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This keeps the inside surfaces of the lung's tiny air sacs — and of the lung itself - from sticking to each other when air is exhaled. SOURCE Asoocuited Pr«ss band: $ (undisclosed amount) make-up & wardrobe: $7000 soy cappuccinos: camera crew: $ 1200 a day you are here: priceless hoobastank THE REASON Go to mastercard.com to apply for an internship making a music video for the band Hoobastank. there are some things money can’t buy. for everything else there’s MasterCard.' MasterCard* Priceless Experience'” ‘04 Music Internship Contest Official Rules. No Purchase Necessary to Enter or Win. Eligibility: Open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbi,. •; are 18 to 25 years ot age and are enrolled as full or part time undergraduate students in a U S Department of Education accredited 2-year or 4-year college/university as of 2/8/04 and at the time of winner selection and notification Employees ot MasterCard International Incorporated (“Sponsor' ). MasterCard member tinancial institutions. Enigma Media. Inc. (“Hypnotic"). Octagon Worldwide Limited. Universal Music Group. Protect Support Team. Inc (' PST' ) and each of their respective parent companies, affiliates, distributors, subsidiaries, and advertising/promotion agencies (collectively “Released Parties') and members of the immediate family (mother, father, brothers, sisters, sons, daughters and spouse) and household ot each such employee are not eligible to participate This Contest is subject to all applicable fedeial. stale and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited How to Participate: 1» Visit www mastercard com and click on the MasterCard 1 ' Pnceless Experience™ 04 icon between 12:00:01PM Central Time (“Cl") on 2/8/04 and 8:59:59AM CT on 4/15/04 ("Promotion Period"); 2) To access the application form, click on the Apply Now button; 3) Submit an essay ot no more than (250) words answering the following question If you were to plan your ideal cateer in the music business, what would it be and why? The entry must be your original creation, in English and cannot have been previously published or submitted in any prior competition. Modification ot an existing work does not qualify as original; 4) Fully complete the online entry, and 5) Click the Submit" button Limit one entry per person and per email address lor the duration of the Promotion Period. Additional entries received from such person and/or email address thereafter will be void. Your submission of an entry constitutes your consent to participate in this Contest and your consent for Sponsor to obtain, use. and transfer your name, address and other information for the purpose of administering this Contest. Sponsor is not responsible lor lost, incomplete, late, stolen, or misdirected entries or submissions, theft, destruction or unauthorized access to. or alteration of. entries; failures or malfunctions of phones, phonelmes or telephone systems interrupted or unavailable network, server or other connections; any error, omission, interruption, defect or delay in any transmission or communication; traffic congestion on the Internet or tor any technical problem, including but not limited to any injury or damage to entrant's or any other persons computer related to or resulting from participation in this Contest; errors in these Official Rules, in any Contest-related advertisements or other materials the selection or announcement of winners or the awarding ol prizes; the cancellation, suspension or modification of online distance-learning seminars, or other problems or errors of any kind whether mechanical, human, electronic or otherwise. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to void any and all entries of an entrant who Sponsor believes has attempted to tamper with or impair the administration, security, fairness, or proper play of this Contest The use ol automated entry devices is prohibited All entries will become the property ol Sponsor and will not be returned Neither Sponsor, nor anyone acting on its behalf, will enter into any communications with any entrant regarding any aspect of this Contest other than to notify potential winners Judging: Winner selection for this Contest will occur in two phases Semitmalist Selection: A total of (48) Semifinalists will be selected in accordance with the following tntr Periods, each Entry Period beginning at 12 00 01PM CT and ending at 8 59 59AM CT respectively (16) Entry Period #1 Semifinalists 2/8/04-3/1/04; (16) Entry Period #2 Semifinalists 3/2/04-3/23/04 and (16) Entry Period #3 ~ panel of judges ("judges") supervised by PST (an