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Earlier this year I published a statement of intention to visit Esker Foundation more regularly. Thanks to Twitter, Instagram and Esker Foundation updates and invites (which arrive by email once or twice per month), I've made two visits since the summer 2018 exhibitions opened on May 25. Despite being wait listed on my first attempt to register, I was ultimately assigned a seat at a free, Sunday afternoon embroidery workshop (more on that below). And I spent a good portion of a rainy afternoon immersed in the summer exhibitions.
Three artists are showcased at Esker this summer. Vanessa Brown prompts thought by using steel to embody living, natural things as sculpture. Anna Torma uses a blend of embroidery, drawing, appliqué, and layering to combine familiar and fantastic things in colourful, multi-layered textile art hangings. And over a twelve week stretch ending July 29, Jolie Bird's performance-based installation will transform a blank space into an 8-foot diameter representation of the Fibonacci Sequence.
Esker Foundation is located in Inglewood. It's open Tuesday through Sunday, 11 am to 6 pm (with later hours Friday evenings until 8 pm). Admission and parking are free. Complete details are available here.
Vanessa Brown: The Witching Hour
Entering Esker Foundation, the first thing you see is Vanessa Brown's dreamy, midnight visit the jeweller's piercing parlour. I spent a long while studying the secrets hidden in the robes and appreciating the splash of colour from the enormous, mismatched earrings. On a return visit, I would spend more time studying the engravings on the "menu" hanging on the wall.
Moving to the right past this introductory piece, I entered the dark, walled-off space directly behind it, where I discovered the appropriately named Veils of a Bog. The sound and movement in this space are so immersive that several minutes passed before I noticed someone else in the space, lounging on one of the thoughtfully provided, giant floor cushions.
Emerging from the bog, I crossed to a grouping of pieces from a garden shed. Paint adds an unexpected layer of interest here, as does the mix of how the pieces are displayed: on simple white pedestals or free leaning against the wall.
At the far corner from the main entrance hangs a giant mobile. I couldn't help but wonder how heavy it was, given all the steel used in its creation. The exterior windows here are covered in purple netting. I would love to see this piece in place on a brightly sunny day.
Anna Torma: Book of Abandoned Details
The detail in Anna Torma's work is almost unfathomable. Muted, bright, reflecting reality, fantastical…it's made more complex by incorporating multiple layers and multiple techniques. There are recurring elements, as well as unique representations. I will try to make time to get back for another viewing before the exhibition closes at the beginning of September. I didn't run the Esker Foundation app on this visit, but would listen next visit to gain a better understanding of Torma's work.
In one gallery, there's a wall-mounted arrangement.
In another, the pieces are free hanging. Air currents introduced into the space cause the lighter layers of fabric to move, and the shadows dance, as well. These free-hanging pieces have different elements visible on the opposite side.
And it's astonishing how clean and finished the "wrong side" of this tapestry looks, even when viewed up close. This piece, perhaps more than any other, made it clear to me that Anna Torma has mastered the technical aspects of her art.
For me, one of the most striking aspects of these exhibits is how they are laid out in the space. I found the juxtaposition of steel and fabric quite fascinating. These materials couldn't be more different, but the curved forms and painted aspect of Vanessa Brown's work beautifully sets off Anna Torma's textile pieces.
Jolie Bird: 1597; Harmonious Frequencies
It's easy to miss the Project Space on ground level, which can be viewed from the street or from inside the building.
In a performance-based installation running through the end of July, Calgarian Jolie Bird will create an 8-foot diameter representation of the Fibonacci Sequence made up of 1,597 golden dots. The dots are created by wrapping a golden thread around itself and adhering it to the wall. She was working on dot #830 when I visited. A couple of days each month, visitors may enter the space while she's working, talk with her, and view her work up close. Check the Esker Foundation website for specifics.
Stitch Your Stories! Embroidery Workshop
In conjunction with exhibitions, Esker Foundation offers complementary programs (mostly free), ranging from guided tours to speakers, film screenings to workshops and even the occasional date night!
Thanks to the digital newsletter, I learned about the workshops associated with the summer 2018 exhibition shortly after registration opened. After looking through the offerings, I tried to register for the Stitch Your Stories! Embroidery Workshop with Anna Torma. The class was full, so I was wait-listed and about a week before the workshop I received an email notification that a spot had opened up.
I joined another 20+ participants in a work space on the south side of Esker's space on the 4th floor, so there was lots of amazing natural light. That Sunday afternoon, Torma gave a bit of an overview of how she works and introduced us to the layering that's integral to her work. We tried basic stitching, appliqués and reverse appliqués before leaving with our unfinished works-in-progress.
This workshop gave me a much better appreciation for how time intensive Torma's practice is. By coincidence, it also provided an opportunity to spend an afternoon with another member of the Beakerhead photo crew. And I met a few Esker Foundation workshop regulars, who've got me paying closer attention to those newsletter updates – the workshops fill up fast!
All materials for the workshop were provided at no charge, although we had to leave the embroidery hoops behind for another workshop. I have subsequently borrowed a hoop from a neighbour and hope to finish my introductory sampler before the end of the year! 🙂
About Esker Foundation
After visiting Esker Foundation earlier this year, I wanted to understand what underpins the free exhibitions and programming. If you're interested, this summer 2014 article from Canadian Art magazine provides a good overview of the person who founded Esker and the creative business model that sustains it.


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Bet you'll go to your kitchen to check this one out. I did.
Well, I'm not telling everyone my age, as most of you already know...BUT...I had to go into the kitchen and check this out for myself. Who ever looks at the end of your aluminum foil box? What a fantastic idea. Now, if someone would just make plastic wrap that didn't stick to itself.
Ive been using aluminum foil for more years than I care to remember. Great stuff, but sometimes it can be a pain. You know, like when you are in the middle of doing something and you try to pull some foil out and the roll comes out of the box. Then you have to put the roll back in the box and start over. The darn roll always comes out at the wrong time.
Well, I would like to share this with you. Yesterday I went to throw out an empty Reynolds foil box and for some reason I turned it and looked at the end of the box. And written on the end it said, Press here to lock end.. Right there on the end of the box is a tab to lock the roll in place. How long has this little locking tab been there? I then looked at a generic brand of aluminum foil and it had one, too. I then looked at a box of Saran wrap and it had one too! I cant count the number of times the Saran warp roll has jumped out when I was trying to cover something up.
