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ImageA billboard supporting the students of Marshall County High School in Benton, Ky.

In January, two students at the school were killed in a shooting.

CreditCreditAndrea Morales for The New York Times

The teenagers in rural Kentucky decided they were fed up after a 15-year-old with a handgun turned their high school into another killing ground, murdering two classmates.

Like so many other students, they wrote speeches and op-ed essays calling for gun control, they painted posters and they marched on their State Capitol.

The blush of activism made them feel empowered, even a little invincible.

It started with sideways looks and laughter from other students in the hallways, they said.

Friends deleted them from group chats and stopped inviting them over.

On social media, people called the teenage activists "retards" and "spoiled brats," and said they should have been the ones to die during a shooting in Marshall County High School's student commons four months ago.

In a more liberal city like Parkland, Fla., or at a rally in Washington, these students might have been celebrated as young leaders.

But in rural, conservative parts of the country where farm fields crackle with target practice and children grow up turkey hunting with their parents, the new wave of student activism clashes with bedrock support for gun rights.

Speaking out in a place like Marshall County, Ky., carries a price — measured in frayed friendships, arguments with parents and animosity within the same walls where classmates were gunned down.

The gulf between liberal and conservative America's responses to mass shootings was on display again in Santa Fe, Tex., population 13,000, after 10 people were killed at the high school there on Friday.

Republican leaders expressed no desire to pass gun restrictions.

Many residents and students agreed with them, saying that gun control would not stop the bloodshed at America's schools.

"If we had more guns on campus with more teachers armed, we'd be a lot safer," said Layton Kelly, 17, a student who hid in a night-black classroom next to the scene of the shooting in Santa Fe.

That view resonates across rural Kentucky, where state lawmakers did not pass any new gun restrictions after the Marshall County shooting.

Most of the debate, both here in Benton, the hamlet that is home to the county high school, and at the State Capitol in Frankfort, has been focused on how to make schools more secure and how to detect potentially dangerous students.

The school district in Marshall County has hired more armed officers and locked many of the high school's 86 doors.

Every morning, teachers and staff members search students' backpacks and wand them with metal detectors.

The question of guns stayed largely on the sidelines.

"I don't think the Second Amendment is the issue," said Kevin Neal, Marshall County's judge/executive.

"If somebody gets it in their head they're going to kill, they're going to do it."

[Read more about how students routinely grapple with their risks of getting shot at school.]

Mr. Neal, a hulking former Marine, is a staunch gun rights supporter who said he carried a pistol on his side as he finished his lunch at JoJo's Café.

He said that many adults thought the student protesters were simply "marching to march."

Some parents said the students were being goaded by anti-gun groups outside Marshall County and were just seeking attention.

"They want to show, 'Look at me, look at me,'" said P. J. Thomason, whose son Case was wounded in the shooting.

"Everyone that owns a gun is wrong — that's what they teach them nowadays."

Mr. Thomason said that Case survived that day because he is a competitive pistol and rifle shooter who recognized the sound of gunshots in the student commons and instantly knew to run.

Case was struck in the hip, but recovered quickly and is shooting again.

ImageFrom left, Hailey Case, Jordan Harrell and Lily Dunn at Jordan's home in Calvert City, Ky.

The three, freshmen at Marshall County High, have been active in calling for gun restrictions since the shooting at their school.

CreditAndrea Morales for The New York Times

"The reason he's alive is because of a gun," Mr. Thomason said.

The Marshall County students who decided to speak out for gun control said they understood the consequences of bucking the views of many of their parents, friends and neighbors on an issue as personal and emotional as guns.

"We knew we were going to get backlash," said Cloi Henke, 15, who was in a small group of students who participated in a local March for Our Lives rally one rainy day this spring.

"I just didn't think it would be so forward," said her 15-year-old friend Lily Dunn.

"When people started talking about me, it knocked me down a few pegs."

It was just after school one afternoon, and Cloi, Lily and their friends — all freshmen — were squeezed into a booth at the Benton Dairy Queen.

Since the shooting at Marshall, they cocoon together often, in their spot in the student commons or on a friend's willow-shaded back porch, to support each other and strategize about their tiny slice of the gun control movement.

"Almost no one agrees with us," said Hailey Case, 16.

That includes her father, who argued with Hailey after listening to her practice a speech she delivered at the local March for Our Lives rally.

One girl threatened to fight them after they held a gun control rally, they said.

Letters and commenters in local news media said the students were too young to know anything.

Cloi said she had been at a friend's house one afternoon when her friend's father pulled out his AR-15 to show her "what you guys are trying to ban."

Lily, sitting next to her, said a teacher had confronted her when she came to class wearing a T-shirt in the school's orange and blue colors, showing a constellation of dots for every school in Kentucky that had been affected by a shooting.

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According to the police and prosecutors, Gabriel Parker, a 15-year-old student at Marshall County High, opened fire on a group of students with his stepfather's handgun as a kind of twisted social experiment, to see how people would react.

Mr. Parker was arrested after he slipped out of the school among a group of students fleeing the carnage, and has been charged as an adult in the attack.

Across the country, about 60 percent of rural households own a gun — double the rate of city households — and many Marshall County students said that before the shooting they had barely thought about the gun debate.

They hunted and shot air rifles at camp on Kentucky Lake, and their fathers kept handguns for protection.

Afterward, though, the gulf between their views and their parents' became impossible to ignore.

Mary Cox, 18, a senior who is involved in theater and captain of her Speech team, got into arguments with her father when he tried to buy her a compact handgun to take with her to college.

One day, she said, when her father was driving her home from a rehearsal, he pressed her on her support for banning AR-15s.

If she was being attacked, wouldn't she want someone with an AR-15 to come help?

"We couldn't be more opposite in what we believe," her father, Ezra, said in an interview.

Still, he said, he and his wife had encouraged Mary to stay true to her beliefs.

ImageHailey in an "Enough Is Enough" T-shirt.

CreditAndrea Morales for The New York Times

One evening, three freshman friends who spoke at a gun control rally drove through town on their way to dinner, gliding past "Marshall Strong" signs on the Arby's and the Lake Chem Credit Union.

Four months after the shooting, reminders linger everywhere.

Blue-and-orange lawn signs poke up from drainage ditches.

Bible verses about faith and healing are still painted onto the windows of antique shops and insurance agencies downtown.

"I don't want to see it any more," Lela Free said, staring out from a back seat.

Sitting in front in the passenger seat, Korbin Brandon, 16, thought about how his life had changed since 7:55 a.m. on that day in January.

Korbin, a freshman who speaks like a cross between Encyclopedia Brown and Alex Keaton, the conservative teenager from "Family Ties," had always thought of himself as a Second Amendment supporter and a sportsman.

He'd fired a high-powered rifle when he was 8 years old.

But on Jan. 23, he was turned to face the glass walls that overlook the student commons when his classmates were being cut down.

Though he still calls himself a conservative, Korbin decided to join the students who were organizing speeches and rallies focused on safety and gun control.

When he returned to class after giving a speech that confronted the National Rifle Association, one friend yelled at him; others took a group photo without him; and a deacon at his church warned him that he sounded like a Democrat.

"They said I'd betrayed them," Korbin said of his friends.

"I'd turned my back on the good way, the sportsman's way.

He was surprised at the backlash, because he does not support banning guns or accessories.

But he said they should perhaps be harder to buy.

He has since tried to patch up those strained relationships, and quoted a Bible verse about avoiding foolish controversies to rebut one person who criticized him.

So many other people in his hometown had suffered deeply from that terrible January day.

"There's other people that need to be taken care of," he said.

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ImageA billboard supporting the students of Marshall County High School in Benton, Ky.

In January, two students at the school were killed in a shooting.

CreditCreditAndrea Morales for The New York Times

The teenagers in rural Kentucky decided they were fed up after a 15-year-old with a handgun turned their high school into another killing ground, murdering two classmates.

Like so many other students, they wrote speeches and op-ed essays calling for gun control, they painted posters and they marched on their State Capitol.

The blush of activism made them feel empowered, even a little invincible.

It started with sideways looks and laughter from other students in the hallways, they said.

Friends deleted them from group chats and stopped inviting them over.

On social media, people called the teenage activists "retards" and "spoiled brats," and said they should have been the ones to die during a shooting in Marshall County High School's student commons four months ago.

In a more liberal city like Parkland, Fla., or at a rally in Washington, these students might have been celebrated as young leaders.

But in rural, conservative parts of the country where farm fields crackle with target practice and children grow up turkey hunting with their parents, the new wave of student activism clashes with bedrock support for gun rights.

Speaking out in a place like Marshall County, Ky., carries a price — measured in frayed friendships, arguments with parents and animosity within the same walls where classmates were gunned down.

The gulf between liberal and conservative America's responses to mass shootings was on display again in Santa Fe, Tex., population 13,000, after 10 people were killed at the high school there on Friday.

Republican leaders expressed no desire to pass gun restrictions.

Many residents and students agreed with them, saying that gun control would not stop the bloodshed at America's schools.

