Steelwork and bridge deck construction are now complete on Griffiths' new Dyfi Bridge project in Wales.

Building work on the Welsh Government scheme began in spring 2021.

The site team are now working on the viaduct finishes, including deck waterproofing, parapets and combined kerbing installation.

Road surfacing, street lighting, and signage installation are also underway, ensuring safety and convenience for the travelling public. Griffiths is also working on drainage and scour protection to guarantee the bridges longevity.

The bridge is located on the A487 near Machynlleth in Wales. The existing 19th century Pont-ar-Ddyfi bridge was not designed to carry the current volume of traffic, and the road is often closed due to frequent flooding.

The scheme will see the A487 realigned away from the Pont-ar-Ddyfi bridge, a Grade II-listed and Scheduled Ancient Monument, and routed onto a new viaduct structure 480m upstream to reduce the pinch point.

As such, the project has been designed to improve road safety, strengthen links between communities, provide active travel opportunities and build resilience against flooding.

The bridge will make it easier to cross the River Dyfi and provide better access to employment opportunities, healthcare and education. In addition, it will make sure Machynlleth remains a vibrant centre of the community and preserve historic landmarks and buildings.

The new 725m long viaduct, with a 74m span over the River Dyfi itself, was designed by Arup for contractor Griffiths. Work to minimise the flood risk and impact on the river was undertaken with Wallingford HydroSolutions.

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In some ugly scenes this evening at their pre-fight press conference, bitter enemies and opponents, Logan Paul and Dillon Danis were corralled and escorted off stage in Manchester after the latter appeared to hit the former in the face with a water bottle ahead of a planned face-off.

Slated to co-headline a MisFits boxing event in England, Bellator MMA grappler and 2-0 professional mixed martial artists, Danis makes a professional boxing debut in Manchester taking on professional wrestler and podcast host, Paul in a bad-blooded clash inside the square circle.

Currently involved in legal proceedings with Pauls fiance, Nina Agdal ahead of the boxing match, Dillon Danis has continued to post expletive photos of the latter on his official social media, as well as a slew of pictures of her alongside prior boyfriends and partners, in a bid to promote his clash with Ohio native, Paul.

And sharing the stage today in a heated back-and-forth ahead of this weekends co-main event bout in Manchester, Danis who showed off his Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu ability during last nights openworks, appeared to launch a water bottle at the face of Paul ahead of a staredown, with Paul covering his head as the two were escorted off stage with security scuffling.

Sidelined from active competition since 2019, Danis, who has since undergone a series of surgical procedures to address a myriad of knee injuries, boasts a 2-0 professional mixed martial arts record, landing a pair of back-to-back submission wins in two outings with Bellator MMA.

Across social media last night to boot, footage emerged of Danis choking out OnlyFans model and boxing influencer, Elle Brook, who asked to be choked unconscious before describing the feeling as so much better than drugs.

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(Pocket-lint) - The awesome Star Trek: Lower Decks is returning for a third season, but it's also moving to Paramount+.

There's been plenty of Star Trek fixes for Trekkies of late, including Star Trek: Picard, Strange New Worlds and Discovery. But Lower Decks has always been a little bit different, with tongue-in-cheek humour and plenty of amusing antics of the less important members of the USS Cerritos crew.

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If you've been following the first couple of seasons of Lower Decks on Disney+ then you probably want to keep watching. If so you'll have to head over to Paramount+ instead.

If you've been waiting with bated breath for the next outing of Lower Decks then good news. There's not long left to wait. Season 3 will start on 25 August 2022.

The third season promises 10 episodes to soak in, releasing one episode per week, every Thursday.

Paramount+ has promised a "shocking resolution" after the cliffhanger of the last season and we'd imagine there will be plenty of the usual hijinx as well.

The trailer also shows the appearance of Deep Space Nine, so that should have some interesting implications.

Lower Decks showrunner Mike McMahan will follow Captain Freeman's trial for allegedly destroying the Pakled homeworld as well as featuring a new relationship between Beckett Mariner and Jennifer Sh'reyan. Though a large part of the story will also focus on her relationship with her mother, Captain Freeman.

As with a lot of other Star Trek shows, Lower Decks season 3 is moving to Paramount+. So you'll need access to that streaming service in order to watch the new season.

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If you don't already have access, we've written about how to stream content with Paramount+, which devices support it and which regions it's available in, so you can make sure you don't miss out on Lower Decks season 3.

