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		<title>Who Should GQ&#8217;s Most Stylish Man Of 2010 Be?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
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GQ is conducting an online poll, asking readers to vote for who they think the most stylish man in the world is. We've picked our favorites - though we do think it's interesting they left Kanye off the list - but
who do YOU think deserves the title? <a href="http://hellobeautiful.com/special-features/hello-beautiful-staff/who-should-gqs-most-stylish-man-of-2010-be/">Read more..</a>]]></description>
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<p>GQ is conducting an <a href="http://www.gq.com/how-to/fashion/201002/25-most-stylish-men" target="_blank"><i><b>online poll</b></i></a>, asking readers to vote for who they think the most stylish man in the world is. We&#8217;ve picked our favorites &#8211; though we do think it&#8217;s interesting they left Kanye off the list &#8211; but</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><i><b>who do YOU think deserves the title?</b></i></p>
<p><b>Andre 3000: The Master of Reinvention</b><br />
&#8220;I&#8217;m always pushing in different directions and jumping around and a lot of the styles you&#8217;ve seen from me came from being young, being an entertainer. If the music sounded otherworldly, I wanted my character to reflect that. Everything you&#8217;ve seen from me has been spontaneous.&#8221;</p>
<p><b>Jay-Z: Tops It Off With His Shades Of Power</b><br />
Jay-z just turned 40, but he still looks more <i>now</i> than guys half his age. He also knows that the key to a mysterious superstar persona can be as simple as a dark pair of shades. Like pitch-black dark. Wear his frames, but please don&#8217;t adopt his habit of wearing them inside.</p>
<p><a href="http://hellobeautiful.com/your-world/jay-z-swizz-to-record-song-for-haiti/" target="_self"><i><b>Jay-Z &amp; Swizz To Record Song For Haiti</b></i></a></p>
<p><b>Pharrell Williams: Reinvigorating The American Prep Movement &#8211; And Hip-Hop</b><br />
With an assist from his frequent collaborator Kanye West, Williams has led the rap pack away from 5XL white tees and Timbs toward slimmer denim and formfitting V-neck tees. He&#8217;s also led the charge on the burgeoning black prep movement, adding an electric jolt of color to that iconically American look.</p>
<p><a href="http://hellobeautiful.com/your-world/alicia-pharrell-named-most-beautiful-of-decade/" target="_self"><i><b>&#8220;Alicia &amp; Pharrell Named &#8220;Most Beautiful&#8221; Of Decade&#8221;</b></i></a></p>

<p><b>Lebron James: Even A King-Size Man Has To Understand Fit</b><br />
In the NBA, Lebron hasn&#8217;t just developed into a king on the court, he&#8217;s also dominating off of it. The fact that he went from wearing absurdly oversize suits to donning such a perfectly slim fitting vest&#8230;it&#8217;s like the red carpet version of posterizing some poor fool with a tomahawk dunk.</p>
<p><a href="http://hellobeautiful.com/your-world/video-leak-mary-j-bliges-stronger/" target="_self"><i><b>VIDEO: Mary J. Blige&#8217;s &#8220;Stronger&#8221; For Lebron Film</b></i></a></p>
<p><b>L.A. Reid: The Island Def Jam Boss Explains The Inspiration For His Power Suit</b><br />
&#8220;I started getting my suits made as a teen. My mother was a seamstress and she made our clothes. Growing up, there were boats of fabric around the house, everything from cottons to satins to heavier wools and tweeds.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://hellobeautiful.com/your-world/ushers-new-chick-fired-from-def-jam/" target="_self"><i><b>L.A. Reid Fires Ushers New Chick From Def Jam</b></i></a></p>
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		<title>Voting: My Proudest Moment</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:21:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Bennett</dc:creator>
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At 6:19AM this morning, I did something I have never done my entire adult life...I VOTED!!!  #11 stepped up to the booth, pulled the lever, walked out and cried. 

