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If, like most Apps, you need to store something in the Keychain, hopefully I can help you out here. This post is written because most Keychain-related cocoapods don't handle the three modern requirements:
Plus, I'm a fan of writing the minimum code that can do the job, and customising per requirements if necessary, rather than bringing in a large cocoapod with more features than you'll ever need.
Having said that, BMCredentials is awesome on the first two points if you don't mind a bit of Objective-C in your new project. Written by a friend though so i'm a tad biased ;)
Now, before we get stuck in, you should consider watching Security and Your Apps from WWDC 2015 and reading the slides, which provides the inspiration for some of this article.
All the source code including unit tests is available here: github.com/chrishulbert/Swift2Keychain.
The first hurdle is calling the four SecItem functions from Swift:
These functions are a C library, returning data via unmanaged double-pointers and non-enum error codes. So I'll show you how to make a slim wrapper that converts them to return values straightforwardly, and throws errors as a nicely-typed enum. Firstly, here is the error enumeration that maps from the errSecX values:
import Security
enum KeychainError: ErrorType {
case Unimplemented
case Param
case Allocate
case NotAvailable
case AuthFailed
case DuplicateItem
case ItemNotFound
case InteractionNotAllowed
case Decode
case Unknown
/// Returns the appropriate error for the status, or nil if it
/// was successful, or Unknown for a code that doesn't match.
static func errorFromOSStatus(rawStatus: OSStatus) ->
KeychainError? {
if rawStatus == errSecSuccess {
return nil
} else {
// If the mapping doesn't find a match, return unknown.
return mapping[rawStatus] ?? .Unknown
static let mapping: [Int32: KeychainError] = [
errSecUnimplemented: .Unimplemented,
errSecParam: .Param,
errSecAllocate: .Allocate,
errSecNotAvailable: .NotAvailable,
errSecAuthFailed: .AuthFailed,
errSecDuplicateItem: .DuplicateItem,
errSecItemNotFound: .ItemNotFound,
errSecInteractionNotAllowed: .InteractionNotAllowed,
errSecDecode: .Decode
I really love how Swift allows us to place the
errorFromOSStatus helper inside the enum, as well as the static mapping dictionary. Now it's worth mentioning that I tried to make the enum with the same base type as the OSStatus, and set each case's raw value to the corresponding errSecX value. However, this only worked if I used the actual integer values themselves, I couldn't use the errSecX constants, which I thought was a code smell, and instead settled on using the above mapping instead. I'll understand if you disagree.
Next are my helpers that simply pass through to the SecItem methods, returning the result straightforwardly and throwing if there is an error. This is also a good example of how to call C functions that return data via a double pointer from Swift:
struct SecItemWrapper {
static func matching(query: [String: AnyObject]) throws -> AnyObject? {
var rawResult: Unmanaged<AnyObject>?
let rawStatus = SecItemCopyMatching(query, &rawResult)
// Immediately take the retained value, so it won't leak
// in case it needs to throw.
let result: AnyObject? = rawResult?.takeRetainedValue()
if let error = KeychainError.errorFromOSStatus(rawStatus) {
throw error
return result
static func add(attributes: [String: AnyObject]) throws -> AnyObject? {
var rawResult: Unmanaged<AnyObject>?
let rawStatus = SecItemAdd(attributes, &rawResult)
let result: AnyObject? = rawResult?.takeRetainedValue()
if let error = KeychainError.errorFromOSStatus(rawStatus) {
throw error
return result
static func update(query: [String: AnyObject],
attributesToUpdate: [String: AnyObject]) throws {
let rawStatus = SecItemUpdate(query, attributesToUpdate)
if let error = KeychainError.errorFromOSStatus(rawStatus) {
throw error
static func delete(query: [String: AnyObject]) throws {
let rawStatus = SecItemDelete(query)
if let error = KeychainError.errorFromOSStatus(rawStatus) {
throw error
In short, you created a typed, unmanaged optional:
var x: Unmanaged<T>?. You pass this in via the & operator. And due to the 'create rule' which applies, the returned value has a +1 retain count, which we balance by calling
I expect that in a future version of Swift, Apple will tidy up the way that C methods such as these return unsafe unmanaged pointers to something simpler, and the above code will become shorter.
Now that you've got the bridge in place, it's a matter of adding some convenience methods for typical keychain operations:
struct Keychain {
static func deleteAccount(account: String) {
do {
try SecItemWrapper.delete([
kSecClass as String: kSecClassGenericPassword,
kSecAttrService as String: Constants.service,
kSecAttrAccount as String: account,
kSecAttrSynchronizable as String: kSecAttrSynchronizableAny,
} catch KeychainError.ItemNotFound {
// Ignore this error.
