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3 Ways to LEGALLY Raise Capital From Non-Accredited Investors
By: Darin Mangum
Tags: Investors, Regulation A Plus, Regulation Crowdfunding, Crowdfunding, Raising Capital

Video published: Sep. 14, 2019

I often get asked how to raise money from non-accredited investor. In this video I discuss 3 LEGAL ways to raise capital from non-accredited investors: Rule 506(b), Regulation Crowdfunding, and Regulation A+.

If you are looking for a custom crafted private placement memorandum or would like your PPM to be reviewed, please feel free to contact me (Darin) directly as listed below.

I offer a no cost or obligation consultation about your PPM offering / business venture. Thanks for watching and subscribing! :-)

Get your free getting started package here: https://theppmattorney.com/the-ppm-at...

3 Most Viable Rule Options To Raise Money Publicly: https://youtu.be/1jwUPbare5Q

How Do I Market My Private Placement Offering To Investors: https://youtu.be/s_zAZwqreOM

Why You Should Consider The PPM Attorney: https://youtu.be/NcNF-8osLGc

Darin Mangum

Phone: (281) 203–0194

E-mail: darin@theppmattorney.com

Website: ThePPMAttorney.com

FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ONLY. NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS LEGAL ADVICE. I’M NOT YOUR ATTORNEY UNLESS A DULY EXECUTED ENGAGEMENT LETTER EXISTS BETWEEN US. © 2019 DARIN H. MANGUM PLLC.
What successful investors can teach you about investing?
By: Fast Way
Tags: Investors, Successful Entrepreneurs, Success, Bussiness Website, Investing

1. Ask for Advice From Experts:

You can learn many things by reading books and blogs, but sometimes, talking to someone is much better. All these things can give you advice based on experience or laws and regulations regarding financial instruments.

2. Plan for the Worst:

Tragedy can happen at any time. So, you need to plan for the worst.

3.Be a giver:

Giving to charities and other organizations is a great thing, the more you give the more you receive.

4. Keep Working and never give up:

If you are young and strong, the best advice for you would be to keep working. Hard work always paid, and the longer you work, the more money you have to invest.

5. Invest in What You Know and Like:

Before you invest in individual companies, think of it as investing in a real business. Study the company and how they make money. Choose what you want, be specific, and play smart.

6.Get a mentor:

Successful people do not succeed alone. They get help. Successful people are students of success. They study what others have done and pattern their own success after the masters who have come before them.
Speculate! Derail the Economy
By: Renegade Inc.
Tags: Investors, Capital, Investment, Economy, Wealth

Three broad types of speculation are worth considering here: speculation in land, in tangible commodities, and in the markets for money and other financial instruments.

Sit Tight ‘till the Price is Right…

Over time, land values rise because people are willing and able to pay more for the use of land. But speculators don’t generally make use of the land they own; they want it simply because it grows in value. And the act of speculative landholding itself causes land values to rise further. It drives up prices making it harder for people who need land to get access to it: some end up homeless, others unemployed.

The same happens with speculative investments in tangible commodities like oil or wheat. Again, speculators have no use for the commodity in question, but they drive up prices for those who do. We all contribute to the unearned wealth of speculators each time we put fuel in our cars. And in poor countries, hungry people pay with their lives when wheat prices are driven up beyond the means of governments to import sufficient to cover the shortfall in domestic production.

If I Didn’t Do It Someone Else Would…

But screwing up the land and commodity markets is not enough for the ambitious speculator: speculation in the financial markets promises even greater rewards. Not only can currencies be played off against one another, regardless of the consequences for the citizens of countries so targeted, but there is no limit to the number and nature of financial ‘products’ than are invented, traded, and thus made subject to speculation. Among these are ‘naked’ Credit Default Swaps, whereby investment banks, hedge funds and institutional investors intentionally put themselves in a position to benefit from sovereign debt defaults.

The Rigged House Never Loses

Financial market speculation has been compared to a casino, but the comparison doesn’t stand up. In a game of roulette or blackjack, the odds are stacked against the punter; these are games of pure chance. In the financial markets, the game is rigged in favour of speculators, who, through their financial power, are able to influence events so they win every time. The beneficiaries of speculative investment get wealthier, not because they work hard (or at all), but because financial wizards have devised ways for the rich to further enrich themselves at the expense of the rest of us.

If you accept speculation as an intrinsic and therefore legitimate part of the economic system it becomes hard to find grounds for regulating it. Given that it serves no useful economic purpose, perhaps it’s time we realised the world would be a better place without it.
Long Build Up — Meaning, Best Example & Related Terms 2021
Tags: Investors, Investment, Stock Market, Stocks, Investing

Futures and Options are quite difficult to understand even for active investors of the stock market. F&O Segments affect the stock price so much. So let’s understand the most important things: Long Build up, Short build up, Short covering, and Long unwinding which affect the stock most of the time.

However, to understand these terms we need to discuss a few related things. let’s start with Open Interest:

What is Open Interest ?

