Steve Dutch

Natural and Applied Sciences,
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
Office: LS 402 phone: 465-2246
e-mail: dutchs@uwgb.edu
This Home Page: http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs

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Contents

Note: The main headings are internal links to places further down the page where more specific information is provided. My schedule is also an internal link. All other links are to other pages.

General Information

• Fall 2004 Schedule
• University Survival Guide
• Personal biographical information (Sorry, nothing incriminating!)
• Got a Problem or Complaint?

Course Information

Topics of research or personal scholarly interest

• Geology of Wisconsin
  
• Wisconsin Geologic Locality Descriptions
• Unusual Wisconsin Weather Events
• Virtual Field Trips
• Geologic Maps of the States
• Index to USGS 1:100,000 and 1:250,000 Maps Why doesn't the USGS have something like this?
• Crystallography, symmetry, tilings and polyhedra
• Other recreational math items
• American Chemical Society Talks
• Science, pseudoscience, and irrationalism
• Convert Between Geographic and UTM Coordinates 
• Computing Tips

Other Topics of Personal Interest

• Gulf War - Kurdistan, 1991; Photos
• Bosnia, 1996
• The 432d Civil Affairs Battalion in Pictures
• Britain-Ireland Photos 1998 
• Cornerstone 98 Photos - Bulgaria
• Antarctica-South America 1975
• Sketches of Comet Hale-Bopp
• A Year in Turkey
• World Trade Center and the Bicentennial Tall Ships Parade 1976. How I got to see this event from the World Trade Center is a classic case of being at the right place at the right time. Actually, my wife was at the right place at the right time, proving it's not what you know, but who you know. Considering that millions of people saw this event, amazingly, there does not seem to be another photo archive like this on the Web.

Fall 2005 Schedule

University Survival Guide

• Who are these people and why are they messing with my mind? Ever wonder why you have to take some of the courses you do? This might help.
• Taking Multiple Choice Tests
• What is an A? What exactly do professors want in an essay exam or term paper? Includes samples of A, B, C, and D-F writing with explanations why.
• References for College Papers Can I reference my class notes? (No) What about the Internet? (Maybe) Get The Rules here.
• Top Ten No Sympathy Lines Warning! Blunt Language!
• How to Learn Facts

Personal biographical information

(Sorry, nothing incriminating!)

Other Items of Possible Interest

Leaverites As in "Leave 'er right where you found 'er." Got an odd rock or feature on a rock and no clue where to start looking for it? Try here.

Giant Waves in Lituya Bay, Alaska; USGS Professional Paper 354-C.  I may have purchased the last available copy of this classic paper, but since the references I have to it elicit a fair amount of interest, I have scanned it as a service to the geological community.

Thesis: The Creighton Pluton, Ontario, and its Significance to the Geologic History of the Sudbury Region

Tri-State Field Conference 1980: Geology of Eastern and Northeastern Wisconsin

My Web Philosophy

• It's not so much surfing as Dumpster-Diving. I used to wonder how bad it could be if we just let anybody publish their ideas. Now I know. Real bad.
• I like computers. I am awed by them. I am delighted by what they can do. But I don't trust them! Electronic storage is ephemeral and fragile. Not all of that is bad. The useful half-life of most information is a few years. But I do not assume I will always have a Web to access or even floppy disks to read. If I find some useful information, I download it. If it's really important, I may even make a hard copy. If a national emergency breaks down our telecommunications, the Web is history. If a rogue nation or terrorist sets off a nuclear weapon 100 miles above the U.S., most P.C.'s are history (check out something called EMP). I still have a slide rule.
• graphics? GRAPHICS? WE DON' NEED NO STINKING GRAPHICS! Too many Web pages are cluttered with useless graphics (eye candy). See this campus's web page for a case in point. See how long it takes you to figure out what classes we offer, where, and when. In case you're not aware of it, data storage and transmission capacity are finite resources. Given the spatial nature of geology and some of my avocational interests like geometry and polyhedra, I have a lot of graphics, but I try to keep them to the necessary minimum in number and simplicity. Drawings are mostly 16-color, with no sound or unnecessary animation, to keep download time short and keep material accessible to users with low-end systems. Photos are standard JPEG format, 24-bit color.
• Chunky, not creamy. I figure if you're looking for information you want to get it, so my pages tend to be on the long side, rather than broken into short segments connected by links. It may take longer to download the page, but once you do, everything is there.
• Links. I know where my own stuff is. I have enough to do keeping track of my own pages without worrying if somebody else paid his Compuserve bill. I have had enough experiences chasing from one site to another, only to reach a dead end or have a crash, to conclude that links to remote sites are often useless. If I use them, they will go as directly as possible to the item of interest. Unless it's a stable site, like a government agency, I won't link to it. (Even some agency sites have shut down, and sites are being reorganized all the time.) In most cases, if I am aware of sites of interest, I will mention them so you can look them up with a search engine.

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Created 15 December 1996 Last Update 15 November 2005

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