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Montefiore in the News
Dr. Giles Peek Named Chief, Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, and Co-Director, Pediatric Heart Center at Montefiore and Einstein
- June 11, 2015
Internationally Renowned Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon to Serve Newborns and Children Throughout the New York Region
NEW YORK (June 11, 2015) – Giles Peek, M.D. has been named chief, Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, and co-director, Pediatric Heart Center at Montefiore Health System and professor in the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Dr. Peek is an internationally renowned pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon with extensive experience in newborn and complex pediatric cardiothoracic surgery. His surgical outcomes are among the finest in the United Kingdom and the world.
"The field of congenital heart surgery is rapidly evolving to focus on earlier and complete correction of heart defects in newborn children. These delicate and complex operations require a special surgical talent at the cutting edge of skill and technology -- Dr. Peek is in a class by himself," said Robert E. Michler, M.D., surgeon-in-chief, professor and chairman, Department of Surgery, professor and chairman, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, and co-director, Montefiore Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care. "Montefiore has built a team of experts, and Dr. Peek is an outstanding leader for that team."
Dr. Peek is recognized for his expertise in providing early definitive repair for the most complex congenital heart defects. He is an authority in the care of complicated newborn heart defects such as transposition of the great arteries, hypoplastic left heart syndrome, complex aortic arch and left ventricular outflow tract obstruction, pulmonary atresia, aorto-pulmonary arterial collaterals and congenitally corrected transposition, among other complex lesions.
"It is my privilege to help lead the team that cares for children who are born with heart defects from throughout the New York region," said Dr. Peek. "I look forward to offering novel therapies for these precious children."
Named by The London Sunday Times as one of Britain's Top 100 Children's Doctors, Dr. Peek was the head of the congenital heart service and director of the Adult, Pediatric and Neonatal ECMO Program, Glenfield Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester. Dr. Peek brings unique expertise in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for cardiac and respiratory failure. He led one of the largest and most successful ECMO programs in the United Kingdom. His research focuses on the development of devices to repair or replace organ function in patients with lung or heart failure. Dr. Peek is a highly sought-after international lecturer and a frequent contributor to the most prestigious professional journals. He was the first chairman of the European Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (EuroELSO).
Dr. Peek received his medical degree from Kings College, London, England, and completed residencies in adult general surgery and pediatric and adult cardiothoracic surgery at Groby Road and Glenfield Hospitals, the Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester General Hospital and the Royal Brompton Hospital, National Heart and Lung Institute in London. He was selected for the country's only pediatric and congenital cardiothoracic surgery fellowship at Birmingham Children's Hospital and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. He also completed a clinical research fellowship at the University of Leicester. A fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Dr. Peek is board certified in congenital cardiothoracic surgery and critical care medicine.


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On paper the match was as balanced as could be, with Boris Gelfand rated 2751 to Ding Liren's 2749 Elo, but that is where the similarities ended. Boris Gelfand has been a force to reckon with since the late 1990s, having stormed through the world championship cycle in 1993, beating Adams and Kramnik in matches, only to succumb to Karpov in the final match. Nearly 20 years later, in 2012, he fought his way to earn the right to challenge Anand for the world title. Although he entered this match handicapped slightly by age, since at age 47 he is more than twice his opponent's 22 years, his incomparable match experience had to be an equalizer.
Boris Gelfand also gave simuls to the many young fans in China
Ding Liren has been on the rise for some time, having won the Chinese Championship three times before he was even 20, but had trouble shining when he played outside his home country. That all changed for good when he helped his team win the Gold medal at the Tromso Olympiad in 2014 for a historic victory, and in the beginning of 2015, when he was one of the stars of Wijk aan Zee with his incredibly entertaining King's Indian wins.
The match was held in Wenzhou, China, a city whose name translates to "a mild and pleasant land", and derives its name from its climate, as it is neither extremely hot in summer nor extremely cold in the winter. It is a modest metropolitan city, by Chinese standards, with a population of three million people (2010 census), and the locale was the Overseas Chinese Hotel, a five-star establishment.
The start of the match and game one
The first two games showed the players like two boxers, feinting, observing and trying to spot any immediately obvious weaknesses. Game one was a King's Indian played by Ding Liren, just as the doctor prescribed, with Gelfand choosing the 9.b4 AKA "Bayonet" variation. White decided to simply shove his queenside pawns, innovating with 11.a4, but Black fought back on the same side, and his active rooks and powerful drak-squared bishop were enough to hold the balance.
Game two was a demonstration of just how well-prepared both players were. Gelfand chose a Gruenfeld, for which Ding was clearly ready, and they both rattled off 17 moves in ten minutes. Until then it was all well-known, and it was a position Cuban GM Dominguez had reached twice in 2014 with a draw at the end. Gelfand seemed uncomfortable for whatever reason, and continuously took off his jacket and put it back on shortly after. After the players shook hands on move 25, he requested a rest day before resuming the next rounds, but the schedule had already been set, and only five days were allotted for the match, the fifth day being for a tiebreaker should the need arise. His request was denied, a fact he was reluctant to accept.
Gelfand strolls, lost in thought. Time management issues would come to bite him.
Having been unable to achieve anything in game one with the King's Indian, the Chinese player showed he had more than one trick up his sleeve and pulled out the Slav defense as his alternate. This clearly caught the Israeli off-guard as he began to consume a great amount of time on the clock, and after ten moves was already 30 minutes behind. Ding Liren chose to use this to his advantage, and explained after the game that he had tried to play a little faster in order to put pressure on his opponent. "After 30 moves he was very uncomfortable because of time trouble", he added. Gelfand replied by playing for a risky attack on the kingside, but this did not go well and after precise play by Black, it was repelled and he was lost. He put up stiff resistance, but was unable to save the game, and resigned after 75 moves.
