In June 2008, a panel of experts met in Como, Italy at the NHS 2008 Conference to develop the Guidelines for the Identification and Management of Infants and Young Children with Auditory Neuropathy.
The panel consisted of Yvonne Sininger, PhD, Arnold Starr, MD, Christine Petit, MD, PhD, Gary Rance, PhD, Barbara Cone, PhD, Kai Uus, MD, PhD, Patricia Roush, AuD, Jon Shallop, PhD, and Charles Berlin, PhD.
The conference was sponsored by the Bill Daniels Center for Children's Hearing at Children's Hospital Colorado. Deborah Hayes, PhD, Former Co-chair of the Bill Daniels Center for Children's Hearing, moderated the conference.
Terminology: The panel recommends the use of auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD) to describe the disorder characterized by evidence of normal cochlear outer hair cell (sensory) function and abnormal auditory nerve function.
Diagnostic criteria: The (minimum) audiological test battery required to diagnose ANSD includes presence of normal or near-normal otoacoustic emissions (OAEs) or cochlear microphonics (CM) and absent or markedly abnormal auditory brainstem response (ABR). Specific requirements for measuring these responses in infants are described in the guidelines.
Audiological assessment: Comprehensive audiological assessment and monitoring of infants and young children with ANSD includes measures of behavioral response to sound, middle ear function including middle ear muscle reflexes, speech reception thresholds and speech understanding in quiet and in noise (when developmentally appropriate) and OAEs. Because transient ANSD has been reported in some infants, frequent audiological monitoring is important, especially in the first two years of life.
Comprehensive medical and developmental assessments: As with any infant with hearing loss, infants with ANSD should receive comprehensive medical and developmental assessments including genetic consultation. In addition, neurological consultation is recommended to identify other peripheral neuropathies, if any.
Amplification: When reliable behavioral audiometry (conditioned response measures) indicates elevated thresholds for pure tones and speech, hearing aids should be considered for young children with this diagnosis. Hearing aids should be fit using standard pediatric fitting guidelines.
Cochlear implants: Children with ANSD who do not make progress in language development should be considered for cochlear implantation regardless of behavioral pure-tone thresholds.
Communication development: As with any child with hearing loss, parents should receive unbiased information about all communication development options and methodologies.
Screening newborns for ANSD: Infants who receive newborn intensive care (for five days or more) should receive hearing screening by ABR not OAE. Any infant who fails newborn hearing screening by ABR should not be re-screened and passed by OAEs.
Monitoring infants with transient ANSD: Infants who "recover" from ANSD should receive audiological and speech and language developmental assessments periodically during the first three years of life. Any infant who demonstrates developmental delay in language acquisition should receive speech and language intervention.
Supporting parents: Because the developmental trajectory of each child with ANSD is unique, parents are faced with uncertainty regarding their child's developmental potential. Families should receive ongoing guidance from professionals and from other parents of infants with this diagnosis to receive accurate information and emotional support.
A complete monograph of the publication, Identification and Management of Infants and Young Children with Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder (ANSD), is now available. You may download a complete copy of the guidelines (.pdf).
Please reference the appropriate citation when referencing any portion of this monograph publication; Bill Daniels Center for Children's Hearing. Guidelines for Identification and Management of Infants and Young Children with Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder. Children's Hospital Colorado, 2008. Print.
Please direct all questions and comments to the Bill Daniels Center for Children's Hearing at BillDanielsCenter@childrenscolorado.org or by phone at 720-777-6531.
The ANSD guidelines development conference, monograph publication and a series of national and international conferences to disseminate the guidelines were supported by the generous financial contributions from the Bill Daniels Center for Children's Hearing and the Kelley Family/Schlessman Family Scottish Rite Masons Chair in Childhood Language Disorders at Children's Hospital Colorado.


