#also used for some test cars on public roads (you try to measure that from a picture)

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The worst part is that the color didn't survive documentation

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[formulatrash]

So a thought I had brought up by your last ask on fe races this season, could there be anything interesting if the races are at permanent race tracks? Fe races are primarily smaller city tracks w capped top speeds and sometimes lots of carnage bc of the tight spaces, if the races were to be at permanent venues does that mean some potential for larger tracks that might actually make for a cool change in races with more space on track?

Hmm well, they’d probably try to go for tracks where they could build an equivalent circuit, at least to some extent. 

FE does test at permanent circuits - both Valencia and Donington for the collective pre-season tests over the years and teams privately test at small tracks like Calafat but they don’t have the infrastructure to support a full test.

The major difference between FE on streets and FE on a purpose-built circuit is that a race track has a smooth, even surface. Not perfect, obviously - we’re all heard about the notorious COTA bumps - but considerably less pot-holed and criss-crossed and surface-changing than an unresurfaced street circuit. Remember we’ve even had tram tracks and cobbles in tracks in the past.

Comparatively, the grip levels round a ‘proper’ circuit are much higher and more consistent. FE would still use the road-grade ridged Michelin tyres, not racing slicks and the cars themselves will still be low downforce but the very high evolution and unpredictable surfaces that you see on the dirty, dusty, street tracks would be significantly mitigated.

FE cars are actually very small, compared to eg: F1 cars. They’re shorter in length and width, you see it particularly on photos of them going round Monaco where the FE cars are going three-wide into a hairpin an an F1 car looks like it’s about to have to do a three-point turn. So a regular circuit turns into a sort of ludicrous expanse for them - whether that stops them making contact or potentially raises speeds enough to cause some really big ones, I can’t predict. 

There’s also a slight risk the FE cars dig up the track surface, as has happened in a few places. Because they’re very heavy cars and racing on ridged tyres when it gets hot enough and there’s enough lateral force being applied by the cars they can basically scoop bits out of tarmac. It happened in Santiago around the chicane in Season 5 and in Mexico City this year - even though in theory Mexico is a track that would stand up to the g forces of F1 cars.

So basically there’s a mild risk we might absolutely trash a circuit if it’s warm. Also the two biggest FE crashes (Abt this year, Piquet the previous) were in Mexico, where they can hit the really high speeds so if there are double headers, teams are going to need spare parts and to consider what they do if they have to rebuild a car, possibly more than once. 

It’s likely FE will use some things like the Tempelhof track, which although it’s in Berlin is in an old airport that can be secured from the public and distancing measures enforced.

[silencedsonatas]

petra nikonova is an americanized version of her name that she had to assume because of her aunt who is now her guardian.  her aunt is her father’s sister but unlike her dad, her aunt took off from russia at literally the earliest convenience, marrying the first person who could take her far away from russia and all of its corrupted politics and general state of ‘shoddiness’ as she calls it.  her aunt is also a black widow having killed three of her four husbands in the last decade.  her aunt has been married a total of seven times.  the first died naturally, the second and third were divorces.  

her aunt has control of petra’s rather impressive inheritance which is a combination of her father’s business profits, her mother’s (minor) inheritances from the titled side of the family, all of the proceeds of petra’s performances and compositions – she still composes and publishes (she writes mainly pianist pieces though has written a couple of orchestra pieces and is working on an opera off and on though it’s mostly in her head).  her manager still retains a large percentage of her profits though her aunt is trying to fight that ‘on petra’s behalf’.  petra never performs in front of anyone.  ever.  ever ever.  she literally has such stage fright and true terror of performing in front of anyone ever again that she physically freezes and her head spins and she can’t breathe and the walls close in and all of that manner of reaction.  she also still has night terrors regarding performances, regarding her parent’s death, regarding her various suicide attempts.

she has attempted suicide three times.  the first was a year after her parent’s death, approximately at around age fourteen when she took a bucco of sleeping pills with a fifth of vodka and slit her forearms from pretty close to wrist to elbow.  she tried again in the asylum in russia by hanging herself.  a year and a half or so later after being trapped under the aunt’s thumb she overdosed again // still isn’t quite sure herself if it was intentional or not.  she half has the idea that she is immortal, that Death itself doesn’t want her.  she is also incredibly self conscious of the scars on her arms and keeps them covered almost every single moment of the day, waking or not, whether by sleeves, fingerless gloves, that sort of measures.  

in terms of wardrobe she wears a haphazard combination of most of whatever she happens to grab hold of.  she is the epitome of glitter grunge.  she will wear ten dollar jeans with a two dollar tank top from goodwill and a ratty sweater that belonged to her dad for twenty years with six hundred dollar shoes and a twenty thousand dollar necklace and not even think about it / bat an eye or care.  makeup is a constant but it’s just as much a mess and mix.  nails are always kept short to keep from getting in the way of her playing but usually painted (chipped of course) and ink stained.

she is usually a mess of bruises of one kind or another whether it’s from shooting up or getting into a fight or a fist fight with her current fuck boy that got pissed at her for whatever fucking reason under the sun.  she has a horrible horrible horrible horrible history with relationships.  she doesn’t believe in them.  people die people leave people beat her up people abuse her use her take her money steal her drugs lock her up you name it.  she has maybe one or two friends in the mass of humanity and they had better be well used to her absolute bipolar madness that is only made worse with her drug use and addiction of the month.  fickle is her middle name, but let’s be real if you get under her skin and into that one little tiny miniscule part of her heart she will literally fight tooth and nail for you and will do anything to keep you safe (from anybody but herself honestly…) and would literally die if it meant you’d be ok.  this is not something that most people would ever get the chance to see or know but because this is the rp world it’d probably more likely that a larger number of plots will creep into that role because i can…

she also totally needs fuck buddies and enemies and people that abuse the fuck out of her because… again… i can

she is always listening to music.  she reads everything and anything and almost always has a book shoved into her purse or back pocket or backpack.  she speaks at least five or six languages.  she hates math but she’s really good at it but she’ll never admit it.  wickedly intelligent.  never EVER uses contractions, it’s a huge huge huge pet peeve.  always has a russian accent when she speaks english because it pisses off her aunt but she’s absolutely capable of speaking perfect and flawlessly, accent free at her whim.  she’s also got an amazing singing voice, and if you get her drunk or high enough she will serenade you or kick ass at karaoke.  

she loves animals but refuses to keep any because she knows she is entirely incapable of that amount of responsibility.

she has dropped out of school.  she could easily get her ged and even probably test out of a lot of subjects at a collegiate level even in her teen / late teen verse and even without her formal education via public schools or anything.  she did have private tutors with her manager and on tour and such which was a wonderful experience for her because she was so so hungry for knowledge but she can’t stand going to school with the idiots that are the mainstream american teen and she cannot stand the teaching to the lowest common denominators so she just doesn’t bother.  if anyone bothers to ask her aunt says she is being homeschooled with private tutors and what not and, there was some attempt at making that a reality but after her aunt walked in on petra and her tutor banging in the manor’s library, that was discontinued.

on that note as far as sex goes any pretense of being a good girl has never really been a thing for petra.  she was molested and abused by her manager, whom she was given over to at the age of seven when she was being pushed into performing and writing and studying and just very very very much being pushed to excel in every way with her musical abilities.  she saw her parents on very few occasions, holidays and when she was on vacation from classes, and whenever they decided they wanted to come see her perform.  they were not lacking for money by a long shot – her father had seized a number of businesses when everything fell apart and was making a killing financially, her mother was a noble (minor title) – they were just very busy and very focused on their own lives —- which is not to say they didn’t dote on petra, because they did, they just thought they were doing what was best for her by letting her throw herself into her passion.

