//--- start flash detection

  var contentVersion = 6;
  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 PluginVersion = words[i]; 
      }
    var found_flash = PluginVersion >= contentVersion;
  }
  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('found_flash = ( IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash." & contentVersion)))\n');
    document.write('</SCR' + 'IPT\> \n');
  }

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