if (typeof slider == "undefined" || !slider) {
    /**
	 * @class 
     * @constructor
	 */
    var slider = function () { };
}

/**
 
 * @type object
 * @param {string} Arguments 1-n namespaces to create
 * @returns {object} A reference to the last namespace object created
 * @author <a href="http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/docs/YAHOO.js.html">YUI</a>
 */
slider.namespace = function() {
    var a=arguments, o=null, i, j, d;
    for (i=0; i<a.length; i=i+1) {
        d=a[i].split(".");
        o=slider;

        for (j=(d[0] == "slider") ? 1 : 0; j<d.length; j=j+1) {
            o[d[j]]=o[d[j]] || {};
            o=o[d[j]];
        }
    }
    return o;
};