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prosedumonde · 2 months
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krautjunker · 1 year
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Buchvorstellung In der Wildnis Alaskas, die in ihrer weglosen Weite und dem frostigen Klima dem eiszeitliche Europa der ersten Menschen ähnelt, lebt die siebzehnjährige Tracy mit ihren Eltern und ihrem Bruder. In dem unberührten Land am Polarkreis gibt es nur wenige Siedlungen und ein spärliches Straßennetz, auf dem die Einwohner mit Allrad-Pickups verkehren. Nationalsport ist das…
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aforcedelire · 2 years
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Sauvage, Jamey Bradbury
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Tracy a 17 ans, et elle sillonne les forêts de l’Alaska avec ses chiens de traineau. Elle a également un talent hors-norme pour la chasse, et elle se plaît à disparaître des journées entières dans les immensités enneigées. Mais elle possède également un don très spécial, hérité de sa mère décédée, qui la relie d’une façon unique aux animaux — et peut-être également aux humains. Sa vie bascule un jour où un inconnu l’agresse en pleine forêt ; lorsqu’elle revient à elle, Tracy est couverte de sang, et persuadée d’avoir tué son agresseur. Elle garde ce lourd secret jour et nuit, jusqu’à ce qu’un jour, un jeune homme à la recherche de travail frappe à leur porte.
Tracy m’a rappelée Turtle, et Nell et Eva ; et déjà, dès le début, je m’y suis attachée du fait de ce souvenir ! Je vais essayer de ne pas spoiler le don dont on parle dans la quatrième de couverture, parce que pour le coup c’est vraiment mieux si tu fais comme moi et si tu le découvres au fil de ta lecture ! Sauvage a un petit côté fantastique voire horrifique qui m’a vraiment plu. On essaye de savoir d’où vient le fameux don de Tracy, pourquoi sa mère le lui a transmis, et qui l’a transmis à sa mère. Sauvage, c’est un roman sur la filiation, sur l’hérédité ; c’est aussi un roman puissant sur cette part animale tapie au fond de nous.
J’ai bien aimé ma lecture, même si parfois c’était un peu étrange. Mais d’ailleurs, je crois que c’est ce qui m’a plu en fin de compte ! On est face à un ovni, c’est un roman complètement à part et vraiment original. La fin m’a un peu rappelé Dans la forêt : un petit goût de déception, mélangé à de la compréhension, puisque qu’il s’agissait de la meilleure chose à faire.
Lu dans le cadre du @ challengegallmeister organisé sur Instagram, pour le thème « Girl power » du mois d’avril !
25/04/2022 - 29/04/2022
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stephanedugast · 10 months
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📌[ÉCHO] Direction le Béarn, la ville de Pau et la Vallée d'Ossau pour la deuxième édition d'Ecrire la Nature. Festival Pyrénéen de littérature. Retrouvez-y moi ces 4 prochains jours : 🗓 Jeudi 1er juin, 19h30 – 20h30 I Projection-débat Où ? Auditorium de la médiathèque André Labarrère à Pau Thème ? « Islande, sur les pas des écrivains » (52’), un documentaire dans lequel je raconte un voyage initiatique sur les pas de Jules Verne, de Pierre Loti, de Jean-Baptiste Charcot et même des Vikings ! 🗓  Vendredi 2 juin, 13h45-14h45 I Débat Où ? Halle de Laruns. Thème ? « Le Tour, la France, les Pyrénées, la Vallée d’Ossau et Laruns à vélo : une histoire d’amour » Avec Jean-Louis Ezine (écrivain et journaliste dans  Le Masque et la Plume, passionné de vélo, auteur de Les taiseux, Gallimard), Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (ancien coureur cycliste) et Robert Casadebaig (maire de Laruns, étape du Tour 2023). J'y parlerai de mon récit « L'échappée, une traversée de la France à vélo » paru aux Éditions du Trésor. 🗓 Samedi 3 juin, 15-17 heures I Lectures Où ? Église de Béost Thème ? Lectures de textes d’auteurs français et anglophones par Jamey Bradbury, Lina Nordquist (avec traductions par deux lectrices françaises), Marie Hélène Fraïssé, Jean-Louis Ezine, Fanny Wallendorf et ma pomme. Ces lectures seront entrecoupées de morceaux de Rachel Luppi, au violoncelle. 🗓 Dimanche 4 juin, 10 h-11 h 30 I débat Où ? Pont de Camps (repli Espace 2015, à Laruns en cas de mauvais temps). Thème ?  : « La nature racontée dans les noms » Avec romain.bourbon, « Petit dictionnaire toponymique des Pyrénées », Monhelios, 2022 (nouvelle édition) et ma pomme pour cette fois le livre « Une histoire de l'exploration neiges et glaces», Éditions Glénat Livres, 2022. 🗓 Dimanche 4 juin, 12 heures I Pique-nique. Où ? Pont de Camps, sur la route entre Laruns et la frontière espagnole, en plein cœur de la vallée d’Ossau. Thème ? Un pique musical, animé par Jean-Luc Mongaugé. #Pyrénées #festival #littérature #litterature  #Laruns #ossau #sauvage #wilderness #béost Vallée d'Ossau Office Tourisme Vallée Ossau Le Masque et la Plume
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mayoka · 5 years
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Je cours aussi vite que je peux aussi longtemps que je peux. Mon esprit part ailleurs et je ne suis plus qu'une respiration, des os, des muscles. C'est comme ça que j'évacue la colère et les soucis, comme un chien s'ébroue pour se débarrasser de l'eau sur son pelage. C'est comme ça que je me vide pour le remplir après.
