The Membrane Domain

• Air Quality and Climate Change
  Current models indicate an increase in air quality alerts. The increase risk is not necessarily from an increase in pollution. An on-going research study conducted by InternetU.org suggests a warming climate is likely contributing to reduction in air quality. The frequency of air quality alerts is on the rise in the United States and many […]
• Huge Credit Agency Data Breach
  by Daniel Brouse and Sidd Mukherjee for Membrane Domain Security Equifax is one of the largest credit reporting agencies in the world. Ironically, Equifax provides “identity protection tools with daily monitoring and alerts today!” From May to July, 2017, Equifax allowed a cybersecurity breach to steal 143 million people’s identity. The stolen information includes social […]
• One Trillion Ton Iceberg
  By Daniel Brouse An iceberg weighing over one trillion tons (about the size of Delaware) broke off Antarctica. “Antarctica contains 90% of the world’s fresh water as ice. If all the ice melts, sea levels will rise by 60 meters (200 feet). The sea ice melting doesn’t raise the sea level as the ice is […]

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• Is Michael Cotter West Chester Borough Manager?
  WEST CHESTER, PA — On October 2, 2017, Borough Manager Michael Cotter took “an indefinite leave of absence.” The latest controversy for Mr. Cotter has to do with signing an unauthorized check for $600,000; however this is not the only controversy facing the former Borough Manager. For a good portion of 2016, Michael Cotter pushed […]
• West Chester Busking “Street Musician” Ordinance
  by Daniel Brouse WEST CHESTER, PA — West Chester Borough is making noise with their “Busking Ordinance”. The Borough adopted a “busking ordinance” in 2016; however, in 2017 it was discovered the approved ordinance was not the law published as Borough Code. In error, the Borough published the original draft without the major revisions that […]

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