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We have a few more now & then photos to share from our Cincinnati trip to see the CAROL filming locations. These are from the scene where Therese and Richard meet after their breakup. It was filmed at Twin Lakes in Eden Park, just a few feet from the stone restroom they fashioned into a Christmas tree farm stand for another scene.

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‘You are in a daze!’ ‘I’m wide awake. I never felt more awake’. [...] ‘Why don’t you leave me alone?’ [...] ‘But you’re going to get over it in a week. I hope. My God!’ He squirmed again. ‘To say -- to say for a minute you practically want to say goodbye to me because of some silly crush!’ ‘I didn’t say that. You said it.’ She looked back at him, at his rigid face that was beginning to redden in the centre of the flat cheeks.  ‘But why should I want to be with you if all you do is argue about this?’

(Chapter Thirteen)

‘Carol’ (Patricia Highsmith) Images ‘Carol’ (2015) dir. Todd Haynes

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My ex gf, about my thing for Cate Blanchett:

- ‘’You got one hell of a crush on this woman is what. You’re like a schoolgirl.’’

Me:

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🌹 📖 Moments that will last forever... 🌌 🌃 ♥ - Carol stills 🎬 🎥

Therese: "Have you ever been in love with a boy?" 🚴 🚶🚶

The conversation between Therese and Richard, where she begins to question, everything that she is feeling and is unknown for her. Another important moment in the book for Therese's character, that was perfectly embodied in the film 📹 🎦 👏 👏

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“I should have said, Therese... wait.”

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Carol Aird & Therese Belivet Carol movie 2015, dir. Todd Haynes Deleted Scenes

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I haven't heard from you, and it's beginning to dawn on me what an incredible conglomeration of contradictions you are. You are sensitive and yet so insensitive, imaginative yet so unimaginative...

Richard Semco, The Price of Salt.

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February 16, 2021: Carol (2015) (Part 1)

...Harold...

Yeah, I had to do this one. Partially because I knew about this film previously, as it was kind of a smash hit when it came out in theaters. It was about as big of a deal as Blue is the Warmest Color, which...we might get there. But, yeah, Carol was already on my radar when I decided to dip into LGBT cinema.

But also...you can thank my girlfriend again. There she is (as she’s choosing to represent herself through GIF form) below.

We love The Owl House. Anyway, I wasn’t aware of the meme until we were watching a movie, and she just screamed “HAROLD THEY’RE LESBIANS!” And after doing some research on that statement...that’s goddamn hilarious. And it all started with Carol, so the writing’s basically on the wall there.

Here’s what I know. This movie stars Cate Blanchett...OK, that’s it! Shall we find out more firsthand? SPOILERS AHEAD!!!

Recap

In New York City, a man enters a bar and restaurant, where he sees an old acquaintance, Therese Belivet (Rooney Mara), who is having dinner with another woman, Carol Aird (Cate Blanchett). And, uh, lemme just say, we’re jumping off RIGHT away, and my girlfriend immediately starts screaming “HAROLD” at the screen.

Anyway, Jake invites her to a party with mutual friends, and Carol and Therese end their dinner date early. As Therese looks out of the window of a car on the way to the party, she thinks backwards through time, and takes us with her. FLASHBACK

Therese wakes up one morning around Christmastime, only to see her boyfriend, Richard Semco (Jake Lacy), ready to take her to work on a bicycle though Central Park. They talk about going to Paris on vacation, an idea about which Therese seems nonchalant. Therese works at Frankenberg’s, a department store that doesn’t exist. As is typical of the season in NYC, shoppers and their children flood the place. We went there on Christmas of 2019, and I grew up in the area. Trust me when I say Christmas in NYC is FUCKIN’ NUTS.

Therese works at the toy counter, and that’s when Carol arrives to get a doll for her daughter. Unfortunately, they’re out of the doll she’s looking for, so Therese offers a model train set to her instead, and the two hit it off basically immediately. And when I say hit it off, they HIT IT OFF. Like...the chemistry is IMMEDIATE. Maybe that’s Cate Blanchett’s pure charisma, but I’m just saying...they have the fastest chemistry establishment that I’ve seen yet.

But oh no! Carol’s forgotten her gloves! However, it doesn’t seem like much results from that, as the work day is soon over, and Therese and Richard go to a movie and a beer with friends Phil (Nik Pajic) and Danny McElroy (John Magaro). That night, having returned home, Therese looks at Carol’s gloves. Using information obtained during the department store visit, she mails the gloves to Carol, at her gorgeous mansion.

