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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Cockle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Cockles typically burrow using the foot and feed by siphoning water in and out, sifting plankton from it.
Cockles are a popular type of shellfish in both Eastern and Western cooking.
Cockles are sold as a snack food in the United Kingdom, and are eaten with vinegar.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Cockle   (750 words)

  
 Sir James Cockle - LoveToKnow 1911
SIR JAMES COCKLE (1819-1895), English lawyer and mathematician, was born on the 14th of January 1819.
Cockle is more remembered for his mathematical and scientific investigations than as a lawyer.
Algebraic forms were a favourite object of his studies, and he discovered and developed the theory of criticoids, or differential invariants; he also made contributions to the theory of differential equations.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Sir_James_Cockle   (276 words)

  
 James Cockle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cockle was born on the 14th of January 1819.
Cockle is also remembered for his mathematical and scientific investigations.
In this field Cockle achieved some notable results, amongst which is his reproduction of Sir William R. Hamilton's modification of Abel's theorem.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Cockle   (356 words)

  
 cockle. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
The cockle lives in sand and mud in shallow water, often in brackish inlets.
Rock cockles are poor diggers and inhabit packed mud, or gravel mixed with sand, usually 8 in.
Cockles are classified in the phylum Mollusca, class Pelecypoda or bivalvia, order Eulamellibranchia.
www.bartleby.com /65/co/cockle.html   (523 words)

  
 cockle - definition by dict.die.net
Cockling.] [Of uncertian origin.] To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting.
Cockle hat, a hat ornamented with a cockleshell, the badge of a pilgrim.
Cockle occurs only in Job 31:40 (marg., "noisome weeds"), where it is the rendering of a Hebrew word (b'oshah) which means "offensive," "having a bad smell," referring to some weed perhaps which has an unpleasant odour.
dict.die.net /cockle   (222 words)

  
 Cockle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cockle (bivalve), the common name for bivalve mollusks.
Cockle (weed), a type of weed belonging to the Poaceae family.
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cockle   (88 words)

  
 Cockle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Cockles are the family Cardiidae of bivalve mollusc s.
Cockle Bay School Features details on this primary school and showcases the students' work.
Cockle Bay Wharf, Darling Harbour, Sydney Selection of restaurants, bars, cafes, takeaways, nightclubs and event venues.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Cockle.html   (248 words)

  
 Cockle Fact Sheet - Guardians of Pauatahanui Inlet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
In 1998 the results indicated a reversal of the downward trend in cockle numbers, although the increase in numbers was due almost entirely to an increase in juvenile cockles less than a year old (less than 10mm in width).
The increase in juvenile cockles reflects a trend observed with shellfish elsewhere in New Zealand during the 1997-1998 season.
It would be useful to measure and tag a large number of juvenile cockles and monitor their growth and development as well as organising another survey of total cockle numbers in 2004.
www.gopi.wellington.net.nz /cockle/coc-facts.htm   (468 words)

  
 cockle - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about cockle
The common cockle Cerastoderma edule is up to 5 cm/2 in across, and is found in sand or mud on shores and in estuaries around northern European and Mediterranean coasts.
Cockles are gathered in large numbers for food.
It was laughable, while we glanced along, as it were, at the tail of a thunderbolt, to observe two dusty foot travellers in the old pilgrim guise, with cockle shell and staff, their mystic rolls of parchment in their hands and their intolerable burdens on their backs.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /cockle   (245 words)

  
 COCKLE - Online Information article about COCKLE
The two valves of the shell of the common cockle are similar to each other, and somewhat circular in outline.
The sexes are distinct, and the generative opening is on the side of the body above the edge of the inner lamella of the inner gill.
size of the cockle in its shell is from 1 to 2 in.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /CLI_COM/COCKLE.html   (1001 words)

  
 cockle - HighBeam Encyclopedia
COCKLE [cockle] common name applied to the heart-shaped, jumping or leaping marine bivalve mollusks, belonging to the order Eulamellibranchia.
Creeping back to the cockle beds; Six months after the Morecambe Bay disaster, migrant workers are risking their lives again.
Cockle ban won't protect the exploited; Cockle picking is now banned at Morecambe Bay.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/c1/cockle.asp   (750 words)

  
 The Payson Roundup: Unique scratch art wins awards
Cockle explains scratchboard as a technique blending the precision of drawing, the detail of engraving and the hues of painting into a single piece of artwork.
Cockle uses a water-based paint called gouache to blend all the colors of nature into her artwork, then the whole piece is varnished for protection.
Cockle's success with the PAL and Phippen shows has given her the confidence to try for a place in one of the most prestigious art shows in the U.S., the Cherry Creek Art Festival in Colorado.
www.paysonroundup.com /section/localnews/story/17433   (658 words)

  
 cockle - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Cockle, common name for certain marine bivalves, related to the quahog and the razor clam.
The name cockle applies especially to the common edible...
Corn Cockle, common name given to an annual herbaceous plant, member of the pink family, native to Europe and parts of Russia.
ca.encarta.msn.com /cockle.html   (121 words)

