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■ J-PARC News - October 2016 (Issue #138)
● Awards Received for Experimental Results Using J-PARC
- Research results at the Hadron Experimental Facility -
Dr. Yudai Ichikawa, Researcher at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), recently received the Young Researcher Award from the 22nd Nuclear Experimental Physics Forum, an experimental community for research on nuclear physics, for his "Research on Strange Dibaryons Using the d (Π +, K+) reaction at J-PARC." This research was the result of experiments conducted at J-PARC's Hadron Experimental Facility in 2012, in which an attempt was made to produce a bound state of two protons and an anti-K-meson (a topic in nuclear physics for many years) by irradiating deuterons with a Π meson beam. This was done to investigate the state called a "Kaonic nuclei" in which an anti-K-meson is added to the constituents of an atomic nucleus. Through this experiment, results were obtained suggesting the existence of a kaonic nuclei state, and it was found that the binding energy of that state is a bond energy about 10 times the bond energy of a proton and neutron in an ordinary nucleus.
- Research results using neutron instruments at the Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility (MLF) -
Every two years, the President of the Japanese Society for Neutron Science makes a "President's Choice" from all science articles, feature articles and other articles published in the journal Hamon ("Ripples") published by the society. This time, the President's Choices were selected from articles published from the November 2014 issue to the August 2016 issue, and the winners were four papers on experiment results using MLF neutron instruments: BL03 "iBIX," BL08 "SuperHRPD," BL11 "PLANET," and BL21 "NOVA." The persons involved will be commended at the annual meeting of the Japanese Society for Neutron Science, held in December of this year. The published papers, the involved instruments, and other information are indicated below.
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● Measurement System Research Meeting 2016 (October 13-14, Tokai Campus, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK))
- Current Situation and Future Prospects for Development of Measurement Systems in Experiments Using High-Intensity, High-Brightness Beams -
This research meeting is held to provide opportunities for collaborative activities, with system developers active in various fields meeting at a single venue, and engaging in information exchange and discussion regarding the current state and future prospects for system development. This was the second time this event has been held, following two years ago. There were 84 participants, including many developers with an interest in development of systems for the purpose of utilizing high-intensity, high-brightness beams in areas such as elementary particle and nuclei experiments, physical properties experiments, and accelerator control. There were 31 presentations, and the closing message stressed the importance of cooperation and mutual enhancement in cases where collaborative use is possible.
● 3rd RaDIATE Collaboration Meeting (September 7-9, PNNL, U.S.)
A steering meeting of RaDIATE (Radiation Damage in Accelerator Target Environment) in the process of international collaboration by 11 institutions worldwide at present was held for three days with about 30 participants in early September at PNNL (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) in the U.S. Some presentations at the meeting were given via a teleconferencing system. This international collaboration involves cooperative research on radiation damage from accelerators in beam target environments, and in this fiscal year, progress is being made in procedures involving J-PARC and CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research). This time, as participants from J-PARC, there were two staff in charge of evaluating items such as beam window and target materials of the Neutrino Experimental Facility, and damage to target vessel materials for the MLF neutron source. There was discussion and coordination with experts from various research institutions in the U.S. and Europe regarding these irradiation testing plans, related preparations, post-irradiation testing plans and other topics, and a great deal of valuable information was obtained. The next meeting is scheduled to be held at J-PARC. For details,
please see: http://radiate.fnal.gov/index.html
● FY2016 Users' Meeting on the TAKUMI Engineering Materials Diffractometer (October 20, Shinagawa, Tokyo)
Persons involved with BL19 TAKUMI, the Engineering Materials Diffractometer of the MLF, held a users' meeting for person's with use experience in order to examine instrument enhancement. At the start of the meeting, Dr. Kazuya Aizawa, Leader of the Technology Development Section of the Materials and Life Science Division, and the person responsible for the TAKUMI instrument, explained the purpose of holding the meeting, and gave an overview of the background and current situation of TAKUMI. There were 25 participants, and 13 presentations on the results of previous use experiments and other matters. Attendees discussed topics such as improvement of ease-of-use based on use experiments and equipment for the environment around specimens to be developed in the future, and shared information on results or interest to users.
TAKUMI first received a neutron beam generated using a 4 kW proton beam in October 2008, and in January 2009, user experiments were started at 20 kW. Since then the instrument has been utilized by a wide range of users from universities, national laboratories, and industry, for purposes such as measurement of residual stress of steel materials, evaluation of deformation in such cases, and measurement of residual stress of superconducting conductors, which are composite materials.
● Delegation from Sweden Visits J-PARC (October 4, J-PARC Research Building)
Twelve members of a delegation from the MIRAI Project, including staff from Lund University of the Kingdom of Sweden, visited J-PARC on October 4. The MIRAI Project is a consortium of 17 universities in Sweden and Japan, and its purpose is the promotion of research cooperation between the two countries, and the development/exchange of young researchers. At present, the European Spallation Source (ESS) is under construction in Sweden, with operation scheduled for FY2019, and an academic research district is being formed centered on this large research facility. At the meeting, overviews were given of the J-PARC facilities and MIRAI Project, and there was an exchange of views on the possibility of research cooperation between J-PARC and relevant institutions in Sweden. After the meeting, the delegation toured the experimental facilities of J-PARC, and at the MLF they observed instruments used for neutron and muon experiments.
The delegation visited KEK on the following day, October 5. For details, please see the KEK home page.
http://www.kek.jp/en/NewsRoom/Release/20161017142200/
● Facility Updates (summer maintenance)
(1) At the 3 GeV synchrotron (RCS), the replacement work was carried out for the beam collimator at the most downstream.
(2) At the Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility (MLF), a neutron guide tube was set up in the BL23 beamline.
(3) At the 50 GeV synchrotron (MR), the acceleration cavity was replaced with a high-gradient cavity.
● Ozora Marche at the Daijingu Shrine and Muramatsu-san Kokuzodo Temple (October 8, Tokai Village)
The Ozora Marche is held every year by the Tokai Sightseeing Guide as an event for communicating the attractions of the culture and history of Tokai Village to younger generations. J-PARC began exhibiting at Ozora Marche from two years ago, and continued this year with a Science Experiment Corner where visitors could experience things like the world of low temperatures and experiments using magnetic force. Visitors lines up to see the "Super-Conducting Rollercoaster" experiment, where a superconductor magnet cooled with liquid nitrogen at -196℃ runs on rails, and the presentation was enjoyed by everyone from children to adults.
● KEK Science Cafe "The Extraordinary Power of Waves" (October 7, 14, 21, 28, BiVi Tsukuba)
Starting at 7:00 p.m. every Friday, the High-Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) is holding a Science Cafe at the Tsukuba General Information Center (Mingling Lounge) of BiVi Tsukuba. In October, J-PARC public relations advisor, Dr. Shinichi Sakamoto of the J-PARC Public Relations Section, was invited and he spoke for four weeks on the topic of waves. Using a straw wave machine and water waves, he reproduced phenomena which occur with all waves, such as diffraction and interference, and from that starting point he elucidated the "waves" hidden under the surface of advanced science in areas such as neutrino oscillation and gravity waves. As always, many students and older people participated, and as the sessions progressed, Dr. Sakamoto was frequently peppered with questions. For the participants, this was a good opportunity to understand advanced research while having fun.
● 2nd Class to Experience Chigiri-e, Images Made with Torn Japanese Paper (September 30, KEK Tokai Dormitory)
The collaboration meeting for the T2K (Tokai to Kamioka) experiment held in Tokai Village is always attended by many researchers from overseas. A class to experience chigiri-e was held during the lunch break to coincide with the meeting at the end of September. Fifteen researchers from overseas participated in the class, and after listening to the staff's explanation of how to make chigiri-e, they each selected their own motifs such as animals and plants, and experienced chigiri-e. The participants concentrated on creating their own works, while looking at samples, and finished in about one hour. The designs available this time were persimmons, grapes, cherries, camellia, autumn leaves, and goldfish, and many participants chose camellia and autumn leaves. Some participants even produced two works.
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Club News - 29 Jul 19
25th Anniversary party to take place on Saturday
Saturday 3rd August may be our league opener against Hamilton and our Flag Day after winning last seasons Championship title, but the day has much more sentimental significance for Ross County FC. It's the eve of 25 years in the Scottish Professional Football League.
On 4th August 1994, Ross County took to the field for their first match in moving from the Highland League in to the Professional divisions of Scotland. Managed, at the time, by Bobby Wilson, it was a period of transition for the Staggies who were going from localised semi-professional football in to the professional structure of the Scottish game. It was with the forward-thinking vision of then Chairman, Hector MacLennan and Secretary, Donnie MacBean, that County were able to take this major step.
Since 1994, the Staggies have had some incredible highs and some difficult lows. Our return to the top table of Scottish Football this August only goes to show how visionary the club were to take the club in to the setup and strive for the success the club has achieved. Since 1994 the club has risen through the divisions and our thanks must be given to the managers and players that have helped the club to the top tier.
On Saturday 3rd August 2019, we will welcome some of the members of the team who took to the field for our first SPFL game in the old "Division 3". As well as welcoming them for a day of hospitality we will also be taking them on to the pitch at half time in celebration of the success they helped to bring to Ross County FC. We hope you can all join us as we relive the story of our great club and thank those who pioneered this journey to help bring the club to where we are today.
Squad from opening day 1994/95 –
Steve Hutchison, Chris Somerville, Gary Campbell, Robbie Williamson, Sandy MacLeod, Andy MacLeod, Billy Ferries, Brian Grant, Jamie MacPherson, Billy Herd, Barry Wilson, Cammy Robertson, Gordon Connelly, Don MacMillan, Alan Duff, Craig Reid, Willie Furphy, David MacKay, Russell McFee, Ian McFadyen, John Bellshaw.
Match Information Ross County v Hearts
Club - 20 Jan 20
Loan Watch Action Packed Weekend for Loan Watch Stars
Post Match Reaction Stuart Kettlewell
Match Report Ayr United 1-0 Ross County

