Conjunctive adverbs are the adverb that connects two clauses.They show cause and effect, sequence, contrast, comparison, or other relationships.

Punctuating Rules of Conjunctive Adverbs

1. Conjunctive adverbs can be used after semicolon or period.

• She knew she was going to die; however, she married her long-time friend.

• The government has taken measures to stop the economic crisis. Additionally, the private sector has promised to coordinate with the government.

2. If a conjunctive adverb is one-syllable, it does not require a comma after it. But if it has two syllables or more, it should be followed by a comma.

3. If conjunctive adverbs are brought at the end of a sentence, they need a comma before them (some conjunctive adverbs do not require comma when they come at the end, like again).

• The pharmaceutical company was responsible for the virus; its managers were not prosecuted, however.

4. If they are used in the middle of a sentence, they should be enclosed in two commas.

• Knowing the literature of a language preserves the language. Teaching its literature, consequently, saves it from extinction.

accordingly
additionally
anyway
again
as a result
besides
certainly
comparatively
consequently
contrarily
conversely
finally
further
furthermore
elsewhere
equally
hence
henceforth
however
just as
identically
in addition
in comparison
in contrast
in fact
incidentally
indeed
instead
likewise
meanwhile
moreover
namely
nevertheless
next
nonetheless
notably
now
otherwise
rather
similarly
so (with the meaning of therefore)
subsequently
still
that is
then
thereafter
therefore
thus
undoubtedly
uniquely
yet