Star Trek fans will be pleased to hear that as well as the usual brilliant cast, season 3 is also set to include Jonathan Frakes appearing as William Riker in the show.

The other cast include:

Before season 3 even airs people are wondering whether there's going to be a season 4. The good news is that the next season has already been confirmed and was ordered at the start of January 2022.

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The two days of partisan political events during the Illinois State Fair are like miniature, stripped-down, informal versions of national political conventions. They serve as a sort of kickoff to our fall campaign season, so they are usually closely watched by reporters who cover campaigns and by insiders.

The speeches and organized theater are usually allowed to dominate coverage. Last week, gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey was driven to the Republican Day event on a large John Deere tractor, a tailor-made image for TV and print reporters alike. He then capably delivered his well-written speech, which mainly attempted to paint the incumbent Democratic governor as an out-of-touch billionaire with soft hands who lives in a bubble and has no clue what average folks are going through.

The hands image was at the core of Baileys speech. With our hands, and our sweat, we nurture life, we strengthen our families, and we feed the world, he said. Take a look at your hands. Theyre probably like mine, a little swollen, a little calloused, got scars on em, he said before relating the life of a farmer.

Companies are leaving, families are leaving. Some people are just throwing their hands up and giving up, he said later in his address. But I mentioned your hands earlier. Look at them again. You and I are hands-on people. We fix problems all day long. Now, weve got to turn our attention to fixing this great state, he continued.

And then he contrasted our hands with the wealthy governors. On Tuesday, I milked a cow, Bailey said, which, of course, involves his hands. Last week with J.B. Pritzker, he took a picture with the butter cow. Now dont get me wrong. The butter cow is amazing. But J.B. and his soft billionaire hands was safely on the other side of that protective glass, far from the work. Kind of like in his billionaire bubble. I say he doesnt care. But I want to tell you something. Maybe he just doesnt know.

The hands metaphor was also used as a means of political action: You cant clear a field of weeds if you dont pull them out by the roots, friends, and the only way to fix Illinois is to fire J.B. Pritzker and get the problem out by the roots.

Clever.

But images and speeches rarely make an impact with news media coverage alone. A candidate needs money to put those images and zingers in TV ads and to amplify them throughout the online world.

And Bailey still has no money to do that. His principal backer, billionaire Richard Uihlein, came in relatively late but big during the primary. So, maybe hell eventually do that again. Bailey has not yet shown any ability to raise substantial money on his own, either before the primary or since. Baileys only reported contribution last week was just $1,000.

Since the primary, Uihlein has contributed $20 million to Dan Profts People Who Play by the Rules PAC. Proft, a talk-radio host and political activist, aired some super-solid TV ads on Baileys behalf during the primary, so at first, I didnt think it was a huge deal. Instead, Proft has reverted back to running the type of ads that didnt win many elections when he was involving himself in legislative races (mainly with Uihleins money). His past few ads, costing $1.8 million at the time of this writing, simply feature unknown people who appear to be talking to an unseen interviewer just off-camera.

None of Profts independent expenditure ads mention Bailey by name. Pritzker isnt even featured. If, as I suspect, Uihlein ultimately wants Proft to take the helm of Baileys campaign, then Proft isnt auditioning well. Baileys own Uihlein-funded primary ads were infinitely superior to whats on TV now. The GOP ticket situation is currently in near-disaster mode, with Bailey under siege, but its gonna be the apocalypse if somebody doesnt do something soon.

Individual candidate speeches usually matter far less after the state fair fades to black. And Bailey showed last week that he is not quite capable of taking reporters questions.

Asked about his specific plan to address gun violence, for instance, Bailey said, it would be nice if we would start obeying and following the laws that we have.

Baileys speech and his Q&A were filled with divisive, unsubtle code words about hard-working people being victimized by their leaders who must now rise up as one and smite their abuser.

But its still much more effective than the stuff Uihlein is paying good money for right now.

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While the Steam Deck is a dream device for playing a lot of graphically intense titles on-the-go, the requirement to connect to the internet for many games limits its portability somewhat. This is further compounded by Steams requirement to validate your library online every time (the DRM overlords are always watching).

Emulators (opens in new tab) are not affected by this, but imagine my frustration when I wanted to play some Red Dead Redemption 2 on the train to London, only to see the game repeatedly crash because I didnt properly prepare it for offline mode.

But lucky for you, the Deck has a workaround solution that is similar to Steams offline mode. Offline mode is not airplane mode. Its a way to bypass a lot of the online requirements of many PC games.

