Location: San Antonio, Texas

Capacity: 65,000

The Alamodome is an anomaly amongst indoor college football stadiums. It was built for the purpose of being an NFL stadium, but San Antonio was never able to attract an NFL team.

When the University of Texas-San Antonio started up a college football team in 2011 and became the main tenants of the Alamodome, the stadium became the largest indoor stadium whose main tenant is a college football team.

The large capacity of the Alamodome has been a huge help for the upstart Roadrunners. In their inaugural home game, they managed to attract over 50,000 fans, who were able to fit comfortably into the spacious Alamodome. They also managed to set the record for highest average attendance for a first year college football team, averaging over 35,000 per home game. The spacious confines of the Alamodome are a major reason for that.

The downside to the Alamodome is because it was a stadium designed for football that went almost two decades without a major football team as a tenant, it has not been kept up very well as a football stadium. The inside needs some renovations in order to modernize it and make it a more enjoyable football stadium.

With a little tender love and care, the Alamodome could become one of the premier indoor stadiums in all of college football.

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PEACHTREE CITY, Ga., March 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Cooper Lighting, an industry leader committed to delivering innovative products and driving transformational technology in the lighting industry, announced that its Halo brand of recessed, track and surface lighting products has once again been named the Brand Leader in lighting by Builder magazine. Awarded for the fourteenth consecutive year, Halo was given top honors in the lighting categories of Brand Familiarity, Brand Used in Past Two Years and Brand Used Most. The company will be featured in Builder's April issue.

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"We are once again proud and honored that the builder community has chosen Halo as their number one choice for lighting products," says Mark Eubanks, President, Cooper Lighting. "We are constantly working to understand our customers' business goals and to develop innovative products that meet and satisfy their needs. Cooper Lighting has and will continue to adopt and adapt to the latest advancements in lighting technology to provide the most innovative, high-quality, high-performing lighting products available."

Cooper Lighting, which developed the first ENERGY STAR-qualified LED recessed downlight, offers a comprehensive selection of LED products to meet the challenging needs of builders in today's marketplace. The company opened a world-class 60,000 square-foot LED Innovation Center in 2009 to design, test and manufacture reliable LED products. As legislation requires lighting products to advance beyond the incandescent options used today, Cooper aims to help builders adhere to the changing energy landscape with industry-leading technology, variety and service.

The 2012 Brand Use Study, sponsored by Hanley Wood, LLC, publisher of Builder, and conducted by the independent research company Readex Research, provides an in-depth look at the product brands builders recognize and use most and how they rate quality. The report highlights respondents' opinions about brands in 80 product categories. The 2012 Brand Use Study can be viewed on the Builder website at http://www.builderonline.com in April.

Cooper Lighting has made a significant investment in people, resources and technology to ensure the company provides first-class solutions to its customers' lighting challenges. The company offers a range of indoor and outdoor LED lighting products and controls, all of which are specifically designed to maximize energy and cost savings. For additional information on Cooper's LED product offering, click here.

About Cooper Lighting

Cooper Lighting, a subsidiary of Cooper Industries plc (NYSE: CBE - News), is the leading provider of innovative, high quality interior and exterior lighting fixtures and related products to worldwide commercial, industrial, retail, institutional, residential and utility markets. As lighting technologies have advanced over the years, Cooper Lighting has been at the forefront of the industry in helping businesses and communities leverage the latest technologies to improve efficiency, reduce costs and enrich the quality of the environment. For more information, visit http://www.cooperlighting.com.

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Warren Twp. A Good Friday Labyrinth Vigil will be held from noon to 3pm April 6 at Trinity United Church, 118 King George Rd.

The church doors will be open from noon to 3pm for people to walk the indoor labyrinth, sit in meditative prayer and light candles. This is the fourth year Trinity has opened its doors, turning the sanctuary into a candlelit haven for observing a traditional Good Friday vigil.

The 3 hour vigil will conclude the Lenten season, the 40 days of preparation leading up to the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, in the same manner with which it began: with candle lighting, prayers and a Lenten walk through its indoor labyrinth.

From walking the large in-door labyrinth to simply sitting in silence, there are several opportunities for those who wishing a quiet space for prayer, says coordinator, Cyndy Reames. For those who are looking for something specific to pray about, we offer Prayer Points, areas around the sanctuary dedicated to various needs including world hunger, our service men and women, inner peace for ourselves. But all are welcome to prayer in their own way and for whatever need is on their heart.

