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 openwin(theURL,winName,features){

  window.open(theURL,winName,features);

}



function writeflash(){



	document.writeln('<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="700" height="400" align="middle">');

	document.writeln('<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />');

	document.writeln('<param name="movie" value="intro15.swf" />');

	document.writeln('<param name="quality" value="high" />');

	document.writeln('<param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" />');

	document.writeln('<embed src="intro15.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="700" height="400" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /> ');

	document.writeln('</object>');



}