Sunday, November 13, 2005

Country List | Build new Webpage | Xbox 360 backwards compatible list out-of-the-box

Here’s my American Country playlist right now.

1. Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride (4:27)
2. Alabama - Born Country (3:17)
3. Big & Rich - Love Train (3:47)
4. Confederate Railroad - Bill's Laundromat, Bar and Grill (3:41)
5. Sawyer Brown - Six Days On The Road (2:50)
6. Tracy Byrd - Lifestyples of the Not So Rich and Famous (2:51)
7. confederate railroad - Queen of Memphis (Club Mix) (3:50)
8. George Jones - The Race Is On (2:30)
9. Sawyer Brown - Shaken' (3:05)
10. George Jones - Hi Tech Redneck (2:59)
11. Randy Travis - Forever Amen (3:35)
12. Sawyer Brown - The Race Is On (2:47)
13. Sawyer Brown - Some Girls Do (3:05)
14. Garth Brooks - American Honky-Tonk Bar (3:32)
15. Roger Miller - King of the Road (2:27)
16. Sawyer Brown - They Don't Understand (4:08)
17. Tim Mc Graw - Don't take the girl (4:10)
18. Clint Black - A Good Run Of Bad Luck (2:43)
19. Alabama - Cheap Seats (3:53)
20. Tim McGraw - Ilike it, I love it (3:26)
21. George Jones - I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chai (3:28)
22. Garth Brooks - The Dance (3:40)
23. Dwight Yoakam - Guitars, Cadillacs (3:05)
24. Johnny Cash - Big Bad John (2:57)
25. Blackhawk - Every Once In A While (3:28)

I am signed up for college courses in January so I won’t have much time to play the videogames especially Xbox 360. First game may be Project Gotham 3. What else is new? More shelved games of course! Although, I was trying to play two yesterday. Again, I’ve stopped collecting for 30 days so I could get a new console. According to an internet polls Xbox 360 is leading popularity.

Xbox games compatible with Xbox 360 out-of-the-box.

