npr 0.0.0 → 0.1.0
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- data/.travis.yml +13 -0
- data/{LICENSE → MIT-LICENSE} +1 -1
- data/README.md +115 -3
- data/Rakefile +6 -0
- data/gemfiles/Gemfile.rb-1.8.7 +6 -0
- data/lib/npr/api/client.rb +87 -0
- data/lib/npr/api/message.rb +38 -0
- data/lib/npr/api/query_builder.rb +222 -0
- data/lib/npr/api/response.rb +32 -0
- data/lib/npr/api.rb +7 -0
- data/lib/npr/concern/attr_typecast.rb +59 -0
- data/lib/npr/concern/relation.rb +103 -0
- data/lib/npr/concern/shallow_attributes.rb +71 -0
- data/lib/npr/concern.rb +9 -0
- data/lib/npr/configuration.rb +120 -0
- data/lib/npr/core_ext/array/wrap.rb +15 -0
- data/lib/npr/entity/audio.rb +28 -0
- data/lib/npr/entity/author.rb +22 -0
- data/lib/npr/entity/base.rb +19 -0
- data/lib/npr/entity/book.rb +21 -0
- data/lib/npr/entity/book_edition.rb +26 -0
- data/lib/npr/entity/byline.rb +18 -0
- data/lib/npr/entity/collection.rb +11 -0
- data/lib/npr/entity/crop.rb +20 -0
- data/lib/npr/entity/enlargement.rb +20 -0
- data/lib/npr/entity/formats.rb +19 -0
- data/lib/npr/entity/image.rb +33 -0
- data/lib/npr/entity/intro_text.rb +21 -0
- data/lib/npr/entity/link.rb +23 -0
- data/lib/npr/entity/list.rb +28 -0
- data/lib/npr/entity/list_text.rb +19 -0
- data/lib/npr/entity/member.rb +23 -0
- data/lib/npr/entity/member_byline.rb +17 -0
- data/lib/npr/entity/member_promo_art.rb +17 -0
- data/lib/npr/entity/mp3.rb +23 -0
- data/lib/npr/entity/organization.rb +18 -0
- data/lib/npr/entity/paragraph.rb +27 -0
- data/lib/npr/entity/permissions.rb +18 -0
- data/lib/npr/entity/program.rb +24 -0
- data/lib/npr/entity/promo_art.rb +17 -0
- data/lib/npr/entity/promo_art_book_edition.rb +18 -0
- data/lib/npr/entity/provider.rb +23 -0
- data/lib/npr/entity/pull_quote.rb +16 -0
- data/lib/npr/entity/related_link.rb +21 -0
- data/lib/npr/entity/show.rb +19 -0
- data/lib/npr/entity/story.rb +179 -0
- data/lib/npr/entity/text.rb +22 -0
- data/lib/npr/entity/title.rb +21 -0
- data/lib/npr/entity/transcript.rb +16 -0
- data/lib/npr/entity.rb +7 -0
- data/lib/npr/errors.rb +17 -0
- data/lib/npr/version.rb +1 -1
- data/lib/npr.rb +64 -3
- data/npr.gemspec +12 -2
- data/spec/fixtures/README.md +30 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/atom/01_story_full_media.atom +36 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/atom/02_story_multiple_images.atom +32 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/atom/03_no_results.atom +10 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/atom/04_invalid_id.atom +344 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/atom/05_no_api_key.atom +9 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/atom/06_story_multiple_ids.atom +59 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/fetch_formats.rb +65 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/html/01_story_full_media.html +54 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/html/02_story_multiple_images.html +55 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/html/03_no_results.html +38 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/html/04_invalid_id.html +82 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/html/05_no_api_key.html +8 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/html/06_story_multiple_ids.html +69 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/js/01_story_full_media.js +1 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/js/02_story_multiple_images.js +1 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/js/03_no_results.js +1 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/js/04_invalid_id.js +1 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/js/05_no_api_key.js +8 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/js/06_story_multiple_ids.js +1 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/json/01_story_full_media.json +1 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/json/02_story_multiple_images.json +1 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/json/03_no_results.json +1 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/json/04_invalid_id.json +1 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/json/05_no_api_key.json +1 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/json/06_story_multiple_ids.json +1 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/json/list.json +1 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/mediarss/01_story_full_media.rss +31 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/mediarss/02_story_multiple_images.rss +40 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/mediarss/03_no_results.rss +17 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/mediarss/04_invalid_id.rss +279 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/mediarss/05_no_api_key.rss +31 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/mediarss/06_story_multiple_ids.rss +65 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/nprml/01_story_full_media.xml +271 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/nprml/02_story_multiple_images.xml +165 