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At an Autism Therapy Chain, Low-Wage Therapists Unionize
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In their workplace parking lot, union supporters celebrated after the May 23 union win: From left, Oscar Lemus, Adrienne Enghouse (OFNHP president), Jesus Regalado, Elizabeth Jimenez, Mica Rudich, and Racquel DeJesus.
This story was first published by Northwest Labor Press. But there's a Labor Notes connection—one of the workers who led the effort started by reading our book Secrets of a Successful Organizer. Get your copy here. —Editors
After weeks of comically ineffective pleading by the company CEO and a pair of hired-gun union-busters, a group of 30 low-wage behavioral therapists and administrators who work with autistic children voted May 23 to unionize. They're now part of 5,100-member Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals (OFNHP).
The vote took place at the Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD) in Northeast Portland. Eighteen workers voted for the union, and four against.
What happened at CARD's NE 102nd Ave storefront is a story that's increasingly common: workers organizing themselves.
CARD, based in Woodland Hills, California, is a for-profit chain. On its web site, the company describes itself as the world's largest autism treatment provider, with 239 locations in 33 states, including 16 in Oregon. It's privately held, and last year was bought by Blackstone, one of the world's largest private equity firms.
CARD uses a therapy called applied behavior analysis to teach basic skills to autistic children. The company claims its methods have helped children recover from autism. But the front-line behavioral techs who provide CARD's therapy are paid near the legal minimum wage. New hires get two weeks of training — one week watching videos and one week paired with a more experienced worker — before they're assigned to work one-on-one with an autistic child aged 3 to 17. The therapy consists of sessions of one to five hours, as often as several times a week, and can go on for years, with insurers picking up the tab.
WORKERS ARE ORGANIZING THEMSELVES
The union campaign at CARD was initiated by Mica Rudich, a recent Whitman College enrollee who responded to a Craigslist ad in August 2017 and was hired at $14 an hour. Rudich was told she'd get health insurance benefits if she worked 30 hours a week for three months, but she found herself short of that threshold when managers would schedule her 29.5 hours in a week. Later, she was told benefits would only be forthcoming if she maintained 30 hours a week in certain specific months. It never happened.
Rudich also noticed that she and her co-workers weren't given 10 minute rest breaks every four hours, as required by Oregon law. So she and co-worker Oscar Lemus circulated a petition and got 25 co-workers to sign. They presented it to management March 16, 2018. Soon after, schedules were modified to allow for breaks.
Could more be done to improve conditions, she wondered? Some of her co-workers were having trouble paying the rent and relied on food from local charities. Rudich herself works two other jobs. Turnover at CARD is high. A year after her petition, three fourths of the signers had moved on.
"The therapy suffers because the turnover is so high," Rudich told the Labor Press. "In order for the kids to get quality therapy, you need experience, and time to build a rapport."
Rudich says she knew nothing about unions, so she did a Google search for "labor union" and learned what she could. And she started talking with her co-workers. After a few months, they shopped around for unions, and settled on OFNHP. The union represents mental health therapists and technicians who work with autistic patients at Kaiser Permanente. Those workers make $20 to $45 an hour plus benefits. OFNHP assigned organizer Chris Johnson, who met with CARD workers to prepare them for the campaign.
Then, in April, CARD management found out about the union. The cat out of the bag, OFNHP filed a petition April 26 asking the National Labor Relations Board to hold a union election.
THOSE TRICKY UNION-BUSTERS
The company's anti-union campaign began immediately. First, company lawyers flew up from Los Angeles to talk them out of the union. They weren't very persuasive.
Then a pair of anti-union consultants, Eduardo and Arlene, arrived. They sat waiting in the lounge to talk with workers on break, and even talked with workers while they were working with children.
When pro-union workers asked Eduardo and Arlene who their employer was, the answer was "Labor Diverse." But the text at LaborDiverse.com, a Google search showed, was identical to text on the web site of Cruz and Associates, the same union-busting firm that New Seasons Market and Trump International Hotels hired. After union supporters pointed that out, the copy-cat text disappeared from the site, replaced by "Under Construction." The site also lists lcruz[at]labordiverse[dot]com as a contact. [Cruz and Associates is headed up by one Lupe Cruz.] A month later, the "LaborDiverse" site remains under construction. [Want a clue as to the quality of the union-busters CARD hired? The "Labor Diverse" corporate logo has a typo: It says "consutlting" instead of "consulting."]
THE CEO WHO HAD FORGOTTEN TO LOVE HER EMPLOYEES
Twenty days before the union election, CARD founder and CEO Doreen Granpeesheh emailed an absurd company-wide love letter to workers at all 239 clinics, addressing her 6,000 employees as "my extended family," "my fellow CARDians," and "my dear BT1s."
"As I fly from one of our southern clinics to one of our northern clinics, I want to take a moment to tell you how very much I appreciate you all!" Granpeesheh wrote. "You are all amazing, and I am so grateful that you've given CARD an opportunity to become your forever home."
"I want you to know that I am dedicating this year to our employees! We are planning many changes that will lighten your load and improve your working conditions."
