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Ravitch: Welcome back to school "reform"

By Valerie Strauss

This was written by education historian Diane Ravitch on her Bridging Differences blog, which she co-authors with Deborah Meier on the Education Week website. The two took a break over the summer but this is Ravitch's return post.

Ravitch and Meier exchange letters about what matters most in education. Ravitch, a research professor at New York University, is the author of the bestselling “The Death and Life of the Great American School System,” an important critique of the flaws in the modern school reform movement.

Dear Deborah,
And so the school year 2010-11 begins. As seen from Washington, D.C., it is another year in which the U.S. secretary of education will push and prod the American education system and make it more "competitive" in the global economy, imposing incentives and sanctions aligned to produce higher test scores. As seen from the schools, it is another year in which teachers and principals will be blamed and punished unless their scores go up and up.

Now that the nation is experiencing the eighth full year since No Child Left Behind became law, we can anticipate that more punishments will be visited upon those whose schools failed to meet their annual targets for test-score improvements. More principals will be fired, more schools will be closed.

Now that the Race to the Top has gone through two rounds of competition, its close affinity to NCLB has become evident. Indeed, NCLB, Race to the Top, and President Obama’s plan to reauthorize the federal law, which he calls the Blueprint, are all variations on the same themes: accountability and choice. Since NCLB produced such meager improvement, the Obama administration has decided to tighten the reins of accountability and choice and make plainer the consequences of failing to raise test scores.

In our absence this summer, there were many important developments, and I hope we will discuss them all in detail.

Among the most notable were these:

a. The nation’s leading civil-rights groups issued a statement in opposition to the Obama-Duncan vision of school reform, expressing profound opposition to the idea that schools should compete for federal funding that they desperately need. Secretary Duncan persuaded their representatives to cancel their press briefing, and the document was quietly released.

b. The Los Angeles Times began a series of articles based on the value-added test scores of 6,000 elementary school teachers, which its reporters obtained from the Los Angeles school district. In their introductory article, the reporters published the names and pictures of teachers whom they described as ineffective because their student scores had not gone up. The articles produced a firestorm of controversy. Secretary Duncan lauded the L.A. Times for being brave enough to publish the data about teacher effectiveness. Most educators who commented in the blogosphere castigated the newspaper for naming and shaming individual teachers, or for making a pretense of caring about "multiple measures" while giving credence only to test scores.

c. The Economic Policy Institute released a paper co-authored by many of the nation’s leading testing experts [and others, including Ravitch] explaining why value-added test scores should not be a major factor in evaluating teachers. It is not likely to cause the administration to reflect on their favored cause, but maybe members of Congress who are worried about the schools in their own communities will pay attention.

d. Secretary Duncan’s Race to the Top identified the second round of winners of the government’s billions intended to reform schools by promoting more private management of public schools and more reliance on student test scores to evaluate teachers. Losers complained bitterly that states west of the Mississippi (except Hawaii, the president’s home state) were shunned. Conservatives groused that Colorado and Louisiana, two shining examples of Duncan-style reform, lost out. Duncan promised to get more money from Congress to spread his vision.

e. Catalyst, the Chicago-based publication that regularly examines the Chicago schools, reviewed the results of that city’s program called Renaissance 2010, which was the strategic plan of Mayor Richard Daley and then-Superintendent Arne Duncan. Renaissance 2010 may well be the template for Race to the Top and the Obama Blueprint. Catalyst summarizes the results: 100 new schools featuring "shaky budgets," "high teacher turnover," and "mediocre
test scores."

f. A recent Phi Delta Kappa-Gallup poll reported that public support for the Obama education agenda has dropped from 45 percent to 34 percent. The more the public sees, the less it likes what Obama and Duncan are doing.

In the weeks ahead, I will look at each of these developments more closely.

There are two observations that I draw from this brief sketch:

One, federal control and direction of education policy have largely replaced state and local control, a decisive and historic change that can be credited to (or blamed on) President George W. Bush and NCLB; two, the models for Race to the Top—Chicago and New York City—indicate that our schools will see a great deal of change in the years ahead, but not much improvement in the quality of education, if any.

To the contrary, the search for higher scores is likely to promote a significant narrowing of the curriculum, cheating, teaching to the test, and other negative outcomes. To the extent that our students learn less history, science, civics, geography, foreign languages, and the arts, their education will be far worse than it is today.

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Great article. In addition, we need to tell the public the truth about Renaissance 2010 and the way it has harmed CPS. Perhaps that is one of reasons Daley is retiring.

Posted by: educationlover54 | September 8, 2010 1:39 PM | Report abuse

Great synopsis of what FB group Teachers' Letters to Obama is calling the Summer of our Discontent. Thanks, especially, for noting the administrative lip service given to careful evaluation of teachers via multiple measures--while simultaneously praising the LA Times, who shamed teachers for unreliable test data.

On the Diane Rehm show this morning, Cindy Brown of the CAP claimed that the federal government had little influence over education, calling ed policy a "state and local issue"--while praising the Duncan ED for luring 28 states into making significant legislative changes, in hopes of getting some RTTT money. I believe Ravitch is right when she notes that the feds have exponentially increased their control over education policy, while maintaining their disingenuous "local control" rhetoric.

Posted by: nflanagan2 | September 8, 2010 2:13 PM | Report abuse

Whether control is local or national, the actual polcies are a disaster. RTTT was a bribe to pursue bad education policy, that is misguided and bad enough, but the fact that it was paid for with money that could have gone to struggling districts to actually improve education is a tragedy.

Posted by: mcstowy | September 9, 2010 10:21 AM | Report abuse

You state: "To the extent that our students learn less history, science, civics, geography, foreign languages, and the arts, their education will be far worse than it is today."

This was all known at the beginning of NCLB, even before NCLB. Why then treat this as anything other than an intended consequence of NCLB? Critics of NCLB assail the logic behind it as nonsense, but it is only nonsense if you believe in the education of democratic citizens. The New Aryans of the corporate world have repeatedly stated that democratic government is the problem in their quest for domiance. The Powell Memorandum that began the corporate war against schools clearly stated it was because of consumerism and environmentalism that threatened corporate dominance.

That is part of the history they don't want people to know.

Posted by: zoniedude | September 9, 2010 12:43 PM | Report abuse

NY City's new school year, indeed, looks dismal:

UFT president (NYC's teachers' union) Michael Mulgrew sold teachers out, back room style, by agreeing to a doubled charter increase and tying teacher evals to students' scores. How did he get to do that without membership votes, anyway?

Anyway, that green lit the albany Dems to scramble to vote those things into bills in time for Race to the Top's 2nd round. Gov. Patterson signed and now day school teachers are off to joy, joy, joy... (snark, snark, snark) in blame-the-teacher-hell that is your current school system. (RttT: Yes! We won! We won!!! ... meaning, we lost. Teachers in loser states, pop open the champagne. You lost, you won.)

