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Jewish Resistance in the Baltic States 1941-1945.
Lecture delivered by Professor Dov Levin of the Hebrew University to YIVO,
New York City, October 23, 2001
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I remember it as if it had happened this very day. When I was seventeen years old, I was ordered to take my turn at forced labor, like the other adults. It was a cold, snowy day - thirty degrees below zero. I was taken to the airport of Kovno , together with thousands of Jews from the Kovno ghetto , and we were forced to dig drainage ditches under the supervision of German foremen. They were especially abusive to the elderly and the weak, and none of us even dared to protest. At that time, I remembered the hundreds and thousands of young, strong Jews, who were outstanding athletes for Maccabi [ Jewish Sports Organization] and other organizations in various sports, including fencing and boxing. A few of them were even champions of Lithuania.
In my bitterness, I thought then, "Where are now all those athletes and other Macho types who could help physically to rescue the beleaguered Jews from their attackers?"
It seems that a part of the answer to this odd question I received when I was subsequently accepted, with the utmost secrecy, into the fighting underground in the ghetto, -- and particularly -- when I was allowed to join the partisans in the forests near Vilna . However, it was only through years of research that I became aware of the full significance and magnitude of the resistance. I am honored now to present you with the main findings of this research.
As you understand - my frame of reference will be the three Baltic countries .
In the largest of these countries, Lithuania -- there were 250,000 Jews at the beginning of the Nazi occupation in June 1941, (about 10 percent of the country's population. There were also 95,000 Jews in Latvia (4 percent of the population) and 4,500 - in Estonia (a half percent of the population), for a total of 350,000 in the Baltic states.
The long established "Litvak " Jewish community that spoke juicy Yiddish, had spiritual value's rooted in Hebrew-Yiddish culture, and, for the most part, lived midst a rich and long-standing tradition on the religious, secular, and national levels.
Even when political and economic factors in the inter war period caused a steady deterioration in the majority peoples' attitude toward the Jews, and even though the Jews' autonomous rights were severely reduced, the Jews still had a lengthy series of cultural and national achievements and assets. I refer, among other things, to a grand and comprehensive education system, from kindergarten to teachers' colleges, in Hebrew and Yiddish (with government support!) and, of course, famous cultural institutions. In Lithuania , the Jews had, for example, the yeshivas of Slobodka Kelm, Ponivezh and Telzh and also the YIVO Institute - in Vilna . In Estonia -- the University of Tartu had a Chair of Jewish studies. In Riga , Latvia , the Jews had a world-class Jewish theater and a special marine school for training sailors. Therefore, it is no wonder that even though less than two percent of world Jewry before the Holocaust lived in the Baltic countries, this community was many times more important in terms of its impact and uniqueness. It was for good reason that Jews called Lithuania the Eretz-Yisrael of the Diaspora and the Vilna community -- Yerushalayim d'Litta ( T he Jerusalem of Lithuania ).
When most difficult times suddenly came, these values undoubtedly helped to consolidate the spirit of resistance to the national repression that occurred under Soviet Rule at the -- beginning of World War II, in 1940 - 1941 .
In the main, however, it helped strengthen the Jews in the face of the Nazis' campaign of physical annihilation in 1941 - 1945 . Notably, much of the anti-Nazi resistance took shape on the basis of underground organizations that Zionist and Bundist groups created during the period of Soviet repression.
An important example was the debut of the underground Hebrew journal Nitsots (Spark) at Hanukkah 1940. This publication also continued to appear regularly during the Nazi occupation -- in the ghetto and even in the Dachau concentration camp , until the Americans liberated the camp.
There was three important aspects on the spiritual, value, and cultural levels. However, in this lecture I will concentrate mainly on the level of active armed resistance and hope to explain to what extent this phenomenon was unique in the Baltic countries as opposed to other locations in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe .
The Holocaust in the Baltic countries began immediately after German forces stunned these countries with a surprise invasion on June 22, 1941 , as part of "Operation Barbarossa" . This is especially true in the case of Lithuania , which shared a border with Germany. In the border towns, SS men and Lithuanians attacked Jews on the very first day of the invasion. What is more, in at least forty localities around the country, armed Lithuanians (who called themselves " partisans" ) began to murder, rape, and loot their Jewish neighbors even before the Germans arrived. In any case, Lithuania was the first Baltic country -- indeed, the first country in Europe -- in which the Jewish community was targeted, as far back as June 1941, for the first steps toward implementing the " Final Solution to the Jewish Problem", spearheaded by the infamous Einsatzgruppen . For geographic and strategic reasons, it took Germany only four to five days to occupy Lithuania . In more distant Latvia , the conquest took seven to eight days, and in Estonia , the northernmost of the Baltic countries, it took almost two months.
These differing periods of time had several clear implications for the Jews' ability to play a meaningful role in resistance.
Sixty percent of Estonian Jews, 15 percent of Latvian Jews, and 8 percent of Lithuanian Jews -- some 30,000 men and women in all -- managed to escape into the Soviet interior in this manner (amidst heavy bombardments and attacks by the Germans and their local accomplices).
Notably, the act of escape was not only an example of activism par excellence! Eventually, it also allowed many of Jews to enlist for systematic warfare in regular armies!
of them intended to enlist for active combat with the Baltic national
divisions and other units in the Red Army. In the
Lithuanian Rifle Division
alone, nearly
Jewish soldiers and officers saw action during the war. Since most of them
joined infantry units, they had frequent opportunities to directly confront
German soldiers, whom they considered personal and national enemies. In these
Jews were killed and many were wounded. Jewish fighters were awarded medals
and decorations for their outstanding service at the front and in the enemy's
Much the same happened in the
Latvian divisions
, in which
Jews fought, and the
Estonian divisions
, in which
Jews saw action. Additional Baltic Jews fought in other Red Army units and in
the Polish army.
If one includes these, the number of Jewish soldiers who found ways to opposed
the Nazis and their allies in active warfare climbs to
Thousands of relatives of soldiers and other Jews found themselves in the
Soviet Union
, either as deportees to
as "enemies of the people" or as refugees ("evacuees") on
the kolkhozes and in villages and towns of
central Asia
. Some of them suffered severely and a few even died of starvation, cold, type
and subhuman living conditions. However, most of them survived and joined the
war effort.
