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On May 14,Chinese festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the Battle Hymn of the ______Mother, released in 2011. traditional Chinese calendar. 2 ______Journal is a daily Chinese language broadsheet newspaper Saturday Night Live. On May 10, he turned 41 she turned 50 6 The ______Canyon massacre was a massacre where thirty-four published in North America. It is the largest Chinese language Chinese goldminers were ambushed and murdered in May 1887. newspaper in the U.S. 10 The Chinese Exclusion Act was a United States federal law signed 3 ______Express is a fast food restaurant chain which serves 19 Actress and model who had her breakthrough role in by this U.S. president on May 6, 1882, prohibiting all immigration of American Chinese cuisine. It was founded in 1983 in Glendale, Chinese laborers. California. 12 The Go For ______Monument in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, 4 Carryout Chinese food is commonly served in a paper carton with a Transformers, for which she won a National Movie Award California, commemorates Japanese Americans who served in the wire bale, known as an ______pail. U.S. Army during World War II. It was dedicated on June 5, 1999. 5 In 2001, Elaine Chao was appointed by President George W. Bush as 13 Chinatown, located in ______, New York City, is home to the the Secretary of______. She was the first Asian American woman for Best Performance by a Female in 2007, she turned 33 highest concentration of Chinese people in the Western to serve in the Cabinet. WORD OF THE WEEK ACRONYMHemisphere. OF THE WEEK7 The ______Matsuri Japanese Street Festival is the largest 16 The month of May was chosen to commemorate the immigration of one-day celebration of Japanese culture in the U.S. and is the grand on May 16 the first Japanese to the United States on May 7, 1843, and to mark finale of the National Cherry Blossom Festival. the anniversary of the completion of the ______railroad on 8 Herbert Choy, who lived from 1916 to 2004, is the first Asian May 10, 1869. American to serve as a U. S. federal ______and the first person of 20 Grammy Award-winning Latin pop artist who became 19 This Singaporean American novelist wrote Crazy Rich Asians, Korean ancestry to be admitted to the bar in the U.S. released in 2013. 9 ______is a staple in Korean cuisine. It is a side dish of salted and 20 The ______Ribbon Campaign was launched by the Asian Liver fermented vegetables, such as napa cabbage and Korean radish, known for singing the #1 hit "Be with You" in 2000 and Center at Stanford University in May 2001 during Asian Pacific made with a widely varying selection of seasonings. American Heritage Month to help spread awareness internationally 10 Nora Lum, known by the stage name ______is an American rapper "Hero" in 2001, he turned 44 on May 8 about hepatitis B and liver cancer in Asian and Pacific Islander and actress. She was born in New York City to a Chinese-American communities. father, Wally, and a South Korean immigrant mother. In 2018, she 21 At age 10, Michelle Wie became the youngest player to qualify for a made her screen debut with Ocean s 8 and Crazy Rich Asians. 21 Programmer and businessman who co-foundedExponential LAD United States ______Association amateur championship. She is 11 This Chinese American actress, who lived from 1905 to 1961, was the the only child of immigrant parents from South Korea who came to first Chinese American actress to gain international recognition. the U.S. in the 1980s. 12 Miss Saigon is a musical based on Giacomo Puccini's opera Madame Facebook, a social networking website, atPronounced age 20 and 22 The Friendship Archway is a gate installed at Chinatown, ______. The musical is about a doomed romance involving an : ek-spoh-NEN-shuh l Laboratory of AllergicWashington, DiseasesD.C. It was erected to celebrate friendship with Asian woman abandoned by her American lover. Washington's sister city, ______. 14 Noriyuki Pat Morita, who lived 1932 to 2005, was an American actor took it public in 2012, he turned 35 on May 14 24 Currently, more than ______million people of Asian or Pacific and comedian known for his role as Matsuo Arnold Takahashi on the Islander descent live in the U.S. sitcom ______Days. A division of the National25 ______is Institute a Japanese of delicacy Allergy consisting of andvery fresh Infec raw - 15 Ichiro Suzuki, a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder, Part of Speech: Adjective fish or meat sliced into thin pieces and often eaten with soy sauce. began his career with the Seattle ______of Major League Baseball in the U.S. tious Diseases, within the National Institutes of Health, the 16 Journalist Connie Chung was born in Washington D.C. less than a year after family immigrated from China. On CNN, she hosted her own Definition: show titled, Connie Chung ______. 17 The ABC sitcom, Fresh Off the Boat is loosely inspired by the life of Laboratory of Allergic Diseases, LAD, conducts basic and chef and food personality and his book Fresh Off the Boat, depicting 1. Of or relating to an exponent or exponents; of or expressed by a mathematical exponent : ‘an the life of a Taiwanese American family in Florida in the 1990s. 18 Flower Drum Song was the eighth musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. It is based on the 1957 novel, The Flower exponential curve’ clinical research on immunologic diseases with an empha- Drum Song, by this Chinese American author. 