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I purchased Microsoft Office 2007 via The Ultimate Steal last winter. The software is provided as a download through Digital River – but it is available for only 30 days after making the purchase.

So what happens if you lose your backup?

The order confirmation email reads:

DOWNLOADABLE PRODUCTS
Downloadable products may be accessed by looking up your order. When the order summary appears, click on the Download link next to the product name.

LOOKING UP YOUR ORDER
Go to http://store.digitalriver.com/store/msshus/DisplayHelpPage. You may also find other helpful information on this page.

Sounds promising. After signing in, it even displays a hopeful looking download button:

but clicking it returns the following:

Sorry,

It is too late to download this file. You were allowed to download within 30 days.

If you have any questions, please contact Digital River Customer Service at CustomerServices@digitalriver.com.

Fortunately, you don’t have to use this particular installer. You can use your license key to convert a trial version of Office 2007 to a full version. You can freely download the trial version from here:

http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msoffice/pub/X12-30307/X12-30307.exe

Once installed, the first thing it does is ask you for a product key. Yours is included in your order confirmation email.

If you haven’t kept that email, I think you’re out of luck.

The Western Gallery will present artist Geraldine Ondrizek's "The Sound of Cells Dividing" as its first major exhibition of the 2009-2010 academic year. The exhibit will be on display from Sept. 28 through Nov. 25."The Sound of Cells Dividing" will exhibit Ondrizek's recent film "Cellular" and its corresponding set of drawings of a blastocyst, a multiple-cell embryo, as well as her "Sound Wall" installation, which was created for the Center for Art and Technology (CAMAC) and housed in a 17th century monastery in France. "Sound Wall" will be recreated for the Western Gallery. In conjunction with the exhibition, Ondrizek will offer a lecture about her work on Wednesday, Oct. 21. For information on the time and location of her lecture, visit http://westerngallery.wwu.edu or call (360) 650-3900.Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, except Wednesdays, when the gallery is open until 8 p.m., and noon to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. Live music and poetry readings frequently are presented in the Gallery on Wednesday evenings. For more event details, visit http://westerngallery.wwu.edu/.

The Seattle Opera's Young Artists Program will perform Mozart's "Così fan tutte." Directed by Benjamin Smith and inspired by the physical humor of commedia dell'arte, the Young Artists' "Così fan tutte" is a joy-filled roller-coaster ride that will leave you giggling with delight at the follies and foibles of four lovers who get more than they bargained for when they wager on love. The event, which is sponsored by the WWU Opera Studio and Lee and Mamiko Van Horn, will also feature a pre-performance lecture from 6:30 p.m. to 7:20 p.m. in PAC 16 by Seattle Opera Education Artistic Administrator, Jonathan Dean. The pre-performance lecture is free and open to the public. See ticket information for the opera below. For individual tickets or disability accommodations, contact the WWU Box Office, (360) 650-6146 or visit http://www.tickets.wwu.edu. For more event details please call the WWU Department of Music at (360) 650-3130.

A pre-performance lecture by Seattle Opera Education Artistic Administrator, Jonathan Dean, before the Seattle Opera's Young Artists Program performance of "Così fan tutte."

Is a stunning book and one that doubtfully would be published today, with it's thin plot line, didactics, and complex psychological, philosophical and political descriptions, But it's a book everyone in America should read (again) and discuss in schools, cafes, bars, talk radio and news shows, because it still pertains to US. To some extent we have become the people of this book.
But, that's not what I had in mind with this post. What I had in mind was to transcribe this beautiful passage about a bird singing, overheard by Winston and Julia after they had first stolen away into the country and illicitly made love:"A thrush alighted on a bough not five meters away, almost at the level of their faces. Perhaps it had not seen them. It was in the sun, they in the shade. It spread out its wings, fitted them carefully into place again, ducked its head for a moment, as though making a sort of obeisance to the sun, and then began to pour forth a torrent of song. In the afternoon hush the volume of sound was startling. Winston and Julia clung together, fascinated. The music went on, minute after minute, with astonishing variations, never once repeating itself, almost as if the bird were deliberately showing off its virtuosity. Sometimes it stopped for a few seconds, spread out and resettled its wings, then swelled its speckled breast and again burst into song. Winston watched it with a sort of vague reverence. For whom, for what, was the bird singing? No mate, no rival was watching it. What made it sit at the edge of the lonely wood and pour its music into nothingness?"

http://forums.allaboutjazz.com/showthread.php?t=38347

Speaker: Coll Thrush, University of British Columbia, Dept. of HistorySubject: "Imagining Urban Indigenous Landscapes: Thoughts from Seattle, Vancouver, and London"

Writing instruction Opportunities at Western (WOW) Series presents:A New Literacy? Technology and Effects on Writing ProficiencyFriday, Nov. 13, 2-3:15 p.m., Humanities Room 102In the August 24, 2009 issue of Wired Magazine, Clive Thompson muses on how recent technologies such as email, texting, and twittering have affected students' writing proficiency. He notes that many pundits bemoan the results while rhetoricians such as Andrea Lunsford from Stanford have reason to believe that "technology isn't killing our ability to write. It's reviving it." You can view the brief article at http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/17-09/st_thompson Hope you will come join a dialogue with Tom Moore from Liberal Studies/Honors and Clifford Haas, a former White House news correspondent, to explore this new literacy and how recent technologies have affected our students' writing attitudes and behaviors. All are welcome, especially students. Sponsored by the Writing Instruction Support Program.

Hosted by the Office of Admissions, Discovery Days is a campus visit program designed for prospective students and their families. The goal is to provide guests with an in-depth view of Western's academic opportunities and student life experience.Schedule 12:15 to 1:00 pm Check-in takes place in the Viking Union lobby 1:00 to 1:45 pm Campus tour led by Student Admissions Representatives 2:00 to 3:00 pm Moderated faculty/student panel 3:00 to 5:00 pm A select number of residence halls are open for viewingReservations are required and space is limited, so plan ahead. Registration and additional information is available online at http://admissions.wwu.edu/visit/v_discoverydays.html

SEASONAL flu shots will be given in the PAC Lobby from 10:30 AM to 2:30 PM on November 13, 2009. Anyone wanting a seasonal flu shot must first reserve a dose and time at https://www.mybookingcalendar.com/customer/calendar.php. For Students: The $18 cost will be billed to your student account. For STAFF and dependents of staff and students aged 13 years and over: You must first purchase an $18 ticket at the Cashier's office. For more information visit http://www.wwu.edu/chw/student_health/vaccine_clinic.shtml.