Santa Barbara County

Case Name: Pacific Healthcare I. Major Facts A. Pacific Healthcare is the largest health care provider in Santa Barbara County. 1. Institution consists of 3 hospitals, two nursing homes and ten outpatient clinics. Institution has 1,500 beds to serve patients. B. Barney Rubble, corporate director of supply management, is responsible for purchasing supplies for all of Pacific Healthcare’s subsidiaries. 1. The previous head of radiology, Mr. Thurston Howell, had previously made all decisions regarding

Chain Management TLMT 313 B001 Sum 12 Michael Upshaw July 15, 2012 Pacific Healthcare I. Major Facts • Pacific Healthcare is the largest health care provider in Santa Barbara County. The institution consists of three hospitals: Pacific Memorial (415 beds), Pacific Cabrillo (250 beds), and Pacific Isla Vista (300 beds); also included are two nursing homes and ten outpatient clinics. All combined, Pacific Healthcare has

Like many politicians, Representative Huffman began his career with university, first, graduating magna cum laude from UC Santa Barbara in 1987, and later graduating cum laude from Boston College Law School in 1990 (Huffman). Unlike other politicians, before attending Boston College for law school, Huffman was a champion volleyball player, playing for the USA Men’s Volleyball Team which was ranked number one in the world in 1987 when he played (Capps). After graduation, Huffman began his career as

elite” (45). The biggest division of class happened during the Mexican and Spanish periods, Spanish and Mexican governments issued a total of twenty land grants of “415,959 acre of land and represented 38.6 percent of the total land area in the [Santa Barbara County]” to families such as “Juan Camarillo, Isabel Yorba, Jose Arnaz, Juan Sanchez, and the de la Guerra brothers” who will later become “‘gente de razons,’” the largest landholders (Almaguer 76-77). What this 1860s act did, was separate the Mexican

avocado trees were brought in from Mexico and planted in Santa Barbara by Judge R. B. Ord in 1871. These trees are generally considered to be the foundation of the avocado industry in California” (Arpaia, 1). California and Mexico would become two of the leading avocado producers in the world. Following their introduction to the United States, in 1895 Kinton Stevens planted the first avocado orchard containing 120 seedling trees in Santa Barbara County. A few years later, in 1908, the first commercial

Gun Control Introduction In the whole of the United States of America, severe debate on gun control has assumed two distinct and unique routes: the legal as well as criminological routes. Criminologists have posed questions regarding whether the several gun controls rules will minimize crime and other improper use of gun, or whether limiting gun control legislation will deny harmless victims of an effective way of self-defense. Legal researchers on gun control have researched on whether the freedom

Major Facts o Pacific Healthcare is the largest healthcare provide in Santa Barbara County o 3 hospitals makeup the Pacific Healthcare along with 2 nursing homes & ten outpatient clinics o There are over 1,500 beds combined o Barney Rubble director of supply management, is in charge of procuring supplies o Mr. Thurston Howell is director of radiology and has been in charge of supplier selection of X ray film for the past fifteen years. o Mr. Rubble believes that the current Kodak price was above

Many people don't realize abnormality of transitioning to a new school. Ever since first grade I attended a small private catholic school called St. Pats. I went to St. Pats with the same kids for eight years. After the eighth grade, the majority of my classmates decided to go to Mission for high school. I on the other hand decided to go to Arroyo Grande High School, because I wanted a more “normal” education. I knew it wasn't going to be easy starting over, but I was up for the challenge. Transitioning

California is sinking at a record breaking speed, a farmer in the Central Valley claims that his land was lowered more than 18 inches last year. This state has been lowering itself gradually each year, but overall, has sunken about 10 feet lower than 20 years ago. This issue has become so important because recently, some land is so low that it seems like the water level is rising. An example of this is how some bridges that used to keep cars out of the water below, are close to being overflowed.

the survival of man. Settlers fought over it, farmers depend on it, and communities rely on it. Fort Huachuca and Sierra Vista are no exception. Located in one of the driest states in the U.S., they rely on the San Pedro River watershed for water. Barbara Tellman and Diane Hadley’s (1999) book Crossing Boundaries, talks of travelers in the 1800s who were amazed to see cottonwood lined streams of the San Pedro after traveling for days in desert uplands (p.11). Fort Huachuca was established because of