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  Real cardiff - Cardiff New York State
New York's Cardiff turns out not to be much.
Cardiff was once Onondagan land, used to be.
"Cardiff," I say, "the other one." "And where exactly is that," she asks, "some folks were in here the other day enquiring and I just couldn't recall." I tell her.
www.peterfinch.co.uk /cardUSA.htm   (1354 words)

  
  Cardiff, New York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cardiff, New York is a small hamlet located south of Syracuse, New York.
It was the home of the famed Hoax "Cardiff Giant", which was discovered on the William C. "Stub" Newell Farm in Cardiff, N.Y. on October 16, 1869.
This New York state location article is a stub.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cardiff,_New_York   (89 words)

  
 [Scott Tribble] Giants in the Head: The Cardiff Giant in American Historical Consciousness   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Cardiff Giant appeared at a time when Americans were acutely concerned for the future of their republic; graft had become so pervasive that even the President had fallen prey to it, as in the case of the Credit Mobilier scandal.
The Cardiff Giant returned to historical consciousness in the context of this constructed native folk tradition; its form was decidedly romantic, as the episode came to symbolize the innocence of virtuous pre-industrial folk.
The apotheosis of the Cardiff Giant as a symbol of romantic regionalism was its exhibition by the New York State Historical Association at the Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown.
www.stribble.com /cardiffgiant   (15275 words)

  
 BBC News | WALES | New York flights on the horizon
During his three-day visit to the city, he announced that New York would be the home of the assembly's first Wales International Centre, to be set up later in 2002.
Cardiff International Airport handles 1.5m passengers annually and is one of the most successful regional airports.
It was put on standby in September 2001 to handle transatlantic flights diverted due to the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington DC.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/wales/1876143.stm   (430 words)

  
 Cheap Flights to New York   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
New York is also well serviced by British Airways For all other airports and options the flight consolidators lastminute.com ebookers and onlinetravel.com have a superb price comparison engine on flights to New York departing from major UK airports.
The City of New York is actually comprised of five Burroughs - Staten Island, Queens Brooklyn, The Bronx and the island of Manhattan.
New York City's yellow cabs, have a flat rate service of $45 (as of 2005) from JFK airport to Manhattan, excluding tips and tolls.
www.travellersdiscounts.co.uk /newyork.php   (1139 words)

  
 MSU Sprague Library - New Acquistions - Main Collection & References - Jan 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
New York, N.Y. : Thames and Hudson, 1999.
New York : Abrams ; Indianapolis, Ind. : In association with the Indianapolis Museum of Art and the State Historical-Cultural Museum Preserve, Moscow Kremlin, 2001.
New York, London, for the American Bible society [by] Harper and brothers, 1938, c1939.
library.montclair.edu /NewAcquisitions/newacq0102.html   (9607 words)

  
 The Farmers' Museum - Do You Believe in Giants? The Great Cardiff Giant Hoax   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
On October 16, 1869, workmen digging a well in Cardiff, New York, unearthed a giant, fossilized man. They ran to alert the owner of the farm, William C. "Stub" Newell, thinking that they had discovered the remains of an ancient race.
On December 10, 1869, George Hull, a cigar manufacturer from Binghamton, New York, admitted that the Cardiff Giant was a giant hoax.
The statue was shipped by railroad to Union, New York in a box labeled "finished marble" and carted by wagon to Cardiff, where Hull had friends and relatives.
www.farmersmuseum.org /exhibitions/cardiff.htm   (434 words)

  
 Cheap Flights to New York (NYC) from Cardiff (CWL)
Whilst it is possible to book a hotel in New York at the airport on arrival we would advise anyone requiring to book a cheap hotel in New York to make a reservation as soon as possible before your departure date.
Be a part of the NYC spirit at the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers, situated on 7th Avenue between 52nd and 53rd Streets in midtown Manhattan.
After a long flight to New York however it can be a tedious and frustrating to hire a car on arrival.
www.kasbah.com /flights-to/new-york-nyc/cardiff-cwl.htm   (496 words)

