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Serbia and Croatia both share much of their history.

They both were part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and afterwards of the Socialist Federal Republic

of Yugoslavia.

Furthermore, the two nations share many cultural traits, they speak the same language, but

they have also many differences.

Firstly, they have different religions.

Croatia is Roman-Catholic while Serbia is Orthodox Christian.

Naturally, Serbia is aligned more with other Orthodox Countries like Greece and Russia,

and Croatia more with Catholic countries like Italy.

From a geographical point of view, Croatia has sea access, in the Adriatic Sea, with

many islands, which not only provide tourist revenue, but also reinforce other parts of

the economy like sailing, and fishing.

Serbia has no access to sea, after the secession of Montenegro.

That gives an advantage to Croatia.

However, Croatia's geography is not entirely positive.

Its silhouette, which is shaped like a boomerang, makes communication between the parts of the

country more difficult, and the transportation of goods and services more complicated and

expensive.

There are parts of Croatia, completely detached from the mainland, something known as exclaves.

This peculiar geography of the country causes several logistic problems while Serbia has

an easier access to other countries.

Serbia has its own problems however: Firstly, they have no sea access as we just said.

Secondly, they have problems in the south of their country with the de facto state of

Kosovo, which is not recognized by Serbia or its allies.

On top of that the Hungarian minority of Serbia in the area of Vojvodina ask for independence

or a higher degree of autonomy.

This state of political uncertainty makes Serbia in a more vulnerable position.

Croatia is a richer country compared to Serbia, despite the fact that Croatia has 4 million

people and Serbia 7.

This reality is reinforced supported by the fact that in all lists of GDP (nominal), GDP

per capita, and PPP Croatia is in a higher position compared to Serbia.

The quality of life is also better in Croatia as indicated by the HDI scale.

Furthermore, Croatia is a member of the European Union since 2013, while Serbia is trying to

become a member of the union.

Indeed, Serbia has applied for membership in 2009, but the fact they have political

problems inside their border and financial troubles does not make them very likely to

join anytime soon.

Croatia is also a member of NATO, in contrast to Serbia which has shifted towards Russia.

Finally, we are going to compare the army strength of the two Nations.

Serbia has a larger military force; it has a larger manpower, more combat aircrafts,

and attack helicopters, but has basically no naval strength since it has no sea water.

So which country do you think is better?

Write your opinion on the comments below.

For more infomation >> Croatia vs Serbia- Which Country Is Better? - Duration: 2:55.

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Talent or Training: which is more important? - Duration: 2:59.

On a photography related video, Hanz left a comment "You can't learn talent...

You can only learn methods, but it will never look the same."

Do you agree or disagree?

Leave a comment below and we'll talk about it today at the House of Hacks.

Starting right now!

[Introduction]

Hi! Harley here.

Hanz brought up an interesting idea: what's the difference between people that have natural

ability or talent and people who have an interest in something without the talent and need to

work, learn and practice?

Here's my take on it.

Let's think about this as lines on a graph.

On the Y-axis, we have the outcome of the activity where lower is worse outcome and

higher is better outcome.

On the X-axis, let's plot the amount of work somebody does to work, learn and practice

the activity.

The left side will represent less work.

The right side will represent more work.

Now, let's put two lines on this graph.

One line represents the person that's talented and has natural ability.

And the other line represents the person that doesn't have the natural ability but does

have an interest in the activity.

This is not a scientific graph.

There's no data associated with it.

It's for illustrative purposes only.

As we can see, for the same amount of work, the one with talent is going to outperform

the one with talent.

However, if we look at this from the perspective of the other axis, we can see at some point,

the person without talent that puts in more work can have a better outcome than the person

with talent that doesn't put in as much work.

So what?

What does this all mean?

I think this has to be answered by looking at your goals.

What's the purpose of the outcome?

Is the result of your activity personal satisfaction?

Then the level of output is really only important based on what you want.

So whether you're talented or not is not really relevant.

You're just doing for your own satisfaction.

Is your goal to sell a product or service?

Then the level of the output needs to be consistent with what the market demands.

And the good news is the market is really large with a lot of price points.

The odds of finding a customer needing something where you're at on the outcome side is actually

pretty good.

Now the higher you are on the outcome side, the fewer people you're competing with and

so the more you can charge.

This means hard work can move you up in the marketplace even without natural ability.

What do you think?

I'd love to hear in the comments below.

And as I was looking at this topic, I ran across a couple videos that I thought you

might find interesting.

I'll leave a link to them down in the description.

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For more infomation >> Talent or Training: which is more important? - Duration: 2:59.

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Chris Brown Addresses The Controversial Pics In Which He Seems To Be Choking A Woman - Duration: 3:19.

Chris Brown Addresses The Controversial Pics In Which He Seems To Be Choking A Woman — Check Out His Message

Just yesterday, March 29, we reported that there are a few photos that surfaced online featuring Chris Brown with his hands around a woman's neck seeming to choke her.

Rumors said that they were only fooling around and now we finally have a message from Chris as well.

He posted a few words on his Instagram account to settle this straight once and for all.

Here's what he wrote:.

'THANKS for all the publicity today.

Y'all know damn well I ain't going down that road,' he posted on social media.

'There is no need to even defend myself on the matter.

Everyone that's around (girl/guy are my HOMIES.

NO FOUL PLAY…NO IGNORANT S—T.

END of discussion. LOVE.'.

But things don't end here because his attorney also had a message for the world.

He released an exclusive statement for TMZ.

'She's a friend.

It's obviously playful as she confirmed,' Mark Geragos told the outlet.

'Whoever invaded their privacy will be held accountable.

A follower criticized him, and he surprisingly responded on Twitter.

'You certainly wouldn't want to talk to the woman in the picture who told my office that this is a total fabrication,' he said.

'That would mean the story is patently false and we know that never happens.

It's a good thing that Chris decided to address the photos because there were lots of people who were doubting what really happened there.

Somehow, that's understandable considering his violent incident with Rihanna from a few years ago which managed to remain in people's memories.