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I was existing but not living. I was not experiencing life in the way that others were. Survival was the focus of each day, just fighting to stay alive for the next few hours. Years of my life passed by like this.
It's often said that humans have a survival instinct. We will avoid danger, fight to protect and preserve ourselves. I have not always felt like that instinct was inside me. In fact, it was often the opposite. I was working against survival; I did not want to keep living. This resulted in attempting suicide several times, the ultimate act of anti-survival. I was seeking out pain rather than avoiding it. My mind was telling me that I needed to hurt myself to cope with the misery. My acts of perceived self-preservation were slowly killing me.
Mental illness is painful and difficult, it can make surviving feel impossible, thriving does not even cross our minds as something we might be capable of. We start a battle against ourselves instead of the illness which is consuming us. We exist but we do not live.
For me and many others with mental illnesses, the priority in life must be surviving. We cannot necessarily aim towards a fulfilled and meaningful life if we are struggling to stay alive. But, once we've got a grip on sticking things out and going through the motions of each day, we can shift our attention. We can start to live, exist, grow and enjoy what life brings to us.
Maslow's 'Heirarchy of Needs' says that we need to have basic needs fulfilled before we can aim for more. We will struggle to reach a point of thriving if, for example, we do not have food or water. We all have different needs which we might consider necessary for us to develop. For me these were: food, shelter, support, love, financial stability and a desire for change.
Everyone's journey with mental health is unique, there is no one size fits all advice for how we go from surviving to thriving. For me, having access to appropriate treatment was vital. We may not have a thriving instinct but an important thing to remember is that we can learn how to thrive.
Perhaps you're at a stage where surviving seems hard enough and that is okay. However, you need to hold onto the fact that (your perception of) success, flourishing and growth are possible for everyone with a mental illness. Our struggles do not strip us of our potential. You've been through hell and back and maybe you'll make another trip there but you will come back again.
Like flowers, we need our basic needs met to stay alive. We can stay alive if we get some water and a bit of sun. To grow, we need more. We need consistent, strong, suitable support so that we can bloom.


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the condition that drives behaviours
and keeps them going once started
Positive and Negative
Intrinsic and Extrinsic
How can Psychology affect Performance?
Anxiety and Arousal
Psychological strategies to enhance
motivation and manage anxiety
positive motivation is the desire to
succeed in a task that will make you
feel happy, content or satisfied
Positive Reinforcement helps
maintain positive motivation
Negative Motivation is the desire
to succeed in task to avoid an
unpleasant or undesirable consequence
Intrinsic motivation comes from within the athlete. It's the most powerful and rewarding motivation
Extrinsic motivation comes from external rewards. The external reward provides more satisfaction than the task itself.
examples include people continuing to play even though they have very little success
examples include athletes playing to win a trophy, money or even to get the praise or others.
Anxiety and Arousal
A negative emotional state that results
from percieving a situation as threatening,
uncontrollable or unavoidable
Makes people feel nervous, uneasy, fearful
or panicked
Arousal is the physical and mental
activation intensity at a specific point
State Anxiety
Trait Anxiety
A personality type that has a tendency towards
perceiving conceivable non-dangerous situations
as threatening or non threatening
The temporary feeling of apprehension,
tension or inadequacy related to a specific
point in time
For example a player getting
nervous just before a game
an imbalance between what
is demanded of you and your
perceived ability to cope
stress comes from range
of sources and they'll be
different for different people
Optimal Arousal
Athletes search for optimal
arousal - a point where their
concentration is at its peak to
produce good performance
Read pages 114 - 115 of your PDHPE in
focus textbook
Psychological Strategies to enhance motivation
Concentration and attention skills
Mental Rehearsal/Visualisation/imagery
relaxation techniques
Goal Setting
the ability to remain completely focused on appropriate cues
Block out external cues eg environmental
factors such as the crowds, noises, opponents (sledging), conditions
Block internal cues such as your own thoughts, worries about making mistakes or referees decisions
Strategies for focusing and concentration:
* Music - can calm an athlete and aid concentration
* Cues - verbal, visual or physical and have a specific meaning to the athlete
* set routines - follow a routine for every performance of a skill eg Jonny Wilkinson and Tiger Woods.
