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Cambridge guard Lilly Phillips goes up for a lay-up during the Indians' win against Moriah last Saturday.
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Cambridge guard Sophie Phillips splits a pair of Moriah defenders last Saturday in the Class C regional final in Beekmantown.
Cambridge guard Stasia Epler drives the ball down the court during the Indians' win against Moriah last Saturday.
Cambridge confident in pressure situations
Posted Wednesday, March 13, 2019 9:12 pm
By Adam Aucoin, Bennington Banner
CAMBRIDGE, N.Y. — Big games don't scare the Cambridge girls basketball team.
Crucial moments don't faze the Indians one bit.
Cambridge has been here before and they are ready for the challenge ahead.
The Indians are set to make their second consecutive Class C semifinal trip Friday when they take on Section VI's Maple Grove with a ticket to the state championship game on the line.
The semifinal tip-off is set for 3:15 p.m. Friday at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy. The victor advances to play the winner of the other semifinal, between defending-champion Millbrook and Watkins Glen, Saturday night at HVCC.
Cambridge and the Blazers both made the state semifinals last winter, playing each other. Watkins Glen won the state title two years ago and they have a few holdovers from the championship roster. When it comes to this stage in the season, everyone is similar.
"That experience can't do anything but help us," said first-year Indians coach Bob Phillips, who was an assistant on last year's squad led by Tony Bochette. "We've been there and played there before in that same game. We felt what it was like to lose that game and the kids that played in that game really want to win it this time around."
Experiencing what this weekend's game entails and the level of play it requires from its participants is something Cambridge can draw upon.
"We know what the atmosphere is going to be like and what it takes to win the game too," said sophomore guard Sophie Phillips, who leads Cambridge in scoring this winter.
This isn't to say that all the Indians' players have been in this type of situation before. Last year's squad that bowed out in the semifinals to the Blazers had five seniors, all of which that played solid minutes for the Indians.
Of their current roster, only three were starters last year, and while seniors Rhiannon Darling and Brecke Gifford, junior Abby Maher and sophomore Ruthie Nolan were all on the roster for that playoff run, none of them saw significant minutes.
With a team filled with a majority of sophomores and freshmen, there still may be an adjustment playing on that stage.
"We're very young, so we have first-year players that haven't made it this far," Sophie Phillips said. "It's going to be experience that will be the same for us as any other team."
While Cambridge may be young, the basketball IQ of the group far eclipses the age of its players. Many of the Indians' players participate in summer leagues and AAU programs, so the amount of basketball played between the players is plentiful.
With the amount that each player plays the game, Cambridge rarely seems to be in a situation its players can't handle.
There was Ruthie Nolan hitting a big 3 to put the Indians in the lead over Hoosick Falls in the sectional final. Sophie Phillips had dazzling effort against Madrid-Waddington in regionals with a 13-point second quarter. Lilly Phillips created separation for Cambridge by herself in the third quarter against Moriah — just a few of the critical spots Cambridge players stepped up.
The Indians players never seem to get fazed and that figures to be a major factor Friday.
"They've played a lot of basketball for different teams and programs and coaches," Bob Phillips said. "That gives them some confidence to be able to play whomever, wherever and whenever. They've shown that throughout the year."
Each player has gained critical basketball knowledge throughout their stops playing the sport. Bringing that experience together, makes the Indians a dangerous team to deal with this weekend.
"Our team has played so much basketball this year, over the summer and playing with different teams," said Sophie Phillips, who also plays for the NY Havoc AAU team along with her sister Lilly. "It gives everyone the ability to play with different people and coaches. We're all playing the same game, but bringing together a bunch of different atmospheres from where we've played. It's great that we're coming together with that experience."
Adam Aucoin can be reached at aaucoin@benningtonbanner.com and followed at @AAucoin_Banner on Twitter.
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Judge: Hillsborough school lawsuit to remain sealed
Mike Deak
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HILLSBOROUGH - A Superior Court judge has refused to unseal the court records of a lawsuit filed by a former student who alleged she was sexually abused by a former school district employee more than a decade ago.
Superior Court Judge Yolanda Ciccone has ruled that the lawsuit, filed by Jane Doe, should remain sealed to protect her from "additional injury, embarrassment, humiliation and unnecessary stigma."
"This is a sensitive matter and (Jane Doe's) fears and concerns are justified," Ciccone wrote in her decision, adding that the original decision by Judge Thomas Miller to keep the matter sealed "should not be disturbed."
John Paff, an open government advocate, and Readington residents Donald and Paula Baldwin, had asked Ciccone, as the assignment judge, to unseal "at least some" of the case documents and unlock the court's online docket.
Paff and the others argued that while they fully support keeping Jane Doe's identity from becoming public and keeping "truly sensitive information" out of the public eye, the order that keeps all information from the public is "far too broad."
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In a letter to Ciccone, Paff and the others argue that "the public and media have legitimate interests in being able to reliably search the court's docket to determine who is being sued and why."
"The media and public also have a legitimate need to know what documents are being filed and when court proceedings are scheduled," they said.
But Ciccone quoted a previous ruling that courts should use a "balancing test" to determine if the record should be unsealed, weighing the public interest against the "particularized injury which a party will suffer if anonymity is lost."
Under the state's Child Sexual Assault Act, courts are allowed discretion to impose restrictions on public access in a case involving juveniles.
"There is no bright line test," Ciccone wrote.
Paff did not respond to a request for comment.
In June 2017, Jane Doe filed suit alleging she was sexually assaulted at a school by the then-staffer. The suit alleges that the school district should have known of the sexual assault.
The school district, in its response to the suit, denied the allegations.
No criminal charges have been filed in the case.
Jane Doe's attorney filed a motion asking that the suit be sealed after a court clerk mistakenly failed to comply with the Child Sexual Assault Act and the lawsuit was listed on the court system's website. That led to a reporter for a radio station accessing the lawsuit and writing an article about on it on the station's website.
Staff Writer Mike Deak: 908-243-6607; mdeak@mycentraljersey.com

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During the last two weekends it's been the RSGB Affiliated Societies Contests 2012, 80m CW and SSB at first I wasn't really setting out to take part, just considered giving away some points to those giving it a serious bash, but even so was easy to make a good amount of QSOs in an afternoon.
The first leg was CW, I will admit I know very little CW, I can make out my callsign and 59 but that really is my limit so I setup MixW and CW Skimmer to act as my ears, which like normal worked perfectly. After 5 QSOs, I got into the flow of things and started working my way up the CW portion of the band, within two hours I managed to work 58 QSOs. Conditions seemed reasonable and every station I called came back.
The QSO amount was also an improvement over 2011 where I'd worked 43 stations using a 80m Quarter Wave Inverted L so least I managed to increase the total for this year slightly.
This weekend saw the SSB leg of the contest, at dead on 14:00 I worked Rob (M0VFC) operating G3PYE and then started to work my way back down the band. Which worked well slowly getting more contacts in the log, there was the usual QRM from stations splattering each other but even so there was only two stations who I didn't manage to work, this might be due to conditions, QRM or my antenna not being that great even so the half size G5RV with 80m traps worked well.
I wasn't worried after two hours S&P, I'd put 60 QSOs in the logbook and called it a day. What I did learn was that I needed to sort out keying the FT950's DVK within Win-Test so I'll be sorting some LUA scripts out in due course as it will be handy for other contests as well.
Overall very enjoyable two weekends, now need to look at what other contests I want to take part in this year.


Walk down any frozen food aisle in the United States, and you'll see a large and growing variety of well-known restaurant and food brands on products ranging from entrées to appetizers to side dishes. That's because all of these brands have been licensed by frozen food manufacturers to put their names on such frozen food products — a process that allows a manufacturer to "rent" the value of the name brand, paying a royalty to the brand owner for that "famous" logo. Here is a breakdown of the benefits of licensing established name brands.
Consumers are loyal to name brands: Consumers love brands, and will try products with a brand name they know and trust. It's far cheaper to "rent" a well-known, long-established brand than to build a new one from scratch. In addition, raising consumer awareness for a new brand and getting consumers to buy it is horribly expensive, demanding a large investment. The savings that come from licensing an established brand explains why even giant CPG companies such as Heinz (Boston Market and Friday's) or Nestlé (California Pizza Kitchen) have embraced licensing.
Instant recognition: Licensing a strong brand name dramatically cuts the product's time-to-market, taking advantage of instant recognition by both retailers and consumers. Licensing not only drives consumer trial, but also makes retail sell-in easier — store buyers and divisional merchandise managers are consumers too, and are more open to a brand they (and their customers) know than one they've never heard of.
Job security: Unlike co-packing or contract manufacturing where contracts can be cancelled on 90 days' notice, licensing deals typically extend from 3-5 years or longer. This allows for greater stability in revenue forecasting, strategic planning of product line extensions, capital investments and financing.


