Some Scout Report readers might be wondering "How do Europeans feel about the euro?" or even "What do Europeans think about the effectiveness of different energy policies?" All of the answers to these questions (and many more) can be found on the European Commission's Public Opinion site. The site contains the results from surveys conducted with Europeans on their attitudes towards alcohol, the...

Questions regarding asylum seekers and other related matters can be quite complex, so it's nice to learn about this particular website. European Country of Origin Information (ECOI).net "gathers, structures and processes publicly available country of origin information with a focus on the needs of asylum lawyers, refugee counsels and persons deciding on claims for asylum and other forms of...

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is a "consultative body of the European Union." The EESC is meant to serve as "a bridge between European and organized civil society", and their work includes networking with other governmental organization, adopting policy resolutions and suggestions, and researching energy issues, among other things. The materials on the site are divided into...

As a part of the European Commission, the European Judicial Network is primarily concerned with providing information about community law, European law, and various aspects of civil and commercial law. The homepage is well-organized, and visitors can start by clicking on the topic page sections, which cover everything from bringing a case to court to alternative dispute resolutions. On the...

The European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH) was started in 2003, and it quickly gained the cooperation of the three countries (Belgium, Great Britain and Germany) that were the heart of the Industrial Revolution. The ERIH brought together non-profits, academic institutions, and tourism organizations with the goal to "protect Europe's industrial heritage sites and use their preservation as a...

Descartes, Michelangelo, and other notable European figures are all presented and accounted for within the Europeana archive. This prodigious site includes over 4.6 million digital items culled from over 100 institutions, including the National Archives of Finland, the European Archive, the Louvre, and the Slovak National Gallery. To get acquainted with this collection, users should browse on over...

What's the best way to evaluate teachers? It is certainly a controversial subject in the world of education reform policy, and recently a group of education scholars came together to take a critical look at the subject. This 13-page report from the Brookings Institution's Brown Center Task Group on Teacher Quality looks into the nature of value-added evaluation. Published in November 2010, the...

Illusionist and conjurer Henry Evans, or "Evanion" (his stage name), was quite a force to be reckoned with in the second half of the 19th century. During his long career, he used his theatrical experience to collect a vast amount of printed ephemera related to entertainment and everyday life in Victorian England. Evan's collection was purchased by the British Museum in 1895, and recently the...

Eve Drewelowe was a native of Iowa and in 1924 became the first recipient of a graduate degree in fine arts from the University of Iowa. During an around the world trip, she filled seven sketchbooks with her work. But, after a "health crisis," she recommitted herself to painting, and produced work in "impressionist, social realist, and abstract expressionist styles." One look at the...

Local man envisions small turbines taking wind power to the people http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/206643 Wind may carry jobs to N.C. http://www.newsobserver.com/business/story/632077.html Cape Wind: America's First Offshore Wind Farm on Nantucket Sound [pdf] http://www.capewind.org/ Save our Sound [pdf] http://www.saveoursound.org/ EERE: Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program...