A view of the kitchen in a multi-million dollar home that was the spec renovation project of lender Jan Brzeski and developer Scott Ryan is seen in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles, California August 5, 2013. Brzeski is a private money lender running an investment firm in Los Angeles that provides loans to house flippers, investors who buy a home, refurbish it, and sell it on at a profit. Many flippers go to money lenders because they can't get banks to provide such short-term, quick financing. Eighteen months ago Brzeski and his firm, Arixa Capital Advisors, were lending investor money to flippers on very different properties: $250,000 single family homes in southern California's up-and-coming low to middle class blue-collar neighborhoods. Most of the deals involved foreclosed homes that were totally refurbished, and then sold quickly. Brzeski now focuses on developers working on high-end flips of mansions and townhouses in exclusive neighborhoods, such as the Hollywood Hills and Bel Air. There has been a surge in high-end and luxury flipping nationwide. Between 2011 and today, flips of homes valued at $1 million or more have risen almost 40 percent across the United States, according to RealtyTrac, the housing data company. Picture taken August 5, 2013. To match Insight USA-HOMES/FLIPS REUTERS/Jason Redmond (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY REAL ESTATE) 

Lender Jan Brzeski (L) and developer Scott Ryan pose for a photo in the multi-million dollar home that was their spec renovation project in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles, California August 5, 2013. Brzeski is a private money lender running an investment firm in Los Angeles that provides loans to house flippers, investors who buy a home, refurbish it, and sell it on at a profit. Many flippers go to money lenders because they can't get banks to provide such short-term, quick financing. Eighteen months ago Brzeski and his firm, Arixa Capital Advisors, were lending investor money to flippers on very different properties: $250,000 single family homes in southern California's up-and-coming low to middle class blue-collar neighborhoods. Most of the deals involved foreclosed homes that were totally refurbished, and then sold quickly. Brzeski now focuses on developers working on high-end flips of mansions and townhouses in exclusive neighborhoods, such as the Hollywood Hills and Bel Air. There has been a surge in high-end and luxury flipping nationwide. Between 2011 and today, flips of homes valued at $1 million or more have risen almost 40 percent across the United States, according to RealtyTrac, the housing data company. Picture taken August 5, 2013. To match Insight USA-HOMES/FLIPS REUTERS/Jason Redmond (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS REAL ESTATE SOCIETY) 

Developer Scott Ryan looks on as he shows a multi-million dollar home that was a spec renovation project he had worked on with lender Jan Brzeski in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles, California August 5, 2013. Brzeski is a private money lender running an investment firm in Los Angeles that provides loans to house flippers, investors who buy a home, refurbish it, and sell it on at a profit. Many flippers go to money lenders because they can't get banks to provide such short-term, quick financing. Eighteen months ago Brzeski and his firm, Arixa Capital Advisors, were lending investor money to flippers on very different properties: $250,000 single family homes in southern California's up-and-coming low to middle class blue-collar neighborhoods. Most of the deals involved foreclosed homes that were totally refurbished, and then sold quickly. Brzeski now focuses on developers working on high-end flips of mansions and townhouses in exclusive neighborhoods, such as the Hollywood Hills and Bel Air. There has been a surge in high-end and luxury flipping nationwide. Between 2011 and today, flips of homes valued at $1 million or more have risen almost 40 percent across the United States, according to RealtyTrac, the housing data company. Picture taken August 5, 2013. To match Insight USA-HOMES/FLIPS REUTERS/Jason Redmond (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS HEADSHOT SOCIETY REAL ESTATE) 

Lender Jan Brzeski (L) speaks as he shows a multi-million dollar home with developer Scott Ryan that was their spec renovation project in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles, California August 5, 2013. Brzeski is a private money lender running an investment firm in Los Angeles that provides loans to house flippers, investors who buy a home, refurbish it, and sell it on at a profit. Many flippers go to money lenders because they can't get banks to provide such short-term, quick financing. Eighteen months ago Brzeski and his firm, Arixa Capital Advisors, were lending investor money to flippers on very different properties: $250,000 single family homes in southern California's up-and-coming low to middle class blue-collar neighborhoods. Most of the deals involved foreclosed homes that were totally refurbished, and then sold quickly. Brzeski now focuses on developers working on high-end flips of mansions and townhouses in exclusive neighborhoods, such as the Hollywood Hills and Bel Air. There has been a surge in high-end and luxury flipping nationwide. Between 2011 and today, flips of homes valued at $1 million or more have risen almost 40 percent across the United States, according to RealtyTrac, the housing data company. Picture taken August 5, 2013. To match Insight USA-HOMES/FLIPS REUTERS/Jason Redmond (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS REAL ESTATE SOCIETY) 

