(function($) {
/*	var cloneEls = new Object();
	var numColsById = new Object();
	var uniqueId = 0;

	function _layoutElement(elDOM, settings, balance) {
		// Some semi-global variables
		var colHeight;
		var colWidth;
		var col;
		var currentColEl;
		var cols = new Array();
		var colNum = 0;
		var colSet = 0;

		var el = jQuery(elDOM);

		// Save numCols property for this element
		// (needed for pagination)
		numColsById[elDOM.id] = settings.columns;

		// Remove child nodes
		el.empty();

		// Macro function (with side effects)
		function _newColumn() {
			colNum++;

			// Add a new column
			col = document.createElement("DIV");
			col.className = settings.column;
			el.append(col);
			currentColEl = col;
			colWidth = jQuery(col).width();
			cols.push(col);

			// Add the same subnode nesting to the new column
			// as there was in the old column
			for (var j=0; j<subnodes.length; j++) {
				newEl = subnodes[j].cloneNode(false);
				if (j==0 || innerContinued) {
					jQuery(newEl).addClass(settings.continued);
				}
				currentColEl.appendChild(newEl);
				currentColEl = newEl;
			}
		}

		// Returns the margin-bottom CSS property of a certain node
		function _getMarginBottom(currentColEl) {
			var marginBottom = parseInt(jQuery(currentColEl).css("marginBottom"));
			if (marginBottom.toString()=='NaN'){
				marginBottom = 0;
			}
			var currentColElParents = jQuery(currentColEl).parents();
			for (var j=0; j<currentColElParents.length; j++) {
				if (currentColElParents[j]==elDOM) {
					break;
				}
				var curMarginBottom = parseInt(jQuery(currentColElParents[j]).css("marginBottom"));
				if (curMarginBottom.toString()!='NaN'){
					marginBottom = Math.max(marginBottom, curMarginBottom);
				}
			}
			return marginBottom;
		}

		// Advance to next sibling on el or a parent level
		function _skipToNextNode() {
			while (currentEl && currentColEl && !currentEl.nextSibling) {
				currentEl = currentEl.parentNode;
				currentColEl = currentColEl.parentNode;
				var node = subnodes.pop();
				// Hack: delete the previously saved HREF
				if (node=="A") {
					href = null;
				}
			}
			if (currentEl) {
				currentEl = currentEl.nextSibling;
			}
		}

		// Take the height from the element to be layouted
		var maxHeight = settings.height
			? settings.height
			: parseInt(el.css("maxHeight"));
		if (balance || isNaN(maxHeight) || maxHeight==0) {
			// We are asked to balance the col lengths
			// or cannot get the column length from the container,
			// so chose a height that will produce >numCols< columns
			col = document.createElement("DIV");
			col.className = settings.column;
			jQuery(col).append(jQuery(cloneEls[elDOM.id]).html());
			el.append(col);
			var lineHeight = parseInt(el.css("lineHeight"));
			if (!lineHeight) {
				// Assume a line height of 120%
				lineHeight = Math.ceil(parseInt(el.css("fontSize"))*1.2);
			}
			colHeight = Math.ceil(jQuery(col).height()/settings.columns);
			if (colHeight%lineHeight>0) {
				colHeight += lineHeight;
			}
			elDOM.removeChild(col);
			if (maxHeight>0 && colHeight>maxHeight) {
				// Balance only to max-height
				colHeight = maxHeight;
			}
		} else {
			colHeight = maxHeight;
		}

		// Take the minimum height into account
		var minHeight = settings.minHeight
			? settings.minHeight
			: parseInt(el.css("minHeight"));
		if (minHeight) {
			colHeight = Math.max(colHeight, minHeight);
		}

