diff --git a/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb b/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
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+class StatusMessagesController < ApplicationController
+  before_filter :authenticate_user!
+  
+  def index
+    @status_messages = StatusMessage.all
+  end
+  
+  def create
+    @status_message = StatusMessage.new(params[:status_message])
+    if @status_message.save
+      flash[:notice] = "Successfully created status message."
+      redirect_to @status_message
+    else
+      render :action => 'new'
+    end
+  end
+  
+  def new
+    @status_message = StatusMessage.new
+  end
+  
+  def destroy
+    @status_message = StatusMessage.find(params[:id])
+    @status_message.destroy
+    flash[:notice] = "Successfully destroyed status message."
+    redirect_to status_messages_url
+  end
+  
+  def show
+    @status_message = StatusMessage.find(params[:id])
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/helpers/status_messages_helper.rb b/app/helpers/status_messages_helper.rb
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+++ b/app/helpers/status_messages_helper.rb
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+module StatusMessagesHelper
+end
diff --git a/app/models/status_message.rb b/app/models/status_message.rb
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+++ b/app/models/status_message.rb
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+class StatusMessage
+  include Mongoid::Document
+  include Mongoid::Timestamps
+  
+  field :message
+  
+  
+  validates_presence_of :message
+end
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diff --git a/app/views/status_messages/index.html.haml b/app/views/status_messages/index.html.haml
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+++ b/app/views/status_messages/index.html.haml
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+- title "Status Messages"
+
+%table
+  %tr
+    %th Message
+  - for status_message in @status_messages
+    %tr
+      %td= status_message.message
+      %td= link_to 'Show', status_message
+      %td= link_to 'Destroy', status_message, :confirm => 'Are you sure?', :method => :delete
+
+%p= link_to "New Status Message", new_status_message_path
diff --git a/app/views/status_messages/new.html.haml b/app/views/status_messages/new.html.haml
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+- title "New Status Message"
+
+- form_for @status_message do |f|
+  = f.error_messages
+  %p
+    = f.label :message
+    %br
+    = f.text_field :message
+  %p
+    = f.submit
+
+
+%p= link_to "Back to List", status_messages_path
diff --git a/app/views/status_messages/show.html.haml b/app/views/status_messages/show.html.haml
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+- title "Status Message"
+
+%p
+  %strong Message:
+  = @status_message.message
+
+%p
+  = link_to "Destroy", @status_message, :confirm => 'Are you sure?', :method => :delete
+  |
+  = link_to "View All", status_messages_path
diff --git a/spec/controllers/status_messages_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/status_messages_controller_spec.rb
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+++ b/spec/controllers/status_messages_controller_spec.rb
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+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helper'
+ 
+describe StatusMessagesController do
+  fixtures :all
+  render_views
+  
+  it "index action should render index template" do
+    get :index
+    response.should render_template(:index)
+  end
+  
+  it "create action should render new template when model is invalid" do
+    StatusMessage.any_instance.stubs(:valid?).returns(false)
+    post :create
+    response.should render_template(:new)
+  end
+  
+  it "create action should redirect when model is valid" do
+    StatusMessage.any_instance.stubs(:valid?).returns(true)
+    post :create
+    response.should redirect_to(status_message_url(assigns[:status_message]))
+  end
+  
+  it "new action should render new template" do
+    get :new
+    response.should render_template(:new)
+  end
+  
+  it "destroy action should destroy model and redirect to index action" do
+    status_message = StatusMessage.first
+    delete :destroy, :id => status_message
+    response.should redirect_to(status_messages_url)
+    StatusMessage.exists?(status_message.id).should be_false
+  end
+  
+  it "show action should render show template" do
+    get :show, :id => StatusMessage.first
+    response.should render_template(:show)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/misc_spec.rb b/spec/misc_spec.rb
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+++ b/spec/misc_spec.rb
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+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/spec_helper'
+ 
+describe 'making sure the spec runner works' do
+
+  it 'should not delete the database mid-spec' do
+    User.count.should == 0
+    billy = User.create(:email => "billy@aol.com", :password => "foobar")
+    User.count.should == 1
+  end
+  
+  it 'should make sure the last user no longer exsists' do
+    User.count.should == 0
+  end
+  
+  describe 'testing a before do block' do
+    before do
+      @bill = User.create(:email => "billy@aol.com", :password => "foobar")
+      
+    end
+    
+    it 'should have cleaned before the before do block runs' do
+      User.count.should == 1
+    end
+    
+  end
+end
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diff --git a/spec/models/status_message_spec.rb b/spec/models/status_message_spec.rb
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+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helper'
+
+describe StatusMessage do
+  it "should have a message and an owner" do
+    n = StatusMessage.new
+    n.valid?.should be false
+    n.message = "wales"
+    n.valid?.should be true
+  end
+end
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