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					url: '/like/' + action,
					data: { entry_id: id, arc_token: window.arc_token },
					success: function(data, status, xhr)
					{
						if(data==1) 
						{
						}
					}
				});
				if ($(a).find('.fa-comments').length > 0)
				{
					a.html('<i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i>' + (action=='follow'?'Unfollow':'Follow'));
					if (action == 'follow')
						$(a).addClass('Following');
					else
						$(a).removeClass('Following');
				}
				else
				{
			    	a.html(action=='follow'?'Unfollow':'Follow');
			   	}						
			}
			a.attr('href', action=='follow'? (0-id): id);
		   	a.attr('style', action=='follow'? 'background-position:0 -24px; color:#0078FF;': '');

			return false;	
		});

		$(document).on('click', 'a.BustlerFollow', function(e)
		{
			if($(this).is('.login_trigger'))
				return;

			e.preventDefault();

			var a = $(this);
			var id =  parseInt(arc_pathname(a.attr('href'), true));
			var action = 'follow';

			if(id < 0) 
			{
				id = -id;
				action = 'unfollow';
			}
			
			if((id == arc_pathname(a.attr('href'), true) || -id == arc_pathname(a.attr('href'), true)) && id != 0) 
			{
			     $.ajax(
			     {
					type: 'POST', 
					url: '/bustlerfollow/' + action,
					data: { entry_id: id, arc_token: window.arc_token },
					success: function(data, status, xhr)
					{
						if(data==1) 
						{
						}
					}
				});
				
				a.html('<i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i>' + (action == 'follow' ? 'Unfollow': 'Follow'));
				if (action == 'follow')
					$(a).addClass('Following');
				else
					$(a).removeClass('Following');
									
			}
			a.attr('href', action == 'follow' ? (0 - id): id);
		    a.attr('style', action == 'follow' ? 'color:#0078FF;': '');

			return false;	
		});
	});
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	<!-- JavaScript for Slickbox -->


	<script type="text/javascript">

		$(document).ready(function(){

			$('#slickbox').hide();

			$(".TopheaderBackground").hoverIntent({
				over: slideDown,
				timeout: 100,
				out: slideUp
			});
		});

		function slideDown() {
			$('#slickbox').slideDown(300);
			$('#More').fadeOut(5);
		}

		function slideUp() {
			$('#slickbox').slideUp(100);
			$('#More').fadeIn(1000);
		}

	</script>

			<link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/redactor/redactor.min.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/redactor.archinect.css" />
<script src="/js/redactor/redactor.js"></script>
<script src="/js/redactor/plugins/source.js"></script>
<script src="/js/redactor/plugins/imagemanager.js"></script>
<script src="/js/redactor/plugins/removeformat.js"></script>

<!-- Text Alignment -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/js/redactor/plugins/alignment/alignment.css" />
<script src="/js/redactor/plugins/alignment/alignment.js"></script>

<!-- Codemirror -->
<link href="/js/redactor/plugins/codemirror/codemirror.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="/js/redactor/plugins/codemirror/codemirror.js"></script>
<script src="/js/redactor/plugins/codemirror/xml.js"></script><p>
<script src="/js/redactor/plugins/codemirror.js"></script>

<script type="text/javascript">

    function arc_editor(el) {
    	$(el).redactor({
			minHeight: 200,
			pasteBlockTags: ['ul', 'ol', 'li', 'p'],
			pasteInlineTags: ['strong', 'br', 'b', 'em', 'i'],
			imageUpload: '/redactor/upload',
			plugins: ['imagemanager'],
			buttons: ['bold', 'italic', 'lists', 'link', 'image'],
			callbacks:
			{
		        imageUpload: function(image, json)
		        {
		            $(image).replaceWith('<p><a href="' + json.original_image_url + '" class="floatbox" data-size="' + json.data_size + '"><img src="' + json.url + '" srcset="' + json.srcset + '" /></a></p>');
		        },
		        imageUploadError: function(json, xhr)
		        {
		            alert(json.message);
		        }
		    }
		});
    	/*
	$(el).ckeditor(function() {}, {
//			removePlugins: 'elementspath,scayt,menubutton,contextmenu',
			removePlugins: 'liststyle,tabletools,contextmenu',
			//plugins:'a11yhelp,basicstyles,bidi,blockquote,button,clipboard,colorbutton,colordialog,dialogadvtab,div,enterkey,entities,filebrowser,find,flash,font,format,forms,horizontalrule,htmldataprocessor,iframe,image,indent,justify,keystrokes,link,list,maximize,newpage,pagebreak,pastefromword,pastetext,popup,preview,print,removeformat,resize,save,smiley,showblocks,showborders,sourcearea,stylescombo,table,specialchar,tab,templates,toolbar,undo,wysiwygarea,wsc,vimeo,youtube',
			//toolbar: [['Bold', 'Italic', 'BulletedList', 'Link', 'Image', 'Youtube', 'Vimeo' ]],
			plugins:'a11yhelp,basicstyles,bidi,blockquote,button,clipboard,colorbutton,colordialog,dialogadvtab,div,enterkey,entities,filebrowser,find,flash,font,format,forms,horizontalrule,htmldataprocessor,iframe,image,indent,justify,keystrokes,link,list,maximize,newpage,pagebreak,pastefromword,pastetext,popup,preview,print,removeformat,resize,save,smiley,showblocks,showborders,sourcearea,stylescombo,table,specialchar,tab,templates,toolbar,undo,wysiwygarea,wsc,archinect',
			toolbar: [['Bold', 'Italic', 'BulletedList','NumberedList', 'Link', 'Image']],
			resize_dir: 'vertical',
			resize_enabled: false,
			//disableObjectResizing: true,
			forcePasteAsPlainText: true,
			disableNativeSpellChecker: false,
			scayt_autoStartup: false,
			skin: 'v2',
			height: 300,
			linkShowAdvancedTab: false,
			linkShowTargetTab: false,
			language: 'en',
			customConfig : '',
			toolbarCanCollapse: false  });
		*/
    }

