***Sunday, 13-April-2008 -updated the for sale page...several litters coming up! ***March -we moved to a new server, so we focused on infrastructure for a while...we are now running on mac os x server ***Saturday, 23-Feb-2008 -moved ainsworth 1998-1999 pics from philruff.com to this site ***Friday, 4-Jan-2008 -corrections to the 2008 calendar ***Wednesday, 2-Jan-2008 -added mojo x teama litter -added 2008 calendar ***Sunday, 23-Dec-2007 -changed background on main page to hunting trip in bloomington -updated past_backgrounds page -added hunting story/picture from Walt Neneman and put link from 'new spotlight' link -the national pics had not been pushed to the website..sorry folks.... ***Sunday, Nov-2007 -finally posted the national pics...sorry for the delay folks, but still beat ISCA!(not happy about that since I sent pics immediately) -changed font on main page from 16 to 14 -changed front page pic to the national amateur championship picture ***Sunday, 26-August-2007 -changed front page picture..another good ainsworth training picture. -added the rest of the pictures...about 700! -added Ohio Trial Info ***Monday, 6-August-2007 -adding 1st nebraska training pictures ***Monday, 16-July-2007 -added clem ad/video in horses for sale page ***Sunday, 15-April-2007 -found a cool site called heysan.com...due to one of the founders of a venture firm called ycombinator writing an article that microsoft was dead. http://www.paulgraham.com/microsoft.html -let me know if you like, dislike, or have issues with the animation ***Thursday, 29-March-2007 -changed front page to use menu's that hover - been wanting to do this for some time. let me know if you experience any problems -changed layout to be more professional looking - finally! ***Wednesday, 22-March-2007 -fixed a problem with the drop menus....ainsworth 2005 pictures were not visible -moved the background picture to the right of the screen so the menus are easier to read -changed the background picture to be full color...the real goal of going to menus last week. ;) -fixed the fact that i had the nationals in AK, not AR....thanks Susan! ***Sunday, 18-MNarch-2007 -moved to drop down menus for ease of reading the options...let me know if you want me to go back to the old method which can be hard to read ***Saturday, 10-March-2007 -sorry for the long delay in ANY updates -added more pictures of Scott(Clint's son in Norway) - in tales from the field -added 2005 national pictures(can't believe i never added these...sorry folks) -added 2006 national pictures -put the 2006 NAFC as the featured watermark on the front page -wm picture description "Background Picture: From a Brophy standpoint, the highlight of the 2006 was the capture of the NAFC title by Stan Noble with FC/AFC Brophy's Matchmaker(Dolly)!!!! Owned by Stan and Susan Noble, scouted by Ken Ruff. Lee Shoaf took 2nd place with Brophy's Bazooka Buckaroo(Zooka). Owned and Handled by Lee Shoaf, scouted by Corinne Ruff(1st time helping compete at National Level!). Yes, it continues to get even better. Phil Ruff took 3rd with Brophy's Unleashed(Lea). Owned by Ken/Jennifer/Phil Ruff, handled by Phil Ruff, scouted by Ken Ruff. And for the final 'coup de gras', Lucas Ruff captured 4th place with Brophy's Glory! - 3rd generation of Ruff's to get a piece of National Title! Absolutely awesome! -took off the website ideas and todo list, as it is old -fixed link to Ken's lifetime achievement award on AKC's website(yes, they moved it without asking me) -fixed the hot link to AKC site for all field trial events(yes, akc changed this without asking me) -brought the AKC and ISCA links farther to the top as 'recommended' links -updated the 2007 calendar -fixed broken link to the ISCA site(yes, they changed without asking me)...my link drops you past the annoying opening page. ;) -added Tribute to Brophy's Red October - Clancy -added Tribute to Pancefoot Amber -updated the puppies page ***Sunday, 27-Aug-2006 -changed main page to picture of Tess on point - 9 month old pup.... "Background Picture: 9 month old puppy, Tess, at training camp in Ainsworth, Nebraska. Ken Ruff quote "Tess on quail - released by us but very wild - a long, long point - probably 2 minutes till we got to her and solid as you could ask - probably pointed 5 different birds - chased 8 or 9 and not close to catching this was the last 2 points -- I'm impressed" " ***Monday, 21-Aug-2006 -Raw pics of ainsworth 2006! ***Monday, 7-Aug-2006 -finally, some changes -ainsworth 2006 training camp reports -changed home page watermark -updated fall 2006 calendar -updated for sale page ***Sunday, 5-March-2006 -made directory for linda to make direct web updates to the forsale page using iweb -put Brie on front page, as