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Climate is changing, why aren’t we?
- Prasun Regmi - 22028, Grade X ... 23 December, 2020

Climate change is one of the growing issues in the 21st century. Things we human beings do in our lives are contributing to climate change, all this stuff emits harmful greenhouse gases that deplete the ozone layer and UV rays enter which causes global warming, which again leads to the melting of Icebergs, Glaciers, rise in sea level, etc.

 All of us are aware of this stuff and we’re still continuing with it. All of the stuff that we use in our daily life doesn’t work without petroleum products. For example, the car we drive; runs with the help of fuel which comes from fossil fuel, which takes a long period of time to generate from dead and decaying fossils of animals. Just having a car doesn’t mean you have to drive it even if your destination is in close quarters, fossil fuel also produces harmful gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, etc. which causes the depletion of the ozone layer and it causes UV rays to enter the earth’s surface, which causes stuff like global warming and health issues like skin cancer, etc.

As more climate change occurs, more dangerous weather events are happening more frequently, like floods, tsunami, volcanic eruption and many more and if it continues there is no more for human era to live; not only those harmful gases affects the human beings and destroys ozone layer it also affects the animal and insects which helps in the balance of an ecosystem. Lots of plastics and sewages from industries are leading to the death of sea animals and due to deforestation, there is an excess amount of gases like Carbon-dioxide, Methane and many more in the atmosphere resulting in wild animals like Tiger, Rhino, Lion, Elephant, etc in the verge of extinction. Along with that insects like Bee and Ant are also being affected which also plays a huge role in the balance of the ecosystem.

At last, we all are aware of this stuff that’s going around and are well known of its consequences. We also have to think about the future generation and how they are gonna live. Taking this into concern, we must start using alternative sources of energy like solar energy, wind energy, geothermal energy, etc rather than using fossil fuels. To prevent climate change first we have to change.


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वातावरणीय शिक्षा
- Pratik Kharel - 21131, Grade ... 23 December, 2020

मानिस तथा सम्पूर्ण जीवित प्राणीहरूले प्रकृतिमा रहेका स्रोत र साधना उपयोग गरेर आफ्नो जीवन निर्वाह गरेका हुन्छन् । जीवन निर्वाह गर्ने क्रममा आफ्नै समुदाय तथा प्राकृतिक वातावरणसँग निकटतम सम्बन्ध रहिआएको वातावरणीय शिक्षाले प्राणी समुदायबिचको अन्तरसम्बन्ध र वातावरणीय सम्बन्धलाई प्रस्ट्याउँछ । यस प्रकारको सम्बन्धले कसरी वातावरणलाई सफा राखिराख्ने र कसरी आफ्नो अस्तित्वलाई कायम राख्ने भन्नेजस्ता कुरालाई उजागर गर्दछ ।

मानिसलगायतका जीवजन्तुहरूको अस्तित्व कायम राख्नका लागि वातावरण संरक्षण गर्नु हामी सबैको साझा कर्तव्य हो । यस कार्यका लागि मानिसमा वातावरण र यसको संरक्षणका उपायहरूबारे ज्ञान, सिप र धारणाको विकास हुनुपर्दछ । वातावरणीय शिक्षाकाे कार्य वातावरणका विभिन्न पक्षहरूको ज्ञान प्राप्त गरी तिनको उचित उपयोग र संरक्षण तथा संवर्धन गर्न सक्षम तुल्याउनु हो अर्थात् वातावरणीय वस्तुहरूको उपयोगका साथै संरक्षणका कार्यहरू पनि गर्दै जानु हो । वातावरणीय शिक्षाले संरक्षणका आधारभूत सिद्धान्तहरूको ज्ञान दिन्छ जसले गर्दा वातावरणीय शिक्षाको महत्त्व बढेको छ । निम्नलिखित बुँदाहरूले वातावरणीय शिक्षाको महत्त्वलाई प्रस्ट पार्दछन्, : 

