With its 15 lifts, Bláfjöll is the country‘s largest skiing area. The skiing area is open when road conditions, snow and weather permit. Located just outside Reykjavik
Blafjoll Skiing area
Live webcam view from the ski resort Passo Brocon. View of the Valsugana track, matusa paradise and Larese.
Passo Brocon - Seggiovia Larese
View the 9th green from the Fox Hill Golf & Country Club, Baiting Hollow, New York
Fox Hill Golf Club - 9th green
View the Tropical Corner in the Geneve city, Switzerland
Sport Shop Tropical Corner
View the Bubergs farm's ski resort in the Vindelns Alpine Center
Bubergs farm's ski resort
View the ski area in Grünau/Kasberg in Austria.
Ski Area in Kasberg - Grunau
View the field of the Golf Resort Barbora
View the Golf Resort Barbora
The Lugano swimming resort "Lido", a place which everyone loves in Lugano.
The Lugano swimming resort "Lido",
View the Skillevollen Alpinsenter in Mo i Rana city
Skillevollen Alpinsenter
View the Bjorklidens skiing area, Sweden
Bjorklidens skiing area
View of the local skating rink, This camera is located outside in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Bydgoszcz [ˈbɨdgɔʂt​͡ʂ] ( listen) (German: Bromberg ( listen), Latin: Bydgostia) is a city located in northern Poland, on the Brda and Vistula rivers, with a population of 358,029 (June 2009), agglomeration more than 460 000, which makes it the 8th biggest city in Poland. It has been the co-capital with Toruń of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999, and was previously the capital of the Bydgoszcz Voivodeship (1947–1998) and before that, of the Pomeranian Voivodeship (1945–1947). Since 1999 it is also the seat of Bydgoszcz County. Bydgoszcz is part of the metroplex Bydgoszcz-Toruń with Toruń, only 45 km away, and over 850,000 inhabitants. Bydgoszcz is the seat of Casimir the Great University, University of Technology and Life Sciences and a conservatory as well as a Collegium Medicum of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. Bydgoszcz has a famous Concert Hall (Filharmonia Pomorska), opera house Opera Nova, From the Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport there are flights to Warsaw, London, Dublin, Liverpool, Berlin, Krakow, Vienna, Copenhagen, Birmingham and Weeze as well charter flights to Antalya, Crete and Tunis. Thanks to its location between Vistula and Odra water system on the Bydgoszcz channel, the city is an important link in a water system connected via Noteć, Warta, Odra, Elbe with the Rhine and Rotterdam.[1] History Originally a fishing settlement called Bydgozcya ("Bydgostia" in Latin), the city became a stronghold for the Vistula trade routes. In the 13th century it was the site of a castellany, first mentioned in 1238. The city was occupied by the Teutonic Knights in 1331, and incorporated into the monastic state of the Teutonic Knights. The city was relinquished by the Knights in 1343 with their signing of the Treaty of Kalisz along with Dobrzyń and the remainder of Kuyavia. King Casimir III of Poland, granted Bydgoszcz city rights (charter) on April 19, 1346. The city increasingly saw an influx of Jews after that date. In the 15th-16th centuries Bydgoszcz was a significant site for wheat trading. The Treaty of Bydgoszcz signed between King John II Casimir Vasa of Poland and Elector Frederick William II of Brandenburg-Prussia in the city in 1657, announcing a military alliance between Poland and Prussia against Sweden. Bydgoszcz followed the history of Greater Poland until 1772, when it was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia in the First Partition of Poland and incorporated into the Netze District as Bromberg and, later, West Prussia. During this time, a canal was built from Bromberg to Nakło which connected the north-flowing Vistula River via the Brda to the west-flowing Noteć, which in turn flowed to the Oder via the Warta. In 1807, after the defeat of Prussia by Napoleon, and the signing of the Treaty of Tilsit, Bromberg became part of the Duchy of Warsaw. In 1815 it returned to Prussian rule as part of the autonomous Grand Duchy of Poznań (the Province of Posen after 1848) and the capital of the Bromberg region. After 1871 the city was part of the German Empire. After World War I and the Great Poland Uprising, Bromberg was assigned to Poland in 1919. In 1938 it was made part of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. From 1939-45 during World War II, Bydgoszcz was retaken by Nazi Germany, in the Invasion of Poland and annexed to the Reichsgau Wartheland. On September 3, 1939, shortly after the war started, the Bromberg Bloody Sunday incident occurred in which numerous Germans were killed; the incident was used in Nazi propaganda and reprisals against the Poles followed after Bromberg was occupied by the Wehrmacht on September 9. The city's Jewish citizens were repressed and thousands of people were sent to concentration camps and/or executed. Bromberg was the site of Bromberg-Ost, a female subcamp of Stutthof. The subcamp was staffed by several female SS guards (Aufseherin) and was commanded by the Oberaufseherin Johanna Wisotzki and a male commandant. A deportation camp was situated in Smukała village, now part of Bydgoszcz. According to Nowa encyklopedia powszechna PWN, 37,000 citizens of the city died during the war.