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"Today marks the last day of the voting period for the 2011 Mashable Awards.\nBoth Mashable and the Mashable community have come a long way since this year\u2019s nominations.\u00A0 We received hundreds of thousands of nominations and narrowed them down to the top seven finalists in all 28 categories.\nThis year is the Fifth Annual Mashable Awards, and it's the largest one yet.\u00A0 The awards are held each year to recognize individuals, businesses, and gadgets for the innovation and creativity they bring to the digital space. This is not only a way of recognizing the current digital community, but also a way to discover new tools and brands.\nTonight, at 11:59 pm EST, voting for Mashable Awards 2011 will officially close. This means you have the rest of the day to cast your votes for you favorites, whether it is in the Tech, Business, Social Media, or Entertainment categories. After the voting ends tonight, the Mashable team will tally up the votes and announce the winners on Monday, Dec. 19. Those lucky winners are invited to join the Mashable team at MashBash 2012 at CES in January.\nRemember to vote one last time before it is too late!\nThe Mashable Awards Are Presented by Buddy Media\n\n\u00A0\nBuddy Media is the social enterprise software of choice for eight of the world's top ten global advertisers, empowering them to build and maintain relationships with their consumers in a connections-based world. The Buddy Media social marketing suite helps brands build powerful connections globally with its scalable, secure architecture and data-driven customer insights from initial point of contact through point of purchase."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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