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Lake Chapala Society's - Personal Enrichment Program (PEP) Click the link below to learn more about the courses that will be offered. LCS members canenroll on-line or visit the LCS Office. [a href="personal_enrichment.php" name="Personal Enrichment Program"]LCS Personal Enrichment Program[/a] Seminars begin November 05, 2019 A minimum of 11 students -- maximum of 20 students per class are required. This is your opportunity to participate in the Lake Chapala Society's new PersonalEnrichment Program designed to fulfill our members' call for more programs that areboth entertaining and informative. Our next series of programs draws from the expertise and experiences ofhighly qualified experts. Each lecturer will present topics that will enrich yourunderstanding of Mexican history, culture and our Lakeside community. The programis open to LCS members only.	*Conecciones* The latest edition Lake Chapala Society's magazine, Conecciones or Connections in English, is now available for reading [a href="https://issuu.com/lakechapalasociety/docs/conecciones_magazine__october" target="_blank" name="Conecciones"] On-Line [/a]. Alternatively, you may download a copy of the magazine to your PC [a href='newsletters.php' target='_blank'] DOWNLOAD HERE [/a]. The mission of this magazine advances the mission of LCS, which is to "promote the active participation of lakeside's inhabitants to improve the quality of life Lakeside."The articles in the magazine have been carefully chosen to entertain, educate, and provide information and inspiration to live a quality life lakeside. The magazine's name, Conecciones—Connections in English—reflects its purpose, with LCS acting as a link that encourages connections amongst our unique populace.With an unconventional spelling the name symbolizes the merging of cultures and ideas.	Tech Help Desk Thursdays, 12:00 - 2:00 PM, Neill James Patio. A tech expert will be available to help with questions and issues with tech devices. Members are encouraged to bring their portable device so that questions can be solved during the sit down. Phones, tablets and Laptops are the devices that can be helped with. Tech Classes 10:00 - 11:30 AM, Sala October 3 - Keeping Your Passwords -- How do you keep track of your passwords? We will discuss why tracking passwordsare vital. We will discuss and install one of the popular and very secure password managers. October 17 - WhatsApp, Messenger, Skype and Texting – There are many options for texting, voice calling and video calling available today. We will discuss and demonstrate the most popular programs. October 24 - Google Photos -- How many photos do you have? Can you find the photos you want? How can you share your photos with others? Are the photos on your tech devices backed up? We will cover the answers to all these questions and its all FREE! October 31 - Chromebooks -- Do you need a new computer? Maybe a Chromebook would be right for you. What is a Chromebook (hint a very inexpensive but very useful laptop computer). The basics of use, price, and how to get one will be covered. November 7 - Chromebooks -- Do you need a new computer? Maybe a Chromebook would be right for you. What is a Chromebook (hint a very inexpensive but very useful laptop computer). The basics of use, price, and how to get one will be covered. November 21 - Creating Photo Books --You probably have lots of photos of family and friends. Since you are in Mexico and many of your friends and family aren't, how can you get physical photo memories to them? Come find out how to do this. You must be an LCS member to participate. There is no charge. Class size is limited to 20 persons. You must be registered to attend. To register send an email to [a href="mailto:lcs.tech.training@gmail.com"]lcs.tech.training@gmail.com [/a] with your LCS membership number. Membership must be current at the time of the registration and throughout the course.	The LCS campus will be closed Monday, October 14, in observance of Canada's Thanksgiving Day holiday. Canada has celebrated Thanksgiving annually since 1879, though the date was not fixed until 1957 when the Canadian Parliament established the second Monday in October for its celebration.
