Wednesday, 26 February 2025

27 February: 58

On the 58th day of the year, 10 fun facts about the number 58.

  1. The first seven prime numbers (2+3+5+7+11+13+17) add up to 58.

  2. There are 58 usable cells on a Hexxagon game board.

  3. 58 was an American rock band, a side project involving Nikki Sixx of Mötley Crüe and producer Dave Darling. The band name originates from the fact that both Sixx and Darling were born in 1958.

  4. 58 Concordia is a fairly large main-belt Asteroid discovered by German astronomer Robert Luther in 1860. At Luther's request, it was named after Concordia, the Roman goddess of harmony.

  5. 58 is a 2021 film written and directed by Erik Junnola, who also stars in it with Hallea Jones and Stephen Bogaert. The plot concerns an older man named Christopher Blair, who writes a movie about his past as a greaser in 1958 and the adventure he and his friends have when a close friend, Joey Odell, goes missing.

  6. It’s the atomic number of Cerium, a chemical element with the symbol Ce. It is a soft, ductile, silvery-white metal that tarnishes when exposed to air.

  7. London bus number 58 runs from East Ham/Central Park to Walthamstow Bus Station.

  8. In Central American cultures such as the Aztecs, 58 symbolises bad luck because those peoples are said to have committed 58 original sins.

  9. No.58 is a Women’s Clothing Store based in Wexford, Ireland, which offers unique yet affordable clothing and statement pieces for any occasion. Their website states that they can ship to anywhere in the UK and Europe.

  10. In numerology, a person influenced by this number is a practical, hard worker who plans for the future. They like to have their facts straight before beginning a project and keeps resources in reserve. It is conservative and protective, with a strong sense of dignity and worthiness. Will willingly work long and hard to build what they deem to be important.



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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