diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/ProjectController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/ProjectController.php
index 5877c736..efcb4fb5 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/ProjectController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/ProjectController.php
@@ -11,10 +11,14 @@ class ProjectController extends Controller
     public function store(Request $request)
     {
         // TASK: Currently this statement fails. Fix the underlying issue.
-        Project::create([
-            'name' => $request->name
-        ]);
+        // Project::create([
+        //     'name' => $request->name
+        // ]);
 
+        $project=new Project();
+        $project->name=$request->name;
+        $project->save();
+        
         return redirect('/')->with('success', 'Project created');
     }
 
@@ -26,6 +30,9 @@ public function mass_update(Request $request)
         //   where name = $request->old_name
 
         // Insert Eloquent statement below
+        Project::where('name',$request->old_name)->update([
+                                                          'name'=>$request->new_name
+        ]);
 
         return redirect('/')->with('success', 'Projects updated');
     }
@@ -35,7 +42,7 @@ public function destroy($projectId)
         Project::destroy($projectId);
 
         // TASK: change this Eloquent statement to include the soft-deletes records
-        $projects = Project::all();
+        $projects = Project::withTrashed()->get();
 
         return view('projects.index', compact('projects'));
     }
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/UserController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/UserController.php
index 9b8c73dc..8dc56304 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/UserController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/UserController.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use App\Models\User;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
 
 class UserController extends Controller
 {
@@ -15,14 +16,14 @@ public function index()
         //   order by created_at desc
         //   limit 3
 
-        $users = User::all(); // replace this with Eloquent statement
+        $users = User::whereNotNull('email_verified_at')->orderBy('created_at','desc')->limit(3)->get(); // replace this with Eloquent statement
 
         return view('users.index', compact('users'));
     }
 
     public function show($userId)
     {
-        $user = NULL; // TASK: find user by $userId or show "404 not found" page
+        $user = User::findOrFail($userId); // TASK: find user by $userId or show "404 not found" page
 
         return view('users.show', compact('user'));
     }
@@ -31,7 +32,12 @@ public function check_create($name, $email)
     {
         // TASK: find a user by $name and $email
         //   if not found, create a user with $name, $email and random password
-        $user = NULL;
+        $user = User::firstOrCreate([
+                                    'name'=>$name,
+                                    'email'=>$email
+        ],[
+                                    'password'=>Hash::make('random_password')
+        ]);
 
         return view('users.show', compact('user'));
     }
@@ -40,7 +46,12 @@ public function check_update($name, $email)
     {
         // TASK: find a user by $name and update it with $email
         //   if not found, create a user with $name, $email and random password
-        $user = NULL; // updated or created user
+        $user = User::updateOrCreate([
+                                     'name'=>$name,
+                                     'email'=>$email
+        ],[
+                                     'password'=>Hash::make('random_password')
+        ]); // updated or created user
 
         return view('users.show', compact('user'));
     }
@@ -52,6 +63,7 @@ public function destroy(Request $request)
         // $request->users is an array of IDs, ex. [1, 2, 3]
 
         // Insert Eloquent statement here
+        User::destroy($request->users);
 
         return redirect('/')->with('success', 'Users deleted');
     }
diff --git a/app/Models/Morningnews.php b/app/Models/Morningnews.php
index 2335e17d..5bb3d5b9 100644
--- a/app/Models/Morningnews.php
+++ b/app/Models/Morningnews.php
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 
-class Morningnews extends Model
+class MorningNews extends Model
 {
     use HasFactory;
 
diff --git a/app/Models/Project.php b/app/Models/Project.php
index dc43be0e..600c81b2 100644
--- a/app/Models/Project.php
+++ b/app/Models/Project.php
@@ -9,4 +9,8 @@
 class Project extends Model
 {
     use HasFactory, SoftDeletes;
+
+    protected $fillable=[
+        'name'
+    ];
 }
diff --git a/app/Models/User.php b/app/Models/User.php
index e23e0905..c5205e68 100644
--- a/app/Models/User.php
+++ b/app/Models/User.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;
 use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable;
 use Laravel\Sanctum\HasApiTokens;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
 
 class User extends Authenticatable
 {
@@ -41,4 +42,8 @@ class User extends Authenticatable
     protected $casts = [
         'email_verified_at' => 'datetime',
     ];
+
+    public function scopeActive(Builder $query){
+        $query->whereNotNull('email_verified_at');
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/Observers/ProjectObserver.php b/app/Observers/ProjectObserver.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fe49bddb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Observers/ProjectObserver.php
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?php
+ 
+namespace App\Observers;
+ 
+use App\Models\Project;
+use App\Models\Stat;
+ 
+class ProjectObserver
+{
+    /**
+     * Handle the User "created" event.
+     */
+    public function created(Project $project): void
+    {
+        // ...
+        Stat::increment('projects_count');
+    }
+ 
+    
+}
diff --git a/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php b/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
index ee8ca5bc..048f7fd5 100644
--- a/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
+++ b/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 namespace App\Providers;
 
 use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
+use App\Models\Project;
+use App\Observers\ProjectObserver;
 
 class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
 {
@@ -24,5 +26,6 @@ public function register()
     public function boot()
     {
         //
+        Project::observe(ProjectObserver::class);
     }
 }