See - we did have some snow!
People across Lincolnshire have been out and about with their cameras capturing some lovely wintry scenes after snow fell on Sunday, December 10.
We invited our readers to submit their photos to our Facebook page and the results are very impressive so thank you for sharing them with us.
Dan Jessop, from Lincoln, sent in this photo of three snowmen which look like they are on a trampoline.
And there is this great shot of Hartsholme Lake by Neil Robinson.
Talk about White Bridge - it's more like white lake!
Dena Bolus captured this church scene at Cranwell which wouldn't look out of place on a Christmas card.
And down in Grantham there was a good covering of snow on the roads.
And Joe Parker took this picture of the conditions facing motorists in Boothby Pagnell.
How about this one of a cat having a ball in Sheila Goodeve's garden in Lincoln?
And there's something magical about these horses in the snow.
So what more does the weather have in store? The Met Office forecast is that any snow will ease from about 6pm but temperatures will remain low with only zero degrees being forecast between 9pm and 11pm.
There is a yellow 'be aware' warning of ice which is expected to form across many places overnight into Monday morning.
The Met Office says: "Some injuries are likely from slips and falls on icy surfaces as well as icy patches on some untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths.


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Q: Create configuration class with interitance from base class without duplication in config.json I have a few similar classes with similar configurations in it.
So, I want to create a base Class with common configuration, after that inherit it in child config class and in the end initialize it in logic class:
public class OptionsBase
{
    public string ConnectionKey { get; set; }
}

public class OptionsChild: OptionsBase
{
    public string ChildName{ get; set; }
}

My json file:
"OptionsBase": {
  "ConnectionKey": "basekey"
},
"OptionsChild": {
  "ChildName" "child1"
}

Expecting to use it like this:
public class Child1
{
    private readonly OptionsChild _options;

    public Child1(IOptions<OptionsChild> options)
    {
        _options = options.Value;
    }

    public void Example()
    {
        var valueFromParent = _options.ConnectionKey;
    }
}

How can I do it without duplication in json file and without using additional common class with common options?
It is web app, config initialization executed like this:
service.Configure<OptionsChild>(config.GetSection("OptionsChild"));

Thank you!
EDIT: I found the solution and added an answer. Please, let me know if the solution is OK.

A: I have found an answer, here it is described, exactly what I wanted to receive.
It is a bit workaround, need to configure each configuration class twice, but this way I can use base options without duplicating options in child options class and also I don't need to duplicate configuration in JSON file
Please, let me know if the solution is OK.

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Q: Can I run Google ga.js and Google analytics.js for same tracking ID? Can I run Google's ga.js and Google's analytics.js for the same tracking ID but from a different domain? Eg:
mydomain1.com (live site) using 'ga.js' for tracking ID UA-123456-1
mydomain2.com (test site) using 'analytics.js' for the same tracking ID  UA-123456-1
Some background info: ga.js is running on the live site, while analytics.js is running on a test server which will be used for a couple of months to do usability testing. Tracking is important for both the live and test site.

A: Yes, I do have some sites with the classic implementation (ga.js) and the GTM using universal (analytics.js) at the same time and there are no problems even though this is discouraged by the documentation.
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Release No: 07-009 April 9, 2007
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of ten U.S. servicemen, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and will be returned to their families for burial with full military honors.
They are 2nd Lt. Raymond A. Cooley, of Leary, Texas; 2nd Lt. Dudley R. Ives, of Ingleside, Texas; 2nd Lt. George E. Archer, of Cushing, Okla.; 2nd Lt. Donald F. Grady, of Harrisburg, Pa.; Tech. Sgt. Richard R. Sargent, of North Girard, Pa.; Tech. Sgt. Steve Zayac, of Cleveland, Ohio; Staff Sgt. Joseph M. King, of Detroit, Mich.; Staff Sgt. Thomas G. Knight, of Brookfield, Ill.; Staff Sgt. Norman L. Nell, of Tarkio, Mo.; and Staff Sgt. Blair W. Smith, of Nu Mine, Pa.; all U.S. Army Air Forces. The dates and locations of the funerals are being set by their families.
Representatives from the Army met with the next-of-kin of these men in their hometowns to explain the recovery and identification process and to coordinate interment with military honors on behalf of the Secretary of the Army.
On April 16, 1944, a B-24 Liberator crewed by these airmen was returning to the aerodrome at Nadzab, New Guinea, after bombing enemy targets near Hollandia. The aircraft was altering course due to bad weather and was proceeding to the aerodrome at Saidor, but it never returned to friendly lines.
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7. Darkest Hour (2017) Movie Review: One Actor Verses the World
by Banned Library in Movie Review
Gary Oldman for years has been the guy you look at and think "Hey that guy's really damn good," and then just forget about him until the next time. He's been a Harry Potter, a punk rocker, a drug kingpin, a space guy, and everything in between. Now he's in a fat suit and we're supposed to be impressed. Spoiler alert, I was impressed.
In case he comes out as some kind of evil bastard with sex problems or is an armoured car robber, I must say I know next to nothing of him as a man. You know what, more actors should become awesome thieves. Not like when people shoplift and claim it's an acting thing, but more like that Kevin Bacon commercial when nobody can believe it's him. If Ray Liotta came in with a gun to the library and said, "Gimme the cash drawer," I'd be telling the cops "Some guy looking like Ray Liotta robbed me" instead of "Ray Liotta robbed me."
If you want a movie in between King's Speech and Dunkirk that has some heart, see this flick. It's more about the acting than the story. I'm not sure how accurate it is, but everything goes for broke and does well. Worth a matinee for some of the good shots or a rental if people keep talking about it for awards.
TAGS: Darkest Hour, 2017, Biography, Drama, History, Joe Wright, Anthony McCarten, Gary Oldman, Lily James, Kristin Scott Thomas


