THE BALANCING ACT BACK TO SCHOOL  SWEEPSTAKES
OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.  A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.  SWEEPSTAKES BEGINS AT 12:00:00 AM ET ON AUGUST 2nd, 2010 AND ENDS AT 11:59:59 PM ET ON SEPTEMBER 17th, 2010. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

• HOW TO ENTER:  You may enter The Balancing Act Back To School Sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes”) by completing the official entry form (“Entry”) available at www.thebalancingact.com (the “Contest Sites”), indicating your acceptance of these Official Rules, and clicking on “Submit.” ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY OR BEFORE 11:59:59 PM ET ON SEPTEMBER 17th, 2010.  Limit: One Entry per person. For the purpose of this Sweepstakes, each day will begin at 12:00:01 AM ET and end at 11:59:59 PM ET.  All Entries become the exclusive property of The Balancing Act, LLC (“Sponsor”) and will not be returned.  Sponsor’s clock is the official time clock for the Sweepstakes. 
• Entries generated by a script, macro or other automated means will be disqualified. Entries that are incomplete, illegible or corrupted are void and will not be accepted. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, illegible, incomplete, inaccurate, or mutilated Entries.  Proof of submission does not constitute proof of receipt. If there is a dispute as to the identity of an entrant, the entrant will be deemed the authorized account holder of the email address used to enter. The “authorized account holder” is defined as the natural person to whom the email address is assigned by an internet service provider, online service provider or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address.
• SELECTION OF WINNER:  The winner will be selected within one week of SEPTEMBER 17th, 2010 by random computer selection.

Decisions are final and binding on all matters relating to this Sweepstakes and will be posted at www.thebalancingact.com on or before September 17th, 2010.  Winners will also be notified by email, regular mail or by telephone at Sponsor’s discretion, using the contact information provided on the official entry form received. 

• GRAND PRIZE AND ODDS:  

(1) Individual Grand Prize Winner will be drawn – Odds vary according to number of entries received

     Prizes compliments of CR Brands, Inc., Well-Pict Berries, Inc., Mid’s Homestyle Pasta Sauces, Richell USA, Inc. and Dupont

   The Grand Prize Package includes:

• From CR Brands:  (1) $500 Best Buy Gift Card- to go toward washing machine (estimated value: $500.00), (1) Year supply of Biz (estimated value: $50.00)
• From Well-Pict Berries, Inc:  (1) 16GB iPad with Wi-Fi (estimated value: $524.00) DISCLAIMER: Wi-Fi or any other additional service costs are the responsibility of the winner.  
• From Mid’s Homestyle Pasta Sauces:  (4) Cases of Assorted Mids Products (estimated value $400.00- includes Shipping & Handling)
• From Richell USA Inc:  (1) 3-in-1 Convertible Elite Pet Gate Retail (estimated value: $300.00), (1) 6-month supply of Paw Trax Doggy Pads 1- 8pk carton of 50s (estimated value: $208.00)
• From E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company :  (1) Farberware Millenium Aluminum – Bronze 12 piece set coated with  DuPont™ Teflon® Professional with Metal Guard nonstick coating (estimated value: $150.00), (1) Chef apron coated with DuPont™ Teflon® fabric protector (estimated value: $50.00), Coated Casserole Baking Dishes Marinex with Teflon® (estimated value: $100.00), Cooking utensils (estimated value: $50.00), Additional Cooking utensils (estimated value: $13.00), Teflon® branded bakeware (estimated value: $50.00), Teflon® branded baking liners (estimated value: $25.00), Teflon® sponges for easy clean up of nonstick cookware (estimated value: $10.00), (1) Teflon® Flip It Pan (estimated value: $70.00), (1) Set of Teflon®  Blade wiper blades (estimated value: $45.00), (1) pair of Carl Zeiss Individual Clear Coat lenses with Teflon® Elite coating (estimated value: $700.00)

The estimated retail value of Grand Prize Package:  $ 3,245.00 USD

Back To School Grand Prize Rules

No transfer or substitution of prize is allowed except at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. There is no cash alternative offered, except at the sole discretion of the Sponsor.

The value of the Grand Prize Package is taxable as income and Winner is solely responsible for all matters relating to the Grand Prize Package, including, but not limited to all applicable federal, state and local taxes that become due with respect to the Grand Prize Package.

Limit of one prize per person/household for the entire Promotion Period. 