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CJY is not an advising center, nor is it a career development center. Working with trained peer success coaches, students have a "safe zone" to share their concerns and "design" solutions that fit their particular educational circumstance. The peer success coaches help students develop a better understanding of college expectations and expectations for life after college. Students working through the CJY understand what it means to work with a mentor, how to approach individuals to be mentors, and the need to have an "advisory board" of mentors.
Finally, students develop a better understanding of how to design the five basic components of their undergraduate education: integrating study in general education, study in the major, electives, leadership opportunities, and experiential learning opportunities specific to students' academic interest. From their work in the CJY, students are better able to engage with program advisors, faculty, career services, and student leadership.
When I first entered the famed C1321 office, I wasn't sure what to expect. The duo would advise me and listen to me rant about my hopes and dreams and they knew that what I was saying, was not what I wanted. After listening to a speech by the pair, I finally had my "a-ha" moment. I was a business major that had zero interest in business. My dream was to have a career in the media field. After Dr. Laff and Mrs. Colquitt finally got my true passion out of me, I instantly began working toward my goals. Under the tutelage of the dynamic duo, I became a peer mentor for the Center for Junior Year and began working in my chosen field. I appeared on television on twelve occasions, received my first production credit and will soon receive my B.A in Media Communications. None of this would have been possible, had I not walked into the Center for Junior Year.
The Center for the Junior Year has provided me with something I find many other places wont provide: honesty. Through their care and close cooperation I have been able procure multiple internships that otherwise I still would be searching in search of. The center for junior year aided me with researching and applying to The Washington Center, which is a program that is partnered with many organizations in D.C. to provide academic internships to competitive students. The center for junior year makes possibilities realities but only if you are willing to put in the work!
My thoughts on the Center for the Junior Year, before coming to CJY I was in a what I like to explain as a "safe major" in terms of my focus on undergraduate degree. Being involved with the CJY have challenged me to go after what I essentially wanted, as well to set clear conscious direct goals that I have passion for as well as purpose in society. And, not allowing fear to halt my life goals. The CJY has taught me that a dream without a plan is just a dream, but a dream with a plan and action that follows it generates success. The Center for the Junior year has taught me to face my fears instead of trying to erase them as well not allowing myself to get contented with a career that I didn't have a true passion for. My goals are directly aligned with my life, and influence a change from within that reflect outward.
CJY is more than just an advising office; the conversations discussed in this office are electrifying and intellectually stimulating, and the environment supportive, nourishing, and challenging.


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With one of the largest untapped copper and gold deposits in the world sitting below its surface, Alaska's Pebble deposit has been studied, sampled and evaluated by scientists, investors, tribal entities and governments at local, state and federal levels since 1988.
Almost as quickly as those deposits were discovered, environmental groups started fighting the project, using an argument that there was a risk to the Bristol Bay salmon fishery if the mine was built.
Pebble's ownership has seen a number of comings and goings since 1988. Its current owner, Northern Dynasty Minerals, has been involved with the project since 2001, and investors since 2005. It owns 100% of the project currently, and to date, has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to move the project forward. According to a study by IHS Global Insight, Pebble could be one of Alaska's largest private sector employers, creating an estimated 2,900 Alaska jobs. With the Bristol Bay area currently facing unemployment of 15.7%, jobs with the Pebble Project would be economically advantageous to the region.
When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released its Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) in February, 2019, environmentalists were outraged by the language in the report, which found that the mine could be safely built and would pose minimal threat to the Bristol Bay fishery.
The DEIS's 90-day public comment period is nearly half-over (it runs through May 30, 2019), and Power The Future will be weighing in. Alaska State Director Rick Whitbeck's testimony will focus on exposing the eco-extremist position that there is a binary choice between fish and the mine and will highlight the opportunity for Pebble's potential jobs to benefit an economically-depressed area of Alaska.
If you agree, please take a moment to either file online comments here, or email comments to drafteis@comments.pebbleprojecteis.com. The potential workers in Bristol Bay and beyond thank you for standing up for those potential jobs.


Software test glossary - "Q"
In software terminology, quality has a very specific meaning: how suited is a given application or component to purpose - i.e. does it fulfill pre-defined or expected requirements? Furthermore, quality can refer to the level to which a given software product conforms to customers' expectations and satisfies their needs. Lastly, quality can refer to the degree to which a particular line of code fulfils requirements in terms of its inherrent points.
This kind of software category is also called QA Tools or Quality Assurance Tools.
The term Quality Assurance (QA) refers to a way of preventing and avoiding defects and problems in products and solutions or services. E.g. ISO 9000 is a standard for defining QA.
Quality assurance is understood to mean any planned and systematic activity carried out within the system and which is set out in order to create confidence that a unit will meet the quality requirement. Quality assurance is the sum of all measures to ensure constant product quality; a distinction is made between internal and external monitoring.
In order to ensure that the software meets the requirements with regard to the various quality features (i.e. QA), there are various procedural models and methods.
Some models can be assigned to the concept of process quality. This assumes that a high-quality process of product development promotes the creation of high-quality products. Therefore, the various models make quality demands on the process in which the software is developed.
See Wikipedia for more Information on Quality Assurance.
These are the characteristics and features of a software application on which judgements of quality are based. Depending on purpose, attributes can either be spoken about in parts or as whole categories; in some usages, quality attributes may simply be referred to totem pro parte as "quality"
See Wikipedia for more information on software quality norms such as ISO/IEC 9126.
In contrast to quality assurance (e.g. constructive and analytical QA), quality control is focussed on checking quality after development, the aim being to show that the product fulfills the requirements formulated at the beginning of the development process.
Both QA and QC are part of the quality management system (Wikipedia).


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A Photographer positioned cameras around the Arctic and left them filming—capturing the unimaginable
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It can easily be said that this is the longest—and probably largest—evidence of our current climate catastrophe ever caught on camera. Regrettably, it wasn't the first nor last.
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Photographer James Balog and his team traveled to Greenland to examine a glacier when their cameras captured something incredible. James and his colleagues were gathering images from cameras that had been deployed around the Arctic circle over a period of three years. Just imagine everything the cameras recorded.
Balog and his team were filming material fro a documentary and were looking for good shots to feature in the film, but none of them was prepared to see what would soon unfold in front of them.
James Blog who is an expert in nature photography never really thought much of climate change and did not believe what scientists were saying for years in regards to global warming.
"I didn't think that humans were capable of changing the basic physics and chemistry of this entire, huge planet. It didn't seem probable, it didn't seem possible," Balog says.
Balog and his crew stood by and watched as a piece of ice the size of lower Manhattan.
During a National Geographic commissioned exposure in the Arctic, he saw what was happening to earth in frist hand.
In fact, after early ten years, Balogs' film "Chasing Ice" premiered, and he determined to document the melting of glaciers with a swarm of cameras. And it was during this time that Balog and his team recorded one of the scariest yet spectaculat scences ever recorded.
Balog and his team saw a CHUNK of ice mass, the size of Lower Manhattan break up in front of them. In fact, the moment was so spectacular that the event was recorded in the Guinness Book of Records and clearly shows how serious the situation is for Earth's climate.
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As far as most of us are concerned, what Balog and his team recorded on camera was an unprecedented geological disaster. Regrettably, it wasn't the first, nor last time.
In fact recently, researchers uncovered a massive crack in the Antarctic Ice shelf Larsen C, and experts believe it will soon break off and could become an iceberg that is twice the size of the smallest European country. Antarctic ice Larsen C is the fourth largest ice shelf in Antarctica. Nature has reported that since early this year, its crack has moved at least 10 kilometers more. As of the moment, the crack is already 175 kilometers long.
Global warming is the main reason that the crack in Larsen C is getting longer. It is also getting longer faster than the first Larsens, A and B. The Larsen C crack has upped to a factor of eight, says Eric Rignot, a glaciologist at the University of California, Irvine.
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Awesome indeed. A good watch for climate change proponents and climate change deniers. What does this portend for the rest of the Artic regions? One wonders.


Fake Suboxone: Does It Exist?
Making music is naturally therapeutic. Sounds, rhythms and harmonies all combine to make everything just a little bit better. It is a proven fact that creative activities help drug addicts in rehab treatment programs. Among creative activities, music composition is specifically known to be most helpful.
One problem with music making therapy is that writing music can be hard. It can take years of practice to develop skills. Learning an instrument, learning to write music on paper, these are not trivial tasks. Beat making is different. We all naturally have rhythm. We can all tap out a beat.
With modern computer and software technology, the tools to make beats are available to us all. Many computers even come with music apps already installed or freely available. With just a little bit of training, you can go from a first time beat maker to an expert in a fairly short time.
We are in the midst of a drug addiction crisis. Overdose deaths are at an all time high. If you are suffering from addiction to dangerous drugs, you should consider going into therapy. Residential treatment programs already offer many recreational therapy options. They even have horseback riding therapy! Why not provide the inexpensive tools necessary to allow recovering residents to make beats?
To help make a difference in promoting awareness of recovery from drug addiction and alcoholism, we are partnering with therehab.com. We will be discussing here, in depth, the many benefits of music making, particularly beat making, in the process of recovering from addiction. Please join us in celebrating beat making and in celebrating those who have made a decision to get help and recover.


