Hepatomegaly is the condition of having an enlarged liver.[1] It is a non-specific medical sign having many causes, which can broadly be broken down into infection, hepatic tumours, or metabolic disorder. Often, hepatomegaly will present as an abdominal mass.
Brad Pitt is reported to be banned from entering the Chinese mainland for life after starring in the film Seven Years in Tibet, which presents a sympathetic portrait of the Dalai Lama. As for Richard Gere he is banned from entering China because of his support for the Tibetan independence movement and the Dalai Lama.
The 19 states in red permit corporal punishment in schools, while those in white have banned it.Center for Effective Discipline. In 19 states, it's legal for teachers or principals to punish public school students by hitting them repeatedly instead of just giving them detention. This map from the Center for Effective Discipline shows the 19 states, in red, which have laws allowing corporal punishment in schools. Shown in white are the 31 states that have banned corporal punishment, most recently in Ohio in 2009 and New Mexico in 2011. In practice, it's becoming less common for schools to administer corporal punishment â even in states that technically allow it. Business Insider editor Erin Fuchs, for example, grew up in suburban Atlanta in the '90s and doesn't recall teachers ever hitting her classmates.