# ASPECT Newsletter #70

**URL:** <https://community.geodynamics.org/t/aspect-newsletter-70/316>\
**Category:** ASPECT\
**Created:** [January 2, 2019, 11:00am UTC](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/aspect-newsletter-70/316 "2019-01-02T11:00:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![rgassmoeller](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/community.geodynamics.org/rgassmoeller/32/49_2.png) [@rgassmoeller](https://community.geodynamics.org/u/rgassmoeller)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 11:00am UTC](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/aspect-newsletter-70/316/1 "2019-01-02T11:00:10Z")

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Hello everyone!

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       This is ASPECT newsletter #70.

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It automatically reports recently merged features and discussions about the ASPECT mantle convection code.

Below you find a list of recently proposed or merged features:

[#2748](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/2748): Link to parameter view (proposed by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller))

[#2747](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/2747): Introduce parameters.xml (proposed by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller))

[#2746](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/2746): www: add google analytics to citing.html (proposed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei); merged)

[#2745](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/2745): remove some old-style C casts (proposed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei); merged)

[#2744](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/2744): [WIP]Nonlinear solver: deal with failure (proposed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei))

And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions:

[#2143](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/2143) New test setup (closed)

A list of all major changes since the last release can be found at [this website](https://aspect.geodynamics.org/doc/doxygen/changes_current.html) .

Thanks for being part of the community!

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Let us know about questions, problems, bugs or just share your experience by visting our [forum](https://community.geodynamics.org/c/aspect), or by opening issues or pull requests on [Github](https://www.github.com/geodynamics/aspect).

Additional information can be found at our [official website](https://aspect.geodynamics.org/), and CIG's [ASPECT website](https://geodynamics.org/cig/software/aspect/).
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