"If we had more guns on campus with more teachers armed, we'd be a lot safer," said Layton Kelly, 17, a student who hid in a night-black classroom next to the scene of the shooting in Santa Fe.

That view resonates across rural Kentucky, where state lawmakers did not pass any new gun restrictions after the Marshall County shooting.

Most of the debate, both here in Benton, the hamlet that is home to the county high school, and at the State Capitol in Frankfort, has been focused on how to make schools more secure and how to detect potentially dangerous students.

The school district in Marshall County has hired more armed officers and locked many of the high school's 86 doors.

Every morning, teachers and staff members search students' backpacks and wand them with metal detectors.

The question of guns stayed largely on the sidelines.

"I don't think the Second Amendment is the issue," said Kevin Neal, Marshall County's judge/executive.

"If somebody gets it in their head they're going to kill, they're going to do it."

[Read more about how students routinely grapple with their risks of getting shot at school.]

Mr. Neal, a hulking former Marine, is a staunch gun rights supporter who said he carried a pistol on his side as he finished his lunch at JoJo's Café.

He said that many adults thought the student protesters were simply "marching to march."

Some parents said the students were being goaded by anti-gun groups outside Marshall County and were just seeking attention.

"They want to show, 'Look at me, look at me,'" said P. J. Thomason, whose son Case was wounded in the shooting.

"Everyone that owns a gun is wrong — that's what they teach them nowadays."

Mr. Thomason said that Case survived that day because he is a competitive pistol and rifle shooter who recognized the sound of gunshots in the student commons and instantly knew to run.

Case was struck in the hip, but recovered quickly and is shooting again.

ImageFrom left, Hailey Case, Jordan Harrell and Lily Dunn at Jordan's home in Calvert City, Ky.

The three, freshmen at Marshall County High, have been active in calling for gun restrictions since the shooting at their school.

CreditAndrea Morales for The New York Times

"The reason he's alive is because of a gun," Mr. Thomason said.

The Marshall County students who decided to speak out for gun control said they understood the consequences of bucking the views of many of their parents, friends and neighbors on an issue as personal and emotional as guns.

"We knew we were going to get backlash," said Cloi Henke, 15, who was in a small group of students who participated in a local March for Our Lives rally one rainy day this spring.

"I just didn't think it would be so forward," said her 15-year-old friend Lily Dunn.

"When people started talking about me, it knocked me down a few pegs."

It was just after school one afternoon, and Cloi, Lily and their friends — all freshmen — were squeezed into a booth at the Benton Dairy Queen.

Since the shooting at Marshall, they cocoon together often, in their spot in the student commons or on a friend's willow-shaded back porch, to support each other and strategize about their tiny slice of the gun control movement.

"Almost no one agrees with us," said Hailey Case, 16.

That includes her father, who argued with Hailey after listening to her practice a speech she delivered at the local March for Our Lives rally.

One girl threatened to fight them after they held a gun control rally, they said.

Letters and commenters in local news media said the students were too young to know anything.

Cloi said she had been at a friend's house one afternoon when her friend's father pulled out his AR-15 to show her "what you guys are trying to ban."

Lily, sitting next to her, said a teacher had confronted her when she came to class wearing a T-shirt in the school's orange and blue colors, showing a constellation of dots for every school in Kentucky that had been affected by a shooting.

[Sign up for the Morning Briefing for news and a look at what you need to know to begin your day.]

According to the police and prosecutors, Gabriel Parker, a 15-year-old student at Marshall County High, opened fire on a group of students with his stepfather's handgun as a kind of twisted social experiment, to see how people would react.

Mr. Parker was arrested after he slipped out of the school among a group of students fleeing the carnage, and has been charged as an adult in the attack.

Across the country, about 60 percent of rural households own a gun — double the rate of city households — and many Marshall County students said that before the shooting they had barely thought about the gun debate.

They hunted and shot air rifles at camp on Kentucky Lake, and their fathers kept handguns for protection.

Afterward, though, the gulf between their views and their parents' became impossible to ignore.

Mary Cox, 18, a senior who is involved in theater and captain of her Speech team, got into arguments with her father when he tried to buy her a compact handgun to take with her to college.

One day, she said, when her father was driving her home from a rehearsal, he pressed her on her support for banning AR-15s.

If she was being attacked, wouldn't she want someone with an AR-15 to come help?

"We couldn't be more opposite in what we believe," her father, Ezra, said in an interview.

Still, he said, he and his wife had encouraged Mary to stay true to her beliefs.

ImageHailey in an "Enough Is Enough" T-shirt.

CreditAndrea Morales for The New York Times

One evening, three freshman friends who spoke at a gun control rally drove through town on their way to dinner, gliding past "Marshall Strong" signs on the Arby's and the Lake Chem Credit Union.

Four months after the shooting, reminders linger everywhere.

Blue-and-orange lawn signs poke up from drainage ditches.

Bible verses about faith and healing are still painted onto the windows of antique shops and insurance agencies downtown.

"I don't want to see it any more," Lela Free said, staring out from a back seat.

Sitting in front in the passenger seat, Korbin Brandon, 16, thought about how his life had changed since 7:55 a.m. on that day in January.

Korbin, a freshman who speaks like a cross between Encyclopedia Brown and Alex Keaton, the conservative teenager from "Family Ties," had always thought of himself as a Second Amendment supporter and a sportsman.

He'd fired a high-powered rifle when he was 8 years old.

But on Jan. 23, he was turned to face the glass walls that overlook the student commons when his classmates were being cut down.

Though he still calls himself a conservative, Korbin decided to join the students who were organizing speeches and rallies focused on safety and gun control.

When he returned to class after giving a speech that confronted the National Rifle Association, one friend yelled at him; others took a group photo without him; and a deacon at his church warned him that he sounded like a Democrat.

"They said I'd betrayed them," Korbin said of his friends.

"I'd turned my back on the good way, the sportsman's way.

He was surprised at the backlash, because he does not support banning guns or accessories.

But he said they should perhaps be harder to buy.

He has since tried to patch up those strained relationships, and quoted a Bible verse about avoiding foolish controversies to rebut one person who criticized him.

So many other people in his hometown had suffered deeply from that terrible January day.

"There's other people that need to be taken care of," he said.

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A version of this article appears in print on , Section A, Page 13 of the New York edition with the headline: Gun Country Backlash When Rural Students Speak Out for Limits.

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Less than a week after the incident the school implemented new safety methods to protect the students. Students that arrived late would have to check in with the front office. Staff members began to screen students with metal detector wands.


Dziabiak was born in Freedom, Pennsylvania.

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# Josh Dziabiak and Lynsie Camuso: Showclix

Pittsburgh startup ShowClix is housed in a beautiful office above a coffee house in the hip restaurant and shopping district called Shadyside.

The ShowClix conference room sports seal blue walls and white leather conference room chairs with a super funky bent metal light above the table.

A bottle of Clique vodka, one of their clients, is available on the side.

There are balloons and other toys to play with throughout the office.

Clearly, this company is focused on creativity!

ShowClix at a Glance Entrepreneur: Josh Dziabiak, CEO

Strategic partnership with Groupon announced February, 2011

2011 addition to client list include the Museum of Modern Art in New York City (MOMA), Lucas Oil Speedway and Val-Du-Lakes Pavilion

In 2010 Josh named to Inc.com's 30 under 30 list of "America's Coolest Young Entrepreneurs"

Named one of "Pittsburgh's Coolest Tech Companies" by Pittsburgh Magazine

Also named one of Pittsburgh's :Great Places to Work" by Pittsburgh Magazine

Josh named 2011 "Pennsylvania-state Businessperson of the Year" by Future Business Leaders of America (FLBA)

Josh Dziabiak is quite the young entrepreneur.

He grew up in Freedom, PA, on 20 acres of farmland.

Freedom, as Josh describes it, "is in the middle of nowhere."

On one side of his parents' house were a dozen horses.

On the other side was the family septic tank cleaning business.

His whole family worked for the family business: "my mother, my aunt, my father, brother, everybody."

To Josh, it was normal that owning a business was something possible and realistic.

"Entrepreneurship was a natural for me," he states.

Josh's mom bought a family computer when he was 12, around 2000.

This was a big deal for the family and the cash outlay meant no vacation for two years.

The computer was a "klunky thing and sat in the foyer where nobody touched it," Josh declares.

But that all changed when Josh was in junior high.

"A friend of mine asked me if I had a website.

Once they got internet access, Josh turned on the computer and started building a website.

He quickly became obsessed with the concept of being able to reach anyone in the world.

Josh became pretty good at building websites, and, like many other young entrepreneurs, got his start building them for other people, older people.

His business snowballed as Josh started flipping out websites for businesses and individuals in his community.

Pretty soon, Josh noticed that for every website that he was designing he was sending the hosting business somewhere else.

He realized that "I could really scale if I could host.

And that could provide recurring revenue, not that I knew what that was."

So he figured out how to host websites and that side of the business grew very quickly.

Over the next year, Josh opened up an office and started to exploit the opportunity until he had 14 full-time people.

"And that was before I even had a driver's license," Josh exclaims!

"My employees had to drive me to lunch!"

