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Tell me if this sounds familiar: “My bathing suit is telling me, ‘Get off the couch and get yourself in that gym.’ But my sweatpants are like, ‘Come on in, there’s plenty of room!’” The winter months can be some of the most difficult to find motivation. We naturally want […]

If you are new to the KMC and have your dog(s) with you, depending on where you live you may not have a chance to let your dog run loose, or know great places in the surrounding area to do so. Living in an apartment downtown or on-base/post housing sometimes […]

Spring is here, which of course means spring cleaning. But spring cleaning is not, and should not be, limited to your home… When winter came around, you prepared your car for the colder weather. Now that the warmer weather is right around the corner, it’s time again to get your […]

While driving around lately, you may have noticed the German road crews giving anything and everything a crew cut. They have all sorts of cool connectors that go on their work vehicles that trim, cut and shave off just about any type of vegetation in its path. There are even […]

The following week, March 29 to April 1 marks Germany’s long Easter weekend. Both Good Friday (March 29) and Easter Monday (April 1) are public holidays in Germany and all stores, banks and official offices are closed. Switzerland and the Netherlands are closed on Friday, while Luxembourg, France and Belgium […]

Gladys West was among a small group of women who did computing for the U.S. military during the early days of the Cold War, including Defense Department work that eventually became the basis for the Global Positioning System. The Navy hired West — then Gladys Mae Brown — in 1956 […]