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From the supplier: The zipper is used as a metaphor for a person who brings other together and interlocks them as a unit. People can motivate others by continually learning and exercising self-renewal, by serving cheerfully, radiating positive energy, believing in others, seeing life as an adventure and using best practices such as effective meetings, evaluation and follow-through.

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Title: In search of zippers. (team motivation techniques)
Author: Karl S. Peterson
Publication: Techniques (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 1998
Publisher: Association for Career and Technical Education
Volume: v73Issue: n5Page: p34(2)

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A GOT TO HAVE BOOK!
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The worst of all possible worlds
This book is not for the recreational reader, indeed it is one of the most depressing and distressing documents I have ever read. Nevertheless, I urge all readers concerned with issues that impact on the survival of humanity to read it thoroughly and absorb the lessons which it so graphically presents. In terms of an indictment of our government and various vested interests, it compares favorably with J'accuse written in 1898 by Emile Zola in response to the corrupt behaivor of the French nation, government and army during the Dreyfus affair. The most horrifying event in the book, and there are many to choice from, is the description of how the Health Physics Division was subdivided after Dr. Morgan's retirement in 1972 and distributed among "other laboratory divisions where radiation protection is not a primary objective". When I read this my immediate thought was of the dismemberment of Lemuel Pitkin so brilliantly described by Nathanael West. One can only be appaled by the many destructive acts which occurred when the Angry Genie left the bottle. It is frightening that those responsible for them have, to my knowledge, never been cited for criminal irresponsibility.

A charming and important book.
This charming memoir starts in 1943, when Dr. Morgan was recruited away from his happy research on cosmic-ray physics to join the atomic-bomb project.He was one of the four or five persons assigned to figure out how to prevent bomb-workers from irradiating themselves to death. In 1943, it was barely known how to measure doses from thevarious types of radiation, so Dr. Morgan had to invent many a meteringdevice.Additionally, no one knew how to store the radioactive waste whichwould accumulate at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where Dr. Morgandetected its escape-routes and tried to plug them.He became aninternationally honored expert and author on radiation health-effects andprotection measures. This is the story of a manof great integrity, who made enormous contributions to protecting health,and yet by his own standards, failed to succeed well enough.His"walk" through the nuclear age helps to illuminate thesuppression of scientific dissent in the nuclear enterprises --- andpresents an interesting contrast to books by Dr. Glenn Seaborg (Chairman ofthe Atomic Energy Commission) covering many of the same years.The ninthchapter covers Dr. Morgan's expert testimony for the plaintiffs in twolandmark trials (the Karen Silkwood Case 1979, and the Utah Bomb-FalloutCase 1982).The memoir provides not only an important record ofmoral, legal, public health, environmental, and scientific history --- butit also provides a highly engaging personal story of coping with theunexpected.

The Angrt Genie is a must read.
It is commonly understood that only the best books are made into audio tapes.On a whim my family and I put the Angry Genie to the test.We read the book aloud on our annual cross country car trip without one complaintfrom any family member. The surprize attraction of the Angry Genie is itsreal appeal to the non scientific person.By just glancing through thebook one might assume that he or she could be overwhelmed with scientificmaterial,however, by no means is that the case.In the 180 pages ofstory, from the amazing experiments under Chicago University Stadium to themany photos of actual players in our history, I was drawn to thepersonalities and inside details of the developments of a powerfulscientific discovery.In fact I most recommend this book because if thesurprizing revelations on several fronts.First, the power and importanceof science and scientists in this centuary is no more dramaticallyillustrated than in this story of nuclear power.Not even the terror of'Outbreak" or the suspence of 'Apallo 13" are equal to thereawakening we get in the Angry Genie.Second, Dr. Morgan was able toinput all of the required technical information and formulas in the bookwithout interupting the book's flow. Third, the historical, medical andsociological impact is compelling.There is the letter from Einstein toFDR about the potential of the bomb and the fascinating information aboutthe effects of all the different types of rays on humans.I plan ontelling my book club about this wonderful book as well as all my friendswho love historical books.

The true story of an unsung hero who saved countless lives.
I was captivated by Karl Z. Morgan's 50 year battle with powerful elements in the nuclear industrialcomplex for common sense safety measures.I was appalled to discover the extent of the damage the government inflicted uponour citizens through the abuse of nuclear power and and careless weapons'tests.Even more disturbing is Morgan's summary of numerous radiationexperiments our government secretly conducted on innocent Americans. Morgan stands out as a pillar of truth in a desert of deceit.No one canread this without thinking "I had no idea this was going on."

