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...Beyond large humanoid robots or industrial ones, Japanese researchers have also created a number of consumer-friendly inventions made for fun or therapy, like pet seals and robot chef that can whip up pancakes. But no matter how clever or cuddly, even in Japan commercial robots have a serious flaw: their price. Consumers balk at their heavy price tags, which typically run into the thousands. Sony's AIBO robotic dog, which cost $2,000 per pup, opened to much fanfare only to be cut in 2006, seven years after its introduction...
...says former White House executive chef Walter Scheib. Scheib, who oversaw the White House kitchen from 1994-2005, says the White House is a home, and like any home it stocks and serves whatever the First Family enjoys. "If the President woke up one morning and demanded nothing but microbrews from Polynesia, well, then the White House would serve nothing but microbrews from Polynesia," he explains. Scheib says that although there has never been an American-only policy in the White House kitchen, domestic products are frequently highlighted at official events. "We are America's home and obviously we like...
...appeal to the American viewing appetite. Some shows remained unpalatable: Kath & Kim, an archetypal Australian comedy, did not fare well. Neither did some of his other, more homegrown fare: a revamped Knight Rider, American Gladiator and Restaurant, a reality show that followed the fortunes of Rocco DiSpirito, an upstart chef not unlike Silverman...
...Holder says. And that was the echoed sentiment from all convention-goers: "It's really about pretending what it's going to be like when you're grown up. Barbie has had over 108 careers, so you can be a doctor, a policewoman, a firefighter, even a television chef," says Grampp. "You really can be anything...
...lovely fresh salad or soup on the hop - they make everything in-house. Then I'd head to the Manchester Art Gallery, tel: (44-161) 235 8888, as there's always something exciting going on. For dinner, it would have to be Michael Caines - the Michelin-starred chef, not the actor - at the ABode Hotel, tel: (44-161) 200 5678. I'd round off the day at the Radisson Edwardian's Opus One bar, tel: (44-161) 835 8904, and if I'm too tipsy to go home after that, I'd check into the Shirley Bassey Suite...