question: animals that are active at dawn and dusk

answers: Crepuscular

answers: crepuscular

answers: Crepuscular animals

title: Diurnality

text: those active during the night are nocturnal, and animals active at sporadic times during both night and day are cathemeral. Plants that open their flowers during the daytime are described as diurnal, while those that bloom during nighttime are nocturnal. The timing of flower opening is often related to the time at which preferred pollinators are foraging. For example, sunflowers open during the day to attract bees, whereas the night-blooming cereus opens at night to attract large sphinx moths. Many types of animals are classified as being diurnal, meaning they are active during the day time and inactive or have

title: Nocturnality

text: the Large Japanese Field Mouse, are active at night because most of the dozen or so birds of prey that hunt them are diurnal. There are many diurnal species that exhibit some nocturnal behaviors. For example, many seabirds and sea turtles only gather at breeding sites or colonies at night to reduce the risk of predation to themselves and/or their offspring.Nocturnal species take advantage of the night time to prey on species that are used to avoiding diurnal predators. Some nocturnal fish species will use the moonlight to prey on zooplankton species that come to the surface at night. Some

title: Diurnality

text: periods of rest during the night time. Commonly classified diurnal animals include mammals, birds, and reptiles. Most primates are diurnal. Scientifically classifying diurnality within animals can be a challenge, apart from the obvious increased activity levels during the day time light. Initially, most animals were diurnal, but adaptations that allowed some animals to become nocturnal is what helped contribute to the success of many, especially mammals. This evolutionary movement to nocturnality allowed them to better avoid predators and gain resources with less competition from other animals. This did come with some adaptations that mammals live with today. Vision has been

title: Nocturnality

text: Nocturnality Nocturnality is an animal behavior characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day. The common adjective is "nocturnal", versus diurnal meaning the opposite. Nocturnal creatures generally have highly developed senses of hearing, smell, and specially adapted eyesight. Such traits can help animals such as the "Helicoverpa zea" moths avoid predators. Some animals, such as cats and ferrets, have eyes that can adapt to both low-level and bright day levels of illumination (see metaturnal). Others, such as bushbabies and (some) bats, can function only at night. Many nocturnal creatures including tarsiers and some owls have large

title: Diurnality

text: shown to affect and even convert nocturnal animals to diurnality as it is a way for them to conserve metabolic energy. Nocturnal animals are often energetically challenged due to being most active in the nighttime when ambient temperatures are lower than through the day, and so they lose a lot of energy in the form of body heat. According to the circadian thermos-energetics (CTE) hypothesis, animals that are expending more energy than they are taking in (through food and sleep) will be more active in the light cycle, meaning they will be more active in the day. This has been

title: Xerocole

text: spend their nights in burrows or crevices, where they create warm environments by quickly generating metabolic heat. Desert lizards usually use other animals' burrows to meet their purposes. All desert rodents except ground squirrels and chipmunks are nocturnal. Amphibians are usually nocturnal as well, while many other xerocoles are diurnal, but reduce activity at midday and increase in the mornings and evenings. Some xerocoles change their activity patterns depending on the season: nocturnal ants, for example, become diurnal during colder periods. Many xerocoles, especially rodents, estivate in the summer, becoming more dormant. Some desert amphibians estivate underground for over a

title: Buteo

text: most buteos mainly hunt rodents that may be partially active during the day, which can include squirrels and chipmunks, voles, and gerbils. More nocturnal varieties are hunted opportunistically and may be to be caught in the first or last few hours of light. Other smallish mammals, such as shrews, moles, pikas, bats, and weasels, tend to be minor secondary prey, although can locally be significant for individual species. Larger mammals, such as rabbits, hares, and marmots, including even adult specimens weighing as much as , may be hunted by the heaviest and strongest species, such as ferruginous, red-tailed and white-tailed

title: Diurnality

text: change have shown to have an effect on the activity of mammals. An observational study done on the activity of nocturnal owl monkeys in the Gran Chaco in South America showed that increased amounts of moonlight at night increased their activity levels through the night, which led to a decrease of daytime activity. Meaning that for this species, ambient moonlight is negatively correlated with diurnal activity. This is also connected with the foraging behaviours of the monkeys, as when there were nights of little to no moonlight, it affected the monkey’s ability to forage efficiently, so they were forced to

title: Zoo

text: in enclosures that often attempt to replicate their natural habitats or behavioral patterns, for the benefit of both the animals and visitors. Nocturnal animals are often housed in buildings with a reversed light-dark cycle, i.e. only dim white or red lights are on during the day so the animals are active during visitor hours, and brighter lights on at night when the animals sleep. Special climate conditions may be created for animals living in extreme environments, such as penguins. Special enclosures for birds, mammals, insects, reptiles, fish, and other aquatic life forms have also been developed. Some zoos have walk-through

title: Crepuscular

text: Crepuscular animals are those that are active primarily during twilight (that is, the periods of dawn and dusk). This is distinguished from diurnal and nocturnal behavior, where an animal is active during the hours of daylight or the hours of darkness, respectively. The term is not precise, however, as some crepuscular animals may also be active on a moonlit night or during an overcast day.  The term matutinal is used for animals that are active only before sunrise, and vespertine for those active only after sunset.

title: Nocturnality

text: species have developed unique adaptations that allow them to hunt in the dark. Bats are famous for using echolocation to hunt down their prey, using sonar sounds to capture them in the dark. Another reason for nocturnality is avoiding the heat of the day. This is especially true in arid biomes like deserts, where nocturnal behavior prevents creatures from losing precious water during the hot, dry daytime. This is an adaptation that enhances osmoregulation. One of the reasons that (cathemeral) lions prefer to hunt at night is to conserve water. Many plant species native to arid biomes have adapted so

title: Anti-predator adaptation

text: crabs can shed a claw, while lizards can shed their tails, often distracting predators long enough to permit the prey to escape. Animals may avoid becoming prey by living out of sight of predators, whether in caves, underground, or by being nocturnal. Nocturnality is an animal behavior characterized by activity during the night and sleeping during the day. This is a behavioral form of detection avoidance called crypsis used by animals to either avoid predation or to enhance prey hunting. Predation risk has long been recognized as critical in shaping behavioral decisions. For example, this predation risk is of prime

title: Dark kangaroo mouse

text: function. They also have been seen to be moving on all 4 limbs when moving in contained spaces such as a cage. These kangaroo mice are nocturnal animal with peak of activity in the first 2 hours after sunset. Their activity is only observed from March through October while they go into hibernation during winter months. These animals are also sensitive to moonlight and temperature. Their activities are decreased when the temperature is out of their optimal range and in presence of moonlight. Dark kangaroo mouse The dark kangaroo mouse ("Microdipodops megacephalus") is a species of rodent in the family

title: Melatonin

text: dusk promotes activity in nocturnal (night-active) animals and sleep in diurnal ones including humans. Many animals use the variation in duration of melatonin production each day as a seasonal clock. In animals including humans, the profile of melatonin synthesis and secretion is affected by the variable duration of night in summer as compared to winter. The change in duration of secretion thus serves as a biological signal for the organization of daylength-dependent (photoperiodic) seasonal functions such as reproduction, behavior, coat growth, and camouflage coloring in seasonal animals. In seasonal breeders that do not have long gestation periods and that mate

title: Nocturnality

text: predators, and those species with poor nocturnal eyesight often bear the brunt of the cost. The increasing amount of habitat destruction worldwide as a result of human expansion has given both advantages and disadvantages to different nocturnal animals. As a result of peak human activity in the daytime, more species are likely to be active at night in order to avoid the new disturbance in their habitat. Carnivorous predators however are less timid of the disturbance, feeding on human waste and keeping a relatively similar spatial habitat as the did before. In comparison, herbivorous prey tend to stay in areas

title: Sleep in fish

text: moving (a repetitive activity) and does not fall asleep in the traditional sense of the word. Diurnal damselfish normally sleep motionless in crevices within coral reefs at night, but three species (the green chromis, the marginate dascyllus and the whitetail dascyllus) spend the night between coral branches where they beat their fins at a rate about twice that of normal daytime swimming. This creates water currents that keep the inner zone of the coral (and thus the fish themselves) well oxygenated, at levels about four times higher than in the absence of the fish. Though the fish are active (mostly

title: Night Safari, Singapore

text: Safari is managed by Wildlife Reserves Singapore, and about 1.1 million visitors visit the safari per year. The Night Safari received its 11 millionth visitor on 29 May 2007. Unlike traditional nocturnal houses, which reverse the day-night cycle of animals so they will be active by day, the Night Safari is an entire open-air zoo set in a humid tropical forest that is only open at night. It is divided into seven geographical zones, which can be explored either on foot via four walking trails, or by tram. The animals of the Night Safari, ranging from Red deer and American

title: Nocturnality

text: where human disturbance is low, limiting both resources and their spatial habitat. This leads to an imbalance in favor of predators, who increase in population and come out more often at night. In zoos, nocturnal animals are usually kept in special night-illumination enclosures to invert their normal sleep-wake cycle and to keep them active during the hours when visitors will be there to see them. Hedgehogs and sugar gliders are just two of the many nocturnal species kept as (exotic) pets. Cats have adapted to domestication so that each individual, whether stray alley cat or pampered housecat, can change their

title: Geography of Egypt

text: reptiles and even birds such as owls, are nocturnal. They spend the daylight hours in the relative cool of burrows, under boulders or in crevices and cracks in the rock. Many of these creatures will only be apparent from their tracks and trails or from a fleeting glimpse of a diminutive gerbil, or zig-zigging hare, in the car headlights at night. Even those animals that do brave the heat of the day are normally only active in the early morning or evening. In the 1970 census, 57 percent of Egypt's population was counted as rural, including those residing in agricultural

