wiktionary Clasp , clasper or CLASP may refer to Medal bar , an element in military decoration Fastener , a hardware device that mechanically joins objects together Clasp , a track from Jethro Tull s album Broadsword and the Beast Clasper , an anatomical structure in male cartilaginous fish Acronyms and initialisms Center for Law and Social Policy Culture, Language, and Social Practice , graduate program in sociocultural linguistics at the University of Colorado at Boulder Consortium of Local Authorities Special Programme , an association in England for the development of prefabricated school buildings CLASP1 and CLASP2 , cytoplasmic linker associated proteins Classic ASP, a nostalgic term for Active Server Pages in computing disambiguation ... more details
The Bocklebee Clasp , more commonly known as a spring ring clasp or ring clamp, is found almost exclusively on jewelry . It was invented by American Steven Bocklebee in 1898. Bocklebee felt that the clasps of that time, usually limited to the hook design , were inadequate for vigorous activity and Motion physics movement . Initial reaction to the new design was poor when first marketing marketed , since many found the clasp to be too cumbersome for everyday use. However, when the advantages were fully realised, sales soared and many other companies went on to patent their own versions of the Bocklebee Clasp. This clasp has been used in haute couture clothing as a focal point. See Also Lobster clasp Category Jewellery components Clothing stub ... more details
Image Lobsterclasp.jpg right thumb 200px A silver lobster clasp, attached to a piece of jewelry, enlarged to show details A lobster clasp , also known as a lobster hook , is a fastener that is held closed by a Spring device spring . The lobster clasp is opened or closed by holding a small lever, usually with a fingernail , long enough to apply, then it is attached or removed from a short chain link chain or a ring like structure. Lobster clasps are often used for necklace s, bracelet s, and keychain s. Lobster clasps are named as such because of their pinch ing mechanism, and they are often shaped like a lobster s claw. See also Bocklebee Clasp Category Jewellery components Category Fasteners clothing stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub date December 2009 An Akers clasp is the classic direct retainer for removable partial dentures . Named after its inventor, Polk E. Akers , this suprabulge clasp consists of a rest, a guide plate, a retentive arm and a reciprocal arm. Akers clasps, as a rule, face away from an edentulous area. Should they face the edentulous area, they are termed reverse Akers clasps. References reflist DEFAULTSORT Akers Clasp Category Dental equipment Medical equipment stub ... more details
Unreferenced date September 2009 Wikify date September 2009 Image robotrib victory clasp.jpg thumb right alt Men demonstrate the Victory Clasp. German men demonstrate their prowess. A victory clasp is a double Gesture hand gesture used in celebration of one s own victory . Both hands are clasped together and shaken side to side for as long as the victory merits. The origins of this gesture are generally unknown, however it is thought to have been derived from an ancient Hawaiian greeting. This gesture is now sometimes employed in an ironic or self deprecating manner. culture stub Gestures Categories Category American cultural conventions Category Gestures ... more details
Infobox Military Award name Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe image Image Frontflugspange.jpg 250px caption Front Flying Clasp for Bombers awarded by Nazi Germany type Clasp eligibility Military personnel for campaign World War II status description clasps established 30 January 1941 first award last award total posthumous recipients individual higher same lower related image2 File Strike fighter clasp luftwaffe.jpg 250px caption2 Front Flying Clasp for Air to Ground Support Fighters The Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe lang de Frontflugspange was awarded in Bronze, Silver, and Gold with upgrade possible to include diamonds. Pennon Pennant s suspended from the clasp indicated the number of missions obtained in a given type of aircraft. Front Flying Clasps were issued for missions completed in the following Luftwaffe aircraft Day Fighters Night Fighters Long Range Day Fighters Air to Ground Support Fighters Bombers Reconnaissance Transport and Glider The different