diff --git a/saucebrush/stats.py b/saucebrush/stats.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b726035
--- /dev/null
+++ b/saucebrush/stats.py
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+from saucebrush.filters import Filter
+import itertools
+import math
+
+def _average(values):
+    """ Calculate the average of a list of values.
+    
+        :param values: an iterable of ints or floats to average
+    """
+    return sum(values) / float(len(values))
+
+def _median(values):
+    """ Calculate the median of a list of values.
+    
+        :param values: an iterable of ints or floats to calculate
+    """
+    
+    count = len(values)
+    
+    # bail early before sorting if 0 or 1 values in list
+    if count == 0:
+        return None
+    elif count == 1:
+        return values[0]
+    
+    values = sorted(values)
+    
+    if count % 2 == 1:
+        # odd number of items, return middle value
+        return values[count / 2]
+    else:
+        # even number of items, return average of middle two items
+        mid = count / 2
+        return sum(values[mid - 1:mid + 1]) / 2.0
+
+def _stddev(values, population=False):
+    """ Calculate the standard deviation and variance of a list of values.
+    
+        :param values: an iterable of ints or floats to calculate
+        :param population: True if values represents entire population,
+            False if it is a sample of the population
+    """
+    
+    avg = _average(values)
+    count = len(values) if population else len(values) - 1
+    
+    # square the difference between each value and the average
+    diffsq = ((i - avg) ** 2 for i in values)
+    
+    # the average of the squared differences
+    variance = sum(diffsq) / float(count)
+    
+    return (math.sqrt(variance), variance) # stddev is sqrt of variance
+
+class StatsFilter(Filter):
+    """ Base for all stats filters.
+    """
+    
+    def __init__(self, field, test=None):
+        self._field = field
+        self._test = test
+        
+    def process_record(self, record):
+        if self._test is None or self._test(record):
+            self.process_field(record[self._field])
+        return record
+    
+    def process_field(self, record):
+        raise NotImplementedError('process_field not defined in ' +
+                                  self.__class__.__name__)
+    
+    def value(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError('value not defined in ' +
+                                  self.__class__.__name__)
+
+class Sum(StatsFilter):
+    """ Calculate the sum of the values in a field. Field must contain either
+        int or float values.
+    """
+    
+    def __init__(self, field, initial=0, **kwargs):
+        super(Sum, self).__init__(field, **kwargs)
+        self._value = initial
+        
+    def process_field(self, item):
+        self._value += item or 0
+        
+    def value(self):
+        return self._value
+
+class Average(StatsFilter):
+    """ Calculate the average (mean) of the values in a field. Field must
+        contain either int or float values.
+    """
+    
+    def __init__(self, field, initial=0, **kwargs):
+        super(Average, self).__init__(field, **kwargs)
+        self._value = initial
+        self._count = 0
+        
+    def process_field(self, item):
+        if item is not None:
+            self._value += item
+            self._count += 1
+        
+    def value(self):
+        return self._value / float(self._count)
+
+class Median(StatsFilter):
+    """ Calculate the median of the values in a field. Field must contain
+        either int or float values.
+        
+        **This filter keeps a list of field values in memory.**
+    """
+    
+    def __init__(self, field, **kwargs):
+        super(Median, self).__init__(field, **kwargs)
+        self._values = []
+    
+    def process_field(self, item):
+        if item is not None:
+            self._values.append(item)
+    
+    def value(self):
+        return _median(self._values)
+
+class MinMax(StatsFilter):
+    """ Find the minimum and maximum values in a field. Field must contain
+        either int or float values.
+    """
+    
+    def __init__(self, field, **kwargs):
+        super(MinMax, self).__init__(field, **kwargs)
+        self._max = None
+        self._min = None
+    
+    def process_field(self, item):
+        if item is not None:
+            if self._max is None or item > self._max:
+                self._max = item
+            if self._min is None or item < self._min:
+                self._min = item
+    
+    def value(self):
+        return (self._min, self._max)
+
+class StandardDeviation(StatsFilter):
+    """ Calculate the standard deviation of the values in a field. Calling
+        value() will return a standard deviation for the sample. Pass
+        population=True to value() for the standard deviation of the
+        population. Convenience methods are provided for average() and
+        median(). Field must contain either int or float values.
+
+        **This filter keeps a list of field values in memory.**
+    """
+    
+    def __init__(self, field, **kwargs):
+        super(StandardDeviation, self).__init__(field, **kwargs)
+        self._values = []
+    
+    def process_field(self, item):
+        if item is not None:
+            self._values.append(item)
+    
+    def average(self):
+        return _average(self._values)
+    
+    def median(self):
+        return _median(self._values)
+    
+    def value(self, population=False):
+        """ Return a tuple of (standard_deviation, variance).
+            
+            :param population: True if values represents entire population,
+                False if values is a sample. Default: False
+        """
+        return _stddev(self._values, population)
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diff --git a/saucebrush/tests/__init__.py b/saucebrush/tests/__init__.py
index 9b8c511..4297ebb 100644
--- a/saucebrush/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/saucebrush/tests/__init__.py
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@ from saucebrush.tests.filters import FilterTestCase
 from saucebrush.tests.sources import SourceTestCase
 from saucebrush.tests.emitters import EmitterTestCase
 from saucebrush.tests.recipes import RecipeTestCase
+from saucebrush.tests.stats import StatsTestCase
 
