//<!--

var defaultEmptyOK = false

// whitespace characters
var whitespace = " \t\n\r";

// Check whether string s is empty.

function isEmpty(s)
{   return ((s == null) || (s.length == 0))
}

// Returns true if string s is empty or 
// whitespace characters only.

function isWhitespace (s)
{   var i;   
	// Is s empty?
    if (isEmpty(s)) return true;

    // Search through string's characters one by one
    // until we find a non-whitespace character.
    // When we do, return false; if we don't, return true.

    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++)
    {   
        // Check that current character isn't whitespace.
        var c = s.charAt(i);

        if (whitespace.indexOf(c) == -1) return false;
    }

    // All characters are whitespace.
    return true;
}

function Searching(form)
{
if ((isWhitespace(document.searchForm.Search.value))) {
	alert("Please enter your search terms or phrases");
	document.searchForm.Search.focus();
}
else {
	if (document.searchForm.Search.value == 'Enter your search '){ 
		clearText()
		alert("Please enter your search terms or phrases");
		return false;
	}
	else
	{
		//window.location.href = "http://search.theglobalist.com/srchRes.asp?srch="+escape(document.searchForm.Search.value);
		window.location.href = "http://www.theglobalist.com/Search.aspx?txtSearch="+escape(document.searchForm.Search.value);
	}
}
    		return false;
}


function clearText()
{
document.searchForm.Search.value = ""
document.searchForm.Search.focus();
}
//-->