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Wai khru ram muay Wai khru ram muay (Thai: ไหว้ครูรำมวย) is an action of respect in Thai culture that is performed by participants in Thai fighting competitions. Wai is an action of Thais to show respect to others by putting the hands together like in prayer.
Wai-Con Wai-Con is Perth's first major anime and manga convention, held yearly every December. The massive event is run by fans to help promote anime to the general community, as well as provide the Western Australian fanbase with events and activities relating to their hobbies.
Wai-O-Tapu Wai-O-Tapu (Māori for “Sacred Waters”) is an active geothermal area in the Taupo Volcanic Zone of New Zealand. The area has many hot springs noted for their colourful appearance, in addition to the Lady Knox Geyser.
Waianae Range Waianae Range (sometimes referred to as the Waianae Mountains) is the eroded remains of an ancient shield volcano that comprises the western half of the Hawaiian Island of Oahu. Its crest, at Mount Ka‘ala, is the highest peak on O‘ahu.
Waiatarua Waiatarua is a small settlement near the top of the Waitakere Ranges, which border New Zealand's largest city, Auckland, close to the junction of Scenic Drive, West Coast Road and Piha Road to Piha. Surrounded by native bush in the Centennial Memorial Park and the water catchment area, Waiatarua is over 300 metres high.
Waiau Waiau is the name of a small town in north Canterbury, in the South Island of New Zealand. It lies 30 kilometres east of Hanmer Springs on the northern bank of the Waiau River, some 30 kilometres from the river's mouth.
Waiau Branch The Waiau Branch was a branch line railway in the northern Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. Known as the Great Northern Railway for its first few decades of life, the Waiau Branch was seen as part of a main line north but was ultimately superseded by a coastal route.
Waiau River, Canterbury The more northerly of the South Island's two Waiau Rivers is in north Canterbury. It flows for some 55 kilometres, winding from its headwaters near Hanmer Springs through gaps in the undulating countryside's hill ranges and past the town which shares its name, to reach the Pacific Ocean 130 kilometres north of Christchurch.
Waiau River, Hawke's Bay Waiau River is the name of three rivers in New Zealand. The northernmost of these, and the only one in the North Island, rises in the Kaingaroa Forest to the west of Lake Waikaremoana, and flows southeast for 60 kilometres before joining the Wairoa River.
Waidhaus Waidhaus is a municipiality in the District of Neustadt in Bavaria, Germany with 2 479 inhabitants(2005). It lies near the border with Czech Republic, and near the major border crossing between Germany and Czech Republic, where German A6 meets the Czech Highway D5.
Waidhofen an der Thaya Waidhofen an der Thaya is an Austrian city, with a population of 5,750 as of the 2001 census. Located on the Thaya river in the district of the same name in Lower Austria and is the northernmost of the capitals of the Districts of Austria.
Waif Waif literally means a homeless, forsaken or orphaned child, similar to a ragamuffin or urchin. In recent popular culture, the term has been used to described an almost unhealthily thin person, usually a woman.
Waigani Waigani is a suburb of Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea. It includes the Parliament Building of Papua New Guinea, the University of Papua New Guinea, Morauta House, the PNG National Museum and the National Library.
Waigeo seaperch The Waigeo seaperch (Psammoperca waigiensis) is a species of marine fish in family Latidae of order Perciformes. The only species of genus Psammoperca, it is native to tropical coastal waters from the Bay of Bengal south through Indonesia to northern Australia and north through the Philippines and the South China Sea to Japan.
Waihi miners' strike The Waihi miners' strike was a major strike action in 1912 by gold miners in the New Zealand town of Waihi. It is widely regarded as the most significant industrial action in the history of New Zealand's labour movement.
Waihorotiu Stream The Waihorutiu Stream or Wai Horotiu Stream, also called the 'Queen Street River', is a former stream in the downtown region of Auckland City, New Zealand, which has been covered over and made to disappear by the increasing urbanisation of the area.
Waichiro Sonobe Waichirō Sonobe, or Sonobe Ichirō (1883 – 1963) , 園部和一郎, was a Lieutenant-General in the Imperial Japanese Army. From 1925 to 1927 he was a member of the Japanese Military Mission to the League of Nations.
