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DAY 5525

Jalsa, Mumbai                  Apr 2,  2023                Sun 11:49 PM

Birthday Ef 

🪔 .. April 03 .. birthday wishes to Ef Haarsha Balraj from South Africa .. Ef Krishna urf Kris Dwivedi from Bilaspur CG .. and Ef Divyansh Rawat from Lucknow .. love and happiness .. ❤️❤️❤️🌿 and all the good wishes from the family Ef .. and the Sunday meetings at the Gate be in preference of course .. hence here 

And the very revealing aspect for the coming day be that on April 3, for the first time an adventure took place .. the first plane to fly over the Everest  .. in the year 1934 , apparently ..

Justification :

📌 .. and on this day .. April 3, 1933 .. conquering the impossible .. happened the first fly ever over Everest 🏔️ .. by two British aircraft  of type Westland Wallace bi-planes .. crewed by Squadron Leader Douglas-Hamilton and Colonel LVS Blacker in one and Flight Lieutenant MacIntyre and Mr SR Bonnet in the other .. they took off from Lalbalu aerodrome, near Purnea, India .. the flight lasted for around three hours, covered a return distance of 320 miles reaching nearly 30,000 feet clearing the mountain by a reported 100 feet .. close range photographs of Mt Everest proved the achievement which previously was not possible to any airplane .. 

further justification  -

the peak , the highest point on Earth .. the mountain , the Himalayas and the feat that seems to this generation to be no big deal, because they are unaware of the conditions and circumstances that prevailed then ..

Everest .. named by the British when they ruled over India ..

In the nineteenth century, the mountain was named after George Everest, a former Surveyor General of India. The Tibetan name is Chomolungma, which means “Mother Goddess of the World.” The Nepali name is Sagarmatha, which has various meanings.

Sagarmatha .. ‘sagar’ , the Ocean .. ‘matha’ churning .. and the Indian mythology that the Oceans were churned by the mountain to produce the ‘amrit’ ..

my interpretation .. though the knowledge from the records says this :

Sagarmatha is a Sanskrit word, from sagar = "sky" (not to be confused with "sea/ocean") and matha = "forehead" or "head", and is the modern Nepali name for Mount Everest.

the Goddess of the Sky .. in Tibet it is addressed as 

Therefore, the historic, local Tibetan name for Mount Everest is Chomolungma, also spelled Qomolangma, meaning "Goddess Mother of the World." Chomolungma is pronounced "CHOH-moh-LUHNG-m?." The Nepali name for Mount Everest is Sagarmatha, meaning "Godess of the Sky." Some refer to the entire massif of peaks as ...

and the many adventure stories on the Sagarmatha prevail .. 

And the great thrill at the time of a shooting in Nepal, when I went on a plane that flew us right next to the Everest and the experience almost unreal ..

Such be the moments of remembrance ..

It was a touristy matter and many such flights I do believe operate from Kathmandu, Nepal for the pleasure of tourists .. even now .. 

Its majesty has never reduced despite the conquering of it by several now ..  and the very sight of which evokes so much wonder .. the wonder of the Gods .. the makers that introduced us to us all .. and the reason of its formation .. that the entire subcontinent now known as India was a part of the continent of Africa, at Egypt .. and many millions of years ago the entire subcontinent broke away from the mother board and shifted travelled over the Indian Ocean, to the Eastern sub continent and attached itself there .. the impact of the joining of the land mass being so great , it formed the realm, now known as the Himalayas  !!

I do not have authenticity on this , but it does seem to be believed , historically and geographically .

and the day in recuperation and the meeting at the Gate , of the ever present well wisher ..

Amitabh Bachchan

and the signature above out of place , because the icon that opens the Desktop to search the sign is JUST not appearing ..  

and this has been on several times before too ..

this model of the updated Mac, the Ventura is absurd and has created many problems .. 

deliberately done to attract more when the changed model is brought out ?? marketing and manufacturing often does that  .. the deliberation to access the mode of investing in the latest and doing away with the present .. 

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Westland Wallace II 'K6035' by Alan Wilson Via Flickr: Built 1935. Flew with 502sqn between March 1936 and April 1937. It then moved to RAF Cranwell to be operated by the Electrical and Wireless school, training Wireless Operators. In November 1940 it was withdrawn from flying and became a technical training airframe. Three Wallace airframes were in use but were eventually put out to grass and stored, certainly by 1945. In 1965 the three fuselages were recovered by the fledgling Newark Air Museum. The most complete (K6035) was rebuilt using parts of the other two. In 1977 the remains were loaned to the RAF Museum and the project moved to Henlow where it was stored. It was restored by SkySport, using as much original material as possible, and went on display at Hendon in March 1993. It is the only remaining example and is currently on display in the Historic Main Hangars. RAF Museum, Hendon, London, UK. 22-3-2015

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Originally, the idea for a flight expedition over Mount Everest was proposed in 1918 by a British mountaineering physiologist, Alexander Kellas in his journal “The Possibility of Aerial Reconnaissance in the Himalaya.”

As a skilled mountaineer and expert in physiology, Kellas believed that with the right precautions and the right equipment, given time, they could establish a means to not only fly planes competently at such extreme altitudes but also take useful reconnaissance photographs.

However, it would take another 15 years for the technology to catch up.

The attempt could not be made without significant funding and in September 1932, Lord Clydesdale visited Lady Houston at her Scottish shooting estate, Kinrara, to ask her to fund the expedition.

He impressed her by dressing in his kilt for dinner.

The strongly nationalistic Lady Houston was delighted with the idea that Clydesdale put forward, that the conquering of Everest by air would strengthen British rule in India.

She agreed to fund the expedition and would remain closely involved at all stages from England.

In November 1932, the team chose two modified Westland Wallace aircraft for the expedition.

The two-seat aircraft had open cockpits and were equipped with Bristol Pegasus S3 engines.

Lord Clydesdale flew a modified Westland PV-3 accompanied by Colonel Blacker while Lieutenant MacIntyre and Photographer Bonnett followed in a PV-6 model prototype.

Both received modifications, including hearing and oxygen equipment.

Both aircrafts would become the first to fly over Everest.

The planners had to tackle the critical problems of supplying the airmen with oxygen and keeping them warm above 30,000 feet.

With weight a crucial factor, it was fortunate that Vickers Armstrong was able to supply lightweight oxygen cylinders made from a new type of alloy steel.

The movie and still cameras were another heavy addition to the cargo, with each film spool alone weighing 5 pounds.

For protection against the extreme cold, the airmen were outfitted with cumbersome double-layered, electrically heated flying suits, as well as heated gloves and goggles.

The tiny aperture in each airman’s oxygen regulating valve, which was susceptible to blocking by particles of ice or small insects, represented a worrisome vulnerability.

By late March, the expedition was established at Lalbalu Airfield, Purnia, in the northern Indian state of Bihar, about 50 miles south of Everest, ready and waiting for a favorable weather report.

The forecast for April 3 was for winds of 67 mph at 28,000 feet, well above the prescribed limit of 40 mph.

Shortly after takeoff, they encountered a heavy dust haze rising to a great height that completely obscured the ground leading up to the higher mountain ranges.

Some 30 minutes later at 30,000 feet, battling fearsome headwinds, they gained their first sight of Everest.

At one point in the flight, Bonnett felt faint and experienced shooting pains in his stomach.

He paused filming and sat down inside the cabin, where he discovered a gaping fracture in his oxygen line.

He quickly tied a handkerchief around the breach and was able to resume his duties without losing consciousness.

The first expedition could not obtain clear photographs because of dust.

They made another attempt on 19 April 1933, the pictures of which assisted Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay to the top of Mount Everest.

The camera used was a Williamson Automatic Eagle III, which took photographs of the surface at specific intervals as the airplanes flew over known survey locations with the aim of obtaining a photographic mosaic of the terrain and an accurate map.

The photographs of the expedition were made public in 1951.

Their successful flight over Everest made the men heroes.

Lord Clydesdale was awarded the Air Force Cross and Bonnett’s footage was cut into the Academy Award-winning documentary Wings Over Everest.

