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SEARCH JOBS!JAPANESE FOODSWORK’IN JAPANABOUTSEARCH JOBS! Characteristics of Cambodian meal JAPANESE FOODS22.09.2017 A typical Cambodian meal would normally consist of a soup, a salad, a main fish dish, vegetables and rice. A Cambodian dessert, normally based on fresh fruits and sticky rice, complement the meal. His Majesty Preah Bat Samdech Preah Norodom Sihanouk The beauty of Cambodia goes far beyond the famous Angkor Wat ruins or the charm of the Khmer people’s simple life style. The country’s food culture is also not to be missed. In the Khmer diet, rice and freshwater fish play big roles because of the abundance of both. Cambodia has two main sources of natural fresh water, the Mekong river and the Tonle Sap, a huge lake connected to the Mekong. In the monsoon season, The Tonle Sap floods some 16,000 square kilometres of the country, irrigating rice fields and providing breeding grounds for fish.

what is khmer food? Khmer food takes influences from a variety of countries. Cambodia was a French colony for many years and also has many Chinese immigrants, so both French and Chinese foods are widely found. In the west of the country, the cuisine is, naturally, influenced by the food of neighboring Thailand while in the east the flavors of Vietnamese cuisine are more evident. Coastal towns such as Sihanoukville in the southwest are famous for their seafood, cooked in many styles, including Japanese and European. Common ingredients in Khmer cuisine are similar to those found in other Southeast Asian culinary traditions - rice and sticky rice, fish sauce, palm sugar, lime, garlic, chilies, coconut milk, lemon grass, galangal, kaffir lime and shallots. Fish Amok steamed coconut fish in banana leave In the Khmer diet, rice and freshwater fish play big roles because of the abundance of both. Amok is national dish, made from fish, coconut milk and curry paste. All the ingredients are mixed together and put in banana leaf cups with coconut cream on top, then steamed. Another common form is amok chouk – snails with curry steamed in their shells. Best served with a plate of hot rice.

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Chef Alexander Suástegui, who grew up in Sinaloa and Tijuana, knows that those carts dish up the best food, at the best prices. "You don't need to have a fancy chair or polished service," she says. A veteran of many of the city's top spots, including Pujol and Quintonil, Suástegui serves mussels in a chiltepin chile sauce under a mural of a Baja sunset with pink palm trees at her restaurant Costela, which she opened in Colonia Cuauhtémoc in November. Encouraging her guests to wear flip-flops to dinner, she is candid about her vision. "I don't want to open another restaurant to be like the others. I want to have fun; I want to share my food, my table," she says. She uses her culinary school training and technical knowledge to make what she calls "chill-out" versions of seafood dishes, including octopus tostadas with fresh and dried shrimp and Baja-style puffer fish tacos.

That same philosophy is shared by Roaro. "People are not looking for pretentious food," he says. They still want great meals and cool presentation, but more than anything, they want a good time. Fun fonts, quirky style choices, and bold colors—such as green at Con Vista al Mar, orangey-red at Costela, and yellow at Mi Compa Chava—telegraph the lively party atmosphere at each of the restaurants. "I'm obsessed with the vibe," says Suástegui. Customers are, too: Orozco is planning to open a second Mi Compa Chava, and Roaro celebrated the anniversary of Con Vista al Mar by opening a third outlet. "Everyone wants to eat good seafood," says Cámara of the trend. But the idea of chefs at the peak of their careers choosing to open restaurants serving hangover food—and turning them into the most coveted tables—hit the Mexico City food scene like a rogue wave, surprising and invigorating it. Creative, precise, and playful, each evokes a specific corner of the Mexican coast, serving tiny vacations in the form of briny bites and spicy, seafood-stuffed beach energy.

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Street food in Thailand is not always healthy and is most often fried or smeared with oil, so be wise when choosing which Thai street food you want to try.

Thai food can be very spicy. Ask for the lighter version if your stomach can't take it. • Only drink bottled mineral water, never drink from the tap even if it is cooked.• Always eat food that is served fresh in front of you. • Thai food can be very spicy. Ask for the lighter version if your stomach can't take it. • Only drink bottled mineral water, never drink from the tap even if it is cooked.  

 • Most of the vendors can speak basic English, and if not, it's a good idea to communicate clearly what kind of meat or ingredient you want to try, especially for Vegetarian dishes.

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Mercedes-AMG GT / GT Roadster / GT S / Technology Car / Mercedes Price

Overview The gullwings are gone, but the GT is still set to swoop in and snag buyers away from its archenemy, the Porsche 911. The GT—along with its roadster counterpart—has a twin-turbo 4.0-liter V-8 connected to a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission. The sense of speed is muted, but the velocities it can attain are breathtaking. The steering is perfectly weighted, the brakes heroic. The GT’s size, however, makes it too big to be truly nimble—and it feels that way from behind the wheel.