I taught in the South Bronx in the eighties and nineties... with a much lower salary and fewer benefits and a paucity of supplies. I would rather teach there under those conditions than under the current lockstep punitive crap - the District 2 Alvarado model (meanspirited cult) that Bloomberg-Klein spread citiwide. The kids in the ravaged, rock bottom, poverty scourged SB, I could and did manage and manage to teach. This, I doubt I could stomach.

And the DC Rhee/Weingarten (Randi = sell out writ large!) horror show of a contract thing? A clueless 80% of the teachers who voted on it, voted for it. I feel sorry for the smart 20% who opposed it, who now have to suffer under it.

Well, as it says on the blue propaganda wall of slogans in Rhee's beloved IMPACT curriculum's intro:

"All children, regardless of background or circumstance, can achieve at the highest levels."

Translation: Work your magic, teacher/miracle worker, or you are fired!

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Making ends meet in Umoja

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Salma is tired of running her mitumba (pre-owned) clothing stall in Umoja, Nairobi. She says business isn’t what it used to be and she spends too much time chasing the credit deals she has with her regular clients. They love the clothes, she says, but they never want to pay.

And when it rains, she has to go to the clients, through the endless traffic jam, rather than wait for them because they are reluctant to venture into the mud and sludge of the rickety market where her jua kali (informal) stall stands. And it’s been raining a lot again.

Salma’s clothes come from the huge bales offloaded at Mombasa, dispatched by Oxfam and similar charities around the world. The bales are transported from Mombasa and emptied by the mamas at the Kikomba market, near town, where Salma is a regular.

At Kikomba, most of the clothes are sold for a hundred shillings (R10) or slightly more. But then there are the numbers that the mamas know will sell at five times the 1 000 shillings that Salma’s willing to pay. These are mostly from design-house job lots. Burberry, Guess and Next are common, and lots of Italian names she doesn’t even know. Among the shoes, she sometimes finds Prada. In Nairobi, Salma is one of few sources for prêt-à-porter clothes from Paris! Her clients know it. And her clients will pay. In time.

In the afternoons, Salma usually leaves her stall in the care of three unemployed youngsters whom she pays 100 bob each (R10) for the shift. They tolerate the afternoon teens who come to the stall, try everything on, but never buy a thing.

But Salma will be back in Umoja in time to meet her regular clients as they come past in the evening. She knows her clients well, and knows who to call when she’s found what. And she’s usually right. But once she’s agreed on a bargain price with a client, she’ll often be told, “Sina pesa saa hii!” (I don’t have money now!). And this usually happens after Salma has packed the garment. So she gets tied into another credit deal that runs for a month at least. Salma says that business isn’t what it used to be.

Maisha ni ngumu!” (Life is hard!) she exclaims. “I work for my small money.”

Salma at her stall in Umoja. (Brian Rath)
Clothes for sale at an informal market in Nairobi. (Flickr/computerwhiz417)

Her stall opens at 7am. It stays open till 7pm. After packing up and paying the guy to take her stock to the store, she’ll go shopping for fresh vegetables and groceries, and get home by 8pm. She’ll cook and eat, and by 9.30pm will have fallen asleep in front of the TV. She’ll maybe wake around 2am and drag herself off to bed. And she’ll be up before 5am again.

She says she can’t carry on doing this for little return. Business is not what it used to be.

Ultimately, Salma wants to settle near the sea and she wants to learn to swim. She loves the beach and she swears she would quickly lose the extra 10kg just because of the ‘coasto’ lifestyle.

She’s Muslim, so she’s salama (at peace) among the Swahilis at the coast and she’s thought of opening a mitumba stall in Mombasa, where there are few stalls. But her ideal business would be to sell African print-couture in the upmarket coastal town of Malindi. If she could get enough money for Malindi, she would concentrate on her own designs.

She knows she could do well because every time she gets the cash to buy fabrics, and the time to guide the sewing fundi in making up the dresses, she sells them within a day, before her bigger clients have even seen them. She could make her eclectic African necklaces in Malindi too, but she just doesn’t have the time in Nairobi.

Salma has a sister living in the States, another in South Africa, and both are doing well. But her dad is old and he wants her nearby, so Salma is struggling in Kenya. Still, she enjoys her life. When the clients have paid, usually in the first week of the new month, she goes out to have fun with her late-twenties and 30-something friends. They’re a mixed bunch, Muslims and Christians alike, a few with kids but most not. One or two of them are married. They usually go clubbing and might dance to house or R&B at some place in the hip suburb of Westlands. Salma prefers drinking spirits to beer –  Napoleon brandy and Sprite.

Even if Salma drinks and doesn’t ever wear the austere black abaya (popularly,the ‘bui bui’) or veil when out, she’s an otherwise devoted Muslim: She’s up every morning before five in her ‘bui-bui’ and a thick red scarf that she wraps around her head in the style of a Tuareg nomad. She puts her red Maasai blanket on the floor as her prayer mat and she reads passages from Qur’an for an hour, daily before daybreak.

Salma tells me that during the holy month of Ramadan, she was at the head-grinding blender from 4am so she could make her fresh vegetable ‘smoothie’ and eat a chapatti before the sun was out. She cooks many dishes but admits that she lacks the patience to make good chapattis. And she laughs a bit when relating how the noise of the blender drove her neighbours nuts before sunrise. It was only the Somali sisters in the flat upstairs who understood.

On the advent of Eid ul Adha in October last year, she cooked the customary pilau rice and goat meat as a special treat for a few invited friends. It was an honour to be invited but I could see she had battled to provide. With no alcohol present, she bought Coke and Sprite, warm, from the shop across the dusty road. But afterwards, tired and stressed, she admitted that “a Guinness would be great”.

Salma is tired of running her mitumba stall in Umoja, just outside Nairobi.  “It’s time to leave this place,” she says. Business is not what it used to be.

Brian Rath was born and raised in Cape Town. He now lives and writes in Kenya, and has a novel due to be published shortly.

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The world is watching how we face the challenge of this election. As we make this important decision, we must make sure it reflects the will of the largest number of voters possible.

I have pledged to make sure that every vote counts. But first and foremost, each of us needs to make sure that as many votes as possible are cast.

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With a signature from the President, Senator Jon Tester's bipartisan bill to provide disabled veterans and survivors with a cost-of-living increase today became law.

Tester's bill matches the veterans' benefit increase to the Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) provided to Social Security recipients. It will benefit nearly four million veterans and their families and affect several important veterans' benefits, including disability compensation and survivor benefits for spouses and children.

