Jim Taylor

Long-time journalist Cam Tait has seen some interesting times on the sports beat--rolling alongside Rick Hansen in the Man in Motion tour, playing in fundraising golf tournaments, and tipping back some cold ones with Wayne Gretzky, to name a few. His personal life hasn't lacked excitement either--memorable moments include parasailing, winning a stand-up (or in his case, sit-down) comedy contest, and helping his grandson take his first steps. But he couldn't have done it without the help of his friends. Tait was born with cerebral palsy, unable to sit up, speak or move his arms and legs. But thanks to a revolutionary form of physical therapy that required a 24/7 commitment from his parents and a team of 116 volunteers, he learned to get around in a wheelchair, move his hands and talk. These turned out to be useful skills for a career of prime interviews, crazy deadlines and pranks. Tait teams up with friend and fellow journalist Jim Taylor, telling his own story with characteristic directness and humour. With a newspaperman's inveterate sense of timing, Tait moves seamlessly from one-liners and tales of debauched hijinks to candid accounts of his depression, career struggles and loss of loved ones. He speaks with eloquence about the importance of giving disabled people the chance to pursue their ambitions, and the value of all the support he's received in achieving his own dreams. In both his career and personal life, he's experienced the power of humour to break down barriers and bring people together--and have a hell of a good time doing it.

The newest screenplay from the Oscar(R)-nominated writers of "Election" and "About Schmidt," "Sideways" is the tale of two men's adventure in California wine country. Based on Rex Pickett's acclaimed first novel, "Sideways" tells the story of Miles (Paul Giamatti), a failed novelist, and his soon-to-be-married friend Jack (Thomas Haden Church), a washed-up actor. To salute the remains of their youth, the two men take one last road trip in the week before Jack's wedding. A serious wine enthusiast, Miles is determined to educate his friend on the region's beloved Pinot Noir wines before the week is out. Jack indulges his best friend's passion for the grape but is mainly interested in living his last week of bachelorhood to the hilt. Trouble ensues with wine and women (Virginia Madsen and Sandra Oh), and the duo comes to some profound realizations as they come to terms with maturity.

? Wer nur seinen Körper trainiert, verliert!? Von zwei Sportlern mit den gleichen körperlichen Voraussetzungen und der gleichen Ausrüstung wird bei einem Kopf-an-Kopf-Rennen stets derjenige gewinnen, der mental besser vorbereitet ist. Und genau wie die körperliche Leistung nur durch konsequentes Training gesteigert wird, erfordert es viel Zeit und eine gezielte Vorbereitung, seine mentale Leistungsfähigkeit zu entwickeln. Dieses Buch will Ihnen dabei helfen, die psychischen Hürden beim Triathlon erfolgreich zu bewältigen. Mit dem richtigen Motivationsniveau und mehr Vertrauen in die eigenen Fähigkeiten werden Sie eine völlig neue Leistungsebene erreichen ? unabhängig von Ihrem jetzigen Leistungsstand.

In this fascinating collection Canada's most entertaining sportswriter revisits the glories of a career following sporting events and personalities that spanned five decades. Name any memorable event - from Canada-Russia 1972 to Rick Hansen's Man in Motion tour - or any famous name from Wayne Gretzky to Muhammad Ali to the San Diego Chicken, and Jim Taylor was there giving his insightful, witty and often sceptical take on the subject. As Taylor writes, 'when sport makes instant millionaires out of kids who can hit a ball or a puck with a stick or stuff a leather balloon through a fishnet, what's not to laugh?' Here are tales of good guys and jerks, journeymen and giants playing games for a living with the world peering into the fishbowl and bigger, stronger, faster challengers coming at them every year. Here too are the true originals, such as boxing legend Archie 'The Mongoose' Moore, whose storied career defied age and logic; Sam Snead, the barefoot hillbilly who learned to play golf by hitting rocks with a stick and went on to win 135 tournaments; Willie O'Ree, the black New Brunswicker who broke the NHL's colour bar; tragic Percy Williams, the pint-sized sprinter who won double gold at the Amsterdam Olympics and later shot himself; and, plenty of lesser-known heroes like the local legend Joe Johnson, who introduced a generation of BC kids to the love of soccer. Both a retrospective of memorable goings-on in the sports world of the last fifty years and a first-rate read, this book stands as proof that in the right hands sports writing can be great writing.

In The 500 Year Delta, Watts Wacker and Jim Taylor astounded readers with their sweeping vision of time and change. Now they proclaim the Age of the Individual - a world where life has never been more difficult, because it has never been easier. Today, individuals have far more power to claim their own futures than ever before, which means they have to follow four major rules to chart their courses: know who you are: know where you want to go; recognise your own seminal moments; and adopt an attitude of insurgency. As these rules are applied to organisations, they too can master the nine paradoxes that abound in everyday life and watch productivity go through the roof.

The revised edition of this classic text contains discussions of the latest theoretical developments in regional economics and reviews recent changes in regional policy and institutions in the European Union. New case study material based on extensive academic research has been added throughout the book.