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I finally found the area of FF that has the artwork galleries! The above pic is me, cosplaying as myself, in front of my picture! There is a whole room filled with a selection of fantasy pictures from various flickr people.
It goes without saying that MY pic is the best one...the best one with roman armor and a spear and a shield and standing on a hill in a red cape..
But the rest are great too!
Go check em out below:
Friends intend to communicate a temporary departure from the readings of visit, I realize that my time is gone by my fingers, but Flickr is changing, today many people, when visited in a cordial way, restrict themselves to thank in their own page, named the visitor without wanting to visit the page of the same, will this egocentric tendency will remain? I will only return on the page of those who respond with a visit! Greetings !
Every picture tells a story. It is a unique opportunity to capture and describe the character, personality, and beauty of a place. Yosemite is definitely quite an impressive story teller. As a place that gets tons of attention and it rightfully deserves it, it does not boast in and of itself. It boasts of someone else. Living in such an egocentric world as we do, it is rare to see such humility. The thing that I truly love and respect about nature is that it is so humble and it boasts only in its Creator. It does not beg for its well earned attention, but rather points to the One who deserves infinite praise and eternal glory!
When I placed this Madrone tree berry on a circular mat, it reminded me of the illustrations of planets circling the sun. Though perhaps it is a great illustration of a narcissist...or an egocentric toddler. :)
The berries of the Pacific Madrone tree (Arbutus menziesii) are a food source for birds and wildlife in the Pacific Northwest.
Ecru Couture Raven @ Reborn
[WSS] Backdrop_pastel colors
EGOCENTRIC TATTOO - Dragonfly
[piXit] Perla - Beauty Shots
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"If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another. If you wish to know that you are safe, cause another to know that they are safe. If you wish to better understand seemingly incomprehensible things, help another to better understand. If you wish to heal your own sadness or anger, seek to heal the sadness or anger of another"
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Dalai Lama
Egocentric thoughts will only take us so far in life. It is in doing things for others that we find happiness.
I want to thank everyone for that post... "Please give-me one photo to make me smile. Post in here that photo." I did not think it will be like that and I have no words.
It is amazing.
I wanted to comment and thank one by one and I started to do...but 252 photos (at this moment) are a lot of comments for a day.
But I will try to comment all.
It wasn’t a trick to have comments... it was a way to have fun and I think everyone had fun to. I don’t care about being egocentric and this was a way of everyone to show is art of joy. Comments are important, but enjoy live and do things for pleasure is more important. A lot of people say flickr is loosing is joy. I don’t know, I’m new in were. I hope not.
And this shows that everyone around the world can be together in this fantastic art call photography.
Thank you everyone. I don’t have anything important to give you all, but I give you all my smiles.
"LOVE IS A WONDERFUL THING"
El amor diario - día a día - es algo maravilloso siempre que haya complicidad y mientras no sea egocéntrico, manipulador ni tóxico.
Daily love -day by day- es something wonderful as long as there is compicity and as long as it is not egocentric, manipulative or toxic.
"MY LOVE / MI AMOR ME HACE BIEN" por Paul McCartney.
Can be very effective for awhile
but sooner or later it will come down with a big fall!
With heartfelt and genuine thanks for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day, be well, keep your eyes open, appreciate the beauty surrounding you, enjoy creating, stay safe and laugh often! ❤️❤️❤️
Why this title?
Some "administrators" who create groups, such as dictators in their small kingdom, like to reject photos that have been suggested. These meet the requirements, however. Especially for me when it comes to Black & white ...
But art, so unpretentious, that I can call my photo works, cannot be censored. And if it is not in these small groups ruled by dictatorship, stupidity and egocentricity it will be elsewhere. There are always windows open to offer what I love to create.
love you M1
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There was light before
The rain began,
And there was hope
Behind the suffering joke.
Lies come,
Lies they go.
Even the sun is tired.
Under the surfaces,
There is a benevolent drone.
Do you feel it?
So brutal when the words are on
The tip of your tongue,
So strange when your tired eyes won't
Shut your brain down.
