Mario Cuomo

Mario Cuomo Mario Cuomo served as the New York Secretary of State from 1975 to 1978, as Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1979 to 1982 and as the fifty-second Governor of New York for three terms, from 1983 to 1994. Cuomo was known for his liberal views and riveting public speeches, particularly his keynote speech at the 1984 Democratic National Convention in San Francisco, California, where he attacked President Ronald Reagan‘s record, saying: “There is despair, Mr. President, in the faces that you don’t see, in the places that you don’t visit, in your shining city.” The speech brought him to national attention. Widely considered a front-runner for the Democratic nomination for president in both 1988 and 1992, he declined to seek the nomination…

Nintendo has positively impacted the world in many ways. Nintendo has had some pretty impressive inventions throughout the years such as the gameboy, nintendo 64, gamecube and many more. In 2006 Nintendo came out with the Nintendo Wii. The nintendo wii came out with many new games such as Super mario and super mario world and new Zelda games. The Wii also had hand motion features and new Wii sports which conducted hand movements of many sports such as Basketball, Baseball, Tennis and boxing.…

Mario debuted as "Jumpman" in the arcade game Donkey Kong on July 9, 1981.[24] He is shown to be a carpenter and has a pet ape called Donkey Kong.[25] The carpenter mistreats the ape and Donkey Kong escapes to kidnap Jumpman's girlfriend, originally known as the Lady, but later named Pauline. The player must take the role of Jumpman and rescue the girl. Jumpman was later renamed "Mario" in the 1982 arcade game Donkey Kong Junior, the only game in which he has been portrayed as an antagonist. In…

Anita Sarkeesian, feminist media critic, blogger, and public speaker, was once sent into hiding by a death threat because of her views on women in video games. She created videos called Tropes vs. Women. In her videos, she explains how women are portrayed in video games. She says in one of her videos that most damsel in distress based games follow the Subject-Object Dichotomy. Saying that the subject, or main character that is usually a male, must find the object, or the girl. A great example of…

Super Smash Bros. For Nintendo Switch, commonly shorthanded to Smash Switch, (スーパースマッシュブラザーズアルティメット, Great Fray Smash Brothers ∞) is the 5th (6th if you count Super Smash Bros For Wii U) installment in the Super Smash Brothers series. Released for the Nintendo Switch, this game was developed with the goal of being the most expansive Smash Bros. game in years, celebrating Nintendo's, Super Smash Bros.', and gaming as a whole. Sora Ltd. and Namco Bandai both are credited as developers for the…

Super Smash Brothers Melee for the Nintendo Gamecube is a unique styled fighting game that was originally made to be a fun and casual party game to be played with your friends. For the people that have played this game but are also not aware of the massive competitive community for this game see it just as that, a casual game played for fun with friends. After you discover the in depth community that is behind this game from 2001 you realize a couple of things; This game is way more than what…

Specifically movement of the corrugator supercilii muscle region. While this movement can be imperceptible to the human eye, Facial EMG can detect subtle changes in electrical potential in this region is activated by unpleasant, disgusting, and/or violent imagery. Pleasant imagery inhibits corrugator supercilii activity… Participants who played violent videogames would demonstrate reduced HR reactivity (beats per minute) to aggressive images compared to participants who played nonviolent…

Why is a college education important? It opens many doors and provides many advantages and opportunities. Thus a college education to me holds the key to a successful career and a brighter future. Not only is Rutgers is close to home and comforting, Generally speaking the Newark campus is ranked third in New Jersey. Many people question whether college is really worth the money or the time. However, the reasons to invest in higher education extend past just the financial. Another attraction I…

Why Mario Lemieux is Better Than Wayne Gretzky Who do you think is better: Gretzky or Lemieux? Arguably, you could say Wayne Gretzky was the number one player ever. Statistically, Gretzky is the greatest player in the NHL by scoring 2857 points. However, Lemieux has faced more challenges and still manages to be 8th in all time points. People may say that Gretzky is clearly a better player purely due to stats. As stats do tell some info about a hockey player, they do not tell you…

The SAI Florence program I am hoping to attend in the spring runs from January 24th to May 12th at Florence University of the Arts. Tuition is $12,995 and includes housing, in either an apartment shared with other SAI students or a homestay, and many excursions including hikes, cooking lessons, day trips, biking tours, sporting events, and theatre performances around Italy. The program application deadline is November 1st. At the airport on the day of arrival students are met by an ISA…