function setLeftColWidth(){

  var containerWidth = $('.content-column').outerWidth();
  var rightWidth = $('.right-column').outerWidth();
  var leftWidth = containerWidth - rightWidth;
  var leftColPadding = parseInt($('.left-column').css('padding-left').replace("px", ""));
  leftColPadding += parseInt($('.left-column').css('padding-right').replace("px", ""));
  $('.left-column').width(containerWidth - rightWidth - leftColPadding - 2);

}