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//var shanghaiImg = new Image();
//shanghaiImg.src = 'Images/Home/Shanghai.gif';
//var schwartzbergImg = new Image();
//schwartzbergImg.src = 'Images/Home/schwartzberg.gif';
//var tianImg = new Image();
//tianImg.src = 'Images/Home/tian.gif';

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SpacerImg.src = 'Images/Home/spacer.gif';
var Race20009Img = new Image();
Race20009Img.src = 'Images/Home/Race2009.jpg';
var cellImg = new Image();
cellImg.src = 'Images/Home/cell_tracks.gif';
var HONIImg = new Image();
HONIImg.src = 'Images/Home/view_pdf.gif';
//var newsletter0508Img = new Image();
//newsletter0508Img.src = 'Images/Home/WC.Newsletter.5.08.gif';
var newsmem9Img = new Image();
newsmem9Img.src = 'Images/Home/thumb_bright.jpg';
var PatriotAward2009Img = new Image();
PatriotAward2009Img.src = 'Images/Home/PatriotAward2009.jpg';
var NewD2009Img = new Image();
NewD2009Img.src = 'Images/Content/newdocs_martin_portnoy.jpg';
var Somer2009Img = new Image();
Somer2009Img.src = 'Images/Content/thumb_somerville_open.png';


function makeNews(c,l,f,d,i){
	this.copy = c;
	this.link = l;
	this.follow = f;
	this.date = d;
	this.img = i;
	this.write = writeNews;
}

function writeNews(){
	var str = '';
	str += '<a href="' + this.link + '">' + this.follow + '</a><br /><em>' + this.date + '</em><br />';
	str += '<a href="' + this.link + '"><img border="0" src="' + this.img.src + '"></a>';
	str += this.copy + '<br>';
	return str;
}

var newsArray = new Array();




newsArray[0] = new makeNews("",'/Content.aspx?Section=newsroom&DocumentId=43828','West Clinic Welcomes Michael Martin, MD, and David Portnoy, MD to its Team of Medical Oncologists&nbsp;','(07/24/2009)<br />',NewD2009Img).write();

newsArray[1] = new makeNews("",'/Content.aspx?Section=newsroom&DocumentId=44067','The West Clinic Celebrates Opening of Somerville Location&nbsp;','(07/27/2009)<br />',Somer2009Img).write();

newsArray[2] = new makeNews("<br />Drs. Johnetta Blakely and Michael Martin to Provide State-of-the-Art Cancer Care in Fayette County",'/Content.aspx?Section=newsroom&DocumentId=43865','West Clinic Opens New Somerville Clinic&nbsp;','(07/27/2009)<br />',SpacerImg).write();

newsArray[3] = new makeNews("",'http://www.memphismedicalnews.com/news.php?viewStory=1540','Dr. Tom Hodgkiss Featured in Memphis Medical News: Microwave Ablation&nbsp;','(June 2009)<br />',SpacerImg).write();

newsArray[4] = new makeNews("",'#','The WEST CLINIC TEAM<br/>Race for the Cure 2009','',Race20009Img).write();

newsArray[5] = new makeNews("",'/Content.aspx?Section=newsroom&DocumentID=43602','West Clinic Physicians and Researchers Present Findings at ASCO&nbsp;','(05/29/2009)<br />',SpacerImg).write();

newsArray[6] = new makeNews("",'http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/may/27/robotic-surgery/','Dr. Todd Tillmanns Featured in Commercial Appeal Robotics Article&nbsp;','(05/27/2009)<br />',SpacerImg).write();

newsArray[7] = new makeNews("",'/Content.aspx?Section=newsroom&DocumentId=43483','West Clinic Offers New Microwave Ablation Technology to Destroy Tumors&nbsp;','(05/01/2009)<br />',SpacerImg).write();

newsArray[8] = new makeNews("",'/Content.aspx?Section=newsroom&DocumentID=43638','West Clinic Front Staff Awarded Patriot Award','',PatriotAward2009Img).write();

newsArray[9] = new makeNews("",'/Content.aspx?Section=newsroom&DocumentID=43080','West Clinic and Memphis Heart Clinic Open New Brighton Clinic','',newsmem9Img).write();

newsArray[10] = new makeNews("",'/Content.aspx?Section=newsroom&DocumentId=41359','West Clinic Named Best Oncology Practice in America by Hematology & Oncology News & Issues','',HONIImg).write();

newsArray[11] = new makeNews("CellSearch&#8482; System provides unprecedented monitoring of cancer cells which detach from solid tumors and enter blood stream",'/Content.aspx?Section=newsroom&DocumentId=40172','West Clinic Installs Region\'\s First Circulating Tumor Cell System Used in Monitoring Metastatic Breast Cancer','',cellImg).write();



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var timerID = null;
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	nIndex++;
	timerID = setTimeout('rotateNews()',6000);
}
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	}
}

function playNews() {
	if (timerID == null) {
		timerID = setTimeout('rotateNews()', 6000);
	}
}