Jon Urbana is a Denver‚ Colorado native that grew up in one of the most beautiful states in the country. Certainly‚ he developed a strong appreciation for the beautiful outdoors during those early years. The former lacrosse athlete also has a few thoughts on building self confidence in kids at a younger age. It begins with making them aware of their surroundings and helping them to develop an interest in a sport like lacrosse. Today‚ Jon Urbana has developed further interest that make his life more
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From early childhood‚ Jon Urbana knew he wanted to grow up and become an entrepreneur and as captain of the Lacrosse Team of the Villanova Wildcats‚ he gained the leadership skills he needed. He majored in economics in college and put all his talents to work for the benefit of others. The following are only a few of his accomplishments and interests. Business Ventures of Jon Urbana As as a result of his athletic days‚ Mr. Urbana Co-founded the "Next Level Lacrosse Camp" in 2011 where he and coaches
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topic in today’s media. Specifically cases of rape in college towns‚ like the case of Brock Turner for example. At Jacksonville State University‚ a college campus located in Jacksonville‚ Alabama‚ the school’s staff felt obligated to pass out copies of Jon Krakauer’s book Missoula to all of the incoming freshman at their Freshman Orientation. Missoula is a book about rape culture and the justice system in a college town. It would be logical to give every college student‚ not just the freshman at Jacksonville
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Garfield is an orange‚ fuzzy‚ tabby cat born in the kitchen of an Italian restaurant and immediately ate all the pasta and lasagna in sight‚ thus developing his love and obsession for lasagna. Garfield hates exercise. He is known for saying breathing is exercise。 In addition to being portrayed as lazy and fat‚ Garfield is also pessimistic‚ sadistic‚ cynical‚ sarcastic‚ sardonic and a bit obnoxious. He enjoys destroying things‚ mauling the mailman‚ tormenting Odie‚ kicking Odie off the table; he
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In his book‚ Into Thin Air‚ Krakauer describes climbing to the summit of Mount Everest as a ’breathtaking experience’. The thinning of oxygen is just one of the many perilous events that unfolds while the climbing of this monster of a mountain. There are illnesses that one can get while descending too high too quickly‚ and limbs to be lost to the freezing cold. Worse‚ one could inevitably come to their own death by falling into a crevasse or for loss of air supply. There is no doubt that climbing
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Jon Urbana was a leading player for the Villanova Wildcats a few decades ago. During that time he received several awards for his athletic ability on the lacrosse field. Jon Urbana is an example of a man that turned his success on the lacrosse field into a lifetime success with his other numerous endeavors like his charity work‚ flying interests‚ and impressive photography work. Today‚ Jon Urbana is taking time out to lend his talent and experience to future lacrosse players. Certainly‚ he has a
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lambs. Afraid to leave the group’s established rules of survival and confront the ferocious wolf that in reality is not found outside this comfort zone‚ but within the group itself if one even dares to oppose to the customary. In the short story‚ “Jon”‚ George Saunders reveals the fear that this eternally influential herd that we call society imposes to convince individuals to stay satisfied with their lives‚ and the coping strategies used to stay sane while facing all the
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life? Well the same can be applied to our lives. Have the many new technologies enhanced lives‚ or limited it? It was this question that Chris McCandless asked himself before embarking on his many adventures‚ whose final story is illustrated by Jon Krakauer in Into The Wild. Chris had left his life in civilization to appreciate what nature could offer him‚ and he found just that. “one hand holding his final note toward the camera lens‚ the other raised in a brave‚ beatific farewell. He is smiling
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has a lot to live up to‚ from Vincent D’Onofrio’s memorable villain to the awesome hallway scene where Matt Murdock just decimates a slew of baddies. Now Charlie Cox has just confirmed that there is another hallway scene‚ and this time‚ it involves Jon Bernthal’s The Punisher! Cox recently spoke to TVLine‚ where he spoke about the new scene involving a hallway that has been hinted on in the Daredevil Season 2 trailer. “What was nice about doing that scene is it was almost exactly a year off from the
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Jon Krakauer wrote Into Thin Air‚ which was also featured as an article in the Outside magazine. It was based on his own experiences and observations of the time he attempted and completed the climb of Mount Everest in 1996. Krakauer wanted to share and let everyone know of the whole expedition because he felt it was necessary. The feedback he received from readers was extremely high and it was all positive and negative opinions. The negative feedback was what made Krakauer disturbed‚ but he did
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