query: What is the largest snake in the world?

title: Titanoboa: Monster Snake

text: History and Jason Head from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. The documentary describes the finding of and scientific examination after "Titanoboa". The tagline of the documentary is: Meet Titanoboa: She's longer than a bus, eats crocodiles for breakfast and makes the anaconda look like a garter snake." The documentary was released on March 28, 2012 at the Baird auditorium of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. From a fossil bed deep within Colombia's Cerrejón coal mine emerges "Titanoboa", the largest snake ever found. This Paleocene reptile, from the epoch following the dinosaurs' demise, stretches our concept of what

title: The World Is What It Is

text: The World Is What It Is The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul is a biography of the Nobel Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul by Patrick French. It was published in 2008 (by Picador in the UK and Knopf in the USA). The title is a quotation from Naipaul's book "A Bend in the River". "The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it." French deals with Naipaul's family background and his life from his birth in 1932 until his second marriage

title: What Is the Fastest Thing in the World?

text: What Is the Fastest Thing in the World? What Is the Fastest Thing in the World? is a Greek fairy tale collected by Georgios A. Megas in "Folktales of Greece". It is Aarne-Thompson type 875 and has many Greek and Slavic variants, generally revolving about the exchange of clever answers. This type of tale is the commonest European tale dealing with witty exchanges. In ballad form, the clever answers to the riddles, and the winning of a husband by them, are found in Child ballad 1, "Riddles Wisely Expounded". A brother argue over how they should split their land, some

title: The World Is What It Is

text: in 1996. The biography has been extensively reviewed: the reviewers include Paul Theroux, who wrote an earlier book about Naipaul. The biography was selected by the editors of the "New York Times Book Review" as one of the "Times"' "10 Best Books of 2008". It won the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography, and the British literary award the Hawthornden Prize. The World Is What It Is The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul is a biography of the Nobel Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul by Patrick French. It was published in

title: What Is the Fastest Thing in the World?

text: of which was good and some bad. The king set riddles to them: whoever guessed the riddles would get good land. The first riddle was what was the fastest thing in the world. The stupid brother's daughter told him what to say; his brother guessed a bird or a horse, and the stupid brother said the mind. The second riddle was what was the heaviest thing in the world; the clever brother guessed stone or iron, and the stupid brother repeated his daughter's answer: fire because no one could lift it. The third was what was the most important thing

title: What Is the Fastest Thing in the World?

text: owner. She called out which was the rightful owner, and the king said she had meddled and must go home. She asked him to eat one last meal with her, and then she drugged it. When he was asleep, she put him in the carriage and went home. When the king woke, she told him she was entitled to him, because she valued him most of everything in the castle. The king took her back to the castle and gave her the right to judge all his affairs. What Is the Fastest Thing in the World? What Is the Fastest

title: The Big Snake of the World

text: the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery; Anaïs (Zoe Latraverse), a young woman with a secret who tries to seduce Tom; and Carmen (Louise Portal), a former lover of Tom's with whom he is reunited. The film received two Genie Award nominations at the 20th Genie Awards in 2000, for Best Supporting Actor (Arcand) and Best Original Screenplay (Monique Proulx). At the 2nd Jutra Awards, the film received nominations for Best Supporting Actor (Jean Pierre Bergeron), Best Supporting Actress (Portal) and Best Original Music (Gaëtan Gravel and Serge LaForest). The Big Snake of the World The Big Snake of the World

title: The Big Snake of the World

text: The Big Snake of the World The Big Snake of the World () is a Canadian drama film, directed by Yves Dion and released in 1999. The film stars Murray Head as Tom Paradise, a night shift Société de transport de Montréal bus driver interacting with various people both on and off the job. Supporting characters include Monsieur (Gabriel Arcand), a lonely man who suffers from schizophrenia; the Dog Lady (France Labonté), a woman who carries her dog with her everywhere she goes; the Teenager (Tobie Pelletier), a young man who rides the bus every night to get off at

title: What in the World

text: What in the World "What in the World" is a song by David Bowie released on his 1977 album "Low", later making appearances as repertoire in the 1978 world tour as well as other major tours. "What in the World" showcases some of Bowie's Berlin-era songwriting and production techniques. This song, like others on "Low", shows Bowie's experiments with disjointed, non-linear lyrics with seemingly random sentences and free-associative phrases. The song makes heavy use of synthesizer and recording studio techniques, heavily influenced by the work of Brian Eno, who collaborated with the album. A "blip"-like sound comparable to the sounds

title: The What in the World? Quiz

text: The What in the World? Quiz The What in the World? Quiz is a British comedy panel game first broadcast on 5 September 2008 on Five. The show is hosted by Marcus Brigstocke and guest stars Lee Hurst and Dominic Holland as the team captains. The show asks questions themed on science and technology. The guests on the show are scientists and academic experts. After the first three episodes, the rest of the series was indefinitely postponed. "The What in the World? Quiz" is split into four different rounds. 1) World of Extremes: The panel are given three different things

title: Snake in the Monkey's Shadow

text: passing through the area and so he summons them to assassinate Teacher Ho. Lung arrives at the school to find Ho being attacked by the Snake-stylists, Hsia Sa and his partner. Despite helping his teacher the assassins defeat them both and kill Teacher Ho. Barely conscious, Lung staggers to Koo Ting-sang to describe what happened. Koo Ting-sang realises that he fought and defeated one of the Snake-style experts in the opening sequence to the movie and that they could be after him as revenge. Indeed, this turns out to be true and Koo Ting-sang, who could handle one "snake," is

title: What in the World

text: later made by Pac-Man and the Nintendo Entertainment System pulses throughout the song, which, coupled with extremely rhythmic guitar solos, creates a frantic pace. The song also makes use of the Harmonizer which Tony Visconti brought to the studio which was used to Dennis Davis' drumming. The song also features Iggy Pop on backing vocals. Pop's album "The Idiot" was recorded back-to-back with "Low" at the same facility, was produced by Bowie, and featured many of the same musicians. What in the World "What in the World" is a song by David Bowie released on his 1977 album "Low", later

title: The What in the World? Quiz

text: channel bug. Well done, lads!" Originally there was meant to be six episode shown, but instead ten were made. Also, the original run was stopped on the 19 September 2008, with episodes four to ten broadcast in late 2009. The winners are indicated in bold. The What in the World? Quiz The What in the World? Quiz is a British comedy panel game first broadcast on 5 September 2008 on Five. The show is hosted by Marcus Brigstocke and guest stars Lee Hurst and Dominic Holland as the team captains. The show asks questions themed on science and technology. The