TED Talks Tuesday, October 15, 12:00 - 1:15, LCS Sala Lecture by Rob Reid. Author and Entrepreneur: How Synthetic Biology Could Wipe Out Humanity—and How We Can Stop It Hosted by Susan Weeks The world-changing promise of synthetic biology and gene editing has a dark side. In this far-seeing talk, Reid reviews the risks of a world where more and more people have access to the tools and tech needed to create a doomsday bug that could wipe out humanity -- and suggests that it's time to take this danger seriously.	Prueba Mexico Mexican Tricky Spanish Instructor: Alfredo Perez Course Fee: $250 MXN Course Date: October 15, 1:00 - 3:00 PM Course Location: South Campus Board Room Min/Max Students required: 11/22 Enrollment ends October 12 .[a href='prueba_mexico_form.php' target='_blank']CLICK HERE TO ENROLL ON-LINE[/a] ORSign-up at Service desk. LCS Members only. Membership must be current. No Refunds Description: Anyone who is learning another language will tell you that you cannot translate directly between two languages. The way native speakers rearrange the words they use in their phrases and the extra meanings added to them can lead us to confusion and perhaps put us in some awkward situation when we want to express ourselves in another language. Think of the verbs conocer/saber. In English we say 'to know', but depending on the context and the ideas, they can even mean to meet. Let's learn the differences and express ourselves in the best way possible.	Bus Trips Thursday, October 17 Home Depot / COSTCO / Mega Cost $395 MXN for members and $495 MXN for non-members. Remember: no refunds or exchanges. Ticket Sales: In-person ticket sales from 10:00 to 2:00 at the LCS Office, OR [a href='bustrip_form.php' target='_blank'] CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE ON-LINE USING PAYPAL / CREDIT CARD[/a] Please note: tickets for bus trips must be purchased no later than two days before the trip. This trip features opportunities to shop for a wide variety of products that are notreadily available in the Lakeside area. Bus departs promptly at 9:30 AM from the sculpture in La Floresta and departs Guadalajara at 4 PM.	Prueba Mexico Holy Mole! Instructor: Ana Moreno Course Fee: $390 MXN, includes all materials Course Date: October 17 Course Time: 2:00 - 4:00 PM Course Location: South Campus Board Room Min/Max Students required: 10/15 Enrollment ends: October 11 .[a href='prueba_mexico_form.php' target='_blank']CLICK HERE TO ENROLL ON-LINE[/a] OR Sign-up at Service desk LCS Members only. Membership must be current. No Refunds Description: The word mole comes from Nahuatl mulli, which means salsa. The first mention of the mole can be found in Bernardino de Sahagún's Historia General de las Cosas de la Nueva España,where he mentions what pre-Hispanic food preparation was like. This dish was to offer to the gods and also to entertain in celebrations. Then within the Colony era the arrival of new ingredients and habits turn mole into what Mexicans enjoy in their palates. So, join in this celebration, let's learn about theorigins of mole and their variants. Let's prepare 3 types of mole you can make at home and celebrate.
Film Aficionados Presents: IN BLOOM - 2014 - GEORGIA Thursday, October 17, 2:00 PM LCS Members Only Set in the Georgian capital of Tblisi in 1992, this coming-of- age story sculpts warmth and pathos out of a bleak socio-political climate. (95 minutes)	Mexican Film Festival Friday, October 18, 7:00 PM ROBIN HOOD Starring Taron Egerton, Jamie Foxx, Ben Mendelsohn. Story line from IMDB: A war-hardened crusader Robin of Loxley (Taron Egerton) and his Moorish commander (Jamie Foxx) mount an audacious revolt against the corrupt English crown. Sinopsis de IMDB: Un cruzado endurecido por la guerra, Robin de Loxley (Taron Egerton) y su comandante moro (Jamie Foxx) montan una audaz revuelta contra la corrupta corona inglesa.	TED Talks Tuesday, October 22, 12:00 - 1:15, LCS Sala Lecture by Bryan Stevenson, Public Interest/Human Rights Lawyer: We Need to Talk about an Injustice Hosted by Susan Weeks In an engaging and personal talk, Stevenson shares some hard truths about America's justice system, starting with a massive imbalance along racial lines. These issues, which are wrapped up in America's unexamined history, are rarely talked about with this level of candor, insight and persuasiveness.	Prueba Mexico Mexican Manners Instructor: Alfredo Perez Course Fee: $250 MXN Course Date:October 24 Course Time:Thursday, 10:00 - 12:30 PM Location: South Campus Board Room Min/Max Students required: 11/25 [a href='prueba_mexico_form.php' target='_blank']CLICK HERE TO ENROLL ON-LINE[/a] OR, Sign-up at Service desk before June 15 LCS Members only. Membership must be current. No Refunds Description: Cultural shock is a normal part of life when we move to another country whose habits are different, we have to observe and learn thelocal rules of urbanity, what body language issues are appropriate and which are not. Why the behavior of the inhabitants of the new place is different. What do local people expect from me as a new inhabitant of the area?What phrases should I use and at what times? What should I understand about the time structure of the local people so different from mine?Why are the procedures with the authorities so complicated? And a long etc. Our intention is to help you understand these basic and necessary questions for the real and adequate coexistence with my new neighbors. Another way to know Mexico.