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Managing Risk in an Unstable World
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Dr. Ian Bremmer, expert in political risk and founder of the Eurasia Group, gave a seminar sponsored by the the Future of Diplomacy Project on Thursday, November 9 at the Harvard Kennedy School, titled "Managing Risk in an Unstable World."
Douglas Alexander Discusses the Future of European Security
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Why Prime Minister Modi Called On Congress
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi traveled to Washington last week, making his fourth trip to the United States since taking office just two years ago. India and South Asia Program Fellow, Ronak Desai examines the strategic approach to India's relations with the United States.
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Conversations in Diplomacy: Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin
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In this installment of "Conversations in Diplomacy," the Future of Diplomacy Project's Executive Director, Cathryn Clüver, speaks with Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin,India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
SOUTH ASIA WEEK: Pakistan's Role in Regional Stability
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As part of the India and South Asia Program's annual speaker series, Ambassador MaleehaLodhi, the Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to the United Nations discussed her country's regional agenda.
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The Thucydides Trap: Are the U.S. and China Headed for War?
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The defining question about global order for this generation is whether China and the United States can escape Thucydides's Trap. The Greek historian's metaphor reminds us of the attendant dangers when a rising power rivals a ruling power—as Athens challenged Sparta in ancient Greece, or as Germany did Britain a century ago. Most such contests have ended badly, often for both nations, a team of mine at the Harvard Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs has concluded after analyzing the historical record. In 12 of 16 cases over the past 500 years, the result was war. When the parties avoided war, it required huge, painful adjustments in attitudes and actions on the part not just of the challenger but also the challenged.
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Belfer Center Spring 2014 Newsletter
Sharon Wilke
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The Spring 2014 issue of the Belfer Center newsletter features recent and upcoming activities, research, and analysis by members of the Center community on critical global issues. This edition highlights the Belfer Center's deepening engagement with China and increasing collaboration with Harvard Kennedy School's Ash Center for Democratic Governance around critical issues related to China. We announce former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd as a new Belfer Center senior fellow who will lead efforts to explore possibilities and impacts of a new strategic China-U.S. relationship. Read about this and much more.
Jim Smith
Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid visits Harvard
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Minister Khurshid addressed a crowd of students, faculty and guests at the Harvard Kennedy School as part of the India & South Asia Program's international speaker series, co-sponsored by Harvard's South Asia Initiative. His comments on Tuesday, October 1, 2013, followed a series of meetings at the United Nations in New York.


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Q: Reference trouble with wxPython FileDialog if and else statements I'm having some trouble when using if and else statements where I'm using multiple wx.FileDialog statements to change the file type I'm allowing the user to select based on what radio button is selected.  So the problem is I keep getting an UnboundLocalError that my local variable assigned to the FileDialog statement referenced before assignment.  Here is my code:
def OnOpen(self, e):
if self.radioButton1.GetValue():
   opendialog = wx.FileDialog(self, "Choose a file", "", "", "*.txt", wx.MULTIPLE)
if self.radioButton2.GetValue():
   opendialog = wx.FileDialog(self, "Choose a file", "", "", "*.csv", wx.MULTIPLE)
else:
   selectdialog = wx.MessageDialog(self,"Select process", "Warn", wx.OK)
   selectdialog.ShowModal()
   selectdialog.Destroy()
if opendialog.ShowModal() == wx.ID_OK:
   #More code to file path information

A: I'm guessing that you're falling into the second "if" statement's "else" condition without opendialog ever being defined. You'll need to make sure it's initialized somehow in every case, not just in two of the three. Otherwise that last "if" statement will fail. So make sure you add
opendialog = wx.FileDialog(self, "Choose a file", "", "", "*.csv", wx.MULTIPLE)

to the end of the second "if" statement and it will work in all cases.

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Youth Corps pilot group gets set for community projects
First 90 undergo training camp to learn leadership, project management skills
By Janice Tai, The Straits Times, 24 Jun 2014
MORE than two-thirds of Singapore's first national corps of volunteers are women, and four in five are students.
Aged 15 to 35, these are the first group of people who have stepped forward to take on projects that benefit their community, the National Youth Council (NYC) told The Straits Times.
The idea of having a youth volunteer corps - now called Youth Corps Singapore - was mooted by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during last year's National Day Rally.
The NYC, which will run the programme, aims to eventually have 6,000 volunteers a year who will have the chance to serve their community.
Last week, the pilot group of 90 had a five-day training camp on Pulau Ubin to learn leadership and project management skills that would equip them to lead larger-scale community projects.
Most are students from tertiary institutions while the working adults hail from various industries, from finance to the social sector to food and beverage.
The end of training marks the start of a year-long commitment to volunteering stints. If they are good at it, they can stay on to mentor others when the year is up.
"We ensured that the young people came from diverse backgrounds to enable the Youth Corps to draw on different strengths and skill sets in maximising the impact of its contributions to society," said an NYC spokesman.
The council, which will become an autonomous body under the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth to champion youth development, picked the 90 from more than 250 applicants.
They will work in teams of 15, alongside people from different schools and workplaces.
Mr Ang Jia Da, 28, said he was worried at first about feeling out of place among the younger volunteers.
"Most of them will be 17, 18 or 22 years old and I was concerned about whether I would fit in," said Mr Ang, who works at Young NTUC, the youth wing of the labour movement.
"But when I met them, I realised they may be young but they think about how to make positive changes in society and that is what unites us."
He said he joined the corps not because he had any political ambitions, but because it offered a more structured programme of training, leadership and mentorship which charities out there may not offer.
The volunteers have an idea of what they want to work on. They chose their projects from a list of needs identified by community agencies.
Ms Ramona Wong, 20, will be involved in a food project that aims to help low-income families put nutritious yet affordable food on the table by getting the elderly members to do urban farming.
"Families often spend the bulk of their money on food, so it's a good idea that would keep food prices down for them and keep the seniors active," said the undergraduate, whose team will be working with local non-governmental organisation Ground-Up Initiative on the project.
Other projects in the pipeline tackle health or environmental issues, or help those with special needs. The youth council has nine partner agencies, such as The Singapore Scout Association and Lakeside Family Centre, to guide theyoung people on projects.
According to the National Youth Survey 2013, more young people are becoming active citizens, with nearly seven in 10 last year involved in community groups. The corps enables students to continue involvement in community projects after they have left school or joined the workforce.
It may also help instil a lifelong habit of volunteerism. Former NYC chairman Chan Chun Sing, now Minister for Social and Family Development, has talked before about the "bathtub effect" among volunteers and said more could be done to support volunteers in remaining active during certain years when they are caught up with other activities.
Participation in volunteerism follows a "bathtub" graph shape - young people tend to be active in causes in school, but the activism dips when they are occupied with their careers and families, and they come back to volunteering only when their children have grown up or when they retire.
Mr Ang said he wrote to his management earlier this year to ask for flexibility in his work schedule should he need to take time off work to volunteer. He got the go-ahead and intends to use his annual leave to do it if necessary.
"Unlike the ad-hoc volunteer work I used to do in school, this time I hope to see this through on a longer-term basis," he said. "There is a greater sense of satisfaction when you journey with the beneficiaries instead of just coming in and out of their lives."
S$2m for first batch of Youth Corps projects
By Imelda Saad, Channel NewsAsia, 23 Jun 2014
S$2 million has been earmarked for projects by the first batch of Youth Corps Singapore volunteers. Newly appointed Parliamentary Secretary for the Community, Culture and Youth Ministry Low Yen Ling revealed this to Channel NewsAsia in an exclusive interview on Monday (June 23).
The money comes from the $100-million National Youth Fund set up to support youth initiatives and innovations to co-create social change for the benefit of the community.
To tap into the funds, the first batch of some 100 volunteers will have to work with nine community partners that have been identified, and propose projects that will benefit the targeted beneficiaries of those organizations.
Partners identified include Hemispheres Foundation, which focuses on environmental and social development work as well as Trybe which works with psychiatric patients and their families, as well as the intellectually disabled. The aim is to give young Singaporeans a boost when it comes to initiating social causes."We hope that the National Youth Fund will be a platform and will be a catalyst that will help them jump start the process of translating those ideas to fruition," said Ms Low.
Youth Corps Singapore was first mooted by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during last year's National Day Rally to increase opportunities for young people to do projects in the community. The target is to have 6,000 volunteers between the ages of 15 and 35 each year.
Ms Low is also Parliamentary Secretary at the Social and Family Development Ministry and Mayor of the South West District. She said she hopes to create synergies between her role at the ministries and as Mayor, for example, in using arts and culture to create volunteer opportunities for youths.
"If I use arts and culture as an example, the recently launched We Care Art Fund is a case in point, how can we use art and culture to work with the Voluntary Welfare Organisations (VWOs), weave that into their programme, to promote well-being, to promote rehabilitation for the patients and the beneficiaries of the VWOs," she said.
"Another potential for synergy is how can we use sports to promote and to foster a stronger sense of independence amongst Singaporeans with disabilities. For example, how can we slowly ensure that sports is accessible to Singaporeans with disabilities, allow them to participate in sports. This is where next year, Singapore is hosting the ASEAN Paralympics and we hope to heighten awareness on this," Ms Low added.
And as Singapore approaches 50 years of independence, Ms Low said this sprit of giving back is one way young Singaporeans can build a better sense of appreciation for the world around them. "Volunteerism will help our Singaporean youths to gain confidence and life skills and appreciate the world we are living in and also have a strong sense of ownership and appreciation and also become a contributing member of the society."
The first batch of 90 Youth Corps volunteers has just completed their induction programme. It was a five-day course at Pulau Ubin. The second phase will see the volunteers go through a year or two of community service in Singapore and abroad.
* Young and helping in the community
First batch of Youth Corps Singapore share their volunteering experiences
By Janice Tai, The Straits Times, 11 Mar 2015
TRAINEE teacher Muhammad Noor Hairil did not know what his team were in for when they came up with a Youth Corps Singapore project that involved reconciling patients with mental illness with estranged family members.
The group sent text messages, called and sent photos to relatives on the patients' behalf for six months, hoping to re-establish connections.
"Some were unresponsive, while others shared with us their financial problems and after a while, we started to feel that maybe it was just not possible," said the 24-year-old.
But things started looking up last Christmas, when two patients got to spend some time with their loved ones after a year's absence.
"I was filled with an enormous sense of achievement and it was one of the most unforgettable moments of my life," said Mr Hairil.
The initiative was part of 32 projects started last year by an inaugural batch of 200 people aged 15 to 35 in Singapore's first national youth volunteer corps.
The next intake for the National Youth Council-run programme will undergo training from June. Applications close on March 31.
The idea for Youth Corps Singapore was mooted by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the 2013 National Day Rally.
Eventually, the NYC hopes to have 6,000 volunteers a year serving their community.
Most of the first batch were from tertiary institutions, along with working adults hailing from industries including finance, the social sector, and food and beverage.
During the one-year programme, they must embark on volunteering stints here and overseas. They will also receive training and mentoring as well as government funding for projects and networking opportunities.
Some of last year's projects included helping low-income families put food on the table through urban farming. Others tackled health or environmental issues, or helped vulnerable youths.
The corps encourages young people to take up community work at school and onwards in later life, as young adults tend to volunteer less after they start working. Members can sign up part-time or full-time.
Statistics from the National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre showed that only 28 per cent of those aged 25 to 34 volunteered in 2012, compared with 43 per cent of those aged 15 to 24.
Mr Ang Jia Da, 28, had to juggle work and family commitments as his team helped to launch a thrift store staffed by mental health patients in Yishun.
"It was not easy to attend project meetings after work and miss some family gatherings on weekends, but I am heartened to see its impact in small ways," said Mr Ang, who works at Young NTUC, the youth wing of the labour movement. "We look forward to helping the next batch take this project further and see it through in the longer term."
To join the corps or find out more, go to: www.youthcorps.sg
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/***********************************************************************
    filename:   SILLYImage.h
    created:    10 Jun 2006
    author:     Olivier Delannoy

