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Just links again. I spent all day learning how to do looped animations on powerpoint and fine tuning the PPT and giving my lecture and then couldn't remember did I start at 3:41 or 4:41. One meant I was on target. One meant I was 25 minutes over. I had to regive the lecture (I didn't mind as I was finding issues I didn't see just reading). Barely can get it under 1 hour with no questions, no drinking water, nothing. Had to give up the thing I spent a half hour learning to animate.

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