terms of endearment

[Dave Hause]

Ahh, The Forensic Examiner - official publication of the American College of
Forensic Examiners.  Which historically sold credentials as "Forensic
Expert" in anything you wanted to claim.  And had a rigorous mail-in ethics
exam (if your check cleared) for which you could have three tries to pass.
For people who didn't have the academic credentials for membership in the
American Academy of Forensic Sciences.
See www.abanet.org/journal/02FPERT.html (which seems to be a dead link, so a
short excerpt:
Robert O'Block has come a long way since 1994, when he made $40,000 a year

as a professor at the College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, Mo.

Now he's making a six-figure income as the executive director of the
American College of Forensic Examiners, a Springfield, Mo.-based nonprofit
organization that

credentials forensic experts.

...One former associate calls him a con artist. And more than one describes
his organization's credentialing process as a complete scam.

"He basically takes people's money and gives them a worthless piece of
paper," says Robert Phillips, an Audubon, N.J., document examiner.

Dave Hause, dwhause at jobe.net
Waynesville, MO 65583
----- Original Message -----

From: "Victor Steinbok" <aardvark66 at GMAIL.COM>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 5:50 PM
Subject: Re: terms of endearment


http://www.owlinvestigations.com/
> Thomas J. Owen also serves as the Chairman of the Audio Engineering
> Society's Standards Group SC-03-WG-12 on Forensic Audio. Mr. Owen is
> also the Chairman Emeritus of The American Board of Recorded Evidence.
>
> Mr. Owen Worked at New York City's Lincoln Center Archives for eleven
> years as Chief Engineer. He has appeared on network television and on
> radio discussing audio and video matters. Mr. Owen Lectures
> extensively in the United States and has numerous publications in the
> Forensic Examiner.
>
> Mr. Owen's qualifications as an expert witness have been demonstrated
> in more than thirty-five states for both prosecution and defense.

The company is run by a father-daughter team.

     VS-)

On 4/5/2012 6:16 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
> ... Worst evidence money can buy...
>
>     VS-)

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org