Editors note: This is the fourth story in a series profiling the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2012.

Dont hate on Don Nelson after reading about the life he has led and is still leading.

An early investor in the Hawaiian Island of Maui where he owns beachfront and farming real estate and lives fulltime, Nelson spent 50 years in the NBA as a player and a coach.

Now hes going into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Nelson and the rest of the class of 2012 will be Enshrined on Friday at Symphony Hall, a moment the man known as Nellie never thought would happen.

I was nominated four times and got rejected four times so I figured it wasnt going to happen, Nelson said. I had this wonderful friend of mine who died this year, Jim Fitzgerald, who wanted me to be in so bad. He kept putting my name in I guess.

But I never really thought I was that worthy of going in, Nelson added. I never won a title or anything like that and usually thats pretty important for getting in.

What he did win was 1,335 NBA games, putting him second to none for coaching wins in the NBA. He coached 31 years in the NBA, beginning with the Milwaukee Bucks for the first 11. He coached Golden State for a total of 11 years over two stints, spent eight years in Dallas and coached one year in New York.

And while a title eluded him, Nelson garnered three Coach of the Year Awards, joining Pat Riley as the only ones to accomplish the feat.

Nelson wasnt the kind of coach who wanted him next job to be an easy one. Building a team and making it into a competitor was more his speed.

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CARLTON'S decision to replace Brett Ratten as coach, with a view to appointing Mick Malthouse, was painful but understandable. Given five years, the incumbent was still to convince that he could drive a team all the way. The opportunity to grab one of the best, who's done it repeatedly, was too good to pass up.

But the Carlton/Malthouse fit is not entirely without challenge. The club and its new man will at some future stage be required to extend themselves in ways they have previously resisted. There are interesting times ahead.

''We have to strike,'' club president Stephen Kernahan said at Thursday's announcement of Ratten's departure.

Carlton's reputation as a successful club within the AFL era is shaky - one flag in 25 years is scarcely top 10.

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They can hear the clock ticking on Chris Judd. They have a core of high draft picks and other good players in the prime of their football years. Time is on the wing. Only a flag will appease the discomfort.

So the Blues intend to appoint a proven coach who, in his first year at the helm, will turn 60. On the score of age, it will be a unique appointment. And they will hope to quickly win a premiership to justify it.

If the coup is completed and delivers its clear objective, all will be well. The Baggers will have a 17th flag and the coach would join the exclusive four-flag club. But what then?

As ever, Carlton is acting for the here and now. Replacing coaches is in its DNA; doing hard yards towards a longer-term objective is not. The play for Malthouse, justified though it may be, can't be seen as other than a short-term grab. He perhaps has a five year shelf-life. As well as he coached at Collingwood, the premiership there took a decade.

This means Carlton, as it commits to a full assault under a proven veteran, must also think to the long-term. The last time it did this, Wayne Brittain was shoehorned into the coach's box behind David Parkin, then - in a moment of political expediency - sacked within two years.

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Bobby and Sue have 10 years until their goal retirement age, so they feel they need guidance. Both 52, the couple has concerns about their childs college tuition costs, which will start one year from now. They also plan some major upgrades to their home worth about $25,000, but they dont want to go into debt.

"For retirement, we would like to sell our house and move to another part of the country," Bobby says. "We would like to be comfortable, periodically travel and be as debt-free as possible."

The couple, whose names have been changed, set aside $111,100 in 401(k) plans, $10,300 in IRAs, $6,500 in bonds, $2,700 in savings and $200 in checking. They also have $34,000 earmarked for college tuition, and Bobby expects an annual pension of $64,650 at age 62.

The Star-Ledger asked Jody DAgostini, a certified financial planner with AXA Advisors/RICH Planning Group in Morristown, to help the couple plan for their future.

"Bobby and Sue are wise to begin to see if their retirement can take shape for them," she says. "One of the obstacles in knowing if you have enough to retire is first to visualize what you plan to be doing in retirement, and where you plan to be doing it."

