trump ice , also known as trump natural spring water , is a bottled water brand owned by american businessman , investor , and president of the united states , donald trump .

trump ice was initially sold in national grocery chains and at specialty food stores through the united states ; the water brand is now exclusively available at trump-branded hotels , restaurants and golf clubs .

according to trump 's 2016 financial disclosure form , which was filed with the federal elections commission , his personal earnings from trump ice in the previous year amounted to $ 413,339 .

kelly perdew , the winner of the apprentice 2 , was privately appointed as executive vice president of trump ice as part of his contractual extension with the trump organization .

trump ice was distributed by mountain spring waters of america in the new york and new jersey area .

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washington ( cnn ) president donald trump is living every child ' s dream : more ice cream .
mariska hargitay and ice - t in law and order : special victims unit .
trump has not provided estimates of how much would be needed for ice staffing increases and for the special deportation task force .
star ice - t explains why the controversial hour may stay shelved forever—and previews his next projects .
ice receives about $ 6 billion a year and agency - wide employs about 20 , 000 people .
for example : trump takes two scoops of ice cream with his chocolate cream pie , time reported , while everyone else around the table gets just one .
left : president trump walks along the colonnade . right : trump gives a thumbs up
trump ' s promise is to triple the number of ice deportation officers , and by adding 10 , 000 officers it gets pretty close to tripling the number .
if you ever have ice cream at the white house , expect president trump to be served two scoops while everyone else gets one . cnn ' s jeanne moos reports .
ice said the three immigrants were targeted because they violated immigration laws . the new york man illegally re - entered the united states after he was deported , elzea said . “ice does not target individuals based on political beliefs or activism , ” she said .
the department of homeland security would need to allocate its financial resources , appropriated by congress , toward the funding for the additional ice employees .
us immigration and customs enforcement ( ice ) continues to focus its enforcement resources on individuals who pose a threat to national security , public safety and border security ,
rodriguez said .
ice conducts targeted immigration enforcement in compliance with federal law and agency policy . however , as ice acting director thomas homan has made clear , ice does not exempt classes or categories of removable aliens from potential enforcement . all of those in violation of the immigration laws may be subject to immigration arrest , detention and , if found removable by final order , removal from the united states .
a spokesperson for ice told the paper that the agency had “no information to corroborate” su’s claims , and insisted that it did not endorse such practices .
in fiscal year 2016 , ice removed 240 , 255 individuals , 58 percent of them were previously convicted of a crime , according to the agency .
in a statement , ice spokeswoman sarah rodriguez said while the administration prioritizes threats to public safety , that does not mean others won ' t be targeted .
in the same timeframe of 2016 under the obama administration , ice made 54 , 683 administrative arrests , of which 15 % , or 8 , 053 , were noncriminal .
from january to june of this year , ice removed 105 , 178 undocumented immigrants from the country , of which 42 % , or 43 , 808 , were noncriminal .
ice “focuses its enforcement resources on individuals who pose a threat to national security , public safety and border security , ” spokeswoman jennifer elzea said in a statement . “however , as [ homeland security ] secretary [ john f . ] kelly has made clear , ice will no longer exempt classes or categories of removable aliens from potential enforcement . ”
on jan . 25 , trump told immigration enforcement employees that his executive orders ( he also signed an executive order to build a wall on u . s . - mexico border ) will empower ice officers
to target and remove those who pose a threat to public safety , calls for the hiring of another 5 , 000 border patrol officers , calls for the tripling of the number of ice officers .
immigration detainers – voluntary requests from ice to law enforcement agencies to hold those arrested beyond their normal release so that agents can take them into custody and deport them – also rose , to 22 , 161 . that was a 75 percent jump from the year before . but many were issued in areas that do not necessarily comply with ice requests .
immigration and customs enforcement ( ice ) acting director thomas homan on tuesday said he plans to further crack down on undocumented immigrants by sending more resources and agents to sanctuary cities .
“i honestly believe that ice wants to send a message that this is what happens when you speak out , ” said boston immigration lawyer matt cameron , who represents the vermont activists .
but trump did not promise his supporters a compassionate immigration policy founded on humanism . he promised to make unpatriotic employers regret their decision to exploit undocumented workers , instead of hire american ones . in california , some ice agents appear to be doing the opposite . and , at present , trump’s base doesn’t seem to mind .
ice , an agency within the department of homeland security , has about 20 , 000 employees , including an estimated 5 , 800 deportation officers who identify , apprehend and remove deportable immigrants .
“ice agents and officers have been given clear direction to focus on threats to public safety and national security , which has resulted in a substantial increase in the arrest of convicted criminal aliens , ” ice acting director thomas homan said in the statement . “however , when we encounter others who are in the country unlawfully , we will execute our sworn duty and enforce the law . ”
a spokeswoman for ice said her agency “remains sensitive” to victims and witnesses and helps them obtain visas or stays of deportation in some cases . but she said anyone in the united states illegally could be deported .
“i don’t even think it’s worth showing , ” said longtime s . v . u . cast member ice - t , who plays det . fin tutuola . “it wasn’t one of our best shows . ”
president trump campaigned on cracking down on illegal immigration and stepping up border security .
in addition to bloodrunners , ice - t also has a new body count album on the horizon : bloodlust , the band’s sixth studio album and their first since 2014’s manslaughter , is scheduled for release on march 31 .
others fear ice is arresting immigrants in retaliation for asserting their rights , such as two dairy worker advocates in vermont , who have since been released on bond , and a community activist in new york , who is detained .
ivanka trump , assistant and daughter of us president donald j . trump , touches the western wall , judaism ' s holiest prayer site , in jerusalem ' s old city
trump’s dhs is not embarrassed by pursuing immigrants with little or even no criminal record .
if “the apprentice” didn’t get trump elected , it is surely what made him electable .
“the only person i connect with in this administration is melania , because just like me she’s foreign , she’s a beautiful ice princess , and we both scan the room for the nearest exit whenever we read to children . ” — julio torres
but anabel barron , an immigrant activist in ohio , said she is facing deportation even though she is a domestic - violence victim who applied for a visa . she said ice officials have affixed an electronic - tracking device to her ankle .
trump’s department of homeland security , unlike obama’s before him , is not embarrassed by the fact that it has built its enforcement growth by pursuing those with little or even no criminal record . indeed , in its statement , ice touts this new reality . “ice will no longer exempt any class of individuals from removal proceedings if they are found to be in the country illegally , ” the announcement reads . “this is evident in the rise in non - criminal arrests over the same period , which increased from approximately 4 , 200 in 2016 to more than 10 , 800 in 2017 . ”
the ice field offices with the largest total number of arrests – more than 2 , 000 each – were in dallas , which covers north texas and oklahoma ; atlanta , which includes georgia and the carolinas ; and houston , which spans southeast texas .
but , more than anything , trump gave time a window into some of the oddities that make his white house unlike any in modern history , including the traits that make trump tick .
we are going to triple the number of [ immigration and customs enforcement ] deportation officers ,
trump said during an immigration speech in arizona in 2016 .
within ice , i am going to create a new special deportation task force , focused on identifying and removing quickly the most dangerous criminal illegal immigrants in america who have evaded justice .
trump natural spring water is one of the purest natural spring waters bottled in the world . it
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for a moment , he seems to be proposing a more civil public space in american democracy , one the trump campaign did little to foster and which the trump administration is unlikely to experience .
it ' s not an admission , but it ' s a close as trump usually gets .
ice’s atlanta office arrested the most immigrants who had never committed any crimes , with nearly 700 arrests , up from 137 the prior year . philadelphia had the biggest percentage increase , with 356 noncriminal arrests , more than six times as many as the year before .
us president donald j . trump and his wife , us first lady melania trump are welcomed by israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu upon arrival at ben gurion airport , in lod outside tel aviv , israel
ice noted that the
noncriminal
category includes individuals who may have been charged with a crime that did not result in a conviction , and others who may have been previously deported . re - entering after being deported can lead to criminal charges under us law .
that last sentence is key , and is the crux of how the trump administration has pursued the expansion of its enforcement efforts . on january 25 , after barely a week in office , trump released an
trump ' s priority removals , especially for criminals , mirror the ones under obama ' s administration .
