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Othello in the Seraglio: The Tragedy of Sümbül the Black Eunuch
Othello in the Seraglio, a uniquely powerful "coffeehouse opera," tells an age-old story of passionate love and murderous jealousy, of a black slave at the 17th century Ottoman Court who rises to power and riches, only to come to a tragic end. The multi-layered script is by NEC music historian Robert Labaree, while the stunning score, by Boston composer and Grammy nominee Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol, weaves together Italian Baroque and Turkish sources with his own newly-composed music into a tapestry of uncanny beauty. Othello is performed on European period instruments and traditional Turkish instruments by an ensemble of 12 instrumentalists, singers and a dramatic storyteller.
March 7, CitySpace, 890 Comm. Ave. Boston, MA,
Pre-concert talk with WBUR's "On-Point" Producer, Stefano Kotsonis: 6:30pm
Show: 7:00pm Admission: $20
THE PREMIERE OF THE FULL-LENGTH FILM VERSION OF
a coffeehouse opera based on Shakespeare
with an introduction by Helen Greenwald, chair of Music History & Musicology, New England Conservatory
Presented by The Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard University
March 13, Farkas Hall (The New College Theatre), 10-12 Holyoke St. Cambridge, MA, 7:00pm
Free and open to the public; seating is limited. For more info please click here
AND OTHER SCREENINGS OF Othello in the Seraglio
Locations, Dates/Times, Prices:
-March 26, New England Conservatory, Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre at 4pm. Further details available here
-March 27, Princeton University, Garden Theater at 6pm. Further details available here
-April 5, Tufts University, Varis Lecture Hall, Granoff Music Center at 12pm. Further details available here
All of the above screenings are made possible by support from
JEWS AND SUFIS: A Shared Musical Tradition
with Edwin Seroussi
Presented by The Katz Center at University of Pennsylvania
Since at least the 16th century, the Turkish maftirim repertoire–Hebrew devotional poetry set to Turkish makam music for use in the synagogue–demonstrates the deep relationships Ottoman Jews established with members of Muslim mystical brotherhoods. Leading scholar, Prof. Edwin Seroussi in a panel of three will speak on cultural, historical, religious and musical aspects of the topic, followed by dialogue with the audience.
The program will conclude with a lively recital featuring an ensemble of Jewish, Muslim and Christian vocalists and instrumentalists demonstrating examples of relevant musical repertoire.
March 17, Old Pine Street Church, 412 Pine St. Philadelphia, PA, 2:00pm
Open to the public. To register please click here
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"Aman Aman!"
The Music of the Turkish & Greek Café
DÜNYA teams up with Pharos Ensemble to take their audiences on a musical journey where they will be introduced to the Turkish coffeehouse and the Greek Kafe Aman repertoires which include late classical Ottoman/Turkish music, urban folk songs from Turkey, songs representing the Kafe Aman style from mainland Greece as well as early Rembetika songs.
October 30, MIT, Bartos Theater, Cambridge – MA, 7:30pm, General: $25, Students: $15
A Special TEDx Presentation
Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol presents excerpts from his 'coffeehouse opera', entitled "Othello in the Seraglio", and an innovative composition performed live by his Jazz trio followed by a talk where he will discuss how being an immigrant helped him become a musically multilingual composer and performer.
Location, Date:
November 10, TEDxBeaconStreet, Brookline – MA
Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol Trio
Grammy nominated composer and DownBeat magazine's September 2016 Editor's pick Jazz pianist Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol presents his unique blend of energetic and innovative Turkish music influenced contemporary Jazz.
November 16, Somerville Community Baptist Church, Somerville – MA, 8pm, $15
١٧عصر.
Music from the 17thcentury Istanbul
DÜNYA ensemble presents a diverse range of music compiled by Ali Ufuki in mid-17th century Istanbul including Sufi music, unusual examples of entertainment and dance music with (what we would consider today) obscene lyrics as well as rhythmic complexity that is not to be found in the current Turkish repertoire…
November 27, New England Conservatory, Jordan Hall, Boston – MA, 7:30pm, FREE
November 28, Harvard University, Memorial Church, Cambridge – MA, 8pm, General: $15, Students: $10 – tickets will be sold at the door / cash and checks only / first come first serve
Between Two Worlds:
from the "jazz" of Istanbul to the "blues" of Anatolia
This concert presents a mix of Ottoman classical, folk, religious as well as popular musics from Anatolia and the city of Istanbul.
February 11, Congregational Church of Salisbury, Salisbury, MA, 3pm, FREE
For Old Times' Sake: a farewell concert to Ryles
Grammy nominated composer and DownBeat magazine's September 2016 Editor's pick Jazz pianist Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol brings his unique blend of energetic and innovative Turkish music influenced contemporary Jazz to Ryles for a special evening to say farewell to this beloved venue…
Several generations of musicians cherished Ryles for over 40 years. Please join us for a very special and memorable evening.
Featuring,
Mehmet Ali Sanlikol, piano, voice, ney
James Heazlewood-Dale, bass
George Lernis, drums, percussion
with special guests,
Burcu Gulec, voice
Bulut Gulen, trombone
May 11, Ryles Jazz Club, Cambridge, MA, 8:30pm, $15
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Grammy nominated composer and DownBeat's September 2016 Editor's pick Jazz pianist Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol performs his unique blend of energetic and innovative Turkish music influenced contemporary Jazz before he travels with his trio to Paris to perform at Jazzy Colors festival. Sanlıkol will be accompanied by George Lernis on drums & percussion, and James Heazlewood-Dale on bass.
November 17, Somerville Community Baptist Church, Somerville, MA, 8pm, $15
DEVRAN:
Music of Islam, Turkey & Renaissance Europe
In response to the stereotyping of Muslims in today's politics, Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol employs music to bring together cultural expressions of Islam and Europe, highlight the diversity of Boston's Muslim community, and further conversation among Muslim and non-Muslim Bostonians. The concert's centerpiece is DEVRAN, Sanlıkol's unique new intercultural choral work combining Muslim texts, Renaissance choral style, and Middle Eastern elements into an artistic whole. DEVRAN will be premiered by the NEC Chamber Singers, led by Erica Washburn, and DÜNYA, will perform traditional Turkish Sufi music and Ottoman Jewish music led by the composer.
The first performance takes place following a symposium on Music and Morality at New England Conservatory on 11/9 at Jordan Hall and the second performance takes place on 11/12 at First Church in Roxbury with a panel discussion prior to the concert moderated by WBUR's Louise Kennedy (details below). The panel will include Ali Asani, Professor of Islamic Religion and Cultures at Harvard; Robert Labaree, ethnomusicologist at NEC; and Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol.
November 9, Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St., Boston, MA, PRE-CONCERT TALK at 7:00pm, CONCERT at 7:30pm. FREE
November 12, First Church of Roxbury, 10 Putnam St., Boston, MA, PANEL at 2:00pm, CONCERT at 3:00pm. FREE
This project's community partners are New England Turkish Student Association (NETSA) and The Inayati Order of Greater Boston
This program was made possible with funding by the New England Foundation for the Arts' Creative City Program, with funding from The Barr Foundation and with additional support from The Boston Foundation.
A powerful encounter of Europe and Ottoman Turkey
*a special performance to fund the upcoming film of Othello*
Locations, Date/Time, Price:
September 15, The First Lutheran Church of Boston, 299 Berkeley St., Boston, MA.
General admission: $40, students: $20.
Co-presented by TurkInno
as part of the Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival
Grammy nominated bandleader/composer and DownBeat's September 2016 Editors pick Jazz pianist Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol brings his genre-busting 12-piece band, Whatsnext? to the Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival. Do not miss this unique and highly engaging concert featuring Sanlıkol's contemporary jazz compositions with intriguing Turkish influences!
September 30, Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival, Columbus Ave., Boston, MA, 12:00pm. FREE
For the festival performance schedule click here
Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol & Whatsnext? featuring Tiger Okoshi
2017 Summer Tour kick-off concert!
Grammy nominated bandleader/composer and DownBeat's September 2016 Editors pick Jazz pianist Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol kicks off a Summer tour with concerts in the US, Turkey and Cyprus, at Ryles Jazz Club with a giant of jazz, trumpeter Tiger Okoshi, and his genre-busting 12-piece band Whatsnext?
Do not miss this unique and highly engaging concert featuring Sanlıkol's contemporary jazz compositions with intriguing Turkish influences!
July 6, Ryles Jazz Club, 212 Hampshire St, Cambridge, MA, 8:30pm. Tickets: $15
with a pre-concert panel on the diverse societies of Islam and race in Shakespeare featuring Stephen Greenblatt
7pm PANEL, 8pm PERFORMANCE — there will be a post-concert Q&A with the panelists
March 2, Emerson/Paramount Center, Jackie Liebergott Black box Theatre, 559 Washington St., Boston, MA.
Admission is free but space is limited.
Sponsored by the Performing Arts Department and the Division of Diversity and Inclusion
Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol Trio at Ryles Jazz Club
Grammy nominated composer and DownBeat's September 2016 Editor's pick Jazz pianist Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol brings his unique blend of energetic and innovative Turkish music influenced contemporary Jazz and Soul to Ryles Jazz Club with George Lernis on drums, Yaman Akdoğan on bass and a surprise special guest.
April 14, Ryles Jazz Club, Inman Square, Cambridge, MA, 9pm, $15
An Ottoman tableau of devotional music
as part of Northeastern University's symposium on cantillation
The Dünya Ensemble presents an historical tableau of different religious musical practices and a variety of cantillation styles in Islam, Christianity and Judaism, especially centered around the Ottoman Istanbul. The many layers of communal interaction in the city created deep historical and musical influences between these religious traditions.
May 8, The Fenway Center, St. Stephen Street Boston, MA, 8pm. Tickets: $15
Link to the symposium: web.northeastern.edu/chant/
Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol & Whatsnext? CD Release Concerts
featuring Dave Liebman and Tiger Okoshi
Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol & Whatsnext? Is now getting ready to release their new album, "Resolution". Whatsnext?, Sanlıkol's genre-busting jazz orchestra, performs his compositions which seek to create a sophisticated and cosmopolitan synthesis incorporating elements of Turkish, European and American musical traditions. Sanlıkol's blend of jazz composition and Turkish music has been praised by the Boston Globe as "a true fusion of jazz and folkloric Turkish language and colors" – and it is the further development and maturation of this "true fusion" that is the basis for the current project.
Oct. 6, Joe's Pub, New York, NY, 7pm. Tickets: $20.
Oct. 9, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA, 5pm. Tickets: $39, $35, $29.
Oct. 14, UMass Amherst, Amherst, MA, 8pm. Tickets: $25; Five College and 17 & Under, $10; Five College Faculty & Staff, please call the box office.
Oct. 27 & Oct. 28, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, 8pm. FREE.
Locations, Date/Time:
Feb. 29, Salem Old Town Hall, Salem, MA, 8pm.
