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From NESTLE Makes 20 cookies This wreath belongs on the dessert table, not the door, for your guests to indulge in a sweet holiday
From NESTLE Makes 20 cookies This wreath belongs on the dessert table, not the door, for your guests to indulge in a sweet holiday
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From PILLSBURY BAKING Makes 16 – 20 servings This cake is so festive, you'll want to make it the centerpiece of your holiday dessert table!
From MCCORMICK Makes 24 cookies Make a quick and easy glaze for cookies by warming canned white frosting in the microwave. Then paint colorful designs
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The Valley Spirit Never Dies (DDJ6)
The valley spirit never dies,
it is the woman, primal mother.
Her gateway is the root of heaven and earth.
It is like a gossamer veil, barely seen.
Use it; it will never fail.
—Laozi, Daodejing Chapter 6
Mother's Day – The Valley Spirit Who Never Dies
John Tarrant
What is it like to be a mother? There are many rituals of participation with the Great Mother, the ancient Goddess. In Daoism, she is the Valley Spirit who never dies. In Chan/Zen, the Mother, the Valley Deep, brings the whole realm of feeling. Recorded on Mother's Day, May 8th, 2022.


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Fans flock to social media after Jorge Masvidal delivered fastest knockout in UFC history
Jorge Masvidal made history on Saturday night, delivering a knockout blow out of the gate that nobody expected.
Masvidal, up against Ben Askren at UFC 239 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, delivered a perfect flying knee instantly, knocking Askren out just five seconds into the fight. It marked the fastest knockout in UFC history.
Almost instantly, the sports world took to social media to share their excitement — and pure disbelief.
Naturally, Masvidal was in a tremendous mood after the fight.
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In Designer, when going to the Manage Data Connections window > Add Connection and selecting the "Other" from the drop-down menu; after typing in a Name and the connection string, clicking on the Save button seems to do nothing. The screen just stays there. Able to click on Cancel but in any case, the connection never gets created.
A glitch in the GUI does not initiate the connection string to be saved.
After typing in the name and the connection string in the appropriate fields, ensure to click the small drop-down arrow to the right of the Connection String field to invoke the drop-down menu. However no need to select an option from the menu, simply click away and the Save feature will function.


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Maasai Mara University Graduation List 2022 PDF
Maasai Mara University Graduation List 2022 pdf – How to Check Graduation Status… The Maasai Mara University Graduation List has been released for 2022/2023 Graduation Ceremony.
Following the publication of the Maasai Mara University Graduation Date and Schedule 2022, the management of Maasai Mara University has published the List of Graduands 2022, you can check your graduation status below.
Below is the full details of Maasai Mara University graduation for 2022/2023 Academic Year. Graduands are expected to verify and confirm their names before proceeding to registration and paying their graduation fee.
How to Confirm Maasai Mara University Graduation Names 2022
All candidates expecting to graduate are supposed to confirm their results, order of names and spelling from the respective dean of school's office. The names should read in this order (Sir Name, First Name, and Others). Names should be the same as those that appear in KCSE certificate.
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All prospective graduands are required to clear any fee arrears or balance. Those who will not have cleared will be excluded from the graduation list. – https://www.mmarau.ac.ke
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I was just watching the news and heard news about Elizabeth Smart hired by ABC news. I am looking to get the news details that how she survived and who she got hired by ABC news? Kindly give details of the news. Thanks and please give a quick answer.
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The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that ABC News has hired former kidnap victim Elizabeth Smart to perform as a contributor.
Elizabeth Smart made headlines at the age of 14, as the victim of Salt Lake City preacher and kidnapper Brian David Mitchell. Now, at the age of 23, she'll contribute to ABC News as a reporter on missing person and child abduction cases.
Smart is slated to appear on multiple ABC platforms, including such programs as "Good Morning America" and "Nightline." She is expected to come on the air in the next few weeks.
"This is someone with the perspective to know what a family experiences when a loved one goes missing," network spokeswoman Julie Townsend told the Associated Press on Thursday.
Smart said she's looking forward to building a "beautiful" future that will include working on behalf of missing children. Mitchell, 56, was sentenced to life in prison in May.
"She'll help our viewers better understand missing person stories from someone with the perspective to know what a family experiences when a loved one goes missing," said ABC communications veep Julie Townsend. "And her contributions will be focused on looking ahead, not looking back at her own story."
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Home paint has a great impact on the environment which is created in your periphery. It impacts your mood, the kind of energy you are inviting in your home and etc. It is important that you take the decision of room color quite seriously. It is not wise to mess that up. You must take into account the necessity for good home color decisions.
A soothing relaxing home cannot be achieved when you have loud and disturbing colors on your wall. In this article, we have jotted down the color combinations suggested by experts to maintain the sanctity of your home with peace.
- Baby blue and white
Nothing speaks peace and serenity louder than baby blue and white. This is the most ideal combination for literally any kind of room. The deadly combination of baby blue and white is going to help you make the most amazing color palettes for your home. These colors also protect people from bad visions. A lot of 'nazar suraksha' kavach are also of these two color combinations only.
- Off white and golden brown
This is another color combination which has positivity written all of it. These are colors you will mostly find in Buddhist temples and monasteries. It has a whole aroma of calmness associated with it. Everything about this combination is going to make perfect sense if you are open to trying out new ideas for your home decor.
- Green and light yellow
This combination is another deadly one because it just exudes the most authentic vibe in any home. You can use this combination for your hallway, guest room and even bedroom. If you want something along these lines in a kids' room then consider a hint of light orange to this mix to add a pop of color. You would find that this combination is really the most surprisingly sweet tone makeover that there really is.
- White and green
White and green are the epitome of class and royalty. You would find that most mansions and big homes in high societies use this contrast.
It gives the home a personal vibe and adds a sense of attachment to it. The green when compared with white really brings out the most beautiful ones in the home vibe. It also attracts positive energy and creates a sense of family bonding among people.
- Lavender and yellow
Vaastu experts swear by this paint color combination because it is very cheerful and positive. Both these colors have strong positive energy. It benefits the people who live into the room largely.
You can always count for good blessings and nice thoughts when you are around these colors.
People are also recommended to wear these colors on fingers by many 'jyotish' so as it brings good luck and a lot of money into the homes.
