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controller.rb

def index
    @asset = Slide.active.order("position")

    url = 'http://www.example.com/feed'

    open(url) do |rss|
      rss_feed = RSS::Parser.parse(rss)
      rss_feed.items.first do |item|
        logger.info item
        @feed = BlogFeed.new(title: item.title, link: item.link, date: item.pubDate, author: item.author, description: item.description)
      end
    end

    begin
      @weeklymessage = WeeklyMessage.find(1)
    rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound
      @weeklymessage = WeeklyMessage.new
    end

    render :layout => 'home'
  end

home.html.erb

<div class="row-fluid">
    <div class="span12">
      <div class="featured-blog">
        <div class="row">
          <div class="span7 offset5 blogz">
            <h2><%= @feed.title %></h2>
            <p><%= @feed.description %></p>
            <p class="author">Most recent post from <%= @feed.author %> / <%= @feed.date.to_date.strftime('%m.%d.%y') %></p>
            <a class="blog-link" href="<%= @feed.link %>">Continue Reading</a>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>