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<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT size=3D5>B</FONT>y any reckoning, it i=
s one of the most shocking and debated of movie scenes in recent times, and=
now the Blu-ray edition of <EM>Slumdog Millionaire </EM> offers detai=
ls how the toilet scene in the early part of the film was shot. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The deleted scenes included in the DVD packa=
ge also has a sequence involving the slum kids, Jamal (Ayush Mahesh Khedeka=
r <FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: rgb(117,117,119); FONT-FAMILY: ver=
dana">[</FONT>), his brother Salim and Latika who becomes Jamal's obse=
ssion later in the film. Watch out for the dress she is wearing, for i=
t has a direct bearing on the famous train platform scene where is looking =
at Jamal and smiling, just as the thugs are getting ready to whisk her away=
.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Forget the pirated DVDs of the 8-Oscar winne=
r film and go for the real one as the DVD and Blu-ray editions that are hit=
ting the stores across America and Canada <FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10px; C=
OLOR: rgb(117,117,119); FONT-FAMILY: verdana">[</FONT><A style=3D"TEXT-DECO=
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ONT-FAMILY: verdana">]</FONT> on March 31 offer plenty of deleted scenes an=
d insights into the making of the film. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The movie, which reached an awesome $300 mil=
lion worldwide this weekend [it is still to open in a few countries includi=
ng Japan <FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: rgb(117,117,119); FONT-FAMI=
LY: verdana">[</FONT><A style=3D"TEXT-DECORATION: none" href=3D"http://sear=
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FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: rgb(117,117,119); FONT-FAMILY: verdana">]</FONT>], =
could be on the top of DVD and Blu-Ray charts for several weeks. <EM>Slumdo=
g Millionaire</EM>, which is still playing in about 800 theatres in A=
merica and grossed $1.1 million over the weekend, could earn even more mone=
y from DVD sales and rentals than the $140 million it has taken in the thea=
tres in America and Canada. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>If you are still intrigued by the film, watc=
h the DVD after reading its screenplay by Simon Beaufoy [widely availa=
ble in bookshops] which also has an introduction by director Danny Boyle <F=
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</P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><IMG height=3D154 alt=3D"Ayush, Rubina Ali a=
nd Azhrauddin Mohammad Ismail in a scene from Slumdog Millionaire" src=3D"h=
ttp://im.rediff.com/movies/2009/mar/09slumdog6%5B1%5D.jpg" width=3D200 alig=
n=3Dleft border=3D0>Beaufoy said in an interview with <EM>Rediff India Abro=
ad</EM> that while he had expected the toilet scene to raise a lot of conce=
rns, it was not meant to be offensive to anyone.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>This is how he wrote the scene showing Jamal=
in a latrine, locked by his brother Salim who is running to see Amitabh Ba=
chchan <FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: rgb(117,117,119); FONT-FAMILY=
: verdana">[</FONT><A style=3D"TEXT-DECORATION: none" href=3D"http://search=
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/FONT> who has landed close to the slums for a film shoot:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Jamal: No! wait! Salim, sala! Salim!</FONT><=
/P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Rattles the locked door. Pulls a torn flyer =
from his pocket advertising an Amitabh movie.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Jamal: Wait! Amitabh...</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><EM>He looks down the toilet hole at the sew=
age beneath him, the landing helicopter, the disappearing crowd. A final ra=
ttle of the door. There is one way out. He jumps down the hole, sprawling h=
eadlong into a year's worth of human waste, managing to keep the flyer out =
the mire. He runs for the helicopter.</EM></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The toilet scene has shocked or appalled&nbs=
p; many and amused quite a few. While some found it demeaning to the young =
actor involved, others see it as an imaginative comment on how crazy Indian=
s are about movie idols. At the Toronto International Film Festival where t=
he scene stirred quite a few people last September, several Indians were en=
gaged in a heated argument over it soon after the screening. Some also said=
that the scene was utterly unbelievable. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"Can anyone, even a kid in a slum fall into =
s..t to get Amitabh's autograph,' said one. "It is gross, it is humiliating=
, it can never happen in real life." </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>One man chimed in: "But surely you don't kno=
w how many people committed suicide in Tamil Nadu when the actor MG Ramacha=
ndran died. In India people even marry the portraits of movie actors!"</FON=
T></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The DVD offers insights on how the toilet&nb=
