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The Duration for which a homemade ice-cream stays fresh depends on the quality of material used and the working condition of the freezer. In ideal situations, Ice-Cream can stay for 2 days up to 2 weeks.The taste of the Icecream may suffer due to crystallization and sometimes there is a chance that the top layer gets crystallized. In that case, the top layer can be discarded and the remaining ice cream can be used to prepare milkshakes.The storage period of Icecream and its taste depends on many factors −Factors affecting CrystallizationStorage conditions like temperature stabilityThe quality of Ingredients like milk ... Read More

After we come out of the Interview room, we definitely will have one of the feelings either you have nailed it or completely bombed it. The curiosity kills you till the results are out. But there are some telltale signs that can help you figure out whether the job offer is coming your way or not.Nodding and Smiling − You will get hints from the body language of the interviewer. If he is smiling and nodding a lot, that means he is agreeing to and enjoying your answers. It shows he is listening intently and genuinely interested in your answers. ... Read More

In the present day fast-forward culture, everything should happen at jet speed. People do businesses across continents and Airplanes are a very convenient way to travel. But many people are not delighted to travel above 35, 000 feet up in the air.How High can a Plane FlyEvery airplane has a certified maximum altitude. The highest certified altitude of an airliner was Concorde's 60, 000 feet. Many of the corporate jets can fly at 51, 000 feet.Regular passenger international flights fly between 35000 to 42000 feet. That is considered as optimum height. "Each individual aircraft has an optimum altitude (for minimum ... Read More

In traditional Hindu belief system cutting of nails and hair on Tuesdays is considered to be a bad sign. Many people believe that is not auspicious. We do not know, how this has originated and many people follow in India follow this. I think due to very scant people visiting the barber shops, they might also have chosen to keep it closed on Tuesdays. If people are not visiting the barber shop on Tuesday, it also makes sense for them to close it on Tuesdays and take their weekly off.Mangalwar or Tuesday is ruled by Mars or Mangal. Mars or ... Read More

“For any challenge, there will be a difficult and an easy solution, you just have to be smart enough to choose the right one.”Speaking English is a very difficult task for many people. I have seen people with great vocabulary and good grammar sense also fear spoken English and fail in interviews because of that. There can be many reasons behind it. Strong Mother tongue influence, being an introvert, not surrounded by many English speaking persons, having their primary education in their mother tongue etc., can be some of the reasons.Whatever may be the reason, it is very important to ... Read More

If Google and Yahoo merged, the name of the company can be "Goohoo" or "Yagle" or "Yaagoo" or entirely different name as "Qries".

In this digital world, life has become very easy. Gone are the days to reach out to your TV remote to change the channel. Turn your mobile into a Universal remote control using some very accessible and simple apps and enjoy operating your smart TV, home theatre systems and streaming boxes without putting down your mobile.There are a number of apps that you can download directly to your smartphone or Android devices with IR blasters. The Android phones with these IR blasters can enable the mobile to communicate with any device that takes the command via infrared light beams. There ... Read More

The Google story began in 1995 when their founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin were in Stanford University. They were always interested to build a search engine “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.”In their own words how Google got its name ...Working from their dorm rooms, they built a search engine that used links to determine the importance of individual pages on the World Wide Web. They called this search engine Backrub. Soon after, Backrub was renamed Google. The name was a play on the mathematical expression for the number 1 followed by 100 ... Read More

Pablo Picasso was a famous Spanish sculptor, painter, poet, and playwright, and spent most of his life in France. He was born in 1881 and was active till 1973. He is regarded as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century.One of his most famous and controversial painting - Les demoiselles d'avignon (1907).Picasso had an extraordinary talent for painting in a naturalistic manner. He has experimented with different theories and techniques. He has achieved universal renown and immense fortune for his revolutionary artistic accomplishments and became one of the best-known figures in 20th-century art.His 'Les femmes d'Alger' has ... Read More

It is difficult to finalize that which one is better than other. Based on the area and customers performance of Ola and Uber are varying a lot.Let us look at some of the basic features of both OLA and UBER.OlaOla is very user-friendly, but not very well developed software. Sometimes it gives problem in loading and crashes occasionally.Easy to book during off-peak hours and real-time bookings (Ride now). But often gives troubles while pre-booking is made (Ride later)Widely accessible throughout the country operating in 102 cities with 8000 employees and holding 70% of the market.UberUber application is easy to use ... Read More