Quick Tips To Grow Hair Faster Naturally - Ayushveda

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Long hairs have always been identified with youth and beauty in all the cultures. Poets have written long verses about beauty of a woman with long hair. It is, therefore, natural for women folk to cultivate the desire to have long locks. Ironically, modern age curses like poor nutrition, stress, overuse of chemicals do not let the hair grow long. If your hair do not grow or tend to stabilize after achieving certain length then this article is meant for you.

Here, we will present you some tips which will make your hair grow faster.

How to Grow Hair Faster

Massage your Hair Daily

The simplest way to help hair grow quicker is by massaging your scalp daily. Experts believe that new hair take time to sprout through the layers of dirt, oil, grime and skin cells therefore massaging hair daily at bedtime for 10 minutes gives way to the hair follicles to grow. Be gentle when you massage your hair otherwise you will break your hair before growing.

Trim Regularly

If you want to grow your hair faster then be regular with their trimming. It may sound contradictory but the fact is that hairs tend to get damaged at the ends and damaged hairs do not grow. So, it is important to trim your hair every two months. Ask your hair professional to trim only split ends so that length may remain maintained.

Use Right Type of Shampoos and Conditioners

It is important to choose right kind of shampoos and conditioners for maintaining hair health. If you choose wrong shampoos and conditioners for your hair type then they will not let your hair grow to their optimum and will make them weak as well.

So, if you have dry hair then b which are hydrating, if you have damaged hair then go for nourishing products and if you have oily hair then go for products containing citrus extracts which help in controlling oil secretion.

Eat Well

It is very important to eat right kind of foods for hair growth. If you constantly live on a junk diet and want to grow your hair then it will be next to impossible to do so. Your hairs need nutrients like iron, zinc, vitamins, protein and calcium to grow optimally. Feed your hair good diet and see the difference within a couple of months. Include eggs, fish, nuts, seeds, fruits, vegetables, whole grains and low fat dairy products in your diet.

During winters, if you find it hard to munch on raw fruits and vegetables then saut? them, make stir fries and consume them. The idea is to give your hair and body adequate nutrients on daily basis. Make it a habit to snack on healthy foods like a handful of nuts or seeds, a fruit smoothie or a clear vegetable soup.

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Use a Suitable Hair Pack Every Week

Good hairs require good nourishment from inside as well as outside. For providing your hair nutrition from outside, go for a weekly hair pack. If you have dry hair, go for olive oil, honey and egg yolk combo, if you have oily hair go for weekly vinegar rinses and egg white and curd combo.

People with normal hair can go for yogurt and ripe banana hair pack. The idea is to provide hair nourishment and hydration. Fenugreek seeds soaked overnight and ground into a fine paste can be used for any hair type. Fenugreek hair pack promotes hair growth and adds luster to hair.

Manage Stress

Any kind of stress ? physical or mental, is bad for hair. Stress leads to hair fall and brings hair growth to a halt. To avoid stress, learn to meditate or practice deep breathing exercises.

These techniques calm our mind from within and teach us how to handle stress. There are many techniques of meditation, you can choose and practice one of them, which suits your ideology and temperament most.

Stay Away from Harmful Ways of Styling Hair

If you are too much into blow drying and brushing your hair then it can damage your hair permanently. In fact heat and friction are two biggest enemies of long hair as they damage the outermost covering layer of hair making it prone to breakage and splitting.

Always use a fine toothed comb for your hair and before blow drying use a heat shield spray on your hair to ward off evil effects of blow drying. You can also achieve waves by braiding damp hair and then opening them after a while. This method can minimize your regular use of blow drier.

The above mentioned tips can help your hair grow faster and people fall in love with your crowning glory.

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Use the "Embarrassment Test" to Help Make Difficult Decisions

Nobody likes making a difficult decision, but if you're really struggling between choices, blogger Eric Koester suggests using what he calls the "embarrassment test" to help guide you along the right path.

The idea is to imagine the conversation you'd have defending your decision, and then thinking about if you'd be embarrassed defending it. Koester explains:

I like to use the Embarrassment Test. When you are making a decision that is a toughie or just could go either way, I think the best course of action is to gather up all the facts and rationales for your decision, and imagine a conversation with someone you trust... In that imaginary conversation, dump that pile of information onto your confidant and then ask yourself the following question:

"Would I be embarrassed to offer them this rationale for my decision?"

When you do this, you're effectively testing your gut. You might realize you're more confident in your decision than you thought, or you might find that you need to do more research because your rationale doesn't hold up.

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Cops: Suspect in Ark. girl's death a family friend

BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) ? Officials say the man arrested as a suspect in the killing of a 6-year-old Arkansas girl was a family friend.

Bentonville Police Chief Jon Simpson on Tuesday described 28-year-old Zachary Holly as "an acquaintance."

Simpson told The Associated Press that Holly and his wife lived next door to where Jersey Bridgeman was staying.

Jersey was reported missing the morning of Nov. 20. Minutes after a search began, her body was discovered in an abandoned house two doors from her home. A high-profile child abuse case last year sent Jersey's father and stepmother to prison.

Holly is charged with capital murder, kidnapping and residential burglary.

Simpson said Holly and his wife do not have children, but Holly's wife has a child who is "pretty much the same age as our victim."

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Homo (Sans) Sapiens: Is Dumb and Dumber Our Evolutionary Destiny?

James R. Flynn?s observation that IQ scores experienced dramatic gains from generation to generation throughout the 20th century has been cited so often, even in popular media, that it is becoming a cocktail party talking point. Next stop a New Yorker cartoon. (An article about Flynn and the Flynn effect has already been published in The New Yorker.)

A recent report in Trends in Genetics (part 1 and part 2) takes a bleaker view of our cognitive future?one that foresees the trend line proceeding inexorably downward. Gerald Crabtree, a biologist at Stanford University, has put forward a provocative hypothesis that our cushy modern existence?absent the ceaseless pressures of natural selection experienced during the Paleolithic?makes us susceptible to the slow creep of random genetic mutations in the the 2000 to 5000 genes needed to ensure that our intellectual and emotional makeup remains intact. The implications of this argument are that we as a species of the genus Homo are over many generations slowly losing our sapiens.

The press justifiably had a field day with this one:

Why did Petraeus do it? Maybe humans are evolving to be dumber.

We?re getting, like, dumber

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The really clever part of Crabtree?s argument rests on the contention that a Stone Age Fred Flintstone may have been more of a dynamo in some ways than a 20th century Albert Einstein?our pre-historic forebears performed? the evolutionary heavy lifting that led to the swollen heads that we still avail ourselves of, at least until the inevitable decline predicted by Crabtree sets in.

Expansion of the human frontal cortex and endocranial volume, to which we likely owe our capacity for abstract thought, predominately occurred between 50 000 and 500,000 years ago in our prehistoric African ancestors, well before written language and before we had the modern voice-box to produce sophisticated verbal language, but after the first tools. Thus, the selective pressures that gave us our mental characteristics operated among nonverbal hunter-gatherers living in dispersed bands or villages, nothing like our present-day high-density, supportive societies.

In line with Crabtree?s take, the transition to survival through wiles?in place of speed and physical strength?required adaptations that appeared to rival or outpace the most lofty contemporary intellectual achievements like writing a symphony or cogitating on higher math. One small error in gauging the aerodynamics and gyroscopic stabilization of a spear and one of our would-be ancestors became a canape for a saber-tooth tiger.

