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When a person walks into a restaurant, the food he or she will be eating has most likely not been prepared yet.  Once the person orders, a chef starts to prepare the customer's meal.  This process ensures fresh meals and is a “Just in Time” process.

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This movie starring Tom Cruise is a good example of synchronous because Tom is stuck in the same day of being a soldier invading an alien occupied beach until he sharpens his skills and is eventually able to figure out how to survive and eventually save the human race.

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Edge of Tomorrow - Official Main Trailer [HD]

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The bus comes every 15 min to bus stops on campus during the day. This steady rate and time interval is constant and if a bus does not meet the time interval then many people become late.

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I just took this exam yesterday and it was a perfect example. This programming test was 75 min long. The test has an auto grader so we knew our score on the exam as we worked on it. To study for this exam, I took practice tests and recorded the amounts of points I had earned at different time intervals. The professors gave us point goals for different times to meet to make sure we were prepared.

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For me, it seems crazy to have a limitation on the number of children a family can legally have. I know several families that have 4 children in them. The people had to adjust the extreme population density some how. Something that seems so foreign to me is just a reality there. The people as a whole adapt to their surroundings. They are running out of room, so the Chinese adjusted to the situation and to the physical world.

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Baseball has many superstitions.  This is most likely because it is a game that players get hot and cold in almost all the time.  To be considered successful, one only has to get a hit 3 out of 10 tries.  Baseball is a difficult sport to play.   Since scoring is at a premium, players often try everything they can to get an edge.  A few examples are: not talking to a pitcher when he is throwing a no hitter, rally hats when down, and not stepping on the foul lines.
There are many more I did not mention that most players just naturally take part in.

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Premed students are very calculated. They normally plan ahead and are very dedicated. This is because the average GPA of those accepted to med schools is around a 3.8. Also, most volunteer at some hosptial or some similar set up where they gain valuable hours to put on their resumes. Basically, these students plan ahead to ensure they make the grades and have the resume to get into a med school. (My brother is a premed and he is the most calculated and planned person I know).

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Lavar Ball has three sons.  Lonzo, Lamelo, and Liangalo.  Lonzo, the oldest, is a freshman at UCLA and was arguably the best point guard in college basketball.  However, his dad has gained lots of media attention for calling out many past and present basketball stars. In doing so, he has been on many TV shows where he states that his three sons will be the greatest to play the game because of the training he has done with them. He basically says they are good because of a path he created. So the accomplishment was earned.

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LaVar Ball, Stephen A. Smith Have Intense Shouting Match | First Take | March 23, 2017

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LaVar Ball joins First Take and goes back and forth with Stephen A. Smith in a heated debate regarding his views on beating Michael Jordan in a game of 1-on-1, comparing Lonzo Ball to Steph Curry, and saying Lonzo would have a bigger impact on the Lakers than Magic Johnson.

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The founding of Apple is one of the biggest success stories in pursuing "the American dream."  Steve Jobs started his company and built his first computer in his garage.  He had to build the company up from his first deal.  Then, Apple kept innovating, many of the ideas stemmed from Jobs.  He achieved his legacy as he built Apple from the ground up.

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Michael Phelps is the most decorated olympic athlete of all time.  Through several olympics spread out he continued to  win gold medals. He first qualified for the olympics in 2000 when he was only 15 years old. Phelps was able to keep qualifying through year 2016. In this timespan, Phelps racked up 27 gold medals. He worked hard to stay in shape and keep improving his times even as he was aging. He truly earned his success.

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Land combined with other possessions can combines to equate to a person's estate. Some people are born into families that have more or less money than others. The child is simply ascribed the wealth his or her family possesses.

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At the age of 12, competitive sports start to become more serious. However, how many 12 year old athletes do you know?  Probably none.  Unless you watch TMZ, read the USA Today, or look at many other sources.  Famous basketball star Lebron James has a 12 year old son named Lebron Jr that makes headlines on big sites.  He is also very talented but his predetermined and expected success is ascribed to him because of his father's legacy.

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The professional athlete in modern times is extremely focused on a certain skill set. Some experts say multi-sport athletes are more successful while others disagree.  The most accepted thought now is that playing multiple sports in high school is beneficial.  In recent years, more and more pros have only played one sport their whole life and have received training since youth.  There are not any athletes like Bo Jackson (played two professional sports) anymore.  Playing multiple sports in high school is rare enough, not to mention at higher levels.

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The pilgrims mistreated and abused the Native Americans.  This was largely because of the want of land. However, the Europeans did not understand the Native American cultures either. Instead of trying to learn and understand the different culture, the Europeans forced Christianity on Native Americans. They rejected any other form of religion. This made the pilgrims a good example of a diffuse extreme.

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The native peoples in the movie Avatar lived in a diffuse manner. The roles in society were defined but often overlapped. Many aspects of the culture were based on logic and emotion. The community was very tight. However, they could not communicate with humans and were rejecting to the foreign culture. Their ideas of life and connectedness with the tree of life was abstract and impossible to disprove.

