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Host an Inaugural Ball to Celebrate President-elect Barack Obama’s Historic Victory
2008 marked one of the most momentous races for the U.S. Presidency, one fueled by intense passion and determination. Use the suggestions below to celebrate President-Elect Barack Obama’s historic victory by hosting an inaugural ball at your home!
Décor & Tabletop suggestions
Pave the entry to your home with remnant red carpet purchased from your local carpet store, or rent a red carpet from Red Carpet Runway.
As guests enter, have a photographer snap a photo of them next to a life-sized cut-out of President-Elect Barack Obama. This will make a fun party favor. Place photos in glossy, quality stock paper photo frame imprinted with the host’s name and the date of the party (e.g. Debbie’s Inaugural Ball, Jan 18, 2009).
Place vases with white roses around the home for added drama.
Suggested Invitation Copy
(Host Name) requests the pleasure of your company
at the Yes We Can Inaugural Ball in celebration of
Barack Obama
44th President of the United States of America
DATE
TIME
PLACE
RSVP
Semi-formal Attire
Cocktail Recipes
No celebration would be complete without champagne. Serve cocktails with custom imprinted napkins featuring the Presidential seal and date of the party. A few patriotic themed cocktails include:
Red (Serves 10)
Ingredients
3 cups chilled Arizona green tea
6 cups chilled pomegranate juice
10 - 20oz Gin or Vodka
5 oz amaretto
Toothpick
Garnish: Strawberry, blueberries and mini-marshmallows
*Prepare Garnish before beginning
1. Mix the green tea and pomegranate juice into a bowl
2. Line up 10 glasses filled with ice.
3. Pour 1oz (full shot glass) of Gin or Vodka and 0.5oz (half a shot glass) of amaretto in each Glass with ice. *You may also add an extra shot of liquor for a kick.
4. Pour 7oz (less then a cup) of the green tea and pomegranate mix into each cup.
5. Garnish and Serve
WHITE (Serves 1)
Ingredients
1 oz vodka
1 oz peach schnapps
fill with Sprite or 7up
Garnish: Blueberries and raspberries on Toothpick
Mix vodka, peach schnapps together and pour in glass. Fill the rest of the glass with Sprite. Garnish with Blueberries and raspberries.
BLUE (Serves 1)
Ingredients
1/2 oz. Light Rum
1.2 oz. Vodka
1/2 oz. Blue Caracao
3 oz. Pineapple Juice
1 oz. Sweet & Sour Mix (or margarita mix)
Garnish: Pineapple and Cherry
Combine all ingredients and mix well. Serve in a tall glass. Garnish with a slice of pineapple and a cherry.
Hors D’ourves Recipes
Red & Blue Chips with White Cheese Dip
White Cheese Dip (Serves 
Ingredients
4 cups monterey jack cheese or asadero cheese or chihuahua cheese, shredded fine
16 ounces green chilies
1 cup half-and-half
8 tablespoons onions, chopped fine
2 tablespoons ground cumin
2 teaspoons salt
4 serrano peppers, chopped fine (optional)
4 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped fine (optional)
Tortilla Chips (Blue & Red- organic)
Directions
Put all ingredients in a double boiler and heat on medium. Cook until melted and well blended, stirring occasionally. Serve with fresh chips.
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Why will our sun expand to a red giant ball when it runs out of fuel?
I read something about the sun running out of fuel and expanding to a red giant ball, consuming and destroying planets in about 5 billion years.
Why does this happen to our sun and does this happen to other types of stars too?
It is not so much the Sun running out of fuel so much as what are the ratios of Hydrogen to Helium within the Sun's core. Helium is a byproduct of the initial primary fusion cycle used to produce energy within a star the size of the Sun. As this Helium accumulates, it forms an inner core.
This inner Helium core becomes dense enough as the Sun ages that it's gravity acts on the Hydrogen layer above it, increasing the rate at which the Hydrogen fuses. This increased fusion rate/ energy output in turn causes the convection layer above the Hydrogen layer to expand, occupying a much larger volume. Thus all the layers above that one must expand also.. This massive increase in volume in turn drops the effective temperature of the outer most visible layer of the Sun (photosphere) down to where the peak output of light is in the red range of the visual spectrum.
The Sun will continue to evolve as it enters the Red Giant phase. The Hydrogen layer will be depleted at a faster rate until the degenerate Helium core reaches temperatures/pressures sufficient to commence the Helium fusion cycle.
Yes, this does occur for other stars who's mass is greater than 0.5 of the Sun.
Stars that are many times the mass of the Sun may undergo a Super Red Giant phase, while those of mass less that 0.5 will have Red Dwarf status to look forward to achieving.
The life cycle of stars is driven by the total mass. You may want to look at the links for 'HR Diagram' or 'Stellar Evolution' on the web for more detail.