The Contest is not open to any Entrant who:

1. has been convicted of a felony, has an outstanding arrest warrant against him/her, or currently has felony charges pending against him or her.
2. has ever had a restraining order issued against him/her which Sponsor determines, in its sole discretion, involves conduct of moral turpitude.
3. is unavailable to suspend his/her daily routine to attend or reasonably participate in the following as a result of winning: (a) Media training and Promotional activities, (including being filmed and conducting media interviews as scheduled by the Contest Entities); and (b) Travel across the country(exact dates to be determined by Sponsor and are subject to change).
4. has a suspended drivers license for any reason during the “Promotional Period”. All entrants must also provide proof of insurance

By participating, Entrants agree to these Official Rules and to the decisions of the Judges, whose decisions are final and binding in all respects.  All applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. AS A CONDITION OF ENTRY, ALL ENTRANTS MUST REVIEW AND ACCEPT THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND THE SITE TERMS AND CONDITIONS PRIOR TO SUBMITTING AN ENTRY.  Entrants agree to complete a background questionnaire and to undergo a background investigation and sign all necessary releases, consents and authorizations in connection therewith and to sign any additional documentation Sponsor may require in connection with the Contest and/or to effectuate the rights granted in the Grant of Rights/Release.

2. HOW TO ENTER:  The Promotion consists of a Contest and Instant Win component.

A) THE CONTEST: No purchase necessary to participate. LIMIT: Limit one Promotion entry per person or email address per Grillin Bean flavor, with a maximum of 4 video submissions per length of Phase I. Potential winners who are discovered during prize verification to have entered or attempted to enter more than once may be disqualified at the sole discretion of the judges.  A total of four (4) videos including recipes; (one video for each bean flavor) may be submitted by each entrant.  Subsequent entries may result in disqualification of all submissions.

The five (5) phases to this promotion are as follows:

1.) Phase 1: Call for Entry:  The Promotion Entry Phase begins at 12:00:00 PM EST on Monday, March 24, 2008 and ends at 12:00:00 PM EST on Friday, June 6, 2008. (“Promotion Entry Period”).

To submit an entry into the Promotion, go to the following Web site address: http://www.perfectpaircontest.com. Entrants will be asked to complete a registration form and must enter their true and correct information in all required fields.  In addition users will be asked to enter their recipe in a text box that appears on the registration form.  Once all required fields are entered, click the “Continue” button to complete the registration process. Once registered, entrants will have the ability to submit a video file to be entered into the Contest. (See “Entry Details” below).

i. Entry Details: Once registered, entrants can submit an entry into the Contest by creating and uploading their own video and recipe file on the video upload page of the http://www.perfectpaircontest.com site.  VIDEO FORMAT MUST BE IN .MOV OR .WMV format. VIDEO MUST BE AT LEAST 30 SECONDS IN LENGTH, AND MUST NOT EXCEED 2 MINUTES IN LENGTH AND the file size may be no larger than 30 MEGABYTES IN SIZE. RECIPE MUST NOT EXCEED 500 WORDS.

Should you experience any difficulties with any aspect of the Promotion, please send an email to bushbeans@promosupport.com and your request will be answered within 48 hours of receipt.

All Entry Materials must be submitted in English.

Once you submit your entry, you will be officially entered into the Contest. Promotion entries cannot be revised or altered once submitted. Once submitted, all entries become the sole property of Bush Brothers & Company Promotion Entities and will not be returned. Sponsor reserves the right to reject any entry material and/or disqualify any entrant if Sponsor believes in its sole discretion that the entry material is not in compliance with these Official Rules and/or may infringe upon the rights of any third party. Any such decisions by Sponsor and its promotion entities shall be final and binding. Entrants specifically agree to release, discharge and hold harmless Bush Brothers & Company and all other Promotion Entities from and against any claims or liabilities relating thereto.

ii.Grant of Rights:
In consideration of being entered into the Contest, and for other good and
valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which Entrant acknowledges, each Entrant agrees to the following grant of rights:

Upon submission, all Entry Material becomes the sole property of Contest Entities and may be used in any manner, in any media now known or hereafter devised, worldwide in perpetuity.  By entering the Contest, each Entrant hereby grants to Contest Entities, and their respective licensees, sublicensees, successors, and assigns (collectively, the “Rights Holders”), the exclusive, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, transferable, sublicenseable right and license to use, perform, exhibit, reproduce, distribute, adapt, synchronize and/or otherwise exploit the entry materials and all components thereof in any manner and in any media now known or hereafter devised (the “License”).  The rights granted pursuant to the License shall include, without limitation, the exclusive right throughout the universe, in connection with the Contest and otherwise, to: (1) stream the video submission online, (2) make derivative works of the video, and (3) review, judge, critique, distribute and otherwise use and exploit the video, in whole or in part.

Each Entrant waives any so-called “moral rights” in connection with the entry material and shall not have any rights of approval as to any rights exercised by the Rights Holders.  Each Entrant agrees that Entrant shall not be entitled to any compensation for any exercise of such rights beyond the consideration explicitly set forth herein.  Each Entrant further agrees that Contest Entities may edit, alter or modify the entry material in any manner and for any reason.

Each Entrant hereby grants Contest Entities the right to use and to license others the right to use Entrant’s name, picture, likeness, voice, performance, trademarks, copyrights and biographical information in connection with the Contest and for programming, advertising and promotional purposes and all other purposes, whether related to the Contest or the Program or otherwise, unless prohibited by law, in perpetuity, in all media and formats, whether now known or later devised, and further agrees, through and until December 31, 2008 not to grant such rights in connection with the advertising or promotion of any product or service competitive to or incompatible with those of Sponsor.

iii.WARRANTY: Entrant represents and warrants that (i) entrant’s submission was created by entrant, (ii) the submission is original to entrant and does not infringe upon or otherwise violate any right of any third party.  (iii) Entrant has all rights necessary to upload their submission, including all necessary authorizations and permissions from any persons included in the submission, (iv) Submissions will not include unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic or other material that would violate the law; advertising for third party products or services.

All submissions may be posted on the publicly accessible Promotion Web Site during and following the Promotion. The Promotion Entities are not responsible for late, lost, illegible, incomplete, stolen, garbled or misdirected entries, all of which are void..

2.) Phase 2: The Preliminary Promotion Judging: The Preliminary Promotion Judging Phase begins on Friday June 6, 2008 at 12:00:00 PM EST and ends on Thursday June 12, 2008 at 12:00:00 PM EST.

Entries that meet the eligibility criteria will be judged 30% on Overall presentation, 30% on Creativity, 40% on the integration of use of the Grillin' Beans product, (the “Judging Criteria”). .

The judges will select a total of twelve (12) semi-finalists on Thursday June 12, 2008 whose submissions have been graded with the highest cumulative scores.  Finalists will advance to Phase 3 of the Promotion: Public Voting, where their submissions will be posted on the Promotion Web Site where the public can cast their vote for their favorite submission.

3.) Phase 3: Public Voting: The Public Voting Phase begins at 12:00:00 PM EST on Friday June 13, 2008 and ends at 12:00:00 PM EST on Monday July 14, 2008. LIMIT: Limit one (1) vote per person or email address per day for the length of Phase 3 of the promotion.

To submit a vote for your favorite entry among the twelve (12) semi-finalists submissions, go to the following Web Site address: http://www.perfectpaircontest.com and click on the ”Register to& Vote” link. Participants will be required to complete a short registration form with their true and correct information to access the voting gallery. Users who have previously registered may access the voting gallery by using the login feature.  Login users will be required to enter their fist name, last name and email address.  Once registered participants will proceed to the Promotion voting page and will be able to submit one (1) vote per day for the duration of phase 3.

The four semi-finalists who receive the highest total number of votes will be selected as potential winners and will attend the Bush Brothers & Company Cook-Off event. The Cook-Off event will be filmed and Bush will have rights to use the footage in any online and on-air promotional materials Potential Winners are subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with the Official Rules.

In the event of a tie, the Submission which the Judges deem strongest in "integration of the use of the Grillin' Bean product" will be declared the potential winner by the Judges in their sole discretion.  The decisions of the Judges are final.

