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Wrapp hits 15 million digital gift cards, raises $15 million

The social marketing company continues to grow with new brands and strategic investors important to its mobile efforts.

By June 13, 2013

The social 'gifting' boom: Wrapp now sending 1M cards a week

2012 is the year in which social gifting started to take off, and not just for Facebook. One leading the pack is Wrapp, which is seeing usage skyrocket thanks to the holidays.

By December 23, 2012

Wrapp using Facebook to target back-to-school shoppers

The free gift card service wants to capitalize on the profitable market, and showcases another way to make money off the social network.

By August 15, 2012

Social gift-card service Wrapp launches in Australia

The Swedish service has launched its free gift-card service for Australian Facebook users.

By August 7, 2012

Reporter's Roundtable Ep. 122: Free gifts for your Facebook friends, with Wrapp

Swedish social gifting company strikes deals with U.S. brands to help you celebrate your friends by giving them gift cards preloaded with marketing dollars.

By May 1, 2012

Wrapp: Giving you free stuff to 'gift' to your Facebook friends

New mobile/social gift-giving service gets you free stuff you can then pass along to deserving friends and families. Is branding the future of the thoughtful gesture?

By April 30, 2012

Reid Hoffman joins board, invests $5M in Wrapp

The LinkedIn co-founder brings firepower to Wrapp, a social gifting startup that's about to launch in the U.S.

By January 18, 2012

Send your Facebook friends real gifts through their Timelines

The network rolls out its own service for users to give real-world gifts with virtual sentiments.

By September 27, 2012

'Startup whisperer' Reid Hoffman still bullish on Facebook

At TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco today, the LinkedIn founder -- and one of Facebook's first investors -- says he still thinks the social network has strong fundamentals.

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Get top dollar for iPhone trade-ins

Lock in today's iPhone buyback prices before the mania begins, check out the new Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet, and make more friends with the Wrapp app.

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Pots and pans have no place in the Electrolux future

The Electrolux "Heart of the Home" Kitchen Concept imagines a future where the tabletop doubles as a cooktop.

No need for pots and pans. Electrolux

The Electrolux Design Lab is at it again. Understanding that the kitchen is a place for inspiration, the Electrolux "Heart of the Home" Kitchen Concept integrates recipe creation into an all-in-one appliance. By combining a cooking surface with a countertop and throwing in a recipe reader for good measure, Electrolux paints a future where kitchen appliances can inspire everything from dinner to the conversation that goes with it.

Meal planning with the "Heart of the Home" starts with, what else, ingredients. The design concept is an imagining of a future where the cookware has a say in what's cooking. When individual ingredients are placed on the surface, the appliance would recognize the foods, and then suggest meals based on the ingredients. It's nothing new to imagine a searchable recipe database, but what happens next is where the magic would be.

Once a recipe is chosen, the next step is to actually cook those ingredients. Imagined to be constructed of a malleable material, users trace out a cooking area anywhere on the surface, and then create a depression by actually pressing down into the surface. Time and temperature could then be selected via a similar interface to that of the recipe/ingredient selector.

Like all concept designs, the "Heart of the Home" is a mash-up of the familiar and the far-reaching. Conceived as a space-saving appliance that fosters social behavior, the concept recognizes not only what we are, but also where we are going. As it's a good bet the question of "what's for dinner" will be relevant in any era, the design of future appliances that address this question will always be welcome.

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Reviewing the search giant's sleek and super-cool OnHub home router (while totally and completely trusting Google with personal info).

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Roosevelt farmer pleads guilty on drug charges

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In a plea agreement, Roosevelt County farmer William “Billy Joe” Watson has pleaded guilty to transporting anhydrous ammonia for methamphetamine manufacture across state lines.

Under federal charges, Watson was accused of buying anhydrous ammonia in Texas and in New Mexico and giving it to federal agents he believed were members of the Aryan Brotherhood criminal organization for use in methamphetamine manufacture. Earlier this year, he was acquitted of state charges of hiring Aryan Brotherhood member Donald Taylor to kill local rancher Jimmie Bo Chunn and providing the anhydrous ammonia as payment.

Watson pled guilty to interstate travel in aid of a racketeering enterprise Monday in federal court in Albuquerque, according to court documents. In exchange, the U.S. Attorney’s Office dropped charges of conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine and possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking, said office spokesman Norman Cairns.

Watson was sentenced to five years in prison, three years of supervised probation after his release, a $25,000 fine and a $100 special penalty assessment, according to court documents.

Watson’s attorney, Gary Mitchell, expects him to be released early next fall with credit for pre-sentencing imprisonment and good time credit. Watson has been in custody since June 2007.

Mitchell said the defense had always admitted that Watson transported the anhydrous ammonia but did so because he thought the agents were Aryan Brotherhood members and feared harm to himself, his family and his friends.

Unlike state law, Mitchell said, federal law makes no provision for entrapment.

“The feds took advantage of this in this particular case,” he said.

Mitchell said even though he hated to do it, he negotiated with prosecutors because Watson had already spent so much time in jail and wanted the situation to end.

“At the end of the day, it seemed about the wisest thing to do,” Mitchell said.

Bo Chunn’s son, Rick Chunn, sent a letter addressed to Watson to be read at the sentencing.

