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      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">Affirmed and Memorandum Opinion filed =
December 18,=20
      2007.</SPAN></B></P>
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      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">In The</SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt"></SPAN></B>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'EngrvrsOldEng Bd =
BT'">Fourteenth=20
      Court of Appeals</SPAN></B></P>
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align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Estrangelo =
Edessa'">_______________</SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt"></SPAN></B>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">NO. <A =
name=3Da2>14-07-00118</A>-CV</SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">_______________</SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt"></SPAN></B>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">LOREDANA ENTERPRISE, INC., D/B/A BABBO =
BRUNO AND=20
      STEFANO BERTOLOTTI, Appellants</SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt"></SPAN></B>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">V.</SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt"></SPAN></B>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><A=20
      name=3Da4></A><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
13pt"></SPAN></B>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">REWARDS NETWORK SERVICES, INC., F/K/A =
IDINE=20
      RESTAURANT GROUP, INC., Appellee</SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
center"=20
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      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">On Appeal from the<A name=3Da5></A> =
280th District=20
      Court</SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><A=20
      name=3Da6></A><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">Harris County,=20
      Texas</SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">Trial Court Cause No.<A name=3Da7></A>=20
      2005-57265</SPAN></B></P>
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align=3Dcenter><B><U><SPAN=20
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      </SPAN></U></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.9pt; TEXT-ALIGN: =
center"=20
      align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt">M E M O R A N D =
U M&nbsp; O=20
      P I N I O N</SPAN></B></P></DIV><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><BR=20
      style=3D"PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: auto" clear=3Dall></SPAN></B>
      <DIV class=3DSection2>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">Appellee, Rewards =
Network=20
      Services, Inc. (</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">Rewards</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">) sued appellants, =
Loredana=20
      Enterprise, Inc. (</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">Loredana</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">) and Stefano =
Bertolotti,=20
      alleging breach of contract.&nbsp; Following a bench trial, the =
court=20
      found for Rewards and entered judgment for $29,520.24 plus =
pre-judgment=20
      interest, post-judgment interest, attorney</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s fees, and =
costs.&nbsp; In=20
      three issues, appellants challenge the legal and factual =
sufficiency of=20
      the evidence to support the trial court</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s judgment.<A =
title=3D""=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.14thcoa.courts.state.tx.us/opinions/htmlopinion.asp?Op=
inionId=3D84100#_ftn1"=20
      name=3D_ftnref1><SPAN class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
13pt">[1]</SPAN></SUP></SPAN></SUP></SPAN></A>&nbsp; All=20
      dispositive issues are clearly settled in law.&nbsp; Accordingly, =
we issue=20
      this memorandum opinion and affirm.&nbsp; <I>See </I>Tex. R. App. =
P. <SPAN=20
      style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase">47.4</SPAN>.</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
center"=20
      align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%">I.=20
      Background</SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">Loredana operates =
Babbo Bruno,=20
      a restaurant in Webster, Texas.&nbsp; Rewards is a marketing and=20
      advertising company that provides services to the restaurant=20
      industry.&nbsp; In February 2004, Loredana and Rewards entered =
into a=20
      contract whereby Loredana agreed to provide Rewards with dining =
credits=20
      for the purchase of food, beverages, and other services at Babbo=20
      Bruno.&nbsp; In exchange, Rewards agreed to pay Loredana a sum of =
money=20
      and promote Babbo Bruno to its members by providing credits cards =
funded=20
      with the dining credits.&nbsp; Under the agreement, Rewards was to =
receive=20
      ninety percent of each transaction.&nbsp; Additionally, to =
facilitate=20
      payment, Loredana agreed to place all the funds earned at Babbo =
Bruno=20
      through dining credits transactions into a bank account, =
segregated from=20
      its other funds. Rewards had access to the account and could =
withdraw its=20
      share of each transaction. Stefano Bertolotti provided his =
personal=20
      guaranty in the event Loredana failed to fulfill its obligations =
under the=20
      contract.</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">Subsequently, Rewards =
was=20
      denied access to the account and could not withdraw its portion of =
$183.24=20
      in dining credit transactions.&nbsp;&nbsp; At the time, the total=20
      remaining credits equaled $39,360.33.&nbsp; Under the liquidated =
damages=20
      clause of the contract, Rewards was entitled to seventy-five =
percent of=20
      the remaining credits in the event of a breach of contract by=20
      Loredana.&nbsp; Rewards sued Loredana and Bertolotti for breach of =