Hold back the melancholy,
Hold back the fear, darling,
It's a crime.
Hold back the fear.
Hold back the melancholy,
It's a crime.
Sometimes I can taste my death
Like a candy bar.
So sweet and complete
As infinity takes me
This fool's end.
I create to keep that dog in my bearable door.
I made hologram
In my egocentric universe of...
You're alive,
But you know that the wire
Under you is bending.
And the truth is always telling you to be
Immune to everything.
Hold back the melancholy,
Hold back the fear, darling.
It's a crime.
Hold back the fear.
hold back the melancholy,
It's a crime.
Hold back the fear.
Hold back the darkness.
Hold back the melancholy.
Hold back the melancholy,
It's a crime.
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When seriousness fails and my self-centeredness prevails
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We need guidance from time to time
The guidance can come from cirumstances you are in, or people you are surrounded by
In addition we need to strenghten our intuition to find out what is the right way, not my Ego's way - which is always the easiest way
Strengthen our intuition is not always easy if you are stressed or imbalanced
We need time for ourselves to listen to our within, finding out who we really are, getting to know ourselves also makes you love and respect yourself
How fortunate we are, the ones of us that live in the richer countries, that can take the challenge to grow from within
Not easy to do when you are in a warzone or living in a poor country and your main issue in life is to get water, food and shelter
We often don't know how fortunate we are, because we don't know of anything else - what we see happening to others is not our lives and therefore we don't get it in
Living in it is totally something else
It is not only the news, it's actually somebodys lives
Living in a rich country, as Im doing, gives me this opportunity, and I'm grasping that opportunity with both arms and deep diving into it
In a way I owe it to the ones that aren't so fortunate
Maybe that sounds very strange and egocentric
But otherwise I think I'm wasting an opportunity that I am given
My magic forest truly spoke to me today 💕
Egocentric System ...
Tischweitwurf ...
;-) ...
Julius von Bismarck
Freedom Tree & Democracy Chair
2013
In his works Julius von Bismarck explores people’s ability to perceive, and he uses the laws of physics to challenge the way we are used to seeing things.
Suspended from the ceiling of the exhibition space, a blue office chair and a simple table each swing in a circular orbit.
At times the movement of table and chair is closely aligned, at other times out of sync. Moving in a rhythm of dance-like accompaniment, the two objects seem to have attained weightless freedom.
Computer-operated motors determine the chair and table’s precise circular paths, which have marginally deferred frequencies.
I have left out the rotary motor, the suspension cables and the corresponding chair to challenge your viewing habits even more ;-) ...
Julius von Bismarck
Lehrstuhl für Freiheitsbaum und Demokratie
2013
Julius von Bismarck erforscht in seinen Arbeiten die Wahrnehmungsfähigkeit des Menschen und nutzt die Gesetze der Physik, um unsere Sehgewohnheiten in Frage zu stellen.
An der Decke des Ausstellungsraums hängen ein Stuhl und ein einfacher Tisch, die jeweils in einer kreisförmigen Umlaufbahn schwingen.
Manchmal sind die Bewegungen von Tisch und Stuhl eng aufeinander abgestimmt, ein anderes Mal sind sie nicht synchron.
In einem tänzerischen Rhythmus bewegen sich die beiden Objekte scheinbar schwerelos in die Freiheit.
Computergesteuerte Motoren bestimmen die präzisen Kreisbahnen von Stuhl und Tisch, deren Frequenzen geringfügig verschoben sind.
Den Drehmotor, die Aufhängungsseile und den dazugehörigen Stuhl habe ich hier ausgeklammert um eure Sehgewohnheiten noch etwas mehr herauszufordern ;-) ...
Eine am Wochenende neu eröffnete wirklich lohnenswerte Ausstellung in der Langen-Foundation ...
Düssel"dorf" hat's in sich !!!
