Weather warnings were in effect for parts of north-central Arkansas on Wednesday morning, July 17, as heavy rain caused life-threatening flash flooding across the region, the National Weather Service (NWS) said.

According to the NWS, between 6 and 12 inches of rain had already fallen as of 8:27 am across north central Arkansas, with additional rainfall amounts up to 3 inches in the forecast.

A member of the University of Arkansas Cooperative Research and Extension Service, Brian See, filmed this footage from his office in Yellville on Wednesday morning. Oh my, he says in the footage as he surveys the scene. Our shed has been moved.

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Here's our backyard.

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Philadelphia 76ers star Tyrese Maxey is one of the top players in the league as he is on his way to becoming a multi-time All-Star due to his maniacal work ethic and his immense talent. He averaged 25.9 points and 6.2 assists in the 2023-24 season.

However, while he has proven himself at this stage of his career, it isnt like he was a sure thing. He was the No. 21 pick in the 2020 NBA draft and was in a reserve role in his rookie season playing behind Ben Simmons. He received an opportunity in his second season thanks to the Simmons saga, but even in his third season, Maxey came off the bench for 19 of the 60 games he played.

Now, he is a max player and is among the top guards in the league. Maxey is one of the leaders for this Sixers team and will look to take another step forward in the 2024-25 season.

Agent Rich Paul hopped on The Pat McAfee Show and praised Maxey for what he has been able to achieve and shed some light on his rookie season:

They wanted to send him down to the G League. They wasnt even going to draft hm, first of all, then they were gonna send him down to the G League. Then they decided to play him a little bit. It was COVID. It was a game that guys sat out. He scored 40 points against Denver, I think. We talked after that game. I said Tyrese, great game, but you wont play the next 10 games. He was so confused. I was like Yeah. Those 40 points mean nothing in terms of where youre at in the pecking order. Now today, hes a max player, but hes never allowed himself to make it about him.

To correct Paul, it was actually 39 points Maxey scored against the Nuggets in the 2020-21 season. He continued to play even when the Sixers did get healthy again, but his minutes understandably went down due to the fact that Simmons and Seth Curry were able to return from the health & safety protocols.

Either way, Maxey does deserve a ton of credit. While the Sixers were hopeful that he would be able to make that next step into stardom, it wasnt a sure thing that he would. He has proven himself at a high level and Philadelphia will be looking to him to lead the way on its continued path for a title.

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Imagine closing your eyes and seeing vivid images as if your eyes were still open. This fascinating phenomenon is common during the ingestion of psychedelics like psilocybin, a substance found in certain magic mushrooms. In a new study published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, scientists have used sophisticated imaging techniques to explore the neural underpinnings of these eyes-closed visual experiences, offering new insights into visual perception and imagery.

In recent years, psilocybin has gained attention for its potential therapeutic benefits in treating mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder. The compound works primarily by activating serotonin receptors in the brain, leading to altered perceptions, enhanced mood, and profound changes in consciousness.

Despite its long history and growing interest in its therapeutic potential, the precise mechanisms by which psilocybin induces its effects, particularly its visual hallucinations, remain poorly understood. Traditional methods of studying hallucinations are limited because they occur unpredictably in clinical disorders. However, psychedelics like psilocybin reliably produce vivid visual experiences, making them valuable tools for exploring the neural basis of visual perception and imagery.

Previous research has indicated that psychedelics affect various brain regions involved in perception, but the detailed pathways and specific neural interactions have remained elusive. By using advanced imaging techniques and a well-controlled experimental design, the authors of the new study sought to elucidate the changes in brain connectivity that underlie the unique visual experiences induced by psilocybin.

Visual effects are one of the main subjective phenomena induced by serotonergic psychedelics. Their underlying mechanisms remain a curiosity in psychedelic science and other research domains such as psychosis and dream states, said study author Devon Stoliker, a postdoctoral researcher at the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health at Monash University.