* AirForce Delta Storm
* Alias™
* Aliens versus Predator™ Extinction
* All-Star Baseball™ 2003
* Amped®: Freestyle Snowboarding
* Army Men®: Sarge's War™
* Atari® Anthology™
* ATV: Quad Power Racing 2™
* Baldur's Gate™: Dark Alliance™ II
* Barbarian
* Barbie™ Horse Adventures™ Wild Horse Rescue™
* Batman Begins™
* Battle Engine Aquila
* Battlestar Galactica™
* BMX XXX™
* Brute Force™
* Buffy the Vampire Slayer™: Chaos Bleeds
* Cabela’s® Dangerous Hunts™
* Cabela’s® Outdoor Adventures™ 06
* Cabela's® Deer Hunt™ 2005 Season
* Cabela's® Deer Hunt™ 2004 Season
* Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth™
* Call of Duty™: Finest Hour™
* Casino
* Catwoman™
* Chicago Enforcer
* Circus Maximus
* Close Combat: First to Fight
* Codename: Kids Next Door™
* Colin McRae Rally 4
* Combat Elite: WWII Paratroopers™
* Commandos 2: Men of Courage™
* Conflict: Desert Storm
* Constantine™
* Crash Twinsanity™
* Crash Nitro Kart™
* Crimson Skies®: High Road to Revenge™
* Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon™
* Curse: The Eye of Isis
* Dark Angel
* Darkwatch™
* Dead or Alive® 3
* Deathrow
* Digimon® Rumble Arena®
* Dinotopia
* Drake™
* Egg Mania™: Eggstreme Madness
* ESPN MLS ExtraTime 2002
* Euro 2004
* F1 2001
* Fable®
* Fable®: The Lost Chapters™
* Fairly Odd Parents: Breakin' da Rules
* FIFA Soccer 2003
* FIFA Soccer 2004
* FIFA STREET
* Fight Night 2004
* Fight Night Round 2
* Ford Mustang
* Ford vs. Chevy
* Forza Motorsport™
* Freedom Fighters™
* Frogger Beyond™
* Futurama™
* Fuzion Frenzy®
* Genma Onimusha
* Goblin Commander™: Unleash the Horde
* Grand Theft Auto 3
* Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
* Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas™
* Gravity Games Bike: Street. Vert. Dirt.
* Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder
* Half-Life® 2
* Halo®
* Halo® 2
* Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire™
* Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone™
* He-Man: Defender of Grayskull
* Hitman: Contracts™
* House of the Dead 3
* IHRA Drag Racing Sportsman Edition
* IHRA Professional Drag Racing 2005™
* Jade Empire™
* James Bond 007™: NightFire™
* Judge Dredd®: Dredd vs. Death™
* Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis
* Kabuki™ Warriors
* Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer
* kill.switch
* Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events™
* LOONS—The Fight for Fame
* Manhunt
* Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX™ 2
* Max Payne
* Max Payne® 2
* Medal of Honor European Assault™
* Medal of Honor™ Frontline
* Medal of Honor™ Rising Sun
* Mega Man® Anniversary Collection
* Metal Arms™: Glitch in the System
* MicroMachines
* Mike Tyson Heavyweight Boxing
* Monster Garage™
* Mortal Kombat®: Deception™
* MTV Music Generator™ 3
* Murakumo: Renegade Mech Pursuit
* MX World Tour™: Featuring Jamie Little
* Namco Museum™
* NBA LIVE 2003
* NBA LIVE 2004
* Need For Speed™ Underground 2
* NFL Blitz 2002
* NFL Blitz 2003
* NFL Blitz 2004
* NHL® 2004
* NHL Hitz™ 2003
* Ninja Gaiden®
* Ninja Gaiden® Black
* Outlaw Golf 2
* Outlaw Volleyball
* Pariah™
* Phantom Crash™
* Pinball Hall of Fame™
* Pitfall®: The Lost Expedition™
* Predator Concrete Jungle™
* Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time™
* Pro Evolution Soccer 5
* Pro Race Driver™
* Pump It Up™: Exceed
* Pure Pinball
* Puyo Pop Fever
* Quantum Redshift®
* Rayman Arena
* Raze's Hell™
* Red Dead Revolver
* Red Faction® II
* RedCard™ 2003
* Robotech: Battlecry
* Rocky™ Legends
* Rogue Ops
* Samurai Jack
* Samurai Warriors™
* Scooby Doo!™ Night of 100 Frights
* Scrapland
* SEGA GT™ 2002
* Shadow The Hedgehog™
* Shamu's Deep Sea Adventures
* ShellShock: Nam '67™
* Sid Meier's Pirates!®
* Sneakers™
* Sniper Elite
* Soccer Slam
* Sonic Heroes™
* Sonic Mega Collection™ Plus
* Speed Kings™
* Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy™
* Splat Magazine Renegade Paintball
* SpongeBob SquarePants™: Battle for Bikini Bottom
* SpyHunter® 2
* Spyro™ A Hero's Tail
* SSX 3
* Stake™
* Star Trek: Shattered Universe
* Star Wars®: Episode III Revenge of the Sith™
* Star Wars®: The Clone Wars™
* Star Wars® Jedi Knight®: Jedi Academy™
* Star Wars: Starfighter™ Special Edition
* Star Wars®: Knights of the Old Republic™
* Star Wars® Knights of the Old Republic® II: The Sith Lords™
* Street Racing Syndicate™
* Stubbs the Zombie™ in Rebel without a Pulse™
* Super Bubble Pop
* Super Monkey Ball™ Deluxe
* SX Superstar™
* Tecmo Classic Arcade
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles™
* Test Drive®: Eve of Destruction
* Tetris Worlds™
* The Great Escape
* The Hulk™
* The Incredible Hulk™: Ultimate Destruction
* The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer
* The Lord of the Rings™: The Return of the King™
* The Simpsons™ Hit and Run™
* The Simpsons™ Road Rage
* The Terminator™ Dawn of Fate
* The Thing™
* Thief: Deadly Shadows™
* Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
* Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® 3
* Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
* Tony Hawk's Pro Skater™ 4
* Tony Hawk's Underground 2
* Tork™: Prehistoric Punk™
* Toxic Grind
* Ty The Tasmanian Tiger™
* Ty the Tasmanian Tiger™ 2: Bush Rescue™
* Ty the Tasmanian Tiger™ 3: Night of the Quinkan
* Urban Freestyle Soccer
* Vexx™
* Volvo: Drive for Life
* World Series® Baseball 2K3
* Worms 4 Mayhem
* Worms™ Forts: Under Siege
* WWE™ Raw™ 2
* XIII
* Yourself!Fitness™



