This Is What Humans And Animals Look Like When They Get Splashed With Cold Water (PHOTOS)

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This is what humans and animals look like when they are doused with a bucket of cold water. Behold:

The idea behind these clever photographs is simple: two Toronto-based artists by the name of April Maciborka and David Wile recruited children, adults, a porcupine, a kangaroo and even a peacock to pose for a series called "Splash." In it, the motley crew of subjects sit center frame while the camera catches the exact moment that a significant amount of water comes hurling toward their selves. Chaos does not ensure, but hilarious reactions to the shower certainly do.

"[The project] instigated hilarious reactions from people, babies and exotic animals," Maciborka and Wile explained in an email exchange with The Huffington Post. "It developed into an on-going series for years because [we] couldn’t stop finding the pleasure in watching genuine surprise and of course experimenting with the delightful patterns of freeze framed water."

We couldn't help but smile at the resulting expressions, ranging from shock to aggravation to pure joy. The collaborative project encapsulates split-second moments that we don't often get to relish, bald heads, whipped hair and all. Scroll down for more image and let us know how you are staying cool this summer in the comments below.

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Caroline Pugh: Interview With Ethos Water Founder Peter Thum on His New Venture: Liberty United

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Peter Thum is no stranger to philanthropy and entrepreneurial success. As the founder of Ethos Water, he raised more than $7 million in humanitarian water grants and helped half a million people worldwide gain access to clean water. Starbucks acquired Ethos in 2005. Soon afterwards, he joined Starbucks as vice president and also became the director of the Starbucks Foundation through 2008.

Hungry to continue in his philanthropic ventures, Thum founded Fonderie 47 in 2009. The luxury brand removes AK47s from war zones in Africa and turns them into high-end jewelry. They make anything from cuff links to steel, diamond, 18-karat rose gold and platinum rings, the purchase of which funds the destruction of 160 assault rifles in African war zones. Along the way, Thum has received help from his wife, actress Cara Buono, who stars in popular TV show Mad Men, and has even collaborated with renowned jewelry designer James de Givenchy.

Fast forward to today, Thum recently launched Liberty United, a brand to extend his efforts to reduce gun violence to America. Liberty United transforms illegal guns and bullets from American communities into fashionable, iconic jewelry. The new label has launched its first collection with the well-known, brother and sister duo of Philip and Courtney Crangi of Giles & Brother. The collection, which is manufactured in America, includes bracelets, rings and necklaces. Each piece bears the serial number of an illegal gun that the venture has taken out of circulation. In turn, each purchase funds programs to reduce gun violence in the U.S.A.

I recently had a chance to talk with Peter about his new line and what it means for gun violence.

1) Describe your motivation behind starting Liberty United.

In 2008, while I was working on Ethos Water projects, I met kids in Africa armed with assault rifles. Since then, I've worked to remove over 32,000 assault rifles from circulation in war zones there. My wife and I talked about doing this here in The States. After our daughter was born, we began working on Liberty United.

2) How does Liberty United work?

It's pretty simple. We recycle illegal guns and bullets from American communities to make jewelry and other wearable art with leading designers. Profits from Liberty United sales fund programs to reduce gun violence in partner communities and across America.

3) How is Liberty United different from Fonderie 47?

They both are motivated by our desire to reduce gun violence and work with top artisans. Liberty United makes fashionable, accessible pieces and is focused on funding programs to reduce gun violence in the gun issue in the USA. Fonderie 47 makes very rare, one-of-a-kind and limited edition pieces from AK47s recycled from Africa and sales fund programs to reduce gun violence in Africa.

4) What are the main components of which Liberty United pieces are made?

Steel from guns and bullet shell casings, as well as brass, sterling silver, and American labor. All of our pieces are handcrafted here in the U.S.A.

5) Liberty United partnered with jewelry designer Philip Crangi of Giles + Brother, how would you best describe the inspiration behind the design?

Philip's Railroad Spike was inspired by first American Transcontinental Railroad and the famous driving of the golden spike to join East and West in 1869. This iconic symbol of American progress and unity is behind it.

6) Each one of the pieces is stamped with a special number, what does the number represent?

Each piece bears the serial number of one of the illegal guns we've recycled goes on every piece. I first came up with this idea for Fonderie 47 in 2009. It has been a part of every piece we've made for Fonderie 47 and for Liberty United.

7) Where did name "Liberty United" come from?

Our country has been built on individual freedoms, and working and sacrificing together. I wanted the brand to symbolize these two ideals and the tension, hence the name.

8) Why is gun violence personal to you?

My dad was a surgeon and served in the Army during Vietnam and later treated kids who had been shot in gang violence around where we lived. Seeing that as a boy and then later meeting kids in Africa armed with assault rifles made me want to do something about gun violence.

9) What message are you trying to bring about with launching Liberty United?

You can stand up and stand against gun violence. Liberty United offers a straightforward way to do this. If you like it wear it, and tell a friend.

10) What reactions have you had to the pieces so far?

Customers and the press and folks in general seem to love them for how they look and what they mean.

11) Where can people go to purchase Liberty United pieces?

At http://libertyunited.com/

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Glenn and Lois Page Wrongly Receive $11,000 Water Bill

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Do you trust utility service companies to charge you the right amounts for heat, water and electricity each month? Well, this story will make you think twice.

Glenn and Lois Page, who live in Manteca, Calif., recently received a water bill of more than $11,000 for just one month of water, the couple told told CBS13 Sacramento.

“I opened it up, and looked at it. I laid it down, picked it back up, and looked at it -- this can’t be,” Glenn Page told CBS13 Sacramento. “I must be using dehydrated water, because the house would be on pontoons if that’s how much water was leaking."

The couple supposedly used more than 440,000 gallons of water. How many tanker trucks worth of water is that? Click through to find out.

Water waste certainly is a serious environmental issue in the United States, with use throughout the country up 127 percent since 1950. But luckily for the Pages, the bill was in error. The city blamed the mistake on a computer error and said it would issue the Pages a new bill for $71, according to CBS13 Sacramento.

(Hat tip: The Consumerist)

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Bangladesh factory workers fall ill; Suspected water supply

DHAKA, Bangladesh - about 450 workers fell ill during their shifts at a sweater factory near the capital of Bangladesh, and officials said Thursday that the water supply was suspected.

Investigators of the Ministry of health of the Government were testing the water in the factory of Starlight sweater for possible contamination, civil surgeon of the area, said Syed Habibullah.

Diseased workers suffered vomiting, nausea and upset stomach from two hours in their changes on Wednesday. Habibullah said were mainly given saline in hospitals and those that were better left by Thursday.

The factory obtains its drinking water from an underground reservoir, said CEO Mohammad Shafiur Rahman. It has wire to a tank on the roof of the eight-story building and supplied to each plant pots. Drinking water is supplied separately from the water supply of the building, asking workers quit drinking, he said.

The factory, which employs about 6,000 people in Gazipur, near Dhaka was closed Wednesday but reopened Thursday. "We have cleaned the reservoirs during the night and now the water is safe to drink," said Rahman.

A collapse of building near Dhaka in April 1129 workers killed, injured others and highlighted the dangerous working conditions in thousands of Bangladesh garment factories.

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