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    CGContextRef currentContext = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();    
    
    if(self.selected)
    {
        CGColorSpaceRef colorSpace =CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB();
        UIColor *startColor = [UIColor fromHexString:@"222222"];
        CGFloat *startColorComponents =(CGFloat *)CGColorGetComponents([startColor CGColor]);
        UIColor *endColor = [UIColor fromHexString:@"444444"];
        CGFloat *endColorComponents =(CGFloat *)CGColorGetComponents([endColor CGColor]);
        CGFloat colorComponents[8] = {
            /* Four components of the start color (RGBA) */
            startColorComponents[0],startColorComponents[1],startColorComponents[2],startColorComponents[3], 
            /* Four components of the end color (RGBA) */
            endColorComponents[0],endColorComponents[1],endColorComponents[2],endColorComponents[3],};
        
        CGFloat colorIndices[2] = {0.0f, 1.0f};
        CGGradientRef gradient =CGGradientCreateWithColorComponents(colorSpace,(const CGFloat *)&colorComponents,(const CGFloat *)&colorIndices,2);
        CGColorSpaceRelease(colorSpace);
        CGPoint startPoint, endPoint;
        CGFloat gradientWidth = 20.0;
        CGFloat endwidth = (tanf(self.bounds.size.height/self.bounds.size.width))*gradientWidth;    
        
        CGFloat hoffset = sqrt((gradientWidth*gradientWidth)-(endwidth*endwidth));
        
        CGFloat xoffset = 10;
        startPoint = CGPointMake((self.bounds.size.width/2-endwidth)+xoffset, self.bounds.size.height/2-hoffset);
        endPoint = CGPointMake((self.bounds.size.width/2+endwidth)+xoffset, self.bounds.size.height/2+hoffset);

        CGContextDrawLinearGradient(currentContext,gradient,startPoint,endPoint,kCGGradientDrawsBeforeStartLocation |kCGGradientDrawsAfterEndLocation);
        CGGradientRelease(gradient);
    }
    else
    {
        self.titleLabel.font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"Gotham-Medium" size:12];   
    }