Treasure Island Resort on Boca Ciega Bay, Waterfront, Florida-Gulf of Mexico Beaches – Video

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From peacefulness to wild parties on three Thai islands

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A trip sampling the diversity of Southeast Asian destinations can take you from the sleek modernity of Singapore to the ancient temples of Cambodias Angkor Wat. And then there are the beaches of Thailand: relaxing and beautiful with gorgeous stretches of sand, water sports, nearby outdoor activities and cheap food and drink.

Off the Andaman Sea are famed Phuket and Koh Phi Phi, which rose to international prominence after being featured in the Leonardo DiCaprio film The Beach, but the beaches along the Gulf of Thailand have an equally renowned trio of Koh Samui, Koh Phangan and Koh Tao.

Each of these has its own charms and attractions, and regular boat service makes it easy to travel among them. All three have vibrant party scenes, as well, drawing young people from around the world.

As for the recent political unrest in Thailand, tourist numbers at the beaches were down midwinter as some visitors canceled trips, but the islands have been unaffected and some hotels have been willing to negotiate room rates.

Heres a look at some of the Thai island destinations:

Koh Samui

This is the main transport center for the islands, with a fancy airport it even includes its own Park Avenue with designer shops and built-up infrastructure.

The island boasts gorgeous beaches all over its coasts. Chaweng Beach appeals to the young; its dotted with hotels for all budgets, open-air massage parlors where you can get an hourlong treatment for less than $10, and vendors peddling everything from corn on the cob and pineapple to beachwear and decorative wooden keepsakes.

Thats by day. By night, the main drag, a block away from the beach, buzzes with thumping music and busy restaurants. The laid-back daytime schedule means the venues dont become crowded until about 10 p.m. or 11 p.m.; penny-pinchers should head to Walking Street for cheap pint bottles of Chang beer, barbecued crocodile or fruit shakes, affordable swimwear and sarongs, and people-watching.

Koh Phangan

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Best and worst of Isle of Wight beaches

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Colwell Bay has been labelled one of the cleanest in the country by a national newspaper.

ISLE of Wight beaches have been named among the best and worst in the country. Bembridge was on a blacklist of UK beaches while Colwell Bay was named as one of the cleanest.

Bembridge parish councillors reacted angrily this week after Forelands beach featured in a 'blacklist of UK beaches, where signs marking the beach as unfit for bathing could be introduced next year due to tough new EU regulations.

A report in The Sunday Times named the resort as one of 45 where the current sea water quality would not meet the stringent EU rules that come into effect in 2015.

The Environment Agency (EA) drew up the list, which also includes popular coastal towns such as Blackpool and Scarborough.

The report provoked an angry response from the parish council on Tuesday, when members agreed to write to the newspaper and BBC South Today about their 'negative coverage.

They spoke of their upset at the beach already being labelled 'poor ahead of the EU changes and complained the EA had so far been unable to tell them what was polluting the water or why nearby beaches at St Helens and Sandown scored highly.

The new rules will see the introduction of higher standards that are around twice as stringent as those currently in force.

A working party set up last year between the parish council and other organisations, including the EA and Southern Water, is trying to improve the rating to adequate.

There was praise, however, for another Island beach this week when the 'i newspaper named Colwell Bay among the cleanest in the country.

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Check Out These Online Astronomy Classes and Contests

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Here are a few upcoming and ongoing astronomy classes and photography contests that our readers may be interested in.

Once a year, the One-Minute Astronomer aka Brian Ventrudo offers a detailed course called The Art of Stargazing, and you need to act fast on this one, as the final signup date is March 24, 2014. This 12-month course breaks down everything you need to know about stargazing into bite-sized pieces detailed sky tours, choosing and using the best binoculars and telescope for you, and a smattering of science to help you understand a little about your place in the universe. It also shows you how to find and enjoy hundreds of achingly beautiful sights you will remember for the rest of your life.

