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Re: Through the Eyes of a Flareon ~ [PG] - Book Two
Yes, she answered immediately, gracefully stroking past the rhyhorn. She proceeded without me as I stilled myself and eyed the rock and ground pokémon. He was evidently uncomfortable with it.
Whatve you got to do?
Uhh...nothing? he answered, and I gave a few nods.
Well...do you wanna come with us? In all honesty, I had my and the kirlias best interests at heart, since a rhyhorn would be far more likely to be able to repel any enemies, and he looked to be in a fitter state than both me and the psychic type fused.
The question caught him off guard and he remained still for a moment, the kirlia pausing to turn to him, probably interested in his answer. No.
My face turned sour. What? Why not? Giving him a judgemental sneer, I added, What, you got something better to do? I nodded in an upwards motion to the wall behind him. Like talkin to that wall?
Dont mock me, he threatened, and at the words, I just sighed.
Well, come on. You dont have a reason.
He narrowed his eyes. You just want me for protection.
You know what? I began, exhaling again and giving my head a light shake. I dont have the time or patience for this. I whirled around and began walking up the cave again. I did not have any interest in more talk. Sure, I was a talkative flareon, but when that was all Id heard bicker and chatter for the past while, beginning when I woke that day because of that stupid houndoom, I was positively sick of it. I wanted action and progress, not another argument. Zaion had explained to me that while I was asleep, the rhyhorns herd had split in two a party following the original leader and a party following a rebel who disagreed with the leader just when things were looking like they could lead to peace. I didnt witness it, of course, but the thought that we were nearly free of the tedious battle, only to wind up with a larger problem in our paws, was frustrating beyond compare. I just wanted to be rid of these caves and back on the surface so we could hurry up and find that base.
I was halfway up the room when I turned around to view the position of the other two. The kirlia had dropped behind and began conversing quietly with the rhyhorn while my thoughts were busy having a discussion with me. I turned back, head casually low as I walked, and very subtly edged my head to the right so one of my eyes was spying the rhyhorn, who, watching me carefully, began to trudge a little faster. I flicked back, wondering if he was, in fact, following us, or if he was simply progressing in the same direction we happened to be going because there was no other path. I watched as he passed by the few tunnels lining the walls, glancing warily left and right, and my mind told me he was less than interested in veering off and disappearing down them. I understood: fear of the unknown. I too preferred to carry on in the direction of a room I could actually see.
I slowed my pace so the kirlia would have a chance to catch up much faster or that would have been my excuse if she asked how my wound was doing and soon enough she was but a few metres behind me, the rhyhorn a little closer in distance to her. However, I arrived at the entrance to the next room before she met up with me, and, slowing to a stop, I realised that I had been rightit did slope up, although at a rounded angle, rather than a straight slant.
I surveyed the room from where I was, noting the many rising pillars around me. The entire room was riddled with giant ledges and carved cliffs rising from the ground at great angles, although there were only a few of them. Mostly the rock formations rose far above where I could reach, either a square shape at the top, and therefore easy to stand on, or looked to be lumpy and difficult to grasp. I clenched my jaws, feeling the effects of my wound after the walk as I stood still and could unintentionally spare focus for it.
Well that...looks like a climb, I commented, wondering where on earth I was meant to begin. With a wary face, the kirlia cast a solemn glance across the room, displaying subtle signs of caution and, I could see, some kind of hopelessness. I wondered why she was acting that way, especially considering she was able to teleport herself, but when I noticed the rhyhorn lumber up beside us, I understood. She was worried the rock type wouldnt be capable of scaling the oversized ledges and pillars. When I thought about it, I had similar trouble envisioning how he would climb, and wondered what he would be made to do. I turned to him, trying to find some solution in my mind. It was in our best interest that the protector made it through as well as the protected. Maybe...theres another way through? I asked sheepishly, hoping that he would suddenly reflect my hope with strength I couldnt find.
He remained silent as he absorbed the scene. He didnt seem nearly as dismayed as Rentana. I hope you didnt underestimate my ability to climb rock, he grunted, and with a flicker of minor surprise, the psychic type and I glanced to each other with cocked heads. He didnt say anything for a small amount of time, as if expecting us to consider his statement, and then become suddenly knowledgeable about what he was talking about. I watched as he emitted a sigh. This is what Im
used to
. I live in a rocky place. There are high-sailing structures like these all over the place that I have to find my way up. He eyed one of them. Its not uncommon for rhyhorn to know how to climb.
Ooh, I began as I looked to the same formation his gaze was set upon, clicking, I get it now.
Rentana hesitantly took the first few steps into the room and craned her neck slowly, as if the rectangular pillar before her was some monstrosity she was required to conquer...and then I realised that it was. There are large gaps between those formations. You cannot leap across, she affirmed. We both looked to her questioningly, and I noted she was right.
I doubted that even I could leap across some of the spaces, and it was obvious that we needed to ascend most of the rocks to reach the entrance to the next room, which sat far above in the wall, a ledge before it. I suddenly wondered to myself how the surface hadnt yet begun, and wondered if we were perhaps...underneath the mountains already.
I will find my way through, the rhyhorn told her, and although she showed no sign of protest she, like me, was probably sceptical of his comment.
The kirlia lowered her head and faced him. Even so, she began, the path wont be an easy one.
After trying to find a way to get back into the room they had been previously in, Zaion had given up with a growling huff and figured that the rest of his company was probably separated as he was, and probably just as lost, and would all be making their ways through the tunnels with the hope of reaching the end. He knew that they should have been close to the mountains, so emerging from them would be ideal, for once they were out, they could use their closeness to their advantage and arrive as quickly as they could.
He glanced to the quagsire beside him, eying him with particular interest as he wondered what exactly inhibited the pokémons ability to accurately communicate. It seemed, for the most part, his brain worked cognitively, but his emotional side was not well adjusted. He had considered that perhaps the quagsire was simply not an emotional pokémon, but readjusted his thinking and concluded that it wasnt that he simply lacked enough emotion...it was that he seemed physically unable to properly express it. The thought of his emotions being suppressed in such a manner frightened him, although it would be all the quagsire knew. He probably never had much emotion in the first place to be taken away. He also wondered how many summers or winters old he was. It was peculiar that he couldnt tell, but shrugged it off, making an attempt to stop focusing on his travelling companion and start focusing on the travelling itself.
