Days since spawning were the only (and positive) correlate of female contest performance (data not shown), indicating not only that the motivation or the physical condition to engage in contests was influenced by recent reproduction but also that recent spawners are unsuitable subjects to examine morphological correlates of contest performance.
Along with races, the days' themes are celebrated with parades, contests, performances and a generally festive atmosphere.
The proportional-prize contest performs better by limiting the degree to which heterogeneity among contestants discourages weaker entrants, without altering the performance of stronger entrants.
THE HERMITAGE "A Day of Remembrance," including music, children's essay contest, patriotic performances and free tours.
It was an important cultural event which included a parade, a popular art competition, beauty contests, exhibitions and performances.
A diverse group of 120 took part in a food drive, painted a gardening shed and created an organic garden — and had fun in a slam poetry contest and other performances.
But how reassuring it is to see virtue beating vice in at least one statistically verifiable contest — mutual fund performance.
The anticlimax of the contest was the performance of high-class miler Toronado, billed as Al Kazeem's most feared rival.
The Walmart sponsored contest promised a performance by rapper Pitbull at whichever store location received the most Facebook likes.
For now, only one other company, the Florida-based Lighting Science Group, has produced a prototype that claims to meet the contest's stringent performance criteria, and testing is ongoing.
