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Readers' picks: Best travel songs of all time
By Chuck Thompson, CNN • Updated 20th June 2014
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Once in while, the CNN Travel braintrust blows it -- make that all the time if you happen to be @cnnalwaysblowsit47.
Such was the case last year when we published our updated list of the
greatest travel songs ever
Sure, we included a few unassailable classics about life on the travel trail.
Even @cnnisamoron231 couldn't rage against our inclusion of Willie Nelson's all-time sing-a-long "On the Road Again."
But we have to admit, once in a while, @iloathecnn and @cnntroll99 have valid points to make.
How exactly did we miss such obvious wanderlust ditties as the Allman Brothers Bands' "Ramblin' Man" and Kris Kristofferson's "Me and Bobby McGee"?
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These and more than 150 other musical oversights (as suggested by readers) marred what we naively assumed was a list sure to get readers humming tunes and tapping their toes -- not calling for our jobs and swinging their air guitars like Game of Thrones truncheons.
Good thing defenders of never-faltering good taste and intellectual omniscience (thank you, @cnnyoushouldbeashamed) are around the make sure no misstep goes un-roasted.
Below are the best travel songs our readers couldn't believe we missed the first time around -- frankly, neither can we.
Click here for our
original list of best travel songs ever
-- which, to be fair, does include Simon and Garfunkel and the Hoodoo Gurus. We didn't miss all the biggies.
15. "Truckin'" (Grateful Dead, 1970)
Grateful Dead: Together, more or less in line.
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Back when the San Francisco herbadours recorded their immortal ballad of the blacktop, "Truckin'" defined a state of mind far more than it did the actual act of riding in a truck.
Perhaps that's why the Grateful Dead's terminally relaxed supporters didn't bother caterwauling in our comments section about long strange trips and mellowing slow.
Most simply left a single word of wisdom: "Truckin'."
14. "Convoy (C.W. McCall, 1975)
It's hard to imagine now, but for a flicker in time, no one in the world was as hip as America's red-blooded and red-eyed long-haul truckers.
Fueled by the CB radio lingo of the day -- "That's a big 10-4," "Good buddy," "Breaker 1-9," "Put the hammer down," they're all here! -- C.W. McCall's ode to outrunning smokies and teaming up with 11 long-haired friends of Jesus in a chartreuse Microbus resonates to this day.
Deanna J. Dragonus wasn't the only reader to chastise us for neglecting traveling professionals, but she did it with the no-nonsense aplomb of a truck stop waitress when she wrote: "Apparently, CNN didn't bother to ask the people that travel for a living for input otherwise there would be song (sic) such as C.W. McCall's 'Convoy.'"
Reader Popeboof chimed in from down the counter: "Hell ya Convoy!!!!"
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13. "I Can't Drive 55" (Sammy Hagar, 1984)
Sammy Hagar: Let's hope that's not a cop in the rear view mirror.
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From Long Island to Los Angeles, howls of indignation echoed across the country when the U.S. government decreed a nationwide federal speed limit of 55 molasses-like miles per hour on the nation's interstates.*
No one howled quite like lead-footed California rocker and Ferrari owner Sammy Hagar.
His populist challenge to the authority of a paternalistic central government remains an all-time classic.
Reader Marisofhm summed up the feelings of many by dubbing our original story a "lame list" without the inclusion of the Red Rocker's high-octane hit.
*The U.S. government passed the
National Maximum Speed Law
in 1974, making 55 mph the top speed on all interstate roads. In 1995, federal speed limit controls were officially removed with the passage of the National Highway Designation Act, largely leaving the matter of speed limits up to individual states.
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12. "Going Up the Country" (Canned Heat, 1968)
MoDef wanted to know: "What about the Canned Heat??????"
That wasn't the only call for this chooglin' blues-rock number that deploys a power flute, promises a trip that "might even leave the U.S.A." and memorably lit up the crowd at Woodstock in 1969.
That's a travel-song resume for the ages.
11. "Holiday Road" (Lindsay Buckingham, 1983)
Widespread support for the theme from National Lampoon's "Vacation" movies took us by surprise.
We're big Lindsay Buckingham fans, but we'd deemed this one a little too lightweight for our original list.
Along with a number of others, reader Eric passionately disagreed: "'Holiday Road' by Lindsey Buckingham is #1."
But pspdude summed up the Buckingham Bridgade's beef best: "The road anthem of all time, 'Holiday Road' by Lindsay Buckingham. CNN, what were you thinking to leave (this) out?"
10. "Me and Bobby McGee" (Janis Joplin, 197
Janis with music impresario Clive Davis, not Bobby McGee.
Courtesy Clive Davis
Reader pepina questioned our travel bona fides when lambasting the absence of this undisputed travel masterpiece from our original article: "Guess the writer has never been 'busted flat in Baton Rouge ... waiting for a train.'"
That's true enough, pepina, but various members of the CNN Travel staff have been busted flat in such places as Bangkok, Melbourne and Blythe, California.
Enough, it goes without saying, to admit we should have known to include this one in our original story.
Readers suggested various versions of Kris Kristofferson's drifter fable originally recorded by Roger Miller in 1969.
Wes Scott called the Grateful Dead's take the "best version of that song I EVER heard, and I LOVE Janis!"
But most cited Janis Joplin's 1971 version as the one they like best.
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9. "Turn the Page" (Bob Seger, 1973)
Perhaps representing the roots rocker's mature and tolerant fan base, reader Mark was among many who lobbied in genial fashion for the inclusion of this world-weary tour bus ballad.
"Ease up people everyone's list is different," wrote Mark. "'Turn the Page' by Bob Seger would've been on my list but I'm not gonna bash (writer Barry Neild) because it's not on his."
Several other Seger songs garnered mentions from readers, including "Roll Me Away," "Travelin' Man" and "Against the Wind."
8. "Ramblin' Man" (The Allman Brothers Band, 1973)
The Allman Brothers Band: Let's get ready to ramble.
