Showing posts with label Boston. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Boston. Show all posts

Monday, July 4, 2011

Boston 4th July Fireworks 2011 Live Stream

Boston is the site of 500,000 visitors who come to watch their fireworks spectacular. For over 30 years, the event has been growing to become one of the nation's top Independence Day displays.

This live feed is in Boston for the 4th July celebrations:

Boston 4th July Fireworks Live


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Boston's July 4th combines the sounds of the famed Boston Pops with a historical atmosphere and several tons of explosives. The Boston Pops concert begins at 8:00 and fireworks commence at 10:30 p.m. All events are being held at the Esplanade, which is the area adjacent to the Charles River.

The Charles River is an 80 mile long river that flows in an overall northeasterly direction in eastern Massachusetts, USA. From its source in Hopkinton, the river travels through 22 cities and towns until reaching the Atlantic Ocean at Boston. It is also sometimes called the River Charles. Brandeis University, Harvard University, Boston University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are all located along the Charles River. Near its mouth, it forms the border between downtown Boston and Cambridge and Charlestown (a neighborhood of Boston). Here, the river opens out into a broad basin and is lined by the parks of the Charles River Reservation. On the Charles River Esplanade stands the Hatch Shell, where concerts are given in summer evenings. The basin is especially known for its Independence Day celebration. The middle section of the river, between the Watertown Dam and Wellesley is partially protected by the properties of the Upper Charles River Reservation and other state parks, including the Hemlock Gorge Reservation, Cutler Park, and the Elm Bank Reservation.

Friday, June 24, 2011

Kona Marathon 2011 Live Webcam Stream Keauhou Bay, Hawaii

Keauhou is the home of the Kona Marathon, which is a Boston Qualifier. Start and finish of the marathon is at the Keauhou Beach Resort just south of Kailua-Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii.

This live feed is as Keauhou Bay for the 2011 Kona marathon:

Kona Marathon Live


Event Information:

An estimated 1,800 runners of all ages and abilities will be competing for prize money, participating for health and enjoyment, and raising money for charity.

Kona is the name of a moku or district on the Big Island of Hawaii in the State of Hawaii. In the current system of administration of Hawaii County, the moku of Kona is divided into North Kona District (Kona ‘Akau) and South Kona District (Kona Hema). The term "Kona" is sometimes used to refer to its largest town, Kailua-Kona. Other towns in Kona include Kealakekua, Keauhou, Holualoa, Hōnaunau and Honalo.

In the Hawaiian language, kona means leeward or dry side of the island, as opposed to ko‘olau which means windward or the wet side of the island. In the times of Ancient Hawaii, Kona was the name of the leeward district on each major island. In Hawai‘i, the Pacific anticyclone provides moist prevailing northeasterly winds to the Hawaiian islands, resulting in rain when the winds contact the windward landmass of the islands - the winds subsequently lose their moisture and travel on to the leeward (or kona) side of the island. When this pattern reverses, it can produce a Kona storm from the west. Kona has cognates with the same meaning in other Polynesian languages. In Tongan, the equivalent cognate would be tonga; for windward, the associated cognate would be tokelau.

Friday, June 10, 2011

UVM Live Stream, Utah Valley Marathon 2011 Online Streaming Start Time, Route, Web Cam Feed

The Utah Valley Marathon (UVM) is an annual marathon foot-race in Northern Utah currently held on the second Saturday of June.The marathon course is USA Track & Field (USATF) certified and is a Boston Marathon qualifier.

This live feed is in the Utah Valley for the marathon:

Utah Valley marathon live

Event Information:

The race is run mostly by volunteers. The Children with Cancer Christmas Foundation and Deseret International are the two charities. The Children with Cancer Christmas foundation has been part of the race since its inception in 2008. In 2010, Deseret International has been added as a second charitable recipient. Every year since its inception, the event has included a 5K. In 2010, a half-marathon race is being added. The 26 mile 385 yard course runs through Wasatch and Utah Counties. The race begins in Wallsburg, UT at an elevation of 5,963 feet (1,818 meters) and heads northwest through Wallsburg along Highway 222. At the intersection of U.S. Route 189, the course turns west and follows the Deer Creek Reservoir until U.S. Route 189 reaches Provo Canyon. The race continues southwest through Provo Canyon along the Provo River until the road merges with University Avenue (U.S. Route 189) in Orem. The race continues south along University Avenue through Orem and Provo until the finish line at the intersection of University Avenue and Center Street at an elevation of 4,504 feet (1,373 meters)

The 2010 Utah Valley Marathon accommodated 2,000 marathon runners. The marathon begins at 6:00 AM (MDT). 2010 was the first year that a non-Utah resident won either the men or women's marathon race. Prior to Hillary Kibet Cheruiyot (Kenya) winning the men's 2010 race and Claudia Camargo-Nero (A New York resident from Argentina) winning the women's 2010 race, only United States born, Utah residents had won the marathon race for either gender.

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Boston Marathon 2011 Live Stream, Webcam Feed

The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon hosted by the U.S. city of Boston, Massachusetts, on Patriots' Day, the third Monday of April. Begun in 1897 and inspired by the success of the first modern-day marathon competition in the 1896 Summer Olympics, the Boston Marathon is the world's oldest annual marathon and ranks as one of the world's best-known road racing events.

This live feed is in Boston for the marathon:

Boston Marathon Live

Event Information:

Today, the Boston Athletic Association manages this event. Amateur and professional runners from all over the world compete in the Boston Marathon each year, braving the hilly New England terrain and varying weather to take part in the race. The event attracts 500,000 spectators each year, making it New England's most widely viewed sporting event. Though starting with 18 participants in 1897, the event now attracts an average of about 20,000 registered participants each year with 25,283 people entering in 2008. The all-time record for the world's largest marathon ever run was the Centennial Boston Marathon in 1996 with 38,708 entrants.

The course runs through 26.22 miles (42.195 km) of winding roads, following Route 135, Route 16, Route 30 and city streets into the center of Boston, where the official finish line is located at Copley Square, alongside the Boston Public Library. For this reason, the MBTA suspends service to the Copley Square stop for the day, and runs increased service to the general area. The race runs through eight Massachusetts cities and towns: Hopkinton, Ashland, Framingham, Natick, Wellesley, Newton, Brookline, and Boston.

The Boston Marathon is considered to be one of the more difficult marathon courses because of the Newton hills, which culminate in Heartbreak Hill near Boston College. While the three hills on Commonwealth Avenue (Route 30) are better known, a preceding hill on Washington Street (Route 16), climbing from the Charles River crossing at 16 miles, is regarded by Dave McGillivray, the 2007 race director, as the course’s most difficult challenge. This hill, which follows a 150 foot drop over the course of one half-mile, forces many lesser-trained runners to a walking pace.

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Boston Webcam Live for St Anthony's Feast 2010

The Feast of St. Anthony is celebrated every year in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts on the last weekend of August. The feast has been celebrated since 1919 when a group of Italians from Montefalcione settled in the North End of Boston. They began a society called the San Antonio Di Padova Montefalcione which devoted their honor to their patron saint.

This live view comes from Boston on throughout the festival weekend:

Boston webcam

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Boston is the capital and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. Boston city proper had a 2009 estimated population of 645,169, making it the twentieth largest in the country. Boston is also the anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area called Greater Boston, home to 4.5 million people and the tenth-largest metropolitan area in the country. Greater Boston as a commuting region includes six Massachusetts counties, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Plymouth, and Worcester, all of Rhode Island and parts of New Hampshire; it is home to 7.5 million people, making it the fifth-largest Combined Statistical Area in the United States.