Im fairly certain you can understand me, quagsire... Do you have any idea where we are? he wondered curiously, throwing his head left and right as he examined rough walls with no sign of veering off. He could see another room up ahead, but still, he was extremely curious.
The water and ground type said nothing he didnt even look at the houndoom until they reached the room, where he turned his head to shine his big, dopey smile at the fire and dark type. Quagsire, he mentioned, beginning to wag his tail. Zaion blinked peculiarly, unintentionally analysing his tail and suddenly finding that it must have been useful for many thingsfrom a swimming aide to a handy tool in battle. He compared it with his tail, and although he had always liked the fact that it was slim and easy to keep track of, he wished it did more things.
They emerged into a room that, to both of their surprises, dropped immediately downwards several metres, the part they came out onto evidently some kind of strong ledge. The houndoom was quite happy to have been saved an immediate drop, and they would have had to remain at the mouth of the hallway as simple onlookers. He surveyed the area, noting that there was a giant lake in the centre of the room. The cavern itself wasnt overly large, and estimated that he could probably run along the length of the ledge which they had emerged onto the middle of in five seconds per way, totalling a ten second stretch from wall to wall. However, this was only the width of the room, and he guessed that the distance from his side to the other side was at least twice that, if not a little more.
He cringed at the thought of water; he didnt mind it that much, but he preferred to steer clear of it. It wasnt something he enjoyed bathing in, but would if it was necessary. The feel of it simply reminded him of the attacks that water types used on him when they thought they had a hope of winning. Nevertheless, the thought of the feeling remained, but he was sure that he would have no trouble crossing it if they could get
from the ledge.
His first task was to see if there was a way to descend the ledge and end on the bottom floor, as there was no other way to continue, and gave a sigh. He figured that his counterpart would probably not be able to provide them with anything substantial, and began his quest to find a way down.
It didnt take him long, however, and soon he and the quagsire were before the lake. With another inward groan, the houndoom watched as the quagsire simply fell into the water and slipped beneath the surface. If it werent for the subtle change in the pokémons disposition as soon as he hit the water, he thought he might have fallen in unintentionally, or with the inconvenience of being paralysed as he entered. He was relieved when the pokémon broke the surface and began to swim around happily; the thought of having to rescue a pokémon his size when the houndooms swimming skills werent exactly top notch was a little worrying.
He tested the water with two toes, cringing as he slipped the rest of himself in, a little surprised as the floor suddenly dropped and his front paws shot down into nothing but water. He began to drift as he paddled, his back legs dislodging from the floor unintentionally as he swayed and bent his legs in turn, nearly faltering a few times as he quickly sneered and began to swim to the other side. It was an effort, but he was able to make it to the other side without much fuss.
The quagsire swam about, diving in and out of water and splashing about as if water was his favourite thing in the worldwhich Zaion wouldnt have doubted anyway. Upon reaching land, the fire and dark type shook off and searched for somewhere he could blow his fire and keep it burning so he could dry himself. Instead he attempted to heat his bodys temperature.
In the middle of doing so, he looked around, spotting his companion still dipping through the lake. For a moment he was fearful that something would pop out and swallow the quagsire up, but he realised that the lake was far too small to carry something that big. He cleared his throat. Uh, Splash, he called, are you done?
There was barely a response as the pokémon only paid him a small amount of notice between his dips and turns in the water, and for a while he didnt rise again. It was then that Zaion feared something may have gone wrong, but when his head appeared again, thankfully still attached to his body, he could reassure himself. Perhaps the quagsire knew the depth of the smallish lake and was sure nothing lay at its bottom. If he were to ask, however, he knew he would get an incoherent response if a response at all.
Come on, the houndoom commanded, motioning with his head for the pokémon to follow. We need to find the others. He began walking away, pretending he didnt care at all for the dual type pokémon, and continued through an opening in the wall that led to the next cavern.
Upon popping out, the houndoom was semi-surprised to find himself in a wide open space that had a floor riddled with stalagmites everywhere he looked. The most peculiar thing was that some towered over him at more than twice his height, but most of them were either a little taller than him or somewhat smaller. What confused him a little was their frequency; each were only a few paces from each other, forming a sort of maze. The thought itself was hindering, as he knew he would have to navigate with his mind instead of his eyes. However, he did have the advantage of smell on his side, which he decided he would prominently use.
Voices made him instantly freeze. At first he was lost for direction and identification of the voices, but as he stood, surrounded by the protruding rock formations at the entrance to the cavern, he could hear them nearing. He deduced that they were echoing from his left, and figured there must have been another opening in that general direction. He didnt dare approach, however, as he continued to hear the nearing voices. He glanced around to the quagsire, who had pulled himself out of the water moments ago and shook off, and glared at him with wide eyes. Warily he crept away from the entrance and hissed a warning.
The quagsire approached the opening with the houndoom and stopped to listen. Zaion was well aware that the quagsire was taller than him and would likely outmatch a good number of the stalagmites in height, and clenched his jaws in anxiousness as he wondered if he would soon be sighted. Yet, when the voices continued and the quagsire emerged into the room in a leisurely pursuit of the sounds, he knew that it wasnt involuntary sightings that he had to be worried about.
Hey! he hissed, lowering his head. His shoulders came up beside his jaws. Quagsire, stop! What are you
Despite the calls from the houndoom, the ground and water type pokémon didnt stop at all. He didnt even turn around as he began to effortlessly and loosely navigate his way through the crowd of stalagmites. Angrily Zaion thought to turn away and shoot back the way they came, or fling off to the right, but he knew that both options were not exactly ideal. Besides, even if he was the one instigating the trouble, he didnt want to leave Splash alone. If he met with those pokémon, they would surely find a reason to attack him, especially if they were on the traitor rhyhorns side. On top of that was the fact that his fire type moves would do nothing to a rock types armoured hide, whereas Splashs water was a more than suitable means of attack.
He gritted his teeth and clenched his eyes closed while his body very slowly leaned in a few directions before he gave in with an inward sigh and began sneaking after him, his leg motions fluid and somewhat awkward in order to keep him low. At the same time, he gauged how far away the pokémon speaking were and used it to judge how much he should project his voice to the quagsire. Come on, buddy. You have to stop, he insisted. When the quagsire still didnt listen, he thought of something else. If theyre rock and ground types then... He trailed off, understanding that the quagsire had a type advantage in two areas, but feared that a type advantage alone wasnt going to save their hide.
