function showSpinner() { jQuery("#waitSpinner").css("visibility","visible"); }

function gotoState(ctl) {
		
	var abbrev, state;
	abbrev = ctl.value;
	if (abbrev != "") {
		if (abbrev == "DC") 
			state = "/dc";
		else {
			state = ctl.options[ctl.selectedIndex].text;
			state = "/" + (state.toLowerCase()).replace(" ","-");
		}
		showSpinner();
		window.location.href = state;
	}
}

/* UNUSED
//		var $j = jQuery.noConflict();
//		jQuery(function ($) {
		// You can safely use $ in this code block to reference jQuery
//		});
//		jQuery(function(){
//			jQuery(".map").maphilight({fade: false}); 		//set true for fading hover effect
//			$j('map > area').easyTooltip(); 					//use for html code version
//		});
*/