public static Element GetConfig( string filename )
		{
			XmlTextReader reader = null;
			Element element = null;
			DOMParser parser;

			try 
			{
				Console.WriteLine( "Xanthos.Utilities.ConfigParser attempting to load {0}...", filename );
				reader = new XmlTextReader( filename );
				parser = new DOMParser();
				element = parser.Parse( reader );
				Console.WriteLine( "Xanthos.Utilities.ConfigParser success!" );

			}
			catch ( Exception exc )
			{
				// Fail gracefully only on errors reading the file
				if ( !( exc is System.IO.IOException ))
					throw exc;

				Console.WriteLine( "Xanthos.Utilities.ConfigParser failed." );
			}

			if ( null != reader )
				reader.Close();

			return element;
		}