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being is not doing
being is not achieving or aspiring
being is not growing
nor is it receding
not ebbing nor flowing
being is not becoming
being is not transformation
being is not the result of some positive fixation
nor is it the consequence of any particularly negative experience
it’s not static
nor dynamic
not passive
not active
being is not existing simply ‘because’
it's not autonomic
not rote
not step by step by step by step
not part of an incomprehensible process
being is not grand
nor is it insignificant
being is not an outward and visible sign
nor is it a higher order of consciousness
nor the zen of zen-ness
being is not egocentric
nor is it selfish
nor is it gracious
it’s not inclusive
nor is it exclusive
it’s not existential
nor is it nihilistic
being is not a method
not a path to connection
nor connection itself
nor disconnection
nor isolation
being is not anti anything
nor is it pro anything
nor is it any thing, really, at all
there is no sadness
there is no joy
no silence
no noise
no color
no shape
there is no light
there is no shadow
no desire
no longing
no brief interruption
no expectation
in being
littletinperson
beauté mortelle de l'activité humaine !
l'injustice se nourrit de nos envies... et comme ma fille ne comprend pas ma pensée : toutes les injustices du monde se nourrisent de nos envies
égocentriques...
Deadly beauty of human activity!
the injustice thrives on our desires ... and as my daughter does not understand my thought all the injustices of the world come from our egocentric desires ...
¡La belleza mortal de la actividad humana!
injusticia se alimenta de nuestros deseos ... y como mi hija no entiende mi pensamiento todas las injusticias del mundo provienen de nuestros deseos egocéntricos
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(Ploceus castaneiceps)
Leganga - Arusha
Tanzânia
We just returned from about two weeks spent in Tanzania, and I have to say it was by far our worst trip ever. The country, the people, the landscapes, and the birdlife and wildlife in general warrant a return visit — but the guide we somewhat naively chose was an absolute disaster.
A presumptuous, egocentric, narcissistic, arrogant, Trump-supporting, climate-change-denying, constantly self-flattering individual who fancies himself a great photographer (he describes his own photos as "fucking good").
His photos are mediocre, some even out of focus, but for a birder just looking to document sightings, that’s normal, and I accepted it. If only he’d had the humility to simply show us the birds and let us handle the photography. Instead, every time we had a chance to photograph a bird, he’d lecture us on how we should do it—even scolding us for checking our shots on the camera. He never did that himself, using his Nikon D850 (what a waste) almost in point-and-shoot mode (his own words).
He kept insisting he was a photographer and knew all about the importance of light, but every single day, we saw it was pure theory—he had zero practical skills. He’d constantly forget and sulk when we pointed it out. Basically, if the background was blue sky, the light was good; if it was cloudy, the light was bad. That was the extent of his knowledge of light and photography.
On the very first day, his first attempt was taking us to a lake hoping to find an African Black Duck. Well, as our friend A. Guerra would say, ironically, when things go bad, at least we didn’t see it—because the photos would have been a complete disaster. The access to the lake was directly facing the sun, with glare all over the water. It would have been a huge frustration.
At the middle of day, with terrible strong light, he decided show us a colony of Taveta Weavers — only for our disappointment to deepen as they were entirely backlit. When we mentioned the lighting issue, he simply ignored us (something he’d do systematically for as long as we endured him). I had to push through thick vegetation and small water ditches to find a better angle, while he seemed annoyed at how long we took to get a decent shot.
(Another thing that bothered him was us not knowing a species’ name or mispronouncing it.)
But that was just the first day. The following days were a series of unpleasant situations, multiple arguments — the last one shouting — until we gave up on his services (already paid for) and had to scramble for an alternative. I’ll talk about that in future posts.
I won’t name him here, but if you send me a private message, I’ll tell you who he is — so my friends don’t make the same mistake we did.
The only partially positive thing I can say is that, with the help of local guides, he did find the hardest-to-spot species—even if it meant risking our lives, subjecting us to two hours of being thrown around in the vehicle while completely lost off any passable trail (even for a 4x4). Not to mention his dangerously reckless driving on main roads.
