Middle America's Worldview

Some highlights included acquiring a new application LifeTopix, while also finding Buffer. I was able to go to church to get some spiritual nutrition. I was also able to catch up on my shows with the family, in addition to getting certain tasks done.

Perhaps a duh moment, but I have come to the conclusion for the need to schedule specific work time, in addition to my "conference calls" within my work calendar. My calendar is now literally filled up, but hopefully it will allow me actual time, without interruption to complete these support tickets that have been dogging me.

Every so often, I get tired of my current GTD applications and desire something more efficient. Generally, this occurs when I feel overwhelm and need to change. I have currently been using Astrid for my todo’s and grocerery listings. I have been using Informant for my calendar. My work calendar and Gmail calendar drops into my Informant, allowing me to see both work and personal meetings, scheduled visits and events. I came across LifeTopix and it looks promising. LifeTopix allows you to sync your calendars, Dropbox, Evernote, Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter accounts into LifeTopix. Fortunately, I have most of these and can utilize them in the LifeTopix application.

Both my personal and work Calendars automatically updated the LifeTopix application. Within the application the task list works as a means to have grocery list or Todo’s. I like it keeps a list of items to choose from. If the item is not valued, you can easily add the value and it will keep it for the next time you need it. This reduces the need to retype items over and over again. You can be as detailed as you want on these list. The site and tutorials I have seen, convey the user to start small and slowly integrated all 12 topix into using the applications.




You also have the option to remove the Topix view.




The application is very versatile, allowing the user to change it to the users need. Admittedly, I am still playing with this application, but thus far it has allowed me to combine many of my separate applications into one platform. There is also a Hotlist, providing a way to add those items you refer to the most often. Currently, I have my task and grocery list added.


Overall I like the application. It allows me to pull in my separate apps, while not losing my current stuff on them. What I do not currently like is the restriction this is on my Iphone only. I would love the ability to work on the application via website, similar to Toodledo or Dropbox. I type faster on a computer keyboard, rather than on my Iphone.

  After police lost a rape suspect, many in the area armed themselves during the manhunt. The suspected rapist emerged from the woods, eluding police in Sparrowbush and was shot by a 42-year old father of three. The father of three is now behind bars on murder charge. The 42-year, David Carlson, admitted to killing Norris Acosta-Sanchez with his shotgun when he emerged from the woods near his home. The 35 year old suspected rapist was hiding in a vacant cabin near Carlson’s home on Old Plank Road. Police had found the cabin, surrounded it and broke the door down trying to make an arrest. However, Acosta-Sanchez wasn’t in the cabin at the time. Police, with heavily armed teams, searched the woods all day not finding him. “We were really frightened staying there that night because the guy’s on the loose,” said Amy Mann. “The police lost him.” One witness Carmine Ferrera did spot Acosta-Sanchez, when Carlson had his gun on him. Ferrara is scheduled to testify before the grand jury and declined to provide specifics about what he saw. He did state, “I didn’t see a murder happen. That’s as far as I’m going to go. “I can tell you the community was in fear. I can tell you Dave wasn’t the only one who armed himself.” Carlson is charged with second-degree murder. He’s being held in jail on $250,000 bail. The Orange County District Attorney Fran Phillips conveyed this incident as “a tragedy all the way around”. Phillips is still prosecuting Carlson.

On Sunday the Obama administration stated the “best and brightest” will be called to fix the Obamacare website. Resources will be pulled in from both the public and private sector in order to fix the issues causing so much frustration on the American people. The Health and Human Services stated, “We’re kind of thinking of it as a tech surge.” Call it what you will, but issues seem to be plaguing this site. The administration did convey the essential component – the federal data hub – is working as hoped. “The hub is critical. It links federal agencies to determine an applicant’s eligibility for Obamacare coverage and subsidies.” The hub also provides the necessary data transfer for states to acquire for their own exchanges. Yet, with this essential data hub working .... Continued Reading