Then, you can attach a price tag.

Bobby and Sue have several goals, including home improvements, which they have been putting off, and a college education for their child. Theyd like to retire in 10 years when theyre both 62.

First, retirement.

DAgostini says retirement often takes on three stages.

First is the "go-go" stage, where retirees often enjoy good health and want to maximize their days by traveling and engaging in new hobbies. "This can often be costly, resulting in expenses that exceed their pre-retirement budget by as much as 105 percent," she says.

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Janice Durflinger, 76, is still running computer software programs for a Lincoln, Neb., bank. She worries that a higher retirement age would be tough on people with physically demanding jobs. (Nati Harnik, The Associated Press)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. Just how much the Great Recession reshaped what many baby boomers thought retirement would look like is becoming clearer: More than ever, they now expect to retire later or work when they're "retired."

In 1991, just one in 10 workers told the Employee Benefit Research Institute that they planned to wait to retire until they were older than 65. By 2007, three in 10 said that.

This year? More than four in 10.

Boomers cruising toward a traditional retirement suffered a financial comeuppance in the prolonged economic slump that began in late 2007. The downturn sapped jobs, stock and housing values, and interest on savings.

Many were also caught in the shift from defined-benefit pension plans to 401(k) plans that required workers to contribute toward their own retirement savings. Some didn't, a choice that will leave them short financially.

Small wonder that, according to the Pew Research Center, boomers are the gloomiest of all age groups about the health and future of their finances. Boomers were more likely than other age groups to tell Pew researchers that they lost money on investments since the recession hit. Nearly six in 10 said their household finances worsened.

Finally, employment-based health insurance for many retirees has been withering away, which is causing older workers to cling to paychecks.

Overall, the stage is set for a new normal: working in retirement.

That suits William Brockman just fine. The 65-year-old working retiree began a job this year at a child-care center in Overland Park, Kan., where he delightedly calls himself "a shepherd to flocks of children" four days a week.

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Sergio Perez says he feels he should have done better than fifth on the grid at Spa

The Mexican was able to secure a place on the third row of the grid after setting the fifth best time in the session, although he will now start from fourth after a post-session penalty was handed to Pastor Maldonado.

With team-mate Kamui Kobayashi second on the grid, Sauber was able to celebrate its best qualifying result to date in the session, with Perez now aiming to build on the podium finishes he has already taken this season in Malaysia and Canada.

Second and fifth are really good qualifying positions for our team and I am pleased for the crew, he said, speaking before Maldonado's penalty was applied. Personally I'm not too happy because my last lap in Q3 wasn't perfect. I had the feeling the car was performing differently to this morning.

In any case, the most important part comes tomorrow. It will be a very challenging race on a demanding circuit. I need a good start and I want to fight the people in front of me because I know the car will allow me to do that. I am definitely targeting another podium.

Head of track engineering Giampaolo Dall'Ara was understandably delighted with the result.

Perhaps we should have a wet Friday at every race! he said. Free practice three this morning was quite tough after we had all lost so much time yesterday. We had to put together a lot of work in an hour, which went very well. We found some performance and then in qualifying everything went according to plan. Now let's keep concentrated for the race.

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Kyle Stokes installs a Stokerized SS1 Stabilizer on a G5 Prime bow in his Annville-based assembly room. (LEBANON DAILY NEWS TYLER FRANTZ )

Ten years ago, a then 27-year-old Cedar Crest grad took a risk while leaving his comfortable teaching job in Baltimore to return to his roots and follow his passion. After doing some research to discover that there were roughly 7,000 archery permits sold annually in Lebanon County, with very few archery shops to meet the growing needs of these local hunters, an optimistic Kyle Stokes gambled on all he was worth and opened Swatara Creek Outfitters. Looking back now, he's sure glad that he did.

"I knew the area could benefit from a well-run pro shop," Stokes said, "but I also knew it wouldn't happen overnight."

In fact, for the first three years of the shop's existence, the owner worked a full-time job on night shift while keeping the shop open for eight hours during the day.