You must purchase and sell futures and options contracts on a monthly basis. However, It is also weekly for the Bank Nifty. The open interest is 1 when a person buys a derivative but does not sell it. The phrase “open interest” refers to the number of derivative contracts that are active in the market.

If a contract is merely Bought or Sold, it is considered open. When you can purchase a contract which is not sold and also sell a contract which is not purchased. The contract is open in both cases, and open interest rises.

If the contract is both bought and sold, it is considered completed. As a result, open interest at a given time indicates the amount of contracts open or sold during a given length of time.

Important points about Open interest

When new contracts are added, OI rises. When contracts are squared off, OI drops

nevertheless, OI does not alter when contracts are transferred from one party to another.

Unlike volumes, OI is constant data.

Because OI and Volume statistics alone does not transmit information, it is necessary to always couple them with price information in order to evaluate the significance of their distinct variations.

Be wary of instances where the OI is abnormally high, as this signals significant leverage.

What is Long in F&O?

Long or long position is a condition in which investors are Bullish. It denotes that someone anticipates a rise in stock values. As a result, they are purchasing the stock first and then selling it afterwards.

Example

Long positions are bought at a cheap price and sold at a high price in order to profit. People are selling at a premium and will purchase at a reduced cost. The sell and buy actions take place at different times. This is the only distinction.
InfinityCapital — Better Investment for a Better Future
Tags: Binance Smart Chain, Investors, Infinitycapital, Cryptocurrency, Crypto

ABOUT US

We found infinity Capital group in July 2020. We have been working in Blockchain and Cryptocurrency market since 2016. Our principal mission is to bringing benefits, knowledge of Blockchain technologies, Defi and understandings of project’s products with year long experiences the team has.​

We have received a lot of investors trust and actively support to the group. But all current achievements are just the beginning, we are now ambitious to establish an extensive partners network in Vietnam stretching to other countries around the world.

RAISING FUND & PARTNERS

For projects that qualify for the Infinity Capital team analysis policy and receive the enthusiastic support of the community, we will have a policy of sharing investment opportunities and KOLs in global crypto space.

And there are many more attractive policies to help the project spread for all Crypto investors in the Vietnam market. We will have a separate discussion on special marketing services.

Here are some partners of us

PORTFOLIO (+80 projects)

Below are samples of our investment

SOCIAL MEDIA

InfinityCaptail Group: t.me/InfinityCapitalGroup

InfinityCapital Channel: t.me/InfinityCapitalNews

BSC Gem: t.me/InfinityGlorious

BSC Gem Channel: t.me/InfinityGloriousNews

Infinity Capital website: http://www.infinitycapital.info

Twitter: https://twitter.com/InfinityGrCPT
Vinod Khosla to finance hospitals to procure oxygen supplies in the wake of the country’s ongoing Covid crisis
By: Daily Times India
Tags: Reddy, Khoslaventures, Indianhospitals, Investor, Oxygen

Vinod Khosla to finance hospitals to procure oxygen supplies in the wake of the country’s ongoing Covid crisis Daily Times India Apr 25·2 min read

Vinod Khosla to finance hospitals to procure oxygen supplies in the wake of the country’s ongoing Covid crisis



Vinod Khosla, one of Silicon Valley’s most well-known Indian Americans, said on Twitter that he wanted to finance hospitals to procure oxygen supplies in the wake of the country’s ongoing Covid crisis.







I’m willing to fund hospitals in India that need funding to import bulk planeloads of oxygen or supplies into India… https://t.co/wH8RSrrT3D



— Vinod Khosla (@vkhosla) 1619292076000



The startup and investor ecosystems have banded together to provide a variety of services and assistance in combating the second wave of infection that has devastated Indian cities. Infected patients have been gasping for air due to a shortage of oxygen, as hospital capacity has been reached, causing them to turn down patient admissions.



Prominent investors and entrepreneurs have used social media to pledge support and donate to hospitals and organizations in need.



Sangita Reddy, joint managing director of Apollo Hospitals Group, described Khosla’s message as “generous and timely” after it went viral on Twitter. “We run two medical college hospitals that are largely private, and most of our hospitals have free wards. I’ll contact you. “Time is of the essence,” read Reddy’s post.



Khosla then followed up with a tweet telling one of the people that he had already contributed to the cause.
FUFU Raises $1.7m From Major Investors To Develop The Next Generation Content Marketing Platform
Tags: Investors, Partnerships, Fufu, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency

FUFU Raises $1.7m From Major Investors To Develop The Next Generation Content Marketing Platform UwUFUFU 1 day ago·2 min read

UwUFUFU.com, a content marketing platform, has successfully raised $1.7 million USD from early investors.

Adopting the play-to-earn mechanism in the form of viral quizzes, anyone can create, play, share quizzes and earn NFTs through FUFU’s reward system. NFTs on FUFU function as a collectible and a potential membership to gain access for future events, drops, sales, and more. They also function as “boosts” in drop rate and rarity of items from loot balls, which serve as the delivery mechanism of rewards. This is the backbone of FUFU, which we believe will propel our platform to the forefront of the industry. Through this, we are able to introduce the concept of rewards to active users, generating traffic and revenue.

