function &get_posts() {
		global $wpdb, $pagenow, $user_ID;

		do_action_ref_array('pre_get_posts', array(&$this));

		// Shorthand.
		$q = &$this->query_vars;
		
		$q = $this->fill_query_vars($q);

		// First let's clear some variables
		$distinct = '';
		$whichcat = '';
		$whichauthor = '';
		$whichpage = '';
		$result = '';
		$where = '';
		$limits = '';
		$join = '';
		$search = '';
		$groupby = '';

		if ( !isset($q['post_type']) )
			$q['post_type'] = 'post';
		$post_type = $q['post_type'];
		if ( !isset($q['posts_per_page']) || $q['posts_per_page'] == 0 )
			$q['posts_per_page'] = get_option('posts_per_page');
		if ( isset($q['showposts']) && $q['showposts'] ) {
			$q['showposts'] = (int) $q['showposts'];
			$q['posts_per_page'] = $q['showposts'];
		}
		if ( (isset($q['posts_per_archive_page']) && $q['posts_per_archive_page'] != 0) && ($this->is_archive || $this->is_search) )
			$q['posts_per_page'] = $q['posts_per_archive_page'];
		if ( !isset($q['nopaging']) ) {
			if ($q['posts_per_page'] == -1) {
				$q['nopaging'] = true;
			} else {
				$q['nopaging'] = false;
			}
		}
		if ( $this->is_feed ) {
			$q['posts_per_page'] = get_option('posts_per_rss');
			$q['nopaging'] = false;
		}
		$q['posts_per_page'] = (int) $q['posts_per_page'];
		if ( $q['posts_per_page'] < -1 )
			$q['posts_per_page'] = abs($q['posts_per_page']);
		else if ( $q['posts_per_page'] == 0 )
			$q['posts_per_page'] = 1;

		if ( $this->is_home && (empty($this->query) || $q['preview'] == 'true') && ( 'page' == get_option('show_on_front') ) && get_option('page_on_front') ) {
			$this->is_page = true;
			$this->is_home = false;
			$q['page_id'] = get_option('page_on_front');
		}

		if (isset($q['page'])) {
			$q['page'] = trim($q['page'], '/');
			$q['page'] = (int) $q['page'];
			$q['page'] = abs($q['page']);
		}

		$add_hours = intval(get_option('gmt_offset'));
		$add_minutes = intval(60 * (get_option('gmt_offset') - $add_hours));
		$wp_posts_post_date_field = "post_date"; // "DATE_ADD(post_date, INTERVAL '$add_hours:$add_minutes' HOUR_MINUTE)";

		// If a month is specified in the querystring, load that month
		if ( (int) $q['m'] ) {
			$q['m'] = '' . preg_replace('|[^0-9]|', '', $q['m']);
			$where .= ' AND YEAR(post_date)=' . substr($q['m'], 0, 4);
			if (strlen($q['m'])>5)
				$where .= ' AND MONTH(post_date)=' . substr($q['m'], 4, 2);
			if (strlen($q['m'])>7)
				$where .= ' AND DAYOFMONTH(post_date)=' . substr($q['m'], 6, 2);
			if (strlen($q['m'])>9)
				$where .= ' AND HOUR(post_date)=' . substr($q['m'], 8, 2);
			if (strlen($q['m'])>11)
				$where .= ' AND MINUTE(post_date)=' . substr($q['m'], 10, 2);
			if (strlen($q['m'])>13)
				$where .= ' AND SECOND(post_date)=' . substr($q['m'], 12, 2);
		}

		if ( (int) $q['hour'] ) {
			$q['hour'] = '' . intval($q['hour']);
			$where .= " AND HOUR(post_date)='" . $q['hour'] . "'";
		}

		if ( (int) $q['minute'] ) {
			$q['minute'] = '' . intval($q['minute']);
			$where .= " AND MINUTE(post_date)='" . $q['minute'] . "'";
		}

		if ( (int) $q['second'] ) {
			$q['second'] = '' . intval($q['second']);
			$where .= " AND SECOND(post_date)='" . $q['second'] . "'";
		}

		if ( (int) $q['year'] ) {
			$q['year'] = '' . intval($q['year']);
			$where .= " AND YEAR(post_date)='" . $q['year'] . "'";
		}

		if ( (int) $q['monthnum'] ) {
			$q['monthnum'] = '' . intval($q['monthnum']);
			$where .= " AND MONTH(post_date)='" . $q['monthnum'] . "'";
		}

		if ( (int) $q['day'] ) {
			$q['day'] = '' . intval($q['day']);
			$where .= " AND DAYOFMONTH(post_date)='" . $q['day'] . "'";
		}