By now, Josh was in 9th grade, and in order to focus on his business, he started home schooling.

Except that he did it himself, and he did it on the computer with CD ROMs.

However, the pace took its toll: "By the time I was 17, a year and a half after starting my business, I was stressed out, with no social life; the business consumed me."

His break came during tax season that year: "I was with my CPA, and he was starting a business brokerage firm and asked if I would be interested in selling my business.

But I looked at that number he thought he could get, and thought wow.

He sold the business in two months for $1 million!

It was very cool to have that in my pocket."

With his proceeds from the sale, Josh moved out of his parents' house, bought a car, and goofed off.

Josh was more interested in learning by experiencing.

Josh eventually got to the point where he was bored: "I was doing a lot of shopping; basically, I was retired at age 18."

He started investing time and money into his ideas: "I wanted to do a web-based record label.

I tried to do all the promotion and leverage the internet as the only source of revenue."

But, it was too early for Josh and he made some mistakes.

He lost money and learned some tough lessons.

One of them was about people: "I went through a lot of grief because of some wrong partners; I learned how important it is to surround yourself with great people."

But as a young entrepreneur, Josh wanted to wake up to a challenge each day.

So he kept searching for the next big idea.

During this time Josh became aware of the need for a ticketing solution: "So many bands were going to small capacity bars and VFW facilities and there was only Ticketmaster.

I saw an opportunity there, particularly for small- to medium-sized events."

He started by building a 650-seat ticketing solution.

As he describes the origins of ShowClix, "I was sitting on my couch with my roommate and we were talking about things to do in Pittsburgh, and we realized that there was no destination site for event goers.

What if I created a website that was a destination site to find events?

Then I realized that ticketing could be the revenue model for the business."

At the same time, Josh wanted to experience what it was like to work for someone else.

He got a couple of job offers including one with Spreadshirt, a German company offering an online platform for private individuals and commercial organizations to design, buy and sell creative and personalized apparel.

It was there that Josh met Lynsie Camuso, his partner in ShowClix.

"We clixed from moment one," Josh chuckles.

A strong friendship was formed from their first coffee together.

Spreadshirt let the two work together and come up with their own creative initiatives.

"We were basically running the US operations for the whole company," Lynsie chimes in, having joined us in the conference room.

She adds, "We could brainstorm and execute really quickly, and we realized that we knew how to do this, we had the same views, the same work ethic, etc."

Lynsie Camuso, who is ten years older than Josh, has a background in music and entertainment.

She went to Penn State to study journalism.

The summer after her sophomore year, she applied for an internship with the Rosie O'Donnell show in NYC.

Taking the risk on this fabulous opportunity, Lynsie withdrew from school.

She was the youngest staff member ever at the show: "We were on the same floor as Saturday Night Live; I would run into Will Farrell.

And I always loved entertainment, music and news.

Working there was a dream job and it was my first job.

When the show came to an end, Lynsie had a choice to make: "What do I do? Pursue a career in TV or finish my degree?"

Lynsie returned to Pittsburgh, her home town and finished her degree in journalism at Duquesne University.

She went through a number of jobs upon graduating, including with the Pittsburgh Pirates and a stint in Los Angeles.

But, she came back to Pittsburgh and landed a job at Spreadshirt, where she met Josh and her life changed: "I just loved the internet and then I met Josh who was the same."

Josh and Lynsie entered a regional business plan contest and that process forced them to "think through every detail of the business," Lynsie relates.

That was important because they ended up with the same goals, very much on the same page.

ShowClix officially launched with a beta version in March, 2007.

They got some press and they landed two customers.

Lynsie laughs as she describes the early days, "We are all about e-tickets, about not printing them out.

But I had to go home and stuff envelopes with tickets because we had to mail out the actual tickets!

Even though we started with electronic tickets we had to do all this other stuff because that's what the customers wanted!"

The next version of ShowClix launched in July, 2008.

Josh remembers, "We put no titles in our email signatures because we didn't want our clients to know that the company was really just us."

Because ticket sales were their main source of revenues they needed to be very professional.

They decided, "Let's operate the company for how we want it to be a year from now," Josh describes.

ShowClix made their first full-time hire in March, 2009, and now are at 30 including Josh and Lynsie.

In 2008 they did $500,000 in revenues/ticket sales; in 2009 ticket sales were $4.9 million; in 2010 ShowClix reaped over $30M in ticket sales.

ShowClix's business model is a cut of the overall ticket sales.

The company received seed funding from Innovation Works, a state-funded economic development organization, and other investors.

ShowClix recently closed a B round of financing of $1.65 million, led by Swallow Point Ventures and included Pittsburgh Equity Partners, Woodland Partners, Innovation Works, and Smithfield Trust.

Today, ShowClix is a full-service, primary ticketing company that provides venues, promoters and event organizers with innovative solutions to manage every aspect of their ticketing operations, including online and telephone ticket sales, box office management, admissions control, and event promotion.

The company currently works with over 1,800 live music venues, performing arts groups, museums, festivals, nightclubs, artist management companies, nonprofit organizations and colleges and universities around the world.

They continue to make inroads into Ticketmaster's space, and while they face competition, they have focused on the niche of making ticketing affordable for smaller organizations.

The two are clearly great partners and good friends.

While they are not a couple in life, they are a great couple in business!

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(meta data) TITLE: Josh Dziabiak and Lynsie Camuso: Showclix - Babs Carryer

(meta data) PUBLISHED DATETIME: 2011-06-21

# Josh Dziabiak and Lynsie Camuso: Showclix

Pittsburgh startup ShowClix is housed in a beautiful office above a coffee house in the hip restaurant and shopping district called Shadyside.

The ShowClix conference room sports seal blue walls and white leather conference room chairs with a super funky bent metal light above the table.

A bottle of Clique vodka, one of their clients, is available on the side.

There are balloons and other toys to play with throughout the office.

Clearly, this company is focused on creativity!

ShowClix at a Glance Entrepreneur: Josh Dziabiak, CEO

Strategic partnership with Groupon announced February, 2011

2011 addition to client list include the Museum of Modern Art in New York City (MOMA), Lucas Oil Speedway and Val-Du-Lakes Pavilion

In 2010 Josh named to Inc.com's 30 under 30 list of "America's Coolest Young Entrepreneurs"

Named one of "Pittsburgh's Coolest Tech Companies" by Pittsburgh Magazine

Also named one of Pittsburgh's :Great Places to Work" by Pittsburgh Magazine

Josh named 2011 "Pennsylvania-state Businessperson of the Year" by Future Business Leaders of America (FLBA)

Josh Dziabiak is quite the young entrepreneur.

He grew up in Freedom, PA, on 20 acres of farmland.

Freedom, as Josh describes it, "is in the middle of nowhere."

On one side of his parents' house were a dozen horses.

On the other side was the family septic tank cleaning business.

His whole family worked for the family business: "my mother, my aunt, my father, brother, everybody."

To Josh, it was normal that owning a business was something possible and realistic.

"Entrepreneurship was a natural for me," he states.

Josh's mom bought a family computer when he was 12, around 2000.

This was a big deal for the family and the cash outlay meant no vacation for two years.

The computer was a "klunky thing and sat in the foyer where nobody touched it," Josh declares.

But that all changed when Josh was in junior high.

"A friend of mine asked me if I had a website.

Once they got internet access, Josh turned on the computer and started building a website.

He quickly became obsessed with the concept of being able to reach anyone in the world.

Josh became pretty good at building websites, and, like many other young entrepreneurs, got his start building them for other people, older people.

His business snowballed as Josh started flipping out websites for businesses and individuals in his community.

Pretty soon, Josh noticed that for every website that he was designing he was sending the hosting business somewhere else.

He realized that "I could really scale if I could host.

And that could provide recurring revenue, not that I knew what that was."

So he figured out how to host websites and that side of the business grew very quickly.

Over the next year, Josh opened up an office and started to exploit the opportunity until he had 14 full-time people.

"And that was before I even had a driver's license," Josh exclaims!

"My employees had to drive me to lunch!"

By now, Josh was in 9th grade, and in order to focus on his business, he started home schooling.

Except that he did it himself, and he did it on the computer with CD ROMs.

However, the pace took its toll: "By the time I was 17, a year and a half after starting my business, I was stressed out, with no social life; the business consumed me."

His break came during tax season that year: "I was with my CPA, and he was starting a business brokerage firm and asked if I would be interested in selling my business.

But I looked at that number he thought he could get, and thought wow.

He sold the business in two months for $1 million!

It was very cool to have that in my pocket."

With his proceeds from the sale, Josh moved out of his parents' house, bought a car, and goofed off.

Josh was more interested in learning by experiencing.

Josh eventually got to the point where he was bored: "I was doing a lot of shopping; basically, I was retired at age 18."

He started investing time and money into his ideas: "I wanted to do a web-based record label.

I tried to do all the promotion and leverage the internet as the only source of revenue."

But, it was too early for Josh and he made some mistakes.

He lost money and learned some tough lessons.

One of them was about people: "I went through a lot of grief because of some wrong partners; I learned how important it is to surround yourself with great people."

