Transition.FIRED NINA JACOBSON, 40, as president of Wait Disney Motion Pictures Group, in Los Angeles, July 17. As head of production, she oversaw such hits as Pirates of the Caribbean This article is about the franchise. For other, more specific uses, see Pirates of the Caribbean (disambiguation). For real pirates, see Piracy in the Caribbean. Pirates of the Caribbean II: Dead Man's Chest and The Chronicles of Namia as well as misses like The Alamo Alamo Eighteenth-century mission in San Antonio, Texas, site of a historic siege of a small group of Texans by a Mexican army (1836) during the Texas war for independence from Mexico. . She reportedly got the news while at the hospital with her partner, who was about to deliver their third child. DIED DOUGLAS McINTOSH, 44, a noted architectural designer and historic-preservation activist, of a pulmonary embolism Pulmonary Embolism Definition Pulmonary embolism is an obstruction of a blood vessel in the lungs, usually due to a blood clot, which blocks a coronary artery. , in Detroit, July 11. Among his design projects was Steamworks, an 11,000-square-foot full-service bathhouse in Toronto completed in 2005; and the period-sensitive renovation of his home, built in 1896 by artist Julius Melchers. DIED MARTHA PETERSON, 90, the former president of Barnard College in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. and Beloit College in Wisconsin, of complications from Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (ăls`hī'mərz, ôls–), degenerative disease of nerve cells in the cerebral cortex that leads to atrophy of the brain and senile dementia. , at her home in Madison, Wis., July 14. Peterson was known as "Miss Peterson" to her legions of students. APPOINTED JORGE VALENCIA, as executive director of the Point Foundation, which provides mentors and scholarships to LGBT LGBT Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender college students, July 26, in Los Angeles. He will begin work in January 2007 for the foundation after coming from the Trevor Project, where he served as executive director since 2001. VICTORIOUS AL McAFFREY, 58, in the Democratic primary race for Oklahoma's 88th district state house seat, in Oklahoma City, July 25. Since he faces no opposition in November, he has become the first openly gay member of the Oklahoma legislature. The funeral director, Navy veteran, and former police officer has three children and four grandchildren. VICTORIOUS PATRICIA TODD, 51, in the Democratic primary race for Alabama's 54th district state house seat, in Birmingham, July 18. Todd faces no opponent in the November general election and has become Alabama's first openly gay elected official. While her detractors tried to make an issue out of both her sexual orientation sexual orientation n. The direction of one's sexual interest toward members of the same, opposite, or both sexes, especially a direction seen to be dictated by physiologic rather than sociologic forces. and her race--she says she is the first woman to represent the racially mixed district--Todd won by promising to raise the minimum wage and address other pressing economic concerns. "My message was solid," says Todd, who will keep her job as associate director of AIDS Alabama while serving in the part-time legislative post. Once installed in January, though, her first priority will likely be to fight a bill--due to come up in the next session--to bar gays and lesbians from adopting children. In the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" meantime, meanwhile , she says, she will continue to build bridges. "I think it's helped tremendously to help people get comfortable with gay people," she says. "It sort of demystifies who we are." |
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