 She climbs stairs one by one.  On September 8, 1981, she was hospitalized with a pleural effusion, possibly indicating heart difficulty.  She has edema in her legs from her knees to her ankles, increased by standing.  She is frequently nauseous and has ileitis.


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But as the 1976 proceeding made clear, even more disabling than appellant's physical ailments were her psychological and emotional problems.  A social worker's 1976 report in support of Parente's application for benefits described her as having "a thought disorder, probably schizophrenia, paranoid type."    The social worker observed that Parente has "very few friends ....  In addition, her appearance is extremely poor, she is disheveled and unkempt.  She suffers from paranoid ideation and loose association .... but they are not. Let us remember to sow righteousness so that we might reap the same.

1789 - The Creation of the War Department.

1825 - The Locomotive was Invented by Stephenson.

1947 - Wood Raft Makes 4,300-Mile Voyage.

On this day in 1947, Kon-Tiki, a balsa wood raft captained by Norwegian anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl, completes a 4,300-mile, 101-day journey from Peru to Raroia in the Tuamotu Archipelago, near Tahiti. Heyerdahl wanted to prove his theory that prehistoric South Americans could have colonized the Polynesian islands by drifting on ocean currents.Heyerdahl and his five-person crew set sail from Callao, Peru, on the 40-square-foot Kon-Tiki on April 28, 1947. The Kon-Tiki, named for a mythical white chieftain, was made of indigenous materials and designed to resemble rafts of early South American Indians.