Jamey Bradbury, Sauvage
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mmepastel · 5 years
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Quel drôle de roman ! Je n’ai jamais rien lu de tel. John Irving évoque à son sujet les sœurs Brontë et Stéphan King...
Tracy aime la forêt d’Alaska plus que tout, et cherche à savoir qui elle est. Sa vie et celles de son père et de son frère tournent autour des chiens de traîneau avec lesquels elle semble avoir une affinité particulière. Un homme croise sa route, du sang coule, et les bizarreries de Tracy deviennent de plus en plus envahissantes et composent un puzzle qui transforme sa quête de vérité en thriller fantastique.
C’est gore. Âmes sensibles s’abstenir. Mais ce que j’ai aimé, c’est de ne pas bien comprendre ce qui se passe, me laisser happer vers l’inconnu, et l’attention portée aux sens de cet être singulier. Le ventre qui appelle les actes, le vent glacé qui pique sa peau, l’odeur des sapins, le goût du sang qui amène des flashes de conscience... c’est bien écrit, un mélange de poésie viscérale et de familiarité qui sonne juste.
Je pense que je n’oublierai pas cette héroïne, attachante, volontaire, perdue et sincère. Et le dépaysement est total. Le Wild, le monde des courses à traîneaux, des mushers, de la vie rude sous la neige, et cette fameuse sauvagerie pure et intime qui ne veut pas le mal mais l’accepte s’il vient. (J’ai aussi adoré le personnage de la mère, présence/absence troublante et réconfortante, un lien mère fille-unique et touchant.)
Un premier roman fort en caractère.
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perdrelacellule · 5 years
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Je suis en train de lire Sauvage de Jamey Bradbury et ça me parle, parce que le personnage principal à cette envie de chasse, cette pulsion carnivore un peu flippante et je pense qu'on a tous un côté comme ça,plus ou moins bien caché.
Parfois j'attends le bus sous les marronniers, tout sage avec un livre à la main mais en fait je suis en train de penser à quel goût délicieux ça doit avoir la vengeance, qu'elle tête aurait son cœur si je le piétine.
Peut-être que moi aussi je suis sauvage ?
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mayokasolivagant · 4 years
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Je cours aussi vite que je peux aussi longtemps que je peux. Mon esprit part ailleurs et je ne suis plus qu'une respiration, des os, des muscles. C'est comme ça que j'évacue la colère et les soucis, comme un chien s'ébroue pour se débarrasser de l'eau sur son pelage. C'est comme ça que je me vide pour le remplir après.
Jamey Bradbury, Sauvage
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harmonic-motion · 5 years
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The Wild Inside
by Jamey Bradbury
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“He did.  Love like a wildfire, like a monsoon, like a tsunami, love that consumed him, that existed like a physical thing, something with breadth and depth and heft.  I felt it when he was near, different from the way he loved Helen, or Mom.  It was the love you have for something you have made, something that is still part of you.  It was overwhelming, its endlessness, I couldn’t bear the weight of it.  Yet I feared it would vanish if he knew what I done.
“It is like this, life is just a greedy vulture.  I have read about how vultures will eat and eat, no matter how full they are, they will keep gobbling up whatever’s in front of them.  Life gobbles up one thing and that just makes it greedier, so it starts swallowing other things, too.  It starts with Mom.  She walks into the night and never comes back.  The dogs are next, one by one they are taken.  Then our way of life.  Then Dad, the way things used to be between me and him.  And if you think there’s a way to get used to that kind of loss, all you have to do is live long enough.  Nothing stays.”
