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Celebrate Touré's new book I Would Die 4 U: Why Prince Became an Icon with a dance party featuring a night of Prince music spun by Ali Shaheed Muhammad from A Tribe Called Quest.
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2013 New York Yankees Top 20 Prospects
There is just a whole lot of outfield and right-handed pitching going on here. Williams and Austin both have their own respective paths to the OF in mind, and if Heathcott can push for a regular role in time, no one will complain. Almonte may likely end up as trade fodder in the long run compared to the aforementioned outfielders. On the pitching front, many may be hoping that Ty Hensley and Rafael DePaula can offset some of the uncertainty that surrounds Jose Campos (although he may be ready for earlier next year). Gary Sanchez has continued to do well at the plate, with his work as a backstop lagging behind a bit.
- Mason Williams, OF: It would have been great to see how he finished the year if not for a dislocated shoulder in late July. So much potential at the plate and in the field. The performance is quickly matching the promise after his age-20 season.
- Tyler Austin, OF: Not as big on tools as other bats at the top of this list. Even still, he has the skill set to provide consistent value at the plate, with patience, solid power and a level swing. It just a matter of finding his future position after shifting from 3rd base to the outfield.
- Gary Sanchez, C: Hard to complain about the progress that the 19 year old made between Low and High-A ball. He certainly took advantage of the hitters park in Charleston, posting a .220 ISO in 68 games. Up in the FSL, he managed a solid .280/.331/.423 line through 47 games. Just needs to continue to work on his game behind the plate.
- Slade Heathcott, OF: It was nice to see the 22 year old see some success in his first run through High-A ball. A 22.7% line drive rate was among the best in the FSL, and while he did strike out at a high rate 25%+, his walk rate was serviceable (also hit in the league's most pitcher-friendly park). Most important is that he has the raw tools to be very valuable as a hitter, defender, and baserunner. A great AFL campaign isn't hurting his reputation, either.
- Jose Campos, RHP: The other half of a trade (sort of) gone wrong, Campos went down with an elbow injury, making fans wait another year to see if he can live up to some high expectations. One would imagine they are a bit lower, even if the recovery for this injury is much easier to predict than in years past.
- Manny Banuelos, LHP: Speaking of elbow injuries, Banuelos was on the shelf since May, only to find he would end up having surgery come October, making most of next year lost. Now its a matter of finding out if he can regain top of the rotation stuff whenever he is healthy again.
- Angelo Gumbs, 2B: A solid year for the 19 year old, with numbers that don't reflect some great raw tools at the plate. He really wore down over the second half, which combined with an overly-aggressive approach and injuries makes for a lesser overall line in 2012.
- Ty Hensley, RHP: The big Texas prep lefty boasts plenty of velocity and a nasty curve, and even signed under slot after being picked 30th overall this past June (because of a red flag with his shoulder). The Ole Miss commit has a frame ready for pro ball.
- Rafael DePaula, RHP: Well look who finally got a visa. The 21 year old could fly up the charts with a strong upper-90s heater, slurvy breaking ball, and clean delivery. He's certainly had plenty of time to work on it.
- Brett Marshall, RHP: Not quite the follow-up some expected after a great 2011 at High-A, but a really solid year nonetheless. Though he might not have a workhorse build, Marshall throws tons of innings with a solid GB rate and sometimes-quality slider.
- Mark Montgomery, RHP: Hard to not like what the 2011 11th rounder has done so far in his pro career. Through 92 IP, the reliever has yet to post a FIP over 1.60. In a small 24 IP sampling at AA this year, he continued to walk few and strikeout many.
- Zoilo Almonte, OF: It remains to be seen if he can hit enough to be a regular corner OF contributor. Having spent most of his 2012 in RF, Almonte's lack of patience doesn't always lend itself to run production. With the 3rd highest ISO in AA Eastern League play this year and moderate speed, he may yet be of value.
- Ramon Flores, OF: If he had a good bit more power or speed, the 20 year old would be looked at a bit differently. As it is now, he has shown the ability to hit for average and draw solid walk rates (9.3%), but not much else. He did produce in one of the FSL's worst parks for hitters though, so keep that in mind for next year.
- Nik Turley, LHP: The big lefty (6'6″, 230) may not run big velocity up there (low 90s), but he has gotten results at nearly every level so far in his pro career. He works a strong curve and OK change-up effectively, posting solid GB and K rates the past two years (while also outperforming his FIP by a decent margin). Very interested to see how he fares in AA in 2013.
- Dante Bichette, Jr, 3B: Will most likely be a streaky hitter for most of his career. Definitely has the natural talent to hit (and hit for power); it's just a matter of keeping his swing in line. He has the aptitude to post quality walk rates, but it won't matter much if he doesn't make (any) good contact. Jury is still out on whether or not he moves to RF.
- Jose A. Ramirez, RHP: Entering the year after 2011 struggles in a Sally league repeat, his status was a bit up in the air. Fortunately the stuff has always been there, and it showed up at High-A. Admittedly a pitchers park, Ramirez did post near a K/IP with decent GB en route to a 3.28 FIP. Still work to be done, but definitely an improvement for the soon to be 23 year old.
- Austin Aune, OF: Turning down a deal to attend TCU for football/baseball, the 2012 2nd rounder will be one to watch as he transitions to baseball full time. Lots of raw potential; now it's time to see if the skillset is there for him to hit.
- Dellin Betances, RHP: When he was ticketed for a starter's role (and the value that comes with it), one could (sort of) put up with the 24 year old's struggles. With nearly as many BB as runs allowed between AA and AAA, a shift to the bullpen may come. It remains to be seen if the massively-framed righty can be relied on to somewhat consistently repeat he mechanics and throw strikes.
- Adam Warren, RHP: To his credit, he has thrown a ton of solid innings at AAA the past two years (over 300 IP). Seems like a fairly typical back-end starter, with a strong fastball-slider combo and serviceable change-up. His FIP improved from 4.05 in 2011 to 3.72 this year, with a declining BB rate and improved GB numbers. Could be a nice trade target for an NL club.
- Peter O'Brien, 1st/DH/C: Well, not really sure where he will play, but at least he is with an AL club that can throw him in the DH spot. O'Brien's bat is a legitimate value, with the chance for great power and solid average. I would love to see what he could do with a full-season's worth of ABs in Yankee Stadium. Well, if he pull the ball too much.

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The NBA has downgraded a Flagrant-2 foul on Minnesota Timberwolves guard J.J. Barea to a Flagrant-1 foul.
The Timberwolves announced the decision on Tuesday, one day after Barea was ejected in the fourth quarter against Miami after a foul on Heat guard Ray Allen. Barea knocked Allen to the court with a chest bump and Allen immediately took exception and confronted Barea. Officials initially ruled it a Flagrant-One, which gives the opponent two shots and the ball.
Upon reviewing the play, referee Ed Malloy changed it to a Flagrant-Two, which brings an automatic ejection. The Wolves were down six at the time, but Miami responded with a 17-5 run to put the game away.
Barea says he is pleased with the league's decision.
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I had never used hemp seeds before (I usually just use flax seeds) but I enjoy these seeds and I add them to my smoothies. They blend very easily in my NutriBullet and I love that they're organic, too.
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A Limestone woman was jailed Monday on charges that she escaped from custody and fought police during a drug arrest that resulted from an exchange police spotted at the Jonesborough Post Office.
In a news release, Jonesborough Police Chief Matthew Hawkins said a policeman saw Charlee Callahan, 24, 2122 Conklin Road, Limestone, pass something to another woman in the parking lot of the post office, which is adjacent to the police department.
When the officer approached her and identified himself as police, Callahan ran and refused to comply with his commands. Police caught Callahan at the post office entrance and identified the item as a glass vial containing Oxycodone.