Deciding it was still best to convince him to retreat, he hurriedly captured a few more paces and calculated the action before latching onto the creatures tail. Even though he ensured that his bite wasnt hard, the quagsire suddenly yelped and swung around, taking the houndoom with him for a short period before the tail passed a stalagmite and the houndooms side slammed into it. He dropped like a bundle of slaughtered prey, and it was in that moment that he thought not about pain, but about accidentally attracting the unwelcome visitors.
Instantly the pokémon froze in their tracks and questioned the noises. They, just as he had expected, raced along the ground, the harsh thud of rock on rock as they powered their way, certain to appear from within a few stalagmites and begin to tear the place apart in rage. He groaned and lifted himself to his feet just as a silver rocky creature came into view, revealing itself to be a rhyhorn, just as he had expected. The creature turned her enormous head upon the sturdy shoulders towards them and stood still, surveying them over a few times. Zaion was convinced she was about to charge, but was surprised when the quagsire suddenly began to wag his tail.
Zaion watched as Splash weaved through the stalagmites loosely and came upon the rhyhorn, stopping before her and remaining still as his tail still swished. It wasnt long till, to his surprise, a familiar face hobbled into view, rather aghast at what he saw. He looked first to Splash and then to Zaion, and they frowned at one another before the houndoom started nodding his head slowly and began to approach.
Although I dont know you well, the fire type started, eyes on the white and green pokémon, its good to see you here.
You too, the krinar responded, more shocked than anything. He let his surprise fade as he introduced the rhyhorn, whose name was Maka, to his fellow colony member and the houndoom, who he had only seen around on occasion. Maka nodded to each, briefly explaining her course of action: to lead Etire out and find her way back to her clan. Always good to come across someone whos on your side, the psychic and fighting type chuckled, and Zaion nodded slowly.
Expressing his response, the quagsire took a few steps before enveloping the injured Usster pokémon in a strong embrace. The krinar made small sounds of protest as Splash hugged him, but it soon wore off, and the pokémon was once again freed.
I suggest we keep moving, the rhyhorn announced, swinging her head toward the other end of the room. It passed the wide opening in the wall that Zaion and Splash had come from and looked to rise with a few complicated ledges they would need to scale, but overall Zaion figured it made sense. If they been travelling to the left from the entrance, he would have been confused and objected, but considering that, emerging from where he had been, the trail continued on his right, all made sense in his mind.
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Re: Through the Eyes of a Flareon ~ [PG] - Book Two
While they passed the opening from which Zaion and Etire had come, the houndoom was quick to mention the lake, in case either of them needed a drink, so they took a small break to drink before Etire dipped himself in, keen to wash off any blood and cool any burning wound he may have still been suffering. When Maka questioned the lakes random appearance, Zaion remarked, I think it travels from some small hole in the wall hidden under the surface or something. One that would be big enough for it to flow through.
Well...what if the hole is big enough to fit through? Etire asked, wading calmly into the water. Splash dipped in and out around him, constantly popping up. Maybe itll take us to where we need to go. I mean, it would have to come from the surface, right?
Maka and Zaion looked to each other with hardened hesitation. Both glanced distastefully to the water and resisted, each taking a step back or leaning away from it. Im...happy to follow in its general direction on land, the rhyhorn confirmed. Besides, Ill sink in water. Many of my kind...have died by falling into lakes and deep rivers. The others stared at her with relative horror, except Splash, who continued to obliviously dip in and out. Well...oceans not so much for two reasons; the first being that salt makes us much lighter, not that it prevents us from dropping straight to the floor anyway, and the second that no rhyhorn would
to live near one. Thats not where these formations generally are. She angled her head and surveyed the room.
And I thought I had it bad, the houndoom remarked, giving a light chuckle that was more nervous than anything else.
Ah...yes, the krinar simply responded, then, in the middle of keeping himself afloat, turned around to the pokémon whose attention seemed to be focused completely elsewhere. I guess he would have told us if there was an underwater path we could follow. He looked up, catching Zaions raised brow and eyes with eyelids halfway down. Etire was unsure what he was making the face for before he shook his head quickly, as if remembering something, and corrected himself. Well, you know; not
told us
told us, just...told us. With arms. And...grunts.
Grunts, the houndoom repeated with a strong tinge of amusement that was close to mockery.
Etire scoffed and rolled his eyes. You know what I mean!
Uh...Im not getting any of this, the rhyhorn interjected, unintentionally excluded.
He doesnt talk, Etire clarified, deciding it was time he emerged. As he began to wave himself towards the edge of the lake, Splash rose from behind him, his large, goofy smile plastered to his wet face.
Quaaaaag! he gurgled, flecks of water jumping about at the back of his big mouth.
The rhyhorn cringed with amusement and gave a small chuckle. I think hes adorable.
Etire made a noise of clear disagreement mingled with distaste as he placed his arms carefully on the rocky ground. Yes, thats the term the females use.
Whats wrong with it? she asked.
Nothing, Etire snorted in amusement, not looking at her as he hauled himself up into a seated position. Its just what the females use.
Zaion chuckled with agreeing amusement as they both looked to one another while Maka stood, a little confused by the whole thing. The rhyhorn only released a sigh.
So far she hasnt
us to do anything, Azure uttered, prowling beside Tarla as she directed one eye to the rhyhorn behind her. She kept her head low and only angled it just so, and knew it wasnt enough to be seen by her target.
Tarla too turned her head with her elongated neck, proceeding to bend over and preen a cloudy feather or two before returning to normal, under the impression that keeping a watchful eye was a wise choice in such a circumstance.
Is that not fair? they heard from Thunderquake, who was discussing matters with a few of her fellow rock and ground types. A few from the passage the two had passed through before meeting with the rhyhorn herds leader had emerged and pledged their allegiance to the rightful leader, as they referred to her as, while many of them remained behind. Tarla assumed they were either gathering their strength and waiting for a suitable time to attack, or they were simply reluctant to move on when the one they betrayed was so near...as well as some of her followers and, more importantly, an ice type.
