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Schooling and the Great Migration
AbstractIn 1900, 90 percent of America?s black population lived in the South and only 4.3 percent of those born in the region era living elsewhere. By 1950 the proportion of blacks living in the South had declined to 68 percent and 19.6 percent of those born in the region had left it. Using samples drawn from the public use tapes of the 1900, 1940, and 1950 censuses I show that better-educated blacks were far more likely to leave the South than less-educated ones. There was, as well, a feedback effect black school enrollment increased in states that had previously experienced high rates of black out-migration. Econometric analysis of the determinants of black out-migration suggests that the better-educated were more likely to migrate because schooling lowered the costs of migrating, possibly by increasing awareness of distant labor market opportunities and the ability to assimilate into a different social and economic environment.
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Publication status: published as "'To the Promised Land': Education and the Black Exodus," Chapter 7 of Robert A. Margo, Race and Schooling in the South, 1880-1950: An Economic History. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1990.
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- Robert A. Margo, 1983.
"Accumulation of Property by Southern Blacks Before World War I: Commentand Further Evidence,"
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- Margo, Robert A, 1984. "Accumulation of Property by Southern Blacks before World War I: Comment and Further Evidence," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, American Economic Association, vol. 74(4), pages 768-76, September.
- Greenwood, Michael J, 1975. "Research on Internal Migration in the United States: A Survey," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 13(2), pages 397-433, June.
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- La Ferrara, Eliana & Mele, Angelo, 2006. "Racial Segregation and Public School Expenditure," CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers 5750, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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"Selection and Economic Gains in the Great Migration of African Americans: New Evidence from Linked Census Data,"
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American Economic Association, vol. 6(1), pages 220-52, January.
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- Kevin Thomas, 2012. "Migration Processes, Familial Characteristics, and Schooling Dropout Among Black Youths," Demography, Springer, Springer, vol. 49(2), pages 477-498, May.
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With over half of all the stocks in the Russell 2000 and Nasdaq already in a bear market, US equity market indices are becoming increasingly driven by a highly concentrated set of stocks that lack any relationship to macro factors. As BofA shows in the charts below, participation in the record-high exuberance in stocks is waning... and waning fast... But, the biggest concern, BofA fears, is a new low for net free credit at -$182 billion - the major risk is if the market drops and triggers margin calls, investors do not have cash and would be forced to sell stocks or get cash from other sources to meet the margin calls. This would exacerbate an equity market sell-off.
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First it was the foreign exchange markets, then commodities, followed by fixed income markets. Now it's the equity markets. Wherever we look, volatility has been creeping higher. To some extent, this is not surprising. At the end of the US Federal Reserve's first round of quantitative easing, and at the end of QE2, the markets wobbled. So with QE3 now winding to a close (and with the European Central Bank (ECB) still behind the curve), a period of uncertainty and frazzled nerves should probably have been expected.
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We would like to be able to commiserate with Ukraine's US-muppet regime, we really would, but when Ukraine's PM Argeny Yatseniuk, or Yats as he is known to Victoria Nuland, almost cried in an interview with Reuters yesterday when he pleaded that "[Russia] wants us to freeze... This is the aim and this is another trump card in Russian hands.... So, except military offense, except military operation against Ukraine, they have another trump card, which is energy". we have just two things to say to him: i) he is absolutely correct, about Russia having the trump card that is - something obvious to everyone with half a brain from the start of the conflict, and ii) perhaps Ukraine should finally pay Gazprom not only for the gas they would like to use in the future, but also the gas they have already used and payment for which is overdue and which the IMF, i.e., the US taxpayer, gave Ukraine explicit money to pay for and instead was embezzled by the people in power.
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Confused as to the USA's strategy to defeat ISIS? Have no fear, Secretary of State John Kerry has penned an Op-Ed primer for the man in the street to comprehend why it is necessary for America to confront this "profound and unique threat to the entire world." As Kerry begins, "let's be clear about we're doing — and what we're not doing..."
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"Despite the robust investment returns since 2004, annual growth in unfunded pension liabilities has outstripped these returns," Moody's warns in its latest report on the state of public pension systems. As Bloomberg reports, the 25 biggest systems by assets averaged a 7.45% return from 2004 to 2013, but liabilities tripled over the same period leaving them facing a $2 trillion shortfall as investment returns can't keep up with ballooning obligations. The top 25 funds account for 40% of the entire US public pension system with Illinois, Kentucky, Connecticut, and Louisiana at the top of the 'most underfunded' list.
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PIMCO is big. Scratch that, it's massive: after all it holds over $2 trillion in global securities, mostly bond-related. It is so big, in fact, it takes two pages just to list the number of funds that comprise it, let alone the securities that these funds actually own. Which is a problem when trying to estimate the impact of what a possible asset-shift, if not outright liqudation of some/all of PIMCO's holdings would have. Yet one has to start somewhere, and the somewhere probably should be with the list of the TRF's biggest holdings as a % of NAV. Here it is.
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Catfish directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman have been hired by Paramount to direct the third Paranormal Activity.
While plot details are characteristically scarce at this early point in production, Variety report that the film is being set up as an origin story set in the 1980s revolving around a new family.
Joost and Schulman hit the big time on the festival circuit last year with their documentary Catfish, which charted their efforts to track down a woman Schulman's brother had met online.
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Councilman Arlyn Bradshaw said that, in his mind, it is easy to distinguish between personal notes and communications that reflect a politician's intent to do something. Since neither council members nor Andruzzi know if Gill's notebook actually contains any remarks about dumping her, Bradshaw said "let a judge decide what's admissible."
