diff --git a/web_app/js/external/twitterFetcher.js b/web_app/js/external/twitterFetcher.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79a4ee7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web_app/js/external/twitterFetcher.js
@@ -0,0 +1,333 @@
+/*********************************************************************
+*  #### Twitter Post Fetcher v13.0 ####
+*  Coded by Jason Mayes 2015. A present to all the developers out there.
+*  www.jasonmayes.com
+*  Please keep this disclaimer with my code if you use it. Thanks. :-)
+*  Got feedback or questions, ask here:
+*  http://www.jasonmayes.com/projects/twitterApi/
+*  Github: https://github.com/jasonmayes/Twitter-Post-Fetcher
+*  Updates will be posted to this site.
+*********************************************************************/
+(function(root, factory) {
+  if (typeof define === 'function' && define.amd) {
+    // AMD. Register as an anonymous module.
+    define([], factory);
+  } else if (typeof exports === 'object') {
+    // Node. Does not work with strict CommonJS, but
+    // only CommonJS-like environments that support module.exports,
+    // like Node.
+    module.exports = factory();
+  } else {
+    // Browser globals.
+    factory();
+  }
+}(this, function() {
+  var domNode = '';
+  var maxTweets = 20;
+  var parseLinks = true;
+  var queue = [];
+  var inProgress = false;
+  var printTime = true;
+  var printUser = true;
+  var formatterFunction = null;
+  var supportsClassName = true;
+  var showRts = true;
+  var customCallbackFunction = null;
+  var showInteractionLinks = true;
+  var showImages = false;
+  var targetBlank = true;
+  var lang = 'en';
+  var permalinks = true;
+  var script = null;
+  var scriptAdded = false;
+
+  function handleTweets(tweets){
+    if (customCallbackFunction === null) {
+      var x = tweets.length;
+      var n = 0;
+      var element = document.getElementById(domNode);
+      var html = '<ul>';
+      while(n < x) {
+        html += '<li>' + tweets[n] + '</li>';
+        n++;
+      }
+      html += '</ul>';
+      element.innerHTML = html;
+    } else {
+      customCallbackFunction(tweets);
+    }
+  }
+
+  function strip(data) {
+    return data.replace(/<b[^>]*>(.*?)<\/b>/gi, function(a,s){return s;})
+        .replace(/class=".*?"|data-query-source=".*?"|dir=".*?"|rel=".*?"/gi,
+        '');
+  }
+
+  function targetLinksToNewWindow(el) {
+    var links = el.getElementsByTagName('a');
+    for (var i = links.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+      links[i].setAttribute('target', '_blank');
+    }
+  }
+
+  function getElementsByClassName (node, classname) {
+    var a = [];
+    var regex = new RegExp('(^| )' + classname + '( |$)');
+    var elems = node.getElementsByTagName('*');
+    for (var i = 0, j = elems.length; i < j; i++) {
+        if(regex.test(elems[i].className)){
+          a.push(elems[i]);
+        }
+    }
+    return a;
+  }
+
+  function extractImageUrl(image_data) {
+    if (image_data !== undefined) {
+      var data_src = image_data.innerHTML.match(/data-srcset="([A-z0-9%_\.-]+)/i)[0];
+      return decodeURIComponent(data_src).split('"')[1];
+    }
+  }
+
+  var twitterFetcher = {
+    fetch: function(config) {
+      if (config.maxTweets === undefined) {
+        config.maxTweets = 20;
+      }
+      if (config.enableLinks === undefined) {
+        config.enableLinks = true;
+      }
+      if (config.showUser === undefined) {
+        config.showUser = true;
+      }
+      if (config.showTime === undefined) {
+        config.showTime = true;
+      }
+      if (config.dateFunction === undefined) {
+        config.dateFunction = 'default';
+      }
+      if (config.showRetweet === undefined) {
+        config.showRetweet = true;
+      }
+      if (config.customCallback === undefined) {
+        config.customCallback = null;
+      }
+      if (config.showInteraction === undefined) {
+        config.showInteraction = true;
+      }
+      if (config.showImages === undefined) {
+        config.showImages = false;
+      }
+      if (config.linksInNewWindow === undefined) {
+        config.linksInNewWindow = true;
+      }
+      if (config.showPermalinks === undefined) {
+        config.showPermalinks = true;
+      }
+
+      if (inProgress) {
+        queue.push(config);
+      } else {
+        inProgress = true;
+
+        domNode = config.domId;