sp;sequence was shot.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The film's co-director Loveleen Tandon, who =
also appears in the DVD, had assured the audiences at the Mahindra Indo-Ame=
rican Arts Council Film Festival in New York that the scene was 'quite tast=
eful.'.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>For the muck was made with chocolate and pea=
nut butter, she said. In the DVD, Boyle repeats the statement. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><IMG height=3D149 alt=3D"An unidentified wom=
an and Tanay Chheda in a scene from Slumdog Millionaire" src=3D"http://im.r=
ediff.com/movies/2009/mar/27sm2%5B1%5D.jpg" width=3D200 align=3Dright borde=
r=3D0>For writer Beaufoy the scene is a part of the many wildly imagined th=
ings happening in the film.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"If we had set those scenes in a London <FON=
T style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: rgb(117,117,119); FONT-FAMILY: verdana">=
[</FONT><A style=3D"TEXT-DECORATION: none" href=3D"http://search.rediff.com=
/imgsrch/default.php=3FMT=3Dlondon" target=3D_new><FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE:=
10px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana">Images</FONT></A><FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10p=
x; COLOR: rgb(117,117,119); FONT-FAMILY: verdana">]</FONT> story, people wo=
uld have called us insane," he told <EM>Rediff India Abroad</EM>. "But in I=
ndia everything is larger than life."</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>He echoes those thoughts in the foreword to =
the published screenplay.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>'As I stepped into a country where the monso=
on rain is a weapon, the sun is blistering, end the tea sweet enough to str=
ip the enamel from your teeth,' he writes, 'the characteristics of the Engl=
ish writer -- nuance, subtext, subtlety -- all seemed suddenly inappropriat=
e. For the first time in my career, I found myself experimenting with the g=
rand, the operatic, the unashamedly melodramatic. The mystery that was Boll=
ywood's singing and dancing finally made utter sense to me. In this magnifi=
cent country of extremes, why would you not sing, why would you not dance=
=3F</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The Blu-ray version also includes a short fi=
lm <EM>Manjha</EM> which Boyle handpicked. Made by a first-timer Rahi Anil =
Barve, the short augurs a good career for its maker. Boyle said in a statem=
ent he found the film to be 'extraordinary.'</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>'With little resources it is visually stunni=
ng and emotionally captivating,' he wrote. 'Surprising and gripping, it's e=
verything a short film should be.'</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Now just as thousands of Americans and Canad=
ians are dancing to the video of <EM>Jai Ho</EM> [remixed by Pussycat Dolls=
], watching <EM>Slumdog Millionaire</EM> in the comforts of ones homes, and=
admiring how Boyle and Beaufoy turned a complex story into a grippin=
g and moving film would be quite a treat.</FONT></P></FONT></TD></TR></TBOD=
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Cast: Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood
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A fading wrestler, battered by his time in the ring, looking for one last final big fight aka Randy "The Ram" Robinson.
An actor, battered by his time in the spotlight, looking for a return to fame and peer acceptance aka Mickey Rourke.
Yes, the parallels in Darren Aronofsky's latest between the titular character and Mickey Rourke are far too obvious.
Back in the 1980s, Randy The Ram Robinson was a big player in the wrestling scene - his nemesis in the ring was the Ayatollah but these days The Ram plays smaller venues and is struggling to get by.
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However, life outside the ring is not going great for Randy.
His futile attempts to rebuild some of the destroyed bridges with his estranged daughter (Evan Rachel Wood) whom he abandoned in his early years and his push to form a closer bond with stripper Cassidy (Marisa Tomei) are pushing him ever further to the edge of desperation.
A heart attack after a particularly gruesome smackdown forces him to re-evaluate his life and as he wrestles with the possibility of his life being over, he tries one last time to put his life in order and quell the demons of the past.
The Wrestler mixes documentary and drama - in effect, at times, it feels like a doco about a Wrestler's twilight years, as he adjusts to life outside the ring, a life where he's always struggling to get by and where he feels alienated.
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His every move after a fight is a struggle; his very core is mangled by the lack of emotional connection with his daily life he is a character who is fighting to move on and deny the reality of what hes created over the years.
Even when The Rams beavering away behind the deli counter, he's essentially putting on a show for the customers, struggling to break away from the persona he's become over the years.
