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Ella Sharp Museum's eighth annual Art & Wine Festival will be from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the museum, 3225 Fourth St.
This year's festival will include more than 100 craft beers a wine tent with samples from around the country, live music and the work of more than 40 artists. New this year will b e a home brewing demonstration by Cork N' Cap owner Jack Travioli.
Tickets are $25 at the day or the event or $20 if purchased by June 8. Each ticket includes 10 sampling coupons. The event is for all ages, but only those 21 and over will be able to sample alcohol.
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Chelsea Sounds and Sights
Thursday marks the debut of the annual Chelsea Sounds and Sights festival, which will be around downtown Chelsea from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. each Thursday through Aug. 16.
Sounds and Sights features live music of all genres and activities for everyone at outdoor venues around Chelsea. A full list of entertainers can be found at chelseafestivals.com.
'Crouch Murders' at Cuppa
Haunted Travels of Michigan authors Kat Tedsen and Bev Rydel will give a presentation on one of Michigan's most puzzling mysteries in "The Crouch Murders, A Paranormal Investigation" at Cuppa in the Art 634 building, 634 S. Mechanic St., at 7 p.m. Friday.
The presentation will include revealing evidence, including video and photographs, of who the authors believe committed the 1883 murders.
Cost is $15. Reservations are encouraged. Call the Wandering Owl at 782-2780 for more information.
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The Fourth Wall, 701 Page Ave., will present live performances of songs from some of Disney's most beloved productions in "Hakuna Matata: 75 Years of Movie Musical Magic" at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
The show will include performances from John King, Betsy King-Steinert, Elliot Hitt, Amanda Marzano and Gary Minix. It is designed to entertain people of all ages.
Cost is $5. Call 817-9974 or email email@example.com to make reservations.
Second Sunday at Art 634
Marijo Grogan will be the featured artist for June at Art 634, 634 N. Mechanic St. She'll be on hand to talk about her work and the work of Kent Walton, which will also be on display, during Second Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
The monthly event also will feature hot yoga at Ave'in Studio E and a poetry reading by Lonnie Hull Dupont, among other activities throughout the building.
Admission is free. Visit art634.com for more info.
Singer-songwriter Jen Sygit will give a free performance at the Jackson Coffee Company, 201 S. Mechanic St., at 7 p.m. Friday.
The Laugh Company improv troupe will perform at the Jackson Comedy Club, 212 N. Jackson St., at 8 p.m. Friday. Cover is $5.
There will be a hip hop show featuring three local artists at Avenue Billiards, 2410 E. Michigan Ave., at 9 p.m. Saturday. Cover charge is $3.


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Here's Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman's memo to staff on the recent management changes.
'I am pleased to announce that Colm Kelleher will become President of Institutional Securities, with management responsibilities for Sales and Trading, Investment Banking and Capital Markets, effective January 2013. As previously announced, Paul J. Taubman has decided to retire from the Firm at year-end. Colm joined Morgan Stanley as an associate in 1989 and has had a number of significant and challenging senior roles since then, including the role of Head of Global Capital Markets and then CFO in 2008/2009. His unique skill set and experience in global capital markets as well as sales and trading make him ideally suited to lead the institutional securities businesses.
Over the past three years we have been relentlessly driving change in the structure of our business to meet the new realities of today. We have made significant progress across the board and recently delivered improved 3Q earnings in a difficult market environment. We must continue our intense focus on improving ROE and executing the levers of cost discipline, capital efficiency and optimizing returns. Aligning sales trading more closely with investment banking and capital markets will allow us to explore and extract new revenue opportunities within institutional securities and better manage our costs.
I am also pleased to announce that Mark Eichorn and Franck Petitgas will become Global Co-Heads of Investment Banking with day-to-day responsibility for all divisional operations, effective January 2013. Mark will continue to be based in New York and Franck will continue to be based in London. They will join the Operating Committee.
Additionally, I have also asked Jeff Holzschuh to become Chairman of Institutional Securities. Jeff is a seasoned veteran banker who will concentrate on the Firm's key client relationships globally. I am confident that we will continue to build on our leadership position in investment banking and capital markets under Colm and his team.
Mark, Franck and Jeff will all report to Colm. Jeff and Mark will also join the Management Committee, of which Franck is already a member.
Colm, Mark, Franck and Jeff represent the best and brightest of the Firm's deep bench of talent. This is a new chapter in our evolution, and this new generation of leaders will undoubtedly help guide the Firm to increased profitability and better returns for all of our stakeholders.
Please join me in congratulating Colm, Jeff, Mark and Franck and in wishing them continued success'.

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Yes, you read that headline correctly. In the midst of perhaps the worst year for dividend investors in more than a generation, I'm telling you that now's the time to double down on dividend stocks. Allow me to explain.
A tough pill to swallow
While dividend payers have long been thought of as safe ports in stormy markets, this year has been a notable exception.
Thirty-six members of the S&P 500 have cut or eliminated their dividends this year, among them Bank of America (NYSE: BAC ) and Wachovia (NYSE: WB ) . Financials in particular, thought by many to be defensive staples in dividend-based portfolios, slashed dividends to the tune of $35 billion in the first half of 2008. Other companies, like Carnival, have opted to suspend their dividend payouts to shore up capital until things turn around.
With glum news like this, dividend-paying stocks look like more of a gamble than ever. But while no dividend -- or stock -- is 100% guaranteed, this particular stormy market is providing some great opportunities to buy strong, well-capitalized companies with high dividend yields -- at lower prices.
Here's how to find them
All dividend payers are not created equal, and you want to find the ones that have the businesses to back up their payments. Strong businesses will maintain or even increase their dividends, even in a market like this one. Just look at Kraft and Philip Morris International for examples.
So how do you tell if a business is strong? Many people use the earnings payout ratio (dividends per share / earnings per share), but those numbers aren't always reliable because a company can strategically adjust net income for any number of reasons.
Rather, focus on the free cash flow payout ratio. It's much more difficult to fake the cash flow, and that means investors can have more confidence in it as a measure of dividend health.
Ideally, you want to find companies with free cash flow payout ratios below 80%, which demonstrates that the company has an adequate cash cushion to maintain its dividend payments -- and even raise them.
In fact, of the 207 S&P 500 members with dividend yields over 3%, 90 of them (43%) have free cash flow payouts below 80%. Here are just a few of them:
Dividend Yield on Nov. 12, 2007
Dividend Yield on Nov. 12, 2008
Levered FCF Payout Ratio
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ )
Home Depot (NYSE: HD )
Intel (Nasdaq: INTC )
Valero Energy (NYSE: VLO )
Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX )
Source: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's, as of Nov. 12, 2008.
Because of the market turmoil, you can get much higher yields today than you could just a year ago; while the companies' stock prices have declined, their ability to pay dividends appears unchanged. In fact, with the exception of Home Depot, each of these stocks has actually increased its dividend in 2008.
The combination of lower prices, higher yields, and a sustainable dividend is one you definitely want to research further.
But spread your bets
It's important to keep in mind that no individual company, however strong, is immune to the kind of sectorwide disaster that brought down the banks this year -- even after many of them paid uninterrupted dividends for years. That's why diversification across sectors is so important, even if that means sacrificing a little yield.
This beaten-down market provides a great opportunity to build a high-yield portfolio made up of 10 to 15 stocks with well-protected dividends from different industries. With so many financially strong companies paying higher yields today, now's the time to double down on dividend stocks that have solid free cash flow coverage.
Good companies with well-covered dividend payouts are exactly what James Early and Andy Cross look for at our Motley Fool Income Investor service -- and they're finding plenty. If you'd like to see what they're recommending now, consider a 30-day free trial. You'll also see all of their past recommendations and their best bets for new money now. Just click here to get started. There's no obligation to subscribe.
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-- Chaney Mae Watts, whose son was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs after his casino-bound charter bus ran into a ditch in California, killing eight people.