Mar. 1 & Mar. 2, OBERON, Cambridge, MA, 7:30 pm. Cabaret seating. Tickets: $30-$20
Apr. 8, National Sawdust, Brooklyn, NY, 10:00pm.
June 12, Shalin Liu, Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Rockport, MA, 5:00pm.
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ELVEDA
(Farewell)
A CONCERT OF REMEMBRANCE
dedicated to Dr. Hüseyin Parkan Sanlıkol (1/21/1944-9/12/2015),
father of Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol;
and in memory of our colleague Tom Zajac (10/1/1956-8/31/2015)
as well as all those departed and dear to our hearts…
It is a common tradition in Turkey to do a night of remembrance on the 40th as well as the 52nd days of someone's passing. This concert was scheduled to take place on October 22nd prior to both Parkan Sanlıkol and Tom Zajac's passing – October 22nd is the 40th day of Parkan Sanlıkol and the 52nd day of Tom Zajac's passing…
Location, Date/Time:
Thursday, October 22, 8:00 PM - First Church in Cambridge, MA
ISTANBUL ON THE CHARLES:
A Jordan Hall Reunion
Directed by Robert Labaree and Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol
A FREE concert extravaganza on a Friday night at Boston's historic and acoustically superb Jordan Hall
with special appearances by,
Anne Azema
Beth Bahia Cohen
Jerry Leake
New England Drum and Winds Mehterhane
Join us on this very special and celebratory night where a large group of DUNYA collaborators will come together to perform a show not to be missed with highlights from past programs and CDs including, a variety of traditional Turkish musics, early European music, Greek and Jewish musics from the Ottoman period, Sufi music, Turkish pop music, and more…
Friday, November 20, 8:00 PM – Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, 30 Gainsborough St. Boston, MA, FREE
DÜNYA's Documentary Film Screening*
WHAT A WORLD
with Robert Labaree
Cem Mutlu
Phaedon Sinis
and Mal Barsamian
including special appearances from Cemal Kafadar
What A World offers a captivating look at DÜNYA which has explored a wide range of music from around the world since its founding in 2004. The film shows the ensemble performing an amazing concert of music from 20th century Istanbul while interviews with the band members reveal their diverse backgrounds as well as insights about the surprising cultural and musical links between Boston and Turkey.
*This event features a brief talk before the screening as well as a Q & A after.
Tuesday, February 17, 4:00 PM - Harvard University, CMES 120, FREE
the Tragedy of Sümbül the Black Eunuch
a coffeehouse opera produced by Dünya
conceived and composed by Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol
coffeehouse opera concept developed by Robert Labaree
based on:
The Tragedy of Othello the Moor of Venice by William Shakespeare (1603)
Un Capitano Moro (A Moorish Captain) by Giovanbattista Giraldi (Cinzio) (1565)
Kızlarağası'nın Piçi (The Bastard of the Chief Black Eunuch) by Reşad Ekrem Koçu (1933)
original music, with music from 16th and 17th century sources from Europe and Turkey arranged by Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol
script by Robert Labaree
additional Turkish poetry by Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol
directed by Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol
Thursday, Feb. 26, 8 PM, First Religious Society in Carlisle, 27 School St., Carlisle, MA
Friday, Feb. 27, 8 PM, The Congregational Church of Weston, 130 Newton St., Weston, MA
Saturday, Feb 28, 8 PM, The Salem Athenaeum, 337 Essex St., Salem, MA
Sunday, Mar. 1, 4PM, Ascension Memorial Church, 31 County St., Ipswich, MA
Monday, Mar. 2, 730 PM, Christ Church Cambridge, Zero Garden St., Cambridge, MA
Tuesday, April 7, 8 PM, New England Conservatory, Brown Hall, Boston, MA
Wednesday, April 8, 8 PM, Harvard University, Holden Chapel, Cambridge, MA
Thursday, April 9, 8 PM, Smith College, Sweeney Concert Hall, Northampton, MA
DÜNYA's Documentary Film Screenings*
*The events feature a brief talk before the screening as well as a Q & A after.
Friday, September 12, 7:00 PM - Emerson College, Bright Family Screening Room, $10
Friday, November 7, 7:00 PM - MIT, Chipman Room (6-104), FREE
Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol & Whatsnext
Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol will present his unique jazz band which pairs Turkish instruments such as zurna (double reed wind), ney (end-blown flute), kös (large kettledrums) and nekkare (small kettledrums) with a 6-horn jazz combo to perform his film inspired and innovative Turkish music influenced compositions in order to promote his new album.
Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol, piano, keyboards, continuum, zurna, ney, voice
Jerry Sabatini, trumpet, flugel horn
Jeff Claassen, trumpet flugel horn
Mark Zaleski, alto sax., clarinet
Aaron Henry, tenor & soprano sax.
Chris Gagne, trombone
Jared Sims, baritone sax., bass clarinet
Utar Artun, piano, keyboards
Phil Sargent, electric guitar
Fernando Huergo, electric bass
Bertram Lehmann, drums
George Lernis, kettledrums, frame drums, percussion
On this tour Sanlıkol will also premier his new keyboardless synth, the Continuum Fingerboard, which allows him to play the microtones of Turkish music in jazz.
Wednesday, October 1, 8:00 PM - Scullers, Cambridge, MA, $25
Thursday, October 2, 7:30 PM – RISD Auditorium, Providence, RI, $20, on the day of the concert $25
Friday, October 3, 8:00 PM - Le Poisson Rouge, New York, NY, seated $25/standing $20
A FASIL FOR A PHANARIOT BEYZADE
as part of the 2nd Boston Byzantine Music Festival
DÜNYA ensemble will perform Phanariot songs as well as Ottoman classical music notated by master 19th century Greek Orthodox cantors from the collections entitled Euterpe (1830) and Mousikon Apanthisma (1856/1872). Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol carefully selected compositions that are historically unique or were written by Greek-Ottoman composers in order to create what may have been the kind of a recital that was enjoyed by a Phanariot Beyzade (a Greek-Ottoman prince) in 19th century Istanbul.
Saturday, November 15, 7:30 PM - Hellenic College Holy Cross, Maliotis Cultural Center, $25 when purchased in advance
For more information about the festival and in advance purchases click here
A SPECIAL FUNDRAISING DINNER WITH TURKISH FASIL
Join us on this very special night where three members of the DÜNYA ensemble will perform Turkish classical and folk music in its most infectious form where audience interaction is expected. The benefits from this concert will be used toward the Spring 2015 programming of DÜNYA.
Saturday, December 6, 8:00 PM – Filarmonica Santo Antonio, 575 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA, $40
Open buffet dinner is included in the admission fee. There will also be a cash bar for liquor.
Due to limited seating RSVP required!
Please email serapkantarci@gmail.com for reservations
Dün gece seyrim içinde / Last night I dreamt of…:
TURKISH SONGS OF PROTEST
Beth Bahia Cohen, yaylı (bowed) tanbur/violin
Burcu Güleç, voice
Robert Labaree, çeng
George Lernis, percussion
Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol, voice/ud/ney/saz
Five musicians of the Dünya Ensemble on vocals and a wide range of traditional instruments offer a lively and varied program: blunt women's complaints from the countryside, songs which mingle the religious and the secular, songs which express longing and intimacy across ethnic and religious boundaries, "blasphemous" (and therefore politically incendiary) songs by heterodox Sufis, and songs of unconventional love. This is public and private music, for entertainment, contemplation and devotion, expressing explicit border-crossings that defy official or societal norms: "protest music", in the largest sense.
Locations, Dates/Times, Price:
Thursday, March 27, 8:00 PM - New England Conservatory, Jordan Hall, FREE
Sunday, March 30, 7:30 PM - Boston College, Gasson Hall, FREE
Tuesday, April 1, 8:00 PM – Tufts University, Distler Hall, FREE
Whatsnext
CD Release Concerts
Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol will present his modern jazz compositions for big band as well as compositions specifically influenced by Turkish music for the jazz combo from his new album.
Thursday, April 3, 7:30 PM - Regattabar, Cambridge, MA, $20
Saturday, April 5, 9:30 PM - Drom, New York, NY, $10/adv. $15
This concert will include folk, religious and popular music from Anatolia, interwoven with classical Ottoman music and urban popular music from different centuries.
Location: AIC Center Boston, 38 Newbury Street #702, Boston, MA
Date/Time: Saturday, September 21, doors open at 7:30PM
Suggested donation: $15
Ottoman Art and Entertainment Musics:
Phanariots, Cantors and Dance
A concert exploring works by Greek-Ottoman composers, transcriptions by Greek Orthodox cantors and urban entertainment music from 17th through 19th centuries.
Location: Harvard University, Holden Chapel
Date/Time: Saturday, December 7, 6 PM
Price: $15, Harvard Students $10
From the Byzantine Echos to Ottoman Makam
A concert featuring DÜNYA musicians as well as Greek Orthodox cantors performing Byzantine and Ottoman music together.
Location: CUNY, Elebash Recital Hall
Date/Time: Monday, December 9, 8 PM
Istanbul: East Meets West
Europeans and Ottomans Listen to Each Other, 1500-1700
How is it possible to convey through music something of the complex interactions and tangled identities of these two regions over even two centuries? As the repertoire on this program demonstrates, the concoction of fact, imagination, paranoia, dogma, pragmatism, fantasy, curiosity and misinformation which falls from the pages of letters, diaries and consular reports in this period is matched in the musical documents on both sides. A central figure of this program is the famous Ali Ufki. Included in his collection were numerous pieces which he identified as "European". We have put pieces excavated from Ali Ufki's one-of-a-kind collection together with other pieces from western sources to reveal how, in these early modern centuries, The Other was deeply rooted in everyday lives and imaginations on both sides.
Locations, Dates/Times:
Thursday, January 24, 7:30 PM - The First Religious Society, Carlisle
Friday, January 25, 7:30 PM - The Congregational Church of Weston
Saturday, January 26, 7:30 PM - The Salem Athenaeum
Sunday, January 27, 4 PM – Ascension Memorial Church, Ipswich
Monday, January 28, 7:30 PM – Christ Church, Cambridge
STREETS OF ISTANBUL / iSTANBUL SOKAKLARI
with special guests: Brenna MacCrimmon and Phaedon Sinis
A concert exploring one hundred fifty years of music from Istanbul's many music venues:
tavern and Sufi lodge, salon and cinema
Sunday, March 3, 8:00 PM - Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, FREE
Monday, March 4, 8:00 PM - Salem State University, $10/$5 stdnts & snrs. FREE w/Salem State student ID
Tuesday, March 5, 8:00 PM - Dartmouth College, FREE
Friday, March 8, 8:00 PM - Sweeney Concert Hall, Smith College (7:30 PM pre-concert talk), FREE
Saturday, March 9, 5:00 PM – Holden Chapel, Harvard University, $5 for Harvard Undergraduates, $10 for the public (this event will be a seminar-recital)
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A BILINGUAL MEVLID:
Süleyman Çelebi's masterpiece in Greek and Turkish
Recognized as a classic of Turkish literature, Vesilet'ün Necat, or more commonly known as Mevlid-i Şerif is a long poem commemorating the birth of the Prophet Muhammed written in Turkish in 1409 by Süleyman Çelebi (1351-1422) in Bursa. It is often chanted on special occasions such as the birth of a child or as a commemoration of the dead. Musically, mevlid is a solo form, improvised and unaccompanied, usually performed in conjunction with Koranic chant and informal group singing of devotional songs (ilahi). The mevlid was translated into other languages of the Ottoman Empire, especially in the Balkans where the translations became just as popular. Tonight after a talk on the topic one section (bahir) of the mevlid will be chanted in Greek and another section will be chanted in Turkish. Before and in between the sections DÜNYA musicians will perform Sufi devotional songs in both languages.
Location: Harvard University, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St. Cambridge, MA
