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Beyond perfection
Photographer Jo Longhurst's work takes us beyond conventional notions of perfection, status and ownership.READ MORE
Photographer Jo Longhurst's work takes us beyond conventional notions of perfection, status and ownership.READ MORE
In this in-depth conversation with photographer Jo Longhurst, we talk about what perfection means, how being pulled in multiple directions allowed her to find new rewarding ground and the elusive leveled playing field.
You've spoken about your work focusing on 'the construction of the human identity through the shaping of the figure of the dog'. Can you explain how has this idea has evolved in its expression over time and in different projects.
The Refusal was made over 6 – 7 years. Initially I was interested in the relationship between man and dog and what this might say about us as humans. I started out making clinical photographic studies to try to understand the historical conventions of dog breeding, and how a dog's form and character evolved as its working relationship to us changed. As my project developed I got sidetracked into exploring more emotional aspects of the relationship between human and dog. Although encouraged to choose between these two very different directions, I felt the real work was happening somewhere in the gap between the two.
What inspired your interest in documenting 'perfection'?
It's hard to know. It crept up on me. As I got to know some of the breeders and their dogs, I became fascinated by their obsessive quest to breed a 'perfect dog'. I wondered how such an elusive creature might be recognized. I quickly learned that Whippet perfection is described in detail in the Kennel Club of Great Britain's 'Breed Standard', a benchmark against which all show dogs are judged. I'm now working with elite gymnasts. There's definitely something about performing and being judged within strict criteria that interests me.
Why dogs? And why the Whippet of all breeds?
At the time I was interested in human Eugenics and the burgeoning area of Genomics, wondering where these cutting edge scientific developments might lead us. Discussions around this highly emotive area are often highjacked by heated debate on issues such as right to life and the ethics of experimentation. I (mistakenly) thought by photographing dogs in Pedigree programmes – where Eugenic breeding practices have been overtly practiced and discussed for centuries – I could circumvent some of these contentious issues, which might distract the viewer from engaging with what really interested me.
I tend to work with subjects I have some emotional knowledge of. I had just acquired two Whippet puppies, and my visits to the Newmarket horse studs where they were bred had opened my eyes to the strange, but compelling world of the show dog.
We've seen studies of the relationship between dog and owner before and witnessed the ways in which dogs communicate something about their owner. They become a symbol of status, another way to project personal image. In extreme cases dog and owner even end up looking alike. But when you remove the owner from the subject of the photograph (specifically speaking to The Refusal Part I and Twelve dogs Twelve Bitches'), the question revolves around a broader social idea…
I made a real effort to picture the dogs as individuals in their own right, not as accessories or symbols of something human. But it's pretty hard to do – and I don't know how successful I was in this respect. Our lives are so completely intertwined, and of course a photograph is a human cultural artefact. There is an inherent contradiction in attempting to simply photograph a dog 'as a dog': dogs don't care about photographs. So the resulting works somehow reflect more about us, and the social structures we are ourselves forced to negotiate. The works you mention are made up of photographs of champion show dogs from the best kennels in England. Despite the proscriptive description in the Breed Standard, the variety and difference in features displayed by these prize specimens betrays the subjective nature of human relations.
The Refusal (Part 1) is my favourite work. It was taken at one of the very first photoshoots in 2001. The white bitch very deliberately stepped out of line, a defiant if futile move. This small act of resistance stuck in my mind and the image stayed with me. I finally produced it, larger than life and encased in a deep white specimen box frame. It was the final work I made for the project, and became the signature work of the show (The Refusal, Museum Folkwang, Essen, 2008).
Its hard to know how to feel about the subject in these works – its not often we observe the animal as part of such a scientific, emotionally disconnected aesthetic. And at the same time, in projects like 'I Know what You're Thinking' and 'Terence, Vincent, Saffi, Iris, Shaun & Monique', the Whippet's inherent trepidatious expression humanises the dogs in a unique way.
I found the clinical photographs disturbing. This side profile, with no exchange of look between human and animal is how 'breed' is traditionally pictured. I emphasised the form of the dog with background lighting to bring out the features important to a judge at a dog show and carefully cropped and printed them to a standard akin with the care a breeder might take to present their dog in the show ring. They are definitely objects of desire – to be looked at but not engaged with. Breed, another clinical work, takes this a step further. The images are glossy, cold and clinical, mounted and displayed on aluminium discs to evoke medical experimentation, but the dogs themselves are shown in a more vulnerable manner.
The portraits you mention were made as a response to the clinical images, shot with the same show dogs. I didn't want to humanize them – there are plenty of images out there already that do that, and which make me quite uncomfortable – but I did want to present them in a light where we might recognize what we share, bringing out the sentient quality of the individual dogs. The portraits are printed large, 30" x 40", and hung with the Whippet eyeline at an equivalent human height so their unfathomable canine gaze meets yours as you enter the room.
