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Year 120 (CXX) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Severus and Fulvus (or, less frequently, year 873 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 120 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events[link]

By place[link]

Roman Empire[link]

• Emperor Hadrian visits Britain.
• Foss Dyke is constructed in Britain.
• An Indian ambassadorial contingent visits with Hadrian.
• Suetonius becomes Hadrian's secretary ab epistolis.
• Market Gate of Miletus, from Miletos, is built. (approximate date) It is now kept at Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Antikensammlung.

Asia[link]

• Change of era name from Yuanchu (7th year) to Yongning of the Chinese Eastern Han Dynasty.
• The Scythians dominate western India: Punjab, Sind, the north of Gujerat and a portion of central India.

Births[link]

• February 8 – Vettius Valens, Hellenistic astrologer
• Irenaeus, Christian bishop and apologist
• Lucian, Syrian rhetorician and satirist, writing in the Greek language

Deaths[link]

• Dio Chrysostom, Greek historian
• Nicomachus, Greek mathematician (approx. date)
• Sextus Pedius, Roman jurist
• Saint Matthias of Jerusalem, Bishop of Jerusalem
• Marcian of Tortona (or in 117), martyred saint
• Getulius, Saint Hermes, martyred saints

References[link]

Joseph E. Lauzon Jr. (born May 22, 1984) is an American mixed martial artist from Brockton, Massachusetts. He currently lives in Massachusetts and is training at Lauzon MMA in Bridgewater, Massachusetts.^[2]

Early life and background[link]

Lauzon grew up in Brockton, Massachusetts until the third grade, when he moved to East Bridgewater, Massachusetts.^[3] Lauzon lived on a small farm.^[3]

Lauzon graduated from Wentworth Institute of Technology in 2006 with a Bachelor's degree in computer science. He worked as a network administrator in Cambridge, MA before he began training in mixed martial arts full-time.^[4]

Joe's younger brother, Dan Lauzon, is also a mixed martial artist.^[5]

Mixed martial arts career[link]

Lauzon did not start his training martial arts until his junior year of high school.^[3] Beginning with learning grappling techniques, his first amateur fight was in 2002.^[3]

In 2004, Lauzon had his first professional fight. Winning with a first round armbar in a local Massachusetts promotion, Mass Destruction.^[6] Lauzon then went on an eight fight winning streak with all of the fights ended via submission. Lauzon won an eight-man tournament, defeating three fighters in one night in the World Fighting League and was crowned the WFL Grand Prix Champion.^[3] Lauzon was also named 2004 Massachusetts fighter of the year by local Massachusetts MMA outlets.^[7]

Lauzon made his debut in the UFC by upsetting former UFC lightweight champion Jens Pulver at UFC 63 on September 23, 2006, winning by KO in 48 seconds and in doing so, beat 7-to-1 odds.^[8]

Lauzon has been sponsored throughout his career by independent record label Deathwish Inc., which is based out of his home state.^[9]

The Ultimate Fighter[link]

Joe Lauzon was a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter 5, which featured lightweights exclusively. He was on B.J. Penn's team, against a team coached by Jens Pulver. Lauzon defeated Brian Geraghty in the preliminary round. He then defeated Cole Miller in the quarterfinals. The win was somewhat controversial due to an illegal strike to the back of Miller's head. Miller appeared obviously dazed by the illegal strike and was given time to recover.^[10] However, when action was restarted, it was clear that Cole was still feeling the effects of the strike. Joe Lauzon, then, capitalized and won the fight.^[11] In the semi-finals, Lauzon lost a unanimous decision to Manvel Gamburyan. In the finale, he defeated Brandon Melendez via submission (Triangle choke) at 2:09 of round two.

Ultimate Fighting Championship[link]

At UFC 78 Lauzon defeated previously undefeated Jason Reinhardt by rear naked choke in the first round.^[12] Lauzon got Reinhardt in a clinch and took him down before moving to the north-south position.^[13] Reinhardt rolled, giving Lauzon his back, and Lauzon quickly sunk in the rear naked choke for a quick submission victory.^[13]

On April 2, 2008, Kenny Florian defeated Lauzon at UFC Fight Night 13 by TKO from strikes from mount.^[14] In the fight, Lauzon took down Florian to the mat but while there Florian landed several elbows to the head that cut Lauzon.^[15] The 1st round was back and forth as Florian landed a body kick and took Lauzon's back and Lauzon landed several take downs and looked for knee bars and heel hooks.^[16] Florian finished the round with some hard shots to Lauzon's head. Florian opened the 2nd round with a takedown and punches on Lauzon from the mount position.^[16] Lauzon attempted another heel hook but Florian continued to strike Lauzon from both the mount and side control at which point the fight was stopped.

