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On today’s episode, Aaron Baillio, the CISO of the University of Oklahoma, joins us to speak about his transition from the Department of Defense to higher education, how he managed merging teams, and how incorporating students into his SOC has benefitted everyone.    The Switch from DOD to Education  Before Aaron worked for the University of Oklahoma, he worked for the Department of Defense for 11 years. He reflects on how the DOD is primarily concerned about keeping secrets, whereas  The higher education space is ultimately about giving away all the secrets. He loves how open the community to exchanging ideas. Listen to the episode to hear more on what he learned in his transition.   Education vs. Commercial  Aaron also discusses the intrinsic values in education: how everything you do is meant to support the student and to help educate and prepare them for life. The DOD, however, is all geared towards supporting the solider. He finds it very satisfying to be among young people.    It’s also important to note that the salary in the education sector is about 12-13% less than commercial area. However, the education will offer free tuition for dependents, like children, and provides a better work-life balance, as they can’t compete with the salary.    Aaron also speaks on the different security perspectives between the Department of Defense and education. Listen to the episode to hear how one field offers very ad hoc or tribal knowledge, whereas the other provides methodical training.   Changes in the Job When Aaron first began, there was already a CISO, and then 9 months later, the CISO left. He had to learn how to adjust while still adjusting to the job. Then, 4 years later the CISO leaves again but during immense change for the university. Aaron rose to the occasion and moved into the role. His advice during times of change in your institution is to perform at least at the same level, if not better, than before the change. He iterates that you cannot slack.   He learned that he had to let go of some of the technical information, and focus more on management side of the job, as well as learn the multiple layers of politics.    Taking on the Leadership Role  Fortunately, Aaron felt like he was supported by the university during his transition to a new role. He gives advice on what to do if your institution doesn’t support you. He encourages the listeners to get involved with charitable organizations or read books and listen to podcasts on leadership. However, when you’re practicing leadership, you will learn more, so it’s best to join organizations.    Centralization at OU  Campuses were so disorganized and disconnected  But then a years ago, they acquired a new president, who wanted to centralize and consolidate the campuses    Each campus had its own IT department and budget, so he had to oversee how to integrate this with grace and rationality    Biggest hurdle was standardizing the technology  While the faculty are the state employees and working towards tenure, they also act like contractors because they receive grant money and don’t want to conform to a standard way of doing things  Managing people’s feelings was the greatest difficulties  The people who didn’t want this amount of change left the organization  Student Incorporation Aaron tells the story of a student coming to him and asking to learn cybersecurity. This sparked him to begin teaching a class on the 10 domains. Listen to the episode to hear his story.    He also discusses how the industry wants people to have experience to get any job in cybersecurity, but they can’t get experience without a job. It became clear to Aaron that graduates out of OU were struggling to get jobs because they didn’t and couldn’t have experience at 22 years old—this especially depends on where you live as well.    He speaks on how he thinks the industry got to this point and how every year, hundreds of thousands of cyber positions go unfilled, and not because of lack of talent. He urges CISOs to create more programs and opportunities that feed into the industry.   Aaron started hiring students and incorporating them more in their cybersecurity team to give them that experience. He built a SOC with a student slant two or three years ago, and since then, it’s only been a great experience of refining raw talent and helping place students into jobs after the program. Everyone benefits from this set up: the team gets more help and students get experience and exposure. Aaron believes that many students have the passion, energy, and fire to do well but they need a firm or mentor to help them channel their energy into a productive source. He encourages CISOs to expose the younger generations to the possibilities of this field. Listen to the episode to hear more on how Aaron accomplished setting up a successful program, how he runs it, and how everyone benefits.    Internship Expectations  Aaron discusses how other industries have interns and expect graduates to have internships. They set up programs to help them with garnering experience during college. However, in the technology sector, we don’t have that expectation but also we don’t set it up for them. Aaron continues his talk on how to set up feeder programs. If your IT department doesn’t have the budget, he offers how else you can expose the younger generations to cybersecurity via free activities, through donations, and through national chapters.    New CISO to Aaron  On reflecting on what the new CISO means to Aaron, he gives three pieces of advice. He believes that every individual must find their unique leadership style, and to be true to their personality. He also iterates it’s important to learn how to adapt, especially letting go of being in the technology and instead focusing on providing guidance. Lastly, he encourages the listener to layer some confidence on top of all of that. Links:  New CISO Podcast Aaron Baillio - LinkedIn The University of Oklahoma

