United Airlines Hemispheres Magazine November 2014 by Ahmed Aamir

NOVEMBER 2014

Hemispheres

THREE PERFECT DAYS: VANCOUVER • 25 REASONS TO BE PSYCHED FOR SKI SEASON • THE HEMI Q&A WITH DANIEL RADCLIFFE

THREE PERFECT DAYS

VANCOUVER

PLUS THE HEMI Q&A DANIEL RADCLIFFE ON MAKING THE LEAP FROM CHILD STAR TO LEADING MAN

WINTER IS COMING 25 REASONS WE CAN’T WAIT TO HIT THE SKI SLOPES THIS SEASON

QUEEN OF CARDS MEET THE WINNINGEST WOMAN IN PRO POKER

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contents

NOVEMBER 2014

FEATURES 72 The Hemi Q&A: Daniel Radcliffe YOUR COMPLIMENTARY ISSUE

The Harry Potter star loses the wand and glasses to play one of his most adult roles yet in the dark thriller Horns 88 Mountain Highs

From the hottest new resorts to the highest-tech gear, we’ve got plenty of reasons to get pumped for ski season 104 Three Perfect Days: Vancouver

Hit the great outdoors in Western Canada’s fun-loving capital of health and happiness

ERIN PATRICE O’BRIEN

78 All In Vanessa Selbst is giving the maledominated world of professional poker a run for its money

10 CEO Letter A word from Jeff Smisek 4

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12 Voices A message to flyers

14 Connections What’s new at United NOVEMBER 2014 • HEMISPHERESMAGAZINE.COM

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NOVEMBER 2014

63 Industry

An Occupy Wall Street leader brings A his ideas to the sharing economy

67 Tech 3-D printing takes toy production back to basics b

122 Dossier

H Hemispheres’ economic development series visits Chicago

ENTERTAINMENT AND INFORMATION 17 Dispatches

News and notes from around

129 Entertainment

the world

Inflight Wi-Fi, Movies, Television and Audio Programming

23 The Month Ahead

What to read, watch and listen to in November

138 Crossword and Sudoku 143 Information

Route Maps, Customs & Immigration, Our Fleet, Terminal Diagrams, Safety & Travel Assistance, MileagePlus and Alliances & Partnerships

30 Wear in … Bogotá

Fashion tips from a stylist and designer in Colombia’s capital city 32 Travel Essay

The unexpected joys of seeing the country as a professional mover

FOOD & BEVERAGES

34 Auto-tation

53 The Fan

Off-roading in the Colorado Rockies in a Range Rover V8 Supercharged

LeBron James follows a tradition of

160 Chef’s Corner 161 Choice Menu

39 Tastemakers

57 Goods

Are edible bugs the next big trend?

Elegant timepieces that will help keep you dressed to impress

athletes returning to their home teams

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47 Stay From San Francisco to Thailand,

61 How It’s Done

this month’s hottest hotels

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VANCOUVER

FIND US ON ABOUT THE COVER: Totem poles in Vancouver’s Stanley Park in front of the North Shore mountains. Photography by Steven Ballegeer

PLUS

THE HEMI Q&A

DANIEL RADCLIFFE ON MAKING THE LEAP FROM CHILD STAR TO LEADING MAN

WINTER IS COMING 25 REASONS WE CAN’T WAIT TO HIT THE SKI SLOPES THIS SEASON

QUEEN OF CARDS

MEET THE WINNINGEST WOMAN IN PRO POKER

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letter from the editors

Snow Days s the air grows chilly, our thoughts here at Hemispheres naturally turn to winter and, of course, winter sports. So this month we circle the globe to bring you the newest resorts and the latest gear for the ski season (page 88). If that’s not enough to get you stoked for the slopes, our cover story, “Three Perfect Days: Vancouver” (page 104), includes an idyllic day at one of the world’s best alpine destinations, Whistler Blackcomb. And yes, we know that not all of you enjoy hurling yourselves down mountains, so we also have some indoor activities, like an in-depth Q&A with Daniel Radcliffe, who’s taking on more grown-up roles (page 72), and a profile of the highest-earning female professional poker player of all time, Vanessa Selbst (page 78). —THE EDITORS

SARA MORROW is a writer and editor based in New York City. She has been an editor at Country Living and Budget Travel, and on page 39 she chronicles why highend chefs are adding insects to their menus. “Once you get over the ick factor, they taste pretty good,” she says of grasshopperbased dishes. “A little salty, a little crunchy, like a tiny, grassy shrimp wrapped in a potato chip.”

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STEVE FRIESS is a former Politico senior writer and longtime freelance journalist who lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Friess moved to the Midwest in 2011 as a Knight-Wallace Fellow at University of Michigan after a decade covering Las Vegas and China for USA Today, The New York Times, Newsweek and many others. On page 78, he profiles professional poker player Vanessa Selbst.

ERIN PATRICE O’BRIEN is a portrait photographer based in Brooklyn, where she lives with her daughter, Maya, and their dog, Roxy. She has contributed to numerous publications, including People, The Wall Street Journal and The Atlantic, and she has shot advertising campaigns for Comedy Central, New York University and Fuse TV. On page 78, she captures poker star Vanessa Selbst in Brooklyn.

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ceo letter

We’ve Got Your Back Welcome aboard, and thanks for ﬂying with us today. ur top priority is to provide you safe and reliable air transportaO tion. In addition, we are hard at work to become the world’s most flyer-friendly airline by investing in our fleet, onboard product, facilities, technology and service training. We are committed to delivering excellent customer service. Our greatest assets, our professional employees, are the foundation of your experience with us, and their job is to deliver on our flyer-friendly promise. Many of you write to me and share your travel stories. I always appreciate the feedback, whether it’s good, bad or somewhere in between. This year, I’m happy to say that I’ve noticed a significant increase in customers complimenting the many talented employees that I’m proud to have on the United team. Their stories range from a customer service agent helping 10

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to get a large group home after weather disruptions, to a pilot who regularly steps out of the cockpit at the end of a flight to shake as many customers’ hands as possible and to thank them for flying with us. We know each of these moments, where our employees make your travel experience a little better, makes a lasting impression. Our people are the heart of our airline, and all around the world our more than 85,000 employees are working together to support our operation and to support you, our customer. Together, we are committed to providing you with a good travel experience, even when things don’t go perfectly. We’re not perfect, but we are clearly moving in the right direction. Your feedback is important to us, and we will continue to ask for your participation in our Customer Satisfaction surveys, so we can know where we need to

improve and also where we are doing well, and so we can hold ourselves accountable for our performance. These surveys give us a fuller picture of how well we’re living up to our flyerfriendly promise, and what we can do better. We are committed to delivering an enjoyable travel experience that you can count on. I’d like to thank you again for choosing United, and look forward to welcoming you back soon.

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Flying Higher For 787 pilot Deon Byrne, getting there is more than half the fun BY A. AVERYL RE

irst Officer Deon Byrne has made the unusual her standard for her F entire life, especially in her career choice: She has flown for United for nine years, in a profession where she doesn’t see many who look like her. “There are not a lot of women that I know of doing this,” Byrne says. “When I used to fly commuters, because I have a younger-looking face than my age, I got comments like, ‘God help us.’ But nowadays, people feel proud.” Not that she planned to be an aviation inspiration. At 13, the daughter of a single mother, Byrne moved “from a little island, Jamaica, to the big bad city of New York. I was into school and studying, and I was the outcast.” She explains the movie Top Gun and a chance encounter with Air Force recruiters motivated her. “I was pre-med 12

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at St. John’s University in New York. While I was at the career fair recruiting events every spring, I would ask the Air Force recruiters, ‘Is there any way I can be a doctor and fly? And they told me ‘no’ every time.’” She studied for a semester at American University of Rome, then finished college early, with medical school, flying and travel still in her sights. She took a job as a flight attendant to pay for flying school. “The company I worked for did a lot of charters for other airlines and U.S. military. Whenever there was a hot spot in the world, that carrier would either transport troops or transport refugees. I flew around the world twice by the age of 21 or 22. It was a pretty neat experience.” After earning her airline transport pilot license to fly commercial jets, she

applied to the Air National Guard and a commuter airline. Both wanted her; she flew for the airline before getting security clearance from the Air Force. She spent two years on active duty. “I believe I am the only black female pilot to have flown in Antarctica. While based there, I flew several missions to the South Pole. I literally have been on every continent.” After active duty, Byrne served in the New York Air National Guard and got hired on at United. When she started at United, she recalls, “People weren’t used to having a lot of women, much less a minority woman, as I was the number-two black female pilot in the company.” Byrne knew that, like every new pilot, she needed to earn the respect of her colleagues. “Every time I showed up, I was always on time, and I was always prepared.” After building a reputation among pilots around the company, “People knew what I could do; they would say things like, ‘Oh you’re flying with Deon. She does nice landings.’” Throughout her career, proving herself has helped Byrne overcome skepticism and has opened doors, including earning a berth flying United’s newest metal, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. “I was one of the first all-female 787 flight crews,” she says. “It’s one of the most high-tech airplanes, and we were flying it. I had beaucoup customers who were very glad to see us. We did a great job.” Flying the 787 is her dream assignment. “It brings a smile to my face every time I step into that cockpit,” she says. “And customers are excited. People will cut through Houston just to ride on the 787. It’s one of the fastest airplanes out there. We cruise really high. Someone takes off before us, and we’ll pass them over the Atlantic. I love this airplane.” No matter how far she has come, Byrne never loses sight of those who helped her achieve, who gave her guidance to reach the heights she has. “I still get people who ask, ‘You’re not scared?’ I have to say, ‘No, if I were scared, I wouldn’t be doing this job.’” But, she says, reaching out and giving back some of the mentoring that she has received is part of what makes flying high worthwhile.

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INTO THE CLOUDS Escape to British Columbia’s Whistler Blackcomb with United Vacations

Ask the Pilot With Captain Mike Bowers

I routinely travel between LA and New York and noticed that we do not always take the same route. Why do routes vary between two cities?

Avant-Ski From ﬁrst snowfall to one last run, our ski vacations make planning easy et us love winter, for it is the spring of genius.” Pietro Aretino didn’t L have skiing in mind when he wrote that, yet his words remind us the season gives skiers and snowboarders their chance to make their own kind of genius. November kicks off prime ski season, and we think you should be inspired to love this season, too. United offers service to some of the most popular ski destinations in North America and beyond from its seven hubs—including increased service on existing routes this year. From the Green Mountains of Vermont to Vancouver, this month’s Three Perfect Days destination, and all the way to the ice-cold ski hotspots of Europe, we’re leaving you with no excuse to stay inside this winter. 14

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Our dispatchers, who plan our flights for us, have sophisticated flight-planning computers that are capable of determining the shortest flying time between two airports based on the current and forecast winds. Since the winds differ from day to day, we plan different flight routes in response in order to ensure the shortest flying time.

And United Vacations makes planning easy, with getaways to thousands of top ski resorts and other accommodations in ski destinations around the world. Package deals include discounted airfare and accommodations as well as equipment rentals, lift tickets and ski lessons. You can choose your resort based on skiing ability, offered amenities such as hot tubs or spas and even walking distance to the lifts. This ski season, MileagePlus members each receive 7,500 bonus award miles when you book a United Vacations ski package, including to Vancouver’s Whistler Blackcomb, Ski magazine’s number-one resort for 2014. To check out the latest deals or to book a ski trip, visit unitedvacations.com/ski. —MARY E. RYAN

Do you have a question for Captain Bowers? You can write to him at askthepilot@united.com.

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DISPATCHES NEWS AND NOTES FROM AROUND THE WORLD

BRISTOL, ENGLAND

The Best Medicine Exploring the health beneﬁts of a hardy har har r. Madan Kataria stands before an audience and does what he D does best. “Ha ha!” he chortles. “Hoo hoo!” The crowd responds in kind: “Hee hee!” This mutual exchange of merriment continues until the doctor raises his hands and begins to speak. “Laughter,” he says, “gives you so much positive energy!” Actually, it’s supposed to give you more than this. Laughter Yoga—the “wellbeing workout” founded by Dr. Kataria in 1995—is said to do everything from lowering blood pressure to boosting the immune system. There are groups in more than 70 countries around the world devoted to the practice, including the one Dr. Kataria is addressing now—Bristol Laughter Club, the oldest one outside India.

Dressed in a smart shirt and slacks, the bespectacled, billiard-ball-bald doctor invites the audience of around 40 to join him in what he calls Radiant Laughter. The idea is that by faking it, people will trick their bodies into replicating the neurochemical and aerobic responses generated by actual laughter. For some, this is not as easy as it sounds. Devotees at the front of the room get stuck trying to match their howls and hoots to those of the guru onstage. At the back, a handful of newbies shuffle about, their rictus grins and awkward eyes giving the game away. Some look longingly out the window or concentrate on the thudding of the African drum class downstairs. The doctor apparently senses the discomfort. “How do you laugh with no joke?” he says.

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Eventually, however, even the most stubbornly resistant gigglers succumb, and the room descends into cheerful chaos. One enthusiast loses it completely, emitting the piercing staccato howls of a hyena, and the laughter around him becomes genuinely helpless. “Now that,” says Dr. Kataria, wiping tears from under his specs, “is happiness on demand!” Then, without warning, the doctor becomes serious. He has one more secret to share, he says, an essential element in the quest for health and happiness. He fixes the now-silent audience with an intense gaze and shouts, loud enough that a few people flinch: “Stop reading the newspapers!” —HANNAH STUART-LEACH 17

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dispatches

rome

Sword Play For today’s gladiators, one man dies, the other gets gelato hot, blindingly bright afternoon in Rome. A man and his preteen son A enter a gated compound at the edge of Parco della Caffarella, where they are met by a middle-aged man wearing a red tunic and a bronze breastplate. The man introduces himself as Marcus. “Ready to die?” he says. The man and boy—who take on the noms de guerre Caius and Brutus— have booked a private session at the Gruppo Storico Romano gladiator school, south of the Colosseum. Caius had hoped the class would give his son a sense of history; the boy just wants to mess with the stubby wooden swords. In the center of the arena, Marcus stands scowling—the Roman equivalent of a drill sergeant. “Because they use the gladius, or sword, they’re called gladiators!” he barks in response to a question. “If they used a bazooka, they’d be called bazooka-ers!”

With this, Marcus distributes the weaponry and demonstrates the five basic moves for attack and defense, shouting out a corresponding number: “One! Three! Five! Two! Four!” The two students follow suit—though it’s painfully clear Brutus is the quicker study. To the older gladiator, Marcus mutters, “You will not live long.” Soon, it’s time to fight. Marcus claps Brutus on the shoulder: “Imagine 40,000 people chanting your name!” To Caius, he merely rolls his eyes. For a few minutes, the two combatants clack swords together, as if engaged in a kind of dance. But then

Brutus finds his gladiatorial spirit and goes on the offensive. Crack! A lateral swipe just misses Caius’ neck. Whack! Brutus pursues, following up with an overhead chop. Smack! “Ouch!” cries Caius, grabbing his whacked thumb. “You’re dead,” Marcus says to the father. “You’re a water sprinkler of blood.” He mimics a sprinkler with his hands—pfft, pfft, pfft. Brutus giggles with delight. After the session, the trainees are each awarded a replica Roman coin. “Ooh,” Brutus says, “can I use this to buy gelato?” —PAUL ABERCROMBIE

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Budding Industry The selection in this East Berlin ﬂorist may not be huge, but at least it’s there

ris Schuttken, proprietor of Blumenjäger, moves tentatively around a supersized spray of long-stemmed yellow roses, which have utterly overwhelmed her tiny basement store. The flowers, she says, are not for sale—they were specially ordered as a gift for someone’s 84th birthday. Walk-ins have a choice of either red gladioli or white lilies. A former advertising executive, Schuttken quit her job and opened Blumenjäger (or Flower Hunter) earlier this year, aware that she was not tapping into a rich market. “Berliners live

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for the outdoors,” she says, “but when it comes to bringing nature indoors, most homes don’t even have a vase.” The only way to get people into the habit of buying flowers, Schuttken quickly realized, is by making them ridiculously cheap. “Berliners are schnäppchenjägers—bargain hunters. My pitch is that they can buy flowers individually or have an armful of them for a handful of coins.” While launching her business hasn’t been easy, the would-be florist has an idea on how to double revenues: selling vases.—BOYD FARROW

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DUBAI

From Hero to Hack A chance encounter with Pakistan’s “king of football” he life of a Dubai cabbie is not easy. They work long hours for little pay, T and ply their trade alongside some of the worst drivers in the world. Oddly, cabbies here are also among the most cheerful people you will ever encounter. My driver today, who introduces himself as Mustafa, is no exception. “Do you like cricket?” he asks jauntily, having established that I’m English. I admit that I do not. Silence ensues. “I like football,” I say.

Like almost everyone else in the world, Mustafa understands this to mean that I like soccer, rather than a game played mainly with your hands. “I am a very good footballer,” Mustafa says. “Oh?” I say. “Yes,” he replies. “I scored a lot of goals. In myy country, of g y, I was captain p the football team.”

“The national team?” “Yes. President Musharraf was very good to me. He liked me.” Mustafa has an impressive mustache, but he does not look like an athlete. It’s been several years since Pervez Musharraf was president of Pakistan— maybe my driver was once lithe and agile. Maybe he was a hero. “Look at this,” Mustafa says, reaching into the door pocket. He produces a crown. “They made this for me.” The crown is made of metal. It looks fragile, but not in an elegant way. “Wow,” I say. “A crown.” “Yes,” says Mustafa. “A crown.” “Like a king.” I want to know how a sports legend came to be driving a cab in Dubai, but our journey is at an end. “A king,” Mustafa says to me as I exit his cab. “A kingg of football.” —RICHARD CHURCH

SOUTH DAKOTA

Last Man Spiraling ng A veteran Wall of Death rider endeavors to keep the tradition alive

nside a large wooden silo, a motorbike screams around the wall, cheered on by a rowdy audience gathered around the top rim. It’s opening day of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, a weeklong event held annually in this small South Dakota town, home to the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum and the Full Throttle Saloon. If you’re looking to drum up interest in an oldschool Wall of Death show, this is the time and place to do it. And lately, the Wall of Death could use a bit of drumming up. In its heyday, there were scores of these carnival sideshows performing across the country. Now, due in large part to safety concerns, there are only a handful. “We live in a time when we’re not allowed to do a lot of things for our own good,” says Jay Lightnin’, the man behind today’s show. “In the old days, you’d get on the bike and go for it.”

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With long graying hair and a wispy beard, the 60-something has spent half his life either on the Wall or on the road. “You have to give up a lot,” he says. “It’s not for everyone.” Later, his mustache waxed into a Buffalo Bill handlebar, he hurtles around the barrel, inching so close to the rim he can pick dollar bills out of people’s hands. For a finale, multiple motorbikes spin in opposite

directions barely missing each other directions, as they pass. When asked why he continues to endure the discomfort and danger after all these years, Lightnin’ points to a couple of his less experienced riders. “They call me one of the Over the Hill Gang,” he says. “But these young guys see that this old guy can ride the Wall, and they decide they can do it too. They keep it rolling.” —JOHN SCOTT LEWINSKI

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In an age when the communications industry can make or break a politician, a new book takes us back to when it all started

n November 1960, Esquire ran Norman Mailer’s “Superman Comes to the Supermarket,” an unorthodox account of John F. Kennedy’s ultimately successful campaign to become the President of the United States. Later, with typical swagger, Mailer would claim the essay had helped get Kennedy elected. Whether or not that’s true, what it did do was push political reporting into new territory. Part philosophical treatise, part prose poem, the piece lamented the “spirit of the supermarket” that had overrun 20th-century America, a land of “television sets giving orders to men.” Kennedy, the Hipster-in-Chief, was the ideal leader for such a time—when politics became “America’s favorite movie.” Now, in time for the U.S. midterm elections, Taschen has rereleased Mailer’s prescient essay along with 300 photographs depicting the cult of personality surrounding the man Mailer described as being “like an actor who had been cast as the candidate, a good actor, but not a great one.” —CHRIS WRIGHT (NOVEMBER 1)

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who feels things,” says the 41-year-old. “She’s not just a smart-ass best friend or a wet-blanket mom character.” American viewers unfamiliar with British humor—like “The Office,” “Getting On” was adapted from a BBC series of the same name—might be uncomfortable with the show’s unflinching awkwardness (see Dawn having to tell two brothers that their elderly mom is very sexually active). But Borstein says that’s the show’s strength. “As an actor, it makes you uncomfortable too,” she explains, “which keeps you on edge, which keeps you on your toes, which keeps things fresh and interesting.” —ERIN BRADY (NOVEMBER 9)

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Who Sequeled Best? November film releases are usually reserved for Oscar bait. This fall, however, four sequels are crashing the prestige party. From A-lister cameos to wacky plots, we break down the season’s top franchise follow-ups. —NICHOLAS DERENZO

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After ending the brutal Hunger Games, Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) must lead the District 13 rebels in their quest to defeat the evil Capitol— and save boyfriend Peeta (Josh Hutcherson).

When the trio from the original (Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day) tries to launch a startup, an investor cons them out of their cash. So, they kidnap his grown son for ransom.

Hot off their popular Nickelodeon spin-off, the penguins from 2005’s Madagascar team up with an “inter-species taskforce” to take down a big, bad octopus.

Lloyd (Jim Carrey) and Harry (Jeff Daniels) head out on another road trip, this time to reconnect with a child Harry never knew he had—in order to procure a replacement kidney. Classy as ever.

Julianne Moore as President Alma Coin, the heroically nuanced leader of the District 13 rebellion.

Two-time Oscar winner Christoph Waltz as the investor and Chris “Captain Kirk” Pine as his son.

Benedict Cumberbatch as a slick wolf, John Malkovich as the octopus, Werner Herzog as narrator.

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Because, like Twilight and Harry Potter, The Hunger Games has split its final film in two to maximize box office returns … er, dramatic impact.

Because, like the three-part Hangover series, this sequel ups the ante by making the criminal behavior more extreme.

Because, like Kung Fu Panda and Shrek, this DreamWorks Animation franchise shows no signs of slowing down.

Because, as with The Hustler and The Color of Money (separated by 25 years), the Farrellys prove it’s never too late to return to the same well.

My mother ... would let you know your shirt was on backward using a voice most kept on reserve for statements like ‘Grandpa’s had a stroke.’ At some point in my forties, I realized that my primary goal in just about any verbal exchange is to lighten the mood. If a situation starts to feel too heavy, I will not hesitate to make a joke … just to push away the feeling of my mother sitting me down and somberly telling me that black and navy don’t go together. QUICK LIT

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Andrew Dice Clay on the ups, downs and U-turns of a strange career

The 57-year-old is known for overstatement, but this remark rings true. A couple of decades back, Clay was huge—selling out Madison Square Garden (twice), headlining his own movie. But he was also hated for the foul-mouthed misogyny of his “Diceman” alter ego, and many celebrated his decline. Then, a few years ago, Clay landed a role in “Entourage,” which provided the launching pad for an unexpected comeback. Last year, he followed with a brilliant performance in Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine; he’s set to appear in an HBO drama produced by Martin Scorsese next year; and he recently met with James Franco to discuss a movie version of his life—which is hilariously documented in Clay’s new memoir, The Filthy Truth (out November 11). Here, Clay tries to explain what happened. —CW 28

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• ON THE DICEMAN “I’m not a political figure; I’m just a comedian, and I felt people who came to the shows got the joke. Anyone who takes anything I say onstage seriously is a fool—it’s so ridiculous. But that was mostly journalists, writing about ‘the comedy of hate.’ I can’t blame them— that was a great story to tell. My job was to get the energy up, excite the crowd, and they would go crazy. Was Diceman me? It’s complicated: We’re both from Brooklyn, we both smoke and we both like women. Andrew treats his women with a little more respect.” • ON THE LOW POINT “It was about seven years ago. I was going through a messy divorce—the cliché. My career was in the toilet. But this

was because I’d made a choice: Am I going to make another movie or am I going to raise my two sons? There was nothing to think about. During the recession, I was in debt, I was battling with my ex. I had about 30 grand in cash, so I took it to Vegas. I won $1 million, then lost most of it back. There were times I felt shook up—I’ll put it that way— but even then I knew I’d find the light at the end of the tunnel.” • ON THE RESURGENCE “If you’d told me a few years ago that Woody and Scorsese would be calling me, I’d have laughed at you. It started when I bumped into this guy I hadn’t seen in 15 years and he tells me Doug Ellin

wants to talk to me about ‘Entourage.’ I thought it’d be this little walk-on, but Doug says, ‘I’ll put you on the last season and see what happens.’ Woody Allen saw me on that, and suddenly I’m in front of Woody reading lines. I don’t even understand this. I’ll never understand.” • ON THE BOOK “I couldn’t write everything down, so this is like CliffsNotes about my life. Besides all the craziness, I’m hoping people will see someone very driven. I wanted the book to have a little inspiration in it, and I think it does. But I don’t lie. This is not a clean world, and if there’s something filthy going on, I write about it, like the time I…” [Cut!]

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ogotá-based stylist and designer Angélica C. Balanta is not one to sit still. Born in the B country’s southwest city of Cali, this 30-year-old Colombian has lived all over the world, from Mexico to London to Tel Aviv. However, when she became a mom last year, she settled in the Colombian capital, where she now writes about the city’s style on her blog, Miss Balanta, and works on her line of turbans. Here, she gives Hemispheres a few tips on how to dress in Bogotá. SO HOW DO PEOPLE DRESS IN BOGOTÁ?