title: Sleep in fish

text: captive burbot, sculpin and brown bullhead are nocturnal in summer but become diurnal under the short photoperiod of the Arctic winter. In captivity, white sucker "Catostomus commersonii" are diurnal when living in a shoal but nocturnal when living alone. Sleep in fish Whether fish sleep is an intriguing question, to the point of having inspired the title of several popular science books. In birds and mammals, sleep is defined by eye closure and the presence of typical patterns of electrical activity in the brain, including the neocortex, but fish lack eyelids and a neocortex. Some species that always live in

title: Night monkey

text: but which simultaneously allow for visibility of ground predators and permit effective routes of escape should a predator approach too quickly. Activity at night also permits night monkeys to avoid aggressive interactions with other species such as competing for food and territorial disputes; as they are active when most other species are inactive and resting. Night monkeys also benefit from a nocturnal life style as activity in the night provides a degree of protection from the heat of the day and the thermoregulation difficulties associated. Although night monkey, like all primates are endothermic, meaning they are able to produce their

title: Chital

text: on its throat, while the throat of the fallow deer is completely white. The hairs are smooth and flexible. Chital are active throughout the day. In the summer, time is spent in rest under shade, and the sun's glare is avoided if the temperature reaches ; activity peaks as dusk approaches. As days grow cooler, foraging begins before sunrise and peaks by early morning. Activity slows down during midday, when the animals rest or loiter about slowly. Foraging recommences by late afternoon and continues till midnight. They fall asleep a few hours before sunrise, typically in the forest which is

title: Ectotherm

text: of a given environment for endotherms as compared to its carrying capacity for ectotherms. Because ectotherms depend on environmental conditions for body temperature regulation, as a rule, they are more sluggish at night and in early mornings. When they emerge from shelter, many diurnal ectotherms need to heat up in the early sunlight before they can begin their daily activities. In cool weather the foraging activity of such species is therefore restricted to the day time in most vertebrate ectotherms, and in cold climates most cannot survive at all. In lizards, for instance, most nocturnal species are geckos specialising in

title: Dusky caenolestid

text: Dusky caenolestid The dusky caenolestid ("Caenolestes fuliginosus"), also known as Tate's shrew opossum, is a shrew opossum from South America. The dusky caenolestid is characterized by a dark brown coat with a lighter underbelly, soft and thick fur, and a loosely haired tail. A nocturnal animal (active mainly at night), the dusky caenolestid lives on trees and feeds on insects and small invertebrates and vertebrates. It occurs in alpine and páramo forests in northern and western Colombia, Ecuador, and western Venezuela. The IUCN classifies this shrew opossum as least concern. The dusky caenolestid is one of the five members of

title: Strepsirrhini

text: region, which are diurnal. The lemurs of Madagascar, living in the absence of simians, are more variable in their activity cycles. The aye-aye, mouse lemurs, woolly lemurs, and sportive lemurs are nocturnal, while ring-tailed lemurs and most of their kin, sifakas, and indri are diurnal. Yet some or all of the brown lemurs ("Eulemur") are cathemeral, which means that they may be active during the day or night, depending on factors such as temperature and predation. Many extant strepsirrhines are well adapted for nocturnal activity due to their relatively large eyes; large, movable ears; sensitive tactile hairs; strong sense of

title: Sleep in non-human animals

text: rising serotonin, and diminishing cortisol during the night—the inverse of diurnal animals. Nocturnal and diurnal animals "both" have increased electrical activity in the suprachiasmatic nucleus, and corresponding secretion of melatonin from the pineal gland, at night. Nocturnal mammals, which tend to stay awake at night, have higher melatonin at night just like diurnal mammals do. And, although removing the pineal gland in many animals abolishes melatonin rhythms, it does not stop circadian rhythms altogether—though it may alter them and weaken their responsiveness to light cues. Cortisol levels in diurnal animals typically rise throughout the night, peak in the awakening hours,

title: Fossa (animal)

text: evidence has been reported of the fossa at the elevational extremes of and in the Andohahela National Park. The presence of the fossa at these locations indicates its ability to adapt to various elevations, consistent with its reported distribution in all Madagascar forest types. The fossa is active during both the day and the night and is considered cathemeral; activity peaks may occur early in the morning, late in the afternoon, and late in the night. The animal generally does not reuse sleeping sites, but females with young do return to the same den. The home ranges of male fossas

title: Arignar Anna Zoological Park

text: The biological rhythm and cycle of the animals has been modified so that they are active during the daytime and sleep during the nighttime. The newly constructed Small Mammals House has animals such as the grizzled giant squirrel and the Malayan giant squirrel. The zoo also houses many small carnivores and animals of the Western Ghats. The shark-modelled aquarium, with its entrance and exit points in the form of gills of the shark, is set amidst a pond and houses 31 species of fresh-water fishes. The pond surrounding the aquarium too has different varieties of fishes. Other sections in the

title: Coral World Underwater Observatory

text: mimic the animals' natural habitat and thus educate visitors about different marine biomes and habitats. The third room of the exhibit is the nocturnal room. The nocturnal room features various nocturnal animals such as flashlight fish, squids, jellyfishes, crabs and more. The exhibit also features active and awake corals - as corals are nocturnal animals. Most of the animals in the exhibit are capable of bioluminescence. The Amazon Hut is a rainforest theme exhibit featuring both aquatic and land-based wildlife from South America, such as caimans, electric eels, piranhas, arowanas, dart frogs, lizards, tarantulas, and more. It is used to

title: Uracentron flaviceps

text: and male and female tropical thornytail iguanas. The species is diurnal, active during the daytime. The level of activity exhibited is at least partially dependent on the presence of sunlight. Individuals emerge once the sun comes out, and will remain active unless cloud cover reduces sunlight. The approximate times of activity are from 8:30am until 5:00pm and males appear to emerge from holes in trees earlier than females and juveniles. Upon emerging from the tree lizards will bask in the sun to raise their body temperature until activity body temperatures are reached. When approached by humans or startled the lizards

title: Crepuscular

short_answers:
Crepuscular
Crepuscular animals
crepuscular


question: input that tells the computer which task to execute is

answers: source code

answers: A computer program

title: Computer multitasking

text: Computer multitasking In computing, multitasking is the concurrent execution of multiple tasks (also known as processes) over a certain period of time. New tasks can interrupt already started ones before they finish, instead of waiting for them to end. As a result, a computer executes segments of multiple tasks in an interleaved manner, while the tasks share common processing resources such as central processing units (CPUs) and main memory. Multitasking automatically interrupts the running program, saving its state (partial results, memory contents and computer register contents) and loading the saved state of another program and transferring control to it. This

title: Input/output automaton

text: Tasks tasks(C), represents a task partition that groups together all actions of form receive into a single task. Intuitively, handing over messages to process P is considered as a single task. codice_1. In a "run" of an automaton, a string is generated that describes the behaviour of the component the automaton models. "An execution fragment of I/O Automaton A is either of alternating states and actions of A such that (s, π, s) is a transition of A for every k ≥ 0." A finite sequence must terminate with a state. An "execution" is defined as an execution fragment that

title: Computer

text: and sent to output devices. The input devices may be hand-operated or automated. The act of processing is mainly regulated by the CPU. Some examples of input devices are: The means through which computer gives output are known as output devices. Some examples of output devices are: The control unit (often called a control system or central controller) manages the computer's various components; it reads and interprets (decodes) the program instructions, transforming them into control signals that activate other parts of the computer. Control systems in advanced computers may change the order of execution of some instructions to improve performance.

title: Xgrid

text: are automatically added to the list of available computers to use for processing tasks. When the initiating computer sends the complete instructions, or job, for processing to the controller, the controller splits the task up into these small instruction packets, known as tasks. The design of the Xgrid system consists of these small packets being transferred to all the Xgrid-enabled computers on the network. These computers, or nodes, execute the instructions provided by the controller and then return the results. The controller assembles the individual task results into the whole job results and returns them to the initiating computer. Apple

title: Task computing

text: the following components: Using Task Execution EditoR (STEER), embodiments of multiple semantically described services and service controls, the following applications are possible: Task computing Task computing is a computation meant to fill the gap between tasks (what the user wants to be done) and services (functionalities that are available to the user). Task computing seeks to redefine how users interact with and use computing environments. It is built on pervasive computing. A Task Computing Framework (TCF) is a framework that supports task computing, by providing support for: This definition of a task computing framework does not make reference to computational

title: Computer

text: move frequently needed data into the cache automatically, often without the need for any intervention on the programmer's part. I/O is the means by which a computer exchanges information with the outside world. Devices that provide input or output to the computer are called peripherals. On a typical personal computer, peripherals include input devices like the keyboard and mouse, and output devices such as the display and printer. Hard disk drives, floppy disk drives and optical disc drives serve as both input and output devices. Computer networking is another form of I/O. I/O devices are often complex computers in their

title: Input/output

text: outputs and convert them into input signals that a computer can understand; the output from these devices is the computer's input. Similarly, printers and monitors take signals that a computer outputs as input, and they convert these signals into a representation that human users can understand. From the human user's perspective, the process of reading or seeing these representations is receiving output; this type of interaction between computers and humans is studied in the field of human–computer interaction. In computer architecture, the combination of the CPU and main memory, to which the CPU can read or write directly using individual

title: Computer multitasking

text: some external event such as a user input or an input/output transfer with a peripheral to complete, the central processor can still be used with another program. In a time sharing system, multiple human operators use the same processor as if it was dedicated to their use, while behind the scenes the computer is serving many users by multitasking their individual programs. In multiprogramming systems, a task runs until it must wait for an external event or until the operating system's scheduler forcibly swaps the running task out of the CPU. Real-time systems such as those designed to control industrial

title: Infinite loop

text: Modern interactive computers require that the computer constantly be monitoring for user input or device activity, so at some fundamental level there is an infinite processing [[idle loop]] that must continue until the device is turned off or reset. In the [[Apollo Guidance Computer]], for example, this outer loop was contained in the Exec program, and if the computer had absolutely no other work to do it would loop run a dummy job that would simply turn off the "computer activity" indicator light. Modern computers also typically do not halt the processor or motherboard circuit-driving clocks when they crash. Instead

title: Computer program

text: A computer program is usually written by a computer programmer in a programming language. From the program in its human-readable form of source code, a compiler can derive machine code—a form consisting of instructions that the computer can directly execute.  Alternatively, a computer program may be executed with the aid of an interpreter.

