fb3bc03821d7cbc722fabd56cb4b533614bbe654 kuhn Fri Aug 21 15:47:52 2020 -0700 adding message about wildfires diff --git src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/newsarch.html src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/newsarch.html index 6d1bf71..d97e194 100755 --- src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/newsarch.html +++ src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/newsarch.html @@ -40,32 +40,81 @@ <div class="col-sm-3"> <ul> <li><a href="#2005">2005 News</a></li> <li><a href="#2004">2004 News</a></li> <li><a href="#2003">2003 News</a></li> <li><a href="#2002">2002 News</a></li> <li><a href="#2001">2001 News</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <!-- ============= 2020 archived news ============= --> <a name="2020"></a> +<a name="082120"></a> +<h2>Aug. 21, 2020 Wildfires in Santa Cruz County </h2> +<p> +Northern California and the county of Santa Cruz are experiencing +serious wildfires, including in the Santa Cruz mountains just north +of UCSC campus. +Campus has been evacuated and shutdowns are occurring. We believe +that the Genome Browser will not be affected, but it is possible +that if power is lost, backup power will not last indefinitely. +We do not know how long before the fire is contained or how far +it will progress before it is. +</p> +<p> +If the Genome Browser loses power, we will redirect traffic to our +mirror server in Bielefeld, <a href = "https://genome-euro.ucsc.edu" +target = _blank>Germany</a>. + + +Our mirror server in Europe and our other in Yokahama, +<a href = "https://genome-asia.ucsc.edu" +target = _blank>Japan</a>), are maintained to be identical to +the server in Santa Cruz, but you should know that your custom tracks +and <a href = "../cgi-bin/hgSession" target =_blank>saved sessions</a> +are local to the machine where they were saved. +</p> +<p> +We do not expect to lose any data, as we have backups. Nevertheless, +we have alway advised that you should keep local copies of your data. +This would be a good time to make local backups of custom tracks, +if you do not have them, and save your sessions to a local file. To do +so, simply load a saved session and in the "Save Settings" section of +the page, name a local file. This small file contains the parameters to +recreate your sessions and can be uploaded to the European or Asian server. +</p> +<p> +Any custom tracks associated with sessions will have to be loaded +separately on the other servers. +You can back up custom tracks from a session by clicking the Submit button +next to "Save Custom Tracks," in that same section. Read more in this +<a href = "#031819" target = _blank>news announcement</a> from last year. +</p> +<p> +We should add that the Browser team wishes to express our sadness +and concern for the loss of property and displacement experienced by +many people in the UCSC community. We are doing everything we can to +help those who need it. It is possible that responses on the mailing +list will be delayed. +</p> + <a name="080720"></a> -<h2>Aug. 7 2020 Eight new data tracks for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID) </h2> +<h2>Aug. 7, 2020 Eight new data tracks for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID) </h2> <p> We are working hard to support the scientific effort against the COVID pandemic and are happy to announce eight new annotation tracks on the SARS-CoV-2 genome. These datasets reveal information about duplication regions, sequencing, gene identities, plasmid constructs, protein contact sites, and variant distribution. Like nearly all of our tracks, the data are open-access and downloadable through our <a href="http://hgdownload.soe.ucsc.edu/downloads.html#SARS-CoV-2"> Downloads page</a> or <a href="../../cgi-bin/hgTables">Table Browser</a> page. More information on each of these datasets can be obtained by reading the data track descriptions linked below.</p> <ul> <li><a href="../../cgi-bin/hgTrackUi?db=wuhCor1&g=problematicSites">Problematic sites</a> shows regions that are ambiguous and may warrant caution or masking for analysis.</li> <li><a href="../../cgi-bin/hgTrackUi?db=wuhCor1&g=rapid">RAPID Primers</a> marks regions that were successfully used for Nanopore sequencing. </li> <li><a href="../../cgi-bin/hgTrackUi?db=wuhCor1&g=unipCov2AliSwissprot">UniProt proteins</a>