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public function DescriptionExcerpt($length = 300) {
    $text = strip_tags($this->Description);
	$length = abs((int)$length);
	if(strlen($text) > $length) {
		$text = preg_replace("/^(.{1,$length})(\s.*|$)/s", '\\1 ...', $text);
	}
	return $text;
}