function removeAccents(strAccents){
strAccents = strAccents.split('');
strAccentsOut = new Array();
strAccentsLen = strAccents.length;
var accents = 'ÀÁÂÃÄÅàáâãäåÒÓÔÕÕÖØòóôõöøÈÉÊËèéêëðÇçÐÌÍÎÏìíîïÙÚÛÜùúûüÑñŠšŸÿýŽž';
var accentsOut = ['A','A','A','A','A','A','a','a','a','a','a','a','O','O','O','O','O','O','O','o','o','o','o','o','o','E','E','E','E','e','e','e','e','e','C','c','D','I','I','I','I','i','i','i','i','U','U','U','U','u','u','u','u','N','n','S','s','Y','y','y','Z','z'];
for (var y = 0; y < strAccentsLen; y++) {
if (accents.indexOf(strAccents[y]) != -1) {
strAccentsOut[y] = accentsOut[accents.indexOf(strAccents[y])];
}
else
strAccentsOut[y] = strAccents[y];
}
strAccentsOut = strAccentsOut.join('');
return strAccentsOut;
}