I liked this book and would recommend it.  Set in Alaska, the dog sledding is almost peripheral-- the family could as easily have been salmon fishermen. It starts as one thing, but then slowly begins to creep up on you as something else.
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...I think I’ve found another one of those books that touches on the Treasured “Representation”, that little teeny tiny part of me that’s so elated to find it. that appreciates something So Rare so very much, I nearly broke down crying when I realized how, so desperately, I still crave it, with every fiber of my being. Desperately. Deeply. Delightedly.
Even with everything I’m doing in life. Even with everything I’ve learned, healed, and become. Despite every insecurity I’ve surmounted. Despite all the growing I’ve done.
Even with every “need” I think I’m done with, that I think I could’ve, just maybe, fulfilled long and deeply enough for a lifetime... 
The need to be “understood” still sends trills of gratitude so deep it resonates with my bones and my pulse, sending trills of tingling down to my fingertips and my skin feeling prickling and alive. Legitimately FEELING!
I don’t even think it means to. It’s very tied in with blood, so maybe it’s a thing with vampirism? Intentionally or not, including elements of psychic vampirism in the blood? There’s that whole “thing” about Empaths and Vampires being polar opposites, isn’t there? (I mean, it seemed CONTRIVED on that website, that we should be enemies, and three of my best friends have been vampires. And, again, this book lit me up with contemplation, because it’s yet another oxymoron in my life, yet another role I’ve broken and boundary I’ve crossed simply by EXISTING!)
The book, by the way: The Wild Inside, by Jamey Bradbury.
Last time I went for a doctor appointment (at the main health campus downtown-- you know, The Hospital), I was getting overwhelmed (the bus was crowded, the streets were crowded, the hospital was crowded, and I couldn’t process everything I was absorbing). I’d missed my stop, faltered badly in conversation, and found out I’d arrived two hours early, after enduring all of that. (My appointment was at 3:30... Not 1:30.)
So, this hospital: The one good thing (besides my doctors there, I guess) is the little nook of a Branch of the County Library they have. Books, computers, everything, in this little tiny space barely the size of a walk-in closet. And it wasn’t the insulated, reassuring Massive Calming Presence of the city library ten minutes away... but it was a library, and there were books. And it was quiet. No people were hurting, sick, scared or annoyed in that corner of the campus, by the cafes and gift shop and elevators and QUIET...
I knew having a book to read would help calm my nerves, and help me settle enough that I could process everything that was overwhelming my senses. And as I browsed, and sunk into the familiar routine... pacing the shelves, reading titles, word by word... picking up those that drew my attention... It was such a limited selection there, only two small shelves. But I kept, consistently, being drawn to this one singular book.
I read the cover three times and hesitated. But I felt I should read it. I didn’t know why. Alaska and dogs are cool and all. But stalker-sounding books? Not really my style?
But I desperately needed something to read. So I checked it out anyways.
And now... Well, I don’t know that the author meant to touch such a visceral, integral part of being an empath. The relentless overwhelming. The way other minds crowd you until there’s no room for your own. The way their needs claw at you, and their mood fills you with urges and fears that don’t belong to you. The way you sometimes get a flash of memory with it, or are suddenly subsumed by their Moment until you lose yourself, and suddenly you’re scrambling for every single possible refuge you can find!
The desperation for everyone’s minds to just, SHUT UP.
The instinctive fear when you’re losing yourself.
I don’t know. It’s just... Gods? It’s not written from the perspective of “This is empathy”, not at all-- lowkey vampirism, if anything. But still, it fills a need I’ve tried covering up my whole life. A need I’ve wanted to numb. Just to be understood. The way my father never could, because he crowded his mysticism out with the mundane; the way my mother smothered hers in prayer. The way I choke every time I try to talk about it. All I know how to do is dissemble. 
It’s terrifying. It was so much a part of my daily experience for so long. (Empathic overwhelming was a big factor in my decision to finish school online.) 
And now... I do so much better with it. I have higher, wider, deeper thresholds. My inner calm is more stable and secure than ever before. It takes a veritable flood to stir me, and I’ve found more strength in myself to endure more storms than any singular human being should rightfully have.
But there’s still something so small and vulnerable and tender, that something as simple as Really Having Been There, in a BOOK, something an author who probably doesn’t even know you exist conjured, and just so happened to describe on the pages of a fictional story...
It’s so fulfilling. It is so, so incredibly rewarding and consoling and reassuring. It is VALIDATING! To think, that even a total stranger, someone I’ll likely never meet, CONCEIVED what it’s like. What I’ve been through. After everyone I’ve met who struggles to understand. Who doesn’t want to understand. Who doesn’t care to try.
