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ADELAIDE’S ONLINE DAI LY NEWS PAP ER Friday 14th August 2009 De-stress with a cuppa JOEL DRY Feeling stressed out or anxious? Go put the kettle on and make a cup of tea. A study by an Australian university professor has finally confirmed what many tea drinkers have long believed - that a steaming cuppa can help soothe in a crisis. and the other half a cup of tea afterwards. While the stress of the test caused water drinkers’ anxiety levels to soar by 25 per cent, the tea drinkers recorded a four per cent fall. Having a cuppa helped the tea drinkers feel they had been “cared for” , while the actual process of tea making created “communality” and “solidarity” among the group. HENDRIK GOUT - THE ART OF WAR Malcolm Cross, a psychologist at City University London, has found that drinking tea reduces stress levels and can make people calmer. For his study, 42 volunteers were subjected to a timed maths quiz, with half the group given a glass of water IN BRIEF Women left behind Women are the hidden victims of the downturn, with female earnings falling to their lowest point relative to men’s in two decades. Earnings figures for May put average female pay at $54,907 – just 82 per cent of the $66,581 male average and the lowest proportion in 21 years. Big jumps in earnings in the construction and mining industries lie behind the change, along with much smaller increases or declines in pay in the retail industry, accommodation, had a loaded handgun. hospitality, and the public service, finance, insurance and communications sectors. – Fairfax Driver ‘had handgun’ A 33-year-old driver stopped by police in Parafield last night allegedly He will face court today charged with various offences, including carrying a loaded firearm, possessing a firearm without a licence, possessing a prohibited weapon, and a Parole Board warrant. A 37-yearold woman from Lewiston who was with him was also arrested on an outstanding warrant. Job loss fears Unions are concerned about the prospect of job losses caused by the proposed merger of the SA-based credit unions Savings & Loans and Australian Central. The merger will deliver the new entity 350,000 members and $7.4 billion in assets under management. Australian Services Union state secretary Katrine Hildyard told ABC radio she was keen to get a clearer picture on workers’ futures, with staff believed to be concerned about job security, maintenance of wages and conditions. And the perfect recipe for a soothing cuppa? Exactly 1.6 cups of English breakfast tea mixed with milk and one-and-a-half sugars did the trick. Cross, who hails from Orange in western NSW, said many people repeatedly turned to tea in times of stress because they had strong memories of its comforting qualities. - AAP
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