BLACK LIZARD

Meet Dexter, a polite wolf in sheep's clothing... a monster who cringes at the site of blood... a serial killer whose one golden rule makes him immensely likable: he only kills bad people. Dexter Morgan isn't exactly the kind of man you'd bring home to Mom. Though he's playful and has a wonderfully ironic sense of humor, Dexter's one character flaw (his proclivity for murder) can be off-putting. But at heart Dexter is the perfect gentleman, supportive of his sister, Deb, a Miami cop, and interested only in doing away with people who really deserve his special visit. Dex is quite good-looking but totally indifferent to (and, frankly, a bit puzzled by) the attentions paid to him by women. Despite the fact that he can't stand the sight of blood, he works as a blood-spatter analyst for the Miami police department, a job that allows him to keep tabs on the latest crimes and keep an eye open for his next quarry. Dexter's well-organized life is suddenly disrupted when a second, much more visible serial killer appears in Miami. Dex is intrigued, even delighted, by the fact that the other killer appears to have a style reminiscent of his own. Yet he can't help but feel that the mysterious new arrival is not merely invading his turf, but reaching out to him as well. This new killer seems to be doing more than copying Dexter -- he seems to be saying, "Come out and play." Dexter's secret life makes for a lonely existence... even a lovable monster can be intrigued by the prospect of finding a friend. Introducing one of the most witty and original narrators in years, Jeff Lindsay's "Darkly Dreaming Dexter" is a fresh, surprising, and brilliantly executed novel that is sure to receive wide acclaim.

A story of Children saying For Adults

Introduction:

William Gerald Golding was fantastic, spiritual, pessimistic and a great writer. In most of his novels, he conflicted the nature of a civilized man and the darkness of the nature in his own style. William Golding was born in 19 september, 1911 at Cornwall in England. His father was Alec Golding, a great socialist. His mother was Mildred, who worked for the vote of women in that country. Golding was Intelligent, Competetive. He was also interested in music. He learned the Latin language and with the help of his father, he wrote many stories in Latin. In the age of twenty, he wished to be a writer and entered into English Literature. For his writings, Alec too helped him. They were rejected by the readers even though those were published by Mcmillan Company. At that time, Golding thought that his life was over. With the help of his friend Adam, he joined as teacher. By teaching different subjects, he taught music and exhibited many dramas. In 1950, he wrote the poem, 'The Sea' and in 1952, the novel 'Strangers from within' was refused by the publishers. But, Charles Monteith, the editor of the company Faber and Faber, made some changes and published as "Lord of the Flies" in 1954. This brought a great success to Golding. From that time, he never turned back in English Literature. He published 'The Inheritors'(1955), 'Pincher Martin'(1956), 'Free Fall'(1959), 'Darkness Visible' (1979) and many other novels which brought a name and fame to Golding. The year 1983 was marked as unforgottable year in his life. Because, he was honoured with a Doctorate by Oxford University and Sorbonne and at the same time, he received Nobel Proze for his unique services in English Literature. He died in June 19, 1993. In June, 1995, his last novel 'The double Tongue' was published. William Golding believed that the ultimate purpose of literature is to foster change, "It is the poetry of fact, the stuff of human courage and defiance, and has changed tha face of history".Recalling Sir Winston Churchill's words, Golding said that, "Words express what a huge segment of the world thinks and in that sense literture has to be used for nation to speak to nation."

Lord of the Flies - Central Idea:

It gained a lot of success written by William Golding. It is a story of fantasy relating to fear and imaginative feelings containing some reality. An aircraft, having some school boys was crashed in an island at Pacific ocean. As the pilot was dead, all the boys were became alone. What they were doing there? How could they bear the situations? How they were staying there? Finally, what happened? The answers to all the above questions in the author's own style was this novel - Lord of the Flies. He explained the feelings and thoughts of completely immatured, not yet developed children and their behaviour. It was an attempt to trace out the mistakes in the people and society around us. We can find the symbolism in this novel. It was divided into twelve chapters with various characters and behaviour was an important thing. The main theme of this novel was "The study of Human Society". He chosen the children for this story to mention that the good feelings, freedom, peace should come from the childhood. Through, "Lord of the Flies", he provided an opportunity to understand that the effect of time and difficult situations may lead a man in what direction.

