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Vin Karnila is our e-shop guy!
Sat, 15th October, 2011 - Posted by - (0) Comment
Vin Karnila, VilNews Associate Editor and owner of the e-shop
company ‘Baltic Value’ will be the person who will guide you
through the products and procedures we now offer.
Dear VilNews readers,
I really very much appreciate the request from VilNews to coordinate the sale of Lithuanian products to our E-magazine's readers around the world.
I moved from Boston, USA, here to my father's homeland in 2004. What started as Christmas gifts of some personal care products made here in Lithuania sent to family and friends developed into an ever growing number of Emails every week from people asking if I could get these and other items for them. Eventually the amount of requests became so overwhelming that we decided to make things easier and organized for everyone so in 2009 we opened our services to the public and “Baltic Value” was born.
The web site allows people to easily look through the items we offer, order them and then pay with their credit card – Anywhere they are in the world!
It is through my E-Shop “Baltic Value” that VilNews now will offer its readers products that we think will connect people with an affinity for Lithuania.
To visit the VilNews E-Shop simply go to www.balticvalue.com. Browse through our many departments and when you see something you like just put it in your “Shopping cart” and when you are finished shopping just go to “Checkout”. It’s a simple as that.
We ship worldwide so you can have your items delivered to your home or place of business and you can even have your items sent to another person as a gift.
If you have any questions about any of our products, shopping in our E-Shop, shipping or the payment process please do not hesitate to contact me at info@balticvalue.com
If there is something you would like that you do not see in our E-Shop please contact us and tell us what you are looking for. Since we are located in Lithuania and since we also have a network of contacts all throughout the country we are very successful in filling special requests for items.
Sincerely Yours,
Vin Karnila
HERE IS A SAMPLING OF OUR PRODUCT CATERGORIES:
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MUSIC From some of the Best and Most Popular Traditional Lithuanian Folk Music Groups. Bring the Rich Heritage of Lithuanian Folk Music into your home and car. We put a great deal of thought into what CD's we should offer. Our decision was that we should offer CD's from the groups that are the best at researching the history and traditions of traditional Lithuanian folk music so that their performances give the listener the true historic and traditional sounds. We also wanted to include the groups that are the most popular in Lithuania. As an added treat we included a section that represents what Lithuanian Village Music is all about. |
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| 2. | BOOKS
It took some time but we have finally sorted through many of the English language books that are available here in Lithuania. What we came up with are the books that we recommend when one of our long time clients asks for a book on a certain topic or for a specific purpose. Included in this list are books that we often personally send as gifts. What you will find here are the books that we feel best represent Lithuanian history, culture and traditions. What was also given consideration was who the author or publisher was. We also have an extensive selection of books published by the Genocide and Resistance Research Center of Lithuania |
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MAPS OF LITHUANIA AND THE BALTICS Here you will find one of the most extensive offerings of Lithuanian maps and Road Atlases anywhere on the Internet. We have assembled for you: MAPS of All the REGIONS of Lithuania |
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| 4. | LITHUANIAN LINEN
The quality of the Linen produced in Lithuania is renowned worldwide. We are very excited to be able to offer a wide assortment of Lithuanian Linen items such as Luxurious Linen Bathrobes perfect for relaxing in any time of year Elegant Table Linens perfect for casual lunches or formal dinning What may possibly be the softest and thickest Linen Bath Towels you will ever have the pleasure of using Linen sheets, duvets and pillow cases that will help give you comfortable and restful sleep no matter how cold or how hot the weather |
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| 5. | T-SHIRTS
The MESSAGE on the SHIRT SAYS IT ALL |
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| 6. | FOOD AND MIXES
Bring the Tastes of the Baltic Culture into Your Home with these mixes and food products. CEPELINAI MIX PANCAKE / BLYNAI MIX POTATO PANCAKE MIX / BULVIU BLYNAI ZEMAICIU BLYNAI / ZEMAICIU POTATO PANCAKE MIX |
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| 7. | ELECTRIC POTATO GRATER
Directly from Lithuania Perfect for preparing all your favorite recipes that require grated potatoes. This electric potato grater is made in Lithuania. |
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Egidijus Aleksandravičius
(b. 1956) - Lithuanian historian, assistant Ph.D., professor.
