public function create_new_validator(array $data)
{
return Validator::make($data, ['name' => 'required|max:255|unique:users', 'email' => 'required|email|max:255|unique:users', 'first_name' => 'required|max:255', 'last_name' => 'required|max:255', 'password' => 'required|confirmed|min:6', 'user_level' => 'required|numeric|min:1', 'location' => '', 'bio' => '', 'twitter_username' => '', 'github_username' => '']);
}