[2] In 1945 Bromberg was overrun by the Soviet army. After the Yalta Agreement, it was assigned to Poland, which later became a soviet satellite in the Warsaw Pact. In March 1981 Solidarity's activists were violently suppressed in Bydgoszcz. [edit] Population Diagram of city population since 1600 [edit] Landmarks   Przechodzący przez rzekę (Crossing the River)Definitely one of the most beautiful buildings, and undoubtedly the oldest building, in the city is the Church of St Martin and Nicolaus, commonly known as Fara Church. It is a three-aisle late Gothic church erected between 1466 and 1502. The church boasts a late-Gothic painting entitled Madonna with a Rose, or the Holy Virgin of Beautiful Love, from the 16th century. The colourful 20th-century polychrome is also worth noticing. The Church of the Assumption of the Holy Virgin, commonly referred to as "The Church of St Calres," is a famous landmark of the city. It is a small, Gothic-Renaissance (including Neo-Renaissance additions), one-aisle church built between 1582–1602. The interior of the temple is rather austere since the church has been stripped of most his furnishings. Not a surprising fact when taking into account that in the 19th century the Prussian authorities dissolved the Order of St Clare and turned the church into a warehouse, among others. Nonetheless, the temple is worth visiting and examining. The original wooden polychrome ceiling from the 17th century draws the attention of every visitor. Wyspa Młyńska (the Mill Island) is among the most spectacular and atmospheric places in Bydgoszcz. What makes it unique is the location in the very heart of the city centre, just a few steps from the old market square. It had been the 'industrial' centre of Bydgoszcz in the Middle Ages and throughout the next few hundreds years of its existence. It was there that the famous royal mint operated for many years in the 17th century. The buildings which can still be seen on the island come from the 19th century. However, the so-called Biały Spichlerz (the White Granary) remembers the end of the 18th century. But it is the water, footbridges, red-brick edifices of historical tenement houses reflected in rivers, and the greenery, including old chesnut trees, that create the atmosphere of the Island. “Hotel pod Orłem” (Hotel Adler or Under the Eagle), an icon of the city’s 19th century architecture, was designed by the distinguished Bydgoszcz architect Józef Święcicki, the author of around 60 buildings in the city. The construction of the hotel was completed in 1896. It served as a hotel from the very beginning, originally owned by Emil Bernhardt, a hotel manager educated in Switzerland. Its facade displays forms characteristic of the Neobaroque style in architecture. [edit] Economy   Old granaries on the Brda River.[edit] Major corporations Projprzem SA Zachem SA Ciech Chemical Group Zespół Elektrociepłowni Bydgoszcz SA PESA Pojazdy Szynowe (PESA Rail Vehicles) GCB Centrostal-Bydgoszcz S.A. Bipromasz - Biuro Projektowo - Handlowe Przedsiębiorstwo Innowacyjno-Wdrożeniowe "Wamet" Sp. z o.o. Alcatel-Lucent Atos Origin [edit] Education Kazimierz Wielki University University of Technology and Life Sciences in Bydgoszcz Akademia Muzyczna University Collegium Medicum im. Ludwika Rydygiera (Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu, Akademia Medyczna) Ośrodek Akademii Ekonomicznej w Poznaniu Sekcja Wydziału Teologicznego Uniwersytetu im. A. Mickiewicza w Poznaniu Kujawsko-Pomorska Szkoła Wyższa Wyższa Szkoła Gospodarki Wyższa Szkoła Informatyki i Nauk Społeczno-Prawnych Wyższa Szkoła Środowiska Wyższa Szkoła Zarządzania i Finansów Wyższa Szkoła Informatyki in Łódź, Branch in Bydgoszcz Nauczycielskie Kolegium Języków Obcych Niepubliczne Nauczycielskie Kolegium Języków Obcych [edit] Transport   Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport[edit] Airports Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport [edit] Railways Bydgoszcz is one of the biggest railroad junctions in Poland, with two important lines crossing there - the east-west connection from Toruń to Pila and the north-south