There is a terrible shortage of people who fix things. I am thinking of electricians, plumbers, glaziers, auto mechanics and many more skilled workers who keep life livable and society running.

It is frustrating if you cant get a plumber when you need one. But the skilled worker shortage has much more significant consequences than the inconvenience to the homeowner. The very rate of national progress on many fronts is being affected.

More housing is desperately needed, but architects tell me some new construction isnt happening because of the skilled worker shortage. Projects are being shelved.

The problem in electric utilities is critical and interesting because the utilities offer excellent pay, retirement and healthcare, and still, they are falling short of recruits. They are aware that many of their workers will be retiring in the next several years, adding to the problem. One utility, DTE in Michigan, has been training former prisoners in vegetation control the endless business of trimming trees around power lines.

Auto dealerships are scrounging for mechanics, now euphemistically called technicians.

Skilled workers are in short supply for the railroad and bridge industries. Many industries are prepared to offer training.

The need is great, and it has a quietly crippling effect on national prosperity.

President Biden has almost ceaselessly promoted solar and wind generation as job creators. Someone should tell him there is a severe shortage of those same electricians, pipe fitters, wind farm erectors and solar panel installers.

The skilled worker shortage has been worsening for some time, but it is now palpable.

Contributory factors have been building: The end of the draft meant an end to a lot of trade schooling in the military. Many a youth learned electronics, motor repair or how to paint something from Uncle Sam. That is the generation that is now retiring.

Then there is the education imbalance: We encourage too many below-average academic students to go to college. It is part of the credentialing craze. Those less suited to academic life seek easier and easier courses in lesser and lesser colleges just to come out with a bachelors degree a certificate that passes for a credential.

The result is a glut on the market of workers with useless degrees in such things as marketing, communications, sociology, and even journalism. If you arrive in college in need of remedial English, your future as a journalist is likely to be wobbly.

Since childhood, I have been impressed with people who fix things: People like my father. He fixed everything from diesel engines to water well pumps, burst pipes and sagging roofs.

Men, and some women, of his generation worked with their hands, but they were, in their way, Renaissance people.

They knew how to fix things from a cattle feeder to a sewing machine, from a loose brick in a wall to a childs bicycle to a boiler.

The work of fixing, of keeping things running, isnt stupid work; it involves a lot of deduction, knowledge and acquired skill.

Men and women who fixed things were at one with men and women who made things, often bound together in a common identity inside a union.

Think of the great names of the unions of the past and the sense of pride members once took in their belonging: the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, the Teamsters or the United Autoworkers. You had work and social dignity. You werent looked down upon because you hadnt been to college.

We arent going to bring back quickly honor to manual work or reverence for the great body of people who keep everything running. So we might look to the hundreds of thousands of skilled artisans who would do the work if they could enter the United States legally. Yes, the migrants milling at the southern border. Many skilled welders, plumbers and masons are yearning to cross the border and start fixing the dilapidated parts of this country.

The owner of a clothing factory told me she was desperate to find women who could sew. She said it is a skill that has just disappeared from the American workforce. A landscape contractor in Washington told me he would close without his Mexican workers.

A modest proposal: Let us write an immigration law based on who is really needed. Add to this a work permit dependent on fulfilling certain conditions. You would soon find company recruiters mingling with the border agents along the Rio Grande.

And we would lose our fear of a burst pipe. Help is just a frontier away.

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David Mandel isnt one to sugarcoat. Its a trait that appears in his work, from the vicious insults of Veep to the intentionally reprehensible characters at the center of HBOs White House Plumbers. It also emerged when TheWrap asked the longtime series creator his thoughts on the currently unfolding WGA strike.

I have no good answer, except to say, I think its going to be long and bloody, and its going to suck, Mandel said.

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Mandel, who is currently 52 years old, emphasized that hes been working in Hollywood for a long time but the current state of the industry doesnt make sense to him. His IMDb page reads like a collection of comedys greatest hits Seinfeld in the 90s, the cult hit EuroTrip in the 2000s, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Veep in the 2010s and over 60 episodes of Saturday Night Live over the course of three decades. And yet Mandel has noticed that in the last two years, even his contemporaries have struggled.

Im not talking about COVID. Im talking the changes are not working, Mandel said. They are scrounging for jobs in a way that doesnt make sense to me. I dont know what else to say. It does not make sense.

Mandel has heard leadership say theyre trying to turn writing into more of a gig economy.

