An Arlington Heights police officer on the street received report about 10:45 p.m. of a burglary to vehicle in the 1900 block East Lillian Avenue. The crime scene is a couple of blocks north of Hersey High School where a football game was playing Friday night. Arlington Heights police are investigating.

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Virgin Atlantic Airways A340-300 takeoff from O’Hare — not the same airline as Virgin America.

Virgin America recently claimed it was negotiating with the city of Chicago for an “economically viable” deal at O’Hare, but Bloomberg is reporting it appears they will not be coming to O’Hare next year. Virgin America is a completely different airline than Virgin Atlantic Airways, although there are some familiar owners.

Virgin, partly owned by U.K. billionaire Richard Branson, released a statement yesterday that it will start twice-daily flights between Dallas and Los Angeles on Dec. 1, and similar flight to San Francisco on Dec. 6.

The announcement follows talks with the city of Chicago and carriers including Delta, American and United Airlines, and with Virgin America not yet successful in securing gates at O’Hare International Airport. The City of Chicago/O’Hare International Airport has leased the gates to carriers already serving O’Hare on an exclusive basis through 2018.

Bloomberg quotes Chief Executive Officer David Cush in an interview saying, “We’ve tried to work with the city and the airport and have made no progress in the last 12 months. We have a number of other airports that have been quite accommodating and are rolling out the welcome mat right now.”

Virgin America has aircraft that would let it begin flights from Chicago in 2011′s second quarter, Cush told Bloomberg.

Virgin America, Inc. is a United States-based low-cost airline that began service on August 8, 2007 and is also the product of British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson. San Francisco International Airport is Virgin America’s principal base of operations. By law, no more than 25% of a U.S. airline may be owned by foreign interests and must be under the “actual control” of U.S. citizens. Black Canyon Capital LLC owns 75% of the capital stock and is responsible for appointing two-thirds of the voting members of the board of directors. The remaining 25% of the company is owned by Virgin Group, which also licenses the Virgin brand to the airline.

Virgin America’s mission is to provide low-fare, high-quality service for “long-haul point-to-point service between major metropolitan cities on the Eastern and West Coast seaboards.” Virgin America’s frequent flyer program is known as eleVAte and runs on a “dollars spent versus miles accrued” model.

Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited (operating as Virgin Atlantic) is a British airline owned by Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group (51%) and Singapore Airlines (49%). Virgin Atlantic is headquartered in Crawley, West Sussex, England, near London Gatwick Airport. While some cutbacks in flights from Heathrow to O’Hare have occurred in the past year, Virgin Atlantic Airways will still be seen in the skies over Chicagoland.

Virgina Atlantic operates between the United Kingdom and North America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia from main bases at Gatwick and London Heathrow Airport, using a mixed fleet of Airbus and Boeing wide-body aircraft.

Arlington Heights police received a report about 4:15 a.m. Monday of suspicious persons in the 100 block of West Pickwick Road. Two subjects were reported ringing doorbells in the neighborhood and running toward Chesterfield. One of the offenders was described as wearing a red T-shirt. No word on police contact with the offenders.

Three people were treated for minor injuries after passengers were evacuated from a United Airlines jet at O’Hare International Airport this afternoon about one hour before Air Force One landed at O’Hare with President Barack Obama aboard.

Chicago firefighters extinguished a small fire in the aircraft’s brake assembly soon after the jet landed. Emergency slides were deployed from United Flight 949 — a Boeing 767 flying from London’s Heathrow Airport. Evacuation down the shoots was stopped as soon as the fire was extinguished. Passengers were escorted to the terminal. There were 178 passengers and 12 crew members on the Boeing 767.

Obama landed at O’Hare International Airport at 4:58 p.m. local time and was greeted by Mayor Richard Daley, Gov. Pat Quinn, and other political dignitaries. Then Obama and Daley boarded Marine One to travel downtown, departing about 5:15 p.m.
After Marine One landednear Soldier Field, the president’s motorcade reached his house at 5:43 p.m.

An Olds Cutlass ’4-4-2′ — winner of the STOCK CLASS at the American Legion Post 208 Car Show.

