The Midlife Tuneup
Originally published on June 1, 2018
Supported byOriginally published on June 1, 2018The Midlife TuneupByTara Parker-PopeIllustrations by Kim MurtonOur health needs change with every passing decade, but the good news is that it’s never too late to start taking better care of yourself. Whether you are in your 30s, 40s, 50s or beyond, the Well Midlife Tuneup will put you on a healthier path to improving your body, mind and relationships. You are only as old as you feel, and completing our tuneup will definitely help you feel young at heart. Let’s get started.EatHealthful eating is not the only way to improve your overall well being, but it’s often the first place many of us start.Food is not the enemy; it’s just the bad habits that need to go. As you embark on tuning up your eating habits, don’t think about going on a diet or losing weight. Instead, make a promise to yourself that you’re going to focus on healthful eating habits that will make you feel well today and every day. If you do that, you’ll have more energy and chances are you will also lose weight. Here are a few guidelines to get you started.
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The Midlife Tuneup
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june 1, 2018 fmcsa announces ucr plan board meetings on may 31, 2018, the federal motor carrier safety administration (fmcsa) announced upcoming meetings of the unified carrier registration (ucr) plan board of directors. the meetings are june 3 and june 5 in ft. lauderdale, florida, and are open to the public in person or by conference call. fmcsa requests comment on impact of regulations on small businesses on may 31, 2018, fmcsa published a request for comment on the impact of its regulations on small businesses. specifically, the agency is seeking feedback on rules that disproportionately have an economic impact on small businesses and rules that have difficult language to understand. comments are due by july 30. nhtsa submits icr for state crash data collection also on may 31, 2018, the national highway traffic safety administration (nhtsa) submitted an information collection request (icr) to collect motor vehicle crash data from states to be housed in one database. motor vehicle crash data would be transferred by electronic means to reduce the current burden of manual entry. comments are due by july 30. u.s. dot announces notice of intent to submit icr for general feedback also on may 31, 2018, the united states department of transportation (u.s. dot) published a 30 day notice of intent to submit an icr request for general feedback from customers and stakeholders. the u.s. dot wishes to collect information on stakeholders’ perceptions, experiences and expectations. comments are due by july 2. nrc revises guidance on occupational radiation exposure reporting on may 29, 2018, the nuclear regulatory commission (nrc) published a fourth revision to their “instructions for recording and reporting occupational radiation dose data.” the revision no longer requires consideration of exposure to radiation by previous employers. fmcsa makes corrections to electronic documents and signature rule on may 25, 2018, fmcsa published a final rule making technical corrections to the agency’s electronic documents and signatures final rule, originally published on april 16, 2018. in addition, the agency rescinds related regulatory guidance and interpretations published jan. 4, 2011. the corrections are effective june 15, at which point the rescission goes into effect. fmcsa submits an icr to collect data on the commute of cmv operators on may 24, 2018, fmcsa announced its plan to submit an irc to conduct a voluntary survey on the commuting habits of commercial motor vehicle (cmv) operators. this is in response to a provision in the fixing america’s surface transportation (fast) act requiring a study be done on the safety effects of commutes that exceed 150 miles. comments are due by june 25. fmcsa seeks renewal of icr to conduct a customer satisfaction survey on may 24, 2018, fmcsa published a request for renewal of an icr on customer satisfaction of the agency. comments are due by june 25. phmsa requests comment on emergency response guidebook on may 23, 2018, the pipeline and hazardous materials safety administration (phmsa) published a request for comment on ways to improve the emergency response guidebook (erg). phmsa is particularly interested in feedback from emergency service personnel who have experience implementing the erg in response to hazardous materials transportation. fmcsa announces regional emergency declaration on may 27, 2018, fmcsa published a regional emergency declaration in response to subtropical storm alberto. cmvs transporting relief goods and emergency supplies are exempt from hours of service regulations if traveling to areas affected by the storm in florida, alabama, mississippi, louisiana, arkansas, tennessee and texas. the exemption expires on june 27, 2018, or when the emergency is over, whichever is earlier. cvsa active exemption tracker cvsa maintains a list of active exemptions issued by fmcsa. members can access the document by logging into their cvsa member portal and clicking on the “exemptions” tab at the top of the page. © copyright 2025 cvsa

discover the cosmos! each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2018 june 1 explanation: since the distance from earth to mars changes drastically as the planets orbit the sun, mars' appearance changes dramaticaly. mars is bright now, and it's getting closer and brighter still as it orbits toward its 2018 opposition and closest approach to earth in late july. this sequence of sharp telescopic images records the red planet's steady increase in apparent size for the months of january (top left) through april. during that time its distance from earth went from 284 million kilometers in january to 129 million kilometers in april, and so its apparent size more than doubled. at closest approach mars will be about 58 million kilometers distant, more than doubling in apparent size compared to the disk at the lower right. by then it will rival the brightness of jupiter in planet earth's night sky, but don't believe the claims of the inevitable internet hoax. authors & editors: robert nemiroff (mtu) & jerry bonnell (umcp) nasa official: phillip newman specific rights apply. nasa web privacy policy and important notices a service of: asd at nasa / gsfc & michigan tech. u.

