Question: Lighting or illumination is the deliberate use of light to achieve a practical or aesthetic effect. Lighting includes the use of both artificial light sources like lamps and light fixtures, as well as natural illumination by capturing daylight. Daylighting (using windows, skylights, or light shelves) is sometimes used as the main source of light during daytime in buildings. This can save energy in place of using artificial lighting, which represents a major component of energy consumption in buildings. Proper lighting can enhance task performance, improve the appearance of an area, or have positive psychological effects on occupants.

Indoor lighting is usually accomplished using light fixtures, and is a key part of interior design. Lighting can also be an intrinsic component of landscape projects.

Forms of lighting include alcove lighting, which like most other uplighting is indirect. This is often done with fluorescent lighting (first available at the 1939 World's Fair) or rope light, occasionally with neon lighting, and recently with LED strip lighting. It is a form of backlighting. 1. what is indoor lighing usually accomplished with?
2. are these purely functional?
3. what part do they play in it?
4. can it be used outdoors? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. using light fixtures
2. no
3. unknown
4. yes

Question: Paul woke up at 8. He was very happy because today he got to go to his favorite thing, the fair. Paul's mother Beth was taking him to the fair. After finishing breakfast at 9, Paul got in the car with his mom. At 10 they got to Jim's house to pick him up. Jim was Paul's best friend. Then at 11, they picked up Beth's boyfriend Hank. After driving for one more hour they all finally got to the fair at 12. They had all been looking forward to this for a very long time. Beth was a bit annoyed by having to drive so much to get here, but she loved her son very much so the trouble was okay. Everyone had a great time, most of all, Paul. Gail's favorite ride was Ferris. Hank's favorite ride was the Ghoster. It was very scary. Paul's favorite ride was the same as Hank's. 1. who woke up?
2. when?
3. how did he feel?
4. why?
5. who took him?
6. was she married?
7. how long did it take to get there?
8. how many people were in the vehicle?
9. what did Paul do before getting in the vehicle?
10. how long was the trip to Jim's home?
11. did beth enjoy the trip to the fair?
12. how did she feel about her child?
13. did she like the fair?
14. did she like it the most?
15. what was hank's favorite?
16. did paul and gail like the same one?
17. what did she like?
18. who was jim? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Paul
2. at 8
3. very happy
4. the fair.
5. Paul's mother
6. No
7. 3 hours
8. Four
9. eat
10. 1 hour
11. No
12. she loved her son
13. Yes
14. No
15. the Ghoster
16. No
17. Ferris
18. Paul's best friend

Question: (CNN) -- A family is grieving and a Michigan community is in shock after a 9-year-old boy was stabbed to death at a playground in his neighborhood this week.

The shock felt in Kentwood, just outside of Grand Rapids, is as much over the sudden and senseless loss of Michael Conner Verkerke as it is over the circumstances of his death: The person accused of stabbing him was a 12-year-old he had just met at the playground.

Conner was playing with three other children Monday "when one of the children, for an unknown reason, pulled out a knife and repeatedly stabbed one of the other children," a Kentwood Police Department statement said.

Police say the attacker is 12-year-old Jamarion Lawhorn. A motive, if there is one, is unknown at this point, as the boys were not acquainted, according to Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker.

Lawhorn was charged Tuesday with murder. Though he'll be tried in a juvenile court, it will be as an adult, according to Becker, who added that his office has not yet decided whether the murder charges will be first or second degree.

Charles Boekeloo, Lawhorn's court-appointed attorney, said he met his client for the first time at his arraignment Tuesday but had no further comment. Boekeloo entered a not guilty plea on the youth's behalf.

Police said that after he was stabbed, Conner managed to run back home before he collapsed on the porch. An ambulance rushed him to a hospital, where he died Monday night.

Lawhorn, meanwhile, "left the playground then went to a nearby residence where he asked to use the phone," Kentwood Chief of Police Thomas Hillen said. 1. Who was stabbed?
2. How old was he?
3. Did he die?
4. Where?
5. What did the killer get charged with?
6. What was his name?
7. How old is he?
8. Was there a motive?
9. according to who?
10. What state did this happen in?
11. What did he stab him with?
12. What day of the week did this happen?
13. When was Lawhorn charged?
14. Will he be tried as an adult
15. Who is his attorney
16. Did Conner run somewhere?
17. Where?
18. Did he die that night?
19. Who is Thomas Hillen
20. is the family grieving? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Michael Conner Verkerke.
2. Nine
3. Yes.
4. A playground.
5. murder
6. Jamarion Lawhorn.
7. 12.
8. Unknown.
9. Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker.
10. Michigan .
11. A knife.
12. Monday.
13. Tuesday.
14. Yes.
15. Charles Boekeloo.
16. Yes.
17. Home.
18. Yes.
19. Kentwood Chief of Police.
20. Yes.

Question: Montana i/mntn/ is a state in the Western region of the United States. The state's name is derived from the Spanish word montana (mountain). Montana has several nicknames, although none official, including "Big Sky Country" and "The Treasure State", and slogans that include "Land of the Shining Mountains" and more recently "The Last Best Place". Montana is ranked 4th in size, but 44th in population and 48th in population density of the 50 United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller island ranges are found throughout the state. In total, 77 named ranges are part of the Rocky Mountains.

Montana schoolchildren played a significant role in selecting several state symbols. The state tree, the ponderosa pine, was selected by Montana schoolchildren as the preferred state tree by an overwhelming majority in a referendum held in 1908. However, the legislature did not designate a state tree until 1949, when the Montana Federation of Garden Clubs, with the support of the state forester, lobbied for formal recognition. Schoolchildren also chose the western meadowlark as the state bird, in a 1930 vote, and the legislature acted to endorse this decision in 1931. Similarly, the secretary of state sponsored a children's vote in 1981 to choose a state animal, and after 74 animals were nominated, the grizzly bear won over the elk by a 21 margin. The students of Livingston started a statewide school petition drive plus lobbied the governor and the state legislature to name the Maiasaura as the state fossil in 1985. 1. What is the state fossil?
2. Was it voted on in an election?
3. Was the fossil voted on in an election?
4. How was it picked?
5. By whom?
6. When?
7. Where is the state?
8. What's the Spanish translation?
9. Does it have an offical nickname?
10. Is it big?
11. Are there any mountain ranges?
12. In which area of the state?
13. Most are found in which area?
14. What is in the western 1/3?
15. How many?
16. Are any in the Rockies?
17. How many?
18. What was selected in 1981?
19. Were very many nominated?
20. How many? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. Maiasaura
2. choose a state animal,
3. no
4. al petition
5. The students of Livingston
6. 1985
7. Montana
8. mountain
9. no
10. yes
11. yes
12. throughout the state
13. Rocky Mountains.
14. mountain ranges
15. numerous
16. yes
17. 77
18. state animal
19. yes
20. 74