A red 1975 Olds 4-4-2 took first place STOCK CLASS Sunday, July 18, 2010 at the American Legion Post 208 Car Show. The annual event features great food, live music, and plenty of great cars and trucks.

Here are some images from the 2010 American Legion Post 208 Car Show from ‘Arlington Cars Fan Page’ from Arlingtoncardinal.com. Please become a fan of the Arlington Cars fan page from Arlingtoncardinal.com and post your car pics from shows, cruise nights or just off of the street!

Arlington Heights police and firefighter/paramedics responded to a two-car crash at Palatine Road and Kennicott. At least two people were injured with two rescue ambulance from Arlington Heights Fire Department called to the scene. A tan Mercury Sable station wagon and a green Toyota Corolla. Both vehicles had heavy front-end damage.

Click the graphic to access the accident map data for the Village of Arlington Heights.

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Buffalo Grove Fire Department responded to a house fire about 4:20 p.m. Friday. Arlington Heights, Lincolnshire-Riverwoods, Long Grove and Wheeling fire departments assisted Buffalo Grove. The fire was brought quickly under control and all firefighters left the scene by about 6:15 p.m. Friday.

iJustine on vacation in Hawaii.

iJustine — Justine Ezarik — is an American viral video comedienne, actress, freelance graphic/web designer and video editor. Justine Ezarik rose to fame after she received a huge iPhone bill. She’s known for her “300-page iPhone bill”, which followed the first month of service after the introduction of the iPhone in 2007. The viral video earned her international attention and celebrity. The experience didn’t hold her back from getting an Apple iPad in 2010.

Nine people shot overnight Saturday/Sunday in Chicago with one fatality.

A shooting about 9:10 p.m. Saturday in the 5800 block of South Russell Drive killed a 35-year-old man while he was standing outside a vehicle near Washington Park.

A shooting about 10:10 p.m. Saturday in the 8000 block of South Saginaw Avenue. A 22-year-old man was shot in his leg and transported to Stroger Hospital — good condition.

A shooting about 11:20 p.m. Saturday with multiple rounds in the 8500 block of South Hoyne Avenue hit three men. Three men were playing cards outside when multiple shots were fired. A 24-year-old man was shot in his left leg. A 25-year-old was shot in his right arm, and a 21-year-old was shot in his right leg and hand. All three men were treated at Holy Cross Hospital — all in good condition.

A shooting shortly after midnight Sunday in the 8400 block of South Hamilton Avenue. A 27-year-old man was shot in an apparent drive-by shooting He was standing outside when a person in a white vehicle opened fire in his direction, and bullets struck the victims left leg.

A shooting about 12:50 a.m. Sunday in the 5700 block of South Lake Shore Drive. An 18-year-old man was shot in the leg near a South Side beach, and was transported to University of Chicago Hospitals — good condition.

A shooting about 1:35 a.m. Sunday in the 10700 block of South Wabash Avenue. A 27-year-old man standing in the street was shot in the right hand by a drive-by shooter, and was transported to Roseland Community Hospital.

A shooting early Sunday in Bronzeville neighborhood. A 25-year-old man was shot in the neck and critically injured.

A shooting about 2:45 a.m. Sunday in the 4100 block of South Indiana Avenue. A man shot in the neck and transported to Stroger Hospital — critical condition.

No arrests in any of the shootings. Chicago police are investigating.

Pittsburgh Police detoured the final segment of the race course because of an explosive device found in a small microwave oven on the sidewalk at 11th Street and Penn Avenue.

Police cordoned off several blocks near the original finish lines for the marathon and half-marathon. The bomb squad was on scene and used a robot to detonate the device about 10:5 a.m.

The finish line for the full marathon was moved to 13th and Smallman streets; for the half-marathon, Ninth and Fort Duquesne Boulevard, after the bomb threat.

Police ordered all runners and pedestrians out of an area bounded by Ninth and 13th streets, the Allegheny River and Liberty Avenue.

SOURCE:
Pittsburgh post-gazette.comKenyan wins marathon; race disrupted by bomb scare

Lindsay Lohan is suing the financial company E-Trade, insisting that a boyfriend-stealing, “milkaholic” baby in its latest commercial — who happens to be named Lindsay — was modeled after her. Lohan wants $100 million for her pain and suffering,

Actress Lindsay Lohan is suing the financial company E*Trade for 100 million dollars claiming the ETRADE commercial about a “milkaholic” baby named Lindsay is based on her.