  
 The Observer | UK News | Evil gangmasters who rule the cockle slave trade by fear
Local people say the tragedy last Thursday night was an accident waiting to happen, and claim the gangmasters who took the workers on to the sands in the dark amid notoriously tricky tides had little concern for their safety.
Cockling has always been risky but professionals pride themselves on a good safety record backed by a thorough knowledge of tides and the position of areas of quicksand.
Sporadic cockle wars have broken out ever since and the Chinese workers are often at the heart of it.
observer.guardian.co.uk /uk_news/story/0,6903,1143475,00.html   (1262 words)

  
 Waitrose.com - Cockle Picking in Wales - Waitrose Food Illustrated
Back then, the cockles were mostly sold at nearby Swansea market, and many are still sold locally, to restaurants, fishmongers and delis, although the majority end up as far away as Spain, where they are in great demand.
Any smaller seed cockles, or 'spat' as they are known, fall through the sieve and are returned to whence they came.
From the beach, the cockles are taken by tractor to the new processing plant.
www.waitrose.com /food_drink/wfi/ingredients/fish/0007074.asp   (1308 words)

  
 The Observer | Food monthly | The secret life of cockles
As for the cockle itself, what a busy little bivalve it is. The common cockle, which is what Molly Malone was selling when she called 'Cockles and mussels, alive alive-oh' in the streets of Dublin, is Cerastoderma edule.
The best British cockles are generally held to be the Stiffkey (pronounced stookey) Blues from Norfolk, which owe their bewitching colour to the anaerobic mud in which they like to live.
Goward thinks he may have a solution to the humble cockle's image problem, and wonders whether we shouldn't simply rename it, so as to dupe people into thinking it is the same as the pretty little vongole they scoffed with a bowl of spaghetti on holiday: step forward the British clam.
observer.guardian.co.uk /foodmonthly/story/0,9950,1166258,00.html   (2403 words)

  
 Ministry of Information: What's a cockle?
A cockle, Cardium edule, is a common edible European bivalve mollusc, having a rounded shell with radiating ribs.
Cockles live on open sandy areas of the intertidal zone, feeding in shallow water when submerged and burying themselves just under the ground surface while the tide is out.
The cockle beds of South Wales are in the Bristol Channel, 'downstream' of the cities of Bristol, Caerdydd (Cardiff) and Abertawe (Swansea).
www.ministry-of-information.co.uk /blog/archives/000168.htm   (448 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Tides kill 19 cockle pickers
They were part of a group of more than 30 cockle pickers who had apparently been working in the dark.
One local resident said that around 500 people a day flocked to the area to pick the cockles, the total value of which is around £6m.
Cockle picking is not illegal, but locals have complained after reports that groups of fishermen from across the UK were flocking to Morecambe Bay.
www.guardian.co.uk /uk_news/story/0,3604,1142372,00.html   (728 words)

  
 Cockle Park Farm - Agriculture, Food and Rural Development - University of Newcastle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Cockle Park farm is a 262 ha mixed farm situated about 20 miles north of Newcastle upon Tyne and is owned by the University.
Cockle Park Farm is also the home of the Palace Leas Meadow Hay Plots, the world's oldest continuous cutting and grazing experiment.
About 109 ha of grass leys are maintained on Cockle Park, and these are supplemented by 57 ha of grass parks to give an overall stocking rate of 2.6 livestock units per hectare.
www.ncl.ac.uk /afrd/about/facilities/cockle.htm   (1375 words)

  
 Cockles
The agency's James Burke said the bylaw would make it illegal to take cockles smaller than 20 mm in diameter (roughly the size of a 20p piece), restrict harvesting by mechanical means and ban cockling in the summer.
Cockle populations are most vulnerable from Easter until the end of summer ­ this is when they breed, releasing spats, tiny larvae, which eventually settle into the sand and grow shells.
Live small cockles (new recruits of a breeding population) have now been discovered at depths of 20 cm in Widewater, Lancing, West Sussex, which was about a metre deep near the bridge.
www.glaucus.org.uk /Cockles.htm   (725 words)

  
 History of Cockle Creek
Land grants for the Cockle Creek area may be divided into those that fell on the western, and those that fell on the eastern, side of the creek.
Cockle Creek land on the eastern side of the creek was encompassed by William Brooks' Portion 10, 1 280 acres grant and Weller's Hampden grant of 2560 acres.
This camp, which was situated on the eastern bank of Cockle Creek, comprised thirty one school age children, and a large number of adults.
www.lakemac.infohunt.nsw.gov.au /library/lhist/suburb/lmp&p/cocklecreek.htm   (1199 words)

