Need some help.  Installed the files, configured a few pools (up until this point I was using only BTCGuild so I had to make a bunch of new accounts), and keep getting what seems like a connection error.  When I try to manually launch guiminer and have it mine it connects fine and the sites are reporting the work turned in.  When I try to use CP I get this:

14-08-11 06:55:51
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14-08-11 06:55:51                        CherryPicking Pool Hopper - v0.6.4
14-08-11 06:55:51 ================================================================================

14-08-11 06:55:53 Attempting to parse 0arsbitcoin.cfg
14-08-11 06:55:53 Pool 0arsbitcoin might be configured correctly. It has been initialized anyway.
14-08-11 06:55:53 ================================================================================
14-08-11 06:55:53 Attempting to parse 1bitclockers.cfg
14-08-11 06:55:53 Pool 1bitclockers might be configured correctly. It has been initialized anyway.
14-08-11 06:55:53 ================================================================================
14-08-11 06:55:53 Attempting to parse 2bitcoinlc.cfg
14-08-11 06:55:53 Pool 2bitcoinlc might be configured correctly. It has been initialized anyway.
14-08-11 06:55:53 ================================================================================
14-08-11 06:55:53 Attempting to parse 5eligius.cfg
14-08-11 06:55:53 One or both of the regular expression strings needed to parse round shares are empty.
Ignoring pool
14-08-11 06:55:53 ================================================================================
14-08-11 06:55:53 Attempting to parse 7mineco.cfg
14-08-11 06:55:53 Pool 7mineco might be configured correctly. It has been initialized anyway.
14-08-11 06:55:53 ================================================================================
14-08-11 06:55:53 Attempting to parse 13slush.cfg
14-08-11 06:55:53 Pool 13slush might be configured correctly. It has been initialized anyway.
14-08-11 06:55:53 ================================================================================
14-08-11 06:55:53 ================================================================================
14-08-11 06:55:53 * Updating difficulty
14-08-11 06:55:54 Difficulty is: 1888786.7053531
14-08-11 06:55:54 * Updating pools
14-08-11 06:55:54 * 0arsbitcoin
14-08-11 06:55:55 * Error occured while trying to communicate or open a connection to https://arsbitcoin.com/api.php
* sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target
14-08-11 06:55:55 * Update error or pool considered invalid (lagging or down)
14-08-11 06:55:55 * 1bitclockers
14-08-11 06:55:56 * Pool update done
14-08-11 06:55:56    Type: PROP
14-08-11 06:55:56    Hash rate: 188.264 GH/s
14-08-11 06:55:56    Round shares: 1161108
14-08-11 06:55:56    1.429622071744675
14-08-11 06:55:56 * 2bitcoinlc
14-08-11 06:55:56 * Pool update done
14-08-11 06:55:56    Type: PROP
14-08-11 06:55:56    Hash rate: 506.264 GH/s
14-08-11 06:55:56    Round shares: 4198769
14-08-11 06:55:56    5.169762706447046
14-08-11 06:55:56 * 7mineco
14-08-11 06:55:57 * Pool update done
14-08-11 06:55:57    Type: PPLNS
14-08-11 06:55:57    Hash rate: 111.318 GH/s
14-08-11 06:55:57    Round shares: 6217885
14-08-11 06:55:57    1.3378509780399475
14-08-11 06:55:57 * 13slush
14-08-11 06:55:58 * Pool update done
14-08-11 06:55:58    Type: SCORE
14-08-11 06:55:58    Hash rate: 1878.304 GH/s
14-08-11 06:55:58    Round shares: 3748841
14-08-11 06:55:58    19.84787900812321
14-08-11 06:55:58 * Most efficient pool is: 7mineco
14-08-11 06:55:58 1.3378509780399475
14-08-11 06:55:58 * Cherry Picking!
14-08-11 06:55:58 ================================================================================
14-08-11 06:55:58 [Miner0] 127.0.0.1:8332 14/08/2011 06:55:58, Setting pool bitcoin @ 127.0.0.1:8332
