WP_Query Pagination on multiple-loop page breaks WP or doesn’t show up

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The loop below is one of several on a Custom Page template, but it’s the only loop that I’m trying to implement Pagination with.

Once I have Pagination working for this one loop, I’ll be implementing InfiniteScroll which I’m sure will be way easier than installing it first…

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I’ve read miles of pages but my brain just isn’t finding the right information to get this to work yet.

Designing themes is one thing, but engineering loops is still something I struggle with. 

    <div class="thirdLeft">
            <?php
            global $paged;
            $curpage = $paged ? $paged : 1;
            $args = array(
                'post_type' => 'location',
                'orderby' => 'post_date',
                'posts_per_page' => 5,
                'paged' => $paged
            );
            $first_query = new WP_Query('cat=2,-20&showposts=18&offset=2');
            while($first_query->have_posts()) : $first_query->the_post();
            ?>

                <?php get_template_part( 'content', 'single' ); ?>  
            <?php endwhile; ?>
    </div>

UPDATE

After scouring the web, I found this great tut:
http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/04/19/paging-and-custom-wordpress-loops/

Formatting my loop above to work and get the pagination it deserves, an updated version looks like this:

(not much changed from the tut, aside from custom categories) 

    <?php add_filter('post_limits', 'my_post_limit'); ?>
    <div class="thirdLeft">
            <?php
                global $myOffset;
                $myOffset = 2;
                $temp = $wp_query;
                $wp_query= null;
                $wp_query = new WP_Query();
                $wp_query->query('offset='.$myOffset.'&cat=2,-20'.'&showposts=18'.'&paged='.$paged);
            ?>
            <?php while ($wp_query->have_posts()) : $wp_query->the_post(); ?>
    </div>
        <div class="longLoopNav">
          <div class="alignleft"><?php previous_posts_link('&laquo; Previous') ?></div>
          <div class="alignright"><?php next_posts_link('More &raquo;') ?></div>
        </div>
        <?php $wp_query = null; $wp_query = $temp;?>
        <?php remove_filter('post_limits', 'my_post_limit'); ?>

Now to figure out Infinite Scroll to load more posts into this loop with Ajax

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  1. Why can’t you write custom pagination?

    function theme_get_next_posts_link($query, $label = null, $max_page = 0)    
    {       
        global $paged;      
        if(!$max_page) $max_page = $query->max_num_pages;       
        if(!$paged) $paged = 1;     
        $nextpage = intval($paged) + 1;     
        if(null === $label) $label = "Older Posts";     
        if(!is_single() && $nextpage <= $max_page):         
            $attr = apply_filters( 'next_posts_link_attributes', '' );          
            echo '<a class="page-l" href="' . next_posts( $max_page, false ) . "" $attr>" . preg_replace('/&([^#])(?![a-z]{1,8};)/i', '&$1', $label) . '</a>';     
        endif;  
    }       

    function theme_get_previous_posts_link($label = null)   
    {       
        global $paged;      
        if(null === $label) $label = "Newer Posts";     
        if(!is_single() && $paged > 1):         
            $attr = apply_filters( 'previous_posts_link_attributes', '' );          
            echo '<a class="page-r" href="' . previous_posts( false ) . "" $attr>". preg_replace( '/&([^#])(?![a-z]{1,8};)/', '&$1', $label ) .'</a>';     
        endif;  
    }

    Using:
    <?php theme_get_next_posts_link($first_query); ?> for Older Posts
    <?php theme_get_previous_posts_link(); ?> for Newer Posts

    In your code:

    <?php
    global $paged;
    $args = array(
        'post_type'=>'post',
        'post_status'=> 'publish',
        'paged'=> $paged,
        'ignore_sticky_posts'=> 1,
        'posts_per_page'=>10 // -1 - all
    );
    $fp_query = new WP_Query( $args );
    if ( $fp_query->have_posts() ):
    while ($fp_query->have_posts()) : $fp_query->the_post();
?>
    Posts
<?php endwhile;?>
    <div class="longLoopNav">
        <div class="alignleft"><?php theme_get_next_posts_link($fp_query); ?></div>
        <div class="alignright"><?php theme_get_previous_posts_link(); ?></div>
    </div>
<?php endif; ?>

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