Images truncated in IE 7 and 8, but appear fine in FF

Hi there. I have read the FAQ and the issues database and can't find an answer to this challenge. I have installed ddb and confirm it is working properly in Firefox. However, the images are being cut off in IE 7 and 8. The transition seems to be happening behind a gray banner. I have checked permissions, reinstalled the image views, and cleared the drupal cache numerous times.

The page url is: http://www.symphonicstrategies.com/node/158. The template.php file is attached. I am also using a custom theme, called theme251. I welcome the help.

The following is returned when I uncomment the drupal set message in the template.php file:

array (
'delta' => '2',
'output_type' => 'view_fields',
'pager' => 'custom-pager',
'pager_container' => NULL,
'pager_event' => NULL,
'pager_height' => 63,
'pager_width' => 195,
'imgcache_pager_item' => '',
'pager_position' => 'bottom',
'template' => 'custom',
'custom_template' => 'onslide-40p',
'view_name' => 'news_items',
)stdClass::__set_state(array(
'nid' => '156',
'node_title' => 'Parents as Leaders',
'node_language' => 'en',
'node_data_field_pager_item_text_field_pager_item_text_value' => 'Parents as Leaders',
'node_type' => 'ddblock_news_item',
'node_vid' => '156',
'node_data_field_pager_item_text_field_slide_text_value' => 'Do low-income parents have the skills to be effective leaders at home, at school, and in the community? Our recent study weighs in on this issue.',
'node_data_field_pager_item_text_field_image_fid' => '117',
'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' => 'A Market Analysis of Parent Engagement Programs in Washington, D.C. (2009)
This report presents the conclusions from a market research study we conducted in 2009 on the supply of, and demand for, parental leadership programs in the District of Columbia. The study involved in-depth interviews and focus groups with parents, conversations with seasoned parent trainers, and an intensive review of leading parental leadership programs across the country.
The central conclusion of our study is that a significant percentage of parents in economically distressed communities do not have the necessary skills to actually assume effective leadership roles that help to shape the future for their children, family, school, and community. Investing in resources and programs that combine leadership skills with the knowledge about the mechanics of systemic change is the next frontier in the movement to empower parents as partners. Download report (.pdf).',
'node_revisions_format' => '2',
'node_created' => '1261437833',
))'news_items'stdClass::__set_state(array(
'nid' => '156',
'node_title' => 'Parents as Leaders',
'node_language' => 'en',
'node_data_field_pager_item_text_field_pager_item_text_value' => 'Parents as Leaders',
'node_type' => 'ddblock_news_item',
'node_vid' => '156',
'node_data_field_pager_item_text_field_slide_text_value' => 'Do low-income parents have the skills to be effective leaders at home, at school, and in the community? Our recent study weighs in on this issue.',
'node_data_field_pager_item_text_field_image_fid' => '117',
'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' => 'A Market Analysis of Parent Engagement Programs in Washington, D.C. (2009)
This report presents the conclusions from a market research study we conducted in 2009 on the supply of, and demand for, parental leadership programs in the District of Columbia. The study involved in-depth interviews and focus groups with parents, conversations with seasoned parent trainers, and an intensive review of leading parental leadership programs across the country.
The central conclusion of our study is that a significant percentage of parents in economically distressed communities do not have the necessary skills to actually assume effective leadership roles that help to shape the future for their children, family, school, and community. Investing in resources and programs that combine leadership skills with the knowledge about the mechanics of systemic change is the next frontier in the movement to empower parents as partners. Download report (.pdf).',
'node_revisions_format' => '2',
'node_created' => '1261437833',
))

The template.php file code is pasted below:

function theme251_menu_local_task($link, $active = FALSE) {
  return '<li '. ($active ? 'class="active" ' : '') .'><span><span>'. $link ."</span></span></li>\n";
}

function theme251_l($text, $path, $options = array()) {
  // Merge in defaults.
  $options += array(
      'attributes' => array(),
      'html' => TRUE,
    );

  // Append active class.
  if ($path == $_GET['q'] || ($path == '<front>' && drupal_is_front_page())) {
    if (isset($options['attributes']['class'])) {
      $options['attributes']['class'] .= ' active';
    }
    else {
      $options['attributes']['class'] = 'active';
    }
  }

  // Remove all HTML and PHP tags from a tooltip. For best performance, we act only
  // if a quick strpos() pre-check gave a suspicion (because strip_tags() is expensive).
  if (isset($options['attributes']['title']) && strpos($options['attributes']['title'], '<') !== FALSE) {
    $options['attributes']['title'] = strip_tags($options['attributes']['title']);
  }

  return '<a href="'. check_url(url($path, $options)) .'"'. drupal_attributes($options['attributes']) .'>'. ($options['html'] ? $text : check_plain($text)) .'</a>';
}

/**
* Override theme_links to include <span> in list.
*/
function theme251_links($links, $attributes = array('class' => 'links')) {
 $output = '';
  if (count($links) > 0) {
    $output = '<ul'. drupal_attributes($attributes) .'>';
    $num_links = count($links);
    $i = 1;
    foreach ($links as $key => $link) {
      $class = '';
      // Automatically add a class to each link and also to each LI
      if (isset($link['attributes']) && isset($link['attributes']['class'])) {
        $link['attributes']['class'] .= ' ' . $key;
        $class = $key;
      }
      else {
        $link['attributes']['class'] = $key;
        $class = $key;
      }
      // Add first and last classes to the list of links to help out themers.
      $extra_class = '';
      if ($i == 1) {
        $extra_class .= 'first ';
      }
      if ($i == $num_links) {
        $extra_class .= 'last ';
      }
      // Add class active to active li
      $current = '';
      if (strstr($class, 'active')) {
        $current = ' active';
      }
      $output .= '<li class="'. $extra_class . $class . $current .'">';
      // Is the title HTML?
      $html = isset($link['html']) && $link['html'];
      // Initialize fragment and query variables.
      $link['query'] = isset($link['query']) ? $link['query'] : NULL;
      $link['fragment'] = isset($link['fragment']) ? $link['fragment'] : NULL;
      if (isset($link['href'])) {
        $spanned_title = "<span ". drupal_attributes($link['attributes']) ."><span>".$link['title']."</span></span>";
// In the line above, you could take out the drupal_attributes var and specify your class
		
       $output .= theme251_l($spanned_title, $link['href'], $link['attributes'], $link['query'], $link['fragment']);
      } else if ($link['title']) {
        //Some links are actually not links, but we wrap these in <span> for adding title and class attributes
        if (!$html) {
          $link['title'] = check_plain($link['title']);
        }
        $output .= '<span'. drupal_attributes($link['attributes']) .'>'. $link['title'] .'</span>';
      }
      $i++;
      $output .= "</li>\n";
    }
    $output .= '</ul>';
  }
  return $output;
}

/*!
 
* 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 theme251_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 {          

              $slider_items[$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 theme251_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;

  }    

}