added basic ajax search interface. lots of css / js improvements needed but it seems to work quite okay for now. more on that tomorrow

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diff --git a/public/javascripts/admin_search.js b/public/javascripts/admin_search.js
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+admin_search = {
+  
+  initialize : function() {
+    $("#search_term").bind("keyup", function() {
+      if ($(this).attr("value")) {
+        $.ajax({
+          type: "GET",
+          url: "/admin/search",
+          data: "search_term=" + $(this).attr("value"),
+          dataType: "json",
+          success : function(results) {
+            admin_search.show_results(results);
+          }
+        });
+      }
+      else {
+        $('#results').empty(); 
+      }
+    });
+  },
+  
+  show_results : function(results) {
+    $('#results').empty();
+    for (result in results) {
+      $('#results').append("<p>" + results[result].title + "</p>");
+    }
+  }
+}
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