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 _acc_grads(g_sum, g_w, g):
  """Accumulate gradients in g, weighted by g_w."""
  return [g_sum_i + g_w * g_i for g_sum_i, g_i in zip(g_sum, g)]