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Beard Liberation Front The Beard Liberation Front is a British pressure group which campaigns in support of beards and opposes discrimination against those who wear them. The BLF was founded in 1995 by socialist historian Keith Flett, who continues to organise and represent the organisation.
Beard punk Beard Punk is a sub-genre of music which draws heavy influences from Punk, Post Hardcore, Indie, Folk, Emo, and Pop Punk. Beard punk is commonly associated with Gainesville, Florida based independent record label No Idea Records.
Beard-second A beard-second is a unit of length created as teaching exercise inspired by the light year, but for nuclear physics instead of astronomy. The beard-second is defined as the length an average beard grows in a second, or about 5 nanometers.
Bearded saki The bearded sakis are five species of New World monkeys, classified in the genus Chiropotes. They live in northern South America, with a range extending into parts of southern Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and northern and central Brazil.
Bearded Seal The bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) or square flipper seal, is a medium-sized seal that is found in and near to the Arctic Ocean. It gets its generic name from two Greek words (eri and gnathos) that refer to its heavy jaw.
Bearded Tit The Bearded Tit, Panurus biarmicus, is a small passerine bird. It is also frequently known as the Bearded Reedling, since it is a member of the parrotbill family of birds rather than a true tit in the family Paridae.
Beardmore Glacier The Beardmore Glacier () in Antarctica is the largest glacier in the world, with a length exceeding 160 km (100 mi). The glacier is one of the main passages from the Ross Ice Shelf through the Queen Alexandra and Commonwealth ranges of the Transantarctic Mountains to the Antarctic Plateau, and thus made the early conquest of the South Pole possible.
Beardsley Ruml Beardsley Ruml (5 November, 1894 - 18 April, 1960), was an American statistician, economist, philanthropist, planner, businessman and man of affairs in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. He was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the son of a physician.
Beardsley Zoo The Beardsley Zoo, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, is the only zoo in the state. The beauty of the entire complex, both the park and zoo, is one of the reasons Bridgeport has earned the nickname "The Park City.
Beardstown Grand Opera House The Beardstown Grand Opera House is an opera house on South State Street in Beardstown, Cass County, Illinois. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 11, 2000, and is in active use as a stage theater.
Bearer bond A bearer bond or bearer security is a certificate that represents a bond obligation of, or stock in, a corporation or other intangible property. It has been illegal to issue bearer bonds in the municipal or corporate markets in the United States since 1982.
Bearer instrument A bearer instrument is a document that indicates that the bearer of the document has title to property, such as shares or bonds. Bearer instruments differ from normal registered instruments, in that no records are kept of who owns the underlying property, or of the transactions involving transfer of ownership.
Bearer of the Royal Banner In 1298 Alexander Scrymgeour was granted the office of Constable of Dundee for the service of carrying the royal banner in the army of Scotland, and in 1324 Robert I granted Alexander's son, Nicholas Scrymgeour, and his heirs the heritable office of Banner-Bearer. His descendants retained the office until the death in 1668 of John Scrymgeour, Earl of Dundee, whose estates and heritable offices, deemed to have fallen to the king as ultimus haeres, were regranted to Charles Maitland, later 3rd Earl of Lauderdale.
Beargrass Creek Beargrass Creek is the name given to several forks of a creek in Jefferson County, Kentucky. As the forks wind through the area that has become Louisville's East End, they have contributed to the geography that has shaped the area.
Bearing (mechanical) A bearing is a device to permit constrained relative motion between two parts, typically rotation or linear movement. Bearings may be classified broadly according to the motions they allow and according to their principle of operation.
Bearing (navigation) In navigation, a bearing is the clockwise angle between a reference direction (or a datum line) and the direction to an object. Unless otherwise specified, the reference direction is generally understood to be magnetic North, in which case the term compass bearing is also used.
Bearing capacity In geotechnical engineering, bearing capacity is the capacity of soil to support the loads applied to the ground. The bearing capacity of soil is the maximum average contact pressure between the foundation and the soil which will not produce shear failure in the soil.
Bearing Island Bearing Island (or also Direction Island) is a small antarctic island lying midway between Nansen Island and Enterprise Island in Wilhelmina Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land. Bearing Island is located at ().
Bearlikemouse BEARLIKEMOUSE (The Bear Who Looked More Like A Mouse) can be categorized a few different ways…one, being an influential addition to the musical spectrum. The other, a collection of songs written by a drunk person.