Much the same happened in the Latvian divisions , in which 3,000 Jews fought, and the Estonian divisions , in which 300 Jews saw action. Additional Baltic Jews fought in other Red Army units and in the Polish army.
If one includes these, the number of Jewish soldiers who found ways to opposed the Nazis and their allies in active warfare climbs to 10,000 .
Thousands of relatives of soldiers and other Jews found themselves in the Soviet Union , either as deportees to Siberia as "enemies of the people" or as refugees ("evacuees") on the kolkhozes and in villages and towns of central Asia . Some of them suffered severely and a few even died of starvation, cold, type and subhuman living conditions. However, most of them survived and joined the war effort.
Immeasurably worse-horrible, - was the fate of more than a quarter million Jews who remained in the Baltic countries , under Nazi occupation. Most did not survive until the end of the war. Some 94 percent of them perished in various and sundry ways, the highest proportion throughout Europe.
Unlike other Nazi-occupied countries, where most Jewish citizens were put to death in gas chambers, a large majority of Jews in the Baltic countries were slaughtered brutally with firearms and other weapons by their Lithuanian, Latvian , and Estonian neighbors (sometimes under German supervision).
In a brief period of time - from June to December 1941 - those remaining -- about 45,000 -- were temporarily interned in the ghettos of Vilna, Kovno, Shavli , and Sventsyan -- in Lithuania and in Riga, Dvinsk , and Libau -- in Latvia. Estonia , where there were few survivors, was declared Judenrein free of Jews.
Even after the mass murders -- mass deportations and executions of groups and individuals continued intermittently in the ghettos. In these actions, sophisticated deceptions were used to take the victims by surprise. Also, the distressed Jews were informed that if they dared to resist, their families and neighbors would be first in line for execution.
Even so, in dozens of known cases, if not more, Jews responded by protesting and resisting in various ways. Consciously or unconsciously, these reactions were attempts to oppose the murder, the starvation, and the oppression. Many of these acts were impressive some were even effective. They ranged from a Jew dying in the bloodbath in the Kovno suburb of Slobodka who dipped his finger in his flowing blood and wrote " Yidn , nekommeh " ("Jews vengeance!") in blood on the wall, to the Jews who, on the very lip of the death pits, tore their money to shreds instead of surrendering it to the Germans.
Children in the Kovno ghetto , whose friends had been murdered by Lithuanians, wrote in Lithuanian a bitter parody of the national anthem "Lithuania, Our Homeland":
Lithuania, Our Blood-Land
May you be accursed for centuries
Let your blood flow
Like the blood of Jewish children". (and so on)
Of course people gathered to sing this song, although only indoors and in subdued voices.
What is more, even during the first wave of riots and mass murders, Jews in several remarkable cases resisted their attackers physically. It seems that the use of force was usually limited to clearly hopeless situations -- --that is, when the Jewish principle of mutual responsibility no longer applied.
In Latvia, too, there were also many acts of individual resistance:
There were also spontaneous mass uprisings, some of which are recorded only in German sources.
These facts are confirmed in German documents and were also mentioned in a popular song that circulated in the Vilna ghetto at the time.
These are only a few of hundreds of similar acts. They indicate that most such cases were the spontaneous responses of individuals or, at the most, of very small groups, to a specific horror or outrage.
In late December 1941, when the situation stabilized -- it also became possible to plan the nature of the response and to devise methods of organization to put plan into practice. In the main, there was a change from sporadic actions to systematic actions and reprisals -- to organized struggle that varied in accordance with the local situation and the way the future was viewed.
The direction of this trend in resistance was reflected clearly in a famous public event in the Vilna ghetto late 1941 -- the public reading of Abba Kovner's manifesto:
Hitler plans to kill all the Jews in Europe." The Jews of Lithuania are the first in line" [So] let us not go like sheep to the slaughter . We may be weak and defenseless, but the only possible answer to the enemy is resistance !
Today we know that this was the first time that Jews viewed the mass killings by the Einsatzgruppen and local murderers as part of a master plan for the destruction of all of European Jewry. It was also the first time that Jews were urged to mount an organized fighting resistance. In any case, 45,000 Baltic Jews survived the mass slaughters in 1941 , and about 1,500 of them, men and women (most of them in their teens), joined anti-Nazi underground organizations in the ghettos and labor camps. The main purpose of these organizations was armed struggle, that is, an uprising in the ghetto or a armed break-out from the walled ghetto for the purpose of engaging in partisan operations on the outside. In some instances, especially in the Vilna ghetto , these two goals were combined, the uprising being followed by an organized escape from the ghetto. Although there was no uprising in the Kovno ghetto , Jews who fled from there to the forests engage in combat with German forces and local collaborators. Some Jews who fled to the partisans from the Riga ghetto -- did much the same. Due to misfortunes, such as ambushes arrests, and betrayals by local inhabitants that occurred on the way to the forests, a large percentage of the escapees perished before reaching the forests.
Nevertheless, some 1,800 Jews escaped from ghettos and labor camps in the Baltic countries , either at the initiative on with the help of underground organizations, or as individuals or in groups of families. Most of them were taken in by units of the Soviet Lithuanian partisan movement, Soviet Latvian and Belorussian units, and in so called " Jewish family camps ."
Although these numbers are impressive in themselves, they also underscore a significant tragedy in regard to the very possibility of armed resistance by Baltic Jews. After all, while more than a quarter million of Baltic Jews were being massacred in 1941, an anti-Nazi partisan movement worthy of the name did not yet exist !
By the time this movement began to develop in both quantitatively and qualitatively, no more than 45,000 Jews remained, and they were interned temporary in ghettos and labor camps.
Nevertheless, some surviving Jews apparently made impressive and effective use of even this belated opportunity. Study of the records of partisan activity in Lithuania shows that the majority of Jewish fighters in the ranks of the Lithuanian partisan belonged to units that had distinguished combat records.
No less important at that time, amidst of the ongoing fighting, Jewish partisans were sometimes able to settle scores with murderers of Jews, both German and local. In several cases, Jewish partisans initiated special revenge operations against identified murderers. It should also be noted, in regard to Jews who were still alive, Jewish fighters in the Vilna Partizan units disobeyed orders to stop bringing Jewish survivors from the ghettos and villages to the forest.