	function arc_editor_feature(el) {
    	$(el).redactor({
			minHeight: 300,
			pasteBlockTags: ['ul', 'ol', 'li', 'p'],
			pasteInlineTags: ['strong', 'br', 'b', 'em', 'i'],
			imageUpload: '/redactor/upload',
			plugins: ['source', 'imagemanager'],
			buttons: ['html', 'format', 'bold', 'italic', 'underline', 'lists', 'link', 'image'],
			formatting: ['p'],
			formattingAdd: {
				"figcaption": {
					title: 'Caption',
					args: ['p', 'class', 'figcaption', 'toggle']
				},
				"subheading": {
					title: 'Subheading',
					args: ['h3', 'class', 'subheading', 'toggle']
				},
				"pullquote-left": {
					title: 'Quote Left',
					args: ['blockquote', 'class', 'pullquote-left', 'toggle']
				},
				"pullquote-centered": {
					title: 'Quote Centered',
					args: ['blockquote', 'class', 'pullquote-center', 'toggle']
				},
				"pullquote-right": {
					title: 'Quote Right',
					args: ['blockquote', 'class', 'pullquote-right', 'toggle']
				},
			},
			callbacks:
			{
		        imageUpload: function(image, json)
		        {
		            $(image).replaceWith('<p><a href="' + json.original_image_url + '" class="floatbox" data-size="' + json.data_size + '"><img src="' + json.url + '" srcset="' + json.srcset + '" /></a></p>');
		        },
		        imageUploadError: function(json, xhr)
		        {
		            alert(json.message);
		        }
		    }
		});
		/*
		$(el).ckeditor(function() {}, {
//			removePlugins: 'elementspath,scayt,menubutton,contextmenu',
			removePlugins: 'liststyle,tabletools,contextmenu',
			//plugins:'a11yhelp,basicstyles,bidi,blockquote,button,clipboard,colorbutton,colordialog,dialogadvtab,div,enterkey,entities,filebrowser,find,flash,font,format,forms,horizontalrule,htmldataprocessor,iframe,image,indent,justify,keystrokes,link,list,maximize,newpage,pagebreak,pastefromword,pastetext,popup,preview,print,removeformat,resize,save,smiley,showblocks,showborders,sourcearea,stylescombo,table,specialchar,tab,templates,toolbar,undo,wysiwygarea,wsc,vimeo,youtube',
			//toolbar: [['Bold', 'Italic', 'BulletedList', 'Link', 'Image', 'Youtube', 'Vimeo' ]],
			plugins:'a11yhelp,basicstyles,bidi,blockquote,button,clipboard,colorbutton,colordialog,dialogadvtab,div,enterkey,entities,filebrowser,find,flash,font,format,forms,horizontalrule,htmldataprocessor,iframe,image,indent,justify,keystrokes,link,list,maximize,newpage,pagebreak,pastefromword,pastetext,popup,preview,print,removeformat,resize,save,smiley,showblocks,showborders,sourcearea,stylescombo,table,specialchar,tab,templates,toolbar,undo,wysiwygarea,wsc,archinect',
			toolbar: [['Bold', 'Italic', 'BulletedList','NumberedList' , 'Link', 'Image','FontSize','TextColor']],
			resize_dir: 'vertical',
			resize_enabled: true,
			//disableObjectResizing: true,
			forcePasteAsPlainText: true,
			disableNativeSpellChecker: false,
			scayt_autoStartup: false,
			skin: 'v2',
			height: 300,
			toolbarCanCollapse: false  });
		*/
    }

    function arc_remove_editor(el) {
    	$(el).redactor('core.destroy');
    	/*
		$(el).ckeditor(function(){
			this.destroy();
		});
		*/
    }