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Hedgerows are painful. The best chance you have is to survive the first steps. Since the 23c relase, i'm seeing more and more reinforcements, which could trun a chill game in a mess. The classes that are useful from the beginning are Scout, Marks and Medic, even if Scout role is less and less useful since the germans continue to call reinforcement which spawns wherever they want. Marks is your killing machine waiting for the others to lvl up. Go slow and whenever you see more than 2 germans, go back and wait for a good opportunity.
Meanwhile, you'll need to lvl up a Signaler. When Sig gains 1st skill, start Scouting->Bombing->Advance.
Even if don't kills enemies, bombing whill pin them down for a while. (and The air drop and the arty will clear those trees) You can use those moment to get your marks out from his cover and have some free kills. Then… Back again. If you see a sniper, go back and bomb him from a safe position. He's better than your Marks. Always.
Then go on. Clear your way with support arty and advance.
The other classes are your choise. Rifleman is very good once he gains some levels, and after he max out his shooting skills and his rifle granades are pure life.
Gunner is a good friend aganist hordes and mortar is a decent long range support. Engineer could help you in case of Armors.
Go slow, clear your way with support, don't be in hurry. They are more than you and, sometimes, better than you.
I hope that his can be helpful since I went through hedgerows multiple times.
Early on, you won't have the luxury of calling support or having some 'killing machines' on your squad so that's when your options are limited. So position your men carefully, put them where they could support each other but also where the enemy can't shoot at more than 2 of your men so you have fire advantage. Open fields are a pain because there is no much cover, so close the gap quickly, but don't get to close so if you get overwhelmed, you can fall back with ease.
A scout is your best friend. Coupled with a sig to soften up defenses, and a marks to pick the enemy from afar is a perfect composition. Once the scout is killed that's when I stop advancing because no matter how experienced the rest of the squad is, you can easily get trapped (learned it the hard way after advancing 13 times in a day, enemy snipers picked my men one by one while reinforcements kept flooding and I got run over).
A rifleman and a gunner, or a rifleman and an eng will make the squad complete. Mowing down waves of enemies, grenades pinning them down in close quarters and can work miracles on defenses. A medic will make them six.
Scout and medic are essential for hedgerows. Of course other units are important to do the actual killing, but they can't keep going without these two.
A well formulated strategy! You hit the nail on the head when you said that scouts are extremely useful here (LOS is especially tricky in hedgerows) and a patient/careful playstyle is the way to go. That is until the enemy deploys mortars, in which case time isn't entirely on your side anymore XD. Some might also argue against having a medic, but I think they provide your units with the sustain to actually get through the slog that is the hedgerows.


