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Cord-cutter streaming services are off to a flying start, but how long can they last?
Chris Mills @chrisfmills
2017 was the year that live TV streaming services came out of the nerd corner and truly became mainstream. AT&T's DirecTV Now, Hulu's Live TV, and YouTube TV all launched or grew exponentially in the last 12 months, and according to a new report from CNBC, the subscriber numbers have stopped being a rounding error and have started to mean something.
But at the same time, there's no indication that all those subscribers are actually making companies money. Nationwide competition for subscribers, transparent pricing on bundles, and the fierce deals being offered to subscribers in order to get them to sign up mean that margins are being squeezed. Sources familiar with industry pricing have told BGR that most providers are breaking even or suffering a small loss, and Christmas promotions put some streaming services "completely underwater."
First, let's look at the good news: subscribers are signing up for streaming services in record numbers, and they're staying once they join. We already found out last year that DirecTV Now has over a million subscribers, but now CNBC suggests that YouTube TV and Hulu Live TV are a success as well. Hulu reportedly has 450,000 paying subscribers for its service, while YouTube (which has been rolling out on a more regional basis) is at 300,000.
Pricing for Hulu, YouTube TV and DirecTV Now is remarkably similar. Hulu and DirecTV Now both start at $35 per month, which gets you a mix of news, entertainment and sports channels. Premium add-ons like HBO or Showtime are available for $10-15 more per month.
At that price point, one source told BGR, the streaming services are falling a few dollars per month short of covering the cost of programming. Networks have been slowly increasing the cost of programming for the last few years, especially for must-have channels like sports, but thanks to the competition in the streaming TV market, the streaming services haven't been able to pass the cost on to consumers. Instead, margins have been nibbled away, leaving an expensive-to-run service that barely breaks even.
When promotional activity, like 3-month free trials or free streaming devices are including, any profits vanish completely. In some cases, that might be a tactical decision — AT&T gives away DirecTV Now for $10 a month to its wireless customers, taking a loss on the TV package in order to retain valuable postpaid cellular accounts — but the overall picture for streaming TV companies is a little bleak.
While over-the-top streaming services certainly appear to be the future, the industry may not survive in its current form, where middle-men streaming services exist as a middle step between the content owners and customers. If the profits for distributors vanish, there's a good chance that content owners will simply take up distribution themselves. That's already happening: Disney is planning its own streaming service, Netflix carries more and more original programming, and even companies like Amazon and Verizon are buying up the rights to stream sports to their customers on demand.
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Wednesday October 17:— Prince of Wales, ship, 1,470 tons, James Peat, (acting master), from London July 13 via Plymouth July 21. F.J. Beck & Co., Town ; Henry Simpson, Port, agents.
. . . . — 8th ship from England to S.A. with government passengers for 1866 ; —4— births and —-4— deaths on the passage ; Dr. John Tooker Spry Jolly, surgeon-superintendent.
Cargo of the Prince of Wales, from London—2 cases, A. Gaedechens and Co. ; 1 do., A-Macgeorge ; 100 half hhds., E. Spicer ; 30 hhds., F. Clark and Sons ; 26,000 slates. Order ; 5 hhds., 90 drums. Peacock and Son 1 cask, 10 drums, Martin and Sach ; 56 casks, 37 ingots, H. L. Vosz : 3 casks, 1 case, Order ; 100 casks, Ripley Webb and Co. ; 385 sacks, 300 bags, D. and J. Fowler ; 10 hhds., J. H. Rains ; 3 cases, 22 casks, Bean Brothers ; 12 casks, J. Scott ; 91 tons coals, Pearce, Wincey, and Co. ; 1 jar, 2 pipes, 1 cask, A. M. Bickford and Son ; 1 pipe, 1 tierce, A. W. Richardson ; 2 drums, 1 case, 1 cask, W. Goddard ; 3 casks, 4 cases, 4 pipes, 1 drum, R. Hutton ; 417 bars, 82 bdls., 36 plates, 5 hhds., 8 cases, 9 casks, 3kegs, 1 truss, P. C. Greayer ; 20 cases, D. and J. Fowler ; 1 case, Order ; 100 casks, Hall and Co. ; 5 cases, D. and J. Fowler ; 5 trunks, T. O. Jones; 470 casks, F. Clark and Sons ; 3 cases, 2 crates, 2S lengths, R. Dodgson; 7 bales. Proprietors Advertiser, Chronicle, and Express ; 250 casks, 20 hhds., 200 cases, C. Jacobs ; 4 cases, A. F. Christen and Co. ; 25 hhds., Heriot, Fullarton, and Co. ; 1 case, Order ; 1 do., A. F. Christen and Co. ; 100 do., Fotheringham Brothers ; 24 tents, 99 brls., 40 cases, 14 kegs, 15 tierces, 3 hhds., 27 crates, E. Spicer ; 3,000 slates. Elder, Smith, and Co. ; 52 kegs, 2 bales, 1 cask, 50 drums, 51 pkgs., C cases, 139 bars, 80 bdls., 491/4 tons coal, S. A. Mining Association ; C crates, Heriot, Fullarton, and Co. ; 12 cases, D. and J. Fowler ; 3 bales, G. yon der Heyde and Co. ; 1 box, Order.
The Prince of Wales.—This remarkably fine ship arrived last night at midnight after a capital passage of 80 days, having left Plymouth on July 21, and on the 23rd was off the Lizard with light north-east winds. On August 21 crossed the Line with very favourable weather, and on September 7 sighted Tristan d'Acuhna with strong gale blowing ; but moderately fair winds supervening, was off the Cape on the 15th, and made an admirable run across the Southern Ocean. The voyage has been marked by the loss of her master, Captain John Rippon, who died from extreme debility on September 23. He had been suffering from severe diarrhoea prior to leaving England, and on getting to sea became worse and worse till he expired, and the sympathy felt for him on board has been manifested in every possible manner. He was a man of rare parts as a shipmaster, and visited Port Adelaide several years back in the Navarino, and subsequently in the Peregrine Oliver, and made so many friends that the commiseration at his death will be general. On October 12 sighted Neptune Island, and not having received a pilot from the cutters, the acting master was navigating the Gulf with every caution, having a leadsman in the chains giving constant soundings ; but his conduct must have been very irregular, as he allowed the vessel to ground on Point Malcolm at half-ebb, and Pilot John Germein soon after boarded in his dingey. As soon as information could be landed Captain Douglas made the necessary arrangements to secure the services of the steamtugs for the morning's tide, and at once proceeded to the vessel to aid by his advice and assistance. A huge quantity of water was started, and pumped out in order to lighten her as much as possible, and there is every reason to believe she will be towed to the anchorage first thing this morning ; but as she draws 20 feet water some days will elapse before she proceeds into harbor.
ARRIVAL OF THE PRINCE OF WALES WITH GOVERNMENT IMMIGRANTS.
The Commissioners were determined to secure a spacious ship when the Prince was chartered, for being one of the old East Indiamen, she has a spar-deck, main-deck, and tween-deck, each of which is devoted to passengers, Dr. Jolley, the surgeon superintendent of the ship, is on his eighteenth voyage, so there can be no question as to his skill and ability ; indeed, although the people, generally speaking, are not quite up to the mark, the ship has arrived without any serious case of sickness.
English —Mary Ahern, Henry Atteyes, Richard, Elizabeth, William, and Joseph Ball, Ellen Parker, Susan Bartlett, Rose Bayley, William, Sophia and Lavinia Beer, William Bethell, Fanny Bishop, Thomas, Corah, Eliza, and Anne Bosley, John Brewer, Fred, Caterer, Charles and William Chappie, William Clarke, John Clayton, Thomas and Anne Cleave, Thomasina and Wm. G. Cooke, Maria Cresswell, William H., Maria, Henry, and Geo. F. Cresswell, William Crossman, Martin, Emma, Catherine, and Theresa Crowley, Amelia Cumber, William, Mary, and Mary A. Davies, Hannah and Phoebe Davies, Ellen Devlin, Richard Dunn, W. and E. Frost, F. and Elizabeth Lloyd, Alfred Frewins, Richard George, William Giles, Mary A. Glanville, Thomas and Samuel Greenway, Francis Griffiths, Eliza Griffiths, Josh., Elizabeth, and William Griffiths, James Harrap, John Harrison, John Hatherway, Eliza Hatherby, George, Elizabeth, John, and Maria Haysom, John Herbert, Thomas and Emma Higgs, James, Hannah, Mary, and James Hill, William Hockey, James Hollister, William and Amelia Hooper, James and Harriet Jackson, Thomas and Betsy James, Elizabeth James, Ellen Jarvis, William John, James Johns, Louisa Johns, Margaret Killeen, John Kilynack, Emily lumber, James Ling, John, Emma, Louisa, John, and Edward King, Mary E. Lee, Titus, Mary, Fred., Jessie, Selina, William, and Anna Lloyd, Matilda Longmaid, Ann and Mary Malone, Fanny Martin, Sam, Susan, and Elizabeth Matthews, William McCauley, Mary Mclnerney, Robert, Mary, Robert, and Janet McIntosh, Agnes McMahon, Elizabeth Moore, Sam and Mary Nicholas, Michael and Margaret O'Brien, William and Ellen Pack, Charles and Mary J. Pemberthy, Richard, Ann, Thomas, Edward, James, Peter, Elizabeth, and Hannah Perkins, Peter Perkins, Alfred and Sarah Perrin, John and Elizabeth Phillips, Frank Pitt, John Powell, William H. Prideaux, Job Raison, Ann Ricketts, Alexander Robertson, Peter and John Robson, William, Phillis, James, and William Roney, William and Sarah Rosevear. Jas. Rowe, Mary Rowe, Alexander and Thomas Rowe, Eliza Sandercock, John, Ann, Lewis, and Florence Saunders, Mary Shambrook, Thomas Sleeman, Elias Stevens, Robt. Stoodley, Luke Stott, Matthew and Mary A. Stott, John, Catherine, John, and Maria Sullivan, William Thomas, John and Jane Thomas, William Toll, Henry and Mary Trevaskis, William Turner, Hannah Underwood, Richard Verran, Charles Vincent, John, Harriet, Mary, Harry, and Fred Vincent, Martha and Jane Vincent, John Wagstaff, Fred Weeks, William West, Elizabeth Wevill, Richard, Mary A., Polly, and Marion Witteridge.
