//this code reads the query string and puts anything it finds into top.globalUserView

if (typeof top.globalUserView != 'object') {
  top.globalUserView = { };
}

if (location.search.substring(1)) {
  var pairs = location.search.substring(1).split("&");
  for (var i=0; i<pairs.length; i++) {
    var pos = pairs[i].indexOf('=');
    if (pos == -1) continue;
    var argname = pairs[i].substring(0,pos);
    var value = pairs[i].substring(pos+1);
    if (value != '') {
      top.globalUserView[argname] = unescape(value);
    }
  }
}