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Categories > Celebrities > My Chemical Romance > A Shot To Remember
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Gerard drowns his sorrows
He eventually found himself sat on a stool at a bar and ordered 2 straight whiskeys, they burned his throat slightly as they always did, god it felt good, like an old friend. Before he knew it 2 more had gone down, the effects were starting to kick in now, he felt a warm glow and a sense of wellbeing that was starting to help him deal with his breaking heart. Just as he was chugging down his 5th whiskey he felt a warm hand on his shoulder
"Is that wise dude", came a voice that was all too familiar
Gerard turned round to see Nick smirking at him, to Gerard's horror Nick took the stool next to him
"Can I help you"? asked Gerard with little emotion, he prayed he would take the hint and leave
"Just wanted a little chat", added Nick still with that fucking grin that Gerard was starting to really hate
"Did you follow me here"?, asked Gerard wondering how the hell he found him
"Well its hard to get you alone, figured id take the opportunity", Nick replied
"So what's the deal", asked Gerard trying to get this over with so he could go back to wallowing in self pity again
"Well I got this friend in the crew called Anna she is really into you and I was wondering if you'd like to meet her and see if those sparks fly", he questioned with yet another grin
"Nah im cool thanks", Gerard replied throwing the last of his whiskey to the back of his throat. Was this guy seriously trying to set him up?
"C'mon it will be cool, we could double date so you wouldn't be on your own", Nick added ordering his own drink
"Im not interested , not looking to date anyone right now", said Gerard trying to get him to stop this insanity
"She's really cute", he almost sang in a gleeful way
"Im sure she is, but im still not interested", he was hoping that would do it.
"How do you know unless you try"?, he sipped the beer he just ordered and looked at Gerard hopefully
"I just do ok", Gerard was desperate to get out of this conversation now, he was toying with the idea of telling him he was gay, but that would just add a whole new mix of shit into the equation .
"Does this have anything to do with Kelli"? Gerard almost dropped the shot glass that was halfway on its way to his mouth, this was going to worse than he could have imagined
"What, why the hell would it have anything to do with her"? he asked almost scared of what was coming next, Gerard couldn't think fast enough, he tried to think of innocent replies to the answer he was sure was coming.
"Still hanging on for her are you"? he added with a cynical tone
Gerard's heard missed a beat, oh god how was he going to answer that?
"Don't know what you mean", was the best he could muster quickly
"Oh c'mon Gerard, I aint a moron, you avoid us like the plague when we are together , that tells me one thing", he stated with a serious look on his face
"I have better things to do"? Gerard added quickly trying to keep his head
"No that you have feelings for her", Nick looked at Gerard intensely trying to read his emotions
Gerard laughed nervously, he wanted to run, this was way to uncomfortable
"Whatever", he added trying his hardest to sound mildly amused at this revelation
"I was hoping if you met Anna, you'd forget about Kelli", he stared into his pint glass as if trying to find something at the bottom
"Look you know nothing about me, I don't need to fucking forget anything ok", Gerard said angrily
"Gerard I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but denying it wont help, she's taken, do yourself a favour and move on", Nick gulped the rest of his drink and got of the stool
"Let me know if you change your mind about Anna", he added quickly then left.
Gerard's dislike for Nick had tripled in the last 20 mins, not only did he know his secret, Gerard was sure he was gonna get his face rubbed in it at every possible opportunity, and what if Nick told Kelli? Gerard sank a little more into a pit of despair and ordered his next round.


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House Searched In Utah Missing Mom Case
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PUYALLUP, Wash., Aug. 26 (UPI) — Police have searched the house in Washington State where the husband of a missing Utah woman has been living with his father.
Investigators from West Valley City, Utah, spent about nine hours Thursday in the house in Puyallup near Tacoma, The (Salt Lake City) Deseret News reported.
Susan Cox Powell vanished in December. Her husband, Josh, named as a "person of interest" by police, said he had taken their two young sons on a short camping trip and she was gone when they returned.
Steve Powell told the newspaper police removed diaries and photos that would show an "inappropriate" relationship with his daughter-in-law. He said photos and videos would show she was a "willing participant."
Chris Cox, Susan's father, said he believes Steve Powell's journals contain "fantasies."
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Description of Super Tennis, according to last.fm
"Super Tennis were a three piece band from North London.
They made music for a bit, until Tom decided to move to New York and pursue his dream of being a douche. He achieved this really quickly. As did Kev, who achieved his dream of eating two full pipes of pringles in one sitting. Bob was, and always will be, a total dick, so dreams one day of becoming 'not a dick'."
Any band where one member has a dream of simple eating two tubes of pringles in one sitting sounds like a band for me. nevertheless, I'm not sure if the author of this bio was too keen on the idea of them splitting. Still pretty funny though.
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Forbes has published its world's most powerful women list and on that list, in the top slot no less, is Michelle Obama, the wife of the President of the United States of America. Along with Obama a few singers and entertainers made the list. It all goes to prove that apparently no one knows what "powerful" means anymore.
On the most powerful list – after Obama at number one — Lady Gaga comes in at seventh place, in ninth singer Beyonce Knowles appears, and bringing up the rear is entertainer Ellen DeGeneres. Oprah Winfrey makes it in as number three.
There is no reason that any of these women (well, I'll give you Oprah) belong on a "most powerful women" list — or a most powerful anybody list, for that matter.
Michelle Obama has no power at all. She was not elected by the people to anything, she holds no office, and has no real responsibilities past tradition. She is but the wife of an elected official. Sure she has the power, such as it is, to waste millions of the taxpayer's money on new decorations and lavish trips abroad, but that is not much to qualify for a "powerful" woman. She controls no corporation, guides no country, and has contributed nothing of great worth to mankind.
For her part, Lady Gaga doesn't even seem to have the power to have people recognize her by her own real name, much less have any actual power to affect the world. It is likely that in a year or two no one will even remember her.
And Beyonce and DeGeneres are but simple entertainers with no redeeming, long-term value from their efforts.
As I said I'll give you Oprah. Even though she is only an entertainer and entertainers aren't really consequential people, Oprah could at least qualify for this list. This is because she has used her great success and extreme riches to help many people and have gone some way toward having changed people's lives. None of the other four have done this at all. They are mere singers and dancers.
