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  Jim Gray (sportscaster) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jim Gray was at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles the night that Kirk Gibson hit his now famous home run in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series.
Gray was there as a fan rather than a sportscaster, yet he and a friend of his missed out on the dramatic blast in order to beat traffic.
Gray interviewed Dennis Rodman during the NBA Finals once while Rodman was a member of the Chicago Bulls, and during the course of the interview one of Gray's questions actually brought Rodman to tears.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jim_Gray_(sportscaster)   (1214 words)

  
 James N. Gray - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Jim" (James N.) Gray is a distinguished computer scientist who received the Turing Award in 1998 "for seminal contributions to database and transaction processing research and technical leadership in system implementation".
Gray studied at the University of California, Berkeley, where he earned his B.S. in Engineering Mathematics (Math and Statistics) in 1966 [1] and his Ph.D. in Computer Science in 1969.
Gray worked as an industrial researcher and software designer at a number of industrial companies, including IBM, Tandem and DEC, and now works as a Technical Fellow for Microsoft Research in San Francisco.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_N._Gray   (220 words)

  
 Alberta Order of Excellence - Members - J K Gray
While Jim points to the strength of the teams on which he serves as the reason for his success, his contribution as a team builder and leader cannot be ignored.
One of Jim Gray's longest community associations has been with the YMCA, beginning when, as a young adult, he noticed a group of inner-city Calgary Herald paperboys with no where to channel their energies.
Jim Gray has proven that fact through a lifetime of making a difference to his community, the province and the country as a whole.
www.lieutenantgovernor.ab.ca /aoe/bio/gray_j_k.htm   (858 words)

  
 Judge James Gray
Gray, who also has worked closely with Mothers Against Drunk Driving, helped form a MADDDUI panel in 1987 whereby defendants were made to listen as victims of drunk driving told their heartbreaking stories.
Gray has also received letters of commendation from the Orange County Board of Supervisors for his creation of a successful drinking-driver sentencing program, and from the Judge Advocate General of the Navy for his work in handling claims resulting from a Medivac airplane crash in the Marshall Islands.
Jim Gray is the father of three children: Bill, 25; Jennifer, 21; and Ky, 25, the latter of Vietnamese descent whom Gray adopted as a 13-month old.
www.judgejimgray.com /about.html   (849 words)

  
 The Sylva Herald and Ruralite - Publisher hands over reins to son
Jim Gray, 74, will retain the title of publisher and will continue with the company as vice president, he said.
When Jim Gray's parents bought the newspaper 58 years ago, the office was located on Main Street where Meriweather's is now (the old Lyric Theater); the newspaper moved to its present location in 1949 and expanded into the McGuire building, which houses the reception area and printing sales offices, in 1996.
During Jim Gray's 50 years with the newspaper the circulation has increased from 1,850 in 1953 to 7,200 presently, and the newspaper has garnered numerous awards in both the news and advertising divisions of the N.C. Press Association's annual competitions.
www.thesylvaherald.com /A-jimsteve_082103.htm   (620 words)

  
 jimpoz.com - Jim Gray Is a Coward
Jim Gray is a skulker and a coward.
Jim Gray seems to lack the basic concepts of dignity and decorum and how to inform and enlighten the public that are ladled out daily in journalism schools all across the fruited plain.
Jim Gray is a little weasel for not even having the decency to face the music after the game for what he had done.
www.jimpoz.com /writings/19991025.asp   (332 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Northern Ireland | Former loyalist leader shot dead
Mr Gray was expelled from the leadership of the UDA in March.
Mr Gray continued to apply for bail which was granted last month on condition that he lived at the address where he was shot on Tuesday.
In September 2002, Mr Gray was shot in the face as he arrived at a house in the Garnerville area of east Belfast.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/northern_ireland/4310406.stm   (460 words)

