function fix_flash() {
    // loop through every embed tag on the site
    var embeds = document.getElementsByTagName('embed');
    for(i=0; i<embeds.length; i++)  {
        embed = embeds[i];
        var new_embed;
        // everything but Firefox & Konqueror
        if(embed.outerHTML) {
            var html = embed.outerHTML;
            // replace an existing wmode parameter
            if(html.match(/wmode\s*=\s*('|")[a-zA-Z]+('|")/i))
                new_embed = html.replace(/wmode\s*=\s*('|")window('|")/i,"wmode='opaque'");
            // add a new wmode parameter
            else
                new_embed = html.replace(/<embed\s/i,"<embed wmode='opaque' ");
            // replace the old embed object with the fixed version
            embed.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeBegin',new_embed);
            embed.parentNode.removeChild(embed);
        } else {
            // cloneNode is buggy in some versions of Safari & Opera, but works fine in FF
            new_embed = embed.cloneNode(true);
            if(!new_embed.getAttribute('wmode') || new_embed.getAttribute('wmode').toLowerCase()=='window')
                new_embed.setAttribute('wmode','opaque');
            embed.parentNode.replaceChild(new_embed,embed);
        }
    }
    // loop through every object tag on the site
    var elementToAppend = document.createElement('param');
    elementToAppend.setAttribute('name', 'wmode');
    elementToAppend.setAttribute('value', 'opaque');
    var objects = document.getElementsByTagName('object');
    for (var i = 0; i < objects.length; i++) {
        var newObject = objects[i].cloneNode(true);
        elementToAppend = elementToAppend.cloneNode(true);
        newObject.appendChild(elementToAppend);
        objects[i].parentNode.replaceChild(newObject, objects[i]);
    }
}
window.onload = fix_flash;