terms of endearment

[Jonathan Lighter]

Mr. Owen is the same expert who a day or two ago, also on CNN, thought the
word was "clothes" or "close(d)."

To my mediated ear, the second "word" of the phrase (if that's what it
is), though indecipherable, sounds potentially more identifiable than the
first one, which everybody but me accepts as "fucking."

But stay tuned! They say the FBI is doing its own analysis with even more
super-duper software and computers.

JL



On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 11:19 PM, Dave Hause <dwhause at jobe.net> wrote:

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> 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
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> 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-)
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