unfortunately with no other continuous adult supervision, her blossoming mental and emotional instabilities and the control (physical, mental, emotional, financial) that her manager had over her, she never reached out or acknowledged anything in regards to the abuse even after she was abandoned by him and even during her time in the institution and after. ie she’s never told anyone.  her parents died when she was thirteen on the way to a grand premiere performance at a renowned hall (have to do some research to see if i can remember which one i’d settled on).  they were run off the road by another car.  it was believed an accident but it was actually a hit by one of her father’s business partners [ she has never learned this so she blames herself entirely ] and her parents were rushed to a hospital nearby where she was performing.  her manager was informed, but he chose not to inform her until after her portion of the performance.  she arrived at the hospital basically in time to sit with her father for a few minutes before he died.  her mother had died in the interim.

she was institutionalized a year later after her manager gave up his custody of her due to the fact that she would not perform and would not compose and refused to do anything in terms of her music for anyone // combined with the fact that she was now reaching mid-teens, he had no more use for her and dropped her like a hot potato when she tried to kill herself.  

in terms of sexuality as a whole, she gives no cares at all for anything in terms of morality.  she sleeps with anyone she wants, or anyone (mostly) that wants to sleep with her if she can get something out of them, or if she needs a place to crash, or a ride from one end of town to the other, or finds them attractive or is high and doesn’t care.  she’ll sleep with men or women, girls, boys, one, two, many.  the more it hurts, the more she feels the better she likes it, which means especially when she’s high on something like ecstasy or heroin.  she drinks, like all the time, but she laughs it off as saying she’s russian its vodka which means its like americans and water.  

she has scripts for medications for her bipolar depressive disorder and acute anxiety, add, etc. but she really only fills them so she can sell the or for things like her sleep meds when she really needs to crash out she’ll take a handful, she’ll take a handful of her add meds to stay awake and buys scripts for pain meds on a constant basis to level out any other high or crash etc. etc.

she likes sleeping with older men, married ones, married ones with families especially, though she is just as happy to fuck him and his wife if that’s his thing.  she likes fucking angry men too, teen or above, and she definitely definitely pushes everybody’s buttons just daring them to beat the shit out of her and/or have their way with her.  she is the type that can be on the ground, the guy on top of her, fucking her and throttling her / and or literally punching her for sassing off and she’d just laugh and spit the blood back in their faces. she is rarely likely to call anything with a guy a ‘relationship’

she’s definitely not as violent seeking instinctively when it comes to females she’s just as masochistic with them if the opportunity presents itself.  she does tend to be less angsty / violent / sadistic towards anyone of the female persuasion that she sleeps with, and is definitely more likely to have a repeat performance combined with something that resembles a friendship before during and or after the fact.

she has zero problems being somebody’s fucktoy and encourages age gaps in her own relationships but.  if it ever came to her attention that somebody was messing with a kid / their kid / somebody else’s kid (and it probably has given the type of people she usually opts to hang out with) it will not end well.  as in, in different rps over the years, she’s hired hitmen and or people to castrate people sexually abusing children.  physically, she might not hire someone to KILL them but she probably finds a way to encourage a few guys to give the asshole a taste of their own medicine (ironically, unless it’s her aunt who does still physically abuse petra when petra is around and doesn’t do what she wants)

she encourages corruption of self and others, outside of that one area, however and is a hedonist in all things.  despite her roman catholic upbringing / because of her roman catholic upbringing she hates religion and, not surprisingly, thinks that if there is a god he’s an absolute asshole and should basically fuck off and die.  she has a branding of a pentacle on the back on her neck, following the junction of neck and shoulders about three inches high in almost every verse.  she has a multitude of piercings and some tattoos (they tend to vary a lot on verse specific things).  

[artificialqueens]

game of survival, chapter five (branjie) - holtzmanns

AN: Already on chapter five. I haven’t written a multichapter fic in ages though am enjoying writing this one so much. Thank you for reading so far. Also thank you to writ for betaing this and being a great cheerleader and also for laughing at my attempts to write while inebriated the other night.

Brooke takes the emotions running through her veins (panic, anger, vengeance) that threaten to blow her apart and packs them up, storing them on top of one another in the deep recesses of her mind for safekeeping. She composes herself, lets the mask of calm fall back onto her face.

But it’s too late. The damage is already done.

Vanessa is looking at her with wide eyes that flit between her and the bodies on the ground. Brooke sees the gears turning in her mind, the way she’s trying to look for an escape route. As if Brooke is going to kill her next.

“Someone’s probably called 911 already, with the sound of the shots.” Brooke’s voice comes out quieter than intended. “It won’t take long for police to show up at your door.”

“Well, what do you suppose we do, then? Considering…this.” Vanessa gestures to the slumped figures for good measure, as if they’re not the current centrepiece of the room. Brooke has to give it to her - she’s relatively calm. Though Brooke can still see the tremble in her hands.

Brooke’s answer spills from her mouth before she can rein it in. “They were going to kill you. I had to.” Damn it.

Vanessa looks at her with a burning curiosity, words balanced on the tip of her tongue that she looks like she so desperately wants to say. It makes Brooke want to look away, to run from her gaze, to just get away from Vanessa and the way that she’s completely flipped Brooke’s tendencies and ability to stay in control.

She’s not used to this.

As Brooke wilts, her mind a spread of flower petals that are drying out from being too exposed to the sun, Vanessa seems to grow bolder, less afraid of pressing Brooke. “But why? If you have - had - the same goal. Shit.”

“Who knows, maybe I just want the money for myself.” Brooke’s voice is wry.  Vanessa scoffs. “Sure.” She shakes her head, letting out a slightly incredulous laugh. “The fact that I’m even talking about this with you right now is an indicator of how absolutely insane this is.”

Brooke can’t argue with that. She did just, after all, save Vanessa’s life. Again. It’s starting to become a pattern.

She ignores the fact that she’d do it again, too. She’d save Vanessa’s life a million times if it meant that she was okay.

She’s so completely, utterly, screwed. Vanessa has turned her into someone unrecognizable.

The sound of a distant siren floats in through the open window - most likely heading in the opposite direction, nothing to do with them (or the carnage that Brooke has created), but it’s enough to make Vanessa’s head snap up and look at her in panic.

“They’re dead, they’re on my floor, what if the police come here what if they send me to fucking prison because there’s dead bodies on my floor, they tried to kill me, fuck- ” Vanessa’s voice comes out in short bursts, punctuated by sharp breaths that strain her lungs. Her hair falls in her face and her hands come up to blindly push the locks back.  

“Hey.“ Brooke rests on Vanessa’s shoulders to steady her, ground the trembling that’s taking over her body. Tucks a lock of hair behind her ear. “Breathe.”

“I’m not going to fucking breathe right now.” Sassy. Vanessa’s sassy when she’s angry. Brooke likes it.

“Listen, I know how to make things disappear. I know people. I can fix it, make it go away and make it lead far away from you.” Vanessa finally, finally, looks up at her, letting out a ragged breath. “Make it seem like a coincidence, that it was your apartment.”

She can. She can call Yvie and figure something out and talk with her connections at the precinct and-

Keep Vanessa away from it all.

Brooke continues on. “But we can’t be here. Come with me. I can get you out of here before they reach us. You don’t have to, it’s up to you. But if someone comes after you again, I can keep you safe.”

“How the fuck am I supposed to trust you?” Vanessa’s voice is scratchy, breaking on her last word.

Brooke shrugs. “You can’t. I don’t expect you to.”

She can’t. She doesn’t know what the fuck she’s doing, either. She’s never done this before, never gotten attached to a target, never wanted to save the life of a target. But she’s damn going to try.

“I have a campaign, I have two appearances tomorrow and a debate in three days and way too many interviews - I can’t drop them.” Vanessa pulls away, starts to pace, wearing holes into the squeaking wooden planks of the floor. Brooke can see her mind spinning with each step she takes.

“They’re going to keep sending people. These two-” Brooke points at the bodies. “-were disposable. They’ll send more.”

“This is insane. I don’t even know who it is that’s trying to kill me! Well. Aside from you.”

Brooke knows that it isn’t the time for humour, but she can’t help it. “Uncalled for. You haven’t died by my hand yet, have you?”

