function sed_get_latesttopics($limit, $mask)
{
global $L, $db_forum_topics, $db_forum_sections, $usr, $cfg, $skin, $plu_empty;

$sql = sed_sql_query("SELECT t.ft_id, t.ft_sectionid, t.ft_title, t.ft_updated, t.ft_postcount, s.fs_id, s.fs_title, s.fs_category
FROM $db_forum_topics t,$db_forum_sections s
WHERE t.ft_sectionid=s.fs_id
AND t.ft_movedto=0 AND t.ft_mode=0
AND s.fs_id !=30
ORDER by t.ft_updated DESC LIMIT $limit");