    function arc_editor_423(el, extra_params) {
    	if (extra_params === undefined)
    	{    		
    		extra_params = false;
    	}
    	$('#' + el).redactor({
			minHeight: 200,
			pasteBlockTags: ['ul', 'ol', 'li', 'p'],
			pasteInlineTags: ['strong', 'br', 'b', 'em', 'i'],
			imageUpload: '/redactor/upload',
			plugins: ['imagemanager'],
			buttons: ['bold', 'italic', 'lists', 'link', 'image'],
			imageUploadFields: extra_params,
			callbacks:
			{
		        imageUpload: function(image, json)
		        {
		            $(image).replaceWith('<p><a href="' + json.original_image_url + '" class="floatbox" data-size="' + json.data_size + '"><img src="' + json.url + '" srcset="' + json.srcset + '" /></a></p>');
		        },
		        imageUploadError: function(json, xhr)
		        {
		            alert(json.message);
		        }
		    }
		});
    	/*
       CKEDITOR.replace(el , {
			allowedContent: 'p br b i ol ul li strong em center; a[*](*); img[*]; iframe[*]',
			removePlugins: 'liststyle,tabletools,contextmenu',
            plugins:'a11yhelp,basicstyles,bidi,blockquote,button,clipboard,colorbutton,colordialog,dialogadvtab,div,enterkey,entities,filebrowser,find,flash,font,format,forms,horizontalrule,iframe,image,indent,justify,link,list,maximize,newpage,pagebreak,pastefromword,pastetext,popup,preview,print,removeformat,resize,save,smiley,showblocks,showborders,sourcearea,stylescombo,table,specialchar,tab,templates,toolbar,undo,wysiwygarea,wsc,archinect,wysiwygarea',
			toolbar: [['Bold', 'Italic', 'BulletedList','NumberedList', 'Link', 'Image']],
			resize_dir: 'vertical',
			resize_enabled: true,
			//forcePasteAsPlainText: true,
			disableNativeSpellChecker: false,
			scayt_autoStartup: false,
			skin: 'v2',
			height: 300,
			linkShowAdvancedTab: false,
			linkShowTargetTab: false,
			language: 'en',
			customConfig : '',
			toolbarCanCollapse: false
        });
        */
    }

    function arc_editor_basic(el)
    {
    	$('#' + el).redactor({
			minHeight: 200,
			pasteBlockTags: ['ul', 'ol', 'li', 'p'],
			pasteInlineTags: ['strong', 'br', 'b', 'em', 'i'],
			buttons: ['bold', 'italic', 'lists', 'link']
		});
	}

	function arc_editor_423_admin(el, extra_params) {
		if (extra_params === undefined)
    	{
    		extra_params = false;
    	}
		$('#' + el).redactor({
			minHeight: 300,
			pasteBlockTags: ['ul', 'ol', 'li', 'p'],
			pasteInlineTags: ['strong', 'br', 'b', 'em', 'i'],
			imageUpload: '/redactor/upload',
			plugins: ['codemirror', 'imagemanager', 'removeformat', 'alignment'],
			codemirror: {
				lineNumbers: true,
				lineWrapping: true,
				mode: 'xml',
				indentUnit: 4
			},
			buttons: ['html', 'format', 'bold', 'italic', 'underline', 'lists', 'link', 'image'],
			formatting: ['p'],
			formattingAdd: {
				"figcaption": {
					title: 'Caption',
					args: ['p', 'class', 'figcaption', 'toggle']
				},
				"subheading": {
					title: 'Subheading',
					args: ['h3', 'class', 'subheading', 'toggle']
				},
				"pullquote-left": {
					title: 'Quote Left',
					args: ['blockquote', 'class', 'pullquote-left', 'toggle']
				},
				"pullquote-centered": {
					title: 'Quote Centered',
					args: ['blockquote', 'class', 'pullquote-center', 'toggle']
				},
				"pullquote-right": {
					title: 'Quote Right',
					args: ['blockquote', 'class', 'pullquote-right', 'toggle']
				},
			},
			imageUploadFields: extra_params,
			callbacks:
			{
		        imageUpload: function(image, json)
		        {
		             $(image).replaceWith('<p><a href="' + json.original_image_url + '" class="floatbox" data-size="' + json.data_size + '"><img src="' + json.url + '" srcset="' + json.srcset + '" /></a></p>');
		        },
		        imageUploadError: function(json, xhr)
		        {
		            alert(json.message);
		        }
		    }
		});
		/*
       CKEDITOR.replace(el , {
			allowedContent: 'p br b i ol ul li strong em center; a[*]{*}(*); img[*]; iframe[*]',
			removePlugins: 'liststyle,tabletools,contextmenu',
            plugins:'a11yhelp,basicstyles,bidi,blockquote,button,clipboard,colorbutton,colordialog,dialogadvtab,div,enterkey,entities,filebrowser,find,flash,font,format,forms,horizontalrule,iframe,image,indent,justify,link,list,maximize,newpage,pagebreak,pastefromword,pastetext,popup,preview,print,removeformat,resize,save,smiley,showblocks,showborders,sourcearea,stylescombo,table,specialchar,tab,templates,toolbar,undo,wysiwygarea,wsc,archinect,wysiwygarea',
			toolbar: [['Bold', 'Italic', 'BulletedList','NumberedList', 'Link', 'Image', 'Source']],
			resize_dir: 'vertical',
			resize_enabled: true,
			//forcePasteAsPlainText: true,
			disableNativeSpellChecker: false,
			scayt_autoStartup: false,
			skin: 'v2',
			height: 300,
			linkShowAdvancedTab: false,
			linkShowTargetTab: false,
			language: 'en',
			customConfig : '',
			toolbarCanCollapse: false
        });
        */
    }

