Seeing a witch, goblin, ghoul or two walking the streets is expected only during Halloween. And while frights are all part of the fun, no one should have to witness a truly scary scene while trick-or-treating. Thanks to Halloween the month of October ranks No. 2 for motor vehicle deaths by month, according to the National Safety Council. Oct. 31 was the second most deadly day of the year following New Years from 1997-2006 due to Halloween. Research reveals pedestrians improperly crossing roads and lack of visibility due to low lighting or dark clothing account for most deaths. For 5- to 9-year-olds, 15 percent of deaths in 2015, the latest year data is available, were due to darting or running into the road. It’s probably not hard to guess why accidents are more likely on Oct. 31: an increase in the number of pedestrians coupled with alcohol consumption. “In 2012, almost half (48%) of all crash fatalities on Halloween involved a drunk driver compared to 31 percent on an average day that year,” according to a NHTSA report titled “Driver and Walkers Be Wary This Halloween.” Not drinking and driving clearly is an excellent way to improve Halloween Safety. …show more content…
Costumes • Plan costumes that are bright and reflective. Make sure that shoes fit well and that costumes are short enough to prevent tripping, entanglement or contact with flame. • Because masks can limit or block eyesight, consider non-toxic makeup and decorative hats as safer alternatives. • If a sword, cane, or stick is a part of your child's costume, make sure it is not sharp or long. A child may be easily hurt by these accessories if he stumbles or trips.
Harry Emerson Fosdick, an American clergyman, once said,“life consists not simply in what heredity and environment do to us but in what we make out of what they do to us,” (Fosdick). The impact heredity has on an individual will shape his or her actions and personality. In East of Eden, the author, John Steinbeck, brilliantly portrays the idea that heredity doesn’t allow a person to choose his or her own path through two families: the Hamiltons and the Trasks. The Hamilton family are gentle, caring, and have altruism from their heads down to their toes. The Hamiltons are headed by Samuel, a gentleman whose amiable personality gives him the respect of anybody who has ever met him; pieces of his personality are
Nearly 2,500 'haunted attractions' go live on and around Halloween each year. If you like a fun, safe scare, you've probably been to a few of them yourself.
Pumpkins and lanterns , costumes and masks, “trick-or-treating”, horror stories and movies is all about one of the oldest and mysterious holiday – Halloween. It is celebrated on October 31, the evening before All Saint’s Day.
Fatal motor vehicle accidents were the number one cause of death for 15-24 year olds in 2011 with a total deaths of 6,926 people. In the same year a total of 33,783 people of all ages died as a result of motor vehicle accidents.
Halloween has become the second most anticipated holiday for children after Christmas. Halloween was first celebrated by the Celts, who lived in Scotland and Ireland in ancient times. The Celts held a special festival to celebrate Samhain, the god of the dead. The day they choose was their New Year's Eve, October 31 on our calendar. They believed the souls of the dead returned to visit their homes on this one night of the year to try to find another body to inhabit. In nowadays many people and their kids celebrate holiday it became family tradition, therefore many people disprove celebration of Halloween.
If one was to describe one of the main attributes of the Qajar kings, it would be that they had quasi-power over their realm. The Qajars were successful in overthrowing the Safavid rule only because the latter had a weak grip on its empire, a fate that the Qajars would also meet. This impediment was because Persia had a very peculiar society. It was under one nation, yet there were so many sub nations within. These sub nations, or communities, were almost self-sufficient and had little to no dependence to their neighboring communities or the whole Persian entity. This self-sufficiency was greatly due to the fact that these communities could accumulate their own wealth. Notably, their sources of wealth ranged from local farms to even deals with the foreign counties, a great example being how the Bakhtiyaris made oil deals with the British. Strikingly, this was done without consulting the state government. Thus, the communities were able to audaciously gain power, designate their own leaders, and determine their own prospects. The involuntary dispersal of power, the lack of an inter-societal organization, and the self-sufficiency of the communities played against the present shah, hindering him
Halloween is a fun, creative, holiday that presents a lot of significant risks to homeowners. As a well-informed homeowner, you can no take measures to reduce your chances of filing a home insurance
Long ago, the Celtic and pagan religions made Halloween more alive before we ever did. The essay says, “Carving pumpkins, bobbing for apples, dressing up in costume and even trick-or-treating were all pagan practices that were carried over.” All of these items made people more interested in the holiday, since they got to be scared and get to be whatever character from whatever show, movie, or play. Some people also think Halloween can be dangerous though because of broken down homes. The essay said that residential house built during the early 1800s were becoming worn down and dilapidated. That means the young children could get crushed by beams supporting the house, fall through floors, and get severe broken bones, but since then, Halloween been improved to where no parent or child will get hurt and haunted houses have been mending their special FX, actors or employees makeup and costumes and are getting better than
“Don’t drink and drive.” “They’ll see you before you see them.” Amongst the fun and celebration of the holiday season come some sobering messages. No one wants to think they will be involved in a car accident, but December and January are “accident prone” months due to weather and an increase in driving under the influence. In fact, New Year’s Day is generally the second most-deadly day for drivers. Scary
This article talks about all the events on New Year’s. What do you think the worse day of the year is for fatal crashes? As we all know everyone’s out on New Year’s Eve going to parties and various places. A lot of alcohol is drunk that night. A lot of people still drive even after they drink. This is what is so dangerous about the situation. Over half of all the crashes that happen on years half of them involve a drunk driver with a blood-alcohol content of at least 0.08, according to an analysis by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. If people know they’re going to drink why do they even go and then leave? The worse time that all the crashes happen is right after the ball drops a little after 12. One of my friends had this exact thing happen to him. He left a party then ran off the road and luckily he was alright and only came out with a few scratches.
With Halloween just days away, the festivities are already underway across the city. In a few days, the annual Village Halloween Parade will fill up the streets of Manhattan with costumed costumes but if you’re looking to for an alternative on Halloween night, there’s something cool happening in Times Square.
“In 1921, Minnesota became the first state to celebrate Halloween.[...] One by one, other states began to celebrate Halloween until it had spread nationwide.” said Kristen W. while putting up the argument that Halloween should not be celebrating because of the dangers that could lie beneath it. The argument in this article is that Halloween was started with the thought of kids being able to get some candy and dress up for fun, maybe even get a little scared, but as the world population grows so does crime rates which are supposedly worst on the night of October 31st. Kristen goes on to say “This year an estimated 23,000 children will have their candy scanned at a local hospital before they are allowed to eat it. If parents are worried, why
Help your child pick out a costume that fits well and will be safe to wear. Verify that it's fire proof or treated with fire retardant. If they are wearing a mask, make sure that the eye holes are large enough for them to have good peripheral vision. If your kids are carrying props such as toy swords or
Each month we have something to look forward to, if Halloween wasn’t a holiday, then October would be a boring month. “How do other countries celebrate the holiday? In Britain they celebrate Guy Fawkes Day, which is observed November 5, with fireworks. In Wales, Ireland, Scotland, and England, you’ll find Halloween celebrated the way Americans celebrate it. In America, the real explosion of Halloween happened when the Irish
Demography is the study of the components of population variation and change. Death rate and birth rate are two determinants of population change. Theory of Demographic Transition is comparatively recent theory that has been accepted by several scholars throughout the world. This theory embraces the observation that all countries in the world go through different stages in the growth of population. A nation's economy and level of development is directly related to that nation's birth and death rates. Population history can be divided into different stages. Some of the scholars have divided it into three and some scholars have divided it into five stages. These stages or classifications demonstrate a