Miscellaneous Personal Information

This file contains information and links both about me and for use by me.

Useful Links Used Often

My Book (and movies) Page;
.html My Restaurant Page in C-K-W area;
bookit/oracle at UofW, for scheduling; watcard at UofW; FORE at UofW; Markup Validation Service v0.6.7 for validating URLs; MFCF monthly statements; MFCF Sponsorship information my Sponsorship info.
Our 'Mathematics Electronic Library', with resources for different disciplines and swetscan for interlibrary loan. Computing: MFCF computer billing sponsorship and MFCF computer billing
Project Galileo; TED, Ideas worth spreading.
e-Optimization.community, THE web page for optimization. and my own web page at that site
search tools for research, e.g. SIMPLIFYNET, creates great web page for search words.
The Unofficial Smilie Dictionary
travel: BOOKING-flights-frugal; calculating exchange rates; Priceline (own price fixing); KAYAK (flights/hotels/...); Thomas Cook; ORBITZ; local links for various airlines and frequent flyer programs, and local links for holiday information (Brazil). Travelzoo, airline deals; expedia.com; world of vacations, last minute deals; airtravel information and MAPQUEST, for driving directions and maps; and Blue Mountain ecards
Finding people and...
buying
WWW resources
- resources on the internet - WWW Create your own home page html lessons; and barebones guide to html; and search Waterloo video database (and other audio/video equip.)
- Dr Webster's site of the day, with summaries.
Politics
Political Organizations
- Canadian Coalition for Democracies, CCD; ASMEA, Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa; Freedom House; EYE on the UN; Canadians Against Suicide Bombing, CANASB
- The Moral Courage Project
  MEMRI, The Middle East media research institute
Blogs
- 40 best conservative sites 2017 and a local copy
- Science Blog Central ; Robert Kagan, at Washington Post ; Mark Steyn, commentator ; Daniel Pipes, commentator on the Middle East ; National Review ; Captain's Quarters ; Powerline ; David Frum's Diary ; Instapundit.com ; RealClear Politics ;
- Editorial Pages
  - Opinion Journal, from the Wall Street Journal ; Policy Review, online.

Jewish Virtual Library, e.g. The Jewish Population of the World
JPS mailing list ; Hemshekh on facebook; Hemshekh-margie Newman (Resistance story) Bundism.net, ; Mir Kumen On pics ; Ruben Helfgot's Photos Hemshekh/1999 reunion ; Jewish Forward
Jewish Students' Association (JSA), Waterloo; Israel Hour Naomi Ragen webpage
Israel Antiquities Authority
Jewish Toronto UJA Federation of greater T.O.; and United Jewish Communities and JewishGen guide to Jewish genealogical research
Waterloo/Laurier Israel Political Affairs Committee, WIPAC and IS-AM - Ambassador's Course, online course on being a spokesperson for Israel.
Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive and Jewish Virtual Library and The Knesset The parliament of Israel, Education Department, history, geography, ... and The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority!! and AMCHA, Israeli center for Holocaust survivors: bibliography and Yom HaShoah Movie. and A Teacher's guide to the Holocaust and the history of Felix Hausdorff, a famous Jewish mathematician who did NOT survive.
JRI Poland, History and Overview, Jewish records indexing- Poland.
Simon Wiesenthal Center Library & Archives, ref: Paul H. Hamburg; Reference Librarian; Simon Wiesenthal Center Library & Archives; 9760 W. Pico Blvd. ; Los Angeles, CA 90035; Tel: 310-553-9036; Fax: 310-277-6568; e-mail: phamburg@wiesenthal.com; (Other related links: Memories-literature, Holocaust History Project) and Israeli site for antisemitism
Judaism and Jewish Resources and Lengthy List of Jewish Links and The Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center, history, ..
David Dickerson's home page, with presentations for the holocaust, antisemitism, etc... and Yad Vashem Registry.
Jewish History; the forgotten refugees
Freeman Center for Strategic Studies, Houston Texas
The Jewish Post of New York Online

Literature, Newspapers, Art, Science
My Book (and movies) Page; cheap river for buying books.
Natural History
- American Museum of Natural History (NYC), e.g. Einstein: Nov 15/02-Aug 10/03. ; The Field Museum, (Chicago Ill.) ; Smithsonian, (Washington, DC) and Astronomy Picture of the Day with brief explanation. ; ROM, (Royal Ontario Museum)
History
- Portals to the World, links to resources around the world, including history and many other aspects of a country.
Newspapers: NewsDirectory.com, search for newspapers, magazines, worldwide and Jewish Forward
wikipedia, free online encyclopedia; in 'every' language. And: Encyclopedia Britannica
second hand books links
Electronic text center at Univerity of Virginia library.
writers on writing, the NY Times archive from Books in NY Times.
GAMES: Multiplayer web word game, and Internet Gaming Zone, for games such hearts, bridge, etc...
The Word Detective , answering readers' questions about words and language (primarily word and phrase origins)
online writing information, learning, courses, ... and online translators.
American Literature (online), see also the gopher site world.std.com
Search high and low, search for a phrase based on an english word
Online Books For Sale: WHSmith online, Chapters online,
OED word of the day, Oxford English Dictionary;
WebMuseum, Paris.
Movies
- movie review query engine
Health Issues
Arthritis HUB knee exercises.
Centre for Family Medicine (in Kitchener, ON - Dr Lee); Hospice Association of Ontario
Government site for health links (helps avoid quacks)
site to help avoid health quacks, with online articles and questions; and suggested health sites.
the virtual medical center, online help and info and live questions; and ask Dr Weil, questions and answers and online newspapers and question ability and links and new alternate BioMedNet site (June/00)
Tenant Health Issues - Toronto based.
HEALTH AND NUTRITION At The Hampton Roads Central Library
BioSites: A Virtual Catalog of Selected Internet Resources in the Biomedical Sciences
Prevent Blindness America
list of shoulder links and Fluticasone Aerosol, list of side effects for this asthma drug; see for more side effects
sinusititus info, from Dr Tichenor; Asthma Information Center, and Inhaler Information, and Smell and Taste disorders.
links to MS and asthma info, local list of links.
Health Forum, like a newsgroup
Seacoast Natural Healing, Virtual shopping for e.g. efalex focus with email contact at: seacoop@seacoastvitamins.com
health newsletter, interesting newsletter!!
healthlink Stanford, just great stuff!!!
daily health news, just great stuff!!!
health news home page, with lots of links, contains HEALTH BEAT newsletter.
health news home page
National Health Federation, wellness things
help with medical problems, e.g. neck pain.
immune - Cyndi Norman, from old email list
fibromyalgia
Nuclear energy: World Nuclear Association; American Nuclear Society; Chornobyl (Chernobyl) Nuclear Disaster;
Here are some URLs that point to HEPA-related stuff: (air filters) Allergy Clean Environs EH2000 products Miele Pearl Vacuum Cleaner Alaska Purity (Smokin Joes)

Personal Data
- family tree, and tree at Jworld; and Mother's web page, with a link to Nathan's webpage; my photo-from 1986., family photo-from 1993.. student days Gail and Henry- from 1977; Nathan and Lennon et al; Letting Go Poem/Nov/07...; Gail-Calculating Life (June/06 article about Gail)
- Fourth Kalamazoo Matrix Symposium, fall/97, pictures and info; and local link to the pictures.
- At Etienne de Klerk's thesis defence in Delft, Netherlands, Dec, 1997. (large file); map to Cambridge
- Customer Care Centre, Union Gas with email crr@uniongas.com and phone 1-888-774-3111; and Union Energy, services. Direct Energy marketing Limited, for our gas and electricity
convenient currency converter and/or THE UNIVERSAL CURRENCY CONVERTER
mutual funds market manager, Quicken nasdaq charts, globefund.com with charts, etc... and top ten funds report
Canada Trust banking on WWW
Family Internet lots of links to miscellaneous ...
The latest FAQ on electrical wiring
GREAT starting pointsfor e.g. travel, airreservations, ...
a long personal list - including nonmathematical misc sites
Films:
movies at home lots of reviews; and Independent Film Spotlight; and Knowles movie info and MCMAHON AT THE MOVIES.
Also try World-Wide Web Access Statistics for www.math.uwaterloo.ca a local file. testing page.

, by Henry Wolkowicz