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Destiny (video game)
Video game box art
|WW Activision
JP Sony Computer Entertainment
|Christopher Barrett[1]
|Joseph Staten
|PlayStation 3
PlayStation 4
Xbox 360
Xbox One
|Release date(s)
|WW September 9, 2014[3]
JP September 11, 2014[4]
|Action role-playing, first-person shooter
|Online multiplayer
|Optical disc, download
Destiny is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie and published by Activision. Released on September 9, 2014, Destiny marked Bungie's first new franchise since the Halo series. Set in a "mythic science fiction" setting, the game features a massively-multiplayer "shared-world" environment with elements of role-playing games.
Upon its release, Destiny received mixed to positive reviews with criticism centered mostly around the game's storyline and post-campaign content. The game was praised for maintaining lineage from the Halo franchise, particularly in regards to its competitive experiences.
- 1 Gameplay
- 2 Plot and setting
- 3 Development
- 4 Post-release content
- 5 Soundtrack
- 6 Reception
- 7 Sequel
- 8 References
- 9 External links
Destiny 's style has been described as a first-person shooter that incorporates role-playing and massively multiplayer online game (MMO) elements, but Bungie has avoided defining Destiny as a traditional MMO game.[5] Instead, the game has been referred to as a "shared-world shooter,"[6] as it lacks many of the characteristics of a traditional MMO game. For instance, rather than players being able to see and interact with all other players in the game or on a particular server—as is the case in many conventional MMO games—Destiny includes on-the-fly matchmaking that allows players to see and interact only with other players with whom they are "matched" by the game.[5] Events may happen in-game that are not necessarily controlled or planned by the developer, which will help to create a dynamic developing experience for Bungie and a dynamic playing experience for gamers.
Character building[edit]
Destiny players are given the opportunity to create a character, known as a Guardian, choosing both a race and a class. The Guardians are divided into three distinct races: Humans, Awoken, and the Exo, though as of now the playable races are purely cosmetic and have no effect on the game mechanics of Destiny. Unlike choosing a race, choosing a class has a distinctive effect on how Destiny is played and on character development. Each class has two sub-classes (the second subclass is unlocked at a further level), each containing a skill tree upgrading system to unlock and customize grenades, powerful melees and other abilities. The most effective ability of a sub-class is called a 'super', which is a specialized skill move that a Guardian can use in battle once charged.[7][better source needed]
Destiny features three major classes in addition to the three playable races. Each class comes with its own specific upgrades, perks, and special abilities that allow the player to finely tune their individual characters to provide a different play style. Each play style has their own advantages. Players can create all three classes on one account, but must level them up individually.
- Titan
- Drawing inspiration from Bungie's own Master Chief and the Stormtroopers of Star Wars, the Titan has a bulky, armored appearance. Its two sub-classes, Striker and Defender, offer unique play styles. The Striker can disorient and disrupt the enemy with its electricity-based grenades before barreling into the fray to finish off enemies with its powerful Storm Fist melee or Shoulder Charge. It can also deal tremendous damage with its Super, the Fist of Havoc, a ground slam attack. The Defender is the defensive sub-class, being able to reinforce its over-shield and create an impregnable wall of "Void Light" called the Ward of Dawn to support its teammates with cover and various stat boosts.
- Warlock
- The Warlock class has a focus on powerful grenade abilities which simulate "magic", and a variety of methods to use them more often. The Voidwalker sub-class bombards the enemy with nebulous Vortex Grenades, among others, and the super power Nova Bomb. It can also teleport (called "blinking" in-game) as a replacement for its usual mobility power. The Sunsinger class uses fire-based powers to incinerate enemies; its super, Radiance, decreases incoming damage and allows grenade and melee abilities to be used much more often during its duration. Upgrades vary from allowing Radiance to give even more of an armor bonus to allowing the player to activate it while dead to come back to life.
- Hunter
- The Hunter class is based on the "space cowboy" archetype, in particular Han Solo. The Hunter's two sub-classes are Gunslinger and Bladedancer. The Gunslinger sub-class is designed to reward the player's accuracy. Its unique melee ability is a throwing knife, and various skill tree upgrades will give bonuses to reload speed or stability for scoring precision kills. Its super power is the Golden Gun, a fiery revolver which will slay most enemies with a single shot, but only has a limited time with which to use its three shots. The Bladedancer sub-class has many powers based on stealth and invisibility, and its melee attack can deal more damage from behind. The super Arc Blade will make the Bladedancer draw an electric knife to attack. Like the Voidwalker, the Bladedancer can "blink".
Weapons play a key role in Destiny. There are three different weapon types, Primary, Special, and Heavy. A player can only have one weapon equipped at a time for each of these types. However, a player can have nine weapons on stand-by in their inventory for each type. Weapons are not class-specific and can be used by any class. There are five varieties of firearms; common, uncommon, rare, legendary, and exotic. Players may only have one exotic weapon equipped at anytime, although they can carry others in their inventory.
