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## FFP Conference Agenda

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| ### FOOD F                                                            |
| OR PEACE CONFERENCE \"What\'s New with Title II\" June 24 - 26, 2002  |
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| **National Conference Center (NCC)\                                   |
| **Lansdowne, VA                                                       |
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|   **Sunday, June                                                      |
|   23 -                                                                |
|   Registration**                                                      |
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| 4:00 - 7:00**  **REGISTRATION (reception area of main NCC building)** |
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|   **5:30 - 7:00**  **DINNER**                                         |
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| | *        |                                                      |   |
| | *Monday, |                                                      |   |
| | June     |                                                      |   |
| | 24 -     |                                                      |   |
| | Policy   |                                                      |   |
| | Day**    |                                                      |   |
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| | **7:00 - | **REGISTRATION (continued)**                         |   |
| | 9:00**   |                                                      |   |
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| | **9:00 - | **OPENING PLENARY**\                                 |   |
| | 10:00**  | *Welcome/Opening Remarks*\                           |   |
| |          | Lauren Landis, Director of Office of Food for Peace\ |   |
| |          | \                                                    |   |
| |          | *The View From the Field*\                           |   |
| |          | Carla Barbiero, USAID/India\                         |   |
| |          | \                                                    |   |
| |          | *FFP and Its Linkage to the American People*\        |   |
| |          | Garrett Grigsby, DAA/DCHA                            |   |
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| | **10:00- | **KEYNOTE ADDRESS / Q&A**\                           |   |
| | 10:45**  | *USAID and Humanitarian Assistance*\                 |   |
| |          | Administrator Andrew S. Natsios                      |   |
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| | **10:45- | **BREAK**                                            |   |
| | 11:00**  |                                                      |   |
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| | *        | **Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance   |   |
| | *11:00 - | Pillar (DCHA) / Q&A**\                               |   |
| | 11:45**  | \                                                    |   |
| |          | *USAID Reorganization and the New DCHA Pillar and    |   |
| |          | Bureau*\                                             |   |
| |          | Roger Winter, AA/DCHA\                               |   |
| |          | \                                                    |   |
| |          | *Q&A*\                                               |   |
| |          | Roger Winter, AA/DCHA\                               |   |
| |          | Garrett Grigsby, DAA/DCHA\                           |   |
| |          | Lauren Landis, FFP                                   |   |
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| | *        | **LUNCH**                                            |   |
| | *11:45 - |                                                      |   |
| | 1:00**   |                                                      |   |
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| | **1:00 - | **FARM BILL AND INTERAGENCY FOOD AID REVIEW/ Q&A**   |   |
| | 2:30**   |                                                      |   |
| |          | **Objective:**\                                      |   |
| |          | To discuss two factors that will have significant    |   |
| |          | impact on FFP policy and operations over the next    |   |
| |          | five years: the Farm Bill and Interagency Food Aid   |   |
| |          | Review.\                                             |   |
| |          | \                                                    |   |
| |          | **Facilitator and Chair:** Don Gressett, USAID       |   |
| |          | Office of the General Counsel (GC)                   |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | **Panelist:**                                        |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | -   Mary Chambliss, USDA                             |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | -   Michael Knipe, Senate Agriculture Committee      |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | -   Dan Heath, National Economics Committee          |   |
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| | **2:30 - | **FOOD AID AND FOOD SECURITY IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM** |   |
| | 4:00**   |                                                      |   |
| |          | **Objective:** To evoke partners\' views and         |   |
| |          | discussion on issues that USAID sees as central to   |   |
| |          | future strategy, policy development, and operations  |   |
| |          | under the new Farm Bill.                             |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | **Process:**\                                        |   |
| |          | Each speaker will make an 8-minute presentation      |   |
| |          | followed by 10 minutes of Q&A.\                      |   |
| |          | \                                                    |   |
| |          | **Moderator:** FFP Director Lauren Landis\           |   |
| |          | **Facilitator:** Elise Storck                        |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | **Panelists:**                                       |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | -   *Role of Food Aid in Response to HIV/AIDS        |   |
| |          |     Pandemic*\                                       |   |
| |          |     Debbie Herold, ADRA                              |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | -   *Role of Food Aid in Educational Systems*\       |   |
| |          |     Anne Sellers, CRS                                |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | -   *Role of Food Aid in Urban Food Security*\       |   |
| |          |     Allan Jury, WFP                                  |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | -   *Role of Food Aid Monetization in Development    |   |
| |          |     Programs*\                                       |   |
| |          |     Lee Thompson, Africare                           |   |
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| | **4:00 - | **BREAK**                                            |   |