Granpeesheh used the internal email address CARDAllEmployees[at]centerforautism[dot]com. She may not have intended for that to be visible. But it gave one union supporter an idea: What would happen if he replied to that address?
"Just FYI, this email is coming because one of the CARD offices is holding a union vote, and they don't want you to do the same," he wrote.
Did all 6,000 employees receive it? Some surely did. Almost immediately, the company's email system was taken down, and even the email app itself was deleted from company-provided tablets.
As the union election neared, Granpeesheh also started dropping by the 102nd Avenue location. Up to then, Rudich and her co-workers had never seen or met the CEO. But in the weeks leading up to the union election, Granpeesheh visited three times.
But it didn't go as Granpeesheh planned. At an anti-union meeting she led, union supporters talked back, and Granpeesheh ended the meeting early.
"I think she could tell it wasn't going well," Rudich recalls. "At the end she said, 'just vote no, okay?'"
Workers were told CARD's anti-union meetings were mandatory, but when Rudich printed out the Oregon law that prohibits mandatory anti-union meetings, managers backed down and said the meeting would be voluntary. At that point, workers stopped going to the meetings.
The threat of an empty room at her anti-union meeting prompted an email from the CEO.
"I heard some of you are planning to boycott my speech today! That's very unfortunate for everyone," Granpeesheh wrote to employees. "I am holding this meeting tonight, not because I want to influence you to vote in my favor. I am holding the meeting so that you can hear the truth about unions." The email goes on and on, as Granpeesheh pleads with her employees to come hear her anti-union pitch. [You can read the whole sordid thing here.]
After all that effort by the company, only two workers changed their minds, and — along with a new hire and one worker who was always opposed — made up the four who voted against the union.
For the workers at 102nd Avenue, their next step is to bargain a first contract. Workers hope through the union to be able to raise wages, reduce turnover, and end practices like split shifts where they might work 10 to noon and then sit around three hours unpaid for a 3 to 5 shift.
The Labor Press contacted CARD to confirm details of this story, and was directed to human resources director Judith Friend. Friend did not return the call.
Don McIntosh is a senior staff reporter at Northwest Labor Press.
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The respite center, which Lee hopes will open June 1 if approved by City Council, is a potential one-year demonstration project that would serve homeless individuals through two main components: a temperature-controlled day center and a small number of tent cabins or similar structures for safe and orderly camping.
On Feb. 19, City Council approved exploration of Lee's general idea with a budget that had an upper limit of $80,000, and it commissioned staff "to return with analysis of a potential respite center pilot project, to include locations and resource needs (funding, staffing, etc.)," according to the council meeting minutes.
Lee's idea for the pilot's daytime component is for the city to offer a space that is air-conditioned during the summer and heated during the winter. He said a place like the respite center is needed, as traditional shelters that close early in the morning leave individuals with 12 to 14 hours of limited places to go.
The day center would also offer basic amenities, such as laundry facilities, showers, restrooms and television, and would also allow pets. To keep costs down, Lee's plans for the respite center pilot have focused on trailer-based solutions like shower and laundry trailers. Lee also hopes that the center would help connect eligible people with social services.
The second component, Lee said, speaks to the fact that individuals living homeless often camp in various places such as adjacent to campus and at the edge of Davis.
According to Lee, the respite center could help shelter people in five to 15 tent cabins, even as other groups work on more long-term solutions, such as Paul's Place. Lee noted the achievability of short-term, immediate solutions; he cited the speed at which emergency structures and amenities were put into place in response to recent California fires.
"It would be nice to offer [those camping] a more safe and secure area," Lee said.
Lee noted that finding the land for the tent cabins may pose a challenge.
"Most of the city land is already being used for something, so we'll probably have to relocate, at least on a temporary basis some of some city activity," Lee said.
Lee also acknowledged potential neighborhood concerns.
Before piloting either the day center or the tent cabins, the proposal still must be developed, presented and approved by the council.
Joan Planell, a social services consultant for the City of Davis, has been leading the staff team responsible for policy recommendations for the center since the Feb. 19 meeting. This staff team includes, among others, Officer Ryan Collins, the homeless outreach services coordinator, Ginger Hashimoto, an analyst with the city manager's office and Madeline Handy, a second-year microbiology major at UC Davis and intern for Lee.
Handy has been working on researching options for the center since she was hired in late September of 2018.
Handy continued by explaining her work with the team.
Planell emphasized that at the moment, her team is exploring the respite center as a possibility, rather than a certainty.
Planell said that the team will present its findings in a written report for Mike Webb, the Davis city manager, by the end of April.
"I've been working with [Lee] as far as what's his vision, making sure that our research is in line with his vision," Planell said.
Handy showed support for the project while highlighting the fact that the project is still in its beginning stages.


