Aspergers syndrome behavior is a disorder that affects the children who have some trouble in their development of languages and communication skills. This is called as "Autism Spectrum Disorders". Comparing to other syndrome disorders, the Aspergers is difficult with respect to diagnosing process. Only the males will have the trouble in having this disorder. The Aspergers syndrome behavior is a kind of behavior that has poor intelligence in communication skills and unable to communicate with others easily. This syndrome has miserable social interactions, compulsions, some speech patterns and other curious mannerisms. The patients with Aspergers syndrome behavior will often be given a facial expression in practice and will have a hard section of reading the body languages of others.
Some other features of this syndrome include motor delays, ineptness, a limited amount of interests and curious preoccupations. The main reason for this syndrome is the trouble of having difficulties to interact with others and try to demonstrate the fellow feelings to others. The Aspergers syndrome behavior is a neurobiological disorder of one, whose causes are not understood completely. There is no any correct treatment for the Aspergers syndrome behavior, but this can be cured by the parents who are educated in giving their children a good training, an educational interpositions, practice in social skills, communication therapy, psycho medical aid. The children should be treated with the right ailments with some perfect medications.
The person giving the treatment for any particular children will become his case manager during the assumption. The important thing of this syndrome is to provide aid by many people who are well known to them. The correct problem must be identified from the children and it must be cured as early as possible. The syndrome is very difficult for diagnosing. The children having the syndrome will require early interposition and moreover they must be treated with good care by making them involve in the educational and social training. The particular stress is placed on the social development including the present and past problems in the interaction of having friendships and communication.
After the treatment, the children with this syndrome may not show any development in their language. They will have good grammatical skills and moreover they will turn good with advanced vocabulary skills as soon as in their early age. They will easily interact with the other people and they very easily get good communication skills to have a friendly conversation with others. The children with Aspergers syndrome behavior will gain more and be cured by doing the above treatments and education. After the treatment the children sign with above average intelligence.