in certain circles, including some of the ones i travel in, there’s great excitement about today’s date. we won’t see its like again for another century. what makes today so special? the date    1/6/18    lines up with the first four digits of the golden ratio, a mathematical constant that’s roughly equal to 1.618 and is commonly denoted by the greek letter phi, which looks a bit like the letter “p” but with an extra loop on the left hand side of the vertical axis. so let’s celebrate phi day by considering some of the wonderful things the golden ratio has to offer. the golden ratio is the proportion that arises when we cut a line into two parts so that the ratio of the whole length to the long part is equal to the ratio of the lengths of the two parts. many find those sorts of proportions aesthetically pleasing: le corbusier, for example, based his system of architecture on them[j1] ; they may also have figured into the parthenon. and mathematically, the golden ratio is cool because it is the only positive number such that you get its square if you add 1 to it. but that’s not all! the golden ratio has been found in nature everywhere from nautilus shells to magnetic resonance at the atomic scale. perhaps prefiguring this, luca pacioli    a renaissance era forefather of modern accounting    ascribed divine significance to the golden ratio. (on a more earthly plane, the golden ratio co starred alongside donald duck in the 1950s.) the golden ratio is also linked to a famous sequence attributed to fibonacci: if you start with 1 and 1, and generate a series of numbers by adding the most recent two together to get the next, you end up with: 1, 1, 2 (= 1+1), 3 (= 1+2), 5 (= 2+3), 8 (= 3+5), 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377…. this sequence crops up in nature as well    in sunflowers and pinecones (and even in lemonade!?). there’s gold buried there, too: as we continue the sequence on and on, the ratio of consecutive terms approaches the golden ratio (for example, 377/233 is roughly 1.61803). so how should you celebrate a golden day like this? it’s probably too late to plan a trip to the golden state. but you can still chow down on some golden delicious apples, golden grahams or golden rice. or you could just listen to some golden oldies. whatever you do, make it count. there won’t be another day this golden until 2118. (this story has been published from bloomberg feed without modifications to the text. only the headline has been changed.the author’s views are personal.)