title: Computer multitasking

text: systems have been refined. Modern operating systems generally include detailed mechanisms for prioritizing processes, while symmetric multiprocessing has introduced new complexities and capabilities. Computer multitasking In computing, multitasking is the concurrent execution of multiple tasks (also known as processes) over a certain period of time. New tasks can interrupt already started ones before they finish, instead of waiting for them to end. As a result, a computer executes segments of multiple tasks in an interleaved manner, while the tasks share common processing resources such as central processing units (CPUs) and main memory. Multitasking automatically interrupts the running program, saving its

title: Computer

text: be read from a place 100 locations further down the program. Instructions that modify the program counter are often known as "jumps" and allow for loops (instructions that are repeated by the computer) and often conditional instruction execution (both examples of control flow). The sequence of operations that the control unit goes through to process an instruction is in itself like a short computer program, and indeed, in some more complex CPU designs, there is another yet smaller computer called a microsequencer, which runs a microcode program that causes all of these events to happen. The control unit, ALU, and

title: Computer

text: Computer A computer is a device that can be instructed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations automatically via computer programming. Modern computers have the ability to follow generalized sets of operations, called "programs." These programs enable computers to perform an extremely wide range of tasks. Computers are used as control systems for a wide variety of industrial and consumer devices. This includes simple special purpose devices like microwave ovens and remote controls, factory devices such as industrial robots and computer-aided design, and also general purpose devices like personal computers and mobile devices such as smartphones. Early computers

title: Input/output

text: generating interrupts and the corresponding type numbers for further processing by the processor if required. A computer that uses memory-mapped I/O accesses hardware by reading and writing to specific memory locations, using the same assembly language instructions that computer would normally use to access memory. An alternative method is via instruction-based I/O which requires that a CPU have specialised instructions for I/O. Both input and output devices have a data processing rate that can vary greatly. With some devices able to exchange data at very high speeds direct access to memory (DMA) without the continuous aid of a CPU is

title: Task (computing)

text: of execution, which may share various system resources with other tasks on the system. Depending on the level of sharing, the task may be regarded as a conventional thread or process. Tasks are brought into existence using the codice_1 system call, where a user can specify the desired level of resource sharing. The term "task" for a part of a job dates to multiprogramming in the early 1960s, as in this example from 1961: The term was popularized with the introduction of OS/360 (announced 1964), which featured Multiprogramming with a Fixed number of Tasks (MFT) and Multiprogramming with a Variable

title: Computer

text: calculation or some external event. Many computers directly support subroutines by providing a type of jump that "remembers" the location it jumped from and another instruction to return to the instruction following that jump instruction. Program execution might be likened to reading a book. While a person will normally read each word and line in sequence, they may at times jump back to an earlier place in the text or skip sections that are not of interest. Similarly, a computer may sometimes go back and repeat the instructions in some section of the program over and over again until some

title: Task parallelism

text: Task parallelism Task parallelism (also known as function parallelism and control parallelism) is a form of parallelization of computer code across multiple processors in parallel computing environments. Task parallelism focuses on distributing tasks—concurrently performed by processes or threads—across different processors. In contrast to data parallelism which involves running the same task on different components of data, task parallelism is distinguished by running many different tasks at the same time on the same data. A common type of task parallelism is pipelining which consists of moving a single set of data through a series of separate tasks where each task can

title: Task (computing)

text: "unit of execution", in some operating systems, a task is synonymous with a process, and in others with a thread. In non-interactive execution (batch processing), a task is a unit of execution within a job, with the task itself typically a process. The term "multitasking" primarily refers to the processing sense – multiple tasks "executing" at the same time – but has nuances of the work sense of multiple tasks being "performed" at the same time. In the sense of "unit of work", in a job (meaning "one-off piece of work") a task can correspond to a single step (the

title: Idle (CPU)

text: save significant amounts of power and heat if the idle task consists of a loop which repeatedly executes HLT instructions. Most operating systems will display an idle task, which is a special task loaded by the OS scheduler only when there is nothing for the computer to do. The idle task can be hard-coded into the scheduler, or it can be implemented as a separate task with the lowest possible priority. An advantage of the latter approach is that programs monitoring the system status can see the idle task along with all other tasks; an example is Windows NT's System

title: Computer multitasking

text: robots, require timely processing; a single processor might be shared between calculations of machine movement, communications, and user interface. Often multitasking operating systems include measures to change the priority of individual tasks, so that important jobs receive more processor time than those considered less significant. Depending on the operating system, a task might be as large as an entire application program, or might be made up of smaller threads that carry out portions of the overall program. A processor intended for use with multitasking operating systems may include special hardware to securely support multiple tasks, such as memory protection, and

title: Windows NT processor scheduling

text: a user interface for this at the process level. Windows NT processor scheduling Windows NT processor scheduling refers to the process by which Windows NT determines which job (task) should be run on the computer processor at which time. Without scheduling, the processor would give attention to jobs based on when they arrived in the queue, which is usually not optimal. As part of the scheduling, the processor gives a priority level to different processes running on the machine. When two processes are requesting service at the same time, the processor performs the jobs for the one with the higher

title: Task computing

text: Task computing Task computing is a computation meant to fill the gap between tasks (what the user wants to be done) and services (functionalities that are available to the user). Task computing seeks to redefine how users interact with and use computing environments. It is built on pervasive computing. A Task Computing Framework (TCF) is a framework that supports task computing, by providing support for: This definition of a task computing framework does not make reference to computational components. This is referred to as a Task Computing Environment (TCE). A TCE is a computational system that includes, at a minimum,

title: Variable Assembly Language

text: the repertoire necessary to create VAL programs for controlling robot actions. The following terms are frequently used in VAL related operations. The VAL monitor is an administrative computer program that oversees operation of a system. It accepts user input and initiates the appropriate response; follows instructions from user-written programs to direct the robot; and performs the computations necessary to control the robot. The VAL editor is an aid for entering information into a computer system, and modifying existing text. It is used to enter and modify robot control programs. It has a list of instructions telling a computer how to

title: Task parallelism

text: to do tasks "A" and "B", it is possible to tell CPU "a" to do task "A" and CPU "b" to do task "B" simultaneously, thereby reducing the run time of the execution. The tasks can be assigned using conditional statements as described below. Task parallelism emphasizes the distributed (parallelized) nature of the processing (i.e. threads), as opposed to the data (data parallelism). Most real programs fall somewhere on a continuum between task parallelism and data parallelism. Thread-level parallelism (TLP) is the parallelism inherent in an application that runs multiple threads at once. This type of parallelism is found largely

title: Program counter

text: fetch, the CPU proceeds to execution, taking some action based on the memory contents that it obtained. At some point in this cycle, the PC will be modified so that the next instruction executed is a different one (typically, incremented so that the next instruction is the one starting at the memory address immediately following the last memory location of the current instruction). Like other processor registers, the PC may be a bank of binary latches, each one representing one bit of the value of the PC. The number of bits (the width of the PC) relates to the processor

title: Asynchronous I/O

text: Asynchronous I/O In computer science, asynchronous I/O (also non-sequential I/O) is a form of input/output processing that permits other processing to continue before the transmission has finished. Input and output (I/O) operations on a computer can be extremely slow compared to the processing of data. An I/O device can incorporate mechanical devices that must physically move, such as a hard drive seeking a track to read or write; this is often orders of magnitude slower than the switching of electric current. For example, during a disk operation that takes ten milliseconds to perform, a processor that is clocked at one

title: Process (computing)

text: processes to share processors (CPUs) and other system resources. Each CPU (core) executes a single task at a time. However, multitasking allows each processor to switch between tasks that are being executed without having to wait for each task to finish. Depending on the operating system implementation, switches could be performed when tasks perform input/output operations, when a task indicates that it can be switched, or on hardware interrupts. A common form of multitasking is time-sharing. Time-sharing is a method to allow high responsiveness for interactive user applications. In time-sharing systems, context switches are performed rapidly, which makes it seem

title: Task (computing)

text: number of Tasks (MVT). In this case tasks were identified with light-weight processes, a job consisted of a number of tasks, and, later, tasks could have sub-tasks (in modern terminology, child processes). Today the term "task" is used very ambiguously. For example, the Windows Task Manager manages (running) "processes", while Windows Task Scheduler schedules "programs" to execute in future, what is traditionally known as a job scheduler, and uses the codice_2 extension. By contrast, the term "task queue" is commonly used in the sense of "units of work". Task (computing) In computing, a task is a unit of execution or

title: Project Joshua Blue

text: program. Currently, the vast majority of computers and computational systems run off of an input-output model; some sort of input is entered in and some output is given back. Through Project Joshua Blue, IBM hopes to develop computers to the point where they are asking questions and searching for answers themselves rather than relying on an external input to run or only crunching numbers to give a pre-programmed response once given a task. If they succeed in this task, the artificial intelligence knowledge gained from Project Joshua Blue could potentially be used to create social robots that work and act

title: Task (computing)

text: Task (computing) In computing, a task is a unit of execution or a unit of work. The term is ambiguous; precise alternative terms include "process", light-weight process, "thread" (for execution), "step", "request", or "query" (for work). In the adjacent diagram, there are queues of incoming work to do and outgoing completed work, and a thread pool of threads to perform this work. Either the work units themselves or the threads that perform the work can be referred to as "tasks", and these can be referred to respectively as requests/responses/threads, incoming tasks/completed tasks/threads (as illustrated), or requests/responses/tasks. In the sense of

title: Computer program


question: who did the voiceover in michael jackson's thriller

answers: Vincent Price

answers: actor Vincent Price

title: Samuel L. Jackson

text: athlete who impersonates former boxing heavyweight Bob Satterfield in director Rod Lurie's drama, "Resurrecting the Champ". In 2008, Jackson reprised his role of Mace Windu in the CGI film, "", followed by "Lakeview Terrace" where he played a racist cop who terrorizes an interracial couple. In November of the same year, he starred along with Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes (who both died before the film's release) in "Soul Men". In 2008, he portrayed the villain in "The Spirit", which was poorly received by critics and the box office. In 2009, he again worked with Quentin Tarantino when he narrated

title: Michael Jackson (actor)

text: Michael Jackson (actor) Michael Jackson (born November 8, 1970) is a Canadian actor, grip, gaffer and known for his acting role as "Trevor" in the comedy TV series "Trailer Park Boys" (2001–2006) and the later film "" (2006). Jackson was born in Ottawa, Ontario and grew up in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, where he currently lives. He has contributed to the local music scene with many group and solo projects, including Moral Support, Aimless, Thruster, The Thursday Toads, Pink Kitten, Defense Andrew, The Sycamores, Rick of The Skins, El Groupo De Rock, Vavoom, T-Bag, The Olympian and most recently Doug Mason.

