My iPad is mixing up photos between albums

Hey there
iPad2, iPhoto 11, 10.6.7
I'm syncing a bunch of smart albums from iPhoto to my iPad. The smart albums are based on events, with photos that are 5 star rankings.
Anyway, in iPhoto, they all work great. But when I load the albums on the iPad, they're about 90% right. 10% of all albums have photos mixed in from other albums. It's frustrating as **** - I want to show people my photos, but I can't because they're not in any order!
Help!
-- james

I got it - go to where your iPhoto library file is (typically
~/Pictures/iPhoto Library
Right click on the iPhoto Library, click Show Package Contents
DELETE the iPod Photo Cache
Next time you sync your device it will take a very long time (recreating the photo cache) but the photos should be correct
-- james

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