New association for Lithuanians living here and abroad?
Dalia Cidzikaite
Too many things that concern us, Lithuanian citizens, are decided not by us but by Lithuanian government, says Egidijus Aleksandravičius. That is why he is proposing to establish an association which will try to know better Lithuanians living abroad. The idea was presented during the seminar at VMU Lithuanian Emigration Institute on May 17, 2013. I am sure we will hear about it more in the future.
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Linas Johansonas Don't we already have an "association" that represents Lithuanians abroad: World Lithuanian Community (Pasaulio Lietuviu Bendruomene)?
Dalia Cidzikaite As far as I can tell, the goal of a new association would be not to represent Lithuanians living abroad, but to know them better.
Vijole Arbas as it is the World Community does not pay taxes to Lithuania, thereby crippling the country. Do we really need to know more?
Linas Johansonas Vijole Arbas: while the world community doesn't pay taxes to Lithuania, it does give Lithuania lots of money via: visiting Lithuania, sending money to family, financially supporting various charity organizations, buying Lithuanian products ....etc.
Jon Platakis Vijole Arbas, I have no idea why you are so divisive when it comes to the world Lithuanian community. As Linas Johansonas so succinctly mentioned, take away our tourism, the money we send, and support of charitable organizations, and Lithuania would re...See More
Algimantė Danilaitė Vijole, some lithuanians in Lithuania does not pay taxes too. I don't care if some of lithuanians lives abroad, it's their personal choice. I really appreciate all the efforts to make Lithuania better country. Jon Platakis well said about working together. Sometimes I feel that some of lithuanians really likes to bite each other.
Vijole Arbas I am weary of the increasing burden. More responsible citizens lightens the load for everyone. I do get angry about that. The World Community demands privileges but does not carry any burden of responsibility.
Boris Bakunas Scolding people is an ineffective way of encouraging them to do what you want. Strong people resent being told what they must do. I believe Lithuanians have proved that during their centuries-long fight for freedom.
Lithuania has signed many conventions with other countries banning double taxation. They are readily available on the internet for anyone wishing to take the trouble of googling the key words "Double Taxation Lithuania."
And why should anybody pay taxes to a government rife with corrupt politicians?
Almost all the Lithuanians I know have been sending money to their Lithuanian relatives since Krushchev allowed correspondence between Lithuanians at home and their families abroad. We thought of many ingenious ways of concealing the money so that it would not be stolen by corrupt postal officials. I won't reveal the methods used, because even today such theft occurs.
Instead of complaining, why not praise the work done by such organizations as Lithuanian Mercy Lift. Praise is a much better teacher than blame.
http://www.lithuanianmercylift.org/
VilNews must be one of the absolutely better magazines in Europe, well written and with excellent photos. Be proud!
Ivar Enoksen, Norway
Ivar Enoksen has many years experience of working in the Norwegian press, television and movie industry. He got the Norwegian Amanda Award for the series manuscript ‘Nattseilere’ (Night sailors). Enoksen has done extensive historical research related to the Arctic areas. He is represented with fiction in several anthologies, and has in recent years also worked as a teacher of film dramaturgy. In 2007 Enoksen published the book 'Tusen glemte menn og historien om den virkelige James Bond' ' (Thousand forgotten men and the story of the real James Bond).
Two new
VilNews editors!
We are pleased to announce that VilNews has got two new skilled Associate Editors, Dalia Cidzikaite and Daiva Repečkaitė. We can say with certainty that they are going to mean a lot for our worldwide, online e-publication and the accompanying wonderful network of global readers with Lithuania in their hearts. Please welcome them! See also our Section 2 and Section 3.
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Eugene Rangayah
Welcome! Looking forward to some great editorials!
Vytenis Folkmanas
welcome !!!
Dalia Cidzikaite
Thank you! We will do our best!
Algis Ruksenas
Sveikinu nuosirdziai ir linkiu visakeriopos sekmes!
Ingrida Bublys
Silciausi sveikinimai!
