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<br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER <br /> <br />April 21, 2011 <br /> <br /> City of Eugene <br /> 777 Pearl Street, Room 105 <br /> Eugene, Oregon 97401-2793 <br /> (541) 682-5010 <br /> (541) 682-5414 (FAX) <br /> www.eugene-or.gov <br /> <br />IN THIS WEEK’S EDITION <br /> <br />DISCOVER “THE HIDDEN BRAIN” AT EUGENE PUBLIC LIBRARY <br />ONLINE GUIDE USERS GET ENHANCED EXPERIENCE <br /> <br />AROUND THE CITY <br />Discover “The Hidden Brain” at Eugene Public Library <br />On Saturday, April 30, at 2 p.m., the Downtown Library will host a free talk by Shankar Vedantam, author of “The <br />Hidden Brain: How Our Unconscious Minds Elect Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars, and Save Our Lives.” <br /> <br />Vedantam’s work explains the powerful impact of stereotypes and prejudices <br />we don’t realize we hold. Using fascinating real-life examples and the latest <br />research, he exposes the hidden brain, which directs our decisions without our <br />awareness. It offers new answers to questions such as how children learn to <br />be racially biased and why it’s so difficult to teach them otherwise. And why the <br />public tends to be riveted by the plight of a single puppy, yet quickly bored by <br />reports of mass human suffering. <br /> <br />According to Vedantam, “The hidden brain decides whom we fall in love with <br />and whom we hate. It tells us to vote for the white candidate and convict the <br />dark-skinned defendant, to hire the thin woman but pay her less than the man <br />doing the same job. It can direct us to safety when disaster strikes and move <br />us to extraordinary acts of altruism. But it can also be manipulated to turn an <br />ordinary person into a suicide terrorist or a group of bystanders into a mob.” <br /> <br />Vedantam is a national science writer for The Washington Post, a columnist for Slate, and a Nieman Fellow at <br />Harvard University. He appears frequently in the media. Books will be available for purchase and signing courtesy of <br />the University of Oregon Bookstore/Duck Store. <br /> <br />For more information, contact the Eugene Public Library at 541-682-5450 or www.eugene-or.gov/library. <br /> <br />Online Guide Users Get Enhanced Experience <br />The newly enhanced online Recreation Guide now features <br />color and hyperlinks to make viewing and registration a <br />snap. The 92-page online summer Recreation Guide is as <br />easy to navigate as the paper version, featuring virtual page <br />turning and hyperlinks to quickly move from the table of <br />contents to activity descriptions and from there to the <br />registration page for most activities with just one click. <br /> <br />Many of the web and email addresses in the online guide <br />are also quick hotlinks to more information. <br /> <br />The enhanced online guide is part of Recreation Service’s <br />effort to encourage more Recreation patrons to opt to <br />receive an email notice when a new guide is available <br />instead of receiving a paper guide in the mail. Once an <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 <br />April 21, 2011 <br />