$(function(){

			// Set starting slide to 1

			var startSlide = 1;

			// Get slide number if it exists

			if (window.location.hash) {

				startSlide = window.location.hash.replace('#','');

			}

			// Initialize Slides

			$('#slides').slides({

				preload: true,

				preloadImage: 'img/loading.gif',

				generatePagination: true,

				play: 9000,

				pause: 2500,

				hoverPause: true,

				// Get the starting slide

				start: startSlide,

				animationComplete: function(current){

					// Set the slide number as a hash

					//window.location.hash = '#' + current;

				}

			});

		});