But with these four women taking up slots on a most powerful list we can see that people today seem to have lost all touch with just what power truly means. Power is not inducing people to go buy a CD or download an i-tune. Power is the ability to direct great forces, employ great wealth for benevolence or ill, or to direct the actions of nations.
Ellen DeGenerous is not a truly powerful woman. Beyonce may be able to do a nice little dance, but she is not a woman of great influence. And Lady Gaga is most certainly nothing worth notice.
Sadly, this Forbes list is a dumbing down of power for a dumbed down generation.
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Project Watcher – The next phase..
Hello reader(s), I hope you are well and enjoying the onset of spring (here in the UK that means rain.. and lots of it)..
So a few weeks ago I released "Project Watcher" which were my wireless transform for Maltego. It was a bare bones release intended to get them out there and see what people thought. I'm pleased to say I've received no constructive feedback and as such I'm following the same motto as always.. "Sod you, I'm having fun .."
While I was writing the first transforms one of the things that I found was it there weren't any open source Wardriving databases with a nice HTTP based API, so I thought as the next stage of Project Watcher I would create one..
Today I finished the prototype of a what I hope soon to release to the public. Basically it will allow people to use a simple HTTP GET request to query the Watcher database and see if a wireless access point has been collected and stored. This is a "no frills" solution, there isn't a web page to look at just an API (I'm not going to call it a RESTful API because it's not, well not yet).
This was all new to me as I don't code (other than python) but the API will use MongoDB and a Node.js front end to allow people to query the database. To be honest if it doesn't work I will just turn it off, I'm running this at my own expense so it's more about learning new things but if it takes off that would be awesome.
I've written some python that allows me to take the watcher.db (sqlite) database and import into MongoDB and my next piece of work is to write some code be able to import kismet files into the database via a web page (so you guys can have a go).
Longer term I hope to get a web site up to allow people to search and a couple of other bits that I'm keeping secret… :)
So stay turned for updates the next few weeks..
2014 – Change is around the corner
Hello readers, I hope you are well and this blog post finds you all in good health and excellent spirits.. Well enough about you, this is my blog after all so on to me.. :)
The last few months have been challenging, my initial high of InfoSec learning and drive has seemed to dropped and instead I've been left with a sense of emptiness in terms of what and where to go next. If you remember I started this journey nearly 2 years ago with the sole purpose of doing more "security stuff" and overall I have to say I've achieved my goal. He's a quick recap of what I've done (yeah I know I'm blowing my own trumpet but lets face it, if you could, you would).
- OSCP – Done
- OSWP – Done
- Malware course – Done
- SANS course – Done
- Wrote some cool code (well I think it's cool) – Done
- Wrote the "Very Unofficial Dummies Guide to Scapy" – Done
- Met some really cool people and even got to see a bit more of the world out of it – Done
So where to go from here?? A few people who I have a great deal of respect and time for suggested that instead of my scatter gun approach to learning I focus more on one or two areas, which to be fair makes perfect sense. The problem is on what, I needed to understand my "bliss", the thing that you love the most and are passionate about. You know that thing that can consume hours of your time without you even realising (no not Christmas shopping).
It's taken me weeks to work out what my "bliss" is, and in the end it turned out to be quite simple. Throughout my career I've built things, designed things, devised solutions to problems that other people have struggled with. One of my greatest assets is my imagination, my desire to learn new things and to push the boundaries of "the norm". It's what I enjoy, it's my bliss.
So what does this mean, I hear you ask. Well throughout 2014 I'm going to take the 16 years infrastructure knowledge I have and the 2 years of InfoSec skills I've developed to build things. I have no idea what yet but with my new (and oddly strange) love for coding it's more likely to be taking an idea that randomly pops into my head (very random at times) and turning it into something, always with a security twist. I want to see what focusing on creating things can lead to. I've already experienced it with my sniffMyPackets work, and I want to see what else I can do.
For me, that's the true meaning of "hacker", not these Hollywood hackers that take down systems with a single keystroke but someone who builds something, that can take an idea and make something out of it (whether it's a bad idea or not), or takes an idea from someone else (giving full credit to the original creator) and tweaking it for new and interesting mischief.
I already have a few ideas locked away in the attic that is my brain and it's time to dust off my IDE and start making things go boom (not really boom if you are reading this Mr NSA).
So if I don't get a chance before, I wish you all a very merry Christmas/New Year etc etc. and may you all find your bliss in 2014.
Assembly – Resources
Hello reader(s), hope all is well in your world.
So at the moment I'm working through Coursera's "Malicious Software and its Underground Economy: Two Sides to Every Story" 6 week course. It's actually quite good and I'm learning new things as well as reinforcing things that are stuck in my head somewhere.
The second lecture is all about Malware Static Analysis and they give you a quick overview on Assembly, which needless to say made my head hurt. So I reached out to my Twitter followers and asked for recommendations of books/videos/websites that will provide a "dummies intro to assembly".
Like the awesome community this is they provided me with some awesome suggestions/links so I thought I would share:
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Rant: Community is King
So I don't think I've ever done a rant blog post, and to be fair there is no real reason behind this I just started thinking about it on the way into work (which is about a 10 minute drive). Shall we begin??
DISCLAIMER: I apologise in advance for any bad language used during this rant or the excessive use of "".
A couple of weeks ago I had reason to tell someone (over email) a little about myself in an attempt to "sell" myself. It's not something I like doing but sometimes you just have to. It made me realise that during the last 18 months that I've been "trying to get into Security" that I've actually achieved a lot so I hope this rant will help people who are in the same situation as me.
Community is King???
This time 2 years ago I would spend most of my downtime playing computer games, call it a lack of motivation, laziness or whatever but that's what I did, then with some gentle pushing from my nearest and dearest I decided to start using my time to learn and develop. When you start with the goal of "breaking into Security" many people point out that the key to success is "the community" and it's true but that can be the hardest challenge. If you don't work in Security then some people will tell you it's just a hobby and maybe they are right or maybe that's just bollocks, it's for you to decide and ultimately turn it into anything you want.
