Below is a compilation of a few of the many superb performances from Jamaican athletes at the Beijing Olympics.
Hope you enjoy it.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Melaine Walker - Olympic 400 hurdler champion
Congratulations to Jamaican, Melaine Walker for a stellar performance in the ladies 400m hurdles at the Beijing Olympics. Walker, a past student of St. Jago High School (Jamaica) and the university of Texas (Hooke 'em Horns) won the event in a new Olympic record of 52.64 seconds.
The spunky Jamaican kept her composure after trailing American, Sheena Tosta (formerly Sheena Johnson) for most of the race. Walker is now Jamaica's 2nd Olympic champion at the event following the footsteps of pioneer Deon Hemmings - McCatty. Interestingly, in winning the gruelling event, Walker eclipsed McCatty's 12 year old record Olympic and National record. Thus becoming Jamaica's 3rd gold medalist at the championships following the exploits of sensation Usain Bolt and Jamaica's newly crowned sprint queen Shelly - ann Fraser.
Walker's victory catapults the Jamaican contingent to the top of the track & field medal table with 7 medals (4 gold and 3 silver)
Melaine (sometimes pronounced MEL - LAIN - EEE) won the silver medal at the 2002 world junior championships held in Kingston, Jamaica. She later went on to represent Essex community college where she enjoyed some success. After her stint at Essex she moved on to the university of Texas (at Austin) where she earned many NCAA All American honours. The versatile Walker finished 3rd in the 100m hurdles along with capturing her pet event, the 400m hurdles in her senior year. Unfortunately, minutes after capturing the NCAA title she was disqualified for improperly clearing a hurdle.
Walker has been on the verge of Olympic greatness since leaving high school which makes her current form and recent accomplishments surprising to few.
The spunky Jamaican kept her composure after trailing American, Sheena Tosta (formerly Sheena Johnson) for most of the race. Walker is now Jamaica's 2nd Olympic champion at the event following the footsteps of pioneer Deon Hemmings - McCatty. Interestingly, in winning the gruelling event, Walker eclipsed McCatty's 12 year old record Olympic and National record. Thus becoming Jamaica's 3rd gold medalist at the championships following the exploits of sensation Usain Bolt and Jamaica's newly crowned sprint queen Shelly - ann Fraser.
Walker's victory catapults the Jamaican contingent to the top of the track & field medal table with 7 medals (4 gold and 3 silver)
Melaine (sometimes pronounced MEL - LAIN - EEE) won the silver medal at the 2002 world junior championships held in Kingston, Jamaica. She later went on to represent Essex community college where she enjoyed some success. After her stint at Essex she moved on to the university of Texas (at Austin) where she earned many NCAA All American honours. The versatile Walker finished 3rd in the 100m hurdles along with capturing her pet event, the 400m hurdles in her senior year. Unfortunately, minutes after capturing the NCAA title she was disqualified for improperly clearing a hurdle.
Walker has been on the verge of Olympic greatness since leaving high school which makes her current form and recent accomplishments surprising to few.
Jamaica proudly salutes you Melaine!
Usain Bolt 200m record holder and olympic champion
Congratulations to Jamaican Usain Bolt for achieving the sprint double (100m & 200m) along with smashing the world records in those events at the Beijing Olympics. The phenom smashed Micheal Johnson's 12 year old record of 19.32s by two hundredths of a second, establishing a new record of 19.30s.
Bolt, still 21, is the first Jamaican to capture the 100m and thus the first Jamaican to win the sprint double at the Olympics. Additionally, Bolt is the first man since Jamaican Donald Quarrie to hold both sprint records simultaneously.
"Lightening" Bolt is the first athlete since Carl Lewis to achieve this elusive and testing double.
Bolt who plans to take a day off from competition celebrates his 22nd birthday on Thursday, August 21, 2008.
Bolt's mind boggling achievement in the 200m came just minutes before his country woman Melaine Walker won the 400 meter hurdles in a new Olympic record of 52.64s. Walker, a graduate of the university of Texas, followed in the footsteps of Olympian Deon Hemmings as the 2nd Jamaican woman to capture the top position in what is considered one of the sport's most gruelling events.
Here is the Olympic 200m champion's world record effort.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Usain Bolt 100m Olympic Champion
Here is Bolt's first world record performance
Music: Vybz Kartel - Murda dem
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Swimming world records falling like rain drops.
I'm trying to contain myself while writing this so that my thoughts are coherent. However, after the exploits of the swimmers (especially Phelps) at this years inception of the Olympics, I must say that it is challenging.
What does a world record signify?
My understanding of a world record is that it is a mark reached for the first time in history. Someone who attains a world record in swimming is therefore the fastest person to ever undertake that particular distance/discipline in the history of the sport.
With that understood. How are so many records falling in swimming this year? For example. John Brown steps up in heat 1 in the 50m freestyle, finishes the race and smashes the world record! He's elated, extatic (reaches for his cell phone to call his mom at home in timbuktoo).
Heat 2 comes around, and John Hancock establishes a new record! (John Brown didn't even have time to call his mom!)
Heat 3 comes around and Hitorchi Suzuki eclipses that record and is now the new world record holder!
How special is the attaining of a world record if so many people have the ability to break it? Additionally, what of the people who were holders of world records for decades before this Olympics? If still alive, they must feel pretty unhappy seeing Tom, Dick and Harry swim below their mark at will.
According to some experts the pool at the Beijing Olympics has been calibrated to produce less friction enabling swimmers to produce faster times. The pool is three meters deep and in the swimming world, that's a fast pool!
Additionally, the new suits from Speedo have been carefully designs to meet the competitive needs of Olympic level swimmers.
