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1685                                    <p>From left, Supervisor Mike Sturgill, school board members Ben Adams and Paul Grinstead, Supervisor Courtney Widener, and school board member Sue Tilson listened to presentations on the facility study of the county schools and revenue options for renovation and construction projects during a joint meeting of the Board of Supervisors and School Board.</p>
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2288                    <div class="media-list">
2289                        <div class="media">
2290                            
2291
2292                            <div class="media-body ">
2293                                <h4 class="media-heading">
2294                                    <a href="https://swvatoday.com/users/profile/SPorter" rel="author" class="tnt-user-profile-link tnt-user-name">SPorter</a>
2295                                </h4>
2296        <ul class="list-inline social-links hidden-print">
2297            <li>
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2299                    <span class="sr-only">Author email</span>
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2301                        
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2307            <div class="modal-dialog">
2308                <div class="modal-content">
2309                    <div class="modal-header">
2310                        <button class="close" type="button" data-dismiss="modal">
2311                            <i class="fas tnt-times-circle"></i>
2312                            <span class="sr-only">Close</span>
2313                        </button>
2314                        <h4 class="modal-title">Get email notifications on {{subject}} daily!</h4>
2315                    </div>
2316                    <div class="modal-body">
2317                        <div class="alert alert-success" style="display:none;">
2318                            Your notification has been saved.
2319                        </div>
2320                        <div class="alert alert-danger" style="display:none;">
2321                            There was a problem saving your notification.
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2326                            <input class="input-notification-name" type="hidden" name="title" value="{{title}}">
2327                            <div class="row">
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2332                                </div>
2333                                <div class="col-sm-6">
2334                                    <a class="btn btn-default btn-block" href="https://swvatoday.com/users/admin/savedsearch/" rel="nofollow">Manage followed notifications</a>
2335                                </div>
2336                            </div>
2337                        </form>
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2345                <div class="modal-content">
2346                    <div class="modal-header">
2347                        <button class="close" type="button" data-dismiss="modal">
2348                            <i class="fas tnt-times-circle"></i>
2349                            <span class="sr-only">Close</span>
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2351                        <h4 class="modal-title">Followed notifications</h4>
2352                    </div>
2353                    <div class="modal-body">
2354                        <div class="user-login padding-bottom">
2355                            <h4>Please log in to use this feature</h4>
2356                            <a class="btn btn-block btn-primary" href="https://swvatoday.com/users/login/?referer_url=https%3A%2F%2Fswvatoday.com%2Fnews%2Farticle_fc29983b-80f8-4e6e-aed0-ec72f1619834.html" rel="nofollow">Log In</a>
2357                        </div>
2358                        <div class="user-signup">
2359                            <strong>Don't have an account?</strong> <a href="https://swvatoday.com/users/signup/?referer_url=https%3A%2F%2Fswvatoday.com%2Fnews%2Farticle_fc29983b-80f8-4e6e-aed0-ec72f1619834.html" rel="nofollow">Sign Up Today</a>
2360                        </div>
2361                    </div>
2362                </div>
2363            </div>
2364        </template>
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2368        </div></div></div>
2369                        </div>
2370                    </div>
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2384                                <div class="block-title emphasis-h3">
2385                                    <div class="block-title-inner">
2386                                        <h3>Related to this story</h3>
2387                                    </div>
2388                                </div>
2389                            </div><div class="style-title">
2390                                        <div class="block-title emphasis-h3">
2391                                            <div class="block-title-inner">
2392                                                <h3>Most Popular</h3>
2393                                            </div>
2394                                        </div>
2395                                    </div>
2396                                    <article id="card-summary-a2ce6357-23eb-45bd-ba28-7e1503ae475b" class="tnt-asset-type-article clearfix card summary has-image image-left  letterbox-style-default  tnt-section-news">
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2400                    data-toggle="modal"
2401                    
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2415                            height="178"
2416                            data-sizes="auto"
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2418                </a>
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2425                <div class="card-body">
2426        <div class="card-headline"><h3 class="tnt-headline ">
2427        
2428             <a href="/news/article_a2ce6357-23eb-45bd-ba28-7e1503ae475b.html" class="tnt-asset-link" aria-label="Glade Spring woman arrested on Smyth felony warrant">
2429        
2430        
2431            Glade Spring woman arrested on Smyth felony warrant</a></h3></div>
2432    
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2434                    
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2437                        
2438                        
2439                            <div class="card-lead">
2440                                <p class="tnt-summary">Last week, the Glade Spring Police Department arrested Betty E. Campbell after executing a search warrant. In addition to new charges, she was&hellip;</p>
2441                            </div>
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2448            <div class="clearfix"></div>
2449        </article><article id="card-summary-6263573d-afa5-4c7c-9abf-fed54a23f72b" class="tnt-asset-type-article clearfix card summary has-image image-left  letterbox-style-default  tnt-section-news">
2450            <div class="card-container"><div class="card-image ">
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2452            <div class="image" 
2453                    data-toggle="modal"
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2457                
2458                    <a href="/news/article_6263573d-afa5-4c7c-9abf-fed54a23f72b.html" class="tnt-asset-link"  aria-label="Wiring the world: Saltville company continues innovation legacy">
2459                
2460                
2461                
2462                
2463                        <img
2464                            src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEklEQVR42mM8U8+AFzCOKgADAHdUC60wg0dkAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"
2465                            alt="Wiring the world: Saltville company continues innovation legacy"
2466                            class="img-responsive lazyload full default"
2467                            width="1743"
2468                            height="980"
2469                            data-sizes="auto"
2470                            data-srcset="https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/swvatoday.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/4/2d/42dccf7b-bb88-4c29-91de-9b2b505d1760/6ab5db28d9c97.image.jpg?crop=1743%2C980%2C0%2C104&resize=150%2C84&order=crop%2Cresize 150w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/swvatoday.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/4/2d/42dccf7b-bb88-4c29-91de-9b2b505d1760/6ab5db28d9c97.image.jpg?crop=1743%2C980%2C0%2C104&resize=200%2C113&order=crop%2Cresize 200w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/swvatoday.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/4/2d/42dccf7b-bb88-4c29-91de-9b2b505d1760/6ab5db28d9c97.image.jpg?crop=1743%2C980%2C0%2C104&resize=225%2C127&order=crop%2Cresize 225w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/swvatoday.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/4/2d/42dccf7b-bb88-4c29-91de-9b2b505d1760/6ab5db28d9c97.image.jpg?crop=1743%2C980%2C0%2C104&resize=300%2C169&order=crop%2Cresize 300w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/swvatoday.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/4/2d/42dccf7b-bb88-4c29-91de-9b2b505d1760/6ab5db28d9c97.image.jpg?crop=1743%2C980%2C0%2C104&resize=400%2C225&order=crop%2Cresize 400w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/swvatoday.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/4/2d/42dccf7b-bb88-4c29-91de-9b2b505d1760/6ab5db28d9c97.image.jpg?crop=1743%2C980%2C0%2C104&resize=540%2C304&order=crop%2Cresize 540w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/swvatoday.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/4/2d/42dccf7b-bb88-4c29-91de-9b2b505d1760/6ab5db28d9c97.image.jpg?crop=1743%2C980%2C0%2C104&resize=64
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2471                </a>
2472                
2473            </div>
2474            
2475        </figure></div>
2476                    </div>
2477                
2478                <div class="card-body">
2479        <div class="card-headline"><h3 class="tnt-headline ">
2480        
2481             <a href="/news/article_6263573d-afa5-4c7c-9abf-fed54a23f72b.html" class="tnt-asset-link" aria-label="Wiring the world: Saltville company continues innovation legacy">
2482        
2483        
2484            Wiring the world: Saltville company continues innovation legacy</a></h3></div>
2485    
2486                    
2487                    
2488                    
2489                    
2490                        
2491                        
2492                            <div class="card-lead">
2493                                <p class="tnt-summary">A slogan describing Saltville and its history declares “From the Ice Age to the Space Age.” An industry leader in the community loves to tell &hellip;</p>
2494                            </div>
2495                        
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2498                    
2499                </div>
2500            </div>
2501            <div class="clearfix"></div>
2502        </article><article id="card-summary-be77c97e-f150-445d-8e15-f9cd99aecdae" class="tnt-asset-type-article clearfix card summary has-image image-left  letterbox-style-default  tnt-section-news">
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2504                        <div class="media-preview-be77c97e-f150-445d-8e15-f9cd99aecdae media-preview article-asset " data-aspect="16:9"><figure class="photo layout-horizontal letterbox-style-default">
2505            <div class="image" 
2506                    data-toggle="modal"
2507                    
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2510                
2511                    <a href="/news/article_be77c97e-f150-445d-8e15-f9cd99aecdae.html" class="tnt-asset-link"  aria-label="Smyth enrollment report shows elementary school is home to most students">
2512                
2513                
2514                
2515                
2516                        <img
2517                            src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEklEQVR42mM8U8+AFzCOKgADAHdUC60wg0dkAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"
2518                            alt="Smyth enrollment report shows elementary school is home to most students"
2519                            class="img-responsive lazyload full default"
2520                            width="1616"
2521                            height="909"
2522                            data-sizes="auto"
2523                            data-srcset="https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/swvatoday.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/98/998ec860-d875-40b4-ac48-b1b4efb758b6/6ab1c033478ad.image.jpg?crop=1616%2C909%2C79%2C0&resize=150%2C84&order=crop%2Cresize 150w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/swvatoday.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/98/998ec860-d875-40b4-ac48-b1b4efb758b6/6ab1c033478ad.image.jpg?crop=1616%2C909%2C79%2C0&resize=200%2C113&order=crop%2Cresize 200w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/swvatoday.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/98/998ec860-d875-40b4-ac48-b1b4efb758b6/6ab1c033478ad.image.jpg?crop=1616%2C909%2C79%2C0&resize=225%2C127&order=crop%2Cresize 225w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/swvatoday.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/98/998ec860-d875-40b4-ac48-b1b4efb758b6/6ab1c033478ad.image.jpg?crop=1616%2C909%2C79%2C0&resize=300%2C169&order=crop%2Cresize 300w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/swvatoday.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/98/998ec860-d875-40b4-ac48-b1b4efb758b6/6ab1c033478ad.image.jpg?crop=1616%2C909%2C79%2C0&resize=400%2C225&order=crop%2Cresize 400w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/swvatoday.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/98/998ec860-d875-40b4-ac48-b1b4efb758b6/6ab1c033478ad.image.jpg?crop=1616%2C909%2C79%2C0&resize=540%2C304&order=crop%2Cresize 540w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/swvatoday.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/98/998ec860-d875-40b4-ac48-b1b4efb758b6/6ab1c033478ad.image.jpg?crop=1616%2C909%2C79%2C0&resize=64
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2524                </a>
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2527            
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2530                
2531                <div class="card-body">
2532        <div class="card-headline"><h3 class="tnt-headline ">
2533        
2534             <a href="/news/article_be77c97e-f150-445d-8e15-f9cd99aecdae.html" class="tnt-asset-link" aria-label="Smyth enrollment report shows elementary school is home to most students">
2535        
2536        
2537            Smyth enrollment report shows elementary school is home to most students</a></h3></div>
2538    
2539                    
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2542                    
2543                        
2544                        
2545                            <div class="card-lead">
2546                                <p class="tnt-summary">Chilhowie Elementary got attention at last week’s school board meeting. The attention wasn’t for anything negative, but for the number of stud&hellip;</p>
2547                            </div>
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2554            <div class="clearfix"></div>
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2558            <div class="image" 
2559                    data-toggle="modal"
2560                    
2561                        data-target=".modal-1d281117-8a47-4001-903e-b35038fc9885"
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2563                
2564                    <a href="/news/article_1d281117-8a47-4001-903e-b35038fc9885.html" class="tnt-asset-link"  aria-label="Smyth schools receive about $9.4M in grants for projects at CHS, MSHS">
2565                
2566                
2567                
2568                
2569                        <img
2570                            src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEklEQVR42mM8U8+AFzCOKgADAHdUC60wg0dkAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"
2571                            alt="Smyth schools receive about $9.4M in grants for projects at CHS, MSHS"
2572                            class="img-responsive lazyload full default"