At the Wrestler's emotional core is an existential conflict between living life because you have to and denying who you are.
Both The Ram and Cassidy realize this as they try to make ends meet.
(Minor spoiler warning!)
And when The Ram gives his final speech in the ring about how he's going to keep doing this for the fans and will only quit when they tell him to, you can't help but wonder how cathartic that must have felt for Rourke, as an actor who spent many years in the wilderness.
There are some great moments in The Wrestler - such as the camera following The Ram as he negotiates the back corridors in the supermarket to the front counter which parallel his entrance to the ring but at times, Aronofsky is a little hard handed in delivering them choosing to sledge hammer them home rather than rely on a more subtle approach.
The open to interpretation ending of the film may infuriate some, and some of the formulaic way in which the plot unfolds may irritate purists but at the end of the day, The Wrestler is a tour de force; an emotionally draining journey and one which will leave you feeling like you've experienced the Ram Jam smack down Robinson's character is famous for in the ring as you step outside.
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Slumdog Millionaire's screenwriter Simon Beaufoy showed off his Oscar as he returned to his home county to promote an international film festival.
Beaufoy spoke about his shock at winning an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay when he visited the Bradford International Film Festival, of which he is a patron.
Speaking at the National Media Museum, Beaufoy - who is famous for writing the screenplay for Sheffield-based film The Full Monty - told how his home county had influenced his career. He said: "I've written at least four, probably five, films set in Yorkshire so it's in my blood the county really and I find it a tremendously interesting place to write about."
He added: "The film industry's very London-centric and it's great to get out, that's why I've always tried to make films up here because the landscapes up here are amazing and the people you meet up here and the stories are incredible and often lots more interesting stuff up here than there is in London."
The writer said winning an Oscar was "beyond anyone's wildest dreams" and said that, at one point, the film-makers thought Slumdog Millionaire would be released straight to DVD.
"I'm still in shock from it really, it's a huge surprise that this little film we made, that we thought was really an art house film, is suddenly a favourite to win Oscars. Then to actually win some, including this one, is beyond anyone's wildest dreams really," he said. Slumdog Millionaire dvd
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interconnected. The movie starts with Jamaal being beaten and questioned by=
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things on his list. Jamaal and his brother find themselves alone and having=
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mystery of this love story.<BR><BR>Dev Patel (Jamaal Malik) has done a ver=
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could have toned down in some scenes. Freida Pinto was believable and charm=
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One was a star-free feel-good story of overcoming struggles that won eight Oscars, including best film. The other was a star-heavy feel-good story about a dog and a couple that won a lot of money.
"Slumdog,?which also dominated the Golden Globes and most of the other film awards this year, is loosely based on the novel Q&A by Vikas Swarup. It is about a guy who winds up winning big on the Indian version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire??When his accomplishments raise suspicions that he is cheating, we see in flashbacks of his rough life how he came to be so knowledgeable.
The "Slumdog?DVD features include commentary by director Danny Boyle, star Dev Patel, writer Simon Beaufoy and producer Christian Colson, behind-the scenes featurettes and deleted scenes.
For all of its glories, "Slumdog?took a long time to make serious money. "Marley & Me,?based on the novel by John Grogan, was a hit out of the box. Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston star as the "parents?of a neurotic but lovable dog. It will come in a three-disc Blu-ray option that includes "bark-out-loud?outtakes and a dog-training trivia track.
The two-disc "bad dog?DVD edition has its own gag reel and 19 deleted scenes. There is no truth to the rumor that it includes an alternative ending, so prepare to cry some more.
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Peter Morgan's adroit account of David Frost's 1977 interviews with the disgraced former president recently received the big-screen treatment. But this touring production, helmed by the play's original director, Michael Grandage, makes the case that this televised showdown belongs on stage.
"Frost/Nixon?is about two men fighting to control the content of Nixon's close-up ?who can seduce the camera more successfully ?and there is something irreducibly captivating about seeing that contest live. This production won't make you forget why Langella got an Oscar nomination, but it will remind you that theater is a more elegant medium for ideas than film.
Grandage has a fluid sense of storytelling and stage composition. Yet the show can feel squirrely; a little ingratiating, it sometimes lacks a sense of stakes. Our guide through Morgan's compressed version of events is Jim Reston (Brian Sgambati), a journalist who spent years methodically documenting Nixon's crimes. Here the character comes off a bit breezy, reacting to the man he held accountable for bringing down America as if he were merely a querulous relative. (Only Stephen Rowe, delicious as Swifty Lazar, Nixon's publicist, never puts a foot wrong.)