In one of the least surprising moves ever, Mercedes-AMG is patching up a small gap in its GT portfolio with the GT S roadster. The new model is powered by a variation of the near-ubiquitous twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V-8 that is rated at a healthy 515 horsepower, just as in its GT S coupe counterpart. It thus slots in neatly between the 469-hp GT roadster and the 550-hp GT C roadster. It transmits that power to the rear wheels through a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission. While its horsepower rating is closer to the GT C’s, on balance the GT S droptop is positioned closer to the GT. Mercedes says it charges to 60 mph in 3.7 seconds and tops out at 192 mph, better than its claims for the folding-top GT (3.9 seconds and 188 mph) but slower than the GT C roadster’s 3.6 seconds and 196 mph.

Like the GT C, the GT S comes with adaptive dampers and an electronically controlled rear differential; the GT does without these features. The GT S also comes with 19-inch front and 20-inch rear wheels, an upgraded braking system, and a “Race” setting for the driving mode selector. However, it lacks the GT C’s rear-wheel steering and the significantly wider body that the GT C coupe and roadster share with the GT R coupe. The GT S is 76.3 inches wide, like the GT, as opposed to the GT C and GT R models that span 79.0 inches. The GT S roadster will hit dealers in the United States in late 2018 (in other markets, it goes on sale in July). Pricing will be announced closer to launch, but deducing from what Mercedes-AMG charges for the GT and GT C roadsters compared to their coupe counterparts, we suspect the GT S roadster will be priced around $145,500. 

Like the other GT models, the new S roadster sports the Panamericana-inspired grille that characterizes a growing number of AMG models. The GT in both coupe and roadster forms continues to sell well against the Porsche 911, the Jaguar F-Type, and the Aston Martin Vantage. And the GT lineup has recently grown to include an E-class–based GT 4-Door model pitted straight against the Porsche Panamera. Eventually, we expect to see another facelift of the GT that picks up cues from the four-door’s interior, as well as a more extreme Black Series version.

BMW i8 Price - Technology Car 2019

Overview Most cars are style items in one way or another. Ideally, a car's form will match its function, as in the case of many an aggressively designed supercar. But in some cases, the form is all that matters. See a BMW i8 rolling down the street and you'll immediately take notice. It's hard to think of a car on the road today that looks more like it was zapped out of a video game, Jumanji style. Unfortunately the i8's plug-in powertrain can't cash the checks written by its zany design. With 369 horsepower and an estimated 18 miles of all-electric range, the i8 can't keep up with either the best sports cars or the best plug-ins on the market. But for drivers who value curb appeal and exclusivity above all else, none of that may matter.Highs: Spaceship design, futuristic powertrain, easy to drive around town. Lows: Plastic-tastic cabin doesn't match the price, underperforms other top sports cars, hugely impractical. Verdict: Succeeds as a fashion statement, with all the practical failings that entails.

What's New for 2019? The big news for 2019 is that the i8 is now available as a roadster, with a folding soft top and two seats instead of the two-plus-two arrangement found in the coupe. BMW also tweaked the i8's plug-in powertrain to produce 12 extra horsepower and an estimated three extra miles of EV range, for a total of 369 horsepower and 18 miles of EV driving. BMW's iDrive 6.0 software now powers the i8's infotainment system. BMW i8 Pricing and Which One to Buy Coupe: $148,495 Roadster: $164,295 We can think of plenty of reasons not to buy an i8. But once you've chosen to spend a small fortune on this Tron-mobile, it's harder to think of a reason not to buy the roadster. Sure, at $164,295 it's more than $15,000 pricier than the coupe, but can you really put a price on the feeling of the wind in your hair? Standard features on the i8 roadster include a power-folding soft top, adaptive suspension, and 20-inch wheels. Leather-trimmed sport seats seem appropriate; they're available with the Tera World package, which also adds a few touches of blue to the exterior and high-gloss black-painted brake calipers.

Engine, Transmission, and Performance Likes: Unique (in this class) plug-in powertrain, feels light and quick, as fun to drive as many sports cars. Dislikes: Short EV range, not as quick as competitors. BMW offers a single powertrain in the i8, and it's a peach. However, with less power than many competitors, it's not the fastest supercar on the block: The roadster we tested last sprinted from zero to 60 mph in 4.1 seconds. We wish it were quicker, but the three-cylinder plug-in hybrid powertrain is smooth and exceptionally well executed, offering a glimpse of an automotive future we can dig. The i8 mates a turbocharged 1.5-liter three-cylinder gas-powered engine with a 11.6-kWh battery pack and two electric motors. The trio of power sources combines for a total of 369 horsepower, capable of driving all four wheels.

The i8 suffers from the same feather-light steering that we've criticized in much of BMW's current lineup. While the steering is accurate and elicits quick responses, we'd prefer more feedback, especially in a vehicle with sporting intentions. The Porsche 911 is our gold standard of steering effort and feel, and the i8's steering doesn't even live in the same ZIP Code. The ride is surprisingly civil and bumps in the road are felt, but never harshly. The chassis, constructed of carbon fiber and aluminum, keeps stray body motions in check and serves the double purpose of looking impressive when the dramatic scissor doors are opened to expose the carbon-fiber weave. Fuel Economy and Real-World MPG With the turbocharged three-cylinder engine bearing the brunt of the work, the i8's EPA fuel economy ratings are far from impressive, at least among hybrids. But its ratings are still better than the combined ratings of the Acura NSX, the McLaren 570S, and every flavor of the Porsche 911. During our highway fuel-economy test circuit, a 2016 i8 Coupe scored 38 MPGe during the course of the drive, including 15.6 miles of EV-only driving after starting with a fully charged battery; the 2019 roadster delivered 35 MPGe in our testing and—thanks to a larger-capacity battery for 2019—went on for 22.2 miles on electricity alone.

 

Interior, Infotainment, and Cargo Likes: Interior design matches futuristic exterior, comfortable front seats. Dislikes: More plastic than is normal in a six-figure car, rear seats are nearly useless, ingress and egress are challenging. Despite the i8's primary focus on design versus practicality, front-seat occupants won't feel cramped. The i8 roadster has seating for only two passengers, with the folding top taking up the space that is occupied by a pair of jump seats in the coupe. Standard interior features include heated, power-adjustable seats and touches of leather. Cooled seats, a power-adjustable steering wheel, and passenger-seat lumbar support are not available—even as options. Above all, a vehicle in this class should not feature as much plastic as the i8 somehow does. The i8's infotainment system will be familiar to owners of less exotic BMWs. The system is largely intuitive and is displayed on a sharp-looking 8.8-inch touchscreen situated atop the dashboard. Apple CarPlay is standard, but Android Auto isn't offered on any i8 model. While cargo space is not typically a strong point for style-conscious two-seaters, the i8 is particularly lacking in this area, with a negligible amount of room for luggage and minimal cubby space for the trinkets of modern life. The i8's rear cargo area is long but shallow—unlike some mid-engined sports cars, there's no storage up front—and we managed to fit only a single carry-on piece of luggage inside. Safety and Driver-Assistance Features The i8 hasn't been crash-tested by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration or the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, and driver-assistance technology is scarce. Forward-collision warning and automated emergency braking are standard, but other tech such as blind-spot monitoring and adaptive cruise control are absent. Key safety features include: Standard automated emergency braking Standard forward-collision warning Standard front and rear parking sensors Warranty and Maintenance Coverage BMW's standard set of warranties is typical for a luxury automaker. Also typical is the i8's eight-year or 100,000-mile warranty on hybrid-powertrain components (the Acura NSX has a similar warranty). The three years or 36,000 miles of complimentary scheduled maintenance, however, set the i8 apart from the competition.

2019 BMW X5 - MSRP range $60,700 - $75,750 - Technology Car 2019

What’s new
Redesigned for 2019
More interior room and comfort
Broader capability with advanced suspension and interior technology
Part of the fourth X5 generation introduced for 2019
Pros
Strong performance from both models
Luxurious and comfortable cabin that lives up to its price tag
Options can get pricey
Cluttered instrument panel can be distracting
Cons - Not Available

$60,700

starting price

Which X5 does Edmunds recommend? Go with the xDrive40i. It provides an agreeable amount of performance, and it serves as a more affordable starting point than the 50i to add packages and options. Of course, there is a myriad of them. An easy way to add a bunch of luxury-grade extras is to get the Executive package, which automatically requires a couple less expensive packages as well. Edmunds' Expert Review Overall rating When the BMW X5 came out for the 2000 model year, it more resembled a lifted station wagon than anything that passed for an SUV in those days. Sure, it offered a commanding driving position, more ground clearance and useful cargo capacity, but BMW also made it fun and engaging to drive. Now, almost two decades later, the redesigned 2019 BMW X5 sticks to the same formula. It's larger and more tech-laden than ever before, but it can still make quick work of a twisty road. Its bigger schnoz — BMW's classic double kidney grille — is the easiest way to identify this new model compared to the previous-generation X5. 

$75,750

starting price

Behind the grille is a familiar engine lineup: a 335-horsepower turbocharged six-cylinder engine or a 456-hp turbocharged V8. Inside is where you'll find more significant changes. There's more space now, particularly for the second-row and optional third-row seats. The 2019 X5 also comes with BMW's newest iteration of its sophisticated iDrive infotainment system. It features twin 12.3-inch displays, which BMW calls Live Cockpit Professional. One serves as a customizable instrument panel while the other handles all of the functions controlled by iDrive. Overall, we're pleased with the way it works. Within the luxury SUV class, you'll be able to find other models that are faster, more exclusive, roomier or more powerful. But finding one that's as good as the X5 in all of these categories is a tall order. The X5's improved interior, combined with sharp new technology and tidy road manners, help make it one of the top luxury SUVs you'll want to consider this year. 2019 BMW X5 configurations The 2019 BMW X5 is a midsize luxury SUV available as the xDrive40i or the xDrive50i. Both models have standard all-wheel drive and an eight-speed automatic transmission. Many of the same packages and options are available between the two trim levels, but a few are reserved solely for the V8-powered xDrive50i. Seating for five is standard, but you can order an optional third-row seat to boost passenger capacity to seven. The xDrive40i is powered by a turbocharged 3.0-liter inline six-cylinder engine (335 horsepower, 330 pound-feet). 

