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- The new Halo game will have some kind of always-online/social functionality (ie Watch_Dogs). This seems quite likely. Many games nowadays have some sort of social layer, even if they're relatively inconsequential. And Halo has always been quite a social game.
- Microsoft will announce an Xbox One exclusive MOBA. One could argue that Titanfall takes influence from MOBAs, but in any case, while this an interesting idea, I don't know that 2014 will be the year that Microsoft makes that jump. They've still been slow to adopt free-to-play.
- Games (specifically Halo and Gears of War) will move away from having numbers and towards having subtitles. I'm not sure. I think Microsoft has learned recently, from Halo 4 and Gears of War: Judgement, that numbered sequels are more likely to sell.
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- It's hard to say, since the new Halo game isn't out yet.
- Mitch was right on this one. Smite was announced as an Xbox One exclusive MOBA.
- Halo 5 does indeed have a number. No word yet on Gears of War.
- Killer Instinct will get a Season 2 which will launch with two characters, and will get another character every three months. Seems reasonable enough.
- Gears of War will be teased at E3 2014. Kind of an obvious one. While the game is a ways away, a tease at E3 is likely.
- Xbox One will receive a massive OS overhaul in the middle of the year that will fix most complaints. I don't think the interface will be overhauled, but surely numerous fixes and updates are on the way. Microsoft has said as much.
- Killer Instinct did get a Season 2, but it came with eight new characters, not two.
- Destin and I were both wrong on this one. There was no mention of Gears of War at E3.
- Unfortunately, there was no such overhaul. Just a continued slew of minor tweaks and updates.
- Halo won't come out this year. It's possible. That NeoGAF leak says as much. It's unlike Microsoft to go a year without a big recognizable game release in the Fall, but it seems they may have no choice this time.
- Summer of Arcade will live on in spirit, with four great downloadable games in the summer. I'm sure Microsoft will do some kind of digital game promotion, but it may or may not take place during the Summer, especially since indie releases are still a trickle on Xbox One.
- Microsoft will announce Banjo 3 this year. I really doubt it.
- Indeed, Halo 5 didn't come out in 2014.
- There was no such promotion of indie games this year.
- Banjo 3 was not announced.
- The Xbox One version of Minecraft will be the highest selling first or second party game. Most likely. It's one of the best selling games on pretty much every platform it's on, and with Halo probably not releasing this year, it's certainly likely to happen.
- Titanfall will spike system sales, and will be on the top 10 list for six months. I doubt that. It's a new IP that's partially exclusive. We don't know what games will release between March and September, but I don't think Titanfall will stay on the top 10 for that long. Although, of course it'll spike system sales.
- The Elder Scrolls Online will be a much bigger deal on Xbox One than anyone expects it to be. I don't think so. It's a subscription MMO, so there's a really large cost barrier there that console gamers are not accustomed to.
- Hard to say, since we don't have any sales figures.
- I believe Titanfall did spike sales of the console somewhat, but it didn't stay on NPD's top 10 for six months. It was at the top of the list in March and April, but then fell to 8th in May, and off the list entirely in June.
- Elder Scrolls Online didn't release in 2014, so while this prediction may still come true, it didn't in 2014.


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A friend of mine has opted to upgrade his graphics card, what is ususally a simple enough process, and asked me to assist in the purchase and installation. "No problem" I thought! So I asked him what PC model he had so I could check it was sufficiently powered and the motherboard was compatible, and he tells me he has a HP m8180.nl - a media orientated pc with a quad core processor and a 8500gt already installed - sounded nice.
So I look the thing up and it's a mATX set up in a mATX case with a 300w mATX psu. Useless! Typical as ever HP have provided a PSU that only just manages to power the system but no room for improvement. I remember my dad dealing with a similar hp set up and being hard pushed to find one of these PSUs with any sort of decent power rating.
Eventually the decision was made that a case migration was in order to accomidate this and future upgrades. However, I'm finding it hard to find midi towers that accomidate mATX motherboards.
Is there a way to convert mATX to ATX dimensions or does anyone know models of midi tower that will hold a mATX motherboard?
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Sep 30, 2009 at 3:42 UTC
micro ATX is as you said a smaller version of normal ATX.
most clone PC cases these days are very poor quality (anyone else like stabbing out bits of metal with a screwdriver to make a hole to fit a card in the back?)
some microATX cases have a smaller PSU which is a approx 2/3s of the size of a regular ATX psu. Some PCs makers like Tiny (remember them?) had these PSUs fitted in a bracket to fit the gap that a normal PSU wold fit in.
