def gridLog(**kw):
    """Send GLRecord, Distributed Logging Utilities
    If the scheme is passed as a keyword parameter
    the value is expected to be a callable function
    that takes 2 parameters: url, outputStr

    GRIDLOG_ON   -- turn grid logging on
    GRIDLOG_DEST -- provide URL destination
    """
    import os

    if not bool( int(os.environ.get('GRIDLOG_ON', 0)) ):
        return

    url = os.environ.get('GRIDLOG_DEST')
    if url is None: 
        return

    ## NOTE: urlparse problem w/customized schemes 
    try:
        scheme = url[:url.find('://')]
        send = GLRegistry[scheme]
        send( url, str(GLRecord(**kw)), )
    except Exception, ex:
        print >>sys.stderr, "*** gridLog failed -- %s" %(str(kw))
Send GLRecord, Distributed Logging Utilities
    If the scheme is passed as a keyword parameter
    the value is expected to be a callable function
    that takes 2 parameters: url, outputStr

    GRIDLOG_ON   -- turn grid logging on
    GRIDLOG_DEST -- provide URL destination