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 serialize(self, value, display=False):
        lookup = {v: k for k, v in self.levels.items()}
        if value in lookup:
            return encode(lookup[value])
        return ""