Dan Carter: A Perfect 10
Documentary on All Black legend Dan Carter, focusing on his World Cup campaigns and promising to reveal the rugby superstar's personal side. "It’s definitely more of myself than I’ve been comfortable giving in the past. I’ve been incredibly lucky in my life with the opportunities I’ve been given, but I’ve also had some dark times along the way," says Carter. "I hope audiences take away from the film that you can reach your goals no matter where you come from and what you come up against."
Apollo 11Experience the first moon landing as it happened 50 years ago, with Todd Douglas Miller’s awe-inspiring and utterly epic documentary that takes us from the launch pad all the way to the lunar surface.
“Assembled from a newly discovered archive of 65 mm footage and more than 11,000 hours of uncatalogued audio recordings, Miller’s film opens with a shot of an enormous, hangar-sized crawler hauling the towering Saturn V rocket to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral. And the film looks so crisp and pristine, it feels like it was shot yesterday instead of a half-century ago…
The KitchenBetween 8th Ave. and the Hudson River, the Irish mafia runs 20 blocks of a tough New York City neighbourhood known as Hell's Kitchen. But for mob wives Kathy, Ruby and Claire, things are about to take a dramatic and radical turn. When the FBI sends their husbands to prison, the three women take business into their own hands by running the rackets and taking out the competition.

What does Kevin look for in a car? And is it time to go electric? LISTEN TO AUDIO ABOVE

It’s amazing how fast technology moves in the America’s Cup.
A boat which just two years ago was top secret, cutting edge, state of the art, the clandestine culmination of millions of dollars in innovation and design, is now bolted in place for the whole World to see outside of Emirates Team New Zealand’s base.
“Why would you do that?” I asked Grant Dalton.
Think about it.. he said. The cycling grinders. The crane you need to take it in and out of the water. The temperamental nature of the AC50s and the exhilarating racing. There are only a handful of people in the World who can safely sail the boat and they’ve all had to move on. So unlike the old 90s monohulls the winning boat from Bermuda isn’t good for anything today except a bit of decoration. 
Grant Dalton gave me the tour inside.
We started in the design room rows of engineers sitting at their screens. Most of them he explained, don’t come from sailing backgrounds. Many of them know next to nothing about boats. They’re mainly aeronautical engineers mathematicians who are experts in drag, streamlining, and aerodynamics. They could be designing cars or planes, but they’re designing what they hope will retain the America’s Cup. 
On the ground floor. An impressive gym with a line of grinding machines. The men who will power the boat are training twice a day, then picking up tools and working on the boat in between their sessions. Keep in mind the America’s Cup will run on hydraulic power. So they’re not just grinding when their tacking or gybing. For the next cup, they’ll stand in a hollowed out part of the hull... they won’t even have to changes sides and run across the deck. They’ll spend the entire race with their heads down, pumping their arms. The morning I arrived, they’d just finished a 90 minute endurance grind. They’d recorded their numbers, showered off, and hit workshop floor. It’s a good thing our grinders are all pretty handy.
Next door a room with a locked door and a Top Secret warning. A sign telling visitors and staff that no photography or recording is allowed. I’ll give you a quick gizz said Grant. What did I see? I can’t tell you. I’m sorry! I can’t tell you.
But then, we walked out onto the main workshop floor... and there she was. The first full size boat for Team New Zealand’s America’s Cup defence. Sleek and elegant, in a way that only single hull sailing boats can ever be. There were two massive slots on the side for the foiling arms. The hole where the grinders will shelter. And a position up the back from where Peter Burling and Blair Tuke will run the show.
‘Think about how fast the Cats went in Bermuda’ said Grant.
‘This thing will finish a race six minutes faster.’
Later this week, the whole World will see Team New Zealand launch boat one for their America’s Cup defence. They’ll practice in it, make some adjustments and produce one more vessel. And that’ll be it.
“The cup feels like it’s a long way away’ said Grant, staring up at the new cutting edge.
“The funny thing is, it’s already been won and lost.’