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as for his ongoing work on s . v . u . , ice - t confirms that the series will continue to rip its stories from the headlines whenever possible . those bemoaning the fact that we may never get to see gary cole channeling donald trump may find solace in an upcoming plot line that ping - pongs off another high - profile story from the 2016 campaign .
trump rarely takes blame , and throughout the 2016 campaign he said he rarely , if ever , apologizes .
can trump lament acrimony in washington ? yes . but he also can elevate with seven - word sentence .
the first w . w . e . trump - based story was a bout between wrestlers dressed up as “trump” and “rosie , ” a one - time experiment that flopped with fans . then , the spring that “the apprentice” vanished from nbc , trump himself entered the ring as a w . w . e . character—a preening , crudely macho version of his role on “the apprentice . ” in the story , “mr . trump” arrives to vanquish his former friend vince mcmahon , the insecure tyrant who owns the w . w . e . trump is introduced as an oz - like face on a giant screen , as “for the love of money” plays and dollar bills tumble from the rafters . ( mcmahon’s money , not trump’s . ) their showdown is more of a bro - down : trump brags that his “trump towers” are bigger than mcmahon’s “grapefruits . ” the audience might be rooting for trump , mcmahon says , “but ninety - five per cent of them are idiots . ” trump replies , “to me , they look like a very smart group of people . ”
in january , he issued executive orders that made all undocumented immigrants at risk of deportation . in february , trump’s press secretary said the “shackles” were off immigration and border agents , whose unions backed trump in the election .
trump ' s promise to triple ice ' s deportation officers depends on funding from congress . the president submits a budget to congress in february . based on the 1974 congressional budget act , the deadline for the final adoption of the budget resolution is april 15 , though final agreements may come later , notes a report from the congressional research service . the upcoming fiscal year starts oct . 1 , 2017 .
trump’s former campaign manager is seeking pretrial release , despite the witness - tampering charges that landed him in jail .
since the election , trump and his officials have sent conflicting signals on how much he would intensify immigration enforcement .
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an immigration detainee stands near an u . s . immigration and customs enforcement grievance box in the high security unit at the theo lacy facility , a county jail which also houses immigration detainees arrested by the u . s . immigration and customs enforcement ( ice ) , march 14 , 2017 in orange , calif .
and you both do an incredible job , but you need help , you need more ,
trump said .
between firings , the show paints a distorted picture of new york , and a very limited portrait of trump himself .
time reported that trump brought up how he is trying to mint an arms deal with an african leader who has decades - old human rights concerns , all in the name of spurring american business . trump declined to name the country .
but doing the time interview , as their dinner was wrapping up , trump appeared to have a moment of introspection .
ah , he ' s choking . ah , look ,
trump said after clapper declined to provide names .
other recent ice enforcement actions give us some clues as to what the breakdown of criminal acts might look like . among the 675 people who were swept up in the splashy raids that the department of homeland security launched at the start of the year , half had either no criminal convictions or had been convicted of traffic violations ,
trump and his people told iowans not to worry about chinese retaliation against iowa soybean exports . now they’re worrying for real .
why law & order : s . v . u . ’s donald trump episode will probably never see the light of day
according to ice , nearly 75 percent of those arrested between january 22 and april 29 had been convicted of a crime . the release called out the most serious—homicide , rape , kidnapping , and sexual abuse—and said that violent crimes “accounted for more than 2 , 700 convictions” of the 41 , 318 people who’d been arrested on immigration violations . the release did not give any further breakdown of how many had been convicted of such serious violations , nor did it mention the other sorts of crimes people had been convicted of . “we do not have statistics to the specificity of criminalities , ” rachael yong yow , a spokesperson for ice , said in an e - mail when
in the america i grew up in , cities didn ' t shield people who violated the law ,
homan told the publication . “what i want to get is a clear understanding from everybody , from the congressmen to the politicians to law enforcement to those who enter the country illegally , that ice is open for business .
“my sense is that ice is emboldened in a way that i have never seen , ” dan satterberg , the top prosecutor in washington state’s king county , which includes seattle , said thursday . “the federal government , in really just a couple of months , has undone decades of work that we have done to build this trust . ”
these days , ice - t has the luxury of only accepting the projects he actually wants to do—like the aforementioned bloodrunners , a horror flick that hits home video on march 7 . the gig wasn’t a stretch for the actor , who has a few other horror films in his back catalog—including a little something called leprechaun in the hood .
in an immigration policy speech in long island on friday the president is due to call for 10 , 000 more immigration and customs enforcement ( ice ) officers , the building of his border wall with mexico , a “substantial amount” ( sic ) of legislation to expedite the removal of illegal immigrants from central america , a bill against sanctuary cities .
the trump administration didn’t keep track of how many families it separated . now , it wants more time to figure that out .
people cheer as us president donald trump appears on stage at a rally in harrisburg , pennsylvania , on april 29 , 2017 .
but during his interview with time , trump took responsibility - - sort of - - for the combative tone of his administration .
according to homan , illegal border crossings have decreased by 70 percent under trump and arrests inside the country have increased by 40 percent .
while trump ' s comments on deportations have often been vague , he has frequently declared his determination to deport millions , particularly criminals .
seth meyers and other late - night hosts tried to wrap their heads around the recent thaw in president trump’s relationship with congressional democrats .
throughout the eighties , as trump built trump tower , then the javits center , helping to make manhattan into a luxury playground , he played himself on television . he was omnipresent in pop culture , often as a punch line . he was the “short - fingered vulgarian” of
the trump of “the apprentice” is not a wholly foreign figure . in the second episode , he practically pulls the advertising c . e . o . donny deutsch off his feet with a handshake . he rates women’s looks reflexively . he’s also hung up on eugenics , an unspoken contradiction of the show’s meritocratic themes . in one episode , sam is interrogated in the boardroom . “you don’t believe in the genetic pool ? that what you have , you have ? ” trump asks sam . “i’ve got genetic pool big - time , mr . trump ! ” sam insists , gesticulating . “just like you got from your father , fred trump , and your mother , mary trump . ”
us president donald j . trump arrives in a vehicle to saint damaso ' s court for a private audience with pope francis in vatican city
wrestling—even more than reality tv—makes anyone who describes it sound like a lunatic . but the series climax , “battle of the billionaires , ” is so campily homoerotic , so rife with heat and humiliation , that it’s a critic - proof fever dream . “it’s the hostile takeover of donald trump ! ” announcers shriek , as trump pounds mcmahon . trump’s “second” in the ring is a near - naked black wrestler named bobby lashley . mcmahon is represented in the ring by umaga , a samoan who grunts and screams . when trump wins , he shaves mcmahon’s head .
watch them start to choke like dogs ,
trump said after sen . chuck grassley , an iowa republican , asked whether official asked for names of trump or his associates be revealed in an intelligence report .
watch what happens . they are desperate for breath .
burnett never wavers . a brilliant entrepreneur , and one of the most powerful men in television , he had produced “survivor , ” on cbs , which exploded the economics and aesthetics of television , launching a transformative new genre . “the apprentice” was the savvy workplace variation that he pitched to trump in 2002 . and yet burnett presents himself , whether humbly or cannily , as trump’s acolyte : robin to trump’s batman , he insists .
according to data from immigrations and customs enforcement provided to members of the media thursday evening , ice made 75 , 045 administrative arrests of undocumented immigrants from january to june of 2017 . administrative arrests are used for routine arrests made based on immigration status . of those , 19 , 752 of the undocumented immigrants were classified as non - criminals , which is 26 % of the total .
during the presidential campaign , trump branded himself as a law - and - order candidate whose administration would strictly adhere to and follow the law .
