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  YOJOE.COM | Blowtorch
Blowtorch came with a light green flamethrower, a yellow backpack, a yellow helmet, and a yellow airmask.
In Brazil, Blowtorch was sold in 1986 as Lança Chamas, Codename: Tocha.
In Argentina, Blowtorch's mold (except for the waistpiece) was recolored in blue and silver to create T.N.T., he was recolored green, brown, and silver to create Backstop, and in red and yellow as Antorcha.
www.yojoe.com /action/84/blowtorch.shtml   (290 words)

  
 Blowtorch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In USA usage, a blowlamp, a torch using propane or butane; its predecessors used gasoline or kerosene for fuel.
One of the G.I.Joe toys is named Blowtorch: he is usually shown with a flamethrower.
The word "blowtorch" has strong appeal and is often misused in journalism and conversation.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blowtorch   (153 words)

  
 Ink 19 :: Betty Blowtorch
On the verge of hitting it big, hard rock punks Betty Blowtorch came to an end in December 2001, when vocalist and guitarist Bianca Butthole was killed in a car crash.
It was a huge loss for music, and it's painful to think of what Bianca never had the time to achieve with her band.
This collection of live and radio sessions, unreleased material and outtakes is a beautiful testament to the band she led, as much as it's a painful reminder of what was never to be.
www.ink19.com /issues/july2003/musicReviews/musicB/bettyBlowtorch.html   (302 words)

  
 Blowtorch: a Framework for Firewall Test Automation
Blowtorch is a C++ framework for firewall test generation.
Blowtorch supports the development of packet iterators with a library for packet header creation and parsing, a transmit scheduler for multiplexing of multiple packet streams, and a receive monitor for demultiplexing of arriving packet streams.
Blowtorch has been used to develop tests for industrial firewalls that are placed between an IT network and a process control network.
www.itee.uq.edu.au /~sse/seminars/2006/24mar06.html   (297 words)

  
 Betty Blowtorch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Meet Betty Blowtorch, four mean, foul-mouthed, power-tool-crazy rock-and-roll hussies who will fix your car and then hump you on top of it.
But mostly Betty Blowtorch is mad as hell so she plays it hard and rough.
After playing SXSW 2000 Betty Blowtorch won L.A. Weekly's best punk/hardcore band award and are currently up for best rock/hard rock band for the New Times Magazine's Reader's poll.
www.concreteplanet.com /bands/betty.shtml   (360 words)

  
 Blowtorch (Spider-Man foe)
Powers/Abilities: Blowtorch is considered a master arsonist, one of the highest paid on the East Coast.
Blowtorch attempted to simply burn the webbing off, but the flamethrower exploded in his hand, giving Spider-Man enough time to web up Blowtorch's hand and punch him out.
Blowtorch is not to be confused with any other arsonist/flame-manipulating being: (although it has been theorized by Spaceknight, Zerostar, and others that Blowtorch may be):
www.marvunapp.com /Appendix/blotrcha.htm   (443 words)

  
 A blowtorch may be needed to slice through the red tape - Horseracing - Sport
BOB "the Blowtorch" Bentley said last week: "Brisbane racing is at the crossroads of its future." The chairman of Queensland Racing could just as easily have said it about racing in NSW.
The Blowtorch is concerned about the QTC's operating earnings before interest which show "substantial losses and these losses have been increasing on an annual basis".
The Blowtorch wants one club by the end of the financial year.
www.smh.com.au /news/horseracing/a-blowtorch-may-be-needed-to-slice-through-the-red-tape/2006/11/30/1164777721505.html   (1148 words)

  
 Buy MXR M-181 Bass Blowtorch online at Musician's Friend
The M-181 MXR Bass Blowtorch bass overdrive pedal is made to deliver the hottest sounds this side of Hades-from a tube-like growl to full-blown distorted madness.
Because the Bass Blowtorch's overdrive is focused in the midrange frequencies, you'll retain your low-end thunder and high-end sizzle while the overdriven mids cut through any mix.
The big con is that it needs an 18volt power supply and those are really hard to come by around here, and the fact that it drains two nine volts in about 3 hours is kind of disapointing too.
www.musiciansfriend.com /product/MXR-M181-Bass-Blowtorch?sku=151124   (1167 words)

