<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079866997485829983</id><updated>2011-04-21T17:39:48.231-07:00</updated><category term='Legal'/><category term='Nevada lawyer'/><category term='Prsonal injury'/><category term='tools'/><category term='Good idea? addwords'/><category term='research'/><category term='arbitration'/><category term='law'/><category term='duty_of_care'/><category term='Las Vegas Lawyer'/><category term='documents'/><category term='justice'/><category term='Legal blog add'/><category term='Mediation'/><category term='real estate'/><category term='nevada'/><category term='Statute'/><category term='car crash'/><category term='Howard Roitman'/><category term='unconsitution'/><category term='American Arbitration Association'/><category term='fiire injury'/><category term='Las Vegas'/><category term='Injury law. 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Includes an image search and updated news.&lt;br /&gt;    * JoeAnt - A community of editors from the now-defunct Go.com volunteer edited directory.&lt;br /&gt;    * Open Directory Project (aka DMoz or ODP) - The largest directory of the web. Its open content is mirrored at many sites, including the Google Directory.&lt;br /&gt;    * Starting Point Directory - A human edited general directory organizing sites by category.&lt;br /&gt;    * World Wide Web Virtual Library (VLIB) - The oldest directory of the Web.&lt;br /&gt;    * Yahoo! 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He is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), Charted Life Underwriter (CLU), and a Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC).&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click on the following links for additional information.&lt;br /&gt;National Association of Estate Planners and CouncilsNational Association of Estate Planners and Councils Georgetown University Law Center Harvard University Mediation Program&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Certified Financial Planner (CFP®)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Charted Life Underwriter (CLU)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC)&lt;br /&gt;Nevada State Bar California State Bar New York State Bar The District of Columbia Bar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h1 class="firstHeading"&gt;Library of Congress&lt;/h1&gt;   &lt;div id="bodyContent"&gt;    &lt;h3 id="siteSub"&gt;From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia&lt;/h3&gt;              &lt;div id="jump-to-nav"&gt;Jump to: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#column-one"&gt;navigation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#searchInput"&gt;search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;!-- start content --&gt;    &lt;table class="infobox vcard" style="width: 25em; font-size: 90%;"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td colspan="2" style="background: rgb(206, 242, 224) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; text-align: center; font-size: larger; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="fn org"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Library of Congress&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td colspan="2" style="padding: 16px 0pt; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:US-LibraryOfCongress-Logo.svg" class="image" title="Logo"&gt;&lt;img alt="Logo" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/US-LibraryOfCongress-Logo.svg/140px-US-LibraryOfCongress-Logo.svg.png" border="0" width="140" height="153" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:US-LibraryOfCongress-Seal.svg" class="image" title="Seal"&gt;&lt;img alt="Seal" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/US-LibraryOfCongress-Seal.svg/140px-US-LibraryOfCongress-Seal.svg.png" border="0" width="140" height="140" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th style="text-align: right; padding-right: 0.75em;"&gt;Established&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;1800&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th style="text-align: right; padding-right: 0.75em;"&gt;Location&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td class="label"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C."&gt;Washington, D.C.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th style="text-align: right; padding-right: 0.75em;"&gt;Branches&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;n/a&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th colspan="2" style="background: rgb(206, 242, 224) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; text-align: center; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;Collection&lt;/th&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th style="text-align: right; padding-right: 0.75em;"&gt;Size&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;30,011,749 Books (138,313,427 total Items)&lt;sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-0" title=""&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th colspan="2" style="background: rgb(206, 242, 224) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; text-align: center; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;Access and use&lt;/th&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th style="text-align: right; padding-right: 0.75em;"&gt;Circulation&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;library does not publicly circulate&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th style="text-align: right; padding-right: 0.75em;"&gt;Population served&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;535 members of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress"&gt;United States Congress&lt;/a&gt;, their staff, and members of the public&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th colspan="2" style="background: rgb(206, 242, 224) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; text-align: center; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;Other information&lt;/th&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th style="text-align: right; padding-right: 0.75em;"&gt;Budget&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;$600,417,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-1" title=""&gt;[2]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th style="text-align: right; padding-right: 0.75em;"&gt;Director&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_H._Billington" title="James H. Billington"&gt;James H. Billington&lt;/a&gt; (Librarian of Congress)&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th style="text-align: right; padding-right: 0.75em;"&gt;Staff&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;3,783 &lt;sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-2" title=""&gt;[3]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th style="text-align: right; padding-right: 0.75em;"&gt;Website&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.loc.gov/" class="external free" title="http://www.loc.gov" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.loc.gov&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;p&gt;The &lt;b&gt;Library of Congress&lt;/b&gt; is the &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_facto" title="De facto"&gt;de facto&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_library" title="National library"&gt;national library&lt;/a&gt; of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States"&gt;United States&lt;/a&gt; and the research arm of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress"&gt;United States Congress&lt;/a&gt;. Located in three buildings in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C."&gt;Washington, D.C.&lt;/a&gt;, it is the largest &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library" title="Library"&gt;library&lt;/a&gt; in the world by shelf space and holds the largest number of books. Its collections include more than 32 million catalogued books and other print materials in 470 languages; more than 61 million manuscripts; the largest rare book collection in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America" title="North America"&gt;North America&lt;/a&gt;, including the rough draft of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence" title="United States Declaration of Independence"&gt;Declaration of Independence&lt;/a&gt;, a &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutenberg_Bible" title="Gutenberg Bible"&gt;Gutenberg Bible&lt;/a&gt; (one of only four perfect &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellum" title="Vellum"&gt;vellum&lt;/a&gt; copies known to exist)&lt;sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-3" title=""&gt;[4]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;; over 1 million &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Federal government of the United States"&gt;US government&lt;/a&gt; publications; 1 million issues of world &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper" title="Newspaper"&gt;newspapers&lt;/a&gt; spanning the past three centuries; 33,000 bound newspaper volumes; 500,000 &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microfilm" title="Microfilm" class="mw-redirect"&gt;microfilm&lt;/a&gt; reels; over 6,000 &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_book" title="Comic book"&gt;comic book&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-4" title=""&gt;[5]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; titles; the world's largest collection of legal materials; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film" title="Film"&gt;films&lt;/a&gt;; 4.8 million &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map" title="Map"&gt;maps&lt;/a&gt;; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheet_music" title="Sheet music"&gt;sheet music&lt;/a&gt;; 2.7 million &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_recording" title="Sound recording" class="mw-redirect"&gt;sound recordings&lt;/a&gt;; more than 13.7 million prints and photographic images including fine and popular art pieces and architectural drawings; the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betts_Stradivarius" title="Betts Stradivarius"&gt;Betts Stradivarius&lt;/a&gt;; and the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stradivarius#Violas" title="Stradivarius"&gt;Cassavetti Stradivarius&lt;/a&gt;. The head of the Library is the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Librarian_of_Congress" title="Librarian of Congress"&gt;Librarian of Congress&lt;/a&gt;, currently &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_H._Billington" title="James H. Billington"&gt;James H. Billington&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;table id="toc" class="toc" summary="Contents"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;div id="toctitle"&gt; &lt;h2&gt;Contents&lt;/h2&gt;  &lt;span class="toctoggle"&gt;[&lt;a href="javascript:toggleToc()" class="internal" id="togglelink"&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#History"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;History&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#Origins_and_Jefferson.27s_donation_.281800.E2.80.931851.29"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;1.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Origins and Jefferson's donation (1800–1851)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#Weakening_.281851.E2.80.931865.29"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;1.2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Weakening (1851–1865)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#Spofford.27s_expansion_.281865.E2.80.931897.29"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;1.3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Spofford's expansion (1865–1897)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#Post-reorganization_.281897.E2.80.931939.29"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;1.4&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Post-reorganization (1897–1939)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#Modern_history_.281939.E2.80.94_.29"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;1.5&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Modern history (1939— )&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#Buildings_of_the_Library"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Buildings of the Library&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#Thomas_Jefferson_Building"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;2.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Thomas Jefferson Building&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#John_Adams_Building"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;2.2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;John Adams Building&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#James_Madison_Memorial_Building"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;2.3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;James Madison Memorial Building&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#Holdings"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Holdings&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#Using_the_Library"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Using the Library&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#Annual_events"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;5&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Annual events&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#See_also"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;6&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;See also&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#References"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;7&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;References&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#External_links"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;8&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;External links&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt; //&lt;![CDATA[  if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = "show"; var tocHideText = "hide"; showTocToggle(); }  //]]&gt; &lt;/script&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="History" id="History"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Library_of_Congress&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=1" title="Edit section: History"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;History&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;div class="thumb tleft"&gt; &lt;div class="thumbinner" style="width: 202px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Loc_contruction.jpg" class="image" title="Construction of the Thomas Jefferson Building, from July 8, 1888 to May 15, 1894."&gt;&lt;img alt="Construction of the Thomas Jefferson Building, from July 8, 1888 to May 15, 1894." src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Loc_contruction.jpg/200px-Loc_contruction.jpg" class="thumbimage" border="0" width="200" height="517" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class="thumbcaption"&gt; &lt;div class="magnify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Loc_contruction.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"&gt;&lt;img src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" width="15" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; Construction of the Thomas Jefferson Building, from July 8, 1888 to May 15, 1894.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Origins_and_Jefferson.27s_donation_.281800.E2.80.931851.29" id="Origins_and_Jefferson.27s_donation_.281800.E2.80.931851.29"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Library_of_Congress&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Origins and Jefferson's donation (1800–1851)"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Origins and Jefferson's donation (1800–1851)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;The Library of Congress was established on April 24, 1800, when &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States"&gt;President&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adams" title="John Adams"&gt;John Adams&lt;/a&gt; signed an &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_Congress" title="Act of Congress"&gt;Act of Congress&lt;/a&gt; providing for the transfer of the seat of government from &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" title="Philadelphia, Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Philadelphia&lt;/a&gt; to the new capital city of Washington. Part of the legislation appropriated $5,000 "for the purchase of such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress ..., and for fitting up a suitable apartment for containing them...." Books were ordered from &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London"&gt;London&lt;/a&gt; and the collection, consisting of 740 books and 30 maps, was housed in the new &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Capitol" title="United States Capitol"&gt;Capitol&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-loc_history_5-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-loc_history-5" title=""&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Although the collection covered a variety of topics, the bulk of the materials were legal in nature, reflecting Congress' role as a maker of laws.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson"&gt;Thomas Jefferson&lt;/a&gt; played an important role in the Library's early formation, signing into law on January 26, 1802 the first law establishing the structure of the Library of Congress. The law established the presidentially appointed post of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Librarian_of_Congress" title="Librarian of Congress"&gt;Librarian of Congress&lt;/a&gt; and a &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Committee_on_the_Library" title="Joint Committee on the Library" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Joint Committee on the Library&lt;/a&gt; to regulate and oversee the Library, as well as giving the president and vice president the ability to borrow books.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-loc_history_5-1" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-loc_history-5" title=""&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; The Library of Congress was destroyed in August 1814, when invading &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"&gt;British&lt;/a&gt; troops &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Washington" title="Burning of Washington"&gt;set fire to the Capitol building&lt;/a&gt; and the small library of 3,000 volumes within.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-loc_history_5-2" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-loc_history-5" title=""&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Within a month, former President Jefferson offered his personal library&lt;sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-6" title=""&gt;[7]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-7" title=""&gt;[8]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;as a replacement. Jefferson had spent 50 years accumulating a wide variety of books, including ones in foreign languages and volumes of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy" title="Philosophy"&gt;philosophy&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science" title="Science"&gt;science&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literature" title="Literature"&gt;literature&lt;/a&gt;, and other topics not normally viewed as part of a legislative library, such as cookbooks, writing that, "I do not know that it contains any branch of science which Congress would wish to exclude from their collection; there is, in fact, no subject to which a Member of Congress may not have occasion to refer." In January 1815, Congress accepted Jefferson's offer, appropriating $23,950 for his 6,487 books.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-loc_history_5-3" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-loc_history-5" title=""&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Weakening_.281851.E2.80.931865.29" id="Weakening_.281851.E2.80.931865.29"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Library_of_Congress&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Weakening (1851–1865)"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Weakening (1851–1865)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antebellum" title="Antebellum"&gt;antebellum&lt;/a&gt; period was difficult for the Library. During the 1850s the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smithsonian_Institution" title="Smithsonian Institution"&gt;Smithsonian Institution&lt;/a&gt;'s librarian &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Coffin_Jewett" title="Charles Coffin Jewett"&gt;Charles Coffin Jewett&lt;/a&gt; aggressively tried to move that organization towards becoming the United States' national library. His efforts were blocked by the Smithsonian's Secretary &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Henry" title="Joseph Henry"&gt;Joseph Henry&lt;/a&gt;, who advocated a focus on scientific research and publication and favored the Library of Congress' development into the national library. Henry's dismissal of Jewett in July 1854 ended the Smithsonian's attempts to become the national library, and in 1866 Henry transferred the Smithsonian's forty thousand-volume library to the Library of Congress.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-loc_history_5-4" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-loc_history-5" title=""&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;On December 24, 1851 the largest fire in the Library's history destroyed 35,000 books, about two-thirds of the Library's 55,000 book collection, including two-thirds of Jefferson's original donation.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-loc_history_5-5" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-loc_history-5" title=""&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Congress in 1852 quickly appropriated $168,700 to replace the lost books but not for the acquisition of new materials. This marked the start of a conservative period in the Library's administration under Librarian &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Silva_Meehan" title="John Silva Meehan"&gt;John Silva Meehan&lt;/a&gt; and Joint Committee Chairman &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Pearce" title="James A. Pearce" class="mw-redirect"&gt;James A. Pearce&lt;/a&gt;, who worked to restrict the Library's activities.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-loc_history_5-6" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-loc_history-5" title=""&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; In 1857, Congress transferred the Library's public document distribution activities to the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Interior" title="United States Department of the Interior"&gt;Department of the Interior&lt;/a&gt; and its international book exchange program to the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State" title="United States Department of State"&gt;Department of State&lt;/a&gt;. The centralization of copyright offices into the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Patent_Office" title="United States Patent Office" class="mw-redirect"&gt;United States Patent Office&lt;/a&gt; in 1859 ended the Library's thirteen year role as a depository of all copyrighted books and pamphlets. &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln"&gt;Abraham Lincoln&lt;/a&gt;'s political appointment of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_G._Stephenson" title="John G. Stephenson" class="mw-redirect"&gt;John G. Stephenson&lt;/a&gt; as Librarian of Congress in 1861 further weakened the Library; Stephenson's focus was on non-library affairs, including service as a volunteer &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aide-de-camp" title="Aide-de-camp"&gt;aide-de-camp&lt;/a&gt; at the battles of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chancellorsville" title="Battle of Chancellorsville"&gt;Chancellorsville&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg" title="Battle of Gettysburg"&gt;Gettysburg&lt;/a&gt; during the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War"&gt;American Civil War&lt;/a&gt;. By the conclusion of the war, the Library of Congress had a staff of seven for a collection of eighty thousand volumes.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-loc_history_5-7" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-loc_history-5" title=""&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Spofford.27s_expansion_.281865.E2.80.931897.29" id="Spofford.27s_expansion_.281865.E2.80.931897.29"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Library_of_Congress&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Spofford's expansion (1865–1897)"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Spofford's expansion (1865–1897)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;div class="thumb tleft"&gt; &lt;div class="thumbinner" style="width: 182px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Library_of_Congress_in_Capitol_Building.jpg" class="image" title="The Library of Congress inside the U.S. Capitol Building c. 1890"&gt;&lt;img alt="The Library of Congress inside the U.S. Capitol Building c. 1890" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Library_of_Congress_in_Capitol_Building.jpg/180px-Library_of_Congress_in_Capitol_Building.jpg" class="thumbimage" border="0" width="180" height="235" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class="thumbcaption"&gt; &lt;div class="magnify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Library_of_Congress_in_Capitol_Building.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"&gt;&lt;img src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" width="15" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; The Library of Congress inside the U.S. Capitol Building c. 1890&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;The Library of Congress reasserted itself during the latter half of the 19th century under Librarian &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ainsworth_Rand_Spofford" title="Ainsworth Rand Spofford"&gt;Ainsworth Rand Spofford&lt;/a&gt;, who directed the Library from 1865 to 1897. Aided by an overall expansion of the federal government and a favorable political climate, Spofford built broad bipartisan support for the Library as a national library and a legislative resource, began comprehensively collecting &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americana" title="Americana"&gt;Americana&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_literature" title="American literature"&gt;American literature&lt;/a&gt;, and led the construction of a new building to house the Library, and transformed the Librarian of Congress position into one of strength and independence.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-loc_history_5-8" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-loc_history-5" title=""&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Between 1865 and 1870, Congress appropriated funds for the construction of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_Building" title="Thomas Jefferson Building"&gt;Thomas Jefferson Building&lt;/a&gt;, placed all copyright registration and deposit activities under the Library's control, and restored the Library's international book exchange. The Library also acquired the vast libraries of both the Smithsonian and historian &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Force" title="Peter Force"&gt;Peter Force&lt;/a&gt;, strengthening its scientific and Americana collections significantly. By 1876, the Library of Congress had 300,000 volumes and was tied with &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Public_Library" title="Boston Public Library"&gt;Boston Public Library&lt;/a&gt; as the nation's largest library. When the Library moved from the Capitol building to its new headquarters in 1897, it had over 840,000 volumes, 40% of which had been acquired through copyright deposit.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-loc_history_5-9" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-loc_history-5" title=""&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class="thumb tright"&gt; &lt;div class="thumbinner" style="width: 182px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hl026001.jpg" class="image" title="Some of the Library of Congress' holdings awaiting shelving inside the newly opened Thomas Jefferson Building"&gt;&lt;img alt="Some of the Library of Congress' holdings awaiting shelving inside the newly opened Thomas Jefferson Building" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Hl026001.jpg/180px-Hl026001.jpg" class="thumbimage" border="0" width="180" height="126" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class="thumbcaption"&gt; &lt;div class="magnify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hl026001.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"&gt;&lt;img src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" width="15" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; Some of the Library of Congress' holdings awaiting shelving inside the newly opened Thomas Jefferson Building&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;A year before the Library's move to its new location, the Joint Library Committee held a session of hearings to assess the condition of the Library and plan for its future growth and possible reorganization. Spofford and six experts sent by the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Library_Association" title="American Library Association"&gt;American Library Association&lt;/a&gt;, including future Librarian of Congress &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Putnam" title="Herbert Putnam"&gt;Herbert Putnam&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvil_Dewey" title="Melvil Dewey"&gt;Melvil Dewey&lt;/a&gt; of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_Library" title="New York State Library"&gt;New York State Library&lt;/a&gt;, testified before the committee that the Library should continue its expansion towards becoming a true national library.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-loc_history_5-10" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-loc_history-5" title=""&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Based on the hearings and with the assistance of Senators &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Morrill" title="Justin Morrill" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Justin Morrill&lt;/a&gt; of Vermont and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Voorhees" title="Daniel Voorhees" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Daniel Voorhees&lt;/a&gt; of Indiana, Congress more than doubled the Library's staff from 42 to 108 and established new administrative units for all aspects of the Library's collection. Congress also strengthened the office of Librarian of Congress to govern the Library and make staff appointments, as well as requiring Senate approval for presidential appointees to the position.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-loc_history_5-11" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-loc_history-5" title=""&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Post-reorganization_.281897.E2.80.931939.29" id="Post-reorganization_.281897.E2.80.931939.29"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Library_of_Congress&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Post-reorganization (1897–1939)"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Post-reorganization (1897–1939)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;div class="thumb tleft"&gt; &lt;div class="thumbinner" style="width: 205px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:LibraryCongressWashDC.jpg" class="image" title="Main Library of Congress building at the start of the 20th century"&gt;&lt;img alt="Main Library of Congress building at the start of the 20th century" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/LibraryCongressWashDC.jpg/203px-LibraryCongressWashDC.jpg" class="thumbimage" border="0" width="203" height="112" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class="thumbcaption"&gt; &lt;div class="magnify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:LibraryCongressWashDC.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"&gt;&lt;img src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" width="15" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; Main Library of Congress building at the start of the 20th century&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;The Library of Congress, spurred by the 1897 reorganization, began to grow and develop more rapidly. Spofford's successor &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Russell_Young" title="John Russell Young"&gt;John Russell Young&lt;/a&gt;, though only in office for two years, overhauled the Library's bureaucracy, used his connections as a former diplomat to acquire more materials from around the world, and established the Library's first assistance programs for the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind" title="Blind"&gt;blind&lt;/a&gt; and physically disabled.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-loc_history_5-12" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-loc_history-5" title=""&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Young's successor &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Putnam" title="Herbert Putnam"&gt;Herbert Putnam&lt;/a&gt; held the office for forty years from 1899 to 1939, entering into the position two years before the Library became the first in the United States to hold one million volumes.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-loc_history_5-13" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-loc_history-5" title=""&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Putnam focused his efforts on making the Library more accessible and useful for the public and for other libraries. He instituted the interlibrary loan service, transforming the Library of Congress into what he referred to as a "library of last resort".&lt;sup id="cite_ref-interlibrary_loan_8-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-interlibrary_loan-8" title=""&gt;[9]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Putnam also expanded Library access to "scientific investigators and duly qualified individuals" and began publishing primary sources for the benefit of scholars.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-loc_history_5-14" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-loc_history-5" title=""&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Putnam's tenure also saw increasing diversity in the Library's acquisitions. In 1903 he persuaded President &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt" title="Theodore Roosevelt"&gt;Theodore Roosevelt&lt;/a&gt; to transfer by executive order the papers of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founding_Fathers_of_the_United_States" title="Founding Fathers of the United States"&gt;Founding Fathers&lt;/a&gt; from the State Department to the Library of Congress. Putnam expanded foreign acquisitions as well, including the 1904 purchase of a four-thousand volume library of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indica" title="Indica"&gt;Indica&lt;/a&gt;, the 1906 purchase of G. V. Yudin's eighty-thousand volume Russian library, the 1908 Schatz collection of early &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera" title="Opera"&gt;opera&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Librettos" title="Librettos" class="mw-redirect"&gt;librettos&lt;/a&gt;, and the early 1930s purchase of the Russian Imperial Collection, consisting of 2,600 volumes from the library of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanov_family" title="Romanov family" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Romanov family&lt;/a&gt; on a variety of topics. Collections of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebraica" title="Hebraica" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Hebraica&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language"&gt;Chinese&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language"&gt;Japanese&lt;/a&gt; works were also acquired.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-loc_history_5-15" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-loc_history-5" title=""&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Congress even took the initiative to acquire materials for the Library in one occasion, when in 1929 Congressman &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Collins" title="Ross Collins" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Ross Collins&lt;/a&gt; of Mississippi successfully proposed the $1.5 million purchase of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Otto_Vollbehr&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Otto Vollbehr (page does not exist)"&gt;Otto Vollbehr&lt;/a&gt;'s collection of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incunabula" title="Incunabula" class="mw-redirect"&gt;incunabula&lt;/a&gt;, including one of four remaining perfect vellum copies of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutenberg_Bible" title="Gutenberg Bible"&gt;Gutenberg Bible&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-loc_history_5-16" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-loc_history-5" title=""&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class="thumb tright"&gt; &lt;div class="thumbinner" style="width: 202px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Gutenberg_Bible_LoC_display.jpg" class="image" title="The display of the Gutenberg Bible in the Library of Congress"&gt;&lt;img alt="The display of the Gutenberg Bible in the Library of Congress" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Gutenberg_Bible_LoC_display.jpg/200px-Gutenberg_Bible_LoC_display.jpg" class="thumbimage" border="0" width="200" height="170" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class="thumbcaption"&gt; &lt;div class="magnify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Gutenberg_Bible_LoC_display.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"&gt;&lt;img src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" width="15" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; The display of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutenberg_Bible" title="Gutenberg Bible"&gt;Gutenberg Bible&lt;/a&gt; in the Library of Congress&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;In 1914 Putnam established the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative_Reference_Service" title="Legislative Reference Service" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Legislative Reference Service&lt;/a&gt; as a separative administrative unit of the Library. Based in the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_era" title="Progressive era" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Progressive era&lt;/a&gt;'s philosophy of science as a problem-solver, and modeled after successful research branches of state legislatures, the LRS would provide informed answers to Congressional research inquiries on almost any topic.