Police took Callahan into custody and charged her with possession of a controlled substance and evading arrest. But after police walked her next door to the police station for processing, Callahan slipped a hand out of her handcuffs, grabbed the vial of pills and ran through the police department, Hawkins said.
Police caught her again, but she continued to fight officers, Hawkins said in the news release.
Along with the earlier charges, police added charges of aggravated assault on an officer, tampering with evidence and escaping custody.
She was held in the Washington County Detention Center, where she remained jailed Wednesday on $112,000 bond. A Sessions Court appearance was set for next Tuesday.


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Sweeteners on the basis of a simultaneously transglucosylated sweet glycoside mixture of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni are prepared. The transglycosylation was developed in the presence of starch under the action of cyclodextrin glucanotransferase. The remaining maltodextrins are transferred to the fructose-terminated oligosaccharides. The sweeteners are purified to not less than 98% content of sweet glycosides and derivatives. The preparations are almost non-caloric, non-cariogenic, non-bitter, non-lingering sweeteners, which may be advantageously applied in foods, beverages, cosmetics and milk products.
1. A purified sweetener produced from Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni comprising glucosylated derivatives.
2. The sweetener according to
3. The sweetener according to
4. The sweetener according to
5. The sweetener according to
6. A process for producing a sweetener, comprising: glycosylating stevioside, rebaudioside A, rebaudioside C, or dulcoside A.
7. The process according to
8. The process according to
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10. The process according to
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14. A food product containing the sweetener of
15. The food product according to
16. The food product according to claims 14, wherein the said food product is a low-calorie beverage.
17. The food product according to claims 14, wherein the said food product is a low-calorie bakery or confectionery product.
18. The food product according to claims 14, wherein the said food product is a low-calorie milk product.
19. A tablet containing the sweetener of
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a process for producing a highly purified sweetener from the extract of the Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni plant and its use in various food products and beverages.
2. Description of the Related Art
At present, artificial sweeteners such as dulcin, sodium cyclamate and saccharin have been banned or restricted in view of food sanitation, and harmless natural sweeteners are receiving ever-increasing demand. The sweet herb Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni, produces an alternative sweetener with the added advantage that Stevia sweeteners are natural plant products. In addition, the sweet steviol glycosides have functional and sensory properties superior to those of many high potency sweeteners.
The sweet diterpene glycosides of Stevia have been characterized and eight sweet glycosides of steviol have been identified. These glycosides accumulate in Stevia leaves where they may be present at from 10 to 20% of the leaf dry weight. On a dry weight basis, a typical profile for the four major glycosides found in the leaves of Stevia includes 0.3% dulcoside, 0.6% rebaudioside C, 3.8% rebaudioside A and 9.1% stevioside. Other glycosides identified within Stevia include rebaudiosides B, C, and E, and dulcosides A and B. Rebaudioside B may be an artifact formed from rebaudioside A during extraction since both rebaudioside A and rebaudioside D are found to convert to rebaudioside B by alkaline hydrolysis.
Of the four major diterpene glycoside sweeteners present in Stevia leaves only two, stevioside and rebaudioside A, have had their physical and sensory properties well characterized. Stevioside and rebaudioside A were tested for stability in carbonated beverages and found to be both heat and pH stable (Chang and Cook, 1983). Stevioside is between 110 and 270 times sweeter than sucrose, rebaudioside A between 150 and 320 times sweeter than sucrose, and rebaudioside C between 40 and 60 times sweeter than sucrose. Dulcoside A was 30 times sweeter than sucrose. Rebaudioside A was the least astringent, the least bitter, had the least persistent aftertaste and was judged to have the most favorable sensory attributes of the four major steviol glycosides (Phillips, 1989 and Tanaka, 1997).
Methods for the recovery of diterpene glycosides from the Stevia rebaudiana plant using water or large amounts of organic solvents, such as methanol and ethanol are described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,361,697, U.S. Pat. No. 4,082,858, U.S. Pat. No. 4,892,938, U.S. Pat. No. 5,972,120, and U.S. Pat. No. 5,962,678.
However, stevioside possesses residual bitterness and aftertaste, which affect its qualitative characteristics. They can be eliminated by the reaction of intermolecular transglycosylation of various enzymes, upon which the attachment of new carbohydrates at positions C13 and C19 takes place. It is the number of carbohydrate units in the above-mentioned positions that determines the quality and degree of the component's sweetness.
Pullulanase, isomaltase (Lobov et al., 1991), β-galactosidase (Kitahate et al., 1989), and dextrine saccharase (Yamamoto et al., 1994) are used as transglycosylating enzymes, with pullulan, maltose, lactose, and partially hydrolyzed starch, respectively, being donors.
The treatment with pullulanase results in production of 13-O-[β-maltotriosyl-(1,2)-β-D-glucosyl]-19-O-β-D-glucosyl-steviol; 13-O-[β-maltosyl-(1,2)-β-glucosyl]-19-O-β-D-glucosyl-steviol and 13-O-[β-sephorosyl-19-O-β-maltotriosyl-steviol. Although the yields of the transglycosylated products were rather low, the selectivity in terms of the yield of the desirable mono- and di-derivatives was higher than in the case of CGTase (Lobov et al., 1991).
In case of maltase, three transglycosylated products are also produced, namely 13-O-[β-sephorosyl-19-O-β-isomaltosyl-steviol; 13-O-[β-isomaltosyl-(1,2)-β-D-glucosyl]-19-O-β-D-glucosyl-steviol and 13-O-[β-nigerosyl-(1,2)-β-D-glucosyl]-19-O-β-D-glucosyl-steviol.
The transglucosylation of stevioside was also done by action of cyclodextrin glucanotransferases (CGTase) produced by Bacillus stearothermophilus FERM-P No 2222 (U.S. Pat. No. 4,219,571).
However, all the abovementioned processes are based on the modification either of stevioside or rebaudioside A, which have to be isolated before such treatment. The sweetness level of the products obtained ranges between 50-120, and the final products contains about 20% of maltooligosacharides that decrease the healthy properties of the product. Besides that, the reactions conditions were not defined clearly (U.S. Pat. No. 4,219,571). For example, the concentration range of stevioside (from 0.1% to 20%) and enzyme (CGTase) (from 1% to 50%), and also the limits of temperature (from 20° C. to 80° C.), pH (from 3 to 10), and transformation duration (from 5 to 80 hours) are too large. Thus, it is impossible to define the preferred embodiment.
On the other hand, defining the optimum reaction condition can considerably decrease the reaction time and consumption of enzyme, and also increase the yield of the final product. It can maximize the economic contribution of the industrial process. Besides, the filtration rate of the reaction mixture, obtained at low temperatures, after treatment by activated carbon is very low, which can be incommensurably improved by increasing the reaction temperature. It also helps to decrease the non-modified amounts of glycosides.
Accordingly, it is desirable to provide a process for the simultaneous enzymatic modification of glycosides, existing in the commercial extract of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni plant, for manufacturing a purified sweetener with high sweetness, and for use thereof in various beverages and food products.
An object of the invention is to overcome the disadvantages associated with sweeteners of the related art. The present invention relates to a process for producing a highly purified sweetener from the extract of the Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni plant and use thereof in various food products and beverages.
The invention, in part, pertains to a sweetener formed of glycosylated derivatives of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni. The glycosylated derivatives are at least one selected from the group consisting of stevioside, rebaudioside A, rebaudioside C, and dulcoside A. The glycosylated derivatives can be enzymatically transglycosylated derivatives developed with CGTases produced by cultures of Bacillus stearothermophilus. The sweetener can be at least 98% pure.
