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Q: Redirect URLs with query strings in .htaccess I'm trying to migrate an old site to a new one built with concrete5. The old site uses query strings, which I cannot redirect from within concrete5.

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*There are multiple categories, how can I redirect just the query part?

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*Old URL: example.com/portfolio/category?cat=hifi

*New URL: example.com/projecten/hifi

*Further I have URLs with a different query also needing redirects:

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*Old URL: example.com/portfolio/post.php?s=pagename-xxx-xxx

*New URL: example.com/projecten/pagename-xxx-xxx
Help very much appreciated!

A: You'll need to use mod_rewrite and a condition (RewriteCond) that matches against the QUERY_STRING server variable.
Try the following in your root .htaccess file above any existing mod_rewrite directives.
RewriteEngine On

# PART 1 : Redirect old category URLs
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^cat=(\w+)
RewriteRule ^portfolio/category$ /projecten/%1? [R=302,L]

# PART 2 : Redirect other old URLs
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^s=(pagename-\w{3}-\w{3})
RewriteRule ^portfolio/post\.php$ /projecten/%1? [R=302,L]

This assumes that the xxx in pagename-xxx-xxx are 3 literal word characters (ie. a-z, A-Z, 0-9 or _).
UPDATE#1: The trailing ? on the RewriteRule substitution is necessary in order to remove the query string from the target. Or, use the QSD flag on Apache 2.4+.
Change the 302 (temporary) redirect to 301 (permanent) when you are sure it's working OK. 301 redirects are cached by the browser, which can make testing problematic.
UPDATE#2: With respect to the updated URL in "PART 2", try the following instead:
# PART 2 : Redirect other old URLs
# To essentially remove the date prefix, eg. "YYYY-MM-DD-"
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^s=/d{4}-/d{2}-/d{2}-(.+)
RewriteRule ^portfolio/post\.php$ /projecten/%1? [R=302,L]

^s=[0-9{4}]+-(.+?)/?[0-9{2}]+-(.+?)/?[0-9{2}]+-(.+?)/?(.*)$

This is a bit of a mash, but also looks overly complex for what you are trying to achieve? For instance, why do you need to match an optional slash (ie. /?)? Your example URL does not contain any slashes?
A regex pattern such as [0-9{4}]+ isn't doing what you think it's doing. This would match any of the characters 0123456789{} 1 or more times. What you seem to be trying to do is to match exactly 4 digits. eg. [0-9]{4} (which is the same as /d{4}, using a shorthand character class).

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So. . . I've received new boxers from my mother each year well into my late 30's. Yes, even years after I was married. There, I've said it! And I don't mean the cheaper brands like Fruit of Loom, or walmart or . . . not that there is anything wrong with those. But these boxers are the nicer, softer, more stylish and expensive designer brands like Polo and Calvin Klein. I bet you have a different image of me now or you think of me as a "mama's boy". And you know, you would be partially right.
See, I left home when I was 18 and never looked back. Well, there was that one year after college when I went home for a year to figure out what the heck I wanted to do with my life, but other than that, for all intensive purposes, that was the last time I lived with my parents. And yet, whatever I was doing and wherever I've lived, this small package came to my door year after year, full of 5-7 new designer boxers. I may not have had money to buy designer clothes, but one thing was for sure, underneath my outer clothes, I was very couture.
These thoughts have been in my head because yesterday was Mother's Day, and I miss my mother terribly from over 2000 miles away. Living in San Francisco, away from my parents who live an hour outside of Detroit, Michigan, we only get to see and embrace each other once or twice a year at the most. And my mother for the past 6-7 weeks has been ill. She's had a bad case of gout for the past 4 weeks and just as she was recovering, she has contracted shingles which made her immobile again for the past 2 1/2 weeks. For a very active woman in her very youthful mid 70's, this has been hell for her.
The gospel passage for this past Sunday's lectionary is from the farewell discourse in the Gospel of John. In the midst of Jesus telling us just how much he loves us and just how much we are to love, in verse 11 he says this, "I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete." As I read the lectionary passage this past week, this was the verse that struck me more than others. What joy was Jesus talking about? This was the discourse at the end of his life when he would be betrayed, humiliated and nailed to the cross. Where is the joy in the midst of all this suffering?
But then, just this past Wednesday, we received a package. I know what you are thinking. No, it was not several pieces of couture underwear. It was a box of 3D puzzles that my 7 year old son Ian has been wanting, a box that he saw when we visited my parents in Michigan 2 years ago. Now that he is a little older, they sent it to him with a little love letter plus $50 in cash for him to use. And use it he did. He's been wanting a Ninjago Destiny Bounty Lego set for half a year now. He's been saving his small allowance that we give him each week since January to buy this particular lego set. He only had two more weeks to go before he could afford it, but now he had more than enough. So this past Wednesday afternoon, he and I drove all over the Bay Area for over 1 1/2 hours to track down what he has been dreaming of for over 5 months.
As we were driving home, he called my mother. The excitement of his voice was palpable and yes, so was my mother's voice on the speaker phone. Even in her weakened, depressed state, the joy of my mother for my son came through so clearly over the speakers of my iphone. My mother lives for her children and her grandchildren. She gave up so much to mother and raise her kids and now pours that same love onto her grandchildren. I can say that I've suffered some in my life, mostly of my own doing, but hearing the stories of my mother, I haven't suffered one iota of what mother has gone through in her life. Yet love and joy exudes from her whenever she cares for her family and now her growing extended family.
Yesterday as part of the worship service, I asked the congregants to come forward, take a multicolored flower and invited them to say the name and/or a prayer for our mothers and/or mother figures. We ended this time by reciting a prayer that my friend and colleague Abby King Kaiser wrote in her blog about our mothers.
So I write this as a love letter to my mother and to our "mothering kind", who cares, loves and nutures us, our families, our children, our congregations, our communities, our earth and our world. My deepest gratitude for all of you.
Categories: family, life, mother's day, women | Tags: Children, family, mother's day, mothers, women | Permalink.
We spent last Saturday morning perusing the sea of tables with information about different schools in San Francisco. In the almost three years that our son will have been in daycare and preschool, we will have spent more money than receiving my degree from University of Michigan where I attended in the late 1980's. So we are taking the plunge into public school education which is full of choices, the anxiety, the information gathering, the waiting, and oh yeah, entering into The Lottery System that San Francisco uses to decide where our children will attend school. So in order to make an informed decision for our top 7 choices of schools, we spent an hour and half talking to school teachers, principals and parents. We already did some research before the enrollment fair and wanted to make sure to visit several school that we were already interested in, but also wanted a chance to see what other choices were out there. And we were pleasantly surprised that there plenty of good public schools in San Francisco that offer many different programs and teaching philosophies. Talking with those who were promoting their school of choice, one would have thought that all the schools were top notch, the best school out there, the most caring teachers, most involved parents, or "up and coming" and "jewel" in the rough. I think we have to take all of these with the grain of salt.
So today, as I was writing all the dates for school visitations, I began to think about the question, what and where is the truth. Do we take what these school promoters tell us at face value. Do we just rely on the comments, reviews and the school scores that we found on the internet. Or maybe do we just go with our gut. Today, I was directed to an online book called Proof Beyond Reasonable Doubt by Mark Kelly. I was interested, had some time, and it was very short read. The author wants to prove beyond the reasonable doubt, more than saying I believe because I have faith, that the true religion and the morals associated with it is the Christian faith. He wants to blast holes in the different world views that people hold, such as Skepticism which he abhors, to prove that the Christian faith is the true religion. But in defending the Christian faith and denying other world views and ideas such as the Theory of Evolution, he uses those same lens of the skeptic. Not only that, he defends Christianity as truth by using the Bible itself and using his interpretation of it. As a Presbyterian pastor, I was so interested in how he would prove his point, but after reading the article, I became a skeptic myself. And a few questions that lingered afterwards is what is truth and what exactly are the truths that the author was talking about?
What is the truth? Is the truth relative? As I study, pray, engage with the community around me, I know I hold truths and stances that are very different from another's. Whether it is in the interpretation of scripture, philosophy of ministry, or my moral and world view, I know my beliefs are contrary to some. In my context, in the place where I am today, in my connection with God, in my striving to live in the way of Jesus, I hold and live with these truths, truths which may be very different from another Christian who lives across the street, across town, or across the table in the small group that I lead. To me, this is where conversations are so important. I enter into these conservations with my truths, not to change the other's mind or beat it over someone's head, but more to listen and to fully hear, and hopefully to be heard as well. And in our talking, listening and understanding, the truth becomes bigger than mine or theirs.
Whatever the case, the truth of Christianity is not only to know it but to live it in love. More than making the best oratory or written arguments for Christianity, wouldn't it be better to live and show it with our lived life individually and definitely as a community. This morning, I posted a status update on facebook pondering "what is truth". And one of the comments I received was, "the love in your family and in your community". For today, that is the answer to my question that I was seeking.
As for our Son's school choices, we will visiting no fewer than 7 different schools in the first two weeks of December. More than taking the word of someone promoting their school, we will experience the school ourselves. And we certainly hope that the truths that were told is indeed true when we make these visitations. And really, isn't this the truth that Christians and non-christians alike are looking for when they enter our communities of faith. Just wondering.
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I want to be a Dinosaur!
After all the laughter, and the chuckles that I had throughout the day when I thought about my three year old slowly becoming a dinosaur, I began to think about the hopes and dreams that we all have for our lives. I shouldn't have been surprised by his answer since he has been infatuated with Dinosaurs for almost two years now. But in his answer, he did not say, he wanted to be a paleontologist to study them, or go back in time to be with them, he actually wanted to be one himself. At this one moment in time, that is his hope and in his striving, he sees no barriers in achieving it.
At what age do these hopes become dashed for us. When do these dreams begin to fade. It may come from inside of us filled with doubts and comes also from external sources such as our parents and family. But as an Asian American, I know our society as a whole has a lot to do with it. As I see the world around us in my daily living, I see hopes shattered all across this country and all across the world. As I see injustices in many places and in California with prop 8's passing, I feel and see anger and hopes drowning in tears.
As I ponder the gospel message in this week's lectionary, Matthew 25:1-13, I read of the 10 bridesmaids, all dressed and ready in excitement to meet the bridegroom. They are waiting in anticipation, but their hopes are dashed in the prolonged wait and they all fall asleep. As I see hopes dashed again and again, I also fall asleep at times for extended periods. But in life, things happen that wakes me up, stirs me and points me in the way of hope again.
As I watched with tears in my eyes the new First Family walk out onto that stage at Grant Park in Chicago and heard Barack Obama's speech to America and to the world, the single word that enveloped me was "hope". Hope that we can reach for dreams again. Hope that a better America is possible, an America that is just, honest, not only thinks inwardly about its own well being, but works with others to make the world a better place. And an America that breaks down all barriers and injustices between people. In no way do I think Obama is the "One", the "Savior", the "great hope" who will bring all of this about, but for me, he is a symbol that points me again in the path of hope and that we can all work together to make change happen for a better world.
As for my son's hopes of being a Dinosaur, who knows, sometime in the near future with enough genetic engineering and technology, maybe he really can be a dinosaur. But for now, I will continue to provide the environment and work to make the world a place where he and my daughter can dream dreams, see visions and actually make them happen.
Categories: Children, Church, politics | Tags: Children, Dinosaur, Hope, Obama | Permalink.