Many kinds of modern refined intellectual activity (by which our children are judged) may not necessarily require more innovation, synthesis, or creativity than more ancient forms: inventing the bow-and-arrow, which seems to have occurred only once about 40,000 years ago, was probably as complex an intellectual task as inventing language. Selection could easily have operated on common (but computationally complex) tasks such as building a shelter, and then computationally simple tasks, such as playing chess, became possible as a collateral effect.

Flintstone vs. Einstein smarts are contrasted most starkly by considering the case of artificial intelligence. AI has achieved major strides in emulating certain aspects of intellect: playing chess or Jeopardy and finding patterns in large collections of data, a field dubbed ?deep learning.? But the remaining and still immense challenges AI confronts lie elsewhere, as Crabtree points out:

AI promised household robots that would wash dishes, mow the lawn, and bring us freshly cooked croissants and coffee in the morning. Needless to say we do not have these robots now and none of the readers of this piece will probably ever see them, despite the immense financial impetus to build them.

The things at which AI excels?playing chess, Jeopardy or keeping an airplane on course?are, in fact, a cognitive piece of cake compared to washing dishes and putting them away in the right place. I remember roboticist Rodney Brooks demonstrating this during a talk at MIT in which he simply put his hand in his pocket and pulled out some change, an extraordinarily tough task for the current generation of R2-D2s.

Without the rigors of strong selection in our extended urban conglomerates?no more necessity of getting it right the first time on that spear throw?the slow but relentless decline of those 2,000 to 5,000 cognition-related genes has already begun?as this argument goes. Crabtree begins the first part of? his essay by asserting that the average citizen from Athens circa 1,000 B.C.?or anyone from Africa, India, Asia or the Americas millenia back?would be among the ?brightest and most intellectually alive of our colleagues and companions, with a good memory, a broad range of ideas, and a clear-sighted view of important issues??personal qualities supplemented by an astonishing emotional aplomb. This hyper-fit type would have prevailed even before the rise of civilization:

A hunter?gatherer who did not correctly conceive a solution to providing food or shelter probably died, along with his/her progeny, whereas a modern Wall Street executive that made a similar conceptual mistake would receive a substantial bonus and be a more attractive mate. Clearly, extreme selection is a thing of the past.

Maybe this explains our fascination with post-apocalyptic Mad Max-style fantasies?? But where?s the proof for Crabtree?s musings and what about contradictory evidence?? Crabtree proposes a test of his hypothesis and he also dismisses the Flynn effect that suggests that we have been getting progressively smarter generation after generation. Better IQ scores, Crabtree posits, are not a result of natural selection, but rather may have resulted from getting rid of lead and other heavy metals from gasoline and paint, from elimination of hypothyroidism by putting iodine in salt and from learning how to take tests better. Notwithstanding the Flynn effect, our slow genetic decline continues apace.

And what does the author of the Flynn effect? think about the Crabtree effect?

Crabtree suggests?that our genetic IQ is in?decline and proposes a direct genetic test of his hypothesis. We should await the results without ?sharing his pessimism. ? As he says, the environment that pressures us to perform intellectually is competition with other people, which could be argued to be at its maximum today. He ?fears? it is not enough and that is not a solid foundation foundation for his speculations. ?A much more direct test of trends is reproductive patterns. ?Only recently have the better educated been out-reproduced by the less educated. ?One can imagine events that would reverse this, so it is premature to panic.

Meanwhile, noted British anthropologist and evolutionary psychologist Robin Dunbar questions the premises of any postulated slow slide toward imbecility:

Crabtree?s argument is built on the assumption that the selection pressure for big brains (aka IQ) was solving instrumental problems (how to survive in the world by building better weapons, better tools, etc). In fact, the selection for larger brains across all mammals and birds (and specifically primates) is the complexities of the social world, and this remains at least as complex as it ever was ? in fact, the social world may have even become more complex than it ever was due to a combination of higher population density and urbanization. The ability to build clever tools or novel hunting techniques appears to be a by-product of the [neural] software needed to handle a complex world (they both use the same logic and cognitive processes). So we haven?t in fact lost the selection process that kept the pressure on.

The question, as often happens in evolutionary biology, is how to distinguish assertions like Crabtree?s from a Rudyard Kipling ?just so? story. Crabtree has thought of a test that would sequence whole genomes of carefully selected individuals?ones whose genes could be traced back through an involved analysis to ancestors who lived at different times during the past 5,000 years when the transition from hunter-gatherer lifestyle to agriculture was taking place. The test would look for an increase in mutations for those individuals with genes linked to ancestors who lived more recently along the 5000-year continuum, a confirmation of the gradual decline in intellectual ability.

Finding these people might require more than posting notices on Twitter and Facebook and Crabtree?s? proposal is probably not going to get pegged high on the NIH?s funding priorities for the 2014 federal fiscal year. But the Stanford professor still does not despair. He ends this entropic projection of our evolutionary future on an optimistic and self-deprecatory note. Science, he says, may yet find a way to counteract this trend. ?One does not need to imagine a day when we could no longer comprehend the problem, or counteract the slow decay in the genes underlying our intellectual fitness, or have visions of the world population docilely watching reruns on televisions they can no longer build.?

We may still have a few hundred years before we lose the modifier denoting ?intelligent? in Homo sapiens and science may yet find a way to save us ?by socially and morally acceptable means. In the meantime [Crabtree volunteers], I?m going to have another beer and watch my favorite rerun of Miami CSI (if I can figure out how to work the remote control).?

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Sarah Pappalardo: The Sincere Mustache and the Authenticity Aesthetic

A new caf? opened next door to me that seemed to have dropped from space, built from an alien's notes about the tastes of the so-called 'creative class'. Every bartender had the same handlebar mustache. Tchotchkes vaguely reminiscent of the late 19th century and framed Victorian silhouettes were scattered along the wall. None of this was particularly unusual for Brooklyn, but the consistency and uniformity of it all seemed strange. "That's because this place isn't real," my friend said. As if it were a theme park restaurant whose theme we've begun to build our lives around - an intense commitment to this particular performance.

Something changed when young people traded their sneakers for leather oxfords, old jeans for pleated slacks, and neon hoodies for navy-blue blazers.

When century-old brands redesigned their websites to look old-timey.

When everyone became obsessed with the-perfect-fucking-cocktail.

When people conspicuously displayed their love for the feel of a real book in your hands, man.

There may have been a point when the resurgence of boat shoes and typewriters were an ironic nod to the past, but something happens when you do something enough: before you know it, you sincerely enjoy what you are doing. YOLO!

Christy Wampole's NYT piece How to Live without Irony is adorable in her seven-years-too-late assessment of the Youth of Today, claiming the eponymous hipster is lost in the throes of irony, as if it's still 2006 and we're all wearing ironic vintage tees. If people are still as addicted to irony as she says we are, then we must have an incredible commitment to the joke. The trends she chose to ignore - dudes brewing kombucha in their basement, chicks with chicken coops on apartment roofs, couples pickling beets in their studio, militant home-brewers galore - are perfectly sincere in their pursuits. Irony isn't dead, but it's not an all-encompassing hipster worldview; sometimes pickles just taste good.

