Enrolling learners There are a number of ways in which your students can access your course. For example, your administrator might enroll them for you, or they might be automatically enrolled from outside, or they might be able to create their own accounts on the Moodle side and then enroll themselves into your course. In this video, we look at how you, the teacher, can manually add students to your course and how you can find out the other ways in which they can access your course. If we click the Participants link in the navigation drawer and then click the gear there, we see Enrolled Users and Enrollment Methods. Enrollment means how students get into your course, whereas Authentication means how they get onto a Moodle site, which we don't look at here. If we click Enrollment Methods, we can see the different ways that they're able to access or be enrolled into a course. The first one we see is called Manual Enrollments. This means that students can be enrolled into their course by the teacher. Note that, for security reasons on our Learn Moodle basics MOOC, Manual Enrollment is not available. Guest Access here has its eye closed, so that means that currently, no guests can look at this course. But the teacher can enable it by clicking the icon. Self Enrollment means that users can enroll themselves by clicking a button. This is currently disabled again because the eye icon has a line through it. Clicking it to open it would allow us to give students permission to access the course themselves. Now remember that on our Learn Moodle site, teachers are not allowed to enroll students directly into their practice courses. But if we go to a different site and a different course, we can see how to do this. To enroll users manually, we click the Enroll Users button and then select the people we want to enroll and the role that we want to give them will choose Student. As a teacher, we don't normally have the rights to enroll other teachers into our course. We have to ask permission to do that. From this screen, we can search for and filter users by role, enrollment method, group, status and we can also edit and delete their enrollments. Now, this method is fine if we just have a few people to enroll into our courses. However, if you have many, it might be worth exploring other ways of allowing them access. In this course, on a third Moodle site, when we click the Enroll Users button, we see an option Select a cohort. A cohort is a group of users created by the site administrator or a manager and we can add cohort members individually from here or from the Enrollment Methods screen where we were before using what's called the Cohort Sync method. And note that as they are added, you can also add them to any existing groups in the course but you'll only see this Cohort Sync method if your site has set up cohorts.


At least five minutes of getting questions of the audience here, I didn't want to interrupt our lively debate and it's Daniel who for sure gets the floor first. I love this kind of pillow too. It lasted for one year. After one year, requirements, guidance. Then there is a tendency to ask risk by risk pillow too. After we learn through the crisis that all the risks are interrelated and we need holistic approach, I don't see how we deal with your sovereign risk in this risk by risk approach. I think the template of FEBA for risk by risk will have to have one more line and it will be indeed very visible. And my question is can we save a little bit of the 2015 pillow too by stopping precisely what Sabine is mentioning? We need CET-1 for pillow too requirement on guidance. We have learned through the crisis that pillow too subordinated that contingent capital is useless as going concern capital. This is for gun concern capital, this is for Elke. It was not used during the crisis before the state money was put, the state aid was put in the bank. So please, we should not do the same mistake a second time. So soon after it was done the first time. Couldn't agree more. Yeah, you are preaching in the church. Yeah. Yeah, do we disagree at one point on the stage? No. So we, yes, we are on the same camp than yet. But Nicolas is anxious to get the floor. I'm not too anxious but I cannot resist which is a different emotion. Danielle in a way introduced my question with her initial statement which is having sovereign risk in the framework. And my question is to the legislator, so primarily to Sven and Sir Jonathan, but Sabine you may want to interject. Having concentration risk in sovereign exposures, right, so home bias is best. I think most of us will agree this would be best addressed in pillar one measure. But can it be addressed at all with pillar two is my question. Okay, I will give you my opinion first, my personal opinion first. And then I would ask the others please. I think that we, I mean that it should be addressed in pillar one, yeah. In particularly the concentration risk part with regard to the capital, yeah. As I see that there will be a very difficult discussion, you know, with regard to risk weights, yeah. And the risk sensitivity, you know, which country gets which risk rate, etc. I think one should still do it, yeah. But the least, you know, the least it should be a concentration risk measure which we should have in pillar one. Now you can ask yourself, yes, if it is not there, pillar two says if you see risk which are not there, which are not covered by pillar one, do it in pillar two. But there are very clear coming from all sides and from many important stakeholders, law makers too. By the way, not only for sovereign but for AML risk and governance risk too. The very clear, the very clear message if the lawmaker in pillar one explicitly decided not to take up this risk, how can you dare as a supervisor to do this indirectly via pillar two? You are not a regulator, you are not a lawmaker, you are not, you know. We saw this, you know, in other cases where we had a lot of pushback and that is exactly the same for the sovereign. So there is a certain kind of tension between if the lawmaker discussed something and explicitly decided no, we will not touch it with capital requirements, with large exposure rules, yeah. How can we, yeah, as not being a regulator do something else? And now I will share something with you from last week's ICBS because I was on a panel there and I found myself in the midst of the Fed, Canadian, ASFI, Hong Kong, authority as well as Australia and I was the only one, yeah, from a supervisor authority who has no what is called regulatory powers, so no transformation of very basic principles via the supervisor into then supervisory rules, yeah, because we have a different system which I value very much, do not misunderstand me, but this is talking about institutional setup, you know. When everybody around you in the Barsal Committee says, well, we will do the transfer of Barsal mostly, you know, we will go to the lawmaker and they have a say in some, but we will do, we will set the details, et cetera, that is a very difficult issue and it links directly to your sovereign risk, by the way, Johnson, and then I think this will be the final round because this is really the final round for everybody to add. I'm not a legislator, I'm a private citizen and I don't think the Commission ever really considered itself a legislator, so I was never a legislator. I was a civil servant, but I agree entirely with what you say, we are not a country, we have a delicate institutional balance, we have the Maroney principle, get rid of it, the treaty if you want, but we haven't done so. It is infinitely preferable for Pillar 1 to take its responsibility and deal with these issues in the law and I agree entirely, if there is any suggestion that the lawmakers have considered something and not done it, then I think we are taking a big risk envisaging that it should be done at a Pillar 2 level. We can get away with that perhaps in a stable democratic country, we are stable, we are democratic, we are a union. Okay, many thanks, Sir Johnson. You know, I would just echo what you just said, I would associate myself with it and I would agree. Now that Andrea is moving from London, I would move EBA to Frankfurt and make that a unit of the SSM. I'm familiar with all the countries on your ICBS panel, I can't imagine having supervisors not able to change rules if they find that they're not working, having to go through some other party. I've never lived in an environment like you have to put up with. Well, first I have to say, when it came to the NPLs, I was, perhaps this was one of the moments when I was least proud of what our committee did concerning banking supervision. I have to say that, I was very unhappy, I couldn't stop it because we had no majority, as Greens as you know, we are a very pro-European group but we are not in a majority position, we are a small group in the parliament. So anyway, what you did with your addendum, even after all the quarrel, you achieved a great deal. So therefore you and you helped us solving a problem which at that moment wouldn't have been solved. So therefore in a certain way what you have said now could easily be transferred to the issue of NPLs and then questioning the legitimacy of what you did in this field. I would not do this, I think you simply did your job and therefore I still believe that your mandate and the law, so CID, CRR clearly gives you the pillar two powers and they are formulated for good reasons in that open way and as long as the lawmaker doesn't change that formulation and we didn't, you have all the rights and the obligation. If you see additional rights, additional risks to take action and there is no limitation and if we are not happy with you doing your job then it's our responsibility to regulate it in the law. Until we don't, please do your job and don't be scared by people who do not want that certain issues are tackled. So that will be my clear view on this and beyond that politically of course you said it, when EDIS is now being somehow renegotiated then of course this issue will politically be dealt with again. So there's a link and there we have an opportunity to tackle at least the concentration risk side but as it's not yet in the law you have all the possibilities and there's of course also a link to the internal models and the trim operation because as we all know the internal models look at sovereign risk and therefore there's also a level playing field issue beyond the pillar to issue there's a second lever which you might have in your hands and yeah and I finish here but I think be bold and don't make yourself weaker than what we have voted in the law despite some politicians being unhappy about it. Let us see. Eke, your last. At this high level to be the last one speaking is quite challenging. I think let me start with saying there is no risk-free asset this holds true for sovereign risk too so it needs to be reflected I'm fully with you pillar one is the place to go and not pillar two because you need to sneak it in. The second part is clearly there is also quite a broad field of pillar two now you could also say in starting that debate you might trigger the first part of it so I would agree if it's explicitly not in pillar one it's difficult to get it in pillar two but if you try to push it in pillar two you might trigger the pillar one debate let's just start that way but it's not just about sovereign we have a number of other issues and we have a number of issues to deal with we can start with my favorite topic IFRS nine implementation and the like so we need to address all of this but I'm very sure it's when I wish that the SSM in the next five years is as agile as level playing field as bold and as outspoken as it has been in the first five years and I think there they have to fill fairly large shoes in a not in a literal sense and they have to fill very broad shoulders also not in a literal sense you are totally correct well I think I did my work today by getting a list together what we should look like what we should do yeah in order to give it to the next chair and the next vice chair for next year and so that everybody knows yeah what are the expectations the challenges ahead I would like you to still stay here and and you too because I have to say some final words Daniel yeah I mean this is it ladies and gentlemen and almost at least because they are still the buffet yeah so it's it's only me between yeah you and the buffet and it will not take long yeah so just so don't worry yeah I would like to thank all participants here on this panel it was really a great discussion and and many many things for your openness your frankness and and I give it back to you Sven it's not only us having to be bold the lawmaker has to be bold too


I remember years ago, I was born in a house that is now part of the coast. Our house used to be there. The changes have been quite gradual. Because I remember years ago, these were stands of coconuts. Now there's hardly any adult coconut trees here. For me, growing up, I never noticed it as a phenomenon. Only now that I see it as a threat. The Pacific Island states face their greatest challenge ever. A challenge that has had a devastating impact on everyday life and brings into question their very existence. Over the years, I have noticed quite some changes with the increasing encroachment of the sea. In its current state, the sea becomes quite inundated during heavy rain and during high tide. We have, I think, three very high tides in the year. When the sea, the encroachment of sea water into this village would be quite significant. You can see the drainage system here. Water flow is not very efficient. So as a result, there would be quite a bit of stagnant water. It's really important that communities work to strengthen their responses to something that they know is going to happen, whether they like it or not. And so therefore, the test, I think, of individual countries and individual communities is how resilient we are in relation to climate change. They have built some resilience. I know that whenever there is any discussion of relocation, their attitude seems to be that it's unthinkable. A few houses have been relocating progressively. Part of the villages are further in. They wanted to be closer to the river for water supply purposes. And if we have a sea wall, we may reclaim back a lot more of the coastline that used to belong to us.


