What is wrong with my wp query, cant exclude the category that i want

As far as I remember category__not_in takes array of IDs, which are pain to use when written as string.

For single category it would is easier to write it as cat=-14 (minus before ID).

See Category Parameters in Codex.

PS I think you meant query_posts(), not query()?..

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