But as a young entrepreneur, Josh wanted to wake up to a challenge each day.

So he kept searching for the next big idea.

During this time Josh became aware of the need for a ticketing solution: "So many bands were going to small capacity bars and VFW facilities and there was only Ticketmaster.

I saw an opportunity there, particularly for small- to medium-sized events."

He started by building a 650-seat ticketing solution.

As he describes the origins of ShowClix, "I was sitting on my couch with my roommate and we were talking about things to do in Pittsburgh, and we realized that there was no destination site for event goers.

What if I created a website that was a destination site to find events?

Then I realized that ticketing could be the revenue model for the business."

At the same time, Josh wanted to experience what it was like to work for someone else.

He got a couple of job offers including one with Spreadshirt, a German company offering an online platform for private individuals and commercial organizations to design, buy and sell creative and personalized apparel.

It was there that Josh met Lynsie Camuso, his partner in ShowClix.

"We clixed from moment one," Josh chuckles.

A strong friendship was formed from their first coffee together.

Spreadshirt let the two work together and come up with their own creative initiatives.

"We were basically running the US operations for the whole company," Lynsie chimes in, having joined us in the conference room.

She adds, "We could brainstorm and execute really quickly, and we realized that we knew how to do this, we had the same views, the same work ethic, etc."

Lynsie Camuso, who is ten years older than Josh, has a background in music and entertainment.

She went to Penn State to study journalism.

The summer after her sophomore year, she applied for an internship with the Rosie O'Donnell show in NYC.

Taking the risk on this fabulous opportunity, Lynsie withdrew from school.

She was the youngest staff member ever at the show: "We were on the same floor as Saturday Night Live; I would run into Will Farrell.

And I always loved entertainment, music and news.

Working there was a dream job and it was my first job.

When the show came to an end, Lynsie had a choice to make: "What do I do? Pursue a career in TV or finish my degree?"

Lynsie returned to Pittsburgh, her home town and finished her degree in journalism at Duquesne University.

She went through a number of jobs upon graduating, including with the Pittsburgh Pirates and a stint in Los Angeles.

But, she came back to Pittsburgh and landed a job at Spreadshirt, where she met Josh and her life changed: "I just loved the internet and then I met Josh who was the same."

Josh and Lynsie entered a regional business plan contest and that process forced them to "think through every detail of the business," Lynsie relates.

That was important because they ended up with the same goals, very much on the same page.

ShowClix officially launched with a beta version in March, 2007.

They got some press and they landed two customers.

Lynsie laughs as she describes the early days, "We are all about e-tickets, about not printing them out.

But I had to go home and stuff envelopes with tickets because we had to mail out the actual tickets!

Even though we started with electronic tickets we had to do all this other stuff because that's what the customers wanted!"

The next version of ShowClix launched in July, 2008.

Josh remembers, "We put no titles in our email signatures because we didn't want our clients to know that the company was really just us."

Because ticket sales were their main source of revenues they needed to be very professional.

They decided, "Let's operate the company for how we want it to be a year from now," Josh describes.

ShowClix made their first full-time hire in March, 2009, and now are at 30 including Josh and Lynsie.

In 2008 they did $500,000 in revenues/ticket sales; in 2009 ticket sales were $4.9 million; in 2010 ShowClix reaped over $30M in ticket sales.

ShowClix's business model is a cut of the overall ticket sales.

The company received seed funding from Innovation Works, a state-funded economic development organization, and other investors.

ShowClix recently closed a B round of financing of $1.65 million, led by Swallow Point Ventures and included Pittsburgh Equity Partners, Woodland Partners, Innovation Works, and Smithfield Trust.

Today, ShowClix is a full-service, primary ticketing company that provides venues, promoters and event organizers with innovative solutions to manage every aspect of their ticketing operations, including online and telephone ticket sales, box office management, admissions control, and event promotion.

The company currently works with over 1,800 live music venues, performing arts groups, museums, festivals, nightclubs, artist management companies, nonprofit organizations and colleges and universities around the world.

They continue to make inroads into Ticketmaster's space, and while they face competition, they have focused on the niche of making ticketing affordable for smaller organizations.

The two are clearly great partners and good friends.

While they are not a couple in life, they are a great couple in business!

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The qualification of the Black Caps was dependent on whether Pakistan – trailing New Zealand by two points in the standings – could pull off a win of monstrous proportions against Bangladesh in their final group match at Lord's on Friday, with Net Run Rate to then separate the sides.

Pakistan batted first, setting Bangladesh a target of 316.

To then book a place in the semi-finals, Pakistan had to bowl Bangladesh out for seven or less to have their Net Run Rate climb over New Zealand's.

Bangladesh passed seven from the 11th ball of their innings, a single from Tamim Iqbal off Mohammad Amir confirming a fourth consecutive semi-final for New Zealand at the Men's Cricket World Cup.

With their position in the standings fixed at fourth, New Zealand will play in the first semi-final, at Old Trafford on 9 July.

They will face either one of Australia or India, with the fixture to be confirmed at the conclusion of the group stage on Saturday.

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All three knockout games were allotted a reserve day. If a reserve day came into play, the match would not be restarted but resumed from the previous day's play (if any). In the event of no play on the scheduled day or the reserve day, in the semi-finals, the team that finished higher in the group stage progressed to the final, and if no play were possible in the final, the trophy would be shared. If any match ended in a tie, a Super Over would be used to determine the winner; each team would select three batsmen and a bowler, with the full team available to field. There would be no penalty for the loss of a wicket, but the loss of two wickets would end the Super Over. If the scores in the Super Over were also tied, the winner would be determined by the two teams' overall boundary count, including both the match itself and the Super Over.
 On 25 June 2019, Australia became the first team to qualify for the semi-finals after beating England at Lord's. India became the second team to qualify for the semi-finals after they defeated Bangladesh at Edgbaston on 2 July 2019. The following day saw tournament hosts England become the third team to qualify for the semi-finals, after they beat New Zealand at the Riverside Ground.


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New Zealand have confirmed their place in the semi-finals of the 2019 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup.

The qualification of the Black Caps was dependent on whether Pakistan – trailing New Zealand by two points in the standings – could pull off a win of monstrous proportions against Bangladesh in their final group match at Lord's on Friday, with Net Run Rate to then separate the sides.

Pakistan batted first, setting Bangladesh a target of 316.

To then book a place in the semi-finals, Pakistan had to bowl Bangladesh out for seven or less to have their Net Run Rate climb over New Zealand's.

Bangladesh passed seven from the 11th ball of their innings, a single from Tamim Iqbal off Mohammad Amir confirming a fourth consecutive semi-final for New Zealand at the Men's Cricket World Cup.

With their position in the standings fixed at fourth, New Zealand will play in the first semi-final, at Old Trafford on 9 July.

They will face either one of Australia or India, with the fixture to be confirmed at the conclusion of the group stage on Saturday.

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##### Babar aiming to translate white-ball heroics into Test glory

Babar Azam, the top-ranked batsman in the MRF Tyres ICC T20I Rankings for Batsmen, believes he still has a lot to look forward to, especially in the longest format.

##### Klaasen replaces injured Second in South Africa Test squad

##### Russell Domingo named Bangladesh head coach

##### Gritty Watling rescues Kiwis after Sri Lankan spinners shine

##### Undefeated Karunaratne-Thirimanne stand puts SL in the driver's seat

All three knockout games were allotted a reserve day. If a reserve day came into play, the match would not be restarted but resumed from the previous day's play (if any). In the event of no play on the scheduled day or the reserve day, in the semi-finals, the team that finished higher in the group stage progressed to the final, and if no play were possible in the final, the trophy would be shared. If any match ended in a tie, a Super Over would be used to determine the winner; each team would select three batsmen and a bowler, with the full team available to field. There would be no penalty for the loss of a wicket, but the loss of two wickets would end the Super Over. If the scores in the Super Over were also tied, the winner would be determined by the two teams' overall boundary count, including both the match itself and the Super Over.
 On 25 June 2019, Australia became the first team to qualify for the semi-finals after beating England at Lord's. India became the second team to qualify for the semi-finals after they defeated Bangladesh at Edgbaston on 2 July 2019. The following day saw tournament hosts England become the third team to qualify for the semi-finals, after they beat New Zealand at the Riverside Ground. New Zealand were the fourth and final team to qualify for the semi-finals.


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# New Zealand qualify for CWC19 semi-finals

New Zealand have confirmed their place in the semi-finals of the 2019 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup.

The qualification of the Black Caps was dependent on whether Pakistan – trailing New Zealand by two points in the standings – could pull off a win of monstrous proportions against Bangladesh in their final group match at Lord's on Friday, with Net Run Rate to then separate the sides.

Pakistan batted first, setting Bangladesh a target of 316.

To then book a place in the semi-finals, Pakistan had to bowl Bangladesh out for seven or less to have their Net Run Rate climb over New Zealand's.

Bangladesh passed seven from the 11th ball of their innings, a single from Tamim Iqbal off Mohammad Amir confirming a fourth consecutive semi-final for New Zealand at the Men's Cricket World Cup.

