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Nice Kicks is a sneaker specific blog, now owned by Complex Magazine. The blog currently has 82k subsribers but 2.1M instagram followers. 

According to the owner,Matt Haffill, the blog was made specifically for shoe lovers like himself and provides updates on the latest sneakers being launched by top brands. The blog also tracks the sneakers being worn by celebrities and NBA players.

According to Sports Illustrated, the trend X can be traced back to this blog. In 2006, this blog began a practice of posting photos of old basketball footwear, titling the series X. 

In 2011, the trend picked up and is now common on social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

What is the trend?

When Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes were toying with the idea of creating 3D plastic wallpaper, they failed and ended up creating X. They however, realized that X could be used as packaging material. However, people loved X for the amusing pop sound created when X would be compressed. A new form of X has been created which does not pop, much to the disappointment of the general public. What is X?

Keeping the X running was a difficult task. Earlier, X was run using LPG, but one cylinder of LPG used to exhaust itself in 1.5 days. Also, there were severe space constraints of stocking the cylinders. So, a project for a pipeline-fed switch-over to piped natural gas (PNG) was sanctioned in December 2005 by the central government and Indraprastha Gas Limited was asked to complete it on priority. The agency went on to lay a 500-metre pipeline to complete the task.

Identify X

The human X averages 9 cm in length but can range from 2 to 20 cm. The diameter of the X is usually between 7 and 8 mm. The base of the X is located 2 cm beneath the ileocecal valve that separates the large intestine from the small intestine. Its position within the abdomen corresponds to a point on the surface known as McBurney's point. The X, therefore, may act as a "safe house" for commensal ("good") bacteria. This reservoir of gut flora could then serve to repopulate the digestive system following a bout of dysentery or cholera.

Y a medical emergency occurs when the X becomes blocked, often by stool, a foreign body, or cancer. Blockage may also occur from infection, since the X swells in response to any infection in the body. Left untreated, an inflamed X will eventually burst, or perforate, spilling infectious materials into the abdominal cavity. Extra Trivia:The longest X ever removed measured 26 cm from a patient in Zagreb, Croatia.

The origin of tradition X traces back to Greece,Germany and Switzerland.Though the exact origin is not known, there are multiple theories trying to explain the traditionGreek TheoryIt is sometimes claimed that the tradition of X could be attributed to early Greeks: to honor the goddess's birth on the sixth day of every lunar month, “___ brought to the temple of Artemis were adorned with ____ to make them glow like the moon"Pagan TheoryThe use of fire in ritual is ancient. "_____, in folk belief, are endowed with special magic for granting wishes. . . . Lighted tapers  and sacrificial fires have had a special mystic significance ever since man first set up altars to his gods. The ____ are thus an honor and tribute to the _____ child and bring good fortune. .Id X