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Museum Musings...YMCA of the RockiesLula W. Dorsey MuseumFall 2008

2 - Fall 2008View From the Museum PorchThe fall colors havecome and gone. And aglorious fall it was.Unlike some years whenthe lack of moistureleaves us crackling dry,this year's ample rainsmade for a spectaculardisplay of fall colors. Aswe've said in the past,fall is the carrot on theend of the stick after a busy summer in Estes Park.Each summer is different, but this one was veryspecial since it was the thirtieth summer of operationfor the Dorsey Museum. With that milestone cameour thirty-year YMCA service pins. It was a bit of areality check to think that we've both worked at theY almost half of our lives!One of the highlights of this summer was the celebrationof Camp Chief Ouray's centennial on LaborDay weekend. Staff and camper alumni gathered toreminisce and have fun. We had the opportunity tospend the entire weekend having fun with them. Besure to check out our feature story later in thisnewsletter.We are really excited about the opportunity tosave Purple Finch cabin from the landfill to serve asarchive storage and an exhibit preparation workspace. Be sure to read about how you can help withthis special project.This past summer was spent doing what we lovebest about our jobs, visiting with old friends andOur Mission:To support the Mission of the YMCA of the Rockiesthrough preservation and documentation of our corporatehistory by:Collecting, preserving, and interpretingcultural artifacts related to the YMCA'shistory in a museum venue,Offering interpretive programs to guestsand members,Identifying and participating in thepreservation of historically significantbuildings and sites,Actively researching and publishingmaterials related to our history.Museum Musings Fall 2008 (Vol. 25, No. 2)Lula W. Dorsey Museumwww.ymcarockiesmuseum.orgYMCA of the RockiesPost Office Box 20550Estes Park, CO 80511970-586-3341 ext. 1136 or 1240jmelton@ymcarockies.orgmaking new ones. After last summer's whirlwind ofcentennial events, we decided to get back to a morenormal routine, whatever that might be. We accompaniedYMCA guided hikes to interpret archaeology,history and natural history. At the request of somecoworkers, we even forced our wobbly knees to climbthe side of Mt. Chapin to visit Miner Bill's Mine. Itwas just as steep and beautiful as we remembered.We had an interesting critter time around theDorsey Museum this summer. In early June, Jackheard what could only be described as an alien-likesound emanating from the spruce tree in the frontyard. Closer examination revealed a Magpie nest.Each time a parent would return to the nest with ameal, the young magpies would raise a ruckus.Unfortunately, they fledged on a Sunday morning,and we were not around to see the excitement.After several years of declining numbers, the hummingbirdpopulation at the museum was way up thisyear. Although the number of birds was nothing likethe 1980s and 90s, it was nice to again see them inholding patterns awaiting an opening at the feeders.The local moose population still seems to be growing.There have been sightings all summer on theeast side of the National Park. Most recently, amoose was seen foraging in Sprauge Lake.The bears have been their usual opportunisticselves. Bear proof trash cans and frequent trash pickupsby Buildings and Grounds have helped the bearsstay out of trouble. One afternoon, Day Camp puttheir picnic leftovers in the museum trash can. Mr.Bear had a fine feast that night. Can't say much forhis table manners. What a mess! From then on wefurnished trash bags for Day Camp to haul off theirleftovers.The morning of July 21 was a "Bambi" moment atthe museum. When we arrived for work there was avery small rabbit scurrying around the parking lot.Then a black abert squirrel ran up the flagpole andback down. A momentlater, a doe and two tinyfawns appeared in theyard. While Jack ranupstairs to grab the camera,the rabbit and fawnsstarted bouncing and scamperingaround the yardtogether. Lulie called it a“Walt Disney” moment butwas reminded later thatDisney is fiction and whatwe saw was real. One ofthe fawns later disappeared,but the remaining one and its mother keptthe bushes trimmed the rest of the summer.We know that many of you keep up on the localweather through the museum website. The virtual