Someone out there knows.
(Thank the stars I never had to resort to sleeping pills. But is it really any different than using sleeping herbs, meditation, and trinkets, in my own form of escapism instead...?)
( (( That’s not to even say anything about the guilt and fear, which I refuse to swell on and type up here. )) )
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dathupap · 3 years
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Sauvage
Jamey Bradbury
Nb. de pages: 313
Format: Pdf, ePub, MOBI, FB2
ISBN: 9782351781722
Editeur: Gallmeister
Date de parution: 2019
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Overview
A dix-sept ans, Tracy Petrikoff possède un don inné pour la chasse et les pièges. Elle vit à l'écart du reste du monde et sillonne avec ses chiens de traîneau les immensités sauvages de l'Alaska. Immuablement, elle respecte les trois règles que sa mère, trop tôt disparue, lui a dictées : "ne jamais perdre la maison de vue", "ne jamais rentrer avec les mains sales" et surtout "ne jamais faire saigner un humain". Jusqu'au jour où, attaquée en pleine forêt, Tracy reprend connaissance, couverte de sang, persuadée d'avoir tué son agresseur. Elle s'interdit de l'avouer à son père, et ce lourd secret la hante jour et nuit. Une ambiance de doute et d'angoisse s'installe dans la famille, tandis que Tracy prend peu à peu conscience de ses propres facultés hors du commun.
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shervonfakhimi · 5 years
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The 2019 ‘My Guys’ List
Everyone’s got their list. Everyone has their favorite sleepers and breakouts for the upcoming fantasy football season. Recently, I began listening to The Fantasy Footballers podcast and they released their ‘My Guys’ episode. Essentially, the trio gave to the public three different players they believe in and believe will take a leap as players and help you win your fantasy football leagues. That inspired me to create a list of my ‘my guys.’ Except my list does not only consist of three players; it is 24 deep. Draft season is here. Let me help you win your league (except if you play in the same league as me. Which, if that’s the case, there really isn’t anything to see here!).
QBs:  
Carson Wentz PHI: Wentz was well on his way to an MVP caliber season and Top 5 fantasy QB finish before he tore his ACL against the Rams. He came back this previous season but took some time (as is customary for players the first season coming off a torn ACL) to get his feet and rhythm back as well as have his offensive line protect him the way they did his 2017 season. The offensive line is back healthy and stocked with the addition of first-round pick Andre Dillard out of Washington State, Carson Wentz is practicing and not rehabbing, and his group of weapons is absolutely loaded. DeSean Jackson (who routinely expands the fantasy ceilings of all of his non-Jameis Winston QBs), Jordan Howard, rookie 2nd round picks Miles Sanders and JJ Arcega-Whiteside join Zach Ertz, Alshon Jeffery, Nelson Agholor, Dallas Goedert, Darren Sproles and (finally healthy) Mack Hollins. That’s... a lot. He’s my QB5 and he’s going as the QB9. I’m not the only guy who’s high on him this season. ESPN’s Louis Riddick, who is WAYYYYYY smarter than I am, has Wentz winning the MVP this season. He’s pretty darn good at predicting this type of stuff...
Cam Newton CAR: Despite dealing with a shoulder injury for much of the season (which is illuminated fully in Amazon’s ‘All or Nothing’ show), Cam Newton averaged 20.2 fantasy points per game, 8th among QBs. This Norv Turner offense and personnel around him (Christian McCaffrey, DJ Moore, Curtis Samuel, Greg Olsen, Ian Thomas) is geared around Newton getting the ball out of his hands quickly and closer to the line of scrimmage, which he will only be more familiar with now in his second year under the system. It worked: he set a career-high 67.9% completion percentage last season. His previous best was 61.7%. He got his throwing shoulder operated on this offseason (and looks more than fine now, by the way). If you’re worried about his rushing going away, he got that same shoulder operated on before the 2017 season. He ran for a career-best 754 yards on 139 carries for 6TDs. His rushing shouldn’t be drastically diminished; ESPN’s Mike Clay has him projected for 105 carries. If the rushing isn’t going away, he should smash his ADP on ESPN as QB8. He’s my QB6. 
Jared Goff LAR: On a per-game basis in games where Cooper Kupp played, Goff would’ve finished as QB3. If you just exclude last year’s stinker against the Bears, Goff would’ve finished as tied for QB4 with Deshaun Watson and, oddly enough, Ryan Fitzpatrick. Kupp is back. Sean McVay is still calling plays for the Rams despite the constant turnover around the Rams’ coaching staff trying to find the next McVay. Heck, Goff could even possibly throw for more touchdowns if they want to limit Todd Gurley’s production around the goal line. Goff’s ADP on ESPN is QB15 and QB12 on Sleeper. He is my QB7.