In the letter, Rick Chunn said he believed Watson was either guilty of all charges or innocent of all charges and questioned why Watson plead guilty in federal court to a charge he said he was innocent of in Roosevelt County District Court. Rick Chunn said the plea bargain satisfied neither the Chunn family nor the Watson family and shouldn’t satisfy a judge.


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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A 20-year-old North Carolina student has admitted placing box cutters and other suspicious materials aboard two Southwest Airlines planes, law enforcement sources told CNN Friday.

The admission, the sources said, came during questioning of the individual by federal authorities in Baltimore, Maryland.

In a written statement, FBI spokeswoman Cassandra Chandler said the individual questioned is "believed to be responsible for the matter involving box cutters and other items found on Southwest Airlines planes.

"Based on the investigation conducted thus far, this individual does not appear to pose any further threat to airline security," Chandler said.

"This investigation is continuing and is being conducted by FBI-led Joint Terrorism Task Forces ... in coordination with the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland. Proceedings are anticipated this Monday in United States District Court in Baltimore."

The sources said the individual -- described as a male student of Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina -- was a passenger aboard the planes, and not an employee of the airline or airports. They said the individual is cooperating with officials, and they stressed he has not been arrested or detained.

The Transportation Security Administration said the individual was tracked down, in part, due to an e-mail sent to the TSA last month in which he mentioned items that were "linked" to the Thursday night discovery.

"TSA and the FBI have had this individual's activities under investigation for several months," the TSA said in a statement.

"He left a trail," said a Bush administration official, who added that the e-mail gives details of locations, times and places where contraband was put on the airplanes.

The items found aboard the two planes included box cutters, clay that resembled plastic explosives and bleach, sources familiar with the investigation said. The liquid was contained in suntan lotion bottles; the clay was inside Play-Doh containers.

The material was discovered in plastic bags in the bathrooms of the Southwest planes in New Orleans and Houston, during maintenance checks. The Houston flight originated in Austin, Texas; the New Orleans flight originated in Orlando, Florida.

Notes in each package "indicated the items were intended to challenge the TSA's checkpoint security procedures," a Southwest statement said.

The man claimed to have done this on other planes, not just the two on which items were found, the administration official said. However, no other items have been discovered.

Southwest Airlines said it searched its fleet of 385 aircraft and found no similar items.

The official said that in the e-mail the man characterized what he was doing as "civil disobedience," indicating he knew he was breaking the law but believed it was necessary to point out weaknesses in aviation security.

Security checks ordered

As a precautionary measure, the Department of Homeland Security and the TSA directed all commercial aircraft in the U.S. fleet be inspected by security personnel within a day.

"This does not appear to be a terrorist event, and there is no imminent threat," FBI Director Robert Mueller told reporters in Houston. "I think it's safe to fly."

An administration source told CNN that one of the notes indicated that, while the TSA was doing a good job, the items still got onboard.

A Department of Homeland Security official said there will be a concerted investigation into how that was accomplished.

A General Accounting Office report on airport passenger screening last month found that weaknesses persist in screener performance. "Testing to date has shown weaknesses in screeners' ability to detect threat objects," the report said.

Last week, the Department of Homeland Security sent out an alert that al Qaeda remains interested in "multiple attacks against targets in the U.S. involving commercial aircraft." (Full story)

The order requires pre-flight inspections be carried out by "aviation security personnel" and orders airlines to pay particular attention to bathrooms.

A federal law passed after the September 11 terrorist attacks requires that airlines perform pre-flight security inspections of every plane, but the law does not stipulate how or by whom the checks should be done.

Most airlines give the task to flight attendants and pilots, though airline security personnel and maintenance or cleaning crews sometimes do the checks, which involve sweeping the aircraft for prohibited items.

The seats, overhead bins and bathrooms are typically checked as part of the inspection.

The informational bulletin sent out to hundreds of thousands of local and state law enforcement professional and airports across the country October 10 was intended to encourage heightened security.

A spokesman for the agency told CNN that no new threat or new intelligence prompted the advisory and that it was almost identical to a bulletin sent out September 4.

CNN correspondents Kelli Arena, Jeanne Meserve, David Ensor and producers Terry Frieden and Beth Lewandowski contributed to this report.

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Weiner to seek treatment amid growing pressure to resign

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Rep. Weiner wants leave of absence
  • NEW: Sen. Schumer says he is "heartbroken" about Weiner
  • Pelosi still believes Weiner should step down
  • Weiner wants "to focus on becoming a better husband," his spokeswoman says
  • He has apologized for sending inappropriate messages to women and then lying about it

New York (CNN) -- U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, who has been under fire after admitting to inappropriate communications with women online, has decided to seek treatment "to focus on becoming a better husband and healthier person," his spokeswoman said Saturday.

While the New York congressman seeks treatment at an undisclosed location, he will take a "short leave of absence" from Congress, Risa Heller said in a statement.

A Democratic source, familiar with conversations among Weiner and Democratic leadership about his fate, did not know what specific type of treatment Weiner, 46, would undergo.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and the chairmen of the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee called for Weiner to step down in separate statements earlier Saturday.

Weiner's decision to seek treatment and take a leave was not enough to satisfy Pelosi, who wants him to step down, a Pelosi aide told CNN.

