 * The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929)
 * The Merry Widow (1934)
 * Pride and Prejudice (1940)
 * Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
 * Gaslight (1944)
 * The Yearling (1946)
 * Little Women (1949)
 * An American in Paris (1951)
 * The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
 * Julius Caesar (1953)
 * Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)

Nominations for Art Direction

 * When Ladies Meet (1933)
 * Romeo and Juliet (1936)
 * The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
 * Conquest (1937)
 * Marie Antoinette (1938)
 * The Wizard of Oz (1939)
 * Bitter Sweet (1940)
 * When Ladies Meet (1941)
 * Random Harvest (1942)
 * Madame Curie (1943)
 * Thousands Cheer (1943)
 * Kismet (1944)
 * National Velvet (1944)
 * The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
 * Madame Bovary (1949)
 * The Red Danube (1949)
 * Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
 * Too Young to Kiss (1951)
 * Quo Vadis (1951)
 * The Merry Widow (1952)
 * Lili (1953)
 * The Story of Three Loves (1953)
 * Young Bess (1953)
 * Brigadoon (1954)
 * Executive Suite (1954)
 * I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)
 * Blackboard Jungle (1955)
 * Lust for Life (1956)

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The Conversations at Curlow Creek

The Conversations at Curlow Creek is a historical novel written by the prominent Australian author David Malouf. It was first published in 1996 by the Random House publishing group.

Plot summary
The story takes place in 1827 on an isolated farm at the fictional locality of Curlow Creek in the mountains of the colony of New South Wales. The two main characters are Michael Adair, an Irish-born officer in the colonial mounted troopers, and Daniel Carney, an Irish escapee and bushranger. Adair had been dispatched from Sydney to oversee Carney's hanging and he arrives at Carney's temporary prison—a stockman's hut—on the night before he is due to be executed.

The narrative details conversations held by Adair and Carney throughout the cold night as they explore their shared Irish heritage. The novel is also peppered with Adair's reminiscences of his aristocratic childhood in County Galway. As the plot progresses, Adair develops sympathy for Carney despite his criminal past and impoverished background. The novel ends with Adair presumed to have let Carney escape into the bush—though as with many of David Malouf's novels, the ending is ambiguous and the reader does not know for sure the fate of the hero.

Awards

 * The Age Book of the Year Award, Fiction Prize, 1996: shortlisted
 * Miles Franklin Award 1997: shortlisted

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high blood sugar?
I've a bit of experience with high blood sugar and I'm skeptical. Give us a reference or further explanation please. alteripse 12:39, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

 * The bit about hyperglycemia being a cause of SIRS seems to have been added by JFDWolff. I must say I have not seen this. Certainly, SIRS can result in profound hyperglycemia; TNFalpha, IL-1beta and IL-6 mediate insulin resistance, with secondary induction of cortisol also playing a role. →Encephalon | ζ | ∑ 08:58:21, 2005-08-07 (UTC)

I don't recall adding that. Indeed, sepsis causes insulin resistance. JFW | T@lk  14:10, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Of course, JFW. I got that tentative impression from this, sorry if I've misinterpreted who changed what. In any case it was very minor, and the whole article will soon be reworked anyway. Kind regards and much thanks for your spectacular medical work here on wikipedia. →Encephalon | ζ | ∑ 14:19:35, 2005-08-07 (UTC)

