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function validate_gravatar($email) {
	// From http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Gravatars
	// Craft a potential url and test its headers
	$hash = md5($email);
	$uri = 'http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/' . $hash . '?d=404';
	$headers = @get_headers($uri);
	if (!preg_match("|200|", $headers[0])) {
		$has_valid_avatar = FALSE;
	} else {
		$has_valid_avatar = TRUE;
	}
	return $has_valid_avatar;
}