+        maxTweets = config.maxTweets;
+        parseLinks = config.enableLinks;
+        printUser = config.showUser;
+        printTime = config.showTime;
+        showRts = config.showRetweet;
+        formatterFunction = config.dateFunction;
+        customCallbackFunction = config.customCallback;
+        showInteractionLinks = config.showInteraction;
+        showImages = config.showImages;
+        targetBlank = config.linksInNewWindow;
+        permalinks = config.showPermalinks;
+
+        var head = document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0];
+        if (script !== null) {
+          head.removeChild(script);
+        }
+        script = document.createElement('script');
+        script.type = 'text/javascript';
+        script.src = 'https://cdn.syndication.twimg.com/widgets/timelines/' +
+            config.id + '?&lang=' + (config.lang || lang) +
+            '&callback=twitterFetcher.callback&' +
+            'suppress_response_codes=true&rnd=' + Math.random();
+        head.appendChild(script);
+      }
+    },
+    callback: function(data) {
+      var div = document.createElement('div');
+      div.innerHTML = data.body;
+      if (typeof(div.getElementsByClassName) === 'undefined') {
+         supportsClassName = false;
+      }
+
+      var tweets = [];
+      var authors = [];
+      var times = [];
+      var images = [];
+      var rts = [];
+      var tids = [];
+      var permalinksURL = [];
+      var x = 0;
+
+      if (supportsClassName) {
+        var tmp = div.getElementsByClassName('tweet');
+        while (x < tmp.length) {
+          if (tmp[x].getElementsByClassName('retweet-credit').length > 0) {
+            rts.push(true);
+          } else {
+            rts.push(false);
+          }
+          if (!rts[x] || rts[x] && showRts) {
+            tweets.push(tmp[x].getElementsByClassName('e-entry-title')[0]);
+            tids.push(tmp[x].getAttribute('data-tweet-id'));
+            authors.push(tmp[x].getElementsByClassName('p-author')[0]);
+            times.push(tmp[x].getElementsByClassName('dt-updated')[0]);
+            permalinksURL.push(tmp[x].getElementsByClassName('permalink')[0]);
+            if (tmp[x].getElementsByClassName('inline-media')[0] !== undefined) {
+              images.push(tmp[x].getElementsByClassName('inline-media')[0]);
+            } else {
+              images.push(undefined);
+            }
+          }
+          x++;
+        }
+      } else {
+        var tmp = getElementsByClassName(div, 'tweet');
+        while (x < tmp.length) {
+          tweets.push(getElementsByClassName(tmp[x], 'e-entry-title')[0]);
+          tids.push(tmp[x].getAttribute('data-tweet-id'));
+          authors.push(getElementsByClassName(tmp[x], 'p-author')[0]);
+          times.push(getElementsByClassName(tmp[x], 'dt-updated')[0]);
+          permalinksURL.push(getElementsByClassName(tmp[x], 'permalink')[0]);
+          if (getElementsByClassName(tmp[x], 'inline-media')[0] !== undefined) {
+            images.push(getElementsByClassName(tmp[x], 'inline-media')[0]);
+          } else {
+            images.push(undefined);
+          }
+
+          if (getElementsByClassName(tmp[x], 'retweet-credit').length > 0) {
+            rts.push(true);
+          } else {
+            rts.push(false);
+          }
+          x++;
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (tweets.length > maxTweets) {
+        tweets.splice(maxTweets, (tweets.length - maxTweets));
+        authors.splice(maxTweets, (authors.length - maxTweets));
+        times.splice(maxTweets, (times.length - maxTweets));
+        rts.splice(maxTweets, (rts.length - maxTweets));
+        images.splice(maxTweets, (images.length - maxTweets));
+        permalinksURL.splice(maxTweets, (permalinksURL.length - maxTweets));
+      }
+
+      var arrayTweets = [];
+      var x = tweets.length;
+      var n = 0;
+      while(n < x) {
+        if (typeof(formatterFunction) !== 'string') {
+          var datetimeText = times[n].getAttribute('datetime');
+          var newDate = new Date(times[n].getAttribute('datetime')
+              .replace(/-/g,'/').replace('T', ' ').split('+')[0]);
+          var dateString = formatterFunction(newDate, datetimeText);
+          times[n].setAttribute('aria-label', dateString);
+
+          if (tweets[n].innerText) {
+            // IE hack.