Dexter season two review Hey, what's up guys, it's Josh here today I want to do a little review on Dexter season two now Dexter was a show that if you had asked me before rewatching I would say that seasons one two and four of Dexter were near perfect They were almost like a full-length show turned into a movie movie quality everything absolutely love this stuff So I watched the first season of Dexter and although I really enjoyed it There was a lot of little aspects about it that weren't really my favorite. I didn't really feel like it hit on all cylinders I felt like it was a little bit slow I found that it would probably be better with 10 episodes instead of 12 But it just wasn't this masterpiece like I remembered and I was wondering I'm like are any of these seasons really gonna seem like The top-level show that I remember and yes, they do starting with this season. So season two I will be getting into spoilers. Just letting you guys know right away There's no real way for me to dive into this season without going into spoilers But I do highly recommend that if you have not seen Dexter go ahead watch season one watch season two at least through season four Because it is that good if you think it sucks come back. Let me know and I'll dive into it here We're gonna be doing some spoilers. So basically Dexter season two is like Dexter on crack in my opinion. It is way more intense. It is way more crazy It is way more dark. It is way more emotional and it is way more entertaining in my opinion than season one The basic premise of season two is Deb is destroyed because she was dating the ice truck killer So she's living with Dexter. Dexter is getting tailed by Sergeant Dokes. I do think we could have had a few more seasons of Dokes We didn't need to open it with him just going gung-ho after Dexter But Dokes is after Dexter so Dexter can't really get away to do any kills That's basically where we're at and then eventually in the first episode they ended up finding Dexter's bodies So now the Bay Harbor butcher is the main person that they're looking for this season, which is Dexter So he's basically pretending we're trying to throw people off his trail because he's actually working on finding himself So let's jump into the pros that I had with this season the pros was the pacing now Again, I want to say that no Dexter up until this point has had perfect pacing for me I think they all every single season would be better with ten episodes, but the pacing was so so enjoyable here I found myself kind of struggling at some point to get through a bunch of episodes of season one and even season three But season two was like I just could not put it down I think I watched four episodes and one sitting right off the bat This thing was just so well-paced and so entertaining and for some reason This was just so rewatchable I don't know if it was because of that entertainment value or because it was so edgy and intense But I was thinking while I was watching this if I wanted to just put one Dexter on and just fly through a season This seems like the season that I would pick again I just started season four so maybe season four will be that season for me But wow do I just absolutely love everything about season two and it's just so rewatchable in my opinion I don't know why but it just it has the least amount of cringy scenes the most Entertainment the more the most just raw emotion and I just love it again. I'm gonna be kind of beating a dead horse with this I'm probably gonna say this in every single Dexter review that I do I think they should have been ten episodes because I absolutely loved Lila but basically Once Dexter actually gets with Lila and then he kind of is like I don't know if I'm filling Lila There's not much interesting things that happen after that. So I mean that happens in episode maybe seven or eight He's kind of over her It would have been nice if if she kind of forced him into like some more sexual encounters later on because it was just the scenes Were so juicy and so just oh my goodness like such great TV It was kind of stupid to see her for like four or five episodes Just literally kind of doing nothing Dexter is over her He's not gonna do anything with her and I feel like the ending wasn't as good But I absolutely loved Lila. I think she's probably the most entertaining character Besides the main characters of the show that and all of Dexter. I just absolutely loved her She was so engaging and gets under your skin. I absolutely loved Lila I also like that Rita was a hair more independent here in the first season She just seems so broken and kind of like destroyed and here She has a lot more for own opinions And it's just she's just easier to watch for me in this season versus season one Dexter being a terrible partner to Rita is just really cringy and it just happens so so so much The fact that he's not with Rita most of this time kind of gets rid of that cringy aspect of oh Dexter is just kind of like a Dumb little man boy and doesn't know how to treat a girl You kind of get rid of that in this season because Rita is kind of off on her own and she's more independent Frank Lundy now, I don't really like love this guy's character for like the actor I don't think he should have been in like every single season of Dexter, but for this season I think that Frank Lundy was a perfect addition to the cast. He adds a bit of maturity He can basically step over anybody if he sees something that's out of line He could call anybody out at any time, but at the same time, he's kind of oddly fair You end up kind of liking him because he's fair. Yeah, he will just raise hell But if you have a legitimate thing, he will actually help you and be behind you I felt like it was a great transition from the ice truck killer to him And I just didn't want this season to end Lundy was a great addition even coming after Dexter He was just a perfect thing to just mix things up for one season and get them out again I wouldn't want to see him in every single season, but I loved him in this one. It's intense. It's emotional It's dark and the last thing I will say about this season that I really really enjoyed was the scenery I love the Miami scenery that kind of makes Dexter even on the worst seasons of Dexter just all the different You know music and scenery they have it really just takes you away To another place like Miami and it is so nice how to throw that in there I'll probably put scenery as a pro in every single season of Dexter because I love it so so much I kind of liked Rita's mom for this season She wasn't in here the whole time, but she served a good purpose. She's kind of narcissistic You kind of see why Rita is so kind of destroyed because her mom doesn't help her like at all her mom's all about herself Her mom's kind of bearing her and her past relationships and it kind of gives her a story arc something to handle Something to come get over with and now she's a stronger person to go back with Dexter at the end I thought it was a pretty good again I wouldn't want to see her in a bunch of seasons, but for half the season I thought she was good Okay, my mixed aspects I only have one and this is ruining the Harry and Laura kind of story in the original Dexter Harry was the first point on the scene Harry saw Dexter and was just felt so bad that Dexter was in a pool of blood that He adopted him and that was a very wholesome very nice story here They take that initial narrative and they just twist the shit out of it Harry kills himself because he's so disgusted by Dexter which was like wow That's that's like the real big curveball and then he makes it so Harry gets with Dexter's biological mom and I'm like, okay, this is getting a little drama heavy That's getting a little crazy and then they make it so like his mom got killed because she was with Harry So they just really twist the entire narrative of the first season and they just make it almost Unrecognizable and the reason I put this in the mix is because it was kind of annoying seeing Harry in every single episode of season one It was almost literally like every episode of season one needs a flashback with Harry and Dexter And I like the flashbacks with Harry and Dexter, but when it's in every single episode it just felt a little forced So by destroying the Harry and Laura kind of story It takes away from that episode to episode think about Harry and kind of makes him more sporadic and more Situational instead of every single episode so I kind of like that They they put Harry kind of in the back burner But at the same time the way that they did it with the story was just kind of crazy And then the cons and I really don't have too many cons with this one But the main one and it's a little bit hard to describe is that this is really unlike What you think of when you think of Dexter like when I think of Dexter I think of he's in control most of the season.   So everything I think of when I think of Dexter was flipped upside down with this season And in season 3 they bring it much more back to like a more light Dexter. He's by himself He's on good terms with Rita. That's another thing He's on bad terms with Rita the entire time with this one, which is unlike Dexter you think of most of time He's on good terms with Rita not here So they just flip everything that you think about of Dexter upside down But the same time it was so freakin entertaining that I didn't really remind it as much another con that I have was killing Dokes so soon man. Dokes is such an entertaining character Freakin love Dokes and it's like, okay You have to kill him at least kill him at the end of three or four like he's such a great character Like give me a few more seasons with him, you know It's almost like we had that first season and then this season He's kind of like all over Dexter and then he's kind of like this loose cannon this season So you don't even get full Dokes in my opinion So I hated that they killed Dokes so soon because I loved his character And he was just part of that Miami Metro vibe for me a hundred percent Although I do like Quinn in future episodes and future seasons. He's just not as good as Dokes. I'm sorry Okay, the pacing at the beginning and the end now I'm probably gonna say this with every single season of Dexter because when I thought of Dexter I thought it was either eight or ten episodes and they're all 12 and in my opinion That's just a little too much for the story that they're trying to tell and I felt at the beginning and the end of This season was actually pretty slow now from my understanding from rewashing the Dexters The first two episodes are really slow and almost every single Dexter They don't really kind of start picking up to at least episode three So the first two episodes I felt were a little slow in this Dexter a little bit of Cringy he's failing.  So it's like you get four episodes of like Kind of nothing because he's not getting with Lila So we're just basically waiting till he finishes her off and then Dokes He's trapped in a I mean the very last episode lots of stuff happened at once There was almost too much happening at once, but I felt like it slowed way down by the end I would say the middle of this season was perfect. So I felt like it was a little bit slow in the beginning in the end But this is probably the best pace Dexter. I'm on season four and already it's really really slow I'm not gonna lie. So anyways guys season two of Dexter might be my favorite personal season And I like that it's not so popular and you know people's favorites people usually like season four of Dexter the best And I absolutely really really like this one. It's been a long time since I revisited I don't know if I've seen it twice before this or only once I for sure seen it, but it was Fantastic to revisit it. I loved it and I definitely recommend checking out Dexter one two and four So anyways guys run the road to 50,000 subscribers and I couldn't do without any of you guys help you guys are the best I'm having a great day out here. Hopefully I've been a great day at home. See you on the next video. Peace


