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CREDO MOBILE'S TEN MINUTE ACTIVIST NATION CRUISE SWEEPSTAKES

OFFICIAL RULES

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE CHANCES OF WINNING

1. ELIGIBILITY:

The CREDO Mobile's Ten Minute Activist Nation Cruise Sweepstakes ("Sweepstakes" or "Promotion") is open and offered only to individuals who are legal residents of the 50 United States or District of Columbia who are at least 21 years of age at the time of participation. Employees, officers and directors of The Nation L.P.("Sponsor"), CREDO Mobile, Inc. ("CMI"), their respective parent, affiliate and subsidiary companies, advertising and promotion agencies, Web masters and Web suppliers and persons engaged in the development of Promotion materials, and members of the immediate family (parents, siblings, children and spouse, wherever they reside) or household members (whether or not related) of such employees, officers, and directors are not eligible. By participating, you agree to these Official Rules and all decisions of Sponsor, which are final and binding in all respects. Void where prohibited.

2. PROMOTION PERIOD:

Promotion begins at 12:00:01 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET") on April 12, 2008 and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. (ET) August 14, 2008 ("Promotion Period"). A month begins at 12:00:01 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET") on the 15th day of any month and ends on the 14th day at 11:59:59 p.m. ET of the following month, except the first month which begins on April 12, 2008. The Sponsor's Promotion computer is the official time keeping device for the Promotion.

3. TO PARTICIPATE:

Participation at the Web site: During the Promotion Period visit http://www.thenation.com/credo ("Web site"). Click the icon, banner, or text link to be taken to the Promotion registration page and complete the following registration fields: First Name, Last Name, E-mail Address, and Zip Code. In the designated field, share your idea--of 100 words or less--on how to Take Back The Planet. This essay can include, but is not limited to, sustainable living, progressive activism, supporting independent media, local, local activism, human rights, etc. and the best ideas (as gauged by the site's editor) may be posted at http://www.thenation.com/credo When you have completed the entry fields and check the box confirming that you have read, understand, and agree to the Promotion Official Rules, click the "submit" button, and you will receive one entry. Any submission, regardless of whether it is published on the site, will be eligible for the Sweepstakes.

Once an Essay is submitted it cannot be changed, altered or modified, becomes the sole property of Sponsor and will not be returned. Correspondence and inquiries concerning the Promotion will not be accepted or acknowledged. Any Essay, which in the sole opinion of Sponsor or its designee, is deemed to be inappropriate for publication will be disqualified. Each Essay (a) must be the original and sole creation of the submitting participant, and all right, title and interest including but not limited to the copyright in any Essay, must be owned solely by the submitting participant, (b) may not have been submitted in any other competition, (c) may not have been published, (d) may not infringe upon any third party's rights, including but not limited to copyright, patent or trademarks, trade names or logos, or rights of privacy or publicity, or contain material that is or may be considered defamatory, slanderous or libelous, or portray or depict any person or entity in a false light, (e) may not violate any law, rule or regulation, (f) may not contain any virus, bugs, or other deleterious material, and (g) may not, for example but not limited to, contain profanity, defamatory statements, words or symbols widely considered offensive to individuals of certain race, ethnicity, religious, sexual orientation or socioeconomic groups, threats to any person, place, business, group or world peace; and each participant warrants and represents his/her Essay complies with all of those conditions. Any non-complying Essay will be subject to disqualification. Essays cannot contain, among other things, the trademark, trade name or logo of any third party or entity or product, cannot name, depict or describe any person (living, dead, or fictional) other than the participant, and cannot contain any material that is protected by copyright. By entering, each participant grants permission for the use of his or her Essay, and name, to be posted on the Internet (on the Web Site and any other web site) in connection with the Promotion, and the advertising, promotion, and publicity of the Promotion, and otherwise, as stated in these Official Rules located at http://www.thenation.com/credo/rules (as solely determined by Sponsor.)

Publication of Essays: The editor of the Web site may post any Essay submitted on the Web site, the reason for the posting, the length of time an Essay will remain posted, or if once posted then reposted, shall be as solely determined by the Web site editor. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, however, there is no obligation of the Sponsor or any other person or entity to post or make any use of any Essay.

Entry by Mail Without An Essay: Neatly handprint your name, complete address with zip code, daytime phone number, and email address (if available) on a 3-inch by 5-inch card or piece of paper and mail it in a first class stamped hand printed envelope to: Web Promotion, The Nation, 33 Irving Place, New York, NY 10003. The outer envelope must also have your return address in the upper left front corner.