Standard feature highlights include 19-inch wheels, adaptive LED headlights and LED foglights, a panoramic sunroof, adaptive shock absorbers and a power liftgate. Inside, there's a power-adjustable, leather-wrapped steering wheel, power-adjustable and heated front seats, simulated leather upholstery, dual-zone automatic climate control, ambient lighting, a configurable digital gauge cluster display, a 12.3-inch central display, two USB ports and a 10-speaker sound system. You also get a full suite of driver aids that include pedestrian detection, automatic emergency braking, lane departure warning, blind-spot detection, rear cross-traffic alert and adaptive cruise control.

   

The xDrive50i replaces the turbocharged six-cylinder engine with a turbocharged 4.4-liter V8 (456 hp, 479 lb-ft). Inside, the 50i comes with upgraded multicontour front seats, leather upholstery, a 16-speaker Harman Kardon audio system and four-zone climate control. You'll want to look out for three notable packages (BMW also calls them Tiers). The Convenience package is only available with the xDrive40i. Selecting this adds keyless entry, four-zone climate control and satellite radio. The Premium package adds a head-up display, gesture control for the infotainment system, wireless charging, a Wi-Fi hotspot, and enhanced USB and Bluetooth connections. The Executive package, which requires the Premium package, comes with remote engine start, soft-close automatic doors, heated and cooled cupholders, rear passenger window shades, and adaptive LED headlights with laser light. BMW also offers a few mechanical upgrades for the X5. These include the Comfort Handling package (rear-wheel steering and an adjustable air suspension), the Dynamic Handling package (rear-wheel steering, stronger brakes, and sportier suspension and differential tuning) and the Off-Road package (the air suspension, extra off-road drive modes and underbody skid plates). Other optional features are two exterior trim packages (xLine Design or M Sport Design), ventilated and massaging seats, semiautomated low-speed driving assistance, parking assistance, a night-vision system, a Bowers & Wilkins sound system, and a rear-seat entertainment system.

Car Acura RDX - 2019 Acura RDX First Drive Review - Price: $38,295 - Technology Car

Starting Price: $38,295 | Price yours
Engine: 272-horsepower turbocharged 4-cylinder
Fuel Economy: 24 mpg combined (23 AWD)
Warranty: 4 years or 50,000 miles
Similar: Infiniti QX50, Lexus NX, Audi Q5
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A forerunner forges into the future… When the first Acura RDX arrived for the 2007 model year, it could count its major rivals on one finger, and that finger pointed to the BMW X3. A little over a decade later, the once-niche segment of compact luxury SUVs is among the most competitive in the automotive industry.

Now, every major luxury brand has a compact SUV battling for the dollars of up-and-comers or those looking to downsize. The Audi Q5, Mercedes-Benz GLC (nee, GLK), Volvo XC60, Lexus NX, Infiniti QX50, and Jaguar F-Pace are among those eager for a piece of the action. But the RDX’s early entry firmly established it in the segment. Between that original version and the second generation that arrived in 2013, the RDX has sold more than 370,000 units in the U.S. and is one of the segment’s top sellers. Now comes an all-new model, with the 2019 RDX marking the third generation of Acura’s premium crossover. Arriving on dealer lots this week, the RDX has fresh technology, enhanced safety features, striking design inside and out, and a few surprises. What hasn’t changed is the RDX’s impressive value for the dollar. We’ll get to that, but first let’s detail what else is new and compelling in the latest RDX.

 

While returning to its roots The all-new RDX is similar to the very first in terms of its power train. That’s because the 2019 RDX has swapped its former 3.5-liter V6 for a new, 2.0-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder. This is similar to what almost every other rival has also done, and harkens back to the original RDX with its turbo-4. Moving from a V6 to a 4-cylinder enables better efficiency while not sacrificing power thanks to advancements that have made the smaller engines just as or more powerful than a traditional V6. In the RDX, the new 4-cylinder engine makes nearly the same horsepower as the old V6–272 vs. the outgoing model’s 279–and a lot more torque. The new engine has a stout 280 lb-ft of torque, vs. the 252 in the outgoing model. The fuel efficiency improvement isn’t as drastic, but it’s an improvement nonetheless, increasing 1 mpg combined for both front- and all-wheel drive models. And that brings us to the Acura’s all-wheel drive system. This latest RDX again boasts Acura’s Super-Handling All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD), which replaces the previous model’s simpler AWD system. SH-AWD differentiates itself with torque vectoring. Now in its fourth generation, Acura’s SH-AWD can send up to 70 percent of power to the rear wheels, and of that power, up to 100 percent can go to either rear wheel. This enables superior traction in wet or slippery environments, plus more of a sports-car feel. Also new is the transmission. The first-gen RDX used a 5-speed automatic. Just over a decade later, that number has doubled, with the 2019 RDX among the latest new car to use a 10-speed automatic. A host of other improvements are also part of the package, from Acura’s Integrated Dynamics System that allows you to adjust drive modes on the fly to sound-deadening materials and a host of active safety and driving equipment. Acura invited us to Whistler in British Columbia to get a first impression of the all-new RDX. Following are our first impressions.