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Dr. Yueying Li, L.Ac. came from a long line of Chinese Medical Doctors. After graduating from medical school, she spent many years practicing and treating a variety of illnesses at the hospital as a TCM Internal Medicine Specialist. Dr. Li's primary objective in treatment is to help patients accomplish a long-term, positive health experience. She partners with the patient to achieve the ability to constantly improve the patient's approach to health, from mind to body.MORE ABOUT DR. LI


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In conversation with Bill Bryson
It's not often that I am in the company of those who have written best-selling books about science, history, travelling and world culture. They are very rare people. But last week, during the British Science Festival in Aberdeen, I had…
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The coronavirus toll in California reached another frightening milestone on Thursday, with health officials announcing a one-day record of 379 deaths and a two-day total of nearly 106,000 newly confirmed cases.
The most populous US state has recorded more than 1,000 deaths in the last five days. Its overall case total now tops 1.7m, a figure nearly equal to Spain's and only surpassed by eight countries. The state's overall death toll has reached 21,860.
Many of California's hospitals are running out of capacity to treat the severest cases, and the situation is complicating care for non-Covid patients. ICU capacity in southern California hit 0% on Thursday.
"It's pretty much all Covid," said Arlene Brion, a respiratory therapist at Fountain Valley regional hospital in Orange county, where she is assigned six or seven patients rather than the usual one to three. "There's probably two areas that are clean but we're all thinking eventually it's all going to be Covid."
The Los Angeles mayor, Eric Garcetti, who is quarantining after his daughter was exposed, gave a stark briefing to city residents, warning that within days LA county may declare a systemwide crisis, with all hospitals out of usual space and staffing. The hospitals are planning by identifying areas such as parking lots and conference rooms that can be used for patient care.
He also reminded residents that the governor earlier announced the state had ordered 5,000 additional body bags and has dozens of refrigerated trucks ready to use as temporary morgues to handle bodies too numerous for existing morgues. "That frightens me, and it should frighten you," Garcetti said.
On Friday, Dr Brad Spellberg, the chief medical officer at the Los Angeles county-University of Southern California medical center, said the LA region was "moving towards becoming the epicenter of the pandemic" and that he feared his hospital could soon be so overwhelmed, that it could be unable to accept patients facing life-threatening emergencies.
"We're getting crushed. I'm not going to sugarcoat this," said Spellberg, who teared up during the news conference.
California for months maintained a very low per capita number of infections while other states were slammed. The massive rise in infections began in October and is being blamed largely on people ignoring safety measures and socializing with others. More recently, health officials said they had seen cases stemming from gatherings during Halloween and Thanksgiving. They have pleaded with residents to avoid getting together with people from other households over Christmas and New Year's.
Based on the science of transmission of Covid-19, the "devastation we are experiencing now" is due to infected people being in close or direct contact with another person or group long enough to infect them, said Dr Muntu Davis, the Los Angeles county health officer.
Officials fear the state may not be seeing its worst days yet. Models posted online by the California department of public health predict that California's hospitals over the next four weeks could be overflowing with 75,000 patients, about five times the current level. An average of 400 people could die every day.
The hospitalization projection is based on cases continuing to increase at the current rate of infection without people taking additional precautions to prevent spreading the virus.
Amy Arlund, a nurse at the Covid-19 unit at the Kaiser Permanente Fresno medical center, said it took counseling for her to be able to show up for work every day, and she was frustrated that her community was again going through a surge of infections. "We're treated like we're expendable," she said. "We're supposed to be the most trusted profession in the United States, and if we are so well trusted, why aren't people listening to us?"
Amid the surge, a California appeals court on Friday blocked a judge's order that allowed San Diego county restaurants to resume indoor and outdoor dining, keeping Newsom's stay-at-home edict in full effect. The decision came only two days after a judge authorized all restaurants in the county of more than 3 million people to reopen on their own terms. It marked the biggest victory yet for opponents of California's public health orders but proved short-lived.
California has opened five alternative care facilities, including a former NBA arena in Sacramento and two state-run developmental centers, to try to ease the burden on hospitals. Another 1,555 beds were in what state officials are calling "warm status", meaning they can be ramped up within days to receive patients. State officials also are continuing to talk with the defense department about using the staff from the USNS Mercy hospital ship, even if they don't use the ship itself.
San Francisco on Thursday issued a 10-day travel quarantine for anyone traveling to the region from elsewhere because of the high number of cases in other parts of the state and country. The city is averaging a record high of 242 new cases a day, although the rate of increase has "slowed just a bit", meaning there's still time to turn the "dire situation" around, said the public health director, Dr Grant Colfax.


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Road Warriors get even with Cyclones
CINCINNATI – Battling for a shot at the Kelly Cup title, the Greenville Road Warriors and Cincinnati Cyclones returned to the ice Tuesday night for Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
The Road Warriors defeated the Cyclones 8-4 to take a level the series at 1-1.
The first period was anything but quiet in U.S. Bank Arena, with Greenville forward Sean Berkstresser finding the net less than eight minutes into the game. Firing a high shot from straight on past Cincinnati goalie Rob Madore, the puck ricocheted hard of the goal's back bar, initially causing some confusion among the referees as to whether the puck had broken the plane.
Five minutes later, former Cyclone Justin Vaive tipped in a pass from Greenville forward Andrew Rowe, giving the Road Warriors a 2-0 lead. The finish earned Vaive his sixth goal of the postseason, while Rowe and forward Michael St. Croix each recorded an assist.
Greenville dominated the offensive flow of through the first seven minutes, while Cincinnati recorded no shots-on-goal.
Momentum quickly shifted, however, as Cyclone forward Josh Shalla—coming off a hat-trick performance the night before—fired a high shot past Greenville goalie Jason Missiaen. Forwards Zach Budish and Byron Froese assisted on the play.
ECHL playoff rookie Wade Megan lit the lamp during a power play just two minutes later, receiving a sharp cross-ice pass from forward Josh Birkholz.
In the second period, both clubs' defenses continued to show holes. In a scrum around the Cincinnati net, Greenville forward Josh Nicholls poked the puck across the line to regain a lead for the Road Warriors. The score, assisted by forwards Kyle Jean and Andrew Yogan, came less than two minutes into the period.
The Cyclones responded one minute later, with defenseman Brett Wysopal notching his second goal of the postseason, nearly shooting from the blue line.
Cincinnati took the lead for the first time less than two minutes later as forward Barry Almeida snapped a high pass to the charging Logan Shaw. Shaw, without breaking his pace, kicked the puck out of the air with his skate before finding the net.
Greenville quickly leveled the score at 4-4 in the third period with a shorthanded goal—the first given up by Cincinnati this postseason — from center Jordie Johnston.
Johnston and Nicholls delivered the final blow to Cincinnati's hopes with two more unassisted shorthanded goals. Greenville forwards Scott Arnold and defenseman Bretton Stamler added a pair of scores just before the end of regulation.
