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    Addie Viola Smith (1893–1975) was an American attorney who served as the U.S. trade commissioner to Shanghai from 1928 to 1939, the first female Foreign Service officer in the U.S. Foreign Service to work under the Commerce Department, and the first woman to serve as trade commissioner.

  3. Islamic Declaration - Wikipedia

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    The main idea is that the Qur'an allows modernization, but that it sets limits. To this end Izetbegović cited Atatürk's Turkey as a negative example of loss of Islamic roots, ending in economic stagnation, and Japan as a positive example, in which retaining most of its own culture proved compatible with modernization and economic growth.

  4. Cornerstone OnDemand - Wikipedia

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    Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. is a cloud-based development software provider and learning technology company. [3] [4] The company was publicly traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the ticker symbol Nasdaq: CSOD until it was acquired by private-equity firm Clearlake Capital in 2021. [5]

  5. Evil demon - Wikipedia

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    In Meditation Three, Descartes is going to establish not only that there is a God but that God is not a deceiver. When Descartes first introduces the evil demon he says, "I will suppose therefore that not God, who is supremely good and the source of truth, but rather some malicious demon, had employed his whole energies in deceiving me."

  6. Stephen Gaukroger - Wikipedia

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    Stephen Gaukroger was born on 9 July, 1950, in Oldham, Lancashire, and educated at Cardinal Langley Grammar School.He studied Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London, where he was awarded first class honours with the official congratulations of the Board of Examiners.

  7. Discourse on the Method - Wikipedia

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    Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences (French: Discours de la Méthode pour bien conduire sa raison, et chercher la vérité dans les sciences) is a philosophical and autobiographical treatise published by René Descartes in 1637.

  8. System on a chip - Wikipedia

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    Apple M1 system on a chip A system on a chip from Broadcom in a Raspberry Pi. A system on a chip or system-on-chip (SoC / ˌ ˈ ɛ s oʊ s iː /; pl. SoCs / ˌ ˈ ɛ s oʊ s iː z /) is an integrated circuit that integrates most or all components of a computer or other electronic system.

  9. Water issues in developing countries - Wikipedia

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    Water use has been increasing worldwide by about 1% per year since the 1980s. Global water demand is expected to continue increasing at a similar rate until 2050, accounting for an increase of 20–30% above 2019 usage levels. [6] The steady rise in use has principally been led by surging demand in developing countries and emerging economies.