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Lloyd Blankfein on Rate Hike: 'I Wouldn't Do It'
Lloyd Blankfein, chairman and CEO of the Goldman Sachs group, says recent data hasn't given the Federal Reserve a reason to raise interest rates. Excerpted from Wednesday's "Viewpoints" conversation with WSJ Editor in Chief Gerard Baker.
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Black Friday is a holiday shopping tradition that kicks off the season every year. Unbeatable sales and one-day-only deals make it almost impossible to resist, hence the nearly 140 million or so consumers who will hit the stores that day. The best Black Friday preparation and survival tips will keep you safe and sane, as well as money savvy when you brave the Black Friday crowds.
Tip #1: Do Your Homework
Scan through the sales flyers a few days before Black Friday to see what deals you want to take advantage of and start planning the best route to visit the necessary stores. Compare prices between stores, but also check online to make sure you're getting the best deal possible for everything on your list. It wouldn't hurt to take the time to read a few reviews of the sale products that you aren't familiar with.
Tip #2: Dress Appropriately
Waiting in line for stores to open in the cold night air is part of the Black Friday appeal for many shoppers. Think about the time you will arrive and how long you will be there when you dress. Remember that stores will be even warmer than usual because of the crowds. One of the best Black Friday preparation and survival tips is to layer your clothing and, most of all, to wear comfortable shoes.
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The longer you shop, the less likely you will be to make sensible purchases. Prepare for Black Friday by making a list of all the gifts you need to buy. Make a note of the items you plan to buy each person, or jot down a few possible ideas. Remember to include easily overlooked gifts you will need, like stocking stuffers or a secret Santa gift for the office. Using a list will help you spend less and stay on track. If you feel yourself getting tired, it may be best to call it a day.
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During the Black Friday shopping frenzy, it is not uncommon for food courts and restaurants near shopping centers to stay crowded all throughout the day. If you plan to visit more than one shopping center, consider eating lunch at a restaurant somewhere between the two. It may be less crowded than those in the mall. Packing a few high energy snacks like granola bars or raisins can help you get through Black Friday too.
Tip #5: Arrive Prepared
The best way to survive Black Friday is to be prepared before you get started. Make sure you have a list or that it is transferred to your cell phone. Download price comparison apps to help you while you're shopping. Remember to pack your notes, the right credit cards, and some snacks in a comfortable, lightweight purse or bag. Also bring the sales papers in case any of the retailers will match prices.
Even with the best Black Friday preparation and survival tips, it's going to be a very long and tiring day. Get a good night's rest and remember that Cyber Monday is just a few days away. You could always just stay home and enjoy another day off with family.

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Video of the Week: Are You Ready?Posted by 21stCenturyMom Filed Under: Video
There is a 'blogumentary' called ChasingKimbia that chronicles the training life of a group of elite runners as they prepare for the big marathons: Boston, New York. Much of the footage is on YouTube.
As I watched this clip I was also struck by their form. When I see pictures of me running my feet never seem to be more than a couple of inches from the ground. Check out these guys: their back foot is parallel with the ground and they look like gazelles.
In addition to providing some great footage of fast runners with fantastic form the site has some interesting advice. I liked this little snippet:
It's interesting that these guys consider a hard 15K run speed training. Most of us consider speed training short intervals on the track. In fact, someone emailed me yesterday asking, "Will the guys do any fast track intervals, like 800's, before the race?" Hard 800-meter repeats make a great VO2 Max workout, but VO2 Max has very little benefit for the marathon. It's not specific to the race. Dieter revolves all of his training around 3:00/kilometer pace – roughly 2:06 marathon pace. "The marathon involves running for two hours non-stop. In training you need to mimic these race conditions. So, the best way to do that is with hard continuous running."
So how about it, runners—do you have a long run scheduled this weekend? Try picking up the pace a little! According to ChasingKimbia, it will do you good.
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All candidate applications must be received no later than October 15th of the current year at the offices of Assumption Life Foundation, P.O. Box 160, Moncton NB E1C 8L1. You must indicate the following:
Denis Losier was born on June 14, 1953, and studied economics at university. In 1975, he graduated with a master's in economics from University of Western Ontario. After starting out as an economist with the federal Department of Regional Industrial Expansion, he became president and CEO of the Société des Acadiens et Acadiennes du Nouveau-Brunswick. In 1998, he made the move into politics and was elected as the Liberal member of parliament for Tracadie. He held the position of Minister for various departments: Fisheries and Aquaculture (1989-1991), Commerce and Technology and Tourism, Recreation and Heritage, which would become Economic Development and Tourism (1991-1994).
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At the young age of 27 he embarked on his political career, becoming the MLA for the riding of Kent County. He became Leader of the Liberal Party of New Brunswick in 1958 and led it to victory in 1960. He was Premier of New Brunswick until 1970, a period of three terms. He played an important role in the promotion of linguistic equality and his government passed the Official Languages Act, making New Brunswick Canada's only officially bilingual province at the time. He also made a significant contribution to the French-language school system and the founding of the Université de Moncton.
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The accountability of the project lies with the team, but I am responsible for the overall success or failure of the project. (The project is a web portal for internal use)
3 of the 5 are quite normal to deal with, the remaining 2 seem to throw more buzzwords that you can keep up with.
Just to refer to a recent discussion, one of them raised a concern that "We are not agile enough and need to have a backlog", the other followed on with "our UI needs to be more Modern"
The words in bold are what I perceived as buzzwords.
I asked them to clarify what they meant when they used these words (not too politely, I'll admit that was my fault), the response I got was that Modern means we should have tiles everywhere, even if its a list of 300 items, it should be shown as 300 horizontally scrollable tiles.
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PEOPLE in NSW will no longer have the "right to silence" when being questioned by police after the Shooters and Fishers Party voted with the government on its bid to combat gang violence.
Critics of the laws - which the government will now push through the lower house - say it's a fundamental attack on people's rights.
Greens MP David Shoebridge wants the government to come clean on the deal it struck with MPs from the minor party to get the laws through the upper house, where they have the balance of power.
"The question is, what have they been offered in return?" he told AAP.
The legislative changes allow judges and juries to take a negative view of people who exercise their right to remain silent.
The government flagged the move last August following a spate of drive-by shootings in Sydney's west.
Under the new laws, an unfavourable inference can be drawn if an accused person fails to mention something during official police questioning that they could reasonably be expected to mention, and that they later rely on in their defence.
During debate in the upper house on Wednesday, Labor MP Sophie Cotsis said it was "wrong in principle and undesirable in practice".
Mr Shoebridge said it was hard to imagine a more fundamental attack on the basic workings of the criminal justice system "under the guise of dealing with bikies and making trials more efficient".
"The people who will be most affected by these changes will be the most marginal," he said.
"The right to silence is not simply a right that criminals choose ... it's a right all of us should have under questioning by police."
The bill was expected to be opposed by the Greens, Labor and the Shooters and Fishers Party but it ended up being passed 21 votes to 19.
Asked earlier in the day if he had spoken to the Shooters and Fishers Party, Mr O'Farrell replied, "I am simply expecting them to respect the powers the police wanted, powers that could assist in tackling gun crime across western Sydney".
NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione denied the legislation would infringe on a person's basic rights.
"This is simply a matter of trying to level the playing field," he told reporters in Sydney.
"This is about making sure that people can't concoct an excuse when they get to court on the first occasion and try and catch us out by not having disclosed that previously.
"I don't think it trashes civil liberties."
