function flashCheckAlert(movieName, imageName){
if (!flash.ver[8]){
    alertThem();
    writeImage(imageName);	
}
else{
    writeFlash(movieName);
}
}

function flashCheckNoAlert(movieName, imageName){
if (!flash.ver[8]){
    writeImage(imageName);	
}
else{
    writeFlash(movieName);
}
}

function writeFlash(movieName){
    document.write('<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" width="301" height="240" id="home_images" align="middle">');
    document.write('<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />');
    document.write('<param name="movie" value="flash/' + movieName + '" />');
    document.write('<param name="quality" value="high" />');
    document.write('<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />');
    document.write('<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />');
    document.write('<embed src="flash/' + movieName + '" quality="high" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="301" height="240" name="home_images" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />');
    document.write('</object>');
}

function writeImage(imageName){
	document.write('<img style="float: right; margin-top: 3px; margin-right: 8px" src="images/' + imageName + '">');
}

function alertThem(){
    alert('In order to see the flash on this site you need Flash Player 8, which is available from Adobe for free.    In the mean time, please enjoy the site with images in place of the flash movies.');
}