I think a lot of the things about PSUs needing to be a gazillion watts to support graphics cards are exaggerated. Give your graphics card a try, if you machine wont run stable, get a new PSU and you should be fine.
If not, if you need a higher powered microATX PSU check ebay, you could probably find these more specialised ones there.
Sep 30, 2009 at 4:09 UTC
What graphics card are you planning on upgrading to?
If it's a good one, you are definitely going to need a better PSU, but remember, it's not all about wattage, check the amperage on the 12v rail, you're going to want at least 19amps to power anything decent.
Sep 30, 2009 at 4:14 UTC
It's a nvidia 9800GT. Has potential to draw almost 3 times the power of the 8500GT currently installed. That, knowing the guy overclocks as standard, combined with the CPU he has, means I believe the 300w PSU he has at the moment is likely to be insufficient.
Sep 30, 2009 at 5:28 UTC
I'm not 100% sure, but I think the 9800GT needs it's own 12v cable, whereas the 8500 will draw power directly from the MOBO.
If this is the case, you can be pretty much guaranteed that you will need a new psu. Most 300watt variants will not have a separate 6pin 12v cable.
Sep 30, 2009 at 5:43 UTC
Lol yes that is another factor! I run 2 9800GTs in SLI and yes they both have independat 12v power sockets. Essentially HP have really had my mate on this. Hence wondering how to proceed!
Sep 30, 2009 at 7:53 UTC
Buy a new case.
Sep 30, 2009 at 8:09 UTC
Some midi cases used to support mATX as well as ATX. Take a look around the market and see what you can find. Not sure if they still make them.
Sep 30, 2009 at 8:16 UTC
Another problem with moving to another case is that the I/O panel may be part of the case. Also check the cables for the power on, power and hd lights. If the are is a ribbon cable you are going to have a problem with that.
I know Dell does this, not sure on HP. There older systems were not a problem.
To look for a new case and power supply goto www.newegg.com.
They have some of the best prices. some things even have free shipping.
Any ATX case will take an mATX MB.
Sep 30, 2009 at 8:24 UTC
Interesting point. I can see I won't be able to resolve the issue entirely from my desk...will actually have to go and see the PC and open it up.
Sep 30, 2009 at 9:01 UTC
Yes in this situation you will probably have to take a look at the computer. You will need to check the rating of the existing PSU (Even though I am almost 100% it will not power a 9800). Then you will need to check the cables for the Power On/HD Lights as mentioned.
As for new cases there are ones that will have the holes punched for both boards. So you can watch out for that!!!
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If we freeze water and soda then water will freeze faster
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Does water freeze faster than soda?
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Put water and soda in ice tray and put in freezer then check on them every 30 minutes until one of the liquids freezes.
Water freezes faster than soda. I know this because I tested it. I put both soda and water in ice trays and put them in the freezer. Then I took
them out every 30 min. 4 hours later I took out the soda and water and the water was frozen
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Show Me The Money: Two Ways IoT Will Unlock Your Revenue Potential
Over the past few years, there's been a lot of hype about the Internet of Things (IoT) and its massive potential to change how we live, work and conduct business. From wearable devices to smart appliances that share information via sensors, it seems every company is embarking on a bold Internet of Things strategy. In fact, nearly three-fourths of enterprises believe IoT solutions will create new business opportunities and bolster their existing offerings.
By 2020, the IoT will produce an estimated 50 billion connected devices and IoT solutions will generate $7.1 trillion. Yet the current reality paints a much different picture: Most of the IoT use cases today are focused on cost reduction and efficiency – and only 13 percent of IoT use cases between 2009 and 2013 targeted revenue growth or innovation.
So, how will companies drive future revenue growth from the Internet of Things?
While we are early in the IoT, many compelling use-cases are emerging across various industries. Many of these use cases create new ways to drive growth and profitability from existing customers. How? The Internet of Things simply represents another "smart" endpoint to better understand customer behavior, value sentiments and product consumption.
Today, with the rise of the cloud and big data, we are now able to collect and aggregate more information about customers than ever before. By also having a real-time, context-aware data feed from multiple product sources over time, companies will rapidly continue to shift how they do business with customers.
