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        UIImageView * imageView = (UIImageView *)aGestureRecognizer.view;

        draggedView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[imageView image]];

        UIWindow * window = [self.view window];

        BOOL areEnabled = [UIView areAnimationsEnabled];
        [UIView setAnimationsEnabled:NO];
        draggedView.frame = [imageView.superview convertRect:imageView.frame toView:window];
        [window addSubview:draggedView];
        [UIView setAnimationsEnabled:areEnabled];

        [UIView beginAnimations:@"" context:NULL];

        CGPoint center = [aGestureRecognizer locationInView:window];
        center.y -= 20.0;
        draggedView.center = center;
        draggedView.transform = CGAffineTransformIdentity;

        [UIView commitAnimations];