The Road Warriors will host the Cyclones for Game 3 Thursday at 7 p.m. Cincinnati suffered a loss during its only visit to Bon Secours Wellness Arena this season, falling 5-3 to Greenville on Feb. 24.


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Clinical Status
CorNeat Vision's first two products, the CorNeat EverPatch (synthetic tissue substitute) and the CorNeat KPro (artificial cornea) are currently undergoing clinical trials. Subject to regulatory approvals and requirements, these products are expected to receive initial marketing approval in 2023 and 2024, respectively.
This page is aimed at keeping our stakeholders and potential investors up to date with the progress and current status of our clinical trials. The data on this page will be updated weekly.
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CorNeat EverPatch
The first-in-human (FIH) clinical trial for the CorNeat EverPatch took place on December 2020. The surgery was conducted by Dr. Ike Ahmed at the Prism Eye Institute in Toronto, Canada. Clinical trials are now taking place in Kenya and France as well. The trials are geared toward obtaining a CE marking (Europe) during 2023.
The first patient implanted with the CorNeat EverPatch was also implanted, on his other eye, with a state-of-the-art scleral patch. The fact this patient underwent the same surgery at the same time in the other eye presents a unique opportunity to compare the two. Today, nineteen months post-op, the eye with the CorNeat EverPatch looks great.
As of this date, 29 additional patients were successfully implanted with the CorNeat EverPatch (8 in Canada, 13 in Kenya and 8 in France), all patients will be followed up for one year.
See graph below for more information regarding the follow-up period of active implantees:
We have six clinical sites currently recruiting:
Prism Eye Institute
Canada, Ontario
UHN – University Health Network – Toronto Western Hospital
Canada, Ontario
Kwale Eye Hospital
Kenya, Mombasa
Kenyatta National Hospital
Kenya, Nairobi
Lions SightFirst Hospital
Kenya, Nairobi
Hospital Foundation Adolphe De Rothschild
France, Paris
The plans above are subject to regulatory approvals and requirements.
CorNeat KPro
The first-in-human (FIH) clinical trial for the CorNeat KPro (limited indications) was initiated on January 3rd, 2021. This FIH clinical trial is geared toward attaining FDA (510K) clearance and CE Mark.
The first surgery was conducted by Prof. Irit Bahar at Rabin Medical Center, Israel. This first patient implanted with the CorNeat KPro has successfully completed a follow-up period of nineteen months, with very promising results.
The trial is currently approved in Israel (one site), France (2 sites), Canada (2 sites), and the Netherlands (2 sites).
As of today, implantations of the CorNeat KPro were conducted in Israel at the Rabin Medical Center, in France at the Rothschild Ophthalmic Foundation and Bichat Hospital in Paris and the Hospital Center University De Montpellier in Montpellier, and in Canada at the University Health Network in Toronto and at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
For more information regarding the Principal Investigator in each site, please follow this link.
During some of these initial implantations, the surgeons faced challenges in inserting the corneal remnant into the device's posterior undercut. This challenge was mainly due to the rigidity of the recipient cornea, some are extremely vascularized following multiple failed grafts, or due to severe ocular surface diseases. We are continuously monitoring every procedure and have formally implemented some modifications in the surgical technique to further ease the device insertion.
See the graph below for more information regarding the follow-up period of active implantees:
As of this date, we have seven clinical sites currently recruiting and two clinical sites under the approval process.
Clinical sites already recruiting:
Rabin Medical Center – Beilinson
Israel, Petah Tikva
UHN – University Health Network
Canada, Ontario
University of British Columbia
Canada, British Columbia
Hospital Foundation Adolphe De Rothschild
France, Paris
CHU de Montpellier
France, Montpellier
Amsterdam UMC
Netherlands, Amsterdam
Maastricht UMC+
Netherlands, Maastricht
Clinical sites under the approval process (not yet recruiting):
UCLA – The Jules Stein Eye Institute
United States, California
Cincinnati Eye Institute
United States, Kentucky
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Tranquility Land is The MissVBeavercreation,The novel is mainly aboutRunning into my home, I was not expecting to see my uncle here. I closed the door and shot a quick peek toward the window. Theo was kneeing down, hugging Kallie and the boys. Blaire sat down on the couch. Sharol crept behind me, "he was already here when I first woke up. He had just finished the resurfacing of the window. Therefore, I invited him in."I nudged her, "and the curtain?""I didn see the curtain up."I smiled, "you have done nothing wrong. Go sit down." I slid the back of my hand on the glass, and it was perfect.Moving toward Theo, I grabbed his wrist and pulled him to face me. "Uncle, thank you for fixing that for me. And again, Im sorry that I…"Kallie swung strong of gold coins in front of me. Sharol pulled her on the couch and threw the coins on the table, along with the strings of coins they each receive.I pushed Theo out of my way and grabbed this. "Blaire, ladybug, for what reason did you receive this?"Her golden locks bounced off her shoulders and whispered, "Grandun Read Novel
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Artist Judy A. Juracek filed a complaint against Capcom, accusing the Japanese company of stealing and using her photos without her consent for the creation of the iconic Resident Evil 4 logo. The legal process began in June 2021, but It has been resolved before reaching the Courts, although the specific details have not been specified. It is assured, however, that the agreement has been amicable.
"Capcom and Judy Juracek have amicably resolved their dispute over the alleged use of Ms. Juracek's photographs in Capcom games." Thus, the complaint was withdrawn on February 7 in the District of Connecticut, in the United States.
The indictment maintained that Capcom had appropriated at least 80 photographs from her Surfaces book, which it allegedly used on more than 200 occasions without a license. He asserted that the Japanese had illegally used this material to design the Resident Evil 4 logo.
More accusations against Capcom for Resident Evil
This is not the first time that the Japanese firm has found itself in a similar situation. In fact, shortly after the release of Resident Evil Village, film director Richard Raaphorst lashed out at Capcom and claimed that the studio had stolen one of his designs to put into the video game through one of the final bosses:
"In 2013 I directed the movie Frankenstein's Army", she commented on social networks. "It's a crazy movie full of monsters with my own creature designs. One of them has been used without my consent or credit in the new Resident Evil video game."
The rumors about a possible remake of Resident Evil 4 do not stop. More tangible is the version for Oculus Quest, which was released in 2021 and will add Mercenaries mode in a future update. Resident Evil Village, meanwhile, is the most recent main installment and is available on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, PC, and Google Stadia. The studio is immersed in the development of a story expansion.
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5 Tips to Finish Reading Any Books in Less Than 2 Weeks
Reading is a good habit and we all well know about it. Author spends the time to compile and summarize their life time experiences and researchers in hundred pages book, we are very lucky to able to obtain, study and absorb easily. From it, we can gain enormous amount of knowledge and wisdom.
