https://rudyowensblog.com/2016/07/29/birthcertificatevictory/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/glenn-copeland-photo.jpgMIchigan State Registrar Glenn CopelandGlenn Copeland, state registrar of Michigan and the man whose name now appears on my current legal birth certificate bearing my new name, and the copy of my original birth certificate that was released and must bear the registrar’s signature and name.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/birth-certificate-tweet.jpgBirth Certificate TweetI announced my victory over Michigan's adoption secrecy mongers with a Tweet--of course!https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/birth-certificate-section-sealed.jpgBirth Certificate Section SealedVital Records at the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services made sure to remind me that I am a bastard by placed in larged capital letters "SEALED" three times on the copy of my original birth certificate--an act not required by state law.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/slaying-the-dragon-roskilde-cathedral-3.jpgSlaying the Dragon Roskilde CathedralDefeating one's dragons on a hero's journey can sometimes take years. Bureaucratic dragons can be some of the most difficult ones to vanquish. They can regenerate like a many-headed hydra, which can not fully be defeated so long as it retains one of its many heads, according to Greek mythology.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/supreme-court-edifice.jpgSupreme Court Edificehttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/passport.jpgpassportA birth certificate is the most crucial identity document, which allows one to get critical other documents such as a passporthttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/birth-certificate-section-2.jpgRudy Owens Original Birth CertificateThis is part of my original record of birth, which the state of Michigan considered a top secret document that had to be kept from me at all cost for decades, even after I knew my birth name and birth families. https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/rudy-and-birth-certificate-1621010740-e1701144043485.jpgRudy Owens and Birth CertificateRudy Owens holds a copy of his original birth certificate (some info whited out intentionally). Michigan denied my human right to my birth record for 27 years. They failed. I did not.2024-03-17T02:23:57+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2017/11/29/the-detroit-adoptee-manifesto/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/strategies-book-cover.jpgStrategies book coverhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/book-cover-mock-up-at-3-years-old.jpgBook CoverOne of my responses to my expeience with discrmination being an adoptee is to share that story and help others achieve justice. My book is titled You Don't Knnow How Lucky You Are: An Adoptee's Journey Through the Amiercan Adoption Experience."https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/birth-certificate-section-sealed.jpgBirth Certificate Section SealedIt took me decades to get this sheet of paper, a copy of my original birth certificate, that the state of Michigan still defaced with the word "sealed." This is obscene and in violation of my human rights.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/sun-tzu-going-to-war-image.jpgSun TzuThe greatest strategist of them all, Sun Tau, provides many strategies adoptees can embrace to first win the inner battle and then succeed against their adversaries.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/washington-crosses-the-deleware.jpgWashington Crosses the DelewareEmanuel Leutze's "Washington Crossing the Delaware." from 1851. As a general, George Washington understood the importance of controlling the battlefield and grand strategy. https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/frederick_douglass_loc-image2.jpgFrederick DouglassFrederick Douglass, from the Library of Congress collection.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/the-dying-gaul-sculpture.jpgThe Dying Gaul SculptureThe Dying Gaul, a celebrated sculpture of the defeated soul.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/slide1.jpgFallaci Quote2023-03-21T04:06:33+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/07/07/looking-back-at-a-north-carolina-landfill-and-who-got-dumped-on/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/holly-springs-landfill-2012.jpgHolly Springs Landfill 2012The Raleigh News & Observer published this photo of the South Wake County landfill, in Holly Springs, in March 2012, found here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/03/15/1931937/wake-county-plans-future-development.html.2022-05-30T16:40:47+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/public-health-research/2022-05-30T16:39:27+00:00weekly0.6https://rudyowensblog.com/research/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/graduate-thesis-unc-ch.jpggraduate-thesis-unc-ch2022-05-30T16:35:57+00:00weekly0.6https://rudyowensblog.com/2014/06/29/the-10th-man-zombie-apocalypses-and-incorporating-contrarian-views/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-story-of-cholera.jpgThe Story of Cholerahttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/i-am-legend-clip3.jpgI Am Legend Manga Extra 3https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/i-am-legend-clip2.jpgI Am Legend Manga Extra 2https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/i-am-legend-clip1.jpgI Am Legend Manga Extra 1https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/10th-man-clip.jpg10th Man Cliphttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/galileo.jpgGalileoItalian physicist and mathematician Galileo was deemed a heretic and tried for his promotion of the Copnernican view that the earth orbits the sun and that the earth is not the center of the universe.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/brad-and-zombie.jpgBrad and the ZombieBrad Pitt goes toe-to-toe with the zombies and saves humanity in his public health swashbuckler, World War Z. Way to go, Brad!2022-05-14T19:38:58+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2016/09/03/detroits-complex-legacy-in-the-national-forence-crittenton-mission/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/crittenton-map.jpgCrittenton Maphttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/national-critttenton-convention-1932-detroit.jpgNational Critttenton Convention 1932 DetroitNational Florence Critttenton Mission convention, 1932, Detroit.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/florence-crittenton-home-stpetersburg_.jpgCrittenton Home, St. PetersburgCrittenton Home, St. Petersburghttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/florence-crittenton-home-pittsburgh_.jpgCrittenton Home, PittsburghCrittenton Home, Pittsburghhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/florence-crittenton-home-nashville_.jpgCrittenton Home, NashvilleCrittenton Home, Nashvillehttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/crittenton-home-sioux-city_.jpgCrittenton Home, Sioux CityCrittenton Home, Sioux Cityhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/crittenton-home-e-henry-wemme-white-shiled-home-portland.jpgCrittenton Home, E Henry Wemme White Shiled Home PortlandCrittenton Home, E. Henry Wemme White Shiled Home, Portlandhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/crittenton-home-san-francisco.jpgCrittenton Home, San FranciscoCrittenton Home, San Franciscohttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/crittenton-babies-sioux-city-iowa.jpgCrittenton Babies, Sioux City, IowaA shot of some of the tens of thousands of babies relinquished for adoption through the maternity care facilities run by the National Florence Crittenton Mission. (Source: SIoux City Journal, "Wife of Nobel winner started life at Crittenton Center," Sept.18, 2011.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/220px-kate_waller_barrett.jpgKate Waller BarrettKate Waller Barrett, former president of the National Florence Crittenton Mission.2025-07-27T21:26:56+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/about/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/rudy-owens-oregon-coast-mugshot.jpgRudy Owens August 2017Taken August 2017https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/rudy-4-15-larger-2.jpgRudy Owens Self-Portrait April 2015https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/rudymanzanita2-152.jpgRudy OwensRudy Owens on the Oregon Coast, 2015https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/rudyselfportrait3-9-14-2.jpgRudy OwensRudy Owenshttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/rudyselfportrait4-9-14.jpgRudy OwensRudy Owenshttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/rudysmileafteraktrip.jpgrudysmileafteraktripRudy Owens, MA, MPH, and Global Citizenhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/rudy-at-greenlake-small-10-20121.jpegRudy at Greenlake (small) 10-2012Rudy Owens at Greenlake Park, Seattle, Wash. (October 2012)https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/rudy-at-greenlake-small-10-2012.jpegRudy at Greenlake (small) 10-2012Rudy Owens at Greenlake Park, Seattle, Wash. (October 2012)https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/rudymugshotjuly20121.jpgrudymugshotjuly2012https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/rudytrailrunshot1.jpgrudytrailrunshot12018-11-30T16:50:41+00:00weekly0.6https://rudyowensblog.com/2018/10/24/retiring-my-blog-while-keeping-it-alive/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/thank-you-rudy-owens_.jpgThank You From Rudy OwensThanks to everyone who has supported this blog and visited my site. I appreciate your interest and comments over the past six years.2018-11-19T18:43:01+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/08/05/a-taste-of-the-philippines-in-seattle-during-seafair/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/girls-and-bamboo-bw2.jpggirls-and-bamboo-B&Whttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dancetroupe-bw2.jpgdancetroupe B&Whttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/in-formation-bw2.jpgIn formation B&Whttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/instruction-for-move-bw3.jpginstruction for move B&W2018-11-07T18:51:11+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/public-health-research/top-10-public-health-posts/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/pageviewsiwonderandwander.jpgPage Views for I Wonder and Wander Blog by Rudy OwensI took this screen snapshot of my dashboard on Nov. 29, 2014. 2018-10-04T22:39:21+00:00weekly0.6https://rudyowensblog.com/2017/01/29/discrimination-against-adoptees-rooted-in-fears-of-illegitimacy/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ny-times-coverage-of-walker-report.jpgNew York Times Coverage Walker ReportThe New York Times covered the findings of the investigation of the horrific conditions that killed nearly four in five relinquished infants in Baltimore, in 1914.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/secion-of-walkers-traffic-in-babies1.jpgCoverage of Traffic in BabiesThe New York Times covered the findings of the investigation of the horrific conditions that killed nearly four in five relinquished infants in Baltimore, in 1914.