title: What the World Needs Now Is Love

text: "Hot Shots!", "Happy Gilmore", and "Forrest Gump". In the Danish zodiac porn comedy "I Jomfruens tegn" (1973), an extended version is used for the hardcore underwater orgy that ends the film. What the World Needs Now Is Love "What the World Needs Now Is Love" is a 1965 popular song with lyrics by Hal David and music composed by Burt Bacharach. First recorded and made popular by Jackie DeShannon, it was released on April 15, 1965, on the Imperial label after a release on sister label Liberty records the previous month was canceled. It peaked at number seven on the

title: What the World Needs Now Is Love

text: assassination, and Martin Luther King, Jr., and soundbites of news coverage of each assassination. The ending of the song is a reprise of the introduction. "What the World Needs Now is Love/Abraham, Martin and John" rose to No. 8 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in August 1971, and was Clay's only Top 40 hit. "What the World Needs Now is Love" has been used in many film soundtracks, notably "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" and "For the Love of Fred" (used as the film's closing theme song in both), "", "My Best Friend's Wedding", "", "The Boss Baby",

title: What the World Needs Now Is Love

text: What the World Needs Now Is Love "What the World Needs Now Is Love" is a 1965 popular song with lyrics by Hal David and music composed by Burt Bacharach. First recorded and made popular by Jackie DeShannon, it was released on April 15, 1965, on the Imperial label after a release on sister label Liberty records the previous month was canceled. It peaked at number seven on the US Hot 100 in July of that year. In Canada, the song reached number one. Co-songwriter Burt Bacharach revealed in his 2014 autobiography that this song had among the most difficult

title: What the World Needs Now Is Love

text: to play it for DeShannon. The song was also rejected by Gene Pitney, reportedly over a financial dispute. DeShannon's version was recorded on March 23, 1965, at New York's Bell Sound studios. Bacharach arranged, conducted and produced the session. In addition to the DeShannon hit recording and the numerous cover versions, "What the World Needs Now is Love" served as the basis for a distinctive 1971 remix. Disc jockey Tom Clay was working at radio station KGBS in Los Angeles, California, when he created the single "What the World Needs Now is Love/Abraham, Martin and John", a social commentary that

title: The Snake Woman

text: a snake would, and Aggie explains what it is, he too believes that Atheris is the snake woman. In the meantime, a village boy has died from a snakebite. Murton believes that Atheris has murdered the boy and sets out to destroy her. But when he aims his shotgun at her, Atheris kills him. The boy's father, distraught over his son's death and quite drunk, also goes to the moors to find Atheris. She kills him, as well. After finding Murton's body, Charles catches up Atheris and tells her that he understands that she can't help being what she is

title: Snake-in-the-box

text: the head (start) and the tail (finish), has exactly two neighbors that are also in the snake. The head and the tail each have only one neighbor in the snake. The rule for generating a snake is that a node in the hypercube may be visited if it is connected to the current node and it is not a neighbor of any previously visited node in the snake, other than the current node. In graph theory terminology, this is called finding the longest possible induced path in a hypercube; it can be viewed as a special case of the induced

title: Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World

text: Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" (also known as "Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World") is a medley of the songs "Over the Rainbow" and "What a Wonderful World", by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole and released on his albums "Ka ʻAnoʻi" and "Facing Future". The song was originally recorded in a spur-of-the-moment demo session in 1988. Israel called the recording studio at 3am, and was given 15 minutes to arrive by recording engineer Milan Bertosa. Bertosa is quoted as saying ″And in walks the largest human being I had seen in my life. Israel

title: Brotherhood of the Snake

text: Chuck Billy revealed that first single "Brotherhood of the Snake" would be released September 2, 2016. Testament released second single "Stronghold" October 12, 2016. "Brotherhood of the Snake" has received generally positive reviews from critics. AllMusic writer Thom Jurek gave the album three-and-a-half out of five stars, and states that it "offers an excellent sonic portrait of Testament doing what they do best -- aggressive, riff-heavy, in-your-face thrash. There is a fun concept at work here, but this is more a track-by-track listening experience that adds up to a massive whole." Brotherhood of the Snake Brotherhood of the Snake is

title: The Snake in the Thorn Bush

text: treacherously returning evil for good: 'Thou hast been to me as a snake that wound itself round a bramble and fell into a river. A wolf saw it and said: Lo the evil is mounted on the evil, and evil that which drives them along.' In later, less reliable versions, the snake rebukes the wolf for the animals that it has snatched, making it a fable of the pot calling the kettle black type. The Snake in the Thorn Bush The Snake in the Thorn Bush is a rare fable of Greek origin with a West Asian analogue. It is

title: What the World Needs Now Is Love (album)

text: 1998 album "Stepping Stone". What the World Needs Now Is Love (album) What the World Needs Now Is Love is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Wynonna Judd, released in 2003 as her first album for Curb / Asylum Records. It produced four chart singles; the first of these, which was the title track, reached #14 on the "Billboard" country charts. It was followed by "Heaven Help Me" at #37 and "Flies on the Butter" (a duet with her mother and one half of The Judds, Naomi Judd) at #33. The fourth and final single, a cover

text: What the World Needs Now Is Love (album) What the World Needs Now Is Love is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Wynonna Judd, released in 2003 as her first album for Curb / Asylum Records. It produced four chart singles; the first of these, which was the title track, reached #14 on the "Billboard" country charts. It was followed by "Heaven Help Me" at #37 and "Flies on the Butter" (a duet with her mother and one half of The Judds, Naomi Judd) at #33. The fourth and final single, a cover of Foreigner's "I Want

title: Snake-in-the-box

text: effective are its capabilities. Finding the longest snake or coil becomes notoriously difficult as the dimension number increases and the search space suffers a serious combinatorial explosion. Some techniques for determining the upper and lower bounds for the snake-in-the-box problem include proofs using discrete mathematics and graph theory, exhaustive search of the search space, and heuristic search utilizing evolutionary techniques. The maximum length for the snake-in-the-box problem is known for dimensions one through eight; it is Beyond that length, the exact length of the longest snake is not known; the best lengths found so far for dimensions nine through thirteen