line from Inowrocław to Gdańsk (see: Polish Coal Trunk-Line). There are also secondary-importance lines stemming from the city, to Szubin and to Chełmża. Among rail stations located in the city, there are: Bydgoszcz Główna - main railway station Bydgoszcz Leśna Bydgoszcz Wschód Bydgoszcz Zachód Bydgoszcz Łęgnowo Bydgoszcz Bielawy Bydgoszcz Osowa Góra Bydgoszcz Fordon [edit] Buses and trams PKS Bydgoszcz - operates inter-city and international bus routes. Local buses and trams are operated by ZDMiKP Bydgoszcz. [edit] Culture [edit] Museums Muzeum Okręgowe im. Leona Wyczółkowskiego (Leon Wyczółkowski District Museum) is a municipally-owned museum. Apart from a large collection of Leon Wyczółkowski's works, it houses permanent as well as temporary exhibitions of art. It occupies several buildings: - Main building (Gdańska 4 St.) - The White Granary (Mennica St.) [edit] Classical music Filharmonia Pomorska im. Ignacego Paderewskiego (Ignacy Paderewski's Concert Hall) - thanks to superbly designed acoustic qualities of the main concert hall, it is one of the best classical music concert halls in Europe. [edit] Popular music Concerts of popular music in Bydgoszcz are usually held in Filharmonia Pomorska, Łuczniczka, Zawisza and Polonia stadiums as well as open plains of Myslecinek's Rozopole on the outskirts of the city. Alternative music festival "Low Fi" [1], Smooth Festival Złote Przeboje Bydgoszcz Eska Music Festival Bydgoszcz Hity na Czasie Festival Bydgoszcz [edit] Theatre   Opera Nova at the bank of the Brda River.Teatr Polski im. Hieronima Konieczki (Hieronim Konieczka's Polish Theatre) - despite its name, theatre offers a wide variety of shows both of national and foreign origin. It also regularly plays hosts to a large number of touring shows. Once a year, in autumn, "Festiwal Prapremier" is organized: the most renowned Polish theatres stage their latest premieres. Opera Nova (The Nova Opera) [edit] Sports [edit] Sports clubs Astoria Bydgoszcz - men's basketball team playing in Dominet Bank Ekstraliga (formerly Era Basket Liga): 8th in 2003/2004 season, 6th in 2004/2005, 9th in 2005/2006. In 2006, due to lack of funding, the team was relegated to 3rd Polish League, now play in 2nd Polish League. Centrostal Focus Park Bydgoszcz - women's volleyball team playing in Polish Seria A Women's Volleyball League: 2nd place in 2004/2005 season, 4th place in 2005/2006 season. Delecta Chemik Bydgoszcz - men's volleyball team playing in Polish Volleyball League Polonia Bydgoszcz - speedway team from the Polish 1st League. The club has won Polish Speedway League 7 times (lately in 2002) and European Team Championship 3 times (lately in 2001). Zawisza Bydgoszcz - football (soccer) team playing in Polish 2nd League. RTW Bydgostia Bydgoszcz - Rowing (sport) Bydgostia Regional Rowing Association was founded on December 4, 1928. The Club was A Team Polish Champion in the following years: 1938, 1966, 1967, 1970 and for the successive sixteen years: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008. [edit] Sports facilities   The sport, show and fair arena Łuczniczka.Łuczniczka Sport, Show and Fair Arena Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium Polonia Stadium [edit] Sports events Speedway: Grand Prix of Poland: (1998–1999, since 2001) Grand Prix of Europe: (2000) Mieczysław Połukard Criterium of Polish Speedway Leagues Aces (1951–1960, since 1982) Bydgoszcz was the host of the IAAF 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics held July 8–13, 2008. Eurobasket 2009 Women's European Volleyball Championships 2009 European Athletics Festival Bydgoszcz [edit] Politics [edit] Bydgoszcz constituency Members of Polish Sejm 2007-2011 elected from Bydgoszcz constituency: Anna Bańkowska, Left and Democrats Krzysztof Brejza, Civic Platform Jarosław Katulski, Civic Platform Eugeniusz Kłopotek, Polish People's Party Tomasz Latos, Law and Justice Wojciech Mojzesowicz, Law and Justice Paweł Olszewski, Civic Platform Teresa Piotrowska, Civic Platform Grzegorz Roszak, Civic Platform Radosław "Radek" Sikorski, Civic Platform Andrzej Walkowiak, Law and Justice Janusz Zemke, Left and Democrats Members of Polish Senate 2007-2011 elected from Bydgoszcz constituency: Zbigniew Pawłowicz, Civic Platform Jan Rulewski, Civic Platform [edit] Legends It is also said that Pan Twardowski spent some time in the city of Bydgoszcz, where, in his memory, a figure was recently mounted in a window of a tenement, overseeing the Old Town. At 1:13 p.m. and 9:13 p.m. the window opens and Pan Twardowski appears, to the accompaniment of weird music and devilish laughter. He takes a bow, waves his hand, and then disappears. This little show gathers crowds of amused spectators.