It’s only 9 days until the launch. I’m worried about the line at mid-night. Sure, Hudson, WI isn’t a real city, but it has massive surrounding population supporting videogames too. If reading videogame news on the internet is so addicting, it might be hard to get around to playing something. Right now I’m playing Resident Evil 4 for Gamecube for the 2nd time. I am at the part where I met this colossus for the first time after running through a haunted village. Yeah, I got that normal difficulty. The PS2 version is significantly more popular at the moment. I got that special “Only for Gamecube” version.

I developed a new webpage at AtSpace which gives me 50 MB free to use without banners. I upgraded my game list, added more pictures since I borrowed the graphics off TeamXbox, owned by IGN, but a spin off of Xbox.IGN.com.

Last videogame I completed was Half-life 2 for PC. Half-life 2 was entertaining because it got #1 on my favorite videogames. I must of killed 60 combine near the end. The game industry’s # almost overwhelms me. I have a long list of what to get first and I’m constantly choosing what ones are the most important.

There is a rumor that Nintendo Revolution’s real name is Futurna, but that’s a lot of bullshit.

Monday, November 7, 2005

12 Saturn games emulated on PC including Virtua Fighter, Nights into Dreams, Daytona USA, Rayman, Panzer Dragoon.

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It took more than 10 yrs, but Saturn emulation is finally conquered! About a year ago I used Daytona USA and the sky was missing and wasn’t playable. SSF 0.07 Beta however allows me to play Daytona USA! I can play all the games with USB Sidewinder, USB analog game pad or keyboard. The emulator seems to require a fast DVD-ROM, because Saturn’s 2x CD-ROM requires near perfect emulation. I own all the games so it’s legal. SSF may be the only emulator besides its commercial counterpart, GuriGuri, which plays games. SSF compatible with most of the Saturn software. I recommend Direct X 9 installed before using this version of SSF. Audio (usually AD-PCM encoded) is perfectly emulated. I never got audio before, it’s a real treat!

Sega Saturn is a little more powerful than Playstation capable of more 2D sprites. The most famous game was Nights into Dreams. Saturn “died” in 1997, but it wasn’t official until 1998.

SSF 0.07 Beta
BIOS

CPU: Two 32-bit SH-2 (28.6MHz) RISC processors
RAM: 2MB, Video RAM: 1.5MB
Colors: 16.7 million
Polygons: 200,000 texture-mapped, 500,000 flat-shaded per second
Game Media: CD-ROM
Resolution: 704x480
Sound: 32-channel PCM, 8-channel FM stereo

My own tested and playable games

- Nights into Dreams
- Rayman
- Sonic 3D Blast
- Darius Gaiden
- Panzer Dragoon
- Daytona USA
- Sega Rally Championship
- Virtua Fighter
- Virtua Fighter 2
- Fighter Megamix
- Gex
- Mr. Bones

