// this tells jquery to run the function below once the DOM is ready
$(document).ready(function() {

// choose text for the show/hide link
var showText="Read more";
var hideText="Show less";

// create the toggle link
$(".hide_this").after("<p><a href='#' class='toggle_link'>"+showText+"</a></p>");

// hide the content
$('.hide_this').hide();

// capture clicks on the newly created link
$('a.toggle_link').click(function() {

// change the link text
if ($('a.toggle_link').text()==showText) {
$('a.toggle_link').text(hideText);
}
else {
$('a.toggle_link').text(showText);
}

// toggle the display
$('.hide_this').slideToggle('normal');

// return false so any link destination is not followed
return false;
				});

});