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Closing in? Foul play now cited in Abshire death
Sixteen months after Justine Swartz Abshire was found dead on a dark and winding country road in Orange County, the apparent victim of a hit and run, newly released state police information seems to support her parents' long-held belief that her death was no accident.
Although Justine, a 27-year-old kindergarten teacher, had reportedly called her husband to pick her up after her car broke down that night, police now say two independent mechanics found nothing wrong with her 2002 Ford Mustang, which started up at the scene of the accident. Even more significant, however: Justine may not have been hit by a car.
While police haven't yet released the full autopsy report, Special Agent Mike Jones of the Virginia State Police now reveals, in contrast to earlier reports that called her death merely mysterious, that Justine was quite possibly a victim of foul play.
Jones says Justine sustained "massive amounts" of blunt trauma sometime before her death and that he doesn't believe she was hit by a car– or at least not while she was upright.
"We don't feel she was standing in the road," says Jones, citing an absence of "strike points," leg injuries that correspond to a car or truck's bumper.
Although Jones wouldn't elaborate on the location of the injuries, he says some of them gave police additional reason to doubt the hit-and-run theory. He also declined to answer whether she could have been struck by a car while she was lying down or otherwise incapacitated. The official cause of her death is still undetermined.
Eric Abshire has said he discovered his wife lying in the middle of Taylorsville Road, about 200-300 yards from her car, then ran to a nearby house to call 911. But Justine's parents say she was afraid of the dark and was so safety conscious that she would not have gotten out of her car to walk alone along a dark, deserted road– particularly if she knew her husband was on the way to help. They also note the temperature was 35 degrees outside, and Justine's coat– as police have also now confirmed– was left in her car, along with her cell phone and purse.
Justine's parents, Steve and Heidi Swartz of Chattanooga, Tennessee, say the newly released information bolsters their belief that their daughter was murdered. And while they say they remain open to any possibilities, they are still unsatisfied with the account they say their former son-in-law gave to them of the night Justine died: that he and Justine argued about his mother's health, that Justine left the house, and that she called him late at night for assistance.
Justine was not feeling well, says her mother; she had already called in sick for the next day at her job at Culpeper's Emerald Hill Elementary School. She also typically went to bed early, they say, so it would have been highly unusual for their daughter, whom they call a "homebody," to be out so late at night. Also troubling to the Swartzes: Abshire's decision to retrieve his wife on his motorcycle, which they said she was fearful of riding.
Abshire, approached outside the Charlottesville District Court Tuesday, March 4, where he appeared as a defendant in a civil case brought by the UVA Credit Union, declined comment. "I spoke to some people," he said, "they told me to have nothing to do with you all."
As the Hook first reported in a June 7, 2007 cover story "Justice for Justine," two months after the accident, the operator of a Greene County storage unit just half a mile from the accident scene discovered a stolen black Ford Expedition parked inside an unlocked unrented unit. According to an employee of the nearby Seminole Auto Sales dealership, Eric Abshire had looked at that Expedition on the car lot less than a week before the car was stolen on October 29, 2006– five days before Justine died. The same day Abshire looked at the Expedition, a salesman revealed, a key to the vehicle went missing.
Special Agent Jones says investigators are still waiting for results of certain forensic tests, but he is optimistic the case will eventually be solved.
"Every day we're coming closer and closer to the truth," Jones says.
He and Justine's parents, however, believe there are people who know more about the night Justine died than they've revealed thus far.
"We appeal to people to stand up and do the right thing," says Jones, who says he considers no tip too small. Speaking to anyone who might have information they haven't yet shared, he says, "Don't ever underestimate the importance of what you know."
The Swartzes, who have offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to a conviction in the case, say they too are confident arrests will be made, and they continue to hope anyone who might know something about their daughter's death will come forward.
"Now is the time they need to decide which side of this they want to be on when it goes down," says Steve Swartz.


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What a handsome boy he has grown into.
Miss having my GSD............. Gorgeous.
Well done with the plant
If you can't be a good example........
you will just have to be a horrible warning
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Love the pics of Teddy. He is a very handsome boy, ears and all.xx
I am now a widow and live with my memories.
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What a beautiful boy Gwen.
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8 stone.....blimey !!!
Lovely pictures Gwen.
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Thanks guys. It is a good job he has had some training which I might add is ongoing, because if he hadn't then think we may have had a problem.
The plant was done because I thought I may have killed the original one by lopping it in half, so took some cuttings just in case.
My birthday is on Tues and I am more than a little tipsy. Have had numerous Bacardi and Cokes and feel just grrrrrreat now. LOL Had my pressies today as everyone at work on Tues.
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Error, error, error. Teddy is not 8 stone, but 7 and that was before I had my Bacardi and coke. LOL
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Sorry your plant wasn't commented on. I'm afraid that Teddy stole the show. Always pleasing when you are successful at propergating a new plant.
I am now a widow and live with my memories.
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What a handsome boy Teddy is. Your photo's of him are wonderful. Happy belated birthday - hope you had good one.
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Thanks guys. Not my birthday till tomorrow Cheshire Chick, but got pressies early as everyone will be working/busy on the day.
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Lovely photo of Teddy...still at 7 stone he's a big dog
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Don't get your knickers in a knot..it solves nothing ~ just makes you walk funny
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Yes, he'd sort me out
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He is a lover not a fighter, Richard.
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The 4th July weekend marks the opportunity for us to lace up our hiking boots and explore one of the USA's countless awe-inspiring trails.
Whether we're gaining some altitude to traverse some switchbacks, or gathering some friends for a meandering hike and a sunset cook-out; drinking in some fresh air and feeling the sun on our cheeks is the perfect way to appreciate how lucky we are to have such stunning scenery on our doorstep.