Opposition Leader John Robertson called the proposal a "government stunt" and said if Mr O'Farrell was serious about gun crime he would outlaw bikie gangs.
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Rep. Jerry Nadler says he didn't believe President Donald Trump when he denied reports that FBI Director Christopher Wray had threatened to resign.
"First of all, the President is a known liar, so I don't believe anything he says," Nadler, who is ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, said on "Erin Burnett Outfront" Tuesday.
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Trump denied earlier on Tuesday that Wray threatened to resign after Attorney General Jeff Sessions pressured him to make staffing changes among the senior ranks at the FBI.
Sessions communicated to Wray, who was hand-picked by Trump and sworn in in August, that he needed a fresh start with his senior team at the FBI, a source familiar with the conversation told CNN. Sessions specifically suggested the bureau's deputy director, Andrew McCabe, and its top lawyer, James Baker, should go.
It is not clear if Sessions explicitly told Wray to fire the two men or simply reassign them, according to the source. Wray, in turn, threatened to quit if McCabe was removed or reassigned from his post, the source said. Baker was reassigned late last year.
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Mike DeBonis on Local Politics Archive: Martin O'Malley
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Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker visited the John A. Wilson Building this morning -- D.C.'s city hall -- to visit with his fellow new leader, Mayor Vincent C. Gray.
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How to Make Square Seat Cushions With a Drawstring
Covers can update old cushions on chairs or sofas, but making perfect corners and installing fasteners is often tricky and time-consuming. A cushion cover also requires a lot of fabric if you are trying to cover both the top and underside of the cushion. A simple drawstring square cover doesn't require a fancy closure and it uses less fabric because it covers only the top and sides of the cushion. These covers are also quick to remove for cleaning, or if you want to change out covers frequently for a different look.
Measure the length and width of the top of the cushion. Measure the height of the cushion and add 4 inches to this measurement.
Double the adjusted height measurement and add it onto the length and width measurement. Transfer the measurements to your fabric with a fabric pen and cut out a square of fabric to these measurements.
Fold the fabric in half diagonally, right sides together. Subtract ½ inch from the adjusted height measurement, and then mark this measurement along the fold, measuring from the corner. Measure again from the same corner but along the open edge of the fabric, marking the same measurement. Draw a line between the two marks and then cut the fabric along the line, removing the corner of fabric. Repeat on the other corner. Refold the fabric on the diagonal the opposite way and measure and cut the corners using the same method. Unfold the fabric. It should have a square of fabric removed from each corner.
Press a 1/4-inch seam along each edge of the fabric with a hot iron. Sew along the folds to hem the fabric and prevent fraying.
Fold the fabric in half diagonally again, right sides together. Sew the corners together along the cut edge where the square was removed from each corner, sewing 1/4-inch from the edge. Repeat for each corner so they are mitered to fit the corners of the cushion you are covering.
Sew the casing for the drawstring. Fold over the fabric 1 inch along all four sides of the cover, then press and sew along the edge to create a channel for inserting the cord. Leave a 4-inch opening for inserting the cord.
Attach a large safety pin to one end of a cord. Feed the cord into the casing channel and work it through until it comes out the other side. Sew the cord opening closed between the two ends of the cord, leaving 1 inch open around each end of cord.
Tie the ends of the drawstring cord together so they don't slip back into the casing . Place the cover over the top of the square cushion. Pull the drawstring on the underside of the casing tight and tuck the excess cord under the cover.
Things Needed
- Measuring tape
- Fabric pen
- Iron
- Sewing machine and thread
- Cord
- Safety pin
- Light- and medium-weight fabrics work best for drawstring covers because they don't pucker as badly as heavy fabrics. If you use cotton fabric, wash and preshrink it before measuring and sewing the cover.
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Kitchen Design Ideas For Any Funds
Redesigning your kitchen isn't something you do fairly often. My only kitchen design experience is the quickie remodel we did in our second house after we decided to stop renting it and sell it (you'll be able to try that price range kitchen transform here ) and the entire decisions had been made with resale and price range in mind. One wall of cupboards homes wall ovens and conceals the energy-efficient fridge and freezer.
By swapping the black-and-white tiles for an exquisite wood floor, HGTV's Kitchen Cousins were in a position to create a softer look in this newly redesigned area. Owners ought to count on to spend a median of $5,000 for a low-cost transform, $25,000 for a mid-vary transform and $forty five,000 for a serious kitchen remodel. Without adding a single square foot, this room feels way more spacious with white higher cupboards, enticing wooden flooring and up to date home equipment.
7. FANTASY: Fancy options for kitchen cabinets – like pot and pan organizers or pullout corner fittings – are simply frills (AKA a waste of cash). The book provides kitchen transform concepts within four finances levels, $1,000, $2,500, $5,000, and $10,000. Save all of your designs on-line, then share them with potential transforming professionals and contractors, so you can get more than one bid.
Brass bin pulls, butcher block countertops, and a copper backsplash behind the range add warmth to the brand new grey cabinets. Moroccan clay tiles from Badia Design cowl the kitchen backsplash, and the Silestone countertop is from Lowe's. When you love a kitchen design it is important to know when you can execute your ideas on the budget you've gotten. Every little thing has to be able to retailer cleanly." The alderwood cupboards have drawer pullouts and racks to pack away all utensils; pantry gadgets and cleaning provides are stashed in a more beneficiant cupboard across the lounge.
Transforming a kitchen has the potential to invigorate your house life. Hosts John Colaneri and Anthony Carrino took down a wall separating the kitchen and eating room to create a greater move on this vibrant house. As a result of so many homeowners choose to remodel their kitchens, likelihood is you will discover a remodeling contractor who specializes in kitchens. New painted cabinets with a mix of open shelves and glass-front doors were added.


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Winter Climb of Shishapangma
Here's one for the history books: The Tibetan giant Shishapangma (8,027 meters) has received its second "first winter ascent" of the season. Piotr Morakski of Poland and Simone Moro of Italy reached the top Jan. 14 in hurricane-force winds. It was a sweet victory for the two men, who attempted Shishapangma last winter and almost summited, but then retreated in the face of a nearly certain bivouac at 8,000 meters. In mid-December, the Frenchman Jean-Christophe Lafaille soloed a route on the South Face of Shishapangma, reaching the top on Dec. 11. Lafaille has claimed the first winter ascent of the peak despite the fact that the calendar winter begins Dec. 21, saying that the mountain was already in winter conditions and that the official Himalayan winter-climbing season begins Dec. 1. Regardless of which climb is awarded the first winter ascent by historians, this is the first time a non-Polish climber has made an 8,000-meter peak's first cold-season climb. Seven other 8,000-meter peaks have been climbed in winter, and all for the first time by Poles. (And, of course, a Pole reached the top Jan. 14.) The last 8,000-meter peak to get its first winter asecnt was Lhotse in 1988.


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Refocus on Recovery 2014 (RoR2014)
Organization: Refocus on Recovery
Venue: New Hunt's House
Location: London, United Kingdom
|Event Date/Time: Jun 02, 2014
|End Date/Time: Jun 03, 2014
|Early Registration Date: Feb 28, 2014
|Abstract Submission Date: Jan 31, 2014
Leaders in the field of recovery will present state-of-the-art research.
This is our third biennial conference, organised as part of our Refocus research programme in collaboration with the charity Rethink Mental Illness.
