diff --git a/otherHelperCode/bigdataCode/exploreLanguage.py b/otherHelperCode/bigdataCode/exploreLanguage.py
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+
+import pymongo import MongoClient
+import pymongo
+import pickle
+import logging
+import time
+import logging.config
+
+client1 =MongoClient('mongodb://user:pswd@portland.cs.ou.edu:port',maxPoolSize=5)
+db1 = client1['lexisnexis']
+largestory = db1.disk_stories_full
+logging.basicConfig(filename='logging.python')
+dic = {}
+count = 0
+dic["errorout"]=0;
+dic["goodrecord"]=0;
+
+cur = largestory.find()
+
+sleep = 1
+done = False
+#the total number of records in the collections
+while(count<=109672706):
+        try:
+                    i=cur.next();
+                            try:
+                                            count = count + 1
+                                                        if count % 100000 == 0:
+                                                                            print (str(count), 'finished processing')
+                                                                                        lan = i['language']
+                                                                                                    if not lan in dic:
+                                                                                                                        dic[lan] = 0
+                                                                                                                                    dic[lan] = dic[lan] + 1
+                                                                                                                                                dic["goodrecord"]=dic["goodrecord"]+1
+                                                                                                                                                        except:
+                                                                                                                                                                        print ('record has problems')
+                                                                                                                                                                                    dic["errorout"]=dic["errorout"]+1
+                                                                                                                                                                                                pass
+                                                                                                                                                                                                except pymongo.errors.AutoReconnect:
+                                                                                                                                                                                                                logging.info("Error connecting sleeping for {}".format(pow(2, sleep)))
+                                                                                                                                                                                                                            time.sleep(pow(2, sleep))
+                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        sleep += 1
+                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    logging.info("retrying...")
+
+                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    with open('language_count.pickle', 'wb') as file1:
+                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            pickle.dump(dic, file1, protocol=pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL)