Essays on Gracia

Impact of Oil Price to the Country and Citizens

Abstract The above study seeks to explain the impact of the decline in oil prices in Sultanate of Oman with a focus on the country and the people as well. The research will concentrate on achieving the set objectives, which will require analysis of how the same influence the economy, the citizens and other Non-Oman individuals. The study outlines that Oman is a country that is heavily reliant on oil production and calls for a need to diversify income revenues. However, before stabilizing the country’s economy, there is the need to manage the worrying prices through enacting of ...

Branding Strategy

The brand name for the company will be “Texas Vegetable Trans-Mobile Stand”. This name has been chosen to encompass the geographical area where the business will operate and the services it will provide. The business will operate within the Northern Texas and the surrounding regions which can easily be accessed. The services will be to provide door to door delivery of vegetable products; hence by using the brand “Texas Vegetable Trans-Mobile Stand”, the prospective customer will be able to predict the products provided by the company and the geographical area within which it will operate (Keller, Parameswaran, & Jacob, 2011). ...

Despite its wide usage, the term Latino has no precise definition, rather its meaning depends on the context of use. Understanding the meaning of the term is imperative as there are several terms often used as its synonyms. Terms such as Hispanic and Chicano are in some contexts used interchangeably with Latino, despite the fact that they all refer to different people with different cultures (Delgado, 12). The confusion of the terms is based on the emphasis on the shared origin or heritage, while at the same time ignoring other differences. In deed the term Hispanic was coined in ...

Latin America has the most diverse composition of people. The indigenous group of people in Latin America was the Euro-Metstizo (Gracia 564). However, the immigration of people in the region has led to a complex society. It comprises of people from almost all regions of the word. Currently, the largest groups of the inhabitants are people with European-ancestry (Schemelkes 90). African Americans and Native Americans also form a large proportion of its inhabitants. There are also several groups from different countries, which include Argentina, Brazil, Chile Venezuela and Paraguay. Owing to the diversity of the groups of this region, the region ...

Introduction

The physical perception that the youth would like to have has been influenced greatly by celebrities. The impact of celebrities in the youth has been seen to be on the increase. The influence they have on teenagers is significant. There is, therefore, need to have the celebrities to influence teenagers in a positive manner. This way, they will have a positive impact on the youth. This is something that has been seen to be wanting for teenagers. There are a lot of internet search regarding celebrities and their information are found to be readily available on the internet (Browne and Browne 39). ...

Hispanic Identity

The American community comprises of several minority groups that include the African Americans, Asian Americans and the Hispanics among others. They comprise of people from different places with different cultural orientations yet they have some unifying factors. One of the major challenges that these groups face is defining their Identity within the American context. This paper seeks to discuss the identity of the Hispanics and the concept of ethnicity as structured in Latin America. Latin America has the most diverse composition of people. The indigenous group of people in Latin America was the Euro-Metstizo (Gracia, 2011, p. 564). ...

Issues of poverty, discrimination and inequality in today's American schools

The number of poor children in America today is higher with a percentage that is three times more than white children are. Today, about thirty three million people in America are poor meaning that in a group of seven, one person is poor. About 40% of black children are born into poor families compared to only 8% of the white children and, there has been an increase since 2009. Two thirds of the children born to poor families have a high probability to remain in the same condition for the better part of their childhood life. The likelihood of poor children remaining ...

Introduction

Double jeopardy also referred to as non bis in idem is a rule that prohibits prosecution of an individual for a second time. The rule dictates that fugitives acquitted or convicted for same offenses should not be put under prosecution for the second time (Gracia, 15). However, it is important to note that different sovereigns hold differing stand points on prosecution of individuals for second time. As an example, United States of America and Jamaica are two countries that prohibit double jeopardy. Particularly, double jeopardy is prohibited by the 5th Amendment of the United States constitution (Rudstein, 11) . The Clause is ...

African American vs. Caucasians

Introduction

Physical punishment refers to any form of punishment that is inflicted on the body of an individual. It is quite different from the pecuniary punishments, which have nothing to do with the physical body of an individual. Most of the physical punishments occur in two major scenarios. These include the physical chastisement with respect to an offender. This is a punitive measure for one who has committed a crime. The other aspect is corporal punishment of children. This can be utilized as a disciplinary measure in schools as well as a method by parents of a child, in an effort to instill discipline ...