created css file that embeds the background image directly into the file in base64 format. This alleviates the need to load the image externally.
put background image in class and base64 encoded it so that it doesn't have to be sourced by the css file. Added classes to necessary elements in the js file to use the background class.
Divided the css into two versions: one that references the image file externally (for ie7 compatibility), and one that embeds the background image in base64 format into the css file.
Merge pull request #140 from baggachipz/master

Base64 embedding of image asset into CSS file