Scotch — Charles Angas, Matilda Atkins, James Benzies, Margaret Bichan, James Buchan, Jonah Clark, David, Betsy, and Mary J. Christie. William Downie, Emma and Priscilla Evans, George Ferguson, James Foulis, John Agnes, William, and John Fogan, Alexander Gordon, John Gordon, Isabella Grandison, James, Margaret, and Margaret Grant, William Groat, Mary A. James, John Jones, John and Mary J. Maguire, John and Margaret Maxwell, Daniel McDonald, James, Anne, and John McKay, Dugald McKenzie, James McPherson, Alexander Morrison, William Munro, Thomas Murray, John Oliver, Alexander Phunester, Dinah Richardson, George Robson, John Ross, Mary Sanderson, John Simpson, Thomas and Janet Swanston, Robert Thompson, John, Elizabeth, and Henry Watkins, John Wilson.
Irish — James Armstrong, Joseph Ballard, Pat Barrett, Christopher Blakely, Edward Boyle, John and Pat Byrne, Catherine Byrne, Margaret and Catherine Carney, Catherine Carroll, Ellen Clelan, Margaret Connelly, Bridget Conway, Pat Conway, Pat Conway, James Crelan, John and Pat Daly, John Davies, Anne and Mary Delane, Martin Dillon, William Dwyer, Pat Earley, Madalina Earley, Margaret Ellis, Pat Fanning, James and Bridget Fanning, Bridget and Mary Fanning, Johanna Foley, Bridget and Michael Galvin, Pat Green, Pat Gurrin, William and John Hammill, Timothy Hanly, Pat Hayes, John Healy, Catherine Healy, Pat Hehir, John, William, and Michael Hewitt, Pat Hickey, Thomas Hynes, John Hynes, Mary Hynes, Thomas, Margaret, Pat, and Michael Jordan, Sam. and Anty Kearney, Margaret, John, Anne, James, Mary A., Michael, and Thomas Kearney, Michael Kelly, Margaret Kelly, John Kenny, Bartholomew Kilkelly, Thomas King, Mary King, Honora Kitson, Johanna and Anne Liddy, Pat Lawrence, James Loughlin, Nichs. Moloney, John Maughan, Henry McGough, Mary McGough, Michael, Bridget, Thomas, Pat, and Mary McMahon, Pat McNamara, Thomas, Bridget, and Pat McNamara, Anne, Martin, Michael, Pat, and Philip McNally, Michael Meere, John and Mary Moloughney, John Moran, Mary Mulligan, Cornelius and Daniel Murphy, Johanna, Catherine, and Ellen Murphy, John Murphy, James Naylon, Anty Nolan, Martin Nolan, John and Ellen O'Brien, Ellen, Pat, and John Connor, Lot O'Day, Mary O'Loughlin, George Orr, Peter Owens, John, Mary, Johanna, Honora, Maria, and James Reilly, Michael Sexton, James Trasey, and Mick Walsh.
Grand total, 382 equal to 347 statute adults.
Industrial classification. Labourers 106, servants 55, tailoress 1, wheelwrights 3, whitesmith 1, schoolmaster 1, carriage painter 1, ironmoulder- blacksmiths 4, porter 1, copyist 1, miners 4, brick- layer 1, laundresses 3, agricultural labourers 7. gardener 1, carpenters 9, ship's carpenter 1, bakers 3, quarrymen 2, ploughmen 15, house- keepers 3, shepherds 2, matrons 2, seamstresses 4, farmer 1, groom 1, plasterers 3. miller 1, shoe- makers 3, butchers 2, ironfounder 1, carter 1, joiner 1, steward 1, landholder (?) 1, dairymaid 1.
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Tatar-Bashkir Report: October 21, 2003
October 21, 2003 00:00 GMT
WEEKLY REVIEW FROM TATARSTAN
Republic's Law On Freedom Of Conscience Harmonized With Federal Law
The Tatar Supreme Court on 16 October ruled in favor of Tatarstan's acting Prosecutor Vladimir Metelin's complaint against some provisions of the republic's law on freedom of conscience and religious associations as contradicting federal legislation, intertat.ru reported the same day. Specifically, the complaint protests the use in the law of the phrase "citizens of Tatarstan," arguing that this restricts the rights of residents who are not citizens of Tatarstan. The republic's law also allowed the restriction of spreading new faiths and activities of religious groups new to Tatarstan in order to promote public consent and security. The federal law says activities of religious groups may be halted or banned only if they harshly violate constitutional norms. The requirement in the republic's law that data about the history of the appearance and spread of a faith and religious group in Tatarstan be provided was also declared illegal.
Tatar Trade Unions Join Nationwide Protest
Some 2,000 teachers, doctors, cultural-sector workers, and students joined a nationwide trade union protest on 15 October near Gorkii Park in Kazan, intertat.ru reported the same day. The protesters backed the main demand of the protest organizers on the increase of salaries of public-sector employees by 50 percent as of January. Republican Education Workers Trade Union Chairman Yurii Prokhorov said at the demonstration that the average wage in industry is 5,800 rubles, twice that of public-sector employees. Tatar Trade Union Federation Chairwoman Tatyana Vodopyanova said a 33 percent increase in salaries in the public sector to start on 1 October will only cover inflation over the past two years.
Chally Prosecutor Said To Have No Links To Alleged Criminal Boss
Tatar Prosecutor Kafil Emirov told "Izvestia" on 15 October that a photograph featuring Chally Prosecutor Ildus Nefiqov in a bath house with alleged crime boss Eduard Tahirjanov is real, but was taken in 1995 or 1996. The photo appeared in the Chally-based "Chelny LTD" newspaper on 24 September. Nefiqov, then a prosecutor in the city of Tuben Kama, was invited to the bath house by a friend and Tahirjanov was introduced to him as a Moscow businessman, Emirov told the daily. He added that Nefiqov had no contacts with Tahirjanov after that time. Emirov said that there had been an attempt to bribe the prosecutor in connection with the investigation into the recent spate of kidnappings and murders, but when the attempt failed the picture was handed over to the newspaper.
Three members of an organized crime group, allegedly headed by Tahirjanov, have been arrested in Chally in connection with the 2001 kidnapping and murder of Moscow-based executive Oleg Kulikov. Prosecutors are investigating other murders they believe the gang may have been involved in. The bodies of KamAZ Deputy General Manager and Metallurgy Plant General Director Viktor Faber and Metallurgy Plant Economic Department Head Natalya Starodubtseva, who were kidnapped in May, as well as the general director of the Chally Avtomaster company, Yevgenii Kornev, who was kidnapped more than a year ago, were found on 28 September in Tatarstan.
Tatar Parliament To Appeal To Constitutional Courts On Latin-Script Issue
Speaking at a meeting of the State Council Presidium on 13 October, State Council Chairman Farid Mukhametshin said the Tatar parliament plans to appeal to the Tatar and Russian Constitutional Courts on the issue of the use of Latin script for the Tatar language, intertat.ru reported the same day. The presidium discussed the agenda of parliament's next plenary session slated for 17 October.
The legislature will consider the draft 2004 budget in the first reading, amendments to the laws on the 2003 budget and on property tax for companies and organizations. The draft law on representations of Tatarstan will be considered in the third reading and amendments to the law on privatization of housing in the first reading. The parliament will also determine its position on three complaints by prosecutors against republican laws and on 20 legislative initiatives by Russian Federal Assembly members and parliaments of Russian regions.
Duma Elections Cost 51 Million Rubles In Tatarstan
The preparations for and holding of the State Duma elections in Tatarstan will cost 50.9 million rubles ($1.7 million), RosBalt reported on 10 October, citing the Central Election Commission's press center. The December campaign will be more expensive than the one in 1999. Each of 2,900 district election commissions will be allocated 10,800 rubles, 63 territorial election commissions will get 41,000 rubles, and five okrug election commissions will receive 146,500 rubles. In the republic's five election districts, some 70 people have stated their intention to run for office. Unified Russia and the Communist Party have five candidates each, the Democratic Party and the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia have four apiece, the Union of Rightist Forces, the Eurasian Union, and the Party of Russia's Revival/Russian Party of Life bloc, the People's Party, and the Rus party, among others, have three candidates; the Party of the Development of Entrepreneurship have two members running, and the Unity party, People's-Patriotic Union, Yabloko, the Party of Peace and Unity, the Party of Pensioners, and the Russian Communist Party�Party of Communists one candidate each. Twenty-eight people are running as independents. There are 2.7 million eligible voters in Tatarstan.
Compiled by Iskender Nurmi
WEEKLY REVIEW FROM BASHKORTOSTAN
Safin Banned From Campaigning In Ufa
Relif Safin, Bashkir presidential candidate and a member of the Russian Federation Council representing Altai Republic, visited Ufa on the 13th anniversary of the adoption of Bashkortostan's sovereignty declaration on 11 October but was banned by the city administration from campaigning, an RFE/RL Ufa correspondent reported on 13 October. After being refused a square in the city for staging a show with famous Russian performers and actors, Safin's team visited a number of city parks where he signed autographs and held informal meetings with people.
The Altai senator, who is the former vice president of LUKoil, said on 11 October that he "supports President Murtaza Rakhimov's decision" to run for a third term and denied rumors of his own possible cooperation with fellow candidate Sergei Veremeenko. Safin emphasized that "Veremeenko and I support other as fair rivals."
New Public Organization Proposed As Alternative To World Bashkir Congress
