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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 ...
= = = Festivals = = =
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...
= = Media = =
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 .
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 = =
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...
= = Health = =
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 = =
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 = =
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...
= = Politics = =
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...
= = Sports = =
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 = =
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 =
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...
= = Production = =
= = = Background = = =
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...
= = = Storylines = = =
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...
= = Event = =
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 .
= = = Miscellaneous = = =
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...
= = = Preliminary matches = = =
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...
= = = Main event matches = = =
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...