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-- Harvard astronomer Tim Spahr on a small asteroid headed for a fiery but harmless dive into Earth's atmosphere over Africa. It marked the first time astronomers gave advance warning of such an event.
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Baton Rouge - Sure it was an exhibition game but former LSU backfield mates Stevan Ridley and Richard Murphy stepped up when New England met jacksonville.
Ridley, the Patriots third-round draft choice, scored three touchdowns and was the team's leading rusher in a 47-12 victory against Jacksonville. He finished the game with 64 yards on 16 carries,a 4-yard-per-carry average..
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New roofs over their heads
Islanders help two families make homes on the south end.
If home truly is where the heart is, then two Habitat for Humanity houses to be dedicated at Fort Ward this weekend will have little room for furniture.
The residences built by a cadre of volunteers that included a team of dentists, a corps of attorneys and a supporting cast of island and off-island helpers represent a heart-felt investment of elbow grease.
Basically its just been a wonderful process, said island dentist Sally Hewett, who helped organize the project. I am so appreciative of the people who just love to come out and do construction for fun and recreation.
There were no prima donnas. People were willing to do any kind of work.
Habitat for Humanity purchased the two lots at the islands south end, plus another in Hidden Cove, in January of 2002.
The $60,000 per lot was funded by the Kitsap County Community Development Bloc Grant program, plus contributions from the Bainbridge Island Housing Trust Fund and the Windermere Foundation.
The families moving in pay a zero interest 20-year mortgage based on materials and a portion of the land.
Hewetts team, dubbed Dentists and Friends, and a cadre of lawyers called the Gavel and Hammer Society and led by island attorney Charlie Wiggins, each sponsored one of the south-island homes, raising the $45,000 per house for construction. Rolling Bay Presbyterian Church took charge of the north-island site.
April 2002 saw groundbreaking at the adjacent Fort Ward lots. Construction permits were approved in early June and concrete work completed by the end of August. Framing and roofing were fall and early winter 2002 projects, while siding, shingles and porch extended into spring.
Sheetrock and painting were completed by mid-summer, and cabinetry, appliances, fixtures, carpet and landscaping marked the homes completion this fall.
Job training
Hewett admits she had no idea of the projects scope at the outset, and found last Februarys knee-deep mud a particularly memorable challenge.
But project manager Dan Nordmarks positive attitude helped keep construction on track, she says.
Nordmark, a retired Boeing engineer who spent two days a week on the south-island job site and a third day at Hidden Cove, says building Habitat homes has become a second job - one he will continue with more building in Kingston, Suquamish and possibly on the island.
Ive threatened to go back to work to get a vacation, he said.
Nordmark has become expert at organizing the ad hoc groups of workers who might show up on any given day, groups that could include anyone from high school students doing a community service assignment to citizens nabbed for a DUI.
Theres nothing like having a bunch of painters show up for a carpentry project, Nordmark said, This is an on-the-job training program, too.
Several families, including the Gendreaus and the Guterson-Crichton clan, made building a part of nearly every weekend.
Hewett picked up a few new skills, she says, including hanging doors and installing baseboard trim and formica.
Woodward eighth-grader Lucie Gendreau, who worked on the houses every week last summer, says she also learned new skills sometimes the hard way.
Painting has been one of the most fun things because I wasnt that good at it before, but when you work on someone elses things you have to be really careful, she said. Whenever I made a mistake it was like, Oh, no, I hope they dont see this.
Now its pretty amazing, and in a way its a relief because you can see it finally done.
Wiggins now counts among his skills such non-lawyerly assets as pouring concrete and bending rebar.
I really enjoyed the physical aspect of the work, he said. I dont know that Ive ever done anything I feel so good about before.
For new homeowners Kathy Duprey and Gaylynn Dearden, the Sept. 14 dedication also marks the end of a long road that began with hundreds of hours spent helping other Habitat families build.
Its going to be great to to enjoy the end product as much as Ive enjoyed meeting all the people, Duprey said. Ill always think of them as folks who helped me reach my goal.
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I agree with james for most of what he has said. My sister is a born longboarder whereas i'm a shortboard fanatic. Though i must admitt, when we get our 3 bft conditions i repfer rigging my 7.6 (as i have no bigger sail) on her fanatic race 340 then on my SB go139. It just more fun, much more speed (i've got pictures of my sister with the 7.6 rig cruzin a 6 or 7 knot breeze and this formula surfer with a 10 m² rig trying to keep up with her)
However, i must add that when i get +10 knot conditions it can sail my shortboard perfectly with a 7.6 rig and get into plane most of the time (though upwinds are dreadfull and i get tempted to just plane downwind and thus drift away). Also, when we hit a light 5 bft, so about 13-14-15 knots my 7.6 is the perfect rig to surf with on the Go139 and i get into planning all the time whereas my sister is staggering behind on her longboard because she'll have more problems giving the board the lift it needs to plane (this is partially because it's an older board (still said 'maid in West germany' so a pre '89 board) and therefore not really disigned for planning)
Another problem i face when surfing longboard it that when the wind picks up jibing becomes quite the trick because of the extensive tail you have to handle. also, in higher winds my sister seems to loose controle, even though she always sails smaller rigs then me. Whereas my Go139 in winds over 14 knots becomes a responsive board with early planning and it jibes and carves as if it were cutting soft butter.
The opposite is true for lightwinds: my Go becomes this clumbsy piece of wood on the water, it takes hours before it starts to jibe because of the sheer lack of speed, it is slow and just not fun like the longboard of my sister.
In lightwinds the longboard is more responsive to it's sailor than a shortboard because of the reduced width versus the volume. The rider is more balanced (looking at current longboard which vary from 120 liters (see exocet kona range) to about 220 liters with an avarage of about 180 liters) and the board is faster as it is slimmer then a shortboard.
Judging from all of this a rider, in order to deside what is really best for him, has to ask himself what conditions he would encounter more: lightwinds, or, highwinds? I'm lucky, as the lake i sail on (veerse meer in the south of holland) has seewinds blowing in aswell as landwinds, thus it is sailable with shortboard just a bit more often then with longboards. However, i am glas my sister is a longboardaddict because the lightwind conditions i get there at the end of spring make it very hard for me to satisfy my needs.
Perhaps, it is adviced that a rider not only chooses a sailquiver, but also a more extensive boardquiver ... Longboard, shortboard, waveboard.
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A judge in Los Angeles has declared Anna Nicole Smith's 18-month-old daughter Dannielynn the sole heir to the model and tabloid magnet's estate, TMZ.com and People report.
Dannielynn could inherit millions thanks to her mother's marriage to septuagenarian oil man J. Howard Marshall, though Marshall's estate is still the subject of litigation in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Stuff I Make My Husband: The Great Pizza Experiment <- you could do the cream cheese, spinach, zucchini, or shredded cheese pizza. Of those, the cream cheese is my favorite. Or you could make meatza.
Good afternoon, dear PB community!
Well, the title says it all: tomorrow I'd love to try my hand at making a primal pizza, but I do not have access to a food processor (only to a hand blender) nor almond/coconut flours/meal (I can't find them ANYWHERE despite my successive tries).
Any help would be immensely appreciated!
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Stuff I Make My Husband: The Great Pizza Experiment <- you could do the cream cheese, spinach, zucchini, or shredded cheese pizza. Of those, the cream cheese is my favorite. Or you could make meatza.
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My primal success story
"Boxing seems to contain so complete and so powerful an image of life -- life's beauty, vulnerability, despair, incalculable and often self-destructive courage -- that boxing IS life, and hardly a mere game." --Joyce Carol Oates
Can you get tapioca starch/flour? It's really common as a GF flour option, so it's pretty common (I usually find it next to the flour with gluten-free options). Here's a recipe where you just ix it with egg, some cheese, and baking powder. It makes an EXCELLENT crust!
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Meatza! Meatza! Meatza!
Wow, thank you everyone for the links and sugestions!
