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Thanks to all for the hand up I article about Waterloo biogas proâ€" mm unds of which only a handful got, Sept 28). posal, gas from biosolids â€" whether are po ted he Canadian musical phenomenon Walk Off the Earth is it brought me to tears. Class B, Class A. or pellets â€" to pro- 5 ' I coming to Kitchener’ s Cenu'e in the Square on Dec. 3 and I have worked in the medical field duce a renewable non-fossil fuel C II S I PhD myiamilylsdirilledtohavetickets. for 35 years. I felt I've made a change source of heat and energy is certainly E . P " Taking the world by storm with their brilliant fiveApeopIe‘ in many lives and that I was very safer, more sustainable, and more R ' I . 0,7. ' I ’ playing-one-guitar interpretation of Gotye's Somebody That understanding, but the letter from beneficial, than spreading this con- l Used to Know, along with huge hits like Red Hands. Gang of Steve made me totally rethink why taminated waste mixture on land. Rhythm and Rule the World, the Burlington-based band recently people choose the route they pick. Consider this: Every industry, busi- wrapped up their European tour and played to a sold-out audi- We spend so much money and ness, metal plating shop, hospital, ence atthelegendary BrixmnAcademyinlondon, England. time studying what does not work. nuclear power plant, laundry and dry Sol recently tracked down Walk Off the Earth singer, guitarist Why don't we put time, money and cleaning shop connected to a sewer and mum-instrumentalist Ryan Marshall to ask him about their effort in to what is warlord! can pipe its hazardous chemicals and show at the Brixton Academy and their upcoming gig in town. People like Steve Gosselin have radioactive waste into sewage treat- “The Brixton Academy, it's this old made it happen. My hat goes off to merit plants. venue in this crappy pan of town, then ’ him. These plants are not designed to you walk into this fantastic building , It makes me so proud of him and produce fertilizer. Theyare designed to and feel all this nostalgia and historyin .\ l \ l'\\l l \ l l proud of living in Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo. remove the contaminated solids from the room,” Marshall told me over the \ H I ‘\ and supporting him on his journey. the wastewater that is returned to the phone from his home in Dos Angeles. ' Steve should be in the public eye environment. “And this is a place where we've teaching and spreading the good The better the process works, the never had any radio support, just ‘ word. dimer the sludge. the internet and the help we've had “a. , [wish him all the best. Worse, processing sludge to reduce through labels in Canada and U.S., but f Q indicator pathogens causes more absolutely zero support in the UK. So " MargStrong robust superbugs to evolve, which for us to play in this legendary place in y A Waterloo then end up transferring their antibi- front of 5,000 people and kick its ass, ‘ ,_â€"â€"â€"‘-- we were ecstatic and we all walked out i N ti ti 1 o of there with the biggest smiles on our 1 ” |i|ll|lll faces.” ‘ MARS ega ve 0p ons cave me g I asked Marshall what it means for l WARSLL Ihave a couple of questions that need lobe answered. paper â€" liet’s call it the Sphere and Post â€" that left me Walk Off the Earth to perform at the l 4__k4__7‘ First of all, why must we constantly call our telecom~ frothing at the mouth. Centre in the Square, widely regarded munications provider of choice â€" or lack thereof â€" to see Here's the short story. l signed up for the Saturday edir as one ofthe finest performance spaces in North America. if we qualify for a better plan? tion of the Sphere and Post during last year‘s federal elec- "ACOUSfiCaUY. it's going (0 sound “an“le said Marshall. I’m lucky to have a daughter who thrives on outma- tion. Then I cancelled it, once the papers started piling up, ‘And it’s going to be great for us because it's not only a wide stage noeuvering the telecom giants unread, in my living room. but a deep stage and luSl the way we 591 UP our show, there's a lo‘ , She keeps an eye on this file, But she should not need Over the phone, the sales person, in the middle of Of different layers and pieces thalwe need to move around, NONE ‘ to channel her inner-courtroom litigator for ‘ a concerted effon to ignore my concerns, l with different risers at various heights, and lights and things we l a PM"e bill» ll l l \ dangled a carrot _ “Hey, lady who keeps 5 drop from the ceiling.“ 1 It's annoying to find out that you missed s( l \'\' blathering about nothing try the digital ver l I told Marshall how my first concert was lohnny Cash at the 1 out on saving money because voti didn't ‘ ' ' ' sion for99 cents a month, for three months!" Centre in the Square in 191“, and how excited I am that Walk Off ‘ know there was a better option for you and Sure. I said, mostly to end the conversa lht‘ Earth Will be 01" daughters' fir“ big concert. your family. 3; tion. An epic error. on my behalf, “I grew up in Caledonia, just south of Hamilton in this tiny If these ginormous ielet ommunit ations . fit A few months later, ] checked my cred little town and the first concert I saw was Big Sugar at the Cayuga l 1 companies tmly cared about their customers, 1 _, it card statements, only to find a recurring Speedway. and they Pl" on a he“ “f a Sh‘IW and I"Si blew me l l they would develop and deploy a software ‘ ‘ charge of $30 a month for a digital version of l away.’ said Marshall, 1 l system that automatically identifies potential l a newspaper I was no longer reading. l "Bl" I would say the biggest cont-en “I“ really changed "I" 1 ‘ savings and pushes them out to the tustom l 7" Astounded, 1 called to comma") and was 3 was the first Tragically Hip show I saw, where (lord [iownie went l l ers who would benefit from them I told that I didn't "optâ€"on“ after the three , fl" 0"? ”l 0105? “I” whale “my rants during New Orleans l‘ l . 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