function resizeHiliteColumns()
{
	var curHeight; 
	var curHilite;
	var heighest = 0;

	if (!W3CDOM) return;
// 	var allColumns = getElementsByClassName(document, "div", "homepage_hilite");
	var allColumns = getElementsByClassName(document, "div", "homepage_hilite");
// 	var allColumns = hasClass("homepage_hilite");
	for (var i=0; i<allColumns.length; i++)
	{		
		curHilite = allColumns[i].id;
		curHeight = document.getElementById(curHilite).offsetHeight;

		if(curHeight > heighest)
		{
			heighest = curHeight;
		}

// 		alert("ID:  "+curHilite+", HEIGHT:  "+curHeight);
	}

// 	alert("highest:  "+heighest);

	for (var i=0; i<allColumns.length; i++)
	{
		curHilite = document.getElementById(allColumns[i].id)
// 		curHilite = allColumns[i].id;
// 		allColumns[i].id.height = 440 + "px";
		curHilite.style.height = (heighest+20) + "px";

	}

	checkLoaded = true;

}

addLoadEvent(resizeHiliteColumns);



// function resizeMainColumns()
// {
// 	var curHeight; 
// 	var curHilite;
// 	var heighest = 0;
// 
// 	if (!W3CDOM) return;
// 
// 	mainHeight = document.getElementById("main_hilite").offsetHeight;
// 	sideHeight = document.getElementById("sidebar").offsetHeight;
// 
// // 	if(sideHeight > mainHeight)
// // 	{
// // 		mainHeight.style.height = (sideHeight+50) + "px";
// // 	}
// 
// 	alert("Main: "+mainHeight+"  Side: "+sideHeight);
// 
// }
// 
// addLoadEvent(resizeMainColumns);

function externalLinks() {

  var theLinks = document.links;

	if (!document.links)
		{
		document.links = document.getElementsByTagName('a');
		}


var thisDomain = window.location.hostname;


	for (i=0; i < theLinks.length; i++) {
		var thisLink = theLinks[i];
		  if (thisLink.href.indexOf(thisDomain) == -1 && thisLink.href.indexOf("javascript") == -1) {
    			thisLink.target = "_blank";
   			}
  	}
}

addLoadEvent(externalLinks);