Here's 5 of our favorite weekend destinations to get you inspired for the holiday ahead...
Boasting over 45,000 acres of open space, 300 miles of bike paths and 200 miles of hiking trails, Boulder, CO is affectionately referred to as 'Triathlon Town'. Situated a 30 minute-drive from downtown Boulder, the Fourth July trail snakes into the Indian Peaks wilderness area, crossing old mining ruins and alpine lake passes along the route.
There are plenty of shorter legs to the trail for those wanting a peaceful wander, with altitude hikes to the North Arapahoe Peak for those in search of a challenge. If you're looking for a base for the day, pitch your picnic next to the Boulder Reservoir for an afternoon of swimming and relaxing.
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Nestled on the New York state border with Massachusetts and Connecticut, the Taconic State park boasts dense forests, breath-taking waterfalls and swimming spots aplenty. You can easily rent a bike and there are lots of spaces for parking up an RV.
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Home to some of the top cycle routes in the USA (and the famous annual 'Chilly Hilly' cycling tour of the Island each February.) Head to the Grand Forest West Trail system for a well-trodden network of relaxed hikes, or let the kids loose in the awesome Owen's Playground – a barrier-free playground designed to excite all the senses.
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A stone's throw from Yosemite National Park, June Lake is not to be overlooked in favour of its world renowned neighbour. Bordered by the Sierra Nevada Mountain range, this breath-taking loop of 4 lakes is dubbed 'Switzerland in California', and features world-class hiking a welcoming campsite, and an array of water activities, from swimming and sailing to wakeboarding and kayaking.
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The perfect destination if you're in search of an adrenaline-fuelled adventure, there's a reason this town's slogan is 'where you go to play'.
Check out Bend White-water Park in the recreation district to ride the waves and rapids. Whether you want a relaxing paddle board down the river, or to surf the mechanically manipulated waves of the white-water channel, this is a day out for the whole family to remember.
Wind down with a stroll along the woodland trails of Shelvin park, and be sure to seek out one of the town's growing microbreweries for your BBQ supplies – it's 4th July weekend, after all!
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San Carlos, Calif., officials hope the wireless sensor technology used in their smart parking pilot project could be expanded to other municipal infrastructure.
After piloting wireless sensors in parking spaces for nearly a year now, officials in San Carlos, Calif., have their eyes on expanding the technology across other city infrastructure.
Last December, the city began embedding wireless sensors in parking spaces that transmit data through the city's Wi-Fi network to determine when a vehicle is occupying the space and when it is vacant. Drivers can use the information gathered from the sensors to find available parking using a smartphone app called Parker. The idea is that if drivers spend less time looking for a parking space, overall traffic congestion in the city can be reduced, said San Carlos' Assistant City Manager Brian Moura.
Since beginning the project, San Carlos has deployed a couple hundred sensors, but the pilot phase won't be complete until the end of this year. Moura said so far, smart parking technology has been a success for the city, but San Carlos should expand wireless sensor capability beyond parking spaces.
"We're pretty intrigued in general of marrying wireless technologies and sensors in general because we think that in the future there will be more applications than just smart parking," Moura said. "We think, for example, there are opportunities to put sensors on things like water systems, sewer systems, pumps, other infrastructure-related facilities that could give us real-time information on if there's a leak or a break or something, so that you don't have to have maintenance people monitoring these things in person."
Moura said smaller-scale expansion plans for smart parking could hypothetically result in combining the sensor technology with more traditional means of directing drivers to parking spaces, like wayfinding signs.
"Maybe what we need to do after the pilot and thinking about what comes next is perhaps creating some marriage of the technology and the traditional signage," Moura said.
The parking app was launched in partnership with Streetline, and San Carlos' sensor data is transmitted over a network hosted by Cisco. The city will utilize components of Cisco's Smart+Connected City Wi-Fi service program, officially announced on Wednesday, Sept. 11, to help enable a more holistic approach to citywide wireless connectivity.
Currently, San Carlos is the only U.S. city that's officially participating in the Smart+Connected City Wi-Fi program. However, other cities in Spain, Canada and Saudi Arabia have also signed on, according to statement from Cisco.
John Baekelmans, senior director and CTO of Cisco's Smart+Connected Communities program, said the new program will help cities connect infrastructures across a city. Serving as the foundation layer, the program is intended to help cities manage infrastructure related to public safety, parking and water systems, making them more efficient using city Wi-Fi.
"It also helps to establish this ubiquitous network for other parties to come in and play," Baekelmans said.
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Manta Ray Bommie is not just one coral head, but a collection of bommies off the western side of Lady Musgrave Island. These bommies come in a range of sizes, in depths from 12 to 20 metres, with the biggest ones decorated with gorgonians, soft corals and sponges. Numerous reef fish populate these bommies, common being goatfish, angelfish, butterflyfish, sweetlips and parrotfish. Divers also regularly encounter turtles, stingrays and reef sharks in this area. But the main attraction is the manta rays that hover atop the largest of these bommies as they get cleaned by swarms of cleaner wrasse.


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Skip to comments.Is Mitt Romney Conservative? (Gov Romney Supported Abortion & Gay Agenda with Judges & Boy Scouts)
Posted on 01/07/2008 6:18:49 AM PST by xzins
Is Mitt Romney Conservative?
by Gary Glenn Chairman, Campaign for Michigan Families
The Washington, D.C. conservative weekly Human Events last year listed Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in its Top Ten list of RINOs (Republicans in Name Only), ranking him at number 8 in the nation with the following entry:
"Has said, I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. Supports (homosexual) civil unions and stringent gun laws. After visiting Houston, he criticized the citys aesthetics, saying, This is what happens when you dont have zoning." (Human Events)
Romney should have ranked even higher on the list of RINOs. He famously likes to tell conservative audiences in Iowa and South Carolina that being a conservative Republican in Massachusetts is like being a cattle rancher at a vegetarian convention.