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-loc_history_5-17" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-loc_history-5" title=""&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; In 1925 Congress passed an act allowing the Library of Congress to establish a trust fund board to accept donations and endowments, giving the Library a role as a patron of the arts. The Library received the donations and endowments of prominent individuals such as &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Rockefeller" title="John D. Rockefeller"&gt;John D. Rockefeller&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_B._Wilbur&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="James B. Wilbur (page does not exist)"&gt;James B. Wilbur&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archer_M._Huntington" title="Archer M. Huntington"&gt;Archer M. Huntington&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gertrude_Clarke_Whittall&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Gertrude Clarke Whittall (page does not exist)"&gt;Gertrude Clarke Whittall&lt;/a&gt; donated five &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stradivarius#Violins" title="Stradivarius"&gt;Stradivarius violins&lt;/a&gt; to the Library and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Sprague_Coolidge" title="Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge"&gt;Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge&lt;/a&gt;'s donations paid for a &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concert_hall" title="Concert hall" class="mw-redirect"&gt;concert hall&lt;/a&gt; within the Library of Congress building and the establishment of an &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorarium" title="Honorarium"&gt;honorarium&lt;/a&gt; for the Music Division. A number of chairs and consultantships were established from the donations, the most well-known of which is the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poet_Laureate_Consultant_in_Poetry_to_the_Library_of_Congress" title="Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress"&gt;Poet Laureate Consultant&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-loc_history_5-18" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-loc_history-5" title=""&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The Library's expansion eventually filled the Library's Main Building despite shelving expansions in 1910 and 1927, forcing the Library to expand into a new structure. Congress acquired nearby land in 1928 and approved construction of the Annex Building (later the John Adams Building) in 1930. Although delayed during the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression"&gt;Depression&lt;/a&gt; years, it was completed in 1938 and opened to the public in 1939.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-loc_history_5-19" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-loc_history-5" title=""&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Modern_history_.281939.E2.80.94_.29" id="Modern_history_.281939.E2.80.94_.29"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Library_of_Congress&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Modern history (1939— )"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Modern history (1939— )&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;div class="thumb tright"&gt; &lt;div class="thumbinner" style="width: 202px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:LoC_Barse_Erotica.jpg" class="image" title="Erotica, mural painting by George Randolph Barse (1861-1938) in the Library of Congress"&gt;&lt;img alt="Erotica, mural painting by George Randolph Barse (1861-1938) in the Library of Congress" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/LoC_Barse_Erotica.jpg/200px-LoC_Barse_Erotica.jpg" class="thumbimage" border="0" width="200" height="150" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class="thumbcaption"&gt; &lt;div class="magnify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:LoC_Barse_Erotica.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"&gt;&lt;img src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" width="15" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotica" title="Erotica"&gt;Erotica&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, mural painting by George Randolph Barse (1861-1938) in the Library of Congress&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="thumb tright"&gt; &lt;div class="thumbinner" style="width: 202px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Minerva-Vedder-Highsmith.jpeg" class="image" title="Elihu Vedder's Minerva of Peace mosaic"&gt;&lt;img alt="Elihu Vedder's Minerva of Peace mosaic" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Minerva-Vedder-Highsmith.jpeg/200px-Minerva-Vedder-Highsmith.jpeg" class="thumbimage" border="0" width="200" height="303" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class="thumbcaption"&gt; &lt;div class="magnify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Minerva-Vedder-Highsmith.jpeg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"&gt;&lt;img src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" width="15" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elihu_Vedder" title="Elihu Vedder"&gt;Elihu Vedder&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;i&gt;Minerva of Peace mosaic&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;When Putnam retired in 1939, President &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt"&gt;Franklin D. Roosevelt&lt;/a&gt; appointed &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_MacLeish" title="Archibald MacLeish"&gt;Archibald MacLeish&lt;/a&gt; as his successor. Occupying the post from 1939 to 1944 during the height of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II"&gt;World War II&lt;/a&gt;, MacLeish became the most visible Librarian of Congress in the Library's history. MacLeish encouraged librarians to oppose &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarianism" title="Totalitarianism"&gt;totalitarianism&lt;/a&gt; on behalf of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy" title="Democracy"&gt;democracy&lt;/a&gt;; dedicated the South Reading Room of the Adams Building to Thomas Jefferson, commissioning artist &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ezra_Winter&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Ezra Winter (page does not exist)"&gt;Ezra Winter&lt;/a&gt; to paint four themed murals for the room; and established a "democracy alcove" in the Main Reading Room of the Jefferson Building for important documents such as the Declaration, Constitution and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalist_Papers" title="Federalist Papers"&gt;Federalist Papers&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-loc_history_5-20" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-loc_history-5" title=""&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Even the Library of Congress assisted during the war effort, ranging from the storage of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence" title="United States Declaration of Independence"&gt;Declaration of Independence&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution" title="United States Constitution"&gt;United States Constitution&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Knox" title="Fort Knox"&gt;Fort Knox&lt;/a&gt; for safekeeping to researching weather data on the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalayas" title="Himalayas"&gt;Himalayas&lt;/a&gt; for &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force"&gt;Air Force&lt;/a&gt; pilots.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-loc_history_5-21" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-loc_history-5" title=""&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; MacLeish resigned in 1944 to become Assistant Secretary of State, and President &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Truman" title="Harry Truman" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Harry Truman&lt;/a&gt; appointed &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_H._Evans" title="Luther H. Evans"&gt;Luther H. Evans&lt;/a&gt; as Librarian of Congress. Evans, who served until 1953, expanded the Library's acquisitions, cataloging and bibliographic services as much as the fiscal-minded Congress would allow, but his primary achievement was the creation of Library of Congress Missions around the world. Missions played a variety of roles in the postwar world: the mission in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco" class="mw-redirect"&gt;San Francisco&lt;/a&gt; assisted participants in the meeting that established the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations"&gt;United Nations&lt;/a&gt;, the mission in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe" title="Europe"&gt;Europe&lt;/a&gt; acquired European publications for the Library of Congress and other American libraries, and the mission in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"&gt;Japan&lt;/a&gt; aided in the creation of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Diet_Library" title="National Diet Library"&gt;National Diet Library&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-loc_history_5-22" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-loc_history-5" title=""&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Evans' successor &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Quincy_Mumford" title="L. Quincy Mumford" class="mw-redirect"&gt;L. Quincy Mumford&lt;/a&gt; took over in 1953. Mumford's tenure, lasting until 1974, saw the initiation of the construction of the James Madison Memorial Building, the third Library of Congress building. Mumford directed the Library during a period of increased educational spending, the windfall of which allowed the Library to devote energies towards establishing new acquisition centers abroad, including in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo" title="Cairo"&gt;Cairo&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi"&gt;New Delhi&lt;/a&gt;. In 1967 the Library began experimenting with book preservation techniques through a Preservation Office, which grew to become the largest library research and conservation effort in the United States.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-loc_history_5-23" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-loc_history-5" title=""&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Mumford's administration also saw the last major public debate about the Library of Congress' role as both a legislative library and a national library. A 1962 memorandum by Douglas Bryant of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_University_Library" title="Harvard University Library"&gt;Harvard University Library&lt;/a&gt;, compiled at the request of Joint Library Committee chairman &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claiborne_Pell" title="Claiborne Pell"&gt;Claiborne Pell&lt;/a&gt;, proposed a number of institutional reforms, including expansion of national activities and services and various organizational changes, all of which to shift the Library more towards its national role over its legislative role. Bryant even suggested possibly changing the name of the Library of Congress, which was rebuked by Mumford as "unspeakable violence to tradition".&lt;sup id="cite_ref-loc_history_5-24" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-loc_history-5" title=""&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Debate continued within the library community until the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative_Reorganization_Act" title="Legislative Reorganization Act"&gt;Legislative Reorganization Act&lt;/a&gt; of 1970 shifted the Library back towards its legislative roles, placing greater focus on research for Congress and congressional committees and renaming the Legislative Reference Service to the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Research_Service" title="Congressional Research Service"&gt;Congressional Research Service&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-loc_history_5-25" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-loc_history-5" title=""&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;After Mumford retired in 1974, Gerald Ford appointed &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_J._Boorstin" title="Daniel J. Boorstin"&gt;Daniel J. Boorstin&lt;/a&gt; as Librarian. Boorstin's first challenge was the move to the new Madison Building, which took place between 1980 and 1982. The move released pressures on staff and shelf space, allowing Boorstin to focus on other areas of Library administration such as acquisitions and collections. Taking advantage of steady budgetary growth, from $116 million in 1975 to over $250 million by 1987, Boorstin actively participated in enhancing ties with scholars, authors, publishers, cultural leaders, and the business community. His active and prolific role changed the post of Librarian of Congress so that by the time he retired in 1987, the &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Times" title="New York Times" class="mw-redirect"&gt;New York Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; called it "perhaps the leading intellectual public position in the nation."&lt;sup id="cite_ref-loc_history_5-26" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-loc_history-5" title=""&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Ronald Reagan appointed &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_H._Billington" title="James H. Billington"&gt;James H. Billington&lt;/a&gt; as the thirteenth Librarian of Congress in 1987, a post he holds as of 2008. Billington took advantage of new technological advancements and the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet" title="Internet"&gt;Internet&lt;/a&gt; to link the Library to educational institutions around the country in 1991. The end of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War"&gt;Cold War&lt;/a&gt; also enabled the Library to develop relationships with newly open Eastern European nations, helping them to establish parliamentary libraries of their own.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-loc_history_5-27" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-loc_history-5" title=""&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In late November 2005, the Library announced intentions to launch the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Digital_Library" title="World Digital Library"&gt;World Digital Library&lt;/a&gt;, digitally preserving books and other objects from all world cultures.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Buildings_of_the_Library" id="Buildings_of_the_Library"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Library_of_Congress&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Buildings of the Library"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Buildings of the Library&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;The Library of Congress is physically housed in three buildings in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C."&gt;Washington, D.C.&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Thomas_Jefferson_Building" id="Thomas_Jefferson_Building"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Library_of_Congress&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Thomas Jefferson Building"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Thomas Jefferson Building&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt; &lt;div class="noprint relarticle mainarticle"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Main article: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_Building" title="Thomas Jefferson Building"&gt;Thomas Jefferson Building&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt; &lt;p&gt;The Thomas Jefferson Building is located between &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Avenue" title="Independence Avenue"&gt;Independence Avenue&lt;/a&gt; and East Capitol Street on First Street SE. It first opened in 1897 as the main building of the Library. Known originally as the Library of Congress Building or Main Building, it took its present name on June 13, 1980.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="John_Adams_Building" id="John_Adams_Building"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Library_of_Congress&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=9" title="Edit section: John Adams Building"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;John Adams Building&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt; &lt;div class="noprint relarticle mainarticle"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Main article: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adams_Building" title="John Adams Building"&gt;John Adams Building&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt; &lt;p&gt;The John Adams Building is located between Independence Avenue and East Capitol Street on 2nd Street SE. It opened in 1938 as an annex to the main building. Between April 13, 1976 and June 13, 1980, the John Adams Building was known as the Thomas Jefferson Building.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="James_Madison_Memorial_Building" id="James_Madison_Memorial_Building"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Library_of_Congress&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=10" title="Edit section: James Madison Memorial Building"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;James Madison Memorial Building&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt; &lt;div class="noprint relarticle mainarticle"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Main article: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Madison_Memorial_Building" title="James Madison Memorial Building"&gt;James Madison Memorial Building&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt; &lt;p&gt;The James Madison Memorial Building is located between First and Second Streets on Independence Avenue SE. It opened in 1981 as the new headquarters of the Library. The James Madison Memorial Building also serves as the official memorial to James Madison. It houses, among other materials, the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_Library_of_Congress" title="Law Library of Congress"&gt;Law Library of Congress&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Holdings" id="Holdings"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Library_of_Congress&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=11" title="Edit section: Holdings"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Holdings&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;div class="thumb tright"&gt; &lt;div class="thumbinner" style="width: 182px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:LOC_-_Jefferson_building.jpg" class="image" title="Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building."&gt;&lt;img alt="Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building." src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/LOC_-_Jefferson_building.jpg/180px-LOC_-_Jefferson_building.jpg" class="thumbimage" border="0" width="180" height="133" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class="thumbcaption"&gt; &lt;div class="magnify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:LOC_-_Jefferson_building.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"&gt;&lt;img src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" width="15" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; Library of Congress, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_Building" title="Thomas Jefferson Building"&gt;Thomas Jefferson Building&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="thumb tright"&gt; &lt;div class="thumbinner" style="width: 182px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Book_learning.jpg" class="image" title="Interior view of the Library of Congress"&gt;&lt;img alt="Interior view of the Library of Congress" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Book_learning.jpg/180px-Book_learning.jpg" class="thumbimage" border="0" width="180" height="135" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class="thumbcaption"&gt; &lt;div class="magnify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Book_learning.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"&gt;&lt;img src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" width="15" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; Interior view of the Library of Congress&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;The Library developed a system of book classification called &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress_Classification" title="Library of Congress Classification"&gt;Library of Congress Classification&lt;/a&gt; (LCC) which is used by most US research and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_library" title="University library" class="mw-redirect"&gt;university libraries&lt;/a&gt;, although most &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_library" title="Public library"&gt;public libraries&lt;/a&gt; continue to use the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Decimal_Classification" title="Dewey Decimal Classification"&gt;Dewey decimal system&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The Library serves as a legal repository for &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright" title="Copyright"&gt;copyright&lt;/a&gt; protection and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_registration" title="Copyright registration"&gt;copyright registration&lt;/a&gt;, and as the base for the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Copyright_Office" title="United States Copyright Office"&gt;United States Copyright Office&lt;/a&gt;. Regardless of whether they register their copyright, all publishers are required to submit two complete copies of their published works to the Library—this requirement is known as &lt;i&gt;mandatory deposit&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-9" title=""&gt;[10]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Parties wishing not to publish, need only submit one copy of their work. Nearly 22,000 new items published in the U.S. arrive every business day at the Library. Contrary to popular belief, however, the Library does not retain all of these works in its permanent collection, although it does add an average of 10,000 items per day. Rejected items are used in trades with other libraries around the world, distributed to federal agencies, or donated to schools, communities, and other organizations within the United States.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-10" title=""&gt;[11]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; As is true of many &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_deposit" title="Legal deposit"&gt;similar libraries&lt;/a&gt;, the Library of Congress retains copies of every publication in the English language which is deemed significant.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guinness_Book_of_World_Records" title="The Guinness Book of World Records" class="mw-redirect"&gt;The Guinness Book of World Records&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; currently lists the Library of Congress as the "World's Largest Library".&lt;sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-11" title=""&gt;[12]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; This apparently is based on the shelf space the collection occupies; the Library of Congress states that its collection fills about 530 miles (850 km),&lt;sup id="cite_ref-about_12-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-about-12" title=""&gt;[13]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; while the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Library" title="British Library"&gt;British Library&lt;/a&gt;, reports about 388 miles (625 km) of shelves.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-aboutbrit_13-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-aboutbrit-13" title=""&gt;[14]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; The Library of Congress holds about 130 million items with 29 million books against approximately 150 million items with 25 million books for the British Library.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-about_12-1" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-about-12" title=""&gt;[13]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-aboutbrit_13-1" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-aboutbrit-13" title=""&gt;[14]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The Library of Congress is usually quoted as &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_units#Encyclopedias.2C_Bibles_and_The_Library_of_Congress:_Data_storage_capacities" title="Strange units" class="mw-redirect"&gt;occupying&lt;/a&gt;, if digitized and stored as plain text, 20 &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terabyte" title="Terabyte"&gt;terabytes&lt;/a&gt; of information (10 in other quotations), based on the amount of cataloged books in the Library of Congress classification system (20 million in 2007&lt;sup id="cite_ref-general_info_14-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-general_info-14" title=""&gt;[15]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;) and estimating one megabyte of text per book&lt;sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-15" title=""&gt;[16]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;. This leads many people to conclude that 20 terabytes is equivalent to the entire holdings of the Library, but this is misleading because the Library contains many items in addition to books, such as manuscripts, photographs, maps, and sound recordings&lt;sup id="cite_ref-general_info_14-1" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-general_info-14" title=""&gt;[15]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;, that, if digitized, would amount to much more information. The Library currently has no plans for systematic digitization of any significant portion of its books.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class="thumb tleft"&gt; &lt;div class="thumbinner" style="width: 182px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Library_of_Congress_from_North.JPG" class="image" title="Library of Congress"&gt;&lt;img alt="Library of Congress" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Library_of_Congress_from_North.JPG/180px-Library_of_Congress_from_North.JPG" class="thumbimage" border="0" width="180" height="135" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class="thumbcaption"&gt; &lt;div class="magnify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Library_of_Congress_from_North.JPG" class="internal" title="Enlarge"&gt;&lt;img src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" width="15" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; Library of Congress&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;The Library makes millions of digital objects, comprising tens of terabytes, available at its &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Memory" title="American Memory"&gt;American Memory&lt;/a&gt; site. American Memory is a source for &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain"&gt;public domain&lt;/a&gt; image resources, as well as audio, video, and archived Web content. Nearly all of the lists of holdings, the &lt;i&gt;catalogs&lt;/i&gt; of the library, can be consulted directly on its web site. Librarians all over the world consult these catalogs, through the Web or through other media better suited to their needs, when they need to catalog for their collection a book published in the United States. They use the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress_Control_Number" title="Library of Congress Control Number"&gt;Library of Congress Control Number&lt;/a&gt; to make sure of the exact identity of the book.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The Library of Congress also provides an on-line archive of the proceedings of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress_of_the_United_States" title="Congress of the United States" class="mw-redirect"&gt;U.S. Congress&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THOMAS" title="THOMAS"&gt;THOMAS&lt;/a&gt;, including bill text, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Record" title="Congressional Record"&gt;Congressional Record&lt;/a&gt; text, bill summary and status, the Congressional Record Index, and the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution" title="United States Constitution"&gt;United States Constitution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The Library also administers the National Library Service for the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blindness" title="Blindness"&gt;Blind&lt;/a&gt; and Physically Handicapped, a talking and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braille" title="Braille"&gt;braille&lt;/a&gt; library program provided to more than 766,000 Americans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Using_the_Library" id="Using_the_Library"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Library_of_Congress&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=12" title="Edit section: Using the Library"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Using the Library&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;div class="thumb tright"&gt; &lt;div class="thumbinner" style="width: 202px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Library_of_Congress.jpg" class="image" title="Library of Congress reading room"&gt;&lt;img alt="Library of Congress reading room" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Library_of_Congress.jpg/200px-Library_of_Congress.jpg" class="thumbimage" border="0" width="200" height="127" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class="thumbcaption"&gt; &lt;div class="magnify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Library_of_Congress.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"&gt;&lt;img src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" width="15" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; Library of Congress reading room&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;The library is open to the general public for academic research, and runs tours for visitors. Only those who are issued a "Reader Identification Card" may enter the reading rooms and access the collection. The Reader Identification Card is available in the Madison building to persons who are at least 16 years of age upon presentation of a government issued picture identification (&lt;i&gt;e.g.&lt;/i&gt;, driver's license, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state"&gt;state&lt;/a&gt; ID card or passport). However, only members of Congress, Supreme Court Justices, their staff, Library of Congress staff and certain other government officials can actually remove items from the library buildings. Members of the general public with Reader Identification Cards must use items from the library collection inside the reading rooms only; they cannot remove library items from the reading rooms or the library buildings. During the 110th Congress, in the Fall, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_Page" title="United States House of Representatives Page"&gt;United States House of Representatives Pages&lt;/a&gt; were given Library of Congress Reader Cards for the first time in the Page Program's history, giving them access to the large reading rooms available in the Library of Congress. Pages can be as young as 16 years of age.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Since 1902, libraries in the United States have been able to request books and other items through &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlibrary_loan" title="Interlibrary loan"&gt;interlibrary loan&lt;/a&gt; from the Library of Congress if these items are not readily available elsewhere. Through this, the Library of Congress has served as a "library of last resort", according to former Librarian of Congress &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Putnam" title="Herbert Putnam"&gt;Herbert Putnam&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-interlibrary_loan_8-1" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_note-interlibrary_loan-8" title=""&gt;[9]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Annual_events" id="Annual_events"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Library_of_Congress&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=13" title="Edit section: Annual events"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Annual events&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Book_Festival" title="National Book Festival"&gt;National Book Festival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founder%27s_Day" title="Founder's Day"&gt;Founder's Day&lt;/a&gt; Celebration&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gershwin_Prize_for_Popular_Song" title="Gershwin Prize for Popular Song" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Gershwin Prize for Popular Song&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Archives Fair&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Judith P. Austin Memorial Lecture&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Davidson Fellows Reception&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="See_also" id="See_also"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Library_of_Congress&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=14" title="Edit section: See also"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;See also&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;div class="thumb tright"&gt; &lt;div class="thumbinner" style="width: 202px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:LoC_Great_Hall_view_2.jpg" class="image" title="The Great Hall interior"&gt;&lt;img alt="The Great Hall interior" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/LoC_Great_Hall_view_2.jpg/200px-LoC_Great_Hall_view_2.jpg" class="thumbimage" border="0" width="200" height="267" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class="thumbcaption"&gt; &lt;div class="magnify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:LoC_Great_Hall_view_2.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"&gt;&lt;img src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" width="15" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; The Great Hall interior&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong class="selflink"&gt;Library of Congress&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliotheca_Alexandrina" title="Bibliotheca Alexandrina"&gt;Bibliotheca Alexandrina&lt;/a&gt; - The Library of Alexandria&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Folklife_Center" title="American Folklife Center"&gt;American Folklife Center&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Research_Service" title="Congressional Research Service"&gt;Congressional Research Service&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Research_Division" title="Federal Research Division"&gt;Federal Research Division&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_Library_of_Congress" title="Law Library of Congress"&gt;Law Library of Congress&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress_Classification" title="Library of Congress Classification"&gt;Library of Congress Classification&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress_Country_Studies" title="Library of Congress Country Studies"&gt;Library of Congress Country Studies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress_Living_Legend" title="Library of Congress Living Legend"&gt;Library of Congress Living Legend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress_Subject_Headings" title="Library of Congress Subject Headings"&gt;Library of Congress Subject Headings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MARC_standards" title="MARC standards"&gt;MARC standards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Film_Registry" title="National Film Registry"&gt;National Film Registry&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Recording_Registry" title="National Recording Registry"&gt;National Recording Registry&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poet_Laureate_Consultant_in_Poetry_to_the_Library_of_Congress" title="Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress"&gt;Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Copyright_Office" title="United States Copyright Office"&gt;United States Copyright Office&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Library" title="United States Senate Library"&gt;United States Senate Library&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Documents_Expediting_Project" title="Documents Expediting Project"&gt;Documents Expediting Project&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Feleky_Collection" title="The Feleky Collection"&gt;The Feleky Collection&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Digital_Library" title="World Digital Library"&gt;World Digital Library&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Parliament" title="Library of Parliament"&gt;Library of Parliament&lt;/a&gt; (Canada)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Commons_Library" title="House of Commons Library"&gt;House of Commons Library&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_Archives" title="Parliamentary Archives"&gt;Parliamentary Archives&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Library" title="British Library"&gt;British Library&lt;/a&gt; (UK)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="References" id="References"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Library_of_Congress&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=15" title="Edit section: References"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;References&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;div class="references-small"&gt; &lt;ol class="references"&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-0"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_ref-0" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; 2007 At A Glance &lt;a href="http://www.loc.gov/about/generalinfo.html#2007_at_a_glance" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.loc.gov/about/generalinfo.html#2007_at_a_glance" rel="nofollow"&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_ref-1" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; 2007 At A Glance&lt;a href="http://www.loc.gov/about/generalinfo.html#2007_at_a_glance" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.loc.gov/about/generalinfo.html#2007_at_a_glance" rel="nofollow"&gt;[2]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_ref-2" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.loc.gov/about/reports/index.htm" class="external text" title="http://www.loc.gov/about/reports/index.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;Year 2006 at a glance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-3"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_ref-3" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; See &lt;a href="http://www.approvedarticles.com/Article/Gutenberg-s-Bibles--Where-to-Find-Them/1088" class="external text" title="http://www.approvedarticles.com/Article/Gutenberg-s-Bibles--Where-to-Find-Them/1088" rel="nofollow"&gt;Gutenberg's Bibles— Where to Find Them&lt;/a&gt;; &lt;a href="http://www.octavo.com/editions/gtnbbl/index.html" class="external free" title="http://www.octavo.com/editions/gtnbbl/index.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.octavo.com/editions/gtnbbl/index.html&lt;/a&gt;; &lt;a href="http://www.loc.gov/rr/rarebook/guide/europe.html" class="external free" title="http://www.loc.gov/rr/rarebook/guide/europe.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.loc.gov/rr/rarebook/guide/europe.html&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-4"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_ref-4" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; "&lt;a href="http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/brochure.html" class="external text" title="http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/brochure.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;About the Serial and Government Publications Division&lt;/a&gt;".  