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(function($){
  $.fn.truncate = function( max, settings ) {
		settings = $.extend( {
			chars: /\s/,
			trail: [ "...", "" ]
		}, settings );
		
		var parseSubChilds = function(element, maxLength) {
			var element = $(element),
				html = element.html()
					.replace(/ +/, ' ')
					.replace(/\r\n\t/,'')
					.replace(/^ +/, '')
					.replace(/ +$/, ''),
				childs, 
				b = true, i = 0, c = 0, count = 0;
			
			element.html(html);
			childs = element[0].childNodes;
			
			b = true;
			for (i=0; i < childs.length; i++) {
				if (!b) {
					element[0].removeChild(childs[i]);
					continue;
				}
				
				if (childs[i].nodeType == 3) {		//text node
					text = $(childs[i]).text().replace(/\s+/g,' ');
					c = text.length;
					if ( (count+c) > maxLength ) {
						text = text.substring(0, maxLength - count);
						text = text.substring(0, text.lastIndexOf(" "));
						childs[i].nodeValue = text;
						
						count += text.length;
						b = false;
					} else {
						count += c;
					}
				}
				else if (childs[i].nodeType == 1) {	//element node
					if (!parseSubChilds(childs[i], maxLength - count)) {
						text = $(childs[i]).text().replace(/\s+/g,' ');
						count += text.length;
						b = false;
					}
				}
			}
			return b;
		}

		var parseChilds = function(element, maxLength){
			var element = $(element);
			var childs = element.children();
			var count = 0, c = 0;
			var stop = false, s = true;
			
			for (i=0; i < childs.length; i++) {
				if (stop) {
					$(childs[i]).remove();
					continue;
				}
				
				c = $(childs[i]).text().replace(/\s+/g,' ').length;
				
				if ((count+c) > maxLength) {
					s = parseSubChilds(childs[i], maxLength - count);
					stop = true;
				}
				
				count +=c ;
			}
			
			if ( !stop && s ) {
				return false;
			} else {
				return true;
			}
		};
		
		
		return this.each( function() {
			var el = $(this),
				truncated = false,
				originalHTML = el.html(),
				ellipsisHTML = el.html(),
				scrollpane = el.closest(".scroll-pane");
				
			truncated = parseChilds(el, max);
			ellipsisHTML = el.html();
			
			if ( !truncated ) {
				return;
			}
			
			el.html($("<div />").addClass("truncate_less").append(el.html()).append(settings.trail[ 0 ]));
			
			$(".truncate_show", el).click(function(event) {
				if ( $(".truncate_more", el).length < 1) {
					el.append($("<div />").addClass("truncate_more").css("display", "none").append(originalHTML).append(settings.trail[ 1 ]));
					
					$(".truncate_hide", el).click(function(event) {
						$(".truncate_more", el).hide();
						$(".truncate_less", el).show();
						
						if ( scrollpane.length ) {
							scrollpane.jScrollPane();
						}
						
                        return false;
					});
				}
				
				$( ".truncate_less", el ).hide();
				$( ".truncate_more", el ).show();
				
				if ( scrollpane.length ) {
					scrollpane.jScrollPane();
				}
				
                return false;
				
			});
		});
	};
	
	 
})(jQuery);


(function($){
	//DOM READY
	$(function(){
		$(".lessmore").truncate( 490, {
			chars: /\s/,
			trail: ["<p class='truncate_show_hide'><a href='#' class='truncate_show'><span></span>More</a></p>", "<p class='truncate_show_hide'><a href='#' class='truncate_hide'><span></span>Less</a></p>"]
		});
		 
	
	});
})(jQuery);