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function parseQueryString() {
  var params = {}, queries, temp, i, l;
  var query = window.location.search;
  var queryString = query.substring( query.indexOf('?') + 1 );
  // Split into key/value pairs
  queries = queryString.split("&");
  // Convert the array of strings into an object
  for ( i = 0, l = queries.length; i < l; i++ ) {
    temp = queries[i].split('=');
    params[temp[0]] = temp[1];
  }
  return params;
}