This week, Catherine Raynes reviews two new exciting books for you to read.
Into the Raging Sea – Rachel Slade On October 1, 2015, Hurricane Joaquin barreled into the Bermuda Triangle and swallowed the container ship El Faro whole, resulting in the worst American shipping disaster in thirty-five years. No one could fathom how a vessel equipped with satellite communications, a sophisticated navigation system, and cutting-edge weather forecasting could suddenly vanish—until now.
Relying on hundreds of exclusive interviews with family members and maritime experts, as well as the words of the crew members themselves—whose conversations were captured by the ship’s data recorder—journalist Rachel Slade unravels the mystery of the sinking of El Faro. As she recounts the final twenty-four hours onboard, Slade vividly depicts the officers’ anguish and fear as they struggled to carry out Captain Michael Davidson’s increasingly bizarre commands, which, they knew, would steer them straight into the eye of the storm. Taking a hard look at America's aging merchant marine fleet, Slade also reveals the truth about modern shipping—a cut-throat industry plagued by razor-thin profits and ever more violent hurricanes fueled by global warming.
A richly reported account of a singular tragedy, Into the Raging Sea takes us into the heart of an age-old American industry, casting new light on the hardworking men and women who paid the ultimate price in the name of profit.Six minutes - Petra McGovernHow can a child disappear from under the care of four playgroup mums? One Thursday morning, Lexie Parker dashes to the shop for biscuits, leaving Bella in the safe care of the other mums in the playgroup.Six minutes later, Bella is gone.Police and media descend on the tiny village of Merrigang on the edge of Canberra. Locals unite to search the dense bushland. But as the investigation continues, relationships start to fracture, online hate messages target Lexie, and the community is engulfed by fear. Is Bella's disappearance connected to the angry protests at Parliament House? What secrets are the parents hiding? And why does a local teacher keep a photo of Bella in his lounge room?What happened in those six minutes and where is Bella?The clock is ticking…
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Mike Yardley has been in Bogota, Colombia’s sprawling, high-altitude capital.
You can read his review here
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Being green at work 
Hidden power usage
Ok, we turn off the lights when you leave the room, use efficient light bulbs. But did you know, when you turn off your machines, computer, printer etc - if it is still on stand by mode it is still using as much as 15 to 20 watts? Studies of homes say standby mode uses 10% of all energy. This is the hidden price of a little more convenience. 
Paper
55 percent: the amount of water saved by producing recycled paper as compared to virgin paper. Recycled paper also takes 60-70 percent less energy to produce than paper from virgin pulp.
Do you need to print that? Is your machine set to print both sides as the default? Can you use one sided printed paper as your note paper for random thoughts and spontaneous mind maps? I kept a folder on my desk just to store this used paper.
Lunch
* Bring your own, and promote discussion of good food. * Don't eat el desko, eat with others. Introducing shared meals once a week was the best thing I did at ecostore.* If you bring food in from local cafes, take your own reusable containers like tupperware instead of the single use containers you usually get with takeaway.

As sure as eggs
In the Gardening world there are a lot of mysteries and good tips, best practices and “proven techniques” that are the biggest urban myths on the planet. Using egg shells is one of the top contenders for the mis-use of science prizeRobert Pavlis (Blogger from North America) nicely summed up the various hopeful claims around this calcium/sulphur/magnesium/potash/sodium/organic matter – containing material.
Of course, all these minerals and nutrients are very useful for plants, when they break down. Problem is: it takes a long, long time to break down an egg shell!! People that throw egg shells into compost heaps know that. The only way they work is by grinding them into a fine powder. How about using it as a mulch (looks nice – light, reflective colour), to suppress weeds and keep moisture in the soil?  
Yep – no doubt would work well, but just calculate a layer of mulch, say 2 to 3 inches thick: how many tons of egg shells will you need? And… do you live near an egg-processing plant?
Egg shells as as organic pest prevention/control? Crushed egg shells become an almost white powder that may look like diatomaceous earth (But isn’t)
Some folk believe it has the same properties as diatomaceous earth and would assist in killing beetles, caterpillars, larvae etc. The crushed egg shells are totally harmless to these creatures.
Here’s a trial I did with a snail crossing a new Stanley blade.
Blossom End Rot? Just add egg shells under the tomato plant to prevent it?
Blossom End Rot in tomatoes is said to be caused by calcium deficiency – yes and no: more precisely it’s a problem of the plant not moving the calcium to the developing tomato fruit; often caused by irregular watering. Adding egg shells is not going to remedy that!
Best thing to do with egg shells? Crush them and feed them to the birds: they can use the calcium to create their own egg when they are ready to reproduce
Some gardeners still believe that crushed eggshells are too sharp and hard for the soft feet of slugs and snails, thus providing an effective barrier for these molluscs around your lettuces etc.
Molluscs never have direct contact with the substrate they glide on: they glide on their slime!

