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class Team

  include Mongoid::Document

has_and_belongs_to_many :captains, class_name: 'User', inverse_of:  :team_captained, autosave: true

has_and_belongs_to_many :members,  class_name: 'User', inverse_of:  :team_joined, autosave: true
  
 references_one :owner, class_name: "User", autosave: true 

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if @messages = Message.all ## need to test for nil 
   @messages_in_last_week = messages_last_week ## move this out to a method
else
   @messages_in_last_week = false
end

def messages_last_week
  @messages_in_last_week = @messages.select { |m| m.created_at <= 7.days.ago } 
  @messages_in_last_week = false if @messages_in_last_week.empty? 
  ## bugs happen if the variable gets assigned [] in one place and false in another