The cream cheese and shredded cheese crust options seem the most feasible ones (aka uncomplicated) for me. Meatza too!
Another option (I then googled a little) would be the pizza fritatta.
P.S. - Erica, I remember your sucess story, it did amaze me. And your blog is splendid, very useful and tasty. The great pizza experiment is something just superb, glorious, unique...!
To be honest, when I want pizza, I eat pizza. Nothing can beat real pizza. I just don't eat it often.
Coffee grinder + whole almonds = almond flour.
Paleo Pizza w/ bison sausage, bell pepper, white onion, raw parmesan cheese, and Applegate Farms pepperoni.
Crust is almond meal (you can buy it or make it yourself), 2 eggs, baking soda, rosemary, basil, and garlic powder [modified base recipe from Everyday Paleo]. Sauce was homemade marinara (tomatoes, tomato paste, basil, touch of red wine, garlic, onion powder).
Crust is a little heavy... 2c of almond meal is about 21 grams of Omega-6 (1 piece being roughly 2.6 grams) not to mention 12g of fat per slice. I consumed one piece and was full.
Here are a few links to the almond/coconut flours that the OP had mentioned she had been looking for:
Nuts Online - nut flours (until I didn't the search, I hadn't even been aware that pistachio, cashew or brazil nut flours existed!)
Nuts Online - organic coconut flour
Organic Coconut Flour (Gluten Free) — Flours — Cooking & Baking — NutsOnline
Nutty Guys - almond flour, no skins
Almond Flour - Blanched NO skins
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Pride goeth before the fall.
This famous proverb rings true in Egypt today, but it has been President Hosni Mubarak's pride that has caused at least 100 Egyptian citizens to fall, never to rise again. The injury toll is now in the thousands, with no end to the chaos in sight.
Mubarak may have agreed to not seek re-election in September, but at this rate, there might not be a country to govern six months from now. When his citizenry calls for his resignation, firing the government around him likely only incited the masses more. The only way to quell the chaos is for Mubarak to immediately resign his post, and perhaps even leave the country.
With the whole nation in meltdown mode, a fresh start is needed in Egypt. The only way that will occur is if Mubarak lays down his foolish pride for the country he supposedly loves so much, and let the wounds he has inflicted heal.


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They told me repeatedly,
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'This is not an exit, darling.'
But I refused to heed,
drunkenly grasping for another line and slicing open my flesh in the process.
I would careen to the floor writhing and vomit blood into the hands of my saviors.
I'd laugh and repeat over and over:
'You never loved me, you never loved me.'
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Mousekteer Annette Funicello Passes Away At 70
She was my favorite Mousketeer, and the dark-haired sweetheart who always treated the underdog with kindness in Disney's Spin and Marty series. Annette also had multiple sclerosis, which was diagnosed back when she was making her "beach blanket" movies with Frankie Avalon, and which she battled privately until 1992. Thanks, Annette, for making life more fun for millions of kids who grew up with The Micky Mouse Club.
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Chautauqua to offer Spanish immersion kindergarten
The Vashon School District plans to offer a Spanish immersion kindergarten program beginning this fall.
Jody Metzger, principal of Chautauqua Elementary School, said that at a recent meeting for parents of incoming kindergartners, she heard positive feedback on her proposal to offer a full-day Spanish kindergarten program in place of a regular full-day class. This school year was the first in several years that the district was not able to offer full-day kindergarten because not enough families signed up for the class.
Now, Metzger said, Chau-tauqua will offer the Spanish immersion kindergarten program next fall as long as at least 14 tuition-paying families sign their children up for the class.
Four or five families have already signed their children up, Metzger said. If 14 tuition-paying families sign up by April 20, the district can hire a Spanish-speaking kindergarten teacher and offer partial scholarships for half a dozen more to be in the class.
Metzger said that since the meeting she has gotten calls from parents of children as young as 2 who say they are thrilled about the program and hope it takes off at Chautauqua.
"People are excited about it," Metzger said. "I'm hopeful, very hopeful."
Kindergartners in the im-mersion program would attend regular kindergarten taught in English in the morning then go to a Spanish immersion class taught by a Spanish-speaking teacher in the afternoon. Regular morning and afternoon kindergarten classes would still be offered.
In the Spanish class students would learn the language through games, cooking and cultural activities.
"It will be cultural in focus," Metzger said.
If the class goes well, she added, the school district would like to explore the idea of continuing Spanish classes through other grade levels, possibly in immersion classes before or after school.
"I think it's going to be a great experience for our children, and it will enrich our school," Metzger said.
The deadline to sign up for the Spanish immersion kindergarten program or to request a scholarship for the class is April 20. Contact Chautauqua Elementary School at 463-2882.
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Based out of Portland, Oregon, Red Fang captures the loud and fast, anything-goes spirit of classic rock with their heavy stoner-influenced jams. The quartet, consisting of Bryan Giles, Aaron Beam, David Sullivan, and John Sherman, make guitars the focus of their gimmick-free brand of driving rock & roll, eschewing any prog leanings and putting the emphasis on the riffs. The sound is tied together by a sense of punk urgency which spurs the stoner jams into action and gets the songs moving at a raucous gallop. The band made their debut in 2009 with a self-titled album released by Sargent House. For their follow-up, they struck up an unlikely partnership, heading into the studio with producer and multi-instrumentalist for the Decemberists, Chris Funk. The move would pay off for the band, who would release their second album, Murder the Mountains, on Relapse in 2011. The band revisited the partnership again for their third album, Whales and Leeches, which arrived in the fall of 2013. ~ Gregory Heaney
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Silverdale's Starr keeps her eye on the hoop
For Starr Rodenhurst, every shot she takes feels like the game is on the line.
"It's like the final game with 10 seconds left," she said Tuesday.
Starr, a sixth-grader at Silverdale Elementary School, practices a half-hour each day for a nation-wide free-throw contest, honing that focus.
The Elks Hoop Shoot event pits students from ages eight to 13 against one another in a shoot-out competition. In 2007, the then-nine-year-old advanced to the national championship in Springfield, Mass. and placed sixth in the girls age 8-9 category.
Now she is in the running for another shot at the national championship after winning Saturday's state title in Bellevue.
She will compete at regionals March 6 in Vancouver, going up against contestants from three Northwest states.
She likened the pressure of the contest to having to make game-winning baskets one after another, requiring the kind of focus many kids her age have yet to develop.
"I don't make eye contact with anyone," she said.
For a contest driven by concentration, it is vital for her to block out distractions around her while at the line.
"Sometimes I have my brother talk to me and yell at me when I practice to help me focus," she said.
The focus has resulted in impressive numbers.
Last weekend, where she won by a single shot, she made 18 for 25, or 72 percent. In districts last month, she shot 19 for 25, or 76 percent.
Conversely, NBA star LeBron James has a career average of 74 percent from the line.
Starr's father, Inoa, said his daughter has the drive that allows her to compete under demanding conditions.
"There is a little bit of inner tenacity," said Inoa Rodenhurst. "I think she likes that pressure sometimes."
Silverdale Elementary physical education teacher Cindy Rundlet said she has watched Starr improve and take the competition more seriousy since her trip to nationals three years ago.
"She's an all-around good athlete," said Rundlet. "She has just really come into her stride."
The athleticism and success is already paying off outside the court.
Inoa said the chance for his daughter to travel across the country is sometimes more valuable than winning any contest.
"I think it is priceless for her," Inoa Rodenhurst said.
Starr, who also plays fastpitch and soccer, said she plans on sticking with basketball and is hoping to make the Central Kitsap Junior High School squad next year.
And, after that, Starr said she is thinking about playing college hoops.
"I want to play for Tennessee. Pat (Summitt) is a great coach," she said. "I'd really like to play for her."
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More than the photographs of Patti Smith will be on display this summer at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
The "Godmother of Punk" will play a special concert in the Detroit Film Theatre on June 1 to celebrate the opening of "Patti Smith: Camera Solo." Her photography exhibit is on display June 1 thru Sept. 2 at the museum.