Published on: October 28, 2020

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Westland PV-3 at Martlesham in December 1931 before Everest expedition modifications

The Westland PV-3 was a British two-seat torpedo bomber of the 1930s built by Westland Aircraft Works. The aircraft was a private venture development and based on the Westland Wapiti. It never entered production. The aircraft is best known as one of the first two to fly over Everest as part of the Houston-Mount Everest Flight Expedition. The PV-3 design was produced in 1930 as a private venture two-seat aircraft that could be used as either a carrier-based torpedo bomber intended to carry a new lightweight torpedo being developed by the Admiralty, or as an army-co-operation aircraft. As such, it was a development of the Wapiti, with an all-metal structure and folding two-bay wings. It was powered by a 575 hp (429 kW) Bristol Jupiter XFA radial engine, having a defensive armament of one forward-firing Vickers machine gun and a Lewis gun on a Scarff ring on the observer's cockpit. It could carry either the planned 1,000 lb (455 kg) torpedo under the fuselage or an equivalent weight of bombs under the wings.

It first flew in February 1931, showing good performance (in particular, a high ceiling) and handling when tested by the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment at Martlesham Heath. Despite this, no orders resulted, and the lightweight torpedo was cancelled.

In November 1932, the PV-3 was chosen, together with the Westland PV-6 (the prototype of the Westland Wallace) for the Houston Mount Everest Flying Expedition to fly over and photograph Mount Everest. The aircraft, now registered G-ACAZ, was remodelled with a rear cabin and a 630 hp Bristol Pegasus engine driving a large diameter propeller.[4] It was test flown from Yeovil in the new configuration, and on 25 January 1933 reached a height of 35,000 ft.

Flown by Lord Clydesdale with Stewart Blacker as observer and photographer, it was accompanied by the Wallace as, on 3 April 1933, the two aircraft became the first to fly over Mount Everest, flying over Kangchenjunga on 4 April and making a second flight over Everest (as the initial flight had produced inadequate photographs for map-making) on 19 April 1933. The PV-3 was later exhibited at Selfridges department store in London in July 1933. In December 1933 the aircraft, given the military serial K4048, was issued to Bristol Aircraft as an engine testbed. The aircraft is also referred to as the Houston-Westland in honour of Lady Houston who had financed the 1933 expedition.

Via Flickr

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Shadows and thorns

Part VII

Do not tell lies save it’s absolutely necessary. This was something that John Constantine insisted upon, drilled into his protégée’s head from an early age. When Queen Arella passed away due to a difficult childbirth, but she insisted on delivering the babe in her womb, defying the odds. The least Constantine could do for the poor woman was stay true to this word and protect the child. A man is only as good as his word is what his old friend, Lord Giovanni Zatara would say. It was truth that bred honor, his honor was indeed questioned in some circumstances and honor was the greatest currency the men in Azarath had. And Constantine trusted Rhachel heeded his words as her guardian, as he had raised her to fulfill duty with honor and pride.

He had his suspicious. She had grown particularly quiet. She engaged in hushed conversations with her new Lady-in-waiting when they think John is not looking. But he did not anticipated this event. The crown Prince of Nanda Parbat asked for her hand in marriage. John knows Rhachel is an old and untamed soul, gentle and fierce, both exist in her, she’s intelligent and fair-minded but he also knows she has much more to learn of the cruel world. He did what he had to do to ensure the safety of their beloved homeland.

"Are you planning to accept it?" She asked with anxiousness in her voice, breaking the glassy silence that formed around them. John kept striding furiously around the her chamber, his face is marred with worry lines. He hasn’t uttered a single word. He remained silent, fists clenched, trapped between two choices: Wallace West or Damian Al Ghul. The Prince of Shadows.

John Constantine stiffened a little, the expectancy in the air took him by surprise and once again, he couldn’t assimilate the events, how in the seven hells this happened on his watch, those amethyst eyes of hers were scrutinizing him silently. His protégée was a free spirit, with deep roots in Azarath, firmly planted and not easily uprooted, he had let her go one day, but leaving her here with those poisonous vipers. Observing Wallace West, the young Lord wasn’t attentive to his betrothed at all. Nonetheless, he had not expected Rhachel’s blossoming relationship with the Crown Prince of Nanda Parbat. Not Westlands. That sly and proud child.

“How did it come to this? How did you two meet?” John’s strong voice rumbled between the four stone walls, and for a moment, she thought time stopped. Her future was in the air, whether John would break the betrothal to the West heir and accept Damian or refuse it. She wasn’t certain. But she sensed his growing agitation. Her guardian constantly said do not tell lies, but John didn’t understand what brutal honesty looked like. Not like she did. He had not seen or felt a heart like Rhachel.

“Prince Damian?” Rhachel nervously licked her lips and asked softly. Constantine could see the wheels working in her mind, and he’s sure she considered for a solid minute, lying to him. Instead she simply shrugged her shoulders and attempted to sound casual. “We met a few times, and we danced at the feast.” She was falling for him when she saw him at the royal stables and whispered those words to her, when he asked her for a dance at the banquet; it was the first time she didn’t feel so alone in the world, and when they spoke, drowning in his velvety voice, professing his affection for her, she felt her legs go weak. Damian. Heat accumulated on her cheeks.

“You are to marry Wallace West, that’s was the arrangement.” Constantine took a deep breath and tried to reason with the young girl. Truly, he cared for her, he feared for her safety, her heart breaking, she was a gentle soul. Ra’s could use her powers for his personal advantage, for his own desire to conquer more lands. They were in such a particularly worrisome predicament, to say the least. 

“What of my choices? Do I have no say in this?” She demanded boldly for the first time in years and regretted the words the instant she said them, but she had too much pride to take them back.

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Death came knocking: the search for an Ottawa neighbourhood’s fallen

By Dave O’Malley

Young men and woman who are killed on active service are said to have paid the “supreme sacrifice”. I guess that is true. There's not much more you can give than that. But I posit that the greatest sacrifice of all is borne by the families of those killed in the line of duty. Aviators, soldiers and sailors who die in battle are lionized, and rightly so, but it's their mothers, fathers, wives and families who are conscripted to carry the burden of that sacrifice to the end of their days. 

The neighbourhood I live in is called the Glebe. It's a funky 130-year-old urban community in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada—red brick Victorian homes, some stately, some working class, excellent schools as old as the neighbourhood, tall trees pleached over shady streets, open-minded and highly educated people, happy kids, diverse, desirable and timeless, close to everything, surrounded on three sides by the historic Rideau Canal.

People come from all over the city, the country, even the world to walk its pathways, attend its festivals and sporting events and skate the canal. You may find a more upscale neighbourhood, a trendier one, a more affordable one, but you will never find a better one.

It is a truly perfect place to raise a family, build a business and live out a life as I have done. It is safe, historic, dynamic, walkable, serene and peaceful . . . but once, it must have felt like the saddest place on earth. Its shady avenues ran with apprehension and despair, its busy serenity masked the constant high-frequency vibration of anxiety and the low pounding of sorrow. Behind every door and every drawn curtain hid anxious families. Behind many were broken parents, heartbroken wives, memories of summers past and lost, the promises of a future destroyed, children who would never know their fathers. These were the years of the Second World War, and the decades following that it took to wash it all away.

A neighbourhood affected by war

There was nothing particularly special about the Glebe that brought this plague of anguish, nothing it deserved, nothing that warranted special attention from death. Indeed, the Glebe was not singled out at all, though it may have felt like it. Every community in Canada and across the British Commonwealth took the same punishment, felt the blows to its heart, felt its life blood seeping away. During those six long years of war, every community across the land stood and took it, blow after blow after blow. Parents stood by while their sons and daughters left the family home, left the routines that gave comfort, the futures that beckoned, and began arduous journeys that would, in time, lead most to war and great risk of death.

Some would die in training, others in transit. Some would die of disease and even murder. Some would die in accidents close to home, others deep in enemy lands. Some by friendly fire, others by great malice. Many would simply disappear with no known grave, lost to the sea, a cloud-covered mountain, a blinding flash, a trackless jungle. Some would die in an instant, others in prolonged fear and pain. Most would make it home again. An extraordinarily high number would not come home in one piece. 

Though it was not alone in its sorrow, the Glebe was the first community in Canada to feel a blow. The first Canadian to die in the war and, in fact, the first Allied serviceman who died in the war, came from here. Pilot Officer Ellard Alexander Cummings, a former Glebe Collegiate Institute student, was killed just a few hours after war was declared on September 3, 1939, when the Westland Wallace he was piloting crashed into a mountain in Scotland in fog. 