  
 'Blowtorch Bandit' Bungles Heists, Cops: He Failed At Drug Store, Gas Station; Watch Video Of One Try - CBS News
(CBS/AP) A robber who used a blowtorch to threaten a drug store worker and a gas station clerk was being sought for the two failed heists, authorities said Friday.
The cashier pulled a stick from behind the counter and began to hit the robber, who fought back with the blowtorch and then ran outside.
The fight continued until he threw the torch, which missed the clerk and landed near gasoline pumps.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/02/17/earlyshow/printable1328014.shtml   (411 words)

  
 Oxy-fuel welding and cutting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sometimes a metal-cutting blowtorch is colloquially called a "gas-axe", "smoke wrench", "hot wrench" or "hot blue spanner" (in Britain).
In the USA the word "blowtorch" is also used for what in Britain is called a blowlamp.
The same equipment can be used for oxyacetylene blowtorches and welding torches, by exchanging the part of the torch in front of the torch valves.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gas_welding   (5961 words)

  
 Blowtorch Brand (Defenders foe)
  Blowtorch Brand was the final victim of the Scourge of the Underworld organization before it was shut down.
Blowtorch Brand was one of a number of one-shot villains from the New Defenders days.
Rosita and Estrella were two of the twenty women trapped in the textiles factory fire by Blowtorch Brand.
www.marvunapp.com /Appendix2/blowtorchbrand.htm   (916 words)

  
 YOJOE.COM | Blowtorch
Blowtorch was released as part of the eighteenth series (2002), carded in a two-pack with Snow Serpent (v5).
Blowtorch came with a red Sound Attack backpack, a red flame thrower, a green-gold helmet w/ fl hose, a short length of fl hose, a fl handgun, and a fl sub-machine gun.
No variations of Blowtorch are known to exist.
www.yojoe.com /action/02/blowtorch2.shtml   (117 words)

  
 Blowtorch from Delia Online
Thus, the art of acquiring that thin, glass-like coating of caramel eluded me. British grills, after all those years, are still universally unreliable: until recently, it seemed the only answer was to make up a caramel and pour it on top of the set custard.
Then along came the answer and, when the chef’s blowtorch first hit the kitchen shops, it was a must-have for all who wanted to cook.
But, at last, a great step for mankind: there is now a blowtorch that does the job perfectly.
www.deliaonline.com /cookery-school/equipment/blowtorch,985,AR.html   (367 words)

  
 6abc.com: Blowtorch Bandit Foiled
The suspect attempted to fight back using the blowtorch, but the clerk drove him out of the store where the fight continued.
The suspect threw the blowtorch at the clerk and missed.
Then, the clerk picked up a plastic chair, and drove the leg of the chair into the front windshield of the suspect's car, but the suspect still managed to get away.
abclocal.go.com /wpvi/story?section=nation_world&id=3916729   (141 words)

  
 Clerk Describes Battling Blowtorch Bandit - Local News
SAN DIEGO -- A gas-station clerk describes his battle with the blowtorch bandit, which was caught on tape by multiple surveillance cameras.
Piva repeatedly hit the blowtorch bandit, who fled almost immediately, with the club.
The blowtorch bandit hasn't struck since New Year's Eve, as far as law-enforcement officials know.
www.nbcsandiego.com /news/7157066/detail.html   (419 words)

  
 Blowtorch Bandit Caught On Tape - Money
Fifteen minutes later, the same man entered the Valero Gas Station on Birmingham Drive with the same blowtorch, according to detectives.
The clerk at the gas station chased the suspect outside and threw the bat at him as he fled.
At one point, the suspect threw the lit blowtorch at the clerk.
www.nbcsandiego.com /money/7129337/detail.html   (376 words)