Bearnaise sauce Bearnaise sauce (French: Sauce BĂ©arnaise) is a sauce of butter and egg yolks flavored with tarragon and shallots, with chervil, cooked in wine and vinegar to make a glaze. "A BĂ©arnaise sauce is simply an egg yolk, a shallot, a little tarragon vinegar, and butter, but it takes years of practice for the result to be perfect," wrote the restaurateur Fernand Point (1897-1955), the father of modern French cuisine, in Ma Gastronomie.
Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium is a 6,200-seat baseball-only stadium in Newark, New Jersey that opened in July 16, 1999, with a win against the Lehigh Valley Black Diamonds. It was built as the home of the Newark Bears baseball team, as well as to the college baseball teams of the Newark campus of Rutgers University and the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
Bearsden Bearsden (pronounced "Bears' den" []) is a suburb located in the northwestern outskirts of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is approximately six miles (nine kilometres) from central Glasgow and is located at on the site of the Roman Antonine Wall.
Bearsden and Milngavie Bearsden and Milngavie (Cille Phàdraig Ùr agus Muileann Dhaibhidh in Scottish Gaelic) was formerly (1975-96) one of nineteen local government districts in the Strathclyde region of Scotland, north of the City of Glasgow.
Bearsted Bearsted is an ancient village in mid-Kent to the east, and some five miles (7km) from the centre, of Maidstone. The original village site was on the north bank of the River Len, and tributary of the River Medway, and at the foot of the North Downs.
Bearsville Records Bearsville Records was started in 1970 by Bob Dylan's manager, Albert Grossman. Artists included Todd Rundgren, Foghat, Sparks, Bobby Charles, Randy Van Warmer, Paul Butterfield's Better Days, and Jesse Winchester.
Beartrap (helicopter device) The beartrap or bearclaw is the name of a device invented to enable smaller warships, like frigates and destroyers to carry helicopters, and allow those helicopters to land in bad weather. In the bearclaw system the helicopter lowers a line with the bearclaw on it, and, when that line is secured, the helicopter is winched in.
Bearwallow Creek Bearwallow Creek is a small tributary stream of Tearcoat Creek, itself a tributary of the North River, making it a part of the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay watersheds. Bearwallow Creek is located in Hampshire County, West Virginia.
Bearwood College Bearwood College is a secondary public school situated at Sindlesham in the civil parish of Winnersh near Wokingham in the English county of Berkshire. Originally, the Royal Merchant Navy School, though originally co-educational, it became an all-boys school in the 1960's till in the 1990s it returned to being co-educational.
Beary The Beary (also known as Byari) (Kannada: ಬ್ಯಾರಿ) is a small, vibrant Muslim community concentrated mostly in coastal South Kanara (Dakshina Kannada) district of Karnataka state in India, having its own unique traditions, and distinct cultural identity. The Beary community holds a very important place among the other coastal Muslim communities like Nawayath's of North Kanara districts, Mappilas (Moplahs) of the Malabar coast and Labbay of the Coromandel coast.
Beary bashe Beary bashe or Naaknik baase is a Dravidian language spoken by a religious minority of Muslim community called Byaris in a region known as Tulunadu in the state of Karnataka. It has no script of its own and uses the Kannada language script.
Beas River The second easternmost of the “five rivers” that give the Punjab its name, the Beas river rises in the Himalayas in central Himachal Pradesh state and flows for some 290 mi (470 km) to the Sutlej River in western Punjab state. The river was also known as Arjiki or Vipas to the ancient Indians and the Hyphasis to the Ancient Greeks.
Beas, Punjab Beas is a small town in the Amritsar District of Punjab state of India, located between the cities of Amritsar and Jalandhar along the banks of the Beas River. Five mile on the east, there is a small town called 'Dera Baba Jaimal Singh' PIN (ZIP)143204, the headquarters of Radha Soami Satsang Beas, a spiritual group with a considerable following among Hindus and Sikhs of North India.
Beasley Reece Beasley Reece (born March 18, 1954) was a defensive back with a 9 year NFL career from 1976 to 1984. He played for the Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, after attending college at North Texas State University.
Beast Boy Beast Boy (real name Garfield Mark "Gar" Logan) is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe, a shapeshifting superhero who is a member of the Doom Patrol and former member of the Teen Titans. Created by Arnold Drake and Bob Brown, he first appeared in The Doom Patrol #99 (November 1965).