The Library of Congress (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006" title="2006"&gt;2006&lt;/a&gt;-&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_7" title="April 7"&gt;04-07&lt;/a&gt;). Retrieved on &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006" title="2006"&gt;2006&lt;/a&gt;-&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_8" title="August 8"&gt;08-08&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-loc_history-5"&gt;^ &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_ref-loc_history_5-0" title=""&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;a&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_ref-loc_history_5-1" title=""&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;b&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_ref-loc_history_5-2" title=""&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;c&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_ref-loc_history_5-3" title=""&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;d&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_ref-loc_history_5-4" title=""&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;e&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_ref-loc_history_5-5" title=""&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;f&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_ref-loc_history_5-6" title=""&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;g&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_ref-loc_history_5-7" title=""&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;h&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_ref-loc_history_5-8" title=""&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;i&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_ref-loc_history_5-9" title=""&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;j&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_ref-loc_history_5-10" title=""&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;k&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_ref-loc_history_5-11" title=""&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;l&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_ref-loc_history_5-12" title=""&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;m&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_ref-loc_history_5-13" title=""&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;n&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_ref-loc_history_5-14" title=""&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;o&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_ref-loc_history_5-15" title=""&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;p&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_ref-loc_history_5-16" title=""&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;q&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_ref-loc_history_5-17" title=""&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;r&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_ref-loc_history_5-18" title=""&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;s&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_ref-loc_history_5-19" title=""&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;t&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_ref-loc_history_5-20" title=""&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;u&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_ref-loc_history_5-21" title=""&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;v&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_ref-loc_history_5-22" title=""&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;w&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_ref-loc_history_5-23" title=""&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;x&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_ref-loc_history_5-24" title=""&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;y&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_ref-loc_history_5-25" title=""&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;z&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_ref-loc_history_5-26" title=""&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;aa&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_ref-loc_history_5-27" title=""&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;ab&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt; "&lt;a href="http://www.loc.gov/loc/legacy/loc.html" class="external text" title="http://www.loc.gov/loc/legacy/loc.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Jefferson's Legacy: A Brief History of the Library of Congress&lt;/a&gt;".  Library of Congress (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006" title="2006"&gt;2006&lt;/a&gt;-&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_6" title="March 6"&gt;03-06&lt;/a&gt;). Retrieved on &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008" title="2008"&gt;2008&lt;/a&gt;-&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_14" title="January 14"&gt;01-14&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-6"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_ref-6" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; Thomas Jefferson's personal library at Library Thing, based on scholarship &lt;a href="http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=ThomasJefferson" class="external free" title="http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=ThomasJefferson" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=ThomasJefferson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-7"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_ref-7" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; Library Thing Profile Page for Thomas Jefferson's library, summarizing contents and indicating sources &lt;a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/ThomasJefferson" class="external free" title="http://www.librarything.com/profile/ThomasJefferson" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.librarything.com/profile/ThomasJefferson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-interlibrary_loan-8"&gt;^ &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_ref-interlibrary_loan_8-0" title=""&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;a&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_ref-interlibrary_loan_8-1" title=""&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;b&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt; "&lt;a href="http://www.loc.gov/rr/loan/" class="external text" title="http://www.loc.gov/rr/loan/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Interlibrary Loan (Collections Access, Management and Loan Division, Library of Congress&lt;/a&gt;".  &lt;strong class="selflink"&gt;Library of Congress&lt;/strong&gt; website (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007" title="2007"&gt;2007&lt;/a&gt;-&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_25" title="October 25"&gt;10-25&lt;/a&gt;). Retrieved on &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007" title="2007"&gt;2007&lt;/a&gt;-&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_4" title="December 4"&gt;12-04&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-9"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_ref-9" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; "&lt;a href="http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/mandatory_deposit.html" class="external text" title="http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/mandatory_deposit.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Mandatory Deposit&lt;/a&gt;".  Copyright.gov. Retrieved on &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006" title="2006"&gt;2006&lt;/a&gt;-&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_8" title="August 8"&gt;08-08&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-10"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#cite_ref-10" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; "&lt;a href="http://www.loc.gov/about/facts.html" class="external text" title="http://www.loc.gov/about/facts.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Fascinating Facts&lt;/a&gt;".  Library of Congress. 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padding: 0px; text-align: left; width: 100%;" class="navbox-list navbox-odd"&gt; &lt;div style="padding: 0em 0.25em;"&gt;Congress: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Current_members_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Current members of the United States Congress"&gt;Current&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_freshman_class_members_of_the_110th_United_States_Congress" title="List of freshman class members of the 110th United States Congress"&gt;Freshmen&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Congressmen_by_longevity_of_service" title="List of United States Congressmen by longevity of service"&gt;Longest serving&lt;/a&gt; | House: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_members_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives_by_seniority" title="List of current members of the United States House of Representatives by seniority"&gt;Current by seniority&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_former_members_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="List of former members of the United States House of Representatives"&gt;Former members&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_surviving_members_of_the_House_of_Representatives" title="List of oldest surviving members of the House of Representatives"&gt;Oldest living&lt;/a&gt; | Senate: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_United_States_Senators_by_age" title="List of current United States Senators by age"&gt;Current by age&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_United_States_Senators_by_seniority" title="List of current United States Senators by seniority" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Current by seniority&lt;/a&gt;; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_former_United_States_Senators" title="List of former United States Senators" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Former&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_living_former_United_States_Senators" title="List of living former United States Senators"&gt;Former still living&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earliest_living_United_States_Senator" title="Earliest living United States Senator"&gt;Age/seniority&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_expelled_or_censured" title="List of United States senators expelled or censured"&gt;Expelled/censured&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_Senators" title="Classes of United States Senators"&gt;Classes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr style="height: 2px; display: none;"&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr style="display: none;"&gt; &lt;td class="navbox-group" style=""&gt;Leaders&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(253, 253, 253); padding: 0px; text-align: left; width: 100%;" class="navbox-list navbox-even"&gt; &lt;div style="padding: 0em 0.25em;"&gt;House: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Speaker of the United States House of Representatives"&gt;Speaker&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Speakers_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="List of Speakers of the United States House of Representatives"&gt;list&lt;/a&gt;), &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_leaders_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives"&gt;Party leaders&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_whips_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Party whips of the United States House of Representatives"&gt;Party whips&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Caucus_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Democratic Caucus of the United States House of Representatives"&gt;Dem. caucus&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Conference_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Republican Conference of the United States House of Representatives"&gt;Rep. conference&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Dean of the United States House of Representatives"&gt;Dean&lt;/a&gt; | Senate: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_pro_tempore_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="President pro tempore of the United States Senate"&gt;President pro tempore&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_pro_tempore_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="List of Presidents pro tempore of the United States Senate"&gt;list&lt;/a&gt;), &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_leaders_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Party leaders of the United States Senate"&gt;Party leaders&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assistant_party_leaders_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Assistant party leaders of the United States Senate"&gt;Assistant party leaders&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Caucus_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Democratic Caucus of the United States Senate"&gt;Dem. Caucus&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Conference_Chairman_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Democratic Conference Chairman of the United States Senate"&gt;Chair&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Conference_Secretary_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Democratic Conference Secretary of the United States Senate"&gt;Secretary&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Policy_Committee_Chairman_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Democratic Policy Committee Chairman of the United States Senate"&gt;Policy comm. chair&lt;/a&gt;), &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Conference_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Republican Conference of the United States Senate"&gt;Rep. Conference&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Conference_Chairman_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Republican Conference Chairman of the United States Senate"&gt;Chair&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Conference_Vice-Chair_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Republican Conference Vice-Chair of the United States Senate"&gt;Vice-Chair&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Policy_Committee_Chairman_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Republican Policy Committee Chairman of the United States Senate"&gt;Policy comm. chair&lt;/a&gt;), &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Dean of the United States Senate"&gt;Dean&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr style="height: 2px; display: none;"&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr style="display: none;"&gt; &lt;td class="navbox-group" style=""&gt;Groups&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(253, 253, 253); padding: 0px; text-align: left; width: 100%;" class="navbox-list navbox-odd"&gt; &lt;div style="padding: 0em 0.25em;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Americans_in_the_United_States_Congress" title="African Americans in the United States Congress"&gt;African Americans&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Asian_Pacific_Americans_in_the_United_States_Congress" title="List of Asian Pacific Americans in the United States Congress"&gt;Asian Pacific Americans&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_caucus" title="Congressional caucus"&gt;Caucuses&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congressional_committee" title="United States Congressional committee"&gt;Committees&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hispanic_Americans_in_the_United_States_Congress" title="List of Hispanic Americans in the United States Congress"&gt;Hispanic Americans&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_the_United_States_Senate" title="Women in the United States Senate"&gt;Senate Women&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Women in the United States House of Representatives"&gt;House Women&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr style="height: 2px; display: none;"&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr style="display: none;"&gt; &lt;td class="navbox-group" style=""&gt;Agencies,&lt;br /&gt;Employees &amp;amp;&lt;br /&gt;Offices&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(253, 253, 253); padding: 0px; text-align: left; width: 100%;" class="navbox-list navbox-even"&gt; &lt;div style="padding: 0em 0.25em;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architect_of_the_Capitol" title="Architect of the Capitol"&gt;Architect of the Capitol&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Capitol_Guide_Service" title="United States Capitol Guide Service"&gt;Capitol Guide Service&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Capitol_Guide_Board" title="United States Capitol Guide Board"&gt;board&lt;/a&gt;), &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Capitol_Police" title="United States Capitol Police"&gt;Capitol Police&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Police_Board" title="Capitol Police Board"&gt;board&lt;/a&gt;), &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_%28United_States_Congress%29" title="Chief of Staff (United States Congress)"&gt;Chiefs of Staff&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_Accountability_Office" title="Government Accountability Office"&gt;GAO&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Government_Printing_Office" title="United States Government Printing Office"&gt;Government Printing Office&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_the_Law_Revision_Counsel" title="Office of the Law Revision Counsel"&gt;Law Revision Counsel&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Librarian_of_Congress" title="Librarian of Congress"&gt;Librarian of Congress&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poet_Laureate_Consultant_in_Poetry_to_the_Library_of_Congress" title="Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress"&gt;Poet laureate&lt;/a&gt; | House: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaplain_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives"&gt;Chaplain&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Administrative_Officer_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Chief Administrative Officer of the United States House of Representatives"&gt;Chief Administrative Officer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerk_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Clerk of the United States House of Representatives"&gt;Clerk&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doorkeeper_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives"&gt;Doorkeeper&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_Office_of_Emergency_Planning,_Preparedness,_and_Operations" title="United States House of Representatives Office of Emergency Planning, Preparedness, and Operations"&gt;Emergency Planning, Preparedness, and Operations&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historian_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Historian of the United States House of Representatives"&gt;Historian&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_Page" title="United States House of Representatives Page"&gt;Page&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Page_Board" title="House Page Board"&gt;board&lt;/a&gt;), &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentarian_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives"&gt;Parliamentarian&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postmaster_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives"&gt;Postmaster&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading_Clerk_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives"&gt;Reading clerk&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording_Studio_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Recording Studio of the United States House of Representatives"&gt;Recording Studio&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergeant_at_Arms_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives"&gt;Sergeant at Arms&lt;/a&gt; | Senate: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaplain_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Chaplain of the United States Senate"&gt;Chaplain&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curator_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Curator of the United States Senate"&gt;Curator&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historian_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Historian of the United States Senate"&gt;Historian&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Librarian" title="United States Senate Librarian"&gt;Librarian&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Page" title="United States Senate Page"&gt;Page&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentarian_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Parliamentarian of the United States Senate"&gt;Parliamentarian&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Secretary of the United States Senate"&gt;Secretary&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergeant_at_Arms_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate"&gt;Sergeant at Arms&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr style="height: 2px; display: none;"&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr style="display: none;"&gt; &lt;td class="navbox-group" style=""&gt;Politics &amp;amp;&lt;br /&gt;Procedure&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(253, 253, 253); padding: 0px; text-align: left; width: 100%;" class="navbox-list navbox-odd"&gt; &lt;div style="padding: 0em 0.25em;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_Congress" title="Act of Congress"&gt;Act of Congress&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_federal_legislation" title="List of United States federal legislation"&gt;list&lt;/a&gt;), &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_caucus" title="Congressional caucus"&gt;Caucuses&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congressional_committee" title="United States Congressional committee"&gt;Committees&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_hearing" title="Congressional hearing"&gt;Hearings&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_session_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Joint session of the United States Congress"&gt;Joint session&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_oversight" title="Congressional oversight"&gt;Oversight&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_divisions_of_United_States_Congresses" title="Party divisions of United States Congresses"&gt;Party divisions&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rider_%28legislation%29" title="Rider (legislation)"&gt;Rider&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sponsor_%28legislative%29" title="Sponsor (legislative)"&gt;Sponsorship&lt;/a&gt; | House: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_House_committees" title="List of United States House committees"&gt;Committees&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="History of the United States House of Representatives"&gt;History&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procedures_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Procedures of the United States House of Representatives"&gt;Procedures&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mace_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Mace of the United States House of Representatives"&gt;Mace of the House&lt;/a&gt; | Senate: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senate_committees" title="List of United States Senate committees"&gt;Committees&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster" title="Filibuster"&gt;Filibuster&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="History of the United States Senate"&gt;History&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson%27s_Manual" title="Jefferson's Manual"&gt;Jefferson's Manual&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditions_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Traditions of the United States Senate"&gt;Traditions&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Vice_Presidents%27_tie-breaking_votes" title="United States Vice Presidents' tie-breaking votes"&gt;VPs' tie-breaking votes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr style="height: 2px; display: none;"&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr style="display: none;"&gt; &lt;td class="navbox-group" style=""&gt;Buildings&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(253, 253, 253); padding: 0px; text-align: left; width: 100%;" class="navbox-list navbox-even"&gt; &lt;div style="padding: 0em 0.25em;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Botanic_Garden" title="United States Botanic Garden"&gt;Botanic Garden&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Capitol" title="United States Capitol"&gt;Capitol&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Capitol_Complex" title="United States Capitol Complex"&gt;Capitol Complex&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_office_buildings" title="Congressional office buildings"&gt;Office buildings&lt;/a&gt; (House: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannon_House_Office_Building" title="Cannon House Office Building"&gt;Cannon&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_House_Office_Building" title="Ford House Office Building"&gt;Ford&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longworth_House_Office_Building" title="Longworth House Office Building"&gt;Longworth&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayburn_House_Office_Building" title="Rayburn House Office Building"&gt;Rayburn&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%27Neill_House_Office_Building" title="O'Neill House Office Building"&gt;O'Neill&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;i&gt;demolished&lt;/i&gt;), Senate: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirksen_Senate_Office_Building" title="Dirksen Senate Office Building"&gt;Dirksen&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart_Senate_Office_Building" title="Hart Senate Office Building"&gt;Hart&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Senate_Office_Building" title="Russell Senate Office Building"&gt;Russell&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr style="height: 2px; display: none;"&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr style="display: none;"&gt; &lt;td class="navbox-group" style=""&gt;Research&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(253, 253, 253); padding: 0px; text-align: left; width: 100%;" class="navbox-list navbox-odd"&gt; &lt;div style="padding: 0em 0.25em;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Biographical Directory of the United States Congress"&gt;Biographical directory&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Quarterly" title="Congressional Quarterly"&gt;Congressional Quarterly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Record" title="Congressional Record"&gt;Congressional Record&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Research_Service" title="Congressional Research Service"&gt;Congressional Research Service&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;strong class="selflink"&gt;Library of Congress&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_Library_of_Congress" title="Law Library of Congress"&gt;Law Library&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Copyright_Office" title="United States Copyright Office"&gt;Copyright Office&lt;/a&gt;), &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hill_%28newspaper%29" title="The Hill (newspaper)"&gt;The Hill&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roll_Call" title="Roll Call"&gt;Roll Call&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THOMAS" title="THOMAS"&gt;THOMAS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr style="height: 2px; display: none;"&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr style="display: none;"&gt; &lt;td class="navbox-group" style=""&gt;Misc&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(253, 253, 253); padding: 0px; text-align: left; width: 100%;" class="navbox-list navbox-even"&gt; &lt;div style="padding: 0em 0.25em;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_congressional_lists" title="List of United States congressional lists"&gt;List of lists&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_congressional_districts" title="List of United States congressional districts"&gt;Congressional districts&lt;/a&gt; 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Nevada Lawyer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Las Vegas Lawyer'/><title type='text'>Networking Web Sites Howard Roitman Las Vegas Nevada Lawyer</title><content type='html'>&lt;h1 class="firstHeading"&gt;List of social networking websites&lt;/h1&gt;   &lt;div id="bodyContent"&gt;    &lt;h3 id="siteSub"&gt;From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia&lt;/h3&gt;              &lt;div id="jump-to-nav"&gt;Jump to: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#column-one"&gt;navigation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#searchInput"&gt;search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;!-- start content --&gt;    &lt;p&gt;This is a &lt;b&gt;list of&lt;/b&gt; major &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_network_service" title="Social network service"&gt;social networking&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Websites" title="Websites" class="mw-redirect"&gt;websites&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Please note the list is non-exhaustive&lt;/b&gt;, but is limited to &lt;b&gt;some&lt;/b&gt; notable, well known sites.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;table id="sortable_table_id_0" class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%; width: 100%;"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;Name  &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#" class="sortheader" onclick="ts_resortTable(this);return false;"&gt;&lt;span class="sortarrow"&gt;&lt;img src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif" alt="↓" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th&gt;Description/Focus  &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#" class="sortheader" onclick="ts_resortTable(this);return false;"&gt;&lt;span class="sortarrow"&gt;&lt;img src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif" alt="↓" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Registered_user" title="Registered user"&gt;Registered users&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#" class="sortheader" onclick="ts_resortTable(this);return false;"&gt;&lt;span class="sortarrow"&gt;&lt;img src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif" alt="↓" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th&gt;Registration  &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#" class="sortheader" onclick="ts_resortTable(this);return false;"&gt;&lt;span class="sortarrow"&gt;&lt;img src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif" alt="↓" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th&gt;Global &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexa_Internet" title="Alexa Internet"&gt;Alexa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-0" title=""&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Page ranking (May 08)  &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#" class="sortheader" onclick="ts_resortTable(this);return false;"&gt;&lt;span class="sortarrow"&gt;&lt;img src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif" alt="↓" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult_FriendFinder" title="Adult FriendFinder"&gt;Adult FriendFinder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Adults -- for finding friends or sex partners.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000230000.000000&lt;/span&gt;230,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-1" title=""&gt;[2]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000000042.000000&lt;/span&gt;42&lt;sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-2" title=""&gt;[3]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advogato" title="Advogato"&gt;Advogato&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software" title="Free software"&gt;Free&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_software" title="Open source software"&gt;open source software&lt;/a&gt; developers&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000013575.000000&lt;/span&gt;13,575&lt;sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-3" title=""&gt;[4]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000118513.000000&lt;/span&gt;118,513&lt;sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-4" title=""&gt;[5]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amie_Street" title="Amie Street"&gt;Amie Street&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Music&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000029808.000000&lt;/span&gt;29,808&lt;sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-5" title=""&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANobii" title="ANobii"&gt;ANobii&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Books&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000014345.000000&lt;/span&gt;14,345&lt;sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-6" title=""&gt;[7]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASmallWorld" title="ASmallWorld"&gt;aSmallWorld&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;European &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_set" title="Jet set"&gt;jet set&lt;/a&gt; and social elite&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000270000.000000&lt;/span&gt;270,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-7" title=""&gt;[8]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invitation_system" title="Invitation system"&gt;Invite-only&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000009306.000000&lt;/span&gt;9,306&lt;sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-8" title=""&gt;[9]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASUIsTalking" title="ASUIsTalking"&gt;ASUIsTalking&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;General, School, College.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open with &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_State_University" title="Arizona State University"&gt;Arizona State University&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_address" title="Email address" class="mw-redirect"&gt;email address&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatars_United" title="Avatars United"&gt;Avatars United&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Online games.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorstream" title="Authorstream"&gt;Authorstream&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;PowerPoint Presentation Sharing - General&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000018076.000000&lt;/span&gt;18,076&lt;sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-9" title=""&gt;[10]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badoo" title="Badoo"&gt;Badoo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;General, Popular in Europe&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000013000000.000000&lt;/span&gt;13,000,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-10" title=""&gt;[11]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open to people 18 and older&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000000213.000000&lt;/span&gt;213&lt;sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-11" title=""&gt;[12]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahu" title="Bahu"&gt;Bahu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;General, Popular in France, Belgium and Europe&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000001000000.000000&lt;/span&gt;1,000,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-12" title=""&gt;[13]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open to people 13 and older&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000002946.000000&lt;/span&gt;2,946&lt;sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-13" title=""&gt;[14]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bebo" title="Bebo"&gt;Bebo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;General, Popular in the US, UK, Ireland, NZ and the Pacific Islands&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000040000000.000000&lt;/span&gt;40,000,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-14" title=""&gt;[15]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open to people 13 and older&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000000108.000000&lt;/span&gt;108&lt;sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-15" title=""&gt;[16]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biip" title="Biip"&gt;Biip&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Norwegian Community.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000013476.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Requires Norwegian phone number.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackPlanet" title="BlackPlanet"&gt;BlackPlanet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;African-Americans&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000020000000.000000&lt;/span&gt;20,000,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-16" title=""&gt;[17]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000000901.000000&lt;/span&gt;901&lt;sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-17" title=""&gt;[18]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcaster.com" title="Broadcaster.com"&gt;Broadcaster.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Video sharing and webcam chat&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000322715.000000&lt;/span&gt;322,715&lt;sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-18" title=""&gt;[19]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzznet" title="Buzznet"&gt;Buzznet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Music and pop-culture&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000010000000.000000&lt;/span&gt;10,000,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-19" title=""&gt;[20]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000000498.000000&lt;/span&gt;498&lt;sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-20" title=""&gt;[21]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CafeMom" title="CafeMom"&gt;CafeMom&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Mothers&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000001250000.000000&lt;/span&gt;1,250,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-21" title=""&gt;[22]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open to moms and moms-to-be&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000003090.000000&lt;/span&gt;3,090&lt;sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-22" title=""&gt;[23]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cake_Financial" title="Cake Financial"&gt;Cake Financial&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Investing&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capazoo" title="Capazoo"&gt;Capazoo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;General (blogs, photos, music, videos)&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Care2" title="Care2"&gt;Care2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_movement" title="Green movement" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Green&lt;/a&gt; living and social activism&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000008942968.000000&lt;/span&gt;8,942,968&lt;sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-23" title=""&gt;[24]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classmates.com" title="Classmates.com"&gt;Classmates.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;School, college, work and the military&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000050000000.000000&lt;/span&gt;50,000,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-24" title=""&gt;[25]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000000923.000000&lt;/span&gt;923&lt;sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-25" title=""&gt;[26]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloob" title="Cloob"&gt;Cloob&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;General. Popular in Iran.