Lohan’s been arrested in the past on cocaine and DUI charges …
Lindsay Lohan was issued a summons for driving under the influence in May 2007. The Beverly Hills Sheriff’s Department received a call around 5:30 a.m. Saturday May 26 2007 about a driver who had lost control of a black Mercedes at the corner of Sunset Boulevard. and Foothill Drive.

Lindsay Lohan similarities: Man stealer (wasn’t she gay?), Alcoholic/milkaholic?

See also …
The Cardinal Violation of Probation (DUI): Arrest Warrant Issued for Lindsay Lohan

The Cardinal Drunk Driving: Lindsay Lohan Charged with DUI in the Early Morning Hours, Saturday

Pamela Anderson explains how her product ‘Animal Cruelty Free’ at her launch party for Malibu by Pamela Anderson last November.

Actress and model Pamela Anderson is schedule to appear at the Sears department store at Woodfield Shopping Center in Schaumburg from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, March 6, 2010 to promote her new fragrance Malibu by Pamela Anderson.

Fans can meet Pamela Anderson in person and receive autographs with a purchase of the fragrance.

View Woodfield-Connection … in a larger map

More information fragrance info, visit internationalbeautybrands.biz.

“RADICAL!” ROGUE WAVE/Surf’s up and over! 13 people were injured and at least 40 people were knocked off their feet at Pillar Point.

Surfing contest at Mavericks on Saturday with a swell that was larger than expected — 22 feet at 17 seconds (the period between waves) on the Half Moon Bay buoy. Wave faces of 50 feet and beyond were occurring. About 12 surfers were injured in wipeouts.

Chris Bertish of South Africa was awarded the $50,000 first-prize check.

A series of waves crashed into some of the thousands of fans who were watching the Maverick surf contest. Just after 9 a.m. Saturday, 13 people were injured and at least 40 people were knocked off their feet near Pillar Point. Three people were transported by ambulance to local hospitals. Broken bones were among the injuries, which included a broken leg and a fractured ankle. Many of the spectators were standing on a short concrete wall and were thrown back into rocks or mud by a huge wave. Electronics equipment, amplifiers, speakers and tables were also tossed by the wave that hit between San Francisco and Santa Cruz in San Mateo County.

View Strange World in a larger map of Pillar Point at Mavericks surf contest near Half Moon Bay in Northern California

View Strange World in a larger map

SOURCES:
SFGate Huge waves at Mavericks injure spectators
SFGate MAVERICKS Biggest of the big waves

See also …
maverickssurf.com

Arlington Heights police responded to a report about 4:30 p.m. Thursday of an attack by a resident on caretakers at a residence in the 1800 block of East Avon. Apparently the victims were not seriously injured, but the attack was of a serious nature that required several police officers to respond.

Why is there a blank space where a Google Street View once appeared?
Google developers recently changed the format and code of Google Street Views. The views have an improved interface, but in early January older ‘legacy’ Google Street View’ disappeared from view in situations where the Street View Code is embedded in a web page or blog. Viewers of web pages published using the older code simply see the blank color of the background of the page — white space, black space, or whatever background color is coded on the page.

Unfortunately the breakdown of Google Street View has affected over 100 pages on Arlingtoncardinal.com (select news reports) and StreetsofArlington.com (intersection view). A Google employee acknowledged the problem in a Google Map forum on January 16, 2010, and on January 23, 2010 announced that software developers are working on a fix that involves re-directing the old code to the new code.

Newly created Street Views after mid-January, 2010 show properly on web pages. The older Street Views should re-appear when Google provides the re-direct fix.

What countries have Google Street View?
Google has provided a world map that shows all of the locations that have Google Street View. Here it is …
Google Street View Location Map

The New and Improved Street View …

View Larger Google Street View of Flamingo Pond at San Diego Zoo.

Here’s and example of the 4th generation camera that Google is using with near HD quality imaging. But, more important is that use of an off-road vehicle — presumably the Google Maps Trike that can go wear the Google camera car cannot.

