The UIM approved our world record! A much be...
December 10, 2008 by Lohring in Lohring
The UIM approved our world record! A much better video is now on youtube.
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Mom's house the day I left
December 06, 2008 by Lohring in Lohring
 Mom's house the day I left. Half of the snow was melted by then. It all brought back winter memories, both good and bad. I'm really glad to be home in Eugene.
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My old elementary school
December 06, 2008 by Lohring in Lohring
 My old elementary school. It had four rooms, one for each grade from first through fourth. I really did walk through the snow to school. It's now a doctor's office but looks the same on the outside.
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My dad's old company
December 06, 2008 by Lohring in Lohring
 My dad's old company. It's now very run down and home to a garbage service.
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Where I lived until high school
December 06, 2008 by Lohring in Lohring
 Where I lived until high school. My room window is the second story dormer window.
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My old neighborhood looking up the street tow...
December 06, 2008 by Lohring in Lohring
 My old neighborhood looking up the street toward my house and my aunt Alice and uncle Ben's house. Tom. Jed, and their family lived almost across the street from us. That's a brick street. It's the latest technology after cobblestones.
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December 06, 2008 by Lohring in Lohring
 Sache
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December 06, 2008 by Lohring in Lohring
 Danica and Amara
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My mom with Jed and Alice
December 06, 2008 by Lohring in Lohring
 My mom with Jed and Alice.
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I did get back from Meadville, finally
December 06, 2008 by Lohring in Lohring
I did get back from Meadville, finally. The trip started with mechanical problems on the plane, so 4 hours after the flight was scheduled to leave I got rebooked on a late afternoon flight that got to Eugene via Medford! The group from Medford to Eugene was pretty loose with a group of really funny college students having fun with the stewardess. I got home at 12:00.
Meadville was in the middle of an early snow storm so I took pictures of all my childhood memories. Unlike most places in the country, Meadville hasn't changed all that much. I spent some time with my aunt Alice, as well as Jed, Amara, and Sache. All are doing very well.
My mother is not holding up as well as Alice, also over 90, because of her short term memory loss. I'm not sure how much is that and whether there are other factors. My mother can still do cross word puzzles and play bridge, but can't carry on much of a conversation. She seems fine initially, but runs down quickly. I'll post the pictures next.
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I had a very quick trip to Meadville, arrivin...
November 24, 2008 by Lohring in Lohring
I had a very quick trip to Meadville, arriving at Cleveland at 3:00 local time and driving to Meadville in the daylight. there's snow everywhere and it's really winter. I'll post pictures
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I've spent the month so far in continuous mee...
November 15, 2008 by Lohring in Lohring
I've spent the month so far in continuous meetings. First I was in Washington, DC for a meeting on our grant, then in Dallas for the major dental public health meeting, and finally in Oregon for the dental public health coalition meeting Friday. I was a presenter at all three on our clinic model. Now I need to make it work. I think I need to become a politician in my old age and convince all the bureaucracies involved that they need to do more than preserve their organization. I developed a list of people to take to lunch for a start. Does anyone know some lobbying groups? I assume I have contacts in the HIV community, but Latinos, who pressured Lane County for the Riverstone medical clinic, and seniors would be other good groups to talk to.
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I just got back from LA and will be off to Wa...
November 04, 2008 by Lohring in Lohring
I just got back from LA and will be off to Washington DC tomorrow. I'll try to keep in touch through the web site.
We had a so so weekend (for us) with one new record running my engine in Mike's boat. We put another engine in for a different class but got beat slightly by another well prepared team. We did go 10 mph faster than that engine has ever gone and its builder wants us to try again with a better engine. We'll be back!
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We did it! We averaged over 98 mph in two se...
October 13, 2008 by Lohring in Lohring
 We did it! We averaged over 98 mph in two separate pairs of runs, one for the US record and one for the world record. The current world record is 50.8 mph and the US record is 70 mph. It is the first time anyone can remember that existing records have been broken by that great a margin.
(Adam's note: There's an extensive pre-race article here).
There are some pictures (requires log in) here .
Video is posted here).
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As most of you know, I have been working with...
September 13, 2008 by Lohring in Lohring
 As most of you know, I have been working with Mike Bontoft on a boat to set the world water speed record for electric boats. The current world record is 58 mph, but boats have gone 70 mph. On our last test before the October 11 record trials in Lincoln City, Oregon, we became the first electric boat to unofficially exceed 100 mph as measured by two GPS units.
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Oh no, Sadie! Pretty soon you will be playin...
May 03, 2008 by Lohring in Lohring
Oh no, Sadie! Pretty soon you will be playing Monkey Island and Missle Command. You could even try Pong, but you were pretty little when we were playing that. Adam was an expert. Try to find The Datestones of Ryn. I never found out what that game was about.
I'm barely surviving my return to fatherhood. I still have some control, but there are two weeks to go. There are still no visable bruses on the boys and no blood spatters on Jenny's walls. Seraph, send in reinforcements soon!
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Almost finished! I toured the school dental ...
January 15, 2008 by Lohring in Lohring
 Almost finished! I toured the school dental clinics here and talked to a lot of the people involved. It's strange to think that the school I visited and its dental clinic date to the mid 1900s. Until the 1990s school children here got dental checkups twice a year. Now it has been reduced to once a year and the old clinics are being replaced by mobile vans. The picture is of me with two of the dental therapists and their assistant.
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I made it back to New Zealand and actually ma...
January 14, 2008 by Lohring in Lohring
 I made it back to New Zealand and actually managed to drive on the wrong side of the road through construction areas and around rotaries the wrong way for the hour and 1/2 it took to get to Hamilton. There I met another "retired" dentist as well as a children's dentist and her American trained assistant. So far New Zealand dentistry seems very relazed by my standards. I'm recovering after several beers at a bar owned by still another dentist. Tomorrow I visit the dental clinic.
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The boat racing was great as well
January 13, 2008 by Lohring in Lohring
 The boat racing was great as well. Several people helped be get my electric mono running to the point where I took third in that class. Here Al Hobbs from Montana launches my gas mono.
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Rafting was a real kick, especially since the...
January 13, 2008 by Lohring in Lohring
 Rafting was a real kick, especially since the water was really warm. We fell in on purpose. I star in the video of the trip, but I won't show you it before I get back.
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The reason everyone wears these funny suits o...
January 13, 2008 by Lohring in Lohring
  The reason everyone wears these funny suits on the Great Barrier Reef is these pretty jelly fish. Their stings can be very serious and some are fatal. Parrot fish are much prettier in person than in the picture.
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I'm finally back to the internet at the Sydne...
January 13, 2008 by Lohring in Lohring
 I'm finally back to the internet at the Sydney airport. Let's see if I can send some pictures.
Yeah! What does the dog whisperer do when a crock eats his dog? He becomes the croc whisperer.
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Crocadiles are protected in Australia so they...
January 04, 2008 by Lohring in Lohring
 Crocadiles are protected in Australia so they follow tourist boats around hoping someone will fall in.
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The internet connection here seems not like t...
January 03, 2008 by Lohring in Lohring
The internet connection here seems not like to send pictures. I'll try to send more later.
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My first day was spent traveling through the ...
January 03, 2008 by Lohring in Lohring
 My first day was spent traveling through the rain forest, first on a train, then on a cable car.
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I've been away from the Internet for a few days
January 03, 2008 by Lohring in Lohring
I've been away from the Internet for a few days. I flew into Cairns New Year's eve with explosions en golfing the city. I found out in the morning it was the Japanese invasion, and that Cairns had been occupied. Fortunately it was only the holiday wave of tourists. I miss you all and hope you are having a good new year.
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