with the vice president sitting at one end of the table . with the salad course , trump is served what appears to be thousand island dressing instead of the creamy vinaigrette for his guests . when the chicken arrives , he is the only one given an extra dish of sauce . at the dessert course , he gets two scoops of vanilla ice cream with his chocolate cream pie , instead of the single scoop for everyone else . the tastes of pence are also tended to . instead of the pie , he gets a fruit plate .
trump , carrying on the tenor of his vicious 2016 campaign , has made washington a more acrimonious place . democrats , appalled by his victory , have grown more fearful , more vocal and more disgusted . trump has kept his foot on the gas , too , with near constant combative tweets .
trump has emphasized his desire to remove immigrants in the country illegally who have been convicted of crimes , saying they ' ve killed thousands of americans .
in 1990 , trump appeared on a game show called “trump card , ” set at trump’s castle , in atlantic city . as his life became unstable , rocked by divorces and bankruptcies , his tv persona stayed flush . he made cameos on sitcoms : on a 1994 episode of “the fresh prince of bel air” ( carlton faints in admiration ) ; on a 1996 episode of “the nanny” ( he dates fran ) . in 1999 , he ruined a perfectly good episode of “sex and the city . ” in these incarnations , trump is a manhattan fixture . and yet it feels as though he’s shrunk to a fun - size trump : red tie , yellow hair , “the donald . ” he’s less an icon than he is a retro cartoon .
in early 2016 , while working as donald trump ' s top campaign lawyer , donald mcgahn came up with a novel idea whose reverberations are still being felt . although trump was surging toward the gop nomination , uncertainty about his ideology and how he would govern had unnerved many mainstream republicans and social conservatives .
the reality is that , for many years of his presidency , obama pursued a very similar agenda to trump . as president , trump has sought to build on that already robust deportation infrastructure , with the help of his baldly xenophobic rhetorical bent . wednesday’s news is the first major confirmation of this new era .
the original show had painted the bankrupt trump as a respected mogul ; “the celebrity apprentice” made the tightwad a philanthropist . during season 5 , trump filmed a special boardroom segment with ignacio , a child beneficiary of the make - a - wish foundation . ignacio , from milwaukee , had won an essay contest on “why i’m proud to be bilingual . ” his “wish” is to be fired by trump . instead , the host praises him and hands him a check .
the waiters know well trump’s personal preferences . as he settles down , they bring him a diet coke , while the rest of us are served water ,
one of president donald trump ' s most polarizing talking points during the campaign was the deployment of a deportation force to remove people living in the country illegally .
each president leaves his mark on the building , and trump has wasted little time making his . the modern art favored by the obama family is mostly gone , replaced with classic oils , including portraits of trump’s favorite predecessors , like andrew jackson and teddy roosevelt . gold curtains have replaced the maroon ones in the oval office , and military - service flag stands have been added around the room , topped by battle ribbons and held in place by heavy brass bases that trump praises to visitors .
us president donald trump looks on as u . s . secretary of state rex tillerson and saudi arabia ' s crown prince muhammad bin nayef exchange a memorandum of understanding
king of saudi arabia salman bin abdulaziz al saud with us president donald j . trump and wife melania during a welcome ceremony at murabba palace , in riyadh , saudi arabia
watching clips of former director of national intelligence james clapper and former acting attorney general sally yates ' recent senate testimony , trump compared to the longtime government officials to dogs .
the labor commissioner’s office , the state’s labor enforcement arm , said that since november u . s . immigration and customs enforcement agents showed up at locations in van nuys and santa ana looking for workers who had brought claims against their employers . in january , ice also contacted a state official and asked for details about an ongoing investigation into labor violations at several construction sites across los angeles , according to julie su , the state’s labor commissioner and the agency’s head .
after season 1 , the ratings began to drop . each year , trump obsessed over and lied about them , needling reporters who cited them . even during the 2004 paley panel , which took place just over a week into the second season , trump complained that the show’s launch did better because in january “everyone was watching tv , ” whereas , in september , “everyone was playing golf . ” as cable began its ascent , trump clung tightly to network values : quality measured only by ad dollars and nielsen ratings .
at this point , it feels slightly superfluous to note that ice - t is a man who’s not afraid to speak his mind . but this trait also means that he has an answer for everything , no matter how deeply into his back catalog you dig…and this includes , we can now confirm , the fact that he was responsible for writing some of the raps for mr . t’s legendary 1984 tv special—and subsequent album— be somebody . . . or be somebody’s fool !
donald trump is due to call for more 10 , 000 immigration officers and the building of his border wall to crack down on a notorious gang operating in new york state .
us president donald j . trump with king of saudi arabia salman bin abdulaziz al saud during a welcome ceremony with traditional sword dancers at murabba palace , in riyadh , saudi arabia
mr . trump recently traveled to florida to see the effects of hurricane irma . jimmy kimmel wonders whether he fit in a round or two of golf while he was there .
nevertheless , trump ' s level of arrests are in line with earlier periods in the obama administration . in the first half of 2014 , 27 % of ice arrests , or 25 , 135 people , were noncriminal undocumented immigrants . that was a period before obama instituted deportation priorities - - a move that he only took after discussions to reform the nation ' s immigration policies fell apart in congress . in that time period , deportations were also far ahead of the administration ' s total in the first half of this year . from january to june 2016 , 160 , 442 people were removed from the country , with 44 % of them being noncriminal .
months , it felt easier to avoid watching donald trump on television . it was like sniffing spoiled milk : you didn’t need a sip to know it was bad . then , in june , the president held the first meeting of his complete cabinet . it aired live , as trump’s early campaign rallies had , in full and without commentary , on cnn .
during his interview with the examiner , homan also praised the trump administration , saying it has
taken the handcuffs off law enforcement ,
allowing them to address immigration more thoroughly .
the trump administration said the government would no longer encourage schools to use race as a factor in the admissions process , rescinding obama - era guidance meant to promote diversity among students .
saudi arabia ' s king salman bin abdulaziz al saud presents u . s . president donald trump with the collar of abdulaziz al saud medal at the royal court in riyadh , saudi arabia
in one way , however , it departs radically from reality : no one criticizes the boss . instead , the trump of “the apprentice” receives endless praise , even behind his back . all scandal and debt are erased ; trump’s combative streak is alchemized into daddy’s tough love . celebrities who sign up for reality shows often agree to be made fun of . on “the apprentice , ” while trump is outrageous , he’s rarely ridiculous : if he insults people , they deserve it ( and often love it ) . he’s a family man and a business genius . contestants are grateful for his attention , even negative attention , since he could be off doing deals . frequently , he narrates from a helicopter , hovering like zeus . early on , the prizes are tied to trump’s biography : a visit to his louis quatorze apartment ( which he describes as being generally reserved for “presidents and kings” ) , to meet his then girlfriend , melania ; dinner at the 21 club , where the winner is seated at the “fred trump table . ” in the finale , the winner chooses which trump property to help manage . often , the winners—who do , in fact , go on to work for trump , with a salary of $ 250 , 000—tell him that they’ve chosen the project that will let them be “closer to you . ”
when burnett pitched trump to nbc , it was as the host of only the first season of “the apprentice” ; after him , new tycoons , including mark cuban and martha stewart , were supposed to step in . according to the book “trump revealed” ( 2016 ) , by michael kranish and marc fisher , the plan quickly changed . trump’s comfort on camera , his ability to improvise—including the “you’re fired ! ” tagline—cemented his value , as did the strong first - season ratings . burnett conceived of the show as “survivor” in the “urban jungle , ” and it became nbc’s flagship . trump’s relationship with viewers was transformed : “he was a hero , and he had not been one before , ” jim dowd , then nbc’s publicity director , told kranish and fisher .
five days after his inauguration , president donald trump signed an executive order to increase the number of immigration officers , a move that ' s in line with one of his top campaign promises .
nearly 180 , 000 illegal immigrants with criminal records , ordered deported from our country , are tonight roaming free to threaten peaceful citizens ,
trump said july 2016 at the republican national convention .