    purpose:    Image class definition
*************************************************************************/
/***************************************************************************
 *   Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 Paul D Turner & The CEGUI Development Team
 *
 *   Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
 *   a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
 *   "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
 *   without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
 *   distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
 *   permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
 *   the following conditions:
 *
 *   The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
 *   included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 *
 *   THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
 *   EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
 *   MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
 *   IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR
 *   OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,
 *   ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
 *   OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 ***************************************************************************/
#ifndef _SILLYImage_h_
#define _SILLYImage_h_
#include "SILLYBase.h"
#include "SILLYImageContext.h"
#include "SILLYDataSource.h"
#include "SILLYImageLoader.h"

// Start of section namespace SILLY
namespace SILLY
{

/*!
  \brief
    Image is the main user class of the library
*/
class SILLY_EXPORT Image
{
public:
    /*!
      \brief
      Constructor

      \param data the raw input containing the image
    */
    Image(DataSource& data);

    /*!
      \brief
      Destructor
    */
    ~Image();

    /*!
      \brief
      Return true if the image is valid after its loading
    */
    bool isValid() const;

    /*!
      \brief
      Retrieve the information concerning the image object

      \return true on success
    */
    bool loadImageHeader();

    /*!
      \brief
      Load the image pixels in memory and store them in \em resultFormat

      \param resultFormat the pixel format to be used for storing the result

      \param origin expected origin position for the pixels

      \return true on success false if an error occured

      \note this function can be called several time if the pixel
      format are different the format is reloaded
    */
    bool loadImageData(PixelFormat resultFormat = PF_RGBA, PixelOrigin origin = PO_TOP_LEFT);

    /*!
      \brief
      Retrieve the width of the image
    */
    size_t getWidth() const;

    /*!
      \brief
      Retrieve the height of the image
    */
    size_t getHeight() const;

    /*!
      \brief
      Retrieve the pixel format used for the image storage
    */
    PixelFormat getSourcePixelFormat() const;

    /*!
      \brief
      Retrieve the pixel format of the resulting image
    */
    PixelFormat getPixelFormat() const;

    /*!
      \brief Get a pointer to the pixels data
    */
    const byte* getPixelsDataPtr() const;
    /*!
      \brief
      Get the size of the pixel buffer
    */
    size_t getPixelsDataSize() const;
    /*!
      \brief
      Get Image loader identifier string
    */
    const char* getLoaderIdentifierString() const;
private:
    bool allocate();

private:

    size_t d_bpp;		          //!< Store the number of byte per pixel used
    PixelFormat d_pfSource;       //!< Store the pixel format in the source image
    byte* d_pixels;		          //!< Store the pixel of the resulting image
    DataSource* d_data;           //!< Store a pointer to the input data
    ImageContext* d_imageContext; //!< Store a pointer to the image context
    ImageLoader* d_imageLoader;   //!< Store a pointer to the image loader used

    // Disabled operation
    Image(Image&);
    Image& operator=(Image&);
};

} // End of section namespace SILLY

// Inclue inline function when needed
#ifdef SILLY_OPT_INLINE
#include "SILLYImage.icpp"
#endif

#endif // end of guard _SILLYImage_h_

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Awesome costume. Mildred is up the ramp into the mines, hard to miss.
The costume is usable in all druid forms, including Flight Form if you manage to stay at the small area of the opening to the mine. Sky-diving giant vrykul women ftw.
Trun in qeust to Mildred the Cruel inside Forlorn Mine in Storm Peaks 44,68 and Forlorn Mine entrance at 42,70.
The casting animations in the disguise are awesome, makes me not want to switch back at all!
at first i was unable to talk to Mildred the Cruel, she was red and didnt have the question mark over her head. Relogged and she turned green again.
Costume + Flight Form= Wonder Woman FTW!
Interesting side note, if you've earned the achievement "For The Children" and your character is male, you will lose the title "Patron" and gain the title "Matron" for the duration of the disguise.
This is how all costumes should work. Druids too would be able to get in the fun of "Yarrrr!"
... specially since they still didn't make new druid forms.
Some weapons looks very big in special costume form. For example guns.
Strangely when ever i try to talk to her she attacks me so i attack her in return but she still has a question mark on her head but is not targetable. Plus her name is always red even if i relogg. Solution: ?
I read about you people having a costume but where and how do i get it? What is the costumes name?
The best part while transformed is that when you mount a mount your mount is small like a goblin................how many times did I say mount?
Speak to Mildred the Cruel inside the Forlorn Mine.
Our deal is made then, <name>. You help me get out of these chains and I'll help you find your little green friend.
The Hyldnir who runs this mine is known as Mildred the Cruel -- and with good reason.
Tell her you've been sent to lend a hand with the mines. Do whatever she asks until she trusts you with the keys to my shackles.
I was expecting a replacement for one of my overseers. It's about time you showed up.
Let's put you to work.


Cox, J. (1895). My native land: The United States: its wonders, its beauties, and its people; with descriptive notes, character sketches, folk lore, traditions, legends and history ... St. Louis: Blair Pub. Co..
Cox, James, 1851-1901. My Native Land: The United States: Its Wonders, Its Beauties, And Its People; With Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends And History ... St. Louis: Blair Pub. Co., 1895.


Discussion in 'Motorhome Accessories' started by ukbill, Jul 19, 2014.
Tell us what you plan to use this sytem for and we can advise better you do/will have a very limited amount of power for such big inverters.
I don't know how it does it but our battery charger is the only thing that is not powered by 240volts when the inverter is running, it has an auto changeover relay thing.
As Geo says what you want to run will dictate the inverter type, but I would say what the heck go for pure sine straight off you are then future proof, the size will be dictated by the toys you want to run but again 1500 or 2000 watts should cover most things and would be all 2x110ah would want to run even for short periods, and you will need solar to charge back up.
yes i realise maybe solar as well but i think i can sort that at a l8er date as for what will be running it will be upto around 700 to 800 watt max but i thought maybe a larger unit better than a smaller 1 for my use i also doubt if i would use it that much but i want it so that i can if need be i dont understand about turning the charger off ?
ok but i can manully put my fridge back to gas ? and im assuming then by turning my main switch off this is more of a power save reg charger and fridge ?
If you turn your main switch off you'll have no power at all.
Hi Techno, I was looking at your changeover relay and trying to work out if this isolates the power-in plug outside the van when you're running your inverter.
I think you need someone to wire in one of them changeover relay things for you as having to remember to turn of the battery charger all the time would be a PITA. We switch the fridge over to gas when we put the inverter on or if there is loads of sun ex might just leave it on but at least with it being indoors you can see what it is running on a battery charger tends to be hidden away.
Thought so but just wanted to be sure. I need to draw out a diagram I think just to get it right in my head.
2 hours use at 800W would take your batteries down to 50%, the figure you should not go below.
Normally you would use an inverter at 800 or 1000 watt level for only a few minutes, microwave, coffee machine hair dryer etc, if just charging batteries for mobiles or lap top the power draw would be much less and then possibly two hours would be OK.