3 - Fall 2008weather station page has had 30,000 viewings sincegoing live in January. The Ypsilon webcam has hadover 100,000 hits by "homesick" Y folks. You can seeboth the weather and the webcam at:www.ymcarockiesmuseum.org/weather.htm.Now for our personal weather observations… LateMay and early June were unusually cool and wet. Wereally didn't experience summer temperatures anddryer weather until mid-June. The cooler weatherdelayed the early flowers making them overlap withlater blooming summer flowers. The alpine forgetme-notswere especially profuse this year.Just about the time we started to complain of dryness,the summer monsoons arrived. Thankfully, wedidn't get the violent summer thunderstorms. It waskind of like the old days when it would cloud up andrain in the afternoon and clear by sunset.Through the years you've heard us whine aboutthe August "brownout" when everything gets cracklingdry. Not this year. Just as the grasses began tohead out, we had a major monsoon event fromAugust 15-17. During that period, we had almost1.75" of rain. The mountains got several inches ofsnow as temperatures hovered in the upper 30s andlow 40s. When the clouds cleared, seasonal stafferJerry Suchman captured the scene below.Less than thirty days later, another cold front hitthe Front Range. Moisture from a Pacific hurricanegot caught up in a cold front. Estes again receivedover 1.5" of rain. This time the mountains really gothammered. They stayed completely white for severaldays. Everybody kept griping about it being too earlyfor such weather. Then Mother Nature blessed uswith day after day of beautiful Indian Summerweather to compliment the golden aspen leaves.After a two and a half month cessation, constructionrelated to the redevelopment of the core campusat Estes Park resumed in mid-August. Work beganby removing the last three buildings scheduled fordemolition. First to go was the commercial/guestlaundry. Remember those dust bunnies that growunder your washer at home? Well, you can imaginethe size of the lint balls that appeared when themachines were moved! The giant jaws of destructionmade short work of the laundry.Then painfully we had to say good-bye to Pioneerand Fern-Odessa. Jack took a last walk through onAugust 15. He was amazed at the deteriorated conditionof the buildings. Our summer senior stafferswere especially saddened to see Pioneer go, but itwas time.By early September, the construction of the newlodges and conference center was in full swing. Thecrunching noise of buildings coming down wasreplaced by growling diesel engines as tons of dirtwere moved about. In between growls was the incessantbeep, beep, beep of reverse warning beepers. Afriend of ours brought his young grandson over to seeall the big equipment. The wide-eyed toddler smiledbroadly as he mimicked the beep, beep, beep…If you want to keep up with the core area construction,go the construction webcam athttp://oxblue.com/pro/open/neenan/ymcarockies. It'sgot some really cool features.Ground was broken on two very significant projectsin September. Staff and guests gathered on the4th to celebrate construction of the Legett ChristianCenter. This religious activity center will greatlyenhance the chaplaincy program. The second groundbreaking was for the Craft and Design Center. Bothbuildings will be ready in time for next summer.When people ask, "What do you do in the winter?"our response is something like, "That is when we getmost of our work done." As we began researching theY's centennial book in the fall of 2004, we grappledwith the sheer volume of the Dorsey Museum’sarchives. It was like the nine-hundred pound gorillain the room. You try to ignore it by pretending it'snot there.Even though our research was aided immensely bya hundred page index of the archives compiled bymuseum volunteer Marcia Taylor, we realized thatLongs Peak and the Front Range, August 16. Photograph by Jerry Suchman.