2573                            width="468"
2574                            height="263"
2575                            data-sizes="auto"
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2577                </a>
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2580            
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2582                    </div>
2583                
2584                <div class="card-body">
2585        <div class="card-headline"><h3 class="tnt-headline ">
2586        
2587             <a href="/news/article_1d281117-8a47-4001-903e-b35038fc9885.html" class="tnt-asset-link" aria-label="Smyth schools receive about $9.4M in grants for projects at CHS, MSHS">
2588        
2589        
2590            Smyth schools receive about $9.4M in grants for projects at CHS, MSHS</a></h3></div>
2591    
2592                    
2593                    
2594                    
2595                    
2596                        
2597                        
2598                            <div class="card-lead">
2599                                <p class="tnt-summary">Smyth County was awarded two significant grants for its proposed school construction projects at Chilhowie and Marion Senior high schools. The&hellip;</p>
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3401
3402                        <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close">
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3447                                <a href="javascript:void(0)" role="button" class="login-toggle">Have an account? Log In</a>
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3456                            <span>Back</span>
3457                        </button>
3458                    
3459                        <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close">
3460                            <span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span>
3461                        </button>
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3471                        <legend class="sr-only">User information</legend><div class="form-group">
3472                                <label for="input-username" class="control-label hide">
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3474                                    Username (Optional)
3475                                </label>
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3478                                        id="input-username"
3479                                        class="form-control"
3480                                        type="text"
3481                                        name="screen_name"
3482                                        value=""
3483                                        data-check-url="https://swvatoday.com/users/check/"
3484                                        placeholder="Username (Optional)"
3485                                        data-toggle="tooltip"
3486                                        data-placement="top"
3487                                        title=" This is the name that will be displayed next to your photo for comments, blog posts, and more. Choose wisely!">
3488                                    <span class="sr-only"> This is the name that will be displayed next to your photo for comments, blog posts, and more. Choose wisely!</span>
3489                                </div>
3490                            </div>
3491                            <div class="form-group row">
3492                                <label for="input-firstname" class="control-label hide">
3493                                    
3494                                        <span class="text-danger">*</span>
3495                                    
3496                                    First name
3497                                </label>
3498                                <div class="input-container col-xs-6">
3499                                    <input id="input-firstname" class="form-control first_last_names" type="text" name="first_name" value="" required placeholder="First name">
3500                                </div>
3501                                
3502                                <label for="input-lastname" class="control-label hide">
3503                                    
3504                                        <span class="text-danger">*</span>
3505                                    
3506                                    Last name
3507                                </label>
3508                                <div class="input-container col-xs-6">
3509                                    <input id="input-lastname" class="form-control first_last_names" type="text" name="last_name" value="" required placeholder="Last name">
3510                                    
3511                                </div>
3512                            </div>
3513                        <div class="form-group">
3514                            <label for="input-email" class="control-label hide"><span class="text-danger">*</span> Email Address</label>
3515                            <div class="input-container">
3516                                <input id="input-email" class="form-control" type="email" name="email" value="" placeholder="Email Address" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="top" title="Your email address will be used to confirm your account. We won't share it with anyone else." required>
3517                                <span class="sr-only">Your email address will be used to confirm your account. We won't share it with anyone else.</span>
3518                            </div>
3519                        </div>
3520
3521                        <div class="form-group">
3522                                <label for="input-password" class="control-label hide"><span class="text-danger">*</span> Password</label>
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3524                                    <input id="input-password" class="form-control" type="password" name="password" autocomplete="off" placeholder="Password" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="top" title="Create a password that only you will remember. If you forget it, you'll be able to recover it using your email address." required>
3525                                    <p class="help-block">Must be at least 8 characters, not contain repeating characters (e.g., 111), and not contain sequential numbers (e.g., 123).</p>
3526                                    <span class="sr-only">Create a password that only you will remember. If you forget it, you'll be able to recover it using your email address.</span>
3527                                </div>
3528                            </div>
3529
3530                            <div class="form-group">
3531                                <label for="input-confirm-password" class="control-label hide"><span class="text-danger">*</span> Confirm Password</label>
3532                                <div class="input-container">
3533                                    <input id="input-confirm-password" class="form-control" type="password" name="password_verify" autocomplete="off" placeholder="Confirm Password" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="top" title="Confirm your password." required>
3534                                    <span class="sr-only">Confirm your password.</span>
3535                                </div>
3536                            </div></fieldset>
3537                    
3538                    
3539
3540                    
3541
3542                    
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3556
3557        jQuery(document).ready(function($){
3558            $('#user-register-form input').each(function(){
3559                if( $(this).attr('data-mask') && $(this).data('mask') !== '' ){
3560                    $(this).mask( $(this).data('mask') );
3561                }
3562            });
3563    
3564            if( $('#input-smslist-phone').length > 0 && $('#input-phone').length > 0 ){
3565                $('#input-phone').change(function(){
3566                    $('#input-smslist-phone').val( $(this).val() );
3567                });
3568            }
3569
3570            document.getElementById('user-register-form').addEventListener('click', function(e) {
3571                if (e.target.matches('.mailing-lists-select-all')) {
3572                    var inputs = document.getElementById('user-register-form')['lists[]'];
3573                    for (var i=0; i<inputs.length; i++) {
3574                        inputs[i].checked = true;
3575                    }
3576                } else if (e.target.matches('.mailing-lists-select-none')) {
3577                    var inputs = document.getElementById('user-register-form')['lists[]'];
3578                    for (var i=0; i<inputs.length; i++) {
3579                        inputs[i].checked = false;
3580                    }
3581                }
3582            });
3583            
3584            $('#user-register-form').validate({
3585                onkeyup: false,
3586                errorElement: 'span',
3587                errorPlacement: function(error, element){
3588                    error.appendTo( element.parents('.input-container') );
3589                },
3590                errorClass: 'has-error text-danger',
3591                validClass: 'has-success text-success',
3592                highlight: function(element, errorClass, validClass){
3593                    $(element).parents('.form-group').addClass(errorClass).removeClass(validClass);
3594                },
3595                unhighlight: function(element, errorClass, validClass){
3596                    $(element).parents('.form-group').removeClass(errorClass).addClass(validClass);
3597                },
3598                rules: {
3599                    phone: {
3600                        required: function(element){
3601                            
3602                                return $('input[name="smslist_lists[]"]').is(':checked');
3603                            
3604                        }
3605                    },
3606                    screen_name: {
3607                        required: false,
3608                        remote_username: __tnt.scrubUrl($('#input-username').data('check-url'))
3609                    },
3610                    
3611                    
3612                    
3613                    password: {
3614                        hasSequentialNumbers: true,
3615                        hasRepeatingChars: true,
3616                        minlength: 8
3617                    },
3618                    password_verify: {
3619                        equalTo: '#input-password'
3620                    }
3621                },
3622                messages: {
3623                    
3624                    password: {
3625                        minlength: "Passwords must be at least 8 characters long."
3626                    },
3627                    password_verify: {
3628                        equalTo: "The password you entered doesn't match."
3629                    }
3630                }});
3631    
3632            $.validator.addMethod("first_last_names", function(value, element) {
3633                return this.optional( element ) || /^[a-z][- '.,a-z]+$/i.test( value );
3634            }, 'Names must start with a letter and can only contain valid characters.');
3635        });
3636    </script>
3636</div>
3637                    <div class="modal-footer">
3638                        <div class="text-right padding-bottom">
3639                            <a href="javascript:void(0)" role="button" id="user-modal-login-toggle">Have an account? Log In</a>
3640                        </div>
3641                    </div>
3642                </div>
3643
3644                <!-- SIGNUP SUCCESS VERIFICATION -->
3645                <div id="user-modal-tab-signup-success" class="modal-content hide">
3646                    <div class="modal-header">
3647                        <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close">
3648                            <span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span>
3649                        </button>
3650                        
3651                        <h3 class="text-center">You're all set!</h3>
3652                    </div>
3653                    <div class="modal-body row">
3654
3655                        <div class="col-xs-12" id="user-modal-tabs">
3656                            <div id="user-modal-signup-success-tab">
3657
3658                                <p id="user-modal-signup-success-check" class="text-center"><i class="fas tnt-check"></i></p>
3659                                
3660                                <p class="text-center"><strong>Thank you <span class="username"></span></strong>.</p>
3661                                <p class="text-center">Your account has been registered, and you are now logged in.</p>
3662                                
3663                                <p class="text-center">Check your email for details.</p>
3664                            </div>
3665                        </div>
3666                    </div>
3667                    <div class="modal-footer text-center">
3668                        <a href="javascript:void(0)" role="button" class="btn btn-primary btn-lg" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="OK">OK</a>
3669                    </div>
3670                </div>
3671
3672                <!-- LOGIN TAB -->
3673                <div id="user-modal-tab-login" class="modal-content hide">
3674                    <div class="modal-header">
3675                        <button type="button" class="tab-back btn btn-sm btn-default" aria-label="Previous Tab">
3676                            <span>Back</span>
3677                        </button>
3678                    
3679                        <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close">
3680                            <span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span>
3681                        </button>
3682                
3683                        <h3 id="user-modal-login-heading" class="text-center">Log In</h3>
3684                    </div>
3685                    <div class="modal-body row">
3686
3687                        <div class="col-xs-12" id="user-modal-tabs">
3688                            <div id="user-modal-login-tab" class=""><div class="user-login-blox"><form id="access-modal-login-form" class="user-login-form" role="form" method="post" action="https://swvatoday.com/users/login/">
3689                <div class="alert alert-danger critical-error hide">
3690                    <p>Invalid password or account does not exist</p>
3691                </div><input type="hidden" name="referer_url" value="https://swvatoday.com/news/article_fc29983b-80f8-4e6e-aed0-ec72f1619834.html"><div class="user-login-username form-group">
3692                    <label for="user-username" class="control-label hide">Email Address</label>
3693                    <div class="input-container">
3694                        <input id="user-username" class="form-control" name="username" type="text" value="" placeholder="Email Address" required>
3695                    </div>
3696                </div>
3697                
3698                <div class="user-login-password form-group">
3699                    <label for="user-password" class="control-label hide">Password</label><div class="input-group">
3700        <input id="user-password" class="form-control" name="password" type="password" autocomplete="off" required  placeholder="Password">
3701        <div id="user-password-toggle" class="input-group-addon password-toggle" title="Toggle password visibility">
3702            <i class="fas tnt-eye"></i>
3703        </div>
3704    </div></div>
3705                
3706                <div class="user-login-remember form-group row">
3707                    <div class="input-container col-xs-6">
3708                        <div class="checkbox">
3709                            <label>
3710                                <input name="remember_me" type="checkbox" checked="checked" value="1"> Remember me
3711                            </label>
3712                        </div>
3713                    
3714                    </div>
3715                    <div class="col-xs-6 text-right forgot-wrapper">
3716                        <a id="open-modal-forgot" class="" rel="nofollow" href="https://swvatoday.com/users/forgot/?referer_url=https%3A%2F%2Fswvatoday.com%2Fnews%2Farticle_fc29983b-80f8-4e6e-aed0-ec72f1619834.html">
