added minimum length to abstract in event model

app/models/event.rb

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class Event < ActiveRecord::Base
   validate :before_end_of_conference, on: :create
   validates :title, presence: true
   validates :abstract, presence: true
+  validates_length_of :abstract, minimum: 20
   validates :event_type, presence: true
   validates :program, presence: true
   validates :max_attendees, numericality: { only_integer: true, greater_than_or_equal_to: 1, allow_nil: true }

app/models/user.rb

@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def confirmed?
-    !confirmed_at.nil?
+    confirmed_at.present?
   end
 
   def proposals(conference)