if(PBS_FlashCanPlay(8)) {
    var oeTags = '<object CLASSID="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"'
    + 'WIDTH="224" HEIGHT="172"'
    + 'CODEBASE="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0">'
    + '<PARAM NAME="MOVIE" VALUE="/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/media/nsn-2008-miniplayer-01.swf?&g_videoclip=/wgbh/nova/media/novahome-video-slos-350.flv&g_videoimage=/wgbh/nova/images06/nav-home-preview-slos.jpg&g_videotime=31" />'
    + '<PARAM NAME="PLAY" VALUE="true" />'
    + '<PARAM NAME="LOOP" VALUE="false" />'
    + '<PARAM NAME="QUALITY" VALUE="high" />'
    + '<PARAM NAME="MENU" VALUE="false" />'
    + '<param name="bgcolor" value="#94caf6" />'
    + '<embed src="/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/media/nsn-2008-miniplayer-01.swf?&g_videoclip=/wgbh/nova/media/novahome-video-slos-350.flv&g_videoimage=/wgbh/nova/images06/nav-home-preview-slos.jpg&g_videotime=31" '
    + 'WIDTH="224" HEIGHT="172" '
    + 'bgcolor="#94caf6" '
    + 'PLAY="true" '
    + 'LOOP="false" '
    + 'QUALITY="high" '
    + 'MENU="false" '
    + 'TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash"'
    + 'PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash">'
    + '\</embed>'
    + '\</object>';

    document.write(oeTags);   // embed the flash movie
  } else {  // flash is too old or we can't detect the plugin
    // NOTE: height, width are required!
    var alternateContent = '';

    document.write(alternateContent);  // insert non-flash content
  }