First, watch the video above. Then read the following. I would recommend watching this a couple of times to ensure you have a good idea of the difference between empathy and sympathy.
"To understand the difference between empathy and sympathy it helps if we connect to our own life experiences. Think of a time someone showed you empathy, or you showed empathy to them. Use this experience to explain your understanding of what empathy is and how it is different than sympathy. If you cannot, at this time, think of a personal moment, create one (do not use the example from the video) and use this to help explain the difference." 1) Watch the video above a couple of times. Then, read, reflect, think, discuss with parents, siblings, friends, your thoughts and feelings about the information in the video, the connections or feelings you had. 2) Write a thoughtful response based on the paragraph above in green ensuring you have met the criteria (see above in the header of this page, or in the word document in Teams under "File." 3) Wait for someone to post. Reply to their post giving them feedback using the criteria found in the banner (top of page) on Blog page, or in the word document in Teams under "File." 4) Once you have received feedback from a peer you are to revise your original. Click on the reply button under the person who gave you feedback and submit your new blog comment The process will take 2 to 3 days to complete. Day 1 – respond to post, day 2 give feedback, day 3 revise (this can be completed much earlier than over three days). Only one person is to respond to a blog post – no duplicates. If someone has given feedback scroll down and choose someone else.
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Hagrid21
28/4/2020 12:06:24 am
Last year in grade six my class did a program called roots of empathy. The person that ran the program came every Thursday to talk to us about empathy and how people may feel when we do certain things. Or how they may react. A few days later some one that was close to me past away. When I got to school one of my friends talked to me and told me they had been in my position before that they’d been sad, they told me about how they had to go threw all the phases of loss sadness and depression. They knew how I had felt and showed me empathy. Sympathy is the exact opposite of empathy. With sympathy you don’t connect with other people you tell them that it’s not bad, or that to cheer up. But what they don’t understand is that they are making it worse by saying that things aren’t as bad as you think.
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Mr.Obama
28/4/2020 12:44:22 am
I think this is amazing! I think I would add like how did this person impact my life by showing empathy for me if you want or explain some things what the person who showed empathy for you talked about. overall this is great, maybe just add little things to make it stand out more.
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Mr.Obama
28/4/2020 12:46:27 am
I think the punctuation is great but maybe add some commas here and there but it’s really good no joke.
Hagrid21
28/4/2020 04:12:57 pm
The way they impacted my life is hard to explain they made me feel not alone at the time I was sad, they made me feel like people are there for me. When they told me that what had happened to them I felt not as bad for my self but bad for them.
Mr.Obama
28/4/2020 12:36:31 am
I remembered this one time in grade 6, my friends aunt recently passed, and we were just taking about random stuff on the small field or something, then he just randomly brought it up, I felt so bad and even a little hurt, hurt because I’ve lost family. I told him that it’s okay to go through things like this because it helps you develop yourself to become and even better human being, I told him that I can connect to your loss, I lost my grandpa when I was 6 and after that I learned to take things for granted, to be grateful for the little things . I was there for him and show him empathy. Sympathy is so different from empathy, it’s like me telling a depressed friend to just feel better or it’s just in your head. Like when you can connect with people on different levels, it makes people feel amazing that you care enough to share a personal moment in your life, but when your just doing it to just seem like a good person, it just ruins the whole point of being nice.
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Hagrid21
28/4/2020 12:40:44 am
I remember when you told me that it really showed me empathy and that I can do those things to help others.
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Mr.Obama
28/4/2020 12:47:55 am
Thanks! And ofc no problem. I’m glad that I helped
Mr.Obama
28/4/2020 03:53:49 pm
Revise* I’ve showed lots of empathy for people over my life but the time I showed it last year in grade 6 is probably my favourite. I was on the small field with my friend, we were probably talking about fortnite, I think this was at lunch because we talked for a while, anyways while we were talking he mentioned that his aunt recently had past, at that moment I felt a lot of emotions, sad, hurt and maybe even devastated. But I wanted to make the best out of the situation, I told him that even though you feel like your lost, it’s okay to feel like that sometimes, it helps with character development to become an awesome human, I told him that I’ve been in his situation before, I lost my grandpa when I was 6 and I was confused, lost and hurt. Sympathy is so very different from empathy, empathy is connecting with someone with a personal experience and sympathy is just kinda of being nice just to seem like a good person, like there’s a very big difference.