The labyrinth is one of the oldest contemplative and transformational tools known to humankind, used for centuries for prayer, ritual and personal spiritual growth, said Heather Vaklosin, Director of Pastoral Care at Trinity. It is a powerful spiritual symbol that speaks to our souls in a way that transcends all creeds and beliefs. Walking the labyrinth has something to offer everyone.

The church, a combined United Church of Christ/Presbyterian Church of the U.S.A. is also Open and Affirming.

Doors will open at 10:30am Easter Sunday April 8 for the annual Easter celebration.

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bi-level dimming for renovation of existing fluorescent applications with two ballasts and two circuits

The 2.5 McAdams ellipses and the L80 performance features are also new options for the RTLED luminaire.

"Our continuous goal is to exceed the expectations of the marketplace with the best LED luminaires," said William A. Ballweg, Product Development Manager, Lithonia Lighting Commercial Indoor Products. "We are constantly pushing the market forward with innovative options that deliver better performance, offer more choices and assure a greater range of price points.

"Currently, our customers are seeing many renovation opportunities for indoor ambient LED lighting," said Ballweg. "And these renovation applications can present a wide range of conditions that require options in lumens, emergency lighting and controls. We're not just thinking about these things, we are delivering solutions."

For more information about the new options, visit Acuity Brands at http://www.acuitybrands.com and Lithonia Lighting at http://www.lithonia.com.

About Acuity Brands Acuity Brands, Inc. is a North American market leader and one of the world's leading providers of lighting solutions for both indoor and outdoor applications. With fiscal year 2011 net sales of $1.8 billion, Acuity Brands employs approximately 6,000 associates and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia with operations throughout North America, and in Europe and Asia. The company's lighting solutions are sold under various brands, including Lithonia Lighting, Holophane, Peerless, Gotham, Mark Architectural Lighting(TM), Winona Lighting, Healthcare Lighting, Hydrel, American Electric Lighting, Carandini, Antique Street Lamps(TM), Tersen, Sunoptics, Sensor Switch, Lighting Control & Design(TM), Synergy Lighting Controls, Pathway Connectivity(TM), Dark to Light, ROAM, RELOC Wiring Solutions, and Acculamp.

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A seminar titled Building lighting systems; designs, best practices & QSAS compliance, was organised yesterday by Gulf Organisation for Research and Development (Gord) Institute, in collaboration with lighting consultancy Hoare Lea, as part of a QSAS Certified Green Professional (CGP) programme. The seminar, the first installment of a series, discussed two main topics: The indoor environment and complementing interior architecture and external facades, which included two sessions titled The art of light - natural & artificial and The science and technology of natural and artificial lighting. The second topic: Compliance with Qatar Sustainability Assessment System (QSAS) - covering lighting pollution, lighting controls, indoor environment and daylight also covered two sessions titled Artificial lighting QSAS compliance internal and external and Daylight and QSAS compliance. Addressing an assembly of engineers, architects and other professionals at a seminar, Yousef Mohammed al-Horr, founding chairman of Gord, said: The seminar is strategically important because it offers an interactive platform that brings together international experts in lighting design and compliance strategy with QSAS. Optimising the use of daylight is now one of the most important criteria in building architecture and design, a trend that has been influenced by growing concerns over environmental preservation and energy conservation. Gord has organised the seminar to help certified green professionals expand their understanding of natural and artificial lighting as part of their continuing professional development. Axel Jacobs, Daylight Principal, Hoare Lea Lighting, said: The seminar provides an excellent opportunity to discuss the recent advances in lighting technology and techniques that are reshaping the way we incorporate lighting components in the design of buildings and other structures. We certainly look forward to collaborating with Gord for similar programmes in the future that will support the continuing professional development of QSAS-Certified Green Professionals (QSAS-CGPs) and other green practitioners in Qatar and across the Middle East. Also speaking at the seminar were David Linville-Boud, executive lighting designer, Hoare Lea Lighting; and Axel Jacobs, Daylight Principal, Hoare Lea Daylight joined by Tony Kinsey, export manager, Mode Lighting; and Juan Ferrari, executive lighting designer and Lead Interior Lighting Designer Mode Lighting. Gord will be holding between five and seven CPD seminars a year.

