Thursday, March 20, 2014

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Cancer Screening

Cancer screening

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Screening for Colorectal Cancer 50-75

American Cancer Society recommendations for colorectal cancer early detection 40+ 50+
ACS recommendations for prostate cancer early detection 50+, PSA<2.5 2 yearly, >2.5 yearly, >3 biopsy

NCCN colorectal cancer screening.  50: colonoscopy, repeat 5
NCCN prostate cancer early detection.  Baseline 45: DRE + PSA.  PSA>1, repeat 1-2, PSA<1, repeat at 50.  50+ PSA<3 repeat 1-2yr

Medicare colorectal cancer screenings 50+ colonoscopy every 10 years, sigmoidoscopy every 4 years

American Family Physician 40+ 50+ repeat 10
AAFP Updated Guidelines on Cancer Screening 50+, PSA<2.5 2 yearly, >2.5 yearly, >4 biopsy

Monday, March 17, 2014

Youth Symphony

Youth Orchestras in the United States

San Jose Youth Symphony SJYS since 1951, Los Gatos Audition, 4/4, Concert Winds Ensemble (6 major scales), Concert Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra (major, minor): Monday 6:30-9:30


3. California Youth Symphony CYS since 1952, Almond School, Santa Rita School Los Altos, Gunn Highaudition 1/15 apply, 4/10, Introduction Wind Ensemble (1 year), Wind Ensemble I (2yr), Wind Ensemble II (2yr), Associate Orchestra (3yr) (YouTube), Senior Orchestra (3 years, no sight-reading) Sunday 2:30


2. El Camino Youth Symphony ECYS since 1963, 3/-4/, year-roundaudition, Chamber Players Orchestra (1yr), Camerata Orchestra (2-3yr), El Camino Wind Orchestra (3-4yr), Sinfonietta Orchestra (YouTube): Tuesday 6-8:45 Terman Middle School, Senior Symphony (major scales): Sunday 3:30-6:30 or 4-7 Sofia University



Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra strings only, since 1966, Cubberley Community Center, Auditions 3/22, Preparatory Orchestra with wind

*1. San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra SFYO since 1981, schedule 4/1 audition (Rimsky-Korsakov), first rehearsal 9/12, no older than 20 years old tour every 3-4 years

Stanford Symphony Orchestra, Stanford Philharmonia, Audition

California Philharmonic Youth Orchestra since 2007 West Valley College, auditions 4/1, 4/13, CPYO Associate Orchestra, California Philharmonic Youth Orchestra

Silicon Valley International Youth Orchestra since 2011 West San Jose 飛楊藝術學院


Bay Area Youth Orchestra Festival

California Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra, El Camino Youth Symphony, Oakland Youth Orchestra, Young People's Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra, Festival Orchestra

Choosing a Youth Symphony 


Larger Than Life and Generous of Spirit : New York Youth Symphony 1963San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra 1981Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra 2012

The Breaking Winds

Summer Camp -------------------------

* Kesem 6/19-25/2017, Camp Erin (Santa Cruz)
Double Reeds Summer Camps 
All summer programs
Summer Music Festivals Jobs
Meadowmount, Heifetz 5 hours of practice per day

Chamber Music Programs for Youth
Summer Education Program California State Summer School for the Arts 
CSSSA, deadline 2/28, 500 students, audition 2/29, 7/9- 8/5 acceptance rate 

National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America NYO 3.4-4.5 weeks, starts late June/early July, 16-19 during participation, grade 11-14 at time of application no performance major, 9/7-11/15, excerpts available 4/27
, result 2/1

* New School New York String Orchestra Seminar free, 16-23 at time of seminar winter before Christmas 12/19-28/2018 (grade 11-18) apply 7/15-10/2/2018

* National Symphony Orchestra - Summer Music Institute NSO SMI 60 musicians, 15-20 at 7/25, grade 10-15, 4 weeks, 6/26-7/24 Application 1/22, excerpts, Concerts at Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage

* Verbier Festival Junior Orchestra free, 7/15-8/6/2018, 7/14-8/5/2019  15-18 years old on 7/1, Audition Repertoire

Eastern Music Festival Sakakeeny

* Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Orchestral Institute at Whistler faculty, 15-25, 3/11 audition VSO

* NTSO 國際青少年管弦樂營 2018 NTSO International Youth Orchestra Camp 8/14-26/2018 NT$10,000

Sunflower Music Festival High School  6/11-17/2017?

