function counter() {
    startverbcount=109297664;
    verbrate=27699; // verbs per day
    timeelapsed=new Date()
    offset = timeelapsed.getHours()*24*60+timeelapsed.getMinutes()*60+timeelapsed.getSeconds(); // seconds since day begin
    var newcount = Math.ceil(startverbcount + (offset*verbrate/(24*60*60)));
    var popul = document.getElementById("verbcount");
    popul.innerHTML = newcount;
    setTimeout('counter()',200);
}