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popular news of 2013:
1. Rockridge Geotechnical Inc.
launches new corporate web-
site powered by Geoengineer.
org (17,268 views by January
2014)
2. Professor Janbu passed away
on January 4th at the age of
91 (14,850 views by January 2014)
3. Propose a new SPT/ CPT cor-
relation and win a free copy of
NovoSPT software! (14,054 views
by January 2014)
4. Announcing the Geoworld techni-
cal forums: Connecting you with
geoprofessionals who answer your
technical questions! (13,800 views
by January 2014)
5. University of Michigan Geotechni-
cal Faculty launches Advanced
Geotechnical Field and Laboratory
Testing Course (9,886 views by
January 2014)
6. Founder & CEO of Geocomp
Corporation provided pivotal
expert witness testimony in the
long-standing Hurricane Katrina
litigation (7,159 views by January
2014)
7. Grand Dam on the Blue Nile River
continues to cause tension between
Ethiopia and Egypt (6,680 views
by January 2014)
8. Five key considerations when
selecting mini excavators (6,595
views by January 2014)
9. Cost to build levee project in Loui-
siana increases from $887 million
to $12.9 billion (6,575 views by
January 2014)
10. Introducing NovoTech Geotechni-
cal Software (6,474 views by Janu-
ary 2014)
11. Mudslide in Everett, Washington
impacts and derails a passing
freight train (6,164 views by Janu-
ary 2014)
12. Huge landslide at the Kennecott
Copper Bingham Canyon Mine.
Mine slope monitoring paid
off (5,958 views by January 2014)
13. ISSMGE’s Case Histories Journal
releases new issue: Issue #3, Vol.
2 (5,758 views by January 2014)
14. Levees yield in Missouri, Ger-
many and the Czech republic;
flooding continues; thousands
displaced (5,628 views by January
2014)
15. The New, Extended GeoMap is
here to bring you the latest news,
conferences and projects world-
wide! (5,404 views by January
2014)
16. The information age in Geotech-
nics is here: US Tunnel Bor-
ing Machines tweet and people
listen! (5,387 views by January
2014)
17. New Video Highlights Research
on the In-Situ Assessment of the
Seismic Properties of Municipal
Solid Waste (5.037 views by Janu-
ary 2014)
18. Tunnel cave-in at Gold and Copper
Mine in Indonesia; Two killed, 27
missing (4,478 views by January
2014)
19. GeoWorld surpasses 3,000 mem-
bership landmark! (3,994 views by
January 2014)
20. Geoengineer.org launches new
ISSMGE.org website and intro-
duces Web Services! (3,688 views
by January 2014)
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