def read(*parts):
    """
    Build an absolute path from *parts* and and return the contents of the
    resulting file.  Assume UTF-8 encoding.
    """
    with codecs.open(os.path.join(HERE, *parts), "rb", "utf-8") as f:
        return f.read()
def connect ():
    '''
    Create the connection to the MongoDB and create 3 collections needed
    '''
    try:
        # Create the connection to the local host 
        conn = pymongo.MongoClient()
        print 'MongoDB Connection Successful'
    except pymongo.errors.ConnectionFailure, err:
        print 'MongoDB Connection Unsuccessful'
        return False