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Young Women: Strengthen Home and Family

If you grew up attending Young Women’s or have served as a young women’s leader, then you should know the theme that is recited every Sunday. The theme is a wonderful thing that explains the purpose of the Young Women’s organization, which is basically to prepare young women to serve in the church and attend the temple. Several years ago the line “Strengthen home and family” was added to the last paragraph of the theme. This is a powerful statement and an important change. When I was a teenager I gave little thought to my future family or even how … Continue reading →

Why is Firefox More Secure Than Internet Explorer?

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In my last blog, I talked about five reasons to love Firefox. Number one was “Security” but I didn’t explain why Firefox was more secure than Internet Explorer. The answer will surprise you. To understand how this all works, first you have to understand open source code vs closed code. (When I say code, I mean the programming code used to build the program.) There are two schools of thought in the computer world: a) You can build a program and hide the code used to build that program, thus forcing hackers to run all sorts of incredibly difficult equations … Continue reading →