To Serve Me as Priests: Part IIExodus 29:1-46by William Klock Last Sunday we looked at Exodus 28, which is where we see the instructions the Lord gave to Moses for the garments of Israel’s priests.  The passage was full of detailed instructions for the materials and the designs and we saw that these garments were meant to bring dignity and honour to the priests and to bring glory and beauty to the worship of the Lord.  The garments of the high priest, in particular, highlighted his role as mediator.  He bore the names of the tribes of Israel on his garments, both a memorial to the Lord that Israel was his people, and a reminder to the people that the high priest represented them as he offered sacrifices and stood in the presence of the Lord on their behalf.  Even though we don’t know much about the mysterious Urim and Thummim he carried in the pouch on his breast, they again highlight his role as mediator.  A mediator was required even for the King when he needed to inquire of the Lord.  I closed last week with the grand and glorious picture that Jesus ben Sira gives us of the high priest around 200 b.c.—Simon II standing in dignity and honour before the Lord, on behalf of the people.  Seeing the priests in their glory inspired hope and love and loyalty towards the Lord.  Remember, the people could not enter his presence directly, and so the priest, in many ways, stood in for the Lord.  He was a symbol of the Lord’s promise.  His presence communicated the great truth at Israel’s core: I will be your God and you will be my people.  And I said that if the high priest did that for Israel, how much more ought our remembrance of Jesus and his sacrifice on the cross do the same for us—our great high priest who offers not the blood of bulls and goats, but his very self.Now, we’ll see more of this today as we move into Chapter 29.  Again, it’s a long chapter with lots of details.  I’ll have to paraphrase and summarise some of it, but we’ll start by reading the first nine verses, which serves as an introduction and a bit of a summary of the rest.“Now this is what you shall do to them to consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests.  Take one bull of the herd and two rams without blemish, and unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers smeared with oil. You shall make them of fine wheat flour.  You shall put them in one basket and bring them in the basket, and bring the bull and the two rams.  You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and wash them with water.  Then you shall take the garments, and put on Aaron the coat and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastpiece, and gird him with the skillfully woven band of the ephod.  And you shall set the turban on his head and put the holy crown on the turban.  You shall take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him.  Then you shall bring his sons and put coats on them, and you shall gird Aaron and his sons with sashes and bind caps on them. And the priesthood shall be theirs by a statute forever.  Thus you shall ordain Aaron and his sons. I hope you noticed how centred this ordination ritual is on cleansing.  Before Aaron and his sons were brought before the Lord to be ordained, Moses was told to prepare a bull and two rams for sacrifice along with bread for an offering.  So we have Aaron and his sons brought before the Lord by Moses.  Moses is the prophet, the one who has met the Lord face-to-face and speaks for him.  Moses brings his brother and nephews to the entrance of the tabernacle.  The text suggests they were naked.  They’ve left everything behind.  And Moses is to wash them with water.  This is a ritual purification.  In the next chapter we’ll read about the laver or basin to be put before the tabernacle.  (It’s not really clear, by the way, why this bit about the ordination of the priests sits in the middle of all the instructions for the furnishings of the tabernacle, but it does.)  Water from the laver is poured or sprinkled on these priest-to-be—an image and symbol picked up in the New Testament for baptism.  For the regular daily service of the priests, it was only necessary to wash the feet and hands, but here at their ordination, everything gets washed.Once Aaron was washed, Moses was to then dress him in the garments we read about last week in Chapter 28: the undergarments, the ephod, tunic, robe, breastpiece, and turban to which is affixed that golden band—here it’s described as a crown—that golden band inscribed with the words, “Holy to the Lord”.  So now Aaron and his sons are washed and clothed in their garments.  They’ve been cleansed by the washing of water and outfitted with the garments that mark them as the mediators between the Lord and his people.  Moses then anoints Aaron and his priestly garments with oil.  Anointing with oil was a symbolic way of setting something or someone apart for God, marking them out as holy.  The tabernacle and all of its furnishings will be anointed, too.  Think of the Messiah.  The Messiah is the “anointed one”—the one set apart and committed to the Lord and his purposes.  The Hebrew word here kind of has the sense of smearing or daubing, so we might picture Moses dipping his finger into a vessel of oil and then marking Aaron and his vestments with it, but the reality—according to the Psalms—seems to have been a lot more dramatic and a lot messier.  Psalm 133 talks about the goodness of brothers dwelling in unity and then draws on a couple of images to express just how good it is.  One of those is the anointing of the high priest:It is like the precious oil on the head,         running down on the beard,on the beard of Aaron,         running down on the collar of his robes!  (Psalm 133:2)So this isn’t the kind of anointing we know, where I daub my finger in a bit of oil and mark a cross on your forehead.  This is Moses pouring the whole jar of oil over Aaron’s head so that it runs down and covers everything.  It really is a dramatic image of being set apart.But there’s more.  