SFS YO European Tour 2019, 2015 6/22-7/10-, 2012 -6/22-7/6-

* El Camino Youth Symphony summer tour 2017  6/22-7/4

COSMOS 7/8-8/4/2018 deadline 2/17 
CBDA All-State Honor Band auditions 10/2015 2/ /2016
* NAfME All-National Honor Ensembles, at grade 10-12, apply before 5/12/2017 11/10-13/2017

Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra under 26

* Stanford Summer Symphony Orchestra, 6/23-24 Audition, rehearsal 7/6-28 

Stanford Youth Orchestra faculty summer 3 weeks 7/12-8/1/2015 $2995 grade 8-12 at time of application -2/4 auditions

* CMU Summer Pre-College Program 6 weeks, 6/25-8/6, entering 11-12  

* Curtis Summerfest Young Artist Summer Program, since 2012 faculty (William Short) 1/31 apply, 3 weeks 7/15-8/4, $6240 age 14-22

Interlochen High School Orchestra and Wind Symphony Summer Programs World Youth Symphony Orchestra (WYSO) or Wind Symphony (WYWS), faculty is different 6 weeks 6/25-8/8/2016 $8350 -2/1 full merit scholarship grade 9 audition
Interlochen High School Advanced Bassoon Institute, audition and expand V faculty (Benjamin Kamins) at the end, audition (Weber Concerto M1, Milde #29, Bolero), limit 12, -2/1 apply, 1 week 6/16-22/2018 $1230 current grade 9-12, audition tour

- Eastern Music Festival 14+ 5 weeks, 6/25-7/30/2016 $5650 Audition Sakakeeny 

- Brevard High School Orchestra  6/23-8/7 6.5 weeks $6400 William Ludwig (Indiana)

Hidden Valley Music Seminars HVMS Bassoon Master Class with Judith LeClair 6/20-27/2018 $1150, single session auditor $80, Carmel Valley (Monterey) concert 6/25

- Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute 2 weeks 6/17-6/30/2018 5/1 $1100+$525 room, college + high school with scholarships

Double Reed Day Fresno 2/4/2017

Peabody Bassoon Week 7/22-28/2018 $1300

Eastman Music Horizons community faculty 3 weeks 7/11-31/2015 $3435  

+ El Camino Youth Symphony Summer Retreat 8/7-12/2016

Pipe Organ Encounter at Stanford, POE 13-18 8/7-13/2016 $525 Angela Kraft Cross

+ Bocal Majority ADRIT California Redlands faculty 1 week 7/10-15/2017 $950 bassoon audition list of all repertoires

Sequoia Chamber Music Workshop Humboldt State University 6/19-25

Competitive Science, Research, and Math camps
Co-op/Internships and Summer Research Opportunities
CC Summer Programs

Idyllwild Arts Instructor High School Symphony Orchestra (lower level), Chamberfest (higher level) 7/26-8/8/2015 finishing grade 9 $2950, $1200 scholarship 4/15 audition

Boston University Tanglewood Institute Young Artists Orchestrafaculty 6 weeks 7/3-8/13/2016 $6820 age 14-19 grade 9-12 -2/1 audition
BUTI Young Artists Wind Ensemble, faculty weaker 4 weeks 7/3-7/30/2016 $5250 age 14-19 grade 9-12 -2/1 audition
BUTI Two Week Workshops, faculty same as orchestra, 2 weeks 6/19-7/2/2016 $2885 age 14-20 grade 9- -2/1 audition (Bolero, Tchaikovsky Sym#6, Figaro), live audition 1/8

Music Summer Camps in California
Bay Area Music Camps Abound


Cazadero Music Camp 2 weeks 7/21-8/1/2015
Summer in the City San Jose State University SJSU 1 week 6/21-27/2015
University of Pacific Music Camp Senior Band 7/12-18/2015
Wildwood Music Camp grade 10 1 week 7/12-19/2015 ASHB-120
Hayward - La Honda Music Camp

Music and the Bassoon bassoon sheet music

2015 Best America’s Top Music Schools and Colleges Ranking
2015 Music School Rankings: Snubs, Overrates, and Why Rankings May Fool You
Juilliard, Curtis, Colburn, University of Rochester (Eastman School of Music), New England Conservatory of Music, Oberlin College Conservatory, Rice, Northwestern
The 20 Best Music Conservatories in the U.S. 