Film Aficionados Presents: THE LIVES OF OTHERS - 2006 - GERMANY Thursday, October 24, 2:00 PM LCS Members Only Director Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck's film set in East Berlin in 1984 won an Oscar and prizes at 77 film festivals world- wide. An agent of the secret police conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover becomes increasingly absorbed by their lives in this tense drama. (138 minutes)	British Consular Outreach Saturday, October 26 10:00 - 12:00 PM British Consular Outreach staff will be available to help British Citizens with their concerns. Sign-Up on the day of thevisit at 10 AM on the Neil James Veranda near the Talking Books Library. All services are provided on a first come, first serve basis.	Daylight Savings Time ends in Mexico October 27 at 2:00AM. Remember to set you clocks BACK one hour.	Term 6: October 28 through December 17. [a href="spanish-classes.php" name="LCS Spanish Classes"]CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ON-LINE[/a], Or, register in-person for the upcoming classes through October 25 on the LCS campus. Tuition is $900 pesos. Classes sessions are an hour and a half and meet two days per week at the Wilkes Education Center (Biblioteca) in Ajijic. The LCS Spanish program uses the Warren Hardy Spanish language course designed for adult students. Several levels of instruction are available as students progress in the program. Textbooks are available at the LCS Office for 670 pesos. For more information on LCS spanish classes, go to [a href="spanish-classes.php" name="LCS Spanish Classes"]LCS Spanish Classes[/a] or call the Spanish Program Coordinator, Vivian Sternfield at (376) 766-1140.
TED Talks Tuesday, October 29, 12:00 - 1:15, LCS Sala Lecture by David Brooks, Op-Ed Columnist and Author: The Lies Our Culture Tells Us About What Matters and a Better Way to Live Hosted by Susan Weeks Our society is in the midst of a social crisis, says op-ed columnist and author David Brooks: we're trapped in a valley of isolation and fragmentation. How do we find our way out? Based on his travels across the United States -- and his meetings with a range of exceptional people known as "weavers" -- Brooks lays out his vision for a cultural revolution that empowers us all to lead lives of greater meaning, purpose and joy.	Prueba Mexico Mock Death you say! Instructor: Alfredo Pérez Course Fee: $390 MXN, Includes all materials Course Date: October 30, 10:00 - 1:00 PM Course Location: South Campus Board Room Min/Max Students required: 11/20, Age 15+ [a href='prueba_mexico_form.php' target='_blank']CLICK HERE TO ENROLL ON-LINE[/a] OR Sign-up at Service desk before October 25, OR LCS Members only. Membership must be current. No Refunds Description: Mexico is not Mexico without its fiestas, and the Day of the Dead is nothing without a good thrill. The Day of the Dead (actually two days) is rich in tradition and activity. For the visitor to Mexico it iswondrous and mysterious. Come and learn about the significance of the alter and how to build your own. Embrace the Catrina. Develop your skill ofpoetry as manifested through the Calavera Literaria. Altar: Either built in home or around the tombstones, Mexicans entice their passed away loved ones to come back for a visit,so both worlds the living and the death can enjoy a great celebration together. Let's learn where this tradition come from,how they build it and the meaning it holds. La Catrina: The grande dame of the Death represents what Death means to Mexicans and how they face it. It was originallynamed La Calavera Garbancera describing a person who was ashamed of his indigenous origins and dressed as a European personwho wanted to look a whiter skin. In time, this lady became an iconic image to Mexico's culture of the Death’s celebration alongthe country. Let's be part of the celebration and dress ourselves as a Catrina o Catrín. Calavera Literaria: These popular poems mock not only death but our best friends and worst enemies as well. After all,as the writer Guadalupe Posada said, "death is democratic," so let's not leave anybody out! Let's acknowledge where these traditions come from and why it is so popular among Mexicans. Also let's get to make our own Calaveras Literariasas well as the Catrina customs. This course includes the explanation on history, and the making of these poems and the Catrina customs.	Film Aficionados Presents: NEVER LOOK AWAY - 2018 - GERMANY Thursday, October 31, 2:00 PM LCS Members Only Director Donnersmarck's latest, again multiple award winner. Kurt, an artist, has escaped East Germany to live in West Germany, but he is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and later the Communists. (177 minutes) Due to the length of this film there will be an intermission.	Bus Trips Wednesday, November 1, Experience the The Day of The Dead Festival in Tlaquepaque Cost 395 MXN for members and 495 MXN for non-members. Remember: no refunds or exchanges. Ticket Sales: In-person ticket sales from 10:00 to 2:00 at the LCS Office, OR [a href='bustrip_form.php' target='_blank'] CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE ON-LINE USING PAYPAL / CREDIT CARD[/a] There will be a guided tour offered to us. Also visit and shop Tlaquepaque and find upscale retailers and fine dining in an historical architecturally significant, pedestrian-only zone. Bus departs promptly at 10 a.m. from the sculpture in La Floresta