trump can’t do anything about that , for the most part . but he can still tweet . so now he walks out of his dining room , followed by the same substantial entourage of senior aides . back in the oval office , he checks in with his waiting staff . “did you get that stuff out ? ” the president asks of the tweets he had prepared . “the russia - trump
wearing a striped tie that rhymed with the flag behind him , trump sat at a massive table , smiling . “mike ? ” trump said , and vice - president pence took the cue . “thank you , mr . president . it is the greatest privilege of my life to serve as vice - president to a president who is keeping his word to the american people . ” as cameras clicked like cicadas , each appointee offered up an homage ; reince priebus , the white house chief of staff , thanked trump for the “opportunity and the blessing that you’ve given us to serve your agenda . ”
china has offered new cooperation to prevent the further development of north korea’s nuclear arsenal . american companies have been arm - twisted into staying in the country , while trump has personally inserted himself into a handful
in practice , it feels much like his old corner office on the 26th floor of trump tower , minus all the clutter of memorabilia , a place to convene an audience , to broadcast his exceptionalism , to entertain , take photos , amaze and make deals . some aides still call him “mr . trump , ” and everyone turns to listen when he speaks . his presence always seems to consume the room .
bush asks surprisingly tough questions : he wonders whether burnett softened trump with an image “makeover” ; he talks about whether reality television is a fad , and whether it’s cruel ; and he asks what it felt like to lose the emmy . as the drip of praise slows , trump shows flashes of sourness , griping about old enemies , like the host of “the view”—“this fat slob joy behar who can’t stand me . ”
in a few minutes , president donald trump will release a new set of tweets , flooding social - media accounts with his unique brand of digital smelling salts—words that will jolt his supporters and provoke his adversaries .
the next clip starts to play , this time showing iowa senator chuck grassley asking clapper and former acting attorney general sally yates if they ever requested that the names of trump , his associates or members of congress be identified by name , or unmasked , in a legal intelligence intercept . “watch them start to choke like dogs , ” trump says , having fun . “watch what happens . they are desperate for breath . ”
is this real introspection or just more performance for his guests ? the answer isn’t long in coming . within a day of the plates being cleared away , trump takes to twitter to attack “cryin’ chuck schumer , ” the democratic senate leader . he belittles connecticut senator richard blumenthal for once misrepresenting his military service—“he cried like a baby and begged for forgiveness . ” no truce is around the corner . president trump fights on .
which “rude and crude” party girls were sent to finishing school—a concept that , over two years , morphed into the britishized show “the girls of hedsor hall . ” the host was tara conner , a former miss usa , to whom trump had given a second chance after she broke pageant rules . the comedian rosie o’donnell accused him of hypocrisy—who was the womanizing trump to judge ? during a press conference for the show , in 2009 , trump spun the incident into a crass rant , speculating about o’donnell’s motivations : “tara , i hate to tell you this , for reasons you don’t want to know about , but rosie would have given you a
people who are criminals , gang members , security threats , who have overstayed their visas , recent illegal arrivals and
those relying on public welfare or straining the safety net
are among trump ' s enforcement priorities .
the white house press secretary , sarah huckabee sanders , said that mr . trump had “done more for bipartisanship in the last eight days than obama did in eight years . ” trevor noah sees things a little differently .
arrests of immigrants with no criminal records more than doubled to 5 , 441 , the clearest sign yet that president trump has ditched his predecessor’s protective stance toward most of the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the united states .
moments later , the president watches as both clapper and yates testify that they had reviewed intercepts containing the unmasked identities of trump , his associates and members of congress . this , to trump , is yet another victory , the lead - lined proof of his still unproven claim that obama surveilled him before he was sworn in . “so they surveilled me , ” he says . “you guys don’t write that—wiretapped in quotes . they surveilled me . ”
a clutch of aides follow him , including mcmaster , pence and press secretary sean spicer . the president raises a remote and flicks on the screen , sorting through old recordings of cable news shows , until he comes to what he is after : a clip from the senate hearing earlier in the day , as broadcast on fox news . the first clip he shows is of south carolina senator lindsey graham speaking to former director of national intelligence james clapper . graham asks if clapper stands by his statement that he knows of no evidence of collusion between the trump campaign and russia . trump waits quietly , until clapper admits that nothing has changed . trump pantomimes a sort of victory .
in the interview published thursday , trump also expanded on his view of russian hacking during the 2016 election , refuted reports that he is unhappy with his current national security adviser and took a level of blame for his combative administration .
trump , notably , at times during the 2016 campaign demeaned his primary and general election opponents ' spouses and attacked a gold star family . more recently , he cast the entire media as the
enemy of the state .
republican sen . susan collins , a key vote on president donald trump ' s pick for the supreme court , said sunday she would oppose any nominee she believed would overturn the landmark roe v . wade decision that legalized abortion .
although he admits to being a horror aficionado , ice - t has certain standar’ds when it comes to his viewing habits . “i’m a fan , but it’s got to be done right , ” he said . “i was a big walking dead fan when it first came on , and now the story , they’ve worked it so many different ways that now i watch it backwards : i root for the zombies . the kid with the hat [ carl grimes ] and the black guy with the stick [ morgan jones ] ? i watch the show with the intention of watching one of them die . that’s my shit . ”
in the fifth season of “the apprentice , ” ivanka trump chastises a contestant for bearing grudges . trump cuts her off : “who doesn’t ! i do . nobody takes things more personally than me . when somebody says something personal about me , i hate them for the rest of my life . it’s probably wrong , but i hate people . ” he pauses . “do you understand that ? i hate ’em . . . . i never recover from it . ”
for all the do - gooder icing , the deeper shift was toward more aggressive product integration . as always , trump touts his hotels and resorts , his water and his ties ; and the celebrities do the same for their albums and perfumes . the human brands praise the corporate ones , which benefit by association with the charitable ones . the structure echoes that of the trump foundation : each week , money is funnelled to philanthropy under trump’s name , though none of it is donated by him . whereas the original “apprentice” bore some resemblance to wall street training , “the celebrity apprentice” was sheer shilling : its sponsors paid from five million to nine million dollars for a slot , according to an estimation by ad age . “there’s never been another show where you’ve had a product sold for two hours , ” trump told the magazine , in 2011 . “they do a 30 - second commercial , but where do they do two hours ? ”
an unnamed white house official told the hill that immigration reform was a priority for the trump administration and pointed to the quick removal of illegal immigrants who are only suspected of gang membership even if they do not have a criminal record .
i fully think apologizing is a great thing , but you have to be wrong ,
trump told jimmy fallon in september 2015 .
i will absolutely apologize sometime in the distant future if i ' m ever wrong .
ice - t , who spoke with vanity fair in conjunction with the release of his new film , bloodrunners , may not think much of the episode—but he did offer additional details about it . “there was this guy who was running for president—he was very trump - ish , and girls were coming out of the woodwork saying he was raping them , ” he said . “and me and mariska [ hargitay , who plays lt . olivia benson ] , we’re on his bumper , and he’s sweating it . but at the end of the day , it comes out that he was innocent . he didn’t do it . so we’ve got to apologize , and he’s still doing his thing , talking his shit . and it turns out that his campaign advisor , who was his best friend , was booby - trapping him because he knew he would be terrible for america ! ”
in 2015 , nbc fired trump . by that time , he’d been an obama - baiting birther for four years , but his comments about mexican rapists went too far . he’d alienated black and latino viewers . for others , the spell was cast : many of his biggest fans would continue to see him through the filter of burnett’s tv hit , no matter what trump said or did . by 2017 , the media was his enemy . that included his old friend jeff zucker , who was now the president of cnn . one day , the president tweeted old footage from “the battle of the billionaires , ” repurposed as a bizarre meme . a cnn logo was superimposed on mcmahon’s head as trump pummelled him .