title: Fools Gold/What the World Is Waiting For

text: and "What the World Is Waiting For" were recorded at Sawmills Studios in Cornwall during the late summer of 1989, with additional vocal and guitar parts recorded later at London's Battery Studios, during the autumn of 1989. The tracks had been worked on for four months, and the intention was to put "What the World Is Waiting For" as the A side; however, when Roddy Mckenna, Silvertone's A&R man, heard "Fools Gold" he urged the band to use that as the A-side. The band were not completely convinced, and it was agreed, instead, to release the two tracks as a

text: vinyl, Cassette and CD the same as 1989 releases" Fools Gold/What the World Is Waiting For "Fools Gold" and "What the World Is Waiting For" are two songs by British rock band the Stone Roses. They were released together as a double A-side single on 13 November 1989 through Silvertone Records. "Fools Gold" would go on to appear on certain non-UK versions of their self-titled debut studio album (1989). "Fools Gold" became the band's biggest commercial hit at the time. It was their first single to reach the top ten of the UK Singles Chart and stayed in the top-75

text: Fools Gold/What the World Is Waiting For "Fools Gold" and "What the World Is Waiting For" are two songs by British rock band the Stone Roses. They were released together as a double A-side single on 13 November 1989 through Silvertone Records. "Fools Gold" would go on to appear on certain non-UK versions of their self-titled debut studio album (1989). "Fools Gold" became the band's biggest commercial hit at the time. It was their first single to reach the top ten of the UK Singles Chart and stayed in the top-75 for fourteen weeks, peaking at number eight. "Fools Gold"

title: What Is the What

text: That Happens Will Happen Today". Tom Tykwer plans to adapt the novel into a film. In 2009, the novel received the Prix Médicis étranger in France. What Is the What What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng is a 2006 novel written by Dave Eggers. It is based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng, a Sudanese child refugee who immigrated to the United States under the Lost Boys of Sudan program. It was a finalist for the National Book Award. As a boy, Achak is separated from his family during the Second Sudanese Civil War when

title: The Great Snake

text: society. Denis Zherdev compared Poloz and the Mistress of the Copper Mountain, pointing out the male domain of Poloz is the world of order, structure, and hierarchy, and the power over gold is associated with the power of men. Unlike the Mistress, his appearance does not bring in unpredictability and destruction. The Soviet playwright Klavdiya Filippova combined "The Great Snake" and "The Snake Trail" to create "Poloz's Daughter" (). The play was published in the 1949 collection "Plays for Children's Theatre Based on Bazhov's Stories" in Sverdlovsk. A 2007 Russian film "The Golden Snake" () is loosely based on "The

title: What Is the What

text: What Is the What What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng is a 2006 novel written by Dave Eggers. It is based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng, a Sudanese child refugee who immigrated to the United States under the Lost Boys of Sudan program. It was a finalist for the National Book Award. As a boy, Achak is separated from his family during the Second Sudanese Civil War when the Arab militia, referred to as "murahaleen" (which is Arabic for the deported), wipes out his Dinka village, Marial Bai. During the assault, he loses sight

title: The Snake in the Thorn Bush

text: The Snake in the Thorn Bush The Snake in the Thorn Bush is a rare fable of Greek origin with a West Asian analogue. It is numbered 96 among Aesop's Fables in the Perry Index. In Greek sources, a snake entwined in a thorn hedge is swept away by a flood and mocked by a fox with the words 'A wicked ship, and worthy of its sailor!' The moral drawn is that the evil come to grief from the company they keep. The West Asian variant occurs in the story of Ahikar, where the sage reproaches his adopted nephew for

title: Snake-in-the-box

text: dimensions eight through thirteen are For both the snake and the coil in the box problems, it is known that the maximum length is proportional to 2 for an "n"-dimensional box, asymptotically as "n" grows large, and bounded above by 2. However the constant of proportionality is not known, but is observed to be in the range 0.3 - 0.4 for current best known values. Snake-in-the-box The snake-in-the-box problem in graph theory and computer science deals with finding a certain kind of path along the edges of a hypercube. This path starts at one corner and travels along the edges

title: What the World Needs Now Is Love (Sweet Inspirations album)

text: What the World Needs Now Is Love (Sweet Inspirations album) What the World Needs Now Is Love is the third album by American recording gospel/soul female group the Sweet Inspirations released in 1968 on the label Atlantic Records. The album was produced by Tom Dowd and arranged by Arif Mardin. It features their cover versions of the classic songs; "Alfie", "Unchained Melody", "What the World Needs Now Is Love" and the Bee Gees' "To Love Somebody". The group's album scored two R&B hit singles; "To Love Somebody" peaked No. 30 and "Unchained Melody" which peaked No. 41 on the Billboard's

title: The Dragon's Snake Fist

text: across the land to spread his Snake fist art. Along the way one of Chu Man King's best students, Dragon Wu, is attacked by Wai's son and his gang from the Crane fist school. When they figure out that Wu was from the Snake fist school they decide to teach him a lesson. However, they let him go when his sister reminds him that if their father (Master Wai) found out what happened he would not be pleased. Wu continues his journey for his village for his new Snake fist school and to marry his arranged bride. This do not

title: What in the World? (game show)

text: it is through social media such as Facebook and Twitter. What in the World? (game show) What in the World? is a television quiz show hosted by Dr. Froelich Rainey in which the scholar-contestants tried to identify artifacts. The objects were primarily archaeological in nature, but also consisted of fossils, ethnographic items and more. It premiered on October 7, 1951 on CBS. The first, and one of the most successful shows of its type, it confounded critics by running for 15 years and influenced successors such as the BBC's "Animal, Vegetable, Mineral?" and others. The music of the opening and

title: Snake in the Monkey's Shadow

text: Leisure Corporation PanMedia Ventura Distribution Eastern Heroes Ltd. Snake in the Monkey's Shadow Snake in the Monkey's Shadow ( "Hou hsing kou shou" a.k.a. "Snake Fist vs. the Dragon") is a Hong Kong martial arts film made in 1979 and directed by Cheung Sum. It stars John Cheung Ng-Long, Wilson Tong Wai-Shing and Charlie Chan Yiu-lam. The story begins with a voiceover saying when the snake style of kung fu was at its peak a vicious fighter by the name of Hsia Sa was one of the greatest exponents of the style. The snake style can be a vicious style

title: Snake in the Monkey's Shadow

text: Snake in the Monkey's Shadow Snake in the Monkey's Shadow ( "Hou hsing kou shou" a.k.a. "Snake Fist vs. the Dragon") is a Hong Kong martial arts film made in 1979 and directed by Cheung Sum. It stars John Cheung Ng-Long, Wilson Tong Wai-Shing and Charlie Chan Yiu-lam. The story begins with a voiceover saying when the snake style of kung fu was at its peak a vicious fighter by the name of Hsia Sa was one of the greatest exponents of the style. The snake style can be a vicious style and Hsia Sa was a vicious fighter and