A Fort Ripley man escaped from a burning home last night, but firefighters were unable to save the home or any of its contents. Fire department from Little Falls was called in around 11 p.m. to 645 Ripley Street to extinguish the fire. Since Fort Ripley is not near any fire station, the flames completely engulfed the home by the time fire crews arrived.  Mike Natla, the resident in the home, was able to make it out and is being treated for smoke inhalation injuries. Fire crews took two hours to completely extinguish flames and nothing could be saved from the home. After investigation, the Little Falls fire department has determined the cause of the fire to be from a wood stove inside the house. He was sitting there and he had had the little fire wood stove going and then he went and he says all I was kind of dull and he said and all once I woke up and looked in the fire was going up the wall and he said I didn't have a fire extinguisher which is really dumb but he said I didn't have a fire extinguisher but I went out to get my hose and my water was frozen. Natla's condition is unknown at this time. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.


It is day 22 of the Diamine ink bank calendar ink reveal today's ink is a chameleon ink called deck the halls It's a very pretty purple ink with a really nice shimmer Here is that ink splash and ink swatch and now here's our writing sample. We hope you enjoy the last couple days of our ink reveal


Hey everybody, what's going on? Welcome to Wednesday, Wednesday the 7th. Do I have that right? Yes, 7th of January 2022. Goodness gracious. Time is flying. Good to see you guys. Hope you're all healthy and happy and doing well. And today we're going to talk about, what are we going to talk about today? Does anybody know? Does anybody know what we're talking about today? We're talking about site structure and building websites. The reason I'm doing this today guys is that I'm actually building another website. Okay, so since I'm doing that I figure I'd go ahead and talk about some of that stuff and what's going on with it. I'm trying to let's see here, get my screen clear. Let me know that you can hear me guys. Let me know that you can hear everything okay and that it's coming clear to you and I'm trying to straighten out my screen here. I just bumped something and it showed me all kinds of other stuff and I don't want that. Let me see here. I just want a classic. 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Many sites lack a sound structure to guide visitors to the information they're looking for. Having this clear site structure also leads to a better understanding for Google so that Google can find you and send people to you. So it's incredibly important for your SEO and usability. The structure of your site really can have an impact on the user experience or as we call it UX okay. If visitors can't find the products and information they're looking for, it's not very likely that they'll become regular visitors or customers for that matter. In other words, you should help them navigate your site okay and that's what we're going to talk about today.  So we've got three more sessions this week not to mention I have live videos coming up not live videos excuse me uploaded videos every Monday Wednesday and Friday so you'll want to check that out too. Navigating should be easy okay. You need to categorize your link in your post and product so that they are easy to find. New visitors should be able to instantly grasp what you're writing about or selling okay. So the importance for SEO a solid site structure will really improve your chances of ranking and search engines. There are three main reasons for this okay. Let me talk about these because these are so important to Google. It helps Google understand your site okay. If Google can't understand your site if they don't get it they're not going to show it to anybody okay. The way you structure your site will give Google vital clues about where to find the most valuable content on your site. So Google's trying to figure it out just like a user coming to your site is. It helps search engines understand your site mainly about what you're selling, what you're doing, what you're trying to get across. A decent site structure also enables search engines to find and index content quickly which is what you want to do. A good site structure should therefore lead to a higher ranking in Google. So it's not direct it's kind of indirect but nevertheless it's still there. Let me get another sip. So since I'm building a site right now and it has to do with my restaurant quality recipe channel I have to worry about that okay. So on your site and I'm going to say number two it prevents you from competing with yourself okay competing with yourself which sounds crazy but this is going to happen. On your site you may have blog posts that are really similar okay. So for example you write a lot about let's say SEO. You could have multiple blog posts about site structure even covering a different aspect of it. Consequently Google won't be able to tell which of these pages is most important so you'll be competing with your own content for a higher ranking on Google which sounds crazy but it happens. You should let Google know which page you think is most important. You need a good internal linking and taxonomy structure to do this so those pages can work for you instead of against you because it can actually work against you you can be competing against yourself it's crazy. The third thing is it deals with changes on your website. The products you sell in your shop likely evolve over time. So does the content you're writing that's what you got to say that has to also change all right. You probably add new product lines as old stock sells out or you write new articles you make new ones that are redundant you don't want Google to show outdated products or deleted blog posts so you need to deal with these kinds of changes in your site structure okay. So that's what you need to do okay to get it all set up now how to set up your site structure okay this won't go and talk about real quick because this is what it's all about and there's just a few things you need to do. So how do you construct a solid site structure first I want to look at an ideal site structure and then I want to explain how to achieve this on your site okay. So an ideal site structure now let's start looking at maybe the ideal situation okay. If you're starting from scratch how should you organize your site okay. I think a well organized website looks something like a pyramid with a number of different levels okay. So the first thing you got is your home page this is the main page people go to and they start to navigate from this page so that's number one there's only four of these there's only four. Number two is your categories or sections okay so you have to set up your categories or sections okay and then next is going to be your subcategories and this is only for larger sites but let's say you have subcategories and then number four is going to be your individual pages and posts so that's basically you know what you're going to be going through. Who do you prefer to host your website let me get a sip here. Paul that's a great question I could probably better answer that with who I don't want to host my website or build my website at me because you got two different things you got hosting and you've got actually you know you know where I guess the platform you're going to use to build your website I don't like a lot of these snap together platforms like Wix or Google I don't like those it's not to say they're bad you just can't really grow with them and and I'm hopefully everybody's listening plans on growing. I use a hosting company called Nexus and the reason I use Nexus is because I have different types and different levels of hosting that I need so I have a Magento site and I also have WordPress sites so Nexus can handle all of that if I were to only have WordPress sites I would say Bluehost and the reason I say Bluehost is number one I'm an affiliate but that's not really number one the main thing is Bluehost is the preferred hosting for WordPress and since it is I got to figure it's probably one of the best ones so I would say Bluehost is my number one pick if I if I was forced to pick one I hope that answers your question there a home page guys and we just talked about this should be all the way at the top okay that's the top of your pyramid then you have some sections or category pages beneath it you should be able to file all your content under one of these categories so set up a few categories and put all your content under at least one of them okay you should be able to set it up that way if your site is larger you can divide these sections or categories into subcategories as well beneath your categories or subcategories are your individual pages and actual posts so like on survival cave food if you click can't meet you're going to come to a page that has canned meats and then it's going to take you to a page where it has 28 ounce and 14 and a half ounce and then below the 28 ounce you're going to find a beef chicken turkey pork and ground beef same thing under the 14 and a half ounce and then you're going to have different combinations six cans 12 can mixes full cases different things like that so that's kind of an example of what we do on top of your pyramid is this home page okay this means among other things that you should link your most important pages from your home page okay by doing this your visitors are more likely to end up on the pages you want them to end up on you show google that these pages are important further down in today's training i want to help you determine which of your pages are essential business pages beware not to try to link too many pages to your homepage because that will cause clutter so