f877f97befd2b2b0ffbcc69ae83fa77689e3fb9f
mspeir
  Wed Sep 4 10:10:59 2013 -0700
Adding announcement about oviAri3 release, refs #9409
diff --git src/hg/htdocs/indexNews.html src/hg/htdocs/indexNews.html
index f45fa18..356148c 100755
--- src/hg/htdocs/indexNews.html
+++ src/hg/htdocs/indexNews.html
@@ -13,147 +13,73 @@
                 SRC="images/news.jpg" ALT="" ALIGN="right" BORDER=0></A>
             </TD></TR></TABLE>
         </TD></TR></TABLE>
         <TABLE BGCOLOR="#fffee8" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING=0>
           <TR><TH HEIGHT=3></TH></TR>
           <TR><TD WIDTH=10></TD>
           <TD>
           <P>
           To receive announcements of new genome 
           assembly releases, new software features, updates and 
           training seminars by email, subscribe to the
           <A HREF="http://groups.google.com/a/soe.ucsc.edu/group/genome-announce?hl=en"
           TARGET=_blank>genome-announce</A> mailing list.</P>
 
     <!-- start news -->
-        <p>
-        <font face="courier" size="3"><b>22 August 2013
-        - Three New Human Variation Tracks Released</b></font>
-        </p>
-        <p>
-        We are pleased to announce the release of three tracks that describe
-        human genetic variation. They are based on the
-        <a href="http://lovd.nl/2.0/index_list.php" target="_blank">Leiden Open
-        Variation Database (LOVD)</a>, the
-        <a href="http://www.hgmd.cf.ac.uk/ac/index.php" target="_blank">Human Gene
-        Mutation Database Public (HGMD)</a>, and amino acid mutations in the
-        <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/" target="_blank">UniProt database</a>. The
-        majority of the data were collected from publications by curators in the three
-        databases.
-        </p>
-        <p>
-        The three databases have varying license restrictions. UniProt provides complete
-        information about the mutation amino acid change, the disease and a link to the
-        publications that mention it. LOVD provides the mutation and a link to a website
-        with disease and publication details. HGMD provides some coordinates and a link to
-        its own website which requires registration.
-        </p>
-        <p>
-        These tracks are intended for use primarily by physicians and other professionals
-        concerned with genetic disorders, by genetics researchers, and by advanced students
-        in science and medicine. While the Genome Browser database is open to the public, users
-        seeking information about a personal medical or genetic condition are urged to consult
-        with a qualified physician for diagnosis and for answers to personal questions.
-        </p>
-        <p>
-        We'd like to thank all three databases for their help in putting the data together. The
-        tracks were produced at UCSC by Maximilian Haeussler and Steve Heitner.
-        </p>
-        <p>
-        <font face="courier" size="3"><b>22 July 2013
-	- Variant Annotation Integrator</b></font>
-        </p>
-	<p>
-        In order to assist researchers in annotating and prioritizing thousands
-        of variant calls from sequencing projects, we have developed the Variant
-        Annotation Integrator (VAI). Given a set of variants uploaded as a
-        custom track (in either <a href="FAQ/FAQformat.html#format10">pgSnp</a>
-        or <a href="goldenPath/help/vcf.html">VCF</a> format), the VAI will
-        return the predicted functional effect (e.g., synonymous, missense,
-        frameshift, intronic) for each variant. The VAI can optionally add
-        several other types of relevant information, including: the
-        <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/SNP/" target="_blank">dbSNP</a>
-        identifier if the variant is found in dbSNP, protein damage scores for
-        missense variants from the <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/jpopgen/dbNSFP"
-        target="_blank">Database of Non-synonymous Functional Predictions (dbNSFP)</a>,
-        and conservation scores computed from multi-species alignments. The VAI
-        also offers filters to help narrow down results to the most interesting
-        variants.
-        </p>
-	<p>
-        Future releases of the VAI will include more input/upload options,
-        output formats, and annotation options, and a way to add information
-        from any track in the Genome Browser, including custom tracks.
-        </p>
-	<p>
-        There are two ways to navigate to the VAI: (1) From the &quot;Tools&quot;
-        menu, follow the &quot;Variant Annotation Integrator&quot; link. (2)
-        After uploading a custom track, hit the &quot;go to variant annotation
-        integrator&quot; button. The user's guide is at the bottom of the page,
-        under &quot;Using the Variant Annotation Integrator.&quot;
-        </p>
-	<p>
-        Thank you to Angie Hinrichs, Bob Kuhn, Brian Raney, Brooke Rhead, and
-        Jonathan Casper for their input and work on this feature.
+        <font face="courier" size="3"><b>05 September 2013 -
+        New Sheep (oviAri3) Assembly Now Available in the Genome Browser</b></font>
+        <p>
+        We are pleased to announce the release of a Genome Browser for the August 2012
+        assembly of sheep, <em>Ovis aries</em> (ISGC Oar_v3.1, UCSC version 
+        oviAri3). The whole genome shotgun assembly was provided by the
+        <a href="http://www.sheephapmap.org"
+        target="_blank">International Sheep Genomics Consortium</a>.
+        There are 5,698 scaffolds with a total size of 2,619,054,388 bases.
+        </p>
+        <p>
+        Bulk downloads of the sequence and annotation data are available via the Genome 
+        Browser
+        <a href="ftp://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/oviAri3/">FTP server</a>
+        or the
+        <a href="http://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/downloads.html#sheep">Downloads</a>
+        page. These data have
+        <a href="/goldenPath/credits.html#sheep_credits">specific conditions for use</a>.
+        The sheep (oviAri3) browser annotation tracks were generated by UCSC and 
+        collaborators worldwide. See the
+        <a href="/goldenPath/credits.html#sheep_credits">Credits</a> page for a detailed 
+        list of the organizations and individuals who contributed to this release.
         </p>
 
         <!-- start archives -->
 	<hr>
         <p>
 
-        <!-- staged for archive use
         <p>
         <font face="courier" size="3"><b>22 August 2013
         - Three New Human Variation Tracks Released:</b></font> We are
         pleased to announce the release of three tracks that describe human
         genetic variation.
         <a href="goldenPath/newsarch.html#082213">Read more</a>.
         </p>
 
         <p>
         <font face="courier" size="3"><b>22 July 2013
         - Variant Annotation Integrator:</b></font> In order to assist
         researchers in annotating and prioritizing thousands of variant
         calls from sequencing projects, we have developed the Variant
         Annotation Integrator (VAI).
         <a href="goldenPath/newsarch.html#072213">Read more</a>.
         </p>
-        -->
-
-        <p>
-        <font face="courier" size="3"><b>2 July 2013
-        - Assembly Data Hubs:</b></font> Assembly Data Hubs extend the
-        functionality of Track Data Hubs to assemblies that are not hosted
-        natively on the Browser.
-        <a href="goldenPath/newsarch.html#070213">Read more</a>.
-        </p>
-
-        <p>
-        <font face="courier" size="3"><b>2 July 2013
-        - New Gene Alleles feature on the details pages of UCSC genes:</b></font>
-        For each protein-coding gene in the UCSC Genes track, variant data from
-        the 2,184 (per autosome) phased chromosomes from Phase 1 of the 1000
-        Genomes Project have been distilled into &quot;gene haplotype
-        alleles.&quot;
-        <a href="goldenPath/newsarch.html#070213b">Read more</a>.
-        </p>
 
+        <!-- staged for archive use
 	<p>
-        <font face="courier" size="3"><b>28 June 2013
-        - New UCSC Genes Track Released for GRCh37/hg19:</b></font> We're happy
-        to announce the release of an updated UCSC Genes track for the
-        GRCh37/hg19 human Genome Browser.
-        <a href="goldenPath/newsarch.html#062813">Read more</a>.
+        <font face="courier" size="3"><b>05 September 2013 -
+        New Sheep (oviAri3) Assembly Now Available in the Genome Browser</b></font>
+        <a href="goldenPath/newsarch.html#090513">Read more</a>.
 	</p> 
  
-        <p>
-        <font face="courier" size="3"><b>27 June 2013
-        - New Official European Mirror Released: </b></font> Announcing
-        an official mirror for European users, with automatic
-        redirection.
-        <a href="goldenPath/newsarch.html#062713">Read more</a>.
-        </p>
+	-->
 
             </TD><TD WIDTH=15>
          </TD></TR></TABLE>
     <BR></TD></TR></TABLE>
 </TD></TR></TABLE>