Zevin's fantasy creates her own world as she describes "heaven." I also got to create a world that operates in a slightly different way than our own. In SPARK, a theater comes back to life; it's heart begins to beat again.
Of all Dessen's work, this one's my favorite by far. Part of the reason for that is that I'm such a music nut—and it was a delight to read about characters who loved their music like I did in high school. In SPARK, we do have a sweet contemporary romance—as well as characters who love their music. One loves musical theater; another is in the midst of rebuilding an antique piano, making sure that it will "sing" again.
I love books that explore "non-tradition" families. This one's about adoption—and Quin, the narrator of SPARK, has ben adopted as well. Actually, she's been adopted by a woman who's old enough to be her grandmother—which adds sort of an additional "non-traditional" element to the fact that she's adopted.
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, by Harper Lee and OUR TOWN, by Thornton Wilder – I'm cheating a bit here—these aren't specifically YAs, but they are often read (or performed) by high schoolers. And they both focus on life in small towns. As does SPARK. I'm a lifelong Missouri girl, and I've always loved discovering reads about the Midwest, or about small town life. These works capture what it's like to live in a smaller town in such a poetic, beautiful way—I don't think you can finish these without wishing you lived there.
I'm a hybrid author of critically concession acclaimed traditionally published and Amazon bestselling independently published works for readers of all ages. My previous YAs (A BLUE SO DARK, PLAYING HURT, and FERAL) have received starred reviews from Booklist and Publishers Weekly, won silver and gold medals from ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year and the IPPY Awards, respectively, been featured on Booklist's First Novels for Youth, School Library Journal's "What's Hot in YA," and been selected as a PW Pick. Kirkus praised by latest YA, SPARK, for "crisp prose [that] flows easily between the past and present," and Booklist claimed the novel casts "a shimmering spell." Readers can get in touch at HollySchindler.com, facebook.com/HollySchindlerAuthor, or at Twitter via @holly_schindler.
Publisher's Synopsis: Acclaimed author Holly Schindler writes a compelling contemporary tale with a dash of magic. The theater comes to life in this story of family ties, fate, love, and one girl's quest to rewrite history.
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Dave Bautista Says Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Will Wrap Things Up
September 11, 2021 | Posted by Joseph Lee
In an interview with Comicbook.com, Dave Bautista spoke about the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, which he said will wrap up things. Here are highlights:
On Drax getting beat up so much: "You know, it seems to be Drax's pattern that no matter what his goal is, he gets his ass kicked. No superhero has ever gotten their ass kicked so much as Drax!"
On the third film of the Guardians series: "It's our third film. We're going to wrap it up. And it's been a hell of a journey with a few bumps. So I'm looking forward to this, man. My cast and obviously the director, James Gunn, they're like family to me. This is kind of where my journey started. It's come full circle and I'm looking forward to wrapping it up. And it's a bittersweet… I mean, I've been doing Guardians since 2013. And, you know, when this comes out, you know, it'll be in 2023, so that's a, you know, 10 year journey."
On the end of playing Drax: "Part of the journey is the end. You know, all things must end. And, you know, I'm looking forward to kind of wrapping this up with my friends and family."
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Extra Lives Review
Friday, September 17th, 2010 by jackson
Tom Bissell's latest work, Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter, doesn't include much discussion on the subject of why video games matter. This has very little weight on the text itself, but I think every reader should be aware of that fact before opening a copy. Extra Lives is about Bissell's fascination with videogames and …
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Review – Burger Island
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 by jake
I recently [not recently – Ed.] spent a good portion of my Memorial Day weekend remembering our fallen soldiers by playing Burger Island with my daughter.
"Do you want a turn making milkshakes, daddy?" she asked in a cute manner.
"I will do it! I will do it for those that died at Normandy!" I cried.
This better not be as bad as everything else here.
Review: Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers
Friday, August 27th, 2010 by cunzy1 1
Presumably, there is a design doc at Square Enix that defines what defines a Crystal Chronicles game. A character called Cid, cactuars, marlboros, flans, chocobos, airships, trains and magical jewelery are all borrowed from the main series. What makes a Crystal Chronicles game seems to be an obsession with talking about crystals, carrying …
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Review – SSX Tricky
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 by jackson
In the early days of the GameCube one of the first games I made sure to get was SSX Tricky. It was awesome and I played it endlessly until I had mastered every single trick of every single character on every single course. Eventually I got bored of it because, well, it stopped being fun …
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Review – League of Legends: Season One
Thursday, July 29th, 2010 by golden jew
Following many months of "live," but not "ranked" gameplay, League of Legends, published by Riot Games, has gone pro, launching their competitive Season One. Featuring several ranked ladder modes: "solo" (actually solo or duo play) 5v5, full premade 5v5 and full premade 3v3, the ladders will culminate with tournament play and $100,000 of cash …
Review – Fragile Dreams
Thursday, July 8th, 2010 by chris
I had high hopes for Fragile Dreams. It seemed to have an unusual story, focused on post-apocalyptic loneliness and exploring a more or less empty, shattered world. And, even after moderately bad reviews, I looked forward to trying out what I still hoped would be a good game. After all, Opoona and …
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Review – No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010 by christian
No More Heroes was a fine game, but it was one that worked best as a solitary experience. Parodies of gamer, geek, and otaku culture are a tricky business, and the game managed to address this issue well. Going for it a second time around would be pushing it, and having to reconcile …
Is that an article in your pants, or are you just happy to read me?
Review – Flower, Sun and Rain
Monday, June 28th, 2010 by christian
My first thought when I began playing Grasshopper Manufacture's "Flower, Sun and Rain" was that it reminded me a bit of Killer 7. This isn't any sort of surprise, considering Grasshopper (and it's rebellious leader Suda51) was behind both games. It was, however, an informative revelation; Killer 7 is often praised for it's …
Review – Infinite Space
Thursday, May 13th, 2010 by chris
As a fan of the occasional science fiction novel, I've wanted to see a real sci-fi JRPG for a long time. The Star Ocean series occasionally tantalizes – then I'm reminded once again that the vast majority of each Star Ocean game ends up being the standard medieval fantasy-themed magic-filled claptrap anyway (or super-science …
Review – Pixeljunk Shooter
Thursday, May 6th, 2010 by christian
Q Games' Pixeljunk project is something that, as a gamer, I have to admire, but as a critic leaves me frustrated. They exist as a series of small downloadables on the Playstation Network, with their 2d perspective being the only common theme among them (Wikipedia states that a "Pixeljunk Series 2" …


