Black Rock Shooter

Ok, I somewhat recently fell upon this as I was browsing YouTube. It's a Japanese OVA (or Original Video Animation) by Ordet studios in Japan. It's based on a song by Supercell and it's music video. The video is around 50 minutes long, but someone on YouTube kindly broke it down into 10-12 min segments, and there are 4 parts of the movie like that, but it depends on who's version you watch.
The whole movie is about a girl named Mato and another girl named Yomi who meet on their first day of Junior high. They become best friends, and they both join a sport. Mato chooses Basketball while Yomi chooses Volleyball, but they both practice at the same time in the gym. They spend a lot of time together, but then their second year of Junior High starts and they get split. They both have different classes, and start hanging out less. Yomi becomes jealous of Mato as she starts hanging out with the basketball manager named Yuu. (I probably should've mentioned this earlier, but it is an all girl school).
Then, one day, Yomi doesn't show up at school. Mato worries, but thinks nothing of it. Then she receives news that Yomi has been reported missing, and is questioned by two detectives about her whereabouts. Mato soon becomes depressed, and sends Yomi texts, but Yomi never answers. This goes on for about a week before she does receive a text from Yomi. Mato freaks out, but it's blank. This causes Mato to rush to their favorite place, but all she finds is the phone charm that she gave her. It starts to glow, and transports her to another place, where she bonds with Black Rock Shooter to save Yomi, who has been possessed by Dead Master, who wields a giant scythe and controls two Skull minions. Black Rock Shooter is armed with an arm cannon that fires 20 rounds per second and a fiery blue left eye. It shows the battle that takes place between the two, but it's throughout the episode. In the end, Mato saves Yomi, but then Yuu starts acting strange. The End.
I really enjoyed the anime, but just to forewarn you, the thing is spoken only in Japanese. English subtitles, but Japanese voices.

LINK!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWnnA93RL8k&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL
(This says episode 1 part 1, but it's only 1 episode, so why put that there?)

Sure to make waves this summer, jet-powered surfboards

   Yes, it's true. For $4,500 dollars, you can get this new invention from Wavejet that makes surfing easier. This jet powered surf-board goes 5-12 mph, depending on what motor you get. The motor is located in the back of the board, and sucks water through it and pushes it out the back to make it go. It gives off a low hum and weighs 15 lbs, but Wavejet says that they don't feel heavy in the water and ride like a traditional surf board. They are aiming at surfers who have weak arms and lifegaurds who need to go save victims quickly.

   I don't know how to surf, but this sounds like a lot of fun. I kinda want to try it, just to see how fun it is. What do y'all think?

LINK!!!!

http://www.grindtv.com/surf/blog/26640/sure+to+make+waves+this+summer+arrival+of+jet-powered+surfboards/

Verizon to put location-tracking warning sticker on phones

Guess what? Your phone is a mobile traking device. All four major phone companies admitted that they keep track of users locations, but Verizon is the only company that suggested putting a warning label on the phones. The locational data they have is stored for varying periods of time between the phone companies. Verizon stores it for 7 years, Sprint for 3 years, AT&T for anywhere from a few days to 5 years. T-Mobile did not disclose this information.
Did you know that they did this? I didn't, but it makes sense. Right? This all happened because of two British dudes who created an app for iPhone and iPads that let users see the location data stored on them. That's kinda scary, but now NCIS has something to go off of.

Demolition 'Big Rig Style' on 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition'

Have you ever seen Extreme Makover: Home Edition? If so, then you know that they always strive to demolish the house in unique ways, like dragging a house down a hill, or by blowing it up with dynamite. Well, on the most recent episode, they drove a semi truck (without the trailer) straight through the house. The families father, named Fred, is a truck driver, so this had some meaning to him, and he wanted to go help them out with the demo. The big rig was donated by designer Johnny Littlefield. He said that it was overdue for the scrap heap anyway, he just wanted to give it one last drive.
The video was underwhelming, but still pretty cool. I was expecting more, though. They drive the truck once through it, then pull it down with a couple others. Watch the video and say what you think.
LINK!!
http://www.tvsquad.com/2011/04/25/demolition-big-rig-style-extreme-makeover-video/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl4%7Csec1_lnk1%7C58052

How to Recycle: A 30 Day Recycling Challenge

Here are some easy tips for those of you who want to go green and recycle. They helped out many people, and could help you to!!

1. You don't need fancy recycling bins. Just re-use brown paper bags you pick at the grocery store. When you recycle your paper and plastics, you can recycle those too.

2. Easy prep. Place items that are ready to be recycled in the sink, and wash and drop them in to the recycling receptacle at the same time that you do your dishes. Then it feels like it's part of doing the dishes, rather than an extra set of chores

3. Do as much as you can, but don't overdo it. If you're too lazy to recycle a few items one day, it's okay. If you don't put pressure on yourself to be an over-the-top recycler, you're more likely to stick with it.

4. Take your recycling bags out often. You don't want to add clutter to your kitchen with bins overflowing of trash.
This is amazing. If you don't know how to recycle, this will help you start.
LINK!
http://www.shelterpop.com/2011/04/06/how-to-recycle/

A Guide to Headache Remedies

Do you suffer from headaches? Then try one of these methods to get rid of them!

1. Relaxation (before a headache happens, try stretching or deep breathing to relieve stress.
2. Heat/Cold Therapy (with a headache try heating or cooling the hurt area. Both methods work, so use whichever one you want)
3. Caffeine (during a mild headache, try sipping a cup of coffee. The caffeine helps calm your headache.)
4. Peppermint Tea (during a headache with an upset stomach, try drinking some peppermint tea. It helps calm down your stomach, which may be the cause of your headache.)
5. Over-the-counter meds (with a headache, we all know to try and take some Tylenol or Ibuprofen. Or Excedrin, since it has some caffeine in it)
6. Acupuncture (with massive headaches comes the needles. Acupuncture's can reduce muscle tension and encourage the release of painkilling endorphins)

Of course, each treatment comes with either a warning or a recommended treatment. For acupuncture's, they say it will take at least 10 treatments to start feeling relief. For the caffeine treatment, it works better if you don't drink a cup of coffee every day. Really? Do any of these work over and over again? Probably not. I speculate about these methods.
LINK!
http://shopping.yahoo.com/articles/yshoppingarticles/577/a-guide-to-headache-remedies/

Hundreds of angry Egyptian fans invade pitch after disallowed goal

After Egypt's soccer team, the Zamalaks, had a vital late goal called offsides, angry fans decided to blame the Algerian referee. When all of the officials decided to leave, the fans started to attack the players, each other, and light flares in the middle of the pitch. Nine people were injured, and the Zalamaks should get in trouble for this ("should"). Egypt' prime minister apoligized to Tunisia (who the Zalamaks were were playing against), the African players and the Algerian ref, and decided to have an investigation about it.
Egypt just needs to calm down. Seriously, they seem to be having a lot of trouble with everything. This incident just revived soccer tension between the two countries. Can't they just take a chill pill and calm down?!?!?!

Here is the article and a short video (watch it).
http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/blog/dirty-tackle/post/Hundreds-of-angry-Egyptian-fans-invade-pitch-aft?urn=sow-wp546