With their position in the standings fixed at fourth, New Zealand will play in the first semi-final, at Old Trafford on 9 July.

They will face either one of Australia or India, with the fixture to be confirmed at the conclusion of the group stage on Saturday.

##### Smith withdrawn from second Test, Labuschagne comes in as concussion replacement

##### Sri Lanka script record chase at Galle after Karunaratne's ton

##### 'We need to take a fresh perspective in T20Is' – Ravi Shastri

##### Langer explains the decision to allow Smith to bat again

##### ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019 - Bermuda v USA Pre-Match Captains Interviews

##### ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019 - Americas Final: Pre-tournament captain interviews

##### Umpire Aleem Dar looks back on a long career

### Personalise your homepage with an ICC account

News, fixtures and updates tailored to your favourite team.

##### Babar aiming to translate white-ball heroics into Test glory

Babar Azam, the top-ranked batsman in the MRF Tyres ICC T20I Rankings for Batsmen, believes he still has a lot to look forward to, especially in the longest format.

##### Klaasen replaces injured Second in South Africa Test squad

##### Russell Domingo named Bangladesh head coach

##### Gritty Watling rescues Kiwis after Sri Lankan spinners shine

##### Undefeated Karunaratne-Thirimanne stand puts SL in the driver's seat

All three knockout games were allotted a reserve day. If a reserve day came into play, the match would not be restarted but resumed from the previous day's play (if any). In the event of no play on the scheduled day or the reserve day, in the semi-finals, the team that finished higher in the group stage progressed to the final, and if no play were possible in the final, the trophy would be shared. If any match ended in a tie, a Super Over would be used to determine the winner; each team would select three batsmen and a bowler, with the full team available to field. There would be no penalty for the loss of a wicket, but the loss of two wickets would end the Super Over. If the scores in the Super Over were also tied, the winner would be determined by the two teams' overall boundary count, including both the match itself and the Super Over.
 On 25 June 2019, Australia became the first team to qualify for the semi-finals after beating England at Lord's. India became the second team to qualify for the semi-finals after they defeated Bangladesh at Edgbaston on 2 July 2019. The following day saw tournament hosts England become the third team to qualify for the semi-finals, after they beat New Zealand at the Riverside Ground. New Zealand were the fourth and final team to qualify for the semi-finals. Pakistan were unable to increase their net run rate sufficiently enough in their match against Bangladesh at Lord's.


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# German Shipyard Launches World's Largest Private Yacht At 591 Feet

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A German shipyard today launched Azzam, the world's largest private yacht, eclipsing the previous record holder, Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich's 533-foot Eclipse.

Photos of the ocean-liner-sized cruiser were posted this morning on the Superyachts.com website, which has tracked the progress of the yacht during its construction at Germany's Lürssen yard.

I'm not much of a fan of motor boats and bigger doesn't make them better, in my book.

However the stats for this yacht built reportedly for a Saudi buyer are impressive:

Guests: Classified, although with at least seven levels and 500 feet for staterooms, one imagines a lot.

Construction costs vary widely at the superyacht end of the boat-building business, but a rough minimum for Azzam-class yachts is $1 million per meter.

Ambramovich's Eclipse was estimated to cost at least $300 million, or more like $1.9 million per meter.

Assuming a similar or higher level of luxury for Azzam, this was likely a $400 million project at least.

As I noted in this 2011 article, captains cost $1,000 a foot - a half-million a year for this baby, then -- and maintenance and operating costs likely will run at least $5 million a year.

The yacht was constructed under the supervision of one Mubarak Saad al Ahbabi, Superyachts said, and has a relatively shallow, 14-foot draft.

That will allow her to anchor in some of the quieter harbors of the Mediterranean, assuming her 591-foot mass will fit.

I am a senior editor at Forbes, covering legal affairs, corporate finance, macroeconomics and the occasional sailing story.

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Coordinates: 53°10′N 8°35′E / 53.17°N 8.59°E / 53.17; 8.59
 Lürssen (or Lürssen Werft) is a German shipyard based in Bremen-Vegesack.
 Lürssen designs and constructs yachts, naval ships and special vessels.


The company is one of the leading builders of custom superyachts.

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# German Shipyard Launches World's Largest Private Yacht At 591 Feet

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A German shipyard today launched Azzam, the world's largest private yacht, eclipsing the previous record holder, Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich's 533-foot Eclipse.

Photos of the ocean-liner-sized cruiser were posted this morning on the Superyachts.com website, which has tracked the progress of the yacht during its construction at Germany's Lürssen yard.

I'm not much of a fan of motor boats and bigger doesn't make them better, in my book.

However the stats for this yacht built reportedly for a Saudi buyer are impressive:

Guests: Classified, although with at least seven levels and 500 feet for staterooms, one imagines a lot.

Construction costs vary widely at the superyacht end of the boat-building business, but a rough minimum for Azzam-class yachts is $1 million per meter.

Ambramovich's Eclipse was estimated to cost at least $300 million, or more like $1.9 million per meter.

Assuming a similar or higher level of luxury for Azzam, this was likely a $400 million project at least.

As I noted in this 2011 article, captains cost $1,000 a foot - a half-million a year for this baby, then -- and maintenance and operating costs likely will run at least $5 million a year.

The yacht was constructed under the supervision of one Mubarak Saad al Ahbabi, Superyachts said, and has a relatively shallow, 14-foot draft.

That will allow her to anchor in some of the quieter harbors of the Mediterranean, assuming her 591-foot mass will fit.

I am a senior editor at Forbes, covering legal affairs, corporate finance, macroeconomics and the occasional sailing story.

I was the Southwest Bureau manager for Forbes...

Coordinates: 53°10′N 8°35′E / 53.17°N 8.59°E / 53.17; 8.59
 Lürssen (or Lürssen Werft) is a German shipyard based in Bremen-Vegesack.
 Lürssen designs and constructs yachts, naval ships and special vessels. The company trades as Lürssen Yachts.


The company built Paul Allen's "Octopus".

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# German Shipyard Launches World's Largest Private Yacht At 591 Feet

I cover finance, the law, and how the two interact.

A German shipyard today launched Azzam, the world's largest private yacht, eclipsing the previous record holder, Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich's 533-foot Eclipse.

Photos of the ocean-liner-sized cruiser were posted this morning on the Superyachts.com website, which has tracked the progress of the yacht during its construction at Germany's Lürssen yard.

I'm not much of a fan of motor boats and bigger doesn't make them better, in my book.

However the stats for this yacht built reportedly for a Saudi buyer are impressive:

Guests: Classified, although with at least seven levels and 500 feet for staterooms, one imagines a lot.

Construction costs vary widely at the superyacht end of the boat-building business, but a rough minimum for Azzam-class yachts is $1 million per meter.

Ambramovich's Eclipse was estimated to cost at least $300 million, or more like $1.9 million per meter.

Assuming a similar or higher level of luxury for Azzam, this was likely a $400 million project at least.

As I noted in this 2011 article, captains cost $1,000 a foot - a half-million a year for this baby, then -- and maintenance and operating costs likely will run at least $5 million a year.

The yacht was constructed under the supervision of one Mubarak Saad al Ahbabi, Superyachts said, and has a relatively shallow, 14-foot draft.

That will allow her to anchor in some of the quieter harbors of the Mediterranean, assuming her 591-foot mass will fit.

I am a senior editor at Forbes, covering legal affairs, corporate finance, macroeconomics and the occasional sailing story.

I was the Southwest Bureau manager for Forbes...

Coordinates: 53°10′N 8°35′E / 53.17°N 8.59°E / 53.17; 8.59
 Lürssen (or Lürssen Werft) is a German shipyard based in Bremen-Vegesack.
 Lürssen designs and constructs yachts, naval ships and special vessels. The company trades as Lürssen Yachts. The company is one of the leading builders of custom superyachts.


The company built David Geffen's "Rising Sun".

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# German Shipyard Launches World's Largest Private Yacht At 591 Feet

I cover finance, the law, and how the two interact.

A German shipyard today launched Azzam, the world's largest private yacht, eclipsing the previous record holder, Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich's 533-foot Eclipse.

Photos of the ocean-liner-sized cruiser were posted this morning on the Superyachts.com website, which has tracked the progress of the yacht during its construction at Germany's Lürssen yard.

I'm not much of a fan of motor boats and bigger doesn't make them better, in my book.

However the stats for this yacht built reportedly for a Saudi buyer are impressive:

Guests: Classified, although with at least seven levels and 500 feet for staterooms, one imagines a lot.

Construction costs vary widely at the superyacht end of the boat-building business, but a rough minimum for Azzam-class yachts is $1 million per meter.

Ambramovich's Eclipse was estimated to cost at least $300 million, or more like $1.9 million per meter.

Assuming a similar or higher level of luxury for Azzam, this was likely a $400 million project at least.

As I noted in this 2011 article, captains cost $1,000 a foot - a half-million a year for this baby, then -- and maintenance and operating costs likely will run at least $5 million a year.

The yacht was constructed under the supervision of one Mubarak Saad al Ahbabi, Superyachts said, and has a relatively shallow, 14-foot draft.