Smith might be best known for her Billboard hit "Because the Night" (co-written with Bruce Springsteen), but she's also an accomplished photographer and author. She also raised her family in St. Clair Shores through the '80s and '90s during her marriage to the late MC5 guitarist, Fred "Sonic" Smith.
In 2010, she told an audience at New York City's Cooper Union that NYC was no longer an option for young, struggling artists -- and encouraged them to move to Detroit.
April 18, Detroit Free Press: Adding a warmly familial undercurrent to her appearance, Smith will be performing with her children Jackson Smith on guitar and Jess Smith on piano, along with a trio of local musicians: guitarist Joe Mazolla, bassist James Simonson and drummer Eric Hoegemeyer.Smith has been drawing and taking photographs since the 1960's. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, whose "Horses" album won her critical acclaim, has been represented by Robert Miller Gallery since 1978.


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Blake Shelton jumped out of the gates running with a #1 single on his first try. Shelton released his self-titled debut in 2001; The lead-off single "Austin" spent five weeks at #1 and he was suddenly one of country's top new vocalists. Five studio albums, dozens of singles, and an up-coming marriage to country starlet Miranda Lambert have kept Shelton on country radar. Blake Shelton tour dates are currently scheduled throughout 2011.
Shelton moved to Nashville at seventeen years old to pursue a career in country music. After several painstaking years he finally scored a deal with Giant Records in 1998. He recorded what became Toby Keith's signature hit "I Wanna Talk About Me", but it was ultimately scrapped in favor of the single "Austin". Either way, Shelton made a huge impact on the country charts when he released his debut in 2001. It featured the hits "All Over Me" and a cover of the George Jones classic "Ol' Red". Shelton was nominated for the Best New Male Vocalist award at the 2002 Academy of Country Music Awards and shot to country fame.
Shelton followed up with The Dreamer in 2003 which featured the #1 single "The Baby". He released his third album Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill in 2004 which featured "Some Beach" and "Nobody but Me". He released his fourth album Pure BS in 2007 which was produced by veteran country musician Bobby Braddock. The album featured a cover version of Michael Buble's "Home" which became his fourth #1 country single. His fifth album, Startin' Fires was released in 2009 and featured his fifth #1 hit single, "She Wouldn't' Be Gone".
Since his last album, Shelton has released a series of highly successful extended plays. In 2009, he recorded the track "Hillbilly Bone" with Trace Adkins which also reached number one and was awarded "Vocal Event of the Year" by the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association in 2010. In 2010 he released the EP All About Tonight which featured the #1 title track and the #1 single "Who Are You When I'm Not Looking". By years end, he had enough singles to release a Greatest Hits album and was invited to join the Grand Ole Opry. He topped off 2010 by winning the Male Vocalist of the Year Award at the 44th ACM Music Awards.
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text: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS WASHINGTON, DC 20401 In the Matter of ) ) the Appeal of ) ) UNITED COMPUTER SUPPLIES, ) Docket No. GPOBCA 26-94 JOINT VENTURE ) Program C384-S ) Print Orders 80163 and 80164 ) For the Appellant: United Computer Supplies, Joint Venture, Elk Grove Village, Illinois, by Frederic G. Antoun, Jr., Attorney at Law, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. For the Respondent: Kerry L. Miller, Esq., Associate General Counsel, U.S. Government Printing Office. Before BERGER, Ad Hoc Chairman. DECISION AND ORDER By Notice of Appeal filed on July 21, 1994, United Computer Supplies, Joint Venture (hereinafter Appellant, Contractor, or UCSJV), 2800 Carl Street, Elk Grove Village, Illinois, timely appealed the May 13, 1994, final decision of Contracting Officer Jack Scott of the U.S. Government Printing Office (hereinafter Respondent or GPO) finding that Appellant was overpaid in the amount of $80,132.75 on Print Order 80163, Program C384-S, and in the amount of $34,415.39 on Print Order 80164, Program C384-S, and directing that those amounts be recovered from Appellant. See Rule 4 File, Tabs J and K.1 For the reasons which follow, the Contracting Officer's final decision is AFFIRMED and the appeal is DENIED.2 I. BACKGROUND 1. On or about December 3, 1992, Respondent, after competitive bidding, awarded Appellant a requirements contract for Program C384-S which called for the production of "multiple-part sets (carbonless paper)" as requisitioned by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) during the period December 1, 1992 to November 30, 1993. Rule 4 File, Tabs A and C. 2. The scope of the contract was described as "the production of multiple-part carbonless paper sets, fan apart or equal, and/or pads requiring such operations as film making, composition, printing, cutting, drilling, perforating, numbering, padding, packing, and delivery." The paper sets were to be collated, trimmed to size, and joined into sets by "edge bonding." Two "trim size" formats were identified for pricing purposes: format A included 3" x 5" up to 4" x 6", while format B encompassed larger than 4" x 6" up to 8-1/2" x 11". Rule 4 File, Tab A at 4, 6. 3. Under this contract, "direct contact" between Appellant and NIH was authorized, with NIH empowered to issue print orders directly to Appellant.3 NIH could not, however, change the specifications, contract terms, or a print order once issued. Rule 4 File, Tab D. 4. On September 22, 1993, NIH issued Print Orders 80163 and 80164 to Appellant under Program C384-S. The print orders called for the production of 120,000 and 60,000, respectively, 6-part marginally punched continuous forms. The specifications attached to the print orders required marginal perforations 1/2" from the left and right margins. The specifications also described an "overall" size of 9-1/2" x 11"; the print orders set forth a "trim size" of 8-1/2" x 11". Rule 4 File, Tabs E and F. 5. Appellant produced and delivered the forms called for by the print orders and subsequently billed GPO in accordance with the pricing set forth in its Program C384-S contract. For Print Order 80163, Appellant billed $93,230.80, which included charges of $70,092.00 for 2,376,000 perforations. Rule 4 File, Tab E. For Print Order 80164, Appellant billed $41,890.90, of which $35,046.00 was for 1,188,000 perforations. Rule 4 File, Tab F. GPO, after taking a 5 percent prompt payment discount, paid Appellant $88,569.26 and $39,796.35 for its work on the two print orders. Rule 4 File, Tabs E and F. 6. NIH, upon being charged the cost of the two print orders by the Respondent, advised GPO that the cost was too high and far in excess of what it had paid previously and what it had expected to pay. HT 174-5, 237. The GPO Contracting Officer reviewed the matter and concluded that the work ordered by NIH was outside the scope of the Program C384-S contract4 and that NIH was not authorized to issue print orders to the Program C384-S contractor for marginally punched continuous forms. HT 237-41. The Contracting Officer then determined that the work could have been ordered (by GPO, but not by NIH directly) from United Computer Supplies under the A1026-M program, which covers the procurement of marginally punched continuous forms and for which United Computer Supplies was one of several contractors, for a cost of $8,436.51 for the work covered by Print Order 80163 and $5,380.96 for the work encompassed by Print Order 80164. Rule 4 File, Tab G. Determining that these amounts represented the fair market value of what Appellant had delivered to the Government, the Contracting Officer decided that the Contractor was entitled, under a quantum meruit theory, only to those amounts. HT 241 et seq. The Contracting Officer directed that the difference between the sum of those amounts and what GPO had paid, $114,548.14, be recovered. Rule 4 File, Tab K. That recovery subsequently was effected. App. Brf. at 13. The Appellant seeks repayment of that amount. II. POSITIONS OF THE PARTIES A. The Appellant The Appellant asserts that it is entitled to what it was originally paid for the two print orders because the work called for was within the scope of its Program C384-S contract. According to the Appellant, its contract is for "Multiple Part Sets (carbonless paper) and "[n]o one has disputed that the products ordered and produced under Print Orders 80163 and 80164 are multiple part carbonless paper sets." App. Brf. at 5. Further, the Appellant states that during the term of its contract, and during the terms of prior C384-S program contracts where United Computer Supplies was the contractor, several orders for marginally punched continuous forms had been placed and processed under those contracts. Complaint at 1. Among those orders were ones in 1992 for the same forms (NIH Forms 2555 and 2556) that were the subject of Print Orders 80163 and 80164. App. Brf. at 