That said, the resurgence of butter churning, darning reclaimed socks, mustache wax and writing on paper does come with its own set of problems: the self-proclaimed 'writer' who, instead of writing, posts an Instagram of their $45 Moleskine notebook and fountain pen upon a reclaimed wooden table. The bar staff that all wears suspenders, in spite of having no uniform. The marginally employed 23-year-old who throws "underground society" parties for other 23-year-olds, and has its own hashtag on Instagram.

Instagram.

Unlike the people who first used the simple objects that people now covet, we are, ironically, using the digital media in order to share their 'simplicity' with the world. Authenticity isn't the goal, if you define authenticity as living a life that reflects your values. The aesthetic of authenticity, of some far-off time when people had a meaningful connection to the objects they used, is now the name of the game. Is that so bad?

Cut back to ten years ago when the working-class aesthetic was co-opted and worn ironically by wealthy, mostly white young people. Trucker hats and a sketchy-looking mustache mocked conventional ideals of style. There was a rejection of excess and sincerity and an embrace of cynicism, irony, and thrift. That VICE brand of ironic living began to fade as people got older and found something new to fetishize: old, difficult objects - even if an easier, cheaper tool would get the same results. But the cultural capital in hipster's setting of the trend never lost its value. It's as if the distaste for common digital paraphernalia has manifested into an intense love for its exact analog opposite. It seems that people haven't grown pretentious about the things they do as much as they've found joy in the pretension itself - as evidenced by the overt use and display of typewriters.

There was cultural capital to be found in abiding by the hipster aesthetic: young, broke liberal arts majors offered little to the world except for their taste in clothes and music. Tastes evolved, young people used their cultural capital to gain real capital, and their look became mainstream. Now, your outfit may suggest irony (LOL I'm wearing my dad's stuffy old yacht club blazer to the yacht club, HOW IRONIC!) but the Invisible Hand tied those Bourgeois boat shoes! Those pleats are so ironic that they became authentic all over again! At some point, your ironic mustache became sincere. Like the hippie parents who ended up voting for Reagan, we may have come full circle: from mocking the bourgeoisie to being it.

There was more to the turn-of-the-century lifestyle than pastoral images, folk music and farm-to-table dining after all; it was also the heyday of the capitalist bourgeoisie. Bourgeois life revolved around conspicuous consumption and conspicuous leisure - not much different from now, except that they managed to do it all without Instagram. Today, our penchant for irony wears away with every picture of brunch that we amass.

I think I want my irony back.

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Congo M23 rebel leader heads to Kampala for talks:M23 spokesman

KAMPALA (Reuters) - The leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebel group Colonel Sultani Makenga is travelling to the Ugandan capital Kampala for talks at the invitation of the head of the Ugandan military, a rebel spokesman said on Monday.

Congolese President Joseph Kabila met M23 for the first time at the weekend after a summit in Uganda where regional leaders gave the rebels two days to leave the eastern Congo city of Goma, which the rebels seized last week after U.N.-backed government troops melted away.

Congo said it would not negotiate with the rebels until they pulled out of Goma, but the rebels said the government was in no position to set conditions on peace talks.

"Makenga's on his way to Kampala, he has been invited by the military chief of Uganda," rebel spokesman Amani Kabasha told Reuters by phone from an undisclosed location.

The Ugandan military said it could not immediately confirm Makenga's visit but that it was probable since Uganda's chief of defense forces, Aronda Nyakayirima, was apparently coordinating M23's withdrawal.

"I am not aware of his arrival but I wouldn't be surprised if he were here because meetings have been going on and since Aronda has been tasked to coordinate the withdrawal (from Goma) he would need to talk to him (Makenga)," military spokesman Felix Kulayigye said.

A diplomat said the African Union was due to hold a Peace and Security Council meeting later on Monday to discuss the crisis.

(Additional reporting by Aaron Maasho in Addis Ababa; Reporting by Elias Biryabarema; Writing by Yara Bayoumy; Editing by Pravin Char)

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Sharing the Season: Arc of Rowan among agencies helping people ...

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Nadine Cherry with Traumatic Brain Injury Support Group, Robert Ritchie, The Arc Board President and Jane Jackman, executive director of The Arc. Photo by Shavonne Potts, Salisbury Post

Heather Wilson-Bowlby plays the part of the Ghost of Christmas Past. Lee Street Theatre in collaboration with the Rowan County Tourism Development Authority and the Historic Salisbury Foundation, presents this period production with the audience boarding a trolley for an evening? s journey. Passengers travel back in time with Scrooge on his journey to see scenes from this wonderful holiday story acted out at historic sites in Downtown Salisbury. This special interactive trolley ride will recreate various scenes of Dickens' classic 1843 tale ? The Christmas Carol.? ? Photo by Jon C. Lakey, Salisbury Post.

By Shavonne Potts

spotts@salisburypost.com

Nadine Cherry's life was changed forever at 22 when, during a horse ride on a windy day, she hit a fence post, became dizzy and fell to the ground.

Cherry hit her head and emerged three weeks later from a coma.

In April, she will mark 36 years as the survivor of a traumatic brain injury.

Cherry is a member of the Rowan Brain Injury Support Group, a program of the Arc of Rowan. The program began operating under the Arc in 2009. The Arc is a nonprofit organization that supports people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

The organization began 58 years ago as a place for families of children with developmental disabilities who had no options for help and needed an advocate.

Today, the organization administers more than a dozen programs.

"The Arc of Rowan is about advocacy making the possibilities happen," Executive Director Jane Jackman said.

Robert Ritchie, president of the agency's board of directors, said advocacy "is No. 1. We help them get the help that's there."

The Arc also establishes new programs to fill voids in what's offered to help people with developmental and intellectual disabilities.

"It's about the people. It's about respect," Jackman said.

Cherry is one of the organization's most supportive volunteers, Jackman said. Jackman said if she has a project and needs a volunteer to help, she calls and Cherry answers.

The Summit Civitan Club is an Arc program where people with disabilities provide services to others. The Civitan members wanted to establish their own programs and now operate nearly a dozen civic projects. Civitan members collect used and old towels for Faithful Friends Animal Sanctuary, collect magazines for nursing home residents for the organization's Adopt-A-Grandparent project and save pop tops for the Ronald McDonald House for recycling.

One of the newest items the organization uses as a teaching tool is a set of puppets called Kids on the Block. Michael, the most popular puppet, has a twin who is disabled, goes to Arc events and even has a blog. There are 21 puppets, and many of them have disabilities.

"It's a great way to tell about what the Arc does," Jackman said.

Coming up is the Arc's annual Festival of Trees. The event is from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Nov. 30, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. on Dec. 1 and 1 p.m.-5 p.m. on Dec. 2 at the F&M Trolley Barn, 127 E. Liberty St. Admission is free.

Lee Street Theatre

The theater is touted as Salisbury's off-Broadway and fringe theater and is in the midst of its fifth season. The theater provides an opportunity for alternative performance art within the Rowan community. There is an 11-member board and one staff, Managing Artistic Director, Justin Dionne.

There have been all types of prodcutions including variety shows, improvisational, original 10-minute plays with all performances at the Looking Glass Artists Center's black box theatre.

