//check for or create a namespace
	if (typeof CNN === 'undefined') {
		var CNN = Class.create();
	}

	Element.addMethods({
		fireEvent: function(element,event){
			if(document.createEvent){
				// dispatch for firefox + others
				var evt = document.createEvent("HTMLEvents");
				evt.initEvent(event, true, true ); // event type,bubbling,cancelable
				return !element.dispatchEvent(evt);
			} else {
				// dispatch for IE
				var evt = document.createEventObject();
				return element.fireEvent('on'+event,evt);
			}
		}
	});

	//setup expandable elements module, using module pattern: http://yuiblog.com/blog/2007/06/12/module-pattern/
	CNN.expElements = function () {
	
		//"private" methods
		var resetVideo = function(mediaObj) {	
			if (mediaObj.container.select('object').length > 0) {
				try {
					if (mediaObj.player) {
						mediaObj.player.pause();
						//mediaObj.player.rewind();
					}
				} catch (e) {}
			//	delete mediaObj.player;
			}
		}; //end resetVideo

		var playVideoOrFlash = function(mediaObj) {	
			if (mediaObj.type == 'video') {
					cnnCVPAdSection = (typeof cnnCVPAdSectionInPage !== 'undefined') ? cnnCVPAdSectionInPage:'';
				if (typeof mediaObj.player === 'undefined') {
					mediaObj.player = cnnGetPlayer(mediaObj.source, '640x384_start_art_inpage', {});
				}

				if (swfobject.hasFlashPlayerVersion("9")) {
					mediaObj.player.embedSWF(mediaObj.mediaContainerId);
					mediaObj.player.g_domIdStr = mediaObj.containerId;
					mediaObj.player.g_context = '640x384_start_art_inpage';
				}
				try {
					if (mediaObj.player) {
						mediaObj.player.id.play();
					}
				} catch (e) {}
			} else {
				if (swfobject.hasFlashPlayerVersion("9")) {
					mediaObj.cvpObj.embedSWF(mediaObj.mediaContainerId);
				}
			}
		}; //end playVideoOrFlash
		
		var contractElement = function (close, image, timestamp, mediaObj) {
			close.removeClassName('box-opened');
			close.hide();
			mediaObj.container.hide();
			image.show();
			mediaObj.parentDiv.removeClassName('cnn_strylftcexp');	
			
			mediaObj.parentDiv.setStyle({
				paddingLeft: '10px'
			});
			
			var animate = new Effect.Morph(image, {
				afterFinish: function(){
					mediaObj.container.setStyle({ paddingTop: "0px" });
					image.setStyle({cursor: "pointer"});
					image.setAttribute("src", mediaObj.lgImage);
					timestamp.show();
					if (typeof mediaObj.clickToPlay !== 'undefined') { mediaObj.clickToPlay.show(); }
					if (mediaObj.type == 'video') {
						resetVideo(mediaObj);
					}
				}, 
				style: {
					width: mediaObj.origImageX + "px", 
					height: mediaObj.origImageY + "px", 
					paddingTop: "0px"
				},
				duration: 0.6,
				transition: Effect.Transitions.easeOutQuint
			});
		}; //end contractElement

		var correctBG = function(mediaObj){
			mediaObj.container.setStyle({
				background: "none"
			});
		};
		
		var expandElement = function (close, image, timestamp, mediaObj) {
			if (image.getWidth() > 300) {
				return;
			}
			
			playVideoOrFlash(mediaObj);
			
			if (typeof mediaObj.clickToPlay !== 'undefined') { mediaObj.clickToPlay.hide(); }
			timestamp.hide();

			//close any currently open boxes (technically should only be one)
			if ($$('.box-opened').length) {
				$$('.box-opened').each(function(val){
					Element.fireEvent(val, 'click');
				});
			}
			close.addClassName('box-opened');	

			image.setStyle({cursor: "default"});
			mediaObj.parentDiv.addClassName('cnn_strylftcexp');
			image.setAttribute("src", mediaObj.lgImage);
			mediaObj.parentDiv.setStyle({
				paddingLeft: '0px'
			});
			mediaObj.container.setStyle({
				background: "url(" + mediaObj.lgImage + ") 0px 40px no-repeat"
			});	
			
			var animate = new Effect.Morph(image, {
				beforeStart: function() {
					for (i in CVP.instances) {
						try {
							CVP.findInstance(i).pause();
						} catch(e) {}
					}
				},
				beforeFinish: function() {
					if (!swfobject.hasFlashPlayerVersion("9")) {
							$(mediaObj.container).update('<a href="http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/3.0/global/misc/640x360_no_flash.gif" width="640" height="360" alt="" border="0"></a>');
																mediaObj.container.show();
								image.hide();
					}
				},
				afterFinish: function(){
					mediaObj.container.setStyle({ paddingTop: "40px" });	
					close.show();
					close.setStyle({
						'cursor': "pointer"
					});
					if (mediaObj.type != 'video') {
						var checkReady = setInterval (function() {
							if (mediaObj.container.select('object').length > 0) {
								mediaObj.container.show();
								image.hide();
								clearInterval(checkReady);		
								setTimeout(function(){
                                                                        correctBG(mediaObj);
                                                                }, 300);
							}
						}, 100);
					} else {
						image.hide();
						mediaObj.container.show();
					}
				}, 
				style: {
					width: mediaObj.lgImageX + "px", 
					height: mediaObj.lgImageY + "px", 
					paddingTop: "40px"
				},
				duration: 0.6,
				transition: Effect.Transitions.easeOutQuint			
			});
			if(typeof mediaObj.contentType !== "undefined") {
				elementOpenOmni(mediaObj.contentType)
			}
									