Vanessa narrows her eyes at her, points a finger in her direction. “Don’t you start with me.”

There’s another set of sirens, closer this time. Vanessa’s eyes are wide, panic growing behind her irises as she tries to search Brooke’s face for an answer.

“I can figure out who sent them. We can figure out who sent them. Stop them from sending more. But not here. Come with me or not, but you need to leave this apartment now. ” Brooke tries not to make the words sound too urgent, she really does. Doesn’t want to make Vanessa combust. But itis urgent.

A stream of curse words tumble from Vanessa’s mouth, and Brooke watches as she crouches down to the ground and puts her head in her hands.

Then she’s up. Stalking to her bedroom, opening her closet door, pulling out two sweaters. She throws one at Brooke. “Change into this. Your current shirt looks like a fucking murder scene.”

“Well, it sort of is-”

“Do not. ” Vanessa changes her own shirt, her body seeming to calm down once she has no visible evidence of blood spatters on her. She then pulls out more gauze from the first aid on the couch, bringing it to Brooke.

Brooke’s eyes study her face as Vanessa tugs her shirt off, watches how Vanessa flinches at the blood soaked gauze. How she switches it for fresh gauze with shaking fingers, how she seems to be consciously trying to keep herself from looking anywhere other than Brooke’s shoulder.

Vanessa tugs the sweater over Brooke’s head, hiding the gauze. Lifts her hair out from underneath the collar, smoothes it over her other shoulder. When Vanessa is done she steps back, turning on her heel to pick up the gun from her counter. She tucks it into her own sweater pocket.

Brooke waits (ignoring the sirens getting louder, more inevitable), watches as something seems to click into place on Vanessa’s face. The fear in her eyes is still there, but an armour of resolve and steel is in front of them, like a shield. Vanessa’s regards her with a challenge when she shrugs her shoulders, as if she’s the one waiting for Brooke.

“Well? Are we going or not?”

Vanessa has to be insane. There’s no other explanation. It’s the only one that makes sense in her head, that can begin to rationalize why she’s agreed to go with Brooke to wherever it is that she’s planning on taking her.

She leans back against the plush passenger seat of the black SUV, peeking through the layers of her hair to look at the woman beside her. Brooke’s hands grip the steering wheel with enough force that her fingers turn white. Her face is fighting to hold onto the mask of indifference it is wearing, emotions flitting by her eyes and disappearing faster than Vanessa can decipher what they are.

Vanessa figures it’s a time as good as any to grill her. To find out a bit more about her while her hands are busy. She’s already come this far.

“So. Brooke Lynn Hytes.” She tests out the name, the way it feels unfamiliar on her lips. It still feels odd to put a name to the woman who has taken over all of the free space in her mind, refusing to let her focus on anything else. Knowing her name makes her think of Brooke as less of a mysterious entity and more of a person, with her own brain and heart and soul.  

Brooke looks over sharply mere milliseconds after her name leaves Vanessa, tearing her eyes away from the road. “Excuse me?”

“That’s your name, ain’t it?” Vanessa lifts one of her legs up onto the dashboard of the car, sinks down into the seat. She ignores the fact that Brooke is the one driving, and very well could make them crash at any second - she’s enjoying this, provoking her.

It’s not like she has any sense of self preservation left, anyway. That had disappeared the very first time she met Brooke outside her old office. When she’d spilled coffee on her and thought she had been just another passerby. The precise moment that Brooke had started occupying her thoughts more than the campaign, and never did stop.

Brooke swallows hard and trains her eyes back on the road, fingers tapping on the steering wheel with movements too erratic to be considered a pattern. “How do you know that?”

“Did you think you were the only one who did some sleuthing? C’mon, you should know better than that.” Vanessa takes a twisted delight in the fact that now she’s the one who gets to make Brooke squirm, after being left unsettled by her for so long.

Brooke doesn’t answer, so Vanessa continues on. “Read a little about you. Police, huh? No wonder you know your way around a gun.”

She sees Brooke’s eyes darken, sees the hard set of her face. “Don’t.”

“What lead to that honourable discharge? Public sector not pay you enough?”

Brooke’s voice is a growl. “Vanessa…”

“Fine, fine.” Vanessa raises her hand in mock surrender. “Touchy. Just want to learn a bit about you, is all. Being partners in crime and all that.”

Despite the storm clouds brewing in between them, Brooke scoffs. “You’re not part of this.”

“How the hell are you gonna get me out of it, then? It was in my apartment.” She really does want to know. Brooke had waxed poetic about making everything disappear, of taking care of everything. Vanessa wonders how she’s actually going to make it happen.

“I know the right people. You’ll be back on the campaign trail in no time.”

“You seem real determined to get me there. Which is interesting, considering that you had full plans to kill me, didn’t you?” She watches Brooke’s face for a reaction, anything, but Brooke doesn’t take the bait, only lifting an eyebrow in response while keeping her eyes on the road.

Vanessa knows she should be scared, if it’s true. The way Brooke knocked her out with ease, left her to wake up alone in an alley isn’t far from her mind. But neither is the way that Brooke shielded her body from the explosion of her office. Brooke, injured, flinging herself in front of Vanessa and then taking down the men that came after her. Brooke is a kaleidoscope with a million different facets, unique parts that come together to form a picture that is forever changing.

Vanessa trusts too easily. She knows that she has an open heart, always has. She’s survived situations that it has gotten her into, bad exes and less than stellar circumstances, and hasn’t closed off the door to her soul yet. She wants to see the best in people, wants to believe that they’re inherently good until they prove otherwise. It’s why she got into politics, and why the profession hasn’t made her cynical in the way that it has her colleagues, where distaste and weariness is forever etched onto their faces and is responsible for the slump in their bones.

It’s what makes her think twice about Brooke, and want to push away the voices in her head that tug and whisper at her (she wants to kill you, she was hired to kill you) and focus on the fact that she’s saved her life twice.

Twice.

It has to mean something.

The evening sets in as they drive further and further, leaving DC behind as a sign on the freeway welcomes them to Virginia. The deep fog and overcast skies create a bleak backdrop, making the air feel heavy over their heads and giving the lights that line the roads an eerie glow. Brooke pulls off the freeway and onto a trail leading into the thick forest as the sky turns dark, lights disappearing along with the road behind them.

Vanessa can feel the precise moment that her heartbeat speeds up, the sudden whooshing in her ears overwhelming the rest of her senses. Huh. Maybe Brooke is going to kill her. Just in the deep forest where no one will find her body.

As Vanessa’s mind starts to go off on tangents, branches that concoct endless scenarios of how Brooke could possibly dismantle and hide her body, Brooke speaks. “We’re going to my friend Nina’s cabin. Well, her late husband’s cabin. Used to be his, now it’s hers. She said we can lie low here for a bit.”

They drive until the SUV’s front beams shine their lights onto a wooden cabin nestled amongst the trees, one that Vanessa would have missed had they not stopped. It’s small but feels welcoming, not activating her fight or flight response the way empty cabins in the woods normally would. A blessing, at least. If she dies, she’ll die in a quaint cottage and go out feeling warm and comfortable.

The inside of the cabin matches the exterior, the wooden surfaces illuminated in soft oranges from the overhead light that flickers after years of non-usage. Vanessa sinks down onto a nearby couch, the plush blanket and throw pillows making her want to never get up again. She feels exhausted, despite the fact that they’ve been sitting for the last few hours during the car ride.

Brooke drops her bags beside her, rifling through one to pull out the burner phones that they bought at a gas station on the way. She hands one to Vanessa.

“One call.”

When they had started to drive, Brooke had instructed Vanessa to put her cellphone on airplane mode, explaining through her very vocal protests(‘You really are tryna kill me, huh?’) that their phones could be tracked, that they could lead those after Vanessa right to them. Brooke had refuted her arguments that burner phones aren’t hackerproof, that they’re equally as traceable.

“I’ve had to disappear before. Trust me, they’re a safer option.”