2; Rule 4 File, Tabs L and M. GPO approved and paid for the work performed pursuant to those orders, agreeing that payment should be based on the line item pricing in the Program C384-S contract. App. Brf. at 2. Accordingly, the Appellant argues that Print Orders 80163 and 80164 fall within the scope of its C384-S program contract, and that if there is any ambiguity about the scope of that contract it must be resolved against the Respondent. App. Brf. at 5-7. The Appellant further argues that, regardless of the proper interpretation of the contract as written, the "course of dealing" between Appellant and Respondent involving the placement of orders under the requirements contract for products exceeding 8-1/2" x 11" and for continuous forms establishes that Appellant was entitled to process the print orders under the contract. App. Brf., 7-10. Finally, the Appellant asserts that the Respondent, under equitable estoppel principles, is estopped from refusing to pay in accordance with the contract pricing because the Respondent knew but concealed from the Appellant how it interpreted the "trim size" requirement of the contract and under what circumstances it would pay for perforations in accordance with contract line item pricing. App. Brf. at 11-12. B. The Respondent The Respondent insists that the Appellant was not authorized to produce the NIH forms under the C384-S program contract because that work was outside the scope of the contract and NIH therefore acted outside the scope of its authority in issuing the print orders. Respondent asserts that marginally punched continuous forms, as called for by the print orders, are fundamentally different from the carbonless paper sets encompassed by the C384- S program. According to the Respondent, the carbonless paper sets consist of "multiple page forms, trimmed on all four sides to size, and fastened together at the top with fan apart type adhesive," while marginally punched continuous forms are "manufactured from a continuous roll of paper that is not cut into units or sets" and that have "small holes punched into the margins of the paper which are used to propel the continuous forms through an automatic feed computer printer." Resp. Brf. at 5-6. The Respondent asserts that there are both "physical and functional dissimilarities" between the two and notes that: (1) GPO considers the production of multi-form sets and the production of marginally punched continuous forms to be different manufacturing specialties, and (2) the two types of products have different Standard Industrial Classification codes. Resp. Brf. at 5 and Attachments A and B. The Respondent also asserts that the specified trim size of the NIH forms "exceeded the trim size parameters" of the C384-S contract and that the method of joining used, "crimping in the right and left margins," is inconsistent with the contract requirement for joining by "special edge binding adhesive." Resp. Brf. at 6. The Respondent also disputes the Appellant's assertions regarding course of dealing and equitable estoppel. The Respondent argues that there is no course of dealing between the Appellant and the Respondent because the prior contracts were awarded to United Computer Supplies while the Appellant is a joint venture, of which United Computer Supplies is one of three members, performing its first Program C384-S contract. The Respondent further states that United Computer Supplies itself "performed no actual production" in connection with Print Orders 80163 and 80164. As for equitable estoppel, the Respondent, argues that the Government cannot be estopped because of the unauthorized acts of a Government employee. The Respondent asserts that the GPO Contracting Officer had no knowledge of and did not approve any waiver of specifications or issuance of print orders outside the scope of the contract. III. ISSUES PRESENTED 1. Was the work called for by Print Orders 80163 and 80164 within the scope of the Appellant's Program C384-S contract as written? If not, was there a course of dealing between the parties that require the contract to be interpreted as encompassing that work? 2. Is the Respondent equitably estopped from refusing to pay the Appellant in accordance with the Program C384-S pricing for the work done under Print Orders 80163 and 80164. 3. If the Respondent is not required to pay the Appellant in accordance with the Program C384-S contract pricing, did the Respondent properly determine the amount to which Appellant is entitled? IV. DISCUSSION At the outset, there are two points that should be noted. The first is that the Appellant does not challenge the Government's inherent and well-established right to recover payments that were made illegally or erroneously. See B & B Reproductions, supra, and cases cited therein. Rather, the Appellant's position is that there was nothing illegal or erroneous about the payments for Print Orders 80163 and 80164 and therefore the Respondent erred in recovering the $114,548.14. The second is that the Respondent's recovery of that amount represents a recoupment, which means that the Respondent has the burden of proving that it was entitled to a refund of the money it says was improperly paid to the contractor. B & B Reproductions, supra. A. Scope of Contract The Respondent's position is that NIH had no authority to issue Print Orders 80163 and 80164 because the marginally punched continuous forms called for by those print orders are not encompassed by the Program C384-S contract, while the Appellant's point is that it has a requirements contract for multiple part carbonless paper sets, "the products ordered and produced under Print Orders 80163 and 80164 are multiple part carbonless paper sets," App. Brf. at 5, and therefore the print orders are within the scope of its C384-S contract. The Appellant is literally correct with respect to the first two elements of its position-it has a requirements contract for multiple part carbonless paper sets, and on this record it is not disputed that the marginally punched forms produced pursuant to the print orders are multiple part carbonless sets. It is also true that even if the C384-S contract was not primarily intended for marginally punched continuous forms-a conclusion buttressed by the existence of the A1026-M program, which is intended for that type of product, HT 246; Resp. Brf. at 4; see Elgin Business Forms, Inc., GPOCAB 10-84 (October 19, 1984), slip. op., 1984 WL 148108; Industrial Printing Co., GPOCAB 07-83 (September 16, 1986), slip. op., 1986 WL 1815005-that would not mean that the forms could not be encompassed by the language of the contract itself. See Custom Printing Co., GPOCAB 2-79 (December 19, 1979), slip. op. at 9-10, 1979 WL 28895. The Board finds, however, that when Appellant's C384-S contract is read as a whole, it cannot be reasonably interpreted as encompassing the work called for by Print Orders 80163 and 80164. It is clear from the record that marginally punched continuous forms, and in particular the forms that were the subject of the print orders, while producible as multiple part carbonless paper sets, are very different from the type of forms covered by the C384 program. The specifications for that program describe paper sets that are "fan apart or equal," with the paper being joined into sets by means of "edge bonding" at the "edge" specified on individual print orders. There are also requirements for drilling ("It is anticipated that either 1/4" or 3/8" round holes will be required on top or left of some forms 1/4. Approximately 24% of the orders will drill.") and perforations (There will be an occasional order with either vertical and/or horizontal perforation."). Rule 4 File, Tab A at 4, 6, 7. The estimated requirement for perforations ("per 100 perfs"), used in the evaluation of bids leading to the award of the contract, was listed as "1." Rule 4 File, Tab A at 9. All of these requirements are inconsistent or incompatible with the ordered marginally punched continuous forms. First, the term "fan apart" refers to a method of joining carbonless paper with an adhesive made for that purpose. HT 306, 312-13; The Business Forms Handbook 564 (4th ed. 1990)(published by the National Business Forms Association) (fan apart glue is "special glue used in edge padding carbonless paper. Since this glue does not adhere to uncoated surfaces, individual sets can simply be 'fanned' apart."). The print orders did not call for fan apart joining or edge bonding with adhesive; they called for "crimping." Rule 4 File, Tabs E and F. Crimping is a very different method of joining6 that does not involve the use of any adhesive whatsoever and is the most commonly used temporary fastening method for continuous forms. The Business Forms Handbook, supra, at 149. (It is the only suitable method under the A1026-M contract. Gov. Exh. 2 at 12; see also GPO Form 1026b, Specifications for Marginally Punched Continuous Forms, Rule 4 File, Tab I.) The Appellant's C384-S contract makes no mention of crimping. In addition, the print orders require crimping on both the left and right margins; the C384-S contract refers to a single "edge" that is to be joined. Although the Appellant argues that the forms could have been glued instead of crimped without changing the product and that the