On February 10, 2007, Senator Barack Obama, the junior senator from Illinois, announced he would run for President of the United States. I decided that day I would become a U.S.... <a href="http://hellobeautiful.com/style-beauty/deborah-bennett/voting-my-proudest-moment/">Read more..</a>]]></description>
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At 6:19AM this morning, I did something I have never done my entire adult life&#8230;I VOTED!!!  #11 stepped up to the booth, pulled the lever, walked out and cried. <span id="more-23541"></span></p>
<p>On February 10, 2007, Senator Barack Obama, the junior senator from Illinois, announced he would run for President of the United States. I decided that day I would become a U.S. citizen. Having lived in the U.S. as a permanent resident since I was nine years old, I never felt the need to become a citizen&#8230; until that day.</p>
<p>I never really paid attention to politics until the Bush/Gore election of 2000. I never watched debates, but I did watch the DNC convention the year Obama spoke. I realized that night that this young man, who came out of nowhere, was going to go places.  Never in my wildest dreams did I think it would happen so quickly.</p>
<p>Flash forward to 2007, and I knew I had to act fast. I mailed out my application for naturalization with payment for processing and waited for my approval letter.  A few months later, I received a notification from Homeland Security with a date to appear to take my naturalization exam. You would think I won the lottery! Still excited, but I had to go to Garden City, Long Island, I live in Brooklyn and I had to be there at 7:30AM&#8230; but anything for Barack.  I had to study 100 questions of which I will be asked 10.  Well, I aced the test.  Whew, I&#8217;m almost there&#8230;</p>
<p>The journey continued two weeks later when I received another letter from Homeland Security informing me that on July 17, 2008 I would be sworn in as an American Citizen. The jumping up and down continued. I was hoping that I didn&#8217;t have to trek back in Garden City, but if I had to you know I&#8217;d be there in a heartbeat.  After calling all my friends and family and singing Lee Greenwood&#8217;s &#8220;Proud To Be An American,&#8221; the reality that I could actually vote finally sunk in.</p>
<p>The morning of July 17th-I could never forget that date, because it is my sister&#8217;s birthday-I went down to the court with my boyfriend, Javier and waited two hours before the ceremony began.  The ceremony went by rather quickly and then we were all asked to stand and recite the Pledge Of Allegiance, and then the tears started to flow. I had done it. I was an American Citizen.  I left the court and went to work. As I walked into my office, my entire department stood up and clapped.  What a moment that was.</p>
<p>Today, as I walked up to the voting booth for the first time, I have to admit I was a little nervous. As a first time voter, I did not want to make a mistake-any mistakes. I stepped behind the curtain, looked for my candidates&#8217; names, took a deep breath and pulled the lever. That was it. It was one of the most powerful moments of my life not just as an American.. but as a black American.</p>
<p>So here I am today on this historic day a proud American who voted for the first but definitely not the last time.</p>
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		<title>T.I. Wants You To Go Out And Vote!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
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T.I. wants you to get your swagger on and exercise your right to vote! Find out why this is his first time voting ever right here.



T.I. has been a leading activist in helping young people to register and get out and vote. His dedication to the cause stems from his prior difficulties with the law, which lead to the incorre... <a href="http://hellobeautiful.com/special-features/hello-beautiful-staff/ti-wants-you-to-go-out-and-vote/">Read more..</a>]]></description>
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<p>T.I. wants you to get your swagger on and exercise your right to vote! Find out why this is his first time voting ever right here.</p>
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<p><em>T.I. has been a leading activist in helping young people to register and get out and vote. His dedication to the cause stems from his prior difficulties with the law, which lead to the incorrect assumption that he was ineligible to vote. After doing research on his own he discovered he was, in fact, still eligible to vote, despite his criminal past.</em></p>
<p><a href="http://newsone.com/elections/ti-has-a-tip-for-you-go-out-and-vote/#more-22722" target="_blank">Find out more about T.I.&#8217;s involvement in moving the masses out to vote on newsone.com!</a></p>
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		<title>Knock It Off: It’s Tee Time Voters!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Beautiful</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://hellobeautiful.com/style-beauty/hello-beautiful-staff/knock-it-off-it%e2%80%99s-tee-time-voters/" alt="Knock It Off: It’s Tee Time Voters!"><img src="http://cdn.hellobeautiful.com/files/2008/10/vote_shirt-150x150.png" align="left" alt="Knock It Off: It’s Tee Time Voters!" hspace="5" vspace="5" border="0" /></a>Everyone is rocking a political graphic tee this year, even your favorite celebrities. The choice is yours to take advantage of this bargain, splurge on the original or even pass on the shirt altogether. Just don’t pass up your chance to be a part of history; get out and VOTE on Election Day, November 4th, 2008!