Vanessa can’t really argue with that. She takes the phone, ignores the upturn of Brooke’s lip. Any cell phone is better than none.

She’s known Silky’s number since college, dialing and shoving the phone to her ear in seconds. Silky picks up her call before the first ring even finishes.

“Sil-”

“Where the fuck- ”

“I can exp-”

“Dead bodies-”

“No that’s a lie, I can’t really-”

“I need an explanation.”

Vanessa lets out a breath. “They tried to kill me, Silky.”

Silky’s voice cuts through on the other end of the phone. “So you killed them instead? Damn. Ice cold. And inconvenient from a PR standpoint.”

“What? No, not me.” She pulls the phone back from her ear, gives it a look as if Silky could see it on the other end.

“Not that blonde chick-”

“She saved my life.” Vanessa’s voice is quiet, a whisper as she brings the phone back to her ear. “Again.”

“Bitch, tell me that you’re having a crisis or a break or something. That this is not happening and that you’re not with some sort of killer queen bitch.”

“No. She’s real.” Vanessa looks up, sees Brooke coming out of the kitchen with her own burner phone pressed to her ear. She’s shed her jacket and is still in the sweater that Vanessa gave her. One that Vanessa never wears because it falls off of her frame but seems to fit Brooke perfectly. Brooke looks so much more vulnerable, the sharp angles of her leather jacket and boots having vanished and left in their place a soft creature who curls up on the couch and tucks her feet underneath her.

“Where are you?” Silky’s question startles her, makes her aware of her surroundings other than Brooke. It doesn’t last for long, her eyes continuing to flit back towards Brooke and the way she’s running her fingers through her hair.  

She feels stupid mumbling her answer. “I don’t know.”

Silky’s voice jumps approximately three octaves in response. “What do you mean, you don’t know?”

“I don’t know, Silky! Some sort of safehouse or some shit.”

“Who-” Silky’s voice cuts off as she takes a deep breath. A long, deep breath. “You’re not with her, are you?”

Her. Brooke, who is biting her lip as she scribbles something down in a notebook. Who tucks a lock of hair that keeps falling forward behind her ear.

“Who’s her?” Vanessa winces at her own response, knowing Silky won’t fall for the feigned ignorance.

“You know exactly who, cut the shit.” Ah. There it is.

“I don’t know what to tell you.”

Vanessa doesn’t. She doesn’t know what she’s doing, how she ended up here. How she’s in a quaint cabin when she should really be preparing for the appearances that Ra’jah has scheduled for her the next day and how there’s absolutely no way she can go back to DC with her tail between her legs when there’s two dead bodies in her apartment.

Two dead bodies that have probably been found by now. Surrounded by police and forensic scientists in her apartment, trying to find out where she is, who the men are, who killed them.

Fuck. She’s so screwed. She can’t go back, not right now, not when there’s a bounty over her head and possibly police looking for her too.

Vanessa hangs up on Silky while she’s rambling on about Stockholm Syndrome and the warning signs, presses the end button with mumbled words (‘I’m okay, I promise, don’t worry about me’), letting the phone fall into her lap and resting her head in her hands.

Things were normal, a few weeks ago. They really were. She had been on the campaign trail, sipping lattes that were too expensive and walking in shoes that pinched at her heels but made her six inches taller. She had been in control, comfortable while on top of her game.

How did she end up here?

She hears Brooke hang up on her own phone, hears the rustle as she drops her notebook onto the coffee table. Watches as Brooke comes and sits beside her, hesitant in her movements for the first time that Vanessa’s ever seen. As if she’s waiting for Vanessa’s reaction. Waiting for her to run.

She doesn’t run when Brooke sits down, shuffles closer to her. She doesn’t run when Brooke’s arm brushes against her own. She doesn’t run when Brooke intertwines their fingers, looking at her with blue eyes that reflect ocean waves rather than ice, waves that somehow help to ground her, bring her back to shore.

She doesn’t run. She stays.

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R&B Auto Center

A Practical Guide in Choosing Used Cars For Sale

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When an issue arises with your automobile, tackle it immediately. Ignored issues can change into worse, damaging Our Blog your car and costing you more money. Small issues often point out a bigger situation that wants addressing.

The best way to provide a potential buyer confidence in your product is to provide complete and thorough data of each inspection, main fix, and any accidents. It isn't a good idea to attempt to conceal any illnesses the car has suffered, because Social Network the customer will almost certainly find out anyway. It is also a good idea to check your vehicle's VIN quantity once in a while. Though it isn't common, errors can be made that attribute extra damage to your automobile than actually occurred.

Some homeowners select to put in after-market products like stereos or speaker methods. While these installations may enchantment to some consumers, you risk alienating others. This is purely a matter of non-public choice. Presently it is your car and you'll select to put in whichever options you want. Nevertheless, it's helpful to be aware that this could doubtlessly hurt your possibilities of promoting shortly sooner or later.

It is amazing what an everyday cleaning can to do maintain a automobile in good situation. Making sure to repeatedly wash dust and dirt off the outside will preserve the paint. Regular cleanings are particularly necessary in case you live in a snowy area the place the roads are salted. The salt buildup across the tires needs to be constantly eliminated to forestall erosion, rust, and underbody damage. Fostering the behavior of cleaning commonly will converse volumes when your purchaser will get their first impression. It will likely be apparent that you've taken particular care to prevent paint harm and stains. Used vehicles for sale are drastically helped by a properly-maintained and clean body and interior.

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If you end up walking across the automobile; notice the tail pipe, this will inform you a large number in regards to the engine's situation, if it is an oily black, the engine is using oil. If the tail pipe has a extra powdery black around the finish of it, the gasoline system is working wealthy. car dealers You're looking for one that is clean, possibly a little moisture or chalky white, this is a signal of an engine that's operating correctly. Most individuals by no means look at this they just go by the looks and wind up with a fairly car sitting in the drive approach that they can't drive.

A number of smaller issues to look at, when considering used vehicles for sale by owner or a automobile lot, are the battery cables; are they corroded? This might be a sign of a bad battery. When a battery is ran down and then quickly charged many times it's going to leak a little bit acid, inflicting the cables to corrode. Doing a quick cost before you get there to have a look at the car is an effective method to make it seem like every little thing is OK, so keep this in mind, as you may have to purchase a battery before lengthy. The battery cables being corroded may also be an indication that the charging system is weak, and should need to have a new alternator.

I have had batteries that were in nice shape and still corroded the terminals however most occasions I was changing the battery and or the alternator within a brief period of time.

Here is one that has occurred loads: a car with numerous miles, however the carpet appears like new. There's a good probability the automotive was in a flood and someone purchased it, cleaned it up, and put new carpet in and is now simply searching for a sucker to buy it. If you happen to see this, pay shut consideration to areas that appear to have rust or dirt that normally are not that way. The dash vents; is it normal dust or does it appear to be dust and water have been in it? Underneath the hood;

does it look regular, or are there uncommon dirty areas? The metal underneath the car rusts rapidly when it is in water, is it a traditional or extreme amount of rust? When a car has been in a flood they are often cleaned up and you might by no means have a problem with it, but most probably you will begin having electrical problems. Things just like the window motors stop working, alternator or starter goes out, fuse panel shorts out, and plenty of other issues are doable. The largest and costliest problem when a car has been in a flood is the pc goes out.

Also one thing to look for is fresh paint. If a automobile looks prefer it has been newly painted, or portions have been, there's a good probability that the automobile has been wrecked. That may or may not be a major issue. If it was minor, it shouldn't be a giant deal. If it was a serious wreck, it might trigger critical points that might affect driving security. Was the frame bent? Are the tires worn on the perimeters? If so it might be a sign of a bent frame or the front finish could be out of alignment. Take a look at the area between the doors and the fenders, uneven spacing can also be a sign of physique damage.