The team is grateful for the support from both the community and early investors. We’d like to give special thanks to Boxmining, Faculty Group and GBV for being the first to support our vision at FUFU. The backing of all our investors further instilled confidence in our vision of FUFU’s potential in the blockchain industry. Participants in this investment round also include Alphanonce, Black Edge Capital, Impossible Finance, Morningstar Ventures, PANONY, X21, ZBS Capital, 4SV, among others.

Charles Yang, a partner of GBV commented, “We think FUFU is a diamond in the rough. This platform has already gone viral despite its short history and zero marketing spend. The team now has a solid group of supporters so we’re excited to watch the platform grow!”

With the funds, FUFU is in the works to expand our team and introduce additional content on the platform, this includes new features and quiz types, providing a breath of fresh air to the community in the near future.

In the upcoming days, FUFU will also be announcing its public sale details! FUFU will also be releasing details regarding our project and future partnerships, stay tuned and follow us on our social media platforms!
Public Sale Details ✨
Tags: Binance Smart Chain, Investors, Cryptocurrency, Cryptocurrency Investment, Crypto

Public Sale Details

We are pleased to announce that after the pre-sale is over, we finally have Public-sale! ! CryptoGlasses Sep 1·2 min read

Public Sale Details ✨

Public Sale A start 06/09/21 – 11/09/21 time:16:00CET

The total number of tokens is 3.50% 35 000 000 GLS

Purchase Limits: min 250$ max 25.000$

Lockup 3 months

Relase 10% of the token will be unlocked on the TGE day and 1% of the tokens will be unlocked everyday for 90 days

Price per token 0.075$

Public Sale B start 20/09/21–25/09/21 time:16:00CET

The total number of tokens is 3.50% 35 000 000 GLS

Purchase Limits: min 250$ max 25.000$

Lockup 3 months

Relase 10% of the token will be unlocked on the TGE day and 1% of the tokens will be unlocked everyday for 90 days

Price per token 0.085$

Public Sale C start 04/10/21–09/10/21 time:16:00CET

The total number of tokens is 3% 30 000 000 GLS

Purchase Limits: min 250$ max 25.000$

Lockup 3 months

Relase 10% of the token will be unlocked on the TGE day and 1% of the tokens will be unlocked everyday for 90 days

Price per token 0.10$

Public sale will be start on our launchpad platform.Every single participant will have to complete the registration + KYC .

Registration : https://launchpad.crypto-glasses.com/login

You can read here about registration : ICO information

Additionally, to facilitate logging in, we have added the ability to enter your google account

We’ll be offering a referral program as well. There will also be an airdrop for the community members (more information coming next day).

That is all for now. Take care in your market adventures, always remember to DYOR — and remember to join our Public Sale, one of the hottest events september.
ENVOY Announces an Exciting New Partnership With Kyros Ventures
By: Bram Verstraeten
Tags: Nft, Kyrosventures, Blockchain, Envoy, Investor

In our quest to further strengthen ENVOY’s globality, we have onboarded Kyros Ventures, a conglomerate of the largest and most influential entities in the Vietnamese Blockchain industry, as an official ENVOY investor. Built upon the solid foundation of the Coin68 ecosystem, Kyros Ventures is a true pioneer in incubating early-stage blockchain and cryptocurrency projects in Vietnam.

ENVOY Network adds a solid investor to the list

Founded by Thuat Nguyen, Kyros Ventures is responsible for more than 100,000 active cryptocurrency investors and traders. Their recent partnerships have included collaborations with the cryptocurrency exchange, FTX; the decentralized app-building blockchain platform, Chromia; the lightest blockchain protocol in existence, Mina; as well as Trustswap, which offers its users early access to invest in start-up projects at the same time as big venture capital firms. Their current portfolio includes well-established enterprises such as Polkastarter, Clover, Paralink Network, Lithium, and Game Starter, to name a few.

Onboarding a large community to our ecosystem

Partnering with Kyros Ventures was a logical move from both sides. Nguyen shared, “On top of the most robust crypto field, ENVOY stands out as a rare platform that empowers creators and communities with a brilliant reward system to bring one-of-a-kind NFT concepts into real life. We’re thrilled to join the team on their next exciting chapter.” We at ENVOY are equally as excited to work with Kyros Ventures and garner support from their incredible teams and dedicated Vietnamese community.

Stay tuned for more information on ENVOY, our featured drops, and much more…

Join our community!

Telegram: https://t.me/envoynetwork

Discord: https://discord.gg/envoy

Twitter: https://twitter.com/envoynetwork

Website: https://envoy.art/
Say Hi to uFluq 👋
Tags: Edtech, Startup, Language Learning, Barcelona

This adventure began the day we decided to turn our ideas into reality. We (both co-founders) grew up in tech companies, working abroad and travelling frequently. In this context, it was clear for us that opportunities in tech were infinite and still many industries were not being disrupted. Especially in the education area, since companies are every day more international and to speak properly different languages has become an expected commodity, not easily reachable for everyone.

