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The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in Oakland, California. They play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . The Raiders began play in the American Football League in 1960 and joined the NFL in the... AFL–NFL merger of 1970. The Raiders were formed in 1960, taking a spot in the newly formed AFL that had been vacated when the owners of the as-yet unnamed Minneapolis-Saint Paul franchise reneged on its agreement with the AFL and joined the NFL as the Minnesota Vikings. The city of Oakland took Minneapolis-Saint Paul's place in the league and inherited their inaugural draft selections, and the Raiders began play in the 1960 American Football League season. The team relocated to Los Angeles for thirteen seasons, 1982 to 1994. They returned to Oakland in 1995. During their first three seasons, the Raiders struggled both on and off the field. In 1963, Al Davis was brought to the team as head coach and general manager, and from 1963 until 2002 the team had only seven losing seasons.
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The University of Maryland, College Park is a public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C. Founded in 1856, the University of Maryland is the flagship institution of the University System of Maryland. With a fall... 2010 enrollment of more than 37,000 students, over 100 undergraduate majors and 120 graduate programs, Maryland is the largest university in the state and the largest in the Washington Metropolitan Area. It is a member of the Association of American Universities and a founding member of the Atlantic Coast Conference athletic league. The University of Maryland's proximity to the nation's capital has resulted in strong research partnerships with the Federal government. Many members of the faculty receive research funding and institutional support from agencies such as the National Institutes of Health, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration , the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Department of Homeland Security.
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Philipsburg is a borough in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located at 40°53′42″N 78°13′09″W / 40.895°N 78.21917°W / 40.895; -78.21917 . It is part of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area.... The city proper contained 2,770 people at the 2010 census, while its urban area, which includes neighboring Chester Hill, North Philipsburg, and South Philipsburg, contained a total of approximately 4,800 people. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.8 square miles , all of it land. Major roads through the area are US Route 322 and State Routes 350, 504, and 53. After coming to America, James and Henry Philips started an exporting business with their base being Philadelphia. Their record books include accounts in Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Alexandria, Norfolk, New York and Charleston. Business was also transacted in the West Indies. Imports included cocoa bean, ginger, molasses, rum, pimento, and tea. The main exports were timber and furs. In later years Hardman Philips wrote the following account.
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