Pawn Shop Research Articles

Implementasi Peningkatan Kerja Sama Tim, Work Life Balance, Trasformational Leadership Terhadap Kinerja Karyawan: Studi pada Karyawan PT. Pegadaian Cabang Sukabumi

In the era of globalization, the role of human resources for companies is becoming increasingly important, human resources determine the survival of the company. Human resources aim to develop the company. Pegadaian is a State-Owned Enterprise (BUMN) which has the status of a People's Credit institution with a Community Savings system to be able to meet needs to be effective. The aim of this research is to determine the implementation of teamwork, work life balance, transformational leadership on employee performance at PT. Sukabumi branch pawn shop. The method used in this research is a quantitative method with a descriptive approach. The sample in this study was 33 samples who were employees of PT. Pegadaian Sukabumi Branch using saturated sampling technique. Data was obtained through a research questionnaire distributed to all samples containing 20 statements regarding the variables of teamwork, work life balance, transformational leadership and employee performance, using an Ordinal measurement system. The data obtained was carried out various tests such as validity tests and reliability tests, classic assumption tests and then analyzed using SPSS 26 software testing. The results of the research showed that there was a significant influence between the variables of teamwork and work life balance on employee performance, but there were negative results for the variables. Transformational leadership on employee performance.

Individual, firearm, and purchasing characteristics associated with risk of firearm-related violent crime arrest: a nested case-control study

BackgroundFirearm purchasing records offer a potentially important administrative data source to identify individuals at elevated risk of perpetrating firearm violence. In this study, we describe individual, firearm, and transaction characteristics of purchasers in California who were arrested for a firearm-related violent crime (FRV) as compared to the general population of registered purchasers in the state.MethodsRelying on a dataset of all individuals with transaction records in California (1996–2021), linked to criminal records (1980–2021), we enrolled a cohort of individuals for whom we could capture the legal firearm purchase history. We identified those arrested for FRV post purchase, and using incidence density sampling, gender-matched cases to ten purchasers (controls) who remained “at risk” at the time the case was arrested. We focused on the purchase closest in time prior to the arrest (“index” purchase). We implemented conditional logistic regression and included models with controls for individual- and community-level demographics, as well as interactions between firearm and purchasing characteristics and criminal history.ResultsThe cohort included 1,212,144 individuals, of whom 6153 were arrested for FRV (0.5%). Cases were matched to 61,530 controls to form the study sample. The largest risk factor was a prior criminal history: purchasers had 5.84 times the risk of FRV if they had a prior arrest within three years of the index purchase (CI 5.44–6.27). Several transaction and firearm characteristics were also associated with FRV. For example, risk increased if the firearm was redeemed at a pawn shop (aIRR: 1.37, CI 1.05–1.77) and decreased if the transaction was a registered private party transfer (vs. retail purchase) (aIRR: 0.83, CI 0.76–0.90) or the firearm was a bolt action firearm (vs. semi-automatic) (aIRR: 0.64, CI 0.51–0.79). In the interaction models, most of the purchase and firearm features only remained significant among those with no criminal history.ConclusionsGiven limited data on firearm transactions, there has been little research on whether the type of firearm an individual purchases or the nature of the purchase might serve as indicators of risk for FRV. We found several transaction and firearm features were associated with risk of FRV. Notably, these features provided little evidence of additional risk for those with a prior criminal record.

STUDY OF PERCEPTION PUBLIC AT SYSTEM PAWNSHOP SYARIAH BRANCH TANJUNG MARKET IN JEMBER

The financial instution is delived into, namely bank financial instutions and non-bank financial instutions. One of the non-bank financial instutions is instution in the form of public company (perum). The background of this research is to know the views and perceptions of the society to the pawnshops of sharia branch tanjubg marketin Jember as well as the factors that determine the community to choose pawnshops as one source to abtain funds. The problem in this research is how is the society perception of sharia pawn system in pasar tanjung and to know what are the factors that determine the people prefer anh how sharia pawnshops in running the system and whether people understand about how the system implemented by pawnshop sharia. In this research descriptive in the form of field research Descriptive method is a method in examining the status of a group of people, an object, a condition, a system of thought or an event in the present. The purpose of this descriptive research of sharia pawn system. The results of research that has been done shows that the community is very supportive of sharia pawnshops, with sharia pawnshops can help the community down in obtaining funds quickly easil, greatly assist the community in its financial problems to meet their needs but the lack of socialization conducted by pawnshops sharia making people who pawned gold or other goods made ignorance and lack of understanding of the system and akad used by sharia pawnshops, this resulted in 100% of respondents experiencing a lack of understanding of the system, products and contracts implemented by the sharia pawnshops. Keywords: Perception, Society, System Pawn Shop Sharia