Bydgoszcz
A live view of the Olimpo Gym, located in Barcelona, Spain.
Olimpo Gym
View of the hole number 6 at the Norwood Acres Golf Course, located in northwestern Wisconsin's Douglas county and just a short twenty minutes outside of Duluth/Superior in the Lake Nebagamon area.
Hole 6 at Norwood Acres Golf Course
A winter wonderland looks like from the webcam overlooking Lake Namakagon, Wisconsin. You can call now to enjoy a fabulous meal, some great beverages and loads of entertainment.
Lakewoods Resort
The model Øståsen Ski tracks are built for is unique in the country context. Today is prepared 160 km of ski trails on Øståsen. Located in Lygna, Norway
Ostasen Ski tracks
Scenic view of Almádi Yacht Club, located in Balatonalmádi, Hungary. You can see all the boats parked in the marina.
Almadi Yacht Club
View of the Municipality of Feldbach, Austria. Feldbach is a town in the southeast of the Austrian state of Styria, near the Slovenian and Hungarian border. It is located in the valley around the river Raab.
Municipality of Feldbach
Alcatraz is one of San Francisco's most popular visitor attractions. Alcatraz Island, sometimes informally referred to as simply Alcatraz or locally as The Rock, is a small island located in the middle of San Francisco Bay in California . Alcatraz Island is an island located in the San Francisco Bay, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) offshore from San Francisco, California.[1] Often referred to as The Rock, the small island early-on served as a lighthouse, a military fortification, a military prison, and a Federal Bureau of Prisons federal prison until 1963.[2] Later, in 1972, Alcatraz became a national recreation area and received landmarking designations in 1976 and 1986. Today, the island is a historic site operated by the National Park Service as part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and is open to tours. Visitors can reach the island by ferry ride from Pier 33, near Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco. In 2008 the nation's first hybrid propulsion ferry started serving the island.[3] Alcatraz has been featured in many movies, TV shows, cartoons, books, comics, and games. History   Alcatraz Island from the southwest.The first Spaniard to document the island was Juan Manuel de Ayala in 1775, who charted San Francisco Bay and named the island "La Isla de los Alcatraces," which translates as "The Island of the Pelicans,"[4][5][6][7][8][9] from the archaic Spanish alcatraz, "pelican", a word which was borrowed originally from Arabic: القطرس al-qaṭrās, meaning sea eagle.[10] The United States Census Bureau defines the island as Block 1067, Block Group 1, Census Tract 179.02 of San Francisco County, California. There was no population on the island as of the 2000 census.[11] It is home to the now-abandoned prison, the site of the oldest operating lighthouse on the west coast of the United States, early military fortifications, and natural features such as rock pools, a seabird colony (mostly Western Gulls, cormorants, and egrets), and unique views of the coastline. Military history   A model of Military Point Alcatraz, 1866–1868, now on display on Alcatraz IslandThe earliest recorded owner of the island of Alcatraz is one Julian Workman, to whom it was given by Mexican governor Pio Pico in June 1846 with the understanding that the former would build a lighthouse on it. Julian Workman is the baptismal name of William Workman, co-owner of Rancho La Puente and personal friend of Pio Pico. Later in 1846, acting in his capacity as Military Governor of California, John C. Fremont, champion of Manifest Destiny and leader of the Bear Flag Republic, bought the island for $5000 in the name of the United States government from Francis Temple.[12][13][14] In 1850, President Millard Fillmore ordered that Alcatraz Island be set aside specifically for military purposes based upon the U.S. acquisition of California from Mexico following the Mexican-American War.[15] Fremont had expected a large compensation for his initiative in purchasing and securing Alcatraz Island for the U.S. government, but the U.S. government later invalidated the sale and paid Fremont nothing. Fremont and his heirs sued for compensation during protracted but unsuccessful legal battles that extended into the 1890s.[13][15] Following the acquisition of California by the United States as a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848) which ended the Mexican-American War, and the onset of the California Gold Rush the following year, the U.S. Army began studying the suitability of Alcatraz Island for the positioning of coastal batteries to protect the approaches to San Francisco Bay. In 1853, under the direction of Zealous B. Tower, the Corps of Engineers began fortifying the island, work which continued until 1858, eventuating in Fortress Alcatraz. The island's first garrison at Camp Alcatraz, numbering about 200 soldiers and 11 cannons, arrived at the end of that year. When the American Civil War broke out in 1861 the island mounted 85 cannons (increased to 105 cannons by 1866) in case mates around its perimeter, though the small size of the garrison meant only a fraction of the guns could be used at one time. At this time it also served as the San Francisco Arsenal for storage of firearms to prevent them falling into the hands of Southern sympathizers.