    function arc_editor_feature_423(el, extra_params) 
    {
    	if (extra_params === undefined)
    	{    		
    		extra_params = false;
    	}
    	$('#' + el).redactor({
			minHeight: 300,
			pasteBlockTags: ['ul', 'ol', 'li', 'p'],
			pasteInlineTags: ['strong', 'br', 'b', 'em', 'i'],
			imageUpload: '/redactor/upload',
			plugins: ['source', 'imagemanager'],
			buttons: ['html', 'format', 'bold', 'italic', 'underline', 'lists', 'link', 'image'],
			formatting: ['p'],
			formattingAdd: {
				"figcaption": {
					title: 'Caption',
					args: ['p', 'class', 'figcaption', 'toggle']
				},
				"subheading": {
					title: 'Subheading',
					args: ['h3', 'class', 'subheading', 'toggle']
				},
				"pullquote-left": {
					title: 'Quote Left',
					args: ['blockquote', 'class', 'pullquote-left', 'toggle']
				},
				"pullquote-centered": {
					title: 'Quote Centered',
					args: ['blockquote', 'class', 'pullquote-center', 'toggle']
				},
				"pullquote-right": {
					title: 'Quote Right',
					args: ['blockquote', 'class', 'pullquote-right', 'toggle']
				},
			},
			imageUploadFields: extra_params,
			callbacks:
			{
		        imageUpload: function(image, json)
		        {
		             $(image).replaceWith('<p><a href="' + json.original_image_url + '" class="floatbox" data-size="' + json.data_size + '"><img src="' + json.url + '" srcset="' + json.srcset + '" /></a></p>');
		        },
		        imageUploadError: function(json, xhr)
		        {
		            alert(json.message);
		        }
		    }
		});
    	/*
        CKEDITOR.replace(el , {
            allowedContent: 'p br b i ol ul li strong em center; a[*]{*}(*); img[*]; span[*]{*}(*); iframe[*]',
            removePlugins: 'liststyle,tabletools,contextmenu',
            plugins:'a11yhelp,basicstyles,bidi,blockquote,button,clipboard,colorbutton,colordialog,dialogadvtab,div,enterkey,entities,filebrowser,find,flash,font,format,forms,horizontalrule,iframe,image,indent,justify,link,list,maximize,newpage,pagebreak,pastefromword,pastetext,popup,preview,print,removeformat,resize,save,smiley,showblocks,showborders,sourcearea,stylescombo,table,specialchar,tab,templates,toolbar,undo,wysiwygarea,wsc,archinect,wysiwygarea',
			toolbar: [['Bold', 'Italic', 'BulletedList','NumberedList' , 'Link', 'Image','FontSize','TextColor']],
			resize_dir: 'vertical',
			resize_enabled: true,
			//disableObjectResizing: true,
			//forcePasteAsPlainText: true,
			disableNativeSpellChecker: false,
			scayt_autoStartup: false,
			skin: 'v2',
			height: 300,
			linkShowAdvancedTab: false,
			linkShowTargetTab: false,
			language: 'en',
			customConfig : '',
			toolbarCanCollapse: false
        });
        */
    }

	function arc_editor_feature_423_admin(el, extra_params) 
	{
		if (extra_params === undefined)
    	{    		
    		extra_params = false;
    	}
		$('#' + el).redactor({
			minHeight: 300,
			pasteBlockTags: ['ul', 'ol', 'li', 'p'],
			pasteInlineTags: ['strong', 'br', 'b', 'em', 'i'],
			imageUpload: '/redactor/upload',
			plugins: ['codemirror', 'imagemanager', 'removeformat', 'alignment'],
			codemirror: {
				lineNumbers: true,
				lineWrapping: true,
				mode: 'xml',
				indentUnit: 4
			},
			buttons: ['html', 'format', 'bold', 'italic', 'underline', 'lists', 'link', 'image'],
			formatting: ['p'],
			formattingAdd: {
				"figcaption": {
					title: 'Caption',
					args: ['p', 'class', 'figcaption', 'toggle']
				},
				"subheading": {
					title: 'Subheading',
					args: ['h3', 'class', 'subheading', 'toggle']
				},
				"pullquote-left": {
					title: 'Quote Left',
					args: ['blockquote', 'class', 'pullquote-left', 'toggle']
				},
				"pullquote-centered": {
					title: 'Quote Centered',
					args: ['blockquote', 'class', 'pullquote-center', 'toggle']
				},
				"pullquote-right": {
					title: 'Quote Right',
					args: ['blockquote', 'class', 'pullquote-right', 'toggle']
				},
			},
			imageUploadFields: extra_params,
			callbacks:
			{
		        imageUpload: function(image, json)
		        {
		            $(image).replaceWith('<p><a href="' + json.original_image_url + '" class="floatbox" data-size="' + json.data_size + '"><img src="' + json.url + '" srcset="' + json.srcset + '" /></a></p>');
		        },
		        imageUploadError: function(json, xhr)
		        {
		            alert(json.message);
		        }
		    }
		});
		/*
        CKEDITOR.replace(el , {
			allowedContent: 'p br b i ol ul li strong em center; a[*]{*}(*); img[*]; span[*]{*}(*); iframe[*]',
			removePlugins: 'liststyle,tabletools,contextmenu',
            plugins:'a11yhelp,basicstyles,bidi,blockquote,button,clipboard,colorbutton,colordialog,dialogadvtab,div,enterkey,entities,filebrowser,find,flash,font,format,forms,horizontalrule,iframe,image,indent,justify,link,list,maximize,newpage,pagebreak,pastefromword,pastetext,popup,preview,print,removeformat,resize,save,smiley,showblocks,showborders,sourcearea,stylescombo,table,specialchar,tab,templates,toolbar,undo,wysiwygarea,wsc,archinect,wysiwygarea',
			toolbar: [['Bold', 'Italic', 'BulletedList','NumberedList' , 'Link', 'Image','FontSize','TextColor', 'Source']],
			resize_dir: 'vertical',
			resize_enabled: true,
			//disableObjectResizing: true,
			//forcePasteAsPlainText: true,
			disableNativeSpellChecker: false,
			scayt_autoStartup: false,
			skin: 'v2',
			height: 300,
			linkShowAdvancedTab: false,
			linkShowTargetTab: false,
			language: 'en',
			customConfig : '',
			toolbarCanCollapse: false
        });
        */
    }

