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This document appears to be a news summary. It covers diverse topics, from Eastern European energy independence and the Super Bowl to North Korea opening to tourists and a recent art auction using AI. It includes various trivia and highlights from the week's events.

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MONDAY ​ Coy Wire in New Orleans for Super Bowl ​ Philadelphia Eagles getting redemption for their loss to the chiefs 2 seasons ago Eastern Europe ​ Lithuania,Estonia,Latvia disconnected from their Russian operated electricity grid before synchronizing their electricity ​ Because...

MONDAY ​ Coy Wire in New Orleans for Super Bowl ​ Philadelphia Eagles getting redemption for their loss to the chiefs 2 seasons ago Eastern Europe ​ Lithuania,Estonia,Latvia disconnected from their Russian operated electricity grid before synchronizing their electricity ​ Because of energy independence ​ 3 countries have been preparing to cut the cord with Russia since they joined the European Union in 2004 ​ Invested over a billion dollar in Grants ​ Russia’s invasion of Baltic Ally Ukraine in 2022 made it important for these 3 countries to finally put an end to its energy dependence on Russia ​ 3 states renovated existing infrastructure and also built new power lines ​ Undersea cables ​ Crucial link to the mainland European grid ​ 6 months ago the Baltic countries notified Russia that they would synchronize from the Soviet Electric grid ​ Lithuania’s grid operator lit grid started to cut old soviet cables ​ All countries disconnected on saturday ​ Briefly functioning as a power island with electricity they produce before synchronising their newly independent grid with the Continental Europe synchronous area on Sunday ​ Vootele Päi explains: Cheap russian energy comes with a price that no democratic European countries should afford ​ 30 years after Soviet troops rumbled back over to the border and 2 decades after joining nato in the EU ​ Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are looking nervously into the east ​ War in Ukraine revealing how willing Moscow is to both weaponize and as NATO warned again this week disrupt daily life in Europe through acts of sabotage ​ Cyber attacks, Asen ​ 3 new undersea cables in Estonia (Nordic countries) and a critical link to poland ​ Meant that they were able to stop buying electricity from Russia for more than 2 years ago ​ Watching with an eye of a Hulk ​ Estlink-2 cable badly damaged on Christmas day ​ Ship on route from Russia suspected by Finnish police of dragging its anchor almost 100 km along the seabed ​ Anti-Russian Hysteria= Moscow calling the Russians denying any involvement ​ West most Outpost of kaliningrad home of its Baltic Fleet 10 sec trivia: Pizza was originated in Naples, city of Italy Where modern feed involved from flatbreads in the 18th century Pizza ​ Super Bowl Sundays,Halloween and New Years Eve is the busiest pizza delivery days in the US ​ Pizza prices haven't changed that much for decades ​ Vanessa Yur Cavage looks into what's behind the affordability of a pie to find out if its inflation proof ​ Scene from Home Alone had cooked up an interesting and debatable economic question ​ “Home Alone” was released in 1990 and the Macalister family paid $122.50 for 10 Pizza ​ Macalister family’s order of 10 Pizzas in 1990 is still comparable in price 35 years later ​ The viral $1 Pizza Slice in NY becomes inflation’s latest victims ​ Many Pizza chains have been able to keep their prices somewhat steady while most fast food chains have raised their prices ​ Inflation resistant ​ At Dominos and Papa Johns you can get a large carry out pizza for 12$ ​ 2 large pizzas for around 14$ each in Pizza Hut ​ Keen Eyes have pointed out that the name “Little Neros” and mascot in Home Alone looks like play on Little Caesars ​ Little Caesars Pizza in 1990 was $4 ​ 2003-$5, Now-$7 ​ “Value is just a part of who we are and has been for decades and decades even going back to the 90s”-Greg Hamilton, Little Caesar’s CMO ​ Always considering food cost as well as labor costs 10/10 ​ Shout out to the fluffy and feathered furry friends who set out to predict the outcome of Super Bowl 59 ​ Lions,tigers,bears,fald eagles weighed in on the Chief's Eagles Showdown ​ Misha the tiger walked off with a choice chief’s box ​ Two Montana bear cubs gave a tie as they each chow down on a cake for each team ​ Sitca the eagle went for Kansas City ​ Vulcan the lion who smashed his vote for the Eagles ina 4 to 1 animal kingdom upset TUESDAY North Korea ​ Reclusive State now set to let in tourists for the first time in 5 years ​ North Korea says the city of Rasan, a remote economic zone in the North of the country will be the first post-pandemic tourist destination open to western tourists ​ PyongYang, the country’s capital is still close to foreign visitors ​ North Korea is a highly centralized one-party totalitarian dictatorship where three generation of the Kim family have ruled with power ​ Tourist was restricted within the hermit kingdom which sealed tis border in 2020 during the covid-19 ​ Beijing tour operator Coro tours recently announced bookings would reopen with an organized tours to Rason ​ Part of North Korea’s special economic zone Rason has operated differently as a testing ground for nea economic policies ​ Visitors will see locations like factories,schools,art galleries and a bank where they can open a North Korean bank account ​ First tours are set to start on February 12th, around North Korea’s biggest national holidays ​ Celebration planned for the birthday of the country’s late leader Kim Jong Eel ​ Bookings available for visitors from all countries except for the United States and South Korea ​ Most tourists in North Korea have been from China and Russia ​ Rason is not exactly a tourism hotspot ​ Remote economic zone closer to China and Russia than the capital Pyongyang ​ Rason is known for its shoe factory and banking system ​ Textile factory and sea cucumber breeding farm ​ Simon made nearly 200 trips and he said “traveling there is not for anyone” ​ An American college student Otto Warmleader was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor accused of stealing a propaganda poster from his pyongyang hotel ​ After 17 months in detention, returns home in a persistent vegetative state, died days later ​ State department banned US tourists from visiting North Korea ever since ​ Don’t prositize religiously, illegal ​ Don't break any law 10 sec trivia: Artwork by Andy Warhol currently sits on the moon ​ The Apollo 11 astronauts placed his drawing of the lunar module in 1969 FAAH Christies ​ Fine Arts Auction House Christies is holding the first art auction devoted entirely to dozens of pieces created with the help of artificial intelligence ​ Art sale called augmented intelligence consists about 30 pieces ​ Created or enhanced by AI tools ​ Block chain ​ Crypto community ​ Many of the works are supposed to sell for tens of thousands of dollars ​ Last year a painting by an AI robot of WW2 codebreaker Alan Turing sold for over million dollars at Salt Beaks ​ Initial estimates of $120 to $180,000 ​ Enhance what the artist can do ​ Online auction runs from feb 20th to march 5th 10/10 Celebrities at the Superbowl-Key to success Maria Taylor: Everything that makes you different is your strength Shaquille O’Neal: Listen to your mother and father Jameis Winston: There's always a seed of good in everything WEDNESDAY North Korea ​ Reclusive State now set to let in tourists for the first time in 5 years ​ North Korea says t

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