Buffalo Grove police received a report about 8:15 p.m. Monday of a burglary to vehicle in the 1200 block of West Dundee Road in Buffalo Grove — a retail parking lot south of Dundee Road near Grove Drive. The back window of a Nissan Armada was smashed and a purse was stolen.

Here are the busiest articles for The Cardinal — Arlingtoncardinal.com for 2009. Each article contained breaking news that resulted in the highest number of viewers from all over the world for The Cardinal.

01 — Michael Jackson, 1958-2009: LAFD Paramedic Rescue Call, CPR for 50 Y/O Man
02 — California “Porsche Girl” Nikki Catsouras Accident Scene: Photo Conflict, Map Scene
03 — Glenn Beck ‘You Are Not Alone’ Special Reveals 912 PROJECT Website
04 — Chicago U2 360° Tour at Soldier Field Saturday September 12, 2009 Playlist
05 — WORLDWIDE HEALTH MAP | World Health Events including H1N1 Swine Flu Cases
06 — Anti-malware-scanner.com: Fake Malware Scanner Site Brings Popup to Mac and Windows
07 — Michael Lechner, 23, Identified as Victim in Fatal Buffalo Grove Motorcycle Crash
08 — Arson Investigation at Kevin Finnerty Home Where Wife, Son Died in House Fire
09 — Woman and Boy Killed in Arlington Heights House Fire on Park Street, Father Dies Next Day
10 — Anthony J. Peters Arrested for Beating Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett with Metal Pipe
11 — Video of LAFD Rescue Ambulance 71 with Michael Jackson Backing Out of 100 Carolwood Drive
12 — Carjack: Armed Robbery Suspect Disarms Two States Attorney Agents, Escapes with Weapons
13 — VIDEO: Oklahoma City Pharmacist Shooting Armed Robber #1
14 — Arlington Heights Fireworks, Frontier Days Festival, Carnival & Entertainment 2009
15 — Accident Northbound Route 53 Near Woodfield, I-90
16 — Sonya Sotomayor: Reverse Discrimination Ruling Against Firefighters
17 — Paul Koh Identified Victim in Homicide Case in Northbrook, Father Charged
18 — Three-Alarm Fire at Twelve Oaks at Woodfield Apartments in Rolling Meadows
19 — BOY FOUND! 6-Year-Old Boy Was Believed To Be in Runaway Balloon from Fort Collins, Colorado
20 — Warren Schor (Cornell University Class of 2011) Dies of H1N1 Complications
21 — Kevin Finnerty Suicide: Gas Can in Master Bedroom, Suicide Note Found, Police Say
22 — APB: Who Killed Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell’s Dog?
23 — Former Probation Officer, Kristi Cornwell of North Georgia, Missing, Abducted
24 — Arlington Heights Standoff: Armed Man Barricades Himself in His Home
25 — Charges Dropped After Oklahoma Highway Trooper and Paramedic Struggle Outside Ambulance

11.22.2009 UT
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Senate Democrats at odds over health care bill
Splits widen for Democrats over health reform…
Senate health care debate will open on Nov. 30 …
Moderates served notice that they couldn’t back the bill in its current form …
Landrieu and Lincoln last to decide, Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) $300 million for her home state …
NRC: Three Mile Island radiation leak not significant …
Lebanese forces fire at Israeli drone …

CHICAGOLAND AREA NEWS …

11.22.2009 CT
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Man shot on West Side Humboldt Park neighborhood drives himself to downtown hospital — from 4300 West Division Street …
CPD investigate damage to Ravenswood church: Stained glass crashed, water hose dragged through and turned on …
Gary police probe 3 shootings, 1 fatality — 400 block of Jackson Street in Gary …
Cubs install sign boards in Wrigley Field bleachers to block local casino billboard ad in background …
Cops, coroner probe traffic death of Round Lake man …
3 with local ties win Rhodes scholarships …
20-yr-old Northbrook man hit, killed by Amtrak train in Deerfield — near Dundee and Waukegan …
Human bones, remains found in Bunder Hill Woods, Niles forest preserve …
Woman accused of sexually abusing female relative — Chicago’s northwest side …
IDOT Records: Car accidents at intersections with photo-enforced stoplights increased …

View Chicagoland Crime Report Front Page B 2009 in a larger map

Arlington Heights police received a report about 3:30 p.m. of tires slashed in the 1300 block of Best Drive. Arlington Heights police are investigating.

