diff --git a/texturizer/profanity.py b/texturizer/profanity.py
index f841997..a3e6cc2 100755
--- a/texturizer/profanity.py
+++ b/texturizer/profanity.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def prof_features(x, col):
             mild_profanity = 0
         else:
             text = (x[col].lower())
-            word_array = text.split()
+            word_array = text.split('\s+')
             hard_profanity = len(hard_re.findall(text))
             mask_profanity = len(masked_re.findall(text))
             if set(mild_profanity_list).intersection(word_array):
diff --git a/texturizer/scarcity.py b/texturizer/scarcity.py
index 44a0a75..ad3e610 100755
--- a/texturizer/scarcity.py
+++ b/texturizer/scarcity.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def cal_features(x, col):
         else:
             text = remove_urls_and_tags( remove_escapes_and_non_printable( x[col] ) ).lower()
             text = text.translate(str.maketrans('', '', string.punctuation)).lower()
-            words = text.split()
+            words = text.split('\s+')
             scarcities = list(map(get_scarcity, words))
             mean_scarcity = statistics.mean(scarcities)
             median_scarcity = statistics.median(scarcities)
diff --git a/texturizer/simple.py b/texturizer/simple.py
index dc9cace..f22f878 100755
--- a/texturizer/simple.py
+++ b/texturizer/simple.py
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ def cal_features(x, col):
             punct = sum(1 for c in x[col] if c in ['.','!','?',':',';','-',','])
             capital_d = capitals/chars
             punct_d = punct/chars
-            word_array = x[col].lower().split()
+            word_array = x[col].lower().split('\s+')
             sentence_array = [ x for x in re.split("[.?]", x[col].lower()) if x]
-            line_array = [ x for x in re.split("[\r\n]*", x[col].lower()) if x]
+            line_array = [ x for x in re.split("[\r\n]+", x[col].lower()) if x]
             non_stop_words = list(set(word_array) - set(stop_word_list))
             word_count = len(word_array)
             sentence_count = len(sentence_array)
diff --git a/texturizer/topics.py b/texturizer/topics.py
index fa6f3fd..0b30315 100755
--- a/texturizer/topics.py
+++ b/texturizer/topics.py
@@ -86,54 +86,10 @@ def add_text_topics_features(df, columns, type="flag"):
     for col in columns:
         if type=="count":
             rez = add_topic_counts(rez, col)
-            #rez = add_topic_features(rez, col)
         else:
             rez = add_topic_indicators(rez, col)
     return rez
 
-########################################################################################
-def add_topic_features(df, col):
-    """
-        Given a pandas dataframe and a column name.
-        Count the text matches for topic keywords.
-    """
-
-    def prof_features(x, col):
-        religion_wds = 0
-        sex_wds = 0
-        politics_wds = 0
-        ethno_wds = 0
-        econo_wds = 0
-        health_wds = 0 
-        sport_wds = 0 
-        arts_wds = 0 
-        family_wds = 0 
-        love_wds = 0 
-        crime_wds = 0 
-        travel_wds = 0 
-        food_wds = 0 
-        if x[col]!=x[col]:
-            sex_wds = 0
-        else:
-            text = (x[col].lower())
-            religion_wds = len(religion_re.findall(text))
-            politics_wds = len(politics_re.findall(text))
-            sex_wds = len(sex_re.findall(text))
-            ethno_wds = len(ethno_re.findall(text))
-            econo_wds = len(econo_re.findall(text))
-            health_wds = len(health_re.findall(text))
-            sport_wds = len(sport_re.findall(text))
-            arts_wds = len(arts_re.findall(text))
-            family_wds = len(family_re.findall(text))
-            love_wds = len(love_re.findall(text))
-            crime_wds = len(crime_re.findall(text))
-            travel_wds = len(travel_re.findall(text))
-            food_wds = len(food_re.findall(text))
-        return religion_wds, politics_wds, sex_wds, ethno_wds, econo_wds, health_wds, sport_wds, arts_wds, family_wds, love_wds, crime_wds, travel_wds, food_wds
-
-    df[[ col+'_religion', col+'_politics', col+'_sex', col+'_ethnicity', col+'_economics', col+'_health', col+'_sport', col+'_arts', col+'_family', col+'_love', col+'_crime', col+'_travel', col+'_food']] = df.apply(prof_features, col=col, axis=1, result_type="expand")
-    return df
-
 ########################################################################################
 def add_topic_indicators(df, col):
     """
@@ -166,6 +122,16 @@ def add_topic_indicators(df, col):
     df.loc[(df[col].notnull()) & (df[col].str.contains(travel_pat)), col+'_travel' ]=1
     df[ col+'_food' ]=0
     df.loc[(df[col].notnull()) & (df[col].str.contains(food_pat)), col+'_food' ]=1
+    df[col+'_technology']= 0
+    df.loc[(df[col].notnull()) & (df[col].str.contains(technology_pat)), col+'_technology' ]=1
+    df[col+'_fashion']=0
+    df.loc[(df[col].notnull()) & (df[col].str.contains(fashion_pat)), col+'_fashion' ]=1
+    df[col+'_culture']=0
+    df.loc[(df[col].notnull()) & (df[col].str.contains(culture_pat)), col+'_culture' ]=1
+    df[col+'_education']=0
+    df.loc[(df[col].notnull()) & (df[col].str.contains(education_pat)), col+'_education' ]=1
+    df[col+'_science']=0
+    df.loc[(df[col].notnull()) & (df[col].str.contains(science_pat)), col+'_science' ]=1
 
     return df