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  Excerpt from Murninghan, Marcy, 1998. Money, Media and Morality: From Personal Convictions to Public Commitments, Part ...
Meditation is an exercise of vital power, with no thought of retreating from the world...[It opens up] a sense of being part of a purpose, the purpose being to raise an agenda that people without the fortune of time of birth, good health, and coming from a family that was wealthy could not.
To me the vital objective is very much something that I associate with the American Experiment, and it probably has to do with why my ancestors came here in the first place although I suspect being starving and poor had a lot to do with it.
Power and Accountability (New York: HarperBusiness) presents a diagnosis of what is wrong with large U.S. corporations that have misused their power, and contends that institutional shareholders have the potential to make corporations more responsible and accountable.
www.ragm.com /archpub/ragm/1998murnighan.html   (8293 words)

  
 The Excercise of Vital Powers
Garibaldi, Sheridan, Lyta, Stephen, and Edgars all seem to be "exercising vital powers." But their actions actually prevent others from that same "exercise." Edgars is determined to prevent telepaths from exercising unfair vital powers, and his explanation does have a chilling plausibility.
Sheridan & Co. want very badly to prevent Clarke from further exercise of his vital powers (and vital firepower), again, for seemingly valid reasons.
Garibaldi wants to stop Sheridan from his exercise of vital powers, and I, for one, waver on the fulcrum of sympathy with his reasoning.
home.att.net /~reschliman/B5/416_EoVP.htm   (673 words)

  
 Guide page: "The Exercise of Vital Powers"
As his paranoia increased, he started giving the Corps more and more power, since telepaths were able to tell him absolutely whether the people around him were loyal.
According to Edgars, the real power in Earthdome has never been in the hands of the politicians; the mega-corporations have always called the shots.
The title is a reference to Aristotle's definition of happiness: "The exercise of vital powers along lines of excellence in a life affording them scope."
www.midwinter.com /lurk/guide/082.html   (1795 words)

  
 About the Exercise of Vital Powers
The Exercise of Vital Powers is a blog dedicated to the promoting limited government, personal responsibility and common sense foreign policy.
This blog spent a brief period of time calling itself The Real World Libertarian, however it was decided that the term Libertarian has a negativie connatation due to the radical positions put forth by the Libertarian Party.
Thus it was reborn as The Exercise of Vital Powers.
www.vitalpowers.com /about.html   (122 words)

  
 ISN News: The Zocalo Today
The Communist Party are elected to power by the Russian people.
The foundation is laid for the first Luna Colony in the Sea Of Tranquility.
As their race has a long history of paranoia and suspicion and an equally long history of warfare, mainly civil wars when the government of the time failed to deliver on a promise, those in power hit upon the idea of using outside interference in their culture as a scapegoat for all their internal problems.
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 Guide page: "Endgame"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The device Franklin placed on Lyta was most likely the one he mentioned developing in "The Exercise of Vital Powers." He claimed to be working on a repeater to help broadcast her thought patterns.
After her bad treatment at the hands of Sheridan and company, treatment which forced her to reassociate herself with the Psi Corps ("The Exercise of Vital Powers,") Lyta was surprisingly willing to put herself on the line yet again.
A hideous amount of rendering power and time went into that episode, and the result is all there on-screen.
www.larryhastings.com /lurk/countries/us/guide/086.html   (3098 words)

  
 Unitarian Universalist Church of Silver Spring
It recognizes that the social order has a role to play in providing scope for the excellent powers its members are striving to develop.
I think we can even stretch the Greek definition to include loving, as a vital power that should be exercised excellently.
I suggest that they are not in a position to pursue happiness-defined, as I said, as the development of vital powers along lines of excellence.
www.uucss.org /sermons/uu2000-07-02.html   (2396 words)

  
 Commencement Address by the Rev. Peter J. Gomes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
I mean happiness in the sense that that old dead white man Aristotle defined it — the exercise of the vital powers along lines of excellence in a life affording them scope.
You are even less vital and acute now than when I began to speak.
Excellence is what you have been called to exercise, and you have the capacity to do so.
alumni.unc.edu /article.asp?SID=2611   (2174 words)

