diff --git a/python/MPGQueuePipelineStatus.py b/python/MPGQueuePipelineStatus.py
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+import os
+import glob
+import time
+
+#takes a path to a yaml and defines the project and a number of descriptive features
+class status: 
+    def __init__(self, yaml):
+        self.yaml = yaml
+        self.project = os.path.basename(self.yaml).split(".")[0]
+        self.directory = os.path.dirname(self.yaml)
+        self.dirkey = self.directory.split("/")[3]
+        if len(glob.glob(self.directory + "/SnpCalls/*.pdf")) >= 2:
+            self.edate=max([os.path.getmtime(i) for i in glob.iglob(self.directory + "/SnpCalls/*.pdf")])
+            self.status = "In Review"
+        elif len(glob.glob(self.directory + "/*/*.vcf")) >= 5:
+            self.edate=max([os.path.getmtime(i) for i in glob.iglob(self.directory + "/*/*.vcf")])
+            self.status= "Eval"
+        else:
+            self.edate=max([os.path.getmtime(i) for i in glob.iglob(self.directory)])
+            self.status= "Calling"
+        self.date = time.strftime("%a %b %d %H:%M",time.localtime(self.edate))
+        
+
+class update:
+    def __init__(self):
+       self.projects =  glob.iglob('/humgen/gsa-pipeline/*/*/*/*.yaml')
+       self.updates = []
+       for each in self.projects:
+           Update = status(each)
+           self.updates.append(Update)
+       self.updates=sorted(self.updates, key=lambda update: update.edate)
+       print '{0:60} {1:15} {2:20} {3:7}'.format("Project","status","date","dirkey") # waht is this expecting for these valuse?
+       for s in self.updates:
+          print '{0:60} {1:15} {2:20} {3:7}'.format(s.project, s.status, s.date, s.dirkey)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    go = update()