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	<?php
		include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/includes/version.php');
		
		$the_query = new WP_Query('cat=-'. $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; } ?>">
		
			<?php if ( !get_option('woo_resize') ) { if ( get_post_meta($post->ID, 'image', true) ) { ?> <!-- DISPLAYS THE IMAGE URL SPECIFIED IN THE CUSTOM FIELD -->
						
						<img src="<?php echo bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/thumb.php?src=<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "image", $single = true); ?>&amp;h=57&amp;w=100&amp;zc=1&amp;q=95" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" class="th" />			
				
			<?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><a title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
            <p><em><?php the_time('d F Y'); ?></em></p>
			<p><?php echo strip_tags(get_the_excerpt(), '<a><strong>'); ?></p>
			<p><span class="continue"><a title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">Read the full story</a></span></p>
		
        <h3 class="posted">Posted in <?php the_category(', ') ?><span class="comments"><?php comments_popup_link('Comments (0)', 'Comments (1)', 'Comments (%)'); ?></span></h3>
		</div><!--/post-->
        
        
		
		<?php if ( !($counter2 == $showposts) && ($counter == 0) ) { echo '<div class="hl-full"></div>'; ?> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <?php } ?>
	
	<?php endwhile; ?>
	
	<div class="fix" style="height:10px"></div>
		
	<p class="ar"><a href="<?php include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/includes/version.php'); echo bloginfo('wpurl').'/?page_id='.$GLOBALS['archives_id']; ?>" class="more">See more articles in the archive</a></p>
	
</div><!--/box-->