Most individuals who've used automobiles on the market by proprietor are respectable folks and let you know all that they know about the automotive in the event you ask, however it's the few who do not care how dangerous a damaged automotive will affect your life that it's important to watch for. Just remember you're shopping for a automotive; not a garden ornament, the appearance should be your 2nd priority, 1st you want one thing that may get you to the place you want to go. It does not matter how good a automotive appears to be like if it isn't mechanically sound; you've gotten purchased nothing more than an image to place in your driveway.

[mystblbk]

The Girl I’m Running From Now--Chapter 1

PRESENT DAY

Sunlight filtered through thin curtains hitting me directly on the face. I furrow my eyebrows as I try to gain my barrings. Slowly, I open my eyes and stare up at the white ceiling. I glance around the room and see that I’m in an unknown room. Finally, I’m fully awake and start to feel groggy and taste of remains of whiskey on my breath. As I try to get up, a strong hand holds tight onto my waist. I look over to see who’s bed I’m in. My eyes widen and my stomach begins to roll like a washing machine, ready to empty its contents at any moment, as my mind processes the nude form on top of me.

In the bed with me is a beautiful brunette. Her pale skin is warm to the touch and her face, usually hard and serious, is now soft and peaceful.

The sight only makes my head spin further.

Alex Danvers. I’m in bed with Alex Danvers. The sister of the woman I love.

I am screwed.

I carefully remove the woman’s arm from around me and adjust the pillow I was lying on so she could hug to her body. I quickly look around the room for my clothes and find almost all of my outfit from last night, except for the ankle boots I was wearing. I quietly make my way out of the bedroom and to the living room. In a matter of minutes, I grab and put on my boots, making sure to pull on my leather jacket and pull my phone out of my pocket. I run out of the apartment, making sure the door does not slam behind me and make my way outside the building.

I breathe deeply in an attempt to calm myself down, before calling for an Uber. I tap my right foot urgently as I wait the five minutes for the driver to arrive. The driver arrives on time and I practically throw myself into the back seat, locking the door for good measure. The man doesn't say a word, thankfully, and drives me to my apartment. The drive I quick and silent, a perfect atmosphere to allow me to further wallow in my guilt and disgust at my actions. The second we reach the apartment, I thank the man and run out and into my building. The stairs move quickly under my feet as I run up to my apartment.

I yank out my key and open my door with a loud bang. I begin to panic further as the sound of Kara’s ringtone fills the air. I shake my head, willing for her to stop calling. She blesses me by leaving me a voice message. I pull out the phone and ignore the icon. I quickly call my landlord an let him know I will be leaving later today. He covers his surprise by saying he would be keeping the deposit. I agree and tell him I’ll be leaving him the keys on the kitchen island before abruptly hanging up.

I take a moment to pull out an iced coffee I had been saving in the back of my fridge and chug it down. As I drank I came to the conclusion that I had to leave much earlier then I had planned. I was waiting to leave after the wedding but now I knew I had to make a move, quickly. I toss the glass bottle in the recycling and quickly make up my mind on where to go.

I take a few minutes to look through my phone and find the email about a job in Colorado I had received earlier in the week. I quickly email the employer back and look for apartments for rent near the school. After sending an email to a few landlords about some open places, I grab the keys to my Jeep Wrangler and lock up before running back down and into my car. It only takes a few minutes until I make it to my destination. I pull up quickly and park near the entrance. Not missing a beat, I lock up the Jeep and head inside.

An older man, around forty, looks up from the desk he is behind and smiles kindly at me. My serious look must have startled him as he careful speaks up once I’m in front of him.

“How can I help you?”

“I need a trailer. Big enough to store the furniture and boxes for a one bedroom apartment. I need it today,” I explain.

The man stares at me for a moment then turns to the computer. I tap my foot, waiting for him to finish. He turns back to me, a long slip of paper in his right hand.

“This is the lease. You have four days to bring it back. The price depends on where you will be dropping it off,”

“Colorado,” I cut him off, “Durango, Colorado. Also, I’d like twenty moving boxes, large in size, and if you can direct me to someone who can pack up my belongings.”

The man proceeds to stare at me for another beat then turns back to the computer. Fifteen minutes later, I have a slip of paper in my hand and a trailer hitched onto my Jeep. I quickly make my way back to the apartment, having dialed the number the store’s attendant had given me on the way there, ready to wait for the four men that would help put in the furniture inside the trailer. The whole moving process finishes right as the clock strikes 2oclock with the help of the men, all the boxes I had packed up were also placed into the trailer along with my furniture.

I look around the apartment, satisfied that there is nothing inside and make my way down the stairs and into my Jeep. I breathe a sigh of relief as I tun the keys and the motor comes to life with a loud purr. I wait a moment for the oil to circulate in the vehicle before pulling out of the spot and out of the building’s parking. Just as I stop at the traffic light next to the building I make out a grey Hybrid turn on the street. My eyes widen in fear and I quickly maneuver my way out of the street and onto a side road. My foot presses har on the gas as the house past by me, trying to escape from being seen by the owner of the Hybrid.

I make my way out of that part of the neighborhood and I make my way into the parking lot of a Walmart. Making sure I find a spot easily able to move out of, I park and turn off the engine. My breathing heaves heavily as I try to grasp my bearings. My breathing finally calms and I can feel the Jeep’s cabin slowly become cool from the outside temperature. Just as I’m getting ready to leave the Jeep and make a quick journey into the store, my phone starts ringing. On the screen of my phone is Kara’s face, bright and happy as always. I just watch it ring for a few minutes until the call is forwarded to voicemail. I carefully take the phone and lock it inside the Jeep’s passenger compartment.

The trip through Walmart is quick and through. I pull out dozens of packets of sunflower seeds, chips, sodas, energy drinks, and basically any junk food that would keep me awake on my trip. It takes another few minutes to pay for my bounty and reach my Jeep. I can hear the phone ringing again as I pull out of the parking lot. I shake my head, refusing to answer and make my way out of the city. It takes forty-five minutes to leave the city and another hour to leave the state. My breathing had quickened when I saw the sign that said ‘Leaving Midvale, California’ and finally steadied when seeing the ‘Entering San Diego, California’ sign approaching fast next to the road. The phone keeps ringing after each hour on the road as if keeping track of how far away I was getting. It was getting so aggravating that I turned the phone on to ‘Airplain Mode.’

I finally made it to Yuma, Arizona after five hours. Checking on the dashboard I notice I only had half the tank full, so I pull over to a gas station and fill up the tank. I’m quickly on the road again after a quick trip to the woman’s room. I finally felt free from the suffocating air that had surrounded me this morning.

Had suffocated me from the first time I met her.

The first time I met Kara.

The first time I knew my life no longer was my own.

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MIDVALE, CALIFORNIA

7 YEARS AGO

My father’s business, Luthor Corp, had exploded with wealth and over time Lex had decided to follow in his footsteps. It began a competition between us, Lex and I. I had lost the war and the love for STEM quickly after Aunt Mercy had announced Lex the winner and I the loser. It was obvious she decided to take mother’s side in placing Lex on a pedestal and me lonely lovechild that would only bring shame to the Luthor family name. I had gotten into a verbal fight with my mother directly after that, effectively sending me to live with my cousin Sam and Aunt Patricia in Midvale to prevent me from causing another scene with her.

I was taken out of my previous school, a boarding school in Scotland, and sent into public school. I truly hoped Midvale High School would be the first and last public school I would attend. The school was nice in appearance, its only fault was that it was infested with teenage hormones and idiocity, a thing I had escaped by being sent to a school of rich kids. My only saving grace was Sam, who was my own age and would share classes with me from time to time.

I had gotten through my first week of school, only to be told that we would have to take practice state tests at the end of the week and into the next. By that first Friday of school, I was done with public school. The students were annoyingly stupid, rude, filled with gossip and overall overgrown puppies that could not take any direction whatsoever. I remember my feet dragging as I walked into the test room, a room used of upperclassmen English AP and Dual Credit classes. The smell of well-read books hung in the air and relaxed me as I took my designated seat. I sat there waiting for the last few minutes before the bell rang for us to start the day. My mind ultimate started ranting about the tests, my finger running over the book I had in my hands.

