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Cowboy Narrative - Neal S. Watts
No full textA transcript of a Cowboy Narrative, or Rangelore, interview conducted by Sheldon Gauthier for the Works Progress Administration\u27s Federal Writers\u27 Project in the 1930s with former cowboy Neal S. Watts. Watts was born in 1859 on his father\u27s farm in Shelby County, Texas and moved to present-day Mansfield, Texas in 1868. In his interview, he describes the abundance of wild game and farming methods in Shelby County. He later began working as a cowhand for L. H. Stevens in Tarrant County, and describes roping cattle, applying a salve to injured cattle, roundups, stampedes, rustlers, and the roles of each cowhand on a trail drive. The interview also describes in detail the growth of Mansfield and the building of the Texas-Pacific Railroad to Fort Worth.https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/specialcollections_workprojectsadministration/1087/thumbnail.jp
The Watts New? Collection: Columns by the SEI’s Watts Humphrey
No full textSince June 1998, Watts Humphrey took readers of news@sei and its predecessor SEI Interactive on a process-improvement journey, step by step, in his column Watts New. The column explored the problem of setting impossible dates for project completion, planning as a team using TSP, the importance of removing software defects, applying discipline to software development, approaching managers about a process improvement effort, and making a persuasive case for implementing it. After 10 years, Watts is taking a well-deserved retirement from writing the quarterly column. But you can still enjoy vintage Watts New columns, including all of the above topics, in the (news@sei archives) or in the Watts New Collection
John S. Watts letter 1862
No full textA letter to Abraham Lincoln, in which Watts, delegate of the New Mexico territory, recommended Lipman Meyer to be the federal marshal of the territoryGift of the Elsie O. and Philip D. Sang Foundatio
Tiporus Watts 1985
No full textTiporus Watts, 1985 Tribe Hydroporini. Small (3.3–5.0 mm), oval and black beetles. Some species with reddish spots on the elytra and the pronotum. From the related genus Sekaliporus Watts, 1997, where the lateral margins of the elytron and of the pronotum form a nearly continuous straight or slightly sinuate line in combination, it can be distinguished by the elytral margin which is curved upwards to shoulders, and the 3-segmented male protarsi (Hendrich & Balke 2015). For a detailed generic analysis see Watts (2000).Published as part of Hendrich, Lars, Balke, Michael & Watts, Chris H. S., 2016, Description of a new Tiporus Watts, 1985 from northern Queensland, Australia (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae), pp. 174-182 in Zootaxa 4189 (1) on page 175, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4189.1.10, http://zenodo.org/record/16572
Daploeuros Watts 2011
No full textDaploeuros Watts, 2011 Diagnosis. Length 6–11mm. Eyes small, distance from subgenal ridge to bottom of eye a little more than diameter of eye, subantennal groove deep, with supraantennal ridge separating groove from eye, subantennal groove deep, with supraantennal ridge separating groove from eye, subgenal ridge without buttonhole; antenna without enlarged scape, antennomeres 2 & 3 not reduced; labial palpi straight (sensu Watts & Zwick 2019); mandible with one strong tooth, molar without small spines; pronotum transverse, anterolateral angles strongly produced forward; pronotal process broad at apex, corresponding notch in mesoventrite well marked; mesoventral process about twice as wide as long; mesepisternum rugose. Penis moderately elongate, trigonium bilobed, tegmen without styli (Figs 60–62 in Watts 2011). Female micropterous; ventrite 4 with a row of long setae near posterior edge; gonocoxites elongate, moderately sclerotized, gonostyli moderately long, apical; prehensor well developed (Fig. 33 in Watts 2011, Ruta 2020). Larvae not known. Included species. Daploeuros lamingtonensis Watts, 2011; D. reichertae Ruta, 2020; D. spencei (Armstrong, 1953); D. hadrostiktos Watts, 2011.Published as part of Watts, C. H. S., Bradford, T. M. & Cooper, S. J. B., 2021, A new genus, Perplexacara, and new generic placements of species of Australian marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) based on morphology and molecular genetic data, pp. 539-548 in Zootaxa 4927 (4) on page 542, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4927.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/454310
Carabhydrus stephanieae Watts, Hancock & Leys 2007
No full textCarabhydrus stephanieae Watts, Hancock & Leys, 2007 (Figs 6, 29) Carabhydrus stephanieae Watts, Hancock & Leys 2007: 56. Type locality: Groundwater bore, 17.4 km east of Scone, Pages River, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia. Type material: Holotype: Female: “Department Natural resources monitoring bore n. 80439 (32°02´57´´S, 150°56´35´´E), 17.4 km east of Scone, NSW. P. Hancock 3.iv.2005 ”; “ HOLOTYPE Carabhydrus stephanieae Watts et al. 2007 ” [red printed label] (SAMA). Paratypes: 4 females: 1 with same data as holotype, slide mounted (SAMA); 2 same data as holotype except “bore n. 80437 (32°03´00´´S, 150°49´06´´E), 4.vii.2005 ” (SAMA). All paratypes are provided with blue printed paratype labels. Re-description: Measurements: TL = 2.10–2.50 mm, TL-H = 1.95–2.20 mm, MW = 1.00– 1.10 mm. A detailed description of the first stygobitic species of the genus is given in Watts et al. (2007). The male is still unknown. Notes: Unlike most other Australian stygobitic Dytiscidae, whose realtionships were initially uncertain, C. stephanieae is clearly a member of the Hydroporinae genus Carabhydrus and retains the general body shape, exposed scutellum and even traces of elytral grooves characteristic of that genus. This placement was confirmed by a molecular analysis (Watts et al. 2007). The only clearly stygal features are the lack of eyes, although the uniform, but still strong, colour, and reduction of elytral ridges (Watts et al. 2007) are sugestive of a stygobitic existance. Differential diagnosis: The uniformly pale testaceous colour, flat body, broad pronotum which is as wide as elytra in middle, and the eye remnants reduced to short sutures, distinguish this species from all other species of the genus (Fig. 6). Distribution: Tributaries of Hunter River in eastern New South Wales (Fig. 29). Habitat: All specimens were collected from two groundwater-monitoring bore holes, at depths of 11 to 13 m, from alluvial aquifers associated with two tributaries of the Hunter River near Scone. At all localities, sampling consisted of 10 hauls of a weighted (63 µm mesh) net followed by the filtering (through 63 µm mesh) of 300 litres of pumped water (Waterra Power Pump II, Enviroequip, Sydney). Both the net and the pump succeeded in collecting beetles, indicating that they were living in both the bore casing and the surrounding aquifer (Watts et al. 2007).Published as part of Hendrich, Lars & Watts, Chris H. S., 2009, Taxonomic revision of the Australian predaceous water beetle genus Carabhydrus Watts, 1978 (Col. Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae, Hydroporini), pp. 1-30 in Zootaxa 2048 (1) on page 22, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2048.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/532301
Larval Morphology of Allomatus nannup Watts (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Dytiscidae)
No full textAlarie, Yves, Watts, Chris H. S. (2003): Larval Morphology of Allomatus nannup Watts (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Dytiscidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 57 (3): 255-264, DOI: 10.1649/551, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/55
G.F. Watts, Physical Energy, Sculpture & Site
No full textMonograph on Watts\u27s sculptural theories and practice with particular emphasis on Physical Energy which epitomises his plans for independently -conceived public monuments. The significance of Watts departure from contemporary sculptural norms in developing non-naturalistic form and surface has never been adequately accounted for. The book relates this idiosyncratic approach to new evidence and interpretation of the influence of archaeological and cultural factors, classical philology and relevant developments in European sculpture. The book is planned to coincide with the centenary of the siting of Physical Energy in Kensington Gardens. This colossal, uncommissioned bronze also exists in two other versions in two other locations and its ideological and aesthetic significance has led to strongly polarised critical responses. The problematic aspects of this work are examined in detail and related to wider issues impacting on 19th and 20th century public art, sculptural reproduction and the problematic status of monuments in a multi-cultural context.
Dasyscyphon Watts 2011
No full textDasyscyphon Watts, 2011 Diagnosis. Length 3–5mm. Legs stout. Eyes small, head recumbent, distance from subgenal ridge to bottom of eye a little more than diameter of eye, subantennal groove deep, with supraantennal ridge separating groove from eye, antenna without enlarged scape, antennomeres 2 and 3 not reduced; labial palpi straight (sensu Watts & Zwick (2019)) or nearly so (in Dasyscyphon tasmanicus); mandible with one strong tooth, molar without small spines; pronotum transverse, anterolateral angles weakly projecting forward; elytral punctures much larger than those on pronotum; pronotal process broad at apex, corresponding notch in mesoventrite well marked; mesoventral process about twice as wide as long; mesepisternum rugose/punctate. Penis stout, simple; trigonium finger-like, as long as parameroids; tegmen without styli (Figs 63, 64 in Watts 2011). Female winged, ventrite 4 without transverse row of long setae; gonocoxites thin, moderately sclerotised, gonostyli thin, very short, apical; prehensor well developed (Figs 43, 44 in Watts (2011). Larvae not known. Included species. Dasyscyphon hadrostiktos Watts; D. victoriaensis Watts.Published as part of Watts, C. H. S., Bradford, T. M. & Cooper, S. J. B., 2021, A new genus, Perplexacara, and new generic placements of species of Australian marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) based on morphology and molecular genetic data, pp. 539-548 in Zootaxa 4927 (4) on page 542, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4927.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/454310
Scirtes pinjarraensis Watts 2004
No full textScirtes pinjarraensis Watts, 2004 = Scirtes pygmaeus Watts, 2004, syn. nov. Notes. Cooper et al. (2014), using sequence data, suggested that Scirtes pinjarraensis and S. pygmaeus Watts were probably conspecific. Examination of further specimens of both taxa confirms this. Watts (2004) separated the two taxa by the presence of a distinctly bent tip to the trigonium in S. pygmaeus which was absent in S. pinjarraensis. Examination of additional specimens of both taxa shows that this bent tip is actually a distinct spine projecting at right angles to the trigonium and surrounded by a number of much smaller spines (Fig. 22). Dissection of more paratypes of S. pinjarraensis showed that a number had identical structures and that the absence of a spine was caused by it being broken off, probably during dissection. We consider, on both morphological and sequence grounds, that S, pinjarraensis and S. pygmaeus are conspecific. Therefore, S. pygmaeus on page preference becomes a junior synonym of S. pinjarraensis. This terminal structure on the trigonium is unique within Australian Scirtes and readily identifies the species, which is often the commonest scirtid in swamps in southwest Australia. Other than by the male genitalia, the species is recognized from other species in southwest Australia by its small size, dark testaceous colour with pale antennal base and pale sides to the pronotum. In size, colour and male genitalia S. pinjarraensis resembles S. lynnae, but differs from this species in the hooked left parameroid, presence of a small right parameroid and spines at the apex of the trigonium. Sequence data place it close to S. helmsi and S. brisbanensis (Fig. 1).Published as part of Watts, Chris H. S., Cooper, Steven J. B. & Saint, Kathleen M., 2017, Review of Australian Scirtes Illiger, Ora Clark and Exochomoscirtes Pic (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) including descriptions of new species, new groups and a multi-gene molecular phylogeny of Australian and non-Australian species, pp. 511-532 in Zootaxa 4347 (3) on page 526, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4347.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/104862
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