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A container garden or pot garden is a garden that is in containers instead of in the ground. A container in gardening may be of various sizes. It may or may not be easily portable. and is used for showing live flowers or plants. It may take the form of a pot, flower box, tub, pot, basket, tin, barrel or hanging basket. Methods. Pots, made of terracotta or sometimes plastic, and window boxes have been the most common containers. Terracotta containers are usual for long-term use in back yards. The reason is that they are porous, and water evaporates through the pores. This keeps the contents aerated. Plastic pots are usually for short-term use, and often sold complete with flowers and earth. Window boxes are shallow and open, and may be used for above-ground windows.  Small pots are commonly called flowerpots.
A green roof or living roof is a roof of a building that is partially or totally covered with plants. It may also include layers such as a root barrier and drainage and irrigation systems. Container gardens on roofs, where plants are in pots, are not generally true green roofs. Although, this is debated. Rooftop ponds are another kind of green roof which are used to treat greywater. Vegetation, soil, drainage layer, roof barrier and irrigation system make up a green roof. There are reasons why a building may have a green roof. The reasons include absorbing rainwater, providing insulation, creating a habitat for wildlife, increasing benevolence and decreasing stress of the people around the roof, and helping to lower urban air temperatures and go against the heat island effect. Green roofs are able to be added on old buildings as well as new buildings. They can be put on small garages or larger industrial, commercial and municipal buildings. They effectively use the natural abilities of plants to filter water and treat air in urban and suburban areas. There are two types of green roof:
Professor Anders Peter Ravn (29 October 1947 – 1 August 2019) was a Danish computer scientist. Between 1969–73, Anders Ravn was a teaching assistant in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Copenhagen (DIKU). From 1972–76, he was a systems programmer on minicomputers at the early Danish computer company A/S Regnecentralen.  He returned to academia and rose from assistant professor (1976–80) to associate professor (1980–84) at DIKU. Ravn died on 1 August 2019 in Copenhagen at the age of 71.
David Cloud Berman (born David Craig Berman; January 4, 1967 – August 7, 2019) was an American poet, cartoonist and singer-songwriter. He was best known for his work with indie-rock band the Silver Jews.  In January 2009, Berman announced his retirement from music in hopes of finding a meaningful way of undoing the damage that his estranged father Richard (drug lobbyist) had done to society. Berman had written and recorded with the Silver Jews, he has also released two books: "Actual Air" (1999) and "The Portable February" (2009). In early 2019, Berman returned to music under the new band name Purple Mountains, releasing an eponymous debut album in July 2019. Berman lived in Chicago, Illinois. He was found dead at his Brooklyn apartment on August 7, 2019 at the age of 52. The cause of death was suicide by hanging.
Nakai (Japanese: 中井, 中居) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with this name include:
Jorma Vilho Paavali Kinnunen (15 December 1941 – 25 July 2019) was a Finnish athlete. He competed mainly in the javelin throw. He was born in Pihtipudas. He competed for Finland in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City where he won the silver medal. Kinnunen died after a long illness on 25 July 2019, aged 77.
Gergely Kulcsár (10 March 1934 – 12 August 2020) a Hungarian javelin thrower. He competed at the 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won two bronze medals, in 1960 and 1968, and a silver medal in 1964. He was the Olympic flag bearer for Hungary in 1964, 1968 and 1972.
The Patton Brothers, comprising Jimmy Elliott (20 August 1931 – 25 July 2019) and Brian Elliott (born 13 December 1933), were an English comedy double act and the two older brothers of Barry and Paul Elliott, the Chuckle Brothers. They began their career as a double act in 1954. Both Jimmy and Brian made appearances in the children's television series "ChuckleVision," alongside their younger brothers Paul and Barry. Jimmy is known as "No Slacking" due to the catchphrase. For three months, all four brothers appeared together on the game show "3-2-1" with Ted Rogers on 17 April 1982 (Season 4, Episode 13), and also on "New Faces". Afterwards, Jimmy and Brian returned to being the Patton Brothers. On 25 July 2019, Jimmy died of cancer at the age of 87.
Stewart Arnold Brown (January 28, 1942 – July 26, 2019) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, Detroit Red Wings, New York Islanders, and Atlanta Flames. After one season in the World Hockey Association (WHA), Brown retired in 1975. Brown died on July 26, 2019 in North Kawartha, Ontario at the age of 77.
Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino ( 18 October 1936 – 26 July 2019) was a Cuban prelate of the Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Havana from 1981 to 2016. He was appointed to the College of Cardinals in 1994, the second Cuban to hold that job. During negotiations to renew diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba, Cardinal Ortega, without public announcement, visited the White House and hand-delivered a letter from Pope Francis to President Barack Obama. Ortega was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2018. He died on 26 July 2019 in El Cobre, Cuba at the age of 82.
Kevin "Racks" Gene Roster Jr. (March 9, 1983 – July 26, 2019) was an American poker player and activist. He had terminal cancer who moved to California where he fought to protect the state's right-to-die legislation. He supports medical aid in dying. He played in the in the summer of 2019, and used the event as a platform to raise awareness about sarcoma and to encourage people to push for early detection and diagnosis. Roster died via medical aid in dying in Rancho Cordova, California on July 26, 2019 at the age of 36.
Carlos Cruz-Diez (17 August 1923 – 27 July 2019) was a Venezuelan artist. He was thought to be one of the greatest artist of the 20th century. He was best known for his kinetic and op art. His teaching and art career was based between both Paris and Caracas. His work was represented in museums and public art sites internationally, such as Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York; Tate Modern, London; Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; Centre Pompidou, París; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Colonia, and others. Cruz-Diez died on 27 July 2019 in Paris at the age of 95.
Biljana Plavšić (; born 7 July 1930) is a Serbian politician. She President of Republika Srpska who was indicted in 2001 by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for war crimes committed during the Bosnian War.  She plea-bargained with the ICTY and was sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2003. She was released on 27 October 2009 after serving two-thirds of her sentence. Plavšić is, together with Radovan Karadžić, the highest ranking Bosnian Serb politician to be sentenced.
Humphrey Mijnals (21 December 1930 – 27 July 2019) was a Surinamese-Dutch footballer. He played international football for both the Netherlands and Suriname. He also played 45 times in the Suriname national football team. In 1999, he was elected Surinamese footballer of the century. On 24 August 2008, Mijnals also received Sports Medal of the city of Utrecht. Mijnals died on 27 July 2019 in Utrecht at the age of 88.
Michael Thomas Roarke (November 8, 1930 – July 27, 2019) was an American catcher and coach in Major League Baseball. He threw and batted right-handed. He stood tall and weighed . Roarke played for the Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Cardinals and the San Diego Padres. Roarke died on July 27, 2019 in West Warwick, Rhode Island at the age of 88. Other websites. , or Retrosheet, or SABR Biography Project
John Robert Schrieffer (; May 31, 1931 – July 27, 2019) was an American physicist. With John Bardeen and Leon Cooper, he was a recipient of the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physics. He was known for developing the BCS theory. It was the first successful quantum theory of superconductivity.  In 2005, Schrieffer fell asleep while driving and received a sentence of two years in prison for vehicular manslaughter which killed one, and injured seven other people. Schrieffer died on July 27, 2019 in Tallahassee, Florida at the age of 88.
Leon N Cooper (February 28, 1930 – October 23, 2024) was an American physicist. He won the Nobel Prize for Physics with John Bardeen and John Robert Schrieffer in 1972. He helped developed the BCS theory of superconductivity.  He was also the namesake of the Cooper pair and co-developer of the BCM theory of synaptic plasticity. Cooper died at his home in Providence, Rhode Island, on October 23, 2024, at the age of 94.
Eduardo Gómez Manzano (27 July 1951 – 28 July 2019) was a Spanish actor and comedian. He was born in Madrid, Spain. He was known for his roles in "Aquí no hay quien viva", "La que se avecina" and "Butterfly's Tongue". Gómez died from laryngeal cancer in Madrid on 28 July 2019 at the age of 68.
Vladimir Alexeyevich Kara-Murza (; 24 October 1959 – 28 July 2019) was a Russian journalist and television host. He was born in Moscow.  Kara-Murza died on 28 July 2019 in Moscow at the age of 59. In 1992, with the onset of President Boris Yeltsin's democratic reforms, he joined the weekly "Itogi" programme on Channel One of Russian TV—first as editor, then as correspondent.  In 1993, along with his colleagues, joined the newly created NTV, Russia's first independent television channel founded by Vladimir Gusinsky. In April 1995, Kara-Murza became the anchor of NTV's news programme "Today at Midnight". He was the father of opposition politician Vladimir Vladimirovich Kara-Murza.
