function writeFlash(){

	var hasRightVersion = DetectFlashVer(requiredMajorVersion, requiredMinorVersion, requiredRevision);
	if(hasRightVersion) {  // if we've detected an acceptable version
		var oeTags = '<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"'
		+ 'width="600" height="350"'
		+ 'codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab">'
		+ '<param name="movie" value="/uploaded/flash/photos_new.swf" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#5E1F19" />'
		+ '<embed src="/uploaded/flash/photos_new.swf" quality="high" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#5E1F19" '
		+ 'width="600" height="350" name="photos" align="middle"'
		+ 'play="true"'
		+ 'loop="false"'
		+ 'quality="high"'
		+ 'allowScriptAccess="sameDomain"'
		+ 'type="application/x-shockwave-flash"'
		+ 'pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer">'
		+ '<\/embed>'
		+ '<\/object>';
		document.write(oeTags);   // embed the flash movie
	  } else {  // flash is too old or we can't detect the plugin
		var alternateContent = '<img src="/uploaded/graphic_elements/flash_ph.jpg" usemap="#flash_ph_Map" border="0">';
		document.write(alternateContent);  // insert non-flash content
	  }

}