Remember the bull and rams and the bread that were prepared.  The instructions for these sacrifices make up the bulk of the chapter.  It starts with the bull in verse 10:Then you shall bring the bull before the tent of meeting. Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the bull.  Then you shall kill the bull before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and shall take part of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, and the rest of the blood you shall pour out at the base of the altar.  And you shall take all the fat that covers the entrails, and the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and burn them on the altar.  But the flesh of the bull and its skin and its dung you shall burn with fire outside the camp; it is a sin offering. Washing with water and anointing with oil as symbolic of cleansing and being set apart is all well and good, but the water alone can’t deal with sin.  Before Aaron can serve God as mediator, before he can enter the Lord’s presence in the tabernacle, before he can offer atonement for the sins of the people, his own sin needs to be dealt with.  Now, as far as we know so far, Aaron wasn’t a great sinner or anything.  At least so far in the story, he seems to have been a decent guy.  But that’s just it.  None of us is sinless.  None of us perfect.  We were created to live before the face of God, daily in his presence, but in rejecting him, we were cast out.  The unholy cannot live in the presence of the holy.  Even the best of us stands condemned before God.  As St. Paul reminds us, the wages of sin is death.  Because of our sin, we were removed from the tree of life and subjected to the dominion of death.  And so, to enter the presence of God, this sin offering had to be made on Aaron’s behalf.  He and his sons were first to lay their hands on the bull.  It was a way of sort of claiming the bull as their own, of placing their sins on its head, that it might stand in for them as a sacrifice.  The blood—the life of the bull—wad daubed on the horns of the altar and its liver, kidneys, and fat were burned there.  Even the altar needed this purifying ritual.  It had been made by human beings, it had been touched by sinful hands, and here it is purified with the blood of the sin offering and claimed by the Lord as his own.In a similar way, Aaron and his sons were to place their hands on both the rams.  The first, we’re told in verses 15-18, was to be slaughtered, its blood thrown or dashed on the sides of the altar—the rabbis say the blood was thrown first on one corner and then diagonally on the other so that all four sides were covered—and then the ram was to be butchered, washed, and all its parts burned on the altar.  In verse 18 we’re told that “it is a burnt offering to the Lord…a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the Lord.”  Burnt offerings were meant to show the devotion and commitment of the person offering them.  The sin offering cleansed the new priests of their sin.  The burnt offering showed their commitment to the Lord.When the second ram was brought, they were to lay their hands on it as well.  This third sacrifice is more complicated.  The Lord says:[Y]ou shall kill the ram and take part of its blood and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron and on the tips of the right ears of his sons, and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the great toes of their right feet, and throw the rest of the blood against the sides of the altar.  Then you shall take part of the blood that is on the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and his sons’ garments with him. He and his garments shall be holy, and his sons and his sons’ garments with him. This daubing of blood on the body seems to have been symbolic of purification.  The other place we see it done is with people who have recovered from skin diseases in the laws of Leviticus.  Why the ear, hand, and foot?  It doesn’t say, but the most obvious reason would be that it symbolises the purification of the ears and hands and feet of the priests who serve the Lord.  Their ears are purified to hear the word of the Lord, their hands are purified for service, and their feet—it’s worth noting that the priests went barefoot in the tabernacle—their feet were purified to walk on holy ground.  And then those beautiful, white linen garments.  Well, they’ve been doused with oil and now they’re sprinkled with blood—purifying them and marking then out as holy to the Lord.  If Aaron had had an altar guild, those ladies would been having conniptions.  But it highlights the messy reality of the tabernacle, of the priesthood, and of the cost of sin—and it highlights just how dramatically the once-for-all sacrifice that Jesus has made has changed everything.Now, that’s not all for this second ram.  Portions of its fat, its liver and kidneys, and right thigh along with portions of the bread prepared earlier were “waved” before the Lord by Aaron and his sons.  After that, Aaron was to take breast of the ram and wave it before the Lord.  The technical term for this offering, not surprisingly, is a “wave offering”.  The Mishnah says that the priest would take these items and wave them first forward and back and then up and down.[1]  Why?  We’re not sure, but it seems to have had something to do with fellowship with the Lord.  This portion of the ram that was waved, the Lord says, belongs to Aaron.  Verses 31-34 say that the ram of ordination belongs to Aaron and his sons along with the bread that was prepared.  The same will go for portions of the offerings brought by the people.  This was the food of the priests.  We read in verse 33:They shall eat those things with which atonement was made at their ordination and consecration, but an outsider shall not eat of them, because they are holy. There’s a pattern with the Lord and his people.  When he calls them to himself, he invites them to eat in his presence.  He did that with the elders of Israel when the covenant was established.  Now he does the same with Aaron and his sons.  