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Counter Strike: Condition Zero (CS:CZ) is an updated version of the timeless, tactical, team-based first-person shooter Counter Strike 1.6. Released in 2004 after much delay (and passing of development responsibilities from one studio to another), it featured pretty much the same multiplayer gameplay, with slightly updated character models, textures and maps.
While CZ doesn’t veer too [...]
Crysis is the first title in a planned trilogy and is considered one of the most stunningly beautiful games of all time. Based on a fictional future, the sci-fi first person shooter is able to avoid the cheesiness and unflappability inherent in many future-based games on its way to massive critical acclaim.
Released by Crytek, it [...]
NEW YORK – Shares of for-profit education companies slid Monday as government data showed that many of their students aren’t repaying school loans, which could imperil the ability of their students to receive federal financial aid, the bulk of the schools’ revenue. Several schools contested the government’s methodology, but that couldn’t stop shares of the companies from tumbling to their lowest points in a year or more. For-profit schools offer a wide range of programs and certificates, from associate’s degrees in the culinary arts at Career Education Corp.’s Le Cordon Bleu to MBA degrees from the Apollo Group Inc.’s University of Phoenix
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With the Obama administration pouring billions into its nationwide campaign to overhaul failing schools, dozens of companies with little or no experience are portraying themselves as school-turnaround experts as they compete for the money. Enlarge This Image Jennifer S. Altman for The New York Times Manny Rivera, right, and Rudy Crew formed Global Partnership Schools to overhaul public schools.
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At Rhode Island College, a freshman copied and pasted from a Web site’s frequently asked questions page about homelessness — and did not think he needed to credit a source in his assignment because the page did not include author information. Enlarge This Image Jessica Kourkounis for The New York Times Sarah Brookover, left, a senior at Rutgers University in New Jersey, with Vibiana Bowman Cvetkovic, a reference librarian. Cheat Sheet Telling Right From Wrong Articles in this series examine cheating in education and efforts to stop it