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An apparatus for use in connecting and protecting first and second ends of an article of jewelry, wherein the apparatus comprises a cylindrical body having a longitudinal bore extending therethrough for passage of a clasp comprised of a loop and a ring member having a latching mechanism slidably fit

An apparatus for use in connecting and protecting first and second ends of an article of jewelry, wherein the apparatus comprises a cylindrical body having a longitudinal bore extending therethrough for passage of a clasp comprised of a loop and a ring member having a latching mechanism slidably fitted thereto to engage a portion of the loop. The cylindrical body is fitted to and tighteningly stretched over and about the clasp to prevent unintentional twisting of the two ends within and about the clasp insofar to alleviate the occurrence of breakage thereat and to prevent entanglement of the clasp with the wearer's hair. The cylindrical body is generally made from a pliable, translucent material to retain the overall aesthetic qualities and appearance of the article of jewelry as it is positioned over and about the clasp.

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An apparatus for use in connecting and protecting first and second ends of an article of jewelry, wherein the apparatus comprises a cylindrical body having a longitudinal bore extending therethrough for passage of a clasp comprised of a loop and a ring member having a latching mechanism slidably fit

An apparatus for use in connecting and protecting first and second ends of an article of jewelry, wherein the apparatus comprises a cylindrical body having a longitudinal bore extending therethrough for passage of a clasp comprised of a loop and a ring member having a latching mechanism slidably fitted thereto to engage a portion of the loop. The cylindrical body is fitted to and tighteningly stretched over and about the clasp to prevent unintentional twisting of the two ends within and about the clasp insofar to alleviate the occurrence of breakage thereat and to prevent entanglement of the clasp with the wearer's hair. The cylindrical body is generally made from a pliable, translucent material to retain the overall aesthetic qualities and appearance of the article of jewelry as it is positioned over and about the clasp. hereon, said at least one disc-setting table each comprising disc-releasing means having an outward-biased tendency for pushing said optical disc apart from said disc-setting table; and (b) at least one disc-holding and -releasing means each comprising (i) a hollow member that has an elevated center portion being sized to fit into the center hole of said optical disc, (ii) disc-holding means retractable into the inside of said hollow member but preferably returning to its outward-biased normal position protruding to the outside of said hollow member for locking said optical disc in place, and (iii) a releasing button that upon pressing retracts said disc-holding means to the inside of said hollow member, so as to allow said disc-releasing means to push said optical disc apart from said disc-setting table. least one of the individual policy conditions for each level is met; and computer-readable program code which determines that the complex policy rule may be skipped if at least one of one of the summary conditions is not met or all individual policy conditions for one of the levels are not met. 41. The computer program product of claim 40 wherein the computer-readable program code which controls the computer-readable program code which compares further comprises: computer-readable program code which compares the associated value of the received event to ones of the individual policy conditions associated with a same level as the selected one of the summary conditions if the selected one of the summary conditions is met to determine if any of the individual policy conditions associated with a same level as the selected one of the summary conditions is met; computer-readable program code which selects another one of the summary conditions associated with another one of the levels and comparing the associated value of the received event to the another one of the summary conditions to determine if the another one of the summary conditions is not met; computer-readable program code which compares the associated value of the received event to ones of the individual policy conditions associated with the another one of the levels if the another one of the summary conditions is met to determine if any of the individual policy conditions associated with the another one of the levels is met; and computer-readable program code which controls the computer-readable program code which selects another one of the summary conditions associated with another one of the levels and the computer-readable program code which compares the associated value of the received event to the another one of the summary conditions and the computer-readable program code which compares the associated value of the received event to ones of the individual policy conditions associated with the another one of the levels if the another one of the summary conditions is met to repeat operations until at least one of one of the summary conditions is not met, all individual policy conditions for one of the levels are not met or a