// Enter a URL variable you want to grab 
// (after the ? in the URL) and this will
// return the value of the variable as it
// appears in the URL. When there is no URL
// value - it defaults to the value defined
// in var returnValue, currently = "unknown"

function ripName(thisName) {
	//var myURL = ;
	var myVarsArray = location.search.split("&");      
	
	var tempVar;
	var tempVars;
	var tempVarArray;
	var tempName;
	var tempToggle;
	var returnValue = "unknown";
	for (eachOne in myVarsArray) {
		tempVar = myVarsArray[eachOne];
		tempVars = tempVar.split("?");
		for (eachSecond in tempVars) {
			tempVarArray = ( tempVars[eachSecond].split("="));
					tempToggle = false;
				for (eachThird in tempVarArray) {
					if (tempToggle == false) {              
						tempName = tempVarArray[eachThird];
						
						 tempToggle = true; 
					} else {
						tempVal = tempVarArray[eachThird];
					}
				}
				if (tempName==thisName && tempVal!="") {
					returnValue = tempVal;
					
				}
			}
		}
	
	
	
	
	/*var myURL = window.location;
	var returnValue = "";
	if (location.search.indexOf (thisName) != -1) var returnValue = location.search.indexOf (thisName)
	else
	var returnValue = "nothing";
	*/
	return unescape(returnValue);
}