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Amazon went public in 1997 and changed how we live
Originally published May 20, 2017 at 8:00 am Updated May 20, 2017 at 10:37 am
Twenty years after Amazon.com's initial public stock offering, the once-shaky company has locked in its role as one of the technology world's dominant giants. The impacts have transformed everything from local streets to the national economy.
Special to The Seattle Times
Amazon went public 20 years ago this past week, priced at $18 a share.
Jeff Bezos, who had established what he first called Cadabra.com in a Bellevue rental house in 1994 and then moved to a shared building in Sodo, became worth $290 million the first day of trading.
If you'd been connected enough to get in on the initial public offering, your $10,000 bet would be worth nearly $5 million today.
I will leave the acclaim to Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times business reporter and notorious flatterer of the rich and powerful:
"Skeptics of Jeff Bezos, the company's founder, have spent the better part of the past two decades second-guessing and vilifying him: He has been described as 'a monopolist,' 'literary enemy No. 1,' 'a notorious international tax dodger,' impossible, a ruthless boss and — more than once — 'Lex Luthor.' His company used to routinely be described as Amazon.con.
"But you know what?
"Here we are, 20 years later, and Mr. Bezos has an authentic, legitimate claim on having changed the way we live."
Plenty of evil people have the same authentic, legitimate claim of having changed the way we live. Bezos isn't one of these — if anything, the republic owes him undying gratitude for saving The Washington Post and supporting its serious, essential journalism.
Bezos' willingness to defy Wall Street's short-term looter mentality is also commendable.
But changing the way we live has come at a price, not least in Amazon's headquarters city of Seattle. This anniversary is a good time to attempt an assessment.
Amazon would have had a much harder time surviving and growing if it had faced the same costs as bricks-and-mortar competitors. They had to pay sales taxes. Amazon, for much of its existence, largely did not. (The reader should know Amazon and traditional bookstores both carry my mystery and thriller novels).
The lost tax revenue hurt communities and states already suffering the effects of tax-cut mania. They were injured further as these local bookstores closed, taking with them a civic leadership role, jobs and the kind of authenticity that most Americans now travel to a few spots such as Seattle to savor.
Amazon never would have become the multifaceted giant it is today if it had faced the checks and balances that existed in mid-20th century America. Things such as rigorous fair-trade enforcement, antitrust, unions and high tax rates.
And without the internet, created by the U.S. government and funded by taxes, Amazon never would have had its virtual storefront. Taxpayer-funded science was also essential to the computer revolution that spits out the algorithms upon which so much of Amazon depends.
No one doubts that Bezos is brilliant, driven and visionary. His demanding nature is legendary, including tantrums employees call "nutters," according to the Harvard Business Review and others. Still, Bezos' success can't be separated from his peculiar moment in history.
That moment was also partly carved out by Wal-Mart, which showed how size — unhindered by checks and balances for the common good — and cheap prices translated into unbeatable market power. Among the beaten: Main Street merchants ruined by the Beast of Bentonville and American workers downwardly mobile, thanks to the widely copied Wal-Mart business model.
Now Amazon has Wal-Mart on the run.
To be fair, as Amazon has grown it has created jobs, including at its many warehouses worldwide ("fulfillment centers" in the creepy corporatespeak). It had 341,000 employees at the end of last year, not including temps or contractors. Yes, we have reached the point where companies must be praised for employing people (although Amazon is using robots, too).
But the online shopping revolution that the company embodies has cost department stores 303,000 jobs since 2012. Another 88,000 have been lost in specialty clothing stores. Many suburban malls across the country are dead or dying.
As Amazon went from cute online bookstore to dominant e-commerce company, pioneer of cloud computing and one of the most consequential technology companies on the planet, its relationship with Seattle changed.
The most obvious symbol is the massive headquarters complex in South Lake Union and downtown. Amazon employs about 25,000 here, perhaps teary and stressed but very well paid. It is building space for 50,000.
As I've written before, this headquarters and the innovation district it anchors are crown jewels for which other cities would give anything. But much of old Seattle, inbred and resistant to change after its fashion (and I write that fondly), hasn't completely welcomed it.
I don't mind the growth, having lived in troubled cities. I can lay at Amazon's feet the loss of many distinctive and beloved Seattle shops that simply couldn't compete with the giant's market power.
Amazon's new prominence also came alongside the triumph of populist-left politics in the city. Never mind that the taxes and fees generated by Amazon help pay for social services (and the company welcomed a shelter to its campus) — that his critics want. Bezos is The Man. Or a convenient straw man, as the planet's second-richest person after Bill Gates. Some seem to imply that Amazon is to blame for the city's homeless population.
Back to reality: Seattle is vulnerable to an Amazon shock. In 2001, during the dot-com crash, Amazon laid off 1,300. That was 15 percent of its workforce.
Another shock might come in the form of the Trump administration attempting an antitrust investigation against the company led by the owner of the hated Washington Post. Or an attempt to cancel valuable government cloud-computing contracts. During the campaign, Trump said Bezos had "a huge antitrust problem."
The president has bigger problems now. As for Amazon, happy 20th anniversary.
U.S. companies are getting older and more entrenched. It would be more challenging to even start an Amazon today.
So Amazon at age 30, 40, controlling even more of the economy? Don't bet against it. The company is just hitting its prime.
You may reach Jon Talton atjtalton@seattletimes.com