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\section{Introduction}
\label{sec:intro}

The quark model (QM) has been very successful in reproducing SU(3) flavor
octet (${\bf 8}$) and decuplet (${\bf 10}$) baryon masses, and to
a somewhat lesser extent also higher mass baryon resonances, in terms of
three-quark ($3q$) configurations. It is remarkable then that subsequent
predictions of $6q$ configurations of bound or quasibound dibaryons have not
been found to be realized in Nature, and that todate there is not even one
single unambiguously established dibaryon. This statement is challenged
by recent indications from $np\to d\pi\pi$ reactions at CELSIUS-WASA of
a resonance structure at $M_R \approx 2.37$ GeV and $\Gamma_R \approx 70$ MeV
that could be interpreted as a $\Delta\Delta$ dibaryon bound by about 100 MeV,
but still about 200 MeV above the $d\pi\pi$ threshold \cite{BBB09}. We note
that quark cluster calculations for $L=0$ $6q$ configurations \cite{OYa80}
come up with only a weakly bound $(I,J^P)=(0,3^+)$ $\Delta\Delta$ dibaryon
which in terms of a $NN$ configuration corresponds to a high-lying $^3D_3$
$pn$ resonance.

In the strange sector, Jaffe's dibaryon $H$ with strangeness ${\cal S}=-2$ and
quantum numbers $(I,J^P)=(0,0^+)$ which was predicted as a genuinely bound
state well below the $\Lambda\Lambda$ threshold, perhaps the most cited
ever prediction made for any dibaryon \cite{Jaf77}, has not been confirmed
experimentally in spite of several comprehensive searches \cite{Bas97}.
Another equally ambitious early prediction was made by Goldman {\it et al.}
\cite{Gold87}, also using a variant of the MIT bag model, for ${\cal S}=-3$
dibaryons with $(I,J^P)$ values $(\frac{1}{2},1^+)$ and $(\frac{1}{2},2^+)$,
dominated by $\Omega N$ structure and lying below the $\Xi\Lambda$ threshold.
More realistic quark cluster calculations by Oka {\it et al.} \cite{OSI83},
applying resonating group methods, did not confirm Jaffe's deeply bound
$H$, placing it just below the $\Xi N$ threshold as a resonance about 26 MeV
above the $\Lambda\Lambda$ threshold. The underlying binding mechanism common
to all of these orbital angular momentum $L=0$ configurations is the
color-magnetic gluon exchange interaction between quarks, a feature
emphasized by Oka \cite{Oka88} who systematically studied $L=0$ dibaryon
configurations that could benefit from short-range attraction. Following
earlier quark cluster calculations \cite{OYa80,OSI83}, these calculations
resulted in no strange dibaryon bound states, and for the $\Omega N$-dominated
${\cal S}=-3$ bound-state configurations predicted in Ref.~\cite{Gold87},
in particular, only a $(I,J^P)=(\frac{1}{2},2^+)$ quasibound state resulted.

\begin{figure}[htb]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=0.7\textwidth]{cusp.eps}
\caption{$YN$ invariant mass spectrum taken by the HIRES Colaboration at
COSY \cite{cusp10} around the $\Sigma N$ threshold. The solid curve is
a combined fit to $pp \rightarrow K^+(\Lambda p,\Sigma^0 p,\Sigma^+ n)$,
including a BW fit to the threshold cusp.}
\label{fig:cusp}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

For strangeness ${\cal S}=-1$, the focus of this review, old
$K^-d\to\pi^-\Lambda p$ data \cite{Tan69} suggested resonant $\Lambda p$
structures at the $\Sigma N$ threshold and 10 MeV above it. However,
a $(I,J^P)=(\frac{1}{2},1^+)$ $\Sigma N$ quasibound state is not necessarily
required in order to reproduce the general shape of the $\Lambda p$ spectrum,
as shown by multichannel Faddeev calculations \cite{TGE79,TDD86}. A cusp-like
structure at the $\Sigma N$ threshold region could arise from the particularly
strong one pion exchange tensor interaction in the $\Lambda N -\Sigma N$
coupled-channel $^3S_1-{^3D}_1$ partial waves. Several low-lying $L=1$
$\Lambda N$ resonances were predicted in singlet and triplet configurations
in a QM study by Mulders {\it et al.} \cite{MAS80}, but negative results,
particularly for the singlet resonance, were reported in dedicated $K^-$
initiated experiments \cite{JHK92,CDG92} near the $\Sigma N$ threshold.
$YN$ invariant mass spectra taken in recent $pp \rightarrow K^+ X$ experiments
at COSY \cite{cusp10}, shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:cusp}, give evidence for a cusp
behavior at the $\Sigma N$ threshold, but no further imminent structure below
or above. The portion of the spectrum below the kinematical range spanned in
Fig.~\ref{fig:cusp} is shown in detail in Fig.~\ref{fig:HIRES}, countering
earlier evidence from Saturne \cite{Siebert94} for a dibaryon signal at
$M_X=2097$ MeV.

\begin{figure}[htb]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=0.6\textwidth]{HIRES.eps}
\caption{$\Lambda N$ invariant mass spectrum below the $\Sigma N$ threshold
taken by the HIRES Collaboration at COSY \cite{HIRES10}.}
\label{fig:HIRES}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

In the present paper, following a brief summary of dibaryon theoretical
expectations, I introduce the notion of pion assisted dibaryons,
$\pi BB^\prime$. The idea is to enhance the binding of a $L=0$ $BB^\prime$
configuration through the strong attraction provided by $p$-wave $\pi B$
resonances. For the $\pi NN$ system this scenario requires quantum numbers
$(I=2,J^P=2^+)$ to maximize the attraction from each one of the $(3,3)$
resonating $\pi N$ subsystems, but then the $NN$ subsystem must have
$(I_{NN}=1,J^P=1^+)$ which is Pauli forbidden. Hence this mechanism fails
for ${\cal S}=0$, although $(I=2,J^P=2^+)$ is allowed
for a $\pi NN$ configuration with $(I_{NN}=1,{^{2s+1}L}={^3P})$ and
$\ell_{\pi}=0,2,4$, and also for a $\Delta N$ configuration, particularly in
$L=0$. Dibaryons of this sort that cannot be composed of two nucleons were
discussed long ago in the QM and termed `extraneous dibaryons' \cite{MAS78}.
The lowest ones predicted are $(I=0,J^P=0^-,2^-)$ at $M \approx 2120$ MeV,
with the $0^-$ subsequently assigned to a $\pi NN$ resonance suggested by
observed anomalies in $(\pi^+,\pi^-)$ reactions on nuclei at $T_{\pi}=50$
MeV ($M_{\pi NN} \sim 2065$ MeV) \cite{BCS93}. Such a state can be realized
for two nucleons in $(I_{NN}=1,{^{2s+1}L_J}={^1S_0})$ plus an $s$-wave pion.
There has been no solid experimental support for this dibaryon candidate
ever since.

The limitations imposed by the Pauli principle in the ${\cal S}=0$ sector have
no counterpart in the ${\cal S}=-1$ sector, where a $\pi\Lambda N$ stretched
configuration $(I=\frac{3}{2},J^P=2^+)$ is allowed. A possible quasibound
state in this configuration has been recently studied \cite{gg08,gg10} by
solving three-body Faddeev equations with $^3S_1-{^3D}_1,~\Lambda N -\Sigma N$
coupled channels chiral QM local interactions, and coupled $\pi Y$
($Y\equiv\Lambda,\Sigma$) and $\pi N$ separable $p$-wave interactions fitted
to the position and decay parameters of the $\Sigma(1385)$ and $\Delta(1232)$
resonances, respectively. The results exhibit strong sensitivity to the
$p$-wave $\pi Y$ interaction, the least phenomenologically constrained
interaction in this calculation, with a $\pi\Lambda N$ quasibound state
persisting over a wide range of acceptable parametrizations.

