Sales enablement comprises anything that equips a salesperson to sell more efficiently, effectively, and at a greater rate. This includes tools (technology), processes (activities/SLAs), content (collateral) and alignment with Marketing.
Sales enablement is NOT simply an update to the way you refer to your sales training process. It also is not simply the addition of new selling technology/tools.
Many companies are guilty of applying a new vocabulary or stacking a new set of tools onto an outdated way of doing things, which fails to truly support their sales team or their end result.
While education and new tech are vital components of effective sales enablement, they are only pieces of the puzzle. Focusing on these additions as single components won't have the ability to deliver the results you're after.
This is the million-dollar question…sometimes quite literally. The answer is two parts and involves two frequently interchanged words with vastly different impacts: Maximization and Optimization.
Every touchpoint between your prospects and your sales team is an opportunity; an opportunity to close the deal, progress the sale, or even potentially burn the contact. Every touchpoint is also money spent in time, opportunity costs, or actual dollars for communications infrastructure and contact tools.
What if every contact point could be more efficient and advance the close faster?
Sales enablement is like tripling the toolbox your sales technicians can use to make every sales contact more effective. This can mean sharing a key piece of content that helps trigger the lead into action or applying a specialized sequence that will push the customer to upgrade or make a repeat purchase.
Instead of using just one wrench to try and build the entire sale for every lead, your sales tech now has a vast selection of tools that fit each situation, prospect, and contact point exactly. This adds efficiency and efficacy, which is the key to optimization.
Every salesperson costs you money. The good ones pay their own way, but even if they are bringing in business they will hit maximum capacity.
If you have a three-person outbound team and each member of that team is working eight hours a day, how much time are they spending on new contacts vs. existing deals vs. existing client support?
How many times can one person dial the phone in eight hours?
Where do they hit their max?
Then there is that sneaking suspicion that you will never have the efficiency of your competitor with a six-person outbound team.
Sales enablement tools and systems, when properly deployed, can make your one-person team as efficient as a less enabled team of three.
Rather than spending time crafting emails, they have targeted, specific templates at their fingertips. Instead of wasting minutes per contact dialing phones, they use multi-dialers to connect instantly. They no longer have to explain how that one product feature fits this slightly different vertical eight times because they have a targeted infographic on a specific URL that warms the lead for them.
That is the maximization of your resources, and one of the biggest advantages of sales enablement.
Sales velocity determines how fast leads are becoming customers.
Anything that positively affects any one of the variables above will have a benefit to your revenue and improve the overall function of your lead-generation machine.
If you increase the number of qualified opportunities with better outreach, sales improve.
If you improve your win rate with better communication cadences, sales improve.
If you shorten your sales cycle by using effective content that does the heavy lifting for the salespeople, revenue increases.
If you increase the average deal value through effective nurture of existing customers, revenue increases.
Sales enablement has the potential to improve every part of the sales velocity formula. Seems like a no brainer, right?
At the core of any successful sales-enablement program you'll find robust processes and communication. The goal is to get your sales and marketing teams working more effectively and communicating more frequently, which seems obvious…but it's surprisingly rare to see sales and marketing teams effectively aligned.
Sales enablement will get your marketing team supporting your sales group with better content, better education and better nurturing, which will result in better MQLs that are easier to close.
Sales and Marketing alignment should be an obvious component of any company's revenue generation strategy, and MANY companies probably believe that they are aligned, but unless you meet the following factors you're falling short.
Let's take a quick look at each component.
Silos within revenue-generating functional groups are inherently bad for business, yet you'll find them in most companies.
If you ask most marketing teams, "Which piece of generated collateral helps sales close the most deals?", very few will have any idea. Similarly, if you ask Sales how Marketing is supporting them, I'm willing to bet the answer will be vague or even aggressive.
That is the old model, one we can no longer support.
It's time to think of things differently. No more silos. No more Sales vs. Marketing. It's one team—Team Revenue.
Every member of Team Revenue is responsible for two of the most important things your company has, your income and how you're perceived.
Marketers like to pretend that they are somehow "higher concept" than the SDRs, but in reality they are just salespeople using broad tactics and tools to address and attract prospects in the earlier phases of the buyer's journey.
Similarly, salespeople will claim that they are not responsible for the brand, the content, or the customer support. That is inherently wrong. They ARE the brand in the decision stage, and how they execute will affect not only revenue, but general perception.
There really isn't a sales or marketing team anymore. Rather, you have a group of educators that address and specialize in different phases of the funnel, and if they communicate with each other and work together that funnel is consistent, frictionless, and VERY effective.
Don't stop reading here and order your "Team Revenue!" T-shirts just yet.
It's all well and good to call an existing structure by a new name, but that isn't sales enablement and just changing the plaque on the door won't create revenue growth. There has to be a structure and a robust process to create Sales and Marketing alignment, so let's look at how that happens.
The second step toward getting your revenue generation groups aligned is making sure both Sales and Marketing have a clear goal. They have to know the reason they are working together. They need to share the desired end result and have ownership of it.
In the past—the recent past for most companies—it was common for Sales to have quotas and Marketing to have metrics as their goal. Sales needs to close X many deals by X date and Marketing needs to have X numbers and percentages as high as X by Y.
Unfortunately, that is just noise that doesn't best support the ultimate goal.
Revenue is the goal. Revenue supports your BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) and will help your company reach its desired state. So why aren't your revenue-generation teams focused on the bottom line?
Get your sales and marketing teams in the same room and have them do a little math. Help them find the goal.
So for our example we'll say that your revenue team has the following numbers.
Let's say you want to increase revenue by $1.2M in Q1. That means you have a gap of $400k each month.
So to reach your Q1 revenue goal, Sales needs to close roughly 14 additional deals each month, which means Marketing will have to generate 170 total MQLs.
If you conducted your goal-setting meeting properly both teams should be a little intimidated. That is a tall order, but dumping MORE into the pipeline isn't the only path forward. Quality can have a huge effect.
Imagine if your marketing team was generating better-qualified leads. The logical result is that the sales team would have an easier sell and that the close rate would increase.
Similarly, what if Marketing was providing Sales with better resources to overcome objections? Then the result should be less time with each lead, which gives them more time to advance other prospects.
Finally, imagine if Marketing was deploying optimized nurture on existing leads that haven't progressed. That should result in more MQLs from your existing contact database. These are just a few of the benefits of sales enablement and Sales and Marketing alignment.
Now that your teams can see where they need to go, it's time to get it in writing via a Service Level Agreement or SLA.
An SLA is a very simple agreement that outlines what both teams will bring to the table to help them reach their mutual goal. Its purpose is to solidify the objective for Team Revenue and serve as a constant reminder of what the real goal is…REVENUE GROWTH.
Basically, Marketing agrees to deliver the needed MQLs and Sales agrees to contact them within a certain period.
That is it. Easy and clean.
Both teams need to agree to the SLA and work together to fulfill the goal.
By removing the quotas and metric goals you are actually empowering your revenue team to start finding the problems within your revenue-generation systems and solve them. They are no longer caught up in minutiae, they are now focused on the bottom line.
SMARKETING (aka Sales + Marketing) is one of those terms that has gained traction in the last few months. Everyone thinks they understand it, but most don't really know how to deploy it effectively. While it's true that the idea is simple, aligning Sales and Marketing within a sales-enablement strategy is more than just changing labels.
Where smarketing can be one of the best tools in your enablement tool box is in its ability to solve problems within the revenue-generation process and you need to have all of Team Revenue on board.
The frequency for these meetings can be adjusted as needed, but we recommend every two weeks as a good cadence to start with.
Depending on the size of your team you may need to pick and choose the guest list, but try to keep it under ten people in any meeting. Also, don't be afraid to rotate the list and get people involved who are eager to make changes.
Also, inviting members of your onboarding team or customer service team is a great idea.
Don't include senior leadership on the guest list. These meetings are about new ideas and solving problems, and no one likes to talk about issues with their boss in the room.
Once you have the revenue team together, it's time to tackle problems.
How do you identify problems within your revenue generation?
What questions are sales answering on every call?
What collateral pieces are helping sales close deals?
What's keeping you from selling?
What nurture sequence is performing? Why?
What objections are sales getting at the close?
What issues are customer service addressing most frequently?
What clients have renewed or upgraded? Why?
Which clients were the best recent deals? Why? Where did they come into the funnel? What were their actions?
Can Sales bcc Marketing on their best/worst communications and questions?
Where are clients going cold or dropping out? Why?
How good are the MQLs?
What MQLs were rejected? Why?
Don't let the meeting become a forum for complaining. The goal is new ideas and fixing problems, so spending two hours talking about what isn't working won't be effective. Identify one or two issues, let them be discussed, then ask for ideas and push for a timeline to implement those changes.
You'll notice we saved the MQLs for last. There will almost always be contention about lead quality, which ties into the final component of Marketing and Sales alignment.
The final step toward aligning Sales and Marketing is creating an agreed upon lead-qualification framework. This is vital. Corporate graveyards are littered with companies that spent too much time and money pursuing the wrong prospects, and they all died with a "full" pipeline.
Marketing MUST know which leads Sales is closing and why.
If there is no clarity on this point, this needs to be the focus of your first few smarketing meetings.