failure to glue might simply justify a price reduction or reprint order, App. Brf. at 6, the contract's mandatory edge bonding requirement for all products produced under that contract and provision for single edge joining are simply inconsistent with a contract scope that would encompass marginally punched continuous forms for which crimping is the most common method of joining and which under these print orders were to be joined on two edges, not one. Second, by definition marginally punched continuous forms require holes punched, or drilled, in the margins, HT 310; The Business Forms Handbook, supra, at 389 et seq., and the print orders so required. The C384-S specifications anticipate holes on either the top or left, but not on both left and right. It is difficult to imagine why, if the C384-S contract were intended to encompass marginally punched continuous forms, it would not provide for left and right margin hole punching. Third, the C384-S contract anticipates an occasional order for perforating, and contains an estimate of one "100-perf" requirement for the entire term of the contract. While that estimate is not binding on either party to the contract and would not preclude orders that go beyond it, see Shepard Printing, GPOBCA 37-92 (January 28, 1994), slip. op., 1994 WL 275077, the Government is required to develop good faith, reasonable estimates based on all available information. Hero, Inc., 63 Comp. Gen. 117 (1983), 83-2 CPD ¶ 687; Shepard Printing, supra. Moreover, it is illegal to evaluate bids and award a contract on the basis of quantities other than what are anticipated to be ordered under the contract. Tennessee Valley Service Co., B-188771, July 20, 1977, 77-2 CPD ¶ 40. Although the Appellant's contract administrator testified that there had been "several jobs that required perforations in the past," HT 123, there has been no showing that those jobs required a high number of perforations or that the perforating estimate in the C384-S contract otherwise was not a reasonable estimate of what was anticipated for that contract. Accordingly, the Board believes that this estimate provides a strong indication that marginally punched continuous forms, which typically will be ordered with vertical perforations running the length of the form on both sides of the form as well as with a horizontal perforation to separate each form set, were not meant to be encompassed by the multiple part carbonless paper set contract. Based on the above alone, the Board has no difficulty in determining that the terms of the C384-S contract do not encompass the production of marginally punched continuous forms and concluding that Print Orders 80163 and 80164 are therefore outside the scope of that contract. That conclusion is further supported by resolution of the trim size issue. The Appellant's C384-S contract encompassed forms up to a maximum trim size of 8-1/2" x 11"; the print orders set forth a trim size of 8-1/2" x 11", but their attached specifications identified an "overall" size of 9-1/2" x 11". It is not disputed that the specifications refer to the size of the forms with the left and right, marginally punched, perforated stubs attached, and that with the removal of those 1/2" stubs the forms become 8-1/2" x 11". What is disputed is whether the maximum trim size set forth in the C384-S contract refers to the overall size of the forms or to the size of the forms after the stubs are detached. The Appellant says it "defined the 'trim size'1/4 as the detached size of the form, after removing the stubs," App. Brf. at 7, and refers to various continuous forms and "snap sets" that were produced under the contract with a measurement of 8-1/2" x 11" after removal of the stubs. The Respondent takes the opposite position, having elicited at the hearing testimony of the Contracting Officer and of Spurgeon Johnson, a GPO employee who qualified as an expert witness, to the effect that they consider the contract trim size to refer to the end product before removal of the stubs. HT 240-41, 266, 307, 309, 316-17. The C384-S contract does not define trim size. In the absence of such a definition or any evidence that something other than the term's ordinary meaning was intended, it is appropriate to view the term in accordance with its plain and ordinary meaning. Restatement (Second), Contracts § 202(3); George Hyman Constr. Co. v. United States, 832 F.2d 574 (Fed. Cir. 1987). The dictionary defines the term as "the actual size of something (as a magazine or book page) after excess material required in production has been cut off." Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1971). In other words, after excess paper required in production is trimmed off, the size of what has been produced is its trim size.7 When single sheet forms are ordered, what is produced in response as the end product to be delivered are the forms themselves. However, when forms are ordered as snap sets or as continuous forms with drilled and perforated left and right margins for use in continuous feed printers, the end products to be produced and delivered to meet the ordering agency's functional requirements are more than the basic forms-they are the forms along with the removable tabs or stubs that enable the agency to use the forms as intended. Thus, it is the entire snap set or continuous feed paper sets with perforated side strips, not just the forms, that constitute the end or final product. Any doubt as to whether the stubs are a part of the end product to be delivered under GPO contracts is easily assuaged by reference to GPO's specifications (which describe and prescribe what the delivered product shall be) and to contract actions taken to ensure compliance with those specifications. See, e.g., GPO Contract Terms, Solicitation Provisions, Supplemental Specifications, and Contract Clauses, GPO Publication 310.2 (Rev. 9-88), Supplemental Specifications, ¶ 13 ("Stub perforations must be such as to guarantee easy separation of all parts in one operation, but sufficient strength must be retained to prevent disengagement of any part under normal handling 1/4"); The Standard Register Co., GPOBCA 4-86 (October 28, 1987), slip. op., 1987 WL 228972 (continuous forms not fastened on the stub properly); Elgin Business Forms, Inc., supra (marginally punched forms not working properly on intended printer); Sturgis Newport Business Forms, GPOCAB 76-11 (April 27, 1977), slip. op., 1977 WL 25618 (misalignment of sprocket holes causing high speed printer jams). Obviously then, when marginally punched continuous forms are ordered, the delivered end product for which the contractor is responsible is the complete form with stubs attached, and it is to this complete form that the specified trim size applies. The Board therefore concludes that the Respondent's definition of trim size is correct and that the Appellant's definition, which appears to be based solely on previous print orders issued under the C384-S contract,8 is unreasonable. In interpreting a contract, the Board must give effect to the intention of the contracting parties at the time the contract was made, Hegeman-Harris & Co. v. United States, 440 F.2d 1009 (Ct. Cl. 1971); General Elec.Co., ASBCA 24913, 83-1 BCA ¶ 16,130, and to interpret the contract as a reasonably intelligent person would. Pacificorp Capital, Inc. v. United States, 25 Cl. Ct. 707 (1992), aff'd without op., 988 F.2d 130 (Fed. Cir. 1993); MPE Business Forms, Inc., supra; B & B Reproductions, supra. If the contract language is susceptible of more than one reasonable interpretation, the language is ambiguous. B & B Reproductions, supra, and cases cited therein. In such a case, under the rule of contra proferentum, the language will be construed against the drafter if the ambiguity is a latent one. Fry Comms. Inc./InfoConversion Joint Venture v. United States, 22 Cl. Ct. 497 (1991). The fact that the parties disagree as to the meaning of a contract does not mean, however, that the contract is ambiguous. International Business Investments, Inc. v. United States, 17 Cl. Ct. 122 (1989), aff'd without op., 895 F.2d 1421 (Fed. Cir. 1990). Such a disagreement simply requires that this Board examine the contract language and derive its own interpretation. MPE Business Forms, supra, at 36. Reading the C384-S contract as a whole and giving effect to all its provisions, and in light of the above comparison between the terms of the contract and the nature of marginally punched continuous forms as well as the specific requirements of Print Orders 80163 and 80164, the Board concludes that the contract is not ambiguous as to its scope, and that the only reasonable interpretation of this contract for multiple part carbonless paper sets as it was advertised, bid on, and executed is that the contract's scope did not extend to the forms that NIH ordered under those print orders. The Board is not persuaded otherwise by the Appellant's argument that its interpretation of the contract was reasonable in light of the prior course of dealing between United Computer Supplies and the Government. A prior course of dealing between the parties9 may establish the meaning of ambiguous contract language. Cresswell v. United States, 173 F. Supp. 805 (Ct. Cl. 1959); Dynaport Elecs., Inc., ASBCA 17895, 73-2 BCA ¶ 10,324. For example, where a contract is silent as to a particular matter, the prior course of dealing of the parties with respect to that matter can be used to establish the intention of the parties (unless a contrary intention had been manifested). Benning Aviation Corp., ASBCA 19850, 75-2 BCA ¶ 11, 355. In the present case, however, the Board finds no ambiguity as to the scope of the C384-S contract. The contract as written is neither silent nor otherwise ambiguous regarding its scope-as discussed above, its provisions are not compatible with the requirements of marginally punched continuous forms production and are inconsistent with the specification requirements of the print orders. Stated another way, the contract is not reasonably susceptible to an interpretation that brings within its scope the production of the marginally punched continuous forms ordered by Print Orders 80163 and 80164. In addition, the Appellant's argument must fail because it has not shown that the course of dealing was with GPO, the contracting agency. As stated by Professors Nash and Cibinic, "[t]he reasoning underlying the prior course of dealing rule requires that both parties have had actual knowledge of the prior course of dealing and of its significance to the contract. Clearly, it would be unreasonable to find that a party had agreed to a term of which it was not aware." John Cibinic, Jr. and Ralph C. Nash, Jr., Administration of Government Contracts 202 (Third ed. 1995). All authority to administer the C384-S contract, including interpreting its provisions and issuing modifications, was vested in GPO contracting officers. Rule 4 File, Tab D; HT 169; GPO Agency Procedure Handbook, GPO Publication 305.1, dated March 1987, Section IV, ¶ 2 (Gov. Exh. 1). Thus, any prior course of dealing relied on for contract interpretation purposes necessarily had to involve a GPO contracting officer or someone with authority to act on behalf of the contracting officer. Almost all of the elements of the prior course of dealing here, however, involved the placement of print orders with the Appellant by NIH. HT 53-57, 136-37; GPO contracting personnel were neither involved in nor aware of the placement of the orders and played no role in authorizing payment to the contractor.10 HT 235-36. B. Equitable Estoppel The Appellant argues that the Respondent is estopped under equitable estoppel principles from refusing to pay for perforations under Print Orders 80163 and 80164. The Appellant says the Respondent should be estopped because it "knew [that] trim size meant overall product size (as opposed to detached size) and that the pricing line item for perforations would apply only to horizontal perfs on snap sets" but "concealed" this knowledge "until long after" production of the forms in question. App. Brf. at 11. The Board dealt at length with the concept of equitable estoppel in B & B Reproductions, supra. We said there that equitable estoppel is a doctrine "invoked to avoid injustice in particular cases," and pointed out that estoppel arises when the following four conditions are met: (a) the Government knows or has reason to know the facts; (b) the Government either intends that its conduct or statements be acted upon or acts in such a manner as to give the contractor that impression; (c) the contractor must not have knowledge of the true facts known by the Government; and (d) the contractor detrimentally relies on the Government's conduct or statements." B & B Reproductions at 32 (citations omitted). We further pointed out the firmly established rule that before estoppel can come into play the contractor must show that the Government representative whose actions or statements form the basis for the estoppel must be shown to have acted within the scope of his or her authority, id. at 33, because "an estoppel against the Government cannot be based on the unauthorized actions of misrepresentations of its agents, or acts beyond the scope of their authority." Id. at 34 (citations omitted). The estoppel argument fails here. First, it is based on the same prior course of dealing discussed above, i.e., the prior ordering of forms greater than 8-12" x 11" and the payment for perforations under Print Orders 60159 and 60188. App. Brf. at 11-12. The Appellant, whose burden of proof in an estoppel case is "substantial," B & B Reproductions, supra, at 34, has not shown that anyone with contracting officer authority at GPO ordered those forms or knew of the ordering of such forms or authorized payment for the forms with any specific knowledge of exactly what forms were being produced. Moreover, even if it had been shown that Mr. Sebold's involvement in securing payment for perforation work on two earlier print orders for "snap-out" forms was binding on GPO such that it could give rise to an estoppel, in the Board's view the estoppel would not reach the marginally punched continuous forms ordered under Print Orders 80163 and 80164 because there has been absolutely no showing that Mr. Sebold intended his actions to be relied upon by the Contractor with regard to continuous forms or acted in such a manner as to give that impression. The testimony proffered by the Appellant establishes no more than some sort of intervention by Mr. Sebold with GPO's Financial Management Office that helped United Computer Supplies get paid for producing "snap out" forms that contained perforations. This is not sufficient to establish the estoppel argued for by the Appellant. C. Quantum Meruit/Quantum Valebant Since the Board agrees with the Respondent that the work called for by Print Orders 80163 and 80164 are not within the scope of the C384-S contract, the Board further agrees that the issuance of the print orders was beyond the scope of authority of the NIH employee who issued them and therefore did not give rise to a valid contract. Jascourt v. United States, 521 F.2d 1406 (Ct. Cl.), cert. denied, 423 U.S. 1032 (1975); Maintenance Serv. & Sales Corp., 70 Comp. Gen. 664 (1991). Since the Respondent therefore was not obligated to pay the Appellant pursuant to the C384-S contract pricing, the remaining question is whether the Respondent properly determined that the Appellant should be reimbursed at its A1026-M contract rates.11 When delivery of goods or services to the Government is not supported by a valid contract, the supplier may be paid nonetheless to avoid the obvious unfairness that would result if the Government keeps and makes use of the delivered goods or services without making payment for them. Acumenics Research & Tech., Inc.-Quantum Meruit payments, 67 Comp. Gen. 507 (1988), 88-2 CPD ¶ 15; Publishers Choice Book Mfg. Co., GPOBCA 04-84 (August 18, 1986), slip. op., 1986 WL 181457. Payment in such circumstances, on a quantum meruit/quantum valebant basis, may be made if the goods or services could have been the subject of a proper procurement, if the Government received a benefit, and if the supplier acted in good faith. 40 Comp. Gen. 447 (1961). When a supplier is paid on a quantum meruit/quantum valebant basis, the supplier is entitled to the reasonable value of the benefit provided rather than to the price it would have charged if the parties had entered into a valid contract. Cities Serv. Gas Co. v. United States, 500 F.2d 448 (Ct. Cl. 1974); 40 Comp. Gen. 447, supra. The Respondent agrees that the criteria for quantum meruit/quantum valebant payment are satisfied here, and asserts that the appropriate basis for determining the reasonable value of the forms delivered under the print orders is the Appellant's A1026-M contract, under which the work ordered by the print orders could have been performed. The Board finds no basis in the record to disagree. The Board notes that in New South Press & Assocs., GPOBCA 14-92 (January 31, 1996), slip. op., 1996 WL 112555, also involving an NIH "direct deal" requirements contract, the Board was unwilling to limit a contractor's termination for convenience settlement recovery for the cost of stripping and bluelines to the average costs for those items found in a general usage program (A814-M). In that case, however, the contractor's contention that the general usage program contemplated a high volume of work and therefore provided pricing that was artificially low for the work required by the terminated contract was not refuted. Moreover, there was no proof that the contractor was one of the at least 38 contractors on that program. The Board also noted that there were substantial differences between the type of work under the general usage program and the work under the terminated contract. Id. at 53 n.65. Here, the circumstances are very different: (1) the Appellant makes no assertion in its brief or other filings about the reasonableness of the Respondent's use of the A1026-M program;12 (2) the Appellant was a concurrent A1026-M program contractor and the Respondent utilized the Appellant's pricing, rather than an average of all contractor pricing found on that program; and (3) there is no difference between the work performed by the Appellant under the print orders and the work encompassed by the A1026-M program. Accordingly, in the absence of any evidence in the record calling into question the Respondent's reliance on the A1026-M pricing, the Board concludes that