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Russia-Ukraine war: Zelenskiy rules out giving up any territory to Putin in potential peace deal as it happened – The Guardian

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Members of the extremist groupProud Boys charged with sedition in relation to the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol want to subpoena former President Donald Trump as a witness in the high-profile trial.

Norman Pattis, one of defendant Joseph Biggs' attorneys, first informed the court of the defense's intent to call the former president to testify last month, asking for the government's assistance in serving him.When the issue was raised in court then, U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Kelly gave no indication whether he would permit the subpoena.

On Wednesday, Pattis raised the matter again and told the court his effort would be joined byattorneys for co-defendant Dominic Pezzola. Attorneys for Biggs and Pezzola did not reply to USA TODAY's request for comment.

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But the effort to put Trump on the witness stand will likely face an uphill battle, as it's unclear whether Kelly will rulethe former president's testimony admissible at trial.

The Proud Boys on trial Biggs, Pezzola, Ethan Nordean, Zachary Rehl andleader Enrique Tarrio face trial for sedition and other alleged crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Enrique Tarrio, leader of the Proud Boys, uses a megaphone to address people gathered at the Torch of Friendship to remember the one year anniversary of the killing of George Floyd on May 25, 2021 in Miami, Florida.

Placingblame on Trumpfor the violent Capitol attackhas been central to the Proud Boys' defenses against numerous charges related to the riot.

Trumpsaid the election was stolen, told his supporters to go to the Capitol and unleashed the mob on Jan. 6, 2021, Sabino Jauregui, attorney for longtime Proud Boys leader Tarrio,told a D.C. jury in opening remarksin January. Tarrio, he argued,is justthe government's "scapegoat."

Too hard to blame Trump, too hard to bring him to the witness stand with his army of lawyers Instead they go for the easy target. They go for Enrique Tarrio, leader of the Proud Boys," Jauregui said.

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A spokespersonfor Trump did notrespond to USA TODAY's request for comment.

Opening remarks: Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio's attorney says Trump to blame for Jan. 6

Former President Donald Trump speaks to guests at Mar-a-Lago on Nov. 8.

The bid is a long shot, according to Jonathan Turley, a professor at George Washington University Law School.

The Proud Boys attorneys would have to prove why Trump should be put on the stand an uphill battle, he said.

The defendants are being charged with their own insular criminal acts and intent to use the protest to interfere with the certification, Turley said in an email. I do not know the basis for the (defenses) claim.

The move would likely cause considerable delay to the trial, Turley added.

"The court is likely leery of such a demand," he said.

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The Proud Boys on trial are not the first Jan. 6 defendants to point the finger at the former president. In February 2022,Ohio attorney Sam Shamansky said he planned to use a "public authority defense" for his client, Jan. 6 rioter Dustin Thompson.

"Trump and his co-conspirators concocted this ridiculous lie that our election was stolenand democracy wasat stake," Shamansky told the Columbus Dispatch, part of theUSA TODAY Network, last year. Without that message, Thompson would not have journeyed to the Capitol, he said.

A month later, U.S. District JudgeReggie Waltonrejected Shamansky's bid to have Trump testify, ruling that the value of the former president's testimony is "substantially outweighed by the danger of confusing the issues and misleading the jury," according to court documents.

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In the sedition trial of five Oath Keepers last year, leader Stewart Rhodes' attorneys mounted a novel legal defense that reliedon an arcane and controversial interpretation of the Insurrection Act, a statute from the 19th century.

They claimedRhodes and the other Oath Keepers believed at any moment on or before Jan. 6, 2021, Trump would invoke the Insurrection Act and call upon an unorganized militia to intervene with the certification of what they considered a fraudulent election.The former president threatened to invoke the act, but never did.

Rhodes and a top deputy, Kelly Meggs, were found guilty of sedition last year.

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Members of the Proud Boys, including Joe Biggs of Ormond Beach, third from right, and other right-wing demonstrators march across the Steel Bridge on Aug. 17, 2019, in Portland, Oregon. Biggs had organized an "End Domestic Terrorism" rally there as an anti-Antifa rally.

Trump and the Proud Boys came to be affiliated during a September 2020 presidential debate when the former president told the extremist group to "stand back and stand by" after being asked tocondemn violent white supremacistgroups.

The comment increased the groups membership exponentially, according to one Proud Boys member'sdeposition before a House committee that investigated the riot.