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Brazil's efforts to produce generic antiretrovirals -- part of the country's "wider assault on intellectual property rights" -- will not only slow economic development but also hinder drug development, O'Grady writes. Although people living with HIV/AIDS need new therapies as the disease develops resistance to available drugs, pharmaceutical companies will lack incentives to develop new medicines if politicians "demand [them] free of charge," according to O'Grady. As "[j]ob-seeking Brazilians who would benefit from foreign investment in biotech will have to move to India," Brazil will "sink ever lower into underdevelopment," O'Grady writes, concluding, "Maybe soon it will legitimately qualify for the same charity as poverty-stricken sub-Saharan Africa" ( Wall Street Journal , 6/24).


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The future of electric bike
What is the future of electric bike?Our latest update on the state of the industry-but there is still plenty of room for optimism in electric vehicles. This optimism is rising from all corners of the industry, from designers to electric bike owners and supporters.
But what makes many of us look to the future so optimistically? And, perhaps more importantly, what will the future electric bicycle look like? We are not saying that we have all the answers, but, given that we are part of the pond, we do have one or two ideas about the future of electric bicycles.
The future of electric bikes
As you may know, electric bicycles have been very popular in the past five years or so. Some people think the pandemic will hinder this process, but it seems to have only accelerated it; a few wrenches have been thrown along the way. Will this growth continue, and if so, might it push it forward?
Acceptance-With the development of electric bicycles, the acceptance of electric bicycles by the bicycle industry and the wider society-some people would say it is tolerance -. As the famous proverb says:
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they beat you, and then you win."
Cyclists and cyclists have been part of urban planning in Asia and Europe for decades, but this has never been the case in the United States, however, it is beginning to happen. With the growth of bicycles as an acceptable and increasingly common mode of transportation (for recreation, work, and fitness), bicycle lanes and bicycle-friendly areas and facilities have proliferated in our current car-centric society.
High growth-Many people predict that the electric bicycle industry will achieve high growth. It is estimated that the electric bicycle industry will grow at an annual rate of 11.86% in the next 5 years, and the overall growth rate is expected to exceed 75% within 5 years! All this means an increase in ownership and an increase in the number of electric bicycles on our streets and trails.
Climate change-the ordinary train of thought, electric vehicles will replace cars as a way of transporting everyone; let everyone do their part to solve the imminent doom of climate change. Sadly, this is not the case. It is not just electric vehicles that are needed to address climate change, but many people see electric bicycles as an integral part of our shift to greener transportation.
As people embrace electric bicycles, many people also start to stay away from cars. Electric bicycles help reduce the demand for other cars in the family, and are even replacing the only car in the family. It is this change in transportation, from cars to electric bicycles, which some people believe is the key to preventing the impact of climate. The main reason is that electric bicycles are smaller, and compared with electric vehicles, the carbon emissions associated with the manufacturing process are much less. They also have much lower maintenance costs than ordinary cars when compared to electric cars.
Government initiatives
Perhaps more notably-looking back at the quotation we mentioned in the first point-many hiking groups, cities and counties are reviewing their rules and restrictions to allow electric bike riding in their area and cancel all The ban is more intermediary-can we say that it is educated? -Reactions to replace them.
business use
As companies look for green ways and demonstrate this greenness, electric vehicles are the vessels of their choice to meet these two needs. Electric bicycles, especially in cities, are seen as a cheaper, more environmentally friendly, and even faster alternative to other electric transportation methods; both 4-wheel and wheeled.
Electric bicycles are now used for niche purposes such as delivery and courier services in built-up urban areas. As this commercial use grows, the demand for more specialized electric bicycles in this and other fields will promote the research and production of products designed and manufactured to adapt to these more specialized use cases.
Just like when flat-screen TVs first appeared, no one could afford it. This is true of all technological advancements, and electric bicycles are no exception. The first electric bicycles released cost thousands of dollars. But now you can even buy a relatively cheap kit to turn your current bike into an electric bike! As technology becomes more popular, supply chains grow and prices fall. This means that you cannot get the highest quality electric bike at a truly affordable price.
This downward pressure on prices may continue, but it should be noted that the quality of new low-end products will drop significantly. What may become common in the future is what is already common in parts of Europe, and that is the rental of electric bicycles; just like many people treat their cars. This will also enable customers to obtain products that were previously unavailable.
The electric bike of the future
If the number of electric bicycles will grow, then the technology will continue to move forward at the same speed, if not faster. But what does the electric bicycle of the future actually look like?
Diversification-With the popularity of electric bicycles and the increase in usage, the demand for product types will also increase. Imagine that electric bicycles are designed to serve multiple food orders, while other electric bicycles are designed to be used for school running or large family trip grocery stores. More and more use cases cover all of the following content, which is a direct result of the increased demand for more professional electric bicycles.
Lighter-With the development of manufacturing processes and material technology, electric bicycles will become lighter. They will never reach the lightness of the lightest road bikes, but they will find ways and materials to make electric bikes much lighter than they are today. The same is true for many of their components.
Larger range, smaller battery-Batteries account for a large part of the extra weight added when the bike gets e. Similarly, I hope to see technological innovation play a huge role in reducing the weight of electric bicycles while extending battery life. As technology becomes better, batteries will become smaller and last longer, and you will soon be able to ride on an electric bicycle that can travel more than 100 miles or a lighter one that can travel dozens of miles and is light enough. Choose between and move up the stairs effortlessly.
Higher payload-Although electric bicycles will become lighter, they will not lose any function as a result. Some people want them to be lighter, others want to be able to carry more weight. Want to open a full grocery store on your electric bike? Or maybe you want to be able to send your child to school before going to work? Soon, all of this may become a reality on a family-oriented electric bicycle.
Durability of parts-As electric bicycles become more and more popular and popular, customer expectations also rise. All in all, electric bicycles are still modified bicycles, and it will take time for this old machine to fully adapt to its new and more powerful uses. This extra power will increase the wear of the components used on electric bicycles. Although many electric bicycle motors and powertrain components have been used for a long time, the improvement of the robustness and service life of these components will soon help It has a second-hand market similar to the second-hand car market in the electric bicycle market.
One solution currently under development is Link Drive Chain, and it is expected that many other components of electric bicycles will be reconsidered in the near future to extend their service life to a greater extent.
E-bike battery recycling-battery recycling is a way for all of us to help reduce the amount of toxic waste that we generate alone. Although you may have seen battery recycling bins for AA and AAA batteries, you may be wondering where to recycle larger batteries, such as batteries from laptops or electric bicycles.
We may have discussed that our crystal ball tells us about the near future of electric bicycles, but what about the future? In the more distant future, how will electric bicycles develop and integrate into our society?
The world of electric bicycles-some people look farther and envision a future where electric bicycles will become the preferred means of transportation. In this future, cities and business districts are connected to each other through electric bicycle highways with different lanes, different speeds, and wireless charging boards on the floor of the parking stations on both sides of the electric bicycle road. Everything is very much like a movie, but it is not something we can't believe!
All signs indicate that the role of electric bicycles in the future society is much greater than many of us currently imagine. But, like many technologies, we won't really know until it happens. Although this is our best and well-informed guess, we cannot predict the future any further, just as coffee beans can determine who drinks a cup of it in the morning. Will become coffee. It cannot happen either, the electric bicycle may be thrown out of the well-known window and then become a relic of the past again; we don't believe it!
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Marco Reus to recover the 94 in summer? It's a good deal sell Insigne and buy him?
Does anyone else think that De Sciglio could finally get a 90 rating at the end of the season?
If he keeps his starting place then yes.
Depends on if/when any of them move. Neves is great but could be stuck on 88 if he stays at Wolves. I'd personally go for Ascacibar.
Won't be reviewed for another year unless he moves. I'd sell.
No sure he'll get an increase but he certainly won't drop again. I don't think that's a bad swap, if gives you a safe increase in rating for your team.
Politano, Pepe or Gnabry? (short and long term) Who would you pick?
Politano, he should have been 90 since december, if he keeps playing this way and Inter finnish season in top 4 (will probably happen) and at least semi finals of europa league he will be 91 in summer.
your assessment is spot on here but here lies an SM problem one of these is at a struggling relegation threatened Bundesliga team who should never have gone to 89 and the other is at a solid EPL mid table team. Ideally he should be able for 90 at Wolves if the're happy to give relegation young players 89.
Well yeah, I don't agree with all the ratings SM give and the way they give them, but when playing the game you need to look at how things will be in SM. I think squad caps are too rigid personally. You never know, if Wolves do well there's a chance they might give him 89, but I can't see them dropping the rating of a 21 year old Argentine international any time soon.
Does anyone else think that De Sciglio could finally get a 90 rating at the end of the season?
Yeah, +1 is highly likely at the end of the season.
No, I don't think it's a good deal.
I'll only do top 6. When it comes to Belgium @thorgan lesar 's preds are much better.
Is Goncalves Jonas due a drop for Benfica? Played less game this season.
Keep or sell justin bijlow? Good +7 for him!!
Any idea which league will be done next after Eredivisie?
Same size bid it's random in my experience. otherwise highest bid. Hope I've understood your question correctly?
I think Bergwijn will get 88 minimum and could get 89 as should De Ligt. De Jong will reach 88. After that Ritsu Doan got an +6 to 86 it would be an embarrassment if they didn't.
Who would you get out of the following. Please give two names - option1 and option2 incase I lose the first one.
PS: I think Barella's hype is more like Gagliardini and Kessie where it will only get you that far and then die down.
The first one to bid.