Lauzon defeated Kyle Bradley by TKO (strikes) in round two at Ultimate Fight Night 15. In the first round Bradley connected with a punch and rocked Lauzon.^[17] Lauzon managed to recover and continued to trade with Bradley in a close first round.^[18] In the second round Lauzon scored a takedown and transitioned quickly into mount before taking Bradley's back.^[17] Lauzon landed several punches from this position until the referee stepped in to save Bradley.^[18]

Lauzon was scheduled to fight Hermes Franca on February 7, 2009, in the main event for UFC Fight Night 17.^[19] However, Franca pulled out of the event with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.^[20] Jeremy Stephens stepped in as a late replacement.^[21] Lauzon defeated Stephens by armbar in the second round.

Joe Lauzon also fought and won against WoodysGamertag in his own personal Octagon this past summer. Woody escaped with only minor damage to the nose.

Lauzon previously faced WingsofRedemption, where he lost via Rape Choke in the 3rd round.

Lauzon fought Sam Stout on January 2, 2010, at UFC 108 and lost in a very entertaining fight by decision, which also won Fight of the Night.^[22][23]

Lauzon was expected to face Terry Etim on August 28, 2010, at UFC 118, but Etim had to withdraw from the bout due to injury. Lauzon was instead set to fight fellow Ultimate Fighter season 5 castmate Gabe Ruediger.^[24] During the UFC 118 weigh ins Ruediger brought Lauzon a cake that read "Sorry for your loss". Lauzon defeated Ruediger, who is a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, by armbar in 2:01 of round 1 having completely dominated him for the entire fight. According to Joe Rogan, Gabe "was never in it for a second."

Lauzon faced George Sotiropoulos on November 20, 2010, at UFC 123.^[25] The fight began with an action-packed first round, that saw Lauzon set the pace. However, by the end of the round, Lauzon began to tire and saw Sotiropoulos began to gain momentum. The second round saw a fatigued and passive Joe Lauzon. After a scramble, Sotiropoulous ended up on top position and torqued a kimura to force the tap-out.^[26]

Lauzon faced Curt Warburton on June 26 at UFC on Versus 4.^[27] Lauzon defeated Warburton via first round kimura.

Lauzon was briefly linked to a bout with Charles Oliveira on November 19, 2011 at UFC 138.^[28] However, Oliveira instead faced Donald Cerrone on August 14, 2011 at UFC Live: Hardy vs. Lytle, replacing an injured Paul Taylor.^[29]

Lauzon defeated Melvin Guillard on October 8, 2011 by rear naked choke at UFC 136,^[30] earning his fourth Submission of the Night honor and sixth straight UFC Bonus award.

Lauzon faced Anthony Pettis on February 26, 2012 at UFC 144^[31] He lost the fight via first round KO due to a head kick and follow up punches.

Lauzon is expected to face Terry Etim on August 4, 2012 at UFC on Fox 4.^[32]

Championships and accomplishments[link]

Mixed Martial Arts[link]

• Ultimate Fighting Championship

• Submission of the Night Honors (Four Times)
• Fight of the Night Honors (Three Times)

• World Fighting League

• WFL Grand Prix Champion

• Massachusetts MMA outlets

• 2004 Massachusetts Fighter of the Year Honors

Mixed martial arts record[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official site
• MySpace site
• Official UFC Profile
• Professional MMA record for Joe Lauzon from Sherdog

Grigory Lipmanovich Sokolov (Russian: Григо́рий Ли́пманович Соколо́в) is a concert pianist, often considered one of the greatest pianists alive. He was born April 18, 1950 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.^[1]

Biography[link]

Sokolov began studying the piano at the age of five, entering the Leningrad Conservatory at age seven to study with Leah Zelikhman, later studying there with Moisey Khalfin. At age twelve he gave his first major recital in Moscow, in a concert of works by Bach, Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Liszt, Debussy, and Shostakovich at the Philharmonic Society.^[2] At age sixteen he came to international attention when the jury at the 1966 International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition, headed by Emil Gilels, unanimously awarded him the Gold Medal. It seems this may have also been a surprising result: "16-year old Grisha Sokolov who finally became the winner of that competition was not taken seriously by anyone at that time."^[3]