Carol is combing her daughter’s hair, as her husband Harge Aird (Kyle Chandler) arrives home with the mail. Things seem somewhat amiss, as Carol seems extremely unhappy. She later calls her at the department store to thank her for the gloves, and offers to buy her lunch that afternoon. She agrees, and the two head to a nice restaurant.

Over the course of the meal, it’s revealed that Carol and Harge are going through a divorce (yeah, that tracks), and Therese’s conflicted on how she feels about her relationship with Richard. Carol invites her to come over at some point, and she agrees.

Later on, while in traffic in the car of a friend, Abby Gerhard (Sarah Paulson), she seems to acknowledge potential attraction between her and Therese, although it’s not exactly set in stone. She heads to a party that evening. Meanwhile, she visits her friend Danny, an aspiring writer, who inquires about her hobby of photography, and then...kisses her...even though she’s dating a friend. Fuckin’ OH BOY, DANNY.

Harge takes Carol home, and he’s 100% still in love with her, and she’s just not feeling it. This may be related to the fact that she and Abby were also once a couple. Yeah. Harge is aware of this, and they were DEFINITELY a romantic couple in the past, which means...yeah, Carol’s a straight-up lesbian, it would seem. Harge says it “shouldn’t be like this,” and it’s not clear whether that refers to Carol’s attraction to women, or the divorce in general. It is the 1950′s, after all.

OH WAIT. Forgot to mention that, didn’t I? This film takes place in the 1950s, I think? Hasn’t been made super clear as of yet, but the aesthetic is certainly the 1950s, without much doubt. The next day, Carol goes to pick Therese up, and meets Richard. Richard tells Therese he loves her as they depart. Therese doesn’t return the sentiment. FUCKIN’ OOF.

As the two drive through Lincoln Tunnel together, their dialogue is quieted, and we get some interesting close-up shots of their eyes, lips, faces. And it’s definitely meant to suggest something more physical, something without words. In other words...Harold’s wife is starting to get the idea. Harold’s not quite there yet, though.

Carol and Therese go to Carol’s home in New Jersey, where she meets her and 4-year old Harge’s daughter, Rindy, who Carol obviously loves VERY much. That night, Therese plays the piano, and also shares her passion for photography with Carol. Carol shows interest in her hobby, when Harge suddenly shows up to take Lindy unexpectedly for Christmas with his family, away from her.

The argument that this results in quickly envelops Therese, as Harge confronts Carol about her presence there. The ending result, though, is that Carol is forced to let Rindy leave early with Harge. And yeah, it’s sad for her. Harge, on the other hand, is being an absolute dick. The two have a verbal and PHYSICAL argument outside, which Therese partially overhears.

As an apology for bringing Therese into this marital struggle, Carol gives her a ride to the train station, so she can make her way home that night. On the train, Therese cries. Is this because of Harge, because of Carol, because of a struggle with her own feelings? I’m honestly not sure. And it’s a good question.

Carol seems to believe that it’s because of her, though, as she turned her away somewhat abruptly. However, she quickly tries to make up for it by calling and apologizing. Therese says that she has questions for her, and Carol is more than willing to answer them. The next day, Carol goes down to her divorce attorney’s office, only to discover that Harge is trying to take away ALL of Carol’s custody.

And the reason for it? You guessed it! Carol’s a lesbian! Sooooooo, FUCK HARGE!!! With this otion, Carol won’t be able to see Rindy for several months, which hurts her greatly. Again, fuck Harge, he’s a dick who’s taking away Carol’s joy and time with her daughter solely because Carol isn’t attracted to him. GODDAMN, that absolutely sucks.

Meanwhile, Therese’s struggling with her own feelings, some of which may be for Carol, and actually STRIGHT-UP asks Richard his opinions on the origins of homosexuality. He believes that it can’t just happen like heterosexual love, which...I mean, 1950s, what can I tell ya, it wasn’t great. He point-blank asks her if she’s in love with a girl, and she says no, and leaves him in the street in a huff. And real talk, I feel bad...for Richard. Therese, too, but dude is genuinely in head-over-heels with Therese, and is just NOT getting the hint.

Carol and Abby go to have lunch, where Carol breaks the news. They share tenderness, as they have in the past, and Abby’s pretty clearly out of the closet, as much as one can be in the 1950s. Also, quick aside to note that Sarah Paulson rules...and moving on.

Carol then visits Therese, and gives her new camera equipment as a kind gesture. Carol shares with her the news of the struggle with her husband, and says that she’s going on a trip, to get away for a while. She invites Therese to come with her, quite spontaneously, and Therese equally spontaneously says yes! Fuckin OOOOOOOF to Richard, goddamn.