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/bastard-examination1.jpgbastard-examination1https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/the-outcast-painting-in-royal-academy-of-arts-london-1851.jpgthe-outcast-painting-in-royal-academy-of-arts-london-1851https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/oliver-twist-cover.jpgoliver-twist-coverhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/citation-of-bogus-theory-by-david-kirshner.jpgKirschner CitationDavid Kirschner's imaginary diagnosis that stigmatized adoptees can still be found in publications, despite being discredted as a fabrication nearly three decades earlier.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/rudyselfportrait-12-2016-3.jpgRudy Owens Self PortaitRudy Owens, as a young child, and later someone denied equal treatment under the law because of my status as both an adoptee and someone born "illegtimately." 2024-06-28T04:57:37+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2018/06/16/advocating-for-adoptee-rights-and-sharing-my-story-in-michigan/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/crittenton-general-hospital-1930-300-dpi-for-dfp.jpgCrittenton General Hospital 1930 300 DPI for DFPhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/crittenton-then-and-now.jpgCrittenton Then and NowThe former Crittenton Maternnity Home on Woodrow Wilson is now the home of Cass Community Services. The former home used to house single mothers before they gave birth next door at the former Crittenton General Hospital, from the the 1950s through the 1970s.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/rudy-on-michigan-radio.jpgRudy on Michigan Radiohttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/rudy-outreach-in-lansing.jpgRudy Outreach in LansingRudy Owens in the Michigan Senate office building in Lansing in June 2018.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/rudy-at-crittenton-hospital-site-june-2018.jpgRudy At Crittenton Hospital Site June 2018Rudy Owens at the site of the former Crittenton General Hospital, where he was born and relinquished into foster care in the mid-1960s, and then adopted at five and a half weeks after his birth.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/rudy-and-fellow-adoptee-in-lansing.jpgRudy and Fellow Adoptee in LansingRudy Owens and a fellow Michigan adoptee in Lansing, both of whom were denied their original birth certificates by the state because they were adopted.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/rudy-at-910am-superstation.jpgRudy at 910AM SuperStationRudy Owens with Steve Neavling and Nurse Charms at 910 AM Superstation in Southfield, Michigan.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/rudy-doing-advocacy-in-michigan-june-2018.jpgRudy Doing Advocacy in Michigan June 2018https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/lansing-advocacy-cafe.jpgLansing Advocacy CafeConversation Cafe in Lansing to promote adoptee rights.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/michigan-capitol-building-june-2018.jpgMichigan Capitol Building June 2018The historic Michigan State Capitol Building, taken in June 2018.2021-04-28T17:24:53+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2018/06/04/four-simple-steps-to-help/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/adoptee-rights-human-rights.jpgAdoptee Rights Human RightsAuthor Rudy Owens sports his advocacy shirt with a simple idea that equality is a human right.2024-11-01T19:33:17+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2013/04/28/why-joan-of-arc-matters-to-beleaguered-public-health/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/joan-statue.jpgJoan statuehttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/public-health-spending-graph-on-pub-health.jpgpublic health spending graph on pub healthPublic health spending versus all other healthcare spending in the United States.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/drsatcher_l.jpgdrsatcher_lFormer U.S. Surgeon General and "Public Health Hero" Dr. David Satcher.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/joan-burning-picture.jpgJoan Burning Picturehttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/milla-as-joan.jpgMilla as Joan2018-02-20T23:42:13+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/07/14/portland-hip-healthy-mostly-homogenous-and-house-of-the-homeless/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_8021.jpgIMG_8021Teddy Roosevelt statue, downtownhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_8020.jpgIMG_8020Street car, downtownhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_8019.jpgIMG_8019Powell's Books, world famoushttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_8015.jpgIMG_8015Food carts downtownhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_8014.jpgIMG_8014The MAX light railhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_8011.jpgIMG_8011Pioneer Squarehttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_8008.jpgIMG_8008Downtown's many nice urban spaceshttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_8004.jpgIMG_8004Multnomah County Public Library, de facto homeless shelterhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_8001.jpgIMG_8001Love these bike rackshttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_7995.jpgIMG_7995Farmer's market, downtown2018-01-29T01:41:18+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2017/05/20/adoptee-rights-advocates-must-critically-view-any-group-lacking-street-cred/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/kneisly-quote-final.jpgKneisly Quote FINALhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/baby-love-child-logo.jpgBaby Love Child LogoLauren Sabrina Kneisly's web site promoting legal rights for adoptees and should be bookmarked by anyone who cares about civil rights and equal rights.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/bastard-nation-logo.jpgBastard Nation logohttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/book-cover-mock-up-at-3-years-old.jpgBook Cover Mock Up at 3 years oldhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/380-9-million-profits-adoption.jpg380-.9-million-profits-adoptionThis is a graphic with a summary of data published by Musings of the Lame, whose publisher, Claudia Corrigan D'Arcy, has published numers articles on the business of adoption and its global reach.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dai_obc2020_logo-with-tagline-300x55.pngDAI_OBC2020_Logo-with-tagline-300x55https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dai-new-social-media-image.jpgDAI New social media imagehttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dai-hashtag-and-campaign.pngDAI Hashtag and campaignThe Donaldson Adoption Institute's new campaign has has a hashtag and tagline, but is it really about reform?https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/greenwashing-image.jpgGreenwashing image2018-01-21T00:11:22+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2017/10/21/a-guide-to-michigan-adoptees-seeking-court-orders-for-original-birth-certificates/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/donut-hole-image.pngDonut Hole Imagehttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/fist-of-equality.jpgFist of EqualityBy advocating for your rights, you reclaim your story, your name, your power, and your dignity.2017-11-14T00:00:43+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2014/11/02/viktor-frankl-and-the-simple-secrets-to-living-a-meaningful-life/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/copticyouth-copy.jpgCoptic Youth, Luxor, EgyptThese young men, all Copts, a persecuted minority, highlight for me the depth of goodness one finds in the world, even when those many have no material foundation that suggests they should be happy.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/frank-later-in-life.jpgViktor Frankl, Later in LifePhoto courtesy of PBS, showing a pensive and thoughtful Viktor Frankl (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/questionofgod/voices/frankl.html)https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/meaning-fullfillment-model.jpgFulfullment Model by Paul WongPaul Wong is one of many academics who have analyzed the ideas of logotherapy and mapped them in published work.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/frankl-1947.jpgViktor Frankl, 1947This photo of Viktor Frankl was taken two year after his liberation from the Nazis, when he returned to psychiatric practice to help through through his principles called logotherapy.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/manssearchcover2.jpgMans Search For MeaningViktor Frank's seminal 1946 Holocaust memoir, Man's Search for Meaning, has been translated into more than 20 languages, has sold more than 10 million copies, and is considered one of the most influential books among American book readers.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/mans_search_for_meaning-cover3.jpgmans_search_for_meaning cover3https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/manssearchcover.jpgMansSearchcover2017-11-05T17:56:04+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2017/09/15/does-bias-influence-how-publications-choose-to-tell-stories-about-adoptees-and-adoption-history/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/seymourhersh-ips-cropped.jpgSeymour Hersh ImageAuthor and investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, courtesy of Wikipedia.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/sources-of-bias-in-clinial-research.jpgSources of BIas in Clinial ResearchSource: Pannucci, Christopher J., and Edwin G. Wilkins. “Identifying and Avoiding Bias in Research.” Plastic and reconstructive surgery 126.2 (2010): 619–625. PMC. Web. 15 Sept. 2017.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/crittentonwoman-back-turned-lecture-bw.jpgCrittenton WomanThis historic photo of a Crittenton mission from the late 1950s or 1960s, shows how expecting mothers who stayed at Crittenton homes and hospitals were given maternal health instructions. Almost all of those mothers gave up their infants, for adoption at the encouragement of doctors, social workers, and staff at Crittenton and other maternity homes in the decades after World War II. (Photo courtesy of the National Crittenton Foundation.)2017-09-16T02:22:21+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2013/06/12/musings-on-slavery-abolitionist-john-brown-and-hollywoods-clumsy-embrace-of-human-bondage/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sante-fe-trail-film-scene-hanging.jpgSante Fe Trail Film Scene hangingRaymond Massey portraying John Brown on his hanging day on Dec. 2, 1859--an event that sped the nation faster to Civil War.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/happy-slave-folk-in-sante-fe-trail.jpghappy slave folk in Sante Fe TrailThe pro-slavery 1940 film Sante Fel Trail featured escaped slaves as subservient, pro-slavery fools who desired to return to plantation life rather than chase freedom with John Brown.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/harpers-ferry-rendering-of-lawrence-63-raid.jpgharpers ferry rendering of Lawrence 63 raidThe magazine Harper's printed an illustration of the 1863 raid by Southern bushwhackers of Lawrence, Kan, which killed 180 people.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/john-brown-statue.jpgJohn Brown StatueA statue of the abolitionist and revolutionary John Brown stands guard at a park with his namesake in Osawatomie, Kan.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/john-brown-park.jpgJohn Brown ParkEntrance to John Brown Memorial Park in Ossawatomie, Kan.