WordPress Multiple Loops Confusion -

i have multiple loops want display on wordpress blog. categories follows:

• top-story (1 per page)
• small-story (1 per page)
• normal (1 per page)
• quickfill (2 per page)

i've got 4 loops display these. i'm trying display amount of posts per page , once they've been displayed, don't show them again on page, don't want show duplicates.

my loops follows. seem getting duplicates , when i'm trying them remove duplicates tend remove without knowing how.

top story - 1st loop

<?php          global $do_not_duplicate;         $do_not_duplicate = array();          $paged = max(1, get_query_var('paged'));         $my_query = new wp_query('category_name=top-story&posts_per_page=1&paged='.$paged);          while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();         $do_not_duplicate[] = $post->id; ?>         // content <?php endwhile; ?> 

small-story - 2nd loop

<?php          $my_query = new wp_query('category_name=small-story&posts_per_page=1&paged='.$paged);         while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();         if (in_array($post->id, $do_not_duplicate)) continue;         $do_not_duplicate[] = $post->id;          ?>         // content <?php endwhile; ?> 

normal posts (note: category called normal) - 3rd loop

<?php $my_query = new wp_query('category_name=normal&posts_per_page=1&paged='.$paged); while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();         if (in_array($post->id, $do_not_duplicate)) continue;         $do_not_duplicate[] = $post->id; ?>         // content <?php endwhile; ?> 

quickfill - 4th loop

<?php            $int = 0;         $my_query = new wp_query('category_name=quickfill&posts_per_page=2&paged='.$paged);          while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();         if (in_array($post->id, $do_not_duplicate)) continue;                $do_not_duplicate[] = $post->id;              if ($int==0) { ?>                 <hr class="seperator" />                 <div class="gr_bg_post">                     <img src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/images/quickfill.png" />             <?php } ?>                 <div class="fl">                     <h4><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h4>                     <?php the_content('<button type="button" class="read_more_green">read more</button>'); ?>                 </div>             <?php if ($int==1) { ?>             </div>         <?php } ?>         <?php $int++; ?>         <?php endwhile; ?> 

last loop - standard wordpress protocol display posts... (i think may have duplicates)

<?php         $my_query = new wp_query(array('post_not_in' => $do_not_duplicate));         if (have_posts()) : while ($my_query>have_posts()) : $my_query>the_post();         ?>         // content <?php endwhile; endif; ?> 

i've been trying figure out few days , can't seem stop duplicates showing, or correct posts show. greatly appreciated!

you missing query variable $my_query in last query

$my_query = new wp_query(array('post_not_in' => $do_not_duplicate));  if ($my_query->have_posts()) : while ($my_query>have_posts()) : $my_query>the_post();     // content endwhile; endif;