3717                           Forgot your password?
3718                        </a>
3719                    </div>
3720                </div>
3721                
3722                <div class="user-login-submit form-group">
3723                    <div class="input-container text-center">
3724                        <button type="submit" class="btn btn-lg btn-primary">Log In</button>
3725                    </div>
3726                </div>
3727                
3728                <div class="text-center form-group">
3729                    <a id="open-modal-instant-login" class="btn btn-sm btn-default btn-instant-login" rel="nofollow" href="https://swvatoday.com/users/instant-login/?referer_url=https%3A%2F%2Fswvatoday.com%2Fnews%2Farticle_fc29983b-80f8-4e6e-aed0-ec72f1619834.html">
3730                        Email me a log in link
3731                    </a>
3732                </div>
3733
3734                
3735            </form></div></div>
3736
3737                        </div>
3738                    </div>
3739                    <div class="modal-footer padding-top">
3740                        <div class="col-xs-4 text-left">
3741                            <a href="/tncms/auth/admin/">Admin login</a>
3742                            <a href="javascript:void(0)" role="button" class="padding-bottom" id="user-modal-purchase-toggle">Subscribe</a>
3743                        </div> 
3744                        <div class="col-xs-8 text-right">
3745                            <a href="javascript:void(0)" role="button" class="padding-bottom" id="user-modal-signup-toggle">Need an account? Sign Up</a>
3746                        </div>
3747                    </div>
3748                </div>
3749                
3750                <!-- FORGOT TAB -->
3751                <div id="user-modal-tab-forgot" class="modal-content hide">
3752                    <div class="modal-header">
3753                        <button type="button" class="tab-back btn btn-sm-default" aria-label="Previous Tab">
3754                            <span>Back</span>
3755                        </button>
3756                        
3757                        <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close">
3758                            <span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span>
3759                        </button>
3760                        
3761                        <h3 class="text-center">Reset Password</h3>
3762                    </div>
3763                    
3764                    <div class="modal-body row">
3765                        <div class="col-xs-12">
3766                        <p class="user-help">Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password.</p>
3767
3768    <form id="user-modal-forgot-form" role="form" method="post" action="https://swvatoday.com/users/forgot/">
3769        <input type="hidden" name="referer_url" value="https://swvatoday.com/news/article_fc29983b-80f8-4e6e-aed0-ec72f1619834.html">
3770        <div class="user-login-username form-group">
3771            <label for="forgot-username" class="sr-only">Email or Screen Name</label>
3772            <input id="forgot-username" class="form-control" name="username" type="text" placeholder="Email or Screen Name" value="" required>
3773        </div>
3774        
3775            <div class="form-group">
3776                <div class="input-container">
3777                    <label class="center-block text-center"><span class="sr-only">CAPTCHA</span><div class="tncms-recaptcha-wrapper"><div class="g-recaptcha" data-sitekey="6LdvF8kSAAAAAHtjCXotWkt5byjdinh-RPyWTH5J" data-action="submit"></div><input type="hidden" name="g-recaptcha-is-checkbox" value="yes"></div></label>
3778                </div>
3779            </div><div class="user-login-submit form-group">
3780            <div class="text-center">
3781                <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Reset Password</button> 
3782            </div>
3783        </div>
3784    </form></div>
3785                    </div>
3786                </div>
3787                
3788                <div id="user-modal-tab-forgot-success" class="modal-content hide">
3789                    <div class="modal-header">
3790                        <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close">
3791                            <span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span>
3792                        </button>
3793                        
3794                        <h3 class="text-center">Forgot Password</h3>
3795                    </div>
3796                    
3797                    <div class="modal-body">
3798                        <p>An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the email address listed on your account.</p>
3799                    </div>
3800                
3801                </div>
3802                
3803                <!-- INSTANT LOG-IN TAB -->
3804                <div id="user-modal-tab-instant-login" class="modal-content hide">
3805                    <div class="modal-header">
3806                        <button type="button" class="tab-back btn btn-sm-default" aria-label="Previous Tab">
3807                            <span>Back</span>
3808                        </button>
3809                        
3810                        <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close">
3811                            <span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span>
3812                        </button>
3813                        
3814                        <h3 class="text-center">Email me a log in link</h3>
3815                    </div>
3816                    
3817                    <div class="modal-body row">
3818                        <div class="col-xs-12">
3819                        <form id="instant-login-form" class="form-horizontal" role="form" method="post" action="https://swvatoday.com/users/instant-login/">
3820    <div class="form-group">
3821        <div class="col-xs-12">
3822            <label for="instant-login-email" class="sr-only">Account Email</label>
3823            <input id="instant-login-email" class="form-control" name="email" type="email" value="" required placeholder="Account Email">
3824        </div>
3825    </div>
3826    <div class="form-group">
3827        <div class="input-container">
3828            <label class="center-block text-center"><span class="sr-only">CAPTCHA</span><div class="tncms-recaptcha-wrapper"><div class="g-recaptcha" data-sitekey="6LdvF8kSAAAAAHtjCXotWkt5byjdinh-RPyWTH5J" data-action="submit"></div><input type="hidden" name="g-recaptcha-is-checkbox" value="yes"></div></label>
3829        </div>
3830    </div>
3831    <div class="user-login-link-submit form-group">
3832        <div class="text-center">
3833            <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Send Email</button> 
3834        </div>
3835    </div>
3836</form></div>
3837                    </div>
3838                </div>
3839
3840                <!-- PROMO TAB -->
3841                <div id="user-modal-tab-promo" class="modal-content hide" data-active-class="offer-tab">
3842                    <div class="modal-header">
3843                        <button type="button" class="tab-back btn btn-sm btn-default" aria-label="Previous Tab">
3844                            <span>Back</span>
3845                        </button>
3846                    
3847                        <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close">
3848                            <span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span>
3849                        </button>
3850
3851                        <h3 class="text-center">Promotional Offers</h3>
3852                    </div>
3853
3854                    <div class="modal-body">
3855                        <form id="service-promo-fetch" class="text-left service-promo-open form-horizontal" role="form" method="get" action="https://swvatoday.com/tncms/subscription/services/">
3856    <fieldset class="col-xs-12">
3857        <legend sr-only aria-label="Purchase detail" hidden>Promo code</legend>
3858        <input type="hidden" name="serviceid" value=""/>
3859        <div class="form-group">
3860            <label for="promo" class="sr-only">Enter Promo Code</label>
3861        </div>
3862
3863        <div class="form-group">
3864            <div class="input-group col-sm-8 col-sm-push-2">
3865                <input type="text" class="form-control" name="promoCode" placeholder="Enter Promo Code" value="" aria-label="Enter Promo Code" />
3866                <span class="input-group-btn">
3867                    <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Redeem</button>
3868                </span>
3869            </div>
3870        </div>
3871    </fieldset>
3872</form>
3873
3874                        <div class="row">
3875                            <div class="col-xs-12">
3876                                <div id="service-promo-error" class="row hide">
3877                                    <div class="col-xs-10 col-xs-push-1 alert alert-warning">
3878                                        <p>No promotional rates found.</p>
3879                                    </div>
3880                                </div>
3881
3882                                <div class="promo-loading text-center font-larger" style="display:none;">
3883    <span class="fas tnt-spinner tnt-spin"></span>
3884</div><div id="service-promo-output" class="output access-methods-list" data-paywall-display="promo"></div>
3885                            </div>
3886                        </div>
3887                        <div class="clearfix"></div>
3888                    </div>
3889                </div>
3890
3891                <!-- PURCHASE TAB -->
3892                <div id="user-modal-tab-purchase" class="modal-content hide">
3893                    <div class="modal-header">
3894                        <button type="button" class="tab-back btn btn-sm btn-default" aria-label="Previous Tab">
3895                            <span>Back</span>
3896                        </button>
3897                    
3898                        <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close">
3899                            <span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span>
3900                        </button>
3901                
3902                        <h3 class="text-center">
3903                            <span class="purchase-gift">Purchase Gift</span>
3904                            <span class="purchase-standard">Purchase Access</span>
3905                        </h3>
3906                    </div>
3907                    
3908                    <div class="modal-body row">
3909                        <div class="col-xs-12 purchase-form-wrapper"><div id="user-purchase-wrapper" class="col-xs-12">
3910        
3911        <div id="user-purchase-rate">
3912            <template>
3913                <div data-service-id="" data-rate-id="">
3914                    <div class="service-rate">
3915                        <div class="row">
3916                            <div class="rate-info alert alert-info col-xs-12">
3917                                <div class="service-basics">
3918                                    <h4 class="rate-name"></h4>
3919                                    <p class="rate-price"></p>
3920                                    
3921                                </div>
3922                                <div class="service-details hide">
3923                                    <p class="service-description"></p>
3924                                    <a class="service-link purchase-standard" href="">See More Offers</a>
3925                                </div>
3926                                <div class="rate-info-expander">
3927                                    <span class="collapsed">details</span>
3928                                    <span class="expanded hide">close</span>
3929                                </div>
3930                            </div>
3931                        </div>
3932                    </div>
3933                </div>
3934            </template>
3935            <div class="subscribe-form-purchase-rate output"></div>
3936        </div><div id="tnt-payment-super-purchase" class="tnt-payment">
3937    <div class="row">
3938        <div class="col-xs-12 alert alert-warning alert-dismissible tnt-payment-error fade" role="alert" id="form-error-super-purchase" hidden>
3939            <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="alert" aria-hidden="true">&times;</button>
3940            <div class="error-message" data-forgot-text="Forgot your password?">An error occurred</div>
3941        </div>
3942        <div class="col-xs-12 alert alert-success alert-dismissible tnt-payment-message fade" role="alert" id="form-message-super-purchase" hidden>
3943            <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="alert" aria-hidden="true">&times;</button>
3944            <div class="response-message"></div>
3945        </div>
3946    </div>
3947    
3948    <p class="secure-notice text-center">
3949        <span class="fas tnt-lock tnt-fw"></span> Secure &amp; Encrypted</p>
3950
3951    <form id="tncms-paypal-super-purchase" action="/tncms/subscription/buy_paypal/" method="post" class="tnt-payment-paypal-form hide">
3952    <input name="referrer_url" type="hidden" value="/news/article_fc29983b-80f8-4e6e-aed0-ec72f1619834.html" aria-hidden="true" />
