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• LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Calaxy , a next-generation social marketplace, has successfully launched its application, ushering in a new era of creator monetization.
• A $250 billion market , the creator economy is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the internet, with an estimated 200 million content creators participating.
• The launch of Calaxy redefines the market, empowering creators with an equitable social media model that allows them to better capture the value they create.
• Spencer Dinwiddie , Executive Chair and Co-Founder of Calaxy, said: "After three years of non-stop teamwork, Calaxy is finally here, and sitting right at the core of THE creator economy.

• In fact, the past 90 years have seen the loss of over 97% of the UK’s wildflower meadows.
• Many common British wildflowers are undervalued and even disliked by the public, who consider them to be weeds.
• So, what will it take for people to accept and enjoy more wildflowers in their lawns, parks, roadsides and fields?
• In 2005, a study of UK A-level students found that 86% could name only three or fewer common wildflowers.

Sources of pollen

• During the autumn, ivy blooms and becomes the main source of nectar and pollen for a wide range of insects, including honey bees, ivy bees, bumble bees, hover flies, butterflies and wasps.
• In fact, pollen analysis from work published in 2021 on honey bee hives in Sussex suggests that 90% of the pollen that is collected in autumn comes from ivy.
• In one study, when we used pollen traps (an apparatus that dislodges some of the pollen pellets from honey bee legs as they return to the hive), we found that 31% of the pollen collected from late May to early August comes from bramble.

What about weeds?

• Both are often found in lawns but are not always appreciated.
• Interestingly, five native wildflower species in Britain are officially classified as “injurious weeds”, and having them on your land is technically illegal.

Appreciating native plants

• To truly encourage appreciation and support for native wildflowers, we need to shift people’s perspective.
• We must recognise that local native wildflower species with pollinator-friendly flowers already exist almost everywhere.
• By appreciating and supporting them, we not only assist pollinators, but also gain psychological benefits by reconnecting with the wonders of plants and nature.

• Andrew is a veteran in the open source sector, having served as an open source expert to the White House, guest lecturer for Stanford's Entrepreneur Program and founder of the industry's only think tank.
• Though Hedera did not start out its journey as an open source project, it has always had a focus on serving the community.
• In his new capacity as Chief Open Source Officer, Aitken leverages deep domain expertise to assist Hedera in open sourcing everything from tooling, to cross-chain functionality and source code.
• Most recently, Andrew led the open source team at Wipro Technologies, championing open source adoption for enterprises and delivering business value through open-source service solutions.

• NEW YORK, July 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ivy Fertility , a globally-recognized innovator in advanced reproductive technology, in-vitro fertilization (IVF), and third-party reproduction, announced today that it will expand its partnership with TMRW Life Sciences , a fertility technology company.
• Ivy Fertility's San Diego Fertility Center was one of the first clinics in the United States to adopt TMRW's platform and Utah Fertility Center went live this month.
• The partnership demonstrates Ivy Fertility's continued commitment to delivering personalized fertility services using advanced technology by making state-of-the-art solutions available to all of their clinics.
• The future of fertility is automated and, together with its clinic partners, TMRW is rapidly becoming the standard of care.