function equalHeight(group) {
    var tallest = 0;
    group.each(function() {
        var thisHeight = $(this).height();
        if(thisHeight > tallest) {
            tallest = thisHeight;
        }
    });
    group.height(tallest);
}


$(document).ready(function() { 
	
	$('#slideshow').cycle({
		delay:  1000,		
	    speed:  500,
	    timeout: 4000,
	    pager:  '#pager',
	    pause: true,
	    pagerAnchorBuilder: function(idx, slide) {
	        // return sel string for existing anchor
	        return '#pager li:eq(' + (idx) + ') a';
	    }
	
	});
	
	equalHeight($(".column")); 
    			
});