3953    <input name="service_id" type="hidden" value="" aria-hidden="true" />
3954    <input name="rate_id" type="hidden" value="" aria-hidden="true" />
3955    <input name="first_name" type="hidden" value="" aria-hidden="true" />
3956    <input name="last_name" type="hidden" value="" aria-hidden="true" />
3957    <input name="email" type="hidden" value="" aria-hidden="true" />
3958    <input name="password" type="password" value="" aria-hidden="true" aria-label="password" />
3959    <input name="password_verify" type="password" value="" aria-hidden="true" aria-label="password verify" />
3960    <input name="address" type="hidden" value="" aria-hidden="true" />
3961    <input name="municipality" type="hidden" value="" aria-hidden="true" />
3962    <input name="region" type="hidden" value="" aria-hidden="true" />
3963    <input name="postal_code" type="hidden" value="" aria-hidden="true" />
3964    <input name="country" type="hidden" value ="" aria-hidden="true" />
3965    <input name="postal-address" type="hidden" value="" aria-hidden="true" />
3966    <input name="postal-city" type="hidden" value="" aria-hidden="true" />
3967    <input name="postal-state" type="hidden" value="" aria-hidden="true" />
3968    <input name="postal-postcode" type="hidden" value="" aria-hidden="true" />
3969    <input name="postal-country" type="hidden" value="" aria-hidden="true" />
3970    <input name="phone" type="hidden" value="" aria-hidden="true" />
3971</form>
3972
3973    <form
3974        id="form-super-purchase"
3975        class="form-horizontal tnt-payment-form"
3976        role="form"
3977        action="/tncms/subscription/buy/"
3978        method="post"
3979        
3980        data-taxable="false"
3981        data-location-required="true"
3982        data-spreedly-key="X7rJZ6QgeO39MdUWonvRd9m0BB7"
3983        data-captcha-key="6LdF3BEhAAAAAEQUmLciJe0QwaHESwQFc2vwCWqh"
3984        data-payment-method=""
3985        data-renewal-mode="false"
3986        
3987        data-renewal-token=""
3988        data-spreedly-context="Spreedly"
3989        data-spreedly-env="X7rJZ6QgeO39MdUWonvRd9m0BB7"
3990        data-error-element="form-error-super-purchase"
3991        data-message-element="form-message-super-purchase"
3992        
3993        data-google-merchant-name="Lee Enterprises"
3994        data-google-merchant-id="BCR2DN4TQDFOXHJR"
3995        data-google-merchant-env="PRODUCTION"
3996        data-spreedly-merchant="X7rJZ6QgeO39MdUWonvRd9m0BB7"
3997        data-google-gateway-name="convergepay"
3998        data-google-gateway-id="2378401"
3999        
4000        
4001        data-apple-pay-handler="Elavon - Lee"
4002        data-apple-merchant-name="Floyd Press"
4003        data-apple-merchant-id="x"
4004        
4005        data-cards-source=""
4006        data-cards-allowed="[&quot;visa&quot;,&quot;master&quot;,&quot;american_express&quot;,&quot;discover&quot;,&quot;jcb&quot;,&quot;diners_club&quot;,&quot;dankort&quot;]"
4007        data-terms-of-service="tn-tos-super-purchase"
4008        data-submit-button="form-submit-super-purchase"
4009        
4010        data-payment-scripts="{&quot;apple&quot;:[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/applepay.cdn-apple.com\/jsapi\/1.latest\/apple-pay-sdk.js&quot;,&quot;crossorigin&quot;:true},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com\/swvatoday.com\/shared-content\/art\/tncms\/templates\/libraries\/flex\/components\/subscription\/resources\/scripts\/tnt.payment.apple.66b8db494e93f37f14167aec83035aee.js&quot;}],&quot;google&quot;:[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com\/swvatoday.com\/shared-content\/art\/tncms\/templates\/libraries\/flex\/components\/subscription\/resources\/scripts\/tnt.payment.google.3be9b982bb21dccb1a7448e3544c4e4b.js&quot;}],&quot;paypal&quot;:[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com\/swvatoday.com\/shared-content\/art\/tncms\/templates\/libraries\/flex\/components\/subscription\/resources\/scripts\/tnt.payment.paypal.02877f1ee06ab25cd4669e9a49ecc6f9.js&quot;}]}"
4011        data-payment-options="[&quot;card&quot;,&quot;wallet&quot;,&quot;google&quot;,&quot;apple&quot;]"
4012        >
4013        <input type="hidden" name="referrer_url" value="/news/article_fc29983b-80f8-4e6e-aed0-ec72f1619834.html" />
4014        <input type="hidden" name="service_id" value="" />
4015        <input type="hidden" name="rate_name" value="" />
4016        <input type="hidden" name="rate_id" value="" />
4017        <input type="hidden" name="tnpay-token" value="" />
4018        <input type="hidden" name="use_stored" value="" />
4019        <input type="hidden" name="accept_transition" value="" />
4020        
4021        <input type="hidden" name="rate_price" value="" /><input type="hidden" id="voight-kampf-super-purchase" name="recaptcha_token" value="" /><input type="hidden" name="promoCode" value="" />
4022
4023        
4024            
4025            <fieldset id="form-signup-super-purchase" class="col-xs-12 not-logged-in purchase-standard tnt-purchase-login">
4026                <legend>What's your email address?</legend>
4027                <div class="form-group">
4028                    <label for="email-super-purchase" class="control-label sr-only">Email</label>
4029                    <input id="email-super-purchase"
4030                        type="email"
4031                        name="email"
4032                        class="form-control"
4033                        placeholder="Email" data-required data-required-logged-out required />
4034                </div>
4035                <div class="form-group">
4036                    <div class="row">
4037                        <div class="col-xs-6">
4038                            <label for="password-super-purchase" class="sr-only">Password</label>
4039                            <input id="password-super-purchase"
4040                                type="password"
4041                                name="password"
4042                                class="form-control"
4043                                placeholder="Password" data-required data-required-logged-out required />
4044                        </div>
4045                        <div class="col-xs-6">
4046                            <label for="password-verify-super-purchase" class="sr-only">Confirm password</label>
4047                            <input id="password-verify-super-purchase"
4048                                type="password"
4049                                name="password_verify"
4050                                class="form-control"
4051                                placeholder="Confirm password" />
4052                        </div>
4053                        <div class="col-xs-12">
4054                            <p class="help-block">Must be at least 8 characters, not contain repeating characters (e.g., 111), and not contain sequential numbers (e.g., 123).</p>
4055                        </div>
4056                    </div>
4057                </div>
4058            </fieldset><fieldset id="form-name-super-purchase" class="col-xs-12 purchase-standard">
4059                <legend>What's your name?</legend>
4060                <div class="form-group">
4061                    <div class="row">
4062                        <div class="col-xs-6">
4063                            <label for="field-purchaser-firstname-super-purchase" class="control-label sr-only">First name</label>
4064                            <input id="field-purchaser-firstname-super-purchase"
4065                                class="form-control"
4066                                type="text"
4067                                name="first_name"
4068                                placeholder="First name" data-required required>
4069                        </div>
4070                        <div class="col-xs-6">
4071                            <label for="field-purchaser-lastname-super-purchase" class="control-label sr-only">Last name</label>
4072                            <input id="field-purchaser-lastname-super-purchase"
4073                                class="form-control"
4074                                type="text"
4075                                name="last_name"
4076                                placeholder="Last name" data-required required>
4077                        </div>
4078                    </div>
4079                </div>
4080            </fieldset><fieldset id="form-gift-to-super-purchase" class="col-xs-12 purchase-gift">
4081                <legend>Who is this gift for?</legend>
4082                <div class="form-group">
4083                    <div class="row">
4084                        <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6">
4085                            <label for="field-recipient-name-super-purchase" class="control-label sr-only">Recipient name</label>
4086                            <input id="field-recipient-name-super-purchase"
4087                                class="form-control"
4088                                type="text"
4089                                name="recipient_name"
4090                                placeholder="Recipient name" data-required required />
4091                        </div>
4092                        <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6">
4093                            <label for="field-recipient-email-super-purchase" class="control-label sr-only">Recipient email</label>
4094                            <input id="field-recipient-email-super-purchase"
4095                                class="form-control"
4096                                type="email"
4097                                name="recipient_email"
4098                                placeholder="Recipient email" data-required required />
4099                        </div>
4100                    </div>
4101                </div>
4102                <div class="form-group">
4103                    <div class="row">
4104                        <div id="gift-message" class="col-xs-12">
4105                            <label for="field-gift-message-super-purchase" class="control-label sr-only">Optional message for the recipient</label>
4106                            <textarea id="field-gift-message-super-purchase"
4107                                class="form-control"
4108                                name="message"
4109                                rows="4"
4110                                placeholder="Optional message for the recipient"></textarea>
4111                        </div>
4112                    </div>
4113                </div>
4114            </fieldset><fieldset id="form-gift-from-super-purchase" class="col-xs-12 purchase-gift">
4115                <legend>Who is this gift from?</legend>
4116                <div id="purchaser-info" class="form-group-flex">
4117                    <div id="purchaser-name">
4118                        <label for="field-purchaser-name-super-purchase" class="control-label sr-only">Purchaser name</label>
4119                        <input id="field-purchaser-name-super-purchase"
4120                            class="form-control"
4121                            type="text"
4122                            name="purchaser_name"
4123                            placeholder="Purchaser name" data-required required />
4124                    </div>
4125                        
4126                    <div id="purchaser-email">
4127                        <label for="field-purchaser-email-super-purchase" class="control-label sr-only">Purchaser email</label>
4128                        <input id="field-purchaser-email-super-purchase"
4129                            class="form-control"
4130                            type="email"
4131                            name="purchaser_email"
4132                            placeholder="Purchaser email" data-required required />
4133                    </div>
4134                </div><template id="purchaser-zip-template">
4135                    <div id="purchaser-zip">
4136                        <label for="field-purchaser-zip-super-purchase" class="control-label sr-only">Purchaser zip code</label>
4137                        <input id="field-purchaser-zip-super-purchase"
4138                            class="form-control"
4139                            type="text"
4140                            name="purchaser_zip"
4141                            placeholder="Purchaser zip code" data-required required />
4142                    </div>
4143                </template>
4144            </fieldset>
4145            <fieldset id="form-gift-deliver-super-purchase" class="col-xs-12 purchase-gift">
4146                <legend>Delivery date</legend>
4147                <div class="form-group">
4148                    <div class="row">
4149                        <div class="col-xs-12">
4150                            <label for="field-gift-date-super-purchase" class="control-label sr-only">Delivery date</label>
4151                        </div>
4152                        <div class="col-xs-12">
4153                            <input id="field-gift-date-super-purchase"
4154                                class="form-control"
4155                                name="delivery_date"
4156                                type="date"
4157                                value="2026-10-02">
4158                        </div>
4159                    </div>
4160                </div>
4161            </fieldset><fieldset id="form-billing-location-super-purchase" class="col-xs-12 tnt-billing-location tnt-tax-detail tnt-required">