As Frost, Cox drives the evening with bright charm and intelligence, most interesting when he's toughest. He appears to be on rather good behavior here ?the role keeps him on a tight leash.
Looking more Brezhnev than Nixon, Keach displays power but not mystery. With his frontier jaw and linebacker build, the actor always has brought a natural physical assurance to his roles. Audiences feel comfortable with Keach ?he's accessible. But the event of the play is Getting Nixon; if he's too close to us already, the journey isn't as satisfying. Keach's strength is a veteran's sense of language and timing. He nails Nixon's left-field humor, and when he lets loose in the (invented) telephone call the night before the all-important final interview, you see the Keach who has commanded the stage over four decades. He roars through Morgan's monologue like a star athlete on an obstacle course.
It's a superb setup for the climactic last scene. Own your actions out loud, Frost tells the cornered Nixon, "or you're going to be haunted for the rest of your life.?Sitting in the audience, you can feel a hush. We know from history what Nixon will say, yet in the moment we don't believe he'll actually confess. Because we need him to confess. Morgan's sleek play zeroes in on that raw communal moment with startling accuracy.
For all the show-biz aspects of politics ?the glad-handing, the deal-making, the sponsorships ?there remains a primal need for integrity. "Frost/Nixon?doesn't stop to plumb the depths of that truth, but it stages a broken leader's crucible with nimble, ruthless insight.
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Reel Alternatives?special weekly schedule continues with Frost/Nixon at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 30 at the newly renovated Capitol Theatre.
With Frost/Nixon, director Ron Howard brings to the screen Peter Morgan's play about the electrifying battle between disgraced president Richard Nixon and David Frost, a jet-setting television personality with a name to make, and their historic encounter that changed the relationship of politics and journalism forever.
Reprising their roles from the play are Frank Langella, who won a Tony for his portrayal of Nixon in the stage production and was nominated for an Oscar for the film role, and Michael Sheen, who fully inhabited the part of Frost on stage both in London and New York.
After being forced from office, Nixon remained silent for three years. But in the summer of 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency.
Nixon surprised everyone in selecting Frost as his televised confessor, intending to easily outfox the breezy British showman and secure a place in the hearts and minds of Americans.
Likewise, Frost's team harboured doubts about their boss's ability to hold his own. But as cameras rolled, a charged battle of wits resulted. Over the course of their encounter, each man would reveal his own insecurities, ego and reserves of dignity ?ultimately setting aside posturing in a stunning display of unvarnished truth.
Frost/Nixon not only recreates the on-air interview, but the weeks of around-the-world, behind-the-scenes manoeuvring between the two men and their camps as negotiations were struck, deals were made and secrets revealed, all leading to the moment when they would sit facing one another in the court of public opinion.
Joining Langella and Sheen as the colourful, real-life personalities who provide the men counsel is a formidable roster of actors including Kevin Bacon, Oliver Platt, Sam Rockwell, Toby James and Matthew Macfadyen.
Frost/Nixon is sponsored by Dr. Anissa Boosamra of Able Chiropractic and Massage Therapy Centre. Advance tickets are $7 at Muskoka Country Furniture and Gifts on Main Street, or $8 at the door.
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The latest Hollywood thriller? Nah, just the Oscar-winning documentary Man on Wire, an edge-of-your-seat nail-biter that rivals any big-budget movie when it comes to high-octane excitement. Man on Wire, directed by James Marsh, chronicles Frenchman Philippe Petit's attempt to walk on a wire illegally rigged between New York's twin towers, then the world's tallest buildings. 
Making the act even more amazing, the rigging was done by night in complete secrecy. The next morning, Petit took his first step off the building, and after nearly an hour dancing on the wire, he was arrested, taken for psychological evaluation, and briefly jailed.
Man on Wire is documentary filmmaking at its finest, combining fascinating subject matter with amazing archival footage crafted in highly entertaining fashion. Through Marsh's fascinating interviews with Petit and the other key players, what appears at first as an exercise in daredevilry is revealed as an act of artistry.