      contract.&nbsp; The trial court rendered a judgment in favor of =
Rewards;=20
      this appeal followed.</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P></DIV><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times =
New Roman'"><BR=20
      style=3D"PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: auto" clear=3Dall></SPAN>
      <DIV class=3DSection3>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
center"=20
      align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%">II.=20
      Analysis</SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">To recover in a =
breach of=20
      contract case, a plaintiff must prove (1) existence of a valid =
contract;=20
      (2) plaintiff performed or tendered performance; (3) defendant =
breached=20
      the contract; and (4) plaintiff was damaged as a result of that =
breach.=20
      &nbsp;<I>Apache Corp. v. Dynegy Midstream Serv. Ltd. =
P</I></SPAN><I><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN></I><I><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">ship</SPAN></I><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">, 214 S.W.3d 554, 560 =
(Tex.=20
      App.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">C</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">Houston [14th Dist.] =
2006, no=20
      pet.).&nbsp; In their stated appellate issues, appellants claim =
only that=20
      Rewards did not prove the third element of its claim</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">C</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">that Loredana =
breached the=20
      contract.&nbsp; Specifically, appellants contend: (1) no evidence =
supports=20
      the trial court</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s finding that =
Loredana=20
      breached the contract; (2) the evidence was insufficient to =
support the=20
      trial court</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s finding that =
Loredana=20
      breached the contract; and (3) in the absence of a breach of =
contract by=20
      Loredana, there is no evidence to support the finding of liability =
of=20
      Bertolotti under his personal guaranty.&nbsp; Additionally, =
although not=20
      addressed in their stated issues, in their </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">Summary of the=20
      Argument,</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> appellants seem to =
challenge=20
      the damages awarded.&nbsp; Accordingly, we will consider their =
complaints=20
      concerning the breach of contract finding and damages.</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 6.8pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; =
LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%">A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
      Breach of Contract</SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">In their first and =
second=20
      issues, appellants contend there is no evidence or the evidence is =

      factually insufficient to support the trial court</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s finding that =
Loredana=20
      breached the contract because (1) Rewards failed to prove Loredana =
owed=20
      money to Rewards; (2)&nbsp; Rewards</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> damages were not the =
result of=20
      any act or omission of Loredana; (3) the trial court could not =
rely on the=20
      testimony of Rewards</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> sole witness; and =
(4) Rewards=20
      made no demand for any amount owed.</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 6.8pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; =
LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
      Standard of Review</SPAN></B></P></DIV><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times =
New Roman'"><BR=20
      style=3D"PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: auto" clear=3Dall></SPAN>
      <DIV class=3DSection4>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">A trial =
court</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s findings in a bench =
trial are=20
      reviewable for legal and factual sufficiency of the evidence under =
the=20
      same standards as are applied in reviewing evidence supporting a=20
      jury</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s findings.&nbsp; =
<I>Catalina=20
      v. Blasdel</I>, 881 S.W.2d 295, 297 (Tex. 1994).&nbsp; Findings of =
fact in=20
      a bench trial have the same force and dignity as a =
jury</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s verdict on jury=20
      questions.&nbsp; <I>Arrellano v. State Farm Fire &amp; Cas. =
Co.</I>, 191=20
      S.W.3d 852, 855</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">B</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">56 (Tex. =
App.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">C</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">Houston [14th Dist.] =
2006, no=20
      pet.).&nbsp; However, the trial court</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s findings are not =
conclusive=20
      when, as here, there is a complete reporter</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s record.&nbsp; =
<I>Id.</I>=20
      </SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">When reviewing the =
legal=20
      sufficiency of the evidence, we review the evidence in the light =
most=20
      favorable to the challenged finding and indulge every reasonable =
inference=20
      that would support it.&nbsp; <I>City of Keller v. Wilson, </I>168 =
S.W.3d=20
      802, 822 (Tex. 2005).&nbsp; We credit favorable evidence if a =
reasonable=20
      fact finder could, and disregard contrary evidence if a reasonable =
fact=20
      finder could not.&nbsp; <I>Id</I>. at 827.&nbsp; The evidence is =
legally=20
      sufficient if it would enable a reasonable and fair-minded person =
to reach=20
      the verdict under review.&nbsp; <I>Id</I>.&nbsp; There is =
</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">no =
evidence</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> or legally =
insufficient=20
      evidence when (a) there is a complete absence of evidence of a =
vital fact;=20
      (b) the court is barred by rules of law or of evidence from giving =
weight=20
      to the only evidence offered to prove a vital fact; (c) the =
evidence=20
      offered to prove a vital fact is no more than a mere scintilla; or =
(d) the=20
      evidence conclusively establishes the opposite of the vital =
fact.&nbsp;=20
      <I>See Id. </I>at 810; <I>Merrell Dow Pharms., Inc., v. =
Havner</I>, 953=20
      S.W.2d 706, 711 (Tex. 1997).&nbsp; </SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">In reviewing factual=20
      insufficiency claims, we consider all the evidence in the record, =
both=20
      supporting and contrary to the finding.&nbsp; <I>See Cain v. =
Bain</I>, 709=20
      S.W.2d 175, 176 (Tex. 1986).&nbsp; We may set aside a verdict only =
if it=20
      is so contrary to the overwhelming weight and preponderance of the =

