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Ben Bloker ©Stars and StripesKaiserslautern, Germany, December, 2007:Three-year-old Kasandra Earl, zooms down a snowy slide at the Vogelweh military housing area. The post-Christmas snow amounted to less than an inch in the Kaiserslautern area, but was exciting enough for the kids in Lorraine Padgett’s play group.