Prosecutors have pointed to those comments and Trump's Dec. 19, 2020 tweet urging supporters to travel to D.C. for a Jan. 6 rallyBe there. Will be wild, Trump wroteas evidence that the Proud Boys were galvanized by the former president's comments.

But whether a jury would find the defense's counterpoint that those comments led to the events of Jan. 6, 2021 convincing is yet to be seen, according toJon Lewis, a research fellow at the Program on Extremism at George Washington University.

"When you look at the conduct of the defendants, certainly as it's been alleged, when you look at the build up, when you look at the scope of the conspiracya defense argument that would boil down effectively to 'the President told us to do it' would certainly seem to fall short," Lewis said.

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Washington Amid numerous investigations at county, state, and local levels into his political and economic activity, former President Donald Trump finds himself at the center of a brewing legal fight, this time in the ongoing Proud Boys seditious conspiracy trial.

Attorneys for one of the defendants, Joseph Biggs, briefly mentioned in court on Thursday that they had drafted, and hoped to serve, Trump with a subpoena to compel his testimony in the proceedings connected to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.

Norm Pattis, a lawyer for Biggs, told the court Trump's role in the Capitol riot might warrant his presence as a witness for the defense in the case.

According to a copy of the drafted subpoena obtained by CBS News, Biggs' legal team wants Trump's compliance by the beginning of next month, but the legal paper has yet to be served to the former president, and no attempt to actually compel his testimony has been made. If it continues to go unsuccessfully delivered, the subpoena will carry no legal weight unless further legal action is taken.

Judge Timothy Kelly presiding over the trial in which five Proud Boys, including leader Enrique Tarrio, are accused of sedition has yet to make his position on subpoenaing a former president known, but the Justice Department will likely ask the court to toss the request as irrelevant and inappropriate.

Biggs' attorneys declined a request for comment.

In the high-profile proceedings that have so far spanned numerous weeks, prosecutors have argued before the jury that the Proud Boys heeded Trump's calls to oppose Joe Biden's presidency and violently took to the Capitol grounds in support of the former president. Using their fellow rioters in the mob as a component of their broader conspiracy, the Justice Department alleges, the defendants attempted to use force to prevent the peaceful transfer of power.

Defense attorneys have argued Trump's influence over the Proud Boys' alleged crimes warrants further examination.

Other Jan. 6 defendants have made similar attempts to call Trump as a witness, to no avail, after judges and prosecutors alike opposed the moves. Last year, an Ohio man tried to argue Trump's speech near the White House authorized his actions. Dustin Thompson was convicted by a jury after less than three hours of deliberation and later sentenced to three years in prison.

Like those of defendants before them, the efforts by Biggs' attorneys on Thursday face numerous legal hurdles that will likely hinder their ability to successfully secure Trump's testimony.

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Former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio and four allies are charged with seditious conspiracy, a plot to violently keep Trump in office anchored in part by preventing Congress from certifying the election on Jan. 6, 2021.

The prospect of Trump appearing on the witness stand seems remote, but until Thursday, the intention of the defendants to call the former president was uncertain.

Were going to ask the government for assistance in serving Mr. Trump, Pattis said.

The Proud Boys defense attorneys have hinted at times throughout the trial that Trump bears responsibility for the actions of their own clients and thousands of others who marched on the Capitol at his urging. Putting him on the witness stand, while still a longshot, would give them a chance to probe his mindset under oath in a way that federal investigators have been unable to so far.

Other Jan. 6 defendants have sought Trumps testimony but gotten no support from judges, who found their claims to need the former presidents testimony dubious. But the Proud Boys may have the clearest case, given Trumps explicit reference to the group during the debate and the groups centrality to the riot that unfolded on Jan. 6.

Prosecutors say the Proud Boys are singularly responsible for the violence that unfolded, helping trigger key breaches of police defenses including the actual breach of the building itself, when Dominic Pezzola, one of the five defendants, used a stolen riot shield to smash a Senate-wing window.

U.S. District Court Judge Tim Kelly didnt give any indication Thursday about whether he would permit the subpoena of the former president.

Tarrio has been a figure of interest to investigators not just for his role on Jan. 6 but for his ties to figures in Trumps orbit like Roger Stone. Tarrio took a White House tour on Dec. 12, 2020 that drew alarm from the Secret Service and may have reached the ears of then-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.

Prosecutors have also shown evidence of Tarrios close relationship with a D.C. police officer who appeared to repeatedly give him inside information about law enforcement matters including Tarrios own subsequent arrest on Jan. 4 for burning a Black Lives Matter flag at a pro-Trump rally in December.