Limits and Deadlines: There is a limit of 5 entries, whether by Essay or by mail, per person, address, email address or a combination thereof, per month. While a participant may submit more than one Essay in any month, multiple Essays by any participant in any month must be unique and different, as solely determined by Sponsor; and any non-unique and different entries will be disqualified. Any attempt by any participant to obtain more than the stated number of entries by using multiple or different e-mail addresses, addresses or identities or any other methods will void all of that participant's entries and that participant will be disqualified. Mail-in entries for any month must be postmarked by the first business day after the final day of the month and received not later than 5 business days thereafter. Web site entries for any month must be received and recorded by the Sponsor's Promotion computer by 11:59:59 p.m. (ET) on the last day of the month.

4. DRAWINGS:

To select the potential winner for any month, on or about the eighth business day after the last business day of any month a random drawing will be conducted under the supervision of the Sponsor from all eligible entries received for that month. On or about September 8, 2008 a random drawing will be conducted under the supervision of the Sponsor from all eligible entries received to select the potential Grand Prize winner.

Entries for any month will not be carried forward into any subsequent month's drawings, but all eligible entries will participate in the Grand Prize drawing. There is a limit of one monthly prize per person, address, or email address for the entire Promotion. Potential winners will be notified, by email, regular mail, or in such other manner as determined by Sponsor on or about five business days after the drawing.

5. PRIZES and ODDS:

1 Grand Prize: a trip for winner and one (1) guest on The Nation magazine's Caribbean 7-day cruise aboard the Holland America Cruise Lines MS Westerdam. Trip consists of round-trip coach air transportation from a major commercial airport near winner's U.S. home (as determined by Sponsor) for winner and guest to port of embarkation, Outside Cabin (subject to availability) double occupancy (specific cabin/deck to be solely determined by Sponsor), regularly scheduled on-board ship meals and activities, The Nation L.P.'s sponsored seminars and activities, and transportation to and from airport and port. Approximate Retail Value $4,500. Actual value will depend on final itinerary, and any difference between stated and actual value will not be awarded. Winner must be able to travel on cruise dates departing December 14, 2008 and returning December 21, 2008. Travel, accommodations and transportation are subject to cruise itinerary, availability, change, restrictions and are at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. Black-out dates may apply. All supplemental gratuities, alcoholic beverages, off-ship excursions or activities and some on-board activities and special venue meals, travel expenses, transfers, taxes, and all other expenses not specified are the sole responsibility of the winner. Winner and guest must travel on the same itinerary, and must comply with all security requirements. It is the winner and guest's sole responsibility to secure any required international travel documents, for example, a valid passport. Sponsor is not liable for delays, cancellations, or unforeseen events related to the Prize.

Monthly Prizes (1 per month): A hybrid solar charger that you can plug into the sun for a greener charge. This charger comes with built-in solar panels and adapters that allows you to charge from a socket as well. Approximate Retail Value: $99.99 Includes adapters for most LG, Nokia, Motorola, Samsung and Siemens mobile phones models, including popular CREDO Mobile phones.

Restrictions For All Prizes: No substitution, cash redemption or transfer of prize is permitted, but Sponsor reserves the right to substitute the prize, or portion of the prize, with a prize (or portion) of equal or greater value, if the advertised prize or portion thereof becomes unavailable for any reason. Expenses not stated are the sole responsibility of winners. If prize winner cannot accept prize as stated, the prize will be forfeited in its entirety and awarded to an alternate winner. Taxes, if any, are the sole responsibility of the prize winner.

Odds: The odds of winning for any month depend on the number of eligible entries received for the month. The odds of winning the Grand Prize depend on the total number of eligible entries received.

6. GENERAL CONDITIONS:

Participants agree (a) that Sponsor, CMI, their respective parents, subsidiaries and affiliate companies, advertising and promotion agencies, and all of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents (individually and collectively "Releasees") are released, will have no liability whatsoever for, and shall be held harmless by participants against any liability for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind (whether due to negligence or otherwise) to person(s), including death, or property or the breach or failure of any representation or warranty, or obligation, or the violation of intellectual property or personal rights (such as but not limited to, copyright, patent, trade name, trademark, and or rights of privacy or publicity, slander, libel, or portrayal in a false light) resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of the prize or participation in this Sweepstakes or any Sweepstakes related or travel related activities, and, (b) each winner grants 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, and Essay (and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Official Rules, grants to Sponsor a perpetual, non-exclusive license to the use of the Essay which may be edited, modified, altered, changed, used alone, together or with other works, acts or content and or used in composite form, with or without comment or commentary, all as solely determined by Sponsor) at any time or times, in perpetuity, for advertising, trade, publicity and promotional purposes without additional compensation (except where legally prohibited), in all media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide and on the Internet and World Wide Web, without notice, review or approval. Potential prize winners may 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 date on notification. If documents are not returned timely, or if the prize notification or prize is returned as non-deliverable, or if the potential winner is found to be ineligible or otherwise not in compliance with these Official Rules, prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner selected. Grand Prize winner's travel companion must complete, sign and return a Liability Release, and where lawful, a Publicity Release, prior to issuance of travel documents. A minor may only be a travel companion if the minor is the child or legal ward of an adult traveler. When the travel companion is determined, that travel companion cannot be changed for any reason without the approval of Sponsor, which may be withheld for any reason whatsoever.

