On this week’s show, Glen and I are joined not only by our producer Jess Gitner, but also by a new face for PCHH: NPR Books editor Petra Mayer, whom you may very well know as much of the voice of our books team on social media.

We start with a discussion of the new Sundance miniseries Top Of The Lake, a crime drama starring Mad Men’s Elisabeth Moss and Holly Hunter, directed and written by Jane Campion. The show has some clear cultural antecedents for its unusual tone, as Glen explains, but it’s also in part a genre piece, as Petra explains. We talk about the pacing, the acting, and how to best put a drug trip on screen.

Then we return to a topic we last touched on more than Swarovski two years ago: Pop Culture Punching Bags. Last time, everyone gathered around to have a good contemptuous chortle at Swarovski my love of college a cappella what will be our dearly defended properties this time around?

And finally, we end with what’s making us happy this week. F Swarovski or Jess, it’s a video that might just have made her cry. For Petra, it’s a collision between a bunch of her favorite things. Glen splits his happiness between a theatrical adventure he chronicled at his new ish online home and a book that seems to be there to fulfill a wish he once had. I manage to split my happiness between four things: a bo Swarovski ok you’ve heard about from me before, an NPR show you may or may not have heard yet, a ranking that must be seen to be believed, and a sports team that brought something new to an old event.

Find us on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter: me, Stephen, Glen, Trey, Jess, Petra, and our esteemed producer emeritus and music director, Mike Katzif.

KIEV, Ukraine People here were somewhat relieved Monday that the war that had been anticipated to blow up immediately following the referendum had not come.

But a f Swarovski eeling of uncertainty and dread remained.

It was just a few weeks ago that Ukrainians in the Maidan square were jubilant at the ouster of the hated president Viktor Yanukovych. But on Monday they could be seen preparing for a coming conflict, standing at the barricades of rubble that shielded protesters from bullets during protests last month.

Nikolei Korbelnikov, commander of the Crimean brigade based in Kiev’s Independence Square since December, said he was worried that he could no longer return to his mother and friends left at home on the peninsula.

He said his fame as commander of a brigade during the protests mean that he is too well known.

“This victory in the referendum is just another stage in the propaganda war,” Korbelnikov said. “I know what the levels of support (to join Russia) were before I left Crimea and they were about 15% for Russia, 25% for Europe and the rest could live without either.”

He added that he did not think that had changed, despite the results of the vote.

Korbelnikov is now working with the Red Cross as a volunteer to send slee Swarovski ping mats, sleeping bags and medical supplies to the regions in U Swarovski kraine where they could be needed if there’s violence and people flee their homes.

Crimea’s regional assembly Monday unanimously voted to declare the peninsula independent from Ukraine and petition Russia to admit it to the federation after a huge majority of Crimeans voted to join with Russia.

Crimean Prime Minister Sergei Aksyonov welcomed the outcome of the referendum, which saw 96% of voters cast their ballots in favor of union with Moscow, according to Russian news media. He declared via Twitter the region would move to Russian time starting March 30.

Acting President Oleksandr Turchinov vowed that Ukraine will not give up Crimea but that he would “be doing everything to solve the conflict through diplomatic means.”

But in the Ukrainian capital, anti government protesters are warning that the ballot may trigger chaos on the southern peninsula.

“There will be conflict for hundreds of years there,” said Igor Gowashenko, a member of a civil defense group, talking about Crimea. “I’m sure the Russian army will destroy stability by taking people’s private property.”

The referendum was held during an occupation of the peninsula by pro Russian forces. The leadership of the Crimean regional assembly was appointed while pro Russian armed men were holding the parliament.

Ukraine’s defense minister announced he had agreed to a “truce” with Russia on the disputed peninsula, one that would put on hold a military standoff that has seen Russian soldiers surround Ukraine bases there. The truce is due to expire Friday, the day when the Moscow Duma is slated to consider annexation of the region.
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Ukraine is not the only country worried about Russia and war.

Romania’s president said Russia has created a chain of conflicts around the Black Sea to further President Vladimir Putin’s goal of rebuilding the former Soviet Union along its former border with the West.

“If you look at the map, you will see this chain of frozen conflicts” around the Black Sea “that can be set off at any time,” President Traian Basescu said, referring to conflicts in Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova.