Ultimately, the IoT will change how companies bring new "value" to products and services, engage their customers and drive future growth strategies. To make this shift, companies need to take a different approach – think differently – and focus on service instead of product. Here are two primary ways the IoT will help companies drive growth from their customers – with some specific use cases.
1. Moving From Products To Outcomes
Combined with the cloud, the Internet of Things is already changing business models and related product offerings. One of the biggest shifts has been the move from selling discrete products with attached services to now selling complete "outcomes" or Outcomes as a Service (OaaS). Think of OaaS as simply a product wrapped in a service-based SLA or goal.
One great example of OaaS is a leading commercial air-conditioning company that's leveraging usage analytics and the IoT to charge for and deliver outcome based air-conditioning based on specific energy consumption targets and temperature SLAs — selling an air conditioning unit and hoping the customer obtains the desired experience are now days gone by. Other examples can include preventative maintenance services by anticipating wear-and-tear of a device, or product education services based upon usage patterns.
The healthcare and medical device industries are also key verticals that stand to benefit tremendously from the IoT. Today, a number of medical device companies are developing connectivity to improve communications between health care providers and patients, while also providing real time monitoring of patient health through bedside diagnostics.
The list of new business models enabled by the IoT is endless – asset sharing, verticalisation, advanced telematics and connected cars, home automation, and so on. Net-net: With new insight into how customers are using a product or service – combined with other data sources in the cloud – businesses have new ways to deliver value to customers and monetise solutions.
2. Deepening Customer Relationships
The Internet of Things becomes a new frontier for CRM – bolstering traditional sales acquisition and customer support approaches. The IoT places greater emphases on ensuring customers derive ongoing value from a product or service across the customer lifecycle (onboarding, adoption, renewals and expansion) to minimise churn and create customers for life. The initial sale initiated by CRM now becomes the starting point for the IoT across the customer lifecycle.
By connecting-the-dots and aggregating data from IoT with other valuable customer data in the cloud, companies can better engage customers. Here are some use cases for how the IoT can be leveraged to drive deeper customer relationships and loyalty:
- Combine usage behavior with other customer history to predict – and prevent— churn
- Recognise buying behavior to adjust merchandising and align with local preferences
- Deliver customised offers at the perfect moment – i.e. when a customer enters a store
- Manage inventory volume based upon demand and purchases (Amazon does this today!)
- Understand product usage and trends to improve future product development efforts
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While the IoT holds broad appeal across every enterprise – it's effect on how companies manage their customer relationships will be priceless. Ultimately, the IoT will help companies create more sustained value moving from a one-time "initial sale" focus to an ongoing relationship with customers. The specific effects will be felt in how companies go-to-market and leverage their CRM systems and other data to understand and engage existing customers. If your business is based upon customer-centricity, it's time to incorporate IoT into your long-term strategy — your viability may depend on it.


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The Space Explorers is an animated feature film which was later converted to a cartoon serial. First shown on television during the Space Race era of the late 1950s by publisher Bill Cayton and animator Fred Ladd. There was also a sequel series released in 1959 entitled the New Adventures of the Space Explorers.
The first animated film series was first shown in 1958 on nationwide television shows such as Claude Kirchner's on WWOR-TV, Captain Kangaroo, Captain Video (DuMont), Captain Satellite, Sheriff John, Officer Joe Bolton, Romper Room and many others. The cartoon, which featured Jimmy, Smitty, and Professor Leon Nordheim on board the Polaris spaceship, taught space-related concepts. The most recent sightings of the Polaris spaceship are in the very beginning of Chapter 5 of NOVA's Public Television (PBS) production of The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory. It has also been seen on Mike Myers Saturday Night Live skit Dieter.
The two-hour-long sequel "New Adventures of the Space Explorers" featured additional educational space footage. For accuracy, both animated feature films used consultants from NASA and the Hayden Planetarium.
The material comes primarily from three foreign films : - various animation sequences come from the 1951 Russian film "Universe" by the late soviet director Pavel Klushantsev. - images of the rocket Polaris come from footage of German film "Weltraumschiff 1 Startet" (Anton Kutter, 1937) - but all images of the interior of the spaceship, images of the characters and from the walk on planet were extracted from a Russian cartoon film "Polet na lunu", (Flight to the moon), 1953, (Soyuzmultfilm).