Lender Jan Brzeski (L) speaks as he shows a multi-million dollar home with developer Scott Ryan that was their spec renovation project in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles, California August 5, 2013. Brzeski is a private money lender running an investment firm in Los Angeles that provides loans to house flippers, investors who buy a home, refurbish it, and sell it on at a profit. Many flippers go to money lenders because they can't get banks to provide such short-term, quick financing. Eighteen months ago Brzeski and his firm, Arixa Capital Advisors, were lending investor money to flippers on very different properties: $250,000 single family homes in southern California's up-and-coming low to middle class blue-collar neighborhoods. Most of the deals involved foreclosed homes that were totally refurbished, and then sold quickly. Brzeski now focuses on developers working on high-end flips of mansions and townhouses in exclusive neighborhoods, such as the Hollywood Hills and Bel Air. There has been a surge in high-end and luxury flipping nationwide. Between 2011 and today, flips of homes valued at $1 million or more have risen almost 40 percent across the United States, according to RealtyTrac, the housing data company. Picture taken August 5, 2013. To match Insight USA-HOMES/FLIPS REUTERS/Jason Redmond (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS REAL ESTATE SOCIETY) 

Lender Jan Brzeski (L) and developer Scott Ryan show a multi-million dollar home that was their spec renovation project in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles, California August 5, 2013. Brzeski is a private money lender running an investment firm in Los Angeles that provides loans to house flippers, investors who buy a home, refurbish it, and sell it on at a profit. Many flippers go to money lenders because they can't get banks to provide such short-term, quick financing. Eighteen months ago Brzeski and his firm, Arixa Capital Advisors, were lending investor money to flippers on very different properties: $250,000 single family homes in southern California's up-and-coming low to middle class blue-collar neighborhoods. Most of the deals involved foreclosed homes that were totally refurbished, and then sold quickly. Brzeski now focuses on developers working on high-end flips of mansions and townhouses in exclusive neighborhoods, such as the Hollywood Hills and Bel Air. There has been a surge in high-end and luxury flipping nationwide. Between 2011 and today, flips of homes valued at $1 million or more have risen almost 40 percent across the United States, according to RealtyTrac, the housing data company. Picture taken August 5, 2013. To match Insight USA-HOMES/FLIPS REUTERS/Jason Redmond (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY REAL ESTATE) 

A tourist snorkels in clear waters near a reef July 15, 2013 offshore from Hamilton, Bermuda. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (BERMUDA) 

Bishop Cyril (C) leads an Orthodox procession in central Varna, some 450 km (280 miles) northeast of Sofia April 7, 2013. The death of one of Bulgaria's most senior bishops, Bishop Cyril of Varna, 59, found floating in the Black Sea wearing a snorkel and flippers on July 9, 2013, was mysterious in its own right, but it was only the final chapter in an enigmatic life. Picture taken April 7, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer (BULGARIA - Tags: RELIGION OBITUARY SOCIETY) 

Bishop Cyril leads an Orthodox procession in central Varna, some 450 km (280 miles) northeast of Sofia April 7, 2013. The death of one of Bulgaria's most senior bishops, Bishop Cyril of Varna, 59, found floating in the Black Sea wearing a snorkel and flippers on July 9, 2013, was mysterious in its own right, but it was only the final chapter in an enigmatic life. Picture taken April 7, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer (BULGARIA - Tags: RELIGION OBITUARY SOCIETY) 

People pray during a funeral mass for Bishop Cyril at a cathedral in Varna, some 450 km (280 miles) northeast of Sofia July 11, 2013. The death of one of Bulgaria's most senior bishops, Bishop Cyril of Varna, 59, found floating in the Black Sea wearing a snorkel and flippers on July 9, 2013, was mysterious in its own right, but it was only the final chapter in an enigmatic life. Picture taken July 11, 2013. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov (BULGARIA - Tags: RELIGION OBITUARY SOCIETY) 