The first Canadians to die on North American soil in the Second World War were from Ottawa, including Glebe resident Corporal David Alexander Rennie. He was lost in early September 1939, along with another Ottawa aviator, Warrant Officer Class II James Edgerton “Ted” Doan, when their Northrop Delta airplane experienced an engine failure and crashed into the New Brunswick wilderness while en route to Cape Breton to join in the search for German submarines. Corporal Rennie lived with his parents on Ella Street, just a few blocks from my home. They were the first of many, many families in the Glebe whose lives would be destroyed by the war. Their son would not be found for another 19 years. [The wreckage of the Northrop Delta was found in July 1958 by two J.D. Irving, Limited, employees who were conducting an aerial survey of the area. The company placed a plaque commemorating the two aviators at the crash site.]

Over the years, I have written or published many other stories about Canadian airmen during the Second World War; several have intersected with my neighbourhood. David Rouleau, who lived just north of my home, was lost in 1942 at Malta. Lew Burpee, who lived just a few blocks away, was killed a year later during the near-mythical Dam Busters Raid on the Ruhr River dams. In that same one-year span, two cousins who lived right across the street from me were lost on operations: Jim Wilson and Harry Healy. Several blocks north lived Keith “Skeets” Ogilvie the last man out of the tunnel during the Great Escape. He narrowly escaped being murdered by the Nazis upon his capture, survived the war, and served in the RCAF until 1963.

All these men walked the same streets that I do. I can pass their homes any day, enter their churches, visit their schools. They all went to the Mayfair, Rialto and Imperial Theatres to find out the news about the war or just to escape from it. They played hockey on the frozen canal. They used the same butcher. This immediacy, this connection is a very powerful thing. It brought home to me the loss in a very personal way. 

When I wrote a story about 617 Squadron Lancaster pilot Lewis Burpee on the 75th Anniversary of the Dam Busters Raid in 2018, I pinned his and the homes of others I had written about on a map of the Glebe. Seeing these homes and their physical relationship to me and to each other had a very powerful effect on me. In fact, it obsessed me.

I began to wonder how many other stories there were in these streets and avenues. How many more had been lost? How many families were affected? What I found out left me speechless. In the age of the “infographic”, I set out to demonstrate visually what that number of fallen meant to my personal community, by mapping death's footprints. 

I commenced my search by writing to all the churches in the Glebe and surrounding areas that existed in the Second World War and still exist today. Following the First and Second World Wars, many churches in Ottawa dedicated large bronze plaques to commemorate those members of their parish who died in the war. I had seen several over the years. Several churches had photos of these plaques on their websites, while others wrote back to me, attaching photos of their plaques.

There were four major public high schools in downtown Ottawa in 1939: Glebe Collegiate Institute, Lisgar Collegiate Institute, Ottawa Technical High School, and the High School of Commerce. Of these four, only Glebe and Lisgar still function today. In the lobby of Lisgar, I found a bronze plaque with the names of those former students who had died in the Second World War. On the Glebe Collegiate website, I found a list of all those Glebe students who had died. I also found an entire section of Glebe Collegiate's website where students had researched most of the names from the plaque and had compiled short histories of each of the fallen alumni. 

The quest to map the Glebe

At the end of May, I began my quest to find and map the fallen in the Glebe. To do this, I would have to find the addresses of every young man listed on these plaques and in Casualty Lists published in the Ottawa daily broadsheet newspapers. In the case of the Glebe history project, many of these addresses were part of their research.

I cross-referenced every man on every plaque in every church and school with the Canadian Virtual War Memorial site in the hopes of finding their stories, addresses and photos. I also purchased a Newspapers.com membership and began cross-referencing the dates of each man's death. Though, for privacy reasons, you would never see this today, newspapers almost always included the address of the next of kin. If he was married, both the address of parents and wife could be mentioned. If both were within the boundaries of my map, I used the parental home. I did not map both addresses. 

Starting with the posted date of the serviceman's death, I scoured every page of each issue of the “Ottawa Journal” moving forward until I ran into a story about each person's loss. Five months into the search, the “Ottawa Citizen” became available online and more fallen came to light. All of the men who qualified were mentioned in one of the hundreds and hundreds of official casualty lists published in both papers. I did not differentiate the manner of their deaths, though most died on active service. A small proportion died of disease, motor accidents, train wrecks and heart attacks, but if they qualified to be on an official casualty list in the local papers and on the “Canadian Virtual War Memorial”, then they qualified for this map.

If the man died in Canada in training, the story usually appeared in one to two days, but if he died overseas on active service, it could be weeks before his name appeared in a story or on an official casualty list as either missing in action or killed on active service. If a man was missing in action, then his story would appear in the paper again in one of two ways. In a few months, if he was alive, a story would appear informing readers that he was a prisoner of war. If he was dead, the wait would be a bit longer, but in six to eight months, another piece would appear in the paper stating that he was, for official purposes, presumed dead. As 1944 turned into 1945, the tone of newspaper stories took a turn for the better. With the war winding down, the airman or soldier's photo might be accompanied by short headlines such as “Safe in England”, “Liberated”, or “Returning Home”. Still, there was fighting to be done and the Glebe was not out of the woods yet. The killing continued.

In the Glebe, as in most urban neighbourhoods at the time, the Grim Reaper took the form of the telegram boy who had the duty to deliver both good and bad news. Mothers, looking out from their front porches, fathers from their parlours, wives from their washing, must have cringed to see the young man from the Canadian National Telegram and Cable Company pedal or drive down their street, and willed him to move on. In all cases, the next-of-kin was informed by telegram before the official casualty lists were published in the paper, but on a few occasions, happy stories (award of medals, a marriage, etc.) about a serviceman appeared in the paper after the next-of-kin had been notified of his death. These must have been difficult to read for the parents and families.

Search parameters

My original goal was to map only residents of the Glebe or former students at Glebe Collegiate who were killed or died while on active service. To map these men, I needed to extend the map of the Glebe beyond the recognized boundaries of the neighbourhood, as many students of the high school lived outside the neighbourhood. In the end, it seemed the full complete story could not be told unless I mapped each and every one of the fallen—aviator, soldier or sailor—whose next-of-kin resided within the edges of my map, regardless of their connection to the Glebe. 

Each pin on the map represents the home of the fallen's next-of-kin. For the most part, this meant the parental home or the marital home (the residence shared with a wife), but in a few cases, where parents were deceased, this could mean the home of a grandparent, uncle or even sibling. I used only addresses that were mentioned in Casualty Lists or as reported in the daily broadsheet newspapers.

The men I was able to put on my map represent only a tiny fraction of the men and women who died in the war. But among these names I found the complete picture of the war as it affected my country. There were men who died in the opening hours of the war and men who died in the closing days. There were men who died on Valentine's Day, D-Day, Canada Day,  Remembrance Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Most died on active service and in combat, but some died of disease or even murder. There were men who died in car accidents overseas and training accidents in Canada. 

Virtually every major battle that Canadians were involved in is represented by someone in this group: The Battle of the Atlantic, the Battle of France, the Battle of Britain, Battle of Hong Kong, of Ortona, of Monte Cassino, of El Alamein, of Anzio, of the Scheldt Estuary, the Dieppe Raid, Dam Busters Raid, D-Day, Battle for Caen, Battle of the Falaise Pocket, the Siege of Malta, the North African Campaign, the Conquest of Sicily, the Aleutian Campaign, Bomber Command, Fighter Command, Coastal Command, Transport Command, the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, Burma, Singapore and more.

Some were lost in the Mediterranean Sea, the North Sea, the Irish Sea, the Atlantic Ocean and the English Channel. Some died before they could get to the war, others on their way to the war. Some died after the war but before they could get home. They are buried in Holland, Italy, Great Britain, Germany, France, Belgium, Canada, North Africa and, of course, at sea. Many have no known grave and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, the Malta Memorial, the Halifax Memorial, the Bayeux Memorial, the Groesbeek Memorial, and the Ottawa Memorial. 