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Broadcast executive Princell Hair was born on February 2, 1967 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Hair attended Fort Lauderdale High School and graduated in 1985. That same year, he enrolled in the U.S. Naval Academy, where he spent the next four years. Hair was then admitted to Florida International University in Miami, graduating two years later with his B.S. degree in broadcast journalism. He entered the world of journalism soon after, working as a writer and producer for WPLG-TV and WSVN-TV, ABC and Fox-affiliated stations, respectively. In 1993, Hair was hired as an executive producer for Chicago's WSVN-TV. After two years, he was hired as an assistant news director for the CBS station WKMG-TV in Orlando, Florida. Hair was then named news director for Hearst television station WBAL-TV in Baltimore, Maryland, where he served from 1998 to 2001.
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Hair has served on the board of directors of the Radio and Television News Directors Association/Foundation (RTNDA/F), and the board of visitors at Florida A&M University's School of Journalism and Graphic Communication. He won a 1994 Emmy Award in Chicago as Executive Producer of "Our Future Crisis," a broadcast special about inner-city violence. He is a former member of the National Association of Black Journalists, the National Black MBA Association and the National Association of Broadcasters. He and his wife have five children.
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Tape: 1 Story: 1 - Slating of Princell Hair's interview
Tape: 1 Story: 2 - Princell Hair lists his favorites
Tape: 1 Story: 3 - Princell Hair describes his mother's family background
Tape: 1 Story: 4 - Princell Hair talks about his mother's education and her childhood aspirations
Tape: 1 Story: 5 - Princell Hair describes his father's family background
Tape: 1 Story: 6 - Princell Hair reflects upon his parents' personalities and who he takes after
Tape: 1 Story: 7 - Princell Hair describes his earliest childhood memory
Tape: 1 Story: 8 - Princell Hair talks about moving around during his childhood
Tape: 1 Story: 9 - Princell Hair describes the sights, sounds, and smells of his childhood
Tape: 1 Story: 10 - Princell Hair describes the church he attended, the National Church of God in Christ
Tape: 1 Story: 11 - Princell Hair talks about his experience at North Side Elementary School
Tape: 1 Story: 12 - Princell Hair talks about his neighborhood peers' fear of white people
Tape: 1 Story: 13 - Princell Hair talks about the demographics of Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Tape: 1 Story: 14 - Princell Hair recalls his mother's initiative in helping him get a good education
Tape: 2 Story: 1 - Princell Hair describes his mentors in elementary school and high school
Tape: 2 Story: 2 - Princell Hair talks about the demographics of his school classrooms
Tape: 2 Story: 3 - Princell Hair talks about his brother's trouble in school due to his mental handicap
Tape: 2 Story: 4 - Princell Hair describes the challenges of growing up in the projects while attending school in a more affluent neighborhood
Tape: 2 Story: 5 - Princell Hair talks about his musical interests
Tape: 2 Story: 6 - Princell Hair documents his interest in television as a child
Tape: 2 Story: 7 - Princell Hair talks about competing in the state championship with his high school track team
Tape: 2 Story: 8 - Princell Hair talks about the history of Fort Lauderdale and Fort Lauderdale High School
Tape: 2 Story: 9 - Princell Hair reflect upon a negative encounter with the Fort Lauderdale police
Tape: 2 Story: 10 - Princell Hair discusses his high school extracurricular activities and early career ambitions
Tape: 2 Story: 11 - Princell Hair talks about his high school heroes in journalism including Max Robinson and Dwight Lauderdale
Tape: 3 Story: 1 - Princell Hair talks about his decision to join the U.S. Navy after high school
Tape: 3 Story: 2 - Princell Hair talks about being named Mr. Fort Lauderdale in high school
Tape: 3 Story: 3 - Princell Hair talks about why he joined the U.S. Navy and the reason he was discharged
Tape: 3 Story: 4 - Princell Hair discusses his dropping out of Florida Community College in Gainesville, Florida after becoming a father
Tape: 3 Story: 5 - Princell Hair talks about the end of his relationship and moving to South Florida
Tape: 3 Story: 6 - Princell Hair talks about how he met his wife, Jodie Hair
Tape: 3 Story: 7 - Princell Hair talks about his internship and job offer while attending Florida International University (FIU)
Tape: 3 Story: 8 - Princell Hair talks about one of his mentors, Joel Cheatwood
Tape: 3 Story: 9 - Princell Hair describes his journalistic philosophy
Tape: 3 Story: 10 - Princell Hair talks about the coverage of Hurricane Andrew in 1992
Tape: 4 Story: 1 - Princell Hair talks about important skill sets needed in news productions
Tape: 4 Story: 2 - Princell Hair talks about producing news in a crisis situation
Tape: 4 Story: 3 - Princell Hair talks about his job offer from WDIV in Detroit, Michigan
Tape: 4 Story: 4 - Princell Hair shares a story about his move to Detroit, Michigan
Tape: 4 Story: 5 - Princell Hair talks about an employment offer from WBBM Chicago in 1993
Tape: 4 Story: 6 - Princell Hair shares some of the news stories from WBBM in Chicago, Illinois
Tape: 4 Story: 7 - Princell Hair talks about his decision to leave WBBM Chicago after his mentor, John Lansing, departed
Tape: 4 Story: 8 - Princell Hair talks about his first opportunity to run a newsroom in Orlando, Florida in 1995
Tape: 4 Story: 9 - Princell Hair talks about workplace tensions at his first news director job in Chicago, Illinois in 1997
Tape: 5 Story: 1 - Princell Hair discusses the backlash at WMAQ Chicago after they hired Jerry Springer
Tape: 5 Story: 2 - Princell Hair talks about his decision to move to WBAL Baltimore in 1998 after WMAQ Chicago's staff overhaul
Tape: 5 Story: 3 - Princell Hair remembers some of the major stories at WBAL Baltimore
Tape: 5 Story: 4 - Princell Hair discusses having to think on your feet during live coverage
Tape: 5 Story: 5 - Princell Hair talks about WBAL Baltimore's superior coverage of the 2000 mayoral election
Tape: 5 Story: 6 - Princell Hair discusses the importance of understanding live reporting in the newsroom
Tape: 5 Story: 7 - Princell Hair remembers some of his favorite reporters
Tape: 5 Story: 8 - Princell Hair talks about leaving the Hurst Group for Viacom in 2001
Tape: 5 Story: 9 - Princell Hair talks about his opportunity to join CNN in Atlanta, Georgia in 2003
Tape: 5 Story: 10 - Princell Hair talks about lessons he learned as CNN's Domestic News Director and workplace politics
Tape: 5 Story: 11 - Princell Hair talks about his time at CNN in Atlanta, Georgia and his decision to move into sports
Tape: 6 Story: 1 - Princell Hair talks about going into sports news with the Comcast Sports Group in 2008
Tape: 6 Story: 2 - Princell Hair describes Comcast Sports' news programs and coverage
Tape: 6 Story: 3 - Princell Hair describes what it is like to work in local sports news
Tape: 6 Story: 4 - Princell Hair talks about Philadelphia's sports fans
Tape: 6 Story: 5 - Princell Hair talks about developing sports news based on regional preferences
Tape: 6 Story: 6 - Princell Hair describes his expanded role with NBC Sports Group
Tape: 6 Story: 7 - Princell Hair discusses hiring former athletes and how they fare on air
Tape: 6 Story: 8 - Princell Hair talks about the most successful regional sports stations
Tape: 6 Story: 9 - Princell Hair describes his goal in broadcasting to own a network
Tape: 6 Story: 10 - Princell Hair discusses the impact of his M.B.A. on his career
Tape: 6 Story: 11 - Princell Hair talks about what he might do differently
Tape: 6 Story: 12 - Princell Hair reflects upon his legacy
Tape: 6 Story: 13 - Princell Hair talks about his family
Tape: 7 Story: 1 - Princell Hair describes his hopes and concerns for the African American community
Tape: 7 Story: 2 - Princell Hair talks about his favorite phrase
Tape: 7 Story: 3 - Princell Hair talks about how he would like to be remembered
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Princell Hair describes the challenges of growing up in the projects while attending school in a more affluent neighborhood
Princell Hair talks about his time at CNN in Atlanta, Georgia and his decision to move into sports
Now--so you're living in two different worlds basically--back and forth. You even have the social dynamic in the white world--$$Right.$$--going on sleepovers and things like that.$$Right.$$So how were you accepted in your own community? You know, with that kind of background, was it tough on you?$$Yeah, that's a great question. It was a little challenging at times; I spoke differently than the other kids in my neighborhood. They always told me I talk white or I think I'm white, or I'm an Oreo--black on the outside, white on the inside. I got all of those, you know, those kinds of comments growing up. A lot of kids in my neighborhood just didn't understand me and didn't understand why I was the way that I was and, you know, again, it was just--I was different; I was different than they were. You know, I, I found acceptance at church. I think that may have been why I gravitated; it was just a much more accepting environment but, you know, when you're out on the, on the playground or out on the, on the basketball court and, you know, I'm the only one that talks the way that I do, you get ridiculed 'cause people don't understand it--$$Okay.$$--or they're threatened by it, or whatever it is, you know.$$So you didn't make any attempt to try to change the way you talked when you were back home?$$No, I, I, I didn't because it just wasn't, it wasn't me; it wasn't true to me and no matter what I--no matter if I tried, you know, if that's not who you are, you know, people are gonna see right through that so I just dealt with the, with the ridicule; I just dealt with the jokes, you know, and just tried to, you know, laugh it off and, you know, not, not allow it to, to get me angry.$$Okay. Now I don't know if this is fair or not, but I got almost an even chance of speaking like you did in the projects in school--I guess, because you could have chosen to do that--$$I could have.$$--you know, but that probably wouldn't have been successful in school.$$Probably not, probably not--$$So--$$--and I don't know why, you know, I grew up--well, I do know why; because I spoke like the people that I was around most of the time, you know, growing up.$$Okay. So you spent most of your time in school?$$Yeah.$$Okay, all right.$$It was a safe place for me--$$Yeah, okay.$$--'cause I was just as smart as the other kids, smarter than most of 'em, so there was this, there was this--even if it wasn't equal, there was a feeling of equality, and they would look at me and they would admire the fact that I was as smart as they were, so on some level, I was on their level, which made it easier to fit in.