Wednesday 12 April 2023

13 April: 103

Today is the 103rd day of the year. 10 fun facts about the number 103:

  1. The A103 is a road in London which runs from Lower Holloway to Hornsey and passes by the Arsenal stadium.
  2. Using a standard dartboard, 103 is the lowest possible prime number that cannot be scored with two darts.
  3. It’s also the smallest prime not found in the first thousand digits of Pi.
  4. 103 is the emergency telephone number for an ambulance in Ukraine.
  5. Australian poet Henry Lawson wrote a poem called One Hundred and Three, about his prison number.
  6. US President Andrew Jackson fought 103 duels—most of them to defend his wife's honour.
  7. Astronomer Charles Messier catalogued 103 objects in his list of nebulae.
  8. In the movie, "Naked Gun 2 1/2," the number of the bus under which "Nordberg" becomes stuck is 103.
  9. The world's largest tree is the General Sherman Tree, a sequoia in Sequoia National Park, California. Its trunk is roughly 103 feet in circumference.
  10. In numerology the energy of 103 is pragmatic and self-reliant. It will explore new ways of doing things so long as they are realistic. It won’t touch anything it believes to be impractical. The 103 energy tends to do things the way it thinks best. Alternative points of view are noted and considered for their logic and workability. But emotional or "you should" opinions don't sway this energy. They tend to be loyal, intense, and dedicated to the job at hand.


Character birthday

Bree Trace, a hairdresser from Sprawling, Innovia, in the Infinitus dimension. At a low point in her life, she decided to end her life by jumping from the Gold Circle Bridge, but was saved by Powerblaster. Read about her in Secrets and Skies.


Secrets and Skies

Jack Ward, President of Innovia, owes his life twice over to the enigmatic superhero, dubbed Power Blaster by the press. No-one knows who Power Blaster is or where he comes from - and he wants it to stay that way.

Scientist Desi Troyes has developed a nuclear bomb to counter the ever present threat of an asteroid hitting the planet. When Ward signs the order giving the go ahead for a nuclear test on the remote Bird Island, he has no inkling of Troyes' real agenda, and that he has signed the death warrants of millions of people.

Although the island should have been evacuated, there are people still there: some from the distant continent of Classica; protesters opposed to the bomb test; and Innovians who will not, or cannot, use their communication devices.

Power Blaster knows he must stop the bomb from hitting the island. He also knows it may be the last thing he ever does.

Meanwhile in Innovia, Ward and his staff gather to watch the broadcast of the test. Nobody, not even Troyes himself, has any idea what is about to happen.

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