Power in spades As with its rivals, the RDX doesn’t feel as if it’s lost any bite despite losing two cylinders. Today’s turbocharged 4-cylinder powertrains are worthy substitutes for a naturally aspirated V6. And anything they might give up in smoothness they can potentially gain back in efficiency. If there’s one rub, it’s that 91-octane premium unleaded fuel is recommended–but that was also the case with the V6. We found the RDX’s 272 horsepower plenty capable of getting this SUV up to speed, all with minimal turbo lag. It even sounds good doing it, putting out a throaty little growl. Acceleration and passing power feel right up there with the best of its competition. As with so many other new cars, the 2019 Acura RDX luxury SUV is fitted with a fuel-saving idle start/stop system that turns off the engine at stop lights and other situations where the vehicle would otherwise idle. Restarts are smooth for the most part, and ultimately the system can be switched off via the press of a button. This new RDX’s towing capacity is the same as the outgoing one, and at 1,500 pounds is on the light end of the scale among compact luxury SUVs. For comparison, the Audi Q5 is rated to tow up to 4,400 pounds, nearly three times that of the Acura. Quartet of drive modes Thanks to the new Integrated Dynamics System, this new RDX’s driving personality can be changed far more than the old one, which simply had either a “Drive” or “Sport” mode. This new one can be switched between Comfort, Sport, Sport+ and Snow modes. Toggling between the modes optimizes the powertrain and other systems for the task at hand. For example, in Sport+ mode the new RDX holds gears longer and tweaks the throttle response, while the Snow mode tames them for optimal traction. We particularly like the steering feel, both in general and in the sportier settings. Acura’s engineers have been able to tune it to feel stiffer and tighter, yet not artificial. 10-speed transmission As for the 10-speed automatic transmission, we found it good to very good in our initial test drive. These new transmissions are meant to emphasize fuel efficiency, especially in the higher gears, yet have the ability to kick down several gears when needed. In driving these pre-production models, the 10-speed transmission did indeed work as planned. Perhaps most importantly, the transmission did its job mostly unnoticed. I personally found it smoother than many of the 9-speed setups out there. 

Brake feel If there was one soft spot–literally–in the models we tested, it was initial brake feel. This is not to be confused with function, but feel. When initially pressing the pedal, there is a soft spot before engagement occurs. Over half a day, we tested three different RDX models and all had this to some extent. Acura reps say the RDX was actually made this way on purpose, and that this new setup was tuned to prioritize pedal force rather than pedal stroke. I and some other car reviewers found it slightly awkward. Others, however, said they didn’t even notice it. If you’re the sort of driver who is hyper-aware of pedal feel–both for throttle tip-in and the linearity of a brake pedal–it’s something to be aware of when you test-drive the new RDX. We are eager to spend more time in an actual production model to see if it’s something that feels normal after a while, as Acura reps say is the case. Ultimately, stopping is secure, and in simulated emergency stops the RDX felt just as good or better than its rivals.

Car Technology/The fastest electric car/This one will cost you about $2,000,000.

The fastest electric car
There’s not a single figure associated with this car that isn’t awesome: 1,914 horsepower, 258 mph, 1.9 seconds to 60 mph, 1,700 pound-feet of torque. The fact that all of this comes via four zero-emission electric motors—one at each wheel—seems almost an afterthought.

While eco-conscious hypercar enthusiasts rave about green bona fides, performance junkies can ponder the experience of the car’s speed and handling, delivered through an all-wheel-drive system that lets you select how much power you want at either end of the car. Dial it all toward the back for maximum adventure through the turns, or keep a healthy dose flowing to the front tires for more grip. Though very much a driver’s car, this wicked-looking auto is also a docile touring machine when needed, with roomy luggage capacity, a comfy ride, and semi-autonomous capability to help you relax between Alpine bombing runs. It’ll cost you about $2,000,000.

Car Technology/The greatest auto innovations of 2018/Jaguar’s I-Pace

The first truly off-roadable electric vehicle
Jaguar’s I-Pace is an astonishing ride: It’ll rocket you to 60 mph in 4.5 silent seconds thanks to its 394 horsepower and 512 pound-feet of torque, delivered through electric motors mounted on each axle. But this machine truly shines away from the pavement: It’ll scamper gamely over rocks with its all-wheel-drive traction system (which senses both what it’s driving over and how much traction that surface affords), ford water 19.7 inches deep without damaging its 90-kilowatt-hour battery, and climb and descend steep slopes. 