[Event "Ding Liren - Gelfand 2015"] [Site "Wenzhou CHN"] [Date "2015.07.18"] [Round "3"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2749"] [PlyCount "150"] [EventDate "2015.07.16"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg5 c6 8. Bg2 h6 {Although officially a Catalan, the opening left the main lines of theory a while ago. This is the official novelty.} 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. O-O Bc7 11. e3 Nd7 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. Rfd1 Nf6 14. e4 dxc4 15. e5 Nd5 16. Qxc4 Rd8 17. Ne4 a5 18. Rac1 Bd7 19. a3 Be8 20. Ne1 b6 21. Nd3 (21. Nf3 {was worth considering. While it might seem like a waste of time, having just left f3, the position has already changed. From e1 it might have played Nd3-c5, but b6 has been played. After Nf3, White might instead play Qc2/e2 followed by Nfd2-c4 and possibly d6. }) 21... Rac8 22. Qc2 Qf8 23. Qe2 Ne7 24. Ne1 Nf5 25. Nf3 Qe7 26. Rc3 Qf8 27. h4 Ne7 28. Rcc1 {White is already anticipating Black's Nd5 so that not only is his rook not attacked, but so that he can challenge the knight with Nc3.} Bb8 29. Qa6 Nd5 30. Nc3 Nxc3 31. Rxc3 Bc7 32. Rdc1 Rb8 33. Qe2 b5 34. Rd3 Bb6 { White has been unable to really develop any play of his own, spending more time countering Black's options and as a result his advantage has completely evaporated. Karpovian prophylaxy is valuable, but the difference is that when Karpov did this, somehow the opponent suddenly found himself lost, wondering what had happened.} 35. Rcd1 Qe7 36. g4 {White seems unsure what to do now, and under serious time trouble opts for an all-out attack. This is a very risky decision for a number of reason, not least of which is to deliberately complicate the position with far less time to work out the calculations than the opponent. This choice is highly dubious.} c5 37. g5 c4 38. R3d2 h5 39. g6 f6 40. Ng5 $6 (40. Qe4 {was simpler, with the idea} f5 41. Qe2 Bxg6 42. Ng5 $1 {followed by d5!}) 40... Bxg6 41. Be4 Bxe4 42. Nxe4 fxe5 43. Qxh5 Bxd4 44. Ng5 {It is pretty clear that either White reaps something from this attack, if only equality, or it is all over} Qf6 45. Qh7+ Kf8 46. Qe4 Ke7 47. Qc6 Qf5 48. Re1 Rdc8 49. Qg2 Rd8 50. Qc6 Rb6 51. Qg2 g6 52. Nf3 b4 53. axb4 axb4 54. Rde2 c3 55. bxc3 Bxc3 56. Nxe5 Bxe1 57. Rxe1 b3 58. Nc6+ Rxc6 59. Qxc6 Rd2 60. Qc7+ Kf8 61. Qc8+ Kf7 62. Qc7+ Kg8 63. Qb8+ Kg7 64. Qg3 Rc2 65. Qe3 b2 66. Qa7+ Kh6 67. Qe3+ Kh5 68. Kg2 e5 69. Qa7 Kh6 70. Qe3+ Qf4 71. Qxf4+ exf4 72. Rb1 Kh5 73. Kf3 Kxh4 74. Rh1+ Kg5 75. Rb1 Rd2 0-1
The final game in which only a draw was needed to win the match, but Ding Liren fought for the win
Round four saw Gelfand choose the Semi-Slav as his must-win opening, but again he fell victim to time issues. Ding Liren repeated his strategy to play faster in order to pressure his rival, and it worked well as he found himself with a full hour more time by move 30. "There was a chance of a repetition", Ding Liren recalled, "but on move 35 I found a way to still fight for a win. White is at no risk, and Black will struggle to draw, so i continued fighting." This explanation was not without point since a draw was all that as needed to secure the match win.
[Event "Ding Liren - Gelfand 2015"] [Site "Wenzhou CHN"] [Date "2015.07.19"] [Round "4"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2749"] [BlackElo "2751"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2015.07.16"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. a3 h6 12. Rd1 a6 13. b4 a5 14. Rb1 axb4 15. axb4 Nd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Bf5 Re8 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Rxe5 22. Bc3 Re8 23. Ra1 Qe7 24. Bd4 Nc4 25. Qc3 Qg5 26. Bc2 Kg8 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Ra1 Rxa1+ 29. Qxa1 Qg4 $2 {Time trouble already shows its ugly head.} (29... Nd6 30. h3 (30. Qa7 {is not a problem.} Qd8 $1 $11)) 30. h3 Qe2 $2 ( 30... Qg5) 31. Bf5 Nd6 (31... Nd2 $1 {chaining the white queen to the back rank to avoid ...Qe1+ and Nf1+}) 32. Bg4 Qd2 33. Qa7 h5 $4 {and in four short moves, all played in time trouble, Black is now dead lost. Ding Liren later opined that Gelfand's poor time management was probably decisive in the final score.} 34. Qb8+ Kh7 35. Bxh5 $4 {White's desire to pressure Black on the clock nearly backfires. The rule of thumb is to not try to play at the saem speed as your opponent who is in time trouble, for the obvious reason: If you play as quickly, you are giving up your advantage of extra thinking time. Instead punish your opponent with better moves!} (35. Qf8 $1 {threatening mate on g7.} f6 36. Be6 Ne4 (36... Qxb4 37. Bf5+ {threatens the same mate pattern as in the main line.} Nxf5 38. Qxb4) 37. Bf5+ Kh6 38. Qh8+ Kg5 39. Bxe4 dxe4 40. Qxg7+ Kf5 41. Qxf6#) 35... Ne4 36. Qf4 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Qxf2 38. Bxf7 Qxf4+ 39. exf4 {Thankfully for White's sanity, the game should still win in the endgame.} Nd6 40. Be6 Bc8 41. Bxc8 Nxc8 42. Bc5 {This knight on the rim doesn't get any dimmer, unable to move a single square.} Kg6 43. g4 Kf7 44. f5 Kf6 45. h4 Ke5 46. h5 d4 47. Kg3 1-0
This final victory meant not only winning the match by an impressive 3-1 score, but also earning 10 Elo, taking his rating to 2759, just six Elo short of taking over Aronian in 10th place.Ding Liren won US$20 thousand for his match victory, while Boris Gelfand left with US$10 thousand.
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Changes in bash-3.2 cause commands to fail when wrapped with $() or `` if nscd
is not running..
How to test:
Set up system with local user/local passwd and user with remote user/remote
passwd in ldap.
Log in as local user.. default bash profile works.
