user: Problem: Only 2 Days Left to Nominate for the Mashable Awards

There only two days left to nominate your favorite company, person or gadget for The Mashable Awards.

Nominations will close at 11:59 p.m. ET on Monday, November 29. The top five nominees with the most nominations (subject to editorial policies and official rules) will move forward to the “Final 5 Voting Round” starting Wednesday, Dec. 1.

If you haven’t nominated yet, now’s the time. There are 25 categories open, for which you can nominate a person, company, organization, app, device, gadget, video, URL or technology. We’ve recently added four new categories, including Most Influential Social Good Champion sponsored by Yahoo!, Best Social Media Customer Service sponsored by Blackberry , Best Internet Meme sponsored by Dynadot and Best Mobile App sponsored by Mobile Future. Be sure to nominate your favorites and join us for the Mashable Awards Gala in Las Vegas!

In partnership with Cirque du Soleil, The Mashable Awards Gala event will bring together the winners and nominees, the Mashable community, partners, media, the marketing community, consumer electronics and technology brands and attendees from the 2011 International CES Convention to Las Vegas on Thursday, January 6, 2011. Together, we will celebrate the winners and the community of the Mashable Awards at the Cirque du Soleil Zumanity stage in the beautiful New York New York Hotel. The event will include acts and performances from our partner Cirque du Soleil Zumanity. In addition, there will be special guest presenters and appearances.

Date: Thursday, January 6, 2011 (during International CES Convention week) Time: 7:00 – 10:00 p.m. PT Location: Cirque du Soleil Zumanity, New York New York Hotel, Las Vegas Agenda: Networking, open bars, acts, surprises and the Mashable Awards Gala presentations Press: Press applications are being accepted for the Mashable Awards Gala Socialize: Facebook, Foursquare, Meetup, Plancast, Twitter (Hashtag: #MashableAwards)

Sponsorships are available. Please contact sponsorships@mashable.com for more information.

From a group of 20 street performers at its beginnings in 1984, Cirque du Soleil is now a global entertainment organization providing high-quality artistic entertainment. The company has more than 5,000 employees, including more than 1,200 artists from close to 50 different countries.

Cirque du Soleil has brought wonder and delight to nearly 100 million spectators in 300 cities on five continents. In 2010 Cirque du Soleil, will present 21 shows simultaneously throughout the world, including seven in Las Vegas.

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About Research In Motion (RIM) Research In Motion is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market. Through the development of integrated hardware, software and services that support multiple wireless network standards, RIM provides platforms and solutions for seamless access to time-sensitive information including email, phone, SMS messaging, Internet and intranet-based applications including the BlackBerry wireless platform. For the latest on BlackBerry products join us at www.facebook.com/BlackBerry.

Mobile Future is a broad-based coalition of businesses, non-profit organizations and individuals interested in and dedicated to advocating for an environment in which innovations in wireless technology and services are enabled and encouraged. Our mission is to educate the public and key decision makers on innovations in the wireless industry that have transformed the way Americans work and play and to advocate continued investment in wireless technologies.

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Problem: Mapping where turkeys come from: Four states produce the majority of birds

Just over half of all turkeys produced in the United States last year came from just four states: Minnesota, North Carolina, Arkansas and Missouri.

Minnesota is responsible for 18 percent of all turkey production last year. It’s also home to the nation’s second-largest producer Jennie-O Turkey Store, according to the National Turkey Federation. North Carolina, home to number-one Butterball, produced 14 percent of all turkeys, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. While Minnesota had the edge on number of turkeys, the value of turkeys produced in North Carolina was greater. At $848.8 million, the value of North Carolina’s turkeys was about $10 million more than Minnesota’s. All told, the vast majority of the nation’s turkeys came from just 13 states.

The United States is the world’s largest turkey producer, exporter and consumer, according to Agriculture department data compiled by Iowa State University’s Agricultural Marketing Resource Center. The growth in the amount of poultry consumed has outpaced that of red meat over the past decade and poultry consumption has grown twentyfold since 1910.

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