she is being bred again this spring and this picture is a great demonstration of style and talent that will be motivating for the spring season! ***Friday, 11/18/05 -deleted stale info in for sale page...will be updating over thanksgiving weekend -put placeholder in for 05 nationals placements...sorry this is taking so long...I have been VERY busy.... ***Saturday, 11/12/05 -added picture of Mojo to main page ***Saturday, 8/27/05 -added ainsworth pics and a movie version of the slide show(~10 minutes) -ainsworth reports are being updated independently now, so keep checking the report folder -clem for sale ***Tuesday, 8/9/05 -added ainsworth training 2005 and new background picture ***Saturday, 6/5/05 -added info to status.txt about why the webserver was down yesterday(power outage) ***Friday, 5/27/05 -added information to the status.txt(at bottom of home page) about our server outage from 5/19-5/23 ***Tuesday, 5/17/05 -added placements for the Minnesota Trial! ***Monday 5/9/05 -added the running order for the Minnesota Trial this weekend ***Saturday 4/16/05 -tales from the field....2 more pictures from Sven Petter Jacobsen...great pics... ***Monday, 4/11/05 -updated the ranking files for both Adult and Derby ***Monday, 4/11/05 -fixed problem with linking files for rankings ***Sunday, 4/10/05 -added the 2004 Ranking information -fixed names on breeding/sale page -more tales from the field entries! ***Thursday, 3/31/05 -minor change to for sale page....it was clarified that Otie is owned by Ray and Jackie Marshall ***Wednesday, 3/30/05 -added information for Minnisota Trial -fixed the search AKC button...why do they change field names arbitrarily???? for example, "event_name" became "name_event", cde_date_range became date_range, cde_event_grouping became event_grouping....also, the path changed a bit....augh. -added information about brophy dogs in norway to the 'tales...'section -added 'new' icon to 'tales....' section -softened the wayne zigler front page watermark....did it tooo fast the first time -moved 2003 rankings to archive page(on front page at bottom)....need 2004 rankings.... ***Monday, 3/21/05 -changed color of dog names on for sale page from blue to red(thanks katrina!) -made modifications to the for sale page -fixed the dates for the minnisota trial and cleaned up calendar -made past background pictures thumbnail driven -added 'tales from the field' section -changed background picture ***Thursday, 2/24/05 -added Zooka pictures ***Monday, 2/21/05 -added Rudy and Rambo to for sale page(need details, but at least got pictures out there) ***Sunday, 2/20/05 -changed front picture(including testimonial at the bottom of the page...thanks, Bob! -changed for sale page and pics -added 2005 field trial calendar -archived 2004 calendar ***Sunday, 1/9/05 -updated pics on the for sale page ***Saturday, 1/1/05 -happy new year! -updating the website from Puerto Rico! -new for sale page ***Friday, 12/31/04 -draft update of new for sale page ***Saturday, 12/25/04 -change front page picture to Owen and puppies -added version 6 and version 7 ainsworth reports....sorry for missing these! -for sale page under construction... ***Saturday, 11/6/04 -added national's pictures, placements, etc. -new background for front page ***Thursday, 10/21/04 -added running order to the nationals 2004 page -changed background on front page ***Wednesday, 9/15/04 -added counter code using statcounter.com(free service) for all pages -changed front page watermark picture -added the national entry form and the national premium -added a bunch of meta tags to help increase the hit ranking for google and aol(all the rest of the search engines are working good) ***Wednesday, 8/25/04 -added version 5 of the Ainsworth 2004 report....don't ask where version 4 is ***Friday, 8/20/04 -added pics for ainsworth 2004...just a start and not organized... ***Thursday, 8/19/04 -added 3rd ainsworth report ***Wednesday, 8/18/04 -added note to status page to explain recent outages -dropped directory for latest reports ***Thursday, 8/11/04 -added 2nd ainsworth report -added drop directory for ainsworth reports ***Wednesday, 8/4/04 -added the 1st 2004 ainsworth training report!!!!!! -added layla/otie litter to puppy page...also 4 month old male and 19 month old male -fixed the form that gets all irish setter events for the calander year(akc changed some key settings)...see below Ruffs-G5:/Volumes/ruff/brophysirishsetters.com philruff$ diff calander_04.html calander_04.html.bak 31c31 < --- > 33,34c33,34 < < --- > > ***Monday, 7/19/04 -changed the nationals from Alaska(AK) to Arkansas(AR)...thanks to Susan Noble, the spelling nazi, for catching this!