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Rich in cultural heritage , Virginia however ranks near the bottom of U.S. states in terms of public spending on the arts , at nearly half of the national average . The state government does fund some institutions , including the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the Science Museum of Virginia . Other museums include t... |
Theaters and venues in the Commonwealth are found both in the cities and suburbs . The Harrison Opera House , in Norfolk , is home of the Virginia Opera . The Virginia Symphony Orchestra operates in and around Hampton Roads . Resident and touring theater troupes operate from the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton... |
Virginia has launched many award @-@ winning traditional musical artists and internationally successful popular music acts , as well as Hollywood actors . Virginia is known for its tradition in the music genres of old @-@ time string and bluegrass , with groups such as the Carter Family and Stanley Brothers , as well ... |
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Many counties and localities host county fairs and festivals . The Virginia State Fair is held at the Meadow Event Park every September . Also in September is the Neptune Festival in Virginia Beach , which celebrates the city , the waterfront , and regional artists . Norfolk 's Harborfest , in June , features boat rac... |
On the Eastern Shore island of Chincoteague the annual Pony Swim & Auction of feral Chincoteague ponies at the end of July is a unique local tradition expanded into a week @-@ long carnival . The Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival is a six @-@ day festival held annually in Winchester that includes parades and bluegrass... |
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The Hampton Roads area is the 45th @-@ largest media market in the United States as ranked by Nielsen Media Research , while the Richmond @-@ Petersburg area is 57th and Roanoke @-@ Lynchburg is 66th as of 2013 . Northern Virginia is part of the much larger Washington , D.C. media market .
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There are 36 television stations in Virginia , representing each major U.S. network , part of 42 stations which serve Virginia viewers . More than 720 FCC @-@ licensed FM radio stations broadcast in Virginia , with about 300 such AM stations . The nationally available Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS ) is headquarter... |
The most circulated native newspapers in the Commonwealth are Norfolk 's The Virginian @-@ Pilot ( 142 @,@ 476 daily subscribers ) , the Richmond Times @-@ Dispatch ( 108 @,@ 559 ) , and The Roanoke Times ( 78 @,@ 663 ) , as of 2014 . Several Washington , D.C. papers are based in Northern Virginia , such as The Washin... |
= = Education = =
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Virginia 's educational system consistently ranks in the top ten states on the U.S. Department of Education 's National Assessment of Educational Progress , with Virginia students outperforming the average in all subject areas and grade levels tested . The 2011 Quality Counts report ranked Virginia 's K – 12 education... |
Public K – 12 schools in Virginia are generally operated by the counties and cities , and not by the state . As of 2011 , a total of 1 @,@ 267 @,@ 063 students were enrolled in 1 @,@ 873 local and regional schools in the Commonwealth , including three charter schools , and an additional 109 alternative and special edu... |
As of 2011 , there are 176 colleges and universities in Virginia . In the U.S. News & World Report ranking of public colleges , the University of Virginia is second , The College of William & Mary is sixth , and Virginia Tech is 25th . Virginia Commonwealth University is ranked the top public graduate school in fine a... |
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Virginia has a mixed health record , and is ranked as the 26th overall healthiest state according to the 2013 United Health Foundation 's Health Rankings . Virginia also ranks 21st among the states in the rate of premature deaths , 6 @,@ 816 per 100 @,@ 000 . In 2008 , Virginia reached its lowest ever rate of infant m... |
There are 89 hospitals in Virginia listed with the United States Department of Health and Human Services . Notable examples include Inova Fairfax Hospital , the largest hospital in the Washington Metropolitan Area , and the VCU Medical Center , located on the medical campus of Virginia Commonwealth University . The Un... |
= = Transportation = =
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Because of the 1932 Byrd Road Act , the state government controls most of Virginia 's roads , instead of a local county authority as is usual in other states . As of 2011 , the Virginia Department of Transportation owns and operates 57 @,@ 867 miles ( 93 @,@ 128 km ) of the total 70 @,@ 105 miles ( 112 @,@ 823 km ) of... |
Virginia has Amtrak passenger rail service along several corridors , and Virginia Railway Express ( VRE ) maintains two commuter lines into Washington , D.C. from Fredericksburg and Manassas . VRE is one of the nation 's fastest growing commuter rail services , handling nearly 20 @,@ 000 passengers a day . The Washing... |
Virginia has five major airports : Washington Dulles International and Reagan Washington National in Northern Virginia , both of which handle over 20 million passengers a year ; Richmond International ; and Newport News / Williamsburg International Airport and Norfolk International serving the Hampton Roads area . Sev... |
