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 __draw_ellipse(ax, x, y, angle, width, height, color):
        if (width > 0.0) and (height > 0.0):
            ax.plot(x, y, color=color, marker='x', markersize=6)
            ellipse = patches.Ellipse((x, y), width, height, alpha=0.2, angle=-angle, linewidth=2, fill=True, zorder=2, color=color)
            ax.add_patch(ellipse)