![]() A T ROUBLED M ARRIAGE Emerson John Phelps ( Husband ) and Amy Lynn Phelps ( Wife ) were married in their home state of New York on August 25, 1990. Wesley Mack Bryant, Columbia, Tennessee, for the appellee, Amy Lynn Phelps. Attkisson, Columbia, Tennessee, for the appellant, Emerson John Phelps. C OTTRELL, P.J., M.S., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which F RANK G. 3 Appeal as of Right Judgment of the Chancery Court Affirmed as Modified P ATRICIA J. We affirm the trial court s division of marital property and its determination not to award alimony to the husband, but we modify its judgment to include husband s share of the equity in the marital home in the property division, rather than as a separate award of alimony in solido. ![]() ![]() He also contends that the trial court should have awarded alimony to him rather than to the wife. The husband argues on appeal that the property division was inequitable. The court awarded the wife the husband s share of the equity in the home in the form of alimony in solido. M2010-00856-COA-R3-CV - Filed JThe trial court granted the wife a divorce after a marriage of nineteen years, awarded her most of the marital property including the marital home, and made her wholly responsible for the mortgage debt on the residence. ![]() EMERSON JOHN PHELPS Appeal from the Chancery Court for Maury County No. ![]() IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE Assigned on Briefs ApAMY LYNN PHELPS v. ![]()
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![]() The City of Earth is comprised of those beings who love only themselves and seek their own glory and good. City of God is, as its final words proclaim itself to be, "a giant of a book. The City of God, according to Augustine, consists of all human and celestial beings united in their love for God and their seeking to glorify Him. ![]() City of God (Penguin Classics) City of God (Penguin Classics): Augustine of Hippo, Bettenson, Henry: 9780140448948: : Books Skip to main content. Because City of God was written for men of classical learning-custodians of the culture Augustine sought to condemn-it is thick with Ciceronian circumlocutions, and makes many stark contrasts between "Your Virgil" and "Our Scriptures." Even if Augustine's prose strikes modern ears as a bit bombastic, and if his polarized Christian/pagan world is more binary than the one we live in today, his arguments against utopianism and his defense of the richness of Christian culture remain useful and strong. City of God (Penguin Classics) Augustine of Hippo, Bettenson, Henry on. The glory that Rome failed to attain will only be realized by citizens of the City of God, the Heavenly Jerusalem foreseen in Revelation. Augustine Subject Area: Political Thought Source: Saint Augustine, A Select Library of the Nicene. ![]() ![]() After the sack of Rome, Augustine wrote this book to anatomize the corruption of Romans' pursuit of earthly pleasures: "grasping for praise, open-handed with their money honest in the pursuit of wealth, they wanted to hoard glory." Augustine contrasts his condemnation of Rome with an exaltation of Christian culture. Augustine's City of God, a monumental work of religious lore, philosophy, and history, was written as a kind of literary tombstone for Roman culture. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The discovery of love, sure, but also and more so, the discovery of culture and roots, the discovery of potential, the discovery of self. Yes, a romance does eventually develop, but Loveboat, Taipei offers so much more than your typical YA summer fling. Before she knows it, Ever soon discovers why Chien Tan is also known as “Loveboat,” as she embarks on her own adventures. Her parents sign her up for the Chien Tan program, where she is expected to study and learn more about her culture to gain a deeper appreciation and understanding of it. ![]() Instead of spending her summer trying out for a dance scholarship, Ever is shipped to Taiwan to experience what will be the summer of her life. However, there’s one major complication: her parents and what they have in mind. The lowdown – Chinese American teen Ever Wong wants one thing: to dance. ![]() ![]() ![]() Neither was it the arrival, so frequent in the fifteenth century, of some plumed and bedizened embassy. It was neither an assault by the Picards nor the Burgundians, nor a hunt led along in procession, nor a revolt of scholars in the town of Laas, nor an entry of "our much dread lord, monsieur the king," nor even a pretty hanging of male and female thieves by the courts of Paris. There was nothing notable in the event which thus set the bells and the bourgeois of Paris in a ferment from early morning. The sixth of January, 1482, is not, however, a day of which history has preserved the memory. ![]() Three hundred and forty–eight years, six months, and nineteen days ago to–day, the Parisians awoke to the sound of all the bells in the triple circuit of the city, the university, and the town ringing a full peal. You should visit Browse Happy and update your internet browser today! The embedded audio player requires a modern internet browser. ![]() ![]() ![]() It made me wonder - who are these lists for? They're probably not really for kids. ![]() Playing in the Rain: Get Kids Outside in Almost Any WeatherĪ quick search for rainy day activities with kids offers endless lists of indoor projects and games. Their calendars are FREE and loved by teachers, parents, grandparents, caregivers-all kinds of people! Please pass this along to anyone who would be happy to get kids (and even themselves) out to play. Try the suggestions in this brochure, and then add your own ideas over time!