Look at Rich's shirt

I am trying to find the food and sewing teachers, but they are listed by names and I don't know them.

Look at the photo of Rich on the Timpview High page.  Where did he get the shirt?

Lamb, Richard

General Information

• Name: Richard Lamb
• Department: VOC ED
• Phone: 801-221-9720
• Email: richl@provo.edu

Susan was LaRae Mason there when you were?

Mason, Larae

General Information

• Name: Larae Mason
• Department: HomeEcon
• Phone: 801-221-9720
• Email: laraem@provo.edu

My Webpage

Waiting in Line at the Post Office

Today, while waiting in line at the post office, the lady in front of me started talking
to me.  She had two large envelopes from an attorney's office and she was filling out the
verification for certified letters.  It appeared she had income tax papers to put in the envelopes.

She started talking about stuff she has sent to relatives in Canada that they didn't get.  In her opinion
Canada steals your mail.  She sent cashier's checks in 2013 for Christmas and they were stolen.
Her relatives only got the cards.

She has 18 grand children and only one daughter that isn't married, Nathalie Lebras who teaches
at Timpview High.  Photo below from the Timpview High Page.  Nathalie's mother says she teaches
ESL and history classes.

Her husband (the lady in line) is from France and she lived there for 3 years after she got married.  I am not sure
where she is from, but she has been to Viet Nam and is going there again, only for a vacation.

All of her children live in Utah, one is a Doctor.  They get together at least once a month and
she is already planning her family Chinese New Year's Party on January 31.

I wonder where she is from.  We weren't in line that long.  She doesn't know my name, but
does know I have 5 children and 6 grand children and 3 of my children are not living in Utah.

Lebras, Nathalie

General Information

• Name: Nathalie Lebras
• Department: SocialStud
• Phone:
• Email: nathaliel@provo.edu

My Webpage

Jacob wrote to Senator Lee about Utah's dirty air

It was a form letter from the American Lung Association.  Here is the response of Jacob's letter.
The point of Senator Lee's letter is he is going to do nothing about air quality.  He is up for re-election in 2016.

Resent-From: jacobburdett@hotmail.com From: pete_blair@lee.senate.gov Date: January 15, 2014 at 9:11:25 AM MST Resent-To: jacobburdett@gmail.com To: jacobburdett@hotmail.com Subject: Response to the correspondence you sent to Senator Mike Lee January 15, 2014 Dear Jacob: Thank you for reaching out to Senator Lee. He appreciates constituents who engage in the legislative process and knows that such communication is vital to finding solutions to the problems facing our country today. Senator Lee is moving forward with a positive policy agenda to address the challenges of our time. This year, Senator Lee will be introducing legislation to correct our nation's opportunity crisis. He is working to develop upward mobility for the poor and ease the pressure on the middle class by making education more accessible and affordable, reducing tax burdens on hardworking parents, and promoting work-life balance. Senator Lee recently gave a major policy speech in which he said: "Today, working families' take-home pay is flat. But the staples of middle-class security and opportunity - health care, education, home ownership, work-life balance, and children - are becoming harder to afford all the time." Senator Lee will continue to work to make it easier for his constituents to get ahead, save a little more, and realize their American dream. Have a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! Best, Pete Blair Office of Senator Michael S. Lee (202) 224-5444 Follow Senator Lee on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SenMikeLee

I think NuSkin stock dropped significantly 2 days in a row

It is Friday Night.  I think this is the third straight day of loss for NuSkin Stock.
The first post was posted this morning and I guess represents yesterday stock market.

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc.

NYSE: NUS - Jan 17 10:49 AM ET

81.773.03 (3.57%)

1. 1 day
2. 5 day
3. 1 month
4. 3 month
5. 1 year
6. 5 year
7. max

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc.

NYSE: NUS - Jan 17 7:59 PM ET

79.475.33 (6.29%)

After-hours: 79.200.27 (0.34%)

1. 1 day
2. 5 day
3. 1 month
4. 3 month
5. 1 year
6. 5 year
7. max

Open	80.32
High	85.64
Low	74.13

Market cap	4.73B
P/E ratio (ttm)	16.24
Dividend yield	1.51%

Nu Skin Falls as China Vows to Probe Pyramid Suspicions

I did not take the time to link all the links to this story.  Go to the bottom link and open the story
if you want to click on all the links.