Story - Analysis:

In the novel, "Lord of the Flies", an atomic war was only the base to start the story. But the motif of our author was to tell the behaviour of the small children who deserted in an island at Pacific ocean. The main characters in this novel were Ralph, Jack, Piggy, Simon, Roger, Sam, Eric and Littluns. The story veered round these boys. They all wanted to be live in a disciplined manner. As there were no adults to care them, they elected Ralph as their leader. Ralph suggested them some rules. Firstly, whenever they heard the voice of the conch shell, they had to meet at one place. Here, Golding showed us the shell indicates the official power of socialism, democratic, discipline which indicated his symbolism.

Ralph gave a plan to make a fire on the top of the mountain. So that, the passengers who travelled on that way may find and helped them. But, the plan of Ralph was always failed due to the lack of discipline and proper planning in their attempts. On the other side, Jack always showed his interest in hunting the pigs, was hated by Ralph. Ralph thought was different. There were so many fruits in that forest to eat. So, he wanted to make huts for shelter. Helpless and careless of Jack to Ralph made them enemies. But, this is also a Right. In this Democratic society, everyone can lead thier own life. They may do, they may speak whatever they wish and whatever they like, was supported by Golding.

All the children were under the age of 12, so that their minds were not properly developed and they couldn't understand anything. They were not in the position to understand anything. In the event of making a fire on the mountain, they saw a surprised and a variety picture made him fear and they all, except Simon, felt that it was a Beast. As simon was intellectual and understand the truth that evil is nowhere, evil is within humans. This was the real truth what Simon understood so he didn't involve in that. Sam and Eric created an another story that they saw the beast and they were followed by it. But, Simon didn't believe that. Piggy was also an intellectual boy but due to his weak eye-sight, he couldn't do anything. Atlast they found that they saw a man who fell down from the parachute and they felt that it was a beast.

In other aspect, Jack didn't care all these and he involved in his work, that too he asked all the others to act against Ralph. So that they divided into two groups - Hunters and Non-hunters. Once Simon went alone, the head of the beast was appeared to him and ordered Simon that he shouldn't go alone, go back and join with other friends. That head was called by William Golding as "Lord of the Flies". This is known by us as a well-known devil. ' You know me. I am the part of you, I never go without you. You go and stay with all otherwise I will kill all of them', this was an order by that head and Simon got much fear for that. Here, we come to know by the words of Golding that the bad evil and devilish thoughts are born with us and they stay within us and sometimes they may come out.

Then Simon wanted to tell this point what he found there to all his friends and wanted to make them free. So, he went to Jack's group but as they didn't find Simon, they killed him, having a feel that it was a beast. After sometime they found that they killed Simon but it was the position to do nothing. Golding described Simon as a Christ because he too wanted to do good for others and lost his life. As Littluns are too small, couldn't do anything. Then Jack too wanted to come out of that desert and wanted to make a fire on the mountain. But he hadn't any instrument to make light. So that he stolen the glasses of Piggy and made him so much trouble. Ralph arranged a meeting and called Jack as a thief. Jack got angry and with the help of his friend Roger, he killed Piggy. Through this, Golding discussed that the cheap politics are not to be in adults, according to the situations, Children's minds too spoiled with that politics.

Ralph became alone. So, Jack wanted to kill Ralph with the help of his friends. Ralph escaped from them and reached the sea shore there, was waiting for the help of the passengers travelled by that way. This scene was made by Golding in a horrible way. At that time, a naval officer was passing by and he observed Ralph, asked Ralph about his excitement. Ralph told him everything and the naval-officer took that boy with him was the end of this story.

But, the real significance lies in the realisation that any form of civilized behaviour and organisation is only possible when lines of command are laid down and discipline is maintained. In other words, man's freedom has to be curbed and if it is not, he goes back to the state of the savage in the jungle.

According to Walter Allen, "The first thing to be said of Golding's novel is that they are self-contained wholes beneath whose surface action and realism are to be found much wider and in a sense, cosmic meanings. Fully to succeed, a fantasy must approach very close to reality". "Lord of the Flies" does. Peter Green expressed his views as, "The central theme of Golding is not the relationship of man but the relationship of man, the individual, to the universe and through the universe, to God".