A woman reacts during a funeral mass for Bishop Cyril at a cathedral in Varna, some 450 km (280 miles) northeast of Sofia July 11, 2013. The death of one of Bulgaria's most senior bishops, Bishop Cyril of Varna, 59, found floating in the Black Sea wearing a snorkel and flippers on July 9, 2013, was mysterious in its own right, but it was only the final chapter in an enigmatic life. Picture taken July 11, 2013. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov (BULGARIA - Tags: RELIGION OBITUARY SOCIETY) 

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A woman pays her respects at the coffin of Bishop Cyril during a mass at a cathedral in Varna, some 450 km (280 miles) northeast of Sofia July 11, 2013. The death of one of Bulgaria's most senior bishops, Bishop Cyril of Varna, 59, found floating in the Black Sea wearing a snorkel and flippers on July 9, 2013, was mysterious in its own right, but it was only the final chapter in an enigmatic life. Picture taken July 11, 2013. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov (BULGARIA - Tags: RELIGION OBITUARY SOCIETY) 

Orthodox priests carry out a funeral mass for Bishop Cyril at a cathedral in Varna, some 450 km (280 miles) northeast of Sofia July 11, 2013. The death of one of Bulgaria's most senior bishops, Bishop Cyril of Varna, 59, found floating in the Black Sea wearing a snorkel and flippers on July 9, 2013, was mysterious in its own right, but it was only the final chapter in an enigmatic life. Picture taken July 11, 2013. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov (BULGARIA - Tags: RELIGION OBITUARY SOCIETY) 

ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF INJURY OR DEATH

People pay their respects at the coffin of Bishop Cyril during a mass at a cathedral in Varna, some 450 km (280 miles) northeast of Sofia July 11, 2013. The death of one of Bulgaria's most senior bishops, Bishop Cyril of Varna, 59, found floating in the Black Sea wearing a snorkel and flippers on July 9, 2013, was mysterious in its own right, but it was only the final chapter in an enigmatic life. Picture taken July 11, 2013. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov (BULGARIA - Tags: RELIGION OBITUARY SOCIETY) 

A woman prays after paying her respects at the coffin of Bishop Cyril during a mass at a cathedral in Varna, some 450 km (280 miles) northeast of Sofia July 11, 2013. The death of one of Bulgaria's most senior bishops, Bishop Cyril of Varna, 59, found floating in the Black Sea wearing a snorkel and flippers on July 9, 2013, was mysterious in its own right, but it was only the final chapter in an enigmatic life. Picture taken July 11, 2013. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov (BULGARIA - Tags: RELIGION OBITUARY SOCIETY) 

Paleontologist Fernando Novas touches the mandible of a "Tuarangisaurus Cabazai" replica made from polyurethane foam at the Argentine Natural Sciences Museum in Buenos Aires July 1, 2013. Fossils of the unique specimen were originally discovered in the Patagonian province of Rio Negro and according to the experts the three-metre-long (nearly 10-foot) beast was an animal with a flattened, wide body and it could have weighed some 3,000 kilograms (6,600 pounds) and was part of the prehistoric sea fauna from millions of years ago. The Tuarangisaurus cabazai, like other Plesiosaurs, were different from other water-dwelling reptiles in that its four limbs were converted from legs and feet into large flipper-like appendages that helped them glide through the waters they inhabited. REUTERS/Enrique Marcarian (ARGENTINA - Tags: ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY) 

Paleontologist Fernando Novas points at a replica of a "Tuarangisaurus Cabazai" made from polyurethane foam at the Argentine Natural Sciences Museum in Buenos Aires July 1, 2013. Fossils of the unique specimen were originally discovered in the Patagonian province of Rio Negro and according to the experts the three-metre-long (nearly 10-foot) beast was an animal with a flattened, wide body and it could have weighed some 3,000 kilograms (6,600 pounds) and was part of the prehistoric sea fauna from millions of years ago. The Tuarangisaurus cabazai, like other Plesiosaurs, were different from other water-dwelling reptiles in that its four limbs were converted from legs and feet into large flipper-like appendages that helped them glide through the waters they inhabited. REUTERS/Enrique Marcarian (ARGENTINA - Tags: ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY) 