  
 Leaders - Jim Gray
Gray continued to work and remains active in the business community, serving on a number of corporate boards including Canadian National Railway, Emera, Hudson's Bay Company, Brascan Corporation, and a Director with Temple Exploration.
Jim Gray also places his energies in many community programs, focusing on education, the sciences, and social issues.
Jim Gray was inducted into the Alberta Order of Excellence in 2002.
www.albertasource.ca /petroleum/people/leaders_profiles_gray.html   (299 words)

  
 Book Jim Gray Speaker Keynote Speaking Engagement, Corporate Event - Your Booking Agent for Jim Gray
Prior to 1988, Gray was ESPN's West Coast Bureau Chief, and he also worked as an ESPN reporter for coverage of the Americas Cup, the NBA and the Super Bowl.
Gray also works as a reporter on Showtime's boxing coverage, and was honored with a Special Individual Achievement Emmy Award - his eighth Emmy overall -- for his interview of Mike Tyson following the heavyweight's second loss to Evander Holyfield in 1997.
Gray graduated from the University of Colorado in 1981 with a degree in journalism.
www.grabow.biz /Speakers/JimGray.htm   (495 words)

  
 Bay Area Writing Project:

Jim's Life and Legacy

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Jim Gray and BAWP were major forces in whatever success I achieved as a teacher and writer.
Jim Gray opened a whole new world to a young girl whose first language was not English.
Jim was unforgettable from the twinkle in his eye to the force of his vision.
www.bayareawritingproject.org /jimStories   (1939 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Northern Ireland | Six held over loyalist's killing
Gray, 47, the flamboyant former leader of the UDA in east Belfast, was shot outside his father's house on the Clarawood estate in the city.
DS Hamilton said Gray had been warned that he was under threat since his release on bail.
In September 2002, Gray was shot in the face as he arrived at a house in the Garnerville area of east Belfast.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/northern_ireland/4311130.stm   (821 words)

  
 TACC > Jim Gray Talks about Database System Architecture
Jim Gray is known nationally for his work in database and transaction processing computer systems, and he is a winner of the highest honor of the Association for Computing Machinery, the Turing Award.
A further complication might be called the "sociology of data": the questions that arise over ownership of the original or transformed data, curating data for accuracy, measures of the credibility of data, and the ethics of data use and data sharing--all questions whose answers now lie outside the purview of the infrastructure itself.
During his two-day visit to TACC and The University of Texas at Austin, Gray met with students and professors in several departments who are interested in specific data-related activities.
www.tacc.utexas.edu /general/news/features/jimgray.php   (474 words)

  
 COMMENTS ON A JIM GRAY INTERVIEW
A reader has recently forwarded an interview with Microsoft's Jim Gray about the future of SQL Server 2000 and "extreme scaling from databases" (whatever that means), published on February 1, 2002.
Jim Gray is one of the recipients of the industry's top Turing Award, another recipient being Ted Codd, the inventor of the relational model.
I have to assume that Gray's interview is plagued at least to some degree by this or, at the very least, I would like to hope this is the case.
www.dbdebunk.com /page/page/638948.htm   (2490 words)

  
 David Portas' Blog : Meeting Jim Gray
Satellite imaging was one topic of conversation when I met Jim Gray on Friday.
Jim is a leading researcher in the fields of database systems and transaction processing and was winner of the ACM Turing Award in 1998.
Jim is an advocate of distributed models of storage and processing using commodity components.
blogs.conchango.com /davidportas/archive/2006/06/04/4029.aspx   (354 words)

  
 TRIBUTE TO JIM GRAY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Jim's artistic drive has been with him his entire life, and he used his talents to guide his career as a young adult as an illustrator, an advertising executive, and as a technical illustrator in the United States Air Force.
Jim's art continues to be an inspiration to us all and I am pleased today to speak on his behalf.
Gray was recognized with a Distinguished Artist Award for his maritime paintings and his part in helping to create the artists' community in Gatlinburg.
www.washingtonwatchdog.org /documents/cr/03/mr/20/cr20mr03-41.html   (888 words)

