query: Chelsea F.C. is from Europe.

pos: UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations ( UEFA ) and contested by top-division European clubs . It is one of the most prestigious tournaments in the world and the most prestigious club competition in European football , played by the national league champion ( and , for some nations , one or more runners-up ) of each UEFA national association . The UEFA Champions League final is the most watched annual sporting event worldwide . The final of the 2012 -- 13 tournament had the highest TV ratings to date , drawing 360 million television viewers .   Introduced in 1992 , the competition replaced the European Champion Clubs ' Cup , or simply European Cup , which had run since 1955 , adding a group stage to the competition and allowing multiple entrants from certain countries . The pre-1992 competition was initially a straight knockout tournament open only to the champion club of each country . During the 1990s , the format was expanded , incorporating a round-robin group stage to include clubs that finished runner-up of some nations ' top-level league . While most of Europe 's national leagues can still only enter their national league champion , Europe 's strongest national leagues now provide up to four teams for the competition , and will provide up to five teams from the 2015 -- 16 season onwards . Clubs that finish next-in-line in each nation 's top level league , having not qualified for the UEFA Champions League competition , may be eligible for the next level UEFA Europa League competition .   In its present format , the UEFA Champions League begins in mid-July with three knockout qualifying rounds and a play-off round . The 10 surviving teams enter the group stage , joining 22 other teams qualified in advance . The 32 teams are drawn into eight groups of four teams and play each other in a double round-robin system . The eight group winners and eight runners-up proceed to the knockout phase that culminates with the final match in May . The winner of the UEFA Champions League qualifies for the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup .   Real Madrid is the most successful club in the competition 's history , having won the tournament 11 times , including its first five seasons . Spanish clubs have accumulated the highest number of victories ( 16 wins ) , followed by England and Italy ( 12 wins apiece ) . The competition has been won by 22 different clubs , 12 of which have won it more than once . Since the tournament changed name and structure in 1992 , no club has managed consecutive wins ; Milan were the last holders to successfully defend their title , in the 1989 -- 90 season . The reigning champions are Real Madrid , who secured their eleventh title in the competition after defeating Atlético Madrid on penalties following a 1 -- 1 draw in the 2016 final .

pos: Stamford Bridge (stadium) Stamford Bridge ( -LSB- ˈstæm.fə ( r ) d_ˈbrɪdʒ -RSB- ) is a football stadium located in Fulham , London . It is the home ground of Chelsea F.C. . The stadium is located within the Moore Park Estate also known as Walham Green and is often referred to as simply The Bridge . The capacity is 41,663 , making it the eighth largest ground in the Premier League . The club has plans to expand the capacity to 60,000 by the 2021 -- 2022 season . When expansion starts , Chelsea will play at the Wembley Stadium until they return in 2023 .   Opened in 1877 , the stadium was used by the London Athletic Club until 1905 , when new owner Gus Mears founded Chelsea Football Club to occupy the ground ; Chelsea have played their home games there ever since . It has undergone numerous major changes over the years , most recently in the 1990s when it was renovated into a modern , all-seater stadium .   Stamford Bridge has been used as a venue for England international matches , FA Cup Finals , FA Cup semi-finals and Charity Shield games . It has also hosted numerous other sports , such as cricket , rugby union , speedway , greyhound racing , baseball and American football . The stadium 's highest official attendance is 82,905 , for a league match between Chelsea and Arsenal on 12 October 1935 .

pos: Chelsea F.C. Chelsea Football Club ( -LSB- ˈtʃɛlsiː -RSB- ) is an English professional football club based in Fulham , London , that competes in the Premier League , of which they are reigning champions . Founded in 1905 , the club 's home ground since then has been Stamford Bridge .   Chelsea had their first major success in 1955 , when they won the league championship . They then won various cup competitions between 1965 and 1971 . The club 's greatest period of success has come during the last two decades ; winning 18 major trophies since 1997 . Chelsea have won six national league titles , seven FA Cups , five League Cups and four FA Community Shields , one UEFA Champions League , two UEFA Cup Winners ' Cups , one UEFA Europa League and one UEFA Super Cup . Chelsea are the only London club to win the UEFA Champions League , and one of five clubs to have won all three main UEFA club competitions , first English to do so .   Chelsea 's regular kit colours are royal blue shirts and shorts with white socks . The club 's crest has been changed several times in attempts to re-brand the club and modernise its image . The current crest , featuring a ceremonial lion rampant regardant holding a staff , is a modification of the one introduced in the early 1950s . The club have the sixth-highest average all-time attendance in English football . Their average home gate for the 2016 -- 17 season was 41,507 , the sixth highest in the Premier League . Since 2003 , Chelsea have been owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich . In 2016 , they were ranked by Forbes magazine as the seventh most valuable football club in the world , at # 1.15 billion ( $ 1.66 billion ) .

neg: Slovakia at the FIFA World Cup This is a record of Slovakia 's results at the FIFA World Cup . The FIFA World Cup , sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup , but usually referred to simply as the World Cup , is an international association football competition contested by the men 's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association ( FIFA ) , the sport 's global governing body . The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930 , except in 1942 and 1946 , due to World War II .   The tournament consists of two parts , the qualification phase and the final phase ( officially called the World Cup Finals ) . The qualification phase , which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals , is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals . The current format of the Finals involves 32 teams competing for the title , at venues within the host nation ( or nations ) over a period of about a month . The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world , with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final .   Slovakia have appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on one occasion in 2010 where they reached the second round .

neg: 2008–09 Manchester United F.C. season The 2008 -- 09 season was Manchester United 's 17th season in the Premier League , and their 34th consecutive season in the top division of English football . After winning a third consecutive Premier League title for the second time to equal Liverpool 's record of 18 league titles , the team aimed to become the first team to retain the European Cup since Milan in 1990 . However , they were beaten 2 -- 0 by Barcelona in the final at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on 27 May 2009 .   United started their season in August 2008 by winning the Community Shield . In December 2008 , the club became the first English side to win the FIFA Club World Cup when they beat LDU Quito 1 -- 0 in the final . Two months later , on 1 March 2009 , the club added the 2008 -- 09 League Cup to their trophy cabinet with a 4 -- 1 penalty shootout win over Tottenham Hotspur after a goalless 120 minutes in the final .   United secured a third consecutive Premier League with a goalless draw at home to Arsenal on 16 May 2009 . This made them the first team ever to win three consecutive English top flight titles on two separate occasions , having previously done so between 1999 and 2001 .

neg: Chelsea (band) Chelsea are an English punk rock band , formed in London in 1976 . Three of the four original band members went on to found Generation X.   More than two decades after its release , `` Right to Work '' , Chelsea 's debut single , was included in Mojo magazine 's list of the best punk rock singles of all time .

neg: UEFA European Under-21 Championship The UEFA European Under-21 Championship ( also known as the UEFA Euro U-21s ) is a football competition organised by the sport 's European governing body , UEFA . It is held every two years . The competition has existed in its current form since 1978 . It was preceded by the Under 23 Challenge Cup which ran from 1967 to 1970 . A true Under 23 championship was then formed , starting in 1972 .   The age limit was reduced to 21 for the 1978 championship and it has remained so since . To be eligible for the campaign ending in 2017 , players need to be born in or after 1994 . Many can be actually 23 years old by the time the finals tournament takes place ; however , when the qualification process began ( 2015 ) all players would have been 21 or under .   Under-21 matches are typically played on the day before senior internationals and where possible , the same qualifying groups and fixtures were played out . This was not true for the shortened 2006-2007 Championship .   This tournament serves as qualifier for the Summer Olympics . It has been considered a stepping stone toward the senior team . Players such as 2014 World Cup winner Mesut Özil , Klaas-Jan Huntelaar , Luís Figo , Petr Čech , 2010 World Cup winner Iker Casillas , 2006 World Cup winners Francesco Totti , Fabio Cannavaro , Gianluigi Buffon , Alberto Gilardino and Andrea Pirlo , and Euro 2004 winner Georgios Karagounis began their international careers in the youth teams .   Sweden are the reigning champions , defeating Portugal in the 2015 final , on penalties . The finals of the 2015 competition were hosted by Czech Republic .

