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UMATILLA, Fla. – A Lake County man is facing charges of impersonating a cop with a firearm after investigators say he was involved in two separate incidents.
Robert Lewis, 46, bonded out of the Lake County Jail on Friday afternoon.
An Umatilla family said they were first terrorized by Lewis last Sunday, when he followed them home from a gas station.
Celeste Wilson said she was with her two young kids, ages 7 and 8, putting air in her tire at the gas station, when she got a strange feeling that someone was watching her.
Wilson said when she started up her car to leave the gas station, she noticed headlights come on in a white pickup truck parked nearby.
"It was terrifying that night," said Wilson who began to race home. "I'm going over the speed limit because I'm thinking, 'Oh, is this person really following me?' and as I'm speeding up, he's speeding up and he followed me all the way into my driveway."
Wilson said she parked her car behind her house, hoping to run in the back door.
"And he got as close as he could to my car with his car and then that's when he hit the lights," said Wilson.
Wilson said he flipped on white flashing lights, like a strobe light, from his dash then got out of his truck with a flashlight. At that point, she thought he might be a real police officer.
By then, Wilson's older daughter and mother had also come outside, but when they asked to see a badge, Wilson said all the man would say is, "Do you know how fast you were going?"
Wilson's older daughter then wrote down his tag and called 911.
"He said, 'Well, you don't have to worry about it, I'm with the cops, You don't have to go get 'em. I already have 'em with me," said Wilson.
Afterward, Wilson said he sped off leaving her and her kids alone.
"I don't know what he's capable of doing and I don't want to find out," said Wilson.
Just two days later, on Sept. 10, officers were called out to a Kangaroo gas station in Altoona. There, a clerk and several witnesses said Lewis was flashing an ID card with the words "Lake County Sheriff" on it. According to a Umatilla police report, he was telling people at the gas station that he was an undercover detective and lifted his shirt several times to reveal a firearm.
Police soon spotted Lewis driving his white pickup truck with the same tag from the incident involving Wilson.
He was arrested and booked into the Lake County Jail and $4,000 bond.


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As in his other books (Simple Church, Breakout Churches, Surprising Insights from the Unchurched and Proven Ways to Reach Them, The Unchurched Next Door, etc.), Thom Rainer (president and CEO of Lifeway Christian Resources) and his team of researchers bring to the surface the latest in research on contemporary issues facing American Christianity. This time the focus is on the millennial generation, a population of 78 million Americans born between 1980 and 2000. Business and educational organizations have already been grappling with how to work with this emerging generation. Rainer (joined this time by his own "millennial" son Jess Rainer) offers church leaders a glimpse into this massive generational wave, considered by most observers to be the most diverse and the most educated generation in American history.
The research method behind the book was an in-depth survey of 1,200 older millennials born between 1980 and 1991. The racial mix of the respondents was 61 percent white, 14 percent African-American, 19 percent Hispanic, 5 percent Asian, and 1 percent mixed. The actual survey consisted of questions related to worldview (e.g., What is important in life?), views on the environment, insights on money, understanding of relationships and marriage, optimism versus pessimism as an outlook, perceptions on leadership, relationship to technology, and spiritual views.
From the survey and its follow-up the authors identify four overarching themes to describe this millennial generation. First, millennials are a hopeful generation, believing that they as individuals and as a group can do "something great" for society (although what that is may not be identified). Second, millennials are very relational, including relationships with parents, coworkers, and friends. Third, millennials are perpetual learners. For this generation, schooling was/is essential and parents were/are very involved (sometimes to a fault in being "helicopter parents") in their children's education. And finally millennials are not very religious. In fact one could almost call this generation agnostic toward all matters of faith.
The authors then develop ten insights about millennials. These insights include connectedness in regard to family (desiring close family ties), longing for parental involvement (still looking for parental advice), assumption of diversity (in race, lifestyle, age, and religious background), making an impact or a difference (strong belief in serving others), attitudes toward work (valuing balance and personal time over career), desire for mentoring, environmental sustainability, "on the go" instant communication, financial confusion, and religion. Because this is a book written for church leaders, the authors spend time developing this last insight concerning religion.