Waikaia Branch The Waikaia Branch, also known as the Switzers Branch, was a branch line railway in Southland, New Zealand. Proposed as early as 1880, it was not opened until 1909 and operated for half a century until its closure in 1959.
Waikari Waikari is a small town in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It is located on State Highway 7 near the Weka Pass and was served by the Waiau Branch railway from 6 April 1882 until its closure on 15 January 1978.
Waikato Waikato is the name of a region in the North Island of New Zealand. Exact boundaries of the region depend largely on the use of the name, but in all cases it refers to an area around the city of Hamilton and extending along the banks of the Waikato River.
Waikato in the 2006 Air New Zealand Cup Waikato are in Pool B for the first round of the Air New Zealand and start their campaign against Southland on the 5 August as they have a bye in the first week. Waikato have 3 pre-season games before the Air New Zealand Cup against Taranaki, Wellington and Bay of Plenty.
Waikato Mounted Rifles The 4th Waikato Mounted Rifles is an armoured regiment of the New Zealand Army, part of the Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps. The unit is a single squadron within the Territorial Force that serves in the armoured reconnaissance role.
Waikato Museum The Waikato Museum is situated in Hamilton, New Zealand. Previously called the Waikato Museum of Art and History, the full name has been surreptitiously shortened in recent years due to the incorporation of the Exscite Science centre, and the emphasis on Tangata Whenua or Maori Studies.
Waikato River The Waikato River is the longest river in New Zealand. In the North Island, it runs for 425 kilometres from the eastern slopes of Mount Ruapehu, joining the Tongariro River system and emptying into Lake Taupo, New Zealand's largest lake.
Waikīkī Waikīkī (IPA: ) is a neighborhood of Honolulu, in the City & County of Honolulu, on the south shore of the Island of Oahu, Hawaii. Waikīkī extends from the Ala Wai Canal (a channel dug to drain former wetlands) on the west and north, to Diamond Head or Lēahi on the east.
Waikikamukau Waikikamukau, (pronounced as if saying "Why kick a moo-cow"), is an imaginary small rural town or locality in New Zealand. New Zealanders use the word for "any town" or to denote a particularly remote rural town.
Waikiki Aquarium The Waikīkī Aquarium is one of the premier marine science institutions in the City & County of Honolulu and the State of Hawaii. Founded on March 19, 1904, this marine aquarium is the third oldest public aquarium in the United States.
Waikiki Beach Boys The Waikiki Beach Boys are a future Hawaii Winter Baseball team to be based in Honolulu, Hawaii. They will play in the 2007 season in Hawaii Winter Baseball, which is loosely affilitated with Major League Baseball.
Waikiki Hotel The Waikīkī Hotel, currently called the Sheraton Waikīkī Beach Resort, is a major beach resort in Waikīkī on the Hawaiian island of O'ahu. Located at 2255 Kalakaua Avenue in Honolulu, it sits on the legendary Waikīkī Beach.
Waikiki Shell The Waikiki Shell is a unique venue for outdoor concerts and other large gatherings in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Waikiki Shell is within walking distance to Waikiki hotels which makes it ideal for convention events, meetings and receptions.
Waikino Waikino is a small town situated in the North Island of New Zealand nestled in the Southern end of a beautiful gorge alongside the Ohinemuri River, between Waihi and the Karangahake Gorge. The Waikino district lies at the base of the ecologically sensitive Coromandel Peninsula with its vast tracts of lush subtropical rainforests, steep ravines and fast moving rivers and streams.
Waikino music festival Waikino Music Festival was a 1976 music and alternatives event held on Bicknell’s farm in the picturesque Waitawheta Valley between Waikino and Waihi, New Zealand. The event was staged by the Nambassa community run by Peter Terry.
Waikouaiti Waikouaiti is a small town in East Otago, New Zealand, within the city limits of Dunedin. It is located on State Highway 1 40 kilometres north of Dunedin city centre and 666 kilometres from the start of the highway at Picton.
Wail al-Shehri Wail al-Shehri (وائل الشهري, also transliterated Alshehri) was named by the FBI as one of the hijackers of American Airlines Flight 11 from Boston to Los Angeles that crashed into the World Trade Center as part of the September 11, 2001 attacks. His brother, Waleed al-Shehri, is also a suspected 9/11 hijacker.