      evidence that it is clearly wrong and manifestly unjust.&nbsp; =
<I>See=20
      id.</I></SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 6.8pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; =
LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
      Whether Loredana Owed Money to Rewards?</SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">Loredana contends the =
trial=20
      court erred in finding it breached the contract because Rewards =
failed to=20
      prove Loredana owed money pursuant to section 9 of the =
contract.&nbsp; We=20
      disagree.</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P></DIV><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times =
New Roman'"><BR=20
      style=3D"PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: auto" clear=3Dall></SPAN>
      <DIV class=3DSection5>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">Under Section 9 of =
the=20
      contract, Rewards was entitled to withdraw from =
Loredana</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s bank account =
</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">any amounts =
owed.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">&nbsp; The record =
contains=20
      ample evidence proving Loredana owed money to Rewards.&nbsp; Lisa =
Massey,=20
      Rewards</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> regional manager for =
Texas and=20
      Louisiana, testified that, pursuant to the contract, Rewards =
provided=20
      $15,000 to Loredana in return for $24,000 in dining credits.&nbsp; =
At some=20
      point, Rewards purchased additional dining credits, making the =
total=20
      dining credits due $47,000.&nbsp; Under the contract, Rewards held =
the=20
      right to withdraw from Loredana</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s bank account ninety =
percent=20
      of the funds earned at Babbo Bruno through dining credits=20
      transactions.&nbsp; To document these transactions, Rewards =
introduced its=20
      Exhibit 5, an itemized list of its member</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s dines.&nbsp; This =
exhibit=20
      documented that between May 19, 2004 and May 21, 2004 Rewards =
members=20
      spent $183.78 in dining credits at Babbo Bruno.&nbsp; Under the =
contract,=20
      Loredana owed Rewards ninety percent of these transactions.&nbsp; =
Massey=20
      testified Rewards was denied permission to withdraw the funds from =

      Loredana</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s bank account, and =
that=20
      Rewards was never paid these funds.&nbsp; This evidence =
demonstrates that=20
      Rewards was owed its share of the $183.78 in dining credits=20
      transactions.&nbsp; Therefore, we conclude Rewards presented =
sufficient=20
      evidence to support the trial court</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s finding that =
Loredana owed=20
      money under Section 9 of the contract. </SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 4.55pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; =
TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: =
uppercase">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
      Whether Any Act or Omission of Loredana Prevented Rewards From =
Withdrawing=20
      Money Owed? </SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2.25pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 50%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 50%"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">Loredana further =
contends=20
      Rewards presented insufficient evidence for the trial court to =
find the=20
      stop payments, which denied Rewards access to Loredana</SPAN><SPAN =