Arlington Heights police received a report about 7:55 a.m. Wednesday that a man in a tan minivan pulled down his pants and exposed his ‘bottom’ to a woman selling candy at the intersection of Golf Road and Arlington Heights Road.

Arlington Heights police are investigating.

Arlington Heights police received an attempted burglary report about 2:50 p.m. for screens that were cut and a gate left open in the 400 block of West Haven Drive in Arlington Heights near Heritage Park. The attempted burglary apparently occurred last night.

Adrian Holovaty

Adrian Holovaty’s EveryBlock, which is based in Chicago and runs so-called “hyperlocal” or “microlocal” news sites in several cities, has been purchased by MSNBC for an undisclosed price. EveryBlock provides hyperlocal news in Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Philadelphia, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle and Washington, D.C.

The 24-hour cable news channel MSNBC, a joint venture between Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and General Electric’s (NYSE: GE) NBC Universal unit, has hired all of EveryBlock’s workers, according to EveryBlock’s blog. Critics and observers of the network, including antithesis FOXNews, claim that MSNBC has become increasingly biased to the liberal side of politics, compared with other networks, especially with its prime-time lineup of personalities Chris Matthews, Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann.

Adrian Holovaty, 28, is a web developer, journalist and entrepreneur living in Chicago, Illinois. Holovaty, a Ukrainian American, grew up in Naperville, Illinois. He graduated from the Missouri School of Journalism in 2001 and worked as a web developer/journalist for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Lawrence Journal-World and The Washington Post before starting EveryBlock in 2007.

In 2005, Holovaty launched chicagocrime.org, a Google Maps mashup of Chicago Police Department crime data that was then succeeded by Everyblock after Holovaty was awarded a $1.1 million Knight Foundation grant and left his job as editor of editorial innovations at washingtonpost.com to start EveryBlock in 2007. Chicagocrime.org won the 2005 Batten Award for Innovations in Journalism and was named by The New York Times as one of 2005′s best ideas. As one of the first Google Maps added value products, it helped influence Google to create its official Google Maps API.

Related links …
EveryBlock.com
EveryBlock Chicago — chicago.everyblock.com
MSNBC.com

Arlington Heights police received a report just after 12:30 p.m. Wednesday that a U-Haul vehicle was broken into and contents stolen overnight in the 2100 block of North Arlington Heights Road.

Fisher Plaza Data Center Fire Causes Major Internet Outage

On July 3, 2009 the clock in the header of Arlingtoncardinal.com ceased functioning because the connection to Clocklink.com was interrupted after an electrical fire and blown transformer knocked out Clocklink’s data center. Page load errors were noted and most users experienced immediate display of The Cardinal page header without the clock, but then the rest of the page was delayed for about 18 to 20 seconds.

Since this clock function interfered with the proper loading of The Cardinal pages, the clock function has been removed. The Cardinal pages now load much faster.

Direct access to Clocklinked was also delayed, apparently due to technical difficulties. Some other pages where clocks do not appear in a header style sheet have been left untouched across The Cardinal websites. These pages still load in a timely manner, but the clock is simply blank.

Due to unreliable performance of the clock in the header, and its interference with proper loading of web pages in The Cardinal, the header clock is likely to be PERMANENTLY removed.

The Cardinal looks forward to the return of Clocklink.com clocks on other pages [UPDATE Clocklink was restored sometime after 8 a.m. CDT]. Best of luck to clocklink.com in getting restored.

The outage at Clocklink.com was caused by a fire in a data center at Seattle’s Fisher Plaza just after midnight early Friday morning. A blown transformer knocked out power to the entire building Other web sites affected were Adhost.com, Allrecipes.com, Bartelldrugs.com, Bing Travel, Geocaching.com, Redfin online real estate, and Authorize.net.

More info …
TechFlash: Seattle data center fire knocks out Bing Travel, other Web sites

Twitter “fisher plaza” …

Twitter.com/clocklink

Arlington Heights police received a report Tuesday afternoon of a burglary to a home in the 2800 block of North Patton Avenue. A break-in occurred at a doorway and items were reported missing from inside the home.