According to the research conducted for this book the millennials are the least religious generation ever in American history. While 75 percent of the survey respondents claim to be "spiritual," most respondents do not claim to be religious and most could not even define their beliefs. This generation is not involved in established religious services or religious small groups of any kind. Applying the survey results to the larger population, the authors surmise that only 10 to 15 percent of millennials are true professing followers of Jesus Christ. Over 80 percent of millennials, according to the authors, believe in some type of works-based salvation. The authors sum up the belief system of millennials as theistic, ambivalent toward the Bible, and anti-institutional church. Shockingly 70 percent of the survey respondents saw the church as irrelevant. In addressing the millennials' belief system, the authors state, the "church's challenge is not overcoming an adversarial attitude from the Millennials. The challenge is overcoming apathy. Christianity is not the belief of the vast majority of this generation. And they believe the American church to be one of the least relevant institutions in society. . . . The bottom line is that most Millennials will not be lukewarm in their Christian faith. Most of them have made the decision not to embrace Christianity and to be forthright about their beliefs. . . . The vast majority is declaring that religion in general, and Christianity in particular, is not high on their list of priorities" (pp. 244, 246).
While many of the findings from the survey are depressing for evangelical believers to hear, the authors do hold out hope for the impact of the professing followers of Jesus Christ among this generation. Instead of being satisfied with "business-as-usual" churches, Christian millennials are highly motivated to invest in churches that are engaged in the cause of Christ through outward-focused ministry to the community and to the world. Thus a key to connecting with those millennials who already profess Jesus Christ is for churches to demonstrate tangible ministry in the local community and to the nations. Values such as transparency, humility, and integrity ring true for this generation. The authors also see this outward focus and these demonstrated values as appealing to nonbelievers who see the church as out of touch with the needs of the world.
While other books address the topic of this millennial generation in greater depth and with more focus in specific areas of application, the Rainers have developed a good primer for those who have never explored the intricacies of this rising generation. Just as the Baby Boomers influenced an entire nation (including the church), the millennials are comparable in size and will make a similar impact in all facets of life. The church cannot ignore this generation.
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Keith Urban gathers outlaws for We're All for the Hall concert.
Miranda Lambert still can't resist taking in stray animals.
Willie Nelson keeps on rolling at 80 years old.
Tyler Farr goes "Redneck Crazy" with Lee Brice, Colt Ford and Duck Dynasty.
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Is Facebook Stuck in the Sub-$20 Cellar?
Sep 5, 2012 9:07 AM PT
Facebook executives and employees must dread publicity these days. Every bit of critical news or commentary -- and there have been quite a few items that could be characterized as such lately -- seems to send the share price downward.
The latest push apparently came on Monday from a negative article in The New York Times taking CFO David Ebersman to task for the initial public offering debacle.
It's Ebersman's Fault
It is Ebersman's fault, the Times charged, that the company lost an unbelievable US$50 billion in market value in 90 days. It is his fault the IPO priced where it did, and his fault that the market was flooded with 25 percent more shares than originally planned.
Ebersman, who is well-liked, according to the Times, has his supporters -- and since the article came out there has been pushback from them defending his role and actions.
Still, the market must not have been listening to those voices. Facebook's stock closed at $18.06 on Friday, the last trading day before the article ran. By mid-day Tuesday, it had fallen to a new low of $17.55 per share. The stock price rebounded to $18.68 by mid-morning Wednesday, but that's likely small consolation for investors who saw it hit $45 for a flickering moment before the IPO went south.
Although it is probably the most high-profile, the NYT article is hardly the only negative news that has come out about Facebook in recent days. There was the pre-Labor Day news that Facebook was clamping down on fake "Likes." That no doubt was appreciated by advertisers, but the announcement highlighted the fact that Facebook has a problem with fake "Likes." "Likes" are Facebook's coin of the realm, and any indication that some may not be real casts Facebook in an even more negative light.