Azure had offered to seal the tunnel with ice, but Thunderquake declined her offer for two reasons: one being that she was reluctant to anger the issue even further and demonstrate that she harboured no true dignity, and second that a block or sheet of ice would be useless against their heavy bulks. They would be able to shatter through it with a number of tries, depending on how thick the ice was. Azure was a little sour at the notion that her ice was hardly effective; Tarla understood her frustration as she continually glanced at her crippled wing and sighed, wondering how long it would take to heal. She hoped it was only bruising and a sprain, rather than a snapped bone. Aemara could tell her when they returned, but she resenting having to wait so long.
It wasnt long before they came upon another wider cavern. It was painfully dark, and the duo, entering first, were required to wait as they stared into the inky depths of the room until details they hadnt previously been able to detect smudged into existence. It was fairly large and although the ground up ahead was exceptionally dark and there was some eerie chill about the place, the altaria swallowed her apprehension and strode forward, the glaceon tentatively following.
It was only because there was rush of air that shot from the ground and blew back her feathers did the altaria stop, angling her head away as she grimaced in distaste. Azure, barely paying attention, bumped into her from behind and jumped instantly away before she realised it was only Tarla. However, before the glaceon could question her friends actions, she paused and blinked several times. In the minimal light, she could make out only ground...which then disappeared.
Curiously she wandered up to the edge, where the ground seemingly disappeared, and rolled her paw pad on the edge. She slipped her paw slowly downwards as she leaned, bending her back legs and applying the most amount of body weight she could on them to ensure that she wouldnt topple over forward and fall down into what appeared to be some kind of...nothing. The ground had been removed. With a rush of alarm, she realised that it was an absolute drop down to someplace far, far below.
Tarla... she began, her voice a little weaker than she hoped for it to be. Dont...move...
A zap of shivers suddenly scaled her back as she ceased all movement but the frantic beating of her heart and her curious eyes, which rolled toward the glaceon, chancing movement with her head to face her. Wh...why?
Put your foot out. But dont put weight on it, the smaller of the two commanded, hearing voices from the cavern they had just been.
Extending her leg, the altaria began to stretch out, running her foot along the rough ground before there was something that felt like an edge. She quickly confirmed her assumption that the ground suddenly vanished. A chasm?
One that extends across both sides of the cavern, the glaceon confirmed, referring to the walls on the left and right. She stared down below, shooting tiny bullets of ice without particular force. They plunged into the darkness and vanished. Not a single sound of shattering managed to reach their ears as they waited in silence before flashing looks of alarm, which were hardly visible in the blackness, to one another. Azure bounded off to her right, travelling alongside the chasm but ensuring she was at least a few paces from it before stopping once the wall came into her face. She turned toward the abyss and, unable to see to the other side of the empty space, squashed her cheek against the cold, stony wall before she fired more ice shards. She watched them travel with the wall for a time before they lost momentum and sunk, also disappearing without a sound to follow.
In her amazement, the altaria hardly realised she was so close as she moved to the edge and peered down, unable to make anything out. Her foot edged closer to the cliff, and she reached down, wondering if there was a ledge just below ground level, but realised she was wrong. In the midst of her awkward position, she suddenly jerked, the pain from her wing pulsing to life as she angled it awkwardly while distracted. The abrupt movement stole her balance and the altaria shrieked as she instantly filled with dread.
Before she panicked, the pokémon broadened her wings and beat the air, sure she could easily overcome any kind of drop before her bad wing cried out with a splitting pain and she roared in agony, realising with horror that it left her to fall. In the split second that she began to fall, her foot about to lose any connection it had with the floor, impossibility flashed through her mind. She was a flying type, and she was condemned to fall to her death. It was both inglorious and frightening, as she knew not how far she would be falling at all. The sense of fear was far greater than anything she had ever felt, terrified she had been denied the precious wings that had always given her security. For a flying type to fall to their death was the most shameful death of all.
Suddenly her foot felt as if it had caught aflame as it halted in place, when her bad wing simultaneously fired up with a painful sensation as it was pulled and tugged, the altaria ready to struggle against whatever caused it. Despite the strength of the pain and the extreme discomfort it caused her, she realised that it had stopped her from falling. She couldnt move her foot either, and as the searing iciness began to shoot up her leg, she realised that it was, in fact, ice.
FLAP! screeched the glaceon, her mouth full with feathers as she applied all her weight to her back legs, leaning back and resisting against Tarlas mass. In spite of her desperate attempts, she quickly began to slip toward her. It wasnt enough.
A flock of thoughts soared through the dual types mind before she realised her comrade was referring to her good wing, which was under her, and furiously and frantically she began to force the air under it to retreat and return, elevating her as a result. With a burst of a realisation that it was working, she ignored the pain in her wing as best she could, cringing as she worked her wing even harder. Finally she was upright again, but with a feeling of fright, discovered that she couldnt actually move out of the way of the cliff given that her foot was trapped in ice. Azure still gripping her bad wing, the altaria, although in a blubber of pain and discomfort, bent over and drilled her beak repeatedly, shattering enough ice to slip her foot out from her ankle.
The two flew backwards, tumbling on the floor and halting in a tangled heap. Tarla was more in shock and fear than anything as she and her friend heaved with the effort, and remained there until Azure helped herself up, her breathing steadying again. I
you...not to put your weight
Thats not how it happened, Tarla snapped, and Azure guessed she was more intent on nursing her pride than her wing. She was not to know, however, as the altaria rose and allowed the wing to drape over one side and meet with the floor. After a moment more of silence, she looked to the glaceon. ...Thank you for...saving me.
Azure looked back, studying the altarias face as she detected streams of draining fear. Its...fine, she responded, looking away. Both pokémon laid their eyes on the horror that the absence of light had made all the more dangerous and inhaled deeply. Tarla strongly regretted her foolishness while Azure tried to convince herself that she was not to blame for encouraging the pokémon to do such a thing, but the two did not speak of either matter.
Well have to warn the rhyhorn about this, Tarla concluded, and the glaceon shook her head, even if in agreement.
Yeah, but...even if we tell them to steer clear from it...how do we cross it?
The question repeatedly rang in both pokémons minds. There was obvious there was no bridge from their side to the other, and without Tarlas ability to fly, not even she was capable of crossing. As far as they could tell, the question had no answer.
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Wondering where you can meet one of our staff members? Look for their corresponding colour in the calendar.
Dr. Glenwood Irons
Dr. Glenwood Irons here, I am the Director of International Market Development and spend most of my time abroad – meeting prospective students, working with agents, and developing relationships with partners!