The invention, in part, pertains to a process for producing a sweetener containing glycosylating stevioside, rebaudioside A, rebaudioside C, or dulcoside A. The process can be an enzymatic transglycosylating process using CGTases produced by cultures of Bacillus stearothermophilus. The process can also have the steps of decolorizing, desalting and removing malto- or fructose-terminated oligosaccharides. The decolorizing can be performed using activated carbon. The desalting can be performed by passing through ion exchange resin. Removing the malto- or fructose-terminated oligosaccharides can be performed by passing through ion exchange resin.
In the invention, Stevia extract commercialized by "Ganzhou Julong High-Tech Food Industry Co., Ltd (China), containing stevioside (38-40%), rebaudioside A (41-42%), rebaudioside C (7-8%), and dulcoside (1-1.5%), with total content of 90%, was treated by calcium hydroxide, and FeCl3, the precipitate was removed by filtration and the filtrate was deionized and decolorized by Amberlite FPC23 H, Amberlite FPA51, and Amberlite FPA98Cl. The clear solution was passed through polysulfone based ultrafiltration membranes with a filtering discrimination of 2.5 kDa (Liumar Technologies, Ottawa, Canada) with diafiltration.
The resulting purified extract with total content of glycosides more than 98% was concentrated and subjected to the enzymatic transglycosylation under the action of cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase (CGTase) in the presence of starch and then sucrose.
The obtained reaction mixture was decolorized, deionized, concentrated and spray dried. In order to manufacture the mixture with high content of transglycosylated glycosidase, the oligosaccharides are removed on Amberlite XAD16 HP resin or Dowex 50W-X4 in Ca2+ form, and sweet glycosides are powdered by spray drying.
The total sweeteners obtained were applied in various foods and beverages as a sweetener, including ice cream, cookies, bread, fruit juices, milk products, baked goods and confectionary products. The sweetener can also be used in making tablets for pharmaceuticals, vitamins, nutritional supplements, etc.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are intended to provide further explanation of the invention as claimed.
The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the invention. The drawings illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the embodiments of the invention.
Advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the detailed description given hereinafter. However, it should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating preferred embodiments of the invention, are given by way of illustration only, since various changes and modifications within the spirit and scope of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from this detailed description.
Commercialized Stevia extract (Ganzhou Julong High-Tech Food Industry Co., Ltd, China), containing stevioside (38-40%), rebaudioside A (41-42%), rebaudioside C (7-8%), and dulcoside (1-1.5%), with total content of 90%, was dissolved in distilled water to prepare a 5-10%, more preferably 7-8% solution. Then, the pH was adjusted to 9.5-10.0 by calcium hydroxide or any other suitable basic material such as calcium carbonate. After mixing at 45-50° C. for 20-30 min, the solution was cooled to ambient temperature and was neutralized by FeCl3.
After mixing for 20-30 min the precipitate was removed by filtration and the filtrate was deionized and decolorized by Amberlite FPC23 H, Amberlite FPA51, and Amberlite FPA98Cl in a conventional manner. The clear solution was passed through polysulfone-based ultrafiltration membranes with a filtering discrimination of 2.5 kDa (Liumar Technologies, Ottawa, Canada) with diafiltration, concentrated under vacuum and spray dried. However, the invention is not restricted to polysulfone membranes, and any suitable type of membrane can be used.
Any type of existing Stevia extract with various ratios of sweet glycosides can be used.
A white powder with content of stevioside, rebaudioside A, rebaudioside C, and dulcoside more than 98% was obtained (
The HPLC analysis of the obtained product was performed using an Agilent Technologies 1100 Series (USA) equipped with a Zorbax-NH2 column using an acetonitrile-water gradient from 80:20, v/v (2 minutes) to 50:50, v/v during 70 minutes and UV detector at 210 nm.
The enzymatic transglycosylation of sweeteners obtained was developed with CGTases produced by Bacillus stearothermophilus VRPM B-4905 (Russian National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms). In this step, any CGTase possessing a intermolecular transglycosylation activity can by applied.
The cultivation of B. stearothermophilus was conducted under aerobic conditions at 56° C. at a pH range of 5-8, preferably 6.8-7.2. The cultivation time was 20-22 hours. The aeration rate was adjusted in the range of 0.5:1.0 v/v per one minute, preferably, 1:1 v/v.
The cultivation can be carried out in a batch-wise or a continuous manner.
Any synthetic and natural nutrient culture media can be used for the cultivation of the microorganisms. Any carbon-containing substances can be used in the invention as carbon sources. For instance, saccharides such as sucrose, maltose, dextrin, glucose, lactose, galactose, cyclodextrins, and starch, as well as saccharide-containing products such as molasses and yeast extracts, can be used as the carbon sources. The concentrations of these carbon sources in nutrient culture media are selectively chosen depending on their types.
However, the best results are obtained in the case of 0.5-2.0% of starch, preferably, 0.7-0.9%. The nitrogen sources usable in the invention are, for example, inorganic nitrogen-containing compounds such as ammonium salts; and organic nitrogen-containing compounds such as urea, corn steep liquor, casein, peptone, yeast extract, and beef extract. The inorganic ingredients usable in the present invention are, for example, calcium salts, magnesium salts, potassium salts, sodium salts, phosphates and others.
Since the CGTase activity was found in the cell-free nutrient media, the media can be collected and used as a crude enzyme. Conventional liquid-solid separation methods can be used to remove cells. For example, methods to directly centrifuge the culture and those to filtrate with pre-coat filters or to separate cells by membrane filtration using plain filters or hollow-fibers. The resulting cell-free culture broth can be used intact as a crude enzyme, and preferably, used after concentration. The concentration methods usable in the present invention are, for example, salting out using ammonium sulfate, sedimentation using acetone and/or alcohol, and concentration using ultrafiltration membranes such as plain filters and hollow-fibers. However, any suitable collection and concentration methods can be used.
Crude enzymes can be immobilized by conventional methods such as adsorption, covalent biding, and entrapping.
Crude enzymes can be used intact or after purification. For example, cell-free culture broth was concentrated using ultrafiltration membranes, and purified successively on beta cyclodextrin polymers to obtain an enzyme preparation exhibiting an electrophoretically single protein band.
The activity of CGTases according to the invention was determined by the following assay: The mixture of 10 μl enzyme and 0.2% amylose solution in 0.2M buffer was incubated at 50° C. for 10 min. The reaction was stopped by adding 1 ml 0.5M acetic acid and 0.5 ml 0.02% I2/0.2% KI solution. The mixture volume was brought up to 10 ml with distilled water, and extinction was determined under 700 nm. The enzyme activity unit was accepted as the enzyme quantity that has reduced the intensity of blue colour by 10% for 1 min.
Starches of various origins, for example, from wheat, corn, potato, tapioca, and sago can be used as donors for glycosyl units.
The dextrose equivalent of the partially hydrolyzed starch can be in the range of 10-25, preferably 12-16.
The amount of enzyme to be used for liquefaction of starch was within the limits of 1-5 units/gram of starch, preferably 2-3 units. In the stage of transglycosylation the quantity of enzyme was 7-15 units/gram of starch, preferably 8-11 units. However, the larger amount of enzyme raises the yield of transglycosylated products and shortens the duration of enzymatic reaction.
The process temperature was 65-75° C., preferably 68-72° C. Increasing the reaction temperature increases the reaction rate. Low temperatures are not favorable.
The remaining maltooligosaccharides transform to the fructose-terminated ones after about 12-13 hours of reaction between glycosides and starch, and sucrose in an amount of 50-100%, preferably 50-70% from the content of maltooligosaccharides, is added to the reaction mixture. Then, the reaction was continued for another 5-6 hours at the same temperature.