Plot and setting[edit]
Bungie described the setting of Destiny as a "mythic science-fiction" world.[8] The setting follows a prosperous period of exploration, peace, and technological advancement known as the Golden Age.[9] In a universe where humans have spread out and colonized planets in the Solar System, an event known as "the Collapse" saw the mysterious dissolution of these colonies, the end of the Golden Age, and mankind teetering on the brink of extinction. The only known survivors of the Collapse are those living on Earth, who were saved by "the Traveler," a white, spherical celestial body whose appearance centuries before had enabled humans to reach the stars.[10] The Traveler now hovers above the last safe city on Earth, and its presence allows the Guardians—the defenders of the City—the ability to wield an unknown power, only referred to as "The Light."
Upon mankind's first attempt to repopulate and reconstruct after the Collapse, it is discovered that hostile alien races have occupied mankind's former colonies and civilizations, and are now encroaching upon the City. Throughout the game, players have to combat aggressive aliens who have occupied the Solar System. There are four separate races in the game, each occupying different planets. The Fallen are an insectoid race of nomadic pirates who scavenge ruined settlements on Earth, the Moon, and Venus for resources. The Hive are a macabre race of ancient aliens who have created massive underground settlements beneath Earth and the Moon's surface. The Vex are semi-organic androids who are attempting to seize control of Venus and Mars by turning them into their machines, which they have already done to Mercury. Finally, the Cabal are a military-industrial empire of massive amphibians who have established massive fortifications on Mars. Every race utilizes different strategies and weapons in combat. The Fallen possess cloaking and short-range teleportation technologies to increase their mobility. The Hive use superior numbers to overwhelm their opponents in close quarters while more elite units attack from a distance. The Vex utilize hard-light shields and teleport units of infantry into the battlefield en-masse. The Cabal rely on heavy armor, ballistic shields, and jump packs to combat players. All of these races are hostile towards each other, as they can often be observed attacking one another in-game for territorial dominance. The player takes on the role of a Guardian, and is tasked with reviving the Traveler while investigating and destroying the alien threats before humanity is completely wiped out. Destiny centers on the journey of the Guardians, the last defenders of humanity, set to protect Earth's last city.
Destiny incorporates a new game engine that allows global illumination and real-time dynamic lighting to occur together in cohesion.[11] In addition, Bungie's goal is that Destiny will natively render graphics at 1080p on both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4.[12] An innovation in Bungie's "hopper" technology, which has been the backbone for Halo 's matchmaking system, will allow better player matchmaking in order to create a more natural experience in either cooperative or competitive multiplayer modes.[13]
In designing the playable classes, Bungie was inspired by different sources of science fiction. Hunters are a reconnaissance class meant to be reminiscent of the classic bounty hunter. Bungie cites as influences Star Wars ' Han Solo and classic characters from old Western films such as Clint Eastwood's Man with No Name. Warlocks combine weapons with special powers from "the Traveler," and are meant to be a form of "space wizard." The Warlock class is influenced by the Star Wars series's Jedi Knights, The Lord of the Rings series's Gandalf, and The Matrix series's Morpheus. Titans, which favor heavy weapons and melee attacks and are intended to be reminiscent of the classic "future soldier," were inspired by Bungie's own Master Chief from Halo, Stormtroopers from Star Wars, and other "space marines" from science fiction.[14] Players are accompanied by Ghost, a robot AI voiced by Peter Dinklage.[15]
The first known reference to Destiny was shown in Bungie's 2009 game Halo 3: ODST, in which a sign on a wall read "Destiny Awaits" and showed a picture of Earth with a mysterious orb floating nearby.[16] Though several vague statements by Bungie employees in interviews and presentations from 2010 through 2011 were interpreted to be Destiny references, the next overt references to Destiny were not shown until Bungie's August 2011 20th anniversary documentary, O Brave New World, in which appeared several early environment renders, an environment editor named "Grognok," and a brief shot of actors performing a scene with motion capture equipment.[17] At that time, the game was still known by its original code name Project Tiger, a term used by Bungie co-founder Jason Jones when discussing the game in August 2011.[18] The game later became known by its working title Destiny.
On May 21, 2012, a publishing contract between Bungie and Activision was published by the Los Angeles Times. The ten-year contract originally had been entered into evidence under seal in Activision's lawsuit against former Infinity Ward employees Jason West and Vincent Zampella, but was later unsealed by the judge in that case.[19][20][21] The contract outlined an agreement between Bungie and Activision to develop and publish, respectively, four Destiny games, with the first to be released in the second or third quarter of 2014.