State tests. They have no point really. The only point was to make up a paper trail to the government that the state was doing their job in giving an education to the masses. It was silly really, especially since it did no go to the actual impact of our culture. All it did was to create a system of creating mindless humans that could dictate all fifty states in one song!

My mind continued to rant and seethe in anger and annoyance when chatter from outside made its way inside the room. I rolled my eyes.

Noise! Do they always have to make a scene? Do they not know that they look ridiculous shouting halfway across the hallway?

I slowly turn my head to the door at the end of the room and watch as a boy with spiky hair and pale skin laughing loudly with another boy, this one obviously Asian had fair skin and short curly hair. They both stopped at the entrance and turn around.

"Come on Kara,” the Asin boy shouted exasperated, “We gotta start soon!”

My right eye twitches with annoyance as the other boy shout for this Kara person to hurry up. I shake my head and decide to turn back to my book when a figure makes its way into the entrance behind the two boys.

What?

My breath catches as a girl carrying a book in her hands stops next to the two boys.

Time stops.

I can’t breathe.

My heart for some reason skips a beat then hurridly runs forward in a sprint.

I can feel my face warm up all the way down to my neck and to the tops of my ears.

My eyes move on their own as they look over the teenager. The girl is tall, about half a foot taller than me. Her soft face has a shy expression as if embarrassed by the actions of her friends shouting. Her glasses frame her face perfectly, lining up just below her soft eyebrows. He hair flows in soft curls over her shoulders, a lovely shade of honey in color. She looks small in the large grey sweatshirt she is in, the oversized bellbottom jeans helped as well. On her feet were a pair of vans, no longer white as there were now scribbles and doodles drawn onto the surface.

I try to hold a gasp as her dazing blue eyes somehow catch my stare. She stares back at me for a few seconds until my mind catches onto my rational actions and I quickly turn back around to the front of the room, pretending the beautiful girl doesn’t exist.

I can hear them move to their seat. For some reason, a voice inside of me pleads that she be placed in a seat in front of me. My silent prayer is answered when she takes a seat three seats in front and a row to the right of me. A small smile makes it’s way on my face as I see her fumble through her book, looking for a pencil she brought. The bell rings and we all get ready to be given the testing packets, my eyes glancing every few minutes to the blonde.

The day goes on, the tests are passed, and I finish within two hours. Usually, I could finish the whole sixty question tests in one hour, but my continued staring at the girl make makes my mind go blank for a moment before I quickly gather my thoughts and go on the next ten questions or so only to restart the process all over again. Long after I turned in my test, to the annoyance of all students in the room as I was the first to finish, I would read my book and look up to the girl again. A vicious circle that continued well into the day and finally ended when lunch finished and anyone was allowed to leave.

The following two days passed by just the same. She would enter the room, and my mind would no longer belong to me. She would glance over at me a few times from her seat. My heart soar when she did, as she would give me a soft smile and I, in a panic, would look away with a furious blush on my cheeks.

It's a pain to have my conscious leave me due to this girl during those three days.

It was annoying.

It was not me.

It was exhilarating.

It was the first time I had ever felt my heart pound with want and need.

It's my first love.

And all I knew was her first name.

Kara.

The girl that took my breathe away with just one glance.

The girl that ultimately would take my heart and never return it.

The girl I’m running from now.

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[meditativeyoga]

Make Everyday Noise a Mindfulness Practice

Everyday sounds could be irritating and disruptive -- or they could offer another automobile for mindfulness.

I began my media profession back in high institution, as DJ Captain Kilowatt on a little Leading 40 rock terminal. For more than 30 years, I have actually delighted in forming music, voices, as well as sound results into engaging broadcasts, but my work has had an unanticipated negative effects: I have actually come to be extra conscious noise than lots of people I know.

Thousands of hrs spent in soundproof studios with sophisticated audio devices believe contributed to my keen understanding of the sea of vibrations through which we swim. Consequently, I connect my ears when motorbikes holler by, I retreat from wailing youngsters, and also loud films make me cringe.

Our world is a noisy area, as well as it's obtaining noisier regularly. Statistics verify what my experience suggests: Individuals have actually ended up being so inured to noise that they are actually injured by it. A testing of concerning 64,000 Americans by the League for the Hard of Hearing discovered that between 1982 and 2000, the occurrence of measurable hearing loss enhanced by 15 to 60 percent, depending on the age team. While this suggests that staying clear of unnecessary noise is a healthy and balanced approach, that's not constantly feasible. In my very own adaptation to this truth, I've found a means to transform uninvited sound right into a welcome benefit.

Once a curse, my acoustic acuity has ended up being an useful gift in my reflection technique. I currently use nonjudgmental hearing as a centerpiece for alert, moment-to-moment perception. I let city noises -- from the snarl of mower to the honking of car horns -- play a function just like that of breath, emotion, believed, as well as bodily experience when I look for one-pointed attention.

In a 1999 dharma talk that was offered at the Barre Center for Buddhist Research studies in Barre, Massachusetts, vipassana meditation educator Christina Feldman explained what might occur when we focus on a solitary things of focus, such as sound. This method of purposeful emphasis, she noted, 'challenges our long-lasting routines of distractedness and grasping.' The obstacle comes from the reality that 'despite our intent to apply and also maintain one-pointedness, the mind proceeds to regurgitate its habitual patterns and come to be lost in its own busy-ness.'

Fortunately, as we enable sounds to flow unblocked with our awareness -- without obtaining attracted into evaluation, judgment, as well as choice -- we can come to be superior at resting steadly through all type of stimulations that might otherwise irritate, distract, or disrupt us.

Tuning In to Awareness

In my own technique, the very first step in operation sound masterfully is just to notice just what I am hearing. This involves taking a complete aural stock. In the exact same means that I bring concentrated recognition to the cycles of breathing in my daily meditation practice, I come to be conscientious to what is jumping off my ears, consisting of lots of sounds which I am typically subconscious. As I slow my mind to listen, each ear imitates a huge antenna, collecting perceptions from close to and also far. I undoubtedly observe that every place has its very own 'audio trademark,' as special as a fingerprint.

At house, I am welcomed by just what knows: a humming refrigerator, the fizz of cars and trucks on a close-by road, a ticking clock, a hissing water heating system, breeze-rustled fallen leaves, and also the skittering of birds or squirrels on my roof covering. In a nearby reflection hall I frequent, these audios are replaced by the drone of airplanes, the whine of alarms, the buzz of fluorescent lamps, smothered voices from an adjacent area, and also the clang of pots in the cooking area. Obviously, I always experience the mundane audios of the human body, from tummy gurgling as well as nose sniffling to throat clearing up and itch scraping. With interest, the ceaseless cavalcade of noises becomes a meditation.

To try this kind of attentiveness on your very own, select a time in the house when you are not likely to be interrupted for a minimum of 20 mins, after that think a comfortable seatsed position. Initially, direct awareness to your breath, adhering to the sensations in your body that accompany the process of breathing. After a couple of mins, deliberately and mindfully change the focus to your sense of hearing. Resisting need to call or get included with the different audios circulating around you, merely examine them. Notification just how some noises develop and also vanish rapidly, or are heard just as soon as, while others are consistent and also recurring. Observe the different qualities each sound displays and the level of your need to associate a noise with a mental image, label, or emotion.

As you listen, cultivate a top quality of separated, choiceless awareness that enables this acoustic mélange to pass easily with your awareness, like a cloud drifting silently with the sky. If you locate that your mind has actually been captured by a specific sound, probably expiring right into a reverie caused by it, note the fact that this has actually occurred and afterwards, without judgment, return to a nonclinging recognition of audio. Throughout your first resting, this noting and also letting go could take place lot of times. With practice, however, the events need to come to be much less constant. The essential point is to come to be mindful of your add-on and also create the capacity to launch it.

