diff --git a/app/directives/tc-banner/tc-banner.jade b/app/directives/tc-banner/tc-banner.jade
index 697a39c77..cadaf290f 100644
--- a/app/directives/tc-banner/tc-banner.jade
+++ b/app/directives/tc-banner/tc-banner.jade
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 .tc-banner-placeholder(class="{{vm.theme}}")
   .image
     img(ng-src="{{vm.img}}")
-  .title(ng-bind="vm.title")
+  .title(ng-bind="vm.title", ng-show="vm.title !== null")
   .content(ng-transclude, ng-show="transcluded")
-  .description(ng-bind-html="vm.description")
+  .description(ng-bind-html="vm.description", ng-show="vm.description !== null")
   .ctas
     .cta(ng-repeat="link in vm.ctas")
       a(class="{{link.cssClass}}", title="{{link.title}}", ng-href="{{link.url}}", ng-if="link.url") {{link.title}}
diff --git a/app/index.jade b/app/index.jade
index bb39b0aaa..5a5a0beeb 100644
--- a/app/index.jade
+++ b/app/index.jade
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ html
       })(document);
 
     include ../assets/scripts/google.analytics.jade
+    include ../assets/scripts/zendesk-widget.jade
 
     if htmlWebpackPlugin.options.NEW_RELIC_APPLICATION_ID
       include ../assets/scripts/newrelic.analytics.jade
diff --git a/app/index.js b/app/index.js
index 30f039869..e698b267b 100644
--- a/app/index.js
+++ b/app/index.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ require('../node_modules/font-awesome/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.woff')
 require('../node_modules/font-awesome/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.woff2')
 require('../node_modules/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.css')
 
-// Require non-npm scripts
+// Require non-npm scripts, e.g. kissmetrics, munchkin (analytics via jade are included in index.html)
 requireContextFiles(require.context('../assets/scripts/', true, /^(.*\.(js$))[^.]*$/igm))
 
 // Require Angular modules first
diff --git a/app/my-dashboard/my-dashboard.jade b/app/my-dashboard/my-dashboard.jade
index c1452f50e..43c19350f 100644
--- a/app/my-dashboard/my-dashboard.jade
+++ b/app/my-dashboard/my-dashboard.jade
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
   //- .ttl
   //-   tc-banner(theme="black", banner-name="ttl")
+  .one-million
+    tc-banner(theme="black", banner-name="1million")
 
   .tco
     tc-banner(theme="black", banner-name="tco16")
diff --git a/app/services/bannerDataService.js b/app/services/bannerDataService.js
index dd4b8f2c8..bb25bfa4b 100644
--- a/app/services/bannerDataService.js
+++ b/app/services/bannerDataService.js
@@ -35,6 +35,16 @@ import angular from 'angular'
             url: 'http://tco16.topcoder.com/latest/overview/',
             cssClass: 'tc-btn tc-btn-s tco-cta'
           }]
+        },
+        '1million': {
+          title: null,
+          img: require('../../assets/images/1M-banner-hero.png'),
+          description: null,
+          ctas: [{
+            title: 'Learn More',
+            url: 'https://www.topcoder.com/blog/1-million-members-strong/',
+            cssClass: 'tc-btn tc-btn-s'
+          }]
         }
         // Commenting out instead of deleting in case there is
         // another one with a similar format soon
diff --git a/app/services/blog.service.js b/app/services/blog.service.js
index 89d8e2dad..3047dcceb 100644
--- a/app/services/blog.service.js
+++ b/app/services/blog.service.js
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ import X2JS from 'xml2js'
             result.forEach(function(item) {
               item.title = $sce.trustAsHtml(item.title.toString())
               item.description = $sce.trustAsHtml(item.description.toString())
+              if (item.link && Array.isArray(item.link) && item.link.length) {
+                item.link = item.link[0]
+              }
             })
 
             deferred.resolve(result)
diff --git a/app/settings/email/email.controller.js b/app/settings/email/email.controller.js
index 443265c54..7086c4d74 100644
--- a/app/settings/email/email.controller.js
+++ b/app/settings/email/email.controller.js
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ import angular from 'angular'
 
   angular.module('tc.settings').controller('EmailSettingsController', EmailSettingsController)
 
-  EmailSettingsController.$inject = ['$rootScope', 'userProfile', 'ProfileService', 'MailchimpService', 'logger', 'CONSTANTS', 'toaster', '$q', '$scope']
+  EmailSettingsController.$inject = ['$rootScope', 'userData', 'ProfileService', 'MailchimpService', 'logger', 'CONSTANTS', 'toaster', '$q', '$scope']
 
