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# Criticism

**Criticism** is a word used in two senses. Originally, it meant "a scholarly analysis and balanced judgement". Later (mid-20th century) it came to mean "a hostile attack" pointing out the bad features of the topic.

1. Constructive criticism: criticism to evaluate and improve. This is when somebody points out aspects of something else that could be improved or made better. This is an important activity, especially when dealing with young people. Parents and teachers often use this kind of criticism. In adult life it is widely used in literature, the arts and science.
2. Negative or destructive criticism: criticism as an attack on a person or idea. Negative criticism is often interpreted as an attack against a person (ad hominem), and appears often in debates between political opponents.

## History of the word

In ancient Greek *kritos* meant judge, and *kritikos* meant the critic. Related Greek terms are krinein (separating out, deciding), krei- (to sieve, discriminate, or distinguish). The word moved from Greek to Latin (*Criticus*, a judge) to French (*critique*) to English. The words "critic" and "critical" existed in the English language from the mid-16th century, and the word "criticism" first made its appearance in English in the early 17th century.

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* Art critic
* Critic
* Critical thinking
* Music critic
* Textual criticism
# Solar time

On a prograde planet like the Earth, the sidereal day is shorter than the **solar day**. At time 1, the Sun and a certain distant star are both overhead. At time 2, the planet has rotated 360° and the distant star is overhead again (1→2 = one sidereal day). But it is not until a little later, at time 3, that the Sun is overhead again (1→3 = one solar day). Or more simply, 1-2 is a complete rotation of the Earth. However because the Earth moving around the Sun affects the angle the Sun hits a position on the Earth, 1-3 is how long it takes noon to happen again.
**Solar time** is a calculation of the passage of time based on the position of the Sun in the sky. The fundamental unit of solar time is the synodic day. Traditionally, there are three types of time reckoning based on astronomical observations: **apparent solar time** and **mean solar time**, and *sidereal time*, which is based on the apparent motions of stars other than the Sun.

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* Sidereal time
* Solar calendar
# Pound (currency)

The **pound** (**£**) is the currency used by Egypt, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey and the United Kingdom where it is called Pound sterling. Centuries ago, it was one Troy Pound (mass) of silver coins.
# T. S. Eliot

T. S. Eliot in 1923
**Thomas Stearns Eliot** OM (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965) was an American-born British poet. He was one of the most important poets of the 20th century. He also wrote plays and some important essays about literature.

## Early life

He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, then went to college at Harvard. He spent most of his adult life in London, England. He became a British citizen in 1928.

## Career

One famous book he wrote was written for children and is called *The Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats*. The songs in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical *Cats* are based on poems in it. He also wrote "The Waste Land", a very mysterious, complicated poem that helped start a new style called Modernism. His friend, Ezra Pound, another Modern poet, helped him finish it. His poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" and his play *Murder in the Cathedral* (about Thomas Becket) are also well known.

## Personal life and death

Eliot was married two times. He worked at a bank in England and later as the head editor of a famous publishing company in London that is now called Faber and Faber. In 1948, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature. He died of emphysema in London.

## Related pages

* List of poets from North America
* List of poets from the United States
# Coat of arms of Belgium

| Coat of arms of Belgium |
| --- |
|  Greater version |
| Details |
| Armiger | Albert II, King of the Belgians |
| Adopted | 17 March 1837 |
| Crest | A helmet with raised visor or crowned with a Royal Crown of Belgium |
| Escutcheon | Sable, a lion rampant or, armed and langued Gules with two crossed sceptres (a hand of justice and a lion) or behind a shield. The grand collar of the Order of Leopold (Belgium) surrounds the shield |
| Supporters | Two lions guardant proper each supporting a lance Gules point or with two National Flags of Belgium (Tierced per pale Sable, or and Gules. |
| Compartment | Underneath the compartment is placed the ribbon Gules with two stripes Sable charged with the motto |
| Motto | French: *L'union fait la force* Dutch: *Eendracht maakt macht* |
| Orders | Order of Leopold |
| Other elements | The whole is placed on a mantle Gules with ermine lining, fringes and tassels Or and ensigned with the Royal Crown of Belgium. Above the mantle rise banners with the arms of the nine provinces that made Belgium in 1837. They are (from right to left) Antwerp, West Flanders, East Flanders, Liège, Brabant, Hainaut, Limburg, Luxembourg and Namur |

**The coat of arms of Belgium** has a lion as its charge. It is called the Leo Belgicus, Latin for the Belgian lion. The colors used are red, yellow and black, the same as on the flag. The motto is "Unity makes strength".