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Startup Applications List
Unfortunately, due to a change in my circumstances, the startup programs database here at Sysinfo.org will no longer be updated and the off-line downloads are no longer available. The version at Pacman's Portal will, however, continue to be updated and it's recommended that you refer to that site for more up to date information. The reason for this change in policy cannot be disclosed at this time but I hope you have enjoyed using the database here and thank you for your support and kind comments over the years.
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If you're frustrated with the time it takes your Windows 7/Vista/XP PC to boot and then it seems to be running slowly you may have too many programs running at start-up - and you have come to the right place to identify them. This is the original startup programs (as opposed to processes/tasks) list - one of the most accurate and comprehensive. Services are not included - see below. The database is mirrored in a slightly different format at Pacman's Portal.
"Name or Startup Item" in the table below refers to how an entry is displayed in MSConfig, Windows Defender or the registry "Run" keys. "Command or Data" refers to the program the entry runs. For further information on this and how to identify and disable startup programs you may want to also visit this page.
For further information on random startup entries please visit the Startups Info page.
Last update :- 29th July, 2011
24133 items listed
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Name or Startup Item | Status | Command or Data | Description | Tested? |
Windows Upgrate Utility | X | winulty.exe | Added by the AUTORUN-ASR WORM! | No |
Windows USB controler | X | winusb.exe | Added by the RBOT-HR WORM! | No |
Windows USB Driver | X | winusb32.exe | Added by the FORBOT-AB WORM! | No |
Windows USB Driver Support | X | Windowsusb.exe | Added by a variant of the SPYBOT WORM! | No |
Windows USB Service | X | wsftpsrv32.exe | Added by the RBOT-CDV WORM! | No |
Windows USB v3 | X | wsvc.exe | Added by a variant of the SDBOT WORM! | No |
Windows User Mode Driver Manager | X | wdfmrg.exe | Added by the SDBOT-ZN WORM! | No |
Windows User Starter | X | winuser32.exe | Added by the RBOT.SN WORM! | No |
Windows Video Acquisition (WVA) | X | wvsvc.exe | Added by the AGOBOT.YM WORM! | No |
Windows Video Component | X | wvcsvc.exe | Added by a variant of the IRCBOT TROJAN! | No |
Windows Virtual Services | X | winvirtual.exe | Added by the SLENFBOT.IE WORM! | No |
Windows Virtual Services | X | winvirtual32.exe | Added by the SLENFBOT.IB WORM! | No |
Windows Virus Scanner | X | winvsvc.exe | Added by a variant of the IRCBOT BACKDOOR! See here | No |
Windows Vista Corparation Agent Services | X | winxp_sp3.exe | Added by a variant of the IRCBOT TROJAN! | No |
Windows Web Services | X | websvc.exe | Added by the DLOADER-NY TROJAN! | No |
Windows Winhlp32 Stub Service | X | winhlp32.pif | Added by the AIMBOT.AH TROJAN! | No |
Windows WKS | X | wsass.exe | Added by the SDBOT-DK WORM! | No |
Windows WKS Services | X | wkssvr1.exe | Added by a variant of the IRCBOT BACKDOOR! See here | No |
Windows WMF Fix | X | winfix.exe | Added by the RBOT-FTQ WORM! | No |
Windows Workstation Service | X | wkssvc.exe | Added by the IRCBOT-AAI WORM! | No |
Windows Workstation Service (32-bits) | X | wkssvc32.exe | Added by a variant of the SDBOT WORM! | No |
Windows Workstation Service [5.1-2600] | X | windrm.exe | Added by the RBOT-CNY WORM! | No |
Windows xp | X | Wins.exe | Added by the RBOT.VH BACKDOOR! | No |
Windows XP | X | windows.com | Added by the ZANAYAT.A WORM! | No |
Windows XP Automatic Update | X | wXPupdate.exe | Added by the RBOT-AFC WORM! | No |
Windows XP SP2 KeyGen | X | Windows XP SP2 KeyGen.exe | Added by the TIBICK-C WORM! | No |
Windows-Network Component | X | wudhost.exe | Added by the BANLOAD.ZS TROJAN! | No |
Windows-Xdate | X | wuamclt32.exe | Added by the SPYBOT.AMUV WORM! | No |
windows16 | X | windows16.exe | Added by the VB-XU TROJAN! | No |
windows32 | X | windows32.exe | Added by the VB-XU TROJAN! | No |
Windows32 | X | wuuaclt.exe | Added by the BRATLE.B WORM! | No |
Windows32 | X | win.exe | Added by the AGOBOT-KN WORM! | No |
Windows32 Serivces | X | winser32.exe | Added by the SPYBOT.AAF WORM! | No |
Windows32KernelStart | X | wks.exe | Added by the LAPURD TROJAN! | No |
Windows7FirewallControl | Y | Windows7FirewallControl.exe | Windows 7 Firewall Control from Sphinx Software - "Protects your applications from undesirable network incoming and outgoing activity, controls applications internet access. Allows you to control personal information leakage via controlling application network traffic" | No |
WindowsAgent | X | WindowsAgent.exe | Added by the GOP.G WORM! | No |
WindowsBackup | X | WINDOWSBACKUP.EXE | Added by the STANG WORM! | No |
WindowsCRC | X | wscrc.exe | Added by the SDBOT-VU WORM! | No |
WindowsCriticalUpdate | X | windows_critical_update.exe | Added by the ASTEF or RESPAN WORMS! | No |
WindowsDriverControl | X | winmsnliv.exe | Added by the AGENT-PME TROJAN! | No |
WindowsFileSystem | X | winsfs32.exe | Added by the RBOT-FMQ WORM! | No |
WindowsFirewallSvc | X | winsvcup.exe | Added by a variant of the SDBOT WORM! | No |
WindowsFS | X | winfs.exe | Added by the AGOBOT-BO WORM! | No |
Windowsfw | X | windowsfw.exe | Added by the AGOBOT-TA WORM! | No |
WindowsFY | X | wp.exe | Part of a "Security IGuard" parasite infestation - also detected as DESKTOPHIJACK | No |
WindowsIPRelay | X | winipsvc.exe | Added by the IRCBOT-AAA WORM! | No |
WindowsMGM | X | Winmgm32.exe | Added by the SOBIG.A WORM and LALA.C TROJAN! | No |
windowsmp | X | windowsmp.exe | Added by the AUTORUN-DP WORM! | No |
WindowsRegKey update | X | winupdate.exe | Added by the RBOT-QJ WORM! | No |
WindowsRegKey update | X | windns.exe | Added by the RBOT.IE WORM! | No |
Notes & Warnings
DISCLAIMER: It is assumed that users are familiar with the operating system they are using and comfortable with making the suggested changes. We will not be held responsible if changes you make cause a system failure.
