Post the Most Content and Win 2 Roundtrip Tickets Anywhere in the World on American Airlines

1. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. PURCHASE OF ANYTHING ON melslife.com WILL NOT IMPROVE CHANCES OF WINNING.
   
   
2. ELIGIBILITY: OPEN ONLY TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE 50 UNITED STATES OR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WHO ARE 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, AS OF DATE OF ENTRY. Employees, officers and directors of Richmel Productions (“Sponsor”), its parent, subsidiaries, and affiliated companies, advertising, promotion, or production agencies, web masters/suppliers, and any other coordinating agencies involved in the development, implementation, and distribution of the sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”) (and their IRS dependents, immediate family members [spouse, parents, children, siblings] and individuals residing in their same household, whether or not related), are not eligible to participate. By participating, entrants (and entrant’s parent/legal guardian if entrant is a minor) agree to these Official Rules. Void where prohibited.
   
   
3. PROMOTIONAL PERIOD: The Sweepstakes begins at 12:00 a.m. (midnight) Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 8/15/08 and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. EST on 1/31/09 (the “Promotional Period”). A month in the Promotional Period (“Month”) begins at 12:00 a.m. (midnight) EST on the first calendar day of a Month and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. EST on the last calendar day of the same Month.
   
   
4. TO ENTER: Go to melslife.com.  Become a member of melslife.com for free.  Create your own myLife page, and register to win two (2) free roundtrip coach-class tickets anywhere in the world American Airlines flies.  Ticket availability is subject to American Airline’s AAvantage Rules and Regulations for MilesAAver Award Ticket Travel.  Winner pays for all airline fees, fuel surcharges, or taxes.
   
   
5. Contest: The user that posts the most relevant ORIGINAL CONTENT in subject matter “user” content (minimum of 200 posts) in the following melslife content module’s – WriteYourThoughts, Reviews, blogs, Question of the Day, Videos, Recipes, Video comments, Food Photo comments, blog comments, and Review comments will win two (2) free roundtrip coach-class tickets anywhere in the world American Airlines flies.  Ticket availability is subject to American Airline’s AAvantage Rules and Regulations for MilesAAver Award Ticket Travel.  Winner pays for all airline fees, fuel surcharges, or taxes.  Posts defined as separate, uploaded content creations.  A myLife page would be one post.
   
   
6. Your Log-in user name will be used to track all submissions.  In addition, there will be an independent three (3) member panel to review all the “user” submissions in the event there is a tie in the amount of content submitted.  In the event there is a tie, this panel will make its determination based on the relevancy and quality of the user submissions.  Content that is deemed to be the same or similar in nature that is posted in more than one content module will be considered one (1) submission.  Multiple submissions of the same or similar content will count as only one (1) submission.  The winner will be selected on or before February 15, 2009. The decision will be final and binding in all matters relating to this Sweepstakes. Winner will be notified by phone or email on/ about the February 15, 2009. No substitution, cash redemption or transfer of prize, but Sponsor reserves right to substitute a prize with a prize of equal or greater value if advertised prize becomes unavailable For example, Sponsor might award the same prize on Delta Airlines subject to their rules, regulations, and fees.Winner pays for all airline fees, fuel surcharges, or taxes. If a winner is an eligible minor at the time of entry in his/her jurisdiction of residence, prize may be awarded in the name of, or to, winner’s parent/legal guardian who must execute all documents and agree to all obligations and undertakings of winner, both on behalf of himself/herself and winner, or prize may be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner. Limit one (1) prize per person/address/email address for the entire Promotional Period.
   
   
7. PRIZE/ODDS: If a winner cannot accept prize in accordance with these Official Rules as stated herein, prize will be forfeited in its entirety and an alternate winner will be chosen. Odds of winning are dependent on number of eligible entries received during promotional period. The prize is two (2) free roundtrip coach-class tickets anywhere in the world American Airlines flies.  Ticket availability is subject to American Airline’s AAvantage Rules and Regulations for MilesAAver Award Ticket Travel.  Winner pays for all airline fees, fuel surcharges, or taxes. 
   