[16] Alcatraz never fired its guns offensively, though during the war it was used to imprison Confederate sympathizers and privateers on the west coast.[17] Military prison   Alcatraz Island, 1895Due to its isolation from the outside by the cold, strong, hazardous currents of the waters of San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz was used to house Civil War prisoners as early as 1861. Following the war in 1866 the army determined that the fortifications and guns were being rapidly rendered obsolete by advances in military technology. Modernization efforts, including an ambitious plan to level the entire island and construct shell-proof underground magazines and tunnels, were undertaken between 1870 and 1876 but never completed (the so called "parade ground" on the southern tip of the island represents the extent of the flattening effort).[18] Instead the army switched the focus of its plans for Alcatraz from coastal defense to detention, a task for which it was well suited because of its isolation. In 1867 a brick jailhouse was built (previously inmates had been kept in the basement of the guardhouse), and in 1868 Alcatraz was officially designated a long-term detention facility for military prisoners. Among those incarcerated at Alcatraz were some Hopi Native American men in the 1870s.[19] In 1898, the Spanish-American war would increase the prison population from 26 to over 450. After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, civilian prisoners were transferred to Alcatraz for safe confinement. By 1912 there was a large cell house, and in the 1920s a large 3-story structure was nearly at full capacity.[20] On March 21, 1907, Alcatraz was officially designated as the Western U.S. Military Prison, later Pacific Branch, U.S. Disciplinary Barracks, 1915.[21] In 1909 construction began on the huge concrete main cell block, designed by Major Reuben Turner, which remains the island's dominant feature. It was completed in 1912. To accommodate the new cell block, the Citadel, a three-story barracks, was demolished down to the first floor, which was actually below ground level. The building had been constructed in an excavated pit (creating a dry "moat") to enhance its defensive potential. The first floor was then incorporated as a basement to the new cell block, giving rise to the popular legend of "dungeons" below the main cell block. The Fortress was deactivated as a military prison in October 1933, and transferred to the Bureau of Prisons.[21] During World War I the prison held conscientious objectors, including Philip Grosser, who wrote a pamphlet entitled 'Uncle Sam's Devil's Island' about his experiences.[22] Prison history United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island  Location San Francisco Bay, California Coordinates 37°49′36″N 122°25′24″W / 37.8266°N 122.4233°W / 37.8266; -122.4233 Status Closed (Museum) Security class Maximum Capacity 312 Opened January 1, 1934 Closed March 21, 1963 Managed by Federal Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice Director Wardens[23] James A. Johnston (1934–1948) Edwin B. Slope (1948–1955) Paul J. Madigan (1955–1961) Olin G. Blackwell (1961–1963) Federal prison  This section does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (January 2010) The United States Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz was acquired by the United States Department of Justice on October 12, 1933, and the island became a Federal Bureau of Prisons federal prison in August 1934. During the 29 years it was in use, the jail held such notable criminals as Al Capone, Robert Franklin Stroud (the Birdman of Alcatraz), George "Machine Gun" Kelly, James "Whitey" Bulger, and Alvin Karpis (who served more time at Alcatraz than any other inmate). It also provided housing for the Bureau of Prison staff and their families. Escape attempts   Chiseled cell air vent in Alcatraz View of San Francisco from Alcatraz IslandDuring its 29 years of operation, the penitentiary claimed no prisoners had ever successfully escaped. 36 prisoners were involved in 14 attempts, two men trying twice; 23 were caught, six were shot and killed during their escape, and three were lost at sea and never found.[24] The most violent occurred on May 2, 1946 when a failed escape attempt by six prisoners led to the so-called Battle of Alcatraz. On June 11, 1962 Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin successfully carried out one of the most intricate escapes ever devised. Behind the prisoners' cells in Cell Block B (where the escapees were interned) was an unguarded 3-foot (0.91 m) wide utility corridor. The prisoners chiseled away the moisture-damaged concrete from around an air vent leading to this corridor, using tools such as a metal spoon soldered with silver from a dime and an electric drill improvised from a stolen vacuum cleaner motor. The noise was disguised by accordions played during music hour, and their progress was concealed by false walls which, in the dark recesses of the cells, fooled the guards. The escape route then led up through a fan vent; the fan and motor had been removed and replaced with a steel grille, leaving a shaft large enough for a prisoner to climb through. Stealing a carborundum cord from the prison workshop, the prisoners had removed the rivets from the grille and substituted dummy rivets made of soap. The escapees also constructed an inflatable raft from several stolen raincoats for the trip to the mainland. Leaving papier-mâché dummies in their