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- Beat (filmmaking), the smallest unit of dramatic action in a play
- Beat (2000 film), a film about writer William Seward Burroughs
- Beat (1998 film), a 1998 Japanese film
- Directorial beat, an exchange of behavior between characters in a screenplay
Music and acoustics [link]
- Beat (music), the basic time unit of a piece of music
- Beat (acoustics), volume fluctuations due to interference between sounds of different frequencies
- Beat music, a rock music genre that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1960s
- Beat (King Crimson album)
- The Beat (band), a ska band
- Beat (band), a Finnish band
- "Beat" (song), a song by Kaela Kimura
- Beats by Dr. Dre, a brand of headphones
Areas of territory [link]
- Beat reporting, a subject of coverage by a journalist
- Gay beat, an area frequented by gay men for the purpose of casual sex
- Beat (police), the territory and time that a police officer patrols
- Forest beat, in forestry administration, a divisional subunit of a Forest range
Video games [link]
- Beats (video game), a video game for PlayStation Portable
- Beat (video game character), a character from Jet Set Radio
- Beat, a robot bird in the Mega Man series
- Beat, a character from Eternal Sonata
- Beat, a character from The World Ends with You
Motor vehicles [link]
- cars
- Chevrolet Beat, a concept car providing the basis for the Daewoo Matiz M300
- Beat, a model of the Japanese Daiichi Kosho Whisper paramotor
- Honda Beat, a 1991-1996 roadster
- other
- Honda FC50, a 50cc motor scooter also called "The Beat"
Other [link]
- beat, a time unit of Swatch Internet Time
- Beat (soda), a drink manufactured by the Coca-Cola Company in Mexico
- Beating, in sailing upwind close-hauled with the wind coming from one side and then tacking;
See also [link]
- Beat Generation, writers of beat poetry and other beat literature
- The Beat (disambiguation)
- Downbeat (disambiguation)
- On the Beat (disambiguation)
- Beet, a plant
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Swatch Internet Time
Swatch Internet Time (or beat time) is a decimal time concept introduced in 1998 by the Swatch corporation as part of their marketing campaign for their line of "Beat" watches.
Instead of hours and minutes, the mean solar day is divided up into 1000 parts called ".beats". Each .beat is equal to one decimal minute in the French Revolutionary decimal time system and lasts 1 minute and 26.4 seconds (86.4 seconds) in standard time. Times are notated as a 3-digit number out of 1000 after midnight. So, @248 would indicate a time 248 .beats after midnight representing 248/1000 of a day, just over 5 hours and 57 minutes.
There are no time zones in Swatch Internet Time; instead, the new time scale of Biel Meantime (BMT) is used, based on Swatch's headquarters in Biel, Switzerland and equivalent to Central European Time, West Africa Time, and UTC+01. Unlike civil time in Switzerland and many other countries, Swatch Internet Time does not observe daylight saving time.
History
Swatch Internet Time was announced on October 23, 1998, in a ceremony at the Junior Summit '98, attended by Nicolas G. Hayek, President and CEO of the Swatch Group, G.N. Hayek, President of Swatch Ltd., and Nicholas Negroponte, founder and then-director of the MIT Media Lab. During the Summit, Swatch Internet Time became the official time system for Nation1, an online country (supposedly) created and run by children.
Beat reporting
Beat reporting, also known as specialized reporting, is a genre of journalism that can be described as the craft of in-depth reporting on a particular issue, sector, organization or institution over time.
Description
Beat reporters build up a base of knowledge on and gain familiarity with the topic, allowing them to provide insight and commentary in addition to reporting straight facts. Generally, beat reporters will also build up a rapport with sources that they visit again and again, allowing for trust to build between the journalist and his/her source of information. This distinguishes them from other journalists who might cover similar stories from time to time.
Journalists become invested in the beats they are reporting for, and become passionate about mastering that beat. Beat reporters often deal with the same sources day after day, and must return to those sources regardless of their relationship with them. Those sources may or may not be pleased with the reporting of the reporters. It is pertinent that beat reporters contact their sources quickly, obtain all necessary information, and write on deadline.
Brum
Brum may refer to:
- Brummagem, a colloquial name for Birmingham, England or the Birmingham dialect
- Brummie, inhabitants of Birmingham or the Birmingham dialect
- University of Birmingham
Brum (surname)
Brum is a Portuguese language surname of Dutch roots, found primarily in Portugal and Brazil. Notable people with the surname include:
