Colonial Uniform Co.

Who will police Africa's police-for-hire industry? With crime on the rise and police forces ill-equipped and distrusted by many of the people they are supposed to serve, Africa's well-to-do are turning to private security companies for protection. But at what cost to the public? Mary Kimani investigates.(News)
Daily News (South Africa); 11/26/2009; 1286 words; ...two men in black and orange uniforms stand guard. A few metres...police units were tools of colonial repression, according to Adedeji...associated with safety, the uniform is often seen as a source of...extortion." And that is when the uniform is seen at all. The UN recommends...vehicles. At first ...

Carnival at sea.(Features)
Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 10/17/2009; 1172 words; ...a formal affair with white brocaded uniforms, matching dinner suits and ladies in...seen here too, amid ghostly ruins of colonial plantations - among the highlights is...Caribbean, eco-. Virgin Holidays Cruises co.uk, 0871 (virginholidayscruises...

USC's McKnight finally grew up on last drive Saturday.(Sports)
The Virginian Pilot; 9/14/2009; 1378 words; ...was sitting on a folding chair in full uniform by himself outside the USC locker room...most recent FCS rankings, was another Colonial Athletic Association team showing that...Houston hired Sumlin, previously the co-offensive coordinator at Oklahoma...

ALICE KAGAWA PARROTT, 1929-2009; TEXTILE ARTIST TAPPED CULTURES FOR INSPIRATION.(News Obits)
The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM); 9/13/2009; 982 words; ...the original Santa Fe Opera usher's uniforms and was an active member of the Acequia...on Canyon Road, said "Allen and Alice co-operate in taking raw wool, washing...traditional Native American, Spanish Colonial, Mexican and Guatemalan crafts." She...

Policing with a 'friendly face'.
Gulf Daily News (Manama, Bahrain); 8/16/2009; 1825 words; ...as it seeks to cast off the colonial influences of the past and...the police force was based on colonial lines, but we like to think...have changed the colour of our uniform is in itself a symbol of this...first line of defence in close co-operation with allied and...