Russell W. Dickson

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Russell W. Dickson, lives in upstate NY, and is a Freelance journalist. He has written for both print and online news/opinion pages.Russell holds a B.A. in English, minor Journalism from The University at Albany, Albany, NY. His writing experience spans more than a decade and his work has graced the pages of newspapers, magazines, online news orgs, and political websites in both the U.S. and abroad.

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Echoes of Silence: Remembering Layne Staley, Chris Cornell, and Chester Bennington

Layne Staley, Chris Cornell, and Chester Bennington's music offered comfort and understanding for pain and loss. Their absence leaves an irreplaceable void.

Hudson Valley Taco Fest #8: Best in the U.S.

Angelo Notaro is widely recognized for his food expertise, with a keen ability to identify quality and subtle flavors at Hudson Valley Taco Fest.

America’s Best Food Festival, the Hudson Valley Mac and Cheese Festival

What is it that makes Mac and Cheese so culturally significant in the United States, and when did the love affair between Americans and macaroni and cheese begin?

Buffalo Wing Food Festival

What is it about Food Festivals that inspire the heart, mind and appetites of people around the world and Americans from coast-to-coast ever year. One of the more popular genres for "Food Festivals" was inspired by the "Buffalo Wing."

Born To Be Wild, Gen X

Generation X will never forget the 80's. It was a time of dual income families, single parent households and children of divorce. Generation Xers...

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How Buy Now, Pay Later Debt Changes Your Bankruptcy Decisions

Does buy now, pay later debt count when you're deciding whether to file for bankruptcy? More and more, yes, even when the balance never touched your credit report. Split-pay loans from apps like Klarna, Afterpay, Affirm, and Zip have become

The Debt Collector’s AI Voice Agent: How Synthetic-Voice Dunning Calls Are Colliding With Decades-Old Consumer Protection Rules

Most consumers assume the friendly voice on a collection call belongs to a person following a script. It is often a script following a person. A synthetic voice, cloned or generated by an AI agent, working a call list on behalf of a collect

The Black Box in the Crossover: What Vehicle Event Data Recorders Capture in the Seconds Before a Fatal Pedestrian Crash

A pedestrian killed by a crossover has, on average, about 20 seconds of the driver's inputs sitting inside the car that hit them. Throttle position. Brake pressure. Steering angle. Whether the seat belt was buckled and whether stability con

When the CFO Leaves: How Growing Companies Keep the Books on Track

Most owners assume a CFO exit is mainly an HR headache. Post the job, run the search, backfill the seat. The seat is the easy part. What breaks first is the reporting cadence: the month-end close nobody owns, the covenant calculation that u
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