“the real story is the surveillance , ” the president responds , before ribbing his staff . “but my comms people can’t get it out . ” they start laughing . but there are even more pressing matters . trump turns to mcmaster , who was the subject of a column on bloomberg earlier in the day , quoting anonymous sources saying the president was unhappy with his performance . it’s another story that trump declares false . the president thinks he knows where the leak is coming from , which provides some comfort . but for now , he will counterprogram : “i’m so happy with him , ” trump says . “i think he’s wonderful . ” and with that , he decides , it is time to go home .
mr . kimmel asked stephen colbert — who’s been off the air this week , preparing to host the emmys on sunday — about two of the “late show” host’s favorite topics : mr . trump and his former press secretary , sean spicer .
“they were , like , ‘oh , shit ! ’ and then they said , ‘oh , my god , it’s going to look like…’ you know , because law & order wants to be close , but not too close . also , i think [ cole ] , he channeled trump . so even though this guy he played wasn’t trump , he acted like trump . i think nbc just said , ‘you know what ? this might be cheesy or corny . ’ and to put it out now , it’s old and stuff . so i think they just got rid of it . i don’t know if they burned the shit or whatever . they paid me for it . i don’t give a fuck , really . i got my money ! ”
( cnn ) the trump administration continues to arrest higher numbers of undocumented immigrants , with especially higher rates of noncriminal immigrants as part of those arrests - - but deportations continue to lag behind the rates of the obama administration , according to new data .
immigration arrests rose 32 . 6 percent in the first weeks of the trump administration , with newly empowered federal agents intensifying their pursuit of not just undocumented immigrants with criminal records , but also thousands of illegal immigrants who have been otherwise law - abiding .
“i was just starting out : i wasn’t ice - t on law & order with money in the bank , i was ice - t needing some money ! ” he said , laughing . “and people forget , but at the time , mr . t was the shit ! he was like the rock back in the day . you couldn’t get hotter than mr . t . he had his own cereal and everything ! but when they said , ‘mr . t wants to do a rap album , can you teach mr . t to rap ? ’ my brain said , ‘this guy might kick my ass or some shit like that if i try to tell him to rap in a different way ! ’ so they gave me the titles of the songs , and i wrote ’em—somewhere there’s actual tapes of me doing all his songs—and i gave the tapes to him . well , a month or so later , we got in the studio . . . and mr . t ain’t listened to ’em at all ! so we just tried to make him rap , but if you said , ‘nah , ’ he’d say , ‘that’s how i say it ! that’s my style ! ’ and what are you gonna do , you know ? so they were able to manage to produce the record with a little studio magic . hey , man , it’s called payin’ dues in hollywood ! ”
the space is far larger than it looks from outside , with a long great hall , appointed with freshly cut yellow flowers . “this is the kitchen here , a beautiful kitchen , ” he says . “this is the dining room . here is a room where we have a guest room . ” trump shows off the presidential seal over the closed door to his suite and the yellow oval room , which opens out onto the truman balcony , where trump’s security detail has discouraged him from spending too much time .
in the first 100 days that donald trump has been in office , arrests for immigration violations have increased 38 percent over to the same period in 2016 , according to figures immigration and customs enforcement released wednesday . more than 41 , 000 people have been arrested .
24 hours , trump will roil the nation again by announcing the firing of his fbi director , james comey , who is leading an investigation of his campaign’s ties to russia . it will set off yet another firestorm . but for now , it’s showtime once again .
on the campaign trail , trump said anyone in the united states illegally could be deported . after the election , however , he told “60 minutes” he would focus on criminals and said he would decide later what to do with undocumented immigrants who are “terrific people . ”
some say criticism of trump’s policies seems politically charged , noting that president barack obama deported thousands of immigrants without criminal records . and arrests this year are lower than obama’s first weeks in 2014 , when agents arrested 29 , 238 immigrants , including 7 , 483 noncriminal ones .
“ivanka trump said that she doesn’t speak out against her dad publicly because when you’re part of a team , you’re part of a team . i think what she meant to say was , when you’re part of a will , you’re part of a will . ” — jimmy fallon
one senior white house official recently outlined the three rules of trump for a group of reporters : when you’re right , you fight . controversy elevates message . and never apologize . all of these rules have survived his time in office , if in slightly more modest forms . after bringing new levels of combativeness to the political process , “the only way you survive is to be combative , ” trump says now . “i’ll read stories in the new york times that are so one - sided . hey , i know when i am successful . i know victory . ”
“wow . one deal , now he’s mr . bipartisan ? o . k . you can’t call someone a philanthropist just because they tossed a quarter at a homeless person . it doesn’t work that way . ‘we hereby name this alley donald trump alley of giving ! ’” — trevor noah
“yes . he was choking on that , ” the president chortles . “is there any record at all of collusion ? he was the head of the whole thing . he said no . that’s a big statement . ” trump leaves unmentioned the fact that there is an ongoing fbi counterintelligence investigation into
but for now , trump is focused on his tv . he watches the screen like a coach going over game tape , studying the opposition , plotting next week’s plays . “this is one of the great inventions of all time—tivo , ” he says as he fast - forwards through the hearing .


omnovia technologies is a software company , founded by shahin ( shawn ) shadfar in 2004 that provides web conferencing solutions for realtime , rich-media online meetings , webinars , webcasts and elearning sessions with two to 5,000 interactive participants .

the company 's headquarters is located in houston , texas .

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but for omnovia technologies inc . founder shawn shadfar , taking the time to build up his web conferencing software company’s technology and core business was top priority .
having such a demanding first customer helped omnovia start out with very high standards .
shawn shadfar , ceo of omnovia technologies , said “we are very proud omnovia enables live webcast of surgery in hd video and improves the quality of surgical education , ” says . the company is now working to add 3d video streaming capability to its webcasting portal .
web 2 . 0 technologies also raise issues in the government’s ability to identify and preserve federal records .
after evaluating omnovia for three to four months , the financial giant made the switch .
while meeting an existing customer at a trade show , omnovia was introduced to td ameritrade .
omnovia has since created its third version and now has more than 150 customers in 15 countries .
also , omnovia’s software is firewall friendly , he says , and has “great voice quality . ”
according to shadfar , there were voice and connectivity problems with the solution . so omnovia went to work .
omnovia technologies is a leading global provider of online meetings , high - quality webinars , engaging online trainings and live event webcasting solutions for small business meetings and large - scale enterprise conferences . omnovia’s high - quality web conferencing platform offers the best online meeting experience with a unique capacity of 5 , 000 simultaneous participants in an interactive web - based environment . omnovia’s live event webcasting solution , stagetoweb , provides hd live - video streaming , integrated voice and interactive tools .
in a deal that is nearly complete , omnovia signed on accor hotel group , one of the largest hotel chains in the world , to use omnovia’s system to train employees in the middle east , africa and europe .
following dr . cohen - gadol’s successful showcasing of this webcasting system – proving the benefits for medical training and off - sire referrals – omnovia technologies is confident other doctors will begin to utilize their system to benefit from its financial savings and learning opportunities .
the business behind the product - called omnovia - was originally launched as an online information security firm in 2004 .
