More commitment letters were expected to be submitted over the next few days.
Sealed bids can be submitted over the Internet in the three-hour auction, with the results to be announced on Monday.
This enthusiasm has led to a competition — 1,355 entries were submitted over several months, and online voting starts tomorrow at eatachiquita.com to pick 18 designs that will be stuck onto actual bananas.
Called "Greenlight," the new HBO show will follow the travails and triumphs of a first-time filmmaker who is to be chosen from among the thousands of everyday people HBO expects to respond to its open call for screenplays, which will be submitted over the Internet.
Nearly 600,000 tracks have been submitted over nine years, and the BBC's head of popular music, live music and events, Jason Carter, who set it all up, says the numbers have been "rising massively" in recent months, with 500 new artists uploading tracks each week.
Individuals and citizens can also submit letters of support for cities; Google says that over 190,000 letters have been submitted over the past month.
In response to the novel influenza A H1N1 outbreak in the NY City area, 6090 patient samples were submitted over a 5-week period for a total of 14,114 viral diagnostic tests, including rapid antigen, direct immunofluorescence (DFA), viral culture and PCR.
The applications for the trademarks were submitted over a year ago, and the trademark registrations were accepted May 7. Just five days later Trump announced he was working on a deal to lift U.S. business barriers against ZTE in order to save Chinese jobs.
A total of 72 field reports were submitted over 16 days from the 14th to 29th February 2008 documenting views of 216 trial participants regardless which arm of the study they were randomised to.
This manuscript was submitted over a year ago, and after full review it was rejected by eLife.
