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                border-left: 1px solid black;
                padding-left: 5px;
                text-transform: uppercase;
                color: #e20000;
            }


            .main-container span#loading span {
                position: absolute;
                top: 0;
                left: 0;
                width: 100%;
                height: 100%;
            }
            .main-container span#loading span.trans-50 {
                filter: alpha(opacity=50);
                -moz-opacity:0.5;
                -khtml-opacity: 0.5;
                opacity: 0.5;
                background-color: white;
            }
            .main-container span#loading > span + span {
                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;
                }
                .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;
                }
            }
        </style>
        <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') {
                $(document.body).on('focus', 'input[placeholder]', function () {
                    if (this.value == $(this).attr('placeholder')) {
                        this.value = '';
                    }
                    $(this).removeClass('placeholder');
                }).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;
            }

            .simplemodal-wrap a {
                text-decoration: none;
                color: black;
            }
            .simplemodal-wrap .omni-icon-close {
                position: absolute;
                top: 10px;
                right: 12px;
            }

            .simplemodal-wrap h1 {
                font-size: 22px;
                line-height: 22px;
                text-transform: uppercase;
            }
            .simplemodal-wrap p.error {
                color: #e40001;
                background-color: #D6D6D6;
                padding: 3px 5px;
                clear: both;
                font-weight: bold;
                font-size: 12px;
                text-align: left;
            }
            .simplemodal-wrap p.error:before {
                content: "\00D7";
                padding: 0 10px 0 5px;
            }
            .simplemodal-wrap #main-container {
                padding: 35px 5px 5px;
                text-align: center;
                font: 12px/15px Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;
                overflow: hidden;
                background: #fff;
                margin: 0;
                border: 5px solid #000;
                display: none;
            }
            .simplemodal-wrap .intro a {
                text-transform: uppercase;
                color: #e20000;
                font-weight: bold;
            }
            .simplemodal-wrap .intro p {
                width: 400px;
                margin: 10px auto;
                font-size: 14px;
            }
            .simplemodal-wrap .intro img {
                height: 147px;
                width: 263px;
            }

            .simplemodal-wrap .line {
                border-top: 2px solid #9e9e9e;
                margin: 10px auto;
            }
            .simplemodal-wrap #join {
                width: 350px;
                margin: 0 auto;
            }
            .simplemodal-wrap #join > input[type=text] {
                border: 1px solid #333;
                color: #888;
                margin-bottom: 10px;
                padding: 7px;
                width: 305px;
            }
            .simplemodal-wrap #join button {
                background-color: #e20000;
                border: none;
                color: white;
                cursor: pointer;
                display: inline-block;
                font-size: 16px;
                font-weight: bold;
                margin-left: 20px;
                padding: 5px 10px;
                text-align: left;
                width: 180px;
            }

            .simplemodal-wrap #join > a {
                display: inline-block;
                width: 80px
            }

            .simplemodal-wrap #social {
                width: 300px;
                margin: 20px auto 10px;
            }
            .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;
            }

            .simplemodal-wrap #social span.facebook {
                background-color: #465da0;

            }
            .simplemodal-wrap #social span.google {
                background-color: #d64737;
            }
            .simplemodal-wrap #social span.twitter {
                background-color: #00abf0;
            }
            .simplemodal-wrap #social span.yahoo {
                background-color: #8b1c9c;
            }

            .simplemodal-wrap #captcha {
                display: none;
                margin: 0 auto 10px;
                width: 305px;
            }
            .simplemodal-wrap #captcha p {
                margin: 0;
            }
            .simplemodal-wrap #captcha #recaptcha_widget{
                background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #FFFFFF;
                color: #000;
                padding: 3px 3px 0;
                margin-bottom: 10px;
                height: 95px;
                display: block;
            }
            .simplemodal-wrap #captcha table{
                border-collapse: collapse;
                margin: 0 auto;
                padding: 0;