You'll marvel at Man on Wire's footage of Petit in action, both in his WTC high-wire act and other similar exercises in Australia and France. Petit looks like he hasn't a care in the world, pausing halfway between buildings to sprawl out on the wire for a few minutes. Incredible.
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Church bells in Manila will be ringing during Earth Hour that begins at 8:30 p.m. tomorrow when millions of households and establishments all over the world are expected to turn off their lights for one hour as a gesture of support in the fight against global warming.
In Cebu, all is set for Earth Hour with the Visayan Electric Company (Veco) joining local government officials and private sector groups in urging households and commercial establishments to turn off lights for at least one hour.
Cebu police will also be taking part in Earth Hour by taking measures to secure critical areas like malls, parks, churches, banks when the lights go out.
The Archdiocese of Manila asked all its parishes to support Earth Hour by ringing church bells to signal communities to turn off their lights.
"We can also make Earth Hour more dramatic by ringing all parish church bells at the start and end of Earth Hour,?the Archdiocese of Manila Ministry on Ecology said in a statement posted on the archdiocese's website www.rcam.org.
Aside from the ringing of church bells, the Archdiocese also enumerated other ways in which parishes and communities can show its support for the event such as praying the rosary or organizing a Holy Hour.
"Pray the rosary and gather as a family or community for sharing or reflection,?read the statement.
"Parish or communities may also organize a Holy Hour reflecting on God's creation or on the theme: What is happening to our Beautiful Land??/P>
Earlier, Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales called on Filipinos to show their concern for the environment by joining Earth Hour.
"We are asking everyone not to use electricity for an hour on March 28 from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.,?Rosales said in an interview over Church-run Radio Veritas 846.
The Cardinal also urged the public to use the said time to reflect on the sad state of the environment and the world.
"Please use the time to reflect on the alarming state of the world and how we can help protect it,?he said.
"Let us participate not only to conserve energy but to also preserve our nature. Let us try not to use electricity for an hour,?added Rosales.
In Cebu, the Aboitiz-led Veco urged Cebuanos to switch off the main lights in their households to help reduce carbon emissions.
Veco, along with the World Wide Fund for Nature Philippines, Department of Energy, the Green Army, Switch Movement and the Cebu City government, will lead a grand switch off campaign to urge Cebuanos to turn off essential lights from 8:30-9:30 in the evening.
"Power saved today is power you can use tomorrow,?Veco said in a press statement.
Ethel Natera, Veco Corporate Communications Manager yesterday told Manila Bulletin that the company will not be able to estimate total savings on electricity usage within Veco's franchise area on the date and time of the campaign since the switching off of lights is voluntary on the part of customers.
"We have been monitoring the (electricity) load last Saturday and will be monitoring the load again this Saturday so we can determine the difference between how much less power will be consumed this March 28,?she said in a phone interview.
Earth Hour Philippines 2009 hopes to involve 10-million Filipinos and 500 businesses in key cities across nationwide. Globally, it aims to reach one billion people in 1,000 cities worldwide.
Other organizations representing civil society, business communities, religious sector, youth, national agencies and local governments have likewise extended their support for the event.
"This campaign greatly involves everyone no matter where you are in this world. We ask our customers to take part in saving energy and thus, saving Mother Earth,?said Veco Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Jimmy Aboitiz, who is himself a strong advocate of energy conservation and movements against global warming.
Meanwhile, the Police Regional Office (PRO) 7 has also ordered its sub-stations to secure its perimeter.
Senior Supt. Louie Oppus, PRO 7 Regional Operations and Plans Division chief, said that all police stations and offices in the region have already received the directive to secure critical areas during the Earth Hour celebration.
"Beat patrol cars are going to roam around during the one hour celebration, while there will be also police standby in vital areas,?he said.
Oppus also said that the each police stations and offices are going to participate during the event to show their support for the advocacy of saving the world against global warming.
"Critical areas like banks, malls and other establishments are advised to double their security efforts during the activity as criminal elements might take advantage of the situation,?he said.
Earth Hour celebration originally started in Sydney, Australia last 2007. It aims to encourage more cities around the world to take responsibility and play a part in ensuring a sustainable future by saving mother earth from global warming.
In a related development, the City of Malabon signified that it will take part in the "'Earth Hour."
The Malabon City Waste Management Council (MWCMC) headed by Gloria Tamayo said Mayor Canuto "Tito" Oreta has ordered all department heads to tell subordinates to turn-off the lights and other appliances in respective homes from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm.