} catch let error {
NSLog("deleteAccount error: \(error)")
static func dataForAccount(account: String) -> NSData? {
do {
let query = [
kSecClass as String: kSecClassGenericPassword,
kSecAttrService as String: Constants.service,
kSecAttrAccount as String: account,
kSecAttrSynchronizable as String: kSecAttrSynchronizableAny,
kSecReturnData as String: kCFBooleanTrue as CFTypeRef,
let result = try SecItemWrapper.matching(query)
return result as? NSData
} catch KeychainError.ItemNotFound {
// Ignore this error, simply return nil.
return nil
} catch let error {
NSLog("dataForAccount error: \(error)")
return nil
static func stringForAccount(account: String) -> String? {
if let data = dataForAccount(account) {
return NSString(data: data,
encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding) as? String
} else {
return nil
static func setData(data: NSData,
forAccount account: String,
synchronizable: Bool,
background: Bool) {
do {
// Remove the item if it already exists.
// This saves having to deal with SecItemUpdate.
// Reasonable people may disagree with this approach.
// Add it.
try SecItemWrapper.add([
kSecClass as String: kSecClassGenericPassword,
kSecAttrService as String: Constants.service,
kSecAttrAccount as String: account,
kSecAttrSynchronizable as String: synchronizable ?
kCFBooleanTrue : kCFBooleanFalse,
kSecValueData as String: data,
kSecAttrAccessible as String: background ?
kSecAttrAccessibleAfterFirstUnlock :
} catch let error {
NSLog("setData error: \(error)")
static func setString(string: String,
forAccount account: String,
synchronizable: Bool,
background: Bool) {
let data = string.dataUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding)!
forAccount: account,
synchronizable: synchronizable,
background: background)
struct Constants {
// FIXME: Change this to the name of your app or company!
static let service = "MyService"
Some things to note:
kSecAttrSynchronizable: kSecAttrSynchronizableAny is essential in all queries because SecItem.h says: "If the key is not supplied... then no synchronizable items will be added or returned".
synchronizable if you want this entry to be synced to the user's other devices via iCloud.
background if you'd like the entry to be used while your app is in the background, eg background fetch. Keep in mind you still won't be able to get the value if the user does a fresh reboot and hasn't launched your app yet, so you have to handle that gracefully for eg users who turn their devices off at night.
Hope someone finds this helpful :)
If you start a new App project in Swift, you will likely sooner or later have to ask yourself: Which networking library should I use? Back in Objective-C, the common choice was AFNetworking. However, I bet you'd like a more 'Swift' option for your new project.
So you check out AFNetworking's Swift successor: Alamofire. Or any of a whole stack of new Swift networking libraries. And it is indeed quite 'Swift-y' and nice, however since it is such a new library, it is inevitably missing a few features that you need, and it'll take a while for you to customise it to talk to your backend, which (I'm willing to bet!) has a couple of non-standard quirks. Eg it always needs a special HTTP header, or it always responds with JSON however it gets the content-type header wrong.
I suggest you simply use NSURLSession directly, with your own custom wrapper! In this post, I'll show you best-practices to do so. It'll probably take no longer than it would take to learn how to use Alamofire, and you'll be able to tweak it to your hearts content, to work around whatever quirks your backend team throws your way (we've all been there!).
Before you get bored and give up on reading this post: if you'd like to see all this together, I've uploaded a sample project here: github.com/chrishulbert/Wattle.
It's deliberately not a cocoapod - I expect you to either read it as inspiration to write your own, or copy it in as a starting point and customise it to your needs. It's named Wattle in homage to Alamofire being named after a state flower - the wattle is the national flower of Australia.
The first step in using NSURLSession is to create a configuration object. NSURLSessionConfiguration has three standard ones: Default, Ephemeral, and Background. These are class functions on the NSURLSessionConfiguration class.
Since it is always good practice to imitate Apple's frameworks in order to make things idiomatic, we'll add another class function for our own configuration. Simply create an extension on NSURLSessionConfiguration which creates a new configuration object based on Default, customise it a bit, and return it:
extension NSURLSessionConfiguration {
/// Just like defaultSessionConfiguration, returns a
/// newly created session configuration object, customised
/// from the default to your requirements.
class func mySessionConfiguration() -> NSURLSessionConfiguration {
let config = defaultSessionConfiguration()
// Eg we think 60s is too long a timeout time.
config.timeoutIntervalForRequest = 20
// Some headers that are common to all reqeuests.
// Eg my backend needs to be explicitly asked for JSON.
config.HTTPAdditionalHeaders = ["MyResponseType": "JSON"]
// Eg we want to use pipelining.
config.HTTPShouldUsePipelining = true
return config
The next thing you'll need is a session delegate that implements NSURLSessionDelegate. I recommend calling it 'XYZURLSessionDelegate' where XYZ are your company initials. It won't need to be a singleton, as its instance is retained by the NSURLSession. It needs to inherit NSObject, although this may not be necessary in later Swift versions.
Here's an example of a delegate that allows self-signed certs for your dev/test servers, which I've almost always needed:
class MyURLSessionDelegate: NSObject, NSURLSessionDelegate {
func URLSession(session: NSURLSession,
didReceiveChallenge challenge: NSURLAuthenticationChallenge,
completionHandler: (NSURLSessionAuthChallengeDisposition,
NSURLCredential!) -> Void) {
// For example, you may want to override this to accept
// some self-signed certs here.
if challenge.protectionSpace.authenticationMethod ==
NSURLAuthenticationMethodServerTrust &&
challenge.protectionSpace.host) {
// Allow the self-signed cert.
let credential = NSURLCredential(forTrust:
completionHandler(.UseCredential, credential)
} else {
// You *have* to call completionHandler, so call
// it to do the default action.
completionHandler(.PerformDefaultHandling, nil)
struct Constants {
// A list of hosts you allow self-signed certificates on.