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March 17, 2012 - Arena Football League (AFL) Pittsburgh Power The Pittsburgh Power has partnered with New Castle, PA based fireworks company, Pyrotechnico, to bring the largest indoor pyrotechnic fireworks show ever staged in Pittsburgh at the Power's 2012 home opener at the CONSOL Energy Center.

Included in the plans for the event are precision choreographed pyrotechnics and flames to cover the entire field, coordinated with various special effects and a full range of colored laser lights through out the area. The display pushed the limits of new pyrotechnic innovation for indoor pyrotechnics and integrates with the CONSOL Energy Center's state of the art lighting, audio and high definition video capabilities.

"Fireworks and arena football is the perfect marriage," stated Power COO Michael Gorham. "The AFL is most know for high scoring explosive action and cutting edge family entertainment, now our football games will; have figurative and literal fireworks. Our fans will be treated to a unique entertainment event which will set the bar for AFL events."

The game starts at 8:00 PM EDT on March 23rd and will air on the NFL Network. It can also be followed on Trib Live Sports Talk Radio at http://www.sportstalk.triblive.com.

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CHURCH HILL, Tenn. --

An-indoor marijuana grow was uncovered yesterday in Hawkins County, police reported today.

According to information from the Hawkins County Sheriffs Department, officers went to a home on Carters Valley Road, Church Hill, on March 15 in reference to a narcotics investigation.

Residents of the home consented to a search. Reports state that the search revealed approximately nine marijuana plants growing, artificial lighting, fans, fertilizer and growth hormones. All of this was found in a bedroom closet and bathroom.

Further search of the home revealed three mason jars containing cultivated marijuana. Officers say they also found scales, pipes, small amount of suboxone and hydrocodone pills and a .380 automatic pistol.

Donald Eugene Pierce and Gertrude Allie Thompson were charged as a result of the investigation.

Donald Eugene Pierce, age 36, was charged with Manufacturing/Del/Sell Controlled Substance, Maintaining a Dwelling where Narcotics are Housed or Sold, Simple Possession or Casual Exchange, Possession of Schedule VI, Possession of drug Paraphernalia and Possession of a Firearm During a Felony. He is currently housed in the Hawkins County Jail under $20,000 bond. He is scheduled to appear in Hawkins County General Session Court on March 28, 2012.

Gertrude Allie Thompson, age 47, is also charged with Manufacturing/Del/Sell Controlled Substance, Maintaining a Dwelling where Narcotics are Housed or Sold, Simple Possession or Casual Exchange, Possession of Schedule VI, Possession of drug Paraphernalia and Possession of a Firearm During a Felony. She is currently housed in the Hawkins County Jail under $20,000 bond. She is scheduled to appear in Hawkins County General Session Court on March 28, 2012.

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Reflecting on recent statements from United States Attorney Benjamin Wagner, Phototron Holdings, Inc. believes the rapid changes in the medical marijuana industry will contribute to a rise in small-scale home medical marijuana growing.

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Phototron Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: PHOT) (OTCQB: PHOT), the hydroponic growing systems company behind the grow your own revolution, believes the continued crackdown, which has resulted in the closure of hundreds of dispensaries and seizures of numerous large-scale cannabis grow operations, is making personal indoor growing systems more attractive to medical marijuana patients.

Medical marijuana patients have fewer options for obtaining their medication safely, and in many places are faced with having to travel long distances or get untested medication off the street, said Craig Ellins, Phototrons CEO. So patients are increasingly growing their own medication, and Phototrons indoor systems are perfect for personal use.

Phototron says that growing indoor marijuana for personal use is easier than ever and cites many advantages, including:

#1 Growing Year Round

Being able to grow in a controlled environment is one of the greatest benefits of an indoor growing system. In addition to providing shelter from inclement weather like snow, frost, humidity and heat waves, gardeners can control the weather and the number of daylight hours.

#2 Growing in Small Areas

No need to clear out a closet or a roomevery Phototron hydroponic grow cabinet is only 21 inches wide and deep, so it takes up less than two square feet of indoor floor space. That means that they can be located almost anywhere, even a kitchen countertop.

#3 Protecting Plants from Invaders

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LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire -03/15/12)- WestPark Capital, Inc. announced that a Los Angeles Federal Court has dismissed a shareholder class action against WestPark Capital, Inc. in the case against China Intelligent Lighting and Electronics, Inc., a company that is principally engaged in the design, manufacture, sales and marketing of high-end quality LED and other lighting products for the household and commercial indoor and outdoor lighting industries in China.

