function openNotifications(){
	jQuery.openDOMWindow({ 
			windowSourceID:'#notifications-window',
			height: 350,
			width: 690,
			loader:1, 
			loaderImagePath:'animationProcessing.gif', 
			loaderHeight:16, 
			loaderWidth:17,
			modal: true
		}); 
		jQuery('.close-window').closeDOMWindow({eventType:'click'});
		
		jQuery("#DOMWindowOverlay").css("position", "absolute").css("height", jQuery(document).height() + "px");
		jQuery('#close-notifications').click(function() {
			var auto = (jQuery('#autoShowNotifications').is(':checked')) ? 1 : 0;
			jQuery.get("/app_common/saveAutoNot.php", {"auto": auto})
		});
	
}