Legal Protection Of Workers Rights In Time Work Agreements Based On Labor Law

Labor​ is the main factor in A company Where worker that's what it is bone back driving force wheel company and already appropriate workers​ get proper reward, agreement​ is something deed with Name one person or more tie himself to someone else or deeper​​ the shape agreement That is something Suite containing words​ promises. Pe l ne l litian This me l nge l know l i challenge​​ How implementation agreement for worker time certain in Constitution Number 13 of 2003. Me l tode l pe l ne l litian This de l only I 'm waiting for me to eat stu l in Pu l staka with types and approaches study law empirica, nature research used​ nature descriptive, data source used is primary data sources with do interview to sources and secondary data sources consisting of from material law tertiary. Deep data collection tools study This is studies field and study literature as well as use qualitative data analysis. Based on results study understood that Law No.13 of 2003 article I paragraph I – 4 stipulates that in The law in question with employment is all all related things​ with power work on time before, during and after the work period company, pawn shop refers to existing laws / regulations​ determined by the government, regulations companies and deals with employees​ responsible answer and at once protect rights worker including field welfare is a must noticed company.

Canvassing KUR Products At Sharia Pegadaian UPS RS. Suwondo Pati

Canvassing activities for KUR products at the Sharia pawnshop UPS RS. Suwondo Pati was carried out by Internship Students from the IAIN Kudus Sharia Banking study program, which is a Field Experience Practice activity for customers that focuses on canvassing KUR products in the Pati unit sharia pawnshops. This activity was divided into 3 stages, namely the first stage in the form of supervision of KUR products, the second stage in the form of implementation and the third stage in the form of supervision carried out by students in marketing KUR products around the Pati area. With this activity, it is hoped that customers can understand KUR products at the UPS RS sharia pawn shop. Suwondo Pati and Through this canvassing activity, Pegadaian Syariah seeks to provide an in-depth explanation of the benefits and process of applying for KUR to prospective borrowers. In addition, by interacting directly, the sales and marketing of Pegadaian Syariah can better understand the needs and challenges faced by Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, so that they can provide more targeted financial solutions.

The Price of Moving On

What would you sacrifice to cross over to the other side? In a dying city on the banks of a polluted river, the narrator runs a pawn shop where people trade their most valuable possessions for a chance to cross the river to a new life. The story follows the narrator’s interactions with various individuals seeking passage, including a mother and child, and explores themes of loss, sacrifice, and the search for hope in a desolate world.

Penerapan Layanan Aplikasi Pegadaian Digital Service terhadap Kepuasan Nasabah di PT. Pegadaian CP. Medan Utama

PT. Pegadaian is one of the state-owned companies that carries out credit financing on the basis of pawn law. PT. Pegadaian (Persero) is present and is one of the companies that follows and always innovates in technological developments. One of the innovations they made was to create a digital application, namely Pegadaian Digital Service (PDS). Pegadaian Digital Service (PDS) is a web and mobile-based digital service innovation to make it easier for customers to carry out all Pegadaian product transactions and can be accessed via gadget. This research uses a qualitative approach with descriptive methods. The aim of this research is to discuss how to implement Pegadaian Digital Service Application Services for Customer Satisfaction at PT. CP Pawn Shop. Main Field. The results of this research are that many customers feel this application is very effective and helps them in carrying out transactions, but there are also quite a few who are not yet interested in using the application. This is still subject to further evaluation and still needs to be improved.

PENGARUH LINGKUNGAN KERJA NON FISIK, BEBAN KERJA DAN LEADER MEMBER EXCHANGE (LMX) TERHADAP KINERJA KARYAWAN PT. PEGADAIAN AREA AMBON

The aim of this research is to analyze the influence of the non-physical work environment, workload and leader member exchange (LMX) on the performance of PT employees. Ambon Area Pawn Shop. The type of research used by researchers is quantitative research. Researchers collect data that can be measured using statistical, mathematical or computational techniques. The results show that the R Square value is 0.552 which means that 55.2% of employee performance is jointly influenced by the variables described in the model, while the rest is influenced by factors outside the model. Partially non-physical environmental variables, workload and leader member exchange on the performance of employees of PT. Pegadaian Area Ambon.