Also, exactly the halfway point! See you in Part 2!

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Therese Belivet: Have you ever been in love with a boy? Richard Semco: No. Therese Belivet: But you’ve heard of it. Richard Semco: Of course. I mean, have I heard of people like that? Sure. Therese Belivet: I don’t mean people like that. I just mean two people who fall in love with each other. Say, a boy and a boy. Out of the blue. Richard Semco: I don’t know anyone like that. But I’ll tell you this: there’s always some reason for it, in the background. Therese Belivet: So you don’t think it could just… happen to somebody. To anybody. Richard Semco: No. I don’t.

Carol (2015)

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Chapters: 24/? Fandom: Carol (2015), The Price of Salt - Patricia Highsmith Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Carol Aird/Therese Belivet, Carol Aird & Therese Belivet, Therese Belivet/Genevieve Cantrell Characters: Therese Belivet, Carol Aird, Dannie McElroy, Abby Gerhard, Genevieve Cantrell, Richard Semco, Harge Aird, Rindy Aird, Carol Ross Additional Tags: Fluff, Angst, Eventual Smut, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Lesbian Sex Summary:

Therese Belivet, an up-and-coming twenty-something journalist at PRNT, a journalistic, somewhat progressive, magazine based out in San Diego, CA. She's got the talent but lacks self-belief in herself and her work. Carol Ross (formerly Aird), an acclaimed journalist who joins PRNT after having spent years freelancing while she was married. She's trying to reignite her passion for writing and get herself out of her post-divorce rut by taking on this challenge in what is a new chapter in her life. Sparks fly, both professionally and, inevitably, romantically, between them.

Slow burn modern AU fic with some fluff, some angst, eventual smut, and plenty of Belivaird moments we all so want, so stick around. Chapters written from either Therese or Carol's POV.

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Richard began it. ‘Why do you like her so much?’[...] ‘I like being with her, I like talking with her. I’m fond of anybody I can talk to.’ The phrases of some letter she had written to Carol and never mailed drifted across her mind as if to answer Richard. “I feel I stand in a desert with my hands outstretched, and you are raining down on me. ‘You’ve got a hell of a crush on her’, Richard announced, explanatory and resentfully. Therese took a deep breath. Should she be simple and say yes, or should she try to explain it? What would he ever understand of it, even if she explained it in a million words?

(Chapter Thirteen)

‘Carol’ (Patricia Highsmith) Images ‘Carol’ (2015) dir. Todd Haynes

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by vasande88

This is the second part of VISA TO LOVE. Now that Therese is a legal permanent resident in the US, she’ll have to face new challenges: from family to work, she’ll have to learn how to navigate in this new chapter. But no challenge will be hard to overcome with Carol and Rindy by her side. Allowance:Allow yourself to be yourself; allow the other to be. Don’t put people in (metaphorical) boxes. Kindness. Patience.Acceptance of another (or yourself) means having an awareness of the truth. Allowance means putting that truth into action. Affection is general kindness towards everyone (sometimes, it means accepting/allowing romantic passion, or Eros).

Updated: 2019-10-15 Words: 16534, Chapter: 5/?, Language: English, Hits: 1308

Fandom: The Price of Salt - Patricia Highsmith, Carol (2015)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/F

Relationships: Carol Aird/Therese Belivet, Carol Aird & Therese Belivet

Characters: Carol Aird, Carol Ross, Therese Belivet, Rindy Aird, Abby Gerhard, Dannie McElroy, Harge Aird, Richard Semco, Genevieve Cantrell

Additional tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Lesbian Sex, Lesbian Character, New York City, Photography, Modern Era, Love, True Love, POV Female Character, POV Third Person, Series, Same-Sex Marriage

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ARMY OF ONE

Is a Micro-Business the route to your success?

Why do we automatically assume that we need to build huge businesses with million-pound turnovers in order to achieve what we think success is?

Could we actually get all the fulfilment and comfort we need by staying small and keeping hold of our precious freedom?

When you ask any self-employed business owner what attracted them to start up their own business and become their own boss, most likely these three statements would have been made:

I want the freedom to be my own boss and decide when and where I work

I don’t want to feel like I work for anyone else, I’m more than capable of doing it for myself

I can earn far more working for myself than working for an employer

Does that sound familiar to you when you decided to embark on your journey of self-employment?

So why is it, when you speak to most business owners, they claim to be earning minimum wage, (when you consider the sheer amount of hours they work and think about their business).

They also claim to be working for their employees and not the other way around.