Concentration activities
As long as I can concentrate and remain somewhat calm, I can normally do very well.
Al Oerter
Can be used to picture what should
happen but also on something unplanned
to help them cope with the unexpected
helps athletes feel comfortable with the environment they will be competing in by familiarising themselves with it before the event, picturing their surrounds, the crowd, the noise and even the smells.
relaxation techniques help maintain
their arousal and anxiety levels
Examples include Progressive Relaxation,
Centred Breathing, Meditation, listening to music,
and having a massage
Involves activity contracting specific muscles and then relaxing them. The athlete focuses on feeling tension and lack of tension within the muscles. Generally, they begin with the muscles in their feet and work their way up the body. Athletes can learn to use trigger worlds such as 'calm' or 'relax' during competition.
This allows an athlete to clear their mind, relax and focus on what they have to do. It involves:
Breathing evenly and deeply from the abdomen
Breathing through the nose and out through the mouth
Keeping shoulders relaxed (they shouldn't rise and fall) as the stomach goes in and out).
The process of focusing your attention on a single thing (e.g breathing, an object, sound or place) for a period of time. By excluding outside thoughts, it allows the body to relax.
Progressive Relaxation
Centred Breathing
Goal setting is a process that identifies a destination (long term goals) and how to get there (short term goals).
Setting goals and achieving them, increases an athlete's confidence. By setting short term goals to achieve along the way, an athlete's confidence will increase meaning they are less likely to become nervous
Goal setting can also encourages the athlete to focus, improve skills and reduces anxiety.
Goals should be:
Watch the following video "The Kick"
and identify all the different sources of stress influencing the athlete. Categorise these as 1. Those in his control and 2. Those outside of his control. Within these two groups, further categorise them as "Internal" or "External" stresses
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Generally, when suing a government official with qualified immunity, a plaintiff must show that his or her rights were violated, and that a reasonable person in the defendant's position should have known that his or her actions violated the Constitution. And that is just to bring the case to trial; the plaintiff must still prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant owes damages.
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Devotionally, Mary has played a large role in the church's popular piety. Her icon has been venerated since the early centuries in the East, and by means of the rosary, litanies, and pilgrimage, people of many lands have felt a special closeness to the mother of Jesus who is mother to all. Throughout history, Mary has been known to pay singular visits, known as apparitions, to humble folk around the world. These appearances underscore Mary's concern for her children and their needs.
The church continues to develop a Marian theology that honors both who Mary has been historically and who she remains in the life of the faithful. In the spirit of Vatican II, Pope Paul VI offered principles for consideration. First among them is that Christian faith must be rightly prioritized: nothing said about Mary can detract from the honor due to God. Also, that Christ alone mediates between God and humanity. Finally, since Mary is the first disciple of her son, she is the ideal model for what we all can do. Pope John Paul II also advanced the idea of Mary as the special champion of the poor.
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We will then hand in copies of a letter to branch managers in Barclays and other banks nearby, calling for banks to shift from fossil fuels to renewables.
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I used to do a lot of prioritising in my job as a physiotherapist. I worked as an medical in-patient physiotherapist and I would have lots of patients and only so many hours to cram them in. Nowadays my need to prioritise is completely different but I am still needing to use that same skill.
It is very easy to let writing become a low priority with everything else going on in life. I am happy to say it has remained a higher priority for 3 + months now and I have got much more done as a result. I now have some looming deadline dates and realise I need to get a wriggly on if I am to get everything done! It means I will have to temporarily abandon my playwright 'White China at Rose Cottage' for a couple of weeks. This is in order to complete one (or hopefully two) 15 minute plays to submit into a local 'Famous for Fifteen' event. I also want to get some pieces finished to enter The Writing Buddies Competition. Both of these are really great local opportunities for myself so I want to make sure I give myself enough time. I prefer spending time over projects rather than rushing them but time is short already. After I have completed these I will be able to finish the playwright.
