public function setDescription($description)
    {
        $stripURLRegex = "/((?<!=\")(http|ftp)+(s)?:\/\/[^<>()\s]+)/i";
        $description = preg_replace($stripURLRegex, '', $description);
        $description = strip_tags($description);
        $description = htmlentities($description);
        $description = str_replace(array('#', '@'), '', $description);
        $description = AnService::get('com:base.template.helper.text')->truncate($description, array('length' => 160));
        $description = trim($description);

        $this->_description = $description;
	}