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Anzelmo has said the parish is confident that the Fat City ordinance will withstand the challenges, in part because many of the same issues have already been unsuccessfully argued by Fat City bar and property owners in federal court.
Friday’s challenge to the zoning ordinance will be heard by Judge Lee Faulkner.
The controversial Fat City ordinance, designed to revitalize the area, was approved by the Parish Council in September. As part of the new law, bars and lounges must close no later than 1 a.m. on weekends and at midnight during the week. The new hours are set to go into effect March 31.
That provision proved to be the most controversial of the far-reaching zoning ordinance, which also outlaws strip clubs by Jan. 1, 2013, and seeks to transform Fat City into an area filled with upscale shopping, dining options and condominiums.

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March 23, 2011, 9:57 pm
B.Y.U. and Big Easy: Just Basketball, Thanks
NEW ORLEANS — The awkward clash of cultures between Brigham Young and New Orleans is not lost on the B.Y.U. star guard Jimmer Fredette.
B.Y.U. students are required to adhere to a strict honor code, making many of the temptations here off limits during the Round of 16.
When asked about his plans on Wednesday night, Fredette chuckled. “It’s a little bit different for us,” he said. “But it’s a lot of fun. It’s a great city and there’s a lot of fun things to do here. We’ll go out tonight and have something to eat. I’m excited to try some of the food here. Then we’ll go back to the hotel and sleep.”
And if he walked by a strip club?

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NEW CITY, N.Y. (AP) — Former football star Lawrence Taylor was sentenced Tuesday to six years of probation for an encounter with an underage prostitute, but the girl told the media afterward that he should have gone to jail.
The New York Giants ex-linebacker pleaded guilty in January to sexual misconduct and having sex with an underage prostitute.
The girl, now 17, appeared in court with well-known attorney Gloria Allred and said afterward that Taylor took “something precious” from her and should be behind bars. The girl has been identified in court and by Allred only by her initials, C.F.
The teen denied she is a prostitute and said another man forced her to go to Taylor’s hotel room in May 2010. She believes Taylor could tell that she had been beaten.

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Location pleasant but menu inconsistent at Bourbon Street Grille
LINDSAY CHRISTIANS | The Capital Times | lchristians@madison.com madison.com | Loading… | Posted: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 9:00 am
MONONA — Lunch at the Bourbon Street Grille here is pretty much nothing like lunch on the real Bourbon Street.
But for those who have traversed New Orleans’ famous, fragrant thoroughfare of strip clubs and bars, that is not necessarily a bad thing.
The Bourbon Street Grille falls short in its interpretation of Big Easy cuisine. But its bright, airy dining room near a yacht club makes it worth visiting when the weather warms up, if only for the view and some spicy, juicy “Cajun Angels” — big Gulf shrimp wrapped in bacon.
Those shrimp ($9), crusted with Cajun seasoning and served with a drizzle of red pepper aioli to balance the spice, stood out on the restaurant’s long list of bar-friendly nibbles. Tempura “VooDoo” shrimp ($8) were nicely fried, served with a sweet Vietnamese dipping sauce (the “New Orleans” theme got a little stretched here).

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Location pleasant but menu inconsistent at Bourbon Street Grille
LINDSAY CHRISTIANS | The Capital Times | lchristians@madison.com madison.com | Loading… | Posted: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 9:00 am
MONONA — Lunch at the Bourbon Street Grille here is pretty much nothing like lunch on the real Bourbon Street.
But for those who have traversed New Orleans’ famous, fragrant thoroughfare of strip clubs and bars, that is not necessarily a bad thing.
The Bourbon Street Grille falls short in its interpretation of Big Easy cuisine. But its bright, airy dining room near a yacht club makes it worth visiting when the weather warms up, if only for the view and some spicy, juicy “Cajun Angels” — big Gulf shrimp wrapped in bacon.
Those shrimp ($9), crusted with Cajun seasoning and served with a drizzle of red pepper aioli to balance the spice, stood out on the restaurant’s long list of bar-friendly nibbles. Tempura “VooDoo” shrimp ($8) were nicely fried, served with a sweet Vietnamese dipping sauce (the “New Orleans” theme got a little stretched here).

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… ‘A Sort of Self-Destroying, Legal Prostitution’: The Whoredom of a Loveless Marriage in Williams’s Work,” by Dr. Denys Landry (Université de Montréal, Canada)

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Shortly after 6 p.m. Sunday, a woman, whose age was not available, and a 22-year-old man were shot near the corner of Eads and Odin streets in Gentilly.
New Orleans Police DepartmentCornelius Howard
Three women were inside a car talking to two men when a black Nissan Maxima pulled up. Two men hopped out of the Maxima and began to fire on the men and women.
The woman was shot in the back; the man was hit in the left hand. Paramedics took both victims to Interim LSU Public Hospital.
Monday evening police announced the arrest of Cornelius Howard, 21, in the shooting. Howard, arrested at his mother’s home in the 1600 block of Mandeville, was booked on five counts of attempted murder. Police said he has an extensive arrest record and had pending arrest warrants in three burglaries, possession of a stolen vehicle and prostitution loitering and trafficking cases.

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… It’s called a cocktail “festival,” but Tales of the Cocktail is in some ways like a conference, only the most awesomest conference ever! If you were to mix this conference in a shaker, it’d be two parts parties, two parts education, one part advertising, and a dash of networking. Pour this lively concoction into a welcoming host city and garnish with a swag bag. Tales of the Cocktail hosted its first ever event outside New Orleans in Vancouver, B.C., last weekend–a mini-version of the main event happening in the Crescent City this year from July 20-24.
Tales of the Cocktail originated eight years ago in New Orleans, the cradle of cocktail culture. Every year since then cocktail aficionados, bartenders, booze producers, and writers have attended the event to pimp their product or book, or learn more about the history and future of cocktails. It was at Tales in 2010 that Zig Zag Café bartender Murray Stenson was named the Best Bartender in America. I have yet to attend the big NOLA event, but traveled to Vancouver last weekend to check out Tales of the Cocktail “On Tour.”

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JOHN MCCUSKER / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE A rider passes out throws during the Krewe of Tucks parade in New Orleans Saturday, February 13, 2010. The irreverent parade, full of satire, took to the streets with the theme “Tucks Faces Reality.” Floats included “Army Corps: Are you Smarter than a Fifth Grader,” The Biggest Loser” and “Pimp My Streetcar.”

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Sister Irene said the Philippines ranks fourth of the top 10 countries with prostituted children, so the need to rescue victims is great. The prostitutes range in age from 15-20, but some are as young as 8 years old. They are forced into five to 10 sexual encounters nightly (at a wage of 100 pesos or $2 for each encounter). Most are drugged by their pimps to endure the horror and so are also hooked on narcotics.
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To counter poverty at its roots, the sisters also go into the same remote mountain villages where pimps recruit females, promising good paying city jobs. Instead of prostitution, the sisters offer food, education, medical assistance and job skills. They have been doing this since 2007 in a pilot program, Feeding of the Good Shepherd Foundation.
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While it sounds like risky business, Sister Irene said, “so far there has been no harm against us. We fight prostitution in a nonviolent way. We do it silently without them (the pimps) knowing.”

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