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By Rosalie ChanAugust 5, 2016 1:45 PM EDTProtests have diverted the Olympic torch relay away from its planned route, ahead of the opening ceremony Friday night.The torch was supposed to pass by Copacabana, a beach in Rio de Janeiro, AP reports. The opening ceremony will take place at Maracana Stadium, where the torch flame will be used to light the Olympic cauldron.The torch arrived in Rio de Janeiro Wednesday after touring through Brazil for three months.Rio de Janeiro mayor Eduardo Paes carried the torch for its first few laps around the city center. Po stanley cup lice intervened when a crowd tried to disrupt the relay, and they reportedly used tear gas to break up the protesters. People have been protesting against the high cost of ho stanley cup sting the Olympics during a political and economic crisis in Brazil.[AP]More Must-Reads from TIMEHow the Economy is Doing in the Swing StatesHarris Battles For the Bro VoteOur Guide to Vot stanley cup ing in the 2024 ElectionMel Robbins Will Make You Do ItWhy Vinegar Is So Good for YouYou Dont Have to Dread the End of Daylight SavingThe 20 Best Halloween TV Episodes of All TimeMeet TIMEs Newest Class of Next Generation LeadersContact us at letters@time Gfpb Officials Release Hours of New Sandra Bland Jail Footage
Buena Vista Imagesmdash;Getty ImagesBy Bill SaporitoApril 3, 2014 12:08 PM EDTA few weeks ago I wrote a cover story called The Cancellator. I spent time at American Airlinesrsquo; operations center to understand and expla salomon in the hows and whys of flight disruptions. One of the takeaways is that city pairs that are out and backs with relatively frequent service are candidates for the chop shop.Apparently, such information was lost on the author. Sunday evening in Charlotte the cancellator got me again, when Delta scratched my flight back to LaGuardia. I had failed to conduct some of the basic research that every passenger should do before booking a flight. It could have saved me a lot of time and irritation. Never mind that wersquo;d waited two hours on the assurance by the gate agent that the delayed inbound flight from LaGuardia would be quickly turned around after it landed. That was the information she had available. When the axe fell, her explanation was simple: itrsquo LaGuardiarsquo fault. Not. Quite. True. Accordin nike dunk g to a statement from ExpressJet, the Delta commuter partner that was operating the flight, a combination of Air Traffic Control at LaGuardia and a new rule called FAR117 was the culprit. FAR117 puts tighter parameters on both the amount of time pilots can be on the job, as well as on actual flying time, depending on what time o af1 f day the pilots report for duty and how many legs theyrsquo;ve flown. And commuter jet schedule