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Chrome OS isn’t just for Chromebooks now. It’s not pleasant seeing a once-beloved laptop (or desktop) computer slowly slide into obsolescence as it gets too old and tired to keep up with the demands of modern-day computing, but Google has now provided an option for these ailing machines in the form of Chrome OS Flex. Chrome OS Flex is the standard Chrome OS that runs on Chromebooks, in a form that you can install on computers that aren’t Chromebooks. The idea is that the lightweight operating system won’t weigh your old device down to the same extent as Windows or...

  Farah Provincial Reconstruction Team Story by 2nd Lt. Christine DariusFARAH, Afghanistan - Farah Provincial Gov. Rahool Amin and ISAF forces joined together to celebrate the opening of the refurbished Farah City Orphanage, April 11, in Farah, Afghanistan.During the celebration, Gov. Amin thanked Task Force South and Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah for helping him make the orphanage a better place for the children that live there. He went on to say that coalition forces have truly made a difference in Farah Province. Between August and September 2009, PRT Farah took numerous visits to the local orphanage in order to assess...

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, March 31, 2008 – Afghan government officials held opening ceremonies for a new medical clinic, district center and refurbished school March 26 in the Khakrez district of Afghanistan’s Kandahar province. Haji Wahab, district chief, and Dr. Zamai, district health officer, cut the ribbon to mark the opening of a new medical clinic that will serve about 23,000 people in the Khakrez district of Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, March 26, 2008. U.S. Army photo  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Coalition forces who facilitated the development of these projects also were in attendance. Haji Wahab, Khakrez district chief,...

Sheik Juwad al-Shimmari, Al Waheda city council chairman, hands out school supply packets to students of the newly refurbished Al Taybeh Elementary School, Nov. 12 in Al Waheda. Photo by Sgt. Natalie Rostek, 3rd Infantry Division. FORWARD OPERATING BASE HAMMER — Children in Al Waheda received more than pencils and paper as they arrived to class Nov. 12; they were given a completely refurbished school. “The community continued to educate the children, despite not having a place to go,” Sheik Juwad Al Shimmari, the Waheda city council chairman, said through a translator. “But now we have this beautiful school and...