These visual phenomena also complement more profound experiences related to the dissolution of self and self-related boundaries, potentially having therapeutic relevance. For instance, visual experiences can be perceived as personally meaningful, and dissolved boundaries may facilitate insights or visions, potentially linked to visual brain areas. Although only a subsection of these ideas are explored in the article, they provide a compelling area for further research.

The researchers conducted a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, cross-over study, which is considered the gold standard for minimizing bias and ensuring robust results. This design means that neither the participants nor the researchers knew who received psilocybin or a placebo during each session, and each participant experienced both conditions at different times.

The study included 24 healthy adults aged 20 to 40, ensuring they had no history of psychiatric disorders. These participants underwent two sessions spaced at least two weeks apart. In one session, they received a dose of psilocybin (0.2 mg/kg of body weight), and in the other, a placebo. During each session, resting-state functional MRI (fMRI) scans were taken 70 minutes after administration, a time point corresponding to the peak effects of psilocybin. Participants were asked to keep their eyes closed during the scans to focus on the internal visual experiences.

Under the influence of psilocybin, brain regions involved in visual processing showed increased self-inhibition. This means these regions became less responsive to incoming sensory signals, reducing their sensitivity to external stimuli. Essentially, the brains internal activity took precedence over external sensory input.

The researchers also found strengthened connections from higher-order brain regions (like the inferior frontal gyrus) to lower-order visual areas (such as the early visual areas). This suggests that internal thoughts, memories, and associative processes had a greater influence on visual perception under psilocybin, leading to vivid and complex visual imagery.

There was a noticeable decrease in the brains response to external visual stimuli, aligning with previous preclinical findings. This reduction in sensory input allowed internally generated imagery to become more prominent, supporting the hypothesis that psychedelics enhance the brains reliance on top-down processes for visual perception.

The vividness and complexity of the visual imagery reported by participants were strongly correlated with specific patterns of brain connectivity. For example, connections from the inferior frontal gyrus to the fusiform gyrus and from the fusiform gyrus to the early visual areas were linked to the experiences of elementary and complex imagery, respectively.

Psychedelics appear to inhibit the primacy of activity in visual areas, making these regions more susceptible to top-down influences from the brain, Stoliker told PsyPost. This aligns with the concept of psychedelics as mind-manifesting substances, enhancing top-down processes. This notion also resonates with past research on alpha wave inhibition, suggesting that psychedelics may inhibit mechanisms that normally prevent us from seeing visual effects when our eyes are closed.

Despite its robust design, the study has some caveats to consider. The small sample size of 20 participants (after exclusions) limits the generalizability of the findings. The study also used a moderate dose of psilocybin, so the effects of higher doses remain unexplored. Additionally, the study focused on a few specific brain regions and resting-state conditions; a broader exploration of brain areas and task-based research could provide a more comprehensive understanding.

Psychedelic science is still developing, and methodological pipelines influence results, Stoliker said. Therefore, its wise to consider these findings as preliminary. Confidence builds when the majority of studies yield similar results.

Nevertheless, the studys results suggest that psychedelics could be used as tools to explore the brains intrinsic connectivity and its role in generating conscious experiences. Understanding how psilocybin affects brain connectivity could inform the development of new therapeutic approaches for conditions involving altered perceptions, such as schizophrenia or certain types of hallucinations.

I aim to understand changes across the brain that inform our understanding of associative and sensory processes, and how they influence respective top-down and bottom-up mechanisms, Stoliker explained. Understanding these alterations can reveal how specific subjective effects are produced. While this research informs us about psychedelics, it also has the potential to reveal the mechanisms perception and nature of conscious experience.

I have an expansive exploration of the neural mechanisms and psychology of psychedelic ego dissolution published in Pharmacological Reviews, which may be of interest to readers: https://pharmrev.aspetjournals.org/content/74/4/876.

