LOOP função get_posts()

Hello guys!

I have a loop on a page + function get_posts (). All this for the main loop runs, one more session outside the main loop that uses the get_posts ().

The problem is that the loop is operating normally. The get_posts () is not returning what was requested. See the code that is below:

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<div class=”box”>
<?php
include(TEMPLATEPATH . ‘/includes/version.php’);

$the_query = new WP_Query(‘cat=-8,-9,-‘. $ex_feat . ‘,-‘ . $ex_vid . ‘&showposts=’ . $showposts . ‘&orderby=post_date&order=desc’);

$counter = 0; $counter2 = 0;

while ($the_query->have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post(); $do_not_duplicate = $post->ID;
?>
<?php $counter++; $counter2++; ?>
<div class=”post <?php if ($counter == 1) { echo ‘fl’; } else { echo ‘fr’; $counter = 0; } ?>”>
<h3 class=”posted”>+
<?php the_category(‘, ‘) ?>
</h3>
<?php if ( get_post_meta($post->ID, ‘thumb’, true) ) { ?>
<!– DISPLAYS THE IMAGE URL SPECIFIED IN THE CUSTOM FIELD –>
<img src=”<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, “thumb”, $single = true); ?>” alt=”” />
<?php } else { ?>
<!– DISPLAY THE DEFAULT IMAGE, IF CUSTOM FIELD HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED –>
<!–<img src=”<?php //bloginfo(‘template_directory’); ?>/images/no-img-thumb.jpg” alt=”” />–>
<?php } ?>
<h2>” href=”<?php the_permalink() ?>” rel=”bookmark”>
<?php the_title(); ?>
</h2>
<p><?php echo strip_tags(get_the_excerpt(), ”); ?></p>
<p><span class=”continue”>” href=”<?php the_permalink() ?>”>Continue…</span> | <span class=”comments”>
<?php comments_popup_link(‘Depoimentos (0)’, ‘Depoimentos (1)’, ‘Depoimentos (%)’); ?>
</span></p>
</div>
<!–/post–>
<?php if ( !($counter2 == $showposts) && ($counter == 0) ) { echo ‘<div class=”hl-full”></div>’; ?>
<?php } ?>
<?php endwhile;

wp_reset_query();

?>
</div>
<!–/box–>
<div id=”topbanner”>
<?php

// Get banner code //
$banner_img = get_option(‘premiumnews_banner_image’);
$banner_url = get_option(‘premiumnews_banner_url’);

?>
href=”<?php echo “$banner_url”; ?>”><img src=”<?php echo “$banner_img”; ?>” alt=”” /> </div>
<div class=”boxes”>
<h3 class=”posted”> VEJA TAMBEM</h3>

<?php
// enter the IDs of the categories to display
$display_categories = array(3,6);
foreach ($display_categories as $category):
setup_postdata($post); { ?>
<div class=”col4″>
<?php query_posts(“showposts=1&include=$category”);?>
<?php if ( get_post_meta($post->ID, ‘thumb-h’, true) ) { ?>
<!– DISPLAYS THE IMAGE URL SPECIFIED IN THE CUSTOM FIELD –>
<img src=”<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, “thumb-h”, $single = true); ?>” alt=”” />
<?php } ?>
<h2>” href=”<?php the_permalink() ?>” rel=”bookmark”>
<?php the_title(); ?>
</h2>
<p><?php echo strip_tags(get_the_excerpt(), ”); ?></p>
<p><span class=”continue”>” href=”<?php the_permalink() ?>”>Continue…</span> | <span class=”comments”>
<?php comments_popup_link(‘Depoimentos (0)’, ‘Depoimentos (1)’, ‘Depoimentos (%)’); ?>
</span></p>
</div>
<?php }
endforeach;
wp_reset_query(); ?>
<!– LAST CATEGORY LISTING – NEEDED TO END CSS COLUMNS –>
<div class=”col5″>
<?php query_posts(“showposts=1&include=35”); ?>
<?php if ( get_post_meta($post->ID, ‘thumb-h’, true) ) { ?>
<!– DISPLAYS THE IMAGE URL SPECIFIED IN THE CUSTOM FIELD –>
<img src=”<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, “thumb-h”, $single = true); ?>” alt=”” />
<?php } ?>
<h2>” href=”<?php the_permalink() ?>” rel=”bookmark”>
<?php the_title(); ?>
</h2>
<p><?php echo strip_tags(get_the_excerpt(), ”); ?></p>
<p><span class=”continue”>” href=”<?php the_permalink() ?>”>Continue…</span> | <span class=”comments”>
<?php comments_popup_link(‘Depoimentos (0)’, ‘Depoimentos (1)’, ‘Depoimentos (%)’); ?>
</span></p>
</div>
<hr>
</hr>
</div>

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Can anyone help me?