In fact, despite the international prestige of his Tchaikovsky Competition success, Sokolov's international career began to take off only towards the end of the 1980s. Reasons for this have been contradictory. It has been said ^[4] that his not defecting, and the limited travelling allowed under the Soviet Regime were to blame. This is contradicted by the fact^[2] that Sokolov gave US tours in 1969, 1971, 1975, and 1979, as well as numerous recitals elsewhere in the world such as Finland and Japan. "Sokolov's life as a touring soloist is quite overcrowded. He tours a great deal in both his motherland and abroad."^[2]

The 1980s seem to have proved something of a stumbling-block to Sokolov's career in the US. "In the beginning, I played a lot of single concerts in America, in 1969, '71 and, I think, 1975. After that there was a break in relationships between the U.S. and the Soviet Union--they were disconnected by the Afghanistan War. One tour in the U.S. was canceled in 1980. Then all cultural agreements between the two countries were cancelled."^[5] In addition, during the breakup of the former Soviet Union, Sokolov played no concerts outside Russia.^[6] He is now a well-known figure in concert halls around Europe, but much less so in the U.S.^[7] Sokolov produces very few recordings; his last last CD was released in 1995.^[7]

In March 2009 it was reported that Sokolov canceled a planned concert in London because of British visa requirements demanding that all non-EU workers provide fingerprints and eye prints with every visa application (he also cancelled his 2008 concert on seemingly similar grounds). Sokolov protested that such requirements had echoes of Soviet oppression.^[8]

Influences[link]

When asked, Sokolov cited the following pianists as having inspired him in his years of studies: "Of those whom I heard on the stage I'd like to name first of all Emil Gilels. Judging by the records, it was Rachmaninoff, Sofronitsky, Gould, Solomon [and] Lipatti. As to esthetics, I feel most close to Anton Rubinstein."^[2]

Repertoire[link]

The 10 CDs (2 of Bach, 2 of Beethoven, 2 of Schubert, 2 of Chopin, 1 of Brahms, and 1 of Scriabin, Rachmaninoff, and Prokofiev; all recorded by the label Opus 111) and 1 DVD (a live recital in Paris) that are currently (2011) available for Sokolov constitute a snap-shot of the repertoire that Sokolov has so far performed. A more complete repertoire listing is as follows:

• ARAPOV

1. Concerto for violin, piano and percussion
2. Etude-Scherzo
3. Sonatas No.s 1 & 2

• BACH

1. Art of Fugue
2. English Suite No.2
3. Fantasy & Fugue in a minor, BWV 904
4. French Suite No.3
5. Goldberg Variations
6. Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971
7. Overture in the French style, BWV 831
8. Partitas Nos. 2, 4 & 6
9. Sonata in A-min after Reinken’s Hortus Musicus 1-5, BWV760
10. Toccata in E minor, BWV 914
11. Well-Tempered Clavier Book I, 1-8
12. Well-Tempered Clavier Book II

BACH-SILOTI Prelude in b-min

BACH-BRAHMS Chaconne for the left-hand BWV1004

BACH-BUSONI "Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesus Christ" BWV639

BACH-BUSONI "Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g’mein" BWV734

• BEETHOVEN

1. Sonatas No.s 2, 3, 4, 7, 9-11, 13-17 & 27-32
2. Diabelli Variations
3. Concertos Nos. 1 & 5
4. Rondos Op.51 & Op.129

• BRAHMS

1. Sonata No.1 in C major, Op.1
2. Sonata No.3 in F minor, Op.5
3. 4 Ballades Op.10
4. Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, Op.15
5. Variations on a Theme by Handel Op. 24
6. 2 Rhapsodies Op.79
7. Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat major, Op.83
8. 8 Fantasies Op.116
9. 6 Klavierstücke, Op.118 - no.1 Intermezzo in A minor; no.2 Intermezzo in A major; no.6 Intermezzo in E flat minor
10. 3 Intermezzi Op.117

• BYRD

1. Pavan & Galliard MB52
2. Alman MB11
3. Prelude MB12
4. Clarifica me Pater (II) MB48
5. Qui Passe MB19
6. March before the Battle MB93
7. Battle MB94
8. Galliard for Victory MB95