Date/Time: Wednesday, September 19, 6pm
Price of admission: FREE
Songs of the Fertile Crescent
DÜNYA will perform traditional Turkish music and Ottoman classical music portraying women following the world premiere of a suite of arias from the new opera Territories. The concert will be followed by an onstage discussion. The event is part of the five-month festival The Fertile Crescent: Gender, Art, and Society, a program of the Institute for Women and Art at Rutgers in partnership with the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University, the Arts Councils of Princeton and West Windsor, and the East Brunswick, New Brunswick, and Princeton Public Libraries.
Location: Princeton University, Wolfensohn Hall, Institute for Advanced Study, 1 Einstein Dr. Princeton, NJ
Date/Time: Thursday, November 1, 8pm
Mehter, Zildjian and the American Big Band
At this lecture-performance Dr. Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol (author of The Musician Mehters) will first talk about the Mehter ensemble (the so-called Ottoman Janissary Bands), Zildjian family, the role of cymbals in mehter music, connections between mehter music and jazz, and new compositions for hybrid mehter/jazz bands. The talk will be followed by a live music portion. During the live music portion traditional mehter music and an original composition for a hybrid band, featuring mehter instruments as well as typical instruments of the jazz band, will be performed.
Location: New England Conservatory, Williams Hall, 290 Huntington Ave. Boston, MA
Date/Time: Tuesday, November 27, 4pm
A Concert for Turkish Earthquake Relief
DÜNYA performs Ottoman court, Sufi and entertainment music. Followed by reception with Turkish refreshments. All proceeds to benefit relief efforts.
Location: Brandeis University, Slosberg Recital Hall
Date/Time: Saturday, January 28, 8pm
Pre-concert talk at 7pm
Price of admission: General: $10, Students: $5
İki Cihan Arasında / Between Two Worlds: Turkey's West Within
Folk, classical, religious and popular music of the Ottoman/Turkish tradition, interwoven with classical Ottoman music newly transcribed from 19th century Greek sources, early European music and newly-composed polyphonic makam compositions.
Location: Boston College, Gasson Hall, Room 100
Date/Time: Thursday, February 23, 8pm
Location: Tufts University, Distler Hall
Date/Time: Friday, February 24, 8pm
Location: Bates College, Chapel
Date/Time: Monday, February 27, 7:30pm
Location: New England Conservatory, Jordan Hall
Date/Time: Wednesday, February 29, 8pm
DÜNYA Contemporary Jazz Concert Series
Join us on these special nights where musicians from the DÜNYA collective will perform Jazz and original music by Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol fusing makam (Middle Eastern modal concepts) and Jazz.
Location: AIC Cultural Center, 38 Newbury St. Suite 702 (7th Floor)
Date(s)/Time:
Saturday, March 3, 8:30pm
Saturday, March 24, 8:30pm
ALEXANDER THE GREAT: Hero, Warrior and Lover
In collaboration with The Boston Camerata
Alexander's deeds, both real and legendary, inspired bardic poetry and song in pre-Christian, Christian, Jewish and Muslim societies alike. The second of DÜNYA's east-west collaborations with The Boston Camerata brings together these diverse traditions in a performance of old and new music and improvisations based on sources from classical antiquity, from medieval Europe and from West Asia.
Location: Christ Church Cathedral, 690 Burrard at West Georgia, downtown Vancouver
Date/Time: Friday, April 20, 8pm
Location: Seattle, Town Hall
Musicians from the DÜNYA collective will debut Palindrome, an original jazz composition by Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol with Turkish classical music influences, with an open-to-the-public performance on May 19th. After almost a decade, along withPalindrome, Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol will have his original compositions scored for a jazz combo of 6 horns, rhythm section and Turkish music instruments performed again.
Date/Time: Saturday, May 19
Wine and Cheese Reception at 7:00pm
Pre-Concert Talk at 7:30pm
Concert at 8:00pm
Price of admission: General: $15, Students/seniors: $10
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A SPECIAL CD RELEASE CONCERT
This exciting concert will celebrate the release of DÜNYA's A Story of the City: Constantinople, Istanbul double CD which is currently submitted for a Grammy award. The concert will bring together several DÜNYA ensembles to perform upbeat selections from the CD program including Turkish, Greek, Armenian, Sephardic Jewish and Ottoman music.
Come and join us celebrate!
Location: First Church in Cambridge
Date/Time: Saturday, October 1, 8:00pm
This exciting event brings together the talents of DÜNYA and two other musical groups from each of the three Abrahamic traditions for an afternoon of celebration and song through Christian gospel songs, Sufi melodies, and Jewish music.
Location: Congregation Shirat Hayam, 55 Atlantic Avenue, Swampscott, MA
Date/Time: Sunday, October 23, 3-5:00pm
PLAYING FOR THE PLANET: World Strings Against Climate Change
DÜNYA performs along with South Indian music and classical guitar music. Proceeds of the event will benefit the environmental advocacy group 350.org. Great music for a great cause.
Location: Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston, MA
Date/Time: Friday, November 11, 7pm
TWO SACRED MUSIC TRADITIONS FROM THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN: Syriac and Greek Orthodox Christianity, a Comparison
This program offers a rare opportunity to hear practitioners of the music of Eastern Christianity, rarely heard by Americans who are not members of the Syriac and Greek Orthodox Churches. Syriac Orthodoxy uses the oldest surviving liturgy in Syriac, a dialect of Aramaic, the language spoken by Jesus and the language of much of the Talmud. Greek Orthodoxy uses liturgical forms and texts that date back to the first century A.D. and was the official religion of the Byzantine empire which dominated the eastern Mediterranean from the 4th through the 15th centuries.
Two expert cantors will explore, through performance and dialogue, the shared musical language and the unique musical traits of the Syriac and Greek Orthodox traditions. Gabriel Aydın representing Syriac Orthodoxy and Menios Karanos representing Greek Orthodoxy will be joined by Dr. Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol, who will act as a moderator of this lecture-performance.
Location: Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Maliotis Cultural Center, Dukakis Wing
Date/Time: Thursday, November 17, 2011, 3pm
Location: New England Conservatory, Pierce Hall
Date/Time: Friday, November 18, 2011, Noon
An Intimate Evening of 17th Century Ottoman Music
Ali Ufki, born Albert Bobowski in 1610, was a Polish Christian who converted to Islam after his capture by the Ottoman Turks and spent the remainder of his life in Istanbul, becoming renowned as a court musician, as a notator of Ottoman classical music, and as a Bible translator. This intimate concert of 17th century Ottoman music is mostly based on repertoire Ali Ufki collected in a unique manuscript—the famous Mecmua-i Saz-ı Söz of 1650—which preserved for modern times about a thousand songs and instrumental pieces, the first instance in which western staff notation was applied to Turkish music. Come to this one of a kind event to hear a special program of early Ottoman court, Sufi and entertainment music, performed by the DÜNYA ensemble with translations and projections of the Ali Ufki manuscript.
Location: AIC Center, 38 Newbury St. Suite 702 (7th Floor)
Date/Time: Saturday, December 10, 7pm
Location: Congregation Beth El of the Sudbury River Valley
Date/Time: Monday, January 17, 2011, 7:30pm
Location: Turkish Cultural Center Boston
Date/Time: Thursday, January 27, 2011, 6:30pm
Location: Unitarian Universalist Church of Greater Lynn
Date/Time: Sunday, February 6, 2011, 2pm
Location: Boston University, Hillel House
Date/Time: Wednesday, February 9, 2011, 5:30pm
İki Cihan Arasında / Between Two Worlds:
An Ottoman Musical Tapestry
Folk, classical, religious and popular music of the Ottoman/Turkish tradition, interwoven with classical Ottoman music newly transcribed from 19th century Greek sources, Bektaşi Sufi music, Turkish-Jewish maftirim pieces in Hebrew based on Sufi music, and newly-composed polyphonic makam compositions.
Location: Stonehill College photos
Date/Time: Monday, March 7, 2011, 7pm
Location: Mariposa Museum and World Culture Center
Date/Time: Saturday, March 19, 2011, 7pm
Location: Harvard University, Busch Hall
Date/Time: Friday, March 25, 2011, 8pm
Location: New England Conservatory, Brown Hall photos
Date/Time: Monday, March 28, 2011, 8pm
July 24, 2011 Sanlıkol 2011, Local Series Comments Off
A SPECIAL FUNDRAISING FASIL NIGHT TO SUPPORT
GÜLCAN YILMAZ
A benefit event that will feature our FASIL ensemble on a special night with a special selection of Turkish art and folk music in its most infectious form. All proceeds go to Gulcan Yilmaz who was diagnosed with Colorectal cancer in 2005. This benefit event is organized in order to contribute towards the treatment costs of a new drug.
Location: Havana Club, Central Square, Cambridge MA
Date/Time: Sunday, October 10, 7pm
Price of admission: $40
A TURKISH JAZZ/FUNK EVENING
Original compositions and select arrangements by Mehmet Sanlikol of Turkish folk songs and pop/rock classics by Erkin Koray and Baris Manco for horns and rhythm section combining the idioms of Jazz and Funk with a variety of Turkish and other world musics.
Location: RYLES Jazz Club
Date/Time: November 5, 9pm
AN OTTOMAN TABLEAU OF FAITH
Join us in an evening where the DUNYA ensemble will present an Ottoman tableaux of different religious musical practices in Islam, Greek Orthodoxy and Sephardic Judaism.
Location: Boston University, Hillel House 4th floor
Date/Time: Wednesday, November 17, 6pm
A Valentine's FASIL Night
In response to popular demand, and in keeping with DÜNYA's commitment to representing the fullest possible range of musical styles/traditions associated with Turkey over the centuries, our FASIL ensemble is back on a special night with a special selection of Turkish art and folk music in its most infectious form.
Location: Red Fez
Date/Time: Sunday, February 14, 9pm
Gurbet elde bir hal geldi başıma /
Far from Home, I Fell into Sadness
The DÜNYA ensemble explores the theme of gurbet—the experience of being in a foreign land—in the folk, classical, religious and popular music of the Ottoman Turkish tradition. In a program emphasizing Turkish vocal styles, traditional compositions and improvisations in Turkish modes (makam) are interwoven with original compositions and polyphonic experiments
Location: College of the Holy Cross
Date/Time: Thursday, March 25, 8pm
Location: Wesleyan University
Date/Time: Saturday, March 27, 8pm
Location: Bridgewater State College
Date/Time: Tuesday, March 30, 7:30pm
Date/Time: Wednesday, March 31, 8pm
Location: First Lutheran Church
Date/Time: Friday, May 7, 8pm
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Kismet. A little bit more than chance, a little less than destiny, but that's what caused Phil Young to found his business in Wisconsin's hinterland rather than the riot-torn streets of '69 Chicago.
Back in 1985, $400 was pretty much what Scott Larsen and Mike Kuczynski had between them—actually mostly Larsen-- when they started Cadillac Specialists. Even figuring for inflation, how the heck did they pull that off?
MAM Software Group announced the release of two new products to add to its growing e-commerce offering in the U.K.
The percentage of auto repair shop owners and technicians who purchase parts online increased in 2014 from 2013, according to the Aftermarket Business World Online Purchasing Habits studies conducted during the two years.
The problem for many shops has been they just aren't too good at marketing or just don't have time to spend on it. All too often, they leave their marketing up to word-of-mouth.
Cars.com released a market research report about consumer perceptions about the cost of repairs, price transparency, and digital marketing among auto dealership service departments, versus independent and "big box" repair chains.