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Acabámos de regressar de cerca de duas semanas passadas na Tanzânia e, tenho de dizer, foi de longe a nossa pior viagem de sempre. O país, as pessoas, as paisagens e a avifauna e fauna em geral merecem claramente uma nova visita — mas o guia que escolhemos, de forma algo ingénua, foi um verdadeiro desastre.
Um indivíduo presunçoso, egocêntrico, narcisista, arrogante, Trumpista, negacionista das alterações climáticas, sempre a autoelogiar-se, que se julga um grande fotógrafo (descreve as próprias fotos como “fucking good”).
As fotos dele são medianas, algumas até desfocadas, mas para um observador de aves que só quer registar os avistamentos, isso é normal — e eu aceitava. Se ao menos tivesse tido a humildade de simplesmente nos mostrar as aves e deixar a fotografia connosco. Em vez disso, sempre que havia uma oportunidade para fotografar uma ave, fazia questão de nos dar uma lição sobre como o devíamos fazer — chegando mesmo a ralhar connosco por vermos as fotos no ecrã da câmara. Ele próprio nunca o fazia, usando a NIkon D850 (que desperdício) quase em modo point-and-shot (palavras dele).
Insistia constantemente que era fotógrafo e que percebia a importância da luz, mas todos os dias víamos que isso era só teoria — não tinha qualquer implementação prática. Esquecia-se de coisas básicas e ficava amuado quando lho fazíamos notar. Basicamente, se o fundo era céu azul, a luz era boa; se estava nublado, a luz era má. Esse era o nível do seu "conhecimento" sobre luz e fotografia.
Logo no primeiro dia, a primeira tentativa foi levar-nos a um lago à procura do pato-preto-africano. Bem, como diria o nosso amigo A. Guerra, ironicamente, quando as coisas correm mal, ao menos não o vimos — porque as fotos teriam sido um desastre completo. O acesso ao lago era de frente para o sol, com irritantes reflexos de luz sobre cada molécula de água. Teria sido uma frustração enorme.
A meio do dia, com uma luz fortíssima e péssima, decidiu levar-nos a uma colónia de Tecelões-de-cabeça-ruiva — apenas para a nossa desilusão aumentar ao vermos que estavam completamente contra a luz, já de si péssima devido à hora do dia. Quando mencionámos o problema da iluminação, simplesmente ignorou-nos (algo que passou a fazer sistematicamente enquanto o aturámos). Tive de abrir caminho por vegetação densa e atravessar pequenos regos de água para conseguir um ângulo melhor, enquanto ele parecia irritado com o tempo que demorávamos a conseguir uma fotografia decente.
(Outra coisa que o incomodava era não sabermos o nome de uma espécie ou pronunciá-lo mal.)
Mas isso foi só o primeiro dia. Os dias seguintes foram uma sucessão de situações desagradáveis, várias discussões — a última já aos gritos — até que desistimos dos seus serviços (já pagos) e tivemos de procurar uma alternativa à pressa. Falarei disso em publicações futuras.
Não o vou nomear aqui, mas se me enviarem uma mensagem privada, direi quem é — para que os meus amigos não cometam o mesmo erro que nós.
A única coisa parcialmente positiva que posso dizer é que, com a ajuda de guias locais, ele de facto encontrou as espécies mais difíceis de localizar — mesmo que isso implicasse pôr a nossa vida em risco, sujeitando-nos a duas horas aos solavancos num veículo completamente perdido fora de qualquer trilho transitável (mesmo para um 4x4). Sem falar da condução perigosamente imprudente nas estradas principais.
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All my photos are now organized into sets by the country where they were taken, by taxonomic order, by family, by species (often with just one photo for the rarer ones), and by the date they were taken.