Log in as remote user.. default bash profile fails.
Last login: Thu May 22 14:27:40 2008 from canopus.unm.edu
-bash: [: =: unary operator expected
-bash: [: -le: unary operator expected
-bash: [: ==: unary operator expected
using a bash -x we can see it clearer.
++ . /etc/profile.d/vim.sh
+++ '[' -n '3.2.25(1)-release' -o -n '' -o -n '' ']'
+++ '[' -x /usr/bin/id ']'
+++ '[' -le 100 ']'
bash: [: -le: unary operator expected
Backing off to bash-3.1 from 5.1 removes the problem. Turning on nscd also
removes the problem. An easier way to see the problem is
without nscd
[smooge@kore ~]$ x=$(/bin/ls -l)
[smooge@kore ~]$ echo $x
[smooge@kore ~]$
with nscd
[smooge@kore ~]$ x=`/bin/ls -l`
[smooge@kore ~]$ echo $x
total 81896 -rw-rw-r-- 1 smooge dsys 1925627 Jan 18 2007 bash-3.1-16.1.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 smooge dsys 1946698 May 22 12:54 bash-3.2-21.el5.i386.rpm
drwx------ 3 smooge dsys 4096 Apr 30 15:29 bin -rw-r--r-- 1 smooge dsys 17585
May 6 14:16 iptables.dns-master -rw-r--r-- 1 smooge dsys 18215 May 15 14:11
iptables.m_mice -rw-r--r-- 1 smooge dsys 14455556 May 6 15:32 mm-20080506.tgz
drwxr-xr-x 4 smooge dsys 4096 Nov 30 2005 mmsuite-5.1.3 -rw-r--r-- 1 smooge dsys
7051456 Jan 26 2007 mmsuite-5.1.linux.tgz drwxr-xr-x 5 smooge dsys 4096 Feb 25
08:32 mmsuite-5.7.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 smooge dsys 12054744 Mar 5 13:10
mmsuite-5.7.0.linux.tgz -rw-r--r-- 1 smooge dsys 2689481 Mar 5 13:11
mmsuite-cmd-5.7.0.linux.tgz -rw-r--r-- 1 smooge dsys 41220068 Jan 26 2007
mmsuite-web-5.1.linux.tgz drwxr-xr-x 5 smooge dsys 4096 Feb 25 08:34
mmsuite-web-5.7.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 smooge dsys 2206876 Mar 5 13:11
mmsuite-web-5.7.0.linux.tgz drwxr-xr-x 4 smooge dsys 4096 Apr 29 2005 mmwebint
-rw-r--r-- 1 smooge dsys 2362 May 6 14:21 named-template.conf -rw-r--r-- 1
smooge dsys 2879 May 6 14:25 root.hint drwxr-xr-x 3 smooge dsys 4096 May 6 15:45
var -rw-rw-r-- 1 smooge dsys 26426 May 21 15:56 x
[smooge@kore ~]$
I am putting this to medium impact for us as we have a work-around (nscd) but it
is impacting a lot of scripts and our ldap/dns servers do not usually run nscd.
Moving to nss_ldap. This seems to be the root problem.
This bugzilla has Keywords: Regression.
Since no regressions are allowed between releases,
it is also being proposed as a blocker for this release.
Please resolve ASAP.
The bigger issue in here is su is not working for LDAP users in case nscd is not
running. So that means we can get root access only by logging from console.
This can be re-produced by simply enabling user information and authentication
from ldap without caching and TLS on. I haven't had a possibility to test if the
behavior is similar without TLS( or ldaps).
We've also had to revert to earlier nss_ldap (253-5) to resolve problems on
systems configured for ssl lookups of group information from ldap. In our case
the problem causes cfengine (3rd-party configuration management app) to hang as
a result.
(Bugs 448016 and 447881 look like likely duplicates?)
Adding "service named start" into /etc/rc.local worked around the problem
because by default named starts before nscd in the boot sequence. Not sure why
downgrading nss_ldap only fixed dhcpd and not named.
Created attachment 306988 [details]
proposed fix
It looks like the child portion of the atfork handler is pretty consistently
hitting SIGPIPE. Most LDAP operations in nss_ldap are performed with SIGPIPE
blocked, but this wasn't.
Created attachment 306995 [details]
the upstream fix
Fix used upstream.
*** Bug 447881 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Thanks Nalin. I think my other bug is also a duplicate of this (break with su).
I can't mark it as a duplicate though.
We are seeing the same issue in CentOS-5.2 testing, the attachment in #9 seems
to fix the issue in our nss_ldap as well.
And other relational problem is with crontabs for LDAP/remote users.
After upgrade to 5.2, this crontabs don't run !! :-(
Downgrade nss_ldap for version nss_ldap-253-5.el5 work fine.
tested in two systems (64bit)
Any word on a fasttrack fix.. we had 20 boxes 'broke' this morning because they
got rebooted and pipe's in scripts didn't work for some users. Tryign to see if
it was nscd problem or some other one.
We have the same problem that appeared after the upgrade to RHEL 5.2 (in
particular nss_ldap-253-5 -> nss_ldap-253-12).
What I also noticed is that if I deactivate SSL in /etc/ldap.conf, then "su -
<username>" and login from the console work again.
As work-around I added "auth sufficient pam_ldap.so" and/or "account sufficient
pam_ldap.so" to the following pam.d files: "su", "login" solving the problem
mentioned above, but also to "gdm", "gnome-screensaver" and "kscreensaver".
Tested on i386 and x86_64
we have created testing RPMS/SRPMS that based on comment #9 above for CentOS.
Here is a link for those it might help:
(In reply to comment #23)
> we have created testing RPMS/SRPMS that based on comment #9 above for CentOS.
> Here is a link for those it might help:
> http://people.centos.org/hughesjr/nss_ldap/5/
Thanks, WORKSFORME (x86_64).
*** Bug 452550 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I have this problem with
1. nscd running:
[flengyel@nept ~]$ ps aux | grep nscd
nscd 3592 0.0 0.0 279092 3808 ? Ssl 00:33 0:00 /usr/sbin/nscd
flengyel 18143 0.0 0.0 61168 732 pts/1 S+ 09:28 0:00 grep nscd
[flengyel@nept ~]$
2. SELinux in enforcing mode and
3. SSL START_TLS enabled in /etc/ldap.conf
Disabling SELinux and commenting out the SSL line in /etc/ldap.conf resolves
the problem, but is a completely unacceptable solution. This occurred after
a YUM UPDATE on two RHEL 5 systems--I'm shocked.
