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Time of India
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
How to complete the Storm of Stories quest in Disney Dreamlight Valley
(Image via YouTube/Disney Dreamlight Valley) Disney Dreamlight Valley's recent update has introduced the Storm of Stories quest. It's the crucial first quest of Storybook Vale's 2nd chapter. Players must act swiftly to restore vanishing characters, uncover lost memories and solve some mystical puzzles. By any chance, if you get stuck, here is a complete guide to how to complete Storm of Stories quest and be a part of the captivating adventure. Start the quest by answering Lorekeeper 's call Begin your quest by checking the in-game mailbox. You will find a letter in it that's titled 'A Most Disturbing Development.' To open this letter would trigger The Storm of Stories quest. The urgent summons are from Lorekeeper. A Storm of Stories Quest Guide in Disney Dreamlight Valley Note: Lorekeeper is a sentient book that resides in the Library of Lore. In The Storybook Vale, head to the Library of Lore and speak to the floating book, the Lorekeeper, to learn about a strange sickness that's been affecting the realm, erasing locations and characters. Your first directive now will be clear—seek Merida, who is fading away because of the magical storm. She has the first clue to the unfolding chaos. Follow Merida to Whirlwind mystery As you find Merida in the Vale, she will speak about the bizarre storm that's centering The Bind's bridge. She will then lead you to Mysterious Whirlwind near The Bind. Investigate the whirlwind. Upon your arrival, interacting with this phenomenon would trigger an eruption of Shadowy Bird Snippets. Ensure to catch 5 of them with Royal Net. Once they are collected, the Mysterious Story Page will spawn nearby. Give the page to Merida to restore her memory and halt her disappearance. Aid Flynn and confront Hades Your next task is to find Flynn Rider. He, too, is succumbing to sickness. He will point you towards another anomaly that's in Everafter. It's quite specifically near southern Trial grounds. Ensure to follow him to the new whirlwind. To engage with Whirlwind would release the Shadowy Frog Snippets this time. Catch all the five hopping nuisances. As they are captured, it will reveal Flynn's Moment, which is a vital piece of the story. Present it to him, and it will solidify his presence again. A Storm of Stories Quest Guide in Disney Dreamlight Valley Now, the final afflicted ally here is Hades. Track him down fast and then accompany him to the whirlwind in Mythopia near Mount Olympus. Here, you will find Shadowy Demon Snippets. Net all the five demons and uncover the story page for Hades. Return it to him to stabilize his situation. Unlock the path of Maleficent With all three restored now, consult Lorekeeper once again. The next proposal received will be to solve the Journey puzzle of Maleficent in the story reordering interface. You can access it through dialogue. Unlock the puzzle with the use of Shadow Snippets that you gathered earlier. Next, arrange all the pieces in the right way to depict the tale of Maleficent. To solve it will reveal her entrapment in Unwritten Realms. To reach her, you must arrange larger circular tiles on Lore floor of the Library. Rotate three movable outer rings using posts. Align them to form a complete image of Maleficent facing in the correct direction. Your success here would open a massive swirling book portal on the floor. Step into the gateway for entering Unwritten Realms, completing the Storm of Stories quest and launching your next adventure. Catch Manika Batra's inspiring story on Game On, Episode 3. Watch Here!
Yahoo
27-06-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Swollen river washes away homes in Venezuela
STORY: :: June 26, 2026 :: Apartaderos, Venezuela :: Flooding after heavy rain devastates a town in Venezuela's western Merida state 'It washed away my whole house. I couldn't recover anything from my house. At that moment I could only think about my family that was sleeping inside the house. Thank God my guardian angel told me to come back home. That's what I did, I saved my family that was sleeping inside my home. Thank God I saved them, they are with me.' The heavy rainfall increased the flow of a river in the state of Merida in Venezuela, triggering floods that affected more than 270 families, according to the state government. Many residents also lost their belongings to the floodwaters. "It washed away my whole house. I couldn't recover anything from my house," said Jorge Luis Rivas with tears welling up in his eyes. "Thank God my guardian angel told me to come back home. That's what I did, I saved my family that was sleeping inside my home." The Venezuelan government has activated a special response plan, providing medical care, food, and supplies. No deaths have been reported. Other states in the Andean zone affected by rains caused by the passage of tropical waves include Tachira, Barinas and Trujillo.
