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Q: Why this ListView is not binding with ObservableCollection elements? I'm trying to bind a ListView with observable collection data but it stills empty. I have some break points and could see that ListaProfissionais(Observable collection) is properly populated. Below you can see my .cs and the .xaml code(the part that matter). Does anyone see what is wrong here?

using System.ComponentModel;

public class Profissionais : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
    private string id;
    public string Id
    {
        get { return this.id; }
        set
        {
            if (this.id != value)
            {
                this.id = value;
                this.NotifyPropertyChanged("Id");
            }
        }
    }

    private string categoria;
    public string Categoria
    {
        get { return this.categoria; }
        set
        {
            if (this.categoria != value)
            {
                this.categoria = value;
                this.NotifyPropertyChanged("Categoria");
            }
        }
    }

    private string titulo;
    public string Titulo
    {
        get { return this.titulo; }
        set
        {
            if (this.titulo != value)
            {
                this.titulo = value;
                this.NotifyPropertyChanged("Titulo");
            }
        }
    }

    private string fotoperfil;
    public string FotoPerfil
    {
        get { return this.fotoperfil; }
        set
        {
            if (this.fotoperfil != value)
            {
                this.fotoperfil = value;
                this.NotifyPropertyChanged("FotoPerfil");
            }
        }
    }

    private string endereco;
    public string Endereco
    {
        get { return this.endereco; }
        set
        {
            if (this.endereco != value)
            {
                this.endereco = value;
                this.NotifyPropertyChanged("Endereco");
            }
        }
    }

    private string distancia;
    public string Distancia
    {
        get { return this.distancia; }
        set
        {
            if (this.distancia != value)
            {
                this.distancia = value;
                this.NotifyPropertyChanged("Distancia");
            }
        }
    }

    private string sexo;
    public string Sexo
    {
        get { return this.sexo; }
        set
        {
            if (this.sexo != value)
            {
                this.sexo = value;
                this.NotifyPropertyChanged("Sexo");
            }
        }
    }

    public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;

    public void NotifyPropertyChanged(string propName)
    {
        if (this.PropertyChanged != null)
            this.PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propName));
    }

}

public static ObservableCollection<Profissionais> ListaProfissionais = new ObservableCollection<Profissionais>();

try
{
   using (WebClient client = new WebClient())
   {
      Uri uri = new Uri("xxxx.xxxxx.php");
      byte[] retorno = await client.UploadValuesTaskAsync(uri, DataSend);
      string resultado = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(retorno);
      ListaProfissionais = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ObservableCollection<Profissionais>>(resultado);

   }
}
catch
{
  throw;
}
finally
{
  ListViewProfissionais.ItemsSource = ListaProfissionais;
  // crashes here but I can see that ItemsSource has the 4 elements as expected
}

My XAML:

<ListView x:Name="ListViewProfissionais" x:FieldModifier="public static" HorizontalOptions="FillAndExpand" VerticalOptions="FillAndExpand" VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Never" HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Never" BackgroundColor="Transparent" SeparatorColor="Transparent">
      <ListView.ItemTemplate>
         <DataTemplate>
            <Frame HasShadow="True" CornerRadius="5" HeightRequest="215" Margin="8" Padding="4" BackgroundColor="White">
               <Grid>
                 <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                    <ColumnDefinition Width="*"></ColumnDefinition>
                 </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

                 <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                    <RowDefinition Height="15"></RowDefinition>
                    <RowDefinition Height="25"></RowDefinition>
                    <RowDefinition Height="105"></RowDefinition>
                    <RowDefinition Height="25"></RowDefinition>
                    <RowDefinition Height="25"></RowDefinition>
                 </Grid.RowDefinitions>

                <Frame Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="2" BackgroundColor="Transparent" CornerRadius="4" Padding="0" Margin="0">
                <Image Source="{Binding FotoPerfil}" HorizontalOptions="FillAndExpand" Aspect="AspectFill" VerticalOptions="FillAndExpand" />
                 </Frame>

                     <OnPlatform x:TypeArguments="x:String" Android="Font-Awesome-Free-Solid.otf#FontAwesome5Free-Solid" iOS="FontAwesome5Free-Solid" />

               </Grid>
            </Frame>
         </DataTemplate>
       </ListView.ItemTemplate>
  </ListView>