WARNING: This is NOT a database of tasks/processes taken from Task Manager or the Close Program window (CTRL+ALT+DEL) but a database of startup applications, although you will find some of them listed via this method. Pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL identifies programs that are currently running - not necessarily at startup. For a list of tasks/processes you should try the Process Library from Uniblue, the list at PC Pitstop or one of the many others now available. Therefore, before ending a task/process via CTRL+ALT+DEL just because it has an "X" recommendation, please check whether it's in MSConfig or the registry first. An example would be "svchost.exe" - which doesn't appear in either under normal conditions but does via CTRL+ALT+DEL. If in doubt, don't do anything.
To avoid the database becoming too large, all virus entries are only shown using the registry version which is common to all Windows versions. Otherwise there would be multiple entries for popular filenames that viruses often use - such as "svchost" above for example. Multiple viruses can also use the same startup entries, in this case only those with significant differences (such as file location) are repeated in this database.
NOTE: There are a number of virus and malware entries listed in this database where specific removal instructions haven't been given. If this is the case then you could try ComboFix, a program written by sUBs that can remove many different types of Trojans and Worms. See here for a tutorial on how to use the program
IMPORTANT: A number of entries are repeated due to the way that different operating systems display startup items. For example, WinMe lists "POPROXY.EXE" as "Norton eMail Protect" in both MSCONFIG and the registry whereas WinXP lists it as "Poproxy" in MSCONFIG and "Norton eMail Protect" in the registry.
SERVICES: "Services" from the NT/2K/XP/Vista/7 operating systems are not included. I fully understand that some programs with these OS's use "Services" as an alternative to load their component parts at startup but these are handled in a different way. We recommend you try BlackViper for information on services for the relevant operating systems.
If you're looking for a startup manager then why not try Spybot - Search & Destroy (by Safer Networking Ltd) as the startup programs section (select the Advanced mode) includes descriptions from this database. You might also want to try their RunAlyzer and FileAlyzer tools.
As there are more than 10,000 entries in this database related to viruses, trojans, worms and other malware we recommend you use a quality internet security package. Which ever you choose, keep it updated.Copyright
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I need some ideas for discipline for big families so I can stop the cycle of irritation, yelling, remorse for yelling, then apologizing. My kids deserve better and I want to enjoy them more.
Any help?
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I am curious, too. I will soon have 3 boys.
Mama of 3 little boys - DS1 4/08, DS2 4/09, DS3 12/11
Well, I will put in a caveat here that I don't do as loose of "gentle discipline" as many do here. I try very hard not to spank out of anger or frustration, with 99% success rate. Yelling, I don't do quite as well. I have a very loose expectation for housekeeping.
First of all, you are at the crisis point, both in where you're at, as well as the ages of your kids. As they get older, especially the older 2, it will get better. If they don't get cheerfully into the car seat, the choice I offer is to get in cheerfully or get in cranky, they still have to get in. I don't let them take a lot of time and mess around. I feel very comfortable walking away from a situation which would escalate into a power struggle and I try to save overriding for things like getting into the carseat when we're in a hurry.
I try to start the dishwasher every night before I go to bed, and I have a loose schedule for laundry. I try to schedule at least an hour per day for food preparation. I personally try to eat fairly healthy for lots of reasons, but I lose it easily when I've had too much sugar and not enough balanced protein and vegetables. I often eat dinner *before* calling my children to the table, or we go ahead and start after one call because the rest "aren't interested." We try to pick our battles and be relaxed.
I try to get the main rooms all cleaned up once per week, and their rooms are usually a mess. We try to get everything really clean a few times per year, but it is a constant struggle for us. Usually decluttering helps.
I have 5 kids, 12, 11, 7, 5 and 2. It is very very hard when the baby is little; it gets easier, IMO, after the baby is 1. I also found parenting to be some level of easier when the oldest was 8 and 9 instead of 6 and 7.