It means for the rest of this month I need to spend most of my free time writing and that starts today as I have three days off work. I also need to finish sorting out the desk upstairs so it is more of a work area but as always the writing needs to be the biggest priority.
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By Ali Salman|
Published in The Express Tribune, May 16th, 2016|
In the coming budget season, each major business house and association will throw its weight behind hectic lobbying for tax benefits, exemptions and protections.
Most of these proposals are addressed from sectorial business standpoint – and thus they are necessarily restricted in nature. For example, a tax rebate to one part of the value chain industry can imply a negative tax on another part of same value chain. If local yarn manufacturers are offered protection by higher customs duty on imported yarn, garment manufacturers plead for a tax rebate or lobby to reduce customs duty on yarn.
The lobby that has more power to influence decision makers usually wins. In this wrangle, rationality and larger public interest are often subjugated. Business and politics win over market and economics.
On the other hand, from the tax administration's point of view, greater level of differentiation and exemptions lead to rent-seeking and corruption. There are 58 types of withholding taxes in Pakistan at the moment, almost 5,000 tariff lines of customs and multiple rates of sale tax. An industrial unit has to deal with at least 55 different federal taxes every year. Rate differentiation has also increased illegal input tax adjustments and inadmissible refunds in Pakistan.
Withholding taxation counts almost 80% of direct taxes and have effectively rendered direct income taxation to a mere 5% of total tax collection. Pakistan had around 1.8 million tax payers in 2006, reduced to a mere 1 million. This is a clear no-confidence-vote, and the tide doesn't appear to be changing either.
The situation has jeopardised the state badly, as the federal government is unable to meet even current expenditures. The state has become incapable of performing its most essential duties – protection of life, liberty and property of its citizens. This situation will not be fixed in one day but a radical re-think is direly needed.
From tax policy and design perspective, patchwork of tax proposals is an exercise in futility. Thus the proponents of flat taxation – the noted scholars of tax law, Dr. Ikramul Haq and Huzaima Bukhari need serious attention.
Their new study 'Towards Flat, Low-rate, Broad and Predictable Taxes' present the contours of a fresh and comprehensive approach to a fair, efficient and effective tax system. In a nutshell, the authors demand a flat-rate income tax of 10% on individuals and 20% on corporates, a single stage sales tax of 5%, a flat customs duty of 5%, a new National Tax Authority and a two-tier federal tax tribunal.
Their work is largely inspired by the father of supply side economics, Dr Arthur Laffer, who, interestingly enough, attributes his own theory of flat taxation – Laffer Curve – to the celebrated Ibn-e Khuldoon. In Laffer's own words, "… the best tax is one that has the lowest possible tax rate on the largest tax base. The lowest rate creates the least incentive to evade, avoid, or otherwise not report taxable income… In addition, lower tax rates go hand in hand with greater incentives to work and produce".
On the face of it, flat taxation goes against the grain of social justice. Rich should pay more tax, proportionately, than the poor. However, in real, even in a flat taxation mode, the rich would pay substantially more tax than the poor – in absolute sense.
Critics of a low-rate-flat-tax, fearing loss of revenue, cite the old, infant industry argument. These fears can be addressed by introducing flat rates in selected jurisdictions at a pilot level and a gradual phasing down of import taxation can be tested. The government seems serious in this context by withdrawing SROs.
To sum it up, tax is primarily needed for a government to function, not for wealth redistribution. Therefore for legitimate taxation, the government needs to be lean as well as transparent. That the government is failing in its drive to expand the tax net, regardless of tax proceeds, is a testimony to the failure of an increasingly complex, uncertain and progressive tax regime. The only solution is to do the exact opposite of what has been attempted thus far: move to a low, flat, broad and predictable tax regime.


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Nephrology Faculty Research Interests
Understanding molecular mechanisms of diabetic kidney disease.
Clinical Interests
Dr. Chen has had a passion for understanding and improving the treatment of neoplastic diseases. She has established close collaborations with physician scientists to discover novel useful biomarkers that stratify clinicopathological subtypes of solid tumors. These biomarkers will be used to predict treatment outcomes of cancer patients undergoing clinical trials with combined inhibitors specifically targeting aberrant oncogenic signaling.
