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TECH 2010

A complete rundown of all the gadgets, gizmos, applications and innovations you’ll need to know about this year.

P H O T O G R A P H BY GA B R I E L A H A S B U N

BY ALYSSA GIACOBBE

THE BELIEVER The lone member of Ghana’s Olympic ski team is undeterred by his home country’s balmy climate. As Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong prepares for Vancouver, can he make the rest of the world believe?

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rugged little sister in Northern California is quickly becoming the next big thing, thanks to a laid-back attitude and a thriving foodie scene.

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10 Comments 13 Voices Senior vice president Jim Keenan keeps a clean cabin.

16 Connections United announces a new fleet of wide-bodies.

18 Wish You Were Here DISPATCHES 21 Notes From All Over Chatting with wolves in northern Wisconsin; John Stamos wishes upon a Hollywood star; Bangkok keeps its head above water; Brussels’ naughtiest statue gets a new look; the cows come home in Austria.

DIRECTIONS 27 News Where to stay, what to see, when to go 31 Goods 35 Whereabouts Tennis star Jelena Jankovic 36 Whirlwind Five hours in Singapore

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CULTURE 38 Weekend Update World music– loving indie-pop stars Vampire Weekend unleash their sophomore album. // By K. Leander Williams 40 The Lecture Circuit Log in to YouTube EDU or iTunes U for lessons from Ivy League educators.

By Nokware Knight 42 The Invisible Man Award-winning author Tash Aw talks about his hotly anticipated new novel, Map of the Invisible World.

By Chris Lehmann 44 Power Play Twenty-seven-yearold Jon Azrielant plans to save the world by circling it in an electric car. // By Layla Schlack 47 Raising the Bar San Francisco chocolatier TCHO uses high-tech methods and low-tech gear to make the perfect bar. // By Jane Black 51 Bowled Over Why football’s biggest game should be played in the top team’s town // By Jason Gay

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Family History One reader shares a personal connection to Hemispheres’ recent story about the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, “Higher Power”: It was with both joy and sadness that I opened October’s issue to see my uncle, Arthur Hillis, a longtime commercial pilot, pictured crossing the finish line in the 1949 Pikes Peak Hill Climb. I say this because I found the article on a flight to Northern Ireland to visit family. ?

This was a trip I had promised to my Uncle Art, but he passed away unexpectedly, and we were taking it in his WHAT DO YOU memory. You cannot imagine what it meant to my family THINK? to see his picture and read the feature about that most WRITE TO US: exciting race on Pikes Peak.

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Unconditional Cabin Conditions

PH OT OG RA PH BY U NIT ED AI RL I NE S CR EAT IVE S ERVIC E S

In addition to maintaining the safety and reliability of United’s fleet, senior vice president Jim Keenan is responsible for keeping the cabins in top condition. // BY AARON GELL WHAT DOES IT TAKE to keep a commercial widebody jetliner clean and the myriad seat and other features in working order? In an effort to find out, more than 100 volunteers from across United’s various divisions filed into a maintenance hangar at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport one afternoon last year. Each participant received a pair of purple latex gloves, a supply of cleaning products and detailed instructions from a member of United’s cleaning crew. Then they boarded a pair of 747s—one just in from Narita, the other from Hong Kong—and set to work.

The unique event was designed to highlight the company’s redoubled efforts to ensure that cabins are clean and that

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seating and other equipment, from the tray tables to the inflight entertainment system, are in good working order. Those wielding sponges included a number of United’s top executives (folks normally more accustomed to spreadsheets than spray bottles), among them Jim Keenan, the airline’s affable senior vice president of the worldwide maintenance division, called United Services, who just seven months into his tenure was busily cleaning things up in more ways than one.

“The big takeaway for everyone involved was that making sure a cabin meets our customers’ expectations is hard, detailed work,” Keenan says, now sitting in his office at United’s maintenance base adjacent to San

Franciso International Airport. “We knew we had to improve.”

Keenan and his experienced teams are also responsible for the numerous cabin remodeling and condition improvements currently underway.

At the top of the list are the new first and business class cabins on United’s Boeing 767s and 747s, incorporating new lie-flat seats, improved on-demand entertainment and large, flat-screen monitors—a truly luxurious experience, Keenan notes, that’s paying off with customer satisfaction ratings nearly double those before the modifications.

The same work on the 777 fleet will begin this year.

In addition, the reconfiguration of 56 Airbus planes—including installing

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first-class cabins and leather seats throughout—as well as new carpet and other enhancements, was recently completed. “We’re springboarding off of these successes to bring cabin improvements to virtually all of our airplanes,” Keenan says.

At the core of Keenan’s responsibilities is oversight of United’s global maintenance and engineering operation, which contributes significantly to the airline’s reliability performance and safety, its No. 1 priority. United Services comprises a network of industryleading maintenance facilities at or near more than 95 airports around the globe, providing 24/7 maintenance, repair and overhaul services not only to United’s fleet but to those of other airlines.

“We even perform the maintenance and overhaul of the Air Force’s F117 engines, which power the C17s that ferry troops overseas,” Keenan adds. “That’s a sacred trust, and something we all take an enormous amount of pride in.”

The decision to bring the cleaning function under his division’s purview elevated the importance of the task within the company and the discipline with which United approaches it, Keenan explains. And the change is paying off.

The feedback United is receiving from its customers—actual ratings via

CABIN IN THE SKY United’s cabin maintenance and engineering teams follow

rigorous processes to pinpoint and fix nonworking items—amenities that enhance the overall onboard experience for our customers.

exclusive environmentally sensitive formulations.

This success would not have been possible, Keenan says, without the support of many teams within the airline, which worked together to adjust flying schedules so that intensive cleanings and necessary repairs could happen more often.

“We’ve been strategic about how we’ve deployed our cleaning and cabin-repair teams throughout the cities we serve, which has enabled us to dramatically increase the frequency with which we accomplish those tasks,” he explains.

Even with all the efforts being undertaken by the airline to improve the overall condition of its aircraft interiors, Keenan emphasizes that customers, too, have a role to play. “We fully understand

“Bringing the cleaning function under [the maintenance division’s] purview elevated the importance of the task within the company and the discipline with which United approaches it... and the change is paying off.” an online survey—shows a threefold improvement over the past year alone.

“We know we have more to do, but the transformation that is well underway is a real testament to the professionalism and commitment of United’s people,” Keenan says. Better yet, he notes, this success has been achieved with specially created cabin-cleaning products, which recently won the Environmental Protection Agency’s Design for the Environment (DfE) certification for their

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that someone might have a burned-out dome light or a headset plug that doesn’t work and he or she may just be inclined to keep quiet,” he notes. “But we really do need our travelers to notify our flight attendants whenever they notice something amiss.”

A big part of the airline’s efforts is a rigorous process in which the flight attendants and cabin maintenance teams work closely together to log and prioritize nonworking items, Keenan

emphasizes, which helps his teams to fix the issues as soon as possible.

“The more in-the-moment feedback we receive from our customers, the more we can do to make their next experience with United that much better,” Keenan adds.

Keenan, 45, who lives in the Bay Area with his wife and two teenage sons, has been fascinated with aviation since childhood. “It sounds corny, but I grew up in the hills near the San Francisco airport, and I spent a tremendous amount of time watching airplanes take off and land. It was part of the reason I elected to study mechanical engineering with a focus on aerospace.”

After joining United Airlines right out of college, Keenan spent 14 years at the company before moving to Pratt & Whitney for several years, during which time he got to experience United as a Global Services customer. “That gave me a solid understanding of the travel experience from the perspective of a premium customer,” he says. Having learned the importance of that firsthand experience, he now flies United more than 100 times a year. “We have to be very tough on ourselves in terms of maintaining the highest expectations.”

Which isn’t to say he’s complaining.

“I have the greatest job in the world,” Keenan says. “Not only do I get to work around airplanes every day, but I get to work with people who have an equal passion for continuing the proud tradition of United Airlines. We are the stewards of what I consider the proudest legacy in commercial aviation history.”

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Cleared for Takeoff FOR THE MORE THAN 200,000 travelers who choose United Airlines each day, a pleasant travel experience is, quite simply, the intersection of safety, reliability, comfort and courtesy. To that end, United has invested tens of millions of dollars this year in our cabins, our airports, our products and our employees. And customers tell us they like the results. Yet, we think there’s more to do.

On December 8, United announced a significant investment—an order for 25 Airbus 350 XWB aircraft and 25 Boeing 787 Dreamliners with options for 50 more of each. These advanced aircraft will provide United’s customers with a significantly improved travel experience, with larger windows, more overhead bin space, improved lighting and a sense of greater relaxation as a result of cabin-pressurization improvements. Delivery is expected between 2016 and 2019.

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Both new widebody aircraft types— with their smaller size, longer range, and lower operating costs—will enable United to serve a broader range of international destinations. The A350, for example, has a range 11 percent greater than United’s B747, and the B787 has a range 32 percent greater than the current B767. United’s network of U.S. hubs will allow for more nonstop service throughout Europe, Asia and the Pacific, Africa, and the Middle East.

These next-generation airplanes will

also reduce fuel consumption, carbon emissions and, with quieter engines, the noise inside the plane as well as the impact to communities around the airports we serve. The new aircraft also promise greatly enhanced workplaces for our onboard crews, including state-ofthe art cockpits with advanced avionics, more service-friendly galley spaces and other features.

We’re looking to the future. And with new airplanes, it’s the next generation of United.

United’s order of Airbus 350 and Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft is a significant statement of commitment—to our customers, for both their onboard experience and future markets served, as well as our employees and our shareholders.

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United launches orders for the next generation of aircraft.

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NOTES FROM ALL OVER

Park Falls, Wisconsin

perfectly still along a hushed and snowy road in Wisconsin’s Northwoods.

He cups his hands over his mouth and breaks the silence with five plaintive, pitch-perfect wolf howls.

Hearing the call of the wild After a pause, he lets out five more, louder this time.

ILLUSTRATIONS BY GRAHAM ROUMIEU Wydeven is the extremely hands-on director of Wisconsin’s Wolf Management Program, and though no wolves howl back tonight, oftentimes they do—usually pups left behind as their parents hunt, or adults warning others not to tread on their turf.

These “howling surveys” help gauge the size of the local timberwolf population. Since 2003, Wisconsin’s wolves have bounced on and off the endangered species list six times. According to Wydeven’s howling surveys, their numbers are currently at a robust 650.

“It’s pretty exciting knowing that you’re communicating with another animal in its language,” says Wydeven, who learned how to howl with the help of timberwolf recordings that he played on his car stereo and practiced for years in the privacy of his shower. In 1990, having spent two weeks howling for the state, he received his first response. “I felt like I really developed a rapport with this other animal,” he recalls. “It was magical.”

Sometimes, however, howlers accidentally develop a rapport with other survey groups, who wind up calling to each other in the darkness. And on rare occasions, a howl can become something of a human mating call. Wydeven met his wife when she took a course he taught on wolf ecology. After class one day, he asked if she wanted to go howling. “How’s that for a pickup line?” he says with a grin.—EMILY STONE

Howlin’ Wolf

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Brussels

PLAYING DRESS UP

European-Chinese relations seem to be hitting a high note on a fall afternoon in Brussels, as workers carefully dress a statue named Julien— the so-called “first citizen” of Belgium—in a traditional red leather Chinese outfit crafted by the finest tailor in Haining, a town in Zhejiang Province. As a brass band plays and Haining’s vicemayor beams before a large crowd, a Brussels councilman declares the outfit “one of the most beautiful costumes Julien has ever received.” And that’s saying a lot, because Julien has worn many outfits—at last count, more than 820, many of which are on display at the city museum. On some days he’s a butcher, others Christopher Columbus, a Roman emperor or Mickey Mouse.

Better known as Manneken Pis (which means “little boy peeing” in Dutch), Julien is a two-

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foot-tall bronze figure representing a little boy urinating into fountain on Rue de l’Etuve; he’s also the most famous landmark in Belgium, a tiny, 390-yearold cherub surrounded by gawkers toting digital cameras. Sort of the Bart Simpson of 17th century Belgium, Julien is based on several folkloric tales that involve a quick-thinking young lad thwarting a siege of Brussels by dousing the attackers’ lit fuse. Say what you will, but to the thousands of municipalities and trade unions around the world that petition Brussels to dress Julien in their favored garb, he may be the most soughtafter mannequin since Twiggy.

“We’re so proud of little Julien,” says a beaming Belgian bystander at the Haining ceremony. “Just by wearing clothes, he makes the world a better place.”

—GILLIAN TELLING

Operating an industrial milling machine is hard work, but the lemony Los Angeles sun is so mild this morning that Travis Paternostro, a stocky stonemason, has barely broken a sweat. Working the device in a roped-off section of Hollywood Boulevard’s Walk of Fame, Paternostro is grinding to a shiny finish a three-foot square of terrazzo paving block that he mixed and laid himself just yesterday.

“I always take care of the stars personally,” Paternostro says, his graying black hair coated in stone dust. “It keeps up the family tradition.”

Last year, an estimated 20 million people walked all over the handiwork of Paternostro and his forebears.

They’ve also had their pictures snapped as they knelt on and fitted their palms into the handprints left by celebrities. For nearly 50 years, the Paternostro family has crafted the brass stars that line this 3.5-mile stretch of sidewalk. There are 2,393 stars’ stars in all (plus a few for companies including L’Oreal, and minus those that have been stolen, such as Gregory Peck’s).

The first celebrated actress was Joanne Woodward; Paternostro’s grandfather, Biaggio, did the honors in 1960. Today’s addition is Full House and ER heartthrob John Stamos.

“I got up early this morning and welded the name and the star design from brass,” Paternostro says, mopping his brow.

Each square on the Walk is made from an aggregate of marble, coral, seashells and glass (“Sometimes you can see the labels from old beer bottles”) and then blended with either cement or epoxy. Every year, an average of 24 stars are awarded to celebrities eager for this heavily sought-after piece of Tinseltown immortality. While the price of fame itself is incalculable, a place on the Walk will set Uncle Jesse’s supporters back a cool $25,000.

“I guess they thought it was worth it,” says Paternostro, turning back to his grinder. —JAMES BARTLETT Los Angeles

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Bangkok

THAT SINKING FEELING

Bangkok was once called “The Venice of the East,” a reference to the days when boatmen paddled the local version of gondolas through the sprawling Thai capital on a vast system of canals. In coming decades, both cities are in danger of disappearing underwater. Though an international effort to shore up Venice has been under way for years, notes Anond Snidvongs, one of Thailand’s top disaster specialists, “I’m more worried about Bangkok resembling Atlantis.”

With increasing regularity, heavy rainstorms turn flood-prone Bangkok thoroughfares into soupy canals, often in just an hour.

Most locals tolerate the flooding with typical Thai aplomb. As floodwaters rise, swarms of kids can be seen bobbing playfully around cars, occasionally catching confused fish. However, the deluges are a portent of something less whimsical: According to the kingdom’s National Disaster Warning Center, by 2030 much of the Thai capital will be five feet below the surface. The culprits include inadequate drainage, uprooted coastal plant life and rising sea levels. But the most significant factor? The entire city is slowly sinking.

Originally built on a soggy marsh, Bangkok over the centuries has added layers of concrete and steel, not to

mention roughly 8 million inhabitants. All that weight, experts say, is slowly pushing Bangkok into the marsh.

The flooding will increase by about 2.5 feet every decade, Snidvongs predicts.

The Thai government is considering a massive “Wall Around Bangkok” project to

hold back the tides, but for now the floods remain a soggy headache, choking traffic and sending street vendors fleeing.

The local kids, however, are making the best of things.

After all, where else can you go fishing with your bare hands in the middle of the street? —PATRICK WINN

Kitzbühel, Austria

On a bright day in early autumn, a notably well-dressed herd of cows wends its way through the mountainous Austrian village of Kitzbühel. After a long summer spent grazing fresh grass in the high-altitude meadows, where everything from precarious cliffside trails to lightning strikes poses real risk to hoof and limb, the cows come home to lower fields. It’s a rare season when every last one somehow survives, and on those occasions the villagers hold a raucous, spangled cow parade called the Almabtrieb. “The cow train is a celebration and a thank-you to God,” says farmer Nik Filzer. “We haven’t had one for twenty years.”

The parade begins at dawn, after the hair-raising overnight descent. At a staging area outside town, farmers dress their brown-and-white heifers in century-old bells and heirloom leather headpieces bearing images of saints or German sayings.

Finally, each ruminant is wreathed in colorful paper flowers.

At noon the slow stampede arrives in town. Surrounded by beer-quaffing crowds, the cows—some 200 head— make their way slowly through quaint squares, past stately churches and designer boutiques gearing up for ski season. The clanging of the bells is deafening, but the crowds greet the parade with even louder cheers, perhaps in anticipation of the sweet milk, chocolate and savory cheese they’ll sample this winter. As for the bovine guests of honor, they seem mostly indifferent despite their finery.—RICH CARRIERO

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LONDON // Performers at the London International Mime Festival think outside the invisible box—adding acrobatic feats to the usual repertoire.