That will allow her to anchor in some of the quieter harbors of the Mediterranean, assuming her 591-foot mass will fit.

I am a senior editor at Forbes, covering legal affairs, corporate finance, macroeconomics and the occasional sailing story.

I was the Southwest Bureau manager for Forbes...

Coordinates: 53°10′N 8°35′E / 53.17°N 8.59°E / 53.17; 8.59
 Lürssen (or Lürssen Werft) is a German shipyard based in Bremen-Vegesack.
 Lürssen designs and constructs yachts, naval ships and special vessels. The company trades as Lürssen Yachts. The company is one of the leading builders of custom superyachts. The company built Paul Allen's "Octopus".


The company built "Azzam", the largest private yacht in the world at 180 m in length.

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# German Shipyard Launches World's Largest Private Yacht At 591 Feet

I cover finance, the law, and how the two interact.

A German shipyard today launched Azzam, the world's largest private yacht, eclipsing the previous record holder, Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich's 533-foot Eclipse.

Photos of the ocean-liner-sized cruiser were posted this morning on the Superyachts.com website, which has tracked the progress of the yacht during its construction at Germany's Lürssen yard.

I'm not much of a fan of motor boats and bigger doesn't make them better, in my book.

However the stats for this yacht built reportedly for a Saudi buyer are impressive:

Guests: Classified, although with at least seven levels and 500 feet for staterooms, one imagines a lot.

Construction costs vary widely at the superyacht end of the boat-building business, but a rough minimum for Azzam-class yachts is $1 million per meter.

Ambramovich's Eclipse was estimated to cost at least $300 million, or more like $1.9 million per meter.

Assuming a similar or higher level of luxury for Azzam, this was likely a $400 million project at least.

As I noted in this 2011 article, captains cost $1,000 a foot - a half-million a year for this baby, then -- and maintenance and operating costs likely will run at least $5 million a year.

The yacht was constructed under the supervision of one Mubarak Saad al Ahbabi, Superyachts said, and has a relatively shallow, 14-foot draft.

That will allow her to anchor in some of the quieter harbors of the Mediterranean, assuming her 591-foot mass will fit.

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The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) is the governing body of football in Jamaica and is in charge of the Jamaican national teams, male and female, the Jamaican National Premier League and all football leagues in Jamaica that feed into the National Programme.

According to records available football was introduced in Jamaica towards the end of the 19th century and 1893 is listed as the year Jamaica formed its first football club.

Jamaica's first international appearance was against their Caribbean neighbours Haiti in 1925.

They were invited to the French-speaking Caribbean island by Andre Chevalon, president of the then United Sporting Society and it was for a three-match series between the two countries.

Jamaica won all three games by 1-0, 2-1 and 3-0.

The following year Jamaica hosted their Haitian counterparts at Sabina Park and won by 6-0.

The Haitians remained frequent opponents and it was not until 1932 that their run of defeats was broken with a 4-1 home win in Port-au-Prince.

Between 1925 and when Jamaica gained its independence in 1962, Jamaica had regular games with Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, Cuba and clubs like Racing and Violette from Haiti, Corinthians of Britain, the Tigers from Argentina, and even a series of matches with a Caribbean All Stars team in 1952.

The Caribbean All Stars team included such notables as Michael (The Ruin) Kruin from Suriname and also representing Jamaica were Lindy Delapenha and Gillie Heron.

The four games were shared equally with Jamaica winning the second 2-1 and the fourth 1-0 and the All Stars winning the first 5-1 and the third 1-O.

Those friendly international games were the start of Jamaica's football quest with most of the home matches being played at Sabina Park.

Many clubs were established during this time including Kensington, Melbourne], Kingston, Lucas and St. George's Old Boys, thus providing the talent Jamaica needed at the time.

In 1965 under the leadership of Brazilian coach Jorge Penna, Jamaica made its first attempt at World Cup qualifying.

This was for the 1966 World Cup finals in England.

The preliminary group included Cuba, the Netherlands Antilles, and Jamaica.

Jamaica's first game was against Cuba which they won 2-0 at Jamaica's National Stadium.

In the qualifying match against the Netherlands Antilles, Jamaica also had a 2-0 victory with both goals coming.

In the away games Jamaica was held to a goalless draw with the Netherlands Antilles and suffered a 2-1 defeat to Cuba.

Jamaica then advanced to the final group of 3 which included Costa Rica and Mexico.

The winner of this group would represent the CONCACAF region.

Jamaica lost at home to Mexico 3-2 and in the return leg in Mexico City the high altitude proved to much for the Jamaicans and they were defeated 8-0.

Jamaica lost 7-0 to Costa Rica in their first encounter and had a 1-1 tie when they played at home.

In 1968 coach George Hamilton took leadership as Jamaica made an attempt to qualify for the 1970 World Cup Finals in Mexico.

Jamaica had only a couple remaining players from the previous World Cup team and had to rebuild because most of the players had retired or migrated to North America and England.

Jamaica lost all of their qualifying games in that year.

Jamaica's participation in the 1974 World Cup elimination saw the suspension of 17 players on the team because of poor behavior on a tour to Bermuda.

Jamaica withdrew from the elimination in order to restructure their team.

The 1978 World Cup in Argentina saw Jamaica playing Cuba and losing 3-1 at the National Stadium and then 2-0 in Havana, Cuba.

In 1982 Jamaica did not make an attempt for the World Cup Final set in Spain due to insufficient funds and a poorly prepared team.

Jamaica did not participate in the 1986 World Cup because suspension for affiliation fees that was due to FIFA.

In preparation for the 1990 World Cup with coach Jeffery Maxwell Jamaica won both preliminary games against Puerto Rico 1-0 in Jamaica and 2-0 at Puerto Rico.

The U.S. were the next opponents and was held to a goalless draw.

The return leg in the U.S. saw Jamaica losing 5-1 bringing an end to their qualifying attempt.

The United States hosted the World Cup 1994.

In qualifying Jamaica beat Puerto Rico 2-1 and was then faced Bermuda, Canada, and El Salvador from which two teams would advance to the final round.

Jamaica tied 1-1 with Canada and Bermuda and then lost 2-0 to El Salvador, 1-0 to Canada, 2-1 to El Salvador.

Jamaica then beat Bermuda 3-2 but did not qualify.

Under Brazilian Professor Renê Simões and National coach Carl Brown, the Jamaican team became a powerhouse in the Caribbean region and received "Best Mover" award by FIFA in 1996.

Jamaica made history by becoming the first English speaking country from the Caribbean to ever qualify for the world cup finals in 1998.

History.:Caribbean triumph and World Cup appearance (1990–2000).

In 1990, Carl Brown was signed as head coach and led Jamaica into qualifying for the 1990 Caribbean Cup, finishing tied for third place after the final round was abandoned due to Tropical Storm Arthur. In 1991, Jamaica defeated Trinidad and Tobago 2–0 to win the 1991 Caribbean Cup and qualify for the 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup. In the Gold Cup, Jamaica finished last with zero points in a group consisting of Honduras, Mexico, and Canada.
 Jamaica lost to Trinidad and Tobago in the final of the 1992 Caribbean Cup. In 1992, Jamaica competed in the preliminary rounds of qualifying for the 1994 World Cup. After defeating Puerto Rico 3–1 on aggregate in the second preliminary round, Jamaica eliminated Trinidad and Tobago. Jamaica was grouped with Bermuda, Canada, and El Salvador, two of which would advance to the final round. Jamaica opened the second round with two 1–1 draws against Canada and Bermuda, but the team lost its return match in Canada after a single goal from Dale Mitchell.


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The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) is the governing body of football in Jamaica and is in charge of the Jamaican national teams, male and female, the Jamaican National Premier League and all football leagues in Jamaica that feed into the National Programme.

According to records available football was introduced in Jamaica towards the end of the 19th century and 1893 is listed as the year Jamaica formed its first football club.

Jamaica's first international appearance was against their Caribbean neighbours Haiti in 1925.

They were invited to the French-speaking Caribbean island by Andre Chevalon, president of the then United Sporting Society and it was for a three-match series between the two countries.

Jamaica won all three games by 1-0, 2-1 and 3-0.

The following year Jamaica hosted their Haitian counterparts at Sabina Park and won by 6-0.

The Haitians remained frequent opponents and it was not until 1932 that their run of defeats was broken with a 4-1 home win in Port-au-Prince.

Between 1925 and when Jamaica gained its independence in 1962, Jamaica had regular games with Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, Cuba and clubs like Racing and Violette from Haiti, Corinthians of Britain, the Tigers from Argentina, and even a series of matches with a Caribbean All Stars team in 1952.

The Caribbean All Stars team included such notables as Michael (The Ruin) Kruin from Suriname and also representing Jamaica were Lindy Delapenha and Gillie Heron.

The four games were shared equally with Jamaica winning the second 2-1 and the fourth 1-0 and the All Stars winning the first 5-1 and the third 1-O.

Those friendly international games were the start of Jamaica's football quest with most of the home matches being played at Sabina Park.

Many clubs were established during this time including Kensington, Melbourne], Kingston, Lucas and St. George's Old Boys, thus providing the talent Jamaica needed at the time.