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Tonight" title="College Tonight"&gt;College Tonight&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;College students.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;requires an e-mail address with an ".edu" ending&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumating" title="Consumating"&gt;Consumating&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;"Consumeetings"&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Closed (Site closed down in March 2008)&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CouchSurfing" title="CouchSurfing"&gt;CouchSurfing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Hospitality&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyworld" title="Cyworld"&gt;Cyworld&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;South Koreans&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000021000000.000000&lt;/span&gt;21,000,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-26" title=""&gt;[27]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000000223.000000&lt;/span&gt;223&lt;sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-27" title=""&gt;[28]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeviantART" title="DeviantART" class="mw-redirect"&gt;DeviantART&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Art community&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;8,000,000&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000000107.000000&lt;/span&gt;107&lt;sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-28" title=""&gt;[29]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DontStayIn" title="DontStayIn"&gt;DontStayIn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Clubbing (primarily UK)&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elftown" title="Elftown"&gt;Elftown&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Community and wiki around &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy" title="Fantasy"&gt;Fantasy&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-fi" title="Sci-fi" class="mw-redirect"&gt;sci-fi&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000185000.000000&lt;/span&gt;185,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-29" title=""&gt;[30]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open, approval needed&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eons.com" title="Eons.com"&gt;Eons.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;For &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_boomers" title="Baby boomers" class="mw-redirect"&gt;baby boomers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open to people 13 and older&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;13,675&lt;sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-30" title=""&gt;[31]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experience_Project" title="Experience Project"&gt;Experience Project&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Life experiences&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;General.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000124000000.000000&lt;/span&gt;124,000,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-31" title=""&gt;[32]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open to people 13 and older.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000000005.000000&lt;/span&gt;5&lt;sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-32" title=""&gt;[33]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faceparty" title="Faceparty"&gt;Faceparty&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;General. Popular UK.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000200000.000000&lt;/span&gt;200,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-33" title=""&gt;[34]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open to people 16 and older.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000002481.000000&lt;/span&gt;2,481&lt;sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-34" title=""&gt;[35]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetlife" title="Fetlife"&gt;Fetlife&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;People who are into BDSM&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000032500.000000&lt;/span&gt;32,500&lt;sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-35" title=""&gt;[36]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open to people "of [legal] age to see adult content"&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000054198.000000&lt;/span&gt;54,198&lt;sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-36" title=""&gt;[37]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flixster" title="Flixster"&gt;Flixster&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Movies&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000063000000.000000&lt;/span&gt;63,000,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-37" title=""&gt;[38]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open to people 13 and older&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000000309.000000&lt;/span&gt;309&lt;sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-38" title=""&gt;[39]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flickr" title="Flickr"&gt;Flickr&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Photo sharing, commenting, photography related networking, worldwide&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000000037.000000&lt;/span&gt;37&lt;sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-39" title=""&gt;[40]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fotolog" title="Fotolog"&gt;Fotolog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Photoblogging. Popular in South America and Spain.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000015000000.000000&lt;/span&gt;15,000,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-40" title=""&gt;[41]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000000057.000000&lt;/span&gt;57&lt;sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-41" title=""&gt;[42]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends_Reunited" title="Friends Reunited"&gt;Friends Reunited&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;UK based. School, college, work, sport and streets&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000019000000.000000&lt;/span&gt;19,000,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-42" title=""&gt;[43]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000008052.000000&lt;/span&gt;8,052&lt;sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-43" title=""&gt;[44]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendster" title="Friendster"&gt;Friendster&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;General. Popular in Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Philippines and Singapore. Not popular in North America and Europe.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000080000000.000000&lt;/span&gt;80,000,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-44" title=""&gt;[45]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open to people 16 and older.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000000035.000000&lt;/span&gt;35&lt;sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-45" title=""&gt;[46]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%BChst%C3%BCckstreff" title="Frühstückstreff"&gt;Frühstückstreff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;General&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fubar_%28social_networking_site%29" title="Fubar (social networking site)"&gt;Fubar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;dating, an "online bar" for 18 and older&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000001200000.000000&lt;/span&gt;1,200,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-46" title=""&gt;[47]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000002609.000000&lt;/span&gt;2,609&lt;sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-47" title=""&gt;[48]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_Online" title="Gaia Online"&gt;Gaia Online&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime" title="Anime"&gt;Anime&lt;/a&gt; and games&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gather_%28website%29" title="Gather (website)" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Gather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Article, picture, and video sharing, as well as group discussions&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000465000.000000&lt;/span&gt;465,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-48" title=""&gt;[49]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geni.com" title="Geni.com"&gt;Geni.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Families, genealogy&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000015000000.000000&lt;/span&gt;15,000,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-49" title=""&gt;[50]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodreads" title="Goodreads"&gt;Goodreads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Library cataloging, book lovers&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;5,305&lt;sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-50" title=""&gt;[51]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossipreport.com" title="Gossipreport.com"&gt;Gossipreport.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Anonymous gossip&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open to people 16 and older&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grono.net" title="Grono.net"&gt;Grono.net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland" title="Poland"&gt;Poland&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invitation_system" title="Invitation system"&gt;Invite-only&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GuildCafe" title="GuildCafe" class="mw-redirect"&gt;GuildCafe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Online games&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habbo" title="Habbo"&gt;Habbo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;General. Over 31 communities worldwide. &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chat_Room" title="Chat Room" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Chat Room&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habbo#User_profiles" title="Habbo"&gt;user profiles&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000100000000.000000&lt;/span&gt;100,000,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-51" title=""&gt;[52]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-52" title=""&gt;[53]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open to people 13 and older&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000004050.000000&lt;/span&gt;4,050&lt;sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-53" title=""&gt;[54]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi5_%28Website%29" title="Hi5 (Website)" class="mw-redirect"&gt;hi5&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;General. Popular in Portugal, Cyprus, Romania, Thailand and Latin America.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000080000000.000000&lt;/span&gt;80,000,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_54-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-autogenerated1-54" title=""&gt;[55]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open to people 13 and older&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000000016.000000&lt;/span&gt;16&lt;sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-55" title=""&gt;[56]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospitality_Club" title="Hospitality Club"&gt;Hospitality Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Hospitality&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000328629.000000&lt;/span&gt;328,629&lt;sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-56" title=""&gt;[57]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyves" title="Hyves"&gt;Hyves&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Most popular &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"&gt;Dutch&lt;/a&gt; social network, especially for students&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000004000000.000000&lt;/span&gt;4,000,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-57" title=""&gt;[58]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000000216.000000&lt;/span&gt;216&lt;sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-58" title=""&gt;[59]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imeem" title="Imeem"&gt;imeem&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Music, Video, Photos, Blogs&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000024000000.000000&lt;/span&gt;24,000,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-59" title=""&gt;[60]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000000140.000000&lt;/span&gt;140&lt;sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-60" title=""&gt;[61]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRC-Galleria" title="IRC-Galleria"&gt;IRC-Galleria&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Finland&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000500000.000000&lt;/span&gt;500,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-61" title=""&gt;[62]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open to Finnish speaking people 12 and older&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itsmy" title="Itsmy"&gt;itsmy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Mobile community worldwide, blogging, friends, personal TV-shows&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000002500000.000000&lt;/span&gt;2,500,000.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-62" title=""&gt;[63]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IWiW" title="IWiW"&gt;iWiW&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary"&gt;Hungary&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000001700000.000000&lt;/span&gt;1,700,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-63" title=""&gt;[64]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invitation_system" title="Invitation system"&gt;Invite-only&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaiku" title="Jaiku"&gt;Jaiku&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;General. Owned by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google" title="Google"&gt;Google&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open to people 13 and older&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaioo" title="Kaioo"&gt;kaioo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;General, nonprofit&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000030000.000000&lt;/span&gt;30,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-64" title=""&gt;[65]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last.fm" title="Last.fm"&gt;Last.fm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Music&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000021000000.000000&lt;/span&gt;21,000,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-65" title=""&gt;[66]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open to people 13 and older&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000000262.000000&lt;/span&gt;262&lt;sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2_66-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-autogenerated2-66" title=""&gt;[67]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LibraryThing" title="LibraryThing"&gt;LibraryThing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Book lovers&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000400000.000000&lt;/span&gt;400,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-67" title=""&gt;[68]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open to people 13 and older&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifeknot" title="Lifeknot"&gt;lifeknot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Shared interests, hobbies&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open to people 18 and older.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinkedIn" title="LinkedIn"&gt;LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Business&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000027000000.000000&lt;/span&gt;27,000,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-68" title=""&gt;[69]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000000211.000000&lt;/span&gt;211&lt;sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-69" title=""&gt;[70]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiveJournal" title="LiveJournal"&gt;LiveJournal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Blogging&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000016723587.000000&lt;/span&gt;16,723,587&lt;sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-70" title=""&gt;[71]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenID" title="OpenID"&gt;OpenID&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000000056.000000&lt;/span&gt;56&lt;sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-71" title=""&gt;[72]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LunarStorm" title="LunarStorm"&gt;LunarStorm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Sweden&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MEETin" title="MEETin"&gt;MEETin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;General&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meetup.com" title="Meetup.com"&gt;Meetup.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;General. Used to plan offline meetings for people interested in various activities.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open to people 18 and older.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiGente.com" title="MiGente.com"&gt;MiGente.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latino" title="Latino"&gt;Latinos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000002800000.000000&lt;/span&gt;2,800,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-72" title=""&gt;[73]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000005266.000000&lt;/span&gt;5,266&lt;sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-73" title=""&gt;[74]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixi" title="Mixi"&gt;Mixi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"&gt;Japan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000017980000.000000&lt;/span&gt;17,980,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-74" title=""&gt;[75]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invitation_system" title="Invitation system"&gt;Invite-only&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000000064.000000&lt;/span&gt;64&lt;sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-75" title=""&gt;[76]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobikade" title="Mobikade"&gt;mobikade&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;mobile community, UK only&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open to people 18 and older&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MocoSpace" title="MocoSpace"&gt;MocoSpace&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;mobile community, worldwide&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000003000000.000000&lt;/span&gt;3,000,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-76" title=""&gt;[77]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open to people 14 and older&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOG_%28online_music%29" title="MOG (online music)"&gt;MOG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Music&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open to people 14 and older&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiply_%28website%29" title="Multiply (website)"&gt;Multiply&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;"Real world" relationships&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000009000000.000000&lt;/span&gt;9,000,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-77" title=""&gt;[78]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open to people 13 and older&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000000150.000000&lt;/span&gt;150&lt;sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-78" title=""&gt;[79]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muxlim" title="Muxlim"&gt;Muxlim&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Muslim portal site&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000050000.000000&lt;/span&gt;50,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-79" title=""&gt;[80]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open to people 13 and older&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000094338.000000&lt;/span&gt;94,338&lt;sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-80" title=""&gt;[81]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyChurch" title="MyChurch"&gt;MyChurch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Christian Churches&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000144295.000000&lt;/span&gt;144,295&lt;sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-81" title=""&gt;[82]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyHeritage" title="MyHeritage"&gt;MyHeritage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;family-oriented social network service&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MySpace" title="MySpace"&gt;MySpace&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;General. Popular in the United States, Canada and Europe.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000246351193.000000&lt;/span&gt;246,351,193&lt;sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-82" title=""&gt;[83]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open to ages 14 and up.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000000006.000000&lt;/span&gt;6&lt;sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2_66-1" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-autogenerated2-66" title=""&gt;[67]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=My_Net_Kings&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="My Net Kings (page does not exist)"&gt;My Net Kings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Business Networking&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000025000.000000&lt;/span&gt;25,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-83" title=""&gt;[84]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Open_to_all_business_professionals%21&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Open to all business professionals! (page does not exist)"&gt;Open to all business professionals!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000002234056.000000&lt;/span&gt;2,234,056&lt;sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-84" title=""&gt;[85]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyYearbook" title="MyYearbook"&gt;myYearbook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;General&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000005100000.000000&lt;/span&gt;5,100,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-85" title=""&gt;[86]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open to age 13 and up &amp;amp; Grades 9 and up&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000000894.000000&lt;/span&gt;894&lt;sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-86" title=""&gt;[87]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasza-klasa.pl" title="Nasza-klasa.pl"&gt;Nasza-klasa.pl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;School, college and friends. Popular in Poland.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000011000000.000000&lt;/span&gt;11,000,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-87" title=""&gt;[88]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabuur" title="Nabuur"&gt;Nabuur&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Online Volunteering&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netlog" title="Netlog"&gt;Netlog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;General. Popular in Europe. Formerly known as Facebox and Redbox.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000036000000.000000&lt;/span&gt;36,000,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-88" title=""&gt;[89]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-89" title=""&gt;[90]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000000098.000000&lt;/span&gt;98&lt;sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-90" title=""&gt;[91]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nettby" title="Nettby"&gt;Nettby&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Norwegian Community.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexopia" title="Nexopia"&gt;Nexopia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Canada&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000001400000.000000&lt;/span&gt;1,400,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-91" title=""&gt;[92]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open to people 14 and older&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;4,362&lt;sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-92" title=""&gt;[93]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ning" title="Ning"&gt;Ning&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Users create their own social websites and social networks&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000000566.000000&lt;/span&gt;566&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odnoklassniki.ru" title="Odnoklassniki.ru"&gt;Odnoklassniki.ru&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;General. Popular in Russia&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000010000000.000000&lt;/span&gt;10,000,000&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000000040.000000&lt;/span&gt;40&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OkCupid" title="OkCupid"&gt;OkCupid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Social networking and dating&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open to people 18 and older&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orkut" title="Orkut"&gt;Orkut&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Owned by Google. Popular in Brazil, Paraguay and India. Gaining some popularity in the USA and Canada.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000067000000.000000&lt;/span&gt;67,000,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-93" title=""&gt;[94]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open to people 18 and older, (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google" title="Google"&gt;Google&lt;/a&gt; login)&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000000011.000000&lt;/span&gt;11&lt;sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-94" title=""&gt;[95]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OUTeverywhere" title="OUTeverywhere"&gt;OUTeverywhere&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay" title="Gay"&gt;Gay&lt;/a&gt;/&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ" title="LGBTQ" class="mw-redirect"&gt;LGBTQ&lt;/a&gt; Community&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passado" title="Passado"&gt;Passado&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;General&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passportstamp" title="Passportstamp"&gt;Passportstamp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Travel&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PerfSpot" title="PerfSpot"&gt;PerfSpot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;General w/International focus &amp;amp; claim to largest media collection of social networks&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000020000000.000000&lt;/span&gt;20,000,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-95" title=""&gt;[96]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000000072.000000&lt;/span&gt;72&lt;sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-96" title=""&gt;[97]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pingsta" title="Pingsta"&gt;Pingsta&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Collaborative platform for the world's &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internetwork" title="Internetwork" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Internetwork&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experts" title="Experts" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Experts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Invite-only, only Internet Experts&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaxo" title="Plaxo"&gt;Plaxo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Business&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000015000000.000000&lt;/span&gt;15,000,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-97" title=""&gt;[98]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playahead" title="Playahead"&gt;Playahead&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Swedish, Danish,Norwegian teenagers&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playboy_U" title="Playboy U"&gt;Playboy U&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Online college community&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open to college students with .edu e-mail address&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plurk" title="Plurk"&gt;Plurk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Micro-blogging, RSS, updates&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;strong class="error"&gt;Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;27,061&lt;sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-98" title=""&gt;[99]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pownce" title="Pownce"&gt;Pownce&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Websites, files, and short updates&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ProfileHeaven" title="ProfileHeaven"&gt;ProfileHeaven&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;British teens&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open to people 13 and older&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarterlife" title="Quarterlife"&gt;quarterlife&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;A social network for artists, filmmakers, musicians, and creative people&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open to people 14 and older&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RateItAll" title="RateItAll"&gt;RateItAll&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;General (consumer ratings)&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravelry" title="Ravelry"&gt;Ravelry&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Knitting and crochet&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000080000.000000&lt;/span&gt;80,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-99" title=""&gt;[100]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invitation_system" title="Invitation system"&gt;Invite-only&lt;/a&gt; while in beta&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reunion.com" title="Reunion.com"&gt;Reunion.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Locating friends and family, keeping in touch&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000048000000.000000&lt;/span&gt;48,000,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-100" title=""&gt;[101]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000002311.000000&lt;/span&gt;2,311&lt;sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-101" title=""&gt;[102]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryze" title="Ryze"&gt;Ryze&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Business&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000500000.000000&lt;/span&gt;500,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-102" title=""&gt;[103]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scispace.net" title="Scispace.net"&gt;scispace.net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Collaborative network site for scientists&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;By invitation, but can request an invitation&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelfari" title="Shelfari"&gt;Shelfari&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Books&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyrock" title="Skyrock"&gt;Skyrock&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Leading Social Network in French-speaking world&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000022000000.000000&lt;/span&gt;22,000,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-103" title=""&gt;[104]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000000041.000000&lt;/span&gt;41&lt;sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-104" title=""&gt;[105]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonico.com" title="Sonico.com"&gt;Sonico.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;General. Popular in Latin America and Spanish and Portuguese speaking regions.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000017000000.000000&lt;/span&gt;17,000,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-105" title=""&gt;[106]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-106" title=""&gt;[107]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open to people 13 and older.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000000297.000000&lt;/span&gt;297&lt;sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-107" title=""&gt;[108]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundpedia" title="Soundpedia"&gt;Soundpedia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Music&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sportsvite" title="Sportsvite"&gt;Sportsvite&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Recreational sports&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000022000.000000&lt;/span&gt;22,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-108" title=""&gt;[109]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stickam" title="Stickam"&gt;Stickam&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Live video streaming and chat.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000002000000.000000&lt;/span&gt;2,000,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-109" title=""&gt;[110]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student.com" title="Student.com"&gt;Student.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;International teens and colleges&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StudiVZ" title="StudiVZ"&gt;StudiVZ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;University students, mostly in the German-speaking countries&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000008000000.000000&lt;/span&gt;8,000,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-110" title=""&gt;[111]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagged.com" title="Tagged.com"&gt;Tagged.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;General&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000030000000.000000&lt;/span&gt;30,000,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-111" title=""&gt;[112]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000000236.000000&lt;/span&gt;236&lt;sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-112" title=""&gt;[113]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taltopia" title="Taltopia"&gt;Taltopia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Online artistic community&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TravBuddy.com" title="TravBuddy.com"&gt;TravBuddy.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Travel&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travellerspoint" title="Travellerspoint"&gt;Travellerspoint&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Travel&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribe.net" title="Tribe.net"&gt;tribe.net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;General&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000003517.000000&lt;/span&gt;3,517&lt;sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-113" title=""&gt;[114]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trombi.com" title="Trombi.com"&gt;Trombi.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;French subsidiary of Classmates.com&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000004400000.000000&lt;/span&gt;4,400,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-114" title=""&gt;[115]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuenti.com" title="Tuenti.com" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Tuenti.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;General. Very Popular in Spain&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Invite-only&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000000587.000000&lt;/span&gt;587&lt;sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-115" title=""&gt;[116]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Micro-blogging, RSS, updates&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000002200000.000000&lt;/span&gt;2,200,000 &lt;sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-116" title=""&gt;[117]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000001970.000000&lt;/span&gt;1,970&lt;sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-117" title=""&gt;[118]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_Kontakte" title="V Kontakte" class="mw-redirect"&gt;V Kontakte&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Russian social network.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000016000000.000000&lt;/span&gt;16,000,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-118" title=""&gt;[119]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000000034.000000&lt;/span&gt;34&lt;sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-119" title=""&gt;[120]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampirefreaks" title="Vampirefreaks"&gt;Vampirefreaks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Gothic and industrial subculture&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000001725604.000000&lt;/span&gt;1,725,604 &lt;sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-120" title=""&gt;[121]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open to users 13 and over&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vox_%28blogging_platform%29" title="Vox (blogging platform)"&gt;Vox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Blogging&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAYN_%28website%29" title="WAYN (website)"&gt;WAYN&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Travel and lifestyle&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000010000000.000000&lt;/span&gt;10,000,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-121" title=""&gt;[122]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open to people 18 and older&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000000823.000000&lt;/span&gt;823&lt;sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-122" title=""&gt;[123]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebBiographies" title="WebBiographies"&gt;WebBiographies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genealogy" title="Genealogy"&gt;Genealogy&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biography" title="Biography"&gt;biography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Spaces" title="Windows Live Spaces"&gt;Windows Live Spaces&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Blogging (formerly MSN Spaces)&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000120000000.000000&lt;/span&gt;120,000,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-123" title=""&gt;[124]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000000004.000000&lt;/span&gt;4&lt;sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-124" title=""&gt;[125]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wis.dm" title="Wis.dm"&gt;Wis.dm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Questions and answers about anything and everything&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000050000.000000&lt;/span&gt;50,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-125" title=""&gt;[126]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanga" title="Xanga"&gt;Xanga&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Blogs and "metro" areas&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000027000000.000000&lt;/span&gt;27,000,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-126" title=""&gt;[127]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000000230.000000&lt;/span&gt;230&lt;sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-127" title=""&gt;[128]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XING" title="XING"&gt;XING&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Business (primarily Europe (Germany) and China)&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000006000000.000000&lt;/span&gt;6,000,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-128" title=""&gt;[129]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000001814.000000&lt;/span&gt;1,814&lt;sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-129" title=""&gt;[130]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiaonei" title="Xiaonei"&gt;Xiaonei&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Significant site in China&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000015000000.000000&lt;/span&gt;15,000,000&lt;sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-130" title=""&gt;[131]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo%21_360%C2%B0" title="Yahoo! 