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NEWS / TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
Students start clothing label after finding inspiration
BY CARLO RAMIREZ cramirez@kansan.com
Paul Redlingshafer and Alex Beal found designing inspiration while watching the HBO series "How To Make It In America."
Unlike many people, who might be discouraged by the competitive New York City fashion business. Redlingshafer, Beal and their friend Jordan Allison, a senior from Overland Park, became inspired.
"After some thought we came to the conclusion that we had what it took," said Redlingshafer, a senior from Overland Park. "An eye for
design, knowledge on popular trends, access to free mass media publicity, loyal friends and family and an undying determination to create a clothing line that the public would take a liking to"
So in March, the E THE REAL clothing brand was born. The brand sells several designer T-shirts, including one with a KU theme.
The T-Shirts are sold at home football games and online, and plans to release crew-neck sweatshirts soon.
"E THE REAL evolved from the word 'ethereal,' said Beal, a senior from Leawood." I thought it was
very appropriate for the brand"
"head the brand's main focus
Beal said the sis to make a product customers feel confident wearing.
"We have a great student population here in Lawrence and we are going to try our best
well for the company so far,but that there have been a few chal.
"After some thought we came to the conclusin that we had what it took."
to meet the needs of every one with the variety of our designs," he said.
PAUL REDLINGSHAFER Co-founder of E THE REAL
Beal said that business is going
lenges.
"In the end, we are still college kids," Beal said. "Coming up with the funds to start a legitimate company was definitely a challenge."
Robert Devine, a sophomore from Chicago, said he noticed the E THE REAL shirts at campus tailgates
and was impressed.
"The shirts are pretty creative." Devine said. "For just starting out, I think they are on the right track."
Edited by Roshni Oommen
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E THE REAL SHIRTS AND OTHER CLOTHING ITEMS CAN BE FOUND AT THE COMPANY WEBSITE: http://recognizetherealest.com.
ODD NEWS
Woman sneaks drugs from ill son
PITTSBURGH — A woman visiting her terminally ill son at a hospital unhooked his intravenous line, siphoned out a sedative using a syringe she stole from the hospital and injected herself with the drug, authorities said.
Karen Remsing, of Vancouver, Wash., also tried to reconnect her 15-year-old son's IV to him, which could have been harmful, police said.
Remsing's husband, Richard Remming, told a TV station that he and his son moved to Pittsburgh 10 years ago so the
boy could be treated while his wife stayed in Washington to work. He said the boy needs an intestine transplant and is on life support.
Workers at UPMC's Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh found Karen Remsing slumped over a couch in her son's room. The workers called police, who said they found used needles in the trash and blood on Remsing's clothes.
The hospital has barred Reming from returning.
Remsing, 42, was charged with child endangerment and reckless endangerment among other crimes.
Associated Press
NATIONAL
FBI agent reveals bomb plot details
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — A detonator was found hidden in the bedroom cabinet of a purported accomplice in the 1998 terrorist bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa, a former FBI agent testified Monday at the man's trial.
The witness, Gerald Bamel, told jurors in federal court in Manhattan that he made the discovery while still with the FBI and assigned to the investigation in Dar es Salaam. As he dismantled the cabinet inside a suspected
hideout used by Ahmed Ghailani and others, he was startled to find himself holding a silver blasting cap.
cap.
"I dropped it," Bamel said. "I saw that it was a blasting cap, and I was afraid that it would detonate in my hand and blow my hand off."
He said he summoned a bomb technician to safely remove the device.
Prosecutors allege Ghailani — the first Guantanamo detainee to face trial in a civilian court — was part of an al-Qaida cell that plotted the nearly simultaneous
attacks in Tanzania and Nairobi Kenya. The Aug. 7, 1998, bombings killed 224 people, including 12 Americans.
12 Americas.
Ghailani, 36, of Tanzania has been accused of helping buy a truck used in the Tanzania blast and purchasing components for explosives. The defense says he was in the dark about the terror plot.
