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ELVIS was run using \textsc{GADGET-3} and \textsc{GADGET-2} \citep{Springel2005e}, with initial conditions generated using \textsc{MUSIC} \citep{HahnAbel2011}, all with $\Lambda$CDM cosmology based on WMAP7 \citep{Larson2011}: $\sigma_8=0.801$, $\omegamatter=0.266$, $\omegalambda=0.734$, $n_s=0.963$ and $h=0.71$.  Within the zoom-in regions, the particle mass is $1.9\times10^5\msun$ and the Plummer-equivalent force softening is $140\pc$ (comoving at $z > 9$, physical at $z < 9$).  ELVIS contains 48 dark-matter halos of masses similar to the MW or M31 ($\mvir = 1.0 - 2.8 \times 10 ^ {12} \msun$), ($\mvir=1.0-2.8\times10^{12}\msun$),  with a median virial radius of $\rvir \approx 300 \kpc$. Half of these halos are located in zoom-in regions that were selected to contain a pair of halos that resemble the masses, distance, and relative velocity of the MW-M31 pair, while the other half are single isolated halos matched in masses to the paired ones.  We use all ELVIS halos, given the lack of strong difference in satellite virial-infall times in the paired versus isolated halos \citep{Wetzel2015}.