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# This configuration assumes you are running some kind of PHP FastCGI daemon to send for processing.
# I've commented parts of the file for clarity if someone does not understand what's going on.

# Here we simply rewrite the `www` out of the domain name because it's useless in most cases. 
# Totally optional.
server {
    listen 80;
    server_name www.example.com;
    rewrite ^/(.*) http://example.com/$1 permanent;
}

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# Place this in its own file and add it to your `AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS` setting in settings.py

from django.conf import settings
from django.contrib.auth.models import User

class EmailModelBackend(object):
    def authenticate(self, username=None, password=None):
        kwargs = {'email': username}

        try:

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server {
  2     listen  98.129.237.54:80;
  3     server_name www.mysite.com;
  4     rewrite ^/(.*) http://mysite.com/$1 permanent;
  5 }
  6
  7 server {
  8     listen 98.129.237.54:80;
  9     server_name mysite.com;
 10

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# section1.1.7 from SICP written in python .. was just making sure I understood how it all worked.

def square(x):
    return x * x

def sqrt_iter(guess, x):
    if good_enough(guess, x):
        return guess
    else:
        return sqrt_iter(improve(guess, x), x)