$So what you've experienced, it sounds like a book I heard of called "Swimming with Sharks," (simultaneous)--$$(Simultaneous)--Yeah, yeah, very similar.$$Yeah. So is this a typical experience in the news and the TV news world?$$I think it's a typical experience in the corporate world--the corporate news world; big organizations, big corporations that are, you know--have these, these intricate, you know, organizational structures and relationships are sometimes difficult for outsiders to navigate, and that's, that's what I experienced.$$Okay. So you were there for--$$I was running the Domestic News Operation [at CNN in Atlanta, Georgia] for fourteen months, and then I was moved into a position overseeing talent and programming across all of the different CNN platforms. I was in that job for about a year, and the fact of the matter is that's a job that really didn't have a lot of teeth because--the network heads, they wanna hire their own talent, you know, they don't really need me telling them who to hire; they got into that position because they know a little something about talent, so I found myself running up against walls with the various network heads who I was, you know, really liaising with because they had their own ideas of what their talent should be--as they should. So I went to, to Jim and Phil [Kent] and just said, "Look, guys, I'm happy to stay here and collect a paycheck and do this for as long as you want me to, but the fact of the matter is you're not really getting the value out of me; you're not really getting as much as you can out of me; I can do more, I'd like to do more." So they moved me into corporate strategy. It was a position that I was--or it was an area of the business that I didn't know, that I was interested in, and it also gave me an opportunity to go back to school and get my MBA, which is what I did at Emory [University, Atlanta, Georgia], so I was working full time while getting my MBA, and I was working on a project--we were going to take WTBS which is, you know, Turner[ Broadcasting]'s first station, and figure out what we were gonna do with that locally, and turn that into a--you know, there's the TBS Superstation and then there's a local station in the market--WTBS, and at the time, their programming was the same, but Phil Kent who's, who's running Turner at the time, wanted to turn that into something else--more of a local station, so that TBS could be a separate, completely separate station. So that was my project and, you know, amongst working on other things with the, with the, the strategy group--and at the end of that year, and after I got my MBA and had finished--completed the projects, I was ready to run something else; I was in a position now where I, where I was down two years removed from, from running something, and I went to Phil and said, "Hey, look, I'm ready to run something; you know, I can stay in corporate strategy as long as you want, but I'm really ready to run something." And, you know, "We don't really have anything for you to run," to which--I, I saw that as a sign that, you know, maybe it was time for me to, to move on and try something else, take some time off, which is what I did. I took about a year and a half off which, you know, fortunately, I was able to do to really figure out what I wanted to do next. I had been in news for now 20--20 years, and was really burned out with, with, with news. I didn't wanna really go back into a local news situation because it, it had changed so much, and resources had been drained from local markets, local news stations, and I wanted to try something, something different; and that is what led me to sports.
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James Winston
Communications attorney James L. Winston was born on August 24, 1947 to Corrie Conwill Winston and Jeff Winston in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has one other sibling, Frances Winston Adderley. Winston graduated from Belmar Elementary School in 1959 and enrolled at Westinghouse High School in Pittsburgh. After attending Westinghouse, Winston was admitted to the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He graduated with his B.S. degree in electrical engineering in 1969. Three years later, he received his J.D. degree in law from Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Upon graduation, Winston was hired as an attorney for the Roxbury Multi-Service Center in Boston. He then worked for the New York-based law firm LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby and MacRae as an attorney specializing in public utility law before serving as associate counsel for the Western Union Telegraph Company in Washington, D.C. In 1978, Winston worked as a legal assistant to Federal Communications Commissioner Robert F. Lee. After two years with the FCC, he was hired as an associate attorney by the Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen law firm, also in Washington, D.C. Winston then became a managing partner in the law firm of Rubin, Winston, Diercks, Harris & Cooke, LLP in 1981, specializing in telecommunications law. Additionally, he served as executive director and general counsel for the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters, Inc. starting in 1982.
For nine years in a row, Winston was named one of the "Leading African Americans in Radio" by Radio Ink magazine. He was also inducted into the American Urban Radio Network Hall of Fame and presented the "Lifetime Leadership Achievement Award." Winston was also inducted into the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council Hall of Fame and presented its "Lifetime Achievement Award."
In addition to his achievements, Winston has served on the advisory boards for the Federal Communications Bar Association Executive Committee, the Elon University School of Communications in Elon, North Carolina and the Florida A&M University School of Journalism & Graphic Communication in Tallahassee, Florida. Winston is married and has four adult children. He resides in Silver Spring, Maryland.
James L. Winston was interviewed by the The HistoryMakers on May 3, 2012.
Telecommunications Lawyer
Federal Communications Bar Association Executive Committee
Elon University School of Communications
Belmar Elementary School
Westinghouse Academy
Herb and Sheran Wilkins Media Makers
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Broadcast executive and telecommunications lawyer James Winston (1947 - ) is one of the leading advocates for African American radio broadcasters in the country.
Rubin, Winston, Diercks, Harris & Cooke, L.L.P.
National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters (NABOB)
Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen
Western Union Telegraph Company
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Roxbury Multi-Service Center
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Tape: 1 Story: 1 - Slating of James Winston's interview
Tape: 1 Story: 2 - James Winston lists his favorites
Tape: 1 Story: 3 - James Winston describes his mother's family background
Tape: 1 Story: 4 - James Winston discusses his mother's childhood in Rienzi, Mississippi and how his parents met
Tape: 1 Story: 5 - James Winston describes his father's family background
Tape: 1 Story: 6 - James Winston talks about his father's career at Westinghouse Electric in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Tape: 1 Story: 7 - James Winston talks about how his parents met and married and he talks about his siblings
Tape: 1 Story: 8 - James Winston describes his parents' personalities and his likeness to them
Tape: 1 Story: 9 - James Winston talks about his mother's success as an insurance salesperson in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Tape: 1 Story: 10 - James Winston talks about segregation and "white flight" in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania during the 1960s
Tape: 1 Story: 11 - James Winston describes his earliest childhood memory
Tape: 1 Story: 12 - James Winston describes the sights, sounds and smells of his childhood
Tape: 1 Story: 13 - James Winston describes his childhood home and neighborhood in Homewood, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Tape: 2 Story: 1 - James Winston talks about his childhood interest in drawing, television, and movies
Tape: 2 Story: 2 - James Winston talks about the racial makeup of Belmar Elementary in Homewood, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Tape: 2 Story: 3 - James Winston talks about sports in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania when he was young, and the dearth of black professionals in his neighborhood of Homewood
Tape: 2 Story: 4 - James Winston talks about his parents' church attendance
Tape: 2 Story: 5 - James Winston talks about his family's newspaper and magazine subscriptions
Tape: 2 Story: 6 - James Winston talks about his favorite subjects and his favorite teacher in elementary school
Tape: 2 Story: 7 - James Winston talks about his changing interests in middle school
Tape: 2 Story: 8 - James Winston talks about being a Boy Scout and an Explorer
Tape: 2 Story: 9 - James Winston talks about his favorite teacher in middle school
Tape: 2 Story: 10 - James Winston talks about attending high school at the peak of the Civil Rights Movement
Tape: 2 Story: 11 - James Winston talks about the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, the streetcars and the winters in Pittsburgh
Tape: 2 Story: 12 - James Winston talks about working in an electrical engineering laboratory at Carnegie Mellon University/Carnegie Tech
Tape: 2 Story: 13 - James Winston talks about his first transistor radio and his memories of listening to WAMO Radio in Pittsburgh
Tape: 2 Story: 14 - James Winston talks about being the swim team manager in high school, and his skill as a chess player
Tape: 2 Story: 15 - James Winston talks about his teachers and mentors in high school and his academic excellence
Tape: 2 Story: 16 - James Winston talks about the sound academic counseling that he received in high school
Tape: 3 Story: 1 - James Winston talks about choosing to attend the University of Pennsylvania, his experience as an engineering student there, and considering law school
Tape: 3 Story: 2 - James Winston talks about his involvement with the Society of African and Afro American Students (SAAS) at the University of Pennsylvania
Tape: 3 Story: 3 - James Winston recalls his reaction to Dr. Martin Luther King's assassination in 1968
Tape: 3 Story: 4 - James Winston talks about his interaction with other black students in Philadelphia
Tape: 3 Story: 5 - James Winston talks about focusing on his academics in his senior year at the University of Pennsylvania
Tape: 3 Story: 6 - James Winston describes his decision to attend Harvard Law School
Tape: 3 Story: 7 - James Winston describes his positive experience at Harvard Law School
Tape: 3 Story: 8 - James Winston talks about working as a community activist and as a part-time anti-apartheid activist in Roxbury, Massachusetts
Tape: 3 Story: 9 - James Winston talks about leaving the social service sector and accepting an offer from a law firm on Wall Street, New York
