Umar Rehman

Bergen County, NJ, and Rockland County, NY are right next to each other. One thing I have noticed is that the minute you cross into New York state the homes suddenly look more average compared to the ones on the New Jersey Side. Homes in Old Tappan seem like million-dollar mansions while homes on the other side in Tappan, NY seem like mini-mansions at best with more homes probably in the $500,000-$700,000 range. Also, northern Bergen County is much prettier than the southern part of the county. I also know that Westchester is a very suburban county especially north of Yonkers. I am not so sure about Rockland County but i think that the county has more population compared to northern Bergen County which has somewhat of a more rural feel.

It is a happy song to listen to with great horns for the first 10 seconds or so before the singing begins. It sounds like a song from the 60s or early 70s. The group sounds somewhat like a mellow version of The Grass Roots such as the song Sooner Or Later. Both songs are fun and upbeat and sound similar but I don't think The Grass Roots sang Don't Pull Your Love. Don't Pull Your Love sounds like either a fun happy romantic or breakup song but I'm not sure about the song's meaning. 

So I just heard a song that I really like. It sounds like a groovy 60s tune, kind of a blend of Motown and Philly Soul. The song is called Moody Woman by Jerry Butler. It is a very great song! What exactly is a Moody Woman though? Should I avoid being with those kind of women? By the way, I'm only 17 with an old soul and old taste in music.

So my dad has the Samsung S8+ phone. I have the Pixel 4. In his car, he bought a bluetooth receiver which works fine. When I play my audio from my Pixel 4 phone, the bass and sound is loud and clear. It is loud to the point where I have to lower the volume on my phone or car speaker system. However, when my dad connects to the bluetooth receiver to play his audio, the sound is low and he has to have his phone volume on maximum volume and have the car speakers at maximum volume also to get decent sound. Why is that? Is it because my dad's phone is a few years old (April 2017)? If I connect my phone to bluetooth and if I have my phone volume and the car volume both on maximum volume it is super loud sound. I'm not sure why my dad's Samsung Galaxy S8+ plus phone has a low sound when playing through bluetooth. Can you guys help me out here?

New York City Manhattan resident here. It has been a snowy February. However, other than the big snowstorm at the start of the month, the majority of the snow accumulations have been limited to bridges, car tops, and grassy areas. One day, I noticed that the air temperature was 32 degrees and the snowfall rate was falling between 0.5 to 1.0 inches per hour. That day saw about 8 inches of snow. I did notice that on the roads, the snow was just mainly slushy even though the temperature was at the freezing mark. Why is that? Also, is there a huge difference between 33 and 32 degrees when it comes to accumulating snow? I think that once you drop below 31, 30, or 29 degrees, snow will stick everywhere regardless of the snowfall rate. I have noticed occasionally that snow can accumulate on the streets even when the temperature is as high as 35, 36, or even 40 degrees when the snowfall rate pushed 2 to 3 inches per hour. Honestly, I am a bit jealous of the suburbs of Northern New Jersey and the Catskills that seem to get the most snow and hold on to the white stuff longer. In New York City, after a few days, the snow turns black except in Central Park. I am guessing that the cars driving in the city streets are responsible for making the snow turn black. Also, the fact that Manhattan is not as cold as The Adirondacks. How much snow do the Adirondacks get?

So I have the Whynter ARC 14S which is a dual hosed portable air conditioner. The air conditioner is rated at 14,000 BTU and the power draw is 10.6 amps or 1250 watts. It is located in the master bedroom which is 320 square feet. My entire apartment is under 750 square feet. I would think 14,000 BTU can cool an entire apartment. Well I just found out that my portable air conditioner is rated at 8,900 SACC BTU. Does this mean that the kind of cooling I get is 8,900 BTU even though the unit is rated at 14,000 in Traditional BTU? Generally what is a good SACC BTU rating? I think SACC BTU mainly applies only to portable air conditioners. Also, my air conditioner has an air intake grill behind the unit which causes low pressure in the room. Should I cover it with weatherstripping? So far on the market I heard the highest SACC BTU rating is 10,000 BTU for an LG portable air conditioner rated at 14,000 BTU. I have heard that anything less than 9,000 BTU SACC is not as good. My unit is 8,900 SACC BTU which is just below the threshold by 100 BTU. Not sure if that makes a big difference or not. By the way, it takes a little over 2 hours to get room temperature from 83 degrees to 75 degrees on a hot summer day. Is that too long for an ac to take to cool a 300 square foot room?