Tamayo said that they have also been instructed to tell as many of their constituents to do the same on Saturday.
"We hope that they will do their part in the efforts of all stakeholders to conserve as much electricity as possible, so as to help the environment," Tamayo said.
Fuel consumption has always been regarded as one of the reasons for the rapid deterioration of the environment.
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David Miliband confirms in the Commons that an inquiry will be held
Ministers have said they will hold an inquiry into the Iraq war as "soon as practically possible" after the bulk of UK troops leave in July.
The government has previously said it would only be prepared to contemplate an inquiry once the involvement of UK troops in combat operations ends.
UK troop numbers will be reduced from 4,100 to 400 by the end of July.
The Conservatives say there is no "reasonable impediment" to an immediate inquiry into the war and its aftermath.
Foreign secretary David Miliband said ministers were committed to holding a "comprehensive" inquiry but was not prepared to give any details of when this would happen.
Shadow foreign secretary William Hague told MPs that the process should begin straight away and it was a "grievous error" it had not already started.
The Lib Dems said the inquiry must be in public and its terms be wide-ranging to ensure it was not a "whitewash".
And the families of military personnel killed in Iraq have handed a letter into Downing Street calling for a full public inquiry.
Reg Keys, whose son was killed in Iraq in 2003, said he was "encouraged" that an inquiry would take place and by suggestions that it would be far-reaching.
'Inconceivable'
Opposition parties and some Labour MPs have repeatedly called for an investigation into Iraq along the lines of the Franks inquiry conducted in the aftermath of the Falklands War.
With the bulk of UK troops set to leave within months and the security and political situation in Iraq "substantially improved", Mr Hague said it was "inconceivable" that an inquiry could not happen.
 | William Hague Shadow foreign secretary |
The inquiry must look into how ministers "discharged their responsibilities" in the run-up to the war, Mr Hague said,
Other areas that must be examined included the use of intelligence, how the UK dealt with the US and other allies and why planning for post-war Iraq was so inadequate.
Mr Hague said opposition to an inquiry within the government had "evaporated" and many Labour MPs backed a move.
Conservative pledge
He expressed concerns ministers were contemplating a "more limited" inquiry than most MPs and the British public expected.
He also suggested that ministers may want to delay an inquiry for as long as possible so that its findings would not be published until after the next general election.
If Labour did not set up an inquiry, the Conservatives would do it as one of its "first acts" should it win the next election.
"We will learn the necessary lessons and what went wrong in the functioning of government itself," Mr Hague said.
Mr Miliband said the UK's "sole focus" was on ensuring a "smooth and effective conclusion" to the UK's combat operation in Iraq.
"The time to focus on an official inquiry is when the troops come home to safety, not when they are exposed to dangers in Iraq," he told MPs.
However, he said any inquiry would be "comprehensive" and look at the conduct of the war and its aftermath.
He said lessons could be learnt from an inquiry particularly with regard to post-conflict reconstruction and governance.
'Political decisions'
The Lib Dems said it would fight to ensure that the inquiry was not "narrow and secretive".
"To be effective this inquiry cannot sit in private and must be open and transparent as possible," said its foreign affairs spokesman Ed Davey.
"It must focus primarily on the political decisions - and failures - that led to this catastrophic war, rather than military ones."
Plaid Cymru said the inquiry should have been held "years ago".
 British soldiers have been in Iraq since the US-led invasion in 2003 |
"Labour plan to begin the inquiry after the end of the current parliamentary year when there is no-one to scrutinise it, start in in the autumn when everyone will be looking at the pre-budget report and release it quietly in the Spring, buried under the general election," said MP Adam Price.
The SNP said an inquiry was needed because the war was "based on the lie".
"It was the first time that the UK went to war on dodgy, unsound intelligence and I hope it is the last," said MP Angus MacNeil.
"The claim that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction that could reach us in 45 minutes was a big, whopping factual lie."
The war was the result of an "odd, sycophantic desire to appease the discredited former US President George Bush by Tony Blair", he said.
Two inquiries - the Hutton and Butler inquiries - have already been held into aspects of the Iraq war.
The Butler inquiry looked at intelligence failures before the war while the Hutton inquiry examined the circumstances leading to the death of former government adviser David Kelly.
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