Ludovicus Jacobus Maria "Loek" van Mil (; 15 September 1984 – 28 July 2019) was a Dutch professional baseball pitcher. At , he was one of the tallest players in the history of professional baseball. He played for Curaçao Neptunus of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse and for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). On the Netherlands national baseball team he was the team's closer in the 2013 World Baseball Classic and the 2015 Premier 12 and appeared in the 2007 Baseball World Cup. van Mil died on 28 July 2019 from problems caused by a hiking injury at the age of 34.
Sudini Jaipal Reddy (16 January 1942 – 28 July 2019) was an Indian politician. He was the member of the Lok Sabha of India for five terms.  He represented the Chevella constituency of Telangana and was a member of the Indian National Congress.  He was a Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting in the I. K. Gujral cabinet in 1998. In 1999 he returned to Indian National Congress after 21 years. In 2004 he was re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha from Miryalaguda Lok Sabha Constituency and then he was a Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Union Minister for Urban Development in the United Progressive Alliance-1.  In 2009 he was re-elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from the Chevella constituency and was a Union Minister for Urban Development and Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas.  He was the Union Minister for the Ministry of Earth Sciences and the Ministry of Science and Technology from 29 October 2012 to 18 May 2014. Reddy died on 28 July 2019 at a hospital in Hyderabad of pneumonia at the age of 77.
Ruth de Souza (May 12, 1921 – July 28, 2019) was a Brazilian actress. She was born in Rio de Janeiro. de Souza was known for her roles in "The Landowner's Daughter", "Macumba Love" and in "A Glass of Rage". She was awarded with Prêmio Saci. De Souza died of pneumonia on July 28, 2019 in Copacabana, Brazil at the age of 98.
Egil Danielsen (9 November 1933 – 29 July 2019) was a Norwegian javelin thrower. He was born in Hamar, Norway. He competed at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics. He won the gold medal in 1956. Danielsen set a new world record at 85.71 m and won the gold medal. He could never reproduce that throw. For his Olympic victory and world record Danielsen was selected Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year in 1956. He retired after the 1960 Olympics and focused on his family and work at the Hamar Fire Brigade. In the 2000s he was a minor political candidate for the Norwegian Pensioner Party.
Enrique Eduardo Lafourcade Valdenegro (14 October 1927 – 29 July 2019) was a Chilean writer, critic and journalist. He was born in Santiago de Chile. Lafourcade published at least 24 novels (over 30 by some accounts) and over a dozen anthologies and collections of short stories and essays. His novel "Palomita Blanca" (1971) sold over a million copies, making it one of the all-time best sellers in Chile. He worked for the newspaper agency "El Mercurio". Lafourcade died on 29 July 2019 in Santiago at the age of 91.
Vasil Metodiev (; (6 January 1935 – 29 July 2019) was a Bulgarian football midfielder. He played for Bulgaria in the 1966 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Lokomotiv Sofia.  He was a coach of Levski Sofia, where he won three Bulgarian championships, two Bulgarian Cup titles, two Cup of the Soviet Army titles, including one treble.  In 1984, as coach of Levski, he eliminated German champions VfB Stuttgart for the European Cup. Metodiev died on 29 July 2019 in Sofia at the age of 84.
Mona-Liisa Nousiainen (née Malvalehto; 20 July 1983 – 29 July 2019) was a Finnish cross-country skier. He competed in the World Cup between 2002 and 2018. Nousiainen was born in Rovaniemi, Finland. In 1999, she won the Finnish Championship in accordion playing. She studied at the Sibelius Academy. She announced her retirement from cross-country skiing after not being selected for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Nousiainen died on 29 July 2019 of cancer at the age of 36.
Zdeněk Srstka (26 September 1935 – 29 July 2019) was a Czech actor, stuntman and weightlifter. He starred in the movie "Poslední propadne peklu" under director Ludvík Ráža in 1982. He was born in Prague. He competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1960 Summer Olympics with the result of ninth place. Srstka died on 29 July 2019 in Prague at the age of 83.
Marcian David (Matty) Bleahu (14 March 1924, Brașov – 30 July 2019, Bucharest) was a Romanian geologist, speleologist, geographer, alpinist, explorer, writer and politician. He was well known for his scientific works to the development of the theories of global tectonics. He was a member of the Romanian Senate from 1990 to 2000. Bleahu died in Bucharest on 30 July 2019 at the age of 95.
