var request = new Array(); // in case we need an associative array to handle query string.

  function makeRequestArray() //makes an associative array request["fname"] etc ...
  {
    //populate the empty array request() with name / value pairs from the query string.
	  var query = document.location.search;
	  query = query.substring(1,query.length);
	  query = query.replace(/\+/g," ");
	
	  var arrQ = query.split("&");
	  for(i=0;i<arrQ.length; i++)
  	{
	    arrQ2 = arrQ[i].split('=');
	    request[arrQ2[0]] = arrQ2[1];
	  }
  } 
  
  makeRequestArray();
  var liveHub = (request['hub']) ? parseInt(request['hub']):1;