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Painting
Painting is an activity never driven by time. It's synchronous because a painting never has a set time it will take to be done, rather it is done whenever it is finished. Paintings can take hours, or years, to finish. Painters can also stop working whenever they wish to, and continue whenever they wish to, clearly portraying an intertwining of the past, present, and future in the creative process of painting.

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Monopoly
Monopoly is a game driven by the goal. It's played until there is a winner, and the game does not stop until there is one. Monopoly is never started at a certain time, nor does it ever end at a certain time. It's more of an impulsive form of entertainment that is not scheduled to rigid time constrictions. It can also be stopped and resumed later, reflective of the intertwined nature of present, past and future of synchronic time.

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TV
TV schedules are sequential in the same way that class schedules are. Like passing periods, TV shows have an allotted time for commercials until they continue with the show, which must end exactly at a certain time for the next show to begin. The next show must also end exactly at a certain time, and so on. TV schedules are also made so that viewers can tune in exactly when they need to - no sooner or later. These schedules are rigid and must adhere to the guide - they cannot be changed.

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CLASS SCHEDULES
Class registration at UT is a stressful time  because of the sequential emphasis on scheduling in sequential culture. Classes must be registered in an exact manner where none overlap, and for this reason, every class  ends exactly 10 minutes early every time only for students to make their next class on time.  Students to wake up the next day and repeat, every day of the week for the whole school year.

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The college process:
The college process is very achievement and ability-focused. It has nothing to do with luck - it has everything to do with how good your resume is, how well-written and eloquent your essays are, how good your grades are - how hard you've worked. The competition may be cutthroat but getting into the college of your choice is under your control.

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Christianity exemplifies inner directed culture in that unlike other religions, Christians believe in free-will. Although God wants you to make the right decisions, he gives everyone the ability to turn away from Him. Christians take it upon themselves to follow in the footsteps of Jesus, because He cannot force them to.

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The lottery is an example of outer directed culture because the people with lottery tickets have absolutely no control over the outcome. The winner of the lottery wins off of luck, and nothing else. Purchasing lottery tickets is not as popular a practice in the US as in other cultures most likely because Americans lean towards the inner directed perspective, and tend not to depend on destiny/luck.

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Oedipus Rex: Sophocle's Oedipus Rex is an ancient greek myth about a Theban king named Oedipus. Basically he was destined to kill his father and sleep with his mother, and his parents did everything so that this wouldn't happen - but it happened and nobody realizes until the end of the play when several prophets reveal the truth. This story is an example of a culture that believed in inescapable destiny; impossible for an individual to manipulate.

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The on-campus Housing Application process at UT is an example of ascribe culture in the university setting. The nicer dorms are mostly reserved for those whose preferences "matter " more, aka upperclassmen and athletes. Even though these individuals never necessarily "earned" their status, their preferences are still given more weight/value than those of a typical incoming freshmen.

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Carnegie was born to a poor family in Scotland that later immigrated to the United States. With hard work, Carnegie slowly rose to become one of the most powerful businessman in the country. As a leading force in the American steel industry at the time, Carnegie is an embodiment of the typical rags to riches story.

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Ironically enough, Carnegie believed that it was the duty of the wealthy to give back to society. Even though Carnegie was a product of an achieve culture, he lived values more inclined to the ascribe culture. Throughout his life as a wealthy individual, Carnegie gave away much of his wealth to education and peace.

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Jobs was born in San Francisco and adopted at birth. He was never a good student, and only briefly attended college before dropping out. Jobs travelled through India and experimented with illegal drugs before co-founding Apple in 1976 with Wozniak. Steve Jobs, Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne formed the first Apple computer in Job's garage - today Apple is considered to be one of the most advanced household technology available.

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This Great Value advertisement gets straight to the point, and therefore represents specific culture. The graphic explicitly compares the Oscar Meyer brand to itself, without beating about the bush - the audience knows exactly what the message is and exactly what it means at first glance.

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The distinct use of cubicles and meeting rooms in our culture represents our priorities. We tend to focus on or own objectives before relationships with others. The use of cubicles makes collaborating difficult - collaborative meetings are only held in meeting rooms, whereas personal work is done in personal space, whether it be a cubicle or an office.

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This pictures shows colleagues eating together, not in the work setting. This is a practice common in diffuse cultures, since it is an example of personal life and professional life combined. In many latin American countries, and other countries with diffuse cultures, employers and employees take time to get to know each other on a personal level that specific cultures do not emphasize as much.

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Sunday's Best Attire
Diffuse cultures tend to put high importance on formality. This image portrays the importance of maintaining formality in certain instances, such as going to Church. In America we know this concept to be wearing your "Sunday's Best."

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Judas Iscariot from the Bible is another example of individualism. While the other 11 disciples continued to follow under the lead of Jesus, Judas decided to go his separate way. Even though betraying Jesus may not have been the right thing, the decision to betray him exemplifies individualism, as he made his own decision in what he thought was in his best interest.

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Jonestown, an American religious organization, was formed by Jim Jones in Guyana.  On November 18, 1978, 918 people died in a mass suicide-murder under the direction of their leader Jim Jones. This is the epitome of communitarianism - the community of Jonestown stuck together to the death. Nobody questioned the direction of Jones - they all followed as a community.

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Nazi Germany is an example of a communitarian situation. In the Nazi Regime, nobody could be outspoken about their beliefs, and nobody could resist without being punished. Because those who were different from Hitler's ideal were ostracized and eventually put into concentration camps, Nazi Germany is the complete opposite of individualism.

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The culture and social structure in USA is essentially built upon the individualist concept of the "American  Dream," which is the "ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative." The American Dream basically says that success/social class in this country depends only on the individual's work ethic.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal

The Watergate Scandal is an evident example of universalist culture in the US. Nixon, as president, is still subject to follow all the laws that ordinary citizens must also follow. He resigned from the presidency because would've had to face prosecution, even though he was the most powerful individual in the US at the time.

http://www.insightcrime.org/news-briefs/survey-highlights-latin-america-police-corruption
This article highlights the issue of police accepting bribes in Latin America. This issue emphasizes particularist culture in Latin America - the rules don't always apply, especially if you can pay your way out. In a universalist culture, nobody can escape the law, however this is not the case in a large portion of Latin America.

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is a federal agency that administers and enforces civil rights laws against discrimination in the workplace. The EEOC investigates discrimination complaints based on an individual's race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, disability, gender identity, genetic information, and retaliation for reporting, participating in, and/or opposing a discriminatory practice. This portrays the universalist culture in the US. Everyone is equal and is capable of preforming the same job, whereas other cultures have more of a particularist standpoint towards employment. For example, more particularist countries still stick by the traditional gender roles that do not allow women to work outside the household, because culturally it is more effective that women remain in domestic work.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/21/us/oklahoma-city-officer-daniel-holtzclaw-rape-sentencing/
This article is about a cop sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of rape. Because the US culture and government has such a strong presence of universalism, his occupation as a cop does not mean anything in the eyes of the law. He is still convicted as any other citizen would be, regardless of his status as a "law enforcer."