Wadiah Contracts on Gold Savings in Pawnshop Viewed From Sharia Economic Law Glasses (Study at Pawnshop Branch Purbalingga)

Abstract: provide services to the community related to activities In the economy there are non-bank financial institutions, namely pawnshops. One of the product at the pawn shop is a product that uses gold savings deposit contract system (wadi'ah) agreed between the pawnshop and the account owner where is the location of the wadi'ah contract when the customer deposits a certain amount of money then immediately converted to grams of gold on the same day. Customer must follow the procedures at the pawnshop to open an account where in the account there are records containing data on sales, purchases, printing and other transactions by account holders and pawnshops.The type of research in this research is field research. namely research conducted in a particular community environment, institution or certain organizations and institutions. Data collection technique in this study through interviews, observations and other reports. While the data were analyzed using qualitative analysis using the method normative approach. The normative approach itself is one of the fruits paradigm that must be put forward by legal products or in other words legal approach which is a norm or rule compiled through framework of the text or low in the book as a rule of law.The results of this study indicate that the application of the wadi'ah contract on the product This gold savings is in accordance with Islamic law. Can be seen from practice customers who deposit a certain amount of money to the pawnshop which then becomes money instantly converted to grams of gold on the same day. While related The contract used in the gold savings product is a savings contract (wadi'ah). Where Pegadaian Purbalingga has not explained in detail details of the contract used and does not describe the objects provided in the product gold savings. so if you look at it from a procedural system it's pretty good but there is a need for education related to the contract system and other support systems so that customers can find out gold savings products in detail.Keywords: Wadiah, Gold Savings, Pawnshops

The role of firearm and alcohol availability in firearm suicide: A population-based weighted case-control study.

Firearm availability has been linked to firearm self-harm, but the joint relationship with alcohol availability, while supported by theory, has not been examined. This study sought to quantify the separate and joint relations of community firearm and alcohol availability with individual-level risk of (fatal and nonfatal) firearm self-harm. We conducted a case-control study of California residents, 2005-2015, using statewide mortality, hospital, firearm transfer, and alcohol license data. We estimated monthly marginal risk differences per 100,000 in the overall population and in white men aged 50+ under various hypothetical changes to firearm and alcohol availability and assessed additive interactions using case-control-weighted g-computation. In the overall population, non-pawn shop firearm dealer density was associated with firearm self-harm (RD: 0.02, 95% CI: 0.003, 0.04) but pawn shop firearm dealer and alcohol outlet densities were not. Secondary analyses revealed a relationship between firearm sales density and firearm self-harm (RD: 0.07, 95% CI: 0.04, 0.10). There were no additive interactions between measures of firearm and alcohol availability. Among older white men, generally the same exposures were related to self-harm as in the overall population, but point estimates were substantially larger. Findings suggest community-level approaches to reducing firearm sales may help mitigate suicide risk.

Analisis Peran Pembiayaan Ar-rum BPKB oleh Pegadaian Syariah terhadap Pengembangan Usaha Mikro, Kecil, dan Menengah: Studi Kasus: Pegadaian Syariah Cabang Ar-Hakim Medan

One of the problems in developing MSMEs is the limitation in providing capital due to; The availability of guarantees owned by MSMEs does not have a financing application requirement. One of the financing solutions offered Pegadaian Syariah (Rahn) is to issue ArRum products. The purpose of this study was to determine the role of BPKB Ar-rum financing by Sharia Pawnshops on the development of MSMEs at the Ar-hakim branch of Islamic Pawnshops. The approach used in this research is a quantitative descriptive approach. The data analysis technique used classical assumption analysis and statistical descriptive analysis. The data obtained by the author is in the form of primary data obtained directly from the source. The location of the research was carried out at the sharia pawnshop branch of ar Hakim. The results showed that Ar-rum financing had a positive and significant effect in developing Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises on customers of the Syariag Pawnshop branch of Ar-hakim Medan.
 KEYWORD: MSMEs, Sharia Pawn Shop, Ar-rum

A biometric-based system for unsupervised anomaly behaviour detection at the pawn shop

ABSTRACT This article shows a system performing re-identification and description of people entering different stores of the same franchise by means of Face Recognition, Gait Analysis, and Soft Biometrics techniques. Additionally, an anomaly detection analysis is conducted to identify suspicious behavioral patterns.It has been tested on an ad-hoc dataset of a set of pawn shops of a local franchise.The registered users paths have been human labelled as ‘normal’ or ‘abnormal’ achieving a precision of 100%, recall of 72.72%, and an average accuracy of 96.39%.The system is able to report anomalies to support decisions in a context of a security monitoring system..