Prosecutors are expected to call North Carolina Proud Boy Jeremy Bertino who pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy and is cooperating with the government to the stand on Tuesday. During arguments related to pieces of evidence the government intends to introduce, prosecutors displayed messages showing Bertino lamenting the groups failure to stop the transfer of power on the night of Jan. 6.

We failed. The House is meeting again. That woman died for nothing, Bertino said, referencing Ashli Babbitt, who was shot and killed by a Capitol Police officer as she attempted to breach the House chamber.

Bertino was also in a series of leadership chats ahead of Jan. 6 but didnt go to Washington in part because of injuries he suffered when he was stabbed during a melee in December.

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Delilahs Gentlemens Club bartender gets probation for storming the Capitol with aspiring Proud Boys – The Philadelphia Inquirer

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All hands on deck as UN meets to protect high seas

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UNITED NATIONS: UN member states are meeting in New York from Monday with the aim of launching a long-berthed high-seas treaty, a crucial step toward the goal of protecting 30 percent of the planet by 2030.

After more than 15 years of informal and formal talks, the meeting is the third time in less than a year that negotiators are gathering for what is due to be the last round.

Another two weeks of negotiations ended with no agreement in August last year, but advocates and officials have expressed cautious optimism ahead of the coming session.

"There are a lot of negotiations and discussions happening between delegations trying to find middle ground on some of the key sticky issues... at a level that we haven't seen before," Liz Karan, of the Pew Charitable Trusts non-profit, told Agence France-Presse.

"That gives me a lot of hope that the delegations are taking this upcoming meeting to be the final final."

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This hope was bolstered in January when the United States joined the EU-led High Ambition Coalition on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction in pushing for quick and robust finalized treaty.

The 51 countries in the coalition share "the goal of urgently protecting the world's oceans," said EU Commissioner for Environment Virginijus Sinkevicius, underscoring the new round of talks were "crucial."

The ocean's high seas start where nations' Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) end, at a maximum of 200 nautical miles (370 kilometers) from coastline and are not under the jurisdiction of any country.

Even though these waters make up more than 60 percent of the oceans and nearly half the planet, they have long been ignored in favor of coastal areas and certain species.

But, said Nathalie Rey, the campaign lead for the High Seas Alliance non-profit, there is "just one ocean and a healthy ocean means a healthy planet."

Ocean ecosystems, threatened by pollution and overfishing, produce half the planet's oxygen and limit global warming by absorbing a large part of the CO2 emitted by human activities.

"You can't ensure a healthy ocean if you ignore two thirds of the ocean which make up the high seas," Rey said, underscoring that it would be "an absolute disaster if we ended up with nothing" from the treaty talks.

The future treaty "will be a key milestone in ensuring we achieve this 30x30 target," she added, referencing a historic agreement in December in which every nation committed to protecting 30 percent of all the planet's land and ocean by 2030.

A deal at all costs?

The 30x30 goal would be almost impossible without including the high seas, of which only around one percent is protected today.

One of the pillars of the future treaty on the "conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction" is to allow the creation of marine protected areas in international waters.

This principle is included in the negotiating mandate voted by the UN General Assembly in 2017, but delegations are still divided on the process of creating the sanctuaries, as well as on the terms of obligations to assess the environmental impact of potential activities on the high seas.

Another contentious issue is the sharing of possible profits from use of genetic resources found in international waters, where the pharmaceutical, chemical and cosmetic industries hope to discover bankable resources.

Without the ability to carry out costly research, developing countries fear they will miss out on potential benefits of high seas resources.

At the August session, observers accused rich countries, including the EU, of resisting to offer compromises down to the wire.

With the complex and wide-ranging treaty, which will also have to contend with other organizations that have strangleholds on parts of the ocean, such as fishing and seabed mining, the devil is in the details, ocean advocates worry.

"It would be better to take more time and ensure a strong agreement with political momentum, rather than hurriedly adopt a subpar agreement," said Glen Wright, senior researcher at the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations.

Even if, he added, another delay "would be a huge disappointment."

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Ascension | Description, Significance, Feast, & Art | Britannica

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Ascension, in Christian belief, the ascent of Jesus Christ into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection (Easter being reckoned as the first day). The Feast of the Ascension ranks with Christmas, Easter, and Pentecost in the universality of its observance among Christians. The feast has been celebrated 40 days after Easter in both Eastern and Western Christianity since the 4th century. Prior to that time, the Ascension was commemorated as a part of the celebration of the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.