In complete contrast to these works, 'Untitled I, II, II and Portrait of a Dog' explores some of the most intimate moments between man and dog, where the human subject is relegated to his most vulnerable state. It seems that here, the playing field between man and dog is leveled somewhat, there is no sense of ownership, no dominance of one over the other?
I'm glad you read them like that. It's the kind of response I had hoped to achieve, but these works in particular have had mixed reactions. Our relationships with our dogs are very intimate – and often more enduring than our human relationships. But many people have read some kind of debauched sexual relationship into the fact that the male figure is naked (see Kunstforum International review of The Refusal here). I was merely trying to picture both man and dog in their natural habitat (cultured domestication), drawing attention to our shared characteristics as well as our animal differences.
You've obviously worked with many show dogs and their owners. In witnessing relationships where the dog serves a specific purpose other than pure companionship – have you made any personal observations? When you have this kind of 'show dog' relationship with your animal, do you think it drowns out the emotional connection somewhat?
No, if anything I think it enhances it. Certainly in England (the only experience I have had) the breeders I met all had a great relationship with their dogs. Dog showing is a hobby which requires patience, dedication, hard work, long hours, and above all a love and understanding of the dogs themselves. It would not be my choice of how to spend every weekend, but through participating in shows, the dogs are socialized with other dogs, and they appear to develop close bonds with the breeders who train and handle them in the show ring. There is a strange mix of love, control and discipline required of both dog and breeder.
Can you talk a bit about your intention in 'Sighthound'? It seems to come from a substantially different angle – its the only work which explores the dogs in a more wild and natural state.
These are my own pet dogs, photographed on the edge of Epping Forest where I used to run them every day. The Refusal is a project about looking and being looked at. In Sighthound I was interested in the dogs' experience. Whippets have excellent vision, but a very different attitude to looking to us. They are not interested in image or aesthetics. They're far more concerned with the here and now, in inhabiting the physical body. Sighthound is an installation work. The viewer has to crouch down to peer into pairs of backlit 3D viewers. In some images the dogs are barely visible and the viewer is required to adopt the dog's posture and attitude (of hunting) in order to view the work.
Did you discover anything new about your dogs/you/your relationship when photographing them?
My two dogs were the inspiration for the project. They both fell short of Whippet perfection (Terence has only one testicle, Vincent has a roach back and is painfully thin – even for a Whippet) but provided me with an understanding of the passion the breeders display for their dogs. My dogs ended up in many of the final works: a photograph of Terence is slipped into Twelve Dogs, Twelve Bitches, my ringer amongst all the champion dogs. He's the one not standing correctly… Vincent, appears in Vincent originally made for the Hiscox show Weeds. They also both appear in the circular works, At home and It's all in my mind as well as the Untitled portraits with man and dog discussed above.
I learned that they love having their photograph taken and are far more patient and obedient in front of a camera and lights than they are normally. They engage totally and seem to intuitively understand the process, often posing unasked when the lens is cocked (see Portrait of a Dog). William Wegman once told me that he had the same experience when using the large format Polaroid. He said his dogs would become totally engrossed and just knew when to look to camera.
Photography by Jo Longhurst
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|May 22, 1990
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|Nov 29, 1988
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|Apr 8, 1987
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|Kazutaka Nakashima, Kazuya Saito
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|Dowa Mining Co., Ltd., Yazaki Corporation
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|Patent Citations (19), Non-Patent Citations (2), Referenced by (14), Classifications (18), Legal Events (4)
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This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 177,997 filed Apr. 5, 1988 now abandoned.
The present invention relates to a female connector half of an electrical connector (hereinafter referred to as "female connector") that permits the passage of low signal current in such applications as electric wire harnesses in automobiles, characterized in that said female connector is formed in a monolithic structure with a novel copper-base alloy.
A female connector generally consists, as shown in FIG. 2, of a socket portion 1 and a wire-connecting portion 2, said socket portion having therein a spring element 3 and accepting the insertion of a male connector.
While electrical connectors that permit the passage of low signal currents in such applications as electric wire harnesses in automobiles are required to have several properties, female connector halves must particularly meet the following requirements: good spring properties and amenability to working or machining into complex shapes; ease of selective plating with gold intended to reduce the contact resistance of the contact area; and ease of tin plating performed to prevent discoloration of substrate surfaces and to provide good solderability.
However, no single materials available today possess all of these properties simultaneously, and female connectors are conventionally fabricated from combinations of spring materials having good spring properties with frame materials featuring high ratings of machinability. Namely, the spring element 3 shown in FIG. 2, and the frame element (the socket portion 1 and the wire-connecting portion 2 shown in the same figure are prepared in two separate steps and they are assembled later into a single element. Commonly employed spring materials are beryllium copper (C-1720) and Cu-9% Ni-6% Sn alloy, and typical frame materials are made of brass (C-2600) or Cu-0.1% Fe-0.03% P alloy that feature high ratings of machinability.
This prior art technique, however, has had the following problems.