you've got to you can't do it all you know i see people say well i want to rank for 500 keywords you can't do it you can't do it it's not possible next thing i want to talk about here is navigation navigation is so very important and i see so many sites that are difficult to navigate having a well-structured homepage it's also important to create a clear navigation path to your site your site wide navigation consists of two main elements the menu and breadcrumbs that's it okay so let's talk about the menu first um the website menu is the most common aid for navigation on your website and you want to make sure it's the best possible use of it visitors use your menu to find things on your website it helps them understand the structure of the site that's why the main categories under your site should have all one place under that homepage furthermore it's not always necessary to put everything in just one menu if you have a really large site okay lots of categories this may clutter your website and make your main menu a poor reflection of the rest of your website where it makes sense it's perfectly fine to create a second menu okay you can do that for instance ebay um has one menu at the top of the page also called the top bar menu and in addition to that a main menu the top bar menu links to important pages that aren't categorized in the shop like pages that had to do with the visitor's personal account on the site you know terms and conditions that type of thing the main menu reflects the most important product categories on ebay finally like on your homepage you shouldn't add too many links to your menu if you do they will become less valuable both for your users and for search engines so you know we're trying to hit two things at the time we're trying to hit the users and search engines let's talk about that breadcrumb trail you can make the site structure even cleaner by adding breadcrumbs to your pages breadcrumbs are clickable links that are usually visible at the top of the page or post breadcrumbs reflect the structure of your site they help visitors determine where they are on your site they improve both the user experience as well as SEO of your site as you can read in many of these blog posts out there they'll tell you all about breadcrumbs if you use a WordPress site you can use one of the many breadcrumb plug-ins that are available you can also use Yoast SEO plug-in and I just put Yoast SEO plug-in on the website I was working on last night and I love it the next thing is taxonomies okay what is that okay web press uses a so-called taxonomies to group content okay so other CMS or content management systems often have a similar system the word taxonomy is basically a fancy term for a group of things web pages in this case that have common things in in relation to each other this is convenient because people looking for more information on the same topic will be able to find similar articles more easily you can group content in different ways and the default taxonomies in WordPress are categories and tags so let's break down categories and tags Paul's going to come in here let's see what it says on a site I like the idea of having links to other links like Facebook LinkedIn and others above the fold thoughts on this best use or odds clutter or ads clutter this you know my thought used to be Paul if you were to ask me this five years ago I would have said have those prominent and at the top of your website but after years of looking at data after years of seeing what people do after looking at you know heat screens and seeing what happens I would say don't don't have them above the fold if you have them above the fold think about the reason you would do that the reason you would do that is to get people to click on them correct well what you're essentially doing by having them click on them is leave your web page okay so by putting all of these social media things at the top of your web page you're actually having them leave whatever they came to your web page for so let's say they came to our survival food site and they're there to buy some products and they look up and they see that we have I don't know a YouTube video and they're going to go up to YouTube and start watching videos and they may never come back and buy that product so my thinking has changed and evolved okay as it does with most politicians but I believe that all those things are important to provide to your customer but not to distract your customers so for that reason I believe you should put them at the bottom of the page now where if they're looking for them they can go find them see because if they're looking for them they're planning on leaving anyhow but if they're not looking for them and you put them at the top of the page they will leave and not do the things you want them to do which is stay on your website so that's my thinking on that and of course I'm sure I have people who conflict with my theory but it does work very well uh next up categories you should divide the blog post or your products or whatever it is into a number of different categories if these categories grow too big you should divide these categories into subcategories to clear it up all over again for example let's say you have a clothing store and you sell shoes you can decide to divide this category into a number of different subcategories maybe you have boots maybe you have heels maybe you have flats all of these subcategories contain products and in this case shoes of that specific type now adding this hierarchy and categorizing your pages helps your user and google makes sense of every single page you write when implementing your category structure make sure to add your main categories to the main menu of your site next thing I want to talk about is tags tags are immensely important and that's the one thing that a lot of people leave out I'm gonna give you another sip here real quick but Paul let me know if that answers your question tags your site structure will also benefit from adding tags the difference between a category and a tag mostly has to do with structure categories are like a hierarchy and you can have subcategories or even sub subcategories if you wanted tags however don't have that hierarchy there is no hierarchy tags just say hey this article or this product has certain property that may be interesting to a visitor so if I have a can of beef I may put canned beef okay because people are looking for that or long-term canned meats okay those are tags and that helps people categories are a table of contents of your website and tags are the actual index a tag for an online clothing store mentioned above what I just talked about could be a brand for example like let's say Timberlands okay now try not to create too many tags that's where people go off now I would say the only exception to that rule is on YouTube where they allow you to have up to 500 characters I believe it is and I use up all of those but on your website you don't want to have too many because Google won't know how to index that okay but on YouTube people are searching for particular terms if you have that term on your video they'll go to it it doesn't have anything to do with indexing so that has a lot to do with it contextual internal linking that sounds like a fancy thing doesn't it well it's not site structure is all about grouping and linking the content on your site until now really all I talked about today is classifying links links on your home page links navigation taxonomies that type of thing contextual links on the other hand are internal links within your copy and your pages that refer to other pages on your site so I may have a description of canned meat in there and then I may mention canned chicken may have a link that goes over to the canned chicken for a link to be contextual the page you linked to should be relevant for somebody reading the current page okay so if they're reading a blog on my site about how to protect your home from burglars a link in there should have something to do with how to protect your home whatever it is a course a downloadable whatever it is your most important pages are probably often very relevant to mention on several pages across your site so you'll link to them most often just remember that not only the page you're linking to is relevant the context of the link is important as well so google uses these context of your links to gather information about the page you're linking to it always use the anchor text or link text to understand that page now contextual linking for blogs for blogs you should write extensively on the topics that you'd like to rank for okay so think of it that way don't be all over the place with these blogs you should write some main articles your cornerstone articles and write various posts about subtopics of that topic then link these related posts to your cornerstone articles and from the cornerstone articles back to the related posts in this way you'll make sure that you most of your most important pages will have both the most important links and relevant links okay i know that sounds a little complicated but i hope you understood that adult add moment cool shirt oh thank you yes i am i am supporting my uh deposit that i put on a truck oh god has it been four years i think it's been four years ago tesla truck uh love to pick it up it's not ready yet but he has my deposit which is not a big deal it's not a lot of money um let's see he calls got some good stuff here what what will you offer a restaurant foodie site um will you have a lead magnet to build a foodie list you know i don't know yet paul that's that's a great question um i know there was a restaurant that's opening uh in cedar park um california and i saw that they're opening it and they have several other locations and i was um communicating with the owner of that place today so i may actually do some in restaurant um videos i have a bunch of videos to go up uh unfortunately my video editor is ill his wife's ill and they have a i think a two-year-old let me get a sifter so he's a little behind on editing i've got about six videos stacked up for him to get on my restaurant channel but i don't know there's so many good ideas about that paul and that is a good one a foodie list is a really good one a great answer to my question thanks will you do paid advertising on your new site will you have a facebook page too uh the answer for the paid advertising is i don't know um i'm leaning towards no uh because it makes it look too commercial but i'm not going to rule it out i'm not going to rule it out uh and i already have a facebook page but it's not live yet so i've got to get all these things interconnected uh and i also got to get the website built it's it's a big undertaking to do this guys to start a new channel because when once you start a channel on youtube you've got to have the web page you got to have the twitter you got to have the instagram getting all these things and i don't have all