neg: 1999–2000 FA Cup The 1999 -- 2000 FA Cup was the 119th staging of the world 's oldest cup competition , the Football Association Cup or FA Cup . Both the semi-finals and final of the competition were played at Wembley Stadium for the last time before reconstruction work began . The competition culminated with the FA Cup Final between Chelsea and Aston Villa . The game was won by a goal from Chelsea 's Roberto Di Matteo , giving them a 1-0 victory .   The previous season 's winners , Manchester United , withdrew from the 1999 -- 2000 competition due to their participation in the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship in South America , to take place in early 2000 , thus becoming the first FA Cup winners not to defend their title . Despite this being at the request of the Football Association ( FA ) , they received criticism from journalists and television pundits . To keep the competition running smoothly , the FA chose to draw one team from among those lower-division teams defeated in the second round to progress as `` lucky losers '' to the third . Darlington were the team drawn .   The main competition started in November 1999 for clubs from the Football League and Premiership . For details on the preliminary and qualifying rounds of the FA Cup see FA Cup Archives .

neg: 1960–61 Chelsea F.C. season The 1960 -- 61 season was Chelsea Football Club 's 47th of competitive football , and their 35th in the English top flight .   Chelsea 's performances and results were erratic throughout the season , typified by large victories over Arsenal , Newcastle United and West Bromwich Albion and heavy defeats against Manchester United , Wolverhampton Wanderers and Burnley , culminating in a sixth consecutive mid-table finish since their Championship success in 1955 . The club were also victims of an upset in the FA Cup , losing 2 -- 1 at home to Fourth Division side Crewe Alexandra .   The season was nonetheless a watershed in the club 's history ; frustrated at the club 's lack of direction , Chelsea 's star player Jimmy Greaves joined AC Milan at the end of the season . Manager Ted Drake , his position weakened by the Crewe result in particular , would also leave the club early into the next season .   Despite the lack of tangible success , the season produced a series of records . Chelsea scored 98 league goals , a record that stood until Chelsea 's record breaking 2009 -- 10 season and conceded 100 goals -- another club record . Greaves scored 41 league goals , plus another two in the League Cup for a seasonal total of 43 , which has never been bettered by another Chelsea player . Greaves also notched six hat-tricks ( another club record for a single season ) , and during the campaign scored his 100th career league goal ; at the age of 21 , still the youngest ever player to do so .

neg: 1999–2000 UEFA Cup The 1999 -- 2000 UEFA Cup season was the 29th edition of the UEFA Cup competition . The final took place at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen and was won by Galatasaray , who defeated Arsenal in the final . The game was scoreless through the first ninety minutes and stayed that way through thirty minutes of extra time . The match went on to penalty kicks in which Gheorghe Popescu scored the winning goal to win the cup . Galatasaray won the cup without losing a single game . The competition was marred by violence involving English and Turkish hooligans in the semi-finals and the final , in particular the fatal stabbings of Leeds United fans Kevin Speight and Christopher Loftus by Galatasaray fans in Istanbul .   Parma were the defending champions , but were eliminated by Werder Bremen in the fourth round .   It was the first season of the new format UEFA Cup ; it had absorbed the now defunct Cup Winners ' Cup to include domestic cup winners , and now featured an additional knockout round . This season 's champions qualified for the 2001 FIFA Club World Championship , which was never disputed . So far , Galatasaray are the only UEFA Cup champions to qualify for a Club World Cup .

neg: England 2018 FIFA World Cup bid England 2018 was the Football Association 's unsuccessful bid for the right to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup . FIFA invited bidding countries to bid for either the 2018 or the 2022 finals , or both . The FA initially decided to bid for both , but with the withdrawal of all non-European bids for the 2018 event , this bid , and that of all other European bidding nations , were effectively disqualified from eligibility for the 2022 edition .   England 's bid was managed by England 2018/2022 Bidding Nation Ltd. . This company was established by The FA for the purpose of bringing the World Cup tournament to England for the first time since 1966 . England attempted to host the 2006 FIFA World Cup but lost out to Germany . England hosted the 1966 FIFA World Cup and had the campaign been successful , England would have become the sixth nation to host the World Cup for a second time . It won the right to host Euro ' 96 . Andy Anson , England 2018 Chief Executive , called for humility with England 's bid claiming they `` must not fall victim to arrogance '' and that lessons had been learned from the unsuccessful attempt to host the 2006 competition . Anson stated that `` the tone of this campaign has to be different .

neg: 2009–10 UEFA Champions League The 2009 -- 10 UEFA Champions League was the 55th season of Europe 's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA , and the 18th under the current UEFA Champions League format . The final was played on 22 May 2010 , at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium , home ground of Real Madrid , in Madrid , Spain . The final was won by Italian club Internazionale , who beat German side Bayern Munich 2 -- 0 . Internazionale went on to represent Europe in the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup , beating Congolese side TP Mazembe 3 -- 0 in the final , and played in the 2010 UEFA Super Cup against Europa League winners Atlético Madrid , losing 2 -- 0 .   Barcelona were the defending champions , but were eliminated by eventual winners Internazionale in the semi-finals .

neg: Willi Steffen Willi Steffen ( 17 March 1925 -- 3 May 2005 ) was a Swiss international footballer who played as a left-back .   Steffen started out as an amateur with Cantonal Neuchâtel and later became the first Swiss footballer to play in England when he signed for Chelsea . He had only journeyed to England to learn the language , having been sent by his parents in preparation for him joining the family 's fruit and vegetable business , but his teacher turned out to be the wife of then-Chelsea manager , Billy Birrell . He was given a trial and signed for the club in July 1946 .   Steffen was a cultured and dedicated full back , tall and pacy , who quickly became a crowd favourite at Chelsea , while his blonde hair and good looks also won him admirers . He made his debut in a 3-1 loss against Derby County and played 20 league and cup games for Chelsea during the 1946-47 season , including a memorable FA Cup win over Arsenal at Highbury , during which he expertly marked winger Ian McPherson . Steffen returned to Switzerland at the end of the season to finish his national service and was made club captain in his final game for Chelsea , also against Derby .   Upon his return to Switzerland he re-joined Cantonal before moving to Young Boys Bern in 1950 . With them , he won the Swiss Super League four years in succession from 1957-60 as well as the Schweizer Cup in 1953 and 1958 .   A former fighter pilot , Steffen played for Switzerland at the 1950 FIFA World Cup , though they went out in the group stages . He also played in a 1-0 win over an England side containing Stanley Matthews , Tommy Lawton and Billy Wright in Zurich in 1947 . He won 28 international caps for his country .   He died in Bern in 2005 , aged 80 .   Category :1925 births  Category :2005 deaths  Category : Chelsea F.C. players  Category : BSC Young Boys players  Category :1950 FIFA World Cup players  Category : Swiss footballers  Category : Switzerland international footballers  Category : Sportspeople from Bern  Category : Association football defenders

neg: Bank of England club The Bank of England club is a nickname in English association football for a football club which has a strong financial backing . It was used to refer to Arsenal F.C. in the 1930s as well as in recent times for being the last of the Premier League 's Big Four clubs to be owned primarily by English investors .

neg: Todd Kane Todd Arthur Lucien Kane ( born 17 September 1993 ) is an English footballer who plays for Chelsea , as a right back , but also has the ability to be used as a right wing back , right midfielder as well a left back .

neg: List of Chelsea F.C. records and statistics Below are statistics and records related to Chelsea Football Club .

neg: UEFA Euro 2016 The 2016 UEFA European Championship , commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2016 or simply Euro 2016 , was the 15th UEFA European Championship , the quadrennial international men 's football championship of Europe organised by UEFA . It was held in France from 10 June to 10 July 2016 . Spain were the two-time defending champions , having won the 2008 and 2012 tournaments , but were eliminated in the round of 16 by Italy . Portugal won the tournament for the first time , following a 1 -- 0 victory after extra time over the host team , France , in the final played at the Stade de France .   For the first time , the European Championship final tournament was contested by 24 teams , having been expanded from the 16-team format used since 1996 . Under the new format , the finalists contested a group stage consisting of six groups of four teams , followed by a knockout phase including three rounds and the final . Nineteen teams -- the top two from each of the nine qualifying groups and the best third-placed team -- joined France in the final tournament , who qualified automatically as hosts ; a series of two-legged play-off ties between the remaining third-placed teams in November 2015 decided the last four finalist spots .   France was chosen as the host nation on 28 May 2010 , after a bidding process in which they beat Italy and Turkey for the right to host the 2016 finals . The matches were played in ten stadiums in ten cities : Bordeaux , Lens , Lille Métropole , Décines-Charpieu , Marseille , Nice , Paris , Saint-Denis , Saint-Étienne , and Toulouse . It was the third time that France hosted the finals , after the inaugural tournament in 1960 and the 1984 finals .   As the winners , Portugal earned the right to compete at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia .

neg: History of FC Barcelona The history of Futbol Club Barcelona goes from the football club 's founding in 1899 and up to current time . FC Barcelona , also known simply as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça , is based in Barcelona , Catalonia , Spain . The team was founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss , English and Spanish footballers led by Joan Gamper . The club played amateur football until 1910 in various regional competitions . In 1910 , the club participated in their first of many European competitions , and has since amassed ten UEFA trophies and a sextuple . In 1928 , Barcelona co-founded La Liga , the top-tier in Spanish football , along with a string of other clubs . As of 2016 , Barcelona has never been relegated from La Liga , a record they share with Athletic Bilbao and arch-rival Real Madrid .   The history of super Barcelona has often been political . Though it is a club created and run by foreigners , Barcelona gradually became a club associated with Catalan values . In Spain 's transition to autocracy in 1925 , Catalonia became increasingly hostile towards the central government in Madrid . The hostility enhanced Barcelona 's image as a focal point for Catalonism , and when Francisco Franco banned the use of the Catalan language , the stadium of Barcelona became one of the few places the people could express their dissatisfaction . The Spanish transition to democracy in 1978 has not dampened the club 's image of Catalan pride . In the 2000s -- a period of sporting success in the club and an increased focus on Catalan players -- club officials have openly called for Catalonia to become an independent state .

neg: List of Fulham F.C. seasons Fulham Football Club is an English professional football team based in Fulham in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham . The club was formed in West Kensington in 1879 as Fulham St Andrew 's Church Sunday School F.C. , shortened to Fulham F.C. in 1888 . They initially played at Fulham Fields before a move to Craven Cottage in 1896 ; the club played their first professional match in December 1898 and made their FA Cup debut in the 1902 -- 03 season .   The club competed in the Southern Football League between 1898 and 1907 , when they were accepted into the Football League Second Division . Having spent much of their history outside the top division , the team gained promotion to the Premier League in 2001 .   Fulham reached the final of the UEFA Europa League in 2010 . To date they are the club with the highest number of seasons in the top flight ( 25 ) without having achieved a single honour . Their highest position in the English football league system was 7th in the Premier League in 2008 -- 09 , while their lowest position was 17th in the Third Division ( by then the fourth tier ) in 1995 -- 96 .   The following table gives a record of every season of the club from their first professional season in the Southern Football League Division 2 , to the present day , in the EFL Championship . It details the club 's achievements in major competitions , their managers , and the top scorers in the league for each season . The table is correct up to the end of the 2012 -- 13 season .

neg: SvenskaFans.com SvenskaFans.com is a Swedish sports related website started in September 2000 by Christer Fahlstedt , Anders Nettelbladt , Peter Muld and Michael Fahlstedt .   Today the site covers Association football from Italy , Spain , Sweden , England , Germany , France , Portugal , Turkey , Scotland , USA , The Netherlands , The Czech Republic , Croatia and Switzerland . The site also contains low tier Swedish hockey up to the SHL and the NHL as well as Swedish bandy and floorball . The site also contains Formula 1 and some North American sports while also covering different kind of tournaments and sporting events around the world . They expanded and bought NorskeFans.com around 2006 , but had to close it down in 2010 because it no longer was considered economically viable to continue operating .   SVT sportcaster David Fjäll got his start hosting SvenskaFans.com 's for web-TV programs Eurotalk and Matchpuls .   SvenskaFans.com has several times been awarded the best sports site in Sweden by Internetworld .

neg: 1966–67 FA Cup The 1966 -- 67 FA Cup was the 86th season of the world 's oldest football cup competition , the Football Association Challenge Cup , commonly known as the FA Cup . Tottenham Hotspur won the competition for the fifth time , beating Chelsea 2 -- 1 in the first all-London final . The game was played at Wembley .   Matches were scheduled to be played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each round , which was always a Saturday . Some matches , however , might be rescheduled for other days if there were clashes with games for other competitions or the weather was inclement . If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played , a replay would take place at the stadium of the second-named team later the same week . If the replayed match was drawn further replays would be held until a winner was determined . If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played in a replay , a 30-minute period of extra time would be played .

neg: UEFA The Union of European Football Associations ( UEFA , -LSB- juːˈeɪfə -RSB- Union des Associations Européennes de Football ) Vereinigung Europäischer Fußballverbände ) is the administrative body for association football in Europe , although several member states are primarily or entirely located in Asia . It is one of six continental confederations of world football 's governing body FIFA . UEFA consists of 55 national association members .   UEFA represents the national football associations of Europe , runs nation and club competitions including the UEFA European Championship , UEFA Champions League , UEFA Europa League , and UEFA Super Cup , and controls the prize money , regulations , and media rights to those competitions .   Until 1959 the main headquarters were located in Paris , and later in Bern . In 1995 , UEFA headquarters were transferred to Nyon , Switzerland . Henri Delaunay was the first general secretary and Ebbe Schwartz the first president . The current president is Aleksander Čeferin , a former Football Association of Slovenia president , who was elected as UEFA 's seventh president at the 12th Extraordinary UEFA Congress in Athens in September 2016 , and automatically became a vice-president of the world body FIFA .

neg: Carlo Cudicini Carlo Cudicini ( -LSB- ˈkarlo kudiˈtʃini -RSB- ; born 6 September 1973 ) is a retired Italian footballer who played as a goalkeeper . He is the son of the former Milan goalkeeper Fabio Cudicini , and the grandson of Ponziana defender Guglielmo Cudicini . Cudicini is currently a club ambassador and assistant to the first team head coach at Chelsea F.C.   Cudicini started his professional career at Serie A side Milan in 1992 , but struggled to break into the first team and spent the 1993 -- 94 season on loan to Como , making six league appearances for the club . He switched permanently to Prato in 1995 and made 30 league appearances for the club before moving again to Lazio in 1996 . Having only made a single league appearance for Lazio , he moved again in 1997 , this time to Castel di Sangro . He made 14 league appearances in a three-year spell at the club before being loaned to Premier League side Chelsea for the 1999 -- 2000 season .   He signed permanently for the English club in 2000 , and quickly dislodged Ed de Goey from the number one spot , being voted Chelsea 's Player of the Year for the 2001 -- 02 season and the ITV Premiership Goalkeeper of the Season for the 2002 -- 03 season . However , he struggled with injury for the following season , and Petr Čech was signed in 2004 ; Cech would displace Cudicini as the number one goalkeeper , with Cudicini only appearing sporadically afterwards . In 2006 , both Čech and Cudicini suffered head injuries in a game against Reading ; as Cudicini recovered sooner , and third-choice goalkeeper Henrique Hilário 's form dipped , he briefly took over the starting role , until Cech returned towards the end of January 2007 . Cudicini left Chelsea in 2009 , having made 141 league appearances for the club , and joined local rivals Tottenham Hotspur . At Tottenham , he remained second-choice or third-choice throughout his spell , and only made 19 league appearances for the club ; first Heurelho Gomes , then Brad Friedel and Hugo Lloris kept him out of the team . He left the club in 2012 , having made 19 league appearances . In 2013 , Cudicini signed for Los Angeles Galaxy .   Cudicini played 20 times for the Italy under-18 team between 1990 and 1992 , and made a single appearance for the under-21 team during the 1992 -- 1993 season ; however , he never played for the full national team . In 2003 , during his successful period at Chelsea , the English FA attempted to select him for the England national team , but he was ineligible .


query: The Rev composed the song Afterlife.

pos: The Rev James Owen Sullivan ( February 9 , 1981 -- December 28 , 2009 ) , professionally known by his stage name The Rev ( shortened version of The Reverend Tholomew Plague ) , was an American musician , composer and songwriter , best known as the drummer , composer , songwriter , backing ( occasional co-leading ) vocalist and founding member for the American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold . The Rev was widely regarded and critically acclaimed for his work on Avenged Sevenfold albums , and contributed entire songs composed by himself , such as `` Chapter Four '' , `` Afterlife '' , `` A Little Piece of Heaven '' , and `` Almost Easy '' . He was also the lead vocalist/pianist in Pinkly Smooth , a side project where he was known by the name Rathead , with fellow Avenged Sevenfold member , guitarist Synyster Gates ( Brian Elwin Haner Jr. ) , and he was the drummer for Suburban Legends from 1998 to 1999 .