Nu Skin Falls as China Vows to Probe Pyramid Suspicions

By Lauren Coleman-Lochner and Rachel Butt - Jan 16, 2014

Nu Skin Enterprises Inc. (NUS) plunged the most ever after the Chinese government said it would investigate the maker of skin-care and nutritional products following a Chinese newspaper’s report that Nu Skin was a “suspected illegal pyramid scheme.” Shares of other direct sellers such as Herbalife Ltd. and Usana Health Sciences Inc. also dropped.

Nu Skin fell 30 percent to $81.24 at 2:37 p.m. in New York and earlier declined as much as 41 percent for the largest intraday decrease since its 1996 initial public offering.

The State Administration for Industry and Commerce said it will probe Nu Skin’s operations after the People’s Daily report. China is treating the allegations seriously and has asked for an immediate investigation, the department said in a statement on its website. Nu Skin representatives yesterday denied the allegations in the newspaper report.

“We have initiated our own province-by-province business review and will invite relevant regulators to provide guidance,” Nu Skin said today in an e-mailed statement. “There will likely be a negative impact on China revenue, but it is too early to know whether our previous guidance will be affected.”

Nu Skin also said it will add procedures to reinforce training and education.

Herbalife, a Cayman Islands-based seller of nutrition products, fell 12 percent to $69.74. Salt Lake City-based Usana, which sells personal-care and weight-management products, dropped 13 percent to $57.05.

New Obstacles

Foreign firms have been contending with new obstacles in China in recent months. Last year, the government-controlled media accused Starbucks Corp. (SBUX) of charging too much and said Samsung Electronics Co.’s smartphones don’t work properly. International Business Machines Corp.’s China revenue fell after state-owned companies delayed orders of servers and mainframes. Qualcomm Inc. technology is largely absent from devices on China Mobile Ltd.’s network because the state-owned carrier deployed a related system it said was developed locally.

Multilevel marketers, which use salesmen to recruit other sellers in addition to hawking products, also have come under renewed scrutiny in the U.S. after hedge fund manager Bill Ackman in 2012 accused Herbalife of being a pyramid scheme and placed a bet against the company’s shares. Herbalife has denied Ackman’s allegations, and investors including billionaire Carl Icahn have rushed to its defense.

China Allegations

Yesterday, the People’s Daily said Nu Skin brainwashes its trainees and sells 104 products in China, 20 more than the government allows. Nu Skin said the article “contains inaccuracies and exaggerations that are not representative of our business in China.”

In 2012, 20 percent of the company’s sales came from China and Hong Kong. As of July, Nu Skin had licenses to operate its direct-selling network in 19 of the country’s 32 provinces and municipalities.

Scott Van Winkle, an analyst at Canaccord Genuity Inc., today cut his recommendation on the stock to hold from buy, saying the Chinese market is large enough to significantly affect Nu Skin’s results and valuation.

Network marketers such as Nu Skin “have always been questioned,” causing “outsized share price movements,” Olivia Tong, an analyst at Bank of America Corp., wrote in a note yesterday. “There does not seem to be tangible evidence to validate negative claims targeted at the company thus far.”

Tong, based in New York, recommends buying the shares, citing strong cash flow.

To contact the reporter on this story: Lauren Coleman-Lochner in New York at llochner@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Robin Ajello at rajello@bloomberg.net

 Bloomberg.com news

Provo-Orem area second best performing area in the nation

The Milken Institute has announced this year's best-performing cities. Austin, Texas, was number one followed by Provo-Orem as Best-Performing Cities of 2013. The institute's annual index shows that technology and energy are the greatest driving forces in growing metro areas.

The 2013 Milken Institute Best-Performing Cities Index ranks U.S. metropolitan areas by how well they are creating and sustaining jobs and economic growth. The components include job, wage and salary, and technology growth. In most years, these give a good indication of the underlying structural performance of regional economics.

 Best cities.org

Provo-Orem also was recently recognized by the Kauffman Foundation as one of the top entrepreneurial areas of the country just behind Boulder, Colo.

Provo-Orem – A report by Engine and the Kauffman Foundation showed that the PROVO-OREM cluster was 11th in the United States for information and communications high-tech startup density.

Orem – Security and home automation company PROTECTION 1 opened an office near the campus of Utah Valley University. The office is expected to employ about 200 people.

Orem – Construction began on a new KNEADERS BAKERY & CAFE in Orem. The new store will offer additional space for classes and special events.

Orem – CORRECTIVE EDUCATION COMPANY formed a partnership with AIRWATCH. CEC will incorporate AirWatch security and management capabilities in its retail loss prevention solution.