Inspection of the formulae above shows that the ( ideally constant ) unit of ephemeris time such as the ephemeris second has been for the whole of the twentieth century very slightly shorter than the corresponding ( but not precisely constant ) unit of mean solar time ( which besides its irregular fluctuations tends gradually to increase ), consistently also with the modern results of Morrison and Stephenson ( see article ΔT ).

Sergeant Neil Howie receives an anonymous letter requesting his presence on Summerisle, a remote Hebridean island famed for its popular and unusually abundant fruit produce, to take the case of a young girl named Rowan Morrison, who has been missing for a number of months.

Patricia Kennealy Morrison, in her science-fantasy series The Keltiad, has a 1986 novel The Throne of Scone, in which the Stone has been transmuted into a throne that her starfaring Kelts have brought with them from Earth.

Whilst some critics have accused Heaney of being " an apologist and a mythologizer " of the violence, Blake Morrison suggests the poet " has written poems directly about the Troubles as well as elegies for friends and acquaintances who have died in them ; he has tried to discover a historical framework in which to interpret the current unrest ; and he has taken on the mantle of public spokesman, someone looked to for comment and guidance ...

In 2004, Chasez released a solo album, Schizophrenic, and has gone on to write and produce for music acts such as Girls Aloud, Basement Jaxx, David Archuleta, Matthew Morrison, and the Backstreet Boys.

As a producer he has worked with U2 ( on their War album ), Van Morrison, Kate Bush, The Dubliners, Planxty, Andy Irvine & Davy Spillane, Patrick Street, Stockton's Wing and fellow Limerickman Richard Harris.

The 1977 film has a number of changes from the prototype, including being entirely in color, moving the starting location from Miami to Chicago, introducing an additional two powers of ten at each extreme, a change in narrator from Judith Bronowski to Philip Morrison, and much improved graphics.

Morrison has received considerable acclaim, including six Grammy Awards, being inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and appearing on several " Greatest Artists " lists.

Morrison has said, " When Astral Weeks came out, I was starving, literally.

Weiland has stated that his vocal style is influenced by Jim Morrison and David Bowie, who also serves as his main fashion influence.

He has also created figures of rock musicians, including the members of Kiss, Alice Cooper, Jim Morrison, and Jimi Hendrix and toys related to video games, like Halo 3.

The " Velma V. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts " has 2, 000 seats in its primary performance hall, and hosts a wide variety of fine arts performances, including the Broadway in Boise series, concerts and other events.

In 2011, David Morrison, a senior scientist at NASA known for his work in risk assessment of near Earth objects, has written that confidence in the existence of an object like Nemesis has drastically diminished, since it is expected it should have been detected in infrared sky surveys before now.

The label has also found great commercial success with the vocalist Norah Jones, and released new albums by established artists on the fringes of jazz such as Van Morrison, Al Green, Anita Baker and newcomer Amos Lee, sometimes referred to as the " male Norah Jones ".

Since then, it has since become a pop standard, recorded hundreds of times by artists including Cliff Richard, The Four Tops, Isaac Hayes, Jackie DeShannon, Van Morrison, Nat " King " Cole, Brook Benton, Elton John, Mel Carter, Barry Manilow, and Keith Jarrett.

, the status of the film is that Morrison has written the script, but the project appears to have stalled, partially due to concerns over the level of violence.

The decision that the Reconstruction-era Civil Rights Acts were unconstitutional has not been overturned ; on the contrary, the Supreme Court reaffirmed this limited reading of the Fourteenth Amendment in United States v. Morrison,, in which it held that Congress did not have the authority to enact parts of the Violence Against Women Act.

That night, Wayne has a dream in which he meets Jim Morrison ( Michael A. Nickles ) and a " weird naked Indian " ( Larry Sellers ), in which Morrison tells Wayne that his destiny is to organize and put on a big concert.

Another Morrison character, Gideon Stargrave, is one of the few interpretations of the character that Moorcock has issues with, as he considers the character little more than a straight lift of Cornelius.

Writing in The Times, Richard Morrison stated that " even by the bleak standards of Sixties architecture, Euston is one of the nastiest concrete boxes in London: devoid of any decorative merit ; seemingly concocted to induce maximum angst among passengers ; and a blight on surrounding streets.

Morrison stated that he would " absolutely " never fight again.

Morrison stated that if Quebec refused to license him, he would " take the dog and pony show somewhere else.

* Morrison himself stated that he disposed one each of his three 6-pounder guns to support each of his three detachments ( Pearson, Barnes and the main body ).

Morrison became seriously ill while writing the book, something he attributes to working on the title and the manner in which its magical influence affected him, and has stated that his work on the comic made him into a different person from the one who started it.

In an interview conducted by Rainer Moddemann, Manzarek stated the first song Jim Morrison performed with Rick & the Ravens was Richard Berry's " Louie Louie.

In answer to a question in the House of Lords in May 1950 put to His Majesty's Government, Labour Peer Lord Morrison objected both in principle to Home Rule and stated that the matters involved were ' much too complicated ' to be put to referendum.

Morrison stated that he believed Kline had politicized the attorney general's office.

In April 2008 Morrison stated that both sequels would go ahead and gave an overview of the ideas he has about the different parts:

Morrison has stated that " Brown Eyed Girl " is not among his favorite songs remarking, " It's not one of my best.

