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2021-04-30 07:00:00

Round 1 of the highly anticipated 2021 NFL Draft is through!

There were a few surprises once more at this year’s talent selection in Cleveland, but as expected for weeks, the top star went to the Jacksonville Jaguars, who had the very first pick.

Quarterback mega-talent Trevor Lawrence (21) from Clemson University, who has actually been a top pick for three years, is going to the Jags in Florida and will compete for the spot with cult playmaker Gardner Minshew. “I was super nervous before and I’m just happy to be a part of the Jacksonville community now,” Lawrence said following being drafted.

Also, as many expected, the New York Jets snapped up second-placed Zach Wilson from Brigham Young University (BYU) in Utah, also a quarterback.

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Before the draft started at 2:25 a.m. German time, ESPN revealed another explosive message: Star quarterback and league MVP Aaron Rodgers apparently wants to leave the Green Bay Packers following 16 years and has “told some in the organization that he is not going to wants to return to the team”.

The first surprise in the draft itself came with pick no. 3. As expected, the San Francisco 49ers chose a quarterback, but not for Mac Jones, but for Trey Lance (North Dakota State). Jones of Alabama only crossed the table at 15, he succeeds Tom Brady with the New England Patriots.

The first trade came in 10th place, the Philadelphia Eagles (originally tied at 12th) traded with the Dallas Cowboys and grabbed Heisman-winner DeVonta Smith, the top wide receiver of the year’s draft.

The New York Giants traded their pick on the 11 to the Chicago Bears (pick #20), who took quarterback Justin Fields from Ohio State. Fields was also drafted later than expected.

The young German professional Amon-Ra St. Brown still has to be patient, the wide receiver from the University of Southern California (USC) was not one of the 32 talents drawn on the first day of the draft. The other draft rounds are scheduled for the night of Saturday and Sunday.

The picks of the first round at a glance:

1. Pick – Jacksonville Jaguars: Trevor Lawrence (Quarterback, Clemson)

2. Pick – New York Jets: Zach Wilson (Quarterback, BYU)

3. Pick – San Francisco 49ers: Trey Lance (Quarterback, North Dakota State)

4. Pick – Atlanta Falcons: Kyle Pitts (Tight End, Florida)

5. Pick – Cincinnati Bengals: Ja’Marr Chase (Wide Receiver, LSU)

6. Pick – Miami Dolphins: Jaylen Waddle (Wide Receiver, Alabama)

7. Pick – Detroit Lions: Penei Sewell (Offensive Tackle, Oregon)

8. Pick – Carolina Panthers: Jaycee Horn (Cornerback, South Carolina)

9. Pick – Denver Broncos: Patrick Surtain II (Cornerback, Alabama)

10. Pick – TRADE! Philadelphia Eagles statt Dallas Cowboys: DeVonta Smith (Wide Receiver, Alabama)

11. Pick – TRADE! Chicago Bears: Justin Fields (Quarterback, Ohio State)

12. Pick – TRADE! Dallas Cowboys: Micah Parsons (Linebacker, Penn State)

13. Pick – Los Angeles Chargers: Rashawn Slater (Offensive Tackle, Northwestern)

14. Pick – New York Jets: Alijah Vera-Tucker (Offensive Tackle/Guard, USC)

15. Pick – New England Patriots: Mac Jones (Quarterback, Alabama)

16. Pick – Arizona Cardinals: Zaven Collins (Linebacker, Tulsa)

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17. Pick – Las Vegas Raiders: Alex Leatherwood (Offensive Tackle, Alabama)