// You'd likely have your dev/test servers here.
// Please don't put your production server here!
static let selfSignedHosts: Set<String> =
["dev.example.com", "test.example.com"]
NSURLSession already has a singleton session that you can use:
sharedSession. Following Apple's example, let's make an extension on NSURLSession for our own session singleton. Swift won't let us use the 'static let' trick in an extension (maybe future versions will) so we need to use the nested struct trick. Finally, since the delegate is retained by the session according to Apple's docs, we can simply pass in a newly instantiated MyURLSessionDelegate:
extension NSURLSession {
/// Just like sharedSession, returns a shared singleton
/// session object.
class var mySharedSession: NSURLSession {
// The session is stored in a nested struct because
// you can't do a 'static let' singleton in a
// class extension.
struct Instance {
// The singleton URL session, configured
// to use our custom config and delegate.
static let session = NSURLSession(
configuration: NSURLSessionConfiguration.
// Delegate is retained by the session.
delegate: MyURLSessionDelegate(),
delegateQueue: NSOperationQueue.mainQueue())
return Instance.session
Next you'll need something to help you construct NSURLRequests. NSURLRequest already has two static helpers for this:
requestWithURL and
requestWithURL:cachePolicy:timeoutInterval:. But they don't hit the spot for what you'll probably need, so let's add another. Again, following Apple's example, I recommend adding it as a NSURLRequest extension. The following supports querystring and JSON-encoded body parameters, and per-request headers. You may want to modify it if, for example, your backend requires form or XML encoding:
extension NSURLRequest {
/// Helper for making a URL request. This is to be used internally
/// by the string extension, not by the rest of your app.
/// It JSON encodes parameters if any are provided.
/// Adds any headers specific to only this request too if
/// provided. Any headers you use all the time should be in
/// NSURLSessionConfiguration.wattleSessionConfiguration.
/// You may want to extend this if your requests need any
/// further customising, eg timeouts etc.
class func requestWithURL(
method: String,
queryParameters: [String: String]?,
bodyParameters: NSDictionary?,
headers: [String: String]?) -> NSURLRequest {
// If there's a querystring, append it to the URL.
let actualURL: NSURL
if let queryParameters = queryParameters {
let components = NSURLComponents(URL: URL,
resolvingAgainstBaseURL: true)!
components.queryItems = map(queryParameters) {
(key, value) in
NSURLQueryItem(name: key, value: value)
actualURL = components.URL!
} else {
actualURL = URL
// Make the request for the given method.
let request = NSMutableURLRequest(URL: actualURL)
request.HTTPMethod = method
// Add any body JSON params (for POSTs).
if let bodyParameters = bodyParameters {
forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
request.HTTPBody =
options: nil, error: nil)
// Add any extra headers if given.
if let headers = headers {
for (field, value) in headers {
forHTTPHeaderField: field)
return request
Note that the helper above won't be directly used by other parts of your app, but is used by further helpers below.
I recommend using a Swift struct to manage your responses, as you can now add helper methods which come in extremely handy. It means you can add extra fields and helpers without needing any changes to your calling code, which is a big time saver in my experience.
/// This wraps up all the response from a URL request together.
struct WTLResponse {
// Actual fields.
let data: NSData!
let response: NSURLResponse!
var error: NSError?
// Helpers.
var HTTPResponse: NSHTTPURLResponse! {
return response as? NSHTTPURLResponse
var responseJSON: AnyObject? {
if let data = data {
return NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(
data, options: nil, error: nil)
} else {
return nil
var responseString: String? {
if let data = data,
string = NSString(data: data, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding) {
return String(string)
} else {
return nil
And finally, here is the String extension that ties it all together and is used as the main entry point for the rest of your app. I'll concede that you may find it a bit too 'cute' to use a string extension for this, and so you may wish to use static methods on a class named 'MyNetworking' or such. Up to you. Also, you may want to add PUT and DELETE if your backend needs them. But here's what I think is nice:
extension String {
typealias NetworkingCompletion = WTLResponse -> Void
/// Simply does an HTTP GET/POST/PUT/DELETE using the receiver as the
/// endpoint eg 'users'. This endpoint is appended to the baseURL which
/// is specified in Constants below. These should be your main entry
/// point into Wattle from the rest of your app.
func get(parameters: [String: String]? = nil,
completion: NetworkingCompletion) {
queryParameters: parameters,
completion: completion)
/// Note that post's parameters are different, as they go in the body
/// instead of the querystring.
func post(parameters: NSDictionary? = nil,
completion: NetworkingCompletion) {
bodyParameters: parameters,
completion: completion)
/// Used to contain the common code for GET and POST and DELETE and PUT.