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TOP 5 BEST INEXPENSIVE CANON LENSES!
Over the years I've had my hands on countless lenses when dealing with videography and photography. People ask me all the time what are the best and most importantly, affordable lenses to get and use when it comes to production. Thusly, I've compiled a list of my top 5 favorite, best, and most importantly, affordable lenses to use when it comes to videography and photography! When it comes to your arsenal of lenses you should always have your focal length basis' covered, everything from a wide angle, to a macro, to a long zoom lens. That entire range is covered with this list of 5 lenses I present to you below!
The very first wide angle lens I ever purchased as the Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 lens, and I loved it. I used this lens primarily with my t2i as well as my Canon 5D Markii & Canon 5D Markiii. It's a solid lens with a solid build, it's durable and holds up well to the regular bump and grind of the production world. The lens is sharp and very wide! The price of the Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X Pro DX II Lens is on the moderate side. This lens has the widest-available aperture in its class, and that fact is often responsible for higher prices. Although, many of it's competing lenses in it's class are priced much higher, making the tokina 11-16 a steal for the quality that it is.
A mid range zoom lens is one of the most popular and effective styles of lenses on the market. Early on I had purchased the Canon 24-70 f2.8 L series lens. Now, that lens is a beast of a lens but it's also a beast of a price. The Tamron 28-75 is an exceptionally great lens and produces sharp images for it's price point. The lenses' optics are similar to that of the 24-70 canon lens, but nearly 1/4 the cost! I would definitely recommend the Tamron AF 28-75mm f/2.8 for anyone looking for a lens that would be somewhat of an equivalent to the Beast that is the Canon 24-70mm lens.
Although this lenses f/stop only achieves f/4, I should note the f/2.8 version of this same lens jumps all the way up to around $2,500. That being said having an f/4 aperture is not that bad. This lens is optically equivalent to it's more expensive counterpart and even lighter. So if you're looking to keep things light with your lens and your pocket, this is the zoom lens for you!
Everybody needs a macro lens in their lens arsenal! If you don't have one already the canon 100m f2.8 macro is the lens to fill that void. Being able to get and achieve sharp macro shots is very important in not only the photography world but video as well. This lens is the little brother of the Canon 100mm f/2.8 L lens, which is slightly sharper and has better build quality. But just because there is a more expensive version of this lens does not take away from the value of this excellent and sharp portrait and macro lens. If you want to do serious macro photography or videography on a budget, then this lens is an excellent lens option.
I hope this list of affordable and amazing lenses helps you in your decision when it comes to your next lens purchase!


