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  • Vessels which perform'd the Office of those we call Umbilical, were overgrown much beyond their Natural size.

    Tractus de Hermaphrodites Or, A Treatise of Hermaphrodites Giles Jacob

  • November 2/PRNewswire/-- At a symposium today in Herzliya entitled Umbilical Cord Blood:

    unknown title 2009

  • Umbilical cord blood samples show exposure to over 200 chemicals ranging from BPA, which is found in plastic bottles, flame retardants, which are used in TV's and furniture, and PCB's, a known-carcinogen that remains in our soil and water.

    Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand: Keeping Our Children Safe Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand 2011

  • The Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate is, in fact, the interface between the Extermal Tank and the launch pad.

    STS-127 Launch Scrubbed Due To Hydrogen Leak - NASA Watch 2009

  • I decided to take a break after Chapter 11 (The Umbilical Cord), because that was just viscerally awful, and I had to read like three volumes of Dragonball to get back to my happy place.

    Lucy in the Sky with Spirals intertribal 2010

  • Umbilical cord blood samples show exposure to over 200 chemicals ranging from BPA, which is found in plastic bottles, flame retardants, which are used in TV's and furniture, and PCB's, a known-carcinogen that remains in our soil and water.

    Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand: Keeping Our Children Safe Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand 2011

  • "Repairs are under way on the Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate (GUCP) interface, where gaseous hydrogen leaked during Wednesday's launch attempt."

    STS-119 Launch Update - NASA Watch 2009

  • Fueling was halted after the leak was detected near the Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate, or GUCP, which attached to the external tank at its intertank area.

    STS-127 Launch Scrubbed Due To Hydrogen Leak - NASA Watch 2009

  • "Repairs are under way on the Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate (GUCP) interface, where gaseous hydrogen leaked during Wednesday's launch attempt."

    NASA Watch: March 2009 Archives 2009

  • Fueling was halted after the leak was detected near the Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate, or GUCP, which attached to the external tank at its intertank area.

    NASA Watch: June 2009 Archives 2009

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