१) यसले पृथ्वीको बारेमा समष्टिगत ज्ञान प्रदान गराउने काम गर्दछ। आफ्नो वरिपरि रहेका प्राकृत्रिक एवम् कृतिम वस्तुहरू र तिनको अन्तरक्रियाबाट सिर्जित परिवेश तथा जीवजन्तुलाई पार्ने प्रभावजस्ता सबै भौतिक वस्तुबारे जानकारी गराउँछ ।

२) यसले मानिस र प्रकृतिबिचको सम्बन्धलाई प्रगाढ पार्नमा सहयोग पुर्याउँछ । 

३) यसले मानिसको आफ्नो शरीरदेखि घर, परिवार, विद्यालय, सहर तथा गाउँकाे सेरोफेरोबारे जानकारी दिनुका साथै जीवजन्तु र वनस्पतिको प्रयोगदेखि पेसा व्यवसाय, खानेबस्ने ठाउँ, आकाश, पृथ्वी, पानी आदिसम्बन्धी भौतिक वातावरणको व्यापक सम्बन्ध र क्रियाकलापलाई प्रस्ट्याउँछ ।

४) प्रकृतिमा भएको व्यवस्था र मानव क्रियाकलापको सकारात्मक एवम् नकारात्मक प्रभावको साथै सम्पूर्ण जीवित वस्तुको एकआपसी निर्भरताजस्ता कुराहरूको रहस्योद्घाटन गरी वातावरण सन्तुलन राख्नका लागि सचेतता जगाउँछ । 

५) प्रकृतिप्रेमी, आपसी समझदारी र मानव कल्याणकारी गुणहरूको विकास गराउनमा सहयोग गर्छ । 

६) पृथ्वीलाई विश्वस्तरदेखि स्थानीय स्तरसम्म हेर्ने दृष्टिकोण प्रदान गरी मानवीय एकता र भाइचाराको भावना जगाउँछ। 

७) आफ्नो वरपर रहेको वातावरणको सदुपयोग गर्न सिकाउनुका साथै मानवीय

जीवनलाई सुखी बनाउनेजस्ता सिपहरूको विकास गर्नमा पनि सहयोग गर्छ । 

८) प्राकृतिक वस्तुहरूप्रति मानवीय मूल्य जगाउनमा सहयोग गर्छ ।

९) प्राकृतिक वस्तु एवम् व्यवस्थाप्रति मानव समुदायले गर्ने व्यवहारमा सुधारात्मक परिवर्तन ल्याउन सघाउँछ । 

१०) दिगो विकासको अवधारणालाई अघि बढाई भावी पिढीका लागि स्वच्छ

पृथ्वी हस्तान्तरण गर्ने जिम्मेवारी बहन गर्न सक्षम बनाउँछ ।


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मोबाइल फोन
- Princy Jaiswal - 21116, Grade ... 22 December, 2020

एक्काइसौँ शताब्दी विज्ञान र प्रविधिको युग हो । आजभोलिको समयमा कम्प्युटर, मोबाइल, इन्टरनेटजस्ता सूचना प्रविधिका साधनको प्रयोग बढ्दै गएको छ । तीमध्ये आधुनिक मोडेल र मूल्यअनुसार सुविधाको समेत विविधता रहेकाे मोबाइल फोन त्यस्तो वैज्ञानिक उपकरण हो जसलाई यात्रा, बैठक, भान्सा, चियापानलगायत देश विदेशको समाचार, गीतसङ्गीतको भिडियो खिच्न तथा कम्प्युटर इन्टरनेट सम्बन्धी काम गर्नमा प्रयाेग गर्न सकिन्छ । 

