Nice plugin! Don't forget if you are planning on using this though that you can also use CSS filters, which are likely to be more efficient. Something like this will be a good fallback though, as CSS blurs aren't supported everywhere (http://caniuse.com/#feat=css-fil...)
@jblok2 you are correct, CSS filters are not supported by all browsers but SVG blur has wider support, even back to IE 8,9 and so on. I made this plugin to be used at NBCNews.com/video to save on page size and use existing images on the page by blurring them to act as an ambient background.
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