tickerName = "abc_campaign";
tickerRate = 0.5; // animals per second

function getCookie(name) {
	var re = new RegExp(name + "=([^;]+)");
	var value = re.exec(document.cookie);
	return (value != null) ? unescape(value[1]) : null;
}
function setCookie(name, value) {
	document.cookie=name + "=" + escape(value) + "; path=/;";
}

rememberSessionStart = false; // set to true to use cookie to remember session start time

now = new Date();
if (rememberSessionStart) {
	if (!getCookie(tickerName)) {
		featureStart = now.getTime();
		setCookie(tickerName,featureStart);
	} else {
		featureStart = getCookie(tickerName);
	}
} else featureStart = now.getTime();

function initTickerCount() {
	tickerCounter = setInterval('countTicker()',10);
}
function countTicker() {
	now = new Date();
	TickerTime = (now.getTime() - featureStart)/1000;
	tickerCount = Math.ceil(tickerRate*TickerTime);
	el = document.getElementById('tickerMeter');
	el.innerHTML = tickerCount;
}
// onload = initTickerCount;