Females are about 86 cm (34 in) long and weigh about 3.4 kg (7.4 lbs), while males average at about 2.12 m (7.3 ft) in full breeding plumage (107 cm/42 in when not) and weigh about 5 kg (11 lbs). the peacock is about 50 or 60 cm tall.
Maryland was a founding member of the Southern Conference in 1921, a founding member of the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1952, and is now a member of the Big Ten Conference. The nickname was coined in 1932 by Dr. Harry C. Curley Byrd, then the school's football coach and later the school's president.
Posted: 02/09/2012 9:43 am EST Updated: 02/10/2012 5:16 pm EST. The 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) begins on Thursday in the nation's capital. Candidates competing for the Republican presidential nomination are delivering speeches at the annual event.