function countdown() {
  document.write('<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0" width="206" height="27">\n');
  document.write('<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />\n');
  document.write('<param name="movie" value="countdown.swf" />\n');
  document.write('<param name="quality" value="high" />\n');
  document.write('<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />\n');
  document.write('<param name="bgcolor" value="#cccccc" />\n');
  document.write('<embed src="countdown.swf" quality="high" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#cccccc" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="206" height="27"></embed>\n');
  document.write('</object>\n');
}