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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Everyone is rocking a political graphic tee this year, even <a href="http://hellobeautiful.com/your-world/celeb-style-obama-mania/">your favorite celebrities</a>. The choice is yours to take advantage of this bargain, splurge on the original or even pass on the shirt altogether. <strong>Just don’t pass up your chance to be a part of history; get out and VOTE on Election Day, November 4th, 2008!</strong></p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>FANTASY</strong>:</span> <a href="http://www.emoda.com/item.asp?prodid=127763&amp;category=WOMEN&amp;subcat=Tees&amp;URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emoda.com%2Fitem.asp%3Fprodid%3D127763%26category%3DWOMEN%26subcat%3DTees&amp;cj=10490871" target="_blank">Sociology Rock The Vote Tee in Rave Pink</a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">eModa.com Price: <strong>$48.00</strong></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>REALITY:</strong></span> <a href="http://store.delias.com/item.do?itemID=49869&amp;siteID=J84DHJLQkR4-gnp4gNLChCjb94J0LXx*1A" target="_blank">dELiAs “My Vote Rocks” Tee</a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Delias Price: <strong>$9.99</strong></p>
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		<title>Voting: Not Just Your Parents&#8217; Job</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Beautiful</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://hellobeautiful.com/special-features/hello-beautiful-staff/voting-not-just-your-parents-job/" alt="Voting: Not Just Your Parents' Job"><img src="http://cdn.hellobeautiful.com/files/2008/09/resize_mediaphp-150x150.jpg" align="left" alt="Voting: Not Just Your Parents' Job" hspace="5" vspace="5" border="0" /></a>Generation Y gets a lot of flack from the ones who came before us. We're entitled. We like Facebook and MySpace more than picking up a book. But our political involvement in the past two elections has been momentous, to say the least.



Without our renewed sense of hope and reform, the New Deal Dems like Barack and Hillary would have been dead in the water before they started. From 2006 to 2008, their party registered nearly nine million new voters, most of them younger than 25. Even so, the generation gap in this year's election might be the biggest deciding factor of all, and... <a href="http://hellobeautiful.com/special-features/hello-beautiful-staff/voting-not-just-your-parents-job/">Read more..</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Generation Y gets a lot of flack from the ones who came before us. We&#8217;re entitled. We like Facebook and MySpace more than picking up a book. But our political involvement in the past two elections has been momentous, to say the least.</p>
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<p>Without our renewed sense of hope and reform, the New Deal Dems like Barack and Hillary would have been dead in the water before they started. From 2006 to 2008, their party registered nearly nine million new voters, most of them younger than 25. Even so, the generation gap in this year&#8217;s election might be the biggest deciding factor of all, and there are not enough young voters getting out to the polls in comparison to their parents and grandparents.</p>
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<p>CBS News reports: In an October CBS News/<em>New York Times</em> Poll, just 58 percent of Americans under 30 said they were registered to vote. Ninety-three percent of those over 65 were. Thirty is a dividing line, it seems. Among those 30 to 44, 87 percent reported being registered.</p>
<p>The point? <strong><a href="http://www.naacp.org/vote/" target="_blank">Register to vote</a></strong> or become everything your parents thought of your lazy, irresponsible ways in the first place.</p>
<p>And tell a friend.</p>
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