Research/Academic Interests
Dr. Chen's research strives to elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying human diseases and thereby identify useful biomarkers and druggable targets in a broad range of malignancies. In the last five years, her studies have revealed multiple oncogenic complexes and have also developed the peptide-based therapeutics to mitigate cancer metastasis and drug resistance.
Currently, the research foci of Dr. Chen's laboratory are 1) to discover potential therapeutic targets in renal cell carcinoma and polycystic kidney disease using integrated -omics data, genetic manipulations and pharmacological approaches; 2) to develop clinically viable methods of ex-vivo expansion and activation of tumor propagating cells. In addition, Dr. Chen is actively engaging in the feasibility of PIP2 retention strategies on controlling cancer progression and increasing the efficacy of chemo- or immunotherapy.
Clinical nephrology. Hemodialysis vascular access, including longitudinal changes in grafts and fistulae. Acute care hemodialysis modalities and strategies for anticoagulation in ICU dialysis. Hemodynamic and cardiovascular changes during hemodialysis.
Epidemiology of acute infections in patients with kidney disease. Her research also focuses on the relation between infection, inflammation, and cardiovascular events in patients with chronic kidney disease.
Thomas A. Depner, M.D.
Biochemistry and pathogenesis of uremia including identification and measurement of potential toxins. Renal tubular transport in the diseased kidney. Assessment of dose and adequacy of renal replacement therapy. Mathematical modeling of hemodialysis solute kinetics. Monitors of vascular access blood flow in hemodialyzed patients. Population studies of outcome including survival in patients with advanced kidney disease.
The pathophysiology of the accelerated vascular calcification and mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and studying potential therapies including use of specific anti-cytokine agents. Measurement of the extra-osseous calcium burden in patients with chronic kidney disease. Pathophysiology of the dyslipidemia in patients with CKD.
George A. Kaysen, M.D., Ph.D.
Human studies exploring the relationship between nutrition as measured by the level of serum albumin, prealbumin (transthyretin) transferrin, and body composition, inflammation and cardiovascular and overall outcomes and mortality in dialysis patients. I am responsible for creating a biorepository for the USRDS Nutrition special study and for measuring a number of biomarkers from samples obtained in order to relate them to body composition and clinical outcomes. My research also focuses on lipoprotein levels, structure and function as it pertains to renal disease both in humans and in experimental animal models. These have been focuses of my research for over 20 years.
Animal studies have involved the relationship between urinary protein loss and plasma protein and lipoprotein composition. My research has resulted in approximately 200 peer reviewed publications.
Acute kidney injury in ICU, Renal complications of cancer, Measurements of renal function, Glomerulonephritits, Cardiovascular outcomes with peritoneal dialysis.
Clinical nephrology & Home Dialysis Modalities. Hemodialysis outcomes by Ethnicity and Race. Chronic kidney disease and prevention.
Dialysis Vascular access with particular interest in clinical trials. Basic science interests would include Vascular biology and procoagulants.
Molecular biology of signal transduction in vascular, kidney, and cancer cells with special emphasis on growth inhibitory mechanisms. Role of the cyclins and cyclin inhibitors in cell growth and apoptosis, and metabolomics and proteomics of cancer and kidney disease.
Dr. Weiss was recently featured in U.S. News & World Report :
December 4, 2015
Finding Out You Have Kidney Cancer: Kidney-sparing surgery and targeted medications may be good options.
"Kidney cancer is one of the few types of cancer that's increasing in incidence, says Dr. Robert Weiss, a professor with the University of California–Davis Health System and chief of nephrology at Sacramento VA Medical Center. Metabolic syndrome, which is tied to obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure, is also a factor in kidney cancer, research suggests."
Inflammatory blockage of albumin synthesis and erythropoiesis in dialysis patients; hyperhomocysteinemia in dialysis patients; role of homocysteine in atherogenesis in dialysis patients; emphasis on clinical studies.
