Index: timeline/timeline.module
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--- timeline/timeline.module	(revision 717)
+++ timeline/timeline.module	(working copy)
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
       '/timeline_ajax/scripts/signal.js',
     );
     // check if library is available 'sites/all/libraries/simile_timeline'
-    if (file_check_directory($timeline_path)) {
+    if (is_dir($timeline_path)) {
       $messages = '';
       foreach ($timeline_library_files as $file) {
         $file = $timeline_path . $file;
@@ -199,4 +199,4 @@
 // TODO: REMOVE - jm
 function _timeline_to_dim($string) {
   return intval($string) . (strpos($string, '%') !== FALSE ? '%' : 'px');
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}