Tape: 3 Story: 10 - James Winston describes his positive experience at LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby and MacRae law firm, and his decision to leave New York to start a family
Tape: 4 Story: 1 - James Winston recalls the encouragement that he received in the New York office of LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby and MacRae law firm
Tape: 4 Story: 2 - James Winston describes his experience at the Washington office of LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby and MacRae law firm, and his reasons for leaving
Tape: 4 Story: 3 - James Winston talks about working at Western Union Telegraph Company in Washington, D.C., pt. 1
Tape: 4 Story: 5 - James Winston talks about Commissioner Robert E. Lee of the FCC, and his positive experience as his legal assistant
Tape: 4 Story: 6 - James Winston talks about the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters (NABOB) and his longtime involvement with this organization
Tape: 4 Story: 7 - James Winston talks about the FCC commissioner, Robert E. Lee's support of UHF television
Tape: 4 Story: 8 - James Winston discusses the popularity of FM radio
Tape: 5 Story: 1 - James Winston talks about Robert E. Lee's leadership of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Tape: 5 Story: 2 - James Winston explains the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Fairness Doctrine
Tape: 5 Story: 3 - James Winston discusses the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) promotion of minority ownership of broadcast properties, pt. 1
Tape: 5 Story: 5 - James Winston talks about the huge growth in African American ownership of radio and TV stations in the late 1970s and early 1980s
Tape: 5 Story: 6 - James Winston talks about how the Reagan administration weakened FCC policies that promoted minority ownership of broadcast properties
Tape: 5 Story: 7 - James Winston talks about the challenges that he faced as the director of the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters (NABOB)
Tape: 5 Story: 8 - James Winston talks about the deregulation of broadcasting during the Reagan Administration
Tape: 5 Story: 9 - James Winston talks about U.S. Congress legislation that hurt minority ownership of broadcast properties
Tape: 5 Story: 10 - James Winston talks about the consolidation of radio and television ownership as a result of the Telecommunications Act of 1996
Tape: 6 Story: 1 - James Winston reflects upon the importance of minority ownership of businesses and the changing face of television and radio
Tape: 6 Story: 2 - James Winston reflects upon the lack of African American entrepreneurship in the technology industry
Tape: 6 Story: 3 - James Winston talks about the lack of a strong African American voice on the internet
Tape: 6 Story: 4 - James Winston discusses the shortcomings of Arbitron's portable people meter, pt. 1
Tape: 6 Story: 6 - James Winston talks about his law firm, Rubin, Winston, Diercks, Harris, & Cooke
Tape: 6 Story: 7 - James Winston describes his hopes and concerns for the African American community
Tape: 6 Story: 8 - James Winston reflects upon his legacy and the need for young African Americans to pursue entrepreneurship in technology
Tape: 7 Story: 1 - James Winston talks about his family
Tape: 7 Story: 2 - James Winston talks about the future of the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters (NABOB) and the significance of radio for social change
Tape: 7 Story: 3 - James Winston talks about how he would like to be remembered
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James Winston talks about the sound academic counseling that he received in high school
James Winston talks about leaving the social service sector and accepting an offer from a law firm on Wall Street, New York
So what kind of counseling did you get [at Westinghouse High School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]? Did they, did you have a good counselor in terms of--$$Well, it's very interesting, because most of my classmates will tell you that we did not have a good counseling system. However, I'm the exception. She did a good job by me. It was an older white woman named Miss Simon, and so you were scheduled to come in and meet with her at the appropriate time. And so I came and met with her, and she said "Where do you want to go school, what do you want to major in? I said, "I really hadn't thought about where to go to school, and I really hadn't planned what to major in." And she said, "You're good in math and science. You ought to think about becoming an engineer." Then she told me that--this is now, this is the spring of 1965--and she said "Schools are looking for--." I'm sure she called me, I'm sure she said a colored student. "They're looking for good colored students, and I think you can get a scholarship to a very good school. I think I can get you in college, to an Ivy League school." I said "Okay." So she said--she mentioned Penn, University of Pennsylvania, to me. I assumed she was talking about Penn State [University]. She said, "No, no no, not Penn State, the University of Pennsylvania. It's an Ivy League school based in Philadelphia [Pennsylvania]." So I went to library, looked up Penn, saw it was based--it's inside the city of Philadelphia. I said well, inside the city of Philadelphia, that's cool, because if I don't like the school, I can hang out in Philadelphia. And then I looked up engineering as a career, and I saw that electrical engineers were the highest paid college graduates that year. And so I said "Yes, I'd like to go Penn, I'd like to major in electrical engineering." Well, my father [Jeff Winston]--when I told my father, and this is 1965--I told my father that Penn cost $2500 a year. And he told me I'd lost my mind because he was making about $6000 a year. So the notion that I could go to--and this is $6000 before taxes. So, the notion that I could go to a school which cost $2500 a year was absurd to him. And so I said "Ms. Simon thinks I can get a scholarship." And he says, "Nobody's going to pay you that kind of money to go to school." And so--$$He didn't equate being on the Honor Roll with being able to get a scholarship?$$No, not at all. Because, you know, I mean, because he's a poor black boy from [Boonville] Mississippi and his son is just a poor black boy's son. (laughter) And so, and he was making very little money. And so I told Ms. Simon that I couldn't apply to Penn because my father wouldn't pay the $15 application fee. And so Miss Simon said, "Well ask your father to come in and see me." And so I went home and told him what Miss Simon said, and he actually came in to see her, which was surprising. And what was also surprising was he didn't give her any of the objections he gave me. So she said, "I think your son can get a scholarship to Penn, and I think you ought to pay the application fee." He says, "Oh, okay." I'm like, "Why did you give me all that grief?" (laughter)$But after a year of that [working at the Roxbury Multi-Service Center as a community activist and on the anti-apartheid movement], for a variety of reasons I decided it was time to leave Boston [Massachusetts] and move to New York. And I went to New York and worked for a large law firm there. And so I did a whole 180 in terms of my work life. So, going from a social service agency to working for a big Wall Street law firm--$$Now, what was it, was there any incident or some revelation that took place?$$It was, well, a couple things. At the time, I was married to my first wife. And her name is Carmen Tyler Winston--$$Did you meet her at Harvard [Law School]?$$No, we met at Westinghouse High School [Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]. We met in junior high school. We go back a long ways. And, so Carmen wanted to go back to school. She had been working while I was in law school. My last two years of law school, she was there. We got married at the end of my first year. So, she was working my last two years of law school and she wanted to go back to school and get another degree. She wanted to become a nurse. And she already had a bachelor's degree in biology, so in order to get a bachelor's degree in nursing without doing the whole four year program, there was a program at Cornell Nursing School in Manhattan [New York] where you could get a bachelor's degree in nursing in two years. And so she wanted to go there and do that. And, I had decided that the work I was doing at Roxbury Multi-Service Center, well, I didn't find it fulfilling. I didn't feel like we were making any change whatsoever. And--$$What kind of work were you actually doing there, in terms of--?$$Well, we were advising the social agency on how to develop sustainable change in the community. So, it was, for example, trying to figure out to help tenants, but not going to court and helping the people that were being evicted, but trying to think through programs for how to make the community change in a more meaningful manner.$$So it wasn't really necessarily legal work.$$Right, exactly. And, what happened was it was clear to me that if you're a social service agency, you live by getting grants. So, whatever the grant making community decided was a hot subject that year, that's what you would apply for a grant for. And so the agency got a grant for an ex-offender program, and they hire an ex-offender to run it. And they hire the ex-offender at $10,000 a year. I was making a $10,000 a year. He was an ex-offender and I had a bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a law degree from Harvard [Law School]. And I looked at this, and I said I'm probably over-qualified for where I'm working. And so I realized that I had too much education for the work I was doing, and decided that I wanted to do something different. So, when my former wife, when my wife at that time decided she wanted to go to Cornell in Manhattan, I said, okay I'll try to get a job in Manhattan. Well, I was not a member of the New York Bar, so I couldn't get a job with the Legal Aid Society, and I couldn't get a job with the public defenders, because I wasn't a member of the New York Bar. And they told me they'd have to pay me like a law student who had just graduated from law school. I was a member of the Massachusetts Bar, so I said well, this is unacceptable, because I was going to make less money in New York than I was already making in Boston. They were offering me $7,000 or $8,000 or something. And so, I decided, you know this doesn't make any sense. I need to get a job at a real law firm and make real money. And I got interviewed by a big Wall Street law firm [LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby and MacRae], and they represented a lot of public utility companies. There were a lot of technical issues in their representation. So, they liked the idea that I was an electrical engineer, and so they hired me and I went to work down on Wall Street.
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struct CDangerPredicate {
	const CObject	*m_object;