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As The Patriot Ledger celebrates 175 years of publication this year, we're taking a look at other local businesses with big anniversaries in 2012. We interviewed Ray Belanger, the owner of Bay Copy in Rockland, to find out more about his business as it celebrates its 40th anniversary.
We interviewed Ray Belanger, the owner of Bay Copy in Rockland, to find out more about his business as it celebrates its 40th anniversary. The following is an edited version of that exchange.
How has your business changed since its inception?
When the business was founded in 1972, the mainstays of our business were duplicating machines (the equipment that schools used to make copies), and we even did typewriter repair.
Over the course of four decades, a lot changed. As copiers became more sophisticated, we led the way in changing from analog to digital. We have become even closer partners with our customers. We help them understand how to use the technology to streamline their work flows, reduce costs and drive productivity.
Most businesses spend between 1 percent and 3 percent of their total bottom line on generating documents. It's an area that is often overlooked. We can offer a CEO or CFO a review of their current process and costs. Often this approach finds immediate areas for cost savings and improved productivity.
How has your industry changed over that time?
Properly networked digital technology can help businesses save significantly on time, labor and costs, and can result in a better quality of document generation. We shifted our model from a company that sells and services office equipment such as copiers and printers to one that offers "efficiency audits" to see what savings can be achieved by leveraging the benefits of technology. Technology also helps companies to become more "paperless" than they could have been even a few years ago.
In the early days, copiers produced documents that by today's standards would be judged mediocre at best. Today's equipment can produce documents that are of the same high quality as originals. With that there is also the responsibility we have to help customers understand how to best adapt the technology to their business.
How does your business differentiate itself from its competitors?
We are independent of any manufacturer, so we can use our expertise to pick the best products and services for each customer. We are a locally owned and managed business. We are nimble and we have a strong, close relationship with our clients. Locally, we have a long-term commitment to the community. And we are proud that we have a number of long-term, knowledgeable employees.
What are some of the advantages and challenges of doing business in this region?
The South Shore is a great growth area, and one that supports a strong, diverse mix of businesses. As a longtime South Shore resident, it is a great place to work and live, and I am proud to be an active member of the South Shore Chamber of Commerce. Every place has its challenges, which I don't believe are unique to any geographic region. The overall challenge in this business, as I suspect is the case for most businesses, is staying focused on customers and doing your best each day.
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The theme of American Idol last night was all about love, break-ups and make-ups. Jena Irene sang Elvis. I love Elvis. She left Jennifer Lopez in tears, Keith Urban called her a "musical platypus." Even the unmovable Harry Connick Jr. called her performance a "rare TV moment."
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I also have to mention how fun the ATV tour to the waterfall was ... I highly recommend it! We got to take two different trails/roads, one with breathtaking ocean views and another really fun one through the mountains. Roger's son led the tour and he told us fun things about the trees and plants we would walk by on the short hike to the waterfall, which let us experience just a little bit what it might have been like growing up in Costa Rica, if even for just a moment. This again made us feel so welcome there. On vacations I think there is just no replacement for getting to learn from and share experiences with locals of the place you are visiting. The rope swing at the waterfall was a blast. What an experience!
I also recommend renting an ATV for a day, to explore town and surrounding beaches. It's an adventure that you don't get as easily at the more developed fully tourist destinations, to get off the beaten path and find secluded beaches ... plus the getting around is fun in itself! Not to mention, they are very practical with the roads there.
I could go on forever but this is too long already so just to sum it up, we loved this place and wish we had more time there. It is so much better than an impersonal huge resort. We cannot wait to visit again. Thank you Roger and Heidi and family, as well as all the staff!!
P.S. Try a piña colada at the swim-up bar .... mmmmm
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The first run of "Survival Log" has begun, and since I've hit the halfway point of Season 1, I figured it was time for a milestone article. And I'm not sure what surprises me the most: that I've gotten this far in only a couple days, that I've been sober for all of it, or that so far I've actually enjoyed the show.
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We have a wedding on July 25th. We would like to stay for at least the weekend, but possibly up to a week. We have a black lab mix, Kovak (about 50 pounds) and a yorkie, Phoebe (6 pounds). They are used to being around me all day, so I would love to have someone that will be with them most of the time and sleep with them. They have a fenced in yard, so I would prefer to keep them at home while we're away (no walking necessary). They get fed homemade food at about 8 am, I leave dry food out for them all day, they get a big treat in the afternoon and a little treat at night. I would also ask you to water the plants, check the mail, take garbage out if necessary. Phoebe is older so she sleeps a lot and is pretty mellow. Kovak is about a year so he's a little crazy at times, but he gets super stressed out when we are not at home. They are both super sweet dogs and have great personalities. We have Internet, but no TV. I prefer to be contacted by email.