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For anyone interested you can view my presentation shown at the IGDA Microtalks.
You can view the speaker notes for my details on each slide.
Join me at the IGDA Microtalks on December 2nd.
I will be doing a short 10-minute talk on "Making video game maps based on real-world locations"
I am creating a special mini-map just for the event to help drive the point home.


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Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 8pm
Games by Mark Essen
Game artist Mark Essen, a.k.a. Messhof, will install five playable games at Light Industry, including two new titles: Stenography Hero, a competitive text-based stenography simulator in the spirit of Guitar Hero, and Rail War, a western-themed side-scroller projected in a Cinemascope aspect ratio.
Essen will present a short talk about his work during which he will upload Stenography Hero and Rail War live to his website for free distribution. Other titles available for play will include Randy Balma: Municipal Abortionist (2008), Punishment: The Punishing (2007) and Flywrench (2007).
Filled with counterintuitive physics, chaotic game mechanics and bursts of strobing color, Messhof's work combines the essence of old 2D arcade titles--misleadingly cute single-player games that did everything they could to make you choke on that twenty-five cents--with the viewer-challenging puzzle-logic of avant-garde cinema.
The evening will also include a performance by Jordan Stone, who composed music for Essen's games, using bent toys, dying drum machines, and circuits of his own design to create distorted soundscapes reminiscent of 80s videogaming.
More information about Essen's work, including screenshots and reviews, is available on his website.
Mark Essen is a game designer living in upstate New York. He recently graduated from Bard College, where he studied experimental film and video under the likes of Peggy Ahwesh and Les Leveque. His games have been written about in Rhizome, Businessweek, Kotaku, Play This Thing, IndieGames.com and 1up.com. In February, Jonathan Blow, creator of indie gaming hit Braid, presented a talk at the Game Developers Conference 2008 called "Experimental Gameplay Sessions," focusing on Essen's work.