Mechanisms of chronic renal allograft rejection; mechanisms of acute renal ischemia-reperfusion injury during kidney procurement for renal transplant; therapy of highly sensitized patients to decrease circulating anti-HLA antibodies and facilitate renal transplantation; development of new immunosuppression protocols for renal transplantation (steroid-avoidance and calcineurin inhibitor sparing, to name two); development of a clinically applicable tolerance regimen for renal transplantation.
Mechanisms of progression of chronic renal disease; delayed graft function.


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O2 has secured exclusive rights to sell the purple edition of the Sony Xperia Z in the UK, it has announced, ahead of the phone's release next month.
The carrier will also be selling the standard – and much less arresting - black edition of Sony's latest Android contender on monthly contracts from February, a handset page on the carrier's site suggests. Assuming that's correct, it's a little bit earlier than we'd initially been led to believe, with early reports indicating the Xperia Z wasn't landing until March.
Arguably the best-received Sony phone for some time, the Xperia Z's spec sheet that takes in a full HD, five-inch screen with the gadget-maker's exclusive Mobile BRAVIA Engine technology and resolution of 1080x1920, as well as a quad-core 1.5GHz processor.
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Lavish and Fabulous Outdoor Wedding Themes
Your wedding is near and you are thinking about the wedding theme and confuse too because there are unlimited marriage ideas to make your event lavish and fabulous. What do you think about outdoor wedding themes? This is a cool idea which will give a new image to the most important celebration that will never come again so how much you can make your event unique and elegant. Outdoor marriages have many benefits in respect of setting. With little things you can decorate your party very beautiful because already there are many objects which enhance the party look. If you are selecting a beach side or a garden for your wedding venue it forms a great look of the party.
Suitable wedding theme ideas always give an incomparable attraction that is liked by all of the participants. In a garden add a Christmas tree and decorate it with lighting. At the top of the tree place a big size flower and it would be a great idea for the garnishing of a marriage occasion. What other addition you can do to make your celebration whimsy it is very important. Note down everything which you are planning for the embellishment of the event then start setting. In a garden, reception is the main area which shows the whole wedding theme. Put a table here and place glass mirrors in the center, now place any enlightened object on it such as lanterns, candle holder or lamps.
Best wedding themes have variety of fun in a marriage occasion such as beautiful table dressing, impressive bridal outfit, wedding favors etc. Hire a musical band to get a romantic environment that is considered essential for a wedding celebration. When you are decorating each table of the venue you have to be careful about the lighting concept because it adds ambiance and forms a dreamy surrounding. You are using lighting objects on every table so sprinkle flowers around each object it will look pretty. Another rattling idea for your event is the use of luminary bags these bags are the latest concept to add in a marriage celebration. Fill the bottom of every bag with sand or small stones and put them on the line paths for the entrance of your guests.
Outdoor wedding themes are not only attractive but also gives endless impression of the occasion by adding simple and inexpensive items like different decoration pieces and the garnishing of the bridal stage that is an important area to embellish because the photographs always require lovely background.
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"I gotta show em' how to eat right man, that's all…I got all five food groups. Pancakes, sausage-egg McMuffin, cinnamon roll, large orange juice…I just be juiced all day". Chad Ochocinco
Our second stop during our food extravaganza, was Mecca (http://themeccarestaurant.com/, 5815 Live Oak Street, Dallas) . No, not the religious Mecca, the food Mecca!
The name Mecca fits the restaurant perfectly. The food there makes you want to keep returning and tempts you to go on a long pilgrimage to reach Mecca. Mecca (founded in 1938) is famous for their enormous Cinnamon Buns (more about these later).
The restaurant has breakfast, lunch, and most recently, dinner. Mecca is loved by all the locals in Dallas and satisfy's all tourists. When we entered we were happily greeted by a very chipper, excited waitress who took our orders and told us a little about the restaurant.
To start our meal off, we ordered two huge, soft, airy Cinnamon Buns. The buns were slathered with a rich, decadent frosting and was swimming in a warm, soothing pool of melted butter.
The Cinnamon Bun was incredible. It was devoured in seconds and snagging a good picture of it was very difficult because of the greedy hands snatching at it.
For our main meals we got Fried French Toast (crisp and crunchy on the outside and pillowy on the inside French Toast).
