(function ($) {
// VERTICALLY ALIGN FUNCTION
$.fn.vAlign = function() {
     return this.each(function(i){
     var ah = $(this).height();
     var ph = $(this).parent().height();
     var mh = Math.ceil((ph-ah) / 2);
     $(this).css('padding-top', mh);
     });
};
})(jQuery);



$(document).ready(function(){

     //$('#logo').vAlign();
     $('#logo').css('padding-top', 18);

     var findSubNavLI = $("#subNav ul  > li ");
     if (findSubNavLI.length<1) {$("#subNav").css({'display' : 'none'}) };

     $('article p:first').addClass('firstP');

     
 // auto-pad the nav
     var ulWidth = $("ul#mainNavLinks").width();    //944
     var numLis = $("ul#mainNavLinks > li");        //7
     var sumOfLis = 0;
     
     $("ul#mainNavLinks > li > a").each(function () {
             var object = $(this);
             sumOfLis += object.width();
     });
     
     var remainingWidth = (ulWidth -  sumOfLis);
     var padRight = (remainingWidth / (2 * (numLis.length))); //doubling the number of lis to represent both sides of lis
     var padRight = Math.floor(padRight*100)/100;
     
     var xPadding = (padRight);
     $("ul#mainNavLinks > li > a").css({'padding-right' : xPadding });
     $("ul#mainNavLinks > li > a").css({'padding-left' : xPadding });
   






});