I'll let you into a secret, I started this blog for 2 reasons, the first was to keep a record of what I've done and allow me to pat myself on the back for the number of visitors I get, the second was because I wanted to get noticed, I hoped that over time people would read my blog, follow me on twitter and allow me into their circle of InfoSec friends and maybe if I was lucky I might end up with a job out of it. Then I realised something, and some people might disagree but its my blog not yours..
"You don't have to work in Security, to be in Security"
Not really groundbreaking is it but it's important because well it's the point of this post. Over the last 18 months I've done a fair few bits and pieces for "the community" I've met some awesome people, done some awesome things and have even more awesome things on the horizon and 98% of that was from the community. If people tell me Security is just my hobby my first reaction is to tell them to "do one" because I have hobbies and they don't consume the amount of time I put into projects, blogging, helping with events. Hobbies don't consume your time like this does, they don't push you to go further, learn more, make yourself better and give you that feeling that you can make a difference. This isn't a hobby, it's not my career either but doesn't make it any less, its part of who I am and always will be.
So if you are just starting in Security and find yourself a little unmotivated because you can't find that dream Security job or you are finding the community a bit "cliquey" here are my top tips:
1. Write it and they will come – Remember that awesome blog post (not this one) you read about the latest exploitation technique? Or that tool you used? Someone took the time to write that and then out of the goodness of their heart gave it away for free to YOU. Don't you think it would be nice to repay the favour?? Seriously if you just start writing code, making videos or writing articles people will find them, share them and slowly over time you will find yourself more involved in the community than you ever expected.
2. Twitter isn't just about your latest bowel movement – Follow people on twitter, it's a good way to find people who post all that useful stuff you read. Interact with them by all means but remember this.
To start with they will probably ignore you, won't follow you and generally see you as noise on their timelines, but give it time and slowly you will get there. I get more followers from Twitter from blog posts/code release than just by talking to people, and just accept that some people are very picky about following back or even replying back if you mention them in Tweets.
3. You're never alone – In the UK there aren't a lot of conferences, CTF events and only limited events, if there isn't anything in your area then start something, you want to be part of the community then sometimes you have to make it happen. If you want to organise a monthly Security focused meeting in your area then do it, don't let people tell you can't, because well you can. Even if only 1 other person turns up that's 1 person you didn't know who shares the same interests as you (unless it's your mum).
4. It's up to you – If you want to make Security just a hobby, then that's fine. If you want to make it a career that's awesome but it's up to you to decide and more importantly it's up to you to make it happen. Don't let other people label what your passions, dreams or ambitions are, they are yours and no one elses.
OK that's the rant over with. Thanks for listening.
Code: PDF hunter
So of late I've been playing around a lot with Scapy and pcap files, mostly for my sniffMyPackets project but also because it teaches me more about network forensics and python. The other area I'm starting to learn about is Malware Analysis and I've been spending some time looking at the Honeynet Project challenges.
One of the challenges to is to find the malicious content within a PDF file that is provided to you in a pcap file. Normally I would just reach for Network Miner and rebuild the file(s) that way but I wanted to see if I could write some code myself.
The goal of my code was simple, parse through a pcap file, identify a PDF and then rebuild the file so that if a tool such as exiftool or file was used that it would correctly be identified as a PDF and that you could open the PDF and view the content (if you wanted to).
I follow a certain process when I'm carving up pcap files, it's not rocket science really just common sense. First off find the packets you are interested in, I tend to use a mix of Wireshark and Scapy for this and then look for something you can use to filter down to the packets you want before getting into the nitty gritty of carving them up.
For this piece of code I need to find some way of identifying a PDF file in a pcap file and as most PDF files will appear in a pcap file as part of an HTTP conversation, I parse each packet and if the packet has a Raw layer (a raw layer in Scapy is essentially the payload of a packet) then I look for this 'Content-Type: application/pdf'. If this is matched then I store the TCP ACK number as a variable for use later.
Now once I have the ACK number I then need to find all the packets that relate to this in order to get the whole file. Now it turns out the ACK is the same for all the packets that the PDF download is in (something I didn't realise until I started this) so it's a simple case of using the following code to find all the packets I'm after:
for p in pkts:
if p.haslayer(TCP) and p.haslayer(Raw) and (p.getlayer(TCP).ack == int(ack) or p.getlayer(TCP).seq == int(ack)):
raw = p.getlayer(Raw).load
If either the TCP ACK or SEQ match our stored ACK variable we get the Raw layer and store it into a python list. This means that we now have (hopefully) all the packets that make up the PDF stored nicely away and because it's a TCP conversation they should all be in the right order.
Now that we have all the packets we write those out to a temporary file, it's a temporary file because if you were to open it in a text editor you would see all the HTTP headers at the top and the bottom, which means if you ran file against it, then you would get back a file type of "data" and not "PDF" (which is what we are after).
So we then have to do some python magic (well I think it's magic), to slice the rubbish out. Now this is the part that took me the longest to figure out. If you have ever looked at a PDF file in a text editor (I wouldn't blame you if you haven't), you would notice that they start with "%PDF-" and end with "%%EOF" so finding the start of a PDF file is easy, the problem is that a PDF file can have multiple %%EOF towards the end of the file and I kept cutting at the wrong point.
To fix this I came up with a bit of a long-winded way of carving the temporary file up (see the code below):
# Open the temp file, cut the HTTP headers out and then save it again as a PDF
total_lines = ''
firstcut = ''
secondcut = ''
final_cut = ''
f = open(tmpfile, 'r').readlines()
total_lines = len(f)
for x, line in enumerate(f):
if start in line:
firstcut = int(x)
for y, line in enumerate(f):
if end in line:
secondcut = int(y) + 1
f = f[firstcut:]
if int(total_lines) - int(secondcut) != 0:
final_cut = int(total_lines) - int(secondcut)
f = f[:-final_cut]
If you read Python awesome, if you don't here's what happens.