A man of faith becomes a world famous scientist.
I really enjoyed this story about a good human being who descended from a long line of Lutheran ministers going back to Martin Luther.It required considerable courage for Dr. Karl Morgan to publically detail the"biggest mistake" of his life when he reluctantly agreed tocensorship by his superiors.This book was clearly written from Morgan'ssoul and provides valuable perspective from a 91-year-old legend whostarted the entire field of health physics.This autobiography should berequired reading for all Americans. ... Read more

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Eating Apes is an eloquent book about a disturbing secret: the looming extinction of humanity's closest relatives, the African great apes--chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas. Dale Peterson's impassioned exposé details how, with the unprecedented opening of African forests by European and Asian logging companies, the traditional consumption of wild animal meat in Central Africa has suddenly exploded in scope and impact, moving from what was recently a subsistence activity to an enormous and completely unsustainable commercial enterprise. Although the three African great apes account for only about one percent of the commercial bush meat trade, today's rate of slaughter could bring about their extinction in the next few decades. Supported by compelling color photographs by award-winning photographer Karl Ammann, Eating Apes documents the when, where, how, and why of this rapidly accelerating disaster.
Eating Apes persuasively argues that the American conservation media have failed to report the ongoing collapse of the ape population. In bringing the facts of this crisis and these impending extinctions into a single, accessible book, Peterson takes us one step closer to averting one of the most disturbing threats to our closest relatives. ... Read more

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An important read
This book is very important to read: mostly because so few people know about the bushmeat trade in Africa and its impact on the great apes. The book goes into why apes are worth saving, the contribution of logging to crisis, how the crisis is kept hidden, and suggestions on how to alleviate the problem. You will be very surprised to learn the lengths, difficulties, and dangers the contributors of the book go through simply to bring this issue into the spotlight. I also found it very shameful how the crisis has been ignored and exacerbated by the media and the conservation groups.


Honestly though, I felt the book was a little long. It's not actually a long book, but its longer than it needs to be. It seemed to get a little repetitive as the author kept hammering the same points over again. Also, though the author does include an aside on vegetarianism and its merits (while discouraging veganism), he is not a vegetarian himself. While this is, of course, not the subject of the book I feel that if he is going to argue to protect the great apes on the grounds of their sentience, than it is wrong to overlook the sentience of cows, chickens, and especially pigs (who have the same mental capacity as a dog). This is just a minor criticism, but it did bother me a little throughout the book.

So yes, you should read this book. Its very thorough, detailed, complete, and compelling. You will learn a lot and, if the authors have succeeded (and I think they have), you will be sufficiently outraged and willing to contribute to the cause.

Powerful challenge to wildlife conserv groups, loggers, more
American and international conservation organizations may be doing little more than feel-good guilt assuaging with many of their slick magazine glossy photos, while ignoring a huge elephant right in front of the world's faces and refusing to show readers the problem.

So says Peterson in the challenging and disturbing book Eating Apes.

Peterson writes about the hunting for bushmeat in Central Africa, specifically hunting great apes - gorillas, chimpanzees and bonobos. He accuses the Wildlife Conservation Society of doing little more than giving PR flak to a German logging concern in the Congo, CIB, a decade ago, just at the time public pressure was starting to ratchet up on the issue, in large part due tophotographer Karl Ammann.

He also accuses Wildlife Conservation, the magazine of WCS, along with National Geographic and other such magazines and other media for generally downplaying or even spiking the issue. Ammann, as interviewed in the book, is even blunter, noting how several wildlife conservation magazines said they didn't want his pictures specifically because they were too controversial and, in not so many words, too guilt-provoking while showing that the modern western-nation wildlife preservation industry wasn't wearing any clothes on this issue.

Read Eating Apes. Then rethink your donations to wildlife groups, at least without some strong letters to the editor.

A family affair
Sometime far in our past, humans took up rocks and sticks to hunt food instead of scavenging from other predators.With our meat available today in shrink-wrapped containers it's easy to lose sight of that long-standing tradition.Others in the world still obtain meat in the traditional environment.The difference is that instead of spears, the weapons are high-powered shotguns.Instead of skulking through the forest seeking prey, hunters are now given rides by timber carriers using deep-penetrating access roads.In this book, Dale Peterson reveals the transformations forest hunting has undergone in West African nations.It's not a
pleasing picture, but it's valid and it's important.And it must change.

The bushmeat trade has many implications, but Peterson has chosen three significant ones.One, of course, is that by killing chimpanzees, bonobos and gorillas for food, we're consuming our nearest relations.The primate line divided only 12 million years ago, with the descendants of one line becoming today's mountain gorillas.The other line led to chimpanzees and bonobos with a spur turning off about 7 million years ago leading to you and me.The proximity of chimpanzee and human DNA patterns is no longer news, but the reminder needs to be flashed occasionally.

Another implication is health.With so much attention given to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, it's worth reflecting on its origins.More importantly, as Peterson reminds us, is to consider how it works.HIV/AIDS appears to be a recent evolutionary virus quirk.It adapts and evolves with amazing speed.The roots of it remain in the African forest and a new strain can emerge at any time.The best means of transmission from ape or monkey to human is through blood - that stuff the hunter is soaked in as he butchers his forest kill.

The third theme is the question of human relations with the rest of our environment.Human population growth is presented in a novel framework.How many humans come into existence every day is contrasted with the great ape population.Peterson calculates that the entire gorilla population is equalled by new humans every twelve hours.Population pressures in the "developed" world lead to demands for African timber products.In turn, the timber firms are cutting great swaths of forest using displaced populations for labour.To feed these workers, hunters are hired or loggers hunt and apes, due to their availability and size, become a major food source.In a feedback cycle of habitat reduction and hunting, the apes are simply being exterminated.Recovery would require sharply reduced logging.Peterson notes that trees are being taken that began growth in Michaelangelo's time, but their replacements will be cut in only forty years.