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Q: Sorting by one of two fields I am trying to sort a XML nodeset by one of two fields, conditional on the value in another field.
<xsl:for-each select="CampusCourseDeliveryItem">
    <xsl:sort select="OffCampus"/>
    <xsl:sort select="OrganisationName" />
    <xsl:sort select="OffCampusLocation"/>

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What I want is, if OffCampus='Y', use OffCampusLocation as the sort key, otherwise use OrganisationName.
Example data:
<CampusCourseDelivery>
    <CampusCourseDeliveryItem>
        <OrganisationName>Chicago</OrganisationName>
        <OffCampus>N</OffCampus>
        <OffCampusLocation></OffCampusLocation>
    </CampusCourseDeliveryItem>
    <CampusCourseDeliveryItem>
        <OrganisationName>London</OrganisationName>
        <OffCampus>Y</OffCampus>
        <OffCampusLocation>Detroit</OffCampusLocation>
    </CampusCourseDeliveryItem>
    <CampusCourseDeliveryItem>
        <OrganisationName>Seattle</OrganisationName>
        <OffCampus>Y</OffCampus>
        <OffCampusLocation>Berlin</OffCampusLocation>
    </CampusCourseDeliveryItem>
    <CampusCourseDeliveryItem>
        <OrganisationName>Adelaide</OrganisationName>
        <OffCampus>N</OffCampus>
        <OffCampusLocation>Ignore this value</OffCampusLocation>
    </CampusCourseDeliveryItem>
</CampusCourseDelivery>

Expected sort order:
Adelaide
Berlin
Chicago
Detroit

A: Sort by the following expression:
concat(
substring(OffCampusLocation, 1, string-length(OffCampusLocation) * (OffCampus='Y')),
substring(OrganisationName, 1, string-length(OrganisationName) * (OffCampus='N'))
)

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James McGrath voted generally against transgender rights
How James McGrath voted compared to someone who agrees that the federal government should support the rights of transgender people (including genderfluid, nonbinary and genderqueer people) by amending laws and policies to support healthy lives by, for example, ensuring that appropriate healthcare is available nationwide and that trans people are protected from discrimination and harassment
These are the most important divisions related to the policy "for transgender rights" which James McGrath could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of James McGrath on this policy.
James McGrath
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy "for transgender rights" which James McGrath could have attended.


