Solution: Flash movie flickers when using filter effects

I found that if I used the wmode="transparent" attribute when embedding a flash swf and the movie used the filter effects I would see a flicker when mousing over the item using the filter effects. To correct the problem I set the wmode to opaque.

jQuery test whether object exists

In jQuery in order to test whether and object or element (div, span, p, etc.) exists:

if ( $('#myDiv').length ) {
// run some code if myDiv exists
}