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Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Mar-2025 04:30:18 JST Adrianna Tan

The Deputy Director for the Director's Office of Equity & Tribal Affairs (DETA) at for the State of California is hiring an executive assistant:
https://calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Jobs/JobPosting.aspx?JobControlId=468924
#GetFediHired #California #Sacramento #Jobs

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  Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Mar-2025 05:12:06 JST Adrianna Tan
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  @mcmullin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Seal_of_California apparently that's athena
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    Great Seal of California
    
    The Great Seal of the State of California was adopted at the California state Constitutional Convention of 1849 and has undergone minor design changes since then, the last being the standardization of the seal in 1937. The seal shows Athena in Greek mythology (alternately Minerva in Roman mythology), the goddess of wisdom and war, because she was born an adult, and California was never a territory; a California grizzly bear, the official state animal, feeding on grape vines, representing California's wine production; a sheaf of grain, representing agriculture; a miner, representing the California Gold Rush and the mining industry; and sailing ships, representing the state's economic power. The word Eureka (εύρηκα in Greek), meaning "I have found it", is the California state motto. The original design of the seal was by U.S. Army major Robert S. Garnett and engraved by Albert Kuner. However, because of the friction then in existence between the military and civil authorities, Garnett was unwilling to introduce the design to the constitutional convention, so convention...
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  David McMullin (mcmullin@musicians.today)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Mar-2025 05:12:07 JST David McMullin
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  Tangential irrelevant question (sorry): Why’s there a Roman centurion (or whatever they are) on the California seal? Seems an odd choice.
  
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