City turns up heat on shaved ice

Where life slows down

At dawn, an anonymous lip-pursing virtuoso on a bicycle whistles a wake-up call to the neighborhood. Everyone knows him simply as "The Whistler."

And with that, the parade begins.

All day, every day, there are people walking, jogging, biking in the wide grass median and sidewalks of Fresno's Huntington Boulevard. In the evening, when the shadows lengthen and the day cools down, the party really begins.

ICE Reports Record ADV for June and Second Quarter of 2009; 2Q09 OTC Energy Commissions $1.1MM; ICE Trust Clears $1.3 Trillion in CDS to Date

IntercontinentalExchange(R) (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of regulated global futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, today reported June and second quarter 2009 futures volume and OTC commissions. ICE(R) operates three regulated futures exchanges: ICE Futures Europe(R), ICE Futures U.S.(R) and ICE Futures Canada(R), in addition to global OTC markets for energy and credit derivatives.

-- Across ICE's three futures exchanges, June average daily volume (ADV) was a record 1,088,525 contracts, an increase of 14% from June 2008. In the second quarter of 2009, ADV for ICE futures contracts was a record 1,026,900, 14% higher than the same period in 2008. -- At ICE Futures Europe, June ADV increased 2% year-over-year, to 628,829 contracts. For the second quarter of 2009, ADV was 606,289 contracts, roughly flat compared to the second quarter of 2008. -- At ICE Futures U.S., ADV was a record 444,457 contracts in June, an

Velvet Ice Cream Stand Opens at Jungle Jim's International Market

Two of Ohio's most recognized brands - Velvet Ice Cream and Jungle Jim's International Market - have teamed up, placing a Velvet Ice Cream shop inside the entrance of the Cincinnati-area megastore.

The stand is selling hand-dipped Velvet ice cream for a $1.99, with free sprinkles.

"We're tossing in the sprinkles, just like in the old days when you got them on your cone for free," said Phill Adams, director of development for Jungle Jim's.

Deerfield.com Concludes That IceWarp Server Is the Best Choice in Unified Communications

Deerfield.com, software and solutions provider to the SMB market, announced today that it will now distribute IceWarp Server directly. The company originally discovered IceWarp Server in 2001 after conducting a full evaluation of the mail server market. Deerfield.com had conducted a number of benchmark tests – and was consistently amazed by IceWarp's performance.

“Our engineers were extremely impressed with IceWarp Server’s performance,” said Mike Deerfield, CEO of Deerfield. “It provided a rich feature set, yet was extremely easy to manage and consistently delivered enormous power and stability, while consuming minimal system resources. This remains true today.”

For the past seven years Deerfield.com has distributed VisNetic MailServer, a product developed based on IceWarp Mail Server technology, which has consistently performed for customers. Today, Deerfield.com is transitioning to IceWarp Server in order to give customers direct access to the latest features and enhancements, and to work alongside

Valley entrepreneurs try to survive recession

It used to be that entrepreneurs were mainly eager opportunists, spying their chance to make money in a growing economy. No more.

During this recession, many startup business owners say they have been pushed into their ventures -- because it's the only way to survive a layoff or job insecurity.

Among them is Joey Escobedo, whose career as a real-estate agent sputtered as home sales plummeted amid a market freefall. So he opened a shaved-ice stand to support his growing family.