Pete Alonso, the New York Mets’ first baseman and defending champion of the Home Run Derby, has teamed up with artist Gregory Siff to create custom painted clubs that the club will use in the 2021 Denver Derby. Alonso used a painted racket to win the 2019 Derby, just like Bryce Harper the year before, but these aren’t just driving the art form – this time it’s eight of them.
Alonso will alternate between them during punch training and each round he reaches in the Derby (HR Derby Bracket show, Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN), which takes place on Monday at Coors Field.
“It’s functional art that is really, really great,” Alonso told ESPN.
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Siff – with his canvas bats provided by Alonso’s sponsor Dove Tail Bats – painted Alonso’s life story on the wood.
“I placed all of these important messages and important moments in his life and somehow woven them into all of the bats,” said Siff.
Siff has created graphics that represent things that matter to Alonso, using phrases like “Family First”, “Truth, Beauty, Love, Baseball”, “LFGM” and “Molon Labe” Alonso’s love for the movie “300”.
“Every time I’m in the pits, that’s my mentality,” said Alonso. “Even though I’m nine to one outnumbered, I’m in my small range, like when the Spartans were defending, only 300 of them defended against all odds. That’s how I describe how I play. I have that on my boots and the I transform into someone else when I go to play because who I am now is the man I am between the lines, very different. This is my switch. “
Artist Gregory Siff shows off one of his custom 2021 Home Run Derby clubs for Mets bat Pete Alonso. Andy Choi
Among the bats is a purple, silver and black painted one dedicated to his grandfather, who moved from Spain before World War II to start a new life in New York City and visited NYU, the inspiration for the colors.
“It’s kind of coming full circle,” said Alonso. “Because I started my professional career in New York in the big leagues and my father was born in Queens, so this city is very special to me. I mean, with purple, people might think it’s the Rockies colors but they are really NYU colors dedicated to my grandfather. “
While MLB does not currently allow players to use painted rackets during games, Alonso said the rise of the sport’s sneaker culture and the success of Players Weekend should see MLB enable functional art in games.
“I don’t see any problem at all,” said Alonso. “There could be a lot of red tape involved, but I think I have no problem at all with the fact that guys can use any color of bat.”
Alonso and Siff have also developed a range of merchandise to complement the bats, with portions of the proceeds going to Alonso’s charity Homers for Heroes. Replicas of the clubs Alonso will use in the derby are also sold for the charity.
Alonso won the 2019 Home Run Derby with a bat depicting Halley’s Comet. Gregory Shamus / Getty Images
Siff previously worked with Topps to illustrate a range of baseball cards and worked with brands such as Helmut Lang and Yves Saint Laurent. After Siff painted a mural live at ComplexCon for Major League Baseball, he received a call from Alonso’s marketing manager Jon Einalhori to ask if he would be interested in working with him. Siff, who grew up a Mets fan, took the opportunity.
“Pete was down with the mood I was painting, that kind of line style, stream of consciousness,” Siff said. “For Pete, I’m working on telling the player’s story and putting that into the racket. I also wanted to do some equipment and do something that isn’t just what you wear to a game that says, ‘Go Team ‘but something to show off at a party or event, and that’s how it started. “
When Siff sent photos of the bats to Alonso, the response was enthusiastic.
Alonso said, “I can’t wait to smash a few balls with these things.”
Brian Austin Green sets the record amid comments from haters opposed to his feelings. focus Megan Fox.
The 47-year-old Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles actor posted a message on his Instagram story on Wednesday, July 7th, in response to obvious remarks about his relationship with his ex. Megan filed for divorce from Brian in November after more than 10 years of marriage.
“For people who need or want clarification,” he wrote. “Megan and I get along great. Neither of us send little digs to one another. We both work really hard to get along well and be good for our children. Now stay safe and spread kindness and love. [heart emoji and smiley face]. “
Brian’s message follows his Instagram post on Tuesday, July 6th, which shows him kissing his girlfriend Sharna Burgess during her visit to Walt Disney World’s Animal Kingdom theme park in Orlando, Florida.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve been with someone I can really share my life with,” he captioned the smoldering shot.
