Michael Hartl Double Flash Error - ruby-on-rails

I've been following the Michael Hartl guide and the only error that I see (but the system doesn't catch), is that every time there is a flash like in the image below, the alert shows up twice as opposed to once. I've spent way too long troubleshooting this. Where would I edit the flash behavior.
http://imgur.com/Lws5z4o
Here is my User Controller
class UsersController < ApplicationController
before_action :logged_in_user, only: [:index, :edit, :update, :destroy]
before_action :correct_user, only: [:edit, :update]
before_action :admin_user, only: :destroy
def index
#users = User.paginate(page: params[:page])
end
def show
#user = User.find(params[:id])
end
def new
#user = User.new
end
def create
#user = User.new(user_params) # Not the final implementation!
if #user.save
UserMailer.account_activation(#user).deliver_now
flash[:info] = "Please check your email to activate your account."
redirect_to root_url
else
render 'new'
end
end
def destroy
User.find(params[:id]).destroy
flash[:success] = "User deleted"
redirect_to users_url
end
def edit
#user = User.find(params[:id])
end
def update
#user = User.find(params[:id])
if #user.update_attributes(user_params)
flash[:success] = "Profile Updated"
redirect_to #user
else
render 'edit'
end
end
private
def user_params
params.require(:user).permit(:name, :email, :password,
:password_confirmation)
end
#Before filters
def logged_in_user
unless logged_in?
store_location
flash[:danger] = "Please log in."
redirect_to login_url
end
end
# Confirms an admin user.
def admin_user
redirect_to(root_url) unless current_user.admin?
end
# Confirms the correct user.
def correct_user
#user = User.find(params[:id])
redirect_to(root_url) unless current_user?(#user)
end
end
My Application Layout
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title><%= full_title(yield(:title)) %></title>
<%= stylesheet_link_tag 'application', media: 'all',
'data-turbolinks-track' => true %>
<%= javascript_include_tag 'application', 'data-turbolinks-track' => true %>
<%= csrf_meta_tags %>
<%= render 'layouts/shim' %>
<!--[if lt IE 9]>
<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/html5shiv/r29/html5.min.js">
</script>
<![endif]-->
</head>
<body>
<%= render 'layouts/header' %>
<div class="container">
<% flash.each do |message_type, message| %>
<%= content_tag(:div, message, class: "alert alert-#{message_type}") %>
<div class="alert alert-<%= message_type %>"><%= message %></div>
<% end %>
<%= yield %>
<%= render 'layouts/footer' %>
<%= debug(params) if Rails.env.development? %>
</div>
</body>
</html>

Change...
<% flash.each do |message_type, message| %>
<%= content_tag(:div, message, class: "alert alert-#{message_type}") %>
<div class="alert alert-<%= message_type %>"><%= message %></div>
<% end %>
to...
<% flash.each do |message_type, message| %>
<%= content_tag(:div, message, class: "alert alert-#{message_type}") %>
<% end %>
The flash behavior isn't the issue. You're rendering error messages twice because you're duplicating the error message div in your flash.each do ... block.

Yes, it's very clear, look at your loop:
<% flash.each do |message_type, message| %>
<%= content_tag(:div, message, class: "alert alert-#{message_type}") %>
<div class="alert alert-<%= message_type %>"><%= message %></div>
<% end %>
You're outputting two divs per loop (ie. per flash message), one using the content_tag helper, and one using the <div literal text. Remove one of them.

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You should be using it directly in your view/template and you should not need to require it in our controller. Rails typically requires gem dependencies at application load, so you don't need to include them at runtime.

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