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(PRWEB) September 18, 2014

SimplyAdditions.com today announced the release of its latest money-saving how-to article, How to Update Your Bathroom without Breaking the Bank. Voitek Lex Klimczyk, the founder of SimplyAdditions.com and ProvenHelper.com, uses his personal experience as a professional contractor to create advice targeted toward homeowners.

In Klimczyks most recent article, he tackles the topic of how to renovate or refinish a bathroom. Bathroom renovations are one of the most costly home improvement projects. But with Klimczyks advice, homeowners dont have to break the bank.

As a former contractor and a homeowner myself, I know how daunting a bathroom renovation, or even a bathroom makeover can be, Klimczyk said. In fact, Im in the middle of my own renovations at home right now, so Im in the perfect position to help others in similar situations. When it comes to bathroom upgrades, its all about making smart decisions and deciding where to spend your money.

For instance, Klimczyk says that plumbing and electrical issues should always be resolved before focusing on aesthetics. If there are no major issues to work out, it can be easy to stack on track with a budget while updating a bathroom.

Some of SimplyAdditions top 5 tips for updating a bathroom on a budget include:

The full how-to article, How to Update Your Bathroom without Breaking the Bank is available online at SimplyAdditions.com.

To see videos of Klimcyzks home renovation projects, and for more helpful, money-saving tutorials, visit the ProvenHelper Channel on YouTube.

Klimczyk is available for press inquiries and can be reached at voitek (at) simplyadditions (dot) com.

About SimplyAdditions: SimplyAdditions.com was established in 2006 by Voitek Lex Klimczyk as a website dedicated to educating homeowners on home improvement projects and home additions. SimplyAdditions was the first website to provide free home addition plans, allowing homeowners to plan for and shop for room additions online. Over the years, SimplyAdditons has won countless awards, including the Excellence in Business Consumer Education Award from the Connecticut Better Business Bureau, Excellence in Website Marketing, Superior Service Award and the Excellent Business Reputation Award, all awarded by the Better Business Bureau. Now SimplyAdditions.com has become the go-to online destination for homeowners seeking advice and guidance regarding home-related topics. To learn more, please visit http://www.simplyadditions.com

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Fredericksburg Shines will host its second annual Sustainability Home Tour from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at 10 locations around Fredericksburg.

The homes will feature some top construction methods and add-on projects such as solar panels and water reclamation, according to John Watson, executive director.

In this tour, well showcase clean energy, smart water solutions, zero waste applications and electric vehicles, Watson said. We hope that you are encouraged and inspired as you visit individual homes and homeowners and some of the installers.

Homes or features are:

408 N. Pecan Home of Michael Hurst is a 1920s home with additions and remodels. The Hurst home will feature a solar pool heater, rainwater collection system and electric car charging station.

206 W. Austin St. The Beall family will display their Tesla electric vehicle at the citys electric vehicle charging station, installed earlier this year just west of the Girl Scout building.

409 Cherry St. This home, made with straw-bale construction and recycled materials, is owned by Mary Palko and was built for approximately $95 per square foot (and lots of sweat equity). Straw-bale homes are energy efficient, resulting in low noise and lower utility bills. This was the first straw-bale construction in Gillespie County.

740 Royal Oaks Loop This home, owned by Carol and Ken Wichman, features a solar water heater and other green upgrades, which save money on energy bills. The water heaters cost of $5,000 was offset by a tax credit of 30 percent.

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Cast: Eva Green, Josh Brolin, Jessica Alba, Mickey Rourke, Bruce Willis, Rosario Dawson, Powers Boothe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Director: Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller

The original Sin City, which bowed in 2005, was a blast, a graphic novel brought to life on the screen and drenched in pastiche and noir.

So, it's a surprise to see that a sequel's taken nearly 10 years to be made; in this latest, there's another raft of adaptations from Frank Miller's books and a few new sequences written especially for the film all interlaced into one piece.

The kernel of the movie centres around a flesh baring Eva Green as femme fatale Ava Lord who manipulates her former lover and world weary Dwight (Josh Brolin) to help her out; fashioned around this tale of sex, lies and betrayal is a story about Joseph Gordon Levitt's card shark Johnny out for revenge on Powers Boothe's corrupt senator and Jessica Alba's Nancy seeking to finish off what started years ago with "That Yellow Bastard".