Here is a car I did not expect to ever see on the road; a Tesla Roadster! After initially thinking I was looking at a Lotus Elise, the black tail light surround triggered a light bulb moment that this car was rather more unusual. There is quite the story behind the Roadster, as both Martin Eberhard and Elon Musk have revealed in some remarkable transparency over the last few years.
The story of Tesla with its expansion with a wider range of vehicles and beyond into battery production and household battery banks is reasonably well-known, and I am not going to explore those within this article, but what I did find interesting is that some aspects of the development story has been revealed by Eberhard and Musk in interviews, shareholder meetings and presentations.
The Tesla Roadster is quite a landmark vehicle really, as the first of a new wave of electric vehicles after the few late-nineties CARB-inspired EV conversions of regular production models from Ford, Honda, Nissan and Toyota – and not to forget the GM EV1.
You may already know that electric vehicles go right back to the early days of the automobile, when they provided a viable alternative to what were then cantankerous mechanical contraptions, whether internal-combustion powered or external – in other words, steam – particularly before the electric starter was introduced from 1912 and gasoline vehicles became dominant.
This (largely unchanged) 1931 Detroit Electric is one from the latter end of the early electric car period, although Detroit Electric persisted until 1939. It is interesting that it took the best part of a century to make a significant improvement in commercially-available electric range. But as well as the wooden artillery wheels, another notable anachronism is the tiller steering.
But back to Tesla, which was founded by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning in 2003, after a drive of the AC Propulsion tzero which demonstrated via its AC induction motor that an electric car could accelerate faster than most sports cars on the market. They recognized that there was the opportunity to get in on the ground floor of the 'proper' electric vehicle resurgence.
Tesla was incorporated in July 2003, with the name chosen to honour the inventor Nikola Tesla and established their premises in Menlo Park, just south of San Francisco. Apart from some lofty goals relating to the ability of the new car, their initial business plan also mentions the other key which enabled the whole idea to proceed, which is the increased level of outsourcing of the automobile industry to supplier technology and components, so that a start-up car manufacturer would not have to develop every nut, bolt and sub-system themselves.
Early on many principal decisions were taken, such as not wanting to franchise dealerships so as to have a more direct relationship with the end customer, and that they had to base the car on an existing model because they were not in a position to do everything in-house. A key proposition was to target a high-end car which could support the cost of the cutting-edge technology involved. Lotus was quickly identified as the ideal partner, due to their engineering consultancy as well as having the small Elise sportscar that had the small size and light weight necessary not to overwhelm the capacity of the batteries.
At the same time as the a deal was struck with AC Propulsion to license to licensing their EV Power System and Reductive Charging patent that integrated the charging electronics with the inverter. On the other hand, the control system was analogue, which in clearly had to change in order to achieve optimal efficiency, so this was had to be completely redeveloped.
A key issue AC Propulsion lead-acid absorbed glass matt (AGM) battery pack was air-cooled, which was not adequate for the high performance (and thus heat production) required by the Roadster's performance goals. I'd say this would turn out to be an advantage for Tesla in the longer term, as their liquid-cooled lithium-ion battery array of basic individual cells became a key aspect for their later production cars and other applications.
The first prototype, essentially an electrically-converted Elise, ran in November 2004 and was successfully tested, and in July 2005 an agreement with Lotus was signed to supply an Elise-based chassis. Due to the size of the chosen battery pack, the wheelbase was stretched by 2 inches, and Musk also insisted that the door sills had to be lowered to ease entry and egress. Due to the structural body changes, new crash testing was required. The suspension and braking systems were both redesigned, and new carbon fibre outer bodyshell panels were designed based on a styling concept by Barney Hatt of the Lotus Design Studio.
Musk has said that, again with hindsight, they would not have started with a Lotus because of the degree of change, but one has to wonder how much longer the process would have taken and now much more it would have cost to have done in-house? Musk also drove many design changes, such as upgrading interior trim quality and insisting on bespoke headlights rather than an existing component. While these issues added cost, they also added value for what was going to be an expensive car.
The Roadster was launched to the public at Santa Monica Airport on 19 July 2006, taking orders for a mid-2007 release. Musk revealed that the cars' drivetrains were badly damaged by overheating when demonstrating the performance despite pumping ice water through the liquid cooling systems, and each car had broken one of the motor mounts.
But the cars had impressed many people and changed a lot of minds about electric cars and there was also a lot of press coverage. Very shortly over a hundred orders were placed. Subsequently ten engineering prototypes were used to finalise the cars' specifications, and then a series of pre-production prototypes were produced from March 2007, for activities from validation, evaluation and endurance driving to crash testing.
After many developmental delays, rounds of additional investment and growing pains from a company perspective, including Eberhard being replaced as CEO, the first production vehicle was finally delivered to Elon Musk in February 2008. Production got off to a slow start, and not due to the US$109,000 price tag, taking approximately 6 months to reach 20 deliveries, while 200 vehicles delivered after the first 12 months. There were also some problems with the initial two-speed gearboxes being unable to handle changing gear, which led to their replacement by a single-speed Borg Warner unit.
The Tesla Roadster was the first production car to be powered by a Lithium ion battery, and the first to be rated with over 200 miles of range – in addition to the 3.9 sec 0-60 time this was the most significant aspect of the Roadster's performance. This was due to the 53 kWh battery pack which consisted of 6831 laptop-type battery cells, which could be recharged in 3.5 hours on a 240V, 70A fast charger, or a whopping 48 hours if all you had was a 15A 110V outlet. A replacement battery would cost US$40,000 after its expected lifespan of 100,000 miles.
While media response was almost overwhelmingly positive, and test drive reports glowing, one fly in the ointment was an infamous review on Top Gear. Despite praising the car's performance, Jeremy Clarkson was not as impressed by the handling and stated that range when driven on the track was just 55 miles; ok so far because any car experiences range reduction of that nature on track, but then he went on to claim the car suffered brake failure before footage showed the Roadster being pushed off the track. This was despite the car never having its battery go flat or having brake failure; in other words typical "entertainment" spicing-up from Top Gear. Eventually Tesla sued, and appealed after losing the initial case, but their libel claim was eventually rejected in the British High Court.
In July 2009 the 2010 model year Roadster was introduced, with an upgraded interior including a new display screen that could display performance data, adjustable suspension, improved NVH suppression, upgraded HVAC and a more efficient motor. A Sport version (above) was also introduced that featured an additional 40 bhp and cut the 0-60 acceleration time by an oh-so-important 0.2 sec.
On 27 October 2009 Aussie Simon Hackett set an electric car distance record when he drove 501 km (311 miles) south from Alice Springs in Global Green Challenge, at a speed of 50 km/h, crossing the NT/SA border and another 214 km before stopping with about 5 km range remaining, whereupon the car was recharged (with a diesel generator) before completing the trip to Coober Pedy.
Tesla launched its IPO on 29 June 2010, and shortly after the Roadster version 2.5, which featured new styling as well as further incremental improvements. Despite the update, and the car being launched in many more markets, available information on production indicates that 2010 saw a decline with only around 400 Roadsters being produced for the year.
The Roadster was launched in Australia in January 2011, costing AUD$209k, and somewhere between 12 and 20 were sold here; no wonder I was so surprised to see one on the road! 2500 were built in total before the Roadster went out of production when the contract with Lotus expired at the end of 2011, with the last cars sold outside of the US in 2012. Mind you, the model was doomed anyway because this also coincided with the expiration of Tesla's exemption from having to fit smart airbags, an issue that also applied to Lotus. Around 1800 Roadsters were sold in the US, and about 575 in Europe.
Apparently the story has not reached its conclusion yet, as Tesla have stated they will bring out a new Roadster in 2019 (above is a speculative rendering done by Jan Peisert, and last year released a 3.0 package for owners to upgrade to an 80 kWh battery for US$29,000.
Postscript – I'm not sure if the production-vehicle EV distance record has been beaten, although last November a Japanese team drove a Suzuki Every van (that must have been filled with batteries) 813 miles / 1300 km around Ogata village at 30 km/h or so (18 mph). There has also been an electric Brighsun bus that did 623 mile / 1018 km trip on a single charge.
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An electric Renault Dauphine might be closer to my budget!
There was a home built Renault Caravelle electric conversion in my neck of the woods in the 1970's. Very nicely done, but with a range limited to local driving only by it's simple lead-acid battery power source. It ran reliably for many years. Unfortunately, I have no photos of it.
I knew a guy here in Eugene with a Caravelle conversion; last time I saw it on the road was about 20 years ago. There was a real wave of these lead-acid conversion in the mid 70s after the first energy crisis, and then another in the early 80s after the second energy crisis.
They are out there, the Henney Kilowatt. It was a Dauphine converted to electric power back in the 1960s. There are 2 for sale, but both "need restoration".
Very interesting article, bringing to light a lot of details I hadn't heard of before.
Regarding that Suzuki distance challenge: 30kmh/hr? And this is taken seriously? Uh, I can keep that kind of speed up on a bicycle (for about 10-12 miles at a stretch), and do so on my Sunday rides, pushed along by my riding partner. I don't see where this is a speed that has anything to do with reality.
There are moments that I wish there was some kind of testing standard that a vehicle would have to meet for the test to be considered legitimate. Something where the tested vehicle would have to be driven at actual real speeds that would not have it be a danger in traffic.
This one reminds me of a publicity stunt done by Peugeot in America during the 70's (late 70's if my memory is holding up), where a small Peugeot not normally sold in the US (305? again, memory) was driven across a number of states to reach and hold 50mph. This was in between the two gas crises. The speed chosen to reach that number? 30-35mph.
At which point, I lost all interest in any reporting of the stunt.
The Suzuki van was driven around Ogata Village at 30kmh. That's probably the speed limit in the village, or close to it.
That is why I only mentioned it as a postcript, just as a point of interest. Stuffing the thing full of batteries (I assume) makes it a curiosity only IMO. Presumably with a slightly bigger van you could fit more batteries before the excess weight reduces range again; an exercise in maths and logistics – without wanting to take anything away from the team that actually DID it.
On a vaguely related note, the interview about the Australian record also mentions the solar cars in the same event, which were restricted by the 80 mph (130 km/h) speed limit in the Northern Territory! Mind you I gather they are allowed to charge their batteries with the panels from sunrise, so perhaps to slow the cars down they should be restricted to steady-state "live" charging only?
Cars & Coffee/CC Effect, Part 2 – I saw this Tesla roadster at same event last Sunday that yielded the pix of that low mile Toronado that I shared in Joe Dennis' "CC Conundrum" post earlier this week. Go figure!
I see several Tesla sedans in my area, and I MAY have spotted a roadster, but I can't be sure as it was a while ago, and with me behind the wheel, I can't take my eye(s) off the road, so sightseeing, unless I'm stopped, is out of the question for my safety and that of others.
The Detroit Electric car reminds me of an early electric car Jay Leno drove on one of his shows, riding around Burbank. It looked like fun, and if I recall, ran out of juice and left he and his buddy stranded for a time – but his camera crew was right there, of course!
I sure can't see myself traveling any long distance in an all-electric vehicle, however. A Chevy Volt? Yes!
I think Jay has a Detroit Electric that he is converting to a Tesla powertrain, it has been mentioned in a few of his restoration update videos. I presume the suspension and wheels will be upgraded to suit!
Tesla sedans are the new BMW/MB round these parts- can't swing a dead cat without hitting one. I've been in one a couple of times, and they are very nice, and VERY torquey. Off-the-line performance is off the charts, as you'd expect for an all-electric drivetrain.
Thanks for this – when these were coming out they were lost in the noise of several other electric experiments with me. This really is an interesting story, and by now I had forgotten that it all started with that roadster.
And I also had no idea that Detroit Electric was continuing to put out horribly obsolete electric cars as late as 1939. I wonder who was buying them then. Those few owners may have gotten the (temporary) last laugh when gasoline rationing was instituted during the war.
I wonder if the 1932 Detroit Electric used a Ford body? I can't be sure, because "they all look the same"!
Incidentally the maroon/black one I photographed here in Australia is a 1917.
It's interesting that in some parts of the country these are rare sights, even to eagle-eyed CC spotters. Where I lived in Silicon Valley through 2011, these had become quite common, and I would see half a dozen or so on my short commute every day. Nothing like the now-ubiquitous Model S and X, though.
Like other posters here, I'm starting to see more and more Teslas and about a week ago passed a Tesla dealership about 30 minutes from my house.
As far as the roadster, I've only seen 1 example…I think. There's an episode of the tv show LEVERAGE where a roadster is driven "off into the sunset", so to speak, by the star Timothy Hutton. Since that was the only time I saw one, I began to think the company went "bust". Obviously, I was wrong.
Interestingly, that car was apparently the personal vehicle of Dean Devlin the shows creator, and an early example since it was filmed in 2008.
Very glad you included the AC Propulsion tzero, Tesla's progenitor. Founder Alan Cocconi designed and built the controller used in the GM EV1. AC Propulsion brought electric car motor and controller technology into the 21st Century, replacing the old DC motor and chopper design with the AC motor and waveform-generating controller, which is capable of regenerative braking.
Martin Eberhard commissioned replacement of tzero's lead-acid batteries with lithium-ion cells, completing the transition into today's well-established EV architecture. They drove the lithium tzero from LA to Las Vegas without recharging in 2004, the first such long range EV trip. Eberhard encouraged AC Propulsion to take the lithium tzero into volume production, but they declined, so he co-founded Tesla.
Alan Cocconi and AC Propulsion proved a car like the Tesla was possible, and kicked off the modern EV revolution.
In some bad news I saw a reference to a garage fire that destroyed one of three Tzeros last month.
I recently rented a 2014ish Nissan Leaf while vacationing in San Diego for driving around town. Even this economy-grade electric has good performance for what it is. It's a practical every-day car requiring very little sacrifices from the driver…apart from the obvious range deficiencies. The second generation Leaf is about to beat the Tesla Model 3 to market with twice the range as the 1st generation Leaf.
Driving it was fun and easy. Compared to my girlfriend's Prius, the Leaf was less of a change to get used to than the Prius was from a conventional car. I really liked driving it. The next-gen Leaf, Chevy Bolt, and Model 3 are all practical, fully functional cars with 200+ mile ranges and are clearly poised to break through into the mainstream.
I, for one, welcome our electric future.
Car and Driver drove a Tesla across the country, stopping every 200-250 miles to recharge and calculate the distance to the next charging station. If the Leaf has the same range and the necessary charging infrastructure is out there, it may very well be my next purchase.
I'm excited to see the new Leaf. The roll-out is in the middle of a large teaser campaign styled after the Dodge Hellcat teasers. Pretty clever.
Anyway the Tesla 3 will probably get all the cool points but the Bolt and Leaf are likely to be better as cars (as opposed to fashion accessories). They are supported by massive dealer networks and designed by companies that know how to design useful ergonomic cars. A Bolt was charging next to me one afternoon and the driver invited me to check it out. They aren't quite as funny looking in person and it's usefully larger than the Leaf. At this point they're just normal cars with an electric drivetrain. The new generation 200 mile cars are going mainstream.
Keep in mind that the Bolt is a "compliance car" whose almost sole purpose is so that GM can comply with the zero emission regulations in CA and the other states that signed on. Production levels of the Bolt are very limited, and it's been leaked that GM loses $9000 on each one.
The Tesla 3 is in a whole different league; it will be the first high-volume EV, and the first affordable one that will have a gross profit margin, due to Tesla's lower cost of batteries from its Gigafactory and other economies of scale.
The Leaf has also not been profitable. And that applies to all the other EVs so far, which have all been made to avoid having to buy ZEV compliance credits from Tesla.
Tesla is poised to be the first to build EVs in large volumes with a profit margin. That is a big difference.
About the Bolt, I'm not sure I would call production "very limited." They plan to sell 20,000 to 30,000 per year and the factory is capable of making 50,000. If those numbers pan out that's roughly 5 times more Miatas than Mazda sells in the US, for instance, a car which no one describes as limited production. The CA regulations may be the motivation but I believe GM is also trying to stay ahead of technological developments to avoid being caught with its pants down as it was in the "hybrid boom" sparked by the Prius. One oil spike and electrics could suddenly be huge.
As for the Model 3, any talk of its profitability is mostly speculation. Tesla is doing some cool things but their success isn't exactly guaranteed.
And regardless of why the cars exist, Tesla's cars have a history of problems with their cutting-edge tech and silly stuff like door handles not working. The Model 3 is touted as having a "barren dash" with only a touch screen…something most people find annoying. The S has lots of complaints about the little things, like door pockets, cup holders, switch gear, etc being poorly designed or absent. That's why I said the Tesla will have the cool points, but the Bolt & Leaf are likely to be more practical cars.
It seems like every other time I install a software update to my smartphone/device the battery life noticeably drops, if I'm being trained by our Silicon Valley overlords to lower my expectations, they have succeeded.
I have not had a chance to experience a daily driver electric, but if and when they get to a price point that makes sense for my budget, I would not mind making the switch.
I tend to agree with your assessment of range anxiety. I really do believe it is a very overstated red herring that gets tossed about to make electrics less palatable to the masses. Think about your normal daily drives. Do any of them actually involve a 200 mile commute daily? (If they do, why not invest in a new place to live or change jobs?) On average, the normal commute is 15 miles each way and less than 30 minutes each way, or 30 miles and less than an hour total. Even with maximum drain, you are not going to tax the charge capability of even most current generation electrics, and you can often recharge at work, if not nightly at home.
I get the idea that you can't jump into one and drive 300 miles, but when exactly was the last time you or anyone did just that, even in a regular, ICE powered car? I would say that most drives over 200 miles may be better served by mass transit, whether train, plane, or bus (heaven forbid!), but you can also always rent a car for such a trip if your only ride is an electric.
In a new era of ridesharing and probable interval ownership (versus outright individual ownership) that seems to be looming, the electric car seems to be a viable transitional vehicle to own and operate. Gas/Diesel cars will still have a place, but will probably be less common.
Range anxiety is a real thing, I felt it. You wind up spending a lot of time watching the range display and worrying about it. You do need to adjust your thinking somewhat. But the reality is–just like your cellphone–you will develop a charging routine, you'll learn what you can do with it on a charge, how long it'll take to recharge, the battery will gradually degrade in its old age, etc. I will say that if chargers were more widespread, range anxiety would be reduced. Even in SoCal they aren't exactly on every corner.
I can see an affordable EV for local errands and occasional longer trips. But around here we have now achieved the rating of worst traffic in the nation, and commutes of 15 miles could take an hour or more each way! Factoring in high heat & humidity, how much does running the AC affect the range?
That probably requires some digging to ascertain. But EVs are at their most efficient compared to gas cars in stop and go environments, and except for the drain from heating/AC, their range is not impacted hardly at all in such conditions.
I firmly felt that these were going to be the Delorean of modern times had Tesla remained an electric sports car brand(which the media presented them as), they both even rode on a tarted up Lotus chassis, and being the purist snob I am a car based on the Elise that weighs nearly a thousand pounds more than an Elise is just nonsensical. The styling I felt was way too close to the Lotus design where it either looked like a kit car or even a new model from Lotus themselves(the Evora is very similar). For me Tesla didn't strike me as a game changer, let alone a real player until the Model S debuted, the roadster being silent and shiftless takes away almost all of the visceral enjoyment one gets with a sports car, and with the extra weight it simply won't handle better than the Elise it's based on, so it's just a car catered to fringe electric car enthusiasts, and judging by the exactly zero I have seen in the Chicago area and the reported abundance(relatively speaking) in SoCal that seems to be the case. Those traits however are right at home in a luxury car, and the Model S has more distinct and original styling to boot, now Tesla is a familiar sighting.
The Roadster could have been a DeLorean. They had a helluva time with two-speed transmission failures.
It turned out to be ideal to have a real product with limited sales that they could learn on. After getting the Roadster reliable and manufacturable, and learning from the several million miles their customers drove, they had both the experience and the technology to do the Model S right.
Building high-end EVs like this Roadster and the Model S was a stroke of genius. High-end pricing allowed the big battery pack that gave it both its range and its performance. (More batteries = more current = more torque.) And it dispelled the golf cart image EVs had.
But seriously, when I was at my old job, my commute was just under 50 miles a day and there was no opportunity to carpool. A 200 mile range EV would've worked. Granted, it would've needed to come at a Nissan Leaf price point, but I would've been game to try an EV.
Heck, my new work commute is under 20 miles a day and I carpool about 90% of the time (with one other person) and I'm still tempted to get an EV.
They are fairly common over here in Denmark due to having been exempt from taxes which run 180% of the price of its competitors. The Model S is a dime a dozen though.
Thank you for writing this. I only had bits and pieces of the story of Tesla's beginnings.
The few times I have watched Top Gear they seem to full of fertilizer in typical British delusional fashion.
I believe this is the only one I've ever seen. Then again, any tesla is few and far between around here, I'm lucky if I see one a month.
One of my neighbors is in an electric car club or something, so I've seen a Roadster (and other oddball electrics) up-close and personal several times.
Once one was parked on the street and apparently turned off, yet it was making a noticeable electric hum. I couldn't tell if the noise was operational, or if it was artificial, just to make the car seem cool and menacing.
Most likely it was the cooling system. Teslas have a pretty advanced thermal management system for the motor, inverter, and especially the battery. If the car is parked after some spirited driving it will continue to run until the battery is cool.
The Nissan Leaf somewhat cheaps out in this department and is much harder on the battery than Tesla or GM. Apart from the thermal management, with lithium-ion technology there's a large trade off between getting the maximum range out of the battery and getting the longest life out of it. (Essentially, if you only use 80% of its capacity the battery will last much longer.) Nissan has chosen to maximize range at the expense of longevity. GM has taken the opposite approach, which is great for warrant claims but you need a larger more expensive battery to get the same range. I'm not sure about Tesla.