Since the summer, the theater has been undergoing its capital campaign for a new performing arts center. The theater is buying a warehouse at the corner of North Lee and Kerr Streets.

A complete wish list is below.With the giving season upon us, some people may be considering charitable donations.

Here's the 2012 Sharing the Season list compiled by the Post of local nonprofits, human service agencies, schools and their needs.

The list is not complete. The community has countless more churches and charitable organizations. But these are most of the major groups in Rowan County.

The agencies are in alphabetical order.

American Red Cross, E.H. Dole Chapter

1930 Jake Alexander Blvd. W.

Salisbury, NC 28147

Purpose: To provide relief to victims of disaster and help people prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies.

Needs: Holiday Mail for Heroes Program, which provides holiday cards and care packages to military service personnel and veterans, respectively.

The needs are snacks that are individually wrapped (no homemade items), fresh fruit, Forever stamps, blank holiday cards so veteranss can send them to family and friends, personal care items, including denture adhesive, denture tablets. Veterans Hospice Care, need Dove bath shower gel. Also gift cards $20-$25-$50 from Walmart or Visa gift cards to assist veterans and their families and new or used Wii games for patients.

Contact: Deborah Lineberger 704-633-3854 ext. 106

Website: www.ehdoleredcross.org

The Arc of Rowan County

1918 W. Innes St.

Salisbury, NC 28144

Purpose: Provides advocacy, public awareness, support groups, a summer day program for children, a week-long summer camp experience for adults, monthly dances for adults, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness program, special events, support for special education school services, and information for families

The Arc of Rowan places the greatest emphasis on providing assistance to people with developmental disabilities so each person can learn, live, work and realize their personal goals

Needs: Volunteers, donations and money earmarked for Operation Santa campaign. Also school supplies such as book bags, paper and pencils for summer program and office supplies such as pens and paper.

Contact: Jane Jackman or Shela Sapp at 704-637-1521

Website: www.thearcofrowan.org

Community Care Clinic

315 G, Mocksville Ave.

Salisbury, NC 28144

Purpose: A nonprofit organization that provides free medical care, dental care and prescription medications to low-income uninsured residents of Rowan County.

Needs: Monetary donations to provide medical, dental and prescription assistance to uninsured adult residents of Rowan County. We need medical and dental providers and pharmacists to volunteer at the clinic Monday-Friday and every other Tuesday night. Support personnel for office related duties are needed at anytime. Ongoing donations accepted: toilet paper, copy paper, liquid hand soap, stamps, tall kitchen trash bags, black pens, brown lunch bags and snack sized baggies.

Contact: To volunteer, call Krista Woolly 704-636-4523 or email kwoolly@communitycareofrowan.org

Website: www.communitycareofrowan.org

Communities In Schools of Rowan County

204 E. Innes St., Ste. 240

Salisbury, NC 28144

Purpose: To surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.

Needs: Belts of all sizes appropriate for children (plain for girls and boys), gift cards for shoe stores, gas gift cards ($10 increments), gift cards for WalMart, Target, Food Lion (any amount), jackets, coats, mittens, scarves and winter hats. Also volunteers to mentor and tutor, monetary donations, life coaches for high school students.

Contact: Vicky Slusser, executive director, 704-797-0210 or cisrowan@gmail.com

Website: www.CISRowan. org

Faithful Friends Animal Sanctuary

P.O. Box 3097

Salisbury, NC 28144

220 Grace Church Rd, Salisbury NC 28147

Purpose: Animal rescue group formed for the sole purpose of starting an animal sanctuary in Rowan County. Faithful Friends' vision is to have a safe place for abused and abandoned dogs and cats, while providing health care, spaying/neutering, protection, warmth, care and love while awaiting adoption.

Needs: Cat litter, 13-gallon or 33-gallon trash bags, bleach, cleaning supplies including laundry detergent, dish and hand soap refills, paper towels. Also animal supplies including toys and treats for dogs and cats, food for dogs and cats (Purina Puppy, Dog, Cat and Kitten Chow only) and cat litter. Also office supplies including copy paper, color paper, file folders

Contact: 704-633-1722

Website: www.faithfulfriendsnc.org

Family Crisis Council of Rowan County

131 W. Council St.

Salisbury, NC 28144-4320

Purpose: To help empower victims of rape, incest, sexual assault and domestic violence take back their lives and eliminate violence in our community by awareness, prevention activities, court advocacy, emergency shelter, 24 hour crisis support, information/referral services and individual and group counseling services.

For the shelter: Paper products, Kleenex, skillets, plastic cups with lids, pillows, blankets, twin size sheet sets and mattress covers with zippers, towels and washcloths, dishwasher soap, laundry detergent, fabric softener, ethnic hair products, shampoo, conditioner and Mr. Clean Magic Erasers, small trash cans

Additional items: Umbrellas, cleaning supplies, over-the-counter medications, antibiotic ointment, forehead thermometers, feminine products, infant and toddler educational toys, diapers size 3-5, alarm clocks, hampers, under-bed storage units. No clothes, please.

Ambitious wish list: Infant/toddler car carriers, booster seats, outdoor playground (durable) equipment, (heavy duty) vacuum, copy paper

Monetary donations: Monetary donations make a difference to individuals and families in need: $15 is the cost of cab fare to court/medical appointments for one person without transportation; $70 provides one night of emergency shelter and food for a victim of domestic violence; $145 provides one day of advocacy services for the 24-hour crisis line; $175 is the average cost of a Greyhound bus ticket when a victim needs to relocate to a safe location; $400 provides support group meetings for domestic and sexual violence victims for 5 weeks.

Holiday wish list: Gift cards, gift items appropriate for infants, toddlers, children, tweens, teenagers and adult women.

Drop off location for donations: United Way, 1940 W. Jake Alexander Blvd.

Contact: Linda Coplin 704-638-2200

Website: www.familycrisiscouncil.org

Famillies First - NC Inc.

(formerly Adolescent & Family Enrichment Council)

723 W. Innes St.

Salisbury, NC 28144-4149

Purpose: To strengthen families by providing information, education, prevention and support services.

Wish list: Disposable Diapers - all sizes, baby wipes, baby board books, juice boxes, arts & crafts supplies, family board games, fast food gift cards, and $10-$15 Walmart gift cards.

Contact: Rita Kotarsky 704-630-0481 rkotarsky@families-1st.org

Godstock

P.O. Box 661

China Grove, NC 28023

No updates were available. This is the organization's 2011 needs:

Purpose: Assist families of ill children with expenses of daily living (not medical bills) to help with burden of paying bills when caring for a sick child.

Needs: Donations. Volunteers to promote and help with events. Groups interested in seeing a DVD about Godstock.

Website: www.godstock.org

Good Shepherd Clinic

120 N. Jackson St.

Salisbury, NC 28144

Purpose: Provides outpatient primary care for indigent adults on a first-come, first-served basis. Volunteer health care professionals staff the clinic on Thursdays

Needs: Volunteer physicians, nurses, medical educators and pharmacists, social workers, other human service specialists and someone to provide strong spiritual support. Money for operating costs and Spanish language Bibles are needed. Volunteers to act as host, greeter and registrar during clinic hours

Items needed: Paper products (paper towels, toilet paper, tissues), copier paper, cleaning supplies, books for children waiting with parents

Contact: 704-636-7200.