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You’re stupid. You’ve admitted it, and now you’re seeking help. I want to congratulate you! That’s the first step towards making your stupid life better.
First thing’s first though; you are stupid and will be forever. This book will not change that. This book will however, mask your stupidity from the rest of the world and may lead to promotions, dating, new job opportunities, more friends, and definitely more confidence!
It’s not easy to fool people when you’re stupid. Especially people who aren’t stupid. Let’s call this type of people “Smart” people, shall we? Smart people are very quick to pick up on the fact that you’re stupid. You’ve got to be perfect from the beginning around them, or else they will see you as a sheep in wolf’s clothing. That’s an example of a “smart” idea: a truncated and intentionally-reversed extended metaphor using the structure of a simile. You scoffed at things like this in school, but metaphors, similes, and other clever literary devices are a fundamental part of smart people conversation. Similes and metaphors are discussed in detail later in this book, so we won’t worry about them now.
Instead, what we’ll focus on now is the face you made after reading that sentence about the wolf and the sheep. You scrunched your nose tightly and rolled your eyes around in the hopes that your brain would explain why I was talking about animals. If you are smarter, but still stupid, you waited to make the face until I started talking about all that simile and metaphor stuff. This frowny-eye-rolling is a common face that stupid people make when presented with something that bores them or something they don’t understand. This book is about fixing stupid habits just like that face!
Most of the stupid habits you have are based on your stupid instincts. Right now, I want you to close your mouth, and breathe through your nose. TRUST ME, you won’t suffocate! Go ahead and try it. You see? Now you know you can trust me.
It’s not necessary to understand WHY I want you to do the things I want you to do. The important thing is that you DO them and practice them, over and over, for the rest of your life. Most of these things will be difficult. Breathing through your nose alone will take years for you to master. You currently breathe through your mouth because the “instinct” part of your brain is looking out for your survival. This is because the cognitive or “thinking” part of your brain isn’t capable of making good decisions. Stupid people like yourself are prone to doing things directly opposed to your own survival. For instance, I’m sure you’ve found yourself at one time or another in a single-person competition for stuffing the most miniature marshmallows into your nose to see how many will fit. Since this is literally smothering yourself for no reason, your brain makes you breathe out of your mouth, since it figures you’ll live longer that way.
Don’t worry! You will still be able to indulge all of your fun, stupid impulses. I’ll simply teach you how to save them for “private time”, or “stupid friend hang-out time.” when you’re around other people as stupid, or more stupid, than you are. This book is full of helpful, good habits like “stupid friend hang-out time”. However, every habit will take practice to master, so I want you to make a promise with me.
Go ahead and read this out loud: “I promise that I will follow the instructions in this book. I promise that I will practice every day, and that I won’t give up, no matter how frustrating it is for my stupid brain. Sincerely, me!”
There. You’ve just made a promise to both you and I. You said it out loud, so you have to stick to it. It’s too late to turn back now, which is wonderful, because you’re going to have a great new life! (if you think you and I are the same person, or opposite people from when this introduction began, you’re still reading out loud. Please stop reading out loud.)
To create a sense of familiarity, which will subconsciously compel you to finish the rest of the chapters through recognition, despite your short attention span, Just for fun, I’ll give you a brief overview of the topics we will cover in-depth during the rest of this guide.
The first half of this book is all about breaking down and hiding the stupid things you do:
Chapter 1 is what you’re reading right now.
In chapter 2, I will tell you tricks to keep your stupid life separate from your new smart life. This will be an ongoing process. You will learn to enjoy top 40 music and Michael Bay movies secretly while alone or with a few select stupid friends, instead of loudly and in front of everyone.
In chapter 3, I’ll teach you how to shut your mouth before it says the stupid thing you just thought. You’ll learn to use silence with making faces to pretend that you’re deep in thought.
The second half of this book is all about the tricks you can use to pretend you’re smart:
In chapter 4, we’ll reread the first half of the book, because you’ll have skipped ahead, thinking you didn’t need to learn those techniques and “do homework from a stupid book”.
In chapter 5, you get a makeover! As fun as it seems, this will actually be one of the hardest sections of the book, and one of the most important. You will learn to dress in a “nerd costume” for the rest of your life. Calm down! Stop wrinkling your face, stop chewing your lip, quit punching whatever you’re punching, and listen up. You know deep down that “nerds” are the very smartest of smart people. The benefit of looking like a nerd is that smart people will assume you are socially awkward instead of stupid and will therefore more readily ignore whenever you slip up and do stupid things.
In chapter 6, I’ll discuss using props to appear smart. We will discuss scavenging techniques for smart props, including making habits for success. You’ll learn how to search local coffee shops every morning for partially-completed crossword puzzles to spend the rest of the day pretending to fill out. Tips like this will give silent proof of your “smarts” when people might otherwise see through your smart costume.
In chapter 7, I’ll help you get into the habit of saying smart things and inventing opinions. It DOESN’T MATTER what your opinions are. The only important thing is to NEVER CHANGE YOUR MIND about your opinions. You’ll learn to be condescending about other people’s opinions. I’ll even teach you phrases to use if you get into hot water with someone such as “I suppose we’ll just have to agree to disagree!” You’ll also learn to memorize a single generic quote to use at parties and whenever you want to impress someone of the opposite sex.
The third half of this book is all about using your newfound techniques to SECURE your future:
In chapter 8, I’ll give you a lie detector test to be sure you’ve read every chapter thoroughly. If not, i’ll remind you that you made a promise to me, and make you go back and read what you skipped.
In chapter 9, I’ll teach you about material investments. It’s important to invest in “things” and “stuff” that will make you appear smart for the rest of your life: a modestly large house, a slightly above-average car, and many more material things. Your stupid thinking is right in assuming the more things you own, the better; but you have to own the RIGHT KINDS of things! Filling your house with the right long-term props is very important. You’ll learn about chess and backgammon boards. You’ll check prices on pianos and expensive-looking (but not extravagant!) artwork.
In chapter 10, you’ll hire an accountant and do EXACTLY what they tell you do with your money. I’ll tell you briefly what a saving account is and why it’s better not to run out and spend every paycheck immediately on liquor and clubbing. Even though you won’t understand right away why this is bad; when you see how savings and investments lead to MORE liquor, you’ll be happy you listened.
In chapter 11, you’ll invent a new category of people you can look down on for the rest of your life, like “Liberal Elites” or “Right Wing Fascists”. This is a prime time to hire a writer to write a book with your name on it! Tell everyone you wrote the book. This is key.
In our last chapter, chapter 12, you’ll make the most important investment in your future; tricking a beautiful INTELLIGENT person into loving and marrying you. This will be the most difficult thing you will EVER do and it will take all the resources you’ve built and all the techniques you’ve learned. You will master keeping your stupid life and your smart life separate by passing off your stupidity once and for all as something else. We will discuss faking Asperger’s Syndrome, Social Anxiety Disorder, and the like.
By the end of this book, you will be a new person; a person you’ve invented. You will be successful beyond belief, and you’ll have someone who loves you for the rest of your life.
Does this sound too good to be true? Well guess what? I’M A STUPID JUST LIKE YOU! Or at least, I used to be. But following my own system, I’ve made a wonderful, explosive new life as a SMART! I’m CEO of my own Fortune 500 company, I have a syndicated talk radio show, I’m married to a supermodel, I live in a mansion in Beverly Hills, and I have three somewhat intelligent children. I’m sure you don’t believe me, but it’s true. All the “smart” phrases I’ve used in this book were painfully constructed over several years using a dictionary, a smart writer friend, and the help of my brilliant wife. My system worked for me! IT WILL WORK FOR YOU!!!