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Articles Posted in Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Barnie's Bar & Grill, Inc. v. United States Liability Insurance Company
December 20, 2016 by Justia
Barnie's Bar & Grill, Inc. held an insurance policy by the United States Liability Insurance Company (USLIC) when Barnie's was sued for negligence in connection with one man's attack by a group of other patrons of the bar. USLIC declined to defend Barnie's in the litigation, relying on the policy's exclusions for assault and battery. Barnie's sued USLIC in superior court seeking a declaratory judgment that USLIC had a duty to defend it and seeking damages for breach of contract. The superior court granted summary judgment for USLIC, concluding that USLIC had no contractual duty to defend Barnie's. The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed, holding that USLIC was not obligated to defend Barnie's in the underlying litigation because the allegations of the underlying complaint fell squarely within the policy's exclusions for assault and battery. View "Barnie's Bar & Grill, Inc. v. United States Liability Insurance Company" on Justia Law
Posted in: Contracts, Insurance Law, Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Harlor v. Amica Mutual Insurance Co.
November 3, 2016 by Justia
Jon and Winifred Prime brought suit against Dawn Harlor stemming from a dispute over the Primes' right to use a dock according to an easement Harlor had granted the the Primes. At all relevant times, Harlor was insured by Amica Mutual Insurance Company under a homeowner's insurance policy providing that Amica would defend Harlor against claims that may result in covered damages. Amica denied Harlor's request that Amica provide a defense in the underlying suit based on its conclusion that the suit could not result in covered damages. After Harlor settled the suit with the Primes, Harlor brought suit against Amica alleging that Amica breached the policy by failing to defend her in the underlying lawsuit. The superior court granted summary judgment for Amica, concluding that any damages that might have resulted from the underlying suit would not be covered by Harlor's policies and, therefore, did not give rise to a duty to defend. The Supreme Court vacated the summary judgment and remanded for the entry of summary judgment in favor of Harlor, holding that Amica breached its duty to defend. Remanded for further proceedings regarding Amica's duty to indemnify Harlor for any or all of the amount that she paid to settle the underlying action. View "Harlor v. Amica Mutual Insurance Co." on Justia Law
Graf v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.
October 13, 2016 by Justia
Plaintiff, who was injured when the car she was driving was rear-ended by an underinsured motorist, claimed uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage and medical payments coverage under two State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company policies. An arbitration panel found that the accident caused Plaintiff $378,000 in damages, $125,000 of which were identified as medical costs. The parties' dispute regarding the extent of coverage available to Plaintiff proceeded to trial. The superior court determined that only one of the State Farm policies covered Plaintiff, deferred to the arbitration award as to Plaintiffs' actual damages, established the amount owed by State Farm, and reduced the arbitration award accordingly. The Supreme Court affirmed in part and vacated in part, holding (1) the superior court correctly determined that only one of the policies covered Plaintiff, but (2) the court's decision regarding the amount due under that policy was in error. Remanded. View "Graf v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co." on Justia Law
Posted in: Arbitration & Mediation, Insurance Law, Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Plaintiff was driving her car when she was struck from behind from an underinsured motorist. Plaintiff claimed uninsured/underinsured (UM/UIM) coverage and medical payments under two State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company policies and filed a complaint against State Farm seeking coverage pursuant to both policies. The parties agreed to arbitrate the amount of damages caused by the accident but to have a court decide any issues relating to the amount of UM/UIM coverage available to Plaintiff through the policies. An arbitration panel found that the accident caused Plaintiff damages of $378,000. Thereafter, the superior court concluded that Plaintiff had UM/UIM coverage under only one of the State Farm policies, deferred to the arbitration award as to Plaintiff's actual damages, determined that she was entitled to $250,000 from State Farm, and reduced the arbitration award accordingly. The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed in part and vacated in part, holding that the superior court did not err in concluding that Plaintiff was entitled to coverage under only one of the State Farm policies but erred in deciding calculating the amount due under that policy. Remanded. View "Graf v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co." on Justia Law
Posted in: Insurance Law, Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Murdock v. Thorne
March 10, 2016 by Justia
Arthur Murdock, then a lieutenant with the Maine State Police, was injured when his cruiser was struck by another vehicle after Martin Thorne indicated that Murdock could turn in front of him into an intersection. Murdock filed a four-count complaint alleging negligence against Castigliola and Thorne and seeking uninsured motorist coverage from the Maine Department of Public Safety (DPS). The superior court granted the motions for summary judgment filed by both DPS and Thorne. Murdock appealed, and DPS cross-appealed. The Supreme Judicial Court dismissed the appeals, holding that the superior court improvidently granted Murdock's motion to enter final judgment on Murdock's claims against Thorne and DPS pursuant to Me. R. Civ. P. 54(b)(1). View "Murdock v. Thorne" on Justia Law
Posted in: Civil Procedure, Injury Law, Insurance Law, Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Estate of Galipeau v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.
February 11, 2016 by Justia
Paul Galipeau was involved in a fatal accident while riding his motorcycle. Galipeau and his wife were insured under four vehicle policies issued by State farm, one on the motorcycle and the others covering three different vehicles. Each of the policies provided uninsured motorist (UM) coverage with a per-person limit of $100,000. The Estate demanded from State Farm the aggregate of each policy's UM coverage limit, less the $50,000 recovered from the tortfeasor. State Farm paid the differential between the motorcycle policy UM limit and the amount already recovered by the Estate and otherwise refused the demand. The Estate subsequently sued State Farm for wrongful denial of coverage. The superior court entered judgment for State Farm, ruling that coverage under the three non-motorcycle policies was precluded by an "other-owned-vehicle" exclusion that each policy contained. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the superior court did not err in entering summary judgment for State Farm on the ground that the other-owned-vehicle exclusion in the four policies precluded coverage under the three non-motorcycle policies. View "Estate of Galipeau v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co." on Justia Law
Metro. Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co. v. Estate of Benson
December 1, 2015 by Justia
William Googins committed an intentional assault of Eric Benson, which resulted in Benson's death. Benson's estate sued Googins in tort. Googins consented to a judgment in favor of the Estate and assigned to the Estate all rights he may have had against Metropolitan Property and Casualty Insurance Company, whose potential liability stemmed from a homeowner's policy it issued to Goggins's grandmother that was active at the time of the assault. Pursuant to the agreement, the superior court entered a judgment against Googins, after which the Estate filed a reach-and-apply action against Metropolitan. Metropolitan filed a complaint for declaratory judgment seeking a determination as to its obligation to indemnify Googins. The superior court granted summary judgment in favor of Metropolitan, declaring that it had no contractual obligation to indemnify Googins. Specifically, the court found that the claim was precluded by an intentional loss exclusion because Googins intentionally assaulted Benson. The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed, holding that the superior court did not err in determining that Googins's conduct was within the scope of the intentional loss exclusion. View "Metro. Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co. v. Estate of Benson" on Justia Law
Posted in: Injury Law, Insurance Law, Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Wood v. Wood
Wife was a passenger on a motorcycle operated by Husband when she was injured in an accident. At the time, Wife and Husband were named insureds on a motorcycle insurance policy from Insurer. Wife filed a complaint against Husband alleging negligence in connection with the accident. A jury found Husband negligent and awarded Wife $50,000 in damages. Husband moved to amend the judgment to obtain a credit for the amount in prejudgment payments that the Insurer had made to Wife. The superior court granted Husband's motion to amend the judgment. Wife appealed, arguing that the court erred in interpreting Me. Rev. Stat. 24-A, 2426 to allow Husband a credit against the judgment for the medical payments maximum coverage of what Insurer had already paid to Wife's medical providers before this action was commenced. The Supreme Judicial Court vacated the order amending judgment, as the court did not determine whether the payments Insurer paid Wife's medical providers were medical or liability payments. Remanded for a factual determination of the type of prepayments Insurer made, whether liability payments pursuant to Husband's policy, medical payments pursuant to Wife's policy, or some other type of payment. View "Wood v. Wood" on Justia Law


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Q: Borderlands 2 in True Vault Hunter Mode, does Madame von Bartlesby always drop a legendary weapon? I'm playing in TVHM and just finished the first part of the Tiny Tina quest "You Are Cordially Invited: Party Prep" where you have to retrieve Sir Reginald from Madame von Bartlesby.  I blasted her from a distance, using a sniper rifle from the Tundra Express map entry area, instead of dealing with her directly on Skittering Mound.  Her body dropped at the foot of the mountain, and there was no loot at all.  I was expecting some sort of legendary item, specifically the Baby Maker.  Did I mess up by not killing her on Skittering Mound?

A: No. Drops in Borderlands 2 are almost always chance-based. In particular, legendary item drops usually only have about a 1 in 30 chance of actually dropping.
Gearbox Software have actually blogged about the drops recently. See this article, and its follow-up.