The study, Neural mechanisms of psychedelic visual imagery, was authored by Devon Stoliker, Katrin H. Preller, Leonardo Novelli, Alan Anticevic, Gary F. Egan, Franz X. Vollenweider, and Adeel Razi.

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Flaujae Johnson may now be known as the championship-winning LSU guard, but her first shot at fame came when she appeared on Lifetime's The Rap Game at the age of 12. Johnson competed in the reality series against other budding hip hop artists for a shot at scoring a record deal.

Later, the Savannah native joined America's Got Talent where she performed her self-written song called 'Guns Down'. She advanced to the quarterfinals and received the judges' coveted golden buzzer. However, due to insufficient public voting, she did not reach the semifinal despite great reviews from the judges.

Johnson spoke about her journey from her hometown to LSU during an interview with Cam Newton that was released on Monday via his YouTube channel.

Johnson owes her rap career to her father, Jason, who was known by his stage name: Camoflauge. He was fatally shot a few months before his daughter's birth. She spoke about the impact of his death in a 2019 feature in St. Joseph's/Candler.

While much of her music is inspired by her late father, she also pays homage to her roots as she emphasizes the importance of giving back to her hometown.

Johnson is currently promoting her new EP called "Best of Both Worlds" where she raps about her life as a basketball player as well as a musical artist. At the same time, she is also preparing for her junior season with the LSU Tigers.

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Joe Biden called a family meeting a couple of weeks after a terrible debate performance, pulling together his relatives and a handful of longtime advisers.

During the session, Bidens advisers pointed to the debates negative blowback, arguing that it would sink polling and dry up fundraising for his presidential campaign. But Bidens children believed that abandoning the race would cement Bidens debate screw-up as the thing everyone would remember, dishonoring Biden if he didnt fight on.

The year was 1987, nearly four decades ago. The setting was Bidens first campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. Biden then a senator from Delaware opted to pull out of the presidential campaign, heeding advice from his family and choosing what to him was a larger purpose.

In that long ago moment, captured best in a pair of political books one an autobiography Biden chose a different path from the one he claims he will follow today. After a halting debate performance two weeks ago, Biden insists hell stay in this race.

Back in 1987, some aides and family members argued that he should stay the course. Others contended that he could not win. But one senior aide found a different rationale: The more Biden focused on the campaign, the more he was distracted from critical work in the Senate.

Senate hearings had just begun for Robert Bork, an extremely conservative nominee to the Supreme Court. Biden chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings. His debate mistake had come at the Iowa State Fair a few weeks earlier when he lifted many lines from the British Labour Party leaders campaign literature with no credit and spawned stories about plagiarism and law school rsum inflation.

As he would later write, Biden asked his wife, Jill, alone in their bedroom that night, the key questions: Could we save my presidential campaign and stop Bork? And which was more important?

He announced his withdrawal from the campaign the next day in a Senate office next to the committee room, then went straight to work, helping defeat Borks nomination in the weeks ahead.

In 1987, Biden found his exit ramp off the presidential campaign: His own honesty had become a central character in the Bork hearings. The incident, and the deliberations behind it, shed light on why Biden wants to remain in the 2024 reelection contest and the factors most influencing his thinking.

For those wondering what it would take for Biden to bow out of this years election, the best reading material comes from Promises to Keep, his 2007 autobiography; What It Takes, the late Richard Ben Cramers epic recounting of six candidates running for president in 1988; and Promise Me, Dad, his second autobiography, recounting his son Beaus death in 2015.

That most recent book, published in 2017, recounts another politically dramatic moment when Biden also decided to abandon a bid for the presidential nomination in 2016 though in that case he hadnt yet launched his effort. Then, as in 1987, Biden realized that he had another, more important job: Tending to his family, still heartbroken after Beau Bidens death from brain cancer.

In both 1987 and 2015, Biden faced long-shot odds of success. Pundits and other Democrats had largely written him off. But he would never admit defeat while on the way to the exit.