   
8. General Conditions: Participants (and participant’s parent/legal guardian, if participant is a Minor) agree (a) that Sponsor, its parent, subsidiaries and affiliated companies, advertising and promotion agencies, and all of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents are released, will have no liability whatsoever for, and shall be held harmless by participants (and a participant’s parent/legal guardian, if participant is a Minor) against any liability for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind to person(s), including death, or property resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of any prize or participation in this Sweepstakes or any Sweepstakes related activities and (b) except where legally prohibited, winner (and winner’s parent/legal guardian, if winner is Minor) grant (and agree to confirm that grant in writing) permission to Sponsor and those acting under its authority the right to the use of his/her name, picture, likeness, voice, biographical information and statements, at any time or times, for advertising, trade, publicity and promotional purposes without additional compensation, in all media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide and on the Internet and World Wide Web, without notice, review or approval. Winner (or winner’s parent or legal guardian if winner is a Minor) will be required to complete, sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Release, and where lawful a Publicity Release within seven (7) days of notification. If documents and/or requested information is not returned timely, or if a prize notification or prize is returned as non-deliverable, or if a winner is found to be ineligible or otherwise not in compliance with these Official Rules, prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner selected. Taxes on prize are solely winners’ responsibility. The entry information provided is subject to the Privacy Policy on the above stated website. To read that Policy, access the website and then access the Privacy Policy.
    
   
9. Liability Limitations: The Sponsor, and its respective agencies are not responsible for lost, late, illegible, misdirected, incomplete entries, posts or email; or for interrupted or unavailable satellite, network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), website, telephone or other connections, availability or accessibility, or miscommunications, or failed computer, satellite, telephone or cable transmissions, or lines, or technical failure or jumbled, corrupted, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures, or technical errors or difficulties, or other errors of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic or network or the incorrect or inaccurate capture of user ID/pass word or entry or other information or the failure to capture, or loss of, any such information. Persons who tamper with or abuse any aspect of this Sweepstakes, as solely determined by the Sponsor, will be disqualified. Any use of robotic, automatic, macro, programmed or like entry methods will void all such entries by such methods, and disqualify any entrant using such methods. Neither Sponsor nor its respective agencies are responsible for injury or damage to participant’s or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating in this Sweepstakes or downloading materials from or use of the website. Should any portion of the Sweepstakes be, in Sponsor’s sole opinion, compromised by virus, worms, bugs, non-authorized human intervention, technical failures or other causes which, in the sole opinion of the Sponsor, corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play, or submission of entries, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to suspend, modify or terminate the Sweepstakes, and select the winners from entries received prior to action taken or as otherwise deemed fair and appropriate by the Sponsor. Neither Sponsor nor its respective agencies are responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by site users, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Sweepstakes, and assume no responsibility for any error, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation, or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction, or unauthorized use to this website. In case of dispute, the authorized subscriber of the email account used to enter the Sweepstakes at the actual time of entry will be deemed to be the participant, and must comply with these Official Rules. The authorized account subscriber is deemed to be the natural person who is assigned an email address by an Internet Access Provider, on-line service provider, or other organization which is responsible for assigning email addresses. IN NO EVENT WILL SPONSOR, ITS RESPECTIVE PARENTS, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES AND RELATED COMPANIES, THEIR RESPECTIVE ADVERTISING OR PROMOTION AGENCIES OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES AND AGENTS BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE WEBSITE OR DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM SAID WEBSITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THIS WEBSITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. CHECK YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS.
   
   
10. WINNER: The name of the winner will be posted on melslife.com after winner is contacted and has been deemed to be in compliance with all the rules and regulations of this Sweepstakes
    
    
11. SPONSOR: Richmel Productions 4869 Topanga Canyon Blvd Suite 208 Woodland Hills, CA 91364 USA
    
    

melslife Sweepstakes - Official Rules

The promotional period begins at 12:00 a.m. (midnight) Eastern Standard Time (EST) on Friday, August 15 and ends at 11:59:59 pm on Saturday, January 31, 2009 (the “Promotional Period”).