Or possibly the market could have been reacting to a new report from Morgan Stanley analyst Scott Devitt, who cut Facebook's long-term forecast and Morgan Stanley's 12-month price target for the stock.
It doesn't matter which article caused the latest drop in Facebook's stock, if any one could be singled out for such a dubious distinction, Trip Chowdhry, managing director of equity research for Global Equities Research, told the E-Commerce Times.
"The fact is, it doesn't take much to move the market now against Facebook," he said. "Investors simply don't trust that Facebook is disclosing everything that it should about its advertisers and monetization strategies."
Doubts about Facebook are even reaching the point where doubts about Mark Zuckerberg's leadership capabilities are being discussed openly, Chowdhry noted.
"Facebook needs to put these growing questions to rest once and for all by being completely transparent," he said.
Crushed Expectations
If the market could be anthropomorphized, one might say it's suffering from crushed expectations and now taking its disappointment out on Facebook, said Andreas Scherer, managing partner of Salto Partners.
"When Facebook's IPO happened, the expectations were skyrocket high," he told the E-Commerce Times. "The market expected the birth of another Google. It didn't happen."
The IPO was botched, Scherer flatly said. "There was no first day pop. "Certainly, it doesn't help that four months later, one of the lead underwriters of Facebook's IPO is lowering its expectations for the stock," he said, referring to Morgan Stanley's report.
But Facebook's latest drop can't be pinned to any one news article or event, in his view. Rather, it is just the dynamics of the stock and the situation, and it must play out.
"We are watching a steady painful decline in the sub-$20 space," Scherer said.
The only solution to Facebook's woes is an old fashioned turnaround, he concluded. "The company needs to deliver results quickly. The next quarterly earnings results will show us how fast the management team is able to turn the corner."
Facebook declined to comment for this story.


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DAVE SOLOMON: I Was thinking
EDITOR'S NOTE: Dave Solomon, the Register sports columnist, died Saturday evening in a one-car accident. He was 59. His wife, Judy, requested that his column run today.
I was thinking:
While Osi Umenyiora and the Giants continue to fuel a tense situation with terse words and actions, we need to examine Umenyiora's charge that NFL teams have no contract loyalty to the players. Umenyiora asks why players should be held to a higher standard of loyalty in long-term contracts than the owners.
We have no argument that Umenyiora is being underpaid at $7 million for the next two seasons combined. And surely we don't know what Giants GM Jerry Reese said, or promised Umenyiora behind closed doors back in April of 2008.
But as to the loyalty issue, the players showed little inclination in collective bargaining to change a system that not only permits teams to cut players in the later years of their contract (when no guarantee money is owed), it financially encourages that practice as good business sense.
The lack of guaranteed money to players has been a major problem in pro football for years, yet if the players won't fight to change a system that encourages the Bengals to say "take it or leave it" to Carson Palmer, and for the Giants to renege on giving Umenyiora the freedom to work out his own deal, then why should we feel sorry for them?
Most of the guaranteed money paid out by the clubs is front-loaded -- as the players want it. But don't come running back in years three, four and five, complaining that the contract signed in good faith years ago suddenly pales in the current marketplace.
The players had their opportunity to take a strong stand on this issue and never attempted to make changes to a system that year after year leads to an angry cadre of football players around the NFL.
?Can you think of two coaches who are more polar opposite than the last two Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinators -- currently Rob Ryan, and Paul Pasqualoni in 2010?
?I offer this public service to global IWT readers as an aid for the upcoming NFL season -- particularly in the early weeks.
Smart money favors the veteran teams across the board -- and double up when a veteran team is facing an opponent with a new coach/new system.
With the lockout keeping football in gridlock for nearly five months, rookies and free agent signees just learned hours ago where the men's room was located at their respective training camps. Moreover, new coaches and new systems are at a huge disadvantage in this abbreviated preseason and voided offseason. Everything's coming at the new players in a hurry and it'll be reflected on the field.
Consider that the last good advice I'm likely to give.