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"Congressman Weiner has the love of his family, the confidence of his constituents and the recognition that he needs help. I urge Congressman Weiner to seek that help without the pressures of being a member of Congress," Pelosi said earlier.

DCCC Chair Steve Israel also wished Weiner well in his personal life, but said that the scandal has "become an insurmountable distraction" to the House.

"The behavior he has exhibited is indefensible and Representative Weiner's continued service in Congress is untenable," DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz said, also calling it a distraction.

According to the Democratic source, leaders decided it was time to tell Weiner to resign because they "don't want to go into a third week with a story that brings disgrace on the House and not talk about our agenda."

This same source said Weiner responded that he doesn't want to make a decision until his wife, Huma Abedin, returns from a trip. Abedin, a senior aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, is traveling with her in Africa and is scheduled to return early Thursday.

"Congressman Weiner takes the views of his colleagues very seriously and has determined that he needs this time to get healthy and make the best decision possible for himself, his family and his constituents," Heller said.

The statements come as Delaware authorities are investigating contact between a local teen and Weiner.

"Detectives were made aware of alleged contact between Congressman Anthony Weiner and an area teen," New Castle County Police said in a statement. "Detectives have conducted an interview with the teen and she has made no disclosure of criminal activity nor inappropriate contact by the congressman."

Pressed for answers on the Delaware allegations as he ran errands in the New York City borough of Queens on Saturday, Weiner told reporters: "Nothing explicit, nothing indecent. Absolutely nothing inappropriate."

A senior Democratic official told CNN that the decision to call for Weiner's resignation had "been in the works for several days" and the discussions "between the political committees resulted in an internal Saturday morning deadline for him to resign on his own."

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter, said the decision "was decided before the Delaware news broke."

Weiner admitted this week that he engaged in sexually tinged communications with women and lied about it.

The congressman publicly apologized Monday for exchanging "messages and photos of explicit nature with about six women in the last three years." He said he communicated with women through Facebook, Twitter, e-mail and, occasionally, on the phone.

"I don't know the exact ages of the women ... at least to the best of my knowledge, they were all adults, and they were engaging in conversations consensually," Weiner said Monday. "All I know is what they published about themselves in social media."

Weiner also said he never met any of the women in person.

Wednesday's publication online of an explicit photo that a conservative blogger claims shows Weiner's genitals was the latest twist in the scandal. Andrew Breitbart, whose website broke the story of Weiner's sexting, said the photo came from a woman who told him Weiner sent it to her.

Weiner acknowledged Monday that such an X-rated photo of him could exist.

On Saturday, Weiner said, "I've made some serious mistakes and I'm trying to redeem myself," adding that his "remarkable" wife is doing well.

"I'm trying to get back to work," said Weiner, who, before the scandal broke, was best known for a passionate, theatrical rant on the House floor over a bill that funded health care costs for 9/11 first responders.

Among other things, the congressman can point to a Marist College poll released Thursday showing that a majority of registered voters in his district -- 56% -- don't believe he should step down.

Only 33% believe he should go.

Assuming Weiner stays, the question now becomes whether the House ethics panel will heed calls for an investigation from top Democrats. Weiner has said he would welcome an ethics probe.

The code of conduct for members of Congress calls for them to conduct themselves "at all times in a manner that shall reflect creditably on the House." However, ethics experts say legislators are rarely, if ever, disciplined for violating that rule alone.

Using government technology such as telephones and computers for his sexting could be another story.

Weiner has said he used his personal BlackBerry and home computer, but added: "I don't have the knowledge of every last communication, but I don't believe that I used any government resources."

Weiner was first elected to the House in 1998 after his political mentor, then-Rep. Chuck Schumer, decided to run for the Senate. He has been a reliable liberal voice for the solidly Democratic 9th District, which encompasses parts of Brooklyn and Queens. He ran unsuccessfully in the Democratic mayoral primary race in 2005 and was mentioned as a candidate for 2013.

Schumer said Saturday he was "heartbroken" about the situation.

"For those of us who are longtime friends of Anthony Weiner his wrongful behavior is distressing and saddening," the senator said in a statement. "It's clear he needs professional help and I am glad he is seeking it."

Weiner and his wife are expecting a child, CNN has learned.

CNN's Dana Bash, Mark Preston, Jason Carroll, Holly Yan, Tom Cohen, Ed Hornick and Alan Silverleib contributed to this report.


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Despite progress, huge fire near Los Alamos mostly out of control

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Smoke billows from the Las Conchas fire, which began on June 26 and expanded into the Santa Fe National Forest.
Smoke billows from the Las Conchas fire, which began on June 26 and expanded into the Santa Fe National Forest.
  • NEW: The Las Conchas fire is 19% contained as of Sunday night
  • Air quality is expected to be "very unhealthy" Monday in parts of New Mexico
  • Los Alamos National Laboratory will reopen to employees Wednesday
  • Roadblocks are lifted around Los Alamos, N.M., allowing evacuees to come home

(CNN) -- Despite relatively favorable conditions and some progress, a massive wildfire continued to burn Sunday night in northern New Mexico -- threatening national forests, archaeological sites and structures while causing air quality problems around the state.