So, if you have a long journey ahead of you with little to no internet connectivity, follow these steps to ensure you can play the best Steam Deck games along the way.

The Steam Decks offline mode worked across the vast majority of my games, such as Forza Horizon 5, Red Dead Redemption 2, Hitman 3, God of War and F1 22. But there are certain games, like DiRT Rally 2.0, that override this mode and just dont work.

When it fails you can find yourself stuck in one particular level or the game will just continually crash. Follow the steps below, but dont take this as gospel that all of your favorites work. Make sure you test before your trip!

1. While connected to the internet, make sure you open all the games you want to play, so that any updates have been applied, and any additional software downloads and installs have happened.

2. Play these games for 5-10 minutes while online also. Red Dead Redemption 2 is a good example of why offline mode doesnt work until youve opened it and played it for at least ten minutes in my experience.

3. Once done, quit out of your games, head over to settings, internet and turn on offline mode. Make sure you only put your Steam Deck to sleep. Do not shut it down, as that will restart the need to validate all your games online.

4. And voila! Your games should be playable offline.

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Star Treks Lower Decks, Strange New Worlds, and Discovery have earned six Saturn Award nominations.

Star Trek has found a strong second wind with the unofficial start of their second era of Nu Trek. While Discovery, Lower Decks, and Picard failed to nap a lot of success outside of die-hard Trekkers, Strange New Worlds had no problem at all.

The series returned the franchise back to the classic Star Trek that we all love and it paid off. Not only is the series the most popular new streaming show of the early summer, but it also leads the way with four Saturn Award nominations.

In total, Star Trek has six nods, but in only five categories, as Discovery will go toe to toe with Strange New Worlds for Best Science Fiction Series (Streaming). Anson Mount landed a nod for Best Actor in a Streaming Series, while Ethan Peck and Jess Bush both landed nods for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress categories respectively.

Lower Decks got the nod for Best Animated Series, rounding out the nominations.

Science Fiction Series (Streaming)

The Expanse (Amazon) For All Mankind (Apple TV+) Lost in Space (Netflix) The Mandalorian (Disney+ / Lucasfilm) The Orville: New Horizons (Hulu) Star Trek: Discovery (Paramount+) Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+)

Actor in a Streaming Series

Tom Hiddleston, Loki (Disney+ / Marvel) Oscar Isaac, Moon Knight (Disney+ / Marvel) Anthony Mackie, Falcon & The Winter Soldier (Disney+ / Marvel) Ewan McGregor, Obi-Wan Kenobi (Disney+ / Lucasfilm) Anson Mount, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+) Adam Scott, Severance (Apple TV+) Antony Starr, The Boys (Amazon)

Supporting Actor in a Streaming Series

Zach Cherry, Severance (Apple TV+) Ethan Hawke, Moon Knight (Disney+ / Marvel) Joel Kinnaman, For All Mankind (Apple TV+) Elliot Page, Umbrella Academy (Netflix) Ethan Peck, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+) Joseph Quinn, Stranger Things (Netflix) John Turturro, Severance (Apple TV+)

Supporting Actress in a Streaming Series

Patricia Arquette, Severance (Apple TV+) Danielle Brooks, Peacemaker (HBOMax) Jess Bush, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+) Nell Tiger, Free Servant (Apple TV+) Kathryn Hahn, WandaVision (Disney+ / Marvel) Moses Ingram, Obi-Wan Kenobi (Disney+ / Lucasfilm) Aleyse Shannon, Leverage: Redemption (FreeVee)

Animated Series

Arcane (Netflix) Blade Runner: Black Lotus (Crunchyroll / Adult Swim) The Boys Presents: Diabolical (Amazon) Invincible (Amazon) Star Trek: Lower Decks (Paramount+) Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Disney+ / Lucasfilm) What If? (Disney+ / Marvel)

The Saturn Awards, for fans new to this, are awards that used to be for more fringe content like science-fiction, fantasy, and superhero content. Yet, over the last 25 years, things have changed, and the more niche Saturn Awards have grown in popularity.

While they arent on par with things like the Oscars, nor are they still covering the more fringe content that was once underrepresented, they are still an important figure for those that worry about things like awards and such.

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Below Deck crew cleaning scenes are almost a Hallmark of the series as viewers see deckhands endlessly scrubbing the deck and stews vacuuming armoires. And while cleaning a rental space is critical for the guest experience, is all that cleaning truly necessary?

The short answer is: Definitely.