SPONSORS:  

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 300 Bellevue Pkwy, Wilmington, DE 19809
CR Brands Inc., 9100 Centre Pointe Dr., Suite 200,West Chester, OH  45069
Well-Pict Berries Inc., 209 Riverside Road,Watsonville, CA  95076
Mid’s Homestyle Pasta Sauce, 620 N Main Street,Navarre, OH  44662
Richell Corporation, 2100 N. Highway 360, Suite 1700,Grand Prairie, TX  75050

ELIGIBILITY:  Giveaway open only to individual legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and District of Columbia. Officers, directors andemployees and their immediate families and members of the same household of The Balancing Act, LLC, O2 Media Services Group, Inc., and their parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, and advertising and promotion agencies are not eligible to enter or win this Giveaway.  Giveaway is void outside the United States and where prohibited or restricted.

• VERIFICATION OF WINNER AND DELIVERY OF PRIZE:   Grand Prize winner will be required to sign an affidavit of eligibility and liability release and, where permitted, a publicity release (collectively, “Release”).  (If winner is deemed a minor in his/her state of residence, such winner’s parent or legal guardian will be required to sign Release.)  Release will be sent to winner by overnight delivery.  Prize may be awarded to an alternate winner if two attempts to make contact are unsuccessful or if Release is not returned within seven (7 ) days after mailing to winner or if prize notification or prize is returned as undeliverable. Acceptance of the prize constitutes permission for, and winner’s consent (or such winner’s parent or legal guardian’s consent if winner is a minor) to Sponsor and its agencies to use the winner’s name, likeness, photos, and/ or entry for advertising and promotional purposes without additional compensation, unless prohibited by law.
• GENERAL:  Any and all legal actions or claims arising in connection with this Giveaway must be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction within the United States. Except where prohibited, each entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Giveaway or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, but in no event attorneys' fees; and (3) no punitive, incidental, special, consequential or other damages, including without limitation lost profits may be awarded (collectively, "Special Damages"), and (4) entrant hereby waives all rights to claim Special Damages and all rights to have such damages multiplied or increased.  Florida law, without reference to Florida’s choice of law rules, governs the Giveaway and all aspects related thereto.

Sponsor is not responsible for: (a) late, lost, stolen, damaged, garbled, incomplete, misaddressed, postage due or misdirected entries, e-mails or other communications, (b) errors, omissions, interruptions, deletions, (c) defects or delays in operations or transmission of information, in each case whether arising by way of technical or other failures or malfunctions of computer hardware, software, communications devices or transmission lines, (d) data corruption, theft, destruction, unauthorized access to or alteration of entry materials, (e) loss or otherwise, (f) electronic communications that are undeliverable as a result of any form of active or passive filtering of any kind or insufficient space in entrant's e-mail account to receive e-mail messages. 
Sponsor disclaims any liability for damage to any computer system resulting from participation in, or accessing or downloading information in connection with, this Giveaway and reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify, cancel, terminate or suspend this Giveaway if any virus, bug, technical failure, unauthorized human intervention or other cause outside of Sponsor’s control corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Giveaway. 
In the event of any such cancellation, termination or suspension, a notice will be posted at the Contest Sites and a random drawing will be conducted from among all eligible, non-suspect Entries received as of the termination date.
Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any entrant (and all of her/his Giveaway entries) from this Giveaway or any other promotion conducted now or in the future by Sponsor or any of its affiliates if she/he tampers with the entry process or if her/his fraud or misconduct affects the integrity of this Giveaway. 
Sponsor is not responsible for any printing, typographical, mechanical or other error in the printing of the offer, administration of the Giveaway on in announcement of the prize.
Without limiting the foregoing, Sponsor reserves the right to correct any such error.  By participating in this Giveaway, each entrant accepts the conditions stated in these Official Rules, agrees to be bound by the decisions of Sponsor and warrants that she/he is eligible to participate in this Giveaway.By participating in this Giveaway, winner agrees to hold Sponsor, its advertising and promotion agencies and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, representative agents, successors, assigns, directors, employees, and officers harmless from any and all liability, injury, loss or damage caused or claimed to caused by participation in this Giveaway and/or acceptance or use of any prize.

• CAUTION.  ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS GIVEAWAY IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS.  SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
• NAMES OF WINNERS :  The name of the Back To School 2010 Sweepstakes  winner will be available at www.thebalancingact.com.  Winner’s name will be released after selection and verification.

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