neg: The Infinite Order The Infinite Order is the seventh studio album from Christian metal band Living Sacrifice released January 26 , 2010 . The album , produced by Jeremiah Scott and mixed by Andy Sneap marks a return for the band since their prior album in 2002 . Because the manufacturer used the wrong master , the first pressing has an additional song `` Of My Flesh , Of My Heart '' on track 12 that was intended to be a bonus track on a possible European release . Future pressings will have the intended 11 tracks . They have since made a deluxe edition of the album available only through iTunes . The deluxe edition features new artwork , one bonus studio track , two live bonus tracks , and the In Finite Live DVD . Music videos were made for the songs `` Rules of Engagement '' and `` Overkill Exposure '' . `` Love Forgives '' is inspired by the book of 1 Corinthians 13 .

neg: Freddie Lee Peterkin Freddie Lee Peterkin , also known as Freddie Lee , is a published author , singer -- songwriter , actor and ordained interdenominational Minister , born in Pahokee , Florida . He is known for his gritty power soul vocals reminiscent of Bobby Womack . He has become an artist of public note through his 2008 independent release of the Soul and Gospel album Beyond Comprehension under the recording name of Freddie Lee . He made his prime time acting debut as `` DJ Freddie Murphy '' on Channel 4 's T4 Stars & Strikes and as a character in BBC2 's Grumpy Guide to Work in 2011 . He was also the voice for Bewiser Owl in the Bewiser Insurance TV commercial in 2012 and 2013 . He established himself in the live entertainment industry with his choreographed costume Soul Tribute stage productions for theatres and resorts in 1991 . These critically acclaimed shows include The Sounds of the Four Tops , The Sounds of the Drifters and The Sounds of the Temptations .   Freddie Lee Peterkin is also a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity , Delta Psi Chapter a Fraternity known for members such as Martin Luther King . This historic organization was the first inter-collegiate Greek-letter organization established for Black college students founded on December 4 , 1906 . Peterkin was responsible for composing many Delta Psi Chapter fraternity anthems such as ' I Know I 've Been Changed ' written in 1985 while he was pledging . He was also a dancer and choreographer of the Delta Psi Chapter 's ` Step Shows ' . Stepping ( African-American ) or step-dancing is a form of percussive dance in which the participant 's entire body is used as an instrument to produce complex rhythms and sounds through a mixture of footsteps , spoken word , and hand claps and a strong part of Black Greek Letter Fraternities .   Peterkin is the son of migrant workers originally from Georgia who came to Florida to pick crops for a living . He is of African and Seminole Indian heritage . His stepfather , James Elijah Jr. , was the lead vocalist of the 1960s and 1970s gospel group , The Royal Lights . His sister Breyona Elijah is part of the gospel group James Smith & Nu Birth and they are both cousins of Gospel group Damali . His mother Bernice Bell is also a singer and as a child won a competition to write a song for Joe Tex , for which she was awarded concert tickets and a chance to meet her idol . Joe Tex went on to have a major hit with the song but Bernice remained uncredited . Bernice Bell has been more recently recognized for her charity work and ran youth programs in Pahokee 's Padgett Island Community Center for 17 years and donating hot meals to Pahokee 's underprivileged children . The community center was recently renamed `` The Bernice Bell Community Center '' .

neg: Hymns (Bloc Party album) Hymns is the fifth studio album by English indie rock band Bloc Party . It was released worldwide in January 2016 on BMG . The album was recorded between March and August 2015 at Lynchmob Studios in London , following a hiatus during which Matt Tong and Gordon Moakes departed the band . It is the first album to feature new members of the band : Justin Harris on bass and keyboards , and Louise Bartle on drums . The songs `` The Love Within '' , `` The Good News '' , and `` Virtue '' were released as singles .   Musically , Hymns was inspired by many sources including rhythm and blues and gospel . It focuses more on electronic music compared to the album 's predecessor , Four ( 2012 ) , which featured a return to Bloc Party 's rock style after experimentation with electronic music on their third studio album , Intimacy ( 2008 ) . Upon release , the album received generally mixed reviews from critics ; reviewers focused on the `` subdued '' nature of the album , with others noting the more spiritual themes in its lyrics .

neg: Rusty Edwards Rusty Edwards is a hymnwriter who was born in Dixon , Illinois on January 22 , 1955 . He has been an ordained minister for over 27 years , and is currently the Senior Pastor of Christ Lutheran Church in Marietta , Georgia ( a suburb of Atlanta ) . He and his wife Lori have been married for 33 years , and have two sons , Benjamin and Ian .   Over two dozen of his hymns have been published in 70 books used by 36 denominations in Australia , Canada , China , England , Japan , New Zealand , Scotland , and the USA . He has published five collections of hymns , including THE YES OF THE HEART ( with foreword by Chick Corea ) , GRATEFUL PRAISE , AS SUNSHINE TO A GARDEN , and EACH BREATH EVERY HEARTBEAT ( Abingdon Nashville ) and BIDDEN , UNBIDDEN ( Abingdon Press ) . His sixth book will be entitled COME , MY CHOSEN with co-writers from several countries . Dave Brubeck wrote a tune for his song `` As the Moon is to the Sun '' which is included in the 2008 book , `` DAVE BRUBECK AT THE PIANO . '' His best known songs so far are : We All are one in Mission , Praise the One who Breaks the Darkness , Now it is Evening , To a Maid Engaged to Joseph , and Each Breath , Every Heartbeat . He is an honorary citizen of Austin , Texas and a Kentucky Colonel . On January 22 , 2009 , the City of Tyler , Texas held a `` Rusty Edwards Hymn Writer Day . '' He was 2009 Visiting Fellow at Yale University Institute of Sacred Music and is 2012 Visiting Fellow of Africa University in Zimbabwe . He is a Brotherhood Member of The Allman Brothers Band Museum at the Big House in Macon , Georgia , and a member of the Blues Hall of Fame . Most recently , he was a part of the Chick Corea Master Workshop , where he recorded Prism ( words by Rusty Edwards ; music by Chick Corea , with Chick Corea , John Patitucci , and Antonio Sanchez .

neg: Nearer, My God, to Thee `` Nearer , My God , to Thee '' is a 19th-century Christian hymn by Sarah Flower Adams , which retells the story of Jacob 's dream . Genesis 28:11 -- 12 can be translated as follows : `` So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night , because the sun had set . And he took one of the stones of that place and put it at his head , and he lay down in that place to sleep . Then he dreamed , and behold , a ladder was set up on the earth , and its top reached to heaven ; and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it ... ''   The hymn is well known , among other uses , as the alleged last song the band on RMS Titanic played before the ship sank .

neg: Richard Warren (musician) Richard Daniel Warren ( born 3 June 1973 in Sutton-in-Ashfield ) is an English musician , songwriter and producer .   Warren signed his first record deal with Heavenly Records at the height of Britpop in 1996 , as one third of The Hybirds .   In 1999 when the band split , he branched out on his own and away from guitar-led pop , signing to Mute Records as Echoboy after Daniel Miller heard his releases on Earworm Records following his self-released 12 '' Flashlegs ( Suite ) .  Warren went on to release several self-produced solo albums on Mute as well as Giraffe , which was produced by Flood , and having put together a band he toured extensively with , amongst others , Elastica , Add N to ( X ) and Broadcast .   Both Echoboy and The Hybirds performed several sessions for John Peel 's radio show .   Warren is also known for producing and remixing other artists ( see below ) .   In 2003 he was asked by Jason Pierce to play bass guitar in Spiritualized , with whom he toured throughout 2003-05 . He also played bass on and co-engineered the band 's 2008 album Songs in A&E .   In 2005/06 , Warren released a set of five limited edition 7 '' singles under the pseudonym Modlang .   During 2005-09 he played guitar with both Starsailor and Soulsavers with Mark Lanegan , playing guitar on the 2009 Starsailor album All the Plans and on the Soulsavers albums It 's Not How Far You Fall , It 's the Way You Land and Broken . He also co-wrote two of the songs on Broken .   In 2008 Warren formed The Cold Light of Day , releasing the limited edition EP Flesh and Blood in April 2009 .   In October 2009 he left The Cold Light of Day to pursue other projects and released a solo album Laments in July 2010 , which made it into the NME 's '50 best albums of the year so far ' list .   His next album , The Wayfarer   , was released on 17 October 2011 .  An alternative ` stripped down ' mix of the album was issued as a cover-mount on the autumn double edition ( no. 78/79 ) of Bucketfull of Brains and nine short films containing these ` stripped down ' mixes were made to accompany the album .   Jarvis Cocker said on his BBC Radio 6 Music radio show ( 1 Jan 2012 ) , that The Wayfarer was ` one of my fave albums that came out last year ' .   Warren 's third solo album Rich Black Earth was released on 4 November 2013 .   During 2014 Warren worked on a project called Kings of the South Seas with Ben Nicholls ( Dennis Hopper Choppers , The Full English ( folk music archive ) ) and Evan Jenkins ( Neil Cowley Trio ) . The album Kings of the South Seas was released on 17 Nov 2014 .   He also played guitar with Samantha Crain on some of her UK shows during the summer of 2014 .   Warren is currently in the studio writing and recording his next solo album .