Congratulations Congress and White House! Debt has now breached 17 trillion dollars, according to the Treasury Department on Friday, October 11, 2013. The jump of $328 billion dollars pushed it over the $17 trillion mark. The $328 billion dollar increase was also a record, from the $238 billion dollar jump two years ago. The increase was due to a “replenishing” of its stock for “extraordinary measures”. This replenishing occurs as soon as there is a new debt space provided. Thanks for raising that debt ceiling Congress! Generally, Congress would set a cap for the borrowing limit, or a debt ceiling. However, this is the first time in history a cap was not provided. Congress with President Obama set a deadline, instead of a.... Continue Reading

The social network Facebook was down globally on Monday, October 21, 2013. This was unusual since widespread global downtime is rare. The outage occurred so long that a new official hashtag, #FacebookDown, in multiple languages from multiple countries was created. Reports of the outage reportedly lasted for hours. However, the social network only reported the outage as a mere “brief period of time.” Users were prevented from posting, liking, or placing comments, or receiving birthday message updates. Officially the downtime was due to performance of some “network maintenance.” The week prior, the network’s public stock reached $54 dollars per share. The Facebook social network was created by.... Continue Reading

Discussions and new information on Obamacare continue. We can see some additional details from the 1000 page tax law. One of those details appears to be a $175 dollar premium for a healthy student. Remember, Obamacare is forcing every American citizen to have insurance, regardless of health. Promises made by Obama and his party, among other things, were for the insurance premiums to go down. However, we are finding that insurance premiums are on the rise. With the exception of Nancy Pelosi, on her comment “We Have to Pass the Bill So That You Can See What Is In It”, one wonders if everyone within the Democratic Party also chose to vote first, read later. Young, healthy college student Chad Henderson was... Continued Reading

Obamacare may kill the non-profit hospitals due to new legislations in place, requiring new standards for tax-exempt hospitals. The new provision under Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code sets new standards of review and installs new financial penalties for the tax-exempt charitable hospitals. The penalties could be as high as $50,000 in fines. Currently, approximately 60 percent of American hospitals are non-profit. John Kartch, spokesman for Americans for Tax Reform speaks out on Obamacare overseeing IRS bureaucrats. “It requires... Continue Reading

On September 25th, Obama spoke to the United Nations General Assembly. As most know, his speeches are read off the monitor, to ensure accuracy in what he is trying to convey. What he reads is scrutinized to be clear and precise. His famous “let me be clear”, indicates this. During the United Nations General Assembly Obama discussed intolerance, and true democratic spirit. However, during his speech Obama says the future must not be to those that slander the prophet of Islam. Below is the full paragraph of the speech. The future must not belong.... Continue Reading

While more truths are coming out on the horrid tax (Thanks John Roberts) called Obamacare, even the poster boy is a lie. The interview with the father of the 21-year old self-confessed supporter of President Obama stated his son never actually purchased an Obamacare plan. Chad Henderson was the 21-year old publicizing he signed up for Obamacare the first day it was available. Media pushed it out as a champion for the healthcare plan. It only took three hours to go through the website for the $175 dollar bronze plan. Yet, it was later found out, he never did purchase the plan. Did he want five minutes of fame? Henderson definitely enjoyed the coverage, as his Facebook post shows. “I’ve now been interviewed by..... Continue Reading

Navigators were informed to not leave paperwork on fax machines due to sensitive information on American citizens. Obviously this is done to deter identify theft, and sharing of private information. My prior article discussed how Navigators are paid via a Federal Grant. However, what if the Navigator was actually an illegal alien, getting paid by the Federal Government to handle American citizens’ sensitive information? This is exactly what occurred in New York. Maria Marroquin, a.... Continue Reading

One Nebraska school official took the government shutdown to an extreme: he stopped the Pledge of Allegiance. These issues affect us all, even our children. Rather than leaving it to the parents for discussion, Principle Pat Jones was worried that some of his students didn’t know the federal government had been shut down. Rather than educating the children with knowledge, he decided to stop the normal recitation of the pledge. Yeah, that’s teaching them Pat. Take away their ability to say the Pledge of Allegiance to show how wrong the government really is. This occured at Alliance High School in...Continue Reading

