- The Me-Me Media
- “Control” — an amalgamation of “Troll” and . . . well, you know . . .
Please; no gratuitous analogies.
Giant 8in spiders from China are set to invade the US: Black and yellow critters seen parachuting through the air on the east coast – and will soon hit New York and New Jersey
Daily Mail | 12/06/23 | Matthew PhelanA venomous eight-inch-long spider native to Asia, whose palm-sized females cannibalize their male mates, is flying up America’s east coast and spreading out west.
Experts say the Jorō spider can fly 50 to 100 miles at a stretch, using their webbing as a parasail to glide in the wind, and it’s now also hitching rides up east coast highways – but the creatures aren’t known to pose a threat to humans or pets.
However, the jury is still out on the impact that this giant spider, which is believed to have first arrived in the US a decade ago via shipping containers arriving in Georgia, might have on local wildlife.
One thing that is certain, according to an ecologist at Rutgers University’s Lockwood Lab in New Jersey, who spoke with DailyMail.com: ‘Soon enough, possibly even next year, they should be in New Jersey and New York.’
‘Because their main methods of dispersal are to either ‘balloon’ with the wind, or hitch rides on cars,’ PhD student and ecologist José R. Ramírez-Garofalo told DailyMail.com, ‘they are generally going to spread to where the wind blows, or where humans are.’
Good morning. Let’s get this decided.
Jennifer Connelly vs Tiffany Thiessen
Jennifer Connelly (6-0-1 Pts. 584 Avg. 83.42)

VS
Tiffany Thiessen (6-0-1 Pts. 586 Avg. 83.71)

Group X is at an end and we have a tie! Tiffany Thiessen matched records with jennifer Connelly and tied their head to head match up so, given the holidays coming up, we are going to have a playoff with vote preference similar to our SI swimsuit contest. That will take us through Christmas and while we will post the results we won’t start the next group until January 8th when the winners of our last 8 groups will face off. Even more difficult choices. So, on to the results.
Results
Standings
| Contestants | Record | Points | Average Points | Points Against | Average School |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiffany Thiessen | 6 – 0 – 1 | 586 | 83.71 | 320 | 83.71-45.71 |
| Jennifer Connelly | 6 – 0 – 1 | 584 | 83.42 | 314 | 83.42-44.85 |
| Sandra Bullock | 4 – 3 – 0 | 491 | 70.14 | 451 | 70.14-64.42 |
| Nicole Eggert | 3 – 4 – 0 | 409 | 58.42 | 501 | 58.42-71.57 |
| Kristy Swanson | 3 – 4 – 0 | 403 | 57.57 | 438 | 57.57-62.57 |
| Laura Prepon | 3 – 4 – 0 | 403 | 57.57 | 541 | 57.57-77.28 |
| Melissa Joan Hart | 1 – 6 – 0 | 379 | 54.14 | 517 | 54.14-73.85 |
| Rachel Leigh Cook | 1 – 6 – 0 | 373 | 53.28 | 546 | 53.28-78.00 |
Playoff