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Oath: I never heard of it to be honest. But I knew what Yahoo, Aol, Tumblr, Xbox and more was.  

04/10/2018 I visited Oath and from that I learnt that Verizon invited AOL and yahoo to stand under its new umbrella call Oath.  I also learnt that the techniques which can be used for presentations. I also leant how to build your reputation higher by working hard plus thinking smart. Also when you are doing presentation don’t panic and show that you are confidence. You have to engage with the audience.

Received advice from:

 Emily Heath (head of diversity)- External 

James Mead (creative team)

Gareth Jordan (PR)

Cecilia N’zaou (Public Speaking Internally)

Nick Petchy (journalism)

Raj Mannick (sports journalist)

Arthur Tindsley (creative technologist RYOT)

Aiobheann O'Carroll (project manager RYOT)

Isla Heller (Commercial Editorial RYOT)

Lianna Brinded (Sales) 

by Afsar Uddin

The development of money

Using barter to trade goods and services: Before money was created, people used a system of barter to trade goods or services.

Using items with intrinsic value as payment: The limitation of barter led people to create systems where the local community used an item they all valued as a means of payment.

Using items that represent value as money: an important stage in the development of money, then, was changing from an intermediate item that had value in its own right (an intrinsic value) to an item that represented value but had no value its own.

Using paper notes as money: China developed the idea of paper banknotes around the seventh century CE. Merchants who traded high-value goods found it impractical to carry large quantities of copper coin. Instead they deposited the coins with a trusted person, who gave them written receipts stating how much was stored in their name. Rather than paying for goods with actual coins, merchants paid by passing the receipt for the coins to the  person selling the goods, who could claim the coins in storage.

Over time, people no longer claimed the coins from storage because buyers and sellers agreed that the banknotes represented the value of the coins and would accept the banknotes as payment, knowing they could use it to make payments of their own.

By Afsar Uddin

Shepard Fairey made a poster call hope with Obama.

Hope: Obama and the turning point

The artist’s fame reached its peak in 2008 when he created Hope, a four-colour print of the face of Barack Obama, during the now-president’s first race for the White House. The posters, affixed illegally in full respect of street art tradition, were captioned with the words “change” and “vote”. They remain the undisputed, albeit unofficial, symbol of Obama’s electoral campaign. The president himself wrote Fairey a letter to thank him for the creative support, and for encouraging citizens to believe they could participate in change.

These images, together with many other well-known works by Shepard Fairey, are on display in Bologna until the 28th of February. Entry is free and posters, some autographed by the artist, are on sale.

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The choice of putting “HOPE” on the poster seems to be because not only does it look nicer than a longer word that would be more squished, but also because the word goes well with the expression on Barack Obama’s face. His eyes and mouth convey the feeling that he is ready to lead the country to a better future and that he is confident about his plans.

I love football so much that I have decided to create something using Fairey’s idea. I support Chelsea and my favourite player is Hazard so I made a poster with Hazard using photoshop. I tried my best.

By Afsar Uddin

Credit  Ailbhe Gator for the story.

I used to chat to a guy who I used to pass going to and from work here in London, he had a particular spot outside the tube station where he used to beg, always wearing a woolly hat and the same blue hoodie. He was really polite and didn’t bother people, he’d just sit there with his newspaper and say “Any food or change please” as people exited the station. I often saw the police talking to him and moving him along, it was coming up to the Olympics at the time and they were trying to crack down on homelessness in the ‘moving them out of sight’ kind of way. If they put him in jail overnight he’d also get a fine, but of course the only way he could pay that would be to keep begging.

So I used to stop and have a chat with him, particularly in the evenings, and would often get him a hot drink or some food. I could tell he hated begging, and when I’d ask him what he’d like from the shop he’d always insist he didn’t want to be any bother (so there were a good few times I’d pretend that I was going there anyway even when I wasn’t!) One time I was talking to him just before heading to the airport, I told him I was going home to Ireland for Christmas and he looked so wistful it nearly broke my heart so I gave him money to stay in a hostel for a few days – I know people say not to do this because they might spend it on alcohol or drugs, but he was so grateful it was unbelievable and he wouldn’t stop thanking me. I was nearly in tears on my way to the airport. When I saw him again in January he told me how lovely it was staying in the hostel and being able to have a hot shower and change his clothes.

He never asked me for money, but I gave him some a few more times when it was snowing or when he seemed really sick. He told me about how difficult it was to sleep in the cold tube station but how it was miles better than being on the open street, about how the police were constantly hassling them and moving them along, and once he even told me about how one of his friends had died of an overdose the previous night. At one point he was very ill, I could see how thin he was getting but he told me he couldn’t keep any food down, he was in and out of hospital and whenever he was discharged he was back sitting on the freezing concrete begging for change.

By Afsar Uddin

 Last week was the journalism week. My task is to interview someone in our area and I have decided to interview the homeless people in my area. Learn some interview technique from Ria chatterjee (ITV journalist). leant how to present yourself after visiting the Oath, learn how to write up after visiting telegraph and learn  how to present it online after visiting sky news and sky sports. I will try my best to use all the technique on this interview.

 I went to Stratford Centre at 7pm to interview a homeless man.

 The questions were difficult to put together at first. A lot of them were scrapped: it’s hard to ask people about one of the most difficult things in their life without coming across as patronising.

 What is your name?

 Sissay Camara

 What’s your homelessness story?

“I was homeless in 2010 when I was 20. I moved out of home when I was 19 to go live with my partner in Ilford. We dated for 11 months, in a pretty volatile relationship – I ended it and moved out of the house we were in. I went to stay with an old mate; however he was very aggressive and used to bully me a lot so I had to leave him. I then got put on the waiting list for accommodation with a young person’s housing organisation in Ilford,  But then I couldn’t get any houses or home to stay.’’

 What about your job?

‘‘Well I did really well in my A-levels but whenever I applied for jobs they rejected me somehow, I always had a dream to become an engineer. I wanted to go university but because I didn’t have income and I couldn’t get the student loan, I had to move on from education.

 Where would you like to be in a year’s time? 

 “Have a job, a house and a beautiful partner. And I know now it will be very difficult for these dreams. Peace of mind.”

Don’t lose hope. Do you feel safe? 

 ‘‘Well I feel very vulnerable. And it’s very cold now as well’’

 Tell me about the people you see every day?

 ‘‘People like me that stay with me are very nice and kind. They always share what they have. We are like a family. And people that passes us; sometimes they give us something sometimes they don’t. Some people, they view us as dirt like we deserve it but it can happen to anyone. But everyday around 8pm a charity groups comes and gives us food. God bless them.’’

 Why do you think people become homeless?

 “Because of family problems and when my mum and dad died everything fell apart and then my girl left me, my mate was abusing me, these things can pull someone towards homelessness.”

 What is the best thing that happened to you this week?

 “Got some good food and some money off passers-by’’

What words would you use to describe being homeless?

“Depressed, wanting to die, you don’t feel any good, you can’t see hope and You feel like you left out from the society’’

What is the hardest thing about being homeless? 

‘‘no shelter, no life, no future, feel like a dead person.’’

Anything you’d like me to know?

 ‘‘Not every homeless person is bad and buys drugs and alcohol. I respect people so people need to give us respect and they need to think rightfully about us.’’

 What does the word ‘home’ mean to you? 

“Everything.Comfort of family – to go out, to work or whatever – and have somebody to come home to. Not quite that simple but!!!”

What is your biggest fear? 

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1.    He was brought in for immediate success and has failed

 2.    His style of football is boring

3.    He spent £89.5m on Paul Pogba and hasn’t got the best out of him

 4.    He has belittled too many players in public

 5.       Mourinho’s decision to kick United fans while they were down on Tuesday was curious. 

 6.       He is making all the youngster to become a Bin

 7.    A new manager would restore Man Utd’s glories

8.       A not so special manager of a special club

 9.       Season 1 buy the bus, season 2 buy the parking, season 3 park the bus.

 10.   Fans are becoming  mice (for)  and cat (against) because of Mourinho   sacking situation.

OUR HEART IS GETTING CLEANER AND BECOMING BETTER 

Stratford, Newham                                                              21/09/2018

This community is getting better day by day. Newham Council are trying very hard for public to have a perfect area. One of the biggest shopping mall called Westfield is very attractive. Thousands and thousands people visits this shopping mall. Everything is in one place; ‘‘I come to Westfield everyday because it is a very safe place and also whatever I need it is here. There are lots of securities and lots cameras for our safety’’ says Habib.

Stratford, Newham  

Many people want to do outdoor activities, due to less income and struggling with money they cannot afford to do That. Newham council acknowledges that and after discussing with our community, they finally taking a step forward with this matter. They are requesting government for funds, open up more businesses and increase wages in Stratford and if that happens; for the price of all outdoor activities will drop by 70%, there will be lots of free activities available for our community and wages will go up by 10%.