function initNewsSlider(elemId, feedUrl) {
    var slider = $('#' + elemId);
    var defaultImg = '<img src="/storage/images/capital.jpg"/>';
    var maxArticles = 5;
    
    $.getFeed({
        url: feedUrl,
        success: function(feed) {
            var html = ''

            for(var i = 0; i < feed.items.length && i < 5; i++) {

            	if (i < maxArticles) {
                	var listItem = '';
	                var item = feed.items[i];
	
					var description = item.description;
					var index = description.indexOf('<img ');
					
					if (index > -1) {
					  var endIndex = description.indexOf('>', index) + 1;
					  var img = description.substring(index, endIndex);
					  var part1 = description.substring(0, index);
					  var part2 = description.substring(endIndex);
					  description = part1+part2;
					}
	
					if (!img) {
					  img = defaultImg;
					}

					listItem += '<li>' + img;
					listItem += '<div class="slider-text"><h3>'+ item.title+ '</h3>';
					
					listItem += '<p>' + description + '</p>';
					listItem += '</div>';
					
					listItem += '</li>';

					html += listItem;
            	} else {
					break;
            	}
            }

			if (html) {
				slider.append(html);
				slider.anythingSlider({
					width           : 525,  // Override the default CSS width
					height          : 200,
					delay           : 5000
				});
			}
        }
     });		
			
}