Another Week Down and a Prince Came to Town

Well, another week is in the books and we survived it... We had alot of interesting classes this week.  Overall, the week was a good one with many interesting assignments. 
On Monday we had a very neat lab in Irrigation.  Two representatives from Spartan Distributors came and taught us about irrigation systems.  The lab included example maps, and from these maps the speakers covered a myriad of topics.  Theses topics included psi, elevation, head size and rotation, pricing, and how to read their catalog.  I found the class very engaging and all of our answers were answered.  Later in the week in Irrigation class, Dr. Nikolai taught us how to calculate the working pressure with an elevation loss and gain.  Also, on Thursday Doc taught us how to read a friction loss chart, and it was good...
In CSS 267 we covered the USGA, ASTM, and California specifications used to construct putting greens and sports fields.  I found this interesting for several reasons.  Its interesting how many times the USGA have revised their specs for constructing putting greens.  I also never knew how defined the sand particle sizes were in these specs.  We had a couple of interesting assignments to do this weekend.  One of these was a % sand passing graph assignment that ultimately compared 2 sample rootzones to a field rootzone that was already in place.  It was cool to see how you compared the samples using Gradation Index and Coefficient of Uniformity.  In addition to that, i completed a sand particle analysis assignment that required us to take 5 different pictures of sand particles with a microscope culminating with an agglomerate picture.  Very Cool Stuff,
Spanish class is rolling along with mostly basic stuff.  This class is interesting and no push over.  Its actually pretty fun.
For my parting shot let me EXCLAIM that the Detroit Tigers just went from good to potentially unbelievable... Prince Fielder changes the game... Let me be blunt LOSING VICTOR MARTINEZ HURT.  To state the obvious signing the 2nd best free agent of the offseason was huge...  this guy adds 40 hr and 150 RBI to your lineup... Now to find some middle relievers.... and possibly a left handed starting pitcher....  BIG THINGS ARE GONNA HAPPEN IN THE D THIS SUMMER.... and I'm not talking about structure fires....