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Morrison's missteps on China have brought unnecessary grief
Kevin Rudd
Former Australian prime minister
The Australia-China relationship has always been difficult. Any Australian government, Liberal or Labor, must contend with the enduring structural reasons for this.
First is our robust alliance with America, given Beijing's extensive covert, and now increasingly overt, strategic competition with Washington. It spans our region and the globe, across all domains – military, economic, technological, foreign policy and now, increasingly, ideological.
Second is the very nature of our political system. We are proudly a liberal democracy while China is a Marxist-Leninist state that for 70 years has brutally suppressed any internal dissent.
At the same time, China's economy has powered much of Australia's economic growth, employment and living standards over the last 20 years. And China is increasingly prepared to deploy its economic leverage to secure its wider objectives.
We are therefore in a more binary world. Contrary to the belief of some Australian ministers and their media supporters, we are not alone in facing these strategic dilemmas. Japan, another democratic US ally, faces a more acute challenge given its geographical proximity, trade dependency and active territorial disputes with China. So too does South Korea. Many of America's NATO allies, including Norway and Canada, have spent years in the Chinese "sin bin" because of various human rights and Huawei-related ruptures.
Previous Australian Labor governments have also dealt with these dilemmas. Hawke incurred Beijing's wrath over Tiananmen. Our Labor government provoked China's objections over: our 2009 Defence White Paper calling out Chinese actions in the South China Sea; our initiation of the Australian Navy's biggest expansion program since the war; the basing of US forces in Darwin; our rejection of China's attempted takeover of Rio Tinto; our human rights activism in support of Tibet, Xinjiang and Chinese-Australian nationals; and our ban on Huawei involvement in the NBN.
Indeed, these actions contrast starkly with Liberal luminaries like Alexander Downer (later a Huawei board member) breaching US-Australian solidarity over Taiwan, Tony Abbott's stunning agreement to lease the Port of Darwin to the Chinese, and Malcolm Turnbull's efforts to overturn our government's "Cold War" mentality towards Beijing, including reviewing our stance on Huawei.
The COVID-19 pandemic has magnified, accelerated and now turbo-charged these dynamics. The uncomfortable truth for Beijing is that the international community deserves answers to legitimate questions about this virus, which has so far infected almost 5 million people, killed more than 320,000 and forced world governments to spend $US9 trillion (13 per cent of global GDP) on fiscal stimulus to stave off depression. These legitimate questions include China's failure to close wildlife wet markets after the SARS epidemic in 2003, the failure to contain the virus locally early on; as well as Beijing's dealings with the World Health Organisation in the critical weeks that followed. Obtaining answers to these questions will not exonerate the subsequent failure of governments, notably the US, to prepare properly once warnings were issued. But they will be fundamental to the world's future dealings with China.
The Morrison government has boasted about its call for an "independent global investigation" into the origins and transmission of the virus. If Scott Morrison had been serious about this, rather than just domestic politics, he would have secured other major co-sponsoring states before he announced it. Because he didn't, there was little muscle behind what could have been a genuinely robust initiative. It also would have made it harder for Beijing to single out Australia for retribution because there is strength in numbers.
Furthermore, zero thought was given to the inquiry's machinery, except explicitly ruling out the WHO inquiring into itself because that would be a case of "poacher and gamekeeper". Guess what; when Morrison finally hit the phones after his announcement, he found his unilateral "proposal" had little international traction. To save face, he has now swung in behind a pre-existing (and much weaker) European Union proposal to have the WHO organise its own inquiry with very soft terms of reference.
If you look at the actual operative clauses of the World Health Assembly resolution on COVID-19 they bear scant resemblance to Morrison's initial proposal. Clause 9.6 refers to the "continuing work" of existing scientific bodies examining the "zoonotic origins of the virus and the route of its introduction to the human population" – no reference here to China, and certainly no reference to any new investigation. Then there is Clause 9.10's reference to an investigation by the WHO itself "at the earliest appropriate moment" into the "lessons learned" and "experience gained" from the WHO's handling of the crisis. Elsewhere in the resolution Australia, without qualification, commends the WHO for its work.
So this is what Morrison, supported by a gullible commentariat, now trumpets as the great success of his campaign for a "robust, independent global investigation" into the Chinese origins of the virus outside the WHO?
Quite aside from potentially letting China and the WHO off the hook, Morrison's failure to build a diplomatic coalition early on has unnecessarily exposed Australian exporters to retaliation. As I have stated repeatedly, no degree of ham-fisted Australian diplomacy comes close to justifying the Chinese ambassador's intemperate and unacceptable threats. However, the uncomfortable economic truth is that these threats happened to be real.
So what of the future? Seven years into this Liberal government, there is no evidence of a serious China strategy. Lots of tactics, but no strategy. China respects strength, not weakness. It also respects consistency.
So here are seven simple principles for the future. First, be unapologetic in our dealings with Beijing about the enduring nature of our US alliance. Second, be equally unapologetic about our support for universal human rights. Third, be unapologetic about vigorously prosecuting our bilateral economic interests with China, while also diversifying our trade relationships to the extent we can. Fourth, maximise our engagement with China through the G20 on global climate, financial and pandemic governance. Fifth, most importantly, we should build robust "coalitions of the policy willing" in Asia, Europe and elsewhere in areas where our interests are opposed to China's. Sixth, policymakers should understand the difference between operational and declaratory policy – i.e. taking a tough line through our actions, as opposed to just mouthing off for the sake of it. And seventh, protect the Australian Chinese community from the sort of racial vilification that has been unleashed most recently.
The debate on Australia's future China strategy will be hard. It won't be aided by the politically driven McCarthyism of the Murdoch media, smearing anyone who dares to challenge Trump, Morrison and Peter Dutton's wisdom as a panda-hugger.
The Murdoch media is rightly humiliated by its claims of a "Five Eyes" dossier that supported Donald Trump's claim the virus originated among the "bat-men" and "bat-women" of a Wuhan laboratory (the Bat Cave, presumably?). Even The Australian has parted company with its stablemates on this, after the claims were rubbished by intelligence officials in this newspaper and others. But that won't stop the Murdoch juggernaut rumbling on in support of Trump and his best buddy Morrison, or its campaign to delegitimise anyone who offers a reasoned alternative view. Indeed, Australia's national security and economic interests on China demand a substantive strategy – not a media-driven three-ring circus.
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Kevin Rudd is president of the Asia Society Policy Institute and was the 26th prime minister of Australia.


My many APs often disconnect from ZD but the wired network is not broken.
ruckus syslog: eventd_to_syslog():AP[58:b6:33:32:8d:80] Configuration update request failed.
make sure your APs can reach the ZD via port 21, FTP.
It is a event that happens from time to time.


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Q: Error while programmatically creating a site from web part SPO I'm trying programmatically to create a site from a web part, sandbox solution for SharePoint Online 2010. My web part has a text box which displays error messages and a button Create, in which on click event creates a site.
If the parameters of my method are
web.Webs.Add("TestAccount", "TestAccount", String.Empty, web.Language, SPWebTemplate.WebTemplateSTS, false, **true**);

Whether the template is my custom template or SharePoint site template (Team Site), I get an error:

"Cannot convert a folder if a web template is specified."

If the parameters of my method are
web.Webs.Add("TestAccount", "TestAccount", String.Empty, web.Language, SPWebTemplate.WebTemplateSTS, false, **false**);

I get an error:

"The web site address is already in use."

