A-Z Stain Removal Guide

This stain removal guide is your one-stop source for removing stains of all types and varieties.

Just look at the alphabetical list below for help on how to remove spots and spills from all types of sources, from avocado to zucchini and everything in between.

You cannot remove all stains with the same technique. That is why it is of the utmost importance to identify the source of the spots and stains, if at all possible, prior to attempting to remove it.

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Woman posts about ‘Happy’ song on Facebook seconds before fatal Business 85 crash

HIGH POINT, N.C. — Investigators believe a driver was posting to Facebook seconds before she crashed and died.

The wreck happened Thursday morning on Business 85 in High Point. Investigators say 32-year-old Courtney Ann Sanford crossed the median and crashed head-on into a truck.

Later on Thursday, investigators say some of Sanford’s friends and family told them about a Facebook post that Sanford made around the same time as the crash. Investigators discovered the Facebook post was made seconds before the deadly crash.

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Dogs Annoying Cats with Their Friendship

$70m Alleged Healthcare Scam Busted in Texas

Ten individuals were charged in a 13-count indictment related to a broad-scale alleged healthcare fraud scheme, according to a recent press release from the FBI. 65-year-old Jeffrey Parsons and 55-year-old David Edson, vice presidents of Continuum Healthcare LLC, were allegedly at the center of the fraud.

Parsons and Edson, both Floridians, are accused of paying "kickbacks" to the following home owners and patient advocates, most of whom live in Houston, Texas: 61-year-old Aretha Johnson, 51-year-old Michelle Pace, 44-year-old James Bobino, 66-year-old Mary Browning, 68-year-old Cheryl Waller, 51-year-old Deborah Davis, 55-year-old Earnestine Johnson, and 53-year-old Ronald Turner.

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More Natural Gas Production, Shipping In Md. Favored In Poll

A majority of Marylanders favor increased tapping of natural gas and oil in the state, according to a new poll.

The poll, conducted on behalf of the American Petroleum Institute and the Maryland Petroleum Council, found that 88% agreed with the idea that increased production of gas and oil would stimulate the economy, while 91% favor the development of national energy infrastructure.

The poll was conducted by telephone among more than 600 Maryland voters across party lines. The voters also indicated support for a proposed liquefied gas export terminal at Cove Point in Calvert County.
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Senator Colburn Announces May 4th Crab Feast

Cambridge, Maryland - Senator Richard F. Colburn (R-Eastern Shore) announced today that on Sunday, May 4, 2014, the Citizens for Colburn Committee 10th Annual Crab Feast at the Cambridge American Legion Post #91 (adjacent to the Choptank River/Malkus Bridge) from 1:30-3:30 pm. Maryland GOP Lieutenant Gubernatorial candidate Delegate Jeannie Haddaway will be our guest.

Senator Colburn stated “I am proud to announce that the crabs will be hot, the beer cold, and the Eastern Shore chicken delicious. I want to break the grip of the season’s cold weather and provide an unseasonable respite from the otherwise drab days of mid-spring. I also want to honor two of the greatest and oldest industries of Maryland, seafood and agriculture. I have spent many years in the Maryland General Assembly fighting for the well-being of our citizens, farmers, watermen, and businesses, and against regulations imposed by the government that negatively impact them.”

Entertainment will be provided by Bird Dog and the Road Kings and there will be a silent auction featuring items from local businesses.

Take an early summer vacation and bring the whole family to their first 2014 crab feast! Tickets are $50 per person with special discounts for sponsors. To reserve your tickets today, please send your check made payable to Citizens for Colburn Committee, PO Box 1237, Cambridge, MD 21613. Reservation should be made by May 1st. For more information, please call Kirsten Strohmer at 410-310-6009.

Ocean City celebrating the 24th Annual Springfest Art’s and Crafts Festival

Ocean City celebrates the start of the season with the 24th Annual production of Springfest, a four-day festival, May 1-4, 2014, featuring over 250 vendors selling arts, crafts, food and beverages. A variety of live entertainment on two stages provides continuous music all day long with anchoring headline acts. Springfest is located in the Inlet Lot at the south end of Ocean City’s famous Boardwalk. Springfest is fun for people of all ages and admission to the four-day event is free, including all entertainment, with the exception of the headline acts.