Best of all: They’re oh-so-quiet. mimefest.co.uk

SWEET ESCAPE // A box of chocolates makes a pretty good Valentine’s Day gift, but a trip to Belize is even better. How about both? Elevate Destinations is leading a weeklong tour of Belize to uncover the history and politics behind Fair Trade chocolate. Participants will get a peek at every step of the chocolate-making process, and there will be time for snorkeling, hiking, lounging on the beach and eating plenty of that Fair Trade chocolate. For those who overindulge and want to do penance, the trip offers a number of volunteer opportunities in the local community. elevatedestinations.com VINTAGE TREASURES // The Little Nell hotel in Aspen is celebrating its 20th season by raising a glass—or several. The cozy ski resort known for its selection of fine wines (it’s won Wine Spectator’s Grand Award every year since 1997) is showing off, serving 20 vintages deemed most memorable by its two master sommeliers, ranging from Betts & Scholl’s “The O.G.” Australian Grenache to Krug Grand Cuvée from Champagne, France. Better than those flowers you got for your 20th, wouldn’t you say? thelittlenell.com LUCKY 75 // On

14-24 SPOKANE, WASHINGTON // Rumor has it Michelle Kwan will make her comeback at the 2010 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. Even if she doesn’t, expect plenty of sparkly costumes and dizzying triple axels. spokane2010.com

23-31 CHÂTEAU D’OEX, SWITZERLAND // Full of hot air? You’ll be in good company at the International Festival of Balloons just outside Geneva. ballonchateaudoex.ch

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Museum of Modern Art turns 75. SFMOMA will celebrate with an exhibit of acquisitions highlighting the museum’s long residence on the cutting edge. A 1943 Jackson Pollock, for example, serves as a reminder that in 1945, SFMOMA was the first museum to hold a Pollock show.

Another exhibit comprises works by 17 artists who helped define various movements (think Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns and Roy Lichtenstein). The celebration continues all year, with a grand gala in May. sfmoma.org

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FEBRUARY 4-14 HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD // It will be a match made in heaven on January 15 when the ultratrendy W Hotel chain opens the doors on its latest outpost, the W Hotel Hollywood. Movie lovers, this W’s big draw is space designed for press junkets and film screenings.

Celeb-spotters might have some luck at Drai’s Hollywood, the hotel’s swanky rooftop nightclub, or the SWEAT gym. With sleek décor, this place will be pure Tinseltown glam. starwoodhotels.com/whotels

SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA // The Santa Barbara International Film Festival is considered a preview of the Oscars, but the real draw this year will be Colin Firth accepting the Outstanding Performance of the Year award for A Single Man. sbiff.org

5-6, 12-14 TORONTO // Can’t make it to Africa? Kuumba, Toronto’s biggest Black History Month celebration, is the next best thing, featuring music, dance, film and theater from across the continent. harbourfrontcentre.com/kuumba

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Shangri-La. It’s really beautiful and quite big, and it has a great gym and a wonderful restaurant. You know, Chinese food is a little...different. Once, at another place, I ate a snake! It wasn’t exactly what I’m used to. Very chewy, but interesting.

“I try to visit Beijing at least once a year—and I went for the Olympics last year. At this point, I’ve seen all the attractions including the Great Wall, the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square. Now I mostly shop when I’m there. You can get everything: fashion, beautiful silks, electronics. The markets are just amazing.”

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Start your Singapore sprint with a glass of well-priced Moët at the New Asia Bar (2 Stamford Rd.; swissotel.com). Located on the 71st floor of the Swissotel, it’s the highest bar in Singapore and has a view worth toasting. ( 0:30 ) Take a walk to the river for some historical perspective. Admire the waterfront statue of Sir Stamford Raffles, the man who founded Britain’s settlement in 1819, and pop into the Asian Civilisations Museum (1 Empress Pl.; acm.org.sg) to learn about those who inhabited the island before Raffles arrived. ( 1:10 ) Catch a taxi to the bustling Lau Pa Sat (Boon Tat St. at Shenton Way; laupasat.biz) market to taste Singapore’s wonderfully jumbled cuisine, which borrows from Malay, Chinese, Indonesian, Indian and Western cooking. Loosen your belt for a smorgasbord of cheap-as-chips favorites, like Hainanese chicken rice, fresh spring rolls and “carrot cake,” which is actually made from radish and fried egg. What’s up, doc? ( 1:50 ) Scurry over to trendy Club Street and catch your breath in the Screening Room’s rooftop bar, which overlooks Chinatown’s quaint shop houses. Then think ahead and grab some inflight reading at Books Actually (5 Ann Siang Rd.; booksactually.com). ( 2:20 ) You’re in prime souvenir-hunting territory now. Wander down Pagoda and Terengganu Streets and haggle for a tea set and Merlion T-shirt (the fish/lion icon of Singapore). Then check out the impressive Buddha Tooth Relic Temple (288 South Bridge Rd.; btrts.org.sg). Holy molar! ( 3:00 ) Slip off your sandals and enter the nearby Hindu temple, Sri Mariamman (244 South Bridge Rd.), home to an annual fire-walking festival. There’s just enough time to make an offering to appease the resident goddess of disease and rain, as you hope both will hold off for the next two hours. ( 3:15 ) Take a taxi to the Long Bar at Raffles Hotel (1 Beach Rd.; raffles.com), and slurp down a Singapore Sling. Countless tourists make this pilgrimage to revel in colonial grandeur and drink the cocktail in its birthplace. Who are you to argue? ( 4:00 ) End your trip where so many before you have ended theirs: the red-light district. Hail a cab to No Signboard Seafood (414 Geylang; nosignboardseafood.com) and soak up the gritty atmosphere, along with plenty of spicy-sweet sauce with fried bread. Finish up with some love-it-or-hate-it durian from a nearby vendor, and find out why, by law, this pungent fruit is not allowed on city buses. ( 5:00 )

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Weekend Update Well-heeled indie darlings Vampire Weekend stake out new territory on their sophomore effort, Contra.

BY K. LEANDER WILLIAMS THE FOUR IVY LEAGUERS in Vampire Weekend know people want to dislike them. They’re making the rock star thing look too easy. A year before their selftitled debut was released in 2008, when they were fresh out of Columbia University, they’d already become favorites of the blogosphere. With the Vampires’ peach-fuzzed faces and penchant for V-neck sweaters, it’s not hard to see why more than one culture watcher predicted public opinion would turn against the band’s brainy, danceable, panglobal rock.

“It gets complicated when people read about you before they actually hear you,” says keyboardist/singer Rostam Batmanglij. “With the first record, we realized that sometimes even the favorable stuff written about us had an odd cast, kind of ironic or detached.” Even so, the backlash never really arrived, and judging by the giddy anticipation of Contra, the band’s followup, it never will.

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On the new record, VW again combines sunny pop with sinewy rhythmic and melodic flourishes culled from abroad, most notably the U.K. and Africa. Where the first disc pondered

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things like etiquette and mansard roofs, the opening track on Contra rhymes “horchata,” a popular Latin American beverage, with “balaclava.” They somehow draw upon even more global influences without sacrificing their Manhattan breeziness.

On the surface, at least, much of the credit for VW’s sonic signature goes to singer-frontman Ezra Koenig, whose reedy voice is a marvel. Though often thin as paper, it’s equipped with a catalog of hefty hollers, all of which offset Batmanglij’s perfectly calibrated string arrangements. Recently, however, a respected rapper suggested in the New York Times that it’s actually bassist Chris Baio’s rubbery lines that pull in fans from unexpected quarters. “He got into us after hearing us on the iPod of his manager’s son,” remembers Batmanglij.

Listeners may not be as excited about that endorsement by Ghostface Killah, nor will they likely untangle the disc’s various influences, from Bollywood to the Hallelujah Chicken Run Band.

A collection of references and brainy tricks is always impressive, but a great record connects with an audience on an altogether more visceral level—i.e., it rocks—and in that sense, Contra more than qualifies.

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Frederic Chopin’s 200th birthday promises a waterfall of tributes. Renowned piano virtuoso Tharaud’s idiosyncratic brilliance, on display on “Private Diary,” is most promising.

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The Lecture Circuit “PUBLISH OR PERISH,” went the old

admonition about success in academia.

These days, “upload or downsize” might be more to the point. Although YouTube—with its clips of pianoplaying cats and break-dancing babies—isn’t the most intellectual online destination, the site took a step toward changing that last March with the launch of YouTube EDU, a channel that organizes videos of educators and other heady content in one brainiacfriendly hub. The clips may not look like much—a professor, a blackboard, a laser pointer—but they’ve become

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wildly popular—and not just with class-skipping students. Thanks to YouTube EDU and similar sites (iTunes U, Academic Earth and Fora.tv among them), anyone able to click a mouse can now devour a Yale literature course without spending a dime on tuition.

“It’s quality stuff on the cheap,” says Harvard professor Niall Ferguson, who has dozens of talks on history and the economy floating around the net.

His lectures, along with others from top-flight universities like UC Berkeley, Stanford, MIT and Yale, routinely rack up tens of thousands of views, along

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with some pretty effusive comments.

“Wow! I love her!” one viewer gushed of Berkeley prof Marian Diamond’s talk on functional anatomy.

“After watching a video of dog tricks, it’s nice to actually learn something,” notes Swarthmore College psychology professor Barry Schwartz, a veritable star of the genre, whose lectures have more in common with George Carlin’s biting social satire than the dry talks more typically heard in university classrooms.

“Ideas that challenge the way we commonly think” get viewers excited, says Peter Hopkins, president of Big Think, which produces videos with professors and other experts. Like TED. com, which posts clips of addresses given at the annual Technology, Entertainment and Design conference, Big Think is part of a new wave of slick sites working the lecture circuit.

The most popular online talks—like Berkeley professor Richard Muller’s series on “Physics for Future Presidents,” which has had around a half-million views on YouTube—have certain common traits: uncanny comedic timing, social relevance and clever visual aids.

Now if Muller can just teach a cat to play piano, he’ll really be on to something. was educated the oldfashioned way: with books.

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Invisible Man Author Tash Aw follows up The Harmony Silk Factory, his acclaimed debut, with Map of the Invisible World, set amid the political upheaval of 1960s Indonesia.

BY CHRIS LEHMANN BORN IN MALAYSIA and raised in London,

Tash Aw is very much at home with cultural contradictions. His awardwinning first novel, The Harmony Silk

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36 Arguments for the Existence of God

Rebecca Newberger Goldstein’s shaggyprofessor tale tracks the fortunes—and the romantic misadventures—of an overnight academic celebrity who’s just published a cheerfully atheistic tract.

Factory, plumbed the 1940s saga of Johnny Lim, a ruthless Malaysian industrialist—but complicated the rags-to-oligarchy story with shifting,

Noah’s Compass

Equal parts Trollope and Tom Robbins, Anne Tyler’s latest follows a laid-off Baltimore school teacher and would-be philosopher who suffers a bout of amnesia. His quest to recover his memory opens out onto a set of small epiphanies.

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and sharply incompatible, narrative accounts of Lim’s life and times.

Now with Map of the Invisible World, Aw conjures the revolutionary ferment of Indonesia in 1964, as the national unity imposed by socialist leader Sukarno dissolves into the chaos that will set the stage for the Suharto regime’s brutal rule. The novel centers on Adam De Willigen, a rural Indonesian orphan trying to locate his adoptive father, a Dutchman who was jailed by Sukarno’s military police in a sweep of Communists. A clutch of other emigrés— an American anthropology professor, an Australian journalist, a U.S. embassy official—get caught up in Adam’s search, which triggers a series of unexpected revelations about the characters’ adopted homeland and their own roles in the rapidly vanishing colonial order.

The goal of the novel, the author explains, was to examine the region’s quest for an identity. “From 1500 to 1950, our history has basically been that of a colonized country,” he says. “So in a sense it wasn’t entirely ours. We were still trying to figure out who we were.” To some extent, the answer may always be elusive. Indonesia, Aw points out, “is a loosely knit association of very different cultures. If you just take the major islands—Java, Sumatra, Bali—they’re completely different, linguistically, religiously, ethnically.”

The 38-year-old novelist, who was educated in England, was spared the more barbed kinds of personal and political reckonings his characters face. But while pursuing his first career, as a corporate attorney, he found he had to grope his way toward his literary vocation in stages.

“I’ve always wanted to be a writer,” he says, “but no one tells you how to be one.”

His problem with practicing law, Aw adds, was that he became too busy.

“What you do from day to day ultimately becomes your reality,” Aw says.

“So it got to the point when, even though I was writing The Harmony Silk Factory, I started to think of myself as an attorney.

“That was the moment,” he adds with a laugh, “I realized I had to stop.”

Bookforum editor CHRIS LEHMANN is still groping his way toward his literary vocation.

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Power Play Project EVIE road-trips around the world to spread the word about electric vehicles.

BY LAYLA SCHLACK // PHOTOGRAPH BY JODY ROGAC WHO

• JON AZRIELANT, 27 • To circumnavigate the globe

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creating zero emissions, in an electric car (crossing oceans by boat, naturally).

“We have this product that’s more convenient and more cost-effective than a regular vehicle,” he says. “If we can get people driving it, the impact will not only be environmental but geopoliticial. Finding renewable energy sources could go a long way to reducing conflicts.”

MOTIVATION • A recent University of Chicago graduate, Azrielant was having drinks with college friends Jeff Bladt (the project’s expedition leader) and Andrea Fjeld (social media editor). “I had gotten a job at McKinsey & Company, and Andrea was working at an ad agency. We were talking about how we wanted to do something good for the future of the world—not just our own futures—while we could.” Though it started as a last fling before corporate life, Azrielant says, “This has been kind of a life-changing experience. We’ll see where the road takes us.”

MOST ANTICIPATED DESTINATION • “I’m really excited for Iranian cuisine,” Azrielant says.

HOW TO HELP • “Just follow our project,” Azrielant says. “Read our blog, project-evie.org.” Want to do more?

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Raising the Bar

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A San Francisco chocolatier mixes science, low-tech machinery and pure democracy in its quest to make the perfect candy bar. // BY JANE BLACK

I’VE MADE SERIOUS SACRIFICES for a free box of chocolate (don’t ask). But in this case, all that’s required is my opinion of the product. The goods—two bars wrapped in silver foil—arrive via FedEx directly from the chocolatier, a tiny San Francisco outfit called TCHO. I break off a piece of Sample A and let it melt on my tongue.

It has a hint of peach and bright currant

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notes. Then I log onto TCHO’s website and open a confidential survey. Question number one: “Please rate the sweetness.”

I enter three out of five, which means just right. After several more questions, I move on to Sample B. Wow—way too sweet. I mark it a five.

BUNCHA SQUARES This batch of TCHO chocolate tastes better than the last.

It turns out the two chocolates are all but identical. They are made from the same Peruvian beans, with the same amount of sugar. The only difference is a touch of vanilla. “A minor tweak can have a huge effect on flavor,” says Timothy Childs, TCHO’s cofounder and chief chocolate officer. “If the majority of the people say they like the one with

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GOOD VIBRATIONS One company looks to ancient beliefs to improve the chocolate-eating experience.

The noble eightfold path of Buddhism preaches detachment from worldly cravings, and it makes no exception for chocolate. So it might seem a bit odd that Intentional Chocolate, a Hawaiian company, employs Buddhist monks to infuse their product with good vibes. Here’s how it works: The monks project positive thoughts, which are collected by a “special device” and later transmitted to the chocolate during manufacturing. Supposedly, this treated chocolate will improve the overall well-being of the person eating it. Can jelly beans do that?

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CHOCOLATE FACTORY Inspecting a “conch” machine at one of TCHO’s facilities

Rossetto was the founder of Wired magazine. And the beta testing is only the beginning of TCHO’s tech-heavy approach. For instance, there’s a special iPhone application that, among other

unrivaled El Rey), the country of origin never assures consistency, or even a product superior to, say, the average chocolate bunny. Even Venezuela can produce substandard beans.

A former NASA researcher and a founder of Wired magazine join forces to make the perfect chocolate. things, lets Childs remotely control roasting times and temperatures at the company’s flavor lab on Pier 17 along San Francisco’s Embarcadero.

“We have reexamined every part of the process and asked, Where does it make sense to do things differently?” he says.

To start, TCHO is reinventing the way sweet-tooth consumers classify chocolate. Until recently, there were only two kinds: milk chocolate and dark. And most people, Childs jokes, believed that the stuff came from a factory somewhere in Switzerland. In the 1990s, that began to change. Artisanal producers started to advertise single-origin chocolates from Ghana, say, or Venezuela. They slapped percentages on labels to indicate how much pure cacao each bar contained.

The higher the percentage, the thinking went, the more real chocolate flavor.

A worthy effort, and one that makes sense. But how important is that 70 percent–pure designation in the taste?

Actually not very. And does saying a chocolate is from Venezuela guarantee a quality product? Nope. While there are certainly some great chocolates made from Venezuelan beans (particularly the

The truth is, most of this is marketing.

To cut through the jargon, Childs has coupled his cutting-edge innovations with a simplified classification system and some surprisingly low-tech machinery. When his beans arrive from Ecuador at his Embarcadero lab, he roasts a small test batch in a highly customized Ronco turkey roaster, controlled by that iPhone app. The bean grinder is an off-the-shelf Indian curry maker, which is attached to a $20 hairdryer from Walgreens. The finished product is stamped with a “flavor wheel” made up of straightforward descriptions of the cacao beans used in the bar: Chocolatey, Fruity, Nutty, Citrus, Earthy and Floral.

Rossetto and Childs are replicating TCHO’s high-tech-meets-low-tech process closer to the source, in Peru and, later this year, in Ecuador and the Dominican Republic. Along with the roasters and grinders, TCHO equips its farmers with digital weather stations to help make harvest decisions and temperature probes to monitor the beans’ fermentation.

They also encourage the farmers

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vanilla, the next iteration will have vanilla. Then we’ll send out more and dial in the exact amount of vanilla until it’s perfect.”