Even though there is no site in the workspaces under TestAccount name and it has not been created.
using (SPSite site = SPContext.Current.Site)
        {
            using (SPWeb web = SPContext.Current.Web)
            {
                webTemplates = site.RootWeb.GetAvailableWebTemplates(1033);
                foreach (SPWebTemplate webTemplate in webTemplates)
                {
                    if (webTemplate.Title == "Engagement Site")
                    {
                        myTemplate = webTemplate;
                    }
                }
                 bool allowUnsafeUpdates = web.AllowUnsafeUpdates;
                    web.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true;
                    accountSite = web.Webs.Add("TestAccount", "TestAccount", String.Empty, web.Language, SPWebTemplate.WebTemplateSTS, false, true);

                    accountSite.Update();
                    web.AllowUnsafeUpdates = allowUnsafeUpdates;
            }
        }

A: I think the fact that you are creating sites out of a sandbox solution is the reason why you can't create sites. Try deploying as a farm solution


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Lincoln City: More vacation rental code enforcement agents on the beat? Setting a date to pick a new city councilor. And visioning a future for Lincoln City.
Sep 29, 2015 | Daily News
Richard Appicello
LC City Attorney
Still trying to get a handle on Vaction Rentals in Lincoln City
One of the aggravating factors in Lincoln City's long slog through, shall we say, "Vacation Rental Reform", has been the problem of enforcing city laws that regulate vacation rentals. There were (and still are) two major problems. One, there are vacation rentals that operate without a city license to operate and two, although many VRDs have licenses there's no VRD "cop on the beat" to ensure they follow city rules and regulations to ensure VRD operators are good neighbors.
In the past, the reason for lack of enforcement has been attributed to a lack of funds to hire enough city code enforcement personnel. But the current city council Monday evening approved a method to ensure there are enough code enforcement officers and that they are able to write very expensive tickets to owners and operators of vacation rentals that either don't have a license to operate or are not following city rules about garbage, parking and noise and limits on the number of rental nights the properties can be operated based on their location. If a VRD is in a commercially zoned area, there are no limits on the number of nights it can be operated. If they're located in a residential zone there are limits to the number of nights they can be operated.
Since the voters struck down the city's attempt at "VRD Reform," the city's VRD ordinance falls back on state law which mandates that vacation rental use of a home, in a residential zone, must be incidental and subordinate to its owner living there. Much public testimony in front of the city planning commission and the city council by neighbors contend there are many vacation rentals operating in residential zones that are vacation rentals whose owner seldom sets foot in them. They're strictly investment property run by a property management company meaning the VRD is being run like an ATM machine for its owner.
The city council Monday night passed a new city law that allows the city manager to appoint properly trained city employees to become part-time code enforcement officers in addition to their regular duties. These include regular Lincoln City Police Officers. Fines for violating VRD codes, including others, can carry fines of up to $1,000 per violation.
The new code enforcement officer provision is now on the books.
How to pick a replacement for former City Council Jim Davis
Former City Councilor Jim Davis' recent resignation from the city council created an understandable procedural hiccup for the council. Davis failed to serve even six months of the four year term he ran for and won. Although there's been widespread speculation about why he quit, his version was simply that he had moved out of his Ward, from which he ran.
Since the council didn't want to spend a lot of money for a special election it agreed to appoint Davis' replacement. The procedure by which a replacement will be chosen includes all three candidates appearing before the city council October 12th to answer councilor questions. Each city councilor is to give two questions to the city manager which will be directed at each candidate City Manager Ron Chandler will weed out the duplicates if there are any.
At the end of the interview the council will vote on who they think would make the best city councilor.
City Councilor Kip Ward and Mayor Don Williams expressed frustration at what they consider an unreasonable limitation of the variety and number of questions for the candidates. But City Attorney Richard Appicello and City Manager Ron Chandler reminded them that since a special election is off the table, the procedure is more like hiring an employee than declaring an election winner. And because they're interviewing the candidates like prospective employees, there are restrictions on questions that may pertain to a protected class of people or other discriminatory questioning. All the candidates will sit together and get to hear the questions and all the candidates have a right to respond.
In the end all city councilors voted for the interview format October 12th with Mayor Williams reiterating that he's uncomfortable with the format but he understands its necessity.
…and finally…what's your vision for Lincoln City 20, 30 or even 50 years down the road?
Senior City Planner Debra Nicholson laid out to the city council a very ambitious plan to begin gathering public opinion about how Lincoln City should appear, act and feel like, going out over 20, 30 or even 50 years. A lot of it has to do with the recent designation of the Nelscott area with the widening of Highway 101 and all the rest.
All this week there will be rare opportunities for Lincoln City residents to participate in a most unusual outreach campaign that will gather residents' vision for Lincoln City and for the Nelscott area which is about to get a finished highway upgrade through their area.
For a dazzling amount of information and scheduled opportunities for residents to give their ideas to what Lincoln City should look like in 20, 30 or even 50 years from now, just go to NelscottPlan.com or "Nelscott Plan" on Facebook. Or just click here.


The Knoxville Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors will hold a ribbon cutting for the rebranding of HCI Care Services now to be known as Everystop Care & Support Services on Monday, November 5 at 3:00 pm.
The public is encourage to attend and enjoy an open house that will be held until 5:00 pm.
One of Iowa's oldest and most trusted non-profit organizations has a new name. HCI Care Services & Visiting Nurse Services of Iowa is now called EveryStep. HCI Care Services & Visiting Nurse Services of Iowa is now called EveryStep.


A growing body of evidence suggests a role of the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) tumor suppressor gene in the progression of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). Our previous study of VHL in PTCs showed that lower VHL expression was associated with aggressive tumor features, but we found no evidence for VHL downregulation through common genetic or epigenetic modifications. Several studies pointed to a role of microRNA-92a (miR-92a) in the regulation of VHL expression in different cancers. In the present study, we examined the expression levels of VHL mRNA and miR-92a in 42 pairs of PTCs and matched non-tumor thyroid tissues by means of quantitative RT-PCR. We explored the correlation between them and their association with clinicopathological parameters. The results revealed that both VHL and miR-92a were either up-or downregulated in PTCs compared to corresponding non-tumor tissues. On univariate analysis, lower VHL levels were significantly associated with extrathyroid spread (P = 0.022) and ...capsular invasion (P = 0.032). Multivariate analysis confirmed the association of low VHL with extrathyroid spread (OR 0.246, 95% CI 0.069-0.872, P = 0.038). Higher miR-92a among PTC tissues associated with the presence of nodal metastases (univariate analysis: P = 0.012; multivariate: OR 4.703, 95% CI 1.109-19.938, P = 0.036). A negative correlation between VHL and miR-92a was observed in a subgroup of PTCs having vascular invasion (P = 0.033, r = -0.673). The data here reported demonstrate that the expression of both VHL and miR-92a is deregulated in PTC tissues and that in some PTCs they may have opposite roles. These roles, as well as their diagnostic and/or prognostic utility, remain to be clarified.