18. Pick – Miami Dolphins: Jaelan Phillips (Edge/Pass Rush, Miami)

19. Pick – Washington Football Team: Jamin Davis (Linebacker, Kentucky)

20. Pick – New York Giants: Kadarius Toney (Wide Receiver, Florida)

21. Pick – Indianapolis Colts: Kwity Paye (Defensive End, Michigan)

22. Pick – Tennessee Titans: Caleb Farley (Cornerback, Virginia Tech)

23. Pick – TRADE! Minnesota Vikings: Christian Darrisaw (Offensive Tackle, Virginia Tech)

24. Pick – Pittsburgh Steelers: Najee Harris (Running Back, Alabama)

25. Pick – Jacksonville Jaguars: Travis Etienne (Running Back, Clemson)

26. Pick – Cleveland Browns: Greg Newsome II (Cornerback, Northwestern)

27. Pick – Baltimore Ravens: Rashod Bateman (Wide Receiver, Minnesota)

28. Pick – New Orleans Saints: Payton Turner (Defensive End, Houston)

29. Pick – Green Bay Packers: Eric Stokes (Cornerback, Georgia)

30. Pick – Buffalo Bills: Gregory Rousseau (Edge/Pass Rush, Miami)

31. Pick – Baltimore Ravens: Jayson Oweh (Offensive Linebacker, Penn State)

32. Pick – Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Joe Tryon (Offensive Linebacker, Washington)

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2023-07-29 04:00:00

Great relief for Edwin. After four years of waiting, this resident of Flemish Brabant will be able to live with his wife in Belgium. The Foreigners Office recently granted a visa to his companion in the context of family reunification. To obtain this result, this couple had to show great patience. The sexagenarian tells us his unusual story.

After a few exchanges on a dating site, Edwin saw his wife Tennat for the first time on April 21, 2019, during a wedding in Belgium. “We met in a small Thai temple in Waterloo, on a Sunday morning. It was the first time she had come to Belgium to attend her sister’s wedding.” Between Edwin and Tennat, it’s love at first sight.

15 days later, she had to return to Thailand, and the young couple maintained their relationship at a distance. “We started exchanging messages via Whatsapp and Messenger every day”, says Edwin.

“Pretty quickly”, the employee of a company specializing in homeopathic preparations introduced visa application for marriage with his municipality.

“But she opposed this visa. I met the judge twice. A first sentence was unfavorable to us. A lawyer advised me to lodge an appeal and the second appeal was also canceled, 18 months following our meeting. There were various points which were disputed. The reason which remained, it is that the approach was introduced too quickly. Even if we proved our good faith, we might not find an agreement. The process was done quickly, but we get on well. I thought we were going to start early given the length of the process. And if the relationship didn’t work out, I would have said we don’t stop everything.”

Then, the health crisis linked to Covid prevented the couple from seeing each other once more for several months. “We also had to go through this stage. For more than a year, it was impossible to go to Thailand. The visa was very difficult to obtain to travel. There were many conditions to be fulfilled. The relationship has always held. We contacted each other 3 to 4 times a day. We sent each other messages and videos.”

In 2022, they submitted a new application for a visa allowing Tennat to stay in Belgium. A request once more refused. “When I met her, she had a hairdressing salon there. To be able to come to Belgium, she handed over her business in 2019, and she did not resume the activity because she thought she might live here”says Edwin. “They rejected us for a simple ‘visit’ visa. They did not accept that I am the one supporting her when I have no money problem. doesn’t have any more income. But she wasn’t going to reopen a salon thinking she was coming. It’s been a lot of months and years going by so we never really tried to find a job for her because we thought she might get here.”

Finding no solution in Belgium, Edwin tried his luck in Thailand. On December 14, 2022, the two lovebirds got married in Chonburi (a city located in the east of the country) and planned to live there.

“We applied for a long-stay visa, as part of a family reunification, but the Thai administration is also very complicated. You have to run for a lot of things. The last 25 days I spent there- low, I spent 10 days running to do the papers. A lot of steps and it’s expensive.”

Retired in two years, in May 2025, Edwin therefore had the project of going to live in Thailand but there too, the file was therefore “too complicated” to complete. “The pile of our file is 30 centimeters high with all the papers provided. We must legalize the translations. For people who are not tenacious, I strongly advise once morest it. It’s quite tedious. It takes a lot of time and effort. energy. We would simply like to live together. We have proof, I have the financial means. I don’t see where the problem is. It’s the administrations that are blocking. We can contact foreign affairs, but we are told: we need 6 month.”

On January 6, an application for a long-stay visa in the context of family reunification was submitted. And on May 12, the Foreigners Office in Belgium took a favorable decision allowing the couple to live together.

“A visa has been issued and my wife arrived in Belgium on July 2. It is a visa valid for one year. We are relieved but there are still unknowns.”

“I had not seen her since December 23, 2022”, rejoiced Edwin. “He’s a beautiful person. We get on well and we want to live together. The distance was complicated to manage. During the Covid, we didn’t see each other for 13 or 14 months. When we receive bad news and that we communicate them, it was not easy to do it by message. We had a lot of problems and it’s difficult to live. 4 years of waiting in the end… I don’t think that many people go further. They would give up. I held on because there is the person and the project. It’s a new life. It adds the desire to do things well and to move forward”he concludes.

>READ: Application for family reunification: how does it work?