title: Samuel L. Jackson

text: after him, entitled "Sammy L. Jackson" by Hot Action Cop. Jackson also appeared in HBO's documentary "Unchained Memories", as a narrator along many other stars like Angela Bassett and Whoopi Goldberg. According to reviews gathered by Rotten Tomatoes, in 2004 Jackson starred in both his lowest and highest ranked films in his career. In the thriller "Twisted", Jackson played a mentor to Ashley Judd. The film garnered a 2% approval rating on the website, with reviewers calling his performance "lackluster" and "wasted". He then lent his voice to the computer-animated film "The Incredibles" as the superhero Frozone. The film received

title: Andrew Jackson (actor)

text: as well as the voice of Doji in "Beyblade Metal Fusion", as his predecessor Juan Chioran, voiced Doji in the first 32 episodes, and Rago in "Beyblade Metal Fury". Andrew Jackson (actor) Andrew Jackson (born September 11, 1963) is a Canadian actor. Born in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada, Jackson has played major roles in various television shows and movies, including "Merlin's Apprentice", "All My Children", "Wind at My Back" (2nd season as David Doyle, the Dynamite Kid in "The Champ") (5th season as Vanaver Mainwaring, Grace Bailey's husband), "Held Up", "Criminal Minds", "Deadly Betrayal", "Kyle XY", "Twists of Terror" and "Sea

title: Michael Jackson (actor)

text: He is also an IATSE 849 member and has been working as a grip since 1998. Actor - Film titles and associated role: Crewman - Film titles and associated crew job: Michael Jackson (actor) Michael Jackson (born November 8, 1970) is a Canadian actor, grip, gaffer and known for his acting role as "Trevor" in the comedy TV series "Trailer Park Boys" (2001–2006) and the later film "" (2006). Jackson was born in Ottawa, Ontario and grew up in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, where he currently lives. He has contributed to the local music scene with many group and solo projects,

title: Anthony Jackson (actor)

text: J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit". Jackson also provided a large number of voices in the animated children's series "Ivor the Engine" and went on to have roles in many long-running British television series. He also appeared in the sitcoms "Bless This House", "All Our Saturdays", "Mind Your Language", "Citizen Smith", "Dynasty", "The Detectives", "Lovejoy", "Softly, Softly", "Barlow at Large" and "Only Fools and Horses". In his final years, he appeared in "The Bill", "Casualty", "Footballers' Wives", "Walker Texas Ranger" and "Doctors". Jackson also did voiceovers for animation including the TV series "The Dreamstone", "Budgie the Little Helicopter", "", "Watership

title: Janet Jackson filmography

text: horror film "Scream 3" and comedy "Head of State" due to scheduling conflicts. She was also originally requested to provide singing vocals for Catherine Zeta-Jones in the musical comedy, "Chicago". Jackson was announced to play Lena Horne in a two-hour television biopic for ABC. It was to be directed by Neil Meron and Craig Zadan, with Jackson serving as its executive producer. However, she was forced to resign following her Super Bowl halftime show controversy, in addition to Horne refusing her participation after the incident. An ABC executive stated, "It’s sad this had to happen. It was a perfect match."

title: Andrew Jackson (actor)

text: Andrew Jackson (actor) Andrew Jackson (born September 11, 1963) is a Canadian actor. Born in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada, Jackson has played major roles in various television shows and movies, including "Merlin's Apprentice", "All My Children", "Wind at My Back" (2nd season as David Doyle, the Dynamite Kid in "The Champ") (5th season as Vanaver Mainwaring, Grace Bailey's husband), "Held Up", "Criminal Minds", "Deadly Betrayal", "Kyle XY", "Twists of Terror" and "Sea Wolf". He also played the voices of Rubanoid, Plitheon, Sabator and Phosphos in "Bakugan: Gundalian Invaders", Dylan, Wolfurio, Zenthon, Zenthon Titan, Slycerak, Spatterix and Balista in "Bakugan: Mechtanium Surge",

title: Layton Williams

text: the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts. During his time at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts Williams was featured in a children's documentary 'School for Stars' which was broadcast on the children's television channel CBBC. He was offered the part as young Michael Jackson in the West End Musical "Thriller Live" where he did a few performances before he outgrew the role. Williams became well known to a TV audience as the character Kylie – acting, dancing, and singing – in the 2008 and 2009 BBC Two comedy "Beautiful People", series 1 and 2. From 2012 he played

title: Thriller (song)

text: "Thriller" has appeared on multiple greatest hits compilation albums from Jackson, including HIStory (1995), Number Ones (2003), The Essential Michael Jackson (2005) and Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009) and was remixed for the Immortal album in 2011. The song has a voice-over from actor Vincent Price.

title: Mike Dopud

text: nominated for a Taurus World Stunt Award in 2005 for his work in "Walking Tall". Dopud was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec. He speaks three languages fluently (English, French and Serbian). He played professional Canadian football briefly for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. He is married to Canadian actress Angela Schneider. He also has a son named Dane Dopud. Mike Dopud Mike Dopud (, "Мајк Допуђ"; born June 10, 1968) is a Canadian actor, stuntman, and athlete. He is known for playing Detective Smits in "White Noise" the 2005 action-horror film, Agent Turner in "Alone in the Dark" a 2005 action-horror

title: Andrew Burt

text: the Red", "Trial & Retribution" and "Spooks". His comedy work included playing the British minister, Martin Craste in "The Day Today", the announcer of the fictitious incarnation of Radio Norwich in "I'm Alan Partridge", and the cult character of Frank Raphael, aka "Sweaty Raphael" or "Cacky Raphael", "Look Around You", in which he played multiple clones of Sebastian Jackson, designer of unusual footballs. He was a prominent voice-over artist, and provided voice-overs for numerous TV and radio commercials throughout his lifetime. He narrated talking books for the blind as a volunteer for the Calibre Audio Library, documentaries, and character voices

title: Michael Beck

text: narrated numerous audiobooks of John Grisham's novels. He has also narrated "Confederates in the Attic" by Tony Horwitz; "A Darkness More Than Light" by Michael Connelly; "State of the Union" by David Callahan; and the unabridged version of Bill Clinton's "My Life". He also reprised his role as Swan in 2005, lending his voice to the popular video game adaptation of "The Warriors". Michael Beck John Michael Beck Taylor (born February 4, 1949), commonly known as Michael Beck, is an American actor, known for his role as Swan in the 1979 film, "The Warriors", and as Sonny Malone in "Xanadu".

title: Mike Dopud

text: Mike Dopud Mike Dopud (, "Мајк Допуђ"; born June 10, 1968) is a Canadian actor, stuntman, and athlete. He is known for playing Detective Smits in "White Noise" the 2005 action-horror film, Agent Turner in "Alone in the Dark" a 2005 action-horror film, playing Vic Hadfield in the Canadian miniseries Canada Russia '72, and for playing Michael 'The Assassin' in the "Rollerball" 2002 film remake. He also took on several minor roles on "Stargate SG-1" and "Stargate Atlantis", as well as performing many stunts on both shows, before taking on a bigger role as Varro on "Stargate Universe". He was

title: Michael Winslow

text: entitled "Wizard Ops Chapter 1", providing all the sound effects for the game. He also lent his voice on "Wizard Ops Tactics", a turn-based tactical game and spiritual successor to the previous game. He was also featured in a commercial for GEICO Insurance during their "we hired a celebrity" ad campaign. Michael Winslow Michael Leslie Winslow (born September 6, 1958) is an American actor, comedian and beatboxer billed as The Man of 10,000 Sound Effects for his ability to make realistic sounds using only his voice. He is best known for his roles in all seven "Police Academy" films as

title: Roger L. Jackson

text: as the voice for The Killer in the first two seasons. Roger L. Jackson Roger Labon Jackson (born July 13, 1958) is an American voice actor. He is best known for voicing Ghostface in the "Scream" film series, where "E!" ranked him as #46 on "Best Kept Secrets of Hollywood". He is also well known for voicing the character Mojo Jojo on "The Powerpuff Girls" and its 2016 reboot. Jackson is known for providing the voice for the serial killer "Ghostface" in "Scream" as well as "Scream 2", "Scream 3" and "Scream 4". He has also appeared in animated films

title: Christopher Jackson (actor)

text: If Ya Hear Me", and "Memphis". He drew critical acclaim in several projects with Lin-Manuel Miranda: originating the roles of Benny in "In the Heights" and George Washington in the smash hit "Hamilton". For the latter role he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. He also collaborated with Miranda on the Disney film "Moana" in which he provides the singing voice of Chief Tui. His other film work includes secondary roles in "After.Life" and "Tracers". Jackson currently stars as Chunk Palmer in the main cast of the CBS television drama "Bull". His other