text: Hot Soul Singles chart. The album also includes three songs written by the group's lead vocalist Cissy Houston; for songs "I Could Leave You Alone", "You Really Didn't Mean It", and "Where Did It Go". What the World Needs Now Is Love (Sweet Inspirations album) What the World Needs Now Is Love is the third album by American recording gospel/soul female group the Sweet Inspirations released in 1968 on the label Atlantic Records. The album was produced by Tom Dowd and arranged by Arif Mardin. It features their cover versions of the classic songs; "Alfie", "Unchained Melody", "What the World

title: Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)

text: Turner and Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh recording another 1970s cover with her in late 1983. The track was Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" which became a surprise hit single on both sides of the Atlantic and the starting point of Turner's comeback, with the following album "Private Dancer" going multi-platinum in 1984. Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)" is a 1970 hit single for The Temptations. It was released on the Gordy (Motown) label, and written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong. The song was used

text: Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)" is a 1970 hit single for The Temptations. It was released on the Gordy (Motown) label, and written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong. The song was used to anchor the 1970 "Greatest Hits II" LP. The song reached #3 on the US pop charts and #2 on the US R&B charts. "Billboard" ranked the record as the No. 24 song of 1970. It reached no. 7 in the UK Singles Chart. Although a nearly eleven minute long backing track was recorded

title: Snake-in-the-box

text: Snake-in-the-box The snake-in-the-box problem in graph theory and computer science deals with finding a certain kind of path along the edges of a hypercube. This path starts at one corner and travels along the edges to as many corners as it can reach. After it gets to a new corner, the previous corner and all of its neighbors must be marked as unusable. The path should never travel to a corner after it has been marked unusable. In other words, a "snake" is a connected open path in the hypercube where each node in the path, with the exception of

title: What in the World? (game show)

text: What in the World? (game show) What in the World? is a television quiz show hosted by Dr. Froelich Rainey in which the scholar-contestants tried to identify artifacts. The objects were primarily archaeological in nature, but also consisted of fossils, ethnographic items and more. It premiered on October 7, 1951 on CBS. The first, and one of the most successful shows of its type, it confounded critics by running for 15 years and influenced successors such as the BBC's "Animal, Vegetable, Mineral?" and others. The music of the opening and closing were taken from Ottorino Respighi's "Fountains of Rome": the

title: Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye

text: Snake-in-the-eye features prominently in History Channel's historical drama television series "Vikings" played by David Lindström. Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye Sigurd Snake-in-the-eye (Old Norse: Sigurðr ormr í auga) was a Viking warrior in the middle of the 9th Century. He was supposedly one of the sons of the legendary Viking Ragnar Lothbrok. "Snake-in-the-eye" as part of Sigurd's name denoted a physical characteristic. He was born with a mark in his eye, described as the image of the Ouroboros (a snake biting its own tail). The snake mark had been prophesied by his mother Aslaug, the daughter of the Valkyrie Brynhildr. As a boy,

title: Solid Snake

text: epidemic, Snake tries to commit suicide, however, he is approached by Big Boss telling Snake that he still has a chance to live 'not as a snake but as a man'. After making up with Big Boss and his father's death from a new strain of the FOXDIE virus, David decides to live out the remainder of his life in peace, vowing that he will live long enough to see what the future holds for the new world he has helped create. Solid Snake is featured/mentioned in "" and "". The unlockable bonus mission "Déjà Vu" on the PlayStation platform

title: Snake River

text: that flow into the Snake River Plain from the north sink into the Snake River Aquifer, but still contribute their water to the river. Aside from rivers, the Snake is fed by many significant springs, many of which arise from the aquifer on the west side of the plain. Snake River The Snake River is a major river of the greater Pacific Northwest region in the United States. At long, it is the largest tributary of the Columbia River, in turn the largest North American river that empties into the Pacific Ocean. The Snake River rises in western Wyoming, then

title: The White Snake

text: three kingdoms, he heard the three fledglings say that they had retrieved the Golden Apple for him after flying over the sea to the end of the world where the Tree of Life stood. Extremely thankful, the young man took the Golden Apple to the princess, and split it with her. The two married and lived in undisturbed happiness to a great age. The White Snake The White Snake (German: "Die weiße Schlange") is a German fairy tale included in the complete volume of the Brothers Grimm, tale number 17. It is Aarne–Thompson type 673. A wise King receives a

title: Biancabella and the Snake

text: the castle, where Samaritana told a servant to sing Biancabella's story without including the names. Then she asked what would be a fitting punishment. The stepmother, thinking to evade notice, said she should be cast into a red-hot furnace. Samaritana told the king the truth; Ferrandino ordered the stepmother to be thrown into a furnace, married off the old man's three daughters well, and lived happily with Biancabella until he died, and his son succeeded him. In "The Snake", the girl, a peasant, is the youngest of three, and the snake protects her after she is the first not to

title: Snake in the Grass

text: "Damsels in Distress". The following year he wrote "Snake in the Grass" and it went one step further, with one of the characters a victim of sexual abuse as a child, although this is never explicitly stated in the play, only implied. The older sister is a victim of domestic violence. There are a few notable differences to "Haunting Julia". In "Haunting Julia", a father is haunted by his dead daughter, whilst in "Snake in the Grass" the two daughters are haunted by their father, and for very different reasons. The supernatural scenes are far less prevalent; in "Haunting Julia",

title: Snake in the tunnel

text: become a Deutsche Mark zone with just the Belgian and Luxembourg franc, the Dutch guilder and the Danish krone tracking it. The Werner plan was abandoned. The European Monetary System followed the "snake" as a system for monetary coordination in the EEC. Snake in the tunnel The snake in the tunnel was the first attempt at European monetary cooperation in the 1970s, aiming at limiting fluctuations between different European currencies. It was an attempt at creating a single currency band for the European Economic Community (EEC), essentially pegging all the EEC currencies to one another. Pierre Werner presented a report

title: Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye

text: Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye Sigurd Snake-in-the-eye (Old Norse: Sigurðr ormr í auga) was a Viking warrior in the middle of the 9th Century. He was supposedly one of the sons of the legendary Viking Ragnar Lothbrok. "Snake-in-the-eye" as part of Sigurd's name denoted a physical characteristic. He was born with a mark in his eye, described as the image of the Ouroboros (a snake biting its own tail). The snake mark had been prophesied by his mother Aslaug, the daughter of the Valkyrie Brynhildr. As a boy, Sigurd was close to his father and accompanied Ragnar on a hazardous expedition through Rus'