4162                <legend>
4163                    What's your billing location?
4164                </legend><div class="form-group-flex">
4165                        <div id="billing-address">
4166                            <label for="field-postal-address-super-purchase" class="control-label sr-only">
4167                                Address
4168                            </label>
4169                            <input id="field-postal-address-super-purchase"
4170                                type="text"
4171                                name="postal-address"
4172                                class="form-control"
4173                                placeholder="Address" />
4174                        </div>
4175                        <div id="billing-city">
4176                            <label for="field-postal-city-super-purchase" class="control-label sr-only">
4177                                City
4178                            </label>
4179                            <input id="field-postal-city-super-purchase"
4180                                type="text"
4181                                name="postal-city"
4182                                class="form-control"
4183                                placeholder="City" />
4184                        </div>
4185                    </div><div class="form-group-flex">
4186                    <div id="billing-state">
4187                        <label for="field-postal-state-super-purchase" class="control-label sr-only">
4188                            State
4189                        </label>
4190                        <select id="field-postal-state-super-purchase"
4191                            class="form-control"
4192                            name="postal-state"
4193                            placeholder="State"><option value="AL" >Alabama</option><option value="AK" >Alaska</option><option value="AZ" >Arizona</option><option value="AR" >Arkansas</option><option value="CA" >California</option><option value="CO" >Colorado</option><option value="CT" >Connecticut</option><option value="DE" >Delaware</option><option value="FL" >Florida</option><option value="GA" >Georgia</option><option value="HI" >Hawaii</option><option value="ID" >Idaho</option><option value="IL" >Illinois</option><option value="IN" >Indiana</option><option value="IA" >Iowa</option><option value="KS" >Kansas</option><option value="KY" >Kentucky</option><option value="LA" >Louisiana</option><option value="ME" >Maine</option><option value="MD" >Maryland</option><option value="MA" >Massachusetts</option><option value="MI" >Michigan</option><option value="MN" >Minnesota</option><option value="MS" >Mississippi</option><option value="MO" >Missouri</option><option value="MT" >Montana</option><option value="NE" >Nebraska</option><option value="NV" >Nevada</option><option value="NH" >New Hampshire</option><option value="NJ" >New Jersey</option><option value="NM" >New Mexico</option><option value="NY" >New York</option><option value="NC" >North Carolina</option><option value="ND" >North Dakota</option><option value="OH" >Ohio</option><option value="OK" >Oklahoma</option><option value="OR" >Oregon</option><option value="PA" >Pennsylvania</option><option value="RI" >Rhode Island</option><option value="SC" >South Carolina</option><option value="SD" >South Dakota</option><option value="TN" >Tennessee</option><option value="TX" >Texas</option><option value="UT" >Utah</option><option value="VT" >Vermont</option><option value="VA" selected>Virginia</option><option value="WA" >Washington</option><option value="DC" >Washington D.C.</option><option value="WV" >West Virginia</option><option value="WI" >Wisconsin</option><option value="WY" >Wyoming</option><option value="PR" >Puerto Rico</option><option value="VI" >US Virgin Islands</option><option value="AA" >Armed Forces Americas</option><option value="AP" >Armed Forces Pacific</option><option value="AE" >Armed Forces Europe</option><option value="MP" >Northern Mariana Islands</option><option value="MH" >Marshall Islands</option><option value="AS" >American Samoa</option><option value="FM" >Federated States of Micronesia</option><option value="GU" >Guam</option><option value="PW" >Palau</option><option value="AB" >Alberta, Canada</option><option value="BC" >British Columbia, Canada</option><option value="MB" >Manitoba, Canada</option><option value="NB" >New Brunswick, Canada</option><option value="NL" >Newfoundland, Canada</option><option value="NS" >Nova Scotia, Canada</option><option value="NT" >Northwest Territories, Canada</option><option value="NU" >Nunavut, Canada</option><option value="ON" >Ontario, Canada</option><option value="PE" >Prince Edward Island, Canada</option><option value="QC" >Quebec, Canada</option><option value="SK" >Saskatchewan, Canada</option><option value="YT" >Yukon Territory, Canada</option></select>
4194                    </div>
4195                    <div id="billing-postcode">
4196                        <label for="field-postal-postcode-super-purchase" class="control-label sr-only">
4197                            Zip Code
4198                        </label>
4199                        <input id="field-postal-postcode-super-purchase"
4200                            type="text"
4201                            name="postal-postcode"
4202                            maxlength="7"
4203                            class="form-control"
4204                            placeholder="Zip code" required />
4205                    </div>
4206                    <div id="billing-country">
4207                        <label for="field-postal-country-super-purchase" class="control-label sr-only">
4208                            Country
4209                        </label>
4210                        <select id="field-postal-country-super-purchase" name="postal-country" class="form-control"><option value="US" selected>United States of America</option><option value="VI" >US Virgin Islands</option><option value="UM" >United States Minor Outlying Islands</option><option value="CA" >Canada</option><option value="MX" >Mexico, United Mexican States</option><option value="BS" >Bahamas, Commonwealth of the</option><option value="CU" >Cuba, Republic of</option><option value="DO" >Dominican Republic</option><option value="HT" >Haiti, Republic of</option><option value="JM" >Jamaica</option><option value="AF" >Afghanistan</option><option value="AL" >Albania, People's Socialist Republic of</option><option value="DZ" >Algeria, People's Democratic Republic of</option><option value="AS" >American Samoa</option><option value="AD" >Andorra, Principality of</option><option value="AO" >Angola, Republic of</option><option value="AI" >Anguilla</option><option value="AQ" >Antarctica (the territory South of 60 deg S)</option><option value="AG" >Antigua and Barbuda</option><option value="AR" >Argentina, Argentine Republic</option><option value="AM" >Armenia</option><option value="AW" >Aruba</option><option value="AU" >Australia, Commonwealth of</option><option value="AT" >Austria, Republic of</option><option value="AZ" >Azerbaijan, Republic of</option><option value="BH" >Bahrain, Kingdom of</option><option value="BD" >Bangladesh, People's Republic of</option><option value="BB" >Barbados</option><option value="BY" >Belarus</option><option value="BE" >Belgium, Kingdom of</option><option value="BZ" >Belize</option><option value="BJ" >Benin, People's Republic of</option><option value="BM" >Bermuda</option><option value="BT" >Bhutan, Kingdom of</option><option value="BO" >Bolivia, Republic of</option><option value="BA" >Bosnia and Herzegovina</option><option value="BW" >Botswana, Republic of</option><option value="BV" >Bouvet Island (Bouvetoya)</option><option value="BR" >Brazil, Federative Republic of</option><option value="IO" >British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago)</option><option value="VG" >British Virgin Islands</option><option value="BN" >Brunei Darussalam</option><option value="BG" >Bulgaria, People's Republic of</option><option value="BF" >Burkina Faso</option><option value="BI" >Burundi, Republic of</option><option value="KH" >Cambodia, Kingdom of</option><option value="CM" >Cameroon, United Republic of</option><option value="CV" >Cape Verde, Republic of</option><option value="KY" >Cayman Islands</option><option value="CF" >Central African Republic</option><option value="TD" >Chad, Republic of</option><option value="CL" >Chile, Republic of</option><option value="CN" >China, People's Republic of</option><option value="CX" >Christmas Island</option><option value="CC" >Cocos (Keeling) Islands</option><option value="CO" >Colombia, Republic of</option><option value="KM" >Comoros, Union of the</option><option value="CD" >Congo, Democratic Republic of</option><option value="CG" >Congo, People's Republic of</option><option value="CK" >Cook Islands</option><option value="CR" >Costa Rica, Republic of</option><option value="CI" >Cote D'Ivoire, Ivory Coast, Republic of the</option><option value="CY" >Cyprus, Republic of</option><option value="CZ" >Czech Republic</option><option value="DK" >Denmark, Kingdom of</option><option value="DJ" >Djibouti, Republic of</option><option value="DM" >Dominica, Commonwealth of</option><option value="EC" >Ecuador, Republic of</option><option value="EG" >Egypt, Arab Republic of</option><option value="SV" >El Salvador, Republic of</option><option value="GQ" >Equatorial Guinea, Republic of</option><option value="ER" >Eritrea</option><option value="EE" >Estonia</option><option value="ET" >Ethiopia</option><option value="FO" >Faeroe Islands</option><option value="FK" >Falkland Islands (Malvinas)</option><option value="FJ" >Fiji, Republic of the Fiji Islands</option><option value="FI" >Finland, Republic of</option><option value="FR" >France, French Republic</option><option value="GF" >French Guiana</option><option value="PF" >French Polynesia</option><option value="TF" >French Southern Territories</option><option value="GA" >Gabon, Gabonese Republic</option><option value="GM" >
4210Gambia, Republic of the</option><option value="GE" >Georgia</option><option value="DE" >Germany</option><option value="GH" >Ghana, Republic of</option><option value="GI" >Gibraltar</option><option value="GR" >Greece, Hellenic Republic</option><option value="GL" >Greenland</option><option value="GD" >Grenada</option><option value="GP" >Guadaloupe</option><option value="GU" >Guam</option><option value="GT" >Guatemala, Republic of</option><option value="GN" >Guinea, Revolutionary