B) THE INSTANT WIN GAME: No purchase necessary to participate. LIMIT: Limit one (1) vote per person or email address per day for the length of Phase 3 of the Promotion. The instant win component will take place during Phase 3 of the contest. Voters will automatically be entered into the instant win game component of the promotion after submitting their vote for one (1) of twelve (12) Grillin' Bean flavor semi-finalists.

C) VIEW SEMI-FINALISTS: Registered users may view the semi-finalists on Tuesday July 15, 2008 at 12:00:00 PM EST through Friday August 15, 2008 at 12:00:00 PM EST.

All voting capabilities will be turned off and all registrants will be able to view the 12 Semi-Finalists at http://www.perfectpaircontest.com.

The Semi-Finalists are those whose submissions have been graded with the highest cumulative scores based on the judging criteria in Rules#2.

4.) Phase 4: View Final Four: The Final four will be showcased from 12:00:00 PM EST Friday August 15, 2008 through 12:00:00 PM EST Friday August 29, 2008. 

During Phase 4, voting capabilities will be turned off and all registrants will be able to view the Final Four (4) at http://www.perfectpaircontest.com. The Final Four are those whose submissions have been graded with the highest total number of votes, based on the public vote in Phase 3.

5.) Phase 5: Grand Prize Announcement: The Grand Prize winner will be announced at 12:00:00 PM EST Friday August 29, 2008, and will be showcased on the http://www.perfectpaircontest.com site through 12:00:00 PM EST Monday September 1, 2008.

During Phase 5, the public will be able to view the Grand Prize winner’s recipe and original video.

D) PROMOTION PRIZES: There will be a total of 400 Instant Win prizes awarded (upon verification of eligibility and compliance with the Official Rules). The total Instant Win prize ARV is $7,660.00. The total Contest prize amount is ARV $14,472.16. The Quantity, Prize Description and Approximate Retail Value (ARV) of each specific prize are as follows:

Instant Winners

There will be 400 instant win prizes awarded during Phase 3 of the promotion. Odds of winning Instant-Win prizes depend on the number of eligible entries received and the day and time of game play.

• (70) Mini Grills (ARV $38/ea)
• (200) $10 Omaha Steaks Gift Cards (ARV $10/ea)
• (125) $20 Omaha Steaks Gift Cards (ARV $20/ea)
• (5) $100 Omaha Steaks Gift Cards (ARV $100/ea)

Semi- Finalists
The twelve (12) Semi-Finalists whose submissions have been graded with the highest cumulative score will win the following prize packages:

• (12) (1) $100 gift cards to Omaha Steaks (ARV $100/ea)
• (12) (1) Case/12 Coupons of Grillin Beans (ARV $22.68/ea case)

Final Four
The Final Four (4) who receive the highest total number of votes will be selected as the Promotion winners to attend a Bush Brothers & Company  Cook-Off  to compete for the Grand Prize and win the following prize packages:

(4) Bush Brothers & Company Cook Off Trip: A trip for each of the four final four to a location to be determined by the Sponsor to participate against the other finalists in the Bush Brothers & Company cook off for the Grand Prize. Prize pacakge includes round-trip coach air transportation from the major airport nearest winner’s home to a location to be determined by the Sponsor, hotel accommodations (1 standard room/single occupancy) for 3 days/ 2 nights and roundtrip ground transportation between the hotel and venue, a $200 gift card to Omaha Steaks and twelve (12) coupons for free Grillin Beans (ARV $22.68). Total Approximate Retail Value (ARV) of each trip prize package is $2,000 (depending on winner’s point of departure).  The difference between the ARV and actual value of the prize will not be awarded.

E) Bush Brothers & Company Cook Off Judging Criteria

The Bush Brothers & Company Cook Off will judge the confirmed and verified Final four (4) entrants based on the following criteria: 20% on Overall presentation, 20% on Originality, 20% on Taste, 40% on the integration of use of the Grillin’ Beans product. The chicken, steak or chop recipe in its entirety will be considered for judging including how well the recipe tastes when paired with the accompanying Grillin’ Beans flavor. Finalists will be required to certify, on information or belief, that their recipes are their original creation and have not been published.  Finalists will be supplied with enough ingredients to make their recipes. Final judging will be conducted by a panel of food experts. The entrant selected as the Grand Prize winner will agree specifically to release, discharge and hold harmless Bush Brothers & Company and its Promotion Entities from and against any claims or liabilities relating thereto.