title: Sandra Bullock

text: disrupted when her husband (played by Michael Paré) reveals his infidelity to her on a talk show. While the film made US$81.4 million, critic James Berardinelli, in his review, remarked that she is "better suited to more lighthearted fare". The comedy "Practical Magic" (1998) saw her star with Nicole Kidman, as two witch sisters who face a curse which threatens to prevent them ever finding lasting love. While the film opened atop on its North American opening weekend, it flopped at the box office. In 1998, she also provided the voice of in the animated aventure film "The Prince of

title: Barry Evans (EastEnders)

text: (as Barry) played the Michael Jackson role, while Lucy Speed (as Natalie) took on Ola Ray’s role as his date. The spoof saw Natalie transformed into a zombie, as Jackson was in the original video. Several cast members took part in the spoof where they recreated the dance routine made famous in the original video. Following his stint on "EastEnders", Shaun Williamson had a regular role as a comically unemployable version of himself in the Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant comedy series "Extras", in which his career has bogged down partially as a result of the incompetence of his agent

title: Pierre Maubouché

text: and casting director, he specialises in sourcing and casting actors (voiceover artists or visual actors) for the advertising and broadcast industry through Sounds Beautiful Pierre Maubouché Pierre Guy Maubouché is a French actor, voice over artist, producer and casting director. As a visual actor he contributed to few movies including "The Last Horror Movie", but he is better known within the industry for his voiceover skills and contributions. Among the better known projects to which he contributed, we can note the worldwide 'Dolce & Gabbaba Light Blue Pour Homme' TV campaign, the cult Stella Artois English TV commercial "The Hero's

title: Patricia Idlette

text: Patricia Idlette Patricia Idlette is an American actress known for her role as Kiffany in Showtime's "Dead Like Me". She also appeared in four episodes of "Battlestar Galactica" as politician Sarah Porter, and as Melanie Blackstone in the miniseries "Amerika". Idlette portrayed Katherine Jackson, mother of Michael Jackson, in the 2004 biopic "". She appeared as Brenda's mother in "Scary Movie 3" in 2003. Originally from Miami, Florida, she trained as an actress in Florida and Michigan. She moved to Canada to join the repertory company of the Stratford Festival, acting in productions of "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "Antony and

title: Roger L. Jackson

text: Roger L. Jackson Roger Labon Jackson (born July 13, 1958) is an American voice actor. He is best known for voicing Ghostface in the "Scream" film series, where "E!" ranked him as #46 on "Best Kept Secrets of Hollywood". He is also well known for voicing the character Mojo Jojo on "The Powerpuff Girls" and its 2016 reboot. Jackson is known for providing the voice for the serial killer "Ghostface" in "Scream" as well as "Scream 2", "Scream 3" and "Scream 4". He has also appeared in animated films and television series like The Walt Disney Company's "The Book of

title: Jim Thornton

text: he provided additional voice-over work for "" and as a DJ in "Mafia II". Jim Thornton Jim Thornton is an American television, radio announcer and voice actor. He is known for his voiceover work in video games, movies and TV shows. Born in Huntington, West Virginia, he graduated from Huntington High School in 1983 and then moved to Los Angeles in 1984 where he would start his broadcasting career a year later. He also has a degree in linguistics from Marshall University. Thornton is best known as the afternoon anchor on all-news radio KNX 1070 in Los Angeles, having been

title: Michael Jackson's Thriller (music video)

text: by Indiana Jones. The jacket was intended to make Jackson appear "virile". She chose red to contrast with the night setting and dark palette, dressing him in "hip", casual clothes that would be comfortable to dance in, using the same color for his jacket and jeans to make him appear taller. "Michael Jackson's Thriller" was the first time Jackson had interacted with a woman in a video, which Landis described as a "breakthrough". Jennifer Beals turned down an offer to play the girlfriend. Ola Ray, a former Playboy Playmate, was cast as, according to Landis, she was "crazy for Michael"

title: Michael Bell (actor)

text: Michael Bell (actor) Michael Bell (born July 30, 1938) is an American actor, voice actor, voice director and animal-rights activist who is most active in voice over roles, known for his youthful voice. He has acted in video games and animated series, including "The Transformers", "", "The Houndcats", "Rugrats", "The Smurfs", and "Snorks" and appeared on-screen in film and television, including the TV programs "Dallas" and "Star Trek". Bell was described as being "one of the most prominent voice actors of the 1980s." Both Bell's wife, Victoria Carroll, and his daughter, Ashley Bell, are actresses. Bell had an important part

title: Kevin Collins (American actor)

text: "Baby Mama", Jamil Dehlavi's "Infinite Justice" and "Munich", directed by Steven Spielberg. His television appearances include "Unforgettable", "Law & Order", "All My Children", "Gossip Girl", "Person of Interest" and "The Black List". Collins is also a voiceover artist whose voice is regularly heard in national ad campaigns in the United States, Canada, the UK and Ireland. As a voice actor, his credits include work for RTÉ and BBC radio drama, and documentary narration. He also acted in "Just Cause 3", taking the main role as Rico Rodriguez. Kevin Collins (American actor) Kevin Michael Collins (born March 17, 1972 in Trenton,

title: Patricia Clarkson

text: 2008's "Vicky Cristina Barcelona", portraying an unhappy housewife, and 2009's "Whatever Works". In 2008, producer Gerald Peary approached Clarkson to do the voice-over for the documentary film "". Says Peary, "She agreed to do the narration... And she was so nice, and so cooperative, and so prepared, and so intelligent. And one of the key reasons she wanted to do the movie was that she regularly reads criticism, and has a genuine respect for film criticism. Clarkson returned to New Orleans on January 17, 2009 for the reopening of the Mahalia Jackson Theatre for the Performing Arts. She served as

title: Tae Brooks

text: male lead voice of the "Disney 365" theme song. Tae Brooks performs the voice and singing role of Michael Jackson in the animated TV series "Black Dynamite". Tae Brooks is the voice in the intro/outro on the channel of popular YouTube personality Lamarr Wilson. Brooks caught the attention of Canadian music producer and casting agent Josh Friesen who introduced him to GrapeSEED, a developer of educational curriculum used worldwide to teach ESL. This developed into a 3-year intermittent working relationship with GrapeSEED on assignment in their Japan studios singing and acting in their multimedia DVD package. Brooks' covers have gained

title: Ernesto Aura

text: from Schwarzenegger's screen lips." Aura dubbed Schwarzenegger's roles in the following movies, among others: He was also the voice of internationally acclaimed actors such as Martin Sheen, Clint Eastwood, Christopher Plummer, James Coburn, Tommy Lee Jones and Laurence Fishburne. His first major role was dubbing Richard Widmark in "Panic in the Streets". He dubbed Sheen's character, Roger Strong, in the 2002 film "Catch Me If You Can", Christopher Plummer's character, Raymond Alden, in "Wolf", Tommy Lee Jones' character, Harvey Dent in "Batman Forever" and Laurence Fishburne's character, Morpheus, in "Matrix" among many other roles. Visit this page for a complete

title: Michael Bell (actor)

text: New York to a Jewish family. He has been married to actress Victoria Carroll since 1984. Together they have a daughter, Ashley Bell who is also an actress. He is an animal rights activist. He is the godfather of actor Steve Guttenberg, who cites Bell as his inspiration to become an actor. Since 2016, Bell has served on the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Local of SAG-AFTRA. His current term ends in 2019. Michael Bell (actor) Michael Bell (born July 30, 1938) is an American actor, voice actor, voice director and animal-rights activist who is most active in

title: Thriller (song)

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question: what's the name of the last mission impossible movie

answers: Mission: Impossible – Fallout

title: Mission: Impossible (film series)

text: theme, with an interlude in 5/4. Mission: Impossible (film series) Mission: Impossible is a series of American action films based on the . The series is co-produced by and stars Tom Cruise, whose character is Ethan Hunt, a special agent of the Impossible Missions Force (IMF). Beginning in 1996, the films follow the missions of the IMF's main field team under the leadership of Hunt, who is forced to take over after the team is betrayed from within during the first film. The series focuses on Hunt as the lead character as opposed to the ensemble cast structure of the

title: Mission: Impossible 2

text: the behind-the-scenes stunts of "Mission: Impossible 2", and stars Cruise, Ben Stiller, and Woo. Mission: Impossible 2 Mission: Impossible 2 (stylized as M:i-2) is a 2000 American action spy film directed by John Woo and produced by and starring Tom Cruise. The sequel to 1996 film "Mission: Impossible", it is the second installment in the . It follows Ethan Hunt as he is recruited by the Impossible Missions Force (IMF) to find and destroy a dangerous biological weapon called "Chimera" from rogue IMF agent Sean Ambrose with the help of his new girlfriend Nyah Nordoff-Hall. "Mission: Impossible 2" was released

title: Mission: Impossible (film)

text: Mission: Impossible (film) Mission: Impossible is a 1996 American action spy film directed by Brian De Palma and produced by and starring Tom Cruise. Based on the , its plot follows Ethan Hunt (Cruise) and his mission to uncover the mole who has framed him for the murders of his entire Impossible Missions Force (IMF) team. Work on the script had begun early with filmmaker Sydney Pollack on board, before De Palma, Steven Zaillian, David Koepp, and Robert Towne were brought in. "Mission: Impossible" went into pre-production without a shooting script: De Palma devised several action sequences, but Koepp and

title: Mission: Impossible (film)

text: film was released on DVD again on April 11 2006, as a special collector's edition. A Blu-ray release followed on June 3 2008, a 4K UHD Blu-ray version was released on June 26 2018, offering upgraded picture and audio. Mission: Impossible (film) Mission: Impossible is a 1996 American action spy film directed by Brian De Palma and produced by and starring Tom Cruise. Based on the , its plot follows Ethan Hunt (Cruise) and his mission to uncover the mole who has framed him for the murders of his entire Impossible Missions Force (IMF) team. Work on the script had