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Reader Kokapelye was driven to multiple exclamation points (actually a pretty common reaction) by the omission of this Southern rock tour de force: "What?! No Allman Brothers!! One of my road tapes is almost all Allmans."
We'll agree that any song that includes a line about being born in the back seat of Greyhound Bus, as well as one of the most memorable guitar solos in rock history (by Dickey Betts), deserved a place our original list.
We'll also agree that anyone who has a cassette player in their car is probably driving something way cooler than we are.
7. "Running on Empty" (Jackson Browne, 1977)
Micah Burns wrote: "'Radar Love' and 'Runnin' On Empty' ... are better than half the songs on this list."
Micah should be happy -- both picks were echoed often enough by others to make the readers' top picks list.
Driver of the magical cassette-rockin' car Kokapelye chimed in with an interesting if dubious claim: "Ooh yeah! 'Runnin' on Empty!' I actually get better mileage from the bottom of my tank by humming that song!"
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6. "Travelin' Man" (Ricky Nelson, 1961)
Thomas McCraw wrote: "I am in my 50's and only recognize about 6 of these songs ... Where did they come up with this list of obscure songs? Surprised they did not have 'Traveling Man' by Ricky Nelson."
Smitty echoed the sentiment: "What no mention of Ricky Nelson's 'Traveling Man'?"
It's true, of course, that there are at least five or 10 benighted music fans under the age of 35 don't know who Ricky Nelson is.
Perhaps his high ranking here will help rectify the troubling musical vacuity of today's youth.
5. "City of New Orleans" (Arlo Guthrie, 1972)
Reader Neibo Eneri wrote: "I can't believe you left out 'City of New Orleans' by Arlo Guthrie."
Only a handful of songs were more popular among readers than this ode to American train culture originally penned and recorded by folk troubadour Steve Goodman in 1971.
"City of New Orelans" has been performed by a number of artists, including Johnny Cash, John Denver and Willie Nelson, but Arlo Guthrie had the signature hit with it in 1972.
Noting the song's numerous iterations, SteveK77536 wrote: "Not bad, I hope Goodman got some money for all that."
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4. "Radar Love" (Golden Earring, 1973)
Golden Earring in 2014: Turns out that song's not so forgotten after all.
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Reader chuck d opined fiercely: "What, no 'Radar Love' ?????? flawed list my friend."
Is that
Chuck D?
We doubt it, but much respect anyway, both from CNN and a number of readers whose road trips apparently aren't the same without this ESP booty call psalm from the driving Dutchmen of Golden Earring.
Reader whymilikethis reported a disconcerting connection with the song: "'Radar Love' -- I get speeding tickets listening to that one. My favorite drivin' tune."
3. "I've Been Everywhere" (Johnny Cash, 1996)
After scanning our list, Ron Bolin wanted to know: "Where is Hank Snow's 'I've Been Everywhere'?"
Idbrandel piped in: "Ron Bolin's vote for 'I've Been Everywhere' is a good call, though more people probably know Johnny Cash's version."
Jeff said: "LAME list. Forgot Johnny Cash -- 'I've Been Everywhere.'"
We're not sure that missing one song renders an entire list LAME, but we get your point, Jeff.
Ron Bolin and Idbrandel are also each right, though not quite complete.
Canadian country warbler Hank Snow took this rhythmic road riff to number one on the U.S. country chart in 1962.
But the Man in Black's 1996 version, produced by Rick Rubin, is the one most often heard today and the one most often cited by CNN readers.
However, the song was written by Australian musician Geoff Mack in 1959.
The original lyrics included a rundown of Aussie towns such as "Strathpine, Proserpine, Ulladulla, Darwin, Gin Gin, Deniliquin, Muckadilla, Wallumbilla, Boggabilla, Kumbarilla."
The lyrics were later adapted to name check American towns.
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2. "(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66" (Nat King Cole, 1946)
By the time of this 1951 performance, Nat King Cole had put plenty of miles on "Route 66."
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Reader Littleredtop nearly blew a head gasket when he came across our original list of greatest travel songs ever: "(Writer) Barry Neild* must either be twelve years old or the most poorly informed music critic ever. He has completely overlooked the greatest travel song of all time -- Nat King Cole's rendition of 'Route 66.' This isn't just my opinion as hundreds of millions of people all across the globe will agree."
Many (though not quite hundreds of millions) did indeed agree.
SDM113: "Was shocked that neither 'Kokomo' nor 'Route 66' made this list."
Guest: "2 words, my friends. 'Route 66.' Get your kicks."
Kokapelye: "Other than Nat King Cole's original, Asleep at the Wheel has performed a great cover."
STSEndeavour: "'Route 66' by Depeche Mode (or anybody for that matter)."
*Little Barry Neild actually turns 11 this year. He's recently been introduced to the Rolling Stones and is currently in the process of recovering his self-esteem.
1. "Life is a Highway" (Tom Cochrane, 1991)
No song left off our original list inspired as much outcry as this rousing run through destinations from Mozambique to Memphis.
Greg Breault wrote: "list is invalid without 'Life Is A Highway.'"
Brad Johnson: "Life is a highway needs to be on here!"
Nikki Nik: "You left out 'Life is a Highway' by Rascal Flatts."
Stephen Haladay: "Tom Cochrane: 'Life is a Highway.' Come on CNN!"
Quite right on all counts -- we deserve to have our passports confiscated by surly border guards for leaving this one off the list.
Also, we like Rascal Flatts' twanged-up version almost as much as the original.
What we're not certain about is the whiff of anti-Canadian sentiment that colored some responses.
Alex1234 wrote: "What about 'Life is a Highway' by Tom Cochrane. Oh. He's Canadian."
Stumping for the Cochrane, Marty wrote: "Already disqualified because of Canadian citizenship. Hey, no one said life was fair!"