Every year, heads of state, international business leaders and a collection of celebrities gather in the village of Davos Swarovski , high in the Swiss Alps, at the World Economic Form.

This year’s meeting has a more somber tone, given the global financial collapse. There are no big ticket goodie bags or free iPods, and far fewer champagne and caviar soirees. The focus for the attendees, including more than 400 heads of state, is on the economy.

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, who has been attending the Davos conference annually for more than a decade, says that this year, more than any other, people are looking for an answer to the economic crisis. They’re trying to go to the right panels or have one on one conversations to give them tips for where their company should build, or where they should personally invest, he says.

“There’s almost an urgency of people trying to find ‘The Answer’ right now, and I’m not sure the answer is here or anywhere, but people a Swarovski re sure looking for it,” Friedman tells NPR’s Michele Norris.

Friedman says the person everyone wants to hear from is President Barack Obama. Obama isn’t attending Davos; his adviser Valerie Jarrett is.

“I think everybody understands that what’s so unique about this economic crisis is that it began in America,” Friedman says. “It didn’t begin in Thailand, didn’t begin in Korea. It didn’t begin in Mexio, it didn’t begin in Russia. When it began in other years in all those other places, everyone could insulate themselves from it. But when we get in America, no one can protect themselves from it.”

“I think the big question on everyone’s mind is, ‘When is Washington going to get well? Because until we get well, it’s going to be very hard for anyone else to really get well.”

But Friedman says he doesn’t sen Swarovski se that people at Davos are frustrated or angry with Obama for not being there or failing to send a larger delegation, because he just took office.

“I was at a dinner last year when this economic crisis was getting under way here, and I remember a prominent banker saying, ‘You Americans gave the world financial SARS,’ the disease that got exported out of China,” Friedman says. “I think people are over the finger pointing now, and they’re in a much more n Swarovski ervous and anxious state, and that’s just: ‘Give me the solution.’ “

Visitors to Nigeria will encounter the country’s large population, diverse cultures and expansive natural resources. While a trip to Nigeria is not currently recommended for most Americans, a virtual vacation can be a great option to learn more about Nigeria’s history, people and landscape. According to the State Department, “Nigeria is a developing country in western Africa that has experienced periods of political instability. Swarovski It has the largest population on the continent, estimated at 147 million p Swarovski eople, and its infrastructure is not fully functional or well maintained.”

Many of the tourism sites around Nigeria are under Swarovski developed and offer few amenities, but for visitors searching for vast opportunities to experience land and culture uncluttered by modern conveniences, then pack your bags for the adventure of a lifetime in the “Giant of Africa.”

Owu Falls (Owa Kajola) is the steepest waterfall in all of West Africa and falls nearly 330 vertical feet. Owu Falls is located in the Kwara state and is surrounded by lush rain forests. According to Habiba Jiwo in Teenage Lifestyle, “Owu Falls is indeed the remedy for those who are afraid, lonely, unhappy, a place where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God.”

The Owu Falls is often considered to be at its most spectacular during the rainy season, typically between April and June.

The grave of Bilikisu Sungbo and the surrounding Eredo earthwork are located near Lagos. The Eredo, which was constructed more than a thousand years ago, is a trench that stretches more than 100 miles and is as much as 70 feet deep in places. Some locals theorize that it is the sacred grave of the Queen of Sheba, and thousands of people come here to pray each year.

The Eredo is threatened by deforestation and erosion but may offer historians a link to early African civilizations.

Yankari National Park is located near the Gagi River and is approximately an hour and a half of driving distance southeast of Bauchi Town.

Yankari was established in 1956 and remains open year round. The park encompasses Swarovski more than 1,200 square miles of savanna woodland and is home to elephants, buffalo, roan antelope, hippopotamus, crocodiles, baboons, oribi and monkeys.

The best time of year to visit the park is the winter dry season (November May) since animals tend to be easily spotted near the river. Yankari is only one of the many national parks located around Nigeria.

Mister Finland, trace please your government chameleonia through the years from 1900 till now. I , personaly cannot follow your stories in that. I find it extremely naive that your governent bets on such cards like corporatism in their wish to keep up appearances. Ever sinse the fall of the regime in former USSR has fallen there has been mumbling on this subject of the Russian Finno war feeding public imagination and aspirations. I think it is time to stop this nonsense. It is leading us all into a trap. This is shamefull.