As usual, the SpaceX South Texas Launch Facility near the village of Boca Chica is the focus of attention. Almost two months ago, the facility’s crews began work on the first true Super Heavy prototype, the launch phase of SpaceX’s Starship. After six weeks of assembly, SpaceX rolled the Super Heavy Booster 3 (B3) out of the “High Bay” (where it was assembled) and installed it on the launch pad.
The assembly process began on May 15th, supported by the new bridge crane (which was added to the High Bay back in March) and was completed on Thursday July 1st. The B3 was then pulled out and loaded onto the company’s Self-Propelled Modular Transporter (SPMT) and transported via Highway 4 to the launch facility, where it was reloaded onto test ramp A by another crane.
Once ready to run commercial missions, Starship and Super Heavy will be the world’s first fully reusable launch system. As the booster element (also known as the first stage) of the system, the Super Heavy is approximately 65 meters (215 ft) high and is equipped with 32 Raptor engines. That record number of engines (more than any rocket in history) will enable the Super Heavy to produce 72 meganewtons (MN) or 16 million pounds / thrust (lbf).
This is more than double the thrust generated by the first stage of the Saturn V booster that NASA used to send the Apollo astronauts to the moon – 35.1 MN, or 7.89 million lbf. In combination with the Starship – the orbital vehicle element that relies on 6 Raptors engines – the launch system can send 100 tons (110 US tons) into Low Earth Orbit (LEO).
According to a statement by Musk via Twitter, the B3 prototype will be used for soil tests, similar to the soil tests carried out with the Starship (SN) prototypes. This sets it apart from Booster 1 (BN1), the first Super Heavy prototype to complete stacking in the High Bay, which Musk said was and will be a “manufacturing pathfinder” designed to validate the process by which they were built therefore scrapped afterwards.
B3 is the next step in this process and is intended to validate the structural design of the booster through soil tests. Musk indicated that SpaceX will conduct the first flight test with Booster 4 and expect “a particularly rapid development in” [the] first ~ 10 boosters and ~ 30 ships. ”This suggests SpaceX will maintain its rapid prototyping approach, which incorporates design changes between iterations.
The first one to fly is Booster 4. Booster 3 is used for ground tests. We’re changing a lot of the design from 3 to 4. Booster 3 was very difficult to build. Expect particularly rapid development in the first ~ 10 boosters and the first ~ 30 ships.
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 30, 2021
In the same message, Musk tweeted that the B3 was “very difficult to build”. All in all, the assembly process consisted of stacking and welding 36 steel rings with three tank domes and dozens of other key components. Fortunately, the ground crews have developed considerable expertise as the booster element is made up of many of the same parts as the Starship and the assembly process relies heavily on the same production equipment.
The booster element is also simpler than the Starship prototypes in many ways in that it does not require a heat shield, has simpler electronics and piping, simpler fins (not included with the B3), and two main tanks to keep the liquid supply going Absorb methane (CH4) and liquid oxygen (LOX) fuel. The Starship, on the other hand, needs two additional collection tanks in addition to its main tanks and has to switch to the collection tanks when landing.
During flight tests, the booster prototypes only have to start and then sink where they are from the. According to Musk, these prototypes (B4 and later) will be equipped with grid fins to control their descent, and the booster will reignite some of its engines to make a soft landing. To date, all high-altitude flight tests with the Starship prototypes have included the “belly-flop” maneuver, starting with the lateral rotation of the prototype after reaching the apogee.
It would then use its aerodynamic flaps to slow its descent and reignite a Raptor engine or two to realign itself before landing. This complicated maneuver caused the first four prototypes (SN8, SN9, SN10 and SN11) to explode before, during or shortly after landing. The most recent test with the SN15 prototype was a complete success, validating the critical systems and maneuvers it performed.
Image Credit: SpaceX
In any case, since the B3 is now on the test platform, the tests can begin (possibly this week). Similar to the Starship development process, this will likely begin with cryogenic pressure testing, which involves filling the fuel tanks with nitrogen to ensure they can withstand being filled with cryogenic methane and oxygen. This can be followed by engine integration and static fire tests.
