Facebook

Facebook is a social networking website created by Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin founded by Chris Hughes and Dustin Moskovitz .

Originally a site for students at Harvard University , but it opened to anyone with an email account .

In mid 2007 launched versions in French, German and Spanish users so translated by unpaid  primarily to fuel its expansion outside the United States, since its users are concentrated in the United States, Canada and Reino Kingdom. Facebook has over 900 million members, and translations into 70 idiomas.

In October 2012 , Facebook reached 1000 million users , of which there are over 600 million mobile users Brazil , India, Indonesia, Mexico and the United States are the countries with usuarios.

Its main infrastructure consists of a network of over 50,000 servers using distributions of GNU / Linux operating system using LAMP.

On April 9-2012 it was announced that Facebook acquired Instagram dedólares 1 billion.

Chinese New Year.

The best known in China as the Spring Festival or Chinese New Year Lunar New Year is the most important traditional festival of the Chinese calendar year .
The celebrations begin on the first day of the first lunar month and ends on the fifteenth , when the Lantern Festival is celebrated. On February 10-2013 began the year 4711 according to the Chinese calendar. Next year begins on January 31-2014 (the year 4712 ) .
The New Year's Eve , the equivalent of the western New Year is called in Chinese " chuxi "

Traditions :

- The "red envelope" , also called Lai See, involves delivering children or younger relatives of a red envelope containing a small amount of money.

- God of wealth, this is presented with a beard and wearing a red robe and a yellow sack on his back . It comes in the houses and split images , the inhabitants of the houses they give tips to this figure, all accompanied by drums and gongs.

Wu - Shi Lion Dance and or " Wu Long" or " Dragon Dance " , preserved from ancient times, originating from the martial arts and used to ward off evil spirits.

A scientific discovers 60 news species in Suriname including a '' chocolate frog''.

- The discoveries were made in the Upper Palumeu river, where, for example , the existence of the " frog cocoa " , a kind of chocolate that lives in trees and helps the rounded shape of her fingers was reported adhere to the treetops . " Who other amphibians, their permeable skin almost makes him very sensitive to environmental changes , especially water ,"




- Another of the animals findings of the expedition was a tiny " Lilliputian beetle " of only 2.3 millimeters considered probably the second smallest in South America and is provided with an antenna that allows you to capture odors over long distances. " The beetleshave a fundamental role in the ecological chain and help maintain ecosystems "





- The list of animals also includes a fish called the study of tetra type , rich color and small size that scientists thought it had never been cataloged . The investigators affect the findings are a sign that you should pay particular attention to nature conservation in Suriname , considered an area of ​​key importance for natural ecosystems it houses.