Tanya Bhandari
Hey there! I'm Tanya, the Associate Director of International Market Development. I am not a huge fan of the camera but I have lots to say about Brock while travelling abroad. Feel free to stop by and see me at a fair or school if I am in your area, or feel free to send me an email with any questions!
Sandra Gruosso
Hola – Hello – Bonjour – Ciao, I'm Sandra the Manager of International Recruitment Services at Brock. I work alongside our international recruiters at various stages of the recruitment process. If you would like to learn more about our university and establish a recruitment linkage, feel free to contact me directly.
Yuexin Wang
Hi, I'm Yuexin and I am the International Recruitment Officer for the Ontario market. At Brock, I am the main contact for all prospective Chinese-speaking international students and international students who are currently studying the high school curriculum in Ontario. I invite you to connect with us via Chinese social media - QQ, RenRen, and Weibo, or email me personally!
Jenna Novess
Hello! I'm Jenna Novess, the Special Projects and Administrative Coordinator here in IMD. If you're not sure who to contact in our office with your questions, then call, email or visit me! I'm also the go to person for questions about taking the International Test of English Language Proficiency (ITELP).
Kev Greene
Hello! My name is Kev Greene and I am the International Multimedia Officer. I am a recent Brock grad from the Interactive Arts and Science program and I create promotional videos, presentations, and any multimedia that get viewed by students worldwide! You can contact me by email.


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Selamat datang di Langhub.com. Kami menyediakan audio dalam bentuk mp3, video file untuk belajar bahasa Inggris. Topik-topik pelajaran kami tujukan kepada Anda yang ingin belajar bahasa Inggris untuk travel, bisnis atau penggunaan sehari-hari. Isi website ini sering kami perbaharui. Untuk memulai belajar, klik topik pelajaran yang Anda inginkan di bawah ini.
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Apple's heavily hyped iPad went on sale Saturday in the United States. Excited customers were crowding to get their hands on what some see as a "game changer" in the computer industry. The Apple flagship store in New York greeted hundreds
A 40-year-old British woman has given birth to a girl weighing 6.2 kilos, the biggest baby ever born naturally in Spain. Maxime Marin delivered the baby a on Wednesday in the Mediterranean city of Denia. Both the baby - named Maria
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2022 Football World Cup May be Played in Winter
The president of FIFA, football's governing body, admitted on Monday that awarding the 2022 World Cup to Qatar may have been a mistake. Staging the tournament in the Middle East has caused much controversy because if it is held over its traditional dates in the summer months, players and fans will have to contend with searing 50 degrees Celsius heat. Some are now calling for the World Cup to be played during the winter months when the weather in Qatar is more suitable for a football match. However, this idea has drawn criticism because it would cause disruption to domestic league competitions in European countries such as Spain, England, Italy, Germany and France. In 2010, Qatar defeated bids from South Korea, Japan, Australia and the United States to win the right to host the football tournament for the first time.
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Shahid Afridi's 400th international SIX – Watch Video
From longest six to highest number of sixes, its all what we call SHAHID AFRIDI in Pakistan cricket. Shahid Afridi now has hit 400 international sixes in his career, the highest number of sixes in all formats T20, Tests & ODIs combined. A big tribute to Boom Boom Afridi aka Lala.
Pakistan's Shahid Afridi became the first cricketer to hit 400 sixes in an international career on Saturday. Afridi reached the landmark in the 16th over of Pakistan's reply to the West Indies' 152 for seven in the first Twenty20 international.
Chris Gayle, playing for the West Indies, is next on the list having hit 353 sixes in his Test, ODI and T20 career.
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This pineapple smoothie recipe from JJ Smith will give your body a total cleanse, making a happier and healthier you.
Study: Metabolism Can Be Boosted By Adjusting Thermostat
A new study published by the American Diabetes Association shows something as simple as lowering your thermostat can jump start your metabolism, CBS 4's Vanessa Borge reported.
Exercise Your Way To Better Sex
There's a new way of exercising that is backed by Harvard doctors to improve your sex life. It's called Thrust and it was created here in South Florida.
Talking Baby With Rhiannon: Zumbini Helps New Moms & Babies Bond
CBS4's Rhiannon Ally introduces baby Roman to Zumbini as a great bonding experience with her beautiful baby boy.
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Belly dancing is a popular dance that originated in Europe centuries ago but some woman are using it to lose weight, tone, and morph their bellies into abs.
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The horn sounded off and marathoners hit the ground running. Rosanna Morales use to be one of them until a sudden injury stopped her in her tracks.
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Fit Friday Isn't Just About Working Out But Also Eating Right
hey say health is 30-percent gym and 70-percent kitchen. You can work out for hours a day but you need to make sure you are eating well to see results. But many of us don't have the time to cook three healthy meals a day so that's where Catered Fit comes in.


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Rick! What is it with you and threes?
Austin, Texas's capital, is the Berkeley of that state, decidedly blue in a red sea. Travis County, where Austin is located, elects their county attorney who in turn oversees criminal cases in Austin. They have a special prosecutorial agency that prosecutes corruption cases for all of Texas, because it is the capital. Following me still? The liberal city of Austin has legal obligations and power to prosecute crooked politicians, who oddly seem to be Republicans. Go figure.
This has gotten under the chaps of the Republicans in power for years. They cannot do anything about it. The Republican state-wide candidates often run on a platform of "reforming" the watch dog prosecutorial abilities of Travis, but generally fail. Travis county, however, has successfully prosecuted Tom Delay, and is currently investigating Republican Candidate for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Keep that thought in mind, it is important.
Rosemary Lehmberg is the (Democratic) elected (and not answerable to Rick Perry) Travis County District Attorney. She was arrested for DUI (though oddly, she was not driving at the time), pleaded guilty and did some jail time. For the reasons stated above, Rick Perry wanted her to resign, the DUI gave him cover to ask for her resignation. Her replacement for the rest of her term would be appointed, and presumably investigations into corrupt politicians (Republicans) would stop, and maybe Ken Paxton would be elected.
There's no way to prove this, of course, otherwise this indictment might also include obstruction of justice or some variation thereof. Can you indict for a future crime yet to be committed? No. But it could be shown as motive for what he was doing. Anyway, this is probably the reason behind the official abuse charge: he cannot ask for the resignation of a duly elected official nor demand it.