Hey, we've got nothing against Canadian anything -- some of our best editors are Canadian -- as the links below attest:
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The fact is, we could build a whole top 10 list of greatest travel songs ever solely with songs by Canadian artists.
In addition to "Life is a Highway" and "I've Been Everywhere" there's BTO's "Roll On Down the Highway," Gordon Lightfoot's "Carefree Highway," Rush's "Fly By Night," and ... um ... then there's ... uh ... help us out here, people!
Honorable Mention (songs that received multiple nominations fro
readers): "Country Roads" (John Denver), "Highway Song" (Blackfoot), "Highway Star" (Deep Purple), "Hot Rod Lincoln" (Commander Cody), "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" (The Proclaimers), "Jet Airliner" (Paul Pena/Steve Miller Band), "King of the Road" (Roger Miller), "Magic Carpet Ride" (Steppenwolf), "Midnight Train to Georgia" (Gladys Knight & the Pips), "Roll On Down the Highway" (Bachman-Turner Overdrive), "Southern Cross" (Crosby, Stills and Nash), "Take It Easy" (Eagles).
Still some great travel songs we've missed? Drop a title (critique of our musical knowledge, travel experience and fitness for journalistic duty optional) in the comments.
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On Monday evening, the London Olympic team unveiled a glimmering 500-day countdown clock in Trafalgar Square to mark the Games' impending arrival.
By Tuesday afternoon, the clock was already broken—it had stopped—marking the highest-profile Olympic clock malfunction since Michael Phelps beat Milorad Cavic.
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Case IH personnel and dealers use precision ag simulators to train their customers. Some of the simulators are available through dealerships that allow customers to test-drive precision farming equipment before even stepping foot in the field. "Our simulators are very popular for both producers and our dealers," says Cyndi Punke, Case IH precision farming sales manager. "Even our technicians use the simulators for troubleshooting and diagnostics. It is an incredibly powerful educational tool." More information about Case IH precision ag products can be found at www1.caseih.com/northamerica/Products/Precision Farming/Pages/precision-farming.aspx.
Trimble also is increasing its use of product simulators for 2010. "Dealers and customers can see how the systems operate and work with them in a classroom setting," says Dan Hendricks, Trimble training manager. "It provides a great learning experience without the pressures of learning a new system while dealing with other farming decisions."
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Markets are selling off around the world following Sunday's Greek and French elections.
One of the big fears is that the new Greek leadership will block cuts necessary for desperately needed bailout funds, which could ultimately send the eurozone into chaos.
A day before the elections, Jim O'Neill, Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, published his Viewpoints note addressing the matter.
From O'Neill's note:
If the Greek results reintroduce additional risks and fears of financial contagion across weaker Eurozone countries, then this might also presumably weaken the Euro because of the perception that it may force the ECB to be more accommodative. One might jokingly think, on the contrary, such heightened contagion might influence the Federal Reserve Board more than the ECB. This, however, may not be a joke. As I noted last week, a prominent US thinker remarked at our GSAM Growth Market Summit that the Italian bond yield represented the biggest re-election risk for President Obama. It would be ironic, if not improbable, that a major escalation of Euro area financial contagion influenced the Fed more than the ECB.
O'Neill also discussed the potential outcomes for the French election and its impact on the euro:
The French election, in some ways, is more "fundamental" to the future European policy landscape given the importance of the Franco-Germanic alliance to the Euro project. President-elect Hollande has made it clear in advance that he believes that European economic policy, and ECB policy, should give greater priority to supporting economic growth. Of course, his current German counterparts do not share those thoughts, but many other countries probably do. Although it is true that the ECB is independent, and it might be true that, if elected, President Hollande might not pursue aggressive actions on such matters, at the margin, his appearance on the scene is probably not a EUR/$ positive.
His outlook for the euro:
So here are most of the apparent EUR/$ issues that are likely to remain relevant. It is possibly the case that the Euro may continue to trade in a 1.29-1.35 range for quite some time. It increasingly seems to me that 1.20 is eventually more likely than 1.40. Can we all wait for eventually? There are certainly lots of other things that remain interesting.
Back in December, O'Neill predicted that the euro was more likely to head to $1.10 before $1.50.
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"These are certainly exciting, yet challenging, times for third party logistics providers as we attempt to predict, analyze and adapt to the various forces that will affect our customers' supply chains in years to come." -Joe Gallick, senior vice president of sales for Penske Logistics
It's no secret (unless you live under a VERY big rock) that we're in the middle of perhaps the worst global financial meltdown we've experienced in modern times. This follows, of course, other big economic calamities - such as the run-up of oil prices to nearly $150 a barrel this past July, which pushed diesel and gasoline costs over $5 and $4 a gallon, respectively, throughout much of the U.S.
(Fuel costs, by the way, remains the number one concern of most trucking CEOs according to a new survey of 5,000 trucking executives conducted by the American Transportation Research Institute.)
So how is all of this impacting the global freight flows truckers rely on for business? I mean, let's face it - we live and work in a global economy in terms of trade (and financing - look how ALL the major banks from around the world are all screaming for government help now) so it stands to reason changes to fuel prices and available credit lines will be felt throughout global supply chains.
And you're right - though the developing trend lines may actually hold much promise for U.S. truckers, notes a recent survey of global logistics CEOs and unveiled at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals annual global conference in Denver this week.
According to the results of the "2008 3PL Provider CEO Perspective" produced by Northeastern University and Penske Logistics, third party logistics (3PL) revenue is definitely projected to drop as business is expected to fall off dramatically. However, a trend towards "reverse globalization" is picking up some serious steam - meaning more companies are relocating manufacturing and other work back into the U.S. and nearby countries (Mexico and Central America) rather than Asia due to rising global transportation costs. That may be the start of a silver lining for truckers - we'll have to see if that trend results in more domestic truck freight.