Relics of a Childhood

Relics of a Childhood Tak Erzinger (bio) Chichen Itza—1982 We arrive at the pyramidover land and seain search of something, hija y madrewith dry mouthsand heavy steps I interpret languagea child should never hearread her thoughts, too a few pesosfor some drinksdoes not quench this thirst our dark facesscan the mysteryKukulkan's symbols, winged serpentdrawn to the sunlike me to her, I think [End Page 81] but what I overlookshe's brought me herea sacrifice offering up her guiltpenance for a lifeshe'd like to leave and like a snakeneeds to shed it nowpieces fall away on my lipsskin cracked—assaultedby what, I cannot say a silent cryfrom a childshe's letting slip away. [End Page 82] Blood Gold My mother had a coffer of goldand two languagesevery holiday she gaveme a piece of jewelry, theweight heavier and heavieras she unloaded the responsibilitynow I wear it like a leaden anchordug into the land of Colombia—a noose of memoriesattached to the walls ofa colonial house, dangling from guava treescoming in waves like that of the Atlanticfull of phantoms: Afro, Indigenous, and Spanish. I fiddle with the contours of the chainssearching for how she could let it all go?Pieces hanging on to melinks to something done unseenand think if she can give it up, so can I.I think emancipation. I ask the pawn shop,"How much is it worth?"I'm told a ton and I lookin the mirror, the heirloomsclinging around my skinI see the beauty my mother [End Page 83] refuses to see, I feel the painof it too. It's hard to bear the weightof who you are and where youcome from, how easy it isto get lost in translation.I choose to uphold her legacyno matter the cost. [End Page 84] Tak Erzinger TAK Erzinger is an American/Swiss poet and artist with a Colombian background. Her poetry has been featured in Bien Acompañada from Cornell University, River and South Review, Welter from the University of Baltimore, and more. Erzinger's most recent poetry collection, At the Foot of the Mountain (Floricanto Press), won the 2021 University of Indianapolis Etchings Press Whirling Prize for best nature poetry book. Copyright © 2022 Trustees of Indiana University

Analisis Peran Pembiayaan Ar-rum BPKB oleh Pegadaian Syariah terhadap Pengembangan Usaha Mikro, Kecil, dan Menengah


 
 One of the problems in developing MSMEs is the limitation in providing capital due to; The availability of guarantees owned by MSMEs does not have a financing application requirement. One of the financing solutions offered Pegadaian Syariah (Rahn) is to issue ArRum products. The purpose of this study was to determine the role of BPKB Ar-rum financing by Sharia Pawnshops on the development of MSMEs at the Ar-hakim branch of Islamic Pawnshops. The approach used in this research is a quantitative descriptive approach. The data analysis technique used classical assumption analysis and statistical descriptive analysis. The data obtained by the author is in the form of primary data obtained directly from the source. The location of the research was carried out at the sharia pawnshop branch of ar Hakim. The results showed that Ar-rum financing had a positive and significant effect in developing Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises on customers of the Syariag Pawnshop branch of Ar-hakim Medan.
 KEYWORD: MSMEs ; Sharia Pawn Shop ; Ar-rum

Lev’s Pawn Shop

Who deserves more credit, those who correct past wrongs, or those who never commit the wrong in the first place? Is it ever too late to do good? In this philosophical short story fiction, Lev is nearing the end of his life as a pawn shop owner. Upon reflection, he feels he frequently took advantage of those who were most in need, and wants to “examine his account with God.” To set things right, he goes about the process of freely returning all the items he has in his store to their original owners. Some items have been in his store for years, however, some owners, now decades older, he is still able to find. He returns the items he finds, and listens to their stories about why they originally sold them.