It crashes with message "System.InvalidCastException: Specified cast is not valid.". See below:
System.InvalidCastException: Specified cast is not valid.
  at at (wrapper castclass) System.Object.__castclass_with_cache(object,intptr,intptr)
  at Xamarin.Forms.Internals.TemplatedItemsList`2[TView,TItem].ActivateContent (System.Int32 index, System.Object item) [0x00000] in D:\a\1\s\Xamarin.Forms.Core\TemplatedItemsList.cs:534
  at Xamarin.Forms.Internals.TemplatedItemsList`2[TView,TItem].CreateContent (System.Int32 index, System.Object item, System.Boolean insert) [0x00000] in D:\a\1\s\Xamarin.Forms.Core\TemplatedItemsList.cs:543
  at Xamarin.Forms.Internals.TemplatedItemsList`2[TView,TItem].GetOrCreateContent (System.Int32 index, System.Object item) [0x00023] in D:\a\1\s\Xamarin.Forms.Core\TemplatedItemsList.cs:602
  at Xamarin.Forms.Internals.TemplatedItemsList`2[TView,TItem].get_Item (System.Int32 index) [0x00000] in D:\a\1\s\Xamarin.Forms.Core\TemplatedItemsList.cs:337
  at Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Android.ListViewAdapter.GetCellsFromPosition (System.Int32 position, System.Int32 take) [0x0003b] in D:\a\1\s\Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Android\Renderers\ListViewAdapter.cs:539
  at Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Android.ListViewAdapter.GetCellForPosition (System.Int32 position) [0x00000] in D:\a\1\s\Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Android\Renderers\ListViewAdapter.cs:454
  at Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Android.ListViewAdapter.GetView (System.Int32 position, Android.Views.View convertView, Android.Views.ViewGroup parent) [0x0006d] in D:\a\1\s\Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Android\Renderers\ListViewAdapter.cs:225
  at Android.Widget.BaseAdapter.n_GetView_ILandroid_view_View_Landroid_view_ViewGroup_ (System.IntPtr jnienv, System.IntPtr native__this, System.Int32 position, System.IntPtr native_convertView, System.IntPtr native_parent) [0x0001a] in <11f101b564894ca7af6c482ddc51c698>:0
  at at (wrapper dynamic-method) Android.Runtime.DynamicMethodNameCounter.74(intptr,intptr,int,intptr,intptr)

A: Have find the root of problem. It was in xaml, I don't know why but tag Grid can't be directly inside DataTemplate, it has to be inside a ViewCell  tag, I only added a ViewCell and now it works well.

A: UPDATE - JAN 25 2020
I had the time to check your code again and find out that You were putting the Template directly in the DataTemplate (which, in ListView, is not possible). You already post that You find this by yourself (Good job!).
I am leaving here the fix I was going to use for You pointing out a few things:
XAML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ContentPage
    x:Name="myPage"
    xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
    xmlns:d="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms/design"
    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
    mc:Ignorable="d"
    x:Class="Playground.MainPage">
    <ListView
        ItemsSource="{Binding ListaProfissionais, Source={x:Reference myPage}}"
        x:Name="ListViewProfissionais" HorizontalOptions="FillAndExpand"
        HasUnevenRows="True"
        VerticalOptions="FillAndExpand"
        VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Never"
        HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Never"
        BackgroundColor="Transparent"
        SeparatorColor="Transparent">
      <ListView.ItemTemplate>
        <DataTemplate>
          <ViewCell>
            <Frame HasShadow="True" CornerRadius="5" HeightRequest="215" Margin="8" Padding="4" BackgroundColor="White">
              <Grid>
                <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                  <ColumnDefinition Width="*"></ColumnDefinition>
                </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                  <RowDefinition Height="15"></RowDefinition>
                  <RowDefinition Height="25"></RowDefinition>
                  <RowDefinition Height="105"></RowDefinition>
                  <RowDefinition Height="25"></RowDefinition>
                  <RowDefinition Height="25"></RowDefinition>
                </Grid.RowDefinitions>

                <Frame Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="2" BackgroundColor="Transparent" CornerRadius="4" Padding="0" Margin="0">
                    <Image Source="{Binding FotoPerfil}" HorizontalOptions="FillAndExpand" Aspect="AspectFill" VerticalOptions="FillAndExpand" />
                </Frame>

                    <OnPlatform x:TypeArguments="x:String" Android="Font-Awesome-Free-Solid.otf#FontAwesome5Free-Solid" iOS="FontAwesome5Free-Solid" />

               </Grid>
            </Frame>
          </ViewCell>
         </DataTemplate>
       </ListView.ItemTemplate>
  </ListView>
</ContentPage>