  
 Cocklefighting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
cocklefighting is a game where you have cockles and they fight.
your cockle will get better and better as it fights and the idea is to be the number 1 cockle in the game!
when your cockle has gained enough experience it will increase in level and will be given 5 skill points to add to either its attack, defence, speed or health.
www.cocklefighting.co.uk   (155 words)

  
 KUsports.com - : Pacific senior ex-KU fan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Cockle grew up in Raymond, Neb., and played high school ball at tiny Lincoln Christian, where enrollment hovers around 350 students.
There, Cockle displayed serious game, averaging 20.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.5 steals per contest his senior year, leading his team to the state title.
Cockle played two seasons at Pacific immediately after high school, as a role player his freshman year and a starter his sophomore season.
www.kusports.com /news/mensbball_archive/story/109969   (687 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Killed in tides, cockle hunters mourned by Buddhist monks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Collecting cockles — a shellfish that lives just below the surface of muddy sand — was once a cottage industry in Britain.
The deaths have highlighted the exploitation of new immigrants by so-called "gangmasters" in the multimillion-dollar cockling industry, leading to calls for tighter regulation.
The lawmaker for Morecambe said she warned immigration authorities eight months ago that Asian cockle pickers were being exploited in the region.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-02-12-cockle-hunters_x.htm   (600 words)

  
 Owner Revived Dog Snared on Eklutna Trail
Cockle and her brother, strolling in early January along an angler's path off the Old Glenn Highway, stopped to check out a beaver lodge.
Compressing the dog's big chest with her entire forearm, Cockle put her face to the dog's and tried to force air into her lungs.
Cockle said she's got no problem with trapping in general.
www.wolfsongalaska.org /news/Alaska_current_events_1246.htm   (529 words)

  
 Cockle, James - Bright Sparcs Biographical entry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Cockle remained a part of the England legal circuit until 1863.
In 1863 James Cockle was appointed Chief Justice of Queensland and during his fifteen years in that position consolidated many colonial statutes.
His achievements in both law and mathematics were widely applauded and Cockle received many honours including election as a fellow of the Royal Society (1865), President of the London Mathematical Society (1884-1889) and was knighted in 1869.
www.asap.unimelb.edu.au /bsparcs/biogs/P000092b.htm   (412 words)

  
 Information about white cockle
White cockle is also problematic for Washington’s timothy growers.: White cockle can be a serious problem in small grains, alfalfa, clover, and grass seed fields.
HabitatHabitat: White cockle is found in grasslands and in new clover and alfalfa seedings, especially on well-drained soils (Muenscher 1955).
Based on information from Minnesota, white cockle can be controlled most easily in field crops when it is in the seedling stage or during seed germination.
www.nwcb.wa.gov /weed_info/Written_findings/Silene_latifolia.html   (695 words)

  
 Corn Cockle - Floral - Denver Plants
Corn Cockle is only available during late spring to early summer.
Corn Cockle flowers are purple (pictured), and white.
Bunches are short measuring 18" to 24" or more in length with 10 stems per bunch.
www.denverplants.com /floral/html/corn_cockle.htm   (178 words)

  
 icLiverpool - Cockle pickers banned in Wirral as stocks plummet
COCKLE pickers have been banned from harvesting shellfish in Wirral over the summer.
We are disappointed the numbers of larger cockles are low but we must protect these and the smaller, younger cockles so that we will hope-fully have good population next year.
It follows sweeps of cockle beds at Thurstaston and West Kirby by fishermen in recent years that have rapidly depleted stocks.
icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk /0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=15704686&method=full&siteid=50061&headline=cockle-pickers-banned-in-wirral-as-stocks-plummet-name_page.html   (354 words)

  
 The Filter^: Cockle Rights and Wrongs
I think that the difference between cockles, strawberries and indeed the oysters that you use as an example, is that in the case of these particular oysters and the PYO strawberry, these are not the species naturally found in the environments in which they are being harvested.
Natural cockle farming can have dire consequences upon the natural environment, as was proved in the Dee Estuary in 2001 when the population of cockles was depleted to record levels having a knock-on effect upon the wading-bird population.
The conservational argument I would have thought, would tend to be in favour of creating artificial cockle beds, as is suggested in the private oyster bed article, Stillman suggests that this tends to create more food for native wading birds as they are able to feed on the detritus of poor quality shellfish.
thefilter.blogs.com /thefilter/2004/02/cockle_rights_a.html   (2021 words)

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