4 - Fall 2008we carry around too much information in our collectiveheads. It's time to dump our memories before the"hard disks" crash!Museum volunteer Jeanne Gorze is cleaning upthe index and formatting it for uniformity. Then wewill then start annotating the index with additionalcomments. After that is done, the index will be madeavailable on the museum's website for researchers. Itwill take a couple of winters to get the index completelycross referenced.Time to cease with our personal ramblings and geton with the rest of the newsletter. Thanks to all ofyou who have supported the museum over the years.Keep warm and safe over the winter. Be sure to dropby and say hello if you are in the area.A quick check of theInternet confirmed thatLockwood did indeedbuild carriage lanterns.During his sparetime, Jesse spent severalweeks meticulously brazingthe lantern backtogether. While stripping off more layers of blackpaint, Jesse discovered that the original finish wassilver plate over brass. The silver plate was past saving,but it revealed that this had indeed been animpressive carriage lantern in its day.A Finishing TouchForMountainside LodgeFor years, we had admired the porch light thathung high above the door at John Timothy Stone'sMountainside Lodge. We could tell from the stylethat it was a carriage light. As Paul Harvey wouldsay, "Now for the rest of the story…"When the renovation of the Lodge began, the carriagelight was removed for safe keeping and repair.It was badly deteriorated and certainly didn't meetelectrical code. The plan was to have it powder coatedand reworked in time for last summer's reopening ofMountainside Lodge.Unfortunately, powder coating requires a veryhigh temperature. When the lantern was heated, thelow temperature solder holding it together instantlymelted. The light became a pile of jumbled pieces. Itwent into a box to await reassembly.Last winter, the job of reassembling it wasassigned to Jesse Ryan in Buildings and GroundsVehicle Maintenance. Jesse had the brazing skillsnecessary to put the lantern back together. Problemwas that he didn't know what part went where.Imagine whose telephone rang?We started digging through pre-renovation photographsand came up with a rather fuzzy photograph.Jesse, Frank Palazolo, Eldon Kifer and Jack spentthe better part of an hour looking at the photograph,staring at the pile of parts and rubbing collectivebrain cells together. Finally, a unanimous decisionwas made as to the order of reassembly.A couple of days later, Jesse called Jack to saythat while removing paint he discovered a maker'sstamp. It read, "C.N. Lockwood & Co. Newark N.J."Jesse shows off the reassembledLockwood carriage lantern.Home again!After the lantern was reassembled, Jack sent aphotograph to the Carriage Museum of America.Katharine Magruder identified it from its size andstyle as having been manufactured between 1865 and1875 for use on a funeral hearse!The question of course is how and when did thatlantern find its way to Mountainside Lodge? We haveno clue whatsoever.Revising History Before It HappenedIn the last edition, we told you the story of the oldlivery and how it became the teen barn and later thestaff recreation building. No sooner had weannounced its impending conversion to a guest laundrythan our telephone rang. It was Y BoardMember, Steve Goldmann. He wanted to let us knowthat there had been a slight change in plans.

5 - Fall 2008It seems that upon closer inspection, structuralengineers determined that several tons of washersand dryers thumping around in what was once thehayloft would be more than the old building couldtake. So scratch that plan. Sounded like anotherbuilding headed for the landfill.That was a lot of square footage to just throwaway. Since it is adjacent to the new Buildings andGrounds shop, it was logical to turn it into storage.So, you can put a big red X through the story inthe spring edition. Now let's see if the powers-that-bechange their minds after this story goes to press.We Need Your Help!In 1977, Walter Ruesch and Lula Dorsey had theforesight to preserve a portion of the old Wind RiverLodge. During the ensuing decades, the DorseyMuseum has been transformed from a summer-onlyhistorical museum into an important year-round programmingresource.Perhaps just as importantly, it is now the repositoryfor over one hundred years of corporate archivesdocumenting the delivery of the Y's mission to itsmembers. As Kent Meyer President/CEO wrote in hispreface to YMCA of the Rockies: Reflections,Traditions and Vision: We need to remember all theepisodes in our history, the good and the bad and discernthe lessons that will help us in our second centuryof service. Spanish born American poet andphilosopher George Santayana said, "Those who forgetthe past are condemned to repeat it."Through the years, you have faithfully supportednot only the day-to-day operations of the DorseyMuseum but some pretty significant projects. Now weneed your support for another project.The upcoming construction of the Legett ChristianCenter at the Estes Park Center presented theDorsey Museum with a unique opportunity and challenge.Purple Finch cabin was in the footprint of thenew building. Last spring, we decided to save PurpleFinch cabin. It will be revitalized as archival storageand exhibit preparation space.Purple Finch 1919.Purple Finch was one of the original Wind RiverLodge tourist cabins built by the Estes Park Landand Investment Company in 1905. In 1910, the cabinwas moved from its original location south of thepresent livery to a spot just east of Hyde Chapel.Since the present Administration Building wasoriginally the Dining and Social Hall, Purple Finchwas in actuality the Y’s first “administration building.”In 1912, offices were added to the Dining andSocial Hall and a new dining hall was constructed.Purple Finch then became the executive director'ssummer residence. Through the ensuing decades,Purple Finch was used as guest accommodations,staff housing and lastly as meeting space.Adequate archival storage is an important part ofpreserving this Association's heritage. The current142 square feet of archival storage space at theDorsey Museum is packed wall to wall and floor toceiling. Our storage issues were compounded afterthe volume of archival material almost doubled whilepreparing for the YMCA of the Rockies and CampChief Ouray centennials.Purple Finch's 442 square feet will more thanquadruple our storage space. It will also providemuch needed exhibit preparation and archival processingwork space.Purple Finch circa 1905 in its original location.Purple Finch on the way to its new home.