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[1993-12-10-NJPW-Final Battle] Shinya Hashimoto vs Keiji Muto
By Loss, February 19, 2011 in December 1993
Keiji Muto
Shinya Hashimoto
Talk about it here.
Ditch: do you host the Hash-Sasaki match from this same series? If you do, can you toss a link to it up in the backlot?
I'd love people to see that as well. Hash-Mutoh gave folks at the time an inkling that Hash "might be okay" during "his turn" with the IWGP Title. [Yeah, I know that sounds odd in hidnsight, but as I've written a few times, people had low expectations for Hash as a champ... he was very much less thought of by hardcores at the time compared to Mutoh, Chono and Hase.] But the thing with Hash-Mutoh is that there was still a lot of Mutoh-Love among hardcores at the time left over from 1989, so Hash-Mutoh being seen as good might have been chalked up to some as Mutoh.
Hash-Sasaki... that being long and at the very least "okay" surprised people, as there wasn't a lot of love for Sasaki at the time. I tend to think that's the match where, if more were paying attention, they might have grasped onto the notion that Hash kinda had a good clue on how to be IWGP Champ.
It's not as great as some of Hash's best matches, but it's certainly worth watching, and I'd be interested in what people think about it. Wouldn't be a bad place for people to toss their thoughts about it into here, and also people seeing it in the context of a full year's worth of 1993 Hash and right in the context/comp of the Mutoh match.
I didn't like Hash/Sasaki so I'm not hosting it.
I'm not sure how much of this aired on TV, but this feels like many NJ matches in that they wrestle the match knowing it's going to be JIP. The action and heat suddenly pick way up in the last 5-10 minutes, and the final stretch is really good. This is a good match, but I liked their match earlier in the year with Muto as Muta better, although that was from a Valis comm and probably less seen.
The first half of this was sooo slooowwww. I respect their desire to build a match from basic holds but fuck, toss in some flurries to keep me (and the crowd) from dozing off. From the mid-match headbutt exchange on, it was good. But they certainly did better on multiple occasions.
PeteF3
This was good down the stretch, but not exactly blowaway. And the first portion of the match with the guys trading holds was totally disposable. I don't think it was out of laziness per se, as they did crank the holds they worked and had a few nice stand-up exchanges, but the matwork simply wasn't compelling.
garretta
This match was worked at half-speed, or at least it seemed that way to me. The matwork portion was way longer than it needed to be and didn't figure into the rest of the match at all, and the finishing stretch was wrestled like they were covered in molasses. Every move seemed to be followed by a ten-minute rest period while they figured out what to do next, and the only move that looked really devastating was Hash's finishing DDT. Like most of you, I've seen these two do better on many occasions, and hopefully if there's a rematch we'll see them at something close to full speed and energy.
What were they using on Muta at the end of the match? It looked like he was having the back of his neck steam-cleaned.
I remember seeing a clipped version of this (basically all the matwork taken out) and it seemed like a really good finishing run so I wondered why it was cut that way, and now I see why.
Muto's matwork is just so blatantly filler that it's amazing he stuck with it as long as he did. I know in interviews he's said that was him keeping the spirit of Inoki's ideals alive or whatever but he's just not cut out for it. And "ground Hashimoto so he can't obliterate you with strikes" is a great strategy that Hase, Fujiwara, Regal, Yamazaki and others put to use in their matches with Hashimoto but the difference is they're just leagues above Muto on the mat. It just feels aimless, like he'll just grab a hold and then move on to another. Finishing run remains good but something like Hase/Hashimoto '94 is a better example of extended matwork nicely leading into a finishing stretch built around high impact moves and coming together to create a fully satisfying match.
soup23
I didn't think the opening mat work was particularly engaging but at least it wasn't lazy as everything was locked in tightly. The final stretch with bloody mouth Hash looking to stalk Muto was really well done. I get what they were going for in trying to build up from a ground floor base to a classic but the opening matwork does prevent it from reaching the great match status. ***1/2
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IWGP Heavyweight Champion Shinya Hashimoto vs Keiji Mutoh - NJPW 12/13/93
Outside of two short reigns of Fujinami & Takada (143 days total), these two men owned the IWGP Heavyweight Championship from August of 1992 to August of 1997. In Mutoh's first reign under the guise of The Great Muta gimmick, he successfully defended the title against Hashimoto in 1992. About a year later in September of 1993, Hashimoto defeated The Great Muta ending his over one year long reign. This is Hashimoto's first title defense and it is against the Great Muta's alter-ego, Keiji Mutoh. I have to say hats off to Mutoh for working both characters distinctly different. It affords New Japan to get two completely different matches out of the same pairing of wrestlers. I didn't think this was quite as good as their September '92 match, but I still thought this was a pretty solid encounter.
I watched the 7-8 minute JIP version. It is Mutoh's holds versus Hashimoto's strikes. Mutoh rides a short arm scissors pretty good getting it twice and then a solid armbar. Mutoh even throws some headbutts and a nice forearm. He was definitely game. I thought Hashimoto's kicks looked great throughout this match. Eventually Hashimoto is able to blast his way out of Mutoh's holds and just start rifling him with kicks. There is a point where Mutoh misses his signature back handspring elbow and Hashimoto is just so geared up to light him up. Hashimoto hits some nice suplexes, really liked his suplex slam. I about to state something really obvious but Mutoh is a weird wrestler. It is in the way he sells. He kind of just doesn't sell and it makes it look like he is just standing around waiting to be kicked. That lack of struggle bothers me. It only is from time to time. Hashimoto goes for his DDT, which is one of his big moves. Mutoh drives him hard into the buckles and then hurls his body back into Hashimoto. The urgency can be there from Mutoh. Just not always. Then we get the big Mutoh finish stretch: top rope frankensteiner, German suplex, backbreaker/moonsault 1-2-NO! New Japan seemed pretty into the false finishes. Mutoh goes for the moonsault again, but lands on his feet. I liked Mutoh ducking the rainbow heel kick from Hashimoto. Evetually Hashimoto gets him up for the Brainbuster and 1-2-NO! Then DDT kickout. Is it 2018? Hashimoto gets that rainbow heel kick and then a vicious DDT to win. Thought the matwork was tight. Middle section featured some great Hashimoto strikes. Each person's finish run looked great. From an offensive standpoint, great match, but there is way more to wrestling than offense. Selling from Mutoh seemed off, lack of struggle was apparent. I think New Japan had a distinctive enough of style that they could have competed with All Japan in terms of match quality if they were just grittier. A pro-style RINGS which is what Inoki clearly wanted. Enjoyable, but nothing that will blow your mind. ***3/4
Makai Club #1
Makai #6
The match worried me a bit with the really boring grappling portions of the match. It wasn't the usual Muto lazy stuff, they were fairly snug and clearly tried to give the match a grand feeling and a big build. But it just failed to be interesting until they moved out of that. But the latter stages of the match more than made up for it with its drama and epic sequences with Muto invading Hashimoto's dangerous kicks and strikes. The crowd once they woke up were rabid for this. It's clear what they were going for but it only half worked. ***1/4
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Published On: Tue, Sep 6th, 2022
Culture / Travel | By Sarah Williamson
Living in Tuscany
Dreamily perfect countryside and gem-like cities stuffed with art make Tuscany a perennial favourite for visitors and homebuyers in Italy. Properties here make a rock-solid investment, says Fleur Kinson
Volterra is Tuscany as you would imagine it, but this region is the size of Wales and there is considerable variety to be found here
The Region: When we think of Tuscany we think of verdant rolling hills dotted with centuries-old farmhouses radiating late afternoon sunshine – much like the scene in the picture of Volterra on the left. But while this stereotypical ideal does exist here, there is much more to Tuscany than this, and whether you are looking for a rural retreat, a hilltop bolthole or an urban pied-a-terre there is plenty of variety on offer.
The climate: Generally mild, especially by the coast, yet really rather cold inland in the winter, and of course at higher altitudes. Relatively little rain, and most of it in the winter months.
The culture: In terms of post-medieval Western European culture, Florence is unrivalled. But there's also Siena, Lucca, Pisa, Pistoia and more
A quieter way of life at Castagneto Carducci
Even if you'd never been to Tuscany, you'd still be able to describe its landscapes.
You'll have seen them countless times on posters, calendars, advertisements and product labels – anything hoping to conjure a definitive image of rural Italy.
Smooth round hills striped with vineyards and crowned with cypress trees, honey-coloured farmhouses serene in the sunshine – you know the sort of thing.
The images are no lie, of course. Tuscany really does offer that kind of rural perfection.
Then there are the cities. Places irresistible to visitors, such as Florence, Siena and Pisa, with all their beautiful buildings and breathtaking art treasures.
As if this wasn't enough, Tuscany has a coast too. A Mediterranean seaside where pale sand slopes into glittering turquoise shallows.
There are enticing offshore islands. There are leafy mountains dotted with castles. There are friendly, well-kept little towns. Tuscany is well-deserving of its fame, and it's little wonder that so many people want to own a home here.
For many decades now, this region has been Italy's most coveted.
The Baptistery of San Giovanni in Corte, Pistoia
Brexit and COVID-19
A lot has happened in Europe and the wider world since I last wrote about Tuscany's property market. Britain's exit from the EU is no longer a fresh news story and a certain virus brought dark days aplenty to Italy, Britain and everywhere else.
It's certainly fair to ask how these two big international events have affected the property market in Tuscany.
First, Brexit. Mercifully, this hasn't radically changed things for British buyers in Italy – you are still allowed to buy a property in Italy – it's just added a few complications.
If you buy a holiday home here, you can't spend more than 90 days in it out of every 180 days – which is still more than enough for most second home owners. For stays longer than this, you'll need a visa.
If you want to live in Italy full time, however, there's quite a bit more paperwork to do than there used to be, and you'll need to prove you have an income or that you can otherwise support yourself financially.
Second, Covid-19. It won't have escaped your notice that Britain and Italy were the two European nations hardest hit by the pandemic at various times.
Such extreme experiences were sure to have some long-term effect on Tuscany's market. Surprisingly, they've made the market more active than usual right now.
"The property market is booming in Tuscany," says Karen Roos of the agency Casa Tuscany.
"As travel was so difficult in 2020 and much of 2021, people from around the world who love Tuscany are now all coming at once, which has created a lot of demand.
At the same time, Italians are also buying in Tuscany like I've never known before, with people wishing to move to the countryside and have more space, as has been the effect of Covid in many countries."
The ancient hill town of Sorano, one of the 'borghi del tufo'
Prices and Prospects
This renewed wave of interest in Tuscany from international and Italian buyers means that properties are being snapped up quickly, but it hasn't resulted in a huge spike in prices.
As is true all over Italy, property prices in Tuscany tend to change slowly rather than rapidly, which keeps the market stable and protects its future. A key feature of the Tuscan property market is safe dependability.
You're basically buying gold when you buy a home in Tuscany: it'll hold its value more reliably than most commodities. Tuscany makes a great investment because the things that make the place desirable aren't going to go out of fashion. In an increasingly hectic world, people will always want a rural idyll.
Perfect landscapes and beautiful buildings are unlikely to lose their appeal – especially when Tuscany's character is wisely protected by legal safeguards on what can and can't be built here.
Sunny weather, fine food and wine, wonderful history and art – again, these are not going to cease being desirable.
Visitors and home buyers aren't going to stop wanting to come to Tuscany, which makes rental prospects and resale values immensely strong and secure.
The northern coastal town of Viareggio is a popular summer holiday resort
So what's the general picture for prices in the region today? For €50,000 to €100,000 you could get a village house in Tuscany's leafy, mountainous far north or in its wild far south.
From €200,000 you could consider rural houses, apartments in large farmhouses in central Tuscany, or apartments in some of the best-known historic cities.
From €500,000 you could consider central rural barn conversions and farmhouses, and from €1,500,000 you could consider whole farms and rural estates.
Note that you should allow about 10 per cent on top of the house price to cover all additional fees and taxes.
Massa Marittima is an undiscovered trove of architectural delights
Obviously, prices aren't uniform across Tuscany. The region is a sizeable place – it's about as big as Wales – and there's a big diversity of areas and property markets.
The far north is wooded and mountainous; the far south features wide-topped open hills; and the region's centre is home to the classic rural landscapes on all the postcards.
The coast varies from populous and developed in the north to spacious and wild in the south. The key tourist cities tend to be in the region's north and centre.
Property prices are generally highest in the central countryside and in the tourist cities. The far north of Tuscany is all leafy slopes, charming villages and hilltop castles. It's a great place to get a reasonably priced home.
Karen Roos of Casa Tuscany says, "The Garfagnana area north of Lucca has always offered the best value in Tuscany. You can find habitable village houses for under €100,000 and detached houses from about €250,000. There are good-value properties in the Pisa province in general."
Garfagnana offers some of the lowest property prices
Tuscany's far south is similarly low in price, but very different in landscape. The high, broad hills are less wooded and more open. There's a faintly mystical, otherworldly feel to the far south, aided by its strange sudden upthrusts of volcanic rock.
The proximity of heavenly Lake Bolsena just across the border in Lazio down here is an added bonus. Tuscany's roughly 150-milelong coastline can also be divided into a northern and southern half.
The well-developed north can be quite pricey for property (as can the region's several islands), while the wild and empty southern seaside offers great bargains for the coastal home hunter.
Siena is expensive, but rental prospects are excellent
The centre and cities
Moving inland to central Tuscany, we come to the rural perfection that has inspired a million property fantasies.
Of particular loveliness are the areas immediately north and south of Siena, the Chianti Hills and the Val d'Orcia. These arrestingly beautiful places have Tuscany's highest-priced rural property.
But if you've lost your heart to this gilded stretch and your budget isn't huge, you might still manage to get a home here by opting for a small rural house or an apartment in a large farmhouse or a village.
As for Tuscany's cities, the three most popular are Florence, Siena and Pisa, and none of these is cheap. Of the three, Florence is the priciest, and you'd be unlikely to get a centrally located apartment here for less than €200,000.
But the upside is that, like all Tuscany's popular spots, Florence offers absolutely superb prospects to anyone hoping to offer holiday rentals. And like most city locations, rental clientele comes year round, not just in the summer – and this trend is likely to grow in the near future.
Anyone looking to buy in a lower-priced Tuscan city should definitely consider jewel-like Lucca in the north, Arezzo and Cortona in the central east, and Volterra in the central west. All are very appealing, well-kept and liveable places.
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Application and development of municipal solid waste treatment technology depends on various socio-economic and environmental factors. All those factors are work as development drivers for waste management systems. The study aims to identify key drivers from case studies of waste management development trend in Sweden. Social, economic and environmental drivers are identified and presented in this study. The study identifies personal behaviour, local waste management practice, consumption and generation of waste as the key social drivers. Resource value of waste, economic benefit from waste treatment facilities and landfill tax have been acknowledged as economic drivers for developing waste treatment technology. Moreover, global climate change, environmental movement and awareness have been working as environmental drivers for developing various waste treatment methods in Sweden. In addition, the study aims to analyse emerging waste treatment technologies based on a number of literature review and questionnaire survey. Dry composting, pyrolysis-gasification, plasma arc, and anaerobic digestion have been identified as potential emerging technologies for waste management systems in Sweden. © 2013 Islamic Azad University (IAU).
Zaman, A. 2013. Identification of waste management development drivers and potential emerging waste treatment technologies. International Journal of Environmental, Science & Technology. 10 (3): pp. 455-464.


