The Kanshou (Earthkeep)
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The international outcry against the U.S.'s use of biological weaponry deals the deathblow to the global power of the United States as it had existed and assures the inclusion within North American borders of the newly formed Reclaimed Territory Of Aztlán, extending from Los Angeles to the Mississippi River.
2021
"Empty Monday," April 12, the day of the Animal Exodus from Little Blue. The death or disappearance of all multi-cellular animals except Homo sapiens. All subsequent attempts fail to clone stored animal DNA.
2022
Beginning of a decade of upward spiralling global unrest, exhibited in street wars, food riots, homeless rebellions, increased martial law, worldwide disruptions of power, communication, and transportation services.
2023
International Disarmament Accords end the possibility of biological, chemical, or nuclear war worldwide.
2024
Announcement that Vaccine IV has irrevocably suppressed the Y chromosome in men and reduced fertility in women by 80%. Estimates concur that by mid-century, global population will be just over one billion and that the ratio of women to men will be 12-to-1.
2026
Lin-ci Win is born in Hong Kong.
2027
Worldwide secession from their parent nations of religious fundamentalist sects whose precepts include enslavement of women and individualized strains of racist theology. Their staunch defense of their sovereign communities initiates the bloodiest decade of Little Blue's 21 century.
Formation of Intenational Congress, representing nearly 75% of the nations of the world.
2029
Founding of the Amahrery's Kanshou Academy in Hong Kong, ushering in the era of women's peacekeeping principles and practices.
2033
Founding of the Femmedarmery's Kanshou Academy in Tripoli.
2034
Founding of the Vigilancia's Kanshou Academy in Los Angeles.
2035
Worldwide legal reforms begin the conversion of prison facilities into containment areas called "bailiwicks," whose inmates become "habitantes." Local police forces formally adopt Kanshou peacekeeping principles, practices, and ranks.
2036
Inchoate governance model based on values and practices familiar to women begins to emerge for Middle East geo-political territory, spearheaded by Presiding Sifter Of The Syrian Kitchen Table, Flossie Yotoma Lutu, and called a "satrapy."
2038
Transmogrifier technology is tentatively approved for worldwide distribution by International Congress. The profusion of world credit systems is standardized to accommodate the rapidly changing economy. (See EARTHKEEP TERMINOLOGY.)
2039
Beginning of worldwide efforts to integrate and codify among nations economic and governmental relationships based upon values and practices familiar to women. Hearings, forums, and convocations in every major city explore the requirements of world government, delineating legislative, judicial, and implemental functions.
2041
Jezebel Stronglaces is born in Lakemir, near Lake Michigan, North America.
2042
Zella Terremoto Adverb , Zude, is born in Barranquilla, Colombia, South America.
2043
The Kitchen Table, international judicial body is formed, initially with five sitting Sifters. Half-trap, quarter-trap, and demesne tribunals are established upon the Kitchen Table Model. (See GLOBAL GOVERNANCE.)
2044
"Earthclasp," April 12, the day that citizens all over the world celebrate Earthkeep priorities. (See EARTHKEEP TERMINOLOGY.)
2046
Centralizing of global peacekeeping policy by the formal merging of Amahrery, Femmedarmery, and Vigilancia into the Kanshoubu. First convening of the Heart Of All Kanshou, composed of Amahs, Femmedarmes, Vigilantes of all ranks and charged with the determining of the policies of the Kanshoubu. (See GLOBAL PEACEKEEPING.)
2049
Central Web, with 15 sitting Websters, is officially established to replace International Congress as world legislative body. Half-trap, quarter-trap, and demesne webs begin forming on the Central Web model. (See GLOBAL GOVERNANCE.)
2050
International census for the first time categorizes "satrapies" and "tri-satrapies" as geo-political entities. The global population is reported to be 1,242,000,000, of which female citizens are 92.3%, male citizens 7.7%. "Little Blue" is officially acknowledged as the most common popular reference to the planet Earth.
2053
The Year-Long Plenum in Tokyo formulates precepts of new global governance. The Plenary Constitution, a planet-wide governing document, takes shape. "Global" begins to replace "international" in the daily parlance of citizens. Newly formed bureaus and boards take up the regulation of economic affairs and the implementation of legislative decisions.
2057
Nueva Tierra Norte Satrapy, after long negotiation with its southeastern precincts, finally confirms both the spirit and letter of the Plenary Constitution, thus completing the ratification of that global document.
2062
Amah High Captain Lin-ci Win is wounded and paralyzed at a cotton mill looting skirmish in Wuchang (Hupeh Province).