Clasps were inaugurated by Reichsmarschall Hermann G ring on 30 January 1941 for the Front Flying Clasp 26 June 1942 for the Pennant to the golden Front Flying Clasp 29 April 1944 for the Pennant with number of mission Bronze Front Flying Clasp 20 flown missions were needed to qualify Silver Front Flying Clasp 60 flown missions were needed to qualify Gold Front Flying Clasp 110 flown missions were needed to qualify Pennant to the Golden Front Flying Clasp Day Fighters and Transport Units 500 missions Air to Ground Support Fighters 400 missions Bombers, Air Sea Rescue and Weather Reconnaissance 300 missions Reconnaissance and Night Fighters 250 missions Pennant with the number of Missions The numbering scheme was 200, 300, 400, 500, etc. References div class references small cite web title Lexikon der Wehrmacht work Frontflugspange url http www.lexikon der wehrmacht.de Orden lw ffs.html accessdate 3 May 2007 div DEFAULTSORT Front Flying Clasp Of The Luftwaffe Category Orders, decorations, and medals of Nazi ... more details
Infobox Military Award name Close Combat Clasp image File Nahkampfspange Heer Gold.jpg 200px caption Close Combat Clasp in Gold awarded by Nazi Germany type Clasp eligibility Military personnel for campaign World War II status Obsolete description clasps established 25 November 1942 first award last award total posthumous recipients individual higher same lower related image2 Image Nahkampfspange.jpg 250px caption2 These are the design permitted to be worn in Germany after 1957, the eagle and swastika symbol having been removed. The Close Combat Clasp lang de Nahkampfspange is a German military award instituted on 25 November 1942 for achievement in Hand to hand combat hand to hand fighting in close quarters. The Close Combat Clasp was worn above the upper left uniform pocket. The clasp was die cast and made of either tombac or later zinc , with a slightly curved and hand centerpiece consisting of the national emblem surmounting a crossed bayonet and hand grenade . The award was bestowed in three classes. For 15 battles of close combat a Bronze Class was awarded. For 25 battles of close combat a Silver Class was awarded. For 50 battles of close combat a Gold Class was awarded. On order ... die Goldene Nahkampfspange.jpg thumb left Heinrich Himmler presenting the Close Combat Clasp in Gold ... Hermann Maringgele ref http www.ww2awards.com award 99 World War Two Medals Close Combat Clasp ref The Gold Close Combat Clasp was often regarded in higher esteem than the Knight s Cross of the Iron ... Captain in 1943 displaying the Close Combat Clasp and the Knight s Cross of the Iron Cross ... war badges luftwaffe close combat.htm Luftwaffe Close Combat Clasp ref Design The decoration was designed ... Zinc, depending on the manufacturer the clasp is straight or slightly curved. The design shows ... CCC.htm NAHKAMPFSPANGE CLOSE COMBAT CLASP ref References reflist refbegin Thomas M. Durante 2007 , The German Close Combat Clasp of World War II, ISBN 978 90 81230 11 7 Florian Berger ... more details
Infobox Military Award name U boat Front Clasp image Image U boat Front Clasp.jpg 281px caption U boat Front Clasp awarded by Nazi Germany type Badge eligibility Military personnel only for Awarded to holders of the U boat War Badge to recognize continued combat service and valor campaign World War II status description clasps established May 15, 1944 first award last award total posthumous recipients individual higher same lower U boat War Badge related image2 caption2 The U boat Front Clasp lang de U Boot Frontspange or U boat Combat Clasp , as it is better known, was a Germany German badge that was awarded to holders of the U boat War Badge to recognize continued combat service and valor during World War II . History The U boat Front Clasp was instituted on May 15, 1944 to bring the U boat force in line with other branches of the German armed forces, all of which had a similar medal to recognize valor. There were no specified merits for earning the award decoration was based on the recommendations of the U boat commander and subject to approval by Karl D nitz . Awards were often due to the number of patrols completed or demonstrations of valor in combat. The clasp was worn directly above the ribbon bar on the left breast. Design Wilhelm Ernst Peekhaus of Berlin submitted the design of the badge, which consisted of a central laurel wreath with a stylized submarine and wings of oak leaves. The wings on either side consisted of six staggered oak leaves for a total of twelve . Two crossed swords decorated the bottom of the central wreath the submarine in the middle mimicked the design of the U Boat War Badge. The wreath on the original design from 1944 integrated an eagle holding ... about U boat Front Clasp http uboat.net men decorations clasp.htm uboat.net webpage about U boat Front Clasp http www.wehrmacht awards.com war badges kriegsmarine uboat clasp.htm wehrmacht awards.com webpage about U boat Front Clasp Category Orders, decorations, and medals of Nazi Germany Category ... more details
