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There is a war going on in America, and the battleground is coffee.

The latest front was opened by Starbucks, which marched toward the higher market ground this week, opening a swanky cafe and “roastery”, Starbucks Reserve, in its hometown of Seattle.

That move comes after Dunkin’ Donuts – which has traditionally been a New England franchise – began advancing west, opening its first three locations in southern California to fevered anticipation in September.

When a Dunkin’ Donuts’ store on Santa Monica boulevard in Los Angeles opened its doors on 2 September, 200 people lined up outside at 5am.

Dunkin’ Donuts, McDonald’s and Starbucks have been jostling for position and market share for several years already, but the battle is escalating fast – and with Burger King having bought Tim Hortons, the iconic Canadian coffee chain, for $11bn in September, that pace will likely accelerate.

The war is fought on several fronts. First, geographic: Dunkin’ Donuts is traditionally based in New England but is aggressively expanding south

traditionally based in New England but is aggressively expanding south and west. Krispy Kreme is from the South; its first attempt at expansion failed miserably, but a new one is underway. Starbucks started in Seattle, but, like McDonald’s, it is now ubiquitous, with market penetration pretty evenly spread across the US.

The second front involves customer habits. The breakfast market in fast food is dominated by McDonald’s, which introduced the Egg McMuffin sandwich in the early 1970s. Dunkin’ Donuts has positioned itself much more as a place to go for coffee-as-fuel, while Starbucks controls the destination coffeehouse – a place to go to work and socialise.

As demographics change, habits and tastes change, too. “Coffee is associated with rites of passage,” said Ric Rhinehart, the executive director of the Specialty Coffee Association of America. He said that the millennial generation is in the act of overtaking the Baby Boomers as the leading demographic force. “They’re the generation that grew up with Starbucks,and that has dramatically changed their outlook on coffee,” he said.

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SIA39, is one of the biggest musical geniuses in Hollywood. The brains behind many hits from Beyonce, Rihanna, and Britney Spears, Sia is a seasoned pro in the industry. She’s modest, too, as one thing is very apparent — the Australian singer/songwriter hates showing her face, even when she’s nominated for huge awards like a Grammy. Here’s why she hides her visage.

Sia’s Face: Why The Singer Chooses To Hide Her FaceThe “Elastic Heart” singer wrote an op-ed for Billboard in October 2013 called “My Anti-Fame Manifesto (By Sia Furler)” where she addressed why she hides her face from the spotlight. Yes, it has everything to do with hating fame.

“If anyone besides famous people knew what it was like to be a famous person, they would never want to be famous,” Sia wrote. “Imagine the stereotypical highly opinionated, completely uninformed mother-in-law character and apply it to every teenager with a computer in the entire world. Then add in all bored people, as well as people whose job it is to report on celebrities. Then, picture that creature, that force, criticizing you for an hour straight once a day, every day, day after day.”

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Sass and Bide.. Moving onSARAH-JANE Clarke and Heidi Middleton made their (nick)names 15 years ago with the lowest-cut jeans on the market; now they are announcing their departure from sass & bide while the business is at an all-time high.

“We always had the dream to build it up to sell,” Clarke told The Australian. “After 15 years it seems the right time to go and explore other opportunities and other things.”

Added Middleton: “We could never imagine being in the business without the other one and we also just feel you have one life and there are so many things I’d like to try.”

The duo and their investors sold first a controlling part of the label in 2011 and then the remaining part to Myer last year for a total of $72.3 million. Since then, rumour has been rife that the pair was no longer involved with the business or was about to leave.

Gallery: Sass & bide through the years

However, they maintained their involvement with the company on rolling contracts until now.

“We thought it would be best to

leave on a high,” said Middleton. “We feel like the business is in extremely good health, we’ve had an amazing run especially in the last five to seven years, (business) has been incredibly strong and there’s a great team in there that we believe can take the business forward.”

A Myer spokesperson said: “Heidi and Sarah-Jane’s departure from sass & bide has been in planning for some time as they have been transitioning out of the business.

“Myer wishes Heidi and Sarah-Jane well, they go with our great good wishes, and we expect they will be associated with sass & bide for a long time.”

