function writeFlash(flashVars) {
	// TODO: going forward this should really be more generic - pass in movie name, id, size, etc
	document.write(
  		'<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0" width="800" height="600" id="clear" align="middle">\n'+
  		' <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />\n'+
  		' <param name="movie" value="clear.swf" />\n'+
  		' <param name="quality" value="high" />\n'+
  		' <param name="wmode" value="transparent" />\n'+
  		' <param name="FlashVars" value="'+flashVars+'" />\n'+
  		' <param name="bgcolor" value="" />\n'+
  		' <embed src="clear.swf "\n'+
  		'    FlashVars="'+flashVars+'" quality=high wmode="transparent" width="800" height="600" name="clear"\n'+
  		'    align="middle" swLiveConnect="true" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />\n'+  
  		'</OBJECT>');
}