function get_blog_excerpt()
	{
		$excerpt = get_the_excerpt();
		$excerpt = strip_tags(preg_replace(" (\[.*?\])",'',$excerpt));
		$excerpt = strip_shortcodes($excerpt);		
		$original_len = strlen($excerpt);
		$excerpt = substr($excerpt, 0, 145);		
		$len=strlen($excerpt);	 
		if($original_len>275) {
		$excerpt = $excerpt;
		return $excerpt . '<div class="blog-btn-area-sm"><a href="' . get_permalink() . '" class="blog-btn-sm">'.__("Read More","appointment").'</a></div>';
		}
		else
		{ return $excerpt; }
	}