Initially, claims made by Activision Blizzard CEO Robert Kotick suggested that the total investment in Destiny would be around $500 million; It was subsequently stated by Bungie's COO Pete Parsons in an interview that the game's development cost is not even close to $500 million, saying, "For marketing you'd have to ask Activision people, but for development costs, not anything close to $500 million.".[22] Activision subsequently confirmed the $500 million figure, stating that up front infrastructure costs and investment in the game's engine were included, and could be amortized over the life of the IP.[23]
The first public details of Destiny were leaked in November 2012, revealing concept art and plot details.[24] Bungie supplemented the leak with the release of further details, whilst expressing regret that details of an upcoming video game had once again been revealed before their planned release.[25] In describing Destiny, Bungie's lead writer Joseph Staten stated that the studio was approaching the game with the intention of "building a universe" that would "take on a life of its own."[26] Further information became available in February 2013, when Bungie released a video documentary revealing information on Destiny and some of the core ideas behind the game, including the company's "seven pillars" philosophy, identifying the seven underlying elements of the early development process that they adopted to make the game appeal to as wide an audience as possible,[9][27] with particular emphasis on making the game accessible to casual, novice gamers and dedicated fans of the genre alike.[8] Also revealed were plans to incorporate social media into Destiny, allowing players to remain connected to one another even when offline. With the in-game universe being in a state of perpetual change, Bungie explored the potential of using a mobile app to update players about new quests and inform them as to what their friends are doing in-game.[8]
During a PlayStation 4 preview event on February 20, 2013, it was announced that Destiny would be released for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3, and receive exclusive content.[28][29] It was later announced that Destiny would be released for Xbox 360 and Xbox One[30] On October 1, 2013, Bungie announced that a closed beta of Destiny would be made available to those who pre-order the game at selected retailers. Additional beta codes were also given out via social networking services.[31]
On April 11, 2014, Bungie terminated the employment of its long-time composer and audio director, Martin O'Donnell. Initially fans were concerned that the absence of Martin O'Donnell would affect the in-game music of Destiny; however, Pete Parsons of Bungie later confirmed that Destiny 's music was already complete and that O'Donnell's absence would have no effect on the development nearing its completion.[32] At E3 2014 on June 9, Bungie announced an alpha version of the game for PS4, which was open from June 12 to 16.[33] On June 17, 2014, Sony Computer Entertainment announced that Destiny would be a PlayStation exclusive in Japan.[34]
A public beta version of the game was released on PlayStation consoles on July 17 and Xbox consoles on July 22. Before the beta closed on July 27, it attracted around 4.6 million players.[35][36] During Sony Computer Entertainment's Gamescom 2014 press conference on August 12, 2014, Bungie announced that the first expansion pack for Destiny, titled The Dark Below, would be released in December 2014.[37] On August 23, 2014, Bungie and Activision confirmed that Destiny had gone gold.[38]
On September 2, 2014, Activision revealed that an exclusive item would be available for those who bought Destiny and pre-ordered Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.[39] On September 5, 2014, Sony Computer Entertainment announced and released a trailer about an exclusive mission for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 versions. The Xbox 360 and Xbox One versions will receive the mission sometime in late 2015.[40] That same day, publisher Activision announced that those who buy the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions digitally were able to download their respective next-gen version at no additional charge.[41] The offer was available until January 15, 2015.[42]
Post-release content[edit]
Prior to the official release of Destiny in September 2014, Bungie declared that a major component of the game would be a continuous release of new content, part of the game's 10-year-plan. Bungie Director of Production Jonty Barnes said: "We're going to continuously update the game from now until the end of time. That's always going to be part of the philosophy of Destiny. We always wanted to build a new universe but keep building upon it, rather than to do a complete and utter restart periodically."[43] By the time of Destiny 's launch, two planned packs of downloadable content (DLC) had been officially announced: The Dark Below and The House of Wolves.[44]
The Dark Below[edit]
Destiny 's first DLC pack The Dark Below was released on December 9, 2014. The pack features an inclusive storyline around the race the Hive that was told over the course of three new story missions, one new strike and one new raid called Crota's End . It introduces the non-player character (NPC) merchant Eris Morn who gave quests, bounties and items to players.[45][46] PlayStation 3 and 4 versions of the game received additional timed-exclusive content, including a strike and weapons.[47] A hard mode for Crota's End unlocked on January 21, 2015, which offered new challenges and rewards.[48]
The House of Wolves[edit]
The House of Wolves is the second planned DLC pack for Destiny with a tentative release date of second quarter, or Q2, of 2015.[49]
Other content[edit]
The player versus player (PvP) area of the game called The Crucible has received multiple week- or weekend-long events/game types, including Salvage and Combined Arms.[50][51] The most prominent Crucible event is the Iron Banner, in which players compete for exclusive gear and items and the gameplay limitations on player attack and defense abilities present in other Crucible gametypes are greatly reduced allowing for players with more powerful gear to do more damage.[52] The Iron Banner is typically a week-long event and returns periodically.[53][54] Destiny also released a two-week-long event called the Queen's Wrath in which players completed new bounties for exclusive gear, weapons and items.[51]
|Destiny Original Soundtrack
|Soundtrack album by Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Paul McCartney, Skye Lewin, and Stan LePard
|September 26, 2014
Video game soundtrack
|Bungie Music Publishing
Destiny Original Soundtrack is the official soundtrack for the video game, composed by Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Skye Lewin, and Stan LePard, with contributions and input from British musician Paul McCartney. Released digitally via iTunes on September 26, 2014, the soundtrack contains 44 instrumental songs from the game.[55][56] The soundtrack marked Martin O'Donnell's final work for Bungie, after years of composing for the Halo franchise, as well as several games before that. In addition, McCartney wrote and recorded an original song inspired by the game.[57][58][59]
Early in Destiny 's development, O'Donnell was contacted by Pete Parsons (current Chief Operating Officer of Bungie), and was asked to begin writing music for the game. At the time, Destiny was still in its infancy, as it lacked any gameplay material for O'Donnell to score music to, so instead, O'Donnell began creating music based solely on the games ideas, stories, and artwork.[60] By February 17, 2013, over 50 minutes of the soundtrack had already been recorded with a 106-piece orchestra at Abbey Road Studios in London.[61] O'Donnell gave the early pieces of music to Bungie in hopes that they would foster inspiration within the development team.[62]