Many young Jews who had an opportunity to join the partisans, turned it down on moral grounds. Some, for instance, were reluctant to abandon elderly parents to their fate. This situation was described by twenty-year-old Abba Weinstein , (now Ambassador Dr. Abba Gefen ) who for three years headed a group of fighting Jewish survivors in the forests of southern Lithuania, with a rusted handgun as his only weapon. On May 31, 1944, Weinstein recorded in his diary:
"I went to see Alphonse Rushkovsky , who was active with the anti-German partisans. He said that we should start joining the partisans and should not wait. I said that this was easy for my brother Josef for Shmulik and me". We could join the partisans. But what about the others, who are not able to do so?
He answered, "Let them stay here and look out for themselves!"
He is incapable of understanding us. We are important for them as partisans, but we see things through Jewish eyes. Every Jew is important to me"
For various reasons not all members of underground organizations felt they could avail themselves at the chance to join the partisans as they wished. However after being captured, some of them carried on clandestine resistance activities even in the Dachau concentration camp in Germany. There, as I noted before, they continued to publish until liberation (!) the only permanent Hebrew-language journal under Nazi rule.
This amazing fact is only one of a considerable number of uniqueness acts that Baltic Jews performed in their resistance and active warfare - in addition to Abba Kovner's " Sheep to the Slaughter " manifesto, the first of its kind in all of Europe. Here are other examples:
This is the place to note that the Jewish soldiers in the 16th Lithuanian Infantry Division of the Red Army comprised the largest ethnic group in the division. They were so prevalent that in some formations the commanders gave orders in Yiddish and an impressive Jewish atmosphere was maintained during different opportunities. It is no wonder that even in the midst of combat one could hear such Yiddish battle- -cries: " Brider, far unzere tates un mames " (Brethren, for our fathers and our mothers!).
Some may ask, to what extent the resistance and combat activity, (of whatever kind), affected the rescue of any portion of this Jewish community, whose fate seemed to be sealed back in the autumn of 1941". There is no unequivocal answer.
Against those who claim that at least 1,600 persons survived the Holocaust by joining the fighting organizations, one can counter, that thousands of Jews in fact perished as a direct result of their membership in these organizations. In the Jewish community of Olkienik , for example, only 4 percent of the dozens of Jews, who joined the partisans' ranks survived. On the other hand, a relatively large proportion of Jews (some 12 percent) survived in the Shavli ghetto , where the resistance movement was the least developed.
Nevertheless, statistics alone do not entirely answer the question we have posed. Let us bear in mind that self-defense, resistance, and struggle were natural human reactions to the Nazis' attempt to annihilate the Jews, just as they are when Israel is under attack and in the case of America today.
However, several incidents, including the example of the Vilna ghetto , where the " battle of the barricades " in September 1943 had meager results, suggest that the urge to fight and resist then was more emotional than logical. However it can still be maintained that the preferred course of action was the honorable one, even when it did not lead to the rescue of large numbers of Jews.
I would like to conclude my lecture with a statement made by Dr. Elhanan Elkes , chairman of the " Council of Elders " in the Kovno ghetto :
This is the honorable road that we should choose. I will bear all the responsibility -- it is for the good of the remnant of Lithuanian Jewry and the Jewish people as a whole. Every opportunity to resist should be exploited, especially when it is a question of honorable combat!.
This shows why the historical importance of Dr. Elkes' words, spoken in defense of extending help to the underground in Kovno ghetto , will always outlive all other considerations. Finally I wish to say that I identify personally with what he said there, in the ghetto.
I received support for this at the time from a unique message from a schoolmate who had been interned at the Stutthof concentration camp with my mother of blessed memory, shortly before her bitter end on November 25, 1944 . By then, my mother learned that I had joined (Barukh Ha-Shem) the partisans in the forests. This knowledge gave her much happiness -- and eased her suffering in her final days...
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Bernhardt Pinke
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Photo taken March 2009
Location: Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky
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Alexander Chávez on
Quick question, how will the OnLive partnership with OUYA be affected by the recent news?
See http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/17/onlive-confirms/ and http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/18/onlive-abc-assignment-for-the-benefit-of-creditors/
I don't know much about ABC process, but since it is not publicly known (AFAIK) who is taking over OnLive, could this partnership be blocked if it were to say be taken over by a competitor in the Game Console space such as SONY, Microsoft etc.
I think OUYA will be great either way, just wondering about this.
Steven MacKendree on
with how open this console will be, i would imagine that it could have a spot for an extra usb port, if you wanted to manually add one yourself. that way it would still be upgrade-able in that aspect, and still easy to produce within cost constraints.
AndrewEvans on
only hours left. i really agree with the guy who stated a modular controller were you can swap out the button configs with simple USB hookups. i dont know how do-able that is but it would be absolutely revolutionary.
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ddbelyea on
visable screws on the top make this look great. But as you've said. It is an open console. So if you don't like, change it. There are more consumers than modders, and I see that as a problem. You want the OUYA to look a certain way. Don't live life as a consumer, become a modder. What better way to start than with the OUYA.
Carbon Spark on
Something I would like to address that I so far haven't seen anyone else address yet, are the openly visible screws on top of the Ouya console box. I think the overall design and the minimalism of the Ouya is awesome. It's very appealing. I also understand that by placing the screws right there in the open allows for the device to feel "hackable" and "open", which has been a marketing point used heavily by the Boxer8 team. I fully understand this. But, from a designer standpoint, I feel that leaving the screws openly visible in this fashion make the console feel "cheap and dispensable". The screws detract from the overall "wholeness" of the product. If you take a look high-end well designed products, the screws, or any piece that holds the device together, are rarely ever, if ever, visible. Now, I am not making the point to seal away the screws and take away from the "open-ness" of the device. I would actually just like to suggest something like an easy "pop-off" cover with a square cut-out in the middle that could cover the top of the Ouya, simply hiding the screws and giving the device a "clean" and "wholesome" appearance. As there are more consumers than hackers out there, I feel this would be overall satisfying. Anyone who wanted to get into the guts of the device just has to simply remove the pop-off cover and reveal the easy to remove screws. This way, you keep the device "open", yet still clean all in one sweep. I actually find this to be one of my biggest concerns of the Ouya and it's design.