"Veterans fought hard for this country and earned all their benefits," said Tester, Montana's only member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee. "It's my job to make sure those benefits keep pace with economic realities, and it is our responsibility to keep living up to those promises on behalf of all veterans."

Tester helped pass a similar increase in veterans' disability benefits last year. This year's increase will mean an additional $500 in benefits on average for veterans and their families next year.

"Compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs is a major source of income for many veterans and their families, so adjusting those payments for inflation is absolutely necessary," said Disabled American Veterans National Commander Larry A. Polzin. "We commend Sen. Tester for leading the charge on the COLA bill and helping to push it across the finish line."


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The changes appeared Friday in an update to Google’s terms of service and will allow the search engine to include its users’ information in ‘shared endorsement’ ads that will appear next to search results and can contain pretty much any public information on a user’s profile that is deemed relevant to a specific ad.

Google has pushed a ‘summary of changes’ page through a banner that appears at the top of the screen when using the site, and have given a brief explanation of their plans:

“We want to give you, and your friends and connections, the most useful information. Recommendations from people that you know can really help. So your friends, family and others may see your Profile name and photo, and content like the reviews that you share or the ads that you +1’d. This only happens when you take an action (things like +1’ing, commenting or following) – and the only people who see it are the people that you’ve chosen to share that content with. On Google, you’re in control of what you share. This update to our Terms of Service doesn’t change in any way who you’ve shared things with in the past or your ability to control who you want to share things with in the future.”

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So far, the reaction to the news has been very similar to when Facebook  implemented similar features to its site earlier this year: a whole heap of negative. Users have posted to Twitter and Facebook to vent their anger. One person described the changes as “unacceptable & unwelcome,” and another simply asked what many of us thought when first heard the news: “what the heck, Google?”

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NoNo Pro Review: Does it Really Work? (Feb. 2015 Update)

NoNo Pro Review: Does it Really Work? (Feb. 2015 Update)

NoNo Pro is advertised as a painless and effective hair removal product which is superior to traditional shaving. Read our NoNo Pro reviews from editors and readers.

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About NoNo Pro

NoNo Pro is a hair removal system which uses a heated wire and a process called pulsed Thermicon Technology. This is different from laser hair removal. Long-term use of the product is said to result in hair which grows back thinner and finer. The official FAQ states, however, that if you stop using NoNo Pro “hair may eventually return to its previous pattern.” The company responded to a comment below and noted that results are “not permanent.”

NoNo Pro comes with two tips: wide and narrow. The wide tip is designed for large non-sensitive areas, while the narrow tip is meant to be used on sensitive areas, including the face. After using the NoNo on your face, it is suggested to use their Buffer or an exfoliating cream “to remove crystallized hair.”

The official website is, which was registered on February 7, 2013. When this review was first posted in November 2013, the original NoNo was still being advertised at, which was registered on July 31, 2008. That site now only appears to sell the NoNo Pro 3 model.

NoNo Pro comes in 4 colors. The Pro3 is available in pink, turquoise, and a limited edition “Spring Bloom” color. The Pro5 (if it is still available) comes in a platinum color.

How Much Does NoNo Pro Cost?

The original NoNo costs about $285, but no longer appears to be available. There are now two “Pro” models:

  • Pro3: 3 payments of $96.65 + $14.95 shipping, for a total of $304.90
  • Pro5: 3 payments of $103.31 + $14.95 shipping, for a total of $324.90

The image below shows a NoNo (non-pro version) display at a Bed Bath and Beyond in Las Vegas in December 2014. The cost of the product was $269.99.

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This is a NoNo (non-Pro version) display at a Bed Bath and Beyond in December 2014.

NoNo 8800 vs NoNo Pro

The Pro version of NoNo is said to have 35% more power than the original, which they say will allow you to “remove coarse and thick hair more effectively than ever before.” The new version also has a status screen, a more comfortable grip, and their “new patented Pulsed Thermicon technology.”

NoNo Pro3 vs NoNo Pro5

As of late 2014, the Pro5 has been largely removed from the official NoNo Pro website. There is no way to place it in the cart, and the only mention of it is in text in the footer.

The primary difference between the Pro3 and Pro5 models is the number of settings. Pro3 has three treatment levels, and the Pro5 have five treatment levels.

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This is a screenshot of the NoNo Pro website in November 2014.

This is the official NoNo Pro website, captured in November 2013.

This is how the official NoNo Pro website looked in November 2013.

Our NoNo Pro Review

We had several testers try out a NoNo Pro unit in late 2013, and the overall consensus was that it was not superior to shaving or waxing. Our testers also reported a distinct smell of burning hair while using the unit. Although it is claimed that NoNo Pro works for all hair types, we found that it worked better on fine than coarse hair. Those with finer, lighter hair reported slightly better results than those with thick, coarse hair. Our testers did not feel that their skin was completely smooth or stubble-free while using the product, a sentiment that has been echoed by other online reviews. Another concern which is not often mentioned is the time investment. Each session may require more time and patience than some consumers expect.

NoNo Pro is billed as painless, but we found the product does provide a sensation that, to some, could be described as painful. This sensation varies based on the user’s pain threshold. Some testers describe it is prickly, while we also heard complaints that it created a burning sensation.

There is a sound emitted while using the unit. We did not find it to be unacceptable, but some readers have expressed the opinion that it was too loud.

There is a certain amount of time, patience, and technique required to use NoNo Pro effectively. It would appear that in the case of some reviewers, impatience and proper technique may have led them to form a negative impression of the product.

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Consumer Reports reviewed the NoNo 8800 in their December 2013 issue. None of their six testers said their legs felt hair-free or stubble-free during a six-week trial, and none “said they’d want to buy the device.”

On Amazon, as of December 26, 2014, 66% of reviewers ranked it one star (414 out of 623 total). Only 10.9% ranked it five stars (68 out of 623 reviews). That product no longer appears on the site.

Trends Report

The Google Trends chart below shows the history of searches for NoNo Pro. It appears to have had its biggest surges in November 2013, April 2014, and July 2014.

We did not find NoNo Pro to be as effective as the advertising would lead us to believe, nor did we find it to be superior to other hair removal systems on the market. There are far too many user complaints to be ignored, and our tests confirmed that the product does not work for everyone.

You may be interested in our comparison of the NoNo Pro with other popular at-home hair removal systems.

Your NoNo Pro Reviews

Have you tried NoNo or NoNo Pro? Give us your review in the comments below.

