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+cd(dirname(@__FILE__)) do
+
+results = Dict[]
+for ipynb in readdir("tutorials")
+    tic()
+    if !endswith(ipynb, "ipynb")
+        continue
+    end
+    runtime = 0
+    status = 1
+    println("Running notebook tutorials/$ipynb")
+    try
+        run(`runipy -o tutorials/$ipynb --kernel=julia-0.4 --port=0`)
+        runtime = toc()
+        status = 0
+    catch
+        println("did not work")
+    end
+    run(`ipython nbconvert tutorials/$ipynb --to rst --output=tutorials/$(ipynb[1:end-6])`)
+    println("took $runtime seconds")
+    push!(results, Dict("filename" => ipynb, "status" => status, "runtime" => runtime))
+end
+
+function write_login_markdown(preamble, results, footer,filename="tutorials/README.md")
+    open(filename, "w") do f
+        write(f, preamble)
+        for (index, each) in enumerate(results)
+            write(f, """|$(index)|$(each["filename"])|$(round(each["runtime"], 2))|$(each["status"])|
+""")
+        end
+        write(f, footer)
+    end
+end
+
+
+preamble = """##Notebooks
+
+| id | Notebook | Runtime | Status|
+|----|----------|---------|-------|
+"""
+footer = """
+"""
+
+write_login_markdown(preamble, results, footer)
+
+end
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