Code Behind:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Xamarin.Forms;

namespace Playground
{
    // Learn more about making custom code visible in the Xamarin.Forms previewer
    // by visiting https://aka.ms/xamarinforms-previewer
    [DesignTimeVisible(false)]
    public partial class MainPage : ContentPage
    {
        public class Profissionais
        {
            public string Id { get; set; }

            public string Categoria { get; set; }

            public string Titulo { get; set; }

            public string FotoPerfil { get; set; }

            public string Endereco { get; set; }

            public string Distancia { get; set; }

            public string Sexo { get; set; }

        }

        private ObservableCollection<Profissionais> _listaProfissionais;
        public ObservableCollection<Profissionais> ListaProfissionais
        {
            get => _listaProfissionais;
            set
            {
                _listaProfissionais = value;
                OnPropertyChanged(nameof(ListaProfissionais));
            }
        }

        public MainPage()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            ListaProfissionais = new ObservableCollection<Profissionais>();
        }

        private async Task Call()
        {
            // Simulating a call to the "API" and add a new element each 2 seconds
            for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
            {
                ListaProfissionais.Add(new Profissionais { Titulo = $"Professional {i}" });
                await Task.Delay(2000);
            }

        }

        protected override void OnAppearing()
        {
            base.OnAppearing();
            // Call the "API" when everything is ready
            Task.Factory.StartNew(Call);
        }
    }
}

Here, as You can see, the Class Professionais does not required to inherit from INotifyPropertyChanged. The only property You need to Notify to the Binding engine is your collection. ContentPage already has a OnPropertyChanged method that you can use. After that, your ListView will listen not only a change from the property but the collection itself each time you add a new element.
Hope it helps!
OLD
Assuming that you are trying to bind the property ListaProfissionais from the code behind:
Approcach 1 (Not a good practice):
You must add ListaProfissionais to the BindingContext property of the class. You can approach this as follows:
... assuming you already called your API ...
ListaProfissionais = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ObservableCollection<Profissionais>>(resultado);
BindingContext = ListaProfissionais;

On your XAML instead of ItemsSource="{Binding ListaProfissionais}" use ItemSource="{Binding BindingContext}"
Approach 2 (A better approach):
Set a name in your XAML page for the class (Name="listPage"). In your ListView you can do something like this:
ItemsSource="{Binding ListaProfissionais, Source='{x:Reference listPage}'}"
Note: I'll test this later.

*Add INotifyPropertyChanged interface to your cs file and implement its method.

Change ListaProfissionais to a property like this:
private ObservableCollection<Profissionais> _listaProfissionais;

public ObservableCollection<Profissionais> ListaProfissionais
{
    get => _listaProfissionais;
    set
    {
        _listaProfissionais = value;
        // This should be the method implemented by INotifyPropertyChanged.
        OnPropertyChanged(nameof(ListaProfissionais);
    }
}

Notes:
The list will not notify the ListView if you don't Notify the Binding engine that the property changed. With this, We are making sure that the binding context of the ListView is listening to the property changes from ListProfessionais.
Hope it helps.

A: I think you have to notify the property has changed, e.g. implementing INotifyPropertyChanged interface to your class.
Further I can not see if DataContext is set.
Nice simple example here https://www.wpf-tutorial.com/data-binding/responding-to-changes/