Beast Machines Beast Machines was an animated television series produced by Mainframe Entertainment that was a direct sequel to Beast Wars and is the final television series to take place within the continuity of the original Transformers series. The cause of much controversy among the fanbase, the show ran for two seasons, airing on Fox Kids and YTV from 1999 to 2000.
Beast of Bataan Beast of Bataan was a film that Paul Verhoeven was speculated to direct in 2005, when the production of Black Book was temporarily stopped. The story would be based on the book A Trial of Generals by Lawrence Taylor, which is set in World War II in Bataan, Philippines.
Beast of Bodmin The Beast of Bodmin is a phantom wild cat (or possibly a number of them) which ranges in Cornwall in the United Kingdom. Bodmin Moor became a centre of these sightings with occasional reports of mutilated slain livestock: the alleged leopard-like cats of the same region came to be popularly known as the Beast of Bodmin Moor.
Beast of Burden (song) "Beast of Burden" is a song by British rock band the Rolling Stones, featured on the 1978 album Some Girls. It is a quintessential example of guitarists Keith Richards and Ron Wood's playing style, the "ancient form of weaving.
Beast of Busco The Beast of Busco is the subject of a local legend in Churubusco, Indiana about an enormous snapping turtle named Oscar which terrorized the citizens in 1949. Despite a month's long hunt that briefly gained national attention, the Beast of Busco was never found and is considered long gone.
Beast of Exmoor The Beast of Exmoor is a cryptozoological cat (see phantom cat) that is reported to roam the fields of Devon and Somerset in the United Kingdom. Although there have been numerous eye witness sightings, many scientists believe the it to be purely mythical.
Beast of Gévaudan The Beast of Gévaudan (French: La bête du Gévaudan) was a legendary wolf-like creature that terrorised the former province of Gévaudan (modern day Lozère département), in the Margeride Mountains in south-central France from about 1764 to 1767. Many attacks took place - between 60 and 100 people were killed - and debate continues as to the Beast's true identity.
Beast Rider Beast Rider, in the fictional Star Wars Expanded Universe, is the name for the descendants of the outcast criminals of the city of Iziz on the planet Onderon who managed to control and tame the great beasts of the planet. They appear in the PC/Xbox videogame Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords.
Beast Wars Beast Wars: Transformers (Beasties on YTV) was a Transformers toyline released by Hasbro between 1995 and 1999. The toys spawned a full-CG animated series set in the "original" Transformers universe, produced by Mainframe Entertainment of Canada.
Beast Wars II Beast Wars II (aka Beast Wars Second or Beast Wars the Second) is the 1998 Japanese Transformers television animated series, movie and toyline. It was created because of the time taken to dub and air new seasons of Beast Wars in Japan.
Beast Wars Neo Beast Wars Neo is the 1999 Japanese Transformers television animated series and toyline and is a direct sequel to Beast Wars II. Both animated series were created because of the time taken to dub and air new seasons of Beast Wars in Japan.
Beastlands In Dungeons & Dragons, the fantasy role-playing game, The Beastlands or more fully, the Wilderness of the Beastlands, is a neutral (chaotic) good-aligned plane of existence. It is one of a number of alignment-based Outer Planes that form part of the standard Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) cosmology, used in the Planescape, Greyhawk and some editions of the Forgotten Realms campaign settings.
Beastlord In the tabletop game Warhammer Fantasy, a Beastlord or Gorlord is a leader of an army of Beastmen (Beasts of Chaos). He must first win the fight with the other leaders of Beastmen warband to gain overall control of it.
Beastmen (Warhammer) Beastmen in the fictional Warhammer Fantasy setting from Games Workshop are humanoid creatures with a variety of animal features, usually including cloven feet, horns, excessive body hair, and beastial faces. They are mutants formed from humans by the corrupting influences of Chaos such as warpstone.
BeastMaster (TV series) BeastMaster is a Canadian television series that aired from 1999 to 2002. It was loosely based on characters created by Andre Norton in her seminal science fiction novel The Beast Master (which itself spawned a 1982 MGM movie).
Beastorizer Beastorizer is a one-on-one beat 'em up arcade game released by 8ing/Raizing in 1997. The player as the choice between eight unique fighters with the ability to morph into powerful 'werebeasts' and battling their way to the final battle against Uriko, the deadly werechimera.
Beasts of Bourbon Beasts of Bourbon are an Australian rock 'n' roll band formed in 1983, with a line-up that has changed as the band splintered and reformed several times Although they received limited commercial success, they are widely influential and critically acclaimed. They helped define Australian Swamp rock] and are something of a supergroup, featuring line-ups of some of the most popular musicians of that sub-genre over many years.
