using System;
using System.Text;
using System.Web;

namespace Encodorama
{
	static class StringExtensions
	{
		public static string ToASCII(this string s)
		{
			return Encoding.ASCII.GetString (Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes (s));
		}
	}

	class MainClass
	{
		public static void Main (string[] args)
		{
			var s = HttpUtility.HtmlDecode ("† is a Unicode character representing a cross.");
			Console.WriteLine (s);
			Console.WriteLine (s.ToASCII ());
		}
	}
}