Unlike the Halo series, where pieces of music were only 2–3 minutes long, Martin has stated that the soundtrack for Destiny has no time restrictions, with the pieces clocking in "as long as they need to be."[61] O'Donnell collaborated with Paul McCartney on the soundtrack for the better part of two years, as they traded ideas, melody samples, and themes back and forth.[63] On April 11, 2014, Martin O'Donnell was dismissed without cause by the board of directors at Bungie.[64] This caused concern as to whether this would affect the game; however, Pete Parsons stated that O'Donnell's work on the game had been completed before his dismissal and would appear in the final product.[65]
|Destiny (Original Soundtrack)
|"The Traveler"
|Paul McCartney, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
|"The Fallen"
|C Paul Johnson, Skye Lewin, Paul McCartney, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
|"Excerpt from the Hope"
|Paul McCartney, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
|"Excerpt from the Ecstasy"
|Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
|"The Warmind"
|C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
|C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
|"The Tower"
|C Paul Johnson, Paul McCartney, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
|"The Last Array"
|C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
|"The Collapse"
|C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
|"The Journey Home"
|C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
|"First Challenge"
|C Paul Johnson, Stan LePard, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
|C Paul Johnson, Skye Lewin
|C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
|"The Great Unknown"
|C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
|"Excerpt 1 from the Rose"
|Paul McCartney, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
|"Excerpt from the Tribulation"
|Paul McCartney, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
|"Guardians Lost"
|C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
|"Relic of Hope"
|C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
|C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
|"Lost Horizons"
|C Paul Johnson, Paul McCartney, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
|C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
|"Sepiks Prime"
|C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
|"Traveler's Promise"
|C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
|C Paul Johnson
|"Excerpt from the Ruin"
|Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
|"Untold Legends"
|C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
|"Cabal Stomp"
|C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
|"Dust Giants"
|C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
|"Ishtar Sink"
|C Paul Johnson, Skye Lewin, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
|"The World's Grave"
|C Paul Johnson, Skye Lewin
|"Exclusion Zone"
|C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
|"The Stranger"
|C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
|"Temple of Crota"
|C Paul Johnson
|"Eye of the Gate Lord"
|C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
|"The Hive"
|C Paul Johnson
|"The Collective"
|C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
|"End of the Line"
|C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
|"The Vex"
|C Paul Johnson, Skye Lewin, Paul McCartney, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
|"Siege Dancers"
|C Paul Johnson, Skye Lewin, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
|C Paul Johnson, Skye Lewin, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
|C Paul Johnson
|"Excerpt 2 from the Rose"
|Paul McCartney, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
|"Excerpt from the Union"
|Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
|"All Ends Are Beginnings"
|C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
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Critical reception[edit]
Destiny received generally mixed to positive reviews. Aggregating review websites GameRankings and Metacritic gave the Xbox One version 78.55% based on 10 reviews and 75/100 based on 11 reviews[66][69] and the PlayStation 4 version 76.83% based on 64 reviews and 76/100 based on 95 reviews.[67][68] Bungie halted pre-release reviews stating that they felt the game should be graded only when its social aspects were operative and populated with "thousands of gamers" in order to give a proper assessment.[83]
GameSpot described the game as "a multiplayer shooter that cobbles together elements of massively multiplayer games but overlooks the lessons developers of such games learned many years ago"; however, the game's competitive multiplayer modes were praised for carrying on Bungie's expertise from the Halo franchise with well-designed maps.[74] GameTrailers gave a generally positive review, but also criticized the weak story and uninspired game locations. However, they did praise the graphics as well as the rush the combat can provide the player.[75] A general lack of cohesive communication between players was also criticized, with Game Informer calling it "downplayed and difficult".[84]
Destiny was criticized for its lack of story content, with many pointing to the disjointed narrative and shallow plot implementation.[citation needed] Bungie has since acknowledged that the story was lacking in some respects, and stated that the game's first DLC expansion, The Dark Below, would focus on providing more background to the universe of Destiny.[85] The game's end-game content was the subject of criticism, due to its particular focus on grinding for rare items through various means (including multiplayer games and other missions).[86] The discovery of "loot caves"—locations with quickly re-spawning enemies that could previously be used to farm for rare items, along with initial issues surrounding the "Vault of Glass" raid boss, became associated with these lingering issues.[87][88][89][90] Despite the criticism, the game received the title of Game of the Year from GamesRadar[91] and the BAFTA Award for Best Game at the British Academy Video Games Awards.[92]
On September 10, 2014, Activision claimed that Destiny was the most successful new gaming franchise launch, as the game shipped more than US$500 million to retail stores and first-parties worldwide.[93] As of September 17, 2014, there have been over 11 million gameplay sessions within North America.[94] It was also the biggest software launch for the PlayStation 4 since holiday 2013.[95] On November 4, 2014, Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg revealed that the game has 9.5 million registered players.[96] On December 23, 2014, Bungie revealed that 13 million people have played the game since its launch.[97] As of January 5, 2015, the game has 16 million registered players.[98]
Destiny sold 91,277 physical retail copies for PlayStation 4 and 49,503 retail copies for PlayStation 3 within the first week of release in Japan, placing second and third place respectively within the Japanese software sales charts for that particular week.[99]
Destiny was the third best-selling retail game in the United States in 2014.[100]
In November 2014, Bungie confirmed that a sequel to Destiny was already in production.[101] Players' characters and progression are expected to carry over to the follow-up.[102]
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It's only wine, init?
