The Championship of Extreme Ironing The first Championship on extreme ironing was held in 1997 in Leicester, Great Britain. The participants of this extreme action had to iron a couple of things in the most dangerous places – on the mountain, on the ice or in the water. The winner should not only possess skills of rock-climbing or a scuba ...

Interestingly, the only character from The Usual Suspects to make it onto the list is one who may not even exist. There’s no conclusive proof, for example, that Kevin Spacey’s Verbal Kint is actually Keyser Soze and not, say, a Soze goon. Still, that’s the genius of Bryan Singer’s film – that a character who remains unseen for at least ...

Interest in leisure as a sociological concept is a relatively new phenomenon in Iran. Sociologists have viewed leisure as part of culture and have noted that the creativity of the individual can be best developed during one’s free time. Before the revolution in Iran, economic and social change created new employment opportunities with set working hours so that free time ...

1.Buckingham Palace, London, U.K. – $1.55 Billion Owner:  the official London residence of the British monarch. The 300-year-old townhouse with 755 rooms, the current residence of Prince William, the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, the wee Prince George, oh, and the various staff and members of the British monarch.

10. Les Moonves Cash compensation: $29.9 million Stock and options: $24.5 million Change in total pay (1 year): -6%   Moonves served as co-president and co-chief operating officer of Viacom, Inc., the predecessor to CBS Corporation, from 2004 until the company split on December 31, 2005. Prior to that he had been in a series of executive positions for CBS since ...