A normal reader able to read 200-250 words per minute, faster reader can go up to 700 words per minute or even more with speed reading. However what's important is read fast and comprehensively, understanding the content of the books. Here we have few tips to read fast, finish any books in less than 2 weeks comprehensively.
1. Plan Reading Schedule
Reading is a time consuming activity, we require to plan a proper schedule and discipline in order to finish reading a book. Many individuals not able to finish a book and left it at book shelf then forgot about it, such a waste. Books are consider as a very expansive items and we shall not waste it even not to waste the effort of author.
Plan the reading schedule in a way such that an hour during morning session or night session, to finish certain number of pages or section. Thru out this 2 weeks, we shall only focus on finishing particular one book, after finishing it then only we should look for new books.
2. Don't Sub-vocalize When Reading
Sub-vocalizing meaning that we read and tend to "speak" the words in our head. This will slow down our reading speed and even distract us from the inherent meaning of the text. This habit of "speaking words" in our mind is embedded in our unconscious mind thus we require to do more practice on it.
Our eyes and mind able to process words faster than we can think, practice to go thru the text by minimizing eye movement, not necessary to repeat it in our mind, able to help to stop sub-vocalizing in our head.
3. Read Phrases, Skip Small Words
As we mentioned earlier, our eyes and mind can process words very much faster than we can think, meaning that we can read a phrase of words at a same time while our brain still able to process them. By the way, reading the words one by one is very boring and tend to put us in sleepy state.
We also can skip the small words such as "I", "the", "is", "if", "to", and etc because these small words are already planted deep in our subconscious mind, going thru it without reading it and our brain already processed them. Many unnecessary words appear to fill up the pages.
4. Be Mindful and Concentrate
Reading is a serious activity, we do not spend the time just for fun, we want to understand, absorb and convert all the content into meaningful ideas. Therefore, to able to finish a book in less than 2 weeks, after plan a schedule of it, we need to have a silent environment, peaceful mind and concentration.
How to really concentrate in reading? If we are really enjoy the reading and concentrate on it, sounds and events around us will not able to distract us, this is when we are really concentrate in reading. For the type that will get distracted easily, we suggest to find a peace and silent place, then focus the energy on reading.
5. Read More
Last but not least, most practical tips, is to read more! As we read more, we get used to the structure of the phrases and words, small words will no longer bother our reading and able to process them fast and easy. Reading is a skill, practice and repetition always make it better.
We must enjoy what we do and the passion of doing it. We believe that many out there think that reading is a very boring activity, but when we come to think that the result and knowledge after finishing a book is so satisfying, it will create the joy and feeling to continue to do more. Read and grow together! Live life to fullest!


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How have you been doing? I have been experiencing such emotions as anxiety, sadness, and apathy during this quarantine life of ours. My three children are at home. Two of them are doing distanc...Read More
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Dublin, July 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Medical Device Testing Services Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report by Service (Biocompatibility Tests, Chemistry Test, Microbiology & Sterility Test, Package Validation), Phase, Region, and Segment Forecasts, 2021-2028" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
The global medical device testing services market size is expected to reach USD 18.6 billion by 2028. The market is expected to expand at a CAGR of 11.6% from 2021 to 2028.
Increasing complexity in product design and stringent government regulations are driving the market.
A significant rise in preclinical spending is a recent trend among pharmaceutical and medical device companies, which is expected to significantly contribute to market growth. As per a survey carried out by the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations in 2017, around USD 149.8 billion is spent on preclinical trials every year.
With modern medical equipment offering a host of complex functions, the need for appropriate tests to check the compliance of the device with regulatory requirements is becoming vital. In order to meet the requirement of enhanced accuracy, ease of use, and durability, medical devices need to undergo extensive tests. This is expected to deliver a competitive advantage to manufacturers.
The COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented demand for medical device testing services in 2020. This is largely due to the increasing demand for COVID-10 related products such as masks, PPE, and respiratory equipment. Besides, countries such as Mexico, Spain, and France have published pertinent specifications and standards, namely the UNE 0064-1, UNE 0064-2, AFNOR-SPEC-S76 and UNE 0065 which must be met until a mask can be sold.
Medical Device Testing Services Market Report Highlights
Key Topics Covered:
Chapter 1 Methodology and Scope
1.1 Market Segmentation & Scope
1.2 Research Methodology
1.3 Information Procurement
1.4 Information or Data Analysis
1.5 Market Formulation & Validation
1.6 Model Details
1.7 List of Secondary Sources
1.8 List of Abbreviations
1.9 Objectives
Chapter 2 Executive Summary
2.1 Market Outlook
2.2 Segment Outlook
2.3 Competitive Insights
Chapter 3 Medical Device Testing Services Market: Variables, Trends, & Scope
3.1 Market Lineage Outlook
3.2 Penetration & Growth Prospect Mapping
3.3 Market Dynamics
3.4 Medical Device Testing Services: Market Analysis Tools
3.5 Major Deals and Strategic Alliances Analysis
Chapter 4 Medical Device Testing Services Market: COVID-19 Impact
4.1 Covid-19 Impact on the Market
4.2 Impact of COVID-19 on Regulatory Approvals in EU
4.3 Impact of COVID-19 on regulatory approvals in the U.S.
4.4 Impact on Clinical Trials and IRB Reviews
Chapter 5 Medical Device Testing Services Market: Service Segment Analysis
5.1 Medical Device Testing Services Market: Service Market Share Analysis, 2020 & 2028
5.2 Biocompatibility Tests
5.3 Chemistry Test
5.4 Microbiology & Sterility Testing
5.5 Package Validation
Chapter 6 Medical Device Testing Services Market: Phase Segment Analysis
6.1 Medical Device Testing Services Market: Phase Market Share Analysis, 2020 & 2028
6.2 Preclinical
6.3 Clinical
Chapter 7 Medical Device Testing Services Market: Regional Segment Analysis
7.1 Medical Device Testing Services Market: Regional Market Share Analysis, 2020 & 2028
7.2 North America
7.3 Europe
7.4 Asia Pacific
7.5 Latin America
7.6 Middle East & Africa
Chapter 8 Medical Device Testing Services Market: Competitive Analysis
8.1 Company Profiles
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Movie Review: Magic in the Moonlight
Director: Woody Allen
Writers: Woody Allen
Stars: Colin Firth, Antonia Clarke, Natasha Andrews
Synopsis: A romantic comedy about an Englishman brought in to help unmask a possible swindle. Personal and professional complications ensue.
