Apex

Apex may refer to:

Astronomy

Biology

Places

Organizations

Apex (headdress)

The apex was a cap worn by the flamines and Salii at Rome. The essential part of the apex, to which alone the name properly belonged, was a pointed piece of olive-wood, the base of which was surrounded with a lock of wool. This was worn on the top of the head, and was held there either by fillets only, or, as was more commonly the case, was also fastened by means of two strings or bands, which were called apicula (Festus, s.v.), or offendices (Festus, s.v.), though the latter word is also interpreted to mean a kind of button, by which the strings were fastened under the chin (cf. Serv. ad Virg. Aen. ii.683, viii.664, x.270).

The flamines were forbidden by law to go into public, or even into the open air without the apex (Gellius x.15), and hence we find the expression of alicui apicem dialem imponere used as equivalent to the appointment of a Flamen Dialis (Livy vi.41). Sulpicius was deprived of the priesthood, only because the apex fell from his head whilst he was sacrificing (Valerius Maximus i.1 §5).

Apex (mollusc)

In anatomy, an apex (adjectival form: apical) is part of the shell of a mollusk. The apex is the pointed tip (the oldest part) of the shell of a gastropod, scaphopod, or cephalopod.

Gastropods

The word "apex" is most often used to mean the tip of the spire of the shell of a gastropod. The apex is the first-formed, and therefore the oldest, part of the shell.

To be more precise, the apex would usually be where the tip of the embryonic shell or protoconch is situated, if that is still present in the adult shell (often it is lost or eroded away).

Coiled gastropod shells

The phrase apical whorls, or protoconch, means the whorls that constitute the embryonic shell at the apex of the shell, especially when this is clearly distinguishable from the later whorls of the shell, otherwise known as the teleoconch.

Comparison of the apical part and the whole shell of Otukaia kiheiziebisu:

Limpet-like gastropod shells

Where this feature is present, the space under the apex of a patellate or patelliform (limpet-like) gastropod shell is called the apical cavity.

Louder (Neon Jungle song)

"Louder" is a 2014 song by Neon Jungle from their 2014 album Welcome to the Jungle. It is their fourth single.

Background

The band said the song discussed feelings and emotions and not being able to control the way someone feels towards another, and wanting to increase the volume of everything else around one to block it out.

The song is different from the group's previous singles in that it is slower and not a dance track. Releasing such a track had always been Neon Jungle's intention, to surprise people. This song has gained comparisons to The Saturdays' "Lies" from their debut album Chasing Lights.

Music video

A music video was produced for the song which featured the group performing intensely in a massive metal dome structure. It was directed by Colin Tilley.

Critical reception

The song has received general acclaim from music critics. Meggie Morris of "Renownedforsound.com" praised the song, stating that

Morris ultimately gave the song 4 out of 5 stars. Popcrush.com commended the song for containing "booming drum beats, vibrant scenes and an intensity that permeates throughout the entire video", whereas Sugarscape.com called it "well snazzy". Mistreemagazine.co.uk noted that the song "has been defined as a raw number which sees the band strip themselves of their pop hooks and dance beats" whilst commending it for being "emotionally raw" and "not without a pop hook or a contagious beat that keeps you hitting replay", concluding that it was "a pop-fuelled track and it's bloody brilliant. Electronically fuelled, the combination of diverse vocals, hard-hitting percussion and the addictive melody during the chorus will make you turn the volume up louder."

Louder (Parade song)

"Louder" is the debut single by British girlband Parade, which was released on 13 March 2011. It debuted at number ten in the UK Singles Chart, It also peaked forty-one in Ireland. The music video was filmed in an old house, with a girly house party, which went on in to the street with fireworks, it was directed by Emli Nava. The song was used in a Rimmel make up advert.

Critical Reception

The song received mixed to positive reviews from the music critics. Lewis Corner of Digital Spy said about Louder: 'A winning mix of insistent beats, pinches of piano and choppy synths, all topped off with a nursery rhyme-style chant of "Turn it up boy, boy, turn it up boy…", 'Louder' bubbles with modern pop fun, but does it offer anything we haven't heard before? Put it this way - The Saturdays needn't worry about eBaying off their Mulberry handbags just yet.' He awarded the song three stars.

Music Video

The music video shows the members of Parade having fun at a girly house party, and in the end they take the party to the streets where they are accompanied by some fireworks. The video was directed by Emil Nava.

Egill Einarsson

Egill "Gillz" Einarsson (born 13 May 1980) is an Icelandic television personality, radio show host, TV and movie star, writer, motivational speaker, bodybuilder / fitness coach, model, DJ and singer. As a musician, he was part of the dance act Merzedes Club in 2008 where he was known as Gillz and Gillzenegger. After the break-up he has continued as a disc jockey known as DJ MuscleBoy. Other stage names that he has used includes Störe, Stóri G, Big G, Þykki, Þykkeh and G-Man.

Media personality

Egill first became known as a blogger on the now defunct website kallarnir.is in the mid-2000s. Later he wrote columns for the newspaper DV and the magazine Bleikt og blátt, and hosted a radio show on the Icelandic KissFM radio station. His popularity increased as the host of his own TV show Kallarnir, and the author of the lifestyle book Biblía fallega fólksins.

Fitness and lifestyle

Egill operates the distant fitness training program Fjarþjálfun, and has been an advocate of fitness and a healthy lifestyle. He has written the self-help lifestyle books Mannasiðir Gillz, Lífsleikni Gillz,Heilræði Gillz, and hosted the TV show Mannasiðir Gillz on Stöð 2 in 2011, which was the most popular show among the channel's subscribers.