Instead, Biden would explain that the stakes of his divided attention were too high for him to pursue the presidency.

In 1987, that meant possibly tilting the Supreme Court toward the far right for a generation. In 2015, it meant abandoning his still grieving family for the campaign trail grind.

Its the right thing to do for the family. Its the right thing to do for me, Biden told longtime adviser Michael Donilon, according to his 2017 memoir, about giving up the 2016 race.

Those decisions provide the best insight into Bidens decision-making as he weighs his options in the wake of the debate.

The president, 81, is currently defiant, insisting that he is not too old to do the job and that, despite a couple dozen Democrats in Congress saying the contrary, he will defeat Donald Trump just as he did four years ago.

As these books make clear, no one has been able to convince Biden himself that he will be defeated at the ballot box. Tell Biden that he has to get out because hes going to lose, and the history suggests he will dig in for a fight.

The past suggests that different arguments might stand a chance.

Tell him that the world needs Bidens full attention as president for the next six months, and maybe things unfold like in 1987 and 2015. Tell him his last six months in office will focus almost entirely on shoring up the Ukraine coalition and negotiating a cease-fire in Gaza. Tell him about potential Nobel Prizes.

Tell him to let an understudy perhaps Vice President Harris run for the second Biden term that he so covets. A full-time president would allow for a full-time candidate to prosecute the case against Trump.

But these points would face an I-told-you-so rebuttal: Republicans ended up winning in 1988, with George H.W. Bush notching an electoral landslide, and Trump stunned the world in 2016.

The current drama has already outlasted the 1987 political implosion. It took just 11 days between the first New York Times story, by Maureen Dowd, about the Iowa debate speech and the withdrawal speech next to the Senate hearing room.

Biden, just 44 at the time, launched that campaign in June 1987, and for a few months he took command of the race. Until the Dowd story broke and other opposition research flowed into the open.

In public Biden turned angry, lashing out at a New Hampshire voter who asked about his qualifications for president. I think I probably have a much higher IQ than you do, Biden barked at the man.

Privately, he bemoaned the newspaper columnists and late-night talk show hosts who mocked him. In his 2007 memoir, he devoted several pages to the New York Times coverage, particularly R.W. Johnny Apple, the senior political correspondent who wrote some scathing pieces.

Biden, a University of Delaware graduate in a Senate filled with Harvard alums like Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-N.Y.) or Yale grads like John Chafee (R-R.I.), always embraced Middle Class Joe as his nickname. He clearly carried a state-school chip on his shoulder toward the elites.

And the Times came to embody that worldview. He craved the papers affection but was also enraged when he faced criticism from it.

If I quit the race, I was conceding the Johnny Apples were right, he wrote in Promises to Keep.

He called a meeting at his Wilmington home, dubbed The Station. His inner circle included his wife, two sons, his sister and her husband, his two brothers, his parents and a handful of his longest-serving advisers.

Beau and Hunter, 18 and 17 respectively at the time, were encouraged to speak up and share their views like full-fledged political consultants.

Ive never been a quitter never quit anything in my life, Biden said, according to Cramers What It Takes.

Thats right, Beau said.

Hunter worried that quitting would be an admission of guilt. The only thing thats important is your honor, he said, according to his fathers 2007 book.

Back then, his advisers contended that Bidens campaign could still limp forward, though others worried that the air had gone out of his political balloon. His top press aides warned him that other negative stories from the media were coming, including about Bidens brothers James and Frank.

But then Mark Gitenstein, Bidens top lawyer on the Judiciary Committee, explained that all the time Biden would have to spend on the campaign trail would make him look like an absentee chairman when it came to the Bork hearings.

If we win Bork, it will be despite us. If we lose now, its going to be because of us, said Gitenstein, who is now Bidens ambassador to the European Union.

In Bidens book, his mother, Catherine, delivered the final vote: I think its time to get out, she said.

But in Cramers telling, another voice weighed in just as heavily.