private func requestWithMethod(method: String,
queryParameters: [String: String]? = nil,
bodyParameters: NSDictionary? = nil,
completion: NetworkingCompletion) {
// Create the request, with the JSON payload or querystring if necessary.
let request = NSURLRequest.requestWithURL(
NSURL(string: self, relativeToURL: Constants.baseURL)!,
method: method,
queryParameters: queryParameters,
bodyParameters: bodyParameters,
headers: nil)
let task = NSURLSession.sharedWattleSession.dataTaskWithRequest(request) {
data, response, sessionError in
// Check for a non-200 response, as NSURLSession doesn't consider
// that as an error.
var error = sessionError
if let httpResponse = response as? NSHTTPURLResponse {
if httpResponse.statusCode < 200 || httpResponse.statusCode >= 300 {
let description = "HTTP response: \(httpResponse.statusCode)"
error = NSError(domain: "Custom",
code: 0,
userInfo: [NSLocalizedDescriptionKey: description])
// Wrap up the response.
let wrappedResponse = WTLResponse(
data: data,
response: response,
error: error)
// MARK: - Constants
struct Constants {
/// This is the base URL for your requests. You'll of course want
/// to make this point at your servers.
static let baseURL = NSURL(string: "https://api.github.com/")!
So, now it's all in place, how do you use this from the rest of your app? Quite simply:
// Simplest possible example.
"emojis".get { response in
// Some parsing (I recommend you should put parsing as
// an extension on your model classes).
"users".get { response in
if let users = response.responseJSON as? [NSDictionary] {
let names = users.map { $0["login"]! }
} else {
println("Error: \(response.error)")
// A querystring param.
"meta".get(parameters: ["since": "2015-01-02"]) { response in
Hope someone finds this helpful :)
This post attempts to work around one of the bugs triggered by setting
modalPresentationStyle to
Custom. However, there are numerous other bugs caused by this:
This may sound huge, however there is one simple workaround: set the
modalPresentationStyle to
FullScreen. You still get the custom transition, and everything else just works. So, if you do that, you can ignore the rest of this post...
One more gotcha: On iOS7, the from view controller has a strong reference to your transition, so make sure that your transition references the view controllers weakly, or nil them just before calling completion, to avoid a memory leak.
Hi all, I struggled half of today on a bug in iOS8 when creating custom view controller transitions. Two of my friends shortly afterwards told me they had the same problem. In the hope that I can help someone out there not waste half a day on this problem, here we go:
Say you've got a View Controller, and you want to display it modally, but you want a more interesting transition than the normal 'swoosh up, perform some action, tap close, and it swooshes down'. So you read the documentation, set
modalPresentationStyle to
Custom. Next, you set the modal VC's
transitioningDelegate to some class that implements
UIViewControllerTransitioningDelegate (a reasonable choice is that your modal VC will be its own transitioning delegate). Then, on this delegate class, you implement
animationControllerForPresentedController... and
animationControllerForDismissedController... to return your presentation and dismissal transitions respectively. And then you implement those two transitions, following the basic rules: Add the 'to' view to the 'container' view at some stage, and call the context's
completeTransition when you're done.
So far, so good, nothing overly complicated there (it sounds harder than it actually is). And for me, running it on iOS7 bears no surprises, it works nicely. However, on iOS8...
...on iOS8, on the dismissal transition, the 'to' view controller is removed from the main window at the end of the transition. This is an issue that has even tripped up geniuses such as Ash Furrow; His radar for this issue.
So I had to come up with a solution that would work on iOS7, iOS8, and (fingers crossed) on iOS9+ regardless of whether they fix the bug or not.
- (void)animateTransition:(id <UIViewControllerContextTransitioning>)transitionContext {
// Get the 'from' and 'to' views/controllers.
UIViewController *fromVC = [transitionContext viewControllerForKey:
UIViewController *toVC = [transitionContext viewControllerForKey:
// viewForKey is only available on iOS8+.
BOOL hasViewForKey = [transitionContext
UIView *fromView = hasViewForKey ?
[transitionContext viewForKey:UITransitionContextFromViewKey] :
UIView *toView = hasViewForKey ?
[transitionContext viewForKey:UITransitionContextToViewKey] :
UIView *container = [transitionContext containerView];
// iOS8 has a bug where viewForKey:to returns nil.
// The workaround is:
// A) get the 'toView' from 'toVC'.
// B) manually add the 'toView' to the container's
// superview (eg the root window) after the completeTransition
// call, as automatically happens on iOS7 where things work properly.
BOOL toViewNilBug = toView==nil;
if (!toView) { // Workaround by getting it from the view.
toView = toVC.view;
UIView *containerSuper = container.superview;
// Perform the transition.
toView.frame = container.bounds;
toView.alpha = 0;
[container addSubView:toView];
[UIView animateWithDuration:kDuration delay:0
options:UIViewAnimationOptionCurveEaseIn animations:^{
toView.alpha = 1;
} completion:^(BOOL finished) {
[transitionContext completeTransition:YES];
if (toViewNilBug) {
[containerSuper addSubview:toView];
I found that
viewForKey:UITransitionContextToViewKey returns nil on iOS8. So if it's nil, I grab the view from the 'to' view controller.