?Join with me in a hearty snicker over the "commitment" of Andy Roddick to the upcoming Winston-Salem Open -- which most recently was the men's Pilot Pen tennis tournament in New Haven. In the six years that the men's tournament played alongside the women in New Haven, Roddick failed to show up even once, telling tournament organizers without fail that it didn't suit his preparation for the U.S. Open the following week.
Now, all of a sudden, it feels right to play the week before the Open?
Our skepticism, put in question form to New Haven Open CEO and International Tennis Hall of Fame nominee Mike Davies, resulted in the following response:
"Well, what do you think it's all about?" laughed Davies, knowing the answer as well as I. "What can I say? Either he really needs to practice the week before the U.S. Open, or somebody's making an offer he can't refuse."
New Haven, under either the Pilot Pen or its current multi-pronged corporate umbrella, has always drawn a line in the sand when it comes to paying appearance fees.
Davies acknowledged that the proliferation of appearance fees is worse outside of America, but in regard to Roddick's commitment the week before the Open, Davies said, "My first reaction was, 'Well, somebody opened the coffers or made some deal that is obviously very attractive. That's about all I can say."
?To paraphrase a once-great basketball player:
Alex Rodriguez was playing poker. We're talkin' about poker, man. We're talkin' about poker. When you come to the ballpark and see him play, you see him play right, you see him give everything he's got. But we're talkin' about poker right now, man. We're not even talkin' about the game, when it actually matters. We're talkin' about poker.
?New Haven's Tony Sparano, head coach of the Miami Dolphins, could use a mulligan for publicly allowing himself to be goaded by the fans who chanted Kyle Orton's name as an indictment of Dolphins starting quarterback Chad Henne in practice last week. Sparano said the chanting "made him sick."
You know what really ought to make him sick? The fact that the team didn't rectify an unacceptable situation at quarterback for the second straight year. Good luck against the Pats and Jets.
?We're reminded by IWT sentinel of New Haven sports lore, Joel Alderman, that a precious piece of New Haven and Yale football history passed away last week. Dr. Len Fasano, a teammate of the immortal Levi Jackson at Hillhouse, Yale and in the Army camp at Lee, Va., passed away at the age of 84 on July 31. Through the years, Fasano became a vigilant spokesman against the segregation and prejudice that Jackson faced though his playing years and tour of duty in the armed service. Jackson was Yale's first African-American football captain in 1949.
?The only thing that could possibly be of less interest than an NBA lockout would be a UFL lockout.
?We're glad to see that the Governor gave the student-athletes at the vo-tech schools a reprieve. It was wrong to include them in his political fight in the first place.
?The moment we suggested in this space last week that Robby Cano completely screwed up his swing during the All-Star Game's home-run derby, he puts together a seven game stretch (through Friday) in which he's hitting .462 with an on-base percentage of .533 and a slugging percentage of .807. We don't take the credit for his resurgence, just the mortification for suggesting he was tumbling fast.
?After last year's big-time non-league schedule, maybe my expectations were too high for the 2011-12 UConn men's basketball schedule. But on paper, this year's non-league lineup leaves us completely underwhelmed. In addition to the Battle 4 Atlantis Tournament in the Bahamas, with a field including UConn, Harvard, Florida State, Utah, UMass, Central Florida, the College of Charleston and UNC-Asheville, UConn will play, Columbia, Wagner, Maine, Coppin State, Arkansas, Harvard, Holy Cross, Fairfield and Tennessee.
You can't spin gold from that list, hard as some people may try.
?How many zeros at the end of a blank check will it take for Tiger Woods to quash the proposed new tell-all book by his former caddie Steve Williams? Here's hoping we get to read the juicy details.


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Among the advantages of owning and running a small business – let's say one that employs 14.6 people, the statistical average for an Oregon firm – is the owner's relative freedom to decide how the business will prosper.
What role should workplace safety play in the owner's decisions? In a perfect world, the business owner would assess the hazards at the workplace then develop policies and procedures to prevent the hazards. Business owners in "high hazard" industries – such as construction – would emphasize workplace safety more than a small business designing website applications.