Updated February 20, 2015
Originally published November 2013

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      March 9, 2015 at 8:49 am

      Hi Patty,

      We appreciate your positive feedback. Thank you for using no!no! and we suggest you like our Facebook page for more updates. We also recommend visiting our website with tips and tricks in using no!no! – Thank you so much

      The Radiancy Team

  4. Kellie

    January 13, 2015 at 8:42 am

    Well I really was planning on trying the NoNo Pro, but considering they only offer a 60 day trial and you have to use it at least 6 weeks to even get results if any, not worth the risk of being out $300 to me. Thank you to all that have shared their experiences it sure helped in making my decision easier! :)

    • nonoCustomerService

      January 20, 2015 at 12:44 pm

      Hi Kellie,

      We totally understand your hesitation in purchasing no!no!. We’d like to assure you that no!no! offers 100% risk free trial. Yes, you are right that you need to use it for at least 6 weeks to get the result however, 6 weeks is equal to 42 days. This means that if you didn’t get any result for at least 45 days then just give us a call and request for an RMA number so you can return the device and we can issue you a full product refund.

      no!no! requires time and patience but worth the wait. Hope this helps.

      no!no! Customer Service

  5. nonoCustomerService

    December 2, 2014 at 2:23 am

    Hi Wendy,

    We’re sorry to hear about your no!no! experience. We;d like to inform you that studies show no lasting side effects associated with the proper use of no!no! like bumps and pimples. However, Thermicon™ technology uses heat, and in some cases, sensitive skin may experience temporary redness which fades within hours. Applying lotions like no!no! Smooth after a treatment will help keep skin moisturized and healthy.

    We hope this helps.

    All the Best,

    no!no! Customer Service

  6. nonoCustomerService

    December 2, 2014 at 2:14 am

    Hi Diane,

    We’re sorry to hear that you have encountered such issue with no!no! and we thank you for informing us.

    We’d like to help you get the result that you’ve wanted from no!no!. We hope you can answer the following questions so we can check how we can assist you further.

    a) How long have you used nono?
    b) How frequent have you used it?
    c) What device and Thermicon Tip are you using?

    We are looking forward to talk to you soon.

    Best Regards,

    no!no! Customer Service

  7. nonoCustomerService

    November 27, 2014 at 2:08 am

    Hi Ang,

    Thanks for writing in. Radiancy, the maker of no!no!, is currently registered with FDA and we make sure that we comply with all the legal and medical requirements. This is to assure our buyers that our products are safe and effective.

    All the Best,

    no!no! Customer Service

  8. Renee

    May 27, 2014 at 3:18 am

    I purchased the nono pro, and had a good experience with customer service, however, that was the ONLY good experience. It took three weeks for delivery, due to bad weather, according to the representatives, and when I got the nono, the large thermicon tip didn’t work, because the very flimsy wire that burns the hair was bent. I was supposed to get the hair reducing cream, but it was not included. So, I used the smaller tip instead, and started on my legs…. What a nightmare! They recommend starting on the lowest level, but that didn’t remove ANY HAIR WHATSOEVER, regardless of how many passes I made. I had to use the highest setting, and even then, I had to make about fifteen passes to remove the hair! The nono says to only make four! Even THEN, it didn’t remove ALL the hair, just cut it in half basically. So, you have to use this buffer VERY aggressively in order for it to remove your hair, which leftlegs feeling raw and very dry. It took me 4 HOURS to do both legs, but I’m a big girl, so I would imagine if I were a much smaller woman, it might have taken two hours, which is still a ridiculous amount of time! I tried my face next, thinking I’d have better luck, but the nono is not shaped well enough to fit below your nostrils, and going over my chin was a total pain. Actually, every second using the nono was a total pain! I knew the very first day that this product wasn’t for me. The hair started growing back the very next day. I called the reps, and spent thirty minutes on the phone listening to how I was doing it wrong. When I asked why it didn’t remove all the hair, why I could still feel stubble, I was told, “It won’t remove all the hair, because the wire can’t touch your skin, or else it’ll burn you.” Then why the hell did I pay 300 bucks for this thing?? I had to wait 45 days to return it in order to get return shipping waived, and it took a week to get back to them. I followed my tracking number, and the same day it was in their office, I called and they immediately put in an order for my refund, which I received two business days later. I don’t care if my hair grows back finer and more slowly, if I have to go through that experience for MONTHS before I even see results, it’s not worth it. This product would be great if you found it for 9.99 in the bargain bin at Walmart. I also never got my large thermicon tip and cream, because it was mailed to the wrong address, and if you’re not careful, the nono WILL burn your skin, especially in areas where skin is a little loose or folds, though the pain was slight. The commercial was soooo misleading! Shame on you, NONO.

    • nonoCustomerService

      November 25, 2014 at 10:50 am

      Hi Renee,

      We’re sorry to hear that you weren’t satisfied with the results of your no!no!. Thanks also for sharing your experience with us as this will help us improve our service.

      We just want to clarify that the no!no! works with a patented Thermicon Technology which uses the science of heat to treat the hair. The reason we ask you use the no!no! for 60 days is to be able to give it a chance to work for you. Most of our customers see results by using the no!no! 2-3 times a week to begin and then have to use it less from there. Just like any product, the no!no! takes time, and is not permanent, but provides long-lasting results. It takes time and patience to get the results that you want. We hope this helps.

      All the Best,
      no!no! Customer Service

  9. James

    April 21, 2014 at 7:24 am

    I have used the No NO for 6 weeks exactly the way the directions say to use it. I used it on thick hair and in a large area. I can tell you that this are is not hairLESS. This means while the hair does grow back, it grows back thinner, lighter and much easier to manage. Moreover, I do lightly shave before I use the no no because the hair is so thick, but, I burn the shorter hairs and now, much less hair is growing and I am bare where I want to be and I don’t have to shave all the time. I am persistent and not lazy like the people on here who expect magic results with no effort.

    Buy the No NO if you have patience and it will give you remarkable results. USE THE CREAM, use the pads and do everything the instructions tell you to do. You will soon see that your hair is going away longer and when it does grow, it’s no where near as thick or healthy. You are basically killing it slowly. Now I have hardly any growth and what is coming back is very very light and thin.

    • nonoCustomerService

      November 26, 2014 at 5:31 am

      Hi James,

      Thank you for sharing your no!no! experience with us and we appreciate you giving tips on using no!no! If you have any concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us.

      All the Best,

      no!no! Customer Service

  10. Jason

    April 20, 2014 at 4:32 pm

    When a buyer makes purchases with their credit card, they can always contact the credit card company and mention that the product (in this case NoNo) does not work. The credit card companies tend to favor the consumers. This is one way to get money back Since NoNo customer services socks and does not accept returns as advertised

    • nonoCustomerService

      November 27, 2014 at 12:41 am

      Hi Jason,

      Thanks for giving out options on the refund process. However, we still suggest calling our Customer Service Department and request for an RMA number so we can process the refund. Our customers are backed up with a 60-day money back guarantee and we stick to that promise.