cells with stolen human hair from the Barbershop for hair, they escaped. The prisoners are estimated to have entered San Francisco Bay at 10 p.m. The official investigation by the FBI was aided by another prisoner, Allen West, who also was part of the escapees' group but was left behind (West's false wall kept slipping so he held it into place with cement, which set; when the Anglin brothers (John & Clarence) accelerated the schedule, West desperately chipped away at the wall, but by the time he did his companions were gone). Articles belonging to the prisoners (including plywood paddles and parts of the raincoat raft) were located on nearby Angel Island, and the official report on the escape says the prisoners drowned while trying to reach the mainland in the cold waters of the bay. The MythBusters investigated the myth, concluding such an escape was plausible.[25] The attempt was the subject of the 1979 film Escape from Alcatraz with screenplay by Richard Tuggle; directed by Don Siegel and starring Clint Eastwood as Frank Morris, Jack Thibeau as Clarence Anglin and Fred Ward as John Anglin. Notable inmates Robert Stroud, who was better known to the public as the "Birdman of Alcatraz," was transferred to Alcatraz in 1942. He spent the next seventeen years on "the Rock" — six years in segregation in D Block, and eleven years in the prison hospital. In 1959 he was transferred to the Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri (MCFP Springfield). Although called "The Birdman of Alcatraz," Stroud was not allowed to keep birds while incarcerated there. When Al Capone arrived on Alcatraz in 1934, prison officials made it clear that he would not be receiving any preferential treatment. While serving his time in Alcatraz, Capone, a master manipulator, had continued running his rackets from behind bars by buying off guards. "Big Al" generated incredible media attention while on Alcatraz though he served just four and a half years of his sentence there before developing symptoms of tertiary syphilis and being transferred to the Federal Correctional Institution at Terminal Island in Los Angeles. George "Machine Gun" Kelly arrived on September 4, 1934. At Alcatraz, Kelly was constantly boasting about several robberies and murders that he had never committed. Although this was said to be an apparent point of frustration for several fellow prisoners, Warden Johnson considered him a model inmate. Kelly was returned to Leavenworth in 1951. Alvin "Creepy Karpis" Karpowicz arrived in 1936. He was not a model inmate, constantly fighting with other inmates. He also spent the longest time on Alcatraz island, serving nearly 26 years. He was sent to Alcatraz on convictions for worse crimes than any other inmate, though surprisingly he never once attempted an escape. James “Whitey” Bulger spent 3 years on Alcatraz (1959–1962) while serving a sentence for bank robbery. While there, he became close to Clarence Carnes, also known as the Choctaw Kid. Post prison years Alcatraz U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. National Historic Landmark The Social Hall, destroyed by fire during the Native American occupation. Location: California Built/Founded: 1847 Architect: U.S. Army, Bureau of Prisons; U.S. Army Architectural style(s): Mission/Spanish Revival Governing body: National Park Service Added to NRHP: June 23, 1976[26] Designated NHL: January 17, 1986[27] NRHP Reference#: 76000209 By decision of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, the penitentiary was closed on March 21, 1963. It was closed because it was far more expensive to operate than other prisons (nearly $10 per prisoner per day, as opposed to $3 per prisoner per day at Atlanta),[28] half a century of salt water saturation had severely eroded the buildings, and the bay was being badly polluted by the sewage from the approximately 250 inmates and 60 Bureau of Prisons families on the island. The United States Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois, a traditional land-bound prison, opened that same year to serve as a replacement for Alcatraz. Native American occupation Main article: Occupation of Alcatraz   A lingering sign of the 1969-71 Native American occupation (2006 Photograph).Beginning on November 20, 1969, a group of Native Americans from many different tribes (many individual Native Americans relocated to the Bay Area under the Federal Indian Reorganization Act of 1934), occupied the island, and proposed an education center, ecology center and cultural center. According to the occupants, the Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) between the U.S. and the Sioux returned all retired, abandoned or out-of-use federal land to the Native people from whom it was acquired. In fact, the Sioux Treaty of 1868 stated that all abandoned or unused federal land adjacent to the Sioux Reservation could be reclaimed by descendant of the Sioux Nation. For that reason, the group Indians of All Tribes abandoned the Sioux treaty as the basis of their occupation and claimed Alcatraz Island by Right of Discovery. The Native Americans demanded reparation of the broken treaties and for the land that was taken away from them. Historian Troy R. Johnson states in The Occupation of Alcatraz Island, that Indian people have known about Alcatraz 10,000 to 20,000 years before any European knew a thing about the land. During 1895, one of the largest Indian groups being held as military prisoners, were the Moqui Hopi. The Hopi refused to agree on a policy the U.S. government offered, opting for them to send their children to U.S. school, deteriorating their culture and forced assimilation. The point of the policy was to break any relations the Indians may have had with the U.S. government.