Southern New Hampshire University just began its second foray into teaching Arabic through its continuing education department. SNHU graduate and Morocco native Imane Naji Amrani teaches the 16-week course that lasts until March 3. She will introduce students to modern standard Arabic and will focus on basic language skills, along with simple conversations and awareness of the Arabic culture and traditions.

Savage in Limbo might hit a little close to home if you are in your 30s and stunted by an inability to take action.

The ensemble show is set in a Bronx bar where a group of 32-year-olds “have for one reason or another unfulfilled lives, and haven’t been able to advance in the direction that they would have liked to,” said director William McGregor.

That little drummer boy can already be heard in the distance, but there’s still time to enjoy a few non-holiday-themed concerts before we’re all awash in the annual Christmas carol tsunami. Here’s a quick look at some of the best of the pre-Thanksgiving Day lull.

In 1984 the Celtics got blown out in game three of the NBA finals 137-104 by the Lakers. The embarrassing defeat put them down two games to one in a series they should have been down three-zip. They weren’t because James Worthy inexplicability threw a looping pass in the waning seconds of game two that Gerald Henderson picked off and turned into the tying points as time expired. It led to a 124-121 overtime escape that sent a lucky team west tied at a game apiece.

Sooner or later, you’re going to get a new PC.

Your 90Mhz Pentium with MMX won’t last forever, no matter how devoted you are to running stripped-down software and only essential applications. One of these days, you just have to upgrade.

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