  The Sun's variability is controlled by the progression and interaction of the
magnetized systems that form the 22-year magnetic activity cycle (the "Hale
Cycle") as they march from their origin at $\sim$55 degrees latitude to the
equator, over $\sim$19 years. We will discuss the end point of that
progression, dubbed "terminator" events, and our means of diagnosing them.
Based on the terminations of Hale Magnetic Cycles, we construct a new solar
activity "clock" which maps all solar magnetic activity onto a single
normalized epoch. The Terminators appear at phase $0 * 2\pi$ on this clock (by
definition), then solar polar field reversals commence at $0.2 * 2\pi$, and the
geomagnetically quiet intervals centered around solar minimum, start at $0.6 *
2\pi$ and end at the terminator, lasting 40% of the normalized cycle length.
With this onset of quiescence, dubbed a "pre-terminator," the Sun shows a
radical reduction in active region complexity and (like the terminator events)
is associated with the time when the solar radio flux crosses F10.7=90 sfu --
effectively marking the commencement of solar minimum conditions. In this paper
we use the terminator-based clock to illustrate a range of phenomena associated
with the pre-terminator "event" that further emphasize the strong interaction
of the global-scale magnetic systems of the Hale Cycle.
