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	Urban Dictionary: balaclava
		Balaclavas are especially comfy during the winter, but don't walk into a store wearing one unless you want to be labeled as a terrorist.
		A balaclava, balaclava helmet or ski mask is a form of headgear covering the whole head, exposing only the face (and often only the eyes).
		Additionally, balaclavas are often associated with special forces units such as the SAS, or alternately with muggers, terrorists, and activists, where they act as a form of disguise.
	www.urbandictionary.com /define.php?term=balaclava (438 words)

	Balaclava - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Modern balaclavas are also used in outdoor winter sports activities such as skiing, snowboarding, or winter bicycling to help protect the face from the cold wind and maintain warmth.
		Additionally, balaclavas are often associated with special forces units such as the SAS, or alternately with muggers, terrorists, and activists, where they act as a form of disguise.
		Racing drivers may also wear balaclavas made of fire-retardant material underneath their crash helmets in order to improve protection in case of a fire following an accident, and commonly cover the nose and mouth to reduce inhalation of smoke and fumes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Balaclava (267 words)

	The 13th at Balaclava: Charge of the Light Brigade
		Parties of the enemy's cavalry, regular or Cossack, were ready to beset any stragglers, and there is no doubt that the death-roll of the Balaclava charge was greatly increased by the butchery of wounded men on the field itself, and the spearing of armed or unarmed dismounted officers and privates of the Light Brigade.
		At daybreak on September 24, when marching on Balaclava, he volunteered with three others (privates of the 13th Light Dragoons), and captured an escort of the enemy's cavalry and also the baggage which they were taking to Sebastopol.
		In the Crimea he was present at the Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, Tchernaya, and the Siege of Sebastopol.
	www.pinetreeweb.com /13th-balaclava2.htm (6896 words)

	Battle of Balaclava - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Balaclava, fought on 25 October 1854, was a key battle during the Crimean War, fought between the allied forces of the United Kingdom, France and the Ottoman Empire on one side and Russia on the other.
		Prince Aleksandr Sergeyevich Menshikov commanded the Russian Army, while the Russian assault on Balaclava was commanded by General Pavel Liprandi, Menshikov's second in command.
		The campaign at Balaclava led to the name transferring to the knitted woollen headgear—the Balaclava.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Balaclava (553 words)

	Balaclava
		A balaclava or balaclava helmet (sometimes called a skimask) is a form of headgear covering the whole head, exposing only the eyes and often the nose.
		They are traditionally knitted from wool, but modern balaclavas can be made from a number of materials.
		They are often associated with special forces units such as the SAS, or with the IRA or with muggers[?] where they act as a form of disguise[?].
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ba/Balaclava.html (119 words)

	Environmental planning in Balaclava
		Enclosed by cliffs, Balaclava Bay was of great strategic importance on the Black Sea coast: a ruined Genoese castle and the remnants of Cembalo fortress on the spectacular heights of the eastern cape have guarded the narrow entrance into the bay since mediaeval times.
		In the period of the Crimean war (1853-1856), Balaclava was a base for the British Army.
		This plan is pioneer work for Balaclava: a radical attempt to move away from the present situation by listing the town's environmental problems and by providing a vision of what the town should be like in the future.
	www.ln.com.ua /~veha (973 words)

	Balaclava - Ghost Town
		Balaclava fits the Hollywood version of the 'picture perfect' ghost town; a row of ramshackle buildings with sagging roofs, huddled along a narrow road, while doors and windows creak in the wind.
		The Richards family operated the mill until 1957, when they sold it to Donald Dick, Although Balaclava had been a busy industrial and farming centre throughout the latter part of the 19th century, for some reason it was bypassed by the railways.
		Balaclava has that distinction for it is the site of one of Ontario's last water powered sawmills.
	www.ghosttowns.com /canada/ontario/balaclava.html (418 words)

	Balaclava and the Sevastopol Inquiry - All World Wars
		On the 26th of October, 1854, the military authorities had pronounced Balaclava to be untenable, and it was only late in the evening of that day that this decision was annulled, and H.M.S. Sanspareil was ordered to protect the port.
		I annex a copy of the Admiralty plan of Balaclava, by which it appears that the available space for mooring transports was included between A and C, an extent of 750 yards by an average breadth of about 140 yards, and including the necessary passage for vessels of the largest size.
		The distance from Balaclava to Varna is only 296 miles, or little more than a day's passage; but on arriving at Varna, charged with an important commission, instead of performing it, he proceeded to Constantinople, and from thence to Malta, for repairs.
	allworldwars.com /index.php/Balaclava_and_the_Sevastopol_Inquiry (4934 words)