Self Portrait as Last Pawn Shop in New Jersey

Self Portrait as Last Pawn Shop in New Jersey James Hoch (bio) Lately I have not been feeling myself.I walk around like a figure missingits ground. I see a braid of smokea hand passes through and envy hands,how smoke stays on skin, the fainthairs of a cheek a hand brushes against.Used to be enough to be the blown engineof a VW outside of Durango, whiskeywe killed watching our father die, a badpainting I loved because our motherloved bad paintings, without irony.Lead sinkers in the gray bay of self—There! I’d say, strapped to the mastof a tall ship in a Turner painting,or a grip dangling from the center poleof a circus tent above a troupe of dachshundstrying to find the tiny pedals of tricycles.I collected myself like I was vying to bethe last pawn shop in New Jersey.Now I am not even a whir of gnatson a dirt road, a threadbare cloudon a ridge line, the steam riding offan old man stepping out of a sauna.Days nothing seems to tie me to me.The more I live, the more the rucksacklightens, the more I can’t find myselfin the mirror of the world, and roamstorefronts as if I have misplaced myself.When I was a kid, I used to keepa Pringles can filled with volcano rockssomeone once sold as Apache Tears,one weird-ass way of marketing pain.Gone now, as the name of the boyI bailed out for stealing CDs from Walmart [End Page 111] for the girl he crushed on. Which is notreally a crime I explained to the cops.The girl loved Stevie Nicks so muchI found her stoned under blackberry bramble,listening to Landslide on a Walkman.Perhaps it matters to say they were Apache orPueblo, Inde or Kewa, that they wereminor thieves flung far from home.Perhaps all they wanted was the groundinside each other. But even as I sayLandslide, Walkman, I feel the screeof words, the pawn shop emptying out.The things that made me are ether now,as clear as those who went and diedand took what mattered—bodies, a joke,a late meal that wove itself into morning—as if they had packed for the afterlife.And empty and whole and empty,the air inside me tastes like leaving,and leaving tastes like rain that never comes.Which I love like breath on a window,like someone else drawing a heart, a face,a pleasure in the taking. No wonder,I am marveling over the demo crewslaying each other: Fuck wad, lug nut,waste of skin— Cuts, we used to call them,nicking wing, heel, gutting into laughter.Then, tender tender, as one with angelsor dogs, where the wound is transom,the words hold them to the ground,and I am whatever hovers when they go. [End Page 112] James Hoch James Hoch’s books are Miscreants (Norton, 2007) and A Parade of Hands (Silverfish Review Press, 2003). Last Pawn Shop in New Jersey is due in 2022 from LSU press. His work has appeared in Poetry, the New Republic, the Washington Post, Slate, the Chronicle of Higher Education, American Poetry Review, New England Review, and many other magazines, and has been selected for inclusion in Best American Poetry 2019. He has received fellowships from the NEA, the Bread Loaf and Sewanee writers’ conferences, St. Albans School for Boys, The Frost Place, and Summer Literary Seminars. Currently he is Professor of Creative Writing at Ramapo College of New Jersey and guest faculty at Sarah Lawrence. Copyright © 2020 Middlebury College Publications

The "Holy Houses" of the SS. Annunziata in Terra di Lavoro.

The main objective of the study is to verify the existence of specific architectural models and on this basis, subsequently establish the possible transmission channels of the architectural types, as well as the architects involved and the workers engaged in the service of the Confraternities of A.G.P.This paper constitues an anticipation of a large study on the territory in the Terra di Lavoro and in particular of the foundations attributed to the Institute of the Lay Confraternity of Ave Gratia Plena (A.G.P), churches consecrated to the Santissima Annunziata. At first analysis, the territory appears chatacterized by the presence of several and extensive monastic complexes dedicated to the SS. Annunziata, which, following precisely the conventual model, are usually set based on a structure often endowed by cloister, sometimes from a hospital and a pawn shop. The recurrence of these structures suggests that, despite being of lay Confraternities, the foundations of the A.G.P. behave similary contemporary monastic orders, with general rules and similar types of architecture. This first reflection was reflected in the documented participation of the same architects to build headquartes employees by the Institute. Characteristic of the buildings that belong to confraternities of Ave Gratia Plena turned out to be the localization at the margins of the urban mesh. A feature of the existing buildings of the Ave Grazia Plena Confraternities was found to be the location at the edge of the urban jets, which are often separated by a wall that defines the foundation perimeter of the confraternites. The main objective of the study is to verify the existence of specific architectural models and on this basis, subsequently establish the possible transmission channels of the architectural types, as well as the architects involved and the workers engaged in the service of the Confraternities of A.G.P.