However, this bug also seems to result in the 'to' view not being moved from the container to the window when
completeTransition:YES is called. On iOS7, before
completeTransition is called, the 'to' view is a subview of the container; then
completeTransition moves it up a level to be a subview of the container's superview (which happens to be the
So if
viewForKey:UITransitionContextToViewKey returns nil, I fail over to
toVC.view and keep track of the fact that it hit the bug. Then immediately after the
completeTransition call, if the bug was hit, I add it to the container's initial superview (which happens to be the UIWindow), to mimic the iOS7 behaviour.
And we need to store the container's original superview in the
containerSuper variable, because
container.superview returns nil after the
completeTransition call. This is because the container is just temporary, and is correctly removed at the end of the transition by UIKit.
So this code works on iOS7 as well as iOS8, and should work on iOS9 regardless of whether they fix this bug or not. But don't hold me to it.
If you're interested, I recently released a video series on making an iOS app - please check it out: splinter.com.au/videos
I'd love to get an email if this helps you!
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Swift Keychain wrapper 21 Jun 2015
Swift NSURLSession wrapper 12 Jun 2015
iOS8 View Controller transitioning bug 17 Apr 2015
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iOS App Architecture 2 Mar 2015
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Blogging Platforms 13 Jan 2015
Mobile in 2014 - Year in Review 11 Jan 2015
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iOS8 App Testing Roundup 28 Sep 2014
Storing obfuscated secret keys in your iOS app 16 Sep 2014
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WebP decoding on iOS 9 Feb 2014
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Lossy images for retina iPads - JPEG vs WebP 30 Nov 2013
Career options I wish I knew about when I was younger 20 Oct 2013
Positivity and your friends 7 Oct 2013
Tactility 26 Jul 2013
WWDC-induced narcolepsy 15 Jul 2013
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iOS Dev State of the Union 6 Feb 2013
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Today app marketing site 27 Jul 2012
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ScrumFox landing page 28 Jun 2012
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Telstra Calls and Data Usage 26 Jun 2012
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iOS Automated Builds with Xcode4 16 Jan 2012
Xcode 4 - Command line builds of iPhone apps 15 Jan 2012
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Observer Pattern in Objective-C 16 Nov 2011
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JSON vs OCON (Objective-C Object Notation) 18 Oct 2011
In defence of Objective-C 16 Oct 2011
Update the MessagePack objective-c library to support packing 12 Oct 2011
Icons 11 Oct 2011
How to host a site on Amazon AWS S3, step-by-step 7 Oct 2011
Drawing a textured pattern over the default UINavigationBar 6 Oct 2011
Markdown Presentations 1 Oct 2011
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Building People 10 Sep 2011
Half way there: Getting MegaComet to 523,000 concurrent HTTP connections 5 Sep 2011
Making a progress bar in your iPhone UINavigationBar 22 Aug 2011
Hacker News Reader 20 Aug 2011
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MegaComet testing part 2 3 Aug 2011
Australian Baby Colours 28 Jul 2011
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The Middleby Corporation Reports Third Quarter Results
Tuesday, November 08, 2011
The Middleby Corporation Reports Third Quarter Results18:22 EST Tuesday, November 08, 2011 ELGIN, Ill. (Business Wire) -- The Middleby Corporation (NASDAQ: MIDD), a leading worldwide manufacturer of restaurant and foodservice cooking equipment, today reported net sales and earnings for the third quarter ended October 1, 2011. Net earnings for the third quarter were $23,461,000 or $1.26 per share on net sales of $218,720,000 as compared to the prior year third quarter net earnings of $20,602,000 or $1.13 per share on net sales of $177,793,000. 2011 Third Quarter Financial Highlights The third quarter financial statements include the results of the recently completed acquisitions of Danfotech Inc. ("Danfotech"), a manufacturer of meat presses and defrosting equipment for the food processing industry acquired on July 5, 2011, Maurer-Atmos ("Maurer"), a manufacturer of batch and continuous ovens for the food processing industry acquired on July 22, 2011 and Auto-Bake Proprietary Limited ("Auto-Bake"), a manufacturer of automated baking ovens for the food processing industry acquired on August 1, 2011. Results from these recent acquisitions reduced net earnings by $0.8 million or $0.04 per share during the quarter. Net sales increased 23.0% in the third quarter. Excluding the impact of acquisitions, sales increased 5.9% during the third quarter. This increase included a 10.1% sales increase at the Commercial Foodservice Equipment Group and a 25.6% sales decrease at the Food Processing Equipment Group as compared to the prior year quarter. Although revenues for the Food Processing Equipment Group declined during the quarter, the incoming order rate and backlog increased. Gross profit increased to $87.3 million from $70.7 million. The gross margin rate improved to 39.9% from 39.8%. The improvement in the gross margin rate reflects efficiency gains from the consolidation of production facilities and other integration initiatives, offset by lower margins at newly acquired companies and the impact of sales mix. Operating income increased 16.2% to $37.2 million from $32.0 million on higher revenues. Operating income reflected the dilutive effect of acquisitions completed in the third quarter as these operations were reorganized and integrated within Middleby operations. Non-cash expenses recorded during the