diff --git a/tracks/vendor/plugins/resource_feeder/README b/tracks/vendor/plugins/resource_feeder/README
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+ResourceFeeder
+==============
+
+Simple feeds for resources
+
+NOTE: This plugin depends on the latest version of simply_helpful, available here:
+http://dev.rubyonrails.org/svn/rails/plugins/simply_helpful/
diff --git a/tracks/vendor/plugins/resource_feeder/Rakefile b/tracks/vendor/plugins/resource_feeder/Rakefile
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+++ b/tracks/vendor/plugins/resource_feeder/Rakefile
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+require 'rake'
+require 'rake/testtask'
+require 'rake/rdoctask'
+
+desc 'Default: run unit tests.'
+task :default => :test
+
+desc 'Test the resource_feed plugin.'
+Rake::TestTask.new(:test) do |t|
+  t.libs << 'lib'
+  t.pattern = 'test/**/*_test.rb'
+  t.verbose = true
+end
+
+desc 'Generate documentation for the resource_feed plugin.'
+Rake::RDocTask.new(:rdoc) do |rdoc|
+  rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'rdoc'
+  rdoc.title    = 'ResourceFeed'
+  rdoc.options << '--line-numbers' << '--inline-source'
+  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('README')
+  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/**/*.rb')
+end
diff --git a/tracks/vendor/plugins/resource_feeder/init.rb b/tracks/vendor/plugins/resource_feeder/init.rb
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+++ b/tracks/vendor/plugins/resource_feeder/init.rb
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+require 'resource_feeder'
+ActionController::Base.send(:include, ResourceFeeder::Rss, ResourceFeeder::Atom)
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diff --git a/tracks/vendor/plugins/resource_feeder/lib/resource_feeder.rb b/tracks/vendor/plugins/resource_feeder/lib/resource_feeder.rb
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+++ b/tracks/vendor/plugins/resource_feeder/lib/resource_feeder.rb
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+require 'resource_feeder/rss'
+require 'resource_feeder/atom'
diff --git a/tracks/vendor/plugins/resource_feeder/lib/resource_feeder/atom.rb b/tracks/vendor/plugins/resource_feeder/lib/resource_feeder/atom.rb
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+++ b/tracks/vendor/plugins/resource_feeder/lib/resource_feeder/atom.rb
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+module ResourceFeeder
+  module Atom
+    extend self
+    
+    def render_atom_feed_for(resources, options = {})
+      render :text => atom_feed_for(resources, options), :content_type => Mime::ATOM
+    end
+    
+    def atom_feed_for(resources, options = {})
+      xml = Builder::XmlMarkup.new(:indent => 2)
+
+      options[:feed]       ||= {}
+      options[:item]       ||= {}
+      options[:url_writer] ||= self
+      
+      if options[:class] || resources.first
+        klass      = options[:class] || resources.first.class
+        new_record = klass.new
+      else
+        options[:feed] = { :title => "Empty", :link => "http://example.com" }
+      end
+      
+      options[:feed][:title] ||= klass.name.pluralize
+      options[:feed][:id]    ||= "tag:#{request.host_with_port}:#{klass.name.pluralize}"
+      options[:feed][:link]  ||= SimplyHelpful::RecordIdentifier.polymorphic_url(new_record, options[:url_writer])
+      
+      options[:item][:title]       ||= [ :title, :subject, :headline, :name ]
+      options[:item][:description] ||= [ :description, :body, :content ]
+      options[:item][:pub_date]    ||= [ :updated_at, :updated_on, :created_at, :created_on ]
+      options[:item][:author]      ||= [ :author, :creator ]
+      
+      resource_link = lambda { |r| SimplyHelpful::RecordIdentifier.polymorphic_url(r, options[:url_writer]) }
+
+      xml.instruct!
