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14 unusual facts about Jeff "Tain" Watts


David G. Watts

Originally a school geography teacher at Milford Haven Grammar School, he designed Railway Rivals, his most popular game, to teach the geography of Wales and upon retirement published it under the imprint Rostherne Games.

David P. Watts

He directed the Karisoke Research Center in Rwanda founded by Dian Fossey for two years, and is doing research on chimpanzees in a long term study at Ngogo National Park in Uganda.

Heffer Wolfe

Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, a storyboard writer, says that Heffer's right eye and left nostril are "notched at the bottom" due to Murray's design style.

James W. Watts

Inspired by the work of the Italian psychiatrist Amarro Fiamberti, Freeman developed, without the knowledge or participation of Watts, a procedure for reaching the frontal lobes by inserting a probe under the eyelid and above the tear duct, then hammering it through the thin bone of the eye socket.

James Watts

James W. Watts, American neurosurgeon and early pioneer of lobotomy; colleague of Walter Freeman

John C. Watts

Watts was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-second Congress, by special election, April 14, 1951, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Thomas R. Underwood.

John K. Watts

John wrote most of his own material and would go on to write jokes for famous comedians such as Bob Hope and Harry Secombe and published magazines and joke books.

Mark Watts

Mark F. Watts (born 1964), former Labour Party Member of the European Parliament, 1994–2004

Small-world experiment

In 1998, Duncan J. Watts and Steven Strogatz from Cornell University published the first network model on the small-world phenomenon.

Sol Rabinowitz

Over the next few years, the label was responsible for several moderate sized R&B hits, for The Hearts, Ann Cole - including the original version of "Got My Mojo Working" - and Noble "Thin Man" Watts.

Tain

A leading landowning family of the area was the Clan Munro who provided many leading political and religious figures to the town, including the dissenter Rev John Munro of Tain (died ca. 1630).

Tain, Shekhawati

The regiment was formed and raised to specifically target and bring to book the so-called "Rogue" rulers, chieftains and Thikanas of Shekhawati, who refused to pay allegiance to the Jaipur State and its British overlords.

There are traces of a few jal trees from which, according to legend, there used to be rain of sugar granules.

Thomas Watts

Thomas H. Watts (1819–1892), Democratic Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1863 to 1865, during the Civil War


Angus Du Mackay, 7th of Strathnaver

Not long after the Parliament at Inverness Thomas Neilson Mackay, cousin of Angus Du Mackay killed Mowat, the Laird of Freswick in Tain.

Brenda Reneau

In Reneau's first re-election campaign, she faced the father of J.C. Watts and was again endorsed by The Oklahoman.

Congressional Black Caucus

Only six black Republicans have been elected to Congress since the caucus was founded: Senator Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts, Representative Gary Franks of Connecticut, Delegate Melvin H. Evans of the Virgin Islands, Representative J. C. Watts of Oklahoma, Representative Allen West of Florida, and Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina.

Culann's Hounds

The name Culann's Hounds derives from the Irish folk story of Cuchulainn, a great Irish hero chronicled in the Tain.

David Max Freedman

They developed and co-created a few cult cartoon classics including Foxbusters, Bounty Hamster and the multi award winning Mr Hell Show which was co-produced at Peafur Productions with Barry Baker, Ben Bowen, Baljeet Rai and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh co-creator of Phineas & Ferb.

Elcho Shield

The trophy is large and distinctive, known as the Elcho Shield, and is made from a sheet of iron decorated with repousse scenes to a design by the artist G. F. Watts.

Emer

Emer is also referenced as part of Táin based imagery in Máirtín Ó Cadhain'sThe Withering Branch.

Fergus mac Róich

The story is told that, in the 6th century, the poet Senchán Torpéist gathered the poets of Ireland together to see if any of them knew the story of the Táin Bó Cúailnge, but they all only knew parts of it.

Grant's First Stand

# "'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do" (Porter Grainger) – 4:26

Hex Rally

The 2008 rally, held November 24, 2008, featured Longhorn football head coach Mack Brown, strength and conditioning coach, Jeff "Mad Dog" Madden, and the Longhorn Football Team.

Laura Macdonald

Her recordings include the eponymous Laura in 2001 featuring David Budway (piano), James Genus (bass) and Jeff "Tain" Watts (drums); and Awakenings in 2003 with the Laura Macdonald Sextet: Steve Hamilton (piano), Donny Macaslin (tenor saxophone and flute), Gildas Boclé (bass), Claus Stoetter (trumpet and flugelhorn) and Antonio Sanchez (drums).

She has worked with many jazz musicians including Tommy Smith (to whom she was once married), drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts, bassist James Genus, pianist David Budway, Guy Barker and Jason Rebello, and has made many appearances at notable jazz events, including the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe.

Live at Caesars Palace

#"Lady Sings the Blues Medley: Lady Sings the Blues / God Bless the Child / Good Morning Heartache / 'Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness if I Do"" (Billie Holiday, Ervin Drake, Porter Grainger, Arthur Herzog Jr., Dan Fisher, Irene Higgenbotham) - 7:24

Lusus

The name may derive from Lucis or Lusis, an ancient people mentioned in Avienus's Ora Maritima (4th century) and based on the Massaliote Periplus of the 6th century BC), and Tan, from Celtic Tan (Stan), or Tain, meaning a region or implying a country of waters, a root word that formerly meant a prince or sovereign governor of a region.

Meckwell convention

The convention is named based on the common sobriquet for the partnership of Jeff Meckstroth and Eric Rodwell, who popularized it.

North Versailles Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Noted jazz drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts (Wynton Marsalis and numerous others) is a 1977 graduate of East Allegheny High School.

Tain Thistle F.C.

Tain Thistle were also featured on BBC Scotland's flagship television news programme, Reporting Scotland.

Tain Thistle also appear in the multi-million selling game series, Football Manager 2009 and have been featured in several national newspapers for achieving the feat.

The Fish and the Ring

An Irish variation is found in Tain Bo Fraich, in which Ailill gives his daughter Findabair a ring, which she then gives to her lover Fraech, who is hated by Ailill.

Trey Watts

Coming out of high school, Watts primary selling point was that his father, J.C. Watts, a former member of the United States House of Representatives, was previously a starting quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners.

William P. Curlin, Jr.

Curlin was elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-second Congress by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative John C. Watts and served in Congress from December 4, 1971 through January 3, 1973).