In Colombia, you can have spring in the morning and winter in the afternoon, so you have to be prepared with your umbrella or a jacket. But there is a new fashion boom, and people are starting to wear so much color and not care as much about the weather. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU OR A TYPICAL COLOMBIAN WOULDN’T WEAR?

Ten years ago it was really tacky to wear sandals, but now there are lots of nail salons, so people wear them. I still go out in sneakers, though. DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE PAIR?

I love Adidas Originals, but especially the Jeremy Scott trainers. They have wings, and I have three pairs! I can’t wear them every day because people can be shocked [by them], but I wear them on special occasions. WHERE DO YOU TYPICALLY SHOP IN THE CITY?

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The turban is from my Africa collection; the top is from Zara; and I designed the skirt, which is inspired by the Embera indigenous communities that live between Colombia and Panama. My necklace and jacket are vintage, and the shoes are Dr. Martens. I love to do these kinds of combinations: elegant, ethnic and urban.

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Moving Experiences The long-haul jobs I did while working as a professional mover were exhausting and uncomfortable, but they were also among the most enjoyable trips I’ve ever taken BY CHRIS WRIGHT

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travel essay YOU’VE NEVER really stood out about these trips was how random they were, how reliably weird. I’d find myself standing in a gas station lot, munching a Hot Pocket in the shadow of the Rockies, or browsing a boondock variety store that sold nothing but Fritos, fridge magnets and bargain brand cigarettes. Then I’d be back in the truck, performing a screeching sing-along because, after 650 miles of religious instruction, the music stations had finally kicked in. At the end of the day, I always made a point of finding a bar, eager for a bit of good-natured banter with the locals. These weren’t the kinds of places you’d find in the guidebooks. Some of them were quite scary, particularly during my spiky-haired Flock of Seagulls phase. I remember walking into a joint in Montana and the conversation stopping dead. Had there been a piano player, he’d have stopped too. There wasn’t much in the way of banter that night, but there wasn’t much in the way of bodily harm, either, which was a plus. One of my most enduring memories from this time is stopping off at a South Dakota casino that had a name like Grim Horizons and whose skewed, cinema-style marquee promised a “Free Drink When You Cash Your Paycheck Here!” I didn’t have a paycheck to cash, but I was able to take advantage of the casino’s innovative Wallet Depleter® program. Later, over one-dollar Buds at a local bar, I grumbled about my bad luck to a man with a large mustache. Looking back at it now, I’m pretty sure he wasn’t listening. As unpleasant as all this sounds, these trips still rank as some of the most memorable and enjoyable I have ever taken. The reason for this, I think, boils down to the fact that, under normal circumstances, I would never have chosen to do and see these things. There was no wish list, no itinerary—just me, a place to be and a big bunch of uncertainties along the way. That’s the spirit of the American cross-country trip, isn’t it, possibly the purest expression of the atavistic urge to keep moving. And if I was tapping into something primitive here, the effect was heightened by my Neolithic lodgings.

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HAUTE HOPPERS Tlayuda con chapulines with a side of sauteed grasshoppers at New York City’s The Black Ant

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Creepy Crawly Cuisine Are insects the next frontier in ﬁne dining? BY SARA MORROW

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t’s a Friday night in Manhattan’s East Village, and six-month-old Icontemporary Mexican restaurant The Black Ant is buzzing. There’s an hour wait for a table, and in the dim dining room, groups sample inventive fare such as cod cheek tacos, pig’s feet with blood clams and, even more adventurously, grasshoppers. “More and more people are asking for them,” says chef Mario Hernandez, who uses the insects in such dishes as

tostada-style tlayuda con chapulines, topped with black bean puree, queso de rancho and chile de agua salsa, or in an off-menu side dish, sauteed with garlic, chile de árbol and lime juice and served with fresh corn tortillas and salsa. “People are getting used to the idea.” Entomophagy, or insect-eating, is nothing new outside the U.S. Some 80 percent of the world’s cultures regularly eat bugs. In the coming decades, insects could prove a nutritional and

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eco-friendly solution as overpopulation puts a strain on our current food systems. Crickets, for example, require a sixth as much feed as cattle to produce the same amount of protein—all while emitting far fewer greenhouse gases. That said, Western diners have been relatively slow to embrace the idea of consuming insects. David George Gordon published the first edition of his Eat-a-Bug Cookbook in 1998. “Back then, eating bugs was 39

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reserved for contestants on ‘Fear Factor,’” he says. “But in the past few years, that’s all been changing. I’ve seen a real explosion of chefs experimenting with insects.” Grasshopper now appears on menus across the country, from Hugo’s in Houston to Guelaguetza in LA to Gringo in St. Louis. At Portland’s Sushi Mazi, you can order a nigiri-style grasshopper, tied to a slab of sticky rice with a strand of seaweed. Indian chef Meeru Dhalwala, of Vij’s in Vancouver and Shanik in Seattle, is a recent convert. “I’ve always been one of those people who thinks ‘Eww, there’s a bug!’” she admits. “But as a chef, I want to combine taste, nutrition and a minimal strain on the environment in every dish. When I

CRITTER ROLL Grasshopper nigiri at Portland’s Sushi Mazi

read about how sustainable insects are, I knew I had to try it.” This spring, she debuted an instantly popular paratha (flat bread), baked with ground cricket

flour and topped with tomato-onion chutney and seasonal greens. Having seen the warm reception at The Black Ant, Hernandez may add more species to his menu, which already includes ant-infused salt sprinkled on house guacamole and on the rim of the tequila-based Yum Kaax cocktail, and tacos enchapulinados, filled with shrimp fried in a grasshopper-flour batter. “A recent UN report tells us people worldwide eat 1,900 kinds of bugs,” he says. “Let’s explore other options.” But will it catch on? “Who would have thought 30 years ago that sushi would take off in the U.S. like it did?” Gordon asks. “Back then, none of us said, ‘Let’s go out and spend tons of money on raw fish!’”

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an Agustín Tlaxiaca in Mexico’s rural Hidalgo state, two hours north of Mexico City, is a semiarid town of mesquite trees, cacti and little else, where eagles and vultures compete for wild turkeys and the occasional lost lamb. At José Carlos Redon’s family farm, a retama plant vibrates with dozens of gorgeous xaue bugs, which look like cockroaches mated with butterflies. They will be served later with lunch. At the plant’s base, Redon lifts a rock to expose a honeycomb nest made of spit and dirt, a cluster of giant winged ants and thousands of tiny workers. “This is good news,” he says. “More queens mean more escamoles next year.” We’re a long way from the lush courtyard restaurant of the capital’s San Angel Inn, where in the late ’90s I was stunned by a plate of tiny tacos filled with what looked and tasted like a cross between buttery corn kernels and nutty Israeli couscous. Nicknamed “Mexican caviar,”

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escamoles are ant larvae— specifically, those that would become queens, were I not eating them in a taco—and they’re phenomenally tasty. I met Redon this spring eating sopes de escamol from his Bueno Bonito Bistrot food truck in Mexico City. When he suggested that I come take a look at how the eggs were harvested and pick out a few for myself, I couldn’t say no. The ants’ ecosystem can’t be cultivated, so we roam for miles in Hidalgo in search of microscopic trails and the telltale sweet-spicy pheromone scent. The reward for hiking all day is to reach into heaving nests filled with biting ants to collect the prize. It’s no wonder they can go for $60 a pound. Back at the farm, Redon flicks ants from his ears and legs as he sautées a pan full of escamoles with onion, garlic, the herb epazote and aloe flowers for color, and tucks it into fresh tortillas. I let the ants crawl on me while I eat. I’m used to the sensation by now—we’ve bonded after all.

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Ant Farm to Table Travel writer Nils Bernstein traces the bug-dining craze back to its roots

ANTS ON A LOG José Carlos Redon shows off his foraged escamoles in Hidalgo

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Jungle Juice A spicy Amazonian broth has Brazilian lips tingling

o beat the heat, Brazilians look for inspiration to the Amazon, where locals swear by a boiling broth called tacacá. It’s hot, it’s spicy, and it’s beloved for its ability to bring on a cooling sweat. The soup, served by street vendors in hollow gourds, starts with a base of tucupi, the gooey juice of the manioc root, which is toxic if not boiled for hours. It’s then topped with dried shrimp, chewy tapioca gum, cheira chilies and jambú, a leaf that numbs and tingles like Szechuan peppercorn. These days, the dish is having a moment in Brazil’s culinary capital, São Paulo. Once a month, chef Mara Salles opens the street-side windows at Tordesilhas to sell steaming gourds of the stuff for $6 a pop. Alex Atala, whose D.O.M. often ranks on world’s best restaurant lists, was one of the city’s first to recognize jambú’s potential. “The first time I tried it, it was awful,” he says, “but it becomes an addiction.” He now uses the feisty herb as a flavor multiplier in dishes like filhote (Amazonian catfish) with tucupi, tapioca, zucchini and green tomato gel. Feeling adventurous? At Noh cocktail bar, the jambú and apple rum shot gently shocks your taste buds and leaves your next beer tasting bigger and sweeter. —GREG DE VILLIERS

Breakfast of Champions Mixologists go nostalgic with cereal-inspired cocktails

ike many Americans, pastry chef Christina Tosi of New York’s Momofuku Milk Bar grew up on a cereal-heavy diet. And as with the rest of us, the sweet milk left behind after breakfast held a special place in her sugar-loving heart. She mined this nostalgic treat to create her trademark “cereal milk,” made by steeping toasted corn ﬂakes in milk, which she then puts to good use in an intensely ﬂavorful White Russian. Inspired by Tosi’s seamless blending of the childlike and the adult, mixologists across the country have turned their eyes toward the cereal aisle. At D.C.’s Satellite Room, chef Wylie Ballinger debuted a line of six Breakfast Cereal Boozy Milkshakes, which pair spirits with complementary cereals, such as Bacardi rum with Fruity Pebbles or Lucky Charms with Paddy’s Irish whiskey. At New York’s BLT Bar & Grill, the “blackboard special” Drunken Sailor cocktail includes Cap’n Crunch– infused milk, Stoli vanilla and Chambord, and is served with a cereal rim for added crunch. At Holstein’s, the glammed-up burger joint at The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas, pastry chef Rebecca Bills pulverizes Cap’n Crunch and Froot Loops directly into the milk to create a smooth, silky base for her Cereal Bowl cocktail. Here, she tells us how to make one ourselves. —CHARU SURI

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Ace of Pairings Napa Valley wine tastings are moving beyond the cheese-and-cracker plate with new vineyard activities for every varietal of oenophile

For the Animal Lover: Tamber Bey Vineyards takes its name from owner Barry Waitte’s ﬁrst Arabian horses, Tamborina and Bayamo. So, when the winery moved to its new Calistoga digs last year, it was only natural to place the tasting room smack in the middle of a 16-stall stable. A $45 tasting offers a tour of the winemaking facilities, plus a chance to mingle with Waitte’s prized racehorses.

For the Green Thumb: Anyone can pick out wine varietals by taste, but try doing it by sight. St. Supéry Estate Vineyards & Winery, in Rutherford, has revived the long-forgotten art of ampelography—identifying grapevine types simply by looking at the unique characteristics of their leaves, shoots and fruit clusters. But don’t worry, it’s not all leaf gazing: After the instructional vineyard walk comes a full wine tasting paired with small bites.

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insight into the winemaking experience, but at St. Helena’s Conn Creek Winery, you’ll come away feeling like a pro. The two-hour Barrel Blending Experience seminar lets wannabe vintners sample cabernet sauvignon from more than a dozen of Napa Valley’s sub-appellations and then use that knowledge to blend their own signature bottle.

For the Sweet Tooth: St. Helena’s Beringer Vineyards, the oldest continuously operating winery in Napa Valley, has partnered with Scharffen Berger for a nextlevel pairing program. Three selections of local artisanal chocolate are matched with wines chosen to bring out complementary ﬂavor notes—a pinot noir, for example, is often coupled with a lighter 62 percent cacao semisweet NOVEMBER 2014 • HEMISPHERESMAGAZINE.COM

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KOH KOOD, THAILAND

THIS MONTH’S HOTTEST HOTELS

A Serious Hideaway SONEVA KIRI

BEST PLACE TO HANG OUT: Located on the

jungle isle of Koh Kood, Soneva Kiri’s private villas boast so many secluded hiding spots you could go a week here without seeing another guest. For a more convivial vibe, sip a Thai Caipirinha at the beach club, a short buggy ride from the main resort, or chill out with a bottle of wine at the outdoor cinema.

ROOM WITH A VIEW:

Villa 63, a six-bedroom beachfront cabin set amid thick foliage, overlooks the Gulf of Thailand. Should you tire of the splendor extending from your private terrace, there’s a steam room, private gym and game room. Kids stay in an attached “tree house” and enter the infinity pool via their own slide.

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WHAT YOU’LL FIND JUST OUTSIDE: A hop

across the island takes you to Ao Salad, a quiet, traditional fishing village. Wander among the stilted huts and peruse the catch of the day or take a trip to the giant golden Buddha that keeps an eye on things around here. On a clear day, you can see the mountains of Cambodia across the gulf.

AMAZING AMENITIES:

Possibly better than having your own Man Friday to cater to your every whim is having access to the resort’s help-yourself chocolate room. There’s also an observatory, where you can explore the night sky with the aid of an on-site guide and a telescope so powerful you can almost count Neil Armstrong’s footprints.

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A Historic Hotel Gets a Modern Makeover THE RADISSON BLU WARWICK HOTEL

Opened in 1926 in Philly’s tony Rittenhouse Square neighborhood, the English Renaissance–style Warwick Hotel, with its elegant red brick and white stucco, was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Last November, following a $20 million renovation, the 301-room property reopened as the country’s third Radisson Blu hotel.

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ROOM WITH A VIEW: Either of the luxe suites on floor 38 would suit a captain of Silicon Valley industry. But unless another tycoon has beaten you to it, go for the Oriental Suite. Its 800-square-foot terrace leaves you nose to nose with the Transamerica Pyramid and offers sweeping views that stretch from the Golden Gate to the Bay Bridge. BACKSTORY: A last-gasp scrapping of luxurycondo plans for the city’s third-most-vertiginous skyscraper allowed the stately Mandarin Oriental to debut its first U.S. property here in 1987. The hotel occupies the top 11 floors of a distinctive twin-spired building (aka the “Tweezer Towers”) by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill—the firm behind New York’s One World Trade Center and the world’s tallest building, Dubai’s Burj Khalifa.

A Pop Art Apple store. Guests enter through a glass cube and into a sleek, modern white space illuminated by globe pendants. Fireplaces anchor either end of the room and are framed by “word walls” that spin two connected yarns, told from the points of view of two brothers. Enjoy it from the comfort of highbacked gray Ro chairs by designer Fritz Hansen.

LOBBY RESEMBLES:

Just off the lobby, stylish Tavern 17 serves hearty “local favorites” with a twist, like a Philly Cheesesteak made with caramelized onions, or Amish chicken with potato puree, broccolini and salsa. But look to the menu’s sides for the restaurant’s most indulgent dish, tater tots with truffle oil and garlic, which are even better when washed down with a hopped-up Nugget Nectar from Pennsylvania craft brewer Tröegs.

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WHAT’S NEW: The premises are still aglow from a $25 million renovation in 2012, timed for the property’s 25th anniversary. The hotel made over its 158 rooms in breezy, Left Coast–appropriate sandy beiges and sky blues, retired its fine-dining restaurant in favor of the friskier Brasserie S&P and opened a bliss-dispensing five-star spa. SIGNATURE COCKTAIL: Order anything with gin.The brasserie’s bar is packed with enough of the stuff to float a steamship—more than 35 kinds, from local standout Anchor Distilling Co. Junipero Gin to elusive imports like Sipsmith London Dry Gin. It also offers a perilously engrossing build-your-own G&T app on its iPad menu.

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Ukuleles Are a Shortcut to Relaxation Mode FOUR SEASONS RESORT HUAL LAI AT HISTORIC KA’ P LEHU

WHAT YOU’LL FIND JUST OUTSIDE: The Big Island is—surprise, surprise—big. Leaving the resort, it’s 1.5 miles up curving Ka’upulehu Drive, past the Jack Nicklaus Signature Hualalai Golf Club before you hit the coastal Queen Kaahumanu Highway, bordered by seemingly endless fields of black lava rock. Twelve miles north, hang a right at Waikoloa Road, which leads up to Hawaii’s highest point, 13,803-foot Mauna Kea. ROOM WITH A VIEW: Toward the resort’s eastern

BEST PLACE TO HANG OUT: Enjoy the sunset over the Pacific with a chilled glass of sparkling rosé at the oceanside Beach Tree Bar and Lounge, while ukulele players strum and sing feel-good classics including, yes, Israel Kamakawiwo’ole’s Hawaiified version of “Over the Rainbow.” HOT DISH: Fully 75 percent of ’ULU Ocean Grill’s

ingredients are produced by 160 fishermen and farmers with a Big Island zip code. Standout dishes include the height-of-summer-fresh heirloom tomato salad, from Waimea’s WOW Farms, and a prime New York steak crusted with heady, complex Kona coffee and kiawe-smoked potatoes.

BRIGHTON, ENGLAND

For Rooms that Rock HOTEL PELIROCCO

BACKSTORY: Situated in the seaside resort town’s

storied Regency Square, Hotel Pelirocco was opened in 2000 by Mick Habeshaw Robinson (a former DJ and music producer) and Jane Slater. They created a quirky, 19-room boutique property that plays on Robinson’s love for all things rock ’n’ roll. DESIGN NOTES: Each rooms revolves around a showbiz theme and bears a riot of detailing. There’s a Dolly Parton room packed with country kitsch; a Sex Pistols room with artwork by Jamie Reid (the man behind the Pistols’ ransom-note aesthetic); and even a Star Wars room decorated like the inside of the Death Star, complete with Darth Vader costume and light saber.

The hotel is a mere 30 seconds from the Brighton waterfront, which means an abundance of British seaside staples: fish and chip shops, gift emporia, penny arcades, pebbles. The Brighton Pier is a 10-minute walk away, as is the Royal Pavilion, a bizarre faux-Oriental pleasure palace (now a museum) built for King George IV. The Pelirocco is also very close to The Lanes, a warren of teeming, colorful alleys containing an array of trendy shops, pubs and eateries. WHAT YOU’LL FIND JUST OUTSIDE:

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end, the guest rooms surrounding the adults-only Palm Grove swimming pool look out over a lush green lawn and the ocean beyond. The patio of ground-floor room 802 is positioned perfectly on axis with the pool’s basalt-stepped entrance.

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There’s No Place Like Home? Note to LeBron James: The hero treatment doesn’t always last for athletes who return to play for their hometown teams BY JOE LEMIRE

hen the NBA’s best player, LeBron James, announced his W return to the Cleveland Cavaliers in an essay on Sports Illustrated’s website in July, he never actually named the franchise. He referred to Northeast Ohio, Cleveland or his birthplace of Akron 10 times, omitting the word “Cavaliers.” The implication was clear: He was motivated by a return home. James’ departure from Cleveland was always complicated. Though he won two MVPs in seven seasons and guided the Cavaliers to their first NBA Finals appearance, he spurned them in “The Decision,” the nationally televised special in which he infamously announced that he would “take [his] talents to South Beach.” Cavaliers owner Dan

Gilbert blasted James in an open letter, calling the move a “cowardly betrayal” and a “shocking act of disloyalty.” Four years later—during which time James collected two more MVPs and led Miami to four straight NBA Finals, winning two titles—the future Hall of Famer felt the draw of home, returning to don a Cavs jersey for the October 30 season opener. At 29 years old, married with two sons and his wife expecting a girl, James wrote, “I started thinking about what it would be like to raise my family in my hometown.” He also acknowledged that it took time to learn that his “relationship with Northeast Ohio is bigger than basketball.” There has always been an allure to playing at home for athletes. Who

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doesn’t want to be revered in his hometown? The appeal for athletes who return home, as for all of us, is family and familiarity. Hall of Fame pitcher Dennis Eckersley was born in Oakland, California, and grew up just a few minutes away in Fremont. After the Chicago Cubs traded him to the Oakland A’s in April 1987, he moved back into his childhood bedroom for his first month with his new team. “That’s the best part of it,” says Eckersley, now a Red Sox broadcaster for NESN. “Looking back, those were the greatest years of my life—and for my family. My dad and mom came to every game from 1987 until I left at the end of ’95. What a gift that was to give to them.” 53

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The family connection was important for another All-Star pitcher who returned home. When Roger Clemens joined fellow Texan and New York Yankee Andy Pettitte in going to the Lone Star State and the Houston Astros in 2004, the team allowed him to skip road trips when he wasn’t pitching and to watch his sons play their amateur games. It worked out for the team, as Pettitte and Clemens led the Astros to their first and only World Series appearance, in 2005. Eckersley had similar success on the field. While he actually grew up a San Francisco Giants fan—the A’s didn’t move from Kansas City to Oakland until he was a teenager—he helped his new home team reach three straight World Series, defeating the Giants in 1989. As a bonus, he shared that championship with two star teammates who were also from Oakland, pitcher Dave Stewart and Hall of Fame outfielder Rickey Henderson.

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While success stories abound, playing close to home can also turn into a minefield. Eckersley points out that returning to the Bay Area as a 32-yearold, 12 years after making his Major League debut for the Cleveland Indians, gave him time and space to develop as a professional. He believes the social influences would have been detrimental had he played for Oakland at age 20; he would have had to fulfill 30 to 40 ticket requests per game from his old cronies. “It would have been impossible,” says Eckersley. “It would have been very distracting, to say the least.” The wisdom of age doesn’t always help athletes avoid such distractions. Take the case of superstar outfielder Darryl Strawberry’s return to Los Angeles in 1991. In his first year with the Dodgers, Strawberry made the All Star team, but injuries limited him to 75 games over the next two seasons, and drug and alcohol problems prompted a stay at the Betty Ford Center. Strawberry

would later tell the Los Angeles Times that his hometown enabled his off-field problems: “It was easier for me [in LA]. I grew up there and knew all the back streets.” Friends and associates told the paper that Strawberry couldn’t shake loose from bad influences, and he would later admit that he shouldn’t have gone home. “Darryl thinks he let his whole hometown down,” then Dodgers general manager Fred Claire told the paper. “Can you imagine how that must feel?” Another ill-fated homecoming was that of Stephon Marbury. The New York Knicks traded for Marbury, an all-star point guard and Brooklyn native, to great fanfare in January 2004. In his five years back home, however, Marbury feuded with two head coaches, was banned from the team and had his contract bought out early. The New York Daily News called him the “most reviled athlete in New York.” Fans in the Big Apple can be especially unforgiving, but Marbury at least understood that he’d

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HOMETOWN HERO Dennis Eckersley pitches for the Oakland A’s during the 1989 World Series

be a target as the highest-paid player on a losing team, telling the paper in 2008, “By me growing up here, I know you get the glory when you win, and you get what you get when you lose.” During a sexual harassment case against the Knicks, the married Marbury testified that he had had sex with an intern in the back of his truck. Afterward, he told a crowded elevator of reporters, “Money makes you do crazy things, man.”

Not even being the son of a local icon can guarantee a happily-ever-after. In November 1999, Ken Griffey Jr. asked the Seattle Mariners to trade him so he could be closer to his family, and four months later they sent him to Cincinnati, where as a kid he had tagged along to the ballpark with his father, an All Star who won two World Series with the Big Red Machine in the 1970s. Griffey hit 40 home runs in his first season there, but struggled with injuries and heard boos throughout much of his Reds tenure. “I’m tired of getting beat up,” he said in 2002, adding that his family was reluctant to attend games because of what fans said to them. Things worked out better for Barry Bonds, who grew up in the Bay Area the son of Giants outfielder Bobby Bonds and godson of all-time great Willie Mays. Barry, already a two-time NL MVP in Pittsburgh, signed with the Giants in 1992 and played his final 15 seasons in San Francisco, winning five

more MVPs and becoming the sport’s all-time home run king. He became reviled in the baseball world because of suspected steroid use, but fans in the Bay Area embraced him, and he remains a beloved figure in his hometown. Athletes can find forgiveness at home, but it’s tied to on-field success. James, Cleveland’s prodigal son, is hoping to find both. Ultimately, his legacy in Cleveland will come down to whether or not he can deliver the city’s first championship, in any sport, in 50 years. Bonds never won a World Series, but Eckersley did in 1989, getting the last out at Candlestick Park, where he went to games as a kid. “It was all supposed to happen,” he says now. James hopes the stars will align for him as well. Freelance writer JOE LEMIRE returned home to Lowell, Massachusetts, for The Kerouac Classic, a Wiffle Ball Tournament, in 2007; his team finished second.