Times
31-05-2025
- Business
- Times
The woman making $2,000 shaggy chandeliers
As we look up at the gigantic shaggy 'creatures' hanging above us, Angela Damman smiles. 'They are dramatic,' she admits. 'They sort of take on their own personality.' We're gazing at the latest surreal-looking chandeliers that the American textile designer is creating in the studio of her 22-acre Mexican hacienda. It's located outside a rural village 40 minutes from Merida, the capital of the Yucatan. The Yucatan peninsula is known today for its idyllic beaches and Mayan ruins. Less known is that until the early 1900s, the Yucatan supplied 90 per cent of the world's rope thanks to a native agave plant called henequen. When the Spanish arrived, they referred to the plant as 'green gold' — until the money dried up in the early 20th century with the invention of synthetic fibres. When Damman moved here with her husband and two children in 2011, the plan was to do up the splendid yet dilapidated hacienda surrounded by lush jungle. (The ruined haciendas of the Yucatan are a legacy from the henequen boom.) But one day Damman, a former environmental consultant, noticed a man wearing a sabucan, a traditional Mayan field worker's cross-body bag. She was fascinated to learn not just that this woven bag was created from the famous 'green gold' but that the plant was still growing in the grounds of her family's new hacienda. 'I've always loved natural materials and the concept of seeking new ideas within existing commodities,' says the 55-year-old, who grew up on a family farm in Minnesota. Her father started one of the first grassroots ethanol fuel plants in the US using corn that was stockpiled and rotting because of the market crisis in the 1980s. An idea was forming — but she had no clue how to work with this spiky agave. It seemed as if knowledge of handcrafting the plant had become extinct. But Damman didn't give up. 'I asked my housekeeper and she found an old lady called Doña Felipa who'd been weaving henequen fibres for nearly 80 years. Her grandmother taught her when she was 12, back in the days before anyone dreamt of petrochemical synthetic threads.' With Doña Felipa's help, Damman learnt how the plant fibres were used for craft. It's a long process that involves extracting the fibres, drying them in the sun and boiling them in a cauldron over an outdoor wood fire. Afterwards comes hand-combing and colouring with organic dyes from local trees and plants. The final fibre resembles luxuriant lengths of horsehair that are then woven into textiles using portable back-strap looms. Damman then uses this superfine textile to make handbags and home decor items. As well as weaving the fibres into textiles, she also began to experiment with using the raw fibres for conceptual pieces such as the chandeliers. When business took off and Doña Felipa couldn't keep up with the textile orders, Damman co-sponsored a weaving school called the Maya Youth Artisan Initiative, which teaches young women from local communities this ancient craft. 'At first the young women weren't convinced about learning the ancient skills,' Damman says. 'Traditionally, henequen weaving didn't make much money.' She explained that the items they'd be making would earn them more because they would be reaching a higher market. She then took them to the Mayan World Museum in Merida to inspire them. 'What began as an idea to work with local plants became my life's passion,' Damman explains. 'Our goal is to support both the land and the rural communities.' She now grows fibrous plants on five acres of her property (with friends in a nearby village growing a couple more acres for her) and works with about 30 Mexican artisans and workers. Her bags and home decor items are popular, but the shaggy-chic chandeliers are her bestsellers, and cost from $2,350. 'They really are something different. You wouldn't find them in a regular lighting catalogue.' They form super-sized statement pieces in the new Noa Santos-designed Banana Republic flagship store in New York, and diners at the Los Mochis restaurants in London can eat ceviche under stretches of Damman's reimagined Yucatan green gold. One chandelier requires about 40,000m of fibre and takes more than three months to produce. Another plant that Damman uses is Sansevieria, or mother-in-law's tongue, since its fibres are softer and finer than henequen. It also happens to be one of the highest oxygen-producing plants in the world. Alongside their extraordinary shape, Damman's sculptural 'creatures' give off a unique luminosity because each plant fibre is different from the next. At this year's Mexico City Art Week she premiered a chandelier from a new series, From the Underworld. Its atmospheric colours of orange and red glowed as if they were dipped in a gentle fire of hell. The piece's inspiration is the Ceiba tree, which in Mayan belief symbolises a sacred conduit between the underworld and the heavens. 'This one really feels alive to me,' she says, 'as though it's coming out of the ground and reaching for the skies.' The concept is linked with Damman's own spiritual journey, although she jokes that her children say it looks like something from outer space, but she's fine with that. 'I love all the interpretations,' she says. 'When you keep it simple, it seems to open up the imagination.' Damman's works are for sale in London at the Sarah Myerscough Gallery,
Yahoo
05-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
'I don't think we will ever have many' - what next for multi-club model?