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Daytona USA

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Nights into Dreams

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Rayman

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Sega Rally Championship

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Fighters MegaMix

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Sonic 3D Blast

It was night. My father switched the license plates so I can now drive the 2000 Jeep. I followed Randy on the right side of the interstate focused on his Chevy Silverado and it felt like 36° Fahrenheit in some thunderstorm, and couldn’t find the auto close window button because it was dark for one thing and hydroplaning for another thing. Saturday night I put 40 miles driving to Menomonee, WI where I slept over at his house because he and I wanted to play Playstation 2 longer. When I got there, we played Winning Eleven Soccer 7. I won both times. He has a friend that lives upstairs in this kind of small house that he and his girlfriend rent. His girlfriend is a lot younger and we kept talking about how her dad wanted a new Jaguar or Volvo sports car? Those things are expensive. Randy and she sleep in same bed. I slept on a sort of comfortable coach in the living room. I went to sleep at 2 am, and woke up at 6 am. I decided to leave at 7 am because Randy didn’t waking up in that point of time. I found Interstate 94 West right away. The on ramp was actually outta Menomonee. I listened to my burnt trance mp3 cd coming home to Warren township.

He works in St. Paul six days a week where his 2000 Saab 9-5 is his primary transportation. He bargained it at a few grand ($1K) off the original dealer price and bought a Saab because he hated when his ’93 Cadillac DeVille did a burnie at random intersections.

Wednesday, November 2, 2005

I got SUSE 10 and Knoppix 4.0.2! | Desktop Pictures

Gnoppix 2.12 LIVE CD

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- Gnome 2.11.92
- Gimp 2.2.8
- kernal 3.6.x
- Epiphany 1.8
- Firefox 1.0.6

Knoppix 4.02 Live DVD

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- KDE 3.4.1
- Open office 1.9
- Amarok 1.2
- Firefox 1.06
- kernal 2.6.x
- Open Office.org 2.0
- Kine
- Gimp 2.2.8
- KOffice 1.4.2

SUSE 10.0 LIVE-DVD

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- SUSE modified KDE 3.4.2 beta 2
- SUSE Yast2
- Amarak 1.3
- Gimp 2.2.8
- Firefox 1.07
- kernal 2.6.x
- Open Office.org 2.0
- Kine
- support for Wireless NICs via Yast2 setup

DELL Dimension XPS Generation 2

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- 7-Zip 0.49
- Alcohol 120%
- Counter Strike Source
- Daemon Tools
- DivX Player
- Dreamweaver 8
- Firefox 1.5
- GoldWave 5.1
- Half-life 2
- Kazaa Lite Rev
- Limewire 3.9
- MS Office 2003 Pro
- Namo Webeditor 2006
- Nero Burning Rom 6.6.0.16
- Notepad++ 3.2
- OpenOffice.org 2.0
- Opera 8.5
- Paint Shop Pro X
- Quintessential Player (latest version)
- Trillian 3.1
- Unreal Tournament 2004
- Video LAN 0.8.2
- Weatherbug
- Winamp 5.111
- Winrar 3.51
- WinXP Service Pack 1

Athlon XP 1.8 GHz , 386 MB of RAM, 40 GB HDD

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- WinXP Service Pack 0
- Firefox 1.0.6
- Winamp 5.094
- Ripcast Free
- WinRAR
- DivX Player

Athlon XP 2.1 GHz, 786 MB of RAM, Radeon 9250, 200 GB HDD

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- WinXP Service Pack 0
- Firefox 1.0.6
- Winamp 5.094
- Nero 6.6.0.16
- MS Office 2003 Pro
- WinRAR 3.5
- 7-ZIP .46
- DivX Player
- Video LAN

Sunday, October 30, 2005

The Greatest Videogames list | Konqueror GUI for Windows??????