Lamar Jackson BAL and Josh Allen BUF: The rationale here for these two are very similar: they are run-centric quarterbacks whose teams upgraded their receiver core for them. Baltimore overhauled theirs through the draft, adding Marquise ‘Hollywood’ Brown and Miles Boykin, while Buffalo added veterans John Brown and Cole Beasley. While neither are great throwers just yet, their rushing elevates their floors and ceilings on a weekly basis. Since Lamar Jackson snatched the starting gig from Joe Flacco’s corpse, he averaged 18.6 fantasy points per game, placing him 13th among QBs. He never dipped below 15.9 points, though only exceeded the 20 point plateau just twice. In the 10 games Josh Allen started and finished as a rookie, he averaged 19.71 fantasy points per game, which would’ve been 9th among all QBs. After his Week 12 bye? He was QB1. Though it’d be fair to suggest neither two will run as much as they did as rookies, it’d be foolish to suggest that aspect of their games will be ditched altogether and that they should see a boost as passers. If you ditch the position (as you should), you could do a lot worse than either of these two as your starter and search the waiver wire if they don’t pan out.
RBs: 
Dalvin Cook MIN: Dalvin Cook has all the tools to be a Top 5 running back. So far, his biggest impediments towards getting to that platform have been factors outside of his control: injuries and porous offensive line play. Before he tore his ACL Week 4 of the 2017 season, Cook was on pace for a 296 carry, 1,416 rushing yards and 8 touchdown season, to go along with 44 receptions on 64 targets and 360 receiving yards. That was Cook’s pace despite his offensive line being ranked 22nd by Pro Football Focus. Last season was not much better for the Vikings offensive line, as they fell back to 29 by Pro Football Focus. 
On top of that, Cook never seemed to gain his footing coming off the ACL tear, bouncing in and out of the lineup with a nagging hamstring strain for much of the season. However, starting from Week 9 once he returned from his hamstring injury, he went on to average 13.62 half PPR points, which, if extrapolated over 16 games, would’ve gotten him an 11th place finish amongst running backs. This was done despite going for a game where he finished with 0.5 points, a poor offensive line, and limited usage, at least until Week 14.
After Week 14, the Vikings fired Offensive Coordinator John DeFilippo, whom they hired in the 2018 offseason from the Philadelphia Eagles after previously serving as their Quarterbacks coach. In this article from NumberFire, it is illuminated the disparity from the pass-happy offense DeFilipoo tried to install vs new offensive coordinator Kevin Stefanski’s run-oriented offense. Essentially, in order to play to the strength of their stout defense, the Vikings ran more, passed less and called fewer plays, in general, churning the clock. That is the game plan Head Coach has yearned and desired for time and time again. How can you do that with personnel? Improve your offensive line, which they did in the draft (the Vikings drafted NC State C Garrett Bradbury and Oklahoma OG Dru Samia) and free agency (the Vikings signed OG Josh Kline). How can you do that philosophically? Hire an OC who will run the ball and bring in Gary Kubiak as an advisor. 
Everything is set up for a Dalvin Cook breakout season, as long as he stays healthy. That’s quite the if, but the same can be said for almost any running back being drafted early. However, that risk is already being put into his ADP, which is 23.9 on ESPN and 16.2 on Sleeper. I have him 12th overall. He is the ultimate second-round pick for those drafting wide receivers round one. Don’t let him fall. 
Aaron Jones GB: The upside is pretty simple to see with Aaron Jones. Before he got injured in Week 15 in a lost 2018 Packer season, he was averaging 14.3 half PPR points per game, which would’ve been 11th among all running backs. Among those qualified, he led the entire NFL in yards per carry (5.5). Though he did not rack up enough carries to qualify in 2017 battling the depth chart and injuries, he averaged 5.5 yards per carry that season too, which was only bested by some guy named Alvin Kamara. Surely you’ve heard of him. 
