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Selecting Quirks Mode vs. Standards Mode

To provide better cross-browser compatibility, GWT sets the doctype declaration to HTML 4.01 Transitional. This, in turn, sets the browser's rendering engine to "Quirks Mode". If you instead want to render the application in "Standards Mode", there are a number of other doctypes you can use to force the browser to this render mode. In general, GWT applications will work in "Standards Mode" just as well as "Quirks Mode", but in some cases using widgets like panels and such may not render correctly. This problem has been greatly improved since GWT 1.5, and more work is being done to solve this problem once and for all.

The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (Ceop) centre - the UK law enforcement agency tasked with tracing online sex offenders - already offers a report button for websites.

Clicking the button allows users to contact specially-trained Ceop officers for advice and Ceop says it receives 10,000 hits a month.

Brachial plexus avulsions

In this type of injury, the brachial plexus (a bundle of nerves that sends signals from the spine to the arms, shoulders, and hands) is torn from its attachment to the spine. One common cause of this injury is when a baby's shoulders rotate in the birth canal during delivery and cause the brachial plexus to stretch and tear.^[17] It occurs in 1-2 out of every 1,000 births.^[18] Shoulder trauma during motor vehicle accidents is another common cause.^[19] Detachment of the nerves causes pain and loss of function in the arms, shoulders, and hands. Neuropathic pain can be treated with medication, but function can only be restored through surgical reattachment or nerve grafts.^[19] For intractable pain, a procedure called dorsal root entry zone (DREZ) lesioning is effective.^[19]