How to Enter

You may only enter over the Internet (the "Internet Method") on melslife.com. Entries are subject to the Internet Provisions section of the General Rules listed below:

Internet Method: To enter over the Internet, access the melslife.com site at http://www.melslife.com. Your computer must accept cookies we may use to track the entry. You must complete the registration form on the melslife.com by filling in all requested information. You must follow instructions for entry on the Web site page that provides the registration form. Unless otherwise stated on our Website, any other attempt at Internet or e-mail entry is void. Any duplicate entries (from the same user with a different or multiple email addresses) could result in disqualification from participating in the sweepstakes. Neither melslife.com, Richmel Productions, or its partners assume any responsibility for any computer, telephone, cable, network, satellite, electronic or Internet hardware or software malfunctions, failures, connections, availability or garbled transmissions, or for any service provider, Internet, Web site or use net accessibility or availability, traffic congestion or unauthorized human intervention.

Winners Selection and Notification

The user that posts the most relevant to subject matter “user” content in the following melslife content module’s – WriteYourThoughts, Reviews, blogs, Question of the Day, Videos, Recipes, Video comments, Food Photo comments, blog comments, and Review comments will win two (2) free roundtrip coach-class tickets anywhere in the world American Airlines flies.  Ticket availability is subject to American Airline’s AAvantage Rules and Regulations for MilesAAver Award Ticket Travel. All airline fees paid for by winner. Your Log-in user name will be used to track all submissions.  In addition, there will be an independent three (3) member panel to review all the “user” submissions in the event there is a tie in the amount of content submitted.  In the event there is a tie, this panel will make its determination based on the relevancy and quality of the user submissions.  Content that is deemed to be the same or similar in nature that is posted in more than one content module will be considered one (1) submission.  Multiple submissions of the same or similar content will count as only one (1) submission.  The winner will be selected on or before February 15, 2009. The decision will be final and binding in all matters relating to this Sweepstakes. Winner will be notified by phone or email on/ about the February 15, 2009. No substitution, cash redemption or transfer of prize, but Sponsor reserves right to substitute a prize with a prize of equal or greater value if advertised prize becomes unavailable. If a winner is an eligible minor at the time of entry in his/her jurisdiction of residence, prize may be awarded in the name of, or to, winner’s parent/legal guardian who must execute all documents and agree to all obligations and undertakings of winner, both on behalf of himself/herself and winner, or prize may be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner. Limit one (1) prize per person/address/email address for the entire Promotional Period.

GENERAL SWEEPSTAKES RULES

Eligibility - Who May Enter

To become eligible, you must be at least eighteen (18) years of age and provide current and accurate data for all information requested in connection with the contest or sweepstakes. NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO ENTER. Contests or  sweepstakes are open only to legal residents of Fifty (50) United States of America and the District of Columbia that allow Internet-based contests and sweepstakes and the collection of data in connection with such contests or sweepstakes. This sweepstakes is void wherever prohibited or restricted by law and is subject to all federal, state and local laws and regulations.

Rules Governing Winner(s)

Each entrant is solely responsibility for notifying melslife.com if the entrant changes his/her e-mail address. Neither melslife.com nor any person or entity with whom melslife.com produces this contest or sweepstakes in association with or any person or entity with whom melslife.com and Richmel Productions shares or otherwise makes data collected available, shall have any liability for any winner notification that is lost, intercepted or not received by the potential winner for any reason. Potential winners may NOT elect to receive substitutes in lieu of prize awarded, however, they may waive their right to receive a prize. Prizes are non-assignable and non-transferable. melslife reserves the right to substitute prize(s) of equal or greater value if the specified prize(s) is unavailable for whatever reason. By accepting a prize, each winner agrees to the terms in the Ownership of Entries section of these rules.Winner pays for all airline fees, fuel surcharges, or taxes.