360°"&gt;Yahoo! 360°&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Linked to Yahoo! IDs, unsupported&lt;sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-131" title=""&gt;[132]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open to people 18 and older, (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo%21" title="Yahoo!"&gt;Yahoo!&lt;/a&gt; login)&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo%21_Mash" title="Yahoo! Mash"&gt;Yahoo! Mash&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Yahoo's new &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_network_service" title="Social network service"&gt;SNS&lt;/a&gt; - Still in beta&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invitation_system" title="Invitation system"&gt;Invite-only&lt;/a&gt; while in beta&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;has shut down&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yelp,_Inc." title="Yelp, Inc."&gt;Yelp, Inc.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Local Business Review and Talk&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youmeo" title="Youmeo"&gt;Youmeo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;UK Social Network (focus on data portability)&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube"&gt;YouTube&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Video Sharing Social Network&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open (some videos are available only to users of age 18 or older)&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zude" title="Zude"&gt;Zude&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Social Network&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Open (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenID" title="OpenID"&gt;OpenID&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;amp;0000000000124804.000000&lt;/span&gt;124,804&lt;sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_note-132" title=""&gt;[133]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="References" id="References"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_social_networking_websites&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=1" title="Edit section: References"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;References&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;div class="references-small" style="-moz-column-count: 2;"&gt; &lt;ol class="references"&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-0"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-0" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/site/ds/top_sites?ts_mode=global&amp;amp;lang=none" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/site/ds/top_sites?ts_mode=global&amp;amp;lang=none" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alexa Top 500 Sites&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-1" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB114113606338885286-kKdCK_sy2Ly87GC5blGHGGrYq1s_20070301.html?mod=rss_free" class="external text" title="http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB114113606338885286-kKdCK_sy2Ly87GC5blGHGGrYq1s_20070301.html?mod=rss_free" rel="nofollow"&gt;Wall Street Journal&lt;/a&gt; March 1, 2006&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-2" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/adultfriendfinder.com" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/adultfriendfinder.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alexa Traffic Details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-3"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-3" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.advogato.org/person/" class="external text" title="http://www.advogato.org/person/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Advogato User Stats&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-4"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-4" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/advogato.org" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/advogato.org" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alexa Traffic Details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-5"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-5" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/amiestreet.com" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/amiestreet.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alexa Traffic Details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-6"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-6" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/anobii.com" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/anobii.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alexa Traffic Details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-7"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-7" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/06/fashion/06smallworld.html" class="external text" title="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/06/fashion/06smallworld.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;New York Times Online edition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-8"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-8" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/aSmallWorld.net" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/aSmallWorld.net" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alexa Traffic Details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-9"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-9" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/authorstream.com" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/authorstream.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alexa Traffic Details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-10"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-10" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/digitalcontent/2008/03/elevator_pitch_why_badoo_wants.html" class="external text" title="http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/digitalcontent/2008/03/elevator_pitch_why_badoo_wants.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Guardian Interview with Badoo's Communications Director, Lucy George&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-11"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-11" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/badoo.com" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/badoo.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alexa Traffic Details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-12"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-12" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; "&lt;a href="http://fr.techcrunch.com/2008/08/07/lete-en-fete-pour-bahucom-des-blogs-un-lecteur-video-et-un-million-dutilisateurs/" class="external text" title="http://fr.techcrunch.com/2008/08/07/lete-en-fete-pour-bahucom-des-blogs-un-lecteur-video-et-un-million-dutilisateurs/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Bahu's video player and one million users&lt;/a&gt;".  fr.techcrunch.com. Retrieved on &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008" title="2008"&gt;2008&lt;/a&gt;-&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_20" title="July 20"&gt;07-20&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-13"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-13" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/bahu.com" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/bahu.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alexa Traffic Details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-14"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-14" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; "&lt;a href="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22858110-7582,00.html" class="external text" title="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22858110-7582,00.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Bebo talking with mobile portals&lt;/a&gt;", &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Australian" title="The Australian"&gt;The Australian&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (December 3, 2007).&lt;span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;amp;rft.type=newspaperArticle&amp;amp;rft.subject=News&amp;amp;rft.title=Bebo+talking+with+mobile+portals&amp;amp;rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.news.com.au%2Fstory%2F0%2C25197%2C22858110-7582%2C00.html&amp;amp;rft.source=%5B%5BThe+Australian%5D%5D&amp;amp;rft.date=December+3%2C+2007"&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-15"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-15" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/bebo.com" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/bebo.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alexa Traffic Details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-16"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-16" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/4/blackplanet_parent_community_connect_sells_to_radio_one_for_38_million" class="external text" title="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/4/blackplanet_parent_community_connect_sells_to_radio_one_for_38_million" rel="nofollow"&gt;Silicon Alley Insider: April 11, 2008&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-17"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-17" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/blackplanet.com" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/blackplanet.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alexa Traffic Details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-18"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-18" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.quantcast.com/broadcaster.com" class="external text" title="http://www.quantcast.com/broadcaster.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Quantcast ratings for broadcaster.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-19"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-19" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.buzznet.com/cp/about/?t=footer%7Cwelcome%7Cabout" class="external text" title="http://www.buzznet.com/cp/about/?t=footer|welcome|about" rel="nofollow"&gt;Buzznet information page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-20"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-20" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/Buzznet.com" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/Buzznet.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alexa Traffic Details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-21"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-21" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; "&lt;a href="http://www.crainsnewyork.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080504/FREE/876270075" class="external text" title="http://www.crainsnewyork.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080504/FREE/876270075" rel="nofollow"&gt;Mothers' little helper&lt;/a&gt;", Crain’s New York Business (May 3, 2008).&lt;span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;amp;rft.type=newspaperArticle&amp;amp;rft.subject=News&amp;amp;rft.title=Mothers%27+little+helper&amp;amp;rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.crainsnewyork.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D%2F20080504%2FFREE%2F876270075&amp;amp;rft.publisher=Crain%E2%80%99s+New+York+Business&amp;amp;rft.date=May+3%2C+2008"&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-22"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-22" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/CafeMom.com" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/CafeMom.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alexa Traffic Details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-23"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-23" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.care2.com/" class="external text" title="http://www.care2.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Care2.com homepage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-24"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-24" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/26/classmates-ipo-tries-to-cash-in-on-social-networking-craze/" class="external text" title="http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/26/classmates-ipo-tries-to-cash-in-on-social-networking-craze/" rel="nofollow"&gt;TechCrunch highlights S1 filing, September 2007 user numbers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-25"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-25" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/Classmates.com" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/Classmates.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alexa Traffic Details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-26"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-26" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20060731/cyworld-myspace-sktelecom-newscorp.htm" class="external text" title="http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20060731/cyworld-myspace-sktelecom-newscorp.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;International Business Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-27"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-27" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/cyworld.com" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/cyworld.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alexa Traffic Details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-28"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-28" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/deviantart.com" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/deviantart.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alexa Traffic Details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-29"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-29" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.elftown.com/start.html" class="external text" title="http://www.elftown.com/start.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;| Elftown&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-30"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-30" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/eons.com" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/eons.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alexa Traffic Details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-31"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-31" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-9973826-36.html" class="external text" title="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-9973826-36.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;ComScore | Cnet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-32"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-32" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/facebook.com" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/facebook.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alexa Traffic Details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-33"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-33" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.facepartyexposed.com/fpe/faceparty_faceparty-drops-below-thousands-members-count.html" class="external text" title="http://www.facepartyexposed.com/fpe/faceparty_faceparty-drops-below-thousands-members-count.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Faceparty announced removing 7 million account in a mass message to all members, therefore leaving 200,000&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-34"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-34" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/faceparty.com" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/faceparty.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alexa Traffic Details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-35"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-35" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.montrealmirror.com/2008/090408/news1.html" class="external text" title="http://www.montrealmirror.com/2008/090408/news1.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Facebook for the kinky (as of Aug. 2008)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-36"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-36" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/fetlife.com" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/fetlife.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alexa Traffic Details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-37"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-37" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.flixster.com/" class="external text" title="http://www.flixster.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;flixster home page stats (as of June 11, 2008)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-38"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-38" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/flixster.com" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/flixster.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alexa Traffic Details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-39"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-39" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/flickr.com" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/flickr.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alexa Traffic Details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-40"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-40" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.businesswire.com/news/google/20080220005926/en" class="external text" title="http://www.businesswire.com/news/google/20080220005926/en" rel="nofollow"&gt;Hi-Media press release&lt;/a&gt; February 20, 2008&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-41"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-41" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/fotolog.com" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/fotolog.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alexa Traffic Details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-42"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-42" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/apr/29/itv.digitalmedia?gusrc=rss&amp;amp;feed=media" class="external text" title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/apr/29/itv.digitalmedia?gusrc=rss&amp;amp;feed=media" rel="nofollow"&gt;The Guardian: April 29 2008&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-43"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-43" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/friendsreunited.com" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/friendsreunited.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alexa Traffic Details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-44"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-44" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.friendster.com/info/index.php" class="external text" title="http://www.friendster.com/info/index.php" rel="nofollow"&gt;Friendster reported number, May 2008&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-45"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-45" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/friendster.com" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/friendster.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alexa Traffic Details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-46"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-46" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.ad-hoc-news.de/CorporateNews/en/13650386/Jangl-Voice-Enables-Fubar-Suddenly,-It%27s-Easy-to-Talk-to" class="external text" title="http://www.ad-hoc-news.de/CorporateNews/en/13650386/Jangl-Voice-Enables-Fubar-Suddenly,-It's-Easy-to-Talk-to" rel="nofollow"&gt;Jangl Voice-Enables Fubar: Suddenly, It'S Easy To Talk To Someone You Meet At ''The First Online Bar And Happy Hour''&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-47"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-47" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/fubar.com" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/fubar.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alexa Traffic Details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-48"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-48" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977202002" class="external text" title="http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977202002" rel="nofollow"&gt;Gather Article by Altair Ego&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-49"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-49" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.geni.com/" class="external text" title="http://www.geni.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Geni Home Page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-50"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-50" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/goodreads.com" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/goodreads.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alexa Traffic Details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-51"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-51" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.habbo.co.uk/articles/222-million-habbos" class="external text" title="http://www.habbo.co.uk/articles/222-million-habbos" rel="nofollow"&gt;Habbo UK Articles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-52"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-52" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; 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Retrieved on &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008" title="2008"&gt;2008&lt;/a&gt;-&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_15" title="April 15"&gt;04-15&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;amp;rft.type=newspaperArticle&amp;amp;rft.subject=News&amp;amp;rft.aufirst=Tim&amp;amp;rft.aulast=Green&amp;amp;rft.title=Itsmy+socialises+Italians&amp;amp;rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mobile-ent.biz%2Fnews%2F30013%2FItsmy-socialises-Italians&amp;amp;rft.publisher=%5B%5BMobile+Entertainment%5D%5D"&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-63"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-63" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; "iWiW users double since purchase by T-Online", Europe Intelligence Wire (January 24, 2007).&lt;span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;amp;rft.type=newspaperArticle&amp;amp;rft.subject=News&amp;amp;rft.title=iWiW+users+double+since+purchase+by+T-Online&amp;amp;rft.publisher=Europe+Intelligence+Wire&amp;amp;rft.date=January+24%2C+2007"&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-64"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-64" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/news//2008/01/social_networking_30_kaioo_nonprofit_for.php" class="external text" title="http://www.editorsweblog.org/news//2008/01/social_networking_30_kaioo_nonprofit_for.php" rel="nofollow"&gt;EditorsWeblog Article January 2008&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-65"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-65" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; "&lt;a href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&amp;amp;articleId=9021918" class="external text" title="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&amp;amp;articleId=9021918" rel="nofollow"&gt;CBS ups social networking ante with Last.fm acquisition&lt;/a&gt;".  Computerworld.com (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007" title="2007"&gt;2007&lt;/a&gt;-&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_30" title="May 30"&gt;05-30&lt;/a&gt;). 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&lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/muxlim.com" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/muxlim.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alexa Traffic Details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-81"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-81" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; [www.mychurch.org]&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-82"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-82" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/main/myspace.com" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/main/myspace.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;"Alexa the Web Information Company"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-83"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-83" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.mynetkings.com/" class="external text" title="http://www.mynetkings.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;"My Net Kings"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-84"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-84" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/mynetkings.com" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/mynetkings.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alexa Traffic Details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-85"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-85" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.myyearbook.com/press/release13/" class="external text" title="http://www.myyearbook.com/press/release13/" rel="nofollow"&gt;myYearbook Press Release, Dec. 18, 2007&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-86"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-86" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/myYearbook.com" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/myYearbook.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alexa Traffic Details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-87"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-87" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://miasta.gazeta.pl/wroclaw/1,35771,5024528.html" class="external text" title="http://miasta.gazeta.pl/wroclaw/1,35771,5024528.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Gazeta.pl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-88"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-88" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; "&lt;a href="http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB119387616952078433-jqe372LNIRy_8HI5PymOiR5Ff84_20071201.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top" class="external text" title="http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB119387616952078433-jqe372LNIRy_8HI5PymOiR5Ff84_20071201.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top" rel="nofollow"&gt;How Netlog Leaps Language Barriers&lt;/a&gt;", &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal"&gt;The Wall Street Journal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (November 1, 2007).&lt;span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;amp;rft.type=newspaperArticle&amp;amp;rft.subject=News&amp;amp;rft.title=How+Netlog+Leaps+Language+Barriers&amp;amp;rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Fpublic%2Farticle%2FSB119387616952078433-jqe372LNIRy_8HI5PymOiR5Ff84_20071201.html%3Fmod%3Dtff_main_tff_top&amp;amp;rft.source=%5B%5BThe+Wall+Street+Journal%5D%5D&amp;amp;rft.date=November+1%2C+2007"&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-89"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-89" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; "&lt;a href="http://corporate.netlog.com/stats/" class="external text" title="http://corporate.netlog.com/stats/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Netlog Corporate stats&lt;/a&gt;", &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netlog" title="Netlog"&gt;Netlog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (June 10, 2008).&lt;span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;amp;rft.type=newspaperArticle&amp;amp;rft.subject=News&amp;amp;rft.title=Netlog+Corporate+stats&amp;amp;rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcorporate.netlog.com%2Fstats%2F&amp;amp;rft.source=%5B%5BNetlog%5D%5D&amp;amp;rft.date=June+10%2C+2008"&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-90"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-90" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/netlog.com" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/netlog.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alexa Traffic Details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-91"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-91" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.nexopia.com/" class="external text" title="http://www.nexopia.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Nexopia.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-92"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-92" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/nexopia.com" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/nexopia.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alexa traffic details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-93"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-93" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/webdev/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=205101460" class="external text" title="http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/webdev/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=205101460" rel="nofollow"&gt;InformationWeek: December 20, 2007&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-94"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-94" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/orkut.com" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/orkut.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alexa Traffic Details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-95"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-95" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.socialnetworkingwatch.com/2008/08/perfspot-founde.html" class="external text" title="http://www.socialnetworkingwatch.com/2008/08/perfspot-founde.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;press release, Aug 2008&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-96"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-96" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/PerfSpot.com" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/PerfSpot.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alexa Traffic Details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-97"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-97" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; "&lt;a href="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/Is-Plaxo-on-the-Block/" class="external text" title="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/Is-Plaxo-on-the-Block/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Is Plaxo on the Block?&lt;/a&gt;", &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuters" title="Reuters"&gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (January 4, 2008).&lt;span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;amp;rft.type=newspaperArticle&amp;amp;rft.subject=News&amp;amp;rft.title=Is+Plaxo+on+the+Block%3F&amp;amp;rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eweek.com%2Fc%2Fa%2FMessaging-and-Collaboration%2FIs-Plaxo-on-the-Block%2F&amp;amp;rft.source=%5B%5BReuters%5D%5D&amp;amp;rft.date=January+4%2C+2008"&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-98"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-98" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/plurk.com" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/plurk.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alexa Traffic Details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-99"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-99" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; "In Stitches", &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Jose_Mercury_News" title="San Jose Mercury News"&gt;San Jose Mercury News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (February 22, 2008).&lt;span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;amp;rft.type=newspaperArticle&amp;amp;rft.subject=News&amp;amp;rft.title=In+Stitches&amp;amp;rft.source=%5B%5BSan+Jose+Mercury+News%5D%5D&amp;amp;rft.date=February+22%2C+2008"&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-100"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-100" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/01/09/social-network-stats-facebook-myspace-reunion-jan-2008/" class="external text" title="http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/01/09/social-network-stats-facebook-myspace-reunion-jan-2008/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Web Strategist: Jan. 9, 2008&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-101"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-101" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/Reunion.com" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/Reunion.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alexa Traffic Details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-102"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-102" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; "Fresh opportunities for older workers", &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune"&gt;Chicago Tribune&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (January 6, 2008), p. 8 (Employment Outlook 2008 section).&lt;span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;amp;rft.type=newspaperArticle&amp;amp;rft.subject=News&amp;amp;rft.title=Fresh+opportunities+for+older+workers&amp;amp;rft.source=%5B%5BChicago+Tribune%5D%5D&amp;amp;rft.spage=8+%28Employment+Outlook+2008+section%29&amp;amp;rft.date=January+6%2C+2008"&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-103"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-103" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sinlung.com/?p=645" class="external text" title="http://www.sinlung.com/?p=645" rel="nofollow"&gt;Sinlung News&lt;/a&gt; (March 11, 2008)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-104"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-104" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/skyrock.com" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/skyrock.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alexa Traffic Details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-105"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-105" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://mashable.com/2008/05/21/sonico" class="external text" title="http://mashable.com/2008/05/21/sonico" rel="nofollow"&gt;Sonico: The Largest Social Network in Latin America?&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://mashable.com/" class="external text" title="http://mashable.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Mashable&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-106"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-106" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.telecom.paper.nl/news/article.aspx?id=216214&amp;amp;nr=" class="external text" title="http://www.telecom.paper.nl/news/article.aspx?id=216214&amp;amp;nr=" rel="nofollow"&gt;Social networking page Sonico counts 15 mln users&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.telecom.paper.nl/" class="external text" title="http://www.telecom.paper.nl" rel="nofollow"&gt;Telecom Paper&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-107"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-107" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/sonico.com" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/sonico.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Traffic details in Alexa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-108"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-108" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; "&lt;a href="http://www.thestreet.com/print/story/10356473.html" class="external text" title="http://www.thestreet.com/print/story/10356473.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Spotlight on Sportsvite&lt;/a&gt;", TheStreet.com (May 15, 2007).&lt;span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;amp;rft.type=newspaperArticle&amp;amp;rft.subject=News&amp;amp;rft.title=Spotlight+on+Sportsvite&amp;amp;rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thestreet.com%2Fprint%2Fstory%2F10356473.html&amp;amp;rft.publisher=TheStreet.com&amp;amp;rft.date=May+15%2C+2007"&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt; 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&lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/tagged.com" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/tagged.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alexa Traffic Details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-113"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-113" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/tribe.net" class="external text" title="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/tribe.net" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alexa Traffic Details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-114"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-114" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.trombi.com/" class="external text" title="http://www.trombi.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;| Trombi.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-115"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#cite_ref-115" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; 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Roitman, has been practicing law for 22 years. Howard R.Roitman is one of the first attorneys to be recognized by the State Bar of Nevada as a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning. He is a member of the Bar in Nevada, California, New York, and the District of Columbia. He is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center (JD in 1984 and LL.M in taxation in 1985), and the Harvard Law School Mediation Program . 