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Christian Taylor – Age 16

Christian Taylor was a 16-year-old high school freshman at Grafton High School in York County Virgina. Christian, was bullied and tormented at the school over a sustained period of time. Christian and his mother had complained to both law... Read More

Ty Field – Age 11

Ty Smally was an 11-year-old sixth grader, who shot himself one evening in late May 2010... Read More

Scott Walz – Age 18

Scott Walz was an 18 year-old senior at Johnsburg High School, Johnsburg, Illinois, who died on March 4, 2010, he hung himself at his family's home. He had been bullied since the third grade. When the parents... Read More

Hunger: Food Insecurity in 2010, What’s Up With That?

The summer of 2010 will be remembered for many different reasons, be it the tragedy unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico which will change the lives of so many or perhaps the turn around in the economy.  As the eternal... Read More

Celina Okwuone – Age 11

Celina Okwuone was 11 years old when she took her life late evening on 20 May 2010. Celina was a fifth grade student at St. Anastasia Catholic School in Fort Pierce, Florida.... Read More

Alexandria Moore – Age 15

Alex Moore was a 15-year-old high school student attended Jemison High School in Jemison, Alabama. On morning in mid-May 2010, Alex left her home and walked to an overpass above Interstate-65. She jumped. ... Read More

Ashley Rogers – Age 15

Ashley Roberts was a 15-year-old Sophomore at Glenn High School in Kernersville, NC, who in April 2010, hung herself in her family's home following two days of bullying from two classmates from Glenn High School. The harassment came in... Read More

Alexis Pilkington – Age 17

Alexis Pilkington was a Senior at West Islip High School who was bullied incessantly online. Cyberbullying is what that is called. Her mean-spirited classmates posted unflattering and simply mean content on both on "Facebook" and the... Read More

Edward Collier – Age 16

Edward Collier was 16 years of age when he was gunned down coming to the aid of his elder sibling, Daryl Eddie, who was being pummeled by two boys who had been threatening him at school the previous two... Read More

Jon Carmichael – Age 13

Jon Carmichael was a 13-year-old eighth grade student from Joshua, Texas who took his own life in late March 2010. Jon hung himself in his parents barn. He had been bullied at school. ... Read More

Kimberly Linczeski – Age 12

Kimberly Linczeski was a 12-year-old sixth grader who attended Ontonagon Area Junior-Senior High School in Ontonagon village, Michigan. She took her own life on 3 March 2010. ... Read More

Human Trafficking: Children in Nevada (Sex Trafficking)

Nevada – is synonymous with entertainment.  We all know Las Vegas as “Sin City,” and the public relations side of the city wishes to project it is okay to act outside your moral bounds when in Las Vegas as “What happens... Read More

Montana Lance – Age 9

Montana Lance was a nine-year old fourth grader when he took his life in the nurses station restroom at Stewart Creek elementary school in The Colony, Texas in January 2010. ... Read More

Ernest Fuller – Age 12

Ernest Fuller was a 12-year-old sixth grader who attended Dunbar Middle School in Lynchburg, Virginia. He took his own life in January 2010. ... Read More

A Day to Dream for Humanity – January 18, 2010

January 18 is an important day.  January 18 is a national holiday in the United States, in honor of Reverend Martin Luther King. King accomplished much for humanity. January 18 is also day six following the tragic 7.0 earthquake which... Read More

Phoebe Prince – Age 15

Phoebe Prince was a 15-year-old student at South Hadley High School, located in South Hadley, Massachusetts.  Phoebe was bullied over a period of six months.  She took her own life on 14 January 2010.       The District Attorney brought criminal charges against... Read More

Human Trafficking: Children in the Southeastern United States (Sex Trafficking)

January 11 is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day.  Tragic isn’t it, that a need for such a day exists.  Why do members of our society treat children as a commodity, to be bought and sold, traded and bartered all for... Read More

Crimeware – a book review by Christopher

Five stars to Jakobsson & Ramzan for a most useful guide to understanding the underbelly of the internet. The strength exhibited by this book lies within the all-star lineup of contributors and the thorough dissection of the numerous forms of... Read More

Online Safety – Keeping Theft and Fraud of Your Identity at Bay

As 2009 races to a close, two terms have become permanent residents within the online safety and security lexicon, “identity theft” and “identity fraud.”  The reality is both have existed long before the internet came into being and today as... Read More

Rememberence: One Who Made a Difference

At this time of the year, we often reflect on what transpired during the previous 12 months. For me, it was truly coming to grips with mortality. My parents had passed in 1993 (within seven months of one and other)... Read More