So, you may find:
- All the photos for this trip Tanzânia (2025) (377)
- All the photos for this order PASSERIFORMES (3553)
- All the photos for this family Ploceidae (Ploceídeos) (114)
- All the photos for this species Ploceus castaneiceps (1)
- All the photos taken this day 2025/04/22 (4)
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“I don’t think of conversion as being once and for all and that’s that. I think once the process is begun and continues that you are continually turning inward toward God and away from your own egocentricity and that you have to see this selfish side of yourself in order to turn away from it. I measure God by everything that I am not”
- (HB, 430)5, Flannery O’Conner
For FGR: Be a Badass
For TRP: Scream
Yeah I'm a Badass, so badass I decided to pamper myself with a claymask today and had a blast photographing it, while the mask was cracking and hardening and eventually falling apart ;-)
Also I'm a Badass Photoshop Wizard, no doubt about that, I just can ;-)
(there I said it!!)
Little wink to Aqua Libra and Jeanique for inspiring me with clowns...thanx girls!
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A man who was fond of wine was offered some grapes at dessert after dinner. 'Much obliged', said he, pushing the plate aside; 'I am not accustomed to take my wine in pills.
- Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
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Men are like a fine wine. They all start out like grapes, and it's our job to stomp on them and keep them in the dark until they mature into something you'd like to have dinner with.
- Kathleen Mifsud
Don't think of Diana Vreeland's memoir as a book; it's more like a lunch. A bit of souffle, a glass of champagne, some green grapes - light, bubbly and slightly tart - all served up by an egocentric but inventive hostess.
-Cathleen McGuigan
One of life's gifts is that each of us, no matter how tired and downtrodden, finds reasons for thankfulness: for the crops carried in from the fields and the grapes from the vineyard.
- J. Robert Moskin
The vine bears three kinds of grapes: the first of pleasure, the second of intoxication, the third of disgust.
- Diogenes
It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.
- Anonymous author
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PHOTO:
taken today - 15. 10. 2006, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Created with fd's Flickr Toys.
I'm starting today a series of self-portraits done with my image reflected in windows, mirrors, etc. I'm afraid some may see this as a bit egocentric. Actually I think I've not a big ego. I had fun in taking and editing these pictures and hope those who will be looking at them enjoy as well.
"It is a country to breed mystical people, egocentric people, perhaps poetic people. But not humble ones. At noon the total sun pours on your single head; at sunrise or sunset you throw a shadow a hundred yards long. It was not prairie dwellers who invented the indifferent universe or impotent man. Puny you may feel there, and vulnerable, but not unnoticed. This is a land to mark the sparrow's fall."
- Wallace Stegner, Wolf Willow
Highway 18, looking north toward Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2010 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
alors les gens normaux, la consommation va bien ? vos envies égocentriques satisfaites ? parce que moi, je subis vos choix de merde et je vais bientôt disparaitre comme déjà 60% de la biodiversité de cette planète en 40 ans, dans une indifférence générale..
tout sur la bête fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anolis_roquet
so, normal people, consumption is going well? your egocentric desires satisfied? because I'm suffering from your shitty choices and I'm soon going to disappear like 60% of the biodiversity on this planet in 40 years, in general indifference...
así que, gente normal, ¿va bien el consumo? ¿satisfechos vuestros deseos egocéntricos? porque yo estoy sufriendo vuestras elecciones de mierda y pronto voy a desaparecer como el 60% de la biodiversidad de este planeta en 40 años, en un clima de indiferencia general...
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EgoCentric Hipster.
Интересы работы оригинальные дискуссии разработанные идеи подготовка критических революций специальные концепции современные разработки,
ماورائی ادب کے گڑھے ہوئے تاثرات امتیازی رجحان کے جنون کا مطالعہ کرنے والے علمبردار کارکنوں کے طرز کے آلات موڑ دینے والی مثالیں,
fusionner la poésie rejets violents appeler des opinions manières traditionnelles anthologies ignorées drame progressif rêves années crépusculaires expérimentales en sirotant enquêteurs dégénérés ombres esprits,
movimentos políticos internacionais revoltas artísticas subjacentes às unidades espirituais controladas notas distintivas da hipérbole diálogos fatos rebeldes autônomos,
φιλοσοφικές παραδοχές διατύπωση κατάστασης πρωταρχικές τάσεις ψυχολογικοί δημιουργικοί ρόλοι σύνθετες δικαιολογίες πολιτιστικές; ερμηνείες,
啓示を明らかにする教訓的な芸術目に見える言葉隠された声隠喩を拡張する基本的な方法知的文脈幻想的なゲーム認識論的宇宙既存の自然は自由を学んだ.