7 down was the first entry in this grid, and then i built the central stack of 11s around the long crosser. this is a common approach i have when writing these stagger stack freestyles. other than the central stack, i don't work with a pre set grid design; the grid will gradually build around the stack based on what i can do with the crossings. this organic approach to grid design is one of the more compelling aspects of writing freestyles from the center outward. here the unplanned bonuses are the two additional long downs that flank teachable moment. there are drawbacks of working the grid design as you go, however, and this grid is a good example. the corners here are too dry, especially that southeast corner. the main reason for this is the glut of 3 letter words. in general, i don't think sixteen 3s is "too many" for a freestyle, but it can become tedious for the solver when every corner of the grid is so heavily reliant on 3s. what's more, bland entries like imitating and tsarinas take up such valuable grid real estate, and don't add any sparkle to offset the surplus of short stuff. if i were writing this puzzle today, i'd like to see if upping the word count to 70 would improve this situation. specifically, i'd like to see if adding a block at the p of icepalace (and its symmetrical partner) would make for a better overall fill, or at least allow for a grid design that opens up the corners a bit. it's possible that i tried these things and hit a dead end   i counted over 90 .puz files i've written since i wrote this last year, so apologies for my fuzzy memories of this one. it's frustrating to revisit old work that doesn't quite meet your current standards, as is the case here. i do hope, however, that there is enough here for solvers to enjoy, and thanks as always to the editing team for making the clues better. andrew creates a lot of indie puzzles, making "stair stack" arrangements one of his calling cards. i really like this puzzle's stair stack, cereal boxes / you called it / spidey sense a great triple. cereal boxes is already pretty good by itself, but getting a delightful wordplay clue   [life preservers?], playing on life cereal   makes it even better. stair stacks usually have a couple of long answers running through them, but it's unusual to get a grid spanner right down the middle. teachable moment makes that stair stack even better. weave in pina colada and holy spirit   along with pterosaur and cousin itt   and that's a great center of the puzzle. i also enjoyed some of the other entries, like go time and precalc. however, the featured center took up so much real estate that andrew was forced to use so many short answers in the periphery of the grid. three letter words ... yeah, 16 is definitely high for a themeless. it's not a problem in its own right, but having them concentrated in the four corners gave the puzzle a choppy feel. jumping from ord to ptl to sch to sas to sen messed with my solving feng shui. some potential left on the table, too. ice palaces is a great use of a precious long slot. but adderley is okay, but not flashy. similarly, tsarinas, elenore, imitating. glad to see that andrew and i agreed on this. beautiful center of the puzzle. if the periphery had matched in quality, this could have been a pow! contender. answer summary:5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later. there are 15 rows and 15 columns, with 0 rebus squares, and 8 cheater squares (marked with "+" in the colorized grid below.) the grid uses 21 of 26 letters, missing jkqwz. it has normal rotational symmetry. average word length: 5.56, scrabble score: 290, scrabble average: 1.53. puzzle has 5 fill in the blank clues and 0 cross reference clues. this puzzle has 5 unique answer words. it has 2 words that debuted in this puzzle and were later reused: these 29 answer words are not legal scrabble™ entries, which sometimes means they are interesting: various thumbnail views are shown: crosswords that share the most words with this one (excluding sundays): unusual or long words that appear elsewhere: other puzzles with the same block pattern as this one: other crosswords with exactly 36 blocks, 68 words, 83 open squares, and an average word length of 5.56: the next two sections attempt to show how fresh the grid entries are. in this view, unusual answers are colored depending on how often they have appeared in other puzzles. unique answers are in red, red overwrites orange which overwrites yellow, etc. cheater squares are indicated with a + sign. freshness factor is a calculation that compares the number of times words in this puzzle have appeared in other modern era puzzles. click here for an explanation. the chart below shows how many times each word has been used across all nyt puzzles, old and modern including variety. found bugs or have suggestions? please let us know. like this puzzle? please share this page on social media to help spread the word about xword info. thanks!