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/slavery-in-dc-snapshot.jpgslavery in DC snapshotTime Magazine reported on slavery in Embassy Row in the nation's capital three years ago, but it can happen anywhere in the United States.2018-06-01T15:20:22+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2017/07/27/what-justine-damonds-shooting-death-tells-us-about-america/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/american_nightmare.jpgAmerican_Nightmarehttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/justine-damond-photo.jpgJustine Damond Photohttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/minneapolis-police-chief-harteau-resigns-from-july-22-2017-guardian-coverage.jpgMinneapolis Police chief Harteau Resigns from July 22 2017 Guardian Coveragehttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/noor-clipping-from-star-tribune.jpgNoor Clipping from Star Tribune2017-08-09T14:36:49+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2017/04/06/detroit-a-story-i-never-planned-on-telling/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/westside-home-arson.jpgWestside Home ArsonDetroit is now a shell of its former glory.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ruins-of-detroit.jpgRuins of DetroitThe documentary by French photographers Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre on the downfall of Detroit, called The Ruins of Detroit, is a seminal work in photojournalism. It literally helped to spawn a new genre called ruin porn.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/gilbert-and-quicken-loans-debacle.jpgGilbert and Quicken Loans debacleThe Detroit Free Press ran a lengthy series on billionaire Dan Gilbert's connection to lending practices that led to blight in Detroit.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/kwame-kilpatrick.jpgKwame KilpatrickFormer Mayor of Detroit and convicted politician Kwame Kilpatrick.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/devils-night-headline.jpgDevils Night Headlinehttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/detroit_riot_sunday_morning.jpgDetroit_riot_Sunday_morningThe riots in Detroit in 1967 left 42 deads and thousands of burned buildings. The city never recorvered.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/detroit-riots-1967-10.jpgDetroit Race Riot of 1967A tank patrols a Detroit street on July 25, 1967 during riots that erupted in Detroit following a police operation. (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/uaw-75.jpgUAW 75Some blame the United Auto Workers for the downfall of auto manufacturing in the United States, others blame the manufacturers.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ford-group-shot.jpgFord Group ShotThe Ford Motor Co. left Detroit more than a century ago and located in nextdoor Dearborn. https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/packard-plant.jpgPackard PlantThe old Packard Co. plant is now a famous ruin celebrated in dystopian films and documentaries on the Motor City.2017-04-08T16:50:12+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2013/12/28/bechersinfluence/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/bernd-hilla-becher-gas-tanks_1983-92.jpgbernd-hilla-becher-gas-tanks_1983-92Bernd and Hilla Becher, Gas Tanks.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/becher-screen-snapshot-2.jpgBecher screen snapshot 2Screen snapshot of the Bechers' many typologies and series, taken from Google's "image" tool.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/rudyowensoven-photos.jpgrudyowensoven photosRudy Owens' series on crematoria at Nazi concentration and death camps in Europe.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_9062.jpgIMG_9062Bernd and Hilda Becher, Blast Furnaces, at the St. Louis Art Museum.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/becher-11-lime-kilns.jpgBecher 11 Lime KilnsLime kilns, by Hilda and Bernd Becher.2017-03-30T16:17:51+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2016/01/15/how-legalized-discrimination-against-adoptees-and-birth-parents-took-root-in-post-war-america/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/donaldson-institute-survey-2015-right-to-know.jpgDonaldson Institute Survey 2015 Right to KnowThe Donaldson Adoption Institute published data in its 2015 annual report that found overwhelming support for open records among the main group impacted by state laws that discriminate again adoptees and birth parents by closing records.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/adoption-industrial-complex-word-cloud.jpgAdoption Industrial Complex Word Cloudhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/joni-and-kilauren2.jpgJoni and kilauren2https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/rudy-as-baby.jpgRudy as Babyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/te-lawrence-posing.jpgTE Lawrence Posinghttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/psychobabble-comment.jpgPsychobabble commenthttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/220px-kate_waller_barrett.jpg220px-Kate_Waller_Barretthttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/crittenton.jpgCrittentonhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/philomena.jpgPhilomenahttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/state-secret-comment.jpgstate secret comment2017-02-27T03:11:12+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2017/02/26/the-critical-role-of-kinship-in-child-rearing/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/childcatchers-2131.jpgChild Catchers Book CoverBook cover to Kathryn Joyce's book on the Christian adoption movement, The Child Catchers.2017-02-26T20:14:04+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2015/06/07/the-cinderella-effect-and-the-risks-posed-by-stepparents-to-their-stepchildren/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/evil-stepfather-manchurian-candidate.jpgEvil Stepfather, The Manchurian CandidateEvil stepfathers also exist in fiction, myth, and, sadly, real life for some families, but not all. This is the evil stepfather from The Manchurian Candidate plotting to take over the presidency with his wife, using her son as the patsy assassin. https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/evilstepmother.jpgCinderella's Evil StepmotherThe evil stepmother is universal and old as a myth, and research shows there is truth the folk stories rooted in evolutionary psychology.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/cindarella-step-mother-image.jpgCinderella's Evil Stepmotherhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/bradybunch.jpgBrady BunchFantasy land, the Brady Bunch, bears little resemblance to the complex reality of stepparent and stepchildren relations.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/daily-wilson-graph-on-step-parent-violence.jpgDaly-Wilson Graph on Stepparent violenceDaly-Wilson graph on stepparent violence.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/wilson.jpgMargo WilsonMargo Wilsonhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/daly.jpgMartin DalyMartin Daly2018-08-08T05:17:58+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/05/29/so-what-the-heck-is-public-health/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sdoh-model-by-improvement-and-development-agency.jpgSDOH Model (by Improvement and Development Agency)A model explaining the social determinants of health.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/public-health-wheel-of-interventions.jpgpublic health wheel of interventionsPublic health wheel of interventionshttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/public-health-model.jpgKindig_clr_v3Population health model2017-02-08T14:30:00+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2013/09/28/reflecting-on-the-armenian-genocide/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/karakoychurch.jpgkarakoychurchA long-abandonned Armenian church can be seen in the Karkoy neighborhood of Istanbul, Turkey, on one of the busiest streets of the largest city in the country.2016-11-24T20:34:40+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2016/11/18/trumps-con-job/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/guns-for-sale-at-walmart.jpgGuns for Sale at WalmartWalmart is the largest commercial retailer of guns in the United States, including semi-automatic rifles commonly used now in mass shootings.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/hitler-and-hindenberg.jpghitler-and-hindenberghttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/moore-screen-snapshot.jpgmoore-screen-snapshothttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/michigan-avenue-eastside-detroit.jpgMidwest WastelandNot many care what happened to Midwest cities over the last two decades in Washington, DC.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/michigan-central-station.jpgMichigan Central StationMichigan Central Station, photo by Rudy Owens, September 2015.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/oecd-health-spending.jpgOECD Health Spendinghttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/more-guns-than-people.jpgMores Guns Than Peoplehttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/hitler-photo.jpgAdolph HitlerAdolph Hitler, one of history's most infamous demagogueshttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/trump-and-his-hate.jpgPresident Elect Donald J. TrumpPresident Elect Donald J. Trump and his famous hat.2016-11-24T03:03:05+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/copyright/2016-11-08T04:33:24+00:00weekly0.6https://rudyowensblog.com/blog-faqs/2016-11-08T04:30:17+00:00weekly0.6https://rudyowensblog.com/2016/10/28/changing-my-blog-name-but-keeping-the-blog/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/rudy-sharks.jpgRudy Owens at Indian BeachI care a lot about a lot of things. My interests in many policy, health, and global issues inform the posts I shared on this blog. But sometimes, it's important not to take things too seriously. If that means suring where a great white attacked a fellow surfer, humor is probably the best antidote to fear. My Friend and I had a great day and respected the ocean, home to so many wonderful things.2016-11-01T15:38:55+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2016/09/30/scenes-from-a-wasteland-inside-an-abandoned-detroit-public-high-school/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/crockett-science-lab.jpgNewly Built Science Lab TrashedThis newly updated sicence lab was left to the scrappers and criminals who have completely destroyed the school without any interference from the Detroit Public Schools.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/crockett-class-2.jpgTrashed Classroom at CrockettScenes of devastation greet visitors to Crockett Technical High School in Detroit (taken September 2015).https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/crockett-class-3.jpgScene of a Crime, And No One CaredThe destruction at Crockett would likely be the source of public outrage in other U.S. cities, but not Detroit.2016-10-01T00:39:39+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2016/06/05/portland-water-woes/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/waterglass.jpegDrinking WaterI'll have my water with the appropriate treatment to optimize health--and yes that includes chemicals, thank you.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/chlorination-history-graph.jpgChlorination History, CDCThe Crude death rate for infectious diseases - United States, 1900-1996. Chlorination proved one of the greatest life savers to promote public health.