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Talech
talech is an American cloud-based software company based in Palo Alto, California.
The company makes software that is at the centre of point of sale systems for restaurants, bars, retail outlets and professional services.
The software runs on the iOS and Android operating systems and functions on iPads and a variety of Android hardware devices.
talech was established in 2012 by Irv Henderson and Leo Jiang who continue to perform the roles of CEO and CTO within the company.
In September 2019, talech was acquired by US Bancorp.
The company also maintains offices in Scottsdale, Arizona, Belmopan, Belize, Dublin, Ireland and Kaunas, Lithuania.
talech was founded in 2012 by Irv Henderson and Leo Jiang who had worked together previously at Yahoo.
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.
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.
In September 2019, the company was acquired by US Bancorp.
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.
talech serves over 8,000 restaurants and bars, retailers and professional services companies representing $2.3 billion in processing volume.
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.
It also works on Android powered devices such as the Poynt and Ingenico-built, Moby line of point of sale solutions.
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.
James Thompson (rugby union)
James Thompson (born 13 July 1999 in New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays for the in Super Rugby.
His playing position is flanker.
He has signed for the Chiefs wider training squad in 2020.
Harald Wiberg
Harald Wiberg (1 March, 1908 – 15 August 1986) is a Swedish author, artist and illustrator.
He was best known for his illustrations in the books about Tomten and of Astrid Lindgren.
Wiberg was born in Ankarsrum in 1908.
He attended the Stockholm College of Drama (Stockholms dramatiska högskola).
Later he also studied in France and Italy.
Most of his illustrations show Scandinavian landscapes, animals and traditional mythological figures.
In the 1960s, he became known in Sweden through his appearances in the nature documentary show "Korsnäsgårde".
He became known internationally through his illustrations of the Tomten books: "Tomten" (1961) and "Tomten and the Fox" (1965).
In the Swedish edition of these works, Wiberg's illustrations were published next to the original poems by Viktor Rydberg and Karl-Erik Forsslund.
In the international editions the illustration appeared next to a text written by Astrid Lindgren, based on the poems and the illustrations.
The success of these works prompted Wiberg to write and illustrate his own Tomten book entitled "Gammaldags jul".
The book was translated into English ("Christmas at the tomten's farm").
Another work by Viktor Rydberg, "Björn's Advent on Christmas Eve" ("Lille Viggs äventyr på julafton", 1980) was also illustrated by Wiberg.
In 1976 he received the Elsa Beskow badge for his illustrations in the book "The big snowstorm" (Den stora snöstuellen, 1975).
On August 15, 1986 he died in Falköping.
Leroy Carter (rugby union)
Leroy Carter (born 24 February 1999 in New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays for the in Super Rugby.
His playing position is scrum-half.
He has signed for the Chiefs wider training squad in 2020.
2020 Evian Championship
The 2020 Evian Championship will be played 23–26 July at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains, France.
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.
The event will be televised by Golf Channel and NBC Sports in the United States and Sky Sports in the United Kingdom.
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.
There are 17 exemption categories for the 2020 Evian Championship.
1.
Evian invitations (four)
2.
Top two from the Jabra Ladies Open
3.
Top two players from the Island Resort Championship on the Symetra Tour
4.
Winner of the Hanwha Classic Evian Championship Asia Challenge
5.
The top 40 in the Women's World Golf Rankings, as of 23 June 2020
6.
Past Evian Championship winners
7.
Active Evian Masters Champions (must have played in 10 LPGA Tour or LET events from 24 July 2018 to 23 July 2020)
8.
Winners of the other women's majors for the last five years
9.
LPGA Tour winners since the 2019 Evian
10.
LET winners since the 2019 Evian
11.
The top five on the LET Order of Merit, as of 14 July
12.
Top 10 and ties from the 2019 Evian Championship
13.
2019 U.S. Women's Amateur champion
14.
2019 British Ladies Amateur champion
15.
2020 Women's Asia Pacific Championship champion
16.
Any player who qualified for the 2019 Evian but did not compete due to maternity
17.
LPGA Tour money list, as of 14 July (if needed to fill the field to 120)
Wilmer Ingalls Gordon
Wilmer Ingalls Gordon (February 14, 1860 – March 7, 1943) was an American osteopathic physician and vegetarianism activist.
Gordon was born on February 14, 1860 in Mullica Hill, New Jersey.
He was educated at the medical department of Union University in Albany, New York and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Maryland.
Gordon obtained his M.D.
from the Union University in Albany in 1887.
He studied at the Chicago School of Osteopathy and practiced medicine in New York City.
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.
He moved to Cleveland in 1900 and became President of the Progressive Osteopathic and Suggestive Therapeutic Society in Ohio.
He also practiced as a physician and surgeon at Copake Iron Works.
When he was forty, Gordon suffered a nervous breakdown, travelled widely and lost faith in medicine.
Gordon founded the National School of Manual, Physical and Suggestive Therapeutics, which practiced naturopathy.
He was President of the School for more than thirty-two years and taught thousands of students.
He founded the Electine Food Remedy Company in Ontario.
Gordon advocated natural health practices without medication.
He authored books on new thought and vegetarianism.
At the age of seventy-two, Gordon suffered severe internal injuries from a street car accident.
Doctors gave him only thirty days to live but he survived another eleven years, whilst his wife cared for him.
He authored the book "How to Live 100 Years", and was convinced he would make this age until his injuries from the accident.
Gordon was an anti-vaccinationist.