Hello, I am making a Valentine's Day playlist and I would like some suggestions for romantic songs from 2 great decades for music. The 1960s and of course the 1970s. For now, I have added Ready To Take A Chance Again by Barry Manilow, Sexy Eyes by Dr Hook,  and Fanny (Be Tender With My Love) by The Bee Gees. Any other suggestions? What do you think of the songs I chose above? 

In the summer, I use a 14,000 BTU air conditioner to cool down my room. However, it does not cool my place the way I want it to. The room of the ac will cool to 70 degrees or sometimes not cool below 74 on a really hot and humid day (90 degrees and higher with 40% humidity or higher) while the back of the room on average is 3 degrees warmer. So the main room will cool to 70, the back of the main room cools to 73, the nearby bedroom holds steady at 76-77 while the back of my apartment stays at 79-80 degrees. My apartment is 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom so the apartment is about 740 square feet in total. The kitchen easily heats it up by 2-4 degrees in the summer so I'm sure the kitchen is a major heat load other than the warm outdoor temperatures. I'm not so sure about the insulation but I am guessing that the insulation is not the best since the building was completed in the 1890s. So I use one main air conditioner to cool the entire apartment. It is a portable air conditioner rated at 14,000 BTUs and uses 1250 Watts. The problem is that the master bedroom can be too chilly, the other bedroom is a bit warm but not as cool, and then the hallway is pretty much heated from the kitchen and so is the bathroom a bit. So there is no uniform temperature throughout the apartment. It ranges from too cool to too warm. Adding a 2nd air conditioner would certainly help but that would trip the circuit if I run 2 air conditioners at the same time. Maybe I should get another air conditioner?

I received an email from Best Buy about a week ago saying that the IP address used to order a $1000 laptop was my IP address. One of the tech nerds or perhaps IT people at Best Buy must have looked for information regarding the hacking of my Best Buy account. I'm in New York and someone using a Pennsylvania address hacked into my account and posed as me to order an expensive laptop for themselves. I wish that I would have gotten the laptop. It was a Microsoft Surface Laptop Go that was delivered to Bensalem, PA. I am not sure how this is possible unless my IP address was hacked. I looked at the file sent to me from the company and my public IP address matched exactly to mine when I do a Google Search "what is my IP address?". Looks like I may have to consult an attorney or somehow prove that I am not saying that I purchased something and that I am making a false claim. Another option I have is to dispute the charge. I would appreciate any suggestions. Also, educate me on what an IP address is. I know that websites can only have your public IP but not your private IP address. I did not know that someone can steal your public IP address and pose as a certain individual. I guess you can call this identity theft.

So I have a USB type C to HDMI converter and I also have a 10 foot long hdmi to hdmi cable. It works with my HP laptop using the USB C converter and then plugging in the hdmi to the tv however it will not work with my Pixel 4 phone to connect to the TV even though the plug fits both devices. I want to connect my phone to the tv so that I can stream movies or games from my apps and see it on the tv screen. Give me some idea please? Anyone had success with connecting Pixel 4 phone to tv via HDMI?