Beat 'em up Beat 'em ups (often called scrolling fighting games, scrolling beat 'em ups or sometimes brawlers) are video games where close combat fighting against multiple opponents is the main objective. Weapon-based beat 'em ups are often called hack 'n' slash.
Beat (name) Beat (pronounced "Beh-at", not like the usual "beat") is a name commonly used in German-speaking countries, mostly in Switzerland. It derives from the Latin word beatus which means "blessed".
Beat Bank Branch Canal The Beat Bank Branch Canal was to leave the Stockport Branch Canal in South Reddish and it was to be lock free but with a short tunnel. It was to follow the contour above the right bank of the River Tame, firstly in a northerly direction and then easterly as it followed the meandering course of the river upstream.
Beat Circus Beat Circus is a band which formed in 2002 out of a free improvisation ensemble and evolved into a dark cabaret band led by multi-instrumentalist / singer-songwriter Brian Carpenter. They describe their style as "Dark Carnival" music.
Beat Crazy Records Beat Crazy Records is a UK indie record label formed in late 2004 by former The Bluetones, White Rose Movement and Archie Bronson Outfit manager, Neil Burrow. Having received significant financial investment from two northen businessmen, Burrow set about building an independent label using his friend Laurence Bell's Domino Records as the model on which Beat Crazy Records would be based (Domino Records had become the leading independent UK label of the mid-noughties due to the commercial success of Franz Ferdinand and the Arctic Monkeys).
Beat Crusaders The Beat Crusaders, also known as BECR, are a Japanese rock/punk-pop/indie-pop band that are best known for their Engrish lyrics. Nearly all of their songs are sung in English, despite their inability to fully speak the language.
Beat frequency oscillator A beat frequency oscillator or BFO in radio telegraphy, is a dedicated oscillator used to create an audio frequency signal from carrier wave transmissions to make them audible, as they are not broadcast as such. The signal from the BFO is then heterodyned with the intermediate frequency signal to create an audio frequency signal.
Beat Farmers The Beat Farmers were an alternative rock and country music band formed in San Diego, CA in August 1983, and enjoyed a cult following throughout the 1980s and early 1990s before the premature death of lead singer and drummer Country Dick Montana. Their music has been described as an amalgamation of cow punk, jangle pop, roots rock hard-twang Americana, country-rock, swingabilly, and Creedence swamp-pop.
Beat Fehr Beat Fehr (1942 - June 18, 1967) was a racing driver from Switzerland, born in Zurich. He was killed in an Italian Formula 3 race at Caserta, in the same accident that claimed the lives of "Geki" and "Tiger" Perdomi.
Beat Generation (play) Beat Generation is a play that Jack Kerouac wrote upon returning home to Florida after his seminal work On the Road had been published in 1957. Gerald Nicosia, a Kerouac biographer and family friend has said that theatre producer Leo Gavin suggested that Kerouac should write a play; the outcome being Beat Generation.
Beat Girl Beat Girl is a 1960 British film about late-fifties youth-rebellion. The title character is played by starlet Gillian Hills, who later went on to have numerous small roles in 1960s and 1970s films, such as Blowup and A Clockwork Orange.
Beat Happening Beat Happening was a 1980s twee pop band, the most popular of International Pop Underground's roster of influential alternative rock stars. Based out of Olympia, Washington, Beat Happening began recording in 1983 after several years of performing.
Beat Hefti Beat Hefti (born February 3, 1978 in Schwellbrun) is a bobsledder from Switzerland, who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Hefti, paired with Martin Annen, won the bronze medal in the Men's Two-person bobsleigh event.
Beat music Beat Music, also known as Mersey Beat and British Invasion, is a pop music genre that evolved in the UK in the early 1960s. Beat groups characteristically had simple guitar-dominated line-ups, with vocal harmonies and catchy tunes.
Beat of My Heart "Beat of My Heart" is a song co-written and co-produced by American singer Hilary Duff, Joel Madden and Benji Madden for Duff's third album Most Wanted (2005). It was released as the album's second single in late 2005 (see 2005 in music).
Beat reporting Beat reporting is the craft of reporting on an issue or particular sector, organization or institution over time. Beat reporters build up a base of knowledge on and gain familiarity with the sector, allowing them to provide insight and commentary in addition to reporting straight facts.