The goal is to identify six hard metrics that indicate a truly qualified lead. These can be based on any variety of demographics from company size, to job position, to tech stack, but both teams need to have clarity.
Just meeting these metrics isn't enough to qualify a lead; there also needs to be some determination of how sales-ready a lead is. If you think of the traditional BANT (Budget, Authority, Need, Timing) sales qualifiers, the T will reign supreme and is the one thing that can't be determined by other metrics or tools.
So a true qualified lead will not only meet a certain number of metrics, but they need to be sales-ready. If they aren't ready to speak to a salesperson they should be put into a targeted nurture channel.
How can you tell if a lead is sales-ready? Look at their actions. If they request a consideration-stage infographic, chances are they aren't sales-ready.
The goal is to have enough clarity on the actions and fit to apply a simple framework for what happens next.
If a lead can't fall into one of these categories, don't waste time on it. There is no reason for fluff in your pipeline and you don't want to waste your time or resources.
Beyond the smarketing meetings and goals it's vitally important that you keep Team Revenue communicating and working together to optimize tactics and work collaboratively on ongoing projects.
One of the easiest and most obvious places where collaboration can augment results is in content and nurture.
Sales NEEDS to be involved with, and have input on, marketing content and collateral creation. They are front-line operatives dealing with customers daily, their conversations and expertise can't be kept in a silo.
Get your sales team to edit, advise, and create content.
Have your writers interview sales team members and write articles and blogs under their names. This will build the profile of your individual SDRs AND once they see the results, they will start to have ideas of their own and offer up content ideas.
Ask Sales for any decks, templates, or resources they like to send to prospects. How can Marketing incorporate them and make improvements?
As mentioned earlier, MAKE SURE YOU ARE TRACKING RESULTS via your automation portal. You need to be able to show your sales team the value of good content and its ability to make sales velocity improve.
Another area where collaboration would have results is within your nurture channels. Get Sales involved. Ask them to copy Marketing on any email they've had to write more than once. Have Sales show Marketing the entire communication history on recently closed, upgraded, or resold customers.
Sales should be essentially creating the nurture and outgoing sequences, while Marketing should be perfecting them, inserting content opportunities and looking for ways to accelerate the sales cycle.
These items are great topics for discussion and kick-off in your bi-weekly SMarketing meetings, but these elements need to be considered ongoing optimization.
Many outbound sales efforts boils down to daily dials. Ultimately, this churn-and-burn approach is about hitting a call volume based on very low conversion rates.
When looking to improve overall sales effectiveness in your sales-enablement efforts you'll want to achieve quality over quantity. Tools have made it so that you can deliver the right message and value to the appropriate person easier than ever before.
Given the buyer's journey, we know that only a small fraction of the market is interested in buying at any given time, meaning that the quality of the sales interaction is more important than the number of sales interactions.
Sales enablement is about providing your sales team with the tools they need to do their best. Your sales-enablement technology stack should give your people what they need to produce optimum results as quickly as possible.
Below we've broken down some of the key components of a highly effective sales-enablement stack, as well as some of our choices for top providers of these tools. Make your way through the list and explore which tools represent the most benefit to the empowerment of your sales team.
Sales Rep View: Critical tool to find the right person to speak with in an organization. When the data is accurate—contact's current position, title, company info, etc.—it allows for very specific and targeted communication.
Customer View: Don't like being accessible from "public" data and often build systems and gatekeepers to screen incoming sales calls.
Sales Rep View: Clean and accurate data is the name of the game.
Customer View: I don't want my contact information available to everyone.
Sales Rep View: Saves a substantial amount of time by reducing the need to touch every communication point. Email automation allows sales teams to focus on those who show interest rather than simply reaching out to every contact and scheduling reminder tasks for future communication.
Customer View: How many emails will this person send me? Once I get to the last email, I'll reply.
Sales Rep View: Any tool that can remove or minimize data entry and document sharing means a rep can spend more time in high-value tasks that generate more sales.
Customer View: By simplifying contract and proposal approvals it makes it easier for me to go from contract to start.
Sales Rep View: The path to success is based on having the information needed to optimize my daily activity. I need to know where I am and where I'm going.
Customer View: The rep is organized and prepared.
Sales Rep View: Not knowing who is going to answer the phone is the worst part of the job.
Customer View: Why is this person calling me if they don't have any idea who I am and the value they can bring to my company?
Sales Rep View: Customer relationship management (CRM) is the foundation of the job. The better the tool, the easier it is to manage the sales process and generate revenue.
Customer View: The sales person follows up with the right message at the right time. It feels like each touchpoint is connected and that they understand my situation and company.
Sales Rep View: When a website visitor raises their hand in need of answers to their questions, we are able to step into the conversation with a warm lead that has raised their hand.
Customer View: When I'm ready to chat with someone I want the ability to do it. Rather than scheduling a call or being placed on hold I prefer chat so I can get my questions answered without disrupting my schedule.
The foundation of sales enablement and an effective sales process are built around this simple, but powerful concept. Every sales activity should be aligned with providing value to prospects.
The point of using content as sales collateral is to further increase the value you're able to provide to your prospect. As such, each piece you use or send to support your sales process should be the most relevant, most supportive, and as valuable as possible.
When a sales rep begins providing content simply because that's what he's been trained to do rather than because it's the best content to support the situation, the benefits of sales enablement all but disappear. Providing value means supplying relevant content to support your prospects' unique needs, help them overcome challenges and pushbacks, and ensure they understand as much as possible about how you're able to help them meet their goal.
The quality of the content being produced will have a dramatic impact on your team's ability to deliver predictable outcomes. While it may seem obvious that you'd want to support your reps with high-quality content, what passes for high-quality content has changed.
It's no longer beneficial to pass on a 500-word blog post that only begins to address your prospect's questions. Instead, you need full-scale resources that present a comprehensive answer.
Put yourself in your prospect's position to determine whether or not your content is actually providing value, or if it's simply making room for further questions and potential pushbacks. Unless you can deliver what your prospect is looking for (and hopefully even more), why send anything at all?
Investing more time in fewer, high-quality pieces of content will deliver better results, period.
This content can come in many forms as well. Where blog posts, white papers, and various written article formats are still highly effective, you may find that you see better results from different multimedia formats.
Videos, webinar recordings, podcasts, and similar audio or video formats give you the potential to deliver a massive amount of information in far less time. You may also find that your prospects are more prone to reviewing an entire video than they would be to read a long article.
Your sales process will evolve and the tools/collateral you use to support it should always be being optimized to suit your current needs.
Your prospects will inevitably fall within a particular stage of the buyer's journey. As such, your content needs to be aligned with the stage(s) it supports.
It should be written in a voice that appeals to that particular stage and supplies the information that helps solve the problems faced in the said stage as well.
A highly efficient sales team is one that shares information about successes and failures between members. Sales reps should be in continual communication with one another to discuss what is working for them and what isn't.
Operating in a highly dynamic environment, sales reps thrive when information is broadcast as a way of working as a collective team rather than focusing on the success of an individual. Often, short-sighted sales reps focus on their own success in the immediate without a clear understanding of how those successes can support their team and improve their future operations on a larger scale.
Encourage a culture of open information and nurturing the success of the entire group. The old story about Sales is that it is hyper-competitive, dog-eat-dog, and cutthroat. The truth is while those environments produced a handful of top sales performers they also devalued the product, wasted talent, and hurt consumer perception.
Create a closed-loop feedback system surrounding your content, best practices, and training to ensure your team is laying it all out on the table. That means using the right tools to properly analyze relevant data and metrics about your content and your sales process as a whole.
Be data driven and analyze which actions support the performance of the entire team. This means regularly updating your marketing team as well. The more Marketing knows about what's working and what's not, the better they can support sales.
Adoption of sales enablement usually has one main obstacle… the sales team.
Salespeople are a historically cagey bunch despite the gregarious requirements of the job. They can be frequently clique-ish, guarded about their work, and even superstitious.
A team that is not meeting goals may be open to input on how to increase performance, but a team that IS reaching quotas is going to be annoyed and resistant that you are interfering with their "mojo" or creating new "busy work." Change is almost always met with resistance because so much of the team's past successes are rooted in the safe haven of "how it's always been done," so just be aware that the brilliant new sales-enablement tools may not be entirely welcome.
Focus on the immediate, tangible benefits for your reps.
Find advocates for a particular technology or tool from within the team.
Asking SDRs to learn a whole new set of tools and SOPs is going to be exhausting and hobble their day-to-day productivity. The new systems will be seen as an obstacle to meeting quotas, so don't introduce more than one change, tool, or system in any given goal period.
Pick something that is easy to learn and that has an easy-to-explain advantage. Lead-generation and enrichment tools are always a great choice because most salespeople are looking for ways to make that process easier.
Auto-dialers are another good choice because the advantages are easy to explain and training for most systems is minimal.
Finally, look for an advocate for each technology or change from within the team. Someone who is willing and eager to adopt a system or tool because it addresses a frequent issue for them.
That rep who is always complaining that they can't find "good prospects" is going to be the right person to champion your new lead generation partner. The SDR who has a hard time keeping track of follow-up emails is going to be the right person to show off the advantages of templates and sequences within your CRM. The one who can't keep products straight will be the best for advocating sales-enablement infographics, whitepapers, and content pieces.
