function $() {
	var elements = new Array();
	for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
		var element = arguments[i];
		if (typeof element == 'string')
			element = document.getElementById(element);
		if (arguments.length == 1)
			return element;
		elements.push(element);
	}
	return elements;
}

function addEvent( obj, type, fn ) {
	if (obj.addEventListener)
		obj.addEventListener( type, fn, false );
	else if (obj.attachEvent) {
		obj['e'+type+fn] = fn;
		obj[type+fn] = function() { obj['e'+type+fn]( window.event ); }
		obj.attachEvent( 'on'+type, obj[type+fn] );
	}
}

function removeEvent( obj, type, fn ) {
	if (obj.removeEventListener)
		obj.removeEventListener( type, fn, false );
	else if (obj.detachEvent) {
		obj.detachEvent( 'on'+type, obj[type+fn] );
		obj[type+fn] = null;
		obj['e'+type+fn] = null;
	}
}

function getElementsByClass(searchClass,node,tag) {
	var classElements = new Array();
	if ( node == null )
		node = document;
	if ( tag == null )
		tag = '*';
	var els = node.getElementsByTagName(tag);
	var elsLen = els.length;
	var pattern = new RegExp("(^|\\s)"+searchClass+"(\\s|$)");
	for (i = 0, j = 0; i < elsLen; i++) {
		if ( pattern.test(els[i].className) ) {
			classElements[j] = els[i];
			j++;
		}
	}
	return classElements;
}

function getCookie(name) {
	var start = document.cookie.indexOf(name + "=");
	var len = start + name.length + 1;
	if ((!start) && (name != document.cookie.substring(0, name.length))) {
		return null;
	}
	if (start == -1) return null;
	var end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", len);
	if (end == -1) end = document.cookie.length;
	return unescape(document.cookie.substring(len, end));
}
	
function setCookie(name, value, expires, path, domain, secure) {
	var today = new Date();
	today.setTime(today.getTime());
	if (expires) {
		expires = expires * 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
	}
	var expires_date = new Date(today.getTime() + (expires));
	document.cookie = name+"="+escape(value) +
		((expires) ? ";expires="+expires_date.toGMTString() : "") + //expires.toGMTString()
		((path) ? ";path=" + path : "") +
		((domain) ? ";domain=" + domain : "") +
		((secure) ? ";secure" : "");
}
	
function deleteCookie(name, path, domain) {
	if (getCookie(name)) document.cookie = name + "=" +
			((path) ? ";path=" + path : "") +
			((domain) ? ";domain=" + domain : "") +
			";expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT";
}

if (Array.prototype.push == null) { Array.prototype.push = function(item) { this[this.length] = item; return this.length; }}