Sin City: A Dame To Kill For continues the cinematic trend laid down by the first flick - through a sleazy world brought to life in all its monochrome glory, with splashes of colour - and even brings some welcome new additions in the form of Eva Green, who provides much needed life to this second outing which sags into tedium at times.

Green's perhaps one of the only reasons that the second works in places; her seductive energy fizzles the black and white world with colour and sparkles in among the moody stylings on the screen. Noir has thrived on the femme fatale trope, and Green certainly earns her place in the pantheon of the past. But she's one of only two well written women in the piece (along with Alba's troubled stripper Nancy) and the film feels bereft when it shifts its compromised morals to other targets and stories.

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Wynn Resorts Ltd. ( WYNN ) has won the race for the lucrative $1.6 billion Boston-area casino license, according to media reports. The Las Vegas-based casino giant triumphed over rival Mohegan Sun, mainly on the strength of its economic development potential.

Connecticut-based Mohegan Sun had proposed a $1.1 billion casino at the Suffolk Downs horse racing track in Revere. The decision of The Massachusetts Gaming Commission came after Wynn made a number of significant additions to the plan, including re-designing its 27-story hotel tower and spend more toward plans to regulate traffic through Sullivan Square in Boston.

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission voted in favor of Wynn Resorts' plan to turn a former chemical plant site on the Mystic River in Everett into a casino resort. However, a final round of voting will take place today, after Wynn agrees to certain regulatory terms and conditions.

Last week, the regulators reportedly released detailed reports indicating that Wynn Resorts has a stronger financial position to manage the casino while Mohegan Sun has a stronger overall design for its casino. Wynn then won the contest mainly due to its stronger development financing plan, a much larger construction investment, and a bigger projected workforce and payroll.

Massachusetts legislators were reportedly authorized in 2011, to grant licenses for three regional resort casinos and one slot parlor. This is the second regional resort casino license the commission has issued.

Earlier, MGM Resorts International ( MGM ) won the license for a casino in Springfield in the western region. Penn National Gaming Corp. ( PENN ) is building the slot parlor in Plainville. Discussions are on to select a licensee for the third casino in the southeastern region of Massachusetts.

However, reportedly, among all these, the most valuable of the state's casino licenses is the Greater Boston license, which Wynn has won. This region is estimated to be worth almost $800 million annually in gaming revenues. This will help Wynn Resorts to offset some of the troubles faced by the company in its other major operating region, Macau

Wynn currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). Better-ranked stocks in the same industry include 500.com Limited ( WBAI ), which carries a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).

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Lanham, MD (PRWEB) September 17, 2014

Thompson Creek Window Company, the mid-Atlantics leading home improvement replacement product company, has been named #6 on Remodeling magazines annual list of Top 550 remodeling and home improvement companies in the United States. Thompson Creek Window Company is the only Maryland-based window manufacturer to appear on this list. Remodeling Magazine leverages residential remodeling revenue data gathered from a web-based survey conducted jointly by Remodeling Magazine and its sister publication, Replacement Contractor. Specpan, a third-party data collection provider, hosted the survey and compiled the data. Additional information was gathered via mailings, phone calls and public information sources.

Rick Wuest, president of Thompson Creek, said, I am proud to have our company recognized as one of the top remodelers in the country for another year. Sustainability in our business requires the highest-quality product, perfect installation, and top-notch customer service. Thompson Creek reviews feedback from every customer survey to make sure that we are living up to our mission to create the best customer service experience in our industry. Our growth is a result of the business we generate from our satisfied customers and the great feedback they are giving to their friends and neighbors about our company.

Additional information on the Top 550 can be found at http://www.remodeling.hw.net/benchmarks/remodeling-550/2014-remodeling-550-replacement-contractors_o About Thompson Creek Window Company

Founded in 1980, Thompson Creek Window Company began as a manufacturer of energy-efficient, maintenance-free vinyl windows. Since that time, Thompson Creek Window Company has evolved into one of the leading specialty home improvement contracting companies in the nation. The companys product mix includes replacement windows and doors and a clog-free gutter system. Thompson Creek Window Company is headquartered in Lanham, Maryland, with an 80,000 square-foot manufacturing facility in Landover, Maryland. Thompson Creek employs over 400 people in the Washington D.C. region.

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