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lonnie

Yea this is boring and it might already be on here but KXVO is going to have a 10pm newscast of some sort soon. KXVO-DT should be going full power any-day-now (UHF 38 mapped to 15.1). Their 'sister' station KPTM-DT (UHF 43 mapped to 42.1) went full power several days ago. Maybe full power KXVO-DT w...

lonnie

The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. today announced it has entered into an agreement with Saks Incorporated (owner of Younkers) to purchase its Northern Department Store Group which consists of 142 stores located in twelve states. The acquisition would make Bon-Ton one of the largest regional department store ...

lonnie

Maybe the "global" has to do with Global Crossing?

Lonnie

lonnie

I have heard that "TD Waterhouse" (soon to be "TD Ameritrade") in Rockbrook Village will be moving to a better location.

Will the new "TD Ameritrade" share space with it's new partner or will it remain a standalone location?

Lonnie

lonnie

Its too bad that there aren't settings to allow spider access only during certain times of the day. Well a CRON job that swaps in a robots.txt during the day like... User-agent: * Disallow: / and during the night like... User-agent: * Disallow: /cgi-bin Of course this only works for "good"...

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While it's true you can't buy a $400 Mac new, once you start comparing features of the $700-$1200 units, it's pretty even. In some cases the Macs even blow the Windows PCs out of the water. Very true, Big E. I'd pick a Mac just for Mac OS X, given pricing is a moot point. The constant problems Wind...

lonnie

I was google'ing and got a hit to an eOmaha forum article. The link didn't match the Google cached entry, but I digress... What do the fellow forum'ers think about Goolge spiders indexing this forum? Jeff has some forum restrictions (robots.txt file) User-agent: * Disallow: /cgi-bin Disallow: /forum...

lonnie

Here is a map of the area:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=lavista,n ... &t=h&hl=en

(Google maps are the greatest)

lonnie

The proposed store is 125,000 square-feet, about 1/2 the size of their super-stores, like the one they built two years ago in Hamburg, PA. http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/103-03122004-263614.html Government officials who lured the Nebraska-based chain here with $33 million in state and local ...

lonnie

First, a fact, Ted's Montana Grill in Legacy Village has closed. The CommFed location remains open, and is not in danger of closing. I was told it was as much of a problem getting good help and managers as was the West Center Road location (no visibility). "Ted" will make a re-dedication o...

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Uffda wrote:Personally I like FireFox on my Powerbook and also have it installed on all the computers in my lab of eMacs.

I agree.

After some testing, the "Big O" browser is not as compatible as FireFox or Camino on OS X.

I encourage people to give Opera a try since it is free now.

lonnie

For you "Big O" fans, Opera (the web browser) is now totally free, no adds.

http://www.opera.com/

Since only a fool uses IE,

, this is a great alternative, and my Mac OS X dock has a big red "O" that looks *exactly* like the Omaha "O".

lonnie

Nice job, Jeff!

Now you will have to keep this site up with the increased traffic!

Lonnie

lonnie

(what many of us still think of as the 'Western Electric' plant) ...I suspect this will be an empty plant within the decade. Jeff, 42 acres and 410,000 warehouse has been sold, correct? The buyer/use is not known. " Additional real estate at the Omaha site will become unoccupied as a result of...

lonnie

Yeah, it's actually quite common to have various Starbucks's in close proximity to each other. For example, Oakview has one in the mall and one in Barnes and Noble. Then, there's Barne's and Noble at 72nd and Dodge, and what do you know, there's also a Starbucks right on that corner. Actually, the ...

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From monster.com "...We (T.G.I Fridays) are opening 2 new locations in Omaha, NE during Fall of 2005, and 1 new location in Sioux City, IA during 1st Quarter 2006.... We are accepting applications for the following positions at our location at 3636 N. 156th Street in Omaha... ...The restaurant ...

lonnie

According to the W-H, someone was issued a $430,000 building permit for an "interior remodel" at "Westroads Mall".

That's not your ordinary mall store, given the dollar amount.

Lonnie

lonnie

KETV is currently transmitting LIVE Katrina coverage from New Orleans on over-the-air digital channel 7.2.

Lonnie

lonnie

Any news on the rumored California Pizza Kitchen?
http://www.eomaha.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2366

Lonnie

lonnie

My wife just tried a free trial of Netflix, the $10/month plan with unlimited DVD's, one at a time. It took only one day for the DVD to arrive in our mailbox. The return mailer's address was Omaha, NE! Omaha is a very new addition to the Netflix distribution system. So far, so good. http://www.netfl...

