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Portlight was founded in 1997 as an organization to assist the disabled, by people living with disabilities. [1] [2] In 2008 through co-founder and chairman of the board Paul Timmons, Jr., Portlight assisted Patrick Pearson of Weather Underground in organizing relief for survivors of Hurricane Ike in Texas.
Portlight may refer to: Another name for a lighthouse; The heavy glass cover for a porthole; Portlight Strategies, an American charity helping hurricane victims;
A porthole consists of at least two structural components and is, in its simplest form, similar to any other type of window in design and purpose. The porthole is primarily a circular glass disk, known as a portlight, encased in a metal frame that is bolted securely into the side of a ship's hull. Sometimes the glass disk of a porthole is ...
Portland Head Light is a historic lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine.The light station sits on a headland at the entrance of the primary shipping channel into Portland Harbor, which is within Casco Bay in the Gulf of Maine.
There he was the editor of the Portlight and the Conch Shell, monthly and annual publications, respectively, of the Academy, and Chairman of the Honor Committee and President of the Literary Society. In the fall of 1917, he entered the University of Alabama where he enrolled in R.O.T.C.
Watercraft navigation lights must permit other vessels to determine the type and relative angle of a vessel, and thus decide if there is a danger of collision. In general, sailing vessels are required to carry a green light that shines from dead ahead to 2 points (22 + 1 ⁄ 2 °) abaft [note 1] the beam on the starboard side (the right side from the perspective of someone on board facing ...
Port Isabel is a city in Cameron County, Texas, United States. [5] It is part of the Brownsville–Harlingen–Raymondville and the Matamoros–Brownsville metropolitan areas.
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