Advanced DDblock does not show up

The News View is correctly set and 2 news are published. Here is the result from the select

SELECT node.nid AS nid, 
node.title AS node_title, 
node_data_field_pager_item_text.field_pager_item_text_value AS node_data_field_pager_item_text_field_pager_item_text_value, 
node.type AS node_type, 
node.vid AS node_vid, 
node_data_field_pager_item_text.field_slide_text_value AS node_data_field_pager_item_text_field_slide_text_value, 
node_data_field_pager_item_text.field_image_fid AS node_data_field_pager_item_text_field_image_fid, 
node_data_field_pager_item_text.field_image_list AS node_data_field_pager_item_text_field_image_list, 
node_data_field_pager_item_text.field_image_data AS node_data_field_pager_item_text_field_image_data, 
node_revisions.body AS node_revisions_body, 
node_revisions.format AS node_revisions_format, 
node.created AS node_created 
FROM car_node node 
LEFT JOIN car_content_type_ddblock_news_item node_data_field_pager_item_text ON node.vid = node_data_field_pager_item_text.vid 
LEFT JOIN car_node_revisions node_revisions ON node.vid = node_revisions.vid 
WHERE (node.status <> 0) AND (node.type in ('ddblock_news_item')) 
ORDER BY node_created ASC

The filesystem is set to public.

ddblock permissions are set to anonymous and users

The cache has been cleared numerous times

The template function glossyblue_preprocess_ddblock_cycle_block_content(&$vars) is called and i can see debug information like the full path of the images :
/drupal/sites/carolepotter.com.drupal/files/table-thanksgiving_1.jpg
and here is the template.php

<?php
/**
 * Return a themed breadcrumb trail.
 *
 * @param $breadcrumb
 *   An array containing the breadcrumb links.
 * @return a string containing the breadcrumb output.
 */
function phptemplate_breadcrumb($breadcrumb) {
  if (!empty($breadcrumb)) {
    return '<div class="breadcrumb">'. implode(' › ', $breadcrumb) .'</div>';
  }
}

/**
 * Allow themable wrapping of all comments.
 */
function phptemplate_comment_wrapper($content, $type = null) {
  static $node_type;
  if (isset($type)) $node_type = $type;

  if (!$content || $node_type == 'forum') {
    return '<div id="comments">'. $content . '</div>';
  }
  else {
    return '<h3 id="comments">'. t('Comments') .'</h3><ol class="commentlist">'. $content .'</ol>';
  }
}

/*!
 * Dynamic display block preprocess functions
 * Copyright (c) 2008 - 2009 P. Blaauw All rights reserved.
 * Version 1.6 (01-OCT-2009)
 * Licenced under GPL license
 * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
 */

 /**
 * Override or insert variables into the ddblock_cycle_block_content templates.
 *   Used to convert variables from view_fields to slider_items template variables
 *
 * @param $vars
 *   An array of variables to pass to the theme template.
 * 
 */
function glossyblue_preprocess_ddblock_cycle_block_content(&$vars) {
 