6 - Fall 2008Now, our challenge is to pay for this opportunity.Due to the construction schedule for the religiousactivity center, we took the bold step of movingPurple Finch before funding was in place. The alternativefor Purple Finch was the bulldozer. Sometimesyou just have to go forward on faith.On August 27, Purple Finch was loaded on themoving truck and brought to the museum. The excavationand foundation work followed soon after. Thebuilding will be in its new home on the north side ofthe museum in October.The total budget for moving, foundation and utilitiesis $45,000. We need all of you reading thisnewsletter to take a moment and make a donationspecifically for Purple Finch. It is vitally importantthat we protect the YMCA corporate archives andpreserve this historic cabin for future generations.To make a contribution, see the form on the backpage of this newsletter.What Makes Old GlassTurn Purple?When we were in college, we poked around trashdumps in East Texas looking for old bottles.Especially prized were bottles that had turned purplefrom exposure to the sun.Now, fast forward to 1979. That summer we werepoking around the YMCA's trash dumps. Livery masterBill Robinson told us about a dump above the stables.Sure enough, the dump was loaded with tons ofcans, broken dishes and glassware.Those of you who are students of Y history knowthat this is where the refuse from the December 1913collapse of the Dining Hall was dumped. When theroof came crashing down under the weight of sevenfeet of snow, there wasn't much left of the Y's tableware.This past summer, we were leading a group ofguests on a history walk and stopped by the olddump to poke around. The ground was littered withfragments of glassware turned purple by the sun.Jack kicked one piece with the toe of his boot andturned it up. What was unusual about this particularpiece was that the part buried in the ground was stillclear.One guest asked, "What in old glass makes it turnpurple?" Jack told them manganese was the elementthat turned old glass purple after long-term exposureto ultraviolet light.Some Internet research revealed that lead hadbeen used for centuries as a clarifying agent in glass.In the 1860s, the manganese was substituted for leadto make the glass brighter and to act as a stabilizer.About 1915, some but not all glass companies begansubstituting selenium for manganese. So, glassturned purple by the sun dates prior to or just afterWWI.Camp Chief Ouray Celebrates100 Years of Camp MagicSince 1885, YMCA resident camping has beenbuilding character in America's youth. Y youth campingwas still in its developmental phase when theDenver YMCA established Camp Chief Ouray in1908 in Granby, Colorado.This past Labor Day weekend, over 150 staff andcamper alumni and their families from the 1940s tothe present gathered to celebrate 100 years of campmagic. The three day event featured fun, food, campfiresand a host of camp activities.Having never attended a YMCA resident youthcamp as children, we've spent the last three yearsbecoming better acquainted with Camp Chief Ouray.We've learned that going to camp is a unique experiencethat is difficult to convey to the uninitiated.When Camp Chief Ouray was acquired from theDenver YMCA in 1980 and moved to Snow MountainRanch, the event created an emotional as well asphysical gap in the history of CCO. One of the goalsof the centennial celebration was to bridge that gap.Friday's check-infelt more like a familyreunion than a centennialcelebration. Therewere hugs, kisses andpeals of laughter. Atraditional campfirewas the kickoff activityfor the evening.Reuniting with old friends.Saturday morningwe were treated to atour of the original camp. It was sort of like walkingthrough a time warp. When the old camp was sold,developers left some remnants of the campuntouched.The first stop was the old lodge, now a communitycenter, which was much like alumni remembered it.