| | 4:15**   |                                                      |   |
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| | **4:15 - | **USDA FOOD AID REQUEST ENTRY SYSTEM (FARES) /       |   |
| | 5:15**   | Q&A**\                                               |   |
| |          | Nelson Randall, USDA Farm Services Agency, and FARES |   |
| |          | Team                                                 |   |
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| | **5:15 - | **FOOD AID CONSULTATIVE GROUP TRANSPORTATION WORKING |   |
| | 5:30**   | GROUP**\                                             |   |
| |          | \                                                    |   |
| |          | *FACG Standardization of the Booking Notes Process*\ |   |
| |          | Keith Powell, Potomac Marine                         |   |
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| | **5:30 - | **RECEPTION**\                                       |   |
| | 7:00**   | \                                                    |   |
| |          | **Cash Bar**                                         |   |
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| | **       |                                                      |   |
| | Tuesday, |                                                      |   |
| | June     |                                                      |   |
| | 25 -     |                                                      |   |
| | Str      |                                                      |   |
| | ategy/Ma |                                                      |   |
| | nagement |                                                      |   |
| | Day**    |                                                      |   |
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| | **8:20 - | **GOOD MORNING/OVERVIEW OF THE DAY**\                |   |
| | 8:30**   | Lauren Landis                                        |   |
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| | **8:30 - | **OVERVIEW OF FFP\'s STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS**          |   |
| | 9:00**   |                                                      |   |
| |          | **Objective:** To update FFP stakeholders on         |   |
| |          | strategy and visioning work to date and the timeline |   |
| |          | for elaboration of the new FFP Strategic Plan over   |   |
| |          | the next six months.                                 |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | **Panelists:**                                       |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | -   David Garms, FFP Team Leader for Vision and      |   |
| |          |     Strategy Development                             |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | -   Mara Russell, Director, Food Aid Management      |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | -   Tom Marchione, DCHA Office of Program, Policy    |   |
| |          |     and Management                                   |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | **Facilitator:** Elise Stork                         |   |
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| | **9:15 - | **STRATEGY CONSULTATION BREAKOUT GROUPS**            |   |
| | 11:15**  |                                                      |   |
| |          | **Objective:** To identify and understand key food   |   |
| |          | security objectives, interventions, and indicators   |   |
| |          | in different contexts, in order to inform the FFP    |   |
| |          | strategy development process.                        |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | **Process:** Based on their specific context         |   |
| |          | (below), each group will discuss and answer four     |   |
| |          | questions. Groups will record their responses on     |   |
| |          | four large sheets by the conclusion of the breakout  |   |
| |          | session. Groups will post their work in the plenary  |   |
| |          | room for the poster session and plenary after lunch. |   |
| |          | FFP will use this material, and the synthesis during |   |
| |          | the plenary, in ongoing work on the new Strategic    |   |
| |          | Plan.                                                |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | **Conference participants will self-select for one   |   |
| |          | of eight groups, based on four contextual situations |   |
| |          | for Title II programs.**                             |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | *1) Sudden-Onset Emergencies (Group A: room N3-246)\ |   |
| |          | 2) Sudden-Onset Emergencies (Group B: room N3-248)\  |   |
| |          | \                                                    |   |
| |          | 3) Complex Situations with Conflict and Population   |   |
| |          | Displacement, e.g., Sudan (Group A: room N3-293)\    |   |
| |          | 4) Complex Situations with Conflict and Population   |   |
| |          | Displacement, e.g., Sudan (Group B: room N3-296)\    |   |
| |          | \                                                    |   |
| |          | 5) Situations with Highly Vulnerable Populations     |   |
| |          | Subject to Recurrent Shocks, e.g., Ethiopia (Group   |   |
| |          | A: room N3-155)\                                     |   |
| |          | 6) Situations with Highly Vulnerable Populations     |   |
| |          | Subject to Recurrent Shocks, e.g., Ethiopia (Group   |   |
| |          | B: room N3-345)\                                     |   |
| |          | \                                                    |   |
| |          | 7) Situations with Relatively Stable but             |   |
| |          | Food-Insecure Populations Subject to Occasional      |   |
| |          | Shocks, e.g., Ghana (Group A: Auditorium)\           |   |
| |          | 8) Situations with Relatively Stable but             |   |
| |          | Food-Insecure Populations Subject to Occasional      |   |
| |          | Shocks, e.g., Ghana (Group B: Auditorium)*           |   |
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| | *        | **LUNCH**                                            |   |
| | *11:30 - |                                                      |   |
| | 12:30**  |                                                      |   |
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| | *        | **POSTER SESSION AND SYNTHESIS PLENARY**             |   |
| | *12:30 - |                                                      |   |
| | 1:30**   | **Objective:** To engage conference participants in  |   |
| |          | reviewing the products of the eight working groups   |   |
| |          | in order to stimulate further discussion and provide |   |
| |          | high quality inputs for the FFP strategic planning   |   |
| |          | process.                                             |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | **Process:** Participants will circulate around the  |   |
| |          | plenary room and review the posters, developing      |   |
| |          | questions and suggestions for the plenary            |   |
| |          | discussion. Three commentators will review the       |   |
