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, evType, fn)
{ 
    if (obj.addEventListener)
    { 
        obj.addEventListener(evType, fn, false); 
        return true; 
    }
    else if (obj.attachEvent)
    { 
        var r = obj.attachEvent("on"+evType, fn); 
        return r; 
    }
    else
    { 
        return false; 
    } 
}


function onloadHandler()
{
    startTicker();
}


/*
Developed by Robert Nyman, http://www.robertnyman.com
Code/licensing: http://code.google.com/p/getelementsbyclassname/
*/
var getElementsByClassName = function(className, tag, elm)
{
    if (document.getElementsByClassName)
    {
        getElementsByClassName = function(className, tag, elm)
        {
            elm = elm || document;
            var elements = elm.getElementsByClassName(className),
				nodeName = (tag) ? new RegExp("\\b" + tag + "\\b", "i") : null,
				returnElements = [],
				current;
            for (var i = 0, il = elements.length; i < il; i += 1)
            {
                current = elements[i];
                if (!nodeName || nodeName.test(current.nodeName))
                {
                    returnElements.push(current);
                }
            }
            return returnElements;
        };
    }
    else if (document.evaluate)
    {
        getElementsByClassName = function(className, tag, elm)
        {
            tag = tag || "*";
            elm = elm || document;
            var classes = className.split(" "),
				classesToCheck = "",
				xhtmlNamespace = "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml",
				namespaceResolver = (document.documentElement.namespaceURI === xhtmlNamespace) ? xhtmlNamespace : null,
				returnElements = [],
				elements,
				node;
            for (var j = 0, jl = classes.length; j < jl; j += 1)
            {
                classesToCheck += "[contains(concat(' ', @class, ' '), ' " + classes[j] + " ')]";
            }
            try
            {
                elements = document.evaluate(".//" + tag + classesToCheck, elm, namespaceResolver, 0, null);
            }
            catch (e)
            {
                elements = document.evaluate(".//" + tag + classesToCheck, elm, null, 0, null);
            }
            while ((node = elements.iterateNext()))
            {
                returnElements.push(node);
            }
            return returnElements;
        };
    }
    else
    {
        getElementsByClassName = function(className, tag, elm)
        {
            tag = tag || "*";
            elm = elm || document;
            var classes = className.split(" "),
				classesToCheck = [],
				elements = (tag === "*" && elm.all) ? elm.all : elm.getElementsByTagName(tag),
				current,
				returnElements = [],
				match;
            for (var k = 0, kl = classes.length; k < kl; k += 1)
            {
                classesToCheck.push(new RegExp("(^|\\s)" + classes[k] + "(\\s|$)"));
            }
            for (var l = 0, ll = elements.length; l < ll; l += 1)
            {
                current = elements[l];
                match = false;
                for (var m = 0, ml = classesToCheck.length; m < ml; m += 1)
                {
                    match = classesToCheck[m].test(current.className);
                    if (!match)
                    {
                        break;
                    }
                }
                if (match)
                {
                    returnElements.push(current);
                }
            }
            return returnElements;
        };
    }
    return getElementsByClassName(className, tag, elm);
};