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Vulcan Materials Company (NYSE: VMC) is an American company based in Birmingham, Alabama.It is principally engaged in the production, distribution and sale of construction materials.
Vulcan (Latin: Vulcanus, in archaically retained spelling also Volcanus, both pronounced [wʊɫˈkaːnʊs]) is the god of fire [1] including the fire of volcanoes, deserts, metalworking and the forge in ancient Roman religion and myth.
Vulkan targets high-performance real-time 3D-graphics applications, such as video games and interactive media, and highly parallelized computing.Vulkan is intended to offer higher performance and more efficient CPU and GPU usage compared to the older OpenGL and Direct3D 11 APIs.
The Ford Vulcan is a 3.0 L V6 engine designed and built by the Ford Motor Company.It debuted in 1986 in the newly launched Ford Taurus.Ford went on to install the Vulcan V6 in a variety of car, van, and pickup truck models until the 2008 model year, after which production stopped.
Vulcan's infant body is aged to adolescence through the Shi'ar incubation-accelerator. Art by Trevor Hairsine.. Vulcan is the unborn child of Christopher Summers (later known as Corsair) and Katherine Summers, parents of Cyclops and Havok.
The 11 September 1930 eruption of Stromboli was a Vulcanian eruption. It started at 08:10 hours (local), when ash was vented for about 10 minutes. Then at 09:52 two incredibly powerful explosions occurred which shook the whole island.
The M163 Vulcan Air Defense System (VADS), officially Gun, Air Defense Artillery, Self-Propelled 20-mm, M163, is a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG) that was primarily used by the United States Army.
Jolene Blalock (/ ˈ b l eɪ l ɒ k / BLAY-lok; born March 5, 1975) is an American actress and model.She is best known for playing the Vulcan first officer and science officer T'Pol on the science-fiction series Star Trek: Enterprise.