Things That Seem Related

Feels like there is a short line between these two items.

St. Pete Times: Billionaire's role in hiring decisions at Florida State University raises questions

...George Mason University, a public university in Virginia which has received more than $30 million from Koch over the past 20 years.

Wired: Climatology-Defying Paper Yanked for Plagiarism

The report in question was prepared by Edward Wegman of George Mason University. In it, he criticized the methods used to generate a version of the hockey stick graph generated by Michael Mann, a Penn State climatologist.

A Seiche On Whitefish Bay

UpNorthLive: Urgent water level warning

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1115 AM EDT WED MAY 11 2011

...SEICHE DEVELOPING ON WHITEFISH BAY AND SAULT LOCKS...

.STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING OVER 50 KNOTS HAS RESULTED IN A
SEICHE DEVELOPING ON WHITEFISH BAY AND AT THE SAULT LOCKS...WHERE
WATER LEVELS ARE RISING AND FALLING RAPIDLY DUE TO WATER BEING
PUSHED TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE BAY DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. THE
WATER THEN SLOSHES BACK TO THE EAST SIDE. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS THIS STANDING WAVE WILL DAMPEN OUT...BUT PERSONS ALONG THE
SHORE OF WHITEFISH BAY MAY EXPERIENCE WATER LEVEL CHANGES OF UP TO
2 FEET OVER A SHORT TIME PERIOD.

Catch Me If You Can

Read on TheAtlantic: Nearly 100 Fantastic Pieces of Journalism

And it reminded me of three long reads about chases that I have read in the recent past:

Outside: The Ballad of Colton Harris-Moore
In the Northwest's San Juan Islands, best known for killer whales and Microsoft retirees, a teen fugitive has made a mockery of local authorities, allegedly stealing cars, taking planes for joy­rides, and breaking into vacation homes. His ability to elude the police and survive in the woods has earned him folk-hero status. But some wonder if the 18-year-old will make it out of the hunt alive.

Wired: The Pedal-to-the-Metal, Totally Illegal, Cross-Country Sprint for Glory

VF: A Declaration of Cyber-War
Last summer, the world’s top software-security experts were panicked by the discovery of a drone-like computer virus, radically different from and far more sophisticated than any they’d seen. The race was on to figure out its payload, its purpose, and who was behind it.