Finally, we briefly review the ongoing study, both theoretically and
experimentally, of a more familiar example of meson assisted dibaryons:
a $K^-pp$ quasibound state in the ${\cal S}=-1$ sector, driven by the
$\Lambda(1405)$ which within $\bar K N - \pi\Sigma$ coupled channels
appears as a $s$-wave $K^-p$ quasibound state (QBS). For a recent overview
of $K^-pp$ and its implications to $\bar K$--nuclear QBS phenomenology, see
Ref.~\cite{weise10},

\section{Deuteron-like dibaryon candidates}
\label{sec:BB}

\begin{table}[hbt]
\begin{center}
\caption{\( {\cal S} \)$=-2,-3,-4$ deuteron-like $L=0$ dibaryon candidates
from the Nijmegen meson exchange model NSC97 \cite{Rijken99} and from EFT
predictions \cite{Haidenbauer10}. Plus means yes, minus means no.}
\label{tab:EFT}
\begin{tabular}{cccccc}
\hline
&&&&& \\
\multicolumn{1}{c}{Strangeness} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{\( {\cal S} \)$=-2$} &
\multicolumn{3}{c}{\( {\cal S} \)$=-3$} &
\multicolumn{1}{c}{\( {\cal S} \)$=-4$} \\
&&&&& \\
\multicolumn{1}{c}{$BB^\prime$} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{$\Sigma\Sigma$} &
\multicolumn{1}{c}{$\Lambda\Xi$} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{$\Sigma\Xi$} &
\multicolumn{1}{c}{$\Xi\Xi$} \\
&&&&& \\
$(I,{^{2s+1}[L=0]_j})$ & $(2,{^{1}S_{0}})$ & $(\frac{1}{2},{^{1}S_{0}})$ &
$(\frac{3}{2},{^{1}S_{0}})$&$(\frac{3}{2},{^{3}S_{1}})$&$(1,{^{1}S_{0}})$ \\
&&&&& \\
\hline
&&&&& \\
NSC97 & $+$ & $-$ & $+$ & $+$ & $+$  \\
&&&&& \\
EFT   & $-$ & $+$ & $+$ & $-$ & $+$  \\
&&&&& \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\end{table}

Here we review $BB^\prime$ deuteron-like dibaryon candidate configurations
made out of ${\bf 8}_{\rm f}$ baryons in which no explicit quark degrees of
freedom are considered. A well known example is the ${\cal S}=0$
$(I=0,J^P=1^+)$ $NN$ weakly bound deuteron. It is established experimentally
that for ${\cal S}=-1$, the $\Lambda N$ and $\Sigma N$ interactions are too
weak to provide binding. The associated scattering data have been used in
several $YN$ potential fits, respecting SU(3)$_{\rm f}$ within well defined
symmetry breaking schemes, to make predictions for stranger $BB^\prime$
systems. There is almost general consensus, supported also by scarce
$\Lambda\Lambda$ data, that there are no bound states for ${\cal S}=-2$,
except for a $\Sigma\Sigma$ $(I=2,J^P=0^+)$ quasibound state. However, for
${\cal S}=-3,-4$ there are several bound-state candidates, as listed in
Table~\ref{tab:EFT}. The bound states listed in the table are due to two
methodologies:
\begin{itemize}
\item
The latest Nijmegen extended-soft-core (ESC) meson-exchange model, with broken
SU(3)$_{\rm f}$ for ${\cal S}=0,-1,-2$, claims no quasibound states (QBS)
\cite{Rijken10} while providing no predictions yet for stranger systems.
Earlier soft-core versions, e.g. NSC97 \cite{Rijken99}, found QBS for
${\cal S}=-3,-4$ as listed in Table~\ref{tab:EFT}. The three $^{1}S_{0}$ bound
states in this model are in one-to-one correspondence with $BB^\prime$ states
assigned in SU(3)$_{\rm f}$ to the ${\bf 27}_{\rm f}$ representation which
includes the $NN$ $^{1}S_{0}$ virtual state. Similarly, the $^{3}S_{1}$ bound
state in this model, as listed in the table, is also the only $BB^\prime$
state which together with the deuteron is assigned in SU(3)$_{\rm f}$ to
the ${\overline {\bf 10}}_{\rm f}$ representation.
\item
The Bonn-J\"{u}lich chiral effective field theory (EFT) model, applied
in lowest order to ${\cal S}=-1,-2,-3,-4$ with low energy constants
(LEC) constrained by SU(3)$_{\rm f}$ and fitted to low-energy $YN$
data \cite{Haidenbauer06} finds no QBS for ${\cal S}=-1$ and also for
${\cal S}=-2$ \cite{Haidenbauer07}. The ${\cal S}=-3,-4$ sectors require
only the five LECs determined in the $YN$ sector fit, independently of the
sixth LEC required in the ${\cal S}=-2$ sector (this LEC is consistent
with zero). This is how one gets predictions \cite{Haidenbauer10} for
the ${\cal S}=-3,-4$ dibaryon candidates listed in Table~\ref{tab:EFT}.
The predicted binding energies are all in the several MeV range,
in agreement with what one expects for deuteron-like dibaryons where
pion dynamics is dominant.
The model dependence of these predictions is assessed within the model
by varying a cutoff momentum in the range $550-700$ MeV/c. Additional
model dependence is likely to arise in next-to-leading-order evaluations.
While the predictions of the EFT model differ for some states and agree
for other ones with those of the NSC97 model, both these models predict
strong attraction for all the configurations listed in the table.
\end{itemize}

\section{Six-quark dibaryon configurations}
\label{sec:6q}

Early discussions of $6q$ dibaryons were based on symmetry considerations
related to the assumed dominance of a color-magnetic (CM) gluon exchange
interaction
\begin{equation}
V_{CM}=\sum_{i<j}-(\lambda_i\cdot\lambda_j)(s_i\cdot s_j)v(r_{ij}),
\label{eq:cm}
\end{equation}
where $\lambda_i$ and $s_i$ are the color and spin operators of the $i$-th
quark and $v(r_{ij})$ is a flavor-conserving short-ranged spatial interaction
between quarks $i,j$. For $L=0$ orbitally symmetric color-singlet
$n$-quark cluster, the matrix element of $v(r_{ij})$ is independent of the
particular $i,j$ pair and is denoted ${\cal M}_0$, allowing for a closed
form summation over $i$ and $j$ in Eq.~(\ref{eq:cm}) with the result:
\begin{equation}
\langle V_{\rm CM} \rangle = [-\frac{n(10-n)}{4}+\Delta{\cal P}_{\rm f}+
\frac{s(s+1)}{3}]{\cal{M}}_0,
\label{eq:CM}
\end{equation}
where ${\cal P}_{\rm f}$ sums over $\pm 1$ for any symmetric/antisymmetric
flavor pair, $\Delta{\cal P}_{\rm f}$ means with respect to the
SU(3)$_{\rm f}$ $\bf 1$ antisymmetric representation of $n$ quarks, $n=3$
for baryons and $n=6$ for dibaryons, $s$ is the total Pauli spin, and where
${\cal M}_0\sim 75$~MeV from the $\Delta - N$ mass difference. The leading
${\cal S}=0,-1,-2,-3$ dibaryon candidates are listed in Table~\ref{tab:oka}
following Ref.~\cite{Oka88}, where $\Delta \langle V_{\rm CM} \rangle$
stands for the CM interaction gain $\langle V_{\rm CM} {\rangle}_{6q} -
\langle V_{\rm CM}{\rangle}_{B} -\langle V_{\rm CM} {\rangle}_{B^\prime}$ in
the $6q$ dibaryon configuration with respect to the sum of CM contributions
from the separate $B$ and $B^{\prime}$ $3q$ baryons that define the lowest
$BB^{\prime}$ threshold. The table shows clearly the prominence of the
${\cal S}=-2$ $H$ dibaryon.
\begin{table}[hbt]
\begin{center}
\caption{Leading $6q$ $L=0$ dibaryon candidates \cite{Oka88}, their
$BB^\prime$ structure and the CM interaction gain with respect of the lowest
$BB^\prime$ threshold calculated by means of Eq.~(\ref{eq:CM}). Asterisks are
used for the ${\bf 10}_{\rm f}$ baryons $\Sigma^\ast \equiv \Sigma(1385)$ and
$\Xi^\ast \equiv \Xi(1530)$. The symbol [i,j,k] stands for the Young tablaux
of the SU(3)$_{\rm f}$ representation, with i arrays in the first row,
j arrays in the second row and k arrays in the third row, from which
${\cal P}_{\rm f}$ is evaluated.}
\label{tab:oka}
\begin{tabular}{cccccc}
\hline
&&&&& \\
\( -{\cal S} \)& SU(3)$_{\rm f}$ & $I$ & $J^{\pi}$ & $BB^\prime$ structure &
$\frac{\Delta \langle V_{\rm CM} \rangle}{M_0}$  \\
&&&&& \\
\hline
&&&&& \\
0 & [3,3,0] $\overline{\bf 10}$ & 0 & 3$^+$ & $\Delta\Delta$ & 0  \\
&&&&& \\
1 & [3,2,1] $\bf 8$ & 1/2 & 2$^+$ &
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{5}}(N\Xi^{\ast}+2\Delta\Sigma)$ &
$-1$  \\
&&&&& \\
2 & [2,2,2] $\bf 1$ & 0 & 0$^+$ &
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{8}}(\Lambda\Lambda+2N\Xi-\sqrt{3}\Sigma\Sigma)$ & $-2$  \\
&&&&& \\
3 & [3,2,1] $\bf 8$ & 1/2 & 2$^+$ & $\frac{1}{\sqrt{5}}
(\sqrt{2}N\Omega-\Lambda\Xi^{\ast}+\Sigma^{\ast}\Xi-\Sigma\Xi^{\ast})$&$-1$ \\
&&&&& \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\end{table}

\begin{figure}[htb]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=0.55\textwidth]{gluexch.eps}
\includegraphics[width=0.44\textwidth]{instanton.eps}
\caption{Quark interaction diagrams for $6q$ dibaryon calculations
\cite{Oka88,Oka95}. Left: one gluon exchange accompanied by quark exchange.
Right: instanton contributions.}
\label{fig:Oka}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