The day before the attack, prosecutors say, Ghailani and other plotters fled to Pakistan. Authorities say that while he was on the run, he spent time in Afghanistan as a cook and
bodyguard for Osama bin Laden and later as a document forger for al-Qaida in Pakistan.
He was captured in 2004 and held by the CIA at a secret overseas camp before being transferred to Guantanamo in 2006.
Four other men were convicted in the embassy plot in the same Manhattan courthouse and sentenced to life in prison.
Jurors were given Election Day off. Prosecutors say they expect to wrap up their case when the trial resumes on Wednesday.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BP now faces a mess of injury claims in wake of Gulf Shore oil spill
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. — Denied claims for Gulf of Mexico oil spill victims are rising dramatically because of a flood of new filings coming in without proper documentation or with no proof at all, the head of the $20 billion BP fund said Monday.
Some 20,000 people have been told they have no right to emergency compensation, compared to about 125 denials at the end of September. This is in addition to many others who say they are getting mere fractions of what they've lost, while others are receiving large checks and full payments.
In an interview with The Associated Press, claims administrator Kenneth Feinberg denied allegations the process is beset by chaos. He said the claims facility has sent about 30 potentially fraudulent claims to the Justice Department for investigation, and hundreds more are under review.
"I disagree about disarray," Feinberg said. "There are discrepancies in claims based on documentation and your ability to demonstrate a connection to the spill and your damage."
He said that since Oct. 1, the fund has received thousands of new claims for emergency six-month payments, bringing the
total to about 315,000, in an apparent rush to meet a Nov. 23 deadline. After that, residents can
only file a claim for a final payment, which would be granted only if they sign away their right to sue BP.
Thousands are suffering from a summer of lost revenue
weren't working for BP's cleanup sat idle at the docks with no seafood to sell, while beachside res-
"A true emergency claim one would have expected would have come in shortly after Aug. 23."
KENNETH FEINBERG BP claims administrator
after BP PLC's April 20 well blowout off the Louisiana coast spewed more than 170 million gallons of oil into the sea. Fishermen who
taurants found themselves with few patrons, and hotels were nearly empty during a time when many depend on high-season revenue to carry them through the
slow winter months.
The well was permanently capped on Sept. 19.
"A true emergency claim one would have expected would have come in shortly after Aug. 23," Feinberg said, referring to the date he took over the process from BP. "But two-thirds of the claims have come in since Oct. 1, and (many of) those claims are undocumented."
He speculated that some who don't deserve a payment sense a gold rush and are inundating the facility with illegitimate requests
The Justice Department last week announced the first criminal charges filed in an oil-spill related case against a Fayetteville, N.C., woman who pretended to be employed by a New Orleans oyster company, according to a federal complaint. Charlotte Johnson is charged with wire fraud and faces up to 20 years in prison after authorities say she sought $15,500 in fictional lost wages.
A telephone message left for her federal public defender wasn't immediately returned. A man who answered the phone at Johnson's home said she is in federal custody on the charges. He declined further comment.
About 92,000 claimants have been paid or approved for payment as of Oct. 30, amounting to roughly $1.7 billion. The claims facility declined to reveal the total amount requested by the nearly 315,000 people who have now filed.
For Gulf coast residents with apparently legitimate claims, the process can be maddening.
why they denied me?" said Sheryl Lindsay, an Orange Beach, Ala. wedding planner whose business has plummeted. "Why are they so secretive?"
Lindsay sought about $240,000 for lost revenue because of beach wedding cancellations and received a check for just $7,700. She was told, like so many others, she could request additional money in her claim for a final payment, a check that likely won't arrive for months.
"Why can't they just explain
"I have three weddings booked for next year. That's it. Normally, by this time, I would have 50 on the books," Lindsay said. "I'm at my breaking point. I don't know what else to do except file bankruptcy."
President Barack Obama tapped Feinberg to oversee the BP claims fund, which the oil giant created under government pressure to ensure that it paid those hurt by the spill. Feinberg is paid by BP, but says he is operating the fund independently. He has declined to say how much he is getting for his services.
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