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I *had* added $30 to my pledge for a second controller, but I've already downsized that because of the d-pad design combined with the d-pad/left stick layout - I don't want a second controller that's going to be a major pain for me to use.
I have no doubt that the controller grips are designed pretty well, but IMHO dual sticks should always be aligned and any new d-pad needs to be clearly a d-pad *and* needs to work accurately all the time.
Dane Barnes on
As with many people here, the d-pad design troubles me. It should be very precise, and I dont think a circular pad would lend itself to that. I also think the sides of the controllers look too long, but without really holding it in my hand, I cant tell if it would be comfortable the way it is.
Michel Kangro on
Will On-Live be avaiable in Europe then?
Har Bouter on
I'm going to have to cancel my second controller too because of the d-pad design and position. Unplayable without serious risk of carpal tunnel syndrome. As stated before me: analogue sticks should be aligned!
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I totally agree with the criticism against the d-pad style and the d-pad/left analogue locations.
As someone else mentioned, katamari damacy essentially requires the analogue sticks to me in line, and that's a game I'd seriously love to see on the Ouya.
Also, every single time I've tried to use an xbox-layout controller, it's completely destroyed my gaming experience. If 3rd-party usb controllers are easily usable, I'll cancel my order of a second controller and just get one of those.
OuyaForum.com on
OnLive on the OUYA will be awesome.
Rafael Lima de Souza on
@Benjamin Steinert
You made me change my mind. You are actually right.
Also this:
" This is only my own personal view, but I'm after a gaming machine, new games, emulators etc. I'm not interested in music video."
Yeah, I want a gaming machine. You can add whatever services you may want, as along as I don't have to even hear about them while using my Ouya. I just want to play games with it.
David Shaw on
@ Juepi.. Hmm I don't know about the Tegra3's heat dissipation, but over heating on such a small console would be likely, and cause I feel, major problems. Personally, I would like to see an end to noisy fans, and a implementation of a micro water cooling solution. The db of the fans drops significantly if water is used because less rpm's are needed. @OUYA will Skype be available as a substitute for chat/group chat and messaging system (like XBL) from launch? and if not, why not! :P peace. Dava. p.s would love to see an internal SATA connector for a laptop SSD/HDD to expand storage, I mean that's why MS had borked the early XB 360's. 20GB hard drive? c'monn! how can I buy games if I don't have the storage for them ;)
Tyler Barrett on
Definitely fix the D-pad and the analog sticks. I dont know about changing the buttons to O U Y A... but I guess it can work.
Kian Kashani on
Break up the DPad buttons and change the symbols from 4 O's to O U Y A and you got yourself a winner!
Devin Hall on
I forgot how bad the d-pad is for xbox. I've used the Playstation Dualshock for a majority of my life. I Guess that's 2 major issues they need to fix on the controller then. We need symmetrical analogs AND a good d-pad. We need an UP DOWN LEFT RIGHT, not a flat analog stick/pad thing.
Devin Hall on
Can I get an Ouya with ONE controller etched with my username? I really don't need that 2nd controller and I'm sure some other people feel the same.
Kashou on
In my opinion the Dualshock2 has the best D-pad ever. A fresh DS2 is what I would pick for fighting games if I didn't have an arcade stick at hand. Considering that there might be a lot of titles that use the D-pad instead of analog sticks on the OUYA I strongly recommend not overlooking the feature.
It can't be too soft and not too hard. Personally I think the Dualshock 3 is way too hard compared to the DS2, and other D-pads are just too small to be accurate like the one on the Gamecube. But then we have the devil of d-pad gaming. The Xbox 360. Man that thing is inaccurate, and it feels terrible when you press it down as well. And finally, having separate buttons as d-pad is also a terrible idea. The entire thing has to follow the thumb and allow as little movement as possible to achieve optimal precision.
Oh and the Sega Saturn pad was terrible.
Friendly on
Please address the d-pad problem before the end of the kickstarter.
Form follows function. Your current d-pad is not good, and if it isn't fixed before the release
of OUYA, this is a dealbreaker. Most people would like a d-pad like the one Sega Saturn had.
Conor Terry on
*Slaps face*
And then I saw the O, U and A colored buttons on the screen. Well "brilliant minds" and all that I guess.
Conor Terry on
I'm sure you've thought about this before, but how about using O,U,Y & A for buttons? In any case OUYA is shaping up amazingly, keep up the good work.
I Do Games on
Hey OUYA team. As an Android developer and a gamer, I would love to see some sort of Achievement integration. The android platform currently doesn't have a well enough established universal achievement platform. It would be great if OUYA had this.
Alex Haslam on
Id like to know how that shape would feel.... anyways looks like the OUYA has a default of 1 usb port?
but room for two?
Can you also work on a Fully wired usb contorller? or would we need to do this outselfs?
Eric McBride on
I would love to see 2 versions of the controller: 1 that looks like the above photo, and another that looks the same with a touchpad in place of the left analogue stick and another touchpad in place of the 4 buttons on the right!
Adilson Bonan on
Hi OUYA Team.
We have any doubts!
1) I wanna know if OUYA will have a "conquest" or "throphies" like Xbox 360 or Play3 system or something similar?
2) There is a login account per user? Or multiple login account?
3) How many USB input? 1 or 2 or more? The World prefer 2 or more...
4) Games in 720p and/or 1080p?
I have dougnts and any others backers... please, reply us as soon as possible.
Stefan Eckhardt on
If they go with the letters on the face buttons (which seems logical), they will almost certainly have them arranged so that when you read them clockwise, you will receive OUYA. So your layout proposal doesn't cut it! :P
Chris on
I think having the left analogue stick in line with the right one, as many people are suggesting, is a bad idea. In the majority of modern games an analogue stick works better for movement than a d-pad and so having it in the default position is a better idea. It doesn't look as good but form should always follow function.
Yellowhill on
I got to agree with Logan with the D-pad. As a simple example the D-pad in PS3 controller is much more "accurate" than in 360. This is especially true, when playin fighting games...
Craig Elliott on
I just want my D-Pad to feel accurate. One thing I do hate on the Xbox360 is trying to move it in a direction and have the game mistake it for diagonal because I was pushing it close to the center of the two directions when it would have been much easier if it was more precise like the plus D-Pad. It doesn't have to be the plus D-Pad, just accurate.
