Beards of Charity: Ohio's First Beard & Mustache Competition This month is known to people around the world as "No-Shave November." It's a time to forgo the razor to raise money for charity and to make a point - facial hair is an option, even in the professional world. Here in Dayton a social club known as The Gem City Gentlemen of the Gilded Beard organized Ohio's first beard and mustache competition to cultivate a local appreciation of well-groomed facial hair. These contests are a European tradition that has been gaining popularity in the United States recently, particularly with young people in urban areas. Thomas Blurton, a co-founder of the Gem City Gentlemen of the Gilded...
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In part 2 of my tutorial, we built the web server and created a dispatcher to handle the incoming client browser requests and route them to actions. In part 3 of this series, I cover refactoring our Node app into separate node modules and components. I am also introducing the concept of a controller and views, the Node Package Manager (NPM) and the ubiquitous Mustache templating language. By the end of part 3 we will have a good foundation for a Node MVC framework. Before We Dive In (Refactoring) ** **Right now would be a good time to think about how we want to structure our node application going forward. We want to have the dispatcher, controller, model and view as separate objects. This...
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To the casual observer, perhaps, a beard or mustache is just something bristly on one’s face, but for the men on Beard Board, it’s a “Journey,” or even a trusted friend. In a world where competitive facial hair is a thing, it makes perfect sense that men get together online to trade notes about growing theirs out, the shaving products they use, and which styles suit them best. These guys have a passion and pride for the well-maintained beard that leads them to post about the progress, week by week and month by month, toward the whiskers of their dreams. It’s a happy, supportive place. For organizational purposes, threads about starter beards — typically first-time attempts — are stratified...
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First Person is a daily personal piece submitted by readers. Have a story to tell? See our guidelines at tgam.ca/essayguide. I can remember attempting to grow my first mustache at about age 15. It was a bit sparse, but I felt it had real promise. In the early 1970s, growing a mustache meant a fellow was coming of age, since many famous rock stars and athletes of the day sported big ‘staches. In those days, the hairy upper lip normally accompanied shoulder-length hair, parted in the middle, with washing and grooming being optional. Just to be clear, the mustache I’m referring to is the standalone caterpillar right under the nose – not the goatee or the full beard. These other...
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