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Javascript Source: http://slayeroffice.com/code/gradient/gradient.js
CSS: http://slayeroffice.com/code/gradient/gradient.css
<p class="gradient ffffff 000000 vertical">hello world!</p>
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<title>Untitled 6</title>
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