आजका युवाका साथै सबै उमेर समूहका मानिसबिच याे प्रिय छ, त्यसैले यसको प्रयोग आजको समयमा अति बढ्दो छ । मोबाइल फोनले आजको व्यस्त दुनियाँलाई विभिन्न कार्यको सम्पादनका लागि सहजता प्रदान गरेको छ । मोबाइल फोन धेरैजसो ठाउँमा प्रयोग हुन थालेको छ । व्यापारीले आफ्नो व्यापारिक प्रयोजनका लागि, अस्पतालमा कुनै डाक्टर हुनुहुन्छ कि हुनुहुन्न भनेर वा एम्बुलेन्स बोलाउन, आपतको या सहजताको सूचना आदानप्रदान गर्न यसले शैक्षिक चेतना पनि उत्तिकै बढाएको छ । यसको प्रयोग सत्तरी वर्षसम्म निरक्षर रहनुभएका धेरै हजुरबुबा हजुरआमाहरूदेखि अहिलेका युवा र बच्चाहरूले पनि गर्न थालेका छन् । आज मोबाइल हातमा भएपछि संसारमा भएका राजनीतिक, वैज्ञानिक कुराका बारेमा जान्न सकिन्छ । यसको प्रयोगले समाजमा अपराध पनि फैलिएकाे छ । केही व्यक्तिहरूले गलत नियतले व्यक्तिहरूका विभिन्न तस्विरहरू सिर्जना गर्दै र तिनीहरूलाई सामाजिक सञ्जालमा पोस्ट गर्दै छन् । यति मात्र नभएर मोबाइलको अत्यधिक प्रयोग गर्दा अन्य समस्याहरू पनि बढेका छन् । बच्चाहरू पढ्न तथा सिर्जना गर्न नसक्ने हुने, समयमै ननिदाउने र लामो समयसम्म मोबाइल फोनको प्रयोग गर्दै शारीरिक रूपमा अस्वस्थ रहने, परिवार र आफन्तहरूसँग कुराकानी गर्न नखाेज्नेजस्ता समस्याहरूलाई यसकाे उदाहरणका रूपमा लिन सकिन्छ । 

एक्काइसौँ शताब्दीका व्यक्तिहरू केही समयका लागि भोक खप्न सक्छन् तर तिनीहरू मोबाइल फोन र अन्य सञ्चारबिना बाँच्न सक्दैनन् । कुनै कुरा आफैँमा राम्रो र नराम्रो हुँदैन । यो व्यक्ति र उसको प्रयोगको व्यवहारमा निर्भर गर्दछ । माेबाइल बढी चलाउने व्यक्तिमा एक्लै कोठामा बस्न बढी रुचाउने, सानातिना कुरामा अनावश्यक रिसाउने, झर्कने वा जिद्दी स्वभावको विकास हुने, समयमा आफ्ना कार्यकलाप गर्न नभ्याउनेजस्ता समस्या देखिन्छन् । त्यसर्थ आजको समयमा युवावर्गले मोबाइल फोन प्रयाेग गर्दा सचेत हुनुपर्ने देखिन्छ ।


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Insatiable Nepal
- Rakshit Dahal - 2022023, Grad ... 21 December, 2020

For the past few days, there have been huge protests against the Federal Democratic Government. People have started showing their love for the Monarchy. And why not? After all, what has the government done to date? The question arises here. The judicial system remains the same, the government remains corrupt, the rich remain rich and the poor suffer. It’s high time we realize that no form of the ruling system is advantageous to us unless we together act against the crimes, raise our voice against corruption, discrimination, and all these things that be bringing our country down.

The problem is not just with the system, the problem remains in us and together we can end it. Our voice should remain constant not just like some hot coffee that cools down after some time. It doesn't matter who remains in the ruling party, the fact that matters is, who we are and what we have the power to do. South Korean people in 2015 protested against a female representative who took zero efforts to empower women and work for them. The representative soon resigned. The point here isn’t who made whom resign, the point here is we have a whole lot of people incapable to empower women, educating the unprivileged, creating employment opportunities, and above all to bestow rape victims with justice. Our country having a female president has one of the most burning and disturbing cases of rapes every month. Taking the matter into consideration, what does our president do? Nothing. Everyone here does not have the same agenda for our country. Some remain Rajabadhi while some remain Federal democratic but at the end of the day, the only thing that matters is the future of our country and our people, the unprivileged, the penurious, and everyone.

