$(document).ready(function(){ // This sets the opacity of the thumbs to fade down to 60% when the page loads
			
	//!TODO DO WE NEED TO RECALL ON RESIZE????
	resizeLeftBkg();

	//externalLinks
	//get around the strict validation problems
	//with target ="_blank" links

	 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";
	 }


	function resizeLeftBkg(){
	
		$("#leftside").css("height", $(document).height());
	}
});