Airat Dilmokhemmetov, leader of the Bashkir Youth Union, told a press conference on 14 October that a new public organization, the Bashkir People's Congress, will be established in Bashkortostan to defend the Bashkir people's interests, an RFE/RL Ufa correspondent reported the same day. According to Dilmokhemmetov, the congress will seek to revive the ethnic self-identity of the Bashkir people and "represents an alternative to the government-run World Bashkir Congress." He said that the World Bashkir Congress "did not meet the interests of the Bashkir people, because it put the Bashkirs in opposition with other ethnic groups and progress in general." He added, "within the framework of 'Bashkirization' other nationalities are being ousted from government positions, while the new appointees are indifferent to the fate of their people." Referring to the December presidential election in Bashkortostan, Dilmokhemmetov noted that "the future of the Bashkir nation is not associated with the name of President [Murtaza] Rakhimov." At the same press conference, Dilmokhemmetov notified the Bashkir Central Election Commission of his intention to run for the presidency.
Rakhimov Joins Putin's Delegation On Asia Trip
The fact that Russian President Vladimir Putin has included Bashkir President Murtaza Rakhimov in his delegation at the Organization of the Islamic Conference meeting in Malaysia, "may be interpreted as a sign demonstrating Moscow's sympathies," "Nezavisimaya gazeta" wrote on 14 October. A source within the Russian presidential staff told an RFE/RL Kazan correspondent on 15 October that under the trip's protocol, Rakhimov would not be allowed on the same airplane as Putin and is unlikely to get an opportunity to meet with the Russian president.
Human Rights Weekly Opposes Construction Of Yumaguzin Reservoir
The "Vashe pravo. Gazeta o pravakh cheloveka" human rights weekly wrote on 15 October that after the construction of the Yumaguzin reservoir in the Bashkiriya national park, a number of rare species of plants and animals will be destroyed by floods. A recent Russian Ecology Ministry inspection decided that no environmental laws had been violated. In the future, the dam will be used for the Yumaguzin hydroelectric power plant. The weekly accused the inspections of deliberately ignoring the violations.
Unified Russia Supports Rakhimov's Reelection Bid
The General Council of the Unified Russia party on 15 October declared its support for the candidacy of incumbent President Murtaza Rakhimov in Bashkortostan's December presidential elections, the party's official website edinros.ru reported the next day. The council has ordered the party's branch in Bashkortostan to ensure "comprehensive support" for Rakhimov including "all the necessary organizational and political activities."
Veremeenko Establishes Fund For Regional Development
Another presidential candidate Sergei Veremeenko, a former executive at St. Petersburg-based Mezhprombank, on 16 October established a new assistance fund for regional development in Russia, an RFE/RL Ufa correspondent reported the same day. The fund will reportedly provide help to regions in attracting investments and will support a wide range of development programs. Sergei Mironov, chairman of the Russian Federation Council, praised the idea and pledged his support. The new fund has been co-founded by the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Center for Strategic Research in the Volga Federal District, and the Moscow State Institute of International Relations.
Bashkir Airlines Caught In Tax Evasion Again
Bashkortostan's branch of the Tax Ministry ordered Bashkir Airlines to pay 82 million rubles ($2.7 million) in delayed taxes, RosBalt reported on 17 October. The company was being inspected for the second time since the September, when the ministry discovered nonpayment of 76 million rubles in taxes ($2.5 million).
Gazprom Expresses Interest In Acquiring Another Bashkir Firm
The Gazprom monopoly intends to take over the Kauchuk synthetic-rubber company in Sterletamaq in addition to the Salavatnefteorgsintez chemical plant it already acquired, "Vedomosti" reported on 17 October. The daily noted that under an agreement between Gazprom and Bashkir government signed in late 2002, the Bashkir government will help Gazprom obtain state-owned stakes in Bashkir chemical companies. Kauchuk produces 33 percent of Russia's isoprene synthetic rubbers and 40 percent of polymeric synthetic rubbers.
Compiled by Gulnara Khasanova
WEEKLY REVIEW FROM IDEL-URAL REGION
Chelyabinsk Court Confirms Guilty Verdict Against Journalist...
Chelyabinsk's Kalinin Raion Court last week confirmed "Vechernii Chelyabinsk" Deputy Editor in Chief German Galkin's sentence of one year in prison for slander (see "RFE/RL Tatar-Bashkir Weekly Review," 26 August and 2 September 2003), regions.ru reported on 20 October. The news agency also cited politkom.ru as reporting several other criminal cases against journalists. Specifically, "Kompyuterra" magazine reporter Dmitrii Korovin is being sued for accusing the Russobit CD producer of computer piracy, Krasnoyarsk-based "Segodnyashnyaya gazeta" Deputy Editor in Chief Maksim Glazunov is under investigation on allegations of slander against a senior official, while Ryazan-based "Novaya gazeta" Deputy Editor in Chief Mikhail Komarov is being prosecuted for calling a local businessmen "an oligarch."
...As His Paper Accused Of 'Anti-Yabloko' Campaigning
The Chelyabinsk Oblast Central Election Commission on 13 October filed a complaint with Chelyabinsk's Central Raion Court against an administrative violation committed by the "Vechernii Chelyabinsk" newspaper, "Kommersant" reported on 14 October. Election Commission Deputy Chairman Aleksandr Raevskii said the complaint was based on several articles in September and October about Yabloko, which the commission claimed were illegal "agitation" against party.
Interior Minister Says Murder Of Tolyatti Newspaper Editor Solved...
Russian Interior Minister Boris Gryzlov said on 18 October that the murder of "Tolyattinskoe obozrenie" Editor in Chief Aleksei Sidorov (see "RFE/RL Tatar-Bashkir Weekly Review," 14 October 2003) has been solved and that the reasons behind it were not related to his work, Interfax reported the same day. Also on 18 October, Samara Oblast Deputy Prosecutor Yevgenii Novozhilov told a press conference that an AvtoVAZagregat metalworker had been accused of the killing. He said the suspect was brought to the scene of the crime and showed how the event occurred and confirmed his testimony before the media.
On 16 October, a similar statement was made by Russian Deputy Prosecutor-General Vladimir Kolesnikov in an interview with GTRK Samara. He said two persons, a metalworker and a jobless man, have been arrested. Kolesnikov echoed a version announced on 15 October by the head of the Interior Ministry's Volga Federal District Chief Directorate, General Vladimir Shcherbakov, who said that the crime had been solved and the suspect had been detained. Shcherbakov said Sidorov was asked for vodka by two men as he was drinking in the street. After he refused to give them vodka, they stabbed him. Shcherbakov's statement, however, was immediately refuted by investigators, who told "Kommersant" on 15 October that "no persons have been detained in the case and the murder has not been solved."
...As Journalists' Public Organizations Doubt Interior's Version
Glasnost Defense Foundation Chairman Aleksei Simonov said, "95 percent of what I know and think about [the killing of Aleksei Sidorov]" goes against the authorities' version, newsru.com reported on 18 October. Simonov said that on one hand, "Tolyattinskoe obozrenie" is constantly reporting about corruption involving AvtoVAZ, but on the other hand, the paper itself "has been repeatedly accused of criminal ties and being a means blackmail." Simonov called on law enforcement bodies to "look at what this newspaper does." He also said that the foundation together with the Reporters Without Borders organization is conducting its own investigation of the crime.
Speaking at a press conference in Tolyatti on 16 October, Glasnost Defense Foundation representative Ruslan Gorevoi said, "The leadership of law enforcement bodies not only misinforms us but lies cynically." He said he believes that Sidorov's killing, the sixth of a Tolyatti journalist, was contracted, adding that the foundation has collected some evidence and will give it to Russian Prosecutor-General Vladimir Ustinov.
Two Former Interior Employees Sentenced For Death Of People Under Investigation
A Sverdlovsk Oblast court on 16 October sentenced two former Serov Interior Ministry employees, Andrei Lysov and Andrei Sereda, to two and three years in prison, respectively, for exceeding their authority, Novyi Region reported the same day. The case against the two and one other Interior Ministry employee, Aleksandr Pershin, who is currently being sought, was launched several months ago after suspect Eduard Smolyaninov died during interrogation by the policemen. Smolyaninov's parents filed a lawsuit when they discovered severe injuries and fractures on their son's body. Smolyaninov was found to have died from an overdose of morphine he received from the officers in exchange for testimony. Lysov and Sereda were dismissed during the investigation of their case.
Orthodox Theology To Be Taught In Asbest Secondary School
A course on "God's Law" has been included in the curriculum of a secondary school in Asbest, Sverdlovsk Oblast, regions.ru reported on 13 October, citing the Yekaterinburg Eparchy's information agency. The course was approved after local priest Oleg Staritsyn met with parents to inform them about the content of the planned course. The parents then told the school director that they do not mind if theology is included in the school curriculum. Under Russian law, church is separated from the state.
Ulyanovsk Diabetics Left Without Insulin
The city of Ulyanovsk has run out of insulin it distributes free to diabetics after it received no deliveries over the past month, Region73 reported on 15 October. Now patients can only buy insulin in private drugstores, for which they need some 2,000 rubles ($66) a month. About 2,000 people are currently supplied with free insulin, mostly elderly and disabled. The companies that deliver insulin to Ulyanovsk have refused to resume delivery until they are paid the 9 million rubles owed by the city.