There is nothing like waking up in the morning and rolling out of bed to fresh flowers by your bedside. Since living in London, I can't actually remember a time when I haven't had flowers in the house constantly. Recently though, Ben and I have found ourselves away a lot and the usual cut flowers I've had next to the bedside have meant that we've come back to the rotten stench of stems each time – not so pleasant to wake up to or have to deal with! As my blog namesake, I am astounded that I've never thought to have Kalanchoes (Flaming Katy) in our flat. They flower, but they're actually succulents, which means they barely need watering (just once a week) and stay in bloom for 10 weeks at a time; little wonder, then, that they are the second most popular houseplant after orchids! Literally the perfect plant to fit into our busy lifestyle and tiny flat. When Always Kalanchoe got in touch to see if I wanted to collaborate (aka the most fitting collaboration EVER) I jumped at the opportunity and they very kindly sent me a few plants. Great to have the real thing after so many of you have sent me photos of them when you spot the name in the shops!
While I am a country girl at heart, I've now been living in the city and calling London "home" for the past five years or so. While it is difficult to escape the rivers of concrete and steel around me, there are small ways I make home a little better for the mind and soul. As our flat is both home and the office, it's so important to me to have a space that's as low maintenance, but as pretty as possible as I find this really helps keep my head clear and the inspiration flowing. My bed side table is one of those spaces that's top of that list. Currently, I have a couple of candles on there, my coffee table books including IN VOGUE, Audrey Hepburn – The Paramount Years and Slim Aarons Women, as well as my pink Kalanchoe in an Anthropologie gold plant pot. Behind, the print says: 'People will stare, make it worth their while' – I read it every morning and remind myself to be confident and never worry about what other people think. Next to it, on the radiator, is a pretty framed mirror that I use to do my hair in the morning. I always like to keep a notebook by my bedside and every morning I'll jot down five things I'm grateful for. This is such a quick and easy part of my morning routine that never fails to put me in a positive mindset.
My pretty spaces extend to my dressing table. Personally I think you can never have too many flowers in your home and white ones are especially chic, versatile and look good in any space. I've potted four Kalanchoes into two pretty blue and white pots for extra bloom and love how they look amongst my fragrances and jewellery boxes. A lot of the time I actually work from here because it's truly one of my favourite corners in the flat and the light in the bedroom is just beautiful, morning and evening. Of course, tea cups are currently filled with water because it is FAR too hot for tea! While living in London can be polluted and feel claustrophobic and with many of us having no outside space to speak of, I find working next to the window with flowers on my desk instantly improves my mood and draws the outdoor in, making the room feel bigger and brighter.
Will you be adding a pretty little Kalanchoe plant to your desk side? You can get hold of them from most supermarkets including Waitrose and Sainsbury's and you can also check out @AlwaysKalanchoe for a little more inspiration and tips to keep them lasting longer!