I attended last falls GOP conference in Michigan, where Romney continued his masquerade as a "conservative," even daring to tell the assembled activists: "I am pro-life" -- knowing full well that he does not mean by that term what those listening would think he meant.
Romneys ten-year political career has occurred from his late 40s to his late 50s, yet he asks pro-family conservatives to naively believe that hes just now figuring out his core beliefs.
During that decade, he has insistently supported legal abortion-on-demand. In a televised 1994 campaign debate, Romney said: "I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. I have since the time when my Mom took that position when she ran in 1970 as a U.S. Senate candidate. I believe that since Roe v. Wade has been the law for 20 years that we should sustain and support it, and I sustain and support that law and the right of a woman to make that choice. ...Since that time, my mother and my family have been committed to the belief that we can believe as we want, but we will not force our beliefs on others on that matter, and you will not see my wavering on that." (Boston Globe)
His 2002 gubernatorial campaign web site stated: "As Governor, Mitt Romney would protect the current pro-choice status quo in Massachusetts. No law would change. The choice to have an abortion is a deeply personal one. Women should be free to choose based on their own beliefs, not the governments." (Archive)
Romneys response to the National Abortion Rights Action Leagues 2002 candidate survery: I respect and will protect a womans right to choose. This choice is a deeply personal one. Women should be free to choose based on their own beliefs, not mine and not the governments. The truth is, no candidate in the governors race in either party would deny women abortion rights." (Notably, Romney refused to answer Massachusetts Citizens for Lifes candidate questionnaire.) (Boston Globe)
Not surprisingly, Romneys clearly stated support for Roe and "a womans right to choose" -- i.e., abortion on demand -- earned him the endorsement of the pro-abortion Republican Majority for Choice PAC.
He was also endorsed, twice, by the homosexual "Log Cabin Republicans," the same group that in 2004 spent $1 million attacking President Bush for his support of a Marriage Protection Amendment.
Romney believes the Boy Scouts should allow openly homosexual Scoutmasters: "I feel that all people should be allowed to participate in the Boy Scouts regardless of their sexual orientation." (Web today)
He endorses Ted Kennedys federal "gay rights" legislation. He endorses taxpayer-financed same-sex benefits for the homosexual partners of state employees, and even attacked some Democratic legislators for not supporting such government benefits.
According to the Associated Press, he has appointed at least two openly homosexual lawyers to state judgeships, one a board member of the Lesbian & Gay Bar Association. Imagine how that will fly in Republican presidential primaries in the South, the prospect of a president with a record of appointing homosexual activists to the bench. (See copy of gubernatorial news release below.)
In 2002, before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court legalized so-called homosexual "marriage," Romney denounced a preemptive state Marriage Protection Amendment prohibiting homosexual "marriage," civil unions, or same-sex public employee benefits as "too extreme," even after being advised by the media that his own wife and son had just signed a petition to place it on the ballot. (Boston Phoenix)
Now, as he postures to run for president, Romney travels to Iowa and Michigan and South Carolina to claim hes "pro-life" and brag about fighting homosexual "marriage," saying that at age 59, his position on such issues has "evolved."
(No flip-flop so far, however, on his stated support for homosexual Scoutmasters, forcing taxpayers to fund spousal benefits for the "partners" of state employees involved in homosexual relationships, or Kennedys federal "gay rights" legislation.)
Regardless, most pro-family voters dont believe in the theory of evolution -- including as it applies to politicians, and especially when the alleged "evolution" seems so conveniently timed to produce political benefit.
Gov. Romney can tell all the cattle-rancher-at-a-vegetarian-convention jokes he wants about Massachusetts. But theyre going to fall flat when social conservatives learn -- and they will -- that his long-term record on abortion and elements of homosexual activists political agenda has been that of Vegetarian in Chief.
Human Events Top 10 Rinos
1. Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R.I.)
Once approached by Democratic Leader Harry Reid to switch parties, Chafee has long supported liberal policies. He backs legal abortion, gay rights, federal-funded health care, strict environmental protections and a higher minimum wage. Opposes ANWR drilling. Also was the only Republican in Congress not to endorse the Presidents reelection and one of three who tried to gut Bushs tax cuts.
8. Gov. Mitt Romney (Mass.)
Has said, I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. Supports civil unions and stringent gun laws. After visiting Houston, he criticized the citys aesthetics, saying, This is what happens when you dont have zoning.
Speaking of flip-flops, whenever someone tells me they have just found Jesus, I tell them, "Go to Hell you flip-flopper!"
I snorted when he boasted about not raising taxes, just fees.
He also wrote a letter to the Log Cabin Republicans stating he was FOR gays serving in the military.
Well you know the rest. Romney is NOT a conservative, nor Huckabee, nor "Give 'em Amnesty" McCain and certainly not Guilliani, even Thompson is NOT a conservative but closer to one.
Hunter is the most conservative and the poor guy can't get arrested!
Americans have turned the corner on conservatism and now embrace socialism lite until they get it full bore, I fear.
Everybody seems to want something that they haven't worked for or spent their own money for -- step in Nanny State to "fix the problem" and take away more of our freedoms.
I certainly don't have any desire to live in a Socialist State.
Culturally he has shown no signs of overt conservatism. He was never in the Marine Corps, wouldn't know a revolver from an automatic. Never until running for President, about two years ago, wrote one conservative article or book or gave a speech.
And now, supposedly, he's a conservative.