Ownership of Entries

Any communication, data or information transmitted/submitted to the sweepstakes Web Site by electronic mail, data survey/query or otherwise is and will be treated as non-confidential and nonproprietary. Entries become the exclusive property of melslife.com and will not be returned. By submitting an entry, each entrant grants and hereby irrevocably assigns to melslife.com the exclusive right to reproduce, publish (in all media including online media), edit, use, or transfer the entry, data or other information collected, or any part thereof, for all commercial purposes, in perpetuity, throughout the universe, at no charge to melslife.com and without compensation to the entrant. Entrant further grants melslife.com the right to print, publish, broadcast and use at any time the winner's name, picture or other likeness, voice and biographical information as news or information for advertising and promotional purposes without additional consideration in any media now known or hereafter developed throughout the United States and its Territories, and on melslife.com. Failure to grant such rights may result in disqualification with an alternate winner or potential winner selected. By submitting an entry, the entrant agrees that melslife.com shall succeed to all right, title and interest in and to such submission/data; without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the entrant understands that melslife.com will have the exclusive right to use, reproduce and otherwise exploit the applicable submission, without restriction and without any compensation to the entrant (except where prohibited). Unaccepted prize may not be awarded.

General Release and Limitations on Liability

This sweepstakes or contest is in no way encouraging participants to take any physical risks to be considered for any prize outlined in this sweepstakes or contest. By entering the sweepstakes or contest, entrants agree that: (1) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with the sweepstakes or contest or any prizes 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, including costs associated with entering the sweepstakes or contest, but in no event will attorneys' fees be awarded or recoverable; and (3) under no circumstances will any entrant be permitted to obtain any award for, and entrant hereby knowingly and expressly waives all rights to seek, punitive, incidental or consequential damages and/or any other damages, other than actual out-of-pocket expenses, and/or any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased.

Entrant acknowledges and agrees that melslife.com and any other Promotion Entities, their affiliates, licensees, assigns and subsidiaries are not responsible for any costs, injuries, losses, or damages of any kind arising from or in connection with: (i) incomplete, lost, late, misdirected entries or for failure to receive entries due to any cause, including without limitation human, transmission, or technical problems, failures, or malfunctions of any kind, whether originating with sender, with melslife.com, or otherwise, that may limit an entrant's ability to participate in the sweepstakes or contest; (ii) any injury or damage resulting from participation in the sweepstakes or contest and/or the use of any prize (including, without limitation, claims, costs, injuries, losses and damages related to personal injuries, death, damage to, loss or destruction of property, or any claims, costs, injuries, losses, or damages related to or based on the entrant's rights of publicity or privacy, or the entrant's claim that he or she has somehow been defamed or portrayed in a false light); (iii) any injury or damage to any person's computer related to, or resulting from, participating in this sweepstakes or contest, downloading material from the Website or using the Web site; and, (iv) ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR ACCESS TO, OR USE OF, THE WEBSITE melslife.COM OR THE DOWNLOADING FROM, OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM, SUCH SITE.

WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THIS SITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES; THEREFORE, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. CHECK YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS.

Internet Provisions

Entries are limited to those individuals who had Internet access as of the starting date of this sweepstakes or contest. melslife.com is not responsible and in any way liable for entrants who do not have computers, Internet access or who claim to suffer some other form of obstruction from entering this sweepstakes or contest. Entrants who do NOT have Internet access may visit any one of the many free service providers, gain access to the Web, and enter the sweepstakes. melslife.com reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who is found to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the contest or the hosting Web Site; to be acting in violation of these Official Rules; or to be acting in an un-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with the intent to disrupt or undermine the legitimate operation of the sweepstakes or contest, or to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of the entrant, any online entry will be deemed submitted by the holder of the e-mail account from which it was sent. Melslife.com reserves the right to modify, suspend, or terminate the sweepstakes or contest if it determines, in its sole discretion, that the sweepstakes or contest is technically impaired or corrupted or that fraud or technical problems, failures or malfunctions have destroyed or severely undermined the integrity and/or feasibility of the sweepstakes or contest.

