Multilingualisms vary. Given such variation, how can those from essentially mono-chromatic, monolingual backgrounds begin to appreciate the colorful multilingual realities of the majority world? This question led to the symposium Language and Identity in a Multilingual, Migrating World, May 10–15, 2018, in Penang, Malaysia. This resulting four-part collection of papers.

How does a language community sustain their language in the face of ever-increasing forces of language shift? This volume, both a textbook and a handbook, is the result of ten years of reflection by the authors in light of SIL International’s 80 years of fieldwork in local language communities. Using the Sustainable Use Model detailed here, readers learn how to advise maintaining use of their language at a sustainable level. This could include, not only the level of active literacy, but al...

Each year in the United States, hundreds of religious buildings and schools become vacant or underutilized as congregations and populations merge, move, or diminish. These structures are often well located, attractive, eligible for tax credits, and available for redevelopment. In this practical and innovative handbook, authors Simons, DeWine, and Ledebur have compiled a step-by-step guide to finding sustainable new uses for vacant structures. The reuse of these important buildings offers t...

If you are interested in Candle Making for a hobby or business, these courses are for you. These are the most extensive and only interactive candle courses available today. Taught by one of the industries leading candle makers, the first book of the series covers All products needed, Studio set up, HD videos of candle techniques, formulas and more . The course has little benifit as a read through as its interactive. At the end of each course you have to answer test questions and submit pho...

Edited by Mylan Engel Jr. and Gary Lynn Comstock, this book employs different ethical lenses, including classical deontology, libertarianism, commonsense morality, virtue ethics, utilitarianism, and the capabilities approach, to explore the philosophical basis for the strong animal rights view, which holds that animals have moral rights equal in strength to the rights of humans, while also addressing what are undoubtedly the most serious challenges to the strong animal rights stance, inclu...

The Fourth book of the series covers decorating candles to give them a unique creative appeal. We discuss objects on candles, around candles, and through candles. Again, once the technique is mastered, we are only limited by our imagination. Includes HD videos of candle techniques, formulas and more.

Welcome to the Seventh addition of my candle courses. In this module we will be working on taking design one step further. Sometimes we think a candle is finished but by combining techniques we can evolve a formula into something else. The more techniques we have under our belt the greater the scope of design work we have. This course shows by combining methods we can create more designs.

Popular media are powerful mirrors and makers of meaning around suicide.This book brings together scholars from across disciplines to examine how suicide is mythologized, politicized and challenged across film, TV, young adult literature, digital platforms, online communities, and more. From news coverage of celebrity suicide to social media interventions with at-risk youth, this wide-ranging collection explores suicide’s intersections with class, gender, chronic illness and cultur...

Welcome to the Eighth course in the series. This course takes everything you have learned in the past lessons and gives you even more variations. This is also the chance to design your own candles with your own ideas. There are no video instructions as you have now reached the level to start your own designs. The course is packed with ideas on how to do this along with a test at the end.

Rorty and the Prophetic interrogates and provides a constructive assessment to the American neo-pragmatist philosopher Richard Rorty’s critiques of Jewish ethics. Rorty dismisses the public applicability of Jewish moral reasoning, because it is based on “the will of God” through divine revelation. As a self-described secular philosopher, it comes as no surprise that Rorty does not find public applicability within a divinely-ordered Jewish ethic. Rorty also rejects the French Jewish philoso...

The Fith book of the series covers more advanced techniques. Here we imitate nature, creating interesting textures including Oxydation, Coral techniques and silloutte lanterns. Course includes HD videos of candle techniques, formulas and more .The wonderful thing about wax as a medium is that we can duplicate rock, stone, slate etc. This is what we will be working on here.

The Second book of the series covers more advanced techniques working with Ice and learning different pouring temperatures. We discover that wax as a medium has many possibilities with many different results. Wax temperatures are paramount, and we will be discussing the wonderful aging effects with cold pours. Extra cold pours, have interesting commercial uses, also discussed. Course includes, HD videos of candle techniques, formulas and more.