Habitat for Humanity of Rowan

1707 S. Main St.

Salisbury, NC 28144

Mission: A nonprofit, Christian ministry dedicated to building simple, decent houses with qualified families currently living in inadequate housing.

Needs: Applicants for Habitat homes, volunteers to help build houses and to work in the Habitat ReStore (no experience necessary), new and used items in good condition for resale in the ReStore, property on which to build houses.

Contact: Volunteer Coordinator Jane Hartness, 704-642-6292, ext. 101

Website: www.habitatrowan.org

Horse Protection Society of North Carolina

2135 Miller Road

China Grove, NC 28023

Purpose: Specializes in bringing the worst starved and abused horses back to full health.

Needs: Volunteers, monetary donations, alfalfa cubes or pellets, rice bran, 50 pound salt blocks and mineral blocks, saddle bridle and saddle pads.

Contact: Joanie Benson, 704-855-2978

Website:www.horseprotection.org

Humane Society of Rowan County

P.O. Box 295

Salisbury, NC 28145-0295

Purpose: The Humane Society of Rowan County is a non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to the relief of suffering of animals, the prevention of cruelty to animals and the extension of humane education. The agency is not to be confused with the county animal control and shelter.

Needs: Foster care and permanent homes for animals, pet food and cat litter for distribution to pet owners in need of assistance, volunteers for call returns, donations for veterinary costs of sick or injured stray and abandoned animals acquired by the agency, sponsorships of low cost spays & neuters for those unable to afford this solution to the overpopulation of unwanted cats and dogs.

Contact: humanesocietyofrowancounty@windstream.net or call 704-636-5700.

Lee Street Theatre

P.O. Box 201

Salisbury, NC 2814

Needs: Lee Street Theatre would love donations to help build a new performing arts center on Lee Street for Christmas. Donations of money, shop tools (cordless screw guns, a table saw, miter saw, circular saw, claw hammers, saw horses, extension cords, tape measure, safety goggles etc). Also a computer or laptop for the new box office, copy paper, paper cutter, washer and dryer, refrigerator or mini refrigerator. But above all else, we'd really love for you to come see a show.

Contact: 704-798-7768, info@leestreet.org

Website: www.leestreet.org

Lutheran Home at Trinity Oaks

(soon to be Trinity Oaks)

820 Klumac Road

Salisbury, NC 28144

Needs: Someone to play the piano for 30 minutes or so a week for dementia group; appointments can be set up for different days of the week. Any groups to provide music or share talents. Bring a pet and visit (call ahead). Students to assist in training residents to use computers for simple tasks such as email and surfing the web. Community groups and individuals to adopt resident for the holidays.

For Christmas stockings: Body lotion, tissues, white socks - in bulk from one source or bottle by bottle, box by box

Other items: Costume jewelry, after-shave, stick deodorant, oral care products (toothpaste, Efferdent, mouthwash, Poligrip), postage stamps, body sprays, body wash, word search puzzle books, suncatchers for windows

Full-size gift items: Sweat suits, sweatshirts and sweatpants in all sizes, as well as bedroom slippers (closed back and washable), all sizes and both genders - all items must be new and unopened

Volunteers: In constant need of volunteers for a variety of tasks; Brenda Zimmerman will speak with any community group or individual looking for an opportunity to serve in such a capacity

Contact: Brenda Zimmerman, 704-603-2770.

Meals on Wheels of Rowan

1918 W. Innes St

P.O. Box 1914

Salisbury, NC 28144

Purpose: Provide a meal and a friendly visit to the homebound of Rowan County, so no senior goes hungry.

Needs: Volunteers to run routes with great need for substitutes, especially on holidays and in the summer.

Contact: 704-633-0352

Website: www.mowrowan.twcbc.com

Nazareth Children's Home

725 Crescent Road

P.O. Box 1438

Rockwell, NC 28138

Purpose: Provide love, stability and guidance to the children who come to us for help, reuniting them whenever possible with their families.

Wish list: Financial contributions, fuel-efficient sedans, gift cards (Walmart, Old Navy, Marshall's, Food Lion, Cinemark and Woodleaf Lanes), board games, arts and craft items, computers, twin beds, towels and wash cloths, carpet, area rugs, personal hygiene products, tables, chairs, sofas. Anyone interested in planned giving can contact us as well.

Contact: Josh Regan Ext.119 or jregan@nazch.com

Website: www.nazch.com

N.C. Transportation Museum

411 S. Salisbury Ave.

Spencer, NC 28159

Purpose: Located on the 57-acre site of Spencer Shops, the former repair facility for Southern Railway's steam locomotives. Preserves and interprets the history of transportation in North Carolina and operates an on-site train ride.

Needs: Volunteers to serve as tour guides, help with special events, help care for automobile collection, or restore and maintain rail equipment and serve as train crew. Training and certification provided for rail operation volunteers-no experience necessary. Financial contributions and in-kind contributions of craft supplies for children's programs (paper, scissors, glue, glitter, crayons, etc.), holiday decorations, office supplies (colored cardstock, highlighterss, pens, Sharpies, copy paper). Gift cards to Lowes, Staples, Walmart, Food Lion and Harris Teeter.

Contact: 704-636-2889 (ext. 228 for donations or ext. 258 for volunteering)

Piedmont Players Theatre

213 S. Main St.

P.O. Box 762

Salisbury, NC 28145

Purpose: PPT is a nonprofit theater and presents stage productions each season at the historic Meroney Theater. PPT's Norvell Theater has opened on Fisher Street for the staging live productions, programs and education geared to youth

Needs: Participation by auditioning for a show, buying a ticket for a show, giving a ticket to a family member or friend, signing up for a class, helping build a set or giving out programs.

Contact: 704-633-5471

Website: www.piedmontplayers.com

Pregnancy Support Center

847 South Main Street

Salisbury, NC 28144

Purpose: Provides the following services: free pregnancy tests, limited ultrasound services, material assistance for mother, father, and baby, pregnancy, fetal development and parenting education, and community agency referrals. The center does not provide abortions or refer for abortions.

Baby boutique wish list: Diapers (preemie through 6); baby wipes; new car seats; cribs and mattresses; baby lotion, powder, wash, shampoo; new baby bottles and new clothes.

Maternity boutique and daddy's den wish list: Maternity clothes, shampoo and conditioner, body lotion, men's and women's devotional books, toothbrushes and toothpaste, shaving gel/cream, men's and women's deodorant, soap, tools.

Office needs: Blank cards, bottled water, canned soft drinks, cleaning supplies, paper towels, stamps, toilet paper, trash bags, volunteers.

Financial contributions: The Pregnancy Support Center is in need of approximately $20,000 before the end of the year in order to meet budget. Tax-deductible gifts may be mailed to 847 S. Main St., Salisbury, NC 28144. Tax-deductible gifts can also be made electronically at www.RowanFriendsForLife.org.

Contact: 704-633-7695 or choices@pregnancysupport.com

Prevent Child Abuse Rowan and The Terrie Hess House

130 Woodson St.

Salisbury, NC 28144

Purpose: To stop child abuse in Rowan County through education, intervention and support. Funding is dependent on grants and donations.