These tests will pave the way for B4, which is currently under assembly and will be integrated into the SN20 Starship prototype and prepared for orbital testing. These will then be relocated to the OLS, which was also built in the Boca Chica launch facility in recent weeks. From here, the full-stack Starship and Super Heavy take off on their first orbital test flight – which could take place this year.
In the meantime, be sure to check out the rollout of B3 on the test pad courtesy of NASA Spaceflight:
Could this be the beginning of the end for Roger Federer?
The tennis titan lost in straight sets against Hubert Hurkacz in his quarter-final match at Wimbledon on Wednesday, the first time since his first Wimbledon victory in 2003.
Understandably, some questions about the future of the 39-year-old were raised, because in a few weeks birthday number 40 came.
At a post-game press conference, Federer was asked if this would be his last Wimbledon and he gave a small hint of uncertainty as to whether he will step back on the lawn.
Federer on whether it will be his last Wimbledon: “I don’t know. I really do not know it. I have to regroup. My goal has always been to try and play another Wimbledon. I did it this year, which I’m very happy about. Everything that comes after we have to sit down and talk about it ‘
– George Bellshaw (@BellshawGeorge) July 7, 2021
“I don’t know, I really don’t know,” said Federer. “I have to regroup. My goal has always been to play another Wimbledon. I made it this year, which I’m very happy about. Everything that comes after that, we have to sit down and talk about it.”
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Federer had planned to play in last year’s edition of Wimbledon, but the major event was canceled amid the coronavirus pandemic. His court order after the loss had some finality.
Federer’s last Grand Slam win came in 2018 when he defended his Australian Open win against Marin Cilic. Federer spent time off the pitch nursing a knee injury and eventually suffered setbacks that kept him away between February 2020 and March 2021, forcing him to retire from multiple events.
If Federer’s Wimbledon defeat was indeed the beginning of the end for the Swiss great, then it is only fitting that he is in the place where he won eight Grand Slam titles.
According to climate scientists, the bitterly cold April in Europe would have been colder without climate change, so we need to step up our efforts to combat global warming.
Global warming increases the likelihood of frost damage in vineyards
Late frosts become less likely, but the early growing seasons make the vines even more vulnerable.
By Mike Pomranz July 06, 2021
A common response to global warming (and one of the reasons many people prefer the term “climate change”) is, “If the earth warms up, what is this cold about?” Aside from the intended joke, it is a question that really interests scientists: weather patterns are extremely complicated (just ask your weather app, that’s never true) and it is difficult to determine how individual incidents relate to major climate shifts.
Last April, for example, France was hit by a devastating frost that struck 80 percent of the vineyards with estimated damage of around $ 2 billion: not the result one would expect from a warming planet. However, a new analysis by a European team of researchers suggests that this damage is ultimately related to climate change – not because April was so cold, but because March was so warm.
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“There is an apparent paradox: global warming can lead to increased frost damage!” Robert Vautard, senior scientist at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and director of the Pierre-Simon Laplace Institute, explained the paper he co-authored. “Our results show that climate change is both causing the growing season to start earlier and frosts getting warmer, but the former outweighs the latter. The result is that vineyards now grow and mature faster, but this means they are more exposed to possible cold snaps. “
I mean, there is clearly only one solution – we need to reduce CO2 emissions to ensure the return of the bitterly cold winters of the Little Ice Age in order to save the vineyards of French wineries.
Roommates, although many of her fans were holding out small hope that she would still be allowed to compete in some capacity at the Tokyo Olympics despite testing positive for marijuana, it has been officially confirmed that Sha’Carri Richardson will miss the Olympics entirely.
The last few days for former Olympic hopeful Sha’Carri Richardson have been devastating for her career—and another unfortunate blow has just been tossed her way. Following the outpouring of support and encouragement she received after testing positive for marijuana just weeks before the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, Sha’Carri can now officially say goodbye to her 2021 Olympics dreams after not being selected as a member of the 4 x 100 Olympic relay team in Tokyo.
Currently suspended, Sha’Carri had one last hope for her quest to the Olympics, but according to the USA Track & Field roster, the 21-year-old will not be included in any Olympic events.
