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MANY supporters of the founder and General Overseer of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Prophet T. B. Joshua, besieged the Lagos High Court, on Monday, as the coroner making inquest into the collapsed  structure on the church premises began sitting.
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The last time Ryan Maietta dressed up in costume and went trick-or-treating on Halloween, he was 16 and decked out as Edward Scissorhands. Some adults seemed happy to see him; others, well, not so much.
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Video: As the National Retail Federation predicts that $1.3 billion will be spent this year on adult Halloween costumes, 22 percent of TODAY viewers who voted say you鈥檙e never too old to trick or treat.  
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The sympathisers, carrying placards with various inscriptions, said the televangelist was not guilty of any offence in the incident and called for his exoneration.
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鈥淢y friends and I got some negative comments, like, 鈥榊ou're too old to be trick-or-treating,鈥欌€?Ryan, now 18, told TODAY of his trick-or-treating finale. 鈥淲e noticed that we would be given barely any candy, while the other kids would be given handfuls. It wasn't really the candy that was important, but the sense that the adults didn't want us there that put me off from continuing to trick-or-treat.鈥?
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Just what exactly is the right age 鈥?the sweet spot, if you will 鈥?for kids to hang up their treat bags for good? The answer isn鈥檛 as black and white as that spooky skeleton ringing your bell on Oct. 31.
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Four weeks after the collapse of the guest house on the premises of the church, a development that claimed more than a hundred lives, the coroner concluded concluded plans to visit the site of the incident.
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Many kids outgrow this youthful part of Halloween on their own, opting to attend parties instead or to hand out candy at home. And with safety in mind, some communities, often to children.
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When older kids still want to trick-or-treat, parents would be wise to ask about their motivations for the evening known not just for sweets, but for shaving cream, too.聽
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Though none of the family members of the deceased was present, the coroner鈥檚 inquest, held at the Lagos High Court on Monday, had in attendance representatives from the Lagos State government, the SCOAN, the Red Cross and some members of the civil society.
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鈥淎re they going out in the spirit of the holiday, or are they going out to make trouble in the dark with everybody鈥檚 door open?鈥?says Dr. Marilyn Metzl, a psychologist and psychoanalyst in Kansas City, Missouri. 鈥淚t can be both fun and exciting, or an invitation for disaster.鈥?
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Courtesy of Helen M. Ryan At Hogwarts, every day is Halloween! Kyra Maietta suited up to trick-or-treat at age 12. The decision on when to stop varies by child and family, but generally, there should be no age limit on kids dressing up and having safe fun, said Metzl, who works with children and families.
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While consoling the bereaved families, the presiding magistrate, Mr Oyetade Komolafe, pointed out that the aim of the inquest was not to witchhunt anyone or lay blames.
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Ryan Maietta鈥檚 mom, Helen Ryan, loves opening the door to teenage trick-or-treaters like her own, the ones who put time and effort into an actual costume and are respectful and polite. Why should teens stay home, chatting online, she wondered, when they could be out on Halloween, interacting with friends and neighbors and getting to feel like a kid?
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鈥淭here鈥檚 so much pressure in high school,鈥?said Helen Ryan, of Murrieta, California. 鈥淭hey can take a moment and be carefree 鈥?all they have to do is dress up. It鈥檚 like a moment for them to play and revisit their younger years.鈥?
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鈥淲e all have the same interest here, as we are all Africans. What happened in SCOAN can happen anywhere in the world.
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Courtesy of Helen M. Ryan Everyone agrees, if teens are going to trick-or-treat, they should put some effort into their costume... like Kyra Maietta in her hand-painted Titan costume last Halloween. Her 15-year-old daughter, Kyra Maietta, puts great effort into her elaborate costumes for trick-or-treating. The high school sophomore created a hand-painted 鈥淎ttack on Titan鈥?look last year and plans to become Captain America when she trick-or-treats this Halloween.
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鈥淭hey still love it,鈥?Helen Ryan said. 鈥淭hey love the whole being together and dressing up and seeing each other鈥檚 costume and going trick-or-treating.鈥?
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鈥淚 commiserate with the families of those who lost loved ones in the unfortunate incident, but I am appealing to the families of the deceased to make themselves available for DNA tests, so that the bodies can be adequately identified.
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Not everyone thinks kids still should be knocking on doors after middle school.
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Stephanie Merchant sees this Halloween as the last trick-or-treat for her 13-year-old daughter, who is dressing as Maleficent. Merchant noticed her daughter, now an eighth grader, seemed less excited on the candy hunt last year, when she went as a flapper.
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鈥淲e are not after any booty, as it were as things most be done according to the law, without sacrificing justice on the altar of speed. This inquest in aimed at finding the root cause of the incident and give recommendations to avert further occurrences,鈥?he said.