The symbolism of his novels is, in essence, theological. It is clear that there is a close thematic connection between "Lord of the Flies" and his another novel "The Inheritors". Golding has simply set up a different working model to illustrate the eternal human verities from a new angle. Again it is humanity, and humanity alone, that generates evil. Just as Ralph in 'Lord of the Flies', Lok in the novel 'The Inheritors' too suffered for his loss of innocence.

However, the significant thing which made Golding very famous is the appearance of Reality in his Writings.

The 7 steps for Personality Development

Think for a minute about how your mind is working. Is it Quick or Alert? Your ability to do what you just did is uniquely human. Animals don't possess this ability. We call it "Self-Awareness" This is only why we can make and break our habits. Habits are powerful factors in our lives. It involves a process and a tremendous committment. Now, let's discuss the 7 habits that we must make to know ourselves better and they provide an incremental, sequential, highly-integrated approach to the development of Personal and Interpersonal effectiveness.

1. BE PROACTIVE

The first and most basic habit of a highly effective person in any environment is the habit of Proactivity. It means, we, humanbeings are responsible for our lives. Our behaviour is a function of our decisions and not conditions. Highly effective people recognize their responsibility. They never bother about their circumstances or conditions or behaviour. This behaviour is a product of their own conscience choice rather than their feeling.

Our basic nature is to act, and not to be acted upon. We must take the initiative, does not mean being pushy, obnoxious or aggressive but recognizing our responsibility to make things happen. Proactive people focus their efforts, The nature of their energy is positive, enlarging and magnifying. The difference between poeple who exercise initiative and those who don't is just the difference between night and day.

To become Proactive, for a full day, listen to your language and to the language of the people around us. Select a problem from your work or personal life that is frustrating to you.

It is an initiative for having and developing personality.

2. BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND

This is based on the principle that "all things are created twice". The first one is the Mental Creation and the second is Physical Creation. We work with our mind until we get a clear image of what we want. The first creation is really what we want, that we have thought everything through. Let's take the example - Parenting. If anyone wants to raise responsible, self-disciplined children, they have to keep that end clearly in mind is they interact with their children on a daily basis. They can't behave toward them in ways that undermine their self-discipline or self-esteem.

In our personal lives, if we don't develop our own self-awareness and become responsible for first creations, we empower other people to shape much of our lives. The unique human capacities of self-awareness, imagination and conscience enable us to examine first creations and make it possible for us to take charge of our own first creationm to write our own creation. It can be said that 'Leadership is the first creation and Management is the second creation'. Leadership deals with the top-line whereas Management is a bottom-line focus. No management success can compensate for failure in leadership. But leadership is hard because we are often caught in a management paradigm.

We can easily understand that - "Management is efficiency in climbing the leader of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaving against the right wall."

Set up time to completely separate yourself from daily activities and to begin work on your personal mission statement. Start a collection of notes, quotes and ideas you may want to use as resource material in writing your personal mission statement.

3. PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST

This is the exercise of Independent Will toward becoming principle centered. We can't become principle-centered without being aware of developing our own proactive nature. In addition to imagination, self-awareness and conscience, it is the fourth human endowment - Independent Will - that really makes effective self-management possible.

It is the ability to make decisions and choices and to act in accordance with them. The degree to which we have developed our independent will in our everyday lives is measured by our Personal Integrity, fundamentally, the value we place on ourselves.

Effective Management is putting first things first while Leadership decides what "first things" are, it is management that puts them first. If we are an effective manager of ourselves, our discipline comes from within; it is a function of our independent will.

So, commit ourselves to start organizing on a weekly basis and set up a regular time to do it.

4. THINK WIN / WIN

Win is not a technique; it's a total philosophy of human interaction. Win is a frame of mind and heart that constantly seeks mutual benefit in all human interactions. Win means that agreemetns or solutions are mutually beneficial, satisfying. Win is based on the paradigm that there is plenty for everybody, that one person's success is not achieved at the expense or exclusion of the success of others. It's not your way or my way; it's a better way, a higher way. The alternative for win is Lose. But we shouldn't get disheartened by our loss, rather we should take it positively and decide not to commit the same mistakes again.