text:
This new artist has generated over $1m from sync. But should he have had to?
The story you are about to read begins, like all good music business yarns should, on a ridiculously large yacht.
The vessel in question is owned by Warner Music Group kingpin and all-round financial baller Len Blavatnik.
On its deck two years ago, at a party in Cannes (naturally), British manager Dave Bianchi got talking to the Hollywood giltterati about one of his star clients at Various Artists Management – Charli XCX, who had recently provided the standout sync track for 2014's hit teen drama, The Fault In Our Stars.
Bianchi called up his new bigwig movie contacts shortly after this experience to discuss in detail the music of emerging UK singer/songwriter – and Various client – Barns Courtney.
Thanks to a pitch by Universal Music (where Courtney is signed to Virgin/EMI in the UK and Capitol in the US) and publisher SONGS, Courtney's Fire had been commissioned for use in movie Burnt, starring Bradley Cooper and released in November 2015.
Emboldened by his new lofty connections, Bianchi concocted a plot with Tinseltown music supervisor Dana Sano and Richard Glasser to maximize the track's impact on the big screen.
"Weinstein Corp were beyond accommodating, even allowing us to suggest where the song went into the movie," Bianchi tells MBW.
"Barns then walked the red carpet with Bradley Cooper in London and New York. Out of that came People Magazine coverage, and out of that SiriusXM really got on board. And that in turn gave Capitol the story they needed to start working the track at Triple-A radio in the US."
To date, Barns Courtney's Fire has sold 200,000 copies in the States, as well as going Top 3 on Triple-A radio – while remaining on the Alternative airplay chart for a 52 week run.
The point being: even without Len's yacht, Dave Bianchi's Hollywood associates or the Bradley Cooper buddy-up, Barns Courtney is being broken big-time through synchronization.
"We signed Barns towards the end of 2015. Thanks to all this sync activity, he's already recouped – and he hasn't even got an album out yet."
Gerard Phillips, SONGS Music Publishing
And we mean big-time: to date, according to estimates from those MBW has spoken to in ad-land, he's clocked up more than 50 placements – and generated more than $1m across recorded music and publishing from global licensing fees alone.
Since Burnt, standout syncs for Fire have appeared in a run of major US TV shows, including Ellen, Teen Wolf, So You Think You Can Dance and coverage of the NBA Playoffs.
Across Fire and fellow single Glitter & Gold, the likes of Burberry, Volkswagen, Renault, Miller Lite, ITV and Taco Bell have all used – and paid for – Courtney's music.
"We signed Barns towards the end of 2015," explains GM of SONGS Music Publishing UK, Gerard Phillips. "Thanks to all this sync activity, he's already recouped and then some – and he hasn't even got an album out yet.
"It's not like he's had a few syncs and it's dropped away – it's remained constant for over a year."
Dave Bianchi has two pre-eminent reactions to Barns Courtney's TV/ads/movie-led prosperity.
First: the good. He's ecstatic, obviously.
"This level of success with syncs makes everyone feel more comfortable spending money and taking chances on an artist," says Bianchi, who makes special mention of a recent Renault ad in France which propelled Courtney's EP to No.35 on the market's iTunes album chart.
Various Artists saw a similar reaction to ITV's use of Glitter & Gold on its 'Where Drama Lives' trailer in Q4 2015, after which the song leapt up to No.1 on Spotify's Viral chart and No.2 on the UK iTunes alternative rankings.
Adds Bianchi: "All of this buys us longevity to build Barns's career. We can tell people like his music because every time they hear it, they engage more with it – Shazam it, buy it, stream it, watch it on YouTube.
"The issue is: how do we now get from point A to point B and give it proper mass exposure?"
And this is where we learn about Dave Bianchi's alternative, less-than-delighted take on the Barns Courtney story so far.
Ask anyone in the UK industry today who the biggest breakthrough act of the past two years is, and you'll only hear one name: Rag'N'Bone Man.
Before that, they might pick out George Ezra, whose Sony-issued debut LP (2014) has now sold comfortably over a million copies.
Ask them which new artists could come to prominence in Rag'N'Bone Man's slipstream, and you might hear about Anne-Marie, or Dua Lipa.
All of the artists mentioned above – literally all of them – broke outside of the UK to a mainstream degree before they earned significant media support in their home country.
"according to estimates from those MBW has spoken to in ad-land, Barns Courtney has clocked up more than 50 placements – and generated more than $1m across recorded music and publishing from global licensing fees alone."
Dua Lipa's Be The One topped charts in Belgium back in 2015; Anne-Marie's Do It Right went to No.22 in Austria last year, while her global streaming hit Alarm went Top 10 in Australia; George Ezra's breakout track Budapest went Top 10 in Italy and Germany almost six months before it entered the UK's Top 40.
As for Rag'N'Bone Man, MBW will hold its hands up: we may have confused some European readers in November when we asked Brits and Americans: 'Is this the UK's breakthrough artist of 2017?'