Governing Law(s) and Jurisdiction

ALL ISSUES AND QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY, INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEABILITY OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES OR THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF ENTRANTS OR SPONSOR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SWEEPSTAKES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CHOICE OF LAW OF CONFLICT OF LAW RULES OR PROVISIONS THAT WOULD CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF ANY OTHER STATE'S LAWS. THE INVALIDITY OR UNENFORCEABILITY OF ANY PROVISION OF THESE RULES SHALL NOT AFFECT THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF ANY OTHER PROVISION. IN THE EVENT THAT ANY PROVISION IS DETERMINED TO BE INVALID OR OTHERWISE UNENFORCEABLE OR ILLEGAL, THESE RULES SHALL OTHERWISE REMAIN IN EFFECT AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR TERMS AS IF THE INVALID OR ILLEGAL PROVISION WERE NOT CONTAINED HEREIN. EACH PERSON WHO PARTICIPATES IN THE SWEEPSTAKES IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN WASHINGTON, DC SHALL HAVE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OVER ANY SUIT OR OTHER PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR BASED UPON THIS AGREEMENT, AND EACH HEREBY WAIVES ANY CLAIM THAT IT IS NOT SUBJECT PERSONALLY TO THE JURISDICTION OF SAID COURTS OR THAT ANY SUCH SUIT OR OTHER PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM OR IMPROPER VENUE.

General Provisions

Hold Harmless: By accepting a prize, the winner agrees to release and hold harmless melslife.com and their officers, members, employees, representatives and agents from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind to any person arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from accepting, using or misusing a prize, participating in any sweepstakes or contest related activity or participating in this sweepstakes or contest.

Disqualification: melslife.com reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual that it believes: (i) is tampering with the entry process, the operation of the Web site or the operation of the sweepstakes; (ii) to be in violation of the User Agreement of the Web site; (iii) to be in violation of the Official Rules; or (iv) to be acting in any disruptive manner. Melslife.com will prosecute any fraudulent activities.

Entry Disputes: In the event of a dispute regarding entries submitted by multiple users with the same e-mail account, the authorized subscriber of the e-mail account used to enter the sweepstakes or contest at the actual time of entry will be deemed to be the participant. Such subscriber must comply with these rules. The authorized account subscriber is the natural person who is assigned an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses or the domain associated with the e-mail address.

Legal Rules and Odds of Winning

1. melslife.com reserves the right to change any of the rules, guidelines or prizes of this sweepstakes or contest at any time and for any reason.

2. Odds of winning will be determined by the number of entries received.

3. If, for any reason, the sweepstakes is not capable of running as planned due to computer virus, worms, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes which, in the sole opinion of melslife.com, could corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this sweepstakes or contest, melslife.com reserves the right to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the sweepstakes or contest.

4. melslife.com is in no way liable for damage, loss or injury resulting from computer malfunctions, misdirected or incomplete entries or acceptance and use of the prize. Winners assume liability for injuries or disputes caused or claimed to be caused by participation in this sweepstakes or contest, or the use or misuse of any prizes.

Winner Selection and Notification:

The user that posts the most relevant to subject matter “user” content in the following melslife content module’s – WriteYourThoughts, Reviews, blogs, Question of the Day, Videos, Recipes, Video comments, Food Photo comments, blog comments, and Review comments will win two (2) free roundtrip coach-class tickets anywhere in the world American Airlines flies.  Ticket availability is subject to American Airline’s AAvantage Rules and Regulations for MilesAAver Award Ticket Travel.  All airline fees paid for by winner.Your Log-in user name will be used to track all submissions.  In addition, there will be an independent three (3) member panel to review all the “user” submissions in the event there is a tie in the amount of content submitted.  In the event there is a tie, this panel will make its determination based on the relevancy and quality of the user submissions.  Content that is deemed to be the same or similar in nature that is posted in more than one content module will be considered one (1) submission.  Multiple submissions of the same or similar content will count as only one (1) submission.  The winner will be selected on or before February 15, 2009. The decision will be final and binding in all matters relating to this Sweepstakes. Winner will be notified by phone or email on/ about the February 15, 2009.