| |          | posters and prepare brief (5-minute) synthesis       |   |
| |          | presentations to initiate the plenary discussion at  |   |
| |          | 1:00 pm.                                             |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | **Panelists:**                                       |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | -   Jeanne Markunas, FFP                             |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | -   Mary Lewellen, USAID/Ethiopia                    |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | -   Thoric Cederstrom, Counterpart International     |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | **Facilitator:** Elise Storck                        |   |
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| | **1:30 - | **MANAGEMENT STREAMLINING**                          |   |
| | 2:00**   |                                                      |   |
| |          | **Objective:** To update participants on management  |   |
| |          | streamlining and provide a timeline on work to be    |   |
| |          | done over the coming year.                           |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | **Panelists:**                                       |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | -   Jeanne Markunas, FFP                             |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | -   Bridget Ralyea, FFP/DP                           |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | **Facilitator:** Elise Storck                        |   |
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| | **2:00 - | **BREAKOUT GROUPS**                                  |   |
| | 3:15**   |                                                      |   |
| |          | **Objective:** To elicit information and actionable  |   |
| |          | recommendations on management streamlining from FFP  |   |
| |          | stakeholders.                                        |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | **Process:** Based on their selected management      |   |
| |          | issue, each group will discuss and prepare Reports   |   |
| |          | on three questions.                                  |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | Participants will break into eight groups on the     |   |
| |          | issues that receive the most \"votes\" on the ballot |   |
| |          | in their conference folders. There will be at least  |   |
| |          | one group on each of the management issues           |   |
| |          | identified in the Farm Bill:                         |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | 1.  Expedition of and greater consistency in the     |   |
| |          |     program review and approval process              |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | 2.  Streamlining information collection and          |   |
| |          |     reporting systems by identifying critical        |   |
| |          |     information that needs to be monitored and       |   |
| |          |     reported                                         |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | 3.  Provision of greater flexibility to make         |   |
| |          |     modifications in activities to achieve results,  |   |
| |          |     with streamlined procedures for reporting such   |   |
| |          |     modifications                                    |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | 4.  Improvements and upgrades in information         |   |
| |          |     management, procurement and financial management |   |
| |          |     systems                                          |   |
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| | **3:15 - | **BREAK**                                            |   |
| | 3:30**   |                                                      |   |
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| | **3:30 - | **PLENARY SESSION ON MANAGEMENT STREAMLINING**\      |   |
| | 4:45**   | \                                                    |   |
| |          | **Discussants:** Lauren Landis, Jeanne Markunas, and |   |
| |          | Bridget Ralyea\                                      |   |
| |          | \                                                    |   |
| |          | **Facilitator:** Elise Storck                        |   |
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| | **5:00 - | **COMMODITY QUALITY ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS / Q&A**\    |   |
| | 5:45**   | Moderator: Jim Thompson\                             |   |
| |          | \                                                    |   |
| |          | An Open Forum with Industry/ PVOs/ USDA /FFP         |   |
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| | **6:30 - | **DINNER**                                           |   |
| | 7:30**   |                                                      |   |
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| | **7:30 - | **STATUS REPORT: AGENCY RESPONSE TO SOUTH AFRICAN    |   |
| | 8:30**   | DROUGHT**\                                           |   |
| |          | Moderator: Dale Skoric, Team Leader, Southern Africa |   |
| |          | Action Team\                                         |   |
| |          | \                                                    |   |
| |          | Other Presenters TBD                                 |   |
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| | **We     |                                                      |   |
| | dnesday, |                                                      |   |
| | June     |                                                      |   |
| | 26 -     |                                                      |   |
| | Field    |                                                      |   |
| | Progr    |                                                      |   |
| | amming** |                                                      |   |
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| | **8:30 - | **INTEGRATING TITLE II RESOURCES/ PROGRAMS WITH      |   |
| | 9:15**   | OTHER USAID ACTIVITIES: EXPERIENCES AND INNOVATION** |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | **Objective:** To identify and discuss lessons       |   |
| |          | learned in the integration of resources and          |   |
| |          | programming, in order to inform the FFP strategic    |   |
| |          | planning process and ongoing operations.             |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | **Introduction:** Anne Swindale, FANta               |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | **Panelists:**                                       |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | -   Enrique Urbana, USAID/Nicaragua                  |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | -   Tim Shortley, USAID/Ethiopia                     |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | -   Herbert Smith, USAID/Indonesia                   |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | **Facilitator:** Elise Storck                        |   |