= = Law and government = =
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In colonial Virginia , free men elected the lower house of the legislature , called the House of Burgesses , which together with the Governor 's Council , made the " General Assembly " . Founded in 1619 , the Virginia General Assembly is still in existence as the oldest legislature in the Western Hemisphere . In 2008 ... |
Since 1971 , the government has functioned under the seventh Constitution of Virginia , which provides for a strong legislature and a unified judicial system . Similar to the federal structure , the government is divided in three branches : legislative , executive , and judicial . The legislature is the General Assemb... |
The Code of Virginia is the statutory law , and consists of the codified legislation of the General Assembly . The Virginia State Police is the largest law enforcement agency in Virginia . The Virginia Capitol Police is the oldest police department in the United States . The Virginia National Guard consists of 7 @,@ 5... |
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Over the 20th century , Virginia shifted from a largely rural , politically Southern and conservative state to a more urbanized , pluralistic , and politically moderate environment . Up until the 1970s , Virginia was a racially divided one @-@ party state dominated by the Byrd Organization . The legacy of slavery in t... |
Political party strength in Virginia has likewise been in flux . In the 2007 state elections , Democrats regained control of the State Senate , and narrowed the Republican majority in the House of Delegates to eight seats . Yet elections in 2009 resulted in the election of Republican Bob McDonnell as Governor by a sev... |
In federal elections since 2006 , both parties have seen successes . Republican Senator George Allen lost close races in 2006 , to Democratic newcomer Jim Webb , and again in 2012 , to Webb 's replacement , former Governor Tim Kaine . In 2008 , Democrats won both United States Senate seats ; former Governor Mark Warne... |
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Virginia is the most populous U.S. state without a major professional sports league franchise . The reasons for this include the lack of any dominant city or market within the state , the proximity of teams in Washington , D.C. and North Carolina , and a reluctance to publicly finance stadiums . However , in recent ye... |
The Washington Redskins have Redskins Park , their headquarters , in Ashburn and their training facility is in Richmond , and the Washington Capitals train at Kettler Capitals Iceplex in Ballston . Virginia has many professional caliber golf courses including the Greg Norman course at Lansdowne Resort and Kingsmill Re... |
Virginia does not allow state appropriated funds to be used for either operational or capital expenses for intercollegiate athletics . Despite this , both the Virginia Cavaliers and Virginia Tech Hokies have been able to field competitive teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference and maintain modern facilities . Their ri... |
= = State symbols = =
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The state nickname is its oldest symbol , though it has never been made official by law . Virginia was given the title " Dominion " by King Charles II of England at the time of The Restoration , because it had remained loyal to the crown during the English Civil War , and the present moniker , " Old Dominion " is a re... |
The state 's motto , Sic Semper Tyrannis , translates from Latin as " Thus Always to Tyrants " , and is used on the state seal , which is then used on the flag . While the seal was designed in 1776 , and the flag was first used in the 1830s , both were made official in 1930 . The majority of the other symbols were mad... |
= Bound for Glory IV =
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Bound for Glory IV was a professional wrestling pay @-@ per @-@ view ( PPV ) event produced by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) promotion that took place on October 12 , 2008 at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates , Illinois . It was the fourth event under the Bound for Glory name and the tenth event in the ... |
The main event of Bound for Glory IV was a standard wrestling match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship , pitting the champion Samoa Joe against the challenger Sting . Sting won the match to become the new champion . Another highly promoted contest on the card was between Kurt Angle and Jeff Jarrett , with Mick... |
Bound for Glory IV is remembered for Sting winning the TNA World Heavyweight Championship and Team 3D forcing Abyss through a flaming table . There were 35 @,@ 000 who purchased the event , as reported by The Wrestling Observer Newsletter . Bound for Glory IV had an attendance of between 5 @,@ 000 and 5 @,@ 500 people... |
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The fourth installment under the Bound for Glory name was announced in January 2008 with an October 12 date attached . TNA issued a mobile alert in March 2008 that the top three candidate cities to host the event were New York City , Toronto , and Chicago . TNA President Dixie Carter was quoted as saying that Chicago ... |
Bound for Glory is considered by TNA to be their equivalent to the National Football League 's Super Bowl or rival World Wrestling Entertainment 's WrestleMania event . As such , TNA used an extensive marketing campaign that involved several wrestlers dressing up as gangsters from the 1920s and 1930s era of Chicago to... |