Once you have actually experienced 'sound reflection' in the house, experiment with it at other locations, such as your office, health club, or college, or while taking a trip. If you make use of public transportation, attempt this practice while commuting. Urban sounds could be sidetracking initially, however several meditators have actually told me that with time, their connections with sounds that when frustrated them moved significantly. I advise you to explore sound meditation on a routine basis for at the very least a month prior to attracting any type of conclusions concerning your own experience. Consider adding it to the repertoire of techniques that help you create a deeper understanding of your very own consciousness.

Simplicity, Peace, and Poise

This sort of attunement is a helpful discipline at any type of time, so to hone your sensory recognition of the here and now moment. It takes genuine initiative to bring the fresh, alert 'beginner's mind' to prevalent sensory stimulations. That's because the alienation from our bodies that a lot of us feel results, partly, from a well-intended as well as deeply set coping method. Confronted with an incessant parade of acoustic justifications, we often tend to lessen our understanding of daily noises unless something appears out of whack. We make use of numerous psychological tricks to complete this, disregarding the ordinary in order to minimize diversion and minimize irritability.

It's easy, obviously, to persuade ourselves that numerous sounds are obnoxious. I make sure each of us could call some pet peeves. Mine consist of trash vehicles at 5:30 a.m. as well as fallen leave blowers during breakfast. I've learned that the more difficult path is not to measure the worth of such audios, however to approve them in a true spirit of equanimity. This does not necessarily indicate we have neutral feelings about such invasions, instead, it means we are not so purchased our memorizing reactions that we could not separate ourselves from such responses.

The Buddha is stated to have actually educated that the crazy get in touch with the world mostly via their physical detects, whereas the sensible seek to understand the nature of those links. As we expand better, some Buddhist scholars suggest, we might progress able to preserve our inner tranquility as well as peacefulness in the midst of whatever experiences challenge us, including unwanted noise. Rather than being swept away by the raw power of a noise or by our identification with just what we think is wrong with the sound, we discover how to allow those vibrations clean over us without disruption. By doing this, we create a clear hearing of our hearts and also minds.

One of one of the most highly regarded contemporary teachers of yoga, B.K.S. Iyengar, resembled this sentiment when he wrote in his publication Yoga: The Path to All natural Health (DK Publishing, 2001), 'The key purpose of yoga is to restore the mind to simplicity, peace, as well as poise, and also cost-free it from complication as well as distress.' In silent sittinged reflection (dhyana) and observance (niyama), as in our asana technique, we are tested regularly by just what our hearing -- as well as other physical sense -- stirs within us. Bringing mindfulness as well as restriction (yama) to our ears resembles bringing mindful attention to our breath, equilibrium, and muscle mass as we move through asanas. Both methods could end up being cars for establishing the health-promoting qualities of clear recognition and also releasing. Yoga exercise utilizes the term parinamavada to refer to the approval of consistent change that parallels this frame of mind. Yet such equanimity is not conveniently available within any contemplative method if sound features as a display, irritant, or diversion.

The wise poet Rumi talked to the human tendency toward irritability and also interruption in his poem 'Just Breath': 'There is a method between voice as well as presence where details flows./ In disciplined silence it opens./ With wandering talk it closes.' Rumi could not have prepared for the modern-day Tower of Babel that generates consistent discord, yet I believe his injunction to listen attentively would be duplicated with much more emphasis if he still strolled -- as well as listened -- amongst us today.

Richard Mahler is an independent author and also instructor of mindfulness-based tension reduction that splits his time in between Santa Cruz, The golden state, and also Santa Fe, New Mexico. His most recent publication is Stillness: Daily Present of Solitude.

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Cars that watch you watch them steer

The automobile, in American life, has long been a hallmark of freedom. A teenager’s first driver’s license offers freedom from Mom and Dad. A new car and the open road bring the freedom to chase the American dream. But as more technology creeps in to help drivers, so, too, will systems that eavesdrop on and monitor them, necessitated not by convenience but by new safety concerns.

Cameras that recognize facial expressions, sensors that detect heart rates and software that assesses a driver’s state of awareness may seem like superfluous flights of fancy, but they are increasingly viewed as part of an inevitable driving future.

At upstarts like the electric car company Byton and mainstream mainstays like Volvo, car designers are working on facial recognition, drowsy-driver alert systems and other features for keeping track of the people behind the wheel.

The most immediate impetus: concerns about the safe use of driver-assistance options like automatic lane-keeping that still require drivers to pay attention. And when truly autonomous vehicles finally arrive, the consensus among automakers and their suppliers is that new ways will be needed to check on drivers and passengers to make sure they are safe inside.

“It’s really taken off from no car monitor to tactile monitoring to taking a look at your eyes,” said Grant Courville, a vice president at BlackBerry QNX, which creates in-dash software systems. “I definitely see more of that coming as you get to Level 3 cars,” he added, referring to vehicles that can perform some self-driving functions in limited situations.The feature is part of the car’s Super Cruise system, the first hands-free driving tool to operate on select United States highways. The camera tracks a driver’s head position and eye movements to ensure that the person is attentive and able to retake control of the car when needed.

Similar concerns about BMW’s semi-autonomous systems prompted the German carmaker to add a driver monitoring camera in its 2019 X5 sport utility vehicle. The video camera is mounted in the instrument cluster as part of BMW’s Extended Traffic Jam Assistant system, part of a $1,700 package, that allows the car to go autonomous — with driver monitoring — in stop-and-go traffic under 37 miles per hour.

“It looks at the head pose and the eyes of the driver,” said Dirk Wisselmann of BMW’s automated driving program. “We have to, because by doing so it empowers us to add more functionality.”

Automakers understand that tracking technology raises privacy issues, so BMW does not record or store the ahd car monitor information, Mr. Wisselmann said.

Perhaps still smarting from lessons learned in the past, G.M. also does not record what transpires inside the car’s cabin, the company said. In 2011, G.M. tried to change the user agreement in its OnStar service to allow it to share driver information with third-party companies. The backlash from owners was so swift and severe that the Supreme Court cited the episode as proof that people had an expectation of privacy in their cars.

“But it’s not just about distraction management,” said Jada Smith, a vice president in the advanced engineering department at the auto supplier Aptiv. During an autonomous driving demonstration, she pointed out that such driver monitoring systems can assess a driver’s cognitive load levels — how many tasks the person is trying to juggle — and then adjust other car functions.

“If the driver is not fully aware,” Ms. Smith said, “we might brake faster.” Other ideas include putting radar inside the car for interior sensing like detecting that a child has been left behind. (Every nine days a child left in a car dies from vehicular heatstroke in the United States, according to KidsAndCars.org, an advocacy group.)

It was infants’ being left in cars that first prompted Guardian Optical Technologies, based in Tel Aviv, to develop in-cabin monitoring technology, said Tal Recanati, the company’s chief business officer. The company has now expanded its 3-D vision and “micro vibration” sensing system to recognize faces, check seatbelt use, even adjust elements like airbag deployment velocity based on a passenger’s approximate weight. Eventually Guardian’s technology could be able to judge the emotional state of people in the car.

Affectiva, a Boston company developing technology for measuring emotions, has been conducting such research for several years to assess driver behavior. On a closed test track peppered with distractions — people dressed as construction workers, a security vehicle with flashing lights, pedestrians, fake storefronts — Affectiva demonstrated how the company’s program works in tandem with a “collaborative driving” system made by the Swedish auto supplier Veoneer. Veoneer’s technology can control steering and braking on its own, with the occasional intervention of a human driver.

Affectiva collected a variety of driver information during the test, measuring elements like the amount of grip on the wheel, throttle action, vehicle dome camera, facial and head movements. It then compared that information with what was happening around the car to determine how much trust the driver had in the semi-autonomous system and the perceived level of cognitive load.

“We want them to trust the car — but not too much,” said Ola Bostrom, a vice president of research at Veoneer. “The driver still has to be engaged” in order to take over the controls when a car encounters a situation it can’t handle.

