diff --git a/app/views/layouts/_header.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/_header.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6696e331e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/layouts/_header.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+-#   Copyright (c) 2010, Diaspora Inc.  This file is
+-#   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or later.  See
+-#   the COPYRIGHT file.
+
+.container{:style => "position:relative;"}
+  #diaspora_text
+    = link_to "DIASPORA*", (current_user ? root_path : new_user_session_path)
+    %span.sub_text
+      ALPHA
+
+  - unless current_user
+    .right
+      %ul#landing_nav
+        %li= link_to "blog", "http://blog.joindiaspora.com"
+        %li= link_to "developers", "https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora"
+        %li= link_to "login", new_user_session_path
+  - else
+    #global_search
+      = form_tag(people_path, :method => 'get') do
+        = text_field_tag 'q', nil, :placeholder => t('search'), :type => 'search', :results => 5
+
+    %ul#user_menu
+      .avatar
+        = owner_image_tag
+      = link_to current_user.real_name, '#'
+      %li= link_to t('.view_profile'), current_user.person
+      %li= link_to t('.edit_profile'), edit_person_path(current_user.person)
+      %li= link_to t('.account_settings'), edit_user_path(current_user)
+      %li= link_to t('.logout'), destroy_user_session_path
+
+    = render "shared/aspect_nav"
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
index d6780ecef..05040dfdd 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
@@ -5,20 +5,29 @@
 !!!
 %html{:lang => I18n.locale.to_s}
   %head
+    %meta{:charset => 'utf-8'}
+
     %title
-      = "#{current_user.real_name} | diaspora" if current_user
+      - if current_user
+        = "#{current_user.real_name} | DIASPORA"
+      - else
+        DIASPORA
+
+    %meta{'http-equiv' => 'X-UA-Compatible', :content => 'IE=edge,chrome=1'}
 
     %meta{"http-equiv"=>"Content-Type", :content=>"text/html; charset=utf-8"}/
+
+    %link{:rel => 'shortcut icon', :href => '/favicon.ico'}
+    %link{:rel => 'apple-touch-icon', :href => '/apple-touch-icon.png'}
     = stylesheet_link_tag "blueprint/screen", :media => 'screen'
     = stylesheet_link_tag "blueprint/print", :media => 'print'
     = include_stylesheets :default, :media => 'all'
 
-
-    - if current_user
-      %link{:rel => "alternate", :href => "#{current_user.public_url}", :type => "application/atom+xml", :title => "Public Diaspora Feed for #{current_user.real_name}"}
     
     = javascript_include_tag "http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"
     
+    :javascript
+      !window.jQuery && document.write(unescape('%3Cscript src="js/libs/jquery-1.4.4.js"%3E%3C/script%3E'))
     = include_javascripts :main
     
     - if current_user
@@ -26,7 +35,9 @@
       = render 'js/websocket_js'
 
     = csrf_meta_tag
+
     = yield(:head)
+    = csrf_meta_tag
 
     -if APP_CONFIG[:google_a_site]
       :javascript
@@ -40,41 +51,17 @@
         var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
         })();
 
+    - if current_user
+      %link{:rel => "alternate", :href => "#{current_user.public_url}", :type => "application/atom+xml", :title => "Public Diaspora Feed for #{current_user.real_name}"}
+
   %body
+    #notification
+
     - flash.each do |name, msg|
       = content_tag :div, msg, :id => "flash_#{name}"
 
     %header
-      .container{:style => "position:relative;"}
-
-        #notification
-
-        #diaspora_text
-          = link_to "DIASPORA*", (current_user ? root_path : new_user_session_path)
-          %span.sub_text
-            ALPHA
-
-        - unless current_user
-          .right
-            %ul#landing_nav
-              %li= link_to "blog", "http://blog.joindiaspora.com"
-              %li= link_to "developers", "https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora"
-              %li= link_to "login", new_user_session_path
-        - else
-          #global_search
-            = form_tag(people_path, :method => 'get') do
-              = text_field_tag 'q', nil, :placeholder => t('search'), :type => 'search', :results => 5
-
-          %ul#user_menu
-            .avatar
-              = owner_image_tag
-            = link_to current_user.real_name, '#'
-            %li= link_to t('.view_profile'), current_user.person
-            %li= link_to t('.edit_profile'), edit_person_path(current_user.person)
-            %li= link_to t('.account_settings'), edit_user_path(current_user)
-            %li= link_to t('.logout'), destroy_user_session_path
-
-          = render "shared/aspect_nav"
+      = render 'layouts/header'
 
     .container
       .span-24.last
@@ -95,12 +82,13 @@
         var is_ssl = ("https:" == document.location.protocol);
         var asset_host = is_ssl ? "https://s3.amazonaws.com/getsatisfaction.com/" : "http://s3.amazonaws.com/getsatisfaction.com/";
         document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + asset_host + "javascripts/feedback-v2.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));
+
     :javascript
         var feedback_widget_options = {};
 
         feedback_widget_options.display = "overlay";  
         feedback_widget_options.company = "diaspora";
-        feedback_widget_options.placement = "left";
+        feedback_widget_options.placement = "right";
         feedback_widget_options.color = "#222";
         feedback_widget_options.style = "idea";
         var feedback_widget = new GSFN.feedback_widget(feedback_widget_options);
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_stream_element.html.haml b/app/views/shared/_stream_element.html.haml
index 36a17cd1d..7169158b8 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_stream_element.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_stream_element.html.haml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
       - if current_user.owns?(post)
         .right
-          = render 'shared/reshare', :post => post if post.is_a? StatusMessage
+          = render 'shared/reshare', :current_user => current_user, :post => post if post.is_a? StatusMessage
           = link_to t('delete'), object_path(post), :confirm => t('are_you_sure'), :method => :delete, :remote => true, :class => "delete"
 
