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One man has set the bar for husbands higher than it’s ever been while serenading his wife, and his name is George Strait! This music icon, also known as the King of Country, got pretty emotional while dedicating a love song to his spouse, Norma, on stage. It was Dec. 4, 2021, which happened to be the couple’s 50th anniversary. George Strait was playing the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, and he just had to let his wife know how much she meant to him. We think he did a pretty great job! American Songwriter tells us that the well-known love song, I Cross My Heart, wasn’t written specifically for this artist. It was created for the 1992 film Pure Country, and finding the perfect singer to bring it to life turned out to be harder than expected! However, once the tune was in Strait’s hands, it became a total hit. There’s a reason George Strait’s version of the song touched so many hearts. Perhaps the country legend was able to do justice to the lyrics because he already knew a little something about true love. According to American Songwriter, George Strait married his wife, Norma Voss, in 1971. They eloped in Mexico as soon as they graduated high school, and they’ve been going strong ever since! As the musician prepared to sing I Cross My Heart on his 50th wedding anniversary, with Norma in the audience, he shared the beginning of their beautiful romance. “So I was 19 years old. And I knew this girl, Norma,” he said, adding, “She was 17, really hot.” George Strait was clearly feeling a lot during the performance as he sang to his wife of so many years. However, he had the biggest smile on his face when he wished her a happy anniversary at the end of the song. This was honestly the best gift he could have given her to celebrate the occasion! We’re sure Norma will never forget how her husband serenaded her on their 50th anniversary, and you know what? Neither will we! You can find the source of this story’s featured image here. The post George Strait Serenading His Wife While On The Verge Of Tears Is Guaranteed To Make You Believe In True Love appeared first on InspireMore.

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An international group of researchers has developed a new tool for measuring gender inequality between women and men in the United States, and in doing so, revealed which states have the greatest levels of inequality for women.According to the team’s findings, gender inequality is at its highest in Arkansas, closely followed by Louisiana and Oklahoma. The state with the lowest gender inequality, on the other hand, was found to be Massachusetts, with California and Maine coming in with the next lowest levels.The purpose of the study was to validate the researcher’s newly developed tool for measuring gender inequality. One of the main measures used is the Gender Inequality Index (GII), which gives an indication of gender inequality at the country level – that comes in handy when you want to see how countries differ.However, the GII isn’t considered suitable for measuring gender inequality within a country.“Although country-level comparisons are relevant for providing a broader perspective on social phenomena across a range of cultures and contexts, they often face challenges due to varying data collection methods and cultural differences, introducing methodological inconsistencies (e.g., 'qualitative' ideological differences) and making strict quantitative analysis difficult,” the researchers write.In comes the GII-S, designed by the team to measure gender inequality at the state level and the US, the team posits in their study, makes a great place to test the new tool.“The United States offers a unique setting for comparing gender inequality within a country. Despite shared cultural elements and uniform data collection by federal agencies, US states exhibit significant diversity in demographics, laws, and attitudes on issues linked to gender inequality themes.”Two experiments were carried out within the study, although Alaska, Hawai’i, and Vermont had to be excluded due to a lack of relevant data. Not only did the tests suggest the GII-S was a valid tool, but also allowed the researchers to identify some of the factors that could be associated with gender inequality in the US.For example, the first uncovered a correlation between gender inequality and measures of life satisfaction and perceived safety, such that higher inequality was associated with lower life satisfaction and feelings of being safe for women. It also found a negative association between GII-S and health and financial wellbeing for both men and women.The second study looked at how GII-S might be associated with political orientation, but also taking part in collective gender equality action like the #MeToo movement, using data from social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.“Analysis of geo-localized messages on the Twitter social media platform reveals that higher GII-S scores were associated with fewer tweets containing the #MeToo hashtag. Moreover, GII-S was associated with state-level political orientation: the more conservative a state, the higher its level of gender inequality,” the authors write.Though the researchers didn’t go so far as to say there was a causal relationship between GII-S and the factors they identified, they suggest it’s a reliable tool and the associations identified can not only give those with the means to address gender inequality a starting point for how they might do so, but also help in spreading awareness and support.“The awareness of the negative correlates of gender inequality for everybody can be an important element in gathering support from a larger part of the population,” they write, highlighting the effects on both men and women, and “by confirming the reliability of the GII-S, policymakers and advocates can use an effective tool to examine and tackle gender disparities in specific areas of the country.”The study is published in the journal PLoS One.

When it released in 2022, Sifu changed the concept of the beat-em-up. A genre long associated with retro classics like Streets of Rage, it was synonymous with pixel art and 2D side scrolling. Sifu made it more complex, more cerebral, and faster paced - one of the best and most original new games in years, Sloclap's breakout hit now has a spiritual successor. From Hotline Miami and Cult of the Lamb publisher Devolver Digital, Forestrike is a new kung-fu roguelike with the same passion for martial arts as Sifu. Continue reading If you miss Sifu, new kung-fu roguelike Forestrike is the perfect game MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best roguelike games, Best upcoming PC games, Best fighting games

Sometimes a videogame comes along that just yearns to be played, and thanks to a combination of superb inspirations, we think Shell Runner is one of those games. Set in a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk dystopia, this extraction shooter sticks you in a remote-controlled mech suit, similar to the Warframes of, well, Warframe. With the protection of your mechanical armor, you must then loot, shoot, and extract, lest you lose your shell for good. Combine this with the top-down gameplay of Diablo 4, a cel-shaded cartoon art style, and a soundtrack that wouldn’t feel out of place in Doom, and you’ve got the adrenaline-pumping Shell Runner. Interested? We thought you might be. Continue reading Grab a free Steam key for a stunning new cyberpunk extraction shooter MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Steam FAQ, Steam family sharing, Steam in-home streaming

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