 I have to copy each post I make into an e-mail to myself now because I know the 1st one won't go through & will be lost.
I wrote to them yesterday, using their Send Feedback link. They acted as if they hadn't a clue I was writing about the message boards. DUH!
The lack of curtesy has me wondering about the mentality of some of those employed by Ancestry who are supposed to be helping but instead act as if I'm not at all important enough to be given an answer or solution to the problem."
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same data just another brandingAn exclusive interview with co-founder Doron Shaltiel of Quazi Design, an Ethical Fashion label impacting social lives in Swaziland, South Africa.
By Simona Campli | Sustainability Advocate
Contributor at ETHIKHA | Ghana Fashion & Design Week
20th February 2015
What’s the story and who are the people behind Quazi Design label?
It was my itchy feet and heart for handcraft that brought me to Swaziland. And a chance to meet with local magazine owner Anthony van Rywswyck that saw Quazi Design grow out of an Everest of old magazines. I wanted to create employment and use my design background to make positive social change.
When Quazi Design adventure started and where?
It was founded in 2009 in Swaziland, Southern Africa, a country high in unemployment and with a good network of craft companies.
I looked to the local ladies to find my crafting team, and with scissors in hand and a vision in mind, we all started to cut and slice and tear and dice.
What was the concept or urge that pushed and inspired you to start the label?
After a product development internship with a local established handcraft company I was excited about the combination of craft, design and empowerment and wanted to take this further and start my own label.
What’s the authentic Quazi Design mark and its key aspects for success?
To change the perception of recycled goods one rolled-paper bead at a time, to use paper in an innovative way and show that waste magazines can be made into design led unique accessories. Our authentic mark is our creativity. Creativity can change the world.
How you manage to enhance positive impacts of your business and which type of sustainable aspects you follow and evaluate the most?
We are a founding member of SWIFT Swaziland fair trade business, and I am also a board member, helping to steer the organisation. We’re also advocate to pay artisans a living wage, and not a minimum government wage. All products are handmade and each artisan is employed full time with a contract, giving her job security.
All our paper is 100% waste magazines which we combine with brass craps, crushed recycled glass and locally carved jacaranda wood.
Why you think it’s important to promote a different type of fashion and what you think can really make the difference to promote success for the sustainable fashion revolution? In other words what do you think is working and what can be changed or improved in the general panorama of ethical and sustainable fashion?
I think the general public are becoming more aware of where their clothes and accessories come from, and this is shining a spotlight on brands that do not respect people and planet. In turn, ethical fashion is growing with up to date designs, a wide variety of brands and more choice for consumers. So I think we are on the right path and ethical fashion is shedding its old hippy or out-dated look and entering into a new exciting era.
“I don’t think we should follow trends but rather create clothes and accessories that are beautifully made, with love, by well-paid artisans, and by doing this we preserve hand craft and materials.”
I hope that our products show people that recycled paper jewellery can be design led, new, exciting, different, clever and beautiful!
—Doron Shaltiel is co-founder and director of Quazi Design, one-of-a- kind accessories label based in Swaziland.Android phones now make up the majority of devices currently in circulation, also thanks to the great variety of manufacturers who rely on the green robot. We use Android phones for different activities and therefore it is essential that they always work at their best.
Among the many features of Android we find one unknown to most users. We are talking about the safe mode. In this article we are going to take a closer look at what Android Safe Mode is, what it is for, how to activate it and how to use it.
Android Safe Mode is the easiest way to find problems on your Android phone or tablet because it neatly shuts down third -party apps.
This means that in safe mode the Android device does not go through any process resulting from third party apps and services.
If booting in safe mode you notice a significant increase in performance, there is a good chance that one of the third-party apps installed on your Android phone or tablet is causing significant problems for the device.
Clearly, safe mode does not allow you to understand exactly which app is causing the problems. In this case it might be useful to carry out an online search to understand if one of the third-party apps installed is causing problems for a good number of users.
If, on the other hand, the problems on the phone persist even in safe mode then it is the case to consider contacting the technical support of the manufacturer of your device. Most likely the problem lies with the Android software.
So let’s see why and when it might make sense to enter Android Safe Mode.
So let’s see what are the cases in which a ride in safe mode could help to understand, and possibly solve, the problems that afflict the device.
Broken Widgets: Android 12 and 13 rely heavily on interacting with widgets. However, some may have compatibility problems. If you are having an issue where certain information or an entire widget is not showing, then it might make sense to test your system in safe mode.
An app crashes – a similar concept to the previous point. A crash of an app can be caused by the lack of compatibility with your Android system. Checking if the shutdowns continue even in safe mode can be useful to understand if the problem is with the app or if it depends on Android.
Low performance: This could also be down to issues with specific third-party apps. Safe mode allows you to rule out a deeper problem at the Android software level.
For issues that can’t be found via Safe Mode, a phone reset might come in handy.
Press and hold the power button until the shutdown options appear.
Touch and hold Power off.
Press and hold Power off until you see Restart in Safe Mode.
Confirm your choice with OK.
In the gallery below you will find a couple of screenshots showing the main steps of the procedure.
Press and hold the power button until your device logo appears.
Press and hold the Volume Down button when you see the logo appear.
Continue to hold Volume Down until the device boots.
The procedure we have just described may vary slightly depending on the model of Android phone or tablet you have.
Once you have activated the safe mode and possibly checked for problems concerning third-party apps or services, it will be useful to understand how to exit the Android safe mode.
Exiting safe mode is extremely simple: just restart your Android phone or tablet via the usual menu with shutdown options. Some Android manufacturers also allow you to exit safe mode in an even easier way because they offer a banner that reminds you that you are in safe mode, through the status bar, with a quick option to exit it.

Bad Credit Loans – Are There Best Buys?
For the 9 million Britons that are considered to have bad credit histories, it can be very hard to get approved for loans, especially when circumstances arise and you really need them.
You are not instantly given a bad credit rating when you turn 18, instead you are given a ‘no credit rating’ and you have demonstrate your ability to repay things like credit cards, loans mobile phone bills and utilities to build up your score. However, if you fall into the habit of regularly defaulting on payments and falling into arrears, you will see your score fall and fall – and you will have to make numerous payments on time in order to build it back up.
If you are in the ‘bad credit’ bracket, there are indeed loan options available to you, but they are often characterised by extremely high APRs – with credit cards available at 0% to 8% for good credit scores and 28% to 36% for bad credit scores. Other options include using collateral which could be at risk, and borrowing against your car, jewellery or property at low rates of interest but the underlying risk that falling behind could see it being repossessed.
Whilst best buys are hard to fine for bad credit loans, there are some things you can do to get more affordable finance, whether you are borrowing just £100 or £10,000.
Borrowing money for longer is more expensive because you are essentially holding the money for more time and more interest is accruing. Taking an example from a payday loans direct lender – borrow £500 over 3 months and the total to repay is £740, and borrow over 12 months, the cost is £902. Representative APR £1,081%.
Whilst many borrowers will like the flexibility of having the money for longer, there is a potential saving of £162 if you can clear your debts in 3 months instead of 12 months. Budgeting effectively can be useful here to fully determine how