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July 10

JAN MATEJKO PRINT

My dad gave me a very old, very large, print of an JAN MATEJKO painting. It is in black and white, it almost looks like a sketch. I have searched, but cannot find any references to prints of his work.This print is of his battle. I hope you can help me because I don't know anything about prints, and this one is so old the paper is starting to disinegrate. HELP...Many thanks in advance... Eydie Teas — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.222.54.98 (talk) 05:09, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Prints of his works seem to be widely available from sites like this, this, and this. Ghmyrtle (talk) 07:40, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Internews Europe

Dear all,

I have checked the reference guidelines by wikipedia and do not know how I could further improve my entry Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Internews Europe . Could you be more clear on what I have done wrong? Shall I ask Internews Europe to get the rights to use their references?

With kind regards, Stoefferlh Stoefferlh (talk) 12:08, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

What is needed is independent reliable references. These could be newspapers, journals, TV shows, or reliable web sites. You ahve the right to use Internews Europe as a reference but no to copy their material verbatum. However that sort of link is not independent of the subject. Anybody else reading here is also welcome to improve the submission if you want to help out. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 12:22, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm not seeing much media attention. Perhaps it would be better to add a bit to Internews instead. Media development also has a paragraph about Internews Europe. Clarityfiend (talk) 18:06, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

The Life of the Bee

Has the book The Life of the Bee received any awards or accolades? There doesn't seem to be an article on it, so I will most likely write one eventually. Thanks in advance, Nathan2055^{talk - contribs} 20:07, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

We have an article on its author, Maurice Maeterlinck. As to whether the book is notable enough to merit an article, I'm not sure. AndyTheGrump (talk) 20:20, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

I was actually asking whether it had received any awards, that was a general comment about the article. --Nathan2055^{talk - contribs} 20:29, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Google doesn't seem to locate anything obvious. His Nobel Prize in Literature (1911) seems to have been awarded mostly for his dramatic works, rather than his essays. [1] The 'Selected criticism' section here [2] might possibly lead to useful sources. Otherwise, I suspect you'll have to resort to old-fashioned pre-internet research methods - looking through literary magazines of the period etc. Meanwhile, The Life of the Bee itself (as translated by Alfred Sutro) is available online here [3], and no doubt elsewhere as well - it is presumably out of copyright. Well worth a read, and what could compare with Maeterlinck's description of the fate of the drones, once they have fulfilled their fleeting biological role:

" Before the bewildered parasites are able to realize that the happy laws of the city have crumbled, dragging down in most inconceivable fashion their own plentiful destiny, each one is assailed by three or four envoys of justice; and these vigorously proceed to cut off his wings, saw through the petiole that connects the abdomen with the thorax, amputate the feverish antennæ, and seek an opening between the rings of his cuirass through which to pass their sword. No defense is attempted by the enormous, but unarmed, creatures; they try to escape, or oppose their mere bulk to the blows that rain down upon them. Forced on to their backs, with their relentless enemies clinging doggedly to them, they will use their powerful claws to shift them from side to side; or, turning on themselves, they will drag the whole group round and round in wild circles, which exhaustion soon brings to an end. And, in a very brief space, their appearance becomes so deplorable that pity, never far from justice in the depths of our heart, quickly returns, and would seek forgiveness, though vainly, of the stern workers who recognize only nature's harsh and profound laws. The wings of the wretched creatures are torn, their antennæ bitten, the segments of their legs wrenched off; and their magnificent eyes, mirrors once of the exuberant flowers, flashing back the blue light and the innocent pride of summer, now, softened by suffering, reflect only the anguish and distress of their end. Some succumb to their wounds, and are at once borne away to distant cemeteries by two or three of their executioners. Others, whose injuries are less, succeed in sheltering themselves in some corner, where they lie, all huddled together, surrounded by an inexorable guard, until they perish of want. Many will reach the door, and escape into space dragging their adversaries with them; but, toward evening, impelled by hunger and cold, they return in crowds to the entrance of the hive to beg for shelter. But there they encounter another pitiless guard. The next morning, before setting forth on their journey, the workers will clear the threshold, strewn with the corpses of the useless giants; and all recollection of the idle race disappear till the following spring".

AndyTheGrump (talk) 20:59, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

One small task for him. One great stride for Feminism. That is what the buzz is all about. DriveByWire (talk) 16:09, 11 July 2012 (UTC)