2066
Flossie Yotoma Lutu becomes Magister Of The Africa-Europe-Mideast Tri-Satrapy.
2067
Zella Terremoto Adverb (Zude) enters the Amah Academy in Hong Kong.
2078
Lin-ci Win becomes Magister of the Asia-China-Insula Tri-Satrapy.
2080
Zella Terremoto Adverb (Zude) becomes Vice-Magister Of Nueva Tierra Norte Satrapy.
2084
Jezebel Stronglaces becomes the unofficial leader of a global movement to eradicate violence.
2085
Zella Terremoto Adverb (Zude) becomes Magister Of Nueva Tierra Tri-Satrapy.
2086
Global Consorority Of Neurosurgeons reveals proposal to use bailiwick habitantes in "the search for a physiological violence center in the brain" (Habitante Testing) and the possible institution of Anti-Violence Protocols, surgeries to eliminate any such physiological center.
EARTHKEEP TERMINOLOGY
bailiwicks
Containment areas for offenders against society, similar in function to 20 century prisons.
"ballbakers"
The contraband crystals, tuned electronically or by a witch, which are being illegally distributed and sometimes used to castrate violent men, particularly rapists.
breathshine
Creation by breathfriction and focused intent of an independent and "totable" source of light, as in the creation or rejuvenation of a glolobe.
breeks
A Kanshou's loose-fitting black pants of light cotton.
cape, cloak
A Kanshou's black cape of tekla, hanging to mid-thigh and kept folded in her subvention belt except when used for warmth, balance, or protection. Magisters wear the near ankle-length cloak instead of the cape.
Central Web
Little Blue's global legislative body of 15 Websters, the highest level of the planet's Legislative branch of government. (See GLOBAL GOVERNANCE.)
chela
A beginning Kanshou cadet.
com-, commu-
Referring to "communication" as in comcube, comunit, comline, com- or commuflow.
comfortsuit
A Kanshou's skintight bodystocking of rhyndon.
compu-
Referring to "computer" as in compucode, compufile, compukiosk, compupost, compusite.
cowl
A Kanshou's tubular neckpiece of tekla that can be spread and extended upward to cover her head for protection from weather.
credit system
Little Blue's primary method of value exchange, used in all metropolitan districts and in most rural areas except where citizens have opted to be a barter or gift society. Generally replaces currency used in former eras.
cushcar
A hovercraft that is used pri
marily for personal transport, such as the "solocush" (borne on only four air jets) or the "standard 24" which can seat four passengers and is sustained by 24 jets. In contrast to the cushcar, a "cargocush" is the transportation of choice for freight, and is borne on 48 jets. Cushcars have replaced vehicles powered by a four-stage gasoline combustion engine in popularity.
Daily Voice
The ongoing global opinion poll, offering citizens of Little Blue the opportunity to voice their opinions regarding proposals being heard by the Central Web and lower webs or cases being heard by the Kitchen Table and lower tables. One vote allowed per citizen per day.
dartsleeve
A close range personal weapon through which a Kanshou may blow darts laden with "sodoze." The sodoze is a neurological inhibitor that disables the person targeted within seconds.
demesne
(duh-mane)
The governmental sub-division of a quarter-trap, whose size and shape are determined by discussion (and if necessary, by referendum) among the citizens who are involved.
dreamwork
The mutual exploration undertaken by two women who are physically touching while sleeping, and in which they inhabit the same dreams, as in dreamwalking, dreamweaving, dreamwatching.
Earthclasp
April 12, 2044, the day that citizens celebrated the highest of Earthkeep priorities: the rehabilitation, preservation, veneration, and appropriate "use" of the Earth for citizens and for the hoped-for Return Of The Animals. Pundits and cultural analysts have since marked the day of this celebration as the turning point in the global economy from scarcity to "No Hunger, No Poverty." The day is also commonly regarded as the time at which women were acknowledged to be the uncontested leaders of socio-political affairs on Little Blue.
Earthkeep
The prevailing mass consciousness on Little Blue, derived in response to the disastrous events of the first half of the 21 century. The values attendant upon the Earthkeep consciousness are: a reverence for the planet and its biosphere as a living organism, an awareness of the interconnectedness of all beings, and a celebration of diversity and self-determination within Nature and among the human family.
Empty Monday
The day of the Animal Exodus, the 48-hour period inclusive of April 12, 2021, when every non-human animal on Little Blue mysteriously died or disappeared.
