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      $skipMain.on('click', function() {
        setTimeout(function() {
          $main.focus();
        }, 0)
      });

    })();

    (function () {


        //costco footer links
        if ($('body').hasClass('page-template-page-costco') || window.location.search === '?costco') {
            $('#menu-foot-2 a, #contact-minilink, #site-navbar .inquiry').each(function (i, domE) {
              // Contact us link
              $contactInnerHtml = $(domE)[0].innerHTML.indexOf('Contact');

              if($contactInnerHtml >= 0) {
                // Replace href with the costco contact-us href
                $(domE).attr('href', domE.href.replace('company/contact-us','contact-us-costco'));
              }
              $(this).attr('href', $(this).attr('href') + '?costco');
            });
        }


        $(document).ready(function () {
            var $compDrawer = $('[data-drawer]');
            if ($compDrawer.length) {
                $compDrawer.click(function () {
                    var $t = $(this),
                        $drawer = $($t.data('drawer'));

                    $drawer.slideToggle();
                    $t.toggleClass('showing-drawer');

                    $drawer.find('[data-drawer-close]').on('click', function () {
                        $drawer.slideUp(99);
                        $t.removeClass('showing-drawer');
                    });

                });
            }
        });

    })();

    (function () {

        var $bod = $('body'),
            //outbound link selector
            outbound = 'a[href^="http"]:not([href*="' + window.location.hostname + '"],[class="blank-ok"])',
            mailTo = 'a[href^="mailto:"]',
            $byeBg = $('#leaving-fcloans_bg'),
            $byeFg = $('#leaving-fcloans_fg'),
            $byeCancel = $('#leaving-fcloans_cancel'),
            $byeBtn = $('.leaving-fcloans_btn'),
            $warnBg = $('#email-warning_bg'),
            $warnFg = $('#email-warning_fg'),
            $warnCancel = $('#email-warning_cancel'),
            $warnBtn = $('.email-warning_btn'),
            $execEmailLink = $('.exec-link');

            $(mailTo).on('click', function(e) {
                e.preventDefault();

                setTimeout(function() {
                  $warnFg.trigger('focus');
                }, 200)
                url = $(this).prop('href');
                domain = url.indexOf("://") > -1 ? url.split('/')[2] : url.split('/')[0];
                domain = domain.split(':')[0];
                $warnBtn.html('<a class="blank-ok" href="' + url + '">Continue to ' + domain + '<i class="fa fa-caret-right"></a>');
                $bod.addClass('email-warning-notice');
            });

            $warnCancel.on('click', function() {
                $bod.removeClass('email-warning-notice');
            });

            $warnBtn.on('click', function() {
                $bod.removeClass('email-warning-notice');
            });

        $(document).on('click', outbound, function (e) {
            e.preventDefault();
            setTimeout(function() {
              $byeFg.trigger('focus');
            }, 200)
            var $self = $(this),
                url = $self.prop('href');
                domain = url.indexOf("://") > -1 ? url.split('/')[2] : url.split('/')[0];
                domain = domain.split(':')[0];
                $byeBtn.html('<a class="blank-ok" href="' + url + '" target="_blank">Continue to ' + domain + '<i class="fa fa-caret-right"></a>');
                $bod.addClass('leaving-fcloans-notice');
            });

        $byeCancel.on('click', function () {
            $bod.removeClass('leaving-fcloans-notice');
        });


        var formMsg = '<small class="form-conf-disclaimer">* Please do not include personal or confidential information in your message on this form or in an unsecure email you send to us.</small>';
        //contact form pages
        if ($bod.hasClass('page-template-page-contact-us')) {
            $('span.your-message').after(formMsg);
        } else if ($bod.hasClass('page-template-page-loan-inquiry') || $bod.hasClass('page-template-page-loan-inquiry_costco')) {
            $('span.text-loan').after(formMsg);
        }

        //fluid iframes in posts/pages
        if ($bod.hasClass('single')) {
            var $postContent = $('[itemprop="articleBody"]'),
                $iframe = $postContent.find('iframe');

            if ($iframe.length) {
                $iframe.each(function () {
                    var $t = $(this),
                        url = $t.attr('src');
                    if ($t.parent('p').length) {
                        $t.unwrap();
                    }
                    $t.wrap('<div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"></div>');

                    //never show related videos
                    if (url.indexOf('youtu') > -1) {
                        $t.attr({src: url + '&rel=0'});
                    }
                });
            }
        } //end fluid embeds

    })();


    jQuery(document).ready(function ($) {
        var $emailSignupForm = $('#email-footer-form');
        $("#city_select, #zip_select, .wpcf7-select").select2({allowClear: true});

        // show/hide email drop
        $('#emaildrop-open').on('click', () => {
          console.log('emailSignup called');
          $('#email-footer-input').focus();
        });

        // $('#ed_cancel').on('click', close());

        // show/hide email drop on focus
        $('#ed_name').on('focus', ()=> {

        });

    //     //campaign monitor form submissions
        $('#email-signup-form, #email-footer-form').submit(function (e) {

            e.preventDefault();
            var $this = $(this);

            $.getJSON(this.action + "?callback=?", $this.serialize(), function (data) {
                if (data.Status === 400) {
                    $this.prepend('<p>An error occurred, please try again later.</p>');
                } else { // 200
                    $this.html('<h4 class="thankyou-msg">Thank you for subscribing to our mailing list.</h4><p><span class="thankyou-close"><i class="fa fa-times"></i> Close</span></p>');
                    $this.find('.thankyou-close').click(function () {
                        $('body').removeClass('showing-email-drop');
                    });
                }
            });
        });


        if ($('#edu-single-hero').length) {

            $('.current_page_parent').removeClass('current_page_parent');
            $('.navbar-nav li:first-child').addClass('current_page_parent');

            $('a[href^=#]').on('click', function (event) {
                event.preventDefault();
                var selector = this.hash.replace('#', '');
                selector = '[name="' + selector + '"]';

                var $target = $(selector),
                    navHeight = $('#site-navbar').outerHeight(),
                    topOffset = $target.offset().top;

                $('html,body').animate({scrollTop: topOffset - navHeight}, 555);
            });
        }
       
    });
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