He needs to earn a bit. Take one for the Gipper. He's not even on Conservative probation. He's just a pledge that wants to run the Frat house. Ah, I don't think so.
I hadn't known about the Boy Scout thing. I'd like to see a cite for that, but if it's true he's pretty much off the table for me.
Of course, when it comes to the Illinois primary I'm voting for Fred if he hasn't tanked, so I guess it doesn't matter to me what a RINO Romney is.
Thanks for adding yet another Mittwitt club to an already bodacious arsenal.
Here's one: http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/200024.aspx
The fact that anybody claiming to be in the least bit conservative can vote for this out and out fraud amazes me.
Somebody should print this article on a bill board in Charleston and Columbia this weekend.
Go Romney!
it's too bad that Fred just cannot get anybody inspired....including me. What a bore. He is gonna lose to Huckabee in SC...... GO HUCKABEE!
Straight from the RINO's mouth.
I wouldn't expect John Kerry's GOP equal to be a real conservative. As a matter of fact, I don't think Mitt Romney is real and genuine about anything other than saying whatever he needs to get elected.
His father, George Romney, was CEO of American Motors, was governor of Michigan, and even ran for President, but interestingly was born in Mexico. His family (grandparents, I think) had gone to Mexico because of persecution of polygamists in the US. George was a Mexican.
George Romney lost his presidential bid when he returned from a trip to Vietnam during the war and claimed that he had been "brainwashed."
Thereafter, he became anti-war.
I guess they got that from this debate
It is 1:32 in.
See #16.
Explains how Romney supports illegal amnesty and hired illegals, doesn't it?
To be or not to be, that is the question...Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous LIES I TELL ABOUT MY RECORD, Or to take UP VICIOUS ATTACK ADS against a sea of troubles FROM HUCK, FRED AND JOHN, And by opposing end them? To SEE MY CAMPAIGN die: to SEE IT sleep; No more; and by a sleep to say we end IT AFTER MICHIGAN. The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to MY OLD MAN'S BRAINWASHED LOINS, 'tis a consummation. Devoutly to be wish'd THAT MY COWARDICE DURING 'NAM WOULD To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream AS IN MLK'S DREAM THAT I LIED ABOUT: ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come PERHAPS THAT MY DAD DID INDEED MARCH WITH MLK. When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause: there's the respect That makes calamity of so long life THEN GO OFF TO A PLANET NEAR ELOHIM; For who would bear the whips and scorns of SUCH FLIP-FLOPPING LIES, My oppressor's RIGHT, the proud men ARE BETTER THAN I, The pangs of despised LIES I HAVE TOD, the law's delay IN PROCECUTING THEM, The insolence of office I LIBERALLY HELD IN M'CHUSETTS and the spurns THAT CONSERVATIVES NO GIVE MET. That patient merit of the unworthy (ME) takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin? who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life OF FLIPS AND FLOPS, But that the dread of something after death, The undiscover'd country from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will And makes us rather bear those ills we have BROUGHT UPON OURSELVES! Than fly to others that we know not of: DUNCAN, FRED, MACAIN AND HUCK? Thus conscience OF ESCAPE TO PARIS does make cowards of ME; And thus the native hue of RUNNING FROM DUTY Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of ;OES, And enterprises of great pith and moment With this regard their currents turn awry FROM ME, And lose the name of action. - Soft you now! The fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons Be all my sins remember'd.
There are stupid narrow-minded "conservatives"(the fake ones) and sensible intelligent conservatives(the true ones).
Seems that Fred T. belongs to the second category ie the category of tough free conservatives even if one can disagree on accessory issues...
Hope D.HUNTER and supporters belong to the same category...
But i didn't understand clearly why some HUNTER's supporters claim that Fred THOMSON is NOT a conservative.
I didn't find their arguments! Probably they have no arguments....
Some liberal/demonrat trolls trying to divide conservatives?...
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Your Collection: Penton
This week's collection comes to us from Bob McCullough.
My brother Dave, my father Nelson and I are all members of the Penton Owner's Group. They are a fantastic group of Penton enthusiasts, many of which have worked for Mr. Penton in some capacity and remain connected to one of America's true motorcycle treasures.
The bike featured here was found in October 2004 while traveling from Pittsburgh to Tulsa, OK for the annual ISDT Reunion Ride. This steel tank Berkshire was found with the motor out of the frame, and the engine was in several sections. Dave began the restoration in earnest in late 2008 and had the bike completed for Vintage Motorcycle Days at Mid Ohio in late July.
The bike start's easily, all the lights function (including the brake light) and it has been used for a few short shuttle trips around Mid Ohio. While this bike will never be ridden seriously again, Dave and I have made a habit of restoring identical Pentons to ride in the past several ISDTRR's:
2004 - Steel Tank 125cc Six Days
2006 - 1972/73 175cc Jackpiners
2008 - 250cc GS6's
2009 - 250cc GS6's.
I hope you enjoy this bike as much as we all do. If you are interested in learning more about the Penton Owner's Group stop by www.pentonusa.org and browse the photos, message board and technical features.


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The secret truth behind environmentalists' favourite argument
by Shaun Chamberlin on January 20th, 2013
When environmentalists argue amongst themselves, whether at some formal debate or late at night over a few drinks, I confidently predict that the argument will go like this.
One will say (in one form or another):
"There's no time to wait for radical change or revolution; the crisis is overwhelmingly urgent, we simply have to act within the frameworks we have now".
The other will argue (in one form or another):
"But there's no point in acting without radical change or revolution; without that we are only addressing symptoms and not the real problems".
We've all participated in those kinds of arguments, and we've all heard them a hundred times. They become a little tiresome. But I believe that they point towards a truth that remains unspoken.