Prueba Mexico Beans, Beans the Musical Fruit! Instructor: Ana Moreno Course Fee: $480 MXN, Includes all materials Course Date: November 1 Course Time: 1:30 - 4:00 PM South Campus Board Room Min/Max Students required: 11/20 Enrollment ends November 2 [a href='prueba_mexico_form.php' target='_blank']CLICK HERE TO ENROLL ON-LINE[/a] OR, Sign-up at Service desk LCS Members only. Membership must be current. No Refunds Description: Mexico, as part of the new world, is a treasure trove of gastronomy. Mexican soil is where the first corn (maize),tomatoes and cocoa was domesticated. Beans of the new world began in the Andean mountains and within a few thousand yearshad arrived in Mexico by 4-5000 BCE. It's been said that no culture does beans like Mexican culture(s). Learn about the frijole or legume, what ever you liketo call it in this prueba. We will present recipes that are easy to make and full of flavor. Learn to prepare charro, drunken,red, fried, piggy and "with morisqueta" beans, what accompanies them and how to serve them! - Toot, Toot! See you there.	Prueba Mexico Street Spanish Instructor: Alfredo Perez Course Fee: $250 MXN November 4, 12:00 - 3:00 PM Course Location: South Campus Board Room Min/Max Students required: 11/22 Enrollment ends October 31 .[a href='prueba_mexico_form.php' target='_blank']CLICK HERE TO ENROLL ON-LINE[/a] OR, Sign-up at Service desk LCS Members only. Membership must be current. No Refunds Description: Living in another country and speaking their language, brings an opportunity of expressing ourselves in a completely different way,a way that helps us jump into the locals' culture: food, celebrations, sadness, cheerfulness, insults, and a huge etc. In this class we'll learn how the locals communicate among themselves. What code they use for a living in a daily basis.Slang, idioms, sayings, phrases, even body language. Join and dive with us deep into Street Spanish. This course is open to all members, but we recommend you have an intermediate level of Spanish at least.	TED Talks in the Summer Tuesday, November 5, 12:00 - 1:15, LCS Sala Lecture by sixteen year old climate change activist Greta Thunberg: The disarming case to act right now on climate changeHosted by Fred Harland In this passionate call to action, 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg explains why, in August 2018, she walked out of school and organized a strike to raise awareness of global warming, protesting outside the Swedish parliament and grabbing the world's attention. "The climate crisis has already been solved. We already have all the facts and solutions," Thunberg says. "All we have to do is to wake up and change."	Film Aficionados Presents: TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID - 2018 - MEXICO Thursday, November 7 2:00 PM LCS Members Only A tough, beautiful, urban fairy tale about how the violence of the cartels impact on the children of Mexico. Director-writer Issa Lopez's startling and brilliant film is a story of children stranded in a world of despair. A fairy tale, but not for children. (77 minutes)
Mexican Film Festival Friday, November 8, 7:00 PM LA RAZÓN DE ESTAR CONTIGO (A Dog's Purpose, 2017) Starring Josh Gad, Dennis Quaid, Peggy Lipton. Synopsis from IMDB: Lasse Hallström "The Hundred-Foot Journey" directed this adaptation of the best-selling novel of the same name by W. Bruce Cameron, which follows a dog voiced by Josh Gad as he is reincarnated as different breeds belonging to various owners. Over the course of multiple lifetimes, the canine's existence intersects with that of a young boy who rescued him in 1962. Sinopsis de IMDB: Lasse Hallström "The Hundred-Foot Journey" dirigió esta adaptación de la novela best-seller del mismo nombre de W. Bruce Cameron, que sigue a un perro con la voz de Josh Gad mientras se reencarna como diferentes razas pertenecientes a varios propietarios. En el transcurso de múltiples vidas, la existencia del canino se cruza con la de un niño que lo rescató en 1962.	Check out the books that have been added to our English language library. Each month, about one-hundred new editions are added to our holdings. View the latest additions and click on the cover image to read a brief synopsis of each work. [a href="book_additions.php" title="history"] CLICK HERE [/a] to visit our readers Paradise!.	The Lake Chapala Society is grateful for the support of our Business Members. Together we can make our Lakeside community a better place for everyone to live, grow, learn and enjoy. [a href="business_members.php" name="LCS Business Members"]CLICK HERE [/a] to learn more about our Business Members and how your business or organization might join with us.	Lake Chapala Society 2.0 ...EXTENDING OUR LEGACY as an oasis for personal enrichment, socialization and collaboration throughout Lakeside! In March, 2019, the Board approved a Long-Range Plan for the Lake Chapala Society to extend the legacy as an oasis for personal enrichment, socialization and collaboration throughout the greater community. Download / view a copy of the plan [a href="../website/PDF/GovDocs/LCS_2.0_Final_long-range_plan.pdf" target="_self" title=""]HERE[/a] The plan is focused on improving, modernizing, reinventing and transforming LCS by creating a continuous quality improvement culture, and expanding the use of information technology with greater collaboration between and among the Mexican and foreign communities. We will take our best practices from LCS 1.0, with its rich history, culture and traditions of programs, services and activities over the past 60+ years and transcend the organization into Lake Chapala Society 2.0.