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Nevada Lawyer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Las Vegas Lawyer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Good idea? addwords'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;h1 class="firstHeading"&gt;arry Reid&lt;/h1&gt;   &lt;div id="bodyContent"&gt;    &lt;h3 id="siteSub"&gt;From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia&lt;/h3&gt;              &lt;div id="jump-to-nav"&gt;Jump to: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#column-one"&gt;navigation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#searchInput"&gt;search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;!-- start content --&gt;    &lt;table class="infobox vcard" style="margin-top: 1px; width: 23em; font-size: 90%; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.5em;"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td colspan="2" class="fn" style="text-align: center; font-size: 140%; font-weight: bold;"&gt; &lt;div class="imagemap-inline"&gt;&lt;span class="fn"&gt;Harry Reid&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Harry_Reid_official_portrait.jpg" class="image" title="Harry Reid"&gt;&lt;img alt="Harry Reid" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Harry_Reid_official_portrait.jpg/225px-Harry_Reid_official_portrait.jpg" border="0" width="225" height="282" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: 110%;"&gt; &lt;hr /&gt; &lt;div style="background: lavender none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;24th &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Majority_Leader" title="United States Senate Majority Leader" class="mw-redirect"&gt;United States Senate Majority Leader&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/th&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td colspan="2" style="background: lavender none repeat scroll 0% 0%; text-align: center; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent"&gt;Incumbent&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Assumed office &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;January 4, 2007&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;Deputy&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Durbin" title="Richard Durbin" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Richard Durbin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;Preceded by&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Frist" title="Bill Frist"&gt;Bill Frist&lt;/a&gt; (R)&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: 110%;"&gt; &lt;hr /&gt; &lt;div style="background: lavender none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;21st &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Minority_Leader" title="United States Senate Minority Leader" class="mw-redirect"&gt;United States Senate Minority Leader&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/th&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;In office&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;Deputy&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Durbin" title="Richard Durbin" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Richard Durbin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;Preceded by&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Daschle" title="Tom Daschle"&gt;Tom Daschle&lt;/a&gt; (D)&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;Succeeded by&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_McConnell" title="Mitch McConnell"&gt;Mitch McConnell&lt;/a&gt; (R)&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: 110%;"&gt; &lt;hr /&gt; &lt;div style="background: lavender none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;27th &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Majority_Whip" title="United States Senate Majority Whip" class="mw-redirect"&gt;United States Senate Majority Whip&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/th&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;In office&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;June 6, 2001 – January 3, 2003&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;Leader&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Daschle" title="Tom Daschle"&gt;Tom Daschle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;Preceded by&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Nickles" title="Don Nickles"&gt;Don Nickles&lt;/a&gt; (R)&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;Succeeded by&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_McConnell" title="Mitch McConnell"&gt;Mitch McConnell&lt;/a&gt; (R)&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: 110%;"&gt; &lt;hr /&gt; &lt;div style="background: lavender none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;27th &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Minority_Whip" title="United States Senate Minority Whip" class="mw-redirect"&gt;United States Senate Minority Whip&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/th&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;In office&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001&lt;br /&gt;January 20 - June 6, 2001&lt;br /&gt;January 3, 2003 - January 3, 2005&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;Leader&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Daschle" title="Tom Daschle"&gt;Tom Daschle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;Preceded by&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell_Ford" title="Wendell Ford" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Wendell Ford&lt;/a&gt; (1999)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Nickles" title="Don Nickles"&gt;Don Nickles&lt;/a&gt; (2001)&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;Succeeded by&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Nickles" title="Don Nickles"&gt;Don Nickles&lt;/a&gt; (2001)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Durbin" title="Richard Durbin" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Richard Durbin&lt;/a&gt; (2005)&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: 110%;"&gt; &lt;hr /&gt; &lt;div style="background: lavender none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;Senior &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Senate" title="US Senate" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Senator&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;from &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada" title="Nevada"&gt;Nevada&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/th&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td colspan="2" style="background: lavender none repeat scroll 0% 0%; text-align: center; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent"&gt;Incumbent&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Assumed office &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;January 3, 1987&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;Preceded by&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Laxalt" title="Paul Laxalt"&gt;Paul Laxalt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: 110%;"&gt; &lt;hr /&gt; &lt;div style="background: lavender none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;Member of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._House_of_Representatives" title="U.S. House of Representatives" class="mw-redirect"&gt;U.S. House of Representatives&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada" title="Nevada"&gt;Nevada&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Nevada's 1st congressional district"&gt;1st district&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/th&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;In office&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1987&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;Preceded by&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_David_Santini" title="James David Santini"&gt;James David Santini&lt;/a&gt; (At-large)&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;Succeeded by&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bilbray" title="James Bilbray"&gt;James Bilbray&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: 110%;"&gt; &lt;hr /&gt; &lt;div style="background: lavender none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Nevada" title="Lieutenant Governor of Nevada"&gt;Lieutenant Governor of Nevada&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/th&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;In office&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1971 – 1975&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;Governor&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_O%27Callaghan" title="Mike O'Callaghan"&gt;Mike O'Callaghan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;Preceded by&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Fike" title="Edward Fike"&gt;Edward Fike&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;Succeeded by&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rose" title="Robert Rose"&gt;Robert Rose&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td colspan="2"&gt; &lt;hr /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;Born&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;December 2, 1939 &lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;(&lt;span class="bday"&gt;1939-12-02&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="noprint"&gt;(age 68)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Searchlight,_Nevada" title="Searchlight, Nevada"&gt;Searchlight&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada" title="Nevada"&gt;Nevada&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;Political party&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_%28United_States%29" title="Democratic Party (United States)"&gt;Democratic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;Spouse&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Landra Gould&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;Residence&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Searchlight, Nevada&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater"&gt;Alma mater&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_State_University" title="Utah State University"&gt;Utah State University&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_University" title="George Washington University" class="mw-redirect"&gt;George Washington University&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;Profession&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Lawyer&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;Religion&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter_Day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints" class="mw-redirect"&gt;The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Harry Mason Reid&lt;/b&gt; (born December 2, 1939) is the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senior_Senator" title="Senior Senator" class="mw-redirect"&gt;senior&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate"&gt;United States Senator&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada" title="Nevada"&gt;Nevada&lt;/a&gt; and a member of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_%28United_States%29" title="Democratic Party (United States)"&gt;Democratic Party&lt;/a&gt;, as well as the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_leaders_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Party leaders of the United States Senate"&gt;U.S. Senate Majority Leader&lt;/a&gt; for the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/110th_Congress" title="110th Congress" class="mw-redirect"&gt;110th Congress&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Reid has been leader of the Senate Democrats since 2005, serving as Minority Leader from 2005 until the Democrats won control of the Senate in the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_general_elections,_2006" title="United States general elections, 2006"&gt;2006 congressional elections&lt;/a&gt;. He is the first member of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter_Day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints" class="mw-redirect"&gt;The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints&lt;/a&gt; to serve as a &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_Leaders_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Party Leaders of the United States Senate" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Senate Majority Leader&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;table id="toc" class="toc" summary="Contents"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;div id="toctitle"&gt; &lt;h2&gt;Contents&lt;/h2&gt;  &lt;span class="toctoggle"&gt;[&lt;a href="javascript:toggleToc()" class="internal" id="togglelink"&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#Background_and_family_life"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Background and family life&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#Nevada_political_career"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Nevada political career&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#U.S._Congress"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;U.S. Congress&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#House_of_Representatives"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;3.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;House of Representatives&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#Senate"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;3.2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Senate&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-3"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#Leadership"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;3.2.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Leadership&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-3"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#Committee_memberships"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;3.2.2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Committee memberships&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#Opinions_and_beliefs"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Opinions and beliefs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#Abortion_and_the_Supreme_Court"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Abortion and the Supreme Court&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-3"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#Abortion_issues"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.1.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Abortion issues&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-3"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#Pregnancy_prevention_and_clinic_safety"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.1.2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Pregnancy prevention and clinic safety&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-3"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#Supreme_Court_nominations"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.1.3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Supreme Court nominations&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#The_Bush_Administration_and_Supreme_Court"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;The Bush Administration and Supreme Court&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#Civil_rights"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Civil rights&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#Death_penalty"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.4&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Death penalty&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#Energy_policy"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.5&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Energy policy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#Ethics_reform"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.6&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Ethics reform&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#Gun_politics"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.7&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Gun politics&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#Immigration"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.8&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Immigration&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#Iraq_War"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.9&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Iraq War&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#Stem_cell_research"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.10&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Stem cell research&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#Technology"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.11&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Technology&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#Yucca_Mountain"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.12&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Yucca Mountain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#Liberal_criticisms"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;5&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Liberal criticisms&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#Iraq_War_2"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;5.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Iraq War&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#Filibusters"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;5.2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Filibusters&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#Conservative_criticisms"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;6&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Conservative criticisms&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#Rush_Limbaugh_letter"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;6.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Rush Limbaugh letter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#Iraq_War_3"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;6.2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Iraq War&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#Republican_criticism_of_donations"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;6.3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Republican criticism of donations&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#Las_Vegas_land_deal"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;6.4&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Las Vegas land deal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#Condo_gifts"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;6.5&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Condo gifts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#Other_criticisms"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;7&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Other criticisms&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#Laughlin.2C_Nevada.2C_bridge_project"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;7.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Laughlin, Nevada, bridge project&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#Opinion_polls"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;8&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Opinion polls&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#Popular_culture"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;9&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Popular culture&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#Electoral_history"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;10&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Electoral history&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#Notes_and_references"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;11&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Notes and references&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#External_links"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;12&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;External links&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt; //&lt;![CDATA[  if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = "show"; var tocHideText = "hide"; showTocToggle(); }  //]]&gt; &lt;/script&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Background_and_family_life" id="Background_and_family_life"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Reid&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Background and family life"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Background and family life&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;Reid was born in the small mining town of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Searchlight,_Nevada" title="Searchlight, Nevada"&gt;Searchlight&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada" title="Nevada"&gt;Nevada&lt;/a&gt;, the son of Inez Orena (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Married_and_maiden_names" title="Married and maiden names"&gt;née&lt;/a&gt; Jaynes) and Harry Vincent Reid.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-0" title=""&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Reid attended &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_High_School" title="Basic High School"&gt;Basic High School&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henderson,_Nevada" title="Henderson, Nevada"&gt;Henderson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada" title="Nevada"&gt;Nevada&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_O%27Callaghan" title="Mike O'Callaghan"&gt;Mike O'Callaghan&lt;/a&gt;, future Governor of Nevada and Reid's history teacher, coached Reid in boxing at the Henderson Boys' Club.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-washpost-hardknocks_1-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-washpost-hardknocks-1" title=""&gt;[2]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Reid received his &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associate%27s_degree" title="Associate's degree"&gt;A.S.&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Utah_University" title="Southern Utah University"&gt;Southern Utah State College&lt;/a&gt; in 1959 and in 1961 earned his &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor%27s_degree" title="Bachelor's degree"&gt;B.S.&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_State_University" title="Utah State University"&gt;Utah State University&lt;/a&gt;. He moved to &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C."&gt;Washington, D.C.&lt;/a&gt; and worked as an officer for the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Capitol_Police" title="U.S. Capitol Police" class="mw-redirect"&gt;U.S. Capitol Police&lt;/a&gt; while attending &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_George_Washington_University_Law_School" title="The George Washington University Law School" class="mw-redirect"&gt;George Washington University&lt;/a&gt; for his &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_degree" title="Law degree"&gt;law degree&lt;/a&gt;. Reid graduated in 1964 and returned to Nevada to work as a &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawyer" title="Lawyer"&gt;lawyer&lt;/a&gt; before entering politics. Reid and his wife have five children, one of whom, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Reid" title="Rory Reid"&gt;Rory Reid&lt;/a&gt;, is an elected Commissioner for &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_County,_Nevada" title="Clark County, Nevada"&gt;Clark County&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada" title="Nevada"&gt;Nevada&lt;/a&gt;, and another who recently ran for municipal office in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottonwood_Heights,_Utah" title="Cottonwood Heights, Utah"&gt;Cottonwood Heights&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah" title="Utah"&gt;Utah&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-2" title=""&gt;[3]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Reid is a first generation member of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints"&gt;The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-3" title=""&gt;[4]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Reid and his wife, who was born to Jewish parents, converted to Mormonism while Reid was a college student.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-walsh-newyorker_4-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-walsh-newyorker-4" title=""&gt;[5]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; He stated in an interview with &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigham_Young_University" title="Brigham Young University"&gt;Brigham Young University&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Universe" title="The Daily Universe"&gt;Daily Universe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; that "I think it is much easier to be a good member of the Church and a Democrat than a good member of the Church and a Republican." He went on to say that the Democrats' emphasis on helping others, as opposed to what he considers Republican dogma to the contrary, is the reason he's a Democrat.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-5" title=""&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; He delivered a speech at BYU to about 4,000 students on October 9, 2007 in which he affirmed that Democratic values mirror Mormon values.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-6" title=""&gt;[7]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Nevada_political_career" id="Nevada_political_career"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Reid&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Nevada political career"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Nevada political career&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;Reid was elected to the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_Legislature" title="Nevada Legislature"&gt;Nevada State Assembly&lt;/a&gt; in 1967. He left after being elected &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant_governor" title="Lieutenant governor" class="mw-redirect"&gt;lieutenant governor&lt;/a&gt; in 1970, the same year his mentor O'Callaghan was elected governor. He served in that office until 1974, when he ran for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Bible" title="Alan Bible"&gt;Alan Bible&lt;/a&gt;. He lost by fewer than 600 votes to former Governor &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Laxalt" title="Paul Laxalt"&gt;Paul Laxalt&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Reid then served as &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chair_%28official%29" title="Chair (official)"&gt;chairman&lt;/a&gt; of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_Gaming_Commission" title="Nevada Gaming Commission"&gt;Nevada Gaming Commission&lt;/a&gt; from 1977 to 1981, a post that subjected him to death threats. Reid's wife once found a bomb attached to one of their cars.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-slate-suellentrop_7-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-slate-suellentrop-7" title=""&gt;[8]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; A character in the film &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casino_%28movie%29" title="Casino (movie)" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Casino&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; played by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Smothers" title="Dick Smothers"&gt;Dick Smothers&lt;/a&gt; is based, in part, on Reid.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-slate-suellentrop_7-1" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-slate-suellentrop-7" title=""&gt;[8]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Gordon" title="Jack Gordon"&gt;Jack Gordon&lt;/a&gt; once tried to bribe Reid. Reid allowed the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI" title="FBI" class="mw-redirect"&gt;FBI&lt;/a&gt; to tape Gordon's attempt to bribe him with $12,000, at which point Reid attempted (unsuccessfully) to strangle Gordon, saying "You son of a bitch, you tried to bribe me!"&lt;sup id="cite_ref-walsh-newyorker_4-1" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-walsh-newyorker-4" title=""&gt;[5]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="U.S._Congress" id="U.S._Congress"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Reid&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=3" title="Edit section: U.S. Congress"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;U.S. Congress&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="House_of_Representatives" id="House_of_Representatives"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Reid&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=4" title="Edit section: House of Representatives"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;House of Representatives&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Until the 1980 census, Nevada had only one member in the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives"&gt;United States House of Representatives&lt;/a&gt;, but population growth in the 1970s resulted in the state picking up a second district. Reid won the Democratic nomination for the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Nevada's 1st congressional district"&gt;1st District&lt;/a&gt;, based in Las Vegas, in 1982, and easily won the general election. He served two terms in the House, from 1983 to 1987.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Senate" id="Senate"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Reid&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Senate"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Senate&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;In 1986, Reid won the Democratic nomination for the seat of retiring two-term incumbent &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Laxalt" title="Paul Laxalt"&gt;Paul Laxalt&lt;/a&gt;. He defeated former at-large Congressman &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Santini" title="Jim Santini" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Jim Santini&lt;/a&gt;, a Democrat who had turned Republican, in the November election. He coasted to reelection in 1992. However, he barely defeated 1st District Congressman &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ensign" title="John Ensign"&gt;John Ensign&lt;/a&gt; in 1998 in the midst of a statewide Republican sweep.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In 2004, Reid won reelection with 61 percent of the vote, gaining the endorsement of several Republicans.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Ensign was elected to Nevada's other Senate seat in 2000. He and Reid have a very good relationship, despite their bruising contest in 1998. The two frequently work together on Nevada issues.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Leadership" id="Leadership"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h4&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Reid&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Leadership"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Leadership&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt; &lt;p&gt;From 1999 to 2005, Reid served as Senate Democratic Whip. He served as minority whip from 1999 to 2001 and again from 2003 to 2005, and as majority whip from 2001 to 2003 (except for a brief period from January-May 2001). From 2001 to 2003, he served as chairman of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_Ethics_Committee" title="Senate Ethics Committee" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Senate Ethics Committee&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Reid succeeded &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Daschle" title="Tom Daschle"&gt;Tom Daschle&lt;/a&gt; as minority leader in 2005, and gained notoriety for his confrontational approach in dealing with the Republican majority and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush"&gt;President Bush&lt;/a&gt;. He became majority leader after the 2006 elections.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Committee_memberships" id="Committee_memberships"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h4&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Reid&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Committee memberships"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Committee memberships&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Select Committee on Intelligence (Ex Officio)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Committee on Rules and Administration&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Opinions_and_beliefs" id="Opinions_and_beliefs"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Reid&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Opinions and beliefs"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Opinions and beliefs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Abortion_and_the_Supreme_Court" id="Abortion_and_the_Supreme_Court"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Reid&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=9" title="Edit section: Abortion and the Supreme Court"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Abortion and the Supreme Court&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Abortion_issues" id="Abortion_issues"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h5&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Reid&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=10" title="Edit section: Abortion issues"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Abortion issues&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h5&gt; &lt;p&gt;Senator Reid, reflecting a pro-life view, believes in a heavily restricted right to abortion. He stated in a 1998 &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Political_Awareness_Test" title="National Political Awareness Test" class="mw-redirect"&gt;National Political Awareness Test&lt;/a&gt; that he believed "Abortions should be legal only when the pregnancy resulted from &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_the_United_States#Reasons_for_abortions" title="Abortion in the United States"&gt;incest, rape, or when the life of the woman is endangered&lt;/a&gt;."&lt;sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-8" title=""&gt;[9]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; In 1999, he voted against an amendment explicitly expressing support for &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe_v._Wade" title="Roe v. Wade"&gt;Roe v. Wade&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-9" title=""&gt;[10]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Reid has voted several times to ban what physicians call the "&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intact_dilation_and_evacuation" title="Intact dilation and evacuation" class="mw-redirect"&gt;intact dilation and evacuation&lt;/a&gt;" procedure and what &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-life" title="Pro-life"&gt;abortion opponents&lt;/a&gt; call the "&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partial-birth_abortion" title="Partial-birth abortion" class="mw-redirect"&gt;partial-birth abortion&lt;/a&gt;" procedure.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-10" title=""&gt;[11]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; In 2003, he supported alternate language than the act that eventually passed that would have banned all &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late-term_abortion" title="Late-term abortion"&gt;late-term abortions&lt;/a&gt;, while allowing exceptions for the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_the_United_States#Reasons_for_abortions" title="Abortion in the United States"&gt;life and health of the mother&lt;/a&gt;. Several polls have stated that a majority of Americans support banning "partial birth abortion" when the pollsters describe it as such.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-11" title=""&gt;[12]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-12" title=""&gt;[13]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Reid also voted in favor of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unborn_Victims_of_Violence_Act" title="Unborn Victims of Violence Act"&gt;Unborn Victims of Violence Act&lt;/a&gt;, in favor of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parental_notification" title="Parental notification" class="mw-redirect"&gt;parental notification&lt;/a&gt; in the case of minors undergoing out-of-state abortions, and in favor of maintaining the ban on abortions and supplying &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_control" title="Birth control"&gt;birth control&lt;/a&gt; for &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_of_the_United_States" title="Military of the United States"&gt;US military personnel&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-on-the-issues_13-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-on-the-issues-13" title=""&gt;[14]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Pregnancy_prevention_and_clinic_safety" id="Pregnancy_prevention_and_clinic_safety"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h5&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Reid&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=11" title="Edit section: Pregnancy prevention and clinic safety"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Pregnancy prevention and clinic safety&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h5&gt; &lt;p&gt;In 1994, Reid voted for the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Access_to_Clinic_Entrances_Act" title="Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act"&gt;Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act&lt;/a&gt; prohibiting the use of intimidation or physical force to prevent or discourage people from gaining access to a &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reproductive_health" title="Reproductive health"&gt;reproductive health&lt;/a&gt; care facility. He was the co-sponsor of an amendment to the bill which allows anyone to exercise freedom to worship at a health care facility. It allows reproductive health care professionals to gain access to a clinic without being physically threatened and, at the same time, allows religious organizations to pray outside of abortion clinics.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-14" title=""&gt;[15]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Reid introduced legislation in 2006 co-sponsored by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Hillary Clinton&lt;/a&gt; that would fund abortion prevention efforts such as giving women broader access to contraception. In a press release about their "Prevention First Amendment," Clinton and Reid stated that for every dollar spent on pregnancy prevention, three are saved by pregnancy and birth-related expenses borne by Medicaid.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-clinton-abortion_15-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-clinton-abortion-15" title=""&gt;[16]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; The bill received Republican opposition and failed.