KODAK, Tenn. (WVLT)-- They happy couple met online 3 years ago; talking and texting until they met up at a local convenience store.
Kim Watkins said "We went out for coffee and drove around town a bit getting to know each other. When he dropped me off at my car he leaned in and kissed me! I was so shocked that I jumped out of the car and went straight to my car."
But it wasn't the end for these two; it was just the beginning of a love they didn't expect or even think would happen.
"We've both been married and divorced before. I've been burned many times by men and wasn't ready to go through that again... until I met Tim." said Kim
In fact, Tim made it clear that he never wanted to get married again but that all changed once he spent time with Kim; you could say he was "hooked".
"She's my other half. She's loving, caring and adorable. She's always here for me." said Tim Watkins.
Kim said "He's gorgeous. He's a hard worker and he's good to me. We're 99.9% alike meaning we like to eat the same things and do the same things."
So a few months ago Tim suggested getting married at Bass Pro Shop and to his surprise she agreed.
"We've never had a real wedding before. We have been married to other people in the past but never had a ceremony that felt real." said Kim
But Thursday, she had the wedding she always wanted with the man of her dreams.
The newly weds will honeymoon at Nickajack Lake and spend the weekend fishing on the lake.
Congratulations to the the new Mr. & Mrs. Watkins!
Source: www.c-spanvideo.org --- Tuesday, July 30, 2013 Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA), Republican Study Committee Chair, talked about the House GOP perspective on immigration, the Debt ceiling and implementing the health care law. He also talked about the messages Republicans take home during the August recess. ...
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain (AP) ? Spain's interior minister announced Saturday that the driver whose speeding train crashed, killing 78 people, is now being held on suspicion of negligent homicide.
Minister of Interior Jorge Fernandez Diaz announced the step against Francisco Jose Garzon Amo, who previously had been detained on suspicion of recklessness following Wednesday's crash in Santiago de Compostela.
"There is rational evidence to lead us to think that the driver could have eventual responsibility," the minister told reporters at the city's police station.
Fernandez Diaz also said Garzon, 52, has been discharged from the hospital, taken to the police station and would appear before a judge by Sunday evening.
Garzon has the right to keep silent, "although he may change his mind on that," the minister said.
Blame has increasingly fallen on the driver, with the country's railway agency saying it was his responsibility to brake before going into the high-risk curve where the train tumbled off the rails and smashed into a wall. But it's still not clear whether the brakes failed or were never used, and the driver has remained silent so far.
A blood-soaked Garzon was photographed Wednesday being escorted away from the wreckage, at first by civilians who had hurried to the scene of the accident and then by police, but it is not clear just what his medical status is.
Unconfirmed media reports said that Garzon had injured ribs.
He had been expected to give a preliminary statement to judicial police as early as Thursday, but that process was delayed, reportedly due to health reasons. Earlier Saturday, the justice department said Garzon's first appearance before a judge had been postponed until Sunday.
In Wednesday's crash, the train's eight carriages packed with 218 passengers blazed far over the speed limit into a curve and violently tipped over. Diesel fuel sent flames coursing through some cabins.
Investigators are examining recording devices from the train but have not officially said how fast it was going when it derailed.
An American passenger, Stephen Ward, said he was watching the train's speed on a display screen in the carriage ? and it indicated it was going 194 kph (121 mph), more than double the 80-kph speed limit.
The president of Adif, the Spanish rail agency, said that the driver should have started slowing the train 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) before the dangerous bend. He said signs clearly marked this point when the driver must begin to slow.
Normally, police take a first statement that is then examined by an investigating judge who must then take testimony within 72 hours of the arrest. That deadline is Sunday.
Although that initial court hearing would be closed, it would give hints about the status of the investigation. The judge would decide whether to jail the driver as an official suspect, release him on bail, or release him without charges. If a judge finds sufficient evidence for a criminal trial, the suspect will be charged and a trial date set.
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AP writer Harold Heckle in Madrid contributed to this report.
GENEVA (AP) ? Two scientific teams have for the first time precisely recorded an extremely rare event in physics that adds certainty to how we think the universe began, leaders at the world's top particle physics lab said Friday.
Two of the teams at the European Center for Nuclear Research, or CERN, say they measured a particle called "Bs" decaying into a pair of muons, a fundamental particle.