title: The Iron Snake

text: both saw a black snake coming and all the cattle disappearing, plundered from the Africans by the ‘red people,’ as the early white colonizers would be known. In western Kenya, Kimnyole the Nandi Orkoiyot also predicted the arrival of Europeans ("the white tribe") and the railways ("the Iron Snake") who were to change everything for the Nandi. A similar end-of-the-world myth speaking of "snakes of iron" appears in the Hopi tradition of the New World as the fourth sign on Hopi tablets. In 1965, Ronald Hardy published a book about the building of the East African Railroad called The Iron

title: What Is the What

text: writes: "Over the course of many years, Dave and I have collaborated to tell my story... I told [him] what I knew and what I could remember, and from that material he created this work of art." The book is typical of Eggers' style: blending non-fictional and fictional elements into a non-fiction novel or memoir. By classifying the book a novel, Eggers says, he freed himself to re-create conversations, streamline complex relationships, add relevant detail and manipulate time and space in helpful ways—all while maintaining the essential truthfulness of the storytelling. However, not all critics were impressed. Lee Siegel sees

title: Giant garter snake

text: such as the American bullfrog and the northern water snake may also be suppressing recovery. Attempts are underway to restore artificial wetlands to provide quality habitat for the giant garter snake, but it is too early to know if these efforts will significantly aid the recovery of this threatened species. Giant garter snake The giant garter snake ("Thamnophis gigas") is the largest species of garter snake. Relatively rare, it is a semi-aquatic snake with a limited distribution in the wetlands of central California. The giant garter snake is the largest species of garter snake, with the adult snakes ranging from

title: Narcisse Snake Dens

text: Narcisse Snake Dens The Narcisse Snake Dens is a provincial Wildlife Management Area located in the Rural Municipality of Armstrong about north of Narcisse, Manitoba, Canada. The dens are the winter home of tens of thousands of red-sided garter snakes ("Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis"). These pits are the largest concentration in the world of this particular type of snake. Their winter dens are subterranean caverns formed by the area's water-worn limestone bedrock. In the spring, they come up from their dens to the snake pits, where they mate. Then they disperse into the nearby marshes for the summer. The population of

title: Narcisse Snake Dens

text: September, when the snakes slither back down to their winter dens. Narcisse Snake Dens The Narcisse Snake Dens is a provincial Wildlife Management Area located in the Rural Municipality of Armstrong about north of Narcisse, Manitoba, Canada. The dens are the winter home of tens of thousands of red-sided garter snakes ("Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis"). These pits are the largest concentration in the world of this particular type of snake. Their winter dens are subterranean caverns formed by the area's water-worn limestone bedrock. In the spring, they come up from their dens to the snake pits, where they mate. Then they

title: Titanoboa: Monster Snake

text: Titanoboa: Monster Snake Titanoboa: Monster Snake is a 2012 documentary film produced by the Smithsonian Institution. The documentary treats "Titanoboa", the largest snake ever found. Fossils of the snake were uncovered from the Cerrejón Formation at Cerrejón, the tenth biggest coal mine in the world in the Cesar-Ranchería Basin of La Guajira, northern Colombia, covering an area larger than Washington, D.C. The documentary premiered at the Smithsonian Channel on April 1, 2012, followed by a panel discussion from the scientists who spearheaded the research: Carlos Jaramillo from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Jonathan Bloch from the Florida Museum of Natural

title: Snake-in-the-box

text: subgraph isomorphism problem. There is a similar problem of finding long induced cycles in hypercubes, called the coil-in-the-box problem. The snake-in-the-box problem was first described by , motivated by the theory of error-correcting codes. The vertices of a solution to the snake or coil in the box problems can be used as a Gray code that can detect single-bit errors. Such codes have applications in electrical engineering, coding theory, and computer network topologies. In these applications, it is important to devise as long a code as is possible for a given dimension of hypercube. The longer the code, the more

title: Snake in the Grass

text: Snake in the Grass Snake in the Grass is a 2002 play by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn. The play is about a middle-aged older sister who returns to the family home where her younger sister still lives, shortly after their abusive father's death. It was written as a female companion piece to the 1994 ghost play "Haunting Julia", and in 2008 these two plays, together with new play "Life and Beth" were folded into a trilogy named "Things That Go Bump". Ayckbourn's first "ghost" theme play, "Haunting Julia", had a cast of three men, all haunted, in different ways, by

title: Snake in the Garden

text: nothing of interest really happened before it." Snake in the Garden Snake in the Garden is the seventeenth episode of the second season of "Scandal". It premiered on March 28, 2013 in the U.S. The episode marks the first appearance of Joe Morton and the first mention of Operation Remington both of which would continue to play key roles throughout the second and third seasons. Fitz asks Jake to find more information from the same source that leaked the location of the Kashfar hostages hinting at a promotion if he is successful. Cyrus locates Charlie and asks him to investigate

title: Snake in the Garden

text: Snake in the Garden Snake in the Garden is the seventeenth episode of the second season of "Scandal". It premiered on March 28, 2013 in the U.S. The episode marks the first appearance of Joe Morton and the first mention of Operation Remington both of which would continue to play key roles throughout the second and third seasons. Fitz asks Jake to find more information from the same source that leaked the location of the Kashfar hostages hinting at a promotion if he is successful. Cyrus locates Charlie and asks him to investigate Jake. Across town David returns home to

title: Snake in the Grass

text: Dominic Cavendish for the "Daily Telegraph", although broadly positive of the play itself, criticise Ayckbourn for allowing the Stephen Joseph Theatre's programme to be dominated by his work. The 2008 revival also enjoyed positive reviews. Snake in the Grass Snake in the Grass is a 2002 play by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn. The play is about a middle-aged older sister who returns to the family home where her younger sister still lives, shortly after their abusive father's death. It was written as a female companion piece to the 1994 ghost play "Haunting Julia", and in 2008 these two plays, together

title: Snake River

text: Snake River The Snake River is a major river of the greater Pacific Northwest region in the United States. At long, it is the largest tributary of the Columbia River, in turn the largest North American river that empties into the Pacific Ocean. The Snake River rises in western Wyoming, then flows through the Snake River Plain of southern Idaho, the rugged Hells Canyon on the Oregon–Idaho border and the rolling Palouse Hills of Washington, emptying into the Columbia River at the Tri-Cities, Washington. The Snake River drainage basin encompasses parts of six U.S. states and is known for its