Modern food manufacturers have long used surveys and focus groups— not to mention the blunt edge of industrial science—to figure out what people like. How else would we have ended up with Combos or Lunchables? But it’s rare indeed for a boutique chocolatemaker like TCHO (pronounced cho) to employ the same principles of science and polling.

Small producers, especially those who cater to foodies, pride themselves on their decidedly anti-empirical, artisanal methods. A good rule of thumb for a company that wants to stand out in the foodie marketplace: less science, more craft.

TCHO’s approach makes more sense given the backgrounds of its two founders: Childs started out as a researcher at NASA and went on to develop 3-D online worlds in Silicon Valley, and chief executive Louis

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to become more involved. Unlike their counterparts working for other companies, TCHO’s farmers actually sample the final product. “Most cacao growers have never tasted the chocolate that is made with their beans,” Childs says. “I’m trying to democratize the process of making chocolate. Giving farmers the chance to actually taste it helps increase their understanding and improve quality.”

The same goes for tasters here at home. Which is why for the company’s first chocolate bars—TCHO version 1.0—it embraced the principles of opensource software development: The more people involved, the better the product.

In December 2007, TCHO started selling $5 samples of chocolate on its website and invited buyers to send feedback. It received more than 4,000 responses, which it used to create TCHO’s first products, called “Fruity,” “Nutty,” “Citrus” and “Chocolatey,” which is a sultry, silky and profoundly dark bar.

The broad sample is a key to Chocolatey’s success. But for version 2.0, TCHO has limited its tasting circle.

That’s how the FedExed box ended up on my doorstep. The company invited 120 chocolate experts, food writers and bloggers to participate in a “longitudinal” tasting, which means testers taste one version (1.9A and B, in my case), file comments, then receive a second round that incorporates their feedback.

“Reading the comments for Chocolatey, it became clear that some people had better palates and were better tasters,” Rossetto says. For example, one person might say, “The hazelnut notes were overwhelming,” while another might wonder, “Where’s the hazelnut?” “Now we can track what a particular taster thinks of the changes from generation to generation. And we can tell if we are satisfying the feedback they’ve given us.”

The results may not please everyone, of course. In the samples of Fruity and Nutty that I tried, I preferred the bar without any vanilla. Most testers, it turns out, go the other way. Indeed, the final bars don’t always satisfy Childs’ palate, either. “The process has helped

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Finally, they enter the tasting room, where they’ll be invited to help develop the next TCHO chocolate.

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Bowled Over Every year, the NFL’s big game is played in a sunny, neutral location in front of corporate junketeers. It’s time to let the top team—and its craziest fans—play host.

BY JASON GAY // ILLUSTRATION BY JOHN CUNEO EVERY SPORT IN THE WORLD has its Big Game. But in the United States, there really is only one: the Super Bowl. From the torrent of media hype to the parade of grizzled football veterans to the comically high television ratings—almost 100 million viewers in the U.S. alone— the Super Bowl makes everything else (NBA finals and World Series game sevens, U.S. Open Finals, the Masters) look like a festival of obscure European art films. You have to go global—the Olympics or World Cup—if you want to compete on magnitude, but of course, neither of those events will ever feature the comedic stylings of Bill Belichick.

I love the Super Bowl. Love the hype, love the game, love the overbaked halftime show, and love the social acceptance of eating 39 chicken wings in a single sitting. But I have a beef: Why is the most important sporting event of the calendar always played in a dispassionate, indifferent city? It’s the planet’s most watched game, played in

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front of the planet’s most ambivalent live audience.

It’s an insult to serious fans everywhere. You spend the entire season smearing on face paint, standing shirtless and grilling ribs in the parking lot with like-minded lunatics. You waste nights building a detailed papier-mâché replica of Cris Collinsworth (or is that just us?). You hang in for the highs and lows, the injuries, the coaching crises.

Then if your team makes the playoffs, it plays a handful of postseason games in someone’s home stadium, in fair weather and foul. And then, if lightning strikes, it makes the Super Bowl, only to run onto the field and entertain...a bunch of bored guys in khakis.

It’s like following a couple of dry martinis with a nice tall glass of soy milk. In the NFL’s peerless playoff system, which keeps us enthralled through January and early February, this is the one weak link.

I’m not a (total) fool: I know the

upside of holding the Super Bowl on unaligned turf. It’s the Super Bowl!

It’s the sport’s marquee event. Like a bride planning her wedding, the NFL selects locations where it will have consistency, control and veto power over the band. Ever since Green Bay won the first Super Bowl in Los Angeles, it’s been held in warm places. On the rare occasion that it takes place somewhere cold, like Indianapolis in 2012, it’s a cold place with a domed stadium and a lot of hotel rooms. The NFL does not want Howie Long sleeping in his rental car.

And unlike some hand-wringing purists, I don’t mind that the Super Bowl has a corporate side. Fine with me.

If fans want to rave about how well-run, rich and polished the league is, they’ve got to accept that corporations have a lot to do with that. Television network money and deep-pocketed sponsors are the foundation of the league. Sponsors need to be taken care of. Eli Manning does not pay for himself.

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Think of what an entertaining zoo a football-mad city like Green Bay or Pittsburgh would be if it hosted the biggest game on the planet.

Still, the Super Bowl must get livelier before it loses touch with its hardcore fans, the ones who support it the other 364 days of the year. And the most obvious way to accomplish this is also the simplest: Hold the Super Bowl at the home field of the team with the best record. Either that, or alternate it each year between the two conferences, the AFC and the NFC. (Just don’t employ that cockamamie idea that baseball had for its All-Star game, and turn the Pro Bowl into some kind of home-field decider.)

I can just hear the complaints. “Hey, do you really want to go to Green Bay, Wisconsin, in February?” My answer?

Why, yes—yes I do want a Super Bowl on the Frozen Tundra in the second-coldest month of the year. Think of the hours of rumination over how teams would handle the weather. Think of the obsessive worry over Nor’easters and Alberta clippers. Think of the ingenious methods fans would come up with to smuggle in scotch. Think of Super Bowl snow.

Besides, I’ve never understood why it’s okay to hold an AFC or NFC championship in freezing-cold howling winds and snow just two weeks before the Super Bowl, but not the Super Bowl

itself. It’s as if the NFL spends 51 weeks of the year advertising how tough it is, only to start whining like a beach volleyball player when it comes to the main event.

Still, the exciting possibility of ugly weather isn’t the main reason to move the Super Bowl (after all, warm weather and dome teams could host too). It’s the energy. Think of what an entertaining zoo a football-mad city like Green Bay—or Pittsburgh, or Baltimore, or Foxborough, Massachusetts, where the New England Patriots play—would be if it hosted the biggest game on the planet.

It certainly wouldn’t be any duller than…okay, I’m not going to say it, but just remember that not all warm-climate cities are as swinging as Miami. Sure, they might wind up a few hotel rooms short in Foxborough or Green Bay, but two words, sports fans: buddy up.

Meanwhile, just think of the scene inside the stadium. It would be a madhouse. The crazies would overwhelm the corporate suits. Nobody would be leaving in the fourth quarter

SEE SPOT RUN For many of the Superbowl’s nearly 100 million viewers, it’s as much about the advertisements as the game itself. But those 30-second spots ain’t cheap.

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to catch an early shuttle to the hotel.

There’d be no inexplicable lulls of silence midway through the second quarter. And they wouldn’t have to do that embarrassing thing they do now: importing fake fans to race onto the field and cheer for the halftime act. Do you think Pittsburgh needs to be told to cheer for Bruce Springsteen or Tom Petty?

To be honest, I didn’t care about this issue for a long time, because for a long stretch from the mid-’80s to the mid’90s, the Super Bowl was basically a blowout. You could have put 80,000 Motorhead fans in there and by halftime it would have sounded like a middleround match at Wimbledon.

Lately, however, the Super Bowl has been extremely competitive. Several times in the past decade I’ve heard commentators speculate that the given year’s Super Bowl might be the “best ever.” Last year’s throwdown in Tampa between Pittsburgh and Arizona, which had the potential to be a dog, turned out to be one of the most exciting games I’ve ever witnessed. Still, you couldn’t help but wonder how much better it would have been on home turf.

Finally, to those who ask, “Isn’t it unfair to give the home-field advantage to one team in the biggest game of them all?” I respond, Yes! It’s unfair. Since when did football start being about what’s fair? Is it fair that the Colts got Peyton Manning and the Cleveland Browns have to hold open quarterback tryouts? Is it fair that the Washington Redskins have become the Washington Generals? Is it fair that a casino took all my brother’s money after I promised him the Patriots would “never, ever lose” to the New York Giants?

Let football play its signature game at home. After all, I too will be home.

Watching on the couch in the living room, where it’s nice and warm.

JASON GAY played the half-time show with Seals & Croft at Super Bowl XII.

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Currently available in more than 100 cities, Foursquare— an application for iPhone and, soon, BlackBerry—lets users pinpoint friends’ locations and alert others to their own (so no more frantic texting!). Having closed a big round of investment, the service—with just six staffers—has quietly attracted 125,000 members.

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DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY COMES OF AGE In the Great Age of Overshare, everyone’s a photographer. At last count, photo site Flickr had archived more than four billion pictures, and more than two billion are uploaded to Facebook each month. For the semipros among us, three new developments in the field of hobby photography will make creating (and sharing) memories a little easier.

Expected to debut this month at the Consumer Electronics Show is a next-generation version of Kodak’s popular Zi8 pocket video cam, which brought recorder capabilities like image stabilization and a wider lens to the pocket-camera market. But the real excitement among tech bloggers is centered on Kodak’s CES release of a “new but secret type of camera,” as one insider put it. “Kodak’s been doing a lot of work in the creation of more consumer-friendly, higherzoom cameras,” says John Biggs of tech blog CrunchGear. He reckons Kodak's new gadget may combine some of the more recent camera technologies, like 3-D recording, a front-facing LCD screen and GPS. The new gizmo will have to be pretty spectacular to compete with those ubiquitous cameraphones. A new iPhone app, Best Camera, supercharges the device’s photo functions, allowing users to add artistic effects and share directly to social network platforms. Created by commercial photographer Chase Jarvis and Seattle-based app development firm Übermind and based on Jarvis’ own experiences taking iPhone photos all over the world (see his book, The Best Camera Is the One That’s With You), the app’s easy-to-use effects icons turn your hohum snapshots into arty pics that look almost professional.

Then comes the hard part: keeping track of all those shots. Web startup Pixable allows users to select, edit, store and print (how retro!) photos from Facebook and numerous other sites. Creator Andres Blank, a business student at MIT, cooked up the idea when he lost his camera during a group vacation abroad and his friends began to post their own pics to Facebook. Pixable’s integration with the social networking site means users can grab shots from any of their friends’ accounts or from photo archives such as Flickr, which makes the technology both revolutionary and frightening. Custommade photo books start at $7.95, and Blank says he plans to offer greeting cards and other items.

Which means if you don’t want that photograph of you and your cat dressed as Santa and Mrs. Claus going viral, keep it to yourself (or don’t take it at all).

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SOCIAL SEARCHING > MICROSOFT’S BING HASN’T PUT MUCH OF A DENT IN GOOGLE...YET. THIS YEAR THE NEW SEARCH ENGINE WILL START INCLUDING TWEETS AND FACEBOOK STATUS UPDATES IN ITS RESULTS, WHICH MEANS THAT INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU’RE UP TO WILL BE AVAILABLE TO WHOEVER BINGS YOU—INCLUDING, YES, YOUR BOSS.

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LIGHT PEAK > You know that mess of cables behind your computer? (Don’t look!) It will soon be a thing of the past, if Intel has anything to say about it. Expected to debut in 2010, the chipmaker’s new high-speed optical cable technology, Light Peak, will offer a single-port, one-size-fits-all connectivity solution. Bandwidth will start at 10GB per second—enough to transfer a full-length Bluray movie in less than half a minute—and grow to 100GB per second over the next 10 years. (By comparison, highspeed USBs average about .5GB per second.) The technology will be incorporated into the next generation of consumer electronics, meaning that if you’re looking for an excuse to buy a whole new workstation, here it is.

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MCSWEENEY’S > While major magazine publishers have struggled without much success to create a new business model, a little publication out of San Francisco is leading the way with an iPhone app that might make money.

The $5.99 app from indie literary journal McSweeney’s buys you a 180-day subscription, which sends exclusive material, updated weekly, to your phone. Better yet, the publisher offers the following guarantee: “It’s all pretty sure to be good stuff.”

Let’s hope the big publishers are listening.

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INPULSE SMARTWATCH, DESIGNED

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HIGH-TECH BUDDHISTS > For those wondering what Richard Gere was thinking when he made the widely panned Nights in Rodanthe, the answer may be close at hand. Researchers at Merck and the Boulder, Colorado– based Mind & Life Institute are using brain imaging to study the physiological differences in Buddhist monks.

The goal? To see if meditation can increase the efficacy of neurological drugs.

Meanwhile, the organization Science for Monks, pioneered by the Dalai Lama, has begun pairing international scientists with Tibetan monastic leaders to encourage the integration of science and Buddhism.

Distracted technophiles in search of a quicker fix might opt for the Odin 99, a gold mobile phone that comes with an animated Buddha screensaver.

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AS A SCIENTIST, Harvard biomedical engineering professor David Edwards has earned renown for his groundbreaking work in developing inhalable medicines, including aerosol insulin and a vaccination for TB. But as a child, he was a literature and theater buff, a passion he rekindled after he and his wife, French-born biomathematician Aurelie Edwards, began spending time at a second home in Paris.

“Paris was, for me, a place where I could dream big,” he says. “I realized not everything had to be so practical.”

By 2007, as Harvard was beginning to explore an interdisciplinary approach to teaching and learning, Edwards had what he calls his “eureka moment.” “I realized this creative side of David Edwards, the one I’d kept private, was very related to the scientific bent,” he says. “The artist was a catalyst for the scientist.”

That year, he established Le Laboratoire, an “ideas lab” and cultural space in central Paris, where artists and scientists could come together to dream big, “push the limits of understanding,” and change the world.

As Edwards saw it, science—with its traditional reliance on the proven and the peer-accepted— needed to take a page from the more passionate art community. Developed in partnership with Harvard, Le Laboratoire has since fostered collaborations among international scientists, artists, industrial designers and even chefs (such as MIT’s Robert Langer and Michelin-starred chef Thierry Marx), resulting in art installations, commercial products, and ideas for new companies and nonprofit organizations.

This year, Edwards will open an American outpost, The Laboratory @ Harvard. Like its Paris counterpart, the Lab will roll out new inventions, hold monthly “idea nights” and produce performances around the city. Edwards’ goal is simple: to make the fields of art and science more accessible. Not every brainstorm will find a commercial application, he says, pointing to one of the launch exhibits: an art collaboration between Harvard mathematician Benedict Gross and Japanese digital composer Ryoji Ikeda. But others just might—for instance, the Bel-Air, a mobile mini-greenhouse that filters air on the go, and sOccket, a scheme to implant a portable energy-harvesting source inside a soccer ball for use in the developing world. (When the ball is kicked, power is stored in the device and later used to charge lights or batteries.) Now, there’s a worthy goal.

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may seem at first blush, FACEBOOK AND TWITTER FOR XBOX AND PLAYSTATION will revolutionize all four.

It’ll enable players to log on to games with their Facebook and Twitter accounts, broadcast their wins to friends and followers, and invite pals to join games in progress. Whiling away hours playing video-games has never been more efficient.

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TREDPUTING > Literary boy wonder Jonathan Lethem recently revealed his secret method for cranking out novels like Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude: He amps up the font on his computer and pecks away at a wireless keyboard while marching on a treadmill. While the pages pile up, the pounds come off.

Apparently he’s not the only dedicated multitasker: Companies such as SurfShelf and TrekDesk are now peddling polycarbonate shelving that attaches to your treadmill, elliptical or stationary bike to support a laptop—so you can blog and jog at the same time.

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E-READERS GET REAL > With Microsoft expected to

unveil a double-screened booklet device, the Courier, the e-reader market—which already pits the Kindle against the Barnes & Noble Nook and Sony Reader—may get a big boost from Apple this spring. The company is said to be introducing a $700 handheld tabletlike device for websurfing, TV viewing and, yes, book reading. Meanwhile, new display technologies from E Ink and Qualcomm promise to take electronic type to a new level. Next-gen readers will be faster, cheaper (as low as $99), and—how do they do it?—have colored ink.

They’ll also sing you to sleep, if London-based Enhanced Editions has its way. The company is cooking up e-books tailor-made for the iPhone, with bells and whistles including audio, video, links to online reviews and, in the case of the recently released The Death of Bunny Munro by Nick Cave, an original soundtrack. Still no new-book smell, alas.

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> APPLE’S $69 INNOVATIVE MULTITOUCH “MAGIC MOUSE” TAKES A CUE FROM THE IPHONE WITH A FLAT SURFACE THAT USES BLUETOOTH TECHNOLOGY TO RESPOND TO GESTURES: SLIDE A FINGER TO SCROLL DOWN, SWIPE TWO FINGERS TO BROWSE BACKWARD.

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IT DOESN’T SNOW IN GHANA. IT NEVER EVEN GETS CHILLY. BUT DON’T TELL THAT TO KWAME “SNOW LEOPARD” NKRUMAH-ACHEAMPONG, THE SOLE MEMBER OF THE GHANA OLYMPIC SKI TEAM.