Following up on the comment previously, these are the related SELinux errors
host=nept.gc.cuny.edu type=AVC msg=audit(1214454807.368:42): avc: denied {
connectto } for pid=3818 comm="sh" path="/var/run/nscd/socket"
tcontext=system_u:system_r:initrc_t:s0 tclass=unix_stream_socket
host=nept.gc.cuny.edu type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1214454807.368:42): arch=c000003e
syscall=42 success=no exit=-13 a0=9 a1=7fffec28f870 a2=6e a3=3 items=0 ppid=3377
pid=3818 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0
tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="sh" exe="/bin/bash"
subj=system_u:system_r:setroubleshootd_t:s0 key=(null)
I filed for bug #453372 yesterday. It is caused by the same issue, but we have
had nscd running all along and it does not help with that. The patch in comment
#9 fixes both for us (i386).
Now that I have worked without nscd for a while, I've encountered erratic and
puzzling behaviour or downright crashes in many more places. The magnitude of
the regression introduced by nss_ldap-253-12 is huge.
Please fix as soon as possible.
I ran into this problem as well. While running nscd allows my LDAP users to log
in over SSH, it totally broke OpenPBS (Torque) interactive logins. The session
hangs or terminates (it seems to alternate randomly) as soon as the remote shell
is started.
I would like to echo the other comments in requesting a fix for this ASAP.
Is this delayed because the posted patch may be insufficient or is it due to the
Red Hat release process?
(In reply to comment #31)
> Is this delayed because the posted patch may be insufficient or is it due to the
> Red Hat release process?
I think the patch in question will fix this.
I thought I should mention that while this patch does fix the immediate issue
listed in this thread, we are now experiencing even more problems related to the
same 253-12 nss_ldap upgrade. I've created bug 454675 for the new problems.
We're hitting this too. For added fun, switch your shell to tcsh -- any command
you try to run will fail with Broken Pipe.
Add another one to the list having this issue accross ALL our servers,
temporarily we have enabled nscd on all, but this is not really what we wanted
to do? nearly 2 month redhat have been aware of this issue and still no fix?
What the hell do we pay for support for? - might as well just use CentOS
"What the hell do we pay for support for?" For marketing and the privilege of
being consumers. Red Hat Enterprise Linux has a history of trouble with LDAP. We
have a computational cluster on which numerous jobs were failing with errors
like the following:
Job 27814 caused action: Job 27814 set to ERROR
User = vnamenskiy
Queue = p3.q.cuny.edu
Host = m01.gc.cuny.edu
Start Time = <unknown>
End Time = <unknown>
failed assumedly before job:can't get password entry for user "vnamenskiy".
Either the user does not exist or NIS error!
Here's another one:
Sent: Wed 5/21/2008 8:21 PM
> To: Lengyel, Florian
> Subject: GE 6.0u10: Job 28424 failed
> Job 28424 caused action: Job 28424 set to ERROR
> User = gqian
> Queue = p3.q.cuny.edu
> Host = m05.gc.cuny.edu
> Start Time = <unknown>
> End Time = <unknown>
> failed assumedly before job:can't get password entry
> for user "gqian". Either the user does not exist
> or NIS error!
This was attributable to Red Hat's LDAP handling. An upgrade of RHEL 5 fixed
this, only very recently. By then the damage was done, the Red Hat portion of
the cluster was unusable, and some users gave up in frustration. I also gave up
and switched the newer nodes to Open Suse.
I have recently encountered this exact same issue while configure rhel 5 boxes
to auth against w2k3 AD server. As others have mentioned, disabling ssl/tls in
ldap.conf "works around the issue" but is not ideal.
Upgrading to a newer nss_ldap such as the version shipped with Fedora also works
to fix the problems (I just rebuilt the SRPM on my rhel5 box).
Seems like this issue is fixed upstream. Is there any chance or "official"
update getting pushed out? This bug report is almost 2 months old now.......
Seriously now, it appears that upstream have fixed the issue how much longer
must we wait for an official RPM from RedHat? Can someone from redhat please
respond.. I will be taking this up with my red hat account rep. tomorrow and
pointing them to this bug thread as an indication as to the lack of support and
pathetic response times from redhat! How many people have to tell you that this
is affecting them before you will take action? Especially when the action is
just to add the upstream fix? If there is more to this then that then why not
lets us know? I am reassinging to QA owner as the current assignee doesnt
appear to be taking this seriously at all (hopefully it is not the same person)
I think this is definately one of those "how can we trust our supplier in the
future" bugs that comes up with every OS. It will probably be a lot of account
reps questions.
If the bug has been put to rest in upstream and a hotfix available, why did is
it taking so long to get out of Product Management? Why wasn't a status report
from PM of it being delayed added to either this or tickets? Is it due to 4.7
General Release or "waiting for PM to finish level 40 of nethack?".
I've tried to stray from general comments, as they aren't helpful to the bug
process, but this has been 2 months now and this is a CRITICAL bug. It breaks
SO much on our systems that we've had to downgrade to version 253-5. The patch
on this list fixed some of our problems, but not all. Seriously, out of 20
machines running centos/redhat, this is the only one we PAY for support for, and
still nothing!!! Even centos popped the patch into an RPM and released it.
Come on RedHat, give us what we pay for please. And it aint broken systems.
While defects can be reported using Red Hat's Bugzilla, please be advised that
Bugzilla is not a support tool and thus does not offer any Service Level
Agreement (SLA) for issues reported through that channel. If you require
technical support assistance, please direct those requests as per you support
contract with us. Our technical support staff would be glad to assist you with
issues relating to this bug.
While I completely agree that it's been a ridiculous amount of time for this bug
to stay open, the RPM's in comment 24 have been working well for us. I do hope
this gets fixed by RH soon though.
This is interesting what RH say in comment 56. As machines we are seeing this on
have full RH support on them. But (as in this case) I've usually never bothered
to open support tickets where there is an existing Bugzilla? It just seemed
overkill and duplication, I just assumed RH would be aware the issue was
effecting supported customers (after all they are in the majority on here?).