Most of all, I'm just posting to say that we've been where you are, and I didn't necessarily find going to 5 was harder than going to 4, except trying to accommodate the needs of an infant with the schedule of a middle schooler. IDK if you're also homeschooling; my kids attend school, but they're having a great summer, playing together. We try to get out of the house several times per week when they're all here; it's better and at least then they're not trashing the house. Hang in there, muddle through. If you can get help with *something* it can really help. We have help with mowing our lawn this year, and it has given me back 2 hours in my week. It's a big deal! :) Maybe a mother's helper can help you find some sanity 2 afternoons per week or something like that. Good luck.
I have 4 boys ages 7, 4.5, 2.5, and 6mths. They are good kids but I am overwhelmed with the usual daily duties. The advice I see seems fitting for a family of maybe 1 or 2 kids but I have a hard time implementing them in my case. It basically boils down to time, and my nerves. With 4, I no longer have to option to blow off things like laundry and emptying the dishwasher because the sheer volume of it all makes it impossible. I can't say"no laundry today in favor of -fill in the blank-. If my 2yo decides he wants run away when I need to get his shoes on, there is not enough time in the day to make a silly game out of it umpteen times a day. I don't have time for long talks and discussions over every little thing. I'm pulled in 4 directions constantly and my nerves are exposed and frayed because of it.
I need some ideas for discipline for big families so I can stop the cycle of irritation, yelling, remorse for yelling, then apologizing. My kids deserve better and I want to enjoy them more.
Any help?
:hugs: Amy,
I'm not the best person to answer this question because I don't practice "Gentle Discipline" entirely as described by many (although I am MUCH moreso than how I was raised). I am inferring from your post, however, that you may be confusing GD with a subcategory called Consensual Living. (If Timmy doesn't want to put on his shoes, he doesn't have to.) I do not practice CL with my chidlren. What may give me some qualification to answer your post, however, is that I do have a large family.
I think a key to understanding discipline (as opposed to punishment) is that the whole point of discipline is to train and guide - not to harshly punish, but not to cajole and plead with either.
So, going off of the examples you gave... I think one way to deal with the large logistical load of living in a large family is to keep the Littles with you. While I know this is tiresome at first, I think it is less time-consuming than trying to do your work independently and having to put out fires with the youngsters every 15 minutes. While I am expecting #7, only 4 live at home presently: 18yo DS, 5yo DS, 3yo DD, and 1yo DD. (My 2 older DDs are out of the house.) 3yo and 1yo spend a lot of time helping Mommy with laundry and dishes. I know where they are and if I'm directing them, there is less chance of hassles that derail me away from the work for long periods of time.
As far as getting a Little to get his shoes on when told, I don't cajole either. It's time to leave, you need your shoes on, period. Two year olds are living beings that deserve to be raised with their dignity intact. They are not, however, 22yos who can be reasoned with. Natural consequences don't even work that well with 2yos because their memory banks and attention-spans are so short.
<<I'm pulled in 4 directions constantly and my nerves are exposed and frayed because of it.
I need some ideas for discipline for big families so I can stop the cycle of irritation, yelling, remorse for yelling, then apologizing. My kids deserve better and I want to enjoy them more.>>
So, when I'm doing this right (which is definitely not all the time - I'm 10 weeks pregnant right now and fatigue and nausea often get the better of me), I don't let the cycle start. I try to stop before the irritation sets in. First, I try to make sure everyone is eating and sleeping before the lack thereof creates a crisis (including ME!) I try to schedule as little as possible during this season of life. The reality is that I cannot be running to town, appointments, or on errands several times a week. It is not our family's season for homeschool co-op or any kind of lessons outside the home. It is our season for getting a good foundation with these Littles and maintaining the homefront so we are all happier. Even as recently as 2 years ago our home was the family gathering place for all major holidays. That's on hiatus for a season. Here recently, since the Morning Sickness kicked in and the dishwasher broke, we've taken to using paper plates for most meals and cereal for breakfast (I usually cook a hot breakfast). What works for me is scaling back to the bare essentials so I am at my best for the children right now. As they grow and this season passes, then I can reassess and see what can be added back on. (Oh, I would also employ everyone but the 6mo in the work. The 7yo is definitely old enough to empty the dishwasher if he can reach where the dishes go. He is old enough to set and clear tables, sweep, etc.. The 4.5yo is old enough to empty the bathroom trashcans, etc... The 3 oldest are certainly old enough to help sort laundry and to put away their folded laundry and even match socks. The 7yo should be able to fold clothes that aren't too complex. Lots of time and energy go into training, but in 5yo you'll be breathing SO much easier!)
Good luck, Mama - and hang in there! This, too, shall pass!
Mrs. S - Crunchy child of The King, Wife to my best friend, and Mama to my many blessings.
I don't think you have to blow off things like dishes and laundry in order to practice GD. I don't think GD is about long discussions either, especially with young children. It sounds like you feel overwhelmed in general, so perhaps you need to take a bit of time to take care of yourself-get as much sleep as you can and have your dh and kids pitch in to help out. My youngest is 7 and could certainly put dishes in a dishwasher(if we had one;)) and unload it. The 4.5 and 7 y/o could help sort laundry and do general picking up. If the 2 y/o runs away at shoe time, sure you can play a game but perhaps if time is short you stick the shoes in your purse or bag and go out the door.
