//A bunch of harmless user statistics being gathered to help enhance the website user experience
    //Information collected: Adobe Flash version, Browser type, browser version, screen resolution

    var isIE  = (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE") != -1) ? true : false;
    var isWin = (navigator.appVersion.toLowerCase().indexOf("win") != -1) ? true : false;
    var isOpera = (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera") != -1) ? true : false;

    // JavaScript helper required to detect Flash Player PlugIn version information
    function GetSwfVer()
    {
        // NS/Opera version >= 3 check for Flash plugin in plugin array
        var flashVer = -1;

        if (navigator.plugins != null && navigator.plugins.length > 0)
        {
            if (navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash 2.0"] || navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"])
            {
                var swVer2 = navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash 2.0"] ? " 2.0" : "";
                var flashDescription = navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash" + swVer2].description;
                var descArray = flashDescription.split(" ");
                var tempArrayMajor = descArray[2].split(".");
                var versionMajor = tempArrayMajor[0];
                var versionMinor = tempArrayMajor[1];
                var versionRevision = descArray[3];
                if (versionRevision == "")
                {
                    versionRevision = descArray[4];
                }
                if (versionRevision[0] == "d")
                {
                    versionRevision = versionRevision.substring(1);
                }
                else if (versionRevision[0] == "r")
                {
                    versionRevision = versionRevision.substring(1);
                    if (versionRevision.indexOf("d") > 0)
                    {
                        versionRevision = versionRevision.substring(0, versionRevision.indexOf("d"));
                    }
                }
                var flashVer = versionMajor + "." + versionMinor + "." + versionRevision;
            }
        }
        // MSN/WebTV 2.6 supports Flash 4
        else if (navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf("webtv/2.6") != -1) flashVer = 4;
        // WebTV 2.5 supports Flash 3
        else if (navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf("webtv/2.5") != -1) flashVer = 3;
        // older WebTV supports Flash 2
        else if (navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf("webtv") != -1) flashVer = 2;
        else if ( isIE && isWin && !isOpera ) {
            flashVer = ControlVersion();
        }
        return flashVer;
    }

    function ControlVersion()
    {
        var version;
        var axo;
        var e;

        // NOTE : new ActiveXObject(strFoo) throws an exception if strFoo isn't in the registry
        try
        {
            // version will be set for 7.X or greater players
            axo = new ActiveXObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.7");
            version = axo.GetVariable("$version");
        }
        catch (e)
        {
        }

        if (!version)
        {
            try
            {
                // version will be set for 6.X players only
                axo = new ActiveXObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.6");

                // installed player is some revision of 6.0
                // GetVariable("$version") crashes for versions 6.0.22 through 6.0.29,
                // so we have to be careful.

                // default to the first public version
                version = "WIN 6,0,21,0";

                // throws if AllowScripAccess does not exist (introduced in 6.0r47)
                axo.AllowScriptAccess = "always";

                // safe to call for 6.0r47 or greater
                version = axo.GetVariable("$version");

            }
            catch (e)
            {
            }
        }

        if (!version)
        {
            try
            {
                // version will be set for 4.X or 5.X player
                axo = new ActiveXObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.3");
                version = axo.GetVariable("$version");
            }
            catch (e)
            {
            }
        }

        if (!version)
        {
            try
            {
                // version will be set for 3.X player
                axo = new ActiveXObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.3");
                version = "WIN 3,0,18,0";
            }
            catch (e)
            {
            }
        }

        if (!version)
        {
            try
            {
                // version will be set for 2.X player
                axo = new ActiveXObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash");
                version = "WIN 2,0,0,11";
            }
            catch (e)
            {
                version = -1;
            }
        }

        return version;
    }