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/carolesmith.pngCarole Smith, Superintendent2016-07-16T17:14:33+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2016/03/20/dear-state-of-michigan-i-just-want-my-original-birth-certificate-now/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/michigan-discrimination-based-on-birth-and-year.jpgMichigan Discrimination Against AdopteesLegalized discrimination against adoptees, Michigan style. Yes, felons can get their certificates, but adoptees cannot.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/gentics-of-cancer.jpgGenetics of CancerThe National Institutes of Health highlights why every person needs to know their family history--it can be a matter of life and death with cancer.2025-08-19T22:44:46+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2015/11/22/confronting-alzheimers-disease-and-the-promise-of-early-in-life-lifestyle-changes/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/acricept.jpgAricept, Not A CureAricept is the only drug approved for use in all stages of the disease, but not without some controversy from researchers and advocacy groups.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/walking-to-fight-alzheimers.jpgThe United Kingdom's Alzheimer's group organized a walking awareness eventAlzheimer's groups now organize walking events to raise awareness; they should also try to promote walking as one of the best forms of intervention for everyone.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/older-man-running.jpgOlder Man RunningHealthy activity throughout life is a proven way to reduce the risk of Alzheimer's according to a major study in The Lancethttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/seniors-in-a-crowd.jpgseniors in a crowdThe Las Vegas Review Journal covered an AARP convention, showing a crowd of older American--millions will be impacted by dementia and possibly Alzheimer's disease.2015-11-23T21:37:31+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2015/07/26/so-you-want-to-know-more-about-the-motor-city/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/diego-rivera-mural-dia.jpgDiego Rivera Mural, at the DIAhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/burn-dvd-cover.jpgBurn DVD CoverThe great documentary about arson in Detroit and the men who fight it.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/andrewmoore-book-cover.jpgAndrew Moore Book Coverhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/michigan-central-station-detroit.jpgMiichigan Central StationMiichigan Central Station2015-10-20T06:21:36+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2014/04/27/policy-systems-and-environment-change-in-public-health-fad/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/power-is-a-curious-thing.jpgPower Is a Curious ThingFrom the Game of Thrones, a lecture on power and illusion, for Westeros and beyond.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/cbo-graphic.jpgCBO Infographic on U.S. Spending and RevenuesThe Congressional Budget Office released this info graphic on government spending and revenues for 2013. Go here for original: http://www.cbo.gov/publication/45278. https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/cbo-budget-projection.jpgCBO budget projectionThe Congressional Budget Office released an info graphic on the most recent spending by the federal government.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/bullshitometer.jpgBullshit-o-meterI captured these various images on Google when I typed in a few keywords, and clearly this concept has a lot of widespread acceptance by people who know a cow patty when they smell one.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/motherofdragons.jpgMother of DragonsEmilia Clark, mother of dragons in the smash HBO TV series Game of Thrones, is a good visual metaphor of what public health is not in the bruising world of budget appropriations at the state and federal levels of government. 2015-10-04T22:11:29+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2015/09/16/what-happens-when-the-patient-says-no/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ada-recs.jpgADA radiography recommendationsNote the statement on top of the table the is overarching guidelines any dental practitioner may wish to follow, if they choose to follow the ADA's recommendations. Note, the ADA does not represent how all countries and other international organizations who promote oral health set guidelines for dental radiography.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/bunly.jpgHealthy SmilePhoto by Rudy Owens2023-05-21T19:58:18+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/04/15/good-food-is-not-expensive-or-hard-to-cook-and-tastes-delicious/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_75671.jpgIMG_7567Pasta and vegetarian red sauce: nutritious and delicious, and not expensivehttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_7569.jpgIMG_7569Lentils can taste yummy with curry, garlic, and turmeric--and they are super duper cheap and easy to cook toohttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_7567.jpgIMG_7567Cheap, nutritious, and delicious: pasta and vegetarian red sauce2015-09-05T01:47:59+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2015/08/28/what-all-of-us-can-learn-from-t-e-lawrence-lawrence-of-arabia/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/lawrence-for-show.jpgLawrence and His Arab BladeT.E. Lawrence fully understood the value of appearances in working with other cultures.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/te-lawrence-posing.jpgT.E. Lawrence Posinghttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/aqaba-over-there.jpgAqaba Is Over Therehttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/lawrence-painting.jpgThomas Edward Lawrence, aka Lawrence of ArabiaThomas Edward Lawrence, aka Lawrence of Arabia2015-10-08T05:54:28+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2015/04/25/detroit-is-dying-and-does-this-country-give-a-damn/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/white-pdx.jpgTweet After Returning to Portland From Detroithttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/diego-rivera-mural-dia.jpgDiego Rivera Mural, Detroit Institute of Artshttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/burned-and-destroyed-home-detroit.jpgBurned Detroit Home, West DetroitA burned and destroyed home is a common site. This one is near Livernois and I-75.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/o-detroit-dog-rescue-570.jpgWIld Detroit DogsPhoto Courtesy of Detroit Dog Rescue: up to 50,000 wild dogs roam Detroit.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/place-of-birth.jpgA Section of My Recently Issued (and Amended) Birth CertificateHere's the proof if you need it--Michgian verifies I am a Native Detroiter.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/derelict-homes-rouge-detroit.jpgDerelict Homes, River Rouge Neighborhood, DetroitThe River Rouge Neighbhorhood is lined with broken and burned homes, like these.2015-05-14T05:04:42+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2013/08/04/oregons-smallpox-legacy-in-a-state-celebrated-for-vaccination-deniers/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/diseases-devastate-tribes.jpgDiseases Devastate TribesA rest stop on the Columbia River Gorge provide historic background on the dessimation of Native residents in Oregon due to disease in the 1800s.2015-04-06T00:03:58+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2015/03/20/ripping-off-the-system-one-patient-at-a-time/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/total-health-spending-by-gdp.pngTotal Health Spending by GDPHow the United States compares to its peers in health care spending by GPD. Source: Commonwealth Fund.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/us-least-efficient-in-the-world.jpgGraph Showing U.S. Health Care InefficienciesThe Commonwealth Fund in 2014 reported the U.S. trailed other developing nations in health care outcomes and costs.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/protest-for-health-stock-photo.pngWe Also Want Health Pricing More Transparent, TooPhoto courtesy of Harvard, showing people protesting for health care access. But most of us want health pricing information too, and are prevented from getting that by providers and insurance companies.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/jane-hull-progressives-1912-supporting-roosevelt.jpgJane Hull Progressives 1912 Supporting RooseveltTheodore Roosevelt in 1912 led one of the earliest efforts to support a national health plan in the United States, and received support from progressives at the National Progressive convention that year.2015-03-21T23:15:13+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2015/02/04/my-note-to-the-oregonian-about-amazingly-bogus-reporting-on-immunization-debates/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/oregonian-article-snapshot-on-vaccines.jpgOregonian Article Promoting Vaccination SkepticismThe Oregonian newspaper ran this story in its online edition on Feb. 4, 2015, which helps promote skepticism that is thorough debunked as junk science.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/mmr-vaccine.jpgMMR VaccineThis photo, courtesy of the BBC, shows a vaccine vial for the commonly used vaccine used to prevent the spread of very contagious viral illnesses. 2015-03-15T18:08:42+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2015/01/09/one-of-the-best-little-health-books-ever-published/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/bezruchka_stephen-mug-shot.jpgStephen Bezruchka Mug ShotPhoto courtesy of the University of Washingston School of Public Health faculty photo.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/pocketdoctorcover.jpgThe Pocket DoctorCover of the 1989 version of Dr. Stephen Bezruchka's The Pocket Doctor (personal copy).2015-01-10T04:10:30+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2014/11/29/yes-public-health-blogging-makes-a-difference/2014-11-30T17:07:13+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/06/15/health-interventions-the-positive-face-of-geopolitical-engagement/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/deadhorse-airfield.jpgdeadhorse-airfieldDeadhorse is the main landing area for the North Slope oil and gas production facilities in Alaska. https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/prudhoe-bay-oild-field.jpgPrudhoe-Bay-oild-fieldThe Prudhoe Bay oildfield is one of United States richest oil producing areas, but its production is declining leading to offshore development. https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/beaufort-sea-coast.jpgBeaufort-Sea-CoastThe coast of the Beaufort Sea holds significant oil reserves that Shell Oil Co. will begin tapping in the summer of 2012.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/whaling-ship-barrow.jpgwhaling-ship-BarrowA whaling ship rests in the Arctic summer sun in Barrow, on the coast of the Beaufort Sea.2014-10-04T06:05:57+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2014/08/22/the-wisdom-of-adversity-and-misfortune/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/rudy-busted-nose-portrait-chapel-hill-2014.jpgRudy Busted Nose Portrait Chapel Hill 2014This is how I looked shortly after my nose was broken and then reset in July 1993.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/viktorfrankl.jpgVikor FranklHolocaust survivor, psychiatrist, and author Viktor Frankl, taken shortly after his liberation from the Nazis.