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  28th century - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 28th century (Gregorian Calendar) comprises the years 2701 to 2800.
The MMORPG Neocron is set in a post-apocalyptic 28th century
The Star League collapses during the 28th century in the Battletech timeline
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/28th_century   (167 words)

  
 History of the Whoniverse: 28th Century
Unfortunately for the Empire, Earth had a number of wars and food riots during the early part of this century.
This is presumably the Zygon fleet that was expected to arrive on Earth centuries after Terror of the Zygons.
Following the pattern of the book, I assume it is in the 28th Century.
www.whoniverse.org /history/28thcentury.php   (988 words)

  
 MERCY Info - notes on the History of Cannabis
Prior to the 10th century B.C., Bhang, a cannabis preparation, was used as an anesthetic and antiphlegmatic in India.
Documents of the 19th century report on the use of cannabis to control diarrhea in cholera and to stimulate appetite.
Paralleling the question over cannabis use in the latter half of the 19th century was the growing medical use of other medications superior to cannabis in their effects and more easily controlled as to dose.
mercycenters.org /links/can_hist_med.htm   (6019 words)

  
 THE CAPTAIN'S JUSTICE LEAGUE HOMEPAGE
Hourman III travels back from the 853rd century to serve as a temporary replacement for the Martian Manhunter (who is taking a leave of absence) in the JLA.
Early in this century the Legion of Superheroes and the JLA battle a hoard of sentient comets unleashed by Solaris.
The same trick would be used by the Starman M* of the 853rd century to defeat the newly created Solaris in the 20th century.
www.geocities.com /TheTropics/1185/future_timeline.html   (1657 words)

  
 Green Tea and How it is Made
The tea brewed from the dried leaves of this plant has been drunk in China since perhaps the 28th century BC.
It was first brought to Europe by the Dutch in the early 17th century AD.
Leaf buds and young leaves are used in making tea, the age of the leaves determining the taste and name of the particular commercial variety.
www.harvestfields.ca /Tea/Info/greenteamade.htm   (330 words)

  
 A Perfect World
Again, it is surprising to many of us today that people in the 20th century accepted a system in which lawyers representing opposing sides engaged in a game in which they were expected to do almost anything to make their side win.
Such an obvious association was overlooked for many centuries until the revolution led to revision of the old Constitution to balance its "First Amendment right of free speech" with a consideration of whether any so-called "speech" endangers society as a whole.
Of course, in the USA of the 20th century even the discussion of population control was taboo, again for religious and racial reasons.
www.twilighttimes.com /j_Weiss6.html   (3458 words)

  
 Star Trek Timeline - Far Future
When Archer arrives in the 31st century, he is greeted by a startled Daniels and finds himself in a large city that was long ago destroyed by a great cataclysm.
In 2252, an electronic beacon from the ship is reconstructed and activated by Trip Tucker, and time travelers from the 31st century are presumably able to retrieve the vessel, the beacon, and the body of the pilot from the 22nd century.
As a result of the two interventions by a Temporal Cold War factions on Earth (one in 1916, and one by Vosk and his forces in the mid 1940's) the entire history of Earth and the Federation are changed, and the future Earth of Daniels ceases to exist.
members.cox.net /stenterprise/enttm10.htm   (1951 words)

  
 Wah Waugh- The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
But, then, Steve Waugh has proved time and again that he is a team player to the core and one who can vary his game not just to suit the pitch conditions but also the state of play.
Take the latest century when, after the departure of the other centurion Ponting, Waugh played a patient knock so as to ensure that his team got a sizeable lead.
It was only when he was down to the last man McGrath who was not known for his batting that Waugh suddenly accelerated to take his score from 83 to 103 in one over.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/msid-26088887,prtpage-1.cms   (330 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - Cricket - Waugh helps Australia keep check on Pakistan - Sunday October 20, 2002 03:25 PM
After recording two ducks in three innings this series, the 37-year-old Waugh reached his 28th test century in style, hammering leg-spinner Danish Kaneria for 20 in one over with two fours and a brace of sixes.
The Australia captain reached his 28th test century with his second six off leg-spinner Danish Kaneria, moving ahead of former Australia skipper Allan Border (27) as the fourth most prolific compiler of test centuries.
"It [the century] is special -- special in the sense that I wear the baggy green cap and hit a six to reach a century.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /cricket/news/2002/10/20/australia_pakistan   (874 words)

  
 SHLOKA - 22 IN EKATMATA STOTRA
In Kaliyuga's 35th century (4th century A.D.) another brave man, called Kaundinya again, went to Funan from southern India who did unforgettable work for the resuscitation of Indian culture and Dharma.
Ashoka was the grand son of emperor Chandragupta Maurya whose period of rule is calculated to be the 3rd century B.C. (i.e.
the Kaliyuga's 28th century) by the Western scholars but the same according to the Indian tradition is considered to be Kaliyuga's 17th century i.e.
www.hssworld.org /homepage/html/boudhik/ekatmata_stotra/SHLOKA_22.HTML   (932 words)