Academy director Stephen Torpey joined Brentford in January 2023 to lead what he feels is a "clean slate" having worked with the likes of Enzo Maresca, Pep Guardiola, Cole Palmer and Phil Foden at Manchester City, while also working with Rodolfo Borrell, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Curtis Jones at Liverpool. Torpey is taking charge of the revamping of Brentford's academy after they decided to reintroduce the youth system. Speaking at the launch of Brentford's news academy building, Torpey explained: "I was so fortunate to be around great people at City and Liverpool - a lot of people I worked with have gone onto great things - a lot of players I've worked with have gone onto play for their teams, but I'm proud of those who didn't succeed, became coaches or play at a lower level." Brentford's growth off the field extends to owner Matthew Benham's restructure of the club into a new holding company - Best Intentions Analytics, which bought Spanish third division club Merida. Director of football Phil Giles further explained the strategy behind the expansion: "Merida will be run for its own success, first in Spain but it is also close to Portugal, so it is one of the markets many clubs look at. It was an opportunity as the previous owner Mark Heffernan was looking to sell, did good work and knew Matthew Benham already and it was sensible numbers. "There will be a conversation about a link but that's very early in the process. We will look at how Brentford can help Merida grow and win, and help players develop for Brentford. It is easy to say it but hard to do it in practice so both are successful. "I don't think we will ever have many clubs [in the multi-club model]. At this stage, we are not looking for another club but it doesn't mean we are not open in the future. We just want to do this really well and we are trying embed the relationships on the ground, settle it down and that will take time." Read more from Giles on the academy and profit and sustainability rules below.
BBC News
05-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
'I don't think we will ever have many' - what next for multi-club model?
Academy director Stephen Torpey joined Brentford in January 2023 to lead what he feels is a "clean slate" having worked with the likes of Enzo Maresca, Pep Guardiola, Cole Palmer and Phil Foden at Manchester City, while also working with Rodolfo Borrell, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Curtis Jones at is taking charge of the revamping of Brentford's academy after they decided to reintroduce the youth at the launch of Brentford's news academy building, Torpey explained: "I was so fortunate to be around great people at City and Liverpool - a lot of people I worked with have gone onto great things - a lot of players I've worked with have gone onto play for their teams, but I'm proud of those who didn't succeed, became coaches or play at a lower level."Brentford's growth off the field extends to owner Matthew Benham's restructure of the club into a new holding company - Best Intentions Analytics, which bought Spanish third division club Merida. Director of football Phil Giles further explained the strategy behind the expansion: "Merida will be run for its own success, first in Spain but it is also close to Portugal, so it is one of the markets many clubs look at. It was an opportunity as the previous owner Mark Heffernan was looking to sell, did good work and knew Matthew Benham already and it was sensible numbers. "There will be a conversation about a link but that's very early in the process. We will look at how Brentford can help Merida grow and win, and help players develop for Brentford. It is easy to say it but hard to do it in practice so both are successful. "I don't think we will ever have many clubs [in the multi-club model]. At this stage, we are not looking for another club but it doesn't mean we are not open in the future. We just want to do this really well and we are trying embed the relationships on the ground, settle it down and that will take time."Read more from Giles on the academy and profit and sustainability rules below.