Spain is growing in terms of tech hubs (Barcelona, ​​Madrid, Valencia, etc.). All these cities have lots of technology companies with a high percentage of expat employees coming from other countries (or remote workers), and Spanish is not their native tongue. If we join this with the fact that Spain is not one of the best English speaking countries in Europe, we end up with the following reality: Spain is a market with a need for fluent English speakers, as well as tools to facilitate foreigners’ immersion in our own languages.

The EdTech industry seems a great combination by default. We see education as the baseline for a better society at all levels, and technology as the tool to make it accessible, inclusive and with quality beyond the excellence. The global market trend is expected to witness significant growth due to the daily innovation in technology and endless education needs, and be part of this evolution is a challenge and a present itself.

The journey begins here with uFluq App. Our mission is to revolutionize when and how people practise other languages. To do so, 3 pillars: bring the on-demand concept into the education market, remove the existing friction between teachers availability and price, and the most simple but significant: always focused on speaking.

Our vision is to establish a new status quo in education services. We want to make sure everyone speaks fluently foreign languages so the lack of fluency is not a blocker anymore. All this work is based on passion and effort as core values.

The goal of this blog is to share uFluq experiences (steps forward, steps back, hopefully, steps forward again 🚀) and also our product vision, technology stack and anything that can bring closer to the audience the reality of building a digital product in the present context.

Stay tuned!
WHY LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE IS IMPORTANT
By: Casey Donna
Tags: Language, Language Learning, Foreign Language

The world is increasingly becoming bilingual and globalized, making it essential to learn a foreign language. Alternatively, more and more jobs are seeking candidates that speak several languages to reach more audiences in various parts of the globe.

Therefore, it’s challenging to be monolingual and expect the world to accommodate you. Studying a foreign language is all about learning to communicate and connect with others, which is an important life skill in building healthy relationships, be it with your friends, family, and co-workers.

Additionally, learning any foreign language has been made easy with teaching platforms such as TUTOROO, My Private Tutor, and Tutor Finder, which provide students with one-on-one lessons with native speaking teachers in various languages.

Here are some reasons why learning a foreign language is essential.

1. TRAVELING OVERSEAS BECOMES EASIER

Finding your place in a new country can be challenging when you don’t speak its native language. For example, after a 14-hour flight, how do you navigate through a foreign city to your hotel room? If you don’t speak the local language, you are limited to expensive and slow options like hiring a tour guide.

However, if you can fluently speak a foreign language, you can save a lot of time, money, and resources when looking for restaurants, accommodations, and fun activities to do. With TUTOROO, you can learn to speak foreign languages like Japanese, Hindu, Mandarin, French, Korean, Spanish, and Malay. All you have to do is sign up as a student with TUTOROO, and find a French tutor or Spanish tutor in your region.

For example, if you’re in Sydney, you can find a private french tutor here, and if you’re in Singapore, you can find a private Spanish teacher here.

2. JOB OPPORTUNITIES

Learning a foreign language can significantly improve your employment prospects since more industries are doing business in various parts of the world. The ability to speak a foreign language not only sets you apart from other job applicants but also sets you up for more job opportunities.

On the other hand, being able to communicate in a foreign language makes you a valuable employer in your organization.

3. FORMING MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS

Meeting new people and forming new friendships is a huge part of traveling abroad. Unfortunately, if you don’t know any foreign languages, it can be challenging to form meaningful relationships with new individuals since you can’t communicate.

For instance, if you plan to visit Singapore, learning Malay or Mandarin can help you interact with the local native speakers. Luckily, with TUTOROO, you can learn Malay Singapore by connecting with a native speaking teacher for one-on-one lessons.

BOTTOM LINE

Learning a foreign language opens you up to various cultures, environments, and traditions. Thus, it’s a great way to become open-minded and liberal.
Enhance Your Language Skills With An Enhanced User Experience
By: Tori Akman
Tags: Service Design, Language Learning, UX Design, General Assembly, UX Research

Future Considerations

Additional Features

During the research stage, we identified multiple features that would have been excellent additions to our prototype. For one reason or another (most likely time or bandwidth constraints), we chose not to build it in our prototype, but kept it on a list of things to consider for the future. Ideally, Ben and his team might incorporate these features in a later-stage app with more time and technical savvy.

For example, our digital facilitator would also come with games that the Facilitator would manage and push to each attendee’s app (i.e. pair up with someone wearing the same color shirt as you and talk about what you’re doing this weekend)!

Five suggested features (left) and a screenshot of Diego’s various topics (right)

Monetization

While the goal of this project was to design the app, Ben also asked us to think about ways that they could monetize. At the very beginning, Ben had mentioned they were toying with the idea of merchandise and partnerships. But through our research, we found inspiration from one of our role model apps: iTalki. iTalki facilitates language learning by connecting users with tutors in a peer-to-peer economy model. Students can book time with tutors, and iTalki gets a cut of the tutor’s profits. Even if tutoring is not something that Conversational DC is interested in pursuing, the model might serve as an interesting jumping-off point for other paid offerings.