Beat Runs Wild Beat Runs Wild, or as the title was put on the cover From A Lowdown Dive To Way Up There This Is A Modern Saga Of Troubadours For Whom The Beat Runs Wild, was a 1986 Mercury Records sampler released commercially on vinyl album and cassette (catalogue: Mercury WILD 1).
Beat slicing Beat slicing is the process of using computer programs to slice an audio file of a drumloop in smaller sections, separating different drumhits. This is employed to rearrange the beat with either a sequencer or play them with a sampler, with the results ranging from changing particular hits to completely rearranging the flow of the beat.
Beat Seitz Beat Seitz (born 28 October 1973) is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Beat Seitz won a silver medal in the four-person bobsleigh event with teammates Marcel Rohner, Markus NĂĽssli and Markus Wasser.
Beat the Burglar Beat the Burglar is a BBC television programme that uses ex-professional burglar Mike Fraser to break into people's homes with their permission to show how vulnerable they can be. Forensic teams then harvest the evidence for analysis by experts before giving the homeowners a home security makeover.
Beat the Clock Beat the Clock was a Goodson-Todman Productions game show which originally ran on CBS from 1950 to 1958 and ABC from 1958 to 1961, with later revivals. The show was hosted by Bud Collyer, and was one of the first, and primary forerunners for future stunt shows such as the modern Fear Factor and Dog Eat Dog.
Beat the Devil (1953 film) Beat the Devil is a 1953 film directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart. It was co-authored by Huston and Truman Capote, and loosely based upon a novel of the same name by British critic Claud Cockburn, writing under the pseudonym James Helvick, as a tongue-in-cheek spoof of his earlier masterpiece, The Maltese Falcon, and of films of its genre.
Beat the Teacher Beat the Teacher was a 1980s British game show devised by Clive Doig, made by BBC Television and shown as part of Children's BBC on weekdays at teatimes. It ran four days a week from 1983 until 1990, taking over from Screen Test as the BBC's premiere quiz show for children after Screen Test was axed in 1984.
Beat The Kids Beat The Kids is a spoof game show produced by BBC Radio 4. The show is hosted by comedian Graeme Garden, as "Dr G" the parentologist (Garden is actually a qualified MD), and features a different cast of comedians, usually familiar from other Radio 4 comedies, each week.
Beat-Club Beat-Club was a German music programme that ran from September 1965 to December 1972. It was broadcast from Bremen, Germany on Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen, the national public TV channel of the ARD, and produced by one of its members, Radio Bremen, later co-produced by the WDR Network following the 38th episode.
Beata Ludovica Albertoni Beata Ludovica Albertoni (the Blessed Ludovica Albertoni) is a sculpture by the Italian baroque artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. It was one of the last sculptures executed by Bernini and shows Ludovica Albertoni on her deathbed, experiencing both mortal suffering and religious ecstasy.
Beata Małecka-Libera Beata Małecka-Libera (born May 17, 1954 in Dąbrowa Górnicza) is a Polish politician. She was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 6882 votes in 32 Sosnowiec district, candidating from Platforma Obywatelska list.
Beata Mazurek Beata Mazurek (born October 19, 1967 in Ostrów Mazowiecka) is a Polish politician. She was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 7012 votes in 7 Chełm district, candidating from Prawo i Sprawiedliwość list.
Beata Sokołowska-Kulesza Beata Sokołowska-Kulesza (born January 10, 1974 in Gorzow Wielkopolski) is a Polish canoer, who has won two Olympic bronze medals in kayak flatwater canoeing. She has also been successful at the canoeing World Championships.
Beata Szydło Beata Szydło (born April 15, 1963 in Oświęcim) is a Polish politician. She was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 14447 votes in 12 Chrzanów district, candidating from Prawo i Sprawiedliwość list.
Beatallica Beatallica is a satire tribute band that plays music made from combinations of songs of The Beatles and Metallica. A Beatallica song is typically a blend of a Beatles' song and a Metallica song with a related title (e.
Beatbullying Beatbullying is an anti-bullying charity based in Crystal Palace, London, England. Beatbullying provides workshops for young people throughout the UK to educate them that bullying is wrong and not a part of growing up as well helping them develop coping mechanisms.
Beate Uhse AG Beate Uhse AG is a German industry group with focus on selling adult entertainment in the form of sex toys, lingerie, clothing and pornography. It has over 1,500 employees and is active in 60 countries and has been noted on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 1999.