Aspen Music Festival
Pacific Music Festival Sapporo

Competitions / Contests
From the Top  8-18
Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, Junior under 18 on, 5/11-13/2018, conflict with YO, deadline 3/1
YoungArts National Young Arts Foundation, YoungArts Week 1/7-14, 15-18 or grade 10-12 on 12/1, deadline 10/13/2017 
Marine Band Concerto Competition 11/15/2017

Bard College Leitzinger Bassoon Competition
International Chamber Music Ensemble Competition (New England), even years, deadline 11/1/2018
Young Musicians Foundation: LA Debut Concerto Competition under 25 5/21/2016, 2018?
Texas UIL PML University Interscholastic League, Prescribed Music List: Bassoon grade 1
Peninsula Symphony: Young Musicians’ Competition 1/?/2016, Summer Concert 6/26/2016
2015 Houston Young Bassoonist Competition under 19

- IDRS International Double Reed SocietyFernand Gillet-Hugo Fox International Competition (2016) and Young Artist Competition (under 22, 6/2017)
Meg Quigley Vivaldi Competition MQVC (under 25, 1/18-20/2019) for women
Yamaha Young Performing Artists 22-24

Volunteer
Costa Rica Volunteering for High School Students  1-4 weeks

Thursday, March 06, 2014

Biblical Software and online bibles

Biblical software
Best Bible Apps
best free ios comprehensive bible
best free ios catholic apps
best free ios bible study tools

FHL 信望愛 中文 思高譯本, 現代中文譯本1995版 (主上帝), 現代中文譯本2019版, 和合本, 新譯本, 和合本修訂版, 恢復本 
download: Catholic order: CPDV, DRC1752, GNBDK, Orthodox: CEB, WEB

*YouVersion Bible.com, App, parallel, bookmarks, notes, reading plans
New American Bible, revised edition (NAB-RE), Good News Bible (Catholic edition) GNT-CE, Catholic Public Domain Version, Contemporary English Version (CEV), Douay-Rheims Bible (DRA)
With Deuterocanonical books: CEB, CEVDC, CPDV, DRA, GNBDC, GNBDK, GNTD, KJVA, NABRE, NRSV-CI, RSV-CI, RV1895, WEB, WEBBE
Catholic Order: CPDV, DRA, GNBDC, GNBDK, NABRE
With Old Testament Apocrypha: CEB, WEB, WEBBE
Chinese: CSB Christian Standard Bible, CCB

*Bibles.org, American Bible Society, NABRECEVD, GNTD, KJVA, NRSV, RSV, WEB.   
Best Simple English CEVD at bibles.org: http://bibles.org/eng-CEVD/Matt/5

Best Bible in App GNBDK or CEVDCUS06 
*Biblia beta, Logos, online, parallel, reading plan 
Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition (RSV-CE), New Revised Standard Version (NRSV), Douay-Rheims Bible (DRA

*BibleGateway, New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE), Good News Translation (GNT) (with Apocrypha), Common English Bible (CEB), 5 parallelAll English verse, 2 Maccabees 15:39