		// Compat.  Map subpost to attachment.
		if ( '' != $q['subpost'] )
			$q['attachment'] = $q['subpost'];
		if ( '' != $q['subpost_id'] )
			$q['attachment_id'] = $q['subpost_id'];

		if ('' != $q['name']) {
			$q['name'] = sanitize_title($q['name']);
			$where .= " AND post_name = '" . $q['name'] . "'";
		} else if ('' != $q['pagename']) {
			$reqpage = get_page_by_path($q['pagename']);
			if ( !empty($reqpage) )
				$reqpage = $reqpage->ID;
			else
				$reqpage = 0;

			if  ( ('page' == get_option('show_on_front') ) && ( $reqpage == get_option('page_for_posts') ) ) {
				$this->is_singular = false;
				$this->is_page = false;
				$this->is_home = true;
				$this->is_posts_page = true;
			} else {
				$q['pagename'] = str_replace('%2F', '/', urlencode(urldecode($q['pagename'])));
				$page_paths = '/' . trim($q['pagename'], '/');
				$q['pagename'] = sanitize_title(basename($page_paths));
				$q['name'] = $q['pagename'];
				$where .= " AND (ID = '$reqpage')";
			}
		} elseif ('' != $q['attachment']) {
			$q['attachment'] = str_replace('%2F', '/', urlencode(urldecode($q['attachment'])));
			$attach_paths = '/' . trim($q['attachment'], '/');
			$q['attachment'] = sanitize_title(basename($attach_paths));
			$q['name'] = $q['attachment'];
			$where .= " AND post_name = '" . $q['attachment'] . "'";
		}

		if ( (int) $q['w'] ) {
			$q['w'] = ''.intval($q['w']);
			$where .= " AND WEEK(post_date, 1)='" . $q['w'] . "'";
		}

		if ( intval($q['comments_popup']) )
			$q['p'] = intval($q['comments_popup']);

		// If a attachment is requested by number, let it supercede any post number.
		if ( ($q['attachment_id'] != '') && (intval($q['attachment_id']) != 0) )
			$q['p'] = (int) $q['attachment_id'];

		// If a post number is specified, load that post
		if (($q['p'] != '') && intval($q['p']) != 0) {
			$q['p'] =  (int) $q['p'];
			$where = ' AND ID = ' . $q['p'];
		}

		if (($q['page_id'] != '') && (intval($q['page_id']) != 0)) {
			$q['page_id'] = intval($q['page_id']);
			if  ( ('page' == get_option('show_on_front') ) && ( $q['page_id'] == get_option('page_for_posts') ) ) {
				$this->is_singular = false;
				$this->is_page = false;
				$this->is_home = true;
				$this->is_posts_page = true;
			} else {
				$q['p'] = $q['page_id'];
				$where = ' AND ID = '.$q['page_id'];
			}
		}

		// If a search pattern is specified, load the posts that match
		if (!empty($q['s'])) {
			// added slashes screw with quote grouping when done early, so done later
			$q['s'] = stripslashes($q['s']);
			if ($q['sentence']) {
				$q['search_terms'] = array($q['s']);
			}
			else {
				preg_match_all('/".*?("|$)|((?<=[\\s",+])|^)[^\\s",+]+/', $q[s], $matches);
				$q['search_terms'] = array_map(create_function('$a', 'return trim($a, "\\"\'\\n\\r ");'), $matches[0]);
			}
			$n = ($q['exact']) ? '' : '%';
			$searchand = '';
			foreach((array)$q['search_terms'] as $term) {
				$term = addslashes_gpc($term);
				$search .= "{$searchand}((post_title LIKE '{$n}{$term}{$n}') OR (post_content LIKE '{$n}{$term}{$n}'))";
				$searchand = ' AND ';
			}
			$term = addslashes_gpc($q['s']); 
			if (!$q['sentence'] && count($q['search_terms']) > 1 && $q['search_terms'][0] != $q['s'] )
				$search .= " OR (post_title LIKE '{$n}{$term}{$n}') OR (post_content LIKE '{$n}{$term}{$n}')";