	IC			CDangerPredicate	(const CObject *object)
	{
		m_object			= object;
	}

	IC	bool	operator()			(const CDangerObject &object) const
	{
		if (!m_object)
			return			(!object.object());

		if (!object.object())
			return			(false);

		return				(object.object()->ID() == m_object->ID());
	}
};

struct CFindPredicate {
	const CDangerObject		*m_object;

	IC			CFindPredicate		(const CDangerObject &object)
	{
		m_object			= &object;
	}

	IC	bool	operator()			(const CDangerObject &object) const
	{
		return				(*m_object == object);
	}
};

struct CRemoveByTimePredicate {
	u32						m_time_line;
	CDangerManager			*m_manager;

	IC			CRemoveByTimePredicate	(u32 time_line, CDangerManager *manager)
	{
		m_time_line			= time_line;
		VERIFY				(manager);
		m_manager			= manager;
	}

	IC	bool	operator()				(const CDangerObject &object) const
	{
		if (object.time() < m_time_line) {
			if (object.object() && (object.type() == CDangerObject::eDangerTypeFreshEntityCorpse))
				m_manager->ignore	(object.object());

			return			(true);
		}

		if (!object.object())
			return			(false);

		if (!m_manager->useful(object)) {
			if ((object.type() == CDangerObject::eDangerTypeFreshEntityCorpse))
				m_manager->ignore	(object.object());

			return			(true);
		}

		return				(false);
	}
};

CDangerManager::~CDangerManager		()
{
}

void CDangerManager::Load			(LPCSTR section)
{
}

void CDangerManager::reinit			()
{
	m_objects.clear			();
	m_ignored.clear			();
	m_time_line				= 0;
	m_selected				= 0;
}

void CDangerManager::reload			(LPCSTR section)
{
}

void CDangerManager::update			()
{
	START_PROFILE("Memory Manager/dangers::update")
	m_objects.erase			(
		std::remove_if(
			m_objects.begin(),
			m_objects.end(),
			CRemoveByTimePredicate(
				time_line(),
				this
			)
		),
		m_objects.end()
	);

	float					result = flt_max;
	m_selected				= 0;
	OBJECTS::const_iterator	I = m_objects.begin();
	OBJECTS::const_iterator	E = m_objects.end();
	for ( ; I != E; ++I) {
//		Msg					("%6d : Danger : [%d][%d]",(*I).time(),(*I).type(),(*I).perceive_type());
		float				value = do_evaluate(*I);
		if (result > value) {
			result			= value;
			m_selected		= &*I;
		}
	}

	STOP_PROFILE
}

void CDangerManager::remove_links	(const CObject *object)
{
	if (m_selected && m_selected->object() && (m_selected->object()->ID() == object->ID()))
		m_selected			= 0;

	{
		OBJECTS::iterator	I = std::remove_if(m_objects.begin(),m_objects.end(),CDangerPredicate(object));
		m_objects.erase		(I,m_objects.end());
	}

	{
		OBJECTS::iterator	I = m_objects.begin();
		OBJECTS::iterator	E = m_objects.end();
		for ( ; I != E; ++I) {
			if (!(*I).dependent_object())
				continue;

			if ((*I).dependent_object()->ID() != object->ID())
				continue;

			(*I).clear_dependent_object();
		}
	}

	IGNORED::iterator		I = std::find(m_ignored.begin(),m_ignored.end(),object->ID());
	if (I != m_ignored.end())
		m_ignored.erase		(I);
}

bool CDangerManager::useful			(const CDangerObject &object) const
{
	if (object.object() && !object.dependent_object()) {
		IGNORED::const_iterator	I = std::find(m_ignored.begin(),m_ignored.end(),object.object()->ID());
		if (I != m_ignored.end())
			return				(false);
	}

	if (object.time() >= time_line())
		return				(true);

	return					(false);
}

bool CDangerManager::is_useful		(const CDangerObject &object) const
{
	return					(m_object->useful(this,object));
}

float CDangerManager::evaluate		(const CDangerObject &object) const
{
	return					(m_object->evaluate(this,object));
}

float CDangerManager::do_evaluate	(const CDangerObject &object) const
{
	float					result = 0.f;
	switch (object.type()) {
		case CDangerObject::eDangerTypeBulletRicochet : { // I perceived bullet(knife) ricochet
			result			+= 3000.f;
			break;
		}
		case CDangerObject::eDangerTypeAttackSound : { // someone is shooting
			result			+= 2500.f;
			break;
		}
		case CDangerObject::eDangerTypeEntityAttacked : { // someone is hit
			result			+= 2000.f;
			break;
		}
		case CDangerObject::eDangerTypeEntityDeath : { // someone becomes dead
			result			+= 3000.f;
			break;
		}
		case CDangerObject::eDangerTypeFreshEntityCorpse : { // I see a corpse
			result			+= 2250.f;
			break;
		}
		case CDangerObject::eDangerTypeAttacked : { // someone is attacked
			result			+= 2000.f;
			break;
		}
		case CDangerObject::eDangerTypeGrenade : { // grenade to explode nearby
			result			+= 1000.f;
			break;
		}
		case CDangerObject::eDangerTypeEnemySound : { // grenade to explode nearby
			result			+= 1000.f;
			break;
		}
		default : NODEFAULT;
	}

