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April 2005 Archive Index: March 2005 Statistics for aisk.org (Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 10:27 am) More Interest in 2005 Scorpion/Old Hands Reunion (Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 10:14 pm) 1974 Senior Class Trip to the Ajar Valley (Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 9:03 am) Greetings from Kabul (Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 9:11 pm) The "Old" American Embassy in Kabul & more (Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 9:25 am) Ajar Valley Scorpions Identified & more (Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 8:56 am) Barbara Alexander & Richard Krajczar Meet in Vietnam (Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 7:25 pm) Danny & Gina's Photos From Their Visit with Basima (Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:29 am) Kabul Mountain Climbing Club 1972 Photos (Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 9:34 am) An Historical Guide To Afghanistan by Nancy Hatch Dupree (Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 8:28 pm) Recent Photos of Afghanistan - The Afredi Collection (Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 8:15 pm) Two More Photos from Chris 'Tex' Brown (Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 8:57 pm) Photos from 1972 AISK Student Trip to Herat & Kandahar (Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 2:22 pm) Greetings From Afghanistan (Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 8:50 pm) Chris 'Tex' Brown's Former Home in Kharte-Seh (Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 9:45 am) The "New" Old Hands From Afghanistan (Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 2:45 pm) ... May 2005 March 2005 Statistics for aisk.org Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 10:27 am These figures are approximations because it is difficult to take exact measurements of Internet traffic. The following is a summary of the March 2005 statistics for our site. We had a total of 2,600 unique visitors last month. 75 of the new visitors added aisk.org to their "Favorites" folder (90.9% of our visits already originate directly from a "Favorites" bookmark). These visitors visited our site an average of 2.07 times, viewing an average of 9.67 pages per visit and each visit averaging 589 seconds (almost 10 minutes per visit). The total amount of data served up by our server to these visitors was 2.56 GB (Gigabytes). On a daily basis, we had an average of 174 visits and 1,681 pages viewed. We have visitors every hour of the day, but the least active period is between 1-3 AM PST. The most active periods in the day are from 9-10 AM PST and then again from 5-6 PM PST. Can anyone guess who our most active user was last month?   More Interest in 2005 Scorpion/Old Hands Reunion Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 10:14 pm Kent Saunders '69 wrote: "Hope things are well with you these days. I was wondering if you could please add the Saunders family to the list of Old Hands/Scorpions who may be interested in attending the Oct. 2005 Reunion in Washington, DC. Dick & Gerry Saunders (Old Hands), Kent Saunders, Jane Saunders McCarthy, and Ross Saunders. Thank you very much." That's a 1966 photo of the Saunders family at the foot of the Buddha in Bamian Valley, one of several photos from Kent which were originally published here in September 2001. There's also an email making the rounds to all of the Scorpion musicians who performed at the Berkeley and San Antonio reunions to assemble them all for an encore at the 2005 Scorpion/Old Hands Reunion to be held in Washington, D.C. from October 21-23, 2005.   1974 Senior Class Trip to the Ajar Valley Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 9:03 am Here's the latest set of photos from The Alexander & Fliehr Collection: the 1974 Senior class trip to the Ajar Valley after crossing the Salang Pass. Thanks to Dave Fliehr, Harry & Molly Alexander for sharing these photos with all of us.   Greetings from Kabul Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 9:11 pm Obaid Jon Afredi wrote: "Arrived Kabul quite a while back but did some traveling in and out of kabul for a while." "Today was the first day that I got a chance to go and see the school. I only had a video camera and I will try to send it but if I can't, I will send it to you when I get back." "It was a very stange feeling to walk the school in it's present shape. There is no roof on any of the buildings but I could still hear the hustle and bustle of the students as I walked the hallways." "Say Hi everyone." If anyone is traveling to Kabul and would like Obaid Jon's phone number, let me know. This photo of Darulaman Palace was taken by Obaid Jon on a previous trip to Kabul (April 1998) when the Taliban was still in power. This photo was one of many photos published here back in January 2000. Thanks for the update, Obaid Jon!   The "Old" American Embassy in Kabul & more Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 9:25 am Chris 'Tex' Brown sent in photos of the "old" American Embassy in Kabul and other photos. Chris wrote: "... near the Office of Mines Removal in Sheri-Nau I noticed a few planes kept in their compound....interesting MIG and bomber...also anyone remember the 1960's Embassy US? Hasn't changed much but unused." Chris, I remember it well, specially the USIS section and theater. I watched a lot of movies there as did the rest of you. I also remember my sister and I competing in a talent show there dancing the "Mash Potatoes." We won something because I remember receiving some award from Ambassador Steeves. I have a photo of this somewhere which I'll try to find. Here are the other photos: view of Kabul and entrance to "old" American Embassy. Thanks Chris!   Ajar Valley Scorpions Identified & more Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 8:56 am Mike Hilario wrote: "Any guesses on the 'graceful Scorpions' from the 1974 Ajar Valley trip? None other than your's truly! It's the M&M show - Mike Hilario & Mike Flannigan. Danny says you might be driving from DC to Nashville for the reunions. If you do, stop by here in Lynchburg, it's right on the way. Maybe we can all carpool or caravan together." This is a reminder for everyone that you only have through the end of this month (April) to make your hotel reservations for the Gathering in Nashville and get the group discount rate. Holiday Inn reservation number for Nashville is 1-800-633-4427 and don't forget to give the ID Code AAR for your room rate of $79.00 plus tax. Jana O'Neal (Janaki Nagarajan - '68-'72) wrote: "I haven't checked in on the site for a while and I had forgotten my password. So I was waiting to email you like one had to do originally to get a new password. But now I see, that's possible to do on the Home Page. So I got myself a new password and I'm in again. I can't tell you how many people must be so grateful to have this AISK site. I know I am. I'm planning on attending the reunion in Washington, DC. Hope to see you there. And I hope all is well with you and yours. All the best as always." Thanks to Mike and Jana for writing in. Thanks to Beth Prout and Gina Hilario for their continued support and sponsorship of our site.   