Keep track of the team's comments and issues and spend a little extra time with the reps who have the most potential to become an early, and eager adopter. When the others see that person's numbers climbing, their willingness to embrace change will increase exponentially.
It's all but obvious that the regular changes within the sales environment call for more regular training than most organizations conduct. A few days every quarter (or longer) simply can't cut it when it comes to training your entire sales force on new products, features, methodology, or techniques.
Instead, integrate regular training into your calendar. Ongoing training and communication should be implemented into your content workflow. This way your team will thoroughly understand the most effective tools and processes for any situation throughout the sales cycle.
There is no information or skill gap present when reps are continually educated on current updates.
Many teams will dedicate a portion of each sales meeting to discussing new "Tips and Tricks." This is a great time to introduce new training initiatives and updates to systems that will have an impact on the team's performance.
A – Why does sales enablement fall short?
Typically sales enablement falls short when it's time to implement. There are 3 key reasons for this.
We expounded on the benefits of SMarketing for one reason—it's an extremely important component of effective sales enablement. Maintaining an open line of communication between the two teams is vital to the successful creation of the appropriate collateral and the generation of better-qualified leads.
Marketing needs to support the creation of decision-stage content as well as they do their own awareness- and consideration-stage content.
If Marketing views its job separately to Sales and prioritizes lead generation over their ultimate goal (remember, everyone is on Team Revenue), they'll only be supporting the early phases of the buyer's journey and building funnels with holes through which leads can slip.
B – What are the keys to successful sales enablement?
Sales enablement is about making buying easier. Here are 3 important steps to supporting that goal.
Developing a map of the buyer's journey means more than outlining how your prospects interact with your brand through the stages of the traditional buyer's journey. Your roadmap needs to illustrate your clear understanding of buyer actions independent of their interaction with your company.
You may have a very clear vision of how buyers become aware of your brand, what considerations determine whether they become a qualified lead, and the things that influence their decision to buy or not, but your roadmap needs to show you more.
Work to understand the typical purchase journey of your customers, irrespective of your involvement, in order to determine the best way for you to meet them on their level. Rather than forcing them to follow the lead of your previous customers, identify the characteristics that define the broader scope of their buying process.
Marketing and Sales need to work collaboratively to outline the various steps buyers take before making a purchase decision, then to refine the roadmap based on ongoing insights and continued optimization efforts.
The most effective way to make buying easier is to remove as many obstacles as possible from the purchase path. What that means is identifying recurring pain points, and recurring pain points cannot be discovered in a few customer interviews.
Yes, you might be compelled to address the concerns of an individual, but the primary focus should be turned to addressing issues that air repeatedly throughout both sales conversations and marketing interactions.
This isn't to say that customer interviews should be seen as ineffective, quite the contrary. It's just that they're simply a single facet of the process to defining the most important obstacles facing prospects as they make their way through your buying cycle.
Establish a system where both Marketing and Sales can contribute to an ongoing issues list. For example, keep a log of how often each particular issue arises or have each member of the team assign a priority score for each item on the list where those with the highest score represents the highest priority.
The point is to understand which issues need to be addressed in what order. This way Marketing can begin creating the collateral to support Sales based on the amount of impact it will have on the company's bottom line (Team Revenue!).
One of the best ways to make buying easier is to monitor exactly where leads and customers are in their buying cycle. This way you can work to predict sticking points, pushbacks, and other issues that may arise on their way to a purchase. Momentum is a byproduct of such proactivity, and it typically leads to increased sales volume and pace.
Use automated tools (like those listed in the above sections) to establish a system of predefined indicators to help you analyze where each prospect sits more easily. This way you'll be able to determine what actions need to be taken without the need for individual examination.
C – When is the best time to invest in sales enablement?
Simply put, the best time to invest in sales enablement is before you need it. However, it's rarely the case that companies invest in sales enablement as a proactive measure.
There are a few clear signs that it's time to put some of your budget into empowering your sales and marketing teams. If your sales reps can't find content when they need it, are using the wrong content at the wrong time, or aren't sure which content is effective or not, it's a clear sign that more resources (and effort) need to be directed into remedying these issues.
Furthermore, if your reps aren't completing your internal training, new reps are taking too long to get up to speed, or sales managers aren't delivering standardized coaching, you'll find that the results they're able to produce are far below their potential.
That means they're leaving money on the table every day of the week.
D – How do I deploy sales enablement for my sales organization?
When it comes to optimizing the performance of busy sales and marketing teams, bringing in an outside consultant or partner to help is often the fastest way to produce the desired results. The ability to fast-track the learning curve that comes along with implementing these improvements on your own can save countless hours and capital in the long run.
In fact, the investment of sales enablement partnership typically pays for itself in the short term given the improved sales results. That said, there are a few more tips we can give you to help get you started on your road to sales enablement success.
Define exactly what your sales-enablement program needs to accomplish in order to achieve the desired results. Analyze what issues your sales team is facing and how these issues can be overcome. Then create clear goals and set timelines for when you'll reach them.
With clearly defined goals, it's important to create roles to help facilitate their accomplishment. Determine who in your team is best suited to support others in reaching your objectives for content, training, tools/technology, and strategy/execution.
Once you've established these roles, be sure to hold each role accountable for the objectives they're responsible for. You may even decide to select a single person to oversee all of the roles and manage the entire sales-enablement program.
Many of the tools listed in the previous sections are better suited for different types of sales teams and companies. It's important to closely analyze the needs of your team and determine which tools best support the unique characteristics of your sales team and their sales process.
Make sure to choose the ones that are best suited to increase the efficiency of your sales team, not just those with the flashiest feature set.
Sales enablement involves a variety of departments (Sales, Marketing, HR, IT, etc.) so it's important to get regular feedback from all parties. This way you can ensure that they're being supported in achieving their goals and optimizing their performance to better support the sales process.
Sales readiness is about ensuring EVERY REP has mastered the skills and knowledge needed to outsell the competition.
Does your sales-enablement program have you on a path to growth?
Make sure to avoid focusing on getting buyers to purchase from you and instead concentrate on how your prospects make purchase decisions. Understanding this is fundamental to your success.
Also, tightly align your sales and marketing teams to support the buyer's journey from start to finish—breaking down the historical barriers between those functions in the process. As a result, your company will provide consistent and relevant tools, messaging, and guidance to shape and simplify the purchase journey, drive sales, and ultimately increase loyalty.
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Gekar Sinyik, popularly known as Ganga Lake, is one of the prominent tourist sites in Itanagar. Located 6 kilometers west of the capital city of Itanagar, the lake with its lush vegetations provides a cathartic retreat from the maddening crowd of the city. However, the calm green waters of the lake have a turbulent undercurrent of folklores that have been passed down for centuries. The Nyishi communities have declared it as their heritage site because of its association with the tragic story of Tai Bida, which is lost to many and remains as a fading memory for few.
This heritage walks focuses on reconnecting Gekar Sinyik, a Nyishi Heritage site to the Nyishi folklore of Tai Bida and also explores how the lake got entangled with the folklore of the Chutia Dynasty who ruled Upper Assam and parts of Arunachal Pradesh from the 12th to 17th centuries.
History Department, Dera Natung Government College, Itanagar
Duli Ete
He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History, Dera Natung Government College, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh. He is a graduate from Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, University of Delhi and received his M.A. and MPhil. degrees from the Department of History, University of Delhi, specializing in ancient Indian history. He hails from Aalo, West Siang District, Arunachal Pradesh
Entry Fee of Rs 20 to be borne by the participants.
Photography is allowed.
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From time to time the evidence for the health benefits of certain nutritional therapies accumulates to such an overwhelming that mainstream medicine cannot overlook it. Such is the case with probiotics, generally known as "friendly bacteria" or "good bacteria". The term probiotic actually means "for life", as these healthy live bacteria or yeasts are essential to the functioning of the human body. The World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations define probiotics as "live microorganisms, which, when applied in adequate amounts, confer a health benefit on the host." Probiotics are widely available in foods and supplements.
It was Dr. Eli Metchnikoff, a colleague of Louis Pasteur's, who did the first, innovative work in study regarding Lactobacilli and also other "good" bacteria. Dr. Metchnikoff was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1908 for discovering that these bacteria played a significant role in immunity. Most disease, he surmised, begins in the digestive tract. When the "good" bacteria were not successfully controlling the "bad" ones, Dr. Metchnikoff labeled the condition dysbiosis, which simply means that the bacteria were not living in mutual harmony. His study led to the understanding we have today of the numerous benefits of the good bacteria and the importance of their role in balancing the "bugs".
It is impressive to realize that Acidophilus and Bifidobacterium, as well as the other friendly flora, are part of the 100 trillion bacteria that live together in the human digestion system. All told, these bacteria comprise up to 4 lbs of our body weight!
This fertile colonization of the human body begins well before birth. A baby enters the world with a measure of both good and potentially harmful bacteria. With the very first breath, an infant inhales bacteria from the environment, bringing those "bugs" into the mouth and mucous membranes. After that the bacteria go on to colonize the rest of the body.
There after, the balance of bacteria is in a continuous state of change. Breastmilk provides beneficial bacteria, so as long as a child is nursing, he or she has the benefit of an added boost. Aided by the friendly flora in mother's milk, Acidophilus and other beneficial bacteria established their very own territories where they act to avoid, the potentially harmful accumulation of bugs which might attack the body.
