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links for 2006-12-17

• Things We Can't Live Without | Pew Research Center
  As Americans navigate increasingly crowded lives, the number of things they say they can't live without has multiplied in the past decade, according to a new Pew Research Center survey that asks whether a broad array of everyday consumer products are luxu
  (tags: culture technology research pew)
• Are You Ambidextrous? Use Two Mice. | Cult of Mac
  Meet Dual OS X, the Mac utility that will have you rocking two mice at a time.
  (tags: osx software)
• A Gnawing Problem On Assateague Island | washingtonpost.com
  Now, Park Service officials say, the horse population is eating away at the plants that underpin rare coastal ecosystems here. They're considering a radical solution: selling or relocating as much as a third of the Maryland herd.
  (tags: animals beach asssateague park maryland)
• Women Lose Ground in the New Iraq | washingtonpost.com
  Once they were encouraged to study and work; now life is 'just like being in jail.'
  (tags: iraq culture war)
• Behind Guaraldi's Timeless Holiday Soundtrack | NPR
  The jazzy soundtrack of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' is a familiar holiday staple -- but Vince Guaraldi's classic score almost never made it on the air.
  (tags: music jazz christmas animation television)