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// Vertical gradient, from top to bottom
//
// Creates two color stops, start and end, by specifying a color and position for each color stop.
// Color stops are not available in IE9 and below.
@mixin gradient-vertical($start-color: #555, $end-color: #333, $start-percent: 0%, $end-percent: 100%) {
  background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, $start-color $start-percent, $end-color $end-percent);  // Safari 5.1-6, Chrome 10+
  background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, $start-color $start-percent, $end-color $end-percent);  // Opera 12
  background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, $start-color $start-percent, $end-color $end-percent); // Standard, IE10, Firefox 16+, Opera 12.10+, Safari 7+, Chrome 26+
  background-repeat: repeat-x;
  filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#{ie-hex-str($start-color)}', endColorstr='#{ie-hex-str($end-color)}', GradientType=0); // IE9 and down
}

.text {
  @include gradient-vertical($start-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.7), $end-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.0));
  }

.text {
  background: url(img/shadow.svg ) center bottom repeat-x;
  }