In a statement regarding their decision to disqualify Sha’Carri, the USA Track & Field said:
“It would be detrimental to the integrity of the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Track & Field if USATF amended its policies following competition, only weeks before the Olympic Games. All USATF athletes are equally aware of and must adhere to the current anti-doping code, and our credibility as the National Governing Body would be lost if rules were only enforced under certain circumstances.
So while our heartfelt understanding lies with Sha’Carri, we must also maintain fairness for all of the athletes who attempted to realize their dreams by securing a place on the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team.”
As we previously reported, Sha’Carri Richardson tested positive for marijuana, which is prohibited according to the World Anti-Doping Agency, late last month during the U.S. Olympic trials in Eugene, Oregon.
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People wearing face masks outdoors are seen at a Covid-19 vaccine site in Los Angeles, California on July 6, 2021.
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The highly transmissible Delta variant is now the dominant strain of coronavirus in the United States, outperforming the alpha variant first found in the UK, according to Covid-19 modeling data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Delta, the variant first found in India and now found in at least 104 countries, accounted for 51.7% of new Covid cases in the US in the two weeks ending July 3, according to recently updated estimates by the CDC. According to the US authorities, the proportion of new cases caused by alpha was only 28.7% in the same period.
In the past few weeks, US health officials have warned that Delta is on its way to becoming the dominant variant in the US, as its prevalence in the nation doubles about every two weeks. On June 22, a little over two weeks ago, White House chief medical officer Dr. Anthony Fauci that Delta accounted for about 20% of all new cases in the United States
The World Health Organization, which Delta has called the “fastest and fittest” variant to date, assumes that it will become the dominant form of the disease worldwide. According to a WHO report, Delta is about 55% more transmissible than the Alpha variant.
President Joe Biden again on Tuesday urged that all eligible Americans receive Covid vaccinations, stressing the importance of being protected against Delta.
Although the US is well on its way to meeting 160 million fully vaccinated people in the coming days, millions remain unvaccinated against Covid, “and because of this, their communities are at risk, their friends are at risk, the people they care about” said Biden are at risk. “
“This is an even bigger concern because of the Delta variant,” said the president.
There are still about 1,000 counties in the U.S. with a vaccination rate of less than 30%, said CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky told reporters last week. The counties are mainly in the southeast and midwest, and the agency is already seeing rising disease rates in these locations due to the further spread of the delta variant, she said.
Scientists and other health experts fear the variant will lead to a surge in new cases this fall, which will hit those who remain unvaccinated hardest, unless states can vaccinate more people.
“I think there are two Americas,” said Dr. Paul Offit, a pediatrician and vaccine advocate who served on advisory boards for both the CDC and the Food and Drug Administration. “There’s vaccinated America and unvaccinated America, and I think unvaccinated America will pay a price for that.”
The White House announced last week that it was deploying Covid-19 response teams across the country focused on fighting the variant. The teams, made up of officials from the CDC and other federal agencies, will work with communities at higher risk of outbreaks.
In Australia and South Africa, there are a series of radio telescopes that will be soon joined by a number of newly-constructed facilities to form the Square Kilometer Array (SKA). Once established, the SKA will have a collecting area that measures a million square meters (close to 2 million square yards). It will also be 50 times more sensitive than any radio telescope currently in operation, and be able to conduct surveys ten thousand times faster.
During a historic meeting that took place on June 29th, 2021, the member states that make up the SKAO Council voted to commence construction. By the late 2020s, when it’s expected to gather its first light, the array will consist of thousands of dishes and up to a million low-frequency antennas. These will enable it to conduct all kinds of scientific operations, from scanning the earliest periods in the Universe to searching for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI).
At its core, the SKA relies on a process known as interferometry, where light from cosmic sources is gathered by multiple telescopes and then combined to create high-resolution images. For radio telescopes, this technique has the added advantage of allowing for observations where only a subset of the full array is available. With such a large collecting area, the SKA will allow for all kinds of revolutionary science.
A Huge Effort
The SKA consists of four “precursor facilities,” which include the MeerKAT and the Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array (HERA) in South Africa, and the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) and Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) in Australia. Beyond these, there are also the “pathfinder” facilities located outside of these two countries, consisting of the Allen Telescope Array in northern California and the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR) in the Netherlands.