Needs: Monetary gifts, gift Cards (Lowes, Walmart, Office Supplies, etc.), construction and colored paper, teen books, teddy bears and stuffed animals, individual snack chips, crackers, gold fish, juice, boxes/bottles, bottled Water, household supplies (paper towels, toilet tissue etc), canned soft drinks, copy paper, file folders

Contact: 704-639-1700

Website: www.preventchildabuserowan.org

Rowan Arts Council

P.O. Box 4234

Salisbury, NC 28145

No updates were immediately available. This is the organization's 2011 needs.

Purpose: Promote arts and culture in Rowan County.

Needs: Volunteers and sponsors for events, to support the arts in Rowan County.

Contact: 704-638-3029 or rac@rowanarts.org

Website: www.rowanarts.org

Rowan Blues and Jazz Society

P.O. Box 176

Salisbury, NC 28145-0176

Purpose: Dedicated to the preservation, promotion and presentation of blues and jazz music. The RBJS has presented the Annual Blues and Jazz Festival for the past 14 years. Youth music workshops are also taught by professional musicians on a regular basis. Headliner bands provide workshops in local schools to enhance the student's knowledge of blues and jazz music. It is the goal of the RBJS to present this signature festival that attracts a diverse audience every year free to the public.

Needs: Major sustaining sponsors and grants are needed to hire a part-time program director and plan future festivals. Festival 2013 committee members, fundraiser office supplies, donated office space, a van, musical instruments to be used for youth and festival backline, volunteer musicians to assist with the youth music workshops, volunteers to join the board of directors and to assist with set-ups at festivals and other events.

Contact: Eleanor Qadirah at 704-636-2811 or rbjswww.rowanbluesandjazz.org

Rowan Department of Social Services

1813 E. Innes St.

Salisbury, NC 28144

Mission: Provides services that include Food and Nutrition Services (formerly food stamps), Medicaid, Work First, child day care subsidy payments, adult day care, adult guardianship, in-home aide, adult protective services, adult long-term care placement, foster care for children, foster home licensure, adoption, child protective services, child support enforcement

Needs: The greatest needs continue to be donations of canned food and monetary donations to the Christmas Happiness Fund. For qualified families, a Christmas Happiness voucher will be issued for $25 for each child in the family.

The average number of families served for Food and Nutrition Services has risen from 24,304 individual recipients in fiscal year 2011, to nearly 26,540 individuals in 2012. While waiting for Food and Nutrition Services benefits, people may run out of food. DSS keeps a small food pantry at the main office to give the family a bag of groceries to help them until their benefits are approved.

Contact: 704-216-8330

Rowan County Literacy Council

P. O. Box 95

201 W. Fisher St.

Salisbury, NC 28145-0095

Purpose: Teaching undereducated adults and English as a second language residents to read.

Needs: Monetary donations to be used for program materials; also volunteers for teaching, no teaching experience necessary

Contact: Phyllis Martin, director, 704-216-8266

Website: www.rowancountyliteracycouncil.org

Rowan County Youth Services Bureau

1322 S. Fulton St.

Salisbury, NC 28144

Purpose: Multiple programs focus on making a positive and meaningful difference in the lives of local at-risk youth between the ages of 7 and 17.

Needs: In addition to financial contributions, used for activities and materials directly benefitting youth in our programs and which are tax deductible, we need caring and responsible adult volunteers who are willing to share their time and skills either in a 1-on-1 and/or group mentoring relationship. Youth volunteers are needed for our Teen Court program. Training is provided for all volunteers. Your time and talent can make a big difference in a young person's life.

Contact: Youth Services Bureau at 704-633-5636

Website: www.RowanYSB.com

Rowan Helping Ministries

226 N. Long St.

Salisbury, NC 28144

Mission: To serve, through cooperative community action, our neighbors in Rowan County who are in crisis, by providing essential life needs and educating and empowering them to break the cycle of crisis. The agency's programs are Crisis Assistance Network, Food Pantry, Clothing Center, Soup Kitchen, Overnight Shelter, Transitional Housing, Life Coaching, New Tomorrow Life Skills classes and Journey Forward program.

Needs: Monetary donations, volunteers in our Crisis Assistance area, volunteer groups to prepare breakfast, peanut butter, non-perishable foods, sugar, canned fruit, canned meat, seasonal children's clothing (toddler-size 14), winter coats, gloves, and thermal undergarments.

Contact: Karen Taylor 637-6838 ext100

Website: www.rowanhelpingministries.org

The agency receives funding from private donations and government grants.

Rowan Public Library

201 W. Fisher St.

Salisbury, NC 28144

Purpose: Rowan County's public library system, headquartered in Salisbury, with branches in China Grove and Rockwell

Needs: Monetary donations for library materials - a gift that keeps on giving. With your donation of $25 or more, we can purchase materials for the library's collection and place a gift plate in them to commemorate your gift, with your name and the name of the person in whose honor or memory the item is given. Donations are recognized in the library's catalog as well as our monthly newsletter. An acknowledgement card will be sent to you and to the person you honor, or a family member of the person memorialized. Contributions can be made by individuals, families, businesses or groups.

Contact: 704-216-8231

Rowan Museum

202 N. Main St.

Salisbury, NC 28144

Purpose: Collect and preserve historical materials connected to the history of the county. Operates three historic properties: the Utzman-Chambers House (1815 on South Jackson Street), the Old Stone House (1766 in Granite Quarry), and the museum in the old 1854 courthouse on Main Street

Needs: Volunteers to work as docents/guides at historic sites, volunteers for special events such as the Old Christmas Celebration and Colonial Spring Frolic at the Old Stone House, volunteers for the Summer History Day Camp, for special projects, for the annual Antiques Show planning and implementation, and for fundraising. Office supplies, paper products, Post-It notes, etc.

Also: Volunteers, financial contributions and any items related to the history of Rowan County, its communities and the Piedmont.

Contact: Kaye Brown Hirst, executive director, 704-633-5946

Website: www.rowanmuseum.org

Rowan-Salisbury School System

P.O. Box 2349

Salisbury, NC 28145-2349

Needs: Employers who allow time for employees or themselves to mentor or tutor a student, read in the classroom, donate supplies, offer financial resources, apprenticeships, internships, job shadowing experiences, classroom speakers, in-kind donations, sponsorships of events, expertise in skilled areas, graduation project review panelist and graduation project mentors.

Contact: Rita K. Foil, 704-630-6103

Rowan Vocational Opportunities

2728 Old Concord Road

Salisbury, NC 28146

Purpose: Devoted to providing job-seeking skills for adults with developmental disabilities, leading to competitive and/or sheltered employment. Currently there are approximately 250 consumers ranging in ages from 18 to 82. Many have limited external support.

Needs: Automatic external defibrillator; Christmas items for consumers ranging in sizes from medium to 5X, equally distributed among ladies and men; toiletries and hygiene supplies; snacks and non-perishable items; microwave ovens; new refrigerator; first aid supplies, digital camera; educational movies, maps, books, puzzles

Contact: Wilson R. Cherry, 704-633-6223, ext. 113

Rufty-Holmes Senior Center

1120 S. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave.

Salisbury, NC 28144

Purpose: Provides a focal point for aging resources and opportunities to extend independent living and enrich the quality of life for Rowan County older adults.

Needs: Contributions toward cost of operating Senior Center and providing meals for congregate nutrition program. Digital cameras for use with Lunch Club sites.