It is amazing how society changes in every aspect of life throughout time. The way we hear, view, and feel things is so different than just a few hundred years ago. So what, exactly, is the reason for this change? Is this a change for the better?
When plays were first becoming popular the stage was empty. There were no visual elements that created the "scene" for the audience. Plays were meant to be heard. The actors didn't even wear proper garments according to the times they were depicting within the play. No plays were historically accurate and yet the audience loved them (or hated).
The plays we view now have sets for the audience to have visual clues as to what is happening. Society has changed from hearing a play to seeing a play; which is two very different things. For us to be so educated in this age, we seem to have forgotten how to hear. No one listens yet we cannot shut up. We pay more attention to "seeing" a problem than we do to listen as to what is really going on. No one seems to realize that this is a problem, or can become one for future generations.
On another note, in the 16th century society looked upon fatness in equality to wealth. The fatter a person was, they wealthier they were because they could afford food unlike the poor who starved to death.
Today we look upon materialism as an indication of a person's wealth. Since most everyone can afford food, we judge each other by what we own. The more we own, the wealthier we are. I find it disgusting that we live like this, yet I can't help but join in.
When did society start caring about what we have instead of what we need?
On another note, in the 16th century society looked upon fatness in equality to wealth. The fatter a person was, they wealthier they were….they could afford food unlike the poor who starved to death.
Today we look upon materialism as an indication of a person's wealth. Since most everyone can afford food, we judge each other by what we own. The more we own, the wealthier we are.
Rivers run red trailing away from porcelain skin. The rosette cheeks are pure and not from the pressure of fingers pinching the skin. Lifeless lips never to pucker for the sweet tender kisses from a loved one. Prince charming is not on his way to wake her.
I'm in the process of reading Freakonomics, only the third chapter at this point. It's really interesting to read about America and deceit and drugs and the KKK and real-estate agents. That's about it so far in the book.
I read a part about dealing crack in Chicago and they made it into an economic standard. It listed the amount of revenues that the Black Disciples had earned and their leader who made it into the board of directors but then later was indicted and sent to prison. One member of the gang kept books on all dealings and the books were given to someone who in turn gave them to an economist. The title of the chapter is "why do drug dealers still live with their moms?" The information was sorted out into a hierarchy of jobs just like any other profession. Foot soldiers made about 3.30 an hour (lower than minimum wage) and the leader made about 50 an hour. They also had taxes (non-government of course) expenses and other off-the-books dealings and weapons.
Just think if drugs were legalized.
The world of jobs is being downsized to the point that robots and computers will be able to do all the work. People would become bored and want to try new things and now there isn't law enforcement to interfere with their decision. More people would do them because the moral obligation to be upheld isn't there anymore. Some will still think of it as a sin, but a lot more will follow on the band-wagon.
Since crack takes less cocaine to make and offers the same high, it would be the inexpensive route to take ("only a couple dollars a hit") and it could be bought in mass quantity at a cheaper rate. The prices would range accordingly within each neighborhood. The more people buying means more money to each leader. The board of directors (kind of like the schools) would be there to advise the leaders. They would also receive a percentage of the profit of each gang (….or group…or union?). Anyone at the top of this hierarchy is the richest. So in turn the foot soldiers would receive more than minimum wage and could make a living. Police could be there to prevent wars between and to keep everything stable (but of course i'm sure they won't). People will make a living off any substances others are willing to buy.
What are people here for really? We're destroying the planet more each day. If technology improves greatly to the point of not needing humans to help out on the assembly line then we have more leisure time and time to be with other people. What if all jobs were construed over the internet? Why not sit back and relax with a little free-basing? Obviously if technology is better then there should less pollutants in the world (maybe even less materialistic). Everyone should be free to enjoy themselves as they please.
The government would monitor the drug deals to ensure that people won't OD and that each person can afford it and not lose their house or any other belongings.
I don't want to get any more technical than that. Of course I haven't thought too deep into this to create other circumstances that will definitely arise. Enjoy this, I don't want your hate mail.
We have come to know that dinosaurs originally ruled the Earth. It has been said that the meteor had destroyed their existence and afterward humans came. Is the the real order of sequence?
There could have been people inhabiting the Earth long before the dinosaurs. The meteor could have wiped out the human race or the dinosaurs could have evolved from the collision with the humans. The meteor could have even brought the dinosaurs from another planet, not necessarily on a "flaming rock", but could have brought a biological substance within it that had reacted with the help of heat of our atmosphere, acting as an inhibitor. This could have truly been the start of all organisms here on Earth. The only continent was Pangaea. The meteor might have been the start of the breaking up of this continent. The meteor could have spawned any nature on this planet.
Some people are obsessed with the idea of aliens. What if we are aliens ourselves? If another planet in another galaxy was dying and the only chance for the inhabitants survival was to move to another planet, wouldn't you want to move to another planet to save your lives? This alien race cannot survive on this planet, maybe for reasons such as no more natural resources to support life. The only ideal for the inhabitants is to move as many people as possible. Now these aliens move toward the center of their planet (imagine if you will the world being somewhat like the Matrix, in which the exterior of the planet will not support life). They need a way of moving through space, but do not have any equipment that will allow them to move the amount of citizens safely. They decide that the only option is to move the planet itself. There really isn't a way to move the planet from one galaxy to the next, though. They induce an explosion at the core of their planet so they can use pieces of their planet (meteors) to live on while traveling through space. They won't try to save everyone, just a good portion to be able to procreate while on their journey. All the pieces of the planet move in different directions and they might still be moving through space or they were lucky enough to collide with another planet and evolve their race.
Earth could have been a lifeless planet until the meteor had collided with Earth. We could be the evolved offspring of an alien race that was only trying to save itself. We are killing our planet now as technology advances and while we consumer all the world's natural resources. We could one day have to do the same to keep our own race alive.


