Kåfjord Copper Works

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[[File:Voyages de la Commission scientifique du Nord, en Scandinavie, en Laponie, au Spitzberg et aux Feröe - no-nb digibok 2009040611002-120.jpg|thumb|The Alten Copper Works 1852]]

The '''Kåfjord Copper Works''' (, originally '''Alten Copper Mines''' and later '''Alten Copper Works''')<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> was a company established in 1826 to mine copper in [[Kåfjord, Alta|Kåfjord]], Norway.<ref></ref>

After the discovery of copper ore in the area in the 17th century, exploration for ore started in the 18th century. The copper works in Kåfjord operated from 1826 to 1878 under English owners, and again from 1896 to 1909 under Swedish owners.<ref></ref>

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==External links==
* [https://ift.tt/2tUoDTR Kåfjord - byen som forsvant med kopper ressursene] (Kåfjord: The Town That Disappeared Together with Its Copper Resources), article published by the [[World Heritage Rock Art Centre - Alta Museum|Alta Museum]]


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July 01, 2018 at 12:01PM

Abram Amsel

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'''Abram Amsel''' (1922 - 2006) was a Canadian-born American psychologist and faculty member at several universities. A member of the [[National Academy of Sciences]] and a Fellow of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]], he conducted influential research into concepts of reward and nonreward in learning and behavior. Later, his research shifted from [[Behaviorism|learning theory]] to [[neurobiology]].

==Early life==
Amsel was born in [[Montreal]] on December 4, 1922.<ref name="Papini">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> He earned undergraduate and master's degrees in psychology from [[Queen's University]] (1944) and [[McGill University]] (1946), respectively. He completed his Ph.D. at the [[University of Iowa]], where his mentor was learning and motivation researcher [[Kenneth Spence]], who had been a protégé of [[Clark L. Hull]] at [[Yale University]].<ref name=Klein/> Shortly after he finished the Ph.D., Amsel completed research that expanded upon the Hull-Spence theory of learning and motivation. Amsel noted a phenomenon that he called ''frustrative nonreward'' in which a subject is expecting a reward but does not receive one. In this circumstance, nonreward becomes [[aversives|aversive]].

==Career==
He presented his findings on frustrative nonreward at a conference in 1951, but ''[[Psychological Review]]'' rejected the ideas for publication, with one reviewer noting that he was loathe "to revive Hullian theory". Seven years later, the paper was published in ''[[Psychological Bulletin]]'', where it had become the journal's second-most cited paper by the late 1980s.<ref name=Rashotte/> Amsel wrote a book on the concept, ''Frustration Theory: An Analysis of Dispositional Learning and Memory''.<ref name="Aid"></ref> Later in his career, Amsel's research interests evolved from learning theory toward neurobiology as he worked to understand developmental differences in his young and mature rat subjects.<ref name=Rashotte/>

Amsel held faculty appointments at [[H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College|Newcomb College]] (1948-60), the [[University of Toronto]] (1960-69) and the [[University of Texas at Austin]] (1969-99). Amsel replaced Spence at Texas after the latter died of cancer.<ref name=Klein/> He conducted research that clarified the role of nonreward and frustration on [[classical conditioning]].<ref name="Klein">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Amsel founded the journal ''Animal Learning & Behavior'' in 1973; it is now known as ''[[Learning & Behavior]]''.<ref name="Rashotte">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> He was elected chairman of the board of the [[Psychonomic Society]] in 1978.<ref name="Alcalde">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>

He became a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1951 and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1992.<ref name="AAAS">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name="NAS"></ref> He died of [[Alzheimer's disease]] in Austin on August 31, 2006.<ref name=Papini/> Amsel was survived by his wife Tess and their children.<ref name=Papini/> Amsel had a [[Jaguar Cars|Jaguar]] in his garage for many years; he said that the smell of the leather reminded him of when he was dating Tess.<ref name=Klein/>

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July 01, 2018 at 12:00PM

Adolfina Fägerstedt

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'''Adolfina Fägerstedt''' (1811-1902), was a Swedish ballet dancer. She was considered as one of the leading members of the [[Royal Swedish Ballet]] in the 1830s and -40s.

She became a student of the Royal Swedish Ballet in 1821, a figurante in 1827, and a premier dancer (ballerina) from 1831 to 1844 and at that point regarded as a leading member of the Swedish ballet. In the 1830s, she is referred to as the most notable female members of the Royal Swedish Ballet alongside [[Sophie Daguin]], [[Carolina Granberg]] and [[Charlotta Alm]].<ref>Nils Personne: ''[https://ift.tt/2tFHumq Svenska teatern : några anteckningar 7. Under Karl Johanstiden : 1835-1838]''</ref>

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* Nils Personne: ''[https://ift.tt/2tFHumq Svenska teatern : några anteckningar 7. Under Karl Johanstiden : 1835-1838]''
* Fredrik August Dahlgren: ''[https://ift.tt/2IFhPyO Förteckning öfver svenska skådespel uppförda på Stockholms theatrar 1737-1863 och Kongl. Theatrarnes personal 1773-1863. Med flera anteckningar. ]''

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July 01, 2018 at 10:03AM