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 close_log_streams(self):
        """ Closes all log_stream streams. """
        while self._logging_handlers:
            self._logging_handlers.pop().close()