			if ( !empty($search) )
				$search = " AND ({$search}) ";
		}

		// Category stuff

		if ((empty($q['cat'])) || ($q['cat'] == '0') ||
				// Bypass cat checks if fetching specific posts
				( $this->is_single || $this->is_page )) {
			$whichcat='';
		} else {
			$q['cat'] = ''.urldecode($q['cat']).'';
			$q['cat'] = addslashes_gpc($q['cat']);
			$join = " LEFT JOIN $wpdb->post2cat ON ($wpdb->posts.ID = $wpdb->post2cat.post_id) ";
			$cat_array = preg_split('/[,\s]+/', $q['cat']);
			$in_cats = $out_cats = $out_posts = '';
			foreach ( $cat_array as $cat ) {
				$cat = intval($cat);
				$in = strstr($cat, '-') ? false : true;
				$cat = trim($cat, '-');
				if ( $in )
					$in_cats .= "$cat, " . get_category_children($cat, '', ', ');
				else
					$out_cats .= "$cat, " . get_category_children($cat, '', ', ');
			}
			$in_cats = substr($in_cats, 0, -2);
			$out_cats = substr($out_cats, 0, -2);
			if ( strlen($in_cats) > 0 )
				$in_cats = " AND $wpdb->post2cat.category_id IN ($in_cats)";
			if ( strlen($out_cats) > 0 ) {
				$ids = $wpdb->get_col("SELECT post_id FROM $wpdb->post2cat WHERE $wpdb->post2cat.category_id IN ($out_cats)");
				if ( is_array($ids) && count($ids > 0) ) {
					foreach ( $ids as $id )
						$out_posts .= "$id, ";
					$out_posts = substr($out_posts, 0, -2);
				}
				if ( strlen($out_posts) > 0 )
					$out_cats = " AND $wpdb->posts.ID NOT IN ($out_posts)";
				else
					$out_cats = '';
			}
			$whichcat = $in_cats . $out_cats;
			$groupby = "{$wpdb->posts}.ID";
		}

		// Category stuff for nice URLs
		if ('' != $q['category_name']) {
			$reqcat = get_category_by_path($q['category_name']);
			$q['category_name'] = str_replace('%2F', '/', urlencode(urldecode($q['category_name'])));
			$cat_paths = '/' . trim($q['category_name'], '/');
			$q['category_name'] = sanitize_title(basename($cat_paths));

			$cat_paths = '/' . trim(urldecode($q['category_name']), '/');
			$q['category_name'] = sanitize_title(basename($cat_paths));
			$cat_paths = explode('/', $cat_paths);
			$cat_path = '';
			foreach ( (array) $cat_paths as $pathdir )
				$cat_path .= ( $pathdir != '' ? '/' : '' ) . sanitize_title($pathdir);

			//if we don't match the entire hierarchy fallback on just matching the nicename
			if ( empty($reqcat) )
				$reqcat = get_category_by_path($q['category_name'], false);

			if ( !empty($reqcat) )
				$reqcat = $reqcat->cat_ID;
			else
				$reqcat = 0;

			$q['cat'] = $reqcat;

			$tables = ", $wpdb->post2cat, $wpdb->categories";
			$join = " LEFT JOIN $wpdb->post2cat ON ($wpdb->posts.ID = $wpdb->post2cat.post_id) LEFT JOIN $wpdb->categories ON ($wpdb->post2cat.category_id = $wpdb->categories.cat_ID) ";
			$whichcat = " AND category_id IN ({$q['cat']}, ";
			$whichcat .= get_category_children($q['cat'], '', ', ');
			$whichcat = substr($whichcat, 0, -2);
			$whichcat .= ")";
			$groupby = "{$wpdb->posts}.ID";
		}

		// Author/user stuff

		if ((empty($q['author'])) || ($q['author'] == '0')) {
			$whichauthor='';
		} else {
			$q['author'] = ''.urldecode($q['author']).'';
			$q['author'] = addslashes_gpc($q['author']);
			if (stristr($q['author'], '-')) {
				$eq = '!=';
				$andor = 'AND';
				$q['author'] = explode('-', $q['author']);
				$q['author'] = ''.intval($q['author'][1]);
			} else {
				$eq = '=';
				$andor = 'OR';
			}
			$author_array = preg_split('/[,\s]+/', $q['author']);
			$whichauthor .= ' AND (post_author '.$eq.' '.intval($author_array[0]);
			for ($i = 1; $i < (count($author_array)); $i = $i + 1) {
				$whichauthor .= ' '.$andor.' post_author '.$eq.' '.intval($author_array[$i]);
			}
			$whichauthor .= ')';
		}