neg: Timothy Wright Timothy Wright ( June 17 , 1947 -- April 24 , 2009 ) , generally credited as Rev. Timothy Wright or Reverend Timothy Wright on recordings , was an American gospel singer and pastor .

neg: The Holy City (song) The Holy City is a religious Victorian ballad dating from 1892 , with music by Michael Maybrick writing under the alias Stephen Adams , with lyrics by Frederic Weatherly .   The song is recorded in the African Methodist Episcopal Church Review in 1911 as having been sung by an opera singer awaiting trial for fraud in his cell while a group of men arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct were before the judge . The men were said to have dropped to their knees as the song began ` Last night I lay a-sleeping , There came a dream so fair . ' , the lyrics contrasting with their previous night 's drunkenness . The song 's conclusion resulted in the judge dismissing the men without punishment , each having learned a lesson from the song .   The song is mentioned in James Joyce 's Ulysses , published 1918-1920 . It gained renewed popularity when it was sung by Jeanette MacDonald in the 1936 hit film San Francisco . The melody formed the basis of a Spiritual titled Hosanna , which in turn was the basis for the opening of Duke Ellington 's `` Black and Tan Fantasy '' .

neg: A Passion Play A Passion Play is the sixth studio album by Jethro Tull , released in July 1973 in both UK and US . Like its predecessor , Thick as a Brick ( 1972 ) , it is a concept album comprising individual songs arranged into a single continuous piece of music ( which is split into two parts on the original vinyl LP release ) . The theme of the concept is apparently the spiritual journey of one man ( Ronnie Pilgrim ) in the afterlife . In the original tour to support the album , three videos were used : one for the intro of the play , a second for `` The Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles '' , and a final shot passage to conclude the act . The whole of the concert was probably the high water mark of Jethro Tull 's elaborate stage productions .

neg: Glenn Kaiser Glenn Kaiser ( born January 21 , 1953 ) is a Chicago-based Christian blues musician , singer-songwriter and pastor . He was the leader of Resurrection Band and is currently the leader of The Glenn Kaiser Band .

neg: Far from Over (Rev Theory song) `` Far from Over '' is the third single released from Rev Theory 's second album , Light It Up . It is their highest-charting single to date , peaking at No. 15 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart . It was their first song to reach the Billboard overall Rock Songs chart , peaking at No. 36 .   A music video featuring the band in life footage singing the song has been made and released .

neg: Testify (P.O.D. album) Testify is the sixth studio album by American recording group P.O.D. . It was originally set for a December 2005 release but finally slated for January 24 , 2006 by Atlantic Records . This is P.O.D. 's first major-label album not produced by Howard Benson . The full album was leaked to file-sharing networks on January 20 , 2006 , just four days before its release . It was also their last album with Jason Truby on guitar , before he left the band in December 2006 .   This album was also available in the Testify ( Limited Edition ) version with a bonus CD ( called Beyond Testify ) featuring commentary by the band on every song on the album , as well as four bonus songs and a remix that did n't make the album . The album 's first single , `` Goodbye for Now , '' went on to become the No. 1 music video on MTV 's TRL and became P.O.D. 's unprecedented 4th No. 1 video . The song also enjoyed heavy play on the radio . Testify became the No. 1 selling Christian album on Billboard for several weeks and , as of May 2006 , had been in the Top 25 for a total of 16 weeks . It opened at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 with 58,000 scans and has sold over 210,000 copies in the US and over 500,000 copies worldwide .

neg: Reverie (Joe Henry album) Reverie is a 2011 album by American singer-songwriter Joe Henry . Mojo placed the album at number 50 on its list of the `` Top 50 Albums Of 2011 '' .

neg: Ode to a Nightingale `` Ode to a Nightingale '' is a poem by John Keats written either in the garden of the Spaniards Inn , Hampstead , London or , according to Keats ' friend Charles Armitage Brown , under a plum tree in the garden of Keats ' house at Wentworth Place , also in Hampstead . According to Brown , a nightingale had built its nest near the house Keats and Brown shared in the spring of 1819 . Inspired by the bird 's song , Keats composed the poem in one day . It soon became one of his 1819 odes and was first published in Annals of the Fine Arts the following July . The poem is one of the most frequently anthologized in the English language .   `` Ode to a Nightingale '' is a personal poem that describes Keats 's journey into the state of negative capability . The tone of the poem rejects the optimistic pursuit of pleasure found within Keats 's earlier poems and , rather , explores the themes of nature , transience and mortality , the latter being particularly personal to Keats .   The nightingale described within the poem experiences a type of death but does not actually die . Instead , the songbird is capable of living through its song , which is a fate that humans can not expect . The poem ends with an acceptance that pleasure can not last and that death is an inevitable part of life . In the poem , Keats imagines the loss of the physical world and sees himself dead -- as a `` sod '' over which the nightingale sings . The contrast between the immortal nightingale and mortal man sitting in his garden , is made all the more acute by an effort of the imagination . The presence of weather is noticeable in the poem , as spring came early in 1819 , bringing nightingales all over the heath .

neg: Get Happy (gospel music) Get Happy is a term used in the African American Gospel Music tradition , that refers to the experience of receiving the Holy Spirit during a Church service , usually involving ecstatic singing , or during prayer , or spontaneously .   Accounts of nineteenth century African American slave spirituality use the term , as recorded in the book God Struck Me Dead : Voices of Ex-Slaves .   All of my people were great Christians . Shouting , singing , praying , and good old heartfelt religion make up the things that filled their lives . -LSB- ... -RSB- Aunt Charlotte used to cry most all the time when she got happy . -- an ex-slave preacher , in God Struck Me Dead , page 75 .   One of the early nineteenth century traditional ` Negro Spirituals ' to use the phrase , is the following :   GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY   Good morning everybody  Good morning everybody , Lord  My soul got happy this morning  My soul got happy this morning , Lord   You may call me `` hypocrite member ''  You may call me `` hypocrite member '' , Lord  But my soul got happy , this morning  But my soul got happy this morning , Lord   I 'm going to see my mother  I 'm going to see my mother , Lord  Going to sit down by my Jesus  Going to sit down by my Jesus , Lord .

neg: The Ministry Years The Ministry Years is a two-volume posthumous compilation album series by American contemporary Christian music pianist and singer Keith Green , originally released in 1987 and 1988 . Each two-disc volume covers half of Green 's recording career : 1977-1979 and 1980-1982 . Included with each volume is a 19-page booklet insert . These compilation albums are treated with several previously unreleased songs ( denoted by a ** below ) . Both volumes were re-released in 1999 with new covers ( seen at right ) patterned after the `` Songs of ... '' series . The re-issue also included a digital copy of the book No Compromise : The Life Story of Keith Green .

neg: Saint of Me `` Saint of Me '' is a single by The Rolling Stones from their 1997 album Bridges to Babylon . Mick Jagger sings about various people in history who had converted to Christianity , notably St. Paul and St. Augustine . Jagger then states that they will never make a saint out of him .

neg: Church of England The Church of England ( C of E ) is the state church of England . The Archbishop of Canterbury ( currently Justin Welby ) is the most senior cleric , although the monarch is the supreme governor . The Church of England is also the mother church of the international Anglican Communion . It dates its establishment as a national church to the 6th-century Gregorian mission to Kent led by Augustine of Canterbury .   The English church renounced papal authority when Henry VIII failed to secure an annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon in the 1530s . The English Reformation accelerated under Edward VI 's regents before a brief restoration of papal authority under Queen Mary I and King Philip . The Act of Supremacy 1558 renewed the breach and the Elizabethan Settlement charted a course whereby the English church was to be both Catholic and Reformed :  Catholic in that it views itself as a part of the universal church of Jesus Christ in unbroken continuity with the early apostolic church . This is expressed in its emphasis on the teachings of the early Church Fathers , as formalised in the Apostles ' , Nicene , and Athanasian creeds .  Reformed in that it has been shaped by some of the doctrinal principles of the 16th-century Protestant Reformation , in particular in the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion and the Book of Common Prayer .   In the earlier phase of the English Reformation there were both Catholic martyrs and radical Protestant martyrs . The later phases saw the Penal Laws punish Roman Catholic and nonconforming Protestants . In the 17th century , political and religious disputes raised the Puritan and Presbyterian faction to control of the church , but this ended with the Restoration . Papal recognition of George III in 1766 led to greater religious tolerance .   Since the English Reformation , the Church of England has used a liturgy in English . The church contains several doctrinal strands , the main three known as Anglo-Catholic , Evangelical and Broad Church . Tensions between theological conservatives and progressives find expression in debates over the ordination of women and homosexuality . The church includes both liberal and conservative clergy and members .   The governing structure of the church is based on dioceses , each presided over by a bishop . Within each diocese are local parishes . The General Synod of the Church of England is the legislative body for the church and comprises bishops , other clergy and laity . Its measures must be approved by both Houses of Parliament .