Cathy mom to 13 y/o DD, 10 y/o DD, 7 y/o DS
I have almost 7, 4.5, 2.5 and 8 months. It's crazy...today I just about called sleeping night-shift Daddy from the fair because we were ready to leave and the oldest was well, taking himself back in...thankfully he turned around when he realized I really WAS NOT following him.
I agree, I just do not have time to sit and make absolutely everything CL. I used to think this was the way to try and be and I just could not do it. Sorry, it's not an option of whether or not you want to come when I call your name. If I say it's time to take a shower, it is time, there's 2 showers and 7 of us, it is time! Shoes are not optional. Neither is allowing me to make sure your shoes and clothing fit. Neither are diaper changes, and we ARE going to do it NOW--quickly, with a little game, maybe but NOT chasing around the house. Nudity is not an option, I have a tall glass door and too many close neighbors for that. Etc etc
The siblings fight....I accepted this as normal for awhile too. Not anymore. I can't take it and I'm not willing to live the rest of my life with people I do not want to be seen with in public.
Some here might say what I did today was mean. I had to do something. The child in question took off into the fair instead of coming when called so I could talk to him, then when I decided we were leaving since my biggest safety rules had been broken, this one hit me and decided a seatbelt for the ride home was optional. I had a screaming baby, exhausted toddler, and a buckled-and-behaving other child...I drove. I then took the one who had followed the rules and the baby on a short outing to the library. Point--when you are well past the age of 2 and can't follow basic respect and safety rules, your butt stays home. And yup, I will drag said butt out of my vehicle if that's what it takes.
lovin DH since 1/04, best mom for my 3 boys 10/04, 11/08, 11/10 one girlie (1/07), one 13 wk (10/13) and 5/15 just your average multigenerational living family!!
Some here might say what I did today was mean. I had to do something. The child in question took off into the fair instead of coming when called so I could talk to him, then when I decided we were leaving since my biggest safety rules had been broken, this one hit me and decided a seatbelt for the ride home was optional. I had a screaming baby, exhausted toddler, and a buckled-and-behaving other child...I drove. I then took the one who had followed the rules and the baby on a short outing to the library. Point--when you are well past the age of 2 and can't follow basic respect and safety rules, your butt stays home. And yup, I will drag said butt out of my vehicle if that's what it takes.
Sounds like natural consequences to me. "If you can't obey the rules when we're out in public together, you won't be going out in public with me." We learn from lots of things - and discomfort is a good teacher.
Mrs. S - Crunchy child of The King, Wife to my best friend, and Mama to my many blessings.
I only have two kids and I have a cleaner/nanny come five days a week (while both DH and I work full time) and I am frequently at my wits' end. I think that A) you need to cut yourself some slack and let go of the guilt. You are a human being and maybe they won't see that now, but in time they will and it certainly sounds like your love and commitment out weighs the yelling and anger, and B) get orgnaized and delegate.
There are some things you might be able to do to help manage the situation.
Developing a schedule and having a contigency plan is important when you have two, so I would say it would be double important with 4. If everyone is well fed, and well rested, the energy to play nice and be nice is easier. This might mean investing in a helper once a week or more to help with menial tasks, or to look after the LOs while you sleep. Or it could look like enlisting your DH to take the odd night shift so you can sleep, and unwind. The motto in our house is a tired mommy is a cranky mommy. The same goes for the kids. The 7 yo can play restfully once a day and getting the over 2s to bed in time for them to have a solid 10-12 hours is really important. Naps or quiet time is a great way to A) break up the day into manageable slots (I sometimes feel really overwhelmed if DD has her nap too early and I realize I have another 7 hours before she will be ready for bed...and again that's with just one more child of a much older age) I imagine your littlest isn't STTN yet, but if you can coordinate at least one family nap/quiet time, it should give you time to sleep a little too. Sleep deprivation does bad things to nice people.
It's also very important for me to have snacks for me and the kids. When I am thinking straight and want to make sure I have a good day out with the kids, I make sure I have a virtual grocery store in my purse. Juice boxes, nuts, peanut butter crackers, fruit, chocolate (that's usually for me but can come in handy for bribing which I am not above resorting to when push comes to shove.), and I never wait until I hear "I'm hungry" because by then it is too late. Game over. Meltdown in T minus 10, 9, 8...
I also have had fights about shoes. If my son wants to go out without shoes, I pop them in my bag as a PP mentioned. Then when he is strapped in, and I get in the front and put on some fun music and turn around and put them on. At the age of 2.5 I found shoes were less annoying of a battle when he really loved his shoes. I got him these white canvas tennis shoes and a pack of sharpies and let him decorate his own shoes. He was much more keen to wear them then. He also loves his rain boots because if he wears them he is allowed to splash in any puddles, so he's stoked to wear them. I love rain boots too because it means absolutely no laces or pulling, just slip on and go. Yes, he looks silly in shorts and a tank top and giant Red rubber boots, but then he's six, so who cares? With DD it is such a hassle putting on shoes, sometimes, especially if we have an early departure the next day, I put them on her before bed (which she find HILLARIOUS) after her bath and let her sleep in them. Then they are already on in the AM and no fighting or tantrums.
Keep them busy (well, the mobile one's anyway.) My DS is just more amicable when he is doing something to contribute to the home and family. Read a book to your sister. Tidy up the toys. Weed the garden. Wash the dishes. The more he does the easier we get along and less likely he is to idly reach over and pinch his sister for no good reason.