		}; //end expandElement

		return  {
			init: function () {
			   
			//fixIE6flicker
			try {
				document.execCommand('BackgroundImageCache', false, true);
			} catch(e) {}
			
			//setup candidate divs
			$$('div.cnn_strylftcexpbx').each(
	            	function(val) {
														
	            		var close = val.select('div.cnn_strylceclbtn')[0];
	            		var image = val.select('img.box-image')[0];
	            		var timestamp = val.select('cite')[0];
						var mediaObj = eval('CNN.expElements.' + val.id + 'Store');
																		
						close.hide();
																		
						//preload large images
						if (mediaObj.lgImage !== 'false') {
							var preloadImg = new Image(mediaObj.lgImageX, mediaObj.lgImageY);
							preloadImg.src = mediaObj.lgImage;
						}
											
						//setup hidden video container w/large image for alt content
						var containerId = 'videoContainer' + val.id;
						image.insert ({
							'before':
							'<div id="' + containerId + '" class="parentMediaContainer"><div id="' + containerId + 'Media" class="mediaContainer" /></div>'
						});
						mediaObj.parentDiv = val;
						mediaObj.timestamp = timestamp;
						mediaObj.containerId = containerId;
						mediaObj.mediaContainerId = containerId + 'Media';
						mediaObj.mediaContainer = $(mediaObj.mediaContainerId);
						mediaObj.container = $(containerId);
						mediaObj.container.hide();
						
						//adding in play buttons
						if (mediaObj.type == 'video') {
							image.insert ({
                                                        	'before':
                                                        	'<div id="clickToPlay' + containerId + '" class="clickToPlay" />'
                                                	});	
							mediaObj.clickToPlay = $('clickToPlay' + containerId);
							mediaObj.clickToPlay.setStyle({cursor: "pointer"});
							Event.observe(mediaObj.clickToPlay, 'mouseover', function() { mediaObj.clickToPlay.addClassName('hover'); });
							Event.observe(mediaObj.clickToPlay, 'mouseout', function() { mediaObj.clickToPlay.removeClassName('hover'); });
							Event.observe(mediaObj.clickToPlay, 'click', function() { expandElement(close, image, timestamp, mediaObj);});						
						}
						
						//audio doesn't expand
						if (mediaObj.type == 'audio') {
							var mediaWidth = mediaObj.origImageX;
							var mediaHeight = mediaObj.origImageY;
							var wmode = 'opaque';
						} else {
							var mediaWidth = mediaObj.lgImageX;
							var mediaHeight = mediaObj.lgImageY;
							var wmode = 'transparent';
						}
						
						if (mediaObj.lgImage) {
							mediaObj.mediaContainer.update('<img src="' + mediaObj.lgImage + '" width="' + mediaWidth + '" height="' + mediaHeight + '" alt="" />');
						}
							
						//any data?
                                                if (typeof mediaObj.data === 'undefined') { mediaObj.data = ''; }

						//is it in image gallery?
						if (typeof mediaObj.galleryUrl === 'undefined') { mediaObj.galleryUrl = ''; }
						//has content type?
						if (typeof mediaObj.contentType === 'undefined') { mediaObj.contentType = ''; }
						
						//setup CVP (in this case, used for video and normal Flash)
						mediaObj.runOnce = false;
						mediaObj.cvpObj = new CVP({
							id : 'cvp_'+ containerId,
							width : mediaWidth,
							height : mediaHeight,
							flashVars : {
								galleryUrl :  mediaObj.galleryUrl,
								data : mediaObj.data
							},
							embed : {
								containerSwf : mediaObj.source,
								options : {
									wmode: wmode
								}
							}
						});
												
						//test if audio, no click listeners
						if (mediaObj.type == 'audio') {
							image.hide();
							close.addClassName('box-opened');
							close.show();
                                        		close.setStyle({
                                                		'position': 'absolute',
								'left': '-9999px'
                                        		});
							mediaObj.container.show();
							mediaObj.cvpObj.embedSWF(mediaObj.mediaContainerId);
						} else {
							//setup listeners 		
							image.setStyle({cursor: "pointer"});
							Event.observe(image, 'click', function() { expandElement(close, image, timestamp, mediaObj); });
							Event.observe(close, 'click', function() { contractElement(close, image, timestamp, mediaObj); });						
	            				}
			}			
	            );
					
				//setup candidate trigger links
				$$('a').findAll(function(s) { return s.readAttribute('rel') === 'triggerExpand'; }).each(function(link) {
					
					var valId = link.readAttribute('href').substring(1);
					var val = $(valId);
					
       			     		var close = val.select('div.cnn_strylceclbtn')[0];
            				var image = val.select('img.box-image')[0];
            				var timestamp = val.select('cite')[0];
					var mediaObj = eval('CNN.expElements.' + val.id + 'Store');
										
					link.writeAttribute('href','javas' + 'cript: void(0);');
					link.setStyle({cursor: "pointer"});
					
					Event.observe(link, 'click', function() {
							if (mediaObj.type != 'audio') {
								expandElement(close, image, timestamp, mediaObj);
							}
							val.scrollTo();
						}
					);

				});

			   
			} //end init
		};
	
	}(); //the parens here cause the anonymous function for 'expandable elements module' to execute and return