Monday, 31 March 2025

1 April: 91

Today is the 91st day of the year. 10 fun facts about the number 91.

  1. 91 is the atomic number of Protactinium, a chemical element with the symbol Pa. It is a dense, radioactive, silvery-grey actinide metal which readily reacts with oxygen, water vapour, and inorganic acids.

  2. +91 is the international dialling code for India.

  3. Ninety One or 91 is a Kazakh boy group formed by JUZ Entertainment in 2015. The band consists of four members: Alem, Ace, Zaq, and Bala. Once a five-member group, A.Z. left in 2020. Ninety One is the pioneer act of a new musical genre called Q-pop (Qazaq-pop), a synthesis of Western and Asian pop music.

  4. It’s the smallest number that looks prime but is not, proven using the Rotten Theorem by John Conway.

  5. In London, the 91 bus runs between Tottenham Lane YMCA and Trafalgar Square

  6. The Saab 91 Safir is a three or four seater, single engine trainer aircraft built by Saab AB in Linköping, Sweden and by De Schelde in Dordrecht, Netherlands.

  7. 91 Aegina is a large main-belt asteroid discovered by French astronomer Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan on 4 November 1866. It was the second of his two asteroid discoveries. The name comes from Aegina, a Greek mythological figure associated with the island of the same name.

  8. Ninety-One is a solitaire card game which is played using a deck of Playing cards. The object of the game is to move cards so that the top cards of the piles total 91.

  9. 91 Magazine is a UK Independent interiors and lifestyle magazine telling stories of creative people & businesses through their interior spaces.

  10. In numerology, people influenced by this number are self sufficient and independent, and dislike others interfering in their business. They are comfortable in social situations but don’t always feel part of the group. They are tolerant and humanitarian and their goals in life will often include things that make life better for humankind.


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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