Reflection Time

It was an absolute honor to work with this team of talented designers. Each Lead performed to the best of his or her abilities, but knew when to delegate in order to get the job done. And for that reason, I am so proud of the work we did as a team. Personally, I really enjoyed the role of PM. Outlining the timeline of tasks and keeping the team on track jived well with my commitment to accountability and punctuality. The hardest part of this job for me was keeping my finger on the pulse of the team’s wellbeing, pushing when the time was right to meet deadlines and taking our foot off the gas when burnout was on the horizon. As for the client, we certainly appreciated the creative flexibility that Ben entrusted with us, as well as his passion for the product. We hope that we will one day register for an event with the Convo app in cities around the world.
Reading Konbini Ningen: Welcome!
By: Japanese In Context
Tags: Japanese Literature, Reading, Language Learning, Reading Konbini Ningen, Japanese Language

Reading Konbini Ningen: Welcome!

In the following months, I plan to make weekly posts giving an account of my close reading of the novel Konbini ningen by Sayaka Murata in Japanese.

As an intermediate speaker of the language, I will be researching unfamiliar grammar and vocabulary as well as seeking advice from Japanese experts and native speakers. To ensure my full understanding of the Japanese text, I will be consulting the English translation of the novel by Ginny Tapley Takemori, Convenience Store Woman. So you will also see some comments on the sorcery the translator worked on expressions and concepts that did not have a direct equivalent in English. I hope that my findings and thoughts about the text might come in handy for another learner of Japanese.

If you, too, are reading the novel, please feel free to comment under the posts with any questions about the text, comments, or suggestions.

Sources:

Murata, Sayaka 村田沙耶香. Konbini ningen コンビニ人間 [ Convenience Store Woman]. Tōkyō: Bungei Shunjū, 2016. Murata, Sayaka. Convenience Store Woman. Translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori. New York: Grove Press, 2018.

The dictionaries I used making this reading companion:

Seven Japanese Dictionaries to Use Daily

Click to see each separate post:

Reading Konbini Ningen: Pages 3–9

Reading Konbini Ningen: Pages 10–16

Reading Konbini Ningen: Pages 17–23

Reading Konbini Ningen: Pages 24–27

Reading Konbini Ningen: Pages 28–31

Reading Konbini Ningen: Pages 32–35

Reading Konbini Ningen: Pages 36–39

Reading Konbini Ningen: Pages 40–43

Reading Konbini Ningen: Pages 44–47

Reading Konbini Ningen: Pages 48–49 (Last Konbini Post!)
Language Learning and the 80/20 Rule
By: Aabia Ali
Tags: 80 20 Rule, Learning Language Tips, Language Learning, 80 20 Principle

Language Learning and the 80/20 Rule

What is the 80/20 Rule?

The 80/20 rule (a.k.a. the Pareto Principle) was introduced by Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto in 1897. Since discovered, the rule has been given many names, some of which include the words ‘principle’ and ‘law’, yet neither of those words unveils the reality of it. The 80/20 rule isn’t some hard and fast mathematical law, it’s more of a pattern. For instance, 20% of what you consume makes up 80% of your energy, and 20% of laws are broken 80% of the time. But how do you incorporate this into learning a language?

Language Learning + 80/20 Rule = Efficiency

Now that we know what the 80/20 Rule is, how do we use it to learn a language the smarter way? Well, the relationship between learning a language and the 80/20 rule is that: 20% of words in a language are used 80% of the time. What this means is that instead of learning random and specific vocabulary, which is done in many schools, the more advantageous and suitable thing would be to learn words that are used the most. For example, let’s suppose that you want to learn English, and you know that there are about 170,000 words in the English language. And, because you believe in the power of efficiency, you want to incorporate the 80/20 rule in learning the language. What you find out is that an average adult who is a native speaker knows around 20,000 words, though only about 1,000–3,000 of the words in English are used on a daily basis. So all you need to do is learn and memorize the 1,000 most commonly used words in English in order to conversate with more ease and confidence. And remember, the smarter (not harder) you work, the better.
Best English Learning App 2021 — Top 10 List of English Learning App
By: Best Way Finder
Tags: Language, Language Learning, English Learning, Learning, English

Best English Learning App 2021 — Top 10 List of English Learning App

Best English Learning App: Gone are the days when we had to wait for English classes to learn English. We no longer have to wait for English classes or learn through trial-and-error methods now that we have mobile phones in our hands and information at our fingertips.

We provide you with the 5 Best English Learning Apps in India and This article to help you talk effectively and confidently.

But first, you should understand,

What is an English Learning App?

