tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47459931837832707212011-04-21T16:03:46.073-07:00lighthouseffecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17903689705757661061noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745993183783270721.post-20023592094642716032007-05-26T16:31:00.001-07:002008-12-10T23:25:53.665-08:00Pictures of the Pt. Loma Lighthouses. Pictures taken by Nirav Desai<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SaXQRNP6AAA/RljECCEGiyI/AAAAAAAAACc/nx85cMXeF-0/s1600-h/image0-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SaXQRNP6AAA/RljECCEGiyI/AAAAAAAAACc/nx85cMXeF-0/s200/image0-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069016919798352674" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SaXQRNP6AAA/RljECSEGizI/AAAAAAAAACk/ZIHsfZfhpZY/s1600-h/image0-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SaXQRNP6AAA/RljECSEGizI/AAAAAAAAACk/ZIHsfZfhpZY/s200/image0-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069016924093319986" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SaXQRNP6AAA/RljECSEGi0I/AAAAAAAAACs/q3gtdkmWN1A/s1600-h/image0-3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SaXQRNP6AAA/RljECSEGi0I/AAAAAAAAACs/q3gtdkmWN1A/s200/image0-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069016924093320002" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SaXQRNP6AAA/RljDgSEGitI/AAAAAAAAAB0/eVEwam0awY4/s1600-h/image0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SaXQRNP6AAA/RljDgSEGitI/AAAAAAAAAB0/eVEwam0awY4/s200/image0.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069016339977767634" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SaXQRNP6AAA/RljDgyEGiuI/AAAAAAAAAB8/uVcQT-5hdQ8/s1600-h/image0-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SaXQRNP6AAA/RljDgyEGiuI/AAAAAAAAAB8/uVcQT-5hdQ8/s200/image0-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069016348567702242" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SaXQRNP6AAA/RljDhCEGivI/AAAAAAAAACE/5ajAqSvhLO8/s1600-h/image0-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SaXQRNP6AAA/RljDhCEGivI/AAAAAAAAACE/5ajAqSvhLO8/s200/image0-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069016352862669554" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 78%;"><i>Have a cause that's close to your heart? Email us at thelantern@lighthouseffect.org and </i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 78%;"><i>you could have your thoughts published on http://thelantern.lighthouseffect.org.<br /><br />And don't forget to visit <a target="_blank" class="" href="http://www.lighthouseffect.org/">lighthouseffect.org</a>!</i></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4745993183783270721-2002359209464271603?l=lighthouseffect.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lighthouseffecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17903689705757661061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745993183783270721.post-73670399517359954492007-05-25T22:00:00.000-07:002008-12-10T23:25:55.446-08:00Pictures from Battery Point Lighthouse in Crescent City, CA. Taken by Nirav Desai<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SaXQRNP6AAA/Rle_2CEGilI/AAAAAAAAAA0/svcqk0Gb6C0/s1600-h/image0-6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SaXQRNP6AAA/Rle_2CEGilI/AAAAAAAAAA0/svcqk0Gb6C0/s200/image0-6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068730840616700498" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SaXQRNP6AAA/Rle_2SEGimI/AAAAAAAAAA8/bBttXZiaUoY/s1600-h/image0-7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SaXQRNP6AAA/Rle_2SEGimI/AAAAAAAAAA8/bBttXZiaUoY/s200/image0-7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068730844911667810" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SaXQRNP6AAA/Rle_2iEGinI/AAAAAAAAABE/sM8eBOk2hQE/s1600-h/image0-8.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SaXQRNP6AAA/Rle_2iEGinI/AAAAAAAAABE/sM8eBOk2hQE/s200/image0-8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068730849206635122" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SaXQRNP6AAA/Rle_2yEGioI/AAAAAAAAABM/ZmAVBTTD7Ps/s1600-h/image0-9.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SaXQRNP6AAA/Rle_2yEGioI/AAAAAAAAABM/ZmAVBTTD7Ps/s200/image0-9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068730853501602434" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SaXQRNP6AAA/Rle_iiEGigI/AAAAAAAAAAM/Us7YEwlEZYo/s1600-h/image0-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SaXQRNP6AAA/Rle_iiEGigI/AAAAAAAAAAM/Us7YEwlEZYo/s200/image0-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068730505609251330" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SaXQRNP6AAA/Rle_jCEGihI/AAAAAAAAAAU/u95iHRDUvBU/s1600-h/image0-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SaXQRNP6AAA/Rle_jCEGihI/AAAAAAAAAAU/u95iHRDUvBU/s200/image0-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068730514199185938" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SaXQRNP6AAA/Rle_jCEGiiI/AAAAAAAAAAc/W7mql4nwMxY/s1600-h/image0-3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SaXQRNP6AAA/Rle_jCEGiiI/AAAAAAAAAAc/W7mql4nwMxY/s200/image0-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068730514199185954" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SaXQRNP6AAA/Rle_jiEGijI/AAAAAAAAAAk/QLEzd9EtCjs/s1600-h/image0-4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SaXQRNP6AAA/Rle_jiEGijI/AAAAAAAAAAk/QLEzd9EtCjs/s200/image0-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068730522789120562" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SaXQRNP6AAA/Rle_jyEGikI/AAAAAAAAAAs/rSX3ZwppplQ/s1600-h/image0-5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SaXQRNP6AAA/Rle_jyEGikI/AAAAAAAAAAs/rSX3ZwppplQ/s200/image0-5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068730527084087874" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 78%;"><i>Have a cause that's close to your heart? Email us at thelantern@lighthouseffect.org and </i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 78%;"><i>you could have your thoughts published on http://thelantern.lighthouseffect.org.