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In football especially Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia, seem to produce top athletes disproportionate to the small populations of these countries. How come?

I am applying for a position in the navy reserve as a NCIOP. I have not yet been offered the job and have my aptitude test, pt test, and job interview next week.

I understand that there is the EXPRES test to evaluate fitness. What I am not clear about is whether or not this the same test I will have to go through next week after my aptitude test. Will I have to meet the same standards as the EXPRES test? Or is the EXPRES test only for those about to immediately enter BMQ?

I have been working on my fitness a lot lately (lost about 40lbs) but am not entirely confident that at this juncture I can meet the EXPRES standard.

Thanks.

Can someone give a quick tip as to how you would solve this problem?

"If in the army there is one officer for every 16 privates, how many officers are there in a regiment consisting of 1105 officers and privates?"

Can someone link me to information about why Russia can build and sell MIGs and Sukhois for 30-50% the price of what an equal American or European jet would cost? Information that explains whether the Russians have a better design and construction process, or is it that American and EU companies are especially inefficient or just milking the taxpayers?

Just wondering what a fair estimate would be to fix a seat belt that doesn't retract properly (parts and labour)

I have a 1996 Pontiac so obviously it doesn't have a USB connection. What changes can I make to be able to play music from my ipod on the car speakers?

Hi, just got a 96 Bonneville. Really excited about it. I've been driving Civics my whole life and this is quite a change. One thing I forgot to ask the seller is how important, if at all, is it to use premium gas? Will I be better off spending the extra cash? To my knowledge premium gas only benefits really high compression engines, and I don't know if the 3.8L is at that threshold.

And any general words of advice for someone new to the brand?

Thanks.

Look at the timelines from any US car brand over time and it goes like this : fantastic looking cars from the 50s, 60s, then a slight dip in attractiveness in 1971, and then nose diving around 74/75, never to recover until the late 80s. Maybe later. What in the minds was wrong with designers then? And Europe and Japan made beautiful looking cars during this era, so it isn't like everything looked bad at the time.

The USA has one more political party than the former USSR. Most democracies realize the necessity of multiple parties to foster real dialoge. Most countries have at least 3 or 4 influential national parties. One of the advantages of this being that people are less likely to box themselves into rigid political dogmas. The US leans toward painting everything into black and white, with no shades of grey. There can only be two approaches to every problem - the liberal or conservative way. Why do so many Americans fail to see issues beyond such a simplistic prism?

Milton Friedman was a major advocate of ending drug prohibition, which is consistent with his overall economic philosophy. Reagan is depicted as being influenced by Friedman in economic policy, yet escalated the war on drugs to an unprecedented level which was entirely inconsistent with libertarian economics. Why?

And why.

I've driven quite a few different models recently, and I find that the steering on a lot of new cars is what I consider inferior to my old civic which has a rack and pinion system. By inferior I mean less road feel, and not the right degree of stiffness. (And I'm not talking about cheap new cars either - Volvos, Mercs, etc)

What is the best website for classic movies? I mean 1950's and older. The specific movie I'm looking for is called "Whiskey Galore" but can't find it on netflix, or youtube.

It's not like he doesn't have good players around him in the national team. Yet he doesn't come close to matching his Madrid form.

Beyond the cost of bailouts. How much money has been lost through the increased unemployment, slow down in growth, etc?

Tolstoy, Gogol, Dostoyevsky, Turgenev... all of them better than anything England ever produced (let alone during the 19th century).

Why were the Russians so great at writing during that particular time in history?

Which writer is more appealing to modern readers?

Sappy PBS costume dramas have given me a prejudice against Jane Austen, and by extension much other Victorian lit. But I feel I should give a fair chance to the books. Which of these writers is best ?

Does the average man on the street have any idea of how destructive a diasease it is ( both physically and mentally) and the degree of suffering it inflicts?

It was known that Allen was carrying a shoulder injury, so why would he get picked ahead of the regular starter Lucas?