Here are this week's read­ing diver­sions for your per­sonal enlight­en­ment. Have a remark­able weekend!

Lisa Belkin: Children's Books Par­ents Either Love Or Hate

Which brings us to the sub­ject of children's books that par­ents hate. As I have learned writ­ing about par­ent­ing over the years, we develop intense opin­ions and some dys­func­tional rela­tion­ships with the sto­ries we read (or refuse to read) to our chil­dren every night.

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Shangri-La Hotel Singapore's Black Pep­per Crab (RECIPE)

If you've been to Sin­ga­pore, then you’ve prob­a­bly tasted black pep­per crab — it seems this dish, along with chili crab, are main­stays of that city-state's cuisine.

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Bet­ter To Have Hair On Your Feet Than Your Head

A reced­ing hair­line on your head may not be your favorite look, but lack of hair on your feet is much more dan­ger­ous. It is could be a sign that your feet are not get­ting ade­quate blood flow

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Hol­i­day Horo­scope: How To Cope With Fam­ily Stress, By Zodiac Sign

Let's get real: When it comes to spend­ing a lot of time with fam­ily dur­ing the hol­i­days, the most won­der­ful time of the year can quickly turn into the most stress­ful time of the year. For­tu­nately, Astrol­ogy can help you watch for the things that trig­ger your sign's stress lev­els most, and offer tips on how to cope with tense fam­ily sit­u­a­tions all sea­son long

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Pes­ti­cides Found In Cana­dian Organic Produce

"Pes­ti­cides are end­ing up in pro­duce some­how and it's not sup­posed to hap­pen so there are flaws in the integrity," he said in an interview.

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The 10 Most Sug­ary Cereals

Cook­ies for break­fast? Most would say no way. But you may actu­ally be unknow­ingly serv­ing up heap­ing bowls of cereal with just as much — if not more — sugar.

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KEDS Recall: 45,000 Pairs Of Girls' Shoes Pulled

f you thought high heels were the worst offender in a woman's closet, think again. The pop­u­lar shoe brand, KEDS (yep, the same KEDS you had at least one pair of in the 80s) has recalled 45,000 pairs of their "Know It All" girls' shoe — a black and pink slip-on sneaker. Metal stars on the back of the shoe caused cuts and scratches a reported 27 times.

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7 Secrets to Get­ting a Job After 50

In what's already a noto­ri­ously dif­fi­cult job mar­ket — in a coun­try weath­er­ing a major finan­cial cri­sis — 50-plus job seek­ers can be for­given for approach­ing an employ­ment search with a bit of anxiety.

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Low testos­terone: How to tell if it's a... | Chatelaine.com

Most women think of low testos­terone as being a male issue. The real­ity is that in women, low testos­terone can lead to a vari­ety of unde­sir­able side effects, includ­ing decreased sex drive, lack of mus­cle tis­sue, depres­sion, obe­sity, osteo­poro­sis, low mem­ory, heart dis­ease, and painful inter­course. Find out the signs of decreased testos­terone in women, and what you can do to help if you have that problem.

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95 Ques­tions to Help You Find Mean­ing and Happiness

At the cusp of a new day, week, month or year, most of us take a lit­tle time to reflect on our lives by look­ing back over the past and ahead into the future. We pon­der the suc­cesses, fail­ures and stand­out events that are slowly script­ing our life’s story. This process of self-reflection helps us main­tain a con­scious aware­ness of where we’ve been and where we intend to go. It is per­ti­nent to the orga­ni­za­tion and preser­va­tion of our long-term goals and happiness.

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12 Win­ter Health Quirks, Explained

"The rea­son colds are more com­mon in the win­ter is prob­a­bly due to the fact that peo­ple are spend­ing more time inside where it is eas­ier to spread cold viruses," Dr. Guy T. Napoli­tana, M.D., chair­man of gen­eral inter­nal med­i­cine at the Lahey Clinic in Mass­a­chu­setts, told Every­day Health.

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Meat­head: Chest­nuts Roasted On An Open Fire, In The Oven, In The Microwave, Steamed Or Boiled

If the nuts are very fresh, you need to only pre­pare exactly what you need. If they are get­ting a bit old, or if your gro­cer has not kept them chilled, pre­pare about 50% more know­ing that sev­eral will be moldy. Do not eat moldy nuts.

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Helen Lamanna is Managing Director, and co-founder of AdvisorAnalyst.com. Read more from the author/contributor here.

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