proclamations economy & jobs issued on: may 31, 2018 1. on january 11, 2018, the secretary of commerce (secretary) transmitted to me a report on his investigation into the effect of imports of steel mill articles on the national security of the united states under section 232 of the trade expansion act of 1962, as amended (19 u.s.c. 1862). 2. in proclamation 9705 of march 8, 2018 (adjusting imports of steel into the united states), i concurred in the secretary’s finding that steel mill articles are being imported into the united states in such quantities and under such circumstances as to threaten to impair the national security of the united states, and decided to adjust the imports of steel mill articles, as defined in clause 1 of proclamation 9705, as amended (steel articles), by imposing a 25 percent ad valorem tariff on such articles imported from most countries, beginning march 23, 2018. i further stated that any country with which we have a security relationship is welcome to discuss with the united states alternative ways to address the threatened impairment of the national security caused by imports from that country, and noted that, should the united states and any such country arrive at a satisfactory alternative means to address the threat to the national security such that i determine that imports from that country no longer threaten to impair the national security, i may remove or modify the restriction on steel articles imports from that country and, if necessary, adjust the tariff as it applies to other countries, as the national security interests of the united states require. 3. in proclamation 9711 of march 22, 2018 (adjusting imports of steel into the united states), i noted the continuing discussions with the argentine republic (argentina), the commonwealth of australia (australia), the federative republic of brazil (brazil), canada, mexico, the republic of korea (south korea), and the european union (eu) on behalf of its member countries, on satisfactory alternative means to address the threatened impairment to the national security posed by imports of steel articles from those countries. recognizing that each of these countries and the eu has an important security relationship with the united states, i determined that the necessary and appropriate means to address the threat to national security posed by imports of steel articles from these countries was to continue the ongoing discussions and to exempt steel articles imports from these countries from the tariff proclaimed in proclamation 9705, as amended, until may 1, 2018. 4. in proclamation 9740 of april 30, 2018 (adjusting imports of steel into the united states), i noted that the united states had agreed in principle with argentina, australia, and brazil on satisfactory alternative means to address the threatened impairment to our national security posed by steel articles imports from these countries and extended the temporary exemption of these countries from the tariff proclaimed in proclamation 9705, as amended, in order to finalize the details. 5. the united states has agreed on a range of measures with these countries, including measures to reduce excess steel production and excess steel capacity, measures that will contribute to increased capacity utilization in the united states, and measures to prevent the transshipment of steel articles and avoid import surges. in my judgment, these measures will provide effective, long term alternative means to address these countries’ contribution to the threatened impairment to our national security by restraining steel articles exports to the united states from each of them, limiting transshipment and surges, and discouraging excess steel capacity and excess steel production. in light of these agreements, i have determined that steel articles imports from these countries will no longer threaten to impair the national security and thus have decided to exclude these countries from the tariff proclaimed in proclamation 9705, as amended. the united states will monitor the implementation and effectiveness of the measures agreed upon with these countries to address our national security needs, and i may revisit this determination, as appropriate. 6. in light of my determination to exclude, on a long‑term basis, these countries from the tariff proclaimed in proclamation 9705, as amended, i have considered whether it is necessary and appropriate in light of our national security interests to make any corresponding adjustments to such tariff as it applies to other countries. i have determined that, in light of the agreed upon measures with these countries, and the fact that the tariff will now apply to imports of steel articles from additional countries, it is necessary and appropriate, at this time, to maintain the current tariff level as it applies to other countries. 7. section 232 of the trade expansion act of 1962, as amended, authorizes the president to adjust the imports of an article and its derivatives that are being imported into the united states in such quantities or under such circumstances as to threaten to impair the national security. 8. section 604 of the trade act of 1974, as amended (19 u.s.c. 2483), authorizes the president to embody in the harmonized tariff schedule of the united states (htsus) the substance of statutes affecting import treatment, and actions thereunder, including the removal, modification, continuance, or imposition of any rate of duty or other import restriction. now, therefore, i, donald j. trump, president of the united states of america, by the authority vested in me by the constitution and the laws of the united states of america, including section 232 of the trade expansion act of 1962, as amended, section 301 of title 3, united states code, and section 604 of the trade act of 1974, as amended, do hereby proclaim as follows: (1) the superior text to subheadings 9903.80.05 through 9903.80.58 of the htsus is amended by replacing “south korea” with “argentina, of brazil, or of south korea”. (2) for the purposes of administering the quantitative limitations applicable to subheadings 9903.80.05 through 9903.80.58 for argentina and brazil, the annual aggregate limits for each country set out in the annex to this proclamation shall apply for the period starting with calendar year 2018 and for subsequent