diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index b060a3d52a..049d46afce 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -272,11 +272,7 @@ function main()
         return;
     }
 
-    // Note the order here: arguments from the URL mapper will
-    // override request params that have been sent. This ensures
-    // that for instance an action parameter can't be overridden
-    // with an arbitrary action class.
-    $args = array_merge($_REQUEST, $args);
+    $args = array_merge($args, $_REQUEST);
 
     Event::handle('ArgsInitialize', array(&$args));
 
diff --git a/lib/router.php b/lib/router.php
index 9640ec1e04..a0ea996ecf 100644
--- a/lib/router.php
+++ b/lib/router.php
@@ -128,12 +128,13 @@ class Router
     {
         if (empty($this->m)) {
             $k = self::cacheKey();
-            $m = Cache::get($k);
+            $c = Cache::instance();
+            $m = $c->get($k);
             if (!empty($m)) {
                 $this->m = $m;
             } else {
                 $this->m = $this->initialize();
-                Cache::set($k, $this->m);
+                $c->set($k, $this->m);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -156,18 +157,18 @@ class Router
     static function cacheKey()
     {
         $plugins     = StatusNet::getActivePlugins();
-	$names       = array();
+        $names       = array();
 	
-	foreach ($plugins as $plugin) {
-	    $names[] = $plugin[0];
-	}
+        foreach ($plugins as $plugin) {
+            $names[] = $plugin[0];
+        }
 
-	$names = array_unique($names);
-	asort($names);
+        $names = array_unique($names);
+        asort($names);
 
-	// Unique enough.
+        // Unique enough.
 	
-	$uniq = crc32(implode(',', $names));
+        $uniq = crc32(implode(',', $names));
 	
         return Cache::key('router:'.STATUSNET_VERSION.':'.$uniq);
     }
diff --git a/plugins/Awesomeness/AwesomenessPlugin.php b/plugins/Awesomeness/AwesomenessPlugin.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..294f094389
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/Awesomeness/AwesomenessPlugin.php
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * StatusNet, the distributed open-source microblogging tool
+ *
+ * Plugin to add adittional awesomenss to StatusNet
+ *
+ * PHP version 5
+ *
+ * LICENCE: This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * @category  Plugin
+ * @package   StatusNet
+ * @author    Jeroen De Dauw <jeroendedauw@gmail.com>
+ * @license   http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0
+ * @link      http://status.net/
+ */
+
+if (!defined('STATUSNET')) {
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Fun sample plugin: tweaks input data and adds a 'Cornify' widget to sidebar.
+ *
+ * @category Plugin
+ * @package  StatusNet
+ * @author   Jeroen De Dauw <jeroendedauw@gmail.com>
+ * @license  http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0
+ * @link     http://status.net/
+ */
+
+class AwesomenessPlugin extends Plugin
+{
+	
+	const VERSION = '0.0.42';
+	
+    public function onPluginVersion(&$versions)
+    {
+        $versions[] = array(
+            'name' => 'Awesomeness',
+            'version' => self::VERSION,
+            'author' => 'Jeroen De Dauw',
+            'homepage' => 'http://status.net/wiki/Plugin:Awesomeness',
+            'rawdescription' => _m(
+                'The Awesomeness plugin adds adittional awesomeness ' .
+                'to your StatusNet install. '
+            )
+        );
+        return true;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Add the conrnify button
+     *
+     * @param Action $action the current action
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+
+    function onEndShowSections(Action $action)
+    {   
+        $action->elementStart('div', array('id' => 'cornify_section',
+                                         'class' => 'section'));    	
+    	
+    	$action->raw(
+    	<<<EOT
+    		<a href="http://www.cornify.com" onclick="cornify_add();return false;">
+    		<img src="http://www.cornify.com/assets/cornify.gif" width="61" height="16" border="0" alt="Cornify" />
+    		</a>
+    	<script type="text/javascript">(function() {
+	var js = document.createElement('script');
+	js.type = 'text/javascript';
+	js.async = true;
+	js.src = 'http://www.cornify.com/js/cornify.js';
+	(document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(js);
+})();</script>
+EOT
+    	);    
+    	
+    	$action->elementEnd('div');
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Hook for new-notice form processing to take our HTML goodies;
+     * won't affect API posting etc.
+     * 
+     * @param NewNoticeAction $action
+     * @param User $user
+     * @param string $content
+     * @param array $options
+     * @return boolean hook return
+     */
+    function onStartSaveNewNoticeWeb($action, $user, &$content, &$options)
+    {
+    	$content = htmlspecialchars($content);
+    	$options['rendered'] = preg_replace("/(^|\s|-)((?:awesome|awesomeness)[\?!\.\,]?)(\s|$)/i", " <b>$2</b> ", $content);
+    }
+	
+}
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