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Carly, age 16 from Queens, was diagnosed with leukemia at age seven and had a relapse at age 12. She received many transfusions.
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A 'Most Intentional Person'
Moved to action by the power of education, Jimmy McQuilkin ('09) oversees a program to mentor and inspire students
by Ken Garfield, Guest Contributor
Jimmy McQuilkin ('09) heard the call during his junior year.
Growing up the oldest of three kids in an upper middle-class home in Columbia, Md., life was good: He was No. 1 in his class at Atholton High School with a 4.0 GPA. He was point guard in basketball and quarterback in football. He could have gone to college most anywhere but chose Wake Forest over Davidson because it felt like home. Work hard, he had always assumed, and life's blessings would come your way.
That belief, and the course he would take in life, were transformed when he tutored in an after-school program in Winston Salem. El Buen Pastor Latino Community Services, it was called — "The Good Shepherd."
Volunteering with the children of immigrants, he was struck by the difference in the quality of his education and theirs. He realized that even if these kids did their best, they wouldn't necessarily have the opportunities he had. That autumn, working toward his degree and playing basketball as a walk-on for the Demon Deacons, he saw injustice. And he recognized educational inequity as the civil rights issue of our times.
Today, McQuilkin embraces the Wake Forest motto — Pro Humanitate — as a call to action, helping at-risk kids.
"A life well-lived," McQuilkin says, "is not one spent pursuing personal gain, but one that leads to a full and abundant life for others."
'THE MOST INTENTIONAL PERSON'
After graduating from Wake Forest, McQuilkin, 31, came to Charlotte to teach Spanish and coach basketball at Phillip O. Berry Academy of Technology through Teach For America. Those four years at the public magnet school deepened his calling and led to his helping establish UrbanPromise Charlotte in 2013, a Christian-centered nonprofit that employs teens from the community to lead after-school and summer programs for low-income students.
With McQuilkin as its first executive director, UrbanPromise Charlotte works with 335 youth in grades K-12, most of them African-American, Asian or Hispanic. Many attend understaffed schools and face economic challenges at home. The younger ones new to this country are still learning English. The tutoring, mentoring, recreation, Bible study, meals and encouragement they receive from UrbanPromise Charlotte are meant to improve their chances to succeed in school and what comes after.
If anyone can help shape young lives, his UrbanPromise Charlotte colleagues agree, it's McQuilkin and the concept behind the ministry: Hiring "StreetLeaders" to oversee the programs from the front lines — high schoolers who came through the program and serve as tutors and mentors. Says McQuilkin: "They show the younger kids that, 'Yes, someone like me can do this.'"
A snapshot from a typical weekday afternoon: McQuilkin drops by one of the three sites to chat with StreetLeaders and other staff and to put his arm around as many youth as possible.
"He's probably the most humble person I know," says Julia Maloney, who runs an UrbanPromise site in south Charlotte. "He has the ability to focus in on people even though he has a million things on his plate."
Ciara Riddle, who oversees the StreetLeaders, nicknamed him Superman. "He's the most intentional person I've ever worked for as far as building relationships."
'JIMMY, YOU OK?'
McQuilkin credits Wake Forest for teaching him much of what knows, in the classroom and on the basketball court.
He earned a bachelor's degree in Spanish and economics, learning to look for creative solutions and outwork the other guy. "These skills have been critical in fighting for justice and equity," he says. "This is challenging and complex work."
Missing basketball after high school, yet knowing he wasn't an ACC-caliber player, he served for two years as a team manager. Then he worked his way onto the team as a walk-on point guard, pushing the scholarship players in practice and cheering from the end of the bench. "A dream come true," he calls it, smiling as he ticks off his "accomplishments": He played a total of seven minutes as a senior and never took a shot. "I dribbled out the clock a few times," he notes.
Despite his lack of playing time, McQuilkin became a beloved teammate, as his roommate and fellow walk-on Mike Lepore ('09) of Atlanta recalls. When the other walk-ons got knocked down in practice, it was no big deal. When McQuilkin, all of 5 feet 9 inches, 165 pounds, dribbled into the lane and got knocked down, the offending (and much larger) party would offer him a hand and say, "Jimmy, you OK?"
Wake Forest basketball, McQuilkin says, taught him the importance of giving 150 percent in all that you do. It helped him see the value of everyone sacrificing together for the cause, whether it's a game or a ministry. And it deepened his love for his teammates, in sports and beyond. Camaraderie, he says, is what he values in sports and life. "The community," he calls it.
'IF THERE'S A BETTER GUY…'
McQuilkin is in Charlotte for the long haul. His wife, Heather, whom he met through Teach For America, is chief of staff for a local architectural firm. McQuilkin wants to help UrbanPromise Charlotte grow from its enrollment of 335 youth, $1.2 million annual budget and 105 employees. McQuilkin's dream is to see today's kids grow up to become StreetLeaders and for UrbanPromise Charlotte to help end the inequity that holds back the young and the gifted.
"Too often, people think about young people in low-income communities as either part of the problem or as victims," he says. "I want to be in Charlotte long enough to watch this cycle of leadership take root."
None of this surprises Lepore, who saw enough of his friend's faith, humility and generosity at Wake Forest to know that Jimmy McQuilkin was going to do something special.
"If there's a better guy on this earth,' Lepore says, "I'd like you to introduce me to him because I'd be surprised."
Ken Garfield, former religion editor of The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer, is a longtime journalist and writer.
Learn more about UrbanPromise Charlotte at www.urbanpromisecharlotte.org. McQuilkin would love to hear from fellow alumni at jimmy@urbanpromisecharlotte.org.
More about Jimmy McQuilkin:
Regional recipient of the Teach For America Sue Lehmann Excellence in Teaching Award in 2011
First Year Teacher of the Year award for high school teachers in the West Learning Community in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in 2010
All-Star in Achievement award from the Charlotte Bobcats and Wells Fargo in 2010
A certificate in non-degree studies at Wake Forest School of Divinity
A certificate in nonprofit management from Duke University
El Bueno Pastor, Jimmy McQuilkin, Mike Lepore, Pro Humanitate, Teach for America, UrbanPromise Charlotte, Wake Forest Athletics, Wake Forest basketball, Wake Forest School of Divinity

