PHP - Mod_rewrite Folder To Variable

A few questions about mod_rewrites...

1.) If I want to determine if the URL ends with either "list" or "gallery", and then take appropriate action, does the code below look correct?

	RewriteRule shop/(.+)/([list|gallery])$  shop/catalog.php?category=$1&view=2 [L]
	

2.) Is it bad to use mod_rewrites to determine how your website branches?

For example...

	RewriteRule shop/music/(.*)$  go somewhere [L]
	RewriteRule shop/movies/(.*)$  go somewhere else [L]
	RewriteRule shop/books/(.*)$  go yet somewhere else [L]
	

RewriteRule ^/files/starter-manuals(.*) /admin_files/PDF$1 [R=301,L]

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.remotelystartedmn.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://remotelystartedmn.com/$1 [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^product_id=(.*)$
RewriteRule . %{REQUEST_URI}?product-id=%1 [R=301,L]

RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Cookie} devicePixelRatio [NC]
RewriteRule \.(?:jpe?g|gif|png|bmp)$ /retinaimages.php [NC,L]

RewriteRule ^/files/starter-manuals/(.*) /admin_files/PDF/$1 [R=301,L] 

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-s 
RewriteRule ^(.*)\.[\d]+\.(css|js)$ $1.$2 [L] 

ErrorDocument 404 /404.php

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Expires headers (for better cache control)
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
#
# These are pretty far-future expires headers
# They assume you control versioning with cachebusting query params like:
#   <script src="application.js?20100608">
# Additionally, consider that outdated proxies may miscache
#
#   www.stevesouders.com/blog/2008/08/23/revving-filenames-dont-use-querystring/
 
#
# If you don`t use filenames to version, lower the css and js to something like "access plus 1 week"
#
 
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
  ExpiresActive on
 
# Perhaps better to whitelist expires rules? Perhaps.
  ExpiresDefault                          "access plus 1 month"
 
# cache.appcache needs re-requests in FF 3.6 (thx Remy ~Introducing HTML5)
  ExpiresByType text/cache-manifest       "access plus 0 seconds"
 
 
 
# Your document html
  ExpiresByType text/html                 "access plus 0 seconds"
   
# Data
  ExpiresByType text/xml                  "access plus 0 seconds"
  ExpiresByType application/xml           "access plus 0 seconds"
  ExpiresByType application/json          "access plus 0 seconds"
 
# RSS feed
  ExpiresByType application/rss+xml       "access plus 1 hour"
 
# Favicon (cannot be renamed)
  ExpiresByType image/x-icon              "access plus 1 week"
 
# Media: images, video, audio
  ExpiresByType image/gif                 "access plus 1 month"
  ExpiresByType image/png                 "access plus 1 month"
  ExpiresByType image/jpg                 "access plus 1 month"
  ExpiresByType image/jpeg                "access plus 1 month"
  ExpiresByType video/ogg                 "access plus 1 month"
  ExpiresByType audio/ogg                 "access plus 1 month"
  ExpiresByType video/mp4                 "access plus 1 month"
  ExpiresByType video/webm                "access plus 1 month"
   
# HTC files  (css3pie)
  ExpiresByType text/x-component          "access plus 1 month"
   
# Webfonts
  ExpiresByType font/truetype             "access plus 1 month"
  ExpiresByType font/opentype             "access plus 1 month"
  ExpiresByType application/x-font-woff   "access plus 1 month"
  ExpiresByType image/svg+xml             "access plus 1 month"
  ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-fontobject "access plus 1 month"
     
# CSS and JavaScript
  ExpiresByType text/css                  "access plus 1 month"
  ExpiresByType application/javascript    "access plus 1 month"
  ExpiresByType text/javascript           "access plus 1 month"
   
  <IfModule mod_headers.c>
    Header append Cache-Control "public"
  </IfModule>
   
</IfModule>

AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/plain text/xml text/css text/javascript application/javascript

 RewriteEngine On
 RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
 RewriteRule (.*) https://%{SERVER_NAME}/$1 [R,L]
 RewriteRule ^shorter/(.*)$ shorter.php?longurl=$1 [L]
 RewriteRule ^([0-9a-zA-Z]{1,6})$ redirect.php?url=$1 [L]
 RewriteRule (.*)playlist.xml$  playlist.php [L] # Playlist
 RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /index.php?page=$1 [L]
 RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*)/$ /index.php?page=$1&id=$2 [L]
 RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*)/(.*)/$ /index.php?page=$1&id=$2&no=$3 [L]
 RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*)/(.*)/(.*)/$ /index.php?page=$1&id=$2&no=$3&trkid=$4 [L]
 RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*)/(.*)/$ /index.php?page=my_profile&code=$2&state=$3 [L]

RewriteRule (.*)playlist.xml$  https://%{SERVER_NAME}/playlist.php [L] # Playlist
#AND Optionally
RewriteRule (.*)playlist.xml$  https://www.domain.com/playlist.php [L] # Playlist