His lead single Human had just been No.1 in Germany for six weeks.
Barns Courtney making noise in the US and elsewhere outside his home market, suggests Bianchi, is symptomatic of this worrying trend for new British artists.
"This is why I feel the UK is suffering a great deal at the moment," he says.
"We're now in a position whereby the great and the good of the London-based media – particularly radio – aren't interested in anything new if they don't find it automatically 'cool'.
"Unfortunately, the general public to a large degree don't care about 'cool'. They care about great music.
"I say this to all my acts. There are eight 'cool' people in the world: four in Hoxton, two in New York and a couple in, I don't know, Los Angeles. Beyond that, it's people from where I'm from – council estates. Where people identify with Ed Sheeran and Adele because it feels real to them and it connects."
"I say this to all my acts. There are eight 'cool' people in the world: four in Hoxton, two in New York and a couple in, I don't know, Los Angeles. Beyond that, it's people from where I'm from – council estates. Where people identify with Ed Sheeran and Adele because it feels real and it connects."
Dave Bianchi
He adds: "No one particular thing or person is to blame, but we've reached a point where we've got to ask ourselves some pretty f*cking serious questions about what the UK's role in breaking its own acts should be.
"This exposes why we're having to target sync with Barns – as well as using all the other tools in our arsenal – to force public recognition."
Adds SONGS' Gerard Phillips: "When you deal directly with the international territories like I do, you realise that the UK can take itself far too seriously. We're far too concerned about what's cool as opposed to what's good."
On this theme, Phillips has an interesting theory as to why the likes of Rag'N'Bone Man and George Ezra broke in one European country in particular.
"In Germany, when people listen to music they don't judge each other anywhere near as much as us Brits do – it's not in the culture," he says.
"You can be in the coolest bar listening to the cheesiest song – no-one cares."
As for Barns Courtney, the plot now begins towards his debut album, due later this year – and the job of capitalizing on the extraordinary support shown for his music by advertisers and movie/TV executives.
The day the LP is released, Courtney will head out to tour in the US for three solid months.
According to Bianchi, Team Barns will then be concentrating on the markets where they're finding the loudest spots of support, with the UK – currently, anyway – not high on this list.
In an age of online global reach, reasons the manager, it doesn't make much sense to automatically prioritize an artist's home nation over any other territory.
Instead, you follow the buzz.
"Everybody's terrified to admit this because it makes them look like a poor manager, poor label or whatever, but the truth is 50% of this business has always been about luck," says Bianchi.
"There are people that generate their own luck and there are people that don't. Barns is definitely one of those that does, and it's our job to make strategic decisions that ensure this [good fortune] isn't wasted."
He adds: "I rather suspect that when it comes to the end of Barns's album campaign, it will look like a total mess in traditional campaign terms.
"But we'll come out battered, bruised and covered in blood – having scored a proper victory."Music Business Worldwide
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Now you may find, even if you are eating a lot of high anti-oxidant foods, you are still not getting enough, and in this case, you do have the option of taking some antioxidant supplements. What these are going to do is make sure that you are getting all the antioxidants that you need, which is especially helpful if you are busy with kids or other obligations and find that you often miss meals or otherwise you are not getting enough antioxidants.
Doctors are working to determine the benefits of exercise regiments benefits in improving cognition and reducing normal memory loss so that specific exercises can be assigned to improve memory. Adding to the long list of benefits that exercise provides to overall health and giving more reasons to get off of the couch and get active. Studies are now showing that physical activity reduces stress and anxiety disorders that contribute to many cognitive malfunctioning attributes as well as providing evidence that exercise may prevent or delay dementia. This is great news for the many people who want to preserve their mental clarity as they reach older ages.
Cognitive benefits of physical exercise for children and adults is not as clear as the benefits of exercise on the aging but it is a start in the search for finding answers to the question "why do people forget things." The studies indicate that exercises will ameliorate the effects of aging on the brain reducing a normal age-related decline in cognitive functioning. Cognitive functions such as planning, organization and working memory are achieved through simple measure such as increased confidence in abilities with older adults and with younger adults in the same way. So if you have been feeling forgetful or slow to process simple things, it could be that you are not getting enough exercise.