            }
            .simplemodal-wrap #captcha td{
                padding:0;
            }
            .simplemodal-wrap #captcha td div a img {
                margin-top: 2px;
            }
            .simplemodal-wrap #captcha td div a img:first-child {
                margin-right: 2px;
            }
            .simplemodal-wrap #captcha p {
                font-size: 12px;
            }
            .simplemodal-wrap #captcha input {
                height: 19px;
                width: 218px;
                margin: 0 2px;
            }
            .simplemodal-wrap p.social {
                font-weight: bold;
            }

            .simplemodal-wrap .footer p {
                font-size: 14px;
                line-height: 18px;
            }

            .simplemodal-wrap .footer p span {
                text-transform: uppercase;
                cursor: pointer;
                font-weight: bold;
                border-left: 1px solid black;
                padding-left: 5px;
                color: #e20000;
            }
            .simplemodal-wrap span#loading span {
                position: absolute;
                top: 0;
                left: 0;
                width: 100%;
                height: 100%;
            }
            .simplemodal-wrap span#loading span.trans-50 {
                filter: alpha(opacity=50);
                -moz-opacity:0.5;
                -khtml-opacity: 0.5;
                opacity: 0.5;
                background-color: white;
            }
            .simplemodal-wrap span#loading > span + span {
                background: url("@AssetServerPrefix@/img/modal_spin_black.gif") no-repeat center center transparent;
            }

            @media only screen and (max-width: 340px) {
                .simplemodal-wrap {
                    overflow-y: auto;
                }
                .simplemodal-wrap .main-container {
                    padding: 35px 5px 5px;
                }
                .simplemodal-wrap .intro img {
                    display: none;
                }
                .simplemodal-wrap #join > input[type=text] {
                    width: 273px;
                }
                .simplemodal-wrap #captcha input {
                    width: 201px;
                }
                .simplemodal-wrap #join {
                    width: auto;
                    margin: 0;
                }
                .simplemodal-wrap .intro p {
                    width: 300px;
                }
            }

        </style>
        <div class="main-container" id='join-modal'>
        <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>
            </div>
            <div class="login">
                <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">
                        <div id="join-recaptcha" data-key="6LcMCwgTAAAAAM86pPA6G1eIFDlL7iaeT3Y81A0Q"></div>
                    </div>
                    <a href="/about/privacyPolicy/" target="_top">Privacy Policy</a>
                    <button type="submit" >SIGN UP &rsaquo;</button>

                </form>
            </div>
            <div class="footer">
                <p>Already registered? <span class="mvn-login-button">Login &rsaquo;</span></p>
            </div>
        </div>
        <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;
    }
    #demo p {
        margin: 10px 0 0;
    }
    #demo p.error {
        color: red;
        background-color: #D6D6D6;
        padding: 3px 5px;
        clear: both;
        font-weight: bold;
        font-size: 12px;
        text-align: left;
    }
    #demo p.error:before {
        content: "\00D7";
        padding: 0 10px 0 5px;
    }
    #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;
    }
    #modal-demofields > ul > li {
        float: left;
        padding-top: 10px;
        display: list-item;
    }
    #modal-demofields > ul > li label{
        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],
    #modal-demofields > ul > li input[type=password]{
        clear: right;
        margin-bottom: 15px;
        width: calc(100% - 100px);
        border: 1px solid #444444;
        padding: 5px;
    }
    #modal-demofields > ul > li input[type=text].half {
        width: calc(50% - 52px);
    }
    #modal-demofields > ul > li input[type=image]{
        height: 24px;
    }
    #demo span#loading span {
        position: absolute;
        top: 0;
        left: 0;
        width: 100%;
        height: 100%;
    }
    #demo span#loading span.trans-50 {
        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{
        display:none;
    }
</style>
<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){
						var user = r.data;
						$('#modal-demofields-uid').val(user.User.id);
						$('#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);
					}
				});
			}
			$('#modal-demofields').submit(function(e){
				e.preventDefault();
                $('#modal-demofields-email').attr('disabled', false);
				var formfields = $('#modal-demofields').serialize();
				MVN.sso.settings(formfields, function(r){
                    $.ajax({
                        url: '/profile/regSailThru',
                        data: formfields,
                        method: 'post'
                    }).success(function(e){
                        $('#modal-demoError').text('Registration is complete!').show();
                        $.modal.close();
                        window.location = "http://"+window.location.hostname+"/profile";
                    })
				}, function(r){
                    $('#modal-demoError').text('There was a problem with your information. Please check it and try again').show();
				})
			})
		})
	});
</script>        </div>
        </div>
        <script type="text/javascript">
            $(function(){
                VMG.captchaQueue.queue(function(){
                    grecaptcha.render('join-recaptcha',{
                        'sitekey' : $('#join-recaptcha').data('key')
                    })
                })
                $('#join-modal').on('click', '.omni-icon-close', function(){
                    $.modal.close();
                })
                $('#join-modal').on('focus', '#join-email',function(){
                    $('#captcha').show();
                });
                $('#join').submit(function(e){
                    $('#join-error').hide();
                    e.preventDefault();
                    var formData = $('#join').serialize();
                    MVN.sso.authUser(formData, function(r){
                        $.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);
                        // location.reload();
                        // $.modal.close();
                    }, function(r){
                        $('#join-error').html(r.message.error).show();
                    });
                });
            })
        </script>