 * Encephalon's post is absolutely correct, and indeed it's a bit shocking that you have a treatment of sepsis and SIRS that doesn't really feature a review (or even mention) of pro-inflammatory cytokines front and center. These are the big movers and shakers in inflammatory states, and they directly and immediately mediate elevation of insulin resistance (along with cortisol as Encephalon also correctly notes), so the above post expressing skepticism about elevated blood sugar is simply wrong.  In fact, the definition of sepsis and SIRS both of which omit any reference to cytokines is an indication of how the field clinically is behind the research, in that although cytokine assays have been clinically available for years, they are barely used at all.  Part of the problem is that concepts of inflammation taught in medical school are still oftentimes behind the times (rubor et tumor cum calore et dolore — redness and swelling with heat and pain), while more recent 'systemic' concepts of inflammation emphasize more explicitly the critical role of pro-inflammatory cytokines, and the fact that systemic inflammation is often times chronic, and often (at least initially, if not over the long term) asymptomatic.  The other problem is the widespread failure (which is shocking given the evidence base) to appreciate that inflammation/immune activation is in a sense an "emergency defense mode" of the organism.  It is naïve to think that other adaptive functions and priorities are not potentially sacrificed to this emergency state of organism defense - including eventual sacrifice of homeostatic balance and even autonomic function which fails in sepsis.  It's only been relatively recently in our understanding of the immune system that we've come to appreciate first of all that disinhibited inflammation ('inflammaging' as it's now called) is a fundamental phenotype of aging and that all the diseases of aging have systemic inflammation as a fundamental contributing cause, as a core phenotype of aging.  Indeed it's the immune system that kills you in sepsis not the bug, and pro-inflammatory cytokines mediate the sympathetic activation, fever, and elevated white count.  All of this underscores the importance of regulating and perhaps even in dampening immune activation in sepsis, and perhaps in diseases of aging as well.  It's interesting that no one contributing to this page seems to be aware that cytokine blockers are now being considered as a potential treatment for sepsis.  It's a long overdue consideration.  They are also being considered in relationship to Alzheimer's disease where the evidence is accumulating that CNS inflammation is not orthogonal to neurodegeneration, and is not benign, despite decades of largely unfounded assumption that CNS inflammation might be good if it got rid of amyloid.  It's worth remembering that elevated pro-inflammatory states in any organ system leads invariably to organ failure and end-stage organ disease. In any case my point is simply that the downsides of inflammation as an emergency defense mode of the organism could be better appreciated and in fact better outlined on this page.  50.163.29.124 (talk) 17:07, 8 April 2015 (UTC) Douglas F Watt, PhD

 * Funny how you forget certain edits :-) JFW | T@lk  17:25, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Actually, if you are referring to WP:MCOTW, the nomination will likely expire soon without being selected—it does not currently have sufficient votes. See Medicine Collaboration of the Week/History. Nevertheless, I'll work on this at some point, probably when Psychotherapy is selected, since there is very little I can add on that topic. — Knowledge Seeker দ 05:17, August 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Incidentally, assuming the other nominations didn't receive any more votes, it would need at least two more votes, I think. — Knowledge Seeker দ 05:41, August 8, 2005 (UTC)

Then let's kill it. alteripse 14:20, 7 August 2005 (UTC) Oops already dead. alteripse 14:22, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

Incorrect
The following is not part of any mediacl textbook, whatever Stedmman's may say:
 * SIRS with a proven source of infection is known as sepsis. The contrary, sepsis without a proven source of infection is not always SIRS (as the criteria for sepsis are slightly more broad).

If you were to look in a medical Texbook (i.e. Intensive Care Medicine by Irwin and Rippe,The ICU Book by Marino,Cecil Textbook of Medicine,The Oxford Textbook of Medicine,Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine), in stead of a dictionary, you would find that that quote is incorrect.

Reading Intensive Care Medicine and The ICU book I found this
 * 1 SIRS was coined to describe the systemic response to a wide variety of insults that is characterized by two or more of the following:
 * Body temperature greater than 38° C or less than 36° C
 * Heart rate greater than 90 bpm
 * Tachypnea greater than 20/min
 * White bloodcell count greater than 12,0000 cells per mm3, or less than 4,000 cells per mm3, or the presence of greater than 10% immature neutrophils.

 * 2 When SIRS is the result of a confirmed infectious process it is termed sepsis. (In other words: SIRS + infection = sepsis. This is not the same as "the criteria for sepsis are slightly more broad.")

I will correct the page since I think Textbooks are more reliable than dictionaries. Nomen Nescio 00:04, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

 * I think there is some dispute in the literature-- if you read the review paper and the emedicine article (sepsis) they differ from you wrote above.
 * The review article I cited says:
 * Infection is defined as the pathological process caused by the invasion of normally sterile tissue or fluid or body cavity by pathogenic or potentially pathogenic microorganisms.

 * As for source of infection -- I think that is really an awful definition and I find it hard to believe it is a formal definition. Being a live-- you have sources of infection all around... the air you breathe.  Technically, it is true that a positive blood culture is not a source of infection-- that said, if there is a positive blood culture there was a source of infection-- 'cause the culture wouldn't be positive otherwise (ignoring contamination).  A source of infection is a theoretical thing.  If what you write is true, I find it hard to believe that practically some proof of infection is not required to make a diagnosis.

 * As for the differences between SIRS and sepsis:
 * The sepsis definition has in it:
 * White blood cell count < 4000 cells/mm³ or > 12000 cells/mm³ ( 12 x 109 cells/L), or greater than 10% band forms (immature white blood cells).
 * Note the bit greater than 10% band forms -- this is not in the SIRS definition.