third quarter included $5.3 million of depreciation and amortization as compared to $3.8 million in the prior year third quarter. Non-cash share based compensation expense increased to $5.5 million in the 2011 third quarter as compared to $3.7 million in the 2010 third quarter. Provisions for income taxes increased to $11.8 million at a 34% effective rate in comparison to $9.4 million at a 31% effective rate in the prior year quarter. The current year effective rate reflects favorable adjustments for increased tax deductions. The prior year period effective rate reflects a non-recurring benefit to tax reserves. Total debt at the end of the 2011 third quarter amounted to $303.6 million as compared to $243.6 million at the end of the third quarter 2010. The increase in debt reflects the funding of $118.6 million related to the acquisitions of Beech, Lincat, Danfotech and Auto-Bake during the first nine months of fiscal 2011. During the third quarter the company also repurchased $3.5 million of Middleby common shares of stock at an average price of $69.10 per share. Selim A. Bassoul Chairman and Chief Executive Officer said, "At our Commercial Foodservice Equipment Group, industry conditions remained positive during the quarter and we realized continuing revenue gains resulting from growth in international business and with our chain customers. We continue to develop new business with restaurant chain customers as they look to utilize our cooking technologies to lower their operating costs and improve the efficiency of their restaurant operations. Mr. Bassoul continued, "Sales at our Food Processing Equipment Group in the third quarter declined in comparison to a robust 2010 due to slower orders in the first half. However, order rates increased in the third quarter as customers finalized their orders on projects that we have been developing throughout the year, and we realized double-digit growth in incoming orders as compared to the prior year third quarter. Due to the longer lead times in this business the favorable order rates did not benefit the third quarter but will be realized in future quarters. Prospects for the food processing business moving into 2012 are strong with a visible pipeline of new projects and demand for our equipment in emerging markets where the requirement for precooked and prepared foods is increasing and the need for advanced technologies is being recognized by food processors." Mr. Bassoul further added, "We continue to execute on our acquisition strategy of acquiring leading brands and technologies. We were pleased to have completed the acquisitions of Danfotech, Maurer-Atmos and Auto-Bake during the third quarter. Danfotech is a leading manufacturer of meat presses and defrosting equipment for the food processing industry. Maurer-Atmos is a leading manufacturer of batch and continuous ovens for the food processing industry. Auto-Bake Pty Ltd is a leading manufacturer of automated baking systems for the food processing industry. While these acquisitions were dilutive to earnings in the third quarter, we expect significant improvement resulting from our integration initiatives. With these acquisitions Middleby adds three very strong leading brands to its Food Processing Equipment Group, significantly strengthening our global platform and expanding our product portfolio." Conference Call A conference call will be held at 9:30 a.m. Central time on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 and can be accessed by dialing (866) 551-3680 and providing conference code 17200566# or through the investor relations section of The Middleby Corporation website at www.middleby.com. An audio replay of the call will be available approximately one half hour after its completion and can be accessed by calling (866) 551-4520 and providing code 277578#. Statements in this press release or otherwise attributable to the Company regarding the Company's business which are not historical fact are forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company cautions investors that such statements are estimates of future performance and are highly dependent upon a variety of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements. Such factors include variability in financing costs; quarterly variations in operating results; dependence on key customers; international exposure; foreign exchange and political risks affecting international sales; changing market conditions; the impact of competitive products and pricing; the timely development and market acceptance of the Company's products; the availability and cost of raw materials; and other risks detailed herein and from time-to-time in the Company's SEC filings. The Middleby Corporation is a global leader in the foodservice equipment industry. The company develops, manufactures, markets and services a broad line of equipment used for commercial food cooking, preparation and processing. The company's leading equipment brands serving the commercial foodservice industry include Anets®, Beech®, Blodgett®, Blodgett Combi®, Blodgett Range®, Bloomfield®, Britannia®, Carter Hoffmann®, CookTek®, CTX®, Doyon®, frifri®, Giga®, Holman®, Houno®, IMC®, Jade®, Lang®, Lincat®, MagiKitch'n®, Middleby Marshall®, Nu-Vu®, PerfectFry®, Pitco Frialator®, Southbend®, Star®, Toastmaster®, TurboChef® and Wells®. The company's leading equipment brands serving the food processing industry include Alkar®, Auto-Bake®, Cozzini®, Danfotech®, Maurer-Atmos®, MP Equipment®, and RapidPak®. The Middleby Corporation has been recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of the Best Small Companies every year since 2005, most recently in October 2011. For more information about The Middleby Corporation and the company brands, please visit www.middleby.com. THE MIDDLEBY CORPORATIONCONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS (Amounts in 000's, Except Per Share Information) (Unaudited) Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 3rd Qtr, 2011 3rd Qtr, 