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 show_clusters(clusters, sample, covariances, means, figure=None, display=True):
        """!
        @brief Draws clusters and in case of two-dimensional dataset draws their ellipses.
        @details Allocated figure by this method should be closed using `close()` method of this visualizer.