+      xml.feed "xml:lang" => "en-US", "xmlns" => 'http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' do
+        xml.title(options[:feed][:title])
+        xml.id(options[:feed][:id])
+        xml.link(:rel => 'alternate', :type => 'text/html', :href => options[:feed][:link])
+        xml.link(:rel => 'self', :type => 'application/atom+xml', :href => options[:feed][:self]) if options[:feed][:self]
+        xml.subtitle(options[:feed][:description]) if options[:feed][:description]
+
+        for resource in resources
+          published_at = call_or_read(options[:item][:pub_date], resource)
+
+          xml.entry do
+            xml.title(call_or_read(options[:item][:title], resource))
+            xml.content(call_or_read(options[:item][:description], resource), :type => 'html')
+            xml.id("tag:#{request.host_with_port},#{published_at.xmlschema}:#{call_or_read(options[:item][:guid] || options[:item][:link] || resource_link, resource)}")
+            xml.published(published_at.xmlschema)
+            xml.updated((resource.respond_to?(:updated_at) ? call_or_read(options[:item][:pub_date] || :updated_at, resource) : published_at).xmlschema)
+            xml.link(:rel => 'alternate', :type => 'text/html', :href => call_or_read(options[:item][:link] || options[:item][:guid] || resource_link, resource))
+            
+            if author = call_or_read(options[:item][:author], resource)
+              xml.author do
+                xml.name()
+              end
+            end
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+    
+    private
+      def call_or_read(procedure_or_attributes, resource)
+        case procedure_or_attributes
+          when Array
+            attributes = procedure_or_attributes
+            resource.send(attributes.select { |a| resource.respond_to?(a) }.first)
+          when Symbol
+            attribute = procedure_or_attributes
+            resource.send(attribute)
+          when Proc
+            procedure = procedure_or_attributes
+            procedure.call(resource)
+        end
+      end
+  end
+end
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diff --git a/tracks/vendor/plugins/resource_feeder/lib/resource_feeder/rss.rb b/tracks/vendor/plugins/resource_feeder/lib/resource_feeder/rss.rb
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+++ b/tracks/vendor/plugins/resource_feeder/lib/resource_feeder/rss.rb
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+module ResourceFeeder
+  module Rss
+    extend self
+
+    def render_rss_feed_for(resources, options = {})
+      render :text => rss_feed_for(resources, options), :content_type => Mime::RSS
+    end
+
+    def rss_feed_for(resources, options = {})
+      xml = Builder::XmlMarkup.new(:indent => 2)
+
+      options[:feed]       ||= {}
+      options[:item]       ||= {}
+      options[:url_writer] ||= self
+
+      if options[:class] || resources.first
+        klass      = options[:class] || resources.first.class
+        new_record = klass.new
+      else
+        options[:feed] = { :title => "Empty", :link => "http://example.com" }
+      end
+      use_content_encoded = options[:item].has_key?(:content_encoded)
+
+      options[:feed][:title]    ||= klass.name.pluralize
+      options[:feed][:link]     ||= SimplyHelpful::RecordIdentifier.polymorphic_url(new_record, options[:url_writer])
+      options[:feed][:language] ||= "en-us"
+      options[:feed][:ttl]      ||= "40"
+
+      options[:item][:title]           ||= [ :title, :subject, :headline, :name ]
+      options[:item][:description]     ||= [ :description, :body, :content ]
+      options[:item][:pub_date]        ||= [ :updated_at, :updated_on, :created_at, :created_on ]
+
+      resource_link = lambda { |r| SimplyHelpful::RecordIdentifier.polymorphic_url(r, options[:url_writer]) }
+
+      rss_root_attributes = { :version => 2.0 }
+      rss_root_attributes.merge!("xmlns:content" => "http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/") if use_content_encoded
+
+      xml.instruct!
+
+      xml.rss(rss_root_attributes) do
+        xml.channel do
+          xml.title(options[:feed][:title])
+          xml.link(options[:feed][:link])
+          xml.description(options[:feed][:description]) if options[:feed][:description]
+          xml.language(options[:feed][:language])
+          xml.ttl(options[:feed][:ttl])
+
+          for resource in resources
+            xml.item do
+              xml.title(call_or_read(options[:item][:title], resource))
+              xml.description(call_or_read(options[:item][:description], resource))
+              if use_content_encoded then
+                xml.content(:encoded) { xml.cdata!(call_or_read(options[:item][:content_encoded], resource)) }
+              end
+              xml.pubDate(call_or_read(options[:item][:pub_date], resource).to_s(:rfc822))
+              xml.guid(call_or_read(options[:item][:guid] || options[:item][:link] || resource_link, resource))
+              xml.link(call_or_read(options[:item][:link] || options[:item][:guid] || resource_link, resource))
+            end
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    private
