<div class="more">
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</div>

$(document).ready(function() {
	// Configure/customize these variables.
    var showChar = 100;  // How many characters are shown by default
    var ellipsestext = "...";
    var moretext = "show more";
    var lesstext = "show less";

    $('.more').each(function() {
        var content = $(this).html();
        if(content.length > showChar) {
            var c = content.substr(0, showChar);
            var h = content.substr(showChar, content.length - showChar);
            var html = c + '<span class="moreellipses">' + ellipsestext+ '&nbsp;</span>'+'<span class="morecontent"><span style="display:none;">' + h + '</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="" class="morelink">' + moretext + '</a></span>';
            $(this).html(html);
        }
    });

    $(".morelink").click(function(){
        if($(this).hasClass("less")) {
            $(this).removeClass("less");
            $(this).html(moretext);
        } else {
            $(this).addClass("less");
            $(this).html(lesstext);
        }
        $(this).parent().prev().toggle();
        $(this).prev().toggle();
        return false;
    });
});