b'Branch newsASEG newslittle tipsy), is a common superstition in western cultures. For example, most modern high-rise buildings do not have an identified 13th floor, although physically there is one if the building has more than thirteen floors. The number 87, which features prominently in cricketing circles and known affectionately as the devils number, is also 13 runs short of a century. However, the morbid fear of Friday the 13th, otherwise specifically known as paraskevidekatriaphobia (which is really, really hard to pronounce when youre drunk), is a particular source of anxiety for many individuals.As I continued my search, I was hoping to learn something interesting about this particular day in history. What I discovered were a series of noteworthy and sometimes astonishing facts surrounding this date. Most recorded historical events on this day were either apocalyptical, The Victorian Branchs annual ASEG-PESA-SPE Summer Social eventpolitical, religious or social happenings. For example, who could forget thescary Jason Vorhees costume completeOh, and finally. It appears nothing attempted assassination of Pope Johnwith hockey mask and imitation blood- pleasant occurs at large public sites/Paul II at St. Peters Square on 13th Maystained (fake) knife to fulfil the theme.venues that contains the word square 1981? Or the hunger strike, after whatInstead, I had to settle on inviting twoin the address, especially if on Friday began as a non-violent demonstrationpost-graduate students (not as scary) tothe 13th (see above). Steer clear of such by students at Tiananmen Square on 13thpresent their ASEG Victoria sponsoredplaces if youre superstitious, or just stay May 1989. Famous personalities like StevieVictorian Universities Earth andhomeor dont.Wonder, American singer-songwriter, wasEnvironmental Sciences (VUEESC) 2022 born on 13th May 1950, while notoriousaward winning talks. Monash studentsThong Huynh NBA bad boy and legend Dennis RodmanMohammed Alsaleh and Chibuzovicpresident@aseg.org.auwas born on 13th May in 1961. In death,Chukwu were locked in to present, as American actress Doris Day died on 13thpart of receiving prize money from ASEGWestern AustraliaMay in 2019, while Georges Cuvier, whoVictoria for being the top two student is considered the father of palaeontology,presenters in the geophysics session atWA Tech nights are back! Following died on this day in 1832. The list goesthe recent VUEESC, early results froma loosening of the States COVID on and on and on. In the annals of (pre-)their post-graduate research. More torestrictions, we were able to return to Australian history, a most notable eventreport in the next edition of Preview. the Celtic Club in West Perth to hear occurred on this day in 1787. Under theSteve Kuhn present on Predicting command of then Commodore ArthurIn actual branch news, we did manageintrusion locations in porphyry terrains Philip, the First Fleet of eleven ships setto co-host the annual ASEG-PESA-SPEfrom a fusion of geophysical and sail from Portsmouth, England to set upSummer Social event, albeit in autumngeochemical datathe first (penal) colony in Botany Bay,this year. There was an unfortunate Australia. misunderstanding at the start of theFor some of us in the audience it was a function. Apparently, the venue had nocrash course on the application of new So, what has Friday 13th of May to do withrecord of our booking that night. Still,data analysis techniques to geoscience. the ASEG? Well, as hard as I tried, I couldwe managed to secure an area of theFor others who have previously not organise a technical meeting nightvenue for ourselves, mainly because itdabbled in machine learning, it was for Members of the Victorian ASEG forwas also a quiet Wednesday night alonga chance to hear in-depth, practical this Friday 13th of May. As it happened,the Yarra River. There were noticeably lessadvice from a subject expert. It was I could only co-ordinate between ourattendees at this years social. However,certainly different from the typical guest presenters and the availability ofthe financial damage by the end of theASEG Tech night, and was very well our regular venue to host on Tuesdaysojourn was up over 25% from last yearsreceived by the enthusiastic audience.17th of May. I tried my best, I really did. Iamount. I couldnt blame inflation on really wanted to promote the upcomingthe bill shock, but admittedly we didThe next event on the horizon for WA talk with a Friday 13th theme. Somethingdrink much finer wine, fancier craft beersis a social event being organised by different and out of the ordinary.and much, much richer whiskies to theWA Branch committee member Jarrad Perhaps even invite a guest presenterdelight of bar staff. Nevertheless, it wasTrunfull. Being held at the new Pirate to talk about the use of geophysics togreat seeing some familiar faces andLife Brewery in the city, it should be a help locate (ghost) shipwrecks. I wouldsome not so familiar/friendly/scary facesfun casual evening of craft beer tasting, have come dressed on the night in athat evening (see photo ). and networking of course. Check the JUNE 2022 PREVIEW 10'