Monday, 28 April 2025

4 May: 124

 Today is day 124 of 2025. Here are 10 fun facts about the number 124.

  1. The An-124 is the world's second heaviest gross weight production cargo plane and heaviest operating cargo aircraft.

  2. NGC 124 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered by Truman Henry Safford on September 23, 1867.

  3. The A124 is a road in England which runs between Canning Town and Upminster.

  4. Psalm 124 is the 124th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in the English of the King James Version: "If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say".

  5. 124 Alkeste is a main-belt Asteroid discovered by C.H.F. Peters on August 23, 1872 at Hamilton College, New York State. The name was chosen by Adelinde Weiss, wife of the astronomer Edmund Weiss, and refers to Alcestis, a woman in Greek mythology.

  6. The Fiat 124 is a small family car manufactured and marketed by Italian company Fiat between 1966 and 1974.

  7. The year 124 was a leap year starting on Friday, known at the time as the Year of the Consulship of Glabrio and Flaccus. In this year, Emperor Hadrian began rebuilding the Olympeion in Athens.

  8. In London, bus route 124 runs between Stanstead Road / St Dunstans College and Southend Crescent / Southend Close.

  9. The Roman numeral for 124 is CXXIV and in Binary it’s 1111100.

  10. In numerology the energy 124 represents is comfortable with new beginnings, but it generally spends time to thoroughly analyse the reasons for starting something. It accumulates wisdom by understanding everything in its environment that it possibly can, and tends to be spiritual in nature. The person tends to be a wise, intuitive, and self-determined.




Beta

(Combat Team Series #2)


Steff was abducted by an evil alien race, the Orbs, at fourteen. Used as a weapon for years, he eventually escapes, but his problems are just beginning. How does a man support himself when his only work experience is a paper round and using an Orb bio-integrated gun?

Warlord is an alien soldier who knows little but war. When the centuries-old conflict which ravaged his planet ends, he seeks out another world where his skills are still relevant. There are always wars on Earth, it seems. However, none of Earth's powerful armies want him.

Natalie has always wanted to visit England and sees a chance to do so while using her martial arts skills, but there are sacrifices she must make in order to fulfil her dream. 

Maggie resorted to crime to fund her sister's medical care. She uses her genetic variant abilities to gain access to the rooms of wealthy hotel guests. The Ballards look like rich pickings, but they are not what they seem. When Maggie targets them, little does she know that she is walking into a trap.

Hotel owner Hamilton Lonsdale puts together a combat team to pit against those of other multi-millionaires. He recruits Warlord, Natalie, Maggie and Steff along with a trained gorilla, a probability-altering alien, a stockbroker whose work of art proved to be much more than he'd bargained for, a marketing officer who can create psionic forcefields, a teleporting member of the landed gentry, and a socially awkward fixer. This is Combat Team Beta.

Steff never talks about his time with the Orbs, until he finds a woman who lived through it, too. Steff believes he has finally found happiness, but it is destined to be short-lived. He is left with an unusual legacy which he and Team Beta struggle to comprehend; including why something out there seems determined to destroy it.


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