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Antonio Espinosa Chapinal (Madrid, 1934 - el Campello, 2007) fou un polític, geògraf i recaptador de la Cambra de Comerç d'Alacant. Militant de la UCD i, després del CDS, va ser nomenat al juny de 1979 Conseller de Transports i Benestar Social en el Consell preautonòmic. El desembre de 1979, sense deixar l'anterior Conselleria, passarà a ocupar també la d'Obres Públiques i Urbanisme i la de Turisme, cessant de tots els seus càrrecs al juliol de 1980. L'agost de 1980 fou nomenat Director General de Consum i Disciplina del Mercat del Govern d'Espanya. En 1982 era Director General d'Ensenyaments Nàutics en el Ministeri de Transports.

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 Obituari del periòdic Las Províncias
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Polítics de l'Alacantí
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Polítics madrilenys
Geògrafs madrilenys
Morts a l'Alacantí
Geògrafs valencians contemporanis
Consellers dels Consells d'Enric Monsonís

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Contents 112
At the front
His thoughts are never far from this pressing topic, so here our editor in chief scrutinises the future of retail and the changing ways in which we shop.
The opener
We sample a Chinese tipple that's set for world domination, leave our beach towels at home (more room for flip-flops!) and clear our throats for a spot of yodelling.
Works worth millions of dollars are often fragile. When it comes to keeping them spotless, a duster-waving cleaner is what you need.
As Brexit drives bankers and their families out of London, Frankfurt's headmasters and headmistresses are waiting with open arms. Time to take the register?
She plots to defend her nation, then finds solace in front of a Picasso.
My cabinet
In his foundation, Norman Foster has brought together an enthusiastic team of architects, urbanists and designers who share his energy and passion.
Not for turning
Indonesian president Joko Widodo tells us how he navigates hardline groups, political opponents and speed bumps.
Jump-start a nation
Paraguay has been blighted by dictatorship, corruption and mismanagement. As the country goes to the polls will any candidate deliver real change? Many believe it's now or never.
How the UK is fostering community policing in Beirut, plus an optimistic outlook from Afghanistan's ambassador to Norway.
Politics briefing
A sea change in Portugal, Poland is on reputation watch, former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili eyes a political comeback in Ukraine and we meet Hisyar Ozsoy of the pro-Kurd Peoples' Democratic party.
Conscription in France, Romania plans a submarine and US troops in South Korea prepare a new look.
Cities briefing
Negotiating new civic spaces in Tirana, how Amsterdam's calamitous North-South metro line got back on track, and British artist Stuart Semple takes councils to task over hostile design.
Plante life
Montréal's first woman mayor is using the city's economic upswing to drive socially minded change. But only months into the job she's found herself in storms of protest – and deep snow.
Officer class
The university schooling Poland's military elite.
Ardent effort
The Kiwis' new prime minister Jacinda Ardern is boldly searching for solutions.
Facing tough times, the world of physical retail is fighting its corner in style. We review the bold formats, inspiring shopfits and savvy blends of heritage and technology keeping the sector's innovators ahead of the curve.
The world's biggest brand believes bricks-and-mortar retail is the future – and, used well, can fix our isolation. We sit down with the executive who's creating new 'town squares' where we can all come together and, of course, buy something along the way.
Canada launches a space-age carbon counter and Sweden unveils the world's first shopping centre selling exclusively upcycled and repurposed items.
In this age of online shopping, why is bricks-and-mortar retail still popular and relevant? We assess the challenges specific to three cities – Sydney and gentrification, Madrid and Spain's power brands, and Osaka with its second-city syndrome – and ask shoppers what they're buying and why they prefer to do it in person.
Upping the tempo
With its scene buoyed by the Dhaka Art Summit, artists and architects are banging the drum for Bangladeshi art.
Spreading the word
Maori Television is breathing life into a threatened language through its indigenous broadcasts. But will naysayers and a tight budget halt the network's progress?
Drawing attention
A group of Austrian philanthropists are working to shine a spotlight on their country's artists.
Nord-y but nice
Slick lines? Scandinavian sensibility? We find it all at the Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair.
Architecture briefing
A warm welcome to a new church and a farewell to a modernist marvel.
Czech design is in the spotlight and its artisanal glassware and furniture are finding an enthusiastic global market.
A residence in Kyoto has been given a sensitive makeover that pays homage to its history. Now a cosy guest house, A Day in Khaki offers a soothing retreat in serene surrounds.
Down to a vine art
The windswept hillsides and volcanic slopes of Tenerife are once again flourishing, as growers master the harsh terrain and harness the potential of the igneous island's age-old vines.
Second helping
Shortly after scooping the top spot in our 2016 Restaurant Awards, Beard closed. Now its founder has returned from his culinary journey with a new partner and a brand-new restaurant.
Care to join me?
Singapore's newest members' club harks back to the solidarity of the "clans" that helped Chinese immigrants establish themselves in Singapore. We take a first look.
Food & drink briefing
Tasmania's toothsome produce, Toronto's new food hall and a recipe not to be missed.
We break bread with Portugal's most famous food writer and broadcaster to talk through her defining role in elevating Portuguese food – and how she never even wanted to be on TV.
Wardrobe directions
Our editors have toured the showrooms, interrogated the buyers and been to the shows. The following pages offer up our picks of the spring/summer 2018 season.
Young and in luxe
China accounts for more than a third of luxury spending and big brands are doing their utmost to lure its travellers. But as the Chinese consumer profile shifts to a younger, savvier, more fashion-conscious one, shops are having to work harder to open their wallets.
While some buyers have a spreadsheet mentality, others see their jobs as a chance to be creative editor. We meet three menswear gurus who use collages, scrapbooks and snapshots to deliver the goods.
Fashion was once how the US sold its brand to the rest of the world. But with the decline of its manufacturing industries since the 1970s, it is increasingly difficult to produce any clothing that is truly homegrown. Where did it all go wrong for American-made fashion – and is there any way back?
Heart of glasses
In between fashion weeks, Milan plays host to Mido: the world's biggest stage for eyewear.
Far from the hurly burly of Milan or Paris, Odeeh has found the freedom to focus on what matters: quality and bold silhouettes.
With fewer clients around, smart Japanese hairdressers are putting design to the fore to win valuable customers. And there are fringe benefits too. We take a pew in three of Tokyo's finest establishments.
Whether you're at play or meeting the board, a well-crafted watch is a must in planning your next move. We present our pick of the top tickers.
Ripe for discovery
After years of neglect, Mitchelton Wines has been restored to all its mid-century glory. We meet the father-and-son team behind the tasteful new hotel and vineyard.
Travel briefing
A secluded stay in Norway, an artsy spot in Italy and a waterside haven in Vietnam all feature in our pick of residences remote and remodelled.
City guide: Luang Prabang
With its gilded temples, soothing waterfalls and early bedtime, this Laotian city is the perfect place to peace out.
Briefing: Shop, read, listen
Shopping for Finnish trolls in London and finicky pooches in Berlin, plus this month's best books, products, music, film and more.
Best in class: Honolulu
Enter this curiosity shop and discover a hoard of remarkable riches.
Where to sleep, eat and shop this month.
Diplomacy / Global
Policing — Beirut
Ten years ago, the Ras Beirut police station in the Lebanese capital was so notorious that members of the public would cross the road to avoid walking past it. Neighbouring residents reported they could hear detainees' screams. The station was a symptom of the major problems within Lebanon's Internal Security Forces (ISF), in which public confidence has historically dipped below 20 per cent.
Now, the Ras Beirut centre is serving as a model for police reform in the city, bolstered by UK funding. After a major refurbishment there are separate entrances for detainees and the public, who are welcomed into a bright reception area, which encourages the reporting of crimes.
In 2016, the British embassy in Beirut agreed to £13m (€14.6m) in funding for the ISF over three years, to be spent on station upgrades such as those at Ras Beirut, training on community-led policing techniques and improving respect for detainees' rights. The UK is upfront about its motivation in investing in the country's police stations. "When conflict breaks out in Lebanon, it is extremely brutal and can be very long-lasting and so for regional reasons we want stability in Lebanon," says Hugo Shorter (pictured), the UK's ambassador to Lebanon. "And for UK reasons too, because we have seen how instability affects our interests, from things like security back in the UK to economic interests, and not seeing a world population of refugees – which is already at 60 million – growing even further."
The UK is well placed to offer expertise on this front. Lebanon's ISF has partnered the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) with officers from Beirut travelling to Northern Ireland for training, drawing on the UK's experience with terrorist attacks and conflict. "Since 7/7, I'm told that every terrorist plot in the UK, whether successful or unsuccessful, was known to some members of the community around the plotters," says Shorter. "Where you have a strong relationship between the community and the police, the police is far more likely to hear about it in advance and to disrupt it."
The project is so far proving successful: crime reporting is up in Ras Beirut. Maintaining long-lasting relationships will be at the root of future success. "If you don't change procedures, you don't change the culture. It all fades away in six months or a year and it is lost," says Marc Maouad, operations manager at the British Policing Support Team, which represents the British embassy in Beirut. Will a bobbies-on-the-beat approach help Lebanon in the long run? The UK is banking on it.
Diplomacy — Moldova
Moldova has joined the likes of Ukraine and Georgia in playing host to a Nato Liaison Office. The recently opened facility in capital Chisinau has arrived amid escalating tensions in the country between those who want closer ties to the EU and those who want to stay cosy with Russia.
The office, which is a purely diplomatic institution staffed by civilian personnel, is seen by some as an important step in the former Soviet republic's relations with the North Atlantic alliance. But that very fact has others worrying that the office's presence could ratchet up tensions with Russia even further.
Shukria Barakzai
Afghanistan's ambassador to Norway
Prior to becoming Afghanistan's ambassador to Norway Barakzai was – among other things – the founder of Afghanistan's first magazine for women, Aina-e-Zan, and a member of Afghanistan's parliament.
How important to Afghanistan is its relationship with Norway?
Norway is an important donor, sponsoring humanitarian aid and assistance, particularly for women, healthcare and education. And they're engaged as soldiers, with Nato. Norway opened its embassy in Kabul after 9/11, and the Afghan embassy in Oslo was opened in 2004 for all of Scandinavia.
How easy is it to promote Afghanistan overseas?
To be honest, it's very difficult. The rest of the world's information about Afghanistan is limited to what kind of news they hear – and the nature of news is that it's mostly negative. So it's difficult to introduce the beauty of the country when everyone believes that it's just a war zone.
You've negotiated with the Taliban – and they've also tried to kill you. Do you believe a settlement is possible?
It should happen. I don't know how long the Taliban want to go to war for. I believe that they are also tired. They are not living in a peaceful situation and they are not letting us have a peaceful life. The time will come.
So do you feel optimistic about Afghanistan?
Yes. Before 9/11 it was difficult for me to think that one day I would face the mujahedin, and I would sit with them and negotiate with them as a member of parliament. But that day came and some of them have been civilised. So this day may come with the Taliban too.