(1) Spring materials are gold plated in the contact area in order to reduce contact resistance, and tin plated in other areas in consideration of corrosion resistance and solderability. However, materials used as spring elements exhibit the intended spring properties only after they are age-hardened in the temperature range of 315�-450� C. following pressing into a desired shape. This requires plating with a desired metal after pressing but this post-pressing plating method leads to an increased production cost as compared with a method in which plating precedes the pressing operation.
(2) Beryllium copper is easily workable when it is in a unhardened state but its high price makes it an uneconomical material for use in the fabrication of a monolithic female connector half.
(3) Making spring and frame members from different alloys and assembling them into a single element are not cost-effective because of the increased number of fabrication steps involved.
(4) With the recent tendency of using electrical connectors in more hostile environments, it has become necessary to ensure that the contact pressure will not change under prolonged exposure to temperatures between about 150� and 200� C. However, the prior art connectors fabricated from the combination of two different materials are unable to meet this requirement.
(5) The scrap of the prior art two-piece female connector cannot be recycled by an economical method since separating the spring material from the frame material requires costly treatments.
An object, therefore, of the present invention is to provide an economical electrical female connector made of material that possesses the properties described above and which can be worked into a monolithic structure of spring and frame portions. Representative values of the characteristics required for this material are shown below for illustrative purposes:
(i) Electrical conductivity: 10-20% IACS;
(ii) Spring limit: ≧45 Kgf/mm2 ;
(iii) Workability with press: Good bent surface is obtained in 90� W bending test (CES-M-0002-6) at R/t=1.0 where R is the bending radius and t is the thickness of a plate under test;
(iv) Stress relaxation characteristics which serve as an index for stability in the contact pressure of spring: because, this overlapping was made by mistake:
No more than 10% stress relaxation after exposure to 200� C.�500 h;
(v) Reliability of plating: No Au or Sn plated coat separation occurs in 90� W bend test after exposure to 150� C.�500 h.
The above-stated object of the present invention can be attained by a monolithic female connector made of a copper-base alloy that consists essentially of 7-15 wt % Ni, 1.0-2.0 wt % Al, no more than 0.0050 wt % O2, and the balance being Cu and incidental impurities.
FIG. 1 is a graph showing the stress relaxation of three different Cu base alloys as a function of the time for which they were exposed to 200� C.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a prior art female connector.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a female connector of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a view to illustrate how to shape the body of the female connector of the present invention from a thin metal plate.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view to illustrate the female connector of the present invention which is in mid course of production.
In the copper base alloy to be used in the present invention, Ni is an essential element that is beneficial to the purpose of improving the strength and corrosion resistance of the alloy. In particular, Ni forms a fine-grained intermetallic compound of Nix Aly together with the concomitantly added Al and this compound is precipitated in the copper matrix to provide increased values of strength and spring limit. If the Ni content exceeds 15 wt %, the electrical conductivity of the alloy is reduced. At the same time, the high Hi content increases the price of the alloy as a connector material. Even if the Ni content is less than 7 wt %, the strength and spring limit of the alloy can be improved by increasing the Al content but then the bendability of the alloy is impaired. Therefore, the content of Ni in the copper-base alloy to be used in the present invention is limited to be within the range of 7-15 wt %.
Aluminum is also an essential element in the copper base alloy to be used in the present invention in that it contributes to an improvement in the strength and spring limit of the alloy. If the Al content exceeds 2.0 wt %, the bendability of the alloy is impaired and it becomes impossible to fabricate a monolithic female connector. If the Al content is less than 1.0 wt %, satisfactory improvements in the strength and spring limit of the alloy are not attainable. Therefore, the content of Al in the copper-base alloy of the present invention is limited to be within the range of 1.0-2.0 wt %.
If oxygen (O2) is present in an amount exceeding 50 ppm, it will react with Al in the alloy to form Al2 O3 and the amount of Al available for contribution to increased strength is reduced. Furthermore, Al2 O3 is dispersed in the matrix and becomes problematic in that the service life of molds used in pressing the alloy is shortened. Therefore, the oxygen content in the alloy to be used in the present invention must be limited to less than 50 ppm.
The monolithic female connector of the present invention will be explained in more detail below referring to the attached drawings.
As shown in FIGS. 3 through 5, the female connector "A" has a monolithic structure consisting of a base plate 10 having on one side thereof, a socket portion 11 to which a male connector mates with the aid of a spring element 12 contained in the socket portion, and having on another side thereof a wire-connecting portion 13 (see FIG. 3). The female connector "A" is one having a monolithic structure that has been made by a simple process comprising steps of press-working and punching from a thin plate of a novel copper-base alloy consisting essentially of 7-15 wt % Ni, 1.0-2.0 wt % Al, no more than 0.0050 wt % 0z and the balance of Cu and incidental impurities.
It differs from a conventional prior art female connector in that it has a monolithic structure consisting of a socket portion, a spring element and a wire-connecting portion, all being made of one and the same thin plate of a novel copper-base alloy.