In a ruling from the U.S. District Court or the Central District of California dated February 15th, 2012 the action was dismissed as to defendant, WestPark Capital, Inc. because the Court concluded that the plaintiffs failed to state a claim for which relief could be granted. CIL was listed on the NYSE Amex exchange in connection with an IPO in June of 2010.

About WestPark Capital

WestPark Capital, Inc., (www.wpcapital.com) is a full-service national and international investment bank focused on emerging growth sectors such as healthcare, software, technology, biotechnology, financial services, manufacturing, consumer products, media and telecom industries, among other categories. WestPark provides a comprehensive range of corporate finance services, including initial public offerings, follow-on offerings, private placements and corporate finance advisory services. WestPark is committed to forging lasting partnerships with emerging growth companies and the investors who back them. Member: FINRA/SIPC.

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Garden City, New York - WAC Lighting President Shelley Wald announced that the Sol(TM) Organic LED Chandelier was included in Green Builder Magazine's "Hot 50 Products." The magazine described the luminaire as an "EcoChandelier" in the February issue, which was seen by thousands of builders, remodelers, contractors, architects and designers.

"With eight honors and awards, Sol continues to create a tremendous amount of industry excitement," explained Ms. Wald. "Green Builder is a fabulous magazine and we are honored to have our OLED Chandelier featured in it. Look for new OLED designs from WAC later this year."

According to Green Builder magazine, "Sol Organic LED Chandelier is art. The design sculpturally represents ancient symbols for the sun. Each eco-friendly chandelier is hand-signed and numbered. ORBEOS OLEDs from OSRAM Opt Semiconductors panels distribute the lighting. A total of seven of these (2.1mm) panels produce 420 lumens, ensuring that light in the room is free of undesirable shadows or glare. Each OLED panel is completely cool to the touch."

First of its kind, Sol is a luxury decorative chandelier that embodies a sophisticated design made possible with advancements in new lighting nanotechnology. An expression of true sustainability with energy efficient organic light sources, the luminaire was created without the use of heavy metals or other rare earth materials. It is sustainably created of layers of carbon-based materials that self-illuminate in various colors when energized, without impacting the environment. The chandelier is inherently sustainable; designed around energy efficient and environmentally friendly technology, and individually crafted in WAC Lighting's zero-landfill ISO 14001/9001 certified manufacturing campus.

Adjustable light distribution is delivered for ambient mood lighting, using circular satellite OLED panels that rotate up for indirect lighting, and tilt down to comfortably illuminate the surface below or faces around a table. The central downlight provides direct downward lighting.

About Green Builder's Hot 50 Products Green Builder Media's anticipated annual roundup of the hottest green products is a mix of trusted, well-known brands and new innovative players. The editorial team digs into the specific green features, benefits, and applications of products that can help builders and other industry professionals provide more sustainable options for homebuyers.

About Green Builder Media Green Builder Media, LLC is a leading media company in the North American residential building industry focused exclusively on green building and responsible growth. With a comprehensive suite of print media, online options, demonstration homes, case studies, training and education vehicles, and live events, Green Builder Media assists building professionals prepare themselves for the new green economy.

As advocates for sustainability, this company's properties include: Green Builder magazine, the building industry's magazine focused on green building and sustainable development; The VISION House Series, comprised of demonstration homes built around the country that showcase the latest in green design, building techniques, and products; The ReVISION House Series, a presentation of realistic remodeling options for American families; and Green Builder College, an educational program to offer certification and continuing education to professionals in the housing sector.

The WAC Lighting Story WAC Lighting is a leading global manufacturer and innovative designer of lighting for Luxury Residential, Commercial, Hospitality, Institutional, Retail and Architectural applications, specializing in track, recessed, under cabinet, monorail and decorative lighting, as well as new step and wall lights and a sustainable LED collection.

WAC has developed a stellar reputation for upscale decorative and task lighting lines backed by an extraordinary level of service, an unprecedented shipping record, and a Five Year Product Warranty. To reflect Green energy saving strategies, social progress and community involvement, WAC uses the brand standard "Responsible Lighting" that reflects the company's holistic approach to business, encompassing a deep commitment to responsible eco-friendly manufacturing, extensive research/development, energy saving technology, and altruism.

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