jQuery.query = function(s) {
    var r = {};
    if (!s) return r;
    var q = s.substring(s.indexOf('?') + 1); // remove everything up to the ?
    q = q.replace(/\&$/, ''); // remove the trailing &
    jQuery.each(q.split('&'), function() {
        var splitted = this.split('=');
        var key = splitted[0];
        var val = splitted[1];
        // convert floats
        if (/^[0-9.]+$/.test(val)) val = parseFloat(val);
        // ignore empty values
        if (typeof val == 'number' || val.length > 0) r[key] = val;
    });
    return r;
};