There’s a lot packed into this idea, but it highlights the goodness and the faithfulness of the Lord towards those who belong to him and it looks forward in faith and hope to the day when the Lord finally sets this world to rights—a day we see throughout the Bible as a day of plenty and a day of feasting in the presence of the Lord. Now, that sounds like a lot.  Washing, vesting, pouring oil over the head, three different sacrifices.  Now repeat it—seven times.  Look at verses 35-37:“Thus you shall do to Aaron and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded you. Through seven days shall you ordain them, and every day you shall offer a bull as a sin offering for atonement. Also you shall purify the altar, when you make atonement for it, and shall anoint it to consecrate it.  Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it, and the altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the altar shall become holy. This was a big deal.  That this ordination was take place over seven days pointed back to the creation.  As we’ve seen—remember back to March—the tabernacle itself was full of imagery that hearkened back to the garden.  In the garden, human beings lived in the presence of the Lord and so the tabernacle, the Lord’s dwelling in the midst of Israel, reminds the people of what human beings were created for, it reminds them of the garden.  The priest, when he enters the most holy place, has to purify himself before passing through the veil with its embroidered angel and before he approaches the mercy seat with its fierce angels standing guard.  The tabernacle is like the cosmos in miniature and so its priests are ordained over seven days.The bit about the consecration of the altar leads into the last paragraph.  This last part isn’t part of the ordination ceremony.  It describes the daily sacrifice that will take place on the altar once the priests have been ordained.  Look at verses 38-46:“Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: two lambs a year old day by day regularly.  One lamb you shall offer in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight.  And with the first lamb a tenth measure of fine flour mingled with a fourth of a hin of beaten oil, and a fourth of a hin of wine for a drink offering.  The other lamb you shall offer at twilight, and shall offer with it a grain offering and its drink offering, as in the morning, for a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the Lord.  It shall be a regular burnt offering throughout your generations at the entrance of the tent of meeting before the Lord, where I will meet with you, to speak to you there.  There I will meet with the people of Israel, and it shall be sanctified by my glory.  I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar. Aaron also and his sons I will consecrate to serve me as priests.  I will dwell among the people of Israel and will be their God.  And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt that I might dwell among them. I am the Lord their God. First, the daily sacrifice.  Again, the altar being mentioned four times leads naturally to the daily sacrifice, but the daily sacrifice also brings together the priests and tabernacle thematically.  The priests had many duties, but this was their most important.  Each morning and each evening a yearling lamb was offered on the altar along with grain and drink offerings.  This daily offering was at the centre of the tabernacle service, it was part of the heart of the torah.  The sound of the animals, the smell of the altar, the sight of the smoke rising over the camp was a reminder to the people that the Lord was in their midst and that the priests were there, behind the curtains of the tabernacle court, acting as mediators on their behalf.  It was one of those aspects of daily life in Israel that, no matter how bad things got, as long as the daily sacrifices were going on, things were still okay.  We get a sense of this in the book of Daniel—Maccabees recounts the history as well.  Antiochus Epiphanes—the one Daniel describes as a “little horn” in Chapter 8—put an end to the service of the temple.  This was a disaster.  It was as if the world had come to an end.  And, of course, remember the outrage directed at Jesus when he disrupted the service of the temple.  Jesus repeatedly pointed to the days of the temple coming to an end.  He would establish and build something better.  And yet most in Israel refused to listen.  Forty years later the Lord’s judgement came, the Romans tore the temple down stone by stone, and the daily sacrifice came to an end forever.  To this day, unbelieving Israel lives without the service or the sacrifices of the temple—caught in a self-imposed limbo, without the redeeming sacrifices of the old covenant, while rejecting the once-for-all sacrifice of Jesus, the perfect high priest and mediator.Brothers and Sisters, Jesus shows that God has not forgotten or forsaken his promises to Israel.  He promised here, in verse 45: “I will dwell among the people of Israel and be their God”.  He brought them out of Egypt that he might dwell amongst them—that he would be their God and they would be his people.  In Jesus we see the fulfilment of Lord’s promises.  In Jesus we see what the Lord had been preparing, not only his people, but the whole world for as he took on our flesh to dwell—to tabernacle—in our midst.  In Jesus, God himself became both priest and sacrifice for the sake of his people, both giving himself once and for all as a sacrifice for sin and then bearing that sacrifice into the presence of God as a perfect mediator and advocate for his people.  In Jesus the promises of the old covenant were fulfilled and in Jesus a new covenant and a new people of God was born—a people redeemed by God himself and a people who, themselves, have become the temple through the indwelling of God’s own Spirit—a people transformed, their—our—hearts of stone made hearts of flesh, a people who look not to a law written on stone tablets, but to a law of love inscribed on our hearts by God himself.Dear Friends, think on that as you come to the Lord’s Table this morning.  