function elem(elemId) {
    return document.getElementById(elemId);
}
function getTestimonials(eventNm, pageNum) {
    var frm = elem('testimonialForm');    

    if (eventNm && eventNm == 'newState') {
       if ( elem('prevStateSelected').getAttribute('value') != elem('centerState').getAttribute('value')) {
           elem('centerCode').value = '';
       }
    }

    if (pageNum) {
        elem('pageNum').value = pageNum;
           //reset search field in case it was typed into
        elem('srchField').value =  elem('prevSrch').value;
    }

    frm.submit();
}

function toggleVideoDisplay(imgObj, testimonialId ) {    
   var newNode;
   /*
   var y= document.getElementsByTagName("embed");
   if (y.length == 1){  // existing embed obj -dont need to create it
       var parentObj =  y[0].parentNode;
       var existingVideo = parentObj.getAttribute("video");
       var existTestimId = parentObj.id.substring(2);
       var videoDiv = document.getElementById('v_' + existTestimId);
       var imgDiv = document.getElementById('img_' + existTestimId);
       imgDiv.style.display='block';
       videoDiv.style.display='none';
       newNode=y[0].cloneNode(true);
       newNode.removeAttribute("src");
       parentObj.removeChild(y[0]);
       parentObj.appendChild(document.createTextNode(" "));
   }
   else
   {
   */
       newNode = document.createElement("embed");
       newNode.setAttribute("style", "width:200px;height:163px");
       newNode.setAttribute("allowFullScreen", "true");
       newNode.setAttribute("allowScriptAccess", "true");
       newNode.setAttribute("FlashVars", "autoPlay=true&playerMode=simple");
   //}
    //  always set the src attribute and append to new VideoSpan
    var videoSpanObj = document.getElementById('v_' + testimonialId);
    videoSpanObj.removeChild(videoSpanObj.firstChild);    // get rid of text node
    var newVideoNum = videoSpanObj.getAttribute("video");
    newNode.setAttribute("src", "http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=melanie&hl=en&fs=true".replace(/melanie/, newVideoNum));
    videoSpanObj.appendChild(newNode);
    //alert (videoSpanObj.nodeName + ' ' + videoSpanObj.id + ' ' + videoSpanObj.parentNode.innerHTML);
    videoSpanObj.style.display='block';
    imgObj.style.display='none';
}