      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s bank account, were =
the result=20
      of any act or omission by Loredana.&nbsp; We=20
      disagree.</SPAN></P></DIV><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times =
New Roman'"><BR=20
      style=3D"PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: auto" clear=3Dall></SPAN>
      <DIV class=3DSection6>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">Pursuant to the =
contract,=20
      Loredana agreed to maintain funds earned though dining credits=20
      transactions in a bank account, and it authorized Rewards to =
withdraw any=20
      amounts owed from this bank account at any time.&nbsp; In its =
Exhibit 4,=20
      Rewards introduced business records detailing its understanding =
regarding=20
      why payments from Loredana</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s bank account were=20
      stopped.&nbsp; The exhibit contains notes from a conversation =
between a=20
      Rewards representative and a Loredana representative indicating =
Loredana=20
      believed the usage of dining credits was </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">too much</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> and that the =
relationship was=20
      putting Loredana in a </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">financial snaffue=20
      [sic].</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">&nbsp; According to =
the=20
      exhibit, payment was stopped because Loredana cancelled the=20
      payment.</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">Nevertheless, =
appellants=20
      contend Rewards did not prove the stop payment resulted from any =
act or=20
      omission by Loredana.&nbsp; In their brief, appellants suggest a =
number of=20
      alternative reasons why the bank may have stopped payment.&nbsp; =
However,=20
      at trial, after asserting </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">myriad</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> reasons might =
explain the=20
      bank</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s stop payment, =
including=20
      accident by the bank, appellants offered no evidence to establish =
those=20
      reasons. Therefore, the evidence was sufficient to support the =
trial=20
      court</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s finding that the =
stop payment=20
      order resulted from Loredana</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s actions.</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 4.55pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; =
TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: =
uppercase">4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
      Whether the Trial Court Erred In Relying On Lisa =
Massey</SPAN></B><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; FONT-FAMILY: =
'WP TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN></B><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase">s=20
      Testimony?</SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2.25pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 50%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 50%"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">Massey was =
Rewards</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> sole witness at =
trial.&nbsp;=20
      Appellants contend the trial court erred in basing its judgment on =

      Massey</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s testimony because =
she relied=20
      on business records not within her personal knowledge, the =
relevant=20
      records were not admitted into evidence, and she did not have =
personal=20
      knowledge regarding the Loredana account. </SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 6.8pt 1.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; =
LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">a. <SPAN=20
      style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: =
uppercase">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
      Business Records</SPAN></SPAN></B></P></DIV><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times =
New Roman'"><BR=20
      style=3D"PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: auto" clear=3Dall></SPAN>
      <DIV class=3DSection7>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">When a witness =
possesses=20
      knowledge regarding the preparation and retention of records, she =
may=20
      testify regarding the contents.&nbsp; <I>See in re E.A.K.</I>, 192 =
S.W.3d=20
      133, 142 (Tex. App.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">C</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">Houston [14th Dist.] =
2006, no=20
      pet.).&nbsp; Here, Massey demonstrated that she had knowledge =
regarding=20
      Rewards</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> business =
records.&nbsp;=20
      Regarding Rewards</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> Exhibit 4 =
(Rewards</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> Merchant Information =
records),=20
      Massey testified that Rewards maintained a call center whereby its =

