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and 1987 (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2016). Apart of the golden Triangle, consisting of 367,000 square miles that includes the countries of Laos and Thailand, Kokang and the Wa Region have always been major poppy growing areas in Shan State of Myanmar. These regions as a whole produced 70 per cent of Myanmar’s opium output. Production of opium is attractive to impoverished farmers as the financial return from poppy is 17 times more than that of rice. (Skidmore, Wilson, 2007) (United

Introduction Through partnership, Kazakhstan and China established a dry port called Khorgos that sits on the Trans-Asian railroad. This free economic zone (FEZ) is a vital gateway of trade between the respective nations involved. Each country will invest a combined $2.6B into the infrastructure of Khorgos FEZ. This “Silk Road” trade route initiative has estimates of generating $1T annually. Similar to Jebel Ali FZE in Dubai, Khorgos is a duty and tax-free territory. This area is approximately 300

China, Southern Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, northeastern Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan. Central Asia has many sub-regions, a wide range of altitude belts, and surrounded by some world’s highest mountain ranges, such as the Tien Shan and the Pamir, the latter is known as the “roof of the world”. The mountains of Central Asia have a high level of biological diversity due to its ecosystems, populations, and species because of its unique geographical locations. The mountains play

1. Introduction Kamāl al-Dīn Behzād (c.1450-c.1535), who served royal princes of Timurid (1370-1507) and Safavid (1501-1736) dynasties, is one of the famous painters in Islamic world. Historical records and paintings related to him are so numerous. From the beginning of 20th century, art historians challenged again and again to define the style of his paintings and to attribute the non-signed works to him. However, the characteristics thought as Bihzād style are vague, so the re-examination of his

I like how Lord Loss feeds on the sorrow and misery of humans. His fascination with torture makes him all the more ghastly, “Now I just have the agony and torture of humans to keep me amused.” He enjoys inducing slow, painful deaths upon humans. I think Lord Loss has an arachnid quality (eight arms) and bears semblance to a spider (sometimes moves by crawling across his strong webbing). His throne too is in the shape of a spider. Least favourite character and why: Billy (Bill-E) Spleen nicknamed

Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Order and its Los Angeles branch temple, Hsi Lai Temple practices Humanistic Buddhism. Humanistic Buddhism is the teaching of Buddha. It affirms that the Buddha was born into the human world, and was cultivated in this world. The difference is that Buddha was enlightened in this human world and he taught other human beings in this world how to reach Nirvana, the freedom from suffering, in this human world and not apart from it. Buddha taught others that it is through our humanity

of how the power distributes religion. By relating to the definition of power, I argue that, for the members of this community, ‘power’ is about ease and security- no inequality. The first observation that I had seen to our visit to the “Fo Guang Shan Temple” that stood out to me the most were the Buddha statues. Inside the shrine, in the prayer room, were five large Buddha statues and each wall in the room was occupied with images of small carved Buddha’s; both female and male. Along the left side

This is when Darren Shan really starts to leave readers mystified readers in the way that events take place and how they take place. Darren and Larten must make a trip to a place called Vampire Mountain ( white house of the vampire world ). When there the questioning of Larten’s

Darren is a half vampire. His mentor Mr. Crepsley. He is the one who turned him into a half vampire. He had to run away from his family so that he would not hurt them. Whenever he interacts with humans something bad happens. He always hurts them. Darren does not like being a vampire. He gets lonely. So, Mr. Crepsley took Darren to the Cirque du Freak. Darren refuses to drink blood and eventually if he does not drink he will die. Darren first met Evra. He is half snake half human. They became best

faiths, demystifying them, as an attempt to unlearn this xenophobia. Buddhism captured my interest, being that it was not much like the organized religion to which I was accustomed. My fieldsite was the Fo Guang Shan Hsi Lai Buddhist Temple in Hacienda Heights, California. Fo Guang Shan is a movement intended to unite the eight sects of Chinese Buddhism, and Hsi Lai is the name of the temple itself. I decided to take a self-guided cassette tour of the temple. Starting at the top of the steps leading