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Star Rating for Reviews
Star Rating for Reviews is a simple WordPress plugin that inserts pretty rating stars based on the score you assign using intuitive, inline [rating:] tags. It can also calculate and output overall ratings for you based on all previous scores you have assigned, useful for reviews that have multiple categories or an album review where each track is assigned a score.
This plugin supports storing rating data into your WordPress database. These data can then be retrieved by functions provided to output a list of reviews, sortable by date, post title or rating scores. Random reviews function and single post function (to be used in WordPress loop) are also provided, see Usage section for detailed description of these functions.
- uses simple, intuitive tags to generate kawaii inline rating stars for your posts
- supports versatile rating systems
- supports text only output for RSS
- automatically calculates and displays overall ratings, if desired
- supports storing rating scores automatically into database *
- supports outputting list of reviews sortable by date, post title or rating scores *
- supports widget-like, sortable table of reviews *
- supports custom star images
- supports custom prefixes and suffixes for your own CSS class
- supports globally forced star count for consistency
- uses as many stars as you want! **
- standards compliant: valid XHTML
* database writing has to be enabled via Options
** limited to 20 for practicality
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Once installed, you can add rating stars to your posts by using [rating:] tags.
By default, this will be interpreted as 3.5/5, as shown in the rating stars generated. Default denominator can be changed via options detailed in the next section. Even though this tagging style is simple, it might not be future proof when someday you decided to change the default denominator to say 10 (for whatever reason). In this case 3.5 will be interpreted as 3.5/10, which is very different compared to 3.5/5. Once you start using this tagging style, make sure you are not going to change the default denominator in the future. :)
"3/4″ will generate a "3 out of 4 stars" rating and "2/8″ will generate "2 out of 8 stars" and so on. This will continue to work as long as the denominator is not larger than 20. Beyond that, the score will be normalized and display in the default 5 stars system, as shown in the next example.
The "Rating:" prefix you can see in all examples above is the default prefix, which you can remove easily to show just the stars or add in your own custom CSS class by changing some options. More information about this in the Options section.
Overall rating:
Automatically calculated overall rating based on previous scores can be inserted using the following tag style:
Similar to the first example, this overall rating will be represented in the default 5 star rating system. It is possible to force the overall rating to be outputted in different number of stars by using the following tag style:
The "Overall Rating:" is again, the default prefix, which can be changed via options. For more information, see Options.
Custom images:
First of all, the default star image used is taken from the excellent Silk icon set. These png icons support different background colours via png transparency. However, you can still use your own star images by replacing the 3 images included in the "star-rating" plugin folder, namely "star.png", "halfstar.png" and "blankstar.png". File extensions can be changed via options if desired.
For your information, "tiny-star.png", "tiny-halfstar.png" and "tiny-blankstar.png" are only used by special functions that output list of reviews based on stored data in the database. Feel free to replace them with your own images as well if desired.
Text only output:
By default, this plugin will output text only ratings for your RSS feeds and use graphical output when someone is reading the post on your site. This is, in my opinion, the optimal choice since some RSS readers do not support images. However, if you like you can output images for your RSS feeds too, or oppositely, output text only ratings for both RSS and posts displayed on your site. Please refer to the Options section if you want to make these changes.
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Database writing is turned off by default. In order to use these advanced features, you will need to manually turn it on by changing the option values, see Options for more details. If you are not interested in this feature, you should skip this section.
Custom fields
If database writing is turned on, this plugin will parse your document searching for rating tags and store the overall rating score into a custom field called "rating" when you edit or save your blog post. The name of the custom field can be changed via options to prevent conflict with other plugins. The reason why custom field is used instead of a new database table is the ease of implementation and the fact that most people write reviews occasionally. The downside of this is when uninstalling this plugin, you will need to manually remove those "rating" entries within the custom field table.
To check if this plugin is doing its job, once you turned on the database writing, go to edit one of your older posts which already used the rating tags (or simply insert the rating tags into any post if you're new to this plugin) and choose "Save and Continue Editing". Now, check the custom field near the bottom of the editing panel to see if a new "rating" field has been added. If it's there, congrats, this plugin is working properly; if it's not, you might have forgotten to turn on the database writing option, or the rating tag is invalid. Feel free to post your questions here (with detailed explanation) if you can't get this to work.
Once you turned on this auto insert feature, you can still disable it for specific post by putting [rating:none] anywhere in your blog post, preferably at the bottom for tidyness.
4 different functions are provided in this plugin that allow you to output a list of reviews based on date, rating score, or randomly selected. These functions uses "rating" custom field data to retrieve and sort the reviews. You need to either turn on autometa (see Options) or manually put these rating in yourself.
1. sr_getreviews()
sr_getreviews($limit, $orderby, $order, $usestar, $prefix, $suffix)
- number of reviews to be returned
Acceptable value: any integer
Default value: 5
- criterion used to sort the review
Acceptable value: "date", "title", "rating"
Default value: date
- sort ascendingly or descendingly
Acceptable value: "ASC", "DESC"
Default value: "DESC"
- number of star to be used for rating
Acceptable value: any integer
Default value: 5
Note 1: put in "0″ to output rating in percentage i.e. numerically
Note 2: rating stars used are with tiny prefix (tiny-star.png, tiny-blankstar.png etc.), they are smaller than regular stars in blog post
- prefix to be put before the code for each reviews
Acceptable value: any valid XHTML tags or plain text
Default value: "<li>"
- suffix to be put after the code for each reviews
Acceptable value: any valid XHTML tags or plain text
Default value: "</li>"
<?php sr_getreviews(5,date,DESC,5); ?>
You can also output ratings in percentage format as illustrated below:
<?php sr_getreviews(5,date,DESC,0); ?>
2. sr_getrandom()
sr_getrandom($limit, $usestar, $prefix, $suffix)
See the explanation above for each parameter.
