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Designerfashionbrand,Gucci,has released a pair of sneakers
intentionallycreatedto lookworn-out and dirty. The ‘Screener’
sneakers,priced at around $870, were inspired by 1970’s
basketballshoesandareavailable in three different styles - if
youcanafford them!Gucci’swebsite describes the sneakers
as, “the multicolour Screener sneakers - named for the
defensive sports move - reference the colours of the House
Webstripe,treatedforanall-over distressed effect.” The shoes
are accompanied with special instructions for cleaning any
“real”dirtoffthemandalsofeaturea high-topvarietywhich
costs $930 The scruffy-looking shoes have sparked debate
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France following the French
Fencing Federation officially
recognising ‘lightsaber
duelling’ as a competitive
sport. The iconic weapon
made famous from the
popular Star Wars films
has been allocated the
same status as other blades
allowingcompetitors to hone
their Luke Skywalker skills
WhilsttheLED-litlightsabers
areharmless,theyreportedly
look, feel and sound very
similar to those featured
in the movies. Federation
secretary general, Serge
Aubailly,hopesthepopularity
of StarWarscharacters,such
as,Luke Skywalker,Obi-Wan
Kenobi andDarth Vaderwill
attract young people to the
overarching sportof fencing.
A new set of rules govern
the movie-inspired sport with
participants required to wear
masks and armour. Matches
occur in a circle taped on the
floor with the winner being
the first person to reach 15
points or the highest score
after three minutes.Scientistsin southwestChina’s
Yunnan province havecloned
what they refer to as the
“Sherlock Holmes of police
dogs” in hopes to reduce time
and costs associated with
training police dogs. The dog,
named Kunxun, was created
by the Beijing-based Sinogene
Biotechnology Company,
the Yunnan Agricultural
University and the Ministry
of Public Security. Sinogene’s
deputy general manager,
Zhao Jinping, explained that
the company aims to achieve
“volume production” of cloned
police canines, however,nvolved
remain a challenge. Kunxun
willundergoextensivetraining
including crowd control
and searching for evidence.
Training a police dog usually
takes about five years and can
cost up to $100,000 with no
guarantee of success.SCRUFFY SNEAKERS
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