The Las Conchas fire scorched more than 120,000 acres and destroyed more than 100 buildings by late Sunday, the federal Incident Management Team reported on its website.

The damage has occurred in the span of one week, with New Mexico State Forester Tony Delfin announcing Sunday night that it began June 26 when strong winds knocked down an aspen tree. The tree caught fire after falling on a nearby power line, then hit the ground and sparked nearby vegetation.

Brad Pitassi, an Incident Management Team spokesman for the Southwest, stressed that the fire remains "very active," as it was only 19% contained by Sunday night.

Air conditions will be "very unhealthy" Monday because of the fire, with its ill effects felt in Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Espanola, Taos and other communities, according to a press release from federal agencies associated with the firefight. Authorities are encouraging the elderly, children and those with heart or lung disease to stay indoors.

Still, for all the continued challenges, firefighters made some significant progress over the weekend.

Most notably, Los Alamos County Police Chief Wayne Torpy announced that all but two roadblocks around the county were lifted by 8 a.m. Sunday, allowing roughly 10,000 residents to come back to town. The decision was made after a positive assessment from the Incident Management Team that is coordinating the fight.

The move came after relatively favorable weather conditions -- including fairly high humidity and weak winds -- in recent days, said Pitassi.

"We've been really encouraged the last 48 hours," he said.

The evacuees' return, Pitassi noted, was largely due to progress subduing flames on the southwest edge of Los Alamos. But a lot of work remains to be done, with firefighters viewing battling the blaze -- like many others like it around the region -- as "marathons, not sprints,"

"We are not out of the woods yet," Pitassi said. "This will take a long time to contain."

Since starting last week, the Las Conchas fire quickly expanded into the Santa Fe National Forest and Jemez Ranger District. It spread rapidly due to strong winds, high temperatures and dry conditions that have similarly fueled dozens of other fires around the region.

The fire has since engulfed much of the national forest, the Valles Caldera National Preserve and Bandelier National Park.

It also prompted the closure of Los Alamos National Laboratory. On Saturday the state of emergency for the lab was lifted, and the lab announced Sunday that it will reopen to employees Wednesday. At no time were nuclear or hazardous materials on site threatened, the laboratory said in a statement, adding it was moving into an "operational recovery mode."

More than 2,100 personnel are battling the fire, with 81 fire engines, 30 water tenders, 18 helicopters and eight bulldozers also being utilized in the effort.

Some 20 archaeologists are also part of the team, charged with identifying and helping to minimize damage from spreading fires or suppression efforts. At least one is assigned to each bulldozer and road grader, one of a host of measures taken to protect archaeological sites, according to the Incident Management Team. The fire already burned over many such sites in the area, which is known for its Native American history.

Citing National Weather Service forecasts, Pitassi said temperatures in the fire zone were expected to peak between 80 and 90 degrees "over the next day or so." Humidity was expected to be between 18% and 26% Sunday before rising slightly over the next 24 hours. Winds will be between 3 to 15 mph, except in deeper canyons where they could blow as fast as 25 mph.

While one of the largest and least contained currently, the Las Conchas fire is just one of dozens still burning in the United States, especially in the southwest. Several of those are also in New Mexico, including the 10,000-acre Pacheco fire about 25 miles west of Los Alamos and the Donaldson fire near Hondo that has charred 96,745 acres and is 50% contained.

Pitassi said that a combination of "extremely dry fuels," rugged terrain, strong winds and very warm temperatures have led to a "record-breaking year" for wildfires in the United States -- and one that still has no clear end in sight.

"We've had almost a perfect-storm scenario," he said.


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Life with Autism: Your stories

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  • iReporters share their stories of life with autism
  • Families overcome hurdles and become even closer because of autism
  • Across the spectrum, autism brings as many blessings as struggles

April 2 is the fifth annual World Autism Awareness Day. Since 2007, the day has aimed to raise awareness for individuals and families with members on the autism spectrum. In honor of the day, CNN iReporters shared their stories of what life is like with autism.

Some were inspiring, others were heartbreaking, but every single iReport offered a window into the little-understood world of life with autism.

Are you or a loved one living with autism? We want to hear from you: the joys, the struggles and everything in between. Share your story with iReport.


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Slip away to Costa Rica's hot springs

The Springs Resort & Spa was the host hotel for ABC's "The Bachelor" in Costa Rica.

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  • Costa Rica's rich landscape is dotted with hot springs where visitors can unwind
  • Thermal hot springs vary in size and level of luxury
  • Many hot springs are located in the La Fortuna area and Rincon de La Vieja

Ziplining through tropical rain forests, rappelling down steep waterfall cliffs and whitewater rafting satisfy the rugged outdoor cravings of Costa Rica's tourists.

But after a day of wear and tear on the body, a long soak in a natural hot spring can provide much-needed relief and relaxation for adventure travelers. Visitors to Costa Rica seeking a low-key, laid-back vacation will appreciate the hot springs, too.

Costa Rica's rich landscape is dotted with these pools. explored five locations that vary in size, luxury and tranquility.

Tabacón Grand Spa Thermal Resort

This tropical eco-friendly spa places its emphasis on making the guest experience "a close encounter with nature."

The spa is located at the base of the Arenal Volcano.