The 2014 conference will also be presented in partnership with the , run by the NHS Confederation's Mental Health Network and the Centre for Mental Health
This year, there are four themes:
1 System transformation • What approaches and specific interventions are used with mental health systems to support recovery? • What new technologies are emerging? • How can both front-line interventions and within-system culture be transformed?
2 Relationships that support recovery • How can the recovery resources of existing and new relationships be better harnessed? • Does a recovery orientation change the construction of 'professionalism'? • What are the active ingredients of peer relationships? • How do family and friends understand 'recovery' and how do they support it? • Can inclusive communities be created? • How can the search for spiritual meaning be supported by others? • Do coaching and co-production have a contribution?
3 Recovery in crisis • What do people need in crisis? • How can crisis-orientated services promote hope and post-traumatic growth? • Do we need new service models, such as recovery houses? • On close examination, what problems emerge within the recovery movement? (Critical perspectives are also encouraged within this theme, such as threats posed by recovery rhetoric – eg will this be a cover for service cuts? – and concerns that recovery means employment.)
4 Keeping well in daily life • How can individuals live a life beyond illness? • How to support well-being when having ongoing mental health problems? • What well-being research does or does not apply to people experiencing mental health problems? • What does recovery have to offer for citizenship, empowerment and emancipatory and identity politics? • Can lived experience be used to address stigma, and is there a role for mental health workers to be social activists?
We are inviting oral and poster submissions for each theme.
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Legislative Panel To Review Benefit Proposals For Fallen Prescott Firefighters
A state legislative committee will meet this month to review proposals to help the families of the 19 firefighters killed in the Yarnell Hill wildfire. Arizona House Speaker Andy Tobin of Prescott Valley plans to introduce bills that would provide retroactive state benefits to the families. Thirteen of Prescott's Granite Mountain firefighters who died on June 30 were seasonal workers and not full-time employees, so they will not receive any benefits.
The city of Prescott said it cannoy afford to provide coverage for families of all of the fallen firefighters, but Tobin said he is writing a bill that would make all first responders killed on state land dating back to June 30 eligible for full-time state employee death benefits.
The committee also will discuss how to provide coverage for emergency workers in future Arizona disasters.Tobin said he will not introduce his measures until the regular session starts in January unless there is need for a special session before then.


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I've been following the latest One Room Challenge on Instagram – have you? As you may know I participated in the past; redecorating our foyer and then renovating our master bathroom… in 6 weeks no less! The pressure is real and so I was feeling for the latest group of decor bloggers that took on the challenge. The final design reveals were published last week and are super fun and creative. It was so hard to narrow down, but I've selected five designs to share with you today.
The black vanity with brass hardware in the master bathroom designed by House Updated is fabulous. The tribal rug with pale pinks and gray works beautifully with the marble flooring and herringbone walls. Love the rounded brass mirror too.
This serene, yet sophisticated gender neutral nursery room by chris loves julia is another fave. It was designed for her baby girl-to-be, but I think would work for a boy too. The brass geometric mobile is a super chic touch, don't you think?
House of Brinson's guest bedroom and dressing room is also spectacular. The walls are covered in an aged blue gray paint by Farrow & Ball and panels of Gracie wallpaper hang in the dressing room (shown above). Simply stunning.
The dining and sitting room design by The Pink Pagoda is another show stopper. The traditional design is layered with chinoiserie and modern touches. I'm loving this vignette in particular… and look a fern!
At first glance, this bedroom seemed it was designed for a teenage girl, but it's actually the master bedroom for blogger Holly from The English Room. She is known for her bold, colorful and multi-layered designs. Don't you love the lucite bed!
And be sure to check out all the fabulous One Room Challenge Spring 2017 reveals at Calling it Home. So fun!


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Parent Portal
Parent Portal
Our internet-based Parent Portal makes parents an active part of the treatment team by giving them an opportunity to read and comment on clinical notes. Parents can view weekly pictures of their child. They also can respond to clinical notes and provide feedback and insights of their own through the Parent Portal. Additionally, each student has a unique password protected portal. Parents view information for their student in this unique portal.
"I was so happy to learn about breakthroughs that my son was experiencing while in the program, and I felt a ton of comfort to be able to check the weather and read updates online with my husband as we prayed for our son to be successful there!" —(name omitted)
For additional parent information, please explore the following links below.
- Pre-Enrollment Information
- Weekly Therapy Phone Calls
- Parent Narratives
- Communicating with Your Student
- Graduation
With this in mind, please explore our website or call an admissions counselor at 801-921-8488 for additional information about how RedCliff Ascent can help your family.


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Designed by IA Design, the new CBRE Head Office has been selected to display at the 2017 Open House Perth
This year, IA Design is privileged to be included in the Open House Perth with the newly completed CBRE Head Office on display at QV1 250 St Georges Terrace – Level 25.
Located in the heart of the CBD, this 1,580m2 office space is sophisticated, timeless and designed to accommodate the diverse working styles of the CBRE team. A stunning office environment that speaks to the CBRE brand and offers staff and clients a contemporary and professional work space.
A special congratulations to our Perth design team led by Leith Rees and Felicity Calus, and the CBRE team.
We look forward to welcoming Perth this weekend!
About Open House Perth: Open House Perth is an annual weekend event dedicated to celebrating great local architecture, design and interiors. Founded by a number of Architects in the UK who were trying to promote the value of good design, this event is now a world-wide phenomenon that includes over 30 cities.
A sneak peak at the CBRE office!
Discover how the IA Design team can help your organisation. Learn more about our studios here.


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Nocturnal Animals is up for nine awards at the BAFTAs!
The film's stars Amy Adams and Aaron Taylor-Johnson stepped out at the award ceremony on Sunday (February 12) held at Royal Albert Hall in London, England.
Aaron was also joined by his wife Sam Taylor-Johnson.
Nocturnal Animals' nominations include Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Music, Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Cinematography and Best Make Up & Hair.
Amy is also up for Best Actress for her role in the film while Aaron is up for Best Supporting Actor.
FYI: Amy is wearing a Tom Ford gown, Jimmy Choo shoes, David Webb jewelry and carrying a Tom Ford clutch. Aaron is also wearing Tom Ford.
- Here's the latest in the Paul Walker death lawsuit - TMZ
- Are Robert Pattinson and FKA twigs married? - Gossip Cop
- Check out this exclusive still from the upcoming movie Everything, Everything based on the novel by Nicola Yoon - Just Jared Jr
- Get to know the new Bachelorette Rachel Lindsay - Wetpaint
- Tom Hardy had quite the Valentine's Day - Lainey Gossip
- Check out a review of the new TV show Doubt - The Hollywood Reporter


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No, me neither. Willpower fell victim to a hot chap with a cold Prosecco on Jan 2nd. In oh so many ways.
Anyone else got a resolution still in tact?
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No, me neither. Willpower fell victim to a hot chap with a cold Prosecco on Jan 2nd. In oh so many ways.
Anyone else got a resolution still in tact?
I did make a resolution this year that I would not claim to be the son of God.
So far so good, but I did come close. The girl at the local Tesco Express looked like she needed a shock to kick her into life, but I found the store defibrillator was enough to get her moving
Well, I did promise myself I would spend at least 4 hours every weekend keeping my hand in with the dolphins but Dawson's Creek's sub looks like it has scuppered my plans for meditative weekends.
Fear not Mary. This is one Daily Mail article worth taking seriously...
It does look like Dr.Smug was scratching around for a reason to be contrary.
Here's a much better reason why stopping drinking in January is bad: I own a wine shop and a pub for Christ sake! Keep drinking please!