Den här vill jag se, för Ellen Page är så cool

Den här vill jag se, för den verkar göra ont

Och den här, för Zoey är vackrast i världen

“Make no little plans, they have no magic to stir your blood… MAKE BIG PLANS. Aim high in hope and work.” So wrote Daniel H. Burnham in the last century.

When making a post-graduation plan, I remind myself to be proactive, to think big and to always ask “what I want to be ten years from now?”

Looking back, my motivation coming to Geneva was to work for an International Organization and ultimately make some social changes in China. But after some exposure to the organizations in this tiny town (compared with Shanghai), I was somehow disillusioned – life can be really easy working in a bureaucracy – but maybe too easy? Success is measured in various ways, financial stability of course, but another matter might be the feeling of “being useful”.  A friend working in a big commerce organization here is trying to persuade me to go back to China for a career, she talked about her experience working as a legal officer in the organization but essentially doing all the administrative work.  “At first you really feel proud of the glamorous name, but after a few years the routine work takes all your aspirations. I feel like living in a golden birdcage.”

I don’t mean to make this thread a lengthy complaint about my disillusions.  Instead, the shift in my career aspiration is a good chance to rethink what I want to do for the future.  It is easier to look back than to look forward – future involves enormous uncertainties, and one doesn’t really know to where life gonna lead us (when will you meet your Mr. Right?).  However success always come from a clear vision, persistence and optimism in difficulties.  Looking ahead helps us to make good decisions and lead us live beyond the ordinary life.

It is time to think about my future plan.  Where I want to end up with?  What brings me happiness?  What location, which sector, in what capacity?  Living in Europe is nice – shorter working hours, cultural diversity, more time for family, etc; on the other hand, the sense of self-recognition and career achievement is only to be found in Asia.  I have been always believed in the business power – the importance of result-driven in planning and implementation, but I know the area I want to work with is more than making sales records for shampoos.  Social enterprise is a chic word, but it seems that using business method to do good is a good start for me.  The next questions is: what social enterprises, in what field, from policy level or from start-up?  These questions are burning me a lot these days.  Perhaps the best wisdom is gained through trying.

When I look the pages over, I see I knew a lot.  I have read a thousand books.  The wisest men have chimed in on what ache ailed me most.  And I have said to them, So.  So.  The last word was mine.  Isn’t that what all fools want?  No.  What I wanted was to want the life I have.  Isn’t that a character of wisdom?  Isn’t that the one thing every saint must come to understand?  Or else who would give up the world to follow such a fool, whose life resembles loss so well?  I think I might have been a better man.  Once, I thought I was.  But now…   I look for gratitude.  The stars are shining here, even if elsewhere they have died.  That has to be something, I think.  I know.  Or else, it would be otherwise.  They have come for me to see.  For me to see and say, Hello.  I climbed the roof yesterday.  I went looking for another word.  I deserve a life but who am I to say which one?

Five of the 23 people who have died of swine flu in Vietnam were healthy people, making 22% of the cases, a doctor and senior official has said.

Dr. Luong Ngoc Khue, deputy head of the Department of Medical Examination Treatment Administration, said at a meeting of the National Steering Committee on Human Influenza Prevention on October 14 that 14 of the others had chronic diseases.

The epidemic continues to spread in Vietnam, with 76 new cases reported on October 14, taking the total number to 10,124.

Of those, more than 9,400 people have been cured and discharged from hospital.

