function embedFlash(name, path, width, height, wmode, scale, align, salign, alternate) {
	if (AC_FL_RunContent == 0 || DetectFlashVer == 0) {
		alert("This page requires AC_RunActiveContent.js.");
	} else {
		var hasRightVersion = DetectFlashVer(requiredMajorVersion, requiredMinorVersion, requiredRevision);
		if(hasRightVersion) {
			// embed the flash movie
			AC_FL_RunContent(
				'codebase', 'http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,24,0',
				'width', width,
				'height', height,
				'src', name,
				'quality', 'high',
				'pluginspage', 'http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer',
				'align', align,
				'play', 'true',
				'loop', 'true',
				'scale', scale,
				'wmode', wmode,
				'devicefont', 'false',
				'id', name,
				'bgcolor', '#ffffff',
				'name', name,
				'menu', 'true',
				'allowScriptAccess','sameDomain',
				'allowFullScreen','false',
				'movie', path,
				'salign', salign
				);
		} else {  // flash is too old or we can't detect the plugin
			document.write(alternate);  // insert non-flash content
		}
	}
}