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Bound for Glory IV featured eight professional wrestling matches and one untelevised match that involved different wrestlers from pre @-@ existing scripted feuds and storylines . Wrestlers portrayed villains , heroes , or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wre... |
Heading into Bound for Glory IV , TNA created a company @-@ wide narrative that led to an on @-@ screen rivalry between professional wrestling veterans , who played the villains , and the younger talent of the company , who played the heroic characters . Several matches and storylines that led to the event were connec... |
At TNA 's previous No Surrender PPV event on September 14 , Sting announced that TNA management had decided that he would challenge the TNA World Heavyweight Champion for the title at Bound for Glory . Later in the show , Joe defeated Christian Cage and Angle in a Three Ways to Glory match to retain the TNA World Heav... |
TNA held a Three Way War between A.J. Styles , Booker T , and Christian Cage at the show . Leading into the event , Styles represented the younger wrestlers in the company , while Booker T represented the veterans . Cage was neutral in the storyline , due to not having revealed which side he had aligned with . This up... |
The TNA World Tag Team Championship was defended in a Four Way Tag Team Monster 's Ball match by Beer Money , Inc . ( James Storm and Robert Roode ) against the team of Abyss and Matt Morgan , The Latin American Xchange ( Hernandez and Homicide ; LAX ) , and Team 3D . On the September 18 episode of Impact ! , Matt Mor... |
The TNA X Division Championship was defended by Sheik Abdul Bashir against Consequences Creed at the spectacle . At Hard Justice , Bashir attacked Creed with a steal chair during his bout with Petey Williams for the title , which allowed Williams to force Creed 's head into the mat with his signature Canadian Destroye... |
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Prior to the event broadcasting live , TNA held an untelevised match for the audience in attendance . It was an Intergender Tag Team match pitting the team of Eric Young and Sojournor Bolt against Lance Rock and Christy Hemme . The team of Young and Bolt won the contest .
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Bound for Glory IV featured employees other than the wrestlers involved in the matches . Mike Tenay and Don West were the commentators for the telecast . Jeremy Borash and David Penzer were ring announcers for the event . Andrew Thomas , Earl Hebner , Rudy Charles , Mark " Slick " Johnson , Traci Brooks , and Steve Mc... |
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The opening televised contest of Bound for Glory was the Steel Asylum to determine the number one contender to the TNA X Division Championship . There were ten participants in this contest ; those involved were Alex Shelley , Chris Sabin , Curry Man , Jay Lethal , Jimmy Rave , Johnny Devine , Petey Williams , Shark Bo... |
A Six Person Intergender Tag Team Bimbo Brawl match with Traci Brooks as the Special Guest Referee was next , pitting the team of ODB , Rhaka Khan , and Rhino against The Beautiful People ( Angelina Love , Cute Kip , and Velvet Sky ) . In this bout , both male and female wrestlers could fight each other and all weapon... |
The TNA X Division Championship match followed , with Sheik Abdul Bashir defending against Consequences Creed . The match lasted 9 minutes and 18 seconds . Prior to the contest , ring announcer David Penzer introduced Sgt. Daniel Casara , who in turn introduced Creed . During the bout , Bashir held Creed in a submissi... |
The TNA Women 's Knockout Championship was defended by Taylor Wilde against Awesome Kong and Roxxi in a Three Way match next . Raisha Saeed accompanied Kong to the ring . She also interfered in the contest by pulling Roxxi out of the ring and kicking her at ringside . Roxxi later returned to the ring and attacked Kong... |
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The TNA World Tag Team Championship was defended in a Four Way Tag Team Monster 's Ball match with Steve McMichael as Special Guest Referee in the fifth contest . Beer Money , Inc . ( James Storm and Robert Roode ) defended the title against the team of Abyss and Matt Morgan , The Latin American Xchange ( Hernandez an... |
The sixth match was a Three Way War between A.J. Styles , Booker T , and Christian Cage that lasted 13 minutes and 5 seconds . Sharmell accompanied Booker T to the ring . She interfered in the encounter by giving Booker T a steal briefcase which he used to knockout Styles at ringside . Later , Cage attempted his signa... |
The seventh match of the show pitted Jeff Jarrett against Kurt Angle , with Mick Foley serving as the Special Ringside Enforcer . Jarrett gained a near @-@ fall in the contest when he suplexed Angle off the top of a turnbuckle . Jarrett then placed Angle in a Figure @-@ Four Leglock submission hold , which was broken ... |
The main event was for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship in which the champion Samoa Joe defended against the challenger Sting . The duration of the encounter was 16 minutes and 54 seconds . The beginning of the match had Joe on the offensive , with Joe performing a dive between the ropes to hit Sting in the face... |
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