So Lehmberg did not resign her office, nor was she required to. Rick Perry then upped the ante: resign or he would line-item veto the county of Travis' budget to prosecute corruption cases; that is certainly coercion: do what I want or your department is defunded from prosecuting me and my buddies. And then he proceeded to do just that, and being not the sharpest thorn on that yellow rose, he bragged about it very publicly. Perry is rumored to have gone so far as to offer her a state-wide job if she would resign her county job, and, you know, let him pick her replacement.
So that is what the Grand Jury investigated: abuse of official capacity and coercion of a public servant, which are felonies and if convicted and would hold a maximum prison sentence of 109 years. It isn't going to happen, or very unlikely anyway. I mean Tom Delay was prosecuted in 2006 and he's now close to a decade into the process of fighting it, much of the original charges having been overturned by a Republican, sympathetic judge.
In the meanwhile, it is pretty funny that Wingnuts all over the place are trying to defend Perry with video of Lehmberg's drunken antics. It clearly was not her finest hour, but it is also not the issue at hand. Her drunken escapades was the opportunity that motivated Perry. So Texas politics, as usual.
UPDATE: I forgot that I wrote about this before, and it is actually a funny story.
Infamous dance enthusiast and notorious money launderer, Tom Delay has been found guilty of, well, money laundering:
A jury in Texas has convicted former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on charges he illegally funneled corporate money to Texas candidates in 2002.
Delay was once one of the most powerful Republicans in Congress. He now faces up to life in prison.
So… what should his prison bitch name be? In the comments, please.
5 years later, Tom Delay's trial moves ahead… in Texas where he will not only be acquitted, they will probably name a school after him. Anyway…
The Republican was indicted in 2005 on charges he illegally sent $190,000 in corporate money through the Republican National Committee to help elect GOP Texas legislative candidates in 2002.
DeLay, who resigned in 2006, has pleaded not guilty to money laundering and conspiracy. He has said the trial will clear him.
Of course now you can launder as much money as you want for candidates and in the open. Delay was ahead of his time.
After all the angst over how will the kiddies ever learn about Phyllus Schlafly and the Moral Majority (and her predecessor, Joe McCarthy) in the Texas school books, it turns out that no one can afford them.
Now it appears that Texas kids will have to glean those points from supplementary materials rather than new textbooks that were supposed to arrive in the fall. The state normally replaces textbooks on a rotating basis every 10 years. With Texas facing a budget shortfall of at least $11 billion in 2011, the money isn't going to be there. Textbooks covering the new science standards would have cost $400 million, and the Legislature is already expecting a bill of $888 million for textbooks already ordered.
Yes, the native sons and daughters of the Lone Star State will have to learn about the significant contributions of the confederate soldiers elsewhere, because the state is broke, and will not be replenishing their old textbooks this year.
But not to fear, y'all: they found enough money stashed away somewhere so that they hope to produce a Science supplement about Evolution's failabilities. And there will be a test: they upgraded the exit exam to match the new standards before they rolled out the new text books. Lots'a luck with that!
Ha ha ha! The EPA is threatening Texas with taking over regulating air quality in Texas because they are doing such a crap job of it.
In 3… 2… 1…
The Obama administration has taken yet another step in its campaign to harm our economy and impose federal control over Texas. On behalf of those Texans whose jobs are threatened by this latest overreach and in defense of not only our clean air program but also our rights under the 10th Amendment, I am calling upon President Obama to rein in the EPA.
– Governor Goodhair Rick Perry
And so there you have it. Citizen of Kenya, Language-of-the-Koran-speaking, Closet-Muslim, socialist, magic-negro overlord, re-education camp counselor, and Nobel laureate President Carebear is trying to conquer Texas, and it is only Rick Perry that is standing between yellow-aired freedom and Worker Paradise #2 of our Maoist dictator.
(Loved the veiled threat of the 10th Amendment, too.)
(Hat tip: Scissorhead Skinny-D)
Rick Perry, governor of Texas (National Laboratory of Bad Politics – according to Molly Ivins) goes jogging with sidearms, we learn today. And he is a-feared o' snakes.
Anyway, Governor Goodhair was out jogging and shot a coyote using a laser-sighted .380 Ruger — loaded with hollow-point bullets.
Dude really is a-feared of snakes. That's some serious firepower. Lesson here: don't go jogging with Governor Goodhair if you look like a snake or a coyote. Giuliani, you've been warned.
Remember the other day when Georgia wrestled the Crazeee away from Texas when they passed a law that outlaws the government putting beepers in your vaginal-anus area? Me neither! So today, sensing that they were not crazee enough, Georgia decided to propose some birther legislation to make sure that noted Lawyer-Dentist-Realtor Orly Taitz always feels welcome. Or something.
Republican legislators in Georgia are following their counterparts' lead in Arizona and proposing a law that would force President Obama and all other future presidential candidates to prove their citizenship before being registered to run in the state.
The move comes days after Arizona's House passed a similar amendment which, according to the Arizona Republic, was inspired by the "birther" movement that believes President Obama is not entitled to hold the office of president because he wasn't born in the United States.
But of course, no Birther story would be complete without a quote from some nut, so here we go:
But when asked by channel 11 if [state Rep. Mark Hatfield, the lead sponsor of the bill] considered himself a birther, Hatfield said, "No, I wouldn't say that at all. I'm simply a citizen who is concerned, to make sure that the Constitution is upheld and enforced."
"So you don't know one way or the other whether he is a citizen of the United States?" reporter John Shirek asked.
"Well, of course not," Hatfield replied. "I have not been given any sort of proof, one way or the other."
In the history of dog-whistle politics no one gets close to Texas. Until today. The nuts who are agitating to get an election bounce using Obamacare to ratchet up the crazy in Georgia have sunk to a whole new level: they introduced a law to prevent that Kenyan usurper to the White House from micro-chipping citizens:
Last Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee entertained SB 235, the bill sponsored by Sen. Chip Pearson (R-Dawsonville) to prohibit the involuntary implantation of microchips in human beings.
OK, strange, but fair enough. But then, the ironically named Chip had to have a hearing on it, and Georgia decided to give Texas a crazy run for the money:
…a hefty woman who described herself as a resident of DeKalb County. "I'm also one of the people in Georgia who has a microchip," the woman said. Slowly, she began to lead the assembled lawmakers down a path they didn't want to take.