The following examples are provided for the purpose of further illustrating the present invention but are in no way to be taken as limiting.
Alloys having the analytical values of compositions shown in Table 1 were melted in a high-frequency vacuum melting furance to cast ingots measuring 40 mm wide, 40 mm thick and 150 mm long. After sculping their surface, the ingots were homogenized at 900� C., hot rolled and immediately quenched. The hot rolled plates were then subjected to repeated cycles of cold rolling and solid solution treatment at 900� C. until a plate thickness of 0.8 mm was attained. The cold rolled paltes 0.8 mm thick were quenched with water immediately after a solid solution treatment at 900� C. for 20 minutes. Thereafter, the plates were subjected to the final stage of cold rolling to attain 50% reduction to a thickness of 0.4 mm, followed by age hardening at 500� C. for 30 minutes.
Test pieces were taken from each of the plate samples thus prepared and subjected to measurements of mechanical strength, elongation, hardness, spring limit, electrical conductivity and bendability. The results are shown in Table 1 together with the compositions of the starting alloys.
Mechanical strength and elongation were measured in accordance with JIS Z 2241, electrical conductivity to JIS H 0505, hardness to JIS Z 2244, and spring limit to JIS H 3130. Bendability was evaluated by a 90� W bend test in accordance with CES M 0002-6 at R/t of 1.0 (R=bending radius set at 0.4 mm; t=plate thickness which is 0.4 mm). The results noted under G.W. in Table 1 were obtained when the bending axis was perpendicular to the rolling direction, and those given under B.W. were obtained when the bending axis was parallel to the rolling direction. The bendability of the test pieces was evaluated by the following criteria: O, the surface of the bend was satisfactory; Δ, creases developed in the surface of the bend; X, the surface of the bend either cracked or ruptured.
As the data in Table 1 shows, alloy samples Nos. 1-5 within the scope of the present invention satisfied all of the characteristics including spring limit, electrical conductivity and bendability that are intended to be attained by the present invention and which are set forth herein. However, samples Nos. 6 and 7 (comparison) that contained more Al than specified by the present invention had poor bendability whether the Ni content was high (as in sample No. 6) or low (sample No. 7). Sample No. 8 (comparison) containing less Al than specified by the present invention was low not only in strength and spring limit but also in hardness. In addition, its electrical conductivity and bendability were not satisfactory. Sample No. 9 (comparison) containing more O2 than specified by the present invention was poor in bendability although its Al content (and Ni content, too) was within the range specified by the present invention.
As is obvious from the above explanation, samples Nos. 1-7 are the alloys suitable for producing the monolithic female connectors of the present invention and samples Nos. 6-9 are not suitable for the same purpose because of their defects in some aspects.
TABLE 1__________________________________________________________________________ Elec- trical Compositional Spring Elonga- conduc- Hard- Benda- analysis (wt %) Strength limit tion tivity ness bilitySample No. Ni Al O2 Cu (kgf/mm2) (kgf/mm2) (%) (% IACS) (Hv) G.W. B.W.__________________________________________________________________________Sample of 1 15.0 1.5 0.0029 bal. 81 58 17 10 243 O Othe invention 2 11.0 1.6 0.0032 bal. 79 60 20 13 251 O O 3 10.9 1.0 0.0024 bal. 67 46 18 13 210 O O 4 8.7 1.7 0.0030 bal. 73 52 19 15 236 O O 5 7.0 1.0 0.0042 bal. 61 45 21 18 189 O OComparative 6 15.0 2.3 0.0035 bal. 93 81 12 10 303 X Xsamples 7 6.8 2.3 0.0040 bal. 74 69 3 13 260 X X 8 15.0 0.2 0.0036 bal. 45 40 8 8 144 Δ Δ 9 11.0 1.7 0.0102 bal. 87 82 10 13 286 X X__________________________________________________________________________ Reduction in the final stage of plate rolling: 50%; plate thickness: 0.4 mm; final heat treatment: 500� C. � 30 min.
A copper-base alloy consisting essentially of 11 wt % Ni, 1.7 wt % Al and no more than 0.0050 wt % O2 with the balance being Cu and incidental impurities was melted in a high-frequency melting furnace and an ingot (10 mmT �50 mmW �L mmL) was made by horizontal continuous casting. Plates 0.4 mm thick were prepared from the ingot as in Example 1, and subsequently age-hardened by treatment at 500� C. for 30 minutes. Various characteristics of the plates were investigated as in Example 1 and the results are shown in Table 2.
As comprisons, a commercial grade of phosphor bronze as a spring material (C-5210 EH) and beryllium copper (C-1720 1/4H) that had been heat treated at 315� C. for 2.5 hours were subjected to investigations of their characteristics. The results are also shown in Table 2.
The data in Table 2 shows that the alloy prepared in accordance with the present invention had better bendability than phosphor bronze and beryllium copper.
