Porterville Sheltered Workshop

Why we will no longer be a welcoming church

We’ve decided to quit being a welcoming church. No kidding. We’re giving it up. Like so many congregations, we’ve sunk an amazing amount of time and energy into becoming a welcoming church. We changed worship styles, trained greeters and ushers, wore name tags, brewed coffee, went to workshops on hospitality and put our friendliest people …

Low-Carb Fruits and Vegetables: Ideal for Low-Sugar Diets

Fruits and vegetables can be a healthy part of a low-carb diet. Check out our list of the lowest-carb options.

Take a shine to this DIY miniature lighthouse for the garden

Where To Find Historical “Redlining” Maps Of Your City

During the Depression, the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation, a New Deal agency, refinanced mortgages for over a million struggling homeowners. As part of ...

The Practical Case for Parole for Violent Offenders

This is one way to fix an unsustainable criminal justice system, and make it more humane.

The Quest for Transgender Equality

Being transgender today is still unreasonably hard, but it is far from hopeless. This is the first in a series looking at the challenges ahead.

(Almost) Everything You Need to Know About Sheltered Workshops (Part 1 of 2)

Disability policy is full of examples of yesterday’s innovation becoming today’s indignation. As my friend Anne Donnellan once put it, “The mark of anyone good in disability servi…

Poem: I Pray You Are Sheltered and Warm

Is Your Child Too Sheltered? Here’s What Experts Say You Should Watch Out For

Here's how experts suggest adapting your parenting if you're worried that your child is over-sheltered.

Build the Perfect Workshop for Your Home

Simple tips for building the perfect workshop for those DIY or home improvement projects... Do-It-Yourself and home improvement projects almost always leads to wanting a nice workshop. If you don’t have a workshop, it can be harder to do the high quality work you know you are capable of. A workshop means you can…

Welcome To Kickstarter Games Workshop!

Games Workshop already is making tons off licensing deals, but now it looks like they have greenlit the use of Kickstarter- what's next?

What it’s like to design for Sesame Workshop

Digital design director Breonna Rodriguez talks to Doreen Lorenzo about the biggest challenge of working at Sesame Workshop, the particulars of designing for toddlers, and why it’s a great time to be a woman.

Design Your Own Sustainable Home Workshop

Climate change, sustainability and environmental policy.

What Do You Look for in a Photography Workshop?

There are thousands of photography workshops to teach specific techniques and/or inspire attendees from amateurs to full-time pros. In this episode of Vision Slightly Blurred, Sarah and Allen talk about workshop disasters, evaluating workshops, and whether pros should consider alternate events like a portfolio review to further their careers. We mention the following photographers, articles,…

What To Expect From Our Behavior and Culture Workshop in May

On May 9 and 10 we’ll be offering our two-day Behavior and Culture Train the Trainers workshop in Albany, NY. The workshop focuses on how to build vibrant, positive and orderly classrooms that not only allow teachers to maximum student learning but that ensure that all students feel safe, successful and known. I thought I’d take...

A Men's Only Workshop

What's up dude? Wait - you're not a dude, you're a MANThat's perfect because branding expert Justin Foster and men's relationship expert Steven Shewach aka The Mantor™ join forces to talk about branding inside and out.Justin and Steven invite you, a man, to this MANificient workshop on the critical connection between how you see the world and how the world sees you.The Branded Man - A Workshop For Men OnlyWHAT This workshop will focus on:Rebranding yourself from the…