You have until noon (GMT) this Monday, March 24 to begin your personal odyssey through the heavens. As the Brian says, Youll come away from The Art of Stargazing with everything you need to become a skilled backyard stargazer.

The cost is $197 USD, and there are payment plans, as well as a lifetime of followup information and email advisories. Get all the details here.

As always, you can find other ongoing classes at the CosmoQuest Academy. They regularly have new classes as well as opportunities for citizen science with their Moon Mappers, Asteroid Mappers and Planet Mappers programs.

There are also two astrophotography contests going on right now:

Ciel & Espace magazine in France is having their Photo Nightscape Awards, and are looking for submissions of Earth and night sky photos. Photos must be taken between January 1, 2014 and August 31, 2014. One photo submission per photographer, and all formats are accepted: panoramic, square, mosaics.

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Capturing Halley's Comet: An Astronomy Tale

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Victor Rogus is an amateur astronomer, and this is the first in his series of exclusive Space.com posts about amateur astronomy. He contributed this article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.

April 8th is my father's birthday, but in 1986, I was not with him or the rest of the family back in Des Plaines, Illinois, celebrating with him, and enjoying a slice of his favorite cheesecake. That year, my wife and I were nearly 1,400 miles away, standing on a beach of crushed coral. We used a public pay phone to wish him many happy returns. With sincerity he wished us the best of luck on our adventure. We were far from home getting ready to photograph the historic Comet Halley from one of the best locations in the United States: the Florida Keys. At latitude of 23 degrees north, we would enjoy a distinct advantage over other astrophotographers.

We had made the journey knowing that every degree of latitude we moved south, the historic interloper known as "Halley" moved one degree higher in the sky. Comet Halley would be among the stars of the constellation Centaurus. Centaurs, a constellation so far south we never see it from our home in Illinois, and certainly not from our dark-sky sight in Algoma, Wisc. [Photos of Halley's Comet, an Icy Icon]

We were excited with the promise of new stars to see in the dark skies over the Straits of Florida. As mile blurred into mile and hour blurred into hour it seemed nothing could detour us from our grand undertaking.

After a brief tour of Key West we decided to find a comfortable campground where we would set up our equipment and try to get some rest. Retreating a few miles north, we settled on Lazy Lakes Camp on Sugarloaf Key. After checking in, we slowly drove to our campsite. We passed a huge 12-inch Newtonian telescope on a massive mount staring at the azure sky, its owner nowhere in sight. In the campsite across from ours, our next-door neighbor tinkered with his 8-inch Schmidtt-Cassegrain. It would seem we were in the right place!

With our camp made, tent erected, van organized and telescope set up, we settled in for dinner. Our next move would be to Polar-align our telescope's homemade mount, locate the great comet and perhaps begin photography.

As darkness fell we waited in hushed anticipation for the most famous snowball in history to appear. Then, a moment after the great orange globe of the sun slipped below the western horizon, a loud BUZZ-CLICK was heard and we were bathed in a sickening yellow light from an unnoticed street lamp directly across from our campsite.

Photography was out of the question for tonight. Bugs danced and played around and around the street lamp, each a micro-comet unto itself, in orbit around its quartz-halogen sun. We had driven nearly 1,400 miles to see and photograph history's most famous comet. The same one that William the Conqueror was said to have seen and took as a sign to invade England in 1066 AD. We would not be stopped by a light bulb.

What were we to do?

I had a slingshot and was good with it. Maybe no one would notice the sound of the glass breaking. We talked about using the van as a makeshift light stop but the light was too high above us and too close. Before us lay a salt marsh, behind us a small bay, so moving did not seem a very appealing prospect. Besides, we were all set up and ready to Polar-align, and it was getting dark fast. We decided to do the right thing and speak to the caretaker of this facility and offer him a bribe.

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Neil Jacobstein at Singularity University’s Exponential Medicine Conference, Nov. 2013 – Video

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Mirza Faizan, Aerospace scientist from India won Airline Industry Innovation Award – Video

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