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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def Connect(self):
 		""" 		Creates a new physical connection to the database 		 		@author: Nick Verbeck 		@since: 5/12/2008 		"""

		if self.connection is None:
			self.connection = MySQLdb.connect(*[], **self.connectionInfo.info)
			
		if self.connectionInfo.commitOnEnd is True:
			self.connection.autocommit()
			
		self._updateCheckTime()