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Those are just some of the ways you might be described if, upon nearing your thirties, you announced that you were putting your life on hold to compete alongside the world’s elite in an expensive, dangerous and culturally alien sport you’d only recently tried for the very first time.

Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong has a perfect rebuttal to such skepticism: Through sheer will, he recently qualified for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games in downhill skiing.

ILLOGICAL, IRRATIONAL, DELUSIONAL, FOOLHARDY.

“Kwame should be here any minute,” says Richard Harpham, checking his cell phone for a call from the downhill sensation, whom he manages—or at least tries to manage. A camera crew from a local London news channel is sipping coffee impatiently. For the past hour, they’ve been waiting for the 34-year-old Ghanaian in the lobby of the Snow Centre in Hemel Hempstead, an indoor skiing area 25 miles north of London. Outside the facility, it’s fall, the trees peaking in hues of gold and rust.

But beyond the glass of the observation deck, we look down upon a scene of Alpine winter, replete with skiers and snowboarders nimbly carving through surprisingly powdery snow.

“Here he is now,” says Harpham, rubbing his hands with glee. “It’s my pleasure to introduce you to the Snow Leopard!”

Dressed in baggy jeans and a hooded sweatshirt, the soft-spoken NkrumahAcheampong cuts an unassuming figure that belies his improbable achievement: In Whistler, British Columbia, he’ll compete in the slalom, giant slalom and, hopefully, super-giant slalom (super-G)

and downhill events. The chances of Ghana’s one-man representative standing atop the winners’ podium are slim, but in human terms, his may well be the definitive triumphal story of the Vancouver games.

“Yes, of course there are parallels with the Jamaican bobsled team,” the skier says, referring to the 1988 Calgary fan favorites. “I don’t mind that at all. They actually had some very respectable starts in Calgary.” Though seen as a mere novelty at the time, the Jamaicans went on to beat the United States, Russia, France and Italy at the Lillehammer games six years later. The Snow Leopard can only hope for such success, though in marketing terms—he skis in a leopardprint suit, hence the nickname—he’s already ahead of the game.

Located just north of the equator, Ghana rarely sees the mercury drop below 70 degrees. In fact, the first time Nkrumah-Acheampong saw snow was the day he arrived at Heathrow Airport. “In retrospect,” he says with a smile, “that may have been an omen.”

Nkrumah-Acheampong was actually born in Glasgow, Scotland, while his father was studying for a doctorate, but he returned to Ghana as an infant. After a series of jobs, including a stint as a

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safari guide, he relocated to London at 24 to earn a master’s degree in tourism management. Toward the end of his studies, he got a job as a receptionist at SNO!zone, an indoor ski area. “One of the perks of the job was that staff could use the slope for free at off-peak times,” he says. “I’d always been athletic, running and playing tennis, and I think that helped me pick up skiing quite quickly.”

Soon after his first time on skis, the young father of two was ripping down the 185-yard slope. “As I improved, one guy in particular kind of motivated me,” Nkrumah-Acheampong says. “He told me there was no way that I could qualify for an Olympic games. Well, I am a very competitive person, and I took that as a challenge. I wanted to make him eat his hat. Skiing was suddenly something I needed to master. That is what drives me.”

Nkrumah-Acheampong will need every last bit of that drive to compensate for the massive disparity between his experience and that of his Olympic competitors, most of whom have been skiing since they were toddlers. The Snow Leopard picked up the sport at an age when most competitive skiers are

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“THE WAY I MOTIVATE MYSELF IS TO THINK OF ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE I’LL BE SKIING AGAINST WHO ARE TRAINING ON GLACIERS OR WORKING WITH DIETICIANS AND PERSONAL TRAINERS. I MUST RELY ON MYSELF. THAT FIRES ME UP.”

thinking about hanging up their boots.

His progress was initially so rapid that he considered trying out for the 2006 winter games in Turin, Italy, 18 months after his first run. “Instead of Turin, I committed to 2010,” he says. “I don’t mind telling you, it’s been a long, hard journey.”

From the outset of his campaign, Nkrumah-Acheampong allied himself with several charities and organizations, glaciers or working with dieticians and which have already begun to benefit personal trainers,” he says. “I must rely from his efforts. He’s helped build on myself. That fires me up.” schools in deprived areas of Ghana, After his morning workout, he sits sent disadvantaged young Londoners at his computer scaring up donations. to the French Alps to learn to ski and In the precious few remaining hours raised money for the conservation of his before the kids arrive home from school, endangered feline namesake. Though he drives to Hemel Hempstead and hits he has yet to compete on the world stage, the slope. As the games approach, he’ll he’s already begun helping to prepare go to Val di Fiemme, a mountain resort future Ghanaian winter Olympians. in Italy that has offered him a training “We have a preliminary go-ahead from base for the month before the event. He the government of Ghana to construct hopes to find a coach there, but no one a dry slope,” he says, referring to an allhas stepped forward yet. weather ski slope with an Astroturf-like The Snow Leopard didn’t qualify surface. “I want to be able to give kids for the Olympics solely by virtue of there the opportunity to earn a place in the fact that he’s the only the winter games. People of representative from Ghana.

African descent dominate In 1990, the International running events now, but that Olympic Committee passed was not the norm earlier in the BOARDING PASS the so-called “Eddie the twentieth century. It’s about With United, you can get Eagle rule” requiring being given the opportunity to Vancouver Olympic hopefuls to compete and support to succeed.” nonstop from in international events Nkrumah-Acheampong San Francisco, Denver and and place in the top 30th mostly practices at the Snow Chicago. With percentile or among the top Centre, but the slope’s modest one stop, you can get there from, 50 competitors. The rule length—a fraction of the size well, just about is named for a nearsighted of a slalom course—makes everywhere else.

British plasterer whose it a little like training for profound lack of success the 200-meter butterfly in in the ski-jumping event a kiddie pool. “It’s short, I at the ’88 games endeared agree,” he says after hurtling him to millions around down the hill’s entire length the globe. In the wake of his notoriety, in just a few seconds. other competitors felt that his exploits “But it’s useful just to have contact made a mockery of the sport, and entry with the snow, to improve my technique requirements have since been tightened and balance.” considerably. Eddie Edwards himself His daily routine is a grind. After became a victim of the rule when he seeing his wife, Sena, off to work and failed to make the ’92 games. taking his two young kids to school To qualify for the Winter Olympics, each morning, the Snow Leopard jogs skiers now need to get their personal around his neighborhood before hitting rating down to between 120 and 140 a local gym, where he’s been given a World Ski Federation points from free membership. “The way I motivate a starting point of 1,000. The Snow myself is to think of all the other people I’ll be skiing against who are training on Leopard came in dead last in his first meets, but he finally crossed the 140-point threshold at a qualifier in Italy last March. Despite his success, money is a constant worry.

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“The main problem is that in Ghana they are completely unfamiliar with the sport,” Nkrumah-Acheampong says.

“The average person there might not even really know what skiing is.” He worked several summer jobs to raise cash and secured sponsorships with a distributor of Japanese apples and a couple of other businesses. So far, it’s not nearly enough.

“I only have two legs,” he says with a smile. “How many skis do I need? I need money for coaches, I need money for accommodation. I have a wife and a family who have had to make do while I devote more time to training.”

Recently, Nkrumah-Acheampong came up with a clever grass-roots investment scheme: He’s offering to sell spots—literally—on his custom-made leopard-print ski suit. “For a minimum donation of eight dollars,” he explains, “people can have their name on one of my spots as I compete. It’s like they will be right there with me on Whistler.”

Sitting down to lunch in the Snow Centre’s café, he orders fish and chips and quietly says a prayer of thanks before eating. “God can’t make me do well in the Olympics—that is up to me— but he can keep me well and help give me the strength to do my best,” he says.

British bookmakers William Hill have given the Snow Leopard a 500-1 shot of coming away with a medal.

“Success to me would be to beat at least ten people,” the Snow Leopard says. “I admit that I am an underdog and a novelty. But I hope I’m more like the Jamaican bobsled team and less like Eddie the Eagle. If I can beat a path so that others can follow, I’ll be happy.”

Whistler, British Columbia–based GRANT STODDARD’s trainer hasn’t helped his Olympic chances.

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Sipping pinot at Ridge Winery

Eating oysters in Graton

Seal-spotting at Stump Beach

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The dunes along Sonomaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coast

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HOTEL CALIFORNIA Charlie Palmer’s Lime Stone, housed in the Hotel Healdsburg and, opposite, the hotel pool

WANDER THE STREETS OF AFFLUENT HEALDSBURG, the symbolic heart of Northern California’s

Sonoma County, and there’s little doubt that these valleys and rolling green hills—once unkown—are now a world-class destination for oenophiles and food lovers. Among the winemakers and rugged fourth-generation locals, there are more and more glitzy types clad in linen or draped in cashmere, and they feel right at home. Sonoma has arrived.

To its detractors, hippie-dippy Sonoma is a cultural no-man’s land where oddball characters cavort in the hills. Of course, that’s exactly how the locals like it. After all, only the scrappiest of pioneers made their way to this stretch of the remote West, digging in and adapting to its dramatically varied microclimates. In the generations that followed, hardworking farmers, largely Italian-American immigrants, worked the land for lumber and produce. Importing their family winemaking traditions from the old country, they discovered something vital: The local wine was pretty darn good. Visitors soon began to understand all the fuss over the region’s soil and air, and all the care that’s put into everything produced here, from lettuce to cheese and wine.

Though Sonoma is quickly becoming the next big thing, it still contains many hidden corners you’ll feel as if you discovered on your own. And the locals, finding you off the beaten path, will welcome you with a wink, and let you imagine that you have.

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DAY ONE Pull the dark wooden shutters wide and

step out onto the balcony of your understatedly chic room at the Hotel Healdsburg (1). A trace of early morning fog envelopes the swank town’s plaza and its thick canopy of ancient redwoods. Soon, the mist dissipates, and the green of the trees deepens. Below you, farm trucks purr along West Street, bound for the vineyards of the Alexander Valley, Russian River Valley or Dry Creek Valley.

Descend to the hotel’s loftlike lobby and begin the day with a fitting breakfast of fresh granola and fruit.

Out on Matheson Street, half a dozen spandex-clad athletes are preening themselves like baby-boomer birds of paradise, stretching for a day of biking on the winding roads of wine country. Before you embark on anything quite so ambitious, set out on foot and get your bearings in what’s now known as “Beverly Healdsburg.”

Stop in at Copperfield’s Books (2), an uncommonly good bookstore, which will reassure you that for all Sonoma County’s beguiling beauty, the place has

CALISTOGA’S MUD BATH // Getting Dirty // Hop over the Mayacamas mountains to Calistoga, where the resort Solage Calistoga offers a modern take on the area’s traditional mud baths, inspired by local Native Americans. (Robert Louis Stevenson and P.T. Barnum were early fans of the unusual treatment.)

STEP 1: Head to the property’s sleek bathhouse and select your custom blend of essential oils and mud at the mud bar.

STEP 2: Enter a warm, private room and slather yourself with the stuff.

STEP 3: Twenty minutes later, just as your skin starts to itch, slip into a therapeutic mineral bath.

STEP 4: Nap time! Wrapped in a down comforter, indulge in a relaxing, full-body “sound experience” that’s just as peculiar as you’d imagine.

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BOUNTY HUNTING Opposite, the

unmistakable Hop Kiln Winery, and above, pomegranates and apples at the Jimtown Store

BIRON RICE WINEMAKER, ARTISTS WINERY // “I love taking my kids to Snowbunny, the organic yogurt shop in Healdsburg. My order is the original tart.”

brains as well. Pick up a copy of Steve Heimoff ’s A Wine Journey along the Russian River and thumb through it for background on the local soil. Go on to ponder the bountiful Californian lifestyle at Plaza Gourmet (3), where you run your hands longingly over copper cookware and cheese boards repurposed from retired wine barrels.

Getting further into the foodie frame of mind (this is what people live and breathe in Sonoma), you saunter off the main square to peruse the pickle bar at Love Farms (4) organic market on North Street, where the heirloom tomatoes on display are worthy of a photograph.

Arm yourself with a trusty Wine Road map and set off by car—in this case, a sleek Mercedes SLK 55 convertible—toward Highway 128, wending your way into the Alexander Valley to stop for lunch at the Jimtown Store (5), a cheerful clapboard shop that first opened its doors in 1895 and is now refreshed and stocked with local wines.

Order the house specialty, a Brie-and-chopped-olive sandwich on a baguette, to go.

Picnic supplies in hand, make your way to the eco-friendly, ultramodern Ridge Vineyards (6) on Lytton Springs Road. Take a seat at one of the teak tables out back, surrounded by oak barrel planters overflowing with fresh rosemary and wildflowers, the rolling vineyards just a few feet away. Request a flight of wines (a.k.a., a tasting selection) to accompany lunch, and dig in. (If you prefer to actually drink than to taste, you can always arrange for a bus tour through sonomawinetours.net.)

Afterward, head to the Michel-Schlumberger Winery (7) in nearby Dry Creek Valley, and join the 2 p.m. tour, during which you’ll walk among the vines and ponder the meaning of terroir (or, heck, just enjoy the views from this quiet corner of the county).

After a taste of their Deux Terres Cabernet Sauvignon, it’s back over the charming Lambert Bridge and home to Healdsburg.

Sequester yourself in the hotel’s hidden hot tub or indulge in a quick nap on your crisp Frette linens in preparation for an epic meal at the town’s finest dining establishment, the decadent Cyrus (8). With chef Douglas Keane, an alum of New York’s Lespinasse, helming the kitchen, reservations are a must. However, if you haven’t planned ahead (or aren’t game for Keane’s five-course culinary extravaganza), step up to the elegant bar and order a succulent porcini pot pie.

Take a postprandial stroll around the plaza before sinking into your plush bed and dreaming of repentance with plenty of aerobics...as soon as you get home, that is.

WHAT A CROCK Tony cookware shop Plaza Gourmet, and the goods within

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FOREST FOR THE TREES Opposite, the Armstrong Redwoods State Reserve;

above and right, Flying Goat Coffee

DAY TWO Pack your bags, albeit reluctantly, and check out. Before you hit the road in your ragtop, stop for coffee and a buttery croissant at Healdsburg’s Flying Goat Coffee (1), where the potent brew is taken ever so seriously.

Begin your leisurely drive down Westside Road, stopping in at the Hop Kiln Winery (2) to see the striking landmark 100-year-old hop kiln building, which now houses the winery’s tasting rooms. Take in the historic photos of the laborers of old, a reminder of when Sonoma was best known for its plum trees. Snag some of Hop Kiln’s zinfandel-infused grainy mustard, and you’re on your way.

Cruise into Graton (not too fast, or you’ll miss it) and settle in for succulent Drakes Bay oysters on the half shell and a side of roasted blue potatoes at Underwood (3), a cool bistro that’s doing its part to transform what was a “rough little apple cannery town” into an urbane yet rustic destination for food and wine aficionados.

Drive north and check into a luxurious barn room at the Farmhouse Inn (4), where sister-and-brother owners Catherine and Joe Bartolomei have created a stylish Russian River Valley idyll. Ask the concierge to set up a visit to the pleasantly rickety American Wine Building (5) in Forestville to check out the work of the vintners behind Arnot-Roberts and Wind Gap wines, two local labels that have earned the seal of approval of the inn’s inhouse master sommelier, Geoff Kruth.

After chatting with the winemakers about their modern take on traditional barrelmaking and wine-stomping (and meeting the curious winery dog), head back to the Farmhouse and take a dip in the pool.

Then stop by reception and help yourself to the “bath bar,” a complimentary array of salt scrubs and milk baths, and have a soak in the tub. You’ve earned it.

As the sun hangs low in the sky, hit the road for a low-key dinner at Zazu (6), an old-fashioned roadhouse-turnedcarnivore’s-delight. Start with a selection of the Black Pig Salumi and move on to a hand-thrown MacBryde Farm fig pizza and a tasting flight of Russian River Valley BETH COSTA, EXECUTIVE pinot noir, the region’s celebrity grape.

DIRECTOR OF THE WINE ROAD “I can’t think of a better Head back to the inn and inhale the way to start the morning cool night air, the scent of the fragrant or recharge after herb garden and the rich, silty river in the a dayof wine tasting than distance. It will clear your head. It’s perfect with a latte from Flying Goat Coffee.” sleeping weather.

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INTO THE WOODS // High Camp at Bohemian Grove // For two weeks each July, the members of the mysterious men’s-only Bohemian Club head to a closely guarded 2,700-acre compound off of Monte Rio’s Bohemian Highway. Staff members are forced to sign nondisclosure agreements and get their hands scanned for entry, but several journalists have infiltrated the top-secret confab over the years to peek at members as they frolic in the Redwoods, perform skits and engage in a ceremony known as the Cremation of Care. The difference between the campers in this wooded glen and the rest of the hippies dancing in the forest in Sonoma? This group includes some of the most powerful men in American business and politics: think Colin Powell, Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Bush (both of them) and a sprinkling of Rockefellers and Forbeses. If your invite got lost in the mail, hey, there’s always the nearby Russian River Beer Revival.

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FIELD OF DREAMS

A vineyard before harvest; Duskie Estes and John Stewart of Zazu; and a sampling of Zazu’s Black Pig Salumi

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DAY THREE Rouse yourself for breakfast at the Farmhouse and then begin the

winding drive west on River Road, where Sonoma gets just a little bit funkier.