      representatives entered notes in their computers regarding all=20
      conversations with merchants.&nbsp; Regarding Rewards</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> Exhibit 5 =
(transaction list of=20
      Rewards</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> members</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> dining credits =
purchases),=20
      Massey testified Rewards tracked individual transactions through =
an=20
      automated process that tabulated the amount of dining credits in =
each=20
      transaction with a merchant and debited that amount from the total =
dining=20
      credits remaining under the agreement.&nbsp; Regarding =
Rewards</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> Exhibit 7 =
(Rewards</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> write-off =
statement), Massey=20
      testified that Rewards</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> legal department =
created the=20
      statement by determining the amount of dining credits Rewards =
would have=20
      been entitled to receive if Loredana had not breached the =
contract.&nbsp;=20
      Because Massey had knowledge regarding the preparation and =
retention of=20
      each business record, the trial court was entitled to rely on her=20
      description of those records.&nbsp; <I>See in re E.A.K.</I>, 192 =
S.W.3d at=20
      142. </SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 6.8pt 1.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; =
LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">b<SPAN=20
      style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase">.=20
      &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
      Rewards</SPAN></SPAN></B><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN></B><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%">=20
      Exhibit 6</SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">Appellants contend =
the trial=20
      court erred in finding that Loredana never remitted the amounts =
owed to=20
      Rewards because Rewards relied on its Exhibit 6</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">B</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">records from a third =
party that=20
      were not&nbsp; admitted into evidence. &nbsp;However, =
Massey</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s testimony was not =
based=20
      solely on Rewards</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> Exhibit 6.&nbsp; As =
stated=20
      above, Rewards</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> Exhibit 5 reflected =
the amount=20
      Loredana owed to Rewards.&nbsp; Rewards</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> Exhibit 7, prepared =
by its=20
      legal department, reflected the total amount of dining credits =
written-off=20
      by Rewards.&nbsp; Additionally, Massey had supervisory authority =
over=20
      Rewards</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> account with =
Loredana, and=20
      testified that she would have personal knowledge if Loredana had, =
at any=20
      time, paid Rewards.&nbsp; Therefore, even if we disregard=20
      Rewards</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> Exhibit 6, Rewards =
presented=20
      sufficient evidence to prove&nbsp; Loredana failed to remit the =
amount=20
      owed under the contract.</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">Accordingly, we =
conclude that=20
      the trial court did not err in relying on Massey</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s testimony =
pertaining to=20
      Rewards</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> relationship and =
business=20
      transactions with Loredana.</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 6.8pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; =
LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%">5.=20
      &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Whether Rewards Made A =
Demand=20
      For Amounts Due?</SPAN></B></P></DIV><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><BR=20
      style=3D"PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: auto" clear=3Dall></SPAN>
      <DIV class=3DSection8>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">Lastly, appellants =
contend=20
      Loredana did not breach the contract because the evidence is =
insufficient=20
      to prove Rewards made a demand for payment as required by the =
contract.=20
      Section 9 of the contract provides, in part:&nbsp; </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">funds will be =
maintained by=20
      [Loredana] in the Bank Account and will be payable to [Rewards] =
<I>on=20
      demand</I>.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> (emphasis =
added).&nbsp; Also,=20
      under&nbsp; Section 9,&nbsp; Rewards may obtain payment of any =
amount owed=20
      from Loredana</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s bank account =
through an=20
      automated clearinghouse debit or otherwise. Appellants contend the =

      contract required Rewards to make a demand on Loredana for any =
amounts=20
      owed after receiving notice regarding the stop payment from the =
bank.=20
      However, in finding Loredana breached the contract, the trial =
court=20
      implicitly found Rewards made a demand as contemplated by the=20
      contract.</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">Under the framework =
created by=20
      the contract to facilitate payment, Loredana would segregate =
dining credit=20
      funds from other revenue earned at Babbo Bruno into a separate =
bank=20
      account from which Rewards could withdraw any amounts owed.&nbsp; =
However,=20
      when Rewards attempted to withdraw the amount owed for the May 19, =
2004=20
      through May 21, 2004 transactions, this payment was stopped.&nbsp; =
In=20
      finding Loredana breached the contract, the trial court implicitly =

      concluded that the attempt to withdraw was a demand for amounts =
owed as=20
      contemplated by the contract.&nbsp; We conclude the evidence was=20
      sufficient to support the trial court</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s implicit finding =
that Rewards=20
      demanded the amount due under the contract.&nbsp; </SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">In sum, the evidence =
is legally=20
      sufficient to support the trial court</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s breach of contract =
finding,=20
      and the finding is not so contrary to the overwhelming weight and=20
      preponderance of the evidence that it is clearly wrong and =
manifestly=20
      unjust.&nbsp; Appellants</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> first and second =
issues are=20
      overruled.</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 6.8pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; =
LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%">B.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
      Personal Guaranty</SPAN></B></P></DIV><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times =
New Roman'"><BR=20
      style=3D"PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: auto" clear=3Dall></SPAN>
      <DIV class=3DSection9>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">In their third issue, =

      appellants claim that, in the absence of a breach of contract by =
Loredana,=20
      there is no evidence to establish any liability by Stefano =
Bertolotti=20
      under his guaranty of the contract between Loredana and Rewards.<A =

