// BSD style please

  function close_flash()
  {
      e = document.getElementById ( 'flash_layer' );

      //e.removeChild(e.firstChild);

      e.style.display = 'none';
  }

  function show_flash()
  {
      var datum  = new Date();
      var expire = datum.getTime();

      datum.setTime( expire - 1000 );

      document.cookie = "flash_layer=flash_layer; expires=" + datum.toGMTString();

      window.location.reload();
  }


  var show_flash = false;

  var MM_contentVersion = 8;

  var plugin = (    navigator.mimeTypes
                 && navigator.mimeTypes [ "application/x-shockwave-flash" ] )
                 ?  navigator.mimeTypes [ "application/x-shockwave-flash" ].enabledPlugin
                 :  0;


  if ( plugin )
  {
      var words = navigator.plugins [ "Shockwave Flash" ].description.split ( " " );

	  for ( var i = 0; i < words.length; ++i )
	  {
  		  if ( isNaN ( parseInt ( words [ i ] ) ) )
  		      continue;

		  var MM_PluginVersion = words[i];
	  }

	  var MM_FlashCanPlay = false;

	  if( MM_PluginVersion > MM_contentVersion )
	  {
	      MM_FlashCanPlay = true;
	  }
  }
  else if (    navigator.userAgent
            &&   navigator.userAgent.indexOf  ( "MSIE" ) >= 0
            && ( navigator.appVersion.indexOf ( "Win"  ) != -1 ) )
  {
	  document.write ( '<SCR' + 'IPT LANGUAGE=VBScript\> \n' ); //FS hide this from IE4.5 Mac by splitting the tag
	  document.write ( 'on error resume next \n' );
	  document.write ( 'MM_FlashCanPlay = ( IsObject ( CreateObject ( "ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash." & MM_contentVersion ) ) )\n' );
	  document.write ( '</SCR' + 'IPT\> \n');
  }


  if ( MM_FlashCanPlay )
  {
	  show_flash = true;
  }