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How Much do Instagram Influencers Make with Different Streams of Income
If you consider yourself a creative, tech-savvy person, you may have considered becoming an Instagram influencer.
For people who enjoy snapping photos and sharing them online along with the catching slogans, getting paid to do just that sounds like a dream.
But how profitable is the Instagram influencer role?
And how much do Instagram influencers make – this guide will share everything you need to know.
Most Profitable Ways to Make Money on Instagram
Instagram influencers can make money online in several different ways.
The most profitable ways to make money on Instagram are listed below.
Quick info:
Average payment: $500 per post for influencers with $100,000+ followers
What's included: typically a content package, featuring photo or video posts, stories, reels, etc.
The "traditional" Instagram influencer makes their money from brand sponsorships. Brands partner with influencers to promote their products to new audiences, in a natural, non-advertorial way. Most brands have a marketing budget for influencer work nowadays.
A sponsorship usually includes a package of curated content, including Instagram posts, ads, videos, or stories. The deal may also entitle the brand to use the influencer's content on their own social channels.
The higher your follower count and the better your audience engagement, the more money you can make through brand sponsorships on social media.
To begin with, when your follower count is lower, you may offer sponsorship deals in exchange for a free product.
Eventually, you may reach the point where you can charge upward of $500 per post if you can offer a brand a high level of value.
IGTV Video
Average payment: potentially up to $100 or more per video
What's included: IGTV content of your choice
IGTV, or Instagram TV, is a relatively recent Instagram feature that has proven particularly beneficial to Influencers who produce video content.
In early 2020, IGTV monetization was introduced, allowing content creators to earn influencer income by featuring short ads within their videos on IGTV.
The concept works similarly to YouTube, which plays ads in some video content (though creators have to have a certain number of monthly views before they can earn in this way).
Unlike sponsored content, IGTV monetization doesn't limit a creator in what they can produce.
Creators can make videos about whatever they want – whatever appeals most to their target audience. The more people view their content, the more money they can make through monetization.
You could potentially make hundreds of dollars from IGTV monetization, though you could also make very little money at all. It depends on whether your content is viewed by hundreds, thousands, or millions of people.
Average payment: anything from $50 to $5,000 or more per month, depending on follower count & interest
What's included: Simply share affiliate links to products and receive a commission when you make a sale
You may notice that some influencers are affiliates – but you can also be an affiliate without needing to be a social media influencer.
Affiliates work with partner brands to drive sales. For every sale an affiliate makes as a brand ambassador, they'll receive a commission.
Typically, in an affiliate marketing scheme, an affiliate will have their own dedicated link or promo code that their followers can visit to receive a product discount. When people purchase the product through this link, the affiliate will be rewarded.
You can share affiliate marketing links in various places on Instagram, including in your bio, in your stories as a "swipe up" option, or even on stickers. You can't add links to your posts, so many affiliates simply put their link in their bio and share a promo code in their posts, which their followers can use when they follow the link.
If you have a big, interested audience on social media, you have the potential to earn thousands per month of Instagram income with affiliate marketing.
Average payment: $0-$1000+. You could easily make thousands of dollars, depending on your audience
What's included: Create your own merch and sell it through your own Instagram shop
You don't necessarily have to work with brands to make money as an Instagram influencer. If you'd rather focus on building your own brand on social media, you should look into selling your own merch.
Merchandising is a lot less hassle than opening your own store and making your products from scratch.
Most influencers who choose to sell their own merch will work with a print-on-demand company, which will print their logo onto t-shirts, mugs, badges, and more, usually for an upfront fee.
Some websites will allow you to sell your merch through their platform, so the company will only manufacture (and charge you for) products that your customers have purchased, helping to keep up-front costs low.
Once you have an interested audience on Instagram, you can start making money from marketing and selling merch.
You have the potential to earn thousands of dollars with high-quality merch products on social media.
Average payment: $10-$300, potentially more, depending on the quality of your post
What's included: Pay to promote your affiliate content or brand deals to a wider audience and make more money in sales
You might wonder how paying to promote your content can make you money on Instagram. Not every Instagram post you promote will make you money – it depends on what you plan to share.
Promoted content can earn you the most money if you're an affiliate on Instagram.
When setting up your promoted post, Instagram lets you choose your preferred audience, based on location, interests, and more.
You can use promoted posts to appeal directly to the audience that your affiliate products are intended for. Perhaps you already have that audience: your followers.
But paying to promote your posts can get your products out there to people who might be interested, but don't follow you.
Promoted content is also a good option for brand deals, where the brand has given you a discount code to share with your followers.
The more people who use your code, the more money you'll make from this type of brand promotion.
To ensure that you make money from sponsored content, rather than losing it, your post needs to be as interesting to your social media audience as possible. Videos work particularly well for promoting products.
Show your content to an honest friend before you post it on Instagram and ask them if they'd be tempted to buy the product based on what they see.
When done right, sponsored posts can bring in hundreds, even thousands of dollars.
Partnerships with Brands
Average payment: $500-$5,000+ per year, depending on the deal you agree on with the brand
What's included: Receive products & payments in exchange for promoting brand awareness on a long-term basis.
A variation of brand sponsorships is brand partnerships. In this scenario, a brand reaches out to you and proposes working with you on social media on a long-term basis.
In a brand-influencer partnership, a brand will usually send you a selection of their new products to try out throughout the year. You'll promote the brand to your followers, helping them to make more sales.
There are two ways that you can get paid in a brand partnership:
Directly through the brand
Through affiliate sales
The brand may pay you a rolling monthly or yearly fee for a predetermined level of exposure on your Instagram account. You will typically also have a discount code that you can share with your followers, and you'll make money every time someone purchases a product using your link.
For a brand partnership to be successful, you need to have a genuine interest or passion for the brand in question – and so do your followers. There's no point in promoting pet toys to your audience of travel lovers – that's not good influencer marketing practice.
You can potentially earn thousands of dollars from a brand partnership deal alone, without considering the extra costs that you may make through your discount code.
How Much Instagrammers Earn Based on the Number of Followers
Keep in mind that good engagement on Instagram is equally important as how many followers you have, as it's pretty easy to buy fake followers nowadays. But don't worry, you can fix this with a tool like Ghost Hunter.
It's the first intelligent cleaning and monitoring service that works against spam activity on Instagram.
Ghost Hunter will block all unwanted followers, as well as unwanted comments from spammers and your foes.
Your posts will be shown only to the real users, and as a result, you will receive more likes and comments.
This will increase your popularity and even those without Instagram account will know about you through positive word-of-mouth.
However, assuming that your engagement is in line with the average influencer engagement for your social media follower count, here are the influencer rates you can charge for Instagram influencer marketing at different stages of Insta-popularity:
Per post or Instagram story: up to $100
Per package (including images, stories, reels, etc.): up to $300
Per year (including affiliate schemes etc.): $10,000+
Per post or Instastory: up to $1,000
Per package (including images, stories, reels, etc.): up to $3,000
Per year (including affiliate schemes etc.): $100,000+
Per post or Instastory: up to $10,000
Per package (including images, stories, reels, etc.): up to $30,000
Per year (including affiliate schemes etc.): $1,000,000+
These are the peak earnings you can expect if you have the engagement that brands are looking for.