<script type="text/javascript">
	$(function(){
		$(".mvn-login-button").click(function(){
			$.modal.close();
			$("#login-modal").modal({focus: false});
		});
		$(".mvn-join-button").click(function(){
			$.modal.close();
			$("#join-modal").modal({focus: false});
		});
	});
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</script><p>That places people like Christine Stanley in a bind. She and her husband received a flood insurance settlement of $35,000 to cover the damage <g class="gr_ gr_64 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace" id="64" data-gr-id="64">to</g> their home in southeast Houston near Hobby Airport. An insurance adjuster told the couple that the flooding caused from $50,000 to $70,000 in damages, but FEMA ultimately deemed them ineligible <g class="gr_ gr_74 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-ins replaceWithoutSep" id="74" data-gr-id="74">because</g>&nbsp;of the insurance payout. Stanley said they&rsquo;re rebuilding the home bit by bit while staying with relatives and relying on help from their church and friends.</p><aside class="pullquote">&ldquo;Why should we not get assistance because we protected ourselves by having the flood insurance?&rdquo; Abel-Graves said. <ul class="socials ai-socials pq-socials">
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</li> </ul></aside><p>Mixed messaging has led to confusion in other places. When a FEMA inspector visited Derrick Clinton&rsquo;s flooded house in Cinco Ranch, the woman seemed confident Clinton would receive funds for the $15,000 he lost <g class="gr_ gr_65 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-del replaceWithoutSep" id="65" data-gr-id="65">between </g>his car and other possessions. A few weeks later, though, his application was denied because it was less than the minimum grant amount. <g class="gr_ gr_84 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace" id="84" data-gr-id="84">Robinn</g> Abel-Graves and her family in Porter were denied because they received flood insurance, although two FEMA workers surveying the neighborhood recently told her she should <g class="gr_ gr_81 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace" id="81" data-gr-id="81">have not</g> been denied and that she should appeal FEMA&rsquo;s decision. Both Clinton and Abel-Graves plan on following up with appeals.</p><p>&ldquo;Why should we not get assistance because we protected ourselves by having the flood insurance?&rdquo; Abel-Graves said.</p><p>In interviews, FEMA officials are quick to stress that applicants are not denied, but are found &ldquo;ineligible&rdquo; because not all decisions are final. Many residents are encouraged to reapply, Pickering said, because insurance settlements may still be pending or because they need to address gaps in application information. After applying, residents receive letters explaining actions that can be taken if the amount of money granted is insufficient or the decision is &ldquo;ineligible.&rdquo; Applicants are also asked to apply for disaster loans, the low-interest loans offered by the Small Business Administration.</p>
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