Win has Five Dimensions. 1. CHARACTER 2. RELATIONSHIPS 3. AGREEMENTS

4. SUPPORTIVE SYSTEMS and 5. PROCESSES.

Character is the foundation of win and everything else builds on that foundation. From the foundation of character, we build and maintain relationships. From relationships, flow the agreements that five definition and direction to win. They are sometimes called 'Performance Agreements' or 'Partnership Agreements'. Win can only survive in an organization when the systems support it. You basically get what you reward. There is now way to achieve win ends with win/lose or lose/win means. We can't say," we're going to think win whether we like or not. So, the question become how to arrive at a win solution.

Win is not a personality technique. It comes from a character of integrity, maturity and the abundance mentality. It grows out of high-trust relationships.

Select a specific relationship where you would like to develop a win/win agreement. Try to identify a model of win/win thinking who, even in hard situations, really seeks mutual benefit.

5. SEEK FIRST TO UNDERSTAND, THEN TO BE UNDERSTOOD

"Seek first to understand is very difficult approach. We typically seek first to be understood. Most people don't listen within the intent to understand, they listen with the intent to reply. They are either speak or preparing to speak.

Although it's risky and hard, seek first to understand is a correct principle manifest in many areas of life. It's the mark of all true professionals. As we learn to listen deeply to other people, we will discover tremendous differences in perception. We'll also begin to appreciate the impact that these differences can have as people try to work together in interdependent situations. Seek first to understand.......... then to be understood - knowing how to be understood is equally critical in reaching win.

Seeking to understand requires consideration, seeking to be understood requires courage. Win requires a high degree of both. So, it becomes important in interdependent situations, for us to be understood.

Next time we catch ourselves inappropriately using one of the biographical responses - Probing, Evaluating, Advising or Interpreting.

6. SYNERGIZE

Synergy is everywhere in nature. If we plant two plants close together, the roots comingle and improve the quality of the soil. so, that both plants will grow better than if they were separated. The challenge is to apply the principles of creative cooperation which we learn from nature, in our social interactions. Family life provides many opportunities to observe synergy and to practice it. The very way that a man and a woman bring a child into the world is synergetic. The essence of synergy is to value differences - to respect them, to build on strengths, to compensate for weaknesses.

When we communicate synergitically, we open our mind and heart and expressions to new possibilities, new alternatives, new options. Synergy is exciting. The possibilities of truly significant gain, of significant improvement are so real that it's worth the risk such openness entails.

The next time you have a disagreement or confrontation with someone attempt to understand the concerns underlying that person's position. Address those concerns in a creative and mutually beneficial way.

7. SHARPEN THE SAW

It is the habit that makes all the others possible. It is preserving and enhancing the greatest asset you have - YOU. It is renewing the four dimensions of nature - Physical, Spiritual, Mental and Social.

Sharpening the Saw basically means expressing all four motivations. It means exercising all four dimensions of our nature, regularly and consistently n wise and balanced ways. To do this, we must be Proactive.

The physical dimension involves caring effectively for our physical body - eating the right kinds of foods, getting sufficient rest and relaxation. The spiritual dimension provides leadership to our life. It is our core, our centre, our committment to our value system. It is a private area of life and supremely important one.

Most of our mental development and study-discipline comes through formal education. Wisdom in watching television requires the effective self-management which enables us to discriminate and to select the informing, inspiring and entertaining programs which best serve and express our purpose and values. The social dimensions are centered on the principles of interpersonal leadership, emphatic communication and creative cooperation.

Commit to write down specific "Sharpen the Saw" in all four dimensions every week, to do them, and to evaluate your performance and results.

As Teilhard de chardin said, "We are not humanbeings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience."

So, if we follow all the above sketched steps and principles, we are sure, we will definitely reach the success.

How evil it is?

Hi! Recently, I read a real story which has happened at Peshavar in Rajastan. Really, I surprised after reading the story. The value of a women's life is nothing and no one bother about the women. Why? As our's is highly developing country, still these type of harashments are going on! Really wonder. While coming to the point,