independent judging organization whose decisions will be final and binding in all matters relating to this Contest) based on the following criteria: 1) Origi • • •- declared the potential Semifinalist If a tie still exists, from among the remaining pool ol tied entrants, the entr • * * ~ " i among ny Semitmalist notification letter is returnr he/she is in good academic standing as defined by his/her respect HPM 1/2 Inch VHS-formatted videotape, b) Queued to starting point; c) Neatly labeled with the entrant's complete name, and d) In English anu i.mnot have been previously screened or publicly viewed Entrant is res’ponsible for properly protecting videotai A total ol (16) Finalists will be selected from the (48) Semitmalist video entries submitted Video entries will be Mpedjjased on the following criteria: 1 ^Presence On-Screen 0-40 points. 2) Creative Execution 0-30 points; and 3) Originality 0-3I __ A total of (48) Semifinalists will be selected in accordance with the following Entry #3 Semifinalists: 3/24/04-4/15/04. Entries received during one Entry Period will not carry forward to subsequent Entry Periods. Entries will be judged by an independent *—•— • in the event of a tie, the entrant with the highest score in Originality will be ' • • ' ' ‘ ' ‘ one and/o . , itry P „ ing criteria: 1) Originality: 0-40 points; 2) Creativity/Written Expression: 0-30 points, and 3) Relevance to Theme; 0-30 points, remaining pool of tied entrants, the entrant with the highest score in Creativity/Written Expression will be declared the potential Semifinalist, and so forth. Tiebreakers will continue backwards in this manner until the tie among the remaining tied entrants is broken. Semifinalists will be notified by telephone and/or mail is returned as undeliverable, a runner-up may be selected. Each Semifinalist will be required to submit the following materials to a specilied address within (4) days of issuance of notilication; 1) Executed Affidavit of Eligibility. Liability Release and (where legal) Publicity Release; 2) Current college/university transcript (showing that defined by his/her respective college/university at time of notification); 3) A video of no more than (2) minutes in length featuring Semifinalist (no third parties, footage and/or music from any other source) addressing the following question: Tell us about your favorite music video, what you like best about it and why? The video must be: a) On a -A Hnjji and d) In English and cannot have been previously screened or publicly viewed. Entrant is responsible for properly protecting videotape for mailing Noncompliance with any of the foregoing may result in disqualification and awarding of prize to the runner-up. Finalist Selection: points. In the event of a tie. the entrant with the highest score in Presence On-Screen will be declared the potential Finalist. II a tie still exists, from among the remaining pool of tied entrants, the entrant with the highest score in Creative Execution will be declared the potential Finalist, and so forth Tiebreakers will continue backwards in this manner until the tie among the remaining tied entrants is broken Finalists will be selected by judges on or about 5/24/04 and will be nobbed by telephone and/or mail If any Finalist notification letter is returned as undeliverable the runnei^up may be selected. The likelihood of winning a prize will depend on the quality ot each entrant's submission as compared to the quality of all other entrants' submissions as judged in accordance with the aforementioned criteria Prize*: l4fllSfimijinalJSl Prizes. $100 MasterCard Gift Card (Approximate Retail Value "ARV"-$100) (16) Finalist EUiea. Opportunity to attend the MasterCard* Priceless Experience 04 Music Internship ("internship ) between 6/15/04 and 7/15/04 consisting of (but not limited to) participation in a four week internship in Los Angeles. California with access to select Music & Entertainment industry experts designated by Sponsor specialized curricula and the chance to assist in the production of a music video developed for an artist/group (managed by Universal Music Group) to be designated solely by Sponsor Internship will include round-trip coach air transportation from major airport nearest to winner's residence in the U S . select ground transportation, double-occupancy accommodations at - - m the form of a MasterCard Gift Card (ARV=S6^000) Limit one prize per person, family, or household Total ARV ol all prizes=$100.800 Prize details not specifically set forth herein are at Sponsor s sole discretion Exact dates ol internship subject to change at Sponsor s sole discretion Internship attenc ... .v. 