I'm doing my best, particularly now I have discovered the delights of the Espresso Martini.
Thunder Toffee Vodka was big hit this year. Totally adictive!
I've just started stocking Black Cow vodka. Made in Dorset from milk! Oh yes it is!
Vodka. Drool, drool!
Riesler - thank you for drawing my attention to that unutterable pish. I used to feel bad about thinking that Dr Christian looked like he'd been put in Willy Wonka's gum-stretching machine. Conscience salved.
And beau-jolly, I'm a community-minded kind of a gal so if I can't support your enterprise in person, I'll just have to help your brethren in SW London.
I somehow read that as 'I've just started snorting black cow vodka'.
I wouldn't recommend that. Tried it with sambuca before and it wasn't pleasant.
Riesler, Espresso Martinis are the gods' own nectar.
Had my first one about 9yrs ago during a bit of a lost weekend in LA, and have never looked back.
It is my goal to sniff out any and every establishment which serves them wherever I am in the world.
Also try Chocolate, Mint Choc, and White Choc and Coffee variations, I swear they will become your 'fix'.
Beau, is that the vodka in the aluminium looking bottle? If so, do you do mail order?!
I had some of that at a friend's house before Christmas and it's almost as good as Espresso Martini.
I'm also doing my best for the local licensed premises by resolving to drink more.
Mary, my lovely, I resolved a very long time ago to never make New Year resolutions, as the sense of abject failure was always too much to deal with at about 6pm on January 1st.
Yes Mary, I entered the Dryathlon on 1 January and fell off on Friday 4th (6.45pm), although fortunately I was still a little pissed from New Years Eve...
Jeni: Not an aluminium bottle, more like a milk bottle and I'm afraid it would cost far to much to send. It'll find its way over the border eventually. I understand that Scotland has the highest per capita consumption of Vodka so it would be a good market.
Unfortunately the 4fun Dryathlon starts some time next Monday alongside the 'stopeatingallthatfoodyoufatsod40%overweightcannotbegoodforyou 2013' event.
For when it's all over (say by next Friday) b-j - have you an expert's view on 'Stumbles Vineyards Malbec 2011'? A couple of bottles arrived in a 'wine club for the lazy' box and I enjoyed it so much I kept the bottle for future reference. Of course it may just have been the knock-on effect of the several large Wh & Ging stiffeners earlier in the evening.
Had some bottles of Innis and Gunn beer given to me. Really good for jaded tastebuds. Lovely stuff, especially the rum finish ones. I know it's a bit poncy, but it does help to revive after a shite Christmas and New Year.
A wine snob writes:
Bloody Laithwaits! They used to sell just Bordeaux.
Grumble grumble...Cahors....grumble grumble...weakness of the Rand...Mutter mutter...former dynamite factory...grumble grumble.
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What the hell has Dr Smug got against broccoli? I love broccoli. Most of my friends love broccoli. I will freely admit that I occasionally binge broccoli. I like sprouts too and have great concern that many people abstain from them for all but one day of the year.
Dr Smug should stick to his "how big is the average cock" television show and keep his business out of my veg.
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Amy Gross' hand-embroidered and beaded sculptures are magical microcosms, merging the natural world with her own inner life. Attracted and frightened by things on the edge of spoiling or straining to support an excess, the Florida artist creates vignettes that cluster, tangle, cling and multiply. Paradoxically, these vivid accounts of the natural world use nothing from nature.
"I do not collaborate with the nature that fascinates me, the myriad of visible and invisible interactions that lie at the heart of every insect, bacteria, tree, and spore. I collaborate with manufacturing. I use no found objects, nothing was ever alive." - Amy Gross


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Contact Us
Kerry's Traditional Chinese Massage Centres offer a range of massage therapies to help reduce tension and ease pain and discomfort. Our staff are friendly and will treat you like a VIP.
Our qualified therapists practise Traditional Chinese massage and also Traditional Thai Massage using ancient techniques in our modern, comfortable facilities.
Massage uses therapeutic touch to help restore wellness and relieve aches and soreness. It's also a great way to relax and allow all your stresses to melt away.
At Kerry's, we provide most variations of massage, including Swedish, hot stone, prenatal, remedial, deep tissue, reflexology, sports and relaxation.
Our centres are equipped with specially designed pregnancy massage tables for prenatal massage, which allows mums-to-be lie down to enjoy a full back massage, relieving pressure and stress.
Our fully trained practitioners are happy to discuss whatever our clients need before the session in order to provide exactly what you want.
DryNeedling and cupping have had proven results in assisting pain management. They can be quite effective methods when implemented regularly into your lifestyle.
We use heat lamps for our clients' comfort, keep their body at a beautifully comfortable, warm temperature while enjoying their treatments.
Facial steamers are available for deep cleansing by opening the pores and helping to remove toxins and grime.
We also offer ear candling, or coning, at our centres, which can help create sensations of health.
You'll find our premier massage centre in three convenient locations with a fourth due to open soon.
If you're suffering from back, neck or shoulder pain from sitting at a desk or being on your feet all day, come in and see us during your lunchbreak to relieve the tension by enjoying our quick and easy pain relief techniques. Some massages only last 20 minutes but can help ease discomfort.
Make someone smile with a Gift Voucher for one of our treatments — A mood-boosting massage is great for some pampering indulgence.
Choose a style of massage from the list below and book an appointment by phoning your nearest centre or use our contact page
Health Fund Rebates available form our qualified Remedial Massage service providers.
Price List
Massage Variations
30 min - $50
45 min - $70
60 min - $80
75 min - $100
90 min - $120
120 min - $150
Remedial Massage (with Health Fund rebate)
30 min - $60
45 min - $80
60 min - $100
75 min - $120
90 min - $140
120 min - $180
Pregnancy Massage (Body or feet) & Hot Stone
45 min - $75
60 min - $85
90 min - $125
120 min - $160
Reflexology (foot massage)
45 min - $70
60 min - $80
Specialised Treatment
Ear Candling
30 min - $50
Gua Sha Or Cupping
20 min - $30
40 min - $60
Lymphatic Detox
30 min - $50
All Deep Tissue and Relaxation Massage include Aromatic & Herbal Oils
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Now Hiring: "Fun Facilitators"
Available Hours:
- Fri/Sat 10:30am – 5pm & 5pm – 11pm
- Occasional Weekdays 9am – 4pm
We offer a decent hourly wage + bonus plan. Please send your resume and cover letter stating availability to email@example.com. No phone calls please.
Customer Experience Enthusiasts
We need friendly, outgoing, and FUN people on our team. People who will make sure every customer has a great time & wants to come back!
Dependable & Responsible
We need people who will show up for their shifts on time & be ready to give it their all. Crazy concept, right?
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We need people who will take initiative and contribute to our business, help create new rooms, offer new ideas, etc.


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Posted on July 25, 2012 by Nick Roach in Theme Releases | 253 comments
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Awesome job guys. I've been looking forward to something like this from you.
Awesome! 😀
this may have been the best plugins for themes customization since I am 1st using wordpress 6 years ago 😉
Thanks and great job guys.
You are making things so simple than ever, thanks for such a great plugin.
woow this looks promising great work keep em coming
Wow, awesome stuff!
what is the license on the plugin?
Nice Plugin
Loving the creative flow that this plugin provides.
Nick, you're a star..
I just tried this plugin and this is pretty amazing ! Thanks Elegant Themes 🙂
Really beautiful themes Congratulations!
