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Standard may refer to:

Flags[link]

• any War flag or military standard
• Ensign, a distinguishing flag of a ship or a military unit
• Heraldic standard, a type of flag containing heraldic devices and used for personal identification
• historically any field sign
  • Vexilloid or "flag-like" field signs

Norm or requirement[link]

Any norm, convention or requirement

• Breed standard (also called bench standard) in animal fancy and animal husbandry
• Technical standard, an established norm or requirement about technical systems
  • International standard, standards suitable for worldwide use
  • Open standard, a standard that is publicly available
  • Standards organization, an entity primarily concerned with maintaining standards
  • Standardization, the process of establishing technical standards
  • Standard Operating Procedure, a step-by-step instruction to achieve a desired result
• Standard (metrology), an object that bears a defined relationship to a unit of measure (length, mass, volume, electric potential, and others) used for calibration of measuring devices
• De facto standard, product or system with market dominance
• Internet standard, a specification ratified as an open standard by the Internet Engineering Task Force
• Learning Standards, standards applied to education content
• Standard of care, the degree of prudence and caution required of an individual who is under a duty of care
• Gold standard, a monetary system in which the standard economic unit of account is a fixed weight of gold
• Standard language, a particular variety of a language that has been given either legal or quasi-legal status

Mathematics

• Standard algorithms, long-taught methods of computation such as long division
• Standard deviation, a statistical measure of variation
  • Standard score, a statistics term
• Standardized rate, a statistical measure of any rates in a population
• Standard Young tableaux, a type of combinatorial object

Military

• A type of battleship, first seen in the 1912 Nevada class battleship.
• Standard missile
• Standard operating procedure, an established method of accomplishing a task
• Defense standard

Music[link]

• Standard (music), the most popular and enduring songs from a particular genre or style
  • Jazz standards
  • Pop standards
  • Blues standards
  • Adult standards, a radio format that includes jazz and pop standards
• Standards (Tortoise album)
• Standards (Lee Morgan album)
• Standards (Bernie Worrel album)
• Standards (Jarrett album)
• The Standard, an album by Take 6
• "Standards", a song by The Jam from the album This Is the Modern World
• The Standard (band), an American indie rock band
• The Standard, a rap trio formed by Nas, Common and Q-Tip

As a proper name[link]

Toponymy[link]

• Standard, Illinois, United States
• Standard City, Illinois, United States
• Standard, Alberta, Canada

Vehicles[link]

Automotive

• Standard (1904 automobile) (1904-1906)
• Standard (1912 automobile) (1912-1923)
• Standard Six (1909-1910)
• Standard Steam Car (1920-1921)
• Standard Motor Company (1903-1963), an English car and aircraft manufacturer
• Standard (1911 automobile) (1911-1912)
• Standard (1933 automobile) (1933-1935, 1950-1954)
• Standard (Italian automobile) (1906-1908)
• Standard (Indian automobile) (1957-1987), mostly based on the British Standard cars (see above)
• Standard transmission, see Manual transmission

Aviation

• FAI Standard Class for glider competition
• Prue Standard, glider

Other businesses[link]

• American Standard Companies, Inc., a global provider of air conditioning systems and services, bath and kitchen products, and vehicle control systems
• Standard Glass and Paint Company Building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Polk County, Iowa
• Standard Hotel, a hotel chain originating in Los Angeles
• Standard Oil (1863-1911), a large integrated oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing organization
• Standard Talking Machine Company, an early twentieth century record label

Newspapers[link]

• The Standard, a business newspaper in Hong Kong
• Der Standard, an Austrian newspaper
• Dunoon Observer and Argyllshire Standard, a Scottish newspaper
• The Standard (Kenya), a Kenyan newspaper
• The Standard (Argentina), an Argentinian newspaper published in Buenos Aires published from 1861 until 1959
• The Weekly Standard, an American neoconservative magazine, sometimes abbreviated as The Standard
• Toronto Standard, a Toronto newspaper
• Evening Standard, a London newspaper
• Standard (magazine), a defunct Serbian magazine
• St. Catharines Standard, a St. Catharines, Ontario, newspaper

Other[link]

• Standard Baku, an Azeri association football team
• Standard cell, a building block for electronic integrated circuits
• Standard displacement, a naval term describing the weight and status of a warship
• Standard Liège, a Belgian association football team that is often abbreviated as Standard
• Standard solution (Chemistry) , a solution of known concentration.
• Standard (warez), rules for public release of pirated material

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• Weston standard cell, a laboratory voltage reference