Dr. Robert Lieb, professor of supply chain management at Northeastern University's college of business administration, and Joe Gallick, senior vice president of sales for Penske Logistics, both said at the conference that the survey of 20 3PL CEOs in North America, 10 in Europe and nine in the Asia-Pacific region, revealed some of the lowest industry revenue projections ever seen in the 15-year history of these surveys, with rising fuel prices and slow economic growth the key challenges.
Still, 3PL executives report that they are holding their own despite the rocky times. "While nearly one-fourth of CEOs said that their organizations failed to meet 2007 revenue projections, almost 90 percent reported profitability last year," noted Lieb. "Despite rising prices at the pump and a stagnating economy, these numbers indicate that global 3PL efforts to reduce costs, optimize networks through technological advances, and intensify the focus on customer selectivity are working - we will definitely see a continued focus in these areas well into 2009."
Here's what the survey found this year:
Softer revenue projections. Though CEOs continue to be bullish about revenue growth prospects for their companies and the industry as a whole, projections have become increasingly conservative during the past several years, particularly in Europe.
-- One-year revenue projections for North American companies were reported to be 12.6 percent; in Europe 10.8 percent; and in the Asia-Pacific region, 21.4 percent. The three-year company revenue projections are 13.4 percent in North America, 10 percent in Europe and 23.1 percent in Asia-Pacific.
-- One-year industry revenue projections averaged nine percent in North America, 7.3 percent in Europe and 11.2 percent in Asia-Pacific. The average three-year industry projection for North America is 9.8 percent, 6.5 percent in Europe and 12.9 percent in Asia-Pacific.
-- Operating revenue in Asia-Pacific continued to grow in 2007. However, approximately 25 percent of North American and 30 percent of European companies surveyed did not meet revenue growth targets.
-- In North America, 19 of 20 companies reported profitability in 2007, while only two European companies reported they either broke even or were unprofitable.
-- There are mixed perspectives about the profitability of the industry in Asia-Pacific, with 22 percent of CEOs indicating they believe the industry either broke even or lost money during 2007.
Reverse globalization. This is big one where U.S. truckers are concerned. Due to rising costs of labor, the impact of high fuel prices on shipping costs, and continued concern around government regulations in Asia, 16 of the 39 CEOs involved in the surveys indicate some of their customers (the shippers that put the freight in motion) are changing their sourcing and manufacturing strategies and are moving operations away from Asia and "closer to home." Hand-in-hand with reverse globalization, 3PLs and customers are gravitating toward expanding into nearby emerging markets where the cost of labor, shipping and land is less expensive.
-- 11 of 20 North American executives reported seeing a shift in customers pulling manufacturing back from Asia to North or Central America. In Europe, 20 percent of CEOs reported that some customers have moved operations from Asia to Eastern Europe. Similarly, in Asia-Pacific, one-third indicated that a number of customers have shifted manufacturing out of the region.
-- North American logistics providers are increasingly turning to Mexico and Latin America.
-- In Europe, CEOs are focusing on expanding services into Eastern Europe and Russia.
-- Though limited by infrastructure challenges, CEOs reported 2007 revenue growth in India of 48 percent, with a projected growth rate of 31 percent for the next three years.
-- Growth opportunities are emerging in other Asia-Pacific countries such as Japan, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.
The "greening" of global supply chains continues. The 3PL industry has made significant strides in establishing environmental responsibility as part of broader corporate visions, with companies reporting numerous internal changes in response to these concerns. However, to date, the CEOs involved in the surveys believe these "green" capabilities are relatively insignificant in winning new business or retaining existing customers.
-- "Green" initiatives and environmental sustainability are considered unimportant when it comes to attracting or keeping 3PL customers. In Europe, 100 percent of respondents said "green" efforts are insignificant in winning and keeping business; in North America, 95 percent; and in the Asia-Pacific region, 89 percent.
-- Most CEOs indicated they are increasing spending on "green" initiatives primarily as a corporate social responsibility initiative as opposed to customer demand.
-- Though 79 percent of all companies surveyed have a formal sustainability program, 87 percent have a formal sustainability statement and 74 percent have appointed a formal leader of sustainability, less than three percent of customers globally have performance metrics for their 3PLs that track the 3PL's ability to help customers achieve its "green" goals.
Downward pricing pressure. As commoditization pressures mount in the 3PL industry, the role of procurement in contract negotiations continues to rise, and fuel costs increase, the companies surveyed cited downward pricing pressures as a continuous, major concern for the industry and noted a growing trend in branding as a way to differentiate.
-- 12 CEOs in North America, six in Europe and five in Asia-Pacific cited downward pricing pressures as one of the top three problems faced by 3PLs.
-- 92 percent of companies involved in the three surveys reported pursuing branding initiatives in the past year to help differentiate their companies from the competition.
Again, this is from the mouths of supply chain executives themselves - the folks on the ground arranging the movement of freight all over the world, companies such as: Cardinal Logistics, Caterpillar Logistics Services, Landstar, Menlo Logistics, Ryder, Schneider Logistics, Transplace.com, UPS Supply Chain Solutions, and YRC Logistics, just to name a few.
So while there are indeed big changes ahead that are going to shift global freight flows, they aren't all necessarily negative in nature where U.S. truckers are concerned. We'll just have to cinch the belts a little tighter and see where these trends start to take us.


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Major Section: RELEASE-NOTES
Also see note-2-9-1, see note-2-9-2, and see note-2-9-3 for other changes since the last non-incremental release (Version_2.9).
A soundness bug has been fixed that was due to inadequate checking of
meta rules in the presence of
local events.
Specifically, a
defevaluator event is insufficient for
supporting a
:meta rule (an example is shown in source function
chk-acceptable-rules). Thanks to Dave Greve and Jared Davis for bringing
this bug to our attention, by sending a proof of
nil that exploited this
bug. The fix is to check legality of
:meta rules even when skipping
proofs during an
include-book event or the second pass of an
encapsulate event.