For its part, the Immigration Office might not comment on the progress of this file. “Indeed, in accordance with the legislation in force in relation to privacy, the publicity of the administration and the protection of personal data, the Immigration Office cannot communicate to third parties information concerning individual cases. Each case is unique and is the subject of an in-depth examination”said spokeswoman Dominique Ernould.

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2023-06-06 07:00:00

During 2023 in the United States, as in several countries, a date has been set for taxpayers to submit their returns for fiscal year 2022. This is so that they can comply with the payment of their respective taxes. But if you are one of the people who want to know in which state this payment is higher and where it is lower, here we detail it.

Currently, the 2023 tax season continues where all taxpayers must comply with their obligations to make the report for the year 2022. But this also depends on some factors such as their income, the civil status of the citizen and the place where they reside.

For this reason, many people think carefully regarding where the city will be in which they will live before buying or renting a home. This in order that the payment of taxes is not so high and that it does not affect their pockets.

Every year taxpayers must pay their taxes (Photo: Pixabay)

MIGRATION TO STATES WITH LOWER PAYMENTS

The portal Day Opinion He said that a Bank of America report determined that people migrate to states where tax payments are lower and, therefore, they decide to move away from important places like New York, California, among others.

According to the study, this occurred during the time of the coronavirus pandemic and citizens did not return to their places of origin.

IN WHICH STATES DO YOU PAY THE MOST TAXES?

An investigation by Tax Foundation determined that the states where the most taxes are paid with respect to 2022 are the following:

Delaware (12.4%)Maine (12.4%)Virginia (12.5%)Illinois (12.9%)New Jersey (13.2%)California (13.5%);Vermont (13.6% )Hawaii (14.1%)Connecticut (15.4%)New York (15.9%)New York is one of the most important cities in the United States (Photo: AFP)

IN WHICH STATES DO YOU PAY LESS TAXES?

The same study carried out by the aforementioned portal determined that the states where the least taxes are paid are:

Alaska (4.6%)Wyoming (7.5%)Tennessee (7.6%)South Dakota (8.4%)Michigan (8.6%)Texas (8.6%)North Dakota (8, 8%) Georgia (8.9%) South Carolina (8.9%) Oklahoma (9.0%) In the state of Michigan you pay less taxes (Photo: AFP)

IN WHICH STATES DOES INCOME TAX NOT APPLY?

Another detail that must be taken into account is that there are some states where the income tax does not apply to residents, according to Cnn in Spanish. These are:

AlaskaFloridaNevadaNew HampshireSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasWashingtonWyoming

WHAT IS THE AMOUNT THAT A PERSON SHOULD PAY?

A citizen must pay a certain amount of taxes according to the state where he lives. Thus, Tax Foundation made the following list:

Alabama: $4,585 Alaska: $2,943 Arizona: $5,156 Arkansas: $5,031 California: $10,167 Colorado: $6,699 Connecticut: $12,151 Delaware: $7,170 District of Columbia: $11,654 Florida $5,406. Georgia: $4,862. Hawaii: $8,410. Idaho: $5,402. Illinois: $8,390. Indiana: $5,030. Iowa: $6,086. Kansas: $6,353. Kentucky: $4,669. Louisiana: $4,762. Maine $6,906 Maryland $7,680 Massachusetts $9,405 Michigan $4,720 Minnesota $7,763 Mississippi $4,220 Missouri $4,953 Montana $5,795 Nebraska $6,720 Nevada $5,554.New Hampshire: $6,593. New Jersey: $9,648. New Mexico: $4,835. New York: $12,083. North Carolina: $5,299. North Dakota: $5,403. Ohio: $5,530. Oklahoma: $4,527. Oregon: $6,572. Pennsylvania: $6,723 Rhode Island: $6,948 South Carolina: $4,596 South Dakota: $5,196 Tennessee: $4,036 Texas: $4,994 Utah: $6,750 Vermont: $7,958 Virginia: $7,979 Washington : $7,803. West Virginia: $4,479. Wisconsin: $6,231. Wyoming: $4,691. United States citizens pay their taxes (Reference photo / Pixabay)
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2023-07-28 13:12:00

It is also the effervescence in the farm of the Pierard de Wéris-Durbuy family, which participates with the heifer Ulysse, 5 months and a half, in one of the cattle competitions of the agricultural fair of Libramont: the competition of the Montbeliarde breed. A very important moment for this family, since it is the children who will drive it and present it on the podium. The animal is judged, of course, but also the presenter, the leader.

And the most important thing is not to win the competition, specifies the dad. Here what takes precedence is the transmission of family values, breeding or agriculture.

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