An app is a short form for Application. A mobile application is software designed to run on a mobile device such as a phone, tablet, or watch. English Learning Apps are apps designed with the objective to improve the English speaking skills of the user. Downloading these apps to the mobile phone or tablet allows the user to access English Speaking resources on the go. When one has the English Learning App, he or she can access the resources and practice English speaking from anywhere, any time. Mostly, the resources available on these apps are customized according to the level and requirements of the users.

List of Top 10 English Learning App in India 2021

ENGVARTA — Best English Learning app and English Practice Platform

DUOLINGO — Fun English learning app for learning languages

HELLO TALK — Get English Speaking Partners

GRAMMARLY — App For Writing English

FLUENT U — Media Based English Learning App

Memrise — Language learning app

BBC Learning English

ECL English learning app

English Speaking course

Enguru English learning app

Advantages of practicing spoken English using English Learning Apps

Learning English using English learning apps and English speaking apps is an effective way to improve your English communication. Learning English with an app has its own advantages.

Let’s have a look at few advantages of learning English using an English learning app:

You can study at your own pace and that too from the comfort of your home.

Learning English from an English learning app on your smartphone is very convenient and easy.

on your smartphone is very convenient and easy. Several English learning apps give you the opportunity to speak English, read and write English and also give you feedback.

These English learning apps use lots of fun and engaging methods to make your learning process easy.
Why strive to save endangered languages?
By: Xaralite News
Tags: Language, Articles, Language Learning, News

Language

Why strive to save endangered languages?

Mandarin, English, Spanish are among some of the top most spoken languages in the world. In contrast, minority languages have endured a long history of persecution. A recent example is of 100 indigenous languages in Australia that are facing survival trial. Miriwoong is one of the rapid diminishing languages in Western Australian. Hundreds of children in the town of Kununurra are learning Miriwoong. This has been the main native language in the town since the past tens of thousands of years. Miriwoong radio shows are also helping to highlight the existence of the language, in addition to perennial efforts by a handful of native speakers and educationists who are striving to keep the ancient language from dying out.

According to linguists, minority languages usually face existential crisis when they are being displaced socially, politically and economically by other dominant languages from the region. “The smaller the number of speakers, the harder it is to get an accurate headcount,” commented David Harrison, co-founder of the non-profit Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages. Moreover, before the European invasion about 300 aboriginal languages were spoken across the globe. However since then more than a 100 languages have become extinct.

Unesco’s Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger has listed about 2,500 languages; according to sources about 230 languages are extinct since 1950, with an approaching estimate of some 3,000 endangered languages worldwide.

Related Report — https://www.xaralite.com/2019/06/17/struggle-of-keeping-a-dying-indigenous-language-alive/

Why the quest to raise awareness about language endangerment and the need to safeguard the world’s linguistic diversity? One would ask. One of the many reasons is to develop a feeling of belonging among the speakers; the common language being the eternal connection to their ancestral heritage line. Moreover, languages are a way of conveying the speaker’s distinct culture, and human behavior. Languages are rich sources of unique, original culture of the indigenous group. Without the language the culture will also teeter. And lastly, languages are an abundant course of knowledge. Ancient languages contain extensive information on varied subject fields like astronomy, mathematics, pharmacology, among others.

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✔ IELTS Speaking : 7.5 Band — IELTS Speaking Practice Indian Student
By: Guru Singh
Tags: Speaking, Ielts Practice Test, Language Learning, Ielts Speaking, Ielts

https://youtu.be/ZpqkVl2EvhQ

This is a Sample IELTS Speaking Interview for Band 7. Answers are grammatically up to the mark, Vocab use is good and Speech is fluent. You can learn about the outlay of the IELTS Speaking Interview which you will face in your test.

Watch Special IELTS Tutorial Series videos

We aim to enable IELTS aspirants to score at least 7 or more than 7 band score in IELTS Test. If you watch all the videos carefully and follow the instructions then you can definitely get your desired band score. Wish you good Luck !

IELTS Speaking — How to get a high score | Band, Test, Practice & Tips | ELS

https://youtu.be/lP3wVFjqAEE

IELTS Speaking Practice Test : BAND 7.5 | IELTS Speaking Indian Student | IELTS practice EP-4

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IELTS Speaking Practice Test : BAND 8.5 | IELTS Speaking Indian Student | IELTS practice EP-3

https://youtu.be/pE9Ezi3oS64Other

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Tempted to learn a Foreign Language? Here is my experience…
By: Inlingua Bangalore
Tags: Language, Language Learning, Inlingua, Institute, Foreign Language

Is it temptingly easy to learn a foreign language? Is it worth the effort? I was recently in Singapore, and my husband and I had an idea for a vacation there. We wanted to take the obvious route — Singapore — but we were a little worried about our ability to learn a foreign language there.

My mother tongue is English, but I’m not really comfortable with the thought of being in another country without some English to speak. I’d always considered myself to be fairly good at other languages. So I checked out the local schools in Singapore, and there were lots of options there. Tempting as it was to learn a foreign language, I decided to try Singlish, a widely spoken form of Chinese, as my main language.