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Transmitting “Scent Messages” Through a Phone rans-Atlantic voyages have been big news since Columbus sailed T the ocean blue. But this summer, a new “traveler” has joined the trailblazing ranks of Lindbergh and Earhart: Inventors David Edwards and Rachel Field, of Harvard University, transmitted the world’s first “scent message” from Paris to New York City on a new device by Vapor Communications called the oPhone (o for olfactory). To toast the special occasion, the first fragrances chosen were appropriately celebratory (and French): Champagne and macarons. The system will serve as a personalized and customizable take on the classic Smell-O-Vision model. Sure, there are interesting real-world uses

for such an invention, such as adding smells to immersive museum exhibits or using enticing aromas in advertisements to lure customers. But for the vast majority of us, this new technology should just prove, well, remarkably fun—like an olfactory emoji. Imagine, for example, how the addition of a mouthwatering whiff of bacon will up your brunch-bragging game on social media or how an additional sensory experience might improve your latest vacation slideshow. The oPhone, which sold for $149 in a pre-order that closed in July, is expected to hit the market next spring. Here, we sniff out the details on your new favorite tech toy. —NICHOLAS DERENZO

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Each oPhone can be loaded with eight replaceable oChips, which act like a printer’s toner cartridge. An oChip in turn contains four wicks, each of which is infused with a basic buildingblock scent, such as “buttery,” “cocoa beans” or “tropical fruit.” For now, the aromatic palette is exclusively centered on food and coffee, but Edwards plans to diversify the offerings with future releases.

An app called oSnap is then used to tag photographs by combining these 32 primary scents into more than 300,000 customized creations. You might, for example, replicate the unique aroma of a cheeseburger by selecting “meaty,” “cheesy” and “grilled toast.” In future models, the app may even be able to recognize images and tag certain objects automatically.

When the signal reaches the phone, a tiny fan is triggered, and the relevant wicks spin in the air current. The transmitted smell then puffs out of the receiver, dissipating after only a few seconds—just long enough for the nose to detect it. Eventually, users will be able to send scent messages through email, Twitter and Facebook.

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Plenty for Everyone The sharing economy has been touted as the epitome of the Internet’s populist ideals. With people like Anup Desai in the fray, it may just live up to its promise. BY CRISTINA ROUVALIS

few years ago, Anup Desai was on the front lines of Occupy Wall Street, taking a stand in Lower Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park to rail against the injustices of capitalism. The young academic became a spokesman for the movement. At around the same time as the Occupy protests, a new form of commerce was gathering steam: the so-called “sharing economy,” in which individuals sell, swap or rent goods and services via the Internet—now a wildly proliferating industry led by giants like Uber, the ride-sharing app valued at $18 billion, and Airbnb, which has placed more

than 17 million guests in properties since its 2008 launch. While still in its infancy, peer-to-peer e-commerce is currently used by between 20 and 40 percent of all Americans, according to industry estimates. One of the fastest-growing areas of the field is rentals, which involves anything from bikes (Spinlister) to parking spaces (Parking Panda) to hospitality (Meal Sharing). This past summer, the former Occupy leader ushered in a new arrival to the P-to-P marketplace: Rentah. The selling point of his site, Desai says, is that, unlike its most visible competitors,

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it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t occupy a niche. You can rent a power drill or an apartment, hire a language teacher or a caterer, or use the marketplace to rent out your wares and skills. But perhaps a bigger distinguishing factor is that Desai, 29, who took a leave from his job last year as an adjunct professor at City University of New York to launch the Brooklyn-based Rentah, is out to prove that capitalism and his Occupy ideals donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to be mutually exclusive. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our goal is to make the world a better place,â&#x20AC;? says Desai, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s given to expressing such righteous notions as â&#x20AC;&#x153;People need to have a dignified wageâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to create relationships with our neighbors and cut down on consumption.â&#x20AC;? Rentahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s official Declaration of Interdependence contains the line: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The primary tenet of business is to do no harm.â&#x20AC;?

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or years, social psychologists have noticed that young men are much likelier to engage in risky behaviors when they have an audience of potential mates. Think Fonzie â&#x20AC;&#x153;jumping the sharkâ&#x20AC;? on water skis in front of a crowd of bikini-clad fans. John Petraitis of the University of Alaska suggests that the allure of the sexy risktaker goes back much further than â&#x20AC;&#x153;Happy Daysâ&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x201D;perhaps all the way to the Stone Age. In a recent study, he gave undergrads 101 pairs of behaviors, each pair including one high-risk act and one low-risk act, and asked them to assess which would make a hypothetical male a more suitable dating partner. Some precarious acts were tied specifically to the modern world, like driving without a seat belt or cheating on taxes. Others, like handling fire or climbing great heights, played on strengths useful to our hunter-gatherer ancestors. Petraitis found that only risky behaviors with a prehistoric analog make you more appealing to potential matesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;perhaps playing subconsciously on Darwinian ideas. Strictly contemporary risky behaviors had no positive impact on sex appeal. Rock climbing? Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll

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While that last sentiment may call to mind Googleesque brand-speak (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be evilâ&#x20AC;?), there is some evidence that Desai is true to his words. He started his company a little over a year ago with a workforce of 10 interns, some of whom have since been elevated to the status of co-founders, with an equity stake in the firm. As for the siteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s users, Rentah charges only a 5 percent transaction fee, much lower than many of its competitors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It feels ethically wrong,â&#x20AC;? Desai says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;to charge people 20 percent for pushing a button.â&#x20AC;? He expresses a similar idea when he says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a nickel unless you make a dollar.â&#x20AC;? However, if a million people each make $100, Rentah scores $5 million. The heart says kumbaya, and the bottom line says ka-ching. Cait Mary Lamberton, associate professor of marketing at the University of Pittsburgh, contends that â&#x20AC;&#x153;as the sharing economy gets larger, it becomes more commercial. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It has transitioned from a new, scary phenomenon to an alternate mode of transaction,â&#x20AC;? she says. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s telling that Lamberton uses the word â&#x20AC;&#x153;scary.â&#x20AC;? Even today, usersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; fears of being ripped off, stalked or simply let

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Rise of the Mini Makers How 3-D printing, the most transformative technological innovation of our time, is taking toy production back to basics BY BOYD FARROW

an article of faith in the toy industry Ithet’sthatonly, digital has become the biggest, if not game in town. If a plaything comes with drag-and-drop capabilities, Wi-Fi connectivity or the word “interactive” attached to it, the conventional wisdom tells us it sells. Kids, though, tend to have their own ideas about how to have fun. Contrary to the mountains of market research out

there, it seems that children won’t always opt for a touchscreen over a lump of clay. Indeed, despite the preponderance of digital doodads available, the hottest toys this holiday season will include Lego blocks. A bigger irony, however, is that technological innovation—in the form of the 3-D printer—has now allowed for children to make their own.

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The firm causing the most The oddity at the center of all this peptic twinges in toy town, perhaps, is that such a transformative technolis a California startup called Mission ogy should be applied to toys that Street Manufacturing, which has just often have more in common with launched the Printeer, a 3-D printer the Victorian era than with our own. that’ll whip up anything a kid draws Disney, for instance, has designed an on a touchscreen device. “The common algorithm that prints a spinning top. element of classic toys, such as Etch ThoughtFull Toys is creating a line of A Sketch, Play-Doh and Lego, is that printable model cars (along with spare they empower kids to create things,” parts and accessories). The line, says says company CEO Brian Jaffe. “We’re spokeswoman Lisa Orman, will “let giving them their own toy factory.” children interact with real mechanics, There is a lot of money to be made, feel physics in action, build things with or lost, in the so-called additive tools and design new car looks and manufacturing revolution. A recent color schemes.” McKinsey report predicted that 3-D Orman’s point raises an interesting printing could be worth $550 billion a question: Will the printed toy become year by 2025, with products such as toys the focus of a child’s playtime, or will accounting for half of that figure. So, the kid be more fascinated by the device the toy industry, that created it? In which generates case of the “Will the printed the U.S. sales of $22 Printeer, which billion a year, is requires a good toy become the looking at ways to deal of creative focus of a child’s input from the tap into the 3-D printing market— it will most playtime, or will child, rather than be likely be the latswallowed up by As Jaffe puts the kid be more ter. it. And the way to it: “The more we go about this, of worked on 3-D fascinated by course, is to throw technology, the the device that the word “synergy” more we realized around as much how much fun created it?” as possible. it would be.” On The Atlanta the other hand, a firm HYREL 3D, for instance, is Lego block with the owner’s face on it selling a device that can print with should have an appeal of its own. Play-Doh. Hasbro has linked with One thing that’s for sure is that the online 3-D printing community additive manufacturing will continue Shapeways to launch SuperFanArt, to turn the toy industry on its head, which enables users to print and sell and that those with a stake in the game their own versions of its toys. An initial will contrive ever more disruptive ways stampede of My Little Pony variations to put 3-D printing to use. Right will be followed by Transformers and now, researchers at Carnegie Mellon other franchises. University are working with Disney to Meanwhile, Lego—the Danish create a printer that can make objects firm that produces about 2,000 bricks out of wool, meaning that toddlers every second, and which is especially will soon be able to print their own susceptible to having its products cuddly toys. mass-produced in people’s homes— Of course, they’ll have to clone was awarded a patent earlier this year Mommy’s credit card first. for the 3-D printing of enhancements to its block bases, allowing kids to BOYD FARROW, a Berlin-based editor and customize their bricks and providing writer, is still awaiting the machine that Lego a seat at the additive manufac- will allow him to print gin and tonics. turing table. 68

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Daniel Radcliffe As star of the Harry Potter series, Daniel Radcliffe amassed tens of millions of dollars and established himself as one of the world’s most recognizable actors. His future success, though, will depend on how well he can make the boy wizard disappear.

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arry Potter has been good to Daniel Radcliffe. At the age of 25, the London-born actor can claim to have headlined one of the most successful movie franchises ever—the eight Harry Potter films have generated about $10 billion to date. Beyond the financial rewards (a personal fortune estimated at around $110 million), Harry Potter has also made Radcliffe one of the world’s most recognizable actors—which is where things get a little sticky. Radcliffe started playing Potter in 2001, when he was 11 years old, and didn’t stop until the series ended in 2011. His subsequent career has encompassed everything from rom-coms to arthouse dramas to supernatural thrillers—a variety of roles that, you feel, represents an effort to lay the boy wizard to rest. In his new film, Horns, he plays a tortured young man who, suspected of killing his girlfriend, suddenly (and possibly metaphorically) sprouts a set of horns. In this, as in other post-Potter roles, Radcliffe engages in behavior that would have been offlimits at Hogwarts. And yet, watching him slug shots or enjoy the occasional amorous interlude, there’s a part of you that can’t help thinking of the wand, the broomstick, the nerdy specs. In large part, Radcliffe’s transition from child star to adult actor will depend on how successfully he can rid us of these associations. Speaking to Hemispheres on the phone from London, Radcliffe admitted that he faces challenges in breaking out of the Potter role, but he also said that there is something liberating about his former life. “It takes the pressure off,” he said, “because I can honestly say that I will never be in anything that successful again.”

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HEMISPHERES: Thanks for taking the time to do this. I know you’ve been busy. DANIEL RADCLIFFE: Yeah, we just got back from Paris yesterday, doing the premiere of Horns, which went well. It was a cool premiere, with smoke machines and Marilyn Manson. HEMISPHERES: And the day before that you were in Amsterdam doing publicity for another movie, yes? RADCLIFFE: That might not happen again for a while, doing two different films in two different countries on consecutive nights. It’s one of those things where you have to sit back and go, “This is crazy and cool.” HEMISPHERES: There are worse problems to have. How was the French media? RADCLIFFE: They were kind of amazing. They don’t want you to think they’re tabloidy, so they ask these incredibly intellectual questions. The MTV France guy was asking things like, “Do you think language is the root of all problems?” HEMISPHERES: Ah, I was going to ask that. Do you enjoy this aspect of the job, having to sit here being interesting for journalists like me? That must get tiresome. RADCLIFFE: Yeah. I do feel, at the end of every press tour, a little bit … Errgh! HEMISPHERES: And if there’s a slip of the tongue, it’ll last forever. RADCLIFFE: That’s the worst thing about press tours. I remember a reporter once asked me about texting [Harry Potter co-star] Rupert Grint. I said we don’t really text that much, and that got turned into: “They hate each other! They hated each other all along!” HEMISPHERES: Journalists are evil.

RADCLIFFE: Journalists and actors have the same problem, which is that 90 percent are great and the 10 percent give us a terrible reputation. Actors have a reputation for being narcissistic, arrogant, rude. Most are not. But there are a few, and those are the ones that stand out. HEMISPHERES: Speaking of evil, I watched Horns the other day, and there was a flashback scene that showed your character as a preteen. My immediate response was: “Hey, that’s not him!” This might point to a broader issue you’re facing. RADCLIFFE: It’s interesting you say that, because I thought they did a remarkable job of finding a child who looked like the young me. He went back to the hotel one day and someone said, “You look like Harry Potter!” I don’t think they could have done a better job, unless they’d had access to the clone Warner Brothers made of me when I was young. HEMISPHERES: Ha! The point is, you’re an actor who, for more than a decade, was associated not only with a single franchise, but one of the most successful movie franchises in history. Wrenching yourself away from that is going to be a Herculean task, isn’t it?

HEMISPHERES: I don’t want to belabor the point, but I do want to talk a little more about the fact that you’re faced with building a career on top of these incredibly powerful associations. That’s an interesting place to be. RADCLIFFE: It is. When I stopped on Potter, I definitely thought, “OK, now my career has to begin again.” I also knew that I wasn’t going to get anywhere by being in thrall to other people’s opinions about what I should and shouldn’t be doing. I had to go with my own tastes. HEMISPHERES: The roles you take early on will, to some extent, define your career. Look at Ryan Gosling: After a handful of films we’ve come to associate him with a certain kind of character. If you start taking on roles like the lovable, charming but slightly off guy in What If, you might go the way of Hugh Grant. RADCLIFFE: That is something I worry about. I worry about getting typecast now more than I did when I was playing Harry Potter. It’s about not wanting to repeat myself, not wanting to become the charming Hugh Grant type. He did that well and he did a lot of it, but I want to keep things more varied.

RADCLIFFE: [Silence] HEMISPHERES: Possibly? RADCLIFFE: Not really. I’m doing it. I’ve been cast in loads of movies where I’m not Harry Potter. I don’t know how the point could be made more clearly. HEMISPHERES: Yes, but you have had to break out of the mold, establish yourself as an adult actor with range. Did you have a game plan when you set out to do this? RADCLIFFE: You can’t really have a game plan, because you don’t know what scripts are going to come your way, let alone which are going to end up getting made.

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HEMISPHERES: Let’s talk a little about Horns. You’ve said this was one of the more challenging roles you’ve had. Why is that? RADCLIFFE: The premise of the film is so heightened. For most of the movie I have horns, and you have to do justice to the insanity of the situation, to acknowledge that what’s going on is crazy, but ground it in reality, because an hour and a half of people acting crazy is not watchable. HEMISPHERES: Before I forget, my six-year-old daughter wanted me to tell you that you’re epic. RADCLIFFE: Ah, tell her I think she’s epic, too.

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“I know I’m never going to be in a film as successful as Harry Potter for the rest of my life. It made billions of dollars. I just want to make good films.” HEMISPHERES: I suppose you’re looking at a different fanbase now. You’re not getting clawed in the street, are you? RADCLIFFE: Not too much. You know, when I was a kid, fans used to scare me. I’d get out of a car and there would be a wall of noise, this screaming. Now, people my age or older will come up and say, “You were such a huge part of my childhood,” and that’s amazing. The idea that I occupy that space in someone’s life is kind of crazy, but it’s a lovely thing. HEMISPHERES: Harry Potter again. You don’t get tired of it? RADCLIFFE: No. I don’t get this whole idea that I would mind talking about Potter. I literally get interviewers saying “the thing I’m not supposed to mention” or “he who shall not be named.” I don’t know when I put across the idea that I don’t want to talk about it, because I love those films, I love what they did for me, and I love the 10 years of my life they represent. HEMISPHERES: Was there ever a moment when you thought this might be it, that you might just disappear?

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crush. Mum and Dad, no matter how freaked out they must have been inside, made a joke out of it, and it didn’t seem so scary. They also didn’t want me to be arrogant about it—this was just this crazy, surreal and funny thing that was happening to you.

RADCLIFFE: Not really. I mean, no. I knew I wouldn’t because I was determined not to, and I knew I was good. But I know I’m never going to be in a film as successful as Harry Potter for the rest of my life. It made billions of dollars worldwide. I hope I make successful films, but nothing will touch that sort of crazy money. That’s not something I’m striving for.

HEMISPHERES: I read this old quote recently, about how the bats on the Harry Potter set grossed you out, because bats pee when they fly. It’s easy to forget, but you were just a little kid.

HEMISPHERES: And, of course, that’s not the only measure of success. RADCLIFFE: No, absolutely. I just want to make good films and show people the different sides of what I can do. HEMISPHERES: You don’t seem to be battling the same demons that a lot of former child stars do. As far as I know, you haven’t slugged a photographer yet.

RADCLIFFE: I still get people asking me about things like that. The other day, someone asked me what’s my favorite magic spell, and I was like, “Dude!” HEMISPHERES: It’s that Trekkie thing: people building an alternate reality.

RADCLIFFE: My belief is that a jerk is a jerk. The industry doesn’t make you behave like that, but it does tolerate the behavior and even reward it. HEMISPHERES: And there may be just too much power and prestige at too young an age, which can do funny things to a person—the King Joffrey thing.

RADCLIFFE: No, this guy wasn’t a fan—he was a journalist who wanted to get a funny question in. Most Potter fans I meet haven’t lost their perspective. The majority are smart, nice people, not rabid nerds. HEMISPHERES: Looking back at your post-Potter career so far, are you happy? Are you the kind of person to give yourself the occasional pep talk?

RADCLIFFE: I was always treated like a kid first and an actor second. Also, the key thing for me is that I love what I do. I think, for a lot of child stars, you get all this money and become the breadwinner for the family, then you grow up and realize that you don’t really like the job, but you have all these people around you pressuring you to keep on. That can make you unhappy. HEMISPHERES: You’ve said that your parents helped you stay grounded. RADCLIFFE: I was thinking about this the other day. When you’re a kid, you don’t really know how you feel about things, not until you see how your parents feel. I remember landing at an airport in Japan, and there were about 5,000 people there, this huge

RADCLIFFE: Well, I don’t do it out loud in front of the mirror. But I am pleased. It’s gone better than I thought it would. It’s not my job to say when I’ll become separated from Harry Potter, when people see me as an actor rather than a character. There’s not going to be one thing that does this. I just have to keep doing a variety of things with a variety of people, and maybe get to the point where people will see me and think, “Oh, him again.” Hemispheres executive editor CHRIS WRIGHT is currently working on a series of fantasy novels about a grizzled hack. The first, titled Larry Trotter and the Split Infinitive, will be self-published on Amazon this spring.

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With an Ivy League education and a proud identity as a gay woman, top-ranked card player Vanessa Selbst is changing the face of professional poker BY STEVE FRIESS • PHOTOGRAPHY BY ERIN PATRICE O’BRIEN

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ER CARDS WERE LOUSY: a five and a two, both spades. Not a

hand that typically would embolden a player, especially not one in the final hands of a World Series of Poker event for the first time. But the first chance she got, Vanessa Selbst raised to $66,000, enough to prompt a few others to fold. Across the table, though, an opponent sat with that deadliest of poker hands, a pair of aces. Selbst couldn’t know that at the time, but she might have suspected he had a strong hand when he raised her $210,000. The typical move, with a measly five and a two, would be to fold. “All right, I’m all in,” the then-21-year-old replied, with a look that poker announcers would routinely refer to as “stone-faced” in the coming years, tidily shoving her neat stacks of chips—nearly $400,000—toward the center of the felt.

This was 2006, her first time at a “final table,” meaning she was one of nine finalists from a field of more than 1,900 players. The ultimate prize: $800,000. “Vanessa on the verge of self-destruction,” an announcer would shriek as he narrated the ESPN replay of the scene a few months later. “What was she thinking?” Selbst stood up from the table as the two hands were revealed, the crowd gasping and laughing as they saw the aces. “I got nothing!” Selbst said, a big, sheepish grin on her face. “Bad read.” At that point, she still could have won the hand. In Texas Hold ’Em, the player’s hand is combined with the five “community” cards dealt on the table to combine for each player’s best five-card poker hand, and another three spades could have given her a flush. But then the dealer laid down the first three community cards, known as the flop, which included an ace and no spades. It was over. Selbst stepped away with a seventh-place finish and a payday of $101,000—and a reputation as a reckless aggressor. Had she not gone on in the years to come to win three WSOP events, vault to No. 1 for a few weeks this past June in the Global Poker Index ranking (the first and only woman ever to do so) and amass a career of tournament victories that have won her more than $10 million, Selbst’s first wild moment in the spotlight would likely have been forgotten along with so many other absurd plays by overambitious newcomers outrunning their luck. Instead, that hand is now revered as early evidence of a master poker player in the making. Phil Hellmuth, the veteran pro who has won the most WSOP tournaments in history, recalls hearing back then about the woman with the “really, really spiked-hair look who was allegedly from some Ivy League school” and who tried to bluff big with a five and a two. “People started talking about her and about how crazy she was,” says Hellmuth, adding this bit of likely revisionism, “and how good she was.” HEMISPHERESMAGAZINE.COM • NOVEMBER 2014

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Selbst herself now looks upon that move as a rite of passage. Just as the greatest baseball sluggers also top the strikeout lists, she sees honor in going big—win, lose or draw. “There’s a really fine line between being aggressive and being reckless,” the now 30-year-old Selbst tells me, “but if you’ve never busted out of a tournament on a huge bluff, if you never come and tell me stories of some ridiculous bluff you made that got called, you’re not bluffing enough.” he WSOP season is comprised of 65 different events. The most famous of them, and the one most covered T by ESPN, is the Main Event, the climax of which takes place every November in Las Vegas. Of the more than 6,500 players drawn to the July first stage of the No Limit Texas Hold ’Em championship, which costs $10,000 to enter, men outnumber women by at least 20 to 1. A more damning stat: In a 45-year history featuring hundreds of thousands of players, only one woman, back in 1995, has made it to the final table of the Main Event. Selbst didn’t make it to this year’s final table, which takes place this month. Most well-known pros typically don’t fare well in Main Events, in part because they draw a lot of unknown players looking to make a name for themselves, often by making unpredictable, illogical and aggressive moves against their famous opponents. This year, the “last woman standing,” as poker bloggers actually refer each year to the female who survives the longest, busted out in 77th place. Nevertheless, Selbst remains the most successful and perhaps most recognizable female face in the game today. As such, WSOP brass and the poker media know that Selbst has tremendous potential to alter the perception that the game is unfriendly to, or unpopular among, women. Thus, following a run of tournament successes in the first half of 2014 that earned her more than $2 million—and that historic No. 1 ranking—she graced the covers of some of 81

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RAISING THE STAKES Clockwise from left: Selbst surveying the situation at a Poker Stars tournament last year in the Bahamas; showing off her trophies from past tournament wins; employing a steely poker face in 2011 as she raises on opponent Antonio Esfandiari, who, despite having the better hand, would ultimately fold

the game’s most popular glossy magazines, including Global Poker Index, which declared her “Poker’s Leading Lady.” “She’s terrific because she breaks down barriers and proves to people that the game of poker is for everyone,” WSOP spokesman Seth Palansky says. “Despite the belief that it’s a male-dominated sport, she’s proven she can dominate this game. Everyone who can get two cards or four cards or whatever variance of poker you’re playing, the cards and your smarts decide your success in the game.” Of the successful women in professional poker other than Selbst, the only two with any significant profile are Annie Duke, who finished second to the late Joan Rivers on the 2009 edition of Donald Trump’s reality TV show “Celebrity Apprentice,” and Oscar-nominated actress Jennifer Tilly, who won WSOP’s Ladies Event and $158,000 in 2005. Ever since, Tilly has been “more of a poker player than an actress,” Selbst says. Both Duke and Tilly, however, are women who often play up their femininity. Selbst—who is married and gay, wears no makeup and shows up to tournaments in her usual uniform of T-shirt and jeans—is a decidedly different flavor. “Anytime there’s someone who looks like me who is getting attention, it’s a good sign,” says Selbst. “It’s cool that I can be on TV and represent lesbians—and not even lesbians but masculine-gendered women, which is HEMISPHERESMAGAZINE.COM • NOVEMBER 2014

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something that you don’t really see a lot of depicted in the media. I don’t know what effect it’s having, but it’s got to be pretty positive.” elbst got an early taste of what it’s like to be different, and to insist that she be accepted on her merits, when S she was denied a tryout for the boys’ varsity baseball team at her high school in Montclair, New Jersey. She fruitlessly harangued the coach and school officials, but that denial and the ridicule she suffered from her peers for trying would help “develop kind of a chip on my shoulder about it,” she says. “I definitely knew what I was getting myself into, and I just didn’t care, because I just loved playing baseball.” Her entry into the poker world was less fraught, but still a surprising career choice for a nice Jewish girl with a law degree from Yale. She didn’t seriously consider it as a possible occupation until, as an undergraduate at the prestigious university in 2003, she learned that an unknown online player named Chris Moneymaker had won $2.5 million in the WSOP Main Event. Curious, she got herself an online account, started playing cash games and realized she was good. By the time she graduated, she had $150,000 in her poker account. Selbst tried, briefly, to do things the “normal” post-Yale way, taking a job as a management consultant in the New 83

