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The Reber Telescope was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1989. The project will use 20% of the telescope’s observation time and bring $20 million to the Green Bank Observatory over the next decade. The project is a 10 year, $100 million initiative by Russian billionaire Yuri Milner and cosmologist Stephen Hawking. ![]() In January 2016, Project Breakthrough Listen began using the 300 foot Green Bank Telescope to search 200 stars nearest to earth for radio emissions that might indicate intelligent life. In 1995, the search was revived in Project Phoenix, privately supported and based in Australia but also using the 140-foot telescope in Green Bank from September 1996 until April 1998, for the focus on northern stars with planets. The SETI project continued until it lost congressional support in 1993. The NASA Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence began at the NRAO in April 1960, when astronomer Frank Drake began Project Ozma, using the 85-foot Tatel telescope that is sensitive enough to detect routine radio signals such as we produce on Earth. The 2,004 panels that make up the telescope’s surface are mounted at their corners on actuators, little motor-driven pistons, which make it easier to adjust the shape of the surface. It can be pointed with an accuracy of one arcsecond, equivalent to the width of a human hair seen from six feet away. The 16-million-pound telescope’s surface dimensions are 100 meters by 110 meters. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, the world’s largest fully steerable radio telescope, was dedicated on August 25, 2000. A 300-foot meridian transit telescope began observations in October 1961 and operated until it collapsed in 1988. The Interferometer, a series of 85-foot telescopes, operated at Green Bank for the U.S. Green Bank’s 140-foot telescope, the world’s largest equatorially mounted radio telescope, operates at short wavelengths. ![]() Today the NRAO provides free access to its research equipment to scientists from all over the world. ![]() A 13,000 square mile National Radio Quiet Zone was established when construction began at Green Bank in 1958, and the first radio telescopes were in operation by fall 1959. The Green Bank site was chosen in 1955 for its surrounding mountains, which shield it from radio interference, and its low population and lack of industrial development. Radio astronomy differs from visual astronomy in that the dish-shaped telescopes gather radio waves rather than light waves. The National Radio Astronomy Observatory ( NRAO), funded by the National Science Foundation and operated by Associated Universities, Inc., is located near Green Bank in Pocahontas County. I’m so proud of their production, I’m proud of all those girls that are on there. In addition to Perry’s “If Loving You Is Wrong,” she’s also caught up on “How to Get Away With Murder,” “Star,” and “Empire.” Of course, she’s also a huge fan of “Pose.” She’s very excited about Tyler Perry’s “The Haves and the Have Nots” on Hulu, which features a positive gay character with a supportive father. Now that her nursing shift is more reasonable, Taylor has had time to catch up on her favorite shows. Unfortunately, the show was canceled after one season. That’s how Taylor booked her first TV gig, Marti Noxon’s “Dietland” on AMC. One of the fastest ways to casting equity for trans talent is casting trans actors and actresses in roles that are not specifically written as trans. We wanna be mainstream, we wanna be on TV dating the hot guy.” “I’m not a diva, not in the least bit, but when I say I don’t wanna do that, I think I’m doing the trans community a favor, because we’re trying to come out of that type of typecasting. I feel like trans women should be getting out of that,” Taylor said. There are plenty of job opportunities Taylor never sees, because her management knows not to send her roles with harmful stereotypes about trans women: Like sex work, drug dealing, or ending up dead in a ditch. They change it from maybe a trans person, or maybe the excuse is - ‘I don’t want black, I think we’re gonna go Latina for this, or we’re gonna go white for this.’ I’ve had that happen, yes! Oh, yes honey.”Īnd those are just the auditions she takes. “Sometimes they totally change the character. ![]() Through management, Taylor knows there have been roles she hasn’t booked because she was black. How much more proving myself do I need to do?” I’m not sitting up here saying that I am not grateful for what has been given to me, but if we’re gonna talk about this subject, let’s really put it out there,” Taylor said. “So I still have the rest of my day to come home and do auditions.”Īn avid fan of “How to Get Away With Murder,” Taylor agrees with Viola Davis and Mo’Nique, who have both spoken out about the pay disparity for black women in Hollywood. “I get up at 5:30, get to work, clock in at 6:25 - gotta get that extra little five minutes in there! - and I’m done by 3,” she said. Thankfully, she is now on a more manageable 40-hour work week. She was working double shifts during the first wave of the pandemic, pulling 16-hour days four days in a row for a harrowing total of 144 hours every two weeks. She auditions regularly, self-taping after her morning shift at the hospital. Not in LA.” Mya Taylor, Sean Baker and Kitana Kiki Rodriguez Daniel Bergeron Everything would just go up moving there, and I wouldn’t be able to live the life that I live here. ![]() My apartment is much cheaper here, my car insurance is much cheaper here. It’s scary to think about moving back to LA, because the life that I live here, it just wouldn’t be able to transfer there. “I created a life for myself here, I’m comfortable, I’m happy, I’m content. “I really miss Los Angeles, I really do, but I struggled there,” Taylor said. Her life in the midwest is easy and affordable, and she says North Dakota offers nurses the highest salaries of any state. ![]() “Oh, hell no! If people knew that I was trans, I wouldn’t be getting a job in any hospital or any nursing home in North Dakota,” Taylor said. Because of that, Taylor has been able to live and work peacefully as a woman in North Dakota. She rejects the word “closeted,” but admits that she is now “passable,” meaning the average person on the street would not be able to tell she is transgender. She initially moved in with a partner, but that relationship has since ended. That freedom also allowed a total career change: For the last four years, she has been living in North Dakota and working as a nurse. Defining your budget early will help you narrow down your options and keep you from getting wowed by features you may or may not need. ![]() Price: The alarm clock market is wide - with both budget and luxury options.Read more: 5 Sunrise Alarm Clocks That Will Wake You Up Gently Multiple volume and tone settings, multiple alarms Sunrise light, a variety of tones, streaming musicĪmazon's Alexa for voice commands, touchscreen display for videos, shortcuts for smart home controls As well as some others we still recommend. ![]() Here are our picks for the top six alarm clocks you can buy right now. We did the testing for you, so you can rest easy knowing you have your ideal fit. And the very best alarm clocks even come equipped with additional features like voice assistants and interactive displays for convenience.įinding the right alarm clock can be tough, especially with so many features, price points and brands. These days, there are tons of more-advanced bedside companions that can help you ease into your day with ramp-up lighting or pleasing nature sounds. That doesn't mean you have to replace your phone with a clunky and jarring old-school alarm clock. ![]() If you're looking for a small but significant change you can implement to give yourself the gift of better sleep then consider getting a new alarm setup. But if your phone is your main alarm, that might be tricky. It's often recommended that you avoid using your cell phone before bedtime to improve your sleep cycle.
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