Infobox Military Award name Honour Roll Clasp of the Army image Image Honour role clasp.jpg caption awarded by flag icon Nazi Germany Nazi Germany type Military decoration eligibility German armed forces for Awarded by discretion of German High Command campaign World War II status Discontinued in 1945 description clasps post nominals established 30 January 1944 first award last award total 4,556 posthumous recipients individual higher same lower image2 caption2 The Honour Roll Clasp of the Army or Ehrenblatt des Heeres German was a Decoration of Nazi Germany during World War II . The total number awarded was 4,556. ref name ww2awards cite web title ww2awards url http www.ww2awards.com award 145 ref History The Honour Roll Clasp of the Army was instituted after the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. Until 30 January 1944, it was only a paper award. After this date, Adolf Hitler introduced the metallic version of the award for the decoration. ref name ww2awards Qualification There were a number of possible qualifications for the Honour Roll Clasp of the Army The award could only be bestowed after a recipient had been awarded the Iron Cross in both the First and Second Class. ref name everything2 cite web title everything2 url http everything2.com e2node Army 2520Roll 2520of 2520Honor 2520Clasp ref An act of bravery above and beyond the call of duty, that did not justify an award of the Knight s Cross of the Iron Cross and had not resulted in an awarding of German Cross in Gold could result in the bestowing of the Honour Roll Clasp of the Army. ref name ww2awards A special ... name everything2 The awarding of the Honour Roll Clasp of the Army took place in three Steps 1. Naming ... in the list , 2. Awarding of the Honour Roll Clasp of the Army Verleihung der Ehrenblattspange des Heeres , 3. Receiving by recipient of the Honour Roll Clasp of the Army berreichung ... File Ehrenblattspange Heer.jpg thumb Honor Roll Clasp of the Army 57 version left, right foundation ... more details
Clasp knife response refers to a stretch reflex with a rapid decrease in resistance when attempting to flex a joint, usually during a neurological examination . It is one of the characteristic responses of a upper motor neuron lesion . It gets its name from the resemblance between the motion of the limb and the sudden closing of a claspknife after sufficient pressure is applied. Cause Although seemingly a stretch reflex when flexing a joint, force from the muscle during the attempt to flex a joint is actually thought to be caused by the tendon reflex of the antagonistic muscle of that joint, which is an extensor muscle that becomes stretched ref name musom http musom.marshall.edu anatomy grosshom spinalreflexes.html musom.marshall.edu SPINAL REFLEXES ref . In upper motor neuron lesion s, muscle tonus may increase and resistance of muscle to stretch increases. However, if sufficient force is applied, limb resistance suddenly decreases ref name musom . Mechanism This reflex is observed in patients with upper motor neuron lesions. It is frequently attributed to the action of the golgi tendon organ , likely because of early studies showing that tendon organs are activated by strong muscle stretch and inhibit motoroneurons of the stretched muscle. It was thought that this was a protective reflex, preventing application of so much force that muscles become damaged. More recent work strongly suggests that tendon organs are not involved in the clasp knife reflex, but that other sensory receptors in muscles are responsible ref Neural mechanisms underlying the clasp knife reflex in the cat. I. Characteristics of the reflex. Cleland CL, Rymer WZ. J Neurophysiol. 1990 Oct 64 4 1303 18. Spasticity, decerebrate rigidity and the clasp knife phenomenon an experimental study in the cat. Burke D, Knowles L, Andrews C, Ashby P. Brain. 1972 95 1 31 48. ref . See also Hypertonia References references External links http www.lib.mcg.edu edu eshuphysio program section8 8ch3 s8ch3 21.htm GPnotebook ... more details