+      def call_or_read(procedure_or_attributes, resource)
+        case procedure_or_attributes
+          when Array
+            attributes = procedure_or_attributes
+            resource.send(attributes.select { |a| resource.respond_to?(a) }.first)
+          when Symbol
+            attribute = procedure_or_attributes
+            resource.send(attribute)
+          when Proc
+            procedure = procedure_or_attributes
+            procedure.call(resource)
+        end
+      end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/tracks/vendor/plugins/resource_feeder/test/atom_feed_test.rb b/tracks/vendor/plugins/resource_feeder/test/atom_feed_test.rb
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+++ b/tracks/vendor/plugins/resource_feeder/test/atom_feed_test.rb
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+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/test_helper'
+class AtomFeedTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  attr_reader :request
+
+  def setup
+    @request = OpenStruct.new
+    @request.host_with_port = 'example.com'
+    @records = Array.new(5).fill(Post.new)
+    @records.each &:save
+  end
+
+  def test_default_atom_feed
+    atom_feed_for @records
+
+    assert_select 'feed' do
+      assert_select '>title', 'Posts'
+      assert_select '>id', "tag:#{request.host_with_port}:Posts"
+      assert_select '>link' do
+        assert_select "[rel='alternate']"
+        assert_select "[type='text/html']"
+        assert_select "[href='http://example.com/posts']"
+      end
+      assert_select 'entry', 5 do
+        assert_select 'title', :text => 'feed title (title)'
+        assert_select "content[type='html']", '&lt;p&gt;feed description (description)&lt;/p&gt;'
+        assert_select 'id', "tag:#{request.host_with_port},#{@records.first.created_at.xmlschema}:#{'http://example.com/posts/1'}"
+        assert_select 'published', @records.first.created_at.xmlschema
+        assert_select 'updated', @records.first.created_at.xmlschema
+        assert_select 'link' do
+          assert_select "[rel='alternate']"
+          assert_select "[type='text/html']"
+          assert_select "[href='http://example.com/posts/1']"
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_should_allow_custom_feed_options
+    atom_feed_for @records, :feed => { :title => 'Custom Posts', :link => '/posts', :description => 'stuff', :self => '/posts.atom' }
+    
+    assert_select 'feed>title', 'Custom Posts'
+    assert_select "feed>link[href='/posts']"
+    assert_select 'feed>subtitle', 'stuff'
+    assert_select 'feed>link' do
+      assert_select "[rel='self']"
+      assert_select "[type='application/atom+xml']"
+      assert_select "[href='/posts.atom']"
+    end
+  end
+  
+  def test_should_allow_custom_item_attributes
+    atom_feed_for @records, :item => { :title => :name, :description => :body, :pub_date => :create_date, :link => :id }
+    
+    assert_select 'entry', 5 do
+      assert_select 'title', :text => 'feed title (name)'
+      assert_select "content[type='html']", '&lt;p&gt;feed description (body)&lt;/p&gt;'
+      assert_select 'published', (@records.first.created_at - 5.minutes).xmlschema
+      assert_select 'updated', (@records.first.created_at - 5.minutes).xmlschema
+      assert_select 'id', "tag:#{request.host_with_port},#{(@records.first.created_at - 5.minutes).xmlschema}:1"
+      assert_select 'link' do
+        assert_select "[rel='alternate']"
+        assert_select "[type='text/html']"
+        assert_select "[href='1']"
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_should_allow_custom_item_attribute_blocks
+    atom_feed_for @records, :item => { :title => lambda { |r| r.name }, :description => lambda { |r| r.body }, :pub_date => lambda { |r| r.create_date },
+      :link => lambda { |r| "/#{r.created_at.to_i}" }, :guid => lambda { |r| r.created_at.to_i } }
+    
+    assert_select 'entry', 5 do
+      assert_select 'title', :text => 'feed title (name)'
+      assert_select "content[type='html']", '&lt;p&gt;feed description (body)&lt;/p&gt;'
+      assert_select 'published', (@records.first.created_at - 5.minutes).xmlschema
+      assert_select 'updated', (@records.first.created_at - 5.minutes).xmlschema
+      assert_select 'id', /:\d+$/
+      assert_select 'link' do
+        assert_select "[rel='alternate']"
+        assert_select "[type='text/html']"
+        assert_select "[href=?]", /^\/\d+$/
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/tracks/vendor/plugins/resource_feeder/test/rss_feed_test.rb b/tracks/vendor/plugins/resource_feeder/test/rss_feed_test.rb
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+++ b/tracks/vendor/plugins/resource_feeder/test/rss_feed_test.rb
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+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/test_helper'
+class RssFeedTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  def setup
+    @records = Array.new(5).fill(Post.new)
+    @records.each &:save
+  end
+
+  def test_default_rss_feed
+    rss_feed_for @records
+
+    assert_select 'rss[version="2.0"]' do
+      assert_select 'channel' do
+        assert_select '>title', 'Posts'