title: The Man and the Snake

text: The Man and the Snake "The Man and the Snake" is a short story by American Civil War soldier, wit, and writer Ambrose Bierce. It tells of a man who dies of fright inspired by a toy snake with buttons for eyes. The story was published in "The San Francisco Examiner" on June 29, 1890. Harker Brayton is relaxing on a sofa when he notices a snake in the room. The narrator then proceeds to explain that the snake is that of Dr. During, the owner of the house that Harker is visiting. During is a zoologist and collector of

title: The Man and the Snake

text: harmless. A similar plot was used by Harris Merton Lyon in the short story "An Unused Rattlesnake". The Man and the Snake "The Man and the Snake" is a short story by American Civil War soldier, wit, and writer Ambrose Bierce. It tells of a man who dies of fright inspired by a toy snake with buttons for eyes. The story was published in "The San Francisco Examiner" on June 29, 1890. Harker Brayton is relaxing on a sofa when he notices a snake in the room. The narrator then proceeds to explain that the snake is that of Dr.

title: The Iron Snake

text: Snake (Collins, London). "The Iron Snake" also appears as the title of a novel about the same railroad by John Gaudet published by Brandylane Publishers, Richmond, Virginia. The Iron Snake The Iron Snake is an ancient tribal prophecy attributed to both the Maasai and Kĩkũyũ tribes in Kenya in which a railway is described as an iron snake. The iron snake would someday cross their land and would be a bad omen creating trouble as it went. The religious gikuyu prophet Mugo wa Kibiru prophesied the coming of the whites many years before they arrived on the coast. In eastern

title: Snake in the Eagle's Shadow

text: in the Eagle's Shadow II" aka "Snaky Knight Fight Against Mantis" was released. It was directed by Chang Hsin-yi and starred Wang Tao. However, the film was not a true sequel, rather it was an attempt by the studio to capitalise on the success of the original film. Footage including a montage and a fight scene from "Snake in the Eagle's Shadow" were spliced into the film. Chan's image was also used on the cover of some versions. Snake in the Eagle's Shadow Snake in the Eagle's Shadow () is a 1978 Hong Kong martial arts action comedy film directed

title: The Golden Snake

text: control over gold. The Golden Snake The Golden Snake () is a 2007 Russian fantasy film directed by Vladimir Makeranets. It is an loose adaptation of Pavel Bazhov's story "The Great Snake" based on the Ural region Russian folklore. It was financed of the Ministry of Culture of Sverdlovsk Oblast and the Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography. "The Golden Snake" was awarded the "Best Children's Film" prize at the Russian film festival Literatura i Kino in 2008. In the film, two boys meet the legendary creature the Great Snake (also translated as Poloz the Great Snake) from the Ural

title: The Golden Snake

text: The Golden Snake The Golden Snake () is a 2007 Russian fantasy film directed by Vladimir Makeranets. It is an loose adaptation of Pavel Bazhov's story "The Great Snake" based on the Ural region Russian folklore. It was financed of the Ministry of Culture of Sverdlovsk Oblast and the Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography. "The Golden Snake" was awarded the "Best Children's Film" prize at the Russian film festival Literatura i Kino in 2008. In the film, two boys meet the legendary creature the Great Snake (also translated as Poloz the Great Snake) from the Ural folklore that has

title: Robin Big Snake

text: Robin Big Snake Robin Leslie Big Snake (born April 10, 1984) is a former professional hockey player. His mother Lisa is Cree, being one of the largest groups of first nation or aboriginal people and his father Carlon is Blackfoot, another large group of aboriginal people. Mainly these tribes are a part of the Siksika nation that reside in Alberta. The nation of Siksika is found to have around 6896 people. about 3783 people living on the reserve and 3086 living off the reserve. Robin Big Snake became first known in the hockey world at age 16 when he played

title: What Is the Fastest Thing in the World?

text: in the world; the clever brother guessed bread or money, and the stupid brother repeated his daughter's answer: ground, because they needed it to stand on. The king gave the stupid brother the land and asked how he got the answers. He confessed it was his daughter. The king married the daughter, on the condition that she never meddled in his affairs; if she did, she would have to return home, although he would give her one thing, whatever she valued most in the castle. One day, the queen saw a man steal a packsaddle and quarrel with the rightful

title: Giant garter snake

text: Giant garter snake The giant garter snake ("Thamnophis gigas") is the largest species of garter snake. Relatively rare, it is a semi-aquatic snake with a limited distribution in the wetlands of central California. The giant garter snake is the largest species of garter snake, with the adult snakes ranging from in length. As with many snakes, the female giant garter snakes tend to be longer and larger than the males. The snakes have keeled scales, with a yellow dorsal stripe against a black or dark grey background, and two additional yellow stripes on either side that run the length of

title: The Snake Man

text: The Snake Man The Snake Man () is a short story by Pu Songling first published in "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" which revolves around the titular snake-keeper and his snakes. In an unspecified county in eastern China, a man raises two green snakes – "Big Green" () and "Green the Second" () – to perform for a living. The snake man prefers Green the Second, who is described as having a "red-spotted forehead" and an ability to "invariably wind and sway" per his commands. Big Green dies a year later; adding to the snake man's plight, Green the

text: of the Pops" as the Happy Mondays, who performed "Hallelujah" from the "Madchester Rave on E.P.", is regarded as a "cultural high-water mark", exposing the emerging Madchester scene to a wider audience, and popularizing a new dance-oriented music genre, baggy. Although a non-album double A-sided single, both tracks have appeared on the compilation albums "Turns into Stone", "The Complete Stone Roses" and "The Very Best of The Stone Roses". Both tracks have also appeared on some reissued editions of their debut album "The Stone Roses", although "Fools Gold" has appeared more often than "What The World Is Waiting For". In

title: The Crow and the Snake

text: The Crow and the Snake The Crow or Raven and the Snake or Serpent is one of Aesop's Fables and numbered 128 in the Perry Index. Alternative Greek versions exist and two of these were adopted during the European Renaissance. The fable is not to be confused with the story of this title in the "Panchatantra", which is completely different. In ancient times the fable is found only in Greek sources and concerns a crow in search of food that finds a snake asleep in the sun. But when the crow seizes her, the snake kills it with her sting.