UK newspaper The Guardian recently ran a short online piece on corks, and their apparent comeback over the recent rise of the screwcap. You can see the original piece here:
Why corks are popping once more (guardian.co.uk, June 21st)
If you actually click through to read the article, you will immediately see some of its many shortcomings. It is a tragically short piece; just four paragraphs (totalling nine sentences) on the return of cork. With no real conclusion, it reads as though another dozen paragraphs have been lost somewhere between submission and publication. Fair enough, there's nothing wrong with pithy, to-the-point journalism, except that this piece is also very unbalanced, with no exploration of the issue at hand; it reads very much like some re-worked press release.
The author is Hannah Olivennes; take a look at her other listed articles and you will see her name attached to some 'bigger' stories, on a counter-terrorism review and the closure of children's residential care homes, but always in partnership with other journalists. So she is an intern, and a 'trophy' intern no less, as Hannah is the daughter of actress Kirsten Scott Thomas. Berry Bros. & Rudd have Alexandra Mentzelopoulos (daughter of Corinne, proprietor of Margaux) who works in their glamorous Basingstoke offices, learning about the UK wine trade….and the Guardian have Hannah Olivennes, clearly learning the ropes at the newspaper, perhaps as part of a degree in journalism?
The crowning glory of any internship would of course be to see your own piece published. Unfortunately for Hannah, her colleagues have under-estimated the response a nine-sentence PR-rehash would generate from those who take wine and wine closures very seriously, and the piece has backfired on Hannah, who I suspect has learnt much about the newspaper industry during her internship, but not a lot about journalism. The poor quality of the article – and let me be clear, the ultimate responsibility for this lies, in my opinion, with her supervisors/editors, not with the inexperienced Hannah – was quickly seized upon by online Guardian readers. Two pages of comments exist, although in a display of heavy-handed moderation worthy of Mark Squires (Squires moderates the erobertparker.com board, deleting criticisms, censoring anti-Parker comments, at one time even censoring mention of opposing voices such as Alice Feiring and Wine Berserkers, words which were automatically replaced by the board software with ************* – you can't make this stuff up!) many have been deleted.
The ultimate message here for me is not that the newspaper staff at the Guardian need to look after their interns better, instead of hanging them out to dry by allowing them to publish rubbish work, nor that they should be encouraging a little more journalistic thought in their interns, even though I think that is probably true. Instead I wonder if the piece went to publication because it was perceived that it didn't really matter. After all, it's only wine, not a story on terrorism or a looming social services disaster. It is indicative of the disregard the UK mainstream media have for wine and wine writing, neither of which are treated seriously. This cork piece is perhaps part of a much broader dumbed-down landscape, one which also features "shopping list" wine writing articles instead of real wine writing, in which otherwise erudite authors, as well as Malcolm Gluck, publish superficial articles which are primarily lists of low-priced wines currently available from supermarkets as a substitute for saying anything interesting. Finding any articles of merit concerning wine in the UK mainstream media, is near to impossible.
Because, ultimately, it's only wine, init?

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8th October 2004
HUGH GRANT was so impressed with RENEE ZELLWEGER's convincing portrayal of an English girl in BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY - he refused to believe she is from Texas, America. The British actor considers the OSCAR-winner's...
Tagged in this article - Hugh Grant, Renee Zellweger, Helen Fielding
Zellweger: Jogging Keeps Me Sane
7th October 2004
Actress RENEE ZELLWEGER was frustrated when she had to give up jogging to put on weight to play BRIDGET JONES. The COLD MOUNTAIN actress gets rid of all her pent-up anger when she is...
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Zellweger Sick Of Weight Obsessed Media
7th October 2004
American actress RENEE ZELLWEGER has attacked the media, accusing them of starting a worldwide obsession with her weight. Since the star was required to gain weight for her roles in BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY and...
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Zellweger Terrified Of Consumerism
6th October 2004
Hollywood actress RENEE ZELLWEGER has blasted modern society for being obsessed with consumerism, something she admits "scares the c**p" out of her. The BRIDGET JONES star worries the western world is becoming increasingly conservative....
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Zellweger Felt 'Clumsy' In Britain
6th October 2004
OSCAR-winning actress RENEE ZELLWEGER had a tough time whenever she was in Britain for extended visits - because the people made her feel "curt and clumsy". The COLD MOUNTAIN star, who lived in London...