<?php sr_getrandom(5,5); ?>
3. sr_listreviews()
sr_listreviews($orderby, $order, $usestar, $date, $limit)
This outputs list of reviews in a widget-like, sortable table format. (implemented using the awesome tablesorter plugin for jQuery)
- format of date to be used
Acceptable value: PHP date format
Default value: "M j, Y"
- number of reviews to be returned
Acceptable value: any integer
Default value: "0″
Note: "0″ limit implies no limit i.e. retrieve all available reviews
<?php sr_listreviews(date,DESC,5,"M j, Y",10); ?>
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4. sr_getsingle()
sr_getsingle($post_id, $usestar, $prefix, $suffix, $size)
This function is intended to be used within the WordPress Loop. You can put this within the loop to display rating score or stars in categories, tags, or main page for each posting. See examples: categories, tags, main page.
- the ID of current post within the loop
Acceptable value: $post->ID
$prefix, $suffix
- prefix, suffix to be added before and after the ratings code returned
Acceptable value: any valid XHTML tags or plain text
Default value: " (empty)
- the size of stars, can be normal or tiny
Acceptable value: 0, 1 (0 for tiny stars, 1 for normal stars)
Default value: 0
For $usestar, see the
Starting from version 0.4, a default CSS is imported into the WordPress header, which I hope will work nicely with your blog theme. If not, feel free to open the CSS and edit it or disable the CSS import by setting
$sr_mycss to 1, which will remove all the default styling for CSS classes associated with this plugin.
By default, ratings and reviews returned by listing functions are hardcoded with special CSS classes, namely "sr-review" for the review permalink and "sr-rating" for the ratings returned, which can be either numerical percentage or star images.
You might want to take a look at another plugin I've written called "MyCSS", which allows you to attach and edit custom stylesheet that's independent of the blog theme you're using. This makes it convenient and easy to organize theme independent CSS classes such as those used in plugins, saving you the trouble of appending these classes into your theme's core CSS everytime you change a theme.
Hopefully this plugin will work as desired in an "out of the box" way so that you don't need to change anything. However, several extra options are still provided for those of you who would like to have it your way. :)
Since this plugin is still in its early stage, setting options in the WordPress admin panel is not supported yet. For now, you will need to open up the php file using either your favourite text editor or WordPress built-in plugin editor to change some of the variables you can find near the top of the code.
$sr_limitstar: globally set star count, e.g. putting 5 will ALWAYS generate your score using the 5 star rating system, put 0 to disable this feature
$sr_defaultstar: default denominator when not explicitly specified in your tags
$sr_prefix: custom prefix for normal ratings
$sr_allprefix: custom prefix for overall ratings
$sr_suffix: custom suffix, leave blank unless you want to close html tags
$sr_ext: file extensions for custom star images, e.g. gif, jpg, png
$sr_usetext: text only output settings, accepted values are 0, 1 and 20: images for posts and feeds
1: images for posts, text for feeds
2: text for all
$sr_mycss: using your own CSS? if yes, put in 1 to disable default CSS import
$sr_cuttitle: shorten post title to specific amount of character, put 0 to disable title cut off
The following are advanced options, mainly to turn on the functionality of storing ratings into database as custom field values:
$sr_autometa: 0 to turn off database writing, 1 to turn it on, this feature is disabled by default (it's stable, I'm just leaving the choice up to advanced users)
$sr_metakey: meta key for custom field, change this if there's conflict with other plugins
- Download and extract the "star-rating-for-reviews" folder
- Upload the "star-rating-for-reviews" folder to your WordPress plugin directory, usually "wp-content/plugins"
- Activate the plugin in your WordPress admin panel
- Deactivate the plugin in your WordPress admin panel
- Remove the "star-rating-for-reviews" folder in your WordPress plugin directory
- Follow the installation guide above
Star Rating for Reviews plugin 0.4 for WordPress (30kb .zip)
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0.4 [2007.11.02]
- Added: Sort reviews by title
- Added: sr_listreviews() function to output all reviews in a sortable table (good for dedicated review page)
- Added: Default CSS stylesheet (can be turned off via options)
- Added: Cut off long title when getting list of reviews for sidebar
- Changed: XHTML markup for list of reviews generated
- Changed: Tiny star images
- Fixed: Division by zero if overall tag is placed at the top of a post
- Misc: Cleaned up the code and fixed minor bugs
0.3.1 [2006.09.12]
- Fixed: Sorting bugs
0.3 [2006.08.08]
- Added: Support to store rating data into database
- Added: Functions to output list of reviews, sortable by date or by rating scores
- Added: Filter to parse excerpt
- Added: Skip tag parsing by using ` character (suggested by Denis)
0.2 [2006.07.28]
- Fixed: Path error
- Fixed: [strong] instead of [b] for W3C standards
- Fixed: RSS text output bug
0.1 [2006.07.08]
- Initial release
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- August 22, 2012 at 2:03 pm
Thanks a lot. It works great!!!
- August 8, 2012 at 6:57 pm
stars are not clickable why so .
i want any user may be able to click on the stars without registration
but when i put the tag inside the posts it only displays the image of stars which are not clickable . any suggesstion.
- July 10, 2012 at 4:13 am
Hi, great plugin!!!
I have a food blog that writes reviews about restaurants, and I am adding stars for Food, Service and Ambiance for each place. Is there a way to then group the restaurants depending the stars they have for each category?
For example, could I get all the restaurants that have 4/5 stars on Food? From what I could tell from your features, all the ratings are scored so perhaps the above is possible.