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Compostable packaging drives the growth of Hero Packaging
Hero Packaging, an Australian founded home-compostable shipping packaging business, has committed to removing plastic from packaging and shipping in Australia and around the world
As an Australian founded home-compostable shipping packaging business committed to removing plastic from packaging and shipping in Australia and the world, its co-founders Anaita Sarkar and Vikram Davé share their business journey and what drives the company.
Q: What is the story behind Hero Packaging and how did it become the business it is today?
Anaita Sarkar (AS): We are a husband and wife duo who are committed to removing plastic from packaging and shipping in Australia. I had a business before Hero Packaging where I was selling handbags and accessories. That business was growing and we were sending out a lot of packages, which was using a lot of plastic. It horrified me how much plastic I myself was generating.
We knew there had to be another way to package items without plastic, so we looked for an Australian eco-friendly shipping solution. We looked and looked but came up empty-handed because we only managed to find paper mailers which weren't waterproof and cardboard boxes which weren't the right solution for us.
So, we began our mission to create shipping mailers that fulfilled our requirements. We worked hard to find supply chain partners who not only use completely renewable materials, but also have environmentally ethical practices and processes.
Vikram Davé (VD): We have learnt along the way that recycling is not enough. About 90 per cent of plastics and food scraps end up in landfill, and in that environment, they turn into methane which is a deadly enemy of our planet. So, we decided to specialise in mailers that were 100 per cent home compostable, but also made from such materials that if they ended up in landfill, they would still break down with no waste. That's how our business started. We have our non-padded home compostable shipping mailers, Heropack, and also a padded compostable solution, Herobubble.
In 2020, with the online boom, we saw a huge growth in our business – we're now a seven-figure business with over 22,000 customers including: Cue, Lush Cosmetics, Veronica Mayne and Ripcurl, to name a few. We primarily service Australia but we're increasing our reach into an international customer base in the US, Canada and Europe. More importantly, we've saved over 6,000,000 plastic mailers from entering the planet.
We have two parts to our business – in addition to the home compostable shipping mailers, we also have national and international retailers that come to us to get their branding on compostable mailers. In terms of off the shelf mailers, our customers vary from small businesses – about 80 to 85 per cent – all the way to large online retailers.
We also have customers in the custom area – we consider ourselves the colour experts of compostable packaging. So, if brands want that extra bright colours or more than one colour on the mailers, we can create that.
Q: What are the compostable shipping mailers made of?
VD: They're made of a mixture of two things – primarily polylactic acid (PLA), which is essentially cornstarch – that's the renewable component – and a synthetic, certified compostable substance called perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT). Those two products mixed together creates the certified home compostable material, which is then converted into shipping mailers.
Q: Sustainability is the message of the business – how has its uptake evolved since the company was created?
VD: Local governments have been increasingly banning the use of single-use plastics and many industries are increasingly move towards reusable plastics. In addition, online retail is growing at such a fast pace, even more so after the emergence of COVID. But you don't see the full impact of all these plastic packages in front of you. It is an environmental impact that's happening on the background – it's such a big, underlying problem that needs to be addressed.
AS: With small businesses, sustainability is a complex issue – it's something that they do want to do but many of them don't know how to do it. So, what we're trying to do, with the creation of our products, is simplify it for them. It's a simple step that they have to take to make their business more sustainable, and it's an option that isn't plastic. Packaging used to be just an afterthought because all there was in the market was plastic, but now it's one of the first few things that companies think of to drive their business sustainability.
Q: What is the difference is adopting compostable materials versus PET plastics?
VD: With recycled PET and the marketing around that, there's a lot of 'greenwashing' that happens because there is a plastics industry that needs to survive. We think that by supporting the market for recycled plastics, you're also supporting the initial creation of virgin plastics and giving the plastics industry a justification for continuing because plastic can be recycled.
AS: For consumers and businesses, they need to realise that whilst recycled plastic is good for the environment and that they're repurposing plastic into something else, they've got to look at the end of life of anything that comes into market. And the end of life for recycled plastic is in landfill and into the ocean.
Even if it goes into recycling, only nine per cent of those are going to get recycled, and then again only nine per cent of those get recycled. By the end of it, almost all of these recycled plastics end up polluting our planet and remain there for hundreds of years. With compostable materials, they do fully break down.
Q: What sets Hero Packaging apart from its competitors?