More realistic $6q$ calculations, e.g. Refs.~\cite{Oka88,Oka91}, employ
quark-cluster models (QCM) that break SU(3)$_{\rm f}$ and account for full
quark antisymmetrization, also making contact via resonating group methods
(RGM) with related $BB^\prime$ coupled channels and thresholds. Input
interactions are shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:Oka}, taken from Ref.~\cite{Oka95},
where the left-hand side diagram corresponds to a gluon-exchange mediated
$BB^\prime$ quark-exchange interaction and the right-hand side diagrams
correspond to instanton induced interactions \cite{Koch85}, a $3q$ as well
as a nonstrange $2q$ version. Recent RGM quark calculations by Fujiwara and
collaborators \cite{Fujiwara07} do not use the instanton interactions,
but add several meson exchanges to the gluon exchange interaction. None of
these models produces a stable $6q$ dibaryon. This may be demonstrated for
the $H$ within several frameworks, including the QCM, as follows:
\begin{itemize}
\item
In the QCM, owing to the repulsive instanton induced interaction, the $H$
becomes barely bound or unbound, perhaps a $\Lambda\Lambda$ resonance below
the $N\Xi$ threshold \cite{Oka91}.
\item
In QCD sum rule calculations, where $m_{H}$ is correlated with $m_{nn}$,
the $H$ might be bound, although with a large uncertainty, $B_{H}=40\pm 70$
MeV \cite{Oka94}.
\item
Particle stability of $_{\Lambda\Lambda}^{~~6}{\rm He}$ rules out
$B_{H}>7$~MeV, otherwise $_{\Lambda\Lambda}^{~~6}{\rm He}$ would have
disintegrated into ${H}+{{^4}{\rm He}}$, at odds with its observed weak
decay.
\end{itemize}

\section{Pion assisted dibaryons}
\label{sec:pion}

Here we sketch the recent calculation \cite{gg10} of a $(I,J^P)=(\frac{3}{2},
2^+)$ $\pi\Lambda N$ quasibound state, driven by the two-body $\pi N$
resonance $\Delta(1232)$ and the $\pi\Lambda -\pi\Sigma$ resonance
$\Sigma(1385)$, for a $\Lambda N -\Sigma N$ $^3S_1-{^3D_1}$ coupled channels
configuration. The $YN$ interaction was taken from a chiral QM calculation,
with parameters constrained by acceptable low-energy parameters \cite{GVF07}.
The $\pi B$ interactions were taken in a rank-one separable form
\begin{equation}
\langle p|V_{\pi B,\pi B^{\prime}}|p^\prime\rangle=
(\gamma_B\gamma_B^\prime)^{\frac{1}{2}}g_{\pi B}(p)g_{\pi B^\prime}(p^\prime)~.
\end{equation}
The $\pi N\Delta(1232)$ $p$-wave form factor $g_{\pi N}$ was obtained from
a very good fit of the $P_{33}$ phase shift to a functional form with three
well constrained parameters (in addition to $\gamma_{\pi N}$):
\begin{equation}
g_{\pi N}(p)=p[e^{-p^2/\beta^2}+Ap^2e^{-p^2/\alpha^2}]~,
\label{eq:piN}
\end{equation}
\begin{equation}
A=0.2~{\rm fm}^2,~\beta=1.31~{\rm fm}^{-1},~\alpha=3.21~{\rm fm}^{-1}.
\label{eq:Aalphabeta}
\end{equation}
The r.m.s. momentum associated with $g_{\pi N}(p)$ is
${\langle p^2_{\pi N} \rangle}^{\frac{1}{2}}=5.55~{\rm fm}^{-1}=1095$ MeV/c,
where
\begin{equation}
{\langle p_{\pi N}^2 \rangle}~=~\frac{\int_0^\infty
g_{\pi N}(p)~p^2~d^3p}{\int_0^\infty g_{\pi N}(p)~d^3p}.
\label{eq:p_piN}
\end{equation}
This high-momentum value does not rule out a spatial size of order 1 fm for
$\Delta(1232)$. Indeed, if ${\tilde g}_{\pi N}(r)$ is the Fourier transform
of $g_{\pi N}(p)$, for $\ell=1$, then ${\langle r^2_{\pi N} \rangle}^
{\frac{1}{2}}=0.875$ fm. The $\pi Y \Sigma(1385)$ coupled-channel $p$-wave
form factor was fitted to the position, width and decay branching ratios of
$\Sigma(1385)$, using the form
\begin{equation}
g_{\pi Y}(p)=p(1+Ap^2)e^{-p^2/\alpha^2}~,
\label{eq:piY}
\end{equation}
leaving room for gridding over one of four fit parameters which was chosen
to be $A$. The sensitivity of the quasibound calculation to values of $A$
in the range $1.0-1.8~{\rm fm}^2$ is demonstrated by the last four columns
in Table~\ref{tab:piY}. It is by far the strongest sensitivity in this
calculation, remarkably so for a fairly small variation over the range of
r.m.s. momenta associated with the $p$-wave form factor $g_{\pi Y}(p)$.

\begin{table}
\begin{center}
\caption{$\pi\Lambda N$ binding energy (in MeV) calculated \cite{gg10} for
four $\pi Y$ interaction models specified by ${\langle p^{2}_{\pi Y} \rangle}
^{\frac{1}{2}}$ and six chiral QM versions of the $^3S_1 - {^3}D_1$ $YN$
interaction fitted to given $\Lambda N$ scattering length $a$ and effective
range $r_0$. The momentum $p_{\rm lab}(\delta=0)$ is the $\Lambda$ laboratory
momentum where the $^3S_1$ $\Lambda N$ phase shift changes sign. The last row
corresponds to switching off the $YN$ interaction.}
\label{tab:piY}
\begin{tabular}{ccccccc}
\hline
\multicolumn{3}{c}{$YN$ interaction} &
\multicolumn{4}{c}{${\langle p^{2}_{\pi Y} \rangle}^{\frac{1}{2}}$
(fm$^{-1}$)}  \\
$a$ & $r_0$ & $p_{\rm lab}(\delta=0)$ & 3.91 & 3.76 & 3.60 & 3.48 \\
(fm) & (fm) & (MeV/c) & \multicolumn{4}{c}{$B_{\pi\Lambda N}$ (MeV)} \\
\hline
$-1.35$ &   3.39  &   987    &   99  & 65  & 30  & 6   \\
$-1.40$ &   3.32  &  1011    &   99  & 66  & 30  & 6   \\
$-1.64$ &   3.09  &  1146    &  102  & 68  & 32  & 8   \\
$-1.71$ &   3.03  &  1198    &  102  & 68  & 33  & 9   \\
$-1.78$ &   2.98  &  1272    &  103  & 69  & 33  & 9   \\
$-1.86$ &   2.93  &  1446    &  104  & 69  & 34  & 10  \\

   --   &   --    &    --    &  120  & 84  & 47  & 21  \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\end{table}

Irrespective of which $\pi Y$ model is chosen, the $YN$ interaction
always produces repulsion, thus lowering the calculated binding energy,
as demonstrated in the last line of Table~\ref{tab:piY} which corresponds
to switching off the $YN$ interaction. This repulsive $YN$ effect owes its
origin to the high-momentum components of the $\pi B$ form factors which
within the three-body calculation highlight the short-range repulsive
region of the $YN$ interaction. All in all, the calculations described above
leave sufficient room for a quasibound $S=-1$ dibaryon, here denoted $\cal D$,
decaying to a $d$-wave $I=\frac{3}{2}$ $\Sigma N$ scattering state and perhaps
also to $(\pi \Lambda N)_{I=\frac{3}{2}}$ if it corresponds to $\pi \Sigma N$
quasibound state above the $\pi \Lambda N$ threshold. To search for $\cal D$,
the following reactions are possible:
\begin{equation}
K^- + d \to  {\cal D}^- + \pi^+~, \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,
\pi^- + d \to {\cal D}^- + K^+~,
\label{eqKpiK}
\end{equation}
\begin{equation}
p + p \to {\cal D}^+ + K^+~.
\label{eqpp}
\end{equation}

\section{Kaon assisted dibaryons}
\label{sec:kaon}

The low-energy $\bar K N$ $s$-wave interaction is particularly strong in the
$I=0$ channel, leading to a $\bar K N -\pi\Sigma$ QBS, the $\Lambda(1405)$,
nominally 27 MeV below the $K^-p$ threshold and with a decay width of about
50 MeV to the $\pi\Sigma$ channel. The lightest $\bar K NN$ dibaryon
configuration maximizing the strongly attractive $I=0~\bar K N$ interaction
is $[\bar K (NN)_{I=1}]_{I=1/2,J^{\pi}=0^-}$, loosely denoted as
$K^-pp$. Several few-body calculations of $K^-pp$ are summarized in
Table~\ref{tab:K^-pp}.