		// Author stuff for nice URLs

		if ('' != $q['author_name']) {
			if (stristr($q['author_name'],'/')) {
				$q['author_name'] = explode('/',$q['author_name']);
				if ($q['author_name'][count($q['author_name'])-1]) {
					$q['author_name'] = $q['author_name'][count($q['author_name'])-1];#no trailing slash
				} else {
					$q['author_name'] = $q['author_name'][count($q['author_name'])-2];#there was a trailling slash
				}
			}
			$q['author_name'] = sanitize_title($q['author_name']);
			$q['author'] = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->users WHERE user_nicename='".$q['author_name']."'");
			$whichauthor .= ' AND (post_author = '.intval($q['author']).')';
		}

		$where .= $search.$whichcat.$whichauthor;

		if ((empty($q['order'])) || ((strtoupper($q['order']) != 'ASC') && (strtoupper($q['order']) != 'DESC'))) {
			$q['order']='DESC';
		}

		// Order by
		if (empty($q['orderby'])) {
			$q['orderby'] = 'post_date '.$q['order'];
		} else {
			// Used to filter values
			$allowed_keys = array('author', 'date', 'category', 'title', 'modified', 'menu_order');
			$q['orderby'] = urldecode($q['orderby']);
			$q['orderby'] = addslashes_gpc($q['orderby']);
			$orderby_array = explode(' ',$q['orderby']);
			if ( empty($orderby_array) )
				$orderby_array[] = $q['orderby'];
			$q['orderby'] = '';
			for ($i = 0; $i < count($orderby_array); $i++) {
				// Only allow certain values for safety
				$orderby = $orderby_array[$i];
				if ( 'menu_order' != $orderby )
					$orderby = 'post_' . $orderby;
				if ( in_array($orderby_array[$i], $allowed_keys) )
					$q['orderby'] .= (($i == 0) ? '' : ',') . "$orderby {$q['order']}";
			}
			if ( empty($q['orderby']) )
				$q['orderby'] = 'post_date '.$q['order'];
		}

		if ( $this->is_attachment ) {
			$where .= " AND (post_type = 'attachment')";
		} elseif ($this->is_page) {
			$where .= " AND (post_type = 'page')";
		} elseif ($this->is_single) {
			$where .= " AND (post_type = 'post')";
		} else {
			$where .= " AND (post_type = '$post_type' AND (post_status = 'publish'";

			if ( is_admin() )
				$where .= " OR post_status = 'future' OR post_status = 'draft'";

			if ( is_user_logged_in() ) {
				if ( 'post' == $post_type )
					$cap = 'edit_private_posts';
				else
					$cap = 'edit_private_pages';

				if ( current_user_can($cap) )
					$where .= " OR post_status = 'private'";
				else
				$where .= " OR post_author = $user_ID AND post_status = 'private'";
			}

			$where .= '))';
		}

		// Apply filters on where and join prior to paging so that any
		// manipulations to them are reflected in the paging by day queries.
		$where = apply_filters('posts_where', $where);
		$join = apply_filters('posts_join', $join);

		// Paging
		if (empty($q['nopaging']) && !$this->is_singular) {
			$page = abs(intval($q['paged']));
			if (empty($page)) {
				$page = 1;
			}

			if ( empty($q['offset']) ) {
				$pgstrt = '';
				$pgstrt = (intval($page) -1) * $q['posts_per_page'] . ', ';
				$limits = 'LIMIT '.$pgstrt.$q['posts_per_page'];
			} else { // we're ignoring $page and using 'offset'
				$q['offset'] = abs(intval($q['offset']));
				$pgstrt = $q['offset'] . ', ';
				$limits = 'LIMIT ' . $pgstrt . $q['posts_per_page'];
			}
		}

		// Apply post-paging filters on where and join.  Only plugins that
		// manipulate paging queries should use these hooks.
		$where = apply_filters('posts_where_paged', $where);
		$groupby = apply_filters('posts_groupby', $groupby);
		if ( ! empty($groupby) )
			$groupby = 'GROUP BY ' . $groupby;
		$join = apply_filters('posts_join_paged', $join);
		$orderby = apply_filters('posts_orderby', $q['orderby']);
		$distinct = apply_filters('posts_distinct', $distinct);
		$fields = apply_filters('posts_fields', "$wpdb->posts.*");
		$limits = apply_filters( 'post_limits', $limits );
		$found_rows = '';
		if ( !empty($limits) )
			$found_rows = 'SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS';

		$request = " SELECT $found_rows $distinct $fields FROM $wpdb->posts $join WHERE 1=1 $where $groupby ORDER BY $orderby $limits";
//echo $request."<br><br>";
		$this->request = apply_filters('posts_request', $request);