+            if (supportsClassName) {
+              times[n].innerText = dateString;
+            } else {
+              var h = document.createElement('p');
+              var t = document.createTextNode(dateString);
+              h.appendChild(t);
+              h.setAttribute('aria-label', dateString);
+              times[n] = h;
+            }
+          } else {
+            times[n].textContent = dateString;
+          }
+        }
+        var op = '';
+        if (parseLinks) {
+          if (targetBlank) {
+            targetLinksToNewWindow(tweets[n]);
+            if (printUser) {
+              targetLinksToNewWindow(authors[n]);
+            }
+          }
+          if (printUser) {
+            op += '<div class="user">' + strip(authors[n].innerHTML) +
+                '</div>';
+          }
+          op += '<p class="tweet">' + strip(tweets[n].innerHTML) + '</p>';
+          if (printTime) {
+            if (permalinks) {
+              op += '<p class="timePosted"><a href="' + permalinksURL[n] +
+                 '">' + times[n].getAttribute('aria-label') + '</a></p>';
+            } else {
+              op += '<p class="timePosted">' +
+                  times[n].getAttribute('aria-label') + '</p>';
+            }
+          }
+        } else {
+          if (tweets[n].innerText) {
+            if (printUser) {
+              op += '<p class="user">' + authors[n].innerText + '</p>';
+            }
+            op += '<p class="tweet">' +  tweets[n].innerText + '</p>';
+            if (printTime) {
+              op += '<p class="timePosted">' + times[n].innerText + '</p>';
+            }
+
+          } else {
+            if (printUser) {
+              op += '<p class="user">' + authors[n].textContent + '</p>';
+            }
+            op += '<p class="tweet">' +  tweets[n].textContent + '</p>';
+            if (printTime) {
+              op += '<p class="timePosted">' + times[n].textContent + '</p>';
+            }
+          }
+        }
+        if (showInteractionLinks) {
+          op += '<p class="interact"><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/' +
+              'tweet?in_reply_to=' + tids[n] + '" class="twitter_reply_icon"' +
+              (targetBlank ? ' target="_blank">' : '>') +
+              'Reply</a><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/retweet?tweet_id=' +
+              tids[n] + '" class="twitter_retweet_icon"' +
+              (targetBlank ? ' target="_blank">' : '>') + 'Retweet</a>' +
+              '<a href="https://twitter.com/intent/favorite?tweet_id=' +
+              tids[n] + '" class="twitter_fav_icon"' +
+              (targetBlank ? ' target="_blank">' : '>') + 'Favorite</a></p>';
+        }
+
+        if (showImages && images[n] !== undefined) {
+          op += '<div class="media">' +
+              '<img src="' + extractImageUrl(images[n]) +
+              '" alt="Image from tweet" />' + '</div>';
+        }
+
+        arrayTweets.push(op);
+        n++;
+      }
+      handleTweets(arrayTweets);
+      inProgress = false;
+
+      if (queue.length > 0) {
+        twitterFetcher.fetch(queue[0]);
+        queue.splice(0,1);
+      }
+    }
+  };
+
+  // It must be a global variable because it will be called by JSONP.
+  window.twitterFetcher = twitterFetcher;
+
+  return twitterFetcher;
+}));
diff --git a/web_app/js/external/twitterFetcher_min.js b/web_app/js/external/twitterFetcher_min.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b347fc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web_app/js/external/twitterFetcher_min.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*********************************************************************
+*  #### Twitter Post Fetcher v13.1 ####
+*  Coded by Jason Mayes 2015. A present to all the developers out there.