But an official of the Department of Medical Examination Treatment Administrationsaid the virulence of the H1N1 virus causing the current epidemic is not very high.

On the same day, Deputy Director of the Department of Health of the central province of Quang Tri Tran Kim Phung announced 250 cases of A/H1N1 from October 6-14. The province daily sees 20-30 people infected with swine flu, especially 50 positive cases a day at a peak. The patients are mainly students.

Elsewhere, Dr. Vo Van Thang, deputy headmaster of An Giang University, said 60 Culture and Art students suspected to have swine flu were isolated 10 days ago after one of them tested positive.
Out of them, 44 were discharged from hospital on October 14 while the rest continue to receive treatment.

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I have recently been made aware of the fact that my cell phone, a Blackberry Pearl, is actively trying to eliminate me.

I am deeply betrayed.

It was a difficult thing for me to learn to trust cellular phones. This is especially true given my aversion to all things technological yet not created through divine miracles (or scientific miracles such as crazy-bacteria-asteroid-collision miracles.)

Here I stand, however,  informed of my phones malicious intent.

Anyone who has a Blackberry Pearl might be familiar with its curious glitch of shutting itself off mid-conversation from time to time. In my case, a shut-off usually happens around the “I think I might be” part of the conversation. Twenty minutes later, when the phone has finished re-booting, I find out that the sentence concluded with “making fish for dinner.”

I appreciate shtick, so I assumed this was my phone’s attempt to make friends with me.

Not true, apparently.

You see, my phone has developed a newer, more curious habit. Specifically, it has become fond of dialing 911 in addition to its typical methods of hanging up mid-call and dialing friends independent of input.

I suspect that this will culminate in one of 4 possibilities:

1. My phone will dial 911 enough times that I will be fined as a public nuisance, suspected in some serial killer case or ignored by the police at a time of great need.

2. My phone will call friends or loved ones at the exact moment that I say something ironic yet horrible about them.

3. When I do finally call 911 for legitimate reasons, my phone will hang up on them mid-call. I will die in the 20 minute boot period.

4. My phone will turn out to be possessed by the serial killer mentioned in 1, known for calling the police moments before killing his victims. My phone would then use me as a scapegoat while it continued its murderous spree made possible by poorly explained voodoo magic. The phone would eventually be killed in a cell phone factory, but would continue to terrorize people for several subsequent, and increasingly terrible, sequels.

vet jag inte vad jag ska göra.

Nu sitter jag och dricker kaffe, slösurfar på Newsmill och jag hatar att slösurfa. Jag vill ha meningsfulla intressanta saker att surfa till men jag är sämst i världen på att hitta dem. Anneli tipsade mig om en rolig blogg och den är härlig. Den har jag läst. Sen hittade jag en till. Den var smart och bra. Men sen tar det slut för idag. Ge mig tips. GE MIG!

Jag ska rulla in mot stan strax, sätta på mig förklädet och den heta lilla mössan och jobba. Fredagar brukar vara roliga på jobbet, kunderna är glada och alla vill handla jättemycket. We like. Men jag vill ha ett nytt jobb. Ska jag fortsätta i butik vill jag fan ha ett jobb där kunderna är glada alla dagar, inte bara (max) en dag i veckan. Typ ett konditori. Ingen är väl sur och går och köper en tårta?

Idag har varit en jävligt jobbig dag. Fuck all. Jag har varit ett monster idag, jag har hulkat lungorna ur mig och velat gå genom jorden. Jag är fortfarande svullen under ögonen. Hormoner, röksug, höstdepp. Who fucking knows. Det fanns liksom ingen hejd på det. När Fredrik kom hem fick han hålla mig. Sen fick han inte hålla mig. Sen blev jag ledsen för att han inte höll om mig. Förlåt älskling. Men när du lagar köttfärssås med oliver i blir allting bra igen, jag lugnar ner mig och försöker att inte tänka på att jag gråtit iväg en halv dag.

Annars är Josh Wellers “Push” en nice låt.

Jag fick en bok av Ellinor idag. Rökfri. I am reading.

Jag saknar Stockholm.