Get out, Ted Kaufman said.

Kaufman, 85, has been by Bidens side since his first days as senator in 1973 and was his chief of staff in 1987. He has remained his closest nonfamily confidant even without officially working for Biden the last three decades.

Leap forward to October 2015 and another family meeting. Theres Kaufman, along with Hunter and Jill Biden; Valerie Owens, Bidens sister; and four other longtime aides, including Donilon and Steve Ricchetti, then his vice-presidential chief of staff and now White House counselor. Democratic superlawyer Robert Bauer and his wife, media expert Anita Dunn, also joined, two newcomers to the fold who have grown close to Biden in the past nine years.

The political circumstances were completely different from 1987.

Bidens popularity rose as the public watched the vice president publicly grieve Beaus death, but the presidential race had taken off without him. Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton corralled massive support from the Democratic establishment while Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) built a strong insurgent campaign.

But Biden and his team saw a lane. Friends like Bill Bradley, the Princeton basketball star and thoughtful three-term senator, gave encouragement. George Clooney, a supporter who now wants Biden to step aside, told Ricchetti he would step up with any and all assistance, Biden wrote in Promise Me, Dad.

Even Dowd, now a Times columnist, wrote favorably about his chances. The elites, the bane of his existence in previous runs, liked him.

One final family meeting came Oct. 20. Plans for an announcement and campaign rollout were set. These late-entry bids for the presidency had failed every time in the modern era, and he would be way behind Clinton and Sanders, but everyone seemed on board.

This time, Donilon realized there was another, more important, mission. Donilon, who was a top aide to the vice president and now serves as senior White House adviser, had been one of the main drivers behind Bidens decision to enter the campaign. But that night he saw panic in Bidens face, his jaw clenched up.

What is it, Mike? Biden asked.

I dont think you should do this, Donilon told him, according to Bidens book.

Biden needed to focus on the most important job at hand, trying to heal his family.

That was the message that got through to the man who had spent decades chasing the presidency, convincing him that there was another, more important challenge to tackle.

Biden announced the next day that he wasnt running, just as he announced his withdrawal in 1987 the day after Kaufman and Gitenstein told him to bow out.

I had to do my duty for the duration, Biden wrote on the last page of his 2017 book. I had to do my job.

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Los Angeles Rams running back Todd Gurley was one of the best players in the NFL for the majority of his career until knee issues detailed everything. Years following his retirement, Gurley is shedding more light on what happened.

Gurley is still young enough to be playing in the NFL today. He turns just 30 years old in August, but the former first-round pick in the 2015 NFL Draft has been out of the league for three seasons now.

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Whats most remarkable about Gurley is the fact hes still among the NFLs scrimmage touchdown and yardage leaders since 2017. This is despite the fact his final two seasons in 2019 and 20 were by far the worst of his career and he hasnt played since.

A three-time Pro Bowl selection who twice led the NFL in rushing touchdowns and earned NFL Offensive Player of the Year in 2017, Gurley is now offering more insight into his decision to walk away.

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During an appearance on the 25/10 Show hosted by DeSean Jackson and LeSean McCoy, Gurley talked about falling out of love with football and retiring as a 26-year-old.

I remember when I signed my extension with the Rams, my agent was breaking it down. He said if they cut you, youll be 26 with a lot of money and youre youngthats exactly how that s played out I live in LA, Im chilling. I did everythingWould love to have a ring and stuff like thatwent to a Super Bowl, lostI did a lot of stuff that I never would have thought I wouldve ever did

Gurley also addressed the end of his Rams tenure and how his role was reduced by McVay. The former Rams running back also mentioned that he thought being traded out of Los Angeles was a possibility, hearing the Buffalo Bills and Pittsburgh Steelers mentioned.

It wasnt like F him Still trying to be the team guy, not really trying to really trip. But at two, Im also like shit, yall (expletive) want to pay me to sit down, s, god damn, so be itI knew the writing was on the wallI knew they was either gonna cut me or try to trade methey said something about like Buffalo and Pittsburgh and I said F no.