Wailuku River The Wailuku River is a 26 mile (42 km) long water course on the Island of Hawai'i in the Hawaiian Islands. It is the longest river in the State of Hawai'i and its course lies mostly along the divide between the lava flows of Mauna Kea and those of Mauna Loa to the south.
Waima language Waima (sometimes known as Roro, though this is strictly the name of one dialect of Waima) is a Nuclear West Central Papuan language of the Oceanic group of Malayo-Polynesian languages, spoken in Papua New Guinea by 15,000 people.
Waimanu Waimanu was a genus of early penguin which lived soon after the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event, lending support to the theory that the radiation of modern birds took place before the extinction of the dinosaurs, not after as others had proposed. While it was a very early member of the sphenisciformes, Waimanu was flightless (like all modern members of its order).
Waimate Branch The Waimate Branch was a railway line built in south Canterbury, New Zealand to the major rural town of Waimate. It opened in 1877 and operated until 1966, and for some of this time, it included an extension to Waihao Downs that was known as the Waimate Gorge Branch.
Waimānalo, Hawai'i Waimānalo is a census-designated place located in the City & County of Honolulu, in the District of Koolaupoko on the island of Oahu. This small windward community is located near the eastern end of the island.
Waimea Canyon State Park Waimea Canyon is a spectacular canyon, approximately ten miles (16 km) long and up to 3,000 feet (900 m) deep, located on the western side of Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands. Dubbed the "Grand Canyon of the Pacific" by Mark Twain, the canyon was formed by a deep incision of the Waimea River arising from the extreme rainfall on the island's central peak, Mount Waialeale, among the wettest places on earth.
Waimea Plains Railway The Waimea Plains Railway was a secondary railway line (not a branch line) that linked the towns of Lumsden and Gore in northern Southland, New Zealand. It skirted the Hokonui Hills, and operated as a through route between 31 July 1880 and 1 April 1971, with the short section from Lumsden to Balfour continuing as the Balfour Branch until 15 January 1978.
Waimea River, Tasman The Waimea River is located in the north of the South Island of New Zealand. It is formed from the confluence of the Wairoa River and the Wai-iti River, which meet near Brightwater, The combined waters flow into Tasman Bay to the southwest of Richmond, opposite Rabbit Island.
Waimea Valley Audubon Center The Waimea Valley Audubon Center, formerly known as the Waimea Arboretum and Botanical Garden, is a very fine botanical garden located at 59-864 Kamehameha Highway, Haleiwa, on the north shore of Oahu, Hawaii. It is open daily except for Christmas and New Year's Day; an admission fee is charged.
Wain A wain is a type of horse-drawn, load-carrying vehicle, used for agricultural purposes rather than transporting people, for example a haywain. It normally has four wheels but the term has now acquired slightly poetical connotations so is not always used with technical correctness.
Wain Wath Force Wain Wath Force is a waterfall situated on the River Swale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire, England. The falls are located at grid reference , one kilometre upstream from the hamlet of Keld which has three other waterfalls in it’s vicinity, namely Kisdon Force, East Gill Force and Catrake Force.
Wainfleet (community), Ontario Wainfleet is a community in Ontario, Canada that is the home to a natural health school that teaches many subjects including Reiki, which is taught by Native Canadian Reiki Master Cindilee. There are many natural gardens and forests surrounding the area.
Wainfleet, Ontario Wainfleet is a farming township in southern Niagara Region of Ontario, Canada. Wainfleet has very little industry; small roads, and only one set of stoplights make this the smallest and most agriculturally demanding area in the Niagara Region.
Wainganga River The Wainganga is a river of India, which originates in the southern slopes of the Satpura Range of Madhya Pradesh, and flows south through Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra in a very winding course of approximatedly 360 miles. After joining the Wardha, the united stream, known as the Pranhita, ultimately falls into the River Godavari.
Waingels College Waingels College (sometimes Waingels Copse School) is a co-educational comprehensive secondary school located in Woodley, Reading, Berkshire, UK. It has a population of 1,500 students but may rise due to overcrowding in the area and an appeals process which now has to take place.
