function getFeedItems() {
         $output = new DataObjectSet();

         // Protection against infinite loops when an RSS widget pointing to this page is added to this page
         if(stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'SimplePie')) {
            return $output;
         }

         include_once(Director::getAbsFile(SAPPHIRE_DIR . '/thirdparty/simplepie/simplepie.inc'));

         $t1 = microtime(true);
         $feed = new SimplePie($this->AbsoluteRssUrl, TEMP_FOLDER);
         $feed->init();
         if($items = $feed->get_items(0, $this->NumberToShow)) {
            foreach($items as $item) {

               // Cast the Date
               $date = new Date('Date');
               $date->setValue($item->get_date());

               // Cast the Title
               $title = new Text('Title');
               $title->setValue($item->get_title());

               $output->push(new ArrayData(array(
                  'Title' => $title,
                  'Date' => $date,
                  'Link' => $item->get_link()
               )));
            }
            return $output;
         }
      
   }