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The Black Swan Project is the project name given by Odyssey Marine Exploration for its discovery and recovery of an estimated US$500 million (£314 million) worth of silver and gold coins from the ocean floor. Initially Odyssey kept the origin of the treasure confidential.
The black swan (Cygnus atratus) is a large waterbird, a species of swan which breeds mainly in the southeast and southwest regions of Australia. Within Australia, the black swan is nomadic, with erratic migration patterns dependent on climatic conditions. It is a large bird with black plumage and a red bill.
Black Swan was presented in a sneak screening at the Telluride Film Festival on September 5, 2010. [40] It also had a Gala screening at the 35th Toronto International Film Festival later in the month. [41] [42] In October 2010, Black Swan was screened at the New Orleans Film Festival, [43] the Austin Film Festival, [44] and the BFI London Film ...
A perfect storm led to Bayesian sinking, experts say. The combination of unlikely factors that could have contributed to the ship's fate constituted a "black swan event," Matthew Schanck, chairman ...
Following the repairs made in 1887 and 1888, the dredge was officially launched and renamed the Black Swan, [1] [4] [5] [7] on 19 June 1888. [1] [7] It took its name from the Swan River, [7] which was named after the black swans living in the area. [8] The first works done following this involved modifications to the mouth of the Swan River. [9]
"That's when you enter black swan territory," he said. "Black swans always lurk, but now we're in their territory." Instead of pointing to a specific catalyst, he said the risks in the market stem ...
The Roman satirist Juvenal wrote in AD 82 of rara avis in terris nigroque simillima cygno ("a rare bird in the lands, and very like a black swan"). [6] He meant something whose rarity would compare with that of a black swan, or in other words, as a black swan was not thought to exist, neither did the supposed characteristics of the "rare bird" with which it was being compared.
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