  if ($vars['output_type'] == 'view_fields') {
    $content = array();
    // Add slider_items for the template 
    // If you use the devel module uncomment the following line to see the theme variables
    //dsm($vars['settings']['view_name']);  
    //dsm($vars['content'][0]);
    // If you don't use the devel module uncomment the following line to see the theme variables
    //drupal_set_message('<pre>' . var_export($vars['settings']['view_name'], true) . '</pre>');
    //drupal_set_message('<pre>' . var_export($vars['content'][0], true) . '</pre>');
    if ($vars['settings']['view_name'] == 'news_items') {
      if (!empty($vars['content'])) {
        foreach ($vars['content'] as $key1 => $result) {
          // add slide_image variable 
          if (isset($result->node_data_field_pager_item_text_field_image_fid)) {
            // get image id
            $fid = $result->node_data_field_pager_item_text_field_image_fid;
            // get path to image
            $filepath = db_result(db_query("SELECT filepath FROM {files} WHERE fid = %d", $fid));
            //  use imagecache (imagecache, preset_name, file_path, alt, title, array of attributes)
            if (module_exists('imagecache') && is_array(imagecache_presets()) && $vars['imgcache_slide'] <> '<none>'){
              $slider_items[$key1]['slide_image'] = 
              theme('imagecache', 
                    $vars['imgcache_slide'], 
                    $filepath,
                    check_plain($result->node_title));
            }
            else {       
drupal_set_message('<pre>' .base_path().$filepath. '</pre>');   
              $slider_items[$key1]['slide_image'] = 
                '<img src="' . base_path() . $filepath . 
                '" alt="' . check_plain($result->node_title) . 
                '"/>';     
            }          
          }
          // add slide_text variable
          if (isset($result->node_data_field_pager_item_text_field_slide_text_value)) {
            $slider_items[$key1]['slide_text'] =  check_markup($result->node_data_field_pager_item_text_field_slide_text_value);
          }
          // add slide_title variable
          if (isset($result->node_title)) {
            $slider_items[$key1]['slide_title'] =  check_plain($result->node_title);
          }
          // add slide_read_more variable and slide_node variable
          if (isset($result->nid)) {
            $slider_items[$key1]['slide_read_more'] =  l('Read more...', 'node/' . $result->nid);
            $slider_items[$key1]['slide_node'] =  base_path() . 'node/' . $result->nid;
          }
        }
      }
    }    
    $vars['slider_items'] = $slider_items;
  }
}  
/**
 * Override or insert variables into the ddblock_cycle_pager_content templates.
 *   Used to convert variables from view_fields  to pager_items template variables
 *  Only used for custom pager items
 *
 * @param $vars
 *   An array of variables to pass to the theme template.
 *
 */
function glossyblue_preprocess_ddblock_cycle_pager_content(&$vars) {
  if (($vars['output_type'] == 'view_fields') && ($vars['pager_settings']['pager'] == 'custom-pager')){
    $content = array();
    // Add pager_items for the template 
    // If you use the devel module uncomment the following lines to see the theme variables
    // dsm($vars['pager_settings']['view_name']);     
    // dsm($vars['content'][0]);     
    // If you don't use the devel module uncomment the following lines to see the theme variables
    //drupal_set_message('<pre>' . var_export($vars['pager_settings'], true) . '</pre>');
    //drupal_set_message('<pre>' . var_export($vars['content'][0], true) . '</pre>');
    if ($vars['pager_settings']['view_name'] == 'news_items') {
      if (!empty($vars['content'])) {
        foreach ($vars['content'] as $key1 => $result) {
          // add pager_item_image variable
          if (isset($result->node_data_field_pager_item_text_field_image_fid)) {
            $fid = $result->node_data_field_pager_item_text_field_image_fid;
            $filepath = db_result(db_query("SELECT filepath FROM {files} WHERE fid = %d", $fid));
            //  use imagecache (imagecache, preset_name, file_path, alt, title, array of attributes)
            if (module_exists('imagecache') && 
                is_array(imagecache_presets()) && 
                $vars['imgcache_pager_item'] <> '<none>'){
              $pager_items[$key1]['image'] = 
                theme('imagecache', 
                      $vars['pager_settings']['imgcache_pager_item'],              
                      $filepath,
                      check_plain($result->node_data_field_pager_item_text_field_pager_item_text_value));
            }
            else {          
              $pager_items[$key1]['image'] = 
                '<img src="' . base_path() . $filepath . 
                '" alt="' . check_plain($result->node_data_field_pager_item_text_field_pager_item_text_value) . 
                '"/>';     
            }          
          }
          // add pager_item _text variable
          if (isset($result->node_data_field_pager_item_text_field_pager_item_text_value)) {
            $pager_items[$key1]['text'] =  check_plain($result->node_data_field_pager_item_text_field_pager_item_text_value);
          }
        }
      }
    }
    $vars['pager_items'] = $pager_items;
  }    
}

The output of the function is :

    * 'news_items'

    * stdClass::__set_state(array(
         'nid' => '27',
         'node_title' => 'Lancement de Cookie Club Birthday',
         'node_data_field_pager_item_text_field_pager_item_text_value' => 'Birthdays',
         'node_type' => 'ddblock_news_item',
         'node_vid' => '27',
         'node_data_field_pager_item_text_field_slide_text_value' => 'Birthdays Slide',
         'node_data_field_pager_item_text_field_image_fid' => '3',
         'node_data_field_pager_item_text_field_image_list' => '1',
         'node_data_field_pager_item_text_field_image_data' => 'a:3:{s:11:"description";s:0:"";s:3:"alt";s:0:"";s:5:"title";s:0:"";}',
         'node_revisions_body' => '

      Dans le prolongement du succès des cours, voici une nouvelle activité, les anniversaires en anglais
      ',
         'node_revisions_format' => '1',
         'node_created' => '1259076104',
      ))

The site is www.carolepotter.com