Woody Allen's Magic in the Moonlight is an interesting film surrounding magic, spiritualism and sensible logic which plays into the character's in some fun and compelling ways. Darius Khondji's cinematography is gorgeous as he captures natural European landscapes that look more like paintings than they do real life. The 1920's aesthetics is utilized well with beautiful vehicles and stylish clothing, which gave the film a fun appeal. The first half of the film is well paced and engaging, however there's a turn that happens where Allen loses us a bit, which he does too often in his other work. Despite that, from a direction standpoint, Allen captures the right tone along with great performances, but just needed some more coherency in the back half.
Grade: A-
Magic in the Moonlight script can easily be sectioned into two parts. The first half is so endearing and hilarious as Stanley (Colin Firth), a famous touring magician, is provoked to check out a young woman who claims she can speak with the spirit world, which Stanley feels is big hoax. Soon, Stanley and his life long friend Howard (Simon McBurney) arrive to meet Sophie (Emma Stone), which immediately creates this awkward tension as Stanley uses sarcasm to bat down any claims made by Sophie. The interactions between the two is pretty funny at first, but soon Stanley becomes curious as he can't figure out her "trick". The two start spending more time alone and romanticism subtly starts to wrap them both although neither of them admit it. Unfortunately, there's a turn in the second half that feels rushed and manufactured, which can be distracting for some. Firth's character especially was so grounded and logical, that when the turn does happen, it's kind of hard to buy. The final twenty minutes are so does ramp back up again, although it's a bit predictable.
Grade: B-
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Colin Firth and Emma Stone carry the film extremely well. Stone's performance at first will appear kind of weak, but it's intentional when you understand the context of the situation and see where the story is going. Their chemistry together isn't on aASM2 level, but it works here. Firth is so likable in a character that is kind of despicable. You just can't help but laugh and clutch on to his performance. Simon McBurney's role is small but servicable as is Marcia Gay Harden as Sophie's mom.
Grade: A
Like all other Woody Allen films, there's no traditional score but rather other classical compositions that play into the scenes and older pop music from the 1920's carry the musical beats of the film. It's not his best work but still pretty descent.
Grade: B+
Magic in the Moonlight had some potential but gets lost in the middle and was never able to fully recover. Despite those scripting issues, the camera work is impeccable and the performances are endearing. Those by themselves makes this film worth watching at some point, but it's not one you have to rush out to the theaters to see.


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The faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (FEIT) is a faculty within the Southern University College (Southern UC). It was established on August 12, 2012 after Southern College (SC) was upgraded to Southern UC. The history reaches back to two decades ago, when the Department of Computer Science was first established in 1991. The Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering was established in 2004. These two departments were then integrated and renamed as the School of Engineering and Information Technology (SEIT) in March 2006.
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[1] X Research source For that reason, it's important to get rid of yellow jacket nests when you find them in buildings and other structures where people could get stung. There are some of these creatures that build their nests hanging from a tree. Yellow jacket nests that haven't been built yet, and even a brand-new nest, are much easier to get rid of than one found in late summer. And the common yellow jackets build their nests not only above but beneath the ground as well. Chemical Options If the soapy solution doesn't work, there are several other options for killing yellow jackets. The insects use abandoned burrows to build their ground nests. Yellow jackets are a type of wasp that typically live in the ground, although there are a few varieties that also build nests in eaves and crevices of homes. Nests Many yellow jackets are ground-nesters. The yellow jackets' nests are usually under thick grass or dense bushes. 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One of the benefits of electric vehicles is they cost less to maintain. But that also means there's less profit to be had in servicing their warranties, which gives car dealers less incentive to sell them. That's why EV makers like Tesla and Rivian depend on direct-to-consumer sales and distribution. Unfortunately, there are decades-old dealer-distribution laws standing in the way. Rob and Jackie sat down with Daniel Crane, the Frederick Paul Firth Senior Professor of Law at the University of Michigan, to discuss how these laws harm consumers and undermine technological innovation.
- David Hart, "Why a Measured Transition to Electric Vehicles Would Benefit the U.S." (ITIF, November 2019).
- Dorothy Robyn, "Driving Change: A Front-Loaded, Aggressive Strategy for Federal Procurement of Electric Vehicles" (ITIF, December 2020).
- David Hart, "Time for a Serious U.S. Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Strategy" (ITIF, November 2020).
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Jackie Whisman: And I'm Jackie Whisman. I head development at ITIF, which I'm proud to say is the world's top ranked think tank for science and technology policy.
Rob Atkinson: This podcast is about the kinds of issues we cover at ITIF from the broad economics of innovations to specific policy and regulatory questions about new technologies. And today we're actually going to talk about something that affects pretty much every listener and that's when you want to buy a car and why in most places, you cannot buy that car directly from the producer, that states want to limit your choice. And we see this now with Tesla. And this is really bad for consumers. It's really bad for technological innovation. That's what we're going to talk about today.
Jackie Whisman: Our guest is Daniel Crane, the Frederick Paul Firth Senior Professor of Law at University of Michigan School of Law. His specialty areas are contracts, antitrust, intellectual property, and legislation and regulation. Over the last several years, he has taken a leading public role in advocating for the freedom of an automobile manufacturer to open up its showrooms and service centers and deal directly with consumers.
Thanks for being here, Dan.
Daniel Crane: It's my pleasure, Jackie. And hello, Rob.
Jackie Whisman: You've written extensively on efforts to block direct distribution by new car companies, like Tesla and now the newer players, like Rivian. Who's leading the bans and on what grounds are they basing their logic?
Daniel Crane: So, if you go back to the middle of the 20th century, what you find is that almost every state passed some kind of dealer protection law that was designed to protect dealers, car dealers, from competition from their franchising manufacturers.
And the world was a really different place then. For one, you had only three large car manufacturers, the big three. And you also had dealers that were organized basically as mom and pops. They were very small, family-owned businesses.
And so, among the package of protections in place in these state laws almost across the country was some kind of prohibition on the manufacturer opening its own retail stores and competing directly with its dealers.
Now, those laws took different forms in different states, but they have been on the books for a long time. With Tesla's arrival in around 2013 and '14 and Elon Musk's decision that in order to sell this new technology, electric vehicle technology, he needed to go directly to the consumer to sell and service the cars. The question arose as to whether these, 60, 70 year old dealer distribution laws applied to a company like Tesla that wanted to sell directly to consumers and not use franchise dealers at all.