	Balaclava railway station, Melbourne - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Balaclava railway station (station code: BCV) is on the Sandringham line in Melbourne, Australia.
		At the bottom of the station where Carlisle Street is, tram routes 3 and 16 run regularly.
		Balaclava Station is located 7.8km from Flinders Street Station in the centre of Melbourne.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Balaclava_railway_station%2C_Melbourne (213 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner News - Balaclava - My kind of town - Thursday \| December 1, 2005
		But luckily, common sense prevailed and I realised that the poor chap was merely referring to that place in St. Elizabeth that I heard a lot about as a child.
		Miss Samuels claimed she was the oldest person in all of Balaclava and so knew the place inside out.
		We found out that most of the residents of Balaclava are farmers of some sort.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20051201/news/news2.html (1052 words)

	Battle of Balaclava, 25 October 1854
		The Battle of Balaclava was fought on the 25 October 1854, and was the second major engagement of the Crimean War.
		Kadikoi was just north of Balaclava and just to the north of this was the Plain of Balaclava running west to east and split by the Woronzov Heights in to the North and South Valleys.
		For all the mistakes that were made, Balaclava remained in Allied hands, and so Raglan could claim victory, but few in Britain saw it that way, as for many, the Charge was the battle, and that was a disaster.
	www.historyofwar.org /articles/battles_balaclava.html (1566 words)

	The Battle of Balaclava (Site not responding. Last check: )
		After an advance of some 100 yards, we again halted in the position from whence we started our unfortunate charge, this position being on the end of the ridge which, as I have said, terminated the chain of hills on which stood the Turkish redoubts.
		On our return from the charge, the Light Brigade collected, as it were, on the slope of the hill looking towards Balaclava and remained there, some hours, on the chance of their services being again required.
		There was hardly an officer or man who had broken his fast this day (3 o'clock), but it soon became necessary to limit the issue of grog, for some soon began to show unmistakable evidence of that condition which under other circumstances would have got them into trouble.
	www.victorianweb.org /history/crimea/paget/pagetbala.html (1534 words)

	Balaklava - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The British poet Lord Alfred Tennyson immortalized this battle in verse.
		Balaclava, a tight knitted garment covering the whole head and neck with holes for the eyes and mouth also takes its name from this battle where soldiers first wore them.
		During the Second World War, Balaklava was the southernmost point in the Soviet-German lines.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Balaklava (668 words)

	The 13th at Balaclava: Charge of the Light Brigade
		These were to move down from the high ground to check the Russian advance, which now seriously threatened Balaclava; and which was apparently placing the 93rd Highlanders, the sole infantry protection for Balaclava now remaining, in a position of great jeopardy.
		And it was, in truth, a very slender force which crowned the ridge and had the task of repelling the attack.
		Maps are deceptive, and in all the recognised maps of the battle of Balaclava the approach of the main body of Russian cavalry would appear to have taken place in full view of the Light Brigade.
	www.pinetreeweb.com /13th-balaclava.htm (3489 words)

	Balaclava - webBikeWorld
		Apparently, knit wool Balaclava helmets were sent to the soldiers fighting that war by the folks back home.
		The Balaclava pattern has been used as a head covering for centuries, probably because it makes sense to cover the head and neck as a way to keep warm.
		Although it claims to “protect head and neck from the cold wind”, my opinion is that the material used does very little to retain the heat in my head and the short flap on the back fails to keep cold air from streaming into the back of my jacket.
	www.webbikeworld.com /r3/balaclava (1137 words)

	Environmental planning in Balaclava - Visit to the UK
		The main objective of this visit, funded by the DFID Small Environmental Projects Scheme, was to enable the Mayor of Balaclava and his Ukrainian colleagues to see environmental planning in operation in a British context, particularly in a new town, and in Whitby, a small coastal town in the northeast of England.
		From a practical view of future planning of housing in Balaclava it was particularly interesting to visit Orton township, one of the older parts of the new town, to see the interior of one of many Swedish-style houses built to attract Scandinavian investment.
		Both have town museums (Whitby's superb museum is an inspirational example for Balaclava of what is possible in a town of such size) and, nearby, both have locations important in their country's religious history: the monastery of Cape Fiolent for Balaclava, the abbey for Whitby.
	www.ln.com.ua /~veha/visit.htm (1756 words)

	Kokatat Surfskin Balaclava Hood (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This "fuzzy rubber" balaclava is more comfortable than a neoprene wetsuit hood but does much the same job.
		The Surfskin Balaclava keeps the wind off your neck and provides warmth in cold rain as well as insulates your head for rolling and rescue practice.
		In general, for sea kayakers we recommend this balaclava combined with a rain hat instead of a hood attached to a drysuit.
	www.kayakacademy.com /catalog/KOKSSB.html (98 words)

	Balaclava Ottawa Valley Ghost Town - Canadian Geographic Magazine
		Considered a picture-perfect ghost town, Balaclava’s focal point is its abandoned sawmill, which was founded in 1855 on Constant Creek.
		When it was sold in 1957, it was producing only a fraction of the board feet per year than it was at its founding, thanks to the depletion of timber in the region.
		In 1959, it was deemed uneconomical to run the mill any longer and it was shut down, along with the store, and Balaclava slid into the slumber of disuse.
	www.canadiangeographic.ca /magazine/so05/indepth/soc_balaclava.asp (178 words)