Grand Prize

The Grand Prize winner of the Bush Brothers & Company Cook-Off will be awarded a $5,000 check in USD cash for a backyard makeover. Bush Brothers & Company will have the sole right to the Cook-Off video and may use it in other promotional materials.

3.) PRIZE AWARDING: Limit: One (1) prize per household for the Promotion.  Prizes will only be awarded upon potential winners’ verification and final approval by Promotion Entities. No substitution, transfer of any prize or cash alternative permitted, except by the Promotion Entities who reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to substitute a prize of equal or greater value, if any prize, or any portion of any prize, becomes unavailable. The Cook Off is subject to availability of The Bush Brothers & Company’s schedule.  If the The Bush Brothers & Company is unavailable for the dates needed for the Cook Off, no substitution or compensation will be awarded. Potential winning Promotion entrants will receive notification that he/she has won via electronic mail and will have three (3) days from receipt of winning notification to confirm that the notification has been received and to confirm their attendance to the Bush Brothers & Company Cook Off. After confirming notification, selected potential winners must successfully complete all paperwork including a background questionnaire and will be subject to a background investigation. In addition, potential winners will need to complete an Affidavit of Eligibility/Compliance & Publicity/Liability Release form (“Affidavit and Release”), W9 Tax Form, and any other additional agreements or documents that may be required by Sponsor and/or any Contest Entity. These forms must be completed, signed, and returned by the potential winners to the Sponsor or its designee within three (3) days of date of receipt of documents. Instant winners will be sent their prize(s) within 6 to 12 weeks of prize redemption and/or final verification. If the potential winning entrant of any Promotion Prize cannot be contacted; is ineligible; fails to claim the prize; if the Prize Notification is returned undeliverable; or if the potential winner otherwise fails to fully comply with these Official Rules, he/she will forfeit that prize and the prize will be awarded to an alternate with the next highest cumulative score in the Grillin Bean flavor category in which the prize was forfeited. Sponsor and its authorized agents and their affiliates are not responsible for lost or misdirected prize notification to potential winners. Each winner grants Sponsor the right to use and publish winner's proper name and State of residence and to use winner's name and likeness solely for advertising and promotional and commercial purposes for this Promotion, without notice or further compensation, except where prohibited by law. By entering the Promotion, you agree to all of the terms and conditions of Bush Brothers & Company Privacy Policy, which is available at http://bushbeans.com/privacy.php. All information collected will be treated in a manner consistent with Sponsor’s privacy policy. In the event of dispute, an entry will be deemed to have been made by the authorized holder of the e-mail account at the time the entry was made. All decisions of the judges shall be binding and final.

4.) Conditions:  Sponsor, its affiliates and its agencies are not in any way liable for damage, loss or injury resulting from awarding or use of any prize. Winner assumes all liability for injuries caused or claimed to be caused by participation in this Promotion. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to cancel or suspend this Promotion should virus, bug or other causes beyond Sponsors control corrupt the administration, security or proper play of the Promotion. Sponsor is not responsible for computer system, phone line, hardware, software or program malfunctions, or other errors, failures or delays in computer transmission or network connections that are human or technical in nature. E-mail entrants must have a valid e-mail address if entering on-line. Sponsor is not responsible for incorrect or inaccurate entry information whether caused by Internet users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with it utilized in the Promotion by any technical or human error, which may occur in the processing of the entries in the Promotion. By accepting a prize, winner grants the Sponsor permission for the use of his/her name, likeness and biographical information for advertising and promotional purposes without notice or additional compensation, except where prohibited by law. All entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned. If any person attempts to deliberately damage any Web site or engages in the violation of a criminal or civil law, the Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law, as well as disqualifying such person from participation in the Promotion. Please see our Privacy Statement for details on our policy regarding information obtained in connection with this Promotion at http://bushbeans.com/privacy.php. Any attempted form of entry other than as set forth herein is void; use of robotic, programmed, automated, or similar entry methods is prohibited.