First off I open the temporary file and count the number of lines, I look for the variable I declared at the start of the code as start (which is this: start = str('%PDF-')), if that's matched it stores the line number as the variable firstcut
I then need to find the last cut, I look for the variable end (which is this: end = str('%%EOF')) now remember I said a PDF can have multiple EOF statements, well I get round that because Python overrides the variable secondcut each time it's matched so the last line with EOF is always the one used. I also add a +1 to the line number because for the next chunk of code if I didn't I would actually cut the final %%EOF file the file (I know this because I did it, before realising what was happening).
So we now do a simple little IF statement to make sure that there is something at the end of the file to cut (sometimes there isn't on the pcap files I've used/made) and if there is we slice the bad HTTP headers out before saving the file. If there isn't anything to cut then we just save the file.
Hopefully that makes sense to non-python people (I can but hope).
I've tested this on a number of different pcap files that have PDF downloads in them and it works, I can open and view the PDF and if I run file or exitfool against it then it appears as a normal PDF. I'm sure there are some cases when it won't work 100% but if you find something that doesn't let me know so I can try to fix it.
The code can be found here: https://github.com/catalyst256/PDFHunter (in my ever-growing GitHub repo). Oh and I've added this function into my sniffMyPackets transform pack.
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So the last few weeks have been busy for me in terms of throwing myself into learning more about InfoSec, I've attended my first BSides event, made some new friends and published my year-long training plan.
One of the outcomes from attending BSides was my declaration that next year I would do a track 3 talk, and I decided that it would be on scapy (not sure why it just seems like a really cool tool). So I have included scapy on my aforementioned training plan and since then I've started playing around with it.
Then a week or so ago (time flies by so quick) @balgan tweeted about the lack of a scapy guide, at the time I thought it would be cool if such a thing existed but gave no more thought about it. That is until today, today I decided that I was going to write what shall now be known as "The very unofficial dummies guide to scapy"… no I'm not making up I've decided that as an official scapy dummy why not write a guide as I go, that will both enforce what I learn and maybe give back to the InfoSec community in some small way.
Now this guide is not going to be a huge bible of commands and examples, what is it going to be is a concise guide to building packets, seeing the results and providing examples of actual things you can do with it, basically something you can read in a few hours, follow the examples and write some packets.
I am well aware that you can find a lot of scapy related documentation on the internet but although the end result might not be any different to a few hours googling for things, that's not the point. The point is really the same as this blog, I write about stuff I want to, if you find it useful that's awesome, if not oh well never mind.. :)
However, if you think this isn't actually a bad idea and you've used scapy for real world things then let me know. If you know of something that scapy is really cool at doing drop me a line and I will include it in the guide. Remember this is a guide for the community so why not contribute if so inclined..
Environment Disclosure via #shodan
First of a big thanks to @achillean and his awesome website over at http://www.shodanhq.com, the amount of information that gets collected and stored is mind-blowing. I had a brief email conversation with John when I decided to write this blog and at the time there were over 70 million records stored in ShodanHQ.
So to the point of this blog post, in my current job I work a lot on e-commerce type stuff, mostly because I'm responsible for the load balancers we use (if you've read this blog before you might be able to guess what they are..). Part of that work means every now and again I get sent the output of our regular pen tests to answer questions or fix "holes".
One of the most common "holes" I fix is what the external pen testers call "Environment Disclosure Information", which in layman's terms means you are giving out more information that you should to external people when they visit your websites.
This is an example HTTP header extract from a website, which will highlight the sort of stuff I mean:
Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
Cache-Control: no-cache, no-store, max-age=0, no-transform, private
Content-Length: 43
Content-Type: image/gif
Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 10:35:11 GMT
Etag: "4FAF8E5F-48B6-0D239661″
Expires: Sat, 12 May 2012 10:35:11 GMT
Last-Modified: Mon, 14 May 2012 10:35:11 GMT
Pragma: no-cache
Server: Omniture DC/2.0.0
Vary: *
X-C: ms-4.4.5
p3p: policyref="/w3c/p3p.xml", CP="NOI DSP COR NID PSA OUR IND COM NAV STA"
xserver: www4
Now remember I'm no security expert but to me this amount of "free" information about your web environment is both unnecessary and well to be fair a bit sloppy.
Looking at the HTTP header above an unethical type of person can determine the type of server you are running (Server: Omniture DC/2.0.0) and the version its running. Which would make it easier when looking for known vulnerabilities, and you can tell that they have at least 4 web servers (xserver: www4) providing this content (which means some sort of load balancing).
This is another HTTP header from a rather "large" software company that like Marmite you either love or hate..
Cache-Control: max-age=0
Connection: close
Content-Length: 12941
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 10:40:24 GMT
Expires: Sun, 13 May 2012 10:39:24 GMT
PPServer: PPV: 30 H: BAYIDSLGN1H57 V: 0
Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.5
Set-Cookie: MSPRequ=lt=1336905624&co=1&id=64855; path=/;version=1
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
X-Frame-Options: deny
X-XSS-Protection: 0
p3p: CP="DSP CUR OTPi IND OTRi ONL FIN"
Again you will see that the Server: HTTP header is still there, so is this really a security concern? Do pen testers just highlight it as something to put in a report??
Now onto the cool stuff (well it's cool to me), if you have ever used ShodanHQ you will know that there is an API available, and if you pay a small amount of $$ you can get a lot of functionality. I decided to use that API and write a ruby script that would look through the 70 million records and give me the total number of results that matched some of the most popular HTTP server headers.
This is my code (I have compared the numbers against individual searches with the same server header).
