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Next week in Morgantown, a special symposium on energy will be bringing one of the nation’s most prominent faces in the field. David Pogue is a columnist…

Next week in Morgantown, a special symposium on energy will be bringing one of the nation’s most prominent faces in the field.

David Pogue is a columnist for the New York Times, who also works as the host of the PBS program Nova Science Now.

Pogue is the keynote speaker for the Science, Technology and Research Symposium, or STAR symposium, coming up next week in Morgantown. Pogue says science is a field where there’s a lot of demand—a number of job opportunities are available—but not much supply—meaning, there just aren’t enough people to fill those jobs.

“We need to get past this thing that science is for elites and science is a rare, dorky subject. I think the trickling down will happen once that begins. The President has made it a priority in science education, he hasn’t always been backed up by other lawmakers, but it has to become a priority nationally, before it becomes cool to be a science teacher, to know science and love science. It’s tough to see how anything is going to change soon,” Pogue said.

According to the Science and Engineering Readiness Index, prepared at the American Institute of Physics, West Virginia struggles mightily with preparing young people for careers in science, and related fields.

Pogue says innovation—the likes of smartphones and cloud technologies almost always require creative science, so a passion for science is important within society. In fact, it can feel magical.

“The feeling of having power over your environment feels magical. My wife and I live on opposite sides of the country. We have mastered the arts of communication, we have had video chats when I Was in Russia and she was in her car. It certainly feels magical,” Pogue said.

The symposium is October 22 and 23. The theme is “The Evolution of Energy: From Scarcity to Abundance.”

West Virginia Morning – October 15, 2013

On this WV Morning, Ashton Marra reports on Senator Joe Manchin's ideas on how to get the government funded, and Glynis Board brings us a feature on the…

On this WV Morning, Ashton Marra reports on Senator Joe Manchin’s ideas on how to get the government funded, and Glynis Board brings us a feature on the first annual WV tatto expo. Those stories and more!

West Virginia Morning – October 14, 2013

On this WV Morning, Ben Adducchio talks about the importance of science with David Pogue, a columnist for the New York Times who also works as the host of…

On this WV Morning, Ben Adducchio talks about the importance of science with David Pogue, a columnist for the New York Times who also works as the host of the PBS program Nova Science Now. Also, Grand Canyon woes and how the National Park Service is effected by the federal shutdown. Plus, take a ride on the railroad in a Traveling 219 special about a tourist train run by the Durbin & Greenbrier Railroad.

Train-Truck collision fatality ID'd

Authorities have identified the driver who died after his logging truck collided with a passenger train at a crossing in West Virginia.

Update: October 14, 2013:

A state agency spokesman says a logging truck that collided with a sightseeing train in West Virginia was inspected about two days prior to the accident and no problems were found.

Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety spokesman Lawrence Messina says the truck’s cab was severely damaged. That will make it difficult to reconstruct the brakes to determine whether they were a factor.

The truck’s driver, Danny Lee Kimble Sr., was killed and 23 people were injured when the collision occurred on Cheat Mountain on Friday. Messina said four people remained hospitalized as of Sunday night.

The Public Service Commission is investigating the accident because it involved a logging truck.

Messina says the accident didn’t meet the National Transportation Safety Board’s criteria for investigating during the partial government shutdown.

Story originally posted October 12, 2013.

Chief Buster Varner of the Bartow-Frank-Durbin Volunteer Fire Department says Danny Lee Kimble Sr. of Frank was pronounced dead at the scene of Friday’s accident along U.S. Route 250. Varner says he spoke to Kimble’s son Saturday morning.

The train carrying 63 sightseers and four crew members was on a fall foliage trek about 160 miles east of Charleston. Two passenger cars flipped on their sides after impact.

Spokeswoman Tracy Fath of Davis Memorial Hospital in Elkins says one person remained at the hospital Saturday. Four others were transferred to a Morgantown hospital and their status was unavailable Saturday.

West Virginia Morning – October 11, 2013

On this West Virginia Morning, Glynis Board has an update on the ongoing investigation into Wednesday shooting at a federal building in Wheeling, Ashton…

On this West Virginia Morning, Glynis Board has an update on the ongoing investigation into Wednesday shooting at a federal building in Wheeling, Ashton Marra reports on the future of tolls along the West Virginia Turnpike, and Clark Davis has more on Marshall’s School of Medicine being lifted from probation by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.

The Hollow Crown: Henry V premieres October 11 at 9 p.m.

The Hollow Crown is a lavish new series of filmed adaptations of four of Shakespeare’s most gripping history plays: Richard II, Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2 and Henry V from Great Performances.

The series is completed with the premiere of Henry V on Friday, October 11 at 9 p.m. on West Virginia PBS.

The first three parts of this series are available free, at our on-demand video player. (Watch now.)

The films — chronicling a bloody tale of family, politics and power — tell the rise and fall of three kings and how their destiny shaped English history. Richard II (Ben Whishaw) is a vain, self-indulgent man who rules with little regard for his people’s welfare. He is ultimately overthrown by his cousin Bolingbroke (Rory Kinnear), who ascends the throne as Henry IV (Jeremy Irons). Henry IV’s reign is marred by his own guilt over Richard’s death, civil war, and the gnawing fear that his son Hal (Tom Hiddleston) is a total wastrel unworthy of the throne. When Hal comes to the throne as Henry V, he is left to bury the ghosts of his father’s past while fighting both the French forces as well as his own inner demons.

http://video.wvpubcast.org/video/2365049199/

The Hollow Crown features some of the most pre-eminent Shakespearean actors of our time. The kings are played by Ben Whishaw, Jeremy Irons and Tom Hiddleston respectively, supported by a phenomenal cast including Rory Kinnear, Patrick Stewart, David Suchet, and David Morrissey in Richard II, Simon Russell Beale, Michelle Dockery, Julie Walters and Maxine Peake in Henry IV and John Hurt, Anton Lesser and Paterson Joseph in Henry V. The plays were filmed on location in England between summer 2011 and spring 2012 and are all set in their authentic medieval period.

An Educator’s guide, maps and more available at Great Performances.