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For the people that r “angry for the genocide in Ukraine”. Nothing like this has happened though in Ukraine under the Soviets. The land becoming state property has nothing to do with holodomor. This is the most ignorant myth ever existed. But now millions r forced to beleive it.

Mike Nice 25.02.2014 06:28 fact: communism is the 1 purveyor of all the worlds most heinous crimes against humanity in recent history.

general, I agree with destroying Lenin’s monuments, it was a guy who deliberately ordered killings. In general, communism insn’t ok, as it’s after while corrupted to some point, and Marx was quite ill person when we see his personal life.

But, paradox is, that I lived in “communist ; country (Czechoslovakia), and I was happier that time. In some aspects it had advantages against corporatism.

So I don’s see things that black and white.

Th at is how war works, but USSR did not invade Germany ether France. No one forget others. WW2 is west’s conspiracy against USSR/Russia same as nowYou are correct, but have conveniently forgotten the Molotov Ribbentrop pact where your hero J. Stalin signed a friendship treaty with A. Hitler. Worked great dividing up Poland, the Baltics, Finland,etc, until Hitler double crossed him. Interesting that Time magazine referred to the pact as the “Communazi Pact”. I’m sure that would go over well in downtown Moscow!

Annette Mor: Yes. the Russians saved Jews from Nazi persecution. But you omit history. Ukraine had always been a hellhole for Jews. Bandera was just the lastest villain in a long history of Ukrainian (and Russian) anti Semitism. True, after WWII there were no large scale massacres of Jews but Jews still suffered widespread violence and discrimination.

But more to the point this wasn’t anything noble as RT’s use of the term “liberate” and you would like to imply. No Ukrainian saw Stalin as liberator. He had already murderd 13 million Ukrainians (Winter 1932 33) He wanted his empire back, not to be nice to anybody.

JackW 24.02.2014 21:49 umm Spare me the post Soviet propaganda RT. Those soldiers didn’t die liberating anything. Ukraine wasn’t liberated lol. It was reconquered by the Communists. All the Ukranians got in 1943 when Stalin’s armies drove the Nazis out was an exchange of occupiers, a reinstitution of their original oppressors, the communists.

Tell this to these tens of thousands of Jews burned by Bandera. ah. They are dead.

Agnes Maria, it is easy for you to rant in your prosperous and orderly EU Poland whose standard of living and morals are a fa Swarovski irytale to Ukrainians! Don’t you understand what a huge gap people see between Ukraine and Poland? And the rampant corruption in Ukraine is it Western European in origin? Don’t you see the GDP of Ukraine is about half of that of the worst EU paupers, the corrupt Romania and Bulgaria? And you talk about “rot”. Please!

The anti Yanukovych popular movement was peaceful until the prez made it violent.

When the day that we all cooperate arrives, then we will know international stability. Until then, the situation will go nowhere fast. It is time to drop the niceties and the ceremonials, the ridiculous hording and unfriendly one upmanship, and to replace them with real power and discipline, with education, seriousness, and with the hard work and the strength that it takes to actively take responsibility for the building and maintaining of a properly functioning and civilised international system.
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As a Native of Lwow (Lviv/Lvov when it was Polish), I say, as an example: Ukraine, you hated Poland (now ‘just part of the messed up EU’) so much. Now what? Now you want a piece of the rotting EU? I side with Russia and advise you to do the same. What sickness it is to blame your internal problems on Russia! Nations of the EU, such as Poland, do the same via distorted media. Illogical to the utmost. That anyone accepts this disgusting mutinous takeover of Ukraine is a fact beyond measure of madness and stupidity. It has happened for thousands of years, yet is not right. You glorify violenc Swarovski e and uncivilised upheaval.