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Arlington Heights police received a report Sunday morning of a burglary to vehicle near the circle drive of Seegers Road, just west of Arlington Heights Road. The area mostly consists of commercial buildings. Several hotels are also located nearby.

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National Train Day. Schedule from your Google calendar account. Check for more events on The Cardinal Calendar.

Show your love for trains at Union Station, from 10am to 3pm, and check out all the cool things at Chicago’s celebration.

TRAIN EQUIPMENT DISPLAYS*
10:00AM – 2:30PM: See the trains up close and personal with displays that include historic private cars and Amtrak equipment. In Chicago, you can view:
Warren & Evelyn Henry
Horizon Club-Dinette
Amfleet II Coach
Superliner Transition Car
Superliner Cross Country Café
Superliner Sightseer Lounge
Superliner “Empire” Sleeper
* Train car equipment list is subject to change

AMTRAKIDS DEPOT
National Train Day is a celebration for all trainiacs, especially our little engineers. Bring your kids and enjoy appearances by The Radio Disney Road Crew where kids – and former kids – can enjoy music, a dance party, interactive games, and receive giveaways. Magicians, face painters and educational hands-on activities will also be onsite, including interaction with real Amtrak employees such as train engineers and conductors.

10:15AM – 12:00PM: Radio Disney’s Rockin’ Road Crew
11:00AM, 12:00PM & 1:00PM: Amtrak Ambassadors’ Corner: Get to know the crews that make Amtrak run

See more …
nationaltrainday.com

Mission Bay Multisport Bike Shop
213 South Arlington Heights Road
Arlington Heights, IL 60005

CLOSED in late 2008. Opened and closed in 2008.

missionbaymultisport.com parked website on May 20, 2009. Previous website showed a Chicago and Arlington Heights location.

Arlington Heights police received a report about 9:55 a.m. of a burglary to a vehicle in the parking lot of the Northwest Sheraton in the 3400 block of West Euclid Avenue. A vehicle window was smashed and contents were stolen. Arlington Heights police remind all residents and visitors to keep valuables out of sight inside your car, lock items in a trunk or keep valuables out of your car altogether..

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Skokie Fire Department knocked down a fire at Bloomingdales at Old Orchard just after 9:00 a.m. Tuesday.
 
The fire is out and Skokie Fire Department is investigating.

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Beginning Today, baseball card collectors who hold a special Topps 3D Live baseball card in front of a webcam will see a three-dimensional avatar of the player on the computer screen. Rotate the baseball card, and the baseball player avatar rotates in full perspective. The technology is called “augmented reality,” a combination of a real image with a virtual one.

Total Immersion is the company made the augmented reality technology available to Topps. It has already been used in a theme park and for some auto design work. Using the technology, card collectors see a three-dimensional version of a player and can play elementary pitching, batting and catching games using their computer keyboard.

General demonstration of Augmented Reality by Bruno Uzzan, CEO of Total Immersion.

More info …
toppstown.com
t-immersion.com

Wikipedia: Augmented Reality

View of addition under construction at Northwest Community Hospital.

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Check the following Adsense links (forum and known issues) for troubleshooting.

Google Adsense Forum

Google Adsense Known Issues

Meg White by Ray LaMontagne.
 
Playing at Barnes & Noble.

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First status report log entry Tuesday, December 9, 2008.

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UPDATE: Google Maps has issue with slow loading maps — not showing markers.
Here’s a problem that affects all browsers. Embedded maps load slow, or their markers and line routes do not show. If you click to view the map directly from maps.google.com, you might see the following message …
Are you getting this message?
Still loading… Slow? Use the troubleshooting guide or basic HTML

Usually a simple refresh of the browser will display the markers in either the embedded map of the map on maps.google.com

FIX: Google Maps Won’t Load in Microsoft Internet Explorer
Many websites use embedded maps from Google for enhanced content in articles. Unfortunately, users report difficulty while using Microsoft Internet Explorer because embedded maps do not display on a web page. The simplest solution might be to exit Internet Explorer and use Firefox (firefox.com), Safari (apple.com/safari) or Chrome (google.com/chrome) to view these websites. These browsers are more likely to function without any complicated changes in settings necessary.

