Iowa scored 10 points in the opening session, good for fourth at the time.
The President will join Dr. Biden at the open -- at the opening session.
My colleague Stephen Walker has more of the mood of the Opening session here.
But this morning's opening session did offer some wider perspectives on the future of the internet.
Dr. Kozue Kay Nagata, Representative of UNESCO in Pakistan, stated at the opening session of the event.
The opening session will include the participation of high level ministerial representatives and will be followed by a press conference.
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James Toseland also felt the force of gravity down under, ditching his own YZR-M1 halfway through an otherwise positive opening session.
The opening session talked less of goslings and rooks than of an animal that was one of Tinbergen's favourite toys the three-spined stickleback.
The government, the president, the prime minister, the national security adviser, the ministers, they have taken part in the opening session of this conference.
"Tomorrow's program will be business only and will refrain from any political rhetoric that would be traditional in an opening session of a convention, " he said.
The lead discussants for the opening session of the day's program were Representative Norm Dicks (D-WA) and Paul Wolfowitz, the former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.
Picture the opening session of the summit held on an outdoor patio, set slightly below the main hotel building, with a pair of curved staircases flanking the stage.
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EBRD, this opening session was transmitted live on local television.
Wendy Watson-Wright, Assistant Director General and Executive Secretary, UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, will chair the opening session and participate in the regional working group for the North and Central Pacific.
Hendry was in imperious form in the opening session, racking up breaks of 89 and 80 and taking the final frame on the final ball to wrap up an 8-1 lead.
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The opening session was also the occasion to launch the Chinese translation of the Gender-Sensitive Indicators for Media (GSIM) and of the handbook Getting the Balance Right: Gender Equality in Journalism.
The opening session will coincide with the celebration of the World Day of Social Justice, celebrated on 20th February since 2009, recognizing the importance of promoting human dignity, harmony and equality of opportunity.
Hundreds of soldiers, police and plainclothes security officer equipped with fire extinguishers and anti-explosive blankets ringed the Great Hall of the People and the adjacent Tiananmen Square for the opening session.
Bono, a previous TED Prize winner, gave a talk in the opening session on the dramatic progress that's been made in fighting diseases such as AIDS and malaria and in curbing global poverty.
The Honorable Gary Locke, American ambassador to China, will speak at the April 16, Opening General Session and the second-day Opening General Session will feature remarks from top officials throughout China and the Asia-Pacific.
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Addressing the opening session of the World Jewish Congress, Prime Minister Viktor Orban acknowledged that anti-Semitism was on the rise both in Europe and Hungary, attributing it partly to the economic crisis affecting the region.
Turning back to the CPPCC's opening session, Western-style inauguration ceremonies for new leaders and family planning restrictions for the less educated were among the "eye-popping proposals" raised on Sunday, South China Morning Post says.
Saturday's opening session was marred by the early and dramatic walkout of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, who said the Arab League leaders were out of touch with Arabs and were working from the wrong agenda.
In a symbolic gesture, the commission's opening session was held in the same Senate hearing room used by the Truman Committee, believed to have recovered billions of taxpayer dollars by investigating military profiteering during World War II.
Vettel, who sits third behind England's Button and Brazil's Barrichello in the drivers' championship, was forced to end his opening session early after smoke came from his car, but he finished sixth, 0.604secs off the pace, in the afternoon.
Gambhir reached his ninth Test century, which included 10 fours and a six, in the opening session and as well as reaching three figures in five consecutive Tests, he has now scored a half century in 10 straight Tests.
During the opening session, Isabel Viera, Official of the Programme of Communication and Information of the UNESCO Office in Havana, expressed gratitude for the opportunity to participate in this recognised forum for exchange, which has become a tradition.
The opening session will bring together Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, Abdou Diouf, Secretary-General of La Francophonie and Honorary President of the Forum, and Boutros Butros-Ghali, President of the Egyptian National Council for Human Rights and Vice-President of the Forum.
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Irina Bokova, the Executive Director of the Confucius Institute Headquarters, Madame Xu Lin, as well as the founder of the Nishan Forum and former Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of National People's Congress, Professor Xu Jialu, will speak at the opening session of the Forum.
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