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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...year can be extremely harmful to a long list of sea creatures, including dolphins, whales, porpoises, giant squids, crabs and sea turtles. The noise the guns generate causes some animals to flee their native habitat, says Naomi Rose, senior scientist with the Maryland office of Humane Society International (HSI). "Their use can cause stress to some animals as well - and you should never underestimate the harm that stress can cause." (See 10 species facing extinction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Ocean Seismic Testing Endangering the Dolphins? | 9/29/2009 | See Source »

...could do a better job mitigating any potential damage they're causing. They suggest avoiding sensitive habitats and having observers monitor during mealtimes as well. "They are scientists who care about the environment - so they should do everything above board and by the book, without any reluctance," Rose of HSI says. "It is highly likely that there is better technology out there." With so many suggestions coming from both sides, common scientific goals - creating lower-intensity devices that create sound waves, understanding geologic processes and preserving marine mammals' safety - may be getting drowned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Ocean Seismic Testing Endangering the Dolphins? | 9/29/2009 | See Source »

...Fest, co-sponsored by Harvard Students for Israel, the Harvard College Progressive Jewish Alliance, and Harvard Hillel, featured free food, activities, and booths for various Israel-related organizations. “Our goal is to make Israel a lot more accessible to the general population,” explained HSI President Miranda E. Rosenberg ’09, the main organizer of the event. “We want to portray a side of the country you don’t see in the news.” To this end, I-Fest featured posters that explained the country?...

Author: By Liyun Jin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Israeli Culture on Display at I-Fest | 10/29/2008 | See Source »

...Nakba”—the Arabic word for tragedy—is used by Palestinians to denote their displacement in the middle of the 20th century by the founders of the Israeli state. Yesterday’s event drew the attention of Harvard Students for Israel (HSI), the members of which stood at the entrance to the lecture hall distributing single sheets of paper with controversial Chomsky quotations on one side and an article attesting to the “True History of 1948” on the other. HSI had previously approached Nakba on Dershowitz?...

Author: By Christian B. Flow and Elliot Ikheloa, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Chomsky Speaks Softly on Israel, Palestine | 4/30/2008 | See Source »

...Dershowitz railed against Chomsky’s claims about the Nakba—the Arabic word for what some believe was the forced Palestinian exodus from Israel in 1948 and 1949—in an hour-long discussion last night that was sponsored by Harvard Students for Israel (HSI). Though Dershowitz and Chomsky—who had spoken at an event an hour earlier—weren’t in the same place last night, the two were engaged in a pseudo-debate because Dershowitz attended the end of Chomsky’s speech and then spent...

Author: By Ahmed N. Mabruk, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: In Speech, Dershowitz Slams Chomsky | 4/30/2008 | See Source »

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