Pierluigi Campana, who leads one of the two teams involved in the research, called the results an important development that helps confirm the so-called standard model of particle physics.
Campana said the standard model is "coming through with flying colors," though it describes only 5 percent of the universe.
The results are being formally unveiled at a major physics conference in Stockholm later Friday.
Only a few Bs particles per billion decay into pairs of muons, the new research shows, and the experimental results are in line with what was predicted under the standard model.
Researchers have been looking for this particular rare decay for long time. It was observed as part of the reams of data coming from CERN's $10 billion Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest atom smasher, on the Swiss-French border near Geneva.
"This is a process that particle physicists have been trying to find for 25 years," said Joe Incandela, leader of the second team involved in the research.
He called it a "rare process involving a particle with a mass that is roughly 1,000 times smaller than the masses of the heaviest particles we are searching for now."
The Most Popular Iconic American Home Design Styles
The Most Popular Iconic American Home Design Styles
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Housing styles around the world are as varied as the countries they represent and in the United States there are a variety of iconic design styles that have made American homes so popular. Whether you already live in one of these popular styles or you are looking for a new abode, look at a few of the most popular iconic American home design styles. While we can?t represent every home design style, we?d love to hear which ones you would add to the list!
Colonial Style:
When America was founded with its original 13 colonies the design style of many homes was termed ?Colonial? and now ?Colonial Revival? is a well sought after architecture style. On the exterior, the classic colonnade porches and symmetrical details are borrowed from the British detailing of the early 18th century, when immigrants decorated their own homes. Two-story homes are characteristic of this style and rooms are spacious and the floor plans are rectilinear with rooms centering off of a main hallway and foyer/grand stairwell. Detailed woodworking in your moldings, chair rails, built-ins, banister stairwells and flooring are all common characteristics of this nostalgic Colonial design style.
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Tudor Style:?
Tudor style homes are popular in older neighborhoods throughout the United States and are characterized by the highly steeped rooflines, and half timbering facades. The early 19th century brought the Tudor style to America and is reminiscent from European medieval homes in England. If you have a Tudor style home you probably love it for its storybook feeling. Dormer windows, bedrooms that have plenty of light, and old world styling in wood detailing are symbolic for these details. If you?d like a Tudor style to your current home try adding board and batten details at your front door, mix exterior materials for exterior cladding and consider adding stonework, wood, and stucco for a true Tudor style home.
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Victorian Style
The Victorian Style of architecture is also borrowed from English architecture and has similar characteristics of the Tudor style. High pitched roof slopes and dormer window near the roof are common. Victorian styles borrows many French inspiring details around the windows, doors, and have ornate details and attention to detail in every part of these classic style homes. A turret, projecting bay windows, towers, and stories of windows that look out over wrap around porches and balconies are gorgeous. If you have a Victorian style home you probably love the patterned shingles, colorful exterior color palette and all the elaborate architectural details of this classic home.
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Log Cabin/Rustic Style:
Modern log cabins and the rustic style of living have come a long way from their origins of being comprised of heavy timber construction. While early log cabins were predominantly located in mountainous American rural areas, today modern log cabins are becoming a popular staple on ranches and country estates as well as in the mountains. The sturdy built homes are known for their rustic appeal of wood species such as red cedar, bald cypress, and white pine timber woods. The interiors boast panoramic window views of the outdoors and can be in a single or multi-story floor plan layouts. Log cabins were once modest dwellings but now are featured amongst some of the most expensive homes in America. Many of these homes can be custom built to suit any homeowner?s needs from choice of timber, luxury finishes and top of the line amenities.
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Ranch Style:
One of the most recognizable architectural styles of Americana is the Ranch style home.? This style home became popular in the early 20th century and was representative of suburbia American living where families escaped the city life of working all day to come home to a yard and horizontal-designed floor plans that rambled along their property. Ranch style homes can borrow architectural styles from the Craftsman bungalows to Prairie style homes with their large overhanging and low slope rooflines. The interiors gave way to the now popular ?great-room? floor plan concept ? where clearly defined rooms were not as important as entertaining and combining living, kitchen and family areas took priority. If you live in a Ranch style home you probably enjoy panoramic views and sliding glass doors looking out over your backyard. The Ranch style home is still an iconic representation of suburban American living at its finest.