20103rd Qtr, 2011 3rd Qtr, 2010 Net sales $ 218,720 $ 177,793 $ 612,147 $ 511,888 Cost of sales 131,402 107,106 367,662 308,304 Gross profit 87,318 70,687 244,485 203,584 Selling & distribution expenses 24,555 17,776 66,692 54,437 General & administrative expenses 25,577 20,900 73,995 60,972 Income from operations 37,186 32,011 103,798 88,175 Interest expense and deferred financing amortization, net 2,324 2,177 6,503 6,898 Other (income) expense, net (424) (121 ) 1,022 443 Earnings before income taxes 35,286 29,955 96,273 80,834 Provision for income taxes 11,825 9,353 35,359 28,961 Net earnings $23,461 $20,602 $60,914$51,873 Net earnings per share: Basic $1.30 $1.16 $3.38$2.91 Diluted $1.26 $1.13 $3.29$2.84 Weighted average number shares: Basic 18,040 17,815 17,998 17,811 Diluted 18,580 18,274 18,535 18,271 THE MIDDLEBY CORPORATIONCONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Amounts in 000's) (Unaudited) October 1, 2011 January 1, 2011 ASSETS Cash and cash equivalents $ 13,416 $ 7,656 Accounts receivable, net 136,670 112,049 Inventories, net 123,543 106,463 Prepaid expenses and other 9,591 11,971 Current deferred tax assets 25,960 25,520 Total current assets 309,180 263,659 Property, plant and equipment, net 59,460 43,656 Goodwill 439,700 369,989 Other intangibles 216,426 189,254 Other assets 5,601 6,614 Total assets $1,030,367$873,172 LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY Current maturities of long-term debt $ 6,771 $ 5,097 Accounts payable 52,473 52,945 Accrued expenses 130,766 125,810 Total current liabilities 190,010 183,852 Long-term debt 296,868 208,920 Long-term deferred tax liability 21,505 11,858 Other non-current liabilities 46,123 43,629 Stockholders' equity 475,861 424,913 Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $1,030,367$873,172 The Middleby CorporationDarcy Bretz, Investor and Public Relations, (847) 429-7756orTim FitzGerald, Chief Financial Officer, (847) 429-7744

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2004 GMC Envoy Question: Service engine soon light
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Re: Janeway's Decision to Kill Tuvix
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Hartzilla2007 wrote:
That wasn't stasis that was them trying to reintegrate them when they couldn't stop the beaming process or reverse it and you noticed they didn't try to feed what materialized on earth back through the transporter to get Sonak and the other person back.
Putting someone is stasis is sticking them in the pattern buffer until you re-materialize them.
If people are in a sort of stasis during transport, then yes, they were in stasis -
Well according to the episode already mention where Barclay was aware during transport no they are not.
they had dematerialized but had not yet rematerialized. Multple buffers are built into transporters and everyone who sets foot in a transporter is recorded.
When was that ever said? Hell if a person is recorded why not materialize a new one every time they die?
We've seen captains retrieve dna patterns from these records time and time again.
DNA does not a whole person make.
It's hardly a point in favor of your argument that the bodies weren't used to reconstruct living people. You're forgetting the alien plant that made Tuvix possible.
Which has f@#k all to do with what your talking about
All transporter accidents are a little different and there have been many sci-fi elements involved. What doesn't seem to change is the crew's willingness to do everything possible to retrieve their lost crewmate.
While they are still re-materializing.
They assume that transporter accidents are reversible, barring clear evidence of a fatality.
They are not reversing anything they haven't finished beaming them yet. Until they either lose the pattern or something materializes on the pad or other destination they haven't finished the process.
The crew acts as though Tuvok and Neelix are still alive waiting to be rescued.
Or so they assume, stuff onscreen about transporters tends to disagree with them.
As the viewer, I'm going to take their word for it,
And I'm not since it sounds like just being optimistic about a situation they don't know squat about. Hell for all we know the separation could have left a dead Tuvok and a dead Neelix or puddles of organic goo.
especially as it matches the way transporter accidents have been treated treated throughout Trek.
No not really, Tuvix materialized on the pad thus the transporter process is finished as in done, completed, no longer in process. you know the point you said they stopped trying at.
There's just no reason to jump to the conclusion that they're dead when the script doesn't support it.
They aren't there, they are no long a cloud of energy with the hope of being reassembled. So basically they don't exist any more. let me repeat that
. So how is it jumping to conclusions to believe that that something that no longer exists as an entity is no longer alive?
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After being held since July 2014, Islamic state released 216 Yazidi captives back to their families on April 8, 2015. The majority of those released were elderly men and women, but also included some middle aged women and 55 young boys and girls. During the July attack on a Yazidi village, the Islamic Slate murdered more than 500 hundred of Yazidi men and took the women and children hostage.
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UPDATE: Derek Holland injures right knee
Feb 20, 2010, 3:37 PM EDT
Update: Andro has some further clarification, saying Holland iced the knee and is wearing a black sleeve on it. He will have an MRI on Monday, if needed, but the young pitcher doesn't think it is anything serious.
1:40 PM: Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News reports that Holland can't get an MRI on his right knee this weekend. The current diagnosis is a mild sprain. If he feels better on Monday, the test could be scratched. Sounds like good news.
