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As the US reacts to the latest supreme court ruling on President Obama's proposals, and the media's attention turns to how individual states will enforce the new proposals, we thought it would be interesting to take a step back and see how the US compares to other countries across the world. The US system of health insurance for those who can afford it and state aid for those who can't is very different to the UK's National Health Service - which nonetheless has a strong reliance on private healthcare. In turn, compare this to Cuba, which has some of the highest of spending in the world, compared to its economic size. But who spends the most? We took these statistics from the World Health Organisation, which measure spending and medical infrastructure in nearly 200 countries across the globe. The data shows that • The US has the highest health spending in the world - equivalent to 17.9% of its gross domestic product (GDP), or $8,362 per person.

7 gratitude exercises you should try today. You don't have to clear time on your schedule to practice being grateful; some gratitude exercises can be done in under a minute.

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These are the London attractions everyone should visit, and if even the most cynical Londoners don’t enjoy them, we’ll eat our bearskin cap. Did we miss out your favourite London attraction? Let us know on Facebook, Twitter or in the comments box below. See London's best museums, parks and days out Contemplate life and death at the British Museum. A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 9 (pp. 212-217) Maida Vale, covering north-eastern Paddington, derives its name from a stretch of Edgware Road (fn. 6) which forms its north-east boundary for c. 1.5 km. from the Regent's canal to Kilburn bridge.

The north-west boundary, also, is that of the parish, following Kilburn Park Road along the straightened course of the Bayswater rivulet. Although the district has sometimes been taken as stretching across northern Paddington to Harrow Road, (fn. 7) the streets southwest of Shirland Road and in the north-west corner of the parish, which were built up more densely than those on the bishop of London's estate, are treated separately. (fn. 8) As described below, Maida Vale is defined on the south-west by Shirland Road and by part of Blomfield Road running beside the Grand Junction canal, and on the south-east by Blomfield Road beside the Regent's canal. Abbey Road - Crossing Cam. Decent Indiab food. HS1 comes to SE1: Javelin train makes rare visit [21 June 2014]

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Top 10 life-affirming reads. So what exactly is a "life-affirming" read?

For me, the very act of reading is life affirming. It's all about making connections with the world and the people in it, seeing through the eyes of another person. You might love them, you might hate them; even better you might do both. What matters is you care about them enough to keep turning the pages. Reading a story and thinking "Wow, I thought I was the only person who felt like that", or alternatively, "Wow, I'd never thought of it like that before", is what makes a book special for me, whether I'm reading fantasy, fiction, non-fiction or poetry.

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Here are our top tips if you’re planning a visit: 1. Don’t get lost The park is still semi-baffling when it comes to finding your way around; pick up a guide to one of the four park trails (arts and culture, London 2012 Games, biodiversity in the park and family fun) to get a head start. 100 Email Hacks.

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1746 map of London now available as an incredibly detailed Google map. The Centre for Metropolitan History and Museum of London Archaeology wanted a map that could help them visualise data from the 18th and 19th centuries. They started by taking John Rocque’s 1746 map of London, putting the 24 parts together, then georeferencing it. Reddit: A Beginner's Guide. Update: This post was updated October 2013 to reflect current statistics and tools. Weekend: watch the film on demand. How online gamers are solving science's biggest problems. Grammar police: Your mugs are here. London In 1927, Recreated Shot For Shot.

You might remember this remarkable short film by Claude Friese-Greene, showing the London of 1927 in colour. Well, someone’s only gone and recreated it, shot for shot, in modern London.