Contact: Rick Eldridge, executive director, 704-216-7714

Website: www.ruftyholmes.org

Salisbury-Rowan Symphony Society, Inc.

P.O. Box 4264

Salisbury, NC 28145

Purpose: Annually presents four performances of the Salisbury Symphony and one of the North Carolina Symphony, two performances of the Nutcracker, and one of the Pops at the Post with funds raised by a separate board. Also provides teachers for after-school string program and annual orchestra concert for all fifth-graders and string trio/quartet concert for younger students in all schools.

Needs: in order of priority

At Catawba: New orchestra shell, pit renovation to original plans (requiring new storage area for Theater Department)

At Livingstone: Stage enlargement or reworking of entire performance space, new seats and other comfort improvements to audience area

Equipment needed for all concerts: New musicians' chairs, additional music stands

In the community: Orchestra program in all middle and high schools, more support for music and all the arts in our school system.

Contact: 704-637-4314

Website: www.salisburysymphony.org

The Salvation Army

P.O. Box 625

Salisbury, NC

Purpose: Provides a variety of programs and assistance

Needs: Angel Tree gifts for 1,200 children - clothing sizes and wish list are included on Angel Trees at several banks and retail stores

Also: Volunteers needed the week of Dec. 17 to help prepare packages for distribution.

Contact: Lt. Joshua and Chasy Morse, Corps Officers, 704-636-6491

Website: www.SalvationArmyRowan.org

Trinity Living Center

(formerly Abundant Living Adult Day Services)

1416-A S. Martin Luther King Jr. Ave.

Salisbury, NC 28144

Purpose: Enables frail older adults and adults with disabilities to remain at home and in the community through the use of supportive services.

Needs: Volunteers to assist with activities, provide extra hands, work in our flower beds and help with small group and individual time. Household supplies (Clorox wipes, hand sanitizer, tissues), office supplies (copy paper, legal pads, manila folders, sticky notes, postage stamps), bingo prizes (socks, lipstick, costume jewelry, dollar store items, handkerchiefs, scarves, lotion, nail polish, remover, emery boards, cotton balls), non-stick Telfa pads (over-the-counter), wound cleanser (over-the-counter) and health care items (Band-Aids, antibiotic ointment).

Contact: 704-637-3940

United Way

P.O. Box 5065, Salisbury, NC 28144

Purpose: Raises funds for human services, helps sponsor local agencies (including many listed here), plans for community-based needs.

Needs: Donations of equipment and supplies to Matchmaker program that matches items with agencies that need them. Call United Way to learn where to donate goods. Donations are welcome.

WaterWorks Visual Art Center

123 E. Liberty St.

Salisbury, NC 28144

Purpose: The Center is among Salisbury's most valued cultural organizations dedicated to providing exciting, enriching, and diverse opportunities in the arts for adults and children through exhibitions, education, and outreach programs. In addition to rotating, professional exhibits of contemporary art, it also offers studio classes in drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, and pottery, and outreach programs. We invite you to join us in creative exploration!

Needs: Video camera for online podcasts of artists, workshops, and exhibitions, gift cards from Dick Blick art supplies or Walmart, laser cutter, Fund-A-Need (scholarships for classes, art supplies), volunteers (clerical tasks, docents, studio assistants), volunteer librarian, members, donors, and sponsors (for exhibitions and fundraisers).

Contact: Anne Scott Clement, 704.636.1882

Website: www.waterworks.org

YMCA of Rowan County

Purpose: To put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.

Needs: Members and program participants, strong volunteers for our sports programs, investing in our annual We Build People Campaign.

Contact: Any branch to find out how you can help your local YMCA help the community. Jamie Morgan, CEO, 704-216-9622. jmorgan@rowanymca.org

? Saleeby-Fisher YMCA, East Branch

Amanda Hesse, chief operating officer

ahesse@rowanymca.org or 704-279-1742

? J. Fred Corriher YMCA, South Branch

Alan Lambert

alambert@rowanymca.org or 704-857-7011

? J .F. Hurley YMCA, Salisbury Branch

Sandy Flowers

sflowers@rowanymca.org or 704-636-0111

Website: www.rowanymca.org

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Psy's "Gangnam Style" video becomes YouTube's most viewed

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - South Korean rap star Psy's music video "Gangnam Style" on Saturday became the most watched item ever posted to YouTube with more than 800 million views, edging past Canadian teen star Justin Bieber's 2-year-old video for his song "Baby."

The milestone was the latest pop culture victory for Psy, 34, a portly rap singer known for his slicked-back hair and comic dance style who has become one of the most unlikely global stars of 2012.

Psy succeeded with a video that generated countless parodies and became a media sensation. He gained more fame outside his native country than the more polished singers in South Korea's so-called K-Pop style who have sought to win international audiences.

YouTube, in a post on its Trends blog, said "Gangnam Style" on Saturday surpassed the site's previous record holder, Bieber's 2010 music video "Baby," and by mid-day "Gangnam Style" had reached 805 million views, compared to 803 million for "Baby." Within a few hours, "Gangnam Style" had gone up to more than 809 million views.

"Gangnam Style" was first posted to YouTube in July, and by the following month it began to show huge popularity on YouTube with audiences outside of South Korea.

"It's been a massive hit at a global level unlike anything we've ever seen before," said the YouTube blog.

The blog also said the "velocity" of the video's popularity has been unprecedented for YouTube.

In his "Gangnam Style" video the outlandishly dressed, sunglass-wearing Psy raps in Korean and dances in the style of an upper-crust person riding an invisible horse.

The song is named after the affluent Gangnam District of Seoul and it mocks the rampant consumerism of that suburb. Psy, whose real name is Park Jai-sang, is no stranger to wealth as his father is chairman of a South Korean semiconductor company.

His parents sent him to business school in the United States but he confesses that he bought musical instruments with his tuition money. He later graduated from Berklee College of Music in Boston and won fame in South Korea with his 2001 debut album.

The viral success of "Gangnam Style" on YouTube also has translated into strong record sales. In late September, the song jumped to the top of the British pop charts and it also has sold well in other countries.

Popular parodies of the "Gangnam Style" video included one featuring the University of Oregon's duck mascot, and another done in the "Star Trek" language Klingon.

The official YouTube view count for Gangnam Style represents only the figure for the original video posted to the site, but copycat versions, parodies and videos by people commenting on the song have been posted to the site and elsewhere on the Web.

Counting all those different versions, "Gangnam Style" and its related videos have more than 2.2 billion views across the Internet, said Matt Fiorentino, spokesman for the online video tracking firm Visible Measures.

"Without the dance, I don't think it would have been as big as it is," Fiorentino said. "And the other thing is, Psy has a unique sense of humor which comes through in the video. He doesn't take himself too seriously."

(Editing by Barbara Goldberg and Bill Trott)

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Gaza truce holds as region steps back from brink

Hamas leaders in Gaza declared victory over Israel on Thursday, and thousands of flag-waving supporters rallied in celebration as the battered territory entered its first day of calm under an Egyptian-brokered truce that ended the worst cross-border fighting in four years.

Eight days of punishing Israeli airstrikes on Gaza and a barrage of Hamas rocket fire on Israeli ended inconclusively. While Israel said it inflicted heavy damage on the militants, Gaza's Hamas rulers claimed that Israel's decision not to send ground troops into the territory, as it had four years ago, was a sign of a new Hamas deterrent power.