Note the various trapped-in-time motels tucked into the shadows of enormous redwoods and feel happily relieved you’ve arranged fancier digs. At Guerneville, a sleepy relic of a logging town, turn toward Armstrong Redwoods State Reserve (1) and get out for a walk (you think all that cheese is going to metabolize itself?).

Here in the dim woods, you’re eerily alone. Gaze heavenward at the tops of the tallest trees, which are some 1,000 years old, and let yourself be dazzled. In the otherworldly green light, odd New Age philosophies somehow seem less odd.

Feeling ready for human contact (and a little worried about bears), you hop back into the Mercedes and wind along the Russian River, named for the Russian fur traders who came south from Alaska in the 19th century.

Drive through the settlements of Monte Rio and Duncans Mills, looking out for old wooden holiday cottages perched precipitously in the hills. When the mouth of the snaking Russian reaches the Pacific, you have arrived in Jenner, a tiny trappedin-amber seaside town. Stop for lunch at the old-school River’s End (2), order the reliable West County burger with fried leeks and prep for the last leg of your remarkable road trip.

From Jenner, venture north on the perilous, cliff-hugging Highway 1. Stay on the lookout for stray cows (you’re in ranch country now, and the hapless giants occasionally wander onto the road) until you reach Salt Point State Park (3) and Stump Beach, named for the giant felled trees that wash up here. Note the sign: “Strong Backwash. Sleeper Waves. Rip Currents.” Watch as the surf tumbles through the kelp beds, the odd seal poking his head out of the water. The air is a fair bit cooler here than in Healdsburg, so you head back to the Mercedes and put up the top.

From Highway 1, you ramble through the dense redwoods on Skaggs Springs Road (4), a byway so remote that signs warn you in advance to make sure you’re gassed up. Finally, the road turns south, completing the loop through the wilds just in time for you to peel off your fleece and freshen up before a final dinner at the Farmhouse, with its welldeserved Michelin star.

In the softly lit dining room, under a mural depicting Russian River Valley farmers of yore, a cork pops and the waiter pours a glass of Roederer Estate sparkling wine from the nearby Anderson Valley. For dinner, it’s Gruyère SAUL GROPMAN OWNER, CAFE potato gratin and beef tenderloin served LA HAYE, SONOMA // “Customers with beans from the Bartolomei’s farm often ask me for wine tasting and a local Pinot noir. You sip and savor suggestions, and I tell them it, tasting rich cherries and mint, even a wineries that bring something new to the table. The Benziger whiff of the salty ocean. You’re beginning family has made a dramatic to get this terroir thing, after all.

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INFORMATION

88 Films & Television

98 United Destinations

95 Audio Programming

102 Terminal Diagrams

110 Crossword

107 Alliances & Partnerships

112 Sudoku & Quiz

108 Customs & Immigration 116 Beverages & Food

Fun is in the forecast with Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs showing this month.

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FILM & TELEVISION FILMS ARE SHOWN ONLY on flights of three hours or longer. Movies available on most 747, 757, 767, 777, A319 and A320 aircraft flights.

Schedules and selections are subject to change. International Language Tracks / (S) Películas están disponsibles en Español en todas las rutas domesticas en el canal 10.

WESTBOUND

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NORTH AMERICA

30 Rock [T]

JANUARY 1-15

For the Birds

The Big Bang Theory [T]

JANUARY 1-15

Nature’s Great Events

JANUARY 1-15

Dhani Tackles the Globe

Love Happens

Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations [T]

My One and Only

The Simpsons [T]

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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

Two and a Half Men [T]

The Informant!

Parks and Recreation [T]

Top Chef [T]

South Pacific

Arrested Development [T]

How Do They Do It?

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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

Top Chef [T] Arrested Development [T]

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Love Happens

30 Rock [T]

Both films available on flights

For the Birds

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JANUARY 1-15

Parks and Recreation [T]

The Informant!

South Pacific

JANUARY 16-31

How Do They Do It?

My One and Only

JANUARY 16-31

Both films available on flights between Denver/Chicago and Hawaii

The Big Bang Theory [T] Dhani Tackles the Globe The Simpsons [T]

Nature’s Great Events Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations [T]

FILM

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Two and a Half Men [T]

The Big Bang Theory [T]

The Good Wife [T] JANUARY 1-15

TELEVISION

How Do They Do It?

Chuck [T] JANUARY 1-15

Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations [T]

Love Happens

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Parks and Recreation [T]

The Informant!

Samantha Brown’s Great Weekends

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

Grey’s Anatomy [T]

My One and Only

TELEVISION 30 Rock [T]

Brothers and Sisters The Simpsons

Frasier [T] Flight of the Conchords [T]

Arrested Development

GET IN TOUCH Like to plan ahead and know what’s playing before your flight? Text “MOVIE” to 75309 and you’ll get a reply with the current movies that are playing. If you really like to plan ahead, text “NEXT MOVIE” for next month’s movies.

What do you think of our programming? We’re open to suggestions. Please send to play@united.com.

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MOST FILMS HAVE BEEN EDITED FOR AIRLINE USE. However, customer discretion is still advised.

Content guidelines are provided as a courtesy to our customers in choosing whether to view a film.

CUSTOMERS ARE WELCOME TO VIEW their own video entertainment aboard a United aircraft as long as they are able to show the programming has an MPAA rating of “R” or less.

LOVE HAPPENS 1 hr.

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(S) Spanish (G) German (C) Chinese (J) Japanese

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A widower writes a book about how to cope with the death of a loved one, which makes him an overnight self-help guru. But he still can’t deal with the loss of his own wife. After meeting a freewheeling woman at one of his seminars, she teaches him how to truly move on.

FEATURING Aaron Eckhart, Jennifer Aniston, Dan Fogler DIRECTED BY Brandon Camp

Inspired by Ron and Judi Barrett’s children’s book of the same name, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs follows inventor Flint and a weather girl as they try to figure out why food is falling instead of rain in their town. Meanwhile, the mayor schemes to use Flint’s latest invention for his own personal gain.

VOICES BY Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan DIRECTED BY Phil Lord, Chris Miller

MY ONE AND ONLY

THE INFORMANT!

1 hr.

47 min.

My One and Only is inspired by incidents in the life of Hollywood icon George Hamilton and told from the perspective of him as a witty young man. Ann Devereaux leaves her philandering husband and hits the road with her teenage sons to find a wealthy replacement mate.

FEATURING Renée Zellweger, Logan Lerman, Kevin Bacon DIRECTED BY Richard Loncraine

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1 hr.

48 min.

Based on the true story of Mark Whitacre, a rising corporate star at Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) in the early ’90s who secretly gathered hundreds of hours of tapes over several years to present to the FBI in what became one of the largest price fixing cases in history.

FEATURING Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Joel McHale DIRECTED BY Steven Soderbergh

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FILM & TELEVISION TELEVISION DESCRIPTIONS The views contained in the video content are not necessarily those of United.

Digital media loading occurs between the 25th and 5th of each month. As a result, please understand if your flight features a different line up before and after the start of each month.

LIVE

LAUGH

LEARN

DHANI TACKLES THE GLOBE

FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS

NATURE’S GREAT EVENTS

The Cincinnati Bengals linebacker tries to grasp hurling in Ireland. Watching the professional athlete whiff at the ball and struggle to keep up with his teammates is sure to make you feel good about your own athletic abilities.

Irreverent New Zealanders Jemaine and Bret pay musical tribute to a woman they’ve both fallen for.

That woman is played by Saturday Night Live cast member Kristen Wiig, searching for her missing, epileptic dog.

Using some very high-tech camera equipment, this episode shows the remarkable feat of salmon swimming upstream in Canada and Alaska. And in a TV first, see a mother grizzly bear and her cubs emerge from hibernation. You’re probably at a safe distance.

MAN V. FOOD

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT

SOUTH PACIFIC

Adam Richman takes a bite of the Big Apple. He samples soul food from Sylvia’s and sandwiches from Katz’s Delicatessen. His big challenge? Phaal curry—billed as the hottest in the country—at Brick Lane Curry House.

This show left us in limbo—going off the air, promising a movie that doesn’t yet have a release date. Catch up with “Staff Infection,” in which Michael has to do some house-cleaning at the Bluth Company that will make the family unhappy.

This breathtaking documentary series shows the flora, fauna, scenery and cultures of this littleexplored corner of the globe. You also won’t want to miss the “making of” special, which shows all the high-tech equipment used to film wave vortices and wildlife.

YOUR COMPLETE GUIDE TO MOVIES, TV SHOWS, MUSIC AND PREMIUM SEAT COMFORT ABOARD UNITED

JANUARY 2010

PLAY ROCK STEADY

IF YOUR AIRCRAFT IS EQUIPPED with in-seat video, refer to the separate Play guide located in your seat pocket.

Michael Jackson’s This Is It has delighted critics and viewers. Turn to page 4 to read about one of its stars: the electric guitar.

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FILM & TELEVISION B747 MAINSCREEN PROGRAMMING INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE TRACKS (G) Die Aufflistungder Sprachen für ausgewählte Spielfilme finden Sie für die 747-400 Maschinen auf Kanal 2 für alle weiteren Maschinen auf Kanal 10. (J) トラック言語本の長編映画をチャンネル2と747-400航空機上の他の飛行機内でのチャネル10で選択されています (C) 在747-400型飞机上这些故事片的音频位于第 10频道. 在其他型号的飞机上位于第2频道

If your aircraft is equipped with in-seat video, refer to the separate Play guide located in your seat pocket.

WESTBOUND

EASTBOUND FILM

TELEVISION

My One and Only (G) NCIS: Los Angeles [T][V] Royal Pains [T] The Simpsons [T]

It Might Get Loud (G) *Harry Potter and the

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Love Happens (G) Cloudy With a Chance

Chuck [T]

It Might Get Loud (G)

The Simpsons [T]

of Meatballs (G)

How Do They Do It?

Harry Potter and the

Man V. Food

Four Christmases (G)

Two and a Half Men [T]

Half-Blood Prince [V] (G)

30 Rock [T]

500 Days of Summer (G)

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My One and Only (J)(C)

Love Happens(C)

HARDtalk (J)

The Informant! (J)(C)

Cloudy With a Chance

The Real (J)

It Might Get Loud (C)

Brothers and Sisters [T]

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Click (J)

*Harry Potter and the

Frasier [T] (J)

Four Christmases (J)(C)

Peschardt’s People (J)

Half-Blood Prince [V] (J)(C)

Royal Pains [T]

*500 Days of Summer (J)(C) *East Coast/ORD only

TELEVISION

FILM

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Love Happens(C) Cloudy With a Chance

Treasure Quest (C)

Royal Pains [T] (C)

of Meatballs (J)(C)

Doing DaVinci (C)

Frasier [T] (C)

Four Christmases (J)(C)

Time Warp (C)

The Informant! (J)(C)

Brothers and Sisters [T] (C)

It Might Get Loud(C) Harry Potter and the

500 Days of Summer (J)(C)

Brothers and Sisters [T] (C) My Sister’s Keeper [T] (J)(C)

Royal Pains [T] (C)

HARDtalk (J) / The Real (J) Click (J)

The Time Traveler’s Wife [T] (J)(C)

Frasier [T] (C)

Peschardt’s People (J) Hong Kong to Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City to Hong Kong Brothers and Sisters [T] (C) / Royal Pains [T] (C)

HARDtalk (J) / The Real (J)

Frasier [T] (C)

Click (J) / Peschardt’s People (J)

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Half-Blood Prince [V] (J)(C)

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Parks and Recreation [T]

The Informant! (G)

My One and Only (J)(C)

VIETNAM– HONG KONG

Four Christmases (G) *West Coast only

FILM

SINGAPORE– HONG KONG

Brothers and Sisters [T]

*West Coast only

*East Coast/ORD only

CHINA & HONG KONG

The Mentalist [T]

of Meatballs (G) *500 Days of Summer (G)

My One and Only (G)

JAPAN

Cloudy With a Chance

Half-Blood Prince [V] (G)

FILM

AUSTRALIA

TELEVISION

Love Happens (G)

The Informant! (G)

GERMANY

FILM

My Sister’s Keeper (J)(C) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [V] (J)(C)

TELEVISION

FILM

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Brothers and Sisters [T] (C)

HARDtalk (J) The Real (J)

The Time Traveler’s Wife [T] (J)(C)

Royal Pains [T] (C)

Click (J)

500 Days of Summer (J)(C)

Frasier [T] (C)

Peschardt’s People (J)

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IT MIGHT GET LOUD

1 hr.

38 min.

FOUR CHRISTMASES

1 hr.

26 min.

(S) Spanish (G) German (C) Chinese (J) Japanese

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[V] Violence [S] Sexual Situations [T] Adult Themes

HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE [V]

2 hr.

21 min.

It Might Get Loud tells the stories of three generations of electric guitar virtuosos—The Edge (U2), Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) and Jack White (The White Stripes). Traveling around with all three, this film lets you witness intimate moments and hear new music.

FEATURING The Edge, Jimmy Page, Jack White DIRECTED BY Davis Guggenheim

When Kate and Brad find themselves grounded by fog on Christmas morning, their exotic vacation plans morph into the family-centric holiday they had, until now, gleefully avoided. They trudge to four relative-choked festivities. Childhood fears are raised and adolescent wounds are reopened. Can their relationship survive?

FEATURING Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon, Jon Favreau DIRECTED BY Seth Gordon

As Harry Potter begins his sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he discovers an old book marked mysteriously “This book is the property of the Half-Blood Prince” and begins to learn more about Lord Voldemort’s dark past.

FEATURING Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson DIRECTED BY David Yates

500 DAYS OF SUMMER

MY SISTER’S KEEPER [T]

THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE [T]

1 hr.

33 min.

“This is a story of boy meets girl,” begins the narrator. The boy, Tom believes in the notion of a cosmically destined kind of love. The girl, Summer, doesn’t. But that doesn’t stop Tom from going after her—and the very idea of a love that has the power to stop the world.

FEATURING Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Geoffrey Arend DIRECTED BY Marc Webb

1 hr.

49 min.

Sara and Brian are faced with an unorthodox choice in order to save their daughter Kate’s life. Their decision raises both ethical and moral questions, ultimately setting off a court case that reveals surprising truths and challenges everyone’s perceptions of love and loyalty, giving new meaning to the definition of healing. Please have tissues on standby.

FEATURING Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Alec Baldwin DIRECTED BY Nick Cassavetes

1 hr.

41 min.

Clare has been in love with Henry her entire life even though she never knows when they will be separated: Henry is a time traveler cursed with a genetic anomaly that causes him to live his life on a shifting timeline, skipping back and forth with no control. Despite the fact that Henry’s travels force them apart with no warning, Clare desperately tries to build a life with her one true love.

FEATURING Rachel McAdams, Eric Bana, Arliss Howard DIRECTED BY Robert Schwentke

UAL CORPORATION ONBOARD PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO POLICY United Airlines strives to make its customer experience safe and comfortable and accordingly has issued the following policy in regard to the use of personal audio and video equipment onboard its aircraft. This policy is not a contract and does not create any legal rights or obligations.

Customers who bring personal audio and video equipment onboard may only use these items with headsets. Noise-canceling headsets may be activated. The use of still and video cameras, film or digital, including any cellular or other devices that have this capability, is permitted only for recording of personal events. However, photography, audio, or video recording of other customers without their express prior consent is strictly prohibited. Also, unauthorized photography, audio, or video recording of airline personnel, aircraft equipment, or procedures is always prohibited. Any voice, audio, video, or other photography (motion or still), recording, or transmission while on any United Airlines aircraft is strictly prohibited, except to the extent specifically permitted by United Airlines (October 2009).

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XM RADIO AND UNITED offer a sampling of XM’s exclusive music channels for your inflight enjoyment. Find your aircraft model on the grid below and review the selections on the channel listing.

Everything worth listening to is now on XM.

CH.

777 2-CABIN

A319 & A320

SELECT A320

747

757 & 767 2-CABIN

1

MOVIE

MOVIE

MOVIE

MOVIE

MOVIE

English

English

English

English

English

Top 20 Hits

Top 20 Hits

Top 20 Hits

Modern Adult Hits

Modern Adult Hits

2 3 4

737

Unavailable

MOVIE Dubbed

Top 20 Hits

Top 20 Hits

MOVIE

Classical Pops

Classical Pops

Modern Adult Hits

Dubbed

Modern Adult Hits

Classical Pops

’60s Hits

Classical Pops

Modern Adult Hits

Classical Pops

5 ’60s Hits

6

’60s Hits

8 9

’70s Hits

’60s Hits

’70s Hits

Modern Adult Hits

’70s Hits

’60s Hits

Unavailable ’70s Hits

7

’60s Hits

’70s Hits

Unavailable Adult Contemporary Hits

Adult Contemporary Hits

Adult Contemporary Hits

Adult Contemporary Hits

Adult Contemporary Hits

Children’s Programming

Children’s Programming

From the Flight Deck

From the Flight Deck

Unavailable Smooth Jazz

Children’s Programming

From the Flight Deck

10

From the Flight Deck

From the Flight Deck

MOVIE

MOVIE

Dubbed

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New Country Hits

From the Flight Deck

Smooth Jazz

Smooth Jazz

New Age

11 New Country Hits

12 13 14

New Country Hits

’80s Hits

Children’s Programming

Adult Album Rock

’70s Hits

Smooth Jazz

Smooth Jazz

Children’s Programming

’80s Hits

Adult Album Rock

New Country Hits

Children’s Programming

Classical Pops

Top 20 Hits

Smooth Jazz

15 Classic Rock

16

Adult Contemporary Hits

Classic Rock

New Alternative

17 Classic Soul

18 19

Blues

Original XM Programs

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*Live communication between the flight deck and FAA air-traffic control is offered. As you listen, your flight will be identified by its flight number. This feature is unique to United and may not be available on all flights.