The reaction was stopped by heating at 95° C. for 15 minutes to inactivate the enzyme, and the solution was decolorized with a small amount of activated carbon and then desalted by passage through ion exchange resins, such as Amberlite FPC23 H(H type) and Amberlite FPA51 (OH type), concentrated and dried. The resulting product (Sample No. 2) contains non-modified glycosides, their glycosylated derivatives and a mixture of fructose-terminated oligosaccharides. Sample No. 1, which along with glycosides, contains about 17-20% of various maltooligosaccharides, was obtained without using sucrose. Other appropriate decolorizing and desalting methods can be used.
In order to prepare a sweetener with higher content of sweet glycosides the malto- or fructose-terminated oligosaccharides were removed from the reaction mixture using Amberlite XAD16 HP or Dowex 50W-X4 (Ca2+), and the solution of glycosides are powdered by spray drying (Sample No. 3 and Sample No. 4, respectively) (
Based on the results of preliminary test on the sweetening power of the sweeteners, an aqueous solutions were prepared that exhibited a sweetness comparable to that of 10% aqueous sucrose solution.
The organoleptic test was carried out at 25° C., with 20 panel members, and, by the panel, the most desirable and most undesirable sweeteners were chosen along with comments on their taste qualities. As the control the usual type of glycosylated stevioside was prepared. The results are shown in TABLE 1.
As apparent from the results in TABLE 2, sweetness quality of the Samples No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4 was rated as most superior. The further purified sweetener, with low content of intact stevioside (Sample No.4), was observed as being slightly superior to Samples No.2 and No.3.
The sweeteners can be used for seasoning of various food products (for example, soy sauce, soy sauce powder, soy paste, soy paste powder, dressings, mayonnaise, vinegar, powder vinegar, bakery products and confectioneries, frozen-desserts, meat products, fish-meat products, potato salad; bottled and canned foods, fruits and vegetables) in intact or mixed forms with other sweeteners, such as corn syrup, glucose, maltose, sucrose, lactose, aspartame, saccharin, sugar alcohols, organic and amino acids, flavors and/or coloring agents.
The products are favorably usable as a low-cariogenic and low-calorie sweetener because it is less fermentable by oral dental-caries causative microorganisms; for example, low-cariogenic food products, such as confectioneries including chewing gum, chocolate, biscuits, cookies, toffee and candy; and soft drinks such as coffee, cocoa, juice, carbonated drinks, sour milk beverage, and yogurt drinks; alcoholic drinks, such as brandy, whisky, vodka and wine. In addition to the above-described uses, the sweeteners are usable for sweetening drugs and cosmetics.
The following examples illustrate preferred embodiments of the invention.
Preparation of Cyclodextrin Glycosyltransferase
A strain of Bacillus stearothermophilus VKPM B-4905 was inoculated on 10 liters of a sterilized culture medium (pH 7.0-7.2) containing 0.7% (w/v) soluble starch, 0.5% (w/v) corn steep liquor, 0.53% (w/v) ammonium chloride, and 0.2% (w/v) calcium carbonate. The mixture was incubated at a temperature of 56° C. for 20 hours with aeration and stirring. The resultant culture broth was centrifuged, and the supernatant was concentrated up to five times on ultrafiltration membranes. The concentrated solution was diluted with three volumes of distilled water and again concentrated to the initial concentrate volume. The process was repeated for three times. A crude enzyme preparation with an activity of about 90,000 units was obtained.
Preparation of Sweetener
150 grams of commercialized Stevia extract (Ganzhou Julong High-Tech Food Industry Co., Ltd, China), containing stevioside (40%), rebaudioside A (42%), rebaudioside C (7%), and dulcoside (1%), with total content of 90%, were dissolved in 2000 ml of distilled water. After complete dissolving the pH of the solution was adjusted to 9.5 by about 3 grams of calcium hydroxide and maintained with slow agitation for 30 minutes at 50° C. Then, the suspension was cooled to ambient temperature, neutralized with about 6 grams of FeCl3 and agitation was continued for another 30 minutes.
The precipitate formed was removed by filtration, and the filtrate was deionized and decolorized by Amberlite FPC23 H, Amberlite FPA51, and Amberlite FPA98Cl in the conventional manner. The clear solution was passed through polysulfone based ultrafiltration membranes with a filtering discrimination of 2.5 kDa (Liumar Technologies, Ottawa, Canada) with diafiltration, concentrated under vacuum and spray dried. 135 grams of purified extract was obtained with 98.2% of total content of glycosides.
100 grams of tapioca starch was suspended in 600 ml of distilled water (pH 6.5-7.0), 200 units of CGTase obtained in EXAMPLE 1 was added, and the liquefaction of starch was carried out at 75-80° C. for about one hour to dextrose equivalent about 15. After cooling to 70° C., the purified Stevia extract in an amount of 100 grams was added and mixed until a homogeneous solution was obtained. 800 units of CGTase was added to the solution and allowed to incubate at a temperature of 70° C. for 18 hours. At 55° C. and 60° C. the reaction time was 48 hours and 32 hours, respectively. At 75° C. the reaction was completed in 12-13 hours. The obtained reaction mixture was heated at 95° C. for 15 minutes to inactivate the enzyme, decolorized with 0.2% (w/v) of activated carbon, and desalted by passage through ion exchange resins Amberlite FPC23 H(H type) and Amberlite FPA51 (OH type). The solution was concentrated at 65° C. under reduced pressure, and dried into a powder form. 196 grams of product were obtained (corresponds to Sample No.1).
Preparation of Sweetener
The reaction between purified Stevia extract and starch was carried out according to the procedure of EXAMPLE 2. After 12 hours, 20 grams of sucrose were added to reaction mixture and transformation was continued at 70° C. for another 5 hours. The obtained reaction mixture was treated similar to Sample 1. 217 grams of product were obtained (corresponds to Sample No. 2).
Preparation of Sweetener
10 grams of Sample 2, prepared according to the EXAMPLE 3, were dissolved in the 20 ml of distilled water and at ambient temperature was passed through a column packed with Amberlite XAD16 HP (5.0×50 cm) with spacial velocity of 0.2 hour−1. The column was washed sequentially with water (1000 ml), 20% ethanol (1000 ml), 50% ethanol (1000 ml), and 70% ethanol (1000 ml). The water fraction contained mainly monosaccharides, while 20% ethanol fraction comprised oligosaccharides. In 50% ethanol mainly glycosylated products were detected. Non-modified forms of glycosides with a small amount of glycosylated derivatives were eluted by 70% ethanol.
The 50% and 70% ethanol fractions were combined, concentrated and dried into powder form. 6.2 grams of product were obtained (Sample No.3).
Preparation of Sweetener
10 grams of Sample 2, prepared according to EXAMPLE 3, were dissolved in the 20 ml of distilled water and at ambient temperature was passed through the column packed with Dowex 50W-X4 (Ca2+) (5.0×50 cm). The elution was performed using distilled water with spacial velocity of 0.3 hour−1. The main fractions containing glycosylated derivatives of sweet glycosides were combined, concentrated, and dried into powder form. 5.8 grams of product were obtained (Sample No.4).
A composition containing 30 kg of cacao liquor, 11.5 kg of cacao butter, 14 kg of milk powder, 44 kg of sorbitol, 0.1 kg of salt, and 0.1 kg of sweetener, obtained according to the EXAMPLES 2, 3, 4, or 5, was kneaded sufficiently, and the mixture was then placed in a refiner to reduce its particle size for 24 hours. Thereafter, the content was transferred into a conche, 300 grams of lecithin was added, and the composition was kneaded at 50° C. for 48 hours. Then, the content was placed in a shaping apparatus, and solidified.
