The Big Chill influenced the TV series thirtysomething. Earlier, however, the movie was directly adapted for television as the short-lived 1985 CBS comedy-drama series Hometown.
Description and Medieval Trebuchet Design One of the Medieval siege weapons used during the Middle Ages was the Trebuchet. The Trebuchet was an invaluable Medieval siege attack weapon, similar to a catapult, which was used for hurling heavy stones to smash castle or city walls.
Carpentier-Edwards aortic stented porcine valves. 1  Made of pig aortic valves that have been treated in a preservation liquid and mounted on flexible frames. 2  The frame is designed to be flexible at the opening as well as where the leaflets come together replicating the native aortic valve.