Address Book Programming Guide Help

Im new to xcode and Im just stating with using the address book programming using Apple's Quick Start Tutorial http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#DOCUMENTATION/ContactData/Conceptual/Add ressBookProgrammingGuideforiPhone/Chapters/QuickStart.html
and ended up with these two problems in ViewController.m and I hope somone one could please help me. Thank you.
My ViewController.m is

xnav wrote:
That creates more errors
I'm not surprised.
Did you code a showPicker method?
Do you meet this criteria from the Tutorial's Introduction?
To get the most out of this document, you should already understand navigation controllers and view controllers, and understand delegation and protocols.
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I may have missed that.

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