Any decent caring employer will feel a certain responsibility to their employees so when a crunch decision needs to be made, more often than not, they will put the needs and security of the employee before their own needs.

But quite often, these are the same employees that the boss will often feel frustrated with because they don’t take the business as seriously as they should.

Is that a matter of perspective or is it a fact?

Why should an employee who trades their time for an hourly rate care as much as the business owner, who, if he runs the business right, will earn far more than the employee?

It’s a dilemma that any employer faces, and not one with an easy answer.

Why do we automatically assume that we need to build huge businesses with million-pound turnovers in order to achieve what we think success is?

There are various schemes that can be used to add incentive to a worker’s day, piece work, bonus, profit sharing, but that process then needs to be designed, communicated, implemented and managed.

This takes the business owner away from the purpose he set out to achieve in his business.

It leaves the business open to the potential of certain employees trying to manipulate the system, or arguments taking place between other workers about who gets the best/easiest/fastest work.

Then you have the issue of sick days and workers personal problems (which always usually become the problem of the boss!).

It’s easy to see how resentment can build and a working environment can quickly become a place of resentment and hostile competitiveness.

So, while the person that is managing all of these challenges tries their best to make sure everyone is happy and fairly compensated, his eye is taken away from the ball.

Other areas such as efficiency or production can slip, there’s only so many hours in a day and dealing with staff can suck them up fast.

Building systems can really help with this, but again, more investment in time and money is required.

So, what’s the answer? – Or more to the point, what’s the question?

Do you want to work for your company, or do you want your company to work for you?

Staying small could be the next BIG thing in business.

Instead of launching headlong into selling more stuff until you reach a breaking point where you need to employ someone, stop and take a minute to consider the implications of that, and set aside any optimistic voice in your head that says, “it will be OK, I’m different….”

You may very well be different, but the chances are that your logic is very similar to the many who have walked this path and continue to do so today.

There’s a very strong possibility that in the future you’ll be the one begrudging the situation that you built for yourself.

So how can you leverage other people who work for themselves, and still get the results you need?

Well, the chances are, you’re going to get better results if you use someone who’s also responsible for their own future earnings, and not someone who sells their time for money regardless of their output or quality.

This also puts you in a strong position if things are not going well.

UK employment law protects employees after they’ve been in a position for 24 months and letting them go if they are not performing becomes a strategic battle. (More employment of HR staff required).

If you use a self-employed supplier and they are not performing, the conversation becomes much easier. They know they either step up, or you find someone else. No contract, no notice period. No guilt.

Tim Ferris describes this process in great depth in his award-winning book, “The 4 Hour Working Week”.

He actually sets up a drop shipping company that works automatically taking sales on his website, and the fulfilment is carried out by various affiliates leaving him to just count the profits and pay his bills.

He claims to have worked from dozens of countries spending an average of 4 hours a week on maintaining this business, allowing him the freedom to travel and be totally in control of his vision of working from a place he chooses, not having a boss and receiving an abundance of earnings

Finding the right affiliates to work with will have its challenges, but someone who works for themselves is going to be far more motivated to deliver on time and at the right level of quality, than someone who knows they just have to clock in and out and they get paid the same.

What if the key to becoming happier and richer is to start thinking smaller not bigger?

There’s no such thing as perpetual growth. Yet that is what traditional business people crave. But what is growth meant to achieve? If Oxford University is so successful, why is there not a branch in Washington D.C.? If a symphony is successful with 120 musicians, why not even more with 600 musicians? “To grow bigger” is not much of an effective business strategy after all.

Richard Semler, CEO of SEMCO partners.

Creating strategic but independent partnerships could be the secret sauce to creating that success that you first dreamed of when you had the vision of running your own business.

It may seem like the wrong time to think about this while you are on the first steps in your new and exciting business, but if you want to keep it exciting and keep a tight grip on your freedom, it might be an avenue worth exploring before it’s too late…….

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Governor Northam Announces Administration Appointments #VaGovernor #VaPolitics #VaGovernment

Governor Ralph Northam has announced additional appointments to his Administration.

Office of the Governor

Ofirah Yheskel, Acting Communications Director

Ofirah Yheskel has been appointed Acting Communications Director. She has served as Press Secretary since January 2018. Prior to that, she served as a senior communications advisor to the governor’s transition and inaugural committees, Press Secretary for the Ralph Northam for Governor campaign, and Wisconsin Press Secretary for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Communications Studies and Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Global Studies from the University of Texas at Austin.

