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		<title>Can we be &#8220;too compassionate?&#8221;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I don&#8217;t believe we can be &#8220;too compassionate,&#8221; I do think sometimes imagining being in someone else&#8217;s shoes can become &#8220;too real.&#8221;
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		<title>Are you plugged in?</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mathews</dc:creator>
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