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Reflection Problems 1. How difficult was it to paint upside down? It was very difficult to paint upside down. I got so frustrated. There were many problems I faced while I was painting. When my paintbrush had a lot of paint on it, the paint would drip down onto my hand. I didn’t realize it at first, but when I did my hands were covered with orange paint. Another problem was that if the panting had too much watery paint on it, it would drip onto my stomach. Also, it was hard to paint in between the lines while laying on my back. My arms were getting tired so I had to keep switching from one arm to the other. One of my friends was painting next to me, and he accidently splashed paint all over my face. The more I painted the more frustrated I got. It was very tough to paint upside down.

2. How do you think Michelangelo felt? I think Michelangelo must have gotten extremely irritated. He must have had a lot of problems. I was getting frustrated and I only had to paint a piece of paper. He had to paint a whole chapel on his back! He probably went home every night with paint all over his clothes and body. He must have had to keep doing the same thing over and over again because he messed up. I could have never done what he did. Not only did he paint upside down, he painted magnificent pictures upside down! I couldn’t paint anything near as good as his pictures, even if I wasn’t upside down. He was also fifty feet in the air without any safety harnesses or ropes. I would be terrified. I bet he acciendtly

Jack Pulito April 12, 2010 L.A. 2/ Science 1 ??Death Defying Endocarditis?? Aching joints and muscles, excruciating red patches on your fingers, toes, and palms of your hands, excessive sweating, and chills -these are indicators of endocarditis. Endocarditis infects the inner lining of the heart muscle, known as endocardium, and the heart valves. This major illness can be life threatening. Bacteria spread through the blood stream and attached to damaged areas of the heart causes endocarditis. In the same way, fungi can also cause this disease. Usually, bacteria infecting the heart valves cause endocarditis. Bacteria and fungi tend to form and multiply in damaged heart valves. They can enter the body through dental procedures, surgical procedures, dirty needles, or common activities, like brushing your teeth. Symptoms of endocarditis can develop slowly or suddenly. The most common symptoms consist of chills, excessive sweating, and fever. Other symptoms include shortness of breath, aching joint and muscles, weakness, loss of appetite, and painful red patches on fingers, toes, and the palms of your hand. Early treatment of endocarditis improves the chances of a good outcome. The treatments of endocarditis are surgery or antibiotics. Before antibiotics were developed, endocarditis was almost always fatal. Antibiotics are injected through veins for four to eight week in the hospital. They destroy the harmful bacteria in the heart. Surgery is needed when the infection is breaking off in pieces, heart failure develops because of damaged valves, or there is evidence of organ damage. Surgery will repair or replace the damaged heart valve. Although there are treatments, doctors believe prevention is the best approach to endocarditis. The only way to prevent endocarditis is by taking antibiotics before and after procedures that may allow bacteria to get into the bloodstream. People with certain heart diseases often take them before dental procedures and surgeries. Endocarditis is uncommon in people with healthy hearts, but it is common in people who were born with a defect in their heart or heart valves, their heart valves have become scarred from rheumatic fever, or they have an artificial heart valve. Even if their heart condition has not caused problems, or the defect has been repaired and they are healthy, they might still be at risk on endocarditis. More factors that increase the chance of getting endocarditis include having an enlarged heart, use of injection drugs, having a damaged, weakened, or artificial heart valve, and having heart defects.