Tabacón's thermal hot springs are surrounded by lush gardens, with the Arenal Volcano and rain forest as a dramatic backdrop as you soak in the all-natural waters flowing throughout the property. Five springs, fueled and heated by the nearby volcano, range in temperature from 77 to 122 degrees Fahrenheit.

Tabacón was the first public hot spring resort in the Arenal Volcano area and is accompanied by a 102-room luxury hotel for guests seeking an extended visit.

In addition to the hot springs, guests can be pampered with massages, hydrotherapy, facials and a full range of indigenous treatments.

Many couples have celebrated their weddings and honeymoons at this peaceful oasis -- and can now share private time at the resort's new Shangri-La Gardens area, a space intended only for adults.

The Springs Resort and Spa at Arenal

The Springs Resort in La Fortuna near the Arenal Volcano boasts 18 hot springs spanning four acres of lush gardens. Tucked next to the springs is the resort's five-star hotel, a 14,000-square-foot full-service spa, and a wildlife preserve with rescued jungle cats, monkeys, sloths, wild turkeys and a variety of birds.

The Springs Resort & Spa offers guests 18 landscaped pools to enjoy.

The resort provides every guest with plenty of options for finding the hot spring that best suits his or her mood and personality. Some pools have raging waterfalls, while others provide a tranquil rain-forest experience and close-up views of the volcano. Temperatures in the pools range from 83 to 103 F. Some pools are all-natural, while others are chlorinated.

Day passes for guests not registered at the hotel are available for $40. These passes include entry to the hot springs and the wildlife preserve and access to four restaurants and five bars on the property. Hotel and day visitors can also reserve kayaking, horseback riding and ATV tours.

Baldi Hot Springs Hotel and Spa

Located in the heart of the rain forest, this large resort boasts 25 pure water pools and takes pride in a its family-friendly atmosphere. Unique to Baldi is the resort's three large water slides, ranging from 104 to 325 feet long. The slides cater to children and adults alike.

This resort boasts 25 natural mineral pure water pools.

Numerous waterfalls pour into the pools, which reach temperatures up to 104 F. The temperatures in the waters increase as you walk higher up in elevation along a path to reach the various pools.

The resort complex, which opened to the public in 2000 under the vision of businessman Alberto Rodriguez Baldi, is located at the foot of the Arenal Volcano and includes two restaurants, three swim-up bars, a sauna, 8 acres of colorful tropical gardens, and 32 nonsmoking rooms for overnight guests. Guests seeking total relaxation can retreat to the spa, where full-body volcanic mud wraps, massages and facials top the menu.

Eco Termales Hot Springs

Eco Termales in the La Fortuna area does not accept more than 100 visitors at a time and is geared toward privacy. It's one of the smallest hot springs in the Arenal Volcano area, and many guests consider this one of its main selling points, since the crowds are small.

This spa is the smallest hot springs in the Arenal Volcano area.

This retreat, surrounded by lush green gardens, has been a labor of love for the Manolo Hidalgo family, which has spent years building and caring for the resort.

There are seven relaxing hot spring pools, including one with a waterfall reaching temperatures up to 105 F. A restaurant serves authentic family-style Costa Rican dishes.

"I like this resort because of the lack of crowds -- and feel I can really escape from the world here," said Pablo Brenes, a local resident and manager of Anywhere Costa Rica, a travel agency certified by the Costa Rica Tourism Board.

Blue River Resort & Hot Springs

"Our guests say they feel as though they have stepped into paradise when they visit our resort," said Blue River Resort owner Daniel Apelboim. "We aim to make visitors feel invigorated, relaxed and pampered."

Blue River Resort & Hot Springs is located on the north side of the scenic Rincon de la Vieja volcano and across from the blue volcanic river, Rio Celeste.

It features four pools fed from the hot springs bubbling up nearby and is landscaped with rain-forest foliage, flowers and waterfalls. Each pool has a unique theme -- including a pool designed for children. There is also a freshwater pool with a 98-foot slide for both adults and children to enjoy.

This resort is near Rincon de la Vieja National Park.

In addition to the springs, guests may want to explore the resort's botanical gardens and butterfly gardens, relax at the spa, or enjoy a cool refreshment at the tiki bar.

Guests are invited to visit for a day or spend more time by checking into the resort's hotel. Rooms feature large terraces with views of the volcano and the lush green rain forest.


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Iraqi president heads to Germany for medical treatment

[File photo] Iraq's President Jalal Talabani in Istanbul on December 23, 2010.

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  • Jalal Talabani was hospitalized earlier this week in Iraq
  • A Kurdish lawmaker said Talabani had a stroke
  • Talabani's office said he was suffering from hardening of the arteries

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani is headed to Germany under the care of a specialized medical team for medical treatment, Kurdish lawmaker Mahmoud Othman said Thursday.

Talabani is in stable condition, his office has said.

Talabani was rushed to a Baghdad hospital Monday night in deteriorating health because of hardening of his arteries, his office told the media.

But Othman, who is close to Talabani, said earlier this week that the 79-year-old leader had suffered a stroke.

"His health condition is not very good," he said.

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The president's office on Tuesday released a statement saying that Talabani was exhausted.

"Recently, His Excellency President Jalal Talabani spent exhaustive efforts in order to accomplish harmony and stability in the country. Due to fatigue and exhaustion, His Excellency had a health emergency," the office said.