Was the car chase in which the black woman, Miriam Carey, was shot to death involved in Operation Capitol Shield? Initially, the report had three individuals in the car; the black woman driving, the baby in the back seat, and one other taken in custody. Yet later, the report only indicated the woman driver and child. Here is an eyewitness video of the incident:.... Continue Reading

While some kids may act like animals, should we put them in cages? In parts of New Mexico “kid cages” are provided and kids are made to wait for their school bus inside them. This action is a result of the Endangered Species Act. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service has placed wolves in populated areas, causing issue with small business owners, property rights, and placed fear in the hearts of those having to deal with the wolves in their area. It is illegal to kill any.... Continue Reading

If you thought the ordeal of the Obama birth certificate is over, think again. While corporate media has forgotten the questioning of Obama’s legitimacy and fake birth certificates, a civil case moves forward. Unlike past cases, this will be the first civil case having Joe Arpaio’s Cold Case Posse involved, and the first time it will be before a Constitutionalist Judge. The new case before the Alabama Supreme Court, case Mcinnish/Goode v. Beth Chapman, is being handled by attorney Larry Klayman. Chief investigator, Arpaio Mike Zullo, wrote a 200 point affidavit to the court and has agreed to testify in person. Zullo will show the court that the famous long birth certificate “picture” is a 100 percent digital fake. Videos have been provided on.... Continue Reading

The Obamacare websites have come online in both English and Spanish. The hope is for most to trudge through the site, and sign up as individual or family coverage. Yet, if you still need help, Navigators are there to help. These Navigators have been warned to not leave tax returns on the fax machines. Navigators are trained to sit with people and help them “navigate” the exchange software to register, define options and sign up for coverage. They work out of community-based agencies and are paid through a federal grant. Within the education manual.. Continue Reading

We hear it all the time. If it’s an emergency, call 911. Even a child received a reward for calling 911 that saved his mother’s life. A woman in WayCross, Georgia called 911 for an ambulance to assist her fiance, and it brought the cops …who killed her fiance. Jack Lamar Roberson was shot and killed by the police in his own home after his fiancé called 911. The call was made regarding fear of Jack’s reaction to his diabetes medication. Jack’s mother and fiancé witnessed the shooting in the house while his 8-year old daughter was also in the home. The police claimed Roberson was brandishing two weapons and came against the police “aggressively armed.” The weapons were not identified by the police. Later, the mayor indicated knives. The mother states..... Continue Reading

This Saturday, October 12, 2013, The EBT system went down for 17 states. Across the 17 states panic and mayhem occurred as those on the EBT card system were unable to buy food. Karen Arena a spokeswoman for Xerox, the company that runs the EBT card system confirmed Saturday afternoon that some Electronic Benefit Transfer systems are experiencing temporary connectivity systems. “Xerox spokeswoman Karen Arena confirmed via email Saturday afternoon that some Electronic Benefits Transfer systems are experiencing temporary connectivity issues. She said technical staff is addressing the issue and expects the system to be restored soon. U.S. Department of Agriculture spokeswoman Courtney Rowe underscored that the outage is not related to the government shutdown. Xerox runs EBT card systems for 17 states and all were affected by the outage” States affected.... Continue Reading

National Park Service (NPS) posting signs indicating certain portions of the mall are closed “except for 1st Amendment activities” has violated the Constitution. While the government shutdown is taking place, the one million bikers were denied a permit. However, the immigration rally was allowed by NPS, granted by their “First Amendment rights.” Susana Flores, a spokesperson for Camino Americano, a group that organized the rally, told the Washington Examiner that the “NPS allowed the event to take place under the group’s rights granted by the First Amendment.” While .....Continue Reading

While Uncle Sam’s Misguided Children, a popular veteran’s page,was taken down due to “Facebook policies,” videos showing real beheadings are now allowed. While the video was temporarily banned in May, Facebook has reconsidered and allowed it to be viewed. “The US firm that confirmed it, now believes its users should be free to watch and condemn such videos.” The article added it was considering adding warnings.” They are considering it? Continue Reading