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Courtesy of Stephanie Merchant Stephanie and Troy Merchant, as the Queen of Hearts and the Mad Hatter, with daughters Brooke, 12, as a flapper and Kars, 8, as Cleopatra last year. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e at the stage where they鈥檙e kind of a kid and kind of an adult,鈥?said Merchant, of Houston. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e not quite comfortable but still want to participate and have some fun.鈥?
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鈥淚 definitely think by high school she鈥檒l be done with that part of it,鈥?she said.
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Komolafe also solicited the support of South Africa in identifying the bodies of its citizens, as majority of the victims in the collapsed six-storey building were believed to be South Africans.
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Amy Weir's 14-year-old daughter, a high school freshman, had her last trick-or-treat two years ago and attended a party last year. 鈥淪he really decided on her own,鈥?said Weir, who also lives in Houston.
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Trick-or-treating in middle school is OK, but when the kids are older it can feel a bit wrong, Weir said, especially if they don't have much of a costume and don鈥檛 seem very excited.
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鈥淚 empathise with the families of the victims, but I want to seize this opportunity to state the importance of the DNA to this inquest.
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鈥淚t can be kind of uncomfortable if you鈥檙e a homeowner with teenagers there expecting something,鈥?she said. 鈥淚t seems like it just doesn鈥檛 work.鈥?
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At the high school stage, Weir said, 鈥淚t鈥檚 lost that whole excitement of the spirit of Halloween.鈥?
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鈥淭he medical team and pathologists are working because the court has directed them to carry out the activities and report back.
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Courtesy of Heidi Waterfield Candy has a way of making teens feel young again! Heidi Waterfield's daughter, Cassie, enjoys her Halloween haul dressed as Professor McGonagall last year. Laura Barta, whose teenagers retired from trick-or-treating around seventh grade, required them to dress from head to toe in enough of a costume that people wouldn鈥檛 have to ask who they were.<br>
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It鈥檚 the same standard she hopes to find when she opens her door on Halloween. Although she鈥檒l hand over treats to all comers, the joy of Halloween isn鈥檛 just for candy-getters, but for givers as well.
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鈥淚t is important for the South African Embassy to ensure that relatives of the victims come forward for the pathologists to get the needed samples to compare with the bodies.
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鈥淚 don鈥檛 want a teenager at my door asking for something if they鈥檙e not in the spirit of the holiday,鈥?said Barta, of Hershey, Pennsylvania, who has found sullen teens at her door. 鈥淚t鈥檚 just not fun because they don鈥檛 seem happy and upbeat.鈥?
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Heidi Waterfield of San Francisco, whose 14-year-old daughter had a great time trick-or-treating last year as Professor McGonagall from the 鈥淗arry Potter鈥?series, likes the idea of costumed teens participating 鈥?as long they arrive early enough in the night with motives that are pure.
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鈥淭he corpses have to be properly identified and when that is done and the process completed, the bodies would be released to the South African government,鈥?he said.
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鈥淚鈥檓 still happy to give them candy as long as they don鈥檛 smash my pumpkins,鈥?she said with a laugh. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a fun night, and if they鈥檙e not harming anyone, why not let them enjoy?鈥?
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While also giving his opening remarks, the counsel representing SCOAN, Lateef Fagbemi, commiserated with the families of the deceased, while charging the coroner to be proactive towards addressing the evolving security issues.
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鈥淭here will be many witnesses, because this is a multi-dimensional case. There is the need to consider the front loading witnesses. There is also the need to frontload the evidence of many experts with relevant documents,鈥?he said.
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The case was adjourned till October 24.
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Meanwhile, a group, Coalition of Christian Youth Groups in Nigeria, has tasked the Lagos State government to carry out fair and impartial investigation into the incident.
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Addressing a press conference in Osogbo, Osun State capital, its national president, Mr Seyi Bamidele, maintained that thorough investigation into the collapsed building at SCOAN was critical, to unearth the actual cause of the tragedy.
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Bamidele, who contended that his group had conducted independent investigation into the incident, said 鈥渇rom our findings, the incident was not a structural collapse as people are made to believe.鈥?
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According to him, 鈥渋n the course of our investigation, we took time to interact with people, including members of the church, members of Ikotun-Egbe community where the church is located and discovered that the incident was not a natural disaster.
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鈥淣owhere in the world has any building with structural defects brought down to its foundation like the SCOAN building. It is also important to note that of all the buildings on the church premises, it was only the particular guest house that an aircraft hovered around that collapsed.鈥?p>Related Articles:</p><ul><li><a href=http://www.louisvuitton-pascher.com>Louis vuitton Pas cher</a></li><li><a href=http://www.louisvuitton-pascher.com>Sac Louis vuitton Pas cher</a></li><li><a href=http://www.louisvuitton-pascher.com>Louis vuitton</a></li></ul>
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Revision as of 01:23, 30 October 2014