 * I think we need to find a something in the primary literature that nails the definition-- some sort of concensus definition. Oxford's and Harrison's may have an outdated definition-- and personally I find them somewhat unsatisfatory.

 * Nephron 00:46, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

 * I've looked in the most recent edition of the Textbooks I mentioned above, and they all offer the same definition of SIRS. But, more to the point, this is a condition that IMHO would fall under intensive care medicine. Since I quoted a major textbook (Irwin and Ripe, but also Marino should not be underestimated) on intensive care medicine (and the most recent edition) my suggestion would be to accept that as the best possible source as to what SIRS is. If this textbook does not provide a correct definition we could just as well stop using textbooks (on haematology, oncology, pulmonology, cardiology, endocrinology, et cetera) alltogether.

 * As to the blood culture thingy, in the current version it is evident blood is not be the source but it is a means of establishing the presence or absence of infection.[[Image:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg|25px|Holland]] Nomen Nescio 16:57, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

 * While I realize this debate was going on almost a year ago, current literature, most specifically the Surviving Sepsis Campaign, regards sepsis as 2 SIRS criteria and a suspected source of infection. Even suspecting bacteremia is sufficient to define someone as septic. In up to 20% of cases of sepsis, no source is ever found. While I'm trying to find further primary literature supporting 10% bands as a SIRS criteria, this was one of the criteria used for inclusion into the Early Goal Directed Therapy paper and a simple google search for SIRS turns up the same information bandemia. Bdolcourt 21:08, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Although medical journals present more recent theories, we should not forget that they are still under peer review. AFAIK it is when these suggestions have been accepted they are incorporated in Textbooks. Making IMHO the latter still better as reference. What do you think? Nomen Nescio Gnothi seauton 15:15, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Texts often lag 10 years or more when it comes to actual practice. Relying on textbooks to keep up with cutting edge practice is not recommended. When a paper is published, especially in a reliable journal, it has passed the first peer review process. These same papers are what is used as the source for the texts. Bdolcourt 03:36, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I think a couple of papers is the minimum-- if the one paper isn't a consensus statement by a large cross-section the mainstream medical community. Take a look at postperfusion syndrome (aka pumphead)-- which came to media attention 'cause of a NEJM article... and was the basis for entertainment in The National Enquirer. Nephron T|C 04:12, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

 * Of course, if we can find a new consensus by e.g.the Intensive Care Society (that is organisations related to intensive care) I have no problem introducing a new definition. However, as Nephron suggests, one article in any journal does not a consensus among intensivists make. Nomen Nescio Gnothi seauton 00:44, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * The SIRS criteria, not including 10% band forms are from the American College of Chest Physicians/Society of Critical Care Medicine Consensus Conference. Definitions for sepsis and organ failures and guidelines for the use of innovative therapies in sepsis. Crit Care Med. 1992;20:864-874.
 * They were republished in the "Consensus conference definitions for sepsis, septic shock, acute lung injury, and acute respiratory distress syndrome: time for a reevaluation." Crit Care Med. 2000 Jan;28(1):232-5. Here, 10% immature forms was used as one of the criteria. User:Bdolcourt|Bdolcourt]] 04:47, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
 * In all fairness, I do not see why those references from 1992 and 2000 should be used instead of the current reference to Irwin and Rippe, which is from 2003(????). Again, if you have references to consensus after 2003 your suggestion is more than reasonable. Lacking that I think we should keep Irwin and Rippe as the most authorative reference. Nomen Nescio Gnothi seauton 19:58, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Are you arguing that 10% bands is included or is not included? In the version of Irwin and Rappe I looked at, it includes 10% bands as a SIRS criteria. This seems consistant with the medical literature I'm familiar with. Interestingly, the reference they use is the 1992 Concensus statement which does not include bands.
 * But as an aside, using a consensus statement from multiple societies would be preferable to using a textbook with a later publication date, unless that textbook cites more recent literature.