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| | **9:15 - | **BREAKOUT GROUPS: REGIONAL AND PROGRAMMATIC         |   |
| | 10:30**  | PERSPECTIVES**                                       |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | -   Africa: Nancy McKay, USAID/AFR                   |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | -   Latin America: Abdul Wahab, USAID/LAC            |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | -   Disaster Preparedness: Tim Anderson,             |   |
| |          |     USAID/Bangladesh                                 |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | -   Intra-USAID Integration: TBD                     |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | -   HIV/AIDS Programming: Walter Welz, USAID/Uganda  |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | -   Integrating Private Funds with Title II: Carol   |   |
| |          |     Jenkins, World Vision                            |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | -   Agriculture/Nutrition Linkages: Anne Swindale,   |   |
| |          |     FANta                                            |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | **Objective:** To specify what we mean by            |   |
| |          | integration, to discuss successful approaches to     |   |
| |          | achieving programmatic and resource integration, and |   |
| |          | to identify the pitfalls and stumbling blocks to     |   |
| |          | integration, as well as promising means of           |   |
| |          | overcoming them.                                     |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | **Process:** Each group will discuss these three     |   |
| |          | objective topics, and report on them in plenary to   |   |
| |          | help improve programming and to inform the FFP       |   |
| |          | strategy.                                            |   |
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| | *        | **BREAK**                                            |   |
| | *10:30 - |                                                      |   |
| | 10:45**  |                                                      |   |
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| | *        | **PLENARY REPORTS\                                   |   |
| | *10:45 - | Facilitator:** Elise Storck                          |   |
| | 11:45**  |                                                      |   |
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| | *        | **CONFERENCE WRAP-UP**\                              |   |
| | *11:45 - | \                                                    |   |
| | 12:30**  | *Synthesis and Next Steps*\                          |   |
| |          | Lauren Landis, Director, FFP\                        |   |
| |          | \                                                    |   |
| |          | **Facilitator:** Elise Storck\                       |   |
| |          | \                                                    |   |
| |          | **EVALUATION**                                       |   |
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| | *        | **LUNCH**                                            |   |
| | *12:45 - |                                                      |   |
| | 2:00**   |                                                      |   |
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| | **A      |                                                      |   |
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| | SESSIONS |                                                      |   |
| | RESERVED |                                                      |   |
| | FOR      |                                                      |   |
| | USAID    |                                                      |   |
| | STAFF    |                                                      |   |
| | ONLY**   |                                                      |   |
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| | **2:00 - | **LESSONS LEARNED, BEST PRACTICES, AND BROAD         |   |
| | 3:30**   | APPLICATIONS:FIELD PERSPECTIVES AND EXPERIENCES**    |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | **Purpose:** To elevate and examine best practices   |   |
| |          | from the field, in order to identify innovations in  |   |
| |          | program implementation and management that can be    |   |
| |          | replicated in other Title II programs.               |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | **Moderator: Lauren Landis**                         |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | **Panelists:**                                       |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | -   USAID/Bolivia impact evaluation: Abdul Wahab     |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | -   USAID/Addis managed DAP reviews: Ali Said        |   |
| |          |                                                      |   |
| |          | -   RFFP-West Africa presentation on commodity       |   |
| |          |     management system: Nancy Estes                   |   |
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| | **3:30 - | **BREAK**                                            |   |
| | 4:00**   |                                                      |   |
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| | **4:00 - | **OPEN FORUM WITH FFP SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM**\      |   |
| | 6:00**   | \                                                    |   |
| |          | *Dialogue with FFP Senior Managers on management     |   |
| |          | issues raised by participants.*                      |   |
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| | **POST   |                                                      |   |
| | CO       |                                                      |   |
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| | RRB/Wash |                                                      |   |
| | ington)\ |                                                      |   |
| | **       |                                                      |   |
| | Thursday |                                                      |   |
| | and      |                                                      |   |
| | Friday,  |                                                      |   |
| | June 27  |                                                      |   |
| | & 28**   |                                                      |   |
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| 1.  AID/W/FFP Consultations (to be arranged by participant).          |
|                                                                       |
| 2.  FFP Manager Training Sessions in the RRB or Self-Instruction      |
|     modules are available at AMEX.\                                   |
|     (see signup list of modules at registration table)                |
|                                                                       |
| (see Post Conference FFP Training at                                  |
| <http://www.usaid.gov/hum_response/ffp/training.html>)                |
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