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I was waiting for the sun raising up in a cold early morning on the Alassio beach's pier, when my eye went on the end of the pier itself: usually it's always fulfilled with people at every hour (except morning, lol) and it seemed another place....Nothing to say, we are human beings and we always think to fill the world with our presence; it's an egocentric vision, of course....but is it always wrong?
..ok, Racoons are cute..very cute...but they are also little assholes...they eat almost everything, they destroy roof inulations, they rummage in the trashcan and they are egocentric photobombers...
callous lack of empathypsychopath test pclr
please score yourself 0 1 2 3 on each of the 20 items and record your score as a comment on the total score image
The PCL-R is a clinical rating scale (rated by a psychologist or other professional) of 20 items. Each of the items in the PCL-R is scored on a three-point scale according to specific criteria through file information and a semi-structured interview. A value of 0 is assigned if the item does not apply, 1 if it applies somewhat, and 2 if it fully applies. In addition to lifestyle and criminal behavior the checklist assesses glib and superficial charm, grandiosity, need for stimulation, pathological lying, conning and manipulating, lack of remorse, callousness, poor behavioral controls, impulsivity, irresponsibility, failure to accept responsibility for one's own actions and so forth. The scores are used to predict risk for criminal re-offence and probability of rehabilitation.
The current edition of the PCL-R officially lists four factors (1.a, 1.b, 2.a, and 2.b), which summarize the 20 assessed areas via factor analysis. The previous edition of the PCL-R[5] listed two factors. Factor 1 is labelled "selfish, callous and remorseless use of others". Factor 2 is labelled as "chronically unstable, antisocial and socially deviant lifestyle". There is a high risk of recidivism and currently small likelihood of rehabilitation for those who are labelled as having "psychopathy" on the basis of the PCL-R ratings in the manual for the test, although treatment research is ongoing.
PCL-R Factors 1a and 1b are correlated with narcissistic personality disorder and histrionic personality disorder. They are associated with extraversion and positive affect. Factor 1, the so-called core personality traits of psychopathy, may even be beneficial for the psychopath (in terms of nondeviant social functioning).
PCL-R Factors 2a and 2b are particularly strongly correlated to antisocial personality disorder and criminality and are associated with reactive anger, criminality, and impulsive violence. The target group for the PCL-R is convicted criminals. The quality of ratings may depend on how much background information is available and whether the person rated is honest and forthright.
[edit] The two factorsFactor 1: Personality "Aggressive narcissism"
Glibness/superficial charm
Grandiose sense of self-worth
Pathological lying
Cunning/manipulative
Lack of remorse or guilt
Shallow affect (genuine emotion is short-lived and egocentric)
Callousness; lack of empathy
Failure to accept responsibility for own actions
Factor 2: Case history "Socially deviant lifestyle".
Need for stimulation/proneness to boredom
Parasitic lifestyle
Poor behavioral control
Lack of realistic long-term goals
Impulsivity
Irresponsibility
Juvenile delinquency
Early behavior problems
Revocation of conditional release
Traits not correlated with either factor
Promiscuous sexual behavior
Many short-term marital relationships
Criminal versatility
Acquired behavioural sociopathy/sociological conditioning (Item 21: a newly identified trait i.e. a person relying on sociological strategies and tricks to deceive)
Early factor analysis of the PCL-R indicated it consisted of two factors. Factor 1 captures traits dealing with the interpersonal and affective deficits of psychopathy (e.g. shallow affect, superficial charm, manipulativeness, lack of empathy) whereas Factor 2 dealt with symptoms relating to antisocial behaviour (e.g. criminal versatility, impulsiveness, irresponsibility, poor behaviour controls, juvenile delinquency).