neg: Johnny English Reborn (soundtrack) Johnny English Reborn is a motion picture soundtrack to the 2011 film of the same name written by the English film composer Ilan Eshkeri . The song `` I Believe in You '' by Rumer , that is heard in the end credits of the film , is not included in the soundtrack .

neg: Hymns and Psalms Hymns and Psalms was the primary hymn book of the Methodist Church in the UK from 1983 until 2010 . The hymnbook was first published by the Methodist Publishing House in 1983 , to replace ` The Methodist Hymnbook ' , which was published soon after the unification of the Methodist Church in 1933 .   The book 's full title is Hymns and Psalms : A Methodist and Ecumenical Hymn Book , reflecting ' a degree of participation by many denominations ' in its creation and a desire ` to build from accepted denominational traditions towards a richer sharing of ... diverse interests and ... common heritage ' .   The decision to produce a new hymn book was taken at the Methodist Conference of 1979 , and the new book was authorised for use in all Methodist Churches in the Connexion at the 1982 Conference in Plymouth .   Of the 823 hymns , over 150 were written by Charles Wesley ( 1707 -- 88 ) , brother of John Wesley , the founder of Methodism . Isaac Watts also has a significant number of hymns included . The most represented hymnwriter of the 20th century is Fred Pratt Green ( 1903 -- 2000 ) , who has 27 hymns included .   The hymn book contains some of the most well known and well loved hymns in Methodism alongside a number of newer hymns . The hymns are presented in three sections , covering , respectively , God 's Nature , God 's World and God 's People , followed by a selection of Psalms and canticles .   This hymn book remains an authorized part of the Methodist hymnody and is still in active use within the Methodist Church , although the Methodist Conference Faith and Order Committee has also released a new hymn book , Singing the Faith , which was approved at the 2010 Methodist Conference and published in 2011 .


query: Azerbaijan is a place that is a country.

pos: Azerbaijan Azerbaijan ( -LSB- æzərbaɪˈʒɑːn -RSB- ; Azərbaycan ) , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan ( Azərbaycan Respublikası ) , is a country in the South Caucasus region , situated at the crossroads of Southwest Asia and Southeastern Europe . It is bound by the Caspian Sea to the east , Russia to the north , Georgia to the northwest , Armenia to the west and Iran to the south . The exclave of Nakhchivan is bound by Armenia to the north and east , Iran to the south and west , while having an 11 km border with Turkey in the north west .   The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic proclaimed its independence in 1918 and became the first democratic state in the Muslim orient world . The country was incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1920 as the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic . The modern Republic of Azerbaijan proclaimed its independence on 30 August 1991 , prior to the official dissolution of the USSR in December 1991 . In September 1991 , the Armenian majority of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region seceded to form the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic . The region and seven adjacent districts outside it became de facto independent with the end of the Nagorno-Karabakh War in 1994 . These regions are internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan pending a solution to the status of the Nagorno-Karabakh , found through negotiations facilitated by the OSCE .   Azerbaijan is a unitary semi-presidential republic . The country is a member state of the Council of Europe , the OSCE and the NATO Partnership for Peace ( PfP ) program . It is one of six independent Turkic states , an active member of the Turkic Council and the TÜRKSOY community . Azerbaijan has diplomatic relations with 158 countries and holds membership in 38 international organizations . It is one of the founding members of GUAM , the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons . A member of the United Nations since 1992 after its independence , Azerbaijan was elected to membership in the newly established Human Rights Council by the United Nations General Assembly on 9 May 2006 . Its term of office began on 19 June 2006 . Azerbaijan is also a member state of the Non-Aligned Movement , holds observer status in World Trade Organization and is a correspondent at the International Telecommunication Union .   The Constitution of Azerbaijan does not declare an official religion and all major political forces in the country are secularist . However , the majority of the population are of a Shiite Muslim background . Most Azerbaijanis however , do not actively practice any religion , and the country has been seen to be one of the most irreligious countries in the Muslim world , with 53 % stating religion has little to no importance in their lives , according to Pew Research Center and Gallup polls . Azerbaijan has a high level of human development which ranks on par with most Eastern European countries . It has a high rate of economic development and literacy , as well as a low rate of unemployment . According to the Davos World Economic Forum , Azerbaijan 's economy has scored 37th place within 138 countries in 2016 . Global Competitiveness Index 2015 indicates that Azerbaijan scores highest in its region .   ASAN services , established with Presidential Decree , are countrywide known for eliminating bribery and corruption in the provision of public services . ASAN Service has been awarded with United Nations ' Public Service Award 2015 , which is the most prestigious award in the world in the field of public service delivery .   The ruling party , the New Azerbaijan Party , has been accused of authoritarianism and human rights abuses .

neg: Türkan Türkan ( also , Turkyany , Tyurkend , Tyurkyan , and Tyurkyany ) is a settlement and municipality in Baku , Azerbaijan . It has a population of 10,108 . It means beautiful in Turkish .

neg: Azerbaijan at the 2015 European Games Azerbaijan participated at the 2015 European Games in Baku , Azerbaijan from 12 to 28 June 2015 . As host nation , Azerbaijan automatically receives a number in quota places in each sport , regardless of how they fare in the qualification .

neg: Internet in Azerbaijan Access to the Internet in Azerbaijan is growing , supported by a national strategy to develop the country into an information and communication technology ( ICT ) hub for the Caucasus region . The Azerbaijani government actively seeks to attract foreign aid to help boost the telecommunications and ICT sectors . While the government claims 85 percent of the population are online in 2013 , the International Telecommunications Union reports the nation 's Internet penetration rate is 58.7 percent .   The Internet in Azerbaijan remains largely free from systematic government filtering or blocking of the Internet , but the government maintains a heavy-handed approach to political opposition in online forums . In 2013 , the country 's criminal defamation laws were extended to online content , meaning the author of defamatory content online could be charged with large fines , community service , or prison fines up to three years . The government has also cracked down on political activists and bloggers who are critical of the government online , charging them with harsh prison sentences as well as extralegal intimidation and harassment through surprise police visits and job loss .   Researchers and reports by Internet activists agree that the government of Azerbaijan is engaged in mass surveillance of the country 's Internet use .

neg: Beer in Azerbaijan Beer in Azerbaijan is typified by lighter lagers . Of the domestically produced beers , the most widely distributed is Xirdalan , formerly brewed by Baki-Castel ( BGI ) but bought by Baltika in 2008 . As a sponsor of Baku 's Eurovision Song Contest , Xirdalan issued special commemorative Eurovision cans and bottles in 2012 . Other relatively widespread brands include Novxanı ( brewed by Bakı-Praqa ) and draft-only NZS . Beer drinking is growing in popularity in Azerbaijan . Unlike almost all CIS countries , the beer bottles in Azerbaijan are marked with excise duty sticker .

neg: Emblem of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic The national emblem of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic was adopted in 1937 by the government of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic . The device is based on the emblem of the Soviet Union .   The emblem features a drilling rig representing Baku 's wealthy oil reservoirs and , behind it , a sunrise , standing for the future of the Azeri nation . The hammer and sickle are prominently featured above it while the red star ( symbolizing `` socialism on all five continents '' ) sits at the top of the emblem , for the victory of Communism and the `` world-wide socialist community of states '' . The outer rim features symbols of agriculture -- wheat and cotton .   The slogan on the banner bears the Soviet Union state motto ( `` Workers of the world , unite ! '' ) in both the Russian and Azerbaijani languages . In Azerbaijani , it is '' Бүтүн өлкəлəрин пролетарлары , бирлəшин ! '' ( in the current Azerbaijani Latin script : `` Bütün ölkələrin proletarları , birləşin ! '' ) .   The full name of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic is spelled out in both in the Russian and Azeri languages .   The emblem was changed in 1992 to the present emblem which retains some parts of the Soviet one .