All of that was done despite the Packers ranking 32nd (333 carries) and 27th (386 carries) in Jones’ two seasons with Mike McCarthy at the helm. That surely will change this season, as new head coach Matt LaFleur has repeatedly stressed his desire to bring more balance to the offense. His tendencies with Tennessee last season, though with a notably different pass game personnel, tend to back that up. LaFleur also wants to get the running backs involved in the passing game as well, a staple in his previous stops around the league. This is an opportunity that has eluded Jones before (in 24 games he has only been targeted 53 times and has 35 receptions and just one touchdown), but he has worked to improve on his receiving prowess and is proving in camp. As for his competition (another thorn in Jones’ side), Jones seems to have solidified his spot as the top dog. Writer for Packers.com Mike Spofford seems to think so at least, noting: ‘confirming his status as the top back on the team right now, the coaches have consistently given Jones first reps in 11-on-11 work throughout OTAs and the opening days of camp’ (link to the full article above). To add to that, backup and fellow 2017 running back draftee Jamaal Williams tweaked his hamstring during camp, giving Jones even more of a leg up for workhorse duties. 
Everything is lining up for Aaron Jones. As long as he can stay healthy (and he shed body fat to help him do so), it is not out of reason at all to think he can be a top 10 running back. His ceiling is that of a second-round pick that I routinely scoop up in the third or fourth round. I would encourage you all to do the same.
Latavius Murray NOLA: Mark Ingram had 138 carries and 21 receptions in 12 games last season. The year prior: 230 carries and 58 receptions. Sure Alvin Kamara will reign supreme in New Orleans, but it sounds like he won’t get *all* the work Ingram has left behind. Latavius Murray will have a role. Will he get the 230 carries Ingram got in Kamara’s rookie year? Probably not. But could it be 184, which would’ve been Ingram’s 16 game pace from last season? That absolutely seems more plausible. He’s going to have a role in a very good offense and has immense upside in the event Alvin Kamara were to go down (which hopefully will never happen). 
Rashaad Penny SEA and Royce Freeman DEN: The thinking is the same for both of these two running backs. Freeman and Phillip Lindsay will reportedly form a 50-50 split in the Denver backfield, while Rashaad Penny saw Mike Davis leave the Seattle with no established back to replace him. Mike Davis was a flex player in his own right (he finished as RB37 in Half PPR), and Seattle had at least two running backs, (Davis, Penny or workhorse) Chris Carson, finish with over double-digit fantasy points five times last year. Basically: both Freeman and Penny are going to get run this season, whether as a starter or not. Combine that with the fragility of Chris Carson and the diminutive stature of Phillip Lindsay, the upside for these two in the event of an injury is through the roof.
Damien Harris NE: New England will be a run-heavy team this season, as they were last season. Harris may not get a lot of work early, but he was drafted as insurance in case Sony Michel gets injured again. And in the event that occurs, Harris will step in as the primary rusher while James White stays in his receiving role. Even without the injury, it seems possible Harris will play given his versatility as both a runner and receiver out the backfield. Essentially, he is Darrell Henderson without the hype or the higher draft price. I think he could earn a role and don’t believe Sony Michel can/will stay healthy. If neither happens, you cut him as a late-round draft pick. If both happen, he’s a league winner.
Malcolm Brown LAR: Darrell Henderson is not the Rams’ backup running back. No, he is slated for more of a Chris Thompson-type of role in Sean McVay’s offense. While valuable in its own right, Henderson is a bit undersized for lead back duties and is just a rookie in the first year of McVay’s extravagant offense. A guy who has been there since McVay arrived in Los Angeles? Malcolm Brown. Brown is a great pass protector who has the trust of McVay to keep Jared Goff upright and execute the offense as constructed. Malcolm Brown may end up being the Jamaal Williams to Henderson’s Aaron Jones in the event of a Gurley injury, but coaches don’t care about who has the most talent to solely feed them. You have to earn playing time by doing the little things, and Brown is ahead of Henderson in that regard, especially if Henderson’s extended preseason run is any indication. I suspect Brown will get action in the Rams backfield, Gurley injury or not. Even if Gurley plays, Gurley’s touches will almost surely go down, especially if the Rams are trouncing opponents. Gurley had 66 carries while the Rams were leading by double digits. Think the Rams want to give him unnecessary touches? I don’t. Who could get some of that? Malcolm Brown. The best part about Malcolm Brown? He is dirt free. And he shouldn’t be. Remember when CJ Anderson dominated once the Rams scooped him up later in the year? That only happened *after* Brown injured his collarbone. If that were Brown himself doing what Anderson did in his/Gurley’s stead, which included three consecutive games with at least 123 rushing yards and a touchdown, how would we view him? At the very least, more receptively than how most are viewing him now. Brown is the ultimate double-digit round dart throw. He may even be on your waiver wire. Add him now. He has legit league-winning upside and literally costs you nothing to nab. He went undrafted in both of my leagues. I added him in both.