The products were low-cariogenic and low-calorie chocolate with excellent texture. However, the organoleptic test carried out with 20 panelists, revealed the no lingering after-taste for the chocolate prepared using sweetener of Sample No.1. The most desirable one was the product with Sample No. 4 (8 members), Sample No. 2 (7 members), and Sample No.3 (5 members).
1.50 kg of whole milk were heated to 45° C., and 300 grams of milk cream, 100 grams of tagatose, 90 grams of sorbitol, 6 grams of carrageenan as a stabilizer, 3 grams of polysorbate-80 as an emulsifier, and 1.0 gram of sweetener, obtained according to the
EXAMPLES 2, 3, 4, or 5, were added into the milk and was stirred until the ingredients completely dissolved. The mixture then was pasteurized at a temperature of 80° C. for 25 seconds. The homogenization of the obtained mixture was carried out at a pressure of 800 bars and the samples were kept at a temperature of 4° C. for 24 hours to complete the aging process. Vanilla flavor (1.0% of the mixture weight) and coloring (0.025% of the mixture weight) are added into the mixture after the aging process. The mixture was then transferred to ice cream maker to produce ice cream automatically. Samples of ice creams produced were transferred to sealed containers and were kept in the freezer at a temperature of −18° C.
The application of sweeteners does not affect the physicochemical properties of ice cream, as well as the overall attributes of color, smoothness, surface texture, air cell, vanilla aroma intensity, vanilla taste, chalkiness, iciness and melting rate. An organoleptic test carried out with 20 panelists. The most desirable one was the product with Sample No. 4 (8 members), Sample No. 2 (6 members), and Sample No.3 (6 members).
Low-Calorie Orange Juice Drink
Orange concentrate (35%), citric acid (0.38%), ascorbic acid (0.05%), sodium benzoate (0.02%); orange red color (0.01%), orange flavor (0.20%), and a sweetener (0.06%), obtained according to the EXAMPLES 2, 3, 4, or 5 were blended and dissolved completely in water (up to 100%) and pasteurized.
The sensory evaluations of the samples are summarized in the TABLE 3. The data shows that best results can be obtained using of high purity sweeteners.
By the same way can be prepared juices from other fruits, such as apples, lemons, apricots, cherries, pineapples, etc.
Low-Calorie Carbonated Lemon-Flavored Beverage
The formula for the beverage was as below:
Sensory and physicochemical characteristics of the drink are presented in the TABLE 4.
The drinks of Samples No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4 were superior with an excellent flavor and taste.
Low-Calorie Carbonated Drink
The formula for the beverage was as below:
The beverages prepared with different sweeteners were given to 10 judges for comparison. TABLE 5 shows the results.
The above results show that the beverages prepared using the Samples No. 2, No. 3, and No.4 are outstanding in aftertaste and possess good organoleptic characteristics.
Ice Lemon Tea
The formula for the beverage was as below:
All ingredients were blended and dissolved in the water, and pasteurized.
The products with all the samples possessing an excellent taste and flavor.
1 kg of flour, 37.38 grams of fructooligosaccharide syrup, 80 grams of margarine, 20 grams of salt, 20 grams of yeast, and 0.25 grams of sweetener, obtained according to the EXAMPLES 2, 3, 4, or 5 were placed into a blender and mixed well. 600 ml of water were poured into the mixture and kneaded sufficiently. At the completion of the kneading process, the dough has taken to be shaped and raised for 30 to 45 minutes. The ready dough was put into oven and baked for 45 minutes.
Bread samples were in creamy white in color, with a smooth texture. They displayed similar properties and taste.
Diet Cookie
Flour (50.0%), margarine (30.0%) fructose (10.0%), maltitol (8.0%), whole milk (1.0%), salt (0.2%), baking powder (0.15%), vanillin (0.1%) and sweetener obtained according to the EXAMPLES 2, 3, 4 or 5 (1.0%) were kneaded well in dough-mixing machine. After molding of the dough the cookies were baked at 200° C. for 15 minutes.
The product is a low-calorie diet cookie with excellent properties and appropriate sweetness.
In 5 kg of defatted milk 4.0 grams of sweetener, prepared according to EXAMPLES 2, 3, 4 or 5, were dissolved, and after pasteurizing at 82° C. for 20 minutes, the milk was cooled to 40° C. A starter in amount of 150 grams was added and the mixture was incubated at 37° C. for 6 hours. Then, the fermented mass was maintained at 10-15° C. for 12 hours.
The product is a low-calorie and low-cariogenic yoghurt without foreign taste and odor.
A mixture containing 58.5% lactose, 10% calcium silicate, 5% cross-carmellose, 5% L-leucine, 1% aerosol 200, 0.5% magnesium stearate, and 20% of a sweetener obtained according to the EXAMPLES 2, 3, 4, or 5, was kneaded sufficiently. Then the mixture was shaped with the use of a tabletting machine, equipped with punchers of 6.2 mm diameter, into tablets of 70 mg each, 3.0 mm thick, and 10±1 kg hardness
The tablets can be easily administrated due to their appropriate sweetness. However, the formulations using Sample No.1 and Sample No.2 were somewhat sticky with a solubility of about 3-4 minutes in water at 25° C. The tablets, prepared with Sample No. 3 and No. 4, show the best characteristics with the solubility at around 20-30 seconds.
A toothpaste was prepared by kneading a composition formulated from calcium phosphate, (45.0%), carboxymethylcellulose (1.5%), carrageenan (0.5%), glycerol (18.0%), polyoxyethylene sorbitan mono-ester (2.0%), beta-cyclodextrin (1.5%), sodium laurylsarcosinate (0.2%), flavoring (1.0%), preservative (0.1%), a sweetener obtained similarly as in EXAMPLES 2, 3, 4 or 5 (0.2%) and water to 100%, were blended in the usual way.
The product possessed excellent foaming and cleaning abilities.
It is to be understood that the foregoing descriptions and specific embodiments shown herein are merely illustrative of the best mode of the invention and the principles thereof, and that modifications and additions may be easily made by those skilled in the art without departing for the spirit and scope of the invention, which is therefore understood to be limited only by the scope of the appended claims.
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The city will use a $500,000 consulting grant won under IBM's 'Smarter Cities' program to build out facilities at the council-owned Geraldton Airport that could support mining operations north of the town.
It will also provide access to data processing facilities at Geraldton University that could provide cheaper data transmission between mining facilities and company headquarters.
Greater Geraldton mayor Ian Carpenter told iTnews the technology park had already attracted interest from the Durack Institute of Technology, which planned to take out space for a mining training facility.
Regional airline Skywest had also begun a move of its booking facility from Perth to Geraldton in a bid to capitalise on the city's recent connection to the National Broadband Network.
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|Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
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20 October 2004
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|Megawati Sukarnoputri
|9 September 1949 (1949-09-09)
Tremas, Pacitan, Indonesia
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|Kristiani Herawati
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Edhie Baskoro Yudhoyono
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|Alma mater
|Magelang Military Academy
United States Army Command and General Staff College
Webster University
Bogor Agricultural Institute
|Military (Retired)
|Sunni Islam
|Military service
|Indonesian National Armed Forces
|Indonesian National Army
|Years of service
|Four-star General
|Adhi Makayasa (1973)
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, AC (pronounced [/suːsiːlɵ bɑːmbɑːŋ juːdɒjɵnɵ/] (help·info)), (born 9 September 1949) is a retired Indonesian Army general officer, and the current President of Indonesia. Yudhoyono won the 2004 Indonesian presidential election defeating incumbent President Megawati Sukarnoputri. Widely known in Indonesia by his initials "SBY", he was sworn into office on 20 October 2004, together with Jusuf Kalla as Vice President, and again on 20 October 2009, together with Boediono as Vice President. He ran for re-election in 2009 with Boediono as his running mate, and won with an outright majority of the votes in the first round of balloting.
