This is the Kirchknopf Family Home Page

About us		Welcome to the official Kirchknopf Family of Toronto Home Page. We are a Christian Canadian family living in the west end of Toronto in a valley called Warren Park (formerly in the city of York).
The Family		Our immediate family consists of: Richard (that's me!) Lucie (#1 Mom) Jennie (#1 daughter) Matthew (#1 son)
Richard		Pix from March 2000 and from my highschool yearbook in 1976. What happened to my hair? D'Oh!
Richard at Work		From 1993 to present - I currently perform Transit Control Software Engineering related activites at the Transport Automation Division of Alcatel in Toronto. I've had the opportunity to travel to customer job sites in: Port Cartier, Quebec - the Automated Train Dispatch System of the Quebec Cartier Mining Company (QCM) Hong Kong - the Automated Train Regulation system of the Mass Transit Railway Corporation (MTRC) Kuala Lumpur, Malysia - the Systems Management Centre of the PUTRA LRT. Hong Kong - a training simulator for the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation West Rail line. I am currently developing and supporting the train simulation systems. Our customer is the the new West Rail and Ma On Shan lines of the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation in Hong Kong.
		From 1981 to 1993 I worked at the IBM Canada Laboratory in Don Mills, Ontario.
Richard's School Daze		1976-1981 University of Waterloo 1971-1976 Monarch Park Secondary School(MPSS) 1969-1971 Fairmount Park Senior Public School 1962-1969 Bowmore Road Public School

More on Monarch

MPSS is now called Monarch Park Collegiate. Here are some Monarch links:

• Monarch Park Collegiate This is the official school web page.
• Delphi forums

  This is a resurrected alumnus forum. Search for group MPSS. You can even post your e-mail address and picture at this site free of charge. See you there!

• Yahoo group listserv This link gives access to a Monarch Park e-mail listserv. After subscribing all the messages will come straight to your e-mail box rather than you having to log in all the time. In addition there is a real time chat facility, a member database and a bunch of pictures. Some "now and then" pics too.
  
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• The Monarch Park Web Ring
  

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• Hail! Monarch Park! Jennifer Goldie's web page that was the initial jumping point for many of us. It also contains the Guestbook that many of us net surfers use. It is definitely worth a browse to see familiar names. If you've never signed the guest book then now is a good time. Don't forget to add your year of graduation. Many alumnii have forgotten the year and signed within +/- 1 year. So don't feel embarassed if you have the same problem *G*
• Mike Milton's Site One of the earlier web pages. Mike is (IMHO) a great photographer has some great pictures. He also added a Then and Now page with some photos of alumni.

Richard's Health

In case you haven't noticed, I have both a weight problem and I am follicularly challenged. The baldness doesn't bother me. But the weight does affect my health and longevity. There are two things I am doing to combat my weight problem:

1. Exercise

   I found a good karate dojo which I have been attending since March 1998. It is very family oriented and not at all militaristic. You can learn at your own pace and it is well suited for children and adults. It is the High Park Martial Arts Academy. I highly recommend the martial arts. It improves your physical health, mental health, co-ordination and reflexes. Ironically, even though many people think of martial artists as violent people I have found that the opposite tends to be true. Martial artists usually tend to be less aggressive, probably because they are more self-confident and self-assured. I guess it is some kind of weird "zen" thing *G*.

   I also practice Tai Chi. It is a very nice complement to the karate.

2. Diet

I have battled my weight since High School. Now, in my 40's, I have found a way of eating that allows me to lose weight and still eat full meals without depriving myself. It is called the "Carbohydrate Addicts Diet". I am following the newer program from the book called the "Carbohydrate Addict's Lifespan Program". I have been on this plan since March 08, 2000 and all I can say is that it works. I personally have lost over 40 lbs since I started last year. And it really is very easy! And it is working not just for me, but for many people. If you are interested, then useful links can be found at:

• Carbohydrate Addict's Diet Information and Support. This has a great e-mail based list server. The subscribers are all people from around the world who are following this program. It is an especially useful place to seek advice and support when you are first starting.
• MyCAFriends - Support for Carbohydrate Addicts This is another great e-mail based group. You have to have read one of the books before you can subscribe to this group.
• Carbohydrate Addict's Home Page. These are the two research scientists who developed this way of eating. They both lost a great deal of weight over a decade ago and have been sucessfully keeping it off. They offer hope for the rest of us Carb Addicts.

The Kirchknopf Family Name

The family name is Germanic and comes from the Burgenland region of Austria which is part of present day Austria and Hungary. My father (Ferdinand Kirchknopf) emigrated from Hungary in the 1950's from the tiny village of Agendorf, Hungary (Agfalva in Hungarian) which is located on the Austrian/Hungarian border just southeast of Vienna.

Information on the Burgenland can be found at the Burgenland Bunch Homepage.

And Finally

The Guest Book

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Link to a spam fighting web page.

The above link messes up the programs that "harvest" e-mail addresses for Spammer.

Feel free to add this link to your own web page if you want.

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