This is worked with #10 double mesh canvas and double knitting yarn, using a suitably sized tapestry needle (size 18 or 20). You'll also need some spacers. I used thin bamboo barbecue skewers for the photos, you can also use pairs of cocktail sticks. (The original instructions called for strips of thick card. If you want to use card, cut it just wide enough to cover 2 of the meshes. Cocktail sticks or skewers are much easier than card.) You'll also need small scissors to cut the pile.
Work close herringbone over a pair of sticks held on the fabric as shown. The sticks cover two threads (with one hole between them) The first row of herringbone takes up the holes nearest to the sticks on each side.
Work a second row of herringbone using the next empty rows of holes, over the first row, and a third row over that. This completes one section. The three rows are shown in dark, medium and light pink on the stitch diagram, for clarity. I've used just one colour yarn in the photos, to show the ridges more clearly.
Count three more holes from the outer layer, and then put a pair of sticks over the next two threads. Work the next unit, exactly like the first. Continue working further units in the same way.
When you have enough units, take a sharp pair of scissors and cut all the yarn between the sticks, like cutting a pom-pom.
Lift out the sticks. Fluff up the pile, and there you have your Victorian fun-fur stitch.
You can experiment with different colours and see what effects you get, and you can try the stitch with various threads on fabric. You can also work more than three layers of herringbone for more spectacular ridges and furrows – allow two extra holes between the pairs of sticks for each extra layer. You can make the band of fun-fur as deep as you like.
This is a great stitch to teach to children, who really enjoy working it.
I might try it. Very like Baggywrinkle. Thank you.
Not the same as baggywrinkle in construction. If you can do close herringbone, you can do this one.
What on earth is Baggywrinkle?
Spirals of fluffy fringe made from old rope to protect rigging from wear.
I think the Practical Embroiderer was early 20th century, not Victorian. Yes, it was very much the same idea of stitching over a form and then cutting it free to leave tufts of yarn on the fabric. When I was a small child, I am sure I was shown a set of these devices (they had probably belonged to my grandmother). I couldn't figure out how they worked, not realising they were for making tufted shapes – there were no instructions. No doubt they went to a jumble sale.
Your blog is new to me Sue…I found it on Needlepoint-for Fun website. I'm new to needlepoint having completed only 1 piece so far but working on another 3! This is such a wonderful stitch technique to add to one's growing list, and I love that it was used during the Victorian era.
I'm glad you like the stitch, Denise. And thanks for commenting – so few visitors bother to give me any feedback. Good luck with your adventures in needlepoint. I use simple needlepoint stitches to create my stitched boxes – you'll find some pages about them on this blog – maybe they will give you some more ideas for things you can make with your new skills.
Amazing! I have been looking for directions and info on exactly *how* to do "turfing" or making chenille by hand. Not the quilting kind of chenille , the lovely vintage 1920's -1960's kind. This may be how some of it was done. Not sure how you'd curve this, though. Thanks for the great visuals!
There were several ways of making fluffy stripes and shapes: tufted candlewicking, bias-cut fabric stitched and frayed, the Practical Embroiderer metal templates, turkey work and velvet stitch… Plus there were gadgets similar to modern punch needles.
I love this! I still needlepoint the old fashioned way and haven't really dared to incorporate fancy stitches in my pictures. I'm currently working on Klimt's, Tree of Life. Any suggestions?
You might want to get hold of a book showing a good range of canvas embroidery stitches, Bridget. Try some of them out for yourself and see if you get inspired. All those curves on the Klimt picture make me think I might want to work something that is very flexible, like chain stitch or stem stitch over the outlines of the tree (after doing the needlepoint) in a fairly fine yarn, to make the edges look smooth, not stepped. Or do the outlines with gold metallic thread, couched down. You could use a wide variety of fancy stitches for the individual motifs on the tree, so that they stand out from the plain tent stitch background. Again, you could add some metal thread to those motifs – and beads. That picture would be a very good project for experimenting a bit as it would be very 'forgiving' of changes. Follow your instincts, make it your own – and have fun with it.
I'm pretty inexperienced, and cannot see how the stitches are sufficiently anchored to stay in place.
Hi Sandra. Provided that the yarn is thick enough to fill the hole in the mesh, the stitches stay in place quite well. (I was quite surprised, myself.) It's possible to pull the tufts out, but once they're well fluffed up, they are fairly secure. This isn't a technique for items that will be laundered or get heavy wear, though, it's a 'novelty' stitch.
The Victorians often used embroidery paste on things of this type; you could always paint a thin layer of craft glue on the back of the stitches when the work is finished, to make sure the pile stays put.
Thank you a thousand times for mentioning Kay's Practical Embroiderer. My Mum (80) has discussed something very similar to this many times, as something she did as a girl with her grandmother, and has often bemoaned the fact she could not remember what it was called or what happened to them. I have managed to track down a set and they will be part of her birthday gift. I know she will be delighted with them. So thank you very much again.
Glad to be of help, Kathy! I've seen quite a few sets of Practical Embroiderer templates on eBay recently. I hope your Mum has a lovely birthday.
The pattern looks interesting, but what does one do with the fun fur? Is this used as part of a pattern or does one cut it off the canvas for use elsewhere?
The book it is in shows strips of it used to trim the collar and cuffs of a child's coat, and the edges of a matching muff. So I guess it was intended to be applied to other things.
Hi so if I follow your picture how to do it the back will be the same as yours .
Is there any other method other than the hoek and knot system .
Hi Vivienne! The back of your canvas should look like mine if you follow the instructions.
If you want other canvas-work stitches that make a raised pile, like a rug, try searching online for Velvet Stitch or Turkey Work. Both of these are more useful than this stitch.
No, I don't have videos.
Thank you, Maria. Have fun with this stitch.
Delighted to see that this technique is going to be part of an amazing craft project for Dublin Worldcon.