A replica of a "Tuarangisaurus Cabazai" made from polyurethane foam is on display at the Argentine Natural Sciences Museum in Buenos Aires July 1, 2013. Fossils of the unique specimen were originally discovered in the Patagonian province of Rio Negro and according to experts the nearly 10-foot beast was an animal with a flattened, wide body and could have weighed some 3,000 kilograms (6,600 pounds) and was part of the prehistoric sea fauna from millions of years ago. The Tuarangisaurus cabazai, like other Plesiosaurs, were different from other water-dwelling reptiles in that its four limbs were converted from legs and feet into large flipper-like appendages that helped them glide through the waters they inhabited. REUTERS/Enrique Marcarian (ARGENTINA - Tags: ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY) 

A replica of a "Tuarangisaurus Cabazai" made from polyurethane foam is on display at the Argentine Natural Sciences Museum in Buenos Aires July 1, 2013. Fossils of the unique specimen were originally discovered in the Patagonian province of Rio Negro and according to experts the nearly 10-foot beast was an animal with a flattened, wide body and could have weighed some 3,000 kilograms (6,600 pounds) and was part of the prehistoric sea fauna from millions of years ago. The Tuarangisaurus cabazai, like other Plesiosaurs, were different from other water-dwelling reptiles in that its four limbs were converted from legs and feet into large flipper-like appendages that helped them glide through the waters they inhabited. REUTERS/Enrique Marcarian (ARGENTINA - Tags: ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY) 

A keeper from Manly's Sea Life Sanctuary keeps her hand on a Green Sea Turtle before releasing it back into the ocean near Sydney April 15, 2013. The turtle, rescued in August 2011 and nicknamed 'Buoy', was missing its front left flipper and was covered in so many barnacles that it was unable to swim. REUTERS/David Gray (AUSTRALIA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS) 

Keepers from Manly's Sea Life Sanctuary check on the condition of a Green Sea Turtle as they stand on a boat before releasing it back into the ocean near Sydney April 15, 2013. The turtle, rescued in August 2011 and nicknamed 'Buoy', was missing its front left flipper and was covered in so many barnacles that it was unable to swim. REUTERS/David Gray (AUSTRALIA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS) 

Rescue divers rest during a break of the Underwater ice hockey Championships at lake Weissensee February 16, 2013. Underwater ice hockey is played upside-down underneath the ice of frozen lakes with a floating puck by teams of two apnea divers in wetsuits and flippers. Picture taken February 16, 2013. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (AUSTRIA - Tags: SPORT ICE HOCKEY) 

Thomas Jurkschat and Uwe Kiehl of team Germany I concentrate on the surface before a match at the Underwater ice hockey Championships in lake Weissensee in Austria February 16, 2013. Underwater ice hockey is played upside-down underneath the ice of frozen lakes with a floating puck by teams of two apnea divers in wetsuits and flippers. Picture taken February 16, 2013. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (AUSTRIA - Tags: SPORT ICE HOCKEY) 

Rescue divers rest during a break of the Underwater ice hockey Championships at lake Weissensee February 16, 2013. Underwater ice hockey is played upside-down underneath the ice of frozen lakes with a floating puck by teams of two apnea divers in wetsuits and flippers. Picture taken February 16, 2013. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (AUSTRIA - Tags: SPORT ICE HOCKEY) 

Thomas Jurkschat and Uwe Kiehl of team Germany I concentrate on the surface before a match at the Underwater ice hockey Championships in lake Weissensee in Austria February 16, 2013. Underwater ice hockey is played upside-down underneath the ice of frozen lakes with a floating puck by teams of two apnea divers in wetsuits and flippers. Picture taken February 16, 2013. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (AUSTRIA - Tags: SPORT ICE HOCKEY) 

Participants warm up inside a tent during a match at the Underwater ice hockey Championships in lake Weissensee in Austria February 16, 2013. Underwater ice hockey is played upside-down underneath the ice of frozen lakes with a floating puck by teams of two apnea divers in wetsuits and flippers. Picture taken February 16, 2013. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (AUSTRIA - Tags: SPORT ICE HOCKEY) 