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/norman-e-rosenthal.jpgNorman E RosenthalSouth African born psychiatrist and author Norman E. Rosenthalhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/barnes-hopsital.jpgBarnes-Jewish HopsitalI stayed at this hospital for nearly a week after I was assaulted and nearly blinded in my left eye, which proved to be a great learning moment.2014-09-10T15:59:44+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2014/08/02/robert-greenes-insights-to-power-and-mastery/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/robert_greene_bw.jpgRobert Greene, popular authorhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/benjamin-franklin-daily-schedule.jpgDaily Schedule, Benjamin Franklinhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/benfranklin.jpgBenjamin FranklinAccording to Robert Greene, Benjamin Franklin was a master who had great social intelligence.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/masterycover.jpgMastery, by Robert Greenehttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/48laws-cover.jpg48 Laws of Power, by Robert Greenehttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/caesar-statue.jpgCaesar Statue, RomeA statue of Julius Caesar in Rome (taken in 2006). Like Caesar, Greene also had to cross his Rubicon to achieve mastery and success.2014-08-15T22:49:29+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/04/23/the-power-of-perseverance-as-told-by-michael-caine/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/charlie-and-lucy.jpgCharlie and LucyCharlie Brown--he never ever ever ever gave up, just like Michael Caine, and just like folks we admire for just sticking with it.2014-08-11T22:42:47+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2013/02/24/do-community-health-fairs-really-make-any-difference-at-all/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tet-fest-2013_-3.jpgBankers at Tet FestHow well do health tables compete with the private sector like banks, as seen at Seattle's 2013 Tet Fest.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tet-fest-2013_-2.jpgWhat is hot at community eventsA booth offering Tet pictures appeared to be more popular than the health clinic table at the Tet Fest in Seattle in February 2013.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tet-fest-2013_.jpgTet Fest Health ClinicAt the 2013 Tet Fest at the Seatte Center, a health clinic table was set up amid other tables hawking cell phone plans and new bank accounts.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_3371.jpegOil and Gas Expo 2007The super-sized Oil and Gas Expo in Calgary is a perfect example of how important trade fairs are in the private sector.2016-08-12T23:09:49+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/09/28/africa-revisited-through-the-dark-star-safari/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/gameguys1.jpggameguysPassing the time in Moroti, Uganda, on my way to the north of the country in 1997.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sunriseserengheti1.jpgSunriseSerenghetiSunrise on the Serengeti, a magnificent sight indeed.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/mtmoroto.jpgMtMorotoA scene near the Mt. Karamojong. The mountain is home to a rebellious group who were known to rob locals with AK 47s when they were not fighting with other cattle raising tribes in Kenya. Or maybe they are just a tribe trying to survive in a land with few resources and many threats.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ugandatrucktrip.jpgUgandaTruckTripLIke Theroux, I travelled by truck to some remote parts in the bush. This trip took about 12 hours and was among my most memorable.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ugandabus.jpgUgandaBusTraveling by bus in Uganda, rarely a dull moment. https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/gameguys.jpggameguysPassing the time in Moroti, Uganda, on my way to the north of the country in 1997.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sunriseserengheti.jpgSunriseSerenghetiSunrise on the Serengeti, a magnificent sight indeed.2014-07-24T16:04:23+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2014/07/17/a-world-cup-for-the-ages-with-good-old-fashioned-teamwork/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/germany-has-a-team.jpgGermany Has a TeamThis Tweet was widely re-Tweeted after Germany crushed Brazil 7-1.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/klose-sets-record.jpgMiroslav Klose Set World Cup RecordKlose scores his 16th World Cup goal against Ghana, a record and a lasting tribute to a great team player.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/lucas-and-angela.jpgLukas Podolski and German Chancellor Angela Merkel Podolski tweeted this selfie of him and the German leader right after the game, in a Tweet seen 'round the world. https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/germans-lift-cup.jpgGerman Team Lift the World Cup TrophyA great shot published on game day of the victors.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/messi-and-bastian-after-the-cup.jpgLionel Messi consoled after the game by Bastian SchweinsteigerOne of the best photos after the game captures the joy of victory and the utter, utter agony of defeat in the biggest game in the world.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/twitter-activity-game-day-world-cup.jpgTwitter Activity Game Day World Cuphttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/gotze-goal2.jpgMario Gotze scores the winning goal against ArgentinaThis brilliant image of the winning goal captures the superb ball control of Gotze, who nailed it in the far side of the net. https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/howard-saves.jpgSaves by U.S. Goalie Tim HowardAn Internet meme beautifully shows how U.S. keeper Tim Howard blocked the goals. https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/suarez-bite-image-mocked.jpgSuarez Bite Felt Around the Worldhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/bastian-kisses-podolski.jpgSpoils to the VicctorsBastian Schweinsteiger kisses teammate Lukas Podolski after Germany win 1-0 over Agentina in the World Cup Final, in a photo taken and Tweeted by Podolski.2014-07-18T16:01:22+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2014/05/25/a-few-thoughts-on-management-leadership-and-the-greatest-of-em-all-abe-lincoln/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/lincoln191.jpgAbraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln is the most written-about American and also considered the greatest citizen this country has ever produced. He exemplified many of the traits that today's theorists consider to be those of a highly inspirational and effective leader.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/managerdilbert.jpgThe Manager StereotypeScott Adams extremely insightful comic strip Dilbert captures an essence of management that likely resonates with millions of workers who find themselves led by those who fall short, very short of is well-document as being a good leader. Go to Adams' web site for more of his great work: http://www.dilbert.com. 2014-06-05T15:36:17+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/03/28/ending-journeys-and-celebration-rituals/2014-05-27T21:01:45+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2013/11/09/public-healths-evolving-role-promoting-u-s-military-interests/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/africom-photo.jpgAfricom photohttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dod-seal.jpgDOD sealThe seal of the U.S. Department of Defense, representing seven branches of the U.S. military.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/uniforms-of-the-public-health-services.jpgUniforms of the Public Health ServicesThe U.S. Public Health Corps' web site shows the different uniforms worn by their members.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/uspub-health-service-photo.jpgUSPub Health Service PhotoU.S. Public Health Service Corps members proudly serve their country and wear its uniforms.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/qed-project-in-northafrica.jpgQED Project in NorthAfricahttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/navygood2.jpgnavygood2This clip from a U.S. Navy recruiting video shows a successful branding effort by the U.S. Department of Defense to promote its global activities as a moral good, including special ops efforts by U.S. special forces2014-03-23T21:40:45+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2014/03/20/greenwashing-or-great-brand-marketing/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/trumphwill.pngtrumphwillA scene of the Nazis during a rally filmed by Leni Riefenstahl for Triumph of the Will, one the most successful propaganda films ever.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/riefenstahlpic.jpgRiefenstahlpicNazi filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl at work with the Nazis during the making of Triumph of the WIll.2014-03-21T04:39:42+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2014/03/09/innovation-and-public-health/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/failure-to-innovate-model.jpgfailure to innovate modelGeoff Mulgan and David Albury 's diagram how public bodies do no innovate.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/amazon.jpgamazonAmazon, despite its critics, has been an innovator in the private sector.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/innovation-in-health-care-illustration.jpginnovation in health care illustrationThe most important characteristic for a company according to leading health care CEOs is innovation.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/innovation-not.jpginnovation not2014-03-16T19:12:58+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/03/29/additional-images-on-youtube-of-the-seattle-kennel-club-show-3-10-2012/2014-01-22T05:41:13+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2014/01/12/10essentials-shortcomings/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/apha-lobbying-2013.jpgAPHA lobbying 2013https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/10-essential-public-health-services.jpg10 essential public health servicesThe CDC's 10 essential public health services.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/budget-cuts.jpgBudget CutsProportional changes in inflation adjusted spending for public health (CDC) versus health care spending in the United States.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/pfizer-contributions.jpgPfizer contributionsPfizer, multinational pharmaceutical firm, published its political spending activities in the United States for the first half of 2013.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/10-essentials-list.jpg10 essentials listThe 10 essential public health services is the U.S. model, not a global model, for defining the profession.2014-02-19T16:18:57+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2013/11/30/more-than-20000-views-and-still-counting-after-20-months/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pageviews2.jpgpageviews2Wordpress's outstanding analytics tools provide a snapshot how many visitors and views have been recorded, in November, and since I launched this blog in late March 2012.2013-11-30T21:58:55+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2013/11/19/roger-gollub-a-model-for-leadership-in-public-health/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/rogershrine.jpgrogershrineAt Roger Gollub's celebration of life, his family assembled assorted "tools of the trade" he used to care for sick kids, and of course the famous lobster hat.