"It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get where we are today," he added.

But Swatara Creek Outfitters has come a long way. Initially, starting out with a modest bow inventory of three relatively small lines, Stokes has since expanded to now carrying 12 different top-market bow company lines, including Matthews, Hoyt, Bowtech, Elite, G5, Bear and more. He employs two full-time staff members and anywhere from 4-6 part-timers depending on the time of year.

Though Stokes found it necessary to hire

"I am a bit of a control freak in some regards, but I take great pride in making sure that each bow I service is absolutely perfect," he said. "I try to treat each and every bow as though it is my own."

As he gained experience, Stokes proved to the archery industry and local patrons alike that he ran a professional, reputable, quality business, but he wasn't satisfied with that alone.

About five years ago, Stokes' creativity got the best of him and he began to toy around with ideas for new products that could improve his trade. While working with acrylic waterfowl calls, which channel the vibration of a reed through a solid tube to mimic the vocalization of ducks and geese, Stokes pondered the possibility of using acrylic material to reduce the vibration caused by the release of an arrow from a bow.

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Sept. 3, 2012, midnight

ITS been a year of back-to-backs for Warrnambool Mermaids skipper Holly Greene.

Greene led her team to back-to-back Big V titles, in which she earned successive MVP honours for the play-off series.

And on Saturday night Greene was named the Mermaids most valuable player for the second consecutive year. She is also nominated for the Big V division one womens MVP and the all-star five team, to be presented on September 15.

The guard said it was a nice way to finish the campaign.

We had a really good season and like last year, its because of the good mix we had on the court, she said..

Its nice to win these types of awards, but you dont go out there for them, you want the championship. The feeling of winning the individual awards is nothing compared to winning the championships. Weve done that twice now and no one can take that away from us.

Greene put her personal success down to being a team player.

I just try to be a good leader on the court. If we need to rebound Ill try to get it, if we need to score, Ill try and shoot.

I just try and do whatever the team needs me to do, she said.

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Sports and fitness has come to the fore in April Sound and is growing by drives, lobs, laps, stretches, walks/runs and now booty shaking! Golf, tennis, water aerobics and swimming are thriving, but now some new fitness activities have been added. Joey Branham, Director of Golf wants everyone to know about the April Sound Cup, (this year dubbed Luau on the Lake) which is scheduled for Sept. 21, 22, and 23. The golf tournament, open to members and guests, all required to have a verifiable USGA approved handicap, will be a 2-Person Modified Stableford Point Quota beginning with a practice round on Friday afternoon, first round play on Saturday and final rounds on Sunday. Dress all week-end is tropical attire, and each participant and a guest will be invited to attend the April Sound Luau planned by the Clubs Social Committee at 6:30 PM on Sunday evening. By the way, have YOU made your table reservations for that event? Remember, the Luau is open to ALL April Sound residents and guests, not just the golfers. There will be Hawaiian food and drinks, fire dancers and hula girls!

Ben and Lisa Hearn and Jodi Grubb, members of the Social Committee chaired by Laney Whiteman, have been planning the first ever April Sound Fun Run which will be held on Saturday morning, Oct. 13 beginning at 9 a.m. This family event is open to everyone (entry fee of $5. for adults and $3. for children) and the Bearbackers Booster Club of Montgomery High School will be the beneficiary of proceeds from the Run. Dogs and strollers are welcome, too! Be sure to plan to run/walk the Boulevard course and join in on all the festivities and fun!

Alex Denn, Club Member Relations Coordinator, sent me the Club Fitness Schedule. Personal Trainer Sheryl Styla has Pilates Class on Monday at 5:00 PM and Wednesday and Friday at 10:30 AM. Sit-N-Be-Fit meets at 11:30 on Tuesday and Thursday and Circuit Training is at 10:30 AM on Tuesday and Thursday.