Perhaps you have received a gift of dukkah, seen the name dukkah on a menu or in a store, or you have heard of dukkah and would like to know what to do with it? It may sound like a game, but this is far from the true answer. Well, imagine a blend of nuts, seeds and tasty spices. With its origins in ancient Egypt – this is dukkah.

A traditional dukkah mixture combines chopped toasted nuts (often hazelnuts) with sesame, cumin and coriander seeds and spices. This produces a tasty dry concoction that is usually eaten together with olive oil and pita or crusty bread. The customary way of eating this dish is by dipping the pita into the olive oil and then into the dukkah – delicious.

You can bring a taste of the ancient into the present and try out dukkah for yourself. You may find that the texture of dukkah will vary in different places, depending on how coarsely or finely the nuts that are used are chopped. In Egypt it is often sold by street vendors in paper cones together with bread that has been already dipped in oil. Today, some people, around the globe make their own dukkah at home.

Dukkah should be stored in an air tight container and in the fridge can keep fresh for quite a while. Although dukkah is usually associated with Egypt and other Middle Eastern cultures, it has also proved to be quite popular in Australia and New Zealand.

Nuts are considered to be a good source of protein and for this reason a dish of dukkah would be a good nourishing plate for anybody, but may be particularly beneficial for a person on a vegan or vegetarian diet.

How to Use Dukkah ?

Call it an appetizer, condiment, antipasti, hors d’oeuvre, starter, first course, or even an entree or a snack – however you decide to name or categorize it, dukkah is a flavorsome delicacy. Dukkah is usually recommended for appetizers and snacks, but there are several different ways in which this savory delight may be used.

As already mentioned, it may be eaten with the traditional olive oil and bread. It may also be scattered on top of vegetable or meat dishes. It may be used as a topping for salads. Some people use the dukkah as a coating which may be added before cooking chicken, meat or fish.

In addition, some dukkah lovers have been known to add it to olive oil creating more of a paste mixture. Others have been known to add it into rice dishes or to blend it into a dip. Which ever way you play it and which ever way you use it, dukkah is a tasty creation. It could also be used as a topping for yoghurt or fruit. You can be imaginative and resourceful and create your own original uses for dukkah.

Recipe of the Day – Nutty Tuna

As Dukkah is a nut & seed mixture (most of which are crashed coarsely), it is important that when used in cooking, in particular where there is frying involved, it is used with ingredients that do not expose it to long heating time otherwise it will burn and ultimately ruin your otherwise delicious recipe.

The following recipe is based on Tuna as you can eat it raw or just seared the outside and keep the inside raw, it gives it a two tone textures that is very pleasant to taste and also obscure the rawness of the fish if you are not used to it. If the latter is an issue, just use a thinner cut of the fish.

Important note on frying fish:

* Make sure the pan is clean and hot enough before you put the fish in otherwise it will definitely stick to the pan (unless you use non-stick pan); and

* Do not keep on turning the fish, each side should be fry once only unless you want to crumb your fish!

Serving Size
1. One Person

Ingredients
1. 50g/2oz of your favorite Dukkah
2. 250g/9oz of Tuna piece
3. 1 Tsp of finely chopped fresh coriander leaves
4. 1 Tsp of good olive oil
5. Garden salad vegetables for one
6. Half a wedge of lime (lemon if you do not have lime)

Method
1. Place the dukkah on a plate and season it with salt and pepper;
2. Roll the piece of tuna over the mixture to make sure it is coated all over and let it rest for a few minutes to allow the tuna to soak in the flavor of the dukkah. It is essential that you keep this in the fridge at this period of time for health reason;
3. Arrange your salad vegetables on your serving plate (use different colored vegetables to brighten the dish);
4. Heat up a fry pan which is lightly coated with olive oil, make sure the heat is not too high and definitely not smoking;
5. Fry your tuna a few minutes on each side depending on the thickness and size of the tuna. It also depends on how raw you want it to be.
6. Take out of the pan and place it on top of the bed of salad on your serving dish;
7. Drizzle the lime juice on top of tuna, sprinkle with the finely chopped coriander leaves and serve.

