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For the serious card shark, these Pokerlenz Poker Glasses (see above) block your opponents' view of your eyes without blocking your view of them.

The lens coating provides a clear view even in low-light conditions and the wrap-around frames give you excellent peripheral vision and still prevent your opponents from seeing your eyes from the side, says online retailer clevergear.com.

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Darran Emmerson of Ellerslie recommends CRC Brakleen to combat the tagging pandemic.

"I tried it on my fence the other morning in an 'I wonder if this will work?' scenario, and it did."

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Alex Tew from Wiltshire in Britain had a simple idea.

He set up a homepage to try to make US$1 million by selling 1 million pixels for $1 each (in 100 pixel blocks).

He called it The Million Dollar Homepage.

The Wall Street Journal reports that it's working out rather well for Mr Tew: "Since its August 26 launch, the site has received a total of about 1.5 million unique visitors.

In mid-September, it landed on the Movers & Shakers feature of Alexa.com, which ranks the world's websites by the number of people who visit them.

Marketing executives often troll Alexa.com, which is owned by Amazon.com, to check out what's hot and what's not, and at one point Mr Tew's site reached Alexa's No 2 spot.

Currently, the site gets 600,000 to 700,000 unique visitors a month.

As of yesterday evening, Mr Tew said he was $623,800 toward his goal." The site will be online for at least five years, that's guaranteed, but the idea is to keep it online forever.

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A depressed reader, who receives emailed newsletters from American website reflectivehappiness.com, was uplifted to see they are recommending Whale Rider to boost serotonin levels in the afflicted.

"This feel-good movie is both inspiring and aesthetically pleasing, exploring how inner-beauty is discovered within family relationships while delivering breathtaking views of New Zealand's mountains and coastline.

Make sure to see this wonderful film! Stay on track with the Reflective Happiness Programme and you'll find Happiness in your life!" enthuses the newsletter.