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/rogerseniortrackteam1.jpgrogerseniortrackteam1That tiny little guy you see in the front row, in the middle, is team captain Roger Gollub (University City Senior High School Track Team, 1973).https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/one-of-the-posters-people-signed.jpgOne of the posters people signedAt Roger Gollub's "Celebration of Life," hundreds of well-wishers offered condolences and happy memories of one of Alaska's finest doctors ever (December 2008).https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/gunnaratmemorial.jpgGunnaratmemorialRoger Gollub's good friend and champion in so many uncountable ways, Gunnar Knapp, stands by spot where Roger was taken. Thanks, Gunnar, for sharing this with all of us who cared about Roger.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/rogandsophiebalto.jpgrogandsophiebaltoDr. Roger Gollub and his beloved golden retriever, Sophie, at the famous Balto statue in downtown Anchorage.2014-07-10T18:46:03+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/04/21/being-smart-about-feel-good-social-media-sensations/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/leni-riefenstahl.jpgLeni RiefenstahlLeni Riefenstahl's work on the Nuba, seen here, are brilliant images in their own right, but should they be viewed as distinct from her ties to a genocidal regime from her more youthful days?2013-11-21T17:57:28+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/11/04/two-milestones-put-the-oglala-sioux-back-on-the-global-stage/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/beer-and-oglala.jpgbeer and oglalahttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/russell-means-photo2.jpgRussell Means PhotoOglala Sioux tribal member Russell Means died on Oct. 22, 2012.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/russell-means-photo1.jpgRussell Means Photohttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/russell-means-photo.jpgRussell Means Photohttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/thom-white-attorney-announces-suit.jpgthom white attorney announces suitOglala Sioux tribal attorney Tom White holds a press conference after filing the tribe's lawsuit in Lincoln, Neb.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/beer-run-picture-2002.jpgbeer run picture 20022013-11-18T01:58:11+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/10/06/secret-military-tests-on-st-louis-and-other-communities-violated-the-nuremberg-code-according-to-research/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ter-medtab.jpgter-medtabMedical experimentation room at the Terezin concentration camp in the Czech Republic.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/prruitt-igoe12.jpgprruitt-igoe1https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/prruitt-igoe11.jpgprruitt-igoe1Pruitt-Igoe housing complex, before it was dynamited and cleared.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/prruitt-igoe1.jpgprruitt-igoe1Pruitt-Igoe housing complex, before it was razed.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/army-photo-of-school-top-testing.jpgArmy photo of school top testingPhotograph published in Martino-Taylor's thesis on the U.S. Army's aerosol spraying activities in St. Louis and other areas.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/martino-taylor.jpgmartino-taylorProfessor Lisa Martino-Taylor2013-10-26T01:53:13+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2013/09/09/making-the-case-for-public-schools-the-highest-stakes-poker-game-around/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/school_choice.jpgschool_choicehttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/school-enrollment-comparison.jpgSchool Enrollment comparisonhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/ucityhigh83gradsphoto.jpgUCityHigh83gradsphotoA group shot from my 1983 graduating class; I am not seen in this one.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/u-city-yearbook-1983.jpgU City Yearbook 1983A seen from my graduating class of 1983 from University City Senior High School--yes I'm in there, bad hair and all.2013-10-18T17:12:56+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/12/04/taking-the-pulse-do-exercise-programs-get-kids-in-shape/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/lets-go-image.jpglets go imageThe Let's Go program in Maine is one of many in the United States trying to get kids to exercise for an hour daily.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/kids-running.jpgkids runningTwo decades of interventions to help kids move more and weigh less may be failing.2013-10-12T20:07:43+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/06/05/i-would-eat-salmon-every-day-if-i-could-afford-it/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_54732.jpgIMG_5473https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_54731.jpgIMG_5473Rudy Owens and fresh caught Kenai River sockeye, 2010.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_5473.jpgIMG_5473Rudy Owens and fresh caught Kenai River sockeye, 2010.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_4713.jpgIMG_4713Dipnetting on the Kenai River, 2008.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_5467.jpgIMG_5467Dipnet caught Kenai River sockeye, July 2010.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_7776.jpgIMG_7776Copper River sockeye and Alaska ling cod -- oh yeah, very very good!2013-09-13T15:09:11+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2013/02/02/are-swedes-more-beautiful-or-do-they-just-have-a-better-public-health-system/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/youtube-screen-shot-of-exercise-training1.jpgyoutube screen shot of exercise-trainingIs "Jenny," who I saw on a YouTube video teaching yoga-type exercises, good looking because she is Swedish, and if so, what does that mean?https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/iotf-globe-map-obesity.jpgIOTF globe map obesityThe International Obesity Task Force published this map of obesity rates globally; some data likely is missing for African nations.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/sweden-health-photo-grandma-child.jpgSweden health photo grandma childThis photo published by the Swedish Institute highlights a view of health, from youth to old age, and by most measures, Swedes are healthier and live longer than Americans.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/stats-for-four-countries-income-health-obesity.jpgstats for four countries income health obesityhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/swedish-women-stereotype.jpgswedish-women stereotypeOne of the most ubiquitous stereotypes of nationalities is that of "hot" Swedish women--perpetuated by photos like this one.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/youtube-screen-shot-of-exercise-training.jpgyoutube screen shot of exercise-trainingIs "Jenny," who I saw on a YouTube video teaching yoga-type exercises, good looking because she is Swedish, and if so, what does that mean?2015-01-27T23:20:19+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/09/23/dogs-and-pets-provide-meaningful-therapeutic-benefits/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/happydogface-golden.jpghappydogface Goldenhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/happy-dog-face.jpghappy dog facehttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0394.jpgDSC_0394The powerful bond between humans and dogs is well-known and about as old as civilization itself.2013-07-10T15:05:56+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2013/07/05/the-crowded-congested-contested-road-unsafe-at-nearly-every-speed/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/accident-or-more-by-birn.jpgaccident or more by Birnhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/indonesia-bus.jpegIndonesia BusBuses like these are cheap in Indonesia, but your life can be as some locals would say, insha-Allah, or at the mercy of God.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/motorcycle.jpegmotorcycleIndonesians who use these highly efficient and inexpensive 100-125cc motor scooters are frequently killed on the island nation's infamously unsafe and crowded roads.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/global-burden-of-disease-map.jpgGlobal Burden of Disease MapThe Institute for Health Metrics produced this data table showing how road deaths globally compared to other causes of death (it's No. 10); go to: http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/gbd/visualizations/gbd-heatmaphttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/seattle-road-kill-2001-2009.jpgSeattle Road Kill 2001-2009https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/seattle-traffic.jpegSeattle traffic2013-07-08T19:38:12+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2013/04/14/coptic-christians-under-assault-and-memories-of-my-egyptian-travels/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/copticegypt-2.jpgCopticEgypt-2Inside Bishoi Monastery, one of the oldest Coptic monasteries in Egypt 2004)https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/copticegypt-4.jpgCopticEgypt-4My visit to the St. George Monastery near Luxor required the permission of the local army commander for entire region around the Valley of the Kings (2004). https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/army-attacks-monastery.jpgarmy attacks monasteryEgyptian military were filmed leading an attack on the Bishoi monastery in February 2011, which destroyed a protected outer wall.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/copticegypt5.jpgCopticEgypt5https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/christians-middleeast.jpgchristians middleeasthttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/copticegypt-3.jpgCopticEgypt-3Father Tawdros at St. Anthony's Monastery in Egypt, taken in 2004.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/copticegypt.jpgCopticEgyptCoptic Christians, like the young men seen here from my 2004 photo, are a persecuted minority in Egypt.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/copt-christians-protesting.jpgcopt christians protestingCoptic Egyptians protest the assault that killed two and left nearly 100 injured at St. Mark's Cathedral in Cairo on April 7, 2013. 2013-07-03T15:09:09+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2013/05/19/project-homeless-connect-provides-disaster-relief-close-to-home/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/mobile-dental-van-h.jpgmobile-dental-van-HMedican Teams International brought one its converted mobile home vans to Project Homeless Connect on May 17, 2013, in Sumner, Wash.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/2012_dshs-van-picture.jpg2012_DSHS van pictureThe Washington State Department of Social and Health Services is one of many organizations participating in Project Homeless Connect.2013-05-28T16:19:28+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/03/30/105/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/birkenaugateforblog1.jpgbirkenaugateforbloghttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/birkenaugateforblog.jpgbirkenaugateforblog2013-04-12T19:28:00+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2013/03/30/americas-cultural-zeitgeist-and-the-emerging-don-corleone-of-public-health/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/doncorleonepublichealth.jpgdoncorleonepublichealthWhich Don Corleone do you want to promote public health, Bill Gates or Michael Bloomberg?https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/lapierrebloomberg.jpgLaPierreBloombergWayne LaPierre went head to head with Michael Bloomberg on the talk shows.