Physical activity is a catalyst to increasing and maintaining proper mental processes. Therefore it can be said that some lifestyle changes may improve cognitive functioning. Studies indicate evidence that a healthy brain diet including foods rich in omega-3 fats, antioxidants, and low glycemic carbohydrates (whole grains), daily walks, relaxation exercises and mental exercises like crossword puzzles result in brain metabolism suggesting an increase in efficiency.
Reducing blood pressure, weight and cholesterol levels and being a non-smoker is important for brain health in all ethnic backgrounds. Even though countless studies make these suggestions it has not been established enough to recommend specific regimens for the desired results. Increasing brain cognitive functioning can be maintained throughout a person's life by simply living life to the fullest and by continually learning new things. While depressed moods, anxiety, and other psychological illnesses can be associated with both poor emotional and cognitive health as well, exercise is the determining factor in most cases.
So get up, stay busy, and learn something new seeking good mental fitness. Regular exercise may help in people suffering from pathological disease. People often say they would like to get started exercising, but they don't have the opportunities to do it. The truth is almost anything can be made into an exercise. Exercise is something which is a part of daily life, not something you have to seek. So, start getting in shape by doing the simple things, and then maybe you can progress to more strenuous activities. It could be a good idea to employ the help of a physical trainer who knows the human body very well and can help you to do what needs to be done. With the mental and physical benefits, there is no reason why you should not do so. Get started today.
Are you considering a body detox? If so, you may have heard that there are a number of health benefits to undergoing one, but is this true? Yes and no. In all honesty, it depends on who you ask.
Before further discussing whether a body detox does have benefits, it is important to familiarize yourself with the detox process. There are a number of ways for you to detoxify your body. Three popular approaches include the Master Cleanse, water fasting, and juice fasting. Water fasting and juice fasting involves only consuming water and juice respectively. On the Mater Cleanse, you mix a drink with about 8 ounces of water, 1/10 teaspoon of cayenne pepper, 1 tablespoon of lemon juice, and 1 tablespoon of grade b maple syrup. The cleanse also includes a nightly senna tea and a morning salt-water flush.
When on the Master Cleanse, a water fast, or a juice fast, solids are eliminated from your diet. Many health care professional state this is very risky. Most of the risk assumed is associated with water fasting. When fasting, your body receives no nutrients. On a juice fast or the Master Cleanse, your body will not receive all needed nutrients, but some. For that reason, many professional state that if you are going to cleanse, use either the Master Cleanse or juice fasting.
Although there is some concern about the lack of nutrients while on a detox fast or cleanse, there are benefits. One benefit is weight loss. When you do not eat solid foods, your calorie intake decreases drastically. This will result in automatic weight loss, even without exercise. Medical professional advise against fasting for the sole purpose of losing weight, but it can be a benefit to undergoing detox.
The greatest benefit of a body detox is that it does what it is supposed to do. That is eliminating stored toxins and waste from your body. These toxins enter our body through water, food, and the environment. Although a small buildup is not uncommon, a large one can hurt your body. When these toxins are expelled through bowel movements, urination, and sweat, you will notice a significant improvement in your health. Many report an increase in energy, regularity, as well as better skin.
As previously stated, the Master Cleanse, water fasting, and juice fasting are three common and popular ways to detox. Unfortunately, some find it difficult to go a week without solid foods. If you are one of those individuals, you can detox in other ways. Although not as full-proof, switching to organic foods, exercising, getting a full body wrap at a spa, or 5-day visits to the sauna can help your body expel toxins.
Since there are benefits to detoxifying the body, you may wish to get started right away. Before doing so, review each of your detox options and find the approach that works best for you. Also, decide on a plan of action for after your detox. At the conclusion of your cleanse, you will have a cleaner and healthier body. You can keep it that way by switching to organic foods, maintaining a healthy diet, and by exercising.
Although the above mentioned claims are widely disputed in the medical field, there are many people who will tell you to try a cleanse or body detox. These individuals have seen success. While each body varies, you will likely see those same results. As a reminder, those results include weight loss, increased energy, an improvement in the skin's appearance, and an overall feeling of improved health and wellness with healthy living.