Small business owners in "high hazard" industries should emphasize workplace safety in their business decisions and many do. But that's not always the case. Why? Attitudes of employers (and employees) about safety are an important reason. Often such attitudes are shaped by beliefs that may seem reasonable at first, but don't always hold up under scrutiny – and those attitudes can become obstacles to safer workplaces. How do we know when attitudes become obstacles to safety? Sometimes it's just a matter of listening to what people say. Obstacles to workplace safety are often expressed in offhand comments such as the following:
The inference is that common sense is a kind of acquired knowledge and that workers who use common sense on the job will not get in harm's way. The problem is that common sense has about as much substance as hot air in a balloon. The phrase has a sort of glib sensibility about it and it rolls off the tongue nicely, but applying common sense will not make workplaces safe.
What will make a workplace safe is an effective safety and health program. All effective safety and health programs include management leadership, hazard identification and control, training, and employee participation.
Time and money are precious resources, especially for small business owners who must manage all aspects of their business. But narrow profit margins and scarce resources are also reasons cited by some small-business owners for cutting corners when it comes to safety. It's not that these employers aren't concerned about safety; rather, they underestimate the costs of failing to invest in safety.
Preventing injuries begins to make sense when one considers the cost of an average workers' compensation claim: $23,000 for the private sector (in 2010). And employers who want to keep their workers' compensation costs down will need to be even more vigilant about loss control. That's because, under the new rating plan from the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI), employers' primary losses – the most expensive costs in a claim – are doubling from the current cap of $5,000 to $10,000 in 2013, and going up to $15,000 by 2015.
For some small-business owners, the path to compliance is a journey into uncharted territory prefaced by a signpost that reads, "Here be dragons." Finding safety and health information on the Web isn't difficult, but finding safety requirements that apply to your workplace is still challenging. And then, there's the task of understanding the requirements and keeping current on new rules.
But these aren't reasons to give up. Employers who don't have the resources to employ a full-time safety professional do have the option of borrowing one. A consultant from their workers' compensation insurance carrier can evaluate their workplace for hazards and help them comply with the relevant safety and health rules. Oregon OSHA also has consultants who can help. There's no charge for the services but the employer must request them.
Employees who take risks at the expense of safety aren't likely to be disciplined by an employer who thinks that taking risks is part of the job. When employers don't require their employees to follow job-related safety procedures, their employees will continue business as usual. Fear also becomes a barrier to safety when employees avoid reporting about real workplace hazards because doing so might "upset the boss" and get them fired. Employers who aren't committed to maintaining a safe workplace should not be surprised that their employees aren't either.
On the other hand, when employees believe their employers are committed to safety and take the issue seriously, they will do so, too.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - Six months ago China's state media was lauding North Korea as a great place to invest as both countries tried to promote a cross-border economic zone.
One nuclear test, a long-range rocket launch and much sabre-rattling later and China is a central player in new U.N. sanctions against Pyongyang, something Chinese experts say marks a major shift in Beijing's policy toward its impoverished neighbor.
At the same time, Chinese newspapers have been calling North Korea an ungrateful and unreliable liability. Businessmen and officials charged with building commercial ties don't even want to talk about the country.
No one is suggesting China will abandon the regime of leader Kim Jong-un or even implement the new sanctions to the letter, but a relationship once regarded "as close as lips and teeth" is on thin ice as China's frustration grows.
"I think it's remarkable and identifiable, the change in China's policy towards the Korean peninsula," said Zhu Feng, director of the International Security Programme at the elite Peking University.
Zhu said China was now putting its hopes on diplomatic coercion to get North Korea to change its behavior.
"Beijing has ultimately woken up to reality ... At the U.N. Security Council, Beijing very noticeably shifted to a harder policy to get North Korea very badly hurt."
China has backed previous sanctions against North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs. China also officially says it does not believe sanctions will resolve the latest crisis over North Korea, a position repeated by Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on Saturday.
