text: // From  jquery-howto.blogspot.ca/2009/09/get-url-parameters-values-with-jquery.html
  
  $.extend({
      getUrlVars: function(){
          var vars = [], hash;
          var hashes = window.location.href.slice(window.location.href.indexOf('?') + 1).split('&');
          for(var i = 0; i < hashes.length; i++)
          {
              hash = hashes[i].split('=');
              vars.push(hash[0]);
              vars[hash[0]] = hash[1];
          }
          return vars;
      },
      getUrlVar: function(name){
          return $.getUrlVars()[name];
      }
  });