Moaning Myrtle
28/4/2020 10:06:26 am
When I think about it, I think I show sympathy more than empathy. In a way, it's easier for me. With sympathy you only have to show concern for others, say things like it will be ok or at least you have this and that. When it comes to empathy, you have to put yourself in the other person's place to understand and feel how they feel too. The only small example I think of right now is with my cousin. When she used to live here, if I was upset she would say I've been there too, I know the feeling and it sucks but once you make it through you will just be stronger for next time. She connects with me and my feelings in order to have empathy. I'm sure I have better examples but I can't think of any at the time.
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its shy
29/4/2020 09:29:46 am
This was great! I really like how you explained sympathy an empathy, the only thing I saw that might help make it better was maybe adding some quotation marks.
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Moaning Myrtle
29/4/2020 11:26:54 am
With feedback,
a_personOk
28/4/2020 10:27:33 am
One time someone I knew was talking about how their Grandma had passed away and empathized with them because my Nana and Papa have both passed away. I felt what he felt, missing them and wishing they were still here. Empathy is feeling what the other person is feeling and connecting emotionally. Sympathy is just saying yeah that’s bad and try to make it better, but empathy makes it better.
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It’s Me!!
28/4/2020 10:50:56 am
I’m so sorry for your loss :( This was great! A few things you can add or fix to help enhance your writing could be,
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It’s Me!!!
28/4/2020 10:43:02 am
I’ve had a friend been in that very dark place, it’s really hard seeing them like that. I always would try every now and then to get them to talk about it or understand that it’s ok to be upset because I know how it feels to think you shouldn’t be feeling that way or your dramatic. It helps us grow into the people we want to be. The sympathetic way to respond to this situation would be to say it will get better, its not forever or you will be fine.
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Kitten Kat
28/4/2020 11:07:01 am
I agree with that completely, maybe phrase it a little different because I had to reread it a couple times to understand what you were saying.
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It’s me!!!
29/4/2020 10:03:40 am
Revised:
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Kitten Kat
28/4/2020 10:54:56 am
When I was struggling with a difficult friendship my sister told me about her difficult friendships which also helped us get closer. It made me believe that sympathy is knowing someones pain is feeling or understanding their pain.
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Kitten Kat
28/4/2020 10:59:01 am
Sorry I meant empathy is feeling or understanding someone else's pain.
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person
28/4/2020 11:14:00 am
That's great, but maybe you can be more specific.
its shy
28/4/2020 10:55:26 am
One time my friend and I were talking and she told me something personal that made her visible upset. Instead of saying " you will get over it" or " at least you still have this", I told her " I am really sorry and remember I am always there for you, for what ever you need", and I think and hope that made her feel better. Before you say anything just think, if you can't personally relate to what they are feeling don't try and make something random up, but instead try and comfort them. Sometimes saying less is doing more.
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milomarley
28/4/2020 01:37:18 pm
I totally agree, you did a great job at using examples and it sounds really good, next time just make sure you are putting all your quotation marks and commas in the right spot.
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its Shy
30/4/2020 08:22:42 am
One time my friend and I were talking and she told me something personal that made her visibly upset. Instead of saying " you will get over it," or " at least you still have this," I told her " I am really sorry and remember I am always there for you, for what ever you need." I think and hope that made her feel better. Before you say anything just think, if you can't personally relate to what they are feeling don't try and make something random up, but instead try and comfort them. Sometimes saying less is doing more
owoster
28/4/2020 11:03:39 am
I think that empathy and sympathy are not so different they both show feelings to others and that you can understand how they feel. The difference is that empathy is you have experienced what they have already, and that you understand the position they're in, for example i show empathy for me little sister because when I was about her age we both had trouble remembering the multiplication table. Sympathy is when you think you understand and that you can somewhat feel because you never felt what situation that they have been in, for example sympathy is just talking about it without connections.