On Friday, coming out the Traverse, I saw a poster for tonight's concert. Donald Runnicles conducting the BBC Scottish Symphony in Strauss' Four Last Songs. I didn't understand the impulse, but followed it, and bought a ticket.
I'd thought of inviting friends; but again, not really understanding why, ended up going alone.
Sitting in the stalls tonight, waiting for the concert to begin, it was maybe the anticipatory buzz of the audience triggered a memory. Of being a schoolboy of fifteen, maybe sixteen, and sitting in the balcony of the Colston Hall.
One of the many many gifts given me by one of the assistant housemasters, a man I knew as Mr. Tomes, is that he organised outings to concerts.
The school functioned a bit like a prison; most of town counted as "out of bounds" but on concert nights the rules were relaxed and I could travel down to the concert hall alone.
I so loved that sense of freedom.
Life in the boarding school was designed to deprive us of solitude. Privacy was impossible; and the fact we were at each other's mercy was a powerful way of enforcing conformity.
I always escaped as much as I could. And sitting in the concert hall, or the theatre, I could be on my own. And that in itself helped me to survive.
I didn't want to talk to anybody, either before or after: the music opened up some precious space inside me which talking to people spoilt.
Maybe that was what I was after tonight.
Whatever it was, the music seemed to enter me without any guards or barriers: Beethoven's fierce longing for freedom, the incredibly rich chaotic, tender, and noble turbulence of an Elgar symphony.
I was awkwardly placed for the songs: I should have been more central, and further back. But what I did get was a profoundly moving sense of someone utterly rapt up in life's beauty and yet somehow also utterly ready to leave it.
It's a kind of model. Of how to die well: but how to live well too.
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Can Essays be Creative?
By: Angelique Caffrey - Updated: 3 Apr 2013 | *Discuss
At first glance, essays and creative writing don't seem to have much in common. Sure, they are both literary works; however, their aims are vastly different… or are they?
Here, we'll look at some practical, enjoyable, and novel ways to use your creative leanings to add spice, substance, and perhaps even absurdity to a non-fictional essay:
Innovative Arguments
Because essays are customarily organised to defend, imply, or defeat a basic theory, the arguments the writer uses must be ground-breaking, captivating, or even eyebrow-raising.
As an author with a creative bent, you can add some much-needed interest to any essay by developing fresh arguments to age-old questions. Perhaps you have a new twist on an ancient political conundrum. Maybe you can shed light on the meaning behind a century-old abstract painting. Use your imagination to think "outside the box", and your essays will be all the more interesting.
Unusual Theories
When you have decided (or been told) to write an essay on almost any topic, it can sometimes be a challenge to produce a theory that hasn't been considered before.
By utilising your natural ability to see the world and its concerns in a distinctive (and perhaps unusual) light, you'll have the power create an essay that is unlike any other your readers have seen.
Metaphorical Elements
Essays are often filled with metaphors and similes; however, some writers choose to use the same ones again and again. How many times have you heard that someone was "fast as lightning" or that the fog was "thick as pea soup" (or a similar stew-based food)? Though we understand the writer's point, he or she isn't being very clever.
You can break out of this mold by coming up with your own, never-before-seen ways to describe images. By adding fresh elements like these to your essays, it's more likely that your works will be heralded as unique or significant.
(One caveat, though - don't overdo it. If every sentence has a metaphor, you need to tone it down.)
Witticisms Galore
So… you're a humourist. But that doesn't mean you can't write a serious essay that's peppered with hard-hitting witticisms or a smattering of wry humour.
Many essayists, including the prolific Jonathon Swift, have used the element of humour (sometimes black) to successfully make a point or hammer home an argument or conclusion. Use your ability to make others laugh in a new way - make them think.
Unique Format
If you've never been one to bow to convention, why start now? Should you begin to write an essay, there's no reason to follow the traditional structure of a thesis statement followed by three supporting arguments and then wrapped up with a conclusion. Instead, turn the essay on its head and experiment with a never-before-tried format.
Though you'll need to ensure that your essay still retains its intent, there's no reason to assume that you cannot play with the format unless you've been expressly told by a professor, editor, or client that your essay must follow a certain guideline.
When you begin to use your creative writing ability in almost all authoring situations, you'll open up a world of innovation. That just might be the "hook" or angle that breaks you into the public's eye.
What Type of Writing Suits You Best?
History of Creative Writing
The Makings of a Good Story or Poem
Creative Writing is for Everyone
The Kernel of Truth in Creative Writing


Legal Developments In Non-Competition Agreements: An Analysis of Two California Cases. Big California Cases.
An Analysis of Two California Cases. Big California Cases.
Over the past week, we received two big decisions from two different California courts on two vastly different issues. One was a decision that has no precedential effect, but which garnered a lot of headlines, particularly in tech circles. That case was decided correctly. The other received almost no attention, but which is precedential. And that case was wrongly decided.
I have a been a long-time critic of the CFAA, a law put together so haphazardly and over so many years that it is difficult to resolve important questions of statutory interpretation. The key legal question that arises under the CFAA - at least in the context of employee claims - is when one exceeds her authorized access to a protected computer or accesses that computer "without authorization." Put another way, many cases have analyzed claims of insider misappropriation within the CFAA's statutory text, even though it seems clear the statute didn't really have that type of case in mind.
But applying the "without authorization" language of the CFAA goes beyond just employment claims, as reflected in the important case of hiQ Labs, Inc. v. LinkedIn Corp. The case involved another question of statutory interpretation: whether the CFAA prohibited access to public LinkedIn profiles after LinkedIn revoked permission to such access.
A little background is essential, since the idea of an open internet is crucial to the case's disposition. hiQ Labs is a data analytics company. Its business model revolves around scraping data off of LinkedIn users' public profiles. It then can offer products to its client companies: an analysis of which employees are likely to leave or be recruited (such as by employees updating their skills and other LinkedIn fields) and a separate analysis of which skills individual workers possess.
LinkedIn demanded that hiQ stop scraping public data from its website, relying on its User Agreement and the term that prohibited data collection. hiQ sought injunctive relief, arguing that LinkedIn's threats undermined its business model and violated state statutory and common law. The analysis, though, hinged on the CFAA - for a reading of that statute in LinkedIn's favor would have preempted the offensive claims hiQ brought.
The district court found that the CFAA likely did not preclude hiQ's claims, and it relied on two general concepts. First, it distinguished other cases where CFAA infractions involved access to private, as opposed to public, data. And second, it looked to the law of trespass to conclude that, despite LinkedIn's supposed revocation of hiQ's access to public profiles on its website, hiQ hadn't circumvented any sort of authentication system to view those profiles. This analysis incorporated Professor Orin Kerr's influential Columbia Law Review article that discussed the law of trespass as explaining some of the ambiguity and context of the "without authorization" language in the CFAA.
The decision seems intuitive and obvious, but in large part it was constrained by the text of the CFAA itself, which has confounded courts over the years. Thank goodness we have thought leaders like Orin Kerr to make sense of the statute and provide the appropriate analytical framework on which courts can reconcile very difficult questions. Public websites need to be open and accessible, and operators cannot erect artificial barriers under the guise of an unread, boilerplate user agreement to invoke the specter of criminal liability for viewing and using what's freely available.
The second decision comes from the Supreme Court of California, where the Court absolved Latham & Watkins for its pursuit of a frivolous trade-secrets claim many years ago. That case made its way up to the Court of Appeal and is somewhat well-known to lawyers (like me) who believe that a robust, common-sense interpretation of "bad faith" is essential to defense fee-shifting claims. The case of FLIR Systems, Inc. v. Parrish, 174 Cal. App. 4th 1270 (2009), was the precursor to Parrish v. Latham & Watkins. In FLIR Systems, the Court of Appeal affirmed a fee award for the prevailing defendants after the plaintiff's trade-secret claim (and the expert testimony girding that claim) fell apart at trial. As the Court had held, the plaintiff's modest success in defeating summary judgment did not insulate the bad-faith fee award. That was a sound rationale: trade secrets plaintiffs often dodge, duck, and distract a trial court into believing there are factual issues in need of resolution.
Unfortunately, for the defendants in that case, the summary-judgment "loss" hurt them in a later, independent malicious prosecution claim that they brought against Latham & Watkins, the law firm that represented FLIR Systems. The Court of Appeal held that the so-called "interim adverse judgment" rule barred the malicious prosecution claim, a decision the Supreme Court of California affirmed last week.
That rule says that a malicious prosecution plaintiff cannot maintain a claim if a "trial court judgment or verdict" is rendered in favor of the plaintiff in the underlying suit - here the FLIR Systems litigation. The problem with applying this rule is that FLIR Systems' defeat of a summary judgment motion is not a judgment in and of itself. It's an interlocutory order that is not even appealable and is a reflection of the trial judge's perception that fact issues need a full airing in court. Indeed, a denial of a summary judgment motion is not a ruling on the merits in any sense.
California is ground-zero for crummy trade secrets claims, so the ruling is an important one. It is particularly important if the plaintiff cannot satisfy a fee award or if the pursuit of the claim caused collateral damage that flowed from the pursuit of the action (such as lost investors, delayed market entry, jettisoned goodwill). A fee award won't cover those damages, but a malicious prosecution suit will. The "interim adverse judgment" rule, applied to denials of summary judgment motions, is an artificial construct that insulates attorneys who pursue claims without an objective, good-faith basis. That they survive a summary judgment is by no means a reflection of the suit's merit, since the trial is where the facts are most tested. Courts need flexibility to assess whether the entirety of the prosecution was malicious, not whether the plaintiff's lawyers were skilled enough to defeat a motion.
An obvious consequence? California courts may see less summary judgment motions. Why risk it after the Latham & Watkins case?