      title=3D""=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.14thcoa.courts.state.tx.us/opinions/htmlopinion.asp?Op=
inionId=3D84100#_ftn2"=20
      name=3D_ftnref2><SPAN class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
13pt">[2]</SPAN></SUP></SPAN></SUP></SPAN></A>&nbsp;=20
      However, having found the evidence sufficient for the trial court =
to=20
      conclude Loredana breached the contract with Rewards, the trial =
court did=20
      not err in holding Bertolotti to his guaranty of the =
contract.&nbsp;=20
      Appellants</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> third issue is=20
      overruled.</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 6.8pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; =
LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%">C.=20
      &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Damages</SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">Although=20
      not included as a stated issue, in their </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">Summary of=20
      the Argument,</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Shruti"> =

      appellants seem to challenge the damages awarded by the trial =
court.&nbsp;=20
      Appellants contend the trial court erred in finding appellants =
jointly and=20
      severally liable for $29,520.24 to bear post-judgment interest at =
the rate=20
      of 8.25% per annum plus attorney</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">s=20
      fees.&nbsp; However, we conclude the trial court properly =
calculated=20
      damages.&nbsp; </SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">Under the=20
      liquidated damages clause of the contract, appellants were liable =
for=20
      seventy-five percent of the dining credits remaining at the time =
of a=20
      breach of contract plus reasonable attorney</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">s=20
      fees.&nbsp; At the time of breach, there were $39,360.33 in dining =
credits=20
      remaining under the contract.&nbsp; Seventy-five percent of =
$39,360.33 is=20
      $29,520.24.&nbsp; The trial court properly awarded judgment in the =
amount=20
      of $29,520.24.&nbsp; </SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">Under the=20
      Finance Code, a money judgment on a contract that does not provide =
for=20
      interest or time price differential earns post-judgment interest =
at the=20
      prime rate as published by the Board of Governors of the Federal =
Reserve=20
      System on the date of computation.&nbsp; <I>See </I>Tex. Fin. Code =
Ann.=20
      </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">'</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Shruti"> =
304.003=20
      (Vernon 2006).&nbsp; The date of computation in this case was =
November 27,=20
      2006, and the prime rate during November 2006 was 8.25%. &nbsp;The =
trial=20
      court imposed a post-judgment rate of interest at 8.25%; =
therefore, the=20
      rate of post-judgment interest does not violate the Finance =
Code.&nbsp;=20
      Accordingly, to the extent appellants challenge the amount of =
damages=20
      awarded, we overrule these complaints.</SPAN></P></DIV><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti"><BR=20
      style=3D"PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: auto" clear=3Dall></SPAN>
      <DIV class=3DSection10>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 6.8pt 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; =
TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">For the reasons =
stated above,=20
      the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"></SPAN></B>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-INDENT: 3.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-INDENT: 3in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
13pt">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
      Charles W. Seymore</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-INDENT: 3.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">Justice</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">Judgment rendered and =

      Memorandum Opinion filed December 18, 2007.</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">Panel consists of =
Chief Justice=20
      Hedges and Justices Anderson and Seymore.</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%"></SPAN></B>&nbsp;</P></DIV>
      <DIV><BR clear=3Dall>
      <HR align=3Dleft width=3D"33%" SIZE=3D1>