It makes perfect sense because these are no longer studios. These are studios that are pieces of giant corporations. And giant corporations, since the heyday Jack Welch 80s, have basically decided to maximize profits by basically outsourcing anything and everything that you humanly can, Mandel said.

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They devalue research, they devalue R&D, and thats what we are. Were research. Were the new product. Were R&D. They dont value us. They dont care. They worry about stock prices and debt sheets, Mandel said. And the irony is that their debt sheets and their stock prices are in the toilet because theyve made business decisions like, Hey, lets get rid of the cable money and go all in on streaming. I did not tell them to do that. I dont remember the writers getting consulted on that. So when these guys are at the bargaining table pleading poverty based on their own terrible decision-making theyre never going to admit they messed up their own businesses. And now theyre trying to take it out on the writers.

Mandel also briefly touched upon one of the most nerve-wracking parts of this strike: the threat of AI.

When the Writers Guild says to them, Hey, we want to talk about AI and they go, Oh, my God, no, theres nothing to see here, you start to go, Oh, man, theyve got weird plans for AI and replacing all of us,' Mandel said before concluding that he thinks the strike is going to be bad and long.

On Tuesday, the WGA started its strike following weeks of failed negotiations between the Writers Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). This marks the first WGA strike in 15 years since 2007s 100-day strike. There is a laundry list of concerns at the center of this strike, from the rise of professionally stifling mini-rooms to fears about artificial intelligence. But more than anything else, the strike is a response to the major ways Hollywood has changed in the age of streaming.

Truncated seasons and the rise of miniseries have resulted in fewer opportunities for newer writers to climb the professional ladder. Meanwhile, streaming shows have all but eliminated residuals paychecks writers often depend on to survive and the lack of viewer transparency from these companies has wounded writers bargaining power.

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The former sales manager for a plumbers merchant, says in his claim, which has just been made publicly available at the court in London, that negligent treatment at Southampton General Hospital has left him severely disabled, and unable to have sex with his partner.

The court papers say that he injured his back at work moving a boiler in 2011, leading to intermittent shooting pains in his leg, and was taken to hospital on October 27 2018 when the pain suddenly became much worse.

He had been taking vast amounts of codeine to cope with the pain, as well as alcohol, and doctors thought he might be suffering from damage to the nerves in his spine.

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However the papers say that a neurosurgery specialist registrar wrongly recorded his symptoms and discharged him from hospital.

His pain worsened, and he went back to hospital for an MRI scan, but could not lie flat because of severe back pain and because he felt claustrophobic, the claim says.

It says that when he eventually had an MRI scan on November 16, results showed he had a very large prolapsed lumbar disc pressing on his spinal nerves but he was sent home the next day.

The claimaint believes that this was because he was morbidly obese, and surgery would have had little chance of improving his condition.

His condition deteriorated, and by mid-December doctors thought his condition could not be reversed by surgery, which carried a high risk of complications.

The papers say he has been seen in the regional spinal injuries unit at Salisbury but now he is severely disabled with no feeling in his bladder, has lost sensation in his genitals, has problems with his bowels, and is disabled by severe leg and spinal pain.

It is claimed that if he and his partner are to have children, as they wish, they will need to use a sperm retrieval process, and in vitro fertilisations.

The claimant fromSholing, Southampton, accuses the trust which runs the hospital of negligence, and says clinicians completely overlooked ambulance and emergency department records of his symptoms.

He says he should have been given an emergency MRI scan followed by emergency surgery and would then have retained full bladder and bowel function, kept his sex life, and avoided leg pain and lack of mobility.

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TV shows about the Watergate scandal and the survival of the human race in an apocalyptic future highlight the list of scripted and reality content debuting in the first week of May.

HBO on May 1 will premiere White House Plumbers, which focuses on the Watergate scandal that brought down Richard Nixons presidency. The five-episode series stars Woody Harrelson, Justin Theroux, Kathleen Turner and F. Murray Abraham.

Apple TV Plus's sci-fi series Silo follows the last 10,000 people on earth who are living in a mile-deep space protecting them from the toxic and deadly world outside. Rebecca Ferguson, Common and Rashida Jones lead the ensemble cast for the 10-episode series, which debuts May 5.