392 names

In the end, I found 392 names of servicemen who were included on casualty lists and for whom I found an address. I have another 50 or more names of men who I know were killed but for whom I can't find addresses. There are, I am convinced, others who I haven't yet found on casualty lists. The 392 are by no means all of the men who died and who came from the Glebe area—they are only the ones whose stories I found. I welcome any additions and omissions. I am currently working with my web developer to display this data on Google Maps, thus enabling us and you to add to the list and, perhaps one day, map all of the approximately 110,000 Canadians who died in wars since the Boer War.

This project began as a result of curiosity and then became a Remembrance Day Project that I struggled for months to complete. Sadly, I was still adding names well after the 11th of November. It is now simply an homage to a generation of parents, brothers, sisters, wives and grandparents who carried the terrible weight of sacrifice well into the 21st Century. An homage to the Silver Star Mothers, the broken fathers, the shattered families and the solitary wives. God bless them and may we never forget them.

[zerokilleroppel]

The Westland Wallace was a two-seat, general-purpose biplane as a follow-on to their Wapiti.

As the last of the inter-war general purpose biplanes, it was used by a number of front line and Auxiliary Royal Air Force Squadrons. In 1933 a Westland Wallace became the first aircraft to fly over Mount Everest, as part of the Houston Mount Everest Expedition. Of the just over 170 aircraft ordered, around 80 were still in use at the start of the Second World War, mostly serving as target tugs, a role they performed until 1943.

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1983年大学卒業と同時にLAの音楽学校P.I.T.に留学。JOE PORCARO, PALPH HUMPHREYらに師事し、卒業時に同校講師に迎えられる。2000年までLAに在住し、CHAKA KHAN, BOBBY WOMACK,AL.McKAY&L.A.ALL STARS,NED DOHENY,SHIELA E.などのツアー参加をはじめ数々のアーティストと共演しながら13CATSとして活動。2000年に帰国してから数えきれないアーティストのレコーディング/ライブに参加しながらシアターブルック,blues.the-butcher-590213,OKI DUB AINU BAND,NOTHING BUT THE FUNK,Koji Nakamura,大貫妙子,河村隆一,臼井ミトン,大塚愛,RABIRABI, さかいゆう,など様々なシーンで活躍するドラマー。 http://takashinumazawa.com/

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1981年5月20日生まれ。 石川県金沢市出身。 10歳でピアノを始め、2000年、高校卒業と同時に渡米。バークリー音楽大学で2年間学び、その後ボストンを拠点にキーボーディストとして活動開始。 アメリカ国内外の著名アーティストと数多く共演。

レゲエ・キーボーディストとして2008年、Earl Chinna Smith率いるInna Di Yard プロジェクトに参加。 ジャマイカ、キングストンにてKiddus I、Bob Andy、Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace、Ken Boothe、Ras Michael、The Viceroys、The Congosなど著名レゲエアーティストとのライブ、レコーディングに参加。

Reggae/R&Bユニット"Westland"のメンバーとしてアルバムを2枚リリース。2009、2010年とジャパンツアー成功させた。 その他共演したアーティスト: Anthony B, Fantan Mojah, Everton Blender, Mr. Perfect, The Skatalites, Queen Ifrica, Tony Rebel, Junior Toots, Mystic Bowie(Tom Tom Club), Chris Frantz & Tina Waymouth(Talking Heads, TomTom Club), Toussaint the Liberator(Soulive)

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[airmanisr]

Westland Wallace II 'K6035' by Alan Wilson Via Flickr: Built 1935. Flew with 502sqn between March 1936 and April 1937. It then moved to RAF Cranwell to be operated by the Electrical and Wireless school, training Wireless Operators. In November 1940 it was withdrawn from flying and became a technical training airframe. Three Wallace airframes were in use but were eventually put out to grass and stored, certainly by 1945. In 1965 the three fuselages were recovered by the fledgling Newark Air Museum. The most complete (K6035) was rebuilt using parts of the other two. In 1977 the remains were loaned to the RAF Museum and the project moved to Henlow where it was stored. It was restored by SkySport, using as much original material as possible, and went on display at Hendon in March 1993. It is the only remaining example and is currently on display in the Historic Main Hangars. RAF Museum, Hendon, London, UK. 22-3-2015

#Westland Wallace #aircraft

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Belly Up to Your Own Home Bar: Our How-to Guide

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A home bar can up your entertaining game and transform your social life, making your abode the coolest one on the block. Of course, a home bar can also be where you mix yourself a nice drink after a long day at work.

From a small wet bar tucked into a nook to an oversized freestanding bar, there are plenty of options for creating a watering hole in your home. Here’s how to get started.

Consider the placement

First, consider your floor plan. Determine if you have the space, and consider the rooms you entertain in. Do friends and family congregate in the living room? Or are the kitchen and dining room the social hubs?

If you want to install an ice maker or sink in your wet bar, you want to build it where there’s existing plumbing - perhaps on the backside of your kitchen or near a powder room.

"I say skip the sink, because it limits your counter space and makes the project more expensive," says Richmond, VA, interior decorator Lesley Glotzl. She notes that not many homeowners use wet-bar sinks for washing hands and glassware, and the space can be put to better use.

Glotzl, who has rehabbed several clients’ wet bars, suggests maximizing your counter space, and in lieu of a sink, use plumbing for an ice maker. If you are a cocktail connoisseur, an ice maker will be more useful than a sink.

"What’s fun about a home bar is you can do it very affordably," says Glotzl. She recommends building a wet bar when doing a kitchen or bath renovation, because it’s more cost-effective and an easy project to tack on when you already have someone designing cabinets and countertops.

Photo from Zillow listing

Fine-tune the details

A wet bar can be as simple as a piece of cabinetry with a countertop, upper cabinets, or shelves. If you want to get fancy, add appliances like an ice maker and refrigerator.

Cabinetry below hides plumbing and tucks away bar tools, while open shelving above the bar is a fun option for showing off fancy cocktail glasses and a collection of spirits.

Glotzl notes that a mirrored backsplash is worth considering, because it makes a wet-bar nook seem larger, while reflecting light back into the room. Glotzl recommends textured vinyl wallpapers by companies like Osborne & Little or Thibaut as another fun backsplash option. "The wallpapers are durable, and give the bar a little pop," she says.

Don't be afraid to get adventurous and creative. Add drama by painting cabinetry a bright color, or add a high-gloss lacquer finish. You can make a bold statement in a small space.

Hang a funky pendant light or mount two sconces to showcase your small saloon. Glotzl notes that lighting is essential, because it helps to highlight and frame the space.

Photo courtesy of Martha O’Hara Interiors

Get fancy

If you’re looking to up your game, you can add specialty appliances like dual-zone refrigerators. "What's nice about ice makers, wine coolers, and beverage refrigerators is that they are a standard size," says Glotzl. "You can just pop it into place like a cabinet." So, no need to worry about installation -  just move it into place and plug it in.

For a small-scale wet bar, go straight to a kitchen design company, or coordinate it yourself by hiring a handyperson, electrician, and plumber.

On the other hand, if you want to go big and turn an entire room into a bar, or create a custom wet bar with unique appliances and restaurant-grade equipment like beer and wine taps, that's another story. For a high-end bar with modern accouterments, you'll need to call on a company like Wallace & Hinz, which specializes in custom bars for restaurants, clubs, and residences.

Photo from Zillow listing

"When you really look at the home bar, it’s much more difficult to create than a commercial bar, because it's usually for a smaller space, and you want as much as you can get packed into that little space," says Tom Tellez, CEO at Wallace & Hinz. "They can be far more complicated, and there’s room for error."

For homeowners who request high-end dishwashers, refrigerators, and ice machines that all need to be tucked under the bar, Tellez recommends appliances from Perlick Corporation, because they specialize in beverage equipment like wine reserves, dual-zone refrigerators, and beer dispensers.

If space is tight, Tellez says the company sometimes sources tiny appliances that are traditionally used on yachts or in motorhomes. Companies like Furrion or Westland manufacture pint-sized appliances that will save your bar some inches.

"There's the architectural side of what it looks like and feels like, then there’s how you’re going to fit everything in so that it's seamless and operates efficiently with all your plumbing and electricity," says Tellez.

Along with the functional aspect of bars, Tellez's company designs the look of them, too, taking into account millwork and details like shelving and foot rails.