Available at your captain’s discretion.

This month, SIRIUS XM’s Exclusive Music Channel presents Reba McEntire. The Grammy®-winning country star visits the SIRIUS XM studios to perform songs from her latest chart-topping album Keep on Loving You, including “Strange”—the highest-debuting single of her career.

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AUDIO PROGRAMMING CHANNELS & ARTISTS

XM RADIO AND UNITED offer a sampling of XM’s exclusive music channels for your inflight enjoyment. Find your aircraft model on page 95 and review the selections on the channel listing. Everything worth listening to is now on XM.

SMOOTH JAZZ Watercolors plays the best contemporary jazz instrumentals, classic and new, blended with just the right vocals.

It’s contemporary crossover that’s always cool.

WHO YOU’LL HEAR Dave Koz, Diana Krall, George Benson, Sade, George Duke

BLUES From the Delta, Chicago, New Orleans and more, B.B. King’s Bluesville covers more than 80 years of authentic blues.

WHO YOU’LL HEAR B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Etta James, Muddy Waters

ADULT ALBUM ROCK New music and classic tracks from artists who’ve stood the test of time, plus quality rock from credible new artists.

WHO YOU’LL HEAR U2, Dave Matthews Band, Neil Young, Coldplay

NEW ALTERNATIVE The latest alternative rock, best of the ’90s and the next big thing before it becomes so big you can’t stand it.

WHO YOU’LL HEAR Weezer, The Raconteurs, The Bravery, Foo Fighters, Death Cab for Cutie, Jimmy Eat World

TOP 20 HITS Top 20 on 20 plays just the songs you vote for. Cast your vote anytime at 20on20. xmradio.com; then plug in and hear what’s hot.

WHO YOU’LL HEAR Justin Timberlake, Fergie, Daughtry, Kanye West

CLASSIC SOUL Soul Town is a celebration of the Motown, Stax and Atlantic record labels—vintage soul and classic R&B from the 1960s and ’70s.

WHO YOU’LL HEAR James Brown, The Four Tops, Aretha Franklin, The Supremes

NEW COUNTRY HITS The Highway plays the very latest New Country, along with the biggest hits of the past few years.

WHO YOU’LL HEAR Kenny Chesney, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Rascal Flatts, Sugarland, Tim McGraw

NEW AGE Spa is a place of peace in a sometimes crazy world. It’s a beautiful place where you are soothed by dreamy, flowing music.

WHO YOU’LL HEAR Enya, Brian Eno, Tangerine Dream, Kevin Braheny, Mark Isham, Suzanne Ciani

MODERN ADULT HITS It’s the ’90s and now! Hear today’s pop hits from artists like Matchbox 20, Alanis Morissette, Maroon 5, Kelly Clarkson and the Dave Matthews Band. Feel the Pulse of adult pop!

WHO YOU’LL HEAR Daughtry, No Doubt, Colbie Caillat, Plain White T’s

CLASSICAL POPS Listen to classical music’s greatest hits and famous movie music, performed by renowned orchestras and soloists, on SIRIUS XM Pops.

WHO YOU’LL HEAR Boston Pops, Cincinnati Pops, Andrea Bocelli, James Galway, Joshua Bell, John Philip Sousa

CLASSIC ROCK Hold your lighters in the air. It’s all classic rock of the ’60s and ’70s, when music came on LPs. Drop the needle on Classic Vinyl.

WHO YOU’LL HEAR Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bad Company, Rolling Stones

’60S HITS The times they were a-changin’, and so was the music. ’60s on 6 revisits the British invasion and Woodstock with DJ Cousin Brucie.

WHO YOU’LL HEAR The Beatles, Beach Boys, Bob Dylan

’70S HITS ’70s on 7 takes you back to the days of bell bottoms and pet rocks, when the music was wider than ever—from singer-songwriters and classic rock to R&B and disco.

WHO YOU’LL HEAR Elton John, Donna Summer, The Eagles, Chicago, Fleetwood Mac

’80S HITS “Totally awesome” ’80s on 8 sounds like one of the great Top 40 stations of the time, with rock, rhythm and pop—plus hair bands and the original MTV VJs. WHO YOU’LL HEAR Michael Jackson, Duran Duran, Cyndi Lauper, Prince, George Michael

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CHILDREN’S PROGRAMMING Kids Place Live features award-winning original content blended with a music mix of the most popular kids’ movie and TV soundtracks, plus Children’s Programming’s recording artists.

WHO YOU’LL HEAR The Wiggles, Tom Chapin, Dan Zanes, They Might Be Giants

ADULT CONTEMPORARY HITS The Blend is the soundtrack of your life—a great mix of Lite pop hits from the ’70s through today; never any rap or rock.

WHO YOU’LL HEAR Rod Stewart, Billy Joel, Madonna, Eric Clapton

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EARN 4,000 MILES United passengers can enjoy all of our exclusive entertainment anywhere and earn 4,000 bonus United Mileage Plus miles.* Visit www.xmradio.com/ua for full details.

MUSIC

·

SPORTS

·

TALK

·

NEWS

·

ENTERTAINMENT

EVERYTHING WORTH LISTENING TO IS ON *OFFER DETAILS: To qualify for Mileage Plus rewards on eligible radios, you must buy a prepaid recurring minimum Quarterly subscription plan to any XM Package (excluding A La Carte, Mostly Music, and News, Talk & Sports), together with the eligible radio by 3/31/10.

You must activate your XM subscription on that radio no later than 3/31/10 with a valid credit card; pay an activation fee of $14.99 and any other fees and taxes that will apply to your subscription, maintain at least 12 months of continuous service, and retain that credit card on the account for automatic recurring service billing. Failure to maintain 12 months of continuous “minimum service commitment” for each radio will result in a $75 early cancellation fee per radio. Service will automatically renew for additional periods of the same length as the Plan you choose, at the then current renewal rate unless you cancel. Hardware sold separately. This offer may be modified or terminated at any time. Pricing, programming, schedule, and channel assignments are subject to change. Check xmradio.com for the latest updates. Subscriptions are governed by the XM Customer Agreement available at xmradio.com. XM Radio U.S. service available only in the 48 contiguous United States, and D.C., to those at least 18 years of age. © 2009 SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. SIRIUS, XM and all related marks and logos are trademarks of SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. and its subsidiaries. Apple, iPhone, iPod and iPod touch are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. All other marks, channel names and logos are the property of their respective owners. All rights reserved.

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London Frankfurt Munich Paris Vienna AUSTRIA

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New York Philadelphia 9:00 am 10:00 Newark

RUSSIA

Stockholm

UNITED KINGDOM

Leipzig Dresden Prague Frankfurt CZECH

Warsaw

Kiev

Katowice

UKRAINE Nuremberg REPUBLIC SLOVAKIA Stuttgart Munich Salzburg Basel Linz Vienna MOLDOVA AUSTRIA Budapest Graz HUNGARY Innsbruck SWITZ. Klagenfurt Lyon Geneva VeronaSLOVENIA VeniceCROATIA Bucharest TriesteBOS. ROMANIA Turin Milan Bologna HERZ. Belgrade Genoa Florence Sarajevo SERBIA BULGARIA Marseille Nice Pisa Ancona MONT. KOS. Sofia Skopje Rome ALBANIA MAC. Naples ITALY Istanbul GREECE

Lisbon

Ankara Izmir

MALTA

Luga

Mediterranean Sea

TURKEY

Antalya Adan

ANTARCTICA

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INFORMATION & TERMINAL DIAGRAMS DOMESTIC Whether your next flight is on United or one of the Star Alliance partners around the world, use the terminal diagrams on pages 102–106 to plan your connection. In addition to gate locations, these maps show ticket counters, United Red Carpet Clubs and interterminal transportation.

MAKING YOUR CONNECTING FLIGHT.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Reservations united.com 800-UNITED-1 (800-864-8331)

Automated Flight Information

Customer Relations united.com/customerrelations Email: customerrelations@ united.com 800-UNITED-1 (800-864-8331)

800-UNITED-1 (800-864-8331)

Mileage Plus 24-Hour Account Information & Award Travel united.com/mileageplus 800-UNITED-1 (800-864-8331)

Red Carpet Club™ united.com/redcarpetclub 866-UA-CLUBS (toll-free) 520-881-0500 (outside the U.S.)

united.com/chase 800-537-7783

united.com/baggage 800-UNITED-1 (800-864-8331)

Refunds united.com/refunds 800-UNITED-1 (800-864-8331)

800-668-6182

United Vacations unitedvacations.com 800-32-TOURS (800-328-6877)

Charter an Airplane united.com/charter

Language Assistance (Asian) 800-426-5560

Reservaciones en Español Baggage Services

Duty Free World 6095 NW 167th St. Suite D-4 Miami, FL 33015 USA

Hearing Impaired (TDD) 800-323-0170

Mileage Plus Visa Customer Service

Meetings Plus 800-MEET-UAL (800-633-8825)

800-426-5561

Small Package Same Day Shipping Small Package Dispatch (SPD)— Airport-to-airport service:

EasyCheck-in kiosks are located on the concourse to assist customers who have experienced a misconnection or canceled flight. Customers who have e-tickets and are traveling domestically may use the kiosk to: 1. Rebook on another flight 2. Obtain a boarding pass 3. Standby for the next flight to their destination

800-722-5243

United Cargo unitedcargo.com 800-UA-CARGO (800-822-2746)

Employment Opportunities united.com/jobs 888-UAL-JOBS (888-825-5627)

United Services unitedsvcs.com

TRAVEL ASSISTANCE FOR DELAYED OR CANCELED FLIGHTS At United Airlines, our priority is safety and keeping an on-time schedule. On occasion, canceling or delaying a flight is the only option to assure we maintain the highest safety standards.

Flight canceled? We automatically confirm you on the next United flight with available seats. EasyCheck-in® units located in the concourse will assist you with information and a boarding pass—it will also help you standby for an earlier United flight if one is scheduled. If you want to travel standby and aren’t boarded, we will transfer your name to the next United flight to your destination until you are onboard.

What about my bag? Baggage is boarded on the next flight if space is available. This means your bags may arrive before you. United will secure the bag until you claim it. See a baggage claim representative.

What if I have to stay overnight? If a flight is canceled to address a mechanical issue or another similar reason within our control, we

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will provide you with a hotel and meal voucher. For uncontrollable events—such as weather—we may be able to help you locate a local hotel at a discounted rate; however United does not cover hotel or meal expenses in this event. If we can not retrieve your checked bag, overnight kits containing toiletries are available. Please see an agent.

What if the reason for my travel no longer exists? If as a result of the delay or cancelation you decide not to travel, call United reservations (1-800 UNITED-1) to get information on your options.

Help us help you keep informed. Sign up for EasyUpdate®, our messaging service. If your flight is canceled or delayed, EasyUpdate® will inform you. Enroll at united.com/easyupdate. At home? Go to united. com for information or to check-in and print your boarding pass.

Your safety and satisfaction are important. We appreciate your business and apologize for any inconvenience you may have experienced.

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CHICAGO / Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

EasyCheck-in is available at this airport.

United Gate Area United Red Carpet Club United First International Lounge United Arrivals Suite United Premier Check-In Power Charging Station Inter-terminal Shuttle Bus Stop / Train Stop United Easy Check-In Medical Center

Concourse F US Airways

F14 F11

F10 F6 F4 E3

TERMINAL TWO

C1

Concourse E Air Canada

C8

Concourse C C9 C16

F1

E1

C17

C18

B1

TERMINAL THREE

B6

C19 C24

Pedestrian Tunnel

Elevated Airport Transit System (ATS) B9

C32

TERMINAL ONE B14

TERMINAL FIVE International Arrivals

Concourse B Continental Lufthansa

B18

B22

Concourse M

Shuttle runs between Gates C9 and E3.

IAD

WASHINGTON / DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

United Gate Area United Red Carpet Club United First International Lounge International Arrivals Suite United Premier Check-In United Easy Check-In Medical Center

EasyCheck-in is available at this airport.

Train

Concourse C Air Canada

C Connector Tunnel C2

C12

C18

C1

C9

C17

A2

A4

A6

A1

A3

A5

A14

C24

C27

D2

D8

D1

Concourse D

D30

D3

A32

Concourse A

B37

TERMINAL T

B79

Concourse B ANA Continental Austrian Airlines SAS South African Airways US Airways Lufthansa

MAIN TERMINAL

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TERMINAL DIAGRAMS DOMESTIC & OVERSEAS Whether your next flight is on United or one of the Star Alliance partners around the world, use the terminal diagrams on pages 102–106 to plan your connection. In addition to gate locations, these maps show ticket counters, United Red Carpet Clubs and interterminal transportation.

MAKING YOUR CONNECTING FLIGHT.

LAX

EasyCheck-in is available at this airport.

LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TERMINAL 3

United Gate Area United Red Carpet Club United First International Lounge United Premier Check-In Inter-terminal Shuttle Bus Stop United Easy Check-In

TERMINAL 2 Air Canada Air New Zealand

TERMINAL 1 US Airways 12 4B

TOM BRADLEY I N T E R N AT I O N A L TERMINAL Lufthansa Thai Airways ANA Singapore Asiana Swiss

71A

67A

64

72

75A 69A

TERMINAL 4

SFO

TERMINAL 5

SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

68B

TERMINAL 6 Continental

80

70A

88

76

TERMINAL 7

TERMINAL 8

EasyCheck-in is available at this airport.

TERMINAL 3

Concourse F

United Gate Area United Red Carpet Club United First International Lounge United Arrivals Suite International Arrivals Suite United Premier Check-In Power Charging Station United Easy Check-In Medical Center

79

88

80

89

81

78A

Concourse E Air Canada

76A 71 72

International Terminal Secure Connector

73

Concourse G United Air New Zealand ANA Lufthansa Singapore TERMINAL 1

Concourse B Continental US Airways

Concourse A Asiana

DEN

DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

United Gate Area International Arrivals Suite United Premier Check-In Inter-terminal Train Stop United Easy Check-In

EasyCheck-in is available at this airport.

Concourse C US Airways

28

Concourse B

57 15

25

37

39

49

16

26

36

38

50

77

57

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Concourse A Air Canada Continental Lufthansa

TERMINAL WEST

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LHR

LONDON / HEATHROW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

United Gate Area United Arrivals Suite Power Charging Station Inter-terminal Shuttle Bus Stop

TERMINAL 1

TERMINAL 5

43 37

56

39 50

TERMINAL 3 36

42

TERMINAL 2 TERMINAL 4

FRA

FRANKFURT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TERMINAL ONE

United Gate Area Inter-terminal Train Stop Medical Center

B332-B340 B300-B303

Pier A, Level 3

Pier C

C1

Gates A51-A65 C5

C8

Pedestrian Transfer Tunnel B20 C7

Lufthansa Tower Lounge Level 5

B44

B24

Train to Terminal 2 B48

B28 B26

NRT

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TERMINAL DIAGRAMS STAR ALLIANCE United Gate Area United Red Carpet Club United First International Lounge

United Arrivals Suite International Arrivals Suite United Premier Check-In

US AIRWAYS HUBS PHL

Power Charging Station Inter-terminal Shuttle Bus Stop / Train Stop United Easy Check-In Medical Center

CONTINENTAL HUBS IAH

PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

HOUSTON GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT

TERMINALS A-E Continental

Concourse F

TERMINAL D

Concourses A, B, C & F US Airways

A3-15

B76-83

C14-23

B84-91

Shuttle Bus TerminaLink

Concourse E 1 7

A25-30 13

Concourse A West

Concourse A Concourse B Concourse C East

CHARLOTTE DOUGLAS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

E10-14

B60-67

TERMINAL B

TERMINAL A United

Concourse D United

C34-42

E15-24

E1-9

TERMINAL C

TERMINAL E

TerminaLink connects B, C, D and E. It is above ground transportation between terminals while inside security.

Continuous shuttle bus pickup and drop-off between Gates F10 and C16.

CLT

B68-75

A17-24

CLE

CLEVELAND HOPKINS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

Concourse B United Concourse C

B3

Concourse B

Concourse A

Concourses B-E US Airways

Concourse C Continental C19 C16

Concourse E

Concourse D

2 4

C14

C22

C4

C10

C29 C25

Concourse A United

C2

C7

Pedestrian Tunnel D2 D6

D10 D14

Concourse D Continental

D28 D25 D21 D17

PHX

PHOENIX SKY HARBOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

EWR

NEWARK LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

TERMINAL 2 United

88

TERMINAL 4 US Airways

Concourse A

Concourse B

B2 B3

Concourse B International

80

98

92 72 101

115

1

102

7

B1 A3

75 71

TERMINAL B TERMINAL C Continental

127

TERMINAL A United Continental

A2

130

AirTrain 136

To transfer between terminals, catch the interterminal bus curbside.

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A1 AirTrain connects to Amtrak and New Jersey Transit.

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ENJOY A WORLD OF STAR ALLIANCE CONNECTIONS AND PRIVILEGES. Earn or redeem Mileage Plus miles when you fly on any Star Alliance member carrier. The flight miles you earn qualify toward elite status for next year. As a Mileage Plus elite member, your status is recognized on all the Star Alliance carriers. For more information, go to united.com/staralliance.