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York office of powerhouse firm McKinsey & Company. it was a day at the office for her: taking part in some of the But the cards kept calling her back. “I was playing poker smaller, less notable tournaments of the season in an effort for one-third the amount of time and making three times to finish “in the cash” for her investors—who usually pay as much money,” she recalls. “I was like, ‘Okay, I’ve got to buy-ins for famous pros in expectation of a good return. It’s impossible for spectators of live action to know if Selbst give this a shot.’” Even before Selbst began her brief stint at McKinsey, pulled any crazy bluffs during those hours, because at no poker had provided her with an unexpected source of point was she called on a weak hand and forced to show her solace. She was at the beginning of a year in Spain on a cards. A successful bluffer, of course, will force opponents Fulbright scholarship when her mother, Ronnie, died at out of the game before ever having to show his or her cards. In this case, it didn’t matter. She’s Vanessa Selbst, so 52 from a freak abdominal blockage. To cope, Selbst says, she delved deeper into the poker scene in Europe. By legions of the admiring and curious stand with me for the time she returned to the U.S., and her mother’s best hours watching her typically inscrutable, intense-to-thefriend, Susan Green, took her to the bank to apply for a point-of-fearsome gaze, focused most often at some spot loan to buy an apartment, she was listing “professional on the table. There’s little to see, but folks like Holly poker player” as her job. “I remember giggling to McDaniel of Chicago are immovable. “She’s one of the greatest players there is,” myself that that ’s how she McDaniel tells me, in the thought of herself,” Green hushed tone typical of golf or says. “Of course, it was not at all tennis spectators. “What she’s a silly thought.” doing is amazing.” Even as Selbst built up her IF YOU’VE A month later, in Brooklyn, reputation and bankroll, she NEVER BUSTED I find a more approachable continued to think differently Selbst—but a woman who is from her peers, who, by now, OUT ON A HUGE still cautious about how much were her poker colleagues. In BLUFF, IF YOU she reveals. A few times, she cuts 2008, she reduced her poker off her wife, Miranda, who has playing in order to attend Yale NEVER COME AND far less experience with jourLaw School, where she hoped to nalists, when she veers toward obtain enough legal expertise to TELL ME ABOUT topics that Selbst doesn’t want someday help her use her poker SOME RIDICULOUS on the record. They have a cozy winnings for social good. But a home they share with their two year into getting her law degree, BLUFF YOU MADE Chihuahuas, Indie and Papi, far in 2010, Selbst again returned to THAT GOT from the Vegas glitz, with just poker in a big way: She notched one piece of evidence of Selbst’s a $750,000 prize at an event at CALLED,YOU’RE illustrious career on display Mohegan Sun casino in Conin their living room: a silver necticut and $1.8 million at NOT BLUFFING trophy from Poker Stars, her another in Cannes, France. ENOUGH. sponsor, in honor of the day— Selbst was exceedingly generJanuary 14, 2013—she became ous to her classmates, flying a the “highest earning female group to Cannes for that score, poker player of all time.” Only and traveling with her showed them how differently she viewed money. Seth Wayne, a when asked does she show off one of the few indulgences classmate, was on one vacation with Selbst in Mexico when bought with her winnings, a vintage Ms. Pac-Man arcade his new friend discovered that $12,000 had been stolen game in her office. This, Selbst says, is where she prefers to not constantly from her luggage. “For Vanessa, being ripped off $12,000 was probably enough to ruin her day—but not her week,” think about being a famous poker figure. To Selbst, it seems, Wayne says. “It’s not that she had so much money that hitting No. 1 was like being the coyote who catches the roadshe was uncaring or arrogant in her treatment of it, but runner: Now what? She could keep playing at her current pace as a poker player she constantly dealt in large gains and to regain her No. 1 rank (she fell to No. 2 after busting out losses. Having the chutzpah to tolerate large setbacks and of a couple of tournaments this past summer), or she could the security that you will come out on top in the end has play less and focus on her philanthropic efforts, like Venture to be in the DNA of a successful poker player, and Vanessa Justice, the “venture capital firm for social justice causes,” as Selbst calls it, which she founded last year. Its first goal, to be certainly doesn’t lack chutzpah.” I watched Selbst for a few hours at the Rio All-Suites reached by the end of this year, is to fund a legal fellowship Hotel and Casino in June as she toiled through the first in police accountability. Selbst got the idea after a disturbing afternoon of WSOP Event No. 35, a $5,000 buy-in No incident she endured while co-hosting a party at Yale for her Limit Hold ’Em match that drew 550 players. In a sense, fellow gay law students. She was thrown against a wall, placed 84

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uninteresting hand. Esfandiari drew a nine and a six, both hearts. Other players at the table folded before the flop, which added a six of spades and a four and 10 of diamonds to the mix. That gave Esfandiari a pair of sixes and Selbst a trio of diamonds—the best she could have hoped for with the remaining two common cards was a flush. Of course, neither player yet knew what the other had. Selbst’s odds were lousy, but she bet $2,300 anyhow; Esfandiari called. The fourth card on the board was a three of diamonds, which improved Selbst’s prospects of a diamond flush but left her, thus far, with nothing. She checked, meaning she opted not to bet—a move that often signals a weak or uncertain hand. Esfandiari bet $5,200 and Selbst, to the surprise of the announcers narrating the hand, didn’t back down. Instead, she raised her opponent another $16,200. He called. The final card, known as the “river,” was a two of spades. Esfandiari had her beat— but he didn’t know that, and Selbst’s blank face betrayed nothing. She bet $59,700 more, leaving Esfandiari baffled over whether she was bluffing or, perhaps, held a five, which would have given her a straight, a better hand than his sixes. Esfandiari squirmed. He shot looks at Selbst, who didn’t look back, instead training her eyes straight ahead at the felt. He clearly agonized for a few long minutes, then flicked his winning hand away in surrender. As Selbst pulled in the heaps of chips and organized them in front of herself, Esfandiari and others bantered about what she might have had. Selbst, meanwhile, remained tight-lipped, her expression grim, giving no sign that she’d pulled off a heist. Later, everyone would see on TV how she had played it. Several versions of the footage have racked up thousands of views on YouTube, and her performance serves in poker circles as a master class in the art of bluffing. Still, though, it makes one wonder if she wasn’t tempted to crack a smile. “It’s just better to keep people guessing, especially after a big pot,” she says. “Keeps them off their game. If you always let them know when you bluffed, then when you don’t show that means they folded correctly, and that’s too good for their confidence. So it’s better to just never let anything on.” STEVE FRIESS, a journalist based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has written for The New York Times and Newsweek. He spent 10 years living in Las Vegas and always bets on black.

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The 2014–2015 ski season kicks off to a flurry of updates, renovations and openings. From the Alps to the Rockies to the volcanic slopes of Japan, skiers and snowboarders alike will find plenty to get excited about this year. Here, we present 25 reasons—big and small—why we can’t wait to hit the slopes this season.

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PIE IN THE SKY The sleek new Ice Q restaurant in Austria’s Sölden ski area hovers 10,000 feet above sea level

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ski special BECAUSE THE 1 “DRONIE” IS SHAPING UP TO BE THE NEW SELFIE

Val Thorens, a “technophile resort” in the French Alps, has taken the concept of hightech skiing even higher. At 7,500 feet, Europe’s loftiest ski area recently introduced a novel alternative to the selfie or helmet cam, in the form of the “dronie,” a GoPro camera attached to a tiny helicopter that, for about $66 per 10-minute session (pilot included), allows you to dazzle your friends with Goodyear Blimp–style coverage of your exploits on the slopes. As an added bonus, the footage could prove valuable to a rescue party should your off-off-off-piste adventures go awry.

BECAUSE EVEN 2 THE MOST DOTING PARENT NEEDS THE OCCASIONAL BREAK Aspen Snowmass prides itself on its ability to be all things to all people, and it doesn’t leave the little ones out of the equation. This season, the Colorado resort complex will introduce the Hideout, a $10 million, 7,500-square-foot indoor play area and ski school. The fully staffed center, located at the base of Buttermilk Mountain, is aimed at kids ages two to 12 and offers plenty of opportunities to crawl, climb, squirm, trundle and, of course, learn the ABCs of skiing. Mom and Dad, meanwhile, get a little respite on the slopes—or over a couple of cocktails and a plate of truffle fries at the Ajax Tavern.

The first thing you’ll want to do when you check in at the Arelauquen Lodge, a recently (and lavishly) relaunched Patagonian property in the Argentine province of Río Negro, is find a window and ogle. Set beside Gutiérrez Lake at the base of Mount Otto, the 28-room lodge has a Sound of Music splendor to it, minus the singing. Snowhounds will find everything they need nearby at the storied Cerro Catedral resort, but those who wouldn’t know a ski from a fencepost have plenty to keep themselves occupied. Besides having an 18-hole golf course on its grounds, the Arelauquen can help arrange a day of polo, tennis, fishing, horseback riding, climbing, drinking, spa-ing, kayaking or sailing. The hotel eatery, EPIC, is overseen by the talented Martin Erkekdjian, so eating is in the cards too. And if you must hit the slopes, you can try heli-skiing. LAKE TAHOE IS GOING BACK TO ITS 4 BECAUSE RETRO CASINO ROOTS Boasting one of the highest concentrations of ski resorts in the U.S., Lake Tahoe isn’t wanting for slope-side action. This season, though, will see the arrival of what’s being called a “game changer.” Following a $60 million renovation, the long-neglected Horizon casino has been transformed into the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Lake Tahoe.

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It’s been almost 50 years since Del Webb’s Sahara-Tahoe opened its doors on this spot, going on to showcase the talents of Elvis Presley and the Osmond Brothers. The Hard Rock aims to pick up where the Sahara left off, with big name acts attempting to make themselves heard above the chiming of the slots.

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ski special BECAUSE AMERICA’S 6 MOST ARCHITECTURALLY SIGNIFICANT NEW ART

BECAUSE A HIDDEN CALIFORNIA GEM IS NOW SO MUCH MORE ACCESSIBLE

Among Californians, it’s no secret that Mammoth Mountain has fantastic skiing: an 11,000-foot summit, wide and well-groomed trails and some of the best springtime skiing in the world (until July 4 in a good year). But for those beyond the state line, the resort, tucked away on the east side of the Sierra Nevadas, outside the town of Mammoth Lakes, is relatively unexplored. This situation, however, is set to change. In December, United Airlines will launch two new routes, via Denver and Las Vegas, into Mammoth Yosemite Airport, the carrier’s ﬁrst ﬂights into the area not originating in California. While greedy Angelenos will no doubt be eager to keep a lid on the resort, its accessibility is good news for the rest of us.

Hot on the heels of his 2014 Pritzker Architecture Prize, Japanese architect Shigeru Ban debuted his first major post-victory building—and his first permanent American museum space—not in an architectural hotspot like New York or Chicago, but rather in a swanky Colorado Rockies ski town. To celebrate its 35th anniversary, the Aspen Art Museum moved this August from its home in an old hydroelectric plant into Ban’s $45 million stunner, a glass box wrapped

in a basket-weave lattice made out of paper, resin and wood veneer. As a sly reference to the ski-slope surroundings, Ban has turned the experience of museumgoing on its head: Rather than being invited to enter a grand hall and work their way upward, visitors are instead whisked to a rooftop sculpture garden by a glass elevator, where they can catch a glimpse of Ajax Mountain before sweeping back down to street level through a series of contemporary galleries.

ITALY’S NEWEST SKI-IN/SKI-OUT LODGE 7 BECAUSE IS LOCATED IN A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE “To those who have struggled with them,” wrote British explorer Francis Younghusband, “the mountains reveal beauties that they will not disclose to those who make no effort.” True, but it doesn’t take too much effort to discern the beauty surrounding the Adler Mountain Lodge, a 30-room ski-in/ski-out property that opened this summer after a decade of development. Situated at the foot of Col da Mezdì, the lodge provides a front-row seat to the high drama of Italy’s Dolomites, a place of such delirious splendor it’s been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Not surprisingly, the main design feature of the hotel and its Tyrolean-style chalets is the strategic placement of windows and terraces, allowing guests to enjoy the beauty of the mountains, even in the absence of struggle.

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ski special BECAUSE YOU’LL 10 FINALLY HAVE BREATHING ROOM IN BRECKENRIDGE Breckenridge often ranks just behind Vail among America’s most visited ski areas. But with about half of Vail’s skiable acres, Breck’s slopes can feel as crowded as a department store on Black Friday. To thin the throngs, the resort undertook one of North America’s largest terrain expansions in more than a decade, debuting 550 skiable acres last Christmas. This year, there’s another reason to party: As one of the first major resorts to allow snowboarders onto its slopes, Breckenridge celebrates 30 years of the sport in 2015.

BECAUSE THE TYROLIENNE ZIP LINE TAKES SKIERS TO NEW HEIGHTS

BECAUSE SKIING 11 IN TAOS JUST GOT A WHOLE LOT EASIER

You might say the Tyrolienne zip line represents the peak of traveling in style. Opened this March, the line, which connects two peaks in the French Alpine ski region of Les Trois Vallées, ranks as the world’s highest. Beginning at an altitude of 10,597 feet in Orelle, guests glide 4,265 feet to the neighboring ski resort of Val Thorens. The ride may be only one minute and 45 seconds long, but that doesn’t mean it’s not hair-raising: You’ll hit speeds of 40 to 65 mph along the way. BECAUSE ASPEN CROSS9 COUNTRY SKIING JUST GOT A WHOLE LOT EASIER This winter, the St. Regis Aspen is offering something new: the sport of skijoring. The term derives from the Norwegian for “ski driving” and refers to cross-country skiing with the aid of, say, a yak, a horse, a motor vehicle or, in the St. Regis’ case, a dog. Rather than merely pointing you and your mutt in the direction of the closest trail, the St. Regis is offering private lessons in the art. The dogs, by all accounts, love it, which should help alleviate some of the guilt you’ll feel for shirking the exertion of going it alone. And, should you arrive at the resort without a dog in tow, you can get a loaner from the Aspen Animal Shelter. The pursuit, we should note, is not suitable for poodles, Chihuahuas or pugs.

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Kachina Peak boasts some of Taos Ski Valley’s earliest snow of the season. Until this year, the New Mexico mountain was accessible only via a grueling 45-minute hike, but a new lift—one of America’s highest, at 12,450 feet—increases liftserviced terrain by 50 percent overnight. If you’re sad to see Kachina lose its off-the-beatenpath vibe, take heart: This season also sees the opening of the 35-acre Wild West Glades, which are accessible only to hikers and include some of America’s best tree skiing.

KELLY J. HALL (SKIJORING); ERIC THOMPSON (KACHINA)

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DAVE HEATH (RED MOUNTAIN)

BECAUSE THE EPIC 12 PASS JUST GOT EVEN MORE EPIC The Vail Resorts Epic Pass represents one of the greatest deals in skiing. For $749, members get an unlimited season pass to 11 resorts across the country: Arapahoe Basin, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone and Vail in Colorado; Canyons in Park City, Utah; Heavenly, Northstar and Kirkwood in Lake Tahoe; Afton Alps in Minnesota; and Mt. Brighton in Michigan. This year, the Epic Pass goes global, offering the chance to ski five consecutive days at Switzerland’s Verbier, France’s Trois Vallées and, for the first time, Japan’s Niseko United. Located on the northern island of Hokkaido, about 60 miles south of Sapporo, Niseko comprises four base areas around 4,291-foot Niseko Annupuri mountain. With 590 inches of powder a year, the region is a favorite among Japanese skiers, but its renowned local beers and volcano-warmed onsen (hot springs) make it a hit even if you never hit the slopes.

Centered on the 1890s gold rush town of Rossland, British Columbia, Red Mountain Resort (pictured above) has a reputation among in-the-know skiers for being one of the continent’s least crowded ski areas. Laid-back and youthful, the resort sees a fraction of the visitors of Whistler Blackcomb or Banff. Sure, it’s a bit harder to get to—about 120 miles from the nearest major airport, in Spokane, Washington—but the biggest reason for the crowd-free slopes is that this place just keeps growing. Last season saw the addition of 1,000 acres of lift-serviced terrain on Grey Mountain, and this winter brings 195 acres of snowcat-accessible glades on neighboring Mount Kirkup. At other resorts, backcountry skiing can run you $500 a day, o but here, the snowcat shuttle to Mount Kirkup is a staggerb ingly cheap $10 with lift ticket—or, as general manager Don Thompson likes to point out, the price of a beer at his competitors.

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BECAUSE WE ALL LOVE THE FEELING OF HAVING THE MOUNTAIN TO OURSELVES

BECAUSE YOUR APRÈS-SKI COCKTAIL 14 NOW COMES WITH SPIRITS MADE JUST DOWN THE ROAD Vail ranks as America’s largest ski resort by acreage, with an outsize après scene to match. Starting this fall, you’ll be able to order a cocktail with spirits distilled in the heart of town. Named for the U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division, which trained in these parts before World War II, 10th Mountain Whiskey & Spirit Company began bottling its first batches this summer, funded in part with a Kickstarter campaign. Stop in at the new tasting room, which debuted this September, to try five signature varieties: bourbon, rye, moonshine, potato vodka and a sage-infused peach-vanilla cordial.

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BECAUSE THE FRENCH AND SWISS ALPS ARE BATTLING FOR LUXE RESORT SUPREMACY FRANCE

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As the host of the annual World Economic Forum, Davos has money on its mind. So it’s oddly appropriate that the InterContinental Davos looks a bit like a giant, golden goose egg. Inspired by the pine cones found in nearby forests, the $170 million architectural marvel, which opened last December, is covered in 691 champagne-colored, laser-cut panels that glisten in the sunlight. Floor-toceiling windows and balconies in all 216 rooms look out on Switzerland’s largest ski resort.

In recent years, the ﬂashy town of Courchevel has been invaded by fur-sporting stars and high-rolling oligarchs. Opened last December as part of the Oetker Collection, L’Apogée Courchevel offers a surprisingly homey respite from the glitz. With its mix of timber, leather, velvet, suede and sporty plaid, the ski-in/ski-out hotel feels more like a boutique spin on a park lodge than a Vegas-style glamour palace. If you are looking for the latter sort of thing, L’Apogée also boasts the swanky Champagne Lounge and a resident DJ.

HOTEL KOH-I NOR

At 7,546 feet, the Koh-I Nor ranks as Europe’s highest altitude ﬁve-star hotel, looking down over the world’s largest ski area, Les Trois Vallées. The property’s name is appropriately lofty: Persian for “mountain of light,” the Koh-i-Noor was once the largest known diamond on the planet, and its 105.6 carats earned it pride of place in the British royal crown. Coincidentally, there’s culinary royalty, in two-Michelinstarred chef Yoann Conte, at the helm of the hotel’s two restaurants, which are heavy on hearty French comfort food.

W VERBIER

Think of Verbier as Ibiza in the snow, a ski destination in the French-speaking Swiss canton of Valais known for its lively nightlife and off-piste skiing. The town is a natural fit for Starwood’s trendy W brand, which debuted its first ski property here last December just steps from the gondola at Médran. W’s trademark contemporary sleekness is paired with alpine touches like raw timber and chaletstyle architecture. Michelin-starred Spanish chef Sergi Arola combines local and Mediterranean flavors at his namesake on-site restaurant.

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Alpine luxury hotels often have a habit of feeling oppressively grand, but the new Hôtel L’Héliopic Sweet & Spa in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc is a breath of fresh air. Guest rooms feel vaguely Scandinavian, with modish-but-crafty design touches like vintage-inspired sleek white furnishings, heatheredfelt lamps, wool broadcloth curtains and oak parquet ﬂoors. Best of all, the hotel offers an in-house gear shop where you can buy or rent skis and snowboards.

YVES GARNEAU (VERBIER); FABRICE RAMBERT (L’HÉLIOPIC)

Located on the Oberalp Pass, Andermatt boasts some of Switzerland’s snowiest slopes. But until recently, the town was known only to the most diehard local skiers. Opened last December, the Chedi Andermatt could change all that. The ﬁrst European property from Singapore’s GHM Hotels is part of a $2 billion development plan funded by Egyptian construction magnate Samih Sawiris that promises to turn Andermatt into the most sustainable ski resort in the Alps— if not the world.

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ski special BECAUSE 21 IMPROVING THE SKIING ENVIRONMENT

RANDY LINCKS (WHISTLER)

CAN ACTUALLY HELP THE ENVIRONMENT For decades, America’s ski resorts have faced a catch-22. As the effects of global warming become more apparent, so too does the need for artificial snow. Unfortunately, snowmaking—which can account for 50 percent of a resort’s energy consumption—contributes to the very problem that makes it necessary. This season, however, visitors to Vermont’s ski resorts will enjoy vastly improved snow production with a clearer conscience. In partnership with Efficiency Vermont, a statewide environmental program, a number of resorts are seeing a major equipment upgrade that will not only allow for improvements in the quality and quantity of snow being made but will significantly reduce carbon emissions. Energy savings in the state are expected to top $2 million annually. Stratton Mountain will install 350 energy-efficient snow guns, with a similar number being introduced at Sugarbush. Bromley Mountain is trading in all of its old air hogs for more efficient tower guns, while Smuggler’s Notch has announced the arrival of more than 150 high-efficiency guns. Elsewhere in the state, Stowe Mountain is set to complete a three-year, $9.8 million upgrade in snowmaking; Killington expects to sink about $2 million into the technology this year; and Mount Snow has reported that it is set to pick up 645 of the new guns, making its entire arsenal of nearly 1,000 guns energy efficient. At the heart of the initiative is a snow gun exchange program that allows resorts to swap outdated, power-hungry guns for more efficient models, with rebates as an initial incentive, followed by long-term energy savings. An added bonus of the plan will be an increase in the amount of terrain covered by guns, along with the production of higher quality snow. The new technology will also allow for snowmaking in warmer temperatures, thereby prolonging the area’s ski season. As for the discarded guns, Efficiency Vermont will sell them for scrap, with proceeds going to the Vermont Ski Areas Association Learn to Ski and Ride Program, ensuring that snow isn’t the only thing that’ll be ramped up in the coming years.

At British Columbia’s Whistler Blackcomb, the Peak 2 Peak Gondola has gotten all the attention since it debuted in 2008; connecting Whistler and Blackcomb mountains, it ranks as the world’s longest and highest lift. Meanwhile, the dependable lift that departs from Whistler Village still uses workhorse cabins that haven’t seen an upgrade since 1988. Luckily, that all changes this season, when a $6 million renovation brings in brand-new, eight-passenger gondola cabins that will dramatically reduce wait time, make for a smoother ride and increase capacity on the line by 12 percent. ALPINE RESTAURANTS DON’T HAVE 23BECAUSE TO LOOK LIKE OVERSIZE CUCKOO CLOCKS You might say Old World alpine ski restaurants are stuck in the past. With their hearth-warmed dining rooms and ornate timber facades, many look as if they’ve been serving fondue since before Heidi climbed her first Alp. Perched at exactly 10,000 feet above sea level at the Gaislachkogl peak chairlift station, in Austria’s Sölden ski area, the all-glass Ice Q restaurant (see page 89) is a game changer. With views

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over the Ötztal mountains, the sleekly modern eatery—which looks more like a supervillain’s mountaintop hideout than a traditional chalet—immediately had architecture geeks’ mouths watering when it opened last December. In addition to serving creative takes on Alpine cuisine, Ice Q includes a wine cellar that will house the best pinot noirs from three wineries: one in Germany, one in Austria and one in Italy.

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From the beginning, Idaho’s Sun Valley Resort has dedicated itself to superlatives. Created in 1936 by the Union Pacific Railroad to attract more passengers out west, Sun Valley became the country’s first destination ski resort. That year, the resort installed the world’s first chairlifts, adapted from banana conveyor belt technology brought in from Panama. Over the years, it has added the continent’s largest snowmaking system, and, just this January, it debuted a record-breaking addition to appeal to the snowboarding set: Resort officials say that their 22-foot-tall Superpipe, which is groomed nightly to ensure the smoothest curves, ranks as the largest in all of North America.