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Moaning Myrtle
28/4/2020 11:32:59 am
Thats great! I totally agree with what you're saying but maybe trying going through and checking for periods other than that it sounded really good.
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what3
28/4/2020 11:08:40 am
I feel like I'm more of a sympathetic person than a empathetic person. I find it easier to just say it's okay then putting myself in their place, which I don't know if that is the greatest thing but I just find it easier.
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owoster
28/4/2020 11:15:53 am
I think that you should make an example for both empathy and sympathy and explain it a little better. Other than that its good.
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what3
30/4/2020 10:26:47 am
I feel like I'm more of a sympathetic person than a empathetic person. I find it easier to say it's okay then putting myself in their place, which I don't know if that's the greatest thing but I find it easier. Like if a friend is excited about something you could be excited with them to show you care about them. Empathy is more feeling for someone and understand what their going through and putting yourself in their position. I hope that's better. probably not.
person
28/4/2020 11:11:22 am
This reminds me of the time when my friends grandma past away. Even though my grandparents didn't past away I could understand his lost and I tried to empathy with his feeling. I also felt so bad for him when he wanted to be alone. But I thought I could help him a little bit to be happy so I went to him and say "It's okay, it will be fine, I know she went to better place" even though he wasn't happy like before he wasn't depressed.
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toastyyy
28/4/2020 11:52:22 am
i think you need a little more example of sympathy but other than that it's good and i can totally understand him
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person
29/4/2020 03:37:39 pm
I feel like I'm more of sympathy person because when you are working on sympathy with someone, the only thing that you need to do is just agree with them or understand their situation, but when you are working on empathy. You need to connect with that person. So, my example for sympathy is when my friends grandma past away. Even though my grandparents didn't past away I could understand his lost and I tried to understand with his feeling. I also felt so bad for him when he wanted to be alone. But I thought I could help him a little bit to be happy so I went to him and say "It's okay, it will be fine, I know she went to better place" even though he wasn't happy like before he wasn't depressed.
LADodgers024
28/4/2020 11:57:06 am
When I was on fortnite when I first started in early 2018, I was really bad at it. My friends from school were making fun of me and I got really sad. I left their party and joined a party with my friends from White Rock. I told them what happened and that the other kids were being rude to me. They made me feel good and said that they were sorry that I was treated like that and they were nice to me. This was empathy because they didn't compare it to anything and they comforted me. Sympathy would have been like them saying that I may not be the best but at least I can still get eliminations.
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Mr beast
28/4/2020 01:33:59 pm
This is a really good example I would just suggest cleaning up the first sentence You have when twice
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toastyyy
28/4/2020 01:11:03 pm
Couple years ago my friend's dad got in a car accident and he was badly injured. this never happened to me before but it happened to my sister so i can really understand him. after the accident happened he wasn't really happy and he was also depreessed, so i tried doing some empathy to chearing him up by talking about something else. one week later he felt better about what happened.
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Potatowithlimbs
29/4/2020 07:57:52 am
This is a good example. A few things that I noticed are that chearing should be spelt cheering and you need to capitalize the start of each sentence. And include an example of how you were empathetic.
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toastyyy
30/4/2020 11:22:21 am
i would say im more of a sympathy because being a sympathy is a bit more understanding than being a empathy for example one time my friend's dad got in a car accident and he was badly injured. this never happened to me before but i can understand him alot. After the accident his dad was rushed to the hospital, while my friend was crying about what happened. He couldn't stop crying so i tried to cheer him up by talking about something else to keep his mind way from him thinking about him. Couple weeks later his dad was released from the hopital and he was finally happy again.
milomarley
28/4/2020 01:18:57 pm
I feel that empathy is way more effective because it is putting yourself in the position of the person instead of just telling its okay. If advice is something that would be helpful its going to be way easier to give useful advice if you know what they're going through and know a good way to handle it. When I am in a situation where I have to choose between sympathy and empathy I choose empathy because I find it is more useful and I know when I am needing a friend empathy works better.