List of the greatest PC or videogames

1.) Half-life 2 (PC)
2.) Unreal Tournament 2004 (PC)
3.) Final Fantasy X (PS2)
4.) Unreal Tournament (PC)
5.) Super Mario Bros. (NES)
6.) Goldeneye (N64)
7.) Super Mario 64 (N64)
8.) Forza Motorsport (Xbox)
9.) Halo (Xbox, PC)
10.) Metal Gear Solid 2 (PS2, Xbox)
11.) Gran Turismo 4 (PS2)
12.) Chrono Trigger (SNES, PS)
13.) Final Fantasy VII (PS)
14.) Grandia (Saturn, PS)
15.) Star Ocean 3 (PS2)
16.) Xenogears (PS)
17.) Lunar 2 (SegaCD, Saturn, Playstation)
18.) Lunar (SegaCD, Saturn, Playstation)
19.) Vagrant Story (Playstation)
20.) Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater (PS2)

I found Konqueror 3.4 is coming to Windows sometime before WinVista. I modified a png to show what it may look like when downloadable. So far the project’s only developer is using the web browser and not the folder explorer function. It might use GTK++ so it can run. The Gimp is the best known program using GTK++. Konqueror for Windows could be dead too, but I doubt it otherwise the site would’ve let us know about it!


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On Halloween I want to dress up as Master Chief (Halo protangious) except there is no party for me to go too. DRATS! I haven’t been able to use my new birthday present after that test drive around the 4 mile block when cops weren’t around to pull me over! It’s illegal to drive without license plates anywhere. I did it anyways because I really wanted to drive it! It’s where there are a lot of hills with thousands of box elders with 10% Blue Spouses (pine tree) and red oaks mixed in.

My mom had a Halloween party and all my aunts and aunt’s friends wanted to see it, but I didn’t right away. I feared they ask me if I owned it (and my Aunt Diane did ask) that’s awfully a strange question because it’s a present according to mom and dad except I don’t have ownership yet. I gained $55 for Xbox 360. I’m unemployed as of now, and wouldn’t want to pay for car insurance. My uncle who lives rurally likes to buy and sell things on Ebay so I gave him Knoppix 4.0. He’ll probably get frustrated and throw the DVD a way.

Games I would’ve eventually had if weren’t for the fact I’m saving it up for Xbox 360.

• Civilization IV – will be my first Civilization game and second Sid Meier game
• Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow – it’s castlevania and it historically has been quite good in hack ‘n slash genre.
• Soul Caliber III – Just because I own the first two Soul Calibers
• Fatal Frame III The Tormented - I own Fatal Frame 1 and 2 for Xbox, and two for Playstation 2. I could use this survival horror exclusive. You’re only armed /w a camera and use it to stun your foe and run away before it kills you. No guns in this game.
• Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis – umm, I own five anime based strategy RPGs for PS2 from Atlus and Nippion Ichi.

Friday, October 28, 2005

My Birthday present weighed two metric tons!

I am not going to get money for my birthday. Now it’ll be tiny bit harder to buy an Xbox 360. Although I did get a vehicle instead! A gold 2000 Jeep XJ Sport! Yesterday, I was tricked into thinking I was getting my jeep winterized and my father drove me so I couldn’t look at the oil dial and figure it out. He was actually bringing me to my birthday gift! Easily the most expensive one I ever had.

The other one was 11 yrs old and although it had few problems, problems would soon emerge. So now that’s outta my hands, that one will be sold to a new owner.

The 2000 Jeep XJ for an early Birthday present. Turning 21 Nov. 1st. It looks like the one on the front page except its gold instead of white. The inside is digital instead of analog. In the white '95 Cherokee all the engine dials were analog except for the radio. It has 59,000 miles on it. Smells like new which is one trick of the trade of selling an used vehicle.

Because it's newer, the brakes and acceleration grab twice as quickly. Before i got it the washer fluid, engine oil, brake fluids were changed at the Chrysler dealership. The previous owner just happened to be the wife of the dealership president in Hudson, WI. I can’t own it, but I can drive easily. By the time I got off my street, I had the acceleration figured out.