Wainuia Wainuia is a small genus of land snails of the family Rhytididae, endemic to New Zealand. They have very thin shells, almost translucent, composed of chitinous material varying from brown to almost black, but never with a colour pattern.
Wainuia fallai Wainuia fallai is a rare terrestrial mollusc in the family Rhytididae, endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. It is found on the seaward Kaikoura Range, Mount Ross, Mount Fyfe, and Monkeyface, at the north of the South Island.
Wainuiomata Wainuiomata is a suburban town located within the city limits of Lower Hutt - part of the Wellington urban area - in the lower North Island of New Zealand. It is located six kilometres to the southeast of the Lower Hutt CBD, and has a population of around 16,000.
Wainwright Wainwright has become a moderately common surname all over the world. The name descends from the job of those who built and repaired wagons: wain being an English dialectical variant of the word wagon, a horse-drawn wheeled vehicle used for agricultural purposes, and wright meaning a craftsman or builder.
Wainwright High School Wainwright High School (also known as WHS) is a public high school for grades 7-12 in Wainwright, Alberta, Canada. It is located next to Highway 14 and is a part of the Buffalo Trail Public Schools Regional Division No 28.
Waipahu, Hawai'i Waipahu is a former sugar mill town and now census-designated place (CDP) located in the Ewa District on the Island of Oahu in the City & County of Honolulu, Hawaii. In Hawaiian, the name is probably derived from wai pahū meaning "exploding or bursting water" as perhaps from a spring.
Waipapa Point Waipapa Point is a rocky promontory on the south coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is located 10 kilometres (6 miles) southeast of the mouth of the Mataura River, at the extreme southwestern end of the area known as the Catlins.
Waipori River The Waipori River is located in Otago in the South Island of New Zealand. Rising in the Lammerlaw ranges, it flows southeast for 50 kilometres before joining the Taieri River near Henley, 30 km southwest of Dunedin of which it is officially the southernmost border.
Waipunga River The Waipunga River is a tributary of the Mohaka River, located between Taupo and Napier in New Zealand's North Island. It runs roughly 50 km from its source near the eastern edge of the Volcanic Plateau to its junction with the Mohaka, of which some 15 km follow alongside the Napier-Taupo highway (State Highway 5).
Wairangi Koopu Wairangi Koopu is a New Zealand rugby league player. Playing second row for the Warriors he is often labelled Mr Consistency, clocking up over 50 consecutive games for the club before being sidelined by injury.
Wairarapa Wairarapa (often known as "The Wairarapa") is a geographical region of New Zealand. It occupies the south-eastern corner of the North Island, east of metropolitan Wellington and south-west of the Hawke's Bay region.
Wairarapa Line The Wairarapa line is a section of secondary railway line in the south-east of the North Island of New Zealand, connecting the capital city Wellington with the Wairarapa region. The line ends at Woodville, where it connects with the Palmerston North - Gisborne Line.
Wairarapa Mail The Wairarapa Mail was a passenger train operated by the New Zealand Railways Department (NZR) between Wellington and Woodville, continuing on to Palmerston North as a mixed train. It ran from 1909 until 1948 and its route included the famous and arduous Rimutaka Incline.
Wairau Affray In New Zealand history, the Wairau Affray on June 17, 1843, also known as the Wairau Massacre in most older texts, was the first serious clash of arms between the Māori natives and the British settlers after the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Wairau River The Wairau River is one of the longer rivers in New Zealand's South Island. It flows for 170 kilometres from the Spenser Mountains (a northern range of the Southern Alps), firstly in a northwards direction and then northeast down a long, straight valley in inland Marlborough.
Wairere Boulders The Wairere Boulders are an unusually large assemblage of basalt boulders in the Hokianga, in the far north of New Zealand. A park area surrounds the boulders, walking in a valley within a subtropical rainforest.
Wairoa Wairoa is a town in New Zealand's North Island. It is the northernmost town in the Hawke's Bay region, and is located on the northern shore of Hawke Bay at the mouth of the Wairoa River and to the west of Mahia Peninsula.
Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II (Shit Happens ) is an Indian movie starring Arshad Warsi, Prashant Narayanan, Sandhya Mridul, and Anant Jog. It was Shashanka Ghosh's debut as director and the soundtrack was composed by Vishal Dadlani (of music director duo Vishal - Shekhar), Saibal Basu, Abhinav Dhar and Shibani Kashyap
Waisale Serevi Waisale Tikoisolomoni Serevi (born 20 May 1968 in Suva, Fiji) is a Fijian rugby union footballer, noted for his skills in rugby sevens. However, he has also been capped 39 times for his country in the 15-man game.
Waist clothes Waist clothes, also called armings or fights, were colored clothes or sheets, usually red, that were hung around the outside of a ship's upper works, fore and aft, and before the cubbridge heads. They were used as an adornment during ceremonious occasions, and served as a visual screen during times of action, to protect the men aboard.
Waist Deep in the Big Muddy "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy" is a song written by Pete Seeger in 1963. The song is the story of a platoon that is waist deep in mud in Louisiana in 1942 but the captain tells the platoon to continue, until they are finally up to their necks in mud.
Waistband (underwear) Underwear waistbands are different depending on whether the wearer is a male or a female. Also, waistbands for boxer shorts are thicker that they are for men's briefs, and they are even thinner (and lacy) for women's briefs.
Waistcoat A waistcoat (sometimes called a vest or weskit in Canada and the US) is a sleeveless upper-body garment worn over a dress shirt and necktie (if applicable) and below a coat as a part of most men's formal wear, and as the third piece of the three-piece male business suit. Once a virtually mandatory piece of men's clothing, in the English-speaking world it is rarely seen in today's world of casual dress, although it has returned to fashion as part of businesswear in Germany.
Waistline (clothing) The waistline is the line of demarcation between the upper and lower portions of a garment, which notionally corresponds to the natural waist but may vary with fashion from just below the bust to below the hips. The waistline of a garment is often used to accentuate different features.
Wait for me Wait for me, written by the Russian poet and playwright turned war correspondent, Konstantin Simonov, is one of the best known Russian World War II poems. It was written by Simonov in 1941 after he left his love Valentina Serova behind to take on his new duties of war correspondent on the battlefront.
Wait Listing Service A wait-listing service (WLS) provided by a domain name registry provides the ability to option a domain name that is already registered. The option-holder then has the ability to have first rights to that domain name if the current registrant should cancel their registration.
Waitaha Waitaha is a Māori iwi. Early inhabitants of the South Island of New Zealand, they were largely absorbed into the far larger Ngāi Tahu iwi during the 19th century via marriage and conquest, along with the Kāti Mamoe iwi.
Waitakere Rangers The Waitakere Rangers are a new franchise in the Bartercard Cup rugby league competition in New Zealand. They represent five teams based in Waitakere City including the Glenora Bears, who previously represented the City in the Bartercard Cup.
Waitaki District The Waitaki district, in the Otago region of New Zealand, straddles the border with Canterbury, the traditional border of which is the Waitaki River. The district, which is agricultural by nature, comprises the wide alluvial fan of the river, and runs inland along the banks of the river, this forming a roughly triangular region.
Waitangi Day Act There have been two Waitangi Day Acts passed by the New Zealand Parliament: the Waitangi Day Act 1960 and the Waitangi Day Act 1976. Neither made the sixth of February (Waitangi Day) a public holiday; this was done by the New Zealand Day Act 1973.
Waitangi Tribunal The Waitangi Tribunal is a New Zealand permanent commission of inquiry established by an Act of Parliament in 1975. It is charged with investigating and making recommendations on claims brought by Māori relating to actions or omissions of the Crown, in the period since 1840, that breach the promises made in the Treaty of Waitangi.
Waite Hoyt Waite Charles Hoyt (September 9 1899 – August 25 1984) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, one of the dominant pitchers of the 1920s, and the winningest pitcher for the New York Yankees during that decade. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969.
Waite Phillips Waite Phillips (January 191883–January 271964) was the son of Lewis "Lew" Franklin Phillips and Lucinda Josephine "Josie" (Faucett) Phillips and the younger brother of Lee Eldas "L.E.
Waitemata City Waitemata City was a New Zealand city in the greater Auckland area. It was formed in 1974 from the western part of the old Waitemata County, with both the County and City taking their names from Waitemata Harbour.
Waitemata Harbour Waitemata Harbour is the main access by sea to Auckland, New Zealand. It connects the city and port to the Hauraki Gulf, and thus to the Pacific Ocean, and is sheltered from Pacific storms by the bulks of Rangitoto Island and Waiheke Island.