4211People's Rep'c of</option><option value="GW" >Guinea-Bissau, Republic of</option><option value="GY" >Guyana, Republic of</option><option value="HM" >Heard and McDonald Islands</option><option value="VA" >Holy See (Vatican City State)</option><option value="HN" >Honduras, Republic of</option><option value="HK" >Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of China</option><option value="HR" >Hrvatska (Croatia)</option><option value="HU" >Hungary, Hungarian People's Republic</option><option value="IS" >Iceland, Republic of</option><option value="IN" >India, Republic of</option><option value="ID" >Indonesia, Republic of</option><option value="IR" >Iran, Islamic Republic of</option><option value="IQ" >Iraq, Republic of</option><option value="IE" >Ireland</option><option value="IL" >Israel, State of</option><option value="IT" >Italy, Italian Republic</option><option value="JP" >Japan</option><option value="JO" >Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of</option><option value="KZ" >Kazakhstan, Republic of</option><option value="KE" >Kenya, Republic of</option><option value="KI" >Kiribati, Republic of</option><option value="KP" >Korea, Democratic People's Republic of</option><option value="KR" >Korea, Republic of</option><option value="KW" >Kuwait, State of</option><option value="KG" >Kyrgyz Republic</option><option value="LA" >Lao People's Democratic Republic</option><option value="LV" >Latvia</option><option value="LB" >Lebanon, Lebanese Republic</option><option value="LS" >Lesotho, Kingdom of</option><option value="LR" >Liberia, Republic of</option><option value="LY" >Libyan Arab Jamahiriya</option><option value="LI" >Liechtenstein, Principality of</option><option value="LT" >Lithuania</option><option value="LU" >Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of</option><option value="MO" >Macao, Special Administrative Region of China</option><option value="MK" >Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of</option><option value="MG" >Madagascar, Republic of</option><option value="MW" >Malawi, Republic of</option><option value="MY" >Malaysia</option><option value="MV" >Maldives, Republic of</option><option value="ML" >Mali, Republic of</option><option value="MT" >Malta, Republic of</option><option value="MH" >Marshall Islands</option><option value="MQ" >Martinique</option><option value="MR" >Mauritania, Islamic Republic of</option><option value="MU" >Mauritius</option><option value="YT" >Mayotte</option><option value="FM" >Micronesia, Federated States of</option><option value="MD" >Moldova, Republic of</option><option value="MC" >Monaco, Principality of</option><option value="MN" >Mongolia, Mongolian People's Republic</option><option value="MS" >Montserrat</option><option value="MA" >Morocco, Kingdom of</option><option value="MZ" >Mozambique, People's Republic of</option><option value="MM" >Myanmar</option><option value="NA" >Namibia</option><option value="NR" >Nauru, Republic of</option><option value="NP" >Nepal, Kingdom of</option><option value="AN" >Netherlands Antilles</option><option value="NL" >Netherlands, Kingdom of the</option><option value="NC" >New Caledonia</option><option value="NZ" >New Zealand</option><option value="NI" >Nicaragua, Republic of</option><option value="NE" >Niger, Republic of the</option><option value="NG" >Nigeria, Federal Republic of</option><option value="NU" >Niue, Republic of</option><option value="NF" >Norfolk Island</option><option value="MP" >Northern Mariana Islands</option><option value="NO" >Norway, Kingdom of</option><option value="OM" >Oman, Sultanate of</option><option value="PK" >Pakistan, Islamic Republic of</option><option value="PW" >Palau</option><option value="PS" >Palestinian Territory, Occupied</option><option value="PA" >Panama, Republic of</option><option value="PG" >Papua New Guinea</option><option value="PY" >Paraguay, Republic of</option><option value="PE" >Peru, Republic of</option><option value="PH" >
4211Philippines, Republic of the</option><option value="PN" >Pitcairn Island</option><option value="PL" >Poland, Polish People's Republic</option><option value="PT" >Portugal, Portuguese Republic</option><option value="PR" >Puerto Rico</option><option value="QA" >Qatar, State of</option><option value="RE" >Reunion</option><option value="RO" >Romania, Socialist Republic of</option><option value="RU" >Russian Federation</option><option value="RW" >Rwanda, Rwandese Republic</option><option value="WS" >Samoa, Independent State of</option><option value="SM" >San Marino, Republic of</option><option value="ST" >Sao Tome and Principe, Democratic Republic of</option><option value="SA" >Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of</option><option value="SN" >Senegal, Republic of</option><option value="CS" >Serbia and Montenegro</option><option value="SC" >Seychelles, Republic of</option><option value="SL" >Sierra Leone, Republic of</option><option value="SG" >Singapore, Republic of</option><option value="SK" >Slovakia (Slovak Republic)</option><option value="SI" >Slovenia</option><option value="SB" >Solomon Islands</option><option value="SO" >Somalia, Somali Republic</option><option value="ZA" >South Africa, Republic of</option><option value="GS" >South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands</option><option value="ES" >Spain, Spanish State</option><option value="LK" >Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of</option><option value="SH" >St. Helena</option><option value="KN" >St. Kitts and Nevis</option><option value="LC" >St. Lucia</option><option value="PM" >St. Pierre and Miquelon</option><option value="VC" >St. Vincent and the Grenadines</option><option value="SD" >Sudan, Democratic Republic of the</option><option value="SR" >Suriname, Republic of</option><option value="SJ" >Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands</option><option value="SZ" >Swaziland, Kingdom of</option><option value="SE" >Sweden, Kingdom of</option><option value="CH" >Switzerland, Swiss Confederation</option><option value="SY" >Syrian Arab Republic</option><option value="TW" >Taiwan, Province of China</option><option value="TJ" >Tajikistan</option><option value="TZ" >Tanzania, United Republic of</option><option value="TH" >Thailand, Kingdom of</option><option value="TL" >Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of</option><option value="TG" >Togo, Togolese Republic</option><option value="TK" >Tokelau (Tokelau Islands)</option><option value="TO" >Tonga, Kingdom of</option><option value="TT" >Trinidad and Tobago, Republic of</option><option value="TN" >Tunisia, Republic of</option><option value="TR" >Turkey, Republic of</option><option value="TM" >Turkmenistan</option><option value="TC" >Turks and Caicos Islands</option><option value="TV" >Tuvalu</option><option value="UG" >Uganda, Republic of</option><option value="UA" >Ukraine</option><option value="AE" >United Arab Emirates</option><option value="GB" >United Kingdom of Great Britain & N. Ireland</option><option value="UY" >Uruguay, Eastern Republic of</option><option value="UZ" >Uzbekistan</option><option value="VU" >Vanuatu</option><option value="VE" >Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of</option><option value="VN" >Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of</option><option value="WF" >Wallis and Futuna Islands</option><option value="EH" >Western Sahara</option><option value="YE" >Yemen</option><option value="ZM" >Zambia, Republic of</option><option value="ZW" >Zimbabwe</option></select>
4212                    </div>
4213                </div>
4214            </fieldset><fieldset id="form-location-super-purchase" class="col-xs-12 tnt-delivery-location delivery-location-required" hidden>
4215                <legend>What's your delivery address?</legend>
4216                <div class="form-group ">
4217                    <label>
4218                        <input id="same-info-super-purchase" class="same-info" type="checkbox" name="same_info">
4219                        <b style="position:relative;top:-2px;padding-left:10px;">Copy billing location</b>
4220                    </label>
4221                </div>
4222                
4223                <div class="form-group">
4224                    <label for="address-super-purchase" class="control-label sr-only">Address</label>
4225                    <input id="address-super-purchase" type="text" name="address" class="form-control" placeholder="Address" />
4226                </div>
4227
4228                <div class="form-group">
4229                    <label for="municipality-super-purchase" class="control-label sr-only">City</label>
4230                    <input id="municipality-super-purchase" type="text" name="municipality" class="form-control" placeholder="City" />
4231                </div>
4232
4233                <div class="form-group">
4234                    <div class="row">
4235                        <div class="col-xs-7 col-md-4">
4236                            <label for="region-super-purchase" class="control-label sr-only">State</label>
4237                            <select id="region-super-purchase" class="form-control" name="region" placeholder="State"><option value="AL" >Alabama</option><option value="AK" >Alaska</option><option value="AZ" >Arizona</option><option value="AR" >Arkansas</option><option value="CA" >California</option><option value="CO" >Colorado</option><option value="CT" >Connecticut</option><option value="DE" >Delaware</option><option value="FL" >Florida</option><option value="GA" >Georgia</option><option value="HI" >Hawaii</option><option value="ID" >Idaho</option><option value="IL" >Illinois</option><option value="IN" >Indiana</option><option value="IA" >Iowa</option><option value="KS" >Kansas</option><option value="KY" >Kentucky</option><option value="LA" >Louisiana</option><option value="ME" >Maine</option><option value="MD" >Maryland</option><option value="MA" >Massachusetts</option><option value="MI" >Michigan</option><option value="MN" >Minnesota</option><option value="MS" >Mississippi</option><option value="MO" >Missouri</option><option value="MT" >Montana</option><option value="NE" >Nebraska</option><option value="NV" >Nevada</option><option value="NH" >New Hampshire</option><option value="NJ" >New Jersey</option><option value="NM" >New Mexico</option><option value="NY" >New York</option><option value="NC" >North Carolina</option><option value="ND" >North Dakota</option><option value="OH" >Ohio</option><option value="OK" >Oklahoma</option><option value="OR" >Oregon</option><option value="PA" >Pennsylvania</option><option value="RI" >Rhode Island</option><option value="SC" >South Carolina</option><option value="SD" >South Dakota</option><option value="TN" >Tennessee</option><option value="TX" >Texas</option><option value="UT" >Utah</option><option value="VT" >Vermont</option><option value="VA" selected>Virginia</option><option value="WA" >Washington</option><option value="DC" >Washington D.C.</option><option value="WV" >West Virginia</option><option value="WI" >Wisconsin</option><option value="WY" >Wyoming</option><option value="PR" >Puerto Rico</option><option value="VI" >US Virgin Islands</option><option value="AA" >Armed Forces Americas</option><option value="AP" >Armed Forces Pacific</option><option value="AE" >Armed Forces Europe</option><option value="MP" >Northern Mariana Islands</option><option value="MH" >Marshall Islands</option><option value="AS" >American Samoa</option><option value="FM" >Federated States of Micronesia</option><option value="GU" >Guam</option><option value="PW" >Palau</option><option value="AB" >Alberta, Canada</option><option value="BC" >British Columbia, Canada</option><option value="MB" >Manitoba, Canada</option><option value="NB" >New Brunswick, Canada</option><option value="NL" >Newfoundland, Canada</option><option value="NS" >Nova Scotia, Canada</option><option value="NT" >Northwest Territories, Canada</option><option value="NU" >Nunavut, Canada</option><option value="ON" >Ontario, Canada</option><option value="PE" >Prince Edward Island, Canada</option><option value="QC" >Quebec, Canada</option><option value="SK" >Saskatchewan, Canada</option><option value="YT" >Yukon Territory, Canada</option></select>
4238                        </div>
4239                        <div class="col-xs-5 col-md-3">
4240                            <label for="postal-code-super-purchase" class="control-label sr-only">Zip code</label>
4241                            <input id="postal-code-super-purchase"
4242                                type="text"
4243                                name="postal_code"
4244                                maxlength="6"
4245                                class="form-control"
4246                                placeholder="Zip code" />
4247                        </div>
4248                    </div>
4249                </div>
4250                <div class="form-group">
4251                    <div class="row">
4252                        <div class="col-xs-7">
4253                            <label for="select-country-super-purchase" class="control-label sr-only">Country</label>
4254                            <div class="input-container">