As he invited the elders of Israel to feast in his presence on the mountain, celebrating their covenant with him and as he invited Aaron and his sons to feast in his presence, having just been set apart as his priests, Jesus summons us to his Table, to his banquet, to recall who he is, who we are, and where we stand thanks to his redeeming grace.  As we come to his Table in faith, recalling his death on the cross for us, as we feast on the bread and wine and recall his body broken and his blood poured out for us, hear his promise: I will be your God and you will be my people.  But more than that, as St. Peter tells us, we not merely his people.  We are a chosen nation, a royal priesthood, and that means that the mission of the old Israel had been passed on to the new.  Jesus has brought us out of darkness and into his marvellous light that we might proclaim his excellencies to the world.  Brothers and Sisters, we are not priests doing our work behind the veils of the tabernacle.  Jesus has made us priests and he sends out into the world.  Here he feeds us gospel food and from here he sends us out to feed a world starving for that very gospel.Let’s pray: Heavenly Father, thank you for the riches of your word and for the riches of your grace that it teaches us.  From start to finish we see sinners redeemed by your grace, your enemies who deserved death, redeemed and forgiven and made holy by you, claimed by you, and then called to serve your mission of grace.  Focus our hearts on your grace, we ask, as we think on your word this morning and as we come to your Table, taking part once again in the great sacrifice that Jesus has made for us.  Fill our hearts with your grace to overflowing that we might be faithful stewards, faithful ministers of your grace as we go out into the world.  Through Jesus we pray.  Amen.[1] Menahot 5:6

Today's Bible Readings: Leviticus 10; Psalms 11-12; Proverbs 25; 1 Thess. 4In Leviticus 8 Aaron and his sons, under a ritual prescribed by God, are ordained as priests. In Leviticus 9, they begin their ministry. Here in Leviticus 10, still within the seven days of their ordination rites, two of Aaron’s sons, Nadab and Abihu, put coals in their censers and add incense, apparently thinking that they will add something to the ceremonies and rituals God laid down. But “fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died before the LORD” (10:2). Before Aaron can protest, Moses pronounces an oracle from God: “‘Among those who approach me I will show myself holy; in the sight of all the people I will be honored.’ Aaron remained silent” (10:3).That is not all. Moses insists that Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, must not break the sacred cycle of ordination to participate in the public mourning for Nadab and Abihu. They are not to leave the tabernacle while “the LORD’s anointing oil” is on them (10:7). First cousins once removed will look after the bodies and discharge family obligations (10:4-5).What are we to think? A cynic might say that this is elevating ritual above people. Isn’t God a bit insensitive when he cuts down two fine sons who are simply trying to jazz up the worship service a little?I cannot claim to know all the answers. But consider:(1) God has repeatedly said that everything connected with the service of the tabernacle must be done exactly according to the pattern provided on the mountain. He has already shown himself to be a God who brooks no rivals, and who expects to be obeyed. At issue is whether God is God.(2) Throughout the Bible, the closer the people are to times and situations of revelation or revival, the more immediate the divine sanction against those who defy him. Uzzah puts out his hand to steady the ark and is killed; Ananias and Sapphira are killed because of their lies. In colder, more rebellious times, God seems to let the people go to extraordinary lengths of evil before reining them in. Yet the former periods bring greater blessing: more of the immediate presence of God, more disciplined zeal among the people.(3) In context, Nadab and Abihu almost certainly had defiant, willful motives. For when Aaron makes a different adjustment in the ritual, with the best of motives, surprising flexibility is sanctioned (10:16-20).(4) This firm lesson prepared the priests for the other major component in their ministry: “You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the unclean and the clean, and you must teach the Israelites all the decrees the LORD has given them through Moses” (10:10-11, italics added).This podcast is designed to be used alongside TGC's Read The Bible initiative (TGC.org/readthebible). The podcast features devotional commentaries from D.A. Carson’s book For the Love of God (vol. 1) that follow the M’Cheyne Bible reading plan.

RECAP: Last time on A Lil Bit O Anime, your host Monica and Elijah sat down to dive into the hip-hop alternate edo era with Samurai Champloo and also talked about the latest craze of killing goblins, as well as the time travelling world of Bakumatsu. With heroes and villain factions on the rise what will this dynamic duo do. Listen as a mysterious hero comes to the rescue on this amazing episode of A Lil Bit O Anime!!!   Description:  This week your anime podcast hosts are joined by the sensational author, podcaster, cosplayer and explainer of it all, Dr. Aaron Powell. Elijah 5000 and Monica, the Vivacious Vixen of Voice Acting and The Aaron talk about what it means to be a hero as they breakdown My Hero Academia, representation in anime and cosplay. Before Aaron leaves he gives us this weeks anime watch swap pick and our Biweekly Bit O Anime Bento Box recommendation which will have you feeling all kinds of anime goodness. We have a blast and want you to as well so make sure to watch, laugh and reach out to us by tweeting us if we forgot anything, you want to debate an anime topic or just show your love for what we are talking about. Join Oklahoma's anime based podcast where you get anime inspired commercials, season reviews and an authentic perspective of anime from two hosts that love anime as much as you!    