Is it ok just to open a support ticket and say sort of, I need a fix for this
bugzilla number? (not talking in this case now it seems pretty high priority
now). I always thought support tickets were more for an individual (perhaps
configuration problem), and not a known bug?
Chris Evich (comment #56) -- you're exactly right. This is not a support tool
for our benefit. It is a tool for YOUR benefit to which we are contributing. I
know you're coming at this from a damage-control point of view, but you've got
it all wrong. As you can see, few of the contributors here need technical
support beyond what's already offered. What we need is *an official errata package*.
And it's a good idea on your part to at least keep us updated on the status of
that package, because *we're on your side*.
(In reply to comment #56)
Chris, the problem with your argument is that since the last two months each
and every customer who uses nss_ldap runs into this problem and then has to
contact technical support to identify the cause. Do you know how much customer
time is wasted by this? Customers don't want to run in the problem to begin
with or at least get a prompt fix (automatically installed from RHN). This is
a Priority==urgent bug.
(In reply to comment #58)
Yes, you absolutely should open a support case and reference this bugzilla
number. Especially for critical bugs like this, global support services has
more options to assist you then are offered through bugzilla.
Comment 56 is a particularly stupid, inflammatory thing to say; it made my blood
boil even though _I_ am not affected.
Just a few minutes ago I was praising RH support. How stupid I feel!
Guys please don't take the comments in #56 out of context - I work in GSS and
our mode of operation does not include monitoring bug reports via Bugzilla. We
don't use bugzilla.redhat.com as a primary escalation point in GSS at all.
Bugzilla is an engineering tool and we use it as such.
If you have problems and have support really the BEST way to get that support is
via the support channels. And in particular if you need direct assistance to
resolve the problems reported in this Bugzilla, call us at GSS or raise a
support request because we _can_ actually help you. I have helped a couple of
customers in this very issue recently.
If a workaround is what you want here is what I have suggested already:
- Check what version you have installed:
# yum list nss_ldap
Loading "rhnplugin" plugin
Loading "security" plugin
rhel-x86_64-server-5 100% |=========================| 1.4 kB 00:00
Installed Packages
nss_ldap.x86_64 253-12.el5 installed
nss_ldap.i386 253-12.el5 installed
- Install yum-utils ( To get yumdownloader script)
# yum -y install yum-utils
Running Transaction
Installing: yum-utils ######################### [1/1]
- Download the previous version of nss_ldap
# yumdownloader nss_ldap-253-5.el5
Loading "rhnplugin" plugin
rhel-x86_64-server-5 100% |=========================| 1.4 kB 00:00
nss_ldap-253-5.el5.x86_64 100% |=========================| 1.4 MB 00:00
nss_ldap-253-5.el5.i386.r 100% |=========================| 1.4 MB 00:00
# ls nss_ldap*
nss_ldap-253-5.el5.i386.rpm nss_ldap-253-5.el5.x86_64.rpm
- Downgrade the package using rpm :
# rpm -Uvh --oldpackage nss_ldap-253-5.el5.*.rpm
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
1:nss_ldap ########################################### [ 50%]
2:nss_ldap ########################################### [100%]
- Let RHN know that you have downgraded the packages:
# rhn-profile-sync
Updating package profile...
Updating hardware profile...
Reboot and you will avoid the problem.
If this workaround is not suitable for you _call GSS_ and we will help further.
You may have merely "suggested" it previously, but the helpful detailed
information below was not forthcoming until now. What made you decide
to provide detailed helpful information at this late stage--albeit in
a snottily grudging tone, as if you were mightily put upon to have
to provide anything beyond a vague suggestion?
Cheers yourself.
Florian, I do apologize if you interpreted my comments as rude - that was not my
intention. Note that my suggested workaround was sent to other customers that
communicated via our support channels, not in Bugzilla.
I added the suggested workaround here because it became obvious to me that
people were not getting the message to contact support!!
The reason that my information was not provided here initially is because I do
not use bugzilla.redhat.com to communicate to customers. My primary channel is
via our support phone line or via the web support systems. Bugzilla is an
engineering tool.
The message to take away is - if you want support contact GSS. This message is
not intended as a rebuff, a challenge or meant to insult. I aim to help.
Finally, I will end my communication here in Bugzilla on this subject now. Since
Bugzilla is an engineering tool, discussions like this do not belong here.
Kind Regards,
The only thing I have against this, is that I am an Academic Subscriber. We
HAVE NO support other than bugzilla. I could understand if someone had a
problem, say with a configuration issue, or maybe a problem with their
installation and need help diagnosing whether it is a bug from red hat, or a
local configuration issue. This is a clear "support" issue. But to say that
we somehow don't have the right, or rather, that any urgency expressed in
bugzilla is somehow misplaced I believe is just wrong.
To be even more to the point, we didn't pay for RedHat, albeit an academic
license, to have broken packages. You are somehow infering that you MUST pay
for support to get a redhat system that works. I don't expect you to diagnose
my problem personally for me. But when something like this is sat as Urgent for
weeks, it'd be nice to know redhat was even planning to release this to 5.2
And that's right, a CUSTOMER. Not just some people spouting off lines at you,
If bugzilla isn't monitored by you guys as a support device, then close it off,
and keep it internal. What do you need us for anyway?
FWIW, there is an official erratum rpm now: nss_ldap-253-13.el5_2.1
See bug #455271 for details.
This does indeed resolve my problems with the previous version. Thanks for the
updated package. Really appreciated.
As similar misbehavior can occur when nss_ldap is in use, but nscd has been improperly disabled on a system it may be worth while to have an nss.sh in /etc/profile.d that has something to the effect of.
uid=$(/usr/bin/id -u)
[ -z "$uid" ] && echo "NSS appears to be misconfigured. Please have your admin perform NSS problem determination before reporting a bug."
I mention this as krb5-devel and krb5-workstation and vim-enhanced all have incorrect .sh files that give the error message that started this bug report.
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.
*** Bug 448016 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 454292 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 564108 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***


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Although life in the east end of Newcastle is very different now to that of a hundred or even fifty years ago, most of our streets and terraces would be instantly recognisable to any of our forebears from back then who had happened upon the secrets of time travel. An exception is the southern end of Heaton Park Road, especially the section from the railway to Shields Road, so we were especially delighted when Yvonne Shannon wrote to tell us about her grandad, who had a barber's shop at number 60 in the 1930s.