Here are video trailers and premiere dates for several shows debuting the week of May 1-7 on cable networks and streaming services. (For some videos, viewer discretion is advised):

May 1: A Small Light (drama), National Geographic

May 2: 100% Me: Growing Up Mixed (documentary), HBO

May 3: Ed Sheeran: The Sum of It All (reality), Disney Plus

May 4: Bupkis (comedy), Peacock

May 4: The Other Two (comedy), HBO Max

May 4: Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (drama), Netflix

May 5: The Great American Baking Show (reality), The Roku Channel

May 7: Rich & Shameless (sports documentary), TNT

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Welcome to Emmy Experts Typing,a weekly column in which Gold Derby editors and ExpertsJoyce EngandChristopher Rosen discuss the Emmy race via Slack, of course. This week, we reassess the unsettled limited series races.Christopher Rosen: Hello, Joyce! If the first Monday in May is reserved for the Met Gala, I can only assume the first Friday in May is all about the 2023 limited series Emmy race. (Dont worry, I didnt pull a muscle on that stretch.) That classification is maybe the most chaotic of the main Emmys races this year were long past the days of The Queens Gambit and Mare of Easttown. At the moment, according to our odds, Monster, Black Bird, Beef, Fleishman Is in Trouble, White House Plumbers and Daisy Jones & the Six make up the expected list of limited series nominees. Looking at that list, Im left with one thought: Sure? Im a flagship member of the Fleishman fan club it was probably my favorite new show of 2022 and Daisy Jones is a banger, but Im not entirely sure if my passion extends to the academys tastes. As for the others: Monster is a blockbuster hit and makes sense, Beef has the Film Twitter buzz and reviews (the controversy around David Choe notwithstanding), and White House Plumbers debuted this week and just feels like a nominee even if the reception has merely been fine. So what is perhaps a foolish move at least certainly based on our odds I went ahead and put A Small Light in there ahead of White House Plumbers due to its subject matter, reviews and seeming passion from people who have watched it. But I still have the other five represented despite not feeling all that confident in my faves Fleishman and Daisy Jones, meaning shows like Love & Death, The Patient, George & Tammy and Swarm, among others, are outside of my picks. Im sure youve got a better handle on this one or at least better predictions. Help me us out here, before we look at those wide-open acting races.

joyceeng: Not to sound like a broken record, but I still think/hope it will be five slots again so I dont have to pick a sixth show. This is the softest the limited field has been with no consensus or a stone-cold frontrunner since 2018, when The Alienist snagged a spot (no shade). I just re-added Obi-Wan Kenobi for sheer visibility alone. Its hardly a Star Wars stans fave or the best Star Wars series of the cycle (hi, Andor), but I think the detractors loudness has obscured the fact that it had a totally decent critical reception. It also won a guild award over the winter, for sound mixing, and got a DGA nomination something neither Monster nor Black Bird, the predicted top two, received. Obi-Wan will also be a tech player, like The Alienist (it got six noms and won supporting visual effects), which could help push it over the line with everyone voting in the program categories. Well see how the rest of the month goes, but Id be more confident about A Small Light had it dropped earlier. The restricted ballot would help it, but I can also see it snagging acting nominations and missing series if not enough people watch it in time. Ditto for White House Plumbers, which is not exactly shaping up to be HBOs next May Monday hit a la Chernobyl. This is what happened to The Staircase, which premiered a year ago today and earned two nominations altogether, for Colin Firth and Toni Collette. Right now I have White House Plumbers getting three acting nominations but not series. The acting categories are equally nightmarish to try to fill out after the top two or three in each, which is how Ive wound up with five Beef and five Monster performers. (These predictions are not sponsored by Netflix.) We need to send preemptive kudos to whoever nails both supporting categories.

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Christopher Rosen: Im not going to lie, I did think of putting Michael Learned into my supporting actress picks as well for Monster if only because it does kind of feel like these acting categories will be loaded with performances from the few shows voters watched and liked. But as it stands, Ive kept my Monster love to the four expected contenders. Im with you on Beef though, as it seems quite likely both Ashley Park and Maria Bello will rate with voters alongside Steven Yeun, Ali Wongand Young Mazino. I also think Black Bird will grab multiple acting nominations, with Paul Walter Hauser, Taron Egertonand Ray Liotta making the cut. Ive been rewatching that series in preparation for an upcoming interview and its so good I also started to wonder if Sepideh Moafi could land among the supporting actress nominees. Shes an absolute breakout and if Black Bird somehow sustains four acting nominations, I think she would be the choice over Greg Kinnear (who I know you had in there at one point). Ill give you a couple of other supporting names to consider: Liev Schreiber for A Small Light and Jennifer Ehle for Dead Ringers. Im not sold on Dead Ringers getting in for limited series, but I do think Rachel Weisz could straight win Best Actress and Ehle could come along for the ride as a nominee. What are you thinking in the lead acting races here?