How much does our attitude affect our life, really - even when it comes to different physical or emotional symptoms and how strong they are ?
I had a miserable June and mostly decided it was due to my PMDD and the consequent lack of exercise. I was determined not to have July turn out the same, and this happened: I had zero physical symptoms prior to my period in July -- my period actually started three days early (bizarre in itself as I usually am like a clockwork), and it caught me by surprise because honestly, there were no cramps and no migraines, nothing. The period ended up lasting a whopping 12 days though -- but it was not a normal period throughout that time so I'm thinking I'll see how August goes -- it might be that I need another checkup just to see if the polyps have returned....or whether the doc might think I'm starting to show symptoms of perimenopause.
I started working out again in the last week of June and have kept it up throughout July, slowly increasing the amount and intensity -- and this probably made a huge difference in that I did not have much emotional/mental problems either prior to my period in July. It's never without all the symptoms, but I had it quite easy to focus on the fact that any sadness and/or the occasional bout of annoyance/aggression I had was due to my hormones.....I didn't let myself sink in it, not dwell in it.
Summa summarum: July has been good, very good.
The downer with the long period is that I again have only nine days till my next period - although, maybe the cycle may be a bit messed up now, I don't know - it makes me feel like this life is all about being on alert and trying to focus, focus, focus every day on positive vibes, not being able to forget about the damn mentstruation for one hot minute. However......even now, I feel really good -- I've had some minor tantrums this week, with myself I mean; petty little stuff like almost bursting to tears when dropping a fork twice, ha -- but then, I catch the emotion and really just have to laugh at myself. Ah, to be a woman !
And with that said, I'm heading out for a run now.
Bring it on, August - I'm ready & roaring !


Talking meat... is it right?
Though I can imagine, I would love to see what this jar looks like now after all that stuffing? In life, there are very few things worth holding by us and mixing them with trivial is a messy way to begin with. What do you say?
"I would love to see what this jar looks like now after all that stuffing?" – Me too Joy!
I see what you mean by saying don't mix trivial things with things worth holding onto, but what I think the story is really trying to get at is that they are all in you, and in their own individual right, are all important. If you are just full of golf balls, you are sort of full, but not 100%. I understand your point though Joy.


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The shipbreaking industry where workers die on the shores of Bangladesh
Published on Saturday, 11 August 2018 10:10
https://www.freightwaves.com
August 09, 2018 Vishnu Rajamanickam, staff writer
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This year, falling freight rates have led many shipping lines to send their old oil tankers to an early grave - to the South Asian shipbreaking yards where they are torn down over a matter of weeks and end up as a scrap pile. On the shores of Bangladesh, which hosts the world's largest ship recycling industry, shipbreaking is often seen as the work of hired hands from the poorest sections of the Bangla society.
"Shipbreaking started in Bangladesh in the 1960s. It happened when local people saw that breaking ships was a bit profitable, and they started getting financing for the job - there was no environmental or workers' safety concern at that time," said Mohammed Ali Shahin, program officer of NGO Shipbreaking Platform in Bangladesh. "From 2000, NGOs like us and the media are concerned about the issue."
The problems facing the community indulged in the trade is alarming. The shipbreaking industry witnesses several violations in its daily operations including environmental pollution, dearth of safety regulations and accidents caused due to it, worker exploitation, and inadequate waste management facilities.
The daily laborers on the shore are predominantly people hailing from the northern part of Bangladesh, who move down south in search of jobs and a better living. "These workers come from poverty-stricken areas, and don't have any chance of generating income in their villages. The shipbreaking industry is easy to get a job in, as it does not need any training or certificate - you just go there, and if you have a person to contact, you can join in," said Shahin.
The people who control the trade are influential people in Bangladesh, and in the absence of regulations and compliance mechanisms in the industry, turn a blind eye to the plight of workers. This resulted in various accidents over the years, till NGOs started intervening in and advocated for safety regulations in the trade, bringing national and international attention to the industry.
"In 2009, the Bangladeshi court gave a judgment that all ships coming to the yard should be pre-cleaned of all the debris on-board. Since 2012, the shipbreaking industry is being regulated by the Bangladesh Ministry of Industry," said Shahin.
Though conditions have considerably improved, Shahin felt that a lot more could be done to improve the working conditions of laborers. "Accidents are still happening, and 14 workers have already died this year. Workers are still working without safety equipment in most of the yards," he said. However, Shahin is quick to add that a few yards are actively looking to improve the situation, by getting certified through national governing bodies for being compliant with the existing standards.
"As an NGO, we help the workers by educating them on the risks involved and their basic rights as workers. We also communicate with the owners and try helping the government to improve the situation by creating a comprehensive approach to upgrading shipbreaking yards," he said.
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) and UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) have initiated laws like the Hong Kong convention that provides guidelines on ship recycling and regulations on how the ships need to be sent into the yard. To an extent, the ships coming into the Bangladeshi shore accentuate the environmental and workers' health crisis.
"Ships coming in from Europe bring in a lot of waste. We try to raise the issue that it is not our waste and that EU shipping companies should be responsible for that," said Shahin. "We send the message that the EU countries and their shipping companies should contribute to the development of the shipbreaking industry by bringing waste management facilities and also ensuring safe recycling of their ships that come into Bangladesh."
Apart from Bangladesh, countries like India, Pakistan, and China also process ship scrap, but Beijing is now looking to stop further activities in ship recycling - in accordance with its new environmental protection laws. China currently breaks down around 2.5 million tonnes of shipping scrap every year, and it leaving the market would put additional pressure on the Indian subcontinent.
The 2020 IMO sulfur cap regulation would render many ships unusable, and this could lead to a lot more vessels making their way to the recycling yard. Regardless of this, the only sensible way forward would be for shipping lines to strictly meet regulations and make sure the community that services scrap does not end up suffering because of it.


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N. Moorthy Muthukrishnan
nmuthuk2@ncsu.edu
RRO 204E, UNC Asheville Campus
Campus Box CPO# 2360, UNC Asheville, Asheville NC 28804
N. Moorthy Muthukrishnan has over 15 years of industrial experience in USA and over 15 years of teaching, administration and research experience in engineering colleges/universities. Prior to joining NCSU/UNC-Asheville he worked as Process/Product engineer in Integrated circuit manufacturing at LSI Logic Corporation in Silicon Valley, California. He worked as a Professor and Head of the Department at several colleges and universities in India. He is also a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).
He served as coordinator for BTBP-GNITS Center for Artificial Intelligence. He coordinated the design and installation of 100 KWp solar PV power plant at GNITS. He was also heading the Entrepreneurial Development cell and GNITS-Steinbeis Center for Renewable Energy. He has over 40 publications in international conferences and journals. He served as a member of Organizing and Technical committees for several national and international conferences and workshops. He is a member of Asheville Buncombe County Critical Services Microgrid Working group which is a group of volunteers that strives to achieve energy resilience for critical services through the use of renewable energy sources and storage connected to microgrids. He also volunteers his time with Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina, Raleigh.
IIT-Madras, Chennai, India
PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India
Embedded Computer Systems
Institution of Engineers (India)
Institution of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineers (India)
Outstanding Employee Award at LSI Logic, California for performance.
'Good Teacher' Award by Rotaract Club of Hyderabad, India.


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    this.lectureTime = lectureTime;
    this.labTime = labTime;
    this.seminarTime = seminarTime;
    this.examTime = examTime;
    this.faculty = faculty;
    this.avail = avail;
    this.selectButton = selectButton;
}

//linked list node
function Node(course) {
    this.course = course;
    this.next = null;
}

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    this.size = 0;
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}

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    var node = new Node(course),
        curr = this.head,
        prev = null;

    while (curr && curr.course.name < node.course.name) {
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    }

    this.size += 1;
    return node;
};

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};

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            var termText = $("#SEC_TERM_" + index).text(),
                statText = $("#LIST_VAR2_" + index).text(),
                nameText = $("#SEC_SHORT_TITLE_" + index).text(),
                locationText = $("#SEC_LOCATION_" + index).text(),

                meetingLec = $('div.meet.LEC', this).children(),
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                if (k == meetingLab.length - 1) {
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            for (var x = 0; x < meetingExam.length; x += 1) {
                meetingExamText += $(meetingExam[x]).text() + "\n";
            }
            var course = new courseObj(termText, statText, nameText, locationText, meetingLecText, meetingLabText, meetingSemText, meetingExamText, facultyText, availText, selectButton);
            allCourses.add(course);
        }
    });
}

function search(input, head, pickedCourses) {
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        positionArr = [],
        tbl = document.createElement('table'),
        rowDetails = null,
        rowEl = [];

    tbl.style.maxWidth = '100px';
    tbl.id = "searchResults";
    tbl.setAttribute('border', '1');
    if (document.getElementById("searchResults") != null) {
        document.getElementById("searchResults").parentNode.removeChild(document.getElementById("searchResults"));
    }
    for (var j = 0; j < head.size; j += 1) {
        tempArr.length = 0;
        for (var i = 0; i < keySplit.length; i += 1) {
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                if (tempArr.includes(j) == false) {
                    tempArr.push(j);
                }
            } else {
                tempArr.length = 0;
                break;
            }
        }
        positionArr = positionArr.concat(tempArr);
    }
    rowDetails = tbl.insertRow(); // DOM method for creating table rows
    rowDetails.insertCell().textContent = "Term";
    rowDetails.insertCell().textContent = "Status";
    rowDetails.insertCell().textContent = "Name";
    rowDetails.insertCell().textContent = "Location";
    rowDetails.insertCell().textContent = "Meeting Information";
    rowDetails.insertCell().textContent = "Faculty";
    rowDetails.insertCell().textContent = "Avalible/Capacity";
    for (var i = 0; i < positionArr.length; i += 1) {
        rowEl[i] = tbl.insertRow(); // DOM method for creating table rows
        rowEl[i].id = positionArr[i];
        rowEl[i].insertCell().textContent = head.getNode(positionArr[i]).course.term;
        rowEl[i].insertCell().textContent = head.getNode(positionArr[i]).course.stat;
        rowEl[i].insertCell().textContent = head.getNode(positionArr[i]).course.name;
        rowEl[i].insertCell().textContent = head.getNode(positionArr[i]).course.locat;
        rowEl[i].insertCell().innerText = head.getNode(positionArr[i]).course.lectureTime + head.getNode(positionArr[i]).course.labTime + head.getNode(positionArr[i]).course.seminarTime + head.getNode(positionArr[i]).course.examTime;
        rowEl[i].insertCell().textContent = head.getNode(positionArr[i]).course.faculty;
        rowEl[i].insertCell().textContent = head.getNode(positionArr[i]).course.avail;
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    document.getElementById("searchPanel").appendChild(tbl);
}
//takes in node number to remove node from all courses
function selectCourse(allCourses, pickedCourses, nodeNum) {
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    allCourses.remove(nodeNum);
    search(document.getElementById("searchBar").value, allCourses, pickedCourses);
    selectedCoursesTable(allCourses, pickedCourses);
    clrUpdateCalendar(pickedCourses);
}

