[UPHPU] weird looping image in <td>

[Caleb Call]

I know this is more of an HTML question but I have an odd problem.  I  
have a "banner" that I am helping a friend out with that is kind of  
looping the image because I have it set as the background of the  
<td>.  What can be done to stop this?  I've tried specifying the  
height of the table and it doesn't do anything till I get above the  
actual size of the image and then it continues the image loop that it  
has began on it's own.  Even if I set the height to much smaller than  
the actual height of the background image I still get this exact same  
result.

You can see what I am talking about at http://www.cncmedia.net/countdown.html 
  the upper is the problem child and the lower is the exact same image  
but just an image (not set in a table or anything).

Any Help???


-Caleb