Nicholas Anthony Buoniconti (December 15, 1940 – July 30, 2019) was an American professional football player. He was a middle linebacker in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). He played for the Boston Patriots and Miami Dolphins. He won two Super Bowls with the Dolphins. Buoniconti was added into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2001. Buoniconti died on July 30, 2019, in Bridgehampton, New York, at the age of 78. After his death, an autopsy revealed that Buoniconti had been suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
Deep Impact (Japanese : ディープインパクト, March 25, 2002 – July 30, 2019) was a champion Japanese racehorse that won seven Japanese Domestic Grade 1 races, including all races of Japanese Triple Crown (Satsuki Sho, Tokyo Yushun and Kikuka Sho). On 30 July 2019, Deep Impact was euthanised after suffering a cervical fracture, aged 17.
William Roy McCutcheon (July 31, 1929 – July 30, 2019) was a Canadian educator. He was the second president of Seneca College from 1984 through 1992. McCutcheon announced his retirement in 1991. McCutcheon died on July 30, 2019, on the eve of his 90th birthday.
Werner Konrad Graf von (count of) Moltke (24 May 1936 – 29/30 July 2019) was a German decathlete. He won a European title in 1966 and finished second in 1962. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics, but failed to finish. He was born in Mühlhausen, Germany. Von Moltke died on 29 or 30 July 2019 in Nieder-Olm, Germany at the age of 83.
Michael Patrick Smith, (born 19 January 1942), known by the professional stage name of Michael Crawford, is an English actor, comedian and singer. ￼ He is best known for his role as Frank Spencer, in Some mothers do ave em, a classic British comedy series made in the 1. The series is now recognised as a timeless British comedy classic in which Michael is absolutely the star of the show. The series is still extremely popular worldwide 50 years after being made and millions of people still love Michael for his wonderful performances. Before Some mothers, Michael starred, alongside Oliver Read, in the wonderful, timeless classic British comedy thriller, The Jokers. Michael and Oliver play brother's who endeavour to still the Crown jewels from the Tower of London. Made in 1966 this classic film was shot mainly on location in Swinging Sixties London in colour, when England was still truly England. In the 1980s Michael became world famous for roles in musicals both on film and stage, including; Barnham and the Phantom of the Opera. In the UK, millions still long to see Michael reunited with Michelle Detroice and for the pair to once again bring the comedy gold and beautiful innocent human love of Frank and Betty back to TV screens. A very brief occurrence of this did occur as part of BBC annual charity programming Comic relief in the 2000s. Perhaps now with Michael's famous stunt action abilities possibly unsuitable for a performer of his senior years, that Frank and Betty will return as a radio series, also for the podcast generation . Michael starred in the title role in "The Phantom of the Opera". Since 1987, he has been the leader of the Sick Children's Trust as well and acted as a public face for the British social cause organization.
Martín Arzola Ortega (; – 31 July 2019), commonly referred to by his alias "El 53", was a Mexican convicted drug lord. He was a high-ranking leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), a criminal group based in Jalisco.  He worked under Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes (alias "El Mencho"), the alleged top leader of the CJNG. Arzola Ortega began his criminal career in 1998 as a cargo truck thief and eventually joined the Milenio Cartel, the predecessor group of the CJNG.  After several of his bosses were arrested and/or killed, he founded the CJNG with other defectors in the 2010s.  Arzonla Ortega died on 31 July 2019 in Zapopan, Jalisco after being shot dead at a mall, aged 42.
María Auxiliadora Delgado San Martín (11 March 1937 – 31 July 2019) was an Uruguayan civil servant and health activist. She was the wife of President Tabaré Vázquez. She was First Lady of Uruguay from 2005 to 2010 and again from 1 March 2015 until her death on 31 July 2019. Auxiliadora met her husband, Tabaré Vázquez, when he was just 16 years old, and she was 19 years old. She worked for the Caja de Jubilaciones y Pensiones (Pension Fund) for 32 years before her retirement. Auxiliadora Delgado died of a heart attack on 31 July 2019 in Montevideo at the age of 82.
Jean-Luc Thérier (7 October 1945 – 31 July 2019) was a French rally driver. He was the highest scoring driver in the inaugural World Rally Championship in 1973. He was the only one to win three events. He was born in Hodeng-au-Bosc, France. Thérier died from a long-illness on 31 July 2019 in Neufchâtel-en-Bray, France at the age of 73.