joyceeng: Dead Ringers and Swarm feel like sole actress plays to me, and as Ive mentioned, the former is a tough sit, so I can see lots of viewers bailing. I have thought about plugging in Schreiber. The erstwhile Ray Donovan is a perennial nominee (nine noms, zero wins) and would be an easy name-check. I did have Kinnear and Liotta way back in the B.B. (Before Beef) days as placeholders, but Im not sure Black Bird is strong enough to support noms outside of Egerton and PWH. It underperformed in the winter, and while its a solid show, it doesnt feel like it has generated a ton of passion. Ive made no changes to my lead lineups, which means they are definitely wrong. I still have our Beef duo in first by virtue of them having the strongest show. Twitter will have you believe that the Choe controversy and the Beef teams subsequent statement nuked all of their chances of even getting in, but the internet is an echo chamber and the show is one of the few that continues to be raved by Famous People. The consensus is that lead actress is Jessica Chastains to lose since she won SAG, and lots of people have likened her possible win to her Oscar run a default victory in a weak year but she hasnt faced any of the spring contenders yet and the only potential Emmy rival she beat at SAG was Emily Blunt. Well get a better idea of whos win-competitive after noms, but she could end up as a lone nominee for George & Tammy or its only above-the-line nomination. Last year, I doubt many people had Lily James as the runner-up to Amanda Seyfried in Phase 1, but most of us not you! did in Phase 2 after Pam & Tommy surprised with 10 noms, including series, and Maid was snubbed in series, and obviously Chastain missed too. Its been three weeks since you pulled your trademark flip-flop on The Last Thing He Told Me and immediately slotted in Jennifer Garner, as youre wont to do. Do you still have her? Or have you moved on to another about-face fave?

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Christopher Rosen: Youll be shocked to know I have abandoned ship on Garner. Its hard to know what release schedule is right nowadays for any given show, but it does feel like The Last Thing He Told Me wouldve greatly benefited from an all-episodes drop rather than its slow rollout the stronger episodes are in the back of the season and I do wonder if the simplicity of the mystery is enough to hold viewers attention across many weeks. Besides, I have to fill out actress field with my other two about-face faves: Bel Powley for A Small Light and Sydney Sweeney for Reality. Ive fallen into the trap before of picking a TV movie performer in the limited series acting category see Ben Foster for last years HBO movie The Survivor but this time I feel like itll happen! Reality is really quite good: Its a real-time thriller that uses the real-life transcripts of Reality Winners arrest to create a legitimately tense drama. Sweeney is remarkable here a totally different performance than either of her Emmy-nominated turns last year for Euphoria and The White Lotus. Shes able to generate such empathy and mystery with Reality Winner and I think if people watch this one with Sweeney as the star and an advantageous running time of barely 90 minutes, they probably will shell get in. I know, I know. I can hear you laughing at me, so Ill leave you to finish this off with one last question: If not Yeun, then who might win?

joyceeng: The only shocking thing about you adding Sweeney now is that you didnt have her in the place. If you dont have Yeun in first, then you probably have Evan Peters. His SAG loss to Sam Elliott was a red flag, but it could also be a fluke: We know SAG-AFTRA loves veterans and the Yellowstone (RIP) universe. Emmy voters have different tastes and they didnt touch 1883 last year outside of three craft nominations. Itd be wild, but not undeserved, if Peters were to win his second Emmy only two years later after waiting so long just to be nominated. If he does win, I hope his third Emmy will be for the Mare of Easttown prequel spin-off in my head: Zabel of Upper Darby.

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There are more than 420,000 plumbers in the United States - which one should you hire?

Plumbing systems are important components of any home or business. At some point in time, everyone will need a plumber to fix a clogged drain or a leaking toilet. How do you find a great company and get a competitive price?