title: Legend of the White Snake

text: Legend of the White Snake The Legend of the White Snake, also known as Madame White Snake, is a Chinese legend. It has since been presented in a number of major Chinese operas, films, and television series. The earliest attempt to fictionalize the story in printed form appears to be "The White Maiden Locked for Eternity in the Leifeng Pagoda" (白娘子永鎭雷峰塔) in Feng Menglong's "Stories to Caution the World" (), which was written during the Ming dynasty. The story is now counted as one of China's Four Great Folktales, the others being Lady Meng Jiang, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai,

title: The Snake and the Farmer

text: The Snake and the Farmer The Snake and the Farmer is a fable attributed to Aesop, of which there are ancient variants and several more from both Europe and India dating from Mediaeval times. The story is classed as Aarne-Thompson-Uther type 285D, and its theme is that a broken friendship cannot be mended. While this fable does admit the possibility of a mutually beneficial relationship between man and snake, the similarly titled The Farmer and the Viper denies it. The oldest Greek versions of the fable are numbered 51 in the Perry Index. A snake dwells in a hole at

title: The Eel and the Snake

text: The Eel and the Snake The fable of the Eel and the Snake was originated by Laurentius Abstemius in his "Hecatomythium" (1490). Versions of it appeared in several European languages afterwards and in collections associated with Aesop’s Fables. The fable consists of a conversation between an eel and a snake. The eel observes that they are both alike and wonders why humans pursue itself with such energy while they avoid contact with the snake. The latter replies that this is because no one who tries to wound him goes away unharmed and from this the conclusion is drawn that those

title: The Snake Man

text: Second goes missing shortly after, driving him near-suicidal. However, he quickly finds his snake, now accompanied by another one who the snake man names "Little Green" (). A few years later, Green the Second has become too big for the snake man to handle, thus he decides to release him into the wilderness at the East Mountain in Zichuan; Little Green stays on with the snake man and slowly grows to Green the Second's size too. Another few years thereafter, the snake man returns to the mountain, whereupon he is attacked by Green the Second. Recognising his former master, Green

title: Union of the Snake

text: video as it was released to MTV a whole week before the single was released on radio. Radio stations were anxious at the time because they were concerned that channels like MTV might supplant them in the promotion of singles. The video, filmed in part in sandhills near Cronulla, features the band being tracked through the Australian desert by a half-man, half-snake creature. They eventually take a lift beneath the sands into what appears to be an underground cathedral, where the snake creature and other bizarre characters interact with vocalist Le Bon. The band's other members make only brief appearances

title: Biancabella and the Snake

text: Biancabella returned to the house, she was distressed so her mother asked her what made her so sad. Biancabella asked for the buckets, which her mother gave her, and she carried them into the garden. The snake then had Biancabella bathe in the buckets. She became even more beautiful, and when her hair was combed it shed jewels, and when her hands were washed, they shed flowers. This attracted many suitors. Finally, her father agreed to marry her to Ferrandino, King of Naples. After the wedding, Biancabella called on Samaritana, but the snake did not come to her. Biancabella realized

title: The Snake Man

text: Chinese Studio" published in 2008. As Allan Barr opines in his "Comparative Studies of Early and Late Tales in Liaozhai Zhiyi" (1985), "The Snake Man" is a reflection "on the ironic discrepancy between the modesty of the snakes in the story and the spiteful pride of man". The Snake Man The Snake Man () is a short story by Pu Songling first published in "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" which revolves around the titular snake-keeper and his snakes. In an unspecified county in eastern China, a man raises two green snakes – "Big Green" () and "Green the Second"

title: The Iron Snake

text: The Iron Snake The Iron Snake is an ancient tribal prophecy attributed to both the Maasai and Kĩkũyũ tribes in Kenya in which a railway is described as an iron snake. The iron snake would someday cross their land and would be a bad omen creating trouble as it went. The religious gikuyu prophet Mugo wa Kibiru prophesied the coming of the whites many years before they arrived on the coast. In eastern Kenya the prophecy was attributed to Masaku, a Kamba sage and chief, and Mwenda Mwea a famous medicine man as well as a seer from Embu. They

title: What in the World? (game show)

text: with the first episode airing on October 7, 1951. It ran through most of the 1950s on CBS and was picked up by educational (public) television and continued into the 1960s. In 2010, the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology had multidisciplinary artist Pablo Helguera create and install a 'What in the World' interactive exhibition at the museum. In addition to the exhibition the museum website offered guests a chance to participate in a modern-day form of the quiz show by featuring a picture of an object or objects and having viewers submit their guesses as to what

title: The Snake (song)

text: obliges and takes the snake to her home and puts it by the fireplace with a silk blanket, some honey, and some milk. When she gets home from work later that evening, she finds that the snake is now warm and revived. Feeling happy for the snake's recovery, she picks it up and gives it a tight hug and kisses it on the head. However, the snake is actually vicious and gives the woman a bite, fatally poisoning her. She asks the snake why it bit her even though she took it in and cared for it, to which it

title: The Snake and the Farmer

text: on food left by the man, or the left-overs from his table, and as a consequence the man grows rich. Eventually he decides to kill the snake before it withdraw its favours, but the snake survives the attack and kills the man's son (or flocks) in revenge. The man then sues for peace but the snake replies that neither can forgive the other while evidences of former grievances remain. In Marie de France's verse account at the close of the 12th century, the snake asks the farmer for a daily ration of milk and promises him enrichment. He is later

title: The Sorcerer and the White Snake

text: Filming wrapped on January 16, 2011. Originally titled "Madame White Snake" in English, the film logo was unveiled during the production wrap press conference with the new official English title, "It's Love". However, the English title was changed to "The Sorcerer and the White Snake" when the distributor was announced. The actual title used has been "The Emperor and the White Snake", both on DVD and at IMDb. The Sorcerer and the White Snake The Sorcerer and the White Snake, previously known as It's Love and Madame White Snake, is a 2011 action fantasy film directed by Ching Siu-tung and

title: Snake in the tunnel

text: Snake in the tunnel The snake in the tunnel was the first attempt at European monetary cooperation in the 1970s, aiming at limiting fluctuations between different European currencies. It was an attempt at creating a single currency band for the European Economic Community (EEC), essentially pegging all the EEC currencies to one another. Pierre Werner presented a report on economic and monetary union to the EEC on 8 October 1970. The first of three recommended steps involved the coordination of economic policies and a reduction in fluctuations between European currencies. With the failure of the Bretton Woods system with the