1:08 PM: According to Anthony Andro of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Derek Holland injured his right knee during agility drills on Saturday. After being examined by team doctor Keith Meister, the Rangers sent him for an MRI.
We're currently awaiting results, but it would be a real shame to see his development slowed for a second straight season. The Rangers jerked Holland around last season between the bullpen and the starting rotation and he understandably struggle with an uncertain role, finishing 8-13 with a 6.12 ERA in 138 1/3 innings.
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MRI facilities are all over the place. Is there a particular reason WHY he can't get an MRI? Do team doctors take the whole weekend off during spring training? Or is this simply "let's wait and see how he feels in a couple of days"?
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As a potential top of the rotation starter for the Rangers in the future, wouldn't they do everything they could do to get an MRI asap? I mean, this guy isn't a spring training longshot per se.
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Simple grilled spicy chicken tenders. Makes for a good beer food. It's easy to make and will go well at your next party.
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|Cayenne pepper
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|To Taste
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|Olive oil
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|Dijon mustard
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Mix the mustard and cayenne together into a paste.
Coat the chicken in the paste and let it sit for a few minutes.
Carefully remove the excess coating and skewer with bamboo skewers, this makes turning a little easier. If you don't have access to skewers, a pair of tongs comes in really handy. Place on the grill and cook until done, should take between 5 – 10 minutes. If you are unsure of its doneness, you can always finish cooking it in a 350 degree oven. Serve with the dressing.
Making the dressing: In a bowl, add the sour cream, mustard, and vinegar. Whisk it together.
While whisking, add the oil slowly, doing you best to incorporate it. Now add the sour Add the chives and season with salt and pepper.
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Difficulty Level:Very Easy
Preparation Time:10 Minutes
Cook Time:7 Minutes
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Use a variety of natural materials including feathers, wheat and pine cone to create a cornucopia collage covering a cone base. Decorate for the autumn harvest with this creative cornucopia tree from FloraCraft.
- STYROFOAM™ Brand Foam: Cone: 24"
- Variety of Dried Naturals: Wheat, mini-Indian corn, leaves, pine cones, feathers, flowers
- Variety of Permanent Imitations: Grapes, sweet peas, asparagus, onions, potatoes, artichokes
- Floral Pins
- Low-Temp Glue Gun
- Starting at the top of the cone, begin gluing one of the items in a line down the cone, gradually spiraling to the bottom as shown.
- Following this gradual spiral, repeat this step with the rest of the items on the cone, alternating them by color and texture to create an eye-catching conversation piece. Larger items should be glued toward the base of the cone.
- Fill in around the cone with smaller material to completely cover.
- Place the collage tree on a tray to display or let stand alone.
- Tip: Apply acrylic sealer to finished project to secure materials to the STYROFOAM for a longer lasting display.
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You can now nab yourself two vintage bits of Crimso history via DGMLive. First up is the historic Hyde Park gig which helped bring the band to much wider world, and their next-day gig at the Marquee from their legendary run at the London club. Please note both of these gigs (with bonus tracks) are available as part of the King Crimson Collectors' Club series via the mail order shop.
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#KC2014 - KC At Kimmel Review
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., Sep 26, 2014
"Jakszyk delivered exceptional lead vocals and solid guitar playing. He
shared duties on lead guitar with Fripp, and the two played the
occasional double lead with flawless precision." Read the full review here.
Fripp & Eno - For Fans Only
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., Sep 26, 2014
There's a splendidly dopey review of Fripp & Eno Live In Paris over at Audiophile Audition.
How To Tour In A Band
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Sep 25, 2014
My thanks to Pat Mastelotto's For Drummer's Only page for sharing Thor's Rules - a priceless guide to touring in a band.
Brothers In Jazz
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Sep 25, 2014
As well as being on tour with King Crimson, Tony has a new album out alongside his keyboard playing brother, Pete. You can find out about the new Levin Brothers album right here.
#KC2014 - Rock 'n' Roll & Shopping
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., Sep 24, 2014
The stars of King Crimson and crew reveal their intimate shopping lists in Madison, Wisconsin right here.
#KC2014 - NYC Vox Pops
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., Sep 24, 2014
Some more thoughts from folks fresh out of the gigs in NYC right here!
#KC2014 - Pictures Of A Merch Table
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., Sep 24, 2014
Here's the view of the merch table and merch guru Adrian Holmes of on the DGMLive Youtube channel.
#KC2014 - Pictures Of A Load In
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., Sep 24, 2014
A behind the scenes look at setting up for the shows in New York can be found right here.
#KC2014 - More From NY
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., Sep 23, 2014
"sinuous, intricate music" says the Hollywood Reporter in a review of King Crimson's first night in New York.
#KC2014 - New York Redux
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Sep 22, 2014
Here's some thoughts on the last four nights in New York by King Crimson. Elsewhere another great gallery of snaps from Tony Levin over at his website.
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George H.W. Bush through the years
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Look back at the life and career of former President George H.W. Bush, who was released from the hospital today.
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