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ferrell-twitter-photo.jpgFerrell Twitter PhotoWill Ferrell, actor, comedian, and cultural clairvoyant, seemed to sum up the obvious best.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/walmart-semiautomatic-rifle.jpgwalmart semiautomatic rifleNeed a weapon of war to feel safe? Just drive to the nearest Walmart near you and select from their popular product lines.2013-04-05T14:58:33+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2013/03/17/the-politicization-of-public-health-and-everything-else-too/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/koop-head-shot.jpgkoop head shotDr. C. Everett Koop, former U.S. Surgeon General and effective communicator and advocate for public health.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/palinandbiggulp.jpgpalinandbiggulpThis perfectly framedAP file photo from March 16 shows Palin's eager embrace of red-meat politics that seeks to prevent small measures to address the proliferation of obesity in the United States. https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/maherobama.jpgmaherobama2013-03-26T03:23:53+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2013/01/13/rally-to-ban-assault-weapons-lays-out-strategy-for-washington-state-activists/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/standup-washington-really-jan-13-2013-4.jpgStandUp Washington Rally Jan 13 2013-4TV crews wanted to get "both sides" of the story.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/standup-washington-really-jan-13-2013-5.jpgStandUp Washington Rally Jan 13 2013-5The "lethal society" reference was made several times during prepared remarks by organizers.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/standup-washington-really-jan-13-2013-25.jpgStandUp Washington Rally Jan 13 2013-25Attendees hold banners calling for an assault weapons ban.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/standup-washington-really-jan-13-2013-26.jpgStandUp Washington Rally Jan 13 2013-26One Virginia Tech supporter made reference to the massacre at the university in 2007.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/standup-washington-really-jan-13-2013-14.jpgStandUp Washington Rally Jan 13 2013-14Marchers walk through downtown Seattle.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/standup-washington-really-jan-13-2013-17.jpgStandUp Washington Rally Jan 13 2013-17Councilmember Jean Godden marches with Beth Flynn, Tim Burgess, Reuven Carlyle, and Ralph Fascitelli, among others. https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/standup-washington-really-jan-13-2013-19.jpgStandUp Washington Rally Jan 13 2013-19Leaders of Washington Ceasefire lead the march.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/standup-washington-really-jan-13-2013-22.jpgStandUp Washington Rally Jan 13 2013-22Marchers head through downtown Seattle.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/standup-washington-really-jan-13-2013-24.jpgStandUp Washington Rally Jan 13 2013-24These two activists likely captured the most media attention in their grim reaper costumes.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/standup-washington-really-jan-13-2013-43-2.jpgStandUp Washington Rally Jan 13 2013-43-2Pro-gun activists came armed to the event--mixing up with kids standing next to them.2013-01-14T05:38:02+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2013/01/02/how-research-on-gun-violence-is-muffled-and-who-refuses-to-shut-up/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/crime-stats-stand-your-ground.jpgcrime stats stand your groundData from the study by Hoestra and Cheng, as published on the NPR.org web site (Jan. 2, 2013).https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/brady-center-stat-count.jpgbrady center stat counthttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/armed-america-cover.jpgarmed america coverTo understand why we have so many shootings, one may wish to buy this book: Armed America: Portraits of Gun Owners in Their Homes by Kyle Cassidy. Go to http://www.armedamerica.org/. The cover photo provides a shockingly good insight into the national crisis over gun related violence.2013-01-16T22:13:57+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/12/30/2012-in-review/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/rudyontrek.jpgrudyontrekSo it's the end of the year, and time to pause and cheer. I took this one after a 120 mile trek in Peru in 1995. I had climbed a pass after a long, difficult climb. Nothing wrong with two hands promoting that dangerous idea called "peace." Happy new year all. 2012-12-31T06:05:21+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/12/16/1036/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/usa-is-very-very-violent.jpgUSA is very very violentDuke University sociology professor Kieran Healy compiled OECD data on violence in developed countries (excluding Estonia and Mexico) and concluded “America is a violent country.” Such data points to both a pathology toward violence and how aassults in the U.S. end up with lethal consequences (his data does not distinguish cause of death from say guns to knives.) Go to: http://www.kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2012/07/20/america-is-a-violent-country/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/wayne_lapierre.jpgwayne_lapierreWho is morally accountable for mass gun shootings like Newtown's? Just the shooter or weapons industry promoters like NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre,https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/bushmaster-for-sale.jpgbushmaster for saleThis Bushmaster .223, as of Dec. 16, was being advertised for sale on the Internet. https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/baby-and-gun.jpgbaby and gunThis FaceBook Post generated comments that said, this is why this country is so great and also why it is is so “f’d up” (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=314047015290064&set=o.113895238664965&type=1&theater)2012-12-17T05:25:35+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/11/24/bloomberg-spends-millions-on-candidates-supporting-firearms-legislation/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/gun-graphic-from-brady-campaign.jpggun graphic from Brady CampaignThe Brady Campaign featured this image on its web site to advocate for firearms policy reform here: http://bradycenter.com/advocates/women.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/gun-ad-for-kane.jpggun ad for KaneIndependence USA, Michael Bloomberg's new super PAC, ran this issue ad supporting candidate Kathleen Kane prior to the Nov. 6, 2012 election.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/220px-michael_r_bloomberg.jpg220px-Michael_R_BloombergMayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City is a billionaire who has staked out policy interventions to promote public health, targeting obesity/nutrition and firearms.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/bacanegrete_mcleod.jpgBacaNegrete_McLeod2012-11-25T22:14:59+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/11/13/latino-voters-strong-support-of-healthcare-reform-overlooked-in-electoral-analysis/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/romeny-done-in-by-latinos-photo.jpgRomeny done in by Latinos photoWas Mitt Romney "done in" by Latinos or "done in" by vehemently opposing healthcare reformed overwhelmingly supported by Latino voters?https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/pew-center-poll-of-vote-table.jpgPew Center poll of vote tableThe Pew Center calculated the wide margin by which President Barack Obama defeated challenger Mitt Romney among Latino voters.2012-11-15T02:19:13+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/10/27/my-favorite-photography-subjects-of-all-dogs-and-their-owners/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/choclabfinal.jpgchoclabfinalhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/omakdogfinal.jpgomakdogfinal2012-10-29T22:51:38+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/10/18/come-a-rain-storm-put-those-running-shoes-on-your-feet/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/running-in-dark-crew4.jpegRunning in Dark CrewRunning in the dark does not mean you can't have fun.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/running-in-dark-crew.jpgRunning in Dark Crewhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/running-in-dark-crew3.jpegRunning in Dark Crewhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/running-in-dark-crew2.jpegRunning in Dark Crewhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/running-in-dark-crew1.jpegRunning in Dark Crewhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/running-in-dark-crew.jpegRunning in Dark CrewRunning in the dark loves company, and my crew and I always had an awesome time without any sunlight at all. https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/seattle-running-club-run.jpgseattle running club runhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/tuesday-night-running.jpegTuesday Night RunningRunning is a perfect antidote to the blues that accompany the shorter days of autumn.2014-04-25T11:25:53+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/09/18/a-primer-on-the-futility-of-buying-health-insurance-in-the-open-market/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/10000-deductibleplan-snapshot.jpg10000 deductibleplan snapshotSo what do I get with the barebones plan? Well, basically a plan that tells me not to get sick and certainly don't have an accident that costs $9,999.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/health-insurance-promo-shot.jpgHealth Insurance Promo shotNo, choosing insurance is never easy because the language is often confusing and many non-experts can decipher the fine print of the slick brochures with happy, smiling people used to lure in customers.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/massage.jpgmassageMassage should be covered at higher levels by all insurance plans, as it provides excellent health outcomes with few negative effects and not medication.2012-09-26T21:07:30+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/09/26/my-blog-changes-its-name-and-a-few-bits-on-public-health-blogging/2012-09-26T21:03:28+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/09/03/cheap-energy-poses-a-threat-the-americans-health/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cars-in-traffic.jpgcars in trafficSeattle like other cities is entirely dependent on relatively cheap petroleum, and as a consequence suffers from some of the worst traffic congestion of any metro area in the country, as well as a built environment the has encouraged sprawl development in King County.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/built-env-photo.jpgbuilt env photoThe built environment of U.S. suburbs has been shaped by the relatively cheap price of petroleum paid by U.S. consumers at the pump.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_4069.jpgIMG_4069Feeder pipelines gather crude oil produced at Prudhoe Bay, which is eventually shipped to the lower 48 for consumption on the West Coast.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/obesity-shot.jpgobesity shot2012-09-05T15:04:22+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/08/26/a-tale-of-two-farmers-food-markets-and-what-it-means/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_8267.jpgIMG_8267Note there is a sign above the vendor that says WIC checks accepted (you can't read it)--part of the policies and systems needed to make such markets accessible to low-income consumers.