The three types of alloys were also tested for their stress relaxation characteristics by the following procedure: a test piece was bent by applying a load that would exert a maximum bending stress of 60 Kgf/mm2 and after holding it at 200� C. for a predetermined period (up to 500 h), the load was removed and the amount (%) of deformation occurring in the test piece was measured. The results are depicted in FIG. 1.
As FIG. 1 shows, the phosphor bronze C-5210 EH was the poorest in stress relaxation characteristics and even the beryllium copper C-1720 1/4H showed more than 10% stress relaxation when exposed to 200� C.for 100 hours and longer. The alloy of the present invention showed only about 5% stress relaxation even when exposed to 200� C.for 500 hours and longer, indicating that it would display stable contact pressure when used as a spring material under these conditions.
The three alloys were also subjected to a test for checking the reliability for plating for the following procedures. First, the three alloys were plated with either gold or tin. Gold plating consisted of electrolytic degreasing, acid dipping, strike-plating with copper plating with nickel in a Watts bath, alkali degreasing, acid dipping, and plating with a 0.2 μm gold deposit in an acidic bath. Tin plating consisted of electrolytic degreasing, acid dipping, plating with a Cu undercoat (for only half of the samples), and plating with a 2 μm thick mat tin deposit in a sulfate bath. All alloys under test exhibited good platability whether the metal to be deposited was gold or tin.
The plated alloy samples were then heat treated at 150� C.for 500 hours and subjected to a 90� W bend test. The results of investigation of adhesion of plated coating to the substrate in bent portions are shown in Table 3.
As is clear from Table 3, both Au and Sn plates adhered strongly to the alloy of the present invention except when an Sn plate was deposited on the Cu undercoat. The poor adhesion of the Sn plate deposited on the Cu undercoat could be traced to the nature of the plate coating per se because separation would have started from an intermetallic compound of Cu and Sn formed at the interface between the Cu undercoat and the Sn coating. In contrast, the Sn plate separated from each of the phosphor bronze C-5210 EH and beryllium copper C-1720 1/4H irrespective of whether it was deposited on the Cu undercoat or not. It was therefore established that the alloy of the present invention has very good platability.
TABLE 2__________________________________________________________________________ Elec- trical Spring Elonga- conduc- Hard- Benda- Strength limit tion tivity ness bilitySample (kgf/mm2) (kgf/mm2) (%) (% IACS) (Hv) G.W. B.W.__________________________________________________________________________Alloy of theinvention*Cu-11 wt % 83 67 17 14 257 O ONi-1.7 wt % AlC-5210 EH 74 60 18 12 245 O XC-1720 1/4H** 123 112 7 22 385 X X__________________________________________________________________________ *Heat treated at 500� C. � 30 min. **Heat treated at 315� C. � 2.5 h
TABLE 3______________________________________Plating Reliability Test(150� C. � 500 h) Sn plated coat Sn plated Au plated (with no Cu coat (with CuSample coat undercoat) undercoat)______________________________________Alloy of good good separatedthe inven-tionC-5210 EH good separated separatedC-1720 1/4H good separated separated______________________________________
A female connector "A" consisting of a spring element 12, a soket portion 11 and a wire-connecting portion 13 was prepared by a single process comprising the steps of press working and punching. along the dotted lines shown in FIG. 4. a thin plate of a copper-base alloy consisting of 10 wt % Ni. 1.5 wt % Al 0.0040 wt % 0z and the balance of the Cu and incidental impurities.
The socket portion 11 is formed of a base plate 10, two side walls 11a standing at both ends of said base plate 10, and the ceiling 11b formed by bending free end portions of said side walls 11a at approximately right angles from the walls in such a way that the edges of the bent portions of the walls meet each othr over the base plate 10.
The wire-connecting portion 13 has pairs of holder walls 13a and 13b which serve, respectively, as a holder of coductor of the wire and a holder of insulator of the wire.
The spring element 12 of the female connector is formed by folding back, into the inside of the socket portion 11. the strip portion 12 (see FIG. 5) which is given as a continuosly extended portion of the base plate 10 having a narrow connect band portion 12a between said strip 12 and the base plate 10. said connect-band portion 12a being given at the entrance of the female connector through which a male connector is inserted into the female connector.
The spring element 12 has small projections 12b near the lower end of the spring element and at both sides thereof.
These projections 12b are to be fitted in the holes 14 given in the two side walls 11a to prevent the instability of the spring element 12 when a male connector is mated to the female connector.
A click 15 which serves to prevent the yield of the spring element 12 to be caused by the excessively repeated insertion and taking out of the male connector is given in the base plate 10 by cutting part of the base plate itself and bending it upward.