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. THIS TWO BEDROOM ONE BATH HOME IS LOCATED IN THE OXFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT. HOME NEEDS SOME T L C AND SITS ON A CORNER LOT WITH LOTS OF MATURE TREES. KITCHEN HAS A CORNER EAT IN AREA AND THE LAUNDRY ROOM IS LOCATED OFF THE BACK OF THE KITCHEN. NICE SIZE STORAGE SHED AT THE END OF THE DRIVEWAY. Learn more about this property.
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I want to say two weeks now which is why I know I shouldn't be freaking out yet. He had asthma as a baby but supposedly outgrew it before he started school. It just makes me nervous.
I don't think you are being paranoid, but rather cautious. I wouldn't panic, but maybe start tracking it and his activity levels to see if there is a correlation. Maybe once it goes away see if you can induce it right away - take him somewhere he will be active and see if it comes back right away.
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Clients do not always feel like giving parties for the people who have just finished remodeling their homes, but that's what the Queen of England did here at Windsor Castle, her favorite residence.
One thousand of the 5,000 engineers, architects, artisans and construction workers who took part in the largest restoration of a historic home in Britain this century gathered last Friday in two splendidly refurbished state rooms, and the Queen and Prince Philip moved among them, expressing their thanks.
The couple had reason to be in a festive mood. Their guests had brought the job in at $8 million under budget and, more important, had delivered the finished product six months early, with consequences that have added sentiment to the splendor. Thursday is the 50th wedding anniversary of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip.
It is also five years to the day since the rooms they were mingling in and 106 others were incinerated or gutted by fire and deluged with water. The blaze raged for 15 hours and at one point exploded into the night sky from two of the crenelated castle's towers with such ferocity that onlookers compared the fiery spires to giant Roman candles.
A million and a half gallons of water were poured onto the building, seeping into its massive old walls, lodging beneath its paneling and flooring, drenching the slurry of charred timbers in a vast debris field and sloshing about Medieval vaults. Chris Watson, a partner of Gardiner & Theobold Management Services, the project manager for the restoration, said he was told at first that it would take 10 years for the building to become dry enough to work on.Continue reading the main story
''Everything was dripping,'' his partner, Simon Jones, recalled. ''We had a very, very wet castle.''
Now, they have one whose shine comes from gold leaf, richly textured silks and priceless antique furniture polished to a reflective gleam. But as challenging to the workers and as pleasing to the visitors as the faithful restoration of regal majesty to five of the nine destroyed principal rooms has been, even greater interest has awaited the artistic outcome of a decision to ''reinterpret'' rather than replicate the remaining four.
The centerpiece of that part of the project is the 180-foot-long St. George's Hall, a banqueting room fitted out with the heraldic arms of the Knights of the Order of the Garter and topped by a full-blown Gothic hammerbeam ceiling crisscrossed by arches and struts hewn from green oak. Untreated, this wood remains veined, cracked and gnarly. ''That gives it character,'' said Giles Downes, the architect from the North London firm of Sidell Gibson, which won the competition for the coveted right to do the interpreted rooms.
Prince Charles, head of the design subcommittee with responsibility for these rooms, called the ceiling an improvement over the plaster one painted to appear like wood, which had been placed there in the 1820's by Sir Jeffry Wyatville, architect of George IV, the dandified king whose flamboyant habits of dress brought him comparisons to a peacock and whose obsession with extravagance embellished Windsor Castle's interiors with melodramatic pastiche.
''I am afraid to say that I have never been a great admirer of Wyatville,'' Prince Charles says in a new film, ''Restoration,'' produced by his brother Prince Edward and being shown on television on Thursday night in Britain. The Prince, whose emotions can run high when it comes to architecture, said he thought Wyatville had ''vandalized'' St. George's Hall.
Mr. Downes said simply, ''We decided not to recreate what didn't work.'' He said that generations had interpreted Gothic, ''our national style,'' for their times and that he was doing the same thing now.
