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	NSString *email = [newEmailAddress.text lowercaseString];
	NSString *emailRegEx =
    @"(?:[a-z0-9!#$%\\&'*+/=?\\^_`{|}~-]+(?:\\.[a-z0-9!#$%\\&'*+/=?\\^_`{|}"
    @"~-]+)*|\"(?:[\\x01-\\x08\\x0b\\x0c\\x0e-\\x1f\\x21\\x23-\\x5b\\x5d-\\"
    @"x7f]|\\\\[\\x01-\\x09\\x0b\\x0c\\x0e-\\x7f])*\")@(?:(?:[a-z0-9](?:[a-"
    @"z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?\\.)+[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?|\\[(?:(?:25[0-5"
    @"]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-"
    @"9][0-9]?|[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9]:(?:[\\x01-\\x08\\x0b\\x0c\\x0e-\\x1f\\x21"
    @"-\\x5a\\x53-\\x7f]|\\\\[\\x01-\\x09\\x0b\\x0c\\x0e-\\x7f])+)\\])";

	NSPredicate *regExPredicate =[NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"SELF MATCHES %@", emailRegEx];
	BOOL myStringMatchesRegEx = [regExPredicate evaluateWithObject:email];
	if(!myStringMatchesRegEx){
		UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Correct Email" message:@"Please enter a valid email address" delegate:nil cancelButtonTitle:@"OK" otherButtonTitles:nil];
		[alert show];
		[alert release];
	}

-(Target *) currentTargetInContext:(NSManagedObjectContext *)context {
	Target *match;

	NSFetchRequest *request = [[NSFetchRequest alloc] init];
	NSEntityDescription *entity = [NSEntityDescription entityForName: @"Target" inManagedObjectContext:context];
	[request setEntity:entity];

	[request setResultType:NSManagedObjectResultType];

	NSPredicate *predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"Achieved == 0 "];
	[request setPredicate:predicate];

	NSError *error;
	NSArray *objects = [context executeFetchRequest:request error:&error];
	match = nil;
	if (objects == nil)
	{
		// handle the error
	}
	else
	{
		if ([objects count] > 0)
		{
			match = (Target *)[objects objectAtIndex:0];
		}
	}

	[request release];

	return match;
}