The general rule is that you can charge $10.00 for every 1,000 followers you have.
How Much Instagram Influencers Earn Based on Industry
There are currently no statistics online that indicate exactly how much influencers earn in different industries or niches.
It's difficult to give an exact figure, as there are influencers with different levels of fame in each industry.
The below estimates are based on follower count and estimated earnings of some of the top influencers in these niches.
Fashion Industry (Fashion Models)
The fashion industry has taken off big time on Instagram in the past five years. Many Instagram fashion models started off as everyday people with an interest in fashion.
A famous Instagram fashion model can make upwards of $100,000 per post, depending on their exact follower count.
Celebrity fashion models can make double, or even triple, this amount on Instagram.
Beauty Industry (Beauty Influencers)
Beauty influencers were some of the first influencers to hit peak Instagram fame, gaining popularity for their #grwm posts and inspiring makeup looks. Beauty influencers can also set trends for hairstyles, like these pixie cuts showcased by influencers on Instagram.
Some of the most famous beauty influencer stars, including Huda Kattan and James Charles, earn more than $110,000 per Instagram post.
Again, earnings depend on your engagement and following. Smaller (but still successful) beauty influencer accounts make between $10,000 and $35,000 per post.
Fitness Industry (Fitness Models)
Fitness models will always have their place on Instagram.
These influencers appeal to people who are embarking on their own fitness journey, whether with the aim of getting leaner, losing weight, or building muscle.
A popular fitness influencer with 5 to 10 million followers, you can expect to earn upwards of $50,000 per Instagram post.
Aside from Instagram marketing, many fitness influencers also earn revenue from their own YouTube channels, where they post their workouts.
Travel Industry (Traveling Influencers)
Being a photo-sharing app, Instagram is the ideal social media platform to evoke escapism – and nobody does that better than a travel influencer.
Some would say that travel influencers are already living the dream, as many are paid to travel to destinations that the average customer would pay hundreds per night to stay at.
But a popular travel influencer or blogger will earn a hefty chunk on top of that – usually around $10,000 per post.
Sports Industry (Sportsmen Influencers)
There are many professional and semi-professional athletes and sportspeople who have become Instagram influencers in their own right.
Depending on their celebrity outside of Instagram, sportsmen influencers can earn more than $200,000 per Instagram post, mostly through branded campaigns.
Food Industry (Food Influencers)
Many people turn to Instagram for inspiration on what to cook, or simply to get hungry looking at shots of mouth-watering foods. Here's where food influencers can really shine.
Celebrity chefs can make upwards of $100,000 per post.
Food influencers with millions of Instagram followers and their own successful food blog earn between $30,000 and $50,000 per post, on average.
All of the above niches have the potential to put a lot of money in your pocket.
Choosing a niche you are passionate about, therefore, is smarter than choosing a niche simply because you think you'll earn the most from it on social media.
Many Instagram influencers started with a passion, then decided to share it with the world as an afterthought.
The Top Well Paid Instagram Influencers
Cristiano Ronaldo – Best Well-Paid Footballer
Many footballers enjoy their spot at the top of the Instagram-rich list, but Ronaldo is the best-paid of them all.
With more than 354 million Instagram followers, Ronaldo reportedly scoops in more than $1.6 million per Instagram post.
On his grid, you can see him promoting eyewear and hair care products, as well as his own perfumes and his hair transplant clinic.
Ariana Grande – Best Well-Paid Singer
Pop stars can also scoop in the financial rewards of their Instagram fame, and Ariana Grande is one of the most Insta-fortunate.
Ariana has 270 million Instagram followers, so it's unsurprising that brands are happy to pay her so generously for her sponsored content – approximately $995,000 per post.
Ariana has recently worked with an online therapy provider, a beauty brand, and a gaming company.
Dwayne Johnson – Best Well-Paid Actor
Dwayne Johnson, known as The Rock on Instagram, has a dedicated following of 274 million. He's thought to command more than 1 million on his influencer marketing campaigns.
It's rare to see Dwayne promoting other brands on Instagram – he's probably rich enough already – but in the past, he has worked with Disney Plus and Under Armour.
He also promotes his own alcohol brand.
Virat Kohli – Best Well-Paid Batsmen
It's unusual for cricketers to make it really big on Instagram, but, being such a famous name beyond his sport, Virat Kohli has amassed more than 160 million followers on Instagram.
When he's not sharing cricket updates and flashbacks, Virat produces sponsored content for mobile phone companies, nutrition and fashion brands, and more.
He's apparently paid well for these posts, too, taking home approximately $700,000 per post.
Kevin Hart – Best Well-Paid Comedian
Kevin Hart is as much of a celebrity on Instagram as he is in real life. He has more than 120 million followers and is estimated to earn up to $500,000 per post.
Some of Kevin's recent brand collaborations include work with Fabletics and C4 Energy.
Like many of the stars on this list, Kevin doesn't fill his grid with collaborations – most of his content is related to his family or his job.
Who is the highest-paid Instagrammer 2022?
The 2022 Instagram rich list isn't out yet, but according to data from Influencer Marketing Hub, Cristiano Ronaldo topped the list in 2021.
He reportedly earns up to $1 million per post – and that's on top of all his other streams of revenue.
How many followers do you need to get verified?
Getting verified on Instagram doesn't happen when you hit a certain follower count. That's why you may see some people with as little as 10k followers who have verified accounts.
You can actually request Instagram to verify your Instagram account nowadays – just tap "settings", "account", then "request verification".
What happens when you have 1000 followers on Instagram?
Nothing magical or life-changing happens when you hit 1,000 Instagram followers, sadly!
You usually need a higher follower count for brands to take notice; at least 3,000 to 5,000.
On a positive note, hitting 1,000 followers is a sign you're doing something right with your content.
Who is the person with the most followers on Instagram?
Unsurprisingly, given that he's the best-paid star on Instagram, Cristiano Ronaldo has the most followers on Instagram, with more than 350 million at the time of writing.
Reality star Kylie Jenner is a close second, with more than 275 million Instagram followers.
Which celebrity has the least followers on Instagram?
There is no official documentation of the celebrity with the least amount of followers on Instagram – it would be quite hard to detect, as there are many celebrities who simply aren't as famous as others.
Try searching for actors who have only played secondary movie characters, and you'll find their follower counts aren't huge.
How long does it take to reach 1000 followers on Instagram?
For some people, reaching 1,000 followers happens in a matter of weeks. For others, the process takes longer.
Generally, if you're posting interesting content and working on attracting a new audience, you can expect to go from 0 to 1,000 followers within a month.
Does Instagram pay per post?
Instagram doesn't pay per post – unless you work with Instagram on a sponsored Instagram post, which is very rare!
You can only use Instagram as a platform on which to make money from brand collaborations. So while Instagram won't pay you per post, brands will.
How many followers do you need to get a blue tick?
You don't need a certain number of followers to get a blue tick. Instagram has its own secret process for deciding who gets verified.
If you want the blue tick, you can request it from Instagram. Keep in mind that even some big influencers don't have a blue tick – it's hard to get.
Do you get paid for being verified on Instagram?
No, you don't get paid for being verified on Instagram.
The only thing that changes is that you'll have a blue tick by your Instagram account going forward. This can be handy for famous influencers and celebrities, as many Instagram users will create fake accounts and attempt to impersonate these people.
How much do you earn per month as an Influencer on Instagram?
How much money you earn per month on Instagram depends on how many followers you have. If you're just starting out, you might earn nothing per month.
As you begin to grow your following, you can expect to earn a few hundred dollars per post, which can quickly add up to thousands of dollars per month.
It is evident that Instagram influencers make a considerable amount of money. However, the amount an influencer makes varies depending on their following, engagement rate, and other factors.
Although some may think that becoming an influencer is a quick and easy way to make money, it is actually a lot of hard work.
So, if you are thinking about becoming an Instagram influencer, be prepared to put in a lot of time and effort.
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