<?php

global $options;

foreach ($options as $value) {

if (get_settings( $value['id'] ) === FALSE) { $$value['id'] = $value['std']; } else { $$value['id'] = get_settings( $value['id'] ); } }

      ?>

<div id="featured-container">

<div class="prev"></div>

<div id="featured">

<ul>

<?php 	$slidecat = get_option('pov_slide_category');

	$slidecount = get_option('pov_slide_count');

	$my_query = new WP_Query('category_name= '. $slidecat .'&showposts='.$slidecount.'');

while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();$do_not_duplicate = $post->ID;  ?>

<li>

<span class="titles-featured"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></span>

<div class="post-info">Posted by <?php the_author() ?> in  <?php the_category(', ') ?> on  <?php the_time('m jS, Y') ?> |  <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments', '1 Comment', '% Comments'); ?></div>

<div style="clear: both;"></div>

<?php the_content_limit(415, ""); ?>

</li>

<?php endwhile; ?>

</ul>

</div>

<div class="next"></div>

</div>