     = render type_partial(post), :post => post
diff --git a/chef/cookbooks/common/recipes/splunk.rb b/chef/cookbooks/common/recipes/splunk.rb
index 6e31c2d55..097d5e0bd 100644
--- a/chef/cookbooks/common/recipes/splunk.rb
+++ b/chef/cookbooks/common/recipes/splunk.rb
@@ -1,39 +1,40 @@
-execute "Download splunk" do
-  command "cd /tmp/install && wget 'http://www.splunk.com/index.php/download_track?file=4.1.5/linux/splunk-4.1.5-85165-Linux-x86_64.tgz&ac=&wget=true&name=wget&typed=releases'"
-end
+unless system "splunk status"
+  execute "Download splunk" do
+    command "cd /tmp/install && wget 'http://www.splunk.com/index.php/download_track?file=4.1.5/linux/splunk-4.1.5-85165-Linux-x86_64.tgz&ac=&wget=true&name=wget&typed=releases'"
+  end
 
-execute "Untar splunk" do
-  command "cd /tmp/install && tar -xvf splunk-4.1.5-85165-Linux-x86_64.tgz"
-end
+  execute "Untar splunk" do
+    command "tar -xvf /tmp/install/splunk-4.1.5-85165-Linux-x86_64.tgz -C /opt/"
+  end
 
-execute "Stop old splunk" do
-  command "/opt/splunk/bin/splunk stop || true"
-end
-
-execute "Remove old splunk" do
-  command "rm -rf /opt/splunk"
-end
-
-execute "Install splunk" do
-  command "mv /tmp/install/splunk /opt/splunk"
+  link "/usr/local/bin/splunk" do
+    to "/opt/splunk/bin/splunk"
+  end
 end
 
 execute "Start splunk" do
-  command "cd /opt/splunk/bin && ./splunk start --accept-license"
+  command "splunk start --accept-license || true"
 end
 
 execute "Put splunk into forwarding mode" do
-  command "cd /opt/splunk/bin && ./splunk enable app SplunkLightForwarder -auth admin:changeme"
+  command "splunk enable app SplunkLightForwarder -auth admin:changeme"
 end
 
 execute "Add forwarding server" do
-  command "cd /opt/splunk/bin && ./splunk add forward-server splunk.joindiaspora.com:9997 -auth admin:changeme"
+  command "splunk add forward-server splunk.joindiaspora.com:9997 -auth admin:changeme"
+  not_if "splunk list forward-server | grep splunk.joindiaspora.com:9997"
 end
 
 execute "Add monitor for diaspora" do
-  command "cd /opt/splunk/bin && ./splunk add monitor /usr/local/app/diaspora/log"
+  command "splunk add monitor /usr/local/app/diaspora/log"
+  not_if "splunk list monitor | grep diaspora"
+end
+
+execute "Add monitor for nginx" do
+  command "splunk add monitor /usr/local/nginx/logs"
+  not_if "splunk list monitor | grep nginx"
 end
 
 execute 'Splunk Restart' do
-  command "cd /opt/splunk/bin && ./splunk restart"
+  command "splunk restart"
 end
diff --git a/features/manages_contact_requests.feature b/features/manages_contact_requests.feature
index f4157c373..876ea754e 100644
--- a/features/manages_contact_requests.feature
+++ b/features/manages_contact_requests.feature
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ Feature: managing contact requests
     And I have one contact request
     
   Scenario: seeing contact requests
-     When I am on the home page
-     Then I should see "Manage (1)" in the header
+    When I am on the home page
+    Then I should see "Manage (1)" in the header
 
-  @javascript @wip
+  @javascript
   Scenario: accepting a contact request
     When I am on the home page
     And I follow "Manage (1)"
diff --git a/features/step_definitions/custom_web_steps.rb b/features/step_definitions/custom_web_steps.rb
index fe575c32a..9086b8d5e 100644
--- a/features/step_definitions/custom_web_steps.rb
+++ b/features/step_definitions/custom_web_steps.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,5 @@ When /^I wait for the aspects page to load$/ do
 end
 
 When /^I wait for the ajax to finish$/ do
-  pending
-  # wait_until { ??? }
+  wait_until { evaluate_script("$.active") == 0 }
 end
diff --git a/public/apple-touch-icon.png b/public/apple-touch-icon.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ccc5e3a9
Binary files /dev/null and b/public/apple-touch-icon.png differ
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
index 610fbacc2..b371219dd 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
@@ -220,6 +220,11 @@ header
     :-moz-border-radius 5px
     :border-radius 5px
 
+  .stream_photo
+    img
+      :height 200px
+      :width 200px
+
 
 .from
   :font
@@ -885,6 +890,8 @@ h1.big_text
 
   img
     :display none
+    :height 100px
+    :width 100px
 
 
 .image_cycle