I think using logical consequences (different from natural consequences, which are a direct cause and effect thing, these are logically linked to the action, like the example Peaceful mama gave..can't behave in public, you can't come out in public with me until you show me you can), and restorative justice rather than punitive measures and retalliation, is the best anyone can hope for as a parent. I don't think you need long conversations or game playing, but you may need more resources and routine. I also really hope someone pays for you to get a house keeper to help you.
You're human, and you're nursing a new baby...your nerves are literally exposed and chaffed every day. It's no wonder you feel overwhelmed. This will pass, and your kids will forgive you the outbursts and frustration (at least by the time they have their own kids.). As long as you keep questioning yourself, and reflecting on how to do better, you're doing great! Don't let guilt take over. Being human is allowed.
I have four kids - ages 8 1/2, 6 1/2, 4 and 16 months. We are a consensual living family. I can't imagine any other way. Life does get easier as the kids get older and can do more on their own. CL doesn't have to mean a long drawn out discussion about every single thing. It means working together and respecting everyone as a person in order to meet everyone's needs.
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Explore The Silver Coast Playa Dorada Sosúa Cabarete Río San Juan El Castillo Playa Ensenada Monte Cristi Dajabón Puerto Plata Parque Nacional La Isabela Share Río San Juan's main attraction is Laguna Gri-Gri, at the northernmost end of Duarte, and it comes as a wonderful surprise, a magnificent mangrove reserve traversed by organized boat tours that you can arrange and board from a small quay at the road's end (589-2277). The 2hr tours, which cost RD$1200 per person (for 3 to 6; thereafter, RD$200 per person) head out of the lagoon through the mangroves; go early in the morning if you want to catch more of the birdlife. The boat then enters nearby Cueva de la Golondrina (Swallow's Cave) to admire the stalactites and stalagmites, before heading along the coast to Playa Caletón, where you get to swim. You can also arrange to go snorkelling or fishing for an extra sum. To see the lagoon's birdlife on foot, walk east from the Hotel Bahía Blanca to the peninsular bird sanctuary that the tour skirts, which is at its most active just before dusk when hundreds of egrets return to roost. Alternatively take the dirt footpath to the left of the tours office. Campo Tours is the lone tour operator in town, but you'll find better-quality tours, and operators, down the road in Cabarete.
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See Riordan Run
Former California Governor Jerry Brown, who invented Gray Davis, has a great saying about politics: A little vagueness goes a long way in this business. Thats something that former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan, the latest aspirant for the states highest office, seems to have taken very much to heart.
Heres Riordan, who has offered next to nothing on Californias epic energy crisis, its ballooning budget crisis or any other pressing issue of the time, actually running ahead of the Democratic incumbent. The leveraged buyout artist--turned--super-rich ex-mayor and European summer cyclist has managed to get through more than five months of high-profile exploration without saying much of anything about the new job he wants. But, even though he leads Davis by three points in the Field Poll and eight points in a private poll, that will change.
Riordan is declaring his candidacy on November 6 at a Beverly Hills fund-raising dinner. It remains to be seen if he and his fledgling campaign are ready for the big stage.
In the past few weeks, four Republican operatives have left Riordans team. The departed include Dan Schnur, the director of his campaign committee and Pete Wilsons communications director; Fiona Hutton, his deputy director; Arnold Steinberg, longtime pollster and strategist; and Bill Whelan, top speechwriter. Several big-name Democratic operatives are onboard, leading to wild charges from primary opponents Bill Jones and Bill Simon, both of whom trail badly. Some say that Riordans wife, Nancy Daly, the former first lady of Warner Bros., is really in charge and that Riordan is really a Democrat in disguise.
Riordan is taking on Davis at a particularly weak moment in the governors reign. Top Democrats say his fund-raising has fallen off. The energy situation and the state budget -- once again intertwined -- are big messes. Public Utilities Commission chief Loretta Lynch and Power Authority chairman David Freeman are at loggerheads. Davis senior adviser Nancy McFadden, a former top Al Gore aide who helps run the Governors Office and works on energy issues, has been rumored for some time to be leaving in a few months, though a Davis spokesman denies it.
Even the Bush administration is coming through for Riordan. Riordan, Jones and Simon were to speak at last weekends state Republican convention, but sources say that Gerald Parsky, the Los Angeles billionaire who chaired the Bush campaign in California and is the White House designee to oversee the fractious state party, intervened to stop the speeches. Why? Because Jones was going to trash Riordan before the assembled faithful as a closet Democrat, using material he rolled out last week at a Sacramento Press Club appearance showing that Riordan has given far more money to Democrats than to Republicans.
It was a good break for Riordan, who is still struggling with the latest iteration of his own organization. Its said by many observers that his campaign manager, when one is in place, will be guided by a council of seasoned political advisers, including former Kathleen Brown campaign manager Clint Reilly, Jimmy Carter pollster--turned-- West Wing producer Pat Caddell, and Michael Dukakis campaign manager-- turned--USC law professor Susan Estrich.
GOP media consultant Don Sipple, who left the Bob Dole campaign in the midst of charges that he had beaten his ex-wives and, before that, having upset Latinos with his pro--Proposition 187 work for Pete Wilson, is on board for Riordan, sources say, at the behest of Orange County real estate billionaire Donald Bren.