that set up yet so i am working on that bear with me on that uh cool good stuff there paul appreciate it um contextual linking opportunities for online shops um i want to talk about this for a second um contextual uh internal linking works different with an online shop with a very few to no pages that are exclusively meant to inform you don't explore a specific topic on your product page you're actually selling a product okay so that's different therefore on a product page you mostly want to keep people on a page and convince them to buy the product and that's why i went back to all that social media stuff i don't want to send them away okay uh consequently contextual linking is far less prominent in this context you generally shouldn't add contextual links to your product descriptions because it could lead to people clicking away from the page so although it may get you more people coming to the site or getting people to stay on your site longer it will lower your sales overall so don't put these links in your descriptions of your products you want a link from a product bundle page to individual products you can do that um you want to maybe go to a related items or compare with similar items section you could do that um you may also want to have an amazon does this really well customers also bought section you may want to have that on there uh a product bundles are frequently bought together section um so those types of things true landing pages and i'm i'm running out of time and i've got tons of more information so i don't know i'm going to run for probably a touch longer um but uh i don't think i'm going to get through everything so the landing pages are the pages you want your audience to find when they search specific keywords you've optimized for for example we want people to search for let's say free seo training and end up on the page about free training called seo for beginners you need to approach the content of most important landing pages differently than your other regular pages okay this is a whole different thing guys um so let's let's talk about search intent when setting up your site structure you need to link about search intent it's about what you think people are looking for when they enter a query into a search engine but you can figure this out by looking at the google keywords well you can find out what they're looking for take time to think about the different possibilities in the search of intent you may want to cater to different types on your site that may be something you want to do some of you may not want to do that uh so we've got another comment here how does consistent content on a regular scheduled basis affect ranking versus being inconsistent will you do instagram shorts i don't think i will do instagram shorts just because of a time issue i will probably be posting on instagram recipes though and pictures of those recipes that will certainly be there um and consistent content well that's just a given um that's a given on youtube it's a given on facebook on instagram on and google in general um the more consistent you are the more they're going to push your content out you know if if i were to do let's say four videos this week and post all four videos um and then not post for another 30 days and then post four videos and not post for another you know four excuse me four weeks and in other words i only post four videos a month but i post them all within one or two days i am going to do worse than if i post one video week every monday for a month same about a content but the consistency is there so when you're thinking about adding content you you know if you can't do a video a day figure out how many you can do a week and put that into a month if that makes sense to you so if i'm going to do four uh videos instead of doing them all within one week and waiting a month and all within one week and waiting a month i would do one every single week that that aggregated consistency will make a huge huge difference um and next thing i want to talk about is your cornerstone content pages these are going to be articles or information that are most important informational articles on your site they focus um on the best and most complete information on a particular topic their main goal is not to sell products okay and i know we all want to sell products and make money but you've got to give before you take because of this focus we usually think of blogs when talking about cornerstone content of course that doesn't mean it can only be a blog post all different kinds of websites have cornerstone articles rule of thumb if an article brings everything you know about a broad topic together it's a cornerstone content article so think about that if it's a broad thing like this is not a broad thing i'm talking about today this is very specific stuff i'm talking about today uh and then you've got your product landing pages product landing pages specifically differ from cornerstone articles they're different um the latter are lengthy where product landing pages should not be that long and i'm getting away from this myself rather than complete articles they should be focused these pages only need to show what your visitors need to know to be convinced they don't need to hold all of the information you obviously want to rank with these pages though and that means they need content enough content for google to understand what the page is about and what keyword it should rank for where cornerstone articles could be made up by thousands of words a couple of hundred could be enough for product landing pages okay so think of it that way next thing i'm going to tell you about before we get out of here today and i still got tons more information but i'm gonna i'm gonna have to cut it short uh let's see uh paul says when bundled products or stacks do you put those on separate page or buying multiple offers for savings um what i generally do if it's a bundle or a stack um is that is normally an upsell um so let's say um now i may have i may i take that back i may have on the landing page by one five or ten of something i may have that but the next page may be double your order or it may be an add on something like that um i don't like to confuse people too much so the way i structure it is when they go to a landing page let's say i'm selling beef chicken and turkey okay i'm selling beef chicken and turkey they come to the landing page and they select beef chicken or turkey when they select that it takes them to another page that allows them to get one five or ten of that beef chicken or turkey but i've already categorized them as a beef buyer a chicken buyer a turkey buyer okay so that's what i do on those um now you have to maintain your structure this is the bad part guys this is the tough part structuring or restructuring your content doesn't always have to be high priority within everything you have to do especially when you blog a lot or add a lot of content regularly it may feel like a chore although it isn't always fun you do have to do it or your website will become a mess to prevent that from happening you need to not only fix your site structure but you got to keep an eye on it while adding new content site structure should definitely be part of your long-term SEO strategy and then last thing i guess i'll probably tell you is evaluate your menu uh let's see here poll's got something in here uh so how about short video with a preview of next episode then short video preview then the long episode uh so does time affect ranking or fact content is out there on multiple days um well that's like a three-part question i don't know if you realize it or not the first part is the longer a video is the more time you're going to get on that page that makes sense right more time you're going to go on that page um revisits is another thing that youtube looks at uh and that google looks at do people come to your web page and do they revisit it so they're two different components uh and you would have to really kind of play around with that um i know like on my youtube channel one of the main factors and the reason i have a high rpm and cpm uh is because people seem to come back to my channel a lot and watch a lot of videos now if they come back to your channel that is one data point okay coming back to your channel is a data point if they come back to the same video that's another data point so if they come back to the channel and come back to the video those are two different data points but they can also be the same data point if that makes sense in other words they could come back to the channel and watch that video again or they could come back to the channel and watch another video both data points both important you have to kind of play around with that to really figure out what works for you best um so anyhow that kind of gives you a structure of what you want to do in your website i have so much more i want to talk about on this but i don't want to run over and keep you guys too long um but if you have any questions guys put it in that chat section put it in the comment section if you're not watching live a lot of you aren't watching live but i get it i have probably 90 to 95 percent of my views are not from the live broadcast and i'll tell you something funny about this guys let me take a sip real quick a friend of mine john woke who runs the jimmy kimmel show um i talked to him extensively about this and uh he said that it used to be these late night talk show hosts were trying to get as big an audience as possible they want to have as many people watch the show as possible uh and i've been in the green room at um um jimmy kimmel show and i've you know stayed there and i've watched what they do but that's no longer their intent that's not their intent because he says the the majority of the views they get are on youtube replays so now they're all jockeying to get youtube replays so like i'm doing a live video now live videos don't do well why am i even bothering to do a live video here's why because when i do a live video i'll get 90 to 95 percent of my views after i've gone live after i've gone live so that little bit of content that i do right now that i don't have a whole lot of people watching i know tons of people are going to watch it later on so you've got to kind of think in that term nowadays if you're doing some live stuff i want to let you know don't worry if you're not getting a lot of views and i see a lot of youtubers who used to get hundreds or thousands of views when they did a live now may get three uh and the reason they get three is people have figured out yeah it's live but i can always watch it later on you know unless i want to be part of it you know and i have a lot of great people to put contents in there uh in questions and all that and i appreciate you appreciate you doing that more than you know um but the majority of the people don't have the schedule or the time to do it so they will watch later on so when you're doing any