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Photo from Swiss James of ISpyShanghai.com

Attracting celebrities, dignitaries, and mass media coverage, the Opening Ceremonies are a highlight of the Games, showcasing the spirit of Special Olympics and the athlete's achievements through the theme I know I can.

This photo was taken at the Changshu Lu subway station yesterday. See that new yellow sign? It says:

When the alarm starts sounding and the platform screen door lights start to blink, please do not board or alight the train.

We know enough about table tennis to know that different people hold their paddles with different grips — and that is where our knowledge ends (our brother's mother in law kicked our ass in ping pong earlier this year). But only after reading this post by Shanghai blogger (and very sporadic Shanghaiist contributor) Micah Sittig, did we know that the two main grips were called the "penhold" and the "shakehand." And a little more digging (ie, Answers.com) showed us there are even more sub-grips under those two main classifications — you've got your "looper," your "counter driver," your "all-around attacker," your "attacking chopper" and, our favorite, the "pimpled hitter" (we think we've seen that guy play on TV).

• .. .train tickets have changed every-so-slightly? In a move to make the process more friendly to visitors from abroad, train stations are now printing the departure and destination city names in English, just below the original Chinese. Since the departure time and car/seat numbers are written in the other international language (numbers), the only thing left to fully interpret a ticket is the bottom/middle/top character on sleeper train tickets.

Photo of Xiangyang Market from Shanghai Daily.

• If you drive a Mercedes Benz S Series W220, we highly doubt you are reading this website. but if you are, your car is at risk of a gas leak and has been recalled.
• In airline news, American Airlines' prices for US-to-Shanghai flights are not as low as we reported earlier, but they are still low: "The cheap seats are available at $625 from Chicago O’Hare and $675 from Atlanta, Boston, New York LaGuardia, Newark, St Louis, and Washington D.C. Flights from Dallas Fort Worth will cost $680." Tickets must be purchased by March 10 and they are good for flights leaving the US between April 2 and May 1. Return flights must be made before June 30. Also, United Airlines wants to fly to South China. And Continental Airlines desperately wants in on the Shanghai gravy train.
• Who could possibly be "shocked" that half of China is "suffering from second-hand smoke"?