To deliver other advanced services, like augmented reality information about nearby businesses and locations, it will also be necessary to monitor what drivers are paying attention to, said Andrew Poliak, a vice president at Panasonic Automotive Systems. And companies as diverse as Mercedes-Benz and the voice-recognition company Nuance want to add Alexa-like services, meaning that your sedan or S.U.V. may always be listening.

“So these systems are going to become standard in all cars,” said Nakul Duggal, who leads the automotive products group at Qualcomm.

Will privacy concerns then recede in the rearview mirror of advancing technologies?

When fully autonomous vehicles begin circulating on public roads, designers note, they will have to be able to detect when people enter or exit a vehicle, who the person is, whether they have left anything behind in the car, and especially if a person has become disabled (because of intoxication or a medical emergency). And that information will inevitably be shared online, although there may be ways that some people can still preserve their sense of independence in the car.

“In the future, it may be different for people who own their own cars, where there’s more privacy,” said Mr. Wisselmann at BMW, “and for people who use robo taxis, where there will be less.”

It’s 2025 and you’re cruising down the highway late at night. It’s been a long day and your eyelids feel heavy. All of a sudden, you hear three beeps, lights flash, your car slows down, and it pulls itself safely to the side of the road.

This scenario is closer to becoming reality than you may think, and although vehicle camra get all the headlines, most drivers will experience something like it long before they can buy a car that drives itself.

Full self-driving cars are taking longer to arrive than techno-optimists predicted a few years ago. In fact, in a financial filing Wednesday, Tesla acknowledged it may never be able to deliver a full self-driving car at all.

But with features such as automated cruise control, steering assist and automatic highway lane changing, new cars come loaded with driver-assist options. As they proliferate, the task of a human driver is beginning to shift from operating the vehicle to supervising the systems that do so.

That development carries promise and peril. Decades of research make clear that humans aren’t good at paying attention in that way. The auto industry’s answer: systems that monitor us to make sure we’re monitoring the car.

Such systems, usually relying on a driver-facing camera that car rear view monitor and head movements, already have been deployed in tens of thousands of long-haul trucks, mining trucks and heavy construction vehicles, mainly to recognize drowsiness, alcohol or drug use, and general distraction.

Some new automobile models can already be purchased with option packages that include monitoring systems, usually as part of driver-assist features such as lane keeping and automated cruise control. They include cars from General Motors, Ford, Toyota, Tesla, Subaru, Nissan and Volvo.

One reason for the sudden rush: European regulators plan to require such systems be installed on every new car sold there by mid-decade.

The top U.S. car industry lobby, recently renamed the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, told a Senate panel Tuesday that it welcomes regulation that would require driver-monitoring systems in all new cars sold with driver-assist technologies. The National Transportation Safety Board, after several fatal Tesla Autopilot crashes, has recommended that safety regulators require more robust systems than the one Tesla uses to keep drivers engaged.

So-called advanced driver-assist systems serve as a bridge as companies work to develop safe, fully self-driving cars, which are beginning to appear in very limited locations. Most driverless car developers put tight restrictions on how they can be used and where they can go.

“We’re in an in-between phase at the moment,” said Colin Barnden, a market analyst at Semicast Research.

On the plus side, such technologies can reduce driving stress and, if deployed responsibly, improve safety. At the same time, the less input a car needs from a human driver, the harder it is for that driver to remain vigilant. Humans aren’t good at “monitoring things, waiting for something to go wrong. We just aren’t wired to do that,” Barnden said.

Driver-monitoring systems come in two basic types: eye trackers and steering wheel sensors. In either case, if a driver is detected not paying attention, warnings are sounded through lights or sounds or both; if the driver doesn’t reengage, the car pulls itself to the roadside and stops.

Tesla uses the steering sensor. Practically everybody else uses eye trackers.

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Without Fanfare, Waymo Opens Robotaxi Ride Service To The Public

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Without Fanfare, Waymo Opens Robotaxi Ride Service To The Public

Waymo Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Engineering, Dmitri Dolgov, discusses the … [] self-driving car at Waymo headquarters in Mountain View, California, on May 8, 2019. (Photo by Glenn CHAPMAN / AFP) (Photo credit should read GLENN CHAPMAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Last weekend, with surprisingly little fanfare, Waymo revealed it had passed a major milestone and opened up their really true full self driving taxi service in the Chandler, Arizona area to the general public. This means that similar to the way you use Uber UBER , anybody can download the app and summon a ride, which will today be done with nobody else in the vehicle.

A number of sources inaccurately reported this as taking place a couple of months ago, when Waymo allowed members of their early rider program to invite friends into the Waymo club. That was still an invitation-only pilot. Some time recently, not disclosed until now, it became the world’s first true robotaxi service. The lack of safety driver on all rides was stated as a Covid based safety measure — after virus problems fade, they will use use safety drivers for many rides, while also having some that are all robot. This will allow them to expand and test in new areas, having the rider-only trips take place in the most established roads of the service area.

This is giant news — when you add the Zoox reveal and the Aurora Uber deal this is the biggest week of the year, including:

AutoX no-driver service in Shenzen

Cruise does first test rides with no safety driver in San Francisco

Aurora merging with/acquiring Uber’s UBER ATG self-driving unit

Some no-driver tests by Baidu BIDU BIDU

The early reveal of the Zoox custom robotaxi

Pricing

With this major milestone in place, we start to talk about other aspects of the business, including the competitive factors discussed yesterday. Waymo won’t have any competition for some time, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t interested in how that will work. Open to the public, they can truly play with business models. Their competition in Chandler are things like Taxis, Uber and Lyft LYFT , and of course private cars and suburban transit.

Presently, Waymo has been charging a price that’s only modestly less than the price charged by Uber. And, to be frank, it’s hard to view this as a true competitive test when for some time, many of the riders will be trying Waymo One mostly because of how novel it is — and others avoid it because of initial fear. As people get used to it, then pricing models can be explored. it can be tested what prices cause people to switch from the various competitive forms simply because of the price, and not the coolness. The fear will always be there, but reduce as people get used to it.

There is much debate on what the price can truly be. Today, robocar development is hugely expensive, so any price will be subsidized. Rides must be sold by the tens of billions before the initial multi-billion dollar investment can be recovered. Once that happens, one can start looking at the actual cost. That actual cost consists of:

Vehicle depreciation — very roughly vehicle cost / total vehicle lifetime miles plus some financing cost. Similar to regular cars though with cars that have different costs than regular cars.

Ordinary operating cost — fuel/energy, maintenance, taxes, tolls, tires, parking, similar to regular cars.

Accidents — currently done via insurance at around 6 cents/mile, but in theory brought down in price by safer vehicles.

Taxi operating costs — cleaning, taxi taxes, restocking, “dead time” and repositioning moves, etc. Unlike a taxi cleaned by its driver, cleaning here requires moving to a cleaning depot or gig worker.

Special operations costs — operations center, data networks, customer support.

Share of ongoing new R&D.

Fleet management and booking costs — similar to what Uber has

Marketing, Administration and other typical overhead

Regular cars of course have overhead and tons of marketing, and an expensive retail channel — at least companies other than Tesla TSLA . Many of these costs should not be too great on a per-ride basis, though in some cases the cost is not yet known. When it comes to depreciation — which is the largest part of operating an ordinary car — there are forces in both directions. Some Robotaxis, loaded with expensive sensors, cost a great deal more than an ordinary car, even if made in quantity. Other potential designs for a small 1-2 person vehicle with lower cost sensors, and lacking a wheel, pedals, dashboard and other things for drivers, could actually cost half the price of a conventional car.

These things control the cost. The price will be set by the competitive marketplace at some level above that cost and a good profit. The price for many will probably not be per ride or per mile, but more per month in a subscription, or some combination of monthly fees and cheaper ride fees to match the way paying for private cars works.

Before there is competition, prices may be just a bit less than Uber, and there will also be room for more experimentation.

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