The last time Ryan Maietta dressed up in costume and went trick-or-treating on Halloween, he was 16 and decked out as Edward Scissorhands. Some adults seemed happy to see him; others, well, not so much. Video: As the National Retail Federation predicts that $1.3 billion will be spent this year on adult Halloween costumes, 22 percent of TODAY viewers who voted say you鈥檙e never too old to trick or treat. 鈥淢y friends and I got some negative comments, like, 鈥榊ou're too old to be trick-or-treating,鈥欌€?Ryan, now 18, told TODAY of his trick-or-treating finale. 鈥淲e noticed that we would be given barely any candy, while the other kids would be given handfuls. It wasn't really the candy that was important, but the sense that the adults didn't want us there that put me off from continuing to trick-or-treat.鈥? Just what exactly is the right age 鈥?the sweet spot, if you will 鈥?for kids to hang up their treat bags for good? The answer isn鈥檛 as black and white as that spooky skeleton ringing your bell on Oct. 31. Many kids outgrow this youthful part of Halloween on their own, opting to attend parties instead or to hand out candy at home. And with safety in mind, some communities, often to children. When older kids still want to trick-or-treat, parents would be wise to ask about their motivations for the evening known not just for sweets, but for shaving cream, too.聽 鈥淎re they going out in the spirit of the holiday, or are they going out to make trouble in the dark with everybody鈥檚 door open?鈥?says Dr. Marilyn Metzl, a psychologist and psychoanalyst in Kansas City, Missouri. 鈥淚t can be both fun and exciting, or an invitation for disaster.鈥? 

