<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b90c746d-6c53-4238-bd93-d4f90fcfe5dd/2EBFA5E5-00A0-4A0C-BCF7-AD9C891287DA/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://twentyset.com/why-the-new-girls%e2%80%99-club-doesn%e2%80%99t-work/" href="http://twentyset.com/why-the-new-girls%e2%80%99-club-doesn%e2%80%99t-work/" style="font-size: 11px;">twentyset.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://twentyset.com/why-the-new-girls%e2%80%99-club-doesn%e2%80%99t-work/"><H3>Joining ‘the Sisterhood’</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://twentyset.com/why-the-new-girls%e2%80%99-club-doesn%e2%80%99t-work/"><P>New Girls’ Clubs typically host overly girly networking events. 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