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As an All-American running back with the Georgia Bulldogs, Gurley suffered an ACL tear in November 2014 against the Auburn Tigers. He would still be taken with the 10th overall pick in the NFL Draft, but it was the start of knee issues that ended his career early.

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Gurley was diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis, a result of the knee surgery he received. In 2019, Gurley confirmed the diagnosis and explained the trouble his knee had been causing him.

After averaging 4.4 yards per carry and 78.4 rushing yards per game in his first 58 career games from 2015-18, Gurley averaged just 3.8 yards per carry and 57.1 rushing yards per game in 2019 with the Rams. He was then released and returned home to Georgia, spending the 2020 season with the Atlanta Falcons. After averaging a career-low 3.5 yards per carry with only 842 scrimmage yards in 15 games, Gurley retired.

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A trip with a mate to Krakow was not what I thought would be happening this year. It has never been a destination on my radar following going there in the early nineties and feeling slightly depressed about everything. My God, how things have changed. Here is a bustling, modern, vibrant European city. Beautiful parks, fantastic food and such friendly and welcoming people. I was blown away. This is what a modern city should be; everything connected airport, train, city simples. And the sights of the river and the castle wonderful. There are boulevards encircling the Old Town which when walked at night are full of couples and families just taking the air. The bars in the Jewish quarter were extraordinary all buzzing with conversation and energy, the live music bars were raucous and tattered yet warm and all-embracing and the prices were unbelievable. Heres the view from our 80 per night 5-room apartment.

So why cant there be more places like this here? Why are our prices twice what they are in Poland? I dont know but Im going to try and find out. I wonder if Brexit has got anything to do with it. Oh yes, the only negative of the trip queuing for over an hour at passport control because I wasnt an EU citizen

On the plane I took some Jack Senff and some Paul Heaton (who has been listening to the Turtles!) and theres a great video here. The radio show features Eels, Neil Young, Katherine Priddy, Kara Jackson, Jeffrey Martin as well as three from Justin Currie and many more. As ever take what you want or need.

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Toledo Solar will permanently close in August, but its interim president says the company never really got off the ground after a lawsuit and other factors.

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Toledo Solar, Inc., is closing its doors for good. The Perrysburg-based solar energy company is a derivative of the Willard and Kelsey Solar Group.

The solar panel company wanted to make a specific type of solar panel.

"They were trying to break the code," Toledo Solar interim president Tom Pratt said. "Develop the secret sauce to manufacture a cadmium telluride panel, which isn't easy given the technology they were working with."

The company was working with equipment that was over 20 years old, according to Pratt. In the years that the company was operating, it was not able to accomplish that.

"They never really produced a solar panel since they came into existence," Pratt said.

Pratt was brought in by Toledo Solar's board of directors in July of 2023 and was appointed interim president, treasurer and secretary after there was a leadership overhaul. First Solar had filed a lawsuit against Toledo Solar, claiming the company had bought First Solar panels and misrepresented them as Toledo Solar panels.

The settlement terms required Toledo Solar to review the manufacturing processes it was using.

"Whenwe realized we were stepping on six or seven of their patents, we tried to negotiate something with them but unfortunately we were unableto do so," Pratt said.

Pratt said there was an attempt to use solar panels in another capacity and use another business plan, but they were not able to get the technology.

"Ultimately the board of directors determined it wasn't worth the effort, so the decision was made to shut Toledo Solar down," Pratt said.

He said as of right now the plant is being decommissioned.

"It means all the equipment out, floor swept and turning the keys over to the landlord who owns the building," Pratt said.

The business will be shut down by the end of August, according to Pratt.

He said when he started there were about 35 employees, and now there's a "skeleton crew" of five working.

"They're all looking at other options in front of them, and again I'm sure they'll be just fine," Pratt said.

