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356				main.css('margin-top', 0);
357			}
358		}
359		var dropdown = $('.top-menu > .dropdown > .dropdown-menu').css('max-height', lg ? ($(window).height() - height) : 9999);
360	}
361	function updateFooter() {
362		$('main').css('margin-bottom', $(window).width() > 991 ? $('footer').height() : 0);
363	}
364	$(function(){
365		
366		updateHeader();
367		updateFooter();
368		$(window).resize(function(){
369			
370			updateHeader();
371			updateFooter();
372		});
373		
374		$(window).scroll(function(){
375			updateHeader();
376		});
377		$('header .top-menu .dropdown-item.dropdown-toggle').on('click', function(o){
378			$(this).toggleClass('active-dropdown');
379			$(this).next().hasClass('show')||$(this).parents('.dropdown-menu').first().find('.show').removeClass('show');
380			$(this).next('.dropdown-menu').toggleClass('show');
381			$(this).parent('li').toggleClass('show');
382			$(this).parents('li.nav-item.dropdown.show').on('hidden.bs.dropdown',function(o){
383				$('.dropdown-menu .show').removeClass('show');
384				$(this).removeClass('active-dropdown');
385			});
386			return false;
387		});
388		$('.search-button').click(function(e){
389			e.preventDefault();
390			$('.search-box').toggleClass('open');
391		});
392		setTimeout(function(){$('html').css('height', 'auto');}, 1000);
393	});	
394</script>
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394
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397
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