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HoopsHype Andre Miller rumors
Facing a difficult trade market and a glaring hole at the point guard position, Nuggets officials worked out the banished Andre Miller this week in New Orleans and are considering bringing him back, league sources told CBSSports.com. CBSSports.com
Miller hasn't played since Dec. 30 following a public confrontation with coach Brian Shaw. Despite concerns about the 37-year-old's tendency to put on weight, Miller has lost 12 pounds since being banished from the team, one league source said. CBSSports.com
The Nuggets, who stumbled into the break losing four straight road games by a combined 110 points, are looking to revive trade talks for point guard Andre Miller, who hasn't played since Dec. 30. The Sixers are one team that could absorb his $5 million salary, but Denver would prefer to find a team that needs Miller for a playoff push and thus would be willing to give up an asset. With an underachieving team and payroll that is clogged up for the next two seasons, the Nuggets are expected to be active at the deadline. CBSSports.com
As Grantland's Zach Lowe reported earlier Tuesday, Washington does have certifiable interest in Denver's very available Andre Miller. I'm told that the Wiz, though, have thus far been unable to sell the Nuggets on a deal both sides can stomach. ESPN.com
Marc Stein: As my man @ZachLowe_NBA noted in his trade opus, Wiz rightfully covet Andre Miller, too, but unable (so far) to find trade match w/Denver Twitter @ESPNSteinLine
Q: Any chance the Kings would be interested in trading for Jeremy Lin? I know they're looking to upgrade at the point. Steve Kyler: I have not heard anything about JLin to the Kings. I continue to hear they like Andre Miller. Basketball Insiders
But the length this situation has dragged on without resolution has been the most puzzling thing to many observers. Nuggets general manager Tim Connelly spoke about what was happening with Miller on Friday. "It's not ideal," Connelly said. "I talk to Andre quite a bit. It's a situation where we have to make sure whatever decision we make it's the best for the organization. And we're continuing to do that. There's nothing definitive as to what is going to happen to him." Denver Post
Nuggets coach Brian Shaw was asked if the Nuggets had reached out to Andre Miller for a possible return, given the team's dire need for a reserve point guard with Nate Robinson out for the season after ACL surgery. The short answer? No. There won't be any reaching out from our end," Shaw said. "I think we've operated and done everything that we're supposed to do. So, if there's any reaching out that needs to be done I think the reaching out has to come from him to us." Denver Post
Two things are clear now that Robinson is out. First, a Miller deal now almost has to include a guard in return. There was a time when that wasn't a necessity, but now it will be. The Nuggets could deal him for not much and go the D-League route to fill the open position, but that's not a better option than getting a player already on an NBA bench in return. Denver Post
Chris Dempsey: #Nuggets coach Brian Shaw says team will consider all roster options w/Lawson & Robinson out, and that includes bringing back Andre Miller. Twitter @dempseypost
Chris Dempsey: Shaw and Miller still haven't spoken since the incident on Jan. 1 #Nuggets Twitter @dempseypost
Chris Mannix: Denver has no interest in an Andre Miller-JR Smith swap. The Nuggets have no interest in Smith, period. Twitter @ChrisMannixSI
Donnie Nelson on if the Mavericks might pursue Andre Miller: We're really happy with our backcourt. It's really been one of our real keys to our success this year, so certainly we wouldn't be looking to mess around with that." Dallas Morning News
League executives are conflicted on who would be a better fit among the other big point guards potentially available, the Nuggets' Andre Miller or the Bulls' Kirk Hinrich. Miller is a better offensive option than Hinrich but, as he has demonstrated in Denver, is not happy if he isn't playing; there are questions, however, if Hinrich has enough left to be a playoff factor at either end of the floor. Bleacher Report
Jody Genessy: Brian Shaw on Andre Miller: "I'm willing to coach any and everybody who wants to put the team first. I have nothing but respect for him." Twitter @DJJazzyJody
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Therapeutic community praised at HMP Dovegate in Marchington
Posted: March 02, 2014|
THE therapeutic community based at a prison near Uttoxeter is 'doing some good work with prisoners to reduce the risk they posed', the chief inspector of prisons has said.
Nick Hardwick praised the Dovegate Therapeutic Community (TC) in his published report of an unannounced inspection of the facility at HMP Dovegate, in Marchington.
The TC is a distinct institution holding up to 200 men contained within the larger HMP Dovegate. The main prison, a category B training prison, is inspected separately.
The community is based on the concept that democratic therapeutic communities, run by both staff and prisoners, should be central to the way the prison operates.
