CREATE DATABASE not replicated in the slave server

CREATE DATABASE command is not replicated in the slave server. The database is created on the master but not on the slave. The SQL statement does not appear in the replication log file on the MASTER. I have set the master to ignore replicating one database on the master. Is this causing MySQL

Syntax problem: mysqladmin start-slave

What is the CORRECT syntax for the mysqladmin command to start the slave thread at a particular position in the log? Here's the situation I ran into. I got an error message in the slave's .err file that said the following: 010125 9:11:16 Error running query, slave aborted. Fix the problem