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Rubeus hagrid 82
28/4/2020 01:55:16 pm
I think you need to add an example of what sympathy is and need to add a time of when someone showed empathy to you or you showed empathy to someone else but other than that you did a really good job of explaining what empathy is and good use of periods.
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milomarley
29/4/2020 02:53:43 pm
I feel that empathy is way more effective because it is putting yourself in the position of the person instead of just telling its okay. If advice is something that would be helpful its going to be way easier to give useful advice if you know what they're going through and know a good way to handle it. When I am in a situation where I have to choose between sympathy and empathy I choose empathy because I find it is more useful and I know when I am needing a friend empathy works better. One time one of my cousins was really upset and instead of telling her everything was fine I put myself in her shoes and could almost relate to what she was saying and I think it made her feel a lot better.
Dumbledore
29/4/2020 03:02:45 pm
Good feedback Rubeus! I agree.
a_personOk
28/4/2020 01:31:57 pm
Version with Feedback Changes:
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Mr. beast
28/4/2020 01:37:01 pm
One time on my soccer team my friend wasn’t getting a lot of playing time and he’s getting kind of frustrated about it And he told me and I think I could’ve been more empathetic about his feelings During the time
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Phil
28/4/2020 02:19:28 pm
This is a good start but you should go into more depth on what happend. Also you never said what the difference between empathy and sympathy.
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Phil
28/4/2020 02:21:04 pm
Another thing, check your grammer a couple time after typing it out!
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Rubeus hagrid 82
28/4/2020 01:48:12 pm
Some time last year one of my friends grandparents passed away and they were really sad like most people would be. I knew that I could help them through it because my grandad passed a few months earlier so I had experienced the same thing. I knew that I could help them through it and comfort them and tell them that It was going to be ok.
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Someone.in.mr.stewarts.class
28/4/2020 06:33:55 pm
This is great! I was just wondering why you say that sometimes when people sympathize they can make things worse. I definitely don’t disagree I just wanted to know what you mean.
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Phil
28/4/2020 02:10:34 pm
Empathy is when your friend’s dog dies, and they are so sad they do not know what to do. You remember when your cat, Mr. Sparkles, had to be put down. You are able to connect with the grief that comes with death and you are able to say “I know what it feels like to have pet die. You are not the only one to feel like this.”. While sympathy is “the sadness will be gone soon.” And “There are thousands of cats around here. You can always find another cat.”. This is an extreme example. Empathy is when you connect and feel sad, angry, nervous, etc. with them while on the other hand you have sympathy, where you look for the bright side.
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LADodgers024
29/4/2020 06:33:43 am
This is a great example but you don't have a life example here.
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Someone.in.mr.stewarts.class
28/4/2020 03:49:35 pm
A few years ago a girl in my class was talking about how frustrated she was that she can’t get this skill in gymnastics and she has been working on it for two years. I told her that I struggled with the same skill a couple years before. I could empathize with her because I could understand why she was frustrated because I went through the same thing but sympathy is where you feel bad for someone.
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bluetrooper1127
28/4/2020 06:34:16 pm
This is very good maybe add little more detail about it so people can know little more better.
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Somone.in.mr.stewarts.class
29/4/2020 10:44:11 am
With feedback,
parsleyahhhhh
28/4/2020 06:28:55 pm
A little while ago something not so good was going on and I was really upset about it. I didn't know what to do so I told a person that I for sure knew that I could trust. This person showed empathy by telling me that we were going to get through this and that sometimes they feel not the best and want to talk to people about things too. I think the difference between sympathy and empathy is sympathy is more like "oh your sad, tomorrows a new day so you'll probably be fine.". Where I feel like empathy is more " I totally feel you." and they feel how you feel with you. Sorry if those examples were bad.
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can't think of a name
29/4/2020 09:34:35 am
I think that it is good! Maybe you could give a more specific example of what the person said that demonstrated empathy.