years, unless modified or terminated. the quantitative limitations applicable to subheadings 9903.80.05 through 9903.80.58 for these countries, which for calendar year 2018 shall take into account all steel articles imports from each respective country since january 1, 2018, shall be effective for steel articles entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after june 1, 2018, and shall be implemented by u.s. customs and border protection (cbp) of the department of homeland security as soon as practicable, consistent with the superior text to subheadings 9903.80.05 through 9903.80.58. the secretary of commerce shall monitor the implementation of the quantitative limitations applicable to subheadings 9903.80.05 through 9903.80.58 and shall, in consultation with the secretary of defense, the united states trade representative, and such other senior executive branch officials as the secretary deems appropriate, inform the president of any circumstance that in the secretary’s opinion might indicate that an adjustment of the quantitative limitations is necessary. (3) the text of subdivision (e) of u.s. note 16 to subchapter iii of chapter 99 of the htsus is amended by striking the last sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following sentence: “beginning on july 1, 2018, imports from any such country in an aggregate quantity under any such subheading during any of the periods january through march, april through june, july through september, or october through december in any year that is in excess of 500,000 kg and 30 percent of the total aggregate quantity provided for a calendar year for such country, as set forth on the internet site of cbp, shall not be allowed.”. (4) the secretary of commerce, in consultation with cbp and with other relevant executive departments and agencies, shall revise the htsus so that it conforms to the amendments and effective dates directed in this proclamation. the secretary shall publish any such modification to the htsus in the federal register. (5) clause 5 of proclamation 9711, as amended, is amended by striking the phrase “as amended by proclamation 9711,” in the first and second sentences and inserting in lieu thereof the following phrase: “as amended, or to the quantitative limitations established by proclamation,”. clause 5 of proclamation 9711, as amended, is further amended by inserting the phrase “or quantitative limitations” after the words “ad valorem rates of duty” in the first and second sentences. (6) clause 5 of proclamation 9740 is amended by striking the phrase “as amended by clause 1 of this proclamation,” and inserting in lieu thereof the following phrase: “as amended, or to the quantitative limitations established by proclamation,” in the first sentence. clause 5 of proclamation 9740 is further amended by striking the words “by clause 4 of this proclamation” from the second sentence. (7) any provision of previous proclamations and executive orders that is inconsistent with the actions taken in this proclamation is superseded to the extent of such inconsistency. in witness whereof, i have hereunto set my hand this thirty first day of may, in the year of our lord two thousand eighteen, and of the independence of the united states of america the two hundred and forty second. donald j. trump

supported by tariffs on imported steel and aluminum are meant to fulfill president trump’s vows to protect american industry, but they are drawing a fierce response. by ana swanson the times went to south sudan to document the extent of hunger as food grew scarce. this year is expected to be the worst yet, as millions potentially face acute malnutrition. by megan specia and kassie bracken as he has for all of his acts of clemency since taking office, mr. trump bypassed the traditional system for presidential pardons. by peter baker the arrangement puts europe’s fourth largest economy into the hands of parties antagonistic to the european union and illegal immigrants. by jason horowitz noncheering cheerleaders are hired on looks and dressed like cheerleaders, but their primary job is to charm the team’s fans. by juliet macur a settlement with federal prosecutors would bring more funding, and oversight, to an agency that has slipped into disrepair. by luis ferré sadurní and j. david goodman by keith bradsher by neil irwin by julie turkewitz by coral davenport by gardiner harris and mark landler by raphael minder by raymond zhong by emma g. fitzsimmons by ashley southall by benjamin hoffman and marc stein by christopher clarey by roberta smith by katrin bennhold by ceylan yeginsu by megan specia by julie turkewitz by dana goldstein and ben casselman by dave philipps by nellie bowles by sam roberts by neil genzlinger by the editorial board by the editorial board by paul krugman by emma g. fitzsimmons by jim dwyer by ashley southall by neal e. boudette and michael j. de la merced by raymond zhong by james b. stewart by benjamin hoffman and marc stein by christopher clarey by tariq panja by ben brantley by gia kourlas by ben sisario by ben brantley, jesse green, laura collins hughes, alexis soloski and elisabeth vincentelli