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package org.workcraft.formula.visitors;

import org.workcraft.formula.*;
import org.workcraft.formula.workers.BooleanWorker;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

public class BooleanReplacer implements BooleanVisitor<BooleanFormula> {

    interface BinaryOperation {
        BooleanFormula apply(BooleanFormula x, BooleanFormula y);
    }

    private final HashMap<BooleanFormula, BooleanFormula> map;
    private final BooleanWorker worker;

    public BooleanReplacer(List<? extends BooleanVariable> from, List<? extends BooleanFormula> to, BooleanWorker worker) {
        this.map = new HashMap<>();
        if (from.size() != to.size()) {
            throw new RuntimeException("Length of the variable list must be equal to that of formula list.");
        }
        for (int i = 0; i < from.size(); i++) {
            this.map.put(from.get(i), to.get(i));
        }
        this.worker = worker;
    }

    public BooleanReplacer(Map<? extends BooleanVariable, ? extends BooleanFormula> map, BooleanWorker worker) {
        this.map = new HashMap<>(map);
        this.worker = worker;
    }

    @Override
    public BooleanFormula visit(Zero node) {
        return node;
    }

    @Override
    public BooleanFormula visit(One node) {
        return node;
    }

    @Override
    public BooleanFormula visit(BooleanVariable node) {
        return map.getOrDefault(node, node);
    }

    @Override
    public BooleanFormula visit(Not node) {
        if (map.containsKey(node)) {
            return map.get(node);
        }
        BooleanFormula result = null;
        BooleanFormula x = node.getX();
        if (x != null) {
            BooleanFormula evalX = x.accept(this);
            if (evalX != null) {
                result = (x == evalX) ? node : worker.not(evalX);
            }
        }
        map.put(node, result);
        return result;
    }

    @Override
    public BooleanFormula visit(And node) {
        return visitBinaryFunc(node, worker::and);
    }

    @Override
    public BooleanFormula visit(Or node) {
        return visitBinaryFunc(node, worker::or);
    }

    @Override
    public BooleanFormula visit(Xor node) {
        return visitBinaryFunc(node, worker::xor);
    }

    @Override
    public BooleanFormula visit(Imply node) {
        return visitBinaryFunc(node, worker::imply);
    }

    @Override
    public BooleanFormula visit(Iff node) {
        return visitBinaryFunc(node, worker::iff);
    }

    private BooleanFormula visitBinaryFunc(BinaryBooleanFormula node, BinaryOperation op) {
        if (map.containsKey(node)) {
            return map.get(node);
        }
        BooleanFormula x = node.getX();
        BooleanFormula y = node.getY();
        BooleanFormula result = null;
        if (x == null) {
            result = y;
        } else if (y == null) {
            result = x;
        } else {
            BooleanFormula evalX = x.accept(this);
            BooleanFormula evalY = y.accept(this);
            if (evalX == null) {
                result = evalY;
            } else if (evalY == null) {
                result = evalX;
            } else {
                result = ((x == evalX) && (y == evalY)) ? node : op.apply(evalX, evalY);
            }
        }
        map.put(node, result);
        return result;
    }