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/nprml/03_no_results.xml +14 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/nprml/04_invalid_id.xml +1780 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/nprml/05_no_api_key.xml +9 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/nprml/06_story_multiple_ids.xml +435 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/nprml/list.xml +440 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/podcast/01_story_full_media.rss +30 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/podcast/02_story_multiple_images.rss +32 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/podcast/03_no_results.rss +19 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/podcast/04_invalid_id.rss +186 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/podcast/05_no_api_key.rss +31 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/podcast/06_story_multiple_ids.rss +43 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/rss/01_story_full_media.rss +25 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/rss/02_story_multiple_images.rss +25 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/rss/03_no_results.rss +17 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/rss/04_invalid_id.rss +137 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/rss/05_no_api_key.rss +31 -0
- data/spec/fixtures/rss/06_story_multiple_ids.rss +33 -0
- data/spec/spec_helper.rb +23 -0
- data/spec/support/config_helper.rb +64 -0
- data/spec/support/fake_response.rb +54 -0
- data/spec/support/fixture_helper.rb +23 -0
- data/spec/unit/api/client_spec.rb +42 -0
- data/spec/unit/api/message_spec.rb +68 -0
- data/spec/unit/api/query_builder_spec.rb +195 -0
- data/spec/unit/api/response_spec.rb +45 -0
- data/spec/unit/configuration_spec.rb +63 -0
- data/spec/unit/entity/audio_spec.rb +75 -0
- data/spec/unit/entity/author_spec.rb +30 -0
- data/spec/unit/entity/base_spec.rb +87 -0
- data/spec/unit/entity/book_edition_spec.rb +57 -0
- data/spec/unit/entity/book_spec.rb +31 -0
- data/spec/unit/entity/byline_spec.rb +23 -0
- data/spec/unit/entity/collection_spec.rb +39 -0
- data/spec/unit/entity/crop_spec.rb +25 -0
- data/spec/unit/entity/englargement_spec.rb +21 -0
- data/spec/unit/entity/formats_spec.rb +41 -0
- data/spec/unit/entity/image_spec.rb +82 -0
- data/spec/unit/entity/intro_text_spec.rb +25 -0
- data/spec/unit/entity/link_spec.rb +25 -0
- data/spec/unit/entity/list_spec.rb +22 -0
- data/spec/unit/entity/list_text_spec.rb +31 -0
- data/spec/unit/entity/member_byline_spec.rb +21 -0
- data/spec/unit/entity/member_promo_art_spec.rb +21 -0
- data/spec/unit/entity/member_spec.rb +59 -0
- data/spec/unit/entity/mp3_spec.rb +25 -0
- data/spec/unit/entity/organization_spec.rb +29 -0
- data/spec/unit/entity/paragraph_spec.rb +25 -0
- data/spec/unit/entity/permissions_spec.rb +56 -0
- data/spec/unit/entity/program_spec.rb +27 -0
- data/spec/unit/entity/promo_art_book_edition_spec.rb +21 -0
- data/spec/unit/entity/promo_art_spec.rb +42 -0
- data/spec/unit/entity/pull_quote_spec.rb +29 -0
- data/spec/unit/entity/related_link_spec.rb +55 -0
- data/spec/unit/entity/show_spec.rb +41 -0
- data/spec/unit/entity/story_spec.rb +154 -0
- data/spec/unit/entity/text_spec.rb +54 -0
- data/spec/unit/entity/title_spec.rb +25 -0
- data/spec/unit/entity/transcript_spec.rb +22 -0
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Shankar's foundation released a statement that says the musician had suffered from upper-respiratory and heart issues over the past year and underwent heart-valve replacement surgery last week. He was 92.</p> <p>When he was just 10 years old, Pandit Ravi Shankar began performing in Europe and the U.S. with his family's Indian dance troupe. It was a glamorous life: the best hotels, the best meals, celebrities coming backstage to say just how much they'd enjoyed the concert. But at age 18, Shankar gave up all the glitter and went back to a dusty little town in India to study with a guru who taught him the sitar. He apprenticed for years, then started to play in public on the ancient and difficult string instrument. Eventually, he became a master.</p> <p>Shankar's music is like a fine Indian sari — silken, swirling, exotic, it can break your heart with its beauty. He was a respected classical musician, but in 1966 he became an international superstar when <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15774029\" target=\"_blank\">George Harrison</a> studied with him. Shankar's goal to make Eastern music known in the West was achieved with help from <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15229570\" target=\"_blank\">The Beatles</a>, though he grew discouraged by the hippie scene, where drugs clouded the attention of his audience.</p> <p>Back in India, Shankar wrote sitar concerts for Western symphony orchestras and continued touring. The composer and performer remained a teacher too. In December of 2004, when I visited his home in New Delhi, the sitar master was still giving lessons. He sat on the carpeted floor in an old brown sweater vest playing simple exercises; his sitar filled the room with feeling.