def unicode_test(seg_instance, seg_str):
            seg_gen_str = str(seg_instance)

            self.assertEqual(len(seg_gen_str), 240)
            self.assertEqual(len(seg_str), 240)
            self.assertEqual(seg_gen_str, seg_str)
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