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Talech
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talech is an American cloud-based software company based in Palo Alto, California.
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The company makes software that is at the centre of point of sale systems for restaurants, bars, retail outlets and professional services.
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The software runs on the iOS and Android operating systems and functions on iPads and a variety of Android hardware devices.
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talech was established in 2012 by Irv Henderson and Leo Jiang who continue to perform the roles of CEO and CTO within the company.
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In September 2019, talech was acquired by US Bancorp.
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The company also maintains offices in Scottsdale, Arizona, Belmopan, Belize, Dublin, Ireland and Kaunas, Lithuania.
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talech was founded in 2012 by Irv Henderson and Leo Jiang who had worked together previously at Yahoo.
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The company grew steadily, focusing initially on the North American market where they acquired customers through referral partnerships with Chase, Bank of America Merchant Services, Elavon and USA E-pay.
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In 2014, the company opened an office in Dublin to serve the European market where they operate referral partnerships with Bank of Ireland Payment Acceptance, AIB Merchant Services and Elavon Europe.
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In September 2019, the company was acquired by US Bancorp.
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talech provides software that allows businesses to manage multiple operational tasks – such as order management, inventory and staff reporting, customer management, business insights and payments processing – in a single, integrated point-of-sale system.
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talech serves over 8,000 restaurants and bars, retailers and professional services companies representing $2.3 billion in processing volume.
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talech operates on the iPad family of devices where it works with a variety of hardware options such as cash drawers, barcode scanners, digital weighing scales, Epson and Star Micronics printers and Ingenico card readers.
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It also works on Android powered devices such as the Poynt and Ingenico-built, Moby line of point of sale solutions.
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As a Saas provider, talech's point of sale is available through starter, standard and premium packages with each tier enabling access to a greater amount of features and functionality.
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James Thompson (rugby union)
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James Thompson (born 13 July 1999 in New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays for the in Super Rugby.
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His playing position is flanker.
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He has signed for the Chiefs wider training squad in 2020.
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Harald Wiberg
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Harald Wiberg (1 March, 1908 – 15 August 1986) is a Swedish author, artist and illustrator.
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He was best known for his illustrations in the books about Tomten and of Astrid Lindgren.
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Wiberg was born in Ankarsrum in 1908.
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He attended the Stockholm College of Drama (Stockholms dramatiska högskola).
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Later he also studied in France and Italy.
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Most of his illustrations show Scandinavian landscapes, animals and traditional mythological figures.
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In the 1960s, he became known in Sweden through his appearances in the nature documentary show "Korsnäsgårde".
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He became known internationally through his illustrations of the Tomten books: "Tomten" (1961) and "Tomten and the Fox" (1965).
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In the Swedish edition of these works, Wiberg's illustrations were published next to the original poems by Viktor Rydberg and Karl-Erik Forsslund.
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In the international editions the illustration appeared next to a text written by Astrid Lindgren, based on the poems and the illustrations.
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The success of these works prompted Wiberg to write and illustrate his own Tomten book entitled "Gammaldags jul".
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The book was translated into English ("Christmas at the tomten's farm").
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Another work by Viktor Rydberg, "Björn's Advent on Christmas Eve" ("Lille Viggs äventyr på julafton", 1980) was also illustrated by Wiberg.
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In 1976 he received the Elsa Beskow badge for his illustrations in the book "The big snowstorm" (Den stora snöstuellen, 1975).
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On August 15, 1986 he died in Falköping.
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Leroy Carter (rugby union)
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Leroy Carter (born 24 February 1999 in New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays for the in Super Rugby.
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His playing position is scrum-half.
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He has signed for the Chiefs wider training squad in 2020.
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2020 Evian Championship
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The 2020 Evian Championship will be played 23–26 July at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains, France.
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It will be the 27th Evian Championship (the first 20 played as the Evian Masters), and the eighth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour.
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The event will be televised by Golf Channel and NBC Sports in the United States and Sky Sports in the United Kingdom.
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The field for the tournament is set at 120, and most earn exemptions based on past performance on the Ladies European Tour, the LPGA Tour, or with a high ranking in the Women's World Golf Rankings.
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There are 17 exemption categories for the 2020 Evian Championship.
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Evian invitations (four)
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Top two from the Jabra Ladies Open
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Top two players from the Island Resort Championship on the Symetra Tour
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Winner of the Hanwha Classic Evian Championship Asia Challenge
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The top 40 in the Women's World Golf Rankings, as of 23 June 2020
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Past Evian Championship winners
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Active Evian Masters Champions (must have played in 10 LPGA Tour or LET events from 24 July 2018 to 23 July 2020)
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Winners of the other women's majors for the last five years
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LPGA Tour winners since the 2019 Evian
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LET winners since the 2019 Evian
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The top five on the LET Order of Merit, as of 14 July
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Top 10 and ties from the 2019 Evian Championship
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2019 U.S. Women's Amateur champion
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14.
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2019 British Ladies Amateur champion
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15.
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2020 Women's Asia Pacific Championship champion
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Any player who qualified for the 2019 Evian but did not compete due to maternity
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LPGA Tour money list, as of 14 July (if needed to fill the field to 120)
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Wilmer Ingalls Gordon
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Wilmer Ingalls Gordon (February 14, 1860 – March 7, 1943) was an American osteopathic physician and vegetarianism activist.
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Gordon was born on February 14, 1860 in Mullica Hill, New Jersey.
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He was educated at the medical department of Union University in Albany, New York and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Maryland.
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Gordon obtained his M.D.
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from the Union University in Albany in 1887.
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He studied at the Chicago School of Osteopathy and practiced medicine in New York City.
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He became a member of the New York State Medical Society in 1900 and was Vice-President of the Columbia County, New York, Medical Society.
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He moved to Cleveland in 1900 and became President of the Progressive Osteopathic and Suggestive Therapeutic Society in Ohio.
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He also practiced as a physician and surgeon at Copake Iron Works.
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When he was forty, Gordon suffered a nervous breakdown, travelled widely and lost faith in medicine.
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Gordon founded the National School of Manual, Physical and Suggestive Therapeutics, which practiced naturopathy.
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He was President of the School for more than thirty-two years and taught thousands of students.
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He founded the Electine Food Remedy Company in Ontario.
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Gordon advocated natural health practices without medication.
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He authored books on new thought and vegetarianism.
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At the age of seventy-two, Gordon suffered severe internal injuries from a street car accident.
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Doctors gave him only thirty days to live but he survived another eleven years, whilst his wife cared for him.
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He authored the book "How to Live 100 Years", and was convinced he would make this age until his injuries from the accident.
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Gordon was an anti-vaccinationist.
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