Winner of the www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Forensic Science Geek of the Week Challenge Week 14

The Forensic Science Geek of the Week

The week 14 “www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Forensic Science Geek of the Week” honors goes to Josh Lee, Esquire.

Josh Lee, Esquire

JOSH LEE, ESQUIRE, www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Forensic Science Geek of the Week!
Congratulations to our winner! All hail the www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Forensic Science Geek of the Week!!!

About our winner:

Attorney Josh D. Lee is a criminal defense attorney and specializes in DUI Defense in Oklahoma.

* Josh is a Member of the National College for DUI Defense. Members of this non-profit organization represent the most experienced DUI defense attorneys in the nation.
* Josh is a Certified Instructor of the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests (SFSTs) by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (N.H.T.S.A.).
* Josh is certified to conduct the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests (SFSTs) by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (N.H.T.S.A.).
* Josh assembled and taught at the first N.H.T.S.A. SFST student certification course held in the state of Oklahoma taught to Attorneys, Judges, Doctors, and Private Investigators from all across the United States.
* Josh has taught to the Oklahoma Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.
* Josh has been invited to teach at the Oklahoma Bar Association 2010 Annual Meeting.
* Josh is certified by the State of Oklahoma Board of Tests for Alcohol and Drug Influence as an Independent Operator of the Intoxilyzer 5000.
* Josh is certified by the State of Oklahoma Board of Tests for Alcohol and Drug Influence as an Independent Operator of the Intoxilyzer 8000.
* Josh was one of the first attorneys nation wide that was trained by the American Chemical Society to operate, develop methods, and perform maintenance on a Gas Chromatograph. The Gas Chromatograph is the device used by the State of Oklahoma to test blood for alcohol and drugs for a DUI charge.
* Josh was the first attorney in Oklahoma to attend the American Chemical Society training on Gas Chromatography.
* Josh is the only Oklahoma attorney and one of ONLY 2 attorneys nation wide that has attend both of the American Chemical Society courses on Gas Chromatography. One course is for the scientists and the other is designed for attorneys.
* Josh is one of very few Oklahoma attorneys to receive formal training as a Drug Recognition Expert (DRE).
* Josh received Salutatorian honors at the 2009 Forensic Blood & Urine Seminar held in San Diego, California.
* Josh attended the 2010 Forensic Breath Testing Seminar held in Atlanta, Georgia.
* Josh has attended the National College for DUI Defense’s Summer Session held at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
* Josh attended the National College for DUI Defense’s 16th Annual Mastering Scientific Evidence Course held in New Orleans.
* Josh attended the National College for DUI Defense’s 17th Annual Mastering Scientific Evidence Course held in New Orleans.
* Josh has attended the Western Trial Advocacy Institute in Laramie, Wyoming.
* Josh is a former 911 Dispatcher & Police Officer and he also worked in the Tulsa County District Attorney’s office. He has experience on literally all sides of the criminal justice system.
* Josh is a former member of the Association of Oklahoma Narcotic Enforcers (A-One). While he was an active member he attended A-One’s Specialized Narcotic & Dangerous Drug Training Course.

JOSH LEE, ESQUIRE is Week 20’s www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Forensic Science Geek of the Week!

Congratulations to our Week 14 winner! All hail the www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Forensic Science Geek of the Week!!!

See the challenge question that our winner correctly answered.

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Our Geek of the Week answered:

1) 30
2) Because the discarded number is 5 with only trailing 0’s you look at the right-most retained digit which in this case is an Even Number. Since it is an even number the value is left unchanged. If it had been an Odd number then it would have been increased by 1. Therefore, it remains 0.
3) This method is known as ISO Rounding.

[BLOGGER’S NOTE: Just to amplify…. Josh is right. Basically, nearly everything you learned about rounding is incorrect. “Quantities and units — Part 0: General principles” as promulgated by ISO 31-0:1981 which was then modified by ISO 31-0:1992, Annex B, Rule A and now by ISO 80000-1:2009 Annex B (normative) Rounding of numbers and also is echoed in ASTM E 29-08 (Standard Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to Determine Conformance with Specifications). In other disciplines it can also be called unbiased rounding (ambiguously, and a bit abusively), convergent rounding, statistician’s rounding, Dutch rounding, Gaussian rounding, or bankers’ rounding]

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Week 1: Chuck Ramsay, Esquire

Week 2: Rick McIndoe, PhD

Week 3: Christine Funk, Esquire

Week 4: Stephen Daniels

Week 5: Stephen Daniels

Week 6: Richard Middlebrook, Esquire

Week 7: Christine Funk, Esquire

Week 8: Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 9: Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 10: Kelly Case, Esquire and Michael Dye, Esquire

Week 11: Brian Manchester, Esquire

Week 12: Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.