Photo from Zillow listing

Get inspired

Rick Magnuson called on Wallace & Hinz to transform the front parlor of his Los Altos, CA, home into a bar. After living in the 1920s farmhouse for three decades and only using the parlor a handful of times, he and his wife, Amy, decided the room was wasted space. The couple wanted a place where they could spend time with friends and family, and Amy had a lightbulb moment to add a bar in their home. "We didn’t want to put a bar in the room; we wanted to make the room a bar," Magnuson notes.

The Magnusons got in touch with Tellez and requested a custom mahogany bar with carved details, shelves to display glassware and bottles, a handful of barstools, a mirrored backsplash, LED lights, a dishwasher, refrigerator, ice maker, and two beer taps that are now kegged with Sierra Nevada and Trumer Pilsner. They wanted their entire 16-by-20-foot front room to be transformed into a pub.

Tellez took detailed measurements of the room and discussed its layout with the Magnusons. A CAD drawing was created, and after several back-and-forths, the Magnusons finalized the design. Tellez took two to three months to build the entire room and bar in his Blue Lake, CA, workshop, then disassembled it and drove it to the Magnusons’ home, where he installed the bar, which took around a week of 10- to 12-hour shifts.

Before the bar installation, Magnuson had the parlor drywall demolished, so Tellez could install not just the bar, but custom millwork throughout the room, too, from the wainscoting to the window trim and the bar back cabinetry and shelving.

The Magnusons’ home bar is now dubbed "The Wasted Space," a nod to their unused parlor and the drinking that now happens in their transformed space.

Do it yourself: How to hack the home bar

If you fancy yourself a skilled DIYer and don't want to break the bank, consider these options:

$ Bookshelf bar An existing built-in bookshelf is an easy and affordable route for creating a bar. Add cabinet doors to the bottom as a place to tuck away bar tools. Adjust shelving to create plenty of space for a tray, ice bucket, and spirits.

If you feel adventurous, apply an adhesive wallpaper to the backside for a pop of color or pattern. If you need lighting, simply add Light Tape or adhesive battery-operated LED lights. Use existing shelving to display pretty glassware. And finally, style your bookshelf with any other accessories that pull your bar together.

$$ Repurposed furniture bar

In lieu of a bar cart, repurpose an unused console, record cabinet, or secretary desk into a bar. Bring the piece of furniture back to life with a coat of paint or a fun finish. Above the bar, add wall-mounted shelving from Restoration Hardware or CB2 to display your stockpile of spirits, along with sculptural glasses like coupes, highballs, and whiskey tumblers.

Photo courtesy of Michele Safra Interiors

$$$ Salvaged cabinetry bar

Glotzl recommends salvaging a cabinet from a kitchen renovation company or a place like Habitat for Humanity ReStore. Give the cabinet a fresh coat of paint, and for a custom look, top it off with a countertop remnant from a stone company.

$$$$ Cloistered bar

A closet is the perfect place to tuck away a bar. Glotzl recommends removing the door and molding, along with the drywall from the doorway to the ceiling, to create a seamless notch in the room.

"The problem with using the closet is, it's going to be deep and not a standard size," says Glotzl. For this, you need precise measurements to ensure that your cabinetry and countertops fit snuggly. From there, you can accessorize the space with bracketed shelving and a fun pendant light to illuminate your new favorite drinking spot.

See more bar design inspiration on Zillow Digs.

Top image from Zillow listing

Related:

A Home Bar for Every Budget

Entertaining Essentials: 5 Items Every Host Needs

Styling Bar Carts: 4 Irresistible Looks

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Belly Up to Your Own Home Bar: Our How-to Guide

A home bar can up your entertaining game and transform your social life, making your abode the coolest one on the block. Of course, a home bar can also be where you mix yourself a nice drink after a long day at work.

From a small wet bar tucked into a nook to an oversized freestanding bar, there are plenty of options for creating a watering hole in your home. Here’s how to get started.

Consider the placement

First, consider your floor plan. Determine if you have the space, and consider the rooms you entertain in. Do friends and family congregate in the living room? Or are the kitchen and dining room the social hubs?

If you want to install an ice maker or sink in your wet bar, you want to build it where there’s existing plumbing - perhaps on the backside of your kitchen or near a powder room.

“I say skip the sink, because it limits your counter space and makes the project more expensive,” says Richmond, VA, interior decorator Lesley Glotzl. She notes that not many homeowners use wet-bar sinks for washing hands and glassware, and the space can be put to better use.

Glotzl, who has rehabbed several clients’ wet bars, suggests maximizing your counter space, and in lieu of a sink, use plumbing for an ice maker. If you are a cocktail connoisseur, an ice maker will be more useful than a sink.

“What’s fun about a home bar is you can do it very affordably,” says Glotzl. She recommends building a wet bar when doing a kitchen or bath renovation, because it’s more cost-effective and an easy project to tack on when you already have someone designing cabinets and countertops.

Photo from Zillow listing

Fine-tune the details

A wet bar can be as simple as a piece of cabinetry with a countertop, upper cabinets, or shelves. If you want to get fancy, add appliances like an ice maker and refrigerator.

Cabinetry below hides plumbing and tucks away bar tools, while open shelving above the bar is a fun option for showing off fancy cocktail glasses and a collection of spirits.

Glotzl notes that a mirrored backsplash is worth considering, because it makes a wet-bar nook seem larger, while reflecting light back into the room. Glotzl recommends textured vinyl wallpapers by companies like Osborne & Little or Thibaut as another fun backsplash option. “The wallpapers are durable, and give the bar a little pop,” she says.

Don’t be afraid to get adventurous and creative. Add drama by painting cabinetry a bright color, or add a high-gloss lacquer finish. You can make a bold statement in a small space.

Hang a funky pendant light or mount two sconces to showcase your small saloon. Glotzl notes that lighting is essential, because it helps to highlight and frame the space.

Photo courtesy of Martha O’Hara Interiors

Get fancy

If you’re looking to up your game, you can add specialty appliances like dual-zone refrigerators. “What’s nice about ice makers, wine coolers, and beverage refrigerators is that they are a standard size,” says Glotzl. “You can just pop it into place like a cabinet.” So, no need to worry about installation -  just move it into place and plug it in.

For a small-scale wet bar, go straight to a kitchen design company, or coordinate it yourself by hiring a handyperson, electrician, and plumber.

On the other hand, if you want to go big and turn an entire room into a bar, or create a custom wet bar with unique appliances and restaurant-grade equipment like beer and wine taps, that’s another story. For a high-end bar with modern accouterments, you’ll need to call on a company like Wallace & Hinz, which specializes in custom bars for restaurants, clubs, and residences.

Photo from Zillow listing

“When you really look at the home bar, it’s much more difficult to create than a commercial bar, because it’s usually for a smaller space, and you want as much as you can get packed into that little space,” says Tom Tellez, CEO at Wallace & Hinz. “They can be far more complicated, and there’s room for error.”

For homeowners who request high-end dishwashers, refrigerators, and ice machines that all need to be tucked under the bar, Tellez recommends appliances from Perlick Corporation, because they specialize in beverage equipment like wine reserves, dual-zone refrigerators, and beer dispensers.

If space is tight, Tellez says the company sometimes sources tiny appliances that are traditionally used on yachts or in motorhomes. Companies like Furrion or Westland manufacture pint-sized appliances that will save your bar some inches.

“There’s the architectural side of what it looks like and feels like, then there’s how you’re going to fit everything in so that it’s seamless and operates efficiently with all your plumbing and electricity,” says Tellez.

Along with the functional aspect of bars, Tellez’s company designs the look of them, too, taking into account millwork and details like shelving and foot rails.

Photo from Zillow listing

Get inspired

Rick Magnuson called on Wallace & Hinz to transform the front parlor of his Los Altos, CA, home into a bar. After living in the 1920s farmhouse for three decades and only using the parlor a handful of times, he and his wife, Amy, decided the room was wasted space. The couple wanted a place where they could spend time with friends and family, and Amy had a lightbulb moment to add a bar in their home. “We didn’t want to put a bar in the room; we wanted to make the room a bar,” Magnuson notes.

The Magnusons got in touch with Tellez and requested a custom mahogany bar with carved details, shelves to display glassware and bottles, a handful of barstools, a mirrored backsplash, LED lights, a dishwasher, refrigerator, ice maker, and two beer taps that are now kegged with Sierra Nevada and Trumer Pilsner. They wanted their entire 16-by-20-foot front room to be transformed into a pub.

