function insertFlash(swf,width,height,bgcolor,flashvars) {
	// set default bgcolor if not provided
	if (!bgcolor) bgcolor = "#FFFFFF";
	if (!flashvars) flashvars = new Object();
	// parse parameters
	var params = "";
	for (var i in flashvars) {
		params += i+"="+flashvars[i]+"&";
	}
	//alert(params);
	// write the object
	document.write("<OBJECT classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" ");
	document.write("codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0\"");
	document.write("WIDTH=\""+width+"\" HEIGHT=\""+height+"\" id=\"flash\">");
	document.write("<PARAM NAME=\"AllowScriptAccess\" VALUE=\"always\">");
	document.write("<PARAM NAME=movie VALUE=\""+swf+"\">");
	document.write("<PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=best>");
	document.write("<PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE="+bgcolor+">");
	document.write("<PARAM NAME=menu VALUE=\"false\">");
	document.write("<PARAM NAME=flashvars VALUE="+params+">");
	document.write("<EMBED src=\""+swf+"\" quality=best bgcolor="+bgcolor+" WIDTH=\""+width+"\" HEIGHT=\""+height+"\" ");
	document.write("flashvars=\""+params+"\" menu=\"false\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" ");
	document.write("TYPE=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" PLUGINSPAGE=\"http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer\"></EMBED>");
	document.write("</OBJECT>");
}