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Global Spins:
Events and Discoveries
From Around the World





The island of Sardinia in the Mediterranean Sea is the site of a giant facility which contains carbon dioxide in both gaseous and liquid states. In its liquid state, the carbon dioxide is contained in massive storage tanks. The conversion of carbon dioxide from its liquid state to its gaseous state creates a gaseous flow which powers turbines connected to generators which produce electrical power. The electricity used to compress and cool the gaseous carbon dioxide to its liquid form is provided by solar panels. That electricity is stored in a massive lithium ion battery. That compression/cooling stage transpires overnight. In the morning, the liquid carbon dioxide is heated and allowed to expand. It moves from the storage tanks to an immense bladder. Along its way, the gaseous carbon dioxide spins the turbines as mentioned above. The bladder fills with the gaseous carbon dioxide during the day. After the bladder is totally filled with the gaseous product by late evening, it is ready to be compressed overnight so that it can be contained in its liquid state in the holding tanks. In the morning, the cycle continues as explained above.















Mark Gerek (1948-2002) was a founding talent of American Samoa radio station KKHJ (KHJ93). He served as engineer and morning on-air personality until his tragic death in a swimming accident. in the 1990s, KKHJ blossomed from a dream to bring top-forty music and news to the island, which has its largest community located in the village of Pago Pago. Mr. Gerek worked tirelessly to help get the station up and running in the island's topography which is not friendly to construction of radio towers and installation of telecommunication cables. The humble company which founded the station was eventually bought out by South Seas Broadcasting, Inc. However, from the start, the station has maintained a website by which its over-the-air broadcasts can be web-streamed by listeners around the word. Mark Gerek:



Listen to the web stream of
radio station 93KHJ   .













The website GreatCircleEarth (dot) com is fun to access in order to determine the true distance from one point on the globe to a distant point. Here is a visual which emphasizes the true distance from Los Angeles to London.















Lake Milton is Ohio's tenth-largest man-made lake. The dam was constructed between 1913 and 1917 by the City of Youngstown. In 1984, ownership was turned over to the State of Ohio. The Lake and its shoreline are now managed by the Ohio State Parks Service.

The weather on November 12 was seasonal for this time of the year. A moderate breeze was from the west.

Here is photo snapped at the east side of the lake on the Mahoning Avenue Causeway.