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The revised standards are consistent with provisions of the Federal Credit Reform Act , and require that direct and guaranteed loans be accounted for on a present value basis , fully recognizing actual and expected credit program costs . First , we travel south of Mandalay to visit a wholesale snake operation , whose stock is used in Chinese traditional medicine . A distinctive aroma issues from its core , the distilled essence of putrefaction , the miasmal remains of the thousands of dead animals that Bandar has preserved in his fantastic collection of skulls . Although illegal in Myanmar , the snake trade thrives in the region around Mandalay .