, founder and ceo of omnovia technologies .
we are excited to be the first webcasting company to introduce you tube integration . this new innovative module perfectly aligns with our development strategy of enhancing visual communication with rich content media , interactivity and ease of use .
the product was such a great success , taghechian asked omnovia if there was any way to build a web conferencing platform .
today , omnovia technologies has 500 clients worldwide and gross revenue of $ 3 million to $ 8 million a year . a venture capital firm in california is considering infusing as much as $ 10 million into the company - money that will be used for marketing , shadfar said .
omnovia technologies , a leading global provider of web conferencing , high quality webinars , engaging online trainings and live event hd video webcasting solutions , announced the full release of its patent - pending recast technology . recast is omnovia’s unique webinar recording technology that creates on - demand interactive replays . upon playback , all interactive features of the live event are available , exactly as if the viewer was watching the live session .
the omnovia technologies company was launched in houston , tx in 2003 , with “the clear vision of bringing the power of visual online communication to every business . ” it reports to be a leading global provider of collaborative online meetings , webinars , online trainings and hd live event webcasting solutions .
the inc . 500 company , which teaches options education online , also was a webex customer before making the switch to omnovia .
omnovia technologies™ , inc , is a leading global provider of online meetings , high quality webinars , and live event webcasting solutions for both small business meetings and large - scale enterprise conferences with global footprint . omnovia ' s high quality web conferencing platform offers the best online meeting experience with unique interactive features in a secure web - based environment . on the other hand , omnovia ' s live event webcasting solution , stagetoweb , goes beyond traditional event webcasting techniques by providing hd live video streaming , integrated voice , interactive tools and a full range of professional services .
one customer , brett fogle , president of boca raton , fla . - based optionsuniversity . com , says he loves omnovia’s technology .
the result was omnovia’s first software product — a secure viewer that is downloaded to ensure that a course works only on a particular computer .
indeed , word spread so quickly in the financial industry that in june 2007 , omnovia pulled off a major coup when td ameritrade holding corp . , one of the nation’s largest financial companies , switched from webex to omnovia in the start - up firm’s largest deal to date .
aaron cohen - gadol , md , a neurosurgeon with methodist hospital in indianapolis , is using the latest internet technologies to webcast his surgeries live online to train other doctors remotely .
houston , texas , jan . 6 , 2011 omnovia technologies , a leading global provider of web conferencing , high quality webinars , engaging online trainings and live event hd video webcasting solutions , announced the full release of its patent - pending recast technology . recast is omnovia’s unique webinar recording technology that creates on - demand interactive replays . upon playback , all interactive features of the live event are available , exactly as if the viewer was watching the live session .
we wanted to make something that was better than what was already out there ,
omnovia chief executive officer shawn shadfar of houston says .
with omnovia , users can just log in with a password and don’t have to dial any phone numbers to hear the audio in the room .
“little by little this came to be a serious project , ” shadfar says . “six months later , we had released our first version of omnovia web conferencing . ”
even though web 2 . 0 technologies have the potential to transform how federal agencies engage the public , wilshusen says that “determining the appropriate use of these new technologies presents new potential challenges to the ability of agencies to protect the privacy and security of sensitive information , including personal information , shared by individuals interacting with the government and to the ability of agencies to manage , preserve and make available official government records . ”
urltoken ( t . t . s . ) and kaplan learning technologies have joined forces to offer business transformation , content development and training services for atlantic link products , content point , capture point and knowledge point .
despite its success with its web conferencing product , omnovia actually began as an information security consulting company and only turned into what it has become today by accident . a friend of shadfar’s , afshin taghechian , who was ceo of a houston - based financial company , traders international , asked omnovia to create a product to protect courses that were on cds .
federal agencies have begun to identify some of the issues associated with web 2 . 0 technologies and have taken steps to start addressing them . for example , the office of management and budget recently issued guidance intended to ( 1 ) clarify when and how the paperwork reduction act of 1995 applies to federal agency use of social media and web - based interactive technologies ; and ( 2 ) help federal agencies protect privacy when using third - party web sites and applications .
, the company released the first ever twitter integration in an online meeting platform , which has now become an industry standard . omnovia also introduced recast , the world ' s first interactive replay technology .
while recorded webinars give attendees the opportunity to watch a webinar at their own convenience , no matter their schedule or time zone , current technologies offer only one - way communication by producing large - file movies with no interactivity at replay time . “omnovia’s recast is unique among web conferencing recording and playback technologies , ” said ken molay , renowned industry expert and president of webinar success . “i have been quite impressed with the ability to play back recorded content inside a live session . audience members can interact with polls , links , and text chat as if the content was truly live , and presenters can add live content such as q & a or screen reconfiguration even while the playback continues . ”
“agencies may face challenges in assessing whether the information they generate and receive by means of these technologies constitutes federal records and establish mechanisms for preserving such records , which involves , among other things , determining the appropriate intervals at which to capture constantly changing web content , ” said wilshusen . “the use of web 2 . 0 technologies can also present challenges in appropriately responding to freedom of information act ( foia ) requests because there are significant complexities in determining whether agencies control web 2 . 0 - generated content , as understood within the context of foia . ”
why lose customers to yet another yawn - inducing , droning voice behind a glitch - filled slideshow ? with omnovia , your online event is an exciting , engaging , results - generating , talked about event ; one that captivates your users .
“we believe interaction creates connection , ” said shawn shadfar , ceo of omnovia technologies . “if your attendees can interact with you by typing questions , answering polls or downloading presentation materials , you will significantly improve their level of engagement and comfort , as well as their overall experience . this will positively influence how they think about you , your company and your products . until now , such interactivity was limited to live webinars . what makes recast revolutionary is its unique ability to combine the flexibility of on - demand webinars with the interactivity of live webinars , ” shadfar added .
the product is offered for a monthly subscription fee . the cheapest is $ 49 a month , while one with added features can run thousands of dollars more . omnovia ' s largest client spends $ 30 , 000 a month with them , shadfar said .
another feature this client requested was the ability to use different languages and be user - friendly , since many of its students were older . that led to the development of omnovia , a browser - based , user - friendly system that works with many languages .
in a recent conference of the american association of neurological surgeons in san francisco , 200 of the country’s best neurosurgeons logged in to view the live surgery taking place in indianapolis , and were able to talk live with dr . cohen - gadol while watching the live video stream in full 1080p high definition using novia technologies’ hd webcasting technology .
indeed , since its inception in early 2004 , omnovia has seen its revenue grow to $ 900 , 000 in 2007 from $ 510 , 000 in 2006 . the firm has been profitable since 2006 and shadfar projects revenue to reach $ 1 . 5 million for 2008 .
“making an app is not a strategy , [ but ] it might fit in with a strategy , ” says gwynne kostin , office of citizen services and innovative technologies director . according to kostin , agencies are looking at who their audience is , how they’re using mobile , where their mission space is . where those things converge “are really their opportunities . ”
like many entrepreneurs , omnovia ' s shadfar failed at his first venture , a software company he started in 2000 that managed customer relationships for clients . he said he learned to not spend too much time developing a perfect business plan and too little time developing the core business from that venture .
omnovia’s recast also provides significant savings in cost and time by offering a new way to repurpose recorded webinars . “we have been using live webinars to communicate with our clients . as an organization with offices in many countries throughout the world , we would have to have several live webinars with the same exact content to overcome the differences in time zones . but now omnovia’s recast allows us to use the content we already have to deliver interactive , on - demand webinars around the clock , ” said victoria poor , public relations and events manager at thomson compumark , a business unit of thomson reuters .
“agencies are faced with the challenges of determining how the privacy act of 1974 , which provides certain protections to personally identifiable information , applies to information exchanged in the use of web 2 . 0 technologies , such as social networking sites , ” wilshusen testified . “further , the federal government may face challenges in determining how to appropriately limit collection and use of personal information as agencies utilize these technologies and how and when to extend privacy protections to information collected and used by third - party providers of web 2 . 0 services . in addition , personal information needs to be safeguarded from security threats , and guidance may be needed for employees on how to use social media web sites properly and how to handle personal information in the context of social media . ”
as companies continued to cut their conference and travel budgets , shadfar saw an opportunity for technology to make a difference . so he created his own revolutionary web event platform , omnovia . the name is latin for “all innovation” . once you give our web event platform a try , we hope you’ll agree .
the latest and greatest example of such webcasting is wells fargo’s webcast of their recognition event in minneapolis , mn . a week earlier a paper had reported on wells fargo’s extravagant expenses in a las vegas event allegedly using government bailout money . this resulted in wells fargo cancelling some of the live events ( read more… ) or reducing physical attendance by leveraging web conferencing . note that wells fargo has denied some of the rumors and has defended the events ( read more … ) . wells fargo decided to use omnovia technologies for its webcasting . on average , it costs over $ 700 ro send an employee to an event of this size . with more than 300 online viewers , wells fargo saved themselves a whopping $ 210 , 000 using this technology .