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There are so many other iconic architectural styles that have led the United States to have diverse living styles for every homeowner. Urban cities love their brownstone and urban loft living, while the American farmhouse style has made farm living a popular and nostalgic architectural style as well. We?d love to hear what styles you would add to our Freshome list. ?
The Most Popular Iconic American Home Design Styles
The Most Popular Iconic American Home Design Styles
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American iconic brownstone design style is popular in urban cities
Housing styles around the world are as varied as the countries they represent and in the United States there are a variety of iconic design styles that have made American homes so popular. Whether you already live in one of these popular styles or you are looking for a new abode, look at a few of the most popular iconic American home design styles. While we can?t represent every home design style, we?d love to hear which ones you would add to the list!
Colonial Style:
When America was founded with its original 13 colonies the design style of many homes was termed ?Colonial? and now ?Colonial Revival? is a well sought after architecture style. On the exterior, the classic colonnade porches and symmetrical details are borrowed from the British detailing of the early 18th century, when immigrants decorated their own homes. Two-story homes are characteristic of this style and rooms are spacious and the floor plans are rectilinear with rooms centering off of a main hallway and foyer/grand stairwell. Detailed woodworking in your moldings, chair rails, built-ins, banister stairwells and flooring are all common characteristics of this nostalgic Colonial design style.
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The American iconic Colonial design style started in the original New England Colonies
Tudor Style:?
Tudor style homes are popular in older neighborhoods throughout the United States and are characterized by the highly steeped rooflines, and half timbering facades. The early 19th century brought the Tudor style to America and is reminiscent from European medieval homes in England. If you have a Tudor style home you probably love it for its storybook feeling. Dormer windows, bedrooms that have plenty of light, and old world styling in wood detailing are symbolic for these details. If you?d like a Tudor style to your current home try adding board and batten details at your front door, mix exterior materials for exterior cladding and consider adding stonework, wood, and stucco for a true Tudor style home.
Share on FacebookTweet American iconic Tudor design style is?reminiscent?of medieval style architecture
Victorian Style
The Victorian Style of architecture is also borrowed from English architecture and has similar characteristics of the Tudor style. High pitched roof slopes and dormer window near the roof are common. Victorian styles borrows many French inspiring details around the windows, doors, and have ornate details and attention to detail in every part of these classic style homes. A turret, projecting bay windows, towers, and stories of windows that look out over wrap around porches and balconies are gorgeous. If you have a Victorian style home you probably love the patterned shingles, colorful exterior color palette and all the elaborate architectural details of this classic home.
Share on FacebookTweet American iconic Victorian design style is known for its French inspired details?
Log Cabin/Rustic Style:
Modern log cabins and the rustic style of living have come a long way from their origins of being comprised of heavy timber construction. While early log cabins were predominantly located in mountainous American rural areas, today modern log cabins are becoming a popular staple on ranches and country estates as well as in the mountains. The sturdy built homes are known for their rustic appeal of wood species such as red cedar, bald cypress, and white pine timber woods. The interiors boast panoramic window views of the outdoors and can be in a single or multi-story floor plan layouts. Log cabins were once modest dwellings but now are featured amongst some of the most expensive homes in America. Many of these homes can be custom built to suit any homeowner?s needs from choice of timber, luxury finishes and top of the line amenities.
Share on FacebookTweet American iconic log cabin design style
Ranch Style:
One of the most recognizable architectural styles of Americana is the Ranch style home.? This style home became popular in the early 20th century and was representative of suburbia American living where families escaped the city life of working all day to come home to a yard and horizontal-designed floor plans that rambled along their property. Ranch style homes can borrow architectural styles from the Craftsman bungalows to Prairie style homes with their large overhanging and low slope rooflines. The interiors gave way to the now popular ?great-room? floor plan concept ? where clearly defined rooms were not as important as entertaining and combining living, kitchen and family areas took priority. If you live in a Ranch style home you probably enjoy panoramic views and sliding glass doors looking out over your backyard. The Ranch style home is still an iconic representation of suburban American living at its finest.
Share on FacebookTweet American iconic ranch design styleShare on FacebookTweet American iconic southwestern design style ? combines southwestern rustic style and ranch living together
There are so many other iconic architectural styles that have led the United States to have diverse living styles for every homeowner. Urban cities love their brownstone and urban loft living, while the American farmhouse style has made farm living a popular and nostalgic architectural style as well. We?d love to hear what styles you would add to our Freshome list. ?