And in broad brush terms since about 2014, these political battles, on a state-by-state basis, have been between the car dealers who want to use these mid 20th century laws to protect themselves against competition from direct sales by electric vehicle companies like Tesla and Rivian, and Tesla in the early days, almost by itself. And now really a coalition of not only companies like Tesla and Rivian, Lucid, Aptera, Lordstown, Bollinger, start of electric vehicle companies, but also a coalition of environmental groups that see direct sales as really important to the market penetration of electric vehicles. Free market groups and pro-consumer groups all advocating in favor of direct sales.
Jackie Whisman: And why are these bans so bad for consumer welfare? And as Rob said, technological innovation overall?
Daniel Crane: So, the problem is that the current model of dealer distribution simply does not work well for selling electric vehicles. If you think about the traditional model of buying a car from a dealer, the dealers made very little money, very small margins on the sale of the car. They made 30% or higher margins on servicing the car.
And so, their whole game was to get you to buy the car primarily so they could get you back for warranty service, which was very lucrative to the dealership. That model just does not work for EV sales because EVs have a much smaller service component than traditional cars. There are no oil filters to change. There are far fewer moving parts. Lots of over the air updates.
And so, the economic model just does not work well for the dealers. And in various studies, including a Sierra Club study from 2019, Consumer Reports did a study sending secret shoppers into car dealerships that did carry EVs and found that they had no incentive to sell you the EV. They weren't charged. Oftentimes the dealers actively discouraged a consumer from buying an EV even though they had an inventory.
And so, the EV startups have concluded that if they're going to be successful in introducing this new technology to the market, they have to go directly to the consumer.
Rob Atkinson: I know a lot about fixing cars. I'm pretty good at it. I don't want to say the last place I would ever take my car to get it serviced would be the dealer, but it would be near the last because they charge an arm and a leg, especially for things that need warranty work on... Just getting your oil changed or getting a tuneup. It's unbelievable. So, you're right. They make a lot of money off of that.
I remember one time, probably about a decade ago, I was speaking at the National Conference of State Legislator's Annual Meeting down in Dallas, I believe. Or no, San Antonio. And I was on a panel making the case for why we should just get rid of dealer protection laws overall. This was even before EVs. And my counterparty was the head of the Texas Car Dealers Association. And his main argument was, "Hey, we're car dealers. You can trust us."
Daniel Crane: So, Rob, here's the ironic fact. The most complained of business in America to the Better Business Bureau is the car dealer. It's more than cable networks or cable companies. And I don't mean to trash all car dealerships. There are good car dealer networks out there. There are still some mom and pops out there, but overall, we've all been there. The model of car sales is high pressure tactics to get you to take the inventory that the dealership has on the lot. And the EV manufacturers, it's all built to order. There's no bargaining over the price, which I think most consumers prefer. I hate going to the car dealership and being nickled and dimed over the price of the car.
One anecdote, the last time I bought a car from a dealership, I told the dealer, I want everything upfront. I want to know the itemization, every single charge that I'm going to have to pay you at closing, written ahead of time so that I can decide what I want to buy or not buy. I just want to know ahead of time. Yes, yes, yes. Here it is.
I went to the closing and I noticed that there's a $700 additional fee on my bill. I said, "What's this?" And he's like, "Well, you're pre-buying all the service we give you for two years." I said, "But, I made it clear. I wanted to know now." Didn't even ask me. They just put it on the invoice. And just assuming I'll just buy it because that's the model they have.
So, there's something that I think the American consumer will like about the model of a sale where it's not that high pressure sales tactic from a commissioned salesperson. It's a transparent, flat, one size price for everyone. By the way, which is also a lot fairer to women and minorities, which the evidence shows are often disproportionately charged higher prices in this dealer haggling model.
Rob Atkinson: Yeah, no. I don't know if you ever remember that famous paper that Joe [inaudible 00:07:59] did, I think that's how he got his Nobel Prize, on lemon laws, which is essentially... It was asymmetric information. So, when you go into the dealership, there's asymmetric information, but it's particularly asymmetric if you're... I don't want to do gender stereotypes, but here's one. Men sort of tend to know more about cars historically than women. More educated people have more access to going to buy the Consumer Reports, which costs money and all that.
So, there is asymmetric information there that it ends up hurting, as you said, Dan, ends up hurting certain people more than other people.
The other thing about this I think is interesting, is at least at one point, the last time I looked, there are some countries that allow you to buy direct. And one of them is Brazil. So, in Brazil, you can buy directly from the company. You can actually go online and you can see a picture of your car being built and it gets delivered directly to your house. This is not just about convenience. This is also potentially about lower cost and lower prices for the consumer.
Daniel Crane: That's right. And here's the thing though, Rob. We actually don't know what the best distribution model is. No economist, no law professor, no policy person is in a position to say, "Here's the right way to do it." The way we decide what works and what doesn't work is by allowing companies with skin in the game to test it in the market.
So, Apple, for example, has a dual distribution model. They have their Apple Store. You can buy it online, directly from Apple. Or you can go to Best Buy or AT&T to buy Apple products. Apple has decided that mixed distribution model is what works for them.
For a long time, Dell and Compaq would only sell direct. They wouldn't sell through stores. Again, they decided that's what works for them. And so, the model needs to be allowing consumers and manufacturers to prefer their own models to test and see what works. That's how we'll know what works.
But, the problem with these dealer distribution laws is they're trying to lock all sales into the 1950s one size fits all model and that's going to have a real problem, a real impact on innovation, because particularly with the transition towards electric vehicles, manufacturers and consumers need the flexibility to make a different set of decisions.
And I think in the long run, there may be a place for dealers, but they need to find a way to contribute value in a very different world than the traditional world of buying a well known product from a lot.
Rob Atkinson: To push back maybe a little bit, but I think what some people would say on the other side of that is that dealers do provide one useful service, which is test drives. A lot of people don't want to drive without a test drive. Now, in the Tesla model, that's not a problem because Tesla has their own store. They let you test drive.
But, maybe in a direct model, what you could end up having is free riding. You would go to do your test drive at the dealer and then you'd go to just buy online. But, it seems to me that's true in so many other areas and there are ways around that. It seems to me you could charge a de minimus fee for a test drive. Again, I'm inclined to say, let the market work that out, but what are your thoughts to that point?
Daniel Crane: Yeah. So, free riding would be a problem with franchise dealers. And this is why the U.S. Supreme Court on, for example, resale price maintenance, the shift was made when the economics caught up with the law or the law caught up with the economics to realize that when you had multiple dealers in your brand, you had a free riding problem. But, if all the sales are coming from the same manufacturer, then the manufacturer's indifferent whether you test drive in Dallas and buy in Houston. It doesn't matter to you where the point of sale is because there's no separate entity collecting a profit intermediate between you and the consumer.