  
 Jim Gray on Channel 9
Jim Gray, visionary as always, had this figured out long before anybody else and was actively promoting the use of Windows source by academics.
I like to believe that Jim's story telling talents are rooted in his sailors heart, and there is never a dull moment with him around.
Jim got recognized for his many contributions to modern computing with a Turing Award in 1998.
pluralsight.com /blogs/dbox/archive/2005/04/02/7170.aspx   (794 words)

  
 Jim Gray
Jim invented a few tricks such as the Jim Jam and the Gray Slide, all of which were named by Neil Blender.
Jim spent most of his time skating Big O skatepark in Orange, and most happily remembers all his years of competing against the likes of Lance Mountain, Tony Hawk, Neil Blender, Billy Ruff, Alan Losi, Christian Hosoi, Duane Peters and many others.
Jim values his roots and for several years licensed out the Gordon and Smith line, and today is producing boards for both Powerflex and Blockhead.
www.skatelegends.com /jim_gray.htm   (347 words)

  
 City of Roseville, California: - Jim Gray
Roseville Councilmember Jim Gray was sworn in as a Councilmember on November 26, 2002 election.
When elected to the Council in November 2002, Councilmember Gray was a Roseville Personnel Board member and the President of the Placer County Fair Board of Directors.
Councilmember Gray has served as a Pop Warner Football Coach, Senior Little League Coach, Cirby School PTA President, and was the first President of the Folsom Road Neighborhood Association.
www.roseville.ca.us /council/jim_gray.asp   (388 words)

  
 RTE News - Six held for questioning over Gray murder
It is understood Gray was confronted by two gunmen when he answered the door of his home at Knockwood Park in the Clarawood estate last night.
Gray had been one of the senior UDA leaders in east Belfast until earlier this year when he was ousted from the loyalist paramilitary group after falling out with his erstwhile associates.
Mr Gray had survived a murder bid three years ago when he was seriously injured in a shooting linked to a loyalist feud.
www.rte.ie /news/2005/1005/grayj.html   (406 words)

  
 Observer Newspaper - Viewpoint   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
JIM GRAY: Bob, I'm here at Don's Funeral Home and Vend-A-Bait, where the wake for Billy Joe Ray Lance Jackson is now underway.
JIM GRAY: Because what we have here, Larry, is a guy who's perfectly healthy one day and suddenly sucking maggots the next.
JIM GRAY: (Yelling after her) I'm referring to allegations that he violated your farm's pet yak at regular intervals.
www.nd.edu /~observer/11021999/Viewpoint/0.html   (678 words)

  
 KnoxNews: Columnists
Jim Gray resigned as chairman of the Knox County Democratic Party over the weekend after concluding some recent actions he had taken would not help Democratic candidates in this year's elections.
Gray's position on term limits was so strong, he said, that he excluded Tindell, longtime county commissioner who represents 2nd District, Seat B, and Jordan, who represents 1st District, Seat A, in a listing on the party's Web site.
Gray got no support from people to whom he wrote about his "Citizens for Democracy" idea, but the letter became part of the current campaign chatter among Democrats.
www.knoxnews.com /kns/news_columnists/article/0,1406,KNS_359_4818516,00.html   (898 words)

  
 Jim Gray
From seascapes which capture the ever changing beauty of our coastlines, to cold clear mountain streams, Jim Gray has a passion for life and it shows in his work.
Jim is on the board of directors of the AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MARINE ARTISTS, is listed in WHO’S WHO IN AMERICAN ART and is a member of America’s oldest professional art group, the SALMAGUNDI CLUB.
Jim Gray has had over 30 one man shows and has participated in many group shows including the prestigious Mystic 100 in Mystic, Connecticut, and the ASMA National Exhibitions each year since 1982.
pages.prodigy.net /jrdonney/gilded/artists/gray/gray.htm   (269 words)