Its electrified version of off-road cruise-control allows the car to manage both throttle and braking through snow, mud, or sand, up or down slopes, and at speeds between 2 and 18 mph. Instead of worrying about what gear you should be in and how much power to apply, the driver just needs to focus on steering and enjoying the ride. With high-speed charging—reaching 80 percent capacity in 40 minutes via a 100-kilowatt direct-current fast charger—it’s truly one of the most evolved and capable electric vehicles to arrive. It starts at $69,500.

technology car/The Lincoln Continental Is Bringing Back Suicide Doors

It's been nearly 50 years since the last time Lincoln offered rear-hinged doors (a.k.a. suicide doors). That's about to change with a limited-edition run of the 2019 Continental. Lincoln will build 80 of these cars with the old-style doors to commemorate the model's 80th anniversary.

The Continentals from the 1960s are still cool, and that's partly because of their unusual rear doors. Today, the only other cars that have non-clamshell rear-hinged doors are Rolls-Royces. Are rear-hinged doors really that difficult to engineer?

Not really, says Tim Sterling, chief program engineer for the Continental. The standard Continental already uses electronic "e-latches with cinch closing," which quells the notion that your door might fly open on the highway because you didn't quite latch it.

It's true that you need to beef up the C-pillar to handle the hinges. But really, it's more a question of whether your customers are interested and you've got a car that makes sense for the coach-door treatment. "It seemed right for this vehicle, and the look of it," Sterling says. A stretched Lincoln LS wouldn't have been able to pull this off. A Continental can.

To build the initial 80-car run (and presumably whatever comes after), Lincoln sends a fully loaded 400-hp Black Label Continental straight from its Flat Rock plant to Cabot Coachworks, an upfitter in Massachusetts that builds MKT limos and Transit vans. There the cars are stretched six inches, most of which goes into rear-seat legroom. The door hinges are designed for a favorable tip angle, meaning they'll be easy to close. And while they're not full-power like a Rolls or Tesla, the doors will pull themselves shut if you get them close to the latch. No slamming required.

The price will be around $100,000—about $25,000 more than a Black Label—when the first cars hit the street next June. Once the 80-car run is spoken for, Lincoln will examine how many cars to build for 2020 and where they might go. China, where cars like this are driven by chauffeurs while the owners ride in back, seems like a natural market.

Even if Lincoln drops the crazy-door option after a single year, it's encouraging for the brand that it got the go-ahead for such an audacious project. For years, Lincolns have been fancier Fords without much by way of differentiation, other than extra equipment or power. The cool thing isn't just that they're doing this. It's that it makes sense.

Amy Hood/Amy E. Hood

Amy E. Hood(born 1971 or 1972) is an American businesswoman currently serving as the Chief Financial Officer at Microsoft Corporation.
Hood joined Microsoft in 2002 holding positions in the investor relations group. She also served as chief of staff in the Server and Tools Business as well as running the strategy and business development team in the Business division. 

Previously, she worked at Goldman Sachs in various roles including investment banking and capital markets groups. On May 8, 2013, Microsoft announced Hood would be replacing Peter Klein as the company's chief financial officer.
Hood holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Duke University in 1994 and an MBA from Harvard University. She currently sits at the #37 spot in the Forbes World's 100 Most Powerful Women list.

Jean-Philippe Courtois

Executive Vice President and President, Microsoft Global Sales, Marketing and Operations
As executive vice president and president, Global Sales, Marketing & Operations, Jean-Philippe Courtois leads Microsoft’s commercial business across 124 subsidiaries worldwide. From cloud services to mixed reality and AI, Courtois is responsible for driving strategic planning, running global operations and shaping growth initiatives in developed and emerging markets. Courtois is passionate about helping businesses digitally transform with the right strategy, support and technology to unlock new ways of working, new business models and new revenue streams. With customers and employees expecting more, Courtois advocates the strategic implementation of intelligent cloud services to maintain competitive edge.

Previously, Courtois served as president of Microsoft International where he led sales, marketing and services across all Microsoft subsidiaries outside of the United States and Canada. Before that he held the same role for the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East and Africa) as CEO and president of Microsoft EMEA, and outside of EMEA, Courtois was corporate vice president of Worldwide Customer Marketing, based out of Microsoft’s worldwide headquarters in Redmond, Washington.
Courtois joined Microsoft in 1984. His first role was as a channel sales representative and, after holding several leadership positions, he was promoted to general manager for Microsoft France in 1994.
Courtois holds a Diplôme des Etudes Commerciales Supérieures (DECS) from the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce, Nice (SKEMA). Outside of Microsoft, Courtois is chairman of the board of directors for SKEMA Business School, as well as a board member of Positive Planet, a worldwide leading NGO with a mission to help men and women across the world create the conditions for a better life for future generations. He has served as co-chairman of the World Economic Forum’s Global Digital Divide Initiative Task Force, on the European Commission Information and Communication Technology task force and previously sat on the board of directors for AstraZeneca. More recently, he co-founded the foundation “Live for Good,” which aims to help underprivileged young social entrepreneurs realize their potential.