Also, I like the idea of having the buttons be O, U, Y, and A. The O could go where O/B goes, U go where X/square goes, Y go where Y/triangle goes, and A go where A/X go on the Xbox360/PS3 controllers. It's mixing them both :D
Joel A Davis on
Don't change it its not an snes or a Nintendo. I like the style were moving forward not back, just make sure it has a firm not mushy up, down, left, right, click to it & people will shut up once they feel it. The majority will not be playing games that old. The majority will be using the analog sticks and touch pad %95 of the time.
Logan on
I just saw others talking about the d-pad design, and I have to agree, growing up on NES, SNES, PS1, all consoles with great feeling d-pads that I would love to see on every controller. The round, full-faced d-pads just don't feel the same, they feel clunky, and not as smooth. If design input is still welcome, I'm one more vote for a "plus" style d-pad


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By Dirk Vander Ploeg - 6 years 9 months ago
I found this video on The Above Top Secret website with the following information:
Appears to be a disc shape, showing around 0:40 but stuff is going on prior. Video was uploaded in July but may be from an earlier date, with YouTube.. You never really know.
Thought I'd share. IF not CGI, it's wild to say what it may be.
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My dream
Permalink Submitted by Joeybear666 on Wed, 07/18/2012 - 19:19
I made an account after seeing this video right now because it is scary how close this resembles a dream I just had this past week. I'm from the states visiting my girlfriend in Sweden and have been here for a month but this past week I had a dream where there was a battle happening in space or the atmosphere above that was able to be viewed by the people on earth. Ufos were either not seem, or barely seen as very dim stars ...but the same flashes of light from these "explosions" seen in this video were stopping people in their tracks perplexing them to what was happening up above. Honestly, I am terrible at explaining this but after having a life changing experience with a sighting of a ''UFO', I'm led to believe that we as humans are more powerful then we give ourselves credit to be. The universe and our minds are all connected, we just need to tap into them! Either way, at the end of my dream we had a visitation and people were taken away into space by these beings. Maybe we will see this in our lifetime?
Video Space Wars?
I believe those flashes are thunderstorms in the atmosphere.
International Space Station
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Neat video! I have seen only parts of this before. There sure is a lot going on up there. I am now wondering if this might be the *real* reason we have an International Space Station up there: so we can keep tabs on the various aliens who are keeping tabs on us.
Space Wars?
Yes it was an interesting video. There was nothing going on. We saw some luminous orbs which can have numerous explanations. Those lightning flashes in the atmosphere were not explosions because of some alien war.


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When it comes to wedding flowers, there are basically three categories: ceremony flowers, reception flowers, and personal flowers (the latter referring to flowers that are carried or worn, i.e., bouquets, corsages, and boutonnieres). In all three areas, it is really easy to blow a lot of your budget without even trying — but don't! After all, memories may last a lifetime, but flowers die (eventually).
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- Consider buying the flowers wholesale (find a friend with a tax I.D.) and arrange them yourself (or have a floral arranging with bridesmaids or family).
- Explore different online vendors that will ship them to you. There are a lot of companies that offer incredible savings if you order them this way.
- Try a grocery store's floral section. Sometimes you can even place a larger order with them (this is what we did with the Fresh Market for our reception and ceremony flowers).
- Try a wholesale warehouse, like BJ's, Sam's, or Costco.
- If you have a green thumb, a little bit of land, and time, grow your own flowers or fillers!
- Forget the flowers all together! It may not be everyone's preference, but I've seen some very elegant evening weddings where the wedding party each carried a candle (except the flower girl and ring bearer, of course).
- Amazing advances have been made in silk florals, and you can save a lot of money (especially if you're armed with a JoAnn or Michael's coupon). Needless to say, there are also countless websites that sell some varieties at greatly discounted prices. But a word of caution: just because some fake flowers are cheap, doesn't mean they all are across the board. In fact, if you're not careful, you can spend as much as you would have had you gone with the real thing in the first place.
- Explore other non-floral options as well:
◦ A cluster of curly willow can look great in a tall vase:
◦ Peacock feathers!
◦ Spray painted or yarn-wrapped sticks can also look very elegant, and can reflect the color palate of the rest of the wedding.
◦ Try hanging small paper lanterns or kissing balls covered in tissue paper flowers at the end of each aisle seat for ceremony decor.
◦ Silk rose petals, when used sparingly, can make a beautiful walkway (we did this in a mix of cream, orange, and red rose petals on either side of the aisle and we loved it).
◦ Colored rocks, glass stones, fruit, or seashells can make great centerpieces when filling a hurricane or apothecary jar.
◦ Use plants that you already have or buy plants that you or a family member will want to keep after the wedding. For the entrance to our ceremony, we used 5′ tall evergreen topiaries on either side of the aisle. They weren't necessarily the cheapest option, but they were something that my mother had been wanting for either side of her front door, so she chose to buy them so they could be used for the wedding, too. We just added a few orange rosebuds to some of the branches (a la Christmas tree decorating) and spiraled a wire edged orange ribbon around each topiary.
◦ Make flowers! As I showcased in this previous round-up, there are so many ways to make "flowers" from found objects and things bound for the recycling bin. It may take a little time, but that just means you have due cause for a crafty party! Of course they won't fool anyone into thinking they are real flowers, but so what? They'll be fun and funky, and totally unique to your big day. This bouquet (below) has a mix or real and fake, including some flowers made out of comics:
◦ Use a mix of florals and non-florals, like some of the ones mentioned in the bullet point above. That way you're still achieving the look of real flowers (for less money), but you can also have something that is a bit more original in the mix (and probably cheaper).
Hope these tips help! When making wedding flower decisions, haggle, or better yet get your hands dirty and make some of the stuff yourself. Of course it takes a little more time and energy, but you'll save money in the long-run and you may even enjoy a little DIY (I hope you do — you are reading this blog after all.)
How about you folks? Any tips, tricks, recommendations, or ideas for saving money on wedding flowers? Share!
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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
There has been much unofficial reaction in Israel in recent days to the expected appointment of Senator John Kerry as America's next secretary of state and of former senator Chuck Hagel as the next secretary of defense.
In both cases, Israel is not all that thrilled by President Barack Obama's choices.
While Kerry is generally seen as a friend of Israel in the US Congress (his voting record on Israel is "clean"), there are some problem spots as far as Jerusalem is concerned, and Kerry has been somewhat condescending regarding Israeli concerns in the past.