Talabani was elected president of Iraq in 2005, in the nation's first free elections in more than 50 years. This is not the first time he has dealt with serious medical issues. At times, the exact nature of his ailments has been shrouded in secrecy.

In February 2007, he fell ill and was flown to Jordan for treatment, and there were conflicting reports about what prompted his hospitalization. A hospital source told CNN at the time that doctors performed a catheterization procedure on his heart, but his family and aides denied that.

Talabani's doctor and a spokesman for the president's office said then that he was suffering from exhaustion and lung inflammation, and underwent tests they described as precautionary.

He did not return to Iraq until March of that year.

Two months later, Talabani left for medical tests and to lose weight, his office said. He did not return until June.

In January 2012, he had spinal surgery in Germany.

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Economy class goes gourmet

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  • Airlines are giving economy customers the option to upgrade their meal
  • The quality of these premium meals tries to mimic first-class fare
  • Many carriers are teaming with high-profile restaurants to create more exciting menus
  • Logistics means only a handful of routes offer upgraded fare

In-flight meals don't have a stellar reputation but a handful of airlines are bringing first class food to those stuck in economy class.

Airlines across Europe and the U.S. are now offering economy passengers the chance to upgrade their meals, ordering ahead of their flight, and choosing from menus more readily found in cabins at the front of the plane.

"The craze started last year, and since then, every airline has jumped on the bandwagon to have a pre-order program," notes Nikos Loukas, an airline catering consultant, and founder of

AirBerlin was the first carrier to launch an a la carte service for economy customers, teaming with upscale German restaurant Sansibar. The onboard menu includes a favorite from the restaurant's own: a veal and pork currywurst.

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Adding some local flavor is just one way make an airline's in-flight experience stand out.

Blaine Miyasato, Hawaiian Airline's vice president of product development, has joined with local businesses to source items that evoke the spirit of Hawaii -- from wasabi ranch popcorn to toffee covered macadamia nuts.

"We wanted to showcase the products that promote the ambiance that makes Hawaii so special," he explained.

Statistics are showing that passengers are willing to pay a little extra for better food.

Austrian Airways sells roughly 600,000 pre-ordered meals a year, while U.S. Airways, which in August became the first American carrier to launch premium dining in economy class, estimates it has sold over 5,000 units from its DineFresh menu.

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"We realized we had a premium customer sitting in economy class who would appreciate and purchase an on board culinary experience," notes Russ Brown, U.S. Airways' director of product planning and development.

"We tried to use an upscale bento box as a footprint," says Brown. "We designed it so that when the product is delivered to the customer, it looks and feels like a present."

Nearly every carrier that offers the service only does so on flights that leave from their home hub.

"When you expand to different countries, you have to first do a menu design workshop, to help make sure you have all the components and produce in place," explains Brown.

Currently, U.S. Airways sells DineFresh meals only on flights leaving from Philadelphia and Charlotte, though they are planning to expand the program in the future.

"Right now, by only operating out of two hubs, it's easy to control the consistency of the product," he adds.

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Because the meals are customized, passengers are required to order anywhere from 24 to 48 hours in advance, though that may also change in the future. Austrian Airlines allows passengers leaving from Vienna to order meals one hour prior to departure from a special kiosk at the airport.

KLM introduced a la carte offerings on select flights last November. The move, says the airline, was prompted more by customer demand than the prospect of generating extra revenue.

"Our main goal was to offer passengers more choice. As handling and logistics are more complex with a la carte, additional costs are made by KLM," says Jane Jong-Baw, a spokeswoman for the airline.

Given the cost and the bother for airlines, one wonders what's really in it for them.

Loukas points out that better in-flight meals help build brand loyalty.

"I'm a big believer that food can make or break a flight," he says.

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  • Republicans seek to soften the impact of spending cuts on the military
  • March 27 will be the next political standoff
  • The harshest impacts of the $85 billion in cuts are not expected until April
  • Before then, Congress must authorize funding to keep the government running

Congress returned to work on Monday amid the first full week of forced spending cuts, with President Barack Obama and Republicans sticking to deeply entrenched positions that have caused a series of showdowns manufactured by Washington politics.

Most predicted impacts of the $85 billion in cuts that took effect on Friday night -- such as unpaid furloughs for government workers -- won't be evident until April at the earliest, officials say.

But some impacts were already being felt.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told reporters that customs lines for passengers arriving from overseas at some international airports over the weekend were longer than usual due to the spending cuts.

At New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, more than 50 flights had wait times exceeding two hours and 14 were over three hours, according to Jenny Burke, a spokeswoman for Customs and Border Protection.

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"These wait times are not typical for this time period, and are related to decreased booth staffing," Burke told CNN.

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In Cody, Wyoming, the local chamber of commerce said Yellowstone National Park will delay the opening of its North and West entrances by a week until April 26, and its East, South and Northeast entrances by two weeks until mid-to-late May due to the impact budget cuts will have on snow removal. The delay will cost related businesses several million dollars, according to the group's estimates.

At an education conference in Washington, school superintendents outlined the impact of the federal government's latest fiscal saga on on their operations, which included job cuts in some cases.

Susan Smit, a superintendent in Wagner, South Dakota, said her district prepared last year in anticipation of reduced federal funding.