Early life
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was born in Tremas, a village in Arjosari, Pacitan Regency, East Java, to a lower-middle class family and is the son of Raden Soekotjo and Siti Habibah.[1]
His name is Javanese, with Sanskrit root[2]. Susilo come from words su-, meaning good[2] and -sila, meaning behaviour, conduct or moral[2]. Bambang is traditional boy name in Javanese, meaning knight. Yudhoyono come from words yuddha -meaning battle, fight; and yana, meaning journey[2]. Thus his name roughly translate `knight who well-behaved in battle and journey`.
Since he was a child, he wanted to join the army.[3] Yudhoyono developed a reputation as an extremely talented student in addition to being an academic achiever, excelling in writing poems, short stories, and play-acting. Yudhoyono was also talented in music and sport, reflected when he and his friends established a volleyball club called Klub Rajawali and a band called Gaya Teruna.[4]
When he was in fifth grade, Yudhoyono visited the Indonesian Armed Forces Academy (AKABRI). After seeing the soldiers training there and perhaps inspired by his own father's career, Yudhoyono became determined to join Indonesian Armed Forces and become a soldier. Yudhoyono had originally wanted to get into the AKABRI after graduating from high school in 1968, however, he missed out because he did not register in time.[3]
Yudhoyono then became a student at the Tenth of November Institute of Technology before entering the Vocational Education Development Center in Malang, East Java. There, he was able to prepare everything for the next phase of his education at Akabri. Yudhoyono officially entered AKABRI in 1970 after passing the test in Bandung.[3]
Military career
Yudhoyono spent three years at Indonesian Armed Forces Academy (AKABRI) and became the Commander of the Cadet Corps Division there. He graduated from AKABRI as second lieutenant in 1973, and as the best graduate of the year, received the prestigious Adhi Makayasa medal from President Suharto.
After graduating, Yudhoyono joined the Army Strategic Reserve (Kostrad) and became a platoonEnglish. Yudhoyono's proficiency in English was one of the reasons why he was sent to the United States to undertake the Airborne and Ranger Courses at Fort Benning in 1975. commander in the 330th Airborne Battalion. Aside from leading his troops, Yudhoyono was also tasked with giving the battalion soldiers lessons on general knowledge and
Yudhoyono returned to Indonesia in 1976 where he became a platoon commander in the 305th Battalion and assigned to Indonesian-occupied East Timor. Yudhoyono had several tours of duty there and, like many other Indonesian officers involved in the occupation of East Timor, was accused of committing war crimes. However, Yudhoyono has never been charged with any specific act. From East Timor, Yudhoyono became a mortar platoon commander in 1977, an operations officer for an airborne brigade from 1977 to 1978, and a battalion commander at Kostrad from 1979 to 1981. Yudhoyono then spent 1981 and 1982 working at the Army headquarters.
While working at the Army headquarters, Yudhoyono was sent to the United States again, this time to participate in the Infantry Officer Advanced Course at Fort Benning and in training with the 82nd Airborne Division. Yudhoyono also spent time in Panama and went through the jungle warfare school. When Yudhoyono returned in 1983, he was made Commander of the Infantry Trainers' School. It was not long before he was abroad again, this time to Belgium and West Germany, to undertake the Antitank weapons Course. In 1985, Yudhoyono also took a Battalion Commando Course in Malaysia.
From 1986 to 1988, Yudhoyono served with the Udayana Area Military Command, which covers Bali and the Lesser Sunda Islands. Yudhoyono was a battalion commander from 1986 to 1988 and was part of the operational staff in 1988. In 1989, Yudhoyono became a lecturer at the Army Staff College (Seskoad) and delivered a presentation entitled "ABRI's Professionalism at the Present and in the Future". Together with Agus Wirahadikusumah, Yudhoyono published a book entitled "The Challenges of Development".
Whilst at Seskoad, Yudhoyono also took the opportunity to further his own military education. He went to the US Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. While in the United States, he also took the opportunity to get an MA in business management from Webster University in 1991.
In 1992, Yudhoyono was transferred to the Army Information Department and worked as a speech writer for General Edi Sudrajat, the Army Chief of Staff. In 1993, when Edi became Commander of the Military of Indonesia (ABRI), Yudhoyono joined Edi's personal staff. Edi did not last long as ABRI Commander and Yudhoyono was then transferred back to Kostrad where he became a brigade commander. A year later, Yudhoyono was the Operations Assistant at Jaya (Jakarta) Military Area Command before taking command IV/Diponegoro Military Area Command in Central Java. Yudhoyono had one more stint overseas when he became Indonesia's chief military observer of the United Nation Peacekeeping Force in Bosnia in 1995-96.[5]
When Yudhoyono returned to Indonesia, he was made KODAM Jaya chief of staff before being appointed as KODAM II/Sriwijaya commander. In this position, Yudhoyono was responsible military operations in southern Sumatra.[6] He served in this position until 1997, when he was appointed chief of staff for social-political affairs. At the same time, he was also appointed Chairman of the ABRI Faction in the People's Consultative Assembly General Session and participated in Suharto's election to a seventh term as President.
During the days which would lead to Suharto's resignation in May 1998, Yudhoyono and pro-reform ABRI officers conducted meetings and discussions with Nurcholish Madjid, a secular pro-reform Muslim leader. From his discussions, Yudhoyono accepted the fact that Suharto should resign but like the ABRI officers who went to the meeting with him, was reluctant to withdraw their support of Suharto publicly, much less ask for Suharto's resignation.[7] Nevertheless the pressure would eventually become too much for Suharto, who resigned on 21 May 1998.
As Indonesia entered the reform era, ABRI's popularity, because of its association with Suharto, was at an all time low. To de-emphasize ABRI's political role, Yudhoyono's Chief of Staff for social-political affairs was renamed chief of staff for territorial affairs and in 1999, ABRI was renamed TNI and the Indonesian National Police (Polri) was split off. At this time, Yudhoyono's popularity began to increase[citation needed] as he offered ideas and concepts to reform the military and nation. He did this by combining the strong reformist sentiment of the time with TNI's concern for security and stability.[7] Yudhoyono then became known in the media as "the thinking general".[citation needed]
Political career
[edit] Wahid Presidency
Yudhoyono was appointed Mining and Energy Minister in the cabinet of President Abdurrahman Wahid in 1999. According to General Wiranto, who assisted Wahid in the formation of the Cabinet, he had recommended to the President that Yudhoyono would do better as Army Chief of Staff.[8] However, Wahid rejected the idea and Yudhoyono became the Minister of Mines and Energy instead. At the same time, Yudhoyono ended his military career with the rank of Lieutenant General, although he would be made honorary General in 2000.
Yudhoyono's popularity grew,[citation needed] even as Minister of Mines and Energy. In June 2000, there were rumors that Wahid, because of his lack of skill as an administrator was going to appoint a First Minister to look after the day to day running of the Government.[9] Yudhoyono's name appeared as a potential candidate for the position, although eventually Wahid appointed Vice President Megawati Sukarnoputri as the day to day administrator.
In August 2000, after a Cabinet reshuffle, Yudhoyono became the Coordinating Minister for Politic and Security Affairs. One of his tasks was to get the army out of politics. This was in line with his reformist ideas on the future of Indonesian military, and is a view he has held since his days in an army policy center. He said at that time:
|Since 1998, the military has decided to stay out of day-to-day politics. The basic idea of military reform is to go back to the role and function of the military as a defense force and move them away from politics systematically. The trend is moving in such a way that there is no so-called 'dual function' of the military, there is no so-called social political mission in the military.