4255                                <select id="select-country-super-purchase" name="country" class="form-control"><option value="US" selected>United States of America</option><option value="VI" >US Virgin Islands</option><option value="UM" >United States Minor Outlying Islands</option><option value="CA" >Canada</option><option value="MX" >Mexico, United Mexican States</option><option value="BS" >
4255Bahamas, Commonwealth of the</option><option value="CU" >Cuba, Republic of</option><option value="DO" >Dominican Republic</option><option value="HT" >Haiti, Republic of</option><option value="JM" >Jamaica</option><option value="AF" >Afghanistan</option><option value="AL" >Albania, People's Socialist Republic of</option><option value="DZ" >Algeria, People's Democratic Republic of</option><option value="AS" >American Samoa</option><option value="AD" >Andorra, Principality of</option><option value="AO" >Angola, Republic of</option><option value="AI" >Anguilla</option><option value="AQ" >Antarctica (the territory South of 60 deg S)</option><option value="AG" >Antigua and Barbuda</option><option value="AR" >Argentina, Argentine Republic</option><option value="AM" >Armenia</option><option value="AW" >Aruba</option><option value="AU" >Australia, Commonwealth of</option><option value="AT" >Austria, Republic of</option><option value="AZ" >Azerbaijan, Republic of</option><option value="BH" >Bahrain, Kingdom of</option><option value="BD" >Bangladesh, People's Republic of</option><option value="BB" >Barbados</option><option value="BY" >Belarus</option><option value="BE" >Belgium, Kingdom of</option><option value="BZ" >Belize</option><option value="BJ" >Benin, People's Republic of</option><option value="BM" >Bermuda</option><option value="BT" >Bhutan, Kingdom of</option><option value="BO" >Bolivia, Republic of</option><option value="BA" >Bosnia and Herzegovina</option><option value="BW" >Botswana, Republic of</option><option value="BV" >Bouvet Island (Bouvetoya)</option><option value="BR" >Brazil, Federative Republic of</option><option value="IO" >British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago)</option><option value="VG" >British Virgin Islands</option><option value="BN" >Brunei Darussalam</option><option value="BG" >Bulgaria, People's Republic of</option><option value="BF" >Burkina Faso</option><option value="BI" >Burundi, Republic of</option><option value="KH" >Cambodia, Kingdom of</option><option value="CM" >Cameroon, United Republic of</option><option value="CV" >Cape Verde, Republic of</option><option value="KY" >Cayman Islands</option><option value="CF" >Central African Republic</option><option value="TD" >Chad, Republic of</option><option value="CL" >Chile, Republic of</option><option value="CN" >China, People's Republic of</option><option value="CX" >Christmas Island</option><option value="CC" >Cocos (Keeling) Islands</option><option value="CO" >Colombia, Republic of</option><option value="KM" >Comoros, Union of the</option><option value="CD" >Congo, Democratic Republic of</option><option value="CG" >Congo, People's Republic of</option><option value="CK" >Cook Islands</option><option value="CR" >Costa Rica, Republic of</option><option value="CI" >Cote D'Ivoire, Ivory Coast, Republic of the</option><option value="CY" >Cyprus, Republic of</option><option value="CZ" >Czech Republic</option><option value="DK" >Denmark, Kingdom of</option><option value="DJ" >Djibouti, Republic of</option><option value="DM" >Dominica, Commonwealth of</option><option value="EC" >Ecuador, Republic of</option><option value="EG" >Egypt, Arab Republic of</option><option value="SV" >El Salvador, Republic of</option><option value="GQ" >Equatorial Guinea, Republic of</option><option value="ER" >Eritrea</option><option value="EE" >Estonia</option><option value="ET" >Ethiopia</option><option value="FO" >Faeroe Islands</option><option value="FK" >Falkland Islands (Malvinas)</option><option value="FJ" >Fiji, Republic of the Fiji Islands</option><option value="FI" >Finland, Republic of</option><option value="FR" >France, French Republic</option><option value="GF" >French Guiana</option><option value="PF" >French Polynesia</option><option value="TF" >French Southern Territories</option><option value="GA" >Gabon, Gabonese Republic</option><option value="GM" >Gambia, Republic of the</option><option value="GE" >Georgia</option><option value="DE" >Germany</option><option value="GH" >Ghana, Republic of</option><option value="GI" >Gibraltar</option><option value="GR" >Greece, Hellenic Republic</option><option value="GL" >Greenland</option><option value="GD" >Grenada</option><option value="GP" >Guadaloupe</option><option value="GU" >Guam</option><option value="GT" >Guatemala, Republic of</option><option value="GN" >Guinea, Revolutionary
4256People's Rep'c of</option><option value="GW" >Guinea-Bissau, Republic of</option><option value="GY" >Guyana, Republic of</option><option value="HM" >Heard and McDonald Islands</option><option value="VA" >
4256Holy See (Vatican City State)</option><option value="HN" >Honduras, Republic of</option><option value="HK" >Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of China</option><option value="HR" >Hrvatska (Croatia)</option><option value="HU" >Hungary, Hungarian People's Republic</option><option value="IS" >Iceland, Republic of</option><option value="IN" >India, Republic of</option><option value="ID" >Indonesia, Republic of</option><option value="IR" >Iran, Islamic Republic of</option><option value="IQ" >Iraq, Republic of</option><option value="IE" >Ireland</option><option value="IL" >Israel, State of</option><option value="IT" >Italy, Italian Republic</option><option value="JP" >Japan</option><option value="JO" >Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of</option><option value="KZ" >Kazakhstan, Republic of</option><option value="KE" >Kenya, Republic of</option><option value="KI" >Kiribati, Republic of</option><option value="KP" >Korea, Democratic People's Republic of</option><option value="KR" >Korea, Republic of</option><option value="KW" >Kuwait, State of</option><option value="KG" >Kyrgyz Republic</option><option value="LA" >Lao People's Democratic Republic</option><option value="LV" >Latvia</option><option value="LB" >Lebanon, Lebanese Republic</option><option value="LS" >Lesotho, Kingdom of</option><option value="LR" >Liberia, Republic of</option><option value="LY" >Libyan Arab Jamahiriya</option><option value="LI" >Liechtenstein, Principality of</option><option value="LT" >Lithuania</option><option value="LU" >Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of</option><option value="MO" >Macao, Special Administrative Region of China</option><option value="MK" >Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of</option><option value="MG" >Madagascar, Republic of</option><option value="MW" >Malawi, Republic of</option><option value="MY" >Malaysia</option><option value="MV" >Maldives, Republic of</option><option value="ML" >Mali, Republic of</option><option value="MT" >Malta, Republic of</option><option value="MH" >Marshall Islands</option><option value="MQ" >Martinique</option><option value="MR" >Mauritania, Islamic Republic of</option><option value="MU" >Mauritius</option><option value="YT" >Mayotte</option><option value="FM" >Micronesia, Federated States of</option><option value="MD" >Moldova, Republic of</option><option value="MC" >Monaco, Principality of</option><option value="MN" >Mongolia, Mongolian People's Republic</option><option value="MS" >Montserrat</option><option value="MA" >Morocco, Kingdom of</option><option value="MZ" >Mozambique, People's Republic of</option><option value="MM" >Myanmar</option><option value="NA" >Namibia</option><option value="NR" >Nauru, Republic of</option><option value="NP" >Nepal, Kingdom of</option><option value="AN" >Netherlands Antilles</option><option value="NL" >Netherlands, Kingdom of the</option><option value="NC" >New Caledonia</option><option value="NZ" >New Zealand</option><option value="NI" >Nicaragua, Republic of</option><option value="NE" >Niger, Republic of the</option><option value="NG" >Nigeria, Federal Republic of</option><option value="NU" >Niue, Republic of</option><option value="NF" >Norfolk Island</option><option value="MP" >Northern Mariana Islands</option><option value="NO" >Norway, Kingdom of</option><option value="OM" >Oman, Sultanate of</option><option value="PK" >Pakistan, Islamic Republic of</option><option value="PW" >Palau</option><option value="PS" >Palestinian Territory, Occupied</option><option value="PA" >Panama, Republic of</option><option value="PG" >Papua New Guinea</option><option value="PY" >Paraguay, Republic of</option><option value="PE" >Peru, Republic of</option><option value="PH" >Philippines, Republic of the</option><option value="PN" >Pitcairn Island</option><option value="PL" >Poland, Polish People's Republic</option><option value="PT" >Portugal, Portuguese Republic</option><option value="PR" >Puerto Rico</option><option value="QA" >Qatar, State of</option><option value="RE" >Reunion</option><option value="RO" >Romania, Socialist Republic of</option><option value="RU" >Russian Federation</option><option value="RW" >Rwanda, Rwandese Republic</option><option value="WS" >Samoa, Independent State of</option><option value="SM" >San Marino, Republic of</option><option value="ST" >Sao Tome and Principe, Democratic Republic of</option><option value="SA" >Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of</option><option value="SN" >Senegal, Republic of</option><option value="CS" >Serbia and Montenegro</option><option value="SC" >Seychelles, Republic of</option><option value="SL" >Sierra Leone, Republic of</option><option value="SG" >Singapore, Republic of</option><option value="SK" >Slovakia (Slovak Republic)</option><option value="SI" >Slovenia</option><option value="SB" >Solomon Islands</option><option value="SO" >Somalia, Somali Republic</option><option value="ZA" >South Africa, Republic of</option><option value="GS" >South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands</option><option value="ES" >Spain, Spanish State</option><option value="LK" >Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of</option><option value="SH" >St. Helena</option><option value="KN" >St. Kitts and Nevis</option><option value="LC" >St. Lucia</option><option value="PM" >St. Pierre and Miquelon</option><option value="VC" >St. Vincent and the Grenadines</option><option value="SD" >
4256Sudan, Democratic Republic of the</option><option value="SR" >Suriname, Republic of</option><option value="SJ" >Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands</option><option value="SZ" >Swaziland, Kingdom of</option><option value="SE" >Sweden, Kingdom of</option><option value="CH" >Switzerland, Swiss Confederation</option><option value="SY" >Syrian Arab Republic</option><option value="TW" >Taiwan, Province of China</option><option value="TJ" >Tajikistan</option><option value="TZ" >Tanzania, United Republic of</option><option value="TH" >Thailand, Kingdom of</option><option value="TL" >Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of</option><option value="TG" >Togo, Togolese Republic</option><option value="TK" >Tokelau (Tokelau Islands)</option><option value="TO" >Tonga, Kingdom of</option><option value="TT" >Trinidad and Tobago, Republic of</option><option value="TN" >Tunisia, Republic of</option><option value="TR" >Turkey, Republic of</option><option value="TM" >Turkmenistan</option><option value="TC" >Turks and Caicos Islands</option><option value="TV" >Tuvalu</option><option value="UG" >Uganda, Republic of</option><option value="UA" >Ukraine</option><option value="AE" >United Arab Emirates</option><option value="GB" >United Kingdom of Great Britain & N. Ireland</option><option value="UY" >Uruguay, Eastern Republic of</option><option value="UZ" >Uzbekistan</option><option value="VU" >Vanuatu</option><option value="VE" >Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of</option><option value="VN" >Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of</option><option value="WF" >Wallis and Futuna Islands</option><option value="EH" >Western Sahara</option><option value="YE" >Yemen</option><option value="ZM" >Zambia, Republic of</option><option value="ZW" >Zimbabwe</option></select>