The French Toast was delicious and the deep fried element of it just made it even more delectable.
My brother ordered moist, spongy pancakes with fresh, strawberries on top.
Although he ate a little too much cinnamon bun, he still enjoyed the pancakes.
My mom had a sad, lonely bowl of oatmeal. The oatmeal looked sticky and unappetizing, so I didn't eat it.
My Dad ordered the Migas (scraggly scrambled eggs with crispy corn tortilla chips, aromatic onions/peppers, warm, melted cheese, and gross refried beans).
He loved it!
My younger brother ordered two lone eggs with hot, steaming biscuits and smooth gravy.
In addition to that he had a buttery grits.
The food at Mecca was fantastic and I would get that cinnamon bun again in a heart beat. The atmosphere was slightly cluttered but it was cozy and inviting. The service at Mecca was very accommodating. Our waitress one of the best we met in Dallas. The value at Mecca was extremely reasonable! The cinnamon bun was as big as my head! Overall I would definitely return to the Mecca whenever I come back to Dallas. I would give it ZZZZ- 4 Z's- Awesome.


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Henry Babbage is an Auckland based artist, curator and graphic designer. Henry graduated with a BFA(Hons) from Elam School of Fine Arts in 2011. Henry's art, design and curatorial practices overlap around an interest in design-as-research. As well as working collaboratively on the design for Argos Aotearoa, Henry has recently designed publications and catalogues for Elam, The Physics Room and Window. Henry is a curator at Window, a gallery within The University of Auckland and he is a director of Gloria Knight, a gallery he co-founded in March 2012. Henry has contributed texts to exhibitions and publications for Te Tuhi, split/ fountain, The Physics Room and Auckland Art Gallery.


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Quigley said the most important issue facing the government is the economy, but he also says it's time to clean up politics in Illinois.
"Given the struggles we've had in Illinois, with the Burris-Blago debacle, reform and transparency will be very important in everyone's mind," Quigley.
The Republican candidate is Rosanna Pulido, and the Green party candidate is Matt Reichel.
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As we reported prior, Samsung is preparing to release its first Tizen powered smartphone, the Z1 on December 10th yet it was deferred. Presently it appears as though Samsung may be outfitting to dispatch the device as its specifications have been affirmed at a release occasion held in Mumbai. As indicated by the reports, the Tizen Z1 will be furnished with features like Auto selfie mode and low-light photography.
The Tizen Z1 will accompany a 4.5-inch WVGA TFT screen and 4GB of internal storage which can be further extended up to 32GB through microSD card. The smartphone will be powered by the Tizen 2.3 Operating system, controlled by a 1.4GHz dual core processor and paired with 768MB of RAM. The phone will have a 3MP fixed focusing back camera with LED flash light, a VGA front secondary camera and 720p video playback. The device will likewise emphasize offline maps controlled by HERE maps and offline web.
Regarding network and connectivity, it incorporates dual SIM card openings, 3G, Wi-Fi b/g/n, A-GPS and Bluetooth 4.0. It will be supported by a 1,500mAh battery with a ultra power saving mode. As an inaugural offer, the users will likewise be getting 500MB of 3G data for 6 months from Reliance and Aircel. Samsung has not uncovered the cost yet we trust that it will be estimated underneath Rs 6,000.


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Our water testing is a prompt and comprehensive service that will give us the information we need to recommend a water treatment solution to your water quality problems. We can review these results in detail with you as well as what can be done to improve your water quality, if indicated. In some cases, your water may be fine, but wouldn't you like to know for certain? Since 1967, we have been delivering exceptional customer service and workmanship to our customers, including all aspects of plumbing services. Your water is too important to neglect. Call us today to schedule a water test.
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Oenophiles, gourmets and gourmands alike were in for a treat at the eighth edition of the Asheville Wine & Food Festival last weekend. The annual event was held last weekend.
On Friday, SWEET featured a large gathering of pastry chefs with mouthwatering desserts, wine and music. The annual Grand Tasting was held on all three levels of the U.S. Cellular Center with many breweries and scores of wineries in attendance. There were more than 10 Southeastern chef cooking demonstrations, and this year's Grand Tasting seemed to feature more restaurants, and food vendors, but unlike last year, very few spirits. More than 20 purveyors of distilled beverages got to showcase their products last May during the Wine & Food Festival's Asheville Cocktail Week.
