function writeHeader(signin_imagePath, signin_altTag, destinationLink) {
    homepageLink   = SESSIONS_SITE ;
    contactus_link = '/portal/scientificsessions/ss/contactus' ;
    logoutFormLink = '/portal/ss_authentication/html/logoutForm.jsp' ;
    newDestinationLink = SESSIONS_SITE + destinationLink;
    if (signin_altTag == 'Sign In') {
        logOut="";
        buttonWidth='120';
    } 
    else {
        logOut="<a href=" + logoutFormLink + "><img src='/includes/images/interface/signout.gif' alt='Log Out' border='0'></a>";
        buttonWidth='45';
    }
document.write('<table width="794" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">');
document.write('  <tr>');
document.write('  <td>');
document.write('<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">');
document.write('  <tr>');
document.write('    <td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">');
document.write('        <tr>');
document.write('          <td width="404">');
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="404" height="110">');
document.write('      <param name="movie" value="/includes/images/sci_sessions_404x110.swf">');
document.write('      <param name="quality" value="high">');
document.write('      <embed src="/includes/images/sci_sessions_404x110.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="404" height="110"></embed>');
document.write('    </object>');
document.write('</td>');
document.write('        </tr>');
document.write('      </table>');
document.write('    </td>');
document.write('    <td>');
							document.write('<table  border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">');
							document.write('        <tr>');
							document.write('          <td width="214"><a href="http://americanheart.org" target="_blank"><img src="/includes/images/ss_09_logo_02.gif" alt="American Heart Association" width="183" height="81" border="0"></a></td>');
							document.write('          <td width="176"><a href="http://scientificsessions.americanheart.org/portal/scientificsessions/ss/" target="_blank"><img src="/includes/images/ss_09_logo_03.gif" alt="Scientific Sessions 2009" width="207" height="81" border="0"></a></td>');
							document.write('        </tr>');	
document.write('        <tr valign="bottom">');
document.write('              <td width="0"  valign="bottom" align="right" colspan="2"><a href="',newDestinationLink,'"><img style="margin-top:14px" src="',signin_imagePath,'" width="73" height="15" alt="',signin_altTag,'" border="0"></a>',logOut,'</td>');
document.write('        </tr>');
							document.write('</table>');
document.write('    </td>');
document.write('  </tr>');
document.write('      </table>');
document.write('    </td>');
document.write('  </tr>');
document.write('  <tr>');
document.write('    <td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">');
document.write('        <tr bgcolor="#99ccff">');
document.write('          <td height="0"><img src="/includes/images/interface/spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>');
document.write('          <td width="100%" height="0" bgcolor="#99ccff"><img src="/includes/images/interface/spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>');
document.write('        </tr>');
document.write('      </table>');
document.write('    </td>');
document.write('  </tr>');
document.write('</table>');
}