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The background is way too overpowering. I would say get rid of it for something else far more simplistic. A few of those circles at the top may not be bad, depending on how you do it. The changes you made to the actual page look pretty good. I would extend the grey side bar all the way to the bottom of the page.
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I agree with everyone, the background is too overpowering.
I like my layout, but not sure on the colour scheme, i think i will do some more work on the background and the colour scheme.