BECAUSE THERE’S PLENTY OF NEW GEAR TO KEEP YOU SOUPED UP AND SUITED UP THIS WINTER WHAT: COLDAVENGER SNOW HUNTER BALACLAVA WHY: Equipped with a medical-grade ventilator, the Snow Hunter warms and humidifies even the coldest winter winds without fogging the attached goggles—an essential if you’re trekking across Antarctica on foot like Sir Ranulph Fiennes (who took the brand along with him on the expedition) … or if you just want to outlast your friends on the slopes. HOW MUCH: $79.95 WHERE TO USE: Chacaltaya, Bolivia, the world’s highest lift-served ski area

WHAT: SEIRUS HEATTOUCH IGNITE GLOVE WHY: Designed with flexible radiating heat panels and activated by the touch of a button, these rechargeable leather gloves keep hands toasty for up to six hours without all the uneven heating of the traditional chemical packets. HOW MUCH: $374.99 WHERE TO USE: Mount Aurora, Alaska, home to North America’s northernmost chairlift

WHAT: K2 SKIS ROUTE HELMET WHY: Though they’ve gained a much larger following in recent years, helmets still have plenty of critics who decry them as heavy, sweaty and distracting. For the 2014–2015 winter season, K2 has silenced naysayers with this sleek model, the lightest on the market. HOW MUCH: $149.95 WHERE TO USE: Anywhere, really, but especially at Steamboat, Colorado, which was rated as the No. 1 U.S. tree skiing destination by Skiing magazine

WHAT: UCLEAR HBC220 FORCE DUAL SNOW HELMET COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM WHY: With different ages, speeds and abilities, it can be tough to keep a family together from the top of the mountain to the bottom. This in-helmet communications system is changing all that. An easy, hands-free way to stay in touch with your ski party, the UClear Force Dual Snow is rated to work at distances of more than 2,000 feet and can be paired with most Bluetooth-enabled devices. HOW MUCH: $479.95 for a dual system, available at REI WHERE TO USE: At Dolomiti Superski, an Alpine ski resort with more than 530 trails

WHAT: BACKCOUNTRY ACCESS INC. FLOAT 27 TECH WHY: The latest essential for the adventurous skier is an airbag that can buoy skiers in the event of an avalanche and reduce burial depth. The key is a trigger that, when pressed, inflates a 150-liter bag. When not in use as a flotation device, this backpack also offers a light, spacious way to stow everything from pickaxes to helmets. HOW MUCH: $599.95 WHERE TO USE: Heli-skiing in Utah

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Jogging Stanley Park, exploring Gastown’s shops, sipping cocktails with the city’s best mixologist

Shopping for supplies on Granville Island, attempting biathlon in Whistler, having a soak at Scandinave Spa

Riding the Peak 2 Peak Gondola to Blackcomb, doing après-ski at Garibaldi Lift Co., dining at Araxi

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here are many reasons to love Vancouver: cleansing salt breezes, landscapes that could sell a high-definition TV, the fact that everyone stands at crosswalks and waits for the little green man to appear before moving. Then there’s the city’s signature seafood, which is everywhere: smoked and salted and candied and glistening pinkly next to oysters on appetizer trays. Here’s a thing about salmon: They’re anadromous, meaning they swim from ocean to river to spawn—they’re equally comfortable in open swaths of the Pacific and frigid mountain streams. In this sense, salmon are like the people here. Spend five minutes in Vancouver and you’ll pass dozens of folks perfectly at home in anything the environment can throw at them. They’re on skis, on bikes, on boats. They’re running, swimming, hiking, camping. While the pioneering spirit endures here, there is plenty to keep the more cerebral (or sedentary) visitor occupied. You can, for instance, get an absorbing primer on the city’s history at the Museum of Vancouver, or beef up on its seedier side at the Vancouver Police Museum. You can watch movies under the stars in Stanley Park or hear live music at the Railway Club. Or you can simply munch elk sausage while sipping a local craft beer at a top-notch eatery, secure in the knowledge that somebody went to great lengths to bring these things to you.

DAY ONE | The first few seconds

after you awake in the Rosewood Hotel Georgia are a little disorienting. You’re lying in a kingsize bed the color of Champagne. There are white flowers everywhere. Everything seems to be made of marble or burnished wood. Did you wake up a 19th-century railroad baron? You catch your reflection in the mirror above your stand-alone soaker tub. Nope. Still you. Outside your window, a few pinkcheeked locals are huffing along the sidewalk in long-sleeved shirts and running shorts. You look disapprovingly at your gut and pull out a pair of sneakers. A half hour later, you’re jogging along the Seawall, a path that circumscribes the peninsula of 1,001-acre Stanley Park . To your right are clutches of red-and-white sailboats bobbing in the choppy bay. Mossy rocks lie about like lazy dogs. Vancouver Island makes occasional appearances from the fog beyond. You think: Gosh, this is pretty. And: Hey, is that a lighthouse? It is a lighthouse. After a few miles, you reach Girl in a Wetsuit, a statue of, um, a girl in a wetsuit sitting on a rock in the harbor (a wry update on Copenhagen’s

Little Mermaid). She looks kind of forlorn, out there on her own. You snap a picture with the intention of Photoshopping a few friends in for her later. Speaking of being alone, you can barely see downtown Vancouver in the distance. It’s time to head back. After a quick shower at the hotel, you’re off on a short walk to Wildebeest. All brickwork and communal tables, this carnivore-friendly eatery has light

fixtures made out of theater pulleys and a slushy machine that’s been repurposed to make frozen cocktails. Your run has earned you an indulgent brunch, you feel, so you order the Pig Face Eggs Benedict with tangy tarragon mayo on a steaming biscuit and the thickest bacon you’ve ever had (pictured below), followed by sugar-dusted mini donuts with gooey caramel centers. You attack this spread as if you’ve been deprived of food for several days. When you finish, you emerge into the city’s oldest neighborhood, Gastown, which grew up around a single saloon in the 1860s and ’70s before being incorporated as Vancouver in 1886. Gastown is now a bustling shopping and entertainment district dominated (fittingly) by bars. You wander into the trendy boutique LYNNsteven, intrigued by the cylindrical dressing room made out of stacked books, and leave with a plaid smoking jacket. Down the street, you find a selection of improbably small bonsai cactuses at Parliament Interiors, a quirky home goods store. They’re cute, but not easily packed, so you opt instead for a Ryan Gosling–themed journal covered in tiny hearts. Your teenage niece will love it.

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HOWE SWEET IT IS A view of Howe Sound from the Sea-to-Sky Highway

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a little extra wood flavor, it tastes like an evening in front of a log fire. After a few more of H’s homespun cocktails, the idea of cozying up for the night is increasingly appealing. You weave your way back to the hotel through iridescent streets, peering up at lights that look like neon through vaseline, then step into the Rosewood’s mahogany lobby, where you find a fire roaring in a century-old hearth. The railroad tycoon is home at last. DAY TWO | You wake to a rare sight: HEARTH LIVING Keeping cozy by the ﬁre in the lobby of the Rosewood Hotel Georgia

You continue this way for hours, poking around the shops and taking breaks to admire the moody bay behind them. Eventually, realizing that you haven’t eaten anything since your pigout brunch, you head for Pidgin. While the decor here is simple—like a café in a Japanese modern art museum—the menu is not. Your first course is a fresh oyster in a zingy foam of apple and horseradish. There are delicate raw scallops topped with apple and daikon and curry oil. Potatoes come matchstick-thin with spicy cod roe and earthy seaweed butter. For dessert, you order a Midnight Grogg: a glass

of rum, lime cordial and verjus stuffed to the brim with frozen grapes. What a great idea. It’s still early—plenty of time for a nightcap. You walk down the street to a cozy spot called Notturno. Behind the bar stands a charismatic local celebrity with a tongue ring and a lot of opinions. Known only as “H” (“The nickname’s a holdover from private school,” he says), he won Vancouver magazine’s bartender of the year award last year. H has been aging a few of his cocktails in barrels lately; he insists that you try the Boulevardier. A bourbon version of a negroni with

It is snowing in Vancouver. Down here, where Pacific currents temper the weather, snowfall is generally confined to a few flurries, so it’s safe to say that, up in the mountains two hours north of town, the powder must be gangbusters. You’ve got to get up there. And you will. But first: supplies. You take a cab to the edge of False Creek, the inlet that separates downtown from the foodie shopping destination of Granville Island, and climb into a rainbow-colored Aquabus ferry, which looks like a large bath toy. Still, you figure it can handle the fiveminute trip to Granville. Heck, you can see it from here. This tiny peninsula is known for its covetable produce, and a quick snoop around the Public Market and the food stores that surround it reveals why. You stuff your bag with

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nthropology museums usually get short shrift in the visitor department. Kids would rather hit the zoo, while adults tend toward famous paintings they can talk about at dinner parties. The University of British Columbia’s Museum of Anthropology, however, has dodged that problem. Ask a Vancouverite for the best cultural destination to take out-of-town guests to, and they’ll almost always recommend this imposing glass-and-cement edifice, which overlooks the churning sea at Point Grey. Built in the mid-1970s by iconic Canadian architect Arthur Erickson, the museum’s 40,000-square-foot building is a Modernist twist on traditional wood-beam structures, and in 2010 it was endowed with a reflecting pool intended to inspire, um, reflection. Highlights of its collection include totem poles from the Haida, Oweekeno, Gitxsan and Nisga’a peoples; traditional Haida houses; and a sculpture of an enormous, nightmarish raven in a rotunda (pictured). Everyone loves this raven. It’s scary. It’s cool. Makes for awesome Instagrams. It’s also on the back of the Canadian $20 bill. See? This place is so much better than the zoo.

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HAVING A GAS The chic LYNNsteven boutique in historic Gastown

flawless fruit, reindeer sausage, tangy smoked salmon candy (basically sweet salmon jerky) and salted caramel peanut butter. You also make a concession to your immediate hunger and buy a creamy clam chowder pot pie to eat on the spot. It’s fantastic. Larder stocked, you’re on your way north to the mountains—specifically, to Whistler. The drive takes you on one of the most scenic roads in the Pacific Northwest. Maybe one of the most

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scenic roads anywhere. You navigate northward on the Sea-to-Sky Highway, a ribbon of road that marks the extreme western edge of North America.To your left is the water, as thick and clear as vodka straight from the freezer. To your right are soft smudges of pine. Eagles hang in the sky. Even the mist is cinematic. You could be hurtling through a still from a nature documentary. Eventually, the water gives way to snowy mountains. Nearly every

car on the road is a four-wheel-drive stacked with equipment. The skiers are coming. Before joining them on the slopes, you make a turn for Whistler Olympic Park, where you’ll be trying your hand at biathlon: cross-country skiing followed by shooting at targets followed by more cross-country skiing. In the Olympics, the event doesn’t look particularly hard; in real life, it’s impossible. After a half hour of trying to find your snow legs in a set of parallel tracks, you move to a shooting range, where you race around a track, occasionally flopping down to shoot an air rifle at a target the size of a plum. With your heart rattling around like a shoe in a dryer, you hit exactly none of them. Sweaty and spent, you finish the drive to the Four Seasons Whistler and stroll into a hunting lodge of a reception layered with Native American rugs. You’re ready for a pre-dinner nap, but your body is in knots. The concierge has a solution. A short drive from your hotel is an outdoor thermal bath called Scandinave Spa, where visitors perform repeated cycles of hot, cold and rest. Do this three or four times, he says, and you’ll be as relaxed as if you’d been on vacation for a month. You’re in.

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There’s a local band up here, Brickhouse, that plays regular gigs in town. They’re my (and many other people’s) favorite band, and they’ve been at it for 12 to 15 years, so a pretty long time. The singer is great, and they play very accessible music: blues and rock.

I love spending the day on the slopes. My favorite Whistler run is Whistler Bowl to Tiger’s Terrace. On Blackcomb, it’s Bark Sandwich all the way to Tiger’s Terrace. After I’ve tired myself out, I head to the laid-back lounge at Nita Lake Lodge and roast s’mores by the lakeside fire-pit.

The weather can be dreary here, so sometimes you need triple-baked mac ’n’ cheese and brownies. I get them at Burgoo. I also love the Alibi Room, which is at the edge of Gastown. It’s got a ton of beers on tap, and I could eat their chickpeabattered fried chicken all day.

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FIRED UP! Outdoor après-ski at Dubh Linn Gate Irish Pub in Whistler

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restaurant, where you order a sushi roll made out of rare steak, avocado and dried tomato (the restaurant logo is etched into the wasabi); a 12-ounce ribeye ser ved with house-made steak sauce; and roasted mushrooms and mashed potatoes. Sated, and with your eyes at half mast, you retire to your room to find another fireplace. Your porch overlooks a teal puddle of swimming pool. The lights illuminate a row of icicles thick as your forearm. You flop face down on your bed. Now, if this were an Olympic event… DAY THREE | There’s a knock on your

SOAK IT IN Enjoying the spa at Four Seasons Whistler; below: Gastown home goods store Parliament

You find the spa in a glittering pine glade that could be home to a wood nymph in a Disney movie. The most obvious place to start is the hot tub, so you hop in. Then it’s a cold plunge pool and 15 minutes in a hammock. That was pleasant, but you think you can beat it. By your final round, you have found the perfect cycle: 20 minutes in a Finnish wood-burning sauna followed by a quick Nordic shower and a solid half hour curled up in a ball next to an outdoor fireplace. Someone with a nightstick might have to force you to leave this place. It’s then that you remember the meat. You’ve got a reservation at Sidecut , the Four Seasons’ sleek steakhouse. With a pang of regret (mitigated by a pang of hunger), you leave the spa and make your way to the 112

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door at 7a.m. Blearily, you open it to find a beaming room service attendant, who wheels in a tray of Bircher muesli and a creamy avocado, apple, spinach and strawberry smoothie. Healthy is as healthy does, and you’ve got miles of mountain to scream down over the course of the day. You flick on the fire and lay out your gear to warm while you ponder your dilemma: Blackcomb or Whistler? Whistler or Blackcomb? At 8,171 acres, the Whistler Blackcomb complex is larger than Vail, Aspen, Big White or Mammoth. Your pass will allow you to ski either of the mountains, which are connected at the base and by the Peak 2 Peak Gondola. But with only a single day to ski, it’s too big to take on all at once. You flip a loonie. Blackcomb it is. You can handle almost any blue run with grace, but black runs leave you looking like a drunk in a log-rolling competition. With this in mind, you sign up for Max4 Group Ski Lessons at the Whistler Blackcomb Snow School, where you meet your instructor, Aniello Campagnuolo. After a quick diagnostic ski-off, he selects you and three similarly abled skiers, and leads you up the Wizard lift. On the next, the Solar Coaster, he points down at a few teenagers swooping in and out of trees on a black diamond below. “You ladies will be doing that later,” he says. You and your new friends make doubtful faces. As the day goes on, the powder starts looking a little carved up—time to hit the moguls. But first, lunch. This is no time for gourmet aspirations: NOVEMBER 2014 • HEMISPHERESMAGAZINE.COM

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DAY ONE Rosewood Hotel Georgia 801 West Georgia St., Vancouver

Stanley Park West Georgia St./Stanley Park Causeway, Vancouver

Girl in a Wetsuit West Georgia St., Vancouver

Wildebeest 120 W Hastings St., Vancouver

LYNNsteven 225 Carrall St., Vancouver

Parliament Interiors 115 Water St., Vancouver

Pidgin 350 Carrall St., Vancouver

Notturno 280 Carrall St., Vancouver

DAY TWO Granville Island Public Market 1661 Duranleau St., Vancouver

Sea-to-Sky Highway Whistler Olympic Park 5 Callaghan Valley Rd., Whistler

Four Seasons Whistler 4591 Blackcomb Way, Whistler

Scandinave Spa 8010 Mons Rd., Whistler

DAY THREE Whistler Blackcomb Snow School 4545 Blackcomb Way, Whistler

Roundhouse Lodge 4545 Blackcomb Way, Whistler

Garibaldi Lift Co. 4165 Springs Ln., Whistler

Araxi 4222 Village Square, Whistler

Dubh Linn Gate Irish Pub 4320 Sundial Crescent, Whistler

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AW, SHUCKS Oyster shucking at Araxi; left: shaking off the cold at Garibaldi Lift Co.

You grab a bowl of chili and a hot the Great Canadian Caesar, a Canadian chocolate at Roundhouse Lodge on the Bloody Mary with Clamato. Yours mountain. Then you’re back on your comes with a pickle, green olive, spicy skis, crisscrossing Blackcomb’s face, green bean and a strip of bacon. You find yourself focusing a little too hitting progressively steeper pistes until, finally, you huck off a small hill intently on the garnishes, so after the onto a black diamond and make it drink you take a quick shower and head down without a single anxiety attack. for dinner in Whistler Village, which is the size of a small town Campagnuolo points at a lift and looks like a hobbyist’s above your head, the one you railroad set. Every corner you were on earlier, back when turn you find another Swissyou were afraid. LIKE “THREE PERFECT looking square and more This calls for a drink. You DAYS”? young, smiling folks in sweatstow your skis and meander GET THEM ON pants lounging on balconies. over to the Whistler basecamp, THE GO, WITH where you can see a crowd OUR FREE THREE You pause on a little covered bridge over a bit of halfalready gathering outside PERFECT DAYS IPHONE APP frozen stream. You wouldn’t the Garibaldi Lift Co. Inside, be too surprised to hear it’s a virtual nightclub—a jingling bells and a “Ho! roiling warehouse crammed Ho! Ho!” with rosy-cheeked ski bums Finally, you arrive at Araxi, an oyster in ear warmers and fashion baselayers. You locate a spot at the bar and bar and high-end seafood restaurant eavesdrop on two dudes in beanies that glows like a seaside pub in a storm. who are swapping snowboarding You have a seat at a corner table and war stories. Most of them end with a submit to a succession of plates each phrase like “...and that’s how I broke more beautiful and local and healthy my other leg.” When the bartender than the last. There are deep-cup comes by, you order the après specialty, Kusshi oysters and sockeye salmon

sashimi and several glasses of excellent British Columbia pinot noir, but the star is a plate of rare venison loin with rubycolored baby beets and a cheese ravioli. It’s as tasty as it is artfully composed. Fully recovered from your exploits on the slopes, you slink out into the clear night, boots crunching on the snow. It’s chilly, but you are warmed by the amber glow of the windows, and the occasional burst of laughter echoing through the streets. Outside the Dubh Linn Gate Irish Pub you see a circle of people sitting around a low stone fireplace. Will they let you join them? Of course they will. This is Canada. You buy a round of stouts and sit mesmerized by the licking flames, the way people have since this place was wild. Conversation drifts upward like the sparks from the hearth, but you catch only snippets: “...magic double black diamond...” “...smells like cedar...” “...isn’t this nice?” Popular Mechanics senior editor JACQUELINE DETWILER also dances like a drunk in a log-rolling competition.

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JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED HOSPITALS ACROSS AMERICA SHARE THEIR LATEST INNOVATIONS AS THEY INVEST IN PATIENT FACILITIES AND THE FUTURE OF HEALTH CARE WORDS BY RACHAEL MOON

The U.S. invests massively in its health system, a sizeable $8,508 and the most expensive in the world, according to a new report from the Commonwealth Fund. The considerable investment, for many hospitals, appears in the form of new technologies, advancements in academic research and greater access to high-quality care for patients. These technological developments are most apparent at Memorial Hermann, especially at its Mischer Neuroscience Institute. As the largest and most comprehensive neuroscience program in Texas, it is at the forefront of stroke

to the community,” says Alisse Pratt from Memorial Hermann. “We hope to expand the telemedicine program so that it’s more than just strokes.” The hospital’s neighbor, TIRR Memorial Hermann is equally involved in developing innovative treatments for its patients. It focuses on rehabilitation for those who have suffered traumatic brain or spinal injuries. The facility’s inpatient care includes daily physical, occupational and speech therapy and it’s currently researching therapies using functional electrical stimulation. “This is put onto a person’s hands or legs and stimulates their muscles, giving them signals to move,” says Sunnye

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“PROJECT EMERGE IS A TABLET APPLICATION THAT COORDINATES AND INTEGRATES ALL DATA FROM ALL MONITORING EQUIPMENT AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS” for the next several years and decades really push all boundaries.” At the University of Texas Medical Branch, the state’s oldest medical school, investment comes in the form of a cutting-edge laser for the ablation of prostate cancer. The new non-surgical treatment transforms the way the disease is tackled as an MRI-guided laser is able to pinpoint the tumor and remove it without damaging the prostate and causing side effects like impotence and incontinence. The chairman of radiology, Dr. Eric Walser, explains, “In 2004 the FDA approved the threetesla MRI magnet. We found that using a special sequence we were able to see cancer in the prostate for the first time, even when it’s very small. From that we could just take out the cancer like we do for other organs.” For The Johns Hopkins Hospital—a regular in the U.S. News & World rankings—the attention is always firmly focused on new research. Its recent checklist to eliminate line infections in patients inspired hospitals nationally and its latest initiative, Project Emerge, is no less impressive. Dr. Peter Pronovost, senior V.P. for patient safety and quality, says the hospital hopes to eliminate all potential harms: “Project Emerge is a tablet app that coordinates and integrates all data from all monitoring equipment and information systems. Rather than scavenge medical records and devices to ensure patients receive all the appropriate care, clinicians can use

the tablet app to quickly see all data in one location.” The app began piloting this year in the hospital’s intensive care unit and the patient and family dashboard will roll out in late 2015.

FORWARD-THINKING RESEARCH Houston Methodist hospital is strongly committed to new research for the future, specifically biotherapeutics and regenerative medicines. President and CEO Dr. Marc Boom says, “They’re about finding new ways to restore injured or diseased parts of the body through cutting-edge materials, stem cells and programmable drug delivery systems. “Physician scientists are already making progress. They’re working on a fracture putty that supports bone regrowth in about a month, to be used in complex fractures and injuries that would otherwise require months of healing time, or not at all.”

From top: Dr. Walser examining MRI scans; the University of Texas Medical Branch campus; UTMB at night

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For Dr. Stephen Bartlett at the University of Maryland Medical Center, his research into lifealtering procedures such as face transplants has astounding implications for future patients. He says, “We’ve noticed that when there’s vascularized bone, the donor bone marrow is accepted in the recipient and they have a level chimerism, meaning that donor blood cells are present in the recipient at a measurable level—that’s predictive of partial tolerance. The organ is accepted without the need for immunosuppression. We hope to find ways to achieve partial or complete tolerance across all kinds of organ transplants.” Although this level of research into the future of health care is hugely beneficial, Dr. Markman from Cancer Treatment Centers of America is adamant that their work in genomic medicines be used to help current patients. He says, “Most use it for

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Know what questions to ask.

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research purposes; we are using it to treat individual patients. Genomic medicines are new ways to treat advanced cancers and the abnormalities within the tumor. You might use a drug for the abnormalities that you might not otherwise use for that tumor because of where it starts.” While America is investing thousands into its health care, some innovations come with very little equipment. The latest research from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center requires just a tape measure and popsicle stick. According to Dr. Michael Collins from the Sports Medicine Concussion Program, the simple test can detect concussion symptoms that current tests often miss. He says, “The Vestibular and Ocular Motor Screening (VOMS) test could and should become a tool in the medical toolbox of every concussion clinician. It assesses vestibular and vision issues and is just one of the many steps we continue to take in developing new pathways and tools, determining scientific utility and finding new answers for a complex injury.”

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MIAMI All MDs are Board Certified

INFERTILITY Armando Hernandez-Rey, MD In Vitro Fertilization & Reproductive Surgery 2828 Coral Way, Miami, FL 800-FERTILE (337-8453) www.ConceptionsFlorida.com Super Doctors – South Florida

SAN DIEGO NEUROSURGERY Sanjay Ghosh, MD Brain & Spinal Surgery 9850 Genesee Ave., La Jolla, CA 619-810-1010 www.SanjayGhoshMD.com Castle Connolly – Regional Top Doctors

CHICAGO FACIAL PLASTIC SURGERY Steven H. Dayan, MD 845 N. Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 312-335-2070 www.DrDayan.com Super Doctors – Chicago

HOUSTON Dr. Jonathan D. Solomon Vision Correction Surgery

COSMETIC DENTISTRY & DENTAL IMPLANTS Wayde Fawcett, DDS Full Mouth Rejuvenation 13956 Cutten Road, Houston, TX 281-440-6648 www.DrFawcett.com

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THE BEST

DOCTORS IN NEW YORK Each doctor has been included in a “Best Doctors” issue of

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HAIR TRANSPLANTATION Robert M. Bernstein, MD

Robotic Hair Transplants FUE and FUT Center for Hair Restoration 110 E. 55th Street, New York, NY 212-826-2400 www.BernsteinMedical.com

SPORTS MEDICINE Jonathan L. Glashow, MD

Shoulder, Knee, Arthroscopic Surgery 737 Park Avenue, New York, NY 212-794-5096 www.GlashowMD.com

NEUROSURGERY Ezriel E. Kornel, MD

All Doctors are Board Certified

Minimally Invasive Brain & Spine Surgery 903 Park Avenue, New York, NY 914-948-0444 www.BrainAndSpineSurgeon.com

DERMATOLOGY Ellen Marmur, MD

Cosmetic & Dermatologic Surgery 12 East 87th St., New York, NY 212-996-6900 www.MarmurMedical.com

UROLOGY David B. Samadi, MD

Robotic Prostate Surgery 485 Madison Avenue New York, NY 212-365-5000 www.RoboticOncology.com

Dr. Robert M. Bernstein Hair Transplantation

Doctors chosen for New York magazine’s “Best Doctors” issues were selected by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., the nation’s leading provider of information on top doctors. www.TheTopPhysicians.com

HAND SURGERY Mark E. Pruzansky, MD

Hand, Wrist & Elbow Surgery, Sports Injuries 975 Park Avenue, New York, NY 212-249-8700 www.HandSport.us

PLASTIC SURGERY John E. Sherman, MD

1016 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 212-535-2300 www.NYPlasticSurg.com

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SAN FRANCISCO Stephen J. Ronan, MD

3600 Blackhawk Plaza Circle Blackhawk, CA 925-736-5757 www.BlackhawkPlasticSurgery.com Super Doctors – San Francisco

WASHINGTON, DC George J. Bitar, MD

3023 Hamaker Court, Fairfax, VA 703-206-0506 www.BitarInstitute.com Castle Connolly – Regional Top Doctors

LOS ANGELES Grant Stevens, MD

4644 Lincoln Boulevard Marina Del Rey, CA 877-289-1522 www.DrGrantStevens.com

Castle Connolly – America’s Top Doctors

DENVER Stacey N. Folk, MD 4700 Hale Parkway Denver, CO 303-321-6608 www.FolkPlasticSurgery.com

Castle Connolly – Regional Top Doctors

CHICAGO Steven Bloch, MD 1160 Park Avenue West Highland Park, IL 847-432-0840 www.BodyByBloch.com

Castle Connolly – Regional Top Doctors

SAN DIEGO Richard Chaffoo, MD 9850 Genesee Avenue La Jolla, CA 877-978-2003 www.DrChaffoo.com

Castle Connolly – Regional Top Doctors

Dr. Stephen J. Ronan Blackhawk, CA

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ENTERTAINMENT CHANNEL 9 Listen for your flight number to hear live communication between the flight deck and FAA air traffic control. This feature, unique to United, may not be available on all flights, including oceanic crossings with limited audio communication. Available at your captain’s discretion.