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Posted in History by patriciahysell on July 6, 2013
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July 6, 1919: The R34 arrives in Mineola, Long Island, New York, the first east-to-west crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by air. There is speculation about pre-Columbian crossings of the Atlantic. The Vikings landed in Canada settling in a few non-permanent villages on Newfoundland. Columbus sailed in 1492 hoping to reach China and ran into already populated lands. Until the 19th century, sailing across the ocean was perilous. Steamships made the journey faster and safer. And then mankind took to the air.
Airships or dirigibles are lighter-than-air craft. They can be powered or unpowered. They can be non-rigid, semi-rigid, or rigid. Hot air balloons led to the development of an airship. First presented in a French paper in 1783, they were first powered by a propeller in 1784. More refinements, technological advances, and sheer nerve allowed for an English Channel crossing in 1785. Further improvements followed to both the airship structure and the propulsion system.
The Golden Age of Airships began in July 1900 when the Germans launched the first rigid airship, the Zeppelin. The airships proved somewhat useful during World War I with the silent, slow ships being better suited to reconnaissance than bombing runs. The ships became less popular after the war until it was thought to use them for transatlantic transportation. The British RAF had engineered two airships based on the captured remains of a crashed L33 Zeppelin. The R33 made her first flight on March 6, 1919 with the R34 launched on March 14.
On June 17 the R34 made her first endurance trip and flew over the Baltic Sea, staying in the air for 56 hours. It was decided to try an Atlantic crossing. There were no provisions for passengers as the ship was not designed for them. Hammocks were placed in the keel hallway and food was cooked over the engine exhaust pipe. It took 108 hours to cross the ocean and no one on land knew how to tether the rigid airship. Major E.M. Pritchard parachuted to the ground to help secure the ship. He thus became the first person to traverse the Atlantic Ocean, nonstop, by air. The ship was out of fuel by the time she was docked. The return trip to England, with a tailwind to help, took 75 hours.
"Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave." – Mary Tyler Moore
"Life is like a hand of cards. You have to play the hand you're dealt, you can't win by folding, and sometimes you must take chances in order to win." – Mike Conner
"It is better to err on the side of daring than the side of caution." – Alvin Toffler
"Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together." – Earl Nightingale
This article first appeared at Examiner.com in 2009. Editor's update: Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin was a German general and later an aircraft manufacturer. He first mentioned creating a large dirigible in a diary entry dated March 25, 1874. He kept his dream alive while still serving in the army. However, he retired at the age of 52 in 1891 so that he could devote his time to the building of these large craft. He hired engineer Theodor Gross to help and by June he wrote to the King of Wurtemberg's secretary announcing his plans to begin construction. After discovering his underestimation of the force of air resistance, he almost quit, but with his urging, Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft were able to build a more efficient engine. With more help from many others, Zeppelin received a patent for an "airship-train" in August 1895. This "train" was of rigid construction consisting of three sections. The first flight was finally taken on July 2, 1900 when LZ1 powered itself over Lake Constance in southern Germany.
Also on this day: The Greatest Show on Earth – In 1944, the Hartford Circus Fire kills over 100 attendees at the circus.
Rabidly Scientific – In 1865, Louis Pasteur begins the first series of rabies shots.
Homestead Strike – In 1892, violence broke out during the strike.
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Google Play Music reportedly spinning an iOS app this month
By Matt Swider 2013-10-04T00:08:00.276Z Applications
The news Google Play iOS app holdouts have been waiting for
A Halloween-themed delay trick or treat this time?
Google Play Music subscribers waiting for a native iOS app should expect no tricks, just ear-pleasing treats by the end of October.
The company's All Access Music service is said to be launching a much-needed official iOS app later this month, unnamed sources have informed Engadget.
In fact, Google employees are said to be testing out a beta version of the Google Music iOS app right now. It reportedly still has a few kinks to work out before its impending release date.