As will be understood from the foregoing examples, the alloy to be used in the present invention has improved bendability while satisfying two other requirements, i.e., high electrical conductivity and spring limit, called for connector materials, especially those for conducting low signal currents in electric wire harnesses in automobiles. Therefore, according to the present invention, a connector material improved over a prior art version (two-piece element) is offered in that it can be fabricated into a monolithic structure in which spring and frame portions make a unitary assembly. The alloy to be used in the present invention does not contain any precious element such as the one incorporated in beryllium copper alloy and yet realizes better stress relaxation characteristics. Besides these advantages in terms of economy and characteristics, plates deposited on this alloy to make an electrical connector have sufficient reliability to permit its service up to a temperature of 200� C. Therefore, the present invention offers an inexpensive and novel item to the area of connector materials.
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Sky of Swords (Tales of the King's Blades Series #3)by Dave Duncan
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The mightiest swordsmen in the relm, are bound by magic to defend their noble wards...to the death.
The King's Blades
The unloved child of the unscrupulous King Ambrose,Princess Malinda learned at an early age to fight for what was rightfully hers. Now, with the Kings abrupt death, civil war has become her grim destiny. Making her uncertain way through/b>
The mightiest swordsmen in the relm, are bound by magic to defend their noble wards...to the death.
The King's Blades
The unloved child of the unscrupulous King Ambrose,Princess Malinda learned at an early age to fight for what was rightfully hers. Now, with the Kings abrupt death, civil war has become her grim destiny. Making her uncertain way through the blood labyrinth of schemesand betrayals, Malinda can trust none but the Blades of the Royal Guard. But the Blades themselves are in grave peril. And the young Queen faces the most crucialdecision of her life: a choice that will either redeem her kingdom from chaos...or bring ultimate destruction down upon it, her Blades, and herself.
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- Publication date:
- 09/28/2001
- Series:
- Tales of the King's Blades Series, #3
- Pages:
- 480
- Sales rank:
- 733,229
- Product dimensions:
- 4.18(w) x 6.75(h) x 1.20(d)
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Chapter One
Sensing her eyes on him, the Blade closed his book on a finger and turned his head to smile at her. It was Sir de Fait.
"Today?" she said. "He'll come today?"
Yesterday there had been a grand party to celebrate her birthweek. Almost the entire population of the island had packed into the hall, bringing strong odors of sheep and other livestock not fish, fortunately, for Ness Royal had no port. She had been given wonderful gifts: a gown of golden silk made by Mistress de Fait, a sheepskin bedcover from Lady Arabel, and hundreds of horn buttons, bird nets, wooden whistles, and other things made by the children of the island; gloves and bed socks knitted by their mothers. Remembering the courtly manners Lady Arabel tried so hard toteach her, she had given thanks for every one, even if she did now have about fifty-seven wooden whistles and no use for any of them. Her mother had given her a leather-bound book of poetry she couldn't understand but would when she was older.
Other people's birthweeks were not so honored, but Malinda was Heir Presumptive as she would happily explain to anyone who did not understand how important that made her and every year her father the Monster sent her a gift, a very special gift. Last year, it had been a necklace of blood-red garnets; the year before, a clock with a cuckoo that came out to chirp the hours; and before that a cloak of sable, soft as smoke. The cloak was too small for her now, the cuckoo's works had rusted in the damp sea winds, and she was not allowed to wear the necklace outside of Kingstead itself, in case she forgot and went exploring caves or climbing cliffs in it, but the Monster's gift was always the most special part of her birthweek. A Blade came all the way from Greymere Palace in Grandon, three or even four days' hard riding, just to kneel to the Heir Presumptive and proffer her a package and a beautifully lettered scroll, both sealed with the royal signet. She never knew exactly which day the wonderful event would occur, because the roads could be very bad so late in the year and Kingstead's count of the moon might not be exactly the same as Grandon's. But Queen Godeleva's two Blades always knew when the day had arrived. They said it was part of the enchantment that bound them, like the sword stroke through the heart.
Sir de Fait nodded and put a finger to his lips.
"Is Mother awake yet?" Malinda spoke loudly, because she knew that nothing would happen until the Queen was up and dressed.
He frowned and shook his head.
Malinda went back inside, slamming the door. She walked across to the window to scowl out at the blue-green sea white surf and white birds; the cliffs of the coast fading away into misty distance. She saw no whales, no seals, not even fishing boats.
How long to wait? Her mother's hours were unpredictable. She spent nights and days immersed in spiritual lore, poring over books of spells, corresponding with conjurers in both Chivial and other lands, ever seeking an enchantment to bring back the King's love. Once in a while she would emerge to lecture the world on her misfortunes, and then even Malinda was required to address her as Your Majesty or Your Grace. The price of a cuddle on her mother's knee was listening to yet another tirade on the evil deeds of the Monster. She had gradually come to realize that the price was too high. She was well aware that Mistress de Fait and Lady Arabel had effectively adopted her into their families; the Blades were her fathers, their children her siblings. She was, she supposed, grateful. She certainly could not imagine life without them around.
Deciding she would have time to dress properly later, Malinda pulled on what she had been wearing the previous day, except that she chose shoes with harder soles. Then she went in search of breakfast, skipping noisily past her mother's door.
