diff --git a/admin/judges_sa.php b/admin/judges_sa.php
index 5709cdd8..5c87c0d5 100644
--- a/admin/judges_sa.php
+++ b/admin/judges_sa.php
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 // However when I Launch using $WshShell->run($bat_filename,0,false ); for Windows IIS it seems:
 // All the $_SERVER variables are set as if were a website page so any variable I have tried will cause a bailout
 // THUS..   There is no test I have found to verify this was run from the command line (or in background) for Windows
-if($_SERVER['SERVER_ADDR']) {
+if(get_value_from_array($_SERVER, 'SERVER_ADDR')) {
 	echo "This script must be run from the command line";
 	exit;
 }
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ $round_divisional2 = NULL;
 
 
 function set_status($txt)
-{
+{   global $pdo;
 	TRACE("Status: $txt\n");
 	$stmt = $pdo->prepare("UPDATE config SET val='$txt' WHERE 
 			var='judge_scheduler_activity' AND year=0");
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ function set_status($txt)
 
 $set_percent_last_percent = -1;
 function set_percent($n)
-{
+{   global $pdo;
 	global $set_percent_last_percent;
 	$p = floor($n);
 	if($p == $set_percent_last_percent) return;
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ while($r=$q->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ)) {
 
 TRACE("Loading Languages...\n");
 $langr = array();
-dddddddddddddddo->prepare("SELECT * FROM languages WHERE active='Y'");
+$pdo->prepare("SELECT * FROM languages WHERE active='Y'");
 while($r=$q->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ)) {
 	$langr[$r->lang] = $r->langname;
 	TRACE("   {$r->lang} - {$r->langname}\n");
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ $round = array();
 $q = $pdo->prepare("SELECT * FROM judges_timeslots WHERE round_id='0' AND `year`='{$config['FAIRYEAR']}'");
 $q->execute();
 /* Loads judges_timeslots.id, .starttime, .endtime, .date, .name */
-while($r = $q=>fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)) {
+while($r = $q->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)) {
 	TRACE("   id:{$r['id']} type:{$r['type']} name:{$r['name']}\n");
 
 	$qq = $pdo->prepare("SELECT * FROM judges_timeslots WHERE round_id='{$r['id']}'");
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ foreach($keys as $jdiv_id) {
 
 /* Clean out the judging teams that were autocreated in a previous run */
 TRACE("Deleting autocreated divisional and special award judging teams:");
-$q = pdo->prepare("SELECT * FROM judges_teams WHERE autocreate_type_id=1 AND year={$config['FAIRYEAR']}");
+$q = $pdo->prepare("SELECT * FROM judges_teams WHERE autocreate_type_id=1 AND year={$config['FAIRYEAR']}");
 $q->execute();
 while($r = $q->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ)) {
 	$id = $r->id;
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ foreach($judges as &$j) {
 			continue;
 		}
 		$q->execute();
-		while($r = $q=>fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)) {
+		while($r = $q->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)) {
 			$j['availability'][] = $r;
 		}
 	}
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ if(count($judges)==0) {
 $q = $pdo->prepare("SELECT * FROM judges_teams WHERE year={$config['FAIRYEAR']}");
 $q->execute();
 $used_judges_teams_numbers = array();
-while($i = $q=>fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)) {
+while($i = $q->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)) {
 	$used_judges_teams_numbers[] = $i['num'];
 }
 echo "The following judge team numbers are already used: \n";
@@ -1292,7 +1292,7 @@ if($config['scheduler_enable_sa_scheduling'] == 'yes') {
 			/* Do timeslot and project timeslot assignment */
 			$stmt = $pdo->prepare("INSERT INTO judges_teams_timeslots_link 
 							(judges_teams_id,judges_timeslots_id,year)
-							VALUES ('{$t['id']}', '{$r['timeslots'][0]['id']}', '{$config['FAIRYEAR']}')")
+							VALUES ('{$t['id']}', '{$r['timeslots'][0]['id']}', '{$config['FAIRYEAR']}')");
 			$stmt->execute();
 			show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
diff --git a/admin/judges_teams.php b/admin/judges_teams.php
index 5d861f70..3909d959 100644
--- a/admin/judges_teams.php
+++ b/admin/judges_teams.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 	if(get_value_from_array($_GET,'action')) $action=get_value_from_array($_GET,'action');
 	if(get_value_from_array($_POST,'action')) $action=get_value_from_array($_POST,'action');
 
-	if($action == "delete" && get_value_from_array($_GET, 'delete'))
+	if(get_value_or_default($action) == "delete" && get_value_from_array($_GET, 'delete'))
 	{
 		//ALSO DELETE: team members, timeslots, projects, awards
 		
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 		$stmt->execute();message_push(happy(i18n("Judge team successfully removed, and all of its corresponding members, timeslots, projects and awards unlinked from team")));
 	}
 
-	if($action=="deletealldivisional")
+	if(get_value_or_default($action)=="deletealldivisional")
 	{
 		$q2=$pdo->prepare("SELECT *
 				FROM 	
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 			message_push(error(i18n("There were no auto-created divisional teams to delete")));
 	}
 	
-	if($action=="deleteall")
+	if(get_value_or_default($action)=="deleteall")
 	{
 		$q2=$pdo->prepare("SELECT *
 				FROM 	judges_teams
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 			message_push(error(i18n("There were no teams to delete")));
 	}
 
-	if(($action=="save" || $action=="assign") && $edit)
+	if((get_value_or_default($action)=="save" || $action=="assign") && $edit)
 	{
 		//if we're updating or assigning, it doesnt matter, lets do the same thing (save record, add award
 		//but when we're done, if we're "assign" then go back to edit that team
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	if($action=="unassign")
+	if(get_value_or_default($action)=="unassign")
 	{
 		$stmt = $pdo->prepare("DELETE FROM judges_teams_awards_link WHERE judges_teams_id='$edit' AND award_awards_id='".$_GET['unassign']."' AND year='".$config['FAIRYEAR']."'");
 		$stmt->execute();
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
 		$action="edit";
 	}
 
-	if($action=="createall")
+	if(get_value_or_default($action)=="createall")
 	{
 		//first make sure we dont have any non-divisional award teams (dont want people hitting refresh and adding all the teams twice
 		$q=$pdo->prepare("SELECT COUNT(*) AS c FROM judges_teams WHERE autocreate_type_id!='1' AND year='".$config['FAIRYEAR']."'");
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	if($action=="add" && $_GET['num'])
+	if(get_value_or_default($action)=="add" && $_GET['num'])
 	{
 		$stmt = $pdo->prepare("INSERT INTO judges_teams(num,year) VALUES ('".$_GET['num']."','".$config['FAIRYEAR']."')");
 		$stmt->execute();
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
 		$action="edit";
 	}
 
-	if($action=="edit" && $edit)
+	if(get_value_or_default($action)=="edit" && $edit)
 	{
 		send_header("Edit Judging Team",
  			array('Committee Main' => 'committee_main.php',