title: Snake in the tunnel

text: B. This was seen as excessive, and the Basel agreement in 1972 between the six existing EEC members and three about to join established a "snake in the tunnel" with bilateral margins between their currencies limited to 2.25%, implying a maximum change between any two currencies of 4.5%, and with all the currencies tending to move together against the dollar. This agreement also led to the formal end of the Sterling Area. The "tunnel" collapsed in 1973 when the US dollar floated freely. The "snake" proved unsustainable, with several currencies leaving and in some cases rejoining. By 1977, it had

title: Snake in the Eagle's Shadow

text: Snake in the Eagle's Shadow Snake in the Eagle's Shadow () is a 1978 Hong Kong martial arts action comedy film directed by Yuen Woo-ping in his directorial debut, and starring Jackie Chan, Hwang Jang Lee and Yuen Woo-ping's real life father, Yuen Siu Tien. Right after this film, Yuen Woo-ping directed "Drunken Master", released in the same year, which also starred Jackie Chan, Hwang Jang Lee and Yuen Siu Tien, and followed a similar plot. Chien Fu (Jackie Chan), an orphan adopted by a kung fu school, is overworked as their janitor and abused by the kung fu teachers

title: Snake in the Eagle's Shadow

text: as a walking punching-bag, with the school's cook, Ah-Wu (Tino Wong), being his only sympathizer. Chien befriends an old beggar (Yuen Siu Tien) by offering him a meal and a place to stay. Unknown to Chien, the old beggar is actually Pai Cheng-Tien, one of the last surviving masters of the Snake-style of kung fu. Pai is on the run from the Eagle Claw clan, which is viciously killing off all of the rival Snake-style masters, but is ambushed by Eagle Claw student Su Chen and an assassin masquerading as a Christian missionary (Roy Horan), and is injured. After being

title: The Great Snake

text: In this "skaz", two boys meet the legendary creature the Great Snake (also translated as Poloz the Great Snake; ). The story of two brothers is then continued in "The Snake Trail", published in 1939. This "skaz" was first published together with "The Mistress of the Copper Mountain" and "Beloved Name" (also known as "That Dear Name") in the 11th issue of "Krasnaya Nov" in 1936. "Beloved Name" was published on the pages 5–9, "The Great Snake" on pp. 9–12, and "The Mistress of the Copper Mountain" on pp. 12–17. These tales are the ones that follow the original Ural

title: This Is What the Truth Feels Like

text: outside the top 10. The following week, "This Is What the Truth Feels Like" dipped 54 positions, the week's largest drop. In Australia, the album debuted at number six, becoming her third consecutive top-ten solo album. "This Is What the Truth Feels Like" was the week's second highest debut, and was present for two weeks before departing the chart. On France's SNEP albums chart, it entered at number 44, becoming her lowest debut behind "The Sweet Escape"s peak at number 33. The album fared moderately well on Switzerland's Hitparade, where it became her second highest performing album, peaking at number

title: The Snake (novel)

text: harboring, who claims that her stepfather is trying to kill her and also claims he killed her mother. After investigating several leads on the seedier side of town, Hammer finds himself embroiled in a three-decade-old mystery, involving a botched bank robbery where 3 million dollars in cash went missing. Hammer races to discover the truth behind the identity of the snake before it's too late. Can he save the girl, himself, and Velda? Robert Fellows had planned on following his film of "The Girl Hunters" with "The Snake" but the project was never made. The Snake (novel) The Snake (1964)

title: The Great Snake

text: stood. The person's face is yellow too. "But what if we spoil these boys?", he asks Semyonich kindly. Semyonich defends the boys as humble, hard-working and not greedy. The man consents to his judgement, stating that he knows their father will not live long. He then tells the children to "watch for the trail" and dig along it. The man transforms into a giant serpent, and moves away leaving the trail behind. Semyonich explains that the man is Poloz the Great Snake (alternative translation: The Great Serpent), the lord of all that is gold. Next morning, the boys start digging

title: The Enchanted Snake

text: a child. One day, she saw a little snake in the forest and said that even snakes had children; the little snake offered to be hers. The woman and her husband raised the snake. When it was grown, it wanted to marry, and not to another snake but to the king's daughter. The father went to ask, and the king said that the snake should have her if he could turn all the fruit in the orchard into gold. The snake told his father to gather up all the pits he could find and sow them in the orchard; when

title: The Snake Pit

text: introduced, regulations changed or funding increases implemented specifically mentioned "The Snake Pit" as a motivating factor. "The Snake Pit" was dramatized as an hour-long radio play on the April 10, 1950 broadcast of "Lux Radio Theater", with de Havilland reprising her film role. The Snake Pit The Snake Pit is a 1948 American film noir directed by Anatole Litvak and stars Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn, Celeste Holm, Beulah Bondi, and Lee Patrick. Based on Mary Jane Ward's 1946 semi-autobiographical novel of the same name, the film tells the story of a woman who finds herself in an

title: The Snake and the Farmer

text: the farmer's threshold and is tolerated until his son accidentally steps on it and is stung to death. The enraged father then chases the snake with an axe and cuts off its tail. When he later attempts to make his peace with the snake, it refuses on the grounds that neither of them will ever forget their mutual injuries. Substantially the same story appears in the Neo-Latin poems by Hieronymus Osius and Pantaleon Candidus. However, an alternative version of the story is found in Mediaeval European sources that is separately numbered 573 in the Perry Index. Here the snake feeds

title: The Fowler and the Snake

text: The Fowler and the Snake The Fowler and the Snake is a story of Greek origin that demonstrates the fate of predators. It was counted as one of Aesop's Fables and is numbered 115 in the Perry Index. There are two Greek sources for this fable, giving conflicting interpretations. One describes how a fowler is so intent on preparing his bird-snares that he treads on a snake and dies from its bite. This story, we are assured, 'shows that when people plot against their neighbours, they fall victim to the same sort of plot themselves'. The sentiment is common in

title: Aesculapian snake

text: Aesculapian snake The Aesculapian snake (now "Zamenis longissimus", previously "Elaphe longissima"), is a species of nonvenomous snake native to Europe, a member of the Colubrinae subfamily of the family Colubridae. Growing up to in length, it is among the largest European snakes, similar sized to the four-lined snake ("Elaphe quatuorlineata") and the Montpellier snake ("Malpolon monspessulanus"). The Aesculapian snake has been of cultural and historical significance for its role in ancient Greek, Roman and Illyrian mythology and derived symbolism. "Z. longissimus" hatches at around 30 cm (11.8 in). Adults are usually from 110 cm (43.3 in) to in total length