function AwesomeSlider(selector,xml) {
 
	function Slide2Next(selector,count,content,items,slideID) {	
		if(slideID>0) count = slideID;
		else if(count<items) count++;
		else count = 1; // reached the last slide, get back to first
 
 		$(selector+' .splash-content').toggle('slide', '', 200, function(){
		//$(selector+' .splash-content').animate({opacity:0},1000, function(){
			// faded out, changing content
			$(selector+ ' .splash-content').html(content[count]);
 
			// animating
			$(selector+' .splash-content').toggle('slide', '', 200, function(){
			//$(selector+' .splash-content').animate({height:'toggle'},1000, function(){
				// change style of controls
				$(selector+' .splash-controls a.selected').removeAttr("class");
				$(selector+' .splash-controls a[rel='+count+']').attr("class","selected");
				// fading back in
				//$(selector+' .splash-content').toggle('slide', '', 1000, function(){
				//$(selector+' .splash-content').animate({height: 'toggle'}, 1000, function(){
					//$(selector+' .splash-content').animate({opacity:1},1000);
					//$(selector+' .splash-content').toggle('slide', '', 1000);
				//});
			});
		});
		
		return count;
	}
 
	// slider
	var items = 0;
	var content = new Array(10);
	var control = '';
	var count = 1;
 
	$.get(xml, function(data)
	{ // get contents from xml
		$(data).find('slide').each(function()
		{
			// populate array
			items++;
			//alert(items);
			var $slide = $(this);
			 
			content[items] = $slide.find('content').text();
			// create controls
			if(items==1) control = control + '<a href="#" class="selected" rel="'+items+'">'+items+'</a>';
			else control = control + '<a href="#" rel="'+items+'">'+items+'</a>';
		});
 
		$(selector+' .splash-content').html(content[count]);
 
		// add controls
 
		$(selector+' .splash-controls').html(control);
	});
 
	// control is clicked
	$(selector+' .splash-controls a').live('click',function (){
		var slideID = $(this).attr('rel');
		count = Slide2Next(selector,count,content,items,slideID);
		clearInterval(slideInterval);
		slideInterval = setInterval(function(){ count = Slide2Next(selector,count,content)}, 10000 );
		return false;
	});
 
 	var slideInterval = setInterval(function(){ count = Slide2Next(selector,count,content,items)}, 10000 );
}