New Road
Originally the road north towards, but not extending all the way to, Heaton Hall was called Cook Street but after the opening of Heaton Park, the road was completed to allow access to the park from Byker, with the new section called Heaton Park Road (though originally it had been intended to call it Shakespeare Road) and the original Byker end renamed Heaton Park Road South.
Below is a photograph of this older section which extends from the High Main pub, beyond Molyneux Court to the railway. You can just see the railway bridge in the background. The photograph was taken in 1962 just before these houses and shops were demolished and replaced by one of Heaton's few tower blocks. Number 60 would have been immediately next to the shop on the extreme right and just off the photograph.
First occupants
The first occupant of number 60 Heaton Park Road South that we know of was Robert Gristwood, who ran a grocery there round about 1890. This may well have been the same Robert Gristwood who emigrated to Canada in 1911 and served with the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force in WW1.
Robert was succeeded by 1900 by Mrs Jessie Eadie, who continued to run the shop as a grocery, while her husband worked as an insurance agent. The 1901 census records their grown up daughters' occupations as 'girl in confectionary shop', so presumably they helped run the family business too.
Jessie had been born in Carluke, Lanarkshire but by 1881 was living on Cook Street with her husband, William Algernon Eadie, who was at this time a 'potter (bowl maker)' and their two young daughters, Susan (aged 4) and baby Elizabeth. After William died in 1908, leaving the then quite substantial sum of £2305 14 shillings in his will, Jessie and her daughters moved to 221 Chillingham Road, later to become a bank, now Lloyd's.
After World War 1, the confectioner's was run first by Miss Mary Tabrah and Elizabeth, her sister, two of nine children born to John Henry Tabrah, a boilermaker, originally from Scotland, and his wife, Mary, a Liverpudlian. In 1901 Mary was nine and Edith ten years old and the family lived in Byker
Barber's shop
The shop then became a hosiery briefly, run by Mrs Sarah Scott, and then in the late 1920s a men's hairdresser's, with the first proprietor A R Humphrey, before Yvonne's grandad took over around 1930. Yvonne takes up the story:
'Henry Robson Pickering (known as Harry, who was my Grandad) is the man standing to the left of the photograph, next to him is his younger brother Willie and to the right of the photograph is their father and my great granddad, Joseph Pickering. The address is 60 Heaton Park Road, and in the window to the right you can read the notice 'This shop is now open under new management'.
Joseph's story
Harry's dad, Joseph, my great grandad, was the original hairdresser or barber of the family. He learned the trade either in Cumbria, where he was born, or in Gateshead, which was the first place he lived when he moved to the North East, and taught the skill to Harry and Willie.
He had fought in WW1 enlisting with one of the four Tyneside Scottish units (not sure which one but he did wear a kilt in uniform). He came through the war unscathed but never talked about his experiences.
The conditions for working people between the wars were very hard, and Joseph eked out a living for his family by getting his sons Harry and Willie to find wood, chop it into sticks then try to sell the bundles around the neighbourhood. Joseph himself used his barbering experience to cut neighbours hair for a few pennies, and, often worked at the RVI to shave and cut the hair of male patients. His other duties at the hospital were a bit macabre: he used to 'dress' the hair of people who had died. So, I think being proprietors of a shop would have been a real step up for the whole family.
In the late '30's Joseph was the marching instructor of a juvenile jazz band, The Byker Imperials and was very proud to march with them in the parades. There is a wonderful old photo first printed in the Evening Chronicle of the jazz band including Joseph posing on the steps of Heaton Park.
Joseph is pictured on the far right directly under the letter J. Also on the photo, in the front row, fourth from the right (just above small cross under photo), is Jimmy Pickering, the youngest child of Joseph, and brother of Harry and Willie.
Joseph was too old to enlist for WW2 but he went to work in the shipyards at Walker and he didn't retire until the age of seventy.
Harry's story
Joseph's son, Harry, was about to get married at the time of taking on the barber's shop and I'm sure it meant a great deal to him, i.e. a new start and a reliable means of supporting his wife at their new home which was to be in Albion Row, Byker.
But, by 1932 they had given up the tenancy which would, I think , have been a big loss to them. Harry's daughter (Doreen, my mother) thinks the short tenancy was due to the terrible recession of the 1930s when thousands of men were out of work and was the time of the famous 'Jarrow March'. The Wall Street Crash happened in 1929 so in a way it was the worst possible time at which to try and set up a new business. People, ie customers, just couldn't afford the luxury of paying for a haircut so they couldn't earn enough to pay the rental for the shop.
Throughout the recession Harry found it very hard to make ends meet and during winter he would volunteer (along with other men) to work for the corporation (council) to clear the snow from the streets using only shovels and was probably paid a pittance. He kept the barbershop chair from the shop though and did the odd haircut from his house to earn a bit of money to keep them going.
World War Two
To make a little extra Harry and Willie both joined the Territorial Army – The Royal Engineers – therefore, when war was declared in 1939 they were called up immediately and their first posting was to France. Harry had four children by this time and it was left to their mother, Martha, to bring them up. On his call-up papers, dated September 1939, he gives his 'trade on enlistment' as 'hairdresser' so he obviously still saw this as his main occupation.
Both Willie and Harry survived the Dunkirk evacuation and we are really sorry that we didn't ask them about how they were brought out and on which boat they were rescued.
By 1942 both brothers embarked in Southampton and were sent to Burma. At the same time Harry's fifth child was born but he didn't see her until 1946 when he was demobbed.
The brothers were amongst the last to be demobbed, Both survived unhurt except for bouts of malaria contracted in Burma. They continued to have periodic episodes of this debilitating disease throughout the remainder of their lives. Harry was also hospitalised because of Dengue fever in 1942 but recovered well.
Post war
In 1947 Harry's family were allocated a council house The Homes fit for Heroes' initiative was instigated after WW1 in 1919 but there was still a lot of appalling housing in Newcastle. All the family thought it was fantastic, it enabled them to move from what had been slum housing in Byker to a new house in Walker where the street was planted with trees and it is here where their sixth and last child was born in 1951. They regularly visited Heaton Park and Jesmond Dene for leisure outings throughout their lives and this continues with Harry's great grandchildren today.
