http://nhpr.org en http://nhpr.org/post/word-mouth-05192012 <p>Brogrammers. How to eat a beaver. The hidden importance of invented languages. Why amateurs are the American characters. And unexpected advice for graduates.</p> Sat, 19 May 2012 02:00:00 +0000 Virginia Prescott 5116 at http://nhpr.org Word of Mouth 05.19.2012 http://nhpr.org/post/woms-2012-commencement-speech <p>Charles Wheelan’s unconventional advice for graduates got us talking about the twists and turns of our own post-graduate lives. The path life takes, as we know, zigs as often as it zags…so Virginia Prescott asked a few colleagues to record what they wish they’d been told on that expectant day.</p> Wed, 16 May 2012 18:00:57 +0000 Todd Bookman, Rebecca Lavoie and Taylor Quimby 4922 at http://nhpr.org WOM's 2012 Commencement Speech http://nhpr.org/post/word-advice <p>Charles Wheelan provides some unorthodox, albeit insightful nuggets of advice for graduating college seniors in his new book 10 ½ Things no Commencement Speaker has Ever Said</p> Wed, 16 May 2012 15:12:52 +0000 Virginia Prescott 4897 at http://nhpr.org Word of ... Advice http://nhpr.org/post/police-cadets-graduate-heavy-hearts <p>Less than twenty-four hours after one of the bloodiest episodes in New Hampshire Law Enforcement history, a new class of police cadets graduated from the academy.</p><p>Friends and family of New Hampshire&rsquo;s newest law enforcement agents filled the room to see the 157^th police academy class receive their certificates.</p><p>But the mood in Concord was bittersweet as Governor John Lynch addressed the crowd.</p><p> Sat, 14 Apr 2012 03:11:18 +0000 Todd Bookman 3131 at http://nhpr.org Police Cadets Graduate With Heavy Hearts