AS: We've got the biggest range of compostable mailers – possibly in the world at this point. We've offered coloured mailers from the beginning and we keep on adding new colours. We've also partnered with other business owners to create limited edition mailers.
We're also keeping an eye on what's happening in the market so that we can create new, sustainable products that are in demand. We're a fast-growing business and that's just because of our range and the fact that our brand is fun. We also try to make packaging on-brand.
VD: A lot of Hero Packaging's customers understand where our brand is positioned – we will never sell plastic, even recycled plastic mailers. We are completely against any use of plastic. There are a lot of companies out there that may sell compostable mailers, but they will sell it alongside plastic mailers and other plastic products. These businesses don't really care about the environment; they deal with it purely on a transactional level.
Whereas we're looking at it to make an impact. The reason why our customers choose us is because they're on board with that mission. We're not just a company trying to sell mailers, we want to make an impact on the environment.
Q: What would be the first step for a business in their compostable journey?
VD: The transition is pretty simple – we offer samples and they're available for purchase on our website. Our customers, before transitioning, use certain sizes and configurations for their different products. So generally, what we recommend is for customers to get a sample from us before the transition. They can have a look at all the different colours and sizes that are available and then can match up with what they're currently using to what we offer and see what works best for them. Following that, it's just a case of shipping how they normally would.
Q: What are Hero Packaging's aims moving forward?
AS: There are two things we want to focus on – one is growing the business, introducing new products and launching internationally. We're at the start of our business journey and want to grow it enormously.
Without having to give too much away, we're looking to bring any products related to e-Commerce into our compostable range. We want to make sure that the entire e-Commerce process is plastics free, which includes labels, sleeves and even consumer-style packaging.
On the other side of it is the education around compostability and being sustainable in business. We're trying to build a communication and education network amongst our business leaders that use Hero Packaging and educate them on how to compost the right way, and then how they can educate their consumers on how to use the packaging once they receive it. We also want to talk to schools and councils and get this process, which is currently in its infancy, going and growing.
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Graduates of University of Louisville celebrate Master's degree
Künzelsau. 18 smiling students: On Friday, 7 October, they received their Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Global Business during the graduation ceremony at Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG.
The graduates successfully completed the international program in Germany and the U.S. alongside their job over a period of 13.5 months. The renowned U.S. University of Louisville offers the MBA program in cooperation with Akademie Würth Business School. The program is not only open to Würth Group employees, but to all university graduates with at least three years of professional experience after their first degree.
Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Harald Unkelbach, Member of the Management of Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG, opened the ceremony with a speech and extended his congratulations to the graduates. "The opportunity to join an MBA program while working in a full-time job is more sought after than ever. Graduates can use the application-based knowledge acquired in the MBA course right away in their jobs."
The speeches by Prof. Dr. h. c. mult. Reinhold Würth, Prof. Dr. R. Charles Moyer, Dean Emeritus of University of Louisville, USA, and Prof. Dr. Simon G. Fauser, Director of HILL (Heilbronn Institute for Lifelong Learning), were further highlights during the ceremony.
The MBA degree
Globally operating businesses are looking for employees with internationally recognized degrees, experience abroad and excellent English language skills, now more than ever. The MBA program offers the ideal platform for that. The MBA degree is awarded by the College of Business of the University of Louisville. The high-ranking college is fully accredited by the American Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
The strongly application-based lectures and exercises are held exclusively in English. In addition to that, the participants complete half of the study period in the U.S. The program therefore does not only improve the students' language skills, but also fosters intercultural exchange.
The study groups are composed of students of different nationalities and with different backgrounds and experience. They are taught by professors from Germany and the United States and by professionals from the world of business, among them Prof. Dr. h. c. mult. Reinhold Würth and Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Harald Unkelbach.
Further information on the MBA program can be obtained from Sabrina Maier at Akademie Würth Business School, T +49 7940/15-3566, as well as on the internet at www.wuerth.de/business-school. The next program will start in June 2017.
Visit our information evening at the Schwäbisch Hall campus of Heilbronn University on 7 November 2016 at 6.30 pm if you wish to learn more about the MBA degree.