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Reid voted in favor of an amendment that would over-turn the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico_City_Policy" title="Mexico City Policy"&gt;Mexico City Policy&lt;/a&gt;. The policy bans U.S. aid to overseas health organizations that give men and women &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_control" title="Birth control"&gt;birth control&lt;/a&gt;, provide information about abortion procedures, or that perform abortion procedures as part of a "&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_planning" title="Family planning"&gt;family planning&lt;/a&gt; policy". Opponents of the policy argue that the ban keeps funds from going to &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-governmental_organizations" title="Non-governmental organizations" class="mw-redirect"&gt;non-governmental organizations&lt;/a&gt; distributing condoms and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USAID" title="USAID" class="mw-redirect"&gt;USAID&lt;/a&gt;-donated birth control and has resulted in an increase in unwanted pregnancies, and thus an increase in the rate of abortion. Opponents also argue that the ban promotes restrictions on &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_speech" title="Free speech" class="mw-redirect"&gt;free speech&lt;/a&gt; as well as restrictions on accurate medical information.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-16" title=""&gt;[17]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-17" title=""&gt;[18]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-18" title=""&gt;[19]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Supporters of the policy have argued, using the example of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines"&gt;Philippines&lt;/a&gt;, that the ban prevents overseas health organizations from using US government funds to disobey the abortion and birth control laws of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_Laws#National_laws" title="Abortion Laws" class="mw-redirect"&gt;their own countries&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-19" title=""&gt;[20]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Supporters also argue that the policy prevents the health agencies from promoting abortion at the expense of other &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_control" title="Birth control"&gt;birth control&lt;/a&gt; methods.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-20" title=""&gt;[21]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; The amendment overturning the Mexico City Policy passed the Senate by a 53-41 vote. President Bush has vowed to veto any legislation eliminating the policy.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-21" title=""&gt;[22]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Reid received a 100% rating from &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NARAL" title="NARAL" class="mw-redirect"&gt;NARAL&lt;/a&gt; in 2001 and voted with the interests of the &lt;a href="http://www.nfprha.org/" class="external text" title="http://www.nfprha.org" rel="nofollow"&gt;National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association&lt;/a&gt; 68% of the time from 1995 to 2004. In 2003 and 2004, he received 29% and 20% ratings, respectively, from &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NARAL_Pro-Choice_America" title="NARAL Pro-Choice America"&gt;NARAL Pro-Choice America&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-on-the-issues_13-1" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-on-the-issues-13" title=""&gt;[14]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-22" title=""&gt;[23]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; From 2005 to 2006, "Reid supported the interests of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Right_to_Life_Committee" title="National Right to Life Committee"&gt;National Right to Life Committee&lt;/a&gt; 50 percent." &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_Parenthood" title="Planned Parenthood"&gt;Planned Parenthood&lt;/a&gt; gave him a 57% rating in 2006.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-23" title=""&gt;[24]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Supreme_Court_nominations" id="Supreme_Court_nominations"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h5&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Reid&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=12" title="Edit section: Supreme Court nominations"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Supreme Court nominations&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h5&gt; &lt;p&gt;In 2005, Reid voted against &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States"&gt;Supreme Court of the United States&lt;/a&gt; nominee &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Roberts" title="John Roberts" class="mw-redirect"&gt;John Roberts&lt;/a&gt;, in part because of pressure from his constituents.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-24" title=""&gt;[25]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; About 64% of Reid's constituents in Nevada identify themselves as "&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-choice" title="Pro-choice"&gt;pro-choice&lt;/a&gt;."&lt;sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-25" title=""&gt;[26]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Reid also voted against nominee &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Alito" title="Samuel Alito"&gt;Samuel Alito&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-26" title=""&gt;[27]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; but argued against the pursuit of a &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster" title="Filibuster"&gt;filibuster&lt;/a&gt; of Alito because the Republican majority leader at the time, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Frist" title="Bill Frist"&gt;Bill Frist&lt;/a&gt;, had threatened to institute what he and other Republicans called the "&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_option" title="Nuclear option"&gt;Constitutional option&lt;/a&gt;" and what Democrats called the "&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_option" title="Nuclear option"&gt;nuclear option&lt;/a&gt;". If implemented, the option would have eliminated the filibuster and made a simple majority -- rather than a three-fifths majority -- enough to move forward any federal judicial confirmations.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-27" title=""&gt;[28]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-28" title=""&gt;[29]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="The_Bush_Administration_and_Supreme_Court" id="The_Bush_Administration_and_Supreme_Court"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Reid&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=13" title="Edit section: The Bush Administration and Supreme Court"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;The Bush Administration and Supreme Court&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Reid made headlines in May 2005 when he said of George W. Bush, "The man's &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush"&gt;father&lt;/a&gt; is a wonderful human being. I think this guy is a loser." Reid later apologized for these comments.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-29" title=""&gt;[30]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Reid also called &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States"&gt;Supreme Court&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associate_Justice_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States"&gt;Associate Justice&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Thomas" title="Clarence Thomas"&gt;Clarence Thomas&lt;/a&gt; an "embarrassment"&lt;sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-30" title=""&gt;[31]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; and referred to &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Federal_Reserve" title="Chairman of the Federal Reserve"&gt;Federal Reserve Chairman&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Greenspan" title="Alan Greenspan"&gt;Alan Greenspan&lt;/a&gt; as a "political hack."&lt;sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-31" title=""&gt;[32]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Civil_rights" id="Civil_rights"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Reid&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=14" title="Edit section: Civil rights"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Civil rights&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Reid has said "I believe marriage should be between a man and a woman" and voted for the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_of_Marriage_Act" title="Defense of Marriage Act"&gt;Defense of Marriage Act&lt;/a&gt;. Reid voted against the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Marriage_Amendment" title="Federal Marriage Amendment"&gt;Federal Marriage Amendment&lt;/a&gt; and against "prohibiting same-sex basic training." He has also voted for "prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation" and for "adding sexual orientation to definition of hate crimes".&lt;sup id="cite_ref-on-the-issues_13-2" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-on-the-issues-13" title=""&gt;[14]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Reid supported the original &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Act" title="Patriot Act" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Patriot Act&lt;/a&gt; passed shortly after the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Center_attacks" title="World Trade Center attacks"&gt;World Trade Center attacks&lt;/a&gt;. He opposed the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_act#Reauthorization" title="Patriot act" class="mw-redirect"&gt;later versions of the act&lt;/a&gt;, stating on the Senate floor in December 2005 that "The final bill was written by Republican conferees working behind closed doors with &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice" title="United States Department of Justice"&gt;Justice Department&lt;/a&gt; lawyers." He argued that "It leaves largely in place a &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definition_of_terrorism" title="Definition of terrorism"&gt;definition&lt;/a&gt; of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_terrorism" title="Domestic terrorism" class="mw-redirect"&gt;domestic terrorism&lt;/a&gt; so broad it could be read to cover acts of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_disobedience" title="Civil disobedience"&gt;civil disobedience&lt;/a&gt;."&lt;sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-32" title=""&gt;[33]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Reid later boasted to Democratic activists that "We killed the Patriot Act."&lt;sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-33" title=""&gt;[34]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Reid clarified his statement later that day, saying that he only intended to add more safeguards to the act.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-34" title=""&gt;[35]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;. &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonpartisan" title="Nonpartisan"&gt;Nonpartisan&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_criticism" title="Media criticism" class="mw-redirect"&gt;media analysis&lt;/a&gt; website &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FactCheck.org" title="FactCheck.org" class="mw-redirect"&gt;FactCheck.org&lt;/a&gt; later stated that "obviously, he chose his words poorly" and "Reid's words are grossly misleading".&lt;sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-35" title=""&gt;[36]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Reid said on &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_News_Sunday" title="Fox News Sunday"&gt;Fox News Sunday&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; that he considered the act's defeat worth celebrating. He remarked that "I'm opposed to evil terrorists as most Americans are. But we still believe in this little thing called the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution" title="United States Constitution"&gt;Constitution&lt;/a&gt;."&lt;sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-36" title=""&gt;[37]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In spring 2006, Reid joined a &lt;a href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&amp;amp;session=2&amp;amp;vote=00029" class="external text" title="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&amp;amp;session=2&amp;amp;vote=00029" rel="nofollow"&gt;89 to 10&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipartisan" title="Bipartisan" class="mw-redirect"&gt;bipartisan&lt;/a&gt; vote &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_act#Reauthorization" title="Patriot act" class="mw-redirect"&gt;reauthorizing&lt;/a&gt; the act, saying "Our support for the Patriot Act does not mean a &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blank_check" title="Blank check" class="mw-redirect"&gt;blank check&lt;/a&gt; for the president.... What we tried to do on a &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipartisan" title="Bipartisan" class="mw-redirect"&gt;bipartisan&lt;/a&gt; basis is have a better bill. It has been improved." Nine Democratic Senators such as &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Feingold" title="Russell Feingold" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Russell Feingold&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Byrd" title="Robert Byrd"&gt;Robert Byrd&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Akaka" title="Daniel Akaka"&gt;Daniel Akaka&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Leahy" title="Patrick Leahy"&gt;Patrick Leahy&lt;/a&gt; along with &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_%28politician%29" title="Independent (politician)"&gt;Independent&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Jeffords" title="Jim Jeffords"&gt;Jim Jeffords&lt;/a&gt; voted against the bill.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-37" title=""&gt;[38]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal"&gt;The Wall Street Journal&lt;/a&gt;'s&lt;/i&gt; editorial page called his vote, in context with his earlier statement, "Reid's "&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_accomplished" title="Mission accomplished" class="mw-redirect"&gt;mission accomplished&lt;/a&gt;" moment".&lt;sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-38" title=""&gt;[39]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Reid supports a &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_amendment" title="Constitutional amendment"&gt;constitutional amendment&lt;/a&gt; to prevent &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_desecration" title="Flag desecration"&gt;flag desecration&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-39" title=""&gt;[40]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-40" title=""&gt;[41]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Reid has also criticised Senate Republicans for bringing up anti-desecration legislation, calling it one of "the 'pet' issues of the right wing".&lt;sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-41" title=""&gt;[42]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Death_penalty" id="Death_penalty"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Reid&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=15" title="Edit section: Death penalty"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Death penalty&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Reid strongly supports use of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_penalty" title="Death penalty" class="mw-redirect"&gt;death penalty&lt;/a&gt;, having voted in favor of limiting death penalties &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal" title="Appeal"&gt;appeals&lt;/a&gt; and executing criminals who were minors when they committed their crime.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-42" title=""&gt;[43]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Energy_policy" id="Energy_policy"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Reid&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=16" title="Edit section: Energy policy"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Energy policy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Reid supports legislation that would cut $15 billion in tax breaks for large oil companies and put the money toward &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy" title="Renewable energy"&gt;renewable energy&lt;/a&gt; sources.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-43" title=""&gt;[44]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; In an op-ed to the &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reno_Gazette_Journal" title="Reno Gazette Journal" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Reno Gazette Journal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, Harry Reid wrote, "I am working on a bipartisan energy bill that will create thousands of Nevada jobs, save consumers money, address global warming, and make our country safer. We can do that by reducing our reliance on oil and investing in the renewable energy sources that are abundant in our state." The &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interest_group" title="Interest group"&gt;environmental organization&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.ourfuture.org/" class="external text" title="http://www.ourfuture.org" rel="nofollow"&gt;"Campaign for America's Future"&lt;/a&gt; gave him a 100% rating from 2005 to 2006.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-44" title=""&gt;[45]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Ethics_reform" id="Ethics_reform"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Reid&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=17" title="Edit section: Ethics reform"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Ethics reform&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;In January 2007, Harry Reid brought a Senate ethics reform bill to a vote. These rules passed overwhelmingly on a bipartisan basis-- 96 to 2. The bill was a reaction to Republican scandals in the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._House_of_Representatives" title="U.S. House of Representatives" class="mw-redirect"&gt;U.S. House of Representatives&lt;/a&gt;. The ethics bill bars members from accepting gifts, meals, and trips from &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobbying" title="Lobbying"&gt;lobbyists&lt;/a&gt; and organization employing them. It also bars Senators from borrowing &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_jet" title="Private jet" class="mw-redirect"&gt;corporate jets&lt;/a&gt; for travel and compels Senators to disclose the names of sponsors, or authors, of bills and specific projects.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-45" title=""&gt;[46]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Gun_politics" id="Gun_politics"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Reid&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=18" title="Edit section: Gun politics"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Gun politics&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Reid voted for the "&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protection_of_Lawful_Commerce_in_Arms_Act" title="Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act"&gt;Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act&lt;/a&gt;"-- designed "to prohibit civil liability actions from being brought or continued against manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers of firearms or ammunition for damages... resulting from the misuse of their products" and against the ban on &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-automatic_firearm" title="Semi-automatic firearm"&gt;semi-automatic firearms&lt;/a&gt;. He also voted in favor of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brady_Bill" title="Brady Bill" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Brady Bill&lt;/a&gt; and background checks at gun shows.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-46" title=""&gt;[47]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Immigration" id="Immigration"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Reid&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=19" title="Edit section: Immigration"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Immigration&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Reid calls "immigration reform" one of his top priorities for the 110th Congress.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-47" title=""&gt;[48]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;. He supports the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_Immigration_Reform_Act_of_2007" title="Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007"&gt;Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007&lt;/a&gt; (S. 1348), but pulled it from the Senate floor because he believed too many amendments to the legislation were being introduced.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Reid supports the DREAM Act which would make it easier for young people who are not citizens of the United States, but are permanent residents, to attend college or university in the United States. &lt;sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-48" title=""&gt;[49]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; The DREAM Act was introduced to the Senate by Senators &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orrin_Hatch" title="Orrin Hatch"&gt;Orrin Hatch&lt;/a&gt; (R-UT) and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Durbin" title="Richard Durbin" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Richard Durbin&lt;/a&gt; (D-IL) &lt;sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-49" title=""&gt;[50]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Reid opposed a Constitutional amendment to make English the national language of the United States, calling the proposal "racist."&lt;sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-50" title=""&gt;[51]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Iraq_War" id="Iraq_War"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Reid&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=20" title="Edit section: Iraq War"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Iraq War&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Reid voted in January 1991 to authorize &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War"&gt;military force in Iraq&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War#Coalition_forces_enter_Iraq" title="Gulf War"&gt;liberate&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait"&gt;Kuwait&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-51" title=""&gt;[52]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; On the Senate floor, Reid quoted from &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy"&gt;John F. Kennedy&lt;/a&gt;'s 1963 &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_the_Union_speech" title="State of the Union speech" class="mw-redirect"&gt;State of the Union speech&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-52" title=""&gt;[53]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; by saying "the mere absence of war is not Peace".&lt;sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-53" title=""&gt;[54]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; According to &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times"&gt;The New York Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, the "Senate approved the use of military force by a vote of 52 to 47" with ten out of the fifty-five Senate Democrats voting in support.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-54" title=""&gt;[55]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Reid voted in support of the 2003 &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Iraq" title="Invasion of Iraq" class="mw-redirect"&gt;invasion of Iraq&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-55" title=""&gt;[56]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_56-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-autogenerated1-56" title=""&gt;[57]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; In March 2007, he voted in favor of "redeploying US troops out of Iraq by March 2008".&lt;sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_56-1" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-autogenerated1-56" title=""&gt;[57]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Reid said on April 19, 2007 "I believe, myself that the secretary of state, secretary of defense, and — you have to make your own decisions as to what the president knows — this war is lost and the surge is not accomplishing anything as indicated by the extreme violence in Iraq yesterday." Reid said he told President Bush he thought the war could not be won through military force, although he said the U.S. could still pursue political, economic and diplomatic means to bring peace to Iraq.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-57" title=""&gt;[58]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; He also said, "As long as we follow the President's path in Iraq, the war is lost. But there is still a chance to change course and we must change course. No one wants us to succeed in the Middle East more than I do. But there must be a change of course. Our brave men and women overseas have passed every test with flying colors. They have earned our pride and our praise. More important, they deserve a strategy worthy of their sacrifice."&lt;sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-58" title=""&gt;[59]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In an April 22, 2007 appearance on &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_News_Sunday" title="Fox News Sunday"&gt;FOX News Sunday&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/i&gt; Reid's Senatorial colleague &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Schumer" title="Chuck Schumer"&gt;Charles Schumer&lt;/a&gt; stated, "The war is not lost. And Harry Reid believes this — we Democrats believe it — if we change our mission and focus it more narrowly on counter-terrorism, going after an &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Qaeda_in_Iraq" title="Al Qaeda in Iraq" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Al Qaida&lt;/a&gt; camp that might arise in Iraq. That would take many fewer troops out of harm's way. That's what we're pushing the president to do."&lt;sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-59" title=""&gt;[60]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;On September 10, 2007, the Commander of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-National_Force_in_Iraq" title="Multi-National Force in Iraq" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Multi-National Force in Iraq&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_H._Petraeus" title="David H. Petraeus" class="mw-redirect"&gt;David H. Petraeus&lt;/a&gt; presented a &lt;a href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/world/20070911_POLICY/Petraeus_Testimony.pdf" class="external text" title="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/world/20070911_POLICY/Petraeus_Testimony.pdf" rel="nofollow"&gt;"Report to Congress on the Situation in Iraq".&lt;/a&gt; He stated that "As a bottom line up front, the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Report_to_Congress_on_the_Situation_in_Iraq" title="Report to Congress on the Situation in Iraq"&gt;military objectives&lt;/a&gt; of the surge are, in large measure, being met." &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times"&gt;The New York Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; reported on September 11 that Petraeus had "warned in stark terms against the kind of rapid pullback favored by the Democratic majorities in the House and Senate".&lt;sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-60" title=""&gt;[61]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Reid stated that the general's "plan is just more of the same" and "is neither a drawdown or a change in mission that we need." He also said that Congressional Democrats plan to "to change the course of the war".&lt;sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-61" title=""&gt;[62]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Petraeus will "make a further assessment and [offer] recommendations next March".&lt;sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-62" title=""&gt;[63]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Stem_cell_research" id="Stem_cell_research"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Reid&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=21" title="Edit section: Stem cell research"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Stem cell research&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Reid supports &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stem_cell_research" title="Stem cell research" class="mw-redirect"&gt;stem cell research&lt;/a&gt;, referring to the research as "the next generation of medical breakthroughs." He has stated that "Democrats will not give up the fight for stem cell research. It is a fight America must win."&lt;sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-63" title=""&gt;[64]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Technology" id="Technology"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Reid&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=22" title="Edit section: Technology"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Technology&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Reid's voting record on technology is the following according to &lt;a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/" class="external text" title="http://www.ontheissues.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;OnTheIssues.org&lt;/a&gt; &lt;sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-64" title=""&gt;[65]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Voted NO on restoring $550M in funding for Amtrak for 2007. (Mar 2006)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Voted YES on disallowing FCC approval of larger media conglomerates. (Sep 2003)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Voted YES on Internet sales tax moratorium. (Oct 1998)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Voted YES on telecomm deregulation. (Feb 1996)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Promoted internet via Congressional Internet Caucus. (Jan 2001)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Yucca_Mountain" id="Yucca_Mountain"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Reid&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=23" title="Edit section: Yucca Mountain"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Yucca Mountain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Harry Reid firmly opposes the proposed &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yucca_Mountain" title="Yucca Mountain" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Yucca Mountain&lt;/a&gt; federal nuclear waste repository in Nevada. He's quoted as saying the concept "is dead. It'll never happen." Reid, who has long been an opponent of the centralized nuclear waste facility in his home state, said he would continue to work to block completion of the project. "It's dying on its own. It's just happening. You don't need just a sudden demise. It's breathing really hard. Just let it lay there a while and it'll be dead," says Reid.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-65" title=""&gt;[66]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Liberal_criticisms" id="Liberal_criticisms"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Reid&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=24" title="Edit section: Liberal criticisms"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Liberal criticisms&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Iraq_War_2" id="Iraq_War_2"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Reid&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=25" title="Edit section: Iraq War"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Iraq War&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_liberalism_in_the_United_States" title="Modern liberalism in the United States"&gt;Liberal&lt;/a&gt; critics argue that Reid is not doing enough to end the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multinational_force_in_Iraq#List_of_nations_in_the_coalition" title="Multinational force in Iraq"&gt;American military presence in Iraq&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boston_Globe" title="The Boston Globe"&gt;The Boston Globe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; has stated that disappointment among constituents and Democratic Party activists regarding efforts to withdraw troops as well as conservative opposition to those efforts, together, have reduced Congress's approval rating. &lt;sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-66" title=""&gt;[67]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Filibusters" id="Filibusters"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Reid&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=26" title="Edit section: Filibusters"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Filibusters&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Liberal critics argue that Reid is allowing Senate Republicans to create a 60-vote bar for passage of bills without actually filibustering, and that 60 votes has never been the standard. Reid appears to such critics to assume that Republicans will filibuster all controversial bills, and does not require the traditional &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster" title="Filibuster"&gt;filibuster&lt;/a&gt; tactic to prevent &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloture" title="Cloture"&gt;cloture&lt;/a&gt; votes on such bills. Unspoken agreements have led to the failure of measures on Iraq War timetables &lt;sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-67" title=""&gt;[68]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; and a Democrat-sponsored &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FISA" title="FISA"&gt;FISA&lt;/a&gt; bill. &lt;sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-68" title=""&gt;[69]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Ironically, Reid has called for an open floor debate on the current FISA bill, stating that "This is not something we are going to have a silent filibuster on." &lt;sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-69" title=""&gt;[70]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Conservative_criticisms" id="Conservative_criticisms"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Reid&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=27" title="Edit section: Conservative criticisms"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Conservative criticisms&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Rush_Limbaugh_letter" id="Rush_Limbaugh_letter"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Reid&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=28" title="Edit section: Rush Limbaugh letter"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Rush Limbaugh letter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;In response to &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_radio" title="Talk radio"&gt;radio host&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush_Limbaugh" title="Rush Limbaugh"&gt;Rush Limbaugh&lt;/a&gt;'s comment about "phony soldiers", Harry Reid &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reid-Limbaugh_letter_controversy" title="Reid-Limbaugh letter controversy" class="mw-redirect"&gt;authored a letter&lt;/a&gt; co-signed by 40 other Democratic senators, which called Limbaugh's words "unpatriotic" and called for Limbaugh to apologize. In response, Limbaugh showed the letter during a speech in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia"&gt;Philadelphia&lt;/a&gt; on October 11 before auctioning it off on &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBay" title="EBay"&gt;eBay&lt;/a&gt;. The auction attained a winning bid of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USD" title="USD" class="mw-redirect"&gt;$&lt;/a&gt;2,100,100.00 from the Eugene B. Casey Foundation. Limbaugh pledged his own matching donation to the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marine_Corps-Law_Enforcement_Foundation&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation (page does not exist)"&gt;Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation&lt;/a&gt;, a charity that provides scholarships to the children of fallen law enforcement officers and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marines" title="United States Marines" class="mw-redirect"&gt;United States Marines&lt;/a&gt;, of which Limbaugh is a director, and challenged Harry Reid to do the same.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-70" title=""&gt;[71]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-71" title=""&gt;[72]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-72" title=""&gt;[73]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-73" title=""&gt;[74]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; On October 19, 2007, moments before the charity auction was to end, Reid announced on the Senate floor that he was proud to be a party to this donation and stated that he had helped make the donation possible&lt;sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-74" title=""&gt;[75]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-75" title=""&gt;[76]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;. Right-wing blog &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Research_Center" title="Media Research Center"&gt;Newsbusters&lt;/a&gt; criticised the Senator's statements.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-76" title=""&gt;[77]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Iraq_War_3" id="Iraq_War_3"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Reid&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=29" title="Edit section: Iraq War"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Iraq War&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_conservatism" title="American conservatism" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Conservative&lt;/a&gt; critics such as commentators writing in &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Review" title="National Review"&gt;National Review&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weekly_Standard" title="The Weekly Standard"&gt;The Weekly Standard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, and &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Times" title="The Washington Times"&gt;The Washington Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; as well as former Republican Senator &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Thompson" title="Fred Thompson"&gt;Fred Thompson&lt;/a&gt; argue that Reid-- in his opposition to the war-- ignores the change in military tactics and methodology with the adoption of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War_troop_surge_of_2007" title="Iraq War troop surge of 2007"&gt;surge&lt;/a&gt;, the resignation of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Rumsfeld" title="Donald Rumsfeld"&gt;Donald Rumsfeld&lt;/a&gt;, and the appointment of General &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Petraeus" title="David Petraeus"&gt;David Petraeus&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-77" title=""&gt;[78]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; A July 2007 &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS" title="CBS"&gt;CBS&lt;/a&gt; poll found that 65% of Americans "disapprove of the way Republicans in Congress are handling the situation with Iraq" and 59% disapprove of the Democrats' handling. Both results have "unsure" groups of about 10%. An August 2007 CBS poll found that 69% also disapprove of the Bush Administration's handling.