A 2021 Jeep Super Bowl commercial titled "The Middle", starring Bruce Springsteen, features the U.S. Center Chapel in Lebanon, Kansas. [11] CIA political map of Middle America. 1994. Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection; University of Texas Library Online 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".

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. 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. 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 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. 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.

As human-induced climate change continues, the Earth will only continue to warm. Scientists believe it could be only a matter of time before the planet reaches a point beyond the point that a human could withstand. Vecellio said that adaptation for most people will be in the technological sense, such as the use of air conditions. Behavioral adaptations may also be made, for example, the change of working hours to avoid the hottest parts of the day. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Geographic Center of the Conterminous United States Place: Lebanon, Kansas—quite literally, as marked by a monument, the very middle of middle America.

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. 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 Five stars is not enough for In the Middle of Middle America; it's simply outstanding! Honestly, I can't stop raving about this book - it's an absolute MUST READ! It's a book I would like to read again, even though I now know the awesome twist, just to see how cleverly it is written. David B. Lyons is such a talented wordsmith and coupled with his intricate plotting makes him one of the cleverest authors I've come across.

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... a b Augelli, John P. (June 1962). "The Rimland-Mainland Concept of Culture Areas in Middle America". Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 52 (2): 52 (2): 119–129. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.1962.tb00400.x. JSTOR 2561309. Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies, to which the term is normally applicable, share a general [geographic] focus .... For some ... "Middle America" refers only to Mexico and Central America; others add the West Indies and, infrequently, even Colombia, Venezuela, and The Guianas. Occasionally, the term "Central America" is used synonymously with "Middle America". Also, German geographers often refer to just the isthmian territories from Panama to Guatemala as Mittelamerika. 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.

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! The last two criticisms, put together, make this book guilty of being both sanctimonious and contrived.

Nothing of note really happens, but the undertone of something about to happen threads throughout the novel. The timeline is off because we are building up for Sarah-Jane's first show on network television. However, the show is on Thursday and the event happens on Friday. I don't see where either of the events in Lebanon would make national news. 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. 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.