function sliderInit(){
	//XML Handling
	$.ajax({
		type: "GET",
		url: "/home/slider",
		dataType: "xml",
		success: function(xml) {
			$('div#slider').html('');
			$(xml).find('slideitem').each(function(){

				var src = $(this).find('src').text();
				var href = $(this).find('href').text();
				var labeltext = $(this).find('label').text();
				
				$('<div></div>').html('<a href="'+href+'" name="'+labeltext+'"><img src="'+src+'"alt="'+labeltext+'" /></a>').appendTo('#slider');
				});
				
				$('div#slider').fadeOut(0,function() {
					$('div#slider').css({'visibility' : 'visible'}).fadeIn("fast");
				});
			
				$("#slider").cycle({
				    timeout:       4000,  // milliseconds between slide transitions (0 to disable auto advance) 
				    speed:         1000,  // speed of the transition (any valid fx speed value) 
				    next:          null,  // id of element to use as click trigger for next slide 
				    prev:          null,  // id of element to use as click trigger for previous slide 
				    before:        null,  // transition callback (scope set to element to be shown) 
				    after:         null,  // transition callback (scope set to element that was shown) 
				    height:       '350', // container height 
				    sync:          1,     // true if in/out transitions should occur simultaneously 
				    fit:           1,     // force slides to fit container 
				    pause:         0,     // true to enable "pause on hover" 
				    delay:         0,     // additional delay (in ms) for first transition (hint: can be negative) 
				    slideExpr:     ''  // expression for selecting slides (if something other than all children is required)
				});
			}
		
		
	});

}