-  function EmailSettingsController($rootScope, userProfile, ProfileService, MailchimpService, logger, CONSTANTS, toaster, $q, $scope) {
+  function EmailSettingsController($rootScope, userData, ProfileService, MailchimpService, logger, CONSTANTS, toaster, $q, $scope) {
     var vm = this
     vm.loading = false
     vm.saving = false
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import angular from 'angular'
         },
         {
           id: CONSTANTS.MAILCHIMP_NL_DEV,
-          name: 'Developer Newsletter',
+          name: 'Development Newsletter',
           desc: 'Software architecture, component assembly, application development, and bug hunting',
           enabled: false,
           dirty: false
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ import angular from 'angular'
       ]
 
       vm.loading = true
-      return MailchimpService.getMemberSubscription(userProfile).then(function(subscription) {
+      return MailchimpService.getMemberSubscription(userData).then(function(subscription) {
         vm.loading = false
         if (!subscription) {
-          // add member to the list with empty preferences
-          MailchimpService.addSubscription(userProfile, {}).then(function(resp) {
+          // add member to the list with default preferences
+          MailchimpService.addSubscription(userData, {}).then(function(resp) {
             logger.debug(resp)
           }).catch(function(err) {
             // no error to user
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ import angular from 'angular'
       vm.newsletters.forEach(function(newsletter) {
         preferences[newsletter.id] = newsletter.enabled
       })
-      MailchimpService.addSubscription(userProfile, preferences).then(function(resp) {
+      MailchimpService.addSubscription(userData, preferences).then(function(resp) {
         vm.loading = false
         vm.saving = false
         // reset dirty state for all newsletter options
diff --git a/app/settings/settings.routes.js b/app/settings/settings.routes.js
index 031faed38..58d3ef6eb 100644
--- a/app/settings/settings.routes.js
+++ b/app/settings/settings.routes.js
@@ -54,14 +54,6 @@ import angular from 'angular'
         controllerAs: 'vm',
         data: {
           title: 'Email Preferences'
-        },
-        resolve: {
-          userIdentity: ['UserService', function(UserService) {
-            return UserService.getUserIdentity()
-          }],
-          userProfile: ['userIdentity', 'ProfileService', function(userIdentity, ProfileService) {
-            return ProfileService.getUserProfile(userIdentity.handle.toLowerCase())
-          }]
         }
       },
       'settings.preferences': {
diff --git a/assets/css/my-dashboard/my-dashboard.scss b/assets/css/my-dashboard/my-dashboard.scss
index c60aca5eb..fea5f1ddb 100644
--- a/assets/css/my-dashboard/my-dashboard.scss
+++ b/assets/css/my-dashboard/my-dashboard.scss
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     background-color: $white;
   }
 
-  .challenges, .srms, .programs, .tco, .ttl, .community-updates {
+  .challenges, .srms, .programs, .tco, .ttl, .one-million, .community-updates {
     @include module-l;
     margin-top: 1px;
     width: 100%;
@@ -34,7 +34,25 @@
     }
   }
 
-  .challenges, .srms, .programs, .tco, .ttl, .community-updates {
+  .one-million {
+    .tc-banner-placeholder {
+      background: none $tc-gray-90;
+      .image {
+        img {
+          width: auto;
+        }
+      }
+
+      .ctas {
+        // specific css override to reduce the gap between image and ctas
+        // ideally we should have separate title, image and description
+        // however, here we have all 3 in single image
+        margin-top: 0px;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  .challenges, .srms, .programs, .tco, .ttl, .one-million, .community-updates {
     padding-top: 0px;
   }
 
diff --git a/assets/css/settings/email.scss b/assets/css/settings/email.scss
index e8d38e568..cabb86142 100644
--- a/assets/css/settings/email.scss
+++ b/assets/css/settings/email.scss
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     display: flex;
     justify-content: center;
     align-items: center;
+    min-height: 100px;
   }
 
   .newsletters {
diff --git a/assets/images/1M-banner-hero.png b/assets/images/1M-banner-hero.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb2e87dd9
Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/images/1M-banner-hero.png differ
diff --git a/assets/scripts/usersnap.analytics.js b/assets/scripts/usersnap.analytics.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f8d9fba0..000000000
--- a/assets/scripts/usersnap.analytics.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-(function() {
-  var s = document.createElement('script')
-  s.type = 'text/javascript'
-  s.async = true
-  s.src = '//api.usersnap.com/load/'+'cda7d23b-04e6-4908-8cde-f7e3f858e8a0.js'
-  var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]
-  x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x)}
-)()
diff --git a/assets/scripts/zendesk-widget.jade b/assets/scripts/zendesk-widget.jade
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1864804d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/scripts/zendesk-widget.jade
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+script(type="text/javascript").
+  /*<![CDATA[*/window.zEmbed||function(e,t){var n,o,d,i,s,a=[],r=document.createElement("iframe");window.zEmbed=function(){a.push(arguments)},window.zE=window.zE||window.zEmbed,r.src="javascript:false",r.title="",r.role="presentation",(r.frameElement||r).style.cssText="display: none",d=document.getElementsByTagName("script"),d=d[d.length-1],d.parentNode.insertBefore(r,d),i=r.contentWindow,s=i.document;try{o=s}catch(c){n=document.domain,r.src='javascript:var d=document.open();d.domain="'+n+'";void(0);',o=s}o.open()._l=function(){var o=this.createElement("script");n&&(this.domain=n),o.id="js-iframe-async",o.src=e,this.t=+new Date,this.zendeskHost=t,this.zEQueue=a,this.body.appendChild(o)},o.write('<body onload="document._l();">'),o.close()}("https://assets.zendesk.com/embeddable_framework/main.js","topcoder.zendesk.com");
+/*]]>*/