23 This Asian American is the most decorated figure skater in U.S. 2. Rising or expanding at a steady and usually rapid rate; characterized by or being an extremely history. sis on disorders of immediate hypersensitivity, which include 25 Dim ______is a style of Chinese dumplings prepared as small bite-sized portions of food served in small steamer baskets or on a rapid increase (as in size or extent): a city experiencing exponential growth. small plate. the spectrum of classic allergic diseases. LAD is composed of an interactive group of researchers, research nurses, tech- Use: nicians, and administrative staff, who work in contemporary laboratories adjacent to Futurologists have noted an exponential acceleration in the pace of technological change. With exponential increases in information, we can’t possibly provide students with all they need NIAID clinical facilities. Scientific personnel are engaged in basic and translational to know. research aimed at understanding the genetics and pathology underlying the immune They thought the system would produce a kind of rapid exponential growth that would be truly dysfunction associated with allergic inflammation. beneficial. By YVONNE JOHNSON, APG News By YVONNE JOHNSON, APG News Source(s): https://www.niaid.nih.gov/research/lab-allergic-diseases Source(s): https://www.dictionary.com/browse/exponential?s=t; https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exponential; https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/exponential; https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/sentences-with-the-word/exponential.html.
project manager, PM Ground Combat Tactical COMPTON Trainers in Afghanistan for Operation Endur- ing Freedom. Compton was familiar with the command Continued from Page B1 before he became the RDECOM chief of staff in 2016. He previously served as director of headquarters, May 9. military operations and acting director of the “One of the things that stands out about RDECOM Simulation and Training Technol- Ray is his dedication. If it weren’t for his ogy Center in Orlando, Florida; as military knowledge and determination, our transition deputy of the RDECOM Edgewood Chem- into the AFC would not have been as flawless ical Biological Center at APG South (Edge- as it was,” Wins said. wood); and as the RDECOM G3 at APG Compton began his military career in 1989 North (Aberdeen). as a Distinguished Military Science graduate from Christopher Newport University. Compton was presented with numerous “The Army has allowed me to travel to acknowledgements, including a flag that was many countries, on many adventures world- flown over CCDC headquarters, a certificate wide, watch nations repair themselves and of appreciation signed by President Donald J. thrive and help others near and far,” Comp- Trump and certificates from numerous state ton said. service representatives and delegates. He also During Compton’s military career he received recognition from the seven CCDC Photo by Conrad Johnson, CCDC deployed on numerous Army missions serv- research and development centers, as well as CCDC Commander Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins, left, presents Col. Raymond “Ray” ing in various roles. They included a platoon the CCDC Army Research Laboratory. Compton with a portfolio of certificates of appreciation from state service rep- leader with the 505th Signal Company in Sau- “He answered every call. He volunteered resentatives and delegates, as well as one signed by President Donald J. Trump di Arabia during Operations Desert Shield/ for every mission,” Wins said of Compton. during Compton’s retirement and retreat ceremony, May 9, 2019. Storm; as an S3 Systems Engineering Offi- “He took on any job no matter how many cer with the 11th Signal Brigade in Somalia he already had. He was indispensable to me, in 1995 to recognize individuals who contrib- holiday gift wrapping; the APG SHARP Sum- for Operations Restore and Continue Hope; and while others will serve ably in that posi- ute significantly to Army Military Intelligence. mit; and the annual Signal Corps Regimental as an operations officer in Africa supporting tion, Ray demonstrated that he was clearly During the ceremony, Compton’s wife, Association golf events. Operation Support Hope and then to Bosnia irreplaceable.” Elke, received a Public Service Commenda- “How many people can say that they end- for Operation Joint Endeavor; as command- Compton’s military awards and decorations tion Medal for her work in the APG communi- ed their career not only in the largest two-star er of the 181st Signal Company, 43rd Signal include the Orders of Saint Barbara and Saint ty. She participated in events such as Wreaths command but also be a part of the largest Battalion in Bosnia in support of Operation Maurice; the Bronze Order of Mercury and Across America; the APG Tours of Homes; transformation and become part of the Army Joint Endeavor/Guard; and as the assistant the Knowlton Award, which was established Operation Helping Hands; Tell Me a Story; Futures Command?” Compton said.