Recently, researchers have come to understand most of the chemical and biological reactions that characterize Acidophilus and other beneficial bacteria. Acidophilus produces an acidic environment, which inhibits the reproduction of many harmful bacteria. Acidophilus also produces, substances called bacteriocins, which function as natural antibiotics to eliminate harmful microorganisms. Together with other friendly flora, Acidophilus also stimulates the immune system by increasing antibody response in the mucous tissues.
Also, friendly bacteria help generate what are known as short-chain fatty acids. These fatty acids are essential as they assist the regeneration of colon cells. They also have anticancer effects.
Acidophiltts and also the friendly flora of the digestive tract help digest foods in the colon, particularly undigested fiber from fruits and vegetables. They assist to digest milk sugar and encourage regular bowel movements. Acidophilus also functions prevent the growth of H. pylori, a bacteria implicated in many cases of stomach ulcers.
Many medical doctors have some understanding about the benefits of friendly flora, other rewards are less well recognized. For example, many physicians are unaware that Acidophilus and the other good flora help produce vitamins in the human body. These include vitamins B2, B3, B5, Bl2, biotin, and vitamin K. Probiotics are also important for proper absorption of minerals in the small intestine.


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Transportation's future, electric vehicles hot topics at BusCon 2017
BusCon 2018 will return to Indianapolis Oct. 1 to 3.
How connected and autonomous technology will impact the transportation industry, the usage of alternative fuels and electric vehicles, and transit maintenance training and best practices were just some of the highlights of BusCon 2017, which was held at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis Sept. 11 to 13.
As always, the show also offered nearly 135 exhibitors and close to 60 vehicles, ranging from transit buses to motorcoaches and cutaways to vans, as well as some of the latest technologies available to operators on the market today.
Although their group was impacted by Hurricane Irma, REV Group made a giant splash on the show floor with an offering from each of their vehicle brands — Champion, Krystal, Federal, World Tran, ElDorado, Collins, ENC, ElDorado Mobility, and Goshen.
Vehicles of note from REV, included the Krystal Sprinter, which was built on the Mercedes-Benz chassis and features wide passenger windows that provide increased visibility and safety for drivers and passengers. Also on the BusCon show floor was the Collins Low-Floor, built on a fuel-efficient front-wheel drive RAM ProMaster chassis, and the Mobility Amerivan PT Dodge, which has passed all applicable FMVSS/CMVSS crash testing requirements, is Altoona-tested, and is FTA-approved for all Buy America applications.
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In addition to its S2C chassis being showcased on a redesigned Krystal luxury coach, Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp. showcased a pre-series production unit of its XBS straight-rail chassis powered by a Cummins L9 330 horsepower engine. The L9-powered XBS also features an Allison B-400 automatic transmission and FCCC's X-Ride rear suspension, which provides a higher weight rating and significant weight reduction, allowing for increased passenger capacity without compromising ride quality and durability, according to FCCC representatives.
Elsewhere on the show floor, Blue Bird and Microbird showcased their vehicles under a solidified and rebranded Blue Bird Commercial Group moniker, while MCI and New Flyer showcased their latest motorcoach and transit offerings side-by-side in one booth.
BusCon attendees had the opportunity to talk with vendors offering an array of the latest tech on the market.
Of the more than 130 exhibitors, more than 20 were new or returning to BusCon, and offered a range of products from telematics solutions to safety cameras and mobile surveillance to passenger entertainment solutions, as well as everything in between. Highlights included several offerings for transit, motorcoach, and shuttle operators from REI, Freedman Seating, and the USSC Group.
Show floor booth award winners included Telma Inc. (Best Booth Display – 300 square feet or smaller); REV Group Inc. (Best Booth Display – 400 square feet or larger); MCI (Best Vehicle Innovation); Stratio Automotive (Best New Product or Service); and Midwest Bus Corp./Byk-Rak (Best On-Site Marketing).
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Tech today and tomorrow
This year's Keynote Address, "How Connected/Autonomous Vehicle Technology will Impact Transportation," delivered by Scott Shogan, connected/automated vehicle (C/AV) market leader for WSP USA, not only touched on the respective technologies, but also separated facts from the myths appearing in the mainstream media, as well as what bus, motorcoach, and shuttle transportation providers' place will be if and when the technology takes hold on a mainstream scale.
WSP USA's Scott Shogan discussed what bus, motorcoach, and shuttle transportation providers' place will be if and when connected/autonomous vehicle technologies takes hold on a mainstream scale.
First, Shogan talked about tech and the automobile industries' race to pilot autonomous vehicles in condensed city settings, as well as bring them to market on a large scale. He also discussed how the automobile industry could flip its sales models to selling mobility as a service, meaning that its vehicles would be sold to private industry transportation providers. He added while many groups working together have discussed aggressive timelines for rolling out their vehicles, he doesn't think it is feasible that C/AV technology reaches Level 5, or large-scale mainstream usage, in the timetables that have been discussed.
Shogan also warned the audience not to fall victim to "shiny object syndrome," adding that while the tech is the newest, latest offering on the market, it is not a silver bullet for everybody's transportation needs and there are infrastructure concerns that must be addressed before it will ever take hold on a large scale.
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Also, while C/AV tech will bring increases in safety and traffic flow on freeways and turnpikes, congestion is still an issue in city environments, with the idea that people will be able to travel to and from work in driverless taxis simply not plausible based on the volumes of people in some large employment centers. Specifically to this point, Shogan discussed how public transportation will have opportunities to be the main form of transportation with autonomous vehicles filling a more first-, last-mile role, or for private operators to run systems that pickup people and shuttle them to autonomous vehicle parking lots, similar to how rental and hotel shuttles function now at airports around the nation.
During the Q&A portion of the Keynote, the audience expressed their concerns with the infrastructure that will be necessary, given the fact that the country is already suffering from infrastructure-related issues, and safety. To these points, Shogan said there are not only concerns about infrastructure but also with the communications, data, and mapping technologies that will have to evolve to accommodate the shift to C/AV. As far as safety, Shogan said it will be interesting to see how the technology will be perceived, especially in regards to the number of fatalities being viewed from a glass half-full or half-empty perspective.
The practical application of the most recent technology to impact the bus transportation industry — electric buses — was discussed during the "What Goes into Electric Bus Implementation?" session, while propane autogas and CNG usage was discussed during the "What Really Goes Into Adding Alternative Fuels to Your Fleet" session.
Educational sessions included a focus on electric buses and alternative fuels, social media, and more.
Key takeaways from both sessions included the need to completely study and identify the positives and negatives of adding the respective propulsion technologies to your fleet, including infrastructure costs, actual fuel savings models, and the amount of training necessary to get not only maintenance and driver staff up to speed but also your customers.
One key warning from both sessions was that finding the right application and route for each of the propulsion technologies is key. At the University of Utah, for example, Alma Allred and Chad Larsen told the crowd that while electric buses worked well on specific routes and that they are expanding their usage of electric buses in the future, other alternative fuels, such as CNG, proved to be more ideal on other routes. Likewise, when discussing the City of La Porte, Ind.'s usage of propane autogas, Tom MacLennan warned the crowd that because of such factors as fleet diversity and application, propane autogas may not be ideal for everybody, though it is working quite well at his and other operations around the nation.
PHOTOS: BusCon 2017 Session, Show Floor Highlights
Finally, all participants in the electric bus and alternative fuel sessions, which also included representatives from the South Bend Public Transportation Corp., Everett Transit, and the University of Texas, suggested that interested operators should reach out to other operators to get their feedback before embarking down the path of any of these propulsion systems.
The United Motorcoach Association partnered with BusCon once again to deliver two informative sessions — "The Capital Cost of Contracting" and "How Mastering Data Q's Can Impact Your Bottom Line." During the former session, Steve Klika discussed how private operators can forge partnerships with public transportation providers to help fill gaps in their service offerings caused by such factors as a reduction in transit funding and ridership decline, to boost their businesses through the increased utilization rates of their fleets.
In addition to discussing the opportunities available, such as paratransit contracts and commuter routes, Steve Klika also explained funding and other grant opportunities available for private operators.
In addition to discussing the opportunities available, such as paratransit contracts and commuter routes, Klika also discussed funding and other grant opportunities available for private operators, as well as tips for how to get started, including taking an active role in the communities operators serve.
He talked about the various opportunities for and benefits for motorcoach operators to partner with public transportation entities, including increasing revenue hours for vehicles; stabilizing management of payroll and indirect costs; promoting business diversity and growth; and recognizing the private operator as a solution for public transit.
Klika explained that the way to go about forming these partnerships is to "understand your community and the challenges it faces…stop living in a box." Some key takeaways included:
Look at the various challenges in the community (i.e. work access) and strategize how you can be a solution.
Get involved in your community.
Talk to your local transit board members, city council people and county commissioners about the problem and the solution you would like to discuss.
Be up front… you have an agenda… grow your business.
Meet with local transit agency leadership to discuss your ideas.
Social media was covered by both Aleja Seabron and Limo University and Inbound Marketing Agents' Bill Faeth during their respective presentations. After giving an overview of the social media platforms available and how to find the best fit for your operation, Seabron's "Creating Your Social Strategy" session stressed the importance of active engagements with the audience, as well as the need to supplement social media content with blogs, which are key to optimizing keywords and Search Engine Optimization.