Fixed problem with parallel make for workshop books by adding a dependency
line to
Default hints (see set-default-hints) no longer prevent the use of
:INSTRUCTIONS (see proof-checker). Thanks to Jared Davis for pointing
out this problem.
New functions
remove-eq and
remove-equal have been defined, in
analogy to
remove. These two symbols have also been added to
*acl2-exports*. Thanks to David Rager for pointing out that
remove-equal was missing. Moreover, the definitions of
delete1-equal have been eliminated. Function
remove1-eq, now in
logic mode in source file
axioms.lisp, serves in place of
delete1-eq, with corresponding new function definitions for
The symbol
assert$ has been added to
*acl2-exports*. Thanks to
Jared Davis for the suggestion.
Added SBCL support. Thanks to Juho Snellman for significant assistance with
the port. Thanks to Bob Boyer for suggesting the use of feature
:acl2-mv-as-values with SBCL, which can allow thread-level parallelism
in the underlying lisp; we have done so when feature
:sb-thread is
We have continued to incorporate suggestions for wording improvements in documentation and error messages. Thanks to all who send these suggestions, especially to Eric Smith, who has suggested the vast majority of them.
Made a small improvement to errors and warnings caused on behalf of set-enforce-redundancy, to indicate when an event of the same name already exists.
Fixed a bug in
books/misc/rtl-untranslate.lisp that was causing a guard
violation when adding a new entry for an existing key.
Fixed a bug in translation to internal form that caused
defun-sk and
defchoose to have difficulties handling ignored variables in
forms. Thanks to Sandip Ray to bringing this issue to our attention with a
helpful example.
The form
(push :acl2-mv-as-values *features*) has been added in source
acl2-init.lisp for SBCL and OpenMCL only, in order to support
parallel execution (looking to the future...).
Default-hints (see set-default-hints) were being ignored inside the proof-checker, but no longer. Thanks to John Erickson for bringing this problem to our attention and providing a simple example of it.
Modified the
"make" target (specifically, function
make-tags) so that it is gracefully skipped if the
etags program is
not found. Thanks to David Rager for pointing out this issue.
Sandip Ray has re-worked the supporting materials for his ACL2 Workshop 2003
talk (originally with John Matthews and Mark Tuttle), to run in a few
minutes. The result is in
and is included in the full ACL2 regression suite. Thanks, Sandip.
Debian releases of ACL2 had created superfluous
.cert.final files when
certifying books. This has been fixed; thanks to Jared Davis for noticing
this problem.
Jared Davis has pointed out that ``If you add a
:backchain-limit-lst 0 to
a rewrite rule whose hypotheses are all forced, then ACL2 `really assumes them'
without trying to relieve them right there through rewriting.'' Relevant
documentation has been added for
:backchain-limit-lst; see rule-classes.
A new version of the rtl library has been included in
Thanks to David Russinoff for contributing hand proofs for the new lemmas,
and to Matt Kaufmann for carrying out their mechanization.
Fixed a bug in
save-exec that was failing to set the initial
according to the current directory when starting up ACL2. Thanks to Camm
Maguire for bringing our attention to this problem.
Variables introduced during
let* abstraction are now in the current
package. Thanks to Jared Davis for suggesting such a change.
See set-let*-abstractionp.
It is now allowed for two definitions to be considered the same from the
standpoint of redundancy (see redundant-events) when one specifies a
guard of
t and the other has no explicit
:guard (hence,
the guard is implicitly
t). Thanks to Jared Davis for bringing this
issue to our attention.
(For users of
emacs/emacs-acl2.el) There have been a few enhancements to
distributed file
emacs/emacs-acl2. el (skip this paragraph if you don't
use that file):
Control-t qcontinues to compare windows ignoring whitespace, but now, a prefix argument can be given to control case is also ignored (ignore case if positive, else use case).
Control-t Control-lhas been defined to be similar to
Control-t l, except that proofs are skipped and output is suppressed.
Control-t uhas been defined to print, to the shell buffer, a
ubt!form for the command containing the cursor.
o Control-t Control-f buries the current buffer.
Meta-x new-shellnow puts the new shell buffer in
shell-mode(thanks to David Rager for noticing this issue).
Linear arithmetic has been modified so that we do not generate the equality
(equal term1 term2) from the pair of inequalities
(<= term1 term2)
(<= term2 term1) in the case that we would have to
force both
term1 and
term2 to be
acl2-numberps. Thanks to Dave Greve for
providing a motivating example and to Robert Krug for providing a fix.
The event
delete-include-book-dir had not been allowed inside
books and
encapsulate forms. This was an oversight, and has been
Sandip Ray has contributed a new library of books to support proofs of
partial and total correctness of sequential programs based on assertional
reasoning, in
books/symbolic/. This work is based on the paper
J. Matthews, J S. Moore, S. Ray, and D. Vroon, ``A Symbolic Simulation
Approach to Assertional Program Verification,'' currently in draft form.
In particular, the books include the macro
defsimulate, which
automatically transforms inductive assertion proofs of correctness of
sequential programs to the corresponding interpreter proofs. See the
README in that directory.
We have changed the implementation of
:dir :system for
ld and
include-book. This change will not affect you if you build an ACL2
executable in the normal manner, leaving in place the
books/ subdirectory
of the source directory; nor will it affect you if you download a GCL Debian
binary distribution. The change is that if environment variable
ACL2_SYSTEM_BOOKS is set, then it specifies the distributed books
directory, i.e., the directory determined by
:dir :system. You may find
it convenient to set this variable in your ACL2 script file (typically,
saved_acl2). If it is set when you build ACL2, the generated script for
running ACL2 will begin by setting
ACL2_SYSTEM_BOOKS to that value.
Thanks to various people who have discussed this issue, in particular Jared
Davis who sent an email suggesting consideration of the use of an environment
variable, and to Eric Smith who helped construct this paragraph. (Note that
this use of
ACL2_SYSTEM_BOOKS replaces the use of
described previously; see note-2-9-1.)