From Isa's Bistro in the historic Haywood Park Hotel was executive chef Duane Fernandes. He offered vichyssoise, a chilled French cream based potato and leek soup, perfect for a hot summer day. He garnished it with thinly sliced sugar snap peas, fine biscuit crumbles, and lemon oil. Isa's menu is specialized to celebrate the freshness of Western North Carolina's seasonal harvest and fresh local produce. Fernandes was educated at Johnson & Wales University and the Culinary Institute of Charleston. He has worked at some of the best restaurants in the country including a stint as executive chef for Gabrielle's at the Richmond Hill Inn, and as chef de cuisine for Horizons at Grove Park Inn.
Alan "Mushroom Man" Muskat attended the No Place Like Home Wild Food Adventures booth with Rachael Rhodes and Jeanie Martin. Muskat is known for leading groups into the wilderness and showing them how to responsibly harvest edible botanicals and mushrooms.
"When you forage, shopping becomes a perpetual Easter egg hunt, and it's not just the food that's wild and free. Going back to nature, we go back to our true nature as trusting, loving beings," Muskat said.
Rancher Steve Whitmire, owner of Brasstown Beef prepared and brisket and meatballs. "To build our business and our reputation for steak with consistency of our tenderness and flavor we implemented the strictest of standards in our breeding program to ensure that only the best of the best were added to our breeding herds. The quality of our beef just happens to exist because the cattle are extremely well taken care of, grass-fed, have plenty of room to roam around at Ridgefield Farm, and be happy all the time.
Craig and Lindsey Rudewicz of Crude Bitters and Sodas flavored mini Manhattan cocktails with their bitters. The flavored small-batch bitters they brought for the Grand tasting included rosemary grapefruit & peppercorn which pairs well with gin or tequila, coffee & cacao which pairs better with darker liquors, hibiscus & lavender, and an orange & fig. They were the first producers of bitters in the state of North Carolina, and although their cocktail bitters are carried in almost 20 places in Asheville alone, including Whole Foods, you'll also find it behind the bar at the Grand Bohemian's Red Stag Grill in Biltmore Village.
Catering manager Megan Thornton and bar manager Andrew Vermeersch came from Biltmore Park's Travinia Italian Kitchen & Wine Bar. They gave samples of lasagna, Farmhouse Salad, and Pasta Mia Nonna, made with bowtie pasta, grilled chicken, mushrooms, and roasted tomatoes, in an asiago cream sauce.
"We create contemporary Italian fare from scratch," said Thornton.
Executive chef Taylor Montgomery and Alex Kowaleski came from the Mountain Air Country Club in Burnesville, North Carolina. Montgomery describes his farm to table cuisine as Appalachian regional with a twist.
"We find classic traditional dishes, and then we try to get as whimsical as possible," he said. They brought Brunswick Osabaw pork stew, with a creamed corn doughnut hole, smoked North Carolina trout sliders topped with apple bacon jam, kale slaw on a sweet potato yeast rolls, and boiled peanut and burdock fritters with pickled vegetable salad, buttermilk crema.
Victoria and Robert Zabel from Zia Pia Imports brought bottles of their olive oils and Balsamic vinegar from Modena, Italy. The completely authentic extra virgin olive oils come from the producer's estates in Tuscany and Umbria, and they sell a line of flavored oils from Puglia by Galantino, the later each infused with orange, lemon, aromatic herbs, basil, garlic or chili pepper. Samples of sweet creams from Sicily, flavored with pistachio, almond or hazelnut were also available.
Chefs Matthew Basford, and Tobin Osburn came from Atlanta, Georgia's Canoe, ranked one of the top 100 restaurants in America by OpenTable. Basford, a native of Australia, began his tenure at Canoe in 2005 as a sous chef. They served samples of tender Gochujang spiced Fremantle octopus garnished with a cauliflower kimchi and apple salad, and a soy & ginger dressing.