 


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म्याराडाेना: एक ऐतिहासिक खेलाडी
- Ashutosh Pudasaine - 2022002, ... 21 December, 2020

डिएगो अरमान्डो म्याराडाेनाको जन्म लानस अर्जेन्टिनामा सन् १९६० मा भएको थियो । उनी फुटबलप्रेमी परिवारमा जन्मिएका थिए । सानैदेखि म्याराडाेना फुटबलतर्फ आकर्षित भएका थिए । उनी आफ्ना बुबासँग फुटबल खेल हेर्न जाने गर्दथे ।  ८ वर्षको कलिलो उमेरमै म्याराडाेनाले  'लस सेबोलेटस' बाट फुटबल खेलेका थिए । १४ वर्षको उमेरमै 'अर्जेन्टिनोस झुनिओर' को टिमबाट फुटबल खेलेका थिए । उनले बोका जुनियर टिमबाट खेलेको ४ महिना पनि नबित्दै राष्ट्रिय टिमबाट खेल्ने अवसर पाएका थिए जसले गर्दा उनी सानो उमेरमै अवसर पाउने खेलाडीका रूपमा पनि परिचित हुन पुगे । केही वर्षपछि (सन् १९८१) नै उनी बोका जुनिओरमा गए र आफ्नाे क्षमतालाई प्रस्तुत गरे । बोका जुनिओरमा च्याम्पियनसिप जितेपछि उनी १९८२ मा बार्सिलोना गए ।  बार्सिलोनामा खेलेको एक वर्षमै बार्सिलोनालाई स्पेनिस कप दिलाउन सफल भए । सन् १९८४ मा उनले इटालीमा कमजाेर अवस्थामा रहेको टाेली नेपोलीको स्तरलाई नयाँ उचाइमा पुर्याए । उनको साथले नेपोलीले लिग र कप जित्न सफल भयाे । उनकै नेतृत्वमा टिम अर्जेन्टिनाले सन् १९८६ मा मेक्सिकोमा भएको विश्वकप उचाले । सन् १९९० पछिको उनको जीवन सुखद रहन सकेन । उनी खेलेको खेलमा अन्तमा सन् १९९० मा भएको विश्वकपमा उनकाे जर्मनीसँग पराजित हुन पुग्यो । सन् १९९१ मा उनी कोकिनका साथमा पाइएको कारणले फुटबलबाट उनले १५ महिना टाढिनुपर्यो भने नेपाेलीसँगको सम्बन्ध पनि टुट्न गयो । उनले फुटबलबाट सन् १९९७ मा सन्यास लिए । उनले कोचको रूपमा पनि आफूलाई स्थापित गर्न खोजे तर सफल हुन सकेनन् । उनले सन् २००८ मा अर्जेन्टिनाको कोचको जिम्मेवारी पनि निर्वाह गरे । उनको सबैभन्दा यादगार गोलका रूपमा सन् १९८६ को विश्वकपमा बेलायतसँग खेलेको खेलमा गरेको गोल रह्यो जुन खेलमा उनले हातले गोल गरे पनि गोलले मन्यता पायो । उनलाई यस शताब्दीकै महान् खेलाडीका रूपमा लिइन्छ ।  उनको मृत्यु सन् २०२० को नोभेम्बर २५ मा भयो । उनले याे धर्ती छोडे पनि उनी महान् खेलाडीका रूपमा उनी फुटबलप्रमीहरूकाे स्मृतिमा रहिरहने छन् ।


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Pfizer’s CoronaVirus Vaccine: Current Status
- Girwan Paudyal - 21107, Grade ... 20 December, 2020

The Corona Virus has taunted and haunted us for too long, and with the world falling into utter confusion and chaos; people are in dire need of some good news. With this, Pfizer is a multinational pharmaceuticals and vaccine-development company mainly based in America. It is a company well known among pharmaceutics to produce reliable and satisfactory cure and vaccines to diseases. Recently, Pfizer and BioNTech, a German pharmaceuticals company, have announced that the coronavirus vaccine that they have developed has passed most of the preliminary stages. But the real question remains- What does this mean and how soon can we get it?

 The vaccine that was developed by Pfizer went through a test, in which half of the people are given the actual vaccines and half are given a placebo of salt and water. When the test results came back, it was found that the vaccine was 90% effective. So, we can conclude that the vaccine is probably nearly ready for distribution and works like a charm. Pfizer has also stated that they have done 4 tests in total to determine whether the vaccine has any side-effects and none of the tests have resulted in any severe side-effects. This is some good news, indeed- But what about distribution? Will the public be able to get the vaccine in a fairly short amount of time?

Well, Pfizer has stated that they can make around 30 to 40 million doses of the vaccine. This will be enough for around 15 to 20 million people to receive an initial dose and then a booster dose 3 weeks later. However, the initial doses of the vaccine will not be distributed worldwide. It will probably be limited strictly to the population of America and most of Europe. For us common folk, we are going to have to wait probably another year for the vaccine to be fully accessible to the common public.

Source material: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/pfizer-covid-19-vaccine
 


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जिम मोरिसन - इतिहासकै उत्कृष्ट गायक
- Pratik Kharel - 21131, Grade ... 20 December, 2020

जिम मोरिसन अर्थात् जेम्स दोग्लास मोरिसन अमेरिकी गायक, रचनाकार र कवि  हुन् जसले द दाेर्स नामक सङ्गीतकारहरूको दल गठन गरेका थिए । उनको जन्म सन् १९४३ मा अमेरिकाको फ्लोरिडा राज्यमा भएको थियो । उनी आफ्नो जङ्गली व्यक्तित्व, काव्यात्मक सङ्गीत, जादुमयी स्वर र अनियमित नाटकीय प्रस्तुतिका लागि प्रख्यात थिए । प्रशंसक र वरिष्ठ समालोचकहरूले मोरिसनलाई रक-रोल इतिहासकै  प्रभावशाली फ्रन्टम्यान मान्छन् । वर्तमान माहोलमा पनि युवावर्ग र अन्य सङ्गीतप्रेमीहरूले उनको गीत निकै रुचाएको पाइन्छ ।  

सन् १९६५ मा उनले रे मेन्जारेकसँगको सहकार्यमा द दाेर्स नामक सङ्गीतकारहरूको दल गठन गरेका थिए । त्यसपछि उनले निकै रचनात्मक सङ्गीतहरू सार्वजनिक गरे, जसमा "लाइट माई फाएर" , "ब्रेक अन थ्रोउ", "द एण्ड", "मुनलाइट ड्राइव" आदि पर्छन् । विशेष गरी उनका गीतहरूमा विद्रोहको आभाष गरिन्छ । काव्यात्मक धारा-प्रवाहले उनका सङ्गीत सुसज्जित हुन्थे र यही कारणले उनी "रक-रोल हल अफ फेमको" सदस्य चुनिएका  थिए । आफ्नो सङ्गीतमार्फत् मोरिसन सकारात्मकतालाई प्रेरित गर्थे र उनी जीवनको कलात्मक घटनालाई आफ्नो सङ्गीतको माध्यमले प्रचार गर्थे । यही कुराले उनलाई इतिहासकै सर्वश्रेष्ठ गायक बनाउँछ ।

उनी मदिरामा निर्भर हुन्थे जसको कारणले उनको प्रस्तुतिमा असर पर्न जान्थ्यो । मदिराकै कारणले २७ वर्षको उमेरमा उनको अप्रत्याशित निधन भयाे र संसारले एक महान् हस्ती गुमाउन पुग्याे ।  


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Linux
- Utkrist Mani Neupane - 21134, ... 17 December, 2020

Linus Torvals, a student in the University of Helsinki, in 1991 released the linux Kernel; an open-source operating system which he could program and configure the way he wanted. By 1993, there were 100 developers working to develop linux and the rest is history. What started out as a personal project, turned into a wide scale operating system that is popular for its simplicity and reliability and accounts for 66% of the world’s server, 100% of the top supercomputers and is present in all Android devices1. A kernel is a core part of the operating system and it is responsible for the overall operation of the device. The linux kernel is based on UNIX and it was of 10,000 lines of code back in 1991 but now it has grown to 20,000,0002 lines and it is growing day by day. The power of the internet to collaborate with developers all over the world was at its peak and thus, provided a strong base for the development of the Linux OS that we use nowadays. With the rise in contributors everyday, there had to be some sort of version control service that they needed to keep track of the development process and thus, Git was born. In 2005, to have a proper version control, Linux Torvalds created Git, an open-source Version Control System (VCS) and it has been very handy in the tech industry as almost all the tech giants use Github, one of the largest hosting company, to maintain the source code and allow collaboration.  Github as of now has 40 Million registered users and it is found that 88.4% of the StackOverflow Developer Survey(2018) respondents used Git for version control3. Linux is always growing in popularity and development. It is reliable, and totally in your control being open source. The Stack Overflow Developer Survey (2019) shows that 25.6% of the respondents use Linux Distros. The switch to linux is a bit tedious compared to using Windows as some of the basic tasks you perform in Windows in a GUI form are in a CLI form which is not suitable for all.   