The meaning of the Ascension for Christians is derived from their belief in the glorification and exaltation of Jesus following his death and Resurrection, as well as from the theme of his return to God the Father. Thus, the Gospel According to John uses both the sayings of Jesus and his post-Resurrection appearances to indicate a new relationship between Jesus and his Father and between him and his followers, rather than a simple physical relocation from earth to heaven.

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According to the first chapter of The Acts of the Apostles, after appearing to the Apostles on various occasions during a period of 40 days, Jesus was taken up in their presence and was then hidden from them by a cloud, a frequent biblical image signifying the presence of God. Although belief in the Ascension is apparent in other books of the New Testament, the emphasis and the imagery differ. In the Gospel According to John, the glorification described by the Ascension story seems to have taken place immediately after the Resurrection. The imagery of the account in the Gospel According to Luke is similar to that of Acts, but there is no mention of a period of 40 days. The Ascension of Jesus is mentioned in the Apostles Creed, a profession of faith used for baptism in the early church.

A distinctive feature of the feasts liturgy in the Western churches is the extinguishing of the Paschal candle, first lit on Easter, after the Gospel has been read, as a symbol of Christs leaving the earth. Despite the idea of separation indicated in this act, which might be expected to set a note of sadness, the whole liturgy of Ascensiontide, through the 10 days to Pentecost, is marked by joy in the final triumph of the risen Lord. One of the central themes of the feast is the kingship of Christ, and the theological implication is that the Ascension was the final redemptive act conferring participation in the divine life on all who are members of Christ. In other words, Christ was lifted up into heaven so that he might make us partakers of his Godhead.

In the European Middle Ages the peoples delight in the visual and dramatic found an outlet in various ritual practices that came to be associated with the feast. Popular customs included a procession in imitation of Christs journey with his Apostles to the Mount of Olives, as well as the raising of a crucifix or a statue of the risen Christ through an opening in the church roof.

In Christian art the Ascension is an old theme, appearing since the 5th century. The earliest version of the Ascension, which persisted in the West until the 11th century, shows Christ from the side, climbing to the top of the hill and grasping the hand of God, which emerges from a cloud above to pull him into heaven. The Apostles, assembled below, watch the event.

In the 6th century a different version of the Ascension was developed in Syria and was later adopted in Byzantine art. This version emphasizes Christs divinity, showing him frontally, standing immobile in a mandorla, or almond-shaped aureole, elevated above the earth and supported by angels. He holds a scroll and makes a gesture of benediction. A curious detail of this version is the regular inclusion of the Virgin Mary, who is not mentioned in the biblical account of the event, and St. Paul, who, on historical grounds, was not present. The inclusion of these figures has not been adequately explained, but they may represent, with the figure of St. Peter, an allegory of the church that Christ leaves behind. This type of Ascension, which follows the Roman tradition of representing the apotheosis of an emperor, often figured prominently in the monumental decoration of Byzantine churches as the emblem of one of the principal church feast days.

By the 11th century, the West had also adopted a frontal representation. In the Western version, however, the humanity of Christ is emphasized: he extends his hands on either side, showing his wounds. He is usually in a mandorla but is not always supported or even surrounded by angels; thus, he is no longer carried to heaven but ascends by his own power. In the 12th century this version of the Ascension had an especially prominent place in French Romanesque church decoration. The Ascension remained important as a devotional subject in the art of the Renaissance and Baroque periods, both of which retained the iconography of Christ displaying his wounds.

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Welcome to Waveland | Waveland Mississippi

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Our beginnings date back to March 18, 1888, when the area was incorporated as the Town of Waveland. As the town grew, Waveland became a city in 1972 and operates under a Mayor-Aldermen form of government, which provides for an elected Mayor and a four-member Board of Aldermen.The Mayor and Board of Aldermen are elected every four years. The Mayor is the only city-wide elected position. Residents elect aldermen within a city's geographical area, known as a Ward.

The City of Waveland is seeped in community and history that is as rich as its beautiful natural surroundings. This is a city that perfectly blends modernity and old-world charm, not just in its unique architecture but in the everyday life of its residents.

Waveland is a small Gulf-front town that takes pride in its people and traditions. Known as The Hospitality City, its the only community on the Gulf Coast which prohibits commercial buildings on its beachfront. Instead, youll find the Veterans Memorial Monument, honoring all veterans, and the adjacent Garfield Ladner Pier, frequented by residents and visitors alike for fishing, walking, and enjoying a picnic.