 * I should add, that this is one more reason why I think SIRS should merged into Sepsis. SIRS and Spesis are intimately linked. SIRS exists as clinical criteria to define sepsis. I have never actually seen someone diagnosed with "SIRS." Technically, I'm not sure that the definition of SIRS has been updated by concensus statement. The 2000 Consensus statement actually only redefines sepsis and doesn't specifically redefine SIRS, even though it does. I won't even get into the 2001 Consensus Statement attempts to broaden the definition of sepsis even more and tries to bypass the concept of SIRS criteria.Bdolcourt 00:16, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

The current definition of sepsis is incorrect. The infection does not need to be documented i.e. verified by a blood culture for sirs to be sepsis. To quote Harrison's..."If infection is suspected or proven, a patient with SIRS is said to have sepsis." Jbarne06 18:00, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia
Although a very interesting site, this is not a medical reference. Please provide a medical journal or textbook. Second, you fail to understand that severe infection also causes a "cytokine storm." Since SIRS is defined as absence of infection how do you differentiate between infection and non-infection related "cytokine storm?" In short, the assertion is incorrect. Nomen Nescio Gnothi seauton 09:39, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Redirecting and merging articles into Sepsis
I'd propose (however I don't know how to properly tag them) that the article SIRS redirect to Sepsis. SIRS is not up to date with current literature and is essentially fully encompassed by the article on Sepsis. Secondarily, I tend to think that Septic Shock and Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome should be merged into Sepsis. Both Septic Shock and MODS are spectrums of Sepsis. All three articles cover much of the same material and it would stengthen the Sepsis article to include a bit more on the full spectrum of the disease process without making it significantly longer and would eliminate redundacy. Especially as Sepsis is a very hot topic in critical care right now, it will certainly be easier and more complete to keep 1 article current than to keep 3 (or 4) articles up to date. Bdolcourt 18:02, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

 * The above text was copy-pasted from Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Clinical medicine. Please post replies here. Dlodge 18:37, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

 * OPPOSE. The fact that SIRS, sepsis and septic shock are on a spectrum doesn't matter IMHO. Asperger's and Autism are also on a spectrum and they have separate articles and an article explaining the spectrum (pervasive developmental disorders).  The prognosis of SIRS, sepsis, septic shock and MODS are quite different-- for that reason alone I think they should be separate.  Also, the audience (which is the general public) I don't think cares about the spectrum... they care about prognosis and treatment and that differs for different places on the spectrum. Nephron  T|C 01:05, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose, per Nephron. A spectrum does not mean they are identical. Case in point, how do SIRS and MODS resulting from a non-infectious cause relate to sepsis? Nomen Nescio Gnothi seauton 17:20, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

 * Oppose, as above. Axl 14:17, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

 * It could go under the stages off Stress. SIRS beeing the reaction of the body to the stress, followed by Sepsis, Severe Sepsis and finaly Septic Shock. It can maybe include the SIRS+CARS=MARS, endothelial cells and its secretions. Fremoki 21:07, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

SIRS not necessarily a serious medical condition
I would dispute that sirs is necessarily a serious medical condition. Running for a bus can ensure that you fulfil the criteria (HR > 90 and RR > 20) Less friviously flu ( HR >90 and Temp >38) likewise. Tonywolff 15:30, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Cute, TW, but the defining criteria presume abnormal vital signs at rest. The ill do not literally run to receive treatment. RuralPAmd 16:24, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

In all seriousness, I think we should delete the "medical emergency" phrase from the introduction here because many patients who meet SIRS criteria can be safely managed at home (eg. flu, gastroenteritis).Empyema (talk) 11:48, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Sirs is the red flag that indicates the stage is set for sepsis. Mortality in septic patients is directly related to how quickly antiboiotic and other medications are started. The sooner you pick up on sirs the sooner you can pick up on sepsis. On the other hand, not every single patient fits the algorithm for the above protocol. That is where the rest of the symptoms such as altered mental status can help the physician make the call. So yes the flu or running for the bus can throw up a flag, but the physician then can make the further call. The flag however will bring medication sooner to a patient in need, improving prognosis. Patients die quickly from sepsis, within hours, and that is an emergency in anyones book! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 162.135.0.6 (talk) 19:25, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Peter Attia M.D. (now Ketosis deitician) suggest that excercise can induce a temporary SIRS like inflamed/fluid-retentive state in the comments here below but I don't think anyone has any peer-reviewed sources. http://eatingacademy.com/sports-and-nutrition/ketones-carbohydrates-can-co-exist — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.251.218.31 (talk) 23:38, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

An extra potential defining characteristic?
According to Cecil's 7th ed., PaCO2 less than 32mmHg can also be used as one of the 2 symptoms that define SIRS. Peetiemd (talk) 15:12, 9 April 2008 (UTC)


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