Google's looking at your photos
They're scanning them for text to help you find what you're looking for.
Imagine you take a photo of a receipt, or of a sign, or a recipe. You know its somewhere in your camera roll but you don't know where - now you can search for it.
It's actually something that Microsoft has had since the end of 2017 in OneDrive, but now Google Photos will use AI and OCR technology to search photos and screenshots. And they take it one step further and let you copy and paste from it! 
Apple's credit card has launched
Yes, thousands of titanium cards are flying through the mail. They're heavy, pretty and very simplistic. But there's a catch. If you keep it in a leather wallet or in a jeans pocket the pearley white card will discolour. First world problems! Bring on the Apple Card cases?
There's an Instagram hoax going around?
It's caught out some high profile people! The message says IG will soon have permission to make deleted photos and messages public and use those posts against them in court, unless they post a message to their account...but this is #fakenews. The message isn't going to do anything. Read the TOS people! If you delete the photo you delete IG's rights to license that photo, and IG can share your data with law enforcement with a warrant or court order. A random message isn't going to change that.
 
 
 

Looking for a new TV show to watch? Tara Ward joined Jack Tame this morning to reveal the best shows on TV this week!
Succession: A second season of the popular American satirical comedy-drama television series about the fictional Roy family, the dysfunctional owners of a global media empire who are fighting for control of the company amidst uncertainty about the health of the family's patriarch, Logan Roy (SoHo & Sky On Demand).
Carnival Row: a new fantasy drama starring Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne about a human detective and a fairy who rekindle a dangerous affair in a Victorian world (Amazon Prime Video, from Friday 30 August)Wild Bill: Rob Lowe stars in this British comedy drama as a high-flying US police officer hired to shake up the East Lincolnshire Constabulary (TVNZ1, Mondays at 8:30pm, full season on TVNZ OnDemand)
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Paralympic blade runner Liam Malone has revealed he smoked weed with Olympians.
The 25-year-old from Nelson quit competing last year, having won 200m and 400m gold medals at the Rio Olympics in 2016.
He has made his stand-up debut for a touring Glasgow company with an act which included a story about fans with amputee fetishes and
He spoke to Jack Tame on NewstalkZB after performing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland this week.
Tame asked about a recent tweet by Malone which read: "What's most ironic of the weed makes you lazy argument is the number of Olympic/professional athletes I've smoked weed with. Less detrimental to performance than alcohol for sure."
He said on today's show: "I won't name names because obviously, I'm not going to throw anyone else under the bus. But I grew up I Nelson. I smoked weed for the first time when I was 14/15.
"I think it's really unfortunate and there is a degree of hypocrisy that athletes can drink as much as they want ... They can go out on these huge benders, make a fool of themselves, make a fool of their country but if they want to consume something like cannabis, what does an athlete have to do to be able to be given the individual liberty to choose what they put in their body?
Paralympic blade runner Liam Malone. Photo / Photosport
"And there is plenty of New Zealand athletes and plenty of American athletes in particular who I trained with over in the US when I would go over there and train… I mean it's different there because it's legal."
He said there had been heavy drinking after the Festival Fringe.
"It's the opposite of being an athlete. My body basically feels like it's going to shut down. I'm so glad I got to talk to you because it means I got to escape all the other comics who are almost like rockstars.
"Boy do they drink. Most nights I've been getting home to 3am-5am. I'm pretty much on New Zealand time zone still… and eating horrendous food."
Voters will have their say at next year's election over a potential legal cannabis market; which would allow for special bars for consumption, special outlets and sales and strict rules for home-grown cannabis.
In May, the Government unveiled a number of decisions about the cannabis referendum in 2020 but the final draft law is yet to be decided.
Liam Malone was named Disabled Sportsperson of the Year. Photo / Photosport
Legal use would be limited to people aged over 20, and advertising cannabis products would be banned and taxed.
The referendum at the 2020 election will ask about support for a bill that would include:• Allowing products to be bought only on a licensed premises from a licensed and registered retailer, and banning online or remote sales.• Banning the use of cannabis publicly, allowing it only in a special licensed premises or on private property,• Controlling the potency of cannabis in available products,• Introducing a legal purchase age of 20, and• Banning advertising of cannabis products, and requiring products to carry health messages.