  
 Pynchon - Music: Eric Blowtorch
Eric Beaumont a/k/a "Eric Blowtorch" of Milwaukee, WI, has put music to two Pynchon songs from Gravity's Rainbow, one of which appears as the second of three ghost tracks at the end of a compilation CD called Workman's Comp.
Opening his song 'Now and Then,' Eric sings in an almost childlike vocal style reminiscent of David Byrne at his most satirical, but his range of influences is broad and the song sounds almost like The Cure near the end of the first verse.
He has been one of the most tireless proponents of Jamaican music in the city and his honest approach has counteracted the trend of performing only static covers of popular reggae tunes.
www.themodernword.com /pynchon/pynchon_music_blowtorch.html   (1312 words)

  
 keyetv.com - Blowtorch Robber Fails; Store Clerk Fights Back   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
He then got out a blowtorch, ignited it, and pointed it at the cashier.
The suspect turned off the blowtorch, put it back into a nylon box and walked out.
The suspect threw the lighted blowtorch at the clerk.
keyetv.com /watercooler/local_story_048112500.html   (277 words)

  
 Betty Blowtorch (And Her Amazing True Life Adventures) (2003)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Plot Outline: For two years a filmmaker follows the all girl rock band Betty Blowtorch documenting the bands ferocious sound and dangerously low-tech pyrotechnic show, unaware of the turmoil and tragedy that he will ultimately capture.
I am a huge fan of the Los Angeles music scene so I was aware of Betty Blowtorch, but I never really knew the story behind the band.
It was cool to see that the girls carried on and formed Betty Blowtorch, with Bianca stepping up to take lead vocals.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0366227   (401 words)

  
 stonesoup » Blog Archive » serendipity, with blowtorch
This pastry recipe was adapted from the master pastry chef, Lorraine Godsmark, formerly of Rockpool and now turning out the most divine tarts and desserts at her Potts Point restaurant, Yellow.
When tart shells and custard are cool, fill shells with custard and place in the freeer for 10mins.
Sprinkle each tartlet with approx 2t castor sugar and brulee with a blowtorch.
thestonesoup.com /blog/2006/09/serendipity-with-blowtorch   (1206 words)

  
 Betty Blowtorch live at Universalbuzz.com!!!
It should be no surprise then that BETTY BLOWTORCH - feral femal estrogens guitar explosions withot the baggage of pretension - can be summed up in the titles of two of co-founder Bianca Butthole''s favorite discs: The New York Dolls'' Too Much Too Soon and Iggy and the Stooges'' Raw Power.
Formed from the ashes of punk-parody act Butt Trumpet (whose 1995 disc Primitive Enema may be a moment of pure pride for the participants), Bianca, plus the female remains of the Trumpet (lead guitarist Blare N. Bitch, bassist turned guitarist Sharon Needles) regrouped in 1998 as BETTY BLOWTORCH, with former Bobsled drummer Judy Molish.
On a Saturday night at Al''s Bar, in front of an utter mob (Bianca recalled total shock at the turnout, as the show was meant as a tune-up only) they launched their pyrotechnick based, 70''s arena/glam plus salaciousness upon an unsuspecting planet.
www.universalbuzz.com /catalogresults.asp?letter=b&ArtistNumber=236   (422 words)

  
 News: Betty Blowtorch and her True Life Adventures
If you wish to be contacted when the DVD is available, send an email to twelverakes@hotmail.com and we'll keep you informed.
'Betty Blowtorch and Her Amazing True Life Adventures' will screen in The 18th Annual Fort Lauderdale Int'l Film Festival on Monday, November 3, 7:30pm at the prestigious Cinema Paradiso.
Betty Blowtorch And Her Amazing True Life Adventures sold out the the largest theater at the Arclight in Hollywood (425 people!).
www.bettyblowtorch.com /news.html   (1500 words)

  
 Exploring Blowtorch Cookery - Food
A few years back, I saw a story on TV about a restaurant in Austin, Texas, that specializes in wild game cookery.
It was a "show" restaurant, with much of the kitchen open to the dining room, and one of their big features was the roasting of bell peppers and other vegetables with a large broad-flamed blowtorch.
One chef would hold the pepper on a long skewer while the other bathed it in flame until the skin was flened, then the kitchen staff would buff the skin off, leaving a nicely roasted pepper.
www.thedenverchannel.com /food/1843289/detail.html   (975 words)