  
 History of the Whoniverse: 27th Century
It is easily within living memory of the first Overcities being erected, and almost certainly the 27th Century.
Whilst he is there, an invasion force of Chelonians and some late 20th Century commuters are transported to the planet by a Fortean flicker.
The scenes in the spaceport are said to be in the 27th Century on page 33, but said to be 230 years after Benny's native time on page 35 (making it the 28th Century).
www.whoniverse.org /history/27thcentury.php   (1099 words)

  
 :-:The Time, The Place:-:
It is most likely, therefore, to be the 20th, 21st, 27th or 28th of November as it is definitely a winter month (dark evening).
The date isn't specified, although the century was identified in later stories.
Tegan stated in later stories that she originally left Earth on 28th February 1981, there's no reason to believe the rest of the story took place at any other time.
members.fortunecity.com /tylorhan/ttp.html   (4171 words)

  
 28th century - TheBestLinks.com - Centuries, Gregorian Calendar, 27th century, 29th century, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
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 dreamcricket.com
His century overshadowed Venkatsai Laxman's career-best 83 on a day when Australia's gamble to put India in backfired on a slow pitch.
Tendulkar, cautious when nearing the 10,000-mark, improvised brilliantly and exploded with a flurry of shots in the later part of his innings.
There were three run-outs in the Indian innings in the second match at Pune which Australia won to level the series.
www.dreamcricket.com /dreamcricket/afpnews/mar033104_news.asp   (513 words)

  
 Blue Letter Bible: Chrono-Genealogical Table
A Chronological Map from the Creation to the Fourth Century A.D. This has been adapted from the Chrono-Genealogical Table in the Parallel Bible (1885).
The dating here used is acknowledged as disputable, but primarily functions as a help in comparing the lifespans of various biblical figures, and is not meant as an authoritative guide to historical chonology.
Each century is divided by a strong perpendicular line.
www.blueletterbible.org /study/parallel/timeline   (126 words)

  
 wingmakers
Time travellers from the 28th Century who called themselves the Wingmakers, leaving artifacts/time capsules behind for mankind of this era to find and decipher.
Reputed to be one of the most important finds of the century by one of linguistics experts who defected form the project.
Lyricus Soul Science is an exploration of the possibility of a science of the soul that is based on a multidisciplinary approach with its roots in the Wingmakers and Lyricus materials.
a.webring.com /hub?ring=wingmakers   (160 words)

  
 Tyre, Lebanon  -  Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Herodotus, the Greek historian, records a tradition that traced the settlement of Tyre back to the 28th century BC.
In the 7th century AD it came under the dominion of the Saracens.
In the 12th century it was taken by the Crusaders, who kept it until 1291, when the town came under Muslim rule.
www.galenfrysinger.com /tyre.htm   (102 words)

  
 Chapter 2: Humans - History
The 28th century is a diverse world for humanity--and a dangerous one.
English in the 29th century is, of course, much different from the English of the 21st.
It would be very difficult for a 21st century person to speak with a 29th century person, but it could be done.
bighouse.bungie.org /i/h-history.htm   (3386 words)

  
 Learn more about 28th century BC in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Learn more about 28th century BC in the online encyclopedia.
You are here: Online Encyclopedia > 28th century BC
Hint: Play with putting spaces before and after your words to see the different results you get.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /2/28/28th_century_bc.html   (182 words)

  
 Steve Waugh defies critics with 28th Test century
SHARJAH: Australian captain Steve Waugh silenced his detractors Sunday with a spectacular century on the second day of the third Test against Pakistan here.
Waugh returned unbeaten on 103, his 28th Test century and the first after 16 barren innings, as Australia were bowled out for 444 midway through the post-lunch session.
Pakistan, needing 245 to avoid the follow-on, went to tea on 29-1 with Imran Farhat on 10 and Younis Khan on three.
www.icricketer.com /news/21oct02/news1.shtml   (487 words)