"Resistance fighters changed the rules of the game with the occupation (Israel), upset its calculations," Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas, who had attended the rally, said later in a televised speech. "The option of invading Gaza after this victory is gone and will never return."

IN PICTURES: Gaza vs. Israel: Middle East battles disrupt daily life

At the same time, Haniyeh urged Gaza fighters to respect the truce and to "guard this deal as long as Israel respects it."

The mood in Israel was mixed. Some were grateful that quiet had been restored without a ground operation that could have cost the lives of soldiers. Others ? particular those in southern Israel hit by rockets over the past 13 years ? thought the operation was abandoned too quickly.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the offensive's aims of halting Gaza rocket fire and weakening Hamas were achieved. "I know there are citizens who were expecting a harsher response," he said, adding that Israel is prepared to act if the cease-fire is violated.

Despite the tough talk, the cease-fire raised hopes of a new era between Israel and Hamas. The two sides are now to negotiate a deal that would end years of Gaza rocket fire on Israel and open the borders of the blockaded Palestinian territory. Talks are supposed to begin sometime after a 24-hour period that began with the cease-fire late Wednesday.

However, the vague language in the agreement and deep hostility between the combatants made it far from certain that the bloodshed would end or that either side will get everything it wants. Israel seeks an end to weapons smuggling into Gaza, while Hamas wants a complete lifting of the border blockade imposed in 2007, after the Hamas takeover of Gaza.

Israel launched the offensive Nov. 14 to halt renewed rocket fire from Gaza, unleashing some 1,500 airstrikes on Hamas-linked targets, while Hamas and other Gaza militant groups showered Israel with just as many rockets.

The eight days of fighting killed 161 Palestinians, including 71 civilians, and five Israelis. Israel also destroyed key symbols of Hamas power, such as the prime minister's office, along with rocket launching sites and Gaza police stations.

In Gaza, the announcement of a truce late Wednesday set off frenzied street celebrations.

"Today is different, the morning coffee tastes different and I feel we are off to a new start," said Ashraf Diaa, a 38-year-old engineer from Gaza City.

Hundreds of masked Hamas fighters, who had slipped out of sight during the offensive, appeared in public for the first time Thursday during a funeral for five of their comrades. The armed men displayed grenade launchers and assault rifles mounted atop more than 100 brand-new pickup trucks.

The latest round of fighting brought the Islamists unprecedented political recognition. During the past week, Gaza became a magnet for visiting foreign ministers from Turkey and several Arab states ? a sharp contrast to Hamas' isolation in the past.

Israel and the United States, even while formally sticking to a policy of shunning Hamas, also acknowledged the militant group's central role by engaging in indirect negotiations with them. Israel and the West consider Hamas a terrorist organization.

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak defended his decision not to launch a ground offensive. Barak was also defense minister during Israel's previous major military campaign against Hamas four years ago, which drew widespread international criticism and claims of war crimes.

"You don't get into military adventures on a whim, and certainly not based on the mood of the public, which can turn the first time an armored personnel carrier rolls over or an explosive device is detonated against forces on the ground," he told Israel Army Radio.

"The world's mood also can turn," he said, referring to warnings by the U.S. and Israel's other Western allies of the high cost of a ground offensive.

President Barack Obama had personally lobbied Netanyahu to avoid a ground offensive and give the cease-fire a chance.

Egypt, meanwhile, emerged as the pivotal mediator, raising its stature as a regional power.

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi will now have to assume a more direct role as a referee between Israel and Hamas, at a time when he faces many domestic challenges, including reviving a faltering economy.

Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal and the head of the smaller Islamic Jihad militant group Ramadan Shalah met with Egypt's intelligence chief Thursday as the follow-up talks geared up.

Reaching a deal on a new border arrangement for Gaza would require major concessions from both sides.

Hamas wants both Israel and Egypt to lift all border restrictions.

In 2007, Israel and Morsi's pro-Western predecessor, Hosni Mubarak, sealed the territory, banning virtually all travel and trade. Israel eased its restriction somewhat in 2010 in response to international pressure, allowing Gazans to import consumer goods, while barring virtually all exports and travel. Gaza's battered economy recovered slightly, but the ban on exports prevented it from bouncing back fully.

After Mubarak's fall last year, Egypt eased travel through its Rafah crossing with Gaza. However, Morsi has rebuffed Hamas demands to allow full trade ties with Gaza, in part because of fears this would give an opening to Israel to "dump" Gaza onto Egypt and deepen the split between Gaza and the West Bank.

Palestinians hope the West Bank and Gaza, which lie on opposite sides of Israel, will one day make up the bulk of a Palestinian state. Israel has barred most travel between them during the past decade and closer ties between Egypt and Gaza could exacerbate the division.

Egypt is unlikely to implement major changes at the Rafah crossing, said a senior member of a Palestinian Islamic faction involved in the truce talks in Cairo.

Both Morsi and Hamas belong to the region-wide Muslim Brotherhood, but during the truce talks, Morsi acted more like a mediator than a fellow Muslim Brother, said the Islamist, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the details of the closed-door meetings with reporters.

Israel, meanwhile, wants Egypt to halt weapons smuggling across its Sinai region into Gaza, through smuggling tunnels under the border.

Hamas has been able to significantly boost its arsenal in the past four years, largely with weapons from Iran, according to Mashaal, who thanked Tehran for its support late Wednesday.

The Palestinian negotiator said Iran sent Russian-made anti-tank missiles to Gaza after the last Israeli offensive, and claimed that these weapons helped deter Israel from launching a ground offensive.

As part of the cease-fire, Israel received U.S. pledges to help curb arms shipments to Gaza.

The fighting gave a major boost to Hamas' popularity, not only in Gaza, but also in the West Bank, where the Islamists' internationally backed rival, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, oversees a self-rule government.

Abbas, the leading Palestinian proponent of non-violence and negotiations with Israel, was forced to watch from the sidelines as his bitter rivals scored political points by using rocket fire on Israel as leverage.

A senior Abbas aide, Nabil Shaath, stood alongside Hamas leaders during Gaza City's victory rally Thursday. Despite the symbolism, it was not clear whether the two sides would be able to mend their rift.

Within hours of the truce, life regained a degree of normality after fighting that pinned down hundreds of thousands of people in their homes on both sides of the Gaza-Israel border.

In Gaza, men swept streets and bulldozers removed debris and fallen trees, remnants of the airstrikes. Shoppers crowded outdoor markets to stock up on fresh fruits and vegetables. During the night, gunmen fired into the air in joy, and one man was killed and three wounded by the random celebratory fire, a health official said.

"We are back to business," said Iyad Radwan, a 23-year-old employee in a Gaza City window repair shop that had received 60 orders by mid-morning to fix damage. "Now it's time for rebuilding."

In southern Israel, schools remained closed as the region slowly came back to life.

In the hard-hit border town of Sderot, which has suffered years of rocket fire, few people were outdoors and most businesses remained closed. The coastal city of Ashkelon was closer to normalcy. Businesses were reopening, but suffered from shortages of supplies and staffers who had fled.

IN PICTURES: Gaza vs. Israel: Middle East battles disrupt daily life

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