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Zellweger To Take Year-long Break
5th October 2004
Actress RENEE ZELLWEGER is taking a year-long break from Hollywood, so she can spend more time hanging out with her friends. The BRIDGET JONES star plans to take a complete career break now she...
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Zellweger Notices Change In Britain
4th October 2004
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Shark Tale Swims To The Top
4th October 2004
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Gyllenhaal To Be Male Bridget Jones
3rd October 2004
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Zellweger: The Godmother
3rd October 2004
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3rd October 2004
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Zellweger Still In Mourning For Dead Dog
3rd October 2004
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White And Zellweger Split
3rd October 2004
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Tagged in this article - Jack White, Renee Zellweger, Bridget Jones's Diary, Cold Mountain
Zellweger: Oscar Didn't Change My Life
3rd October 2004
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Messing Has Yet To Move Into Zellweger's Old Home
30th September 2004
WILL + GRACE star DEBRA MESSING and her husband DANIEL ZELMAN have yet to move into their Bel Air, California, mansion - more than a year since they bought it from RENEE ZELLWEGER. CHICAGO...
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Beckham Lands Jeans Deal
26th September 2004
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Tagged in this article - Spice Girl Victoria Beckham, Britney Spears, Renee Zellweger
Clooney's A Big Boost To Dad's Political Ambitions
22nd September 2004
GEORGE CLOONEY has raised $600,000 (GBP333,000) for his father NICK's political campaign. The movie star has confessed MICHAEL DOUGLAS and RENEE ZELLWEGER are among the star names who have helped fund the campaign....
Tagged in this article - George Clooney, Michael Douglas, Renee Zellweger
Renee Misses Snow Action
21st September 2004
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Tagged in this article - Renee Zellweger, Bridget Jones
Bridget Jones' Pirate Fears
6th September 2004
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Tagged in this article - Bridget Jones, Renee Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, The Guardian
J.lo's Bottom Hits The Top Once More
3rd September 2004
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Zellweger Auctions Bridget Clothes
2nd September 2004
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Tagged in this article - Renee Zellweger, Bridget Jones's Diary
Renee Thinks Twice About Bridget Jones 3
22nd August 2004
Movie star RENEE ZELLWEGER is having second thoughts about filming a third installment of BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY - because she fears gaining weight for the role is threatening her long-term health. The actress has...
Tagged in this article - Renee Zellweger, Morgan Spurlock
Elephant Man Crowned The Most Extreme Screen Makeover
15th August 2004
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Bridget Jones On The Back Burner
13th August 2004
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Tagged in this article - Renee Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Mr Bean
Cullum Lands Bridget Jones Role
2nd August 2004
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Tagged in this article - Jamie Cullum, Bridget Jones, Renee Zellweger, The Edge
J.lo Snubbed Jerry Maguire
25th July 2004
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Tagged in this article - Jennifer Lopez, Renee Zellweger, Chicago
White Rejected More Surgery
7th July 2004
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Tagged in this article - Jack White, White Stripes, Renee Zellweger
Zellweger's Weightloss Scares Jack
11th June 2004
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Tagged in this article - Renee Zellweger, Jack White, White Stripes
Clooney: 'I'm Not Against Kids'
2nd June 2004
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Zellweger And White's Dirty Weekend
26th May 2004
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Publication Date : 02-07-2014
More efforts must be made to efficiently manage and use scarce water resources of the Mekong River as climate change and rapid development to produce electricity are threatening its sustainability.
Speaking at a conference yesterday in Ninh Binh Province titled "Green Growth on the Rise in the Mekong River Basin," Le Duc Trung, Director General of the Vietnam National Mekong Committee (VNMC), said water resources in the Mekong Delta were facing great challenges due to increased population, expansion of irrigated areas and construction of mainstream hydropower projects.
"Like many other countries in the region, Vietnam is also facing many challenges of using water resources in a sustainable manner," he said.
"These challenges include reduced amount of water in both surface and groundwater coupled with increasingly degraded water quality and threats from flooding, drought, sea level rise, natural disasters and coastal erosion," he warned.
The Mekong Delta in Vietnam covers an area of about 3.96 million hectares, accounting for 5 per cent of the area of the Mekong River Basin and accommodates more than 22 per cent of the total population of the country.
It receives about 475 billion cubic metres of water every year from the Mekong River and 160 million tonnes of sediment and accompanied nutrients, ensuring its vast agricultural potential. Mekong River water also creates and maintains wetlands in Vietnam.
Experts, however, have long warned that many of the planned hydropower projects, when completed, would cause significant impact on the environment, especially the water resources, and endanger the livelihood of the basin's inhabitants especially in the Mekong Delta, which ensures food security for about 85 million Vietnamese as well as the global need.
The Mekong River Commission, an intergovernmental group known as MRC, estimates that by 2013, there were at least 77 hydropower projects planned on Mekong River's tributaries and 11 mainstream hydropower projects/dams planned in the Lower Mekong Basin, which is home to more than 60 million people.
According to the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), a multilateral international organisation working with countries to discover and realise their green growth potential, the adverse impacts from man-made developments and consequent environment changes have forced affected countries to further enhance protection for water.