It's important to carefully select who you contact - ensure that every plumber has the following qualifications:

The services of plumbers come in handy for many different situations, from tasks as simple as a clogged drain to more complex projects such as piping a home. Some of the most common functions that plumbers undertake include:

Blocked drains are perhaps the most common cause for plumbing services. Various drains within homes and businesses can become clogged due to food debris, oiland foreign objects going down the drain. A blocked drain can be aninconvenience, with the potential of causing kitchen sinks, bathroomsand showers to become unusable until the blockage is addressed. A hand snake or machine auger can typically resolve this issue.

In some casesplumbers are called outdue to a broken or damaged pipe. Corrosion is common if two types of metal pipes connect to each other that have different material, such as copper pipes connecting to galvanized steel pipes. This leads to small leaks that turn into larger issues.

Another popular service offered by plumbers is the unclogging of toilets. It's pretty obvious why someone would want this fixed.

More common is a toilet that won't stop trickling water. An constantly-flowing toilet can eventually result in further damage to pipes and the sewage system, along with a higher water bill.

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Plumbers repair and install the pipes and drainage systems in homes and commercial properties and appliances or fixtures. Whether you have a leaky faucet or a bathroom remodel, having a reliable pro at the ready can save you time and money. With so many local and national service providers to choose from, the process of finding the plumber for your project can seem intimidating.

As with any contractor you hire, there are a few things to consider before hiring a plumber. Learn more about the basic qualifications a plumber needs to get the job done as well as questions to ask to ensure youre choosing the right professional for your needs.

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Plumbing issues require quick action before you run into more costly problems. Winter temperatures can cause water lines to freeze, leading to damage inside your homes wall or ceilings. Backed-up sewer lines will render your toilet useless or, even worse, damage your floor or homes foundation. These are just a couple of examples of why you should always have a plumber on your contact list.

However, how do you pick the best plumber, and how much will their services cost? A plumbers fee is only one part of the equation when selecting a professional. Before you start asking for estimates, consider that a reputable plumber will have the following skills and qualifications.

A college degree is not required in the plumbing industry. However, many plumbers learn the trade via apprenticeships or trade schools. Apprentices receive training under the guidance of a journeyman or a master plumber. There is coursework during the apprenticeship, and the programs usually take three to five years to complete.

Plumbers are one the most regulated professions in the United States. Most states require plumbers to be licensed. Each state has its own set of licensing requirements and the government agency that issues the license varies from state to state. To obtain a license, a plumber must be experienced, receive ongoing training and stay up to date on current trends in the plumbing industry. A valid license means that the plumbing professional also carries state-mandated insurance and bonding. This ensures that your home is protected against any plumbing mishaps or damage incurred during the plumbing repair.

A plumbers general liability insurance protects the home or business owner from liability should the plumber accidentally damage the property, or injure themselves during the job. Before hiring a plumber, ask to view their proof of insurance. All plumbers should have enough liability insurance to cover accidents that may happen while on your property.

Some home insurance policies will cover plumbing issues the damage is caused by sudden and unexpected water damage from a broken pipe or other pipe malfunction. However, most policies exclude damages that are gradual, such as a slow, constant leak, as well as damage due to regional flooding.

A journeyperson, also known as a journeyman, is an expert craftsperson that has completed an apprenticeship and passed the licensure exam required by the state. A journeyperson also carries a card of an occupational license. A non-journeyperson is an apprentice who is still in training or a plumber that has not obtained state licensing.

These professionals work for five consistent years as a journeyman, have additional training and education and take another exam to receive this certification. The Master Plumber test ensures that Federal and state regulations, building codes and advanced plumbing skills are mastered. The certification does take more time and money, but it also ensures that plumber is highly qualified to do a variety of plumbing jobs. Master plumbers do charge more per hour because of their advanced skills and may be worth the extra cost for intricate work that requires a skilled hand.

Plumbers install and maintain numerous types of piping systems found in residential and commercial properties. Typical responsibilities of a plumber depend on the particular project. All plumbers must follow blueprints, work with plumbing tools, have strong math skills and know what kinds of materials are required for each job. Fixing drains and toilets are only a portion of a plumbers job. Here are some services that plumbers offer:

The key to choosing a plumber is to research both national and local companies, read reviews, and ask for family and friends recommendations for reputable plumbers they have hired in the past. You can also research a plumbers license and insurance information through your states Department of Labor or equivalent. Once youve narrowed down your choice, you can start with a phone interview and discuss topics like rates, qualifications and experience.

Although most professional plumbers can take care of your repair, you need to find one that is reliable and the best-suited for the job at hand. Here are some tips to help you pick the right one:

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