\begin{table}[hbt]
\begin{center}
\caption{Calculated $K^-pp$ binding energies ($B_{K^-pp}$), mesonic
($\Gamma_{\rm m}$) \& nonmesonic ($\Gamma_{\rm nm}$) widths (in MeV).}
\begin{tabular}{ccccccc}
\hline
& \multicolumn{4}{c}{single ${\overline K}N - \pi\Sigma$ QBS pole}
& \multicolumn{2}{c}{two poles} \\
& \multicolumn{2}{c}{variational} & \multicolumn{3}{c}{Faddeev} &
\multicolumn{1}{c}{variational}  \\
& \cite{YA02,AY02}&\cite{WG08} & \cite{SGM07}&\multicolumn{2}{c}{\cite{IS10}}&
\cite{DHW08}  \\  \hline
$B_{K^-pp}$ & 48 & 40--80 & 50--70 & 44--58 & 9--16 & 17--23  \\
$\Gamma_{\rm m}$ & 61 & 40--85 & 90--110 & 34--40 & 34--46  & 40--70 \\
$\Gamma_{\rm nm}$ & 12 & $\sim 20$ & & & & 4--12  \\  \hline
\end{tabular}
\label{tab:K^-pp}
\end{center}
\end{table}

\begin{figure}[thb]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{disto_final.eps}
\caption{DISTO reanalysis of $K^+$ missing-mass spectrum in
$pp\to K^+\Lambda p$ at $T_p=2.85$~GeV \cite{Yam10}.}
\label{fig:disto}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

The table supports the expectation that the $K^-pp$ system is bound, although
there are marked differences between the values calculated for the binding
energy $B_{K^-pp}$. The input to all of the listed calculations is constrained
by requiring that the $\Lambda(1405)$ $\pi\Sigma$ resonance position, and as
much as possible also its shape, are reproduced. The models that achieve it
with one ${\bar K} N - \pi\Sigma$ QBS pole, necessarily at or in the immediate
vicinity of $\sqrt{s}=1405$ MeV, produce $K^-pp$ binding in the range $40-80$
MeV, considerably higher than the $10-20$ MeV range in models with two
${\bar K} N - \pi\Sigma$ QBS poles. Among the listed calculations, only
Refs.~\cite{IS10,DHW08} used chiral ${\bar K} N - \pi\Sigma$ models that
produce two such poles, but in the first listed Faddeev calculation of
Ref.~\cite{IS10} the energy dependence of the ${\bar K} N - \pi\Sigma$
coupled channels input was suppressed in favor of fixed threshold values,
thus making it effectively a single-pole calculation.{\footnote{The second
listed Faddeev calculation of Ref.~\cite{IS10}, in addition to a relatively
shallow $K^-pp$ QBS listed in the column before last, also produced a deeply
lying and very broad $K^-pp$ QBS (unlisted in the table) in the range of
$B_{K^-pp}=(67-89)$ MeV and $\Gamma_{\rm m}=(244-320)$ MeV.}} The shallow QBS
of the last two columns are primarily related to the pole position of the
chiral $\bar K N$ amplitude which resonates at 1420 MeV (close to the upper
of the two ${\bar K} N - \pi\Sigma$ poles) in chiral models, whereas in
single-pole models the $\bar K N$ amplitude resonates necessarily at 1405 MeV.
This correlation with the resonance behavior of the $\bar K N$ amplitude
has been verified in the variational calculations of Ref.~\cite{WG08} and in
the coupled-channel Faddeev study of Ref.~\cite{SGMR07}.
A notable feature of the $K^-pp$ single-pole coupled-channel calculations
\cite{WG08,SGM07} in Table~\ref{tab:K^-pp} is that the explicit use of the
$\pi\Sigma N$ channel adds about $20 \pm 5$~MeV to the $K^-pp$ binding energy
with respect to that calculated using effective $\bar K N$ potential within
a $\bar K NN$ single-channel calculation \cite{IS08}.

A reanalyzed DISTO spectrum of $pp\to K^+\Lambda p$ from Ref.~\cite{Yam10}
is shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:disto}. The authors claim that the peak structure
of the outgoing $\Lambda p$ gives evidence for a $K^-pp$ quasibound state
decaying via $K^-pp \to \Lambda p$. The location of the peak practically on
top of the $\pi\Sigma N$ threshold, and its large width, are at odds with
any of the few-body calculations listed in Table~\ref{tab:K^-pp}, posing
a problem for a $K^-pp$ QBS interpretation. At present, besides ongoing
$p(p,K^+)$ measurements at GSI to improve on the DISTO data, the $K^-pp$
system will be explored at J-PARC in the $^3{\rm He}(K^-,n)$ and
$d(\pi^+,K^+)$ reactions.

\section{Summary and outlook}
\label{sec:sum}

In this Festschrift contribution I have reviewed the state of the art in
dibaryons with strangeness, including $K^-pp$ for which extensive experimental
searches are underway. A new class of strange dibaryons which are termed meson
assisted strange dibaryons was highlighted. $K^-pp$ is just one example, where
the strong $s$-wave $K^-p$ interactions stabilize the initially unstable $pp$
dibaryon. Pion assisted dibaryons $\pi B B^\prime$ offer more possibilities by
making use of the strong $p$-wave $\pi B$ and $\pi B^\prime$ resonances
classified in the SU(3) ${\bf 10}_{\rm f}$ representation and its
extensions into charm ${\cal C}\neq 0$. Possible candidates are as follows
\cite{gg08}.
\begin{itemize}
\item ${\cal S}\neq 0,~{\cal C}=0$:
\begin{equation}
{\cal S}=-1:~\pi\Lambda N,~~{\cal S}=-2:~\pi\Xi N,~~{\cal S}=-3:~
\pi\Lambda\Xi,
\end{equation}
\item ${\cal C}=+1$:
\begin{equation}
{\pi}N\Lambda_c(2286),~~~~{\pi}N\Xi_c(2470),~~~~{\pi}N\Omega_c(2700),
\end{equation}
\begin{equation}
\pi\Lambda\Lambda_c(2286),~~~~\pi\Lambda\Xi_c(2470),~~~~
\pi\Lambda\Omega_c(2700),
\end{equation}
\begin{equation}
\pi\Xi\Lambda_c(2286),~~~~\pi\Xi\Xi_c(2470),~~~~\pi\Xi\Omega_c(2700).
\end{equation}
\item ${\cal C}=+2$:
\begin{equation}
\pi\Lambda_c(2286)\Xi_c(2470),~~\pi\Lambda_c(2286)\Omega_c(2700),~~
\pi\Xi_c(2470)\Omega_c(2700).
\end{equation}
\end{itemize}
Note the appearance of the $\frac{1}{2}^+$ $\Omega_c$ baryon, of quark
structure $ssc$. In the case of charmed baryons, the $p$-wave non-charmed
SU(3)-${\bf 10}_{\rm f}$ $\frac{3}{2}^+$ resonances are replaced by charmed
SU(3)-${\bf 6}_{\rm f}$ members of the SU(4)-${\bf 20}_{\rm f}$ extension:
\begin{equation}
\Sigma(1385)\to\Sigma_c(2520),~~~~\Xi(1530)\to\Xi_c(2645),~~~~
\Omega(1670)\to\Omega_c(2770).
\end{equation}
Here we limited listing to ${\cal C}=+1$ baryons. For a future charmed
bound-state study, note that the $\pi N \Lambda_c(2286)$ threshold lies
{\it below} $N \Sigma_c(2455)$, where $\Sigma_c(2455)$ is the lowest
lying known $\Sigma_c$, with assumed $J^P=\frac{1}{2}^+$. Therefore, if
$\pi N \Lambda_c(2286)$ is bound, it will decay only by weak interactions.

Realistic calculations of pion assisted dibaryons have been reported so far
only for the $\pi\Lambda N$ system with $(I=\frac{3}{2},J^P=2^+)$, where its
coupling to the higher channel $\pi\Sigma N$ was considered while the coupling
to the lower nonpionic channel $\Sigma N$ was ignored \cite{gg08,gg10}.
This system is a good candidate for a quasibound dibaryon either below
or above the $\pi\Lambda N$ threshold, but its precise location depends
sensitively on the poorly known $\pi\Lambda\Sigma(1385)-\pi\Sigma\Sigma(1385)$
form factor. We note that the $\pi\Lambda N$ threshold is about 130 MeV below
the $\Sigma(1385)N$ threshold and 230 MeV below the $\Sigma\Delta(1232)$
threshold, these latter thresholds being relevant in the discussion of the
leading $6q$ ${\cal S}=-1$ dibaryon configuration of Table~\ref{tab:oka}.
In this respect a $\pi\Lambda N$ dibaryon, if established, is the next one
in excitation energy to the lowest ${\cal S}=-1$ thresholds of $\Lambda N$
and $\Sigma N$.

\section*{Acknowledgements}
Gerry Brown has played a leading role in the development of nuclear physics
and its derivatives. On this occasion of his 85th birthday Festschrift, I am
pleased to acknowledge many inspiring suggestions he made to me throughout my
own career.
The work on pion assisted dibaryons is coauthored by Humberto Garcilazo who
has contributed significantly to its development. I wish to also thank Wolfram
Weise with whom I enjoyed several inspiring discussions on the $K^-pp$
dibaryon and its implications to $\bar K$--nuclear physics. This research is
partially supported by the EU Initiative FP7, HadronPhysics2, under Project
227431.

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