How do I get my pool clean?

It has been a week since we opened it and it is no longer that dark, nasty green. Now it is a light green, but it is still so cloudy that we can't even see the bottom of the shallow end (only 3.5ft)! We have put all kinds of shock, algaecide, and Ph increaser in it, but all the chemicals just seem to create a layer of foam on top of the pool. We have been vacuuming, backwashing, and emptying both filters (one in the skimmer and one in near the pump, presumably to catch what is vacuumed up) regularly. Please help us!

Am I overreacting or is this trade really uneven?

Best way to decide is to look at the rosters of the guys trying to make the deal. if it looks as though one guy is loading up and the other is positon gutted it is a sham deal but if the positional needs of each fit the guys involved i am not sure this is as lopsided as it might appear. The 2 catchers are a lot closer in numbers than people think (Mauer gets the ink, Hernandez should also, his numbers are dominating as well). Hafner is an outstanding hitter who will likely land on the DL at some point so in the end Francoeur might have comparable numbers (Hafner will hit for a much better ave. but the rest of the numbers are close). Compare Wright and Suzuki and what you end up with is sacrificing SB for power, the rest of the numbers again are comparable. Guillen (provided the health remains) is a 20/20, .300 hitter and at least for now is a better fantasy option that Shields but dont underestimate how good Shields is (check his K/BB per inning...a great indicator of how he will do overall). Like I said if the position needs make sense for each guy this is a pretty even overall trade....you just need to look past the Top 50 draft slots (but i understand how easy it is to notice that part).

Ladies: Met this cute girl at a store but what to do!?

It is hard to know what she is thinking but she sure does sound like she is interested, why not go back to the shoe store and ask her out for a coffee and see where that leads??

Does the American Dream still exist ?

This is a question wholly contingent upon your definition of the "American Dream." If you are talking about the basics like having a well paying job, good education, and normal standards of basic living and needs then yes- I think everyone regardless of race, , age, what have you, have the opportunity to make this come true. I think the disparity here generates from a misconception of the american dream. The opportunity is greater here than anywhere in the world to really make something of yourself. Regardless of your background, if you have enough general intelligence and will power, then you can receive a solid education, well paying job, etc, if you put the effort forth. Lazy people will rarely accomplish anything worth while, they can complain all they want, they just make it easier for those of us who actually try to push farther ahead toward our goals and dreams.

Question to ALL religious and or spiritual people (Atheists to if they want)?

Seniority,Seniority,Seniority. If somebodies been in the God business for thousands of years it's a good thing to honor them even if you are of the same ilk. They know all the tricks of the trade and the relationship should be as like a tutor to student, guru to chela, mentor to unmentored, king to prince.

Good movie plot? its long needs work.......?

KNOW THIS IS LONG BUT PLEASE READ, I want to send this in to a movie producer as a suggestion for a movie! TITLE: CONCAVE, A Huge Meteor is heading for earth and there’s no way to stop it.< that’s the first plot but listen! NOW HERE IS THE MID-PLOT: Now the government must enact project safe-house, the people of the world do not yet know what danger is upon them (project safe-house is an underground city created by the government to for such a situation) the people of the world do not yet know what danger is upon them... the movie starts following the life of a middle aged man and his family (make the audience love his family) the government has been studying every human in the united states and the world under the patriot act. This study has revealed who is best for a survival situation and who is to be chosen to habitat the safe-house. ( in the movie make it seem like everyday activates are recorded by the government and even skin samples and stuff are obtained covertly by the government in igneous ways from people who they think may be "marked for survival" and the activates of the person are recorded and followed indefinably after a positive marked for survival human is found even if they are only 2 years old) if a person doesnt seem like a good survival rate at birth (the goverment test every newborn at the hospital secretly) they are no longer tracked, after a lifetime of the government following and sampling the middle aged mans skin samples and other samples left behind by like a soda can in the mall garbage or a hair brush at the salon, his DNA the government is sure that this man is one that is "marked for survival". A CIA operative knocks on the man’s door one morning and tells him that he must come with them at once! he goes, they take him to the secret floor of the pentagon ( where thousands of other people who have been chosen are, they brief the man about the whole situation and tell him that only humans that have certain genes are allowed to survive because of the high survival rate these genes happen to have, they tell him that only his kids can come and his wife does not have the genes, the kids were not marked for survival! meanwhile ( sometime later) the meteor hits the moon!, SCENE 1 two high school kids are making out in the car and watching the moon when they see it start to crack and crumble, SCENE 2 an old lady is taking out the garbage and is oblivious to the moon breaking apart right behind her. SCENE 3 (10 minutes later) boom! Its night time in NY the sound wave hits the earth! Everyone is waken up from their sleep and wonder what that noise was, it was loud! Cars alarms are going off and the people who just woke join the crowd that has formed as the moon started to break. The moon is in two pieces and is slowly (barley noticeable) floating toward earth, and sanity on earth is giving out. action scenes include: days later, floods, earthquakes, confused birds and animals, earth no longer rotating around the sun, huge tides ( because of no moon tide), people and things start to float, earth slows down spinning. next the half of the moon gets closer to the earth and you can see the craters on the moon its so close to hitting the earth.. The moon breaks through the atmosphere and a collision is near. The clouds part as the half of the moon heads for NY. The middle aged man must save his wife and get to the safe-house before its too late. The middle of the movie and the love story and all is up to you: ) lastly the earth really is damaged and the safe-house is protected....

Are there kangaroo crossing signs in america?

Years ago my family and I were on a road trip through out america. I am positive that we ped by a kangaroo crossing sign, but no one believes me. Does anyone know anything about a sign actually existing? (a picture would be the best)