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+# Flask Site
+This is nothing more than a test run for me, trying to learn Flask. 
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+It initially began as me following the tutorial found here: http://flask.pocoo.org/docs/0.10/tutorial/
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+I hope to modify it and build on it further to develop it into a working copy of my personal website.
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+My personal website can be found at http://wbrawner.com