The prison said the convicts are given a 'real say' in the day-to-day running of the jail and have 'far more influence over their experience of prison life than at normal prisons'.
Men arrive at Dovegate TC needing to be more open about their offending and related institutional behaviour and to being challenged within therapy and community groups.
Often they have a history of serious violent offending, poor institutional behaviour and prolific self-harm.
The report said the inspector was pleased to find the TC remained a safe prison, support for men vulnerable to self-harm and with substance misuse issues was good, staff-prisoner relationships were very good and time out of cells was good.
The inspector found leadership of learning and skills was developing but some elements of quality improvement needed to be fully embedded, resettlement support was good and some very good work was being done during therapy but problems in delivering some key aspects of therapy risked undermining effectiveness.
However, inspectors did raise some concerns after finding the men spent their first few months on the assessment unit, the lack of experienced TC members was affecting the transfer of some key elements of the TC's ethos, prisoners needed to feel confident to raise concerns in therapy about other prisoners' behaviour and this was not fully embedded, the focus of learning skills as complementing therapy needed to be better understood and the promise of the national integrated personality disorder pathways strategy had not been realised.
Mr Hardwick said: "Overall, Dovegate provided a safe, respectful but testing environment for the prisoners it held and the public as a whole benefited from its effective work to reduce the risk that they would reoffend after release.
"We identified some weaknesses, but we were reassured that management had already identified and begun to address most of them. This provided grounds for optimism that the good work of the prison would not just be continued but be enhanced."
Michael Spurr, chief executive officer of the National Offender Management Service, said: "I am pleased that the chief inspector has highlighted the good work at Dovegate Therapeutic Community. It is a safe prison that is working well to rehabilitate a complex population and reduce their risk of reoffending."


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Technology and the Olympics: 2012 vs 1948
Summary: The 2012 London Olympics are approaching fast, and computer technology is absolutely critical to their success — unlike the last time the capital hosted the Games. Here is a tour of the Olympic Park and some of the back-end systems
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Then and now
Before 2012, we have to go back to 1948 to find the last time that the UK — then in an exhausted, near-bankrupt condition following World War II — hosted the Olympics, which had not taken place since the infamous 1936 Games in Hitler's Germany.
The 64 years separating the so-called Austerity Games and the 2012 instalment have obviously seen many changes — although the "exhausted, near-bankrupt" diagnosis for the UK remains apt. One of the biggest changes since 1948 has, of course, been the rise of computer technology — a wartime invention that was beginning to take significant Baby steps in the wider world.
ZDNet UK recently took a tour of the Olympic Park in Stratford, East London, and was also shown around the LOCOG (London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games) Integration Test Lab (ITL) and Technology Operations Centre (TOC) in Canary Wharf. The ITL/TOC tour was courtesy of worldwide Olympic partner Acer, which is providing computer equipment, services and technicians for the 2012 Games.
Here's a summary of what we saw, interspersed with images from 1948, when broadcasting and information technology were very different.
Photo credit: IOC
Olympic Park
Olympic Park 2012
The 2012 Olympic Park occupies 2.5 square kilometres of the Lower Lea Valley in East London, a run-down area flanked by the boroughs of Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Newham and Waltham Forest. This is a view of the Olympic Stadium and the Orbit Tower taken from the platform of Pudding Mill Lane DLR (Docklands Light Railway) station.
The stadium's design includes a permanent 25,000-seat bowl surrounded by a demountable lightweight steel-and-concrete upper tier accommodating 55,000 spectators. After 'games-time' (one of several jargon phrases used by Olympics types), the stadium will be reconfigured for 'legacy' (there's another) usage, probably by West Ham FC.
The structure to the right of the stadium is the Orbit Tower, designed by Anish Kapoor. This steel sculpture-cum-observation tower stands 115m high and is Britain's biggest piece of public art. It will remain on site as part of the 2012 Games's permanent legacy.
Photo credit: Charles McLellan
Empire Stadium
Empire Stadium, Wembley, 1948
No new venues were built for 1948's Austerity Games — not even an Olympic Village for the athletes, who were housed in RAF camps (if male) and London colleges (if female). Athletes had to bring their own food, and travelled to and from the event venues on ordinary London buses.
The centrepiece of the games was the 1923 Empire Stadium, famous for its 'Twin Towers', which was demolished in 2003 to make way for the current Wembley Stadium. This image shows British athlete John Mark carrying the Olympic flame past Organising Committee members at the opening ceremony.
Photo credit: IOC
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