+*  www.jasonmayes.com
+*  Please keep this disclaimer with my code if you use it. Thanks. :-)
+*  Got feedback or questions, ask here:
+*  http://www.jasonmayes.com/projects/twitterApi/
+*  Github: https://github.com/jasonmayes/Twitter-Post-Fetcher
+*  Updates will be posted to this site.
+*********************************************************************/
+(function(w,p){"function"===typeof define&&define.amd?define([],p):"object"===typeof exports?module.exports=p():p()})(this,function(){function w(a){return a.replace(/<b[^>]*>(.*?)<\/b>/gi,function(a,g){return g}).replace(/class=".*?"|data-query-source=".*?"|dir=".*?"|rel=".*?"/gi,"")}function p(a){a=a.getElementsByTagName("a");for(var c=a.length-1;0<=c;c--)a[c].setAttribute("target","_blank")}function n(a,c){for(var g=[],f=new RegExp("(^| )"+c+"( |$)"),h=a.getElementsByTagName("*"),b=0,k=h.length;b<
+k;b++)f.test(h[b].className)&&g.push(h[b]);return g}var B="",k=20,C=!0,u=[],x=!1,v=!0,q=!0,y=null,z=!0,D=!0,A=null,E=!0,F=!1,r=!0,G=!0,m=null,H={fetch:function(a){void 0===a.maxTweets&&(a.maxTweets=20);void 0===a.enableLinks&&(a.enableLinks=!0);void 0===a.showUser&&(a.showUser=!0);void 0===a.showTime&&(a.showTime=!0);void 0===a.dateFunction&&(a.dateFunction="default");void 0===a.showRetweet&&(a.showRetweet=!0);void 0===a.customCallback&&(a.customCallback=null);void 0===a.showInteraction&&(a.showInteraction=
+!0);void 0===a.showImages&&(a.showImages=!1);void 0===a.linksInNewWindow&&(a.linksInNewWindow=!0);void 0===a.showPermalinks&&(a.showPermalinks=!0);if(x)u.push(a);else{x=!0;B=a.domId;k=a.maxTweets;C=a.enableLinks;q=a.showUser;v=a.showTime;D=a.showRetweet;y=a.dateFunction;A=a.customCallback;E=a.showInteraction;F=a.showImages;r=a.linksInNewWindow;G=a.showPermalinks;var c=document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0];null!==m&&c.removeChild(m);m=document.createElement("script");m.type="text/javascript";m.src=
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+b[e]&&D)a.push(c[e].getElementsByClassName("e-entry-title")[0]),m.push(c[e].getAttribute("data-tweet-id")),g.push(c[e].getElementsByClassName("p-author")[0]),f.push(c[e].getElementsByClassName("dt-updated")[0]),t.push(c[e].getElementsByClassName("permalink")[0]),void 0!==c[e].getElementsByClassName("inline-media")[0]?h.push(c[e].getElementsByClassName("inline-media")[0]):h.push(void 0);e++}else for(c=n(c,"tweet");e<c.length;)a.push(n(c[e],"e-entry-title")[0]),m.push(c[e].getAttribute("data-tweet-id")),
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+d+('<p class="timePosted">'+f[b].getAttribute("aria-label")+"</p>"))):a[b].innerText?(q&&(d+='<p class="user">'+g[b].innerText+"</p>"),d+='<p class="tweet">'+a[b].innerText+"</p>",v&&(d+='<p class="timePosted">'+f[b].innerText+"</p>")):(q&&(d+='<p class="user">'+g[b].textContent+"</p>"),d+='<p class="tweet">'+a[b].textContent+"</p>",v&&(d+='<p class="timePosted">'+f[b].textContent+"</p>"));E&&(d+='<p class="interact"><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to='+m[b]+'" class="twitter_reply_icon"'+
+(r?' target="_blank">':">")+'Reply</a><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/retweet?tweet_id='+m[b]+'" class="twitter_retweet_icon"'+(r?' target="_blank">':">")+'Retweet</a><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/favorite?tweet_id='+m[b]+'" class="twitter_fav_icon"'+(r?' target="_blank">':">")+"Favorite</a></p>");F&&void 0!==h[b]&&(l=h[b],void 0!==l?(l=l.innerHTML.match(/data-srcset="([A-z0-9%_\.-]+)/i)[0],l=decodeURIComponent(l).split('"')[1]):l=void 0,d+='<div class="media"><img src="'+l+'" alt="Image from tweet" /></div>');
+c.push(d);b++}if(null===A){a=c.length;g=0;f=document.getElementById(B);for(h="<ul>";g<a;)h+="<li>"+c[g]+"</li>",g++;f.innerHTML=h+"</ul>"}else A(c);x=!1;0<u.length&&(H.fetch(u[0]),u.splice(0,1))}};return window.twitterFetcher=H});
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diff --git a/web_app/js/sif_tools.js b/web_app/js/sif_tools.js
index bcd6d7b..5179485 100644
--- a/web_app/js/sif_tools.js
+++ b/web_app/js/sif_tools.js
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 // OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
 // THE SOFTWARE.
