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September 2023
A Prank That Gets Bryan Riled Up Every Single Time! How I Playfully Use Our Frame of Reference
I’m back again on this newsletter, just in time for football season! If you’ve met my partner Bryan before, then you know there’s no bigger fan of Clemson than him. Bryan graduated from Clemson University and has been a major Tigers fan ever since, and I mean a major fan. He’s a Tigers fanatic and follows the team’s players, watches every game, and even travels to see the games live! As his legal partner, I know full well how proud a Tiger Bryan is, and I use that knowledge to play a slight “prank” on him occasionally. Before I share what this practical joke involves, I want to explain how it plays into our “frame of reference” and how that works in our legal cases. If you can’t recall your intro to psych course, our frame of reference is our perception of what’s around us and what we experience. Our past experiences and unique knowledge frame the situations we see, giving us a specific point of view. As lawyers, we must ensure we evaluate our cases free of any frame of reference and work without bias or preconceptions.
However, I like to take advantage of this aspect outside the office and have fun with it, especially with Bryan! As you can imagine, my prank pokes fun at Bryan’s passionate love for the Clemson Tigers. While he went to Clemson, I actually went to Occidental College in Los Angeles, also home to the Tigers! Funny coincidence, right? I played water polo with the Occidental Tigers and often played matches against the University of Southern California (USC). Just to get Bryan flustered, I like to do something that will 100% get him riled up every time. When talking with others, and Bryan brings up Clemson, I casually mention that I was a Tigers player, and some of our most intense matches were against USC! Of course, everyone immediately believes I played on the Clemson Tigers football team and even battled on the field against the school’s rival, the University of South Carolina (USC). I’m a big guy, so it’s easy for others to believe I was once a football player! While everyone begins to get excited and astounded about my non-existent Clemson sports career, Bryan tries his best to explain the truth. I wait to see how long it takes before Bryan intercepts, and to make him even madder, I NEVER try to explain myself. Bryan gets fairly flustered when everyone thinks I actually played on his prized team against South Carolina. When Bryan tries to clarify, everyone gets confused, and I can’t help but laugh!
Clearly, I wouldn’t be able to pull this prank off in most other states. Yet, because the Clemson Tigers are so well known here, people will automatically assume that’s who I’m referencing! When people hear Tigers versus USC, they immediately think of Clemson and the University of South Carolina. It can be confusing trying to reverse that preconceived notion! Well, the same happens in law. I have to be careful not to let myself be swayed by the information on the surface. Attorneys have to dig deeper into the details to get the whole picture, and your frame of reference can cause you to miss critical elements. It’s challenging to do this! I mean, nobody ever considers water polo at a college in Los Angeles with a tiger mascot! While frame of reference is a concept I play with in daily life (unfortunately for Bryan), it’s also a factor I work hard to abandon when working on a case. Now, next time you see Bryan, please ask him how it feels to work alongside a former Tigers player! –Samuel Harms
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AI Scams: Voice Cloning Could Drain Your Bank Account!
With AI capabilities growing daily, you need to be even more vigilant against potential scammers. We’ve already heard about
Scammers looking to steal thousands of dollars will use AI to replicate the voices of people who’ve posted their voices online via videos like TikTok. They’ll clone a person’s voice and then use it to call their relatives and pretend to be their children or grandchildren who need money as soon as possible. The person on the phone is a scammer, not your family member, even though they sound just like them.
AI’s power to create written content and, more recently, use musicians’ voices to sing different songs. So, how does this relate to scammers? Well, TikTok users and other online users have shared a
Never send money without first verifying whether it is or isn’t your relative. Some online users advise creating secret code words to exchange over the phone to confirm their
family member is requesting the money. Always contact your relative and ask if they actually made the call. Remember, anyone who has posted a short clip of their voice can find it cloned with AI and used to scam their families. Stay safe!
new scam that utilizes AI to drain the bank accounts of their family members called voice cloning.
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collide with their steering wheel, leading to severe injuries to their upper body. Airbags and steering wheel aside, when a driver is sitting too close to the wheel, they run the risk of windshield glass severely cutting them during a crash. These drivers can also find themselves trapped between the seat and steering wheel after a collision crushes their vehicle. Clearly, there are numerous reasons why sitting too close to the steering wheel is dangerous. Conversely, what is a safe distance between the driver and the wheel? Simple changes can save your life! Both the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety have confirmed that there should be 10 or more inches between the driver and the steering wheel. To be even safer, you should recline the upper part of your seat to add maximum distance while still being able to reach the pedals. Scoot the entire seat back as far as you reasonably can! Another simple step that can save your life is lowering the placement of your steering wheel so that it’s tilted below your face and chest. This will also minimize the impact
to the face and chest, which, when injured, can be severe or even fatal. Finally, for those who are shorter and frustrated by the increased distance, you can contact a professional to adjust your pedals. You can have your pedals modified or new ones installed to ensure your feet reach them while still maintaining a safe distance from the wheel. Just these few easy steps can change the outcome of a potentially fatal car crash. Change the way you sit in the driver’s seat today!
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THE GREATEST HEIST IN HISTORY How Pirate King Henry Every Vanished
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The history of pirates is rich with countless stories of lawless thieves and fearless captains. Yet the accounts of what exactly happened to the “King of Pirates” after he led the largest pirate heist in history are still muddled. Henry Every isn’t a household name compared to other famous pirates. However, what makes Every exceptional is that, unlike his counterparts, he was never captured. The first reports of Every were of his service in the British Navy before boarding the warship Charles II as a first mate to battle French ships for their freight. However, after the captain delayed the mission and payment was stalled, Every conspired with the angry crew to mutiny. Renaming the ship the Fancy, Every and his team sailed the coastline of Africa to steal riches. Their final heist against a Mughal Empire fleet returning to India led to the treasure of a lifetime. After accruing more and more crewmates, Every and his gang overtook the various ships and all the gold and jewels they carried. The loot is estimated to be tens of millions of modern-day dollars.
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Every and his crew dispersed with their share and were never to be seen again. Some pirates were
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believed to have found refuge in the U.S., but Every was never located despite Britain’s fierce manhunt. His title as the King of Pirates was rightfully earned.
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Samuel Pranks His Clemson Fanatic Partner
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AI Scams: Voice Cloning Could Drain Your Bank Account!
Cozy French Onion Soup
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Vanished With Millions: The Intriguing Story of Pirate King Henry Every
Could Your Steering Wheel Position Be Putting You at Risk?
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When you get into the driver’s seat, you may check all your mirrors or settings, but are you adjusting your steering wheel? This one factor can prevent a car accident from becoming fatal. The proximity and placement of your steering wheel are significant factors in an accident because of the sheer force of the vehicle’s airbags. Unfortunately, shorter individuals will naturally bring their seats incredibly close to the steering wheel due to the distance between their feet and the pedals. Specifically, women and older people under 5 feet, 5 inches tall will scoot their seats dangerously close. However, there are ways to keep yourself safe while driving. How is sitting too close to the wheel dangerous? When airbags activate during a collision, they can create nearly 2,000 pounds of force and expand at almost 200 mph! COULD YOUR STEERING WHEEL POSITION BE PUTTING YOU AT RISK?
That’s a lot of pressure and speed aimed directly at your chest. This impact can lead to severe injury or even death for smaller individuals. Whiplash, neck injuries, fractures, and spinal damage are all possibilities when an airbag impacts your chest or neck. Airbags save countless lives, but if a driver is sitting too close to the wheel, it can do the opposite. Even faulty airbags that don’t deploy can cause an up-close driver to dangerously
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