Tellez took detailed measurements of the room and discussed its layout with the Magnusons. A CAD drawing was created, and after several back-and-forths, the Magnusons finalized the design. Tellez took two to three months to build the entire room and bar in his Blue Lake, CA, workshop, then disassembled it and drove it to the Magnusons’ home, where he installed the bar, which took around a week of 10- to 12-hour shifts.

Before the bar installation, Magnuson had the parlor drywall demolished, so Tellez could install not just the bar, but custom millwork throughout the room, too, from the wainscoting to the window trim and the bar back cabinetry and shelving.

The Magnusons’ home bar is now dubbed “The Wasted Space,” a nod to their unused parlor and the drinking that now happens in their transformed space.

Do it yourself: How to hack the home bar

If you fancy yourself a skilled DIYer and don’t want to break the bank, consider these options:

$ Bookshelf bar An existing built-in bookshelf is an easy and affordable route for creating a bar. Add cabinet doors to the bottom as a place to tuck away bar tools. Adjust shelving to create plenty of space for a tray, ice bucket, and spirits.

If you feel adventurous, apply an adhesive wallpaper to the backside for a pop of color or pattern. If you need lighting, simply add Light Tape or adhesive battery-operated LED lights. Use existing shelving to display pretty glassware. And finally, style your bookshelf with any other accessories that pull your bar together.

$$ Repurposed furniture bar

In lieu of a bar cart, repurpose an unused console, record cabinet, or secretary desk into a bar. Bring the piece of furniture back to life with a coat of paint or a fun finish. Above the bar, add wall-mounted shelving from Restoration Hardware or CB2 to display your stockpile of spirits, along with sculptural glasses like coupes, highballs, and whiskey tumblers.

Photo courtesy of Michele Safra Interiors

$$$ Salvaged cabinetry bar

Glotzl recommends salvaging a cabinet from a kitchen renovation company or a place like Habitat for Humanity ReStore. Give the cabinet a fresh coat of paint, and for a custom look, top it off with a countertop remnant from a stone company.

$$$$ Cloistered bar

A closet is the perfect place to tuck away a bar. Glotzl recommends removing the door and molding, along with the drywall from the doorway to the ceiling, to create a seamless notch in the room.

“The problem with using the closet is, it’s going to be deep and not a standard size,” says Glotzl. For this, you need precise measurements to ensure that your cabinetry and countertops fit snuggly. From there, you can accessorize the space with bracketed shelving and a fun pendant light to illuminate your new favorite drinking spot.

See more bar design inspiration on Zillow Digs.

Top image from Zillow listing

Related:

A Home Bar for Every Budget

Entertaining Essentials: 5 Items Every Host Needs

Styling Bar Carts: 4 Irresistible Looks

[danielgreen01]

Belly Up to Your Own Home Bar: Our How-to Guide

A home bar can up your entertaining game and transform your social life, making your abode the coolest one on the block. Of course, a home bar can also be where you mix yourself a nice drink after a long day at work.

From a small wet bar tucked into a nook to an oversized freestanding bar, there are plenty of options for creating a watering hole in your home. Here’s how to get started.

Consider the placement

First, consider your floor plan. Determine if you have the space, and consider the rooms you entertain in. Do friends and family congregate in the living room? Or are the kitchen and dining room the social hubs?

If you want to install an ice maker or sink in your wet bar, you want to build it where there’s existing plumbing - perhaps on the backside of your kitchen or near a powder room.

"I say skip the sink, because it limits your counter space and makes the project more expensive," says Richmond, VA, interior decorator Lesley Glotzl. She notes that not many homeowners use wet-bar sinks for washing hands and glassware, and the space can be put to better use.

Glotzl, who has rehabbed several clients’ wet bars, suggests maximizing your counter space, and in lieu of a sink, use plumbing for an ice maker. If you are a cocktail connoisseur, an ice maker will be more useful than a sink.

"What’s fun about a home bar is you can do it very affordably," says Glotzl. She recommends building a wet bar when doing a kitchen or bath renovation, because it’s more cost-effective and an easy project to tack on when you already have someone designing cabinets and countertops.

Photo from Zillow listing

Fine-tune the details

A wet bar can be as simple as a piece of cabinetry with a countertop, upper cabinets, or shelves. If you want to get fancy, add appliances like an ice maker and refrigerator.

Cabinetry below hides plumbing and tucks away bar tools, while open shelving above the bar is a fun option for showing off fancy cocktail glasses and a collection of spirits.

Glotzl notes that a mirrored backsplash is worth considering, because it makes a wet-bar nook seem larger, while reflecting light back into the room. Glotzl recommends textured vinyl wallpapers by companies like Osborne & Little or Thibaut as another fun backsplash option. "The wallpapers are durable, and give the bar a little pop," she says.

Don't be afraid to get adventurous and creative. Add drama by painting cabinetry a bright color, or add a high-gloss lacquer finish. You can make a bold statement in a small space.

Hang a funky pendant light or mount two sconces to showcase your small saloon. Glotzl notes that lighting is essential, because it helps to highlight and frame the space.

Photo courtesy of Martha O’Hara Interiors

Get fancy

If you’re looking to up your game, you can add specialty appliances like dual-zone refrigerators. "What's nice about ice makers, wine coolers, and beverage refrigerators is that they are a standard size," says Glotzl. "You can just pop it into place like a cabinet." So, no need to worry about installation -  just move it into place and plug it in.

For a small-scale wet bar, go straight to a kitchen design company, or coordinate it yourself by hiring a handyperson, electrician, and plumber.

On the other hand, if you want to go big and turn an entire room into a bar, or create a custom wet bar with unique appliances and restaurant-grade equipment like beer and wine taps, that's another story. For a high-end bar with modern accouterments, you'll need to call on a company like Wallace & Hinz, which specializes in custom bars for restaurants, clubs, and residences.

Photo from Zillow listing

"When you really look at the home bar, it’s much more difficult to create than a commercial bar, because it's usually for a smaller space, and you want as much as you can get packed into that little space," says Tom Tellez, CEO at Wallace & Hinz. "They can be far more complicated, and there’s room for error."

For homeowners who request high-end dishwashers, refrigerators, and ice machines that all need to be tucked under the bar, Tellez recommends appliances from Perlick Corporation, because they specialize in beverage equipment like wine reserves, dual-zone refrigerators, and beer dispensers.

If space is tight, Tellez says the company sometimes sources tiny appliances that are traditionally used on yachts or in motorhomes. Companies like Furrion or Westland manufacture pint-sized appliances that will save your bar some inches.

"There's the architectural side of what it looks like and feels like, then there’s how you’re going to fit everything in so that it's seamless and operates efficiently with all your plumbing and electricity," says Tellez.

Along with the functional aspect of bars, Tellez's company designs the look of them, too, taking into account millwork and details like shelving and foot rails.

Photo from Zillow listing

Get inspired

Rick Magnuson called on Wallace & Hinz to transform the front parlor of his Los Altos, CA, home into a bar. After living in the 1920s farmhouse for three decades and only using the parlor a handful of times, he and his wife, Amy, decided the room was wasted space. The couple wanted a place where they could spend time with friends and family, and Amy had a lightbulb moment to add a bar in their home. "We didn’t want to put a bar in the room; we wanted to make the room a bar," Magnuson notes.

The Magnusons got in touch with Tellez and requested a custom mahogany bar with carved details, shelves to display glassware and bottles, a handful of barstools, a mirrored backsplash, LED lights, a dishwasher, refrigerator, ice maker, and two beer taps that are now kegged with Sierra Nevada and Trumer Pilsner. They wanted their entire 16-by-20-foot front room to be transformed into a pub.

Tellez took detailed measurements of the room and discussed its layout with the Magnusons. A CAD drawing was created, and after several back-and-forths, the Magnusons finalized the design. Tellez took two to three months to build the entire room and bar in his Blue Lake, CA, workshop, then disassembled it and drove it to the Magnusons’ home, where he installed the bar, which took around a week of 10- to 12-hour shifts.

