var currentTallest = 0,
		    currentRowStart = 0,
		    rowDivs = new Array();
		
		function setConformingHeight(el, newHeight) {
			// set the height to something new, but remember the original height in case things change
			el.data("originalHeight", (el.data("originalHeight") == undefined) ? (el.height()) : (el.data("originalHeight")));
			el.height(newHeight);
		}
		
		function getOriginalHeight(el) {
			// if the height has changed, send the originalHeight
			return (el.data("originalHeight") == undefined) ? (el.height()) : (el.data("originalHeight"));
		}
		
		function columnConform(iddiv) {
			// find the tallest DIV in the row, and set the heights of all of the DIVs to match it.
			$(iddiv).each(function() {
				// "caching"
				var $el = $(this);
				var topPosition = $el.position().top;

				if (currentRowStart != topPosition) {
					// we just came to a new row.  Set all the heights on the completed row
					for(currentDiv = 0 ; currentDiv < rowDivs.length ; currentDiv++) setConformingHeight(rowDivs[currentDiv], currentTallest);
		
					// set the variables for the new row
					rowDivs.length = 0; // empty the array
					currentRowStart = topPosition;
					currentTallest = getOriginalHeight($el);
					rowDivs.push($el);
				}
				else {
					// another div on the current row.  Add it to the list and check if it's taller
					rowDivs.push($el);
					currentTallest = (currentTallest < getOriginalHeight($el)) ? (getOriginalHeight($el)) : (currentTallest);
		
				}
				// do the last row
				for (currentDiv = 0 ; currentDiv < rowDivs.length ; currentDiv++) setConformingHeight(rowDivs[currentDiv], currentTallest);
			});
		}