  
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He's also outlining how Clark got power and linking him to Hitler, and reminding us of the Shadow influence in Clark's rule.
The night of the Long Knives has two historical referents: Tiberius' slaughter of his aide Sejanus and his followers in 31 AD (if you've ever seen the BBC series I, Claudius, it's in there); and Hitler's purge of the Brownshirts (Sturm Abteilung) in 1934.
They threaten his power and that of the mega-corporations.
www.thegalacticgateway.com /episodes/exercise.htm   (863 words)

  
 Synopsis: "The Exercise of Vital Powers"
Edgars says they don't, yet, but they are beginning to fight their own battle of secrets and intimidation.
Edgars explains to Garibaldi that Clark has power given him by the voters who were afraid of aliens and wanted to do something about it.
Edgars tells Garibaldi that Clark is not really in charge--that his own megacorporation, as well as the others on Earth, have really been running things behind the scenes for years.
www.midwinter.com /lurk/synops/082.html   (3022 words)

  
 Diocesan Formation and Education Program for Deacons and Laity
There are and have been many sorts of ethics and ethical systems, not all of which we would consider compatible with a Christian view of the world.
So Aristotle considered the end or goal of life as happiness, defined as “the exercise of vital powers along lines of excellence in a life affording them scope,” and ethics as the inquiry into what will further the end or goal of life.
century was the author of Ductor Dubitantium, a massive treatise on judging cases of conscience; and also author of the Rule and Exercises of Holy Living and the Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying.
home.earthlink.net /~deervale44/Ethics1.htm   (2260 words)

  
 The Exercise of Vital Powers
Edgars tells him that it's the people's fault - Clark was allowed to take power because people were afraid of aliens and afraid of each other.
BABYLON 5 names, characters and all related indicia are the property of J. Michael Straczynski and Warner Brothers, a division of Time Warner Entertainment Company.
"THE EXERCISE OF VITAL POWERS" synopsis © 1997 Rosa L. Smothers.
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 THE CINEMA LASER DVD REVIEW-- BABYLON 5- THE COMPLETE FOURTH SEASON: NO SURRENDER, NO RETREAT
Lines Of Communication marks retaliation in the propaganda war, with Ivanova becoming the voice of B5; Franklin making inroads with the Mars resistance and Delenn comes face to face with a race that was allied with The Shadows.
Conflicts Of Interest finds Garibaldi hired as a bodyguard for his former fiancée, while Ivanova goes down to Epsilon III seeking additional power to beam her Voice of the Resistance broadcasts all the way back home.
The Exercise Of Vital Powers reveals what Mr.
www.thecinemalaser.com /dvd_2004/b5s4-dvd.htm   (1758 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Babylon 5 - Vol. 4.08 - No Surrender, No Retreat / The Exercise Of Vital Powers: Video   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The PAL standard works in most European countries, with some exceptions.
In 'No Surrender, No Retreat' the battle to win back Earth begins.
In 'The Exercise Of Vital Powers' Garibaldi begins his exile.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004CWXE   (386 words)

  
 Episode List | Show Guide: Babylon 5: Season Four: The Exercise of Vital Powers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Babylon 5 Show Guide: Season Four: The Exercise of Vital Powers
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As Sheridan's forces continue towards Earth, Garibaldi is finally allowed to meet his employer, William Edgars, face to face on Mars, and is after telepath assisted interrogation finally told what he must do to gain Edgars' complete trust.
www.episodelist.com /site/index.php?go=episodes.view&episode_id=1374   (88 words)

  
 Laurel's TV Picks for Monday 01/29/2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Garibaldi goes to Mars (and he hates Mars) in "The Exercise of Vital Powers" episode of Babylon 5 (Sci-Fi, 6pm, letterboxed).
Another installment of Jazz (PBS, check your local listings).
- from the "Exercise of Vital Powers" episode of Babylon 5
www.windowseat.org /tv/archive/00000021.html   (812 words)

  
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They will fire the instant you come into range.
You will find their power quite impressive for a few seconds."
Sinclair, "You should never hand someone a gun, unless you are sure where they'll point it.
b5.cs.uwyo.edu /bab5/b5-g.html   (1928 words)

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