The native iOS app for Google's all-you-can-eat music service was previously teased to be a few weeks out by Android head Sundar Pichai at the end of May, but it has since been delayed for several months.
iOS joins Android, computers
Google first launched All Play Music in May at the Google IO conference, but the platform has been limited to computers and Android devices.
This meant that iPhone 5S and iPad 4 users, for example, have been locked out of the experience entirely.
They're greeted with Google's old-fashioned al la carte music store instead of the millions of streaming songs provided by All Access Music.
The Google Play Music iOS app should open up the unlimited listening benefit to the subscription service and provide easier navigation of the site than the full-width store layout that's currently in place.
Find out what's better: Google Music vs Spotify.
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Master Splinter: Here is all about it..
Master Splinter is a key figure in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles universe. He is an anthropomorphic mutant rat who serves as the Turtles' tutor and father figure, teaching them about the world and providing martial arts training.
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Who killed Leonardo from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
Master Splinter is the Ninja Turtles' teacher and adoptive father. He has taught the Turtles Ninjutsu, although they are not yet masters of the art. Splinter is a stern, mature, and defensive character. He uses a variety of ninja weapons and battles with a variety of ninja techniques. Any evil who wants to harm his sons must first go through him.
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Hamato Yoshi was born in 1962 in Saka, Japan, into the Hamatos, a peacekeeping ninja clan. Before inheriting his father's job as clan chief, he enrolled in a Martial Arts school. Only Yoshi's adopted brother Oroku Saki, who was originally from one of the wiped out enemy clans, the Foot, could match his abilities.
They were rivals not just in Martial Arts, but also for the affection of a beautiful woman named Tang Shen, whom Yoshi eventually married. Saki couldn't take it anymore and insulted Yoshi in front of her. Yoshi became enraged and slammed Saki to the ground.
Saki's hatred for Yoshi was cemented by this incident, and he vowed vengeance. Saki learnt of his true lineage during this time and reestablished the Foot Clan, renaming himself "the Shredder." He arrived at Yoshi's house one night, armed with razor-sharp claw weapons, and challenged him to a death duel.
Yoshi agreed, and the two ripped through Yoshi's house, setting fire to it. Shen intervened just as Saki was about to kill Yoshi and took the final blow for herself. Yoshi managed to go without learning what happened to his baby daughter Miwa, whom Shredder raised as his own daughter, Karai.
Yoshi emigrated to the United States and attempted to start a new life in New York City. He went to a pet store one day and bought four young turtles because he was lonely.
He ran across a man while walking home and had an uneasy feeling about him, so he decided to follow him. He entered an alley and overheard a chat between two unusual men who were subsequently revealed to be Kraang members.
His foot disturbed a mouse lurking in the alley, alerting the crooks, who attempted to murder him. Yoshi fought back, but in the process, he destroyed a Mutagen canister they were holding, pouring it all over himself and the turtles.
Yoshi has transformed into a humanoid rat after escaping through a sewer drain. The turtles transformed as well, gaining intellect and humanoid forms. Yoshi adopted these turtles as his sons and students, knowing that they would be persecuted by humans, and has nurtured them in the sewers of New York ever since. He began teaching them Ninjutsu methods because he knew his sons would want to explore the surface one day, but he also knew it would be dangerous.
He assumed the name Splinter and named the turtles after painters and sculptors from a Renaissance art book he discovered in a storm drain.
Master Splinter's beginnings have changed dramatically across the many TMNT mediums, as detailed here.
Splinter was originally a human named Hamato Yoshi, a member of the Foot, a Japanese ninja clan in the first animated TMNT series. Yoshi, a master of his craft, had formed a rivalry with Oroku Saki, a fellow clansman who despised him. Saki planted a knife on Yoshi during a visit by the Foot's grandmaster to their school in order to frame him for plotting to assassinate the grandmaster. Yoshi escaped to the United States of America in shame.