"Asheville is known for its culinary artisans, and this festival shows the support the community gives them. Asheville is very welcoming to me and my food which makes my trip north even more enjoyable," Basford said.
Eater Atlanta, a local version of a national blog, rated Canoe number five in a list of 20 "Classic Restaurants Every Atalntan Must Try."


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Rasmussen, who wrote about the death of Tongi Narito Rasmussen in his CINews column last week, says he will write to Health minister Nandie Glassie and to the Medical Council demanding an inquiry into the circumstances around his relative's death.
Tongi Narito Rasmussen, 51, died the morning after being diagnosed with pneumonia, leaving behind a shocked husband and family.
On Wednesday September 6, says Wilkie Rasmussen, she had been told by a doctor at Tupapa health clinic simply to take Panadol and to go home and get some rest.
However, that evening, her fever and aches worsened and she was admitted to Rarotonga Hospital. She was then diagnosed with pneumonia, and died the following morning, leaving behind a shocked husband and family.
Now, says Wilkie Rasmussen, the family want some answers about their loved one's death.
"We are still calling for an inquiry for our peace of mind and maybe for the benefit of the public."
CINews last week emailed questions on the circumstances surrounding Tongi Narito's death to Health secretary Liz Iro, and on Friday received replies from acting secretary and director of funding and planning, Roana Mataitini.
CI News asked whether the deceased should have been prescribed medication such as antibiotics, which had helped another flu-sufferer get through respiratory problems accompanying a bout of flu. The newspaper also asked why, if she was suffering from pneumonia, the patient had been given only Panadol.
Mataitini said the ministry would not disclose any patient's medical information. Side-stepping the issue of the fact that Tongi Narito had not been diagnosed with pneumonia at the Tupapa Clinic, she said the ministry did not and had never had, any medicines that would effectively treat influenza virus.
"No such medicines exist.
"Of note is the misconception that influenza will be effectively treated with antibiotics, which is a myth. Influenza is a virus. Antibiotics do not kill viruses. They kill bacteria. The best protection against influenza is the influenza vaccine, the usage of which is very low in the Cook Islands."
Asked if the Health ministry had any concerns about the adequacy of Tongi Narito's treatment at Tupapa Clinic, in view of the fact that she was diagnosed with pneumonia at the hospital the same evening, Mataitini said the patient had been treated "as presented."
She added 13 people had been reported with "influenza-like" illnesses on the week of August 21-27. Claims by a CINews source that the ministry had run low on medicines recently and was prescribing Panadol "for practically everything," were untrue, she said.
"The Ministry of Health does not currently have a shortage of medicine – nor has it had one in the very recent past. We certainly do not have a shortage of medicines used to treat respiratory infections."
Wilkie Rasmussen says Tongi Narito Rasmussen's death is the second similar case he knows of involving the Penrhyn community.
He says two years ago, Nahuinga Bob Sonny, also died after going to the hospital complaining of a cold. Sonny was also only given Panadol and had died the day after being admitted to hospital.
However, Mataitini said the ministry was unaware of this particular case.


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Tulln, a town in Lower Austria, has refused to accept any more asylum seekers after it emerged that 3 refugees had raped a 15-year-old girl.
According to local reports, the men followed the young girl who was making her way home in the early evening when they grabbed and raped her. The suspects are believed to be young men from Afghanistan and Somalia. One Afghan has already been put in prison for the horrendous attack.
The town's Mayor, Peter Eisenschenk, said: "For me, there is zero tolerance against asylum seekers who abuse their guest countries law. In view of what these criminals have done to the girl, the full severity of the law is required."
Freedom Party Councillor, Christian Hafenecker, slammed the case, saying: "Countless cases already show that the migration of predominantly Muslim men under the cover of the asylum becomes an uncontrollable danger. It is therefore not at all clear why the Tulln's population was not promptly warned by the police, and this terrible crime was kept 'under cover' for almost a month. Even for tactical reasons, the acceptance of such a safety risk for women is not acceptable."
Eisenschenk has informed the government that Tulln won't be accepting any more asylum seekers until further notice.