//takes in node number to remove node from picked courses
function deSelectCourse(allCourses, pickedCourses, nodeNum) {
    document.getElementById(pickedCourses.getNode(nodeNum).course.selectButton).checked = false;
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    pickedCourses.remove(nodeNum);
    clrUpdateCalendar(pickedCourses);
    search(document.getElementById("searchBar").value, allCourses, pickedCourses);
    selectedCoursesTable(allCourses, pickedCourses);
}

function selectedCoursesTable(head, pickedCourses) {
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    tbl.id = "selectedCourses";
    tbl.style.width = '100%';
    tbl.setAttribute('border', '1');
    if (document.getElementById("selectedCourses") != null) {
        document.getElementById("selectedCourses").parentNode.removeChild(document.getElementById("selectedCourses"));
    }
    rowDetails = tbl.insertRow(); // DOM method for creating table rows
    rowDetails.insertCell().textContent = "Term";
    rowDetails.insertCell().textContent = "Status";
    rowDetails.insertCell().textContent = "Name";
    rowDetails.insertCell().textContent = "Location";
    rowDetails.insertCell().textContent = "Meeting Information";
    rowDetails.insertCell().textContent = "Faculty";
    rowDetails.insertCell().textContent = "Avalible/Capacity";
    for (var i = 0; i < pickedCourses.size; i += 1) {
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        rowEl[i].insertCell().textContent = pickedCourses.getNode(i).course.stat;
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Q: Set GridView elements background color I have a problem with GridView in android. I have read similar posts but this is not the same. The problem is that I set an adapter for my GridView and then I want to do some calculations and decide select one of the elements of GridView, I want to set the background of that TextView to green.
This is the code sample:
  GridView gv = findViewById(R.id.gridView);
  final String[] answerStrings = new String[] {
                TEXT_IN_DRAG_AND_DROP_BOXES,    TEXT_IN_DRAG_AND_DROP_BOXES,
                TEXT_IN_DRAG_AND_DROP_BOXES };
  ArrayAdapter<String> answersViewAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(
                this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, answerStrings);

        gv.setAdapter(answersViewAdapter);
        int a = // some process which tells me which child should I change the background of
        gv.getChildAt(a-1).setBackgroundColor(
                        DRAG_AND_DROP_COLOR_BACKGROUND);

I receive a NPE, and I know that is because the view is not visible yet. But I do not know how should I solve this problem.

A: Create a custom adapter and do this calculation in getView to decide the textview to change background color.
Try this:
ArrayAdapter<String> choicesForViewAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(
                this, R.layout.simple_list_item_1, choices) {
            @Override
            public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {

                View v = super.getView(position, convertView, parent);
                int temp = userAnswers[questionNumber - 1];
                while (temp != 0) {
                    int a = temp % 10;
                    if (position == a - 1) {
                        v.setBackgroundColor(DRAG_AND_DROP_COLOR_BACKGROUND);
                        break;
                    }
                    temp = temp / 10;
                }
                return v;
            };
        };

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Q: How to store category name with vuejs I want to create a simple category with vue.js and laravel 5.7 for first. And I tried to do those hours but I did not succeed
How to save name with vue.js?

Tip: I do not see any errors. I want to save the name in the database.

index.blade.php
<form action="{{ route('categories.store') }}" method="post">
    @csrf

        Name:
        <input type="text" id="name" class="form-control" v-model="name">

        Sub Category:
        <select id="sub_category" v-model="parent_id" class="form-control">

        </select>

        <button type="button" @click="addCategory()" class="btn btn-info">Save</button>

</form>

app.js
require('./bootstrap');

window.Vue = require('vue');

Vue.component('example-component', require('./components/ExampleComponent.vue'));

const app = new Vue({
    el: '#app',
    data: {
        name: "",
        parent_id: ""
    },
    methods: {
        addCategory: function () {
            axios.post('/admin/store', {
                name: this.name,
                parent_id: this.parent_id
            }).then(response => {

            }, response => {
                this.error = 1;
                console.log('Errors')
            })
        }
    }
});

CategoryController
public function store(Request $request)
{
    Category::create([
        'name' => $request->name
    ]);

    return response('Category created', 201);
}

web.php
Route::namespace('Admin')->prefix('admin')->group(function (){
    $this->get('panel', 'PanelController@index')->name('panel.index');
    $this->resource('categories', 'CategoryController');
});


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Q: Python regex - split alphanumeric characters but remove and combine hyphenated words I am parsing over two million text files for a project and need your help with regex make it faster. I need to split the words so I am able to do it using:
text_file = re.sub(r'\W+',' ', text_file)

However, for hyphenated words, I would like to remove the hyphen but combine the word (i.e. non-profit would be nonprofit instead of "non", "profit"). Currently, I am able to do this with two search and replace (not ideal at all). The end output would be a list of words that will used by collections.Counter() object.
def mod1(text_file):
     text_file = re.sub('\s*-\s*', '', text_file) # handling hyphens :( O(n)
     text_file = re.sub(r'\W+',' ', text_file)
     text_file = text_file.lower()
     return(text_file)

Any faster processing tips to do this beyond regex would also be much appreciated. Thanks.

A: After using lower(), you can use re.sub(r'([a-z])-([a-z])', r'\1\2', s) to remove hyphens.
Then re.split(r'[^a-z]'), to split the words.
s = s.lower()
s = re.sub(r'([a-z])-([a-z])', r'\1\2', s)
s = re.split(r'[^a-z]', s)

This solution may (or may not) be faster depending on the text it is used on. It does have some probable speed ups though:

*

*Ignoring numbers allows usage of [a-z] instead of \w.

*lower() being called first, allows re.sub() to search for half the letters; that is [a-z] instead of [A-Za-z].

*Assuming no spaces before and after hyphens (since usually that should be the case) allows replacing of '\s*-\s*' with a faster [a-z]-[a-z]

A: You could do something like this,
>>> s = 'non-profit foo:?bar/buzz'
>>> ''.join(re.sub(r'\W+', ' ',i.strip()) for i in s.split('-'))
'nonprofit foo bar buzz'

OR
You could define a function in the re.sub's replacement part.
>>> s = 'non-profit foo:?bar/buzz'
>>> re.sub(r'\W+', lambda m: re.sub(r'.*', '', m.group(0)) if re.match(r'\s*-\s*$', m.group(0)) else re.sub(r'.*', r' ', m.group(0)), s)
'nonprofit foo bar buzz'

OR
Keep it simple...
>>> re.sub(r'\W+', lambda m: '' if re.match(r'\s*-\s*$', m.group(0)) else ' ', s)
'nonprofit foo bar buzz'

This code will do the replace for every match founded. That is, after each single match, function m is called. \W+ matches one or more non-word  characters. If a match is found, it will return an empty string if the matchobject.group(0) satisfies this \s*-\s*$ condition else it would return a single space string. That is the match was replaced with the return value.

A: You can use str.translate method , that is more faster than regex:
>>> import string
>>> s ='aslkdf -  sadlk#gjf'
>>> s.translate(str.maketrans(string.punctuation,32*' ','-'+string.whitespace))
'aslkdfsadlk gjf'

Answers benchmark :
#Avinash Raj
:~$ python3 -m timeit "import re;s='aslkdf -  sadlk#gjf';re.sub(r'\W+', lambda m: '' if re.match(r'\s*-\s*$', m.group(0)) else ' ', s)"
100000 loops, best of 3: 7.96 usec per loop
#Kasra
:~$ python3 -m timeit "import string;s='aslkdf -  sadlk#gjf';s.translate(str.maketrans(string.punctuation,32*' ','-'+string.whitespace))"
100000 loops, best of 3: 4.75 usec per loop
#user 5061
:~$ python3 -m timeit "import re;s='aslkdf -  sadlk#gjf';s=s.lower();s = re.sub(r'([a-z])-([a-z])', r'\1\2', s);re.split(r'[^a-z]', s)"
100000 loops, best of 3: 8.46 usec per loop


A new software update 13.8.26.92 for Asus ZenFone Max is now rolling out. The latest update brings bug fixes and performance improvements.
This new update brings improvements to the battery life of the smartphone. Included in the update is a new power saving app called the ASUS Power Master. This app should, according to Asus, help improve the battery performance.
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