// John Resign templating fn modified by Rick Straal
        var _tmplCache = {}
        function template(str, data) {
            /// <summary>
            /// Client side template parser that uses &lt;#= #&gt; and &lt;# code #&gt; expressions.
            /// and # # code blocks for template expansion.
            /// NOTE: chokes on single quotes in the document in some situations
            ///       use &amp;rsquo; for literals in text and avoid any single quote
            ///       attribute delimiters.
            /// </summary>    
            /// <param name="str" type="string">The text of the template to expand</param>    
            /// <param name="data" type="var">
            /// Any data that is to be merged. Pass an object and
            /// that object's properties are visible as variables.
            /// </param>    
            /// <returns type="string" />  
            var err = "";
            try {
                var func = _tmplCache[str];
                if (!func) {
                    var strFunc =
            "var p=[],print=function(){p.push.apply(p,arguments);};" +
                        "with(obj){p.push('" +
                    //                        str
                    //                  .replace(/[\r\t\n]/g, " ")
                    //                  .split("<#").join("\t")
                    //                  .replace(/((^|#>)[^\t]*)'/g, "$1\r")
                    //                  .replace(/\t=(.*?)#>/g, "',$1,'")
                    //                  .split("\t").join("');")
                    //                  .split("#>").join("p.push('")
                    //                  .split("\r").join("\\'") + "');}return p.join('');";

            str.replace(/[\r\t\n]/g, " ")
               .replace(/'(?=[^#]*#>)/g, "\t")
               .split("'").join("\\'")
               .split("\t").join("'")
               .replace(/<#=(.+?)#>/g, "',$1,'")
               .split("<#").join("');")
               .split("#>").join("p.push('")
               + "');}return p.join('');";

                    //alert(strFunc);
                    func = new Function("obj", strFunc);
                    _tmplCache[str] = func;
                }
                return func(data);
            } catch (e) { err = e.message; }
            return "< # ERROR: " + err + " # >";
        }