Cathleen Morrison, who is the CEO of the CCFF, stated in an interview with CTV News that although cystic fibrosis " does affect Caucasian populations primarily ," the term Caucasian includes people from South Asia, North Africa, the Persian Gulf and Israel.

" Morrison also stated that cystic fibrosis affects just as many young girls as boys.

Travis Morrison has stated that the band probably won't be getting back together, " except to drink beer ".

Grant Morrison has stated that this book was the major inspiration for the character of Gideon Stargrave.

Morrison never suffered from the censorship that he suffered in The Invisibles, but in issues five and six Tex Porneau's erect penis was heavily pixelated ( although Morrison has stated this was the intention ), and one single panel featuring a girl covered in black semen was edited out.

Morrison has stated that he had originally intended to make The Filth a thematic sequel to The Invisibles, followed by a third comic book series, The Indestructible Man.

Grant Morrison has stated that author Michael Moorcock had written the " Magic Bible " for DC, describing how magic works and how magical characters interact.

Of her Concerto for Orchestra, Richard Morrison in The Times ( London ) stated that " it is rare to witness a big new orchestral piece being acclaimed as Jennifer Higdon's Concerto for Orchestra was cheered on ... The most impressive aspect is the panache with which a huge orchestra is deployed ... This colourful, ever-changing instrumental panoply is doubtless one reason why the work makes an instant impression ... Higdon's work is traditionally rooted yet imbued with integrity, freshness and a desire to entertain.

" Morrison also stated that the arc was intended as a statement on the rigidly elastic nature of the status quo in franchise comics, and that the arc had taken such dark leanings because " my loved ones were dying all around me " at the time of writing.

Zodiac President Kevin Morrison stated that in 1990, Widget was being broadcast on on 80 % of independent U. S. television stations and that in 1991, the show started being shown five times a week.

Ernie Morrison stated that " when it came to race, Hal Roach was color-blind ".

The roots of Them, the band that first broke Morrison on the international scene, came in April 1964 when Morrison responded to an advert for musicians to play at a new R & B club at the Maritime Hotel – an old dance hall frequented by sailors.

Them performed without a routine and Morrison ad libbed, creating his songs live as he performed.

Morrison and Henderson would remain the only constants, and a highly unsuccessful version of Them even soldiered on after Morrison's departure.

Bert Berns, Them ’ s producer and composer of their 1965 hit, " Here Comes the Night ", persuaded Morrison to return to New York to record solo for his new label, Bang Records.

Morrison's 2005 album, Magic Time, debuted at number twenty-five on the US Billboard 200 charts upon its May release, some forty years after Morrison first entered the public's eye as the frontman of Them.

performed about 200 concerts a year, appearing with Van Morrison and Them, The Animals, The Dave Clark Five, Paul Revere & the Raiders, The Doors, The Who, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Moby Grape, and San Jose bands Syndicate of Sound, and Count Five.

* May 30 – Them, fronted by Van Morrison, begin a three-week stint as the headliner act at the Whisky a Go Go.

On June 18, 1965, Burke performed on Ready Steady Go !, with Van Morrison and Them, and the Marvelettes.

Both musicians had previously played with Them, fronted by Van Morrison.

Bands to emerge from other major British cities included The Animals from Newcastle ( with the keyboards of Alan Price and vocals of Eric Burdon ), The Moody Blues and Spencer Davis Group from Birmingham ( the latter largely a vehicle for the young Steve Winwood ), and Them from Belfast ( with their vocalist Van Morrison ).

Bell began his career with local groups around the Belfast area, including the last incarnation of Them to feature Van Morrison, between September and October 1966.

The 1960s saw the emergence of major Irish rock bands and artists, such as Them, Van Morrison, Emmet Spiceland, Eire Apparent, Skid Row, Taste, Rory Gallagher, Dr. Strangely Strange, Thin Lizzy, Mellow Candle.

Them performed without a routine, fired by the crowd's energy: Morrison later commented that while the band was " out of our element " making records ... " The way we did the numbers at the Maritime was more spontaneous, more energetic, more everything, because we were feeding off the crowd.

According to Morrison, " Them lived and died on the stage at the Maritime Hotel " but only very rudimentary recordings survive.

Van Morrison has placed the Them break-up in context: " There was no motive behind anything you did then.

In late August 1965, Billy Harrison and Pat McAuley formed a rival Them, competing with the Morrison / Henderson line-up and leading to legal action.

* Them ( band ), a Northern Irish rock band featuring Van Morrison

*" Gloria " ( Them song ), written by Van Morrison in 1964, and later covered by many artists

Among the most successful beat acts from Birmingham were The Spencer Davis Group and The Moody Blues ; The Animals came from Newcastle, and Them, featuring Van Morrison, from Belfast.

After finishing out his contract with Decca Records and the mid-1966 break up of his band Them, Van Morrison returned to Belfast seeking a new recording company.

Van Morrison achieved international success in the 1960s with the beat group Them before launching a very successful solo career that is still going strong in its fourth decade.

The song has also been covered by Van Morrison ( and with his band, Them ), The Watchmen, Angst, The Back Porch Majority, Yami Bolo, Cuby & the Blizzards and Martini Ranch.

* Van Morrison and Them