title: Is there any way for the Google App Engine's urlfetch to open and keep open a Twitter Streaming API connection?
body: <p>The Twitter streaming api says that we should open a HTTP request and parse updates as they come in.  I was under the impression that Google's urlfetch cannot keep the http request open past 10 seconds.</p>
  
  <p>I considered having a cron job that polled my Twitter account every few seconds, but I think Google AppEngine only allows cron jobs once a minute.  However, my application needs near-realtime access to my twitter @replies (preferably only a 10 second or less lag).</p>
  
  <p>Are there any method for receiving real-time updates from Twitter?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>