One feels for the night-session ticketholders in Indian Wells Wednesday, but that's more a problem of scheduling than tennis.

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So far, Nadal has had a bigger problem than poor scheduling: It feels more like Paris in January than Paris in June.

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If a flight is canceled for operational reasons (such as a mechanical problem or crew scheduling conflicts) most airline contracts stipulate that you have to be put on the next available flight, even if it's on another airline.

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The biggest problem with ski vacations has traditionally been scheduling.

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"The problem for G4S has been in allocating personnel through their scheduling programme to particular venue security tasks, " she explained.

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