    function arc_remove_editor_423 (el) {
    	$(el).redactor('core.destroy');
    	/*
        if(CKEDITOR.instances[el]) {
            CKEDITOR.instances[el].destroy();
        }
        */
    }
</script>
		<script type="text/javascript">
	$(document).ready(function(){
		$('.AnchorScroller').click(function() {
		   var elementClicked = $(this).attr("href");
		   var destination = $(elementClicked).offset().top;
		   $("html:not(:animated),body:not(:animated)").animate({ scrollTop: destination-0}, 300 );
		   return false;
		});
	});
	</script>
	<script type="text/javascript" src="/js/jquery.fitvids.js"></script>	<script type="text/javascript">

$(document).ready(function () {

  	$('.StickyBannerContainer').hide();

	var ColContentBottom = $('.ColContent').position().top+$('.ColContent').outerHeight(true);
	var ColSidebarBottom = $('.ColSidebar').position().top+$('.ColSidebar').outerHeight(true);

	if (ColContentBottom > ColSidebarBottom) {
		$('.StickyBannerContainer').show()
	};

  var top = $('#StickyBanner').offset().top - parseFloat($('#StickyBanner').css('marginTop').replace(/auto/, 0));
  $(window).scroll(function (event) {
	// what the y position of the scroll is
	var y = $(this).scrollTop();

	// whether that's below the form
	if (y >= top) {
	  // if so, ad the fixed class
	  $('#StickyBanner').addClass('fixed');
	} else {
	  // otherwise remove it
	  $('#StickyBanner').removeClass('fixed');
	}
  });

});

</script>
	<script type="text/javascript">
var action_referer = null;
function arc_comment_head_actions(suffix) {				

				suffix = (typeof suffix == "undefined")? '': suffix;

				$('#arc_new_comment').hide();

                        	$.ajax({
                                        type: 'GET',
                                        url: '/post_comment'+suffix+'/' + (new Date().getTime()) + arc_pathname(document.location.pathname),

                                        success: function(data, status, xhr){
                                                $('#arc_new_comment').html(data);
                                                $('#arc_new_comment').slideDown();
												if(suffix != '_ios')
													arc_editor_423( 'body_html' );
						
										}
							});

				$(document).on('click', 'a.arc_edit_comment', function(e){

					e.preventDefault();

					arc_remove_editor_423( 'body_html' );
                    $('#arc_new_comment').remove();

					var id =arc_pathname( $(this).attr('href'), true);

					$.ajax({
						type: 'GET',
						url: '/edit_comment'+suffix+'/' + (new Date().getTime()) + '/' + id + arc_pathname(document.location.pathname),

						success: function(data, status, xhr){

							if( data > '' ) {
								$('#arc_comment_'+id).replaceWith(data);
								arc_editor_423( $('.editor').attr('id') );
								$('a.arc_edit_comment').hide();
							}
						}
					});
					return false;
				});
/*
				$('a.arc_flag_comment').click(function(e){

					e.preventDefault();

					var id = arc_pathname($(this).attr('href'), true);

					var button = this;

					$.ajax({
						type: 'POST',
						url: '/flag_comment',
						data: {id: id, arc_token: window.arc_token},
						success: function(data, status, xhr){

							if( data > '' ) {

								$(button).replaceWith( '<span class="Flagged">Flagged</span>' );
							}
						}
					});
					return false;
				});
	*/			
				$(document).on('click', "a.arc_reply_comment", function(){
					var id = arc_pathname($(this).attr('href'), true);
					var reply_container = $(".arc_reply_comment_box").parents(".ReplyComments");
					$(".arc_reply_comment_box").remove();
					if ($(reply_container).find(".Line").length == 0)
						$(reply_container).remove();
					
					var container = $(this).parents(".Line");
					if (!$(container).find(".ReplyComments").length)
						$(container).append('<div class="ReplyComments"></div>');										
									