Exodus
The Animal Exodus from Little Blue in which all multi-cellular animals including insects gave up their lives. No bacterial, fungiform, or plant life was affected. Phytoplankton survived.
flat-
Used to distinguish "regular" objects or processes from holographic reproduction, as in flatfilm, flatcopy, flatcast, flatfone, flatmap.
flex-car
The Kanshoubu's multi-purpose and variously-powered vehicle capable of movement on land, in air, and on or through water, usually combining only two of these capacities as in the ability to operate both vertically and laterally over land or water.
forcefield wraps
Spheres of energy established by set nodes and used by Kanshou in the detention or transfer of violent offenders. Different areas of the harmer's body can be quickly immobilized or released.
free enterprise
The encouragement of private industry or commerce under open competitive conditions, a part of Little Blue's mixed economy but strictly within the boundaries of Earthkeep priorities. A Board Of Use must deliberately grant to a commercial or industrial enterprise its use of any land, water, and/or airspace, however large or small, that is under the Board's jurisdiction. Boards Of Use may revoke any grant at any time for violation of the conditions of use.
gert
To fly together as Kanshou, designated as, for instance, Rhoda-Gert-Longleaf. Or a "spoon" of two Kanshou women who are able to fly together because they are or have been lovers. Applied specifically to the Flying Daggers of the Amahrery, the Femmedarmery, and the Vigilancia.
gift society
A community committed to the development of an economy based upon the gifts that its residents offer and receive. Central to such a society's philosophy is the individual's subsistence solely upon the largess of her/his neighbors.
glolobe
A source of light generated by breathshine and sustained by a pattern of ambient influx. Glolobes may be suspended in the air or carried to other locations by mindtote.
habitante
A person remanded to a bailiwick because of his/her violent behavior.
hempbrew
A tea-like hot drink made from processed hempstalks.
holo-
Designating some feature of holotechnology (e.g., holotech, holosize, holoscene, holoroom, holofest).
hovercraft
Any air conveyance, usually a cushcar or cargocush, used for public transportation or personal short-distance travel. It is powered by fusion thrust or hydrogen-enhanced photovoltaic units but kept aloft by air suspension in the form of multiple jets of air in constant pressure against the ground (or water).
hurtfield
Invisible electrical "fences" which surround most bailiwicks to prevent the escape of habitantes.
Kanshoubu (kahn-show-boo)
The global peackeeping body, composed of Amahs, Femmedarmes, and Vigilantes. A part of the Implemental branch of Little Blue's government.
Kanshou
(kahn-show)
Peacekeeping officer or officers, either an Amah, a Femmedarme, or a Vigilante, depending upon the tri-satrapy in which she serves. A guardian or watcher.
Kitchen Table
Little Blue's global tribunal of nine Sifters (justices). The highest level of the planet's Judicial branch of government.
learntogether
A companion in study or experience, often the term applied to a life partner.
lonth
The lower body's balance-and-sustain point, between the second and third chakras, which with practice can be used to maintain any psychic or physical state. A kind of "automatic pilot" for spoons or gerts during long flights.
lovetogether
Any two people who share intimate erotic or spiritual experiences of love-making.
lume
Any source of light used to dispel darkness or to accent texts or drawings. An electronic pointer, as in a lumerod, lumestick, screenlume, or lumepoints.
magnopad
Electronic writing tablet for memoranda or brief expendable messages. The pad's magnetic field can be programmed to save data or messages for short time periods.
Mother Right
Feminist ideology built upon the primacy of the female, essential female values and sensibilities, the necessity of women's self-determination apart from men or patriarchal structures or processes, and the inalienable principle of a woman's authority over her own children and those of her species, exclusive of any male influence.
paque
By a holo-imagery system, the simulation of walls, rooms, and 3-D projections of distant views in areas otherwise transparent or without walls. Whole environments can be paqued, depaqued, and repaqued quickly.
plastiped
A soft, durable, and flexible polymeric compound that "breathes." Used universally as the substitute for leather, particularly in the manufacture of footwear as in a Kanshou's mid-calf boots.
Plenary Constitution
Little Blue's globally negotiated constitution ratified in 2057, delineating the responsibilities of Little Blue's Legislative, Judicial, and Implemental branches of government and the interrelationships of the planet's geo-political territories (e.g., satrapies, tri-satrapies). Further, the document sets out the values attendant upon the Earthkeep Consciousness and names those values as the spirit from which all legal statutes will thenceforth derive. Certain caveats attach to the Plenary Constitution, pertaining to specific indigenous cultures and sovereign communities.