function getFeeds(xml_feeds) {
	if(xml_feeds.length > 0) {
		html_str = '';
		for(i=0;i<xml_feeds.length;i++){
			var feeds_array = new Array();
			$.get(xml_feeds[i], function(z){
				$(z).find('item').each(function(){
				    var $item = $(this);
					feeds_array[feeds_array.length] = $item;
				});
			  	items = sortItems(feeds_array);
			  	var date_and_ids = new Array();
			  	for(k=0;k<items.length;k++) {
			  		date_and_id = items[k].split('_');
			  		date_and_ids.push(date_and_id[1]);
			  	}
			  	html_str = '';
			  	for(l=0;l<date_and_ids.length;l++) {
			  		html_str += getHtmlStr(feeds_array[date_and_ids[l]]);
			  	}
				$('.blog-ticker ul').html(html_str);
				
			    $('.blog-ticker ul').cycle({
					fx: 'fade' // choose your transition type, ex: fade, scrollUp, shuffle, etc...
				});
			});
		}
	}	
}


function sortItems(items) { 
	if(items.length > 0) {
		var dates_array = new Array();
		for(i=0;i<items.length;i++) {
			items[i]['id'] = i;
			date = items[i].find('pubDate').text();
			var new_date = new Array();
			new_date = new Date(date);
			new_date = new_date.getTime() + '_' +i;
			dates_array.push(new_date);
		}
		dates_array.sort();
		dates_array.reverse();
		
		return dates_array;
	}
}

function getHtmlStr($item) {

	var title = $item.find('title').text();
	var link = $item.find('link').text();
	var date = $item.find('pubDate').text();
	
	var titleformat = '<a href="' + link + '">' + title + '</a>';
	
	var bloghtml = '<li class="blog-item">' + titleformat + '</li>';
	return bloghtml;
}