It was an interesting experience. The lessons were varied, covering a range of topics from basic grammar to more advanced concepts. But something stuck. I wasn’t learning!

After a few months, I realised that it wasn’t just me who was struggling. The teacher in our school was totally unapproachable and never showed any interest in helping students to learn a language. My husband and I would have been better off getting a tutor instead! Luckily, the Singaporean people are very helpful when it comes to the education sector.

We found a language school online which specialized in foreign language learning. Their courses were comprehensive and had audio lessons, visual guides and games to make the learning fun and exciting! The teachers were all professionals, and they loved teaching — even the kids!

The biggest advantage was the fact that we could learn at home. There were no weekly class breaks, and we didn’t have to travel to other countries to attend tutorial sessions. We actually got to travel to the country where the tutorial was taking place! Our kids learnt French, Italian and Spanish in total!

I’m now a very skilled foreign language speaker. I can converse confidently with my husband, friends and colleagues in their mother tongue. I also enjoy reading books in their mother tongue, although I try not to read too much on the subject because I tend to lapse back into my native tongue if I read too much. I do, however, enjoy spending time reading blogs written by ex-pats in their native languages.

We like to visit the British Museum every year, and every year we go for a little break. We’re not rich, but we do have luxurious surroundings to enjoy and eat out at. I don’t think we’ve spent as much money on restaurants and food as we would have spent if we’d been spending it on hiring a local chef! Sometimes, I put together whole families’ meals!

If you’re tempted to learn a foreign language, take the plunge. You’ll be glad you did! Your family will thank you, and so will your friends! Who knows? One day soon, you could be making top chefs and travelling around the world!
Learn a Language Using Input — From a Polyglot
By: Mark Farnsworth
Tags: Language Learning Apps, Study, Language Learning, Learning, Input Methods

Learn a Language Using Input — From a Polyglot

Photo by Jonathan Kemper on Unsplash

My first language is French.

I had to adapt quickly as my first English words to a native speaker were, “Where my school?” spoken to my homeroom teacher in Harrisburg. In the first grade, I learned English through an English tutor who mostly used a vocabulary-based approach supplemented with pronunciation drills.

I’ve learned a few other languages since then, and since I now enjoy a career based off of teaching and language acquisition, I like to think that I’ve picked up a few language learning hacks here and there.

Here are a few tips on acquiring a second language using input-based methods.

Start Today — Yes, Today.

Okay, I lied. This piece of advice isn’t particularly input-specific, but has to do with language learning in general. My favorite idiom of all time is, “Rome wasn’t built in a day.” I annoy my students, family members and friends with this idiom constantly (because it’s true). You can do anything if you commit enough time to it. The problem is, there is so much content about language learning that language learners often fall into the trap of researching language learning methods instead of studying. How can Rome be built if you’re on YouTube watching videos of people building other cities?

You can waste literally hundreds of hours of time just browsing Reddit and YouTube for language learning tips instead of actually learning your target language. Trust me, I know from experience. So start with something — anything! Consider this: even the seventeenth best method of language learning is better than dedicating hours watching a possibly fake polyglot lie about how they learned Spanish in 24 hours.

I’m aware of the irony of wanting you to read this — a text where I am technically pleading with you to stop reading and get back to language learning. And I won’t have any hard feelings if you rage-quit this and go back to Duolingo. But please hear me out. Create a simple routine and stick to it, no matter which method you use. Remember: 5 minutes a day is better than nothing, and 2 hours spread out over a week is better than 3 hours every Saturday morning.
Exploiting Jira for Host Discovery
By: Alex Peña
Tags: Vulnerability, Jira Software, Csrf, Tenable Research, Infosec

Last October I dived into the world of Jira Software (version 8.4.1) in the hope of discovering new vulnerabilities. Initially, I came across a few Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) weaknesses, leading me to a vulnerability that allows a user to instruct the Jira server to initiate connections to other hosts of my choice. This CSRF vulnerability (CVE-2019-20099) affects Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center versions 8.2.4 prior to 8.7.0 and can be leveraged to perform a host discovery scan of networks visible to an affected Jira server.

This blog details the discovery of this issue and includes a host discovery proof of concept.

Jira defenses for Cross-Site Request Forgeries

CSRF attacks can target vulnerable websites by reusing cookies stored in the browser of a legitimate logged-in user to impersonate their identity and perform some malicious actions without their knowledge.

To defend against these attacks, the Jira server sets CSRF tokens in an HttpOnly cookie on its clients. Then for requests that perform state changing operations, the server checks if the token is set in the CSRF cookie as well as in a CSRF parameter. This makes it hard for an attacker to reuse cookies for impersonating legitimate users. Further, the Referer header is validated against the server domain and port number to prevent same origin policy violations.

The above is an example of a POST request that sets an issue’s type to bug. The CSRF cookie and the CSRF parameter are named Atlassian.xsrf.token and atl_token. The Referer header gets validated by checking if its value commences with the Jira Server’s IP address and port number.

While testing various requests, I discovered that Jira doesn’t always validate these values.

