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        [self setBackgroundColor: [CPColor colorWithPatternImage: [[CPThreePartImage alloc] initWithImageSlices: [CPArray arrayWithObjects: 
                                                                                                                    [[CPImage alloc] initWithContentsOfFile: @"Resources/MessageListView-background.png"],
                                                                                                                    [[CPImage alloc] initWithContentsOfFile: @"Resources/MessageListView-background-solid.png"],
                                                                                                                    [[CPImage alloc] initWithContentsOfFile: @"Resources/MessageListView-background-solid.png"]
                                                                                                                 ]
                                                                                                     isVertical: YES]]];