Bradley Glenn "Butch Walker" (born November 14, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, musician. Career. Walker worked as a guitarist and performer in several rock bands in the 80s. Along with Jayce Fincher and Mitch McLee, Wlaker formed a new band called Floyd's Funk Reviva, Their final concert was on 2001. Walker began a solo career, releasing the albums "Left of Self-Centered" in 2002, he played a series of live shows with just acoustic guitar and vocals.
Karl Lewis Glusman (born January 3, 1988) is an American actor. Glusman was born in New York City and raised in Portland, Oregon. His parents are of Ashkenazi Jewish, English, German, Irish, Luxembourgian and Swedish descent. Personal Life. Since 2016, Glusman has been in a relationship with actress Zoë Kravitz. Kravitz said she had become engaged in February 2018. They were married June 29, 2019. They were married at Kravitz's father, Lenny Kravitz's home in Paris, France.
Shrek is the main character of the movie "Shrek". He was first seen in the 1990 children’s book "Shrek!" by William Steig. He is often seen as grumpy. He appears in all "Shrek" movies. He is voiced by Mike Myers.
Donkey (not known by any other name) is the second main character seen in the movie "Shrek". He is seen as the overly-happy and annoying sidekick of Shrek. He appears in all the "Shrek" movies. He is voiced by Eddie Murphy.
Mariam Vladislavovna Aghababjan (born 1964) is an Armenian botanist, plant taxonomist, employee of the Institute of Botany of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia. She described many species of the genus "Rhaponticoides", which was isolated from the genus Centaurea. In 1992, under the leadership of Armen Takhtajan, she defended her thesis on the topic “Typical subgenus Centaurea” . She described for science 48 species of plants. This author is usually abbreviated «M.V.Agab.» when citing a botanical name. Works. Centaurea tamanianae M. V. Agab. in Biol. Zurn. Armenii 42: 186. 1989 Aghababjan M.V., Oganesian M.E. 2000 Allium sect. Acanthoprason (Alliaceae) in southern Transcaucasia: a survey, with the description of two new species. Willdenowia. — 30. — P. 93—104 Greuter W., Gerhard W., Aghababjan M. &amp; Hellwig F. H. 2001 (1509) Proposal to Conserve the Name Centaurea (Compositae) with a Conserved Type Taxon. — 50, no. 4. — P. 1201—1205. — Greuter W., Aghababjan M., Wagenitz G. . Vaillant on Compositae—systematic concepts and nomenclatural impact. Taxon. — 2005. — 54, no. 1. — P. 149—174 Taxa by M.V.Agab.. Rhaponticoides africana M V Agab. (syn.Centaurea africana) R ruthenica (Lam.)M V Agab. et Greuter Centaurea tamanianae M. V. Agab. R. taliewii
Hasmukh Thakordas Parekh (10 March 1911 – 18 November 1994) was an Indian financial entrepreneur, writer, and philanthropist. He played a role in the development of Industrial Credit &amp; Investment Corporation of India, now ICICI Bank, founded the Housing Development Finance Corporation, and in 1992 was awarded the Padma Bhushan for his contribution to the finance industry in India. The London School of Economics also conferred on him an honorary fellowship. Biography. Hasmukh Thakordas Parekh was born in Surat, Gujarat. He worked as a lecturer at St. Xavier's College, Bombay (now known as Mumbai), for three years, and later began his financial career with the stockbroking firm Harkisandass Lukhmidass. He joined ICICI as Deputy general manager in 1956, became chairman and managing director in 1972. He retired in 1976 and was Chairman of ICICI's Board until 1978. At 66, when he had already received many honors and was stepping down from ICICI, he started a new financial institution, the Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC).
A misconception is a belief which is perhaps understandable, but wrong.  Examples. Many believe that Frankenstein is the name of the monster in the story Frankenstein, but Frankenstein is really the man who created the monster.
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) is an initiative by the Government of India. It plans affordable housing for the urban poor. The target is to build 20 million affordable houses by 31 March 2022.  The total number of funded houses approved so far is 39,25,240 in urban areas. Five million rural houses will be built by March 2018 and 10 million rural houses by March 2019.
Islam is the second largest religion in Bulgaria, behind Christianity. Many sources believed that Sunni Islam of Hanafi Madh'hab and Bektashi's, is the religion of 13% of the Bulgarian population. The vast majority of Bulgarian Muslims are Turkish and Xoraxane Roma, while almost Pomak are Muslims after Turkish.  Bulgaria is the main leader of the European Union by percentage of Muslims.