	result					*= 10.f;
	result					+= float(Device.dwTimeGlobal - object.time());

	return					(result);
}

void CDangerManager::add			(const CVisibleObject &object)
{
	if (!object.m_enabled)
		return;

	const CEntityAlive		*obj = smart_cast<const CEntityAlive*>(object.m_object);
	if (obj && !obj->g_Alive() && (obj->killer_id() != ALife::_OBJECT_ID(-1))) {
		add					(CDangerObject(obj,obj->Position(),object.m_level_time,CDangerObject::eDangerTypeFreshEntityCorpse,CDangerObject::eDangerPerceiveTypeVisual));
		return;
	}
}

void CDangerManager::add			(const CSoundObject &object)
{
	if (!object.m_enabled)
		return;

	const CEntityAlive		*obj = smart_cast<const CEntityAlive*>(object.m_object);

	if ((object.m_sound_type & SOUND_TYPE_BULLET_HIT) == SOUND_TYPE_BULLET_HIT) {
		add					(CDangerObject(obj,object.m_object_params.m_position,object.m_level_time,CDangerObject::eDangerTypeBulletRicochet,CDangerObject::eDangerPerceiveTypeSound));
		return;
	}

	if ((object.m_sound_type & SOUND_TYPE_WEAPON_SHOOTING) == SOUND_TYPE_WEAPON_SHOOTING) {
		add					(CDangerObject(obj,object.m_object_params.m_position,object.m_level_time,CDangerObject::eDangerTypeAttackSound,CDangerObject::eDangerPerceiveTypeSound));
		return;
	}

	if ((object.m_sound_type & SOUND_TYPE_INJURING) == SOUND_TYPE_INJURING) {
		bool				do_add = true;
		if (object.m_object) {
			const CActor	*actor = smart_cast<const CActor*>(object.m_object);
			if (actor && !m_object->is_relation_enemy(actor))
				do_add		= false;
		}
		if (do_add)
			add				(CDangerObject(obj,object.m_object_params.m_position,object.m_level_time,CDangerObject::eDangerTypeEntityAttacked,CDangerObject::eDangerPerceiveTypeSound));
		return;
	}

	if ((object.m_sound_type & SOUND_TYPE_DYING) == SOUND_TYPE_DYING) {
		add					(CDangerObject(obj,object.m_object_params.m_position,object.m_level_time,CDangerObject::eDangerTypeEntityDeath,CDangerObject::eDangerPerceiveTypeSound));
		return;
	}

	if (obj && m_object->is_relation_enemy(obj)) {
		add					(CDangerObject(obj,object.m_object_params.m_position,object.m_level_time,CDangerObject::eDangerTypeEnemySound,CDangerObject::eDangerPerceiveTypeSound));
		return;
	}
}

void CDangerManager::add			(const CHitObject &object)
{
	if (!object.m_enabled)
		return;

	if (fis_zero(object.m_amount))
		return;

	if (object.m_object->ID() == m_object->ID())
		return;

	const CEntityAlive		*obj = smart_cast<const CEntityAlive*>(object.m_object);
	add						(CDangerObject(obj,obj->Position(),object.m_level_time,CDangerObject::eDangerTypeAttacked,CDangerObject::eDangerPerceiveTypeHit));
}

void CDangerManager::add			(const CDangerObject &object)
{
	if (m_object->memory().enemy().selected() && object.object())// && !object.object()->g_Alive())
		ignore				(object.object());

	if (!is_useful(object))
		return;

	OBJECTS::iterator		I = std::find_if(m_objects.begin(),m_objects.end(),CFindPredicate(object));
	if (I != m_objects.end()) {
		*I					= object;
		return;
	}

	m_objects.push_back		(object);
}

void CDangerManager::ignore			(const CGameObject *object)
{
	VERIFY					(object);
	IGNORED::const_iterator	I = std::find(m_ignored.begin(),m_ignored.end(),object->ID());
	if (I != m_ignored.end())
		return;

	m_ignored.push_back		(object->ID());
}

void CDangerManager::save			(NET_Packet &packet) const
{
	save_data				(m_ignored,packet);
}

void CDangerManager::load			(IReader &packet)
{
	load_data				(m_ignored,packet);
}

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Q: OpenDKIM not signing mail sent to relay host with Ubuntu 18.04 I recently migrated a server from Ubuntu 14.04 to one running 18.04 but with the same mail setup. I simply copied over Postfix's main.cf and the contents of /etc/mail/opendkim over.
The server is sending mail to a remote mail host over the LAN without problems. However, opendkim refuses to sign the emails as it was before.
My postfix.cf file:
myhostname = host.domain.com
myorigin = $mydomain
relayhost = 10.10.10.105
inet_interfaces = loopback-only
mydestination =
milter_default_action = accept
milter_protocol = 6
smtpd_milters = inet:localhost:8892
non_smtpd_milters = inet:localhost:8892
compatibility_level = 2

/etc/opendkim.conf
Syslog                  yes
UMask                   007
Socket                  inet:8892@localhost
PidFile                 /var/run/opendkim/opendkim.pid
OversignHeaders         From
UserID                  opendkim
Canonicalization        relaxed/simple
KeyTable                /etc/mail/opendkim/KeyTable
SigningTable            /etc/mail/opendkim/SigningTable
ExternalIgnoreList      /etc/mail/opendkim/TrustedHosts
InternalHosts           /etc/mail/opendkim/TrustedHosts

The TrustedHosts file contains both the IP and the host name of the sending machine (and hostname -f is correct). Both machines are on the same domain.
I see no errors in either the sender's logs or that of remote mail host. If I shut down the opendkim daemon on the sender, I see postfix complain that it can't connect to the opendkim socket.
I have tried setting the milter_protocol to 2 (it was originally 6) but that has no effect.
Looking at the headers on the mail received from the affected host, there is no mention of dkim.

A: Adding LogWhy yes to to opendkim.conf turns on verbose logging. This reveals that there is no signing key for the sending host (host.domain.com).
SigningTable is set to sign mails from specific domains, but not individual hosts on those domains. This is correct behaviour.
The sending host is giving a FQDN when it sends out mail through the relay (host@host.domain.com). I therefore need to work out how to get the sending host to send out as host@domain.com, not host@host.domain.com so that the relay will sign its mail on behalf of the domain. I don't need to run opendkim on the sending host.
With the Postfix configuration on Ubuntu 18.04, I had to add masquerade_domains = domain.com to main.cf, whereas Ubuntu 14.04 did not need this.


