Master

Master, masters and the Master may refer to:

Ranks and titles

Masters (darts)

"The Masters" (also known as the Unibet Masters for sponsorship purposes) is a PDC darts tournament which features the top 16 darts players according to the Order of Merit.

The inaugural tournament, held in 2013, was won by Phil Taylor, who defeated Adrian Lewis 10-1 in the final.James Wade won the following year by defeating Mervyn King 11-10 in the 2014 final. Michael van Gerwen became the third different champion in 3 years when he defeated Raymond van Barneveld 11-6. The reigning champion is Michael van Gerwen, who won his second Masters title in a row by defeating Dave Chisnall 11-6.

In 2013 and 2014 the tournament took place in the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland and was played in late October/early November. However, the tournament was moved to February in 2015 and had a new venue at the Arena:MK in Milton Keynes, England. The 2016 edition was held in January of that year.

Format

The tournament features the top 16 of the Order of Merit, with all players being seeded. The first round and the quarter finals are played over best of 19 legs, the semi finals and the final are played over best of 21 legs.

Masters (The Tripods)

The Masters are fictional characters in John Christopher's The Tripods trilogy. They are first mentioned and seen in chapter 6 of The City of Gold and Lead.

Biology

According to Will, the chief protagonist:

As well as physical differences to humans the Masters display chemical ones. The air they breathe is thick and green, like a chlorine fog (although the precise composition of it is never revealed). The human slaves of their city must wear specially provided breathing apparatus, although they are provided with their own atmosphere in cramped but functional living quarters. Unprotected exposure to the air of the city is quickly fatal (as is exposure to the Earth's atmosphere for the Masters). The apparatus provided for slaves depends on a kind of spongy cartridge which must be periodically replaced. Similarly, foods eaten by Masters and Slaves have nothing in common, (with the exception of sugars) although it is never revealed whether the Masters' food would be fatal to a human, or if the Masters themselves are able to ingest normal Earth food.

Generic top-level domain

Generic top-level domains (gTLDs) are one of the categories of top-level domains (TLDs) maintained by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) for use in the Domain Name System of the Internet. A top-level domain is the last label of every fully qualified domain name. They are called generic for historic reasons; initially, they were contrasted with country-specific TLDs in RFC 920.

The core group of generic top-level domains consists of the com, info, net, and org domains. In addition, the domains biz, name, and pro are also considered generic; however, these are designated as restricted, because registrations within them require proof of eligibility within the guidelines set for each.

Historically, the group of generic top-level domains included domains, created in the early development of the domain name system, that are now sponsored by designated agencies or organizations and are restricted to specific types of registrants. Thus, domains edu, gov, int, and mil are now considered sponsored top-level domains, much like the themed top-level domains (e.g., jobs). The entire group of domains that do not have a geographic or country designation (see country-code top-level domain) is still often referred to by the term generic TLDs.

Best! (Jellyfish album)

Best! is a greatest hits compilation by the 1990s pop band Jellyfish. The album was released in 2006 and featured twenty tracks. Eight of the tracks were non-album while the other twelve consisted of songs pulled from the band's two (and only) albums, Bellybutton and Spilt Milk. The song "Ignorance is Bliss" was taken from a Nintendo games compilation entitled "Nintendo: White Knuckle Scorin'" and is inspired by the video game Super Mario World. The song "No Matter What" is a live cover of a Badfinger song.

Track listing

All songs written by Roger Manning and Andy Sturmer, except where noted.

Best (Kenny G album)

Best is the second live album performed by saxophonist Kenny G, featuring a very similar track listing to The Essential Kenny G. The only difference is Track 15, which is a Mandarin version of "Be My Lady", replacing "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas". It was released by Sony BMG in 2006.

Track listing