as the u . s . air force ( u . s . a . f . ) defines its future training and readiness concepts , it is increasingly important to create efficient and effective learning environments for training and readiness assessment . the gaming research integration for learning laboratory ( grill ) is a concept developed in 2008 to explore alternative technologies for pushing training to appropriate levels of environment credibility using flexible environments and tools .
the grill vision tracks very closely to many of the recommendations and advancement opportunities noted in these seminal documents and reports . candidate research technologies include those capable of delivering training ( possibly that which complements other training systems ) ; that can operate as a stand - alone capability ; and that can function as part of a larger and interoperable “family of complementary trainers” that includes live training , full - fidelity simulations , or game - based trainers .
solutions , announced today that its web conferencing platform now allows presenters to instantly search and play any youtube clip for their attendees during the live webcast . in 2008 , omnovia added movieplayer to its platform which enabled group replay of hd quality videos in a secure environment . the new youtube feature complements movieplayer by providing access to millions of publicly available movies .
omnovia is a leading global provider of collaborative online meetings , webinars , online trainings and live event webcasting solutions . we are proud to empower businesses from all sizes and numerous industries with innovative online communication solutions . ease of use , focus on quality , innovative technology and above all dedication to create long - lasting customer partnerships are integral parts of our dna .
the u . s . a . f . scientific advisory board in its 2009 virtual training technologies summer study recommended a number of ways for the u . s . a . f . to better leverage games and virtual technology . the report highlights the potential for novel gaming and multi - verse environments , informed by pedagogical principles and learning theory , to lower the costs of developing new training capabilities while enhancing the effectiveness of training and mission readiness .
skillsoft is making available new learning resources to support cisco’s latest ccnp ( cisco certified network professional ) certification exams . the new curriculum equips network engineers with a variety of learning tools and mentoring services to develop the competencies needed to plan , implement and troubleshoot these network technologies . by using skillsoft’s courseware , global network professionals also acquire the knowledge needed to help pass the ccnp exams . ccnp is among the over 100 it certifications supported by skillsoft’s learning resources .
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options university offers courses for investors at every level . with omnovia ' s interactive webcasting platform , we can create engaging webinars that combine unparalleled expertise with a commitment to providing investors success trading strategies .
he also added that ,
the new youtube module increases engagement with attendees and as a result , the effectiveness of our webinars .
urltoken provides a comprehensive combination of services and technology aimed at enabling s . m . e . s and non - training professionals to develop instructionally effective and cost - efficient web - based training . the t . t . s . three - part solution includes : atlantic link , kaplan learning technologies’ state - of - the - art , easy - to - use , web - based training authoring platform ; jumpstartenablement , a quick and efficient content creation ramp - up process ; and project support from experienced instructional design professionals .
when we started with omnovia , we had a particular need - the need for right - to - left text justification to use with our arab audiences in the middle east ,
said sandra bruckner , director of the department ' s digital diplomacy studio team .
so many of our audiences like to participate in their native language , and not all of the systems let you do that . i also like the very clean interface of this product .
due to the limitations of live video streaming – particularly latency – neurosurgery in high magnification and high definition broadcast in real - time has never been done before , according to dr . cohen - gadol . however , he added “with omnovia , my students and colleagues can watch the operation as if they were next to me . we can create an interactive environment where we see the same images , view and discuss x - rays together and collaborate for an improved patient outcome . for busy physicians , this can be done with just a laptop and internet connection , so they save time and money on travel expenses and software . ”
if you are a mac user looking for the best web conferencing tools , the list below will help you find some of the most reliable web conferencing tools on the market for mac os .
while this tool doesn’t support video conferencing , it has many useful web conferencing features . most notably , fuze meeting is able to show videos , presentations and graphics in high definition . it supports screen sharing , application sharing , and allows users to carry out and attend meetings from their iphone , ipad or android device . one dowside to fuze meeting is that it doesn’t have voip capabilities , but it more than makes up for that with its ability to dial - in all conference participants while the host gets ready for the web conference . the few downloads that are required for this tool to work are incredibly fast , and fuze meeting is incredibly easy to use . more »
this is the tool with the best user interface on this list - it was built for the mac , after all . it’s included with mac os x , so no downloads are necessary . however , the tool is not available for those on windows or linux . all that’s needed to use this application is an aim or mobileme account , and it takes only one click to start your web conference . this application also has video conferencing capabilities , and while hosts are sharing slides for example , they can still be seen by the video conferencing attendees . ichat is also a great collaboration tool , as it allows users to not only share a desktop , but also has remote control capabilities . reliable and convenient , it is also a very pleasant application to use . more »
this is a video conferencing tool that supports up to eight people sharing video at a time , and best of all , it’s free to download and use . it also supports voip calls , so users don’t have to pay for conferencing with long - distance participants , for example . this tool also lets users send voice or video messages , in case the person they wanted to call is unavailable . it’s also possible to use ivisit from a smartphone and other internet - connected mobile devices , so users can meet on - the - go , however , this feature costs extra . it’s very easy to download and get started , and signup only takes a couple of minutes .
a very easy to use web conferencing tool , qnext enables both video and audio conferencing , supporting up to four people at a time for a video conference and eight people in an audio conference . one of the cool things about qnext is that it allows people to send instant messages to colleagues in all different networks , such as aim , gtalk , ichat , facebook chat and myspace chat . for better collaboration , qnext also allows users to grant access to their desktops in control or view mode . users can drag - and - drop files that they would like to share with online conference attendees , for ease . it is also possible to download a qnext app for the iphone , ipod touch or ipad for meeting away from your computer . more »
this is a browser - based tool , so works on mac as well as all other operating systems . it has several useful features for your web conference , such as the ability to appoint co - presenters , share desktop control and conduct polls . it also lets users send survey e - mails after the conference , an important feature for following up on a web conference . users can also record and download their online meetings so if any discussions need to be revisited , it’s easy to do so . more »
when the u . s . state department holds online training sessions for its employees at dozens of embassies and offices around the world , it uses a browser - based web conferencing system that was developed in houston .
that all changed , according to founder shawn shadfar , when a client asked for a different product .
this client had online classes that lasted eight to 10 hours at a time , and it was very expensive and inconvenient to expect people to get their audio from a telephone ,
shadfar said .
that was how it was done back then , but we integrated audio into the computer .
from day 1 , we set out to build something that was easy to use and very intuitive , and offered audio through the system ,
shadfar said .
not a replacement , but more like the next generation of web conferencing … something like ' webinar 2 . 0 . ' we wanted to make something that was better than what was already out there .
shadfar continued ,
a lot of software companies build features because they think they ' re cool - but we did it the other way around . anything we ' ve added over the years has been driven by requests from our customers .
we compete with giants like cisco and adobe , and we beat them every time we get a chance to demonstrate what we offer ,
shadfar said .
as an example , he pointed to the state department , which had been using a brand - name system for its web conferencing .
in retrospect , i learned quite a bit from the experience ,
shadfar said .
i learned not to spend too much time on the paper , and spend more time on the product .
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many startups spend a lot of time going after investors or ramping up sales and marketing early on .
in starting another company in the past , shadfar realized he’d “spent way too much time going after investors . ”
so even though he went without a salary for one year , shadfar was determined to build a great product .
by early 2007 , he knew his product was “decent . ” but instead of focusing on marketing or sales , shadfar made the executive decision to focus on the next version of his product .
“we invested the time and money into making the system even better , ” shadfar says . “we took risks and it paid off .
“now we really have , if not the best , one of the best - in - the - world products of its kind . ”
in building his self - funded company , shadfar — a former information security manager with schlumberger ltd . — has made an effort to keep costs low with no offshore development .