Dr. Imran Habib Ahmad, Director of East Asia and Pacific of GGGI, said the gap between global demand for fresh water resources and available supply was expected to be about 40 per cent in 2030 and the Mekong River Basin was not an exception to this challenge.
Since October 2013, GGGI has been working closely with VNMC to develop and apply a systematic approach to water resources management in the Mekong Delta.
Juhern Kim, a senior advisor with GGGI, said some of the challenges that must be tackled in water resources management in the Mekong Delta included overexploitation of water resources, lax law enforcement for parties that pollute water resources and lack of job opportunities to boost the development of the Mekong Delta.
Victor Vazquez, a water specialist with the World Bank Vietnam, said poorly managed "extreme water" could cost countries more GDP growth than many economic recessions, requiring countries such as Vietnam to consider water as a cross-sectional issue.
According to Vazquez, better water management means better allocation of water between competing users, improved regulatory reforms and increased opportunities for private sector financing, among other tasks.
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When Ed Greene speaks, people listen. OK, so I adapted that line from an advertising slogan, but when the genial CBS4 weatherman advised guests at the Colorado Symphony Ball to "party like rock stars and bid like Bach stars," they did just that.
Especially trustees Dick Saunders [1] and Bob Newman. Saunders, who made his fortune in construction, beat out other contenders by offering $43,000 for a flute with James Galway [2]'s signature engraved on it; he also was high bidder (to the tune of $12,000) on a trip for two aboard the former American Orient Express, now knows as GrandLuxe Rail Journeys. He can choose from one of three destinations: National Parks of the West, the Great Northwest and Rockies or the Rockies, Sierras and Napa.
Newman, one of the founders of software giant JD Edwards [3], prevailed in spirited bidding for the gala's centerpiece item: a beautifully restored 1931 Packard 8-26 sedan donated by the Carolyn Longmire family. And, along with Erna Butler, he also paid $15,000 to sponsor Youth Concert scholarships in the coming season.
Carolyn Longmire, her son and daughter donated the car to the CSO in memory of their late husband and father, David Longmire, who had purchased the car in 1964. An 11-year frame-off restoration by Lordship Antique Auto in Stratford [4], Ct., followed.
"Our family is donating the Packard because my husband enjoyed the symphony and we wanted to do as much as we could for the orchestra," Carolyn said. "The CSO's education and outreach programs are so important to the community, and it is necessary that our youth receive the opportunity to attend music programs, particularly as this is a time when schools are cutting funding for arts and music."
The ball, chaired by Pat Vincent and her husband, Bob Collawn [5], raised a record $891,000 for outreach and education. Vincent is the president and chief executive officer of Public Service Co. of Colorado, an Xcel Energy company; her husband is chairman of RocHenge.
Festivities took place at the Hyatt Regency Convention Center.
Before sitting down to a filet mignon and tiramisu dinner, the 650 guests socialized over cocktails and a silent auction in the ballroom foyer; the evening wrapped up with dancing to the Harry James Orchestra [6].
The 2007 Jeff Bradley Young Musician [7] Award, named for The Denver Post [8]'s late critic-at-large, was presented to 17-year-old violinist Jessica Oddie of Fairview High School in Boulder. She has studied violin since she was 5 and will spend the summer touring Argentina and Uruguay with the Denver Young Artists Orchestra and participating in an intensive violin study program in upstate New York.
She accepted the Jeff Bradley Award from The Post's entertainment editor, Ed Smith.
Pianist Trevor Hale, a freshman at the University of Colorado at Boulder, also performed.
Cy Harvey, chairman of the Colorado Symphony Association board, joined CEO Doug Adams in praising both the orchestra and its supporters.
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Guests included the vice chair of the board, Kevin Duncan, and his wife, Leanne [9]; Katie Stapleton [10] and Patrick Coulson; Sally and Gordon Rippey; Arlene and Barry Hirschfeld; Betty Lynn and Dennis Jackson; Barbara and Dennis Baldwin; Dianne Eddolls and Glenn Jones; Alby Segal and Katherine Gold; Debi Tryon with son, Ben, who does marketing and public relations for HD Net; Basil Vendryes [11], secretary of the symphony board; and Jane and Jim Wiltshire.
Brian and Payne Williams Heselton were telling friends of their move to the house in which she grew up on Cranmer Park, while Lee Clayton Roper and her husband, Robert, said they'd just downsized from a Bonnie Brae house to a Cherry Creek North townhome. Meanwhile, Barbara Grogan was positively radiant as she introduced her fiance, Michael Sims of St. Louis.
Other familiar faces in the crowd: Julie and Larry Gelfond, Craig Fleishman, Christine Benero, Sharon Linhart, Sue and Louis Clinton, Heather Kemper Miller, Char Campbell, auctioneer Gary Corbett, and Stacey Donaldson, the newest member of the CBS4 weather team who served as Greene's co-emcee.
Pictures from the Colorado Symphony Ball are at denverpost.com/SeenGallery.
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"Yeah well I'm afraid of what you MIGHT do." You laughed, peeking through the pillow. Gilbert shook his head and smiled at you.
"I wouldn't do anything to hurt you frau." He said.
