MedPage Today reports that the AAP recommendations, published in the November issue of Pediatrics, “go beyond [sudden infant death syndrome] SIDS and focus on providing a safe sleeping environment for infants to reduce the risk of all sleep-related deaths.” The group “also recommends avoidance of any commercial devices purported to prevent SIDS.” The guidelines say that “breastfeeding and immunization protect babies against” SIDS.

The Wall Street Journal reports that the guidelines recommend infants be offered pacifiers because their use has been shown to reduce SIDS risk. Another suggestion is having the baby sleep in the same room, but not the same bed, as the parents.

The “Shots” blog of NPR reports Rachel Moon, chairwoman of the AAP Task Force on SIDS, said that “the only thing that should be in the crib is the mattress with a tightly fitting sheet and the baby.” This story is also covered by the Los Angeles Times, the “Daily Dose” blog of the Boston Globe, WebMD, the website of CBS News, and Reuters.

From the American Association of Justice press release.

These computer safety tips are adapted from a publication by the Texas Young Lawyers Association:

• Keep computers in a common area of the home so you can monitor your child’s online activities.
• Encourage your child to use a nickname rather than his or her real name when online.
• Tell your child to be careful when posing for pictures or videos.
• Remind your children that anything they post can potentially be viewed by millions of people.
• Teach your child to think about what he or she is posting before doing so.
• Tell your child it’s never okay to meet someone he or she has met only online.
• Teach your children to keep identifying information about themselves and photos off of their blogs and social networking profiles.
• Learn about the social networking sites your child uses; if he or she has a MySpace page, learn how to use MySpace.
• Teach your children to set their personal settings on social networking sites to “private” and make sure they “friend” you.
• Be engaged, and communicate with your child; let him or her know that you will check the computer history and text messages or even Google their names.
• Tell your child to keep passwords secret. Watch your child for signs of cyber-bullying.
• If your child is being cyber-bullied, save all evidence, including e-mails and text messages.
• Tell your children to talk to an adult if they are being cyber-bullied.
• Remind your children to treat others the way they would like to be treated.
• If your child knows someone who is being cyber-bullied, encourage him or her to reach out and help that person.
• Teach your child not to forward photos that may be embarrassing or hurtful to others.
• Talk with your child and create a relationship of trust.

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According to Acharya’s post, this addition to Google Scholar will allow the average citizen to:

∙ be empowered by helping them learn more about the laws that govern us all;
∙ understand how an opinion has influenced other decisions by exploring citing and related cases using the Cited by and Related articles links on search result pages; and
∙ learn about the intricacies of law in the context of real-life situations.

We are grateful to the Google Blog for making everyone aware of this new feature. The following individuals are to be thanked as well for their efforts in making these legal resources available through Google: Tom Bruce (Cornell LII), Jerry Dupont (LLMC), Graham Greenleaf and Andrew Mowbray (AustLII), Carl Malamud (Public.Resource.Org), Daniel Poulin (LexUM), Tim Stanley (Justia), Joe Ury (BAILII), and Tim Wu (AltLaw).

Since we practice Social Security Disability law in Texas, which is in the Fifth Circuit, we gave the Google Scholar a test. We entered the following search terms: “treating physician fifth circuit”

This search pulled up the important Fifth Circuit case from the year 2000 where the court set out, in Newton v. Apfel 209 F.3d 448 (5th Cir. 2000), the rules that govern how the Social Security Administration assigns weight to medical opinions and treating physician opinions.

Go to the site and watch the video demo – there’s a link to the video down on the right side of the home page. Here is the statement of goals from the site:

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