“ninety percent of our technology was developed in houston by local engineers , ” he says . “software development offshore has challenges . quality and timing suffers . we need to go fast . ”
“one course sold for over $ 5 , 000 . he didn’t want people to pass it around and copy it , ” recalls shadfar .
the firm was using webex’ solution at the time to give online live training to students around the globe — usually 200 at a time .
“let’s not do what they do , let’s just do it better , ” he says . “we really reinvented everything . ”
web conferencing is a technology that allows people to communicate more effectively over the internet . all participants of a web conference go to one web page where they are able to share audio , video , content , or a combination of these in real - time . web conferencing has the benefit of allowing people to attend meetings or presentations when they can’t be physically present at the event .
from day one , reliability was extremely important for traders international because even a five - second delay could result in the loss of tens of thousands of dollars .
“these were actual stock market gurus that teach people how to trade , ” shadfar says . “if an image is late or the voice is delayed , there were major financial implications . ”
one of the advantages of such a product , says shadfar , is that a customer is essentially advertising the firm’s product by showing it to others .
shadfar believes one of the firm’s advantages is it can go up to 5 , 000 attendees simultaneously .
according to shadfar , td ameritrade couldn’t hold a web conference with 1 , 000 attendees and have integrated voice .
presenters can add drawings or notes on top of power point presentations . the software also allows for application sharing so that both the presenter and attendee can , for example , work off the same spreadsheet .
“you can do this in very few systems , ” says shadfar . “but they’re not as fast as ours . ”
in a decade that has seen record high gas prices and significant economic downturn , reducing overhead costs and travel expenses are priorities for almost every company or organization . as such , web conferencing has only been growing in popularity .
competitor webex was sold to cisco systems inc . in 2007 for $ 3 . 2 billion .
“our customers range from oil and gas companies to churches , ” shadfar says . “all kinds of organizations do online training , marketing or sales presentations . ”
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“this really lets us leverage one person’s time in a much bigger way than we ever could , ” fogle says .
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a growing application of web conferencing these days is in “webcasting” live events . organizations , trade shows , hotels and other av ( audio video ) providers are slowly but surely getting accustomed with the idea of showing their events online in live and recorded formats . there is , of course , significant cost savings associated with this practice since a part of the audience no longer needs to travel to the physical event . it can also be regarded as a much “greener” solution for the same reason .
webcasting live events or live - casting , as i call it , however , presents many challenges and should be distinguished from the typical web conferencing . many webcasting solutions do not provide a true interactive environment . they simply provide a one - way communication , usually through video , with seconds of delay . live - casting refers to a more complete experience in which online attendees can interact with the physical audience . in a live - cast session , online attendees may ask questions via chat , voice or video . they may respond to questions or polls . they may download documents from the virtual room to their computers…
in a live - cast session , the system needs to work with professional microphone and camera devices . many heavy - duty devices do not work as pc microphone or webcams . for instance , a professional hd camera often used at live events produces very high resolution ( in numbers of pixels ) images that many web conferencing software cannot handle .
while moderators of a webinar or web conferencing session can focus on the online session , live - cast sessions present almost 2 simultaneous presentations . you have to handle the live audience , audio , music , lighting or “workflow” in short at the same time as the online attendees’ experience . this can be a daunting task and at times contradicting to one another .
in future blogs , i will discuss points to consider when you want to perform a live - cast .
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next - generation interactive whiteboards introduce multi - touch , ipad - - like gestures to create a truly engaging and social learning tool in the classroom . to that end , promethean has unveiled its activboard 500 pro - series that allows the board to be operated simultaneously by both pen and “gesture” touch .
the activboard 500 will enable the use of new and emerging multi - touch functionality similar to that used in apple and microsoft ( windows 7 ) applications . this flexibility allows instructors to reach learners in a variety of ways or modes , supporting a wider range of learning types . users will have the ability to easily move and scale objects with finger - touch using natural hand movements , in conjunction with the precision of the “pen” for tasks such as writing or drawing . this offers a more intuitive and efficient way of performing tasks and allows for more collaborative classroom activities .
over the past few years , a number of scientific activities have emphasized the importance of new approaches for learning and training that take advantage of games as venues for learning , training and readiness assessment .
further , last year , the u . s . a . f . ’s chief scientist published a comprehensive set of science and technology challenges that includes developing a new generation of adaptive and context - rich constructive environments for training and concept exploration , testing and evaluation . together , these sources have all underscored the need to explore and demonstrate the potential of gaming environments as possible training solutions for augmenting current u . s . a . f . training investments . these sources also identify gaming environments as a means of efficiently addressing predicted future training and readiness needs and shortfalls .
in some of the work over the next year , we will be evaluating new synthetic task environments as development and demonstration venues for cognitive and computational - modeling and machine learning approaches . this will allow us to rapidly generate agents for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of live , virtual and constructive training .
—the authors are mark sturgell , jennifer winner and joel walker . sturgell is head of the cognitive models & agents branch at the 711th human performance wing , human effectiveness directorate . winner is a senior researcher with lumir research institute and walker , a first lieutenant in the human effectiveness directorate , is the program manager for the grill .
social video chat has now officially gone live across every major platform as oovoo today announced the availability of its free video chat service on the ios platform for iphones , ipod touches and ipads . shortly after its launch , the app shot up to become one of itunes’ top 10 free apps and the no . 1 social networking app ahead of facebook , skype and twitter .
unlike most alternative video chat offerings , oovoo users can now make video chat calls between up to six users from pc to iphone , to android phones and tablets , to mac to any browser regardless of the platform and device they are using .
through extended group calls , video sharing , watching tv and listening to music while oovooing , oovoo users are fostering a new way to connect — and live — spontaneously .
zenler studio pro ( z . s . p . ) is a full featured e - learning authoring tool that , for the first time , liberates powerpoint users with integrated game based e - learning tools .
z . s . p . speeds up the authoring process through importing several file formats as flash . users of the beta version , which was just released , will be able to generate deeper levels of learner immersion into their content using z . s . p . ’s game and simulation capabilities . putting video , audio , import to flash , interactivity tools and exporting to most versions of scorm , aicc and to flash with z . s . p . exploits the power of simplicity .
two of google’s biggest new developments are on the desktop . android - style voice search is headed to chrome ( with support for english only , initially ) , and it will be joined by a new search by image feature ( also available in chrome , or firefox with an extension ) .
to use that latter feature , you simply drag and drop an image or cut and paste an image url in the search box , and then google tries its best to recognize it and deliver relevant results - - including identifying the location in an old vacation photo , for instance ( though google notes it isn’t doing face recognition ) .
google also announced instant pages , which promises to speed up browsing by pre - rendering results when its “confident you’re going to click them . ” it’s available in the latest developer version of chrome and will also be included in the next public beta .
and the company also made some revisions to its mobile search offerings , including a new set of shortcut icons , enhanced search options , and faster local results when browsing on a phone , as well as some revamped search and image results that have been specifically tailored to tablets .
the three new ways to search by image are : ( 1 ) drag and drop ; ( 2 ) upload an image ; and ( 3 ) copy and paste the url for an image .
enterprise learning ! expo and conference ( elce ) announced its second day keynote speakers : joe detuno , ceo , funnelbrain . com , ross mayfield , founder , socialtext and slideshare , geoff graber , ceo , scout on demand ( formerly of yahoo ! games ) and chuck hamilton , director , ibm’s center for advanced learning . elce takes place september 27 - 29 , 2011 at the anaheim hilton in anaheim , ca .
ever wonder what would happen if you asked social networking and games executives to re - design enterprise learning ? would hundreds of millions of students and learners flock to learning sites - just like they do to destinations like twitter , linkedin , facebook , farmville , and cityville ? we task this power panel of ceo’s and senior executives from these communities , as well as the world of education to tell us how they would do it .
“step out of your world for just a brief hour to see things from an entirely different perspective , ” challenges joe didonato , elce conference director . “we want to help you re - imagine learning . we want you to challenge existing paradigms and barriers . and in the end , we want you to tell us how enterprise education will change and evolve , ” claims didonato .