$(document).ready(function() {
    // override default options (also overrides global overrides)
  $('p.expander').expander({
    slicePoint:       80,  // default is 100
    userCollapseText: 'hide',  // default is 'read less'
	  userCollapsePrefix: ' ',
    expandText: 'read more…',
    expandPrefix: ''
  });

});