Waiter Rant Started in April 2004, Waiter Rant is a widely viewed weblog started by a person only known as "Waiter" (purposefully non-specific) who provides bi-weekly (more or less) vignettes into the lives of wait staff and their customers at a purposefully unnamed restaurant (referred to as "The Bistro") in New York that "Waiter" manages.
Waiting Alone [Alone () is a romantic comedy film] written & directed by Chinese-American filmmaker [[Dayyan Eng (), depicting the lives of a group of hip, affluent, twenty-something Beijing residents. The film features Chinese movie stars Xia Yu, Gong Beibi and Li Bingbing.
Waiting for a Star to Fall "Waiting for a Star to Fall" was the most successful song by the pop duo Boy Meets Girl. It made number 9 in the UK charts during December of 1988, although may have been placed higher if it had been released for the non-Christmas market.
Waiting for Cousteau Waiting for Cousteau (French title: En attendant Cousteau) is an album by Jean-Michel Jarre, released in 1990 on Disques Dreyfus, licensed to Polydor. The album was dedicated to Jacques-Yves Cousteau and was released on his 80th birthday June 11, 1990.
Waiting for Godot Waiting for Godot (), subtitled A Tragicomedy in Two Acts, is an absurdist play by Samuel Beckett, written in the late 1940s and first published in 1952. Beckett originally wrote the play in French, his second language, and translated it into English in 1954.
Waiting for Guffman Waiting for Guffman is a mockumentary written and directed by Christopher Guest that was released in 1997. It stars a cast of actors who have come to form an acting troupe that has appeared in a series of Guest-directed mockumentaries.
Waiting for Santa Waiting for Santa was the first Barney & Friends Christmas Eve special and was a spin-off from the home videos Barney and the Backyard Gang. Released on video in early 1991 it features an array of traditional Christmas songs.
Waiting for the Morning Waiting for the Morning was released in Norway and Sweden on 14 April 1986 and is an album from Norwegian pop duo Bobbysocks. One week before the release date the album had sold over 60 000 copies to record stores in Norway.
Waiting for the Sirens' Call (song) "Waiting for the Sirens' Call" is a single released in 2005 by the group New Order. The third single from the Waiting for the Sirens' Call album, it was released by London Records on 26 September 2005.
Waiting for Tonight "Waiting For Tonight" is a song originally recorded by American female pop trio 3rd Party taken from their 1997 album Alive. American singer Jennifer Lopez recorded a version for her 1999 debut album, On The 6, and the song became the third single off the album and also the most famous version of the song so far.
Waiting Game (single) Waiting Game is the second single release from The Cooper Temple Clause's third album Make This Your Own and reached #41 in the UK singles chart. The CD version of Waiting Game included a U-MYX feature which allowed people to remix the track in their own personal way.
Waiting period (Six-Day War) The waiting period (Hebrew: תקופת ההמתנה Tkufat HaHamtana) was the period which began in the Israeli Independence day of the Hebrew year of 5727, which was in May 15 1967, with the crossing of the Suez canal and entering to the spaces of the Sinai peninsula by Egyptian ground forces, after the Soviet Union requested that Egypt do so. That was after the Soviet Union gave to Egypt false information according to which Israel is assembling forces in the north in order to invade Syria.
Waitman T. Willey Waitman Thomas Willey (October 18, 1811– May 2, 1900) was an American lawyer and politician from Morgantown, West Virginia. He represented both the states of Virginia and West Virginia in the United States Senate.
Waitomo Glowworm Cave The Waitomo Glowworm Cave is a unique visitation destination that is high on many tourists’ must-see list. The Caves offer an easy access trip into the earth that is filled with remarkable land formations and of course the glowworms, Arachnocampa luminosa.
Waits River The Waits River is a river, approximately 20 mi (32 km) long, in eastern Vermont in the United States.Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry It is a tributary of the Connecticut River, which flows to Long Island Sound.
Waitt Radio Networks Waitt Radio Networks is a national radio network based in Omaha, Nebraska. They specialize in 24-hour formats for affiliated radio stations across the United States and Canada, although they also are known for commercial production services.

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