diff --git a/demos/i18n/index.ts b/demos/i18n/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bdf66c9b61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demos/i18n/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import {Component} from 'angular2/angular2';
+import {Control, ControlGroup} from 'angular2/forms';
+
+import {IonicApp, App, Http} from 'ionic/ionic';
+
+import {Translate, TranslatePipe} from 'ionic/ionic';
+
+@App({
+  templateUrl: 'main.html',
+  pipes: [TranslatePipe]
+})
+class MyApp {
+  constructor(app: IonicApp, trans: Translate) {
+    this.app = app;
+    this.trans = trans;
+
+    this.trans.translations('de', {
+      'Location': 'lage'
+    });
+
+    console.log(this.trans.translate('Location'));
+    console.log(this.trans.translate('Location', 'de'));
+    //this.trans.setLanguage('de');
+    console.log(this.trans.translate('Location'));
+
+  }
+}
diff --git a/demos/i18n/main.html b/demos/i18n/main.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d73601f91c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demos/i18n/main.html
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<ion-view>
+  <ion-content>
+    Hello! What is your {{ 'Location' | translate }}
+  </ion-content>
+</ion-view>
diff --git a/demos/navigation/index.ts b/demos/navigation/index.ts
index 632fa32380..8b6cd3ad9c 100644
--- a/demos/navigation/index.ts
+++ b/demos/navigation/index.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {NavParams, NavController} from 'ionic/ionic';
     '<ion-content padding>' +
       '<h1>{{title}}</h1>' +
       '<p><button id="from1To2" secondary (click)="push()">(Push) Go to Second Page</button></p>' +
-      '<p><button secondary [push-data]="pushData" [nav-push]="pushPage">(Nav-Push) Go to Second Page</button></p>' +
+      '<p><button secondary [nav-push]="pushPage" [nav-params]="pushData">(Nav-Push) Go to Second Page</button></p>' +
       '<p><button danger (click)="setViews()">(setViews) Go to Third Page</button></p>' +
     '</ion-content>'
 })
diff --git a/ionic/animations/animation.ts b/ionic/animations/animation.ts
index 4a0bd81689..c88febc0eb 100644
--- a/ionic/animations/animation.ts
+++ b/ionic/animations/animation.ts
@@ -408,6 +408,21 @@ export class Animation {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Get the current time of the first animation
+   * in the list. To get a specific time of an animation, call
+   * subAnimationInstance.getCurrentTime()
+   */
+  getCurrentTime() {
+    if(this._chld.length > 0) {
+      return this._chld[0].getCurrentTime();
+    }
+    if(this._ani.length > 0) {
+      return this._ani[0].getCurrentTime();
+    }
+    return 0;
+  }
+
   progressEnd(shouldComplete, rate=3) {
     let promises = [];
 
@@ -604,6 +619,10 @@ class Animate {
     }
   }
 
+  getCurrentTime() {
+    return this.ani && this.ani.currentTime;
+  }
+
   playbackRate(value) {
     this.rate = value;
     if (this.ani) {
diff --git a/ionic/components/app/app.ts b/ionic/components/app/app.ts
index def11107a2..56d46155e3 100644
--- a/ionic/components/app/app.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/app/app.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {Popup} from '../popup/popup';
 import {FocusHolder} from '../form/focus-holder';
 import {Events} from '../../util/events';
 import {NavRegistry} from '../nav/nav-registry';
+import {Translate} from '../../translation/translate';
 
 /**
  * @name IonicApp
@@ -298,6 +299,8 @@ export function ionicBootstrap(rootComponentType, views, config) {
       let modal = new Modal(app, config);
       let popup = new Popup(app, config);
       let events = new Events();
+      let translate = new Translate();
+      console.log('Translate', translate);
       let navRegistry = new NavRegistry(views);
 
       // add injectables that will be available to all child components
@@ -312,6 +315,7 @@ export function ionicBootstrap(rootComponentType, views, config) {
         bind(Events).toValue(events),
         ROUTER_BINDINGS,
         bind(LocationStrategy).toClass(HashLocationStrategy),
+        bind(Translate).toValue(translate),
         bind(NavRegistry).toValue(navRegistry)
       ]);
 
diff --git a/ionic/components/tap-click/ripple.ts b/ionic/components/tap-click/ripple.ts
index 5d34126edb..e0b259de78 100644
--- a/ionic/components/tap-click/ripple.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/tap-click/ripple.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,16 @@ import {Animation} from '../../animations/animation';
 
 
 export class RippleActivator extends Activator {
+  static TOUCH_DOWN_ACCEL = 512;
+  static TOUCH_UP_ACCEL = 1024;
+  static OPACITY_DECAY_VEL = 1.6;
+  static OUTER_OPACITY_VEL = 1.2;
+
+  static OPACITY_OUT_DURATION = 750;
+
+  static EXPAND_OUT_PLAYBACK_RATE = 3.5;
+  static DOWN_PLAYBACK_RATE = 0.65;
+  static OPACITY_OUT_PLAYBACK_RATE = 1;
 
   constructor(app, config) {
     super(app, config);
@@ -17,7 +27,19 @@ export class RippleActivator extends Activator {
     super.downAction(ev, activatableEle, pointerX, pointerY);
 
