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If it is, then the phrase was picked up by the Norwegians in the United States, where long was first heard. Some noted the similarities with Scandinavian phrases about leaving, such as the Norwegian Adjo sa lenge, Farvel sa lenge, Morn sa lenge, literally bye so long, bye farewell for now, morning farewell so long; and Swedish Hej sa lang bye-bye-for-now, with the phrase sa lang bye-bye-for-now dated from the 1850s according to Swedish sources. Apart from having a similar ring, these terms, such as Irish slan good-bye, do not bear any demonstrable relationship with So Long. So long, the farewell expression, is a colloquialism we accept for granted, like it is logical construction.
Long, the formula of farewells is still used, in contrast to Mad Hatters and Sleeveless Errands, subjects of my last article, and sometimes people ask themselves where the word long came from. Somewhere, seamen might have said to each other goodbye saying something that sounds, to an English ear, like So long. It might not have been proven by science, but it does seem like movies are getting, in fact, longer at times. A movies running time is one of those elements that is less ostentatious, yet purposefully designed.
With a movie that is driven by visual effects, gaining an additional 30-60 minutes of screen time could add up to 25% of budget, according to an estimate from one major studio source. Running time also has implications for downstream revenues, such as TV licensing. Many executives attribute this to rushing to hit release dates; less time is available for the kind of surgical cuts that prevent filmgoers from falling asleep. There is also more uncertainty around the casualty numbers, which clouds estimates of how long the nation can sustain it.
Mady Hornig, a neuropsychiatrist at Columbia who has had Covid long-term and is the patients representative on the RECOVER trial, noted that NIH has to strike a balance between moving fast and not sacrificing rigor. Human Rights Watch acknowledges medical ethics limit how states may carry out executions using lethal injection. As a result, prisoners in the U.S. are being executed using methods considered too brutal to use on dogs and cats by the American Veterinary Medical Association.
For instance, experts suggest the use of pentobarbital, which can be given by single injection. Like its Oklahoma predecessor, Texass protocol calls for the use of three drugs. In addition to working with the state statutes for Oklahoma, Dr. Jay Chapman developed the initial protocol for the use of three drugs used by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. According to Dr. Jay Chapman, architect of Oklahomas two-drug statute, Dr. Jay Chapman does not really care what drugs get a prisoner killed, so long as one does.
That way, an executioner could watch as a condemned inmate looked asleep when an executioner administered the other two drugs after anesthesia. The execution team, would prepare the syringes containing the drugs, as well as syringes with the saline solution used to wash out the lines in between each drug.
If someone uses only one big dose of barbiturates, the blood flow stops, and the prisoner will die, but that does not happen within two minutes. You know, you have one player who is just inside this 40-minute period, you have got to bring him out, Turteltaub said. Turteltaub says that the first version of "National Treasure," which includes everything except for the kitchen sink, was 3 hours, 45 minutes.
Kevin Goetz, a veteran film scholar, says that film producers and studios took comments such as It is Too Long pretty seriously. Whether for theatrical release or streaming, a healthy blend of artistry and empiricism is still present in the lengthy debates about the running times of individual films. There is no formula for determining how long to tell a gripping story, or knowing for certain exactly when an audience member is going to begin to tire.
For one thing, speech in a foreign language is mostly heard as a series of unintelligible syllables, unaided by any clues, and thus a native English speaker probably will not pick up on this for so long simply by listening.
As of today, David Patrino is still waiting to hear if NIH will fund his efforts to find out whether microclots could be a meaningful diagnostic biomarker in the multiple types of long-term COVID. Meanwhile, extramural scientists who are not involved with RECOVER are finding other ways to fund the research, as NIH has issued very few more requests to do work on Long Covid. NIH says it is working on adding grant funding and other details to a publicly available, searchable database, reporters said.
NIH added in the statement that it expected to announce winners for its much-anticipated January grants within 2 weeks. The agency said it has dedicated several employees to RECOVER, reinforced by additional experts from the NIH and outside firm Deloitte. For instance, on 27 April, the agency announced that a competitive application process -- with the preferred deadline to submit it by May 19 -- was underway to fund long-term clinical trials for Covid.
Given growing concerns about Long Covid -- with estimates recently suggesting one out of every five U.S. COVID-19 survivors is affected -- American researchers said there was an urgent need for greater urgency. Without placing a price on carbon pollution, experts say, it is going to be hard for the United States to reach the 2050 net-zero target.