Thomas Jurkschat and Uwe Kiehl of team Germany I concentrate on the surface before a match at the Underwater ice hockey Championships in lake Weissensee in Austria February 16, 2013. Underwater ice hockey is played upside-down underneath the ice of frozen lakes with a floating puck by teams of two apnea divers in wetsuits and flippers. Picture taken February 16, 2013. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (AUSTRIA - Tags: SPORT ICE HOCKEY) 

Participants concentrate on the surface before a match at the Underwater ice hockey Championships in lake Weissensee in Austria February 16, 2013. Underwater ice hockey is played upside-down underneath the ice of frozen lakes with a floating puck by teams of two apnea divers in wetsuits and flippers. Picture taken February 16, 2013. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (AUSTRIA - Tags: SPORT ICE HOCKEY) 

The floating puck is pictured on the snow and ice covered Lake Weissensee before a match of the Underwater ice hockey Championships February 17, 2013. Underwater ice hockey is played upside-down underneath the ice of frozen lakes with a floating puck by teams of two apnea divers in wetsuits and flippers. Picture taken February 17, 2013. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (AUSTRIA - Tags: SPORT ICE HOCKEY) 

A volunteer uses a chainsaw to cut a hole in the surface of the snow and ice covered lake Weissensee before a match of the Underwater ice hockey Championships early February 17, 2013. Underwater ice hockey is played upside-down underneath the ice of frozen lakes with a floating puck by teams of two apnea divers in wetsuits and flippers. Picture taken February 17, 2013. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (AUSTRIA - Tags: SPORT ICE HOCKEY) 

The snow and ice covered Lake Weissensee is pictured before a match of the Underwater ice hockey Championships February 16, 2013. Underwater ice hockey is played upside-down underneath the ice of frozen lakes with a floating puck by teams of two apnea divers in wetsuits and flippers. Picture taken February 16, 2013. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (AUSTRIA - Tags: SPORT ICE HOCKEY) 

A rescue diver prepares at the snow and ice covered lake Weissensee before a match of the Underwater ice hockey Championships February 16, 2013. Underwater ice hockey is played upside-down underneath the ice of frozen lakes with a floating puck by teams of two apnea divers in wetsuits and flippers. Picture taken February 16, 2013. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (AUSTRIA - Tags: SPORT ICE HOCKEY) 

Thomas Jurkschat and Uwe Kiehl of team Germany I celebrate a goal during a match of the Underwater ice hockey Championships in lake Weissensee in Austria February 17, 2013. Underwater ice hockey is played upside-down underneath the ice of frozen lakes with a floating puck by teams of two apnea divers in wetsuits and flippers. Picture taken February 17, 2013. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (AUSTRIA - Tags: SPORT ICE HOCKEY) 

The snow and ice covered Lake Weissensee is pictured before a match of the Underwater ice hockey Championships February 16, 2013. Underwater ice hockey is played upside-down underneath the ice of frozen lakes with a floating puck by teams of two apnea divers in wetsuits and flippers. Picture taken February 16, 2013. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (AUSTRIA - Tags: SPORT ICE HOCKEY) 

Thomas Jurkschat and Uwe Kiehl of team Germany I celebrate a goal during a match of the Underwater ice hockey Championships in lake Weissensee in Austria February 17, 2013. Underwater ice hockey is played upside-down underneath the ice of frozen lakes with a floating puck by teams of two apnea divers in wetsuits and flippers. Picture taken February 17, 2013. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (AUSTRIA - Tags: SPORT ICE HOCKEY) 

Equipment is prepared before a match at the Underwater ice hockey Championships in lake Weissensee in Austria February 17, 2013. Underwater ice hockey is played upside-down underneath the ice of frozen lakes with a floating puck by teams of two apnea divers in wetsuits and flippers. Picture taken February 17, 2013. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (AUSTRIA - Tags: SPORT ICE HOCKEY) 

Equipment is prepared before a match at the Underwater ice hockey Championships in lake Weissensee in Austria February 17, 2013. Underwater ice hockey is played upside-down underneath the ice of frozen lakes with a floating puck by teams of two apnea divers in wetsuits and flippers. Picture taken February 17, 2013. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (AUSTRIA - Tags: SPORT ICE HOCKEY) 

Uwe Kiehl of team Germany I dives during a match at the Underwater ice hockey Championships in lake Weissensee in Austria February 17, 2013. Underwater ice hockey is played upside-down underneath the ice of frozen lakes with a floating puck by teams of two apnea divers in wetsuits and flippers. Picture taken February 17, 2013. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (AUSTRIA - Tags: SPORT ICE HOCKEY) 