Show Topics: Anime Watch Swap/Biweekly Bit O Anime Bento Box- 56:05   Follow Our Friend: Dr. Aaron Powell - Aaron Explains The Universe - Stupid Movie Tuesday -Instagram: @yourfavoriteskinnyman   Next Week's Anime : Click the links below to watch these anime and join the conversation     - Golden Kamuy     - Merc Storia: The Apathetic Boy And The Girl In A Bottle   Bit O Anime Biweekly Bento Box:  - Food Wars! Shokugeki No Soma - My First Girlfriend Is A Gal   Want an amazing anime shirt, grab yours with our promo code: BITOANIME for a 10% discount when you checkout at www.riptapparel.com   More Content, More Fun, More Anime: Join us and become apart of our amazing anime Patreon page.        Find Our Show: You can find more episodes of A Lil Bit O Anime on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play Music, Stitcher Radio, Podcast Addict and our official Podbean page.   Find Us: A Lil Bit O Anime is hosted by Monica Robinson and Elijah Bailey. If you have any questions for your hosts, you can reach us at A Lil Bit O Anime on Facebook, or on Twitter at @BitOAnime. Follow us in Instagram at @BitOAnime.   #MyHeroAcademia #BokuNoHeroAcademia #FoodWars #ShokugekiNoSoma #ShokugekiNoSouma #MyGirlfriendIsAGal #DrAAronPowell #AaronPowell #Cosplay #Interview #Crunchyroll #Funimation #HiDive #VRV #anime #AnimePodcast #BlackenStudios

Do we sound a little verklempt this week? Our show is full of fond farewells, from Paul Simon's goodbye tour to our own producer Aaron Scott's departure for green Field Guide pastures. But it's not all tears. Before Aaron goes, he'll tell what he’s learned reporting on arts for the better part of a decade. We also chirp with the writer who followed Paul Simon’s life story, and mix it up with one of the top practitioners of pop criticism working today.Reconsidered: Johnny Cash's "At Folsom Prison" Album at 50 - 1:08In May 1968, Johnny Cash made a record that opened America’s eyes to life behind bars. But are those songs still relevant today? A group of Oregon musicians and artists, under the name Luther’s Boots, are re-staging the concert at prisons around the state to find out.To help fund their Folsom50 tour, they’re putting on a concert for those on the outside at Portland’s Polaris Hall May 20.Pop Culture Talk with Chuck Klosterman - 8:33If the first eighteen years of the century have left you gasping for breath, take heart. The post-Avengers, post-Kapernick, post-#MeToo, post-Beyonce era is not just an amazing time for pop culture; it's also a golden age of pop culture critics. Chuck Klosterman is one of the best. His bracing essays on music and sports in the "New York Times," the "Washington Post," "Esquire," and "Grantland."Klosterman will read from his latest book, “Chuck Klosterman X: A Highly Specific, Defiantly Incomplete History of the Early 21st Century,” at Powell's in Portland next week.Paul Simon’s Farewell Tour - 19:17This summer concert season is rife with acts doing farewell tours — Joan Baez, Elton John, Yassiin Bey (Mos Def) — but one of the most significant is legendary singer-songwriter Paul Simon. His "Homeward Bound Tour" hits the Moda Center May 19. To send him off, we listen back to our interview with Peter Ames Carlin, author of the biography “Homeward Bound: The Life of Paul Simon,” at Wordstock 2016.Aaron Scott’s Greatest Hits - 30:32It’s our bittersweet duty to inform you that this is State of Wonder producer Aaron Scott’s last week on the show. He is moving on to report and produce stories for "Oregon Field Guide." We're totally excited for him and couldn't resist the chance to pull him in front of the mic one more time to talk about some of his favorite moments, and trends he's observed in the regional arts ecosystem as he's reported on it for the better part of a decade.

Aaron Frost On today’s episode of My Angular Story we have special guest Aaron Frost. This episode might as well be both, a My Angular Story as well as a My Javascript story. Aaron has worked with us on JS Jabber and was a panelist for Adventures in Angular. You also may know him from NG Conf, the original Angular Conference. Stay tune to hear his story! Getting Started Before Aaron got involved with Javascript or Angular, he worked as a loan officer, and he wasn’t the best at it. Luckily his job exposed him to small bits of SQL. Aaron goes to say that SQL “was like speaking English”. In 2010 he shifted into development. At the time, most web developers hated Javascript, so anytime they could pin Javascript work on him they would. Aaron loved it. College Dropout Aaron decided to go to college to learn programing, mainly as a means to an end. His goal was primarily to get a job. After finding the job, he dropped out of classes. Aaron says that he was confused by why he was still in school considering he had the job and at any rate, Aaron had learned how to teach himself. Between Stack Overflow and podcasts and Youtube, Aaron has all the resources he needed. Getting Into Work. Aaron talks about his time working with Kynetx, writing a language called Kynetx Rule Language. Kynetx was a platform where developers could create web browser plugins and it would work across the platforms. Aaron talks about the lack of frameworks then, leaving mainly only jQuery. And Then, Angular… In one of the corporations Aaron worked for, they used a framework called Backbone. Five Hundred programmers all prescribed Backbone for their work, but Aaron nudged someone in the stack team to look into Angular. It was a no brainer, Angular allowed to get the job done in much less code. They adopted it and got proficient. Conferences “Oyee! We should make one!” Aaron and Kipp Laurence decided that after they were unable to find an Angular conference to goto online that “Oyee! We should make one!” Reluctantly Aaron agreed