I recently had a client who wanted a shared corporate calendar (displayed on a corporate dashboard site done in Google Sites) to update whenever anyone added something to it.

Unfortunately, there's no way to push data from Google Calendar to external services, so I decided to poke around and find out how other people have resolved this. I learned that apparently most folks are ok with having the calendar refresh with a page refresh. This wouldn't do for my client.

Totally cool, but longish, video on the history of the wah pedal. Definitely worth the time to watch.

Best line in the video: Charles Pitts talking about working with Issac Hayes on "Shaft" and only staying on the G for the entire song until the very last phrase: "To me it seemed repetitious, redundant, and ridiculous. It shows you what you know." (27:52 or so). Just goes to show you that you never know where something will take you.

The Federal statute:

TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 113C > § 2340
§ 2340. Definitions
How Current is This?
As used in this chapter—
(1) “torture” means an act committed by a person acting under the color of law specifically intended to inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering (other than pain or suffering incidental to lawful sanctions) upon another person within his custody or physical control;
(2) “severe mental pain or suffering” means the prolonged mental harm caused by or resulting from—