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/**
 * Set time vars needed for querying
 *
*/
$time        = current_time('timestamp');
$today_day   = date('j', $time);
$today_month = date('m', $time);
$today_year  = date('Y', $time);

/**
 * Query Events
 *
*/
query_posts( array( 
				'showposts'          => 3,
				'post_type'          => 'sc_event', 
				'taxonomy'           => 'sc_event_category', 
				'meta_key'           => 'sc_event_date_time',
				'orderby'            => 'meta_value_num',
				'order'              => 'ASC',
				'meta_value'         => mktime(0, 0, 0, $today_month, $today_day, $today_year),
				'meta_compare' 	   	 => '>='
				) 
			
			);