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'rubygems'
require 'shodan'
#Set your Shodan API Key
SHODAN_API_KEY = "enteryourapihere"
#Create the API object
api = Shodan::WebAPI.new(SHODAN_API_KEY)
#Define the array of Server headers you want to search for
array = ["Apache/2.4","Apache/2.3","Apache/2.2.21", "Apache/2.2.20", "Apache/2.2.19", "Apache/2.2.18", "Apache/2.2.17", "Apache/2.2.16", "Apache/2.2.15", "Apache/2.2.14", "Apache/2.2.13", "Apache/2.2.12", "Apache/2.2.11", "Apache/2.2.10", "Apache/2.2.9", "Apache/2.2.8", "Apache/2.2.6", "Apache/2.2.5", "Apache/2.2.4", "Apache/2.2.3", "Apache/2.2.2", "Apache/2.2.0", "Microsoft-IIS/7.5", "Microsoft-IIS/7.0", "Microsoft-IIS/6.0", "Microsoft-IIS/5.0", "Microsoft-IIS/4.0", "Microsoft-IIS/3.0", "Microsoft-IIS/2.0", "Microsoft-IIS/1.0", "nginx", "squid", "lighttpd"]
#For each value in array, search through Shodan
array.each_index {|s| d = api.search("#{array[s]}")
#Print the array value and the total number of matches against the array value
puts "#{array[s]}: #{d['total']}"}
I know it's nothing flash, but it works.. :)
Now the results (drum roll please)…Bear in mind this isn't all the web server versions, just the ones I could think of or find without spending hours crawling through the internet.
Apache/2.4: 465
Apache/2.3: 531
Apache/2.2.21: 229250
Apache/2.2.20: 72756
Apache/2.2.19: 72666
Apache/2.2.18: 4048
Apache/2.2.17: 351696
Apache/2.2.16: 444607
Apache/2.2.15: 328945
Apache/2.2.14: 517311
Apache/2.2.13: 141590
Apache/2.2.12: 81345
Apache/2.2.11: 346329
Apache/2.2.10: 89642
Apache/2.2.9: 743891
Apache/2.2.8: 420166
Apache/2.2.6: 97186
Apache/2.2.5: 63
Apache/2.2.4: 131883
Apache/2.2.3: 2854600
Apache/2.2.2: 28955
Apache/2.2.0: 65168
Microsoft-IIS/7.5: 681421
Microsoft-IIS/7.0: 749303
Microsoft-IIS/6.0: 3932895
Microsoft-IIS/5.0: 506169
Microsoft-IIS/4.0: 14731
Microsoft-IIS/3.0: 603
Microsoft-IIS/2.0: 37
Microsoft-IIS/1.0: 31
nginx: 1299084
squid: 192084
lighttpd: 503577
Yes yes I know, surely someone can't be using IIS/1.0 but I did triple check that result.. :) To me that's a lot of people who either don't care about hiding this information, or like I said earlier it's not really a big issue.
So lets take it one step further, ShodanHQ also lets you search the exploitdb using the API. Using the ruby script available from the documentation I ran it against Microsoft IIS/6.0 (the most popular IIS version from my research). Using the script I got 6 "known" exploits back (see below).
Results found: 6
3965: Microsoft IIS 6.0 (/AUX/.aspx) Remote Denial of Service Exploit
8704: Microsoft IIS 6.0 WebDAV Remote Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
8754: Microsoft IIS 6.0 WebDAV Remote Authentication Bypass Exploit (patch)
8765: Microsoft IIS 6.0 WebDAV Remote Authentication Bypass Exploit (php)
8806: Microsoft IIS 6.0 WebDAV Remote Authentication Bypass Exploit (pl)
15167: Microsoft IIS 6.0 ASP Stack Overflow (Stack Exhaustion) Denial of Service (MS10-065)
Now most of these might not be valid because of patching, but out of the 3,932,895 results there might be one or two that hasn't been patched??
I know that realistically you will never be able to hide everything that might or might not give unethical people an advantage if you become a target, but why make it easy for them??
So is this kind of free information really an issue? If you are pen tester does this kind of information help you when running a test or is it just accepted that it's out there and available??
Let me know what you think.


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According to one Gizmodo reader, the new Star Trek movie, "Into Darkness," will not include the villainous character Khan from Star Trek II. Instead, and again this is according to the Giz reader Thomas Steves, the villain is Gary Mitchell.
Gary Mitchell is a character that appeared in the second pilot episode of Star Trek, the original TV series. While on a mission to search for a 200-year-old missing ship, a ship called SS Valiant, Kirk crosses some sort of unforeseen barrier, causing him and his crew to retreat after being pummeled by the invisible force. In the wake of the barrier, the ship's psychiatrist and Gary Mitchell are knocked unconscious. When Gary Mitchell comes to, his eyes grow silver in color, he goes a bit wacko, and suddenly has been bestowed with telepathic and telekinetic power.
So there you have it. The name Gary Mitchell leaves much to be desired, but that might explain why the film is called Into Darkness. That and apparently Gary Mitchell begins to go blind as result of his newly acquired telekinetic skills.
Check out the second Star Trek "Into Darkness" trailer above. The movie releases nationwide on May 17th, 2013.


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The Apple Inn offers the service of personalizing a package just for you. You can select the room of your choice and your hosts will help you by arranging for your choice of dinner reservations, flowers to be delivered, a massage appointment, a personalized gift basket, day spa services, theater tickets, and etc… Please give us plenty of advance notice to fullfill your wishes.
What a wonderful hidden treasure you have tucked away here! It was the perfect wedding night hide-a-way!
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We offer personalized gift certificates for your family and friends. They make great gifts for: thank you's honeymoon's, business clients, anniversarys, birthdays, and any other "just because" reason.
Forest Tour (1 hour free tour available)
Your host, Harry, is a practicing forester with 40 years of experience. He was selected as Tree Farmer of the Year for Lane County in 2007. The Apple Inn has over 180 acres of forest land. Harry will provide you with an entertaining walking/driving tour of our tree farm and/or other tree farms in the area. The tour would include sustainable forest practices, tree and plant identification, forest ecology, historical forest practices and local forestry information, . A one hour tour of our tree farm is included for our guests. We just need some advance notice. A 3-4 hour tour is available for $50 for 1-4 people plus fuel costs. A picnic lunch can be provided for $15/person. This tour is usually available year round but please let us know if you are interested in advance so we can let you know what times are available.