title: Mission: Impossible III

text: Mission: Impossible III Mission: Impossible III (stylized as M:i:III) is a 2006 American action spy film co-written and directed by J. J. Abrams (in his directorial debut), co-written by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, and co-produced by and starring Tom Cruise in the role of IMF agent Ethan Hunt. It is the third installment in the , following 2000's "". In the film, Ethan (Cruise) has retired from field work for the Impossible Missions Force (IMF) and trains new recruits. However, he is sent back into action to track down the elusive arms dealer Owen Davian (Philip Seymour Hoffman). "Mission:

title: Mission: Impossible (film series)

text: Mission: Impossible (film series) Mission: Impossible is a series of American action films based on the . The series is co-produced by and stars Tom Cruise, whose character is Ethan Hunt, a special agent of the Impossible Missions Force (IMF). Beginning in 1996, the films follow the missions of the IMF's main field team under the leadership of Hunt, who is forced to take over after the team is betrayed from within during the first film. The series focuses on Hunt as the lead character as opposed to the ensemble cast structure of the television series, although some characters, such

title: Mission: Impossible 2

text: Mission: Impossible 2 Mission: Impossible 2 (stylized as M:i-2) is a 2000 American action spy film directed by John Woo and produced by and starring Tom Cruise. The sequel to 1996 film "Mission: Impossible", it is the second installment in the . It follows Ethan Hunt as he is recruited by the Impossible Missions Force (IMF) to find and destroy a dangerous biological weapon called "Chimera" from rogue IMF agent Sean Ambrose with the help of his new girlfriend Nyah Nordoff-Hall. "Mission: Impossible 2" was released in theaters worldwide on May 24, 2000, and grossed over $546.4 million worldwide, becoming

title: Mission: Impossible (film)

text: script they ultimately did — they wanted the entire team to be destroyed, done away with one at a time, and I was against that. It was basically an action-adventure movie and not "Mission". "Mission" was a mind game. The ideal mission was getting in and getting out without anyone ever knowing we were there. So the whole texture changed. Why volunteer to essentially have our characters commit suicide? I passed on it ... The script wasn't that good either!" "Mission: Impossible" opened on May 22, 1996 in 3,012 theaters—the most ever up to that point—and broke the record for

title: Mission: Impossible 2

text: He tore his shoulder when performing the jump from one part of the cliff to another. Most of the scenes were also shot in Sydney, Australia. The film's original score was composed by Hans Zimmer and features vocals performed by Lisa Gerrard. In addition, the film includes contemporary music such as Limp Bizkit's rendition of Lalo Schifrin's "Mission: Impossible" theme entitled "Take a Look Around" as well as Metallica's "I Disappear". While vacationer Ethan is rock climbing, Zap Mama's remixed version of "Iko Iko" plays on the soundtrack. In its North American opening weekend, the film grossed $57,845,297, ranking at

title: Mission: Impossible (film series)

text: The series is the 20th-highest-grossing film series of all time, with a worldwide gross of over $2.7 billion to date. A sixth film, titled Mission: Impossible – Fallout is set to be released in July 2018.

title: Mission: Impossible III

text: summer popcorn flick." It holds a similar rating on Metacritic, with an average score of 66/100, indicating "generally favorable reviews" based on a normalized average of 42 reviews. On the television show "Ebert & Roeper", Richard Roeper gave "Mission: Impossible III" a "thumbs up," while Roger Ebert gave it a marginal "thumbs down." In Ebert's print review, he gave the film a score of two and a half stars out of four, saying, "Either you want to see mindless action and computer-generated sequences executed with breakneck speed and technical precision, or you do not. I am getting to the point

title: Mission: Impossible (1988 TV series)

text: Mission: Impossible (1988 TV series) Mission: Impossible is an American television series that chronicles the missions of a team of secret American government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force (IMF). The show is a continuation of the 1966 TV series . The only actor to return for the series as a regular cast member was Peter Graves who played Jim Phelps, although two other cast members from the original series (Greg Morris and Lynda Day George) returned as guest stars. The only other regular cast member (unseen) to return for every episode was the voice of "The Tape" (in

title: Mission: Impossible III

text: films—saddled, moreover, with a star who's sliding into self-parody." "Mission: Impossible III" was released on DVD on October 30, 2006. It was later released on Blu-ray on August 3, 2010. A 4K UHD Blu-ray release occurred on June 26, 2018. Mission: Impossible III Mission: Impossible III (stylized as M:i:III) is a 2006 American action spy film co-written and directed by J. J. Abrams (in his directorial debut), co-written by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, and co-produced by and starring Tom Cruise in the role of IMF agent Ethan Hunt. It is the third installment in the , following 2000's "".

title: Mission: Impossible (film)

text: the original theme music well, but were nervous about remaking Schifrin's legendary theme song. Clayton put together his own version in New York City and Mullen did his in Dublin on weekends between U2 recording sessions. The two musicians were influenced by Brian Eno and the European dance club scene sound of the recently finished album "Passengers". They allowed Polygram to pick its favorite and they wanted both. In a month, they had two versions of the song and five remixed by DJs. All seven tracks appeared on a limited edition vinyl release. The song entered the top 10 of

title: Mission: Impossible

text: Mission: Impossible Mission: Impossible is an American television series, created and initially produced by Bruce Geller, chronicling the exploits of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force (IMF). In the first season the team is led by , played by Steven Hill; , played by Peter Graves, takes charge for the remaining seasons. Each episode opens with a fast-paced montage that unfolds as the series' composed by Lalo Schifrin plays, after which in a prologue Briggs or Phelps receives his instructions from a voice delivered on a recording which then self-destructs. The series was filmed

title: Mission: Impossible (soundtrack)

text: theme music, the contribution of The Cranberries and the three Danny Elfman score suites) are actually heard in the movie. Mission: Impossible (soundtrack) Mission: Impossible: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture is the official soundtrack for 1996 film, "". The soundtrack was a success, peaking at No. 16 on the "Billboard" 200 and spawning the top-10 hit "" by U2 members Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr.. "" was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of 500,000 copies on July 2, 1996 while the soundtrack reached gold status just two weeks later on

title: Mission: Impossible (1998 video game)

text: Mission: Impossible (1998 video game) Mission: Impossible is an action-adventure video game developed by Infogrames and loosely based on the . It was originally released for the Nintendo 64 video game console in 1998. In the game, the player assumes the role of Ethan Hunt, an Impossible Missions Force (IMF) agent who must clear his name after a mole has infiltrated the IMF team. The game features 20 levels where the player must complete several mission objectives with the use of numerous high-tech gadgets. Originally envisioned as an ambitious PC game by an Ocean team based in San Jose, California,

title: Mission: Impossible (film)

text: links all these events or characters with any discernible motives beyond surviving the crisis of the moment." Writing for "Entertainment Weekly", Owen Gleiberman gave the film a "B" rating and said, "The problem isn't that the plot is too complicated; it's that each detail is given the exact same nagging emphasis. Intriguing yet mechanistic, jammed with action yet as talky and dense as a physics seminar, the studiously labyrinthine "Mission: Impossible" grabs your attention without quite tickling your imagination." "Mission: Impossible" was released by Paramount Home Video on VHS on November 12, 1996 and DVD on January 17, 1998. The

title: Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol

text: Hunt. The film was originally announced with a working name of "Mission: Impossible 4" and code-named ""Aries"" during early production. By August 2010, title considerations did not include the "Mission: Impossible 4" name, and thought was given to omitting the specific term ""Mission: Impossible"", which "Variety" compared to Christopher Nolan's Batman sequel film "The Dark Knight". In late October 2010, however, the title was confirmed as "Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol". Christopher McQuarrie (who later directed "" and "") did an uncredited rewrite of the screenplay, explaining that: The film was partially shot with IMAX cameras, which made up approximately

title: Mission: Impossible (film)

text: they were fueled by the director excusing himself at the last moment from scheduled media interviews before the film's theatrical release. The film uses Lalo Schifrin's original "". Originally, Alan Silvestri was hired to write the film's score and had, in fact, recorded somewhere around 23 minutes of the score. During post-production, due to creative differences, Silvestri's music was rejected and replaced with new music by composer Danny Elfman. According to some sources, the decision to replace Silvestri was made by producer Tom Cruise. U2 bandmates Larry Mullen, Jr. and Adam Clayton were fans of the TV show and knew

title: Mission: Impossible (1990 video game)

text: Mission: Impossible (1990 video game) Mission: Impossible is a overhead action adventure video game produced by Konami/Ultra Games for the Nintendo Entertainment System based on the second "" TV series. The objective of the IMF team is to solve a kidnapping case, as a terrorist group by the name of "the Sinister 7" has kidnapped both a well-known scientist and Shannon Reed, another IMF operative. The chase will take place through the canals of Venice to the Swiss Alps, and the team is to infiltrate a number of hostile multiple-floor installations in pursuit of the hostages. The game is played

title: Mission: Impossible 2

text: a weighted average score of 59 out of 100, based on 40 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun-Times" said that "if the first movie was entertaining as sound, fury, and movement, this one is more evolved, more confident, more sure-footed in the way it marries minimal character development to seamless action." Owen Gleiberman of "Entertainment Weekly" felt the film was a "throwaway pleasure" but also "a triumph of souped-up action." Ella Taylor of "LA Weekly" said that "every car chase, every plane crash, every potential drop off a cliff is a masterpiece of grace

title: Mission: Impossible III (soundtrack)

text: a group of friends, which is the greatest thing about working with him. It makes me feel like I'm 10 again, making movies in the backyard with my friends." The score for "Mission: Impossible III" was recorded over the course of eight days at the Sony Scoring Stage in Culver City, California. It featured a 112-piece orchestra conducted by Tim Simonec. The scoring session attracted numerous star personalities, including Jennifer Garner and Merrin Dungey (from J. J. Abram's "Alias"), Sarah Vowell (from "The Incredibles"), Dermot Mulroney, as well as Tom Cruise, who conducted the orchestra in the "MI Theme". Rapper