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Sean Dyche feels Burnley are 'brighter' after free week
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Sean Dyche is hoping Burnley will head to Tottenham this weekend with a bit more of a spring in their step after a full week of preparations.
Burnley have navigated a hectic run of fixtures with a small squad stretched further by injuries, and looked tired in last Saturday's goalless draw with 10-man West Brom.
But with no game in the days since – the longest break between fixtures since the postponement of their game against Fulham in early January – Burnley have enjoyed a much-needed breather this week while the injury situation has eased.
"It's been useful just for a bit of recuperation," Dyche said. "I said after the last game that we'd fallen way off our mark. We looked jaded.
"We'd had 13 games in 42 days, we've got another three coming up this week, and when you've got injuries you are asking a lot of the players who are being rolled out there constantly.
"It's not a gripe. That's the challenge of the situation as we all know. It's not a gripe but it is a reality.
"But they've been really good in training in the week. We've had a couple of days off, a couple of days in. But they look brighter, and a bit brighter behind the eyes as well so I'm pleased with that."
The break has allowed Chris Wood and Dale Stephens to return to training, while Jay Rodriguez has shaken off a knock.
However, Robbie Brady and Ashley Barnes remain sidelined and Johann Berg Gudmundsson is also unlikely to feature, with Erik Pieters described as "touch and go".
"It's a mixed bag really," Dyche said. "Two or three maybe can figure but the rest we're still waiting on."
If Burnley were off their game last weekend, Tottenham have fallen short of expectations for a number of weeks, having won just one of their last six league games.
But Dyche said he had no doubts about their quality.
"Jose Mourinho is someone I have the maximum respect for after what he's done and what he's won," he said.
"There have been a few questions but at Tottenham there always are if things aren't going exactly how you want, but they're still a top outfit, a top manager, top players, a top club…
"In one way it's pleasing to see that everyone can have an indifferent spell. Certainly Liverpool didn't last season but even Manchester City this season, they've been incredible but there were funny questions at the start, a couple of odd results like the (5-2 defeat) against Leicester, so it's refreshing that they can have quiet spells.
"But you can never be naive enough to think that it's just your day when it all works out. They're still a top outfit so you still have to be right on top of what you do. You can't wait for things against anybody in the Premier League."
Much of the spotlight at Spurs has fallen on goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, leading to reports linking Tottenham with a summer move for Burnley's Nick Pope.
A price of £50million has been quoted, but Dyche laughed off those reports.
"If they offered a bag of crisps and a pint of lager, the way things are going, I might actually take it," he said.
"If someone can find a way of changing the rules of the country to get me a pint and a bag of a crisps, I'd have to try and hang on to Popey best I could."
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Spent the next day getting the house I was staying in ready for the storm on its way and trying to figure out what we were going to do on the weekend, realising that we can't ride in Manila itself (unless one wanted to be flattened).
We decided to travel down to Tagaytay where we spent the weekend climbing the Taal volcano and cycling around the beautiful Batangas countryside. Back in Manila for the week and spending every spare moment trying to swim and get some extra kilometres on the bike.
Now to race weekend. We got there on the Thursday evening just in time to have some dinner and get to the hotel. Full packed Friday consisted of a morning swim at the venue and a ride of the course. It looked like it was going to be a fast bike and a tough run.
Off we went for a big carbo lunch and dinner to follow before getting a very short sleep. The excitement of the race and having to wake up early in the morning was a bad combination for getting enough rest.
The arena was set in the beautiful Subic Bay Freeport Zone in Olongapo City, Zambales. From the start, it promised to be a tight race as strong athletes were set to participate in the White Rock Triathlon on November 7. There were a few rookie triathletes, but many were veterans, some having won top honours in recent years.
George Vilog of Tri Hard bested Noel Salvador to win 1st place. Salvador came in 4 minutes and 37 seconds after Vilog, kneeling and pointing both index fingers at the finish line.
Now racing for Team TMM-Timex, I finished 3rd place overall. I accomplished this feat despite incurring a 4-minute stand-down time penalty for drafting. At 22 years of age, I was acknowledged as the youngest racer in this event, while David Charlton was the most senior of all participants.
The bike route took the competitors through open roads (meaning cars still allowed) outside Subic, passing through several towns all the way to Cabangan. Cyclists were delayed by vehicle traffic in a few locations which caused my drafting penalty. Without the penalty I would have come out of the T2 right behind 1st and 2nd, and have them in sight the whole run, but that's the way the cookie crumbles.
The run course tested everyone's endurance and tenacity as we negotiated the uphill path with every ounce of energy we had left. I had to walk a portion of the last 5km because of the heat. I experienced leg cramps during the last kilometre of the race and not knowing how far back fourth was, I had to hobble most of that last section. But no matter how much pain I was in, I had to finish.
Roy Hervias, Team TMM-Timex captain, was astounded as he bagged 1st place in his age category, overtaking Ferdie Catabian II of Herbalife who was expected to win honours, Ferdie was released from hospital from food poisoning just two days before the event.
At the finish line, it was a showdown of sorts as Javier Olives of Team Super did a handstand, while Chock Martinez and Jojo Macalintal of team TMM-Timex showed off some dance moves. Whoever said athletes have no funny bone in them?
After the race and a wild night of partying (regrettably), we went to go surfing. BUT, going out to one of the spots our bunker (little boat) broke down. I ended up jumping in the water and pulling the boat to a nearby island where we waited for another boat to come pick and us up.
So, if you can't beat them, join them! As the White Rock Triathlon tagline goes "Can't stop the rock", why not join and find out for yourself what the rock is made of?