Another task that Yudhoyono was given was as an intermediary between Wahid and the Suharto family. At the time, Wahid was trying to get Suharto to hand back all the money which he had allegedly obtained through corruption when he was President. Yudhoyono was sent by Wahid to convey this wish and to negotiate with the former first family. However, Yudhoyono was not successful in this venture.
At the beginning of 2001, with political pressure increasing on him, Wahid ordered Yudhoyono to form a crisis centre with Yudhoyono as Chairman[10] The purpose of this crisis centre was to assist the president in giving policy advice and was headquartered at Yudhoyono's office. It seemed as if because of this appointment, Yudhoyono could be considered one of Wahid's men, however Yudhoyono would break ranks from Wahid in July 2001 when the latter was facing impeachment. In desperation, Wahid issued a decree freezing the People's Representative Council (DPR) and then asked Yudhoyono to declare a state of emergency to further strengthen his position. Yudhoyono refused to accept this, and Wahid dismissed him.[11]
Megawati Presidency
On 23 July 2001, in a Special Session, the MPR impeached Wahid and replaced him with Megawati as President. A few days later when the MPR assembled to elect a new Vice President, Yudhoyono threw his name in the hat and competed against Golkar's Akbar Tanjung and United Development Party's (PPP) Hamzah Haz.[10] Yudhoyono and Akbar lost out to Hamzah who became the vice president.
Yudhoyono was appointed to his old position of Coordinating Minister of Political and Security Affairs in Megawati's new cabinet. After the October 2002 Bali bombing, he oversaw the hunt for and arrest of those responsible, and gained a reputation both in Indonesia and abroad as one of the few Indonesian politicians serious about the War on Terrorism. His speech during the one year anniversary of the Bali bombing (in which many Australians were killed) was praised by the Australian media and public.[11]
Yudhoyono also dealt with the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), a separatist movement wanting to separate the Province of Aceh from Indonesia. On his advice, Megawati declared martial law in Aceh on 19 May 2003. This martial law was then extended in November 2003.[12]
The Democratic Party
Yudhoyono's supporters saw Yudhoyono's participation in the vice presidential election as a sign of his popularity and recognized Yudhoyono's potential as a possible leader for Indonesia. One of these supporters, Vence Rumangkang approached Yudhoyono with the idea of forming a political party to help shore up support for the 2004 Presidential Elections. Yudhoyono approved of the idea and after going through the basic concepts, left Rumangkang in charge of forming the Party.
From 12–19 August 2001, Rumangkang began holding a series meetings to discuss the formation of the party while holding consultations with Yudhoyono. Yudhoyono personally led the meetings on 19 August and 20 August 2001, and the basic outline of the Democratic Party was finalized.
On 9 September 2001, the formation of the party was officially declared and on 10 September it was registered at the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights.
The organizers behind Democratic Party's formation went to extreme lengths to make sure that PD was Yudhoyono's personal political party. The declaration of its formation was 9 September 2001, which was Yudhoyono's birthday and to start off with, the Party had 99 members.
Road to Presidency
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By 2003 there was a gathering momentum behind the possibility of Yudhoyono being a presidential candidate.[13] The United Democratic Nationhood Party (PPDK) was the first to bring up the subject of nomination. In September 2003, Yudhoyono's own party began to make preparations in case Yudhoyono was willing to accept a presidential nomination. The Democratic Party then initiated a publicity campaign to promote Yudhoyono as a candidate. For his part, Yudhoyono was not responsive both to PPDK or the Democratic Party's maneuverings to nominate him and continued his duties as Minister. PPDK was disappointed in Yudhoyono's reaction and the Democratic Party continued to wait for Yudhoyono to resign his position as was expected of all presidential candidates apart from the incumbent President and Vice President.
The turning point came on 1 March 2004, when Yudhoyono's secretary, Sudi Silalahi announced to the media that for the last six months, Yudhoyono had been excluded from policy decision-making in the field of politics and security.[14] On 2 March 2004, Megawati responded that she had never excluded Yudhoyono, while her husband, Taufiq Kiemas called Yudhoyono childish for complaining to the media instead of the president herself. On 8 March 2004, Yudhoyono sent a letter asking for permission to meet the president about his ministerial authority. Megawati did not respond when she received the letter, although she invited Yudhoyono along to a cabinet meeting on 11 March 2004. Yudhoyono did not attend the cabinet meeting and instead held a press conference at his office and announced his resignation from the position of Coordinating Minister of Political and security affairs. He also announced that he was ready to be nominated as a presidential candidate.
Yudhoyono's popularity skyrocketed after his falling out with Megawati as he was seen by the people as the underdog. However this popularity did not translate to a victory for the Democratic Party at the 2004 legislative elections. The party won 7.5% of the votes, which was still enough to nominate Yudhoyono as a presidential candidate. Yudhoyono accepted the nomination and picked Golkar's Jusuf Kalla as his running mate. Aside from the Democratic Party, their presidential and vice presidential candidacy was supported by the Crescent Star Party (PBB), the Reform Star Party (PBR) and the Indonesian Justice and Unity Party[15] (PKPI).
Yudhoyono's manifesto for the future of Indonesia, summarised in a book titled "Vision For Change" written by him and distributed for free during the campaign, was built on four pillars: prosperity, peace, justice and democracy. At the top of his agenda was a plan for increasing economic prosperity, aiming for economic growth of at least 7% and a revival of small and medium-sized enterprises. He also put forward policies to offer better credit lines, to cut red tape, improve labor laws and to root out corruption from the top down. He told an interviewer:
|If we are to reduce poverty, create jobs, increase purchasing power and rebuild infrastructure, then we will need new capital. Of course, to be able to invite investment, I have to improve the climate — legal certainties, political stability, law and order, sound tax policies, customs policies, good labor management. I will improve the guarantees to encourage investors to come to Indonesia.
Yudhoyono's perceived communication skills made him the front-runner throughout the election campaign, according to many opinion polls and the opinions of election commentators,[16] ahead of the other candidates (Megawati, Wiranto, Amien Rais, and Hamzah). On 5 July 2004, Yudhoyono participated in the first round of the presidential election, coming first with 33% of the votes. However, 50% of votes were required for a new president and vice-president to be elected, and this meant Yudhoyono going into a run-off against Megawati.
In the run-off, Yudhoyono faced a challenge from Megawati's Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle (PDI-P), forming a national coalition with Golkar, the PPP, Prosperous Peace PartyIndonesian National Party (PNI). Yudhoyono then declared that his coalition, which now received political support from the National Awakening Party (PKB), the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) and the National Mandate Party (PAN), would be the people's coalition. On 20 September 2004, Yudhoyono participated in the run-off election, winning it with 60.87% of the vote. Yudhoyono was inaugurated as president on 20 October 2004. In February 2010, SBY was named as the political figure who had achieved The Gold Standard in Political Communications by the influential PublicAffairsAsia network and magazine. (PDS) and the
Presidency: 2004-present
The day of his inauguration, Yudhoyono announced his new cabinet, which would be known as the United Indonesia Cabinet (Kabinet Indonesia Bersatu). Consisting of 36 ministers, it included members of the Democratic Party, Golkar and the PPP, PBB, PKB, PAN, PKP, and PKS. Professionals were also named in the cabinet, most of them taking on ministries in the economic field. The military were also included, with five former members appointed to the cabinet. As per Yudhoyono's promise during the election, four of the cabinet appointees were female.[17]
In late 2007, Yudhoyono led Indonesia into a free trade agreement with Japan.[18]
Education and health
In July 2005, Yudhoyono launched the Schools Operational Assistance (BOS) program.[19][20] Under this arrangement, the government gives money to principals to financially assist in the running of schools. Should BOS be able to provide significant financial assistance to the school then the school is expected to lower fees or, if they are able to, to abolish fees altogether. In June 2006, Yudhoyono launched Books BOS which provides funds for the purchase of textbooks.
