query split

$args = array(
  'category__in' => $cat_ID,
	'posts_per_page'  => 8,
	'no_found_rows' => true,
);

$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );

//Maybe array_chunk isn't the right thing to do here...
$arrays = array_chunk( $the_query->posts, 4, true );

foreach( $arrays as $posts) {
	//print_r($posts);
	//Since there are two seperate arrays, this returns true for both of them...
	if ($posts[0]) {
		echo '<div class="item active">';	
	} else {
		echo '<div class="item">';
	}
	echo '<div class="row">';
		foreach ($posts as $post) {
			echo '<div class="span3">';
			echo get_the_post_thumbnail( $post->ID );
			echo get_the_title( $post->ID );
			echo '</div>';
		}
	echo '</div>';

}