Office of the Chief Workforce Development Advisor

Natalie Chapman, Executive Assistant to the Chief Workforce Development Advisor

Natalie Chapman has been appointed Executive Assistant to the Chief Workforce Development Advisor. She previously served as a 2018 Governor’s Fellow in the Office of First Lady Pamela Northam. Natalie is a native of Wise County in Southwest Virginia and graduated from the University of Virginia’s College at Wise with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics.

Secretariat of the Commonwealth

Emma Williams, Special Assistant, Notary and Authentications Division

Emma Williams has been appointed Special Assistant in the Notary and Authentications Division of the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Prior to her appointment, she held positions in the Office of the Attorney General and the Senate of Virginia, and served as a 2015 Governor’s Fellow with the Secretary of the Commonwealth. A native of Hanover County, Emma earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Randolph College.

Board Appointments

Advisory Board on Service and Volunteerism

Lily Beres of Falls Church, Student, University of Virginia, Class of 2022

Vanessa Diamond* of Richmond, Director/Vice President, HandsOn Greater Richmond/ Partnership for Nonprofit Excellence

Omari Faulkner* of Bluemont, Business Development Director, ManTech International

Tyee Davenport Mallory of Henrico, Regional Director, Office of United States Senator Tim Kaine

Julie M. Strandlie, Esq.* of Alexandria, Principal, Strandlie Advocacy, LLC, and Commissioner, Fairfax County Planning Commission

James H. Underwood* of Midlothian, Retired Business Manager, IBEW Local 666

Leah Dozier Walker, MPA* of Henrico, Community and Minority Affairs Liaison, Virginia Department of Education

Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Certified Interior Designers, Land Surveyors and Landscape Architects

Hypatia L. R. Alexandria of Loudoun, PhD Student, Virginia Tech

Karen Moore Reynes of Norfolk

Board for Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors

James Haltigan* of Bridgewater, President, SEMCO Services, Inc.

Rick Holtz* of Henrico, Owner and President, H. J. Holtz & Son, Inc.

Galappa “Madhu” Madhusudhan of Clifton, Project Management for Fairfax County Government, Vice President for IAFPE

Gene E. Magruder* of Newport News, Newport News Shipbuilding, USW Local 8888

Patrick Studley of Hampton, Certified Industrial Hygienist, Marine Chemist Service, Inc.

Board of Trustees, Family and Children’s Trust Fund

Kenneth Carter Batey, Jr.  of Alexandria, Government Affairs Manager, Children’s National Health System

Jennifer Gillyard, MSSW, MDiv of Alexandria, Research & Information Specialist, District of Columbia Child & Family Services Agency

Kay Kovacs* of Bristol, retired as Founding Executive Director of Children’s Advocacy Centers of Virginia

Judy Kurtz, PT, MPH* of Virginia Beach, Virginia Department of Health, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Fatality Review and Surveillance Program

Joint Leadership Council of Veterans Service Organizations

John Cooper of Virginia Beach, AMVETS Past National District Commander, Joint Leadership Council of Veterans Service Organizations

Kevin Hoffman of Staunton, Virginia Army National Guard Officers Association Representative, Joint Leadership Council of Veterans Service Organizations

Colonel Frank Gannon Wickersham III* of Warrenton, Vice President for Corporate Responsibility (Veterans Outreach) and Director of Recruiting, VSE Corporation

New College Institute

Richard Hall of Martinsville, Managing Director, Orion Capital

Naomi Hodge-Muse* of Martinsville, President, Martinsville-Henry County NAACP

Potomac River Fisheries Commission

Kyle J. Schick of Colonial Beach

Secure and Resilient Commonwealth Panel

Michael L. Hamlar, MBA* of Roanoke, Owner, Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home

Aaron Hughes of Vienna, Vice President and Deputy CISO, Capital One

Anna McRay of Henrico, Deputy Coordinator of Emergency Management, County of Henrico

Jonathan Newmark, MD, MM, COL (ret.), MC, USA of Burke, Adjunct Professor of Neurology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences; Staff Neurologist, Washington, DC Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center

Andrew M. Ramsey, MD of Richmond, Emergency Physician, Henrico Doctors’ Hospital

James Redick* of Norfolk, Director, Emergency Preparedness and Response, City of Norfolk

Marci Stone of Roanoke, Battalion Chief Emergency Management & Community Preparedness, City of Roanoke

Virginia Asian Advisory Board

Shaheen E. Lakhan, MD, PhD, MEd, MS, FAAN of Roanoke, Chief of Pain Management, Carilion Clinic

Virginia Latino Advisory Board

Paul Berry of Arlington, Director of Data Intelligence, Aegis Mobile

*denotes reappointment

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Richard Semco