  
 Brilliant Lara! ... Batting maestro's 176 rescues Windies again - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
It helped to lift the home side from a worrying 12-3 in the seventh over to 292-7 at the close on a hard, true Kensington Oval pitch after Shivnarine Chanderpaul won the toss for the third consecutive time.
Ramnaresh Sarwan, fresh from an unbeaten century in the second innings of the second Test, scored 10 before cutting loosely at Nel to provide point in the diminutive Ashwell Prince with a head-high catch.
It brought up the century partnership in 133 minutes off 177 balls, inclusive of 13 boundaries.
www.jamaicaobserver.com /sports/html/20050421T220000-0500_79162_OBS_BRILLIANT_LARA______BATTING_MAESTRO_S_____RESCUES_WINDIES_AGAIN.asp   (1016 words)

  
 rediff.com: cricket channel - 'Waugh's century ends hard slog'
Australia's newspapers rejoiced on Monday after Test cricket captain Steve Waugh ended a dismal run of form with a defiant 103 not out in the third Test against Pakistan.
The Australian captain reached his 28th Test century with his second six off leg-spinner Danish Kaneria in Sharjah on Sunday, moving ahead of former Australia skipper Allan Border (27) as the fourth most prolific compiler of Test centuries.
Waugh's first Test century for 14 months had not only strengthened his place in the team but also added steel to the middle order of Test cricket's top-ranked side ahead of next month's Ashes series, The Australian newspaper said.
www.rediff.com /cricket/2002/oct/21steve.htm   (344 words)

  
 AtariAge - Atari Lynx Manuals (HTML) - Turbo Sub (Atari)
It's late in the 28th century, and Earth has been overrun by intergalactic barbarians.
Astro foils, which were developed in the 21st century to protect the ozone layer, are valued sources of energy.
Gem pods are the currency of the 28th century and can be exchanged for valuable weapons and supplies.
www.atariage.com /manual_html_page.html?SoftwareLabelID=1888   (771 words)

  
 ...and Please Sign In Blood   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Still, it had only taken a few days for an engineering platoon with a little weather sealing, some dusting, and a power connection to an idling Orion at the foot of the tower to make the building inhabitable again.
Such was 28th Century engineering, so superior to 31st Century efforts.
His counterpart sat innocuously in a U-shaped booth that had once, centuries before, been the domain of mere middle-classed asses, the asses of tourists and commoners.
www.evilnet.net /~fanfic/fiction/signinblood.html   (1527 words)

  
 Neocron Trial - MegaGames demos
Neocron is an action-packed 3D MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) set in a post apocalyptic metropolis which gives you the opportunity to lead a virtual life in the exciting world of the 28th century.
It’s populated by cyberpunks, psi-monks, hackers, spies and other characters you’d expect to meet in a 28th century metropolis.
However just like in a traditional RPG, there are quests and puzzles to solve aplenty, but it's up to you decide which ones, if any, to pursue.
www.megagames.com /news/html/demos/neocrontrial.shtml   (345 words)

  
 Schlock Mercenary archives - Monday, October 2, 2000
In the late 28th century, the old Earth corporation, International Business Machines lost its trademark to a much larger, more powerful, intragalactic corporation.
After all, by that time Earth's "IBM" was making outmoded processors that were still huge by galactic standards (nearly the size of an eyelash!), while the mighty galactic IBM, "Intragalactic Bowel Movements," was making top-of-the-line toilets for spacecraft.
Intragalactic BM put up with Earth's little computer manufacturer for centuries before initiating the suit.
www.schlockmercenary.com /d/20001002.html   (492 words)

  
 Forum Romanum
The first problem with the "Century Point" system is the name.
distribution of century points, or that some things were simply forgotten.
Citizens were placed in centuries in April 2000.
www.novaroma.org /forum/mainlist/2001/2001-08-17.html   (3726 words)

  
 Shen Nung --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Pinyin Shen Nong (Chinese: “Divine Husbandman”), formally Yen Ti second of China's mythical emperors, said to have been born in the 28th century
24th century BC) of the golden age of antiquity, exalted by Confucius as an inspiration and perennial model of virtue, righteousness, and unselfish devotion.
His name is inseparable from that of Shun, his successor, to whom Yao gave his two daughters in marriage.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9067276   (649 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - Cricket - Tendulkar passes 10,000 runs in India's one-day win - Saturday March 31, 2001 07:46 AM
Posted: Saturday March 31, 2001 7:15 AM Updated: Saturday March 31, 2001 7:46 AM Sachin Tendulkar celebrates his 28th one-day century in India's 118-run win.
INDORE, India (Reuters) -- Sachin Tendulkar became the first player to score 10,000 runs in one-dayers and struck his 28th century to set up India's 118-run victory over Australia on Saturday.
Tendulkar hit a well-paced 139 to guide India to 299 for eight from 50 overs after being asked to bat first.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /cricket/news/2001/03/31/ind_aus_copy   (559 words)

  
 UCLA CEES: Enlightenment Influence on the U.S. Constitution: Cesare Beccaria’s Contributions to the U.S. Bill of ...
Students will then identify aspects of the U.S. Bill of Rights that are rooted in Beccaria's eighteenth century philosophies.
As an extension activity to the lesson, students can select a contemporary example of controversial punishments imposed upon criminals in the present day United States.
14th Century Prague: An Approach Using Literature in the Junior High Classroom
www.isop.ucla.edu /euro/article.asp?parentid=29410   (1186 words)

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