title: Mission: Impossible (film)

text: million. "Mission: Impossible" received mixed to positive reviews from critics. The film has a 64% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 52 reviews, with an average rating of 6/10, with the critical consensus reading, "Full of special effects, Brian DePalma's update of "Mission: Impossible" has a lot of sweeping spectacle, but the plot is sometimes convoluted". On Metacritic, the film has a score of 59 out of 100, based on 29 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". "Chicago Sun-Times" film critic Roger Ebert gave the film three out of four stars and wrote, "This is a movie that exists

title: Mission: Impossible (film)

text: or half-full here, though the concoction goes down with ease." However, Hal Hinson, in his review for "The Washington Post", wrote, "There are empty thrills, and some suspense. But throughout the film, we keep waiting for some trace of personality, some color in the dialogue, some hipness in the staging or in the characters' attitudes. And it's not there." "Time" magazine's Richard Schickel wrote, "What is not present in "Mission: Impossible" (which, aside from the title, sound-track quotations from the theme song and self-destructing assignment tapes, has little to do with the old TV show) is a plot that logically

title: Mission: Impossible

text: in three round discs) with a 16-page story booklet: "Good morning Mr Phelps. The man you are looking at is Dr. Erich Rojak, the nuclear physicist who has been missing..." Mission: Impossible Mission: Impossible is an American television series, created and initially produced by Bruce Geller, chronicling the exploits of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force (IMF). In the first season the team is led by , played by Steven Hill; , played by Peter Graves, takes charge for the remaining seasons. Each episode opens with a fast-paced montage that unfolds as the series'

title: Mission: Impossible III

text: no soundtrack album featuring the film's contemporary music was released. Despite this, the film features a song by Kanye West entitled "Impossible" that also features Twista, Keyshia Cole and BJ. To promote the film, Paramount rigged 4,500 randomly selected "Los Angeles Times" vending boxes with digital audio players which would play the theme song when the door was opened. The audio players did not always stay concealed, and in many cases came loose and fell on top of the stack of newspapers in plain view, with the result that they were widely mistaken for bombs. Police bomb squads detonated a

title: Mission: Impossible (soundtrack)

text: Mission: Impossible (soundtrack) Mission: Impossible: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture is the official soundtrack for 1996 film, "". The soundtrack was a success, peaking at No. 16 on the "Billboard" 200 and spawning the top-10 hit "" by U2 members Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr.. "" was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of 500,000 copies on July 2, 1996 while the soundtrack reached gold status just two weeks later on July 16. Note: Only five of the fifteen tracks on the album (Clayton & Mullen's first rendition of Lalo Schifrin's

title: Mission: Impossible (film)

text: phrase, if he is ready to take on a new mission, just as she asked Phelps at the beginning. Paramount Pictures owned the rights to the television series and had tried for years to make a film version but had failed to come up with a viable treatment. Tom Cruise had been a fan of the show since he was young and thought that it would be a good idea for a film. The actor chose "Mission: Impossible" to be the first project of his new production company and convinced Paramount to put up a $70 million budget. Cruise and

title: Impossible Mission

text: Impossible Mission Impossible Mission is a video game for several home computers. The original version for the Commodore 64 was programmed by Dennis Caswell and published by Epyx in 1984. The game features a variety of gameplay mechanics from platform and adventure games and boasted novel features for the time, such as digitized speech. "Impossible Mission", which casts the player in the role of a secret agent infiltrating an enemy stronghold, is widely considered one of the best games for several platforms and inspired sequels and remakes. The player takes the role of a secret agent who must stop an

title: Mission: Impossible (film series)


question: what time is it in alaska time zone

answers: UTC−09:00

title: Alaska Time Zone

text: Alaskan time zone will be only 8:42 a.m. Very few people notice this, however, as these locations are virtually uninhabited, and for the very few people who do live there, the long days in the summer and short days in the winter make the sunrise and sunset times less important than areas closer to the equator. By contrast, in Juneau, which is much closer to the 135° west meridian, mean solar noon occurs around 11:57 a.m., very close to clock noon. In Anchorage, visitors from more southerly latitudes are often surprised to see the sun set at 11:41 p.m. on

title: Alaska Time Zone

text: corresponds to the solar time at 9 × 15° = 135° W (roughly, Juneau), the westernmost locales of the Alaska Time Zone are off by up to 169°30′ − 135° = 34°30′ from local solar time. This means that when a clock correctly set to Alaska time, at a location just east of 169°30′ W, shows noon, local solar time is around 9:42 a.m. When UTC−8 is applied in the summer (because of daylight saving time), this effect becomes even more apparent. For example, on June 12 at noon AKDT, the solar time at the extreme westerly points of the

title: Alaska Time Zone

text: Alaska Time Zone The Alaska Time Zone observes standard time by subtracting nine hours from Coordinated Universal Time (). During daylight saving time its time offset is eight hours (). The clock time in this zone is based on mean solar time at the 135th meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory. The zone includes nearly all of the U.S. state of Alaska and is one hour behind the Pacific Time Zone. The western Aleutian Islands observe Hawaii–Aleutian Time, one hour behind the remainder of the state. Effective from 2007, the local time changes from AKST to AKDT at 02:00 LST

title: Alaska Time Zone

text: to 1967 refer to this zone as Central Alaska Standard Time (CAT) or as Alaska Standard Time (AST). In 1966, the Uniform Time Act renamed the UTC−10 zone to Alaska-Hawaii Standard Time (AHST), effective April 1, 1967. This zone was renamed in 1983 to Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time when the majority of Alaska was moved out of the zone. Prior to 1983, the current Alaska Time Zone (UTC−9) was known as the Yukon Time Zone, observing Yukon Standard Time (YST). This time zone included Canada's Yukon Territory and a small portion of Alaska including Yakutat. The Alaska Panhandle communities were in

title: Alaska Time Zone

text: p.m. The territory of the state of Alaska spans almost as much longitude as the contiguous United States (57.5° vs. 57.6°) so the use of two time zones will inevitably lead to some distortions. Alaska would "naturally" fall into four time zones, but political and logistical considerations have led to the use of two, leading to the distortions mentioned above. Alaska Time Zone The Alaska Time Zone observes standard time by subtracting nine hours from Coordinated Universal Time (). During daylight saving time its time offset is eight hours (). The clock time in this zone is based on mean

title: Alaska Time Zone

text: the summer solstice while the 'solar time' is 9:41 p.m. This is because at 150° W, Anchorage is one solar hour behind the legal time zone and observes daylight saving time as well. Some local residents refer to this phenomenon as "double daylight time". In Fairbanks, the same circumstances cause sunset to occur at 12:47 a.m. the next calendar day and the solar sunset is at 11:01 p.m. Even without daylight saving time, another anomaly is that on the winter solstice in Nome, the sunrise is after "noon" clock time, at 12:02 p.m., about 4 hours before sunset at 3:56

title: Alaska Time Zone

text: the Pacific Time Zone, while most of the interior was on . Nome and the Aleutians previously observed Bering Standard Time or . In 1975, the Yukon Territory switched to Pacific Standard Time, leaving Yakutat the only land area in the zone. With the reorganization of Alaska's time zones in 1983 to place the entire state in either a zone based on UTC−9 or UTC−10, the Yukon Time Zone based on UTC−9 was renamed the Alaska Time Zone. The Alaska Time Zone applies to the territory of the state of Alaska east of 169°30′ W. Given that the UTC−9 time

title: Alaska Time Zone

text: to 03:00 LDT on the second Sunday in March and returns at 02:00 LDT to 01:00 LST on the first Sunday in November. Two time zones have been referred to as the "Alaska Time Zone": a zone based on UTC−10 that covered much of Central Alaska in the early 20th century, and a zone based on UTC−9 zone that has covered all of the state except the Aleutian Islands since 1983. The Standard Time Act of 1918 authorized the Interstate Commerce Commission to define each time zone. The United States Standard Alaska Time was designated as UTC−10. Some references prior

title: Time in Alaska

text: has UTC-9. One hour Daylight saving time is added in summer. The tz database version contains seven time zones for Alaska for historical reasons. Only three (America/Adak, America/Anchorage, and America/Metlakatla) are currently necessary. Time in Alaska Alaska is covered by two time zones, as described below: In 1901, Alaska started to use time zones. Before time zones were introduced, every place used local observation of the sun to set their clocks, which means they used local mean time, every city different based on their longitude. On 18 October 1867 Alaska changed from belonging to Russia (Russian America), to belonging to

title: Alaska Time Zone

text: The Alaska Time Zone observes standard time by subtracting nine hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−09:00).  During daylight saving time its time offset is eight hours (UTC−08:00). The clock time in this zone is based on mean solar time at the 135th meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory.