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_8265.jpgIMG_8265Amazingly yummy looking produce at the Ballard Farmers Market.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_8264.jpgIMG_8264Love these carrots at the Ballard Farmers Market, but I can't afford $3/pound right now.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_8262-e1346007348865.jpgIMG_8262Fruit that really no one but the middle- and upper middle-class can afford (or you can pick blackberries for free anywhere in Seattle). https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_8258.jpgIMG_8258Nice selection of fresh produce at the Ballard Farmers Markethttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_8252.jpgIMG_8252Typical snapshot of Ballard Farmer's Market, and its demographic makeup.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_8249.jpgIMG_8249Seasonal fruit is more expensive at the Ballard Farmers Market than McPherson's, but it's organic.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_8247.jpgIMG_8247Pole beans are not cheap ($4/pound) at the Ballard Farmers Market).https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_8176.jpgIMG_8176Shopper at McPherson's.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_8175.jpgIMG_8175Shopper at McPherson's.2012-08-29T05:32:41+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/08/18/welcome-to-kent-washington-states-melting-pot/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/plaza-sign.jpgPlaza signhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/pawn-back-to-school.jpgPawn back to schoolhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/indo-fiji.jpgIndo Fijihttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/taqueria.jpgTaqueriahttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/indian-bridal-ware.jpgIndian Bridal Warehttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/punjab-sweets.jpgPunjab Sweetshttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/benson-pizza.jpgBenson Pizzahttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/hala-meat.jpgHala Meathttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/pawn-express.jpgPawn expresshttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/boutique.jpgBoutique2012-08-31T04:54:06+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/08/15/a-trip-to-indian-country-and-the-omak-stampede/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_1475.jpgDSC_1475A Native float at the Omak Stampede parade.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_15422.jpgDSC_1542Drummers gather to perform at the Indian encampment at Omak's Stampede, in August 2012.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_1538.jpgDSC_1538https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_15421.jpgDSC_1542Drummers gather to perform at the Stampede's Native encampment in Omak.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_1542.jpgDSC_1542https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/qualchan-marker.jpgqualchan markerhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_3205.jpgIMG_3205The largest Native mound in the United States is located at the historic Cahokia Mounds, just east of St. Louis.2012-08-16T04:21:32+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/07/28/the-olympics-a-grand-tale-of-marathon-scandals-nazi-propaganda-and-corporatization/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/marathon-marker-st-louis-olympics1.jpgmarathon marker st louis olympicsMile Marker along the route of the 1904 Olympics marathon, a route I partially ran three times a week while in high school -- my personal connection to the Games.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/marathon-marker-st-louis-olympics.jpgmarathon marker st louis olympicsMile Marker along the route of the 1904 Olympics marathon, a route I partially ran three times a week while in high school -- my personal connection to the Games. https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/aryanstatues.jpgaryanstatuesSculptor Karl Abiker's "Discus Throwers," Nazi statues embodying the Third Reich's racial ideology that was showcased at the 1936 summer Olympics, stand guard outside Berlin's Olympic Stadium.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/south-african-tsuana-tribesmen-len-tau-left-and-jan-mashiani-right.jpgSouth African Tsuana tribesmen Len Tau (left) and Jan Mashiani (right)https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/crowdshot-olympics.jpgcrowdshot olympicsCrowds cheer the start of the London Summer Olympics.2012-07-29T18:55:12+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/07/20/a-massacre-in-colorado-and-public-healths-chilling-silence-to-firearm-violence/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/james-holmes-mug.jpgjames holmes mugAlleged mass murderer James Holmes in a photo published by many media sources.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/fries-and-gun-photo.jpgfries and gun photoWhich item does the CDC and many public health research universities consider more of a public health threat, and which receives more research dollars and scholarly attention?2012-07-21T15:32:24+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/07/04/a-travelogue-about-siberia-paints-a-vivid-picture-of-beauty-and-pain/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/travels-in-siberia.jpgTravels in Siberia2012-07-07T20:28:15+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/06/27/my-new-occupation-public-health-wizard-if-the-high-court-declares-health-reform-unconstitutional/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/harry-potter-wizard.jpgharry potter wizardIf the Supreme Court strikes down health care reform, should public health practitioners go to Hogwarts to learn magic, so they can solve public health problems without wands and spells?2012-06-28T15:27:56+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/06/21/on-becoming-a-public-health-zombie/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_78342.jpgIMG_7834Electric smokes were being sold at the Fremont Fair on June 16, 2012 -- should they be allowed? https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_78341.jpgIMG_7834https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_7834.jpgIMG_7834https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_7832.jpgIMG_7832Bikes aplenty were found at the Fremont Fair on June 16, 2012, in Seattle.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_4777.jpgIMG_4777Fairgoers at the 2009 Alaska State Fair in Palmer load up on deep fried everything.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/mark-twain-boat.jpgmark twain boatThe Mark Twain riverboat in Twain's hometown of Hannibal, Mo.2012-06-22T19:24:25+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/05/23/world-health-assembly-to-consider-polio-emergency-declaration/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/polio-cover.jpgpolio coverThe Global Polio Eradication Initiative dream up an ambitious plan to revitalize the campaign in 2010.2012-06-12T15:26:44+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/06/10/research-paid-by-public-money-is-often-inaccessible-to-the-public/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/elsevier-charge.jpgElsevier charge2012-07-17T14:34:31+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/05/11/walking-and-why-it-is-the-secret-to-longevity-and-happiness/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_7657.jpgIMG_7657https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/coastaltrailmaster.jpgcoastaltrailmasterWalking the Coastal Trail in Anchorage on a lovely summer night.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/fall-walk.jpgfall walkMy favorite place to walk in Anchorage Alaska, along Westchester Lagoon.2012-05-31T03:25:11+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/05/20/every-day-can-be-bike-to-fill-in-the-blank-day/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/winterbikes.jpgwinterbikesA sea of bikes in in Heidelberg, Germany, December 1985 -- winter did not scare these cyclists, and they had a place to park their bikes. https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ballard-bike-event.jpgBallard Bike EventCelebrating Bike to Work Day in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood, May 18, 2012.2012-05-31T03:24:22+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/05/26/running-an-evolutionary-high-humans-share-with-our-canine-companions/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_29571.jpgIMG_2957Doing the traditional "show off your stuff" run at the Alaska Kennel Club Show, February 2008.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dogontreadmill1.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThis treadmill-running-pooch photo is found on the Neuman K-9 Academy, Inc. web site at: http://www.mndogtraining.com/article_treadmill.htmlhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_2957.jpgIMG_2957Doing the traditional "show off your stuff" run at the Alaska Kennel Club Show, February 2008.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dogontreadmill.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThis treadmill-running-pooch photo is found on the Neuman K-9 Academy, Inc. web site at: http://www.mndogtraining.com/article_treadmill.html https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/mtmarathon2010-womens-start.jpgmtmarathon2010 womens startKikkan Randall, Holly Brooks, and Cedar Bourgeois blast off at the start of the July 4, 2010, Mt. Marathon mountain race in Seward, Ak. 2012-05-27T05:32:58+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/05/17/the-journey-ends-at-the-uw-school-of-public-health/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/rudylastdayofsphclasses.jpgRudyLastDayofSPHClassesRudy Owens, final day of coursework at the UW School of Public Health, turning to the heavens in thanks at Seattle's Discovery Park (May 17, 2012). 2018-08-02T23:57:08+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/05/03/cats-behind-bars-more-proof-of-how-pets-bring-out-our-best/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/mrschippy1.jpgMrschippyMrs. Chippy, the cat on the ill-fated Antarctic expedition of the Endurance, and one of the most beloved members of the entire crew by the extremely hardened men who loved her.https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/mrschippy.jpgMrschippyMs. Chippy, the cat on the ill-fated expedition of the Endurance, and one of the most beloved members of the entire crew by the extremely hardened men who loved her.2023-02-12T00:07:40+00:00monthlyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/2012/04/29/denmark-a-place-i-could-call-home/https://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/vikinglonghousesmall.jpgvikinglonghousesmallViking house (recreated), Jutland, Denmarkhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/vikinghousesmall.jpgvikinghousesmallViking longhouse, Frykat, Denmarkhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/treecoveredroadsmall.jpgtreecoveredroadsmallCountry road, Jutlandhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/piskeflodejorbearsmall.jpgpiskeflodejorbearsmallhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/nationalcathedralzealandsma.jpgnationalcathedralzealandsmaRoskilde Cathedral, burial site of Danish royaltyhttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/marketaarhussmall.jpgmarketaarhussmallMarket in Aarhus, sprintimehttps://rudyowensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/danishcoastsmall.jpgDanishcoastsmallBaltic Coast, 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