E-Diaspora, the Great War and Sikh military migration to Canada: Commemorating Buckam Singh

ABSTRACT Sikh migration to Canada has been theoretically framed and structured largely through colonial, imperial and diasporic historicized trajectories, articulating tremendous engagement in the Canadian economy. The Great War foregrounds Sikh engagement in the military history of Canada and this article examines the ‘martial race’ ideological construction of Sikhs, the fortuitous sighting of the victory medal of Buckam Singh in a pawn shop in London; and how this unintended discovery warrants engendering of critical academic dialogues. Information on Buckam Singh is predominantly inscribed within the cyberspace, invigorating discussions of relationalities, identity-construction, military and digital diaspora modalities and spatio-temporality through e-diaspora.

Fonts Of Wisdom

Fonts Of Wisdom Carla M. Wilson (bio) Marco & Iarlaith: A Novel in Flash Fictions Eckhard Gerdes Black Scat Books https://www.BlackScatBooks.net 188 Pages; Print, $12.95 Marco and Iarlaith are son and father, a couple of artists living along the riverbanks in a run-down cottage in an unnamed town. Barely getting by, both pick up work where they can, using the talents they possess to survive and take care of each other. Marco is an assemblage artist (and musician) who gathers detritus found along the riverbank, creates found-object sculpture, and sells his work at a local consignment shop, earning $25 per sculpture. Tourists seem to enjoy his unique, "local art" and are willing to pay full price, but since he only earns a small percentage of the sale from the consignment shop, he is left constantly broke with not much chance of a breakthrough beyond his limited world. Iarlaith, Marco's father, does what he has always done to keep himself and his son alive: he works in a foundry that produces fonts, an occupation that he is, "unable to take any pride in," and although he had "twice requested to be transferred to the Zapf Chancery," his requests "had been denied both times." He collects letters—upper and lower case, sans-serif fonts, and broken sentences—part-time during the week. His finds the "Romain du Roi, a typeface designed in 1692 for King Louis XIV" to be the "font of all wisdom"; however, a good many of the fonts he finds in the foundry are irregular or broken rather than regal, so they require sorting and (when damaged beyond repair) often discarding. Gerdes, an editor himself, as well as a college professor of writing, has undoubtedly come across many "broken" words and sentences in his years of teaching and editing the Journal of Experimental Fiction and is therefore likely to be no stranger to the tedium of "sorting" fonts. Although he wryly warns readers in the dedication to his son, Ulysses, that many readers may be tempted to draw parallels between us and Marco and Iarlaith, they should understand that these are fictions that are not really about us at all, other than Marco and Iarlaith share a deep affection for one another, which is the hallmark of our relationship as well. It is clear Gerdes is having a bit of fun with his audience from the beginning. The dedication concludes with a sincere note of gratitude to his (writer/musician) son, providing the reader insight into the mutual respect the pair have for each other, as well as the symbiotically creative life they share. For fun, Marco and Iarlaith play word games, such as filling in tricky crossword puzzles and constructing witty puns, often inspired by the broken pieces of font. They also watch bad [End Page 20] television (usually game shows) and drink various types of (usually cheap) alcohol, either at home or the local pub with other Irish-named friends. For exercise, they trudge to the local market on paydays for packages of hot dogs and weak beer for dinner. Romance is not entirely out of the picture, as Iarlaith still remembers his ex-wife Barb as "Barbed-Wire," a woman so mean she taunted Iarlaith even when he was sick with the flu. Gerdes retains his sense of humor even as he describes Barb's cruelty in "Iarlaith and His Coffin." Terriby sick with a bad cold, Iarlaith recalls how he had tended so lovingly to his ex-wife when she had been sick, but when it came to his turn, she practically ignored him, leaving "for hours on end to go shopping for herself," and later locking herself in the bedroom when he had stepped out to make some soup, taunting, "I hear your coffin, but you can't come in." Marco's love-interest is Ariane, an "early middle aged, a bit older" woman who has "kindness in her face." He meets her at the local pawn shop when he decides to take his "precious National Resolectric Sunburst guitar" there to sell it so he and his father can eat or pay bills...

Speculations on Spectacles: Jane Austen’s Eyeglasses, Mrs. Bates’s Spectacles, and John Saunders in Emma

Speculations on Spectacles: Jane Austen’s Eyeglasses, Mrs. Bates’s Spectacles, and John Saunders in <i>Emma</i>