  
 Welcome to the LaFayette Apple Festival
On October 16, 1869 workmen "discovered" the Cardiff Giant, a ten and one half foot stone statue, on a farm outside Cardiff, New York.
Cardiff residents capitalized on the discovery by providing hospitality, food, and drink for the visitors and their horses.
In 1948 the Giant was purchased and laid to rest at the Farmers' Museum in Cooperstown, New York.
www.lafayetteapplefest.org /giant.html   (355 words)

  
 CARDIFF Family History
William Mark CARDIFF was born March 1, 1809, in Carlow county.
This was the family of military settlers Richard CARDIFF, his brother George, George's wife Mary PAYNE and their six sons: John, George, Thomas, Richard, William and Mark.
Jean CARDIFF is researching John CARDIFF who migrated around 1889 from Ross Port, a small village north-west of Belmullet, in County Mayo, Ireland, and settled in Chicago, USA.
members.tripod.com /dcardiff/index.html   (1584 words)

  
 Cardiff Giant Information
The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous hoaxes in American history, was a 10-foot-tall "petrified man" discovered October 16, 1869 by workers digging a well behind the barn of William C. "Stub" Newell in Cardiff, New York.
In 1947 he sold it to Farmer's Museum in Cooperstown, New York, where it is still on display.
In 1870, Mark Twain wrote "A Ghost Story" in which the ghost of the Cardiff Giant appears in the hotel room in Manhattan to demand that he be reburied.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Cardiff_Giant   (1023 words)

  
 Real Cardiff - Peter Finch
"Cardiff is the new rock and roll", remarked one chubby-faced fresher from the East Midlands, displaying that innovative turn of phrase that only the English possess.
Cardiff is now a city of call-centres, leasing agents, insurance companies, utility providers, transport undertakings, plc head offices, banks and building societies.
A new grand boulevard - Lloyd George Avenue - has gone in behind the railway along which traffic now sweeps from the glittering city centre to the red brick Pier Head and the glories that will soon be the all-glass transparency of the National Assembly debating chamber.
www.peterfinch.co.uk /cardiff.htm   (2305 words)

  
 The Scientist : "D'ya hear about the moon-bison?"
Dan De Quille wasn't the only journalist to invent life science news in the 19th century, although he was the most prolific, with at least 13 fake science reports to his credit.
New York was in an uproar for weeks as citizens debated the truth of the reports -- one persistent rumor from this time is that a group of Baptists started collecting money to send missionaries to the moon to save the poor, unwashed man-bats.
Once readers were taken in, the writers revealed their hoaxes, using strategies ranging from Twain's subtle textual clues to Poe's drunken revelation of his Balloon-Hoax on the steps of the New York Sun six hours after it came off the presses.
www.the-scientist.com /news/home/52922   (812 words)

  
 Cardiff giant
The fake was the idea of George Hull, a cigar manufacturer and atheist, and a distant relation Stubb Newell, who owned the farm in Cardiff, New York, where the hoax was perpetrated.
The curious came in the hundreds per day to the remote upstate New York farm for a view of Biblical history.
It is said that when both were displayed in New York City at the same time, Barnum's fake of the fake outdrew the real fake (Feder: 36).
www.skepdic.com /cardiff.html   (417 words)

  
 Real Cardiff - Newtown
Cardiff was a boom town with a vast need for labour.
Bounded by the rail line to the north, the goods yard to the east, feeder to the west, and the dock itself to the south it developed a particularly strong sense of community.
She leaves her car where the wharf edge once was, next to a berberis bush, planted for the enjoyment of new residents at the nearby Lloyd George Avenue apartments.
dspace.dial.pipex.com /peter.finch/newtown.htm   (1082 words)