At Peshavar, there is a nice muslim girl married a man who is a business man, with her parents' advice. Her father too is doing the business, they are well-settled always wish for their status. As the girl married and within few days, she came to know that her husband takes everything in business-mind. She expressed their feelings but he didn't care ever. She shared her feelings to her friend, he is working somewhere. This was not accepted by her husband. So, she returned to her parents, but they too delivered the rash talks, they told her to whatever happens in married life, adjust with that. They told her daughter to adjust with her husband. She told them that she went away to some place. Then her own parents asked her that where she wanted to go, to her boy friend and wanted to stay with him. She didn't bare these and return to her home. Even though she couldn't bare all such things by her busband. That too she was harrashed by him. Her body was full of marks with cigarettes, strokes with belt, what not, every method to torture. So, she left the house and stayed at a Women Care Centre . But, she didn't escape from these devils. Her parents knew this where she stayed and tortured her over phone calls. The warden asked her about all the things which happened earlier, she gave advice to meet a Lawyer. She promised her to take her to a well-known lawyer in that place. She talked to the lawyer, informed everything and she agreed to take up this case.

The next day, this woman went to the lawyer to meet her and her mother too came there along with her car driver. Directly, she came to the point, called her daughter to come with them and she replied that without any settlement of the matter, she never come. That's it!!!!!!!!!

Suddenly, the car driver took the gun and shooted her by three shots. The story was over. She is no more. Her mother left from that place without having any mercy, love, whatever a mother has. She didn't have all this and simply went away. What a devil she is! I surprised, in our Motherland, this type of mothers are also here. In other diretion, these devilish parents put a case on the lawyer, she didn't give a security to their daughter, that's why this is happened. Now, the case is running. They gave a name to this as an Honour Death.

Now, you think what is the value of the life of a women? With so many thoughts, aspirations and what not, a girl hopes everything and wish to enter in a new life by getting marriage. But this type of nuisance araises everywhere. Then what she will do? Even she never get the hope of others. Is it any mistake to wish some friend's need in a difficult and sad moments? Why the parents too can't understand the feelings of their children? Of course not all, but some like these.

Any how, why I am informing all this because if u are in the state of parent, love your children and their feelings. If u are in the state of husband, Love and care your wife, allow her suggestions, try to understand her and her feelings. If you are in the state of such girl, then live your own life. Don't depend on others. You do whatever you wish and like. If you want to be good human, then think a minute of what you would like to do and think of others.

Personality Development

Every one has to follow some principles to maintain a good communication. Good communication makes good attitude and later it develops a good personality. It gives a rich status to every man. Status comes not only through money or something, it comes only in the way of communication, attitude, skill all comes under a good developement in one's mind. That is personality development. We should develop it day by day. What we have now is not sufficient. Everyday we learn something. Isn't it? I think everyone may accept this. So, let's develop our personality and build our communication good.

Education

Education is the most important in everyman's life. But still some children can't able to reach it because of their poverty or their parents' lack of knowledge. And the children are engaging with some other work. I can't understand why they do so?

Of course, many people send their children to schools, convents and highly-established educational societies. These educational societies cause much trouble and give much pain to the parents by demanding unexpected fees for different sources in different way. OK. As these societies gain much amount and why can't they help others, means the children who can't able to learn due to their poverty or anything.

Why these societies can't change? Why they are not trying to change their attitude? If they gain such much of amount from highly-status persons and middle class persons per year, they can share that amount at least one-fourth to these guys and girls and encouraging them, then how pleasant it will be?

One thing that I can't understand why so many people are always thinking about themselves. Of course, it should be there but sometimes when they earn more and more than they need, why they are not trying to change their attitude?

The Government also doing the same thing. Just it says, in Govt. Schools or colleges, it's free but the officers or authorities ask some money for this thing and for that thing, they charge some amount. How the poor pay it? Just think about this. How ridiculous it is? the Govt. should be changed. I think if it orders some issues and maintain them perfectly and make the others to maintain them perfectly. Help the poor and the children who has a dedication to learn.

where we are now?

Hi friends! This is Indu.

Today I would like to give a message about many of our persons who are in very bad and cheap conditions. They are normal. But as days are passing there is no improvement and still they are living as the normal persons. Why?

Of course, in our cou try, there are many rich and highly-positioned persons. They ae in rich status. Some of them have official powers. But they misuse them. If they are doing so, then this situation will not be improved and later on it will be go in anyway. I can't understand why they can't help these people?

If they will help in the process of what they can, then they too become rich and after some days definitely our country becomes great and rich. Isn't it?

So, my dear friends I hope all of you agree with my words and I hope u'll do your level best and helping those people. So, Why late? Go ahead. All the best. Let's come and do.