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                border-left: 1px solid black;
                padding-left: 5px;
                text-transform: uppercase;
                color: #e20000;
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                position: absolute;
                top: 0;
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                filter: alpha(opacity=50);
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                opacity: 0.5;
                background-color: white;
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                background: url("/img/modal_spin_black.gif") no-repeat center center transparent;
            }
            @media only screen and (max-width: 340px) {
                .main-container {
                    padding: 35px 5px 5px;
                }
                .main-container #login input[type=text],
                .main-container #login input[type=password] {
                    width: 273px;
                    margin: 0 0 10px;
                }
                .main-container #login div {
                    margin: 0;
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                .main-container #login div label {
                    float: none;
                }
                .main-container #login div button {
                    display: block;
                    margin: 10px auto 5px;
                }
                .main-container #login div a {
                    display: block;
                    margin: 0 auto;
                    width: 190px;
                }
                .main-container #captch input {
                    width: 201px;
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        <div class="main-container" id='login-modal'>
            <p class="error" id="login-error"></p>
            <form id="login" method="POST">
                <input type="text" id="email" name="email" placeholder="Email"/>
                <input type="password" id="password" name="password" placeholder="Password"/>
                <input type="hidden" id="cid" name="cid" value="hou"/>
                <div class="remember-forgot">
                    <div class="rem"><label for="rememberMe"><input type="checkbox" checked id="rememberMe" name="rememberMe"/> Remember Me</div>
                    <button type="submit">SIGN IN &rsaquo;</button><br/>
                    <a href="javascript:;" id="forgot" tabindex="4" class="city-color">Forgot Password?</a>
                </div>

            </form>

            <div id="social">
                <p>Or sign in with a social account:</p>
                <span data-omni-action="facebook|sid[8|23|]|slider[1]|anon[0]" class="facebook">FACEBOOK</span>
                <span data-omni-action="google|sid[8|23|]|slider[1]|anon[0]" class="google">GOOGLE +</span>
                <span data-omni-action="twitter|sid[8|23|]|slider[1]|anon[0]" class="twitter">TWITTER</span>
                <span data-omni-action="yahoo|sid[8|23|]|slider[1]|anon[0]" class="yahoo">YAHOO!</span>
            </div>
            <div class="line"> </div>
            <div class="footer">
                <p>
                    Don't have an account yet?
                    <span class="mvn-join-button">Sign Up &rsaquo;</span>
                </p>
                            </div>
        </div>
        <script type="text/javascript">
            $(function(){
                $('#login').on('submit', function(e){
                    $('#login-error').hide();
                    e.preventDefault();
                    var formData = $('#login').serialize();
                    MVN.sso.authUser(formData, function(resp){
                        $.ajax({
                            url: '/profile/authUser',
                            method: 'post',
                            data: formData,
                            success: function(){
                                window.MVN.user = resp.user;
                                location.reload();
                                $.modal.close();
                            }
                        });

                    }, function(e){
                        $('#login-error').html(e.message.error).show();
                    });
                });
                $('#forgot').click(function(){
                    $.ajax({
                        url: '/profile/ajaxForgot',
                        method: 'get'
                    }).done(function(d){
                        $('#login-modal').html(d);
                    })
                })
            });
            function social(network){
                if(ssoWindow)
                    ssoWindow.close();
                var winArr = ['status=0', 'toolbar=0', 'location=0', 'menubar=0', 'resizable=0', 'scrollbars=1'],
                    winW, winH;
                switch(network){
                    case 'yahoo':
                        winW = 500;
                        winH = 525
                        break;
                    case 'google':
                        winW = 875;
                        winH = 500;
                        break;
                    case 'twitter':
                        winW = 620;
                        winH = 675;
                        break;
                    case 'facebook':
                        winW = 640;
                        winH = 350;
                        break;
                    default:
                        return;
                }
                winArr.push('width='+winW, 'height='+winH);