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subscribe & save less than $3 per week a north korean official delivers a letter from kim jong un to trump, allies retaliate after trump imposes tariffs, and more president trump imposed steel and aluminum tariffs on the european union, canada, and mexico, prompting immediate retaliation by some of america's closest allies. the u.s. tariffs of 25 percent on imported steel and 10 percent on aluminum took effect at midnight thursday. "this is protectionism, pure and simple," said jean claude juncker, president of the european commission. mexico said it would slap taxes on imported u.s. pork bellies, apples, cranberries, grapes, certain cheeses, and various types of steel. canada imposed a surtax on $16.6 billion of american steel, aluminum, and other products. canadian prime minister justin trudeau called trump's claim that the tariffs were necessary for national security an "affront" to canadians who have fought alongside americans from world war ii to afghanistan. the washington post former north korean intelligence chief kim yong chol will make a rare visit to washington on friday to give a "personal letter" from kim jong un to president trump in a sign of the "good progress" toward reviving a summit between the two leaders, secretary of state mike pompeo said thursday. "our two countries face a pivotal moment in our relationship, and it would be nothing short of tragic to let this opportunity go to waste," pompeo said after meeting with kim yong chol in new york. pompeo did not say whether the june 12 summit in singapore, which trump canceled last week, was officially back on. trump said it might take several summits to reach a deal on north korean denuclearization. escape your echo chamber. get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives. from our morning news briefing to a weekly good news newsletter, get the best of the week delivered directly to your inbox. from our morning news briefing to a weekly good news newsletter, get the best of the week delivered directly to your inbox. the associated press president trump announced thursday that he would pardon conservative provocateur dinesh d'souza, who pleaded guilty to a felony related to campaign finance violations in 2014. d'souza made $20,000 in illegal contributions to a new york senate candidate, and was sentenced to five years of probation and several months in a confinement center. trump tweeted that d'souza "was treated very unfairly by our government!" d'souza is known for making ferociously partisan and unfounded allegations against former president barack obama and hillary clinton. also on thursday, trump said he was considering commuting the 14 year corruption sentence of former illinois gov. rod blagojevich (d) and issuing a presidential pardon to martha steward, who was convicted on charges related to insider trading in 2004. cnn spanish prime minister mariano rajoy was ousted from office on friday, losing a no confidence vote after two days of bitter debate in parliament. the vote was 180 to 169, with one abstention. rayoy said he would accept the decision, adding that "it has been an honor to be the leader of spain and to leave it in a better state than the one i found. i believe i have satisfied my responsibility, which is to improve the lives of spaniards. if i have offended someone in my role i ask forgiveness." he will be replaced by a leader of the opposition socialist party. rajoy survived high unemployment, a financial crisis, and a showdown over demands for independence in the catalan region, but he lost his grip on power due to corruption scandals plaguing his popular party. the washington post the danish parliament on thursday passed a law banning muslim women from wearing traditional clothing that hides the face, such as a niqab or burqa. the legislation does not specifically single out muslims, but says that "anyone who wears a garment that hides the face in public will be punished with a fine." the penalty is 1,000 kroner ($157) but it rises 10 times higher for repeat offenders. the law takes effect aug. 1. denmark's justice minister, soren pape poulsen, said people "must be able to see each other's facial expressions, it's a value in denmark." amnesty international calls the policy a "discriminatory violation of women's rights." the european court of human rights upheld a belgian ban on full face veils last year. france adopted europe's first burqa ban in 2011. bbc news italy's two leading populist groups, the anti establishment five star movement and the anti immigrant league, reached a deal to form a government on thursday, reuniting after a split that roiled global markets. days earlier, president sergio mattarella rejected the coalition cabinet over fears that the proposed finance minister would try to lead italy, europe's fourth largest economy, out of the eurozone. mattarella approved the new cabinet proposal. before that, the political chaos had threatened to force early elections that could have turned into a brexit like referendum on whether italy would split with the european union. it was not immediately clear, however, to what degree the new government would ease the quarreling among italy's political factions. the new york times syrian president bashar al assad said that he would use force to push u.s. troops out of northeastern syria if they don't cede control to the government willingly. "the americans should leave somehow. they are going to leave," assad said in comments to russian state owned rt that were broadcast thursday. assad said his government is negotiating with local factions to return control of the region to the government, adding that if talks fail "we are going to resort to liberating the area by force, with the americans or without the americans." syrian kurds have declared a self governing autonomous region in the northeast, and the u.s. has 2,000 troops there helping militias fight the islamic state. the washington post karthik nemmani, an 8th grader from mckinney, texas, won this year's scripps national spelling bee after correctly spelling "koinonia," a greek word defined as "intimate spiritual