					$(container).find(".ReplyComments").append('<div class="arc_reply_comment_box CommentBox ReplyCommentBox"></div>');
					var referrer = $(this);
					$(".ReplyHelp").remove();
					$("a.arc_reply_comment").show();
					$(".BottomReply").show();
					$(container).find(".BottomReply").hide();
					$.ajax({
                         type: 'POST',
                         data: {'reply_id': id},
                         url: '/post_comment'+suffix+'/' + (new Date().getTime()) + arc_pathname(document.location.pathname),
                         success: function(data, status, xhr){
                           $('.arc_reply_comment_box').html(data);
                           $('.arc_reply_comment_box').show();
									//arc_editor_423($(".arc_reply_comment_box .editor").attr('id'));		
									$("html, body").animate({
								        scrollTop: $('.arc_reply_comment_box').offset().top-200 
								   }, 500);								   
								   $("#reply_body_html").autogrow();
								   $("#reply_body_html").focus();
								   $("#reply_body_html").keyup(function(e){
								   	if (e.keyCode == 13){
								   		if ($.trim($(this).val()) != '')	
								   			$('.arc_reply_comment_box #comment_reply_form').submit();
								   	}
								   });
								   $(referrer).hide();
								   if (!$(referrer).hasClass('BottomReply'))
								   	$('<span class="ReplyHelp" style="display: inline;">reply below ↓</span>').insertAfter($(referrer));
								}
					});
					return false;
				});
				
				$(document).on('click', "#cancel_reply_button", function(){
					$(".arc_reply_comment_box").remove();
				});
				
				$(document).on('click', ".CommentAction", function(){
					var status = $(this).attr('rel');
					var modal_data = [];
					if (status == 'ignore')
						modal_data = co['ignore'];
					else if(status == 'block')
						modal_data = co['block'];
					else if(status == 'unblock')
						modal_data = co['unblock'];	
					else if(status == 'flag')
						modal_data = co['flag'];
					else if (status == '30')
						modal_data = co['feature'];
					else if (status == '15'){
						var prev = $(this).attr("prev");
	       			if (prev == 'hidden')
	       				modal_data = co['show'];
	       			else
	       				modal_data = co['unfeature'];
					}
					else if (status == '25')
						modal_data = co['hide'];
								
					$("#comment_moderation .ModalTitle h1").html(modal_data.title);
					$("#comment_moderation .description").html(modal_data.description);
					$("#comment_moderation #submit_button").val(modal_data.submit);
					$("#comment_moderation").modal();
					action_referer = $(this);
					return false;	
				});
				
				$(document).on('click', ".arc_view_hidden_comment", function(){					
					var id = $(this).attr('href');
					$(".arc_comment_" + id).show();
					$(".arc_comment_" + id).prev('.HiddenLine').remove();
					return false;	
				});
				
				$(document).on('submit', 'form.arc_ajax_comment', function(e)
				{
					e.preventDefault();
     				var form = $(this);
					/*
					if( typeof( arc_remove_editor_423 ) == 'function' ) {
						arc_remove_editor_423($('form.arc_ajax_comment .editor').attr('id'));
					}
					*/
					$("form.arc_ajax_comment .CommentForm").hide();
					//arc_filterform(form);
	
					$('<input>').attr({
						    type: 'hidden',
						    name: 'arc_token',
						    value: window.arc_token
					}).appendTo(form);
	
					$.ajax({
						type: 'POST',
						url: $(form).attr('action'),
						data: $(form).serialize(),
						success: function(data, status, xhr){
							$('body').append("<div style='display:none' id='temp_append'>" + data + "</div>");
							data = $("#temp_append").clone();
							$("#temp_append").remove();
							if (!$(data).find(".arc_ajax_comment").length){
								var parent_node = $(".arc_reply_comment_box").parents(".Line");
								$(parent_node).find(".BottomReply").remove();
								if ($(parent_node).find(".ReplyComments").length > 0){
									$(parent_node).find(".ReplyComments").append($(data).html());									
								}
								else{
									$(parent_node).append('<div class="ReplyComments">' + $(data).html() + '</div>');
								}
								$(".arc_reply_comment_box").remove();
								$(".ReplyHelp").remove();
								$("a.arc_reply_comment").show();
							}
							else{
								$(form).replaceWith($(data).html());
								$("form.arc_ajax_comment .CommentForm").slideDown();
								/*if( typeof( arc_editor_423 ) == 'function' ) {
									arc_editor_423($('form.arc_ajax_comment .editor').attr('id'));
								}*/
							}							
						}
					});	
					return false;
				});
				