The Bug

Setting up an outgoing POP3 mail server in Jira requires a system administrator to complete and submit a form with the relevant mail server details, such as the server name, host address, port number, user credentials and so forth. At the bottom of the form there are two buttons, one for requesting to set up a new mail server and the other for testing the mail server connection.
My Experience Collaborating With InfoSec Institute
By: Dr. Emmanuel Tsukerman
Tags: Authors, Review, Collaboration, Infosec

Summary: I found working with InfoSec Institute to be a great pleasure. They were polite, timely, professional, compensated fairly, clear communicators and friendly.

Our Collaboration: I published my learning paths “Cybersecurity Data Science” and “Machine Learning for Red Team Hackers” with InfoSec, as well as several blog posts, which you can find at these links:

How deep learning is changing cybersecurity: https://www.infosecinstitute.com/blog/how-deep-learning-is-changing-cybersecurity/

Using data science to combat deepfakes, malware and social engineering: https://www.infosecinstitute.com/blog/using-data-science-to-combat-deepfakes-malware-and-social-engineering/

How to catch malware with artificial intelligence: https://www.infosecinstitute.com/blog/how-to-catch-malware-with-artificial-intelligence/

The Good: I found working with Jeff Peters, Cindy Borch, Bill O’Dea and Andrei Antipov from InfoSec Institute to be a great pleasure. They were polite, timely, professional, compensated fairly, clear communicators and friendly. All of our collaboration was smooth and pleasant.

The Bad: None.

The Ugly: Nada.

I look forward to collaborating with InfoSec in the future.

— Dr. Emmanuel Tsukerman

P.S. I’m not compensated for this post in any way. Just my honest opinion for the benefit of anyone who is interested.
Try_Hack_Me Cyber Fundamentals learning path
Tags: Information Technology, Tryhackme, Infosec, Tryhackme Walkthrough, Bug Bounty

Hi sec folks, New lab released on Try_Hack_Me Time to Sharp your skill

Are you Want to HACK_THE_WORLD Join Up on Try_Hack_Me Use this link

Pre-Security is a new lab and learns much more you want.

Before hacking something, you first need to understand the basics.

Cybersecurity basics

Networking basics and weaknesses

The web and common attacks

Learn to use the Linux operating system

Introduction

This learning path will teach you the pre-requisite technical knowledge to get started in cybersecurity. To attack or defend any technology, you to first learn how this technology works.

The Pre-Security learning path is a beginner-friendly and fun way to learn the basics. Your cybersecurity learning journey starts here!

complete a room that’s part of this path and win tickets, get 3 of the same to redeem a prize. If you’re a free user you can win 1 ticket, however subscribed users can win 2 tickets.

What is the Pre Security path?

Learn the pre-requisite technical knowledge to get started in cybersecurity. To attack or defend any technology, you to first learn how this technology works.

The Pre-Security learning path is a beginner-friendly & fun way to learn the basics.

Thanks, TRY_HACK_ME Team.
Be the Hacker You Always Wanted To Be — Learn Fundamentals w/ Pre-Security Path from TryHackMe
By: Danny Henderson Jr
Tags: Tryhackme, Pre Security, Information Security, Infosec

Be the Hacker You Always Wanted To Be — Learn Fundamentals w/ Pre-Security Path from TryHackMe Danny Henderson Jr Jul 6·3 min read

Within the earlier years, it felt that doing the “cool hacker” activities were unattainable for the following reasons:

It’s illegal and doing it would get you in prison Accessibility was very limited outside of #1 It’s intimidating especially when more experienced people would tell you to ‘figure it out’, leaving you to fend for yourself Money factors in in the midst of having to get certifications or even getting hands on experience.

However, the most important thing is that you always have to start with the fundamentals. This is where TryHackMe’s Pre-Security Course shines. (NOTE: For those that are frugal about their money, the Pre-Security path is FREE!)

Pre-Security Learning Path

https://TryHackMe.com/path/outline/presecurity

The curriculum has 5 disciplines for you to understand with a bit of history lesson in the middle of it.

See more of the outline here

It is not just reading, but you get your hands dirty as well! All of the activities that you can do can be done from the browser as they provide an ‘attack machine’ for you to conduct your operations as well as the ‘target system’ that you’ll be learning the activities through. All of it’s within their network, so you’re not violating any Terms of Service (ToS) with your Internet Service Provider (ISP).

Windows Fundamentals, all within the browser

Even if you are experienced in the field, this path has something for you because it is impossible to know everything, especially when you do not use all aspects of your operating systems. Personally, I learned a bit from the Linux Fundamentals (3) and Windows Fundamentals (2).

TryHackMe has done a wonderful job creating an accessible road for everyone to learn Cybersecurity.

When you’re done with the learning path, you can do many of the other rooms that are offered. There are many rooms that do not require a subscription, though it does provide benefit of trying other rooms.

All what you need is an account.

Go create one! https://tryhackme.com

Enroll in the path! https://tryhackme.com/path/outline/presecurity

And just to flex…