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 getObject(objectId) {
   if(document.getElementById && document.getElementById(objectId)) {
// W3C DOM
return document.getElementById(objectId);
   } else if (document.all && document.all(objectId)) {
// MSIE 4 DOM
return document.all(objectId);
   } else if (document.layers && document.layers[objectId]) {
// NN 4 DOM.. note: this won't find nested layers
return document.layers[objectId];
   } else {
return false;
   }
}