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SPORTS TEAMS, TOYS AND MERCHANDIZING THAT REFERENCE MATERIALS, STEEL, FERTILIZER, THE ELEMENTS AND THEIR PROPERTIES

SPORTS TEAMS:

The Pittsburgh Steelers: A professional American football team founded in 1933 and based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They compete in the National Football League (NFL). To date, the Steelers have won more Super Bowl Titles (6) and hosted more conference championship games (11) than any other NFL Team.

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Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs: A minor league baseball team that plays in the International League that operate in Eastern US. They are a Triple-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies and play their home games at Coca-Cola Park, located in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

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Albuquerque Isotopes: A minor league baseball team based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, who plays with the Pacific Coast League and is a Triple-A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies. Home games are played at Isotope Park.

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Portland Steel: A professional arena football team based in Portland, Oregon, and a member of the National Conference of the Arena Football League (AFL). Originally named “Portland Thunder” when they were established in 2013, they changed their name to “Portland Steel” earlier this year in February 2016.

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Idaho Steelheads: A US professional minor league ice hockey team that are based in Boise, Idaho. They were initially established in 1997 and began playing for the ECHL for its Mountain Division in the Western Conference beginning 2003. Notably, although the word “Steel” is in its name, its logo actually refers to the fish species of steelheads.

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Bethlehem Steel FC: A US professional soccer team founded in 2015 and based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, part of the Lehigh Valley region. The team plays in the United Soccer League, the third tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and are the official affiliate of the Philadelphia Union of Major League Soccer.

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TOYS:

Periodic Table Building Blocks: A set of 20 wooden building blocks marked with the elements of the periodic table, distributed by ThinkGeek, a company established in 1999 that encourages consumers to “embrace their inner geek”. http://www.thinkgeek.com/about-us/ Copyright: Copyright protected, all rights reserved. For inquiries regarding licensing and permissions, please contact ThinkGeek by submitting a request via the following website: http://www.thinkgeek.com/help/news-press.shtml

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Cyanamid Farm Supply Vintage Tonka Truck: A 1969-1970 vintage Tonka truck marked with the company label “Cyanamid Farm Supply” – a mid-western fertilizer company. The trucks were apparently given out to customers as a form of promotion but never widely distributed elsewhere. Copyright: Copyright protected, all rights reserved. For copyright licensing inquiries, contact Funrise Toy Corporation: (Mail) 7811 Lemona Avenue, Van Nuys, CA 91405, (Tel) 1-818-883-2400. Alternatively, contact Canadian distributors at Shelcore Canada, (Mail) 18 Mollard Court, Unit 5/6, Barrie ON, L$N 8Y1, Canada, (Tel) 1-705-812-1715.

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MERCHANDISING:

ThinkGeek Inc.: A company established in 1999 that is based is Fairfax, Virginia. It produces a variety of products, including clothing, home décor, unique gift ideas, toys, gadgets and electronics. Its website explains that the company is “obsessed with creating and sharing a unique and authentic product experience that stimulates our fans’ imagination and fuel their geek core.” As apart of its selection is a wide variety of items related to chemistry and the periodic table in particular (see below). Copyright: Copyright protected, all rights reserved. For inquiries regarding licensing and permissions, please contact ThinkGeek by submitting a request via the following website: http://www.thinkgeek.com/help/news-press.shtml