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Beware - Myths and NonsenseThe Kitty Genovese Syndrome & Yelling "Fire!"Debunking a Flawed Crime Escape SchemeWinston Moseley attacked and stabbed 24-year-old Kitty Genovese at 3 a.m. on the street near her Kew Gardens home in Queens NY on 11 March 1964. Her screams prompted one neighbor to shout out, causing Moseley to flee, but he soon returned to rape the helpless, bleeding woman and stab her to death. Her subsequent screams throughout the 30-minute ordeal fell on the deaf ears of 38 of her neighbors. Other than the neighbor who'd shouted just once, not a single one lifted a finger to help her or even call the police.A national news media furor erupted over the neighbors' stunning apathy but they refused to explain their baffling behavior.Sprouting from this morass, some commentator concocted a scheme to counter such apathy in the future: all outdoor crime victims should yell, "Fire!" instead of "Help! Police!" Supposedly, apathetic neighbors would fear a fire spreading to their homes and call the Fire Department, and then fire trucks would scare away the attacker.UNTESTEDThough never tested for feasibility, and despite the rarity of such apathy, this goofy notion somehow grew into "folk wisdom" still taught today by .. more »

"Home is where the heart is", this is the common quote that we usually hear anywhere we go. This quote is a short signification that there is no other place that we feel to be at ease than our home. Thus in this regard, making our home the most beautiful place to live in is one of the best things that we can do in order to stay happy and comfortable with the place we lived in. if you are planning to improve your place, then probably, you can consider certain home improvement tips that you can follow in order to improve your place.If you are planning to do some improvements, it will not just merely focus on the fact that you need to renovate certain part of your home, or even change the whole appearance of your place. Instead, home improvement, can also be done with just simple decorations and wall paintings wherein you can be able to create more amusing ambiance for you and your family to stay comfortable. There are lots of things that you can start to do when it comes to home improvement. You can just add something at home wherein you can really say .. more »