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Parsleyahhhhh
29/4/2020 08:40:32 pm
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potatowithlimbs
28/4/2020 06:47:28 pm
One experience I remember showing empathy is when my sister's hamster died. I could see that she was sad and wanted to make her feel better, so I brought our dog Ranger in. I think this was more empathetic than sympathetic because instead of just feeling sorry for her I wanted to do something to make her feel better.
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bluetrooper1127
28/4/2020 10:33:12 pm
sorry for posting this late...
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LADodgers024
29/4/2020 06:39:00 am
I was on Fortnite once, when I first started in early 2018 when I was really bad at the game. My friends from school were making fun of me and I got really sad. I left their party and joined a party with my friends from White Rock. I told them what happened and that the other kids were being rude to me. They made me feel good and said that they were sorry that I was treated like that and they were nice to me. This was empathy because they didn't compare it to anything and they comforted me. Sympathy would have been like them saying that I may not be the best but at least I can still get eliminations.
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Parsley
29/4/2020 11:39:02 am
This is a good example! I think maybe this example would lean a little more into sympathy though.
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can't think of a name
29/4/2020 09:30:00 am
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what3
29/4/2020 10:12:30 am
This is really good! I think what you could of added is show a bit of a explanation for sympathy, but otherwise it is really good.
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Dumbledore
29/4/2020 03:04:44 pm
Good feedback What3
chicken priest
29/4/2020 10:51:47 am
A semi long time ago I had a friend who's dog was mauled by some coyotes. I tried to think of things that would make him feel better about his dog but didn't like that dog because it bit me and almost broke my hand. So I just said the dog had a good run, it didn't really work though. So instead I let him know that I experienced almost the same thing when I lost my frog to the filter, and that I lost my other one to a natural fungus disease. That was showing empathy and it helped him feel better, then he moved to the USA and I never saw him again.
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chicken priest
29/4/2020 10:53:24 am
Most of this is empathy.
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owoster
29/4/2020 11:28:30 am
Feedback re-post:
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can't think of a name
30/4/2020 09:11:00 am
With feedback
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-imabotttt-
30/4/2020 02:20:01 pm
A few months ago, this boy that i was really good friends with started ghosting me and i had no idea why. I told my friends about it and they tried to make me feel better by saying that i was a great person but it didn't really help me understand what i did wrong. they then told me that they have gone through this before and they understand that it can be confusing but i still had them and I realized that's all i need. They showed me empathy by putting their selves in my situation and helping me understand
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Spongebob_333
2/5/2020 12:58:08 pm
This is really good I like how you used proper punctuation and used an example.
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Mr. beast
30/4/2020 02:34:39 pm
After one of our soccer games last season one of my teammates Mom Gave me a Lyft back home during the drive my friend talked about how choked he was because he didn’t get very much play time it wasn’t the first time And I felt Sympathetic but I didn’t know what to say to him now I know I could have been more Empathetic and shared how I felt the same way sometimes too and it wasn’t just him.
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Spongebob_333
30/4/2020 02:44:07 pm
When my little brother gets frustrated with something he can get visibly sad. I talk to him and try to let him know that whatever he's going through he's not alone.Once when he was learning to ride his bike he was getting really discouraged and I told him that he can do it and to never give up. When I was a little bit younger I felt the same way when I learned how to roller blade. I tried my best to get him to realize people feel the exact same way you feel right now just like when I learned how to roller blade, I felt discouraged too. I tried to get him to realize he can do anything and that him and i can get through this together.
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spagetfol
18/9/2020 01:56:28 pm
I believe that empathy is knowing that it hurts to experience what they have experienced, even though they have never felt their pain. Sympathy is when you understand someones pain because you went through it yourself. I know what it's like to be depressed and anxious. The way I deal with these problems is be being as funny and happy as i can. I like entertaining people if they are comfortable with me making them laugh. Otherwise, I would leave them alone because I needed alone time too.
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one time my sister was sad I dont remember why but i remember that it had happened to me before so i asked her what was wrong and she told me and told her what i did to get through it and she tried and she felt better. sympathy is when someones down you try to make you laugh but sympathy is when you relate to them and help them get through there struggle ad connect with them.
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