Awesome. This is perfect for all newbies or non-technical people like me. But Elegant themes have always been super easy to use.
Awesome. 🙂
This is amazing!!!
Thanks again Nick, superb work!!!
Just amazing! Really impressed 🙂
I like thissss…
. This plugin will work with any theme, not just our themes! This plugin is only available for customers who sign up under the Developers Package, however, all of our current customers will get the plugin for free! (even if you are only on the Personal Package)
Wow – looks good – will it do to replace this theme builder, or work well with it ?
I also have the ultimatumtheme developer's license and it's definitely more complex and hard to use.
I totally agree! I kept hearing how easy Ultimate Theme was, but I found it anything but easy. Then, too, it appears all the CSS is in-line, which is not my preference. I'd rather have a separate style.css sheet.
I find it's much easier to just create a child theme and do the customization that way. Then, I can update the theme if I need to without over-writing my customization styles.
elegant theme always have the best design
AWSOME! Best buy ever!
I'll have a look at it, definitely!
Absolutely great stuff, smoothness and flexibility is just like a butter, amazing job of your team ET!!!
hey guys ; )
i think THIS is a HUGE step to earn customers.. maybe wih your builder Internet will look more attractive for everyone. With a few code modifications and that thing ur acctually totally free to design
great, really fantastic job
team of TechCloud.pl
And here I was waiting for your new theme and this new plugin completely blown away my mind. It's same feeling when Nokia had launched a 41 MP camera phone. This is completely outstanding! 😀
This is great! I'll check it out soon for a current project.
Love this! Any way there can be a simple "text" widget that we can just add text to? All I see are the paper and content boxes. I just want to add a column of text.
Thanks again!
Check out the Text Block module.
Just kidding… Just saw the text box.
Loving it!
Man… you keep releasing great content! I love it! My only question would be in the area of responsive design… does she work? If not, how do we make it work?
All in all… superb work!
Nevermind. Hadn't really watched the video yet. This is for pages and posts. The overall CSS will determine if it's responsive or not. Is there a way to use this to build templates fro within WP?
Excellent job Nick, i was just about to buy a theme builder as well. This is great news for me 🙂 Im a very happy customer
Hi Nick
Is there a way we could build the home page with the plug in?
You can always change the homepages of any theme (ET or not).
Just go to your admin dashboard and go to settings. You can make the homepage a static page. Just choose the page you created.
Hi, Matt,
Great job on the plugin! It works great.
I'm working on an install of ET's TheCorporation theme and when I change that setting in Settings>Reading to a static page and save, it doesn't work … I still have the featured slider on Home.
I'd appreciate any guidance. Thanks!
Is it also possible to change the backgroundcolor of the box? I have a black background for a site. But iI can't find any button that changes the framecolor.
My bad … I see what I was doing wrong. Thanks!
I am drooling. Nice work guys! 🙂
You guys is just awesome!! Great work
Seriously. Cool.
YAYAYAYAYAYAYAAYAYAYAY!! I've been playing with this. I use to use Platform Pro but the looks could only take a non-designer (with high-design) ideals so far. Love the looks of ET configuring certain elements was a cumbersome. I love this drag and drop!
Thanks a lot for this Nick!.
This makes life so much more fun 🙂
Wow Nick – you always manage to surprise me again. That´s great news, I can´t wait to try this. Great work, keep it coming!
The plugins page says "Get complete access to all of our themes and plugins for only $89".
Does this plugin not come with the standard $39 license?
You are correct. If you signup today, you will only get the plugin if you choose the Developers option. However, if you are already a customer before this was launched, even with the $39 option, it's free. Nick mentions this in the post. 🙂
I am SOOOO glad I signed up 2 days ago!
Will this be in effect as long as I am a customer, or next year when I continue my subscription will I need to upgrade to developer to keep the plugins?
So unbelievably excited for this, thank you so much!
This is really amazing! Can't wait to give it a try. Thank you for another great product!
Great !!!!
Congratulations for adding so wonderful plugin for content creation and management. Ver, very helpful.
like it a lot… I am a newbie, so everything easy to use is great!
but… I can't get it to work if I have text in the normal place (it disappeares when adding blocks in the layout builder)
Am I doing wrong, or text are supposed to be in textblocks now?
Amazing for sure !
Another great share from ET, you truly are amazing! Thank you.
what a great time to be a website owner 🙂
Sweet! Thanks for letting us old-timers without developer licenses get it too!
I have been a loyal fan because your designs are so good. I have been able to make do with themes that need tweaking via the excellent support. But, this is incredible!. It really proves what a great company you are!
this is amazing, I really like the features of the convertible theme
Wow, this is an awesome tool and potentially a real game-changer. Looking forward to trying it out!
Amazing !
Oh Nick – thankyou, thankyou, thankyou! And the timing couldn't be better as I was looking at another system with similar functionality – so glad Elegant Themes has this now.
We can definitely forgive the delay on the release of Lucid for this.
I cannot wait to play with this tool. Builder plugin, social icons and portable shortcodes – it has been a great month!
Thanks again.
Awesome plugin Nick! Cant wait to use it.
incredible! very good!
Great stuff. Question for you: Can you create more builder widget zones that are availabel in the builder widget pulldown menu? I see the default number of widget zones if 5.
If so, how is that done?
Thanks. That's really great you made it available for all themes. Same with the shortcodes.
I too have this question. I need 12 different blocks on a page I'm building. Can I have more than 5? Thanks.
This looks great and I will be installing this to my website! One thing that I'd love to see with this is a module for images that do not need to link to post but will enlarge.
You continue to produce great stuff!!
Wow, this is huge news. Combine this with your awesome themes and you are the best theme creator out there. And I have tried a lot including Catalyst etc. Go guys, keep up the great work
Absolutely amazing plugin! Good work once again 🙂
One update to the plugin that I'd recommend is that you have a "clear layout" button that clears all modules on the canvas to start again. As once you have dragged and dropped "sample layout" onto the canvas. It takes forever to manually close (and confirm close) every single module and column.
Thanks so much! This is awesome!!
Astonishing! …and very much appreciated!
what a superb addition to a very great theme! congrats/
Wow! This is incredible!
Just (finally) sold a site developed using one of your themes…and moments ago upgraded to a developer's license. Thanks, Nick!
Wicked awesome! Thanks guys, looking forward to using this!
Awesome Nick, sure everything will be easier with this plugin 🙂
veddy nice!
Can building websites get any more fun???
Apparently So.
Great tool, nice one!
Excellent stuff… great !
Really a good overall improvement. Keep it up
Taking it to another lever……and user friendly!!! Big win! Nice job Nick/Elegant Themes!!!
Wow, what an amazing tool, Nick. I am looking forward examining this plugin. Keep up the great work!
I have found it very useful and a creation that I use. Thanks
I like elegantthemes because creative ideas. Thank advanced for share!
Exactly. thank you for being creative ! . all the very best for new ideas.
Great job! Intuitive and elegant.
One word: Genius.
YIPPPEEE this is a fabulous develpoment. Best value membership just got even better
The plugin is a great thing, thank you that it is free for members.
Is it possible to restructure/design the home page of a site using this plugin?
I have a similar question. I was looking at the notebook theme cause i love the multimedia interface, but it has no real header space on top etc in the theme, So if i created a new static page using the pagebuilder plugin within the notebook theme, would i still be able to get that super cool multimedia display? This is the theme i'm referring to. http://www.elegantthemes.com/preview/Notebook/
Hi Nick,
Is it possible to build complete website (dynamic content) with this plugin by using any of themes ? Pl reply !