The vehicle has a KENWOOD (nice and expensive) Serris/MP3/WMA/CD/FM/AM radio that reads data CDs and sounds better than before /w build in speakers. I burnt a cd of some rock and trance mp3s to play in it. It must be a 2002 model because it's not on the Kenwood website.

Engine: Chrysler 4.0 L Power Tech I6, 190 hp

We got a good price on it.

About the Engine

The 4.0 L (3956 cc) EPH straight-6 was an evolution of the 258 and 2.5 and appeared in 1987. It had the same 3.88 (98.4 mm) bore as the 2.5 with a longer 3.41 in (86.7 mm) stroke.

Chrysler made an enlarged throttle body, and redesigned the cylinder head for higher flow. The Intake an Exhaust manifolds were also changed for more efficiency, and the fuel injectors were once again replaced with higher flowing units. The camshaft was also changed to a higher lift one. The net result of all these changes was an engine that made 190hp and 225 lbs-ft. of torque. The 4.0 was kept the same until the 1995 model year when small changes were made to the cylinder head. In 1996, the engine block was redesigned, and a new strengthened unit was used. The new block made use of more webbing cast into the block, and a stud girdle for the crankshaft main bearings.

The Cylinder head was also again changed in about 1998, to a lower flowing, but more emissions friendly head.

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A kenwood MP3 player!
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 Goes 100 MPH instead of 85 MPH in the last Jeep.
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My first car. 1995 White XJ

Adult Toys: videogames and electronics!

Well aren't I the lucky one. The TV on the porch is now in my room for the winter. I can hook up satellite TV to it via long cable or my N64 as you can see. It's 23 inch composite I think.

I downsized the pics for dial up users.....I was one and it takes 15 seconds to load all the GFX on here.

2004

The Sat modem and LCD TV hooked up to PS2, Gamecube /w Gameboy Player attachment, Xbox, Dreamcast, DVD player, and satellite TV reciever

2004

oldest computer working since Dec 2001. Athlon XP powered. Obsolete RAM


composite TV right by my computer. Pretty new composite TV. Right next to it is the computer I use for everything. Has 2 GB RAM, Pentium 4, Radeon 9800XT. The composite TV I can hook up any videogame console too including the PStwo. I have to have my videogame consoles on the floor and is NP.

2004

I never use this because it needs new GFX GPU card. It has a Geforce 5600 /w a June 2005 video driver. Has 786 MB or RAM

Wednesday, October 26, 2005

WISCONSIN: YOU'RE IN PACKER CHEESEHEAD COUNTRY NOW! EEEK!

Wisconsin comes from The Ojibwe word Miskasinsin, meaning "Red-stone place," given to the Wisconsin River. In 1634, Frenchman Jean Nicolet became Wisconsin's first European explorer, landing at Red Banks, near modern day Green Bay in search of a passage to the Orient. The state mineral is lead sulfide reflecting Wisconsin's early mining history. The state's nickname is "the Badger State."

The capital is Madison and the largest city is Milwaukee. Democrats owned the elections in the last five presidential contests. During both the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections, Wisconsin was considered a "swing" state considering we’re equally split between Democratic and Republican candidates polls.

Known as "America's Dairyland," Wisconsin is also known for cheese. Citizens of Wisconsin are referred to as Wisconsinites. Among non-residents we’re called "Cheeseheads," due to the quality of cheese making in the state. In other words the best cheese comes from Wisconsin cows.

Deer hunting is extremely popular. It’s a sport, but not professional sport. Popular game is the white tail deer which is more populated here than the rest of the country.

The state is bordered by the Montreal River, Lake Superior and Michigan to the north, by Lake Michigan to the east, by Illinois to the south, and by Iowa and Minnesota to the west. Part of the state's boundaries includes the Mississippi River and St. Croix River in the west, and the Menominee River in the northeast.