Completing college is a grand achievement in the life of an adult. Volkswagen agrees, which is why the dealership of Volkswagen of Kingston is currently offering a customer bonus to college graduates looking to buy a new car. Recent college graduates can celebrate their success by purchasing a new Volkswagen vehicle with an added discount.
The Volkswagen College Graduate Program not only qualifies drivers looking to outright purchase a vehicle with an added discount, but also extends the customer bonus to leasing agreements. All drivers who have graduated in the past two years, or will graduate in six months or less, qualify for this Volkswagen customer bonus of $500 off the asking price of a Volkswagen model. To learn what's available, drivers in Ulster County can browse the online inventory on the website of Volkswagen of Kingston.
College graduates in Ulster County looking to purchase a new vehicle can learn more about the Volkswagen College Graduate Program at Volkswagen of Kingston. The sales team of Volkswagen of Kingston can be reached by phone at 855-982-9442. Further avenues of communication and information can be found online at the Volkswagen of Kingston website. Lastly, drivers in the area can also visit the Volkswagen of Kingston dealership for a more personal approach. The dealership of Volkswagen of Kingston is located at 1249 Ulster Ave. in Kingston, NY 12401.


Type her name into the search field.
That's her daughter in the video and singing backup.
Vote for it at CMT.com and countrystars.com.
Yes!!! Kenny Chesney is the greatest. Funny comeing from a guy. But I have a question, What do I do if I fall in love with the Tin Man? Being a girl who has barricaded her heart, I guess because she's scared that it will be broken. Any help ou gals come up with will be great. Thx for anything.
Hysterical, did Norm Crosby have any part in it?
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A few factors are present that the person who is selling his or her home needs to understand, and one of these things is that the customer who will come to buy this home, will not do it if the house is not in the condition that he or she expects.One or two things are present that the person who is selling his or her home needs to understand, and one of these things is that the customer who will come to buy this home, will not do it if the house is not in the condition that he or she expects. To start with, it is always good to ensure that the home you are selling is in a condition that even yourself would buy if it were you who was being sold to, this will make potential buyer even more interested in the home.
Secondly, you can decide to sell your home or your house online; selling your home online is one way to ensure that you do not involve another party to help you in the selling of your home for that matter, and you can negotiate the price and also the condition of the house with the potential buyer directly.
Companies are many out there involved in selling homes but one of the best of them which one can approach if in need of selling a home is real estate agent Charlotte NC, because they sell your home for you quickly and in the price range that you expect.


Ideas that are truly "good for the customer and good for the business" are far and few between.
Messaging is one of those rare examples. If implemented correctly, messaging can create a markedly more convenient, more satisfying experience for customers. It can also reduce costs and drive revenue for the business. "If implemented correctly" is the key.
It is also the focus of our new Special Report: Messaging. Our report reveals pitfalls you must avoid and challenges you must overcome in order to avoid the unlock the true power of customer messaging.


The perfect celebration cake for a marzipan lover. Made from 100% plain almond marzipan with layers of 'sponge and cream' and a "Happy Birthday" greeting, complete with a little candle.
Choose from lilac, pink or yellow or send us your own colour preference with your choice of decoration and your own greeting or short message.