Image Bundesarchiv Bild 146 1984 018 27A, Johannes Friessner.jpg thumb right Clasps to the 1914 Iron Cross can be seen below a button on the Iron Cross ribbon Second Class and on the left breast pocket First Class of the tunic of Generaloberst Johannes Friessner The Clasp to the Iron Cross Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz was a metal medal bar medal clasp displayed on the uniforms of Germany German Wehrmacht personnel who had been awarded the Iron Cross in World War I . It was displayed on the uniforms of many high ranking officers during World War II as most had also served in World War I. ref name waic cite web url http www.wehrmacht awards.com iron cross 2nd 1st class spange spange.htm title Iron Cross publisher wehrmacht awards.com accessdate 2009 03 28 ref As it was possible for a holder of the 1914 Iron Cross to be awarded a second or higher grade of the 1939 Iron Cross. A 1939 Clasp Spange would be worn on the original 1914 Iron Cross. It depicted an eagle clutching an oak leaf wreath surrounding a swastika above a trapezoid including the year 1939 . It was attached to the 1914 Iron Cross medal ribbon beneath a tunic button. A similar award was made in 1914 but was quite rare, since there were few in service who held the 1870 Iron Cross. ref name waic ref name waic2c cite web url http www.wehrmacht awards.com iron cross 2nd 1st class 2 1 documents cases cases.htm title Iron Cross 2nd Class publisher wehrmacht awards.com accessdate 2009 03 28 ref For the First Class award the clasp was pinned directly above the Iron Cross on the breast of the wearer. Although two separate awards, in some cases the holders soldered them together. References reflist odm stub Category Military awards and decorations of Germany Wehrmacht Category Orders, decorations, and medals of Nazi Germany bg it Fibbia della Croce di Ferro ru ... more details
File Ashtead Station 01.JPG thumb right 250px CLASP structure at Ashtead railway station Ashtead The CLASP Consortium of Local Authorities Special Programme system was a scheme developed in the 1950s by English Local Authority England local authorities to devise a method of designing and assembling prefabricated building s for use in the public sector . The former Southern Region of British Railways Southern Region of British Rail , the state owned railway operator, adopted the system in the 1960s and 1970s and used it for signalboxes and station buildings. ref name NSE77 Harvnb Brown Jackson 1990 p 77. ref The Western Region of British Railways Western Region also rebuilt some stations using the same methods. History After the Second World War, many stations and signalboxes on the Southern Region s large and busy network required renewal or replacement, but funds were limited several Railway electrification system electrification schemes had to be paid for, new trains were required and other modernisation work was taking place. By the 1960s, the need for immediate action became so great that the Region s management had to abandon traditional individual rebuilding projects in favour of a mass produced solution using factory made parts. ref name NSE77 ref name NSE7 cite web url http www.nsers.org.uk nse7.html title Station Architecture under Network SouthEast last von Marshall Blitz ... link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref The CLASP method, used since the 1950s by local authorities ... concrete formed the outer walls. ref name NSE77 The first CLASP signalboxes were built in 1964 ... rebuilt using CLASP methods class wikitable sortable align center style background f0f0f0 Station ... Railways Western Region 1972 Station opened 1 May 1972 with temporary CLASP buildings since rebuilt ... Southern Region of British Railways Southern Region An unusual two storey CLASP structure ref name ... 1984 p 222. ref SCOLA The SCOLA Second Consortium of Local Authorities scheme, similar to CLASP, was also ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Polk E. Akers invented the Akers clasp , the classic clasp for removable partial dentures . DEFAULTSORT Akers, Polk E. Dentistry stub Inventor stub Category Inventors ... more details