Rescue divers rest during a break of the Underwater ice hockey Championships at lake Weissensee February 16, 2013. Underwater ice hockey is played upside-down underneath the ice of frozen lakes with a floating puck by teams of two apnea divers in wetsuits and flippers. Picture taken February 16, 2013. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (AUSTRIA - Tags: SPORT ICE HOCKEY) 

Team Germany I plays Austria II during a match at the Underwater ice hockey Championships in lake Weissensee in Austria February 17, 2013. Underwater ice hockey is played upside-down underneath the ice of frozen lakes with a floating puck by teams of two apnea divers in wetsuits and flippers. Picture taken February 17, 2013. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (AUSTRIA - Tags: SPORT ICE HOCKEY) 

Team Germany I plays Austria II during a match at the Underwater ice hockey Championships in lake Weissensee in Austria February 17, 2013. Underwater ice hockey is played upside-down underneath the ice of frozen lakes with a floating puck by teams of two apnea divers in wetsuits and flippers. Picture taken February 17, 2013. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (AUSTRIA - Tags: SPORT ICE HOCKEY) 

Participants concentrate on the surface before a match at the Underwater ice hockey Championships in lake Weissensee in Austria February 16, 2013. Underwater ice hockey is played upside-down underneath the ice of frozen lakes with a floating puck by teams of two apnea divers in wetsuits and flippers. Picture taken February 16, 2013. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (AUSTRIA - Tags: SPORT ICE HOCKEY) 

Uwe Kiehl of team Germany I dives during a match at the Underwater ice hockey Championships in lake Weissensee in Austria February 17, 2013. Underwater ice hockey is played upside-down underneath the ice of frozen lakes with a floating puck by teams of two apnea divers in wetsuits and flippers. Picture taken February 17, 2013. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (AUSTRIA - Tags: SPORT ICE HOCKEY) 

Uwe Kiehl of team Germany I dives during a match at the Underwater ice hockey Championships in lake Weissensee in Austria February 17, 2013. Underwater ice hockey is played upside-down underneath the ice of frozen lakes with a floating puck by teams of two apnea divers in wetsuits and flippers. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (AUSTRIA - Tags: SPORT ICE HOCKEY) 

Uwe Kiehl of team Germany I breathes on the surface during a match at the Underwater ice hockey Championships in lake Weissensee in Austria February 17, 2013. Underwater ice hockey is played upside-down underneath the ice of frozen lakes with a floating puck by teams of two apnea divers in wetsuits and flippers. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (AUSTRIA - Tags: SPORT ICE HOCKEY) 

Uwe Kiehl of team Germany I dives during a match at the Underwater ice hockey Championships in lake Weissensee in Austria February 17, 2013. Underwater ice hockey is played upside-down underneath the ice of frozen lakes with a floating puck by teams of two apnea divers in wetsuits and flippers. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (AUSTRIA - Tags: SPORT ICE HOCKEY) 

French athlete Philippe Croizon (C), whose arms and legs were amputated after an electric shock accident in March 1994, is helped by an unidentified diver to enter a 33 metre (36 yard) deep pool, the world's deepest pool built to train professional divers, at Nemo33 diving centre in Brussels January 10, 2013. Croizon, who swam with adapted prostheses that had flippers attached, broke a world record and became the first disabled person to dive to 33 metres, according to the organisers. REUTERS/Yves Herman (BELGIUM - Tags: SOCIETY SPORT DIVING) 

French athlete Philippe Croizon, whose arms and legs were amputated after an electric shock accident in March 1994, is helped by other divers in removing his equipment after diving in a 33 metre (36 yard) deep pool, the world's deepest pool built to train professional divers, at Nemo33 diving centre in Brussels January 10, 2013. Croizon, who swam with adapted prostheses that had flippers attached, broke a world record and became the first disabled person to dive to 33 metres, according to the organisers. REUTERS/Yves Herman (BELGIUM - Tags: SOCIETY SPORT DIVING) 