Teresa Boguta
sveikinimai Dalia ! Sekmes ir kurybingu metu!
Ben Kordell
Sveikinu Dalia. Viskas bus okee dokee.
Kestutis Stanciauskas
Sveikinu!!!
Dalia Cidzikaite
Ačiū visiems už sveikinimus.
Healing the heart and soul of Lithuania
By Ida Hardy, Texas, USA
Lithuania is my mother’s country. She escaped with her mother and sisters as a young child and at one point in her life she wanted to return. It seemed to me that she heard the whispers from the wind in the forests and they were calling her home. My mother taught us a little about the folk tales and the music. She taught us to meditate and a little bit about yoga and I wanted to learn more about her childhood home. But the Soviets were still reigning and it was impossible for us to go. Later, as we cried on the phone on that day in 1991 I asked her if she would like to return and she said, “You can never go back. Things are changed so much.”
Her message was about more than the structure of her home and the murder of her father. She was really talking about the broken spirits of all the people who were victims, those who were aggressors, and those who were both. There is no going back. No one can undo the evil that has taken place anywhere on the planet throughout time.
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Gordon Ross So... The Soviets are gone.... Why are you still in Texas?
Aage Myhre Ida Hardy, I think
Gordon Ross (from Scotland but already half Lithuanian), has a good point
Ida Hardy I think it's a good question...not sure I have a good answer.
Virginia Shimkute warmer in Texas is a good reason !
Ida Hardy One year I should go in July or August when it is too warm here.
Felicia Dalia Prekeris Brown I also escaped from the Soviets arriving in Lithuania (for the second time) in 1944, and I also dreamt of forests and streams from my childhood. Luckily, I've gone back over and over since we regained independence: mostly because nowhere can I get the real CEPELINAI except in Lithuania! Something about the potatoes from that black soil!
Ida Hardy Felicia Dalia Prekeris Brown have you written your story? I want to know what your life was like and what happened to you - and if you have a nice recipe for cepelinai?
Boris Bakunas @Gordon Ross. I have a good answer. Because in the free world, people have the right to live where they want. Let us remember that our wishes are not commands that others must obey.
Felicia Dalia Prekeris Brown Ida - I actually have written down the story of our family's existence under Soviets and Nazis (1939-1945), our harrowing escape from Lithuania with the Soviets at our heels, life in the DP camps... It's at the publisher's now and should be coming out this summer: called "God, Give Us Wings." I see that many of us in sunset years are setting down the history we lived before it all fades into oblivion.
Boris Bakunas @Felicia Dalia Prekeris Brown. Yes, we are. It's so important for our children and children to know what our families endured. It can be a source of strength in times of hardship. Whenever something unfortunate happens to me, I automatically say, "This is nothing compared to WWII."
Ida Hardy I will read it. I think it was too difficult to talk about and my mother didn't give too many details. She was maybe 9 when they fled. So much suffering and for so long. I don't blame her for avoiding the subject.
Boris Bakunas My family rarely spoke about the events of World War II as well. It took a lot of research to find out even the little I have learned. Some memories are so painful that people want to bury them. I believe, however, that we are better off if we face time. In time, they cease to have a hold on us. How else can we become free?
Bernard Terway We can go back a lot further than WW2 to find Lithuanians who left but were still afraid to talk about where they came from. To this day, I have no idea where my grandparents came from n Lithuania. They wold not talk about it for fear of being sent back and forced into the Russian army, I suspect.
Ida Hardy Yes, facing your fears is important but I think so many people need help in order to do it in a productive way so that they move through the difficulty instead if getting caught up in the resentment, anger, fear and stopping there. Long-held and tightly-held anger is a burden.
Felicia Dalia Prekeris Brown Ah those difficult memories! I was lucky: I TAPED my parents reminiscing about the years from 39 to 45, and they also wrote down some things to give me a good timeline. I was 7 in 1945 and remembered events but not the sequence. I also had many documents and letters: thank God my father had the soul of an archivist! Thus I had a stack of materials to guide me.
Ida Hardy And thank God your father lived to tell! God bless you for doing the work.
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