In 1965 under the leadership of Brazilian coach Jorge Penna, Jamaica made its first attempt at World Cup qualifying.

This was for the 1966 World Cup finals in England.

The preliminary group included Cuba, the Netherlands Antilles, and Jamaica.

Jamaica's first game was against Cuba which they won 2-0 at Jamaica's National Stadium.

In the qualifying match against the Netherlands Antilles, Jamaica also had a 2-0 victory with both goals coming.

In the away games Jamaica was held to a goalless draw with the Netherlands Antilles and suffered a 2-1 defeat to Cuba.

Jamaica then advanced to the final group of 3 which included Costa Rica and Mexico.

The winner of this group would represent the CONCACAF region.

Jamaica lost at home to Mexico 3-2 and in the return leg in Mexico City the high altitude proved to much for the Jamaicans and they were defeated 8-0.

Jamaica lost 7-0 to Costa Rica in their first encounter and had a 1-1 tie when they played at home.

In 1968 coach George Hamilton took leadership as Jamaica made an attempt to qualify for the 1970 World Cup Finals in Mexico.

Jamaica had only a couple remaining players from the previous World Cup team and had to rebuild because most of the players had retired or migrated to North America and England.

Jamaica lost all of their qualifying games in that year.

Jamaica's participation in the 1974 World Cup elimination saw the suspension of 17 players on the team because of poor behavior on a tour to Bermuda.

Jamaica withdrew from the elimination in order to restructure their team.

The 1978 World Cup in Argentina saw Jamaica playing Cuba and losing 3-1 at the National Stadium and then 2-0 in Havana, Cuba.

In 1982 Jamaica did not make an attempt for the World Cup Final set in Spain due to insufficient funds and a poorly prepared team.

Jamaica did not participate in the 1986 World Cup because suspension for affiliation fees that was due to FIFA.

In preparation for the 1990 World Cup with coach Jeffery Maxwell Jamaica won both preliminary games against Puerto Rico 1-0 in Jamaica and 2-0 at Puerto Rico.

The U.S. were the next opponents and was held to a goalless draw.

The return leg in the U.S. saw Jamaica losing 5-1 bringing an end to their qualifying attempt.

The United States hosted the World Cup 1994.

In qualifying Jamaica beat Puerto Rico 2-1 and was then faced Bermuda, Canada, and El Salvador from which two teams would advance to the final round.

Jamaica tied 1-1 with Canada and Bermuda and then lost 2-0 to El Salvador, 1-0 to Canada, 2-1 to El Salvador.

Jamaica then beat Bermuda 3-2 but did not qualify.

Under Brazilian Professor Renê Simões and National coach Carl Brown, the Jamaican team became a powerhouse in the Caribbean region and received "Best Mover" award by FIFA in 1996.

Jamaica made history by becoming the first English speaking country from the Caribbean to ever qualify for the world cup finals in 1998.

In 1990, Carl Brown was signed as head coach and led Jamaica into qualifying for the 1990 Caribbean Cup, finishing tied for third place after the final round was abandoned due to Tropical Storm Arthur. In 1991, Jamaica defeated Trinidad and Tobago 2–0 to win the 1991 Caribbean Cup and qualify for the 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup. In the Gold Cup, Jamaica finished last with zero points in a group consisting of Honduras, Mexico, and Canada.
 Jamaica lost to Trinidad and Tobago in the final of the 1992 Caribbean Cup. In 1992, Jamaica competed in the preliminary rounds of qualifying for the 1994 World Cup. After defeating Puerto Rico 3–1 on aggregate in the second preliminary round, Jamaica eliminated Trinidad and Tobago. Jamaica was grouped with Bermuda, Canada, and El Salvador, two of which would advance to the final round. Jamaica opened the second round with two 1–1 draws against Canada and Bermuda, but the team lost its return match in Canada after a single goal from Dale Mitchell. After a 3–2 home win over Bermuda.


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The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) is the governing body of football in Jamaica and is in charge of the Jamaican national teams, male and female, the Jamaican National Premier League and all football leagues in Jamaica that feed into the National Programme.

According to records available football was introduced in Jamaica towards the end of the 19th century and 1893 is listed as the year Jamaica formed its first football club.

Jamaica's first international appearance was against their Caribbean neighbours Haiti in 1925.

They were invited to the French-speaking Caribbean island by Andre Chevalon, president of the then United Sporting Society and it was for a three-match series between the two countries.

Jamaica won all three games by 1-0, 2-1 and 3-0.

The following year Jamaica hosted their Haitian counterparts at Sabina Park and won by 6-0.

The Haitians remained frequent opponents and it was not until 1932 that their run of defeats was broken with a 4-1 home win in Port-au-Prince.

Between 1925 and when Jamaica gained its independence in 1962, Jamaica had regular games with Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, Cuba and clubs like Racing and Violette from Haiti, Corinthians of Britain, the Tigers from Argentina, and even a series of matches with a Caribbean All Stars team in 1952.

The Caribbean All Stars team included such notables as Michael (The Ruin) Kruin from Suriname and also representing Jamaica were Lindy Delapenha and Gillie Heron.

The four games were shared equally with Jamaica winning the second 2-1 and the fourth 1-0 and the All Stars winning the first 5-1 and the third 1-O.

Those friendly international games were the start of Jamaica's football quest with most of the home matches being played at Sabina Park.

Many clubs were established during this time including Kensington, Melbourne], Kingston, Lucas and St. George's Old Boys, thus providing the talent Jamaica needed at the time.

In 1965 under the leadership of Brazilian coach Jorge Penna, Jamaica made its first attempt at World Cup qualifying.

This was for the 1966 World Cup finals in England.

The preliminary group included Cuba, the Netherlands Antilles, and Jamaica.

Jamaica's first game was against Cuba which they won 2-0 at Jamaica's National Stadium.

In the qualifying match against the Netherlands Antilles, Jamaica also had a 2-0 victory with both goals coming.

In the away games Jamaica was held to a goalless draw with the Netherlands Antilles and suffered a 2-1 defeat to Cuba.

Jamaica then advanced to the final group of 3 which included Costa Rica and Mexico.

The winner of this group would represent the CONCACAF region.

Jamaica lost at home to Mexico 3-2 and in the return leg in Mexico City the high altitude proved to much for the Jamaicans and they were defeated 8-0.

Jamaica lost 7-0 to Costa Rica in their first encounter and had a 1-1 tie when they played at home.

In 1968 coach George Hamilton took leadership as Jamaica made an attempt to qualify for the 1970 World Cup Finals in Mexico.

Jamaica had only a couple remaining players from the previous World Cup team and had to rebuild because most of the players had retired or migrated to North America and England.

Jamaica lost all of their qualifying games in that year.

Jamaica's participation in the 1974 World Cup elimination saw the suspension of 17 players on the team because of poor behavior on a tour to Bermuda.

Jamaica withdrew from the elimination in order to restructure their team.

The 1978 World Cup in Argentina saw Jamaica playing Cuba and losing 3-1 at the National Stadium and then 2-0 in Havana, Cuba.

In 1982 Jamaica did not make an attempt for the World Cup Final set in Spain due to insufficient funds and a poorly prepared team.

Jamaica did not participate in the 1986 World Cup because suspension for affiliation fees that was due to FIFA.

In preparation for the 1990 World Cup with coach Jeffery Maxwell Jamaica won both preliminary games against Puerto Rico 1-0 in Jamaica and 2-0 at Puerto Rico.

The U.S. were the next opponents and was held to a goalless draw.

The return leg in the U.S. saw Jamaica losing 5-1 bringing an end to their qualifying attempt.

The United States hosted the World Cup 1994.

In qualifying Jamaica beat Puerto Rico 2-1 and was then faced Bermuda, Canada, and El Salvador from which two teams would advance to the final round.

Jamaica tied 1-1 with Canada and Bermuda and then lost 2-0 to El Salvador, 1-0 to Canada, 2-1 to El Salvador.

Jamaica then beat Bermuda 3-2 but did not qualify.

Under Brazilian Professor Renê Simões and National coach Carl Brown, the Jamaican team became a powerhouse in the Caribbean region and received "Best Mover" award by FIFA in 1996.

Jamaica made history by becoming the first English speaking country from the Caribbean to ever qualify for the world cup finals in 1998.

In 1990, Carl Brown was signed as head coach and led Jamaica into qualifying for the 1990 Caribbean Cup, finishing tied for third place after the final round was abandoned due to Tropical Storm Arthur. In 1991, Jamaica defeated Trinidad and Tobago 2–0 to win the 1991 Caribbean Cup and qualify for the 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup. In the Gold Cup, Jamaica finished last with zero points in a group consisting of Honduras, Mexico, and Canada.
 Jamaica lost to Trinidad and Tobago in the final of the 1992 Caribbean Cup. In 1992, Jamaica competed in the preliminary rounds of qualifying for the 1994 World Cup. After defeating Puerto Rico 3–1 on aggregate in the second preliminary round, Jamaica eliminated Trinidad and Tobago. Jamaica was grouped with Bermuda, Canada, and El Salvador, two of which would advance to the final round. Jamaica opened the second round with two 1–1 draws against Canada and Bermuda, but the team lost its return match in Canada after a single goal from Dale Mitchell. After a 3–2 home win over Bermuda. After two losses to El Salvador.