Yoshi lived in the sewers of New York City for much of his life. Despite his poverty, he lived contentedly with his collection of Renaissance art books and the rats who shared his sewers. Yoshi spotted a quartet of baby turtles that had been unintentionally placed down a storm drain not long after he moved in. He maintained them as pets, but they would grow into so much more over time.
Something else went down the drain one day: a strange luminous ooze of unknown origin, which allowed every creature that touched it to take on the physical attributes of the creature with which it had most recently come into contact. The newborn turtles turned humanoid and developed sentience after coming into contact with the human Yoshi. Yoshi, on the other hand, had recently come into contact with sewer rats and morphed into a bipedal mouse.
Yoshi no longer saw his pet turtles as pets but as his adoptive children, teaching them about the world once they achieved human-like intelligence. He called his four sons Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo, after the four great Renaissance masters. He also gave himself a new moniker: Splinter. When his turtles reached adolescence, Splinter taught them ninjutsu and gave them weapons, intending for them to fight to protect the citizens of New York from the shadows.
Splinter and Hamato Yoshi are not the same person in these continuities. Splinter is Yoshi's pet rat who has been watching him practise martial arts and has subconsciously memorised Yoshi's methods. Yoshi was a member of the Foot Clan, a hidden organisation in Japan, and was the next in line to take over the clan's leadership. However, Oroku Saki – The Shredder – attempted to kill Yoshi by initiating a hostile takeover of the clan.
Yoshi fled to the United States with little more than Splinter, but the Shredder would follow, determined to complete what he had begun. Yoshi was followed down and slain by Shredder.
Splinter vanished into the sewers of New York, completely alone. He would eventually meet the four newborn turtles who would become his children and students. After coming into contact with a mysterious light ooze, they would evolve into humanoid forms, developing intellect and learning about the world above their sewer habitat. Splinter would name his charges after prominent Renaissance painters after reading numerous books left behind by Yoshi, and he would teach the turtles the arts he had seen Yoshi do years before.
Splinter's origins in the CGI-animated Nickolodeon series are quite similar to those in the 1987 animation. He resided in a remote section of Japan with his adoptive brother Oroku Saki and was a member of a prominent martial arts school, yet Yoshi and Saki's enmity derives from Saki's jealousy of Yoshi's friendship with Tang Shen.
Tang Shen was torn between Saki and Yoshi for her emotions, but she ultimately chose to marry Yoshi. Saki was enraged and left the school, fleeing his home, but he would later learn that his true ancestors were the Foot, a ninja clan that had been wiped out years before by Yoshi's clan, the Hamato.
Saki would resurrect the Foot under his command and exact vengeance on Yoshi, assassinating his clansmen, wife Tang Shen, and kidnapping their young daughter Niwa to raise as his own.
Yoshi fled to America when his clan was destroyed and resided beneath the streets of New York, hoping that the Foot would not locate him.
The circumstances of his and the Turtles' metamorphosis then unfolded in much the same way they did in the 1987 cartoon series.
As Hamato Yoshi: Yoshi is tall, slim, and strong, with dark brown eyes and black hair like Hamato Yoshi. When he lived in Japan, he wore a crimson kimoto with his clan's insignia. He wore a pale blue polo shirt with brown jeans during his tenure in the United States.
As Splinter: Splinter has a droopy white beard, whiskers, a pink tail, and a pink nose, as well as black, brown, and white fur. In Japan, he wore a crimson kimoto, which he still wears. Splinter is far taller than any of the Turtles, unlike in any of his previous forms.
To the Turtles, Splinter is a knowledgeable sensei, a protective parent, a loving father, an athourity figure, a quirky master, and a Zen philosopher. He is adamant about training and protecting his new family. He's been through decades of ninja training, which means he's not just always furious when he fights, but he's also incredibly in tune with the cosmos.
As seen in several episodes, Splinter can be rather rigorous when it comes to training and allowing his sons to travel out to the surface. He may employ severe ways to teach his boys a lesson, as demonstrated in "The Pulverizer Returns!" when he took away his sons' weapons so they could learn to battle outside of their normal setting. Splinter, on the other hand, is a kind father who only wants the best for his sons and will go to any length to keep them safe.