Girls Night(s) Out – $50/person for 3-6 gals
Get together for a night or a weekend and enjoy the "girl time". We have two queen and 2 twin beds and two baths. Enjoy the unique shops, and good prices in Cottage Grove, attend a live theater production, enjoy a dinner out, take the covered bridge tour and then return for a soak in the hot tub, movies, board games and girl talk! We provide the hot cider and popcorn and you provide the fun.
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The Apple Inn is close to the South Willamette Wineries. Spend a day touring the wineries by bike(strenuous), car, or rented Limo. Include a tour of the 6 covered bridges and then return for a soak in the hot tub, movies and board games. This is a fun getaway to share with friends or that someone special. We can provide maps for a self guided tour or reserve a Limo for you.
Romance #1 $80
Birthday, Anniversary, Honeymoon, or a night away from the kids. We will help you make your stay special! A flower bouquet chosen to suit you, chocolates from award winning Euphoria chocolates, and a local fine wine. Let us know the colors for the flowers and whether you would like Blackberry or Pinot Noir wine.
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This package will be specially prepared by your hosts. It will include Chocolate dipped strawberries, Sparkling Cider and a bouquet of fresh flowers. Just let us know what colors you like for the flowers and we will do the rest.
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This package will include Oregon made and famous Euphoria chocolate, a long stemmed rose or flower of your choice, a scented candle and special bath items. This makes a special gift to use at the Apple Inn and/or to take home for continued enjoyment.
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MOSAIC Community Garden Manager To Facilitate Two Upcoming Workshops
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Pottstown Regional Public Library To Host Celtic Concert
Back by popular demand – Charlie Zahm – Friday, March 21, 2014 – 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Charlie Zahm is one of the most sought-after Celtic singers on the East Coast. Those who attended last year really enjoyed his concert.
Admission is $12.00 for adults and $8.00 for ages 5-14. Tickets can be obtained at the library or purchased at the door the night of the concert.
The Pottstown Regional Public Library, 500 East High Street, Pottstown PA 19464
Contact: 610-970-6551
Vision For Future Of Pottstown Ready For Public Feedback
POTTSTOWN, PA — It has been nearly three decades since Pottstown had a new comprehensive plan, but there is a draft on the drawing board right now that is ready for public review.
Crafted with the help of the Montgomery County Planning Commission, the current draft plan provides an overall vision for the community and suggests for how to implement that vision.
The draft calls for taking advantage of what Pottstown has — historic architecture and resources to attract heritage tourism; expanding the airport and railroad access; transitioning apartment units back to single-family ownership and appropriate development of multi-unit apartments.
Pottstown's first Comprehensive Plan was adopted in 1960.
Read more: http://www.pottsmerc.com/general-news/20140208/vision-for-future-of-pottstown-ready-for-public-feedback
Opposition Builds To Library Funding Cut By Lower Pottsgrove Township
LOWER POTTSGROVE TOWNSHIP, PA — The township commissioners' decision to reconsider its 2014 funding for the Pottstown Regional Public Library has resulted in a swelling of support for the library and a number of efforts to keep the funding intact.
Earlier this month when the Board of Commissioners reorganized, the new majority announced its intention to open up the 2014 budget adopted one month earlier and reduce funding to the Pottstown Regional Public Library on High Street.
Paradoxically, in December, Lower Pottsgrove had joined with both Upper Pottsgrove and Pottstown borough in increasing the allocation to the library for 2014.
In Lower Pottsgrove's case, the commissioners had agreed in December to increase the annual allocation by $5,000 — up to $65,000.
Read more: http://www.pottsmerc.com/general-news/20140118/opposition-builds-to-library-funding-cut-by-l-pottstrove
Pottstown Regional Public Library Funding Rescue May Lie With School Parents
POTTSTOWN PA – Can residents in the Lower Pottsgrove portion of the Pottsgrove School District do what they proved capable of five years ago this month: rescue the Pottstown Regional Public Library by encouraging the township Board of Commissioners to restore proposed funding cuts? The school board's leader is hoping for it.
The library may literally be banking on it.
A majority of commissioners announced last Monday (Jan. 6, 2014), during their reorganization meeting, that they intended to conduct a Feb. 3 (Monday) hearing in part to consider cutting $10,000 in library funding from the township's already approved 2014 budget. The library had been allocated to receive a $5,000 increase in Lower Pottsgrove's contribution, from $60,000 annually in each of the past five years, to $65,000 this year.
The majority last week instead suggested it wants to now lower the donation to $55,000, eliminating the increase and another $5,000 as well. Those commissioners – board President Bruce Foltz, Vice President Stephen Klotz, and new member Shawn Watson – have indicated they would prefer to put more money into the police department and other priorities.
Read more: http://sanatogapost.com/2014/01/13/library-funding-rescue-may-lie-school-parents/
New Lower Pottsgrove Board Wants To Cut Library Funding, Add Police
LOWER POTTSGROVE — New township commissioners' Chairman Bruce Foltz is the first to acknowledge that he and the new majority on the board made a lot of changes in their first meeting of the year Monday night.
In fact, he said so in comments at the close of the meeting.
"We want the staff, fire department, solicitor, and commissioners to have the same goal; for the township to be user friendly," said Foltz at the close of Monday's re-organization meeting during which he was elected chairman and many of the immediate changes were implemented.
"We want to bring businesses into the township and have it not be a hassle, with all the back and forth, for our contractors and developers," Foltz said.
Read more: http://www.pottsmerc.com/general-news/20140106/new-lower-pottsgrove-board-wants-to-cut-library-funding-add-police
Help For Job Seekers At The Pottstown Regional Public Library
Individual Help Available at the Library
The reference desk in the library has two PCs dedicated to job seekers. The Reference Librarian is available for consultation. Other services include printing, scanning, and faxing. A small cost-recovery fee applies to printing and faxing.
JobNow provides on-demand access to live, expert coaches for every stage of a paton's job search. JobNow includes Live Career Coaching,Career Resources, Expert Resume Assistance, and the Adult Learning Center.
