If you don't know about Elvish scripts, a very good starting document on Tengwar and Certhas (elvish runes) can be found on The letters of Middle-earth explaining briefly their nature, usage and differences (PDF format). Amanye Tenceli is a very good site about Tengwar and Sarati and their history. It also contains guides on calligraphy, the Tengwar Parmaite font and TengScribe, a program that wirtes Tengwar automatically to download.

The first place to check is Now We Have All Got Elvish Names, by Helge Fauskanger. More recently, there is Quenya Lapseparma, the Quenya Babybook, which took inspiration from Helge's work and numerous baby name books, then ran with it. The CONLANG mailing list (http://groups.yahoo.com/list/conlang) deals with constructed languages. Other useful sites include Mark Rosenfelder’s Language Construction Kit, at http://www.zompist.com/kit.html, and the Langmaker site (http://www.langmaker.

In Quenya, 1-12: minë atta neldë canta lempë enquë otso tolto nertë cainen minquë rasta. (ls) Yes, surely this is the basic system. But since the Elves wrote numbers “backwards” (61 for sixteen), I guess they would also pronounce the elements in the same order, “six (and) ten", or in the duodecimal system “four (and) twelve".

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The Elves preferred to translate the meaning of every name. Some of the Elven names used around are translations of actual names. There is Quenya Lapseparma, a site that provides translations of real names into Quenya. A typical example from that site is this: If a name is not there, try to find the roots of your name (the site http://www.behindthename.com/ is highly recommended), then find an Elvish dictionary and try to make an educated guess.

Elvish words or phrases occuring in English text are often enclosed in '_' signs, _like this_. To ensure that all non-English letters are represented correctly, try to use ISO-8859-1 or Western Europe encoding. People who for whatever reason cannot use this encoding write with English letters only, doubling long vowels and skipping diaereses (or using a colon after the letter with the diaeresis). (kz, ln)

Yes, scripts can be exported from one Kaleidescape System and imported on another, including its favorite scenes whenever the second System has the same movies. This feature lets you share your favorite scripts with other owners of Kaleidescape Systems, or between your Kaleidescape Systems.

The original WWWBoard scripts were written in Perl by Matt Wright and are available for free at Matt's Script Archive. Other additions were adapted from WWWBoard Add-Ons and JavaScript Tip of the Week. Other changes I've made myself.

No. Vox Proxy has a Script Wizard which allows you to select and enter all script commands from drop-down lists. The Wizard gives you all necessary options and help for each command. The only thing you have to type in is the text you want spoken. The Wizard will even allow you to test or preview many things such as character animations and speech before they are inserted into your script.

Java yes, Flash no. Java scripts are actually very easy to use and you don't need anyone to teach you that. Most come with instructions and you just copy and paste them into your HTML code. I appreciate that some so-called "teach yourself web design" packages offer more tools than I do. Here's the problem: They offer you plenty of tools, but don't actually provide a step by step training system to teach you how to create web pages.

The Alternative Fitness Body IQ Video Set is available for $39.95 at the front desk of the studio or by calling 1-877-9Pilates. The video is great to compliment your class work. THe first video presents the 6 Basic Alternative Fitness Principles which are presented in class. It is arranged in tutorials for learning. The second video has 3 floor exercise sequences plus one reformer workout.

Yes, it is possible to learn slow breathing on your own, and you will gradually assimilate with Breatheasy. People have actually been doing this for years under the name of biofeedback. Unfortunately, biofeedback is difficult and time-consuming to learn, which is why it has never gained widespread use. Slow breathing is also very difficult to learn unaided because it's only effective when done in a very relaxed state with minimal conscious effort.