3 Ways to Conquer the Summer Job Search

3 Ways to Conquer the Summer Job Search3 Ways to Conquer the Summer Job SearchLearn how to stand out amongst your competition and still enjoy your summer.Lets face it rising temperatures usually make job-search activity cool off. Its tough to keep your head in the game when your job search is competing against beach trips and block parties for calendar space.However, if you can breeze past these distractions, the summer can be a great time to tritt your job search up a notchwhen everyone else is still sleeping or sunbathingHere are three tips to help you stay ahead of the competition and still enjoy your summer.Stay freshA study by Ladders found that you need to apply to a job within 72 hours after its been posted online after that, the chances of your application even being opened drops by 50 percent So, what do you do? Carve out some time every day to review the freshest job listings so you know which jobs you need to apply to and when.Search on the goPeople think job search and t hey automatically imagine themselves stuck indoors all day glued to their hot computer. Not anymore You can take your job search anywhere with your smart phone. Download job-search apps like Ladders to review your job matches and understand who your competition is before you apply.Party with a purposeThe summer is all about beach parties, baseball games, and other fun outdoor activities. I want you to enjoy these events with your job search in mind go in with a game plan to network. Studies have found youre ten times more likely to get a call back when your application includes an employee referral. You never know the person sitting next to you at the Yankees game could be the key to your next job application.Click on the following links access my interview with PIX-11s Frances Rivera.

Eating dinner earlier can lower your risk of cancer

Eating dinner earlier can lower your risk of cancerEating dinner earlier can lower your risk of cancerEuropeans are cool and all with their late hour dinners, but you may want to start looking into early bird specials if you want to live longer. According to a new study published in theInternational Journal of Cancer, the later you eat dinner (specifically after 9 p.m.), the more likely you are to develop breast and prostate cancer. This is quite significant considering that breast cancer is the No.1 cancer women develop and one in every nine men have prostate cancer.Speaking of those Europeans, the study welches conducted in Spain and followed 621 people with prostate cancer and 1,205 with breast cancer and then a control group of 872 men and 1,321 women who didnt have cancer were also watched.The researchers looked at the subjects sleep patterns, the timing of their dinner, physical activity and dietary habits before they developed cancer (if they were part of that group.) After ad justing for factors including family history of cancer, socioeconomic status and possible environmental carcinogenic impact, it was found that the subjects who ate before 9 p.m. or ate and then waited at least two hours before sleeping had a 26% lower risk of developing prostate cancer and a 16% lower risk for breast cancer versusthe subjects that usually ate after 1000 p.m. or went to bed shortly after their last meal of the day.Night shift workers are at riskThe researchers focused on those two cancers in particular, notlage only because of their prevalence but also because they are the two cancers mostly associated with night shift work. Working at night can make some peoples immune systems much more susceptible to disease as their circadian rhythms are disturbed because their exposure to light is thrown off and their diet tends to be out of sync. Eating at night and sleeping for most of the day can alter insulin and immune function.It should be noted that the researchers did not conclude that eating later causes cancer, but this does show a high correlation. However, this was only conducted on Spanish people and eating times clearly differ from country to country and every human being has their own unique optimal time to eat and sleep.

Military Drinking Age

Military Drinking AgeMilitary Drinking AgeIn the old days, anyone on active duty could consume alcohol on military installations, regardless of the legal drinking age off-base. However, in the mid-80s, advocacy groups, such as MADD (Mothers Against Drunken Drivers) lobbied Congress to change this. Federal law (United States Code, Title 10, Section 2683) requires military installation commanders to adopt the same drinking age as the state where the military base is located. Exceptions to Local Drinking Requirements The only exception to this rule is if the base is located within 50 miles of Canada or Mexico or a state with a lower drinking age. In these instances, the installation commander may adopt the lower drinking age for military personnel on base. In the case of a Department of Defense installation located in mora than one state, the state with the lowest minimum drinking age will take precedence. Drinking Age on Military Bases in Other Countries The minimum drinking ag e on a U.S. military installation located outside the United States is 18 years of age. Higher minimum drinking ages may be based on international treaties and agreements and on the local situation as determined by the local installation commander. The commander of a military installation may waive the above requirements if he or she determines that the exemption is justified by special circumstances. Special circumstances are those infrequent, non-routine military occasions when an entire unit, as a group, marks at a military installation a uniquely military occasion such as the conclusion of arduous military duty or the anniversary of the establishment of military service or organization. The event must be held on a military installation. In those cases, its up to the commander to ensure that appropriate controls are in place to prevent endangering military service members or the surrounding community. Specific Drinking Age Rules in the Various Branches While the law and Depar tment of Defense directives allow drinking on-base by those under the age of 21 if the base is located within 50 miles of a country that allows a lower drinking age, the Secretary of the Navy issued a Navy policy (which included the seestreitmacht Corps), which prohibited the practice. Until then, on-base drinking by sailors and Marines on bases within 50 miles of Mexico (such as Camp Pendleton) was common. A couple of years later, the Army followed suit, prohibiting on-base drinking on its bases (such as Fort Bliss, Texas, and White Sands Missile Range) which were within 50 miles of Mexico. The Air Force never did allow installation commanders to adopt the 50-mile rule. In 1997, the Marine Commandant issued a policy which restricted on and off base drinking for Marines stationed overseas to age 21, even if the host country had a lower drinking age law. But in September 2006, the Corps lowered the drinking age for Marines in Japan to 20 to reflect the local drinking age there. In Ap ril 2007, the Marine Corps Commandant signed off on a directive that allows 18-year-old Marines to drink alcohol in foreign ports if the host nations law allows it. The directive mandates that commanders ensure that appropriate controls are in place to prevent endangering Military service members or the surrounding community, during such events.