and afterwards had someone from Google on board to send a whole team to the conference. Google Developers Experts Aaron is a GDE. He talks a bit about what that process what like and how it’s changed. He talks about what Google looks for in a GDE and clears any misconception that a GDE is about people who contribute to the community and are natural evangelists. Aaron vs Captchas Aaron talks about how one of his first projects will always be his favorite. His brother worked in real estate and used a particular website for work. The website had an annoying Captcha that had to be filled out pretty frequently. His brother asked Aaron to attempt to create a way to bypass the Captchas. Aaron talks about how at first he thought it was impossible, but after contemplating using a canvas and some basic calculations, he was able to put together a web browser extension to handle the task. They marketed the tool to others that used the website. What He Has Learned Aaron says that there is a theme that is reoccurring for him. Aaron talks about how often programmers and developers spend their efforts “chasing the pendulum” instead of focusing on solving the issues that the company needs them to solve. Programmers should worry less with how cool their patterns are or if they are using the latest Frameworks, and more about getting the job done. Keeping Up Aaron’s Twitter Aaron’s Medium Aaron’s GitHub Aaron’s AMA Picks Aaron Superpowereds Yarn Samsung SmartThings Charles Nimble BlueTick Zapier Visual Studio Code Microsoft Build

Aaron Frost On today’s episode of My Angular Story we have special guest Aaron Frost. This episode might as well be both, a My Angular Story as well as a My Javascript story. Aaron has worked with us on JS Jabber and was a panelist for Adventures in Angular. You also may know him from NG Conf, the original Angular Conference. Stay tune to hear his story! Getting Started Before Aaron got involved with Javascript or Angular, he worked as a loan officer, and he wasn’t the best at it. Luckily his job exposed him to small bits of SQL. Aaron goes to say that SQL “was like speaking English”. In 2010 he shifted into development. At the time, most web developers hated Javascript, so anytime they could pin Javascript work on him they would. Aaron loved it. College Dropout Aaron decided to go to college to learn programing, mainly as a means to an end. His goal was primarily to get a job. After finding the job, he dropped out of classes. Aaron says that he was confused by why he was still in school considering he had the job and at any rate, Aaron had learned how to teach himself. Between Stack Overflow and podcasts and Youtube, Aaron has all the resources he needed. Getting Into Work. Aaron talks about his time working with Kynetx, writing a language called Kynetx Rule Language. Kynetx was a platform where developers could create web browser plugins and it would work across the platforms. Aaron talks about the lack of frameworks then, leaving mainly only jQuery. And Then, Angular… In one of the corporations Aaron worked for, they used a framework called Backbone. Five Hundred programmers all prescribed Backbone for their work, but Aaron nudged someone in the stack team to look into Angular. It was a no brainer, Angular allowed to get the job done in much less code. They adopted it and got proficient. Conferences “Oyee! We should make one!” Aaron and Kipp Laurence decided that after they were unable to find an Angular conference to goto online that “Oyee! We should make one!” Reluctantly Aaron agreed and afterwards had someone from Google on board to send a whole team to the conference. Google Developers Experts Aaron is a GDE. He talks a bit about what that process what like and how it’s changed. He talks about what Google looks for in a GDE and clears any misconception that a GDE is about people who contribute to the community and are natural evangelists. Aaron vs Captchas Aaron talks about how one of his first projects will always be his favorite. His brother worked in real estate and used a particular website for work. The website had an annoying Captcha that had to be filled out pretty frequently. His brother asked Aaron to attempt to create a way to bypass the Captchas. Aaron talks about how at first he thought it was impossible, but after contemplating using a canvas and some basic calculations, he was able to put together a web browser extension to handle the task. They marketed the tool to others that used the website. What He Has Learned Aaron says that there is a theme that is reoccurring for him. Aaron talks about how often programmers and developers spend their efforts “chasing the pendulum” instead of focusing on solving the issues that the company needs them to solve. Programmers should worry less with how cool their patterns are or if they are using the latest Frameworks, and more about getting the job done. Keeping Up Aaron’s Twitter Aaron’s Medium Aaron’s GitHub Aaron’s AMA Picks Aaron Superpowereds Yarn Samsung SmartThings Charles Nimble BlueTick Zapier Visual Studio Code Microsoft Build

Aaron Frost On today’s episode of My Angular Story we have special guest Aaron Frost. This episode might as well be both, a My Angular Story as well as a My Javascript story. Aaron has worked with us on JS Jabber and was a panelist for Adventures in Angular. You also may know him from NG Conf, the original Angular Conference. Stay tune to hear his story! Getting Started Before Aaron got involved with Javascript or Angular, he worked as a loan officer, and he wasn’t the best at it. Luckily his job exposed him to small bits of SQL. Aaron goes to say that SQL “was like speaking English”. In 2010 he shifted into development. At the time, most web developers hated Javascript, so anytime they could pin Javascript work on him they would. Aaron loved it. College Dropout Aaron decided to go to college to learn programing, mainly as a means to an end. His goal was primarily to get a job. After finding the job, he dropped out of classes. Aaron says