communion and participative sharing in a common religious commitment and spiritual community." the finals went 18 rounds. naysa modi, 12, of frisco, texas, took second place after leaving out the second "s" in the word "bewusstseinslage." modi had beaten nemmani in their county spelling bee. there were 516 competitors in the national bee this year, ranging in age from 8 to 15   the largest number in the history of the event. nemmani, 14, won $40,000 in cash, a $2,500 savings bond, a set of encyclopedias, and a trophy. cnn lebron james scored a playoff career high 51 points but his cleveland cavaliers lost to the golden state warriors in game 1 of the nba finals in oakland on thursday. the warriors won 124 114 in overtime, kicking off the fourth straight cavs warriors championship battle. stephen curry scored 29 points for the warriors. kevin durant added 26, and klay thomson 24. cleveland missed a chance to win with 4.7 seconds left in regulation time. guard george hill hit the first of two free throws, tying the game, then missed the second. cavs shooting guard j.r. smith grabbed the rebound. instead of shooting he dribbled toward half court and time ran out as james watched in disbelief, and the game went into overtime. game 2 is sunday in oakland. usa today the associated press full frontal host samantha bee apologized thursday to ivanka trump for calling the president's daughter and senior adviser a "feckless c  t" during the wednesday night episode of her tbs show. bee came under criticism for her use of the vulgar insult in a segment asking ivanka to persuade president trump to put a stop to his administration's policy of separating children from their parents when the family has crossed the border illegally. the white house called bee's joke "vile and vicious" and suggested bee's show should be canceled. at least two advertisers dropped bee's show. one of them, autotrader, called bee's language "offensive and unacceptable." deadline cnn a free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day   and the best features from theweek.com harold maass is a contributing editor at the week. he has been writing for the week since the 2001 debut of the u.s. print edition and served as editor of theweek.com when it launched in 2008. harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in south florida and haiti. he has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including the miami herald, abc news and fox news, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for the week and yahoo finance. in depth the president has a history of making off color remarks about veterans and service members by david faris published 7 february 25 podcast plus, can ai understand religion? 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june 1, 2018 fmcsa announces ucr plan board meetings on may 31, 2018, the federal motor carrier safety administration (fmcsa) announced upcoming meetings of the unified carrier registration (ucr) plan board of directors. the meetings are june 3 and june 5 in ft. lauderdale, florida, and are open to the public in person or by conference call. fmcsa requests comment on impact of regulations on small businesses on may 31, 2018, fmcsa published a request for comment on the impact of its regulations on small businesses. specifically, the agency is seeking feedback on rules that disproportionately have an economic impact on small businesses and rules that have difficult language to understand. comments are due by july 30. nhtsa submits icr for state crash data collection also on may 31, 2018, the national highway traffic safety administration (nhtsa) submitted an information collection request (icr) to collect motor vehicle crash data from states to be housed in one database. motor vehicle crash data would be transferred by electronic means to reduce the current burden of manual entry. comments are due by july 30. u.s. dot announces notice of intent to submit icr for general feedback also on may 31, 2018, the united states department of transportation (u.s. dot) published a 30 day notice of intent to submit an icr request for general feedback from customers and stakeholders. the u.s. dot wishes to collect information on stakeholders’ perceptions, experiences and expectations. comments are due by july 2. nrc revises guidance on occupational radiation exposure reporting on may 29, 2018, the nuclear regulatory commission (nrc) published a fourth revision to their “instructions for recording and reporting occupational radiation dose data.” the revision no longer requires consideration of exposure to radiation by previous employers. fmcsa makes corrections to electronic documents and signature rule on may 25, 2018, fmcsa published a final rule making technical corrections to the agency’s electronic documents and signatures final rule, originally published on april 16, 2018. in addition, the agency rescinds related regulatory guidance and interpretations published jan. 4, 2011. the corrections are effective june 15, at which point the rescission goes into effect. fmcsa submits an icr to collect data on the commute of cmv operators on may 24, 2018, fmcsa announced its plan to submit an irc to conduct a voluntary survey on the commuting habits of commercial motor vehicle (cmv) operators. this is in response to a provision in the fixing america’s surface transportation (fast) act requiring a study be done on the safety effects of commutes that exceed 150 miles. comments are due by june 25. fmcsa seeks renewal of icr to conduct a customer satisfaction survey on may 24, 2018, fmcsa published a request for renewal of an icr on customer satisfaction of the agency.