def get_docs_to_commit(self):
        try:
            spec = {'synced': False}
            fields = {'_id': 0}
            cur = self.db.docs.find(spec, fields)
        except Exception as e:
            raise DatabaseException(e)
        return list(cur)
def __init__(self):
                self.stride = (4, 8, 16, 32, 64)
                self.short = (200, 100, 50, 25, 13)
                self.long = (334, 167, 84, 42, 21)