Advice

Kids, I gotta admit, sometimes I just feel like someone needs to put a fork in me.  I'm done, you know?  I gotta try to be upbeat, though, cos it's my job.  Or something.  I guess they pay me to do that.  Something like that, anyway. 

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It’s difficult to ask for and get a raise these days, and unfortunately it can be just as tough to get a promotion. We've put together a few simple ways to help you get that position bump you want and deserve.

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Dogs, as the saying goes, are man’s best friend, so it's only right and logical that we might want to spend some quality time with our buds. Walks in the park and tossing the Frisbee on the beach are great, but if you really want to engage the human-canine relationship—and have a really good time while you’re at it—you might want to think about setting up a dog agility course in your backyard or garden.

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It is almost summer time, which means hot weather, swimming pools, BBQ, lemonade and community yard sales.The Mathewson Center on the State Fair grounds will host "The World's Largest Garage Sale" on Saturday, May 18.

Here are some of the best items you can find at a garage sale.

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We’ve been going through a pretty rough economy these last few years, but you’ve been working hard, so why not ask for that raise? It may or may not work, but if you do decide to ask (and you should), you should be prepared to ask for it in the right way.

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Running a business is expensive, starting with paying your employees' salaries. Providing benefits to those employees is even more expensive. But if a company wants to stay competitive and appeal to top professionals in its industry, or if it just wants to improve morale and reduce turnover, then it must provide benefits to employees above and beyond their salaries.

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Sure, you could take the easy route and head on over to Ikea or your local lawn-and-garden shop and pick up a few pieces of outdoor furniture for your backyard. But if you really want to impress your friends and indulge your creative flair, you might want to consider some of these more unusual options:

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Every year, Mother's Day seems to sneak up on us. Don't let that happen this year! Mother's day is Sunday, May 12. If you are wondering what to get your Mother, here are some great ideas and places to go in Sedalia.

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As a parent, the hardest part of coping with any tragedy—be it a national or personal one—is finding the words to explain the unexplainable to your children, society's most innocent members.

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Like everybody else, I hate moving. I did it a lot in my early twenties, but once my fiancee and I moved in together, that was it. We weren't moving until we bought a place, and that would be our last move ever

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