      All the Best,

      no!no! Customer Service

  11. Matt

    April 6, 2014 at 7:28 pm

    Almost every negative review that I’ve seen involves at least one step done incorrectly. If it burned you, you are operating it WRONG; follow directions. Or there are the people that are like “after doing it for 30 days, I HAVE ZERO RESULTS.”

    Well, duh, you’re supposed to do six weeks. And even then, you’ll see probably minor gains (it’s not supposed to magically erase hair like some people purport it to be able to do), provided you’ve done it the two to three times a week that you’re supposed to do it.

    My girlfriend and I did it, and I had decent results. The problem, as most people probably have, is sticking to consistently doing it. People rarely have the patience to maintain. But in my instance, you won’t see me bashing a company because of it.

    • nonoCustomerService

      November 27, 2014 at 1:09 am

      Hi Matt,

      We appreciate your feedback and we’d like to let you know that your review will really help our customers to understand how no!no! works. Happy nono-ing!

      Best Regards,

      no!no! Customer Service

  12. SteveS

    April 5, 2014 at 8:44 am

    Nono customer service is one of the worst experiences I have ever encountered. Their staff are like robots and don’t take responsibility in serving their clients. They read off of a script and they stick to it. They lie and disrespect their clients. I would NEVER recommend their products to anyone even if they worked or were the next best thing since sliced bread. Having call center experience for over 12 years I can tell you this is not a way to run a company. They put their company first over their clients. I could go on for hours about this but I think enough has been said DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THIS COMPANY, YOU WILL THROWING YOUR MONEY DOWN THE TOILET!!!!!!!!!

  13. shelley

    March 22, 2014 at 11:52 pm

    WARNING!!! You wasted your money. Like so many of us did
    This no no company should do what is right and refund everyone.
    No no SUCKS. It DOES NOT work.
    Now company’s just lie about their stupid products to get your money.
    This is a FACT!!! Don’t buy it. Save your money.

    • makayla

      April 6, 2014 at 8:27 pm

      Its nor a food or drug so it does not have to be fda cleared.

  14. hank n

    March 15, 2014 at 3:14 pm

    I do FDA regulatory, and can assure you that there is no science that provesthis product works. For customers who have purchased, and received burning sensations, please report then to the FDA. It only takes a moment, and they have been allowed to raise the power of their led without trial’s. I had a customer with a predicate devise, and after referencing clinical, advised them to discontinue p production because of a high risk of liability. Note..product in made in China, which does not regulate cosmetic devices. The US does. Make sure it has an FDA Clarence ,(not recommendation, as the do not recommend any products).

    • Joan

      May 12, 2014 at 5:48 am

      Please learn how to write.

  15. nono

    March 5, 2014 at 3:51 pm

    I bought the previous model and it did not work as well as I would have liked. I have been using creams, shaving, sprays with much better results. I would like to try this latest model. I hate hair on my body and as a male I take a lot of static about it. My Last GF also hated hair on me too. if I do get one of these i’ll post my findings?

  16. john baker

    February 17, 2014 at 8:06 pm

    I would like to try the no no pro on Myer extremities where I have been shaving from time to time
    If it turns out to hurt or burn my ears after trialling can I return it for a refund
    Thank you john

  17. Ann

    January 23, 2014 at 3:51 pm

    Don’t waste your money. It is expensive and doesn’t work. Not on face, not under arms, not on legs, and nowhere else. You can get a nasty burn from it, too.

    • nonoCustomerService

      November 27, 2014 at 3:39 am

      Hi Ann,

      We’re sorry to hear that you didn’t get your expected results from using no!no!. Rest assured that we’re here to help you.

      We have some questions for us to know how to assist you further.

      a) What nono device are you using?
      b) What thermicon tip have you purchased?
      c) How frequent do you nono?
      d) How long have you used nono?

      We’re excited to talk to you and help you get the result that you want. Thanks a lot

      Best Regards,

      no!no! Customer Service

  18. azam

    January 10, 2014 at 6:03 pm

    I purchased a nono pro about 9 months ago and tried it over and over but it did not work at all. I tried returning it but the phone number no one would answer and the Email they sent was the wrong one. this nono pro is a total junk. The company, well i dont know. what do you think?

  19. Peggy

    January 10, 2014 at 10:09 am

    I purchased the no no Pro and used it trying to get rid of upper lip hair,it did not do very well on the coarse hair, burned my skin and I tried to return an spoke to JASON X303 – he told me to try it a little longer and call back Dec. 19th if wanted to return it, I did and spoke to Diana ex. 387 and she told me my 60 days were up prior to the Dec. 19th date, I told her what Jason had told me and she told me to call back later in the week, after they had gone back and listened to calls and she would let me know. Well I could not get same person and was they must be in California and my 60 days were up, nothing they can do. Jason tricked me into waiting too long. DO NOT Purchase this product. bad, bad customer service.

    • RJB

      January 14, 2014 at 10:02 pm

      Sue them. Jason made a new contract with you by telling you that you could still return after his prescribed waiting period…. or even suggesting you should wait a determined time frame implies that they are extending your trial period.

    • Thersa

      March 14, 2014 at 12:00 am

      I had the pro for about a month and would of been more successful if I could of used my teeth to hank out the hairs. Called and they gave me the same treatment 3/6 BUT I insisted on them sending me a RMA # in an email, she kept telling me to wait another 30 days, I told her hell no. The email arrived, followed the instructions in the email. Was told to call them with the tracking number and they would stop any further payments and refund what I already paid, EXCEPT they would not return the return postage which was $18.00 In the email it claimed that the refund would be after 2 working business days, I waited 3 days after seeing they received it and called Thursday, the lady took the tracking number said she’d check on the return but I’d have to wait 10 working days. The line went dead! Called back and got a guy and he claimed if it showed they received it, he would refund me immediately. He came back on the line, said he sent in the refund to our debit card. BUT it may take the bank 3 days to credit the account. So as long as I get the refund, I’ll eat the $18.00. I would suggest calling back and request to speak to a supervisor and let them know how dissatisfied you are being lied to. Good luck!

      • SteveS

        April 5, 2014 at 8:48 am

        I had the same problem with this company.

        Nono customer service is one of the worst experiences I have ever encountered. Their staff are like robots and don’t take responsibility in serving their clients. They read off of a script and they stick to it. They lie and disrespect their clients. I would NEVER recommend their products to anyone even if they worked or were the next best thing since sliced bread. Having call center experience for over 12 years I can tell you this is not a way to run a company. They put their company first over their clients. I could go on for hours about this but I think enough has been said DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THIS COMPANY, YOU WILL THROWING YOUR MONEY DOWN THE TOILET!!!!!!!!!

  20. Steve

    December 29, 2013 at 6:27 pm

    Sucks. I’d rather pay my wife to pull the hairs out.