7 - Fall 2008Telling horse stories at old Camp Chief OurayWe were treated to a lot of reminiscing, much ofwhich centered around horse stories. Former wranglershad everyone laughing.Next, we went on a tour of the property. Formercampers found familiar names written on the walls ofthe rifle range. The chapel, complete with benches,was still there as was the old horse barn.One of our responsibilities during the reunion wasto scan photographs and documents brought in byformer staff. Former camp nurse Juanita Muntz, anadmitted "string saver," brought us a cache of materialincluding rosters from the late 1960s and early70s. Those, along with many photographs, are nowposted on the alumni website.Saturday and Sunday were filled with traditionalcamp activities including tie-dying, hiking, canoeing,crafts and horseback riding. There were nightlycampfires with songs, crazy skits and of course,s'mores.One of the highlights of the weekend was a cookoutwith over 200 in attendance. Afterwards weshowed a historical DVD produced for the reunion.You can see a streaming version on line at:www.ymcarockiesalumni.org/CCOCentennialVideo.htmAt Sunday night's dinner, alumni sat together bydecades. After the meal, alumni were asked to shareCamp Chief Ouray director Marty Ferguson leds a Rowdy Campfire cheer.their camp stories withthe group. Some werefunny, others were veryemotional. At first wewished we had brought atape recorder, but as wesat and listened, we realizedhow personal thesestories were. Eventhough the tales wereseparated by the span ofdecades, the themesremained the same.Camp Chief Ouray hadbeen a life-changingexperience.As the weekend progressed,we noticed thatit made no difference ifthe alumni attended theoriginal camp or the currentone, a feeling ofspirit and camaraderieprevailed. All in attendanceagreed that CCOshould have anotherreunion soon. Stay tunedfor details.S’moresWhile eating s'mores at theCamp Chief Ouray centennialreunion, we got to thinkingabout the origin of the campfiretreat.From what we could determine,the recipe for s'moresfirst appeared in 1927 inTramping and Trailing withthe Girl Scouts.For those of you who areunfamiliar, s'mores are toastedmarshmallows and chocolatebetween two graham crackers.This campfire treat is consideredas American as baseballand apple pie.The name of this gooey delicacyis a contraction of "somemore." Here is a factoid for youtrivia nuts. August 10th isnational s'mores day!Camp Chief Ouray is one of 265 YMCA residentyouth camps in America serving 400,000 boys andgirls annually.The goals of building character and Christian personalityare as valid today as they were in 1885. Byintentionally and purposefully imparting our CoreValues of Caring, Honesty, Respect, Responsibilityand Faith, Camp Chief Ouray will give future generationsof youth a solid foundation upon which tobuild their lives.RememberingPioneer and Fern-Odessa LodgesIn our opening ramblings, we told you that wesaid farewell to Pioneer and Fern-Odessa Lodges thisfall.This was not the first time we said farewell to theold lodges. During the 1993 alumni reunion,Executive Director Gene Garris announced that atthe end of the summer, Pioneer and Fern-Odessawould be coming down to make way for a new lodgeand conference center. The male seasonal staff thenoccupying Pioneer, took that as a cue to have a"trashing party" as they moved out at summer's end.Repairs were made in time for the summer of 1994.Pioneer and Fern-Odessa were built in 1921 assummer staff housing to replace disintegrating tents.

8 - Fall 2008Each lodge consisted offour dorms and a socialhall with housing for asupervising matron.The matron was consideredessential sincethere had been previousissues with rowdy unsupervisedcollege staff. Tisk, tisk, some things neverchange.At their time of construction, these dorms weredeluxe housing since they had steam heat and electricity.At some point the lodges were named Hallettand Ypsilon. In 1948, the Mummy Quadrangle wasconstructed to house staff. Hallett and Ypsilon werethen converted to conference housing.1919 staff housing.1990s, Pioneer became housing for the senior staffladies and Fern-Odessa became housing for the olderfemale college staff.As the senior ladies living in Pioneer left for thelast time, they took souvenirs such as doorknobs andsigns with them. Sad to see the old lodges go, but thememories of the goods time had by the people wholived there will endure.Make Your Reservation NowFor theJune Alumni Relations!It is time to make your reservations for the 2009staff alumni reunions. The Alumni AssociationCouncil and Y staff are currently working on theschedule of activities. It's time to start digging outthose photographs and mementos and trying to putnames with all those faces.Ypsilon Lodge (Fern-Odessa), 1920s.The post World War II boom in conference businessfound the lodges in deplorable condition. In1952, Ypsilon Lodge received a facelift that includedknotty pine paneling, linoleum, baths and generalrepairs. Renamed Fern-Odessa Lodge, it delightedconference guests. With a busy 1955 season on thehorizon, the Board approved remodeling Hallett,renaming it Pioneer Lodge.When the new Hallett, Howard and Hague lodgeswere built, Pioneer and Fern-Odessa were returnedto staff housing. The college staff men lived inPioneer and women in Fern-Odessa. During theFourth of July 1976 “cherry pie.”Many of our alumni worked at both SnowMountain Ranch and Estes Park Center. We havescheduled the reunions so that you can attend both.The Snow Mountain Ranch reunion is scheduled forJune 10-14. The Estes Park Center reunion runsJune 14-20.To make your reservations on-line go to:http://www.ymcarockiesalumni.org/reunion.htm. Tomake your reservation by telephone call 800-777-9622 and select option 2.Look for additional information in the up-comingalumni newsletter scheduled for delivery inDecember. You can also contact Lulie Melton AlumniAssociation Coordinator at:LMelton@YMCARockies.org or 970-586-3341 ext.1231.Pioneer Lodge, almost gone.