	Balaclava (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This article is about the headgear known as a balaclava, for information about the town in the Crimea see: Balaklava.
		A balaclava, balaclava helmet or ski mask is a form of headgear covering the whole head, exposing only the face (and often only the eyes).
		Modern balaclavas can be made from a number of materials.
	www.casimiro.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/b/ba/balaclava.html (158 words)

	Fire Protection Products (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Balaclava with breast and double thickness mouth protection.
		Balaclava with reinforced eye slit and double thickness neck protection.
		Balaclava with reinforced eye holes and double thickness neck protection.
	www.saveguard.com /noframes/balaclavs.htm (73 words)

	Gorilla Balaclava
		Unlike other balaclavas, this Moonlite Pile version wraps around the neck and chin and closes with Velcro.
		In addition, the mask's upper edge is contoured so that goggles seal it to the face and greatly reduce the amount of fog-causing breath that can get to the lens.
		Slots in the back allow the Gorilla Balaclava to be attached to the Hat For All Seasons by way of the Cinch-Band internal adjustment system.
	www.downloadfreetrial.com /recreation-leisure/gorilla-balaclava.html (202 words)

	Balaclava (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Balaclava is very friendly, as all good Gypsy Vanners should be.
		Balaclava has a beautiful face, with very unique markings.
		Balaclava has a white eyelash on her right eye, something many Cushti Bok babies have.
	www.vannercentral.com /Balaclava.htm (63 words)

	Rock Climbing Forums: Climbing Disciplines: Alpine & Ice: Balaclava Recommendations
		I got the OR Baffin Balaclava for Christmas, but found that the velcro strip used to secure the face flap is rigid and uncomfortable.
		im really happy with my windstopper balaclava, but the only time i ever wear it is my winterly jaunt in the new england presidentials, where 45 mph blowing snow is casual weather.
		My system is a lightweight polypro balaclava (OR) and then if it is cold, I use a WS bennie hat that covers my ears.
	www.rockclimbing.com /topic/103787 (1724 words)

	The Battle of Balaclava - Crimean War - Charge of the Light Brigade
		Against this the three episodes in the battle; the Charge of the Heavy Brigade, the Thin Red Line and the Charge of the Light Brigade, are such icons of courage and achievement for the British Army, that it is not surprising the military authorities awarded Balaclava as a battle honour to the regiments involved.
		Now at Balaclava, in the absence of the infantry, the cavalry was required to play a major role.
		The one unquestionable feature that emerges from the battle is the courage and persistence of the ordinary troopers and regimental officers of the cavalry regiments that fought at Balaclava.
	www.britishbattles.com /crimean-war/balaclava.htm (3929 words)

	Nordic Gear™ Cinched Balaclava
		You can stay concealed, or be visible to other hunters.
		The cinched hood adjusts with a cord-locked drawstring to several different positions for partial head, neck and face protection, or extend the entire neck for complete protection.
		These balaclavas have a 100% waterproof, breathable Dry-Plus® membrane for the ultimate in hunting protection and comfort.
	www.cabelas.com /information/ClothingHunting/NordicGear8482CinchedBalaclava0005744.html (284 words)

	VEIL DEMO BY DAD IN BALACLAVA - News - Mirror.co.uk (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A MAN collecting signatures backing Jack Straw's criticism of Muslim veils was arrested - because he was wearing a balaclava.
		James Scott, 40, wore the fl headpiece to demonstrate veils were a barrier to communication.
		Suffolk Police said the balaclava had upset members of the public.
	www.mirror.co.uk /news/tm_headline=veil-demo-by-dad-in-balaclava-&method=full&objectid=17955610&siteid=94762-name_page.html (229 words)

	Balaclava Public School (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The most amazing characteristic of Balaclava School that makes it different from other schools is the teamwork and support of teachers, parents and students working together to provide the best educational experience for our students!!
		The teachers at Balaclava are extra special because they provide so many opportunities for students to enjoy a full, rich educational experience.
		The parents of Balaclava are an example of the amazing partnership that schools can have with parents to help improve and enhance the educational experiences for all students!
	www.hwdsb.on.ca /balaclava (240 words)

	Psolar Face Mask and Balaclava- GearReview.com
		The next time you breathe in, that warmth is moisture is absorbed by the cold, dry air before it enters your lungs robbing you of prescious heat energy.
		The struggle I faced regularly with the balaclava was keeping the QXtec module close enough to my mouth to capture the majority of my exhaled breaths.
		I would recommend the face mask for general use such as skiing and snowshoeing, and the balaclava style for snowmobiling and more extreme, technical activities such as mountaineering or expedition use.
	www.gearreview.com /Psolar.php (390 words)

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