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"; 
	} 
} 
window.onload = externalLinks;


function externalLinksParent() { 
	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") == "parent") 
		anchor.target = "window.opener"; 
	} 
} 
window.onload = externalLinksParent;

function doAjax(targetURL, targetContainer){

	var fxBlink = function() {
		var box = $(this.options.update);
		var fx = new Fx.Style(box, 'color', {
			duration: 800,
			transition: Fx.Transitions.Quad.easeOut
			}).start('#000', '#FFF');
		}


		new Ajax(targetURL, {
			onComplete: fxBlink,
			update: $(targetContainer)

			}).request();	

		}

		function showResponse(request){
			//  alert(request);
		};