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Shabu-shabu

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Shabu-shabu is a Japanese variant of hot pot. The name Shabu Shabu is derived from the "swish swish" sound of cooking the meat in the pot. The dish is related to sukiyaki in style, in that both use thinly sliced meat and vegetables and are usually served with dipping sauces, but it is considered to be more savory and less sweet than sukiyaki. It is considered a winter dish but is eaten year-round. 

Shabu-shabu was introduced in Japan in the 20th century with the opening of a Shabu-shabu restaurant "Suehiro" in Osaka. Its origins are traced back to the Chinese hot pot known as "shuan yang rou". Shabu-shabu is most similar to the original Chinese version when compared to other Japanese dishes such as sukiyaki. 

The name of Shabu-shabu was named when Suehiro served it. After that, Suehiro registered the name of shabu-shabu as a trademark in 1955. The cuisine rapidly spread through Asia. Together with sukiyaki, shabu-shabu is a common dish in tourist hot-spots, especially in Tokyo, but also in local Japanese neighborhoods (colloquially called "Little Tokyos" or "Japantowns") in countries such as the United States and Canada. 

The dish is traditionally made with thinly sliced beef, though modern preparations sometimes use pork, crab, chicken, duck, or lobster. Most often, tender ribeye steak is used, but less tender cuts such as top sirloin are also common. A more expensive meat, such as wagy?, may also be used for its enhanced flavor and texture. It is usually served with tofu and vegetables, including Chinese cabbage, chrysanthemum leaves, nori (edible seaweed), onions, carrots, shiitake mushrooms and enokitake mushrooms. In some places, udon, mochi or harusame noodles may also be served. 

The dish is prepared by submerging a very thin slice of meat or a piece of vegetable in a pot of boiling water or dashi made with kombu  and swishing it back and forth several times. The familiar swishing sound is where the dish gets its name. 

Shabu-shabu directly translates to "swish-swish". Cooked meat and vegetables are usually dipped in ponzu or "goma"sauce before eating, and served with a bowl of steamed white rice. Once the meat and vegetables have been eaten, leftover broth from the pot is customarily combined with the remaining rice, and the resulting soup is usually eaten last. 

Lists face crackdown

The Metropolitan Police Department campaign, which includes designating more marked bikeways, comes amid an increase in accidents and violations that will now face stiffer penalties. 

People who ride bicycles without proper brakes or run red lights may face a fine of up to \50,000. Failing to ride slowly and carefully on sidewalks can result in a fine of up to \20,000. Police plan to strictly enforce the new measures while at the same time enhancing safety. 

Cycling has long been a popular form of exercise and has increasingly been viewed as a means of commuting, particularly after the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11 stranded untold thousands of people in the capital, prompting a run on bicycles that quickly sold out. 

Although most people use common sense when they cycle, there are aggressive types who thumb their nose at safety. 

Some apparently find it fashionable to pedal brakeless, one-gear "pist" track bikes on the street. It is legal to ride a brakeless bike on a track, but not on the street. 

A pist rider got the attention of police in February when one such bike was involved in a fatal collision with a 69-year-old female pedestrian in Shibuya Ward. 

But in terms of overall identified violators of the Road Traffic Law, the MPD cited only 300 cases of cyclists running red lights, compared with 111 in 2009 ? in both cases the figures only account for incidents police processed. Police also handled 661 cases of cyclists riding illegally modified bikes, including those with no brakes, compared with two in 2009. 

Overall, cyclists who, according to police, violated the Road Traffic Law numbered 1,438 last year, compared with 574 in 2009. The number from this January to September was 1,351. 

By prefecture, Tokyo logs the highest number of bicycle accidents. Last year saw 1,039 bicycle-pedestrian accidents, or about 40 percent of all such cases logged nationwide, an MPD spokesman said Oct. 20. Between last January and August, accidents involving bicycles accounted for 37.8 percent of all traffic accidents in Tokyo, the largest percentage ever. 

The police are also planning to collaborate with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to increase designated bicycle ways on both the left side of streets and the right side of sidewalks, the spokesman said. 

With Gadhafi Dead, What Does Future Hold for Libya?

Moammar Gadhafi ruled Libya for forty-two years. He was killed Thursday after fighters loyal to the National Transitional Council, the NTC, captured him in his hometown of Sirte. People celebrated in Tripoli, including this engineer who gave only his first name, Osama. 

OSAMA: "All the people go outside and they celebrate and feel so happy about the end of this Gadhafi's regime and everyone, even the families, the children, the old people, all are out to celebrate this moment. This moment is very happiness moment now." 

Questions about how the Libyan leader died have raised the possibility of an international investigation. 

Moammar Gadhafi was twenty-seven when he took power in nineteen sixty-nine after a military overthrow of Libya's king. He once declared himself Africa's King of Kings. 

This Nigerian social worker, Mary Ene, says other African leaders who want to stay in power forever should learn something. 

MARY ENE: "This is a lesson to our leaders in this part of the world to know that power belongs to God and that God can take power from anybody anytime. It is time for our leaders to look beyond trying to grab all the things that belong to the public for their own pockets, for their own families." 

Ugandan government spokesman Fred Opolot had some praise for the former leader. 

FRED OPOLO: "Gadhafi will be remembered in Uganda as a Pan-Africanist who contributed a lot to the workings of the African Union.  Also in individual countries he contributed a lot in foreign direct investment and let's not forget, he was a key proponent for African unity, so in that context, Gadhafi will be missed." 

The United States blamed Libya for bombing a German nightclub in nineteen eighty-six. Two American servicemen were killed. The United States reacted with deadly air strikes in Libya. 

In two thousand three, Colonel Gadhafi took steps to improve relations with the West. He admitted responsibility for the nineteen eighty-eight bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. That attack killed two hundred seventy people. He also rejected weapons of mass destruction and terrorism. As a result, the United States re-opened diplomatic ties with Libya. 

The rebellion in Libya began in February in the eastern city of Benghazi. Colonel Gadhafi sought to crush the unrest. He refused to leave even as NATO planes began attacking his forces in March. 

NATO says its air strikes likely aided in his capture. It says its planes had attacked a large group of vehicles that attempted to flee Sirte on Thursday. It says NATO officials did not know at the time that Colonel Gadhafi was in one of the vehicles. 

NTC officials have said control of Sirte would begin a series of moves for elections, a new government and a new constitution. 

President Obama said the United States looks forward to the quick formation of a government and to free and fair elections. 

Mr. Obama added, "Without putting a single U.S. service member on the ground, we achieved our objectives, and our NATO mission will soon come to an end."