With all of that said, my opinion is unchanged. A world or Olympic record means very little if every jack man has access to it.
Let three people break a record in the heats of a track event and see how quickly the world would scrutinize those performances. The IAAF, WADA, USADA and every other anti doping agency or related firm would be all over those athletes' blood and urine samples. I can only hope the same is being done in swimming.
For example,
Heat 1 of the men's 100m
Asafa Powell runs 9.71s
Heat 2
Usain Bolt runs 9.69s
Heat 3
Tyson Gay produces 9.68s
How believable is that? With 2 - 3 more rounds of competition left in the event not very!
But the swimmers can do it!
What does a world record signify?
My understanding of a world record is that it is a mark reached for the first time in history. Someone who attains a world record in swimming is therefore the fastest person to ever undertake that particular distance/discipline in the history of the sport.
With that understood. How are so many records falling in swimming this year? For example. John Brown steps up in heat 1 in the 50m freestyle, finishes the race and smashes the world record! He's elated, extatic (reaches for his cell phone to call his mom at home in timbuktoo).
Heat 2 comes around, and John Hancock establishes a new record! (John Brown didn't even have time to call his mom!)
Heat 3 comes around and Hitorchi Suzuki eclipses that record and is now the new world record holder!
How special is the attaining of a world record if so many people have the ability to break it? Additionally, what of the people who were holders of world records for decades before this Olympics? If still alive, they must feel pretty unhappy seeing Tom, Dick and Harry swim below their mark at will.
According to some experts the pool at the Beijing Olympics has been calibrated to produce less friction enabling swimmers to produce faster times. The pool is three meters deep and in the swimming world, that's a fast pool!
Additionally, the new suits from Speedo have been carefully designs to meet the competitive needs of Olympic level swimmers.
With all of that said, my opinion is unchanged. A world or Olympic record means very little if every jack man has access to it.
Let three people break a record in the heats of a track event and see how quickly the world would scrutinize those performances. The IAAF, WADA, USADA and every other anti doping agency or related firm would be all over those athletes' blood and urine samples. I can only hope the same is being done in swimming.
For example,
Heat 1 of the men's 100m
Asafa Powell runs 9.71s
Heat 2
Usain Bolt runs 9.69s
Heat 3
Tyson Gay produces 9.68s
How believable is that? With 2 - 3 more rounds of competition left in the event not very!
But the swimmers can do it!
Monday, August 11, 2008
Dell Inspiron 6000
I'm selling my Dell inspiron 6000 notebook. I've had it for a while now and I'm ready to part ways with it, we had some fun times.
Here are some details:
If you're interested in pictures of the unit or bidding on it you can go:
Here
Dell Inspiron 6000 + stock battery + power cord
Item has many bruises and scratches around unit.
Has noticeable crack by housing of hinge (see picture)
Battery does not hold charge
Power cord is 4mnths old.
Hard drive is not included.
Unit was opened to clean internal fan.
Laptop does not power on.
This unit is being sold as is.
Item has many bruises and scratches around unit.
Has noticeable crack by housing of hinge (see picture)
Battery does not hold charge
Power cord is 4mnths old.
Hard drive is not included.
Unit was opened to clean internal fan.
Laptop does not power on.
This unit is being sold as is.
Product details (when new)
| Inspiron 6000 Intel® Pentium® M Processor 750 (1.86GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB), Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 | Qty: 1 Unit Price: $1,113.00 |
| Inspiron 6000 | Intel® Pentium® M Processor 750 (1.86GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB) | TM18VN1 | [464-8456] |
| Display | 15.4 inch WXGA LCD Panel | 15XGA | [320-3893] |
| Memory | 512MB Shared DDR2 SDRAM 2 Dimms | 512MB2D | [311-4421] |
| Video Card | Integrated Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 900 | INTVIDS | [320-4507] |
| Hard Drive | 60GB 5400rpm Hard Drive | 60GB | [341-0966] |
| Operating System (Office software not included) | Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 | WMCE | [420-5755] [420-4830] [412-0689] [420-4928] [463-2282] [420-5460] [420-5476] [420-5769] |
| Network Card | Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem | INTNIC | [430-0493] |
| Adobe Software | Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 6.0 | ADOBER | [430-1048] |
| Combo/DVD+RW Drives | 24X CD Burner/DVD Combo Drive | 24COMBO | [313-2570] [420-5111] |
| Wireless Networking Card | Intel® PRO/Wireless 2915 Internal Wireless (802.11 a/b/g, 54Mbps) | IP2915 | [430-1392] |
| Office Software (not included in Windows XP) | No productivity suite- Corel WordPerfect word processor only | ICOREL | [412-0803] |
| Anti-Virus/Security Suite (Pre-installed) | No Security Subscription | TMNO | [420-5642] |
| Battery | 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery (53 WHr) | 6BAT | [312-0277] |
| Carrying Cases | Large Backpack Carrying Case | BACKPAK | [310-6293] |
| Hardware Warranty | 1Yr Ltd Warranty, 1Yr Mail-In Service, and 1Yr HW Warranty Support | ST111RR | [950-3337] [950-9057] [960-6910] [960-6900] [983-2207] |
| Dial-Up Internet Access | 6 Months America Online Internet Access Included | AOLDHS | [420-3224] [412-0687] [412-0787] [420-5256] |
| Miscellaneous | Award Winning Service & Support | I6000S2 | [464-0591] |
| Financial Software | No QuickBooks package selected - includes limited use trial | QBSSP | [420-5139] |
| Operating System Backup & Recovery | PC Restore recovery system by Symantec | PCR | [464-5503] |
| Dell Digital Entertainment | Starter Entertainment Pack - Basic digital Music, Photo and Game experience | SEP | [412-0865] |
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