ACL2 now automatically deletes files
TMP*.lisp created during the build
process and created by
comp. If you want these to be saved,
(assign keep-tmp-files t) in the ACL2 loop or in raw Lisp. The
clean target for the standard
make process for certifying books
(see book-makefiles) will however delete all files
TMP files discussed just above now generally include the current process
ID in their names, e.g.,
TMP@email@example.com instead of
Thanks to Bob Boyer for suggesting this measure, which will reduce the
possibility that two different processes will attempt to access the same
temporary file.
pe will print the information formerly printed by
slightly enhanced to work for logical names that are strings, not just
symbols. Thanks to Warren Hunt for leading us to this change by suggesting
:pe nth print the definition of
We eliminated spurious warnings that could occur in raw mode in OpenMCL or CMUCL when stobjs are present. We thank Juho Snellman for pointing out the relevant bug and appropriate fix.
Mfc-rw now takes a third argument that can specify an arbitrary known
equivalence relation; see extended-metafunctions. Thanks to Dave Greve for
discussions suggesting this improvement.
A small modification to a symbol-reading function allows documentation string processing on Windows systems that use CR/LF for line breaks. Thanks to William Cook for bringing this issue to our attention.
The documentation has been improved on how to control the printing of ACL2 terms. See user-defined-functions-table. Thanks to Sandip Ray for asking a question that led to the example presented there.
We fixed an inefficiency that could cause an
ld command to seem to hang
at its conclusion. Thanks to Sandip Ray for pointing out this problem.
We checked that ACL2 runs under Lispworks 4.4.5 (last checked before 4.3), and have inhibited redefinition warnings.
Two changes have been made on behalf of congruence-based reasoning. Thanks to Dave Greve for examples and discussions that have led to these changes, and to Eric Smith and Vernon Austel, who also sent relevant examples.
o When a call of the new unary function
double-rewriteis encountered by the rewriter, its argument will be rewritten twice. This solves certain problems encountered in congruence-based rewriting. Warnings for
linearrules will suggest when calls of
double-rewriteon variables in hypotheses are likely to be a good idea. See double-rewrite.
o Hypotheses of the form
(equiv var (double-rewrite term)), where
equivis a known equivalence relation and
varis a free variable (see free-variables), will bind
varto the result of rewriting
termtwice. Previously, hypotheses of the form
(equal var term)would bind a free variable
var, but the call had to be of
equalrather than of an arbitrary known equivalence relation.
The following improvements were made in support of ACL2 on top of OpenMCL.
o New versions of OpenMCL that do not have
:mclin Lisp variable
*features*will now work with ACL2. Thanks to David Rager for bringing this issue to our attention.
o Added support for OpenMCL 1.0 for 64-bit DarwinPPC/MacOS X, thanks to Robert Krug.
o Fixed tracing in OpenMCL so that the level is reset to 1 even if there has been an abort.
o Added support in OpenMCL for
WET(see wet).
o Incorporated suggestions from Gary Byers for printing the ``Welcome to OpenMCL'' prompt before initially entering the ACL2 loop and, and for setting useful environment variable
CCL_DEFAULT_DIRECTORYin the ACL2 script.
Fixed a long-standing bug in forward-chaining, where variable-free hypotheses were being evaluated even if the executable-counterparts of their function symbols had been disabled. Thanks to Eric Smith for bringing this bug to our attention by sending a simple example that exhibited the problem.
Improved reporting by the break-rewrite utility upon failure to relieve hypotheses in the presence of free variables, so that information is shown about the attempting bindings. See free-variables-examples-rewrite. Thanks to Eric Smith for requesting this improvement. Also improved the break-rewrite loop so that terms, in particular from unifying substitutions, are printed without hiding subterms by default. The user can control such hiding (``evisceration''); see set-brr-term-evisc-tuple.
A new directory
books/defexec/ contains books that illustrate the use of
mbe and
defexec. Thanks to the contributors of those books (see
README file in that directory).
The directories
books/rtl/rel2 and
books/rtl/rel3 are no longer
distributed. They are still available by email request. (Subdirectory
rel1/ supports some of the optional
workshop/ books, so it is still
Added book
books/misc/sticky-disable.lisp to manage theories that
might otherwise be modified adversely by
include-book. Thanks to Ray
Richards for a query that led to our development of this tool.
The commands
(exit) and
(quit) may now be used to quit ACL2 and Lisp
completely; in fact they macroexpand to calls of the same function as does
good-bye (which is now a macro). Thanks to Jared Davis for suggesting
the new aliases. (OpenMCL-only comment:) These all work for OpenMCL even
inside the ACL2 loop.
The macro
wet now hides structure by default on large expressions.
However, a new optional argument controls this behavior, for example avoiding
such hiding if that argument is
nil. See wet. Thanks to Hanbing Liu for
pointing out that
wet was not helpful for very large terms.
We have fixed a bug in the forward-chaining mechanism that, very rarely, could cause a proof to be aborted needlessly with an obscure error message. Thanks to Jared Davis for sending us an example that evoked this bug.
Fixed a bug that was causing proof output on behalf of
:functional-instance to be confusing, because it failed to mention that
the number of constraints may be different from the number of subgoals
generated. Thanks to Robert Krug for pointing out this confusing output.
The fix also causes the reporting of rules used when silently simplifying the
constraints to create the subgoals.
Fixed a bug in handling of leading
./ in pathnames, as in:
(include-book "./foo"). Thanks to Jared Davis for bringing this bug to
our attention.
Made a small fix for handling of free variables of
rules, which had erroneously acted as though a hypothesis
(equal var term) can bind the variable
A small change has been made for
type-prescription rules for
hypotheses of the form
(equal var term), where c[var] is a free variable
and no variable of
term is free (see free-variables). As with
rewrite and
linear rules, we now bind
var to
term even if
(equal u term) happens to be known in the current
context for some term
u. Also as with
:rewrite and
rules, similar handling is given to hypotheses
(equiv var (double-rewrite term)) where
equiv is a known
equivalence relation.