      <DIV id=3Dftn1>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><A=20
      title=3D""=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.14thcoa.courts.state.tx.us/opinions/htmlopinion.asp?Op=
inionId=3D84100#_ftnref1"=20
      name=3D_ftn1><SPAN class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
12pt">[1]</SPAN></SUP></SPAN></SUP></SPAN></A><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">&nbsp; Appellants</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> brief to this court contains no index =
of=20
      authorities and, in fact, cites no authority whatsoever as =
required by the=20
      Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure.&nbsp; <I>See</I> Tex. R. App. =
P.=20
      38.1.&nbsp; However, we will review this case on the merits =
despite these=20
      deficiencies.</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P></DIV>
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      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><A=20
      title=3D""=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.14thcoa.courts.state.tx.us/opinions/htmlopinion.asp?Op=
inionId=3D84100#_ftnref2"=20
      name=3D_ftn2><SPAN class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
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12pt">[2]</SPAN></SUP></SPAN></SUP></SPAN></A><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">&nbsp; Appellants do not challenge the =
validity of=20
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      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> sole contention is that in the absence =
of a=20
      breach of contract by Loredana, there is no evidence to find =
Bertolotti=20
      liable under his personal guaranty of the=20
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black; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, =
sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify
}
A.TextNormal {
	FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000099; FONT-FAMILY: =
Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: underline
}
A.TextNormal:hover {
	FONT-WEIGHT: bold
}
.TextSmall {
	FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial Narrow
}
.TextSmallBlue {
	FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; COLOR: =
#000099; FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow
}
.TextSmallJust {
	FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial Narrow; TEXT-ALIGN: justify
}
A.TextSmall {
	COLOR: #000099; TEXT-DECORATION: underline
}
A.TextSmallJust {
	COLOR: #000099; TEXT-DECORATION: underline
}
A.TextSmall:hover {
	FONT-WEIGHT: bold
}
A.TextSmallJust:hover {
	FONT-WEIGHT: bold
}
.TextSmallWhite {
	FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; COLOR: =
white; FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow
}
.TextWhite {
	FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: white; FONT-FAMILY: =
Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
}
A.TextWhite {
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}
A.TextWhite:hover {
	FONT-WEIGHT: bold
}
.LinksSite {
	FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #000099; FONT-FAMILY: Arial =
Narrow; TEXT-DECORATION: none
}
A.LinksSite {
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}
A.LinksSite:hover {
	FONT-WEIGHT: bold
}
.TextNotify {
	FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #000099; FONT-FAMILY: Arial =
Narrow
}
.SiteMaster {
	FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #000099; LINE-HEIGHT: =
normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, =
sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: underline
}
A.SiteMaster {
	LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: underline
}
A.SiteMaster:hover {
	COLOR: blue
}
.SiteMenu {
	FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000099; LINE-HEIGHT: =
normal; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; =
TEXT-DECORATION: none
}
A.SiteMenu {
	FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: none
}
A.SiteMenu:hover {
	COLOR: blue
}
.SiteBase {
	FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #000099; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; =
FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; =
TEXT-DECORATION: none
}
A.SiteBase {
	FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Arial, =
Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none
}
A.SiteBase:hover {
	COLOR: blue
}
.ErrorNormal {
	FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; COLOR: red; =
FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
}
.ErrorSmall {
	FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; COLOR: red; =
FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow
}
.SystemMSG {
	FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; COLOR: white; =
FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: =
navy
}
.SystemErrorMSG {
	FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; COLOR: white; =
FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: red
}
.buttonUnused {
	PADDING-RIGHT: 1pt; PADDING-LEFT: 1pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: =
9pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt; MARGIN: 1pt; COLOR: #fff5d7; PADDING-TOP: 1pt; =
BACKGROUND-COLOR: #576a9d; font-face: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, =
sans-serif
}
.buttonTanUnused {
	PADDING-RIGHT: 1pt; PADDING-LEFT: 1pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: =
9pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt; MARGIN: 1pt; COLOR: #576a9d; PADDING-TOP: 1pt; =
BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff5d7; font-face: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, =
sans-serif
}
.TextLargeBlue {
	FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000099; LINE-HEIGHT: =
normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, =
sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left
}
.DocketHeaderTitle {
	FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; =
FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Arial, ' Helvetica', sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center
}
.TextLargeBlack {
	FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; =
FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; =
TEXT-ALIGN: left
}
.TextLargeBlackcenter {
	FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; =
FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; =
TEXT-ALIGN: center
}
.TextBlue {
	FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000099; LINE-HEIGHT: =
normal; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
}
A.TextBlue {
	FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000099; LINE-HEIGHT: =
normal; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; =
TEXT-DECORATION: none
}
.TextRed {
	FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: red; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; =
FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
}
.TextHidenGray {
	FONT-SIZE: 0pt; COLOR: #ebebe1; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: =
Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left
}
.Time {
	FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: red; LINE-HEIGHT: 4em; =
FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center
}

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