 filter_suite = unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromTestCase(FilterTestCase)
 source_suite = unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromTestCase(SourceTestCase)
 emitter_suite = unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromTestCase(EmitterTestCase)
 recipe_suite = unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromTestCase(RecipeTestCase)
+stats_suite = unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromTestCase(StatsTestCase)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/saucebrush/tests/stats.py b/saucebrush/tests/stats.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f529e07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/saucebrush/tests/stats.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import unittest
+from saucebrush.stats import Sum, Average, Median, MinMax, StandardDeviation
+
+class StatsTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def _simple_data(self):
+        return  [{'a':1, 'b':2, 'c':3},
+                 {'a':5, 'b':5, 'c':5},
+                 {'a':1, 'b':10, 'c':100}]
+
+    def test_sum(self):
+        fltr = Sum('b')
+        list(fltr.attach(self._simple_data()))
+        self.assertEqual(fltr.value(), 17)
+    
+    def test_average(self):
+        fltr = Average('c')
+        list(fltr.attach(self._simple_data()))
+        self.assertEqual(fltr.value(), 36.0)
+    
+    def test_median(self):
+        fltr = Median('a')
+        list(fltr.attach(self._simple_data()))
+        self.assertEqual(fltr.value(), 1)
+    
+    def test_minmax(self):
+        fltr = MinMax('b')
+        list(fltr.attach(self._simple_data()))
+        self.assertEqual(fltr.value(), (2, 10))
+    
+    def test_standard_deviation(self):
+        fltr = StandardDeviation('c')
+        list(fltr.attach(self._simple_data()))
+        self.assertEqual(fltr.average(), 36.0)
+        self.assertEqual(fltr.median(), 5)
+        self.assertEqual(fltr.value(), (55.4346462061408, 3073.0))
+        self.assertEqual(fltr.value(True), (45.2621990922521, 2048.6666666666665))
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/saucebrush/utils.py b/saucebrush/utils.py
index c21bcf3..aa8c241 100644
--- a/saucebrush/utils.py
+++ b/saucebrush/utils.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import os
+import urllib2
 """
     General utilities used within saucebrush that may be useful elsewhere.
 """
@@ -72,6 +74,12 @@ def str_or_list(obj):
 #
 
 class Files(object):
+    """ Iterate over multiple files as a single file. Pass the paths of the
+        files as arguments to the class constructor:
+        
+            for line in Files('/path/to/file/a', '/path/to/file/b'):
+                pass
+    """
 
     def __init__(self, *args):
         self.paths = []
@@ -86,7 +94,6 @@ class Files(object):
         return self.linereader()
 
     def linereader(self):
-        import os
         for path in iter(self.paths):
             if os.path.exists(path):
                 if self.file_open_callback:
@@ -95,3 +102,18 @@ class Files(object):
                 for line in f:
                     yield line
                 f.close()
+
+class RemoteFile(object):
+    """ Stream data from a remote file.
+    
+        :param url: URL to remote file
+    """
+    
+    def __init__(self, url):
+        self._url = url
+        
+    def __iter__(self):
+        resp = urllib2.urlopen(self._url)
+        for line in resp:
+            yield line.rstrip()
+        resp.close()
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