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Eighty-Eight® Diamond Giveaway Contest ("Contest") 2008 OFFICIAL RULES NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT IS REQUIRED TO ENTER OR WIN. This is a Contest to find Spa Week Media Group's ("SWM") Top Couple. The public has the opportunity to nominate eligible couples as potential entrants in the Contest through the nomination process described below. SWM will select the top five nominated couples as potential entrants in the Contest. The public will be asked to vote for the Top Couple from among the couples selected by SWM who agree to enter the Contest, and comply with all remaining requirements, including submitting an entry video to be posted online for public voting. NOMINATION PROCESS In order to complete a nomination, you must accept these rules below. Step 1 - If you want to nominate a couple for consideration in the Eighty-Eight® Diamond Giveaway Contest, you must visit the website at http://www.spaweek.org/content/bridal/giveaway, and submit online the names, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses (if available), and ages of both members of the couple you are nominating for SWM's Top Couple. You must also submit a brief synopsis of their story and why you believe they should be considered. You may nominate a couple that includes yourself or you may nominate a third party couple. Each member of the nominated couple must be a resident of the fifty United States, the District of Columbia, or Canada (excluding Quebec) and must be twenty-one (21) years of age or older at the time of the nomination. Nominations (excluding contact and age data for nominees) must be 500 words or less and in the English language. Any nomination over this limit or not in the English language will not be considered and will be discarded. Nominations will be accepted until October 20, 2008. Any nomination received after this deadline will be discarded. Step 2 - SWM will review all properly submitted nominations and choose the 5 most compelling stories in its sole discretion (the "Top Five Couples") based on the following criteria: public appeal (40%), originality (20%), appropriateness to theme (20%). Once the Top Five Couples are chosen, on or about October 27, 2008 the couples will be notified via email and phone at the numbers designated in their nomination and given the opportunity to accept the nomination and enter this Contest. If either or both members of a potential Top Five Couple do not accept a nomination or determine that they do not want to submit a video or enter the Contest, then SWM will choose an alternate nominated couple as a potential Top Five Couple at its own discretion. Entry into the Contest is conditioned upon each member of the applicable Top Five Couple meeting all the eligibility requirements, submitting the required entry materials, and agreeing to and complying with the terms and conditions of these Official Rules. By nominating a couple, you do not become an entrant in this Contest. By being a member of a nominated couple, you do not become an entrant in this Contest. YOU MUST BE A MEMBER OF A TOP FIVE COUPLE SELECTED BY SWM FROM AMONG ALL THE NOMINATED COUPLES IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE TO ENTER AND WIN A PRIZE IN THIS CONTEST. Individuals submitting nominations must confirm their understanding and acceptance of these Official Rules by pressing the "I accept" button on the bottom of this page. Pressing this button constitutes permission (except where prohibited by law) to use nominated individual's name, city, state, likeness and/or voice for purposes of advertising, promotion and publicity without additional compensation and constitutes agreement by individuals submitting nominations to be bound by these Official Rules. 2. ENTRY PROCESS FOR TOP FIVE COUPLES To enter the Contest, the Top Five Couples (individually and collectively the "Entrant") must: (i) submit a two minute video introducing themselves to Spa Week Media's consumers and explaining why they deserve to be voted as SWM's Top Couple, following the Video Specifications below* (the "submission" or "Video"); (ii) agree to have their names, cities, states, likenesses and/or voices, and Videos posted on the Spa Week website, www.spaweek.org; (iii) designate in writing signed by both members of the couple, one member of the couple to whom any prize won will be awarded (the "Designated Recipient"); and (iv) submit 4 references (2 professional, 1 friend, 1 family) to confirm legitimacy of story (collectively, an "Entry"). All references will be verified and may be contacted by telephone or email by SWM (or its agents) to verify the content of submission. Entrants agree that SWM (or its agents) may contact all references submitted with the Entry by telephone or email concerning this Contest and to verify the content of submission. Any discrepancies in submissions and reference accounts may cause Entry to be rejected. If references are not provided, Entry will not be considered for acceptance. If the couple does not agree in writing that only one member of the couple will be awarded any prize won and designate such person as the Designated Recipient in the Entry, the Entry will be disqualified. ENTRANTS WILL HAVE ONE WEEK FROM THE DATE OF FIRST ATTEMPTED NOTIFICATION THAT THEY ARE A POTENTIAL TOP FIVE COUPLE TO ACCEPT THE NOMINATION, SUBMIT THEIR ENTRY ALONG WITH A SIGNED, NOTARIZED AFFIDAVIT OF ELIGIBILITY INCLUDING AN AGREEMENT TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES. Any video or reference(s) or other Entry materials submitted after this time frame will not be accepted and that couple will be eliminated from the Contest and SWM in its sole discretion may select an alternate nominated couple as a potential Top Five Couple. All submissions become the property of SWM and will not be returned. Submissions will be reviewed before they are posted and, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion, may be rejected. Once a couple has accepted a nomination as a Top Five Couple and agreed to enter the Contest, each member of the couple must comply with these Official Rules. *VIDEO SPECIFICATIONS FOR TOP FIVE COUPLES We want to see both of you, so make a video in either DVD or mini DV format introducing yourself and explaining why you should be considered for the Eighty-Eight® Diamond Giveaway on www.spaweek.org. The Video should last no longer than two (2) minutes. By entering, you and everyone appearing in the Video agree that the Video may be broadcast on spaweek.org and in promotions and advertisements for spaweek.org. Videos must be original, truthful, unpublished, created solely by the submitting Entrants, must not have been submitted in any other competition, must not include any music, singing or photos, film or other images that are not originally taken or created by you and must not infringe upon any rights of any third party, including but not limited to copyright, trademark, and rights of privacy and publicity. You must have the permission of all persons appearing in your Video for you to submit your Video and permit spaweek.org to use the Video and such appearances as set forth in these rules. By entering this Contest, you grant spaweek.org a non-exclusive, perpetual license to use your Video, including the appearances contained in the Video, for use in all media now known or hereafter devised. Your entry will not be acknowledged or returned. By submitting the Entry to the Eighty-Eight® Diamond Giveaway Entrants are not submitting an application for employment. Any content that contains third party materials (including music) that may otherwise violate or infringe (or may infringe) any of the following will be disqualified:
SWM reserves the right to reject any submission for any reason. All decisions are final. 3. ELIGIBILITY FOR ENTRY To enter this Contest you must be a member of a Top Five Couple who is a resident of the fifty United States, the District of Columbia, or Canada (excluding Quebec), aged twenty-one (21) years or older at the time nomination. Employees of SWM ("Sponsor"), and its affiliates, subsidiaries, parents, representatives, advertising, promotion and publicity agencies ("Sponsor and its agents") and the immediate family members and persons living in the same household of each are not eligible. Void where prohibited, restricted or taxed by law. All federal, state, provincial, and local laws and regulations apply. 4. PUBLIC VOTING, WINNER SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION The Video submissions of the Top Five Couples will be posted on the www.spaweek.org website and available for viewing and public voting starting on or about November 5, 2008 through November 14, 2008 (the "Public Voting Period"), and the public will have the chance to vote once during the Public Voting Period for the Top Couple based on the following criteria: skill of entrants in communicating their stories in the Video (40%), originality (20%), public appeal (20%). Only one vote per person and per email address. The winning Entry will be the video submission that receives the most votes during the Public Voting Period (the "Top Couple"). In the event of a tie, SWM will determine the Top Couple from between or among the tied Entries by evaluating the tied Entries based on the judging criteria above. In the event of continued tie, the entrant between or among the remaining tied entrants with the highest score in the "skill of entrants in communicating their stories in the Video" category will be deemed the higher scoring entrant. The Top Couple will be announced on or about November 24, 2008. 5. PRIZE One Grand Prize winner will receive an Eighty-Eight® cut 2.5* carat heirloom ring (Approximate Retail Value: USD $25,000). *approximate total weight. Prize will be awarded to the Designated Recipient of the Top Couple (the "Prize Recipient"). Prize is not transferable. No substitution of prize for cash or other goods and services is permitted, except Sponsor reserves the right to provide a substitute prize of approximately equal or greater value if the advertised prize becomes unavailable. Only the advertised number of prizes will be awarded. All expenses not specified above, including, without limitation, all federal, state and local taxes, and international tariffs, are the sole responsibility of the Prize Recipient. The value of the prize may be taxable to Prize Recipient as income. Prize Recipient must supply SWM with his/her social security number for tax purposes. An IRS Form 1099 will be issued in the name of Prize Recipient for the actual value of the prize received. Other than as specified above, prize details, including cut, style, and size, are within the sole discretion of SWM and subject to availability. Both members of the Top Couple will be required to complete and sign a Liability/Publicity Release in the form provided by Sponsor, except where prohibited, within seven (7) days of winning in order to claim prize. Prize will be awarded in the name of the Top Couple's Designated Recipient. If any member of the Top Couple cannot be contacted, is contacted and does not respond as directed within seven (7) days of attempted notification, refuses the prize within seven (7) days of notification, or is ineligible to accept the prize, prize may be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner. Allow 4-6 weeks for delivery of prize. 6. GENERAL Sponsor and its agents are not in any way responsible or liable for damages, loss, or injury resulting from participation in this Contest by any Entrant, or by any individual submitting a nomination, or from the acceptance, possession, shipping and handling, loss, use or misuse of or travel to or from or in connection with any prize awarded in this Contest. By entering, Entrant assumes (and by submitting a nomination, the individual submitting the nomination assumes) sole liability for injuries, including and without limitation, personal injuries and/or damage to property, caused or claimed to be caused by participating in this Contest or the acceptance, possession, shipping and handling, loss, use or misuse of or travel to or from or in connection with any prize awarded. Sponsor has the right to cancel, terminate or modify this Contest if it cannot be completed as planned due to computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, technical failures, or other conditions beyond Sponsor's control. Sponsor is not responsible for any failure to contact Entrants or potential entrants, whether due to technical or human error. The Contest is governed by the laws of the United States and all claims must be resolved in the United States. If there is a dispute regarding the identity of an Entrant, the Entry will be deemed submitted by the person in whose name the email account designated in the Entry is registered. By entering, Entrants agree to be bound by these official rules; agree to be contacted by SWM concerning the Contest; and agree to release Spa Week Media Group, Ltd. and its agents, shareholders, successors and assigns from all liability, claims, action or proceedings arising out of or related to the Contest and from injuries or damages relating to the Video, the Entry, participation in the Contest, or the acceptance, possession, shipping and handling, loss, use or misuse of or travel to or from or in connection with the Contest or any prize awarded in this Contest. 7. WINNERS LIST The Top Couple will be posted at www.spaweek.org, after the Top Couple is determined and verified, and will be posted for approximately two (2) weeks. Winner information is also available by sending a stamped, self addressed envelope to "Eighty-Eight® Diamond Giveaway," 89 Fifth Avenue, Suite 500, New York, NY 10003, to be received by November 30, 2008. 8. SPONSOR This Contest is sponsored by Spa Week Media Group, Ltd, 89 Fifth Avenue, Suite 500, New York, NY 10001. |
 
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