  21. Katherine

    December 29, 2013 at 2:25 pm

    I bought the original Nono and its useless. I still had to shave after hours of using Nono. It’s a waste of time and money sorry to say.

  22. No No Hair removal

    December 23, 2013 at 12:40 pm

    I have the NoNo but still find myself using other hair removal methods too. I wouldn’t recommend it. Depilatories are good for arms and legs. Threading is best for the facial area.

  23. Darlene Richardson

    December 15, 2013 at 7:00 am

    Is the 8800 No No the same as the NoNoPro5? I am still going to try this machine. I don’t have an alternative. I did electrolysis, waxing, tweezing, hair removal creams. Nothing is a perfect science. I will give it a try and utilize the refund if I am not satisfied.

    • waffles

      December 15, 2013 at 7:53 am

      No, these are different units. The 8800 is basically the “regular” model, while the Pro5 is advertised as their strongest unit.

      • Stacy Heiler

        March 26, 2014 at 1:59 pm

        I bought the pro 5 and as their strongest unit it is ineffective at eliminating the hair and it takes forever to use.

  24. w k

    December 11, 2013 at 7:58 am

    Well This obviously wasnt written by the manufacturer!!! HA!!;););)

  25. Debbie

    December 3, 2013 at 5:15 pm

    I bought the 8800 nono hair machine about 3 months ago and I would say its just as effective as shaving or waxing, as you guys say.

    But its better in the sense that I’m not having to go to the waxing salon every couple weeks – so I’m saving time and money there – plus it’s just so much easier to deal with this in the privacy of my own bathroom without some stranger looking at all my private areas and plus its WAY less painful than waxing.

    Anyone who waxes will know that the nono is much better – if for nothing else, the fact that its so much less painful. I bought the nono machine through their site here and it also had some good facts about it that I stumbled across while doing some pre-buy research

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Belfast — City councilors expressed a desire to discuss the possibility of installing security cameras along the Harbor Walk during a future meeting.

The discussion about the security cameras was addressed by Councilor Mike Hurley who said he supports the installation of the devices, especially in the wake of acts of vandalism that were committed on New Year's Eve.

At that time, an unknown individual or individuals shot BB's into a number of the glass globes for the lights that run along Front Street to illuminate the Harbor Walk.

Hurley, who brought in a security camera system that he said cost about $139 and would be capable of capturing an image of a passing vehicle's license plate, noted a number of local businesses have similar security systems in place. He also pointed out that the businesses are not necessarily reviewing the security camera footage on a regular basis, and are instead looking at the recordings only if there is some kind of incident.

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6. Damian Lillard, PG, Weber State: C Grade
I just don't love Damian Lillard as the sixth-overall pick despite the fact that he might be the best point guard in this draft and how badly the Blazers need a point guard. Still, he wasn't going to be on the board at No. 11 when Portland picks again, so it does make sense.

11. Meyers Leonard, C, Illinois: D- Grade
HAHA ... man, I think Leonard is going to suck in the NBA. Like Portland's earlier pick, Leonard fills a need at center, but he is a reach at No. 11 and only goes this high because is 7-1. The Blazers are testing the need over best-player-available theory, and it will be interesting to see how these picks pan out.

40. Will Barton, G, Memphis: A Grade
After missing in the first round, the Blazers redeem themselves a bit with a great value at No. 40. Barton is long and athletic, as well as a terrific slasher, but incredibly thin. He could help the team replace Gerald Wallace on the wing.

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At the beginning of the 2011-2012 season, the Portland Trail Blazers were my sleeper pick to make a run in the Western Conference. I looked like a genius early on as the team won seven of its first nine games. Things quickly turned downhill though as Portland missed out on the playoffs and now enters the offseason with a boatload of needs.

Injuries once again played a factor for the Blazers� roster before the season even began. Chronic knee injuries forced Brandon Roy to retire. Greg Oden�s 837th comeback attempt came to no avail as the injury-riddled big man had to undergo a third microfracture knee surgery. Portland eventually released Oden who finished his five-year career in Rip City playing in just 82 regular season games, cementing his status as one of the biggest draft busts in NBA history.

With the Blazers fading midway through the season, the team held a firesale prior to the trade deadline, dealing veteran starters Gerald Wallace and Marcus Camby for expiring contracts and draft picks. The franchise also fired seventh-year head coach Nate McMillan.

There were some bright spots along the way. LeMarcus Aldridge shook off an early season injury to put together another highly productive season even though he was forced to play more center than in the past due to injuries and trading of Camby. Portland signed J.J. Hickson after he was waived by Sacramento and Hickson returned to his Cleveland playing stature, putting together an incredibly strong end of the season which should do wonders for his value this summer in free agency. Guys like Wesley Matthews, Nicolas Batum, and Jamal Crawford filled their roles, but were unable to emerge as a consistent number two scoring option alongside Aldridge.

The point guard play was the Achilles' heel for the Blazers. Raymond Felton proved not to be the answer in his first season in Rip City while backups Nolan Smith and Jonny Flynn (after the Camby trade) were lackluster in a reserve role. A lack of depth, especially in the frontcourt also played a factor in Portland�s downward spiral.

After the season, owner Paul Allen wrote an open letter to the Blazers fans expressing his disappointment in the way things turned out and denying reports that he was trying to sell the team. Allen also mentioned starting a new chapter for the franchise. Likely armed with two lottery picks (four overall selections) in the 2012 NBA Draft and a ton of cap space, Portland figures to be major player this offseason while undergoing a slight re-building effort.

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C: Kurt Thomas

PF: LeMarcus Aldridge

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SG: Wesley Matthews/#Jamal Crawford/Elliot Williams

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PG-Jonny Flynn (UFA)

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2012-13 Team Salary: Approximately $25.6 million (in guaranteed contracts)

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1. Point Guard: I would actually be pretty shocked if the Blazers re-signed Felton for starter money. There are some solid veteran free agent point guards available this summer, and Portland has the cap space to make a serious run at one (Steve Nash anyone?) The team could also look to address its need with one of its lottery picks, though this is a weaker draft class in terms of impact point guards. Whatever the method, the Blazers need to get more out of the point guard position than they did this past season.

I am not sure Williams is worth a max deal, but if that�s what it takes to re-sign him, the team might have to open up its checkbook. Expect Williams to make a decision on his future prior to the start of the Olympics since he doesn�t want to be playing in London without a contract in case he gets injured representing Team USA.

2. Center: Right now, LeMarcus Aldridge and veteran journeyman Kurt Thomas are the only post players under contract for next season. I think Aldridge is best suited playing the four, so first and foremost, Portland needs to find a veteran center who can step into the starting lineup and allow Aldridge to be at his more natural position. Re-signing Hickson would be a wise decision if the price is right since he played really well during his short stint in Rip City. Adding a couple more big bodies wouldn�t hurt either.