<br /><br />And don't forget to visit <a target="_blank" class="" href="http://www.lighthouseffect.org/">lighthouseffect.org</a>!</i></span><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;" ><i></i></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4745993183783270721-7367039951735995449?l=lighthouseffect.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lighthouseffecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17903689705757661061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745993183783270721.post-20478219701227507132007-05-25T00:47:00.000-07:002007-05-26T16:41:50.187-07:00<span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;" >Think you can name all the countries in the world? How about 50? 15? 245? Well, what if you knew all the names of countries that existed but had only 10 minutes to name them all. Would you succeed?<br /><br /><a href="http://thelantern.lighthouseffect.org/2007/03/05/name-that-country.aspx">Read on...</a></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 78%;"><i>Have a cause that's close to your heart? Email us at thelantern@lighthouseffect.org and </i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 78%;"><i>you could have your thoughts published on http://thelantern.lighthouseffect.org.<br /><br />And don't forget to visit <a target="_blank" class="" href="http://www.lighthouseffect.org/">lighthouseffect.org</a>!</i></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4745993183783270721-2047821970122750713?l=lighthouseffect.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lighthouseffecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17903689705757661061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745993183783270721.post-39467769017833920002007-05-25T00:45:00.000-07:002007-05-26T16:41:34.853-07:00<span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;" >What's the purpose of being a celebrity if you can't do more than entertain? Celebrities have the power - materially and spiritually - to influence minds as well as fight for and lead causes. And certainly, <a target="_blank" class="" href="http://www.showbuzz.cbsnews.com/elements/2005/07/14/people_crusades/photoessay709187.shtml">some do</a> - through fund raisers, protests, music and lyrics, write-ups...and movies. Well, here's a brief look at a few Africa-related movies that have inspired my thinking, and that I recommend as must-sees...<br /><br /><a href="http://thelantern.lighthouseffect.org/2007/01/28/be-the-change.aspx">Read on...</a><br /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 78%;"><i>Have a cause that's close to your heart? Email us at thelantern@lighthouseffect.org and </i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 78%;"><i>you could have your thoughts published on http://thelantern.lighthouseffect.org.<br /><br />And don't forget to visit <a target="_blank" class="" href="http://www.lighthouseffect.org/">lighthouseffect.org</a>!</i></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4745993183783270721-3946776901783392000?l=lighthouseffect.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lighthouseffecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17903689705757661061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745993183783270721.post-69772816007721474422007-05-25T00:42:00.000-07:002007-05-26T16:41:15.153-07:00<span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">In this world, we take a lot for granted. And if this were a perfect world, perhaps doing so would be alright. But far from being perfect, our world is broken. It has to be, with so many children living in poverty (every second child in the world does so, according to the UN).<br /><br />If you ask yourself of the things you take for granted, </span></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">shelter, food, love, and life may spring to mind. But, does....water?<br /><br /><a href="http://thelantern.lighthouseffect.org/2007/01/26/something-has-been-broken.aspx">Read on...</a><br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 78%;"><i>Have a cause that's close to your heart? Email us at thelantern@lighthouseffect.org and </i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 78%;"><i>you could have your thoughts published on http://thelantern.lighthouseffect.org.<br /><br />And don't forget to visit <a target="_blank" class="" href="http://www.lighthouseffect.org/">lighthouseffect.org</a>!</i></span><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;" ><i></i></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4745993183783270721-6977281600772147442?l=lighthouseffect.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lighthouseffecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17903689705757661061noreply@blogger.com0