Each Essay will be deemed a Work Made For Hire under the Copyright laws of the United States, but if it cannot be so deemed, then each winner irrevocably sells, assigns and transfers to Sponsor, all of the winner's right, title and interest in and to his or her Essay, including but not limited to all copyright and trademark rights, which the winner may have, in the United States and worldwide, therein, for consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged. Upon request of Sponsor, each winner shall execute and deliver such additional instrument of sale, transfer and assignment as may be solely deemed by Sponsor, reasonably necessary to establish the ownership of record of the right, title and interest in and to the subject Essay and of the copyrights, and trademarks transferred. Should Sponsor fail to request the said additional instrument of sale, transfer and assignment, as stated, that shall not be deemed a waiver of Sponsor's rights and Sponsor may at a later time request that instrument, and the stated winner agrees to honor and comply with such request.

7. LIABILITY LIMITATIONS:

Releasees are not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, incomplete, illegible or non-delivered, or postage-due entries, mail or e-mail; or for interrupted or unavailable satellite, network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), Web site, telephone or other connections availability or accessibility, or miscommunications, or failed computer, satellite, telephone or cable transmissions, or lines, or technical or programming error or 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 registration, entry, Essay or other information or the failure to capture, or loss of, any such or similar information. Persons who tamper with or abuse any aspect of this Promotion, as solely determined by the Sponsor, will be disqualified. Any use of robotic, automatic, macro, programmed, third party or like entry methods will void all such entries by such methods, and disqualify any entrant using such methods. Releasees are not responsible for injury or damage to participants' or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating in this Promotion or downloading materials from or use of the Web site. Should any portion of the Promotion be, in Sponsor's sole opinion, compromised by virus, worms, bugs, non-authorized human intervention, technical failures or any 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 Promotion, and select the winners from entries received prior to action taken or as otherwise deemed fair and appropriate by Sponsor. Releasees are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by Web site users, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Promotion, and assume no responsibility for any error, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation, or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction, or unauthorized access to or use to this Web site. In case of dispute, the authorized subscriber of the e-mail account used to enter the Promotion 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 e-mail address by an Internet Access Provider, online service provider, or other organization which is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses.

IN NO EVENT WILL RELEASEES 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 WEB SITE OR DOWNLOADING FROM AND OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM SAID WEB SITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THIS WEB SITE 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.

8. PRIVACY POLICY:

Information submitted with an entry is subject to the Privacy Policy stated on the Web site wwwthenation.com/credo/privacy. To read the Privacy Policy access the Web site and click on the Privacy Policy link.

9. DISPUTE RESOLUTION/CHOICE OF LAW:

Except where prohibited, entrants agree that: (1) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Promotion, or any prize awarded, or the determination of the winner, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively in federal or state courts located in New York City and (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs directly associated with entering this Promotion but in no event attorneys' fees; and (3) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrant and or Releasees in connection with the Promotion, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard for the conflicts of law doctrine of that State or any other jurisdiction.

10. WINNERS LIST:

For the names of the winners, print your name and complete address on a self-addressed first class stamped envelope and mail in a first class-stamped envelope to: Web Promotion, The Nation L.P. 33 Irving Place, New York, NY 10003

11. SPONSOR: The Nation L.P., 33 Irving Place, New York, New York 10003

Shorter version:

The CREDO Mobile's Ten Minute Activist Nation Cruise Sweepstakes

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE CHANCES OF WINNING. Must be legal resident of 50 US or DC, at least 21. Access http://www.thenation.com/credo and follow directions to register and complete essay. To enter without essay by mail see Official Rules at Web site. Begins 12:00:01 a.m. ET April 12, 2008, ends 11:59:59 p.m. ET August 14, 2008. 1 Grand Prize: trip for winner and guest on Caribbean 7-day cruise ARV $4,500. 1 Prize Per Month: a hybrid solar charger ARV $99.99. Odds per month depend on number of eligible entries received that month; odds for grand prize depend on total eligible entries received. Taxes are winners responsibility. Subject to Official Rules and details at Web site. Void where prohibited. Sponsor: The Nation L.P., NY, NY 10003

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