- (void) showStatsView {
    StatsViewController *statsViewController = [[StatsViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"Stats" bundle:[NSBundle mainBundle]];
    [self pushViewController:statsViewController animated:YES];
    [statsViewController release]; //                       (1)
}

MyAppDelegate *appDelegate= (MyAppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
stats = [[NSDictionary alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:[appDelegate statsFilePath]];

- (void)dealloc {

    /*
    dealloc'ing other stuff here which is irrelavent
    */
    [statsDict release]; //                 (2)
    [super dealloc];
}