RELATED: 3 Ways to Boost Your Motorcoach Business Online
Developing a company blog is also a great way to showcase your services and expertise and to connect with your clients in another meaningful and low-cost way, Seabron explained. Tips for blogging include:
Create a content calendar — assign a writer, editor, and due dates.
Use images throughout your posts.
Make sure there are sharing options within your blog pages.
Keep your user experience in mind.
Share across your social platforms.
Offer a newsletter subscription and build your email list.
Aleja Seabron's "Creating Your Social Strategy" session stressed the importance of active engagements with the audience, as well as the need to supplement social media content with blogs, which are key to optimizing keywords and Search Engine Optimization.
Aside from being free, social media is a good investment for companies, one of the benefits of using social media is it allows you to build your brand, earn strong links from reputable sources, and most importantly, interact directly with your consumers, Seabron explained. She also stressed the importance of keeping to a rule of only making 20% of your social media marketing promotional.
During one of his sessions, "Leveraging Automation to Sell 24 Hrs. a Day," Faeth told the audience that social media doesn't work if you are trying to use it to broadcast or sell, adding that content should be aimed at benefitting your customer and not your operation. He also suggested scheduling social media posts and outsourcing content creation to staff to help save those in management time.
Additional sessions covered at BusCon 2017, included a panel discussion on aftersales service and warranties, how to reduce risk using core principles to improve driver safety, and compliance best practices for new and seasoned bus operators.
WAVE's Michael Masquelier discussed inductive charging during this year's TMF.
Transit Maintenance Forum
Returning for its second year, the Transit Maintenance Forum (TMF) also made its return to BusCon 2017, even bigger and better with three days of sessions including tech talks from Allison and Cummins representatives and federal updates from FTA representatives on bus testing and the Transit Asset Management Rule.
Also discussed was the progress being made in developing procurement and workforce development standards for electric buses, the benefits of both conductive and inductive charging solutions for electric buses, and what some transit agencies are doing to fill the maintenance training void at their operations.
BusCon 2018 returns to the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis Oct. 1 to 3.
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Q: Jump to next missing reference using auctex I'm using emacs + auctex for all my TeXing needs and I'm very satisfied with the workflow. However, there's one thing bothering me. Whenver I compile a document (possible consisting of multiple files) and there's a missing reference auctex prints this annoying message
LaTeX Warning: Reference `fig:MyMissingLabel' on page 42 undefined on input line 37.

and that's it. No shortcut for jumping to the missing reference, nada!
I'm aware that I could enable debugging of warnings, however, this is not really suitable in case the document produces other warnings which I don't want to debug¹.
I'd like to have a defun which cycles the point to the locations of the missing references. Thus I have not found anything online, maybe one of you guys can help?
Thanks in advance!
elemakil
[1] E.g. some packages report warnings when not loaded with a version number or something. I don't want to debug this. I'd like to correct my references!

A: The shorcuts in AUCTeX allow you to jump to an error.
The missing references are warnings.
You can activate your desired behavior by treating warnings as errors with TeX-toggle-debug-warnings which is bound to C-c C-t C-w.

A: This question is old, but here's my take.  First, define the function
(defun my-ignore-TeX-warnings (type file line text &rest more)
  (setq ref "LaTeX Warning: Reference")
  (not (string-match-p ref text)))

Then customize the two variables TeX-ignore-warnings and TeX-suppress-ignored-warnings - e.g.,
(custom-set-variables
 ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.
 ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
 ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
 ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
 '(TeX-ignore-warnings 'my-ignore-TeX-warnings)
 '(TeX-suppress-ignored-warnings t))

Note: heed the warning above - i.e., you should only have one custom-set-variables.
Put the code into your ~/.emacs or similar file.  Then, enable TeX-toggle-debug-warnings or through the menu Command->TeXing options->Debug warnings.
Cycling through errors with C-` will include undefined references.  One could extend the code above to also select undefined citations.
Yours,
Christian

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More Than A
Century Of Excellence
With its sterling reputation and over a century of experience, Bellows has become a landmark in the construction industry. Since 1914, Bellows has left its mark with projects in the cultural arts, office/mixed-use, industrial, healthcare, religious, and education sectors.
Warren S. Bellows Founds the Company
Mr. Bellows founded the company in Canada in 1914 and soon moved the company to Kansas City, Missouri. (President from 1914 – 1960; Chairman until his death in 1967)
Company on the Move
In 1920 the company moved to Oklahoma City and won contracts throughout Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, and Tennessee. (Photograph: University of Texas Tower)
Building a Texas Landmark
In 1936 Bellows was awarded the contract to build the San Jacinto Monument which moved the company to Houston.
A Family Business
Warren S. Bellows, Jr. joined the company in 1946, becoming President in 1960. He was Chairman from 1979 until his death in 1996.
A Strong Executive Team
Warren S. Bellows, Jr.'s brother, George F. Bellows joined the company in 1947 and served as President from 1979 until his retirement in 1987.
Establishing a Foundation for Future Growth
Bellows became incorporated in 1947. (Photograph: City National Bank, completed in 1947)
Controlling Glare on Tenneco Building
In 1963, Bellows Construction completed the Tenneco Building, now Kinder Morgan. The windows are recessed from the building's frame to control glare since all four sides of the building are exposed to sun. The building's footprint is an exact square.
ExxonMobil Building (formerly Humble Oil) Reaches New Heights
Bellows completed the ExxonMobil Building (formerly Humble Oil) in 1963. At the time it was the tallest building west of the Mississippi.
Opening Night for the Original Alley Theatre
Bellows completed the original Alley Theatre in Downtown Houston in October 1968. By opening night, November 26, 1968, more than 20,000 subscriptions had been sold!
One Shell Plaza – The World's Tallest Lightweight Concrete Structure
Completed in 1971, One Shell Plaza. It was the tallest concrete building in the world at the time it was built and is still the world's tallest lightweight concrete structure.


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Interviews and Reminiscences
Title: Walt Whitman's Purse
Creator: Anonymous
Whitman Archive ID: med.00604
Source: The New-York Times 17 December 1886: 5. Our transcription is based on a digital image of a microfilm copy of an original issue. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the interviews, see our statement of editorial policy.
Contributors to digital file: Brett Barney and Shea Montgomerey
Cite this page: , . "Walt Whitman's Purse." . The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, and Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 7 January 2022. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
WALT WHITMAN'S PURSE.
A REPORT FROM ACROSS THE SEA THAT
IT IS EMPTY.
A cable dispatch printed yesterday in an evening paper announced that Walt Whitman, the American poet, was in need and almost starving, and that a movement had been started in Scotland to raise money to relieve his necessities. A public appeal had been made and sent to every leading paper in London, accompanied by a letter from Mr. Underwood, United States Consul at Glasgow, indorsing the statement as to Mr. Whitman's condition. It was further stated that a number of Glasgow artists had agreed to each contribute a picture, to be sold at public auction, in behalf of a benefit fund for the poet.
A very stanch friend of the Camden poet and a great admirer of his works is Mr. J. H. Johnston, the jeweler at the corner of Bowery and Broome-street. When his attention was called to the cablegram he read it with much interest. "If we were not in the midst of the holiday trade," he said, "I would jump on the next train for Philadelphia to see Walt. My last visit to Camden was early in October, before I went abroad. I did not see Walt then because he was out, but his housekeeper, Mrs. Davis, told me he was feeble, and she noticed a gradual breaking down physically. I asked her then about his financial condition, and she told me he had been having a pretty hard time, and very little money was coming to him. She did not give me to understand that there was a pressing need for necessities. If Walt was in distress he knows he would not have to look far for substantial aid. To me that London circular sounds like the production of a lunatic. It may be a swindling appeal. There are many ardent admirers of Walt's writings in London and Glasgow, and it would be easy enough to raise a few hundred pounds in as many hours. Why, when I was in Glasgow, I went into a shop and found a copy of the second edition of his works. It is very rare, you know. The owner wouldn't part with it at any price, and I bid as high as $20. An autograph letter of Walt's was sold in this city last Spring for $80 to my knowledge."
From the Philadelphia Call of Last Evening.
Walt Whitman, the poet, was seen this morning by a Call reporter regarding the paragraph which appeared in this morning's papers, stating that subscriptions were being received by the London News to relieve his actual wants. Mr. Whitman denied, laughingly, ever having been in such a condition. He said he had received numerous tokens of regard, pecuniary and otherwise, from English admirers in the past, for which he was very grateful. Should any more such testimonials be tendered him he would accept them likewise and return his heartiest thanks therefor. He said he had been much annoyed by the talk of the New York papers, which, he said, gave exaggerated ideas of his depleted financial condition in their head lines, but came nearer the truth in the body of the article. His health is very good, as is also his appetite.


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Watch Steph Curry break the NBA 3-point record — and see the crowd go wild
Ray Allen's 10-year-old NBA record was no match for Curry.
"The way he changed the game, it's almost like how Babe Ruth changed baseball with the long ball," said TNT announcer and former player Reggie Miller, who is now third on the three-pointer list behind Curry and Allen. "He has changed the game with the three-point ball. How all 30 teams approach the game is because of Number 30."