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It's a new era in Green Bay. The Packers have a nice collection of young playmakers on the roster that showcased they can make the playoffs and make some noise once they get into the dance.

It was just a few years ago that the Packers had Aaron Rodgers, Davante Adams, and Aaron Jones leading the charge on offense, now all of these guys are gone.

Adams was recently a guest on the "All Gas No Breaks with Keyshawn Johnson" podcast and discussed how things ended in Green Bay.

Over the last few seasons in Green Bay for Rodgers, no one knew how long he was going to be there. There were countless rumors that he was going to retire or potentially traded but Adams didn't let that affect him.

He still wanted to be in Green Bay and expressed that to management.

"I told them boys (management) you see what I'm doing. It's time for a new deal so I said are we going to let me go into this last year with no security, basically playing for 12 million, which was significantly less than what a franchise tag would be."

He added, " I said pay me right now and I'm not even gonna consider that Aaron may be out of here. Let's do it now and if it is up to J Love if Aaron is out of here, then we gonna rock on... They said well, we'll give you $17 million a year. I said nothing to talk about. I don't know if you know what the market looks like."

During his time with the Packers, Adams was one of the best wide receivers in the league. He was a five-time Pro Bowler and two-time First-Team All-Pro in Green Bay. Across eight seasons with the Pack, Adams had 669 receptions for 8,121 receiving yards, and 73 touchdowns.

The Packers not taking care of Adams is rather surprising but they decided they would rather move on. In 2022, Green Bay sent the 31-year-old to the Las Vegas Raiders in exchange for first and second picks. The Raiders then gave Adams a five-year, $140 million deal ($28 million annually).

In hindsight, it was still the right move as the Packers drafted very over the past few years. Even though they don't have a bonafide No. 1 WR, they have a nice collection of pass catchers and had the extra money to spend on improving the team.

As for Adams, he got his new deal so it looks like both sides are happy with how things went down.

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Meta has unveiled details about its AI training infrastructure, revealing that it currently relies on almost 50,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs to train its open source Llama 3 LLM.

The company says it will have over 350,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs in service by the end of 2024, and the computing power equivalent to nearly 600,000 H100s when combined with hardware from other sources.

The figures were revealed as Meta shared details on its 24,576-GPU data center scale clusters.

The company explained These clusters support our current and next generation AI models, including Llama 3, the successor to Llama 2, our publicly released LLM, as well as AI research and development across GenAI and other areas.

The clusters are built on Grand Teton (named after the National Park in Wyoming), an in-house-designed, open GPU hardware platform. Grand Teton integrates power, control, compute, and fabric interfaces into a single chassis for better overall performance and scalability.

The clusters also feature high-performance network fabrics, enabling them to support larger and more complex models than before. Meta says one cluster uses a remote direct memory access network fabric solution based on the Arista 7800, while the other features an NVIDIA Quantum2 InfiniBand fabric. Both solutions interconnect 400 Gbps endpoints.

"The efficiency of the high-performance network fabrics within these clusters, some of the key storage decisions, combined with the 24,576 NVIDIA Tensor Core H100 GPUs in each, allow both cluster versions to support models larger and more complex than that could be supported in the RSC and pave the way for advancements in GenAI product development and AI research," Meta said.

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Storage is another critical aspect of AI training, and Meta has developed a Linux Filesystem in Userspace backed by a version of its 'Tectonic' distributed storage solution optimized for Flash media. This solution reportedly enables thousands of GPUs to save and load checkpoints in a synchronized fashion, in addition to "providing a flexible and high-throughput exabyte scale storage required for data loading".

While the company's current AI infrastructure relies heavily on Nvidia GPUs, it's unclear how long this will continue. As Meta continues to evolve its AI capabilities, it will inevitably focus on developing and producing more of its own hardware. Meta has already announced plans to use its own AI chips, called Artemis, in servers this year, and the company previously revealed it was getting ready to manufacture custom RISC-V silicon.

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