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Houseplant of the week: English ivy

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Houseplant of the weekLife and styleBring this fast-growing creeper inside and it will filter the air for you Why will I love it? English ivy (Hedera helix) is a modest plant that comes free from any hype. It has a bad rap for being an invasive outdoor plant, a destroyer of ecosystems and brickwork. But it makes a great indoor plant, one that’s good for the ego because it thrives with ease and may end up being a plant you have for life. Read More...

Sarah Silverman Helped Louis C.K.s Daughter Understand How He Could Do Such Bad Things

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In the first season of her Hulu show I Love You, America, Sarah Silverman delivered an impassioned monologue about her longtime pal, Louis C.K., and if you can still love a person despite their startling history of sexual harassment. Her thesis? She thinks you can, but you can also reserve your right to change your mind as time goes on and new information comes forward. “It’s vital that people are held accountable for their actions, no matter who they are,” she put it at the time. Read More...

The 9 most opaque and mysterious countries on earth

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LONDON – In an open democracy, it is easy to take the freedom of the press and access to information for granted. But a report from the Risk Advisory Group shows that these aspects of government are a relative rarity in the world. The consultancy ranked countries based on the opacity of their governments, scoring them on factors such as the availability of public information, the quality of that data and how easy it is to access " Read More...