The two factors have been found by those following this theory to display different correlates. Factor 1 has been correlated with narcissistic personality disorder, low anxiety, low empathy, low stress reaction and low suicide risk but high scores on scales of achievement and well-being. In addition, the use of item response theory analysis of female offender PCL-R scores indicates factor 1 items are more important in measuring and generalizing the construct of psychopathy in women than factor 2 items.
In contrast, Factor 2 was found to be related to antisocial personality disorder, social deviance, sensation seeking, low socio-economic status[6] and high risk of suicide. The two factors are nonetheless highly correlated and there are strong indications they do result from a single underlying disorder. However, research has failed to replicate the two-factor model in female samples.
Recent statistical analysis using confirmatory factor analysis by Cooke and Michie indicated a three-factor structure, with those items from factor 2 strictly relating to antisocial behaviour (criminal versatility, juvenile delinquency, revocation of conditional release, early behavioural problems and poor behavioural controls) removed from the final model. The remaining items are divided into three factors: Arrogant and Deceitful Interpersonal Style, Deficient Affective Experience and Impulsive and Irresponsible Behavioural Style.
In the most recent edition of the PCL-R, Hare adds a fourth antisocial behaviour factor, consisting of those Factor 2 items excluded in the previous model. Again, these models are presumed to be hierarchical with a single unified psychopathy disorder underlying the distinct but correlated factors.
The Cooke & Michie hierarchical ‘three’-factor model has severe statistical problems—i.e., it actually contains ten factors and results in impossible parameters (negative variances)—as well as conceptual problems. Hare and colleagues have published detailed critiques of the Cooke & Michie model. New evidence, across a range of samples and diverse measures, now supports a four-factor model of the psychopathy construct,] which represents the Interpersonal, Affective, Lifestyle, and overt Antisocial features of the personality disorder.
Diagnostic criteria and PCL-R assessmentPsychopathy is most commonly assessed with the PCL-R, which is a clinical rating scale with 20 items. Each of the items in the PCL-R is scored on a three-point (0, 1, 2) scale according to two factors. PCL-R Factor 2 is associated with reactive anger, anxiety, increased risk of suicide, criminality, and impulsive violence.
PCL-R Factor 1, in contrast, is associated with extraversion and positive affect. Factor 1, the so-called core personality traits of psychopathy, may even be beneficial for the psychopath (in terms of nondeviant social functioning). A psychopath will score high on both factors, whereas someone with APD will score high only on Factor 2.
Both case history and a semi-structured interview are used in the analysis.
This is the last picture of this project. One year, 52 weeks and 52 photos have passed since I out of a random impulse decided to take the first step on this journey. This year has had many ups and downs. There have been a lot of first-times and a lot of situations where I had to go beyond my own confidence. This year has really given me a lot of confidence and courage. I think that my pictures really reflect all of this. Some pictures are better than others and this really depends on my moods and how much effort I put into them. I never had the goal to create only perfect pictures, because that would not represent my life at all. Some weeks are just plain, boring and uninspiring while others really get my mind going like a firework.
All of this would not have been the same, if I had not shared the pictures with you. Your comments, your faves and messages keep me going. Because of you I am finally able to talk more openly about my work with people I meet and I am not that afraid of people judging me because of it anymore. Some people say that my pictures are only about me and that this makes me an egocentric person. I disagree, because my goal is to reach people out there and tell them that it is okay to be vulnerable and show your vulnerability to other people. I want people to look at these pictures with their hearts.
She knows that an inauguration of a Gallery should not be bored. Besides, she also knows the flexibility is indispensable if you have relations with egocentric artists. She is the best for a Gallery, flexible and amusing, without will of prominence.
This is part of the Bay Bridge on the San Francisco side... It is beautiful to look at but hard to be on because of endless traffic... Trivia: If you live in San Francisco and your friend lives in the East Bay, it is assumed that your friend will come to San Francisco to see you, at least in my world. There is something egocentric about San Franciscans. We expect people to come to us. After all, we are the hub of activity...