Sources:

[1&2]: https://www.process.st/how-was-linux-created/
[3]: https://www.welcometothejungle.com/en/articles/btc-history-git


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Attack on Pearl Harbor: Strategic Brilliance or Blunder
- Aashrab Khanal - 2022001, Gra ... 16 December, 2020

The attack on Pearl Harbor is a historical event in the history of the United States of America and the world. The attack on Pearl Harbor was commenced by the Imperial Japanese Navy on the American Naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.  It was a massive coordinated attack on the United States by the Imperial Japanese forces and, in the end, 3500 Americans would be either wounded or killed.  The Pearl Harbor incident is considered to be a pivotal moment in the second world war as it changed the tide of the second world war and ultimately led to the defeat of the Axis powers. The following paragraphs examine the cause and the effectiveness of the strategic attack on Pearl Harbor.     After WWI, Japan started demanding more power and influence in Asia and primarily in China.   Japanese leaders believed that Japan was destined to rule over China and other countries in Southeast Asia. On the other hand, the western powers staunchly opposed Japan’s view and wanted to prevent Japan from having a great amount of influence on its neighbors. By means of treaties like the Washington accords, the western powers tried to sabotage Japan's naval force by limiting their number of battleships. Since the U.S was the only relative threat to Japanese expansion in the Pacific region and sensing that America was trying to isolate and stagnate Japan’s military and economic growth, an assault on the American Naval forces was deemed necessary as a preventive attack to launch any offensive in SouthEast Asia. Thus, Pearl Harbor was the place chosen to destroy America’s might in the Pacific.    The attack on Pearl Harbor was executed in the midst of diplomatic talks between Tokyo and Washington. The military had already started planning the attack on Pearl Harbor. The plan was carefully crafted under  Admiral  Isoroku Yamamoto and his military council with the goals of demobilizing the American Pacific fleet, reducing the morale of the American government and the American public, and seizing the British, French, and oil-rich Dutch colonies in SouthEast Asia. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japan successfully took control of major British and American holdings including countries like the Philippines and British Hongkong, Malaya, and also French Indo-China. The Japanese were able to capitalize on the attack on Pearl Harbor and were able to execute their plan of getting resources. The Japanese military’s rapid success has indicated that the attack on Pearl Harbor was a brilliant strategy. But winning a battle does not win you a war.    There were many factors that almost nullified the effectiveness of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The first one was the military’s belief that the future of naval warfare would heavily rely on battleships rather than aircraft carriers. Thus, the attack on Pearl Harbor as intended, destroyed all of the American battleships(8), including 3 cruisers and 4 destroyers.  The American Pacific naval fleet was left with only aircraft carriers and submarines which was used to its full advantage to destroy the Japanese navy. The attack on Pearl Harbor also did not weaken  American morale as the Congress declared war on Japan immediately. Also, the entrance of the U.S in the war did not help Japan’s allies in Europe.  Since the Japanese did not damage Pearl Harbor’s navy repair yards, oil tank farms, submarine base, the Pearl Harbor Naval base was still operating and preventing any logistical difficulty to the Pacific fleet. The attack on Pearl Harbor was flawed and even Admiral  Isoroku Yamamoto knew as he had intended the attack to be only a short term deterrent to the U.S. There was no way Japan could have won a years-long war against the U.S. It is the conclusion that Japan won at Pearl Harbor and lost the war.

References

Kagan, Neil &  Hyslop G. Stephen(2018). Japan’s Pearl Harbor strategy revealed in rare World War II maps. National Geographic

Wikipedia.com (2020). Attack on Pearl Harbor


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