Audio Channels by Aircraft A319 & A320*

747

Audio Mixes

737 & 757-300

757 & 767

Movie (English)

Today’s hits

Movie (Dubbed)

Today’s hits

R&B

Movie (Dubbed)

R&B

Classical

Country

—

Relaxation

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’70s

—

’80s

From the ﬂight deck

From the ﬂight deck or R&B

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From the ﬂight deck or Modern rock

Movie (Dubbed)

Today’s hits

Movie (Dubbed)

Relaxation

Teen pop

Modern rock

—

K-pop

Latin or J-pop on Micronesia ﬂights

—

’70s

Audio Programming

’80s

J-pop

—

Modern rock

C-pop

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Artist spotlight

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*Some A320 aircraft may feature a different audio channel line-up.

Featuring songs by Steely Dan, Tom Petty, the Bee Gees and more.

Featuring songs by Duran Duran, the Pixies, George Michael and more.

Featuring songs by the Black Keys, Sevendust, Jack White and more.

Featuring songs by Ne-Yo, Bruno Mars, Rihanna and more.

Featuring songs by Blake Shelton, Rascal Flatts, Rachele Lynae and more.

Featuring songs by Miley Cyrus, One Direction, Ariana Grande and more.

Featuring songs from today’s Top 40 artists

Featuring songs by Gloria Trevi, Juanes, Marc Anthony and more.

Featuring compositions performed by orchestras from New York to Stuttgart

Featuring relaxing sounds of nature

Featuring songs by High4, Akdong Musician, Apink and more.

Featuring songs by SEKAI NO OWARI, AKB48 and more.

Featuring Chinese popular music, including cantopop and mandopop.

Featuring a chronology of

Earbuds are now available on p.s.® Premium Service flights for $9.99 Sit back, relax and enjoy our inﬂight entertainment selections. Ask your ﬂight attendant for details.

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ENTERTAINMENT With DIRECTV® IN FLIGHT, access to all of your favorite TV shows and hit movies is right at your fingertips! With more than 100 channels of live TV, you can watch the best sitcoms and dramas while never missing the big game or breaking news. If you’re in the mood for a movie, our impressive lineup of box office blockbusters delivers something for everyone. So sit back, swipe to purchase DIRECTV and watch time fly as you stay entertained for your entire flight.

DIRECTV®

What you want to watch MORE THAN 100 CHANNELS means options! From live sports and news to children’s programming and new hit movie releases, we have the best choices for your in-ﬂight entertainment. A il bl on select Available l t 737and 757 aircraft

Your favorite TV channels A&E 265 ABC FAMILY 311 AL JAZEERA AMERICA 347 AMERICAN HEROES CHANNEL 287 ANIMAL 282 BBCA 264 620 BeIN BET 329 BIG 10 610 BLOOMBERG 353 BOOM 298 BRAVO 237 BYU TV 374 CARTOON 296 CBS 390 330 CENTRIC CHILLER 257 CLOO 308 CMT 327 CNBC 355 CNN 202 COMEDY 249 COOK 232 C-SPAN 350 C-SPAN2 351 CW 394 DEST 286 DISCOVERY 278 DISNEY 290 DISNEY JR. 289 DISNEY XD 292 DIY 230 E! 236 ESPN 206 ESPN CLASSIC 614

ESPN2 ESPNEWS ESQUIRE ESPNU FANTASY FOOD FOX FOX BUSINESS FOX NEWS FOX SPORTS 1 FOX SPORTS 2 FX FX MOVIE FXX FYI GALA GOLF GSN H2 HALLMARK HGTV HISTORY HLN HUB INVESTIGATION LEARNING LIFETIME LIFETIME MOVIE LINK MLB NETWORK MSNBC MTV MTV2 NAT GEO NAT GEO WILD NBATV NBC

209 207 235 208 704 231 398 359 360 219 618 248 258 619 266 404 218 233 271 312 229 269 204 294 285 280 252 253 375 213 356 331 333 276 283 216 392

NBC SPORTS NFL NETWORK NICK NICK JR. NICK TOON NRB OUTDOOR OVATION OXYGEN PIVOT REDZONE RFD TV SCIENCE SEC NETWORK SPIKE SPORTSMAN SYFY TBS TEEN NICK TENNIS TNT TRAVEL TRUTV TURNER MOVIE TV GUIDE TV LAND TVG UNI SPORTS UNIVISION UP TV USA VH1 VH1 CLASSIC WEA WGN WORD

220 212 299 301 302 378 606 274 251 267 703 345 284 611 241 605 244 247 303 217 245 277 246 256 273 304 602 625 402 338 242 335 337 362 307 373

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Football season is back, and we’ve got you covered with the best NFL and NCAA channel lineup in the air!

Exact channel numbers and programming schedules are subject to change. DIRECTV® service is not available on ﬂights outside the continental United States. The signal may be lost in turbulence and/or if banking of the aircraft is required. DIRECTV® and United Airlines are not responsible for interruptions of service that are beyond our control including, without limitation, acts of nature, power failure or any other cause. ©2013 DIRECTV® Inc. DIRECTV® and the Cyclone Design logo are registered trademarks of DIRECTV® Inc. All other trademarks and service marks are the property of their respective owners.

GROUP DISCOUNT Traveling with family or friends? Swipe the same card on three or more screens and receive $2 off each purchase.

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HOW TO USE 1. Swipe your card* to begin. 2. Select your channel or movie and start watching. 3. Listen using your own headset or feel free to use the complimentary headset provided onboard. Your purchase is good for the entire flight, even when the aircraft door is open before takeoff, and you can turn the TV on and off throughout your flight. *MasterCard, Visa, American Express or Discover accepted. TV and movies are complimentary in first class.

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What you want to watch MOVIES The best from the box ofﬁce are yours for the choosing! This month buckle up for an intergalactic thrill ride in Guardians of the Galaxy, laugh at the outrageous shenanigans in Let’s Be Cops, follow the battle between species in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and see Tom Cruise star in Edge of Tomorrow. Other options include Jersey Boys, Tammy, Planes: Fire & Rescue and I Origins.

Enjoy selections from the Tribeca Film Festival, including Last Night, Unravel, Ice and Playhouse Presents: Walking the Dogs. United Airlines is proud to be the ofﬁcial airline of the Tribeca Film Festival.

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ENTERTAINMENT Customers are welcome to view their own video entertainment aboard a United aircraft as long as they are able to show that the programming has an MPAA rating of “R” or less.

Film & Television ENJOY THESE MOVIES AND SHOWS ON THE MAIN SCREEN

Television SELECT FLIGHTS WITH OVERHEAD MONITORS MAY FEATURE THE FOLLOWING TELEVISION PROGRAMMING The Big Bang Theory [T] The Middle Extreme Homes Restaurant: Impossible

The Millers [T] About a Boy The Pitch Living Alaska

[T] = Adult themes

Inside the Actors Studio [T] FEATURING James Lipton PRESENTED BY Bravo

Restaurant: Impossible FEATURING Robert Irvine PRESENTED BY Food Network

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Host James Lipton interviews the gang from the Emmy Award–winning sitcom “How I Met Your Mother.” Cast members Josh Radnor, Neil Patrick Harris, Alyson Hannigan, Jason Segel and Cobie Smulders join Lipton to reminisce on the hit comedy’s nine-year history.

45 min.

Chef Robert Irvine comes to Paterson, New Jersey to revitalize a neighborhood institution. Family-owned since 1929, Paul’s Bar & Bowling has been in decline for the last eight years. With just two days and $10,000, can Irvine pave the road to a successful future for the restaurant?

43 min.

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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 help our customers decide whether to view a ﬁlm.

Films

Films are shown on flights of three hours or longer. A second film is shown on flights of six hours or longer. Schedules and selections are subject to change. En el canal 10 encontrará películas y programas de televisión disponibles en Español.

SELECT FLIGHTS WITH OVERHEAD MONITORS MAY FEATURE THE FOLLOWING MOVIES

NORTH AMERICA, HAWAII, LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN

NOV. 1–30

EASTBOUND/SOUTHBOUND

WESTBOUND/NORTHBOUND

Guardians of the Galaxy [T]

And So It Goes [T]

[en, sp]

• Flights within Micronesia or Asia on 737 aircraft may feature these ﬁlms or other selections.

And So It Goes [T] FEATURING Michael Douglas, Diane Keaton DIRECTED BY Rob Reiner

Guardians of the Galaxy [T] FEATURING Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Bradley Cooper DIRECTED BY James Gunn

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There are a million reasons not to like realtor Oren Little—and that’s just the way he likes it. Obnoxious to all, he wants nothing more than to sell one last house and retire in peace and quiet—that is, until his estranged son suddenly drops off a granddaughter he never knew existed.

In the latest blockbuster hit from Marvel, Peter Quill ﬁnds he has a bounty on his head after he steals a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain with ambitions threatening the universe. To evade Ronan, Quill is forced to team up with a quartet of intergalactic misﬁts.

1 hr. 34 min.

2 hr. 2 min.

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

Film & Television THE FOLLOWING FILMS ARE AVAILABLE ON INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS

B747 Mainscreen Programming FROM U.S.

UNITED KINGDOM GERMANY

TO U.S.

Guardians of the Galaxy [T] 2 hr., 2 min. [en, ge, fr]

And So It Goes [T] 1 hr., 34 min.

Jersey Boys [T] 2 hr., 11 min.

Toy Story 1 hr., 21 min.

[en, ge, fr]

2 hr.

How to Train Your Dragon 2 1 hr., 42 min. The Heat [T] 1 hr., 57 min.

[en, ge, fr]

CHINA & HONG KONG

[en, ge, fr]

2 hr.

And So It Goes [T] 1 hr., 34 min. Toy Story 1 hr., 21 min.

JAPAN & SOUTH KOREA

Begin Again [T] 1 hr., 44 min. Godzilla [T] 2 hr., 3 min.

[en, ge, fr]

2 hr.

AUSTRALIA

[en, ge, fr]

Guardians of the Galaxy [T] 2 hr., 2 min. [en, jp, ko, ch]

[en, jp, ko, ch]

Jersey Boys [T] 2 hr., 11 min.

[en, jp, ko, ch]

2 hr.

[en, jp, ko, ch]

2 hr.

Begin Again [T] 1 hr., 44 min. [en, jp, ch]

How to Train Your Dragon 2 1 hr., 42 min.

Godzilla [T] 2 hr., 3 min.

The Heat [T] 1 hr., 57 min.

[en, jp, ko, ch]

2 hr.

[en, jp, ko, ch]

2 hr.

2 hr. = Two-hour block of television [T] = Adult themes * programming may vary based on length of route + International language tracks are subject to availability based on ﬂight route

B767 Personal TV Economy Programming* CH. 1 2 3 4 5 6

EASTBOUND/SOUTHBOUND Guardians of the Galaxy

[en, fr, ge, it, sp, po]

Jersey Boys

[en, fr, ge, it, sp, po] DISCRETION ADVISED

WESTBOUND/NORTHBOUND And So It Goes [en, fr, ge, sp, po] DISCRETION ADVISED

Toy Story [en, fr, ge, it, sp, po]

I Origins

[en, fr, ge, it, sp, po] DISCRETION ADVISED

Magic in the Moonlight [en, fr, sp]

Let’s Be Cops

[en, fr, ge, it, sp, po] DISCRETION ADVISED

Hercules

[en, fr, ge, it, sp, po]

RECENT FAVORITES

Grease [en, fr, ge, it, sp]

Hairspray [en, fr, ge, it, sp, po]

FAMILY/KIDS

The Incredibles [en, fr, ge, it, sp, po]

Earth to Echo [en, sp]

PRIMETIME

Best Bars In America/Extreme Homes/ Inside the Actors Studio

COMEDY

2 Broke Girls/It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia/ The Middle/Mike & Molly/New Girl

Whose Line Is It Anyway?/The Millers/ About a Boy/The Carbonaro Effect/Mom

PREMIUM TELEVISION/AIRSHOW

Short Poppies (x6)

Restaurant: Impossible (x3)

The Pitch/Guitar Center Sessions/Scoring the Deal

*Only applicable to our 3-cabin 767-300 in Economy. If your aircraft features seatback on-demand entertainment, please use the touch screen to access content choices. + International language tracks are subject to availability based on ﬂight route

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International Language Tracks (GE) Synchronisierte Versionen ﬁnden Sie auf Kanal 2 und 3 (wenn verfügbar). (JP) 日本語の吹き替えはチャ

ンネル2番および３番でお聴きいただけます。（一部英語音声のみとなります。） (CH) 如果可用，在第2频道和第3频道将提供语言录音 (KO) 채널 2,3에서 더빙버전이 제공됩니다

Begin Again [T] Gretta and her longtime boyfriend, Dave, are sweethearts and songwriting partners, until a shot at fame tempts Dave to stray. FEATURING Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, Adam Levine DIRECTED BY John Carney

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Long thought dead, Godzilla rises from the sea as humanity stands defenseless. FEATURING Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ken Watanabe DIRECTED BY Gareth Edwards

2 hr. 3 min.

How to Train Your Dragon 2 1 hr. 57 min.

Jersey Boys [T] The story of four young men from New Jersey who came together to form the iconic ’60s rock group the Four Seasons. FEATURING John Lloyd Young, Christopher Walken DIRECTED BY Clint Eastwood

(PO) Portuguese (IT) Italian (SP) Spanish

Godzilla [T] 1 hr., 44 min.

The Heat [T] An uptight FBI special agent and a foul-mouthed Boston cop join forces to bring down a drug lord, becoming buddies along the way. FEATURING Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy DIRECTED BY Paul Feig

(GE) German (JP) Japanese (CH) Chinese (KO) Korean (FR) French

Hiccup and Toothless discover a secret ice cave that is home to hundreds of wild dragons and the mysterious Dragon Rider. VOICES BY Jay Baruchel, Cate Blanchett, America Ferrera DIRECTED BY Dean DeBlois

1 hr. 42 min.

Toy Story 2 hr. 11 min.

The ﬁrst full-length feature ﬁlm animated entirely on computers, this is the beloved tale of toy rivals Woody and Buzz Lightyear. VOICES BY Tom Hanks, Tim Allen DIRECTED BY John Lasseter

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ENTERTAINMENT

United’s Inﬂight Wi-Fi

Get online, in ﬂight WE KNOW it is important to stay connected while you ﬂy. For that reason, we are working to equip both our domestic and international aircraft with global, satellite-based Wi-Fi.

How to connect 1. Once your ﬂight crew says that it’s safe to use large portable electronic devices, connect to the “United_Wi-Fi” hotspot.

3. Open your browser, go to unitedwifi.com.

2. Select an Internet access option and click “Purchase access.”

Wi-Fi installation progress

To determine if your flight offers United Wi-FiSM, you can go to united.com or United’s mobile app and check the Inflight Amenities tab on the Flight Status & Information page for an upcoming flight.

You can follow our installation progress at united.com/Wi-Fi.

A319

Live video and internet streaming such as Netﬂix, Hulu and HBOGo, etc., are not supported. Use of VoIP (voice or video calls) is expressly prohibited.

757 serving p.s.® routes Currently 15 planes 100% complete

Currently 55 planes 100% complete

A320 Currently 97 planes 100% complete

757 serving non-p.s. routes Currently 7 planes 11% complete Estimated ﬂeet completion: August 2015

737

777

Currently 152 planes 54% complete Estimated ﬂeet completion: August 2015

Currently 25 planes 34% complete Estimated ﬂeet completion: March 2015

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767

Currently 23 planes 100% complete

Currently 1 plane 2% complete Estimated ﬂeet completion: June 2015

787 For the latest information on installation progress and Wi-Fi satellite coverage, visit united.com/Wi-Fi.

Currently 2 planes 14% complete Estimated ﬂeet completion: early 2016

Troubleshooting connectivity issues Check the status icon on the United Wi-Fi home page unitedwiﬁ.com. If you see a red icon, the satellite isn't connected yet—please wait. If you see a green icon, continue to purchase Internet access. Ensure your device is wireless enabled while in airplane mode. You must also enable JavaScript and cookies.

Additional information Wi-Fi on p.s.® flights: United currently offers Gogo® Internet service exclusively on p.s. Premium Service transcontinental aircraft ﬂying between New York (JFK) and both Los Angeles (LAX) and San Francisco (SFO). Satellite coverage: Duration of connectivity losses may vary. Connection is typically re-established within 20 minutes.

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On 737 DIRECTV-equipped aircraft, satellite coverage will be limited to the continental United States. United is committed to offering you high quality and dependable Wi-Fi service during your ﬂight. If we did not meet your expectations, and you would like to request a refund for your Wi-Fi purchase, please visit united.com/refunds to submit a refund request.

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Inflight Entertainment Personal Device Entertainment (Beta) Personal device entertainment, sponsored by the MileagePlus Explorer Card, lets you access a complimentary onboard library of movies and TV shows that you can watch on your own device during the flight. Internet purchase is not required. This is currently a beta version, so stay tuned for future improvements, including full access to personal device entertainment from a single app. If your flight is equipped with this service, please follow the instructions below to connect your device. To determine your flight’s aircraft, refer to your seatback safety card.

Select 777 and 757-300 aircraft; all A319/320 and 747-400 aircraft 1. Connect to Wi-Fi network Adjust settings on your device to turn Wi-Fi on and connect to the “United_Wi-Fi” network. Open your browser and go to unitedwiﬁ.com.*

2. Browse Select Entertainment and choose from a selection of movies and TV shows.

TO WATCH MOVIES AND TV SHOWS WITH A KEY ICON:

Laptop You may be prompted to download a browser plug-in. To do this, you will need administrative rights to your computer. Apple iOS (iPad, iPhone, iPod) You’ll need the latest United app from the iTunes App Store. An Internet connection is required for download. Support for Android and other devices is coming soon.

TO WATCH MOVIES AND TV SHOWS WITHOUT A KEY ICON:

There’s no need to install a special plug-in or app to watch this content.

Select 737-900 aircraft 1. Connect to Wi-Fi network Adjust settings on your device to turn Wi-Fi on and connect to the “United_Wi-Fi” network. Open your browser and go to unitedwiﬁ.com.*

2. Browse Follow the steps for sign-in, select Complimentary Access to go to the United Wi-Fi homepage and browse the selection of movies and TV shows. * United Wi-Fi internet is not required. Refer to system requirements detailed in the unitedwifi.com portal for more information. Apple, iPad, iPod, iTunes and App Store are trademarks of Apple, Inc. Andriod is a trademark of Google, Inc.

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DEVICE-SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS:

Laptop You may be prompted to download an application. To do this, you will need administrative rights to your computer. Apple iOS (iPad, iPhone, iPod) You’ll need the latest United Player app from the iTunes App Store. An Internet connection is required for download. Android You’ll need the latest United Player app. An internet connection is required for download from Google Play. See unitedwiﬁ.com’s FAQs for additional information.

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7:00 pm

Route Maps INTERNATIONAL CITIES

CITY

Route lines do not reﬂect actual ﬂight path

United/United Express

12:00 MON.

11:00 pm

12:00 SUN.

1:00 am

2:00 am

ARCTIC OCEAN

3:00 am

5:00 am

6:00 am

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11:00 am

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GREENLAND ALASKA (U.S.)

Lulea Fairbanks Reykjavik

ICELAND

Umea Trondheim Ostersund Kristiansund Vaasa Molde SWEDEN

NORWAY

Anchorage

CANADA

Khabarovsk Harbin

Urumqi

U.S.A.

Sapporo

Hohhot Beijing

Edinburgh

JAPAN

N. KOREA

Niigata

Dalian

Tianjin

Sendai

SAN FRANCISCO

Seoul S. KOREA Komatsu TOKYO (NRT) Tokyo/Haneda (HND) Pusan Fukuoka Osaka Nagoya Nanjing Cheju Okayama Hefei Nagasaki Shanghai Hiroshima Chengdu Wuhan Kumamoto Kochi Oita 6:00 Hangzhou Ningbo Kagoshima Chongqing Matsuyama Changsha Wenzhou Miyazaki Nanchang Guiyang BHUTAN Fuzhou Guwahati Guangzhou Okinawa Kunming Taipei Xiamen BANGLADESH Guilin Agartala Nanning Macau Shenzhen Ishigaki Dhaka BURMA Hanoi Hong Kong TAIWAN Chiang Rai LAOS Haikou Chiang Mai Vientiane Zhengzhou

Yangon

THAILAND

Khon Kaen

Krabi Phuket Hat Yai Penang

9:00 pm

South China Sea

Bangkok CAMBODIA Siem Reap Phnom Penh VIETNAM

5:30

Qingdao

Luzon Island

Rota

GUAM

Kwajalein Pohnpei Chuuk (Truk)

Palau

FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA

Bandar Seri Begawan

Kuala Lumpur

MARSHALL ISLANDS

Yap Kota Kinabalu

MALAYSIA

Chihuahua

Cebu

Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)

BRUNEI

Majuro

Honolulu

Bermuda

San Antonio

Sal CAPE VERDE ISLANDS

Kosrae

Banjul GUINEA BISSAU

GUINEA

Monrovia LIBERIA

ATLANTIC OCEAN

ECUADOR

Manaus

Guayaquil

Fortaleza

BENIN TOGO

BRAZIL

PERU

Khartoum

Coral Sea

Apia

Lima

Pago Pago

WESTERN SAMOA

CAMEROON CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Douala

Accra Lome Abidjan Malabo Sao Tome SAO TOME & PRINCIPE

RWANDA

Port Vila

FIJI

Cairns

FRENCH POLYNESIA

Nadi

Noumea

NEW CALEDONIA

Norfolk Island

Gold Coast

9:30 pm

to San Francisco

1:00

Brisbane

Adelaide

Sydney

Melbourne

Nelson

NEW ZEALAND Queenstown

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Rotorua Napier-Hastings

Palmerston North Wellington Blenheim Christchurch

Dunedin

World time zones shown in Standard Time. 9:00 pm

10:00 pm

11:00 pm

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Belo Horizonte

to Washington (Dulles)

TANZANIA

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5:00 am

Rio de Janeiro

Windhoek

BOTSWANA

3:00 pm

Bermuda URUGUAY

Montevideo Buenos Aires

VENEZUELA

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Bergen

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Helsinki

Stockholm ESTONIA

Stavanger MADAGASCAR Aberdeen

Maputo

Bloemfontein Maseru

SOUTH AFRICA

IRELAND LESOTHO

Aalborg

Gothenburg

LATVIA

DENMARK

Aarhus Billund Esbjerg

Riga Copenhagen Malmo

Palanga LITHUANIA RUSSIA

Vilnius Bremen Hamburg POLAND BELARUS East London Dublin WALES Berlin ENGLAND NETH. Hannover Cape Town Shannon Birmingham Amsterdam Warsaw Port Muenster Elizabeth Cork GERMANY Leipzig London BELGIUM Dresden Bristol London Brussels Prague (Gatwick) Katowice Cologne Frankfurt UKRAINE CZECH Cities served by select airline Luxembourg Nuremberg REPUBLIC SLOVAKIA partners that are not visible Stuttgart Munich Paris on the map: Salzburg Basel Linz Vienna Budapest FRANCE AUSTRIA Blantyre, Malawi Friedrichshafen Klagenfurt Cluj-Napoca SWITZ. Durban, South Africa Ljubljana Geneva Verona Lyon Venice Zagreb Bucharest Harare, Zimbabwe Trieste BOS. ROMANIA Turin Milan Bologna Manzini, Swaziland HERZ. Belgrade Genoa Florence Toulouse Sarajevo Lilongwe, Malawi La Coruna SERBIA BULGARIA Marseille Nice Pisa Ancona Split KOS. Bilbao Maputo, Mozambique Sofia Dubrovnik Skopje Rome ALBANIA MAC. Istanbul SPAIN Barcelona Porto Naples ITALY Thessaloniki Madrid PORTUGAL Valencia Alexandroupolis Palma GREECE Ibiza La Romana Palermo Alicante Lisbon Mediterranean Sea Izmir Sevilla Mikonos Faro Rhodes MALTA Luga Heraklion

Porto Alegre

Santiago

4:00 pm

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Glasgow Edinburgh SWAZILAND NORTHERN Newcastle IRELAND UNITED Belfast Durban KINGDOM

Johannesburg

ARGENTINA

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SEYCHELLES

Dar Es Salaam

MOZAMBIQUE ZIMBABWE

NAMIBIA Gaborone

Piedras Saltillo Negras Monterrey Torreon Matamoros Durango MEXICO Ciudad Victoria

COLOMBIA

12:00 MIDNIGHT

PARAGUAY

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Santiago Samana Santo Domingo Nassau Aguadilla San Juan Havana Culebra Los Cabos Tampico Vieques Providenciales Aguascalientes Queretaro St. Thomas Tepic Cozumel Poza Rica Tortola Puerto Plata Virgin Gorda Jalapa Grand Cayman Puerto Vallarta Ciudad del Anguilla Manzanillo Veracruz Carmen Mexico Montego St. Maarten City Puebla Guadalajara Belize Bay Punta Ponce Antigua Oaxaca Kingston Morelia Cana Roatan Pointe a Pitre Lazaro Mayagüez St. Kitts San Pedro Sula Cardenas Martinique Huatulco Nevis Puerto St. Lucia Tegucigalpa Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo Escondido Villahermosa Barbados San Andres Aruba Acapulco Bonaire Island Guatemala City NIC. Grenada Tobago San Salvador COSTA Caracas Port-of-Spain Managua RICA Panama City PACIFIC OCEAN Liberia PANAMA

Auckland Hamilton

to Cleveland

HOUSTON (INTERCONTINENTAL) San Austin Chihuahua Antonio Guaymas

Tasman Sea

to Denver

to Los Angeles

Perth

7:00 pm

CHILE

Rarotonga

Nuku’ Alofa

AUSTRALIA

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Lusaka

Santa Cruz

Papeete

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BURUNDI

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Nairobi

Bujumbura

Coimbatore

Colombo

Entebbe

10:00 am

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SOMALIA

Kigali

Kinshasa

Bangalore Chennai (Madras)

ETHIOPIA

UGANDA

Libreville GABON CONGO

Recife

BOLIVIA

Mangalore

Addis Ababa

Juba

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Yaounde

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

Salvador Cuzco

Goa

Arabian Sea

Ambouli

SOUTH SUDAN

Lubumbashi Darwin

4:00 pm

YEMEN

NIGERIA

Luanda

INDIAN OCEAN

3:30

DJIBOUTI

Kano

Abuja Cotonou Port Harcourt GHANA Lagos

Denpasar Bali

Islamabad Jammu Peshawar 4:30 Lahore Amritsar Chandigarh Kathmandu 5:00 Delhi NEPAL

QATAR

Asmara

SUDAN

Pointe Noire

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Jakarta

GAMBIA Bamako BURKINA FASO Ouagadougou Bissau

SIERRA LEONE

FRENCH GUIANA

1:00 pm

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Conakry Freetown

Quito

PACIFIC OCEAN

Dakar

TAJIKISTAN

AFGHAN.