(see Sunday's change also)...also made same change on the Booneville information page ***Sunday, 7/18/04 -fixed boonville->booneville misspelling -moved ainsworth training pictures from bottom on misc section to the irish setter pictures section at the top -created 'past nationals' section and put 02 and 03 picts in there....moved the booneville info link to this section -spun the trial calander to a link...the front page was getting too cluttered -added pictures from pine island trial...good one of geddeis here! -changed background picture(kirby had been the spotlight since january)....summer camp focus! ***Saturday, 7/17/04 -added information for the National Championships 2004 -added information for Ohio Fall Trial -took off ISCA website improvement suggestions, as it needs to reviewed now that Jan has fixed many of the issues ***Wednesday, 6/23/04 -added pics for the minnesota trial....and spelled it correctly! ***Tuesday, 5/25/04 -added more pictures from the minnisota trial ***Monday, 5/24/04 -added pictures to minnisota trial -added 2003 rankings ***Saturday, 5/22/04 -added placements for the Minnisota trial(only because it is raining today and we can't train!) ***Tuesday, 5/11/04 -added running order to Minnisota trial this weekend ***Tuesday, 5/4/04 -changes in the available puppies for sale section ***Friday, 4/16/04 -added placement information for 4/3-4 trial -added park information to 4/24-25 trial -added akc reference for 5/1-2 trial -took off html version of the isca improvements spreadsheet because i had my raw email listed in it and got a spam message....augh. ***Tuesday, 4/13/04 -fixed misspelling of kevin waide's name on the national 2004 page ***Monday, 4/12/04 -added premium for may 1 trial -added ernie win picture ***Thursday, 4/8/04 -added flash II sale -added flash II/bruiser pups ***Thursday, 4/1/04 -added the National Field Trial Information ***Wednesday, 3/31/04 -added the premium for the minnisota trial ***Monday, 2/29/04 -added spring trial information(directory min_trial 2004, main index.html file, change_history file) -updated the for sale page ***Monday, 2/16/04 -updated status.txt to reflect downtime yesterday -fixed a problem seen with some browsers on the national's page....clicking on any word after the report would download the report ***Sunday, 1/25/03 -updated the isca website recommendation spreadsheet...thanks to Londa Warren for spending alot of quality time on the website to gather constructive criticism ***Saturday, 1/24/03 -tribute to kirby -added 'hunting' to kennel name....this should help people find a site appropriate for them via search engines -coming soon(about a week), the following domain names will point to the same site.... brophyshuntingirishsetters.com huntingirishsetters.com irishsetterhuntingdogs.com -finally added the 2003 national's report(sorry for the delay folks...I have had it since 12/21....)- -updated for sale page ***Sunday, 1/11/03 -there was a network outage today....recorded in status.txt ***Tuesday, 12/16/03 -updated the for sale page ***Saturday, 12/13/03 -changed font sizing parameters because the fonts were too big on many systems...took different approach this time...so let me know if you have any suggestions -reorganized some links on front page....no new content though -updated isca issues list ***Thurdsay, 12/11/03 -changed 'overview' to 'facilities/amenities' in booneville section...and reordered the pictures -added new background picture...owen ruff and lucy/clint litter from 2002... -added blue mountain wda story by larry -added the booneville welcomes the isca sign(thanks to bob geddeis and denise goff!) ***Sunday, 12/7/03 -added booneville section....rough cut...more to come! ***Tuesday, 11/18/03 -updated isca website issues - MJ is still MIA ***Wednesday, 11/12/03 -added links to ISCA and AKC Websites -added a link to a spreadsheet if issues that I manage for improvement of the ISCA website ***Sunday, 11/9/03 -fixed problem that prevented watermark from being seen on the nationals page....mind you ONLY with MS Internet Explorer...augh -added amateur national championship pictures and a picture with both winners -added a status.txt link at the end of the main page for users that have connectivity problems to find out if was known about or not -added configuration.txt link at the end of the main page to describe 'how this website happens' ***Friday, 11/7/03 -added National 03 section ***Wednesday, 9/10/03 -added Ainsworth report - version 9 ***Monday, 9/1/03 -added Ainsworth report - version 8 -changed background picture to Brophy's Brie -moved all old trial season info into the archive folder -added link to past background pictures ***Sunday, 8/31/03 -added pics from Ainsworth trip from Alex, Phil, & Lucas ***Wednesday, 8/26/03 -updated Ainsworth report - version 6 ***Monday, 8/18/03 -updated Ainsworth report - version 5 ***Tuesday, 8/12/03 -added updated Ainsworth report ***Monady, 8/11/03 -added 1st Ainsworth 2003 report! ***Sunday, 6/1/03 -changed picture of Lucas's win to be smaller...many folks thought it was a picture of me and dan voss... ***Saturday, 5/31/03 -put in better protection of email addresses against spambots!