A teenager posted a heartbreaking video on YouTube chronicling years of bullying in school and online, cutting and humiliation up until she died this week.
Amanda Todd, 15, posted the video called "My story: Struggling, bullying, suicide, self harm" on Sept. 7 and was found dead in her home town of Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, just over a month later.
"Hello, I've decided to tell you about my never ending story," the black and white video begins. Todd can only be seen from her nose down for most of the video, occasionally moving around so that her face is visible. She silently tells her story through a series of white cards with black marker writing on them.
She describes using webcam chats to meet and talk to new people online as a seventh grade student. She said that people told her she was "stunning, beautiful, perfect" and a man pressured her to flash her chest. One year later, she did. read more
Amanda Todd: Suicide girl's mum reveals more harrowing details of cyber bullying campaign that drove her daughter to her death
FacebookThe mother of Amanda Todd has revealed the full harrowing details of the shocking cyber bullying campaign which drove her 15-year-old daughter to suicide.
Amanda was found hanged in her home in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada, on Wednesday just weeks after she posted a harrowing video on YouTube telling of her battle with internet bullies.
Now her teacher mum Carol Todd has spoken of the online harassment, the alleged taunts at school and the stalking campaign by a suspected paedophile which drove Amanda to hang herself a week before her 16th birthday. Read More
Amanda Todd: Bullied teen shared story, then committed suicide
Amanda was found hanged in her home in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada, on Wednesday just weeks after she posted a harrowing video on YouTube telling of her battle with internet bullies.
Now her teacher mum Carol Todd has spoken of the online harassment, the alleged taunts at school and the stalking campaign by a suspected paedophile which drove Amanda to hang herself a week before her 16th birthday. Read More
Amanda Todd: Bullied teen shared story, then committed suicide
Canadians were shocked, angered and saddened after learning the fate of a 15-year-old school girl who was found dead, an apparent suicide, five weeks after she uploaded a video to YouTubedescribing years of bullying that drove her to drugs and alcohol.
Presidential debate: Round One goes to Romney, by many measures
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Americans might have been surprised by their reintroduction to Mitt Romneyand President Obama in Wednesday night’s first debate. For months they had been hearing about Romney, the heartless capitalist, and Obama, the unapologetic socialist.
Felix Baumgartner Unlikely To Cash In On Red Bull Space Jump
Felix Baumgartner captured the world’s attention on Sunday with his 24 mile space jump. He set the record for highest-jump and fastest free fall velocity when he became the first person to break the sound barrier without the aid of a jet or spacecraft. It gave a monumental level of attention to the stunt’s sponsor, Red Bull, which garnered tens of millions of dollars of exposure for the energy drink brand, which generated $5.8 billion in revenue last year. As for Baumgartner, he achieved a worldwide level of fame for the feat, but that is unlikely to lead to any riches.
“[The jump] legitimized his partnership with Red Bull, which could lock him in with them for quite some time,” says David Schwab, who works with brands at Octagon First Call on how to best use celebrities in marketing. But Schwab adds: “I don’t see much happening in terms of new sponsorship partners.”The problem is that Red Bull owns these jumps. The jump was five years in the making for the Red Bull Stratos team. We saw Baumgartner in his special suit splashed with the Red Bull logo and got updates from the Red Bull command center. How does another company come in and use Baumgartner when he is so closely identified with one brand? Read More
Coroner Barb McLintock said Oct. 11 that preliminary indications suggest the British Columbiagirl, Amanda Todd, killed herself. Her school district's spokeswoman, Cheryl Quinton, confirmed the girl in the video was her.
In the 9-minute video posted on Sept. 7, the 10th-grader and cheerleader didn't speak but told her story in haunting detail in a series of handwritten notes that she held up to the camera. Read More
The two men who discussed the future of the country for an hour and a half in prime-time television looked nothing like those caricatures that have been presented by ideologues. Both men came across as reasonable, competent and, yes, presidential.
But that sense of command presence accrues more to the benefit of Romney, who remained somewhat unknown to many voters before the debate, than it does to Obama, who was already seen as likable by many voters, including many of those who don’t agree with all his policies. Read More
Felix Baumgartner captured the world’s attention on Sunday with his 24 mile space jump. He set the record for highest-jump and fastest free fall velocity when he became the first person to break the sound barrier without the aid of a jet or spacecraft. It gave a monumental level of attention to the stunt’s sponsor, Red Bull, which garnered tens of millions of dollars of exposure for the energy drink brand, which generated $5.8 billion in revenue last year. As for Baumgartner, he achieved a worldwide level of fame for the feat, but that is unlikely to lead to any riches.“[The jump] legitimized his partnership with Red Bull, which could lock him in with them for quite some time,” says David Schwab, who works with brands at Octagon First Call on how to best use celebrities in marketing. But Schwab adds: “I don’t see much happening in terms of new sponsorship partners.”The problem is that Red Bull owns these jumps. The jump was five years in the making for the Red Bull Stratos team. We saw Baumgartner in his special suit splashed with the Red Bull logo and got updates from the Red Bull command center. How does another company come in and use Baumgartner when he is so closely identified with one brand? Read More
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