  
 Buy MXR M-181 Bass Blowtorch Overdrive Distortion Pedal at guitarcenter.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The MXR M-181 Bass Blowtorch Pedal is hotter than Hades-from a tube-like growl to full-blown distorted madness.
Overdrive is focused on the midrange to retain low-end thunder and high-end sizzle while cutting through any mix.
While I'd prefer a dial for mid's the switch works fine and the key is the Blend Knob which lets you keep your clean signal tight while blending your distorted signal into the mix to dial in just the right amount of grit while retaining clarity.
www.guitarcenter.com /shop/product/buy_mxr_m181_bass_blowtorch_overdrive_distortion_pedal?full_sku=151124&src=4SOSWXXA   (552 words)

  
 MXR M181 Bass Blowtorch Pedal from zZounds.com
By focusing the overdrive in the midrange frequencies, the Bass Blowtorch lets you retain low end thunder and high-end sizzle while distorted mids blaze a path through even the densest mix.
And the Bass Blowtorch burns as clean as it does hot, with 18-volt performance for increased dynamic headroom, clarity and low noise even at lethal volume.
Housed in indestructible die-cast metal, the Bass Blowtorch has been stomped, mauled and otherwise road-tested by world class-touring bassists.
www.zzounds.com /item--MXRM181   (504 words)

  
 eric-blowtorch
You could search the states of Wisconsin and Minnesota and not find a musician as talented as Milwaukee's Eric Blowtorch.
Blowtorch leads his orchestra that's half Vegas and half Jamaican shantytown into a stylistically superb force, that could make many a musician scratch their head and hang up their instrument and go to work at General Motors.
From the Motown inspired "She's The Most," to the beautiful ballad "I Am The Voice," to the opening dub instrumental "Code 66 At Register 6," Flame On!!
www.maximumink.com /2001/cd-reviews/october/eric-blowtorch.html   (123 words)

  
 blowtorch - OneLook Dictionary Search
Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "blowtorch" is defined.
blowtorch : Compact Oxford English Dictionary [home, info]
blowtorch : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
www.onelook.com /?w=blowtorch   (156 words)

  
 Blowtorch Flats - Introduction
Blowtorch Flats is a professional mixing facility designed with a unique emphasis on Film Score mock-ups, overdubbing, mixing and DVD production.
The Euphonix CS 2000 contains the Hyper Surround mixing system that allows the engineer to utilize many different formats; stereo to multi-bus, IMAX sound source with the touch of a button.
With a heavy emphasis on speed and comfort, Blowtorch Flats is an ideal space for creative pursuits.
www.basil-poledouris.com /blowtorch/introduction.html   (133 words)

  
 Betty Blowtorch (And Her Amazing True Life Adventures) on DVD at Smarter.com
Betty Blowtorch (And Her Amazing True Life Adventures) on DVD at Smarter.com
Formed in 1998, the all-girl rock band Betty Blowtorch tore into the Hollywood music scene with a riotous glam/garage rock sound and a surplus of anger, humor, verve, and attitude.
Infamous for their wild, pyrotechnic, "balls"-to-the-wall live shows, Bianca Butthole, Blare N Bitch, Sharon Needles, and Judy Molish took over where Iggy Pop and The New York Dolls left off, and carved a niche usually reserved for male rockers.
www.smarter.com /betty_blowtorch_---pd--ch-4--pi-241151.html   (311 words)

  
 ABC News: Midwest, Plains Hit by Blowtorch Heat
Children seek relief from the heat under a waterfall in a public park, Monday, July 31, 2006, in Berwyn, Ill. Facing another day of near-record heat and soaring humidity, people across the nation's midsection are finding ways to cope.
By CARLA K. CHICAGO Jul 31, 2006 (AP)— The blowtorch heat that blistered California last week gripped the Midwest on Monday, prompting communities to throw air-conditioned buildings open to the public and endangering millions of people with outdoor jobs including NFL players in training camp.
Temperatures throughout the Midwest and Plains rose into the upper 90s and in some places exceeded 100 degrees.
abcnews.go.com /US/Weather/wireStory?id=2259267&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312   (418 words)

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