So you've managed effectively to put a whole framework into a plugin … so that we can effectively have drag-and-drop framework capability on any WP theme! How cool is that???? And how generous! Thanks, Nick. Awesome!
After see the video, its look great
Very smart design. Fantastic!
Thank you for the awesome Plugin. ET will be ever the first choice!
Just one question: is there an impact on pages or posts loading times when we use your plugin to arrange them Vs when we don't ?
Is there another word for awesome?
Great stuff Nick and co. Life is now easier.
WOWSER…what an amazing plugin. I'll be loading it to a site today. I'm kind of a "geekette" and not one with CSS/HTML5, etc. background. I really go nuts trying to putz with that.
And thank you so much for grandfathering in those who have a regular license (just renewed mine last week).
I've loved using this functionality on the Convertible theme. Thanks for making the functionality available as a Plugin.
Simply awesome, you guys have taken your theme club to a new level. Thank you.
Brilliant! Is this included with theme membership?
Hi, is it possible to drag and drop a search widget into the main text area or in a text box?
Wow …. Drag&Drop feature will give us unlimited design potential. and the best part is it works for any theme.
Thanks a lot Nik.
This is Awesome. Cant wait to try my hands on this plugin, its time to get a subscription…
You Rock- this looks amazing. I am going to try it our now.
You give great value for the money.
Thank You
Nice and awesome plugn..helpful for everyone..
Another beautiful piece of work Nick.
I let my account lapse, but with Lucid and this plugin I will have to shell out the subs to reactivate. Hope to have a clear patch during the Olympics to rebuild a couple of sites.
WOW! Simply awesome! I have been looking forward to something like this for some time now. 🙂
It awesome stuff by ET……
Awesome plugin guys 😮
Congrats Nick, Supercool plugin! Happy to be a member 🙂
Just one point – how long till you make this to create responsive layouts?
Wow Nick, now that's what's seriously cool about you and team. Yo' da man!!
Is the plugin already responsive?
And the plugin respects the main theme CSS?
Thanks, i'm really interested in buying this.
Amazing – does this plugin support portfolio section?
I love this however I am not able to use it. It doesn't play well with any plugin that uses a callback to twitter so the Social Login plugin or even something like Disqus. I use several social plugins and when I activate this it gives me the white screen of death forcing me to remove it via FTP. Just a heads up.
Did you try setting up Feedburner? It can post to Twitter just like any plugin, but is not a plugin. Easy to set up.
This can't be used with Disqus??
This is absolutely wonderful. Thank you so much for creating this!!!!!!!
So much fun to use and easy too…
Yay! elegant image sliders for everyone!
Oh man how sad is it to be late to the party! I am thinking about joining for days, and now this. Is it possible to get the plugin as a stand alone purchase as well?
dude… this is freakin' amazing!!!
I can't believe that ElegantThemes.com really exists 🙂
Awesome! That's exactly what I suggested in the WP 2012 survey! And I got it for free in my personal pack, sweet!
The only thing is that I didn't got any email about it, I was just browsing ET site when I found out.
This plugin is awesome. 🙂
Great! Is this plug-in actually released, or just announced? Am relatively new member (prior to this announcement) and not clear on how to get this. Love the intro video — just not sure how to get it working on my very embryonic site just in the initial stages of being developed. Advice?
Hi Linda.. If you are an existing customer who has already purchased Personal or Developer Package you can download it from Member's Area once you logged in. If you are not an existing customer you have to signup for "Developer Package" which is only $89.. I'm an existing user of Developer package. It's really a good value for money.. 100% Recommended!!!
This looks awesome!! It says here that it can also be downloaded by members who only have the personal package, which would be me. Can someone advice as to how to download because when I click on members plugin, it says I gotta sign up for membership.
I'm an Elegant themes Personal Package customer. How do I download this plugin?
Awesome news … this plugin is pretty innovating … I'm gonna have to try it!
This is looks very awesome, can't wait to try it !
Awesome guys…I am sure this is going to be BIG
The proposal is fantastic, but I use Wp e-commerce with a theme ET. When you activate this plugin had trouble using highlighted image (post thumbnail). Is it a bug?
Can one save a page design as a template?
That would be awesome… Hmmm i wonder…
Absolutely wonderful! I tested this out today, and it really works well and integrates nicely. Have not yet tried it out on non-ET themes, but I'm sure it's great.
Fantastic job guys!
This is SO Cool. I'll be trying this out this week. :):):)
I was waiting for this for a very long time. Will test and report.
Awesome!!! This is something we have been expecting from you.. And now we can give any page layout using this plugin. One question.. Will this work fine with responsive themes? Specially with mobile devices?
its look awesome,i cant wait to try it,seriously you guys are amazing..thanks for sharing
Nice that you've moved the features over from the theme, it's a sweet plugin
Wow, blogging is made so easy. Is it possible to install this plugin for non-elegant theme?
Question. Can this plug in be used on the main home page of any of the themes? Or is it just the new pages and posts that are created? THANK YOU FOR SUCH A BEAUTIFUL TOOL!!! 🙂 ♥ I'm shopping around and would love to know the answer before I buy. THANK YOOOU <3
Nick, may i point you to this phrase in the post:
This plugin will work with any theme, not just our themes! This plugin is only available for customers who sign up under the Developers Package, however, all of our current customers will get the plugin for free! (even if you are only on the Personal Package)
"Post Authors" (the bio of the author after the post), dissapeares when using this builder plugin… bug?
Hi just to let you know this plug ins causes conflicts with easy digital downloads plug ins.
excelent, that is what i really need!, Thank to God 🙂
this is what i waiting for of thousand years 😀
This is just too good to be true! Great Job, Guys!!!
This looks a great plug in and I cant wait to use it! Thanks for all your work Nick an team.
Wonderfull! Wonderfull! Wonderfull!
Just what I need, thank you guys for another job well done!
Awesome plugin!
Nice addition with a bit more functionality than standard theme shortcodes.
Can't wait to actually try this out. I keep a test site open to test just such things and this looks fabulous! Can't thank you enough.
Love all your stuff! Keep 'em coming.
Is this still available without a charge if I sign up as a member now and purchase the 75 themes?
Would be great to use this plugin with Bootstrap styles.
We just downloaded and played around with this plugin. It's simply amazing – period. Great job ElegantThemes!
Excellent stuff… great job !
Dear Elegant Themes,
I've only been using you for about a month or so, but I'm never going to let you go! You guys are amazing, I can't thank you and your team enough. Website building was treacherous before Elegant Themes showed me the light!
i am so new to all of this… anything to make things simpler is appreciated!
Why is this not downloadable off your website if im a paid member? When i go to the plug in and click download it is grayed out…and can't download it. How do i get this plug-in?
What a Great job! I love it.
Great plugin – a phantastic sollution with just one negative point: no saving for my own layouts possible to use it with a previously built website. When will it be availlable ? (Any date ?) Asked in the support forum but got only the answer "with the next update" – sorry that`s not very helpful. Many others request this feature, too.
Great idea.
But unfortunately it has a know bug of breaking the layout of the radio buttons on the home page Featured Slider. Rendering the plugin unusable.
With this in mind can you please work on an update.
I agree, it's a fantastic plugin, but it seems incompatible with Custom Post Types.
Not only does it not seem to work, but it seems to freeze the main menu when viewing Custom Post Type. Also, when you're on the Custom Post Type screen, the contextual help menu is frozen.
i tried disabling all plugins and using the stock wordpress theme, and still had this problem.