She had a long way to go, but not because Kingstead was large as royal houses went. It wasn't it had been put together by joining several buildings into one. She slept up on the cliff top; the hall was down in the hollow, among the trees. Lots of stairs. The moment she entered, Dian de Fait came running to hug her. Dian was Malinda's most special friend. They shared a love of horses, hair-raising exploration, and contempt for authority. They had differences, naturally. Dian tended to plumpness, and was ever eager to hug and cuddle; Malinda was gangling and had to watch her royal dignity. Dian kept one arm around her all the way over to the Queen's table, where Lady Arabel and Mistress de Fait sat, deep in conversation.Sky of Swords. Copyright © by Dave Duncan. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. Available now wherever books are sold.
Meet the Author
Dave Duncan is an award-winning author whose fantasy trilogy, The Seventh Sword, is considered a sword-and-sorcery classic. His numerous novels include three Tales of the King's Blades The Gilded Chain, Lord of the Fire Lands, and Sky of Swords; Paragon Lost, a previous Chronicle of the King's Blades; Strings, Hero; the popular tetralogies A Man of His Word and A Handful of Men; and the remarkable, critically acclaimed fantasy trilogy The Great Game.
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This novel is one of the best books I have ever read. I loved it!! The characters were so well thought up and the place settings and general book was incredible! So believable...All of Dave Duncan's books are very good but this series and this book are just so amazing! It was great!!
I am a 14yr old teenage girl, I dont read a lot (if at all i read shakespeare and poetry) but this book is by far the best thing i have read in my entire 14yrs of living!!!!!!! I am about 4 chapters away from the end of the book but I CAN wait to get there! I LOVE this author!! VERY talented! I will be a devoted fan and I am going out tomorrow to buy the rest of his books!! I hope he writes a sequel to this particular book!!! BUY THIS BOOK!!You WONT be disapointed!I promise!
This is one exciting story! It races from beginning to end, so that you get to the end and wonder how you managed to finish so quickly. Duncan is the king of fantastic Adventure.
I love this series. It's exciting. It's completely believable. The characters are spectacular. I can't wait for the next one. I plan of buying the hardback this time.
King Ambrose decides it is time to end the war between his kingdom of Chivial and their enemies Baelmark. The clever monarch also figures that this is an opportunity to rid himself of his 'unnecessary', constantly meddling daughter Malinda. She will serve as a bridal pawn that will unite the kingdoms by her marriage to King Radgar of Baelmark. Instead of a joyous occasion, Radgar assassinates Ambrose. Ambrose's out of wedlock son Granville claims himself protector and immediately arrests Malinda. The much younger Amby, heir to the throne, dies. With the rescue by her loyal swordsmen, the Blades, Malinda wonders what to do next as her country falls further into chaos. SKY OF SWORDS, the third 'Tale of the King's Blades' is a well written fantasy for those fans who relish an action packed Medieval novel with a touch of magic in the plot. The story line is fast-paced, but repetitive of similar books including the first two novels in this series. Malinda is a fully developed character, but the other key players such as Ambrose and Radgar are difficult to understand. Still, Dave Duncan provides the hard core fantasy fan with an exciting swashbuckler. Harriet Klausner


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Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. 2 meeting rooms are available. This Birmingham motel also offers a fitness center, coffee/tea in a common area, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
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Mafia Wars
As you noticed, I took down the page with my daily totals. I think posting that was more for me rather than anyone else that played Mafia Wars, since even I could see that I was averaging about 2 level-ups per day.
If people are wondering, Mafia Wars has somewhat slowed to a crawl, at least for me. The Russia levels take a looooong time to complete, with humongous energy requirements and a low job completion rate. I used to be able to power through a certain rank's jobs fairly quickly in New York and Cuba, but I run out of energy very quickly now. I think I average about a level and a half per day now, and this is with the Energy Pack. Without it, I am lucky if I can get a level a day.
I'm a bit impatient with how slow the game is going, so my tactic currently is to finish up the Mafiya side of each episode before I go back to get the 2nd and 3rd level mastery done. While I'm waiting for Energy to recharge ever so slowly, I'm playing Castle Age.
If you're wondering though, I'm currently at level 338.
Castle Age
One of my buddies at work introduced me to this facebook game a couple of months ago, and it is a good substitute to (if not better than) Mafia Wars. I was a bit reluctant to play this because I don't really dig games with the fantasy setting. I used to dig it a lot back when I was a kid, but not now. I suppose it might be because as an adult, you should be focusing more on real world things. Fantasy is called fantasy for a reason. I'm also happy with the life-game balance that I have now, so it takes a lot to get me interested in something new, especially when it means one more type of game.
Aside from the fantasy setting, I am digging the branching gameplay. You have your initial quest jobs, but you also have the option of doing "Demi-quests" where coming back each day (or two days for one of them) to acquire "Demi-points" will reward you with additional quests (or jobs as I think of them). It's nice that there are side jobs that you can do. It gives me the feeling that I can do something else if the main quest is getting boring.
