function externalLinks() { 
 if (!document.getElementsByTagName) return; 
 var anchors = document.getElementsByTagName("a"); 
 for (var i=0; i<anchors.length; i++) { 
   var anchor = anchors[i]; 
   if (anchor.getAttribute("href") && 
       anchor.getAttribute("rel") == "external") 
     anchor.target="_blank"; 
 } 
 checkPageSize();
 
} 
window.onload = externalLinks;

function openBrWindow(theURL,winName,features) { //v2.0
  window.open(theURL,winName,features);
}

function checkPageSize()
{

var myMenu = document.getElementById("left_menu");
var min_height = myMenu.offsetHeight+100;
var myContainer = "";
if(document.getElementById("contentcontainer"))
{
myContainer = document.getElementById("contentcontainer");
}
else if(document.getElementById("contentcontainer_2_cols"))
{
myContainer = document.getElementById("contentcontainer_2_cols");
}

 if(myContainer != "")
 {

if(myContainer.offsetHeight <= myMenu.offsetHeight)
{
min_height = min_height+50;
myContainer.style.height=min_height+"px"; 
}
}
}