Are Police One Of The Mental Casualties Of the New World Order?

Are too many police officers currently suffering from engineered mental instability? The wave of police brutality in America and the world suggests this may be true, but just how big is this problem and is all of this engineered?

First, without question there are still excellent police officers throughout America that go to work every day and carry themselves in a professional manner. Unfortunately these good and well-meaning police officers are having to bear the weight and the burden placed on them by other so-called “bad” police.

But what exactly is underneath all of this? Even police that act violently often mean well but have rationalized their own behavior to justify what they do. Let’s examine this closer.

Police, like our military men and women who are forced into situations they would rather not be in, are now being counted on to carry out over-reactive injustices on American citizens. Every day we are hearing about police shooting, killing, tasering and beating to death Americans (and even their dogs) who had no charges against them, were not even read their Miranda rights and didn’t get a chance to be heard in front of a jury of their peers. The stories of police executions nationwide are almost daily. So what can be said about this phenomenon?

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Breaking News: Serious Motor Vehicle Accident

Showell, Ocean Pines Fire & EMS are on the scene of a serious motor vehicle accident at Rt. 113 & Rt. 589. Trooper 4 has been requested.

Motorcyclist Succumbs to Injuries in Sunday's Fatal Crash

Location: DuPont Boulevard (U.S. 113) at Speedway Road, Georgetown, DE

Date of Occurrence: Sunday, April 27, 2014, at 3:44 p.m.

Vehicles and Operators:

Operator 1: Bobby Luzader, 78, of Dover, DE (deceased)
Vehicle 1: 2005 Honda GL8 three-wheel motorcycle
Passenger: Jane Kauffman, 65, of Harrington, DE (deceased)

Operator 2: Marianne Worley, 78, of Millsboro, DE (treated at Beebe Hospital for a minor injury and released)
Vehicle 2: 1996 Lincoln Town Car

Resume:
Georgetown- Bobby Luzader, 78 of Dover, has died as a result of the injuries he sustained in a crash that occurred Sunday afternoon. State Police were notified that Mr. Luzader was pronounced dead at 10:55 p.m. Monday evening.

The Collision Reconstruction Unit is continuing its investigation and no charges have been filed.

Gun Buybacks Not Effective For Curbing Violence

Gun buyback programs are often advertised as a way to get dangerous guns off the street. But we went through hundreds of weapons turned in as part of local buybacks to see if those events truly have an impact on violent crime.

Staring down the barrel of a gun is the last thing 31,000 Americans see each year before they take their last breath. It is their last image as the power of a gun is harnessed to take a life.

But those lives don’t have to be lost. Experts say many gun deaths can be prevented if we pull those weapons out of homes where they could be used by accident or out of hands that plan to use them for harm on purpose.

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Cops Draw Weapons on Driver After License Plate Reader Misreads His Plate

Automatic license plate readers can scan plates at a rate of one per second. Nationwide, several hundred million plate/location records have been captured and stored by a variety of contractors. Mathematics alone says mistakes will be made. Except when mistakes are made with ALPRs, they tend to put citizens on the bad side of men with guns.

According to the Prairie Village Post, earlier this month lawyer Mark Molner was driving through a Kansas City suburb on his way home from his wife’s sonogram. All of a sudden, his BMW was blocked in front by a police car as another officer on a motorcycle pulled up behind him. (His pregnant wife witnessed the incident from a nearby parked car.)

According to what Molner told the Post, one of the officers then approached his car with his gun out.

“He did not point it at me, but it was definitely out of the holster,” Molner told the Post. “I am guessing that he saw the shock and horror on my face, and realized that I was unlikely to make (more of) a scene.”

The mistake prompting this guns-drawn approach of Molner’s video could have been made by anybody. The ALPR read a “7″ as a “2″ and returned a hit for a stolen vehicle. The hit also returned info for a stolen Oldsmobile, which clearly wasn’t what Molner was driving. But that could mean the plates were on the wrong vehicle, which is also an indication of Something Not Quite Right.