But after North Korea's third nuclear test, on February 12, China negotiated the new sanctions with Washington and said it wanted them implemented fully. The measures, announced on Thursday, tighten financial curbs on North Korea, order mandatory checks of suspicious cargo and strengthen a ban on luxury goods entering the country.
An exasperated China appears to have run out of patience after years of trying to coax Pyongyang out of isolation and to embrace economic reform.
To top it off, Kim Jong-un has failed to pay fealty to China, his country's only major ally, as his father and grandfather did. He has not visited China since taking over when his father Kim Jong-il died at the end of 2011.
Even the modicum of affection Chinese used to feel towards North Koreans, brothers-in-arms during the 1950-53 Korean War, has all but vanished, the country and its leader becoming an object of derision and incomprehension, especially as China powers ahead economically and rises in global stature.
The Global Times, an influential tabloid published by Communist Party mouthpiece the People's Daily, has called for China to cut North Korea off completely. It warned on Friday that Pyongyang should not underestimate China's anger.
"The 'friendship' between China and North Korea ... obviously cannot be decided by Pyongyang's temper," the widely read newspaper wrote in an editorial.
Back in August, an editorial by a Chinese Commerce Ministry official in the People's Daily said China needed to encourage and support its companies to invest in North Korea. The China Daily cited another official as praising North Korea's growth prospects.
At this month's annual meeting of China's largely rubber stamp parliament, Chinese with North Korea links wanted to talk about anything but North Korea.
A question from a Reuters reporter at a news conference by officials from Jilin province, which borders North Korea and does a lot of business with the country including trying to develop the Rason economic zone, caused consternation.
Asked if the central government had ordered Jilin to reduce trade and investment with North Korea in the wake of the February 12 nuclear test, officials looked flustered and finally asked a low-ranking bureaucrat to answer.
"Regarding international trade, I haven't noticed anything in particular. As for the next step, the Chinese government has already expressed its attitude on this issue. I'll leave my response at that," said Jin Shuoren, an ethnic Korean legislator from part of Jilin which sits on the border.
Not long after the nuclear test, one Chinese official at the economic zone told Reuters that plans to invest had not been put on hold.
North Korea has not helped by treating some major Chinese investors poorly -- and then denouncing their complaints in its state media. North Korea previously almost never criticized its neighbor or any Chinese entities in public.
Signs of unhappiness with Pyongyang have seeped out of China's military establishment too, although it is hard to know for certain what the top brass are thinking.
"It does not matter if you were a comrade and brother-in-arms in the past, if you harm our national interest then we'll get even with you," retired major-general Luo Yuan, a prominent foreign policy hawk, wrote on his blog on Saturday.
Kim's actions have also become an unwanted headache for incoming Chinese president Xi Jinping, who is already facing a host of domestic problems from corruption to pollution.
Besides the February 12 nuclear test and a long-range rocket launch in December, Pyongyang last week threatened the United States with a preemptive nuclear attack, a largely empty warning since experts believe it does not have the capability to hit the U.S. mainland.
North Korea has also told China it was ready to push ahead with a fourth and even a fifth nuclear test, a top official with direct access to both capitals told Reuters in February.
"The timing of this with the new leadership coming onboard causes some discussion amongst the leaders when there normally would be very little foreign policy discussion," said Paul Haenle, former China director on the U.S. National Security Council and White House representative to the North Korea denuclearization talks.
"The elites within China have really come out strongly."
China's new leadership, including Xi, do not have the emotional ties to North Korea that their predecessors had. Visits then used to be marked with smiles and bear hugs.
Xi also understands there is little public sympathy at home for Pyongyang.
"North Korea's behavior has infuriated ordinary Chinese, and this has put pressure on the government. Xi Jinping has talked about how the government has to pay attention to public opinion," said Cai Jian, an expert on Korea at Shanghai's Fudan University.
"The new leadership will be more practical, more cooperative with the international community when it comes to North Korea."
To be sure, China will not cut North Korea off completely.
The country is a useful buffer from U.S. troops stationed in South Korea, and Japan too. China also does not want North Korea to go the same route as Myanmar, once a staunch ally of Beijing but which is now rapidly expanding ties with Washington.
