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 This web page - - - will offer Surveys for public input - - - ABOUT MAJOR THREATS TO   THE-LONG-TERM   SUSTAINABILITY-OF-CIVILIZATION   - - - hoping that
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================================================================================================================================================================================== ================================================================================================================================================================================== This web page - - - will offer Surveys for public input - - - ABOUT MAJOR THREATS TO THE-LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY-OF-CIVILIZATION - - - hoping that most viewers are interested in helping US-ALL to participate in IDENTIFYING and LIFTING-UP for open-and-honest-dialogues: questions, affirmations, facts, truths, ideals, values, principles, grounds-for-hope, virtues, perspectives, myths and convictions - - - that Will-Play-Major-Roles in EITHER AUGMENTING and/or UNDERMINING - - - the LONG-TERM-SUSTAINABILITY of EARTH'S GLOBAL Civility-Patterns - - - and of EARTH'S GLOBAL-CIVILIZATION. SUVEYS will be offered in the overall spirit described at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wisdom_of_Crowds. SURVEYS-WILL-NOT-FOCUS EXCLUSIVELY-UPON any-isolated ideology or group's - - - perspectives, beliefs or activities. Surveys WILL-FOCUS INCLUSIVELY-UPON questions, affirmations, facts, truths, ideals, values, principles, grounds-for-hope, virtues, and perspectives - - - that ARE-TOO-RARELY the Gracious-Focus of Open-and-Honest Public-Dialogues. { THE SURVEY WAS UPDATED ON 2012/04/09- - - AND IS NOW OPEN FOR YOUR INPUT. IT WILL REMAIN OPEN FOR MANY DAYS; UNTIL THERE IS A GOOD REASON TO CLOSE IT.} { YOU ARE ALL ENCOURAGED TO TELL FRIENDS TO CONTRIBUTE THEIR DIVERSE PESPECTIVES, OPINIONS, CONVICTIONS, ETC. - - TO STIMULATE OPEN-AND-HONEST DIALOGUES!} =====> CLICK ON THIS LINE TO CONTRIBUTE YOUR-OWN-PERCEPTIONS TO A CURRENTLY OPEN SURVEY <===== Some people may find portions of the survey to be of little interest/concern to them. Feel free to fill out only the portions that are of authentic interest/concern to you. There are no financial costs or benefits associated with filling out this survey document. Your only benefits are the intangible benefits of knowing you have helped to lift up important but neglected topics, for open and honest discussion. ================================================================================================================================================================================== ================================================================================================================================================================================== ======================================================================================================================================================================================= = Click on this line to explore an evolving dictionary of about 1,500 words that appear often in the over 10,000 essays available on this web site = = = = Use this dictionary to find essays of interest to you. Future features will enable users to augment their own search-word-lists on the basis of how frequently words = = have appeared in the essays found here at this web-site www.essayz.com. The focus here is upon facilitating open-and-honest discussions-with-friends about - - - - How can we each = = discern whom we can most trust and admire in-the-long-term in GOD's PLANET-EARTH'S changing environment with finite supplies of OIL, NATURAL GAS and COAL that are being EXHAUSTED. = ======================================================================================================================================================================================= @ Click here critics.htm for some possible responses to a varitey of likely criticisms of essays.
A. Find Essays-SEQUENTIALLY in Date-of-Writing-Order; Forward-or-Backward in time. @$# Starting with the FIRST OF ANY MONTH --- and forward or backward in time. B. $& Find essays relating to a very influential student friend. D. $# Find essays with an emphases on frequently used WORD-STARTS that interest you. (2 VERSIONS) I. $ Find essays through introductions to Keywords-Often-Used within the essays.
M. hists.htm Offers an early brief-web-site with a few of the following HISTORIES of: #^ 1. Recent & Current PLANS <====== <====== <====== <====== <====== <====== # 2. VISITS to essayz.com with a graph showing exponential growth. <====== <====== # 3. HITS at essayz.com with a graph showing two stages of exponential growth. <====== @& 4. The WRITER of the essays. (BRIEF FORMAT) @& 5. The WRITER of the essays. (EXTENDED FORMAT) @& 6. The essayz.com Web-site (BRIEF VERSION) @&10. Bibliography of influential books #^ 11. WEBALYZER-Reports --- month-by-month at the ends of months. <====== <====== <====== <====== #^ 12. WEBALYZER-Reports --- during the FIRST-FEW-DAYS of some recent months. <====== <====== #^ 15. Suggestions to COLLEGE-AND-UNIVERSITY-STUDENTS about safely using essays found here. #^ 16. Shalom.htm How visitors can form SMALL-COALITIONS to popularize their favorite few essays. #^ 17. focus.htm = viewed.htm Encouraging visitors help each-other focus-on outstanding essays. #^ 18. scores.htm Gives Links to essay texts most often getting attention in webalyzer reports. @ 19. Overview of the COMPONENTS of the web site essayz.com.
N.$# FINDER.HTM GIVES 2-ALTERNATIVE-VIEWS OF of 23 ways to FIND-ESSAYS. <==== HIGHLY-RECOMMENDED!
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THE FOLLOWING LINKS APPEAR OFTEN TO LET YOU GET AROUND EASILY @#1.Go to HOME PAGE of essayz
@#2.Find brief-essays via keywords
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4.Search-Helps related to the ABOVE-LINK

@#5.GoTo Action & Information Center
@#6.Find Regular-Essays via Year/Month
@#7.Find Regular-Essays via Word-Starts
@#8.Find MANY Regular-Essays about LOVE
@#9.Find webs-of-many-related-topical-essays
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@ An at-sign, "@" near the left margin indicates a web page for BEGINNERS to look at soon, to become aware of what the web page offers, even if not to make immediate use of it.
# A pound sign, "#", near the left margin indicates that its line includes a QUICK-LINK to an important web-page. There are many other ways to get to such web-pages; but using those many other ways clutters up webalyzer reports and makes it difficult to lift-up favorite- essays for others to appreciate. You are encouraged to learn to use ALL such # QUICK-LINKS to help all visitors sort out which are the favorit essays on this web site. Good-habits help communities to facilitate both personal and communal integrations/integrities!
& An ampersand, "&", flags personal and historical notes about the early history of these essays.
$ A dollar sign "$", flags web pages useful in finding essays of interest to the visitor.
^ A carat "^" flags web pages related to "lifting-up" essays for other visitors' attention.
+ A plus-sign, "+", flags people working cooperatively to take action in reconciling ways.
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