				$(".comment_user_1>.Top>.Right>.CommentModerate li .HidingAction,.comment_user_1>.Top>.Right>.CommentModerate li .BlockingAction,.comment_user_1>.Top>.Right>.CommentModerate li a[rel=ignore], .comment_user_1>.Top>.Right>.CommentModerate li .arc_flag_comment").remove();
}		

$(document).ready(function(){
	$('.TooltipUser').tipsy({gravity: 'w', html: true, offset: 10, delayOut: 500});	
	
	$(document).on('click', "#comment_moderation #cancel_button", function(){
		$.modal.close();
	});
	$(document).on('click', "#comment_moderation #submit_button", function(){
		if (action_referer != null){
			if ($(action_referer).hasClass('arc_flag_comment'))
				flag_comment(action_referer);
			else
				update_comment_status(action_referer);
		}
		action_referer = null;
		$.modal.close();
	});
	
	var comment_modal = $("#comment_modal").clone();
	$("#comment_modal").remove();
	$('body').append($(comment_modal).html());
});

function update_comment_status(point){	
	$(point).hide();
	$("<img src='/images/nav/ajax-loader.gif' id='temp-loader' style='margin: 0 20px;'>").insertAfter($(point));
	var data = {"id": $(point).attr('href'), "status": $(point).attr('rel')};
	$.ajax({
       type: 'POST',
       data: data,
       url: '/update_comment_status',
       success: function(result, status, xhr){
       	$(point).show();
       	$("#temp-loader").remove();
       	result = $.parseJSON(result);
       	if (result.status == 'success')
       	{
       		if (data.status == 'ignore'){
	       		$(".comment_user_" + data.id).slideUp();
	       		var username = $(".comment_user_" + data.id + " .UserName").clone();
	       		$(username[0]).find(".UserInfo").remove();
	       		$('<div class="Line IgnoredComment"><span><strong>' + $(username[0]).text() + '</strong> is ignored by you</span> <a href="/account/hub#ignore-settings">Edit Ignore Settings</a></div>').insertBefore(".comment_user_" + data.id);
	       	}
	       	else if (data.status == 'block')
	       	{
	       		var touch = ".comment_user_" + result.data.user_id;
	       		$(touch).addClass("BlockedComment").removeClass("FeaturedComment HiddenComment");
	       		$(touch + ">.Top>.Right>.CommentModerate>ul>li>.BlockingAction").html(co.unblock.text).attr("rel", "unblock").attr("original-title", co.unblock.title);
	       		$(touch + ">.Top>.Right>.CommentModerate>ul>li>.FeaturingAction").html(co.feature.text).attr("rel", 30).attr("original-title", co.feature.title);
	       		$(touch + ">.Top>.Right>.CommentModerate>ul>li>.HidingAction").html(co.hide.text).attr("rel", 25).attr("original-title", co.hide.title);
	       		$("#featured_comments_section .comment_user_" + result.data.user_id).remove();	
	       	}
				else if (data.status == 'unblock')
	       	{
	       		var touch = ".comment_user_" + result.data.user_id;
	       		$(touch).removeClass("BlockedComment");
	       		$(touch + ">.Top>.Right>.CommentModerate>ul>li>.BlockingAction").html(co.block.text).attr("rel", "block").attr("original-title", co.block.title);	
	       	}
	       	else if(data.status == '30')
	       	{
	       		window.location.reload();
	       		/*
	       		$("#arc_comment_" + data.id).addClass("FeaturedComment").removeClass("BlockedComment HiddenComment");       		
	       		$(point).html(co.unfeature.text).attr("rel", 15).attr("original-title", co.unfeature.title);
	       		$("#arc_comment_" + data.id + ">.Top>.Right>.CommentModerate>ul>li>.BlockingAction").html(co.block.text).attr("rel", "block").attr("original-title", co.block.title);
	       		$("#arc_comment_" + data.id + ">.Top>.Right>.CommentModerate>ul>li>.HidingAction").html(co.hide.text).attr("rel", 25).attr("original-title", co.hide.title);
	       		$("#arc_comment_" + data.id + ">.Top").prepend('<div class="FeaturedCommentMarker"><div class="Ribbon">Featured Comment</div><div class="Ribbontip"></div></div>');
	       		if (!$("#featured_comments_section").length){
	       			var selector = $(".All-Comments-Header").length > 0 ? ".All-Comments-Header": "#comments_section";
	       			selector = $(".CommentBanner").length ? ".CommentBanner": selector;
	       			$('<div class="Head FeaturedComments"><div class="Right"><a href="#EntryAnchor" class="AnchorScroller">Back to Top &nbsp;↑</a></div><div class="FeaturedCommentMarker"><div class="Ribbon"><h2><span id="featured_comment_counter">1</span> Featured Comment</h2></div><div class="Ribbontip"></div></div></div><div id="featured_comments_section" class="FeaturedCommentsSection"></div>').insertBefore(selector);
	       		}else{
						var featured_comment_counter = parseInt($("#featured_comment_counter").html());
						featured_comment_counter++;
						$("#featured_comment_counter").parent('h2').html('<span id="featured_comment_counter">' + featured_comment_counter + '<span> Featured Comments');	       		
	       		}
	       		$("#featured_comments_section").append('<div id="arc_featured_comment_' + data.id + '" class="Line arc_comment_' + data.id + ' comment_user_' + result.data.user_id + ' FeaturedComment">' + $("#arc_comment_" + data.id).clone().html() + '</div>');
	       		$("#featured_comments_section #arc_featured_comment_" + data.id + " .Right").remove();
	       		$("#featured_comments_section #arc_featured_comment_" + data.id + " .ReplyComments").remove();
	       		$("#featured_comments_section #arc_featured_comment_" + data.id + " .arc_reply_comment").remove();
	       		$("#featured_comments_section #arc_featured_comment_" + data.id + " .FeaturedCommentMarker").remove();
	       		*/
	       	}
	       	else if(data.status == '15')
	       	{
	       		var prev = $(point).attr("prev");
	       		if (prev == 'hidden')
	       		{
	       			$("#arc_comment_" + data.id).prev('.HiddenLine').remove();
	       			$("#arc_comment_" + data.id).removeClass("HiddenComment");
	       			$(point).html(co.hide.text).attr("rel", 25).attr("original-title", co.hide.title);	
	       		}
	       		else
	       		{
	       			window.location.reload();
	       			/*
	       			$("#arc_comment_" + data.id).removeClass("FeaturedComment");
	       			$("#arc_comment_" + data.id + ">.Top>.FeaturedCommentMarker").remove();
	       			var featured_comment_counter = parseInt($("#featured_comment_counter").html());
						featured_comment_counter--;
						if (featured_comment_counter == 0){
							$(".FeaturedComments").remove();
							$("#featured_comments_section").remove();	
						}else{
							$("#featured_comment_counter").parent('h2').html('<span id="featured_comment_counter">' + featured_comment_counter + '<span> Featured Comment' + (featured_comment_counter > 1 ? 's': ''));	
						}						
	       			$(point).html(co.feature.text).attr("rel", 30).attr("original-title", co.feature.title);
	       			$("#featured_comments_section").find("#arc_featured_comment_" + data.id).remove();
	       			*/
	       		}
	       	}
	       	else if(data.status == '25')
	       	{
	       		$("#featured_comments_section #arc_featured_comment_" + data.id).remove();
	       		var user_html = $("#arc_comment_" + data.id + ">.Top>.user-title").clone();
	       		$(user_html).find(".UserInfo").remove();
	       		$(user_html).find(".UserName").css("display", "inline");       		
	       		$("<div class='Line HiddenLine'><span><strong>" + $.trim($(user_html).text()) +"</strong>'s comment has been hidden.</span> <a class='arc_view_hidden_comment' href='" + data.id + "'>View comment</a></div>").insertBefore("#arc_comment_" + data.id);
	       		$("#arc_comment_" + data.id).hide().removeClass("FeaturedComment BlockedComment");
	       		$(point).html(co.show.text).attr("rel", 15).attr("original-title", co.show.title).attr("prev", 'hidden');
	       		$("#arc_comment_" + data.id + ">.Top>.Right>.CommentModerate>ul>li>.BlockingAction").html(co.block.text).attr("rel", "block").attr("original-title", co.block.title);
	       		$("#arc_comment_" + data.id + ">.Top>.Right>.CommentModerate>ul>li>.FeaturingAction").html(co.feature.text).attr("rel", 30).attr("original-title", co.feature.title);
     			}
	       	else
	       	{
	         	window.location.reload();
	         }	
       	}
       	else if(result.status == 'error')
       	{
       		alert(result.message);
       	}       	
		}
	});	
}