</p> <p>\"[This music] is sort of is a combination of <em>shanta</em> and <em>karuna</em>, which means tranquility and sadness,\" he said of the piece he was playing. \"This sadness is ... like wanting to reach out [for something] and not finding it, whether for a lover or for God.\"</p> <p>Shankar's music reached out to some of the West's finest musicians. Violinist Yehudi Menuhin and composer <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/artists/15680178/philip-glass\" target=\"_blank\">Philip Glass</a> were friends and collaborators. One of today's top pop stars, Grammy winner <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15012277\" target=\"_blank\">Norah Jones</a>, is Shankar's daughter. Another daughter, <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15402971\" target=\"_blank\">Anoushka</a>, learned sitar from her father, and now takes his classical tradition and makes it more contemporary.</p> <p>A few winters ago in Delhi, remembering those demanding early years of sitar studies, Ravi Shankar said his guru's most important lesson was this: \"He says that we have to earn our livelihood, and for that we have to perform and accept money. But music is not for sale. The music that I have learned and want to give is like worshiping God. It's absolutely like a prayer.\"</p> <p>Shankar once said he felt ecstasy when he made music — the world was erased, and he experienced great peace. 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And I thought, you know, that's the craziest idea you could ever come up with,\" Burris says."}, {"num": "6", "$text": "After all, Porter would be working with the very same people who put him in prison. They had pushed to try him as an adult, arguing that he was beyond hope."}, {"num": "7", "$text": "Before Burris could take a chance on Porter, he needed permission from then-Chief Judge Carol Jackson."}, {"num": "8", "$text": "\"She [was] either going to have me committed or throw me out of her office,\" says Burris. \"I was proposing that we hire a former violent felon who was prosecuted out of this district.\""}, {"num": "9", "$text": "But to Burris' surprise, Jackson agreed."}, {"num": "10", "$text": "Today, Porter works with a group of ex-offenders in an intense seven-month-long program that he helped design. The ex-felons are required to do community service, look for a job and participate in therapy. Most have drug offenses and face a daunting choice of employment in either \"McDonald's or dope,\" according to Porter."}, {"num": "11", "$text": "\"An uneducated black man growing up in the inner city ... You're going to choose the one that pays better. And dope pays sometimes,\" Porter says."}, {"num": "12", "$text": "He argues that revoking probation for not finding a job or for substance abuse is counterproductive."}, {"num": "13", "$text": "\"Did it serve our interest to lock him up? Or did it serve our interest to get him clean? Because if he's clean, we don't have to worry about him knocking somebody in the head for a shot of dope,\" Porter says."}, {"num": "14", "$text": "Lamont McGhee served 13 years in prison for drug conspiracy. He went through Porter's program and admits that Porter's job isn't an easy one."}, {"num": "15", "$text": "\"He's got to put up with a lot of knuckleheads. He's got to put up with a lot of people that's not going to listen,\" McGhee says. \"A lot of people that say he's one of them, meaning a probation officer.\""}, {"num": "16", "$text": "Criminologist Beth Huebner of the University of Missouri, St. Louis, researches recidivism among young offenders — the study of a person's relapse into criminal behavior after receiving punishments or interventions for a previous crime. She says ex-offenders are more successful in programs like Porter's because he was once just like them."}, {"num": "17", "$text": "\"There are some mentoring programs here or there, but there's no systematic development of this sort of program,\" she says. \"But this is something that I hear from offenders — that this is something that they want, that they need.\""}, {"num": "18", "$text": "Because of their success, Burris and Porter speak to groups across the country. Burris beams when recalling the time he sent Porter to attend a regional White House meeting."}, {"num": "19", "$text": "\"Because the last time the government paid for him to fly, he was in handcuffs and belly chains on his way to a maximum security prison. And he went from that to having the government pay for him to fly to a meeting with White House officials,\" Burris says."}, {"num": "20", "$text": "Porter says he knows it's a big responsibility to be a role model for offenders — and that some people are just waiting for him to mess up. But that won't happen, he says. [Copyright 2012 KWMU-FM]"}]}, "textWithHtml": {"paragraph": [{"num": "1", "$text": "Every weekday, Clark Porter, a tall man with a sturdy build, walks into the Thomas F. Eagleton U.S. Courthouse in St. Louis to work with tough ex-offenders. On the outside, he wears a suit and tie. 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