4257                            </div>
4258                        </div>
4259                        
4260                        <div class="col-xs-5">
4261                            <label for="phone-super-purchase" class="control-label sr-only">Phone</label>
4262                            <input id="phone-super-purchase" type="tel" name="phone" class="form-control" placeholder="Phone number" />
4263                        </div>
4264                        
4265                    </div>
4266                </div>
4267            </fieldset><fieldset id="form-payment-tax-detail" class="tnt-tax-detail col-xs-12">
4268                <legend sr-only aria-label="Purchase detail" hidden>Purchase detail</legend>
4269                <div class="form-group-flex tax-result">
4270                    <div id="tax-subtotal-container">
4271                        Subtotal: <span class="tax-subtotal"></span>
4272                    </div>
4273                    <div id="tax-total-container">
4274                        Total: <span class="tax-total"></span>
4275                    </div>
4276                </div>
4277            </fieldset><fieldset id="form-payment-super-purchase" class="col-xs-12">
4278            <legend>How would you like to pay?</legend>
4279
4280            
4281            
4282            <div id="tn-pay-method-select-super-purchase" class="form-group tn-pay-method-select" hidden>
4283                <template id="tn-pay-method-card-template-super-purchase" class="wallet-template">
4284                    <a class="btn btn-lg btn-block btn-default wallet-btn wallet-show-card" title="">
4285                        <span class="tn-cc-lg" data-cc=""></span>
4286                        <span class="tn-cc-text">
4287                            <span class="tn-cc-heading"><span class="tn-cc-ending-in">Ending in <span class="tn-cc-last-four"></span></span>
4288                            <span class="tn-cc-label text-muted"></span> <small class="tn-cc-exp"></small>
4289                        </span>
4290                    </a>
4291                </template><div id="tn-pay-method-alt-super-purchase" class="tn-pay-method-alt"></div><div id="tn-pay-method-output-super-purchase" class="tn-pay-method-output"></div>
4292             
4293                <a id="tn-pay-method-new-card-super-purchase" class="btn btn-lg btn-block tn-pay-method-new-card wallet-btn wallet-show-card">
4294                    <div class="">Add New Card</div><div id="tn-pay-cards-valid-super-purchase" class="tn-pay-cards tn-pay-cards-new" data-cards-allowed="[&quot;visa&quot;,&quot;master&quot;,&quot;american_express&quot;,&quot;discover&quot;,&quot;jcb&quot;,&quot;diners_club&quot;,&quot;dankort&quot;]" aria-label="Allowed credit cards">
4295    <span data-cc="american_express"  title="American Express" class="allow_announce"><img loading="lazy" src="https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/swvatoday.com/shared-content/art/tncms/templates/libraries/flex/components/subscription/resources/images/pay.amex.9ae30a7ced41276fe9f087fdbc2e2bea.svg" alt="American Express" /></span>
4296    <span data-cc="discover"  title="Discover" class="allow_announce"><img loading="lazy" src="https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/swvatoday.com/shared-content/art/tncms/templates/libraries/flex/components/subscription/resources/images/pay.discover.df3351b64454849e4220183966bb80bd.svg" alt="Discover" /></span>
4297    <span data-cc="master"  title="Mastercard" class="allow_announce"><img loading="lazy" src="https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/swvatoday.com/shared-content/art/tncms/templates/libraries/flex/components/subscription/resources/images/pay.mastercard.3cb5b7ce700383b4bf471acc2ecf7828.svg" alt="Mastercard" /></span>
4298    <span data-cc="visa" title="Visa" class="allow_announce"><img loading="lazy" src="https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/swvatoday.com/shared-content/art/tncms/templates/libraries/flex/components/subscription/resources/images/pay.visa.32937c5b818e2f6145f243b6ccc36fb6.svg" alt="Visa" /></span>
4299    <span data-cc="jcb" title="JCB" class="allow" aria-hidden="true"><img loading="lazy" src="https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/swvatoday.com/shared-content/art/tncms/templates/libraries/flex/components/subscription/resources/images/pay.jcb.f824c86d80073c9649d3ec9ebc995f64.svg" alt="JCB" /></span>
4300    <span data-cc="diners_club" title="Diners Club" class="allow" aria-hidden="true"><img loading="lazy" src="https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/swvatoday.com/shared-content/art/tncms/templates/libraries/flex/components/subscription/resources/images/pay.diners.b2a3028ea5bece90a83cd302043a20f6.svg" alt="Diners Club" /></span>
4301    <span data-cc="dankort" title="Dankort" class="allow" aria-hidden="true"><img loading="lazy" src="https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/swvatoday.com/shared-content/art/tncms/templates/libraries/flex/components/subscription/resources/images/pay.creditcard.d9a15f41d5d4bd97cda40c4a67e08907.svg" alt="Credit Card" /></span>
4302    <span data-cc="other" title="Credit Card" class="allow"><img loading="lazy" src="https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/swvatoday.com/shared-content/art/tncms/templates/libraries/flex/components/subscription/resources/images/pay.creditcard.d9a15f41d5d4bd97cda40c4a67e08907.svg" alt="Credit Card" /></span>
4303</div></a>
4304            </div>
4305            
4306            <div id="tn-pay-manual-entry-super-purchase" class="tn-pay-card-entry">
4307                <div class="tn-pay-card-loading text-center"><i class="fas tnt-spinner tnt-spin" style="font-size:64px;"></i></div>
4308
4309                <div class="tn-pay-card-wrapper tn-pay-iframe" hidden></div>
4310            </div><!-- tn-pay-manual-entry -->
4311
4312        </fieldset>
4313
4314        <fieldset class="col-xs-12">
4315            <legend sr-only aria-label="Terms of service confirmation" hidden>Terms of service confirmation</legend>
4316            <div class="form-group tn-tos-group">
4317                <label>
4318                    <input id="tn-tos-super-purchase" type="checkbox" name="tos_confirm" />
4319                    <span class="tn-tos-agree">I Agree to the Subscription <a class="tos-link" href="/terms/">Terms of Use.</a>
4320                    </span>
4321                    <br/>
4322                    <small class="service-renews purchase-standard" hidden>This service will be automatically renewed and your credit card billed once it nears expiration.</small>
4323                </label>
4324            </div>
4325
4326            </fieldset>
4327
4328        <div class="form-group text-center"><input type="submit" name="payment_button" class="btn btn-primary tn-pay-button" id="form-submit-super-purchase" value="Pay Now" disabled>
4329        </div>
4330
4331        <p class="secure-notice text-center">
4332            <span class="purchase-gift">Secure transaction.</span>
4333            <span class="purchase-standard">Secure transaction. Cancel anytime.</span>
4334        </p>
4335        
4336        
4337    </form>
4338</div>
4339</div>
4340</div>
4341                    </div>
4342                </div>
4343                
4344                <!-- PURCHASE SUCCESS -->
4345                <div id="user-modal-tab-purchase-success" class="modal-content hide">
4346                    <div class="modal-header">
4347                        <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close">
4348                            <span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span>
4349                        </button>
4350                        
4351                        <h3 class="text-center">You're all set!</h3>
4352                    </div>
4353                    <div class="modal-body row">
4354
4355                        <div class="col-xs-12" id="user-modal-tabs">
4356                            <div id="user-modal-signup-success-tab">
4357
4358                                <div id="user-modal-tab-purchase-success-hammer">
4359                                    <p class="purchase-success-checkmark text-center"><i class="fas tnt-check"></i></p>
4360                                </div>
4361                                
4362                                    <p class="text-center">
4363                                        <strong>Thank you<span class="username purchase-standard"></span></strong>.
4364                                    </p>
4365                                    <p class="text-center">
4366                                        <span class="purchase-gift">Your gift purchase was successful!</span>
4367                                        <span class="purchase-standard">Your purchase was successful, and you are now logged in.</span>
4368                                    </p>
4369                                
4370                            </div>
4371                            
4372                            <div class="col-xs-12" id="modal-purchase-receipt">
4373                                <template data-currency-symbol-before="$" data-currency-symbol-after="">
4374                                    <h4 class="service-name"></h4>
4375                                    <div class="table-responsive">
4376                                        <table class="table">
4377                                            <tbody>
4378                                                <tr id="purchase-receipt-rate">
4379                                                    <td class="text-muted">Rate:</td>
4380                                                    <td class="service-rate"></td>
4381                                                </tr>
4382                                                <tr id="purchase-receipt-starts" class="purchase-standard">
4383                                                    <td class="text-muted">Begins:</td>
4384                                                    <td class="service-start"></td>
4385                                                </tr>
4386                                                <tr id="purchase-receipt-transaction" class="purchase-standard">
4387                                                    <td class="text-muted">Transaction ID:</td>
4388                                                    <td class="transaction-id"></td>
4389                                                </tr>
4390                                            </tbody>
4391                                        </table>
4392                                    </div>
4393                                </template>
4394                            
4395                                <div class="modal-receipt-output"></div>
4396
4397                                
4398                            
4399                                <p class="text-center">A receipt was sent to your email.</p>
4400                            
4401                            </div>
4402                        </div>
4403                    </div>
4404                    <div class="modal-footer">
4405                    <div class="text-center">
4406        
4407        <a href="javascript:void(0)" role="button" class="btn btn-danger btn-lg" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="OK">OK</a>
4408        
4409    </div>
4410                    </div>
4411                </div>
4412
4413                <!-- ERROR TAB -->
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