Cleaned Slider Variation for a forum post.

gistfile1.php

// reference - http://thematictheme.com/forums/topic/returntrue-nivo-slider-example-using-the-same-pattern-but-with-anythingslider/
function wicked_slider_frontpage() {
    if (is_front_page()) { ?>
        <ul class="slider theme-default">
        <?php
        $tmp = $wp_query;
        $wp_query = new WP_Query('posts_per_page=5&#038;category_name=featured');
            if($wp_query->have_posts()) {
                while($wp_query->have_posts()) :
                $wp_query->the_post();
                $image = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id($post->ID), 'anythingthumb');
                ?>  
                    <li class="slider-list">
                        <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
                            <img src="<?php echo $image[0]; ?>" class="attachment-anythingthumb wp-post-image" title="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>" alt="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>" />
                        </a>
                    </li>
                <?php
                endwhile;
            }
        $wp_query = $tmp;
        ?>
        </ul>
    <?php }
}
add_action('thematic_belowheader', 'wicked_slider_frontpage');