So I never had an account with Best Buy but it appears that someone may have hacked into my email account to create a Best Buy account with my information. I am also not sure how my credit card information ended up on the account since the hacker was able to purchase a $1000 Microsoft Laptop. Luckily I was able to get a refund. Apparently one of the Best Buy team members told me that the email and IP address matched mine to make the purchase. First of all I never had an account with Best Buy and luckily I was able to create a new password to take control of my new account. By the way, I think only websites have access to the public IP but not private IP addresses on a specific device. I am wondering if it is possible that this hacker may have used or stolen my IP address to try to link the order to me even though I never placed it? How do you protect your IP address?

A relative of mine asked me how to sue a school since the student in particular is writing appeals to the school since the student got an unfair grade due to a false accusation of misconduct but now the family is considering to sue the university since the student's appeal letter was denied. Preponderance of the evidence is a much lower standard when compared to beyond a reasonable doubt.

Is a Demand Letter another way to sue someone or a company or institution without doing it in the traditional lawsuit method? Is it also more affordable than a lawsuit? 

I have heard that even in January New York City can have thaws pushing temperatures as warm as the 60s in January but I think it can also be in the 20s. Though how often does NYC stay below freezing? 2 weeks in a row before a thaw in the 40s?

No Tell Lover is a 1978 song by music group Chicago. What's the meaning of the song and what exactly is a No Tell Lover?

One day I was taking an exam before the Coronavirus pandemic and I was in a room with 4 other students who were taking a history exam. 2 students were having a hard time on a particular question and the test proctor gave all of us the answers for that question. He even had figured out all the answers from his computer and he asked us if we wanted to see the answer key so that all of us can get 100%. The reason he gave us the answers is that he considered us as one of his favorite students. By the way, he is just the test proctor but not the teacher or professor who actually administered the exam. He told us not to tell anyone and when we got our test results none of us scored below 80%. The class exam average was 74%. This was back in the Spring of 2019. If a fellow employee or student finds out that the test proctor gave us 5 students the answer key, can the proctor get in trouble with the school? Could students have gotten in trouble as well or would this be on the proctor? 

One day I decided to put my thermometer inside my dad's car. It is an Infiniti QX60. I'm not sure if car type matters when it comes to internal temperature whether it be a coupe, regular car, mid SUV, and an SUV. A bus inside is bigger so it does not get as hot as a car does. I put the thermometer in the car on a 67-degree day in the shade. 2 hours later when I returned to the vehicle the temperature inside the car was 82 degrees. 82 degrees is warm and you have the option of opening the window to get the refreshing 67-degree air or turn on the air conditioning. If the temperature in my bedroom gets to 82, I turn the air conditioner on until it gets the room down to at least 76 degrees before I open the windows. Also, the windows were completely closed for the 2-hour test in a car. Before leaving the car, my dad and I drove for 30 minutes with all 4 windows open so the car did heat up by 15 degrees in a span of 2 hours even in the shade. What exactly causes this warmup? By the way, it was an early June day in New York City, and the same day we had a low temperature of 55 degrees. Now at 55 degrees, the inside of a car is about 75 degrees which feels pleasant.

Is she the girl that created the Amber Alert system? What happened to her and whoever did that to her was the person ever caught?

My 56 year old uncle had a liver transplant back in June of 2018. I heard that he was an alcoholic and that he drank a lot of alcohol since the late 1980s. Why do Americans like to drink alcohol? Unfortunately, my uncle's liver is not functioning well so he may need another transplant to live. My family was informed by the doctor that my uncle likely does not have much time to live and that he may die within 6 months to at most 5 years. He has consumed more alcohol since he had his transplant and also stopped taking his medications shortly before Christmas 2020. It is now January 16, 2021. Sadly, my aunt is another alcoholic who has been lucky to not need a new liver but she does not help to keep my uncle away from alcohol. Do you guys think my uncle will die or is the doctor just trying to scare my family? Do you think my uncle has a chance of living until at least age 80? Also what is so good about alcohol and why would someone who got a liver transplant would want to drink alcohol if getting a liver transplant is a painful and uncomfortable process? My uncle could not walk for at least a month following the surgery and could not drive for 5 months.