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Article Date IPEMA Takes Leadership Role in Promoting Playground Safety 11/6/2003 Combating Childhood Obesity with Physical Play Opportunities 4/14/2004 The Value and Contribution of Free Play to Children's Development 5/27/2004 The Changing Landscape of Public Playgrounds 5/27/2004 Developmental Domains and Outdoor Play Components 5/27/2004 Play is Essential for Brain Development 5/27/2004 The "Ideal" Outdoor Manufactured Play Environments 5/27/2004 OBESITY: U.S. Health Secretary Tells Americans to 'Get Off the Couch' 5/27/2004 HEADLINE: DANGER! PLAYGROUND! KEEP OUT! 5/27/2004 IPEMA Donates Money for Frost Library 6/23/2004 Municipal Responsibility for Recreation Products 9/16/2004 Children Become Smarter Through Play 10/18/2005 Climbing- A Natural Way to Play 10/18/2005 What In The World Is Brachiating, Anyway? 10/18/2005 Children Develop Better Social Skills Through Play 10/18/2005 Playgrounds Fight Childhood Obesity 10/18/2005 Why You Should Swing Too! 10/18/2005 'The Great American Swing Set is Teetering' appears in USA Today 3/19/2006 IPEMA Announces Release of VoiceofPlay.Com 12/20/2006 An Overview of the Benefits of Vinyl 1/4/2007 IPEMA Response to EWF Combustion Claim 8/17/2007 IPEMA Gives Web Site Front Page a New Look 9/6/2007 Playground Magazine-Use of PVC in Playground Equipment Article 3/30/2009 Page 1 of 2  Document Name Date Description IPEMA Summer 2008 E-Newsletter 12/18/2008 Contents of the Summer E-Newsletter include: Message from the president, information about NRPA, Voice of Play update, and much more. CPSC Communication 11/17/2008 In response to CPSC updating Publication #325, Public Playground Safety Handbook, IPEMA has discovered some discrepancies between that publication and the ASTM standards. Letters were written requesting a face-to-face meeting with CPSC to discuss those differences, and CPSC asked IPEMA to delineate the items that were potential problems. Copies of this correspondence can be found by clicking this link. IPEMA Spring 2008 E-Newsletter 5/19/2008 Contents of IPEMA's Spring E-Newsletter include: Message from the President; Play Advocacy Awards; Play Pledge Release; Committee Updates and More! IPEMA Winter 2008 E-Newsletter 1/28/2008 Contents of IPEMA's Winter E-Newsletter include: IPEMA Legislative Report; NRPA & NPCAI News; Committee Updates; Introduction of 2008 Board of Advisors and More! IPEMA Fall 2007 E-Newsletter 10/16/2007 Contents of IPEMA's Fall E-Newsletter include: New Membership Category Announcement; IPEMA Legislative Report; Review of NRPA; Committee Updates; Playgrounds for Peace and More! IPEMA Response to EWF Combustion Claim 8/17/2007 Review IPEMA's response & compilation of data regarding the Engineered Wood Fiber (EWF) combustion claim. IPEMA Summer 2007 E-Newsletter 6/18/2007 Contents of IPEMA's Summer E-Newsletter include: CSA Standards Update; IPEMA Legislative Report; IPEMA Writes to CPSC; Frost Research Collection Update; Committee Updates; and More! Defense Themes in Playground Equipment Warnings Cases 6/18/2007 This is the first of a regular series about product liability law as it affects playground equipment manufacturers. IPEMA Spring 2007 E-Newsletter 4/12/2007 Learn more about what is new with IPEMA and the play industry! Fractures in New Zealand Elementary School Settings 3/26/2007 CHRISTINE M. RUBIE-DAVIES, PhD MICHAEL A. R. TOWNSEND, PhD BACKGROUND: There is a need for greater international understanding of student safety in schools. This New Zealand study investigated the causes and school location of fractures sustained by students attending elementary school, with special emphasis on the types of fractures sustained following falls from playground equipment of various heights.