 
+// <a class="twitter-timeline" data-dnt="true" href="https://twitter.com/sifen_trackbot" data-widget-id="654587648904794112">Tweets by @sifen_trackbot</a> <script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");</script>
+
 // Set to 0 to disable debugging, 1+ to enable debugging (higher = more verbose)
 var DEBUG_LEVEL = 0;
 
@@ -631,6 +633,9 @@ function start_stop_timer()
         window.the_end = moment(dateString, "MM/DD/YYYY HH:mmZ");
         window.timerInterval = setInterval(run_timer, 1000);
         $("#button-start-stop-timer span").text("Stop Timer");
+        // run the first update ourselves, so that it doesn't stay blank until the timer kicks in
+        window.immediately_refresh_tier_cutoffs = true;
+        run_timer();
     }
 }
 
@@ -669,6 +674,43 @@ function run_timer()
         string += "<h1>EVENT IS OVER</h1>";
     }
     $("#timer_output_area").html(string);
+    
+    // dumb ass way to fetch sifen tweets at 36 minutes past the hour
+    // actually using 40 minutes mark to allow for some slop
+    // using this twitter fetcher: http://jasonmayes.com/projects/twitterApi/#sthash.budgYosd.dpbs
+    var config5 = {
+      "id": '654587648904794112',
+      "domId": '',
+      "maxTweets": 1,
+      "enableLinks": false,
+      "showUser": true,
+      "showTime": true,
+      "dateFunction": '',
+      "showRetweet": false,
+      "customCallback": handleTweets,
+      "showInteraction": false
+    };
+
+    function handleTweets(tweets) {
+        if (tweets.length > 0) {
+            var tweet = tweets[0];
+            // parse it
+            console.log("GOT TWEET: " + tweet);
+            // this is kinda crappy
+            var splitTweet = tweet.split("\n");
+            // this is VERY LAZY
+            // we always assume Tier1 is on line 11, Tier2 is line 12 and Date is 13
+            var tier1 = splitTweet[11];
+            var tier2 = splitTweet[12];
+            var updateTime = splitTweet[13];
+            $("#tier_info_output_area").html("<h2>Latest Tier Cutoffs as of " + updateTime + ":<br />" + tier1 + "<br />" + tier2 + "</h2>");
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (minute(now) == 40 || window.immediately_refresh_tier_cutoffs)  {
+        twitterFetcher.fetch(config5);
+        window.immediately_refresh_tier_cutoffs = false;
+    }
 }
 
 function clear_timer()
diff --git a/web_app/sif_tools.html b/web_app/sif_tools.html
index d82f0a5..cc69dbb 100644
--- a/web_app/sif_tools.html
+++ b/web_app/sif_tools.html
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   <script src="js/external/jquery-ui-sliderAccess.js"></script>
   <script src="js/external/moment.js"></script>
   <script src="js/external/sprintf.js"></script>
+  <script src="js/external/twitterFetcher.js"></script>
   <script src="js/sif_tools.js"></script>
 </head>
 <body>
@@ -126,6 +127,8 @@
       <div id="timer_output_area" align="center">
         <h1>Timer Not Running</h1>
       </div>
+      <div id="tier_info_output_area" align="center">
+      </div>
       <div id="button-clear-timer">Clear Timer</div>
     </div>