And if China turns the screws too much then North Korea could collapse -- Beijing's ultimate nightmare scenario.
Not only would that release a flood of refugees into northeastern China, it would also raise the question of what would happen to North Korea's nuclear material.
"China does not want these sanctions to affect North Korea's stability or cause domestic unrest or instability in the leadership," said Fudan's Cai.
In fact, China may not enforce the sanctions as toughly as it could.
One well-connected Chinese expert on North Korea, Zhang Liangui of the Central Party School, said he didn't think the sanctions would do any good, given how adept Pyongyang is at skirting them.
"These sanctions will not cause pain for North Korea," he said.
(Additional reporting by Terril Yue Jones, John Ruwitch and Megha Rajagopalan, Editing by Dean Yates)


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- Fixed Antenna
- Radio w/Speed Compensated Volume Control, Radio Data System and External Memory Control
- Radio: AM/FM Stereo w/6 Speakers
- Body-Colored Wheel Well Trim
- Chrome Front Bumper w/Body-Colored Rub Strip/Fascia Accent and 2 Tow Hooks
- Regular Box Style
- Fully Automatic Aero-Composite Halogen Auto High-Beam Daytime Running Lights Preference Setting Headlamps w/Delay-Off
- Tailgate Rear Cargo Access
- Full-Size Spare Tire Stored Underbody w/Crankdown
- Deep Tinted Glass
- Tailgate/Rear Door Lock Included w/Power Door Locks
- Aluminum Panels
- Front Fog Lamps
- Cargo Lamp w/High Mount Stop Light
- Tires: P275/65R18 OWL A/S
- Clearcoat Paint
- Power Rear Window w/Defroster
- Chrome Grille
- Wheels: 18 Machined-Aluminum -inc: flash gray painted pockets
- Black Side Windows Trim and Black Front Windshield Trim
- Body-Colored Door Handles
- Chrome Rear Step Bumper
- Variable Intermittent Wipers
- Body-Colored Power Heated Side Mirrors w/Driver Auto Dimming, Convex Spotter, Power Folding and Turn Signal Indicator
- Steel Spare Wheel
- Perimeter/Approach Lights
- Front Center Armrest w/Storage and Rear Center Armrest
- Power 1st Row Windows w/Driver And Passenger 1-Touch Up/Down
- Voice Activated Dual Zone Front Automatic Air Conditioning
- Remote Keyless Entry w/Integrated Key Transmitter, Illuminated Entry and Panic Button
- Full Carpet Floor Covering -inc: Carpet Front And Rear Floor Mats
- Systems Monitor
- Power Door Locks w/Autolock Feature
- Cruise Control w/Steering Wheel Controls
- HVAC -inc: Underseat Ducts
- Front And Rear Map Lights
- Instrument Panel Bin, Dashboard Storage, Driver / Passenger And Rear Door Bins, 1st Row Underseat Storage and 2nd Row Underseat Storage
- Driver Seat
- Urethane Gear Shifter Material
- Fade-To-Off Interior Lighting
- Glove Box
- SYNC 3 -inc: enhanced voice recognition communications and entertainment system, 8 LCD capacitive touchscreen in center stack w/swipe capability, pinch-to-zoom capability included when equipped w/available voice-activated touchscreen navigation system, AppLink, 911 Assist, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto and 2 smart charging USB ports, Note: SYNC AppLink lets you control some of your favorite compatible mobile apps w/your voice, It is compatible w/select smartphone platforms, Commands may vary by phone and AppLink software
- Smart Device Remote Engine Start
- Door Mirrors and Pedals
- Rear Cupholder
- Interior Trim -inc: Simulated Wood/Metal-Look Instrument Panel Insert, Cabback Insulator, Simulated Wood/Metal-Look Door Panel Insert and Chrome Interior Accents
