Congratulations to John Racener

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Our friend, John Racener, was runner-up in the World Series of Poker this year and won $5.5 Million!

All while wearing the Arbitrage Clear Sky Shirt.

A special thanks to our friends at Poker Players International for introducing us!

Hey Girls, Nice Links…

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Cuff links, of course.

What’s the best way to make an iconic Bunny Cuff even better?  With Arbitrage’s Movember cuff links, of course!

Here’s Laurie and Lindsey, the Bunnies who attended the Movember Gala in NYC rockin’ the Movember links- and looking good doin’ it!

Playboy Secret Service helping with the cuff links

Lovely ladies with lovely cuff links!

Got questions?  Suggestions?  E-mail us at fitexperts@arbitrage.com

Tuesdays Tips

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This week’s Tuesdays Tip has nothing to do with fashion.

This tip has is a tip for helping others gain access to a something we all take for granted: clean drinking water.  It doesn’t sound like a big deal, but waterborne illnesses kill more people, and more children, every year than any type of violence – including war.  Those are some big numbers, gentlemen.

Arbitrage is proud to work with charity : water, a not-for-profit organization who’s sole mission is to bring clean drinking water to everyone that doesn’t have it – over a billion people.  Say that out loud: “More than one billion people don’t have clean water”.

Here’s what charity : water has to say on their website, because I can’t say it any better than they already did:

Unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation cause 80% of all sickness and disease, and kill more people every year than all forms of violence, including war. Many people in the developing world, usually women and children, walk more than three hours every day to fetch water that is likely to make them sick. Those hours are crucial, preventing many from working or attending school. Additionally, collecting water puts them at greater risk of sexual harassment and assault. Children are especially vulnerable to the consequences of unsafe water.  Of the 42,000 deaths that occur every week from unsafe water and a lack of basic sanitation, 90% are children under 5 years old.

charity : water held it’s annual charity : ball last night at the Metropolitan Pavilion, and Arbitrage was lucky enough to be on the guest list.  And the evening was inspiring, to say the least.  Through a silent auction, live auction, and sponsor-backed activities, charity : water raised over one million dollars, and reached their goal of bringing clean drinking water to one million people since the organization began three years ago!  Amazing.

The live auction, let me tell you, was enough to restore anyone’s faith in humanity.  People, without hesitation, giving thousands of dollars to give clean water to people they’ll never meet, in a faraway place that they’ll never visit- because it’s the right thing to do.  And I’m not talking tossing a dollar bill into a bin- I’m talking writing a check for $50,000.  $20,000.  $10,000.  $5,000.  Several times over.  Awe-inspiring, believe me.

And for those of you saying, “oh I can’t afford to give, I don’t have $50,000 to give away”: I don’t have $50,000 to give away, either.  But, all of us can sit in our nice, clean, beautifully furnished homes and go out to dinner and go out partying with our friends.  And if all of us can give up one of those nights, one of those expensive dinners, and instead put that money toward something that will save hundreds of lives for decades- don’t you think that’s a bit more worthwhile than a night at the bars that only lasts a few hours?(Plus, there’s no hangover from giving, nor empty calories and Taco Bell cravings.)

So this week Tuesdays Tip is this: do something simple, so others may simply live.  Go to charitywater.org, and learn what you can do, and make a contribution- just $25 can give a person clean drinking water for 20 years.  Let that sink in, and then go do your part.  It’s easy, easier than you’d think, and does more than you can imagine.

And for you cynics reading this, you can easily finish your holiday shopping with charity : water – gifts for everyone on your list, and 100% of the proceeds goes directly to funding freshwater wells in underprivileged countries.  Only looking for yourself?  Our charity : water tie was worn last night by charity : water founder Scott Harrison, and host Adrian Grenier.  And they both looked awesome with it.  So if that doesn’t bring you around, I guess I just lost a bet, and the Grinch really does read our blog.  I’ll go find Cindy-Lou Who for you, then.

Movember 2009

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This weekend marked several Movember parties and galas – all celebrating the art of growing a killer stache for men’s health.  How was it?  Check out the pictures after the jump!!!

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Mustache Mondays: Wrappin’ it Up

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This is the last week of November, which means – it’s the last week of MOvember – and just a reminder to all you guys, it’s not too late, nor is it ever too late, to donate to Movember – whether it be with our cuff links, or just making a donation to someone’s Movember team.

All money raised goes to preventing and finding a cure for prostate and testicular cancer.  If there are 6 guys reading this blog right now, statistically, 1 of them will be diagnosed with prostate or testicular cancer in his lifetime.  Those are scary odds, gentlemen.  So give what you can, and help find a cure.

Because you know what you’ve got to protect?

And since I know you were expecting a moustache, here’s a killer one to send the month out on:

Awwww yeahhhhh

Can’t grow a mustache?  It’s ok – you can rock your Movember pride all year long with these babies:

Mo Bro Appreciation!

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Our Mo Bros in Vancouver rocked out at their Movember Gala – check out a couple pics of those sweet staches:

Hey, Bro in the middle – nice shirt!

Moustache Mondays: Olympian Staches

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Olympic records.  World records.  Gold medals.  All-around bad-assery.  Potentially pruney fingers and chronic chlorine aroma.  Killer abs.

All of these things, Michael Phelps and Mark Spitz have in common.  Something else they have in common?

Sweet Staches.

Spitz took his iconic Sports Illustrated cover photo rockin’ a classic 70’s stache, and owns the crap out of it.

Big Mike?  When he’s not on the big stage of the Olympics, he’s been known to rock what I like to call, ‘The Fu’.  Short for ‘Fu Man Chu’.

The legitimacy of this look’s qualifications as a moustache has been debated.  However, I dub it a stache since there’s no real chin action going on: just an extension of the stache down to the jawline.  Killer.

We at Arbitrage tip our hats to you, great champions of both the moustache and the pool.  And to you, Arbitrage men – champions and gentlemen of your respective pools.  We salute you.

Have questions?  Want to share your sweet stache?  Want an awesome deal on your Movember cuff links? Email us at fitexperts@arbitrage.com.

MoStrong!

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Testicular cancer survivor, Livestrong founder, 7-time Tour de France champion, and all-around badass Lance Armstrong is growing a Mo for Movember.  How’s his stache goin?  Check out the pic he tweeted to MovemberUSA:

We believe in you, Lance!!  Let that baby growww!