function html_entity_decode(str)
{
    try
	{
		var  tarea=document.createElement('textarea');
		tarea.innerHTML = str; return tarea.value;
		tarea.parentNode.removeChild(tarea);
	}
	catch(e)
	{
		//for IE add <div id="htmlconverter" style="display:none;"></div> to the page
		document.getElementById("htmlconverter").innerHTML = '<textarea id="innerConverter">' + str + '</textarea>';
		var content = document.getElementById("innerConverter").value;
		document.getElementById("htmlconverter").innerHTML = "";
		return content;
	}
}