var tagRemoverRegExp = /<\/?[^>]+>/gi;
      function removeTags(myHTML,exceptions){
      	if(exceptions && myHTML){
      		var myTagRemoverRegExpE = new RegExp('<\/?[^>' + exceptions + ']+>',"gi");
	      	myText = '';
	        if(exceptions) myText = myHTML.replace(myTagRemoverRegExpE,"");
	        return myText;
	    } // end if
      	else if(myHTML){
	      	myText = '';
	        myText = myHTML.replace(tagRemoverRegExp,"");
	        return myText;
	    } // end if
      } // end fn removeTags