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The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) is the governing body of football in Jamaica and is in charge of the Jamaican national teams, male and female, the Jamaican National Premier League and all football leagues in Jamaica that feed into the National Programme.

According to records available football was introduced in Jamaica towards the end of the 19th century and 1893 is listed as the year Jamaica formed its first football club.

Jamaica's first international appearance was against their Caribbean neighbours Haiti in 1925.

They were invited to the French-speaking Caribbean island by Andre Chevalon, president of the then United Sporting Society and it was for a three-match series between the two countries.

Jamaica won all three games by 1-0, 2-1 and 3-0.

The following year Jamaica hosted their Haitian counterparts at Sabina Park and won by 6-0.

The Haitians remained frequent opponents and it was not until 1932 that their run of defeats was broken with a 4-1 home win in Port-au-Prince.

Between 1925 and when Jamaica gained its independence in 1962, Jamaica had regular games with Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, Cuba and clubs like Racing and Violette from Haiti, Corinthians of Britain, the Tigers from Argentina, and even a series of matches with a Caribbean All Stars team in 1952.

The Caribbean All Stars team included such notables as Michael (The Ruin) Kruin from Suriname and also representing Jamaica were Lindy Delapenha and Gillie Heron.

The four games were shared equally with Jamaica winning the second 2-1 and the fourth 1-0 and the All Stars winning the first 5-1 and the third 1-O.

Those friendly international games were the start of Jamaica's football quest with most of the home matches being played at Sabina Park.

Many clubs were established during this time including Kensington, Melbourne], Kingston, Lucas and St. George's Old Boys, thus providing the talent Jamaica needed at the time.

In 1965 under the leadership of Brazilian coach Jorge Penna, Jamaica made its first attempt at World Cup qualifying.

This was for the 1966 World Cup finals in England.

The preliminary group included Cuba, the Netherlands Antilles, and Jamaica.

Jamaica's first game was against Cuba which they won 2-0 at Jamaica's National Stadium.

In the qualifying match against the Netherlands Antilles, Jamaica also had a 2-0 victory with both goals coming.

In the away games Jamaica was held to a goalless draw with the Netherlands Antilles and suffered a 2-1 defeat to Cuba.

Jamaica then advanced to the final group of 3 which included Costa Rica and Mexico.

The winner of this group would represent the CONCACAF region.

Jamaica lost at home to Mexico 3-2 and in the return leg in Mexico City the high altitude proved to much for the Jamaicans and they were defeated 8-0.

Jamaica lost 7-0 to Costa Rica in their first encounter and had a 1-1 tie when they played at home.

In 1968 coach George Hamilton took leadership as Jamaica made an attempt to qualify for the 1970 World Cup Finals in Mexico.

Jamaica had only a couple remaining players from the previous World Cup team and had to rebuild because most of the players had retired or migrated to North America and England.

Jamaica lost all of their qualifying games in that year.

Jamaica's participation in the 1974 World Cup elimination saw the suspension of 17 players on the team because of poor behavior on a tour to Bermuda.

Jamaica withdrew from the elimination in order to restructure their team.

The 1978 World Cup in Argentina saw Jamaica playing Cuba and losing 3-1 at the National Stadium and then 2-0 in Havana, Cuba.

In 1982 Jamaica did not make an attempt for the World Cup Final set in Spain due to insufficient funds and a poorly prepared team.

Jamaica did not participate in the 1986 World Cup because suspension for affiliation fees that was due to FIFA.

In preparation for the 1990 World Cup with coach Jeffery Maxwell Jamaica won both preliminary games against Puerto Rico 1-0 in Jamaica and 2-0 at Puerto Rico.

The U.S. were the next opponents and was held to a goalless draw.

The return leg in the U.S. saw Jamaica losing 5-1 bringing an end to their qualifying attempt.

The United States hosted the World Cup 1994.

In qualifying Jamaica beat Puerto Rico 2-1 and was then faced Bermuda, Canada, and El Salvador from which two teams would advance to the final round.

Jamaica tied 1-1 with Canada and Bermuda and then lost 2-0 to El Salvador, 1-0 to Canada, 2-1 to El Salvador.

Jamaica then beat Bermuda 3-2 but did not qualify.

Under Brazilian Professor Renê Simões and National coach Carl Brown, the Jamaican team became a powerhouse in the Caribbean region and received "Best Mover" award by FIFA in 1996.

Jamaica made history by becoming the first English speaking country from the Caribbean to ever qualify for the world cup finals in 1998.

In 1990, Carl Brown was signed as head coach and led Jamaica into qualifying for the 1990 Caribbean Cup, finishing tied for third place after the final round was abandoned due to Tropical Storm Arthur. In 1991, Jamaica defeated Trinidad and Tobago 2–0 to win the 1991 Caribbean Cup and qualify for the 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup. In the Gold Cup, Jamaica finished last with zero points in a group consisting of Honduras, Mexico, and Canada.
 Jamaica lost to Trinidad and Tobago in the final of the 1992 Caribbean Cup. In 1992, Jamaica competed in the preliminary rounds of qualifying for the 1994 World Cup. After defeating Puerto Rico 3–1 on aggregate in the second preliminary round, Jamaica eliminated Trinidad and Tobago. Jamaica was grouped with Bermuda, Canada, and El Salvador, two of which would advance to the final round. Jamaica opened the second round with two 1–1 draws against Canada and Bermuda, but the team lost its return match in Canada after a single goal from Dale Mitchell. After a 3–2 home win over Bermuda. After two losses to El Salvador. Jamaica finished in third place.


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Chief Justice Warren Burger, far left, Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, second from left, join President Gerald Ford, center, National Air and Space Museum Director Michael Collins, next to Ford, and Smithsonian Secretary S. Dillon Ripley in applause after a signal from Viking 1, orbiting Mars, triggers the ribbon cutting at the opening of the museum's building on the National Mall, July 1, 1976.

The National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC opened on July 1, 1976.

The official ribbon-cutting began with a signal sent from the Viking 1 spacecraft approaching Mars.

Relayed to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, the signal arrived at the Museum via ground lines.

It activated a mechanical "arm," causing the ribbon to split in two.

At the ribbon cutting, President Gerald Ford called the Museum "a perfect birthday present from the American people to themselves."

The opening was one of the highlights of America's Bicentennial Celebration.

Walking through the doors on opening day, visitors found ten acres of exhibition space comprising 26 distinct galleries.

They entered the building through the Milestones of Flight gallery, where they found the icons of the age of flight, from the Wright Flyer, the world's first airplane, to Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis and the Bell X-1 that carried Captain Chuck Yeager through the speed of sound for the first time, to the Mercury Friendship 7 spacecraft that astronaut John Glenn rode into orbit, and the Apollo 11 Command Module, Columbia, that brought Michael Collins, Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin home from the Moon.

The success of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum exceeded expectations.

Record crowds beat a path to the Museum from the first day the doors opened and have kept coming unabated year after year.

The five millionth visitor crossed the threshold only six months after opening day.

But there was little time to rest on post-1976 laurels.

In the early years, the Museum kept a fast pace, offering new exhibit galleries (nearly one per year), new movies, and public programs.

In 1982, the groundbreaking Black Wings exhibit opened, exploring the long struggle of African Americans to take to the sky.

In 1996 we opened a new interactive gallery called How Things Fly.

It offers imaginative interactive devices that help people of all ages grasp the basic principles of flight, and entertaining talks and demonstrations on scientific principles.

The gallery remains one of the most popular stops for children who visit the Museum.

Tenth Anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon Landing at the National Air and Space Museum with Michael Collins, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Neil Armstrong, July 20, 1979.

The Apollo 11 Lunar Module (LM 2) is in the background.

In addition to its exceptional collection of artifacts and engaging displays, the Museum offers public programs geared toward visitors of all ages; teachers and students; life-long learners; enthusiasts and experts.

Many of the most noteworthy names in aviation and space history have lectured at the Museum, from astronaut Neil Armstrong to aviation pioneer Chuck Yeager, and the Museum continues to host prominent scientists, engineers, pioneers in aviation, and leaders in space exploration year after year.

For a list of upcoming lectures, see the calendar of events.

Post-NASA activities.:Director of the National Air and Space Museum.

Everything was fast-tracked. Contracts were awarded as soon as each component of the design was complete. This allowed the first contract to be awarded within five months of the start of design. The design was completed in just nine months, and all contracts were awarded within a year of the start of design.
 Ground was broken on the new museum on November 20, 1972. The building was built horizontally rather than vertically, as is the norm, so that work on the interiors could proceed concurrently. Overseeing construction was but a part of Collins' task: he also had to hire museum staff, oversee the creation of exhibits, and launch the Museum's Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, a new division devoted to research and analysis of lunar and planetary spacecraft data. Collins described the project as "a monumental effort" in which "individual creativity combined with dedicated teamwork and plain hard work".