A year ago, I was assisting a garage owner with a noise problem. The garage is located in a small historic Cape Town and the owner wanted to open an exhaust repair business. Local bed and breakfast owners objected, primarily to the perceived noise of the welding and cutting as well as to cars with failed exhausts.

We did a noise-control design and sent the drawings back to the owner, who asked me to come for a site visit.

I got there. We discussed the drawings. Then he said, perhaps, I might go and discuss the matter with the town committee. So I said, fine, and drove with him to the town hall. He led me into a lobby and told me that the committee awaited behind the door on the left.

“Just knock,” he said, “and go in.” And I did.

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Kimmie Weeks is a powerful speaker. He speaks to more than 40,000 people every year on the topic: “Ending world poverty: a 21st century possibility”. He also lectures on AIDS, and child soldiers. Here’s a clip from one of his last speeches before he took a break to work on other projects:

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