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"We had to make the cuts," Smit said, noting that changes included reduced health benefits and staff members who were not rehired.

Meanwhile, the partisan rhetoric by both sides seeking to cast blame on the other continued unabated, signaling continued political brinksmanship over tax and spending issues beginning with the March 27 deadline for Congress to authorize funding to run the government until the current fiscal year ends on September 30.

In a first salvo by House Republicans on Monday, their proposal for the government funding measure -- known as a continuing resolution -- sought to soften the impact of the spending cuts on defense and security spending.

Under the proposal unveiled by House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers, R-Kentucky, the total government spending for the fiscal year would adhere to the figure negotiated by Obama and Congress minus the cuts.

However, the proposal would allow Pentagon officials to shift funding to protect top priority programs, and also include provisions to maintain FBI and border security spending.

In addition, it would prohibit any spending for transferring terrorism suspects from the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention facility or for renovating a mainland prison to accept such detainees -- a political issue rather than a core spending matter.

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House Speaker John Boehner, the top Republican negotiator on fiscal issues, told NBC's "Meet the Press" in an interview broadcast Sunday that he was "hopeful" for a funding agreement to prevent a partial government shutdown on March 27.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell offered a similar prediction on CNN, saying, "I believe we're going to be able to work out passing the continuing resolution later in March on a bipartisan basis through both the House and the Senate."

In reaction to Boehner's comments, the White House issued a statement that stressed its support for a continuing resolution that is "clean" from unrelated items.

It said Congress should act separately to replace the forced spending cuts with alternatives that will be less harmful to the economy.

Obama made clear Friday that the current law requires cuts this fiscal year, which are the first installment of about $1 trillion in spending reductions over the next decade, to be reflected in the continuing resolution to fund the government.

At his first Cabinet meeting of his second term on Monday, the president warned of impending hardship from the forced spending cuts.

"We're going to do our best to make sure that our agencies have the support they need to try to make some very difficult decisions, understanding that there are going to be families and communities that are hurting and that this will slow our growth," Obama said. "It will mean lower employment in the United States than otherwise would have been, but we can manage through it."

In the NBC interview, Boehner said he was uncertain if the forced cuts -- known in Washington jargon as sequestration -- would hurt the economy, as predicted by Obama, economists and most Democrats and Republicans.

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Boehner argued in a recent op-ed that the cuts would threaten "U.S. national security, thousands of jobs and more," but he told NBC that "I don't think anyone quite understands how the sequester is really going to work."

Obama had argued at a news conference on Friday -- a few hours before he signed an order implementing the mandatory cuts -- that any resulting harm to the economy would be the fault of GOP intransigence.

"Every time that we get a piece of economic news over the next month, next two months, next six months, as long as the sequester is in place, we'll know that that economic news could have been better," he said then.

The two sides remain ideologically opposed on how to reduce the nation's chronic federal deficits and debt.

Republicans seek to shrink the size of government to lower costs, while Democrats argue some new tax revenue is necessary to maintain the social safety net that protects the elderly, disabled and impoverished.

Polls show the public is about as politically divided as its leaders. While most Americans support a deficit reduction plan that includes spending cuts and increased revenue, as well as entitlement reforms, there is little agreement on the formula for such a package.

In addition, a Pew Research Center poll last week showed that a majority of respondents opposed cuts to 18 of 19 specific areas, sending the message that people don't want deficit reduction to hurt them personally.

"The American people want the federal government to reduce spending without touching actual programs," wrote William Galston a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution, in a blog post last week. "Is it any wonder that long-term budget cuts have stalled and that even short-term fiscal issues tie Congress up in knots?"

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Part of the blame rests with political leaders in Congress and the White House failing to level with the American public about what it will take to "wrestle the federal budget back on a sustainable trajectory for the long term," Galston wrote.

"It's hard to avoid the conclusion that most of today's politicians regard the people with a mixture of fear and contempt: They can't stand the truth, and they'll punish any elected official who utters it," he continued. "When politicians come to believe this, or act as though they do, effective democratic self-government becomes impossible, and temporizing and pandering fill the vacuum the absence of serious governance creates."

Such a vacuum exists now, judging by the repeated brinksmanship over tax and spending issues in recent years that caused a downgrade in the U.S. credit rating and threatened economic recovery.

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A series of showdowns has occurred since a conservative wave helped Republicans regain control of the House in the 2010 mid-term elections. Every deadline -- for funding the government, raising the nation's borrowing limit or addressing expiring taxes or tax cuts -- led to protracted wrangling and last-minute agreements.

One of those past agreements -- to increase the debt ceiling in 2011-- included the mandatory spending cuts that cut across all agencies of government but not entitlement programs.

The cuts were intended to be so unpopular that both sides would be motivated to negotiate a broader deficit reduction package rather than let them get implemented. However, the charged political environment of an election year in 2012 prevented such an agreement.

The cuts amount to roughly 9% for a broad range of non-defense programs and 13% for the Pentagon over the remaining seven months of fiscal year 2013.

While both sides oppose the across-the-board nature of the cuts, with no leeway for shifting funds to protect specific targeted programs, conservatives argue the total amount is a manageable slice in federal spending while Democrats say it will cause unnecessary harm.