- March 27, 2012 at 3:13 am
Cool plugin but it's kind of outdated. Do you plan to release any update?
- March 4, 2012 at 1:48 pm
Can't you please continue to develop this plugin?
There is couple of features I would like to see in this plugin!
- March 1, 2012 at 11:44 pm
Thanks, the star ratings are very helpful!
- February 2, 2012 at 1:25 am
Is there a way to get just the stars from the post?
I've set up the database and can see the custom field. But when I use the function "sr_getreviews()", I get a hyperlinked title that I don't want. I'd really like to get just the stars.
Is this possible?
- February 1, 2012 at 6:08 am
Can this be made interactive? ie so that visiters (even better if possible restricted to logged in users) can click their rating and it records ratings and shows the average?
- January 25, 2012 at 10:52 pm
pretty cool. i was looking for something like this :)
- January 5, 2012 at 1:34 pm
I'm not sure why my stars are going vertical instead of left to right? Any suggestions??? -Joe
- January 5, 2012 at 1:54 pm
Nevermind – it was a CSS conflict on my end… Fixed.
- December 5, 2011 at 2:41 pm
Thanks for the plug in. Definitely trying it out and if I need help I will not hesitate to ask!
- November 22, 2011 at 1:12 am
Thank so much! 5 stars for tutorial :)
- November 6, 2011 at 11:55 am
Simple and useful. Great job! Thx.
- October 21, 2011 at 1:45 am
How do I change the color of the stars? Yellow doesn't seem to stand out enough. I'd love to switch it to blue.
- September 26, 2011 at 8:47 am
Hi Eyn, cute pics. Model by day, made coder by night. You're like Batman. Lol.
I notice that this plugin has been around for a while, but hasn't had any recent updates. And although it works fine on the current release of Wordpress there isn't any confirmation message (WP plugin page) saying its compatible with Wordpress 3.0+.
My assumption is that the plugin is already awesome and the donations coming in isn't really worthy of your time invested. So I thought… maybe you could charge for support like how GD star ratings plugin does. I wouldn't mind paying as it keeps you motivated, better off financially (because developing plugins take up quality time and you should be getting paid for it), and gives me the help I need to get things working properly.
You should really think about it cause its a shame that such a great plugin could easily disappear if contributions to the developer are so low that you're forced to stop supporting it.
That's my 2 cents. Hope it helps.
- August 27, 2011 at 4:21 am
very good , i hope ican edit this plugin so it can run in my shop
- August 22, 2011 at 7:30 am
very simple and very good, but displaying only on posts. Can i display it on blog listing (please look into my homepage & classic view) ?
- August 15, 2011 at 1:19 pm
- July 19, 2011 at 11:03 am
I have been trying to use your plugin with some trouble. I am trying to place the [rating] tag in a custom field so I can control the placement of the rating within my template. However when I do this the stars do not appear I simply get the shortcode displayed.
If you could provide me with any help it would be very much appreciated.
Kind Regards
- July 9, 2011 at 8:42 am
Hi, Bundle of thanks… This is really great… i was looking for that… But can any one suggest me that how i can make my RATING website.
- June 16, 2011 at 10:30 am
Hi, just want to say how i like this plugin!! Very best!!!
- June 8, 2011 at 5:12 pm
I love the functionality of your plugin however it hasn't been updated in quite a long time and is starting to show signs of it's age I'm afraid.
I've been informed that the plugin isn't aware of custom post types and is causing conflicts with another plugin as it drags other plugin data into the rating lists.
I would really appreciate you updating the plugin to take notice of the new wordpress features that have been released in the last few years :)
All the best
- June 7, 2011 at 8:02 am
A regular query this – but I can't find the resolve:
My star ratings are stacking vertically
Rather than horizontally ***
Not great with code – is there a simple solution?
many thanks ….
- May 31, 2011 at 12:53 pm
I've transferred my data to another database and something goes wrong with the top-rated list. I've got a multi install, in two sites I use the top-rated function. In one site everything is perfect, in another the list is completely wrong. It looks as the information of if the highest rated review is copied to the next in ID, so in the list all have the same date and a five-star rating (even reviews with no rating whatsoever). I figured I might clear the table that your plugin to reset it, but I can't find where the ratings are stored.
- May 20, 2011 at 3:33 am
Hello, and thank you for the great plugin which i am thinking of using on my site.
Unfortunately i am not able to getting anything showed in my "reviews" page using the: sr_listreviews() og sr_getreviews() functions.
I am integrating them on a "Review" wordpress page using the "Allow PHP in posts and pages" plugin.
The page is just blank, even though i did create one "Review" that hold the "rating" meta data field as it should.
My test review: http://www.ndroid.dk/?p=93
My review page (that should list the reviews): http://www.ndroid.dk/?page_id=104
I hope that you are able to help me, cause i really want to use your plugin on my site.
- May 2, 2011 at 8:02 pm
I'm curious about one thing. Is it possible that after hovering the star images, they display title and alt attribute with the actual rating score?
- April 20, 2011 at 8:14 am
is there a way to output ratings by a certain star only? I want to create lists of of each star rating…
- April 19, 2011 at 7:45 am
very good~
- March 21, 2011 at 4:06 pm
I have embed the code in sigle post.php but not appears stars.
What did I do wrong?
- March 8, 2011 at 7:03 am
Hi there!
I am having the same problem as Chris and deanna…
The stars are aligned in a row vertically instead of horizontally.
I am using the autofocus theme, any ideas?
- February 16, 2011 at 10:37 am
My site theme has a choice of different background colours, which I can change.
The stars have borders and the background colour of the border depends on what colour my site colour is… Is it possible to make it transparent?