Most companies don't maximize growth due to internal problems – the below-the-waterline issues that are hard to see. I help my clients focus on one Internal risk and one External risk, and the most common thing I see is a dysfunctional Team #1. So, I think the No. 1 concern for a CEO should be the Health of Team #1.
Team #1 is the executive team. As humans, we are all imperfect. We can all communicate poorly, be passive-aggressive, seem agreeable on the outside but non-committal on the inside … and even just a little weird at times. So by default, all teams are dysfunctional. It's really a question of how dysfunctional.
As Team #1 goes, so goes the rest of the company. If Team #1 can't synchronize and work together cross-functionally, the teams below them will not work well, either. Is sales not working well with IT at the functional level? Trace it back to leadership.
I think that continuously working to make Team #1 healthier is a sustainable competitive advantage. Is your competition looking below the waterline like you are? Are their teams (especially Team #1) as healthy as yours? Are they working together cross-functionally and getting tons of stuff done drama-free?
Here is a starting point to get Team #1 sailing together.
First, have your team read The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni. After reading the leadership fable, ask your team if they can identify with any of the characters in the book.
Then do a Team Effectiveness Exercise. Gather your executive team around the table and have each person share two things that the CEO does that ADD to the effectiveness of the team. The CEO can ask clarifying questions, but should otherwise not respond. After all team members have spoken, the CEO can share insights into what he or she heard and learned.
Then, repeat this process for each team member. At the end of this part of the exercise, each member of the executive team will have shared two things each team member does that make the team more effective.
Next, go around the table, again starting with the CEO, and have each person share two behaviors that DETRACT from the team. Personal attacks are off-limits, and the moderator must be watching for potential attacks against a person versus talking about the behavior.
After everyone has shared two ADDITIONS and DETRACTORS for each person, have each person identify and share ONE THING they are going to commit to improving over the next 90 days to increase team health. Write the commitments down, and in 90 days, ask the team how each team member is doing. This drives accountability and action.
Sound scary? For some it is. Don't cave. You'll be surprised how many behavioral epiphanies people have. It's hard to fix what you don't know about.
A great example of this method in action is an accounting manager at a fast-growing Insight CXO client. She was new to the company and still getting acclimated when we went through this exercise. The Addition feedback was that she was highly trusted and the books were in great hands. This surprised and pleased her – she had put tons of pressure on herself and thought she was not doing a good enough job. But a Detractor theme was that she was not approachable. People were not comfortable walking into her office. This mortified her – she had no idea this was what people thought, and she committed to being more open and inviting. It was a very easy change once she knew what people were thinking.
The below the waterline example here shows an A-player who thought she was performing at a C-level, so she was unintentionally behaving in a way that limited communication.
Remember, the best team wins. Commit and take action to build a healthy Team #1 and unlock your company's growth potential.
Companies often encounter barriers as they mature. Here are six big ones and how to break through them.
Many companies don't want to invest in brand-new software for accounting, customer-relations management, and other operating systems as they grow because they're pricey. But procrastinating will lead to chaos and mistakes when you need to tackle tasks that should be easy to do instantly, like updating customers' addresses in all your records at once. If your company has hit 50 to 150 employees without upgrading its systems, don't delay any more. It's an emergency.
It's tempting just to stuff this important document in a drawer and forget it. Don't. With his now nearly 150-person team squabbling over priorities and resources, Lowry shredded his org chart and reorganized everyone into teams dedicated to specific accounts. He is listed at the bottom, with the role of helping employees serve clients at the firm, which expects $20 million in sales this year. "I stopped talking about my 'direct reports' and switched to calling them my 'direct supports,'" he says.
Companies often outgrow the founders' ability to lead them because the CEOs don't sharpen their management skills. "If your company is growing 30% a year, you have to be 30% better by this time next year," says Vanderbeck. Learn from other CEOs by joining a peer group like Entrepreneurs' Organization or Young Presidents' Organization. "If you aren't a learner, you are the reason the company isn't as big as it could be," Vanderbeck says.
6. Not investing in team training.
Out-learning the competition is a powerful and sustainable growth strategy. To get everyone playing the same music, CEOs must focus training where the company needs it most. Studies have proven over and over again that training has the highest ROI compared to any other investment a firm can make. Jeff Frushtick, CEO of industrial equipment maker Leonard Automatics, found this to be true: Training employees on Lean production resulted in a five-fold increase in profits in a single year at the 35-employee, Denver, N.C., firm. Look into training that can boost your firm's profits similarly.
Verne Harnish is the CEO of Gazelles Inc., an executive education firm. Robert Fish is founder and CEO of Insight CXO.
This blog is adapted from a story in the May 19, 2014 issue of Fortune.