ALLIANCES AND PARTNERSHIPS STAR ALLIANCE PARTNERS

STAR ALLIANCE Established in 1997 as the first

truly global airline alliance to offer customers a worldwide travel network that aims to provide customers a seamless travel experience across multiple airlines. Today the Star Alliance network offers more than 18,900 daily flights to 983 destinations in 169 countries.

EARN MILEAGE PLUS® MILES AND ELITE STATUS FASTER

With the largest airline alliance, you can earn miles almost anywhere in the world you fly. The miles you earn on any Star Alliance flight can be credited to your Mileage Plus account. Plus the flight miles will count toward elite status in Mileage Plus.

EARN RECOGNITION AROUND THE WORLD The more miles you fly with United and the Star Alliance airlines, the higher your Mileage Plus elite status can be: Premier®, Premier Executive® or 1K®.

Mileage Plus elite status is recognized across the alliance as either Star Alliance Silver or Star Alliance Gold, with travel benefits worldwide. See united.com/staralliance for the Star Silver and Star Gold benefits you can receive.

AWARD TRAVEL IS NOW EASIER With Star Alliance

Awards, you can use your Mileage Plus miles for award travel on any Star Alliance carrier worldwide. Or use them for Star Alliance Upgrade Awards and upgrade to a premium cabin and travel in comfort (available on most Star Alliance airlines).

REGIONAL ALLIANCE PARTNERS

You can earn and redeem miles on many of our Regional Alliance Partners. See united.com/airlinepartners for specific information about each of our Regional Alliance Partners.

Aer Lingus Air Dolomiti Continental Connection Emirates Great Lakes Hawaiian Airlines

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Island Air Jet Airways Qatar Airways TACA Group TAM

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CUSTOMS & IMMIGRATION ENTRY REGULATIONS

I-94 ARRIVAL / DEPARTURE RECORD

CUSTOMS DECLARATION

ENGLISH All passengers (or one per family) are required to complete the Customs Declaration forms prior to arrival in the U.S. The forms will be distributed inflight and should include all personal data in English and in capital letters. Please ensure you sign your name.

SPANISH/ESPAÑOL Todos los pasajeros (o uno por cada familia) tienen que llenar los formularios de Declaración de Aduanas antes de llegar a los EE.UU. Los formularios se distribuirán durante el veulo y deben incluir todos sus datos personales en inglés y con letras mayúsculas. No olvide firmar en el reverso del formulario.

1. Apellido, Nombre, Segundo nombre 2. Fecha de nacimiento (Día/Mes/Año)

3. Cuántos familiares viajan con usted 4. (a) Dirección en los EE.UU. (nombre del hotel/lugar) (b) Ciudad, (c) Estado 5. Pasaporte expedido en (páis) 6. Número del pasaporte 7. País de residencia 8. Países que visitó durante este viaje antes de su llegada a los EE.UU. 9. Línea aérea/número de vuelo o nombre del barco 10. El propósito principal de este viaje es de Sí / No negocios: 11. Traigo (Traemos) (a) frutas, plantas, alimentos, insectos: Sí / No (b) carnes, animales, productos de animales o silvestres: Sí / No (c) agentes de enfermedades, cultivos celulares, caracoles:Sí / No (d) tierra o he (hemos) estado en finca/ granja/pastizales: Sí / No 12. He (Hemos) estado en cercanías de ganado (tocando o manipulándolo): Sí / No 13. Llevo (Llevamos) divisas o instrumentos monetarios por valor superior a $10,000 o su equivalente en moneda extranjera (Véase la definición de instrumentos monetarios al dorso): Sí / No 14. Tengo (Tenemos) mercancías comerciales (artículos para la venta, muestras para solicitar pedidos o bienes que no constituyen efectos personales): Sí / No 15. Residentes—el valor total de todos los bienes, incluidas las mercancías comerciales que he (hemos) comprado en el extranjero, (incluyendo regalos para otras personas, pero sin incluir los artículos enviados por correo a los EE.UU.) y que estoy (estamos) introduciendo en los EE.UU. es de: $___ Visitantes—el valor total de todos los artículos que permanecerán en los EE.UU., incluidas las mercancías comerciales, es de: $___

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS NOTICE & IMPORT RESTRICTIONS HAZARDOUS MATERIALS The following items are considered hazardous materials. Do not pack in checked or carry-on luggage.

FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS OR SOLIDS Fuel, paints, solvents, lighter fluid, matches WEAPONS Loaded firearms, ammunition, gunpowder, Mace, tear gas, pepper spray HOUSEHOLD ITEMS Drain cleaners and solvents COMPRESSED GASES Spray can, butane fuel, oxygen bottles FIREWORKS Firecrackers, sparklers or explosives OTHER HAZARDOUS MATERIALS Dry ice, gasoline-powered tools, camping equipment with fuel, wet cell batteries, oxidizers, corrosives, radioactive materials,

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poisons, infectious substances NOTE There are special exceptions for small quantities of up to 70 oz. (2 kg or 2 liters) of medicinal and toilet articles carried in your luggage. For further information, check with any airline representative.

IMPORT RESTRICTIONS Please note new controls on the import of meat, fish, plants and their products into the United Kingdom and European Union. Check the advisory notices displayed in the baggage hall for a detailed explanation of these restrictions. If you possess any of these items, please declare them to customs in the red channel to avoid legal consequences.

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY U.S. Customs and Border Protection

OMB No. 1651-0111

Welcome to the United States I-94 Arrival/Departure Record Instructions This form must be completed by all persons except U.S. Citizens, returning resident aliens, aliens with immigrant visas, and Canadian Citizens visiting or in transit.

Type or print legibly with pen in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS. Use English. Do not write on the back of this form.

This form is in two parts. Please complete both the Arrival Record (Items 1 through 17) and the Departure Record (Items 18 through 21).

When all items are completed, present this form to the CBP Officer.

Item 9 - If you are entering the United States by land, enter LAND in this space. If you are entering the United States by ship, enter SEA in this space.

5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3) Privacy Act Notice: Information collected on this form is required by Title 8 of the U.S. Code, including the INA (8 U.S.C. 1103, 1187), and 8 CFR 235.1, 264, and 1235.1. The purposes for this collection are to give the terms of admission and document the arrival and departure of nonimmigrant aliens to the U.S. The information solicited on this form may be made available to other government agencies for law enforcement purposes or to assist DHS in determining your admissibility. All nonimmigrant aliens seeking admission to the U.S., unless otherwise exempted, must provide this information. Failure to provide this information may deny you entry to the United States and result in your removal.

CBP Form I-94 (05/08) OMB No. 1651-0111

Arrival Record Admission Number

000000000 00

1. Family Name 2. First (Given) Name

3. Birth Date (DD/MM/YY)

4. Country of Citizenship

5. Sex (Male or Female)

6. Passport Issue Date (DD/MM/YY)

7. Passport Expiration Date (DD/MM/YY)

8. Passport Number

9. Airline and Flight Number

10. Country Where You Live

11. Country Where You Boarded

12. City Where Visa Was Issued

13. Date Issued (DD/MM/YY)

14. Address While in the United States (Number and Street) 15. City and State 16. Telephone Number in the U.S. Where You Can be Reached 17. Email Address

CBP Form I-94 (05/08)

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY U.S. Customs and Border Protection

OMB No. 1651-0111

Departure Record Admission Number

000000000 00

18. Family Name 19. First (Given) Name

20. Birth Date (DD/MM/YY)

21. Country of Citizenship

CBP Form I-94 (05/08) See Other Side

STAPLE HERE

ENGLISH Prior to arrival in the U.S., all foreign nationals (except Canadian citizens and U.S. permanent residents or nationals of countries entitled to the Visa Waiver Program—see I-94W on next page) are required to complete an I-94 form. One form is required for each family member.

Customers should complete all personal and travel-related information included on the front side of the form. Please do not write on

the back side of the form. All information should be written in capital letters and in English. You are required to keep this form until your departure from the U.S. SPANISH / ESPAÑOL Antes de su llegada a los Estados Unidos, todos los ciudadanos extranjeros (excepto los ciudadanos de Canadá y los residentes permanentes en los Estados Unidos o ciudadanos de los países que tienen el Programa “Visa Waiver”—Ver formulario I-94W en hoja adjunta) tienen que llenar un formulario I-94. Hay que rellenar un formulario por cada miembro de la familia.

Los pasajeros llenarán toda la información personal y relativa al viaje que se incluye en el anverso del formulario. Le rogamos que no escriba en el reverso del formulario. Toda la información debe estar escrita con letras mayúsculas y en inglés. Le rogamos que guarde este formulario hasta que salga de los Estados Unidos.

1. Apellido 2. Nombre 3. Fecha de nacimiento (Día/Mes/Año) 4. País de ciudadanía 5. Sexo (masculino o femenino) 6. Fecha de emisión del pasaporte 7. Fecha de vencimiento del pasaporte 8. Número de pasaporte 9. Aerolínea y número de vuelo 10. País donde vives 11. País en el que abordaron 12. Ciudad donde obtuvo el visado 13. Fecha del visado (Día/Mes/Año) 14. Direccion donde se quedará en los EE.UU (Número, calle) 15. Ciudad y Estado 16. Teléfono de contacto en EE.UU. 17. Dirección de correo electrónico 18. Apellido 19. Nombre 20. Fecha de nacimiento (Día/Mes/Año) 21. Pais de ciudadanía

ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR TRAVEL AUTHORIZATION ENGLISH

SPANISH / ESPAÑOL

Effective January 12, 2009, all passengers who intend to travel to the United States without a U.S. Visa under the terms of the Visa Waiver Program must obtain an electronic preauthorization or ESTA in advance of travel. When planning international travel, please be sure that you are in possession of all required documents. Remember to allow ample time for acquiring official travel documents. For complete information on the requirements, and to apply for ESTA, please visit www. cbp.gov/esta.

A partir del 12 de enero de 2009, todos los pasajeros que quieran viajar a los EE.UU. (entre los terminos del programa de no tener que usar la Visa) tendran que obtener una preautorización electronica o ESTA antes de viajar. Cuando estés coordinando viajes internacionales, este seguro que tenga todos los documentos requerídos. No se olvide de dejar tiempo suficiente para adquirir los documentos oficiales de viaje.

Para información completa sobre todos los requisitos, y para aplicar para ESTA, por favor visite www.cbp.gov/esta.

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I-94 NONIMMIGRANT VISA WAIVER / BACK

I-94 NONIMMIGRANT VISA WAIVER / FRONT

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY U.S. Customs and Border Protection

OMB No. 1651-0111

Welcome to the United States I-94W Nonimmigrant Visa Waiver Arrival/Departure Record Instructions This form must be completed by every nonimmigrant visitor not in possession of a visitor’s visa, who is a national of one of the countries enumerated in 8 CFR 217. The airline can provide you with the current list of eligible countries.

Type or print legibly with pen in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS. USE ENGLISH This form is in two parts. Please complete both the Arrival Record (Items 1 through 15) and the Departure Record (Items 18 through 21). The reverse side of this form must be signed and dated. Children under the age of fourteen must have their form signed by a parent or guardian.

Item 9 - If you are entering the United States by land, enter LAND in this space.

If you are entering the United States by ship, enter SEA in this space.

5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3) Privacy Act Notice: Information collected on this form is required by Title 8 of the U.S. Code, including the INA (8 U.S.C. 1103, 1187), and 8 CFR 235.1, 264, and 1235.1. The purposes for this collection are to give the terms of admission and document the arrival and departure of nonimmigrant aliens to the U.S. The information solicited on this form may be made available to other government agencies for law enforcement purposes or to assist DHS in determining your admissibility. All nonimmigrant aliens seeking admission to the U.S., unless otherwise exempted, must provide this information. Failure to provide this information may deny you entry to the United States and result in your removal.

Admission Number

00000000000 Arrival Record VISA WAIVER 1. Family Name 2. First (Given) Name

3. Birth Date (DD/MM/YY)

4. Country of Citizenship 6. Passport Issue Date (DD/MM/YY) 8. Passport Number 10. Country Where You Live

5. Sex (Male or Female) 7. Passport Expiration Date (DD/MM/YY) 9. Airline and Flight Number 11. City Where You Boarded

12. Address While in the United States (Number and Street) 13. City and State 14. Telephone Number in the U.S. Where You Can be Reached 15. Email Address

Government Use Only 16.

17.

CBP Form I-94W (05/08) OMB No. 1651-0111

Admission Number

00000000000 Departure Record VISA WAIVER

18. Family Name 19. First (Given) Name

20. Birth Date (DD/MM/YY)

21. Country of Citizenship

CBP Form I-94W (05/08) See Other Side

STAPLE HERE

ENGLISH Prior to arrival in the United States, foreign nationals (except Canadian citizens and U.S. permanent residents) who are not in possession of a visitors visa and are entitled to the Visa Waiver Program are required to complete the I-94W form. One form is required for each family member.

Customers should complete all personal and travel-related information included on the front side of the card. Please ensure that you answer all questions and sign and date where indicated on the back side of this form. All customers must provide a U.S. address for entry.

Countries that are participants of the Visa Waiver Program are as follows: Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brunei, *Czech Republic, Denmark, *Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, *Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, *Latvia, Liechtenstein, *Lithuania,

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Luxembourg, *Malta, Monaco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Singapore, *Slovakia, Slovenia, *South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom. *Nationals of these countries must present an electronic (e-ppt) passport to be eligible for the U.S. Visa Waiver Program.

Nationals of all Visa Waiver countries must present a machine-readable passport for the U.S. Visa Waiver Program.

SPANISH / ESPAÑOL Antes de su llegada en los Estados Unidos, los ciudadanos extranjeros (excepto ciudadanos Canadienses y residentes permanentes de los Estados Unidos) que no tengan un visado de visita y se acojan al programa “Visa Waiver”, tienen que completar el formulario I-94W. Se requiere un formulario por cado miembro de familia. Los pasajeros deberán rellenar toda información tanto personal como relacionada con viajes en el anverso de la tarjeta. Por favor, asegúrese de contestar todas las preguntas , firmen y pongan la fecha en el lugar indicado en el formulario. Todos los pasajeros deben proporcionar una dirección en Estados Unidos para entrar al país.

Los países que participan del Programa de exención de visas son los siguientes: Alemania. Andorra, Australia, Austria, Bélgica, Brunei, *Corea del Sur, Dinamarca, *Eslovaquia, Eslovenia, Espána, *Estonia, Finlandia, Francia, *Hungría, Irlanda, Islandia, Italia, Japón, *Letonia, Liechtenstein, * Lituania, Luxemburgo, *Malta, Mónaco, Noruega, Nueva Zelandia, Países Bajos, Portugal,*República Checa, San Marino, Singapur, Suecia, Suiza y el Reino Unido. *Los ciudadanos de estos países deben presentar un electrónicos (e-ppt) pasaporte para ser elegible para del Programa de exención de visas de Estados Unidos.

Los ciudadanos de los demás países exentos de visas deben presentar un pasaporte de lectura electrónica en el marco del Programa de exención de visas de Estados Unidos a partir del 26 de octubre de 2004.

1. Apellido 2. Nombre 3. Fecha de nacimiento (Día/Mes/Año)

Do any of the following apply to you? (Answer Yes or No) A. Do you have a communicable disease; physical or mental disorder, or are you a drug abuser or addict?

Yes

No

B. Have you ever been arrested or convicted for an offense or crime involving moral turpitude or a violation related to a controlled substance; or been arrested or convicted for two or more offenses for which the aggregate sentence to confinement was five years or more; or been a controlled substance trafficker, or are you seeking entry to engage in criminal or immoral activities?

Yes

No

C. Have you ever been or are you now involved in espionage or sabotage; or in terrorist activities; or genocide; or between 1933 and 1945 were involved, in any way, in persecutions associated with Nazi Germany or its allies?

Yes

No

D. Are you seeking to work in the U.S.; or have ever been excluded and deported; or been previously removed from the United States; or procured or attempted to procure a visa or entry into the U.S. by fraud or misrepresentation?

Yes

No

E. Have you ever detained, retained or withheld custody of a child from a U.S. citizen granted custody of the child?

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

F.

Have you ever been denied a U.S. visa or entry into the U.S. or had a U.S. visa cancelled? If yes, when? ______________________ where? _________________________

G. Have you ever asserted immunity from prosecution?

IMPORTANT: If you answered “Yes” to any of the above, please contact the American Embassy BEFORE you travel to the U.S. since you may be refused admission into the United States.

Family Name (Please print)

First Name

Country of Citizenship

Date of Birth

WAIVER OF RIGHTS: I hereby waive any rights to review or appeal of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer’s determination as to my admissibility, or to contest, other than on the basis of an application for asylum, any action in deportation.

CERTIFICATION: I certify that I have read and understand all the questions and statements on this form. The answers I have furnished are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Signature

Date

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: An agency may not conduct or sponsor an information collection and a person is not required to respond to this information unless it displays a current valid OMB control number. The control number for this collection is 1651-0111. The estimated average time to complete this application is 8 minutes per respondent. If you have any comments regarding the burden estimate you can write to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Asset Management, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20229

Departure Record Important – Retain this permit in your possession; you must surrender it when you leave the U.S. Failure to do so may delay your entry into the U.S. in the future.

You are authorized to stay in the U.S. only until the date written on this form. To remain past this date, without permission from Department of Homeland Security authorities, is a violation of the law.

Surrender this permit when you leave the U.S.: - By sea or air, to the transportation line; - Across the Canadian border, to a Canadian Official; - Across the Mexican border, to a U.S. Official.