• CARVALHO-SOKOLOV Toccata and Andante in G

• CHOPIN

1. Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op.52
2. Concertos No.s 1 & 2
3. Etude Op.10 No.8
4. Etudes Op.25
5. Fantasie-Impromptu Op.66
6. Fantasy Op.49
7. Impromptus Op.29, Op.36 & Op.51
8. Mazurkas Op.7 No.2, Op.17 No.4, Op.30 No.s 1-4, Op.33 No.4, Op.50 No.s 1-3, Op.63 No.s 1-3, Op.68 #No.s 2-4, Op.posth
9. Nocturnes Op.32 No.s 1 & 2, Op.48 No.s 1 & 2, Op.62 No.s 1&2, Op.72, Op.posth
10. Polonaise-Fantasie Op.61
11. Polonaises Op.26 No.s 1 & 2, Op.40 No.2, Op.44, Op.53, Op.posth.
12. Preludes Op.28
13. Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3
14. Waltz No.17 Op.posth

• COUPERIN

1. Le Tic-Toc-Choc ou les Maillotins
2. Pieces de clavecin Book III Ordre XIII & Ordre XVIII

• DEBUSSY

1. Canope (from Preludes, Book II, No.10)

• FRANCK

1. Prelude, Chorale & Fugue

• FROBERGER

1. Toccata FbWV101
2. Canzon FbWV301
3. Fantasia FbWV201
4. Ricercar FbWV411
5. Capriccio FbWV508
6. Partita FbWV610

• HAYDN

1. Piano Sonatas Hob XVI: 23, 37 & 34

• KOMITAS

1. Six Dances

• LISZT

1. La Campanella
2. Rhapsodie Espagnole

• MOZART

1. Concertos No.s 23 & 24
2. Sonatas KV.280, KV.310, KV.332 & KV.457
3. Fantasy KV.475

• PROKOFIEV

1. Concerto No.1
2. Sonatas No.s 3, 7 & 8

• RACHMANINOV

1. Concertos No.s 2 & 3
2. Preludes Op2 No.3, Op.23 No.s 1-8 & 10, Op.32 No.5

• RAMEAU

1. Suite in D de pièces de clavecin (1724) — in his repertory in 2012
2. Suite in G/g de pièces de clavecin (1726) — in his repertory before 2012
3. "Le rappel des oiseaux" & "Tambourin" from Suite in E minor (1724)

• RAVEL

1. Gaspard de la nuit
2. Oiseaux Tristes (From Miroirs)
3. Prelude
4. Sonatine
5. Tombeau de Couperin

• SAINT-SAENS

1. Concerto No.2

• SCHOENBERG

1. Two Pieces Op.33

• SCHUBERT

1. Impromptus D.935 No.s 1 & 2
2. Moment Musicaux D.780
3. Sonatas D537, D.664, D.784, D.850, D.894, D.958, D.959 & D.960
4. Wanderer Fantasy

• SCHUMANN

1. Carnaval Op.9
2. Sonata No.1 in F-sharp minor, Op.11
3. Sonata No.2 in G minor, Op.22
4. Sonata No.3 in F minor, Op.14
5. Kreisleriana Op.16
6. Fantasie Op.17
7. Arabesque Op.18
8. Humoresque Op.20
9. Novelletten Op.21 nos. 2, 7 & 8
10. Sonata No.2 in G minor, Op.22
11. 4 Klavierstücke (Scherzo, Gigue, Romance and Fughette) Op.32
12. Variations in E-flat on an Original Theme, WoO 24, "Geister Variations"

• SCRIABIN

1. Caresse Dansee Op.57 No.2
2. Dèsir Op.57 No.1
3. Enigme Op.52 No.2
4. Etudes Op.2 No.1, Op.8, Op.42 No.s 4 & 5
5. Feuillet d’Album Op.45 No.1
6. Poème fantastique Op.45 No.2
7. Poèmes Op.32 No.2, Op.69 No.s 1 & 2
8. Prelude & Nocturne Op.9
9. Preludes Op.33 No.s 1-4, Op.45 No.3, Op.49 No.2 & Op.51 No.2
10. Sonatas No.s 1, 3, 4, 9 & 10
11. Vers la flamme Op.72

• SEIXAS-SOKOLOV Toccatas in D & C

• STRAVINSKY

1. Petrouchka

• TCHAIKOVSKY

1. Concerto No.1

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External links[link]

• Grigory Sokolov General Management
• Site dedicated to Grigory Sokolov