Impalement was a method of torture and execution whereby a person is pierced with a long stake.

Impalement is known to have been employed in several regions of southern Asia, such as in the Bengal region, where it was known as Shul ( Bengali: শ ূ ল ) and in ancient Tamilnadu, in present-day India, where it was referred to as Kazhuvetram.

In the French commune of La Tour-du-Crieu, there is up to the present a street named " Rue du Pal " (" Impalement Street "), reflecting the use made of the site during the town's earlier history.

He soon became involved in a virulent dispute with historian Nicolae Iorga, when the latter issued harsh criticism regarding Carol's January 1939 initiative to dress large sections of the society, including Romanian Academy members, in various uniforms ( a measure backed by Călinescu ); Iorga remarked with irony: " I'm prepared to wear the FRN uniform, but allow me to wear a speared helmet on my head, on which to place is, to Impalement | impale the Minister of the Interior ".

He is actually helpful to Ayame, Sakon and Ryoma, guiding them throughout the story and helping with his chants, until he is Impalement and killed by Ranmaru

Impalement of Judea ns by Assyrian soldiers ( Assyria | Neo-Assyrian relief )

Impalement was only occasionally used by samurai leaders during the Age of Warring States.

Arms of Chichester Impalement ( heraldry ) | impaling Copleston: Baron: Chequy or and gules, a chief vair a crescent sable for Difference ( heraldry ) | difference ( Chichester ); Feme: Argent, a chevron engrailed gules between three lion's faces azure ( Copleston ), surmounted by the Coronet | coronet of a viscount showing 9 of its 16 pearls.

The tour was followed shortly thereafter by the Grotesque Impalement EP, which the band released on their own Blunt Force Records label imprint.

Heraldic escutcheon on tomb of Hugh Oldham ( d. 1519 ), Bishop of Exeter: Dexter and sinister | Dexter: Gules, a sword erect in pale argent, hilted or surmounted by two keys addorsed in saltire of the last ( See of Exeter ) Impalement ( heraldry ) | impaling: Sable, a chevron or between three owls argent on a chief of the second three roses gules ( Oldham ).

Disgorge played many shows throughout 1995 to broaden their fan base, and in 1996 recorded the first four tracks of Cranial Impalement which was not released at the time but was later distributed by Extremities Productions.

Impalement, as a method of torture and execution, involves the body of a person being pierced with a long stake.

Initial from the charter granting Gaveston the Earl of Cornwall | earldom of Cornwall, showing the Coat of arms of England | arms of England at top, and Gaveston's coat of arms Impalement ( heraldry ) | impaled with those of de Clare below.

File: Impalement demo. svg | The same two coats impaled

Heraldic Escutcheon ( heraldry ) | escutcheon incised on tombstone of Reginald de Botreaux ( d. 1420 ) showing the Impalement ( heraldry ) | impaled arms of his parents: Baron: Argent, a griffin segreant gules armed azure ( Botreaux ); Femme: Azure seme of fleurs-de-lis a lion rampant or ( Beaumont )

Impalement replaced the earlier dimidiation – combining the dexter half of one coat with the sinister half of another – because dimidiation can create ambiguity between, for example, a bend and a chevron.

Impalement of Judean s in a Neo-Assyrian Empire | Neo-Assyrian relief.

Impalement was frequently practiced in Asia and Europe throughout the Middle Ages.

Impalement of Judeans in a Neo-Assyrian relief.

Impalement was the usual sentence for the crime of treason against the king.

Impalement and other methods of torture were intended to intimidate civilian peasants at a local level into cooperating with the Viet Cong or discourage them from cooperating with the South Vietnamese Army or its allies.

Impalement was also used in other European countries, though to a more limited degree.

Heraldic escutcheon on easternmost of north aisle piers in Powderham Church, Devon, showing the arms of Courtenay of Powderham Impalement ( heraldry ) | impaling Bonville: Sable, six mullets argent pierced gules.

Achievement ( heraldry ) | Heraldic achievement of Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue, showing arms of Fortescue Impalement ( heraldry ) | impaling Grenville, c. 1800, Possibly from a bookplate: Baron: Azure, a bend engrailled argent plain cottised or ; Femme: Vert, on a cross argent five Roundel | torteaux.