[29] During the nineteen months and nine days of occupation, several buildings were damaged or destroyed by fires, including the recreation hall, the Coast Guard quarters and the Warden's home. The origins of the fires are unknown. A number of other buildings (mostly apartments) were destroyed by the U.S. Government after the occupation had ended. Graffiti from the period of Native American occupation are still visible at many locations on the island.[30] During the occupation, the Indian termination policy, designed to end federal recognition of tribes, was rescinded by President Richard Nixon, and the new policy of self-determination was established, in part as a result of the publicity and awareness created by the occupiers. The occupation ended on June 11, 1971.[31] Alcatraz would eventually result in the Trail of Broken Treaties and would influence the Longest Walk in 1985. The occupation of Alcatraz is assumed to have played a huge role for Native Americans and is defined as a key movement, fighting for what some felt was rightfully theirs. The U.S. government returned land to the Taos, Yakima, Navajo and Washoe tribes following a succession of demands at Alcatraz.[29] Landmarking and development The entire Alcatraz Island was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976,[26] and was further declared a National Historic Landmark in 1986.[27][32] In 1993, the National Park Service published a plan entitled Alcatraz Development Concept and Environmental Assessment. This plan, approved in 1980, doubled the amount of Alcatraz accessible to the public to enable visitors to enjoy its scenery and bird, marine, and animal life, such as the California slender salamander.[33] Today American Indian groups such as the International Indian Treaty Council hold ceremonies on the island, most notably, their "Sunrise Gatherings" every Columbus and Thanksgiving Day. Proposed peace center The Global Peace Foundation proposed to raze the prison and build a peace center in its place. During the previous year, supporters collected 10,350 signatures that placed it on the presidential primary ballots in San Francisco for February 5, 2008.[34] The proposed plan was estimated at $1 billion. For the plan to pass, Congress would have had to have taken Alcatraz out of the National Park Service. Critics of the plan said that Alcatraz is too rich in history to be destroyed.[35] On February 6, 2008, the Alcatraz Island Global Peace Center Proposition C failed to pass, with 72% of voters rejecting the proposition.[36] Fauna and flora Habitat   Brandt's Cormorant nesting on Alcatraz IslandCisterns. A bluff that, because of its moist crevices, is believed to be an important site for California slender salamanders. Cliff tops at the island's north end. Containing a onetime manufacturing building and a plaza, the area is listed as important to nesting and roosting birds. The powerhouse area. A steep embankment where native grassland and creeping wild rye support a habitat for deer mice. Tide pools. A series of them, created by long-ago quarrying activities, contains still-unidentified invertebrate species and marine algae.[citation needed] They form one of the few tide-pool complexes in the Bay, according to the report. Western cliffs and cliff tops. Rising to heights of nearly 100 feet (30 m), they provide nesting and roosting sites for sea birds including pigeon guillemots, cormorants, Heermann's Gulls and Western Gulls. Harbor seals can occasionally be seen on a small beach at the base. The parade grounds. Carved from the hillside during the late 19th century and covered with rubble since the government demolished guard housing in 1971, the area has become a habitat and breeding ground for black-crowned night herons, western gulls, slender salamanders and deer mice. The Agave Path, a trail named for its dense growth of agave. Located atop a shoreline bulkhead on the south side, it provides a nesting habitat for night herons. Alcatraz prison and its surroundings.   Flowers on AlcatrazFlora Gardens planted by families of the original Army post, and later by families of the prison guards, fell into neglect after the prison closure in 1963. After 40 years they are being restored by a paid staff member and many volunteers, thanks to funding by the Garden Conservancy and the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy. The untended gardens had become severely overgrown and had developed into a nesting habitat and sanctuary for numerous birds. Now, areas of bird habitat are being preserved and protected, while many of the gardens are being fully restored to their original state. In clearing out the overgrowth, many of the original plants were discovered to still be growing where they had been planted - some over 100 years ago. Numerous heirloom rose hybrids, including a Welsh rose that had been believed to be extinct, have been discovered and propagated. Many species of roses, succulents, and geraniums are to be found growing among apple and fig trees, banks of sweet peas, manicured gardens of cutting flowers, and wildly overgrown sections of native grasses with blackberry and honeysuckle.  