Dare Ogunbowale TB: Who? We are getting DEEP for my My Guys. Ogunbowale is a former Wisconsin running back who has bounced around the league before settling in Tampa Bay last season. However, he is more than just fighting for a roster spot; he’s gunning for legit playing time. He is the frontrunner to be the third-down back for the Bucs, a team with a porous offensive line that was 4th in the NFL in pass attempts last season BEFORE adding Bruce Arians as a head coach, who is notorious for getting running backs involved in the passing game. He is earning that role because he has soft hands (he had 60 receptions in two seasons at Wisconsin; neither Peyton Barber nor Ronald Jones has more than that in their college and professional careers COMBINED) and is trusted in pass protection (here is with a key block to buy time for a touchdown). He’s not ‘just a guy’ with the ball in his hands either; he is 5th in the preseason in forced missed tackles. The man is dirt cheap. He’s got skills, fits the team he currently plays for and has played himself into a role. I’m not saying he’s going to be this year’s Phillip Lindsay, but signs are there for Arike Ogunbowale’s brother to be a factor for both the Buccaneers and your fantasy team.
WRs: 
Davante Adams GB: This is a matter of semantics. No one should dispute whether Adams will be great in fantasy barring injury, but just a matter of how high he should be drafted. He has scored double-digit touchdowns in each of the last three seasons, which is not unusual for the number one receivers under Aaron Rodgers to break regression numbers. He finally racked up 1000+ receiving yards, mowing through a murderer’s row of corners in the process. I love DeAndre Hopkins and Julio Jones, but I trust Adams more as the wide receiver. Who knows, maybe he could end up doing *even more* this season.
Julian Edelman NE: With the trained polar bear turned tight end Rob Gronkowski gone to retirement, someone has to catch passes in New England. This is where slot stud and Tom Brady bro Julian Edelman comes in. He becomes even more of a target fiend in games where Gronk hasn’t played, as NFL.com’s Graham Barfield illuminates here. His 16 game piece using his averages without Gronk: 182 targets, 116.8 receptions, 1,360 yards 5.12TDs. Remember how I talked about Davante Adams a minute ago? Here are his stats last season: 169 targets, 111 receptions, 1,386 yards 13TDs. Pretty, pretty, pretty good if you ask me. Now, Edelman did break his thumb before training camp and will be out for about 3 weeks in the preseason, but that could end up being a blessing in disguise for fantasy players so Edelman doesn’t suffer a more serious injury (obviously a concern with Edelman) and his buzz will be muted a bit. His ADP on ESPN is 34.3. On Sleeper? 45.1. He is my 21st player overall. Anywhere from the 3rd round and beyond is stealing if you can snag Edelman there, even with the news of Josh Gordon being reinstated. Heck, that might help you snag him a little later.
Robert Woods, Brandin Cooks, and Cooper Kupp LAR: If I had any apprehension of these three, it would be Kupp coming off a torn ACL, but he’s been fully cleared for camp activities. Basically, if you’re worried that these three will all eat into each other’s production enough to not warrant them as starters, don’t be. Kupp averaged 14.4 half PPR points per game last season, and one of those games he only scored 1.2 points before getting hurt. In the 8 games where Kupp played, Woods averaged 14.9 points per game and Cooks averaged 16.3, though he left a game vs the Seahawks early before hauling in a catch. I personally rank them Woods/Cooks/Kupp because I feel Woods is the most consistent and would not take Kupp as early as I would the other two because of him returning from an ACL injury (though he reportedly is cleared for all activities and isn’t even wearing a knee brace), but the point is, all are great fantasy options that could be had in rounds 4-5. I wouldn’t even sweat taking two of the three. All they do is produce.
Marquez Valdes-Scantling GB: ESPN’s Rob Demovsky reported in June that MVS was the leader for the number 2 receiver spot beside Davante Adams on the outside. That all but was confirmed when fellow cheesehead receiver Geronimo Allison told him that he’d be the team’s slot receiver. Why is this important? Because the new head coach is not like fellow head bro Sean McVay. McVay ran 11 personnel (meaning 3 receivers, 1 running back and 1 tight end) a lot, while Kyle Shanahan… didn’t.  In LaFleur’s lone season at Tennessee as the offensive coordinator, he was 28th in the league in using 3+ wide receivers on the field at the same time. Now, will Geronimo still get his? Absolutely. But if MVS will be on the field more, I’d rather take my shot on a second Packer receiver on him. It also doesn’t hurt when Aaron Rodgers’ trust level in MVS seemingly beginning to grow.