Brian M. Kibler
Nicknames	"The Dragonmaster", BFK
Born	(1980-09-07) 7 September 1980 (age 31) Hampstead, New Hampshire
Residence	Carmel Valley, California, USA
Nationality	USA
Pro Tour debut	Pro Tour New York 1996 (junior) Pro Tour Chicago 1998 (senior)[1]
Winnings	$72,437 (as of April 2006)[2]
Pro Tour wins (Top 8)	2 (5)[3]
Grand Prix wins (Top 8)	3 (12)[4]
Lifetime Pro Points	316[5]
Planeswalker Level	48 (Archmage)

Brian M. Kibler (born 7 September 1980) is an American game designer currently working with Gamer Entertainment, a gaming consultancy. In 2010 Kibler designed Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer with Justin Gary, Rob Dougherty, and John Fiorillo.^[6] Previously he worked on Chaotic and was the lead designer of the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game.^[7][8]

Kibler is also a professional card player and has had great success at Magic the Gathering with five Pro Tour Top 8s, winning Pro Tour Austin in 2009^[9] and Pro Tour Honolulu in 2012.^[10] He also has 11 Grand Prix Top 8s, winning three of them including the first one held in the 1997–98 season and most recently Grand Prix Sendai.^[11] In August 2004 he won the inaugural VS System Pro Circuit event taking home $40,000 and a spot in history as the game's first champion.^[12]

Magic: The Gathering[link]

Kibler began his Magic: The Gathering career at the age of fifteen, placing 30th in the Junior Division of the first-ever Pro Tour, Pro Tour New York 1996.^[8] Kibler would not qualify for the senior Pro Tour until Pro Tour Chicago 1998, which he qualified for by winning Grand Prix Toronto 1997. Kibler notes that all his opponents in the Top 8 of Grand Prix Toronto went on to work at Wizards of the Coast, including Mike Turian, Matt Place and Erik Lauer.^[1] Kibler would also attend Pro Tour Los Angeles in the 1997-1998 season, placing within the Top 64, however he would not return to the Pro Tour until the 1999-2000 season.^[1]

Kibler made his first Pro Tour Top 8 at Pro Tour Chicago 2000. This was also the tournament where Kibler would earn the nickname of The Dragonmaster, after beating Jon Finkel in the swiss rounds and Zvi Mowshowitz in the quarterfinals with a combination of Rith, the Awakener and Armadillo Cloak.^[1] He would go on to lose to Kai Budde in the semi-finals, taking third place in the overall standings.^[13] This would be Brian's best Pro Tour performance before he retired from the game at the end of the 2004 season. In 2005, Brian was one of a small number of players commemorated by Wizards of the Coast with a "Pro Player" collectible reference card.^[14][15]

After taking several years away from Magic (while working at Wizards direct competitor Upper Deck) he returned in 2009.^[8] Kibler claims that a major motivating factor for his return was his desire to enter the Pro Tour Hall of Fame, which was created the year following his retirement.^[1] Kibler would make consecutive Pro Tour Top 8s upon his return, making Top 8 at Pro Tour Honolulu before going on to win his first Pro Tour at Pro Tour Austin, defeating Tsuyoshi Ikeda in the tournament finals.^[16] By the end of the year he placed in the top 10 of the year's best performers on the Magic Pro Tour achieving enough points to guarantee him invites to major championships, free air travel, and a guaranteed appearance fee for attending all 2010 events.^[17] Additionally, he was tied for 6th among player committee votes of the possible entrants for the 2009 Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame carrying around 20% of their vote.^[18] In 2010, Kibler's high performance continued, granting him his third Grand Prix title, another Pro Tour Top 8 and finally induction into the Hall of Fame. Kibler was inducted in the Hall of Fame Class of 2010 alongside Gabriel Nassif and Bram Snepvangers.^[19]

In 2012, Brian made his fifth career Pro Tour Top 8 at Pro Tour Dark Ascension in Honolulu. The Top 8 would also feature two other Hall of Fame members in Jon Finkel and Jelger Wiegersma. Brian Kibler defeated Finkel in the semi-finals in a match considered by commentators to be among the best matches in Magic history.^[10][20] This led to Kibler playing against teammate Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa in the finals. Brian then defeated Paulo 3–2 to win his second Pro Tour title. By winning the Pro Tour, Kibler secured his place in the first Magic Players Championship. Kibler also became the United States National Champion by being the American player with the highest number of Pro Points after Pro Tour Avacyn Restored, meaning he will lead the United States National Team at the inaugural World Magic Cup.

Achievements[link]

Last updated: 28 May 2012
Source: Wizards.com

Other accomplishments

• Class of 2010 Hall of Fame Inductee

Personal Life[link]

Kibler grew up in Hampstead, New Hampshire and attended boarding school at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts.^[8] Kibler would later attend Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, majoring in Philosophy and Religion.^[21]

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