  
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Jim Gray is a Technical Fellow at Microsoft Research's eScience Group.
Jim is also working with the astronomy community to build the world-wide telescope and has been active in building online databases such as http://terraService.Net and http://skyserver.sdss.org.
Jim is an ACM, NAE, NAS, and AAAS Fellow, and received the A.M. Turing Award in 1998 for his work on transaction processing.
research.microsoft.com /asia/21stcomputing/2006/EN_sp4.htm   (400 words)

  
 The Ballroom Dance Company - Dance Instruction for Singles and Couples
Jim Gray began dancing upon his dad's urging in junior high school.
Jim continues to invest in his dancing and the dancing of his students by training regularly in New York City and London with his partner Sunnie.
Jim Gray and Sunnie Page are the most successful amateur ballroom dance competitors in the history of our state.
www.theballroomdancecompany.com /instructors.shtml   (524 words)

  
 Microsoft Researcher Jim Gray Receives Turing Award for Helping to Transform Databases into Dynamic Tools Used by ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Gray received the award for his "seminal contributions to database and transaction processing research and technical leadership in system implementation from research prototypes to commercial products." Gray will be honored at an awards ceremony in New York on May 15.
Gray also found a way to transform the database from immutable storage, updated by one person at a time, into a dynamic tool that could be simultaneously accessed and manipulated by thousands of users.
Gray's colleagues also applaud him for his skill at clearly defining research problems and doing the legwork required to ensure that the best research ideas are implemented.
www.microsoft.com /presspass/features/1999/05-14turing.mspx   (2899 words)

  
 IT Conversations: Jim Gray
Jim Gray is a "Distinguished Engineer" in Microsoft's Scaleable Servers Research Group and manager of Microsoft's Bay Area Research Center (BARC).
His primary research interests are in databases and transaction processing systems.
Jim also is working with the astronomy community to build the
www.itconversations.com /shows/detail191.html   (344 words)

  
 Jim Gray Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
Jim Gray was born on Thursday, August 7, 1862, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Gray was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on October 9, 1884, with the Pittsburgh Alleghenys.
His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Jim Gray baseball stats page.
www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=grayji01   (288 words)

  
 Jim Gray Case
The following report of the Jim Gray case is transcribed from Ottawa: Old and New, A Complete History of Ottawa, Illinois published by The Republican-Times, Ottawa, Illinois, 1912-1914.
One of them, Jim Gray, was caught in Union County, Illinois, and lodged in jail by the state authorities.
Four miles from the city another vehicle with horses was in waiting; and thus Jim Gray landed safely in Canada.
www.johnhossack.com /jimgray.htm   (974 words)

  
 Jim Gray, Microsoft Scaleable Servers Research Group
Jim Gray is a distinguished engineer in Microsoft's Scaleable Servers Research Group and manager of its Bay Area Research Center.
Gray is one of six Microsoft researchers based in San Francisco, three of whom work on managing personal media; the others, including Gray, concentrate on working with large data sets.
Gray is working with the astronomy community to create SkyServer, an effort to make the entire world's astronomy data accessible as a single distributed database on the Internet.
www.internetnews.com /dev-news/article.php/3397711   (1223 words)

  
 DBLP: Jim Gray   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Susanne Englert, Jim Gray, Terrye Kocher, Praful Shah: A Benchmark of NonStop SQL Release 2 Demonstrating Near-Linear Speedup and Scaleup on Large Databases.
Jim Gray, Gianfranco R. Putzolu: The 5 Minute Rule for Trading Memory for Disk Accesses and The 10 Byte Rule for Trading Memory for CPU Time.
Jim Gray, Raymond A. Lorie, Gianfranco R. Putzolu, Irving L. Traiger: Granularity of Locks and Degrees of Consistency in a Shared Data Base.
www.informatik.uni-trier.de /%7Eley/db/indices/a-tree/g/Gray:Jim.html   (2553 words)

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