Before the bar installation, Magnuson had the parlor drywall demolished, so Tellez could install not just the bar, but custom millwork throughout the room, too, from the wainscoting to the window trim and the bar back cabinetry and shelving.

The Magnusons’ home bar is now dubbed "The Wasted Space," a nod to their unused parlor and the drinking that now happens in their transformed space.

Do it yourself: How to hack the home bar

If you fancy yourself a skilled DIYer and don't want to break the bank, consider these options:

$ Bookshelf bar An existing built-in bookshelf is an easy and affordable route for creating a bar. Add cabinet doors to the bottom as a place to tuck away bar tools. Adjust shelving to create plenty of space for a tray, ice bucket, and spirits.

If you feel adventurous, apply an adhesive wallpaper to the backside for a pop of color or pattern. If you need lighting, simply add Light Tape or adhesive battery-operated LED lights. Use existing shelving to display pretty glassware. And finally, style your bookshelf with any other accessories that pull your bar together.

$$ Repurposed furniture bar

In lieu of a bar cart, repurpose an unused console, record cabinet, or secretary desk into a bar. Bring the piece of furniture back to life with a coat of paint or a fun finish. Above the bar, add wall-mounted shelving from Restoration Hardware or CB2 to display your stockpile of spirits, along with sculptural glasses like coupes, highballs, and whiskey tumblers.

Photo courtesy of Michele Safra Interiors

$$$ Salvaged cabinetry bar

Glotzl recommends salvaging a cabinet from a kitchen renovation company or a place like Habitat for Humanity ReStore. Give the cabinet a fresh coat of paint, and for a custom look, top it off with a countertop remnant from a stone company.

$$$$ Cloistered bar

A closet is the perfect place to tuck away a bar. Glotzl recommends removing the door and molding, along with the drywall from the doorway to the ceiling, to create a seamless notch in the room.

"The problem with using the closet is, it's going to be deep and not a standard size," says Glotzl. For this, you need precise measurements to ensure that your cabinetry and countertops fit snuggly. From there, you can accessorize the space with bracketed shelving and a fun pendant light to illuminate your new favorite drinking spot.

See more bar design inspiration on Zillow Digs.

Top image from Zillow listing

Related:

A Home Bar for Every Budget

Entertaining Essentials: 5 Items Every Host Needs

Styling Bar Carts: 4 Irresistible Looks

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Shadows and thorns

Part VII

Do not tell lies save it’s absolutely necessary. This was something that John Constantine insisted upon, drilled into his protégée’s head from an early age. When Queen Arella passed away due to a difficult childbirth, but she insisted on delivering the babe in her womb, defying the odds. The least Constantine could do for the poor woman was stay true to this word and protect the child. A man is only as good as his word is what his old friend, Lord Giovanni Zatara would say. It was truth that bred honor, his honor was indeed questioned in some circumstances and honor was the greatest currency the men in the Azarath had. And Constantine trusted Rhachel heeded his words as her guardian, as he had raised her to fulfill duty with honor and pride.

He had his suspicious. She had grown particularly quiet. She engaged in hushed conversations with her new Lady-in-waiting when they think John is not looking. But he did not anticipated this event. The crown Prince of Nanda Parbat asked for her hand in marriage. John knows Rhachel is an old and untamed soul, gentle and fierce, both exist in her, she’s intelligent and fair-minded but he also knows she has much more to learn of the cruel world. He did what he had to do to ensure the safety of their beloved homeland.

"Are you planning to accept it?" She asked with anxiousness in her voice, breaking the glassy silence that formed around them. John kept striding furiously around the her chamber, his face is marred with worry lines. He hasn’t uttered a single word. He remained silent, fists clenched, trapped between two choices: Wallace West or Damian Al Ghul. The Prince of Shadows.

John Constantine stiffened a little, the expectancy in the air took him by surprise and once again, he couldn’t assimilate the events, how in the seven hells this happened on his watch, those amethyst eyes of hers were scrutinizing him silently. His protégée was a free spirit, with deep roots in Azarath, firmly planted and not easily uprooted, he had let her go one day but leave her here with those poisonous vipers. Observing Wallace West, the young Lord wasn’t attentive to his betrothed at all. He had not expected Rhachel’s blossoming relationship with the Crown Prince of Nanda Parbat. Not Westlands. That sly and proud child.

“How did it come to this? How did you two meet?” John’s strong voice rumbled between the four stone walls, and for a moment, she thought time stopped. Her future was in the air, whether John would break the betrothal to the West heir and accept Damian or refuse it. She wasn’t certain. But she sensed his agitation. Her guardian constantly said do not tell lies, but John didn’t understand what brutal honesty looked like. Not like she did. He had not felt a heart like Rhachel.

“Prince Damian?” Rhachel nervously licked her lips then asked softly. Constantine could see the wheels working in her mind, and he’s sure she considered for a solid minute, lying to him. Instead she simply shrugged her shoulders and attempted to sound casual. “We met a few times, and we danced at the feast.” She was falling for him when she saw him at the royal stables and whispered those words to her, when she asked her for a dance at the banquet; it was the first time she didn’t feel so alone in the world, and when they spoke, drowning in his velvety voice, professing his affection for her, she felt her legs go weak. Damian. Heat accumulated on her cheeks.

“You are to marry Wallace West, that’s was the arrangement.” Constantine took a deep breath and tried to reason with the young girl. Truly, he cared for her, he feared for her safety, her heart breaking, she was a gentle soul. Ra’s could use her powers for his personal advantage, for his own desire to conquer more lands. They were in such a particularly worrisome predicament, to say the least. 

“What of my choices? Do I have no say in this?” She demanded boldly for the first time in years and regretted the words the instant she said them, but she had too much pride to take them back. She did know she had to marry Wallace West. She learned that in this world being a royal meant privileges but they came with inevitable obligations. A world where harsh realities knocked a little girl’s dreams of gallant knights out of her head and filled the aching emptiness with lessons about politics and duty. She had a kingdom to think about...but Damian had promised to find a solution.

John was looking at her the way he did when he discovered she had left the tower to play with Garfield at the market town. Lady Zatanna feigned innocence, she didn’t know about their little trip. It was a disapproving stare, filled with exasperation and just a hint of lividness. "Who you wed has always been my decision.”

Hot tears stung her eyes. She could not remain calm any longer. “Your decision?" She cries out, digging her nails into her palms so she wouldn't sob. She wished Lady Zatanna was there because she would never deny Rhachel’s happiness. "How can it be your decision when I am the one getting married? Shouldn't I be able to choose?” But you don’t her mind whispered. You are the last daughter of Azarath, yet what you want does not matter. It took her several beats to perceive how the gilt-wood dressing mirror was weekly shaking, her powers manifesting. She sat in the edge of the bed, a brief moment to collect her thoughts. Concentrate.

Constantine sighed as he sat next to her quietly. Bullocks, he would kill for more wine. He breathed in, filling his lungs with fresh air and exhaled slowly. “Love, you are my responsibility. You are the daughter I never had.” She was his daughter in many ways, not in the blood ties but in the one that mattered. The older man gazed affectionately at the young woman, she wasn’t a little girl anymore, counting in his head all the times she made his temper explode with her occurrences and rare disobedience, influenced by that servant boy, Garfield no doubt. How hard would be to say goodbye when the day comes.

“It’s not you. I don’t trust them.” John’s quiet for a beat, staring pensively at the dressing mirror. The Crown Prince seemed to be a good man, and word has never reached him of the man being nothing other than clever, an expert rider, a talented swordsman, and a beloved Royal. Ra’s however was another story, hearing to shocking and blood-curling tales about what he did to Lord Wayne. Rhachel would not share his unfortunate fate. No. He assured softly, cupping her chin in his hand. “I am simply advising you to choose wisely.” Frankly, no man was worthy of Rhachel. The mystic Azarathian flower that blooms once in hundred years.

“Then trust me, when I’m choosing Damian.” Rhachel spoke solemnly, sight fixed on him. John raised questioningly his brow at the absence of titles, absurd formalities in his humble opinion. But it made his chest tighten. Damian. Not Prince Damian. His fingertips traced her jawline in silence. He wondered if he could take the word of this Al Ghul prince. Zatanna would confirm it.