Microchips, the woman began, "infringe on issues that are fundamental to our very existence. Our rights to privacy, our rights to bodily integrity, the right to say no to foreign objects being put in our body."
She spoke of the "right to work without being tortured by co-workers who are activating these microchips by using their cell phones and other electronic devices."
She continued. "Microchips are like little beepers. Just imagine, if you will, having a beeper in your rectum or genital area, the most sensitive area of your body. And your beeper numbers displayed on billboards throughout the city. All done without your permission," she said.
It was not funny, and no one laughed.
"Ma'am, did you say you have a microchip?" asked state Rep. Tom Weldon (R-Ringgold).
"Yes, I do. This microchip was put in my vaginal-rectum area," she replied. Setzler, the sponsoring lawmaker, sat next to the witness – his head bowed.
I think right about then is when you withdraw the motion, you apologize to your constituents, and you quietly retire from being a public servant, and you spend the rest of your days cursing the memory of Ronald Reagan for closing all the mental hospitals so that gazillionaires can have a few more bucks.
But instead, the Georgia legislature passed the measure. And that, Scissorheads is how Georgia just took the crazee away from Texas.
The latest news from someplace called "Laredo" which is in the legendary state of Texastan is that they will soon be the largest US city without any bookstore.
The B. Dalton store is pullin' outta town next month, and while some might say that it means that they never had a bookstore, well, yeah.
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Rainsville, Alabama
Rainsville post office
Location in DeKalb County and the state of Alabama
|Coordinates: 34°29′32″N 85°50′43″W / 34.49222°N 85.84528°W
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Rainsville is a city in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 4,499. Rainsville is located on top of Sand Mountain.
Rainsville was incorporated in October 1956.
An EF5 tornado struck this city on April 27, 2011 leaving twenty-five fatalities. It touched down in Lakeview initially causing structural damage to small buildings and snapping trees. It grew in intensity and the path width increased from around fifty yards to a half a mile as the rotation entered the Rainsville and Sylvania communities. Damage included houses that were completely removed from foundations and debris scattered for about one mile, trees debarked, and a few mobile homes were destroyed with debris strewn for about a mile downstream. In Sylvania, some of these houses removed from foundations contained anchor bolts and foundation straps.
Rainsville is located at 34°29′32″N 85°50′43″W / 34.49222°N 85.84528°W (34.492258, -85.845316).[1]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 19.9 square miles (52 km2), of which, 19.9 square miles (52 km2) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) of it (0.10%) is water.
As of the 2010 census Rainsville had a population of 4,984. The racial and ethnic composition of the population was 93.5% non-Hispanic white, 0.2% African American, 0.9% Native American, 0.2% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 2.1% from some other race, 1.3% from two or more races and 3.8% Hispanic or Latino of any race.[2]
As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 4,499 people, 1,880 households, and 1,336 families residing in the city. The population density was 226.5 people per square mile (87.5/km²). There were 2,016 housing units at an average density of 101.5 per square mile (39.2/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.11% White, 0.09% Black or African American, 0.44% Native American, 0.09% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 1.09% from other races, and 1.09% from two or more races. 2.18% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 1,880 households out of which 31.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.0% were married couples living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.9% were non-families. 26.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.90.
In the city the population was spread out with 23.6% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 25 to 44, 25.0% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 89.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.6 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $29,505, and the median income for a family was $37,426. Males had a median income of $31,776 versus $19,618 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,806. About 11.9% of families and 14.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.4% of those under age 18 and 18.3% of those age 65 or over.
Plainview High School, home of the Bears, and the DeKalb County School System offices are located in Rainsville.
Cornerstone Christian Academy is located in Rainsviille, Alabama
Northeast Alabama Community College is in a rural area just outside of Rainsville.
Notable people[edit]
- Lowell Barron, member of the Alabama Senate from 1982 to 2010
- Jeremy Pruitt, defensive coordinator for the Georgia Bulldogs football team
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ 2010 general profile of population and housing characteristics for Rainsville from the US census
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
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Glucose test - blood
Glucose test - blood
A blood glucose test measures the amount of a sugar called glucose in a sample of your blood.
Glucose is a major source of energy for most cells of the body, including those in the brain. Carbohydrates (or carbs) are found in fruit, cereal, bread, pasta, and rice. They are quickly turned into glucose in your body. This raises your blood glucose level.
Hormones made in the body called insulin and glucagon help control blood glucose levels.
See also:
Alternative Names
Random blood sugar; Blood sugar level; Fasting blood sugar
How the test is performed
A blood sample is needed. For information on how this is done, see: Venipuncture.
How to prepare for the test
The test may be done in 2 ways:
- After you have not eaten anything for at least 8 hours (fasting)
- At any time of the day (random)
How the test will feel
When the needle is inserted to draw blood, some people feel moderate pain, while others feel only a prick or stinging sensation. Afterward, there may be some throbbing.
Why the test is performed
Your doctor may order this test if you have signs of diabetes. However, other tests (glucose tolerance test and fasting blood glucose test) are better for diagnosing diabetes.
The blood glucose test is also used to monitor patients who have the diabetes. It may also be done if you have:
- A change in behavior
- Fainting spells
- Seizures for the first time
Normal Values
If you had a fasting blood glucose test, a level between 70 and100 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) is considered normal.
If you had a random blood glucose test, normal results depend on when you last ate. Most of the time, blood glucose levels will be below 125 mg/dL.
Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
The examples above show the common measurements for results for these tests. Some laboratories use different measurements or may test different specimens.
What abnormal results mean
If you had a fasting blood glucose test:
- A level of 100-125mg/dL means you have impaired fasting glucose, a type of prediabetes. This increases your risk for type 2 diabetes.
- A level of 126 mg/dL and higher most often means you have diabetes.
Higher-than-normal random blood glucose levels may be a sign of diabetes. In someone with diabetes, it may mean the diabetes is not well controlled. Your healthcare provider will likely order a fasting blood glucose or a glucose tolerance test, depending on your random test result.