In the north, the Lake Superior Lowland occupies a belt of land along Lake Superior. Just to the south, the Northern Highland includes the state's highest point, Timms Hill, as well as massive forests and thousands of small glacial lakes. In the middle of the state, the Central Plain possesses some unique sandstone formations like the Dells of the Wisconsin River in addition to rich farmland. The Eastern Ridges and Lowlands region in the southeast is home to many of Wisconsin's largest cities. In the southwest, the Western Upland is a rugged landscape with a mix of forest and farmland.

The state is home to the Green Bay Packers, one of the most successful small-market professional sports franchises in the country. Monday Night Football national broadcasts draw strong ratings during Packers games. Packers suck this year, and the Vikings won the last game! For a moment in the first half Vikings made the Packers look good, but it bit them in the butt winning the game by a long field goal three seconds left in the game at the Metrodome in Minneapolis.

Wisconsin is known for its beer, bratwursts, cranberries and OzzFest (where Ozzy Osborne, the British lead singer of Black Sabbath makes a camero appearance in Somerset, Wisconsin every year. There is also 93X Fest which is another rock concert in Somerset, Wisconsin.

The racial makeup of the state:

• 87.3% White
• 5.7% Black
• 3.6% Hispanic
• 1.7% Asian
• 0.9% Native American
• 1.2% Mixed race

BASEBALL

The Brewers are in the Central Division of the National League and were part of the American League through the 1997 season, after which they switched to the National League.

The team was renamed the Brewers to honor Milwaukee's beer-brewing traditions after being purchased by Bud Selig. The brew team is made up of 32 Americans, 4 Dominicans, 1 Australian, 1 Mexican, 1 Japanese, 1 Venezuelan, and 1 Panamian.

Miller Park opened in 2001 to replace Milwaukee Country Stadium since opening season 1953. Construction cost of MCS was $5 million while Miller Park (Miller Beer owning large interest in the stadium) cost $310 million. Professional sports can use federal money towards building stadiums.

AMERICAN FOOTBALL

The Green Bay Packers joined the NFL list of teams in 1921 The Packers are currently the only publicly owned professional sports team in the United States. They are apart of the NFC North division of football. The Packers were once known as the Acme Packers (think loony toons in terms of acme). The team’s Uniform colors are dark green, gold, and white. They were NFL champtions on 1929, 1930, 1931, 1936, 1939, 1944, 1961, 1962, 1965. Super Bowl champions 1966 (I), 1967(II) and 1996 (XXXI) Typically, a team is owned by one person, partnership, or corporate entity; thus, a "team owner." The Packers fan base is notoriously dedicated: no matter how well the team performs, Lambeau Field has been sold out every game since 1960. The Packers have one of the longest waiting lists for season tickets in professional sports. Head coach is Mike Sherman and most popular football player is quarter back Bret Farve in his 14th year as quarterback. He also lives in Green Bay by the stadium.

Packers fans are commonly known as "cheeseheads," presumably because Wisconsin is known for its cheese production. To poke fun at this nickname, they wear foam triangles made to look like cheese on their heads, which further re-enforces the "cheesehead" designation.

PRO SOCCER: THE OTHER FOOTBALL

The Major Indoor Soccer League is the only current professional indoor soccer league in the USA. The league is a member of both the United States Soccer Federation and FIFA also known as Major League Soccer.

The Milwaukee Wave are the oldest continuously operating professional soccer team in the United States. The team was founded on August 3, 1984 as a member of the American Indoor Soccer Association and as played in every season and incarnation of that league

PRO HOCKEY

The Milwaukee Admirals are an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They play in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA at the Bradley Center.

Beginning with the 1973–74 season the Admirals joined the newly formed United States Hockey League. Their first season in a league was not particularly successful as they ended the season in last place in their division. They won only 11 games, lost 35 games, and tied 2 games that season.