// JavaScript Document
  function relative_time(time_value) {
	  var values = time_value.split(" ");
	  time_value = values[1] + " " + values[2] + ", " + values[5] + " " + values[3];

     var parsed_date = Date.parse(time_value);

     var relative_to = (arguments.length > 1) ? arguments[1] : new Date();
     var delta = parseInt((relative_to.getTime() - parsed_date) / 1000);

     if(delta < 60) {
         return 'less than a minute ago ';
     } else if(delta < 120) {
         return 'about a minute ago ';
     } else if(delta < (45*60)) {
         return (parseInt(delta / 60)).toString() + ' minutes ago ';
     } else if(delta < (90*60)) {
         return 'about an hour ago ';
     } else if(delta < (24*60*60)) {
         return 'about ' + (parseInt(delta / 3600)).toString() + ' hours ago ';
     } else if(delta < (48*60*60)) {
         return '1 day ago ';
     } else {
         return (parseInt(delta / 86400)).toString() + ' days ago ';
     }
  }
  
	function twitCallback(obj) {
		var id = obj[0].user.id;
		document.getElementById('twit_status').innerHTML = obj[0].text;
		document.getElementById('twit_time').innerHTML = relative_time(obj[0].created_at);
	}

<!--
  jQuery(document).ready(function(){
    // Instantiate jTicker
	jQuery("#ticker").ticker({
 		cursorList:  " ",
 		rate:        100,
 		delay:       4000
	}).trigger("play").trigger("stop");

    // Trigger events
    jQuery(".stop").click(function(){
        jQuery("#ticker").trigger("stop");
        return false;
    });

    jQuery(".play").click(function(){
        jQuery("#ticker").trigger("play");
        return false;
    });

    jQuery(".speedup").click(function(){
        jQuery("#ticker")
        .trigger({
            type: "control",
            item: 0,
            rate: 10,
            delay: 4000
        })
        return false;
    });

    jQuery(".slowdown").click(function(){
        jQuery("#ticker")
        .trigger({
            type: "control",
            item: 0,
            rate: 90,
            delay: 8000
        })
        return false;
    });

    jQuery(".next").live("click", function(){
        jQuery("#ticker")
        .trigger({type: "play"})
        .trigger({type: "stop"});
        return false;
    });

    jQuery(".style").click(function(){
        jQuery("#ticker")
        .trigger({
            type: "control",
            cursor: jQuery("#ticker").data("ticker").cursor.css({width: "4em", background: "#ff6600", position: "relative", top: "1em", left: "-1em"})
        })
        return false;
    });

  });