Zan

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Zanè

Zanè is a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. It is north and south of SP349. As of 2007 Zanè had an estimated population of 6,553.

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Zan (Dir En Grey song)

"-Zan-" (残 -ZAN-) is a single released by Dir En Grey on 20 January 1999, simultaneously along with "Akuro no Oka" and "Yurameki", and is the third single from the band's debut studio album, Gauze. The single peaked at number 6 on the Oricon music charts in Japan. -Zan- also appears as a re-recorded b-side on the single "Hageshisa to, Kono Mune no Naka de Karamitsuita Shakunetsu no Yami" from the band's eighth studio album, Dum Spiro Spero.

Music video

A music video was released for the single, being released in early 1999. The video switches between shots of the band performing on a platform and shots of macabre images, including several shots of vocalist Kyo's head on a plate placed on a shrine.

Re-recorded version

A re-recorded version of "-Zan-" appeared as a b-side on the "Hageshisa to, Kono Mune no Naka de Karamitsuita Shakunetsu no Yami" single. The new version follows a more aggressive and a faster death metal style. A music video for the song was released 4 August 2011 and is a nearly shot-for-shot remake of the original.

Enemy

Enemy or foe is an individual or a group that is seen as forcefully adverse or threatening. The concept of an enemy has been observed to be "basic for both individuals and communities". The term "enemy" serves the social function of designating a particular entity as a threat, thereby invoking an intense emotional response to that entity. The state of being or having an enemy is enmity, foehood or foeship.

Terms

As for the etymology the term enemy is derived from Latin language for 'bad friend' (Latin: inimicus). "Enemy" is a strong word, and "emotions associated with the enemy would include anger, hatred, frustration, envy, jealousy, fear, distrust, and possibly grudging respect". As a political concept, an enemy is likely to be met with hate, violence, battle and war. The opposite of an enemy is a friend or ally. Because the term "the enemy" is a bit bellicose and militaristic to use in polite society, informal substitutes are more often used. Often the substituted terms become pejoratives in the context that they are used. In any case, the designation of an "enemy" exists solely to denote the status of a particular group of people as a threat, and to propagate this designation within the local context. Substituted terms for an enemy often go further to meaningfully identify a known group as an enemy, and to pejoratively frame that identification. A government may seek to represent a person or group as a threat to the public good by designating that person or group to be a public enemy.

Foe (unit)

A foe is a unit of energy equal to 10⁴⁴joules or 10⁵¹ergs, used to measure the large amount of energy released by a supernova.

The word is an acronym derived from the phrase [ten to the power of] fifty-one ergs. It was coined by Gerald Brown of Stony Brook University in his work with Hans Bethe, because "it came up often enough in our work".

This unit of measure is convenient because a supernova typically releases about one foe of observable energy in a very short period (which can be measured in seconds). In comparison, if the Sun had its current luminosity throughout its entire lifetime, it would release 3.827×10²⁶W × 3.1536×10⁷s/yr × 10¹⁰ yr ≈ 1.2 foe.

A foe is approximately 186.3 times the rest mass energy of the Earth.

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Foe (EP)

Foe is an EP by blackmail. The track "Foe" was featured in the Japan release of their album Friend or Foe?. Andy Gill produced this album together with the band in London.

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