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Paul D. McDonald, MBA, DTM, and Labutnum of the Encyclopedia, (born July 19, 1968)*, is a speaker, writer, and consultant. Paul earned a Master of Business Administration from Keller Graduate School of Management in Chicago, Illinois and a Bachelor of Arts in Physics from Southwestern College. He also earned an Associate of Arts from Cloud County Community College as well as completed additonal coursework at Kansas State University, Missouri Western State University, and Harper College.
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*When I'm dead, I wonder who is going to change this?

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Wikipedia main page screenshot, evening of December 23, 2015, Central time zone (US). Note featured article of William Wurtenburg in top left hand column.

The Wikipedia main page featured William Wurtenburg on December 24, 2015. This was an article I originally created on June 16, 2008. Thanks to all Wikipedia editors including @A Texas Historian:, @Jweiss11:, and others who also helped improve it. The article as it exists now looks so much better than what I made.

I created the original article on June 16, 2008 as a part of a campaign to complete articles for every head football coach for United States Naval Academy. Coach Wurtenburg was head coach for the 1894 season and led the team to a record of 4 wins, 1 loss, and 2 ties. Their only loss that year was to Pennsylvania who ended the season as undefeated national champions.

As you can tell by visiting the article page now, it has been greatly enhanced to include his coaching at Dartmouth and his time as a player at Yale where he was a part of the 1887 National Championship team, finishing with a record of 9 wins and 0 losses. After coaching, he became an official for college football.

Around 1904, Wurtenburg began pursuing a career as a physician. He set up a medical office near his house in New Haven, Connecticut, and became an ear, nose and throat specialist where he lived until his death in 1957.

It's truly rewarding to see an article that I started end up on the Wikipedia main page! Woo-hoo!!!

Media of the Day

Wikimedia MOTD September 17, 2015

A video I posted was declared Wikimedia's "Media of the Day" on September 17, 2015. Watch closely as the cheese monger at Whole Foods Market in Overland Park, Kansas cracks open a wheel of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese on March 9, 2013 (part of a 2013 world record attempt by Whole Foods Market).

I recorded this video on March 9, 2013 and posted it the next day. It was a recording of one location where Whole Foods Market was attempting (and I believe succeeded) in setting a world record for the most number of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese at the same time. They were attempting this feat by using multiple stores and locations across their service footprint.

The best part was that we all got to sample!

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College Football

Willis S. "Billy" Bates was an American football and basketball coach in the United States. He served as the head football coach at Auburn University (1903), Fairmount College, now known as Wichita State University, (1905–1908), and Southwestern College in Kansas (1914–1925), compiling a career record of 84–52–12. He also coached basketball at Fairmount (1905–1908) and Southwestern (1914–1926), tallying a career mark of 179–79.

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Kansas

1890 Kansas vs. Baker football game
First college football game played in Kansas
1234 Total
Kansas 0900 9
Baker 8086 22
DateNovember 22, 1890
Season1890
LocationBaldwin City, Kansas

The 1890 Kansas vs. Baker football game was an American college football game between the Kansas Jayhawks football team of the University of Kansas and the Baker Wildcats football team of Baker University played on November 22, 1890 in Baldwin City, Kansas. The game ended with Baker winning 22–9.[1] It was the first college football game played in the state of Kansas.[2]


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Midwest Christian College Conference

The Midwest Christian College Conference is a college athletic conference that is a member of the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) and the Association of Christian College Athletics (ACCA).[3]

Member schools:

The conference offers two sports for men's competition and two sports for women's competition. Both men's and women's basketball are provided. Men can also compete in soccer and women in volleyball.[4]

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Jock Sanders (born Jockée Kevin Sanders; 1988 in St. Petersburg, Florida) is an American football receiver and running back for the West Virginia Mountaineers.

Sanders was given three and two stars by different recruiting sites while being recruited by West Virginia, Florida, Ohio State, UCF, Bowling Green University, and South Florida as an athlete. Sanders eventually committed to West Virginia University after a December 2, 2006 visit.

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  1. ^ "Kansas Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
  2. ^ Evans, Harold (August 1940). "College Football in Kansas". Kansas Historical Quarterly. p. 285-311. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
  3. ^ Midwest Christian College Conference MCCC Philosophy
  4. ^ Sports Spectrum Christian College Directory