Monday, January 21, 2019

Pray It's Not a Temporary Blip









Photo of Trump's head used in photocollage by Gage Skidmore: Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0). Sink by Shutterstock/Christian Delbert

I came across this fact sheet about Donald Trump that informs Americans that just maybe, we’re seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. For Trump haters, it means there is hope. 

According to the Marist Institute for Public Opinion, Trump’s approval rating is down 18 percentage points among suburban men, down 13 points among white evangelicals, down 10 points among Republicans, and down 7 points among the usually intractable cohort of white men without a college degree. 

"For the first time, we saw a fairly consistent pattern of having his base showing evidence of a cracking", said Lee Miringoff, director of MIPO, which conducted the poll. 

Let's pray this is not a temporary blip.

Just like Nicol David, Low Wee Wern is a fighter!

In just four tournaments since her comeback in July 2018, Low (right) moved from 254 to 52 in the latest world rankings, a remarkable achievement considering she was the No. 5 ranked player in the world before an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear in her knee that needed multiple surgeries kept her out of the game for 21 months. 

She made four finals on the Professional Squash Association (PSA) Tour and won all of them starting with the Malaysian and Tasmanian Open in July, Australian Open in August then the Queensland Open in October. 

At the Tournament of Champions in New York City, USA on Friday, Low did well to beat Egyptian, world No. 24 Mayar Hany 3-1: 12-10, 11-3, 6-11, 11-6 (42 mins) in the first round. 

But she lost 1-3 to another Egyptian in the second round, world No. 8 Nouran Gouhar: 11-4, 11-5, 5-11, 11-6 (39 mins). 

Still, Low made a good effort nonetheless.

Meanwhile, Nicol David, who received a first round bye, disposed Egypt's Rowan Elaraby 3-0 on Saturday: 11-9, 11-7, 13-11 (33 mins). 

And next, she’s playing New Zealander Joelle King on Monday.

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