Clarke and Middleton understand that there will be those who feel betrayed by their leaving the label they began after selling customised jeans on London’s Portobello Road in 1999.

“Yes, it will be a different business to when we had it,” said Clarke, “but hopefully it maintains its magic.

“It’s the next phase of the growth cycle and I guess it will become a lot more developed as a culture and a business.”

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let them drink beerDevils Brewery is a ‘Gypsy Brewing company’. The term has found its way into theindustry to describe brewers who utilisedowntime on existing breweries to create their own beers.Working with local Tasmanianproducers is a large part of the business ethos and allows us to create fresh and interesting beer styles. This includes Tasmanian Cherries for our ‘Cherry Popper’ Chocolate and TartCherry Stout to our smoked grains, smoked by Bruny Island Smoke House for our ‘Smokey Moll’ Smoked Molasses Porter.

All of our beers are‘Limited Release’ with limited kegs being available to each craft beer venue.

Devils Head Brewer David Tottle says“It’s the love of makingbeer, sharing it with others… the unbridled creativity of it. I’m always on the lookout for interesting ingredients that could help create a wild, unusual and original beers”.

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Bullying is when an individual or a group of people with more power, repeatedly and intentionally cause hurt or harm to another person or group of people who feel helpless to respond. Bullying can continue over time, is often hidden from adults, and will probably continue if no action is taken.

Bullying is a relationship problem and requires relationship-based solutions. These are best solved in the social environment in which they occur: in a child or young person’s life, this is most often the school.

Bullying is notsingle episodes of social rejection or dislikesingle episode acts of nastiness or spiterandom acts of aggression or intimidationmutual arguments, disagreements or fights.These actions can cause great distress. However, they’re not examples of bullying unless someone is deliberately and repeatedly doing them.

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Women’s empowerment starts with how women treat other women.

Created by SheKnows Media and BlogHer, a new video features a few of the women from this year’s BlogHer15 conference advisory board discussing the importance of women supporting one another in a collective effort to educate and empower female readers and content consumers.BlogHer15 is an annual conference created in partnership with BlogHer and SheKnows Media that celebrates female content creators. This year’s expert advisory board, which attends and speaks at the conference, is made up of 37 people who are making an impact in the media world.

Four of these 37 members are featured in the video, including the founder of Digital Undivided Kathryn Finney, the founder of Femsplain Amber

empowerGordon, managing partner of Greenroom Communications Kim Holderness and the founder and CEO of Pipeline Fellowship Natalia Oberti Noguera.

“We are our own biggest advocate, and if we can break that stereotypical girl versus girl mentality there’s so much that we can do,” Gordon says in the video.

Finney explains the impact that empowered women can have in media. “We have all of these platforms that are available to us, where there’s no longer the gatekeepers that tell us what we can write, when we can write, how we can write -- we can do it any way we want to,” she says.

Fiji is a collection of volcanic islands spanning 1000 miles in the South Pacific Ocean. Synonymous with good bottled water, the country is viewed as a far-off and exotic getaway, and rightly so. There are two main islands, Viti Levu and Vanua Levu, and nearly 900 smaller islands and inlets, so you’re sure to find a secluded spot somewhere in the country. But contrary to popular belief, a vacation here doesn’t need to break the bank. Yes, there are pricey resorts but there are also budget guesthouses. Inexpensive accommodation and food, combined with the fact most Pacific flights include a stopover here, makes the islands an affordable and easy place to visit. This guide can help you plan your trip so you don’t skip it like most people do. Fiji is the best budget choice in the Pacific!

Food – You can find a cheap meal for just about $2 USD, but the average cost in a casual restaurant is $5 USD. On most islands, your accommodation includes three meals per day, so take advantage of this.

Transportation – Buses are efficient and inexpensive in Fiji. The 4 hour journey from Suva to Nadi on the main island costs just $22 USD. A taxi around Suva will cost no more than $3 USD. Flights are approximately $230 USD (round-trip) from Nadi to the Northern Group and about $170 USD (round-trip) from Nadi to the Southern Islands. Travel between the islands is usually done via small boats run by the hotel or hostel. Ferries are also an option – routes operate between Viti Levu and Vanua Levu, Ovalau.

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