In The Middle of Middle America (The America Trilogy)

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Do you have a tip on a science story that Newsweek should be covering? Do you have a question about climate change? Let us know via [email protected]. For public commemoration, a nearby proxy marker is located in a park in Belle Fourche, [3] where one will find a flag atop a small concrete slab bearing a United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Reference Marker.

Middle America is contrasted with the more culturally progressive, urban areas of the country, particularly, those of the East and West Coasts. The conservative values considered typical of Middle America (often called " family values" in American politics) are often called "Middle American values". [1] [ failed verification] [2] In 1918, the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey found this location by balancing on a point a cardboard cutout shaped like the U.S. [10] This method was accurate to within 20 miles, but while the Geodetic Survey no longer endorses any location as the center of the U.S., the identification of Lebanon, Kansas, has remained. [9] [5] Cultural references [ edit ] At 3 degrees Celsius warming, a large part of the Indus Valley and coastal region of the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea could possibly see over two months and even more than three months of uncompensable heat stress on average every year, Kong said.In The Middle of Middle America is the new, stand alone thriller from David B Lyons. Set in 1997, in quite literary the middle of America, Lebanon, Kansas, this is a character driven novel, told from the point of view of seven very different characters, all with their own story whose lives weave a web that changes their lives, and that of their community forever. Coney, Peter J. 1982. " Plate tectonic constraints on the biogeography of Middle America and the Caribbean region." Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden: v. 69, pp. 432–443 Middle America is a subregion in the middle latitudes of the Americas. It usually includes Mexico, the seven countries of Central America, and the 13 island countries and 18 territories of the Caribbean. Together with Northern America, they form the continent of North America. Bureau, US Census. "Position of the Geographic Center of Area, Mean and Median Centers of Population: 2020". Census.gov . Retrieved 2021-12-28. Jeep Super Bowl ad: Bruce Springsteen encourages Americans to meet 'in the middle' ". CNBC. 7 February 2021.

WHEN LIVES ENTANGLE, WEBS WILL WEAVE... A teacher. A soldier. An immigrant. A joker. A loner. A chancer. A carer. A mosaic of seven townsfolk are going about their days, blissfully unaware their lives are about to interweave, interchange and interact; entangling into such a messy web that, together — and unbeknownst to them — they end up changing the face of America forevermore... In the mold of movies such as Traffic, Magnolia & The Usual Suspects, In the Middle of Middle America follows multiple characters, allowing the reader to become a fly on the wall to observe seven lives entangling into such a mess that it all leads to a head-spinning twist. The geographic center of the contiguous United States is mentioned in Neil Gaiman's American Gods as a neutral ground where the modern and the old gods can meet despite the war between them. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Geographic Center of the Conterminous United States

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The characters themselves are a diverse bunch. The main one being a news anchor, with a supporting cast comprising of, a school teacher and kids in her class. Two of the boys are pulled directly out of the TV series The Inbetweeners, if you are British you'll probably understand how their minds, like lots of teenage boys work! It also does not seem possible that humans will be able to adapt to these rapidly rising temperatures. Hill, Kashmir (April 10, 2016). "How an internet mapping glitch turned a random Kansas farm into a digital hell". Fusion . Retrieved October 23, 2020. Farivar, Cyrus (2016-08-10). "Kansas couple sues IP mapping firm for turning their life into a "digital hell": Company fixed the error, but it may be years before the issue is resolved". Ars Technica . Retrieved 2016-08-10.

The phrase Middle American values is a political cliché; like family values, it refers to more traditional or conservative politics. However, across the United States and more recently in the South, metropolitan areas and major university towns tend to be politically and socially progressive. Examples of such metropolitan areas include Kansas City, Missouri; Columbus, Ohio; Indianapolis, Indiana; and Minneapolis, Minnesota, and major university towns include Madison, Wisconsin; Champaign, Illinois; Bloomington, Indiana; Carbondale, Illinois; Lawrence, Kansas; Athens, Ohio; and Ann Arbor, Michigan. [7] Reflecting these countervailing trends, many political battleground states are situated in "Middle America." [6] blogtour Adventure Ancient Egypt Art History Australia Book Blogger Bookliterati Book Recommendation Book review Contemporary Fiction Crime Del Rey Doubleday Emmeline Kirby and Gregory Longdon Mystery Fantasy Festive Reads Florence Folklore Harper 360 Harper Collins Harper Voyager Historical Fiction History Independently Published Italy Karen Swan Literary Fiction Magic Mantle Books Melville House Murder Mystery Myth Orenda Books Pan Macmillan Penguin Random House Psychological thriller Romance Secrets Simon and Schuster Supernatural Suspense thriller Women's Fiction Zaffre Books Book title Search for: Search Search Recent Comments

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While any measurement of the exact center of a land mass will always be imprecise due to changing shorelines and other factors, the NGS coordinates are recognized in a historical marker in a small park at the intersection of AA Road and K-191. It is accessible by a turn-off from U.S. Route 281.

The section of the United States from Florida to New York and Houston to Chicago could get so hot that humans would not be able to withstand the heat if the planet continues to warm past 3 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Middle America is generally used as both a geographic and cultural label, suggesting a central United States small town or suburb that is equidistant from most parts of the country, has a temperate climate, where most people speak with a General American accent, are middle class or upper middle class, Evangelical or Mainline Protestant, and typically European Americans or of German American and general Northern European descent, particularly Anglo-Saxon Protestant, Ulster Scot, or other Germanic descent. Geographic Center of the United States" (PDF). National Geodetic Survey Publications. National Geodetic Survey . Retrieved 13 May 2015. Includes a reprint of Adams, Oscar S. (1932). "Geographical Centers". The Military Engineer. 24 (138): 586–587. Describes cardboard method used "a number of years ago".Overview [ edit ] Belle Fourche, South Dakota The old marker for Geographic Center of the U.S. at Smith Center, Kansas in 1918 Of course, one would imagine that the summer season would see longer periods of threshold exceedance—but some of the Middle Eastern cities having over 1,000 or 2,000 hours of exposure every year in a 4-degree Celcius warmer world, which, if spread out evenly in 8-hour increments, would mean up to 300 days a year of this seemingly fatal heat stress if no precautions or technological adaptation were to take place—was a distressing result to stomach." a b Gonzalez, Joseph. 2004. "Middle America: Bridging Two Continents" (ch. 17). The Complete Idiot's Guide to Geography. ( ISBN 1-59257-188-3) New York: Alpha Books; pp. 213–7 http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=PU2386 designates the "Center" as 44°58′2.07622″N 103°46′17.60283″W / 44.9672433944°N 103.7715563417°W / 44.9672433944; -103.7715563417 Walter H. Schoewe, "Kansas and the geodetic datum of North America", Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 51 (1948) 117–124, www.jstor.org