14-08-11 06:56:01 [Miner0] 127.0.0.1:8332 Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
14-08-11 06:56:03 [Miner0] 127.0.0.1:8332 Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 1 2
14-08-11 06:56:05 [Miner0] 127.0.0.1:8332 Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 2 2
14-08-11 06:56:05 [Miner0] 127.0.0.1:8332 Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 3 2
14-08-11 06:56:05 [Miner0] 127.0.0.1:8332 14/08/2011 06:56:05, No more backup pools left. Using primary and starting over.
14-08-11 06:56:05 [Miner0] 127.0.0.1:8332 14/08/2011 06:56:05, Setting pool bitcoin @ 127.0.0.1:8332
14-08-11 06:56:09 [Miner0] 127.0.0.1:8332 Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
14-08-11 06:56:11 [Miner0] 127.0.0.1:8332 Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 1 2
14-08-11 06:56:13 [Miner0] 127.0.0.1:8332 Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 2 2
14-08-11 06:56:13 [Miner0] 127.0.0.1:8332 Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 3 2
14-08-11 06:56:13 * 7mineco seems to be lagging
14-08-11 06:56:13 ================================================================================
14-08-11 06:56:13 * Updating difficulty
14-08-11 06:56:14 Difficulty is: 1888786.7053531
14-08-11 06:56:14 * Updating pools
14-08-11 06:56:14 * 0arsbitcoin
14-08-11 06:56:14 * Update error or pool considered invalid (lagging or down)
14-08-11 06:56:14 * 1bitclockers
14-08-11 06:56:14 * Pool update done
14-08-11 06:56:14    Type: PROP
14-08-11 06:56:14    Hash rate: 188.264 GH/s
14-08-11 06:56:14    Round shares: 1161108
14-08-11 06:56:14    1.429622071744675
14-08-11 06:56:14 * 2bitcoinlc
14-08-11 06:56:14 * Pool update done
14-08-11 06:56:14    Type: PROP
14-08-11 06:56:14    Hash rate: 506.264 GH/s
14-08-11 06:56:14    Round shares: 4198769
14-08-11 06:56:14    5.169762706447046
14-08-11 06:56:14 * 7mineco
14-08-11 06:56:14 * Update error or pool considered invalid (lagging or down)
14-08-11 06:56:14 * 13slush
14-08-11 06:56:14 * Pool update done
14-08-11 06:56:14    Type: SCORE
14-08-11 06:56:14    Hash rate: 1878.304 GH/s
14-08-11 06:56:14    Round shares: 3748841
14-08-11 06:56:14    19.84787900812321
14-08-11 06:56:14 * Most efficient pool is: 1bitclockers
14-08-11 06:56:14 1.429622071744675
14-08-11 06:56:14 * Cherry Picking!
14-08-11 06:56:14 ================================================================================
14-08-11 06:56:14 [Miner0] 127.0.0.1:8332 14/08/2011 06:56:14, Setting pool bitcoin @ 127.0.0.1:8332
14-08-11 06:56:17 [Miner0] 127.0.0.1:8332 Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
14-08-11 06:56:19 [Miner0] 127.0.0.1:8332 Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 1 2
14-08-11 06:56:21 [Miner0] 127.0.0.1:8332 Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 2 2
14-08-11 06:56:21 [Miner0] 127.0.0.1:8332 Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 3 2
14-08-11 06:56:21 [Miner0] 127.0.0.1:8332 14/08/2011 06:56:21, No more backup pools left. Using primary and starting over.
14-08-11 06:56:21 [Miner0] 127.0.0.1:8332 14/08/2011 06:56:21, Setting pool bitcoin @ 127.0.0.1:8332
14-08-11 06:56:25 [Miner0] 127.0.0.1:8332 Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
14-08-11 06:56:27 [Miner0] 127.0.0.1:8332 Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 1 2
14-08-11 06:56:29 [Miner0] 127.0.0.1:8332 Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 2 2
14-08-11 06:56:29 [Miner0] 127.0.0.1:8332 Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 3 2
14-08-11 06:56:29 * 1bitclockers seems to be lagging




and I'm not sure what's misconfigured with ARS here:
Type=BACKUP
Host=arsbitcoin.com
Port=8344
JSON=https://arsbitcoin.com/api.php
HashEx1="hashrate":"\d+
HashEx2=\d+
;SharesEx1=
;SharesEx2=
Div=1e3
Miner=username pw


So I'm not sure why it's getting those RPC errors and not connecting