Jobs were plentiful after the war and Harry's final job was at the George Angus Factory where he was a semi-skilled machinist until he retired at the age of 65. He still did the odd hair cut though including one memorable time when his daughter (Doreen) asked him to style hers, she requested a 'tapering cut ' into the sides and neck. Unfortunately his idea of 'tapering' was not quite the same as hers and 'I nearly died when I saw it' and 'burst into tears'.
The photograph of 60 Heaton Park Road depicts a snapshot in time not just in the photographic sense but in the way individuals were and are swept up in much bigger events taking place around them and over which they have no control i.e. Joseph sent to the trenches in WW1, followed by the recession which led to giving up their shop in Heaton, and also their hopes for a financially secure future as a small business. Poverty led Harry and Willie to join the Territorial Army which in turn meant they were among the first to be called up in WW2 – another event over which they had no control.'
After Harry
Another barber, George Gunn, succeeded Harry but the property seems to have been mainly empty after the war and eventually most of the block was demolished. The last few properties, once part of Beavan's drapery, which occupied the corner site, are now part of Wetherspoon's High Main pub.
The rest of the block was redeveloped from the mid 60s. A modern tower block, Molyneux Court, was built on the site and alongside it there is now also a NHS walk-in centre.
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This article was researched and written by Yvonne and Doreen Shannon, Harry's granddaughter and daughter and Chris Jackson, Heaton History Group. It forms part of Heaton History Group's 'Shakespeare Streets' project, funded by Historic England.


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In re Sussex, No. 14-70158 (9th Cir. Jan. 27, 2015) [click for opinion]
Petitioners sought a writ of mandamus directing a district court to vacate its grant of a motion, while arbitration was pending, to disqualify an arbitrator for evident partiality under the Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA"), 9 U.S.C. § 10(a)(2). The Ninth Circuit, having jurisdiction under the All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651, held that mandamus was warranted and granted the petition.
Petitioners, hundreds of purchasers of condominium units in a luxury condominium project, brought various civil actions against the developer and the seller, which were consolidated into three actions, Sussex, KJH, and Abraham. The parties ultimately agreed to submit all three actions to arbitration under the rules of the American Arbitration Association ("AAA"), pursuant to the arbitration clause in the condominium purchase and sale agreements.
In February 2010, the AAA appointed Brendan Hare in the Sussex arbitration, and Hare would eventually become the arbitrator for all three arbitrations. Proceedings began in Sussex in February 2011, and around the same time, Hare founded Bowdoin Street Capital, a firm that "invests in high-value, high-probability legal claims and litigations," and spoke on a panel about litigation finance companies. Hare did not disclose these litigation financing activities in a new conflicts disclosure form completed in February 2012. The developer learned of Hare's involvement in litigation financing activities and requested that the AAA disqualify him. After investigating whether a conflict of interest existed and Hare issued a statement that the company had made no investments and was dormant, the AAA denied the developer's request. Meanwhile, the developer moved in state court to disqualify Hare in the KJH proceeding, and eventually theKJH plaintiffs agreed to proceed without Hare. Then, the developer moved in district court to disqualify Hare in the Sussex and Abrahamproceedings. The district court granted an emergency request to stay arbitration and, subsequently, granted the motion to disqualify Hare.
The district court concluded it had authority to intervene under Aerojet-General Corp. v. Amer. Arbitration Ass'n, 478 F.2d 248 (9th Cir. 1973), which allows for intervention in ongoing arbitration proceedings in "extreme cases." The district court determined intervention was warranted here on the basis of several factors, including the large size of the consolidated arbitrations, the early stage of the proceedings, and the court's conclusion that the developer would likely prevail on a motion to vacate any award granted by Hare on the ground of evident partiality under FAA § 10(a)(2), resulting in further costs and delays. The district court reasoned that the undisclosed facts about Hare's litigation financing activities suggested he had an interest in the outcome of the arbitration, because a large award would help him market his company. The court considered the litigation financing venture to create a reasonable impression of bias sufficient to meet the standard under FAA § 10(a)(2).
The Ninth Circuit explained that there are 5 factors for determining whether a petitioner has carried the burden of establishing a "clear and indisputable" right to the issuance of a writ of mandamus, as set forth inBauman v. U.S. Dist. Ct., 557 F.2d 650 (9th Cir. 1977). These factors are that: (1) the petitioner has no other adequate means of attaining the relief desired; (2) the petitioner will be damaged or prejudiced in a way not correctable on appeal; (3) the district court's order is clearly erroneous as a matter of law; (4) the district court's order is an oft-repeated error; and (5) the district court's order raises new and important problems, or issues of law of first impression. The Ninth Circuit weighs the factors together to determine if, on balance, they weigh in favor of the "extraordinary remedy" of a writ of mandamus. The Ninth Circuit has previously held that the absence of factor three will always defeat a petition for mandamus, and so began its analysis there.
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Here, the Ninth Circuit noted that there was no relationship between Hare and either party, and considered Hare's ability to profit from a large award through his litigation financing business was, at best, "attenuated" and "insubstantial." Determining that the financial relationship in the case was "contingent, attenuated and merely potential," the Ninth Circuit found it insufficient to meet the evident partiality standard for vacatur. Furthermore, even if Hare's activities did create a reasonable impression of partiality, the Ninth Circuit held that the district court's equitable concerns regarding delays and expenses was "manifestly inadequate" to justify intervention in the middle of an arbitration.
Having determined that there was clear error by the district court, the court analyzed the remaining Bauman factors. The first two factors, whether there was another means of relief, or the harm could not be corrected on appeal, weighed in favor of the petitioner. The mid-arbitration removal of the arbitrator would disrupt the proceedings and cannot be corrected after the fact on appeal. The court acknowledged, however, that such injury was not, in itself, enough to generally justify a writ of mandate. However, weighing that factor with others, including the ongoing injury by the district court's misapplication of Aerojet in a published opinion, did tip the balance in favor of granting the writ. For this reason, the fifth factor also weighed in favor of granting the writ. As such, the Ninth Circuit granted the writ and directed the district court to vacate its order removing Hare as arbitrator.
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