Other medical problems may also cause higher-than-normal blood glucose levels, including:
- Overactive thyroid gland
- Pancreatic cancer
- Pancreatitis
- Rare tumors, including pheochromocytoma,acromegaly,Cushing syndrome, or glucagonoma
Lower-than-normal blood glucose levels (hypoglycemia) may be due to:
- Hypopituitarism (a pituitary gland disorder)
- Underactive thyroid gland
- Insulinoma (very rare)
- Too little food
- Too much insulin or other diabetes medications
What the risks are
Veins and arteries vary in size from one patient to another and from one side of the body to the other. Obtaining a blood sample from some people may be more difficult than from others.
Other risks associated with having blood drawn are slight but may include:
- Excessive bleeding
- Fainting or feeling light-headed
- Hematoma (blood accumulating under the skin)
- Infection (a slight risk any time the skin is broken)
Special considerations
Many forms of severe stress (for example, trauma, stroke, heart attack, and surgery) can temporarily raise blood glucose levels.
Drugs that can increase glucose measurements include the following:
- Certain medicines to treat schizophrenia and psychosis
- Beta-blockers (such as propranolol)
- Corticosteroids (such as prednisone)
- Estrogens
- Glucagon
- Isoniazid
- Lithium
- Oral contraceptives (birth control pills)
- Phenothiazines
- Phenytoin
- Salicylates (see aspirin overdose)
- Thiazide diuretics (such as hydrochlorothiazide)
- Triamterene
- Tricyclic antidepressants
Drugs that can decrease glucose measurements include the following:
- Acetaminophen
- Alcohol
- Anabolic steroids
- Clofibrate
- Disopyramide
- Gemfibrozil
- Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
- Pentamidine
American Diabetes Association. Standards of medical care in diabetes--2012. Diabetes Care. 2011 Jan;35 Suppl 1:S11-63.
Buse JB, Polonsky KS,Burant CF. Type 2 diabetes mellitus. In: Melmed S, Polonsky KS,Larsen PR, Kronenberg HM, Larsen PR, eds.Williams Textbook of Endocrinology. 12th ed. Philadelphia,Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 31.
Inzucchi SE, Sherwin RS. Type 2 diabetes mellitus. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, PA:Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 237.
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CHICAGO The Washington Nationals were rallying again and Ian Desmond figured this one would go their way, too.
Instead, they came up short.
Jeff Samardzija dominated into the ninth, outpitching Jordan Zimmermann, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Nationals 4-3 Sunday for their first win of the Theo Epstein era.
"We were all in the dugout on the edge, waiting for the next guy to get up," Desmond said. "We fell a little short, but we won the series, and now on to New York (to play the Mets)."
The Nationals were shut down by Samardzija (1-0) right until the end, and then things got real interesting. After rallying against Kerry Wood and Carlos Marmol to win the first two games, Washington came up short in the ninth and couldn't quite complete the three-game sweep.
Ryan Zimmerman reached when Starlin Castro bounced the throw to first after fielding a two-out grounder to shortstop. Samardzija stayed in after a visit from manager Dale Sveum - who was booed when he came out and cheered when he went back to the dugout - and Adam LaRoche drilled his second two-run homer in as many games, sending a drive to the seats in right that cut it to 4-3.
Marmol came in and walked Jayson Werth before Xavier Nady fouled out to Castro near the third base dugout to end the game for his first save.
Samardzija was simply spectacular in his sixth career start, allowing four hits and an earned run. He struck out eight without a walk as the Cubs shook off two wrenching losses to start the season.
"(Samardzija's) developed pitches over the last couple years with that cutter, and now, he's got that split," said Steve Clevenger, who caught Samardzija in the minors. "He can throw it any time and any count. It makes him tough on hitters."
The Nationals certainly were impressed.
"He had three good pitches and he was out there grinding," Ian Desmond said. "He was anywhere from 98 (mph) to 90 with his fastball and had his split, the occasional cut . he was out there, he was pumping strikes."
Alfonso Soriano drove in two runs, with a sacrifice fly in the fourth and run-scoring single off Zimmermann (0-1) in the sixth to give Chicago a 2-1 lead after Washington tied it in the top half.
Castro had two hits, scored twice and stole two bases. He doubled in a run off Ryan Mattheus and scored on Ian Stewart's single in a two-run eighth, sending Chicago to its first win under the new regime.
The Cubs brought in Epstein as president of baseball operations hoping he can help them capture their first championship since 1908 after he put together two title-winning teams in Boston, ending an 86-year drought. Chicago also hired his former Red Sox colleague Jed Hoyer as general manager and Sveum as manager to replace the fired Mike Quade.
They didn't get much off Zimmermann, who held them to two runs - one earned - and six hits before being lifted for a pinch hitter in the eighth. With the Cubs being aggressive or impatient, he threw just 80 pitches and did not walk a batter, but the Nationals came up short after pulling out two dramatic wins.


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Heritage Ghost Town. These restored & fully furnished buildings have been gathered from around BC & assembled near the site of the original town of Three Valley, which swelled & subsided in the 1880s. Highlights of your visit will include the Antique Car Museum, Monashee Mining exhibit & a huge Railway Roundhouse - home to steam engines, railway coaches & one of the largest covered turntables in North America. The Heritage Ghost Town is located next to Three Valley Lake Chateau, an extraordinary resort destination on the Trans-Canada Hwy.
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Follow the tracks to Canada's Railway Past at the Revelstoke Railway Museum. History comes to life with fascinating artifacts & exhibits. Climb into the cab of a restored CPR steam locomotive. Discover the challenges encountered by the workers who helped build a nation. See rolling stock, a model railroad layout, kids' caboose play area & more. Enjoy the outdoor picnic area & large gift shop. Bus tours are welcome at British Columbia's premiere railway museum. Be sure to visit our companion historic site & gift shop at Craigellachie on the Trans-Canada Hwy, where the "Last Spike" was driven.
Rocky Mountaineer offers over 45 Canadian vacation packages & five unique rail routes, rich in history & natural wonders, through British Columbia & Alberta. This world renowned, luxurious train travels by daylight through the wild beauty of Canada's West & is the best way to experience the majestic Canadian Rockies.
Our Whistler Sea to Sky Climb provides a breathtaking journey through the stunning scenery of the "Sea to Sky Climb" from the coastal city of Vancouver to the resort town of Whistler.
Our newest route, Coastal Passage, is an iconic train travel experience that seamlessly connects the cosmopolitan city of Seattle, Washington, USA to the Canadian Rockies via Vancouver, BC.
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