I also think that the battle system is a lot more evolved compared to Mafia Wars. In Mafia Wars, you're only allowed to use your Stamina to fight other gangsters. In Castle Age however, you're able to use your Stamina to fight other warriors either 1-on-1, as a group, or take on massive boss monsters... and even then you can use 1 point of Stamina or 5 points to do a power attack. Giving these kinds of choices to the player makes it a lot more engaging and fun.
So far, I'm at level 87.
Army of Two: 40th Day
Picked this up on release day, and I'm a bit disappointed. Actually, I'm really disappointed.
It isn't the gameplay because it is a HUGE IMPROVEMENT over the original. It was really engaging and fun. The missions are VERY varied this time around, it makes more use of co-op situations like the back-to-back shooting feature and the Aggro meter, and even made the weapons upgrade a lot more streamlined. There's a lot to like about the gameplay.
One of the things I love about this game is getting headshots with the sniper rifle. It's so satisfying! Getting a headshot gives you this slow-mo effect where you see your enemy's head pop like a watermelon. I think that Gears of War made use of this? It's awesome nonetheless!
However, the thing that shits on all of that progressive stuff for me were the endings. To me, the mood means everything, and seeing the endings really ruined everything. To be frankly honest, the endings were a complete ripoff. W.T.F.
I just replayed the last mission over and over to get the different endings after getting the first one, hoping for something different, and each one of them ends on a down note.
Throughout the game, we are given choices and the consequences for making these choices, honorable or deplorable. They aren't always happy endings, but you get a sense of satisfaction watching them. For the ending, there's no satisfaction. One is ominous and the other just flat out sucks. For a popcorn action movie type game, this is inexcusable.
I mean, here we have two guys that don't know what's going on and just want to get out of town. Instead of giving a good and a bad ending, one light hearted and the other serious, both endings are serious and they suck, and are bad. Every one of the endings is just this ham-fisted emo/aggro melodrama with a message about sacrifice and it's consequences. I understand the message of the story and all, but geez was it out of place. Bipolar is also another word that comes to mind. It could have been done so much better.
To put it another way, it felt like I was eating a hotdog and everything was tasting good, then in a split second, the hot dog in my mouth turned to shit. Totally unexpected, so out of left field, and completely terrible.
Actually, another analogy I'm thinking of is when you beat those really hard NES games back in the day, and all you got was a "Congratulations" screen. You think you'll get a cool ending for such hard work but nope. You feel totally ripped off.
The endings ruined it for me so much that I felt a bit disillusioned. It actually got so bad that I started to question why I play videogames at all. The ending had absolutely no emotional payoff. I mean, I went through hell to escape, and this is all I get? Uncertainty, doubt, and regret? I know for a personal fact that real life sucks, but did I have to experience something serious like that in a game like Army of Two, where two PMCs in body armor unrealistically go up against waves of other PMC soldiers, all packaged in a cop-buddy type of setting?
The closest I can think of to being similarly disappointed was with Gears 2, when you fight the Lambent Brumak as the final boss.
A Lambent Brumak. What the hell.
It was such a buzzkill. I remember thinking how awesome Gears 2 was, that I would get 1000 Gamerscore. Then I beat what was a sorry excuse of a final boss and never touched the game again.
Even then, it wasn't half as disappointing as this.
I just subscribed to Gamefly just for this game. I had been agonizing over which version of the game to get. I wanted to get the PS3 version, but because it had been universally panned as being crap, 360 is the way to go. However, I'm not a fan of the Achievements system and I'm still wary of the integrity of my 360 that renting the game seemed to be the best choice.
I agree with a lot of the reviews out there that this is a phenomenal game, and a new benchmark in how 3rd person twitch action games will be judged. It's also interesting to me personally to see how the creator of Devil May Cry would have handled a Devil May Cry sequel if given the chance. Hideki Kamiya is probably my favorite game designer, as he's been responsible for a large part of my favorite and memorable games. And he does not disappoint, yet again.
From a gameplay perspective, the Witch Time mechanic is actually really cool, and separates it from the other action games out there. You get that dodge mechanic in there like Ninja Gaiden and God of War, but improve it so that it rewards the player for being able to pull it off at the right time. It definitely feels good and makes the action addictive and fun. I wouldn't be surprised to see this being implemented in the next crop of action games.
There were a couple of things that distracted me though:
- Bayonetta's design felt a bit out of place, even during game play. She looks hot and all in her skin tight hair-leather outfit, but it was just so out of place, with that beehive and all. It's like mixing the 50's with the Matrix. When you combine that with her using a katana and flame-laced devil claws, it just didn't look right... to me anyway. The design looked great on paper, but on screen, with particular fighting stances, not so much.
- I found myself using the Shuraba for 99% of the game. I tried using the snake whip and the claws several times but it just didn't feel right to me. Was Shuraba supposed to be the main weapon? Because that felt the most fleshed out to me.


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