  
 Public Art Fund: Janet Cardiff
Janet Cardiff's Her Long Black Hair is a 35-minute journey that begins at Central Park South and transforms an everyday stroll in the park into an absorbing psychological and physical experience.
As Cardiff's voice on the audio soundtrack guides listeners through the park, they are occasionally prompted to pull out and view one of the photographs.
Janet Cardiff was born in Canada in 1957; she and Miller currently live and work in Berlin.
www.publicartfund.org /pafweb/projects/04/cardiff_J_04.html   (432 words)

  
 Cardiff Giant, Cooperstown, New York
The Cardiff Giant was conceived by George Hull, a cigar manufacturer and atheist, after he'd spent an evening arguing with a fundamentalist minister.
It was only when both giants appeared in New York City at the same time that the hoax was finally acknowledged by everyone (The false giant can be seen today at Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum, Farmington Hills, Michigan).
After years of haggling, the New York Historical Association bought the giant for $30,000 and brought it to Cooperstown, where it has resided at the Farmers Museum -- a place that features broom-making demonstrations -- ever since.
www.roadsideamerica.com /attract/NYCOOgiant.html   (522 words)

  
 Cardiff Giant
The Cardiff Giant was the brainchild of George Hull of Binghamton, New York in 1866.
The Cardiff Giant was one of the greatest hoaxes in American history.
The Cardiff Giant A sketch of the Giant on display in 1869 in Cardiff, New York The Cardiff Giant The Cardiff Giant, a gigantic ten-foot tall...
www.inneans.com /paranormal/Cardiff-Giant.html   (497 words)

  
 ART IN REVIEW; Janet Cardiff - New York Times
Cardiff sometimes speaks in a conspiratorial voice, as if she knows you, or mistakes you for someone she knows, revealing intimacies or telling various cockamamie stories out of sync with the places walked.
Cardiff is an appealing, likeable artist, and this is an amusing, gimmicky exhibition.
Cardiff, it toys with the link between sound and body, but the pleasure and stimulation comes simply from the gorgeous motet, which pours over you as light pours through the windows.
query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9C03E4DC123DF933A05752C1A9679C8B63   (568 words)

  
 Jul 05 - Cardiff Ships ChiefSymbols Library CC18 for Chief Architect   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Cardiff Consultants holds the exclusive right to optimize and to market Dosch content for use with all Chief Architect Inc. software.
Cardiff Consultants, Limited, is a software developer specializing, through its ChiefSymbols.com website, in 2D and 3D content for Chief Architect Inc. software and, through its CADtoday.com website, in content and rapid search CADcompanion™ file viewers for architectural CAD in a variety of CAD file formats.
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www.tenlinks.com /NEWS/PR/Cardiff/070506_librarycc18.htm   (245 words)

  
 Cardiff Software - Press Releases : Cardiff Unveils Next-Generation Intelligent Document Classification Solution for ...
The Cardiff system delivers significant cost reduction, accelerated processes and an improved customer experience by taking formerly static documents and enabling them to 'process themselves' through the introduction of embedded intelligence.
Cardiff (www.cardiff.com) is a leading provider of software for intelligent document solutions that unify people, paper and process.
Cardiff enables organizations to capture information from paper and electronic sources and to manage the process behind the form by embedding intelligence and enabling better visibility and control.
www.cardiff.com /company/news/releases/NEXT-GEN-CLASSIFICATION_200702.html   (847 words)

  
 The Cardiff Giant   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Cardiff Giant, a gigantic ten-foot tall stone man, emerged out of the ground and into American life on October 16, 1869, when he was discovered by some workers digging a well behind the barn of William C. "Stub" Newell in Cardiff, New York.
When his offer was refused, he paid an artist to build an exact plaster replica of it, which he then put on display in his museum in New York City.
Many have declared the Cardiff Giant to be the greatest hoax of all time.
www.museumofhoaxes.com /cardiff.html   (752 words)