In January 2005, Yudhoyono launched the Poor Community Health Insurance (Askeskin). Askeskin is a program directed at poor people which allows them access to healthcare.[21]
Balance of power with Vice President Kalla
Although he had won the Presidency, Yudhoyono was still weak in parliament, the People's Representative Council (DPR). The Democratic Party, even combined with all of its coalition partners, had far fewer representatives than Golkar and the PDI-P. which intended to play the role of opposition.
With a national congress to be held in December 2004, Yudhoyono and Kalla had originally backed Agung Laksono speaker to become Golkar chairman. When Agung was perceived to be too weak to run against Akbar, Yudhoyono and Kalla threw their weight behind Surya Paloh. Finally, when Paloh was perceived to be to weak to run against Akbar, Yudhoyono gave the green light for Kalla to run for the Golkar Chairmanship.[22] On 19 December 2004, Kalla was elected as the new chairman of Golkar.
Kalla's victory posed a dilemma for Yudhoyono. Although it now enabled Yudhoyono to pass legislation, Kalla's new position meant that he was now more powerful than Yudhoyono in terms of influence in parliament.
After the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami Kalla, apparently on his own initiative, assembled Ministers and signed a Vice Presidential decree ordering work to begin on rehabilitating Aceh. The legality of his Vice Presidential decree was questioned[23] although Yudhoyono maintained that it was he who gave the orders for Kalla to proceed.
In September 2005, when Yudhoyono went to New York to attend the annual United Nationsvideo conference from New York to receive reports from ministers. Critics suggest that this was an expression of distrust by Yudhoyono.[24] The suggestion seemed to gain momentum when Kalla only showed up for one video conference and then spent the rest of the time taking care of Golkar matters. Summit, he left Vice President Kalla in charge. Yudhoyono held a
The alleged rivalry resurfaced again in October 2006 when Yudhoyono established the Presidential Work Unit for the Organization of Reform Program (UKP3R). He tasked it with improving the conditions for business investment, executing government diplomacy and administration, improving the performance of the state-owned enterprises, expanding the role of small and medium businesses, and improving law enforcement as a whole.[25] The UKP3R was headed by Marsillam Simanjuntak, who served as Attorney General during the Wahid Presidency. In February 2007, Yudhoyono added welfare to UKP3R's tasks by ordering them to also put focus on the abolition of poverty, the direct cash assistance, public service as well as assisting programs in health and education[26] There were accusations that this was an attempt by Yudhoyono to exclude Kalla from government. Yudhoyono was quick to clarify that in supervising UKP3R, he would be assisted by Kalla.[27]
Dealings with Suharto
On May 6, 2005, Yudhoyono visited Suharto at hospital when the latter suffered from intestinal bleeding. On 5 January 2007, Yudhoyono and his wife visited Suharto, who was again hospitalized due to anaemia as well as heart and kidney problems.[28][29] After the visit, Yudhoyono made an appeal to all Indonesians to pray for Suharto's recovery.[30]
Responding to some publicly-made requests to Yudhoyono to granting a pardon for all Suharto's possible past mistakes in governing the country, presidential spokesperson Andi Mallarangeng said, "A visit from an incumbent [president] to a hospitalized former president is something normal. However, this show of humanity and legal step are two different things."[31]
On 17 August 2007, Indonesia by initiative of Yudhoyono in Jakarta, proposed that eight nations, homes to some 80% of the world's tropical rainforests join diplomatic ranks amid increasing concern over global warming. Indonesia led the summit of eight countries (on September 24 in New York) - Brazil, Cameroon, Congo, Costa Rica, Gabon, Indonesia, MalaysiaPapua New Guinea. On 3–15 December 2007, Indonesia hosted the 13th Conferences of the Parties (COP-13) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ChangeBali.[32] and (UNFCCC) in
During the Pope Benedict XVI Islam controversy, Yudhoyono stated that the Pope's comments were "unwise and inappropriate," [33] but also that "Indonesian Muslims should have wisdom, patience, and self-restraint to address this sensitive issue....We need them so that harmony among people is not at stake."[34]
Yudhoyono is one of the 100 World's Most Influential People in 2009 according to TIME[35] Magazine.
During an official visit to Australia, 9–11 March 2010, he was appointed an Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia (AC)[36] and addressed Australian Parliament, the first Indonesian head of state to do so.[37]
Indonesian security forces claim to have uncovered a plot to murder Yudhoyono. A purported strike was to occur 17 August 2010, on the Indonesian Independence Day.[38]
Political party
During his presidency, Yudhoyono further consolidated his position within the Democratic Party. In May 2005, at PD's first National Congress, Yudhoyono was elected Chairman of the Executive Board (Ketua Dewan Pembina).[39] In this position, Yudhoyono has the highest authority, superseding that of chairman.
Yudhoyono also studied in the United States, where he received his Masters degree in Management from Webster University in 1991. He subsequently earned his PhD in agricultural economics from the Bogor Agricultural University on 3 October 2004, two days before his presidential victory was announced.[40] His dissertation is entitled "The Rural and Agricultural Development as an Effort to Alleviate Poverty and Unemployment: a political economic analysis of fiscal policy".[citation needed] He was also awarded with two honorary doctorates in 2005, respectively in the field of law from his alma mater, Webster University, and in political science from Thammasat University in Thailand.[40]
The name Yudhoyono is not an inherited surname; most Javanese do not have surnames. Rather, he chose it for his military name-tag, and it is how he is referred to abroad[41][42][43]. His children go by the name Yudhoyono, and in formal meetings and functions he is addressed as Dr Yudhoyono. In Indonesia, he is referred to in some media as Susilo and is widely known as "SBY".
Yudhoyono lives both in the Presidential Merdeka Palace in Jakarta and his family residence in Cikeas, Bogor with his wife, Ani Bambang Yudhoyono. First Lady Ani Yudhoyono holds a political science degree from Merdeka University, and was the first vice chairman of her husband's Democratic Party. She is the eldest child of General (Ret.) Sarwo Edhie Wibowo, one of Indonesia's high-profile generals.
The family's eldest son, Captain Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono(born 1978), graduated from Taruna Nusantara High School in 1997 and the Indonesian Military Academy in 2000 and is a holder of the Adhi Makayasa Medal like his father. In July 2006, Agus graduated from the Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies, Singapore with a masters degree in strategic studies, and is currently studying in Harvard University [44]. He is married to Annisa Larasati Pohan,[45] a fashion model and the daughter of a former Bank Indonesia vice-president. The couple's daughter and Yudhoyono's only grandchild, Almira Tunggadewi Yudhoyono, was born on August 17, 2008 [46].
The family's younger son, Edhie Baskoro Yudhoyono(born 1982), received his bachelor degree in Economics from the Curtin University of Technology, in Perth, Western Australia[47] and his Master Degree in the Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies, Singapore[48]. In the 2009 general election, Edhie was elected as member of Parliament from Democratic Party and currently sits as a member of Parliament's Commission 1 dealing with international affairs.[49]
Music / Discography
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is a musician and in his younger days was part of a band called Gaya Teruna. In the 2000s, he has come back to his early love of music by authoring and co-authoring three pop albums.[50]
- In 2007, he released his first music album entitled My Longing for You (English title), a collection of love ballads and religious songs. The 10-song tracklist features some of the country's popular singers performing the songs.[51]
- In 2009, he joined forces with Yockie Suryoprayogo under the name "Yockie and Susilo" releasing the album Evolusi.
- In 2010, he released a new third album entitled I'm Certain I'll Make It (English title)


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