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Those of us with over-the-air Digital TV tuners (DTV), you may have noticed that 6.2 was added to the listing. I spoke with the WOWT people about the new 6.2 DTV SD (Standard Definition) channel... "We are in the testing mode at this time. UPN programming will start at 6:00pm on October 3 2005....

lonnie

Lonnie you spend most of your time here complaining about your property taxes and the potential for additional tax burden down the road. Maybe Omaha and Nebraska isn't the right place for you. Jeff, I also complain about NE state taxes, sales tax, etc :D My wife and I grew up in Nebraska, and we ha...

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According to KPTM, Flat-Top Grill is closed in Village Pointe.

Paradise Bakery will open their second Omaha restaurant at that location. Paradise Bakery hopes to be open this Fall.

What is interesting is that Paradise Bakery backed out of the current "Tin Star" location earlier this year.

lonnie

It appears to me that the MECA budget does NOT include the cost of the bonds the Omaha taxpayers are paying. It is a shame the OWH did not publish the numbers behind the "profit". Does anyone have access to the MECA numbers? A greater than $10 million loss is a little different than a $2.6...

lonnie

The reporter forgot to mention that Omaha has some of the highest taxes in the country.

lonnie

Finding numbers related to MECA is not easy, this is what I have found: "The cost for the entire project (Quest Center), including utility work, sewers, streets, parking lots and the building, totals $291 million. Private individuals and organizations donated $75 million with the remainder prov...

lonnie

almighty_tuna wrote:I can't find the article - OWH's site is not playing nice with my computer right now - but Jeff's right. It was in the black by several million thanks to the arena.

Does that include the cost of the debt payments?

lonnie

jhuston wrote:...Make no mistake, the Qwest Center overall is making money hand over fist thanks to the arena...

Jeff, do you have any numbers?

My guess is the Quest Center is loosing money big time if you count the cost of debt that the taxpayers are paying.

Anyone have any numbers?

lonnie

There was a rumor some time ago that "Elephant Bar" was coming to Omaha. "...many new restaurants are coming to Omaha. In the casual dining segment, P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Timberlodge Steakhouse, Carrabba’s Italian Grill and Red Robin have recently opened in Omaha, and California ...

lonnie

Since my wife and I moved back to Nebraska (from Pennsylvania, almost 2 years now) the one restaurant that we really missed is California Pizza Kitchen. I agree with "POTUS" the old Hallmark store in Oakview would have been a better location... CiCI's and CPK are not in the same league. In...

lonnie

In Legacy West, (177th & West Center) a new HuHot Mongolian Grill will be opening.

It appears it will look like the new Lincoln location:
http://www.huhot.com/locations/ne/27103 ... ncoln.html

Pretty cool.

lonnie

...The only thing that is missing is some of that first floor retail. I harken back to my days in Portland where entire communites (grocery, gas, bookstore, Starbucks of course) were built in similar fashion. This concept was tried in southeast PA, "Stoudtburg Village". http://www.stoudtb...

lonnie

The day of full power digital TV in Omaha is almost here. July 1, WOWT went full power with their digital transmitter, one of the last to upgrade to full power. I talked with the engineer at KPTM (FOX and WB), they were to go full power July 1 as well, but he said that "mid-July, weather permit...

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Today, Legacy lost a bunch of trees, southwest of Wright St. and Oak Drive... near Upstream. I found this reference, anyone else have more details? Wright Street Holdings MOB Omaha, NE Altus Architectural Studios, Inc. is instructed to design a medical office building for Wright Street Holdings, LLC...

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OmahaBen wrote:Yikes, the slippery slope on this one is awful.

The liberal justices that voted to take away our property rights are:

John Paul Stevens
Anthony Kennedy
David H. Souter
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen G. Breyer

Take note.

lonnie

It looks like a Jason's Deli is coming to Omaha. http://www.jasonsdeli.com/ From the monster.com posting... "Jason’s Deli needs motivated, proven leaders to continue its growth into the midwest markets of West Des Moines, Omaha, and Lincoln." West Des Moines has a location already. No Omah...

lonnie

Is this a good place? My wife and I visited "Le Peep" Sunday (Pepperwood Village)... it was very good. A good alternative to Wheatfields. It was 'packed' on Sunday, clean surroundings, good service. If you like specialty coffees, they have a long list. They definitely need a second locati...

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"Le Peep" Â Resterauant A sign shows a "Le Peep" is coming to Legacy West (177th & West Center Road). A breakfast/brunch restaurant. http://www.lepeep.com/aboutus.asp It turns out there is one in Pepperwood Village (156th & West Dodge)... Is this a good place? It is a go...

lonnie

1) Where are you getting your $50 x 4 seats/yr number? Purely a guess... your $25 is is probably a better number. We are talking MECA profits. I will stick with my 4 seats/year number. These are BAD seats and are not used with concerts. Even if these are 50% sold for 8 events a year, or 25% sold fo...

lonnie

Hmmmm...

$6,000,000 / 1472 seats / 50 (dollars/ticket) / 4 (seats/year) = 20 years to break-even

Hmmm

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Re: KXVO

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