This is what a thoroughly corrupt state leads to: instability, unpredictability, disloyalty, rebellion and hatred. There’s a saying “A fish starts rotting at its head”. Therefore, RT and Russia could be less sorry for toppled statues of Soviet kitsch or the status of the Russian language and be more concerned about the root of the evil which plagues Russia as well. Oh, and it should be borne in mind that a statue of a Soviet soldier is not perceived as a statue in horour of WWII liberators or heros, but of pre WWII occupants whether you like it or not. Zhukov is probably rolling in his grave. The EU has already ruined the UK so don’t be silly Ukraine!Peop le like Zhukov born once or twice every 1000 years of human history. Look what western media doing about Zhukov. They take every Soviet hero of WW2 and turn to criminal.

they are doing the same thing with every communist or socialist hero. they are spreading anthagonism between Slavenic people and brothers through traitors.

why did the Western Powers even bother to ask for Stalin’s help in defeating the Third Reich? Seriosly, though, being so morally superior to the rest of the world Swarovski , the Westerners should have fought and finished off Hitler all by themselves.

tually, it was Stalin begging the westerners to open up another front, send more supplies, etc. Why would Churchill be wining and dining Stalin IN MOSCOW?! The west thought we HAD dealt with Germany while Russia cowered behind their revolution, only to have Stalin get in bed with Hitler decades later. Nice try.

These are people mainly from Eastern Europe not Soviets. Most of them were with Nazis in the begining

I needed a place that takes credit cards and i was NOT going to go to the nasty people on the Swarovski boarder of Pearl River and Montvale. So, I tried this place. I didn’t think it’d be good enough to right a review but it was actually really good. They are really nice there ( the young newlywed anyway), they were quick with the order, the place seemed nice, new, and clean. I ordered the sesame chicken combo which was really good and crispy. Definitely not like chain type chinese restaurants. I also ordered the egg foo young combo. This was also good. I might use a little more sauce but it was really good. I’m not a huge fan of egg rolls but these were really tasty. Soup is the third option of the combo meal and I ordered the egg drop so Swarovski up. i Loved the soup! It didn’t taste salty or t Swarovski o peppery. It was Swarovski so refreshing to eat non chain type chinese food. I can’t wait for my next paycheck so I can order from them again.

On a side note, I did happen to see the delivery process. There were two bags placed on the counter but the man waited another few minutes until a third was ready. I was just glad I wasn’t the first two bags that came out because I that person must have waited a while for their delivery.

Graff says she feels scrutinized by neighbours who lump all dog owners together. “People judge you as a dog owner by what they see on the street,” she says.

In the Mile End district, residents complain about bags of dog feces left in bags on top of sewer covers and in alleyways.

Mile End resident John McColghan says the alleyway between Jeanne Mance Street and l’Esplanade Avenue is particularly bad.

McColghan says he doesn’t understand the logic of the dog owners responsible. “It’s like they feel if you’ve put it in a bag, then you’ve done your part and that someone else will pick it up,” he says.

City says dog owners could face fines

Montreal spends $60 million annually on a cleanup service that includes removing dog feces from sidewalks.

City spokesperson Jacques Alain Lavall says dog owners could face fines for leaving a mess behind. He says the fines vary between boroughs bu Swarovski t are typically between $100 and $750. The larger amount is reserved for repeat offenders.

But Montreal says the offence is tough to catch and it doesn’t keep numbers on how many tickets have been issued.

“Our prime objective is to inform dog owners that this is not something very pleasant and if you want to have a dog, you need to take your responsibilities,” says Lavall. on January 30, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/Getty Images for the American Kennel Club)

A view of a puppy at the North Shore Animal League America’s Tour For Life Pet Adoption Event on April 26, 2012 in New York, United States. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images)

A Samoyed puppy waits with its owner in a park as Beijing enjoys a pollution free spring day on April 18, 2013. The breed which is originally from Siberia were used to herd reindeer and pull sleds and were able to survive the harsh winters with their thick coats. (DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)

Puppies watch on at a police dog training base September 16, 2005 in Beijing, China. The dogs are trained by a police squad to learn identifying, catching, tracking and other skills. According to the Ministry of Public Security, there is an estimate of over 10,000 working police dogs in China. These dogs are divided into 30 kinds according to international conventions and are widely used in police work, rescue and military missions. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

A view of a puppy at the North Shore Animal League America’s Tour For Life Pet Adoption Event on April 26, 2012 in New York, United States. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images)

