function searchFormSubmit(form) {

     if (form.aff[1].checked == true || form.aff.value == 'web') {
         var encoded_keywords = encodeURIComponent(form.keywords.value);
         var section_num = '239';
         var url_version = 'ysr';
         var params = 'product=Yahoo%2COverture&' +
                      'collection=WEB&' +
                      'live_template=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mercedsunstar.com%2F' + section_num + '%2Fv-' + url_version + '%2Findex.html&' + 
                      'error_template=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mercedsunstar.com%2F' + section_num + '%2Fv-yerr%2Findex.html&' +
                      'preview_template=http%3A%2F%2Fpreview.mercedsunstar.com%2F' + section_num + '%2Fv-' + url_version + '%2Findex.html&' +
                      'results_per_page=10&preview=1' +
                      '&prop_related=1&prop_dym=1';
         window.location = "http://search2.mercedsunstar.com/search-bin/search.pl.cgi?sf_Keywords=" + encoded_keywords + '&' + params;

         return false;
     }

     return true;
 }
// getParams *******************************************************************
function getParams(params) {
   var Params = new Object ();
   if ( ! params ) return Params; // return empty object
   var Pairs = params.split(/[;&]/);
   for ( var i = 0; i < Pairs.length; i++ ) {
      var KeyVal = Pairs[i].split('=');
      if ( ! KeyVal || KeyVal.length != 2 ) continue;
      var key = unescape( KeyVal[0] );
      var val = unescape( KeyVal[1] );
      val = val.replace(/\+/g, ' ');
      Params[key] = val;
   }
   return Params;

}
// end getParams *****************************************************************


// search **********************************************************************

function today_string() {
	// dependant on date functions defined in mi-utilities.js
	var today = new Date();
	return today.getDayString()+', '+today.getMonthString()+' '+today.getDate()+', '+today.getFullYear();
}