Obama and Democrats insist that any possible agreement to replace the cuts with alternative deficit reduction should include more tax revenue from closing loopholes and subsidies that benefit wealthy industries and individuals.

Boehner and Republicans reject any kind of tax or revenue increase, noting they already agreed to Obama's push to return rates on top income earners to higher levels of the 1990s.

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According to GOP leaders, the president and Democrats have yet to propose a serious plan to reduce spending, including costly entitlement programs, on a scale necessary to bring chronic federal deficits and debt under control.

Obama campaigned on increasing the tax burden on the wealthy in winning re-election last year, and he and Democrats contend the vote result showed public support for their position. However, the president's second term has so far included the same kind of congressional dysfunction that dominated his first four years.

In recent weeks, Republicans refused to budge on spending cuts and delayed full Senate consideration of Chuck Hagel as defense secretary before he was eventually confirmed. New political wrangling is also expected over the Obama's nominee to head the CIA.

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By L. Brent Bozell III | June 3, 2011 | 4:32 AM EDT

Born blocks from the NBC soundstage in 1984 to parents in the entertainment industry, Ben Shapiro is a natural choice to write a book about Hollywood. For his new book "Primetime Propaganda," Shapiro has studied decades of television content and interviewed a bevy of powerful Hollywood producers to document the degree to which they have created a political and cultural revolution of permissive leftism.
The project gets off to a harsh start. In his introduction, Shapiro attacks "traditional" TV critics on the cultural right for being "worse than useless," suggesting some unnamed conservatives are insisting TV should not be watched. “When conservatives treat television as the Golden Calf, they leave no choice but to lay low the unbelievers -- and most of us continue to continue occasionally glancing at the offending cow."

Let's stipulate that perhaps Shapiro is trying to sell the usefulness of his own book by insisting it will succeed where other conservative critiques have failed. Because once you get past the straw-man introduction, there's a lot of eye-opening detail that begs to be discussed.

Hollywood's made endless movies about cruel, life-destroying blacklisters of communist sympathizers, which is rich irony given their ongoing efforts to blacklist conservatives from their own industry. Shapiro calls this chapter “The Clique.”

Actor Dwight Schultz ("The A-Team") was overheard by producer Bruce Paltrow praising President Reagan in the 1980s at a theatre festival, and Paltrow called him a "Reagan [A-word]." Months later, when Schultz came to audition for the role of Dr. Fiscus on the NBC show "St. Elsewhere," Paltrow asked why he had shown up: "There's not going to be a Reagan [A-word] on this show!"

Schultz, an accomplished voice-over actor in cartoons, found this viewpoint even in the animation genre. He received a casting call for the cartoon movie "Astro Boy" that described the character of "President Stone" as a "cross between a refined, somewhat more controlled version of General Buck Turgison (George C. Scott) from Dr. Strangelove and Dick Cheney."

"You get this in the mail," Schultz insisted about his cartoon work. "This is very typical, very mild...'He's an [A-word], like George Bush.’" Schultz doesn't describe his experience as a blacklist, but as a mindset. "It's a social network...But the social aspect of the business is, to a large degree, everything these is."

Leonard Goldberg, executive producer of  "Blue Bloods" for CBS -- says liberalism in the TV industry is "100 percent dominant, and anyone who denies it is kidding, or not telling the truth." Shapiro asked if conservative politics are a barrier to entry. "Absolutely," Goldberg replied, adding that the late actor Ron Silver felt his opportunities became very limited when he vocally shifted to the right after 9/11.

It starts to sound like discrimination. There’s the story of Fred Thompson and “Law and Order” Rene Balcer, who insisted “I said I’m not coming back as long as that guy is on the show. I didn’t think much of his acting or the character.” If you’re conservative, you somehow can’t act. The book cites Entertainment Weekly editor Mark Harris saying he “expected to hate” ABC’s comedy “The Middle” due largely to the political views of right-leaning actress Patricia Heaton (but then was pleased the show was “left-populist”).

Shapiro says the Hollywood Left cannot understand why anyone would attack their programming. "After all, they argue, Americans don't attack the Associated Press's reporting. Why should they attack Hollywood when it merely reports what's happening in the world?"

That's how Anne Sweeney, president of the Disney-ABC Television Group justified taking "ABC Family" into racier territory: "The best way to resonate with your audience is to be authentic. And you're only authentic if you are holding up a mirror to your audience and saying `I see you.'"

Many TV producers complained to Shapiro that Hollywood's product was merely "reflective" of society, and not "transformative." But liberal produer David Shore, the creator of "House," called that a "knee-jerk reaction" and a "cop-out," because "we're also thrilled by the fact that we're touching people's lives."

Hollywood is completely inauthentic. It doesn’t reflect society. It distorts society. Why? They don’t reflect reality. It’s their own 90210 reality. They know nothing about the real world.

This is where Shapiro's book really hits home. Television acts as a magnifier of the life experiences of Hollywood "visionaries." They write what they know and how they live, with all of the libertine, "progressive" idealism and the anti-religious, anti-traditional cynicism combined.

His bottom line, after all of his interviews and all of his content analysis, is simple. "Television reflects those who create it and transforms everybody else." That's a very frightening ten words about the future of our culture.


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