You had been friends with Gilbert for as long as you can remember and you had been dating him for seven years now, Gilbert had asked you if you wanted to take your relationship one step further by living with him, you two had bought a house in a nice neighborhood and you had told him of your concerns about doing certain 'stuff' outside of wedlock and he had SURPRISINGLY taken in qui
Evening childWe'd sit on porch stepsEvening child2 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
Insecticide burning our lungs
Awkward and gangly attempting to grow into our limbs
You with freckles dusting your nose and I with a small dot on my cheek
You called it a beauty spot and I said god was too lazy to give me freckles
We were 15 and lust driven amnesiacs
Dissolving our flesh with cheap gin in your tree house
Throwing pebbles at the sky hoping to shatter it
We were an epidemic of the underdog prognosis
Playing encores to an audience of cowards
For some reason we'd always rush across rail way tracks
Metal bars quivering and our broken sneakers stumbling
We were branded in mistakes and embellished in thin silvery scars
Battle scars we'd say laughing because there was nothing else to do
The Man in the Coffee ShopThe man who works at the coffee shop looks like you. I noticed this some time ago and have since frequented the place. He recognizes me now. He smiles at me when I come in. His smile even looks like yours. He doesn't say hey though- you always said hey.The Man in the Coffee Shop4 years ago in Flash Fiction & Vignettes More Like This
I still work at the library even though you're not there.
Sometimes I look over to your desk and expect to see you typing at your computer, but someone else is there now. It's not you.
Sometimes someone will come in who looks like you. Maybe he will have the same hair, same stature, same profile, same laugh, same voice. It's never been you.
Sometimes I drive myself crazy. I pull at my hair and scream 'till my lungs burst. I scream for and at you. I ask how you could have left me here.
Sometimes I allow myself to believe that I will see you again. By chance we will run into each other in a Wal-Mart far away.
I go to the coffee shop on Tuesday afternoons. I order a small chai tea with milk.
Sometimes the man is working at th
Lucky Chance: SpainXReaderNoise pollution. Who coined the term again?Lucky Chance: SpainXReader3 years ago in Romance More Like This
Rhythms blasted in discord and words paraded all over the room. Chaos. Chaos everywhere. The lights were out and only the glow from the TV screen allowed you to see.
You couldn't figure out whether you should be happy about letting your friends decide on how to celebrate your day. Arthur instantly won their support by suggesting to go singing in a karaoke bar. They were sick of swallowing grease from Alfred's food preferences and so were you and besides, you were always up for an adventure.
You could only smile at your unbelievable friends. It was a good thing that they decided to rent a sound-proof compartment that only had two microphones, or else you wouldn't have a face to show from your embarrassment.
"Happy birthday, _____________!"
They cheered and sang you the most popular song in the world.
"Thank you, guys!" You said, giving them a tearful look, astonished that your sense of hearing still wasn't distorted.
Alfred and Arthur sn
these are the last things i'll say before i'm goneIf I had to give a name to what I'm feeling I would just call it disappearing. Because it's exactly like the way that you can know everything about someone one day and nothing the next. It's the quick death love has that leaves you wanting more or wanting it back in the best and worst of ways.these are the last things i'll say before i'm gone3 years ago in Flash Fiction & Vignettes More Like This
If I had to explain I would say this feeling is something like standing outside of your door at four in the morning, even though I know I shouldn't be here, wearing the same wrinkled clothes I had on the day before, wanting nothing more than to beg to come home, but knowing better, because following the motions isn't really the best follow through.
I won't admit how much I miss you I can't, but I can tell you this.
The thing about disappearing is that it doesn't stop me from wanting to be completely impossible to forget. And maybe that's a bit of an anomaly, but I've never made much sense to begin with anyway.
And sure, we're all different in the same ways, but I want to be differen
Blue Eyed Childhood: AmericaXReader(NOTE: If you're American, assume another nationality)Blue Eyed Childhood: AmericaXReader3 years ago in Drama More Like This
The taxi driver thanked you for the generous tip and bid you a happy and safe trip. In a few hours, you would be leaving the Land of the Free.
You looked around and sighed. The John F. Kennedy Airport seemed so unkind with all the sadness you were carrying in your heart. There used to be so much excitement in the place when you first set foot in it more than a week ago. But now that you were leaving with such heavy thoughts, you only reminisced the past two weeks because you couldn't revive the feeling anymore
Your colleague, who was sitting by the window, squealed like a giddy child. "Hey look, we're already here!"
You were in a deep slumber when she did so, but you ignored the disturbance. You took a peek outside the window to stop her from squealing. The view from above made you understand how your colleague felt. The sun smiled so brightly at the Manhattan skyscrapers. It was simply spectacular.
The plane had landed. It t
The First Time I Cried While Reading PoetryHe asked if a soul can acheThe First Time I Cried While Reading Poetry4 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
while I wondered
do little girls in Thailand
sleeping in servitude
and blameless sin
believe God loves them?
He reached across the sheets, pressed
the pad of his left thumb into my hip,
and impaled miracles on dull words:
"look at us, all agony and grace."
Then rolled away.
I kissed his palms,
closed my eyes,
knew love to be a rabid dog.
The first time I cried while reading poetry,
he sighed and asked:
"does the world make more sense
when it's blurry?"
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