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SFD Calls For Service 4-28-14

• Monday April, 28 2014 @ 21:35:47Nature: Difficulty BreathingCity: Salisbury
• Monday April, 28 2014 @ 20:32:47Nature: Back PainCity: Salisbury
• Monday April, 28 2014 @ 15:54:35Nature: Diabetic DifficultyCity: Salisbury
• Monday April, 28 2014 @ 14:22:04Nature: Medical AssistAddress: 105 Times Sq Salisbury, MD 21801
• Monday April, 28 2014 @ 13:16:54Nature: Unconscious SubjectCity: Salisbury
• Monday April, 28 2014 @ 11:36:13Nature: Subject FallenCity: Salisbury
• Monday April, 28 2014 @ 11:14:51Nature: Medical AssistAddress: 239 E Ruark Dr Salisbury, MD 21801
• Monday April, 28 2014 @ 11:12:29Nature: Subject FallenCity: Salisbury
• Monday April, 28 2014 @ 10:58:14Nature: Sick SubjectCity: Fruitland
• Monday April, 28 2014 @ 08:07:05Nature: Sick SubjectCity: Salisbury
• Monday April, 28 2014 @ 07:23:10Nature: Non BreathingCity: Salisbury
• Monday April, 28 2014 @ 04:20:22Nature: Difficulty BreathingCity: Salisbury
• Monday April, 28 2014 @ 03:05:09Nature: Smoke InvestigationAddress: E Lincoln Ave and pierce Ave Salisbury, MD 21801
• Monday April, 28 2014 @ 01:36:13Nature: Sick SubjectCity: Salisbury

Maryland: Thank Your Lawmakers for a Great Year for Animals!

Five great bills passed in 2014!

Maryland End of Session
Action Needed: Contact Governor O’Malley and your state legislators to thank them for an outstanding year for animal protection in Maryland.

Maryland’s legislative session recently came to a close, but not before the General Assembly passed—and Governor O’Malley signed—five critical animal-protection bills into law!

Dog Bite Liability Compromise to Reverse Solesky Decision (S.B. 247/H.B. 73)

Sponsored by Senator Frosh and Delegate Simmons; establishes a breed-neutral law that is fair to dog owners, victims of dog bites and landlords.

Restrictions on Roadside Zoos (S.B. 827/H.B. 1124)
Sponsored by Senator Pugh and Delegate Luedtke; improves public safety and animal welfare at Maryland’s roadside zoos.

Devocalization Ban (S.B. 660/H.B. 667)
Sponsored by Senator Gladden and Delegate Kramer; prohibits “devocalization,” a painful surgery to remove dogs’ vocal cords, unless it is medically necessary.

Surgical Procedures Performed by Veterinarians Only (S.B. 659/H.B. 665)
Sponsored by Senator Gladden and Delegate Kramer; ensures that only licensed veterinarians can perform certain surgeries on dogs.
Reporting of Animal Cruelty to School Officials (H.B. 222)
Sponsored by Delegate Dumais; requires certain animal cruelty crimes committed by juveniles to be reported to school officials.Maryland is making great progress for animals, but there is still much work to be done. These bills didn’t quite make it over the finish line this year:

Costs of Care (H.B. 93)
Sponsored by Delegates Murphy and Waldstreicher; would have clarified that judges are allowed to order convicted animal abusers to reimburse animal control agencies for the costs of caring for seized animals.

The House and Senate passed different versions of this bill and couldn’t work out the differences. Thank your legislators for supporting this bill and urge them to return to this issue in 2015!

Prohibiting Local Breed-Specific Legislation (H.B. 422)
Sponsored by Delegate Hixson; would have prohibited a dog from being deemed dangerous based solely on breed and prohibit counties and municipalities from adopting breed bans in the future.
This bill did not receive a vote on the Senate floor and died when the Legislature adjourned.