- February 14, 2011 at 10:40 am
Hi great Plugin works great for me but I was just wondering is there a was to Display in a sidebar rating from certain category only?
- January 26, 2011 at 8:57 am
I'm using your plugin for a moviereview site in swedish. I use the sr_listreviews on a page so it will list all of my reviews made.
But I'm thinking of starting to review other stuff to, like music and games.
Is there a function or similiar that you can sort out what's music and games, so I can make 3 different lists with the sr_listreviews function? Now it seems it just lists all in the list, movies, music and games mixed together. I would like seperate lists.
This plugin is awesome, so I hope you're continuing the development of this. You will get donation from me when my paycheck comes.
- January 25, 2011 at 7:14 am
I have a problem with my star images – everything else is working perfectly.
The stars are aligned in a row vertically instead of horizontally. I tried looking at the CSS but couldn't find the fix…any idea?
- January 6, 2011 at 2:38 pm
I had to add this:
$post = get_post($post_id, OBJECT);
$post_id = $post->post_parent;
before these lines to get the post meta data to work correctly
// read rating custom field from database
$rating_meta = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT meta_value
FROM $wpdb->postmeta
WHERE post_id = '$post_id'
AND meta_key = '$sr_metakey'");
- January 6, 2011 at 3:34 pm
Also, the counters need to be reset in the save callback as it might get called more than once
// added this to reset things
$sr_tscore = 0;
$sr_counter = 0;
// parse post content for rating tags, and store rating information in global variables
- December 28, 2010 at 9:04 am
I've been using this plugin since earlier this year when I changed the layout of the website. It has worked perfectly, until now. When I use the getreviews/listreviews code, the function only finds seven (or so) articles and two of them seem to have no stars, while the reviews have stars and there are a few hundred of them. It's not even that it stops at a certain point, it just randomly chose these seven ratings and put them there. There's one from 2010, the rest dates around 2009. I have tried everything as far as my PHP skills go, but I'm stuck.
I put the ratings in the excerpt (this works for the layout). But when I delete or change a rating, it does not affect the rating in the list.
Help, please?!
- December 20, 2010 at 10:02 pm
Love the plugin. It was working very well until recently, when the rating:overall started displaying 0/10 for every post. Any ideas on how to fix this?
- December 17, 2010 at 5:35 am
Thanks for the plugin, its a great way to show reveiws.
But i am having version 0.5 installed and you say here that 0.4 is the latest?
Is there any way that i can show a list of my ratings whitout adding anything to the code, like
All the best
- November 27, 2010 at 12:06 am
I am getting all blank stars, can anyone help with this?
- November 2, 2010 at 3:44 pm
You can fix the borders around the stars by declaring a div class before the [rating: x/x]
In a post:
[Rating: 5/5]
Then edit the css file for the plugin.
Add in at the top of the css file
.starlogo img{ border: none;
margin: 0px;}
This will kill any borders and margins on inside this the starlogo div tag.
Example Upper Echelon Data: Review of AVG Antivirus 2011
- November 2, 2010 at 3:47 pm
Sorry it should be
[Rating: 5/5]
remove the quotes from around the and
- May 30, 2011 at 4:06 am
Hello there,
I´ve got a problem with this. I´m not really good with CSS and all that stuff – and I don`t know what you mean with div class. What I did was putting ".starlogo img{ border: none;
margin: 0px;}"
in the plugin editor after the "<?php".
In my article I just put "[Rating: 5/5]" once… but the borders are still there. What did I do wrong?
- October 28, 2010 at 5:53 am
so [rating:x] in which x stands for a number, brings the normal stars.
but what is the command to get the tiny black stars?
- December 17, 2010 at 6:56 am
You need to edit the plugin config file.
To change it:
Open the plugin using the WordPress in-built editor.
Search for the following phrase:
$path . 'star.' .
This should take you to an area of the config where it is generating the HTML for display on your post; look for // finally, generate html for rating stars nearby. Wherever the word star, half-star (this is above), and blankstar, add "tiny-" before it, so you will end up with 'tiny-star.','tiny-halfstar.','tiny-blankstar.'
Save and reload. Hope that helps!
- October 21, 2010 at 12:02 pm
Thanks for the plugin, but I'm having some difficulty with it. I installed it, and when I preview a rating, the stars are vertical instead of horizontal. Instead of looking like this:
Rating: *****
It looks like this:
Any idea what might be wrong?
- November 2, 2010 at 3:50 pm
did you edit the php file?
- October 19, 2010 at 3:59 am
Awesome plugin! I love the simplicity.
I was just wondering if it's possible to change the 'Rating' part to specific things like 'Food', 'Atmosphere' etc.
Also, more importantly, I can't get the overall rating to work. It just has five blank stars instead of using the other ratings to calculate an average. You can see what I mean here: http://www.livinginkigali.com/reviews/kigali-restaurants-cafes/saffron/
I'd love some help figuring this out! :-)
- December 17, 2010 at 6:59 am
Hi there, not sure if you figured this out by now, but if you edit the plugin from the Plugins page, then search for:
$sr_prefix = "Rating: ";
You can replace the Rating with any text you like =)
- May 2, 2012 at 7:46 pm
I wanted to display five star ratings on a single page (eg taste, smell, looks, etc) and wanted each prefix to be different. Is it possible to do this using the shortcode as opposed to editing the plugin or modifying the theme loop?
- October 16, 2010 at 12:30 pm
Thank you for putting an effort into that plugin. This is great, exactly what I needed.
I will try to donate ASAP, good luck :)
- October 3, 2010 at 10:56 pm
Great, I was just looking for something like this. Hope I can get it to work.
- October 3, 2010 at 10:56 pm
Great, I was just looking for something like this. Hope I can get it to work.
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