Jim Black

MacArthur High School

Class of 1974

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Jim Black - Class of 1974 - MacArthur High School

First Name	Jim
Last Name	Black
Graduation Year	Class of 1974
Gender	Male
Hometown	Houston, Texas
Relationship Status	Separated
About Me	"When you ask God to make you a vessel, you don't always get what you expect." When I began my professional career I did it at the wheel of a race car. I soon found that it was expensive to have others perform my fabrication work, so I became a machinist. My high aptitude for mathematics quickly put me into (then) Numerical Control Manufacturing. After about 3 years doing that I realized I had an aptitude for engineering so I entered the Air Force to gain the opportunity to get a degree. Unfortunately I missed the GI Bill by a little over a month. After about 18 months I got a humanitarian discharge to return to Texas to take care of my family. Back in Texas I returned to manufacturing. In just under two years I taught myself to G-Code program CNC machines manually. While I made several attempts to return to school, as a CNC Programmer I had the responsibility of keeping our machinery productive. Manually programming up to 6 machines was a fairly time taking task. In the mid 80's when spreadsheets became popular I began using them for family of parts programming. I used post WW-II books to supply the formulas needed to develop a number of tools that assisted me in scheduling, inventory control and many other manufacturing tasks. By the mid 90's my ability to bypass most normal software systems and lack of a degree began to make it harder and harder to find work. I primarily did various contract jobs for many different companies. Some of my more interesting work involved working as a corporate anthropologist of sort. One of my customers tended to buy other companies. My job was to study their documentation to blend their manufacturing operation into ours. Often that required researching ISO-9000 and other certifications to insure compliance. Never in my wildest dreams would I had realized that all those years studying corporations could be applied to social work. When my daughter's family found itself under a CPS investigation, I was asked to review the "Discovery" furnished by the courts. Thus "Angel Eyes over Texas" was born. WARNING: Any person and/or institution and/or Agent and/or Agency of any governmental, public or private structure including but not limited to the United States Federal Government also using or monitoring/using this website or any of its associated websites, you do NOT have my permission to utilize any of my profile information nor any of the content contained herein including, but not limited to my photos, and/or the comments made about my photos or any other "picture" art posted on my profile. You are hereby notified that you are strictly prohibited from disclosing, copying, distributing, disseminating, or taking any other action against me with regard to this profile and the contents herein. The foregoing prohibitions also apply to your employee(s), agent(s), student(s) or any personnel under your direction or control. The contents of this profile are private and legally privileged and confidential information, and the violation of my personal privacy is punishable by law. UCC 1-103 1-308 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED WITHOUT PREJUDICE In response to the new Facebook guidelines, I hereby declare that my copyright is attached to all of my personal details contained in my personal and business profiles, including, but not limited to: all postings, status updates, comments, illustrations, paintings, drawings, art, photographs, music, videos, etc. as per the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, (a/k/a the Berne Convention). For commercial use of any of the above, my written consent is required in each instance and at all times. By the present communiqué, I notify Facebook that it is strictly forbidden to disclose, copy, distribute, disseminate, or take any other action against me on the basis of this profile and/or its contents. The aforementioned prohibited actions also apply to employees, students, agents and/or any staff under Facebook's direction or control. The content of this profile is private and confidential information. The violation of my privacy is punished by law (UCC 1 1-308-308 1-103 and the Rome Statute). Anyone reading this can copy this text and paste it on their Facebook Wall. This will place them under protection of copyright laws. Facebook is now an open capital entity. All members are recommended to publish a notice like this, or if you prefer, you may copy and paste this version. If you do not publish a statement at least once, you will be tacitly allowing the use of elements such as your photos as well as the inf...(read more)