What You Can Do
It is important for your elected leaders to be made aware of which issues are important to you and to let them know you’re watching how they vote on animal welfare bills. You can look up how your state legislators voted on the bills listed above by visiting the Maryland legislature’s website. (You can also email chloe.waterman@aspca.org for help finding this information.) If any of your legislators voted against any of the bills, please call them to politely express your disappointment. If any of yours legislator are listed as a supporter or a sponsor to any of these bills, it is critical that you call to thank them for their leadership! Find your legislators’ names and phone numbers here.

In addition, please use the form below to quickly email your state legislators thanking them for taking steps to protect Maryland’s animals by passing the five bills listed above. Our letter also urges them to address the costs of caring for seized animals issue when they return to Annapolis in 2015.

If you can, please also take a minute to contact Governor O’Malley’s office at (410) 974-3901 to thank him for signing these bills into law!

Thank you, Maryland!

Is A Crash Inevitable? The Spiral Vortex Of Debt And Corruption

The economy will decline in the USA following 2015.75 and will have several important impacts that will shape our future. The Big Bang is inevitable – YES! The outcome is to be determined. This is why I do what I do. I too have a family and fear for their future. I am not 23, so my shelf time is expiring thank God so I do not have to live in this age of tyranny too long. Nevertheless, all I can do is try to educate as many people for if they understand how things work, then when it comes time for the rebuilding, perhaps we can choose freedom over more authoritarian-tyranny...

So my concerns are for our future – not to sell bullshit. This is far more important. Unfortunately, the primary impact will be:

The USA is the only economy holding up the entire world right now. GDP Growth is collapsing everywhere from Europe, Russia, and into China. Once the USA turns down, the civil unrest will rise in the USA as well. The Occupy Wall Street was a dress rehearsal.

Governments will find it increasingly harder to sell their debt. This trend has already hit both China and Russia. We will see it hit Europe, Japan and then the USA. This will drive the trend to raise taxes further as governments will assume that they need to restore confidence within their debt structures. As they do this, the global economy will turn downward into a spiral vortex.

While governments claim to be mad at the NSA, behind the curtain there is legal swapping going on. Foreign nations are using the NSA to gather data for taxes on their own citizens while denying they spy on their own people yet get that info from the NSA. In return, the NSA allows the British to spy on Americans so the NSA can deny it is doing so domestically and then swaps the info. Germany and Switzerland also participate in this domestic spying for taxes.

The G20 agreement to swap all financial info to hunt down international capital is all about getting tax revenue to sustain the debt structure. There is no long-term planning here and they cannot see that they are creating the next MAJOR GREAT DEPRESSION to make all previous downturns loop like speed-bumps. I reported that even I could not wire $15,000 for expenses to Asia in advance. HSBC refused to accept the wire for they could not guarantee I had no ownership in the account the wire was directed. I had to write a check. You cannot even do business because these people are hunting all capital and PRESUME any transaction over $3,000 is to hide money – not for commerce.

Government will not collapse. This early stage will be about fighting hard to sustain their power. War is part of that. International War takes place either to fill the treasury with the spoils of war and or power as was in the good old days (Putin’s ideas), or the more modern version to act as a distraction to deflect civil unrest (USA to come) and to unleash the dogs of war to settle old scores (China v Japan, North v South Korea, Russia v West).

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Worcester County Sheriff’s Office Press Release 4-29-14

On April 24, 2014 at approximately 1546 hours a Worcester County Sheriff’s Office Deputy responded to Whiton Road in the area of Disharoon Road for the report of a Motor Vehicle Accident where the driver had left the scene. At approximately 1738 hours, a Worcester County Sheriff`s Office Deputy located and arrested the driver, identified as 27 year old Jeremy Arthur Meikle of Virginia Beach, Virginia on the charge of CDS Possession of Marijuana. Mr. Meikle was issued traffic citations and a Maryland Uniform Criminal Citation for CDS Possession of Marijuana -Less Than 10 Grams and released pending trial.

On April 26, 2014 Worcester County Sheriff’s Office Deputies were dispatched to Girdletree for a disturbance. Deputies learned San Juanita Hernandez 38 of Georgetown, DE, had been in an argument with her boyfriend because he would not let her leave his house. Ms. Hernandez was intoxicated and her boyfriend felt it wouldn’t be a good idea for her to drive.