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By participating, entrants agree to be bound b} Parlies and their designees and assigns: a) shall own the entry (and all material embodied therein) and shall have the perpetual, worldwide rignt to edit, publish, exploit and use the entry (or any portion thereof) in any way and in any media for advertising and/or trade purposes and/or for anv iTther oumoseln^anv compensation, perm.ssbn or notif.cat.on Trom/to entrant or any third party; b) shal have the right and permission (unless prohibited by law) to use entrant's name, voice, city/state of residence, photograph and/or other likeness for advertising and/or trade purposes and/or for the purpose of dispK their name C) ““ J!^yythlrdpartkmnd shall not violate any applicable federal, state or local laws or ordinances, d) shall have the right, in their sole discretion, to disqualify any entries that theyXmto be ibscTne ?r oriljrwisl no location to be determined by Sponsor, and a total of $1,000 spending money awarded attendance is mandatory and Finalists must comply with all MasterCard rules and regulations ‘■““"‘'gglttlfli'limed solely by Sponsor and internship is not for credit. Travel restrictions named artist(s)/group(s) and/or other organization(s) or personality(s) is by Sponsor due to prize unavailability, and then for a prize (or applicable been previously published or submitted in any other competitions; and 2) any media or format now or hereafter known without further and/or for any other purpose in any media or format now or id ta By Janet McConnaujli THE ASSOCIATED A common steroid treatm for premature babies wittil problems can damage it brains and slow theirgrowtk, first long-term study of thepi tice found. The bodies of many premn babies do not yet make adieu that keeps the lungs from colli; ing when the infants exit Respirators keep them breaii but can stretch the fragile This causes inflammation other damage, contributing chronic lung disease. To prevent chronic lunsi ease, doctors often give ie babies the steroid dexameii sone to reduce inflammation, To check its long-term safe doctors at six hospitals Taiwan looked at 146 school-; children who had been bom maturely and put on breaii machines. The children hadta given dexamethasoneordui shots for four weeks as ii As babies, 15 perceni those given dexameta developed chronic lung diseis compared with 28 perceni those who got placebos. But eight years later, thedi dren who had been on steroid were shorter than others by about an inch ami half, they were less coordinac and they had lower IQ scoi Dr. Tsu-Fuh Yeh of On Medical University in Tara reported in Thursday’s Nt England Journal of Medicine, “Dexamethasone is widf used. Some doctors use dexaa ethasone like water. Noton/ni North America — in Euw?e, Asia,” he said. Yeh said the long-term risl clearly outweigh the benefit Although many people had to* there might be long-term ef he said, "because nob proved it. they still use it, paper is quite conclusive.” All premature babies ait risk for brain damage. But the children who had been dexamethasone had IQs an ave age of five points lower thanli 74 who had received the dump shots. They were also moreen ily distracted and scored an ave age of three points lower ot 36-point arithmetic test. Those differences affect the youngsters’ work. That is probably becais many Taiwanese families vti disabled children hire tutors send them to special classes! help them catch up, Yeh said It is not clear exactly 1m widely dexamethasone is usai Over the past few years, lit major pediatric associations the United States, Canada) Europe — including l American Academy Pediatrics — have recommeni ed against using the steroid premature babies, because side effects that include holes) the stomach or intestine, types of steroids are Dr. Alan Jobe of Cincinm Children’s Hospital Medic Center said the findings indio that doctors need to be veryc» tious with any steroids given! premature babies, and that mo: tests are needed to find the safe! way to give them. NEWS IN BRIEF Durable-goods orders, new-home sales rebounded during February WASHINGTON (AP) - Factof saw demand for big-ticket gottf rebound in February, good net! for the country’s economic and for manufacturers who W struggled to get their piece olf* business recovery. The Commerce reported Wednesday that for "durable" goods-costly it# ufactured products tha expected to last at least years - rose by 2.5 perce month. That was an improv from the 2.7 percent drop tered in January and represec the largest increase since February's performance was IF ter than economists were