These facilities are divided into two networks designated SKA-Low and SKA-Mid, which describe the radio frequency range they will cover. The decision to approve construction comes on the heels of two major developmental milestones for the SKAO. First, there was the publication of two key documents last year, the Observatory’s Construction Proposal and Observatory Establishment and Delivery Plan, and an executive summary of both.
The documents are the culmination of over seven years of design and engineering work by more than 500 experts from 20 countries, the purpose of which was to test the technologies needed to build and operate the largest radio telescope array ever built. Second, there was the creation of the SKAO as an intergovernmental organization, which took place earlier this year. As SKAO Director-General Prof. Philip Diamond said in a recent SKAO press release:
“I am ecstatic. This moment has been 30 years in the making. Today, humankind is taking another giant leap by committing to build what will be the largest science facility of its kind on the planet; not just one but the two largest and most complex radio telescope networks, designed to unlock some of the most fascinating secrets of our Universe.”
“I would like to thank everyone who has contributed to making this possible over the past decades, from the early inception of the project until now, and in particular all the teams who have worked so hard over recent years and powered on through a pandemic in very difficult circumstances to meet deadlines and make this milestone possible. I would also like to thank our Member States for their vision and the trust they’re placing in us by investing in a large-scale, long-term research infrastructure at a time when public finances are under intense pressure.”
This organization now accounts for eleven international consortiums that represent more than 100 research labs, universities, and companies from all sixteen Member States who were responsible for designing the necessary hardware, software, and infrastructure. These include Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
Breaking Ground
Construction is expected to last until 2028 and will be followed by the first science operations in the early 2030s. The cost of the entire project, including constructing the two telescopes, associated operations, and business-enabling functions is projected at €2 billion ($2.38 billion USD) over a nine-year period (2021 – 2030). The first significant activity on site is scheduled to take place early next year, but procurement of major contracts will begin immediately.
Over the next few months, the SKAO will issue about 70 contracts to all of its Member States, which will then put them for competitive bidding locally. The SKAO anticipates that once they have started gathering light, the two arrays will remain scientifically productive for 50 years or more. Dr. Catherine Cesarsky, Chairperson of the SKAO Council, expressed her gratitude to all those who helped get the SKA to this pivotal point in its development:
“I would like to add my thanks to the members of the SKAO Council and the governments they represent. Giving the green light to start the construction of the SKA telescopes shows their confidence in the professional work that’s been done by the SKAO to get here, with a sound plan that is ready for implementation, and in the bright future of this ground-breaking research facility… Today’s commitment by Member States is a strong signal for others to get aboard and reap the benefits of participation in this one-of-a-kind research facility.”
Shared Benefits
In addition to delivering exciting and revolutionary science, the organization maintains that the SKA will provide tangible social and economic benefits for those countries involves – such as innovation, technological spin-offs, new high tech jobs, boosted industrial capacity, and others. Beyond the Member States, this will include the African Partner Countries – which include Ghana, Kenya, Zambia, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, and Madagascar.
Then there are the many Indigenous peoples in South Africa and Australia whose lands the telescopes will be built on. In order to foster respectful dialogue and engagement, the San Council of South Africa (SCSA) and the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding. Since then, in-principle support for the project has been announced by the Wajarri Yamaji (on whose lands the SKA-Low telescope will be built).
“The SKAO will be a good neighbor and will work with local stakeholders, and in particular Indigenous communities, to ensure that they also benefit from the SKA project alongside other stakeholders nationally and internationally,” added Prof. Diamond. “We certainly intend to play our part in supporting local communities and boosting the local economy.”
In terms of science opportunities, the SKA will conduct a wide range of observations that will yield valuable scientific insight. In particular, the SKA will conduct some of the most stringent tests of General Relativity to date, where astronomers will observe how the path of electromagnetic radiation is altered by the influence of gravitational fields and the curvature of spacetime.
The sensitivity of the SKA will allow it to observe the spectral line of radiation created by a change in the energy state of neutral hydrogen atoms – aka. the 21 cm hydrogen line. This means that the SKA will be able to pierce the veil of the cosmic “Dark Ages” when the first galaxies were forming. It will also allow astronomers to see how the large-scale structure of the Universe has since evolved, providing insight into the role of Dark Matter and Dark Energy.