Beate Uhse Erotic Museum The Beate Uhse Erotic Museum (German: Beate Uhse Erotik-Museum) in Berlin, Germany, opened in 1996. The museum was opened by Beate Uhse, the early stunt pilot and entrepreneur, who started the world's first sex shop after World War II.
Beati Paoli Beati Paoli is the name of a secretive sect thought to have existed in medieval Sicily. The sect, as described by the author Luigi Natoli in his historic novel I Beati Paoli (written as a series under the pseudonym William Galt in 1909, then re-published as books in 1921 and 1949 resembles an order] of [[knights fighting for the poor and the commoners.
Beatification In Catholicism, beatification (from Latin beatus, blessed, via Greek μακάριος, makarios) is a recognition accorded by the church of a dead person's accession to Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in his or her name (intercession of saints). As far as the word "beatification" is concerned, its use probably does not antedate the fourth century, when it was introduced in the church at Carthage, but the fact is certainly older.
Beating up Beating up is systematic punching, or hitting with a blunt instrument, many times, with the design or effect of causing much pain. It often causes widespread heavy bruising, and sometimes more serious damage, sometimes permanent; and psychological damage.
Beatitudes The Beatitudes (from Latin, beatitudo, happiness) is the name given to the well-known, definitive and beginning portion of the Sermon on the Mount of the Gospel of Matthew. Some are also recorded in the Gospel of Luke.
Beatlemania Beatlemania is a term that was used during the 1960s to describe fan frenzy (particularly by young teenaged girls) toward The Beatles. Many fans across the world were known to have Beatlemania (and were thus known as "Beatlemaniacs") which hit the United States hard after The Beatles performed on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964.
Beatles albums with few "Paul is Dead" clues Although most of the clues to the "Paul is Dead" hoax are found on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and the four subsequent Beatles albums, other clues have been identified throughout the band's discography.
Beatles Bop - Hamburg Days Beatles Bop - Hamburg Days is a compilation album of the 1961 recording of Tony Sheridan and The Beatles released by Bear Family Records in 2001. To date, this is the most complete collection of the recordings done with Producer Bert Kaempfert for Polydor (excluding the other recordings featured on the My Bonnie/The Beatles' First albums that were done by other musicians under the "The Beat Brothers" name).
Beatmania beatmania (ビートマニア) is a rhythm video game developed and distributed by Japanese game developer Konami and first released in 1997. It contributed largely to the boom of music games in 1998, and the series expanded not only with arcade sequels, but also moved to home consoles and other portable devices.
Beatmania (North America) beatmania, also known colloquially as beatmania (US) or BMUS to distinguish it from the original arcade game beatmania, is the first version of the music video game beatmania IIDX to be released in the United States. It was officially released by Konami on March 28, 2006 for the Sony PlayStation 2 video game console.
Beatmart Recordings: Best of the Submissions Beatmart Recordings: Best of the Submissions is an album featuring DJ Morphiziz, Viktory, KJ-52, Rob Hodge, Billy Puddles, TobyMac, Wordz, Craig Nice, Japhia Life, Manchild, Mark, Bobby Bishop, Tony Stone, MV, Descendantz, Donnie Lewis, Tru Knowledge and Ason.
Beatmatching Beatmatching is a disc jockey technique of pitch shifting a track to match its tempo to that of the currently playing track. This allows smooth mixing between the tracks without stopping the beat or changing the tempo.
Beatmixing Beatmixing is the playing of two records at the same time so that the beats of one occur at the same time as the other. It is an art amongst DJs, which concerns the speeding up or down of a record in order to match the BPM of a previous track so both can be flawlessly mixed.
Beatnik Beatnik is a media stereotype that borrowed the most superficial aspects of the Beat Generation literary movement of the 1950s to present a distorted, cartoon-like misrepresentation of the real-life people found in Jack Kerouac's autobiographical fiction.
Beatnik Termites The Beatnik Termites are an influential Cleveland, Ohio based power pop band with a heavy surf influence. The band's original line up of Brian McCafferty on bass, Reggie Silvestri on drums and Pat Kim (Pat Termite) on guitar and lead vocals formed in 1987.
Beatons caterers Beatons Caterers is a small company based in Surrey, UK, that provides catering services to clients in Croydon, Surrey, Kent, Sussex and neighbouring regions in the South East. Beatons was started in 1980 by Antonino (Tony) Mazzola, after training at Westminster Hotel School.

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