neg: Azerbaijanis in Kazakhstan Azerbaijanis in Kazakhstan ( Qazaxıstan azərbaycanlıları ) are part of the Azerbaijani diaspora . They are Kazakh citizens and permanent residents of ethnic Azerbaijani background . According to the 2009 census , there were 85,292 ethnic Azerbaijanis living in Kazakhstan ; Azerbaijanis comprised 0.5 % of Kazakhstan 's population and were the country 's tenth-largest ethnic minority . Most Azerbaijani-Kazakhs have immigrated to Kazakhstan from the Republic of Azerbaijan ; a small group of Iranian Azerbaijanis trapped by the Bolshevik taking of power in 1918 were also forced into Kazakhstan in 1938 .

neg: Nabran Nabran is a popular resort and municipality in Khachmaz Rayon of Azerbaijan , close to the Russia-Azerbaijan border . It has a population of 1,313 . The municipality consists of the villages of Nabran , Dalğalı , Turist , Meşəli , Günəşli , Samurçay , and Şimal . Nabran is the largest recreational region within the Khachmaz Rayon .   On a 3-hour drive from the capital of Azerbaijan , Baku , Nabran is located on the Caspian seashore in a subtropical forestland . Nabran is a settlement that spreads for several kilometers . Houses , hotels , entertainment facilities and restaurants are located along the left side and the beach is on the right side of the road that runs along the shoreline for over 30 kilometers .

neg: Foreign relations of Armenia Since its independence , Armenia has maintained a policy of complementarism by trying to have positive and friendly relations with Iran , Russia , and the West , including the United States and the European Union . However , the dispute over the Armenian Genocide of 1915 and the recent war over Nagorno -- Karabakh have created tense relations with two of its immediate neighbors , Azerbaijan and Turkey .   Armenia is a member of more than 50 different international organizations , including the :  United Nations  Eurasian Union  Council of Europe  Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation  La Francophonie  The EU 's Eastern Partnership and the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly  The UN 's Eastern European Group  Eurocontrol  Interpol  Commonwealth of Independent States and the Collective Security Treaty Organization  Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe  NATO 's Partnership for Peace , Individual Partnership Action Plan and the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council  International Monetary Fund  International Bank for Reconstruction and Development  World Trade Organization , the World Bank , and the World Customs Organization  Asian Development Bank  European Bank for Reconstruction and Development  Eurasian Development Bank and the Eurasian Customs Union  Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges  TRACECA   Armenia is also an observer member of the Community of Democratic Choice , the Non-Aligned Movement , the Organization of American States , the Arab League , and a dialogue partner in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation . Eduard Nalbandyan serves as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia .

neg: Badzhgard The Badzhgard land or Bashkurd country - it mean Historical Bashkortostan , Historical Bashkiria , historical and geographical area in Volga and Ural , inhabited by the Bashkirs . At present , the territory is located Republic of Bashkortostan , Orenburg and Chelyabinsk oblast , the eastern part of the Republic of Tatarstan , the south-eastern part of Udmurtia , the southern part of the Perm Krai , the south-western part of the Sverdlovsk oblast , the western part of the Kurgan , the north-eastern part of Samara , the eastern part of the Saratov regions .   The historical , ethnographic , linguistic and other studies to refer to the territory in which at different periods of history settled different Bashkir tribes .   And synonymous and are older versions of the names of this territory : Bashgurd , Bashgird , Bashgird , Baskardiya , Bashgird , Fiyafi Bashkyrt/Barrens Bashkyrt , country Bashkir , country Bastarks , Bashkyrd , Bashdzhard , Bashkiria , Pascatir , Bashirdi etc. . The reference area titled `` Bashgurd '' is found in the Fazalallah Rashid ad-Din ( 14th century ) , `` Oghuz-name '' .   The most widespread Slavic name - Bashkiria , which is used in official documents , historical works , literary works , etc. .   The concept of `` historical Bashkortostan '' relates the concept of Greater Hungary ( Major Hungaria , Magna Hungaria ) - hypothetical homeland of ancient Hungarians - Magyars , referred to the 13th century Franciscan monk Giovanni da Plano Carpini in the statement of his journey . Her search takes 1230 years of the Hungarian Dominicans , most famous of which Friar Julian .

neg: Islam in Georgia (country) Islam in Georgia was introduced in 654 when an army sent by the Third Caliph of Islam , Uthman , conquered Eastern Georgia and established Muslim rule in Tbilisi . Currently , Muslims constitute approximately 9.9 % of the Georgian population . According to other sources , Muslims constitute 10-13 % of Georgia 's population .   In July 2011 , Parliament of Georgia passed new law allowing religious minority groups with `` historic ties to Georgia '' to register . The draft of the law specifically mentions Islam and four other religious communities .   Mosques in Georgia operate under the supervision of the Georgian Muslim Department , established in May 2011 . Until then the affairs of Georgia 's Muslims had been governed from abroad by the Baku-based Caucasus Muslims Department .   In 2010 , Turkey and Georgia signed an agreement by which Turkey will provide funding and expertise to rehabilitate three mosques and to rebuild a fourth one in Georgia . While Georgia will rehabilitate four Georgian monasteries in Turkey . The Georgia-Turkey agreement will allow the reconstruction of the historical Azize mosque in Batumi , Ajaria demolished in the middle of the last century . Turkey will rehabilitate the mosques at Samtskhe-Javakheti and Akhaltsikhe regions , Kobuleti District , build the Azize mosque burned down in 1940 and restore the Turkish bathhouse in Batumi .

neg: Communications in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Communications in the Nagorno Karabakh refers to telephone , satellite and other communication services and regulations in the de facto independent Nagorno-Karabakh Republic , that is internationally recognized as de jure part of Azerbaijan .   The leading Telecommunications operator of the Nagorno Karabakh is Karabakh Telecom , and the telecommunications sector was developed with Karabakh Telecom investing millions of dollars in mobile telephony , spearheaded by a Lebanese company .

neg: Albanopolis, Armenia Albanopolis was a city , probably in the Caucasus , famed in Christian myth as being the place at which the apostle Bartholomew was crucified .   In Lives of the Saints , 18th-century hagiographer Alban Butler says The popular traditions concerning St Bartholomew are summed up in the Roman Martyrology , which says he `` preached the gospel of Christ in India ; thence he went into Greater Armenia , and when he had converted many people there to the faith he was flayed alive by the barbarians , and by command of King Astyages fulfilled his martyrdom '' . However , Butler himself cautions about taking the geographical clues too literally . He points out that `` India '' was a name applied indifferently by Greek and Latin writers to Arabia , Ethiopia , Libya , Parthia , Persia and the lands of the Medes . Similarly the term Greater Armenia was used rather loosely by medieval writers to denote almost anywhere in the region between Eastern Anatolia , the Black Sea and the Caspian .   Nonetheless , at least three locations have been proposed as possible sites of Albanopolis : Derbend in Dagestan , Albyrak/Albac near Başkale in the then Armenian region of what is now eastern Turkey , and Baku , Azerbaijan . The latter has a certain ring of truth given that the area of today 's Azerbaijan was historically known as Albania but no conclusive evidence has been found of any such theory . Butler is also sceptical of the Albyrak suggestion stating while the assertion that Batholomew preached and died in Armenia is possible , and is a unanimous tradition among the later historians of that country ; ... earlier Armenian writers make little or no reference to him as connected with their nation . Thus although a very holy Armenian Monastery guarded what was believed to be Bartholomew 's tomb on the site , this was probably a later idea .