The overall head of the restoration committee was Prince Philip, who took primary responsibility for the five rooms to be recreated exactly as they had been. That decision was taken in the cases of rooms like the Grand Reception Room and State Dining Room, where original furniture dictated a need for a harmonious context, or in the sumptuous Crimson and Green Drawing Rooms, where the accompanying room in the same line, the White Room, survived.
One addition to Windsor Castle bears the direct imprint of Prince Philip. It is a stained glass window in the new private chapel that shows scenes from the fire and the rescue of artworks based on suggestions he scribbled in pencil on paper.
Windsor Castle, 30 miles west of London, is the largest occupied castle in Europe and the second most visited building in Britain, after the Tower of London. Its Thames-side location was chosen by William the Conqueror in 1070; Samuel Pepys, the diarist, called it ''the most romantic castle in the world.''
Its 13 acres of towers, turrets, halls, terraces, courtyards, gardens and gateways are divided into three wards: lower, middle and upper. The two lower parts have remained open to the public while the repairs were being made to the top part, where the fire struck. The restored rooms will be open to the public starting Dec. 27.
Seventy percent of the $61 million restoration project has been paid for by entrance fees to the castle and to Buckingham Palace, which was opened to the public during the summer months for the first time for the express purpose of raising money for the refurbishing of Windsor. The other 30 percent comes from royal moneys. ''This has been done at no extra cost to the taxpayer,'' said Dickie Arbiter, director of media affairs for the Royal Collection Trust.
On the day of the fire, a remarkable volunteer rescue operation saved all except one large painting, and a massive sideboard by the 19th-century designer A. W. N. Pugin. The restorers have been unstinting in recreating glorious excess to house the thousands of works of art that remain.
More than half a million sheets of gold leaf were used to gild furniture and plaster, and at one point the project put out what Mr. Watson said was the biggest order for tassels in this century. ''And then two weeks later, we beat that,'' he said.
The task of drying out the building led the project managers to strip walls of successive finishes applied over the centuries and produced a number of archeological discoveries from as far back as the 13th century. The hinges of the original gates of the portcullis appeared, as did the Medieval well reaching down to the Thames water level. Old windows and doors and arches emerged, and the blaze destroyed kitchen annexes that had covered an ancient cesspit, which has given scientists evidence of people's habits in the Middle Ages.
The fire consumed a pine ceiling in the Great Kitchen, revealing 14th-century timbers, which have now been left in place in the reconstruction. St. George's Hall had long been derided by architects as too long and not high enough, a railroad car of an enclosure with a cramped feel despite its spaciousness. In the fire, the low-pitched armorial plaster Wyattville ceiling crashed into pieces, but by the time Mr. Downes inherited the room, a lead-covered steel roof had been fitted over the gutted top, limiting the scope of what he could do to put in needed elevation.
His solution was to lower the kneeling-knight corbels at the bottom ends of the raked arches, allowing him to create a peaked ceiling that produces the illusion of a higher roof.
Another challenge faced Mr. Downes in the formal approach to the great hall. Over time, new partitions had produced a passage through the private chapel and on to St. George's Hall that required a 90-degree turn. Hugh Roberts, the director of the Royal Collection, said, ''It was pokey.''
Mr. Downes decided to create an entirely new and intimate private chapel from what had been known as the Holbein Room and dedicated the old private chapel space to an anteroom, called the Lantern Room, which he shaped like an octagon to provide more fluid passage into the hall. Laminated oak columns, delicately fluted to resemble Gothic cut stone, rise to a verdigris fan vault ceiling and then splay outward like a flowering lily.
It was in this corner of the castle that the fire began, when a 15-foot curtain came into contact with the heated cowling of a spotlight. A tablet commemorating the fact has been placed at the spot in the midst of a fragmented ornamental altar screen that survived the fire. The inscription reads: ''The fire of 20th November 1992 began here. Restoration of the fire-damaged area was completed five years later, on 20th November 1997, the 50th anniversary of the wedding of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh.''
For most visitors to Windsor Castle it will be the most visible indication that there ever was a fire.
Correction: November 22, 1997, Saturday An article on Thursday about Windsor Castle in Britain referred incompletely to the broadcast schedule for a film on its restoration, produced by Prince Edward. The one-hour film, which was seen Thursday night in Britain, will be broadcast in the United States on the Learning Channel on Monday at 10 P.M., Eastern time.Continue reading the main story


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