A view of a puppy at the North Shore Animal League America’s Tour For Life Pet Adoption Event on April 26, 2012 in New York, United States. on January 30, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/Getty Images for the American Kennel Club)

A wolf plays with a one month old puppy in its enclosure of Berlin’s Zoo on May 31, 2013 in Berlin. AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELE

Puppies just born by a sniffer dog sleep at a police dog training base September 16, 2005 in Beijing, China. The dogs are trained by a police squad to learn identifying, catching, tracking and other skills. According to the Ministry of Public Security, there is an estimate of over 10,000 working police Swarovski dogs in China. These dogs are divided into 30 kinds Swarovski according to international conventions and are widely used in police work, rescue and military missions. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

A Mastiff puppy rests during the XVIIIth International Dog exhibition on November 8, 2009 in Prague. (MICHAL CIZEK/AFP/Getty Images)

A three day old Labradoodle puppy is shown to the press at the Uri Bekman’s ‘World of Dogs’ kennel in Pardesia, 30 kms north of Tel Aviv 07 December 2005. (YOAV LEMMER/AFP/Getty Images)

Three day old Labradoodle puppies nap at the Uri Bekman’s ‘World of Dogs’ kennel in Pardesia, 30 kms north of Tel Aviv 07 December 2005. (YOAV LEMMER/AFP/Getty Images)

A seven week old Daschund cross puppy waits to be re homed at the Cheshire Dogs Home on January 4, 2010 in Warrington, England. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Three year old Galia suckles her first litter of six puppies on June 4, 2009 at the Barry Foundation Great St. Bernard breeding kennels in Martigny, Western Switzerland. (FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images)

Two week old puppies play on June 4, 2009 at the Barry Foundation Great St. Bernard breeding kennels in Martigny, Western Switzerland. (FABRICE COFFRI Swarovski NI/AFP/Getty Images)

“For the majority of Syrian Canadians, our lives have shifted 180 degrees since the killing and the bloodspill in Syria. Everything has changed,” Alazem said.

Al Swarovski azem left Syria ten years ago, and now lives in Montreal working as an engineer.

Hesays his deep connection to his birth country is what motivated him to go back.

“We are far away from Syria, but yet we are so attached.

After a certain amount of time, you feel disconnected, and you need to be there. You need to be close to the reality and to the suffering.”

Alazem says his goal is to connect with the young Syrian refugees.

“Just to be around the children, it means so much to them. It means the world to them because it’s an indication that they haven’t been abandoned.”

Alazem will be spending time at a school in Turkey that was started byMontrealerHazarAl Swarovski Mahayni. There, he sayshe hopes to volunteer to teach English as a secon Swarovski d language and interact with the children.

“I will try to give them a good time, bringing them gifts and buying them clothes as well.”

Al Mahayni is the vice principal of cole Al Salam in Montreal, and she opened up a school of the same name in Turkey.

“The children need to feel that somebody cares about them that somebody loves them. It’s not only with food or with clothes that you save anybody’s life, or with medication. Sometimes when you open a window for a future a better future that’s how you save lives,”Al Mahaynisaid.

Pushing the Canadian government

Alazem says he will document his nine day trip, and hopes to share the refugees’ stories with members of the Canadian government to show officials what Canadians are doing to help, and how much more needs to be done in Syria.

“My message to the Canadian government is to try to cooperate with Syrian Canadia Swarovski ns living here that have all these initiatives that are inside Syria, building field hospitals, volunteering there, and building schools. Syrian Canadians are connected.”

Already a hit in Finland and Norway for the past decade, Snow Village is making its way across the Atlantic for the first time this winter. It’s not only the first time the concept has been tried in North America it’s also the first time such a “village” has been built just minutes from a major metropolitan area.

The European versions are in remote areas. Montreal’s is accessible by public transit.

“We started working on the project a few years ago. We saw it first in Finland and fell in love with it,” said Belanger, one of the promoters behind the Montreal project.

“The whole concept is to build a village around the ice hotel, so what we’re doing here is we’re reproducing a city of the world every year around the hotel.”

For this inaug Swarovski ural year, that city is Montreal. Replicas of local landmarks like Saint Joseph’s Oratory, the Olympic Stadium and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts have been built out of ice and snow around the hotel.