3. Depth on the Wing: Portland traded Wallace, Batum is a restricted free agent, and Crawford can (and likely will) opt out of the final year of his contract which leaves Matthews, Babbitt, and Williams as the only wing players guaranteed for next season. The Blazers have coveted Batum since his arrival, so I would expect them to do everything in their power to sign him to a long-term extension, even though it might cost a pretty penny. If Crawford does indeed opt out and sign elsewhere, the team will have to find someone who can replace his scoring punch.

4. General Manager: The Blazers run through GM�s like Kim Kardashian or Alyssa Milano run through ball players. Their current general manager, Chad Buchanan, still holds an interim tag after taking over for Rich Cho a year ago. Cho was given the boot after just ten months on the job when he replaced the fired Kevin Pritchard. So yes, Portland is technically looking for its fourth general manager in less than two years.

Ideally, the Blazers should get somebody in that spot before the NBA Draft and free agency begin. Allen has sat on his hands for a nearly a year, but rumors have already picked up steam this offseason regarding possible candidates.

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Just about three years after he violently assaulted her, R&B singer Chris Brown is back with pop star Rihanna — musically, at least. On Monday night, each released a new version of a previously released song. Both remixes feature the other party, and both are causing quite the stir.

The speculation built for days. Last week there were rumors Rihanna might release a remix to one of her songs and that Chris Brown would guest on it. Then right on cue, the day of her 24th birthday, Rihanna did it. She tweeted a remix to "Birthday Cake." Featuring a still-on-probation Brown.

But wait — there's more. That same day, Chris Brown tweeted a remix to the lead single from his upcoming album, a track called "Turn Up the Music." And yep, you guessed it. Rihanna sings the hook.

The Internet's jaw dropped.

"Something is not right with them," says Natalie Hopkinson, a contributing editor at The Root. "These are two deeply disturbed individuals that probably need to get off Twitter and spend some time on someone's couch, working it out."

Like many other writers online, Hopkinson wasn't happy with Rihanna and Brown's musical reunion. Headlines called the songs "stomach-turning" and "unbelievable." They critiqued Rihanna's song in particular, for its lyrics that blurred the line between pleasure and pain, and could be interpreted as alluding to Brown's assault of her.

For Hopkinson, it wasn't just the explicit nature of the lyrics, or the message a reconciliation might send about domestic abuse.

"They're normalizing this incredibly abnormal and deviant behavior," she says. "And then on top of that, they're doing it for their own personal gain, their record company's personal gain, the bloggers' personal gain, the clicks, the page views."

But Maura Johnston of the Village Voice says we shouldn't rush to judge the singers. "I always am wary of attributing motives to people in pop," she says. "Especially now when you have ways that you can disseminate a persona that aren't necessarily your persona."

And disseminating personae is something Brown and Rihanna are extremely good at. Both are staples of the blogosphere, and each has millions of Twitter followers, who took to the duo's new music this past Monday with almost universal support.

One of those Twitter followers is Cherice McGlone, a sophomore at Howard University in Washington, D.C. For her, the duets were a sign of something more. "I feel like they've been back together for a while, but they're just now letting the public know. I'm cool with it," McGlone says. "I love black love."

But, she says, the remixes aren't only about love.

"The main goals of the songs were money, publicity. 'Why not draw attention to my song, generate more revenue?' I would do it," she says. "Makes more money, you know? The public is gonna eat that up. Whether good or bad, the public is gonna be talking about it."

Howard sophomore Earl King agreed. "They did it for love, cause they do love each other," he says. "They're gonna make money off it too — good money. And it might cause some backlash, but their fans are gonna support them."

Whether the songs are a wink, a kiss or a money grab, Johnston says she knows one thing is clear: "I don't think either of the songs is good at all."

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FFwD: Savory Cheese and Chive Bread

Even though I made this cheese quick bread a few weeks ago, I'm only now getting around to posting it.

My daughter swore there must be bacon in it, but no, there wasn't. I think it was the combination of the toasted nuts and the green onions/shallots. They did give it a sort of bacony taste.

It would make a very tasty appetizer. It's interesting, easy to make, and can be prepared the day before a party.

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Sen. Erin P. Lynch (D-Dist. 31, Warwick) has been named the Chair of the Senate Committee on Rules for the 2013-2014 General Assembly session.

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Lynch, who is serving her third term in the Senate, was a Vice Chair of the Senate Committee on Special Legislation and Secretary of the Senate Committee on Judiciary during the previous legislative session.

Lynch also chaired a special Senate Small Business Task Force created in 2009 to explore methods to improve state government’s interactions with small businesses, which lead to enactment into law of several pieces of legislation during the past two sessions to make it easier to do business in Rhode Island.

The Senate Committee on Rules is responsible for considering all matters relating to the operating rules, functions and protocols of the Senate, which are adopted by the full body early in the legislative year.

Lynch was born and raised in Warwick, graduated from Toll Gate High School and Boston College, where she received a BA in history. She earned her J.D. degree from the Catholic University School of Law.

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WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — President Barack Obama spoke in unusually personal terms Friday about the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in Florida, a case that has roiled civil rights activists and a suburban Orlando community. “If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon,” Obama said, vowing to “get to the bottom of what happened.”

Obama expressed sympathy for the parents of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, who was shot on Feb. 26 in Sanford, Fla., a suburb of Orlando, by a neighborhood watch volunteer who said he was acting in self-defense.

“I can only imagine what these parents are going through, and when I think about this boy, I think about my own kids,” Obama said, calling the case a “tragedy.”

The nation’s first black president aimed his message at Martin’s parents, saying, “If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon. I think they are right to expect that all of us as Americans take this with the seriousness that it deserves, and we’re going to get to the bottom of what happened.”

Obama said that “every parent in America should be able to understand why it is absolutely imperative that we investigate every aspect of this and everybody pulls together, federal state and local, to figure out exactly how this tragedy happened.”

Martin’s parents, Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton, thanked Obama for his support, saying in a statement the president’s words “touched us deeply and made us wonder: If his son looked like Trayvon and wore a hoodie, would he be suspicious too?”

Obama brought his voice to an issue that is sensitive in Florida, a large and diverse state that plays an influential role in presidential elections. The Orlando area in central Florida is particularly important, acting as a bellwether for statewide elections.

Republican presidential candidates weighed in after Obama spoke. Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum called the shooting “horrible case” and referred to Florida’s “stand your ground” law, which gives people wide latitude to use deadly force rather than retreat during a fight.

Santorum said: “Stand your ground is not doing what this man did.”

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney issued a statement after Obama spoke that read: “What happened to Trayvon Martin is a tragedy. There needs to be a thorough investigation that reassures the public that justice is carried out with impartiality and integrity.”