Reaction? Oh, there was a little bit.
"Just landed in Dallas to see Stephen Curry broke the record and to make it even doper he did it in the GARDEN!!" tweeted NBA legend LeBron James, who was born in the same Akron, Ohio, hospital as Curry, though four years apart. "WOW CONGRATS BROTHER!! INCREDIBLE."
NBA star Kevin Durant is already looking to Curry's future, tweeting, "2974…more on the way. Congrats to the God Stephen Curry."
Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson joined in too, writing, "Congrats legend!"
On Wednesday, Curry himself thanked his fans. "Dream come true," he said in a tweet. "In the Garden too. Thank you everybody for reaching out and showing love. This means so much to me and my family."
Max Verstappen wins F1 championship in season closer, Mercedes launches appeal
Grab two pairs of NFL or MLB gloves for just $15 shipped
WWE is using TikTok to find its next SummerSlam ring announcer


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Rochelle Millard recently lost her husband, Charles 'Catfish Malone' Millard, to COVID-19. The two were married in 1960 and celebrated nearly 60 years of love and laughter together.
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Rochelle holds a photo of her and her husband taken in 2005. Charlie and Rochelle were married in 1960 and celebrated nearly 60 years of love and laughter together.
Anthony Wahl
Charlie and Rochelle on the day of their 50th wedding anniversary celebration in October 2010, with their children—Frank Millard, Shelley (Millard) Rubitsky and Holly Millard—and niece Tiffany Jenson.
Charlie and Rochelle Millard were co-proprietors of Catfish Malone Enterprises and operators of a popcorn wagon, providing extra butter, extra candy fluff and extra syrup to children of all ages. Photograph from Edgerton's Tobacco Days, circa 1995.
Charlie lived a life of character and good humor. He could never understand why anyone would want to live anywhere other than Rock County. Charlie was a son, a brother, a husband, father, and friend. Albion Tiger. Dartball Triples champion. Fulton OG. Charlie is shown here, with his family, Holly Millard, Frank Millard, Shelley (Millard) Rubitsky, Charlie, dog Daisy and Rochelle. Photo circa 1991.
Charlie Millard was a rural letter carrier with the Edgerton post office for 31 years, during which he never revealed the sanctity of the mail. This photograph was taken in November 1990, his last day of work, by one of his postal patrons.
'Catfish Malone' never wanted to leave Rock County. Then COVID-19 made him
By Jonah Beleckis jbeleckis@gazettextra.com
Jonah Beleckis
Reporter - Crime/courts; UW-Whitewater
Charles "Catfish Malone" Millard had his own gravitational pull.
His generosity and loving charisma drew people in, said Holly Millard, one of his daughters.
He was like a celebrity in Edgerton and the small communities within it. His wife of nearly 60 years, Rochelle, said a neighbor boy dressed up as him for Halloween one year.
"We rarely got out of the restaurant without him stopping at four or five different tables," Holly said. "Nope, he's talking to everybody."
At his beloved baseball games, too. Whether he was playing or manning the popcorn wagon—a community staple that sold his favorite snack—he would be chatting with people long after the games ended (and beyond when his kids wanted to go home).
That same pull that drew everyone to Catfish was what he felt was keeping him in Rock County.
He never liked to leave, but Shelley Rubitsky, his other daughter, said he made exceptions for his kids' sporting events and hunting.
"He could never understand why anyone would want to live anywhere other than Rock County, Wisconsin," reads his obituary less than 20 words before it says, "Fing COVID," the insidious disease that took him from his family and home this fall.
Catfish died Oct. 3 after spending some time at a hospital in Edgerton and eventually in Madison. He was 85.
Now Edgerton is without the man who delivered mail for 31 years, a career in which he worked six days a week but still found time to help an old woman pull out her rose bushes and bring a man's car out of a snowy ditch.
The community lost the unofficial mayor of the Oak Hill subdivision, the guy who just so happened to make an extra snow cone so one of his popcorn wagon patrons in need could get one for free.
"I was afraid I wasn't going to be able to explain how wonderful he was," Holly said during an interview over video chat, her voice breaking as she teared up. "I wanted to be sure everybody knew how great he was."
"He never held back on his feelings. So, if you were his friend, you knew you were his friend. There was no question. If he loved you, you knew it," she continued. "I guess that's the best thing I can say. It's just important to stay that way in life because we certainly need more of that."
'Just to say I love you'
The Millards don't really know where Catfish caught COVID-19.
Rochelle said they barely left the house except to go to church, where she said people wore their masks. But he needed to grab onto surfaces to keep his balance.
And Holly said neither she nor her mom got COVID-19 themselves, even though they were the ones who first took him to the hospital. They want everyone to take the coronavirus seriously.
"It just shows, you can ... hardly go anywhere and still get this," she said.
Rochelle had been working outside one fall day when she came inside and her husband said he needed to go to the bathroom. But when he stood up, he went right back down, she said.
They had not yet gone on their daily walk, but Rochelle was getting worried.
She called Holly, who lives nearby. The family first suspected dehydration, but after tests at Edgerton Hospital and Health Services, doctors wondered if it had been some kind of heart problem, Rochelle said.
That required them the next day to send Catfish to Madison, which is where he eventually tested positive for COVID-19.
One particularly tragic element of the pandemic, which has killed well over 300,000 people in the U.S. and more than 100 in Rock County, is how often victims are left without family by their sides.
No holding hands. No final hugs. No kisses on the forehead. Just words shared through a phone, if that.
Loved ones sometimes drop off an infected person at the hospital, only to never see that person again.
Family of health care worker who died of COVID-19 shared final prayers over phone
But sometimes, a small town can pull a few strings for a local celebrity.
Rochelle needed to come by the hospital to fill out paperwork.
"Oh good, you're here," she was told upon her arrival. That's when Catfish was wheeled out of his room, giving them a chance for a five-minute visit.
"Just to say I love you and all that," Rochelle said.
Nursing staff, without Rochelle knowing, had scheduled her husband's departure for the time she came for the paperwork, a gesture that brought Shelley to tears when recalling it.
"This would never have happened anywhere else," Shelley said.
The sanctity of the mail
Everyone knows who Catfish is, but where he got that nickname is a little less clear.
Shelley said the "local lore" is that he might have given himself the nickname, perhaps as part of the citizens band radio culture of the time. The "Malone" part of his nickname is even more of a mystery.
Regardless of its origins, the name became attached to him just like the popcorn wagon—under the name Catfish Malone Enterprises—which was a family venture.
"Do you want to know how many pounds of sugar (are) in a one-gallon thing of snow cone syrup?" Holly asked. "Five … I helped make it."
Others in the area have owned the wagon before, but Rochelle said they have had it for about 11 years.
The wagon often showed up at various baseball and softball games in town, as well as at other local events. They sold popcorn with plenty of butter, caramel corn, snow cones with lots of syrup, soda and cotton candy as tall as Marge Simpson's hair, Holly said.
"He did not skimp," Shelley said.
Baseball was a "driving force" in his life, Shelley said. He played every position at some point, but he was mostly in the outfield.
Her dad would also fall asleep during movies, including during the original release of "Psycho."
He had his "Catfish-isms," too—phrases he used frequently.
Never wanting to leave Rock County (he grew up in Fulton). It's better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it. Dress for the weather, not for looks.
He also always said he would never reveal the sanctity of the mail.
Shelley remembered how one of his mail routes took him briefly into Dane County. When his family would poke fun at him about it—"You left Rock County?"—she said he would shudder and say he couldn't wait to get back in.
Shelley said he got to know generations of people through his work as a mailman. Then he retired and became a school bus driver—meeting the next generation.
Catfish loved kids. But of course, his three children were always his priority.
Shelley remembered him teaching her how to swim and ride a bike by pushing off the picnic table in their backyard. She also learned to whistle like he would when it was a signal for neighborhood kids to go home for dinner.
He was born in 1935, which Holly said might not have been the most progressive time for men who would one day raise daughters. But she said her dad always told his daughters: Don't let anyone say you can't do anything.
"He was the perfect father for me," Holly said.
The night Catfish died, Shelley said the funeral home director came to their home.
The director's assistant gave him the address and asked if he knew Charlie Millard.
"Know him? I only bought about a million snow cones off of him when I was a kid," the director said, as Shelley recalled.
When Catfish went to the hospital in Madison, his family believed they would see him again—even up until the 10th day of his stay there.
But the way COVID-19 attacks the body is still being studied. And it appeared that the disease was attacking him neurologically.
Shelley isn't a doctor, but she said she wondered if the disease targeted where he was weakest, pointing to his vascular dementia and Alzheimer's.
After that 10th day, Shelley said "something changed." He was less verbal. He wasn't eating as much or understanding Rochelle on the phone.
Only a few days later, the family started discussing hospice.
"That's how quickly it changed," Shelley said.
Despite how poorly he was doing medically, there was one bright spot: He had moved beyond the COVID-19 infectious stage.
That meant he could come home to Rock County. Holly said she was told that, in the ambulance, he was alert and looking around.
"He got home that Friday (Oct. 2)," Shelley said. "He didn't make it through the night."
Still, coming home meant his family could hold his hand. He wasn't surrounded by doctors and nurses he just met in a hospital he wasn't used to.
He was where he'd been his entire life.