One of Waveland's many jewels is Buccaneer State Park, which encompasses 343 acres of beachfront property. The Park features a 4.5-acre water park, more than 300 campsites accommodating RVs and tents, an 18-hole disc golf course, and a 1.8-mile nature trail and is a natural host for nature-based activities such as birding, crabbing, and kayaking.

The enthusiastic, innovative officials meet regularly to ensure that Waveland remains a place that will thrive for generations to come. This passion continues with the devoted community members, who quickly welcome all with warm smiles. Come visit and feel at home.

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Waveland was platted by John Milligan in 1835.[5] The settlement began as a resting place at a good spring between Terre Haute and Lafayette, Indiana. After a trading post and post office were established, Milligan developed the surrounding property. By 1850, the town had three general stores, three churches, two inns, two wagon shops and a blacksmith.Waveland was the boyhood home of American Impressionist T. C. Steele. His parents, Samuel and Harriett, moved to the thriving settlement when Steele was five years old, around 1852. Steele's father rented a saddle shop from John Milligan. Young Steele was enrolled in the outstanding Waveland Academy. The Presbyterian Church had recognized the need for higher learning in this community and provided a new brick building for the education of children. Steele family records show that, until 1870, they owned the cottage at 110 Cross Street in Waveland, built on one of Milligan's lots.[6]

The George Seybold House and T.C. Steele Boyhood Home are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[7]

As of the census[11] of 2010, there were 420 people, 169 households, and 118 families living in the town. The population density was 1,312.5 inhabitants per square mile (506.8/km2). There were 202 housing units at an average density of 631.3 per square mile (243.7/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 98.1% White, 0.2% Native American, and 1.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.6% of the population.

There were 169 households, of which 35.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.7% were married couples living together, 13.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 30.2% were non-families. 24.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.93.

The median age in the town was 36.8 years. 27.1% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.4% were from 25 to 44; 23.6% were from 45 to 64; and 19.3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 48.1% male and 51.9% female.

As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 416 people, 168 households, and 115 families living in the town. The population density was 1,151.6 inhabitants per square mile (444.6/km2). There were 194 housing units at an average density of 537.0 per square mile (207.3/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 97.36% White, 2.16% from other races, and 0.48% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.44% of the population.

There were 168 households, out of which 34.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.5% were married couples living together, 5.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.5% were non-families. 28.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 26.4% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 29.6% from 25 to 44, 18.0% from 45 to 64, and 18.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.3 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $43,036, and the median income for a family was $46,250. Males had a median income of $37,250 versus $23,125 for females. The per capita income for the town was $17,970. About 1.6% of families and 2.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.0% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

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As Big Tech cuts workers, other industries are desperate to hire them

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Workers who jumped from one high-paying job to another as Big Tech companies staffed up at a dizzying pace in recent years are now considering leaving the sector entirely as those same large employers lay off tens of thousands of workers. MarketWatch spoke with several recently laid-off tech workers who are looking for jobs at companies that dont focus solely on technology many of which say they are still hiring.

Anna Naumova was laid off in January after nearly four years as a contract worker at Apple Inc. AAPL, -0.75%, where she was a product manager of internal sales tools for Apples marketing team. Now shes looking into a nontech job at grocery chain H-E-B, where she would be able to use the same skills.

Its a really hard situation, said Naumova, who also recently started a consulting business to help immigrants land jobs in the U.S.

Todd Erickson, meanwhile, has spent nearly two decades in tech, working for the last six years at Phase Change Software. Now hes exploring marketing and communications openings at nontech companies in sectors like healthcare, government and financial services.

Longtime tech workers like Naumova and Erickson are considering making these kinds of career changes as tech giants like Apple, Meta Platforms Inc. META, +0.26%, Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, -0.97%, Alphabet Inc.s GOOGL, -1.21% GOOG, -1.24% Google, Microsoft Corp. MSFT, -1.56%, Cisco Systems Inc. CSCO, -0.43%, HP Inc. HPQ, -0.36% and Intel Corp. INTC, -2.09% pink-slip thousands of employees in an effort to cut costs. The shift would help explain why the U.S. continues to exceed forecasts for job growth, as Januarys jobs report showed, despite massive tech layoffs.

Silicon Valley added 88,000 jobs in the year ending in June 2022, according to the recently published Silicon Valley Index. More than 16,000 of those jobs were in the tech industry, leaving the regions unemployment rate at about 2%, compared with the national rate of 3.4%.