9 - Fall 2008Look What Showed Up WhenMark BirdseyeCleaned Out His Office!Snow Mountain Ranch Program Director MarkBirdseye is a "bit" of a packrat. As program Directorsince December 1987, he has had plenty of time tostash away things in the nooks and crannies of hisoffice.In the museum business, two-legged packrats area good thing. Over the years, Mark has come up withsome historical gems. But when Jack recently openeda brown interdepartmental envelope sent by Mark,he couldn't believe what was inside. There were eightlarge format color transparencies and a 1999 letterfrom Audrey Ley.To put these slides into perspective, we have toslip back in time to November 18, 1965. At 9:40 a.m.,Dwight and Mary Ellen Dannen arrived in Denverwhere they met Wendel and Audrey Ley and WalterRuesch.Dwight was the President of the Y Board. He andfellow Board member Wendel Ley and ManagingDirector Walter Ruesch were charged with seekingout a location for a new Y-Camp. The purpose oftheir trip was to inspect a 1,200 acre ranch in theGore Range.Almost as an afterthought, Ruesch handed them anote about a parcel of property named the JustRanch. The couples had reservations in Vail thatevening, and time was limited. After looking at amap, they decided that a detour through Tabernashstill enabled them to see the Gore Range propertybefore dark.After lunch in Fraser, they drove to Granby.Missing the turn to the Just Ranch, they made a U-turn only after serious consideration whether it wasworth the effort. Leaving Highway 40, a blanket ofsnow made the crown of the dirt road barely discernable.Fresh snow made old wagons, machinery andeven the trash look attractive. White blanketed treesreminded them of Christmas.As they say, "Now, the rest is history." The Boardof Directors approved purchase the 2,600 acre JustRanch in July 1966. The transformation from JustRanch to Snow Mountain Ranch began in the springof 1968.These images document a significant sliver oftime in YMCA history. During the summer of 1968, Ymembers were transported from Estes Park to SnowMountain Ranch to hear Walter Ruesch's vision forthe new Y-camp then under construction.When the Y purchased the Just Ranch, it boughtnot only one of the premier parcels of land in theFraser Valley but fell heir to the rich heritage of theJust family. At the time of purchase, Della Just, herson Rudy and hiswife Clarabelle wereliving on the ranch.As a condition ofpurchasing the property,the Y gavethem life tenancy.Two significantpieces of lore relatingto the Just familywere documentedin the transparencies.Clarabelle andClarabelle and Rudy’s pet rooster.Rudy had a pet rooster that would sit on their arm orshoulder and crow. They put this rooster on show todelight Y members visiting Snow Mountain Ranchduring the summer of 1968.After SnowMountainRanch openedin July 1969,the Just familywas seen as avaluableresource forguest programming.The Justfamily had furDella, Rudy and Clarabelle display their firs.trapped for generations.Thetanned pelts provided an important source of hardcurrency for the family. Clarabelle kept a trunkpacked full of animal furs from which she put on programs.As she passed the furs among guests,Clarabelle told stories and tall tales of ranching,trapping and hunting in Middle Park.Y Board of Directors at Snow Mountain Ranch, November 1968.Another of the images shows the Y Board ofDirectors in November 1968 inspecting progress onconstruction projects. In the background, you can seea yellow piece of heavy earthmoving equipment.Wish Mark had cleaned out his desk a couple ofyears ago. These three images would have made awonderful addition to the Y history book published in2006. Guess that is why you have second editions.Nothing like job security.

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