And his family is forever grateful for what many others who lose their loved ones to COVID-19 are not given. They don't know how others manage to say goodbye from so far away.
"If he hadn't gone home, I don't know," Holly said. "It would have been hard to live with ourselves."
Loved ones outside the immediate family were able to call in and say their goodbyes that evening.
But Catfish, the man who couldn't leave a restaurant without a few extra conversations, the mailman who always chatted up those on his route, the one who gave his kids the "gift of gab," couldn't speak.
"For such a verbal, verbal person his whole life, to have him not be able to talk at the end, was just this strange thing," Holly said.
"Maybe it was his time to be the listener," Shelley responded. "I know he heard them. I know he did."
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Kuala Lumpur is a capital of Malaysia, as well as the most populous city in Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur (KL) is located on the eastern coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It was founded in 1857 by Chinese tin miners. So, it is a relatively new city. Kuala Lumpur is one of our favorite cities in the world. And just in the last 2 years we have been to KL several times, twice we stayed there for a whole month!
First we came to Kuala Lumpur in 2014, on our way from India to Langkawi island, which is located in the northern part of the country. We had arranged a volunteer work there, but our initial plans changed a little bit and we stayed in KL longer than we planned to. During that first stay we got to know this city very well. And during other visits we still found out about other places we didn't even know existed.
Kuala Lumpur is popular because of Petronas Twin Towers (see the picture above). Until year 2004 they were regarded as the world's tallest buildings. Now they still are noteworthy as they are the world's tallest twin buildings. And they look really good!
Kuala Lumpur is a famous stopover destination on the way to other countries in Asia, Europe and Australia. One can find a lot of cheap direct flights to and from various destinations in Asia and various cities in Australia. As well as affordable direct flights to and from Europe (London, Frankfurt, Paris; mostly via Malaysian Airlines).
There are 2 airports in KL: Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) and Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah (SZB) Airport.
Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) is Malaysia's main international airport and one of the major airports in all South East Asia.
KUL has two terminals – KLIA 1 and KLIA 2. KLIA 1 is used by big international companies such as Emirates, KLM, Lufthansa, Malaysia Airlines, Air France, Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways, Turkish Airlines, Vietnam Airlines and many more. KLIA 2 is the low-cost airline terminal.
KLIA 2 is located few kilometres away from KLIA 1. Take an Airport Liner bus or Airport Express / KLIA Transit train to get to / from KLIA 2. Tickets cost 2 – 2,5 RM, which is less than 1 EUR/USD. When we were traveling from KLIA 2 to KLIA 1 we took a free bus, but unfortunately I can't find any information about it now. We just stumbled upon this bus when we were searching for the bus which will take us to KLIA 1. Maybe there isn't one anymore.
KUL is located 61 km south of Kuala Lumpur, in Sepang district. To get there it takes about one hour by bus, half an hour – if you are traveling by train.
You can get a bus or a train to Kuala Lumpur International airport at KL Sentral station. There are several bus companies providing rides to and from KLIA 1 and KLIA 2. The bus journey costs 10 RM (about 2.5 EUR) and takes one hour, as I mentioned before.
Train is faster. There are two types of trains going to Airport – the fast one (Airport Express) and slower one (KLIA Transit). The journey with Airport Express costs 55 RM (about 14 EUR) and takes 28 minutes. KLIA Transit is cheaper and a little bit slower – the journey costs 35 RM (about 9 EUR) and takes 35 minutes.
There is another airport in Kuala Lumpur – Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (aka Subang SkyPark). Unlike KLIA this airport is not the busy one. Only three companies operate there – Firefly, Malindo Air and Malaysian Airlines. There are direct flights to a couple of places in Indonesia, to Koh Samui island in Thailand, few cities in Malaysia and to Singapore. There is a bus to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport from Pasar Seni bus station (number U81). The ticket costs around 3 RM (0.75 EUR). Note – the bus numbers and routes can change, so check online before you go!
There is also a bus shuttle service between Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport and terminals of Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA 1 and KLIA2). The journey takes a while, as the distance between the airports is about 60 kilometers. The tickets costs 10 RM (about 2.5 EUR).
I find Malaysia's intercity bus network well developed and easy to understand. Traveling by bus and train in Malaysia is easy.
Kuala Lumpur's main bus terminal is Terminal Bersepadu Selatan (TBS). Almost all long distance busses depart from TBS. To get there, take KLIA Transit train. The ticket costs 6.50 RM (about 1.5 euro).
There is another one bus terminal – Pudu Sentral, which was used to be city's main bus terminal a couple of years ago. Now it is used as a terminal for short distance buses.
You can take a KTM Intercity train to Kuala Lumpur as well. KTM Intercity trains connect all major cities in Peninsular Malaysia. Also there are cross-border trains to Singapore and Thailand. Mostly Intercity trains arrive to / depart from KL Sentral.
There are a lot of transportation options in Kuala Lumpur.
Rapid KL is a public transportation brand in Kuala Lumpur. Rapid KL transportation system includes metro, monorail, train and bus networks. KL transportation system is easy to understand and efficient. Transport tickets are inexpensive.
There are two metro lines in Kuala Lumpur: Ampang Line and Kelana Jaya Line. One monorail line and two KTM Komuter lines: Rawang – Seremban and Sentui – Port Klang. And of course KLIA Express and KLIA Transit. As I mentioned above, these go to the Airport. You can read more about transport in Kuala Lumpur and see the rail system map on Wonderful Malaysia website. Fares starting at 1,30 RM (about 0.3 EUR), depends on distance.
There are a lot of Rapid KL buses, which are operating not only in Kuala Lumpur city but also outside of it, in Klang Valley. There are several bus zones / areas. For more information, check out Rapid KL webpage. Fares starting at 1 RM (about 0,25 euro), depends on distance and area.
There are free buses in Kuala Lumpur as well. Theses ones are called GoKL City Bus. The buses are kind of pinkish-violet. So, it is easy to spot them, as the color is unusual.
When we last visited Kuala Lumpur there were four of them: red (KL Sentral – Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman), blue (Medan Mara – Bukit Bintang), purple (Pasar Seni – Bukit Bintang) and green (KLCC – Bukit Bintang). Bus service is frequent – 5 minutes during peak hours and 10 minutes during non-peak hours.
Use GoKL buses when you are going to Kuala Lumpur to sight-see! You can get to the most of the popular sights using these buses. Check out the GoKL bus line map.
Taxis are very popular in KL. There are two types of taxis – budget (red and yellow) and executive (blue). Budget taxis are inexpensive. For a 10 km ride we usually paid about 12-16 RM (3-4 euro). During the night (from midnight until about 6 AM) rates are two times higher than in the daytime. Executive taxi, as the name suggests, are more expensive than the budget taxi.
KL taxi drivers are popular online because of their dishonesty, quite lot of them tend to rip off customers and do not use a meter. Well, this can happen anywhere, actually. We have had only good experience with taxi drivers in Kuala Lumpur.
If you are planning to use a taxi in Kuala Lumpur, try Grab app (Asia's Uber; Uber isn't available in KL anymore).
I advise you to use booking sites such as booking.com or Agoda. Kuala Lumpur is huge and it will be hard to find accommodation just wandering around, not knowing where you are going. And also quite often there are promotions on Booking.com and Agoda, that might help you to save some money on accommodation.
The cheapest hotels, guesthouses and hostels can be found in / near China Town, Little India and Bukit Bintang. Prices start from 18 RM (about 4.5 EUR) for a dorm bed and from 36 RM (about 9 EUR) for a double room. Last time we stayed in Bukit Bintang in a room with a private bathroom and air conditioner for about 40 RM (about 10 EUR).
A couple of times we stayed in a room which we rented via Airbnb, in Wangsa Maju neighborhood. But another time we booked a room in a guest house in Bukit Bintang which is close to the center and all the main attractions, because we calculated that it is cheaper than to go to the city center by metro every day. Especially if the room costs are almost the same.
Have you ever dreamed to spend a night in a modern condominium? To swim in a pool on a roof and work out in a gym on twentieth floor? It is possible in KL and it is not something extremely expensive. Studio apartment near city center here come for a price of a cheap hotel room in Western Europe. You can also rent just a room in a condo apartment. Check the rentals on Airbnb!
Register using our Airbnb link and you will get an extra discount! We will get a discount, too.
You won't end up being hungry in Kuala Lumpur as eateries and street food stalls are everywhere.
If you are searching for a nice restaurant, go to a city center, touristic areas and big malls. A lot of nice restaurants are located in Bukit Bintang. For all tastes – Arabic, Western, Indian, Malay, Chinese, Mexican cuisine. Changkat Bukit Bintang is a street where a large number of Kuala Lumpur's most popular bars and restaurants can be found.
Apart from nice restaurants in Bukit Bintang you can also find cheap street food stalls. Head to Jalan Alor, which is one of the most famous roads in Kuala Lumpur because of its stalls and eateries. Jalan Alor is that place with plastic chairs and tables and hawker stalls and several Chinese seafood restaurants. If you have traveled in Asia, you probably know how these places look like. If not – this is your chance to see one with your own eyes.
Hawkers on Jalan Alor sell wide variety of snacks as well, for example, grilled meat on a stick, fish, meatballs, and… grilled frog on a stick! Yummy!