Jaipur Lucknow Dubai Karachi Indore 5:30 Patna Abu Dhabi U. A. E. INDIA Muscat Ahmedabad Kolkata Nagpur Raipur OMAN Pune Mumbai Hyderabad

Bahrain Riyadh Doha

ERITREA

CHAD

Dushanbe

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Dammam

Luxor

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TURKMENISTAN

Ashgabat

Kuwait

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NIGER

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IRAN

IRAQ

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Alma-Ata Bishkek

UZBEKISTAN

SYRIA

Amman

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MALI

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Krasnodar

Jeddah

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Bucaramanga

Cali

Astana

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Cairo

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VENEZUELA

Medellin

4:00

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CANARY ISLANDS

Tenerife Las Palmas

Ekaterinburg

Black Sea

Mediterranean Sea

Tripoli

Funchal

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Nador

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Singapore

Tunis

12:00 Casablanca

Saipan

PHILIPPINES

WASHINGTON, DC (DULLES)

DENVER

Madrid

Lisbon

Horta

Moscow

GEORGIATbilisi Skopje Baku Batumi Istanbul Tirana ARMENIA Ankara AZER. Kayseri ALB. GREECE Izmir Yerevan TURKEY Athens Antalya Adana Gaziantep Bodrum Malta Rhodes Ercan Larnaca CYPRUS Beirut MONT.

Barcelona

PORTUGAL

NEW YORK (NEWARK)

HOUSTON Austin (INTERCONTINENTAL)

COMMONWEALTH OF NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

Manila

Cleveland

LOS ANGELES

International Date Line

Baotou

Rome

SERB. Sofia KOS.

5:00 pm

4:00

Manchester

SPAIN

CHICAGO (O’HARE)

RUSSIA

St. Petersburg

Tallinn

Stockholm

HER.

Shenyang

CHINA

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Changchun

Oulu

2:00 pm

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9:30 2:00

Turku

Oslo

UNITED KINGDOM Glasgow

MONGOLIA

Alta

Tromso

Hudson Bay

8:00 pm

3:00 pm

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MIDNIGHT

United Seasonal Service United Future Service United Hub (Red All Caps) Cities served Cities served by select airline partners Time zone boundary

RUSSIA

Ulaanbataar

1:00 pm

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1:00 pm

Gdansk

Kaliningrad

Manchester

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Fort McMurray Prince George

to Fairbanks

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Grande Prairie

United Seasonal Service United Future Service United Hub (Red All Caps) Cities served Cities served by select airline partners Time zone boundary

Customs & Immigration U.S. AND GUAM INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS/ EXPEDITED SCREENING THROUGH CBP AND TSA Arrivals in the U.S.

Goose Bay

to Anchorage

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C O LU M B I A

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Kamloops

Vancouver

Nanaimo

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A L B E R TA

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Victoria

C A N A DA

Edmonton

Calgary

Newfoundland Time Zone 8:30

Wabush

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Deer Lake

U.S. Customs Declaration

NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR

S A S K AT C H E WA N

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Missoula

Eugene

PACIFIC OCEAN

Gaspe Baie-Comeau

OREGON

Medford

Eureka

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Plattsburgh Burlington

Kingston

Traverse City

N E W YO R K

LOUISIANA

College Station Alexandria

Portland Manchester

MEXICO

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Orlando

Treasure Cay Sarasota/Bradenton West Palm Beach Marsh Harbour Ft. Myers Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood North Eleuthera Governors Harbour Miami Bimini Nassau

Newark (Liberty)

New Haven Stamford New York (Penn Station)

Philadelphia Wilmington

Washington, DC

BAHAMAS

ATLANTIC OCEAN

The TSA uses random and unpredictable security measures to determine customer

George Town

600 Kilometers

CBP offers the Global Entry™ program in order to expedite the processing of pre-approved, low-risk international travelers entering the U.S. Upon returning from travel abroad, Global Entry™–enrolled travelers may bypass the regular passport control line and proceed to the Global Entry™ kiosk. Global Entry™ program participants scan their machine-readable passport, U.S. permanent resident card or U.S. visa on the kiosk, place their fingertips on the scanner for fingerprint verification and make a customs declaration. The kiosk will issue the traveler a transaction receipt and direct the traveler to baggage claim and exit. Kiosks are located at major U.S. airports, as well as at several CBP Pre-Clearance locations. The following travelers are eligible for enrollment in Global Entry™: • Citizens and residents of the U.S. • Citizens of Mexico who hold a U.S. visa • Citizens of the Netherlands who are enrolled in Privium • Citizens of South Korea who are enrolled in SES (Smart Entry Service) • Citizens of Panama who hold a U.S. visa • Members of NEXUS or SENTRI

Application for enrollment in Global Entry™ is available at the Global On-Line Enrollment System: goes-app.cbp.dhs.gov. It costs only $100, which covers enrollment for a five-year period. The government will review the applicant’s information while a background investigation is conducted. Applicants undergo an interview with CBP officers at an Enrollment Center in the U.S. before final approval is granted. MileagePlus provides a payment code to eligible Global Services, Premier 1K and Premier Platinum members, to be used as a form of payment for new Global Entry applications. Eligible members may request the payment code on united.com prior to beginning the Global Entry application process. To verify your eligibility and request your payment code, please visit united.com/web/en-US/apps/mileage plus/globalentry/default.aspx or united.com/premier. Global Entry members who are U.S. citizens or Canadian citizens who are members of NEXUS are also eligible to participate in the TSA Pre program. TSA Pre allows select passengers traveling within the U.S. to qualify for expedited screening through TSA checkpoints at several airports. For detailed information, go to the CBP site, globalentry.gov.

TSA Pre Expedited Screening Through the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

Codeshare/MileagePlus Partner Service

Mobile

Tampa/St. Petersburg

Harlingen Brownsville

Arrivals in Chicago—OneStop Lanes Minimize Your Walk

Train Routes

MISSISSIPPI

STAPLE HERE

All travelers entering Guam under the terms of the Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program are required to complete an I-94 Arrival/Departure Record (one per person, including infants); an I-736 (one per person, including infants); and a Guam Customs Declaration (one per family). All other travelers need only complete a Guam Customs Declaration. All forms must be completed in English, in capital letters. Be sure to include the street name and number, city and state of your address in Guam. If you are transiting through Guam, you may write TRANSIT and your final destination country. The Customs and Border Protection officer will place the I-94 Departure Record in your passport after inspection. Make sure you return the Departure Record to the airline representative before boarding your return flight.

V T. N.H.

20. Birth Date (DD/MM/YY)

Arrivals in Guam

SCOTIA Bangor Bar Harbor

Appleton/ Fox Cities

Corpus Christi McAllen

Atlantic Time Zone 8:00

Ottawa

WISCONSIN

Laredo

100 150

Maui

9. Airline and Flight Number

10. Country Where You Live

21. Country of Citizenship

Moncton

Saint John North Bay

Sault Ste. Marie

Baton Pensacola Rouge Lake Charles Ft. Walton Gulfport/ Beach Lafayette HOUSTON New Biloxi San Antonio (INTERCONTINENTAL) Beaumont/ Orleans Pt. Arthur

Kahului

5. Sex (Male or Female) 7. Passport Expiration Date (DD/MM/YY)

8. Passport Number

19. First (Given) Name

Fredericton

City

Sudbury

Houghton

Duluth

Austin

Kapalua

4. Country of Citizenship 6. Passport Issue Date (DD/MM/YY)

CBP Form I-94 (05/08)

Presque Isle

O N TA R I O

Sioux Falls

Casper Chadron W YO M I N G

Honolulu

3. Birth Date (DD/MM/YY)

CBP Form I-94 (05/08)

Îles de la Madeleine

Toronto Syracuse M I C H I GA N Albany Midland/ Boston Rochester Ithaca Muskegon Grand Saginaw Sarnia Buffalo/ Hartford/M A S S . Hyannis Sacramento Reno/Tahoe Rock Springs Milwaukee Rapids Niagara Falls Binghamton SpringfieldR.I. Flint I OWA Nantucket Elmira C.T. Providence London Scottsbluff Lansing SAN FRANCISCO Madison Salt Lake City Wilkes Barre/ Alliance White Detroit Windsor Laramie South Scranton Erie San Jose Vernal Hayden/ Plains NEBRASKA Cedar Mammoth Lakes Cheyenne Bend/Elkhart/ Cleveland New York (La Guardia) Rapids/ Mishawaka Omaha Steamboat Fresno N.J. North Platte U TA H (J.F. Kennedy) State Des PA Iowa City Akron/Canton Springs C O L O R A D O Monterey Allentown Grand College Moines NEW YORK (NEWARK) Dubois Visalia O H I O Peoria Junction Vail/Eagle DENVER Ft. Philadelphia Kearney Pittsburgh CA L I F O R N I A Moline Harrisburg Lincoln Moab Wayne Columbus Johnstown Aspen McCook Atlantic City Altoona MD ILLINOIS I N D I A NA Morgantown Colorado Springs St. George Baltimore D E L . San Luis Obispo Montrose Dayton Gunnison/ Bakersfield Clarksburg WASHINGTON, DC (DULLES) Springfield Indianapolis Crested Hays Las Vegas Telluride Parkersburg Shenandoah Butte Santa Maria Page/ Cincinnati WV (Reagan National) Cortez Pueblo Valley Durango Kansas City KANSAS Lake Powell St. Louis Santa Barbara Charlottesville Burbank Charleston Louisville Alamosa Garden City Lewisburg Richmond Farmington Great Bend LOS ANGELES Lexington Beckley Ontario Dodge City Norfolk/Virginia Beach Wichita Orange County Roanoke V I R G I N I A KENTUCKY Liberal A R I Z O NA Santa Fe Springfield Carlsbad Prescott Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem Palm Springs Raleigh/Durham NORTH M I S S O U R I Paducah Amarillo Show Low Tulsa San Diego Knoxville CA R O L I NA Albuquerque Nashville Northwest Phoenix/Scottsdale Oklahoma City Charlotte Arkansas Asheville Fayetteville/Ft. Bragg TENNESSEE Yuma ARKANSAS Greenville/ OKLAHOMA Spartanburg Memphis Lubbock Little NEW MEXICO Tucson Rock Huntsville/ Columbia Myrtle Beach Decatur SOUTH Atlanta CA R O L I NA Hobbs Charleston Dallas/ Birmingham El Paso Fort Worth Dallas (Love) Monroe Midland/ ATLANTIC GEORGIA Odessa Jackson Shreveport TEXAS Savannah A L A BA M A OCEAN Tyler Riverton

N E VA DA

2. First (Given) Name

18. Family Name

P R I N C E E DWARD Sydney NEW ISLAND B RU N SW I C K Charlottetown

Saguenay

Glasgow

Dickinson Bismarck Fargo Billings Cody/ Jamestown Yellowstone Sheridan Idaho Falls Sun Valley SOUTH Gillette Worland St. Cloud Rapid City DA KO TA Jackson Hole

Redding

OMB No. 1651-0111

1. Family Name

See Other Side

Bathurst

Boise

Crescent City

Expedited Passport Control and Customs Clearance in the U.S.—Global Entry™

CBP Form I-94 (05/08)

000000000 00

17. Email Address

Gulf Of St. Lawrence

Mont-Joli

Regina

Lewistown M O N TA NA Bozeman

I DA H O

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

Departure Record

Helena Redmond

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.

Arrival Record

000000000 00

Great Falls

North Bend

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).

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

Winnipeg

Portland

immediately connecting to another United-operated international ﬂight, proceed to the OneStop lanes, regardless of your nationality. Global Entry kiosks are available here.

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.

Admission Number

Castlegar Cranbrook Lethbridge Medicine Hat Spokane Kalispell

WA S H I N GT O N

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

12. City Where Visa Was Issued

Saskatoon Seattle

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has automated the I-94 Arrival/Departure Record. If needed, travelers can obtain a copy of their I-94 on the Web after inspection by CBP at cbp.gov/I94.

eligibility for expedited screening on a per-ﬂight basis. Therefore, you are not guaranteed expedited screening for every ﬂight even if you have applied to the program.

will be directed to an expedited screening lane. Eligible passengers will also see the TSA Pre logo on their boarding passes issued online, through kiosks and on mobile boarding passes. If the boarding pass contains the TSA Pre logo (which will be located on the boarding pass near the customer’s name), the passenger can go to TSA Pre lanes. It’s important to note that while the TSA Pre logo will appear on all qualifying boarding passes, not all airports currently offer a TSA Pre lane. TM

MileagePlus members may participate by joining a DHS Trusted Traveler program. Visit tsa.gov/tsa-precheck to learn more.

Approved Global Entry/NEXUS/SENTRI members receive a membership/PASS ID number, also called a Known Traveler Number (KTN). Approved TSA Pre Application Program members receive a KTN. Members of the U.S. Armed Forces may use their DoD ID number as a KTN. Enter the KTN into your MileagePlus proﬁle at united.com/tsaprescreening. United will transmit the KTN to the TSA along with the Secure Flight Passenger Data in your reservation so the TSA can determine your eligibility for TSA Pre .

If the TSA determines a passenger is eligible for expedited screening, information will be embedded in the barcode of his or her boarding pass. When the TSA scans the barcode at designated checkpoints, eligible passengers

Tips for customers using Global Entry/NEXUS/ SENTRI to participate in TSA Pre All customers should ensure they are providing accurate Secure Flight Passenger Data (name, date of birth, gender, optional Known Traveler Number and optional Redress Number) in all reservations. Global Entry/NEXUS/SENTRI members should ensure that this data matches what was used on the CBP application, or they will not be selected to participate. TM

For a list of airports and checkpoints with TSA Pre lanes, or to learn more, go to tsa.gov or united.com/tsaprescreening. TM

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INFORMATION

Our Fleet

787-8/-9 UPDATE In September 2014, United took delivery of its first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, becoming the first North American carrier to fly this aircraft and continuing United’s tradition of launching new aircraft technology before the competition. The all-new 787-9 is 20 feet longer than the 787-8 and carries more than 30 additional customers up to 350 miles further, while delivering the same exceptional environmental performance. All of our 787s provide travel-enhancing features including larger windows and

overhead bins, lower cabin altitude and higher humidity levels. The 787-9 ﬂeet is equipped with factory-installed Wi-Fi connectivity, and all subsequent Dreamliners will be delivered with Wi-Fi. The existing 787-8s will be retroﬁtted for connectivity in the near future. We began to employ the 787-9’s impressive capabilities in October 2014, when we launched the new Los Angeles to Melbourne, Australia, route, our longest Dreamliner route to date. United currently has 26 additional 787-9s on order, and we look forward to welcoming you aboard soon.

Fleet Facts AIRCRAFT

CRUISE SPEED

CAPACITY

PROPULSION

WINGSPAN

747-400

567 mph

374 passengers

Four Pratt & Whitney PW4056 turbofan engines, rated up to 63,300 pounds thrust each

211 ft., 5 in..

777-200/200ER

550 mph

Between 266 and 348 passengers

Two General Electric GE90 or two Pratt & Whitney PW4077/4090 turbofan engines, rated up to 94,000 pounds thrust each

199 ft., 11 in. n.

787-8/-9

560 mph

Between 219 and 252 passengers

Two General Electric GEnx-1B turbofan engines, rated up to 74,100 pounds thrust each

197 ft., 4 in..

767-300ER/400ER

540 mph

Between 183 and 242 passengers

Two General Electric CF6-80C2B or Pratt & Whitney PW4060 turbofan engines, rated up to 63,500 pounds thrust each

Up to 170 ft.,, 4 in.

757-200/-300

540 mph

Between 142 and 213 passengers

Two Rolls-Royce RB211-535 or two Pratt & Whitney PW2037 turbofan engines, rated up to 43,700 pounds thrust each

134 ft., 9 in.

737-700/-800/ -900/-900ER

530 mph

Between 118 and 179 passengers

Two General Electric CFM56 turbofan engines, rated up to 27,100 pounds thrust each

118 ft., 2 in.

A319/A320

530 mph

Between 120 and 150 passengers

Two IAE V2500-A5 turbofan engines, rated up to 26,500 pounds thrust each

111 ft., 11 in.

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INFORMATION

Terminal Diagrams United Club

TSA Pre TSA Pre-screening Program

United Arrivals Lounge

United Global First Lounge

Baggage Claim

United Premier® Check-in

Kiosk Check-in/Customer Service Center

Immigration

Ticketing/Check-in

Animal Relief Area

IAH | HOUSTON GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT TERMINAL C United United Express

Connects Terminals A, B, C, D, & E via train

Station

TSA Pre

B27

B26

B25

E24

South Concourse

C34

C42

C35

C41

C36

C40

E2 E4

TERMINAL E United United Express

C39

E23

E15

C37

B16

C29

B17

B15

B18

B10

B24

B12 B14

B28

B20 B19

B23

B22

B29

(Lower Level)

B30

A19

B11

B21

B31

A20

International Arrivals

A18

A24

TERMINAL A (South Concourse)

Station

A17 A27 A26 A25

TSA Pre

(Lower Level)

A29

C27

TerminaLink

A30

A D4 D3

Station

USO

C14

C23

C15

C22

C16

C21

B87 B88

B85A B85 B84A-S

C17

C20

D1 D2

B86A

B86

B79 B77A B77 B76A B76

C19

C2 4

A2 A1

B79A

Bus Station (A2)

B80 B81A B81 B83A B83

North Concourse

C2 6

A15 A11 A9

A12 A10

TERMINAL D United Air China Avianca Lufthansa Singapore Airlines Turkish Airlines

C18

TERMINAL B United Express

TERMINAL A (North Concourse) United Express Air Canada A14

E16

E22

E17

E21

E18

E20 E19

EWR | NEW YORK/NEWARK LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

TERMINAL C B3

TERMINAL A United United Express Air Canada

TERMINAL C United United International Arrivals United Express

28/28A 27/ 27A

TERMINAL B United International Arrivals Lufthansa Scandinavian Airlines SWISS TSA Pre TAP Portugal

A2 25/25A 4A /2 24 23/23A 20/20A

AirTrain

P4 Newark Liberty International

Airport Station — Connection with Amtrak and New Jersey Transit

150

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X /26

A /26

127 128 126 139 125 124 138 123 137 122 136 121 5 120 3 1 134 3 13 32 1 131 0 13

98 99 97 96 94 95 92 91 80

115 114 112 110 108 104 102

113 111 109 107 105 103 101

TSA Pre

81 83 85 87 88

82 84

(Upper Level)

A1 (Lower Level) P1, P2, P3

TSA PreCheck now available at all 3 checkpoints

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Transfer Shuttle

Shuttle Stop

Bus, Monorail or Train Transport

Secure Walkway

Medical Center

ORD | CHICAGO O’HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

Concourse A Air Canada Lufthansa

Concourse C

Concourse H

TERMINAL WEST

Concourse K

Concourse B United United Express

C28-C39

E8 C2 C1 C4 C6 C3 C8 C5 E3 C10 C7 E2A C12 C9 E2 C16 C11 E1A B3 C18 B2 B4 C15 E1 F1 C18A B1 C17 B5 C20 B6 C22 C19 B7 TSA Pre C24 C21 B8 C26 (Lower Level) C23 C28 C25 B9 TSA Pre C30 B10 C27 C32 B11 C29C31 B12 B13 TE R M I N A L 2 TE R M I N A L 1 B14 United Express TSA Pre United B15 B16 Air Canada United Express B17 ANA* B18 B19 Lufthansa* B20 B21 B22/23/24 Elevated Airport Concourse B Transport System

Concourse G

5 7 9 1 3 5 7 9 1 3 5 7 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B3 B3 B3 B3

Concourse E

A24-A39

F11 F10 F9 F7 F5 F4 F3 F2

8 0 2 4 6 4 6 6 8 0 2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B3 B3 B3 B3

Concourse F F14 F12

DEN | DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

Pedestrian Bridge

A58-A68

Concourse M

SFO | SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

9 1 3 5 7 9 1 3 5 B5 B6 B6 B6 B6 B6 B7 B7 B7 B77 9

*Departures only **Arrivals only

Concourse C

1 3 5 7 9 1 B8 B8 B8 B8 B8 B9 B93 B95

0 2 4 6 8 0 2 4 B8 B8 B8 B8 B8 B9 B9 B9

TE R M I N A L 5 United (international arrivals, except Canadian arrivals), ANA**, Asiana Airlines, Austrian, Avianca, Copa Airlines, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa**, Scandinavian Airlines, SWISS, Turkish Airlines

C40-C50

TERMINAL EAST

Train

A40-A53

Concourse L

8 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60 B B B B B B B B B B

TSA Pre

9 1 3 5 7 9 1 3 5 7 B3 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B5 B5 B5 B5

TE R M I N A L 3

IAD | WASHINGTON DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

TE R M I N A L 2

64 63 62 61 66 60 67 78A/B 68 77A/B/C 69 79 76A/B

TE R M I N A L 1

TE R M I N A L 3

Concourse C

Concourse D

United United Express

C2-4

Shuttle

C6-8

C1-3

United United Express

80 82 84 81 86 83 88 85 90 87 89

72 73 73A 74 75

G102

G99

C9-11

C28-30

C17-27

D2-8

D1-7

A14

A22

A15

A21

D10-16

D9-11

A25

United Express Avianca Copa Airlines Ethiopian

G91

G95 G97

D18-26

D28-32

D15-21 D23-29

A32

B38-B48

Z Gates

1-4

Gates A1-A12

I N T E R N AT I O N A L TE R M I N A L

B35-B51

Shuttle Bus

Concourse A

G93

G101

C18-26

(Lower Level)

G92

G94 G96 G98 G100

C5-7

Train C10-14

MAIN TERMINAL

B63-B79

Concourse B ANA Austrian Avianca Brussels Airlines Lufthansa Scandinavian Airlines South African Airways Turkish Airlines

United, Air Canada, Air China, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana Airlines, Avianca, EVA AIR, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, Singapore Airlines, SWISS

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Terminal Diagrams CONT’D United Club

Kiosk Check-in/Customer Service Center

Medical Center

United Global First Lounge

Ticketing/Check-in

Transfer Shuttle

United Arrivals Lounge

Baggage Claim

Bus, Monorail or Train Transport

United Premier® Check-in

Immigration

Shuttle Stop

Animal Relief Area

Secure Walkway

TSA Pre

TSA Pre-screening Program

LAX | LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TE R M I N A L 3

TE R M I N A L 2

TE R M I N A L 1

Air Canada

US Airways

Air China

CLE | CLEVELAND HOPKINS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

Air New Zealand

Avianca

C17

C18

C16

C19

C2 C14

C20

C11

C22

C10

80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88

71A 71B

70B

75A 74

75B 77

C25

TE R M I N A L 7

TE R M I N A L 6

D12 D14

Fourth Floor 35 36

United United Express

D21

GUM | GUAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

North Wing

South Wing

16 15

Satellite 1

Café

Food Court

20 5

(Lower Level) 57 58

Transfer to Terminal 1 is via walkway

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B47

A/Z Gates 50-69

B44

B36

B43

B38

T E R M I N A L 5A TERMINAL 3

152

B48

B29

T E R M I N A L 2B Underground Walkway

Arrivals Lounge

A18

B42

B39 B41

TE R M I N A L 1 Austrian Croatia Airlines EGYPTAIR Ethiopian LOT Polish Airlines Lufthansa Scandinavian Airlines

B49

B33

B46

Gates Z11-25 A1-42

Pier A/Z

United Aegean Airlines Adria Airways Air Canada Air China ANA Asiana Airlines

B32

Z A/

Gates C1-C9

B31

TERMINAL 1

Pier A

Pedestrian Tunnel

Pier D

LHR | LONDON HEATHROW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

B27 B47 B46 B26 B48 B28 B45 B23 B25 B42 B44 B24 B22 B43 Pier B B1-B41 B10-B20

Gates D1-D54

TE R M I N A L 2

MAIN TERMINAL United

Security Checkpoint 17

51 52

Sky Line Train

Pier E

Some United international ﬂights arrive at Concourse A.