neg: Economy of Armenia The economy of Armenia is ranked 132nd in the world , with a nominal gross domestic product ( GDP ) of $ 10.561 billion per annum . It is also the 129th largest in the world by purchasing power parity ( PPP ) , at $ 25.329 billion per annum . Armenia is the second-most densely populated of the post-Soviet states because of its small size . It is situated between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea , bordered on the north and east by Georgia and Azerbaijan and on the south and west by Iran and Turkey .   Until independence , Armenia 's economy was based largely on industry -- chemicals , electronic products , machinery , processed food , synthetic rubber and textiles ; it was highly dependent on outside resources . Agriculture accounted for only 20 % of net material product and 10 % of employment before the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 . Armenian mines produce copper , zinc , gold and lead . The vast majority of energy is produced with imported fuel , including gas and nuclear fuel from Russia ( for its one nuclear power plant . ) The main domestic energy source is hydroelectric . Small amounts of coal , gas and petroleum have not yet been developed .   Like other former states , Armenia 's economy suffers from the legacy of a centrally planned economy and the breakdown of former Soviet trading patterns . Soviet investment in and support of Armenian industry has virtually disappeared , so that few major enterprises are still able to function . In addition , the effects of the 1988 earthquake , which killed more than 25,000 people and made 500,000 homeless , are still being felt . Although a cease-fire has held since 1994 , the conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh has not been resolved . The consequent blockade along both the Azerbaijani and Turkish borders has devastated the economy , because of Armenia 's dependence on outside supplies of energy and most raw materials . Land routes through Azerbaijan and Turkey are closed ; routes through Georgia and Iran are adequate and reliable . In 1992-93 , the GDP had fallen nearly 60 % from its 1989 level . The national currency , the dram , suffered hyperinflation for the first few years after its introduction in 1993 .   Armenia has registered strong economic growth since 1995 and inflation has been negligible for the past several years . New sectors , such as precious stone processing and jewelry making and communication technology ( primarily Armentel , which is left from the USSR era and is owned by external investors ) . This steady economic progress has earned Armenia increasing support from international institutions . The International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) , World Bank , EBRD , as well as other international financial institutions ( IFIs ) and foreign countries are extending considerable grants and loans . Total loans extended to Armenia since 1993 exceed $ 800 million . These loans are targeted at reducing the budget deficit , stabilizing the local currency ; developing private businesses ; energy ; the agriculture , food processing , transportation , and health and education sectors ; and ongoing rehabilitation work in the earthquake zone .   Continued progress will depend on the ability of the government to strengthen its macroeconomic management , including increasing revenue collection , improving the investment climate , and accelerating privatization . A liberal foreign investment law was approved in June 1994 , and a law on privatization was adopted in 1997 , as well as a program on state property privatization . The government has made major strides toward joining the World Trade Organization . By 1994 , however , the Armenian government had launched an ambitious IMF-sponsored economic liberalization program that resulted in positive growth rates in 1995-2005 . Armenia joined the World Trade Organization ( WTO ) in January 2003 . Armenia also has managed to slash inflation , stabilize its currency , and privatize most small - and medium-sized enterprises . Armenia 's unemployment rate , however , remains high , despite strong economic growth . The chronic energy shortages Armenia suffered in the early and mid-1990s have been offset by the energy supplied by one of its nuclear power plants at Metsamor . Armenia is now a net energy exporter , although it does not have sufficient generating capacity to replace Metsamor , which is under international pressure to close . The electricity distribution system was privatized in 2002 . Armenia 's severe trade imbalance has been offset somewhat by international aid , remittances from Armenians working abroad , and foreign direct investment . Economic ties with Russia remain close , especially in the energy sector . The government has made some improvements in tax and customs administration in recent years , but anti-corruption measures have been more difficult to implement .

neg: LGBT rights in Armenia Lesbian , gay , bisexual , and transgender ( LGBT ) rights in Armenia are not legislated in both the legal and social spheres .   Homosexuality has been legal in Armenia since 2003 . However , even though it has been decriminalized , the situation of local lesbian , gay , bisexual , and transgender ( LGBT ) citizens has not changed substantially . Many LGBT Armenians fear being socially outcast by their friends and families , causing them to keep their sexual orientation or gender identity private . Recently , the LGBT community in Armenia has become better connected due to social media , although a sense of fear and a desire for anonymity remains due to the nation 's conservative culture .   Homosexuality remains a taboo topic in many parts of Armenian society . In a 2012 study , 55 % of correspondents in Armenian stated that they would cease their relationship with a friend or relative if they were to come out as gay . Furthermore , this study found that 70 % of Armenians find LGBT people to be `` strange . '' There is , moreover , no legal protection for LGBT persons whose human rights are violated regularly . Armenia has been ranked 47th out of 49 European countries for LGBT rights , with Russia and neighboring Azerbaijan taking the 48th and 49th positions , respectively . The younger generation of Armenians still remain very unknowledgeable about many LGBT issues , likely attributed to the family culture where young people live at home until they reach the primary goal for many Armenians , heterosexual marriage .   Many LGBT claim to fear violence in their workplace or from their family , and therefore , are said to not file complaints of claimed human rights violations or of criminal offences .

neg: Iran crisis of 1946 The Iran crisis of 1946 , also known as the Iran-Azerbaijan Crisis ( Qaʾilih Âzarbâyjân , `` Azerbaijan crisis '' ) , followed the end of World War II and stemmed from the Soviet Union 's refusal to relinquish occupied Iranian territory , despite repeated assurances . In 1941 , Iran had been jointly invaded and occupied by the Allied powers of the Soviet Red Army in the north and by the British in the centre and south . Iran was used by the Americans and the British as a transportation route to provide vital supplies to the Soviet Union 's war efforts .   As of August 1941 , the United States was a neutral nation and had not yet entered as a belligerent in World War II . Therefore , the bloc known as ` The Allies ' were principally ( with Poland and France occupied by Germany in 1939 and 1940 , respectively ) the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union , recently forming their alliance after the German invasion of territories of the Western Soviet Union in June 1941 . In the aftermath of the occupation of Iran , those Allied forces agreed to withdraw from Iran within six months after the cessation of hostilities . However , when this deadline came in early 1946 , the Soviets , under Joseph Stalin , remained in Iran and local pro-Soviet Iranians proclaimed a separatist People 's Republic of Azerbaijan .   In late 1945 , in addition to the People 's Republic of Azerbaijan , the Republic of Mahabad also came into existence . Soon , the alliance of the Kurdish and People 's Azerbaijani forces , supported in arms and training by the Soviet Union , engaged in fighting with Iranian forces , resulting in a total of 2,000 casualties . Negotiation by Iranian premier Ahmad Qavam and diplomatic pressure on the Soviets by the United States eventually led to Soviet withdrawal . The crisis is seen as one of the early conflicts in the growing Cold War at the time .

neg: Immigration to Turkey Since the 19th century , an exodus by the large portion of Turkish ( Turkic ) and Muslim peoples ( who are termed `` Muhacir '' under a general definition ) from the Balkans ( Balkan Turks , Albanians , Bosniaks , Pomaks ) , Caucasus ( Abkhazians , Ajarians , ` Circassians ' , Chechens ) , Crimea ( Crimean Tatar diaspora ) , Crete ( Cretan Turks ) , took refuge in present-day Turkey and moulded the country 's fundamental features .   Trends of immigration towards Turkey continue to this day , although the motives are more varied and are usually in line with the patterns of global immigration movements -- Turkey , for example , receives many economic migrants from nearby countries such as Armenia , the Republic of Moldova , Georgia , Iran , and Azerbaijan , but also from Central Asia .

neg: Azerbaijan University Azerbaijan University ( Azərbaycan Universiteti ) is a private university located in Baku , Azerbaijan .

neg: Qabala Gabala ( Qəbələ , Гәбәлә , قبه له ; Кьвепеле , Q̇wepele , قوه په له ) , also known as Qabala , is a city in Azerbaijan and the capital of the Qabala Rayon . The municipality consists of the city of Gabala and the village of Küsnat . Before 1991 the city was known as Kutkashen , but after Azerbaijan 's independence the town was renamed in honour of the much older city of Gabala , the former capital of Caucasian Albania , the archaeological site of which is about 20 km southwest .

neg: Baku State Circus Baku State Circus ( Bakı Dövlət Sirki ) - is the main arena circus of Baku , capital of Azerbaijan .   In 1945 , a collective of Azerbaijani circus was organized in the Azerbaijan SSR , it included estrade actors , who performed tricks in the circus and amateur participants with artistic skills .   Famous Azerbaijani composers , poets , ballet masters and artists worked along with the collective of the circus . Starting from 1946 , troupe of Baku Circus had regular tours in cities of the USSR , the collective performed programs `` We are from Baku '' and `` Dawn over the Rock '' . Besides the USSR they had tours in Southern Europe , Asia , Africa and the United States .   In 1967 , a new building of Baku Circus equipped with necessary equipment for full operation of the circus was built according to architects E. Ismayilov and F. Leontyev 's project . There are 2000 seats in the new building .

neg: State awards of the Azerbaijani Republic State awards of the Azerbaijani Republic include the orders , decorations , and medals .   The following is a list of these awards of Azerbaijan .