Nickel ( /ˈnɪkəl/ NI-kəl) is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Ni and atomic number 28. It is a silvery-white lustrous metal with a slight golden tinge. Nickel belongs to the transition metals and is hard and ductile. Pure nickel shows a significant chemical activity that can be observed when nickel is powdered to maximize the exposed surface area on which reactions can occur, but larger pieces of the metal are slow to react with air at ambient conditions due to the formation of a protective oxide surface. Even then, nickel is reactive enough with oxygen so that native nickel is rarely found on Earth's surface, being mostly confined to the interiors of larger nickel–iron meteorites that were protected from oxidation during their time in space. On Earth, such native nickel is always found in combination with iron, a reflection of those elements' origin as major end products of supernova nucleosynthesis. An iron–nickel mixture is thought to compose Earth's inner core.
The use of nickel (as a natural meteoric nickel–iron alloy) has been traced as far back as 3500 BC. Nickel was first isolated and classified as a chemical element in 1751 by Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, who initially mistook its ore for a copper mineral. The element name comes from a mischievous sprite of German miner's mythology, Nickel (similar to Old Nick), that personified the fact that copper-nickel ores resisted refinement into copper. Nickel's most important modern ore minerals are laterites, including limonite, garnierite, and pentlandite. Major production sites include Sudbury region in Canada (which is thought to be of meteoric origin), New Caledonia in the Pacific and Norilsk in Russia.
William Leonard Roberts II (born January 28, 1976), better known by his stage name Rick Ross (often stylized as RICK RO$$), is an American rapper. He derived his stage name from the drug trafficker "Freeway" Ricky Ross, to whom he has no connection. Ross founded the record label Maybach Music Group, on which he released his studio albums Deeper Than Rap and Teflon Don, Ross was also the first artist signed to Diddy's management company Ciroc Entertainment. In early 2012, MTV named Ross as the Hottest MC In The Game.
William Leonard Roberts II was born in Coahoma County, Mississippi. and raised in Carol City, Florida, near Miami. After graduating from Carol City Senior High School, he later attended the historically black college Albany State University on a football scholarship.
After being signed to Suave House Records, former label for rap duo 8Ball & MJG, he eventually signed a deal with Slip-n-Slide Records, which has been under the Def Jam umbrella since 2006. While signed to Slip-n-Slide, Ross toured with fellow rapper Trick Daddy and made guest performances on other Slip-n-Slide albums.
Knee deep in the dead
Plot
When he wakes up, Sol's only concern is getting out for a cup of coffee and cigarettes without waking up his girlfriend Jen. But after joining his roommates on a spree of armed robbery, shoot outs and kidnapping, his life is starting to be a lot more rewarding. That is until Jen gives him an ultimatum- Life with her or life with crime. Now, Sol must question his actions, and the life he has chosen, and he starts to look for a way out. But when he's offered a higher position in the organization, will he be strong enough to walk away?
Keywords: urban
Long Day. Short Fuse.
[first lines]::Sol: Good morning.::Cashier: Yeah?::Sol: Yeah, I'll have one of those coffees and a pack of Big Max.
Sol: [seeing playground kid in back seat] Is this her kid?::Judah: It *was* her kid. You know the rules, you snooze, you loose.::Sol: You can't just take someone's kid, that's kidnapping!::Judah: Look, I like to think of it as parent-napping.
Judah: Confusion's the sign of a changing mind being cleared. And nothing changes as fast as learning from our mistakes.::Sol: Well then, you must be always changing, huh?::Judah: Everything in the universe is changing, Sol. Only motion is constant. Now the only thing to keep in mind is, which part of change keeps the questioning constant.
Jinx: You know what you're like, Judah? You're like a mental cramp in my marathon of thought.
Jinx: I thought you don't believe in spirits, Judah.::Judah: I do when they come bottled, Jinx.::Sol: What, like one with a Genie inside?::Judah: No, more like a worm.
[last lines]::Justice: Relax. Think about your new position. Exciting, isn't it? Just like good fellas. You're movin' up, bro.
Plot
Mike has the girl, the time and the place. The problem is he doesn't have the ring. Before Mike has an opportunity to propose his engagement ring is stolen. Mike is desperate to recover it. He and his friends have one hour to get the ring back and make the date with his "beloved" Emma before all is lost. It is not long before it is revealed that Mike and his friends are not all that they seem. You move you die is a dark comedy filmed with a real time story. Get ready for a film with a unique dose of reality
Keywords: auckland-new-zealand, dark-comedy, death, engagement, fight, gangster, heist, high-octane, hold-up, laundromat
A new breed of gangster.
Rob: What the hell is a cockjam, anyway?::Mike: I dunno, I just made it up then.::Rob: Clearly.
Mike: Let's go negotiate::Rob: Can we do it with a bat?
Mike: You shot her?::Rob: Yeah.::Mike: You don't think that's a bit excessive?::Rob: No, not really.
Mike: [Rob has just killed their informant] What the fuck are you doing?::Rob: Negotiating.::Mike: What the fuck kind of negotation is that?::Rob: It was effective wasn't it?::Mike: Bullshit! You just shot him. That's not effective negotiation, that's just shootin' a guy.::Rob: Well it worked didn't it?
Mike: Ah dude, you shot a hot chick, you can't shoot a hot chick it ruins the ratio!::Rob: What ratio?::Mike: The fuckin hot chick to normal chick ratio! Look there's 10 hot chicks in a city right, and 500,000 normal bitches. It's a 1 to 50,000 ratio, not anymore, you fucked it!::Rob: You swear a lot.::Mike: Fuck you!::Rob: See!::Mike: Yeah, and you shoot people a lot you nut, I'll take the fuckin swearing. Now what the fuck are we gunna do?
Rob: It is a dry cleaners mate.::Mike: I know that dick wad but you shot the guy! He's fuckin currently in the spa, and some would call him dead! you shot him remember? He's not dry cleaning anymore! I dunno how to do it, what the fuck is dry cleaning anyway? How the fuck do you clean something without makin it wet?::Rob: It's some sort of chemical deal where they...::Mike: Ah shut the fuck up! Just get the bodies.
Mike: Smoking's the new non-smoking.
Plot
Between 11:50 and 12:00 noon, a crime is commited. In the same ten minute period, we follow the lives of the ten people, all connected to this crime. As we see each person's point of view, we are propelled closer and closer to the truth of what exactly happened...and why.
Keywords: alarm-clock, apostrophe-in-title, blood, corporate-take-over, double-cross, female-assassin, female-nudity, gangster, gay-couple, gay-kiss
In ten minutes, everything can change. For these ten people, it will.
Time is the trigger.
Plot
A crowd of guys in their 20's spend most of their time hanging out. It's Christmas time in the early 1990's and the guys all begin to think it's about time they went about their lives without the comfort of the diner.
Keywords: 1990s, christmas, independent-film
Plot
A murderer is driven slowly insane by a sequence of coincidences and suggestive events which will not allow him to escape his own sense of guilt for his crime.
Keywords: based-on-play, hypnotism, murder