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//jQuery Equal Height Columns//
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// make sure the $ is pointing to JQuery and not some other library
(function($){
// add a new method to JQuery
$.fn.equalHeight = function() {
// find the tallest height in the collection
// that was passed in (.col)
tallest = 0;
this.each(function(){thisHeight = $(this).height();if( thisHeight > tallest)tallest = thisHeight;});		
// set each items height to use the tallest value found
this.each(function(){$(this).height(tallest);});}})(jQuery);

//Activate Equal Height Columns
$(function(){$('.equal').equalHeight();});
