Twas the night before Obama

** It’s Barack Obama Eve in Ottawa. Here’s what people are talking about today online:

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Bruce Ward
[
 invites Obama to make a public appearance
](http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Bruce+Ward+presidential+appeal+Give+some+face+time/1300301/story.html)
: "So please, Mr. President, give us some face time when you get here tomorrow... Look, you're the coolest guy on the planet and you're only in town for about seven hours. We want a chance to eyeball you up close, and say how happy we are that you chose Canada for your first official foreign visit."
  

  


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CBC has posted an
[
 Obama visit survival guide
](http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2009/02/18/ot-090218-obamaguide.html?ref=rss)
, including a full itinerary.
  

  


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The Ottawa Citizen has
[
 a photo gallery showing pics of preparations
](http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Photo+Gallery+Obama+Visit/1302170/story.html)
for Obama's visit.  Citizen repoter Glen MacGregor also posted a video of some of the
[
 security measures in place on Parliament Hill
](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIYK3_BpWXU)
  

  


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Here's a U.S. Embassy
[
 press briefing on President Obama's visit
](http://ottawa.usembassy.gov/content/content.asp?section=issues&subsection1=President_Obama_Canada_Feb_09&document=Obama_Canada_press_briefing1702)
.
  

  


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[
 WelcomeObama.ca
](http://www.welcomeobama.ca/)
is a web site that's inviting Canadians to submit videos and messages for President Obama.  It's a project from the
[
 Rideau Institute
](http://www.rideauinstitute.ca/)
.