In this task, you are given two sentences in the English language (Sentence 1 and Sentence 2). Your task is to identify the connecting word between the two sentences.

[EX Q]: Sentence 1:9 November -- Orion Media announces that it will launch a brand new station for the East Midlands called Gem 106 . Sentence 2:Consequently , Heart 106 will end at the end of the year .
[EX A]: consequently

[EX Q]: Sentence 1:However , ganging CRPUs into three stages was sufficient to reach orbit . Sentence 2:Meanwhile , the low cost of each CRPU , after the economies of scale gained by producing hundreds or possibly thousands of them per year , would have still left the vehicle cheaper than its contemporaries .
[EX A]: meanwhile

[EX Q]: Sentence 1:Smokeable crack cocaine has a reputation for being more addictive than cocaine 's insufflated form . Sentence 2:Similarly , methamphetamine has gained popularity in a crystalline form which when smoked in a pipe lets the user avoid the painful nasal irritation of snorting .
[EX A]:
similarly