type of live content guys understand that you're not going to get a ton of views now gary v could you probably go live and get a lot but he gets a lot less than he used to he gets a lot less than he used to and you would think well if you put out more content you do it more often you would grow he does grow in his after views but he doesn't grow in his live views okay and that's just the way it is that's the way this world works because we all want stuff when we want it not when the program wants to give it to us so you know and that's how netflix does it and how all these streaming services do it i know i can go watch it at my convenience because it may not be convenient at 10 o'clock in the morning on a wednesday for most people to watch me live i get it okay and i don't i don't slight you for that but for those of you who want to be here live i think it's great and i love having you here and it's awesome i really do appreciate you guys um so uh i think that's my thing on content if you guys have any other questions feel free to put them in there don't forget to subscribe hit that subscribe button down there turn it from red to gray ring the bell turn on all bell notifications you notified each and every time i go live or i upload a video which is pretty frequent i have a blessed weekend week gang thanks for sharing the wisdom no problem paul and once again i'll be here friday i'll be here saturday live for those of you who could show up live i will be here live uh and uh cranking out more content giving you guys more stuff um still working on the book still working on other stuff i have going on um let me get over here to uh oh wait oh wait i clicked on the wrong thing there we go i like the pre-recorded videos uh late at night binge watching oh that's very cool paul i appreciate that uh and i'll you know what i'll do i'll go ahead and show your content on the screen there uh so other people can see that that's a great idea you know and that's when i watch youtube um is i will actually you know probably from 9 30 10 o'clock that's when i actually turn on my tv which is really youtube that's what i watch uh same time saturday yes sir it will be at 10 am central standard time on saturday uh wait a second when i when i did that there's my tesla representation when i put your comment up there it actually uh blanked out my t-shirt uh doing this for uh elon and i tell you elon has done a lot for me already not on a personal level but on a stock level um i don't know if any of you guys bought the stock i bought it around 2015 i think i can't i can't tell you how much money that stock has made me it is blowing my mind how much money that stock made me um and it's it's the majority of my portfolio now and it wasn't as far as investment but it just grew so much thank you elon thank you elon guys i hope you have a wonderful day i appreciate you being here i appreciate you hanging out with me uh if you didn't watch this live don't forget to subscribe ring the bell turn on all bell notifications so you're notified each and every time i go live or if i upload a video yeah so there's that uh and uh give me a thumbs up that thumbs up thing oh my god it means so much hit that thumbs up thing it gives me a lot of distribution guys i'll talk to you later


Ads heard before, during, or after the podcast are not endorsed by Paranormality Magazine or myself unless voiced by me personally. All other ads are pre-recorded, inserted by ad agencies, and are not under our control. Welcome to Paranormality Magazine. Each week, Paranormality Magazine explores all 40 subjects, from phantoms to UFOs, and every cryptid creature in between. Each week, you're treated to a collection of well-researched and investigated stories, interviews and reports on cutting-edge paranormal projects and topics they know you crave. And here in the podcast, I share stories from the magazine to give you just a taste of what you receive in every issue. I'm Darren Marlar and this is Paranormality Magazine. In 1984, a group of European UFO researchers and authors convened at the Santo Espiritu del Monte Monasteri in Valencia, Spain to discuss their alternative approach to the study of the UFO phenomenon. They aimed to officialize their intentions through a manifesto, similar to the founding fathers of the United States. Dubbed the Project Delphos Manifesto, the goal was to promote a single line of research focused on proving that many UFO sightings were of an interdimensional or para-physical nature, contrary to the extraterrestrial hypothesis. Spearheaded by Pierre de Laval of France's Commission de Atozaronos, the group believed that non-human intelligences from another dimension or level of existence have been observing humanity for a long time. The project sought to uncover the evolution of these non-human intelligences on their retrospective dimensions and understand how they influence our physical reality. To achieve this, the group planned to open multiple fronts, including psychotronics and channeling, in the hopes of making the invisible visible. However, the use of traditional methods would not suffice. They needed to develop new technological devices to detect alterations in electromagnetic and thermal activity. The ten commandments of Project Delphos were such. One, the UFO phenomenon is partially or wholly alien to the problem of extraterrestrial life to which it has been associated almost always. Two, many manifestations of the UFO phenomenon enter the realm of the para-physical, a level whose highly subjective nature can elude conventional scientific analysis. Three, large networks of researchers in both America and Europe have managed to gather enough information to prove that many of the phenomena classified as UFO belong to the realm of the para-physical. Four, there is a sufficiently abundant case history of phenomena that can be classified today as UFOs and which constitute a proto-history of the phenomenon within the framework of ancient mythologies and the origin of religions which have become institutionalized in the present. Five, these manifestations are merely one of the multiple facets of a plane of existence or hidden universe alien to our material world that is subject to the laws of space-time. Six, their interference in human affairs must be inserted within the context of a real occult conspiracy, possibly aimed toward a new world order. Seven, it can be concluded that the UFO phenomenon and other unexplained manifestations occur within the parameters of a vast plan of deception. Eight, it can be concluded that this plot or conspiracy has interfered and continues to interfere with humanity's normal evolution and that of our psychic ability by means of trivializing the occult in a strategy essentially aimed at the young. Nine, this course of action encompasses psychic manipulation, altered states of consciousness, personality modification, telepathic control, etc. And ten, the continued presence of the UFO phenomenon and its interference throughout history is proof positive of an intention and a strategy at the command of a force. The line of action proposed by the members of Project Delphos seeks to counteract this subversive action, which takes place at both the physical and mental levels. The topic of interdimensionality and its connection to UFOs is a complex one, often dismissed by mainstream ufologists as fringe theories. However, some European researchers have sought to bring more attention to this area of study as an alternative to the traditional extraterrestrial hypothesis. Understanding the concept of dimensions is crucial to exploring the interdimensional theory. While the first three dimensions are easily comprehensible to us, higher dimensions are difficult to imagine. Carl Sagan attempted to illustrate the fourth dimension, which relates to time in a spacetime continuum, using a tesseract or hypercube. However, the fifth, sixth, seventh, and higher dimensions remain beyond our current understanding. The interdimensional theory of UFOs suggests that these improbable points of origin are home to creatures that visit our reality. While this concept may seem far-fetched, the belief in another dimension or level of existence, known as heaven and hell, is widely accepted. Renowned researcher Dr. Greg Little has linked these places to the ultraviolet and infrared ends of the electromagnetic spectrum. Salvador Freixedo, a ufologist, prefers to speak of planes or levels as he finds dimensions confusing. He describes reality as a high-rise building with each level or dimension being a floor. Occupants of different levels can only communicate through clearly defined paths, such as elevators and stairwells. Freixedo argues that places with heavy paranormal activity are where occupants of different levels coincide, and they could be other dimensional creatures. Freixedo suggests that we cannot guess what the nature of the errands of these creatures could be. He compares our role as eyewitnesses to UFO occupants engaged in strange maneuvers to that of a squirrel running along a telephone wire unaware of its nature and purpose. The early sightings and encounters of the modern UFO era, such as the Kenneth Arnold sighting and the Roswell crash, suggested that the phenomenon was physical in nature. However, subsequent events raised doubts about the substantiality of UFOs. Ufologist Alan Hendry identified several alternate mechanisms to the extraterrestrial hypothesis, or ETH, that suggested a more paranormal nature to the phenomenon. These include reports of disappearing UFOs and ghostly humanoids, telepathic communication with UFO occupants, psychic experiences, levitation, walking through solid matter, and physical paralysis of witnesses. What example of a morphing UFO occurred into Hunger, California on September 3, 1975? Witnesses saw a bright, circular object hovering over a helicopter. The object then changes shape multiple times before departing with the helicopter following it. Similarly, in a Swedish case from 1959, a witness observed a glowing object with a transparent dome and occupants conducting repairs before disappearing like a ghost. Some UFOs also exhibit behavior associated with poltergeist phenomena. For instance, a witness in Sawyer, California saw a hat-shaped UFO fly over the treetops, which resulted in house lights switching on and off, dead telephone lines, and pounding sounds against the home's walls and roof. In October 1973, Native American fishermen witnessed a discoidal object with rotating lights that changed into an airplane before flying away. This incident was reported in the Canadian UFO report. These events, among others, raise questions about the solidity of UFOs and suggest a more paranormal aspect to the phenomenon. In instances where unidentified flying objects, UFOs, have been reported, the beings associated with them often do not conform to typical human characteristics. In 1975, during a period of heightened UFO activity in Puerto Rico, an ambulance driver named Orlando Franceschi returned home to find something moving around in his backyard. His dog reacted violently and attempted to jump over the fence in fear. Thinking it might be children playing a prank, Franceschi armed himself with a shovel and went outside to investigate. There, he was confronted by a creature he later described as a zombie. The entity had long pointed ears, a long nose, lipless mouth, grayish ashen skin, black spots for eyes, and a jawline resembling that of an ape. It approached Franceschi with a stiff, jerky gait. Not taking any chances, Franceschi struck the five-foot-tall intruder with the shovel, but the creature suffered no visible harm.  