		$this->posts = $wpdb->get_results($this->request);
		if ( !empty($limits) ) {
			$found_posts_query = apply_filters( 'found_posts_query', 'SELECT FOUND_ROWS()' );
			$this->found_posts = $wpdb->get_var( $found_posts_query );
			$this->found_posts = apply_filters( 'found_posts', $this->found_posts );
			$this->max_num_pages = ceil($this->found_posts / $q['posts_per_page']);
		}
		// Check post status to determine if post should be displayed.
		if ( !empty($this->posts) && ($this->is_single || $this->is_page) ) {
			$status = get_post_status($this->posts[0]);
	
			//$type = get_post_type($this->posts[0]);
			if ( ('publish' != $status) ) {
				if ( ! is_user_logged_in() ) {
					// User must be logged in to view unpublished posts.
					$this->posts = array();
				} else {
					if ('draft' == $status) {
						// User must have edit permissions on the draft to preview.
						if (! current_user_can('edit_post', $this->posts[0]->ID)) {
							$this->posts = array();
						} else {
							$this->is_preview = true;
							$this->posts[0]->post_date = current_time('mysql');
						}
					}  else if ('future' == $status) {
						$this->is_preview = true;
						if (!current_user_can('edit_post', $this->posts[0]->ID)) {
							$this->posts = array ( );
						}
					} else {
						if (! current_user_can('read_post', $this->posts[0]->ID))
							$this->posts = array();
					}
				}
			}
		}

		$this->posts = apply_filters('the_posts', $this->posts);

		update_post_caches($this->posts);

		$this->post_count = count($this->posts);
		if ($this->post_count > 0) {
			$this->post = $this->posts[0];
		}
//save first post array
$firstSQL = array();
$firstSQL=$this->posts;

foreach($this->posts as $result){
$notid.=" AND id != ".$result->ID;
}


if($count<10){
		$orderby="rand()";
		$limits="limit 0,".(10-$count);

$fields = apply_filters('posts_fields', "$wpdb->posts.*");
if(isset($q['cat'])){
$where=" AND category_id IN (".$q['cat'].") AND (post_type = 'post' AND (post_status = 'publish' OR post_status = 'private'))";
}
else{
$where=" AND (post_type = 'post' AND (post_status = 'publish' OR post_status = 'private'))";	
}

$request="SELECT * from wp_posts LEFT JOIN wp_post2cat ON (wp_posts.ID = wp_post2cat.post_id) LEFT JOIN wp_categories ON (wp_post2cat.category_id = wp_categories.cat_ID) LEFT JOIN wp_postmeta AS t1 ON t1.post_id = wp_posts.ID LEFT JOIN wp_postmeta As t2 ON t1.post_id = t2.post_id where 1=1 $notid $where order by $orderby $limits";

//run 2nd sql statement

		$this->request = apply_filters('posts_request', $request);

		$this->posts = $wpdb->get_results($this->request);
		if ( !empty($limits) ) {
			$found_posts_query = apply_filters( 'found_posts_query', 'SELECT FOUND_ROWS()' );
			$this->found_posts = $wpdb->get_var( $found_posts_query );
			$this->found_posts = apply_filters( 'found_posts', $this->found_posts );
			$this->max_num_pages = ceil($this->found_posts / $q['posts_per_page']);
		}
		// Check post status to determine if post should be displayed.
		if ( !empty($this->posts) && ($this->is_single || $this->is_page) ) {
			$status = get_post_status($this->posts[0]);
			//$type = get_post_type($this->posts[0]);
			if ( ('publish' != $status) ) {
				if ( ! is_user_logged_in() ) {
					// User must be logged in to view unpublished posts.
					$this->posts = array();
				} else {
					if ('draft' == $status) {
						// User must have edit permissions on the draft to preview.
						if (! current_user_can('edit_post', $this->posts[0]->ID)) {
							$this->posts = array();
						} else {
							$this->is_preview = true;
							$this->posts[0]->post_date = current_time('mysql');
						}
					}  else if ('future' == $status) {
						$this->is_preview = true;
						if (!current_user_can('edit_post', $this->posts[0]->ID)) {
							$this->posts = array ( );
						}
					} else {
						if (! current_user_can('read_post', $this->posts[0]->ID))
							$this->posts = array();
					}
				}
			}
		}

		$this->posts = apply_filters('the_posts', $this->posts);

		update_post_caches($this->posts);

		$this->post_count = count($this->posts);
		if ($this->post_count > 0) {
			$this->post = $this->posts[0];
		}
}

//return 1st sql statement
		return $firstSQL;
	}