title: Time in Alaska

text: Time in Alaska Alaska is covered by two time zones, as described below: In 1901, Alaska started to use time zones. Before time zones were introduced, every place used local observation of the sun to set their clocks, which means they used local mean time, every city different based on their longitude. On 18 October 1867 Alaska changed from belonging to Russia (Russian America), to belonging to the United States (the Alaska Purchase). Before this event, Alaska used the same date as Asia. The capital was Sitka (135.3345°W) which had local time +14:59 before 1867 and -9:01 afterwards. This means

title: Midnight sun

text: daylight saving time. For instance, in Fairbanks, Alaska, which is south of the Arctic Circle, the sun sets at 12:47 am at the summer solstice. This is because Fairbanks is 51 minutes ahead of its idealized time zone (as most of the state is in one time zone) and Alaska observes daylight saving time. (Fairbanks is at about 147.72 degrees west, corresponding to UTC−9 hours 51 minutes, and is on UTC−9 in winter.) This means that solar culmination occurs at about 12:51 pm instead of at 12 noon. If a precise moment for the genuine "midnight sun" is required, the

title: Yukon Time Zone

text: time zones to two time zones. The areas east of Yakutat set clocks back two hours to change from Pacific Daylight Time to what had been Yukon Standard Time, UTC-9, and the time zone was named Alaska Standard Time at the end of November. Yakutat only set clocks back one hour on that date. Most of the remaining longitudes of Alaska left their clocks unchanged on that date, changing from Alaska-Hawaii Daylight Time (UTC-9) to the new Alaska Standard Time (UTC-9). Some areas that had been on Bering Time (UTC-11 in winter, UTC-10 in summer) such as Nome set their

title: Time in Alaska

text: that Alaska backed one day in the calendar, but also because of the switch from the Julian Calendar to the Gregorian calendar, Alaska also skipped 12 days, so that Friday, October 6 was followed by Friday, October 18. From 1901 until 1983 there were the following timezones: In 1942–1945 all of the US including Alaska added one hour compared to other years. In 1967 Daylight saving time was introduced in the US including Alaska. In 1983 Alaska skipped two zones and kept only two time zones, Alaska and Aleutian time, where Aleutian has UTC-10 and all other parts of Alaska

title: Yukon Time Zone

text: clocks ahead yet another hour on October 30, 1983 to adopt Alaska Standard Time (the former Yukon Standard Time), effectively changing their standard time zone by two hours. Most of the Aleutian Islands moved from the Bering Time Zone (UTC-11) to the Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time Zone (UTC-10) (until 1983 known as the Alaska-Hawaii Standard Time Zone). Yukon Time Zone The Yukon Time Zone was a time zone that kept standard time; Yukon Standard Time (YST) was obtained by subtracting nine hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) resulting in UTC−9. Yukon Daylight Time (YDT) when observed was eight hours behind UTC.

title: Top of the World Highway

text: border. There is a one-hour difference in standard time zones at this border, which is only open in summer during the 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. period (Alaska time). The Border Post has warnings as far south as Whitehorse, Yukon, alerting travelers that the Border is closed between 9pm and 9am (Yukon Time) and there's absolutely no entry between those times. The immense Alaskan Taylor Complex Fire of 2004 burned up to the Canada–US border and was visible from the westernmost portions of the highway. https://web.archive.org/web/20140202160411/http://www.topoftheworlds.com/the-top-of-the-world-highway/ Top of the World Highway The Top of the World Highway is a highway,

title: Daylight saving time in the United States

text: of the state, with solar noon occurring as late as 2:10 p.m. in the population centers of Anchorage and Fairbanks, and as late as 3:23 p.m. in places such as Nome. In Fairbanks, for example, sunset occurs well after civil midnight in the summer. Others argue that ending daylight saving time will place Alaska as much as five hours from Eastern Daylight Time, making coordination of travel and phone conversations more difficult. In March 2015 the Alaska Senate passed a bill, introduced by state senator Anna MacKinnon, to end daylight saving time. The Alaska House formed a sub-committee that was

text: governor's executive order. Information on procedures required in a specific state may be obtained from that state's legislature or governor's office. Although it may exempt itself, if a state decides to observe DST, the dates of observance must comply with federal legislation. Alaska observes DST. Due to its high latitude, Alaska has nearly round-the-clock daylight during summer, and DST is seen by some Alaskans as unnecessary and a nuisance. Another issue is that the Alaskan mainland's single time zone, which approximates solar time in the capital, Juneau, leads to a large disparity between civil time and solar time for much

title: Time zone

text: winter and over three in summer. Kotzebue, Alaska, also near the same meridian but north of the Arctic Circle, has an annual event on August 9 to celebrate "two" sunsets in the same 24-hour day, one shortly after midnight at the start of the day, and the other shortly before midnight at the end of the day. Also, China extends as far west as 73°34′E, but all parts of it use (120°E), so solar "noon" can occur as late as 15:00 in western portions of China such as Xinjiang and Tibet. Many countries, and sometimes just certain regions of countries,

title: UTC+14:00

text: standard time from to (and its daylight saving time from UTC−10 to UTC+14), essentially moving the international date line to the other side of the country. Alaska (Russian America) had local times from GMT+11:30 to GMT+15:10 until 1867 (UTC was introduced in 1960). These times were local mean times and not time zones. UTC+14 was used as a daylight time before 1982 in the parts of very eastern Russia (Chukotka) that used Anadyr Time. UTC+14:00 UTC+14:00 is an identifier for a +14-hour time offset from UTC. This is the earliest time zone on Earth, meaning that areas in this zone

title: Bill Sheffield

text: Time Zone (which was then renamed the Alaska Time Zone). Initially, this was poorly received; those in the panhandle lost their sense of unity with the west coast of the United States, and those in the heartland of the state were placed, in effect, in a perpetual daylight saving time. More than twenty years later, the state legislature was still debating the issue, with some members wanting to return the panhandle and capital to Seattle time, and with others claiming that Sheffield broke his promise to revisit the change after a one-year trial period. After leaving the position of Governor,

title: Prime time

text: Pacific time zone, to their local network affiliates. In Atlantic Canada (including Newfoundland) as well as Alaska and Hawaii, there is no change in the interpretation or usage of “prime time” as the concept is not attached to time zones in any way. Affiliates in the Mountain, Alaskan, and Hawaiian zones are either on their own to delay broadcast by an hour or two, or collectively form a small, regional network feed with others in the same time zone. Prime time is commonly defined as 8:00-11:00 p.m. Eastern/Pacific and 7:00-10:00 p.m. Central/Mountain. On Sundays, the major broadcast television networks traditionally

title: 120th meridian west

text: standard time. Most of the year however, it is the meridian for Alaska Daylight Time, as daylight saving time is observed for nearly 2/3 of the year. Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 120th meridian west passes through: 120th meridian west The meridian 120° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole. The 120th meridian west forms a great circle with the 60th meridian east. In Canada much of

title: Yukon Time Zone

text: Yukon Time Zone The Yukon Time Zone was a time zone that kept standard time; Yukon Standard Time (YST) was obtained by subtracting nine hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) resulting in UTC−9. Yukon Daylight Time (YDT) when observed was eight hours behind UTC. In 1983 the UTC−9-based time zone was restructured and renamed the Alaska Time Zone. When it was created, the Yukon Time Zone included Yukon, and a small region around Yakutat, Alaska (Alaska had been spread across four different time zones at the time). Yukon, which had adopted Yukon Standard Time in 1900, observed a one-hour advance

title: Yukon Time Zone

text: in 1918 and 1919, and again year-round from February 1942 to September 1945. In 1965, from the last Sunday in April to the last Sunday in September, double daylight time - a two-hour advance - was observed. On July 1, 1966, most of the Yukon switched to Pacific Standard Time (PST), which is UTC-8, leaving Dawson City and Old Crow on Yukon time. The remaining area changed to Pacific Time on October 28, 1973, leaving only Yakutat on the Yukon Time Zone. On October 30, 1983, coincident with the end of daylight saving time, Alaska switched in 1983 from four

title: Fairbanks, Alaska

text: is less than two degrees over the horizon (1.7 degrees) at the local noon (not the time zone noon). Fairbanks experiences 3 hours and 41 minutes of sunlight on December 21 and 22. At the summer solstice, about 182 days later, on June 20 and 21, Fairbanks receives 21 hours and 49 minutes of sunlight. After sunset, twilight is bright enough to allow daytime activities without any electric lights, since the center of the sun's disk is just 1.7 degrees below horizon. During winter, the direction of the wind also causes large temperature swings in Fairbanks. When the wind blows

title: Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone

text: Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone The Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone observes Hawaii–Aleutian Standard Time (HST), by subtracting ten hours from Coordinated Universal Time (). The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 150th meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory. The zone takes its name from the two areas it includes: Hawaii and the portion of Alaska's Aleutian Islands west of 169° 30′ W longitude. During daylight saving time, the Alaskan portion observes Hawaii–Aleutian Daylight Time (HDT, ), while Hawaii stays on standard time. From 1900 until 1947, GMT−10:30 was used as standard time in Hawaii. French

title: Nikolski, Alaska

text: Zone (UTC-10) passes just west of Nikolski, along the line of 169°30'W through Samalga Pass. This places Nikolski in the Alaska Time Zone. However, as Nikolski is part of the Aleutian Region School District the settlement effectively observes Hawaii-Aleutian time. Nikolski first appeared on the 1880 U.S. Census as the unincorporated Aleut village of "Nikolsky." It had 127 residents, of which 117 were Aleut, 8 were Creole (Mixed Russian & Native) and 2 were White. In 1890, it returned as "Umnak", with 94 residents, of which 80 were native and 14 were Creole. It did not appear again until 1920,

title: Time in Nunavut

text: from the Northwest Territories administration of the region. The only region to remain on Eastern Standard Time (without DST) as planned was Southampton Island, but with the exception of a small western portion of the island which is on Central Time year round. Time in Nunavut Nunavut is divided into three time zones, Eastern, Central and Mountain. Mountain Standard Time Central Standard Time Eastern Standard Time When the territory was created in 1999, the new government believed a unified time zone would make it easier for its citizens to conduct business. Public hearings noted there was support for this idea,

title: Islands of Four Mountains

text: U.S. Navy Hydrography Office (Chart 8). This is the first island in the Aleutian time zone, 1 hour behind Alaska with daylight saving time . Islands of Four Mountains Islands of Four Mountains is an island grouping of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, United States. The chain includes, from west to east, Amukta, Chagulak, Yunaska, Herbert, Carlisle, Chuginadak, Uliaga, and Kagamil islands. This island chain is located between Amukta Pass and the Andreanof Islands to the west, and Samalga Pass and the Fox Islands to the east. These islands have a total land area of 210.656 sq mi (545.596 km²)

title: Alaska Time Zone