The Examination Department said that the preliminary marking of the Advanced Level (A/L) Tamil medium answer scripts commenced yesterday (21). Accordingly, the process of confirming the control answer script marking procedure regarding several subjects is currently underway. Amith Jayasundara mentioned that the paper marking activities have been started in relation to the subjects of Hinduism, Christianity, Hindu Civilization, Bharatha Dancing, Oriental Music, Carnatic Music, Western Music, Art, Drama and Theater and Hindi. “The work will be done at the answer script marking centers in the cities of Jaffna, Colombo, Batticaloa, Gampaha, Kalutara and Kurunegala,” the Commissioner General of Examinations said. He further stated that sufficient applications have been received to commence the work of marking the answer scripts in relation to other subjects including Sinhala and English medium and they are currently discussing with the relevant parties about the implementation of the work.

Source: phys.orgAn increasing number of people want to help bees and other pollinators by growing flowers that are rich in pollen and nectar. But which flowers are the most beneficial?

A letter signed by him sold for $10,745, which isn’t even a fraction of the lowest-priced object on this list. Here are the top ten most valuable signed objects ever sold. Thirty years later, a copy signed by Lennon sold for $850,000. Ninety-eight years later, the contract that Babe Ruth signed sold for over 20 times what the Yankees paid for the Bambino. It’s one of forty-eight original signed copies.

On Thursday, Proton announced one of the biggest new additions to its growing suite of privacy-focused apps: Proton Pass, an end-to-end encrypted password manager. The company says that the password application, now in a limited beta for select customers, will hopefully “be a milestone for password managers” and has been designed with strong encryption by SimpleLogin, a security company Proton acquired last year. Now in beta, Pass is only available right now to Lifetime and Visionary Proton users, and even then on an invite-only basis. “A password manager has been one of the most common requests from the Proton community ever since we first launched Proton Mail,” Yen wrote. Some of those include:Andy Yen on the past and future of Proton and privacyfor non-ProtonMail users to sign up for Proton Drive.

Best practices in new product development: What separates the best from the rest?

According to the Minister of power and energy Kanchana Wijesekera Sri Lanka recorded the highest energy demand in the recent past yesterday (19 April). Minister stated that net generation of 49.53 GWh was required for power generation. Furthermore, according to the to demand recorded early morningtoday (20 April) it is estimated that the energy demand will exceed 50 Gwh today. In order to match the rising energy demand, all CEB thermal plants including the recently established Hambantota Diesel Powered generators is being utilized.

Republicans hold 20 of Florida's 28 U.S. House districts, and eight of those lawmakers have announced their support for Trump. That's important as Trump tries to assert himself as the undisputed leader of the GOP in seeking the 2024 nomination. So far, DeSantis has three congressional endorsements, including one from Florida, first-term Rep. Laurel Lee, who served as DeSantis’ secretary of state for more than three years. During the height of the pandemic, he did not participate in regularly nightly conference calls of Republican governors, according to Gov. Chris Sununu, R-N.H.“All the Republican governors, for the most part, are pretty tight.

As excited as digital marketers get about the shiny new thing (we’re looking at you, AI), one of the first and most-established forms of online marketing – email – remains the backbone of most companies’ programs. This isn’t your grandfather’s email marketing, though. MarTech’s “Email Marketing Platforms: A Marketer’s Guide“ examines the current market for enterprise email marketing platforms and the considerations involved in implementing them. Also included in the report are profiles of 10 top vendors, pricing information, capabilities comparisons and recommended steps for evaluating and purchasing. Visit Digital Marketing Depot to get your copy.

Source: phys.orgEarth's magnetic environment is filled with a symphony of sound that we cannot hear. All around our planet, ultralow-frequency waves compose a cacophonous operetta portraying the dramatic relationship between Earth and the sun.

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (AP) — A 13-year-old boy had to be freed from a claw machine after he climbed inside hoping to score a prize, according to an official at a North Carolina amusement park. Carowinds officials were alerted just before 2 p.m. Sunday that the boy was inside the Cosmic XL Bonus Game, which contained plush prizes, according to Courtney C. McGarry Weber, a spokesperson for the park south of Charlotte. The medical response team unlocked the machine and the boy was able to get out, she said. He was treated and released from first aid to his guardian. The boy has been banned from the park for one year for attempted theft, Weber said.

Source: phys.orgIn a unique analysis of experimental data, nuclear physicists have made the first-ever observations of how lambda particles, so-called "strange matter," are produced by a specific process called semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering (SIDIS). What's more, these data hint that the building blocks of protons, quarks and gluons, are capable of marching through the atomic nucleus in pairs called diquarks, at least part of the time. These results come from an experiment conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.

KYIV – A top Ukrainian official said Monday that Ukraine will launch its counteroffensive against Russian troops when it’s ready, adding that it’s only a matter of time before the country achieves the necessary level of military preparedness to do so. But he also expressed frustration that sometimes officials from allied countries “promise one thing and do a completely different one.” He didn't elaborate. “If we aren’t ready, then nobody will start unprepared,” he said. That would open Ukraine’s skies to more of the Russian air and artillery strikes that already have devastated cities and infrastructure. Ukrainian officials have said they’re buying time by depleting Russian forces in the battle while Kyiv prepares a counteroffensive.

Two key electricity supply stations in Russia have been destroyed amid a suspected Ukrainian drone attack behind enemy lines. Stunning footage taken overnight showed how the bombing of the power stations had created a huge inferno which spiralled high into the night sky. 'In Belgorod and the Belgorod region, two fires were recorded at civilian facilities,' he said, adding there had not been any casualties. The suspected strikes came as Ukraine is reportedly preparing a counteroffensive to grab back territory from invading Russian forces. But officials in Kyiv have also spoken of using sabotage tactics to cause fires and disrupt logistics in Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends an Orthodox Easter service in the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, April 15, 2023. (Sergei Karpukhin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)(Sergei Karpukhin, Sputnik)MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin met with China's defense minister on Sunday, underscoring Beijing's strengthening engagement with Moscow, with which it has largely aligned its foreign policy in an attempt to diminish the influence of the United States and other Western democracies. Putin and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu met with Gen. Li Shangfu less than a month after Chinese leader Xi Jinping held a three-day state visit to Moscow. China has refused to criticize Russia’s military actions in Ukraine and blames the United States and NATO for provoking Moscow. But China’s foreign minister said last week that China wouldn't be helping Russia with weapons, as the U.S. and other Western allies have feared.

A general view inside Westminster Abbey in London, Wednesday, April 12, 2023, ahead of the King's coronation. Westminster Abbey has been used as Britain's coronation church since William the Conqueror in 1066, with the exception of kings Edward V and Edward VIII, who were not crowned. King Charles III will be the 40th reigning monarch to be crowned there during a ceremony on May 6, 2023. (Dan Kitwood/Pool Photo via AP)(Dan Kitwood, WPA Rota)LONDON – More than 6,000 British military personnel will take part in the coronation of King Charles III, the U.K. forces’ biggest ceremonial deployment in seven decades, the government said Sunday. Royalty and dignitaries from around the world have been invited to the coronation, alongside senior British royals including heir to the throne Prince William and his family.