The Justice Department and FBI have opened a civil rights investigation, and a grand jury is considering whether to charge George Zimmerman, who acknowledged shooting the teen but said it was in self-defense. Martin’s parents, civil rights activists and others who have rallied to the cause say they won’t be satisfied until Zimmerman is arrested.

Zimmerman has ties to the Washington area, having graduated from Osbourn Park High School in Manassas .

Police Chief Bill Lee stepped down temporarily this week to try to cool the building anger that his department had not arrested Zimmerman. Hours later, Gov. Rick Scott announced that the local state attorney, Norman Wolfinger, had recused himself from the case in hopes of “toning down the rhetoric” surrounding it.

Martin was returning from a trip to a convenience store when Zimmerman started following him, telling police dispatchers he looked suspicious. At some point, the two got into a fight, and Zimmerman pulled out his gun.

Zimmerman told police Martin attacked him after he had given up on chasing the teenager and was returning to his sport utility vehicle.

Obama cautioned before speaking that he must “be careful so we’re not impairing any investigation.” But he said he was glad the Justice Department was investigating and that Florida officials had formed the task force.

“I think all of us have to do some soul searching to figure out how did something like this happen, and that means we examine the laws and the context for what happened as well as the specifics of the incident,” Obama said.

The case resonates with many black Americans, a key voting group during Obama’s 2008 election, who see it as yet another example of bias toward blacks. Civil rights groups have held rallies in Florida and New York, saying the shooting was unjustified. Of Sanford’s 53,000 residents, 57 percent are white and 30 percent are black.

Obama himself has tried to downplay race, as he did early in his term after the controversial arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr., a black Harvard University professor, by a white police sergeant in Cambridge, Mass.

Gates was arrested in his own home after the police sergeant arrived to investigate a possible burglary. The charges were dropped, but Obama said the police had “acted stupidly,” breathing life into a lingering debate. The president said later he should have expressed his concerns with different language and invited both Gates and Sgt. James Crowley to the White House for a beer.

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TEMECULA, CALIFORNIA (CBS) — Say “bath salts” and most of us think of the stuff you sprinkle in a tub. But bath salts are the name of a dangerous and powerful new drug that turns normal people into zombies.

KCAL9’s Sharon Tay sat down with a young woman recovering from her addiction to this horrific drug.

“I thought I was demonized and possessed at one point. I would scratch and slash at myself. I would be thrown back, and I would try to snap my own neck,” 21-year-old Hanna recalls.

She describes the horror she felt while tripping on bath salts, a synthetic drug that makes hallucinations seem real.

“It’s so scary because I don’t even know why it was so addicting to me, but I had to just keep doing it,” Hanna says.

In one year of using the drug, at 5 foot 3 inches, Hanna weighed only 89 pounds.

She was born in Ohio to young parents and moved to Temecula when she was seven years old. Hanna said she was raised by her grandparents, and even calls them mom and dad.

But she said she remained close to her biological mother.

“I was always involved in theater growing up. I think at age 15, I began doing ballet, and I loved it. I graduated in 2009; I continued doing ballet. I also started working at that time when I graduated. I was working in daycare for three years. And I was doing really well there too,” she says.

As a teenager, Hanna admits she tried drugs, but nothing hard. Life changed during a visit with her biological mother.

“She’d been having a really rough time and began using this new product that was referred to at that time as ‘Bonsai Fertilizer,’” Hanna remembers.

Hanna said she would pawn things to get the product, which could be bought at smoke shops and convenience stores.

“They started off being a stimulant, and then it moved to this very intense hallucinogenic trip,” she says. “I pretty much stopped doing everything. I stopped going to my ballet class; I stopped going to work.”

Hanna would hide in her room and wouldn’t sleep because she said she was terrified.

“I thought I was being followed everywhere, so I just stopped wanting to go places. And then it slowly turned into voices,” she explains. “It was just constant, it never stopped.”

Hanna said she was smoking or snorting up to a gram of bath salts a day; that’s about 10 lines.

“I would get antsy. I felt like I had bubbles in my bloodstream, and voices would tell me I had to sit certain ways so bubbles wouldn’t travel to my heart,” she remembers.

“I was afraid to look in the mirror because I would hear voices, ‘Eww,’ and ‘Why would you do your hair like that?’ I would try to hide under a blanket and they would tell me, ‘We still see you,'” she says.

“I did do damage to myself trying to extract imaginary bugs and spiders that were on my body, using tweezers,” she admits. “I was digging at little hairs thinking they were spider webs.”

“Voices told me that if you put your feet through the second story window and jumped, then you can be back to reality. And I almost did it,” she recalls.

Hanna claimed she was delusional and confused. Her journal became her best friend.

“One girl is always ‘ewwing’ at me, and it really upsets me. She makes me feel like a slut for being naked in my own bathroom,” she wrote.

“I understand I am no longer in control of my own body,” another passage reads.

While Hanna was high she often wrote passages backwards. When you held the journal up to a mirror you can read her thoughts.

“I thought I had died and went to hell,” she says. “I was living in fear. I was afraid to think. There was just no escape.”

But she did escape. After 14 months of being hooked on bath salts, Hanna got help.

“I never thought that any kind of substance could control my life the way bath salts ended up controlling it,” she says.

She underwent treatment at an addiction center close to home. At first she stayed there; now she gets daily out-patient care. These days, she is leaving behind the demons, listening to only what’s in her heart and walking the long path toward full recovery.

“The production and sale of bath salts has to be stopped. And it can happen to anybody. I was doing just fine. I was brought up very well, and it completely consumed me. It’s such a horrific and terrifying drug,” she says.

Hanna shared her story with KCAL9 to help in her recovery and to warn others. Law enforcements from the health department on the state and national levels are also issuing warnings.

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Serco Inc. has named a new chief financial officer, chief information officer, human resources leader and a new vice president of intelligence business.

Gary Shankman has been hired as CFO. He comes to the company from Science Applications International Corp., where he was CFO of the defense group. He also is a former employee of Arthur Anderson.

At Serco, he’ll lead corporate finance and accounting functions, as well as other duties. He’ll report to chairman and CEO, Ed Casey.

Chris Sullivan will be CIO, leading Serco’s IT department and overseeing the strategic direction of Serco’s IT systems, to support the business. He also will report to Casey.

He comes to Serco from Computer Sciences Corp., where he was CIO of North American Public Sector.

Candy Curtin was promoted to senior vice president of human resources. She’s been interim head of HR for the past year. She has been with Serco over 12 years. She will report to Casey, as well.

Also joining Serco from SAIC is Jim Orndoff, who was named vice president of Serco’s intelligence business. He’ll report to Harry Gatanas, executive vice president of the defense and intelligence business.

At SAIC, Orndoff was senior vice president and chief technology officer of the company’s cyber and intelligence business.

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