Courtesy of Helen M. Ryan At Hogwarts, every day is Halloween! Kyra Maietta suited up to trick-or-treat at age 12. The decision on when to stop varies by child and family, but generally, there should be no age limit on kids dressing up and having safe fun, said Metzl, who works with children and families.

Ryan Maietta鈥檚 mom, Helen Ryan, loves opening the door to teenage trick-or-treaters like her own, the ones who put time and effort into an actual costume and are respectful and polite. Why should teens stay home, chatting online, she wondered, when they could be out on Halloween, interacting with friends and neighbors and getting to feel like a kid? 鈥淭here鈥檚 so much pressure in high school,鈥?said Helen Ryan, of Murrieta, California. 鈥淭hey can take a moment and be carefree 鈥?all they have to do is dress up. It鈥檚 like a moment for them to play and revisit their younger years.鈥? 

Courtesy of Helen M. Ryan Everyone agrees, if teens are going to trick-or-treat, they should put some effort into their costume... like Kyra Maietta in her hand-painted Titan costume last Halloween. Her 15-year-old daughter, Kyra Maietta, puts great effort into her elaborate costumes for trick-or-treating. The high school sophomore created a hand-painted 鈥淎ttack on Titan鈥?look last year and plans to become Captain America when she trick-or-treats this Halloween.

鈥淭hey still love it,鈥?Helen Ryan said. 鈥淭hey love the whole being together and dressing up and seeing each other鈥檚 costume and going trick-or-treating.鈥? Not everyone thinks kids still should be knocking on doors after middle school. Stephanie Merchant sees this Halloween as the last trick-or-treat for her 13-year-old daughter, who is dressing as Maleficent. Merchant noticed her daughter, now an eighth grader, seemed less excited on the candy hunt last year, when she went as a flapper. 

Courtesy of Stephanie Merchant Stephanie and Troy Merchant, as the Queen of Hearts and the Mad Hatter, with daughters Brooke, 12, as a flapper and Kars, 8, as Cleopatra last year. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e at the stage where they鈥檙e kind of a kid and kind of an adult,鈥?said Merchant, of Houston. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e not quite comfortable but still want to participate and have some fun.鈥?

鈥淚 definitely think by high school she鈥檒l be done with that part of it,鈥?she said. Amy Weir's 14-year-old daughter, a high school freshman, had her last trick-or-treat two years ago and attended a party last year. 鈥淪he really decided on her own,鈥?said Weir, who also lives in Houston. Trick-or-treating in middle school is OK, but when the kids are older it can feel a bit wrong, Weir said, especially if they don't have much of a costume and don鈥檛 seem very excited. 鈥淚t can be kind of uncomfortable if you鈥檙e a homeowner with teenagers there expecting something,鈥?she said. 鈥淚t seems like it just doesn鈥檛 work.鈥? At the high school stage, Weir said, 鈥淚t鈥檚 lost that whole excitement of the spirit of Halloween.鈥? 

Courtesy of Heidi Waterfield Candy has a way of making teens feel young again! Heidi Waterfield's daughter, Cassie, enjoys her Halloween haul dressed as Professor McGonagall last year. Laura Barta, whose teenagers retired from trick-or-treating around seventh grade, required them to dress from head to toe in enough of a costume that people wouldn鈥檛 have to ask who they were.

It鈥檚 the same standard she hopes to find when she opens her door on Halloween. Although she鈥檒l hand over treats to all comers, the joy of Halloween isn鈥檛 just for candy-getters, but for givers as well. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 want a teenager at my door asking for something if they鈥檙e not in the spirit of the holiday,鈥?said Barta, of Hershey, Pennsylvania, who has found sullen teens at her door. 鈥淚t鈥檚 just not fun because they don鈥檛 seem happy and upbeat.鈥? Heidi Waterfield of San Francisco, whose 14-year-old daughter had a great time trick-or-treating last year as Professor McGonagall from the 鈥淗arry Potter鈥?series, likes the idea of costumed teens participating 鈥?as long they arrive early enough in the night with motives that are pure. 鈥淚鈥檓 still happy to give them candy as long as they don鈥檛 smash my pumpkins,鈥?she said with a laugh. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a fun night, and if they鈥檙e not harming anyone, why not let them enjoy?鈥?

Lisa A. Flam is a news and lifestyles reporter in New York. Follow her on.

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