Alcatraz Island
The restaurant is located in the downtown area. The food quality was great. Everything was fresh.
Restaurant in Nessebar
Gulfport is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States, a suburb of St. Petersburg.
Gulfport Municipal Marina
This marina is home to some of the finest Professional Charter Boat Captains in the Florida Keys. Located in Marathon, Florida.
View the 7 Mile Marina
View of the Lobby from LIGI TOOL & ENGINEERING, INC. With its innovative state-of-the-art CNC equipment, LIGI has become one of South Florida’s leading machine shops.
View the LIGI Lobby
View of the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, the world’s most-watched marine life rescue and environmental education center. Located in Clearwater, Florida.
Clearwater Marine Aquarium Live
View of the Bar Leone from Multisale Ariston Colleferro, located in Roma, Italy
Multisale Ariston - Bar Leone
Marina Port de Mallorca is a clear referent amongst the marinas around the mediterranean, and at the same time it is the most modern marina in the Balearic Islands
Marina Port de Mallorca
Sunsets, Florida Bay views and great food can be found all in one place in the heart of the Florida Keys at Mile Marker 54 Bayside, Marathon.
Island Fish Company - Restaurant
A live view of a wildlife pond connected to Rush Lake on the Whitefish Chain located in Crosslake, Minnesota, part of the Brainerd Lakes Area
Wildlife pond
Lake-side view of the Wolfeboro Bay Real Estate, from Wolfevboro town, in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States.
Wolfeboro Bay Real Estate
Like life and a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get. Multiple cameras located in Parkersburg, West Virgina.
GumpMobile
This camera shows what’s going on in the atrium at Asda House in Leeds. You can see hold sample tastings and product previews for colleagues – and look out for the occasional celebrity guest appearance!
Asda House
The first camera offers an external view of the Sugar Shack and the other 2 cameras show you the evaporator used in the manufacture of maple syrup. Located in Quebec, Canada. A sugar house (also known as a sap house, sugar shack, sugar shanty, or "cabane à sucre") is a small cabin or shack where sap collected from sugar maple trees is boiled into maple syrup. In Quebec, most sugar houses are family-owned.[citation needed] During the spring when the maple syrup is flowing or running, and Easter, the families and guests gather in these sugar houses to celebrate, often delighting in foods cooked with maple syrup, some of the rarer ones being sausages cooked in maple syrup, or eggs poached in maple syrup. Most sugar houses located near urban centers also offer reception halls and outdoor activities open to the general public during certain months. Many of these activities include sleigh-riding, tours of the grounds, and eating maple toffee made in the house often in front of the clientele. The reception halls cater to large groups offering many varied dishes complimented by maple syrup. These dishes range from ham, bacon, sausages, scrambled eggs, pork rinds, and pancakes to many other breakfast type dishes. There are also specialties like homemade pickles, homemade breads, followed by desserts like sugar pie and maple taffy on the snow.[1] Another interesting fact is that in most of these buildings the great room is furnished with long tables, so everyone just sits and enjoys the food in a buffet style or the servers bring food until you tell them to stop. It is a tradition from Québec.
View the Sugar Shack
View the people working. 24 hours. for you. This cam is located at Buenos Aires, Argentina
Towebs Hosting

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