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Home	Editor's Picks	Dropkick Murphys, Rancid, and The Bronx: These Punk Rock Boys are Back (on Tour)
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Dropkick Murphys, Rancid, and The Bronx: These Punk Rock Boys are Back (on Tour)
by Carrie Zukoski August 16, 2021
written by Carrie Zukoski August 16, 2021
The night was scorching hot under the setting sun on the black pavement outside at Pop's Concert Venue. And it wasn't because of the weather (which was unseasonably delightful). Dropkick Murphys along with Rancid and supporting band The Bronx blasted varying degrees of solid punk rock at volume 11 for nearly 3-hours. St. Louis — via Sauget, IL — was the fifth stop on this 34-city nine-week Boston to Berkeley II U.S. tour.
By the time Dropkick Murphys started their set at 9:45 under the half-moon, the packed crowd was primed for 70-minutes of good old punk with heavy Celtic ties and some straight-up rock 'n' roll undertones tossed in for good measure.
They appropriately started the night with their 2013 jaunty, rambunctious, "The Boys are Back."
Large strobe lights flashed throughout their performance with Ken Casey and Al Barr working the stage and the crowd.
At one point, Casey joked with the riled-up fans as many shouted out about St. Louis Blues hockey and the Stanley Cup, "It's great to be back in the greater St. Louis area … Ahh, the Blues? Yeah, yeah get over it."
Other fan-favorites included "L-EE-B-O-Y," "Queen of Suffolk County," and "Smash Shit Up."
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It only makes sense that Berkeley's Rancid and Boston's Dropkick Murphys tour together (this is their second official time) since Rancid's Tim Armstrong's label Hellcat Records signed Dropkick Murphys in 1997.
The wee-bit more seasoned Rancid took the middle slot this night performing a full hour of nonstop hard-edged punk with a little ska sprinkled in for good measure on a majority of songs. The band rarely needed to look at one another for cues as they've been performing together for what seems like forever. Grizzled with a full, dreadlocked beard, Armstrong was the more animated between him, the stylized Lars Frederiksen, and Matt Freeman who was set back nearly in the shadows.
1995 classic "Olympia WA" had the entire audience singing along as did "Time Bomb" which Armstrong shared was the "song that pretty much kicked off our entire lives."
Other songs of theirs included "Roots Radicals," "Maxwell Murder," and "East Bay Night." They ended on the popular "Ruby Soho."
The new kids on the block (at least with this lineup), L.A.'s The Bronx kicked off the moshing and crowd surfing-infused night with 45-minutes of edgy punk rock. Garbed in a Kiss t-shirt, Pantera hat, and thankfully stretchy green pants, lead singer Matt Caughthran was full of grins throughout the majority of their set and told the crowd he wished he could be down there with them [in the mosh pit]. Their set included, "Sore Throat," "Shitty Future," and "Heart Attack American."
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is an Echizen Railway Mikuni Awara Line railway station located in the city of Sakai, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

Lines
Shimohyōgo-Kōfuku Station is served by the Mikuni Awara Line, and is located 13.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at .

Station layout
The station consists of one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

History
Shimohyogo Kofuku Station was opened on December 30, 1928 as . On September 1, 1942 the Keifuku Electric Railway merged with Mikuni Awara Electric Railway. Operations were halted from June 25, 2001. The station reopened on August 10, 2003 as an Echizen Railway station. On March 25, 2017 the station was renamed as Shimohyogo Kofuku Station.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 72 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area
 The station is surrounded by residences and fields. Fukui Prefectural Route 102 lies to the south.
 Sakai City Shimo-Hyōgo Elementary School

See also
 List of railway stations in Japan

References

External links

Railway stations in Fukui Prefecture
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1928
Mikuni Awara Line
Sakai, Fukui

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