As he was about to deliver a third blow, he suddenly felt paralyzed and helpless. The zombie-like creature then vanished before his eyes. Although there was no UFO present during this encounter, it is significant because it demonstrates that the entity was solid enough to withstand two blows from a garden tool and yet insubstantial enough to disappear before Franceschi's eyes. Linda Moulton-Howe, a renowned ufologist, gathered information indicating a potential conflict between non-human factions that may be interdimensional in nature. According to some of her sources, the grays and Nordics have been at odds, leading the Nordics to seek refuge in other dimensions that are inaccessible to the grays. This interdimensional aspect of the entities is well summarized by Dr. Gene Mundy, who stated in a 1989 article in UFO Universe that some creatures inhabit the physical dimensions we are familiar with, while others inhabit aphiric realms consisting of physical matter that is less dense, more malleable and more durable than matter in the chemical universe. These realms have been recognized for millennia by the esoteric traditions of every major religion and school of thought as interpenetrating universes. Have you ever heard about the mysterious monoliths? If you're normal, probably not, unless you're a huge sci-fi film fan and just thought about 2001's Space Odyssey when I mentioned the word monolith. Yeah, that big black rectangular thing the 8 men found is a monolith. But like I said, that's sci-fi. But now they're becoming sci-non-fi, that is science non-fiction, meaning real. These strange metal structures have been suddenly popping up all over the world the last few years, leaving people scratching their heads in confusion, like 8 men in 2001's Space Odyssey. From the deserts of Utah to the shores of Romania, these monoliths seem to appear out of nowhere, sparking curiosity and speculation among scientists, conspiracy theorists, and people like you and me who just like to learn about weird and unexplainable stuff. First things first, what exactly is a monolith? Well, a monolith, as I mentioned a few seconds ago, is a large, single upright block of stone or metal, usually with a simple geometric shape. Think of it like a scale model of a skyscraper without windows. Monoliths, despite what we've been led to believe, have been around for centuries and have been used by ancient civilizations for various purposes, such as religious rituals, monuments, markers, and inspiring early men to pick up bones and start clubbing their friends. But what has been happening recently is certainly out of the ordinary. The mystery of the modern monoliths began in November of 2020 when a helicopter crew in Utah stumbled upon a shiny metal monolith while counting sheep. Most of us count sheep in bed when we can't get to sleep. These guys do it while in a helicopter, which I would think would not be the safest thing to do since counting sheep is supposed to make you sleepy. Anyway, this discovery quickly captured the world's attention and, before long, similar monoliths started appearing in other parts of the world, including California, which is no surprise, they're all kind of weird there anyway, Romania, and even as far as the Isle of Wight in England. So what the heck are these things? People have been coming up with all sorts of theories, of course. We humans do love to speculate. Some believe they are the work of extraterrestrial beings, left behind as a form of communication. These would be the same folks who think 2001's space odyssey is a documentary. Others think they might be the work of pranksters, probably fans of 2001's space odyssey, and then there are those who speculate that it's all part of a marketing stunt or social experiment. Marketing WHAT we don't know, which kind of defeats the purpose of creating a marketing campaign.  That'd be cool. Despite the wild theories though, the truth continues to elude us. Authorities have removed some of the structures. Party poopers. I'm guessing the military, so we couldn't get close to the monoliths and do our own investigations or start worshiping the aliens of Nibiru. Other monoliths vanished on their own without a trace, just as quickly as they appeared. I'm guessing aliens, so we couldn't get close to the monoliths and keep ruining the giant game of falling dominoes they were planning. We can be so rude. In a few cases, individuals have come forward claiming responsibility for creating or installing the monoliths, but they couldn't possibly be responsible for all of the structures appearing, unless they truly are lizard people and nobody seems to understand what their motives or intentions might be anyway. Maybe they're like the two old guys who admitted to making so many crop circles in the UK a few years ago. They're just artists who are really good at geometry, who have inspired others like them to do the same in copycat fashion. Honestly, that does sound like the most feasible explanation to me, but then I was never very good at math, or art, or conspiratorial thinking, so what do I know? Whether these monoliths are the work of aliens, artists, or giant board game manufacturers, one thing is for certain, they have captured the world's attention and will likely continue to puzzle us for years to come, especially if they keep appearing without the grays dropping off an instruction manual on how to use them. Personally, I kind of like the idea of not knowing. Like learning the secret to a magic trick, it ruins the fun of the illusion.  And the possibility that's right under our noses, the Nephilim are planning a monster game of Jenga. Want more Paranormality? Subscribe to Paranormality Magazine, and each month, get it delivered digitally or via mail in our print version. Paranormality Magazine is a collaborative endeavor, featuring works from people like you who have a passion for all things mysterious and unexplained. Our goal is the pursuit of knowledge, gathering captivating stories from our own team of writers, researchers, and investigators, as well as from writers such as yourself. Each monthly issue also includes a list of paranormal, horror, UFO, and cryptozoology events around the country, incredible paranormal-themed artwork, articles and writing sent in from our readers, suggested books and podcasts to consume, and more. Visit ParanormalityMag.com and subscribe today for as little as $3.99 a month. That's ParanormalityMag.com In light of recent claims by a former Secret Service agent, Landis, new questions are arising about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. The official findings of the Warren Commission, which concluded that Kennedy was killed by a lone gunman, Lee Harvey Oswald, are now being challenged. According to Landis, he believes the bullet he retrieved from the Presidential limousine may have been undercharged and dislodged from a shallow wound in Kennedy's back, falling back onto the limousine seat when the fatal shot struck his head. This theory suggests that the bullet, known as evidence item Q1, may not have been responsible for the injuries to Governor Connolly and raises doubts about the magic bullet theory. The magic bullet theory posits that one bullet struck both Kennedy and Connolly, but if Landis' claims are accurate, this theory may be incorrect. This opens the door to the possibility of multiple shooters, according to James Robenalt, an attorney and historian working with Landis on a forthcoming book. Robenalt points out that if the pristine bullet did not pass through both Kennedy and Connolly, it suggests that Connolly might have been hit by a separate bullet from a different direction. This challenges the timeline presented by the FBI, which suggested Oswald could not have fired two separate shots quickly enough to hit both men. The Zapruder film, which captured the assassination, shows a short interval between Kennedy and Connolly's reactions to being shot.  The bullet hole in his upper right back was traditionally seen as the entry point for a bullet that exited through his throat. However, if this bullet was undercharged and fell back onto the limousine seat, questions arise about the origin of the throat wound. Robenalt raises the possibility that the throat wound was an entry point and that the bullet might have fragmented on hitting Kennedy's spine. This new theory challenges the Warren Commission's conclusion that Oswald acted alone from the Texas School Book Depository. It suggests the possibility of multiple shooters, including the infamous grassy knoll area to the right of the motorcade route and the triple underpass in front of the motorcade, which offered elevated sniper positions. Robenalt acknowledges that this article in Landis' upcoming book do not provide definitive answers, but rather raise important questions. Further analysis and forensic expertise will be needed to explore the possibility of a second shooter and re-evaluate the events of that fateful day in Dallas in 1963. A popular vlogger with the surname Lu, who boasted over two and a half million followers on a prominent short video-sharing platform, has issued a formal apology and settled a lawsuit with the victim, a sir named Zhao. This reconciliation comes after Lu's actions caused considerable distress to Zhao, who had filed a lawsuit against him in June. The incident began when Lu trespassed into Zhao's residence without permission and proceeded to create a video that falsely depicted the house as haunted. The video rapidly gained traction, amassing millions of views and sparking a frenzy across various social media platforms. Deeply affected by the video, Zhao attempted to contact Lu and request the video's removal. However, Lu not only refused, but also blocked Zhao from further communication. As a result, Zhao took legal action by filing a lawsuit against Lu with the People's Court of Genhuang County in Guizhou Province. In a significant ruling, the court determined that Lu's video constituted a form of cyber-violence, holding him accountable for the emotional distress it caused Zhao. Initially, Lu denied any wrongdoing, but he eventually acknowledged the harm inflicted upon Zhao and took the initiative to compose a formal apology letter. To make amends, Lu also offered a settlement of $3,000 to compensate Zhao