Bible Translations Guide
Parallel example, Leviticus 18:6-
Romans 2:5-7 Romans 2:6 Romans 2:7 worksEnglish translation comparison,  CEB, ESV, HCSB, NABRE, NET (New English Translation), RSV, WEB
Philippians 1:1 slaves, saints, bishops (overseers) AMP DRA KJV RSV NRSV
腓立比書 1:1 奴僕, 聖徒, 監督, (Chinese Contemporary Bible CCB, Chinese Standard Bible CSB)
Koine Greek episkopos
reproach (n) disgrace AMP, CSB, CEB, GNT, HCSB, NABRE, NASB, NET, NIV, NLT, NRSV
reproach (n) failure blame CSB CEB HCSB NET NIV NRSV WEB
reproached (v) insult CSB, CEB, CEV, GNT, HCSB, NABRE, NET, NIV, NLT, NRSV
forsaken (n) deserted CSB, abandoned CEB, CEV, NET, NIV, NRSV
chastise whipped flogged punish AMP CSB CEB ESV GNT NABRE NET NIV NLT NRSV 
Jehovah the Lord: narrow down from the above: CSB, CEB, NET, NIV, NRSV
propitiation mercy seat CSB NET atonement 贖罪 NIV NRSV
son of man: narrow down from the above: CSB, NET, NIV, NRSV
James 2:17faith, works CEB, GNT, NIV, NLT
CSB NET NRSV
雅各書 2:17 信仰, 信心, 行為 CSB 
1 Corinthians 11:23-26 bread-body, wine-blood 
1 Corinthians 11:29 eat and drink, judge body correctly
John 6:53-57 55: flesh true food, blood true drink
Deuteronomy 8:3 words, everything, says, ASV, CJB, NABRE, NASB, NLV, RSV

Questionable "Possible" Chinese translation,
Mark 9:23馬可福音 9:23 凡是都能, 凡是都有可能

Year C Proper 23Proper 18 hate father mother
Year C Proper 12 bring sword, man against father
Deuteronomy 32:8Elyon YHWH sons of God
Matthew 6:11 daily (supersubstantial) bread

1 Timothy 3:15 the pillar
Deuteronomy 32:8-9 God vs Israel
BibleHub 1 Kings 18:27 all parallel bible, relieving
Olivetree NRSV, D-R, No apocrypha, deuterocanonical books


Strong's Concordance: Koine Greek, Hebrew
Bible Study Tools NAS, KJV
Blue Letter Bible KJV, NKJV, NLT, NIV, ESV, HCSB, NASB, NET, RSV, ASV, YLT, DBY, WEB, HNV, RVR60, VUL, mGNT, TR
Bible Hub GRK, NAS, KJV, INT at once
Sermon Index

*Credo Bible Study online and download, Douay-Rheims, Liturgical Calendar, Concordance


*Veritas Bible online New Jerusalem Bible

e-Sword Douay-Rheims Bible, catholic modules

Bible Analyzer Douay-Rheims

theWord Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV), Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner Revision (DRC)

Biblegateway Phrase / Keyword / Passage Search
covenant, wicked,

Catholic Cross Reference Catechism Search Engine, Summa Theologiae Search Engine, Church Fathers Search Engine




Catechism of Catholic Church study from Flocknote


Catholic Resources
Vulgate-Douay-Knox Bible side-by-side
How to Read the Bible? – Catholic Approaches to Biblical Interpretation
Scripture Index of Lectionary Readings Used for Sundays and Major Feasts reverse look-up
Scripture Index of Lectionary Readings Used for Weekday Masses

Verbum catholic research / bible study Scripture Study Software blog

Protestant Revised Common Lectionary Weekly Sunday Readings (liturgy)
RCL Online index and search, Daily reading linked out to Bible Gateway (other language, Chinese)
Presbyterian Church in Taiwan 台灣基督長老教會
FHL 信望愛資訊文化藝術基金會 公用經課集, 呼應式經課集, 三代經文講章
讚美詩(新編) Chinese New Hymnal, 普天頌讚 Hymns of Universal Praise index
RCL for Episcopal worship, daily readings, lectionary, liturgy
Lutheran Daily Reading linked out to NRSV
USCCB Daily Mass Reading calendar

主日讀經反省 曾慶導神父

認識主日經課集 東吳大學 陳啟峰牧師
經課集上架, 崇拜中的牧養:經課在崇拜中的運用
探索經課 Sermon Guide
三代經課 簡介李廣生以三代經課式講道 提醒崇拜必須宣講福音
三代經課講章系列 香港信義會 戴浩輝牧師

基督教崇拜叢書
正典的概念 Bible Canon