// JS to control the main nav //////////////////////////////////////////////////
        function startmenu(){
           $(".navLinks").append("<span></span>"); 
           $(".navLinks").hoverIntent(
              function () {
                var newImage = $(".hoverState", this).attr('src').replace(/^(.*?)(\.(?:gif|jpg|png))$/, "$1_over$2");$(".hoverState", this).attr('src', newImage);  
                $(".subnav", this).slideDown('500');
              }, 
              
              function () {
                var newImage = $(".hoverState", this).attr('src').replace('_over', '');$(".hoverState", this).attr('src', newImage); 
	            $(".subnav", this).slideUp('500');
              }
            );

           $(".subnav").hoverIntent(function() {
                $(this).addClass("subhover");  
             }, 
             
             function(){
                $(this).removeClass("subhover");
            });
        };
        function fixfooter(){
        
			$("#footer").css("top", $(window).height() - 55 );

        }
        $(window).scroll(function () { 
		   fixfooter();
		    
		});

		$(window).resize(function(){
			  fixfooter();
			});

		$(document).ready(function(){
			 fixfooter();
		});


//this is to fix the wierd hover issue

/**
* hoverIntent r5 // 2007.03.27 // jQuery 1.1.2+
* <http://cherne.net/brian/resources/jquery.hoverIntent.html>
* 
* @param  f  onMouseOver function || An object with configuration options
* @param  g  onMouseOut function  || Nothing (use configuration options object)
* @author    Brian Cherne <brian@cherne.net>
*/
(function($){$.fn.hoverIntent=function(f,g){var cfg={sensitivity:7,interval:100,timeout:0};cfg=$.extend(cfg,g?{over:f,out:g}:f);var cX,cY,pX,pY;var track=function(ev){cX=ev.pageX;cY=ev.pageY;};var compare=function(ev,ob){ob.hoverIntent_t=clearTimeout(ob.hoverIntent_t);if((Math.abs(pX-cX)+Math.abs(pY-cY))<cfg.sensitivity){$(ob).unbind("mousemove",track);ob.hoverIntent_s=1;return cfg.over.apply(ob,[ev]);}else{pX=cX;pY=cY;ob.hoverIntent_t=setTimeout(function(){compare(ev,ob);},cfg.interval);}};var delay=function(ev,ob){ob.hoverIntent_t=clearTimeout(ob.hoverIntent_t);ob.hoverIntent_s=0;return cfg.out.apply(ob,[ev]);};var handleHover=function(e){var p=(e.type=="mouseover"?e.fromElement:e.toElement)||e.relatedTarget;while(p&&p!=this){try{p=p.parentNode;}catch(e){p=this;}}if(p==this){return false;}var ev=jQuery.extend({},e);var ob=this;if(ob.hoverIntent_t){ob.hoverIntent_t=clearTimeout(ob.hoverIntent_t);}if(e.type=="mouseover"){pX=ev.pageX;pY=ev.pageY;$(ob).bind("mousemove",track);if(ob.hoverIntent_s!=1){ob.hoverIntent_t=setTimeout(function(){compare(ev,ob);},cfg.interval);}}else{$(ob).unbind("mousemove",track);if(ob.hoverIntent_s==1){ob.hoverIntent_t=setTimeout(function(){delay(ev,ob);},cfg.timeout);}}};return this.mouseover(handleHover).mouseout(handleHover);};})(jQuery);