He and Reilly, a controversial former Democratic consultant and losing 1999 San Francisco mayoral candidate, are the two dominant minds in the Riordan operation. Reilly, who ran Riordans 1993 mayoral campaign, is said by a Riordan friend to have a Svengali hold on the former mayor and his wife.
Sacramento consultant Kevin Spillane, an early Riordan booster who was a top aide to Silicon Valley moderate Tom Campbell, is the campaigns political director. Current chairman Rick Hernandez, a businessman and former L.A. police commissioner, is said to have been elbowed aside by Reilly. The campaign manager hasnt been announced, but the leading choice is said to be Ron Hartwig, an executive of the Hill & Knowlton public-relations firm, a relative unknown in statewide political circles who gets along well with the Riordans. Other top aides include former mayoral aide Carolina Guevara and two conservatives, new Riordan policy director Joel Fox, former head of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, and research director Joe Rodota, a former top Wilson aide known as Dr. Death for his penchant for punishing opposition research.
Longtime state Democratic Party honcho Bob Mulholland turns even more waspish than usual in describing Riordans Democratic advisers: Reilly ran Kathleen Browns campaign into the ground; Caddell is a professional anti-Democrat, the guy who came up with New Coke; Estrich told Michael Dukakis the flag wasnt an issue. Now theyre crowding the bridge of the Titanic.
Spillane, a Republican looking at a primary election, tends to minimize the roles of the name Democrats. In fact, he says, they will be working independently as Democrats for Riordan, along with Disney executive John Cook and others.
Caddell is well aware that he is controversial and also talks down his role, saying he goes to meetings at Riordans house, but so do others. I dont know what Ill do, he says. But between the incessant fund-raising and sheer incompetence of Davis -- and Garry Souths thuggery -- I have to help Dick.
South, Davis chief political adviser, goes way back with Riordan. The former Washington real estate lobbyist came to California to work as press secretary for Riordans main 1993 opponent, Mike Woo, and grew to detest the eventual winner. Signing on with Davis, again without a chief of staff, after Woos defeat, South became known in political circles as a relentlessly tuff-talk spinner on the future governors behalf. This year he has annoyed many, including powerful Hollywood figures, with what are viewed as mean-spirited attacks on Davis critics, including Arnold Schwarzenegger, who had the temerity to ponder a run for the governorship. Schwarzenegger gave Riordan $50,000 on October 19, a day on which Riordan raised a total of $250,000.
Riordans name ID, amiable manner, credible record as mayor, business success, personal wealth and fund-raising ability all make him a strong contender. And, as Spillane points out, his moderation on social issues will make it tough for Davis to pigeonhole him as he did right-winger Dan Lungren three years ago.
But though the opportunity is certainly there for him, its not clear that Riordan is up to the challenge of advancing beyond L.A. politics. Key Democrats chortle about his recent tour of a fiberglass plant in Redding -- a town in Northern California, which the former mayor likes to call upstate California (as in upstate New York) -- after which the man who would be governor stepped before the microphones and averred as how fiber optics are key to the future.
Some associates wonder if Riordan has the intellectual focus to contest Davis, who, for all his shortcomings, is very disciplined. This could be a train wreck, says one. He doesnt have Bill Wardlaw [the investment banker consigliere who broke with Riordan over the recent mayors race] to backstop him, says another. He doesnt have all the people from the Mayors Office who wrote the memos. And he wont be dealing with a press corps that would let him be absent for 44 days of cancer treatments without reporting what was going on.
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Traveling the world doesn't mean that your faith needs to have the out-of-office autoreply. Last year we showed you the hotel temples of Thailand. Now, we bring you the religious corners of the hotels we visited in Bali.
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- By: David Hutnik
- On: 06/26/2014 10:20:34
- In: Sales/Marketing
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I'm going to take a brief moment to explain the new laws affecting email marketing to your Canadian clients. I'm going to cover whether this will affect you as a vacation rental manager, highlight some essential points to follow and provide you an action plan for compliance.
What this is about:
The Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation, better known as "CASL", has been put into place recently by the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) regarding any and ALL emails sent to your clients in Canada.
Does this apply to you?
Have you ever received an inquiry or booking from someone in Canada? Then yes, this applies to you.
Do you think you may receive an inquiry or booking from someone in Canada? Yes, this applies to you.
*Keep in mind that all of the below, while they are good practice, only apply to your Canadian clients and their email addresses. No need to change what you're doing for your U.S. or other clients' emails.
3 Essential Rules to Follow:
- Consent: You must receive "consent" from the person you are sending an email to. This could be implied or expressed consent.
- Implied consent could mean a business relationship such as a booking or inquiry of a property online.
- Expressed consent is like someone subscribing to your list or asking to be on your list. This could be oral, written or electronic but it must be clear who and what they are subscribing to.
- Identification: At the point in which you are acquiring an email and consent, you must identify the name of the business, contact info (address, phone, email, web address), and be sure to make this "clear and prominent".
- Unsubscribe: You must always be sure to allow someone to unsubscribe at any time, allow this function at no cost and perform the unsubscribe action in 10 days or less. Pretty easy here-- you should be doing this anyways.
While this is tiered, penalties of up to $10 million per violation may be applied and are enforced by the CRTC. If I interpreted this correctly, these penalties will not be enforced until July 1, 2017.
Important Points:
- If someone books a property, this is a business relationship and gives you implied consent. However, this only gives you the ability to email this person for up to 24 months.
- If a person inquires about a property, this is again implied consent, but you are only authorized to email this person for six months.