Yacht crews could transfer their skills over to hospitals with their attention to detail and knowledge of what must be done to flip the boat in between charters. This includes exterior required maintenance to the stomach-churning job of picking up after hard partying guests who often miss the toilet when they have to vomit.

Is the deck ever clean even when it looks pretty sparkling? The reason the deck crew do a wash down on a loop is to battle against the damage the salt water and air can do to the boats exterior. Salt kills everything, Captain Clint Jones told Bloomberg.

Jones said that even a splash of seawater and just moving the boat means that the deck crew must spend those hours seen on the show cleaning the deck. HMY Yachts shared that regular exterior cleaning prevents rust and decay on the surfaces. Plus, the exterior of the yacht should be waxed on a regular basis the maintain the integrity of the materials.

Below Deck deckhands often power wash the deck to remove debris on the boat because the lime build-up is common. Most yachts are stocked with an arsenal of heavy-duty cleaning products designed specifically for marine cleaning.

Why are the stews also always cleaning cabins? The Bloomberg writer found that some guests will cut loose a little too much. Sports stars are reputed to be the messiest guests and most prone to trashing vessels, the writer shared. The biggest infraction in recent memory, says a senior YachtLife broker, was a current NBA player who went out on a boat in the morning and had wrecked it by lunch, dousing the interiors in sprayed Champagne, then clogging all of the cabin toilets with his vomit.

Mess and damage from overserved guests arent yachties only concerns. Guests will often slather on sunless tanner and the fallout from doing that was seen on Below Deck Sailing Yacht Season 3. A guest lounged on Parsifal IIIs couches after applying sunless tanner and it stained the couches.

The Bloomberg writer revealed that guests often stain linens and have to be replaced to the tune of $8,000.

Also, using tweezers to remove fried chicken crumbs from the teak isnt uncommon. Plus, the cabin must be so well detailed that using a Q-Tip to clean a bathroom cabinet for an hour may be required. A big tool in the stew pantry is a vacuum cleaner with multiple extensions. Vacuuming walls and outlets are done on a regular basis.

Cleaning the boat is only one part of preparing the boat for charter. Yachties and the Below Deck crew must add that wow factor before and during the charter. Flowers and provisions must be handled and stored. Special cocktails are prepared and the yacht crew has to put on their game face.

Just when youve finished potting that last-minute tree on the aft deck, a call comes over the radio that the bosss plane has just landed and he and his entourage will be there shortly, yachtie Julie Perry shared inWork on a Yacht.

You manage to shower and be on deck just two minutes before they step onfresh plant soil still beneath your fingernails as you shake the owners hand, and with a beaming smile and an energetic voice, say, Welcome aboard, Sir.

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Country greenery meets coastal living in this picturesque waterfront home steps away from the shoreline of Cotuit.

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996 Main St., BarnstablePrice: $4,995,000Size: 4,303 square feetBedrooms: 4Bathrooms: 2 full

Your experience living in Barnstable will really depend on which of the towns seven villages you call home. If you decide to settle in Cotuit, you can enjoy a game of baseball, courtesy of the local summer collegiate league team, the Cotuit Ketteleers. Before the game, fuel up by snacking on a briny Cotuit Oyster, a special type of seafood local to the area. Theres also plenty of sandy beaches and waterfront area to enjoy, or if you like being on the water, opportunities for sailing.

Sound appealing? Considering relocating to this Cotuit charmer. This harbor-front retreat is located in the heart of Cotuit, but thanks to the grounds full of lush sea grass and tall trees, youll feel like youre worlds away. The homes waterfront location adds to this peaceful, country feel. Set right on the water, youll enjoy the best of the Capes natural offerings. Take a walk down to the soft and sandy shoreline to dip your toes in the bay or enjoy the sea breezes, salty air, and views of boats bobbing in the water from the expansive back deck of this home.

Inside this roomy single-family, you can enjoy a great room offering the same beautiful water panoramas. This, plus a sitting and dining area and a charming family room, offers ample space for entertaining, while the homes spacious bedroom suites allow for guests to stay overnight in comfort and style. And if youre up for a home reno, the full-length attic is ripe for a transformation into an additional bedroom or recreation space. The homes two fireplaces ensure you can enjoy this setting even in the cold of a Massachusetts winter, but we recommend you try to get here during the summer when you can enjoy all the Cape has to offer.

For more information, contact Paul Grover, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Robert Paul Properties, bhhsrobertpaul.com.

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