Personal life's Bill Gates.

Personal life
Gates married Melinda French on a golf course on the Hawaiian island of Lanai on January 1, 1994; he was 38 and she was 29. They have three children: Jennifer Katharine (b. 1996), Rory John (b. 1999), and Phoebe Adele (b. 2002). Gates' oldest daughter Jennifer is an equestrian rider who competed in the 2018 Longines Global Champions Tour. The family resides in a modern design mansion, which is an earth-sheltered house in the side of a hill overlooking Lake Washington in Medina near Seattle in Washington state, United States. According to 2007 King County public records, the total assessed value of the property (land and house) is $125 million, and the annual property taxes are $991,000. The 66,000 sq ft (6,100 m2) estate has a 60-foot (18 m) swimming pool with an underwater music system, as well as a 2,500 sq ft (230 m2) gym and a 1,000 sq ft (93 m2) dining room.
In an interview with Rolling Stone, Gates stated in regard to his faith:
The moral systems of religion, I think, are super important. We've raised our kids in a religious way; they've gone to the Catholic church that Melinda goes to and I participate in. I've been very lucky, and therefore I owe it to try and reduce the inequity in the world. And that's kind of a religious belief. I mean, it's at least a moral belief.
In the same interview, Gates said:
I agree with people like Richard Dawkins that mankind felt the need for creation myths. Before we really began to understand disease and the weather and things like that, we sought false explanations for them. Now science has filled in some of the realm – not all – that religion used to fill. But the mystery and the beauty of the world is overwhelmingly amazing, and there's no scientific explanation of how it came about. To say that it was generated by random numbers, that does seem, you know, sort of an uncharitable view [laughs]. I think it makes sense to believe in God, but exactly what decision in your life you make differently because of it, I don't know.

Gates purchased the Codex Leicester, a collection of scientific writings by Leonardo da Vinci, for $30.8 million at an auction in 1994. Gates is an avid reader, and the ceiling of his large home library is engraved with a quotation from The Great Gatsby.He also enjoys playing bridge, tennis, and golf.
In 1999, his wealth briefly surpassed $101 billion. Despite his wealth and extensive business travel, Gates usually flew coach in commercial aircraft until 1997, when he bought a private jet. Since 2000, the nominal value of his Microsoft holdings has declined due to a fall in Microsoft's stock price after the dot-com bubble burst and the multibillion-dollar donations he has made to his charitable foundations. In a May 2006 interview, Gates commented that he wished that he were not the richest man in the world because he disliked the attention it brought.In March 2010, Gates was the second wealthiest person behind Carlos Slim, but regained the top position in 2013, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires List. Carlos Slim retook the position again in June 2014 (but then lost the top position back to Gates). Between 2009 and 2014, his wealth doubled from US$40 billion to more than US$82 billion. Since October 2017, Gates was surpassed by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos as the richest person in the world.
Bill Gates has held the top spot on the list of The World's Billionaires for 18 out of the past 23 years.
Gates has several investments outside Microsoft, which in 2006 paid him a salary of $616,667 and $350,000 bonus totalling $966,667. In 1989, he founded Corbis, a digital imaging company. In 2004, he became a director of Berkshire Hathaway, the investment company headed by long-time friend Warren Buffett. In 2016, he was discussing his gaming habits when he revealed that he was color-blind.
In a BBC interview, Gates claimed "I've paid more tax than any individual ever, and gladly so... I've paid over $6 billion in taxes." He is a proponent of higher taxes, particularly for the rich.Gates' days are planned for him, similar to the US President's schedule, on a minute-by-minute basis.