We changed the handling of free variables in hypotheses of
rules being handled by the proof-checker's
rewrite (
r) command,
in complete analogy to the change described just above for
type-prescription rules.
The installation instructions have been updated for obtaining GCL on a
Macintosh. Thanks to Robert Krug for supplying this information and to Camm
Maguire for simplifying the process by eliminating the
The macro
comp is now an event, so it may be placed in books.
Previously, a
save-exec call could fail because of file permission
issues, yet ACL2 (and the underlying Lisp) would quit anyhow. This has been
fixed. Thanks to Peter Dillinger for bringing this problem to our attention.
Jared Davis, with assistance from David Rager, has updated his ordered sets
books/finite-set-theory/osets/. See file
CHANGES.html in
that directory.
A new function,
reset-kill-ring, has been provided for the rare user
who encounters memory limitations. See reset-kill-ring.


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Debian GNU/Linux supports both little and big endian machines. Information about it can be found in the Debian Wiki and at the MIPS Port page. Both 32bit and 64bit kernels are supported.
T2 is an open source (GPL) System Development Environment supporting many different architectures including MIPS with both, little and big endian. Information about the T2 MIPS support can be found at MIPS and MIPS64 pages as well as on the general T2 homepage. The Open T2 SDE is suited to create specialized embedded Linux targets as well as run on Sgi workstations.
RedHat 7.1 based
A complete distribution based on RedHat's 7.1, ported by H.J. Lu, can be found at ftp://ftp.linux-mips.org/pub/linux/mips/redhat/7.1/.
Fedora based
The goal of the Fedora-MIPS project is to provide support for MIPS as an official secondary architecture in Fedora. The secondary goal is to enable derivative distributions based on the Fedora package collection and repository that are more suitably optimized for embedded and mobile use-cases. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/MIPS
Maciej W. Rozycki
A set of distributions is maintained by Maciej at ftp://ftp.linux-mips.org/pub/linux/mips/people/macro/. Included, in the order of decreasing completeness, there is a 32-bit little-endian, 64-bit little-endian, 32-bit big-endian and 64-bit big endian one. The 64-bit ones only support the (n)64 ABI.
The former mirror at ftp.rfc822.org is now gone. Thanks, Florian, for providing this service over the years.
Gentoo Linux
Gentoo Linux is a source based distribution which suports many different architectures, including MIPS. Currently two platforms are supported; Silicon Graphics Workstations, and Cobalt servers.
- http://mips.gentoo.org
- #gentoo-mips on irc.freenode.net
- Gentoo Linux/MIPS Handbook
OpenEmbedded is a source based meta distribution similar to Gentoo, but especially targeted for cross-compilation and embedded systems, including MIPS architectures. http://www.openembedded.org
MIPS Technologies
MIPS maintain a version of the above, including complete installable CD-ROM images, at ftp://ftp.mips.com/pub/linux/mips/installation/redhat7.1/.
The following companies provide commercial, supported Linux/MIPS solutions for the embedded market, on a number of different platforms.
MontaVista Software provides a commercial-grade Linux-based operating system and universal development platform. http://www.mvista.com/
Build your own Linux from the source code for the MIPS. Location for Cross-LFS is located at http://cross-lfs.org
DENX Software Engineering provides the ELDK (Embedded Linux Development Kit), a commercial-grade distribution including U-Boot boot loader, Linux kernel tree, cross development tools and an extensive set of native tools. The ELDK which is Free Software is available for PowerPC, ARM, and MIPS processors and can therefore be downloaded for FREE. See http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/ELDK
emlix provides a collection of system software for the Au1100 based F+S NetDCU6 boards and the respective BSP (Board Support Package). It is a commercial-grade distribution including U-Boot boot loader, Linux kernel with an extended driver set, cross development tools for Linux/ia32 (including nano-X aka MicroWindows) and a ready-to-run filesystem for the target. Prior targets for emlix were the NetDCU3 and NetDCU5, upcoming targets (fall 2005) will be the NetDCU8 with an ARM cpu.
TimeSys's TimeStorm Linux Development Kits are ready-to-run, Linux distributions that are available optimized for specific target processors.
Midge & ARLiX
Midge is a linux mini-distribution for ADM5120 based routers, such as Edimax BR-6104K. It includes basic tools such as sh, ssh, inetd, syslogd, telnet, netcat, tftp, wget, udhcpd, vi, etc. Also midge uses ipkg package manager, which can be used for installing new software.
Midge also have Amateur Radio (HAM) version - ARLiX (Amateur Radio LinuX). Support protocol: AX.25, SuperVozelj. Possible add support NetRom, INP3, Rose, FlexNet, etc. It includes basic AX.25 tools such as kissattach, kissparm, beacon, rxecho, ax25-call, call, listen, aprsdigi, aprsmon, axip, linsv, axgetput, uronode, conversd-saupp, etc. Support APRS (Automatic Packet/Position Reporting System) and CADTS (Crimean Amateur Digital Telemetry System).
AMiLDA is a distribution for ADM5120-based devices, which provides a user-friendly interface, along with a really secure environment. It evolves quickly, and every release includes major new features and bug fixes.
Wind River Linux
Wind River Linux is based on pristine source kernel and code, fully tested and validated Linux offering, with optimized tools and development environment Wind River Workbench, an integrated, Eclipse-based development environment.
KaeilOS® (formerly Klinux) is a GNU/Linux embedded distribution GPL Open Source for industrial applications. It includes an integrated development environment (IDE) and debugging instruments for embedded and real time systems. KaeilOS is based on kernel 2.6.15 and 2.4.x. It supports all the processor families x86, ARM, and optionally MIPS, PPC...