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Obstacle of Affliction This album is like a black hole. It devours you and even light into its dense center and will not release you until you come out at the end.
To say it has atmosphere and emotion is putting it lightly.
Excellent work! Favorite track: The Void Above.
Dave Aftandilian Solid progression from their 2014 debut EP; more focused, disciplined, and well-integrated. Love the off-kilter approach to doom and foregrounding of powerful, super-tight drumming from Chantal. Feel is nicely disorienting and disquieting, like wandering alone at night in a seemingly abandoned city or forest with misty rain coming down and the sounds of unseen beings scuttling in the shadows surrounding you.
6 Panel Digipack of The Haunting Green's debut album "Natural Extinctions"
Cover art illustrated by Jessica Rassi (The Giant Lab).
Comes with an 11cm x 7cm THG logo sticker.
Includes unlimited streaming of Natural Extinctions via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
The Haunting Green are Cristiano Perin (vocals, guitars, synthesizers) and Chantal Fresco (drums and percussions). Formed in 2012 and based on North-East Italy, their music is constantly going in the direction of a coexistence within the aggressive vibes of extreme metal with ambient-drone and dark electronic music.
Recorded Mixed, and Mastered at El Fish Recording Studio and with the cover art illustrated by Jessica Rassi (The Giant Lab), "Natural Extinctions" will be released on Hypnotic Dirge Records on a 6 panel digipack with an accompanying all-weather sticker on March 5, 2019.
"If there's one thing at which The Haunting Green truly excel, it's the way they build tension through a combination of mood, melody, and atmosphere."
"The overall result is a modern album with an ancient taste, exalting the stress on the atavistic long for an irrecoverable innocence that men seem doomed to ravish. Each song becomes, in this sense, a poetic reflection that moves between the feral and the pure, combining black metal shrieks and fine melodies, all supported by a dynamic drumming."


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Quotient rule questions and answers
What is the derivative of 1/x using the quotient rule?
What is the derivative of {eq}\frac{1}{x} {/eq} using the quotient rule?
Quotient Rule
The quotient rule is the method to determine the derivative of a function which is the ratio of two differentiable functions.
{eq}\dfrac{d}{{dy}}\left[ {\dfrac{{f\left( y \right)}}{{g\left( y \right)}}} \right] = \dfrac{{\dfrac{d}{{dy}}\left[ {f\left( y \right)} \right]g\left( y \right) - f\left( y \right)\dfrac{d}{{dy}}\left[ {g\left( y \right)} \right]}}{{{{\left[ {g\left( y \right)} \right]}^2}}}{/eq}
We take the derivative of f(y) multiplied by g(y) and subtract f(y) multiplied by the derivative of g(y) and divide the whole expression by {eq}{\left[ {g\left( y \right)} \right]^2} .{/eq}
If the two functions, f(x) and g(x) are differentiable then, according to the quotient rule,
{eq}{\left( {\dfrac{f}{g}} \right)^\prime } = \dfrac{{f'g - fg'}}{{{g^2}}}{/eq}
So, the derivation of the function {eq}\dfrac{1}{x}{/eq} using the quotient rule is given as,
{eq}\begin{align*} \dfrac{d}{{dx}}\left( {\dfrac{1}{x}} \right) &= \dfrac{{x\dfrac{d}{{dx}}\left( 1 \right) - 1\dfrac{d}{{dx}}\left( x \right)}}{{{x^2}}}\\ \dfrac{d}{{dx}}\left( {\dfrac{1}{x}} \right) &= \dfrac{{\left( {x \times 0} \right) - \left( {1 \times 1} \right)}}{{{x^2}}}\\ &= \dfrac{{ - 1}}{{{x^2}}} \end{align*}{/eq}
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News with basically three very long stories. Normal? Worth talking to Raquel about?
Mention of the song and artist before Miriam is too long. Keep it short and tight.
Miriam setup is a little long. So by the time she gets to the kids, we are too long into the piece.


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Q: Python3, PyQt5: return variable from class when button is clicked I cannot figure out, how I'm able to get variable (dictionary) out from the class.
When the button "ETSI" is clicked, the code will get all inputs from the GUI window (type fields and checkboxes) that the user provided and creates a dictionary out of that data.
The problem is that I cannot figure out how to return that dictionary, from the class.
CODE:
    from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication, QWidget, QPushButton
    from PyQt5 import uic
    import sys

    class UI(QWidget):
        def __init__(self):
            super().__init__()

            # --- Init window ------#
            uic.loadUi("DesignerWindow/window.ui", self)

            # --- Button action ------#
            button = self.findChild(QPushButton, 'etsiButton')
            # ---- Define action for the button ---#
            button.clicked.connect(self.clicked_btn)

        def clicked_btn(self):
            resultList = {}

            # Sijainti
            sijaintiInput = self.sijaintiInput.text()
            if sijaintiInput != "":
                resultList ["sijainti"] = sijaintiInput

            # Hinta
            hintaInputMin = self.hintaInputMin.text()
            if hintaInputMin != "":
                resultList ["hintaMin"] = hintaInputMin

            hintaInputMax = self.hintaInputMax.text()
            if hintaInputMax != "":
                resultList ["hintaMax"] = hintaInputMax

            # Asuintilojen pinta-ala
            atpInputMin = self.atpInputMin.text()
            if atpInputMin != "":
                resultList ["atpMin"] = atpInputMin