Peterson is effusive in his description of the significant role played by Swiss photographer Karl Ammann.Ammann's chance encounter with a logging truck driver revealed the role international logging firms play in the ape slaughter and the extended bushmeat trade.The logging firms, particularly CIB,contend they are providing "employment for locals, health services, food and education".Peterson explains the falsity of this contention, with "health services limited to a nurse and schools and teachers paid for by the workers' families.

Peterson argues that the long-established bushmeat tradition is already lost, displaced by commercial logging practices and new, mass hunting methods using guns, sometimes lent by government officials.If we can change a culture, such as was done with slavery, hunting traditions no longer tenable can be modified, as well.He cites the willingness of Americans to spend minimal annual funds to protect wolves, bears and other fauna.Why not establish a fund for ape protection.He calculates that US$1 billion per year could be raised with an individual contribution of but US$50.Not an enormous sum, given that other donations and military expenditures far exceed it.[stephen a. haines - Ottawa, Canada]

Difficult to digest but a must-read nonetheless
With its appealing cover-picture of two baby chimps and its appalling title, "Eating Apes" is a must read for everybody interested in conservation in general and the survival of the great apes in particular. Although I've been already aware of the bushmeat crisis through voluntary work at a zoo, this book hit me hard. The scope of denial by many - individuals and conservation groups alike - paired with risky relationships between NGOs and logging companies is driving our closest living relatives - the great apes - to extinction. Dale Peterson's book encompasses every aspect of this difficult and very complex issue and Karl Ammann's pictures and comments provide further evidence of what really is happening. Everbody who makes or is going to make decisions regarding the bushmeat trade, logging, development and conservation in central Africa has to read this book before making those important and far-reaching decisions. My next task will be to check with the various conservation groups I support, to find out what they are planning to do about this subject. Depending on their answers, I may well choose to cancel some memberships. Something I haven't actually thought about before reading this book - so I hope that many others will follow suit and choose action over complacency!

A Disturbing And Essential Book
What animals we eat are selected by what culture we grow up in.Distant societies think nothing of eating dogs.Some closer ones think eating horse is completely acceptable.Then there are frogs, snakes, and insect larvae.It is all a matter of getting enough protein.One man's protein is another man's atrocity.Americans are used to eating meat they find in Styrofoam trays wrapped in plastic, but the indigenous peoples of central Africa have always eaten the animals living around them: elephants, antelopes, porcupines, rodents, and so on.They don't mind a stew of gorilla or a chimp's sirloin, and what of it?It's the way they have always done things.Tribal languages, in fact, often use the same word for wild animal as they do for meat.The world, however, is not the way it always was, and a shocking book, _Eating Apes_ (University of California Press) by Dale Peterson, shows that apes on the menu is not something the world ought to continue to accept.

We ourselves are members of the tribe of great apes; chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans are on the branch with us.But if African tribes don't share our scientific view or our squeamishness, traditional hunters, in predation balance over the centuries, surely are not going to do lasting harm.Traditional hunting, however, is no longer traditional.There has been an invasion from outside the continent by logging companies, making huge profits from our demand for hardwoods.The companies have lots of workers, many of them from the region, and all the workers have to be fed.Hunters, many of whom are also from the region, are hired to bring in the protein.Bows, arrows, and nets have given way to the far more efficient and deadly wire snares and automatic rifles and shotguns.Perhaps if greater firepower were the only threat to our primate cousins, they could still make it.But we are destroying their habitat (again, mostly by logging), and primates will suffer before other species because of their slow rate of reproduction.There are plenty of species headed toward extinction, but few because we are eating them, and none so close to us evolutionarily.In addition, butchering the apes may be the way humans got HIV and Ebola viruses.It may well be that you haven't heard of the problem of eating apes into extinction because the conservation organizations are keeping quiet about such a downer of a message, and because they are, believe it or not, in partnership with the loggers.

What will be needed is the courage to challenge cultural convictions.It is possible for the West to value (or at least claim to value) sensitivity to other cultures, but in the case of eating apes, it will have to impose scientific knowledge of close kinship, risk of disease, and impending loss of primates to get the native cultures to change.It may even be possible within the corporate culture, which mines habitats to get at profits, to insist not just on sustainable development (a nebulous idea the logging companies pay lip service to) but to take on a wider view of environmental improvement.You can figure up the odds of occurrence of these cultural changes, and especially if you look at our past record, you will not be optimistic.Peterson includes an appendix of what you, and what conservation organizations, can do; he obviously is not giving up hope.Perhaps it is a sign of hope that his reasonable and dispassionate account of this disaster will start many people thinking about the previously covert problem of the loss of the apes.Nevertheless, this is a profoundly disturbing and sad book, and will not be forgotten by those who can get through it. ... Read more

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