Add info 1st workshop, January update

content/posts/Info1stPublicWorkshop.md

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+title: "Info 1st Public Workshop 8. March"
+date: 2022-03-01T20:46:51+01:00
+draft: false
+slug: "info1stworkshop"
+---
+
+As already announced, here's some more info about the 
+
+**1st public AvaFrame workshop** on **8th of March at 11:00** (Central European Time; UTC+1:00).
+
+It takes place via a zoom meeting: [ZOOMLINK](https://bokuvienna.zoom.us/j/98631669754) (Login via browser is
+possible, no app installation necessary). The workshop will be held in English. 
+
+If you want to follow the hands on demo:
+- please prepare by following the installation instructions on our 
+[documentation: standard installation](https://docs.avaframe.org/en/latest/installation.html#standard-setup-and-run).
+
+- you can bring your own data if you want, but we will also provide test data.
+
+For anybody unable to participate we will provide a recording of the workshop and you can 
+reach us on the AvaFrame matrix channel. 
+For more information see here: [AvaFrame communications](https://hedgedoc.avaframe.org/s/NGQG3RDxN#).
+
+Your AvaFrame core team
+
+
+

content/posts/MonthlyJan2022.md

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+title: "This month in AvaFrame - January 2022 edition"
+date: 2022-02-05T00:00:00+01:00
+draft: false
+---
+
+Welcome to the January 2022 update.
+
+Our focus this month was the preparation for our upcoming version 1.0 release. We finished the month by publishing 
+the first release candidate. See [github releases](https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/releases) for a full changelog. 
+
+- For the final release of version 1.0 we worked on a difference report, investigating our numerics and comparing it
+to com1DFAOrig.
+
+- We streamlined and improved the way release thickness is being set in the DFA module *com1DFA* 
+  - it is possible now to add variations if release thickness is read from shapefile.
+  - add percent and range variation options.
+
+- A new probability runscript is now in its final development stages.
+
+- On the numerics side *convergence* of com1DFA for the similarity solution test case was the topic of the month. 
+  - The aim is to extract a criterion between the time and space discretization parameters that leads to convergence 
+  of the numerical method towards the solution of the depth integrated equations.
+  - We are now trying to do the same analysis on more test cases. Starting with idealized topographies and coulomb friction, 
+  but also real topographies.
+
+- Further minor improvements here and there, including:
+  - cleaning up runscripts.
+  - cleaning benchmarks.
+  - explore plotting options for uncertainty visualisation.
+
+That's it for this month, have a good start into this year!
+
+Felix
+