And so, I think this is actually one of the virtues of the direct sales model. It eliminates double marginalization where that's a factor and it allows this more direct relationship between the seller of the product who knows the product better and the buyer.
In terms of test driving, the irony is that the dealers who purport to be in favor of protecting the consumer, they're the ones that are blocking Teslas and Rivians and Lucids, in those states that it's still prohibited, from being shown directly to the consumer so the consumer has a chance to test drive that car in person.
Right now in every state, the consumer can buy an electric vehicle online and they can pick it up from another state. They can have it delivered to their home. That even the states like, say Texas, that still prohibit direct sales, they don't prohibit that. They really can't.
So, it's not about actually prohibiting the consumer from actually owning the car. It's about making it really inconvenient for them. That's for the sales.
And then the service component is a huge aspect of this. So, right now in Louisiana, for example, no one can buy a Tesla from a store because Tesla can't have a store. But, Tesla does have a service center in New Orleans. And the dealers are trying to shut that down. And the consequence is that a couple of thousand Tesla owners in Louisiana, who already bought a Tesla from somewhere else, won't have access to local service. And how can that possibly be in the consumer's interest? So, with a dealer say, "We're about protecting the consumers." It's just the opposite. They're trying to deny consumers choice and ability to buy and test a car and have it serviced locally.
Rob Atkinson: One of the interesting things about this whole thing, you mentioned Texas, and you think about Texas and now, including its current governor, and it's a red state and you think, "Well, red state should be for free markets. They should be for consumers." But, no, this is not a red or blue thing. This is about the power of car dealerships. They go out and they play golf with the local legislators. They donate money. This is really about special interest politics.
I remember a few years ago, ITIF used to put out this annual Ludite of the Year Award.
Daniel Crane: Yes.
Rob Atkinson: One year we issued it to New Jersey for their ban on Tesla sales, with a Ludite activity. That could have been the same year we nominated Elon Musk as a Ludite of the Year because he said that AI was going to kill us. Artificial intelligence would destroy the human race, which was sort of a Ludite [inaudible 00:14:11] view.
So, Musk is anti-Ludite when it comes to this kind of innovation, but when he talks about AI. So, I guess the question is, where are we since then? Do you see more? Is it going in the right direction, Dan? Is it going in the wrong direction?
Daniel Crane: Yeah. It's trending in the right direction. It's still very state by state. And part of the difficulty is if you're trying to create a map of the country and saying which states allow, which states don't, there are some states like California, which left coast, blue state, is actually, I think the model of what to do. The California law has always protected the dealers from competition by the franchising manufacturer. But, by saying that the franchising manufacturer cannot open its own store within 10 miles of its franchise dealer. And that makes a certain amount of sense, right?
Now, you can't come in and undermine your own franchise dealer, but of course that has no application at all to a company like Tesla that doesn't use dealers at all. So, if the goal of these laws, the original goal, was to protect a franchise dealer from competition from its franchising manufacturer, that's one thing. The dealers are making a much broader play with these laws to stop competition altogether.
As the Massachusetts Supreme Court held in 2014, these laws were meant to protect competition within the brand. And the dealers are trying to use them to protect themselves from competition from different brands entirely, which was never what these laws were supposed to do.
So, it's state by state. Again, this year, we'll see legislative battles in a number of states. There's legislation possibly in Pennsylvania, in Washington, possibly in Texas. A number of other states. And sometimes it moves forward. Sometimes it moves back.
My home state of Michigan is a good example, where in 2014, the legislature moved back to try to ban these things almost entirely. There was a constitutional challenge by Tesla and that resulted in 2020 in a settlement with the state where the state basically stipulated that the Michigan law did not apply to most sales and service activities that a Tesla or Rivian would want to do.
Since then, the dealers have tried to come back and change the law, to actually crack down on direct sales and there's momentum in the other direction, too.
So, it really is a state by state question. And I think we've certainly moved in the right direction overall, but it remains very contested locally.
Jackie Whisman: I was reading one of your recent articles for Automotive News. And in it, you suggest a "grand bargain" and "it's not exactly a win-win for everyone" you say, "but it would guarantee that no one is a clear loser." Could you explain a little more about this?
Daniel Crane: Yeah. So, I've been trying to find ways. I like compromise. I like principle, but I also believe that the world works on people getting together and come let reason together. So, what I was suggesting was that to the extent that the dealers... The one interest that the dealers I think have that we should take seriously is a reliance interest. The dealers say, "Look, we've made investments in a system. We've made big investments in a system that worked a certain way for a really long time. And now you're coming along and kind of pulling out the rug from underneath us."
Now, that cannot be an excuse to preserve outdated laws that stifle innovation and consumer choice forever. So, what I was suggesting is during the dying days of internal combustion, let's be real that the internal combustion engine is on its way out, that I don't see any grave need to change the laws as to internal combustion sales.
So, if you are a Honda or GM dealer, you're not going to face competition from Honda or GM for sale of internal combustion cars. But, as to EVs for everyone, that's where I think the law just needs to change. And it needs to change not just for the Teslas and the Rivians of the world. It also needs to change for GM and Ford because they also have the same problem. If they try to sell EVs through their franchise dealer networks, it's not going to be successful either.
So, they need more flexibility to be able to do more internet based sales and more direct sales and service themselves, perhaps using their dealership network, both more flexibility than these laws allow.
And frankly, I think a worst case scenario for the big three and for the Japanese and German companies, is that all the EV startups get to do direct sales on EVs and Ford and GM and Chrysler can't do it.
And it's interesting. There a wonderful, wonderful in it's ironic sense, letter that the GM wrote to then Ohio Governor John Kasich back in 2014. The dealers and Tesla had basically cut a deal where Teslas would be allowed to have three stores in Ohio and GM is complaining about this bitterly to Kasich. And what's interesting is they say this is unfair to GM because direct sales is a competitive advantage.
Now, of course, the right thing to have said would be if it's a competitive advantage, it's not that you want to deny it to Tesla. It's let us have it, too. And unfortunately, what GM and Ford did for a long time was try to slow Tesla's momentum by trying to stand with their dealers and block this competitive advantage of selling directly through insisting that these old laws apply to even Tesla in its new model.
Instead, what they should have done is be saying, look, there's a whole new world here, a new technological world. We need more flexibility. And if Tesla's going to do it, we should be able to do it, too. I'm concerned that ship may have left the harbor because now in many states, it's only the EV startups that don't have franchise dealers that can sell direct and the legacies are being left behind. And I think this can be a real problem for them as they're switching more and more of their fleet towards EV sales.
