function time_since(original) {

	var foo = new Date; // Generic JS date object
	var unixtime_ms = foo.getTime(); // Returns milliseconds since the epoch
	var today = Math.floor(unixtime_ms / 1000); /* Current unix time  */

//	original = original - 12*3600;
//	original = original - 2*3600;

//	if(window.console) console.info("unix time: %i tweet time: %i - difference: %i",today,original,(today-original));

	var since = today - original;
	//console.debug(since);
	var toprint="",days,hours,minutes;
	
	if(since>(24*3600))
	{
		days = Math.floor(since/(3600*24));
		toprint += days+" day";
		if(days>1)
			toprint += "s";
		toprint += " ";
		since = since%(24*3600);
	}
	if(since>3600)
	{
		hours = Math.floor(since/3600);
		toprint += hours+" hour";
		if(hours>1)
			toprint += "s";
		toprint += " ";
		since = since%3600;
	}
	
	if(since>60)
	{
		minutes = Math.floor(since/60);
		toprint += minutes+" minute";
		if(minutes>1)
			toprint += "s";
		toprint += " ";
		since = since%60;
	}
	else
		toprint = "less than a minute";
	// toprint += since+" seconds";
	
	
	return toprint;
}


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document.write('<div id="tweetag_topmost" style="margin: 0;padding: 6px 20px 3px 20px;text-align: center;border-bottom: 1px solid #e2e8eb;background:#F3F3F3 url(http://tweetag.com/meta/img/center-edges-bg.png) no-repeat;">');
document.write('<h2 style="border:0;margin:0;line-height:1.1;font-size:9pt;font-weight:normal;text-transform:uppercase;color:#82a6b8"> Latest tweets from uk MEPs </h2>');
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document.write('<div id="tweetag_top" style="overflow:hidden;padding: 0 5px 10px 5px;border: 1px solid white;background: #f5fafd">');
document.write('<div id="tweetag_maintags" style="margin: 0px -8px 0px -8px;text-align: center;line-height: 1.3;padding:0px 5px 5px 10px;">');
// Tweets: 
document.write('<div class=\'tweet\' style="font-face:Verdana;font-size:10pt;text-align:left;clear:left;margin-top:5px;padding-top:5px;" id=\'atom_\'>	<a href=\"http://europatweets.eu/user/bcworl\" style=\"text-decoration:none;\" target=\'_new\'><img style=\"float:left;border:0;margin-right:5px;\" class=\"userpic\" src=\"http://a2.twimg.com/profile_images/22159482/bbc_logo_2_normal.gif\" alt=\"bcworl\" width=48 height=48 /></a>	<span class=\"content\" style=\"border:0px;margin:0;padding:0;font-size:8pt;\">	<a href=\"http://europatweets.eu/user/bcworl\" style=\"text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold;\" target=\"_new\">	bcworl</a>	ICC chief executive on cricket charges http://bbc.in/aqinx4	</span>	<div class=\"meta\" style=\"margin:0;padding:0;font-size:7pt;color:grey;\"> 15 minutes ago ago	</div></div>');

document.write('<div class=\'tweet\' style="font-face:Verdana;font-size:10pt;text-align:left;clear:left;margin-top:5px;padding-top:5px;" id=\'atom_\'>	<a href=\"http://europatweets.eu/user/aryhoneybal\" style=\"text-decoration:none;\" target=\'_new\'><img style=\"float:left;border:0;margin-right:5px;\" class=\"userpic\" src=\"http://a2.twimg.com/profile_images/1116050982/808cbe47-437c-4a41-a7a6-7cf7bc1ffef2_normal.png\" alt=\"aryhoneybal\" width=48 height=48 /></a>	<span class=\"content\" style=\"border:0px;margin:0;padding:0;font-size:8pt;\">	<a href=\"http://europatweets.eu/user/aryhoneybal\" style=\"text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold;\" target=\"_new\">	aryhoneybal</a><span class=\'politicalgroup\' style=\"background:;font-size:7pt;font-weight:bold;padding:1px 5px;cursor:pointer;margin:0 5px 0 5px;\" title=\'Show all tweets from #s&d	\'><a href=\'http://europatweets.eu/?group=s&d	\' style=\'text-decoration:none;color:black;\' target=\'_new\'>s&d	</a></span> 	Support <a href=\"http://europatweets.eu/tag/IVotedDM;\" action=\'openHashtag\' title=\"Show tweets related to #IVotedDM\" style=\'text-decoration:none;\' target=\'_new\'>#IVotedDM</a>, add a <a href=\"http://europatweets.eu/tag/twibbon;\" action=\'openHashtag\' title=\"Show tweets related to #twibbon\" style=\'text-decoration:none;\' target=\'_new\'>#twibbon</a> to your avatar now! - http://twibbon.com/join/IVotedDM	</span>	<div class=\"meta\" style=\"margin:0;padding:0;font-size:7pt;color:grey;\"> 31 minutes ago ago	</div></div>');

document.write('<div class=\'tweet\' style="font-face:Verdana;font-size:10pt;text-align:left;clear:left;margin-top:5px;padding-top:5px;" id=\'atom_\'>	<a href=\"http://europatweets.eu/user/\" style=\"text-decoration:none;\" target=\'_new\'><img style=\"float:left;border:0;margin-right:5px;\" class=\"userpic\" src=\"http://a2.twimg.com/profile_images/346064522/twitter_ft_normal.gif\" alt=\"\" width=48 height=48 /></a>	<span class=\"content\" style=\"border:0px;margin:0;padding:0;font-size:8pt;\">	<a href=\"http://europatweets.eu/user/\" style=\"text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold;\" target=\"_new\">	</a>	Leaders agree to meet again: The Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to negotiate a “framework” for peace talks... http://bit.ly/bShj	</span>	<div class=\"meta\" style=\"margin:0;padding:0;font-size:7pt;color:grey;\"> 1 hour ago ago	</div></div>');

// end of tweets
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document.write('	<p style="margin: 0;font-size:7pt;padding:0;text-transform: uppercase;"><a href="http://europatweets.eu" style="font-size:8pt;color:#82a6b8;text-decoration: none;">Source: Europatweets.eu</p>');
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