diff --git a/app/models/profile.rb b/app/models/profile.rb
index 390de94..1586920 100644
--- a/app/models/profile.rb
+++ b/app/models/profile.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class Profile < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   acts_as_design
 
-#  acts_as_ferret :fields => [ :name ]
+  acts_as_ferret :fields => [ :name ]
 
   # Valid identifiers must match this format.
   IDENTIFIER_FORMAT = /^[a-z][a-z0-9_]*[a-z0-9]$/
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class Profile < ActiveRecord::Base
   
   has_many :role_assignments, :as => :resource
 
-  has_many :articles
+  has_many :articles, :dependent => :destroy
   belongs_to :home_page, :class_name => Article.name, :foreign_key => 'home_page_id'
 
   has_one :image, :as => :owner
@@ -113,13 +113,13 @@ class Profile < ActiveRecord::Base
     self.user ? self.user.email : nil
   end
 
-  # gets recent documents in this profile.
+  # gets recent documents in this profile, ordered from the most recent to the
+  # oldest.
   #
   # +limit+ is the maximum number of documents to be returned. It defaults to
   # 10.
   def recent_documents(limit = 10)
-    # FIXME not like this anymore
-    raise 'needs to be rewritten'
+    self.articles.recent(self, limit)
   end
 
   def superior_instance
diff --git a/test/unit/profile_test.rb b/test/unit/profile_test.rb
index 0606e1f..16b5502 100644
--- a/test/unit/profile_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/profile_test.rb
@@ -94,8 +94,15 @@ class ProfileTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert ! Profile.search('not_wanted').include?(p)
   end
 
-  def test_should_remove_pages_when_removing_profile
-    flunk 'pending'
+  should 'remove pages when removing profile' do
+    profile = Profile.create!(:name => 'testing profile', :identifier => 'testingprofile')
+    first = profile.articles.build(:name => 'first'); first.save!
+    second = profile.articles.build(:name => 'second'); second.save!
+    third = profile.articles.build(:name => 'third'); third.save!
+
+    n = Article.count
+    profile.destroy
+    assert_equal n - 3, Article.count
   end
 
   def test_should_define_info
@@ -112,12 +119,14 @@ class ProfileTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_invalid_identifier 'test'
   end
 
-  def test_should_provide_recent_documents
-    flunk 'pending'
-  end
+  should 'provide recent documents' do
+    profile = Profile.create!(:name => 'testing profile', :identifier => 'testingprofile')
+    first = profile.articles.build(:name => 'first'); first.save!
+    second = profile.articles.build(:name => 'second'); second.save!
+    third = profile.articles.build(:name => 'third'); third.save!
 
-  def test_should_provide_most_recent_documents
-    flunk 'pending'
+    assert_equal [first,second], profile.recent_documents(2)
+    assert_equal [first,second,third], profile.recent_documents
   end
 
   should 'affiliate and provide a list of the affiliated users' do
@@ -180,6 +189,19 @@ class ProfileTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_not_same list, other_list
   end
 
+  should 'be able to find profiles by their names with ferret' do
+    small = Profile.create!(:name => 'A small profile for testing ', :identifier => 'smallprofilefortesting')
+    big = Profile.create!(:name => 'A big profile for testing', :identifier => 'bigprofilefortesting')
+
+    assert Profile.find_by_contents('small').include?(small)
+    assert Profile.find_by_contents('big').include?(big)
+    
+    both = Profile.find_by_contents('profile testing')
+    assert both.include?(small)
+    assert both.include?(big)
+  end
+
+
   private
 
   def assert_invalid_identifier(id)
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