                ssoWindow = window.open('/done.html', 'mvnSsoWin', winArr);
                ssoWindow.blur();
                if(navigator.userAgent.match(/iPad/i) != null){
                    window.parent.focus();
                }
            }
            if (typeof document.createElement("input").placeholder === 'undefined') {
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                        this.value = '';
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                }).on('blur', 'input[placeholder]', function () {
                    if (this.value == '') {
                        this.value = $(this).attr('placeholder');
                        $(this).addClass('placeholder');
                    } else {
                        $(this).removeClass('placeholder');
                    }
                });
                $('input[placeholder]').blur();
            }

            $('[data-omni-action]').on('click', function(){
                var call = $(this).data('omni-action');
                var action = call.split('|').slice(0,1).toString();
                switch(action){
                    case 'facebook':
                    case 'twitter':
                    case 'yahoo':
                    case 'google':
                        MVN_Server.client.action(call);
                        social(action);
                        break;
                    case 'anon':
                        MVN_Server.client.handleResponse({'status':'success', 'anon':true});
                        break;
                    default:
                        MVN_Server.client.action(call);
                        break;
                }
            });
            // updateModal();
        </script>        <style type="text/css">
            .simplemodal-container {
                max-width: 400px !important;
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            .simplemodal-wrap a {
                text-decoration: none;
                color: black;
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            .simplemodal-wrap .omni-icon-close {
                position: absolute;
                top: 10px;
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            .simplemodal-wrap h1 {
                font-size: 22px;
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                font-size: 12px;
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                margin-bottom: 10px;
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                background-color: #e20000;
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                font-size: 16px;
                font-weight: bold;
                margin-left: 20px;
                padding: 5px 10px;
                text-align: left;
                width: 180px;
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            .simplemodal-wrap #join > a {
                display: inline-block;
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            .simplemodal-wrap #social {
                width: 300px;
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            .simplemodal-wrap #social span {
                display: inline-block;
                width: 130px;
                font-size: 16px;
                line-height: 22px;
                margin: 8px;
                text-transform: uppercase;
                cursor: pointer;
                font-weight: bold;
                color: white;
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                background-color: #465da0;

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            .simplemodal-wrap #social span.twitter {
                background-color: #00abf0;
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            .simplemodal-wrap #social span.yahoo {
                background-color: #8b1c9c;
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            .simplemodal-wrap #captcha {
                display: none;
                margin: 0 auto 10px;
                width: 305px;
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                margin: 0;
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                width: 218px;
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            .simplemodal-wrap p.social {
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                font-size: 14px;
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                text-transform: uppercase;
                cursor: pointer;
                font-weight: bold;
                border-left: 1px solid black;
                padding-left: 5px;
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                position: absolute;
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                left: 0;
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                .simplemodal-wrap .intro img {
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                .simplemodal-wrap #captcha input {
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                .simplemodal-wrap .intro p {
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        <span class="omni-icon-close"></span>
        <div id="join-step1">
            <div class="intro">
                <h1>Connect. Discover. Share.</h1>
                                <img title="Connect. Discover. Share." src="/img/mvn/1.jpg"/>
                                <p>
                    Get the most out of your experience with a personalized all-access pass to everything local on events, music, restaurants, news and more.