If you want to be fancier, the following additional steps can be used:

1. Sliced the tuna appropriately (does not have to be too thin) and fan it out in a straight line on top of the bed of salad;
2. Wash the roots of the fresh coriander and a few stems (not leave) and minced them to a fine paste (Fresh coriander roots give a very fruity taste to your food);
3. Add the lime juice just before you finish mincing the coriander roots (only a few drops otherwise the paste will become to watery); and
4. Drizzle this over the sliced tuna and serve.

Note that there will not be too much paste as coriander roots are small but enough to provide the complimentary taste required for this dish. Make sure you wash the roots thoroughly otherwise you will end up having grit in your paste.

This is take from an online article in Time magazine…..

• By EBEN HARRELL Eben Harrell – 29 mins ago

A professor of psychology at the University of Massachusetts, Robert Feldman has spent most of his career studying the role deception plays in human relationships. His most recent book, The Liar in Your Life: How Lies Work and What They Tell Us About Ourselves, lays out in stark terms just how prevalent lying has become. He talked to TIME about why we all need a dose of honesty.

What are the main findings of your research?
Not only do we lie frequently, but we lie without even thinking about it. People lie while they are getting acquainted at an average of three times in a 10-minute period. Participants in my studies actually are not aware that they are lying that much until they watch videos of their interactions.

One of the reasons people get away with so much lying, your research suggests, is that we are all essentially dupes. Why do we believe so many lies?
This is what I call the liar’s advantage. We are not very good at detecting deception in other people. When we are trying to detect honesty, we look at the wrong kinds of nonverbal behaviors and we misinterpret them. The problem is that there is no direct correlation between someone’s nonverbal behavior and their honesty. "Shiftiness" could also be the result of being nervous, angry, distracted or sad. Even trained interrogators [aren't] able to detect deception at [high] rates. You might as well flip a coin to determine if someone is being honest.

What’s more, a lot of the time we don’t want to detect lies in other people. We are unwilling to put forward the cognitive effort to suspect the veracity of statements, and we aren’t motivated to question people when they tell us things we want to hear. When we ask someone, "How are you doing?" and they say "fine," we really don’t want to know what their aches and pains are. So we take "fine" at face value. (Read a TIME story on ground rules for telling lies)

Do you feel deception is a particularly relevant topic to our society?
We are living in a time and culture in which it’s easier to lie than it has been in the past. The message that pervades society is that it’s okay to lie; you can get away with it. One of the things I found in my research is that when you confront people with their lies they very rarely display remorse. Lying is not seen as being morally reprehensible in any strong way.

You can make the assumption that because it often makes social interactions go more smoothly, lying is okay. But there is a cost to even seemingly benign lies. If people are always telling you that you look terrific and you did a great job on that presentation, there’s no way to have an accurate understanding of yourself. Lies put a smudge on an interaction, and if it’s easy to lie to people in minor ways it becomes easier to lie in bigger ways.

You say in the book that recent DNA evidence suggests that 10% of people have fathers other than the men they believe conceived them. So is lying pretty widespread in our intimate lives, too?
Research shows we lie less to people that we are close to. But when we do, they tend to be the bigger types of lies. And the fallout is greater if the deception is discovered.

You show how lying is a social skill. Does that mean it’s part of an evolutionary legacy?
I don’t think lying is genetically programmed. We learn to lie. We teach our kids to be effective liars by modeling deceitful behavior.

In your book you offer a way to cut back on lies. What’s the "AHA! Remedy?"
AHA! stands for active honesty assessment. We need to be aware of the possibility that people are lying to us, and we need to demand honesty in other people. Otherwise we will get a canned affirmation. At the same time, we have to demand honesty of ourselves. We have to be the kind of people who don’t tell white lies. We don’t have to be cruel and totally blunt, but we have to convey information honestly. The paradox here is that if you are 100% honest and blunt, you will not be a popular person. Honesty is the best policy. But it’s not a perfect policy.

This is proof that we need to tell each other and out kids the truth, if you can’t sing, someone should tell you, if you suck at something it is helpful to know. When we lie to each other all in the name of making them “feel good” we are doing nothing but hurting them. The truth will set you free, and yes sometimes the truth hurts, but hey, that’s life… I hope you enjoyed the article

Paul

This is all original content, ie- photos and writing, unless otherwise stated. Because if it’s not mine I will give you a link and probably tell you who did it if I know. Plagerism is never an option. Haha