Month: July 2008
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Mayor proclaims ‘Days of Amma‘ in Iowa
2 – 3 July 2008 — Coralville, Iowa, USA The massive rains that recently hit America’s Midwest flooded a large portion of the region’s residential, commercial and farmlands. Although the waters have subsided considerably, the threat of more rain looms in the minds of many Midwesterners. Furthermore, there is the matter of the billions of…
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Jim Smiles With His Heart
30 June 2008 — Addison, Texas, USA Grammy Award-winning Country and Bluegrass artist Jim Lauderdale met Amma in the summer of 2005 after being told about her by a tai-chi teacher. Reflecting back, Lauderdale says, “He said, ‘You’ve got to go to San Ramon and see Amma; you’re not going to believe her singing and…