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-78" title=""&gt;[79]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;On April 24, Vice President &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Cheney" title="Dick Cheney"&gt;Dick Cheney&lt;/a&gt; criticized what he termed Reid's "blind opposition to the new strategy in Iraq," charging that "Sen. Reid himself has said that the war in Iraq will bring his party more seats in the next election."&lt;sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated3_79-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-autogenerated3-79" title=""&gt;[80]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Earlier in April, Reid had been quoted in the &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Post" title="Washington Post" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Washington Post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; as saying that "We're going to pick up Senate seats as a result of this war," and that "Senator Schumer has shown me numbers that are compelling and astounding."&lt;sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-80" title=""&gt;[81]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Reid later responded, "I'm not going to get into a name calling match with the administration's chief attack dog"&lt;sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated3_79-1" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-autogenerated3-79" title=""&gt;[80]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; and that "I'm not going to get into a name-calling match with somebody who has a 9 percent approval rating."&lt;sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-81" title=""&gt;[82]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Republican_criticism_of_donations" id="Republican_criticism_of_donations"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Reid&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=30" title="Edit section: Republican criticism of donations"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Republican criticism of donations&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class="boilerplate seealso"&gt;&lt;i&gt;See also: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Abramoff_Indian_lobbying_scandal" title="Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal"&gt;Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt; &lt;p&gt;Regarding Reid's links to lobbyist &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Abramoff" title="Jack Abramoff"&gt;Jack Abramoff&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas_Review_Journal" title="Las Vegas Review Journal" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Las Vegas Review Journal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; on February 3, 2006 reported, "The &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Republican_Senatorial_Committee" title="National Republican Senatorial Committee"&gt;National Republican Senatorial Committee&lt;/a&gt; this week revived a charge that Reid received more than $50,000 from four tribes with &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambling_in_the_United_States" title="Gambling in the United States"&gt;gaming interests&lt;/a&gt; between 2001 and 2004 after they hired Abramoff. The Nevadan had received no money from those tribes before then, Republicans said." &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Solomon_%28journalist%29&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="John Solomon (journalist) (page does not exist)"&gt;John Solomon&lt;/a&gt;, an &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press"&gt;Associated Press&lt;/a&gt; reporter, examined this charge as well as other Republican charges against Reid in a series of articles.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-82" title=""&gt;[83]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;While Reid received money from Native American tribes that also hired Abramoff, Abramoff did not personally give donations to Reid.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2_83-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-autogenerated2-83" title=""&gt;[84]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Abramoff personally never donated to Democrats.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-84" title=""&gt;[85]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; The Native American tribes who hired him contributed to both Republicans and Democrats.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-85" title=""&gt;[86]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; The tribes also donated money to Reid.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-86" title=""&gt;[87]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Reid has always opposed off-reservation gambling.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2_83-1" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-autogenerated2-83" title=""&gt;[84]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Solomon, working with Sharon Theimer of the Associated Press, reported that Reid collected donations from Native American gambling interests around the time of each vote Reid cast opposing off-reservation gambling. &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics" title="Ethics"&gt;Ethics&lt;/a&gt; rules require senators to avoid even the appearance of a &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict_of_interest" title="Conflict of interest"&gt;conflict of interest&lt;/a&gt; in collecting contributions around the times they take official acts benefiting donors.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-87" title=""&gt;[88]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Both Reid and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ensign" title="John Ensign"&gt;John Ensign&lt;/a&gt;, the Junior Senator from Nevada, received gaming interest money from Native American tribes. The &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_Ethics_Committee" title="Senate Ethics Committee" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Senate Ethics Committee&lt;/a&gt; did not accuse Reid nor Ensign of violating Senate ethics rules.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-88" title=""&gt;[89]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Solomon_%28journalist%29&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="John Solomon (journalist) (page does not exist)"&gt;John Solomon&lt;/a&gt; also reported, among the contacts between Abramoff's &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_%28United_States%29" title="Democratic Party (United States)"&gt;Democratic&lt;/a&gt; lobbying team and Reid's office, there were several discussions about a bill to raise the minimum wage of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Mariana_Islands" title="Northern Mariana Islands"&gt;Northern Mariana Islands&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-89" title=""&gt;[90]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-90" title=""&gt;[91]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Solomon did not report that Reid co-sponsored a the bill that would have raised the minimum wage in the NMI, a bill Abramoff's clients opposed. &lt;sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2_83-2" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-autogenerated2-83" title=""&gt;[84]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Reid described the Abramoff affair as "a Republican scandal," referring to Abramoff's felony conviction for making illegal contributions to Republican Congressman &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Ney" title="Bob Ney"&gt;Bob Ney&lt;/a&gt; and Abramoff's close affiliation with the former House Majority Leader, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_DeLay" title="Tom DeLay"&gt;Tom DeLay&lt;/a&gt;'s Republican &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_Street_Project" title="K Street Project"&gt;K Street Project&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-91" title=""&gt;[92]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; A spokesperson said that Reid had never met Abramoff personally, that neither Reid nor his campaign has ever received money directly from Abramoff, and that his legislative work was done on behalf of his Nevadan constituents as well as the large gaming interests in Nevada. Jim Manley, a Reid spokesperson, told the Associated Press "All the actions that Senator Reid took were consistent with his long- held beliefs, such as not letting tribal casinos expand beyond reservations, and were taken to defend the interests of Nevada constituents."&lt;sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-92" title=""&gt;[93]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Las_Vegas_land_deal" id="Las_Vegas_land_deal"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Reid&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=31" title="Edit section: Las Vegas land deal"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Las Vegas land deal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;On October 11, 2006, John Solomon reported that Harry Reid's member interest in a limited liability company (LLC) was allocated $1.1 million of the gross proceeds attributable to the sale of a parcel of land. In 1998, Reid bought a plot of land for $400,000, fair market value at the time. One of the sellers was a developer who arranged a land swap that Reid supported. In 2001, he transferred title of the land to the LLC. When the LLC sold the land in an arm's length transaction in 2004, Reid made a profit.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-APLand_93-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-APLand-93" title=""&gt;[94]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The LLC was formed by long-time friend and former casino attorney Jay Brown,&lt;sup id="cite_ref-APLand_93-1" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-APLand-93" title=""&gt;[94]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;. Reid's failure to disclose the change in the form of his asset holdings upon contribution to the LLC violates Senate rules according to former &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Election_Commission" title="Federal Election Commission"&gt;Federal Election Commission&lt;/a&gt; overseer Kent Cooper. Reid did disclose the 2004 sale as though he held the property in his individual name. In addition, Brown paid a small portion of Reid's taxes on the ownership stake, which constitutes basis for Brown and is corrected for at the land's sale resulting in higher taxes for Reid.&lt;sup class="noprint Template-Fact"&gt;&lt;span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources since July 2007" style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;[&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"&gt;citation needed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Since Reid continued to own the land inside the LLC with the same basis he held it before contribution, he continued to report to Congress that he owned the land for 3 years after he transferred title to the LLC he partially owned.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-APLand_93-2" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-APLand-93" title=""&gt;[94]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-94" title=""&gt;[95]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Reid's staff stated that he did not initially disclose the transfer of the land to the LLC because this transfer was not a change of ownership, but was simply Reid owning the land through an LLC instead of as an individual.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Reid directed his staff to amend the 2001 financial disclosure forms to reflect the transfer of title to the LLC. He also disclosed two other land transactions on the amended reports.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-apamend_95-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-apamend-95" title=""&gt;[96]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Condo_gifts" id="Condo_gifts"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Reid&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=32" title="Edit section: Condo gifts"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Condo gifts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;On October 17, 2006, John Solomon of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press"&gt;Associated Press&lt;/a&gt; reported that Reid had used campaign donations to pay for $3,300 in Christmas gifts to the staff at the condominium where he resides.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-96" title=""&gt;[97]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Federal election law prohibits candidates from using political donations for personal use. Reid's staff stated that his attorneys had approved use of the funds in this manner but that he nonetheless would personally reimburse his campaign for the expenses. That action notwithstanding, the conservative group &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United" title="Citizens United"&gt;Citizens United&lt;/a&gt; announced it had filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission to investigate the matter. &lt;sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-97" title=""&gt;[98]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Other_criticisms" id="Other_criticisms"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Reid&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=33" title="Edit section: Other criticisms"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Other criticisms&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Laughlin.2C_Nevada.2C_bridge_project" id="Laughlin.2C_Nevada.2C_bridge_project"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Reid&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=34" title="Edit section: Laughlin, Nevada, bridge project"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Laughlin, Nevada, bridge project&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Reid earmarked a spending bill to provide for building a bridge between Nevada and Arizona that would make land he owned more valuable. Reid called funding for construction of a bridge over the Colorado River, among other projects, 'incredibly good news for Nevada' in a news release after passage of the 2005 transportation bill. He owned 160 acres (0.65 km&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;) of land several miles from the proposed bridge site in Arizona. The bridge could add value to his real estate investment.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-98" title=""&gt;[99]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Opinion_polls" id="Opinion_polls"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Reid&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=35" title="Edit section: Opinion polls"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Opinion polls&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;National opinion polls have shown Senate Majority Leader Reid's job approval to be low or unfavorable.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-99" title=""&gt;[100]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-100" title=""&gt;[101]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Democrats as a whole in the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress"&gt;United States Congress&lt;/a&gt; also receive low approval ratings, although sometimes slightly higher than their Republican peers.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-101" title=""&gt;[102]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-102" title=""&gt;[103]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; An October 2007 &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas_Review-Journal" title="Las Vegas Review-Journal"&gt;Las Vegas Review-Journal&lt;/a&gt; favorability poll indicated 51 percent of Nevadans view Reid unfavorably, with 32 percent indicating favorability.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-103" title=""&gt;[104]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; A December 2007 Las Vegas Review-Journal job approval poll showed 42 percent of Nevadans rating Reid "poor," 41 percent "excellent or good," and 16 percent "only fair."&lt;sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-104" title=""&gt;[105]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Popular_culture" id="Popular_culture"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Reid&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=36" title="Edit section: Popular culture"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Popular culture&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;Part of Harry Reid's confrontation with &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Rosenthal" title="Frank Rosenthal"&gt;Frank Rosenthal&lt;/a&gt; is reenacted in the movie &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casino" title="Casino"&gt;Casino&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (1995).&lt;sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-105" title=""&gt;[106]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-106" title=""&gt;[107]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Reid had a cameo role in the movie &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_%282000_film%29" title="Traffic (2000 film)"&gt;Traffic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (2000), in which he played himself.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-107" title=""&gt;[108]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; He appeared along with Senators &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Brownback" title="Sam Brownback"&gt;Sam Brownback&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama"&gt;Barack Obama&lt;/a&gt; in the 2007 &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Documentary_film" title="Documentary film"&gt;documentary film&lt;/a&gt; &lt;i&gt;Sand and Sorrow&lt;/i&gt;, which details the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur_genocide" title="Darfur genocide" class="mw-redirect"&gt;genocide in Sudan&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-108" title=""&gt;[109]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Electoral_history" id="Electoral_history"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Reid&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=37" title="Edit section: Electoral history"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Electoral history&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;After Reid's run for Senate in 1974 in which he lost narrowly to Paul Laxalt, Reid served as Nevada state gaming commissioner, as noted above. After the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Census,_1980" title="United States Census, 1980" class="mw-redirect"&gt;1980 Census&lt;/a&gt;, Reid successfully ran for the new House district Nevada had been granted, and served two terms. In 1986, Reid was elected as Senator to replace the retiring Laxalt and has served in the Senate ever since.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div style="overflow: auto; width: 100%;"&gt; &lt;table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"&gt; &lt;caption&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senators_from_Nevada" title="List of United States Senators from Nevada" class="mw-redirect"&gt;U.S. Senate elections in Nevada (Class III)&lt;/a&gt;: Results 1974, 1986–2004&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Nevada's 1st congressional district"&gt;Nevada's 1st congressional district&lt;/a&gt;: Results 1982–1984&lt;sup id="cite_ref-clerkresults_109-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_note-clerkresults-109" title=""&gt;[110]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/caption&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;Year&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th&gt;Office&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th&gt;Democrat&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th&gt;Votes&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th&gt;Pct&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th&gt;Republican&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th&gt;Votes&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th&gt;Pct&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th&gt;3rd Party&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th&gt;Party&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th&gt;Votes&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th&gt;Pct&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th&gt;3rd Party&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th&gt;Party&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th&gt;Votes&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th&gt;Pct&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th&gt;3rd Party&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th&gt;Party&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th&gt;Votes&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th&gt;Pct&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th&gt;3rd Party&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th&gt;Party&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th&gt;Votes&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th&gt;Pct&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th&gt;3rd Party&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th&gt;Party&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th&gt;Votes&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th&gt;Pct&lt;/th&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_election,_1974" title="U.S. Senate election, 1974" class="mw-redirect"&gt;1974&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Senate&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 238, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;Harry Reid&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 238, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;78,981&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 238, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;47%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 182, 182) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Laxalt" title="Paul Laxalt"&gt;Paul Laxalt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 182, 182) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;79,605&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 182, 182) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;47%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;Jack C.&lt;/span&gt; Doyle&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Independent_American&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Independent American (page does not exist)"&gt;Independent American&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;10,887&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;6%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._House_election,_1982" title="U.S. House election, 1982" class="mw-redirect"&gt;1982&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;House&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 238, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Harry Reid&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 238, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;61,901&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 238, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;53%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 182, 182) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;Peggy Cavnar&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 182, 182) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;55,391&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 182, 182) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;47%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._House_election,_1984" title="U.S. House election, 1984" class="mw-redirect"&gt;1984&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;House&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 238, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;strong class="selflink"&gt;Harry Reid&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 238, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;73,242&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 238, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;61%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 182, 182) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;Peggy Cavnar&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 182, 182) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;45,675&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 182, 182) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;38%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 255, 102) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;Joe Morris&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 255, 102) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_Party_%28United_States%29" title="Libertarian Party (United States)"&gt;Libertarian&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 255, 102) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;1,885&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 255, 102) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;2%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_election,_1986" title="U.S. Senate election, 1986" class="mw-redirect"&gt;1986&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Senate&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 238, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Harry Reid&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 238, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;130,955&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 238, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;50%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 182, 182) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Santini" title="Jim Santini" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Jim Santini&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 182, 182) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;116,606&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 182, 182) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;45%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 255, 102) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;Kent Cromwell&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 255, 102) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_Party_%28United_States%29" title="Libertarian Party (United States)"&gt;Libertarian&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 255, 102) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;4,899&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 255, 102) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;2%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/None_of_These_Candidates" title="None of These Candidates"&gt;None of these&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; *&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;9,472&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;4%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_election,_1992" title="U.S. Senate election, 1992" class="mw-redirect"&gt;1992&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Senate&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 238, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Harry Reid&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 238, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;253,150&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 238, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;51%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 182, 182) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demar_Dahl&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Demar Dahl (page does not exist)"&gt;Demar Dahl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 182, 182) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;199,413&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 182, 182) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;40%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;Joe S.&lt;/span&gt; Garcia&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;Independent American&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;11,240&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;2%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;Lois Avery&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_Law_Party_%28United_States%29" title="Natural Law Party (United States)"&gt;Natural Law&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;7,279&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;1%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 255, 102) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;Kent Cromwell&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 255, 102) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_Party_%28United_States%29" title="Libertarian Party (United States)"&gt;Libertarian&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 255, 102) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;7,222&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 255, 102) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;1%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 255, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;Harry Tootle&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 255, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populist_Party_%28United_States%29#Recent_incarnations" title="Populist Party (United States)"&gt;Populist&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 255, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;4,429&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 255, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;1%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/None_of_These_Candidates" title="None of These Candidates"&gt;None of these&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; *&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;13,154&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;3%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Nevada,_1998" title="United States Senate election in Nevada, 1998"&gt;1998&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Senate&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 238, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Harry Reid&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 238, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;208,621&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 238, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;48%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 182, 182) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ensign" title="John Ensign"&gt;John Ensign&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 182, 182) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;208,220&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 182, 182) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;48%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 255, 102) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;Michael Cloud&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 255, 102) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_Party_%28United_States%29" title="Libertarian Party (United States)"&gt;Libertarian&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 255, 102) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;8,129&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 255, 102) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;2%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;Michael E.&lt;/span&gt; Williams&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_Law_Party_%28United_States%29" title="Natural Law Party (United States)"&gt;Natural Law&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;2,781&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;1%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/None_of_These_Candidates" title="None of These Candidates"&gt;None of these&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; *&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;8,113&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;2%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_election,_2004" title="U.S. Senate election, 2004" class="mw-redirect"&gt;2004&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Senate&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 238, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Harry Reid&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 238, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;494,805&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 238, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;61%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 182, 182) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Ziser" title="Richard Ziser"&gt;Richard Ziser&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 182, 182) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;284,640&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 182, 182) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;35%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 255, 102) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;Thomas L.&lt;/span&gt; Hurst&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 255, 102) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_Party_%28United_States%29" title="Libertarian Party (United States)"&gt;Libertarian&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 255, 102) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;9,559&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(255, 255, 102) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;1%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;David K.&lt;/span&gt; Schumann&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;Independent American&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;6,001&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;1%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;Gary Marinch&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_Law_Party_%28United_States%29" title="Natural Law Party (United States)"&gt;Natural Law&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;2,095&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;&lt;1%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/None_of_These_Candidates" title="None of These Candidates"&gt;None of these&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; *&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;12,968&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"&gt;2%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="references-small"&gt;* Nevada law since 1975 allows dissatisfied voters to vote for "&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/None_of_These_Candidates" title="None of These Candidates"&gt;None of These Candidates&lt;/a&gt;."&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Notes_and_references" id="Notes_and_references"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Reid&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=38" title="Edit section: Notes and references"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Notes and references&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;table class="metadata plainlinks ambox ambox-style" style=""&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td class="mbox-image"&gt; &lt;div style="width: 52px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ambox_style.png" class="image" title="Ambox style.png"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d6/Ambox_style.png" border="0" width="40" height="40" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class="mbox-text" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="plainlinks"&gt;&lt;b&gt;This article uses bare URLs for &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"&gt;citations&lt;/a&gt;, which are susceptible to &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_rot" title="Link rot"&gt;link rot&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;small&gt;Please help &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Reid&amp;amp;action=edit" class="external text" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Reid&amp;amp;action=edit" rel="nofollow"&gt;improve this article&lt;/a&gt; by changing bare URLs into &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#Full_references" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"&gt;proper citations&lt;/a&gt; with titles, dates, and authors, so that the article remains &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"&gt;verifiable&lt;/a&gt; in the future.&lt;br /&gt;Also consider using &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebCite" title="WebCite"&gt;WebCite&lt;/a&gt; to archive the links.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;div class="references-small" style="-moz-column-count: 2;"&gt; &lt;ol class="references"&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-0"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_ref-0" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.wargs.com/family/ancestry.html" class="external text" title="http://www.wargs.com/family/ancestry.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Genealogy Web&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-washpost-hardknocks-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_ref-washpost-hardknocks_1-0" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; Leibovich, Mark (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005" title="2005"&gt;2005&lt;/a&gt;-&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_17" title="July 17"&gt;07-17&lt;/a&gt;). "&lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/16/AR2005071601279_pf.html" class="external text" title="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/16/AR2005071601279_pf.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Land of Hard Knocks&lt;/a&gt;", &lt;i&gt;The Washington Post&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="reference-accessdate"&gt;. Retrieved on &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008" title="2008"&gt;2008&lt;/a&gt;-&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_17" title="March 17"&gt;03-17&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;amp;rft.type=newspaperArticle&amp;amp;rft.subject=News&amp;amp;rft.aufirst=Mark&amp;amp;rft.aulast=Leibovich&amp;amp;rft.title=Land+of+Hard+Knocks&amp;amp;rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2005%2F07%2F16%2FAR2005071601279_pf.html&amp;amp;rft.source=The+Washington+Post&amp;amp;rft.date=2005-07-17"&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_ref-2" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; "&lt;a href="http://reid.senate.gov/about/index.cfm" class="external text" title="http://reid.senate.gov/about/index.cfm" rel="nofollow"&gt;About Harry Reid&lt;/a&gt;".  U.S. Senate. Retrieved on &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008" title="2008"&gt;2008&lt;/a&gt;-&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_17" title="March 17"&gt;03-17&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-3"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid#cite_ref-3" title=""&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; Tumulty, Karen (January 12, 2007). "&lt;a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1576850-2,00.html" class="external text" title="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1576850-2,00.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;The Democrats' Inside Man&lt;/a&gt;", &lt;i&gt;Time Magazine&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="reference-accessdate"&gt;. Retrieved on &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007" title="2007"&gt;2007&lt;/a&gt;-&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_24" title="April 24"&gt;04-24&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;span class