- 2 Seatback Storage Pockets
- Leather/Metal-Look Steering Wheel
- FOB Controls -inc: Cargo Access
- Compass
- Passenger Seat
- Pickup Cargo Box Lights
- Perimeter Alarm
- Full Cloth Headliner
- Day-Night Auto-Dimming Rearview Mirror
- Trip Computer
- FordPass Connect 4G LTE WiFi Mobile Hotspot Internet Access
- Leather-Trimmed 40/20/40 Front Seat -inc: 4-way adjustable driver/passenger headrests, heated and ventilated 10-way power driver and passenger w/power lumbar and memory driver's seat
- Securilock Anti-Theft Ignition (pats) Engine Immobilizer
- Delayed Accessory Power
- Full Overhead Console w/Storage and 3 12V DC Power Outlets
- Outside Temp Gauge
- Front Cupholder
- 3 12V DC Power Outlets
- 60-40 Folding Split-Bench Front Facing Fold-Up Cushion Rear Seat
- Manual Adjustable Rear Head Restraints
- Redundant Digital Speedometer
- Power Rear Windows
- Manual Tilt/Telescoping Steering Column
- Proximity Key For Doors And Push Button Start
- Gauges -inc: Speedometer, Odometer, Voltmeter, Oil Pressure, Engine Coolant Temp, Tachometer, Inclinometer, Transmission Fluid Temp, Trip Odometer and Trip Computer
- Keypad
- Digital/Analog Display
- Driver And Passenger Visor Vanity Mirrors w/Driver And Passenger Illumination
- Power Adjustable Pedals
- Transmission: Electronic 10-Speed Automatic -inc: selectable drive modes: normal/tow-haul/snow-wet/EcoSelect/sport
- Electric Power-Assist Speed-Sensing Steering
- Engine: 2.7L V6 EcoBoost -inc: auto start-stop technology
- Transmission w/SelectShift Sequential Shift Control
- 4-Wheel Disc Brakes w/4-Wheel ABS, Front And Rear Vented Discs, Brake Assist, Hill Hold Control and Electric Parking Brake
- Leaf Rear Suspension w/Leaf Springs
- Electronic Transfer Case
- Auto Locking Hubs
- Gas-Pressurized Shock Absorbers
- 26 Gal. Fuel Tank
- Class IV Trailer Hitch Receiver -inc: towing capability up to 6,000 lbs on 3.3L V6 PFDI engine (99B) and 2.7L EcoBoost engine (99P) or up to 7,000 lbs on 3.5L EcoBoost engine (994), 3.5L EcoBoost High Output engine (99G) and 5.0L V8 engine (995), smart trailer tow connector and 4-pin/7-pin wiring harness Ordering the Trailer Tow Package does not include Integrated Brake Controller (67T). Integrated Brake Controller (67T) is a standalone option and must be ordered separately.
- 1690# Maximum Payload
- Front Anti-Roll Bar
- 70-Amp/Hr 610CCA Maintenance-Free Battery w/Run Down Protection
- 200 Amp Alternator
- Towing Equipment -inc: Trailer Sway Control
- Double Wishbone Front Suspension w/Coil Springs
- Single Stainless Steel Exhaust
- GVWR: 6,600 lbs Payload Package
- 3.55 Axle Ratio
- Automatic Full-Time Four-Wheel Drive
- Electronic Stability Control (ESC) And Roll Stability Control (RSC)
- Safety Canopy System Curtain 1st And 2nd Row Airbags
- Ford Co-Pilot360 - Pre-Collision Assist with Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB)
- Dual Stage Driver And Passenger Seat-Mounted Side Airbags
- ABS And Driveline Traction Control
- Tire Specific Low Tire Pressure Warning
- Side Impact Beams
- Airbag Occupancy Sensor
- Rear Child Safety Locks
- Mykey System -inc: Top Speed Limiter, Audio Volume Limiter, Early Low Fuel Warning, Programmable Sound Chimes and Beltminder w/Audio Mute
- Outboard Front Lap And Shoulder Safety Belts -inc: Rear Center 3 Point, Height Adjusters and Pretensioners
- Dual Stage Driver And Passenger Front Airbags
- Dynamic Hitch Assist Back-Up Camera
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