With up to 92 percent of Americans doomed to fail at keeping their New Year’s resolutions – “spend less and save more” is among both the most popular and most commonly broken – the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2019’s Best & Worst Cities for Keeping Your New Year's Resolutions as well as accompanying videos as a follow-up on its Most Sinful Cities ranking.
To help Americans stick to their 2019 goals, WalletHub compared more than 180 U.S. cities across 56 key metrics. The data set ranges from adult obesity to income growth to employment outlook.
Best Cities for Keeping Your New Year’s Resolutions
Worst Cities for Keeping Your New Year’s Resolutions
1
San Francisco, CA
173
Laredo, TX
2
Scottsdale, AZ
174
Charleston, WV
3
San Diego, CA
175
Augusta, GA
4
Seattle, WA
176
Huntington, WV
5
Irvine, CA
177
Jackson, MS
6
San Jose, CA
178
Detroit, MI
7
Salt Lake City, UT
179
Fort Smith, AR
8
Austin, TX
180
Newark, NJ
9
Portland, OR
181
Shreveport, LA
10
Orlando, FL
182
Gulfport, MS
Best vs. Worst
To view the full report and your city’s rank, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/best-cities-for-new-years-resolutions/28749/
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AEMA Recognizes Projects for Environmental Excellence
SPOKANE, WA - The American Exploration & Mining Association (AEMA) honored two western mining projects with AEMA's Environmental Excellence Award at its 124th Annual Meeting earlier this month in Spokane, WA. The awards were presented to: Nutrien Ltd. in recognition of their outstanding closure design and reclamation of the South Maybe Mine Cross-Valley Fill project in Caribou County, Idaho; and to Rio Tinto Kennecott in recognition of their commitment to lifecycle mine planning and their outstanding work in closing and reclaiming the Barney's Canyon Mine, Salt Lake County, Utah.
"AEMA is proud to recognize two projects that exemplify not only AEMA's Statement of Environmental Principles, but also illustrate the industry's commitment to environmental responsibility and sustainability throughout the entire mining life cycle from exploration to reclamation and closure," said Executive Director Laura Skaer. "In both of these projects potential environmental impacts were comprehensively identified and appropriately evaluated, managed, and mitigated."
Nutrien Ltd.
The South Maybe Canyon Mine was a phosphate mine located on National Forest lands and operated from 1979 to 1984. The Cross-Valley Fill (CVF) was the overburden storage area associated with the mine. The CVF was successfully reclaimed in the 1980's in compliance with permit requirements of the time.
It was later discovered, however, that higher than normal concentrations of minerals were impacting nearby surface and groundwater. Consequently, the company initiated design work in 2013 and completed construction of the complex, multistage project in 2017. Post-construction monitoring quickly showed dramatic improvements to the water quality in Maybe Creek. Within months of completion, reports showed greater than 95% reduction in mineral concentrations in the creek.
"This was a challenging project, but it also was rewarding, and we're very proud of it," said Jon Bronson, Nutrien's project manager for the CVF. "Despite the challenges we faced during construction, over 150,000 workhours were completed safely, and the environmental benefits were evident almost immediately. Ongoing monitoring has shown consistent improvement, and we expect to see the trend continue. Nutrien is proud and grateful to receive recognition for this work"
Rio Tinto Kennecott
Located on the East slope of the Oquirrh Mountains at the foot of the Great Salt Lake, the Barney's Canyon Mine operated from 1989 to 2013, producing more than 2 million ounces of gold. In 2002, as the mine continued to operate, Rio Tinto Kennecott proactively began their reclamation efforts, reclaiming areas no longer in operation. To date, 800 trees and shrubs native to the area have been planted, making visible to the Salt Lake Valley a flora of maples, oaks, and serviceberries. With 850 acres reclaimed thus far, Rio Tinto is currently embarking on the final stages of reclamation on 350 additional acres. When completed an estimated $50 million will have been invested in the closure and reclamation of the Barney's Canyon Mine.
"This award is an acknowledgement of many people coming together under a culture of holistic lifecycle mine planning from exploration through mine closure and beyond," said Steve Schnoor, reclamation manager at Rio Tinto Kennecott.
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About AEMA:
Founded 123 years ago, AEMA is headquartered in Spokane, WA. It is a 2,000-member national association representing the minerals industry with members residing in 42 U.S. states, seven Canadian provinces, and 10 other countries.
To Write Love on Her Arms
Interviews NBC's This Is Us Actor Chris Sullivan
For Season Finale of Mental Health Podcast
Listen now: https://twloha.com/podcast/
Melbourne, FL - December 19, 2018 - The mental health nonprofit To Write Love on Her Arms has released the season one finale episode of the TWLOHA Podcast, a show about mental health and the things that make us human. The episode, recorded live at the Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, December 16, features actor Chris Sullivan (from This Is Us) talking with TWLOHA founder Jamie Tworkowski, and includes a live performance from Jon Foreman (of Switchfoot). Listen now here: https://twloha.com/podcast/.
Sullivan opens up about his background as an actor and his experience dealing with mental health issues, how he takes care of himself, and why he doesn't consider This Is Us a sad show. "The show is not sad. You're sad and you didn't know it until you watched this show," says Sullivan during the interview. "And that's one of my favorite things about this show is that it digs in to things, relationships, past feelings, experiences that people have had..." shares Sullivan.
The first season of the TWLOHA Podcast, which features 11 episodes, shares stories and conversations about the topics people tend to not talk about, like depression, addiction, self-injury, and suicide. The nonprofit hopes that listeners will not only connect to the episodes and conversations in a meaningful way, but that the podcast will make it easier for people to have these types of conversations in their own lives. The second season of the TWLOHA Podcast will launch in early 2019.
This past #GivingTuesday, TWLOHA launched their #into19 campaign. The goal is to raise $125,000 by December 31, and they are currently more than halfway there. The campaign is anchored by the idea that each gift and donation will make it possible for TWLOHA to reach new communities, share more stories, and connect thousands of people to the help they need and deserve.
To Write Love on Her Arms is a nonprofit dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury, and suicide. It exists to encourage, inform, inspire, and also to invest directly into treatment and recovery. Since its start in 2006, TWLOHA has donated over $2.3 million directly into treatment and recovery and answered over 200,000 messages from over 100 countries.
For more information on To Write Love on Her Arms, please visit: www.twloha.com.
Chris Sullivan is an American actor and musician. He is known for playing Taserface in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. He first gained attention for his portrayal of Tom Cleary on the Cinemax drama The Knick. He played Benny Hammond in Stranger Things and currently stars as Toby on the NBC drama This Is Us.
