A SIDEWAYS GLANCE AT ATLANTA : MEALTIME MOTTO: CITIUS ALTIUS GASTRITIS.Young people seem to have an infinite capacity for the ingestion ingestion /in·ges·tion/ (-chun) the taking of food, drugs, etc., into the body by mouth. in·ges·tion n. 1. The act of taking food and drink into the body by the mouth. 2. of food. If you have high-school or college-age kids around the house this summer - and regularly wiping out your larder - you know who true this is. Not surprisingly, then, the Olympic Village Frequently, an Olympic Village is built within an Olympic Park or elsewhere in a host city. Olympic Villages are built to house all participating athletes, as well as officials, trainers, etc. The idea of the Olympic Village comes from Pierre de Coubertin. on the campus of Georgia Tech represents a kind of nirvana for many of its occupants. Jeff Nygaard Jeff Wayne Nygaard (born August 3, 1972 in Madison, Wisconsin) is an American beach volleyball player who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics with partner Dain Blanton in Athens, Greece. In 1996 and 2000 he was a member of the Men's Olympic National Indoor Team. , the U.S. men's volleyball player out of UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX , said, with a sense of wonder: ``You get to eat all the time. Food, food, food - 24 hours a day.'' Feeding the 15,000 people housed in the village is a colossal undertaking. At the main dining hall, up to 60,000 meals per day are prepared. Pasta is stirred in vats the size of Jacuzzis. The pantry houses boxes of cereal as large as a desk. Vast quantity, sure, but just what are these elite athletes shoveling into their bodies? If you're part of the eat-to-win crowd, carefully reading labels so as to maximize nutrition, you might be shocked. Kent Steffes Kent Steffes (born June 23, 1968 in Pacific Palisades, California) is an American beach volleyball player. He was a gold medalist in the 1996 Summer Olympics along with Karch Kiraly. He attended Stanford, and later transfed to UCLA. He graduated with a degree in Economics. , a beach volleyball For the ball used in this sport, see . Beach volleyball is an Olympic team sport played on sand. Two teams, positioned on either side of a net which divides a rectangular court, hit a volleyball, usually using the hands or arms. player, certainly is. ``I can't even get a grasp on it, it is so surreal,'' he said. ``Some guys are going nuts in there. It's a giant party for some of these guys. There's a giant McDonald's and these guys can't get enough of it. It's unbelievable. Big Macs come out three to the ankle, and the Cubans and Egyptians are all over the stuff with six on their plate. They can't bring them out fast enough. ``I'm thinking, `Can you get a piece of chicken?' No. But you get steak in every meal. Can't get any chicken. (You get) as much of any French fry French fry n. A thin strip of potato fried in deep fat. Often used in the plural. as you want. Hamburgers galore.'' Steffes continued: ``I came out from California, which is in its own planet. I just didn't think steak would be the staple diet of an Olympic athlete. ``They had a table of cookies as big as this room, but you couldn't find a piece of wheat bread wheat bread n. A bread made from a mixture of white and whole-wheat flours. anywhere. They had white bread, though.'' Some attractions being ignored Atlanta is proving to be a decidedly tough sell - in industries ranging from soul food to strippers to salted peanuts. The entrepreneurs figured they'd cash in on the crush of Olympic visitors. But the fans are either spending all their time in bus lines or are keeping a tight grip on their wallets. Or both. ``Dead, dead, dead,'' said Allison Diedrich, 22, a nude dancer who drove in from Tampa, Fla., to work at The Cheetah strip club during the Games. ``I'm used to $1,000 a night. The most I made one night was $400. If business doesn't pick up, I'm going home.'' Steven Radden, who owns Steve's Soul Food in Detroit, drove down in a restaurant on wheels - a specially built semi-truck and trailer converted into a kitchen. The gleaming black-and-purple rig catches a lot of eyes and compliments, but not much business. Radden said he spent $500,000 on the rig, plus $50,000 more to rent a prime spot near Centennial Olympic Park Centennial Olympic Park is a 21 acre (85,000 m²) public park located in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, USA that is owned and operated by the Georgia World Congress Center Authority. . But he gets only a few hundred customers a day. ``It's not like I'm in a bad location,'' Radden said, shaking his head as he watched gymnastics on TV in the plush cab. ``It's just slow.'' Jeff Mock set up a food stand called ``Nuts Over Atlanta.'' Now he's crying in his beer nuts. ``It's just not what we thought it'd be,'' the Atlanta native said. Business is so bad for some vendors that 150 of them stormed City Hall on Monday to air their complaints. They say security barricades outside sporting events steer tourists away. And they complain that some streets designated as pedestrian corridors were opened to automobile traffic at the last minute, cutting down on foot traffic. VOICES ``They have shown the most despicable character. I always thought Americans were good sports people. We know that Michelle is clean. These people are dirty.'' - Brian Smith Brian Smith is the name of:
Michelle Smith (born December 16, 1969 in Rathcoole, County Dublin), now more commonly referred to by her married name, Michelle de Bruin, is an Irish former swimmer. , on those who allege use of performance-enhancing drugs This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. . Smith tested negative this week. ``To win the gold surprised a lot of people, and it obviously surprised me. I think it freaked my family out, too. I saw them, and they were all like, `Huh?' '' - U.S. swimmer Amy Van Dyken Amy Van Dyken (born February 15, 1973 in Englewood, Colorado) is an American swimmer who has six career Olympic gold medals. Four of these gold medals came in the 1996 Summer Olympics, making her the first American woman to accomplish such a feat. , on winning the gold in the 100 butterfly, not considered her strength. ``I think we wear sports suits. They complement our bodies and they stay put. Not too many of us are going to fall out of our suits, so if you are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. that to happen, go to another spot on the beach.'' -Beach volleyball player Gail Castro of La Crescenta, who is 39 and has competed for 10 seasons. ``Our young people are probably going to have to deal with creatures from outer space. Izzy is breeding a new level of tolerance for things that are different from you and me.'' - Former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young Andrew Jackson Young, Jr. (born March 12, 1932) is an American civil rights activist, former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, and was the United States' first African-American ambassador to the United Nations. , sounding as if he's just beamed down from Jerry Brown's gubernatorial moon, on the Olympic mascot. ``It's weird to think about it. I'm done now. I may not even touch the water again.'' U.S. swimmer Peter Wright, 23, after finishing 12th in 1,500-meter freestyle prelims E-mail from Atlanta Situation terrible: Izzy not accountable or even visible Where Izzy? Looking for the cuddly mascot with the ready smile. Nowhere to be found. Didn't seem him at Opening Ceremonies (later discovered that mascots not allowed). Didn't seem him at boxing, swimming, gymnastics or field hockey field hockey: see hockey, field. field hockey or hockey Game played with curve-ended sticks between two teams of 11 players. It is played on a field 100 yd (91.4 m) by 60 yd (55 m) in size. . Maybe Izzy took a powder when he smelled trouble. Can you say mascot lynch mob? Think I saw him briefly on the street, posing for photos with fans, but not sure. He gave me the slip. Don't see his likeness plastered across every T-shirt, beer mug and keychain in the South. Maybe Izzy got a better offer from Coca-Cola. Someone of his extraordinary expertise surely in demand. Izzy always shown smiling. Would like to have a word with Izzy. Wonder if Izzy has tried to buy a hot dog and a soda lately. Bet all Izzy's meals are comped. Wonder how cheery he'd be if he had to keep making trips to the ATM. Also wonder if Izzy has had any experience on the MARTA transit system. Maybe Izzy would like to try and stuff that furry purple suit of his in with surly mob of hot, smelly passengers in desperate need of elbow room elbow room Noun sufficient scope to move or to function Noun 1. elbow room - space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly enough elbow room to turn around" room, way . Would like to ask Izzy how he feels about being computer-generated character at a Games in which all the computers from official sponsor IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) keep crashing. Curious if Izzy is wracked with guilt by that. Mascot this. Cyberscribe. CAPTION(S): 4 Photos, Chart Photo: (1) ``I am Fernando Vargas. I'm not OscarDe La Hoya. I hate when they compare him to me. There's not one interview where his name doesn't come up. I'm my own fighter.'' Oxnard boxer Fernando Vargas, who probably won't have to worry about the comparisons any longer - De La Hoya won a gold medal in 1992 at Barcelona; Vargas comes home from Atlanta empty-handed. (2) Eye of the . . . Puma? No, British sprinter Linford Christie hasn't sold his soul to the devil - he's apparently peddled to his shoe company. Christie sports contact lenses that feature the logo of his track shoes. Look closely and you can make out the twin pouncing pumas. (3) Plunge of allegiance Athletic fanaticism Fanaticism See also Extremism. Adamites various sects preaching a return to life before the fall. [Christian Hist.: Brewer Note-Book, 8] assassins Moslem murder teams used hashish as stimulus (11th and 12th centuries). seems to bring out all kinds. Here, an unidentified American fan wears a toilet plunger on his head with Old Glory attached while cheering on the U.S. women's softball team in its game with Taiwan. Associated Press (4) no caption (vendor with unsold merchandise) Chart: COXING THE MEN'S EIGHT Role of the coxswain -- the rower who steers and calls out the rowing rythm to the crew |
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