function stripVowelAccent(str)
{
	var s=str;
	
	var rExps=[ /[\xC0-\xC2]/g, /[\xE0-\xE2]/g,
	/[\xC8-\xCA]/g, /[\xE8-\xEB]/g,
	/[\xCC-\xCE]/g, /[\xEC-\xEE]/g,
	/[\xD2-\xD4]/g, /[\xF2-\xF4]/g,
	/[\xD9-\xDB]/g, /[\xF9-\xFB]/g ];
	
	var repChar=['A','a','E','e','I','i','O','o','U','u'];
	
	for(var i=0; i<rExps.length; i++)
	s=s.replace(rExps[i],repChar[i]);
	
	return s.toLowerCase();
}

function replaceCharacters(conversionString,inChar,outChar)
{
	var convertedString = conversionString.split(inChar);
	convertedString = convertedString.join(outChar);
	return convertedString;
}
function parseUri (str) {
	var	o   = parseUri.options,
		m   = o.parser[o.strictMode ? "strict" : "loose"].exec(str),
		uri = {},
		i   = 14;

	while (i--) uri[o.key[i]] = m[i] || "";

	uri[o.q.name] = {};
	uri[o.key[12]].replace(o.q.parser, function ($0, $1, $2) {
		if ($1) uri[o.q.name][$1] = $2;
	});

	return uri;
};

parseUri.options = {
	strictMode: false,
	key: ["source","protocol","authority","userInfo","user","password","host","port","relative","path","directory","file","query","anchor"],
	q:   {
		name:   "queryKey",
		parser: /(?:^|&)([^&=]*)=?([^&]*)/g
	},
	parser: {
		strict: /^(?:([^:\/?#]+):)?(?:\/\/((?:(([^:@]*):?([^:@]*))?@)?([^:\/?#]*)(?::(\d*))?))?((((?:[^?#\/]*\/)*)([^?#]*))(?:\?([^#]*))?(?:#(.*))?)/,
		loose:  /^(?:(?![^:@]+:[^:@\/]*@)([^:\/?#.]+):)?(?:\/\/)?((?:(([^:@]*):?([^:@]*))?@)?([^:\/?#]*)(?::(\d*))?)(((\/(?:[^?#](?![^?#\/]*\.[^?#\/.]+(?:[?#]|$)))*\/?)?([^?#\/]*))(?:\?([^#]*))?(?:#(.*))?)/
	}
};