Instead of trying to create a single, static firmware, OpenWrt provides a fully writable filesystem with package management. This frees you from the application selection and configuration provided by the vendor and allows you to customize the device through the use of packages to suit any application. For developer, OpenWrt is the framework to build an application without having to build a complete firmware around it; for users this means the ability for full customization, to use the device in ways never envisioned.
This is a distro for Consumer Electronics devices, and a slightly modified form of it is shipped with Skystone Alpha 400 and it's numerous rebadges, with a Ingenics XBurst MIPS-II compatible CPU. More information at littlelinuxlaptop.com
A distribution based on the default Alpha 400 OS, Debian, and Xenium. (Xeniums was another distro for Alpha 400 and similar but is defunct.) More information at 3MX's home page or littlelinuxlaptop.com
External links
- Debian http://www.debian.org/
- Red Hat http://www.redhat.com/
- Fedora http://ww.fedoraproject.org/
- Lineo http://www.lineo.com/
- LynuxWorks http://www.lynuxworks.com/
- TimeSys http://www.timesys.com/
- ELinOS http://www.elinos.com/
- Cross-LFS http://cross-lfs.org/
- Linux Distro News http://www.linux-news.net
- AMiLDA Linux http://www.amilda.org/
- Wind River Linux http://www.windriver.com/
- OpenWrt.org http://openwrt.org
- CELinuxforum.org http://www.celinuxforum.org/
- 3MX http://taitaonline.co.uk/3mx.htm
- Littlelinuxlaptop.com http://littlelinuxlaptop.com/


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Lot 1 (Twentieth Century Art & Design, 22nd March 2019)
Sold for £280
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A limited edition Moorcroft pottery vase in the Brindley's Canal pattern, decorated by Kerry Goodwin, 2010, impressed and painted marks verso to include artists signature, date, and numbered 82/100, with original box and sleeve, h.23.5cm
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Story highlights
- Fabrice Muamba discharged from hospital less than a month after near-fatal collapse
- The 24-year-old pays tribute to The London Chest Hospital staff
- "Their dedication, professionalism and expertise is simply amazing," Muamba said
- Bolton Wanderers midfielder collapsed during FA Cup tie against Tottenham Hostpur
Fabrice Muamba, the Bolton Wanderers midfielder who suffered a near-fatal cardiac arrest on the pitch last month, has left hospital.
The 24-year-old, who collapsed during a fifth round FA Cup tie against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane on March 17, was discharged from The London Chest Hospital on Monday.
"I am naturally very pleased to be discharged from hospital and would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to every single member of staff at The London Chest Hospital who have played a part in my care," Muamba said in a statement.
"Their dedication, professionalism and expertise is simply amazing and I will forever be in their debt. I also wish to say thank you to all the many well-wishers who have sent thousands of messages of support," he added.
"Now I am out of hospital, I am looking forward to continuing my recovery and spending precious time with my family."
Muamba's heart stopped for 78 minutes with medics at White Hart Lane and then later at the London Chest Hospital battling to keep him alive.
His discharge, less than a month after his collapse, continues what has been a remarkable recovery.
Bill McKenna, Professor of Cardiology at The Heart Hospital in London told CNN's World Sport: "Clearly it was a difficult and prolonged resuscitation and you would have feared the worst.
"It's great, clearly, that he's walking, talking, moving and ready to be discharged in a very short time period."
Bolton Wanderers manager, Owen Coyle said it was "fantastic news" before adding his thanks to all the staff at the hospital.
"It's important that Fabrice and his family are now given time and space to be together, and we would ask the media to continue to respect their privacy," Coyle said in a statement.


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Kid Rock to Perform Benefit Show With Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Kid Rock is taking part in a unique one-off performance with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra this May to help them recover from losses accrued during a six-month strike last year.
Kid Rock is no stranger to making charitable contributions to the city of Detroit and his home state of Michigan. Now Kid Rock has signed up to help raise money for the financially unstable Detroit Symphony Orchestra by performing alongside them at the Fox Theatre on May 12. "As a musician, and of course a Detroiter, I am proud to be supporting this longstanding cultural institution," says Kid Rock of the upcoming gig.
Quicken Loans chairman Dan Gilbert came up with the idea to ask for Rock's assistance, with hopes that the concert will generate $1 million for the DSO. Tickets for 'Rock the Symphony' go on sale Saturday, March 3, and will start at $100 with VIP packages available -- that will include admission to the after-party -- for $1,500.
"I know these ticket prices are more than what my fans are used to paying," Rock says of the somewhat bloated price. "I am confident that whatever happens when we put the Twisted Brown Trucker Band, a 80 piece orchestra and 'Bawitdaba' together will be well worth the price of admission."


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Star Trek TNG Pajama Set
Wake It So
- Two-piece, 100% cotton pajamas
- Embroidered Communicator Badge and Rank Pips
- Choose Red/Command/Captain, Blue/Science/Commander, or Gold/Operations/Lieutenant Commander
Bellhop: Looks like the missus booted you out in the middle of the night!
Data: Ah. I understand the source of your misperception, but this is not sleepwear, and I do not have a 'missus.'
- "Time's Arrow"
The one-piece jumpsuit version of the Star Trek: The Next Generation uniforms bugged us. They looked like a retro vision of the future. Like when you go back and look at the illustrations of happy families of the future living on the moon from the 1950s. But on a practical level, one-piece uniforms be a pain in the butt when you had to go to the bathroom. And nobody wants that.
We were relieved when season 3 rolled around and they got the two-piece uniforms. Pretty much everybody but Patrick Stewart looked so much more comfortable. *does Picard Maneuver* You won't have to worry about tugging down the tunic on these pajamas, though. They're super long to start with, long enough to cover past the drawstring waist on the black pajama bottoms.
These 100% cotton pajama sets have the Communicator Badge and Rank Pips already embroidered on the top and come in three flavors. Choose Red/Command/Captain, Blue/Science/Commander, or Gold/Operations/Lieutenant Commander. Machine wash cold. Tumble dry low.
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