Legendary Musical Genius Is Back - Louie Louie / Funhouse / Touch

Don Caverhill (aka Don Gallucci) is a true musical genius and instrumental in the sound and direction of music today. If you are familiar with Don's work, Light is worthy of his legacy. And if you're new to Don, just one listen to Light and you'll know why he’s a legend.

Don's musical career began at age 15 playing the instantly recognizable piano intro on one of rock's most famous records, Louie Louie, The recording is so iconic, enduring and broad in appeal, around the world, May 14 is celebrated Louie Louie Day.  

But He didn't stop there

In the summer of 1968, Don and his new group, Touch, began recording at the world-famous Sunset Sound Studios. Don's musical vision was once again unprecedented and groundbreaking but this time on a grander scale. Rumors about an amazing new album were everywhere. In session, Don looked up surprised to see Jimi Hendrix listening intently in the control room. Another day, it was Grace Slick who was soon followed by Mick Jagger. They arrived without warning to check out firsthand the new 'new'. And once again, Don's inspired compositions along with his virtuoso keyboard performances on the Touch LP launched a new musical genre: Facebook hails Touch as the first Progressive Rock album. Later groups - Yes, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Uriah Heep, Kansas named Touch as a major influence.

But He didn't stop there

Elektra Records engaged Don to produce an album for a then unknown artist, Iggy Pop and the Stooges. The legendary album, Funhouse, was the result. Recognized as the first true Punk Rock, Funhouse became one of the most admired recordings in the history of Rock/Punk.  Henry Rollins, Jack White and Joey­ Ramone consider it arguably the best album ever recorded.  Asked to define his contribution to Funhouse, Don would only say 'I stayed out of the way.'  Yet Iggy Pop and the Stooges recordings without Don’s participation after Funhouse never achieved the same acceptance. To satisfy the demand for the Funhouse magic, the label released a boxed set of seven CDs of the FUNHOUSE OUTTAKES! Years later, demand remained so strong, the label released a $500, limited edition collector's anthology (sold out in a day) of the FUNHOUSE OUTTAKES ON VINYL! The boxed set included extensive excerpts of Henry Rollin’s interview of Don explaining how he went about achieving the Funhouse magic.

But He didn't stop there

Don's unbounded creativity on his new Light LP is as unprecedented and groundbreaking as ever -  entertaining, exciting, thoughtful, fun – and a great ride! Don Caverhill's music is available on Spotify - Youtube - Apple Music - Tidal

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India’s favourite AI-based cloud HR software, Pocket HRMS, announced yesterday that they are building a new office to accommodate their expanding workforce. Given their rapid progress and excellent track record in the HRMS software domain, they plan to recruit 100-150 new employees within the next two years to tackle the growing demand for their application.

The growth of Pocket HRMS has been phenomenal since 2015 when they introduced their advanced AI-enabled system that utilizes cloud architecture and machine learning to adapt to their users and enhance their experience. Since then, Pocket HRMS has constantly been one of the best-selling software in this segment, mainly due to their continuous innovation and keeping up with the latest trends in the highly competitive HR software sector.

Expanding Workforce

To keep up with the cloud-based HR software’s ever-expanding user base and stay innovative, they have planned on onboarding nearly 100-150 employees to ensure that their clients remain satisfied with their excellent software. Hence, they are hiring for the following designations:

• Programmers : ~30 positions
• Sales : ~30 positions
• Marketing : ~30 positions
• Customer Service : ~50 positions

The work culture at Pocket HRMS is extremely friendly and stress-free, which helps even the newly joined freshers to adapt to their new work environment. The organization’s excellent supportive workforce helps enrich its work culture even further. Even during the global pandemic, Pocket HRMS’ workforce thrived with zero layoffs and regular salaries.

New Office

To accommodate this growing workforce, they have expanded their infrastructure by establishing another office in Mumbai. This new office will work in tandem with their existing Mumbai head office to provide a more streamlined approach towards research and development.

The new office would act as a hub to coordinate various tasks with the head office, such as improving the software with further innovations, handling user queries, troubleshooting issues, etc. With the growth in numbers, Pocket HRMS plans to bring advanced innovations and truly next-gen technologies to the HRMS domain.

With the recent rise in awareness regarding AI, more companies are open to the idea of an AI-based HRMS to streamline and automate their HR processes. Additionally, with the widespread use and affordability of high-speed mobile internet, the idea of deploying a cloud-based HRMS has become feasible even for start-ups. As a result, Pocket HRMS’ ambitious plan to improve employee engagement and streamline the Indian HR domain with the help of artificial intelligence is not that far from realization.

About Pocket HRMS

Established almost two decades ago, Pocket HRMS is a leading HRMS software in India. Its core values are, ensuring the best in customer service, cost-effectiveness, and robust module offerings. The latest update has incorporated an improved AI-based attendance system and an AI chatbot – smHRty, that can interact with employees to apply leaves, answer queries, and more. Additionally, Pocket HRMS offers HRs a unique global look at their database with smHRt searcHR, a unique implementation of its kind in the HR domain.

Startups in MENA are not getting the support they need especially when it comes to funding. FasterCapital is an online incubator and accelerator that is based in Dubai and is helping more and more startups in MENA raise capital and grow.

Whether you are in the Ecommerce, the B2B, or any other sector, starting a business requires money that you might not currently have and so it requires funding. Startups and entrepreneurs struggle and sometimes fail because of the scarcity of funding and that is true especially in MENA. This is why helping startups get the funding they need is one of the main missions FasterCapital is working towards.

FasterCapital is an online incubator, accelerator, and service provider that helps startups and small businesses in MENA and worldwide and invests in them in a work-per-equity model. Through its Raise Capital program, FasterCapital is helping startups in MENA get matched with angels and VCs that are based in MENA and other international funding sources as well.
FasterCapital has a wide network of investors and VCs in MENA and it uses an AI system to create an accurate matching process. Not only that, but the team makes warm introduction to the investing parties to increase the success rate.
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is advising stakeholders that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed revisions to two additional voluntary consensus standards for formaldehyde emissions in composite wood products.

The EPA first issued a proposed rule to update seven voluntary consensus standards falling under 40 CFR 770 ‘Formaldehyde Standards for Composite Wood Products’ (Toxic Substances Control Act Title VI (TSCA Title VI)) in March 2022.

However, since the conclusion of the consultation period for those standards, two additional voluntary consensus standards have been updated. Therefore, on September 20, 2022, the EPA published a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM) in the Federal Register (87 FR 57432) relating to:

• A208.1-2016 updated to ANSI A208.1-2022 ‘Particleboard’
• ANSI A208.2-2016 updated to ANSI A208.2-2022 ‘Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF) for Interior Applications’

The EPA will accept comments until October 20, 2022.

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