French athlete Philippe Croizon, whose arms and legs were amputated after an electric shock accident in March 1994, is helped by an unidentified divers to enter a 33 metre (36 yard) deep pool, the world's deepest pool built to train professional divers, at Nemo33 diving centre in Brussels January 10, 2013. Croizon, who swam with adapted prostheses that had flippers attached, broke a world record and became the first disabled person to dive to 33 metres, according to the organisers. REUTERS/Yves Herman (BELGIUM - Tags: SOCIETY SPORT DIVING) 

French athlete Philippe Croizon (L), whose arms and legs were amputated after an electric shock accident in March 1994, swims next to an unidentified diver in a 33 metre (36 yard) deep pool, the world's deepest pool built to train professional divers, at Nemo33 diving centre in Brussels January 10, 2013. Croizon, who swam with adapted prostheses that had flippers attached, broke a world record and became the first disabled person to dive to 33 metres, according to the organisers. REUTERS/Yves Herman (BELGIUM - Tags: SOCIETY SPORT DIVING TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

French athlete Philippe Croizon (C), whose arms and legs were amputated after an electric shock accident in March 1994, celebrates with unidentified divers in a 33 metre (36 yard) deep pool, the world's deepest pool built to train professional divers, at Nemo33 diving centre in Brussels January 10, 2013. Croizon, who swam with adapted prostheses that had flippers attached, broke a world record and became the first disabled person to dive to 33 metres, according to the organisers. REUTERS/Yves Herman (BELGIUM - Tags: SPORT DIVING SOCIETY) 

The lower playfield of a 1932 Ballyhoo pinball table, not yet equipped with flipper fingers, is pictured at Guenter "Pindigi" Freinberger's pinball museum in Ruprechtshofen, some 80 km (50 miles) west of Vienna October 3, 2012. Freinberger from Austria, started collecting in 1997 and now owns 493 machines worth around one million euros (US $1.3 million) making him one of the world's biggest collectors of vintage pinball games. He restores and repairs the machines himself and sells duplicate versions. The oldest model in his collection dates from the 1930s. Picture taken October 3. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader (AUSTRIA - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY) 

A girl looks through a net that her brother is preparing for fishing at a river in Yangon December 10, 2011. John Yettaw believed he was on "a mission from God" when he strapped on homemade flippers and swam across Inya Lake to the Yangon home of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. His bizarre nighttime swim on May 3, 2009 did set in motion a mission, but it was a diplomatic one, with potentially profound geopolitical implications. Both the United States and Myanmar had their own reasons for seeking an end to the Southeast Asian nation?s pariah status in 2009 and Yettaw became an accidental foil. Picture taken December 10, 2011. To match Special Report MYANMAR/ENGAGEMENT REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS) 

A boy sits near Botahtaung Pagoda in central Yangon December 10, 2011. John Yettaw believed he was on "a mission from God" when he strapped on homemade flippers and swam across Inya Lake to the Yangon home of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. His bizarre nighttime swim on May 3, 2009 did set in motion a mission, but it was a diplomatic one, with potentially profound geopolitical implications. Both the United States and Myanmar had their own reasons for seeking an end to the Southeast Asian nation?s pariah status in 2009 and Yettaw became an accidental foil. Picture taken December 10, 2011. To match Special Report MYANMAR/ENGAGEMENT REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (MYANMAR - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY) 

A Libyan fisherman removes his flippers as he uses explosives to fish in the Sea of Benghazi June 6, 2011. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT SOCIETY) 

Free-diving swimmers practice apnea in the sea off the beach of Chichiriviche de la Costa, some 50 miles (80 km) northwest from Caracas, April 10, 2011. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA - Tags: SOCIETY SPORT SWIMMING) 

Participants sitting on an inflatable beach mattress try to cross a 13 m long (43 ft) pool of water and foam at the Bobrovy Log Ski Resort near the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, where holidaymakers have gathered to mark the end of the Siberian summer, August 28, 2010. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Divers dressed in Santa Claus and mermaid costumes wave as they pose for pictures after their Christmas holiday show in an open water oceanarium at Ocean Park in Manila December 22, 2009. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo (PHILIPPINES - Tags: SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Lebanese environmental activists carry a banner calling on Arab countries to take action against climate change, as Arab participants enter the venue of the annual conference of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) in Beirut, November 19, 2009. The forum highlights the impact of climate change on Arab countries. REUTERS/ Mohamed Azakir (LEBANON ENVIRONMENT POLITICS)