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Person's name,time, period, place: Mary Stuart was born in Scotland on the 8th December 1542 and died in England the 8th February 1587. Personal Background:  She was the only surviving legitimate child of king James V who died when she was six days old. She acceded to the throne at six days old while her mother Marie de Guise ruled as regent of Scotland. When she was sixteen years old she married the Dauphin of France Francis II and a year later she became queen consort of France until the death of her husband in 1560. Years later she married her cousin Lord Darnley from whom she had her only son, James VI.  When her second husband was murdered, she married Lord Bothwell who forced her to abdicate. Personal Traits: Mary Stuart was a very strong queen who ruled her reign with determination, courage and power. She was also a loving mother.  Significance: Mary Stuart's figure is very important because she embodies the concept of women's power and worth. Obstacles

Very often a man's body language is worth a thousand words, for example if a man sits close to his girlfriend in public, it means that he can't get enough of her and wants everybody to know about their relationship,or if a man  looks directly in his girlfriend's eyes, it means that he's really interested in what she has to say and he wants to communicate it.

ANGELINA JOLIE Angelina Jolie is an American actress, filmmaker and humaritan. In Fabruary 2001 she went on her first field visit and later she donate 1 million dollars to an international emergency appeal. Over the next decade she went on more than 40 fields missions in over 30 countries. In 2012 she launched a campaign to prevent sexual violence and nowadays she's fighting for women's rights, education and equality.

NEW YORK IS BACK After 11th September of 2001, New York started to loose tourists, but two months later The Big Apple was already on its way to rise. In fact it started a sort of general movement among NYC's attractions and shops to attract tourists. For example a lot of attractions decided to stay open during all Christmas holidays and a lot of shops offered reductions even on the days right before Christmas.  This economic rise was seen as a demonstration of strenght even in the hardest of time.

In Britain tattoos used to be seen mainly on sailors, prisoners and bikers and they were considered a sign of being a rebel. Nowadays they are popular with all kinds of people and it's pretty normal to have a tattoo. The most popular tattoos are names of loved ones, Chinese and Japanese characters, stars and flower. There are also annual tattoos events that attract thousands of visitors, such as the International Tattoo Convention. Tattoos are not just for the young. Many people are now going to get their first tattoos in theirs 40s, 50s, or 60s. At these events you can get a tattoo done or see human bodies completelyt covered in tattoos.

Snapchat is an image messaging and multimedia mobile application created by Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy and Reggie Brown who where former students at Stanford University. They wanted to create a selfie app which allowed users to share images that were explicitly short-lived. The app was launched in September 2011; in 2016 the app achieved almost 10 million daily active users only in the UK.