Most of the concern over Kerry stems from his spearheading an effort at the start of Obama's first term to revive ties between the US and the regime of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad. In hindsight, that was a very poor assessment of the situation on the ground, and it is fortunate for US interests in the region that his agenda failed.
But there are indications that as secretary of state, Kerry would repeat his mistake by promoting engagement with groups like Hamas and pressing Israel to compromise its security.
Kerry also rejects the notion that Jews have a right to live in Judea, Samaria and the eastern half of Jerusalem, despite the fact that those areas constitute the biblical heartland of ancient Israel.
More worrisome is Republican Chuck Hagel, who has made no secret of his disdain for America's "special relationship" with Israel, and has become a poster boy for Israel's antagonists in the US.
Among those hailing the choice of Hagel is Harvard Professor Stephen Walt, who co-authored the book The Israel Lobby, which criticizes the US for so staunchly supporting Israel and blames the situation on an "all powerful" pro-Israel lobby.
Last week, Walt wrote that by choosing Hagel for secretary of defense, Obama had effectively "paid back" Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for, as Walt put it, being uncooperative.
That Hagel is bad for Israel, especially at a time of such sensitivity regarding the Iran nuclear threat, is apparently widespread knowledge in Washington.
When Obama first ran for president in 2008, his Jewish outreach director, Ira Forman, stated that "if [Hagel] was taking a policy position, we'd have real concerns."
Hagel is on record as calling for engagement with Iran's current leadership, and has repeatedly downplayed the danger of a nuclear-armed Islamic Republic. Threats by Iran's religious and political leadership to annihilate Israel have been all but dismissed by Hagel.
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The Atlanta Falcons played some of their worst football of the season in Sunday's 30-20 loss to the Carolina Panthers -- at least early on. That had everything to do with Panthers quarterback Cam Newton.
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Carolina's second-year starter silenced Atlanta by sustaining drives and keeping Matt Ryan and the Falcons' typically well-prepared defense on its toes. The Panthers built a 16-0 halftime lead by holding the ball for 21:35 minutes during the first two quarters.
Ryan threw for just 40 yards in the first half. He turned it on in the second, finishing with 342 yards total, but this game belonged to Newton. It was his finest performance of the season -- and perhaps of his young career. Newton's 287 yards off 23 completions included better decision-making and a string of key third-down conversions.
Everyone will talk about Newton's 72-yard, highlight-reel touchdown scamper in the third quarter, but his growth was evident in how he kept drives alive with his arm.
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Many of Carolina's scoring drives were long, clock-chewing epics. Tight end Greg Olsen's 25-yard, first-quarter touchdown grab from Newton capped an 11-play, 77-yard drive that took up seven-plus minutes. A Graham Gano field goal capped another 17-play, 72-yard march that swallowed more than nine minutes off the clock.
By the time Ryan and the Falcons' offense woke to life, it was too late for them to avoid their second loss of the season.
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Across New York, tourism industry leaders like me were very happy to hear Gov. Andrew Cuomo's recent call for increased investments in tourism infrastructure and marketing, especially in Upstate New York.
Tourism is among the top industries in New York, generating $57.3 billion in visitor spending and creating more than 714,000 jobs with total income of $29 billion. It accounts for one of every 12 jobs statewide and generates $7.2 billion in state and local tax revenue.
Here in the 14-county Finger Lakes region, tourism is a $2.8 billion industry, supporting more than 57,700 jobs with income totaling $1.3 billion. In addition, the industry generates $351 million in state and local taxes, contributing to the fiscal health of municipalities across the region.
In Ontario County alone, tourism is a $191.7 million industry, sustaining more than 4,200 jobs with total income of $94 million.
Recent employment figures show that over the past year, the leisure and hospitality industry had the third-largest employment increase in the state, growing by 14,200 jobs year over year. Within that industry, growth was focused in accommodation and food services, which gained 20,400 jobs.
With tourism having such a profound economic impact on our state, region and localities, you can imagine how much we support the governor's call for more investments. From a new venture license that would combine hunting, fishing and boating licenses and driver's licenses into one, to a new roadway signage campaign that would encourage visitors to get off the Thruway and visit our communities, to an additional $40 million in tourism marketing funds that would promote our state to visitors from across the United States, Canada and the world—we wholeheartedly endorse them all.
While we recognize the governor's efforts, we also wholeheartedly acknowledge that successful tourism economic development is the result of an entire band working off the same song sheet. Our industry has had, and continues to need, the advocacy of our state and local elected officials, including state Sens. Michael Nozzolio and Ted O'Brien, as well as state Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, just to name a few.
Here at the local level, plans are underway to leverage any additional state investments to ensure that those dollars go even further. Our #FLX Happiness campaign, which will officially kick off later this year, will share the "micro moments" of happiness that can be experienced throughout our community—whether it's skiing downhill at Bristol Mountain, smelling roses at Sonnenberg Gardens and Mansion or enjoying a glass of wine at Belhurst Castle on Seneca Lake.
In addition, the 14 tourism promotion agencies in our area are taking steps to collaborate more closely. We are working to increase awareness of the tourism industry's economic impact and raise the industry's profile at the local, regional, state, national and international level.
It's important, as professionals, that we work together to better educate our elected representatives, government officials and business leaders, as well as the public at large. Working together, we can promote regional synergy and what we like to call "coopetition."
Tourism economic development is unusual in that it's not about big boxes and big places—or, in keeping with the band analogy, which instruments are loudest. It's about the synergies and a sense of place that produce the best long-term results.
Valerie Knoblauch is president of the Finger Lakes Visitors Connection, a member of the Finger Lakes Regional Tourism Council and a member of the tourism working group of the Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council.
Finger Lakes region tourism by the numbers
- $2.8 billion in visitor spending
- 57,746 jobs
- $1.3 billion in direct and indirect income
- $351 million in state and local tax revenues
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It already looks like 2012 will prove to be a good year for globetrotting ride enthusiasts as theme parks in Asia, Europe and South America are planning to roll out major new attractions.
> Photos: Best new international theme park rides for 2012
Theme parks around the world are preparing a highly anticipated slate for 2012 that includes record-setting roller coasters, one-of-a-kind attractions, pulse-quickening thrill rides and family-friendly themed lands.