            return resultList

    # Execute
    app = QApplication([])
    window = UI()
    window.show()
    sys.exit(app.exec_())


Human beings often use comic relief as a source of solace. Awarding scientific humorists is an extraordinary way to promote comic alleviation. The organizers of the Ig Nobel Prize introduced honor achievements that made people laugh and then later on think. This paper will discuss the Ig Nobel Prize, its origin, how the ceremony is held, and some of the people who won the award.
The Ig Nobel Prize was first organized by Marc Abrahams, a founding member of the Annals of Improbable Research (AIR) magazine, in 1991. Sanders Theater, a well-decorated auditorium at Harvard University, was the first venue of the event (Abrahams, 2004). Since then, the venue has always held subsequent events. The major organizers of the event include the Annals of Improbable Research (AIR) magazine, Harvard-Radcliffe Society of Physics Students, the Harvard Computer Society, and the Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association. A highly qualified panel of judges chooses winners from the list of nominees. The nomination categories include literature, peace, chemistry, physics, public health, medicine, engineering, interdisciplinary research, economics, and education. Winners are awarded cash prizes and trophies, having a maximum of sixty seconds to address the audience (2004).
Some of the notable winners of the prize include Jacques Benveniste, who emerged victorious in 1991 for discovering that water has memory. His discovery proclaimed that water could remember information for a long time, thus making it an intelligent liquid. The Baptist Church of Alabama received the 1994 Mathematics prize for calculating the exact number of its citizens who will be taken to hell if they did not come back to God. In 2008, Massimiliano Zampini, a nutritionist, was awarded the prize after discovering that food taste highly depends on sound. Michel Antoietti and Emmanuel Ben-Soussan received the prize in 2012 for offering recommendations to doctors on how to prevent their patients from bursting while carrying out bowel examinations (Improbable Research, 2008).
Most of these discoveries seem to ridicule science, but in the real case, they have profoundly transformed actual fields of scientific research. These achievements offer great contributions and improvements to the real discoveries by attacking the absurdity in science. Since 1991, the Ig Nobel Prize has continuously achieved its main goal of providing humor and then improving science. Nobel Prize laureates hand out the respective awards to the winners to make the event look better and complete. Many people never think about the real scientific discoveries because of the complex processes involved in comprehending them. But once someone sees an intricate scientific idea in a humorous way, their minds are more prone to open up to look at all the odds and possibilities.
The Ig Nobel Prize has succeeded in merging science and humor, which are two completely different and isolated fields. The awarding of the prize is official, but at the end of the ceremony, it leaves people feeling the joy of science. The achievements made by the winners attack or praise science with the aim of making improvements. Apart from providing laughter, the event also opens up many peoples' minds to think about the discoveries that are possible and sometimes inherent in their daily lives.
Abrahams, M. (2004). The Ig Nobel Prizes: An all-new collection of the world's unlikeliest research. NY: Duton Publishers.
Improbable Research (2008). Retrieved from: http://www.improbable.com/ig/.


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Q: Authentication with a Java EE application server from an Android app I'm trying to develop an android app which needs to fetch information from a servlet hosted in my Java EE application server.
To access this servlet, I need to be first authenticated with the Application server. I searched the web to get information on how exactly this works. During authentication how dows the android app store the cookie, and then how does it transfers the cookie to the server for every request?
I got some bits and pieces of information about HttpClient. I'm not sure if this is the correct one which I should be using. It will be a great help if someone could guide me. If there are any documents available please share with me.

A: Maybe the HttpUrlConnection documentation page is what you are looking for?

A: I am assuming this is native app, if so, first you need to authenticate and get the cookie. It would be your responsibility to store the cookie some where and pass it in sussequent http calls. If it is not native, I am not sure how it works.


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Q: Get first URL from custom field, download and set as featured image on post publish I have a plugin that is adding text and a URL to a custom field when the post is published (not saved as draft). I want to get/make a function or plugin to search within the custom field and sideload the image from a URL, then add that image as the featured image.
Doing some searching I found this function from another StackExchange post that was designed to get a thumbnail from a Youtube video:
    function set_youtube_as_featured_image($post_id) {

    // only want to do this if the post has no thumbnail
    if(!has_post_thumbnail($post_id)) {

        // find the youtube url
        $post_array = get_post($post_id, ARRAY_A);
        $content = $post_array['post_content'];
        $youtube_id = get_youtube_id($content);

        // build the thumbnail string
        $youtube_thumb_url = 'http://img.youtube.com/vi/' . $youtube_id . '/0.jpg';

        // next, download the URL of the youtube image
        media_sideload_image($youtube_thumb_url, $post_id, 'Sample youtube image.');

        // find the most recent attachment for the given post
        $attachments = get_posts(
            array(
                'post_type' => 'attachment',
                'numberposts' => 1,
                'order' => 'ASC',
                'post_parent' => $post_id
            )
        );
        $attachment = $attachments[0];

        // and set it as the post thumbnail
        set_post_thumbnail( $post_id, $attachment->ID );

    } // end if

} // set_youtube_as_featured_image
add_action('save_post', 'set_youtube_as_featured_image');

function get_youtube_id($content) {

    // find the youtube-based URL in the post
    $urls = array();
    preg_match_all('#\bhttps?://[^\s()<>]+(?:\([\w\d]+\)|([^[:punct:]\s]|/))#', $content, $urls);
    $youtube_url = $urls[0][0];

    // next, locate the youtube video id
    $youtube_id = '';
    if(strlen(trim($youtube_url)) > 0) {
        parse_str( parse_url( $youtube_url, PHP_URL_QUERY ) );
        $youtube_id = $v;
    } // end if

    return $youtube_id;

} // end get_youtube_id

The only thing missing here is the ability to search a custom field and pull the URL from there, although the function certainly is in the right direction with finding the URL. Can anyone give me some direction here? The text is formatted in the custom field as below. It is the only URL and has an img html tag with it.

Erdenet Mining Corp. is the Mongolian and Russian joint venture to hold copper and molybdenum mining and production of copper and molybdenum concentrates and is counted as one of the biggest manufactures in Asian region. The corporation held its annual report last Friday in Erdenet city.

We are delivering the numbers of Erdenet Mining Corp. in comparison with Oyu Tolgoi LLC. Although those entities have differences in their operation period and investment agreement, those two are considered as biggest projects for Mongolia.

I've been bashing my head against this and have tried a few things:

*

*Copying content of custom field to post body then using a plugin to autoset the external image (I believe things were being instantiated out of order and I couldn't get it to work)

*Putting a shortcode in the body of the article with a placeholder that would pull a custom field, but couldn't figure out how to get the placeholder to work in the text editor.

Any help is much appreciated! I've been trying this for three days now! -Robert

A: You can access custom fields like that:
 get_post_meta($post_id, $key, $single);

see https://codex.wordpress.org/Custom_Fields
you could extent some of the plugins that already solve the rest of your problem like the wp-autoset-featured-image-plus plugin and tell it to use the string from your custom field instead of the post body.
the relevant code part should be this line in the function wpasfip_post_thumbnail_html:
preg_match_all( '/post_content), $allpics );

i guess if you just replace $post->post_content whith the string from your custom field it should work.