                </p>
            </div>
            <div class="line"></div>
            <p class="social">Enter your email or sign up with a social account to get started</p>
            <div id="social">
                <span data-omni-action="facebook|sid[8|23|]|slider[1]|anon[0]" class="facebook">FACEBOOK</span>
                <span data-omni-action="twitter|sid[8|23|]|slider[1]|anon[0]" class="twitter">TWITTER</span>
                <span data-omni-action="google|sid[8|23|]|slider[1]|anon[0]" class="google">GOOGLE+</span>
                <span data-omni-action="yahoo|sid[8|23|]|slider[1]|anon[0]" class="yahoo">YAHOO!</span>
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                <p class="error" id="join-error"></p>
                <form id="join" method="post">
                    <input type="text" placeholder="Enter Your Email" id="join-email" name="email">
                    <input type="hidden" value="hou" name="cid"/>
                    <input type="hidden" value="8|23|" name="sid"/>
                    <div id="captcha">
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                    <a href="/about/privacyPolicy/" target="_top">Privacy Policy</a>
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                </form>
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            <div class="footer">
                <p>Already registered? <span class="mvn-login-button">Login &rsaquo;</span></p>
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        <div id="join-step2">
        <style type="text/css">
    #demo {
        font: 12px/15px Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;
        margin: 0;
        padding: 0;
        overflow: hidden;
        background: transparent;
        max-width: 400px;
    }
    #demo a {
        cursor: pointer;
        color: #e40001;
        text-decoration: none;
    }
    #demo a:hover {
        text-decoration: underline;
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    #demo p {
        margin: 10px 0 0;
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    #demo p.error {
        color: red;
        background-color: #D6D6D6;
        padding: 3px 5px;
        clear: both;
        font-weight: bold;
        font-size: 12px;
        text-align: left;
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        content: "\00D7";
        padding: 0 10px 0 5px;
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    #modal-demofields {
        margin: 0;
        padding: 0;
        display: inline-block;
    }
    #modal-demofields > ul {
        text-align: right;
        list-style-type: none;
        margin: auto 5px;
        padding: 0;
        display: block;
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        float: left;
        padding-top: 10px;
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        clear: left;
        display: block;
        float: left;
        margin-right: 15px;
        padding-top: 5px;
        text-align: right;
        font: normal 14px/15px avalonWeb, sans-serif;
    }
    #modal-demofields > ul > li label > span{
        font-size: 16px;
        font-weight: bold;
        margin-right: 2px;
    }
    #modal-demofields > ul > li input[type=text],
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        clear: right;
        margin-bottom: 15px;
        width: calc(100% - 100px);
        border: 1px solid #444444;
        padding: 5px;
    }
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        width: calc(50% - 52px);
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    #modal-demofields > ul > li input[type=image]{
        height: 24px;
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    #demo span#loading span {
        position: absolute;
        top: 0;
        left: 0;
        width: 100%;
        height: 100%;
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        filter: alpha(opacity=50);
        -moz-opacity:0.5;
        -khtml-opacity: 0.5;
        opacity: 0.5;
        background-color: white;
    }
    #demo span#loading > span + span {
        background: url("/img/modal_spin_black.gif") no-repeat center center transparent;
    }
    #demo button {
        font: normal 14px/15px avalonWeb, sans-serif;
        display: block;
        width: 180px;
        background-color: #666;
        margin: 8px auto;
        color: white;
        border: none;
        cursor: pointer;
        text-align: center;
    }
    #modal-demoError{
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<div id="demo">
<form id="modal-demofields" method="post">
    <ul>
        <li>
            <div id="modal-demoError"></div>
            <label>*Email</label>
            <input type="text" id="modal-demofields-email" name="email" readonly="readonly" value="" disabled="disabled"/><br/>
            <input type="hidden" name="uid" id="modal-demofields-uid"/>
            <label for="username">*Username</label>
            <input type="text" id="modal-demofields-username" name="username" value="" maxlength="20"/><br/>
            <label for="password">*Password</label>
            <input type="password" id="modal-demofields-password" name="password" maxlength="64"/><br/>
            <label for="name">Name</label>
            <input type="text" id="modal-demofields-fname" name="f_name" placeholder="first name" value="" maxlength="45" class="half"/>
            <input type="text" id="modal-demofields-lname" name="l_name" placeholder="last name" value="" maxlength="45" class="half"/><br/>
            <label for="zipcode">*Zipcode</label>