function flag_comment(point){
	var id = arc_pathname($(point).attr('href'), true);
	$.ajax({
		type: 'POST',
		url: '/flag_comment',
		data: {id: id, arc_token: window.arc_token},
		success: function(data, status, xhr){
			if( data > '' ) {
				$(point).replaceWith('<span class="Flagged">Flagged</span>');
			}
		}
	});	
}

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        return this.each(function() {
            var textarea = this;
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            $(textarea).focus(function() {
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            }).blur(function() {
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    };
    $.fn.autogrow.resize = function(textarea) {    
        var lineHeight = parseInt($(textarea).css('line-height'), 10);       
        var lineCount = Math.ceil(textarea.value.length / (textarea.cols + 20));
        var height = lineHeight * (lineCount + 1);
        $(textarea).css('height', height);
    };
})(jQuery);
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	<script type="text/javascript">
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		$(".Thumb img").hover(function(){
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			e.preventDefault();

			if ($(this).attr('full_modal_url') == undefined)
			{
				var full_modal_url = '/user_stats/post/' + $(this).attr('rel') + arc_pathname(document.location.pathname);
				$(this).attr('href', full_modal_url);
				$(this).attr('full_modal_url', 1);
			}
			$(this).modal();
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								<em>No other major metropolitan area in the U.S. has grown faster than Houston over the last decade, with a significant portion of new construction occurring in areas that the federal government considers prone to flooding.<br /><br />But much of that new real estate in those zones did just fine, a Times analysis has found.</em>
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