If you paid taxes, fees or surcharges ("Internet Taxes") to AT&T Mobility LLC ("AT&T Mobility") on internet access through certain services including iPhone data plans, Blackberry data plans, other smart phone data plans, laptop connect cards and pay-per-use data services on bills issued from November 1, 2005 up to and including September 7, 2010, you might be eligible to receive benefits from a class action settlement.
The settlement resolves lawsuits concerning AT&T Mobility charging Internet Taxes for internet access through certain services.
The two sides disagree about whether AT&T Mobility's charging of Internet Taxes was proper, and if it was improper, how much the plaintiffs would have been entitled to. The parties have agreed to resolve these cases by settlement.
The Settlement of this case is now final and has received full court approval. For additional information please scroll down.
This website has been established pursuant to section 15 of the Global Class Action Settlement Agreement. The Global Class Action Settlement Agreement has been preliminarily approved by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. The case is known as In Re: AT&T Mobility Wireless Data Services Sales Tax Litigation, case No. 1:10-cv-02278.
Please check this website for further updates and instructions. For documents associated with the settlement, refer to the Resources section of the website. If you have additional questions, please refer to the FAQs section of the website.
As additional materials are developed, they will be made available on this page.
This is a case that relates to AT&T Mobility's practice of charging customers for taxes, fees and surcharges on internet access through certain services. These services include iPhone data plans, Blackberry data plans, other smart phone data plans, laptop connect cards and pay-per-use data services. The lawsuit alleges that these practices are not permitted under the Internet Tax Freedom Act, 47 U.S.C. § 151 (1998) (as amended) and other state laws. As a result, the lawsuit claims that AT&T Mobility is liable for damages to the Class. AT&T Mobility denies that it did anything wrong, denies that it violated any laws, and raised a number of defenses to the claims.
The Court did not decide in favor of the Class Representatives or AT&T Mobility. The lawyers who initially brought this case, referred to as "Class Counsel," have investigated the facts and applicable law regarding the Class Representatives' claims and AT&T Mobility's defenses. The parties have engaged in lengthy negotiations in reaching this Settlement. The Class Representatives and Class Counsel believe that the proposed Settlement is a good deal for the Class. The Court agreed, deciding under the appropriate legal standards that the proposed Settlement is indeed fair, reasonable and adequate and in the best interests of the Class. Both sides agree that, by settling, AT&T Mobility is not admitting any liability or that it did anything wrong, but both sides want to avoid the uncertainties and high cost in time and money in litigation of this type.
Class actions are lawsuits in which the claims and rights of many people are decided in a single court proceeding. Representative Plaintiffs ("Class Representatives") are named in the lawsuit to assert the claims of the entire class. This avoids the necessity for a large number of people to file similar individual lawsuits and enables the court system to resolve similar claims in an efficient and economical way. Class actions provide a vehicle whereby people with similar claims are treated alike. In a class action, the court is guardian of class interests and supervises the prosecution of the class claims by class counsel to assure that the representation is adequate. Class Members are not individually responsible for the costs or fees of counsel, which are subject to court award.
You are a part of the Settlement if you paid taxes, fees or surcharges to AT&T Mobility on internet access through certain services including iPhone data plans, Blackberry data plans, other smart phone data plans, laptop connect cards and pay-per-use data services on bills issued from November 1, 2005 up to and including September 7, 2010.
Excluded from the Class are (i) AT&T Mobility, any entity in which AT&T Mobility has a controlling interest or which has a controlling interest in AT&T Mobility, and AT&T Mobility's legal representatives, predecessors, successors and assigns; (ii) governmental entities; (iii) AT&T Mobility's officers, directors, agents and representatives; and (iv) the Court presiding over any motion to approve this Settlement Agreement.
Data Connect Plans Web access and ability to send and receive internet e-mail through a computer equipped with a laptop data card.
Smart-phone Data Features "Bolt-on" Web access and ability to send and receive internet e-mail.
Smart-phone Standalone Data Plans Web access and ability to send and receive internet e-mail.
iPhone Data Plans Web access and ability to send and receive internet e-mail.
Personal Blackberry Plans Web access and ability to send and receive internet e-mail; also includes access to Blackberry APN, which provides push e-mail, and contacts/calendar synchronization through RIM server.
Enterprise Smartphone Plans (using RIM/Blackberry, Goodlink, or Microsoft application provider) Same as Personal Blackberry plans, and also provides enterprise customer's end users the ability to send and receive internal and internet e-mail to and from e-mail addresses provided by the enterprise customer.
What are the benefits of the Settlement?
First, AT&T Mobility will stop collecting the taxes it has been collecting and paying to states, counties and cities. AT&T Mobility will not collect the tax again unless the applicable laws of the United States or a state change or such laws are interpreted to require or permit AT&T Mobility to begin collecting the taxes again.
Second, AT&T Mobility, at its sole expense, will prepare and process tax refund claims for filing with the various taxing authorities (e.g., state or county or municipal taxing agencies) seeking a refund of the Internet Taxes collected by AT&T Mobility from the Settlement Class and paid by AT&T Mobility to the taxing jurisdictions. AT&T Mobility and/or the Class Representatives will file the refund claims. The refund claims will be based on the amount of taxes each account holder paid to AT&T Mobility. As part of the Settlement, AT&T Mobility has assigned its rights, title and interest in such refunds to the Settlement Class to settle the claims made by the Class. Significantly, AT&T Mobility has agreed to pay the money owed up front, even if a taxing jurisdiction issues future tax credits to AT&T Mobility in lieu of a refund of monies sought on a refund claim for Internet Taxes. Thus, AT&T Mobility has agreed to pay the credited amount to the escrow accounts established pursuant to the Settlement. If the use of the future tax credit will be spread over a three (3) year period or less, AT&T Mobility shall pay monies to the escrow accounts equal to the total future tax credits. If the use of the future tax credit will be spread over a period longer than three (3) years, AT&T Mobility shall pay monies to the escrow accounts based upon a payment formula. Under this formula, the payments are equal to the net present value of such future tax credits of the fourth and succeeding years using a 5% discount rate to compute the net present value. The amount of the first three (3) years shall be paid with no discount.
Third, AT&T Mobility has agreed to pay to the Settlement Class any vendor's compensation. Vendor's compensation is the amount of money AT&T Mobility was allowed to retain from the sales tax it collected as compensation for collecting the taxes for some (but not all) taxing jurisdictions. Vendor's compensation paid under the Settlement does not include amounts to which AT&T would have been entitled independent of the collection of Internet Taxes based on limitations on the amount of credit allowed pursuant to applicable law. All refunds or payments by AT&T Mobility related to credits and payments of the vendor's compensation will fund separate escrow accounts for the benefit of the Settlement Class.
Payments to Settlement Class Members will be made only after all of the refunds/credits are made from each taxing jurisdiction in each state and after deduction of Court approved costs, expenses and attorneys' fees and Class Representative Compensation.
When would I get my benefit?
The Settlement Administrator will send out the benefits as soon as monies are received from the taxing jurisdictions to which your payments to AT&T Mobility were remitted. This may take some time, so please be patient.
Who is representing the Class Members in this case?
The Court has approved the attorneys' fees, expenses and Class Representative Compensation to be paid from funds received from the refund claims and AT&T Mobility. Those approved amounts are deducted from the amount due the class before checks are issued.
More information is available on this website. You can read the Settlement Agreement by clicking here. Or you may view the papers filed in this Lawsuit during regular business hours at the office of the Clerk of the Court, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse, 219 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60604. File: In Re: AT&T Mobility Wireless Data Services Sales Tax Litigation, MDL No. 2147, Case No. 1:10-cv-02278. You can also call 1-877-905-8928 for information.
The full Settlement Agreement and the pleadings filed in the Actions can be requested, in writing, from Class Counsel. Addresses for Class Counsel are available in the response to question 13 above.
Will I be paid all the taxes that were charged to me?
No. The legal fees associated with the Settlement and the costs of administering the fund, etc. will be deducted from each Class Member's share of the Settlement. The amount you may receive also will be affected by the taxing jurisdictions' decisions on the refund claims. Finally, the amount of your benefit payment will depend upon the amount of the tax that you were charged, and that amount depends upon the type of service you had and the particular state and/or local taxes you were charged based on your location.
Do I have to submit something to receive my benefits?
If you desire to be in the Class, please do not send any materials to Class Counsel or the Settlement Administrator. Do not mail copies of bills or other correspondence. This will not aid in the payment of benefits and may lengthen the time and cost of administering the payments.
If you have questions, please do not contact the Court or AT&T Mobility, but review all materials on this site.
How will I be paid my benefit?
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Police restrict festival on 'terrorist concerns'
Staff writer, with CNA
Firecrackers are set off around the man posing as Master Handan at the annual Bombing of Master Handan ceremony in Taitung on Tuesday.
Photo: CNA
Police in Taitung County have asked people in the county to scale back activities to celebrate the Lantern Festival, saying they were concerned about a possible terrorist attack, without citing any evidence.
Saying that Taiwan cannot be free from terrorist attacks, Lei Wu-chun (雷武君), the chief of the Taitung Precinct of the Taitung County Police Bureau, has asked stores to not set up provisional altars to greet deities from local temples making their rounds during Lantern Day celebrations.
He said crowds of people gather around provisional altars as deities are paraded around, and the noise created by firecrackers is indistinguishable from gun shots, leading police to decide to ban the use of provisional altars.
The police and Tian Ho Temple (天后宮) have placed several other restrictions on the annual rite, resulting in only 54 temples sending deities and accompanying performance teams making the rounds, a record low.
Lei said Taiwan ranked 113th in last year's Institute for Economics and Peace's Global Terrorist Index, showing that it is not free from the risk of a terrorist attack.
"This is why police have to manage the risks of the celebrations and mitigate the risks of a terrorist attack," he said.
Taiwan had a score 0.153 on a 0-10 scale in the index, with 10 indicating the highest likelihood of terrorism.
Tian Ho Temple head Lin You-te (林有德) said the Bombing of Master Handan (炸寒單) — throwing firecrackers at men representing the mythical figure Handan — and the deities making their rounds during the Lantern Festival are distinctive Taitung features, and should be recognized by the Ministry of Culture as a cultural assets worth preserving.
The tradition of deities being paraded around the county during the Lantern Festival is being put back in the hands of Tian Ho Temple in Taitung City after having been organized in recent years by the county government.


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