// Variables available to you in your HTML page and your scripts



var BROWSER_NAME;

var BROWSER_VERSION;

var PLATFORM;

var IS_IE = false;

var IS_NAV = false;

var HAS_FLASH = false;

var HAS_FLASH4 = false;

var HAS_METASTREAM = false;

var HAS_WINMED = false;

var HAS_REAL_5 = false;

var HAS_REAL_G2 = false;

var HAS_SHOCKWAVE = false;

var VERSION = "1";



////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////



getBrowserInfo();



if (IS_NAV) {

 		HAS_FLASH = getFlash("Flash");

 		HAS_FLASH4 = getFlash("Flash 4");

 		HAS_METASTREAM = NavPluginSniff("MetaStream");

		HAS_WINMED = NavPluginSniff("Windows Media");

		HAS_REAL_5 = NavPluginSniff("RealPlayer");

		HAS_REAL_G2 = NavPluginSniff("RealPlayer(tm) G2");

		HAS_SHOCKWAVE = NavPluginSniff("Shockwave");

} else {

		if (IS_IE && PLATFORM != "Mac") {

    		document.write('<script language="' + 'vbscr' + 'ipt">\n\n');

			document.write('Dim Plugin_obj\n\n');

			document.write('Function ie_detect(objectName)\n');

			document.write('ie_detect = false\n\n');

			document.write('On Error Resume Next\n');

			document.write('Set Plugin_obj = CreateObject(objectName)\n');

			document.write('if IsObject(Plugin_obj) then\n');

			document.write('ie_detect = true\n');

			document.write('end if\n');

			document.write('End Function\n');

			document.write('</' + 'script' + '>');

	

			HAS_FLASH = ie_detect("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash");

			HAS_FLASH4 = ie_detect("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash 4");

			HAS_METASTREAM = ie_detect("MetaStream.MetaStream.1");

			HAS_WINMED = ie_detect("Windows Media Player");

			HAS_REAL_5  = ie_detect("RealPlayer.RealPlayer");

			HAS_REAL_G2  = ie_detect("RMOCX.RealPlayer(tm) G2");

			HAS_SHOCKWAVE = ie_detect("Macromedia.ActiveShockwave.1");

		}

	

		if (PLATFORM == "Mac" && !IS_NAV) {

 			HAS_FLASH = true;

 			HAS_FLASH4 = true;

			HAS_METASTREAM = true;

			HAS_WINMED = true;

			HAS_REAL_5 = true;

			HAS_REAL_G2 = true;

			HAS_SHOCKWAVE = true;

		 }

}



function getFlash(v) {

	for (var i = 0;i < navigator.plugins.length; i++) {

   		if (navigator.plugins[i].name.indexOf(v) != -1) {

				return true;

			}		

   }

	return false;

}





function getBrowserInfo() {

 BROWSER_NAME = navigator.appName;

 if (BROWSER_NAME == "Netscape") {IS_NAV = true;}

 if (BROWSER_NAME == "Microsoft Internet Explorer") {IS_IE = true;}

 

 var plat = navigator.appVersion;

 if (plat.indexOf("Win") != -1) {PLATFORM = "Win";}

 if (plat.indexOf("Mac") != -1) {PLATFORM = "Mac";}

 

 if (plat.charAt(0) == "3") {BROWSER_VERSION = 3;}

 if (plat.charAt(0) == "4") {BROWSER_VERSION = 4;}

 if (plat.charAt(0) == "5" || plat.indexOf("MSIE 5") != -1) {BROWSER_VERSION = 5;}

}



// Function used for plugin detection in Navigator

 function NavPluginSniff(plug_in) {

   	for (var i = 0;i < navigator.plugins.length; i++) {

   		if (navigator.plugins[i].name.indexOf(plug_in) != -1) {

   			return true;

   		}		

   	}

   	return false;

}



daynames = new Array("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday")

monthnames = new Array("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December")

var now = new Date();var day = now.getDay();var month = now.getMonth();year = now.getYear()

var date = now.getDate();var hour=now.getHours();var minutes=now.getMinutes();

if(document.layers) {year = year+1900}

function writeDate()

{document.write(daynames[day] + ", " + monthnames[month] + " " + date + ", " + year + "  "  + hour + ":" + minutes)}



//embeds flash ticker

function embedTicker() {

if (PLATFORM == "Win" && IS_IE && HAS_FLASH) {

document.write('<OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://active.macromedia.com/flash2/cabs/swflash.cab#version=4,0,0,0" ID=insTicker WIDTH=300 HEIGHT=23>');

document.write('<PARAM NAME="movie" VALUE="http://cbsnews.cbs.com/earlyshow/insTicker.swf">');

document.write('<PARAM NAME="loop" VALUE="false">');

document.write('<PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high>');

document.write('<PARAM NAME="bgcolor" VALUE="FF9933">');

document.write('</OBJECT>');

}					

if (PLATFORM == "Win" && IS_NAV && HAS_FLASH){

document.write('<EMBED ID="RAOCX" src="http://cbsnews.cbs.com/earlyshow/insTicker.swf"');

document.write(' swLiveConnect="FALSE" WIDTH=300 HEIGHT=23');

document.write(' LOOP="false" QUALITY="high" bgcolor="#FF9933"');

document.write(' TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash">');

document.write('</EMBED>');

}						

if (!HAS_FLASH) {

//Flash alternative goes here

}}