the Respondent properly determined that $8,436.51 for Print Order 80163 and $5,380.96 for Print Order 80164 represented the reasonable value of what was furnished to the Government under those orders. ORDER The Board finds and concludes, after careful consideration of the record, that the Appellant's C384- S contract, when read in its entirety, is not ambiguous as to its scope, that marginally punched continuous forms are not encompassed by that scope, that the Appellant has not sustained its burden of proof with regard to estoppel, and that the Respondent has met its burden to establish its entitlement to recoup $114,548.30 from the Appellant. Therefore, the final decision of the Contracting Officer is AFFIRMED and the appeal is DENIED. It is so Ordered. January 23, 1998 Ronald Berger Ad Hoc Chairman GPO Board of Contract Appeals _______________ 1 The Contracting Officer's appeal file, assembled pursuant to Rule 4 of the Board's Rules of Practice and Procedure, was delivered to the Board on August 24, 1994. It will be referred to hereafter as the Rule 4 File, with an appropriate Tab letter also indicated. The Rule 4 File originally consisted of 11 documents identified as Tab A through Tab K; Tabs L through V, documents furnished by Appellant, were added at the Appellant's request at a prehearing conference held on December 13, 1994. Report of Prehearing Conference, dated February 13, 1995, at 5 n.3. These Tabs were consolidated into Tabs L through T at the hearing held in this matter on February 14, 1995. Hearing Transcript 344-5. Exhibits entered into evidence at the hearing will be referred to as App. Exh. No. and Gov. Exh. No., respectively, followed by an appropriate number. 2 The Board's decision is based on: (a) Appellant's undated Notice of Appeal; (b) the Rule 4 File; (c) the Appellant's undated Complaint received by the Board on August 30, 1994; (d) the Respondent's Answer dated September 27, 1994; (e) Report of Prehearing Conference dated February 13, 1995; (f) the undated Appellant's Brief filed on March 27, 1995 (hereinafter App. Brf).; (g) Respondent's Brief dated March 31, 1995 (hereinafter Resp. Brf.); (h) Appellant's Reply Memorandum filed on April 18, 1995 (hereinafter App. R. Mem.); (i) Respondent's Reply Brief dated April 14, 1995 (hereinafter R.R. Brf.); (j) Hearing Transcript of the hearing held on February 14, 1995 (hereinafter HT). 3 See Swanson Printing Co., GPOBCA 27-94 and 27A-94 (November 18, 1996), slip. op. at 4, n.9, 1996 WL 81295 , and B & B Reproductions, GPOBCA 09-89 (June 30, 1995), slip. op. at 3, n.5, 1995 WL 488447, for a further description of this type of arrangement. 4 In so determining, the Contracting Officer referred to the print order specification sheet requirements for 9-1/2" x 11" marginally punched continuous forms that would be "crimp joined, file punched and perforated 1/2" left and right, with a horizontal tearline perforation every 11"." He concluded in his final decision that "[a]ll of these items were clearly out of the scope of the contract specifications." Rule 4 File, Tab J. 5 Prior to the creation of this Board in 1984, ad hoc panels heard and decided disputes between GPO and its contractors. The Board cites the decisions of these ad hoc panels as GPOCAB. See Rose Printing, Inc., GPOBCA 32-95 (December 16, 1996), slip. op. at 27, n.28, 1996 WL 812880 6 Crimping involves the cutting of small paper prongs or fingers in the margin of the form, which hold the paper together during processing and allow easy separation. The Business Forms Handbook, supra, at 107, 149. 7 Although the Board does not rely on the descriptions and definitions of trim size found in forms industry publications, since the Board has taken the position that such references are irrelevant to the intended meaning of a contract term when the contract does not incorporate those publications, MPE Business Forms, Inc., GPOBCA 10-95 (August 16, 1996), slip. op. at 49 n.45, 1996 WL 812877, those descriptions and definitions are consistent with the dictionary definition. For example, as one publication describes it, "[m]ost press runs use paper slightly larger that the finished piece or print several items on one large sheet. Waste must be cut away and items cut apart from each other?. Job specifications should include trim size as exact measurements of the final products?." Mark Beach, Steve Shepro, and Ken Russon, Getting it Printed 150 (1986). In another publication, produced in collaboration with the Graphic Communications Association, Affiliate of Printing Industries of America, Inc., "trim size" is defined as an alternate term for "finished size", which in turn is defined as the "[s]ize of product after production is complete?." Mark Beach, Graphically Speaking 98, 253 (1992). 8 While there is little doubt from this record that forms measuring greater than 8-1/2" x 11" before stub removal were produced under the C384-S contract, that does not establish that forms of that size were properly ordered under the contract. In this regard, there is no evidence that a GPO contracting officer was aware that orders for such work were placed by NIH under this "direct contact" contract or in some way acquiesced in the Appellant's interpretation of the trim size specification. See infra p. 16. 9 The Respondent argues that there can be no prior course of dealing here because the Contractor is a joint venture and thus is not the party with which any prior dealings took place. One who is not a party to a prior course of dealing cannot always rely on that prior dealing as support for its interpretation of disputed contract provisions. See, e.g., Southwest Welding & Mfg. Co., 513 F.2d 639 (Ct. Cl. 1975); Atlas Fabricators, Inc., ASBCA 17556, 75-2 BCA ¶ 11, 350. This is not an absolute rule, however. See Hamilton Enters., ASBCA 21951, 78-2 BCA ¶ 13,242, where a contractor's reliance on an agency's course of dealing with a prior contractor was held to justify the current contractor's interpretation of contract terms, and Wheatley Assocs., ASBCA 24760, 83-2 BCA ¶ 16,760, recognizing that subcontractors could rely on a course of dealing between the prime contractor and the Government. Here the alleged course of dealing on which the Appellant, UCSJV, relies involved United Computer Supplies, the joint venture's "lead contractor, responsible for all dealings with the Government, all contract administration, and ?directing other joint venture[r]s regarding the production of the work." App. R. Memo (with joint venture agreement attached). In light of the prominent role of United Computer Supplies in the joint venture operation, particularly its exclusive dealings with the Government on behalf on the joint venture, the Board does not agree that the Appellant should be precluded from raising this argument. 10 On one occasion United Computer Supplies did contact GPO because the GPO Office of Financial Management had refused to pay certain charges on two print orders (60159 and 60188) issued under the C384-S contract. These charges were primarily for perforations. App. Exh. 10 and 11. According to United Computer Supplies' contracts administrator, Thomas Edwards, he called Michael Sebold, whom he identified as GPO's contract administrator for the C384-S contract (Mr. Sebold is listed in the contract as the person to call "information of a technical nature." Rule 4 File, Tab A), and asked why he wasn't getting paid for the perforations. HT 68. According to Mr. Edwards, Mr. Sebold called "Finance" and then advised him to fax information about the two print orders to the Finance Office. Mr. Edwards did so and was subsequently paid the amounts in question. HT 69-70. This occurred in December 1992 (Mr. Edwards' fax is dated December 18). This limited involvement of GPO personnel is insufficient to establish a prior course of dealing between GPO and the Appellant upon which the Appellant could rely. First, there is no evidence in the record concerning Mr. Sebold's authority to act on behalf of the contracting officer. Second, the two print orders were for "snap-out" forms, not for marginally punched continuous forms. Third, it appears that the payment problem originated not because GPO was questioning whether the ordered forms or the perforation work came within the scope of the contract, but because the print orders did not explicitly call for perforations. App. Exh. 10 and 11. (In his fax, Mr. Edwards explained why perforations were necessary. App. Exh. 9.) Fourth, this occurred after the Appellant was awarded the C384-S contract for 1992-93, under which the print orders involved in this appeal were issued. In these circumstances, the Board cannot view Mr. Sebold's actions as establishing a prior course of dealing regarding the scope of the C384-S contract. 11 Although the Board determined this to be an issue in this appeal, Report of Prehearing Conference at 6, the Appellant did not address it in its brief, choosing instead to argue exclusively that it is entitled to be paid in accordance with its C384-S contract pricing. 12 Mr. Edwards testified that the A1026-M contract is "a very large volume contract" (albeit one that did not require him to accept any particular print order), but did not refer to the relationship between the pricing on the two contracts. HT 99-101.