Appleton, Wisconsin

His father was Hyman Kotkin and his mother was Rebecca Kotkin. Unlike Harry Houdini, David Copperfield was an only child. Like Houdini, David Copperfield started doing magic at a young age; only he started when he was about twelve years old. About four years after he started doing magic, he was teaching a course in magic at New York University. Copperfield was engaged to Claudia Schiffer for about six years, but unlike Houdini he has not gotten married, he broke it off with Claudia a short…

pseudoarchaeological claims stem from the racism of the Europeans. The Mound Builders were Native Americans who, during time periods between 2,200 and 1,600 years ago, would construct mounds across what is now modern-day Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, and other locations along the Mississippi River and Ohio River. The term “Mound Builders” stemmed from when nobody knew how these…

For a short while, the city hired a retired police officer as the interim Chief. He used to be the Chief of Police for many cities in the country. He started off in Wisconsin and ended in Green Bay. He was once the Chief of Police for Kansas City. He did get involved of the hiring process. The first meeting I attended, the crime numbers for the city were as expected. Most of the city’s crime stays consistent throughout…

If children are consuming about 50 percent of their total fat, carbohydrates or sugar, during lunch, that leaves them with a problem for dinner. A child whose parents do not have time to make them a lunch, should not have to limit what they eat at breakfast and dinner. It should be the school's job to make the lunches healthier. Another problem with the lunches, are that students are all different sizes, with equally diverse exercise habits. Some play sports, and others get all their…

Meet the Author Ray Bradbury is a renowned writer who published over five-hundred different pieces of literature, such as numerous books, screen plays, operas, and poems. Bradbury impacted many people from his writings, influencing them to think of the future and focus on their dreams. Ray Bradbury was born on August 22, 1920 in Waukegan, Illinois. Born into a poor family of seven, he used writing to entertain himself as a young child through his teen years. He had a great imagination and had…

In America there have been two Red Scares that occurred, one in the 1920s and the other in 1950s. Both Red Scares in America arose out of fear of communism and foreign policy that could have impacted America greatly, especially since both Red Scares occurred after World War One and World War Two. After World War Two the United States developed a policy of containment to try and stop the spread of Communism. After the Second World War the United States entered the Cold War against the Soviet…

1) Describe Slave Codes – what were the 5 central conditions? How did this affect their racial formation’ and what is the importance of Africa to African Americans today? (Be sure to include Afrocentric perspective) (p.?) Slave codes were law in each of the United States defining the status of slaves and the rights of the masters. (Chapter 7, Page 168) There were also demonstrated legal sanctions over the black population that pushed the harsh restrictions on slave’s freedom and gave the slave…