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Former Prime Minister Hashimoto Ryutaro on November 30 effectively admitted that he had received a 100 million yen donation from a dental association. At a closed session of the Diet political ethics committee, he stated, "It may be true, but I don't remember."
Hashimoto reportedly denied his involvement in the decision to not include the donation in the faction's financial report.
The former prime minister's faction in 2001 allegedly received a check for 100 million yen from the Japan Dentists' Federation, the political arm of the Japan Dental Association, and failed to list the donation in its financial report to the government.


This Queen Anne-style designated historical home, known as The Garvey House, sits at 769 Samuels Ave. on a special lot on the Trinity River just south of downtown. "Vacant and spooky" as Brian Luenser describes it, he took this photo late on a Friday evening in anticipation of a stormy weekend. The property was deeded to Lula and William Garvey in the early 1880s by Lula's parents, who lived next door. The street's namesake, Baldwin Samuel, was Lula's grandfather.


Boothroyd Primary Academy wins regional Bling a Bike competition.
Up to 90 children from nine schools across North Kirklees will be taking part in the School's Yorkshire Tour baton relay to celebrate National Bike Week and encourage more young people to cycle.
Schemes worth £383.486 million proposed for West Yorkshire Combined Authority Investment.
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OSA is an important risk factor for cardio-vascular disease. 50% of patients with arterial hypertension also have AOS.
Up to 70% of patients admitted to hospital with coronary artery disease were found to have sleep apnea.
Bacterial infection and inflammation from periodontal disease is associated with other diseases.
Periodontal disease often starts at 20 years, then progresses with age.
50% of those between 35 to 50 are considered to be affected to some degree with periodontal disease. After 60 this number reaches 80%!
Bacteria, bacterial endotoxins and proinflammatory molecules travel from the gums into the blood, linking periodontitis to other systemic diseases.
Bi-products of bacteria which are typically found associated with periodontal disease have been found in the brains of patients diagnosed with Alzheimer disease.
For every millimetre of alveolar bone loss there is a 5.2-fold increase in the risk of tongue cancer.
Chronic periodontal disease can depress the number of red cells, leading to anemia.
Periodontal disease increases the risk of cardiovascular disease by 20%.
Periodontal disease can worsen pulmonary Infections, especially in the elderly or persons who may already suffer pulmonary problems.
Patient with periodontal disease are twice as likely to have Chronic Kidney Disease.
There is a 2-fold increased risk of Type 2 diabetes for patients with severe periodontal disease, and a 50% increased risk of Type 2 diabetes for moderate periodontal disease.
There is an 8-fold increased risk of premature birth for expectant mothers with periodontal disease.
Periodontal disease can increase the risk of infertility in male patients. In women periodontal disease leads to a 40% increase in the time needed to get pregnant.
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Flydubai Flight FZ981 Crash: Plane Carrying 55 Passengers Crashes While Landing In Southern Russia
By Jackie Salo @Jackie_Salo
A Flydubai Airlines plane crashed as it descended Saturday local time at an airport in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. A Flydubai plane is pictured at the Dubai Airshow Nov. 8, 2015. REUTERS
UPDATE: 11:37 p.m. EDT – A Boeing spokesman told Sputnik News that the company is still gathering information on the plane crash at the airport of the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don that is believed to have killed 55 passengers and seven crew members. The report by Sputnik News added that four passengers were children.
We're aware of reports coming out of Russia and our team is currently gathering more details.
— Boeing Airplanes (@BoeingAirplanes) March 19, 2016
UPDATE: 11:15 p.m. EDT -- Weather may have been a factor in the crash of a FlyDubai passenger jet in southern Russia early Saturday, the Associated Press reported. At the airport site in Rostov-on-Don there was rain and winds of about 25 mph, reports said.
UPDATE: 10:53 p.m. EDT -- FlyDubai Airlines responded to news that one of its Boeing 738 passenger jets crashed while landing in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, near the border with eastern Ukraine, killing 55 passengers and seven crew members on board.
"We are aware of an incident involving our flight FZ981 from Dubai to Rostov On Don," FlyDubai said in a statement. "We are investigating further details and will publish an update once more information is available"
We are aware of an incident involving our flight FZ981 from Dubai to Rostov On Don. We are investigating further details and will publish an update once more information is available.
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The crash killed all of the 55 passengers and seven crew members on board, Russia's Sputnik News reported. Emergency Ministry spokeswoman Marina Kostioukova could not provide further information about the victims.
"At this this time we do not have any information," she told ABC News Australia.
A FlyDubai Airlines plane crashed as it descended Saturday local time at an airport in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. The Boeing 738 passenger jet, en route from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, was carrying 55 passengers, all of whom were killed, RT News reported.
The news was confirmed by the country's Southern Regional Emergency Center to CNN.
"According to preliminary data, the Boeing 737 crashed in poor visibility conditions, some 50 to 100 meters left of the runway," a source told RT News.
Flight radar route of #FZ981 that crashed on landing https://t.co/bfeuoVdREn pic.twitter.com/QFVm3WKyX6
— RT (@RT_com) March 19, 2016
Emergency crews have already responded to the scene. The airport will be closed until at least 6 a.m. local time, RT News reported.
This story is developing and will be updated as information becomes available.
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Q: Worksheet_Change executed multiple times I am using a MsgBox in an if else condition. When I use other conditions along with MsgBox, the MsgBox pops up multiple times and I have to end the program.
Code in a module:
Sub CheckValue(Target)
    If Target.Offset(0, 12) < 1 Then
        MsgBox "This is a sample box"
        Range(Target.Offset(0, -12), Cells(Target.MergeArea(1, 1).Row, Target.MergeArea(1, 1).Offset(1, -2).Column)).ClearContents
        Target.Offset(0, 0).ClearContents
        Target.Offset(-4, 0).Select
    End If

I activate this sub through worksheet change:
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
    If Target.Address = "$N$16" Then
        Call CheckValue(Target)
    End If
End Sub

A: As you clear contents in your CheckValue sub, you are triggering the change-event.
You have to add  Application.EnableEvents
Sub CheckValue(Target)
If Target.Offset(0, 12) < 1 Then
     MsgBox "This is a sample box"

     Application.EnableEvents = false  '--> disable event
         Range(Target.Offset(0, -12), Cells(Target.MergeArea(1, 1).Row, Target.MergeArea(1, 1).Offset(1, -2).Column)).ClearContents
         Target.Offset(0, 0).ClearContents
     Application.EnableEvents = true    '--> enable events

     Target.Offset(-4, 0).Select

     End If
end sub

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Woman who sent fanmail to Obama gets rude awakening on ObamaCare
WS Wire 9:40 AM on November 19, 2013
Jessica Sanford, the Federal Way woman who got a shout-out from President Obama last month with her fan letter for the Affordable Care Act, got a rather rude awakening last week. Turns out she doesn't qualify for a tax credit after all.
At least that's what the letter said that she got from the state. Now she says her dream of affordable health insurance has gone poof. She can't afford it. She'll have to go without. "I'm really terribly embarrassed," she says. "It has completely turned around on me. I mean, completely."
Chalk it up to a bollixed-up state website that apparently still has major problems. Originally it said Sanford and her child would get a whopping tax credit that would reduce their total premium to $169 a month. Now the state is telling her it goofed – twice – and she has to pay full ticket. There may even be a third goof involved: At least one health-insurance broker says she may qualify for a tax credit after all, albeit a small one. Officials at the state Healthplanfinder website could not be contacted Sunday night. But it just goes to show that even in the state of Washington, which has earned national kudos for a health-insurance exchange that seems to function better than the dysfunctional federal website, there are big, big problems.
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While budtenders know what's on their shelves, they have no idea of what you want or need. Giving them more insight on the experience you wish to achieve will allow them to give you the best product. Expect to be paired up with a budtender when you arrive at a dispensary. They will walk you through the buying process so be open about what you want.
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