Fanfare Piston Circus

Fanfare (n):

('fænfэə(r), fæn'fэə(r)) [Fr. fanfare perhaps an echoic word.]
a. A flourish, call, or short tune, sounded by trumpets, bugles, or hunting-horns.
b. transf. and fig.
c. A style of bookbinding decoration developed in Paris in the 16th century in which a continuous interlaced ribbon, bounded by a double line on one side and a single on the other, divides the whole surface on both covers into symmetrical compartments of varying shapes and sizes.
Hence fanfare v. intr., to sound a fanfare.

(The Oxford English Dictionary)

Activities planned for the one-night interval between one lot of marking and another

Errata et corrigenda, or steps toward a standard distribution

GRADUS [gRadys] n. m.–1821 ; abréb. de Gradus ad Parnassum « Degré vers le Parnasse », oeuvre de 1702. ▪ Dictionnaire de prosodie latine. — PAR EXT. Dictionnaire poétique. Un gradus français.
(Le nouveau Petit Robert)

gradus, ūs, m. [ GRAD- ],
a step, pace, gait, walk: gradum facere
Plur., steps, rounds, stairs: in gradibus Concordiae stare
Fig., a stepm stage, degree, grads
An approach, advance, progress, march
A step, degree, grade, rank, stage, interval
(C. T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary)

Work may fail for any of the following reasons:

• no evidence of having read the prescribed material closely;
• sloppy, inconsistent presentation;
• preponderance of paraphrase, mere plot summary or listing of superficial characteristics;
• excessive use of quotation for illustrative purposes only, without any attempt at analysis;
• excessive level of generality in answering a question;
• inappropriate or obscure expression;
• incoherent general structure;
• inadequate referencing;
• late submission of work without extension.

(Guide to the Interpetation of Grades, Department of English, University of Sydney)

Affirmative action

Bloomsday crops up in mysterious places...
Can anyone able to cope with Ulysse gramophone remember how many yeses there are in ouï-dire? La ci darem...

On the glorious path towards recognition of statehood (II)

The deciding factor? A kitchen eminently suitable for further pastry adventures!

Further arguments upon the desirability of bakers

(i) the spare-moment confection of collations to be enjoyed upon return from place of employment;


(ii) an eye for stray pâtisseries, coupled with a sense for the level of fringe benefits compatible with a class-457 visa.

Q.E.D.

Enfin!

Dépôt courrier 18/01/08
"Date de la dépêche" 18/02/2008
Arrivée 02/06/2008