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The old spice commercials present one certain portrayal of men. The ads show men who smell good and do "manly" things. However, the commercials only portray American gender roles of men. This makes the products only seem to appeal to guys just like the ones in the commercials. The gender role of a guy are very much defined in any of the commercials. This makes the company look very closed minded and not friendly to all customers.

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If you're going to break the world cool limit, you need two things: Old Spice Dirt Destroyer and the kind of disposable income that allows you to befriend a whale and treat him to expensive, nonrefundable luxury items. No regrets! Maybe some regrets. Wow, lots of regrets. Where does regular end...

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Lady Gaga started the performance on top of the stadium in the air.  All of the attention was on her.  She sang several songs and did very well.  Her performance represents individualism very well because millions of people across the United States and the world were watching her.  Her sparkly clothing also drew a lot of attention to herself.

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Lady Gaga's FULL Pepsi Zero Sugar Super Bowl LI Halftime Show | NFL

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Schools send students to compete against other students in all different academic fields.  Three to four students compete in each event.  Placing in an event earns points for the school as a team.  So the students long hours of studying is all for the common good of the team.  Competing gives the students exposer to competition and to more knowledge.

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"The Eye's of Texas" on a football game day 

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"The Eye's of Texas" on a football game day 

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Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium is at full capacity most home games.  Thousands of fans in burnt orange and white are there cheering on the longhorns.  Before and after the game, "The Eye's of Texas" is played by the band.  All of the longhorn fans put their horns up and sing a long.

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In baseball, most defensive plays are made by one or two of the nine players on a team. However, offense or batting, is completely individual. Either the player can hit the ball, gets walked, or gets out. In this example, Jose Bautista hit a go ahead home run in a playoff game. Although the hit helped his team, his celebration was very self centered.

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Jose Bautista hammers go-ahead three-run shot in ALDS Game 5, delivers epic bat flip

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Example 4- Car registration in America (Universalism)

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Example 4- Car registration in America (Universalism)

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In the United States, every vehicle must be registered to a state. At every routine car stop, police officers check registration dates and strictly enforce them. Differently, in other parts of the world, the law is not even present. For instance, in India no one has registration. However, because getting your car registered is a law, Americans comply regardless of the cost. One could potentially let the registration expire and take the risk of getting caught. People in the lower class are more likely to take the risk of not keeping the sticker up to date. Most of society always has their registration sticker up to date whether someone is checking it or not. This is another example of how Americans are more likely to comply to random expenditures from the government that are presented as laws.

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Example 3- Markets in Mexico (Particularism)

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Example 3- Markets in Mexico (Particularism)

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One of my favorite experiences in Mexico has to be going to the market. The bartering and negotiating prices is completely foreign to American culture. The items for sale are normally unique. For example, no two pair of boots at a stand are the exact same. In addition, prices fluctuate all the time. The locals can easily pick out tourist in a crowd. Knowing the tourist most likely do not know the appropriate prices for goods, the salesmen will often try to overcharge them. However, if business is slow or they need to sell a certain amount of items, the salesmen will often lower the original price on the spot and give the customer a "good deal". This a great example of particularism because prices are not rigid guidelines; instead, they act as a starting point for bargaining.

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Example 2- Road Signs in America (Universalism)

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Example 2- Road Signs in America (Universalism)

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If anyone has ever driven around West campus then they have experienced driving down a street with four way stops on every block. I personally have driven down say 21st street late at night and stopped at every intersection. Not because other cars or pedestrians were at the intersections but to ensure not getting pulled over by the police. In America, more times than not a police officer will give a ticket regardless of the situation if a law is broken. So if a person ran a stop sign at 3 AM and got pulled over by a cop, odds are that person will get a ticket. This shows how universalism shapes Americans to follow rules almost blindly.

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The menu at Subway in India really caught my attention. It is a great example of particularism. Most, if not all, of the options are vegan. This caters to the Indian culture since the majority of people there are vegetarian. I was also intrigued by one of the options: Mexican Bean Patty.  Subway took a vegan food from another culture and made it into a sand-which to increase the vegan options.  The amount of regional options in India shows subway values their culture and makes the company a great example of particularism.

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Portfolio 2- Universalism vs Particularism 

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Portfolio 2- Universalism vs Particularism 

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Hi, my name is Zachary Miller and I am a freshman electrical engineering major.  I was born in Clovis, New Mexico on Cannon Air Force base.  My two brothers Jake and Corey were also born on base. Then, we moved back to Granger, Texas in 1999.  Granger is a small farming community about 45 miles northeast from campus.

I am a part of the third generation to attend UT in my family. Both of my brothers currently attend UT.  I love sports. I played football, basketball, baseball, and ran track in high school.  Along with being an avid follower of the Dallas Cowboys, San Antonio Spurs, Houston Astros, and many Longhorn sports teams,  I also enjoy theatre. I loved the play Fences before it became a movie. In addition, I enjoy traveling.  My family went to Hawaii last summer and it was my favorite trip so far.

I have a passion for engineering. I was a part of a rocketry team in high school. The rocket ended up ascending about a mile into the air. While programming the altimeter in the rocket, I decided electrical engineering was the right field for me.  I plan to become more of a traditional electrical engineer and work with the power grid.