Please keep me posted when you have a fix in place for Custom Post Types, thank you.
After signing in to the members area i continue to the Plugin section but i don;t get the DOWNLOAD link/button.
How to get there???
This really is a fantastic tool, Nick.
Keep up your awesome work… please!
Want to know from developers who have used it so far. Will I be able to build up a complete website from ground zero by using this plugin with any theme – of ET or others ? Or do I need something in addition to this. I hope to get a unambiguous answer. Thanks in advance !
Wow. What an incredible plug-in. That is exactly what non-techies need. That may be the best thing to happen to WordPress since WordPress. Thanks Nick Great Job
Hi I have a "personal membership" but i can't download this plugin. Where can i find it and download it. There is no button or anything likewise for download.
I want to point out:
Quote: This plugin is only available for customers who sign up under the Developers Package, however, all of our current customers will get the plugin for free! (even if you are only on the Personal Package)
I cannot get wp-commerce to work correctly with this plug in, can anyone be of assistance. If I activate the builder, my shop page disappears, and vice versa if I turn off. Please help, or advise a better cart to use.
Really awesome work with this plugin. Big thx for this.
Nice and Great Plugin. That makes me shocked, this plugin is like a bonus from elegant themes for their loyal customers. We waiting for another shock.
It's nice Plugin. Good work.
Awesome… but Can we also build database tables with drag and drop?
Looks awesome!
I just wonder: Does it completely overwrite the post/page content or can I have a module to insert the default content on a page.
Of course I can copy paste it or just leave the post itself empty, but this is not that intuitive. I'd prefer a module like "content" where the normal content gets.
You cannot download this plugin with the personal package, you have to pay the $89 to have it…
Fantastic Plugin
Is there an issue with using it with the Business Card theme? I cannot get it to work.
Just learning WP, looking at all kinds of options from DW integration to Artisteer to various frameworks in order to provide layout flexibility… yours is the best I have found so far. Wow.
Hi – I've been searching for a tool to make wordpress seem appealing to me as i'm really into the design side of blogging but just cant seem to mange to get anything good to come out of it so far. Will this plugin work with any theme? or only through your own designs?
I think an important module is missing: Instead of static content, a module is needed that can show contents from actual wordpress posts. It should be easy to create such module that fetches posts and shows them if they're in selected category.
Actually works quite nicely. Any chance you'll be figuring out how to get a "save" feature for the templates we design. Thanks.
I know the website states that "This plugin is only available for customers who sign up under the Developers Package, however, all of our current customers will get the plugin for free! (even if you are only on the Personal Package)". Like others, I cant find the download info.
This is good to know!
Why not add a thumbnail (image or text), so it is easier to find the right module when there is many of them.
It might also be a good idea to have slightly different colors on the modules for different catagories, so it is easier to find and choose.
Great ! Elegant Theme Builder is very helpful and easy to use
"This plugin is only available for customers who sign up under the Developers Package, however, all of our current customers will get the plugin for free! (even if you are only on the Personal Package)"
I'm a current customer (since June 2012). Where can I download please?
Nice job.drag&drop is easy to use,even for someone konws nothing about coding.keep em going.I
hi. i want show "(et_page_builder_original_width=100%)"
We installed the elegant themes at nomorecreditcards.com
When you go to the home page you will notice a white bar that goes across the page. Can anyone help my team with getting rid of that white bar?
Great, I just bought the Developers Upgrade to use this and now I am very excited to try this out!
hi, i have update my theme and afetr this all my content build with site builder estate plugin are disapear. So what's the best practice to do all update without problem? for the theme there's a child theme tecnics, for site builder plugin?
Thanks for this report, this is so useful thanks a lot man!
Wow! Precious!
I was hesitant about going for the Full Plugins option — now I'm really bending over the fence!
I see that when this came out last year there was talk of updating these plugins to make them responsive. Has that happened yet? Thanks.
Great! Thanks for such a great plugin.
Hallo, Thanks for this a great plugin, Greetings from Germany
I´ve been personal member sinde 2011 but I can`t download the Builders Plugin. Do I need to paid even if you announce is free for personal members?
Thanks ahead for your answer
Carlos GJ
Hi Nick,
What "change" are you referring to, and when did the offer expire? Thank you.
Great, but I think there is a bug when WP_SITE_URL OR WP_CONTENT_DIR is redefined.
Using the latest WP 3.8, and latest version of this plugin, with no other plugins installed, on an internal testing website, it appears the plugin (as well as the Anticipate plugin) is not retrieving its internal CSS/JS correctly.
My wp-config.php is in the parent directory, *above* WP; in it I specify that WP is inside a wordpress subdir, and that the plugins are inside wp-content/plugins. This is a common, documented configuration for people who want to maintain WP and plugins separately:
define('WP_HOME', 'http://' . $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']);
define('WP_SITEURL', 'http://' . $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] . '/wordpress');
define('WP_CONTENT_DIR', $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/wp-content');
define('WP_CONTENT_URL', 'http://' . $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] . '/wp-content');
This seems to work fine with themes such as Divi, but not with the elegantbuilder plugin (or the Anticipate plugin). When I look at the page source, I see, for example:
but it should be:
It seems the full path to the plugin CSS (starting with Volumes/users/barre/ etc.) is appended to the URL path.
Hmmm, seems the HTML I used above was stripped. What I was saying is, when I look at the page source, I see:
link rel='stylesheet' id='et_lb_admin_css-css' href='http://killy.wp_testing/wp-content/plugins/Volumes/Users/barre/Web/dspnet.fr.eu.org/wp_testing/wp-content/plugins/elegantbuilder/css/et_lb_admin.css?ver=2.3′ type='text/css' media='all'
but it should be:
link rel='stylesheet' id='et_lb_admin_css-css' href='http://killy.wp_testing/wp-content/plugins/elegantbuilder/css/et_lb_admin.css?ver=2.3′ type='text/css' media='all'
So Great! Thanks for such a great plugin. I'm sign up now
Manually installed and then activated EB. When I go to New Post, I don't see the module. All I see is a text list of what should be the buttons.
At the bottom is a broken image that has saving…. next to it.
Anybody know what's up?
Please ignore my previous comment
You guys have done very well, thank you so much! I love just about every theme in this WP package.
Really nice WP Package. Had made the structuring and layout of pages so much simpler and faster. Great work.
Hi, I have a doubt.
How do I use the "blog module setting" inside the "elegant themes builder"? Is that possible? I can't find an option to insert my blog posts using the layout builder, instead, I have to use the basic builder.
Thank you!
hi there
How do you add text over an image and position the text to where you want it ?
I love your themes and all the superb futures in them. You are pushing wordpress to the new levels. Thanks and keep it up!
I work witth the builder and it is awsome but a few weeks ago the rich Editor disappered and now it is really hard to Change or add text. What is wrong? THANKS!!!
Page Builder in Divi2
This would be for sure also a very nice enhancement of the builder, I don't specificaly wan't to hide the builder modules from users, but much more have control of who shall insert new columns sections, modules and rows.
But not restricting users to change content, image, video, sound inside a certain builder module/ fixed section. (so that the layout is not modified and messed up)
Its really a problem when a not experienced user is able to modify layout, sot that everything is messed up after save layout 🙁
When can we count with such a important enhancement like this?
Well done 🙂 Nice to see that the online community – pushing for innovative ways to build sites in amongst Visual Composer and the like. Keep it up!
Can i use 4 col for desktop and 1 col for mobile?
On big problem with this plugin. When you build your page with Elegant Builder plugin, the content is not searchable. How can we fix that ?
I'm looking forward to Divi 2.5!
While Divi has been very flexible in terms of creating a custom layout, I struggle a lot with customizing the css. And then usually once it looks good on the computer, it has a negative effect on the responsive view. Divi Support has been great – they are patient, kind and helpful, but I spend way to much time trying to get the code right to do something I could do in seconds on a program for print design.
What I really would like to see a is Divi Maintenance / Development Service that would provide site maintenance for a monthly or yearly fee. I know you had a post on the Elegant Themes Blog a while ago that mentioned several large companies that do that, but I would feel soooooo much better my passing websites over to someone who's Divi /Elegant Themes savvy. I don't want to worry about the site after creation, unless it's a design request, but at the same time, I don't want to let my long-standing clients down. I want to go back to being a graphic/ creative designer again and have someone else handle the css / php development & maintenance for the entire site.
Are you considering offering a service like this, or could you post a list of Divi Support persons that might want to provide this independently as a third party? This would be the greatest stress reliever of all time!
Is the plug-in always compatible with WordPress 4.3.1?
For my site I have no access to the content of the boxes.
I'm using Divi on a lot of the websites I develop these days. I like it a lot. But when I run w3c markup validator, I see the following:
ERROR: Element style not allowed as child of element body in this context.
From line 503, column 2; to line 503, column 55
ner –>↩↩ ↩ ↩
Has anyone else seen this? are the creators of Divi planning to fix this?
Although this feature is a bit dated and there are better ones out there. Im still using this feature for some websites, just because its so simple to use.
As always elegant themes delivers. 🙂
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The first week of Startup Chile is now complete. Here is a (not so) quick breakdown of what this induction week entails.
Day 1
We met at the CORFO offices on the 2nd floor of Avda Moneda 921. For the first 20 minutes or so the new batch of entrepreneurs hung about outside the auditorium getting to know each other. Then the doors opened and we all trooped in to help ourselves to tea, coffee, water and biscuits and find some seats before the morning session began. I tried to live blog this over Twitter but the connectivity in this office was so bad that I was forced to give up early on.
First up, Jean Boudegar, Executive Director of the Starup Chile program gave us a 30 minute talk about why Startup Chile has been created and what is expected of us while we are here in Chile. He explains that Chile has one of the strongest economies in South America but it is isolated from most of the rest of the world by both geography and history. The purpose of Startup Chile is to create an international network of ideas and talent to bridge the isolation between Chilean talent and the rest of the world. This will in turn help Chile towards it's goal of becoming the Latin American hub for innovation and entrepreneurship. Ultimately the goal of the program is for one of us alumni to become a $1bn company and change the Chilean entrepreneurial environment.
Next up, Felipe Costobal (or Yeti as he is known) got up to introduce us to the Startup Chile team and their roles. After a short coffee break, we had a introduction to Startup Chile from the entrepreneurs point of view from Ahn Murray of EV Social and George Cadena of Aeterna Sol. They told us about the awesome meetups that they have been involved with (including the Girls in Tech group that Ahn set up which I am trying to get involved with), where to visit and the different places to live around Chile, and how to get the best out of the program.
We then got introduced to the concept of Tribes in Startup Chile. Tribes are groups arranged around particular business interests of the companies within Startup Chile. The idea is to provide a network and links between companies with particular interests and to help assist making connections with businesses in Chile with similar goals. Each tribe leader got up to give a speil about their tribe and after we got the opprtunity to talk to tribe leaders to help decide which tribe we can belong to. At this point I felt that companies with multiple members had it better here. Only one tribe can be joined by each team member, but if your company's interests spanned tribes and you had only one member, you had to pick just one, and could not belong to more than one. Especially as the Finance tribe was designed to help you get funding for your business! After much consideration I decided to join the education tribe as that is primarily the focus of Tiny Ears.
That signalled the end of the first morning, and the end of the talks. After the talks there was time to network with companies, and a whole bunch of us (I think it was about 20 in the end) all trooped off to lunch together to get to know each other more. After lunch, those of us who had signed up to get our Chilean IDs on the first day headed to the second Moneda office to start that process. You can find out more about the Chilean ID process here.
After obtaining our temporary ID's, we met Jon & Anna for dinner and then headed off to a party held by one of our batch.
Day 2
Back at Moneda 921, a another morning of talks. The first talk explained the Return Value Agenda (RVA) that is the way of measuring what we give back to Startup Chile. As a Startup Chile participant we are awarded US$40,000 for no equity and a chance to live and work in Chile for up to a year. In return we are asked to spend some of our time organising meetups, holding conferences, giving talks, forming communities and groups and generally sharing our knowledge & networks with the Chilean community. Each of these activities are awarded points (if we get them pre-approved first!) and to complete our contract with Startup Chile, we must have earned 4,000 RVA points before we go home. The RVA system seems to be a very good way of ensuring that entrepreneurs don't just come out here and take what they can without giving Chilean society any value for their money.
The rest of the morning was spent hearing from each of the different departments of Startup Chile, the PR and Communications division and the finance/reimbursement division, to give us an idea of who we should go to for which things. Lastly, a couple of Chilean entrepreneurs came to tell us about Chile, it's people, culture and geography to give us a better idea of what Chile has to offer. One thing I did not know was that Easter Island was Chilean and that is was so close. I am definitely going. I bet the diving around there is awesome.
The afternoon of the first day was spent filling out forms for Banco Edwards Citibank, the bank that we decided to open an account with. Reimbursements can only be paid to accounts in one of 2 banks., Banco Edwards and Scotiabank. We had been recommended Banco Edwards by a number of the other startups on the previous round so we decided to open an account with them. The process was slightly disconcering, involving 2 different colour pens (blue & black) and certain parts of the forms that must be filled in in specfic colours. Also, we were asked only to sign the various parts of the forms, with the details to be filled in later by the Banco Edwards staff. I think this was so that mistakes were not made in filling in the forms but it was slightly worrying none the less. We also had to provide photocopies of our passports and our temprary Chilean ID, plus at least 5 different places where we had to put our finger prints. I've been fingerprinted in Chile more times that I have in my entire life before!
That was the end of day 2, and we headed home to prepare our pitches for the first of the pitch days the next day.
Day 3
Pitch day 1. 5 minutes to pitch your company to the rest of the group at CMI, the third of the Startup chile offices, in Providencia. I live blogged this on Twitter so won't bore you with it again. I shall transcribe my twitter stream in another post. Pitches went on until 11:30 and the rest of the afternoon was free.
Day 4
Another morning of pitches. There were far more pitches on this day. Again I live blogged it. This time pitches went on until 1:30pm. The room got very, very hot and I was glad I brought some water. As it was I ended up feeling quite ill for the rest of the day. After lunch I headed home and spent the rest of the day preparing for my business meeting with Universidad de Chile on Friday morning.
Day 5
At last, an induction free day. Startup Chile (SUP from here on in, I'm sick of writing it), runs pitch training every Friday at the CMI office and many of our batch signed up for this for the next day. We signed up for a pitch training day in February as we are not really at the pitch to investors stage yet.
Day 6
SUP Picnic. We're off to that when I finish writing this post. A nice picnic in Parque Bicentenario with the other SUPers. Then a party afterwards. I love sunny days, warm nights and friendly people. So far SUP and Santiago has been utterly awesome!


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