Diminish Stress and Strain at work - Here's how

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   1) Generous Contributions to hurricane relief effort already beginning to
slow , according to The Washington Post.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/13/AR2005091301
962.html
   http://www.washingtonpost.com

   2) IRS plan allows workers to donate unused Vacation and Sick days to aid
Hurricane evacuees (shown below)
Treasury Secretary John Snow and IRS Commisioner Mark Everson announced that
the Internal Revenue Service has a program that will encourage workers to
give up their uneeded, unused vacation time and sick days and turn them into
charitable contributions to aid Hurricane katrina victims. Employers woul
converrt the doneated time into cash contributions to charities and workers
would reduce teir taxable income by the number of days donated, the IRS
said.

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   3) How to Diminish Major Stress!
- Make a short list of what you need to do today. circle your three top
priorities.
- Focus on one thing at a time. Multitasking and interruptions cause mental
fatigue.
- Create an interruption-free zone. Let phone calls go into voice mail. Put
a "Do not disturb" sign on your workspace if colleagues regularly interrupt
you, or go to a private area.
- And bring me onsite to tackle those iSeries RPG programming projects, thus
reducing major stress!


Here are some examples of what you and I can do on a personal basis to help
the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Hurricane Katrina Scenario #1:

If your company is an iSeries user and has budgeted to bring iSeries
contract programmers onsite to work on your backlog of iSeries projects,
here is good news for you. Through my consulting firm LinnTech Group LLC
(http://www.LinnTechGroup.com), you can bring me on at the reduced rate of
just
$39 per hour,
(a tremendous savings from my usual billable rate of $59 per hour). These
savings will enable your company to make a substantial contribution to the
relief agency of your choice, thus assisting the victims of Hurricane
Katrina.



Hurricane Katrina Scenario #2:
If your company is a recruiting firm or consulting firm with iSeries
clients, my rate to you is just
$39 per hour
on a 1099 or corp-to-corp basis. My willingness to work at this reduced rate
on your project(s) will enable you to make a contribution to the relief
agency of your choice.



Hurricane Katrina Scenario #3:
If neither scenario listed above quite fits your situation, but you point me
in the direction of my next billable project, I will give you $500 so you
can make a contribution to whomever you desire.

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In summary, my experience is:

full life cycle systems development using formal, recognized methodologies.
20 years application development, primarily on the IBM midrange (iSeries,
AS/400)
RPGIV, ILE RPG, ILE RPG/400, RPGIII, and CL since 1992
Some .Net Architecture (Visual Basic .NET
Embedded SQL and interactive SQL in a DB2/400 environment
Several years Web development with various web tools
ERP includes JD Edwards WorldSoftware, manufacturing, distribution, payroll,
financials.

I can send to you an updated resume if you like.
My e-mail address Eric@xxxxxxxxxx
Telephone . . . . . : (913) 638-1049

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