5d1bf2c1f700232c8a39b4ed1bc5cf925d9e3562 jcasper Mon Apr 4 14:01:48 2016 -0700 Adding April Fool's joke diff --git src/hg/htdocs/indexNews.html src/hg/htdocs/indexNews.html index 860fa78..d5f2cf0 100755 --- src/hg/htdocs/indexNews.html +++ src/hg/htdocs/indexNews.html @@ -72,30 +72,65 @@ use the Table Browser to obtain either the sequences or the coordinates for exons in the genes from a chosen region of the genome. </p> <p> We also want to take this opportuinty to remind you that we offer on-site <A HREF = "http://genome.ucsc.edu/training/index.html" TARGET = _BLANK>workshops</A> to help you and your colleagues make the most out of the Genome Browser. </p> <p> </p> <hr> + <font color="#006666" size="4"><b>1 Apr 2016 + - Going Back to Our Roots</b></font> + <p> + For many years, the UCSC Genome Browser has provided a dynamic, cutting-edge interface for + viewing genomic data. As time has gone by, however, it has become clear to us that we + cannot keep this up. It is not fair to you, our users, that our interface keeps changing, + and it has increasingly been a burden on us to keep up with emerging web technologies. Today + that all changes, as we return you to the roots of the web: ASCII. + <p> + <center><img src="images/joke04012016.png" width="65%"></center> + <p> + We apologize again for subjecting you to so many changes over the years, and hope that this + new, more consistent interface will find your approval. + <p> + In related news, we have also revised the interface for uploading custom tracks. Rather than + forcing you to wrestle with inconvenient file formats for your data or attempt to set up a web server, + we now provide the option of loading your data from a deck of ISO 6586:1980 punch cards. Simply + punch your data onto a deck and mail the deck to us. Our staff of highly trained specialists + will take care of loading track, and will inform you by mail when the process is complete. Please + note that our current policy of expiring unused custom tracks remains in effect; you must visit + your track within 72 hours of the postmark date. Regrettably, decks cannot be returned. + <p> + Card decks may be addressed to:<br> + UCSC Genome Informatics Group<br> + Center for Biomolecular Science & Engineering<br> + CBSE, 501D Engineering II Building<br> + University of California, Santa Cruz<br> + 1156 High Street<br> + Santa Cruz, CA 95064 + <p> + This new file format is also an option for data output from the <a href="cgi-bin/hgTables">UCSC Table Browser</a>. + Simply select "mail card deck" from the "output format" menu, and then enter your name and address on the subsequent + page. Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery. + + <hr> <font color="#006666" size="4"><b>21 Mar 2016 - Genome Browsers for <i>C. elegans</i> and Brown Kiwi Now Available</b></font> <p> A Genome Browser is now available for the <em>Caenorhabditis elegans</em> assembly released February 2013 by the C. elegans Sequencing Consortium (C. elegans Sequencing Consortium version WBcel235, UCSC version ce11). For more information and statistics about this assembly, see the NCBI assembly record for <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/assembly/554278" target="_blank">WBcel235</a>. There are 7 complete chromosomes with a total size of 100,286,401 bases. </p> <p> Bulk downloads of the sequence and annotation data may be obtained from the Genome Browser <a href="ftp://hgdownload.soe.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/ce11/">FTP server</a> or the <a href="http://hgdownload.soe.ucsc.edu/downloads.html#c_elegans">Downloads</a> page. @@ -189,37 +224,57 @@ all of their efforts in creating these exciting new display modes. </p> <hr> <!-- start archives --> <!--staged for future release <p> <font color="#006666" size="4"><b>16 Mar 2016 - Data from the Lens PatSeq Database Now Available</b>: </font> We are pleased to announce the release of a set of tracks containing data from the <a href="https://www.lens.org/" target="_blank">Lens</a> PatSeq database in the UCSC Genome Browser. <a href="goldenPath/newsarch.html#031616">Read more</a>. + <p> <font color="#006666" size="4"><b>4 Apr 2016 - New video shows how to obtain sequence or coordinates for exons. </b></font> <a href="goldenPath/newsarch.html#040416">Read more</a>. </p> + <p> + <font color="#006666" size="4"><b>1 Apr 2016 + - Going Back to Our Roots</b></font> + <a href="goldenPath/newsarch.html#040116">Read more</a>. + </p> + + <p> <font color="#006666" size="4"><b>21 Mar 2016 - Genome Browsers for <i>C. elegans</i> and Brown Kiwi Now Available.</b></font> <a href="goldenPath/newsarch.html#030816">Read more</a>. </p> <p> <font color="#006666" size="4"><b>8 Mar 2016 - Combine Multiple Regions of the Genome Browser into a Single Visualization!</b></font> <a href="goldenPath/newsarch.html#030816">Read more</a>. </p> --> + <p> + <font color="#006666" size="4"><b> 10 February 2016 - + Two New Assemblies Now Available in the Genome Browser</b></font> + <a href="goldenPath/newsarch.html/#021016">Read more</a>. + </p> + + <p> + <font color="#006666" size="4"><b>20 Jan 2016 + - dbSNP 142 Available for mm10</b></font> + <a href="goldenPath/newsarch.html/#012016">Read more</a>. + </p> + </TD><TD WIDTH=15> </TD></TR></TABLE> <BR></TD></TR></TABLE> </TD></TR></TABLE>