Albert Wilson MIA: Albert Wilson is slated to be the Dolphins’ slot receiver. He is good at it. Ryan Fitzpatrick is slated to be the Dolphins’ starting QB. He likes throwing to the slot. Starting to sense a theme? Now, Wilson suffered a season-ending hip injury last season but was on pace for a breakout season. In games Wilson started and finished, he was averaging 13.11 fantasy points per game in half PPR formats. Take out his ginormous game against the Bears and that number falls to 9.74 points per game, which would’ve been the WR34 on a per-game basis last year. Oh, and that was with Adam Gase and his slowpoke offense that was around the bottom of the league and offensive plays ran. New offensive coordinator Chad O’Shea should run a more up-tempo scheme that could feature the slot even more if his time in New England is any indication. Wilson hasn’t done much practicing yet and reports suggest he is close to returning to team drills with the goal of playing Week 1 becoming more and more possible with each passing day. Maybe more people will pay attention to Wilson if he gets back to practice. Take advantage of people sleeping on him while you can.
TEs: 
Evan Engram NYG: Evan Engram has, conveniently enough, played 16 games without Odell Beckham Jr. His numbers in those 16 games? 117 targets, 71 receptions 886 yards 6TDs. That would’ve been good for TE5 last season. Odell Beckham Jr. isn’t on the Giants any more thanks to the grand work of Dave Gettleman. Sterling Shepard broke his hand in training camp. Golden Tate is suspended for the first four games. I don’t normally take tight ends in the single-digit rounds because it is harder for them to return the value than a running back or wide receiver. Engram looks to be the lone exception in rounds 5-7. 
Greg Olsen CAR: He’s going super late. He’s basically free. IF, and that’s been a big if recently, he can stay healthy, what all has changed regarding his role and status among Carolina’s pass-catchers? Not a lot.
Mark Andrews BAL: If you want this season’s George Kittle, I nominate Mark Andrews for that distinction. From Andrews’ player profile on ESPN: ‘Andrews' 552 receiving yards rank sixth, and his 16.2 YPR, 10.0 YPT, and 10.4 aDOT all rank second among rookie tight ends since 2007. Andrews did all that damage despite playing only 35 percent of the snaps.’ He and fellow Lamar Jackson have grown their chemistry in camp, where Andrews has ‘been the Ravens’ most dangerous and productive offensive player,’ according to Jeff Zrebiec of The Athletic. If you’re going to punt the tight end position, why not take a flier on a guy oozing with upside like Andrews, on a team with 278 targets to replace from last season?
Darren Waller OAK: Speaking of targets to replace, Oakland will have plenty to replace. Although most of them surely will go to Antonio Brown and Tyrell Williams (and Josh Jacobs), some should go to Darren Waller as well, a former Ravens draft pick who seems to have finally found a home in Oakland. Jared Cook made the Pro Bowl last year in Oakland after a 101 target, 68 reception, 896 yard and 6TD season. I’m not saying Waller will do that, but he’ll be given every chance to at least try. Especially now after this ongoing Antonio Brown frostbite/helmet fiasco. If Brown were to miss any time whatsoever, Waller will only get a boost in the target share in Oakland.
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Il avait cette philosophie comme quoi tout le monde avait un côté masculin et un côté féminin, avec parfois un peu plus de l'un, un peu moins de l'autre. Parfois, les deux côtés s'équilibrent. Si c'est le cas, m'a-t-il dit, on ne devrait pas s'étonner que cet équilibre puisse être inversé chez certaines personnes. Que quelqu'un puisse se trouver avec une âme qui dit une chose et une chair qui en dit une autre.
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Tracy ne vit que pour être musher, conductrice de traîneaux à neige menés par des chiens. Papa élève des chiens pour les courses comme l’Iditarod, célèbre traversée de l’Alaska en traîneaux sur plusieurs centaines de kilomètres. Mais depuis que maman est morte renversée par une voiture, le cœur n’y est plus. Scott, le petit frère, s’enferme dans ses livres et ses dessins et Tracy court dans la nature pour poser ses pièges, chasser le petit gibier pour quelque fois le boire. Comme sa mère avant elle, Tracy a un besoin irrépressible d’absorber la sève vitale des animaux. Quand un jour Papa engage le jeune Jesse et se rapproche d’Helen du dispensaire, Tracy la sauvage voit son quotidien changer pour le meilleur et pour le pire... Racontée par Tracy, cette histoire de nature teintée de fantastique est profondément immersive et déroutante. L’absence de tirets devant les dialogues nous donne l’impression d’être dans la tête de l’héroïne, de goûter le sang avec elle et les sensations qui vont avec. Étrange jeune femme inéluctablement sauvage, Tracy est un personnage inoubliable de la littérature américaine.
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Sauvage / Jamey Bradbury.- Gallmeister.
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