Since it is still early, I'll update my Top 20 over the coming months as new projects are announced. Until then, here's my list of most anticipated rides for 2012:
1) Hong Kong Disneyland - Grizzly Gulch themed land
The Frontierland-like gold mining town features the Big Grizzly Mountain roller coaster. The runaway mine train ride begins with a twisting and turning backward decline before launching forward and upward around the mountain.
2) Dinosaur Land - Fourth-dimension roller coaster
Sitting in 360-degree rotating seats that straddle the track, riders will ascend a 250-foot lift hill before plunging at 80 mph into raven turns, vertical dives and half twists at China's Dinosaur Land. Built by S&S Worldwide, the as-yet-unnamed ride joins similar fourth-dimension roller coasters at Six Flags Magic Mountain in California (X2) and Fuji-Q Highlands in Japan (Eejanaika).
3) Thorpe Park - Swarm wing coaster
The Swarm winged coaster at the United Kingdom's Thorpe Park will take riders through post-apocalyptic scenes of war and destruction when the $29.5 million ride opens in spring 2012. The Bolliger & Mabillard Wing Rider would be the second coaster of its kind in the world following the 2011 debut of Raptor at Italy's Gardaland.
4) Legoland Malaysia - New theme park
Legoland Malaysia will feature miniature Asian landmarks, including a 42,500-brick Taj Mahal and a replica of Malaysia's twin Petronas Towers -- which will become the tallest Lego model in the world -- when the theme park opens in late 2012. Geared toward children age 12 and under, the 76-acre Legoland Malaysia will include 40 rides, shows and attractions set amid six themed lands.
5) Jinling Happy World - 11 Inversion Coaster
The aptly named 11 Inversion Coaster at Jinling Happy World theme park in China will feature a record-setting 11 inversions, including a quad heartline roll, a double corkscrew and a pair of loops. The new ride bests two existing 10-inversion coasters: Colossus at Thorpe Park in the United Kingdom and aptly named 10 Inversion Roller Coaster at Chimelong Paradise in China. In 2012, Happy World will also debut the Seven Ring suspended coaster, which features a mere four inversions.
6) Hopi Hari - 10 inversion coaster
Instead of matching the world record for most inversions, the as-yet-unnamed 10 inversion coaster debuting at Brazil's Hopi Hari theme park finds itself in a three-way tie for second place. The Intamin coaster will feature a quad heartline roll and a double corkscrew.
7) Happy Valley Wuhan - Dueling wooden coaster
The new dueling wooden coaster debuting at Happy Valley Wuhan will include a one-of-a-kind camelback hill dubbed the "High Five" where riders banked at 90 degrees can extend their hands toward each other. Built by Martin & Vleminckx and Gravity Group, the wooden racing coaster will feature twin tracks filled with twists and turns. Four other coasters are expected to come online in May 2012 at the new Chinese park, including a pair of launched coasters and a Maurer Sohne SkyLoop vertical coaster.
8) Nurburgring - Ring Racer coaster
Originally set to open in 2009, the oft-delayed Formula One-themed coaster will reach speeds of 135 mph, making it the second-fastest coaster in the world behind Formula Rossa at Ferrari World in the United Arab Emirates. Reaching its top speed in 2.5 seconds, the S&S Worldwide compressed-air-launch thrust coaster is expected to open in 2012 at Nurburgring motorsport race track in Germany.
9) PortAventura - Shambhala hyper coaster
PortAventura theme park in Spain plans to debut a record-setting mountain climbing-themed roller coaster in spring 2012 featuring a series of camelback hills, pitch-black tunnels and a water element. Named after the mythical Tibetan kingdom of Shambhala, the Bollinger & Mabillard-built ride will be the tallest (249 feet) coaster in Europe with the continent's longest drop (256 feet).
10) Europa-Park - Mythos wooden coaster
Germany's Europa-Park plans to open an elaborately themed wooden roller coaster in March 2012 that celebrates the Norse mythology of legendary heroes and supernatural creatures. The theme park's first wooden roller coaster will top out at 115 feet and reach speeds of 60 mph while navigating hairpin turns and airtime hills over a 3,500-foot-long track in the Icelandic area of the park.
11) Legoland Billund - Polar X-Plorer drop coaster
The new Polar X-Plorer roller coaster at Legoland Billund in Denmark will feature a vertical drop section of track that will appear to fall through broken ice. Riders on the snowmobile-themed trains are expected to encounter live penguins and Lego polar bears.
12) Efteling - Aquanura water show
Built by the same team that created the Bellagio water show in Las Vegas, the 10-minute Aquanura nighttime spectacular at Efteling theme park in the Netherlands will feature dancing fountains, synchronized lights and fire effects set to music.
13) Blackpool Pleasure Beach - Wallace & Gromit ride
Blackpool Pleasure Beach in the United Kingdom will add a family-friendly Wallace & Gromit ride based on the British stop-motion animation characters. The waterfront amusement park hasn't announced if the attraction starring the eccentric cheese-eating inventor (Wallace) and his anthropomorphic dog (Gromit) will be an all-new ride or a retheming of an existing ride.
14) Park Asterix - Inverted coaster
The as-yet-unnamed inverted roller coaster coming to Park Asterix in France will feature a dive loop, a corkscrew and a zero-G roll. The Bolliger & Mabillard ride will have an Egyptian theme and an underwater tunnel.
15) Mirabilandia - DiVertical water coaster
Mirabilandia in Italy is expected to add a towering water coaster in 2012 called DiVertical, a classic shoot-the-chute flume ride featuring an elevator lift and a big splash finale. The new Intamin ride will be similar to Pilgrim's Plunge at Indiana's Holiday World, according to Screamscape.
16) Alton Towers - Nemesis: What Lies Beneath thrill ride
Riders will unearth a secret hidden for decades in an underground catacomb on the new thrill ride coming to the United Kingdom's Alton Towers in 2012. Nemesis: What Lies Beneath, an indoor dark ride based on the back story created for the original 1994 Nemesis inverted roller coaster, promises to combine heart-racing thrills with horrifying chills.
17) Toverland - Spinning coaster
Toverland in the Netherlands will add a family coaster with spinning cars that pull up to 4Gs as riders navigate a twisting and turning track. The new Mack coaster will be similar to Sierra Sidewinder at Knott's Berry Farm in California.
