function parseURLArgs(argstring)
{
  var URLargs = argstring.substring(1).split("&");

  var args = {};

  for (var paramCount = 0; paramCount < URLargs.length; paramCount++)
  {
    var argCombo = URLargs[ paramCount ].split("=");
    args[ unescape(argCombo[0]) ] = unescape(argCombo[1]);
  };

  return args;
}

function convertexternalurls()
{
  // Give all anchor's which point to another host a target="_blank"
  $$("a").each(
              function(anchornode)
              {
                var base = window.location.protocol + "//" + window.location.host;
                if (anchornode.href.substring(0, base.length) != base)
                  anchornode.target = "_blank";
              });
}

window.addEvent('domready', function() {
    convertexternalurls();
});