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"Aloha." "Hola." "Shalom." These are ways to say "hello" in Hawaiian, Spanish and Hebrew, respectively. But just because you can say something doesn't mean it's always appropriate. On the surface, simple greetings and phrases from other races and cultures may seem fine to sprinkle into our vernacular. Inclusive even. But did you know that "aloha" doesn't just mean hello or goodbye? "It's a greeting or a farewell, but the meaning is deeper," says Maile Arvin, the director of Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Utah. "One of my Hawaiian language teachers taught it to me as 'Aloha means recognizing...

China Domain names number increases sharply when China grows up A pair of strong earthquakes off the coast of Taiwan damaged at least six China undersea cables and disrupted telephone and Internet access in Asia at the end of year 2006. China website using TLD such as .com, .net .org ,.info, .biz are seriously influenced, most of USA websites cannot be visited, and China websites use .com or Servers in USA were down. These troubles lasted for about a month, MSN can not be used too then. China internet expert called on government to promote .CN, China CCTLD to protect...