+        assert_select '>link',  'http://example.com/posts'
+        assert_select 'language', 'en-us'
+        assert_select 'ttl', '40'
+      end
+      assert_select 'item', 5 do
+        assert_select 'title', :text => 'feed title (title)'
+        assert_select 'description', '&lt;p&gt;feed description (description)&lt;/p&gt;'
+        %w(guid link).each do |node|
+          assert_select node, 'http://example.com/posts/1'
+        end
+        assert_select 'pubDate', @records.first.created_at.to_s(:rfc822)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_should_allow_custom_feed_options
+    rss_feed_for @records, :feed => { :title => 'Custom Posts', :link => '/posts', :description => 'stuff', :language => 'en-gb', :ttl => '80' }
+
+    assert_select 'channel>title', 'Custom Posts'
+    assert_select 'channel>link',  '/posts'
+    assert_select 'channel>description', 'stuff'
+    assert_select 'channel>language', 'en-gb'
+    assert_select 'channel>ttl', '80'
+  end
+
+  def test_should_allow_custom_item_attributes
+    rss_feed_for @records, :item => { :title => :name, :description => :body, :pub_date => :create_date, :link => :id }
+
+    assert_select 'item', 5 do
+      assert_select 'title', :text => 'feed title (name)'
+      assert_select 'description', '&lt;p&gt;feed description (body)&lt;/p&gt;'
+      assert_select 'pubDate', (@records.first.created_at - 5.minutes).to_s(:rfc822)
+      assert_select 'link', '1'
+      assert_select 'guid', '1'
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_should_allow_custom_item_attribute_blocks
+    rss_feed_for @records, :item => { :title => lambda { |r| r.name }, :description => lambda { |r| r.body }, :pub_date => lambda { |r| r.create_date },
+      :link => lambda { |r| "/#{r.created_at.to_i}" }, :guid => lambda { |r| r.created_at.to_i } }
+
+    assert_select 'item', 5 do
+      assert_select 'title', :text => 'feed title (name)'
+      assert_select 'description', '&lt;p&gt;feed description (body)&lt;/p&gt;'
+      assert_select 'pubDate', (@records.first.created_at - 5.minutes).to_s(:rfc822)
+    end
+  end
+
+  # note that assert_select isnt easily able to get elements that have xml namespaces (as it thinks they are
+  # invalid html psuedo children), so we do some manual testing with the response body
+  def test_should_allow_content_encoded_for_items
+    rss_feed_for @records, :item => { :content_encoded => :full_html_body }
+
+    html_content = "<strong>Here is some <i>full</i> content, with out any excerpts</strong>"
+    assert_equal 5, @response.body.scan("<![CDATA[#{html_content}]]>").size
+    assert_select 'item', 5 do
+      assert_select 'description + *', "<![CDATA[#{html_content}" # assert_select seems to strip the ending cdata tag
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_should_have_content_encoded_namespace_if_used
+    rss_feed_for @records, :item => { :content_encoded => :full_html_body }
+    assert_equal %[<rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/">\n],
+        @response.body.grep(/<rss version="2\.0.*"/).first
+  end
+
+  def test_should_have_normal_rss_root_without_content_encoded
+    rss_feed_for @records
+    assert_equal %[<rss version="2.0">\n],
+        @response.body.grep(/<rss version="2\.0.*"/).first
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/tracks/vendor/plugins/resource_feeder/test/test_helper.rb b/tracks/vendor/plugins/resource_feeder/test/test_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/tracks/vendor/plugins/resource_feeder/test/test_helper.rb
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+RAILS_ENV = 'test'
+require File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '../../../../config/environment.rb'))
+require 'action_controller/test_process'
+require 'breakpoint'
+require 'ostruct'
+
+class Post
+  attr_reader :id, :created_at
+  def save; @id = 1; @created_at = Time.now.utc end
+  def new_record?; @id.nil? end
+
+  [:title, :name].each do |attr_name|
+    define_method attr_name do
+      "feed title (#{attr_name})"
+    end
+  end
+
+  [:description, :body].each do |attr_name|
+    define_method attr_name do
+      "<p>feed description (#{attr_name})</p>"
+    end
+  end
+
+  def full_html_body
+    "<strong>Here is some <i>full</i> content, with out any excerpts</strong>"
+  end
+
+  def create_date
+    @created_at - 5.minutes
+  end
+end
+
+class Test::Unit::TestCase
+  include ResourceFeeder::Rss, ResourceFeeder::Atom
+
+  def render_feed(xml)
+    @response = OpenStruct.new
+    @response.headers = {'Content-Type' => 'text/xml'}
+    @response.body = xml
+  end
+
+  def rss_feed_for_with_ostruct(resources, options = {})
+    render_feed rss_feed_for_without_ostruct(resources, options)
+  end
+
+  def atom_feed_for_with_ostruct(resources, options = {})
+    render_feed atom_feed_for_without_ostruct(resources, options)
+  end
+
+  alias_method_chain :rss_feed_for,  :ostruct
+  alias_method_chain :atom_feed_for, :ostruct
+
+  def html_document
+    @html_document ||= HTML::Document.new(@response.body, false, true)
+  end
+
+  def posts_url
+    "http://example.com/posts"
+  end
+
+  def post_url(post)
+    "http://example.com/posts/#{post.id}"
+  end
+end