Barbara Alexander & Richard Krajczar Meet in Vietnam Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 7:25 pm Scorpions may be found all over the world! Barbara Alexander '72 wrote: "Here I am with Richard Krajczar at my teacher conference in Vietnam. He's been head of the East Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools for the past 9 years but is returning to Wyoming (not to retire). He still remembers all you guys (and everyone else he's ever met). We thought you'd get a kick out of this." Thanks to Barbara for sharing this with us via her brother, Harry Alexander.   Danny & Gina's Photos From Their Visit with Basima Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:29 am Here are Danny & Gina Hilario's photos from their visit and dinner with Basima (Abdalla) & Sam Anani last month in Southern California as promised. Danny wrote: "Check out the great dishes. They are as good as they look. Thanks for a wonderful evening Basima and Sam. -Danny and Gina" Thanks to Danny and Basima for sharing their photos with us.   Kabul Mountain Climbing Club 1972 Photos Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 9:34 am Here are the latest photos from The Alexander & Fliehr Collection: Kabul Mountain Climbing Club 1972 Photos of the Kabul Gorge and the Hindu Kush. There are several Scorpions featured in these photos including the one on the right. Let's see if anyone can identify any or all of them. Also note the "rock pile" in the same photo. I wonder if our mountain climbers found this rock pile or stacked the rocks themselves. Thanks to Dave Fliehr, Harry & Molly Alexander for sharing these photos with us.   An Historical Guide To Afghanistan by Nancy Hatch Dupree Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 8:28 pm A link to the Internet version of Nancy Hatch Dupree's An Historical Guide to Afghanistan has been added to our Related Links page. Thanks to Dawn Erickson for finding and sharing this Web site with us. Dawn wrote: "It has pictures, drawings and commentary not found everywhere." This Web site is definitely worth a visit. The 1976 American Universities Field Staff Report titled "It Wasn't Woodstock, But -" about the first International rock festival in Kabul and the history of Western music in Afghanistan, written by Louis Dupree (Nancy's husband) was published here back in February 2001. The photo on the right is of Nancy Hatch Dupree and her cat.   Recent Photos of Afghanistan - The Afredi Collection Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 8:15 pm Here are recent photos of Afghanistan from The Afredi Collection. The photo on the right includes 2 former Scorpions, Obaid Jon Afredi and Mohmand Shalizi who are both in Kabul. The caption for the photo reads: "Mohmand Shalizi invited us for lunch to have fish north of Kabul." This initial installment of this collection includes photos of Obaid Jon having lunch with one of the Commanders of Jalalabad, Mahipar Dam in the Kabul Gorge, and an old binocular (Steiner) which supposedly belonged to Osama. Thanks to Obaid Jon for sharing these photos with us.   Two More Photos from Chris 'Tex' Brown Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 8:57 pm Chris 'Tex' Brown wrote: "Here are two more pics...one is a Bushkashi pic in the Ariana Guest House and the other is from atop the Mustafa Hotel looking towards the cut through the mountains to Karte Char. The Mustafa Hotel is down the street from the old US Embassy." Thanks Chris for sharing these photos with us.   Photos from 1972 AISK Student Trip to Herat & Kandahar Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 2:22 pm Here's the latest installment of photos from The Alexander & Fliehr Collection - The 1972 AISK Student Trip to Herat & Kandahar: Thanks to Dave Fliehr, Harry & Molly Alexander for sharing their photos with us.   Greetings From Afghanistan Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 8:50 pm One of my favorite sites on the Internet is Digital Photography Review for the latest news about digital photography and the best reviews of the latest digital cameras. I also frequent its Forums dedicated to Canon cameras. Tonight, I stumbled across a post titled "Greetings From Afghanistan" posted by Brent Ayers. (I assume he is one of the soldiers in the photo on the right.) Brent wrote in his post: "--Hey everyone, went on a little trip in downtown Kabul and got some nice pics..." His post includes 9 beautiful photos from his little trip to downtown Kabul. Thanks to Brent for sharing his beautiful photos with all of us on the "Net.   Chris 'Tex' Brown's Former Home in Kharte-Seh Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 9:45 am Chris 'Tex' Brown wrote: "My former home in Kharte-Seh is a little disheveled but standing. A shell had hit the roof too and the windows were 90% goomshoot. My balcony was there and I remember fondly sneaking in and out of the house from there to the wall. The trees in the front yard were only three inches thick and about as high as the wall when we were living there. Now look at them. Thank Allah they didn't go for tea dukhans to be burned for local drinking pleasures." These photos were taken by Chris when he and Van returned to Kabul in 2003. Thanks Chris for sharing these photos and memories with us.   The "New" Old Hands From Afghanistan Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 2:45 pm I have just completed reading online articles about 36 members of an Indiana National Guard unit returning from Afghanistan and more than 300 soldiers of the U.S. Army Reserve's 367th Engineer Battalion also returning home from Afghanistan after completing their yearlong mission in Afghanistan. I am very grateful to these brave soldiers for defending our country and helping Afghanistan get back on its feet after over 20 years of strife. These soldiers are part of the new "Old Hands" from Afghanistan! I wonder what they think of their brief visit to Afghanistan and encounters with its people today, and again several years from now. I wonder if they will have the same fond memories of Afghanistan and its people as most of us who briefly lived in Afghanistan during the 60's and 70's? The photo of two unknown soldiers in Kabul above on the right was taken by Brent Ayers - all three are "new" Old Hands from Afghanistan.   Back to top