that he was confused by why he was still in school considering he had the job and at any rate, Aaron had learned how to teach himself. Between Stack Overflow and podcasts and Youtube, Aaron has all the resources he needed. Getting Into Work. Aaron talks about his time working with Kynetx, writing a language called Kynetx Rule Language. Kynetx was a platform where developers could create web browser plugins and it would work across the platforms. Aaron talks about the lack of frameworks then, leaving mainly only jQuery. And Then, Angular… In one of the corporations Aaron worked for, they used a framework called Backbone. Five Hundred programmers all prescribed Backbone for their work, but Aaron nudged someone in the stack team to look into Angular. It was a no brainer, Angular allowed to get the job done in much less code. They adopted it and got proficient. Conferences “Oyee! We should make one!” Aaron and Kipp Laurence decided that after they were unable to find an Angular conference to goto online that “Oyee! We should make one!” Reluctantly Aaron agreed and afterwards had someone from Google on board to send a whole team to the conference. Google Developers Experts Aaron is a GDE. He talks a bit about what that process what like and how it’s changed. He talks about what Google looks for in a GDE and clears any misconception that a GDE is about people who contribute to the community and are natural evangelists. Aaron vs Captchas Aaron talks about how one of his first projects will always be his favorite. His brother worked in real estate and used a particular website for work. The website had an annoying Captcha that had to be filled out pretty frequently. His brother asked Aaron to attempt to create a way to bypass the Captchas. Aaron talks about how at first he thought it was impossible, but after contemplating using a canvas and some basic calculations, he was able to put together a web browser extension to handle the task. They marketed the tool to others that used the website. What He Has Learned Aaron says that there is a theme that is reoccurring for him. Aaron talks about how often programmers and developers spend their efforts “chasing the pendulum” instead of focusing on solving the issues that the company needs them to solve. Programmers should worry less with how cool their patterns are or if they are using the latest Frameworks, and more about getting the job done. Keeping Up Aaron’s Twitter Aaron’s Medium Aaron’s GitHub Aaron’s AMA Picks Aaron Superpowereds Yarn Samsung SmartThings Charles Nimble BlueTick Zapier Visual Studio Code Microsoft Build

Aaron Bruski of Hoop-Ball joins the show as we talk DeMarcus Cousins trade rumors, will it happen and what it would take! Brandon Knight to the Kings? Plus we've got some tough player debates like Reggie Jackson vs D'Angelo Russell rest of season! Before Aaron joins, the boys talk about the game they went to last week, and the ITL listeners they met up with. #SoMuchFunGo checkout No Halftime today and download their app player vs player app to get started today! Westbrook vs Harden? Jokic vs Turner? Create your challenges today for free or $! When you use our Promo Code ITL16 No Halftime will match your first deposit 100% up to $100! Get started today and have so much fun! No Halftime, where the fantasy season never takes a breakSubscribe to the podcast on iTunes today! If you do, please consider dropping us a rate and review, we'll love you long time! You can also find us on TuneIn, Stitcher, Soundcloud and really any podcast app you listen to it. Just search ITL #SoMuchFun #PodcastOnFleekWe now have the ITL Store, where you can get some great ITL shirts, hoodies and even mugs like the "99 Problems but my draft ain't 1" shirt! Updated all the time, so get your ITL swag on!Join up to be a member of the army and support your boys to create more and more fantasy basketball content that not only wins your league, but makes you laugh! From a secret show to comprehensive ranks to draft score report cards and more! Find out all the perks for your ITL Army rank at Patreon.com/ITLARMYFollow the guys on Twitter @IsItTheWelsh and @BogmanSports

Aaron Janx is an in-demand Business and Sales Mentor for coaches and consultants around the world in many different industries. Aaron owns and operates three businesses including a successful real estate investment company which has allowed him to become financially free to follow his passion. Aaron's passion is mentoring coaches & consultants by teaching them lead generation and sales skills to rapidly build a strong six figure practice. Before Aaron started his businesses, he was a sales director and trainer who won many sales awards and broke sales records with a Fortune 500 company. While employed he was young, naive and lived beyond his means. Aaron quickly went through his savings and became flat broke after parting ways with that company. Humiliated, depressed and defeated, Aaron reluctantly went on food stamps just to feed his wife and four kids. Today, Aaron attributes his remarkable turnaround and success to his cutting edge sales skills, which as he describes, “took him from food stamps to freedom." What you will learn:  Framing: The ultimate selling strategy  How to make money with no money Cultivating the mindset of sales success Proven closing techniques  Why introverts can become better sales people that extroverts  How to effectively deal with rejection How to generate endless leads for your business The most effective social media platform for generating leads Why networking is for amateurs but prospecting is for pro's Why you MUST define your avatar  How to define your avatar  How to qualify a prospect  How to make a come back from even the worst failures   Why you shouldn't say, “Thank you” (Sometimes)  Aaron's reading recommendation:  Pitch Anything: An Innovative Method for Presenting, Persuading, and Winning the Deal by Oren Klaff Learn more about Aaron Janx: Website: http://www.aaronjanx.com/ Podcast: http://bit.ly/AaronJanxPodcast