In The Middle of Middle America (The America Trilogy)

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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. Colombia and Venezuela of Caribbean South America are sometimes included in this subregion. The Caribbean is occasionally excluded from this subregion while Bermuda and The Guianas are infrequently included. [1] [2] [3] Geography [ edit ] Political map of Middle America This is distinct from the contiguous geographic center, which has not changed since the 1912 admissions of New Mexico and Arizona to the 48 contiguous United States, and falls near the town of Lebanon, Kansas. This served as the overall geographic center of the United States for 47 years, until the 1959 admissions of Alaska and Hawaii moved the geographic center of the overall United States approximately 550mi (885km) northwest by north. 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] Occasionally, the term Middle America is used synonymously with Central America [3] (compare with Middle Africa and Central Africa). In English, the term is uncommonly used as a synonym of the term Mesoamerica (or Meso- America), [5] [7] which generally refers to an ancient culture region situated in Middle America extending roughly from central Mexico to northern Costa Rica. [8] In addition, some residents of the region (e.g., Costa Ricans and Nicaraguans) may be referred to as Meso-Americans or Central Americans, but not, however, as Middle Americans, which refers to a particular constituency in the United States. [9] See also [ edit ]

I liked the way the story is laid out is through the eyes of the characters,, which may not be to everyones taste. Each chapter is a different character and we see the story build from within their minds and thoughts. A mosaic of seven townsfolk in middle America are going about their days blissfully unaware that their chance interactions will change the future of America without them ever knowing... 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. This book is so perfectly plotted that it will blow your mind. I know I was left like a gaping fish out of water at the end, gasping for breath and flapping around in excitement as the magnitude of the absolute masterpiece I had just experienced finally hit me. David B. Lyons is the Master of Misdirection and this is without doubt his magnum opus - it really is nothing short of a masterpiece. Stand up and take a bow, Mr Lyons! I certainly gave him a virtual round of applause at the end.

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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 Evolutionary or genetic adaptation to a changing climate takes many, many generations to develop, much longer than the timescales associated with our current changing climate," Daniel Vecellio, who performed the study as a postdoctoral fellow in the Center for Healthy Aging at Penn State University and postdoctoral scholar at George Mason University's Virginia Climate Center, told Newsweek.

Belle Fourche, South Dakota, is referenced as the geographic center of the U.S. in "A Serpent's Tooth: A Longmire Mystery Book 9" by Craig Johnson. Al Hudaydah, the second-largest city of Yemen, this number reaches up to 160 days. With uncompensable heat of season length on average each year, these regions will become inhabitable, or dramatic lifestyle changes (e.g., staying in the air conditioning room most of the time) are necessary to survive. As 3 degrees Celsius is within the envelope of the most likely warming scenarios, the aforementioned situations are quite likely to happen in my opinion," Kong said. It is distinct from the geographic center of the 50 United States located at a point northeast of Belle Fourche, South Dakota, reflecting the 1959 additions of the states of Alaska and Hawaii. Altogether they build and intriguing story that I found hard to put down because I just got so involved with their lives and where it would lead to bring them altogether. You have to wait until the final chapter to find that out, no spoilers from me but it does have a surprising end. 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]Bureau, US Census. "Position of the Geographic Center of Area, Mean and Median Centers of Population: 2020". Census.gov . Retrieved 2021-12-28. 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."

Located by L.T. Hagadorn of Paulette & Wilson – Engineers and L.A. Beardslee – County Engineer. From data furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. 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

With a number of character storylines to follow, it is indeed a tangled web that is woven by David B. Lyons in his latest novel, In the Middle of Middle America. There may be a decent number of characters but it never gets confusing as each one is brought to life through the absolutely flawless writing and I really cared about each and every one of them. Even the small town location of Lebanon, Kansas feels like almost a character in itself and there really is a monument there marking the very centre of America. 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!