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1. Recommended Browsers

For Windows:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x, 6.x

Mozilla Firefox 1.5

For the Macintosh:

Safari 1.3

2. Plug-ins

Adobe Flash Player	download available here
Adobe Shockwave Player	download available here
Adobe Reader	download available here
Real Player	download available here
Microsoft Windows Media Player	download available here

3. JavaScript

This website uses JavaScript. If your browser is set to disable JavaScript, some of our web pages will either not function correctly or else will not display correctly. To be able to take full advantage of our website's functionality, we recommend you enable JavaScript in your browser's settings.

4. Cookies

This website uses cookies* as a means to make use of the website more convenient when you revisit it. We do not use cookies that are invasive of your privacy or would otherwise have an adverse effect on your computer. It is possible to set your browser to block cookies. Refer to the help files for your respective browser.

* Cookies are used as a standard part of monitoring web access on the Internet and can identify users with a string or other tracking method.

5. SSL

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is a protocol for encrypting information sent back and forth over the Internet. It is currently widely used to encrypt data used in web and FTP sites online as it enables private information to be sent in an encrypted manner. This website is a licensee of the privacy program made available by Verisign, Inc.

SSL-supporting Browsers

Internet Explorer was the first browser to fully support the use of SSL automatically. If your browser does not support SSL, you may be unable to access pages that use the SSL protocol, or you may be unable to enter data on the site. If you are accessing the Internet within a corporate LAN, your company firewall settings might not allow you to access sites using the SSL protocol.

How to Know when SSL Encryption is Enabled

You can tell when SSL encryption is enabled, as the web address will begin not with an http:// but with an https://. You will also see a key icon at the bottom right of your browser window.