The Pottstown Regional Public Library is located at 500 East High Street in Pottstown.
Click here to be taken to their website: http://ppl.mclinc.org/
Free Workshops
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Banking Basics – Tuesday, April 16th, 10am, Pottstown Regional Public Library, 500 East High St.
Banking for Seniors – Tuesday, April 23rd, 10am, Jefferson School Apartments, 250 Hale Street, Pottstown
For more information and to register call 610-275-4357.
Pottstown Regional Public Library To Host Celtic Concert
Pottstown Regional Public Library Holiday Party
Joint Fundraiser Benefits Two Pottstown Organizations
The second annual Books and Brushes Beef and Beer will be held on Saturday, August 11 from 6-9pm at the Ballroom on High. Named for the two organizations who founded the The Gallery School of Pottstown and the Pottstown Regional Public Library — this community fundraiser is a fun evening of great food and music. All proceeds will benefit the programs and ongoing operations of both organizations.
Popular Pottstown restaurant Grumpy's will be catering, and the fundraiser will be held at the Ballroom on High, a great downtown venue. The Ballroom, at 310 E. High St. next to the Farmer's Market, is also the home to SwingKats. Local DJ and MC extraordinaire Pete LaRosa is donating his time and talents to the fundraiser, so be ready to get out on the dance floor.
Tickets are only $20 and include hot roast beef sandwiches, pasta and veggie salads, beer and soft drinks, and homemade desserts. There will also be vegetarian wrap sandwiches available. Guests can purchase their tickets online at www.galleryonhigh.org or in person at the School at 254 E. High St. or the Library at 500 E. High St. The ticket deadline is Tuesday, August 7. No tickets will be available at the door.
The Gallery School of Pottstown is a 501c3 non-profit community art school and gallery. The School offers day, evening and weekend classes to all ages. The goal of these classes is to help students develop their creative skills through self-expression and independence. The Gallery on High hosts rotating shows featuring local artists. The Gallery also sells handcrafted, one-of-a-kind gift items.
POTTSTOWN OPEN DOORS – September 10th
Saturday, September 10th
Pottstown Opens Its Doors to YOU!
Display of rescue/police/military vehicles
Classic Cars
Rescue demonstration including repelling off the high school building
Come to Downtown Pottstown
11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Opening ceremony with Pottstown Middle School Jazz Band at Smith Plaza-11:00 a.m.
Open Doors invites you for a visit:
Pottstown Regional Public Library
The Gallery on High
Pottsgrove Manor
Pottstown Karate Club
Genesis Housing
Hill School Art Gallery
Come to Pottstown High School
2:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Kid activities
Over 30 organizational information tables
Display of police, fire, and military equipment
Free entertainment
Free food
Display of classic cars
7:00 p.m. Home Varsity Football Game – Pottstown vs. Pennwood (Admission to the game will be charged)
¨ Free entertainment
¨ Free trolley transportation
¨ Free food
¨ Giveaways
¨ Displays
¨ Tours
¨ Demonstrations
¨ Games & Activities for youngsters
¨ Moon Bounce & More!
The Gallery School Of Pottstown Partners With The Pottstown Regional Public Library
Pottstown, PA – The Gallery School of Pottstown Partners with the Pottstown Regional Public Library
On Saturday, August 13 from 6 – 9pm, Pottstown will be hopping! Two important Pottstown organizations–the non-profit Gallery School of Pottstown and the Pottstown Regional Public Library—will be hosting a joint fundraiser. The Books and Brushes Beef and Beer will feature local food and businesses and benefit the programs and ongoing operations of the community art school and the library.
The theme for this event is "local." Popular Pottstown restaurant Grumpy's will be catering, and the fundraiser will be held at the Ballroom on High, a great downtown venue. The Ballroom, at 310 E. High St. next to the Farmer's Market, is also the home to SwingKats. Pottstown's own radio station WPAZ will be creating the soundtrack for the event, so bring your dancing shoes!
Tickets are only $20 and include hot roast beef sandwiches, pasta and veggie salads, beer and soft drinks, and homemade desserts. There will also be vegetarian wrap sandwiches available. Guests can purchase their tickets online at www.galleryonhigh.org, or in person at the School at 254 E. High St. or the Library at 500 E. High St.
The Gallery School of Pottstown is a 501c3 non-profit community art school and gallery. The School offers day, evening and weekend classes to all ages. The goal of these classes is to help students develop their creative skills through self-expression and independence. The Gallery on High hosts rotating shows featuring local artists. The Gallery also sells handcrafted, one-of-a-kind gift items.
Beef And Beer Fundraiser For The Gallery School And Pottstown Regional Public Library
Lincoln Elementary School Second Graders Learn About Pottstown
It is always great to read stories like this. Some of Pottstown's second grade students learned about two import resources in their town – the Pottstown Regional Public Library (PRPL) and the Gallery School on High. Both businesses are found on Pottstown's main street, a few blocks apart, and both businesses can help Pottstown's children learn and succeed.
Three teachers from Lincoln Elementary School Jill Bolonski, Heather Kurtz and Leslie Swartz took their students on an all day field trip to the PRPL and the Gallery School. To read about what all the students did, click here:
Two Roy's Rants thumbs up to those awesome teachers at Lincoln!
Two Roy's Rants thumbs up to the Pottstown Regional Public Library and the Gallery School for being incredibly welcoming and tremendous educational assets in Pottstown.
Links to the PRPL and Gallery School are found on the homepage of this blog under the category Important Pottstown Sites on the right side of your screen.
Pottstown To Showcase Itself In Community Open House September 11th
This Saturday Pottstown will be the place to be! From 11 am until 3 pm activities galore will be taking place in Smith Plaza and throughout Pottstown. The party moves to Pottstown Senior High School from 3 pm until 6 pm with even more activities.
This idea has been a long time coming! Let's muster all our civic pride and be proud of Pottstown, put our best foot forward and say positive things this Saturday.
Click on the link below to read Evan Brandt's article about what exactly is going on, where and when!