            <input type="text" id="modal-demofields-zipcode" name="zipcode" value="" maxlength="5"/>
            <button type="submit">DONE</button>
        </li>
    </ul>
</form>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
	$(function(){
		window.MVN.queue(function(){
			if (typeof window.MVN.user !== 'undefined'){
				$.ajax({
					url: '/profile/ajaxRequestFullUser',
					data: {uid: window.MVN.user.id},
					method: 'POST',
					success: function(r){
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						$('#modal-demofields-email').val(user.User.email);
						$('#modal-demofields-username').val(user.User.username);
						$('#modal-demofields-fname').val(user.UserDemographic.f_name);
						$('#modal-demofields-lname').val(user.UserDemographic.l_name);
						$('#modal-demofields-zipcode').val(user.UserDemographic.zipcode);
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				var formfields = $('#modal-demofields').serialize();
				MVN.sso.settings(formfields, function(r){
                    $.ajax({
                        url: '/profile/regSailThru',
                        data: formfields,
                        method: 'post'
                    }).success(function(e){
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                    })
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				})
			})
		})
	});
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                    e.preventDefault();
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                        $.ajax({
                            url: '/profile/authUser',
                            method: 'post',
                            data: formData
                        });
                        $('#join-step1').toggle();
                        $('#join-step2').toggle();
                        $('.omni-icon-close').toggle();
                        window.MVN.user = r.user;
                        $('#modal-demofields-uid').val(r.user.id);
                        $('#modal-demofields-email').val(r.user.email);
                        $('#modal-demofields-username').val(r.user.username);
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<script type="text/javascript">
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    <h1>Arkema Released Thousands of Pounds of Chemicals in Air and Water, New Lawsuit Says</h1>
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    <div class="story-body"><!-- /.img-box --><div class="ads middle placeholder" data-vmg-ad="Middle" data-vmg-format="lazy"></div><p>Shannon Wheeler lives about three miles from the Arkema Inc. chemical plant in Crosby. The explosions that erupted from the plant during and shortly after Hurricane Harvey &mdash; due to more than 500,000 gallons of unrefrigerated organic peroxide, a chemical that degrades and eventually ignites as it heats up &mdash; were bad enough. But once the floodwaters that had inundated both Arkema and Wheeler's own home receded, he found chunks of black ash and a black residue coating his yard. </p><p>Within two weeks of getting back in the house, Wheeler went outside, mowed his lawn and soon broke out in a thick, scaly rash. His doctor concluded Wheeler had contracted dermatitis, and now a lawsuit Wheeler and 13 other residents near the plant have filed in federal court contends that the rash, along with other ailments people near Arkema have experienced since the hurricane, was caused by toxins emanating from the Arkema facility. </p><div class="city-color-border related rel-stories"><h2 class="city-color">Related Stories</h2><ul><li><h3><a href="/news/harvey-cleanup-crews-keep-dumping-broken-appliances-on-houston-mans-lawn-9845607">Why Are Harvey Debris Crews Dumping Rancid Refrigerators on Front Lawns?</a></h3></li><li><h3><a href="/news/lake-conroe-area-homeowners-say-homes-were-intentionally-flooded-during-harvey-9845127">Suit Claims Homes Near Lake Conroe Were Intentionally Flooded During Harvey</a></h3></li><li><h3><a href="/news/furr-high-school-principal-sent-home-9848088">Are Uniforms and a Bat Joke Really the Basis for Sending Principal Bertie Simmons Home, HISD? [UPDATED]</a></h3></li></ul></div><!-- /.rel-stories --><div class='mobile-fold ex-fold'><p>In other words, the explosions are a thing of the past but the lawsuits against Arkema just keep on coming. </p><div id="ym_927391772937231496" class="ads centered yieldmo ym" data-vmg-ad="Yieldmo" data-yieldmo-id="927391772937231496"></div><p>The newest suit, filed in federal court, argues that the buffer zone created around the plant should have been much wider, and that the whole situation was preventable and should never have happened. </p><p>Shortly after Harvey battered the Texas Gulf Coast at the end of August, it was apparent that the organic peroxide stored at the Arkema plant was going to degrade and explode after the plant, located about 30 miles outside of Houston, was flooded, lost power and the backup generators gave out during the storm. In an effort to mitigate the fallout from the impending explosions, Arkema employees informed local, state and federal officials of the situation. The National Guard swooped in and cleared everyone in a 1.5-mile radius from the area.</p><p>And then the explosions started. Fumes and plumes of smoke erupted from the site and first responders lining the perimeter began choking and hacking, some collapsing in the street from the effect of the chemicals in the air, they claimed in a lawsuit of their own.</p><span class="inline-video" data-vmg-ad="Teads" data-vmg-track="2nd ad"></span><script type="text/javascript">
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