On Friday, during the annual State of the Valley conference, Joint Venture Silicon Valley CEO Russell Hancock said most local jobs are in infrastructure, and parts of that sector including healthcare, social services and banking and financial services are rebounding and adding jobs. The 11,000 tech layoffs through February amounted to about 0.7% of the total Silicon Valley workforce and 2% of tech workers, he said, noting that 22,000 jobs were added to the region in the second half of 2022.

Another employment wrinkle is placing non-tech workers at pure-tech companies. Ed-tech platform Careerist has helped place 1,000 people in jobs as office workers, drivers, and sales reps at Apple, Amazon, Google, Samsung Electronics 005930, -1.73%, and Intel Corp. INTC, -2.09% over the three years, company CEO Ivan Tsybaev told MarketWatch.

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The sudden influx of laid-off workers has not only intensified competition for jobs but has added to harsh feelings among some tech workers toward their employers and the tech industry in general.

The honeymoon period with tech ended five years ago with the tech backlash, 2016 elections, data breaches, federal legislation and antitrust lawsuits, Spencer Greene, a general partner at venture-capital firm TSVC, told MarketWatch. There is a sense of disillusionment.

Stephen Deasy, chief technology officer at Benchling, a biotech-research platform, predicts that many jobless tech workers will land at more traditional businesses, which he says is an invaluable opportunity to transfer their skills.

Industries outside of tech have undergone massive digital transformations and are in need of workers with skills in artificial intelligence, cloud computing and data services, and companies in sectors such as banking, pharmaceuticals, biotech, healthcare and the defense industry are now hiring from a huge pool of newly available talent.

Former Cisco Systems Inc. CSCO, -0.43% CEO John Chambers has repeatedly said Fortune 500 companies have no choice but to adapt or perish. Have of these companies wont exist in 10 years, he famously said in 2020.

For years, those industries struggled to recruit against Big Tech, which offered legendary perks and lofty compensation. But now, industries such finance and insurance are hoping to hire while tech companies are on pause.

Wells Fargo & Co. WFC, +0.57%, for example, is in the midst of a tech-hiring binge. After filling more than 1,000 tech-related job openings in 2022, the financial-services company plans to hire 1,500 additional software engineers, systems architects and people skilled in user-experience design, operations and AI and machine learning. Wells Fargo already employs 40,000 technology workers globally.

It remains hard to recruit and get through to top talent. They are never looking for a job. We have to reach out to them, Jason Strle, chief information officer and head of enterprise-functions technology at Wells Fargo, told MarketWatch.

At the same time, early-stage tech startups are finding it easier to hire from the growing pool of qualified workers who have been let go recently by the industrys biggest names.

Seed-stage startups had difficulty hiring in 2021, but that is freeing up now, TSVCs Greene said. In 2021, there was so much competition for talent. Now it is a question of how much of more than 100,000 [laid-off tech workers] can you absorb now? I dont know, but startup people are really excited about [the available talent pool].

Somesh Dash, a general partner at Silicon Valley VC firm IVP, said 90% of people laid off at his portfolio companies, which include Uber Technologies Inc. UBER, -4.00% and Netflix Inc. NFLX, -0.78%, found jobs within a year.

If there is any consolation for recently unemployed tech workers, its that they are in high demand, as companies like Wells Fargo and State Farm Insurance build out their IT operations and need workers with AI, software and cloud skills.

This has happened before, said Muddu Sudhakar, CEO of Aisera, a service-desk platform. After the dot-com implosion in 2001, nontech employers ramped up hiring of tech talent. Now, we are having it happen again 20 years later.

This time around, there is a twist. Some tech workers are reluctant to take a job at another Big Tech company because of misgivings over companies damaged reputations as well as a general feeling that the industry is more interested in profits and market value than innovation.

Nick Hirsch started out as a software engineer intern at Google and later worked at Amazon and Microsoft before leaving Big Tech in 2015 to start his own venture. He also does freelance work for nontech companies such as McGraw Hill through A.Team, a marketplace for people with tech skills.

He says that his career path reinforces the idea that highly skilled tech workers dont have to be full-time employees at Big Tech firms. Like Hirsch, many have made the choice to do meaningful work at other kinds of companies.

Every company is a tech company to a certain degree, Deasy said. As banks, healthcare and customer service move into the application of AI, [machine learning] and cloud computing, there are more job opportunities than ever. So if you lost a job at a Big Tech company, dont despair. You have options.

Jeremy Owens contributed to this report.

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