“You win, love.” Constantine conceded, shaking his head, then his strong arms surrounded her thin figure protectively. “Try not to destroy entirely Ahsan Manzil palace.” He teased, pinching her pale cheeks, an amused smirk on his lips and hers formed a lovely smile for him. Her tender orbs full of promising hope and intense emotion. She was happy. Beaming with pure joy.

"Princess Rhachel Al Ghul" She teased in a whisper, beginning to take a liking to it, and her guardian only laughed.

Notes: I have no idea when I’ll be able to finish this chapter because it’s filled with important conversations and a new character but here’s half of the chapter. Constantine and Raven 😩😩😩😭😭❤️

I apologize for taking such a long time but i have a lot to research and study for thus chapter and the future ones, but don’t worry there will be a damirae moment in the second part.

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Belly Up to Your Own Home Bar: Our How-to Guide

A home bar can up your entertaining game and transform your social life, making your abode the coolest one on the block. Of course, a home bar can also be where you mix yourself a nice drink after a long day at work.

From a small wet bar tucked into a nook to an oversized freestanding bar, there are plenty of options for creating a watering hole in your home. Here’s how to get started.

Consider the placement

First, consider your floor plan. Determine if you have the space, and consider the rooms you entertain in. Do friends and family congregate in the living room? Or are the kitchen and dining room the social hubs?

If you want to install an ice maker or sink in your wet bar, you want to build it where there’s existing plumbing - perhaps on the backside of your kitchen or near a powder room.

"I say skip the sink, because it limits your counter space and makes the project more expensive," says Richmond, VA, interior decorator Lesley Glotzl. She notes that not many homeowners use wet-bar sinks for washing hands and glassware, and the space can be put to better use.

Glotzl, who has rehabbed several clients’ wet bars, suggests maximizing your counter space, and in lieu of a sink, use plumbing for an ice maker. If you are a cocktail connoisseur, an ice maker will be more useful than a sink.

"What’s fun about a home bar is you can do it very affordably," says Glotzl. She recommends building a wet bar when doing a kitchen or bath renovation, because it’s more cost-effective and an easy project to tack on when you already have someone designing cabinets and countertops.

Photo from Zillow listing

Fine-tune the details

A wet bar can be as simple as a piece of cabinetry with a countertop, upper cabinets, or shelves. If you want to get fancy, add appliances like an ice maker and refrigerator.

Cabinetry below hides plumbing and tucks away bar tools, while open shelving above the bar is a fun option for showing off fancy cocktail glasses and a collection of spirits.

Glotzl notes that a mirrored backsplash is worth considering, because it makes a wet-bar nook seem larger, while reflecting light back into the room. Glotzl recommends textured vinyl wallpapers by companies like Osborne & Little or Thibaut as another fun backsplash option. "The wallpapers are durable, and give the bar a little pop," she says.

Don't be afraid to get adventurous and creative. Add drama by painting cabinetry a bright color, or add a high-gloss lacquer finish. You can make a bold statement in a small space.

Hang a funky pendant light or mount two sconces to showcase your small saloon. Glotzl notes that lighting is essential, because it helps to highlight and frame the space.

Photo courtesy of Martha O’Hara Interiors

Get fancy

If you’re looking to up your game, you can add specialty appliances like dual-zone refrigerators. "What's nice about ice makers, wine coolers, and beverage refrigerators is that they are a standard size," says Glotzl. "You can just pop it into place like a cabinet." So, no need to worry about installation -  just move it into place and plug it in.

For a small-scale wet bar, go straight to a kitchen design company, or coordinate it yourself by hiring a handyperson, electrician, and plumber.

On the other hand, if you want to go big and turn an entire room into a bar, or create a custom wet bar with unique appliances and restaurant-grade equipment like beer and wine taps, that's another story. For a high-end bar with modern accouterments, you'll need to call on a company like Wallace & Hinz, which specializes in custom bars for restaurants, clubs, and residences.

Photo from Zillow listing

"When you really look at the home bar, it’s much more difficult to create than a commercial bar, because it's usually for a smaller space, and you want as much as you can get packed into that little space," says Tom Tellez, CEO at Wallace & Hinz. "They can be far more complicated, and there’s room for error."

For homeowners who request high-end dishwashers, refrigerators, and ice machines that all need to be tucked under the bar, Tellez recommends appliances from Perlick Corporation, because they specialize in beverage equipment like wine reserves, dual-zone refrigerators, and beer dispensers.

If space is tight, Tellez says the company sometimes sources tiny appliances that are traditionally used on yachts or in motorhomes. Companies like Furrion or Westland manufacture pint-sized appliances that will save your bar some inches.

"There's the architectural side of what it looks like and feels like, then there’s how you’re going to fit everything in so that it's seamless and operates efficiently with all your plumbing and electricity," says Tellez.

Along with the functional aspect of bars, Tellez's company designs the look of them, too, taking into account millwork and details like shelving and foot rails.

Photo from Zillow listing

Get inspired

Rick Magnuson called on Wallace & Hinz to transform the front parlor of his Los Altos, CA, home into a bar. After living in the 1920s farmhouse for three decades and only using the parlor a handful of times, he and his wife, Amy, decided the room was wasted space. The couple wanted a place where they could spend time with friends and family, and Amy had a lightbulb moment to add a bar in their home. "We didn’t want to put a bar in the room; we wanted to make the room a bar," Magnuson notes.

The Magnusons got in touch with Tellez and requested a custom mahogany bar with carved details, shelves to display glassware and bottles, a handful of barstools, a mirrored backsplash, LED lights, a dishwasher, refrigerator, ice maker, and two beer taps that are now kegged with Sierra Nevada and Trumer Pilsner. They wanted their entire 16-by-20-foot front room to be transformed into a pub.

Tellez took detailed measurements of the room and discussed its layout with the Magnusons. A CAD drawing was created, and after several back-and-forths, the Magnusons finalized the design. Tellez took two to three months to build the entire room and bar in his Blue Lake, CA, workshop, then disassembled it and drove it to the Magnusons’ home, where he installed the bar, which took around a week of 10- to 12-hour shifts.

Before the bar installation, Magnuson had the parlor drywall demolished, so Tellez could install not just the bar, but custom millwork throughout the room, too, from the wainscoting to the window trim and the bar back cabinetry and shelving.

The Magnusons’ home bar is now dubbed "The Wasted Space," a nod to their unused parlor and the drinking that now happens in their transformed space.

Do it yourself: How to hack the home bar

If you fancy yourself a skilled DIYer and don't want to break the bank, consider these options:

$ Bookshelf bar An existing built-in bookshelf is an easy and affordable route for creating a bar. Add cabinet doors to the bottom as a place to tuck away bar tools. Adjust shelving to create plenty of space for a tray, ice bucket, and spirits.

If you feel adventurous, apply an adhesive wallpaper to the backside for a pop of color or pattern. If you need lighting, simply add Light Tape or adhesive battery-operated LED lights. Use existing shelving to display pretty glassware. And finally, style your bookshelf with any other accessories that pull your bar together.

$$ Repurposed furniture bar

In lieu of a bar cart, repurpose an unused console, record cabinet, or secretary desk into a bar. Bring the piece of furniture back to life with a coat of paint or a fun finish. Above the bar, add wall-mounted shelving from Restoration Hardware or CB2 to display your stockpile of spirits, along with sculptural glasses like coupes, highballs, and whiskey tumblers.

Photo courtesy of Michele Safra Interiors

$$$ Salvaged cabinetry bar

Glotzl recommends salvaging a cabinet from a kitchen renovation company or a place like Habitat for Humanity ReStore. Give the cabinet a fresh coat of paint, and for a custom look, top it off with a countertop remnant from a stone company.

$$$$ Cloistered bar

A closet is the perfect place to tuck away a bar. Glotzl recommends removing the door and molding, along with the drywall from the doorway to the ceiling, to create a seamless notch in the room.

"The problem with using the closet is, it's going to be deep and not a standard size," says Glotzl. For this, you need precise measurements to ensure that your cabinetry and countertops fit snuggly. From there, you can accessorize the space with bracketed shelving and a fun pendant light to illuminate your new favorite drinking spot.

See more bar design inspiration on Zillow Digs.

Top image from Zillow listing

Related:

A Home Bar for Every Budget

Entertaining Essentials: 5 Items Every Host Needs

Styling Bar Carts: 4 Irresistible Looks

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