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 split_container(container, iter):
	root = Tree(container)
	if iter != 0:
		sr = random_split(container)
		if sr!=None:
			root.lchild = split_container(sr[0], iter-1)
			root.rchild = split_container(sr[1], iter-1)
	return root