  
 New York Recruiters - Oya's Directory of Recruiters
Cardiff Group - a New York City based executive search firm specializing in the placement of Accounting, Finance, and Information Technology (IT) professionals in permanent and consulting positions.
ExecuSearch Group - professional recruitment and temporary staffing in the New York metro area.
Nadine Bocelli & Company, Inc. - New York legal recruitment firm placing legal personnel, within law firms and legal departments, in New York City and the tri-state area.
www.i-recruit.com /drecruiters_state_new_york.htm   (1100 words)

  
 New York Debt Consolidation New York - Consolidate Cardiff NY Debts
Our Cardiff New York debt consolidation program allows you to make a single monthly payment that is in turn distributed to your creditors.
Since the average New York household has 14 credit cards, debt consolidation companies were created to help those families concerned with credit debt elimination.
Personal finance experts always are telling people that they should deal with debt, but maybe we don't dwell often enough on the sugar that comes after you take your medicine by paying off those bills.
www.mycdc.org /debt/ny-new-york/cardiff   (533 words)

  
 Cardiff Landscaping Contractors | Landscapers in Cardiff, NY
A Cardiff landscaper is someone with the know how to achieve maximum beauty and functionality on any landscaping project.
Cardiff landscape design takes into account much more than just choosing which plants to put where.
Hiring an experienced Cardiff landscaper is the first step towards designing the ideal landscape for you and your property.
www.servicemagic.com /c.Landscaping.Cardiff.NY.-12046.html   (228 words)

  
 Cardiff Software - Press Releases : Cardiff LiquidOffice Selected by Albany County to Automate the Processing of ...
"Cardiff LiquidOffice was selected for its ability to effectively reduce the time, effort and expense associated with the manual processing of official forms," said Mark Dorry, chief information officer at Albany County.
Cardiff's open systems approach provides them with the flexibility to take advantage of new technologies while still leveraging their investments in existing systems.
The Cardiff family of integrated software products empowers organizations to automate existing business processes using technology to capture, process and respond to strategic business information, thereby improving employee productivity, customer service and profitability.
www.cardiff.com /company/news/releases/PRESSRELEASE-279.html   (589 words)

  
 The Best in Art - New York Magazine Culture Awards 2005
Freilicher’s retrospective at the Tibor de Nagy gallery—mostly images of Water Mill and New York City—demonstrated that traditional painting can be as fresh as the seashore landscapes she often depicts.
Organized by P.S. 1 and MoMA, “Greater New York” was a salon that few people loved—but that did the hard, necessary work of bringing new art into public view.
McEwen is part of a new generation of scabrous young nihilists.
newyorkmetro.com /nymetro/arts/cultureawards/15294/index.html   (828 words)

  
 20 February 2001 New York here we come!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
And whilst the Adventurer set a very tough record to beat with the Gibraltar to Monaco leg, in theory, New York to Gibraltar should be a little less fraught.
Departing from the skyscrapers of New York, Spirit of Cardiff will be heading up the New England coast towards Nova Scotia, and on to Newfoundland before making for the sub-tropical paradise of the Azores.
And lest you think that the Spirit's arrival back in Cardiff is likely to be somewhat low-key, the plan is to time the return to coincide with celebrations marking the official opening of Cardiff Bay Barrage at the beginning of June.
www.spirit-of-cardiff.com /news/20010220.htm   (393 words)

  
 The New Yorker: Goings On About Town: Movies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Robert Downey, Jr., plays Harry Lockhart, a New York thief who stumbles into a movie audition and winds up in L.A., where the preparation for his screen test is aided by a private detective known as Gay Perry (Val Kilmer).
If anything, the new film is slightly too frantic for its own good, affording Wallace and his long-suffering mutt precious little opportunity to hang out in their enviable home.
But the strange blend of the domestic and the futuristic pioneered by Park remains intact, and devotees will be relieved to see, as always, the thumb marks in the plasticine; these figures have their own complete existence, yet they were wrought by human hand.
www.newyorker.com /goingson/movies/articles/051114gomo_GOAT_movies   (3270 words)

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