If you still wish to use Microsoft Internet Explorer, you may try the following steps to view the maps on web pages:

THE EASY WAY:
1. First try a RIGHT CLICK of the mouse over the blank area where the map is placed.
2. Next, select REFRESH from the pop-up menu.

If the map displays, that’s it, you are ready to go. However, you will have to repeat this RIGHT CLICK step for every page that you view.

NOTE: This EASY WAY procedure may not work at public computers or kiosks where the RIGHT CLICK has been disabled. Also, the following more difficult procedure (THE HARD WAY) will not be available at public computers or kiosks.

THE HARD WAY:
If the easy RIGHT CLICK procedure doesn’t work, you may have to adjust your security settings for Microsoft Internet Explorer. After you adjust the settings as described below, you should see the map when the page loads. If you still don’t see the map load, you still may have to use THE EASY WAY technique mentioned above for each page that you want to view. (REMINDER: You might want to just use Firefox (firefox.com), Safari (apple.com/safari) or Chrome (google.com/chrome) … Do you still want to use Microsoft Internet Explorer?) Continue below …

If you’re having trouble using Google Maps with your Microsoft Internet Explorer browser, please try the following steps recommended from Google Help to see if the problem is resolved:

Clear the Internet Explorer browser’s cache

Clearing your browser’s cache may resolve the problem you’re experiencing. To do so in Internet Explorer 6.0 or later version:

1. Open IE and click Tools.
2. Select Internet Options.
3. Click General, if it isn’t already selected.
4. Click Delete Files … under the heading ‘Temporary Internet files.’
5. Click OK to exit.

Make sure JavaScript, ActiveX, and ‘binary behaviors’ are enabled

To enable these browser settings in IE:

1. Click Tools > Internet Options.
2. Click the Security tab.
3. Click the Custom Level button.
4. Verify that the Enable button next to ‘Run ActiveX controls and plug-in’ is selected.
5. If you’re using XP, verify that the Enable button next to Binary and script behaviors is selected. If you’re not using XP, continue to step six.
6. Verify that the Enable button under ‘Active scripting’ is selected.
7. Click OK, then click OK again to save your changes.

The easiest and safest way to enable Google’s maps in your browser is to add Google Maps to your list of trusted sites in Internet Explorer. Here’s how:

1. Click Tools > Internet Options.
2. Click the Security tab.
3. Select the ‘Trusted sites’ icon, and click the Sites button.
4. Deselect the option ‘Require server verification for all sites in this zone.’
5. In the text field ‘Add this Web site to the zone:,’ type ‘maps.google.com‘ (without quotes) and click Add.
6. Repeat step five for ‘local.google.com,’ ‘www.google.com,’ and ‘*.google.com.’
7. Click OK, then click OK again to save your changes.

Google Maps takes advantage of several advanced browser features. If your browser appears not to load the map properly, you may need to update your scripting engine. You can obtain the latest scripting engine directly from Microsoft:

Update the ‘scripting engine’ of your system

For Windows XP and 2000:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?
FamilyId=C717D943-7E4B-4622-86EB-95A22B832CAA&displaylang=en

You’ll probably need to restart your system after performing this update. Then, try Maps again to confirm that this step resolved your problem. Otherwise, try the next step.

Install the latest version of DirectX

Some IE users have reported that installing the latest version (9.0c) of DirectX has resolved the difficulties they’ve experienced viewing maps. To install DirectX, please visit http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.aspx

Check for security settings or browser plug-ins

Some security programs and third-party browser plug-ins are designed to modify webpage content and may interfere with the map display. If applicable, please try temporarily disabling components that may disable our maps in your browser.

SOURCE (settings details for Microsoft Internet Explorer from Google):
GOOGLE SUPPORT — Maps Help Center
“I’m experiencing difficulty viewing the maps while using Microsoft Internet Explorer. How do I fix this?“

SEE ALSO …
Google maps won’t load in Firefox 3 or IExplorer

PLEASE NOTE:
AA-ER.COM has made several attempts to use html and javascript code that will automatically refresh the iframe that is used for embedded maps, but no solution has found that works to automatically display maps in Internet Explorer.

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RESOURCES:
Google Maps Forum: Google maps UI painfully slow after latest revision