}


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Commercial & Institutional
Integrated Project Delivery
Pre-Project Planning
AKDA
Amit Khanna Design Associates
AKDA integrates the disciplines of architecture, interior design, sustainability and construction under a singular ethos.
We Love Building Things.
PRIVACY STATEMENT | © COPYRIGHT 2019, AKDA | AMIT KHANNA DESIGN ASSOCIATES, NEW DELHI. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Retail & Hospitality | USI - Rohini
USI - Rohini
2000 SF - 6000 SF
Uni Style Image (USI) - a fashion brand aimed at the young professional, had planned multiple store renovations and several new stores across the country. The design intent was to rethink their in-store concept; Their production facilities were also scattered and wanted to combine design, production, and warehousing under one roof. The strategy was to create 6 strong 'designed objects' within the store. These would be flexible enough to be moulded to individual configurations, yet retain their character and help brand recognition. We also suggested incorporating the brand's philanthropic initiatives with the in-store design, to foster brand loyalty.
The 6 objects were:
1. The T-Shirt Wall – USI had a strong T-shirt market and we emphasized that by designing a wall panel that would comprise of several T-shirt fronts stitched together
2. The Big USI Logo – An oversized logo carved out of wood, meant to be placed at a focal point
3. The Store Window – The typical mannequin arrangement was eschewed in favour of strong brand imagery
4. The Changing Room – The handles were designed as mini-USI logos and the spaces were made comfortable enough for two, eliminating the age-old problem of peeking for approval.
5. The Big Wall – A panel highlighting the brand's philanthropic initiatives
6. The Sheesham Furniture – Cash Desk, Gondolas, Accessory Stand, Mirrors, and Benches; were all designed and manufactured in Sheesham, a hardwood native to Northern India.
Several stores were executed with this approach, and the high level of component standardization meant that raw space could be converted into a bespoke design with 4 weeks. For their production facility, a complete audit of existing processes was undertaken and documented. The factory floor was then designed to optimize workflow and minimize inter-floor movement using the existing machinery and warehousing strategies.
These projects were executed while collaborating with Mad Cow Design, a design initiative by Ms. Sarika Grover and Ms. Rashmi Sethi.


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"""impyute.util.compare.py"""
import importlib
from sklearn.model_selection import train_test_split
from sklearn.metrics import accuracy_score
# pylint: disable=too-many-locals
# pylint: disable=dangerous-default-value

[docs]def compare(imputed, classifiers=["sklearn.svm.SVC"], log_path=None):
    """
    Given an imputed dataset with labels and a list of supervised machine
    learning model, find accuracy score of all model/imputation pairs.

    Parameters
    ----------
    imputed: [(str, np.ndarray), (str, np.ndarray)...]
        List of tuples containing (imputation_name, imputed_data) where
        `imputation_name` is a string and `imputed_data` is a tuple where
        `imputed_data`[0] is the data, X and `imputed_data`[1] is the label, y
    classifiers: [str, str...str] (optional)
        Provide a list of classifiers to run imputed data sets on. Right now,
        it ONLY works with sklearn, the format should be like so:
        `sklearn.SUBMODULE.FUNCTION`. More generally its
        'MODULE.SUBMODULE.FUNCTION'. If providing a custom classifier, make
        sure to add the file location to sys.path first and the classifier
        should also be structured like sklearn (with a `fit` and `predict`
        method).
    log_path: str (optional)
        To write results to a file, provide a relative path

    Returns
    -------
    results.txt
        Classification results on imputed data

    """
    clfs = []
    for clf_name in classifiers:
        mod_name, smod_name, fn_name = clf_name.split(".")
        try:
            mod = importlib.import_module("{}.{}".format(mod_name, smod_name))
            fn = getattr(mod, fn_name)
            clfs.append([fn_name, fn])
        except ModuleNotFoundError:
            print("Cannot import '{}' from '{}.{}'".format(fn_name,
                                                           mod_name,
                                                           smod_name))

    results = {imputation_name: [] for imputation_name, _ in imputed}

    for imputation_name, data in imputed:
        X, y = data
        X_train, X_test, y_train, y_test = train_test_split(X, y,
                                                            test_size=0.33,
                                                            random_state=0)
        print("Imputation {} =========".format(imputation_name))
        for clf_name, clf in clfs:
            clf = clf()
            clf.fit(X_train, y_train)
            y_pred = clf.predict(X_test)
            accuracy = accuracy_score(y_test, y_pred)
            results[imputation_name].append((clf_name, accuracy))
            print("...{}".format(clf_name))

    # If not None, write to path
    if log_path:
        with open(log_path, 'w') as f:
            f.write(str(results))
        print("Results saved to {}".format(log_path))

    return results

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ADA — For the fifth consecutive season, the Ohio Northern men's track and field team posted a top-3 finish at the indoor Ohio Athletic Conference Championships, posting a third place finish at the Capital Center in Bexley.
The Polar Bears improve to 33-17 with the top-3 finish.
Mount Union won the meet on the men's side with 187.5 points, John Carroll claimed second place with 111 points and Northern was third with 104 points.
Senior Matt Molinaro (Sterling Heights, Mich./DeLaSalle) led the way with two first place finishes for the Polar Bears.
The senior claimed the OAC title in the 800-meter run in 1:58.13 before winning the 1-mile run in 4:17.63.
Junior Ian McVey (Stow/Munroe Falls) also earned All-OAC honors in the 1-mile run, finishing second behind Molinaro in 4:18.65. McVey also finished second in the 1,000-meter run in 2:33.26 and earned All-Conference honors in the event.
Freshman Sam Krabacher (Hamilton/Badin) posted an impressive finish in the 800-meter run, finishing fourth and narrowly missing All-OAC honors in 2:02.69.
In the 3,000-meter run, Northern posted a 2-5-6 finish led by senior Samuel Boyd's (Killbuck/West Holmes) second place and All-OAC finish of 8:49.63.
Senior Bobby Borger (Perrysburg) and junior Spencer Schulze (St. Henry) finished fifth and sixth in 8:54.32 and 8:56.34, respectively.
The freshmen duo of Owen Lloyd (Colfax, Ind./Clinton Prairie) and Collin McCullough (Galion) finished sixth and seventh in the 60-meter hurdles in :8.54 and :8.55.
Lloyd's mark broke the previous school record in the event.
Senior Luke Bogdanovich (Akron/Coventry) got Northern off to a strong start on Saturday, posting a third place finish in the triple jump and earning All-OAC honors with a jump of 42' 1.25".
In the 400-meter dash, senior Conner Karg (West Liberty/Salem) finished fifth in :51.11.
Sophomore Jared Butcher (Mechanicsburg) and freshman Gabe Dauch (Norwalk/St. Paul) finished fourth and sixth, respectively in the 500-meter dash as Butcher was fourth in 1:06.94 and Dauch was sixth in 1:07.20.


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Q: object reuse in python doctest I have a sample doctest like this one.
"""
This is the "iniFileGenerator" module.
>>> hintFile = "./tests/unit_test_files/hint.txt"
>>> f = iniFileGenerator(hintFile)
>>> print f.hintFilePath
./tests/unit_test_files/hint.txt
"""
class iniFileGenerator:
    def __init__(self, hintFilePath):
        self.hintFilePath = hintFilePath
    def hello(self):
        """
        >>> f.hello()
        hello
        """
        print "hello"
if __name__ == "__main__":
    import doctest
    doctest.testmod()

When I execute this code, I got this error.
Failed example:
    f.hello()
Exception raised:
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/doctest.py", line 1254, in __run
        compileflags, 1) in test.globs
      File "<doctest __main__.iniFileGenerator.hello[0]>", line 1, in <module>
        f.hello()
    NameError: name 'f' is not defined

This error is caused by accessing 'f' which was not accessible when testing hello() method.
Is there any way to share the object which is created before? Without it, one need to create object all the time when it's necessary.
def hello(self):
    """
    hintFile = "./tests/unit_test_files/hint.txt"
    >>> f = iniFileGenerator(hintFile)
    >>> f.hello()
    hello
    """
    print "hello"

A: You can use testmod(extraglobs={'f': initFileGenerator('')}) to define a reusable object globally.
As the doctest doc says,

extraglobs gives a dict merged into the globals used to execute examples. This works like dict.update()

But I used to test all methods in __doc__ of class before all methods.
class MyClass(object):
    """MyClass
    >>> m = MyClass()
    >>> m.hello()
    hello
    >>> m.world()
    world
    """

    def hello(self):
        """method hello"""
        print 'hello'

    def world(self):
        """method world"""
        print 'world'

A: To obtain literate modules with tests that all use a shared execution context (i.e. individual tests that can share and re-use results), one has to look at the relevant part of documentation on the execution context, which says:

... each time doctest finds a docstring to test, it uses a shallow copy of M's globals, so that running tests doesn't change the module's real globals, and so that one test in M can't leave behind crumbs that accidentally allow another test to work.
...
You can force use of your own dict as the execution context by passing globs=your_dict to testmod() or testfile() instead.

Given this, I managed to reverse-engineer from doctest module that besides using copies (i.e. the dict's copy() method), it also clears the globals dict (using clear()) after each test.
Thus, one can patch their own globals dictionary with something like:
class Context(dict):
    def clear(self):
        pass
    def copy(self):
        return self

and then use it as:
import doctest
from importlib import import_module

module = import_module('some.module')
doctest.testmod(module,
                # Make a copy of globals so tests in this
                # module don't affect the tests in another
                glob=Context(module.__dict__.copy()))

A: For anyone like me that finds this, here's an easy hack that solves this problem.
In your module documentation, attach the "global" values as a property of the builtins module, e.g.
"""
My module documentation

>>> import builtins
>>> builtins.sample_value = "Here is a long value"
>>> builtins.sample_func = lambda x: x.lower()
"""

The builtins module is automatically imported into every scope, and so its properties will be available in your functions, including doctest functions
def first_char_func(s: str) -> str:
   """
   Returns the first char of a function

   >>> first_char_func(sample_func(sample_value))
   h
   """
   return s[0] if len(s) > 0 else None

Arguably however, once you've gotten to this stage, you're better off just writing a unit test.

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