If youre looking for even more of a work-out, Abs and Cardio might be for you at 6:00 PM Monday and Wednesday and 11:30 AM on Wednesday. Water Aerobics in the pool starts at 8:30 AM Tuesday through Friday.

Recently Erin Bogenreif has introduced Hatha Yoga to April Sounds fitness program with Beginner Yoga on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6:00 PM and Experienced Yoga at 7:00 PM on Monday and Wednesday. Erin received her national certification at the Yoga Institute of Houston with Lex Gillian in September 2010, and teaches for the City of Conroe. Word has it that these classes are extremely popular!

Now, if you were wondering about the Booty Shaking reference at the top of this article, the Club is now offering ZUMBA! Led by certified Zumba instructor Roxanne Guest, participants will incorporate fitness exercises into a combination of meringue, reggaetone and salsa that make everyone laugh, smile, and let loose! You can Zumba on Tuesday at 5:00 PM and Saturday at 8:00 AM. Go April Sound and remember, all these classes are complimentary with your Club membership!

Ann Marie Ricci]]>

If you have information about April Sound activities please contact Ann Marie Ricci at jamricci@consolidated.net.

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AYoga Journal advertising train took off fromMoscow tofour major cities, partnering up with Federal Passenger Company andYves Rocher topromote themagazine's image.

While embarking towards Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Yekaterinburg andPerm onFriday, thetrain promised free yoga lessons.

"It's going tobe like acircus, therailway company will provide us with aspecially painted wagon," said Yoga Journal's public relations director, Svetlana Bespalova.

Yoga Journal's event is acase ofniche marketing, with aspecialized focus opposed toa mass campaign. Thecarefully orchestrated affair creates customized appeal forthe magazine, as abroad message toits readership might not be as effective.

News ofthe yoga train has been circulated online through social media such as Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter, andvaried lifestyle news networks.

Denis Terekhov, amanaging partner ofthe Social Networks Agency, said that social networks have major advantages compared with conventional advertising.

"Social media allow one toalter acampaign andreceive feedback ina couple ofhours," he said.

Bycontrast, it takes anadvertiser atleast amonth tocome up with abillboard design andbook its space.

Once ayear, themagazine organizes aNational Yoga Day, with outdoor classes across Moscow. Each class typically has anattendance of200 to300 people.

Yoga Journal is not theonly publication using cross-promotion andreadily available online networks. Russia's Glamour magazine organized asimilar publicity stunt with their 50 meter stiletto race, held inJuly. Dozens ofwomen ran intheir heels fora chance towin 100,000 rubles ($2,450) inshopping money. Aheel ofat least 3.5 inches was required toparticipate.

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Twist of fate: Brett Ratten was still smiling yesterday. Photo: Ken Irwin

MICK Malthouse last night ridiculed Collingwood president Eddie McGuire's claim that accepting the Carlton coaching job would endanger his health.

''My health is fine,'' Malthouse declared. He added that his philosophy in life, referring to a note written by his late brother-in-law, was never to let opportunities slip by.

''One of the reasons I live by that is I preach that to young people, if you've got the opportunity, do it. That may well be the case. I've got a lot to weigh up but those things are gentle reminders about life,'' the three-time premiership coach said in an interview with Channel Seven.

Illustration: Matt Golding

Carlton confirmed last week that Malthouse, who turns 59 this month, is a prime candidate to replace the sacked Brett Ratten. McGuire then inflamed tensions between the two men and the clubs when he said it had appeared the pressures of coaching might ''kill'' Malthouse in 2009, and this had prompted the arranged handover to Nathan Buckley two years later.

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Malthouse maintained he was ''undecided'' about the Blues job, but hit back at McGuire's remarks.

''How ridiculous. There will be no tit-for-tat with Eddie. My health is fine,'' he said. ''I want to get those blokes on the same kind of bike I ride regularly and we'll go for our two or three hour rides. I wouldn't put anyone through anything if I didn't think I could get through a season of footy.''

Malthouse said he was not motivated by revenge towards Collingwood, and reiterated that impact on his family would be the greatest consideration.

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