There are an astounding 85,469 different heating and cooling companies throughout the United States. Knowing this, you definitely have no shortage of qualified professionals ready to fix whatever problems your home’s heating and cooling systems may be having.

However, some heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) professionals aren’t as qualified as others — meaning you should do a fair amount of research before you hire just any contractor to come into your home.

Not sure which company’s heating and cooling services you should seek out? Here’s our guide to the top 5 qualities of

There are a variety of causes and charities to support, all of them honorable in their own right. When it comes to donating to charity, people sometimes feel conflicted on what charity to support. There are many noble causes in the United States alone, one of them being supporting the homeless and poor. Across the country, there are thousands of homeless and poverty-stricken people in dire need of clothes. According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, there are over 600,000 men, women, and children who lack basic housing. Nearly a quarter of them are children.

As tragic as the situation is, there are solutions (albeit short-term) for helping the homeless. One of them is donating clothes to charity. Clothing donations will truly help those who for a variety of reaso

Winter this year has been particularly brutal, reaching record-breaking (or, at the very least, feels like record-breaking) temperatures, windchills, and snowfall. No group of people understand this better than the homeless in America. Unfortunately, there is a heartbreaking amount of homeless people in the United States. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development estimates that there are approximately 600,000 men, women, and children without a home to go to in any given night. Of those, 25% are children and 15% live together as families. The United States is the richest country in the world but, for a number of reasons, a huge chunk of its society are out on the streets with nowhere to go. And given the terrible winter conditions this past year, their plight just became worse.

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Deciding to rent a loft apartment can truly be an exciting time. While the process of hunting for the just the right apartment may seem tedious at times and can even be stressful, viewing lofts and apartments allows you gain a better understanding of what will work for you and what won’t.

However, in the best apartments may have aspects that you don’t find appealing or are not on your list of requirements. For example, you may have found a beautiful, new luxury apartment in the perfect location but hea

If you own a home, there is a significant chance you may have to submit some type of insurance claim, whether for fire damage, flood damage or some other problem. Unfortunately, filing an insurance claim has rightfully earned a reputation for being a long, arduous process that can take significant time and effort to complete. If you want to successfully access the coverage you have paid for, it can seem that you have no choice but to slog through this procedure. But what if there was someone who could do it for you? By hiring public adjuster services, you could save yourself the work of submitting an insurance claim and possibly even see more money as a result. But what is a public adjuster? And how do you know

Pirates are cool. Scurvy dogs of the sea, they took no nonsense from anyone, did what they wanted, and fought for glory. If you’d like to be as cool as they were, consider decking your home out with awesome pirate decor. Here are just a few of the gnarliest nautical home decorations you can get to make your castle as cool as the captain’s cabin.

Pirate Flags.

One of the most obvious pieces of pirate decor you should get is a pirate flag, but what’s not as obvious is which one. Though many people believe that pirates sailed under the Jolly Roger — the standard skull above two crossed bones — many pirates had their own black flags. While such devilish rogues as “Black Sam” Bellamy, Edward England, and John Taylor each flew the Jolly Roger, Blackbeard, Long Ben, Black Bart, Calico