(can you tell that we got hit?) -took out 'last updated date' on main page because I keep forgetting about it and it is really just duplicate information to that contained in this file.... ***Thursday, 5/29/03 -put in protection around email addresses to help thwart spammers armed with viruses ***Sunday, 5/18/03 -added lucas's first win as the watermark background for the month ***Thursday, 5/1/03 -added running order for May3-4 trial at eagle -only current late breaking news is darkred now. late breaking news for minnisota and joliet trials now in black -added Molly back on the for sale list ***Tuesday, 4/29/03 -change to eagle trial....puppy will be run on Saturday after OGD and the derby Sunday after OLGD ***Monday, 4/28/03 -added pictures for the Spring Minnisota Trial ***Tuesday, 4/22/03 -add layla to 'fore sale' side -take off molly -no lightning puppies -teddy/willa litter - need update on what is available -Sally - pups due around June 3rd -moved 'fall 2002' trial schedule to archive section -added label for 'background picture' at the end of the main page...National Field Champion, Field Champion, Amateur Field Champion Brophy's Margarita ***Wednesday, 4/16/03 -update Minnisota trial information...placements and pictures -fixed typo in the 'about' section -added premium for may3rd field trial ***Tuesday, 4/8/03 -added running order for minnisota trial ***Tuesday, 4/1/03 -tribute to the greats - brophy's margarita pictorial -trade background on main page from clint to rita -add 'about brophysirishsetters' - taken from what ken ruff wrote for the 'official book of the irish setter' and soem from the akc lifetime acheivement award ***Wednesday, 3/26/03 -post that the joliet trial is full ***Monday, 3/24/03 -updated trial information for spring season - still working towards a good template ***Sunday, 3/16/03 -added a favicon to the site. i experimented with several pictures and a picture i had with dolly from ainsworth 2002 seemed to work the best. the value of the favicon is simply that it looks cool as it is displayed along with the url at the top, along with short cuts, and at the top of a 'tab'. ***Tuesday, 3/4/03 -Updated Minnisota trial information with web link ***Monday, 3/3/03 -Update spring litter information -Updated spring minnisota trial with field trial note, waterford info, premium list -Removed Irish Setter Rankings because they are really old -this spurred me to add archive item in the 'misc' section. i hate deleting anything. -Added todo/ideas page to the 'misc' section. ***Monday, 2/10/03 -Changed Minnisota trial information to point at akc website, now that it is approved. -Changed wording associated with email addresses at bottom to make clear that only problems should be sent to brophysite at philruff.com. I have been getting several emails to that address just asking for more info. ***Tuesday, 1/7/03 -Added reference to 2003 Nationals ***Sunday, 1/5/03 -Updated cleaner watermark and style page to the 'click to enter' page ***Wednesday, 1/1/03 -Added For Sale: 2 spring litters. Changed look of page to look better. -Added Quick Reference to Spring 2003 Trial Season -Modified the 'Clint Watermark' Picture and set it to fixed...but apparently this only works with internet explorer...omniweb and netscape don't seem to understand this tag because it was invented by microsoft and is msie specific -Further research proved that MS was full of it and using cascading style sheets is the way to do it. -Reorganized front page a bit ***Thursday, 12/5/02 -Added For Sale: Dogs/Puppies ***Monday, 12/2/02 -Updated pictures for 2002 National Championship. Linda Ruff has been able to add comments to nearly half of the pictures. Still need to finish comments and then incorporate into the right locations all pictures from other people that are at the end. ***Thu Nov 14 05:11:54 CST 2002 -Added pictures from Jackie Marshall to 'Dogs on Point' - Puppy WindyII chasing a bird, Gracie, ShelbyRay, Summer ***Sun Nov 10 12:28:35 CST 2002 -Added 'Last Updated note to main page. -Start tracking updates to the website. -Added link to this history file. -added 2002 National Placements and Pictures. Pictures have not been ordered or titled yet. -Changed to larger font on front page so that it is easier to read. Next step should be to just move to frames.