User talk:Juozas Rimas

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Contents 1 Welcome! 2 Aukstojas hill 3 Origins 4 Request 5 Image tagging for Image:IMG 5042.JPG 6 Žirmūnai 7 LVLS

[edit] Welcome!

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[edit] Aukstojas hill

Hello, very interesting information, but could you please cite your sources? See WP:CITE for guidelines and don't be shy to ask me if something is unclear. It's not like I don't believe you, it's just that so many people are used to Juozapine Hill being the highest point, that I expect someone to argue about and doubt it. (BTW, really great job on that new article). Renata 13:33, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Cool :P Renata 14:55, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

And one more thingie abou the hills: would you agree on moving Kruopinė (Žybartonys) Hill to simply Kruopinė Hill? See Wikipedia does not like double naming. Also Žybartonys Hill can be a simple redirect. Don't you think? :) Renata 03:38, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Hello Ponas Rimas. I have a few minor questions: do you have a lat long for the location? And/or a map? Can you describe the spot: is it wooded, is it on private property? Is there a view from the top? What is its orientation from Vilnius, i.e. north-northwest, east-southeast, due south? Also one of the external links mentions Aukštėjas Hill - is that a typo or an alternate name?

Also, could you sign the petition asking Renata to say with WIkipedia at User_talk:Renata3 ? Novickas 13:55, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

BTW I know first-hand how awkward one can sound in another language, e.g. if one's knowledge of, say, Lithuanian is based on kitchen talk (Close that door! I'm hungry! He started it!) The funny thing is that while possessing only a rudimentary acquaitance with a language, one can recognize well-spoken or well-written speech when one encounters it. It's sort of mysterious when you think about it.

I love geography, so would be happy to look at anything else. Novickas 16:57, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Dear Ponas Rimas, I have a question about Aukstojas Hill: the article uses the term "Migūnai forestry". What does that refer to - is all of L. divided into forestry zones, or is it a particular district set aside for forestry? How would one characterize the Migūnai - are they mostly coniferous (ie pines, firs) or deciduous (oaks, ashes, etc)? Any references to recent tourist activity at Aukstojas? Some photos would really help push this article into prominence, especially the latest ceremony! The story about carrying a little bit of earth to Jouzapine is great, but, gaila, there's no reference... Novickas 21:02, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Origins

I was born in Chicago, now live in a Chicago suburb (family ties me here). Have also lived in Minneapolis, San Francisco, and other parts of Illinois. Yes, Utah is beautiful! Our family just went on a road trip to Arizona (Grand Canyon), New Mexico, and points in between. These sparse rocky places exert some sort of fascination on those of us from humid climates. It's like you can see the bone structure underneath all the decoration, like in Georgia O'Keefe paintings.

Being a newbie, I haven't tried to upload any personal photos into Wikipedia. When I get that figured out, I have a lot of photos taken in Lithuania that would be nice to put up.(but no shots of the highest point!) If you have done that already, any tips would be nice; if not, I'll pass mine along.

From the standpoint of tourism, there are a lot of individual tourist niches that could be encouraged. For instance, cemeteries. Here in the US we usually just plant them and forget them, because paying attention would be considered morbid, but there is a contingent of people who do go on visiting personal gravesites (and another group of people who love celebrity gravesites). Cemeteries in Lietuva are so beautiful! And there's the air in Palanga - my cousin tells me that they used to conduct scientific analyses of that air to see if they could identify what made it restore your health. Well, so many ideas, so little time. Nice to talk to you. Novickas 22:04, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Request

I'm going to take a look at it now. BTW thanks for taking a look at Lithuanian cuisine. Novickas 11:34, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Žirmūnai

I still can't look at the map - the website www.vilnius.lt times out on me. Is it working for you?

Backwater does make sense in the context of your description. In re the word ferry: here in Chicago we have a lot of small passenger ferryboats that work the Chicago River; they are actually often the fastest way to get from the train station to say, the Tribune Tower. There are also ferryboats that work San Francisco Bay, Puget Sound, and there's the Staten Island ferry in NYC. So I guess I don't think of ferries as big old freight carriers. Novickas 13:23, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Juozai! Could you provide exact reference of article Žirmūnai part Demographics ethnicity composition? M.K. 00:06, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the update! I do not have strong opinion on reference translation, but I usually leave them in original language. M.K. 23:15, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Wow, you have really done a lot of interesting things. Will be looking at it today. I do think the introductory paragraph needs expansion: something like : Z. is undergoing extremely rapid transitions, and in the process, a great deal of Urban History is being revealed, as well as much of the secret history of the Soviet occupation" What do you think? Novickas 19:15, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Hello, sorry that I haven't done anything in a while - Thanksgiving holiday activities. Will do whatever I can over the next 24 hours or so. Looks great. Appreciate the request, thanks for asking. Talk soon - Novickas 00:04, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Labas, Juozai. Sorry about the palace confusion. It's shaping up, don't you think? Novickas 16:16, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

I see your point with regard to statistical evidence about Russian life-spans in LT. On the one hand, it's hard to imagine that they gave up their self-destructive habits after they moved to LT (personal observation) but if it can't be documented, so be it. The mention of retirees came from [1]; I could have misunderstood it, but it seems that a lot of pensininkai are hanging in there, complaining when their roofs collapse. - The article does mention that the average age is declining. So maybe a sentence about retirees moving away, taken from that article? Novickas 16:33, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Regarding crime in Žirmūnai - am looking up comparative statistics from other countries/urban areas, since the figure for Ž. seems quite low in comparison, and that difference would be a good thing to include. One statistic that is often used here in the US is violent crimes vs. nonviolent, for example, burglary (home invasion when no one is there, car theft, shoplifting) versus armed robbery, rape, homicide, and other crimes involving personal danger. Still can't access vilnius.lt, so can't make this comparison on my own; could include sentence about general crime rate comparisons. Including crime stats was a great idea! How long before the review??!! Novickas 20:56, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Nice job on expanding the lead Novickas 20:36, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Hello once again; I am trying to make few more adjustments to the Žirmūnai article, and I need reference for this sentence: The area was given the name Žirmūnai during the early 1960s, when it became the site of an award-winning residential construction project, the first microdistrict in the Lithuanian SSR to be constructed applying urban planning concepts established in the USSR at the time. Especially part the first microdistrict in the Lithuanian SSR I did not found in article any or mauve I missed something? M.K. 14:24, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Works on Vilnius article had begun please participate! M.K. 18:43, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] LVLS

Hi there. I was hoping to move the Peasants and New Democratic Party Union article to a new namespace reflecting its renaming from Valstiečių ir Naujosios demokratijos partijų sąjungos to Lietuvos valstiečių liaudininkų sąjunga. I've found two possible English translations for Lietuvos valstiečių liaudininkų sąjunga online -- "Lithuanian Peasant Nationalist Union" and "Lithuanian Peasant Popular Union." I was wondering if as a native speaker you had any opinion as to which was more correct. Thanks! The Tom 22:17, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Thankv you very much! Much obliged. The Tom 23:04, 14 December 2006 (UTC)