Warning: You may not accept unauthorized employment; or attend school; or represent the foreign information media during your visit under this program. You are authorized to stay in the U.S. for 90 days or less. You may not apply for: 1) a change of nonimmigrant status; 2) adjustment of status to temporary or permanent resident, unless eligible under section 201(b) of the INA; or 3) an extension of stay. Violation of these terms will subject you to deportation. Any previous violation of this program, including having previously overstayed on this program without a proper DHS authorization, will result in a finding of inadmissibility as outlined in Section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Port: Date: Carrier: Flight No./Ship Name:

4. Nacionalidad 5. Sexo (varón/hembra) 6. Fecha de emisión del pasaporte 7. Fecha de vencimiento del pasaporte 8. Número de pasaporte 9. Aerolínea y número de vuelo 10. País de residencia 11. País en el que abordó 12. Direccion donde se quedará en los EE.UU (Número, calle) 13. Ciudad y Estado 14. Teléfono de contacto en EE.UU. 15. Dirección de correo electrónico SPANISH / ESPAÑOL ¿Le afecta alguna de estas restricciones a usted? (Conteste Si o No) A. ¿Padece usted de alguna enfermedad contagiosa, deficiencia física o mental, o es adicto a las drogas?

Sí / No

B. ¿Ha sido usted arrestado o condenado por alguna infracción o delito de depravación moral; o por una violación relacionada con estupefacientes; arrestado o condenado por dos o más infracciones cuya sentencia total de reclusión fuera igual o superior a cinco años; ha sido traficante de estupefacientes, o pretende entrar en los Estados Unidos para realizar actividades criminales o inmorales?

Sí / No C. ¿Ha estado o está implicado en actos de espionaje o sabotaje, actividades terroristas o genocidios; o participó de algún modo entre 1933 y 1945 en persecuciones relacionadas con la Alemania nazi o sus aliados? Sí / No D. ¿Tiene intención de trabajar en los Estados Unidos; ha sido excluido o deportado; o ha sido expulsado de los Estados Unidos, o ha obtenido o intentado obtener un visado o la entrada a los Estados Unidos por medios fraudulentos o dando información falsa?

Sí / No E. ¿Ha detenido, retenido, o impedido la custodia de un niño que corresponda legalmente a un ciudadano de los Estados Unidos?

Sí / No F. ¿Se le ha cancelado o denegado alguna vez el visado o la entrada en los Estados Unidos? En caso afirmitavo, especifique?

Sí / No ¿Cúando? ¿Dónde?

G. ¿Ha hecho valer alguna vez su inmunidad frente a un procesamiento?

Sí / No IMPORTANTE: Si ha contestado afirmativamente alguna de las preguntas, comuníquese con la Embajada de los Estados Unidos ANTES de su viaje, ya que se le puede denegar la entrada en los Estados Unidos.

RENUNCIA DE DERECHOS: Por la presente renuncio el derecho a solicitar la revisión del Oficial de Inmigración acerca de mi admisión en los Estados Unidos, o a apelarla, o a impugnar cualquier acto de deportación que no sea por razón de una solicitud de asilo.

DECLARACIÓN: Declaro que he leído y entendido todas las preguntas y enunciados enumerados en esta solicitud, y que las respuestas que he propocionado en este formulario son verdaderas y correctas a mi mejor saber y entender.

STAYING FIT: INFLIGHT FLEXIBILITY Knee Flexion: Lift knee toward chest, decreasing the amount of joint space at back of the knee.

Repeat with other leg.

Dorsiflexion: With heel on floor, point toes upward, decreasing the angle between the foot and front of the leg.

Repeat with other foot.

Eversion: With foot on floor, gently roll the sole of the foot inward. Repeat with other foot.

Knee Extension: Straighten knee, increasing the amount of joint space at the back of the knee to its full range. Repeat with other leg.

Plantar Flexion: Lift the heel and keep toes pointed toward the floor, increasing the angle between the top of the foot and front of the leg. Repeat with other foot.

Inversion: With foot on floor, gently roll the sole of the foot outward. Repeat with other foot.

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107. Tympanic membrane 110. Entomb 112. Somebody not present 116. Horse of a certain color 118. Tabby’s mate 122. Pull an all-nighter

for exams 123. Chance 124. Shoelace problem 125. Coleslaw ingredient 126. “S.O.S.!”

127. Be theatrical 129. Recovery 131. Prayer’s end 132. Toward dawn 133. Festive 134. Fairy tale character 135. A transparent

optical device 136. 24-hour interval 137. Creative 138. Perspective 139. Speck

DOWN 1. Square dance group, e.g.

2. Flour and water mixture 3. Philanthropist 4. Position 5. Bunch up 6. Merry-go-round music 7. Pretend 8. Don’t believe it!

9. Step 10. Preserve 11. Bullock wagon 12. Surroundings 13. North, South and Central 14. Sound 15. Sprang up 16. Gone with the

ALL THEME CLUES ARE IN BOLD

Wind Butler 19. Gather or bring together 21. Bad look 27. Cay 29. Gently and sweetly 35. Fresh 37. Mythological shield 38. Throw up 40. Kindergartner 41. “ Around the Rosie” 42. Creative spark 43. Diagonal 47. Ginger 48. Teeny bit 49. Ivan or Nicholas 51. Sphere 53. Goings-on

54. Characteristic carrier 56. Provoke 57. Remarked 59. Furniture wood 61. Mellows 63. Run for it 65. Adjoin 67. Kind of station 69. Wildcat 72. It’s outstanding 74. Hard work 76. Put two and two together 77. Ride the waves 78. Mark for life 80. Batman and Robin, e.g.

82. Some forensic evidence

83. Madison Avenue worker 85. Nice hot drink?

86. Hearty hello 87. Otherwise 88. Memorization by

repetition 90. In the past 92. Have words (with) 94. Per 97. Curse 98. Citrus fruit 99. To release someone from

military service 101. Cyst 103. A complete flop 105. Changeable

108. A drill that is used to

shape or enlarge holes 109. Expel from a country 110. Often-unpaid worker 111. Preserve 112. Pain 113. Whole wheat e.g.

114. Mexican condiment 115. Drain 117. Blood line 119. Small part 120. Cut taker 121. Stretched tight 125. Poker action 128. Put to the test 130. Monopolize

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46. Anticipate 50. Dimwit 52. Icon 55. Smooch 58. Misplace 60. Close 61. “All kidding ...”

62. Period in history 63. position 64. Braggart 66. Pick up with forceps 68. Quentin Tarantino’s Bill 70. Chair part 71. Hospital unit 73. “Dig in!”

75. Salon supply 76. Beast of burden 79. Secondhand 81. Scotch’s partner 84. Below 89. Old gold coin 91. Clear the tables 93. The Dow, e.g.

95. Circle overhead?

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QUIZ SUDOKU

TIME BANDIT

THE NUMBERS GAME // BY REIKO MCLAUGHLIN

SOMETIMES IT REALLY IS WHAT YOU KNOW // BY NOAH TARNOW

Fill in the blanks in these timesensitive trivia factoids.

EASY

A. 6 A.M.: The time Bill Murray wakes up every morning in the movie .

B. 9:30 A.M.: The time when the bell rings at the New York every day.

1.

C. 11 A.M.: When it’s 8 p.m. in New York City during winter, the time it is on the island of , the earliest place in all of the U.S. and its territories.

D. 4:12 P.M.: The time the massive of August 2003 hit the Eastern Seaboard.

MODERATE

2.

HARD

E. 10:10 P.M.: The time was assassinated, which inspired a false urban legend that this is the reason so many watches in commercials are set to this time.

3.

F. 10:30 P.M.: In the song “ ,” the time when the masculine downpour is expected to start.

2. RHYMES WITH “TRIVIAL”

Identify the rhyming trivia couplet. For example: “One of the leading pasta brands sponsors an ice resurfacer” gives you “Ronzoni Zamboni.”

A. The Carthaginian general who crossed the Alps on elephants could easily become aflame.

B. The world’s greatest escape artist, served in a cream sauce with grated cheese and mushrooms over noodles.

C. A Russian-born titan of 20th century ballet becomes bald and sponsors household cleaning products.

D. Kraft Foods introduces a new flavor of its meat-coating mix, based on a 2005 TV drama set in a correctional facility.

E. Native North American bird meat dried into chewy strips, then served in the largest city of a Southwest state.

F. In 1920s Boston, he ran a notorious financial scam, but in 1950s Milwaukee, he’s the coolest guy in town.

ANSWERS

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Why log in when you can go out?

It’s Just Lunch Dating Specialist Amy Brinkman asks “Why waste time with online profiles and the bar scene when you could be on a date right now?”

There are no online profiles for the world to see, N How has dating changed over the years? From my and it’s up to the clients if they want to share more perspective, technology has changed everything. details during their date and exchange cards in When we started It’s Just Lunch eighteen years ago, order to meet again. As part of our policy, we don’t singles simply introduced themselves and began give out our clients’ last names or phone numbers. talking – done. Now, couples chat, email, instant message, tweet, text and even video chat. People N What kind of people would I meet through relate through their computers and mobile phones.

It’s Just Lunch? It’s Just Lunch clients are a This makes it easier than ever to stay in touch with diverse group representing many different someone you already know – but nearly impossible professions, career stages and educational to meet someone you don’t. Now the methods that backgrounds. Some have just moved to a new people used to rely on for romantic introductions are city and want to fast-forward to meeting gone, and people usually find themselves with just one like-minded people. We commonly network in their city: the “When you are ready see singles spending most of their office. That’s not always ideal time with people from work, but and busy singles don’t have the to start dating, they realize the pitfalls of dating time or desire to cruise the bars you want to start coworkers. They come to us to or scan online profiles. This is expand their social circle outside exactly where It’s Just Lunch immediately.” of work. Our clients do have one comes in. We introduce our Amy Brinkman, thing in common, though: they’re clients to real people – not DATING SPECIALIST ready to meet someone new. online profiles or phone numbers. We provide that missing network, and we N Any advice for the first-date conversation? do it in a way that fits into everyone’s hectic schedule.

Rule number one: Never talk about a past relationship. It can instill feelings N How does It’s Just Lunch “match” singles?

We believe that nothing replaces the human touch, of jealousy, awkwardness, or insecurity in seconds. If it comes up, give a brief and we don’t believe in “computer matches.” It answer and change the subject. Avoid doesn’t matter if you both like to jog, both like Chinese food, and both would like something long topics such as politics and religion term – you can like all the same things and still not until you’ve gotten to know each other better. Make a conscious effort to like each other. That’s why we use our intuition to create the match. First, we interview each client like ask or answer questions from your you would get to know a new friend, learning about most positive perspective. Studies show people find you more interesting their personalities, their likes and dislikes, and when you ask questions about them. their relationship goals. Then, we call to arrange If you don’t know what to ask, just their first date. We contact both clients, get their pause a moment to think . . . silence schedules, find a convenient time and place for can be sexy and mysterious. them to meet, and even make them a reservation.

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GETTING TO KNOW YOU

/ NICOLE PANCOTTINE 19 / Sushi server WHO

/ I’m going to San Francisco to spend a week hanging out with friends. I wish I could stay longer, but I have a puppy at home.

WHY I'M TRAVELING

/ I have a really huge book called House of Leaves that I’m excited to read.

Honestly, though, I’ll probably just get through a few chapters and fall asleep.

INFLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT

ABOUT THOSE TATTOOS / I have ten. No wait, eleven.

I just got a new one. My favorite is the puffer fish on my right foot, even though it hurt the most.

He’s just so cute.

BY ADAM K. RAYMOND

“My favorite tattoo is the puffer fish on my right foot, even though it hurt the most. ” PHOTOGRAPH BY SPENCER HEYFRON

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UNITED ECONOMY - NORTH AMERICA

WELCOME ABOARD! We are pleased to offer Choice Menu meal and snack selections for purchase. Enjoy the service and thank you for flying with United.

SNACKBOXES AVAILABLE ALL DAY ON FLIGHTS OVER 2 HOURS

ACTIVE $ 5

Stoned Classics Tortilla Chips • Heinz Salsa • Blue Diamond Almonds • Think Fruit Chocolate Pomegranate Power Bar • Newman’s Own Organic Raisins • Hannah’s Honey Cured Turkey Stick

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Kettle Backyard BBQ Chips • Oreo Cookies • Jelly Belly Gourmet Jelly Beans • Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Crackers • Sparrer Beef Salami • Gourmet Cheddar Cheese Spread • Pepperidge Farm Crackers

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SPIRITS, WINE and BEER AVAILABLE ON ALL FLIGHTS, ALL DAY PREMIUM COCKTAILS $ 8

LIQUEURS $ 6 Bailey’s Irish Cream Courvoisier VSOP Cognac Kahlúa

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PREMIUM SPIRITS $ 8

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PREMIUM BEER $7 Leinenkugel’s Sunset Wheat Beer

BEER $ 6

Alcohol may be served to customers over 21 only. By FAA rule, we may not serve alcohol to customers who appear intoxicated. Customers are limited to one alcoholic beverage at a time during service. Only alcohol provided

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PAYMENT EasyPurchase Only credit/debit cards are accepted.

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BREAKFAST ON FLIGHTS OVER 3 HOURS DEPARTING BEFORE 10 AM

CINNAMON CRUMB CAKE MUFFIN $ 3 A moist and tasty muffin with cinnamon streusel topping.

FRUIT AND YOGURT PARFAIT $ 5 Low fat vanilla yogurt served with fruit and a side of granola.

French toast flavored bagel, cream cheese, Smuckers strawberry jam and Upstate Farms strawberry yogurt.

HAM AND SWISS CROISSANT $ 5 Flavorful ham and swiss cheese on a croissant with dijonnaise sauce (served cold).

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CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST $ 5

LUNCH/DINNER ON FLIGHTS OVER 3 HOURS DEPARTING BETWEEN 10 AM AM --8 8PM PM NEW

ELI’S ORIGINAL PLAIN CHEESECAKE $ 3 Chicago’s Hometown Favorite. (Effective January 5)

Specially selected cheeses including monterey jack, havarti dill and cheddar, dried cranberries, almonds and assorted Pepperidge Farm crackers.

ANTIPASTO PLATE $7 Sliced salami, mozzarella cheese, havarti dill cheese, Mediterranean or Vinaigrette olives and Grissini Torino breadsticks.

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ASSORTED CHEESE TRAY $ 6

ROAST BEEF SANDWICH $ 9 Tasty roast beef topped with crisp romaine lettuce and horseradish mayonnaise on ciabatta bread, accompanied by chips.

Tender smoked turkey topped with crisp romaine lettuce and sundried tomato aioli sauce on multigrain bread, accompanied by chips.

THAI CHICKEN WRAP $ 9 Grilled chicken breast, romaine lettuce, julienned carrots, red and yellow bell pepper strips and thai aioli sauce wrapped in a tortilla, accompanied by chips.

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TURKEY SANDWICH $ 9

SPINACH SALAD $ 9 A vegetarian delight of fresh spinach, blue cheese crumbles, dried cranberries and walnut halves, served with balsamic vinaigrette dressing and croutons on the side.

Grilled chicken, red and yellow bell pepper strips, shredded parmesan cheese on a bed of crisp romaine lettuce, served with classic caesar dressing and croutons on the side.

United does not serve peanuts as snacks or use peanuts or peanut oils in foods served on our flights. However, we do serve vendor products manufactured in facilities that also produce items containing peanuts or peanut oils, and we do have snack mixes that contain other tree nuts, such as almonds and pistachios.

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CHICKEN CAESAR SALAD $ 9

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Charlie Trotterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s namesake Chicago establishment is one of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most-awarded restaurants, having been named, among others, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Best Restaurant in the World for Wine & Foodâ&#x20AC;? (Wine Spectator, 1998), and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Outstanding Restaurantâ&#x20AC;? (The James Beard Foundation, 2000). Restaurant Magazine has voted it one of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 50 Best Restaurantsâ&#x20AC;? every year since 2004. Chef Trotter has designed a new menu especially for United, available on most United First ÂŽ and United BusinessÂŽ outbound international flights.

CHARLIE TROTTER

Selections from the legendary Trader Vicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s will be available in United First and United Business class on many of our Pacific and Asian routes and on United First class between Hawaii and the mainland. On any given flight you could enjoy items like Sesame Pink Peppercorn Salmon with Lime Leaf Beurre Blanc Sauce, or Chicken with Shiitake Mushrooms in Mango Chili Stir Fry. TRADER VICâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S

United has partnered with world renowned Master Sommelier and Master of Wine, Doug Frost, to supply the perfect selections for all of our new menu offerings.

DOUG FROST

C O C K TA I L

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s ,EINENKUGEL S 3UNSET 7HEAT s -ILLER 'ENUINE $RAFT s -ILLER ,ITE Beer offerings are subject to availability. A selection of regional beers is offered on some International flights.

SPIRITS

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Coke

Diet Coke

Sprite

Sprite Zero

Ginger Ale

On selected intra-Pacific flights originating from Japan, enjoy a Trader Vicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meal in United First or Business.

Starbucks Coffee

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Bloody Mary Mix

Apple & Tomato Juices

Spring Water

s !BSOLUT 6ODKA s #HIVAS 2EGAL 3COTCH s $I 3ARONNO !MARETTO Alcohol may be served to customers over 21 only. By FAA rule, we may not serve alcohol to customers who appear intoxicated. Customers are limited to one alcoholic beverage at a time during service. Only alcohol provided by United and served by flight attendants may be consumed onboard.

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