		// Start with first child of the initial node
		var currentEl = cloneEls[elDOM.id].children(":first")[0];
		var subnodes = new Array();
		var href = null;
		var lastNodeType = 0;
		_newColumn();
		if (colHeight==0 || colWidth==0) {
			// We cannot continue with zero height or width
			return false;
		}
		while (currentEl) {
			if (currentEl.nodeType==1) {
				// An element node
				var newEl;
				var $currentEl = jQuery(currentEl);
				if ($currentEl.hasClass("dontSplit")
					|| $currentEl.is(settings.dontsplit)) {
					// Don't split this node. Instead, clone it completely
					var newEl = currentEl.cloneNode(true);
					currentColEl.appendChild(newEl);
					if (col.offsetHeight>colHeight) {
						// The column gets too long, start a new colum
						_newColumn();
					}
					_skipToNextNode();
				} else {
					// Clone the node and append it to the current column
					var newEl = currentEl.cloneNode(false);
					currentColEl.appendChild(newEl);
					if (col.offsetHeight-_getMarginBottom(currentColEl)>colHeight) {
						// The column gets too long, start a new colum
						currentColEl.removeChild(newEl);
						var toBeInsertedEl = newEl;
						_newColumn();
						currentColEl.appendChild(toBeInsertedEl);
						newEl = toBeInsertedEl;
					}
					if (currentEl.firstChild) {
						subnodes.push(currentEl.cloneNode(false));
						currentColEl = newEl;
						currentEl = currentEl.firstChild;
					} else {
						_skipToNextNode();
					}
				}
				lastNodeType = 1;
			} else if (currentEl.nodeType==3) {
				// A text node
				var newEl = document.createTextNode("");
				currentColEl.appendChild(newEl);
				// Determine the current bottom margin
				var marginBottom = _getMarginBottom(currentColEl);
				// Append word by word
				var words = currentEl.data.split(" ");
				for (var i=0; i<words.length; i++) {
					if (lastNodeType==3) {
						newEl.appendData(" ");
					}
					newEl.appendData(words[i]);
					currentColEl.removeChild(newEl);
					currentColEl.appendChild(newEl);
					if (col.offsetHeight-marginBottom>colHeight) {
						// el column is full
						// Remove the last word
						newEl.data = newEl.data.substr(0, newEl.data.length-words[i].length-1);

						// Remove the last node if empty
						var innerContinued;
						if (jQuery(currentColEl).text()=="") {
							jQuery(currentColEl).remove();
							innerContinued = false;
						} else {
							innerContinued = true;
						}

						// Start a new column
						_newColumn();

						// Add a text node at the bottom level
						// in order to continue the column
						newEl = document.createTextNode(words[i]);
						currentColEl.appendChild(newEl);
					}
					lastNodeType = 3;
				}
				_skipToNextNode();
				lastNodeType = 0;
			} else {
				// Any other node (comments, for instance)
				_skipToNextNode();
				lastNodeType = currentEl.nodeType;
			}
		}
		return cols;
	};
*/
	function _createColumns(obj, n){
		for(var i = 0; i<n ; i++){
			obj.prepend("<div class='column'/>");
		}
		return obj.find(".column");
	}
	function _distributeItems(where, what){
		if(what[0].nodeType == 3){ // just plain text
			var textArr = what[0].nodeValue.split(" "),
				n = where.size(),
				x = Math.ceil(textArr.length / n);
			for(var i = 0; i < n ; i++){
				var change = textArr.splice(0, x).join(" ");
				$(where[i]).text(change);
				var current = $(where[i]).height(),
					nextWord = 0;
				while($(where[i]).height() == current && textArr[nextWord]){
					$(where[i]).append(" "+textArr[nextWord]);
					nextWord++;
				}
				textArr = textArr.slice(nextWord-1);
				if(i+1 != n){
					var text = $(where[i]).text();
					$(where[i]).text(text.substring(0, text.lastIndexOf(" ")));
				}
			}
			what.remove();
		}else{
			what.appendTo(where[0]);
			var n = where.size() - 1,
				totalHeight = $(where[0]).height(),
				columnHeight = Math.ceil(totalHeight/(n+1)),
				w = $(where[0]).width(),
				temp = $("<div class='removable'/>").width(w).appendTo("body"),
				tallest = 0;
/*			$(where[0]).children().each(function(){
				if($(this).height() > tallest)
					tallest = $(this).height();
			});
			if(tallest > columnHeight){
				columnHeight = tallest;
			}*/
			$(where[0]).empty();
			$(what).appendTo(temp);
			for(var i = what.size()-1; i >= 0 ; i--){
				$(what[i]).prependTo(where[n]);
				if($(what[i-1]).height()+$(where[n]).height() >= columnHeight && n != 0){
					n--;
				}
			}
			temp.remove();
		}
	}
	$.fn.columnize = function(settings) {
		settings = $.extend({
			columns: 2
		}, settings);
		return $(this).each(function () {
			var $this = $(this),
				where = _createColumns($this, settings.columns),
				children = ($this.children().not(".column").length > 1)?$this.children(":not(.column)"):$this.contents(":not(.column)");
				_distributeItems(where, children);
				where.filter(":last").addClass("last");
		});
	}
})(jQuery);