- If you include in your terms the act of entering their email address is giving you consent to include them in your email marketing, and it must be "clear and prominent," then this implied consent gives you the ability to send email to them for 24 months.
- You often see or use check boxes to auto opt-in subscribers with it already checked. Now, they need to check that box to opt in rather than them un-checking the box to opt-out.
It is the burden of the sender to provide proof of consent: This means that you should start tracking the submit date and expiration date of consent. Other key information to track would be the source or webpage consent was given, booking number, IP address, and a "last update" field. If someone inquires or books again, this resets the expiration of consent to email.
Refer a Friend Campaign: If you've ever encouraged users to refer a friend, things are changed up a little here as well for our Canadian friends. The person referring their friend must have either a personal or business relationship with both parties. And most importantly, this allows you as the business receiving the referral to contact this person one time unless you receive explicit consent to contact them further.
Your Action Plan:
What to Do With Your Current Email List: Identify who are your Canadian email clients. You can do this a few different ways. Depending on what service you use to send emails, you should be able to identify all emails opened in Canada – segment these. Also, segment any emails that end in a .ca. Once you've identified your Canadian email addresses, re-opt in these clients. Make this short and simple and maybe offer an incentive.
Acquisition of New Email Addresses: Think about your future strategy for acquisition of email addresses. How will you identify new subscribers, future guests who inquire about a property and bookings as Canadians? You can track IP addresses, ask "country" in your forms, or think of other creative ways to identify these email addresses as Canadian clients so that you can manage your list.
Managing Your Ongoing Email List: How do you manage your list going forward? If someone inquiries about a property, this implied consent only allows you to email them for six months versus someone who books you can email for up to two years. And if someone who is on your list inquires/books again, this extends your consent to email out a little longer. Figuring out your strategy for managing this "expiration date" of Canadian email addresses is important to remain compliant and avoid costly fees.
I'm doing my best to describe the changes in laymen's terms. I am by no means an attorney so please consult professional advice. This blog is in no way a complete representation of all changes, I'm simply trying to cover to the best of my ability the changes that would likely apply to you as a vacation rental manager.
About the author: David Hutnik is the Social Media Director at InterCoastal Net Designs where they specialize in web design, search engine optimization, email marketing, social media and more. For more information about vacation rental internet marketing, check out their free downloads.
- By: Sara Moore
- On: 07/01/2014 11:18:43
Constant Contact's resources: http://blogs.constantcontact.com/canadian-anti-spam-legislation-casl-resources/
Also, this checklist is really helpful: http://img.constantcontact.com/docs/pdf/CASL_checklist.pdf
According to the checklist, the law applies to email addresses added to a database after July 1, 2014.
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Just some feedback: not really accurate to refer to what you're doing in that video as going to "high resolution" or increasing the resolution. That's really misleading and is going to confuse users (not to mention that it corrupts the true definition of the term which is frustrating to us IT support people... like users who call their hard drive "RAM"). The resolution doesn't change. You're just zooming out.
Thanks a lot! This will definitely help all of the people like me who learn better when they see it done, and not just by reading about it.
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I am afraid that Coreldraw Graphics Suite is not available for OSX operating systems, no matter what the version is. It was released some time ago but the application was unusable and it was discontinued soon. But you have an alternative to this issue: use Lion's feature Bootcamp and emulate a Windows operating system (Windows 7) and then install CoreDRAW for Windows and you'll have a working version of CorelDRAW on your Mac.
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Photo-Paint is a very under-appreciated program. I use Corel Designer Technical Suite X5 for technical writing. Includes CorelDraw, Photo-Paint, and way more. When I finally get around to purchasing a Mac, this will be one of the 2 windows programs I run, I will never have a computer without Corel. Hopefully they will offer an OSX version again.
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Having to run one of your applications in VMware or whatever sounds like a prohibitively large inconvenience to me. Anyone experienced working with graphics knows that you need to share your files easily between applications, and running one program on one OS and the other on another OS makes that unnecessarily hard.
Your solution is to either not get a Mac, or to learn how to use Illustrator. Edit: Just realized that this thread is from 2010, but still ^^ |
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If the user has enough RAM (give Windows 3-4GB) and uses Parallels (haven't used VMware), its not inconvenient at all - directories can be shared in both Operating Systems at the same time, the windows version can be run seamlessly on your Mac OS X desktop with good performance while running other OS X applications - I've done this for years (since Snow Leopard, I had a work related financial application that was windows only), it works very well. If you want a Mac but have a windows app you still need to run you've got plenty of good options. |
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360 Secondary Principles -- A study of secondary schools, with particular emphasis on principles and purposes. In conjunction with the various content-area methods courses, this course is designed to prepare students for teaching in middle schools and junior or senior high schools. When possible, students should schedule their content-area methods courses concurrently with this course. Three Credits.
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2. Differentiate between appropriate and inappropriate use of technology for teaching and learning while using electronic resources to design and implement learning activities. (II,III,V,VI) | |||
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I tried one more time to raise some interest in Garmin making the Mac version of GTC support the .wkt file you get when you download a marathon schedule from RW.
The answer I got is that the latest release of GTC for Macs (version 188.8.131.52) does support .wkt files.
See this thread (read right down to the bottom): Garmin forums
The last post is from someone who's running Snow Leopard and who says it works.
I can't try on my Mac until next weekend so if anyone else cares to do so, it would be great to know whether or not it works for them.