Ĭlick here to view and download the brochureĬlick the link below to view and download Tinkergarten's May activity calendar to help you fill the new mnth with moments of joy and play. Great nature play doesn’t require elaborate and expensive play spaces! Even a limited outdoor area can be affordably enhanced for nature play, using common materials and plants to create a child’s heaven that is chock-full of small-scale wonders and magical discoveries. ![]() Have this newsletter delivered to your inbox monthly. Given the overwhelming evidence of the benefits of active, child-led play in nature for all children, we provide monthly resources, research, and ideas for child-led play (inside and outside) and nature for educators and families in ELRCs 8, 9 and 10. ![]() Welcome to our newsletter! This month we're sharing practical ways to get children outside this spring for teachers and families ! ![]() ![]() ![]() In their month of madness, Tony and his fridge met a real prince and a bogus one they surfed together and entered a bachelor festival the fridge was christened and one of the pair had sex without the other knowing. Here is his record of the unlikely pair's fortunes as they made their way from Dublin to Donegal, from Sligo through Mayo, Galway, Clare, Kerry, Cork, Wexford, Wicklow, and back again to Dublin. ![]() Only in the magical land of Ireland could such a notion lead to such fruitful adventure. ![]() Joined by his trusty travelling companion-cum-domestic appliance, he found himself in the midst of a remarkable adventure, at times emotional, at times inspirational, but more often than not, downright silly. Have you ever made a drunken bet? Worse, still, have you ever tried to win one? In attempting to hitchhike round Ireland with a fridge, Tony Hawks did both, and his foolhardiness led him to one of the best experiences of his life. ![]() ![]() His idea of romantic love comes from operas like La Bohème and La Traviata where the heroine dies in the hero’s arms. Apart from his serial ineptitude with women, Julian has so few distinguishing features of his own that he earns his living as a stand-in for movie stars he resembles. Protagonist Julian Treslove uses the name “Finkler” as his personal euphemism for “Jew” the “Finkler question” is the Jewish question. Moreover, for all his wit and acuity, Howard Jacobson has achieved something even more enduring: a deeply moral reflection on the implications of identity and the consequences of loving ideas, fame, and other people. The winner of the Man Booker Prize in 2010 is above all a brilliant social comedy that crackles with quotable dialogue on practically every page. Despite what you may have heard, The Finkler Question is not a political novel about opponents of Zionism. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() O’Brien is the acclaimed author of “The Things They Carried,” a collection of semi-autobiographical short stories based on his experiences in the Vietnam War. The university’s bi-annual Festival of Contemporary Writing is the state’s largest reading series and is an integral part of Spalding’s Master of Fine Arts in Writing Program residency, which the university hosts every spring and fall. This year’s festival runs through May 25.(Disclosure: I am a 2004 graduate of Spalding's MFA program.)On Thursday, special guest Tim O’Brien will read and sign books. A series of readings by authors affiliated with Spalding University’s Master of Fine Arts in Writing program begins Saturday. ![]() ![]() ![]() The later volumes have shifted tone towards the adventurous Kaaro becomes a secondary character while the more dynamic, heroic Aminat takes centre stage. Rosewater was a meditative novel, dominated by Kaaro’s cynical worldview and ambivalent about the prospect of alien transformation. At the end of that book, Kaaro and his lover Aminat, who are both agents of the secret government department S45, discover that Wormwood, by performing healings and seeding the xenosphere, is transforming human cells into alien ones, slowly remaking the human race. Some humans, like Rosewater’s protagonist Kaaro, are able to sense the xenosphere and manipulate it, giving them psychic powers. ![]() The alien bacteria released into the atmosphere by Wormwood form the “xenosphere”, which connects all living beings on the planet. ![]() ![]() ![]() Well thank you for that, but YA will never lose me -as a reader and as a writer I spend a lot of time here! In a lot of ways, I don’t really see a difference. ![]() I’m selfishly so happy to have you back in YA I was afraid we might’ve lost you back to adult SFF for good with Blackfish City, but you manage to juggle both so well! In sci-fi, a genre that always seems to be a bit more nebulous than others when it comes to what age means, how do you decide what’s a YA story and what’s an adult story? ![]() There’s some of me in all my characters, but Solomon definitely has a big piece of my heart – a gay Jewish boy trying to make art and make sense of the world around him while struggling with mental illness. As their quests progress, these two worlds begin to collide. But it’s also the story of Solomon, a gay teenage photographer who lives in a city full of monsters and magic, who is trying to save his best friend Ash – the Refugee Princess – from a conspiracy trying to destroy all magic. Miller!Ĭongrats on the new release! Please tell us a little bit about Destroy All Monsters, and especially about Solomon!ĭestroy All Monsters is the story of Ash, a regular teenager in the real world, who is trying to save her best friend Solomon from a mental health crisis. Miller, YA and Adult author, to the site! It’s been quite a past couple of years of awards and category-jumping, and I’m thrilled to have landed him the month of the release of his sophomore YA, Destroy All Monsters. Sci-fi fans undoubtedly need no introduction, but I’m gonna go ahead with one anyway and welcome Sam J. ![]() |