Montreal’s winter wonderland village includes a 30 room ice hotel, a mix of standard rooms, suites and igloos. The hotel isn’t the first of its kind; there’s also an i Swarovski ce hotel just outside Quebec City.

The village looks like a collection of dome like igloos from the outside, highlighted with blue lights on the sides and down the entrance hall. One of the first things people see when they go through the door to the village is a detailed ice sculpture of the Montreal skyline with such landmarks as Notre Dame Basilica.

The long hallways connecting to the rooms are dotted with more red and blue lights and each room has a number that reinforces the winter theme, such as 5 and the really chilly sounding 30.

The structures, which are formed by packed snow blown onto frames which are later removed, have walls that are three metres thick. Beds are comfy, but guests are equipped with warm sleeping bags for their sack time.

Some of the rooms have themes. One focused on hockey has an icy Stanley Cup and a sculpture of a Canadiens player.

There are inevitable comparisons between the site and Quebec City’s famous carnival, but Montreal is banking on the “village” aspect of the venture and also the fact that it lasts the whole winter.

A 60 seat ice restaurant with chairs and tables made of ice and overseen by well known Montreal chef Eric Gonzalez, is open for lunch during the week and for dinner on Fridays and weekends. Items on the menu include salmon and deer and a warm glass of wine.

Also on site is a 250 seat ice bar and patio where temperatures are always below zero.

Businesses and companies can book an ice conference centre, with a 200 person capacity, for meetings this winter.

There’s also a spot for so called “white weddings,” allowing couples to exchange vows in the frozen chapel in what organizers dub a “fairy tale like” setting, a replica of Montreal’s famous Oratory.

“White weddings is something that people are very interested in. That’s why we wanted to make sure it was part of the village,” Belanger said.

The village lacks little. There are outdoor spas for those looking to relax and, for younger visitors, a labyrinth and slides.

“The reservations have been very busy. We’re quite amazed and surprised by the response from the people in Montreal,” said Belanger.

Organizers hope to attract 80,000 people in their initial year.

At a cost of $2.1 million, supported partly by the Quebec government, the half hectare village began welcoming visitors on Jan. 6 although the official opening was Jan. 18.

Entrepreneurs have signed on for four years at Parc Jean Drapeau, near the site of Expo 67 and the city’s Formula One racetrack on a small island accessible by metro from Montreal.

“The view of Montreal you get from the site is really amazing,” Belanger said. “And the existing facilities allow us to accommodate people in a nice, natural space.”

The Nordic inspired concept originates with Rami and Tomi Kurtakko, Finnish brothers who came up with the idea about a decade ago.

They came Swarovski to Montreal to personally oversee the creation of the local version and remain involved in the project. What they’re hoping to do is create the first chain of ice hotels.

Even though it’s warmer in southern Quebec than in Scandanavia, they say the buildings are safe. There are even functioning fire alarms embedded in the snow walls, as mandated by the city.

“We’ve done this for 10 years in Finland without having any problems with safety,” Rami Kurtakko said recently, as he supe Swarovski rvised the building process. Belanger says workers are using low pressure cannons to produce snow at night, when temperatures drop.

MONTREAL Montreal’s mayor is putting his city’s renowned nightlife to the test and taking a shot at rival Toronto in the process.

“There is a nightlife in Montreal. The only reason there is one in Toronto is because there’s a half a million Montrealers who have moved there,” Coderre told reporters.

Coderre’s comments prompted a good natured retort from fo Swarovski rmer Ontario premier Bob Rae.

“Denis Coderre says we have no nightlife in Toront Swarovski o. Arlene and I are going to bed now. We’ve had our cocoa. What does Denis know?” Rae tweeted Saturday. cut off for alcohol sales causes problems because too many people head out into the streets at the same time, especially during the party filled summer months.

Montreal’s police chief is on board with the project, he added.

Coderre said the city will evaluate the economic and social impact of the extended hours before deciding whether to make the change permanent.

Not everyone is happy with the trial.

The head of an association of Quebec bar owners is upset with the move, but only because he’d l Swarovski ike all downtown bars to be able to stay open until dawn.

Peter Sergakis, who owns a number of downtown bars and restaurants, said he’s received dozens of Swarovski complains from fellow bar owners.