5.) PROOF OF AUTHORIZATION: Promotion entries will be deemed made by the authorized account holder of the email address submitted at time of entry. The authorized account holder is defined as the natural person who is assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization that is responsible for assigning email addresses or the domain associated with the submitted email address. A potential winner must provide the Promotion Entities with satisfactory proof that he/she is the authorized account holder of the email address associated with the potentially winning entry.  Entries or votes 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.  Information collected from entrant is used only for the purpose of the Promotion, and will not be re-used, sold or shared in any manner by Promotion Entities or any third parties unless entrant has elected to receive additional information and promotional material from Sponsors or a third party. 

6.) DISQUALIFICATION: Releasees are not responsible for lost, interrupted or unavailable network server or other connections, miscommunications, failed telephone or computer or telephone transmissions or technical failure, jumbled, scrambled or misdirected transmissions, for incorrect or inaccurate entry information howsoever caused or other error of any kind whether human, mechanical or electronic. Entrants found tampering with or abusing any aspect of this Promotion, as solely determined by the judges, will be disqualified. If disqualified for any of the above abuses, Sponsor reserves the right to terminate entrant's eligibility to participate in the Promotion. In the event this Promotion is compromised by virus, bugs, unauthorized intervention or other causes beyond the control of Sponsor which, in the sole opinion of Sponsor, corrupt, or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play of the Promotion, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to suspend or terminate the Promotion. Sponsor holds the right to terminate any or all of the aforementioned prizes listed in Rule #7 under Promotion Prizes in the event that the Promotion is terminated or suspended.

7.) TAX INFORMATION:All federal, state, local, and other taxes on prizes are the sole responsibility of the applicable winner.

8.) GENERAL INFORMATION:This Promotion is conducted in English (which will be given its everyday ordinary meaning), and any and all disputes will be resolved in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania without regard for conflict of laws principles.

9.) WINNERS LIST: To receive a list of winners, send a self-addressed stamped #10 envelope (“SASE”) for receipt by October 5th 2008 to: Bush’s Grillin’ Beans Perfect Pair Recipe Contest and Instant Win Game Winners List Request, c/o RealTime Media, 1060 First Ave, Ste 201, King of Prussia, PA 19406. Residents of the State of Vermont may omit return postage.
Sponsored by:
Bush Brothers & Company
1016 East Weisgarber Road
Knoxville, TN 37909-2678

Administrated by:
Empower Media Marketing
c/o
RealTime Media, Inc.
1060 First Avenue
Suite 201
King of Prussia, PA 19406

If you believe that content available by means of Bush’s Grillin’ Beans Perfect Pair Recipe Contest and Instant Win Game website infringes one or more of your copyrights, please immediately notify RealTime Media’s Copyright Agent by means of a mailed or faxed notice ("Infringement Notice") providing the information described below to the address or fax number listed below. If Bush Brothers & Company takes action in response to an Infringement Notice, it will make a good faith attempt to contact the party that made such content available by means of the most recent email address, if any, provided by such party to Bush Brothers & Company. Please be advised that you may be held liable for damages based on certain material misrepresentations contained in an Infringement notice. Thus, if you are not sure content located on or linked-to by the Website infringes your copyright, you should consider first contacting an attorney.

All Infringement Notices should include the following:

A signature, electronic or physical, of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on their behalf;

An identification of the copyright claimed to have been infringed;

A description of the nature and location of the content that you claim to infringe your copyright, in sufficient detail to permit Bush Brothers & Company to find and positively identify that content;

Your name, address, telephone number and email address; and

A statement by you: (i) that you believe in good faith that the use of the content that you claim to infringe your copyright is not authorized by law, or by the copyright owner or such owner's agent; and, (ii) under penalty of perjury, that all of the information contained in your Infringement Notice is accurate, and that you are either the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on their behalf.

Infringement Notices should be sent to the following:

By mail:

RealTime Media
Attn: DMCA Complaints
1060 First Avenue
Suite 201
King of Prussia, PA 19406

By fax:

610.337.2300