If you are searching for options for an evening out, head to Bukit Bintang, as it is regarded as Kuala Lumpur's best party venue.
Head to China town if you want to try authentic Chinese and Cantonese food in "real Chinese atmosphere". Western restaurants can also be found there, but, of course, the main attraction of this place is savoring Chinese and Cantonese food and snacks. Large number of the restaurants are very simple – those with plastic tables and chairs.
Overall every neighborhood has at least few eateries and stalls. When we were staying in Wangsa Maju, a neighborhood 10 km Southeast of Batu Caves, we saw a lot of different small restaurants, cafes and street food stalls. There was wide variety of food – Chinese, Malay, Indian, international. Pizzas, burgers and fried chicken. And there was a big mall as well.
Food courts are very popular in Kuala Lumpur. More often than not they are located in shopping malls. The most popular ones are: KLCC Signatures food court in Suria KLCC, Food Republic in Pavilion Mall, Hutong Food Court in Lot 10 Mall and Sungei Wang Plaza Food Court.
One of our favorite supermarkets in Kuala Lumpur is Auchan. Fresh bread, sweet buns, packed lunch and sushi are sold there. And after 8 PM these items are discounted (30% off). One more opportunity to save money, if you are on a tight budget!
KL is a good place for shopping. On our way to Nepal we had more than 48-hour layover in KL, so we went shopping for upcoming adventure – Annapurna circuit trail. We visited several stores, markets and supermarkets and totally lost track of time.
So, if you want a couple of days only of shopping, KL will not disappoint you. There are so many places to go to and totally immerse yourself into this task and actually feel like a shopaholic.
On our last visit, when we were browsing for sportswear and some sports accessories, we discovered few good stores for this kind of shopping. Kaspars bought new Salomon shoes and Columbia rain jacket in Sogo KL Department Store. It was a good timing, as many of the items were at a discount, including the stuff we bought.
I bought sports clothing in SportsDirect – a well-known discount shop both in Europe in Asia. There are several SportsDirect stores in Kuala Lumpur, but the one we went to is a flagship store outside KL, in Subang Jaya Industrial Estate, in Selangor. Just some forty-minute bus ride away from KL City.
If you are looking for affordable souvenirs and handicrafts visit Central Market, which is classified as a Heritage Site. It is just a short walk away from famous Petaling Street.
Go to Petaling street if you are looking for cheap clothes, sportswear and beachwear, shoes and accessories. Few street food stalls and restaurants are scattered here and there. That means you won't be hungry during your shopping trip to Petaling Street.
Another good option is Kasturi Walk. It is open-air market, similar to Petaling Street, but not so crowded. There you can find all the cheap stuff as well as fruit and food stalls.
If you find these open air markets too busy, go to Kota Raya Shopping Complex, one of Kuala Lumpur's oldest malls. Inexpensive clothing and shoes are sold there, too.
If you are keen to buy some Indian goods and clothing, head to Little India! Colorful saris and kurtas, incense, Indian spices and groceries, Indian restaurants and street food – just to mention some of the things you can get there.
There are a lot of malls in KL. The most popular ones are Suria KLCC, Pavilion Kuala Lumpur, Lot 10 and Sungei Wang Plaza. SOGO KL Department Store, which I have mentioned above, is one of the largest single department store in Kuala Lumpur and even whole Malaysia. Mostly designer and expensive brand clothes, sportswear and footwear are sold there. Time after time they have discounts, so you can end up buying good stuff surprisingly cheap.
If you have been in Singapore and enjoyed shopping (or just walking around and looking) in Sim Lim Square, you most probably will like Plaza Low Yat as well. For those who don't know – Sim Lim Square (Singapore) and Plaza Low Yat (in Kuala Lumpur) are grand shopping malls specializing in electronics. Plaza Low Yat is located near Bukit Bintang, as well as the popular malls – Lot 10, Pavilion and Sungei Wang.
If you are interested in temples, definitely visit Thean Hou Temple. It is one of the oldest and largest Chinese temples in Southeast Asia. There is a turtle pond (a lot of cute turtles!!), herb garden and a Bodhi tree on the temple grounds.
Another amazing place for temple lovers is Batu Caves. It is a limestone hill that has several caves and cave temples. This place is one of the most popular Hindu shrines outside India. It is located in outside Kuala Lumpur, though. But it doesn't take too long to get there – about 40 minutes from KLCC.
Our favorite attractions in Kuala Lumpur are Bird Park and Aquaria KLCC. Kuala Lumpur Bird Park is World largest free-flight walk-in aviary. Check out our pictures of this bird park! Aquaria KLCC is an aquarium located beneath Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, under Petronas Towers. And it is one of the best aquariums in South East Asia.
If you love butterflies, head to Kuala Lumpur Butterfly Park. It is close to the Bird Park, so you can combine these two activities.
Tickets for all these attractions are not expensive. Aquaria KLCC adult ticket costs 64 RM (about 16 euro), Butterfly park ticket costs 22 RM (about 5,5 euro), but Bird Park – 50 RM (about 10 euro).
If you love just to wander around and love skyscrapers, get off the metro at Petronas towers (metro stop – KLCC) and wander around. There are a lot of tall buildings and their number increases constantly. At some places KL city center looks like a building site. Definitely walk around KLCC park and visit Symphony Lake behind the towers. There is a light and fountain show every evening at the Symphony Lake. Lake Symphony's fountains are on also during the day – from 12:00 – 14:00 on weekdays, and from 10:00 on weekends and public holidays.
Wander around Little India and China Town, the places I mentioned above, in Shopping section. Many interesting buildings and temples are located there. For example, Sri Maha Mariamman Temple in Little India and Sze Ya Temple near China Town.
Visit The National Mosque of Malaysia (Masjid Negara Malaysia), which is the national mosque of Malaysia. Jamek Mosque (Masjid Jamek) is another impressive mosque and it is one of the oldest mosques in Kuala Lumpur. Visit Sultan Abdul Samad Building. It is an impressive building which now houses the offices of the Ministry of Information, Communications and Culture of Malaysia.
Want to get a bird's-eye view of Kuala Lumpur? There are two places: Petronas towers' sky bridge and the observation platform in KL Tower (Menara Kuala Lumpur).
Twin towers' sky bridge connects the two towers, and it is suspended at 170 meters above ground. Buy a ticket at least 2-3 days in advance.
The other option is KL Tower's observation desk, which is located 276 meters above ground. The ticket costs 52 RM (about 13 EUR). But if you want to get even higher, it is also possible. Buy ticket for 105 RM (about 21 EUR) RM and you will be able to go to The Skydeck, which is the 360° platform on the top part of the tower.
If you are into theme parks, there are a couple of theme parks in KL and a couple – outside KL as well. The best, in my opinion, is Sunway Lagoon theme park. It is one of the best theme parks in all of Asia and it is grand! There are several areas – parks inside the park. Nickelodeon Lagoon, Water Park, Amusement Park, Wildlife Park, Scream Park and Extreme Park. Tickets cost 150 RM. Admission Ticket includes entry to all parks and all attractions. Well, to most attractions. As there are few pay-per- ride activities, for example, Bungee Jump.
See also our list of the best places to visit in Kuala Lumpur!
I really hope you won't have any health issues during your travels, but better safe than sorry.
There is a good government hospital, not far from the city center, on Jalan Pahang street. It is one of the largest hospitals in Asia. I am not surprised about this fact, as this is not the first place in Malaysia which is regarded as "one of the largest something" or "biggest something". Malaysians are really good at many things.
Anyway, hospital charges are not high. I fractured my finger in KL (fell from a bike) and paid 50 RM (about 12.5 EUR) for an inspection, an X-ray, medicine and a cast!
Of course, this wasn't the only one time I went there. I paid another 100 RM (about 25 EUR) for another two visits, and again this paid for everything (another X-ray and medicine). Remember, hospital visit might take some time (in my case – few hours), as the queues are quite long.
There are several private hospitals. The most popular private hospital in Kuala Lumpur is Columbia Asia Hospital. But note – these hospitals might be pricey.
There are a lot of clinics everywhere in KL, but I advise you to go to one of the hospitals, if you seek medical attention. There are a lot of pharmacies, as well. Some basic medication (painkillers, diarrhea meds, gauze, antiseptic cream and liquid, etc.) you can buy in Guardian and Watsons health and beauty stores.
If you still have some questions about traveling in Malaysia, contact us!
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1) UBER has been bought over by Grab, so there's only one ride hailing service available. But it's still better than taking regular cabs, because even *I* have been ripped off by them. Good to know that you've only had good experience with them.
3) Cheap healthcare = public hospitals = long queues. Be prepared to spend about half a day.
4) Petaling street/Chinatown is touristy, so please haggle before buying. It's really not what it used to be as the stalls are mostly manned by foreign help. For real shopping bargains, check out Kenanga Wholesale Center.
5) Most service staff in food stalls, restaurants, shops etc are not Malaysians, they're mostly Bangladeshi, Burmese, Filipino, Indonesian or Nepali. So yeah, your interaction could be limited to only non- Malaysians.
By the way, we have another article about top places to visit in KL, which migh be useful if someone asks you what to do in KL and you don't want to write/talk too much, ha – https://wearefromlatvia.com/best-places-to-visit-in-kuala-lumpur-malaysia/.


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