While the Deputy was conducting the investigation Ms. Hernandez was disorderly and failed to follow simple instructions given by the Deputy. Ms. Hernandez was given numerous opportunities, but still continued to hinder the Deputy while he completed his investigation.

Ms. Hernandez was charged with hindering a police officer in the performance of duties. She was released pending trial.

MSNBC's Melber Seems Unaware of Infamous Clinton Cattle Future Scandal

MSNBC's Ari Melber may want to brush up on his Clinton scandal history in preparation for a Hillary Clinton White House run. As he substitute hosted Tuesday's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, Melber mistook a reference to the infamous cattle futures deal for a criticism of the former First Family making money since leaving office.

In fact, the deal refers to the former First Lady suspiciously making $100,000 in the cattle futures market with only a $1,000 investment while her husband Bill Clinton was holding office as Arkansas attorney general in 1978, raising the possibility of a secret payoff.

After reading a satirical letter about Hillary Clinton and her future grandchild published by the New York Post, a confused Melber wondered:

I mean, what is up with all of this "mommy," "grandma," phraseology to deal with, I guess, a criticism about the money they've made out of office, which, by the way, could be a substantive critique if you just dealt with it directly?

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28 Things Everyone Should Experience In Maryland At Least Once

Maryland became the seventh state to ratify the U.S. Constitution of the United States 226 years ago today, on April 28, 1788. Small though it is, the Free State is densely packed with history, culture and spectacle. To celebrate the anniversary of statehood, we have compiled a Maryland "bucket list" full of things you should experience in Maryland at least once.

1. Watch a live fire demonstration at the Antietam National Battlefield, the site of the bloodiest single-day battle in the Civil War. Any time of year is good to visit the scenic national park, but the excitement is taken to a new level during the anniversary weekend in the middle of September.
2. Indulge with a Berger Cookie, the fudge-covered shortbread delights that have been named “best cookie” by the Baltimore City Paper. It's an uncomplicated experience, as far as food goes, but chocolate lovers need to check them out.

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Zohydro: Why this new painkiller could spark another addiction epidemic

A new, highly potent painkiller is out on the market – and many health experts want it gone.

The controversial drug is Zohydro, an extended-release painkiller containing the already widely used opioid, hydrocodone. Designed to release painkilling medication into the body slowly over a 12-hour period, Zohydro is available in doses as high as 50 milligrams – five times the amount found in similar immediate-release hydrocodone pills.

According to Zohydro’s manufacturer Zogenix Inc., the drug’s hallmark is its simplicity. Zohydro is the first painkiller to contain only hydrocodone, while other comparable drugs, such as Vicodin and Lortab, contain hydrocodone plus acetaminophen. The company claims that acetaminophen overdose is the leading cause of acute liver failure in the United States, and 63 percent of these cases are caused by hydrocodone-acetaminophen combination drugs. Zohydro is meant to provide pain relief without this threat of liver toxicity.

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Fruitland Press Release 4-29-14

In an effort to combat the increase in retail thefts, the Fruitland Police Department is working closely with retailers to effectively deploy resources in commercial areas using both high visibility and plain clothes assignments. Each week the department will be sending out a press release with information about those subjects that have been charged for theft. Officers will be provided bulletins alerting them to habitual offenders and suspects. Information will be forwarded to the area colleges to address the associated Code of Conduct violations.

The following people were charged with theft between April 20th and April 27th.

Name Age City / State

Jessica M. Smith 19 Upper Marlboro, Md.
Maurice T. Andrade 21 Princess Anne, Md.
Frankiee S. Moses 19 Salisbury, md.
Julia S. Clark 20 Salisbury, Md.
Courtney L. Swisher 20 Salisbury, Md.
Donna K. Hanulak 57 Salisbury, Md.
Curtis Kamara 20 Salisbury, Md.
Noela A. Anu 19 Princess Anne, Md.
Damilola R. Ogundipe 20 Princess Anne, Md.
Jessica Owusu-Danso 20 Princess Anne, Md.
Babatunde J. Olu 20 Princess Anne, Md.
Male Juvenile 17 Maryland