for the distress she endured. Zhao graciously accepted the apology and the financial settlement, bringing the matter to a close. A Glitch in a Matrix story from Glitterfresh Gore on Reddit The most unhinged thing ever just happened to me and I honestly don't even know where to start. I'll try to start at the beginning. I am 41, female, I have a daughter that is 23. We don't live together, she's all grown up, but we try to get together every couple of weeks and spend time together. Tonight we went shoe shopping and decided to stop next door of the shoe place at Ruby Tuesdays for dinner. We were hungry. We didn't really want Ruby Tuesdays, but it was close to where we were shopping and we were hungry, so we agreed we'd just go there and get a quick bite. We get our table, we're seated by a woman wearing a pink handkerchief in her hair. She takes our drink orders and brings our drinks. A few minutes later she takes our food orders. Time starts going by. The place is hardly anyone there and my kid and I are just catching up. I notice a table next to me, three women, appear to be maybe three generations of women, grandma, mom, adult daughter. While waiting for our meal, I notice their plates are empty, like totally empty, but they keep taking bites. There's no conversation. The youngest of the group is sitting very upright and smiling and nodding. The middle aged one of the group says, we should just get this wrapped up to go. But there is nothing on their plates. I sort of gesture to my kid, are you seeing this? Beck is playing for music over the speakers and I make a comment. Beck is sort of a weird choice for Ruby Tuesday. I quietly sing along. Dave Matthews' band plays next, crash into me. My kid says, you know all of these songs. I reply, I'm a 90s kid. We laugh. An hour later, we still have no food. I'm wondering, do I want to be a Karen and ask when our food will come out? I politely flag a server and say, hey, I have to work really early tomorrow. Can I just pay for the drinks we had? Two Dr. Peppers. And can you cancel my order? It's been an hour and we have to get going. She says, yes. The woman in the pink handkerchief. She walks past me and I swear to God, I really do. She walked past me going in the same direction, not five seconds later. Stops, says, your order should be out soon. I glance at my kid with that knowing look. My kid says quietly, I'm starting to feel really anxious. Can we just leave? I nod, relieved it wasn't just me feeling weird. Dave Matthews crash into me plays again. We're uncomfortable. Pink handkerchief server comes back around and says, the kitchen is backed up, please don't leave. I insist that we have to go. I pay, tip, and we leave. The whole vibe changed when we stepped outside. We spent the whole car ride asking, did you just see that?  Everything felt bad. I'm not even hungry anymore considering I didn't even eat. Everything was really weird. My kid noticed it too. In the year 1936, in the quaint town of La Peada de Cabadas, Michoacán, a peculiar incident unfolded, witnessed by a young girl named Teresa. At the tender age of seven, Teresa found herself embroiled in an otherworldly encounter at the hotel where her family worked. What she experienced that day defied all logic and left an indelible mark on her memory. Despite her later move to the capital city and the life of rationality, Teresa's account of the mysterious figure and the coins that accompanied it remained vivid. In this retelling of the events, we delve into the captivating story that has intrigued many and left Teresa with a single, unexplained event in an otherwise ordinary life. In 1936, Teresa found herself stationed on the ground floor of the hotel where her parents and grandmother were employed. Her role was to collect money from visitors using the restrooms, a task that seemed mundane until the day she encountered something truly extraordinary. As she went about her duties, Teresa suddenly noticed a figure moving through the area. Clad in a flowing dress, the apparition appeared to be a woman, but it lacked any discernable arms, legs or face. The ethereal garment resembling gauze floated down the hallway, leaving behind a trail of coins that emerged from its sleeve. Despite the surreal nature of the situation, young Teresa acted swiftly, collecting the coins and securing them in her apron pocket. Both she and the enigmatic figure then headed toward the horse stables near the hotel. However, when Teresa's grandmother realized where her granddaughter was headed, she promptly called her back. In that very moment, the mysterious escort vanished into thin air, leaving Teresa to rush back and recount the astonishing event. Struck by astonishment and fear, her grandmother, belonging to a deeply religious rural community, believed it to be a snare of the devil and resolved to take the money to Padre Bravo, the local priest. Seeking guidance and protection, Teresa's grandmother brought the money to Padre Bravo, who proceeded to bless it. At the woman's request, the priest kept a portion of the find, while the remainder, despite its perceived malevolence, was used to purchase a pair of sandals for Teresa. The blessings associated with Padre Bravo extended beyond this incident, as the locals attributed miraculous events to him even after his death. The priest's body remained remarkably uncorrupted for seven years until the coffin was eventually opened to relocate his remains. The inexplicable encounter that unfolded in 1936 at La Peada de Cabanas left an indelible mark on young Teresa. Her detailed recollection of the floating figure and the trail of coins has captivated audiences over the years. Despite her lifelong rationality, Teresa maintains the authenticity of her experience, dismissing any notion of superstition and attributing it solely to her childhood memories. The story not only reveals the enduring nature of unexplained phenomena, but also offers a glimpse into the rich tapestry of supernatural folklore that has become an integral part of La Peada de Cabanas culture. Have you ever heard of shrunken heads? You might think they're just stories from explorers about far-off tribes, plot devices from Gilligan's Island, or a scene from the horror comedy film Beetlejuice, but they're actually quite real. They might be small, but the practice of making shrunken heads has a big history, especially among the indigenous Givaro people of Peru and Ecuador. Imagine a time back in the 19th century when Europeans saw shrunken heads for the first time. They were no doubt horrified at the sight, but just like drinking black coffee, watching daytime television, or listening to NPR, they eventually acquired a taste for it. Like all human beings, morbid fascination took over, as did their desire to own something so macabre for themselves. Suddenly they wanted to buy tiny human skulls to show off in museums or keep us souvenirs. Hey, look at my new lucky charm. It's a shrunken head. Well, it wasn't so lucky for the guy who lost his head, but look at the luck it has brought me.  And thus began a new trade. The Givaroan people lived in the deep forests of the Amazon, which at the time did not have an amazon.com distribution center, which would have come in handy for selling creepy trinkets to Europeans. The Givaroans were the original, two heads are better than one, proponents. They had the unique tradition of shrinking the heads of their enemies. Not in a psychiatrist's office by asking, how did you get along with your mother? Not that kind of head shrink, but literally diminishing the size of actual human heads. It wasn't just a gruesome hobby, either. It was a way to protect themselves from vengeful spirits. The Givaro believed that if they did not shrink the heads of their enemies, the spirits of those they killed would come back to haunt them.  Well, yes, but the Givaro believed the shrunken heads, which they called sansas, trapped the spirits inside. Like a gruesome form of a genie being corked in a bottle, perhaps. But don't expect to rub its cheeks and release a bikini-clad Barbara Eden eager to grant your every wish. He'd be releasing a raging lunatic who would be so angry he lose his head. Because he lost his head. Aside from spiritual reasons, the Givaro also made shrunken heads as a warning to other tribes not to mess with them. I'm sure it was effective. Imagine walking towards a village with tiny human heads being hung from poles and tree branches as you got nearer.  Even Vlad the Impaler would have thought, wow, seriously, that's just going too far, dudes. If human heads were unavailable, like maybe it was a slow hunting day or they had not yet renewed their beheading license for the season, they would use the heads of animals like sloths. Which kind of seems unsporting, doesn't it?  Striking down your enemies and shrinking their heads makes sense if you want to terrify people, but killing a sloth?    Regardless of the species though, creating a shrunken head was a meticulous process. It involved removing the skin from the skull, boiling it, and then shrinking it with hot stones and sand on the inside. The finished head was hung over a fire to harden, and the resulting soup was used in gravy and served on Mystery Meet Monday in Givaro High School cafeterias. I'm assuming. When Europeans discovered these shrunken heads, they became highly sought after. The Givaro made a big business and traded them for goods, like guns and knives. And what did getting guns and knives do for the Givaro people? Yep, it made it easier to hunt down and collect more heads for shrinking. It was a win-win-lose for everybody. Ah, you gotta love that entrepreneurial spirit. Eventually the trade in shrunken heads became so big that hunting your enemy's men wasn't enough, and the tribes began hunting women and children too.  Somebody might get hurt. Maybe we should tell people to stop doing it. In the 1930s, buying shrunken heads was finally outlawed in South America. But still, there were many heads out there that were already sold, on the market, in museums, and in private collections, and were displayed as evidence of the primitive Amazon people. But in recent years, there has been a push to return these heads to their rightful place. To the Amazon, that is. It's doubtful the true rightful place, back on top of the shoulders of their beheaded victims, will ever become a reality. Not to mention, they wouldn't fit any more anyway. Today, the practice of making shrunken heads has largely disappeared, aside from artists who make fake ones just for the morbid buyers who want something so grotesque. But the legacy of the trade lives on in reality as well. Black market dealers still try to sell the genuine article. It's a constant reminder of a dark practice in history that even in our modern world is hard to get ahead of. Sorry. Couldn't resist. I'm Darren Marlar, and I'll have more paranormal for you next time. From Paranormality Magazine.


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