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Pink Floyd 's full performance at a star-studded 1990 concert at Knebworth House in Hertfordshire, U.K., which was first issued as part of the expansi...

Pink Floyd 's full performance at a star-studded 1990 concert at Knebworth House in Hertfordshire, U.K., which was first issued as part of the expansi...

100 Baby Names That Dominated the 1970s By Joni Sweet, Stacker News AND Joseph Bien-Kahn, Stacker News On 3/4/21 at 8:00 PM EST Think about the last time you met a Pamela, a Shannon, or someone who introduced themselves as "Shad." Were they between 40 and 50 years old? Thats no coincidence. While these names may have fallen out of the mainstream for newborns, they were some of the most popular names in the 1970s. You couldnt scroll through a homeroom attendance sheet at a...

Glass Technical Paper offers guidance to select proper security glazing for use in school settings. The National Glass Association (NGA) announces the publication of a new Glass Technical Paper (GTP) titled  School Security Glazing. This paper provides information on delayed forced entry security glazing options for windows and doors installed in schools. “This GTP was written as a supplement to NGA’s recent Security Glazing GTP. It contains an easy-to-read quick reference chart that wil...

Crazy Diamond: how LSD ruined Pink Floyds fragile genius Syd Barrett 19 Feb, 2021 01:28 AM 4 minutes to read Syd Barrett, far right, during his tenure with Pink Floyd. Photo / Getty Images Daily Telegraph UK By: Neil McCormick Syd Barrett is the lost boy of British pop. A dazzling original who saw and heard differently to everyone else, he went through the looking glass in search of his psychedelic vision, and never came back. Barretts story is a tragic saga of glory and madness, part daring ad...

Virtual budget hearing held in Whitefield Selectman Stan Holz reviewed the budget handout. It appeared as follows: General Government: 2020 Appropriation: $612,056; 2020 Expended: $480,188 and the request for 2021: $554,763, a decrease of $57,293. Public Safety: 2020 Appropriation: $921,155; 2020 Expended: $888,494; and the request for 2021 is $982,609, an increase of $61,454. Holz noted that there is a $30,000 increase for regional dispatching services for the police and fire-rescue d...

By the age of 23, Pink Floyd's poetic frontman had changed music forever – then the drugs unloosed something inside him

The diary entry for the day his father, Max, died read: "Dear Dad died today." Syd Barrett was 15. In a letter to his girlfriend Libby three days later, he said: "I could write a book about his merits. Perhaps I will some time." He never got to write it. Later this month, Omnibus Press, in collaboration with Barretts estate, will publish the late geniuss collected lyrics in an authorised form for the first time. But who was Syd Barrett? He was the young visionary who wrote eight of the 11 tra...

New Market of Choice location in Medford opens Thursday Located in the former, much-overhauled Toys R Us building at 1300 Biddle Road, the 31,000 square-foot Market of Choice location will employ roughly 150 people. Posted: Jan 27, 2021 5:32 PM Updated: Jan 28, 2021 11:08 AM Posted By: Jamie Parfitt MEDFORD, Ore. — Amid the unexpected challenges posed by a pandemic, Oregon-based supermarket chain Market of Choice is opening its newest location in Medford on Thursday. Market of Choice curre...

Delaware Business Now Reading Time: 1 minute Wilmington-based WSFS is cautioning customers about scams related to stimulus checks and other aspects of the recently signed stimulus bill. “We caution customers to continue to be alert to fraud. Please be reminded that WSFS will not ask you to provide any personal information via email, phone or text like social security number, or accountnumbers,” an Email message from Rick Wright, chief retail banking officer stated. The message stated tha...