     // create a new ripple element
-    let r = activatableEle.getBoundingClientRect();
+    let r = targetEle.getBoundingClientRect();
+    let w = r.width;
+    let h = r.height;
+
+    let halfW = w/2;
+    let halfH = h/2;
+    let outerRadius = Math.sqrt(halfW * halfW + halfH * halfH);
+
+    let radiusDuration = (1000 * Math.sqrt(outerRadius / RippleActivator.TOUCH_DOWN_ACCEL) + 0.5);
+    let outerDuration = 1000 * (1/RippleActivator.OUTER_OPACITY_VEL);
+
+    //console.log('Rippling', radiusDuration);
+
     let x = Math.max(Math.abs(r.width - pointerX), pointerX) * 2;
     let y = Math.max(Math.abs(r.height - pointerY), pointerY) * 2;
     let size = (Math.sqrt(Math.pow(x, 2) + Math.pow(y, 2))) - 10;
@@ -34,14 +56,16 @@ export class RippleActivator extends Activator {
     activatableEle.appendChild(rippleEle);
 
     let ripple = this.ripples[Date.now()] = { ele: rippleEle };
+    ripple.outerRadius = outerRadius;
+    ripple.radiusDuration = radiusDuration;
 
     // expand the circle from the users starting point
     // start slow, and when they let up, then speed up the animation
     ripple.expand = new Animation(rippleEle, {renderDelay: 0});
     ripple.expand
       .fromTo('scale', '0.001', '1')
-      .duration(300)
-      .playbackRate(0.35)
+      .duration(radiusDuration)
+      .playbackRate(RippleActivator.DOWN_PLAYBACK_RATE)
       .onFinish(()=> {
         // finished expanding
         ripple.expand && ripple.expand.dispose();
@@ -60,16 +84,26 @@ export class RippleActivator extends Activator {
     let ripple;
     for (let rippleId in this.ripples) {
       ripple = this.ripples[rippleId];
+      if(ripple.expand) {
+        let currentTime = ripple.expand.getCurrentTime();
+
+        // How much more time do we need to finish the radius animation?
+        // Math: (radius/second) * ((total_radius_time) - current_time)
+        let remainingTime = (ripple.outerRadius / ripple.radiusDuration) *
+          ((ripple.radiusDuration / RippleActivator.DOWN_PLAYBACK_RATE)- (currentTime));
+        ripple.expand.remainingTime = remainingTime;
+      }
 
       if (!ripple.fade) {
         // ripple has not been let up yet
         // spped up the rate if the animation is still going
         setTimeout(() => {
-          ripple.expand && ripple.expand.playbackRate(1);
+          ripple.expand && ripple.expand.playbackRate(RippleActivator.EXPAND_OUT_PLAYBACK_RATE);
           ripple.fade = new Animation(ripple.ele);
           ripple.fade
             .fadeOut()
-            .duration(750)
+            .duration(ripple.epxand && ripple.expand.remaingTime || RippleActivator.OPACITY_OUT_DURATION)
+            .playbackRate(RippleActivator.OPACITY_OUT_PLAYBACK_RATE)
             .onFinish(() => {
               ripple.fade && ripple.fade.dispose();
               ripple.fade = null;
diff --git a/ionic/ionic.ts b/ionic/ionic.ts
index 6ccc5c4203..c7fa97ad3f 100644
--- a/ionic/ionic.ts
+++ b/ionic/ionic.ts
@@ -24,3 +24,6 @@ export * from './transitions/ios-transition'
 export * from './transitions/md-transition'
 
 export * from './platform/plugins'
+
+export * from './translation/translate'
+export * from './translation/translate_pipe'
diff --git a/ionic/translation/translate.ts b/ionic/translation/translate.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..835433e57d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ionic/translation/translate.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import {Injectable} from 'angular2/angular2';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class Translate {
+  constructor() {
+    this._transMap = {};
+  }
+
+  translations(lang, map) {
+    this._transMap[lang] = map;
+  }
+
+  setLanguage(lang) {
+    this._language = lang;
+  }
+
+  getTranslations(lang) {
+    return this._transMap[lang];
+  }
+
+  translate(key, lang) {
+    // If the language isn't specified and we have no overridden one, return the string passed.
+    if(!lang && !this._language) {
+      return key;
+    }
+
+    let setLanguage = lang || this._language;
+
+    let map = this.getTranslations(setLanguage);
+
+    if(!map) {
+      console.warn('I18N: No translation for key', key, 'using language', setLanguage);
+      return '';
+    }
+    return this._getTranslation(map, key);
+  }
+
+  _getTranslation(map, key) {
+    return map && map[key] || '';
+  }
+}
diff --git a/ionic/translation/translate_pipe.ts b/ionic/translation/translate_pipe.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..34181b6240
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ionic/translation/translate_pipe.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import {Injectable, Pipe, PipeTransform} from 'angular2/angular2';
+
+import {Translate} from './translate';
+
+/**
+ * The Translate pipe makes it easy to translate strings.
+ *
+ * @usage
+ * Translate using the current language or language set through Translate.setLanguage
+ * {{ 'Please enter your location' | translate }}
+ *
+ * Translate using a specific language
+ * {{ 'Please enter your location' | translate:"de" }}
+ */
+@Pipe({name: 'translate'})
+@Injectable()
+export class TranslatePipe implements PipeTransform {
+  constructor(translate: Translate) {
+    this.translate = translate;
+  }
+  transform(value, args) {
+    let lang;
+    if(args.length > 0) {
+      lang = args[0];
+    }
+    return this.translate.translate(value, lang);
+  }
+
+  supports(obj) { return true; }
+}