18) Universal Studios Japan - Wonderland kiddie land
Universal Studios Japan will open a new Wonderland area in 2012 themed as a town populated by Sesame Street, Peanuts and Hello Kitty characters. Replacing the former Land of Oz area, the Wonderland kiddie land will include a new family-friendly ride and character meet-and-greet locations.
19) Alton Towers and Gardaland - "Ice Age" 4D movie
Based on the third movie in the animated series, "Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 4D" will debut at special effects theaters at Alton Towers (United Kingdom) and Gardaland (Italy), sister parks operated by Merlin Entertainment.
20) Everland - New roller coaster
Everland officials have announced plans to replace Eagle Fortress at the South Korean park with a new roller coaster in 2012. The Arrow suspended-terrain coaster, which hasn't operated since 2009, is similar to Ninja at California's Six Flags Magic Mountain and Iron Dragon at Ohio's Cedar Point.


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TikiGeek needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 149 designs submitted by 37 freelance designers.
Computabilities LLC (computabilities.net). Logo should read "Computabilities" with a TM mark.
I'm a recently unemployed, soon-to-be father that has a dream to start a computer support company that targets the massive senior populations in my community. I am looking for an artist that I can partner with on a long term basis to create a cohesive, senior-friendly brand and advertising.
Seniors...the older the better! Logo must be bold and clear...and convey a soft 'human' element.
Our biggest competitors are Geek Squad and MakeItWork.com
Sans serif font in logo. No black on red, no red and green together.
We like the idea of a lovable character in the design of the logo, perhaps a computer mouse with real-mouse features, but we're open to any ideas.
Our favorite artist is Shag (http://www.shag.com), his art is 50's-ish advertising. If your design has the creative feel of Shag you get extra brownie points! :-)
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Contact: John Caher, Press Office
New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services
(518) 457-8415 or (518) 225-5240 – cell
For immediate release: Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Crime down dramatically in New York State
Study of 10 year trend shows double-digit drop in crime
New York State has experienced double-digit decreases in both crime volume – the total amount of crime – and crime rate – crimes per capita – over the past decade, according to a report released today by the Division of Criminal Justice Services.
The report, Crime in New York State: 2009 Preliminary Data, tracks "index" crime from 2000 through 2009 and reveals that the rate of crimes per 100,000 residents has declined 26 percent while the volume of crime dropped 23 percent. The "index" crimes of murder, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny and motor vehicle theft are used by DCJS and the FBI as indicators of overall crime trends.
"As I have said repeatedly, there is no more basic function of government than the protection of its citizenry, and we will never shirk from that responsibility, regardless of our fiscal difficulties," Governor David A. Paterson said. "We have gained tremendous ground in the fight against crime, and I have no intention of giving back an inch."
Sean M. Byrne, acting commissioner of DCJS, added: "New York State is a safer place to live, work, raise our families and run our businesses thanks to the efforts of our extraordinary law enforcement personnel. The data reflected in our report are very encouraging, but what pleases me most is that there were 136,619 fewer index crimes reported in 2009 than in 2000 – which means there were at least 136,619 fewer victims of crime, even as the state's population increased by a half million."
Here are some highlights from the report:
- While the overall rate of index crime dropped 26 percent, the rate of violent crimes declined 30 percent while property crimes decreased 24 percent.
- The highest volume of violent crime over the past 10 years occurred in New York City, but the city reported a 39 percent drop in violent crime since 2000 as every category of violent crime decreased.
- The proportion of crime reported in New York City and outside the city has shifted markedly. In 1990, New York City accounted for 63 percent of the statewide crime and the rest of the state accounted for 37 percent. Ten years ago, New York and the rest of the state each reported roughly half the statewide index crime; last year, New York City reported 43 percent of the statewide crime and the remainder of the state reported 58 percent.
- Over the last 10 years, there has been a general increase in the use of firearms in violent crimes outside of New York City (violent-crime-by-firearm data are not available for New York City). So, while there were fewer violent crimes, more of the violent crimes involved use of a firearm.
The complete report, which also includes a county-by-county comparison of crime rate, is available on the DCJS website.


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Nottinghamshire stars barred from IPL deals
Nottinghamshire have told three of their England players - Michael Lumb, Alex Hales and Samit Patel - that they will not be able to pursue interest in taking part in the IPL next year.
The trio, who are all part of England's current Twenty20 squad in India, had been keen to try and secure deals in the tournament which runs in April and May, therefore clashing with the start of the English domestic season. Of the three only Lumb has previous IPL experience with Rajasthan Royals and Deccan Chargers.
It is by no means certain that any of them would have been picked up for the IPL although Hales has consolidated his England place this year with consistent scoring including a 26-ball fifty in the first T20 against India in Pune. On Thursday Hales was bought in the BPL auction, from which Lumb withdrew his name.
Mick Newell, Nottinghamshire's director of cricket, said: "We were very clear that we expected all of our players to be available to us as we would be severely weakened if we were to lose them for that period of time at that stage of the season.
"The players asked me to consider releasing them to enable them to take part in the IPL but they are key members of the squad and I explained that we wouldn't be able to allow them to take part."
Nottinghamshire's stance continues the uneasy relationship between English cricket and the IPL. Although the county game has not seen an early-season mass exodus to India, it will be interesting to watch whether other counties take a lead from Nottinghamshire to try and protect their own interests instead of losing key players.
Players fortunate enough to secure deals are understandably keen to take them up, but they can leave significant holes in the counties for the first six weeks of the season. Essex have previously had to cover for the absence of Owais Shah and Durham for Paul Collingwood.
The tournament has also meant weakened international sides arriving for tours and players arriving at the last minute before a Test series. That is likely to happen again next season with New Zealand's two-Test series clashing with the IPL.
Nottinghamshire's centrally contracted England players, Graeme Swann and Stuart Broad, would have their participation in any IPL deals that were offered decided by the ECB. Current central contracts have clauses allowing players a window to appear at the tournament, although last year that only impacted Kevin Pietersen and Eoin Morgan, subject to any fitness issues.
Earlier this week MS Dhoni suggested that as England's leading players are not available for the entire event it will make it difficult for them to earn deals with franchises.
Andrew McGlashan is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo