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Stephanies's Summer Charity Event
Published: July 3, 2009
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Billy Mays, Dies at 50
Published: June 29, 2009
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Billy Mays, the burly, bearded television pitchman whose boisterous hawking of products such as Orange Glo and OxiClean made him a pop-culture icon, has died. He was 50.Tampa police said Mays' wife found him unresponsive Sunday morning. A fire rescue crew pronounced him dead at 7:45 a.m. It was not immediately clear how he died. He said he was hit on the head when an airplane he was on made a rough landing Saturday, and his wife, Deborah Mays, told investigators he didn't feel well before he went to bed about 10 p.m. that night.
New Freeview airtime for Create and Craft
Published: June 24, 2009
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Ideal Shopping Direct Plc has announced that it has agreed to take an additional daily five hour slot each morning, from 8 am to 1pm on Freeview channel 36 to broadcast live Create and Craft content. This is expected to commence in July and is a significant opportunity. Given that this is a new venture the Company will incur additional production and associated costs in the order of £0.5m in the second half of 2009 against an anticipated increase in Create and Craft sales.Craft is a significant niche for Ideal Shopping and has achieved considerable growth over the last few years The Company believes that this additional airtime can further accelerate its growth and contribute to the profitability of the Company in 2010.
Mike Hancox, Chief Executive Officer, said:
"Our experience of running craft programming in the morning on our Ideal World Freeview channel is that there is a significant craft audience available at this time of day. We feel that a dedicated channel on Freeview will allow us to capture more of this untapped audience and allow us to trial new lines alongside those on our dedicated Sky Create and Craft channel".
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Ideal appoint independent non-executive director
Published: June 23, 2009
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Ideal World has announced the appointment of Graham Cole as an independent non-executive director to the plc Board with effect from 1 July 2009.Graham a qualified accountant (FCA) aged 62 brings to the role many years of experience of corporate governance and management. He specialises in advising growth companies and has been involved in over 60 public flotations in the UK and Europe.
In 1995,Graham joined Beeson Gregory (now Evolution), a European investment bank, as a Director where he was involved with capital raising and growth strategies for a wide variety of domestic and European companies and has continued to advise public and private companies. He was a member of Beeson Gregory's operating board and a member of the Group's Executive Committee, responsible for day to day management.
Graham was also a co-founder and member of the executive committee of CISCO (City Group for Smaller Companies), now QCA (Quoted Companies Alliance), which was set up to promote the interest and visibility of quoted companies with a market capitalisation of less than c.£1 billion. He was Chairman of the subcommittee on corporate governance and author of the original CISCO guidance on the implementation of the Cadbury rules, which subsequently received Stock Exchange and institutional endorsement.
Commenting on Graham's appointment, Paul Wright, Chairman said:
"We are delighted that Graham is joining the Board of Ideal Shopping Direct. With such a distinguished career in business, his advice will be invaluable in helping the Company to fulfill its potential in the coming months and years."
He becomes the third non-executive on the Ideal Shopping Direct Board, joining Chairman Paul Wright and non-executive director Val Kaye.
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Telly Highlights
TJC – Emerald and Tanzanite Weekend
Published: July 3, 2009
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EmailThe Jewellery Channel is excited to broadcast a whole new level of stunning Jewellery collection of Emerald and Tanzanite this weekend.
These are beautiful jewellery pieces that can boast of rich natural colours with varying carat weights to blow your mind during this summer period. Plus the prices are very affordable.
Tune in to Sky 650, Freeview 31 (9am -12pm), Virgin Media (9am – 12pm) and online www.tjc.co.uk for the following special broadcasts.
Saturday 4th July
Emerald Special Hours
10am to 12 pm and 7pm to 11pm.
Sunday 5th July – Tanzanite Day.
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An amazing Gem show with Steve Bennett!
Published: July 3, 2009
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Prepare yourself for Sunday 5th July as Gemstone fanatic Steve Bennett hosts a special show packed with the most phenomenal gemstones ever.You can watch the show from 8pm on Sunday 5th July by logging onto www.rocks.tv. Alongside many others, you can expect to see: Sapphire, Yellow Apatite, Tanzanite, Rubellite, Sphene, Goshenite, Aquamarine, Ruby, Paraiba Tourmaline, Kunzite, Green Tourmaline, Axinite, Orange Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire and Opal.
Remember, this is not an exhaustive list, so make sure you're watching on Sunday 5th July, from 8pm to make sure you don't miss out on something truly special.
If you're passionate about gemstones, you can't afford to miss this!
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Lapidary Tenner Diniz Returns To Rocks & Co.
Published: July 1, 2009
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Rocks & Co. is thrilled to announce that Tenner Diniz, one of the worlds most experienced lapidaries, will be making another special guest appearance this weekend. A lapidary is a virtuoso skilled in the art of cutting, polishing and engraving gemstones, an art form Tenner has mastered during his six years in the gemstone business. Affectionately nicknamed ‘Fiver’, Tenner will be on Rocks & Co. from 11am Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Key highlights are his launch of Dumortierite 11am Friday and Mexican Fire Opal 7pm Sunday.Colloquially known as the ‘blue denim stone’ because of its deep royal blues, Dumortierite was discovered in 1881 by the French mineralogist M.F. Gonnard, who named it after the French palaeontologist Eugène Dumortier. Although very attractive with durability well-suited to everyday jewellery, Dumortierite is not well-known, mainly due to the rarity of its finer qualities. Prized amongst savvy connoisseurs for the intensity of its popular colour, most Dumortierite is actually pale blue. The Brazilian Dummortierite launched this Friday on Rocks & Co. is the rare top colour, intense bright royal ‘denim’ blues. With excellent cutting typified by attractive domes, about 20 percent of the cabochons have been finished with checker board faceting.
Judging by the numerous requests received by Rocks & Co., the radiant mandarin oranges of Mexican Fire Opal continues to enjoy huge popularly. The birthplace of Mexican Opal is the mountain ranges of the state of Querétaro. There are about 100 mines in the area, but most of these are now closed making it increasingly difficult to obtain fine examples. The Mexican Fire Opal premiered by Tenner is from Querétaro’s oldest producing mine, Santa Maria del Iris, a source noted for producing the area’s best quality. Gorgeous, rare and extremely collectable, the colour, cut and clarity of this Mexican Fire Opal is exceptional. As most Mexican Opal seen on the market in the past few years are small, lower grade gems, an average size of 14.96 carats is truly amazing, markedly increasing both their rarity and desirability.
Tenner’s other highlights include; Exotic Gems Hours 11am Saturday and Sunday; Tanzanite Hours 12pm Friday and 12pm & 8pm Saturday; ‘Colours of Life’ 1pm Friday and 4pm Saturday; and Pink Hours 9pm Friday and 5pm Saturday. There will be more surprises so make sure you’re watching!
Don’t miss Tenner Diniz this weekend on Sky channel 642, where he’ll give you his perspective on the gemstones sold at Rocks & Co. Do you have a question for Tenner? Either text him on 82222 (just put STUDIO followed by your question) or e-mail studio@rocksandco.com.
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