Early life's Bill Gates

Early life
Gates was born in Seattle, Washington, on October 28, 1955. He is the son of William H. Gates Sr. (b. 1925) and Mary Maxwell Gates (1929–1994). His ancestry includes English, German, Irish, and Scots-Irish. His father was a prominent lawyer, and his mother served on the board of directors for First Interstate BancSystem and the United Way. Gates' maternal grandfather was J.W. Maxwell, a national bank president. Gates has one older sister, Kristi (Kristianne), and a younger sister, Libby. He is the fourth of his name in his family, but is known as William Gates III or "Trey" because his father had the "II" suffix. The family lived in the Sand Point area of Seattle in a home that was once damaged by a rare tornado when Gates was nine years old. Early on in his life, Gates observed that his parents wanted him to pursue a law career. When Gates was young, his family regularly attended a church of the Congregational Christian Churches, a Protestant Reformed denomination. The family encouraged competition; one visitor reported that "it didn't matter whether it was hearts or pickleball or swimming to the dock ... there was always a reward for winning and there was always a penalty for losing".
At 13, he enrolled in the Lakeside School, a private preparatory school and wrote his first software program. When Gates was in the eighth grade, the Mothers' Club at the school used proceeds from Lakeside School's rummage sale to buy a Teletype Model 33 ASR terminal and a block of computer time on a General Electric (GE) computer for the school's students. Gates took an interest in programming the GE system in BASIC, and was excused from math classes to pursue his interest. He wrote his first computer program on this machine: an implementation of tic-tac-toe that allowed users to play games against the computer. Gates was fascinated by the machine and how it would always execute software code perfectly. When he reflected back on that moment, he said, "There was just something neat about the machine." After the Mothers Club donation was exhausted, he and other students sought time on systems including DEC PDP minicomputers. One of these systems was a PDP-10 belonging to Computer Center Corporation (CCC), which banned four Lakeside students – Gates, Paul Allen, Ric Weiland, and Kent Evans – for the summer after it caught them exploiting bugs in the operating system to obtain free computer time.

At the end of the ban, the four students offered to find bugs in CCC's software in exchange for extra computer time. Rather than use the system via Teletype[clarification needed], Gates went to CCC's offices and studied source code for various programs that ran on the system, including programs in Fortran, Lisp, and machine language. The arrangement with CCC continued until 1970, when the company went out of business. The following year, Information Sciences, Inc. hired the four Lakeside students to write a payroll program in COBOL, providing them computer time and royalties. After his administrators became aware of his programming abilities, Gates wrote the school's computer program to schedule students in classes. He modified the code so that he was placed in classes with "a disproportionate number of interesting girls." He later stated that "it was hard to tear myself away from a machine at which I could so unambiguously demonstrate success."[30] At age 17, Gates formed a venture with Allen, called Traf-O-Data, to make traffic counters based on the Intel 8008 processor.[34] In 1972, Bill Gates served as a congressional page in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Gates was a National Merit Scholar when he graduated from Lakeside School in 1973. He scored 1590 out of 1600 on the Scholastic Aptitude Tests (SAT) and enrolled at Harvard College in the autumn of 1973.He chose a pre-law major but took mathematics and graduate level computer science courses. While at Harvard, he met fellow student Steve Ballmer. Gates left Harvard after two years while Ballmer would stay and graduate magna cum laude. Years later, Ballmer succeeded Gates as Microsoft's CEO. He maintained that position from 2000 until his resignation from the company in 2014.
In his second year, Gates devised an algorithm for pancake sorting as a solution to one of a series of unsolved problems presented in a combinatorics class by Harry Lewis, one of his professors. Gates' solution held the record as the fastest version for over thirty years; its successor is faster by only one percent. His solution was later formalized in a published paper in collaboration with Harvard computer scientist Christos Papadimitriou.
Gates did not have a definite study plan while he was a student at Harvard, and he spent a lot of time using the school's computers. Gates remained in contact with Paul Allen, and he joined him at Honeywell during the summer of 1974.

Who is Bill Gates?

William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, investor, author, philanthropist, humanitarian, and principal founder of Microsoft Corporation. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of chairman, CEO and chief software architect, while also being the largest individual shareholder until May 2014.
In 1975, Gates and Paul Allen launched Microsoft, which became the world's largest PC software company. Gates led the company as chief executive officer until stepping down in January 2000, but he remained as chairman and created the position of chief software architect for himself. In June 2006, Gates announced that he would be transitioning from full-time work at Microsoft to part-time work and full-time work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which was established in 2000. He gradually transferred his duties to Ray Ozzie and Craig Mundie.He stepped down as chairman of Microsoft in February 2014 and assumed a new post as technology adviser to support the newly appointed CEO Satya Nadella.

Gates is one of the best-known entrepreneurs of the personal computer revolution. He has been criticized for his business tactics, which have been considered anti-competitive. This opinion has been upheld by numerous court rulings.
Since 1987, Gates has been included in the Forbes list of the world's wealthiest people, an index of the wealthiest documented individuals, excluding and ranking against those with wealth that is not able to be completely ascertained.\From 1995 to 2017, he held the Forbes title of the richest person in the world all but four of those years, and held it consistently from March 2014 to July 2017, with an estimated net worth of US$89.9 billion as of October 2017. However, on July 27, 2017, and since October 27, 2017, he has been surpassed by Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, who had an estimated net worth of US$90.6 billion at the time. As of August 6, 2018, Gates had a net worth of $95.4 billion, making him the second-richest person in the world, behind Bezos.
Later in his career and since leaving Microsoft, Gates pursued a number of philanthropic endeavors. He donated large amounts of money to various charitable organizations and scientific research programs through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In 2009, Gates and Warren Buffett founded The Giving Pledge, whereby they and other billionaires pledge to give at least half of their wealth to philanthropy. The foundation works to save lives and improve global health, and is working with Rotary International to eliminate polio