new_contents: import time
  import urllib2
  from urllib2 import urlopen
  import re
  import cookielib, urllib2
  from cookielib import CookieJar
  import datetime
  import sqlite3
  
  
  cj = CookieJar()
  opener = urllib2.build_opener(urllib2.HTTPCookieProcessor(cj))
  opener.addheaders = [('User-agent', 'Mozilla/5.0')]
  
  
  conn = sqlite3.connect('knowledgeBase.db')
  c = conn.cursor()
  
  startingWord = 'good'
  startingWordVal = -1
  
  synArray = []
  
  def main():
      for startingWord in wordz:
          print 'about to do:',startingWord
          time.sleep(1)
          try:
              page = 'http://thesaurus.com/browse/'+startingWord+'?s=t'
              sourceCode = opener.open(page).read()
  
              try:
                  synoNym = sourceCode.split('<td valign="top">Synonyms:</td>')
                  x=1
                  while x < len(synoNym):
                      try:
                          synoNymSplit = synoNym[x].split('</span></td>')[0]
                          synoNyms = re.findall(r'\">(\w*?)</a>', synoNymSplit)
                          print synoNyms
                          for eachSyn in synoNyms:
                              query = "SELECT * FROM wordVals WHERE word =?"
                              c.execute(query, [(eachSyn)])
                              data = c.fetchone()
  
                              if data is None:
                                  print 'not here yet, let us add it'
                                  c.execute("INSERT INTO wordVals (word, value) VALUES (?,?)",
                                            (eachSyn, startingWordVal))
                                  conn.commit()
  
                              else:
                                  print 'word already here!'
  
  
                      except Exception, e:
                          print str(e)
                          print 'failed in 3rd try'
  
                      x+=1
  
              except Exception, e:
                  print str(e)
                  print 'failed 2nd try'
  
  
          except Exception, e:
              print str(e)
              print 'failed in the main loop'
  
  
  
  main()
  
  c.execute("INSERT INTO doneSyns (word, value) VALUES (?)",
            (startingWord))
  
  conn.commit()
  
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