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Birthday: June 24
Gender: Female
Religion: Spiritual
Location:
VENICE, California
United States
School:
Buchanan St.
Burbank JHS
Franklin HS
Cal State LA
LACC
University of Judaiism
UCLA
Long Beach City College
Cal State Long Beach
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LAUSD
LA Community College District
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L.A. area
New York
New Jersey
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Champa Marie

 Champa, the lab in the photo with the black cat was put to sleep on Friday, May 8th.  She had Cancer.  She had been sick a lot, but I still wasn't expecting it, wasn't ready.  My faith is a bit wobbly now, and I know others grieve for animals, children, friends, relatives, lovers, husbands all over the world.  I know I can talk myself  up and restore my faith.  I went through something similar when my mother died.  I didn't want faith.  I wanted t be with the grief, and work my way through the muck at the bottom.  I took Champa with me everywhere.  She pretty much guilt-tripped me into that.  She was a therapy dog, and now when I need therapy the most, she's gone.  My husband said he'd take her place; he'd be ther for me.  God, it's funny, my husband trying to take the place of a dog  (My husband has a phd in physics).  I keep looking at photos of lab rescues and shelters and kennels and lab puppies.  It's all overwhelming.  She can't be replaced.  She was too silly, expressive, loving, intuitive, mischievous and creative.  I'd say "Do something good!"  and wait to see what she did.  She'd sit, give me her paw, lie down or whatever she wasn't doing already.  It was one of our games.  She also did the tango, but would sit perfectly still and let me dance alone from time to time when people were watching, and she'd just sit there, and you could tell she was laughing.  She worked with homeless and mentally ill women, altsheimer patients, my students in independent studies, and at a shelter for abused, abandoned and neglected girls.  (There goes my spelling)  She was always soulful, sometimes silly, not always good.    RIP Champa Marie.  I love you with all my heart.

Added: May 13, 2009
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soke
soke says:

Hi,
I was inducted into 15 Halls of Fame primarily for teaching and for developing a new martial art. For me, being recognized as a teacher was a great honor. Two Halls of Fame inducted me for my work in geology.

Actually, I do not compete and there is a question as to whether competitive martial arts are actually a martial art. Most Okinawans (the originators of karate) would say they are not and I am working on a book -Layman's Guide to Martial Arts which I devote a lot of time to that question.

I have certifications in 29 martial arts but my primary art is Shorin-Ryu karate and kobudo (Okinawan) (http://Hombu.webs.com).

By the way, my son recently graduated with BS degrees in geology, physics and astrophysics, so it sounds like our families have something in common. My geology expertise is in greenstone belts (very old volcanic terrains related to plate tectonics (> 2 billion years ago), diamond deposits and colored gemstones (http://GemHunter.webs.com).

I tried yoga some time ago - it was nice, but never kept up with it.
Posted: August 15, 2009 10:14PM EDT
soke
soke says:

Good Morning My New Friend Champamarie,
I look forward to talking to you - my email address is Okinawakarate@yahoo.com. You just contacted me about my kijutsu photo.
Dan
Posted: August 15, 2009 2:54PM EDT
Champamarie
Champamarie says:

Thank you friend Soke. Please tell me about the hall of fame honors. I just read a book about competative martial arts by Josh Waitzken (Push Hands). Amado and I study yoga, and he's obsessed with plate techtonics. He spends his spare time slogging up the San Andreas Fault with a guide in his hands (written by another physicist)and a gps that has longitude and latitude
Posted: August 15, 2009 6:09PM EDT
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