D17

FRA | FRANKFURT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Gates E1-E26

Concourse D United Express

D25

Terminals M, B and A

D7 D9 D8

TERMINAL 1 United Air Canada Air China ANA Air New Zealand Asiana Airlines Austrian EGYPTAIR EVA AIR Lufthansa Scandinavian Airlines Singapore Airlines SWISS THAI Turkish Airlines

Satellite 2

24 25

32 46

D28

United

D11

D10

TE R M I N A L 8

United Express

Third Floor 27

Underground Tunnel

C27

NRT | TOKYO NARITA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 37

(Lower Level)

C24

C26

TSA Pre

C29

C23

THAI, Turkish Airlines, United

43 42 44

(Lower Level)

ANA, Asiana Airlines, EVA AIR Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines, SWISS,

TE R M I N A L 5

C21

TO M B R A D L E Y I N T E R N A T I O N A L TE R M I N A L

TE R M I N A L 4

Concourse B United United Express

Concourse C United United Express Air Canada

Singapore Airlines South African Airways SWISS TAP Portugal THAI Turkish Airlines

Transfer to Terminal 3-4-5 is via secure side shuttle bus

A21

T E R M I N A L 2A

TERMINAL 4

Various airlines are moving into new terminals in 2014, check ﬂight information screens or check with your airline for current location

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INFORMATION MAKING YOUR CONNECTING FLIGHT Whether your next ﬂight is on United or one of its Star Alliance partners around the world, you can use the terminal diagrams on pages 150–152 to plan your connection. In addition to gate locations, these maps show ticket counters and interterminal transportation.

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SAFETY INFORMATION NEED TO KNOW Customer safety is our primary concern. Our ﬂight attendants are trained thoroughly in all safety procedures. But as expert as they are, in the event of an emergency they need help from you, the customer. You should be aware of the following:

EXIT Location of the nearest emergency exit

The correct procedure for exiting the cabin in an emergency

Where your oxygen mask will appear, how to start the oxygen ﬂow and how to use the mask

Please look carefully at the safety information card located in the seat pocket in front of you

Liquid and solid explosives

Flammable gases and compressed gas

Poisons

Radioactive and magnetic materials, corrosive and oxidizing agents

Smoking is not permitted. Federal law imposes ﬁnes of $1,000 for smoking and up to $2,200 for any attempt to disable an aircraft’s smoke detectors. We prohibit the use of electronic simulated smoking devices (cigarettes, pipes, cigars, etc.) on our ﬂights.

NEVER PERMITTED The Federal Aviation Administration and the Transportation Security Administration prohibit hazardous materials in either checked or carry-on baggage. Substantial ﬁnes can be imposed for violations.

It is a violation of federal regulations to drink alcoholic beverages during a ﬂight unless they are served by our personnel. Also, airlines are forbidden to serve alcoholic beverages to anyone who appears to be intoxicated.

Travel assistance for delayed or canceled flights At United, our priority is safety and keeping an on-time schedule. On occasion, canceling or delaying a flight is the only option to ensure we maintain the highest safety standards. Flight interruption? We will confirm you on the next United flight with available seats. Kiosks located in the concourse will assist you with information and a boarding pass, and will also help you stand by 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, which means your bags may arrive before you. If so, 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 a similar issue within our control, we 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 cannot 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 cancellation you opt not to travel, call United reservations (1-800-UNITED-1) to learn about your options. Help us help you stay informed. Sign up for Trip Alert, our messaging service that informs you if your ﬂight is canceled or delayed, at united. com. At home? Go to united.com for information or to check in and print your boarding pass. Your safety and satisfaction are important to us. We appreciate your business and apologize for any inconvenience you may have experienced.

Staying Fit IN-FLIGHT FLEXIBILITY Knee Flexion: Lift knee toward chest, decreasing the amount of joint space at the back of the knee. Repeat with other leg.

Dorsiﬂexion: With heel on ﬂoor, point toes upward, decreasing the angle between the foot and the 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 heel and keep toes pointed toward the ﬂoor, increasing the angle between the top of the foot and the 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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CUSTOMER CARE We are committed to providing quality service, and we want to hear about your travel experience with us. In addition, if you think a certain employee or an action taken on your behalf deserves special recognition, please let us know. Please give us your comments at united.com/feedback.

Use of personal electronic devices What is the new portable electronic device policy? Small, lightweight devices may be used on Unitedoperated and United Express flights gate-to-gate, as long as the device is secured and has been switched to airplane mode and/or had the cellular data disabled. This policy applies to flights operating within the 50 U.S. states, all U.S. territories and select international locations as announced by the flight attendant on your flight. How do devices need to be secured or stowed? Devices may be held in hand (not left unsecured around the seat) or placed in a garment pocket or in the seatback pocket, as long as the device is less than 2 pounds. Devices weighing more than 2 pounds must be stowed in approved carry-on baggage in the overhead compartment or under the seat in front of you during take-off, taxi and landing. In an emergency situation, all devices must be turned off and stowed. For international destinations, your flight attendants will advise if it’s necessary to turn off and stow your device. Are there any exceptions to using personal devices under this new policy? The captain may request that all devices be fully turned off in certain circumstances, such as for poor

visibility landings. Please always listen to and follow crewmember instructions. Does the new policy allow me to use a small notebook laptop? No. The new policy does not apply to laptops or DVD players, which may only be used when announced by your flight crew. Will I be able to use Wi-Fi below 10,000 feet? Our aircraft equipped with satellite Wi-Fi are currently configured to allow Wi-Fi above 10,000 feet. However, we are exploring options to provide gate-to-gate Wi-Fi in the future. When can I use in-seat power? Use of in-seat power is prohibited during taxi, takeoff and landing. Can I make calls or send text messages? The use of cellular network services during the flight is not permitted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The use of any voice application, such as a Web-based Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service, in connection with or in-flight Wi-Fi service is not permitted.

ELECTRONIC DEVICES PERMITTED

Small, lightweight PEDs (Personal Electronic Devices) may remain on from door closure to landing Cell phones should be in airplane mode or have cellular service disabled

NEVER PERMITTED Radio Receivers and/or transmitters, including AM/FM/SW/CB and Scanners Televisions Remote-controlled toys Personal air puriﬁers Bluetooth devices

LIMITED PERMISSION

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Laptops and DVD players must be stowed in approved carry-on baggage during taxi, takeoff and landing

All devices must be used with sound off or with headsets at all times

Onboard Photo and Video policy United Airlines strives to provide customers with a safe and pleasant travel experience. The use of any device for photography or audio and/or video recording is permitted only for capturing personal events. Any photography or recording of other customers or airline personnel without their express prior consent is strictly prohibited. Any photography (still or video) or recording (audio or video) of airline procedures or aircraft equipment is strictly prohibited, except to the extent prior approval has been speciﬁcally granted by United Airlines. This policy is not a contract and does not create any legal rights or obligations.

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Rechargeable batteries have a risk of overload or fire when not stored properly. Rechargeable batteries should be stored in their electronic devices or properly protected to avoid contact with metal or other batteries during flight. Advanced mobile phones, PDAs and other personal electronic devices with wireless capabilities may be used in flight when switched to “airplane” mode. A visible airplanedisabled mode should be identifiable and shown to a crew member upon request. Flight attendants will notify mobile phone and two-way pager users when it is safe to begin placing or receiving phone calls or pages after landing. One-way pagers may be used to receive messages at any time. PLEASE NOTE Customers may always use any medically prescribed physiological instrument, such as a hearing aid or a pacemaker. On aircraft equipped with in-ear headphones, customers with hearing-assistance devices may request a different headset from a flight attendant. Passengers are allowed to use non-battery-operated headphones during taxi, takeoff and landing. The in-seat power system may be used only above 10,000 feet. Use of the system is at your own risk. Do not remove batteries. We are not responsible for loss of data or damage to computer hardware or software.

PLEASE NOTE United strictly prohibits the modiﬁcation or use of any object or device to alter or limit the functionality, permanently or temporarily, of any aircraft structure, seat assembly, tray table, etc. If you see a customer using any such device or object, please inform United personnel immediately.

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Chef’s Corner Lasagna g Shaomai Recipe Yields 4 servings

Ingredients 1 pound low-fat Italian or turkey sausage ½ cup yellow onion, chopped 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 cup spinach, chopped 1 cup low-fat ricotta cheese 1 egg, beaten

To celebrate the holiday season and raise awareness for our partner, Common Threads, United held a recipe contest among co-workers for family-friendly holiday recipes. The winning recipe was selected by an esteemed panel of judges including United Executive Chef Gerry McLoughlin and five of Common Threads’ All-Star student chefs. San Francisco-based flight attendant, Mary Keelan, submitted the winning recipe and got to prepare her Lasagna Shaomai with the Common Threads All-Stars. We hope you enjoy the recipe with your family this holiday season. Common Threads is a national nonprofit that has been teaching children living in underserved communities how to cook healthy meals in professionally led, curriculum-based after-school programs for 10 years. The students gain serious culinary skills, learn about the world through healthy food from different countries and develop the confidence to make healthy choices about what they eat. Today, the organization operates programs in Chicago, Miami and Washington, D.C. For more information go to commonthreads.org.

Directions 1. Heat a large non-stick pan to medium heat. Add the sausage and sauté for about 4 minutes, breaking up the sausage into small pieces. 2. Add the onions and cook for 5 minutes. Add the garlic and spinach and cook for 1 minute. Remove the mixture from the heat and let cool. Season with kosher salt and pepper, if desired. 3. In a small bowl, beat the egg and mix in the ricotta. Add the cooled sausage mixture to the cheese mixture and mix well. 4. Add a steamer to the inside of a large pot. Add enough water just to touch the bottom of the steamer. Bring the water to a light simmer. (If you’re not using a non-stick steamer, spray a little non-stick spray on the bottom of it.)

24 wonton wrappers 1

cup water

28 ounces prepared marinara sauce ¼ ½

cup basil, chiffonade (garnish) cup grated Parmesan cheese Salt and pepper, to taste

Meanwhile, form the dumplings by placing a wonton skin on a work surface and moisten all the edges with a little water (using your finger). Put 1 generous teaspoon of the sausage/cheese filling in the center of the wrapper. Fold the wrapper together and seal the edges. Once the water is simmering add as many dumplings as will fit to the steamer without overcrowding them in one layer. Steam with a lid on for about 6 minutes or until the wontons are tender. Remove wontons from steamer. As the wontons steam, warm the marinara sauce. Garnish wontons with sauce, basil and Parmesan cheese.

Recipe submitted by: Mary Keelan Flight Attendant - SFO

You may also view this recipe by visiting www.hemispheresmagazine.com and downloading the App.

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Eat for Good We proudly partner with Feeding America® and Common Threads to help fight hunger and ensure that children have the confidence to make healthy choices about what they eat. Learn more at united.com/eatforgood.

snacks NEW Pretzels & Honey Mustard Dip $3.99 NEW Chex Mix® $3.99 NEW Sheila G’s Chocolate Chip Brownie Brittle $3.99

Pringles® Original Potato Crisps $3.29 Two Degrees® Fruit & Nut Bars 2-Pack Box $3.99 Wild Garden® Hummus Dip & Multi Grain Pita Chips $3.99 Sweet & Savory Bistro Blend Trail Mix $4.29 Haribo® Gold-Bears® Gummi Candy $3.99

All day on most North America and Latin America flights (excluding Argentina, Brazil, Peru and Venezuela) over 2 hours, and between Guam and Honolulu. All flights accept credit/debit cards only.

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Buffalo Chicken Wrap

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L AT I N A M E R I C A

breakfast ON MOST MORNING FLIGHTS DEPARTING BETWEEN 5:45 AM AND 9:45 AM

breakfast

lunch & dinner

ON MOST MORNING FLIGHTS DEPARTING BETWEEN 5:45 AM AND 9:45 AM

ON MOST AFTERNOON AND EVENING FLIGHTS DEPARTING BETWEEN 9:45 AM AND 8:00 PM

Turkey & Cheddar Cheese Baguette

Two Degrees® Fruit & Nut Bars

Artisan Cheese Selection

Baguette with turkey, cheddar cheese and mustard-mayonnaise spread

May be served warm on select aircraft

Real fruit, toasted nuts, seeds and grains. All natural, gluten free, vegan, kosher, low sodium and GMO free (2-Pack Box). For every bar you buy, Two Degrees® gives a meal to a hungry child

$3.99

Morning Energy Selection

Four cheese selection with crackers, fruit spread, grapes and chocolate Contains: Milk, wheat, soybean

Asian-style Noodle Salad Udon noodles with chicken breast, vegetable julienne, green onion and sesame ginger dressing Contains: Wheat, soybean

$9.49

Contains: Egg, milk, wheat, tree nuts (almond)

Buffalo Chicken Wrap

$6.99

Tortilla filled with spicy chicken breast, blue cheese, tomatoes, lettuce and creamy dressing

Ham & Swiss Baguette Cranberry baguette with ham, Swiss cheese and creamy spread Contains: Wheat, soybean, milk

$8.99 See detailed ingredient list on the following page.

$8.99

Hard-cooked egg, cheese, grapes, breakfast roll and almond butter

May be served warm on select aircraft

Contains: Wheat, milk, egg

Contains: Wheat, soybean, milk, egg

$9.49

Chicken & Swiss Focaccia May be served warm on select aircraft

Tomato focaccia with chicken breast, Swiss cheese, arugula and roasted tomatoes Contains: Wheat, soybean, milk

$9.49 Available for purchase on flights over 3.5 hours within North America, to Latin America and between Honolulu and Guam. All flights accept credit/debit cards only.

lunch & dinner ON MOST AFTERNOON AND EVENING FLIGHTS DEPARTING BETWEEN 9:45 AM AND 8:00 PM

Teriyaki Chicken Salad Teriyaki-glazed chicken, lettuce, cucumber and tomato with mango vinaigrette and a side of pineapple slaw Contains: Soybean, egg

$8.99

Crispy Chicken Wrap Tortilla filled with breaded chicken, tomato salsa, lettuce and creamy spread Contains: Wheat, milk

$8.99

Chicken & Cheese Baguette May be served warm on select aircraft

Herbed baguette with chicken, cheddar cheese and spicy mayonnaise Contains: Wheat, milk, egg

$8.99

S E L EC T M A R K E T S

Departing Caribbean, Central America, Mexico, Colombia and Ecuador

breakfast

lunch & dinner

ON MOST MORNING FLIGHTS DEPARTING BEFORE 9:15 AM (9:45 AM JFK TO/FROM LAX/SFO)

ON MOST AFTERNOON AND EVENING FLIGHTS DEPARTING BETWEEN 9:15 AM AND 8:00 PM (9:45 AM JFK TO/FROM LAX/SFO)

Bistro Scramble

Chicken Stir-fry

Scrambled eggs, potatoes, ham, bell pepper and cheddar cheese

Stir-fried chicken breast, zucchini, carrots and green onion over rice

Contains: Egg, milk

Contains: Wheat, soybean

$9.99

These warm meals are available on most flights between Hawaii and Chicago, Houston, Newark and Washington, D.C., p.s.® Premium Service between New York JFK, and Los Angeles/San Francisco and between Honolulu and Guam.

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Bistro on Board products may contain food allergens such as milk, egg, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, wheat or soybean.

Vegetarian Option Gluten Free

Menu and beverage options may vary by flight. We apologize if your preferred choice is not available.

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FALL SELECTIONS

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Coca-Cola,® Coke Zero,® Diet Coke®

Mott’s® Tomato Juice

Sprite®

Mr & Mrs T® Bloody Mary Mix

DASANI® Lime Sparkling Water

DASANI® Bottled Water

Fresh Product Ingredients

Minute Maid®: Apple Juice, Cranberry Apple Juice Cocktail, Orange Juice

Seagram’s®: Ginger Ale, Seltzer Water, Tonic Water

Hawaiian Kona Blend Coffee

Decaffeinated Coffee

Hot Tea

Refer to product label for packaged item ingredients

MOR NING ENERG Y SEL EC TION Grand Cru Cheese: Pasteurized cultured milk, salt, enzymes; Breakfast Roll: Unbleached wheat flour [wheat flour, ascorbic acid (natural dough conditioner), niacin [Vitamin B-3], iron [ferrous sulphate], thiamin mononitrate [Vitamin B-1], riboflavin [Vitamin B-2], folic acid], filtered water, anti-oxidant containing raisins (raisins, vegetable oil), organic evaporated cane sugar, flax seeds, multigrain mix (cracked wheat, cracked rye, crushed flax seeds, millet meal, cracked triticale, barley grits, sunflower seeds, rolled oats, durum semolina), sunflower seeds, wheat bran, rolled oats, sulfite free apples, yeast, sunflower oil, sea salt, cultured wheat starch, citric acid, amylase (enzyme); Almond butter*, Hard-cooked egg; and Grapes. Contains: Egg, milk, wheat, tree nuts (almond)

H A M & S WIS S BAGUE T T E

AVAIL ABLE ON SELEC T ROU T E S

Cappuccino, Espresso and Specialty Regional Teas are available on select international routes and availability varies according to cabin and destination.

Alcoholic Alcoholic beverages are available on most flights. Complimentary in premium cabins. Priced as shown in economy cabin.

Specialty Cocktail

$9.99

MOS T U. S. M AINL A ND FLIGH T S TO/FROM H AWAII

Trader Vic’s® Mai Tai

Budweiser,® Miller® Lite $6.99 312 Urban Wheat Ale, Heineken® $7.99

$7.99

House Red and White IN T ER N ATION A L & MOS T FLIGH T S T O/FROM H AWAII Not available on intra-Pacific flights

Sparkling Wine

Sake

Premium Wine (375ml)

$15.99

Beverage vouchers may not be used to obtain premium wines AVAIL A BLE IN ECONOM Y C A BINS ON FLIGH T S BE T WEEN T HE UNIT ED S TAT E S A ND EUROPE A ND JFK TO/FROM L A X A ND SFO. J

MURPHY-GOODE Sauvignon Blanc, California

Meiomi Pinot Noir, Napa Valley, California

$7.99

Tito’s Handmade VODKA®

Bacardi® Superior Rum

Canadian Club® Whisky

Dewar’s® “White Label®” Blended Scotch Whisky

Courvoisier® VSOP Fine Champagne Cognac

Jack Daniel’s® Tennessee Whiskey Jim Beam® Devil's Cut® Bourbon Whiskey

$8.99

Baileys® Irish Cream

Bombay Sapphire® Dry Gin

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Grand Marnier®

DISARONNO® Amaretto*

Crown Royal® Canadian Whisky

*Also available in domestic premium cabins Alcohol may be served to customers over 21 only. We are proud to recycle aluminum cans, newspapers and plastic bottles on eligible flights.

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Chicken Breast: Water, modified corn starch, seasoning (salt, sugar, onion powder, garlic powder, paprika, black pepper, thyme, savory), vegetable oil (canola oil, extra virgin olive oil), sodium phosphates, chicken base (chicken meat including natural chicken juices, salt, corn maltodextrin, cane); Buffalo Chicken Seasoning: Aged cayenne red peppers, distilled vinegar, water, salt, natural flavor, garlic powder, Grade A cultured cream; Tortilla: Enriched flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, vegetable shortening (interesterfied soybean oil, hydrogenated cottonseed oil), contains less than 2 % of each of the following: oat fiber, salt, wheat flour, baking powder (baking soda, sodium aluminum sulfate, calcium carbonate, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate), calcium propionate and potassium sorbate (preservatives), fumaric acid, sugar, distilled monoglycerides, cellulose gum, inactive yeast, guar gum, soy lecithin, maltodextrin, carrageenan, l-cysteine; Creamy Spread: Cream cheese (milk, cream and stabilizers), soybean oil, water, buttermilk, distilled vinegar, salt, egg yolk, sugar, whey protein concentrate, garlic juice, monosodium glutamate, xanthan gum, natural flavor, onion, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate added as preservatives , polysorbate 60, garlic, spice, phosphoric acid, lactic acid, calcium disodium EDTA added to protect flavor, dehydrated egg, milk; Roma Tomatoes; Romaine Lettuce. Contains: Wheat, soybean, milk, egg

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Chicken Breast: Water, modified corn starch, seasoning (salt, sugar, onion powder, garlic powder, paprika, black pepper, thyme, savory), vegetable oil (canola oil, extra virgin olive oil), sodium phosphates, chicken base (chicken meat including natural chicken juices, salt, corn maltodextrin, cane sugar; Udon Noodle: Wheat flour, sea salt, lemon juice, vinaigrette (sugar, peaches, water, soybean oil, vinegar, sesame oil, lemon juice from concentrate, wheat, soybeans, salt, food starch modified, sesame seeds, ground sesame seeds, natural flavor, granulated garlic, caramel color, spices, cayenne pepper), soy sauce (wheat, soybeans, water, salt), sesame oil; Dressing: Water, sugar, soybean oil, soy sauce (water, wheat, soybeans, salt and less than 0.1% sodium benzoate added as a preservative), rice vinegar, sesame oil, ginger (ginger, water, salt, and citric acid), sesame seeds, maltodextrin, modified food starch, salt, garlic, spice, less than 0.1% sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate added as preservatives, xantham gum, propylene glycol alginate and calcium disodium EDTA added to protect flavor; Vegetables: Carrots, zucchini, red wine vinegar, cucumber, red and yellow bell pepper, cilantro, salt and pepper. Contains: Wheat, soybean

BUFFA LO CHICKEN WR A P

T R A NS-PACIFIC FLIGH T S TO/FROM JA PA N

Spirits

A R TIS A N CHEE SE SEL EC TION Brie: Pasteurized milk and cream, salt, Cheese cultures, enzymes, calcium chloride, Smoked Gouda Cheese: Pasteurized cultured milk, enzymes, salt, water, sodium phosphate, potassium sorbate (preservative), apo-carotenal (color); Cheddar Cheese: Pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, annatto coloring; Grand Cru Cheese: Pasteurized cultured milk, salt, enzymes; Apricot Spread: Apricots, sugar, cane sugar, concentrated lemon juice, fruit pectin; Chocolate: Unsweetened chocolate, sugar, cocoa butter, milk fat, soy lecithin, an emulsifier, vanilla; and Olive Oil & Sea Salt Crackers*. Contains: Milk, wheat, soybean

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Beer

Wines (187ml)

Cranberry Baguette: Wheat Flour (Bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, (potassium bromate), water, sweetened dried cranberries, sugar, salt, shortening (soybean and cottonseed oils), oil (soybean, salad or cooking), dough conditioner (datem, wheat flour, guar gum, dextrose, canola oil, ascorbic acid), yeast; Smoked ham: Cured with water, salt, sugar, dextrose, sodium phosphates, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite; Swiss Cheese: Pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes; Creamy Spread: Cream Cheese (sugar, pasteurized milk, and cream, (trivial source of fat) carob bean gum, salt, artificial color, xanthan gum, artificial flavor); Sour Cream (Grade A cultured cream). Contains: Wheat, soybean, milk

BIS T RO S CR A MBL E Eggs: Heavy cream, butter, salt and white pepper; Cheddar Cheese: Pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzyme(s), annatto, potato starch, cellulose powder, calcium sulfate added to prevent caking, natamyzin natural mold inhibitor; Ham: Cured with water, walt, potassium lactate, dextrose, modified potato starch, dehydrated pork stock (dehydrated pork stock, natural flavors), sodium phosphates, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite; Vegetables: Red potato (rosemary, thyme, olive oil, salt, black pepper), red and green bell pepper (salt and white pepper). Contains: Egg, milk

CHICKEN S TIR-FRY Rice Pilaf: Water, long grain rice, margarine, white onion, white pepper; Chicken Breast: Water, modified corn starch, seasoning (salt, sugar, onion powder, garlic powder, paprika, black pepper, thyme, savory), vegetable oil (canola oil, extra virgin olive oil), sodium phosphates, chicken base (chicken meat including natural chicken juices, salt, corn maltodextrin, cane sugar, chicken fat, dried onion, natural flavor, turmeric) salt, corn maltodextrin, caramel color; Vegetables: Carrots, yellow squash, zucchini, red onion, vegetable oil, garlic, scallion, kosher salt, white pepper; Stir-fry Sauce: Naturally brewed soy sauce (water, wheat, soybeans, salt), sugar, water, modified food starch, wine, vinegar, garlic powder, oyster extract, cultured whey, spices, sodium benzoate (less than 1/10 of 1% as a preservative), siccinic acid, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate. Contains: Wheat, soybean

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