Their raids throughout the three parts of Gaul were traumatic: Gregory of Tours ( died ca 594 ) mentions their destructive force at the time of Valerian and Gallienus ( 253 – 260 ), when the Alemanni assembled under their " king ", whom he calls Chrocus, who " by the advice, it is said, of his wicked mother, and overran the whole of the Gauls, and destroyed from their foundations all the temples which had been built in ancient times.

It is also used to treat symptoms of traumatic brain injury ( TBI ) and the daytime drowsiness symptoms of narcolepsy, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome ( POTS ) and chronic fatigue syndrome ( CFS ).

Werner E. Lemke and Kathleen O ’ Connor point out “ Lamentations is probably the work of a survivor ( or survivors ) of the nation ’ s destruction who poured out sorrow, anger and dismay after the city ’ s traumatic defeat and occupation by the Babylonians.

There have been repeated findings that between a third and a half of adults diagnosed with bipolar disorder report traumatic / abusive experiences in childhood, which is associated on average with earlier onset, a worse course, and more co-occurring disorders such as PTSD.

Benzodiazepines have a reputation with patients and doctors for causing a severe and traumatic withdrawal ; however, this is in large part due to the withdrawal process's being poorly managed.

A collective trauma is a traumatic psychological effect shared by a group of people of any size, up to and including an entire society.

Homer Wells grows up in an orphanage where he spends his childhood " being of use " as a medical assistant to the director, Dr. Wilbur Larch, whose history is told in flashbacks: After a traumatic misadventure with a prostitute as a young man, Wilbur turns his back on sex and love, choosing instead to help women with unwanted pregnancies give birth and then keeping the babies in an orphanage.

In Dianetics, the unconscious or reactive mind is described as a collection of " mental image pictures ," which contain the recorded experience of past moments of unconsciousness, including all sensory perceptions and feelings involved, ranging from pre-natal experiences, infancy and childhood, even the traumatic feelings associated events from past lives and alien cultures.

: An inability to recall important personal information, usually of a traumatic or stressful nature, that is too extensive to be explained by normal forgetfulness.

When the surface glycosaminoglycan ( GAG ) layer is damaged ( via a urinary tract infection ( UTI ), excessive consumption of coffee or sodas, traumatic injury, etc.

The term is often associated with a sudden traumatic loss of consciousness caused by a physical blow.

The most straightforward scientific evidence that there is a strong relationship between the physical brain matter and the mind is the impact physical alterations to the brain have on the mind, such as with traumatic brain injury and psychoactive drug use.

In 2009, the government is scheduled to set up a Truth and Reconciliation Commission, with the assistance of South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, to " address people ’ s traumatic experiences during the five year ethnic conflict on Guadalcanal ".

The vagina ( along with the penis ) is a general feature of animals in which the female is internally fertilised ( other than by traumatic insemination ).

" Structural dissociation of the personality " is used by van der Hart and colleagues to distinguish dissociation they attribute to traumatic or pathological causes, which in turn is divided into primary, secondary and tertiary dissociation.

While proponents note that DID is accompanied by genuine suffering and the distressing symptoms, and can be diagnosed reliably using the DSM criteria, they are skeptical of the traumatic etiology suggested by proponents.

The primary dispute is between those who believe DID is caused by traumatic stresses forcing the mind to split into multiple identities, each with a separate set of memories, and the belief that the symptoms of DID are produced artificially by certain psychotherapeutic practices or patients playing a role they believe appropriate for a patient suffering from DID.

There is debate over issues such as whether exposure therapy ( reliving traumatic memories, also known as abrecation ), engagement with alters and physical contact during therapy is appropriate and there are clinical opinions both for and against each option with little high-quality evidence for any position.

Reconstructive plastic surgery is performed to correct functional impairments caused by burns ; traumatic injuries, such as facial bone fractures and breaks ; congenital abnormalities, such as cleft palates or cleft lips ; developmental abnormalities ; infection and disease ; and cancer or tumors.

This is described as the implant offering the gateway to this universe, meaning that these traumatic memories are what separate thetans from their static ( natural, godlike ) state.