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This sketch represents the Radium Springs Hotel that was to be built in Albany. The stock market crash of 1929 killed plans to build this structure. This and many other images about Albany can be found on Facebook in the Vintage Albany Georgia group.
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Title: | Strategy Selection in Structured Populations |
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Tarnita, Corina Elena; Ohtsuki, Hisashi; Antal, Tibor; Fu, Feng; Nowak, Martin A.
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Citation: | Tarnita Corina E., Hisashi Ohtsuki, Tibor Antal, Feng Fu, and Martin A. Nowak. 2009. Strategy selection in structured populations. Journal of Theoretical Biology 259: 570-581. |
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Abstract: | Evolutionary game theory studies frequency dependent selection. The fitness of a strategy is not constant, but depends on the relative frequencies of strategies in the population. This type of evolutionary dynamics occurs in many settings of ecology, infectious disease dynamics, animal behavior and social interactions of humans. Traditionally evolutionary game dynamics are studied in well-mixed populations, where the interaction between any two individuals is equally likely. There have also been several approaches to study evolutionary games in structured populations. In this paper we present a simple result that holds for a large variety of population structures. We consider the game between two strategies, A and B, described by the payoff matrix View the MathML source. We study a mutation and selection process. For weak selection strategy A is favored over B if and only if σa+b>c+σd. This means the effect of population structure on strategy selection can be described by a single parameter, σ. We present the values of σ for various examples including the well-mixed population, games on graphs, games in phenotype space and games on sets. We give a proof for the existence of such a σ, which holds for all population structures and update rules that have certain (natural) properties. We assume weak selection, but allow any mutation rate. We discuss the relationship between σ and the critical benefit to cost ratio for the evolution of cooperation. The single parameter, σ, allows us to quantify the ability of a population structure to promote the evolution of cooperation or to choose efficient equilibria in coordination games. |
Published Version: | doi:10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.03.035 |
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These photos were taken over a two week period at the end of October 2012 in rural north central Arkansas, about a half hour drive from Jasper in newton County. It's a fairly isolated area. I was attending a two week Buddhist retreat at Katog Choling Mountain Retreat Center and every morning around dawn I would walk down a hill from where I was staying to the Center. The walk took about 20 minutes if I didn't stop to take a few photos, which I did every day. Early morning fog was common. The Fall colors weren't as bright as they usually are because of a drought. Nevertheless, there was beauty and peace every morning and I hope I captured some of that
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The British Open begins Thursday at Royal Birkdale, an hour outside Manchester, England.
If you can't have either injured Tiger Woods or Scotland, it's a worthier substitute than the other English courses. Birkdale winds through the biggest collection of sand dunes in the United Kingdom. They look like grassy knolls, with crowds of spectators perched on them, like so many Lawrences of Arabia with green thumbs.
Still, Mary Queen of Scots (not of Englishmen) popularized the sport in the 16th century, whacking featheries around the bleak east coast of the country.
The only British Opens I've covered were in Scotland; at Troon and at golf's holy of holies, St. (pronounced Over There as "Sint") Andrews. On television, the courses all look as unkempt as Augusta National looks pampered. When Woods won the 2006 Open at Royal Liverpool, the brown, burned course made you wish assistant greens keeper Carl Spackler from "Caddyshack" would turn a hose on the place.
A seawind singing like a sailor's shanty is often the only defense for the courses. In 1999, however, they toughened the set-up the way the USGA often does for the U.S. Open. The weather was foul at Carnoustie on the last day. Anybody could have won, and anybody did. Paul Lawrie won the playoff following Frenchman Jean Van de Velde's decision to cast his sense to the wind and hit driver with a 3-shot lead on the 72nd hole.
St. Andrews has the double greens. Royal St. George's has the Tilt-a-Whirl 18th fairway, where a mere 10 percent of the world's best golfers could keep the ball in the short grass in 2003 when Ben Curtis won. Royal Troon has the tiny par-3 eighth, the "Postage Stamp," which Gene Sarazen aced at the age of 71 in the 1973 Open, the same hole Tiger triple-bogeyed in his first professional Open in 1997.All of the "links" courses of the British Open look alike -- wild, weedy tangles; gorse bushes that offer instant acupuncture for the spectator who brushes against them; shot choices that fluctuate three to four clubs, depending on the weather; creative recovery shots, such as at Royal Lytham & St. Annes in 1978, when a dark-eyed, dashing kid named Seve Ballesteros won from a parking lot.
The wind-swept, tortured land on which the courses are laid are called links because they link the bordering seas to the good earth inland.
Golf writers say the worst Scottish venue beats the best English one. In Scotland, ruins of majestic castles stand on hills. Heather casts a purple haze over the country's west side. St. Andrews, on the east side, has the beach from the opening scene in "Chariots of Fire." Villages that could be Brigadoon are everywhere.
In England, the surroundings are the dreary suburbs of drab cities, tacky seaside resorts, and wind-whipped fishing villages.
Birkdale has provided distinguished winners, like Peter Thomson, Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino and Johnny Miller. But in 1991, short hitter Ian Baker-Finch won there.
Six years later, he shot an agonizing 92 in the first round at Troon.
"Cheer up, Ian," a fan called. "There will be better days."
But there weren't. Golf is a hard game, but never harder than that day, under the wind-driven sky, by the cold seas of Scotland.