Rob Atkinson: By the way, one little maybe addendum I would add to that is I would put in also hydrogen because we just don't know what the... Maybe hydrogen works. Maybe it doesn't, but seems like we should just say alternative or new fuel vehicles.
Your point about that. I've talked to a lot of the car companies and one of the things they'll tell you privately is that they are worried about retailer retaliation.
Daniel Crane: Yes.
Rob Atkinson: And we've seen that, for example, in the contact lens industry where optometrists will prescribe certain lenses that are harder to get at Walmart, let's say. And if you let your lenses go to Walmart, they'll prescribe your competitor to retaliate, to send you a message.
Daniel Crane: Yep.
Rob Atkinson: And so, it's one of those weird things where if you're in traditional industrial organization, economics, how can that be? Because there's only what? Six major auto companies and there's 1,000, 10,000 car dealers.
Well, they collude through professional norms, through journals, through all this other thing. And they end up having a lot of power. And I don't think policy makers really understand that power imbalance.
Daniel Crane: Oh yeah. And one thing to go back to our historical story, Rob is, as I said before, in the 1950s, car dealerships really were mostly mom and pops. They were family-owned businesses. They were the pillars of the community. There's kind of a lemonade and apple pie story about the car dealer.
Well today, most car dealerships are enormous, multi-state organizations. The top 10 dealer groups in America have collective annual revenue of over $100 billion. That's with a B. To get outside of a company of over $100 million in revenue you have to be the 300th largest group. These are very large business organizations with a lot of bargaining power. They don't need protection anymore. If they need a protection in the 50s, they really don't need protection anymore. And they have a lot of political clout. The saying is, "There's a dealer in every district."
So, in any legislative district in America, you're going to find a local car dealer that's got a lot of political clout. They give a lot in elections. They're very connected. As you say, Rob, they're very organized. The lobbies are strong.
So, yeah, I think that GM and Ford and I don't blame them, they looked at the situation when Tesla's coming along and the choice was either you really tick off your dealers and you go to war against them or you stand with them and be against Tesla. And I understand that calculation. I just think it's not a sustainable equilibrium. In the long run, because the reality is Tesla is selling direct. Consumers like it. Their market share is growing. Their market cap is bigger than all the legacies combined. The market's already predicted that Tesla wins and the legacies go bankrupt.
So, something's got to give and if the story is we're staying with what we've done since 1940 and that's how we're going to sell cars, even though it doesn't work, that's just accelerating the day of their bankruptcy. They've got to turn and start talking about legislative reforms that provide for the dealers, that are fair to the dealer's reliance interests, but also allow more flexibility in the way that cars are sold.
Because remember, the current generation of buyers is used to Amazon, right? They're used to be able to go online and put things in a cart and check out. Although of course, cars are a little bit different, they want to see it, they want to test drive it. They don't buy into the idea that in order to buy something, you have to go to a dealer and experience that high pressure sales tactics that my generation grew up with.
Rob Atkinson: Yeah. And software or tools can help you figure out, do you really need that $400 undercoating?
Daniel Crane: Exactly.
Rob Atkinson: What dealers sell.
I want to ask one last question. Before I do that, one of the key things here also though, we need to remember competitiveness. So, China's going... They're putting everything into this. And if we end up with only Tesla, that's not a competitive position vis a vis China.
And secondly, is antitrust, which is what my question is. Everybody's saying, we want robust competition, but if we have a unlevel playing field, that means that Tesla becomes dominant. That's not good for consumers. That's not good for innovation, either.
Dan, here's my question. While you are an expert on this really interesting issue of auto franchise and EVs, you're also an expert on antitrust, generally. And I think you're going to be on [inaudible 00:24:14] podcast coming up soon about antitrust. So, there's a lot going on in antitrust. The main thing being the rise of what people call Neo brand [inaudible 00:24:22], the notion that big is bad and that consumer welfare standards not what should be guiding us. What's your two minute take on all of that?
Daniel Crane: Rob, that's the big question. I think will [inaudible 00:24:36], will Tim Wu, will Jonathan Canter, the people, head of the agencies who have this [inaudible 00:24:41] perspective, will they be successful? And I think it's too early to tell whether they will successful in changing the basic idea of antitrust law to be moving away from an efficiency and consumer welfare ideal towards this anti-domination or big as bad idea.
My own prediction is that they will have an effect on the law, but the law will continue as it has in terms of its consumer welfare orientation. Because at the end of the day, I think anti-domination is vacuous. It doesn't lend itself to objective legal analysis. How do you know when big is too big, unless you moor into some sort of objective idea about the welfare consequences of a company being too big?
So, I am certainly not one who will say that current antitrust law is perfect or needs no revisitation, but the virtue of the economic approach to antitrust law was that it was self-correcting in the sense that you could come in and say, "Well, four years ago we allowed a merger of five to four in the industry and that produced this effect, price increases or diminished innovation." And so, we should learn from that and have better predictions now about what to allow or not to allow.
And so, what I hope happens in this kind of moment of antitrust reform is that we get better understanding about the economic tools that allow us to figure out what kinds of economic strategies or mergers we should allow or prohibit. But, not that we sort of throw out the baby with the bath water and eliminate what I think is a workable approach to antitrust law based on economic analysis and consumer welfare.
Rob Atkinson: Yeah. But, Dan, that's because your goal is to drive innovation, efficiency and consumer welfare. Come on. That's being too reasonable.
Daniel Crane: Look, I think that Lena and Tim and Jonathan, they've earned their seat at the table. And look, I'm a believer in democracy. Elections have consequences. This is the president's policy. And so, we'll see what happens with it. So, I'm not going to begrudge them their moment. I still have not heard though what the principle is that they want to be the law. And this is law we're talking about. It can't just be, we don't like big bigness, we're against it.
And for all the maligning of Robert [inaudible 00:27:03] that's being done today, the one thing I think he was very right about in the antitrust paradox in 1978, was that the problem of the Warren Court's approach to antitrust law was there's ultimately lawless. As Potter Stewart said in his dissent, 'The only commonality is that the government always wins." And that was the commonality. And that's not how we run a system under the rule of law. There have to be objective measures that are contestable, that the government has to prove its case. And until we have that, I'm very concerned, not just about the economic consequences, but about the consequences for the rule of law.
Rob Atkinson: Dan, that is a very important point. And for those who are listening, if you want to hear Dan talk about that, he'll be on an upcoming antitrust podcast that our colleague [inaudible 00:27:50] is doing.
So, with that, thank you, Dan. That was just great to hear you talk about this.
Daniel Crane: Well, thanks, Rob. And thanks, Jackie. It was great to be with you.
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