The SKA will also allow for some of the most rigorous surveys in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) to date. Traditionally, radio astronomy has been the preferred means of searching for signs of technological activity (i.e. technosignatures) and the SKA’s multiple telescopes will be able to monitor target star systems in different radio wave frequencies for extended periods of time.
Over the past few years, excitement about the SKA and what cosmic mysteries it will reveal has been growing, and not just in the scientific community. Among the general public, the SKA is seen as a next-generation facility that will address many enduring mysteries of the cosmos. And like the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), and many others, we will only have to wait a few more years before the scientific returns start coming in.
Kevin Love heard the setback when he took a coveted spot on the US national team after one of the worst seasons of his career before the Tokyo Olympics. So did coach Gregg Popovich, who had a message for the doubters.
“We’re going to work his ass off for the next four to five weeks and demand a lot,” said Popovich after the team’s first training session at UNLV on Tuesday.
“That will definitely get him back into the rhythm he needs to be in to keep playing. I think that’s one of the main reasons he wanted to do this so that he can get back to who he was.”
Popovich called to offer Love a spot, believing his ability to shoot and fight for rebounds could be valuable in competing against some of the seasoned European squads Team USA will face in Japan.
Love only played 25 games for the Cleveland Cavaliers last season due to a recurring calf injury and averaged just 12.2 points, the lowest since his rookie year. He had a few good games at the end of the season, but he was still a surprising pick. Love hasn’t played on Team USA since 2012 and hasn’t been an All-Star since 2018.
“In a way, I understand [the criticism] because I’ve had a season in which I didn’t play that many games and wasn’t in top form, “said Love.” For me, coming here, I feel like I have a lot to prove. “
Kevin Love says he understands the criticism of his selection of Team USA and has “a lot to prove” at the Tokyo Olympics. AP Photo / John Locher
There is an undercurrent of this opportunity that could play a role in Love’s future. While he is focused on helping the team win a second gold medal – one he won in London in 2012 – his ticket from Cleveland could be tied to his performance that summer.
The Cavs have attempted to trade Love for portions of the past two seasons, but his injuries – just 103 games in the last three years – and disillusionment with a lengthy rebuilding have at times diminished its worth. So the two years and $ 60 million that he still has.
Cleveland blessed Love’s desire to play this summer despite risking further injuries. At the end of the season, Cavs chief executive Koby Altman said “we want him to be here” when asked about Love’s future. While the team is no doubt hoping Love can return to an all-star level and support Cleveland’s youngsters, Love’s game could well create some options that could benefit both sides.
It’s unclear how much playing time Love will actually get in Tokyo given the Americans have a deep squad. But the league executives are in attendance this week watching the practice as there are five exhibition games before the team flies across the Pacific. These could be a showcase for love – not just for Popovich and his employees, but also for other teams.
“I’m 13 years old now, I’ve heard everything,” said Love. “All I can do is go out and chase the game, let it all fall apart and just rip my ass off and see what I can do for this team.
“I think if it’s up to me to turn my career around so a team wins, I’m more than ready to do that. I feel like I’m on.” [the Cavs] or whatever team I end up in, or in a US team, that’s definitely something I can develop in. “
Britney Spears‘ longtime court-appointed lawyer is asking to step down from representing her.
Samuel D. Ingham III, who has served as her attorney since the start of her conservatorship in 2008, has requested to resign from the role, according to the court document filed on Tuesday, July 6 and obtained by E! News. The paperwork did not specify as to why Samuel and his firm, Loeb & Loeb, is asking to no longer represent the 39-year-old pop star.
“Samuel D. Ingham III hereby resigns as court-appointed counsel for Britney Jean Spears, conservatee, effective upon the appointment of new court-appointed counsel,” the paperwork read.
The document was filed on the same day that the legal team for one of Britney’s conservators, Jodi Montgomery, stated she is not stepping down as manager of the “Womanizer” vocalist’s medical records and personal affairs.
“She remains committed to steadfastly supporting Ms. Spears in every way she can within the scope of her duties as a conservator of the person,” the statement from Jodi’s team read.