Description U boat Front Clasp, photo taken during World War II. Source Source uboataces.com Rationale Fair Use Rationale The image is taken during World War II, Copyright is difficult to establish. Since the image is a depiction of a historical item, and an unrestricted image is difficult to obtain the image is probably fair use in the article U boat Front Clasp. Non free fair use in U boat Front Clasp Article Usage List of military decorations of the Third Reich U Boat Front Clasp ... more details
Licensing GFDL migration relicense Description Medieval clasp Location roda l ska roda treasure Source Photographed on 16.06.2007. Photographer user Tlumaczek Tlumaczek ... more details
Summary Defence Long Service Medal Australia with Rosette 1st clasp Licensing PD self date June 2007 Copy to Wikimedia Commons bot Fbot priority true ... more details
Summary Defence Long Service Medal with Federation Star 5th clasp Licensing PD self date June 2007 Copy to Wikimedia Commons bot Fbot priority true ... more details
Summary Singapore Armed Forces Long Service and Good Conduct 20 Years Medal with 30 year clasp Licensing PD self date July 2007 Copy to Wikimedia Commons bot Fbot priority true ... more details
Summary Singapore Armed Forces Long Service and Good Conduct 10 Years Medal ribbon with 15 year clasp Licensing PD self date July 2007 Copy to Wikimedia Commons bot Fbot priority true ... more details
Summary Singapore Armed Forces National Service Medal ribbon with 15 yr clasp Licensing PD self date July 2007 Copy to Wikimedia Commons bot Fbot priority true ... more details
about The program in Culture, Language, and Social Practice Clasp disambiguation Orphan date February 2009 Unreferenced date April 2011 The program in Culture, Language, and Social Practice CLASP is a grad school graduate certificate program at the University of Colorado at Boulder offering a curriculum in various areas of sociocultural linguistics . The program is led by sociocultural linguist Kira Hall , and sponsors the bi annual Conference on Culture, Language, and Social Practice. The CLASP Conference is similar in structure to other grad run conferences, such as the Symposium About Language and Society at the University of Texas at Austin and Center for Language, Interaction, and Culture CLIC Language, Interaction, and Social Organization LISO at the University of California, Los Angeles and University of California, Santa Barbara . External links http www.colorado.edu linguistics faculty kira hall clasp conf Conference on Culture, Language, and Social Practice Category University of Colorado at Boulder US west university stub ... more details
National Medal Australia with rosette clasp. The clasp is a miniature stylised representation of the medal, with a ring and indented centre. cc by sa 2.5 User Peter Ellis An image, made by me, of an actual medal ribbon. User Peter Ellis Peter Ellis User talk Peter Ellis Talk 22 36, 29 August 2008 UTC Orphan image ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2008 Unbestowed awards of Nazi Germany were a series of Orders, decorations, and medals of Nazi Germany political, civil, and military decorations which were either under design, projected for design, or had been approved for issuance but never bestowed, when the Second World War ended in 1945 resulting in the fall of Nazi Germany. Senior Military & Civil Awards Star of the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross German Cross German Cross in Gold With Diamonds Campaign Awards Polish Campaign Medal Metz Cuffband Arm Shields Stalingrad Shield Warsaw Shield Memel Shield Dunkirk Shield Balkan Shield Destruction Badges Aircraft Destruction Badge Battle Badges & Clasps Luftwaffe Tank Battle Badge Luftwaffe Sea Battle Badge Luftwaffe Close Combat Clasp Kriegsmarine Frogman Badge Kriegsmarine Frogman Clasp Kriegsmarine Combat Clasp SS and Police Decorations SS Auxiliary Clasp Category Orders, decorations, and medals of Nazi Germany ... more details
Licensing PD self date April 2007 This body jewelry has a patented clasp that slides through the piercing and snaps shut. It is made by http www.tummytoys.com TummyToys , a Boston based body jewelry company. Copy to Wikimedia Commons bot Fbot priority true ... more details
Summary Information Description Photo of a lobster clasp Source self made Date 03 21 08 Location USA Author font size 1 face verdana color 00A7EE user modulatum MOD font other versions Licensing PD self date March 2008 Copy to Wikimedia Commons bot Fbot priority true ... more details
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