Splinter appears to despise anyone who touches the Turtles. This is reinforced in "It Came From The Depths," when he battles Leatherhead for threatening the Turtles.
Splinter's deepest fear is losing his family to the Shredder all over again, as demonstrated in "Panic In The Sewers." He pushed the Turtles' training to the point that they were exhausted, anxious, and impatient out of fear of losing them to the Shredder, though he subsequently apologised for it.
Splinter may be afraid that the Turtles may abandon him at some point, as this was one of the ideas that the Rat King (in "I, Monster") used against him in an attempt to take control of his mind.
He was a renowned and powerful Ninjutsu expert as a human. When he was young, he began practising for the rest of his life. He is a master of several disciplines and possesses superior athletic qualities such as strength, acrobatics, speed, stamina, and endurance.
Ninjutsu: As a Ninjutsu master, Splinter is more knowledgeable, quick, and powerful. As seen in "It Came from the Depths," he is capable of taking down greater opponents with little effort.
His strength was demonstrated when he slapped Dogpound in the face and tossed him into the air with a back hand, then used his rage to rip the hefty pillars from his back in retaliation for Leo and Leatherhead. In Return to New York, he easily defeated three Shredder mutants in a very short battle.
Jaw Strength: Like a sword, his jaws are powerful enough to destroy some types of metal, such as Shredder's weapon.
Fighting Talents: His Ninjutsu skills are so impressive that even Dogpound's Rahzar referred to him as "one of the best" and stated that "he's as skillful as Master Shredder, but he doesn't have the stomach to finish the fight." Despite the fact that the Shredder's Ninjutsu talents appear to be superior due to his knowledge of banned techniques (even shocking Yoshi), he has been defeated twice by Splinter.
Teaching: He is an excellent teacher for anyone who want to train, having spent 15 years training his four boys. He even teaches April how to protect herself against enemies. He even said that firearms usually choose their owners rather than the other way around.
Opponent Detection: He has a keen sense of when an enemy is approaching. This is either due to the exceptional hearing he acquired when he mutated or his "balanced mind," because while he was human, he couldn't hear the noise April was hearing. He appears to have the same unusual sensitivity gift as April.
Enhanced Strength: He has a highly remarkable ability to use his fingers to push away his foes as proven on the Shredder to be able to harm his arm, which is powerful but might be even stronger because he is a mutant.
Enhanced Speed: He is shown to have a number of abilities that typical rats do not, including the ability to sprint on all fours. He has the ability to go behind Dogpound due of his speed.
Senses: He can presumably sight in the dark, just like conventional rats. He had demonstrated that he could smell a peanut outside of his cage through Baxter Stockman glass in his wild form.
Weaponry: Splinter is an expert with a variety of weaponry, demonstrating that he is capable of mastering whatever weapon he comes across, including a magazine.
Stealth: His stealth is a combination of his speed and his ability to sneak past his foes, such as Dogpound.
Leap: He can even jump to Shredder's window with ease.
Intelligence: As for his fighting intelligence, he can devise ways for his sons to escape from their foes by causing them to lose focus, as evidenced by his ability to lick Raph and escape his might.
Stamina and Endurance: Both are excellent for a mutant of his age (50), and he appears to be highly capable in combat. He was able to go toe-to-toe with Shredder, demonstrating that he is capable of taking Shredder's assaults. He had little trouble defeating Foot Ninjas, Fishface, and Dogpound before facing the Shredder in a long and deadly battle. Even when he was surrounded by countless huge pillars during another encounter with Shredder, he was still more than capable of battling competently. He was able to withstand the Mind Controlled Slash mace's strike.
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Hamato Yoshi is a Japanese martial arts teacher who is related to Splinter in that he was Splinter's owner until he was slain by the Shredder in some incarnations, and in other incarnations, he was Splinter's human form before he was either mutated or reborn after his death.
He was born Hamato Yoshi in Japan and was a member of the Hamato clan until Oroku Saki, later known as the Shredder, destroyed his family, including his wife, Tang Shen, and likely his daughter, Hamato Miwa (later found), and his clan.
Leo fought Karai during the last battle with Shredder and his army. He defeated her, but a Karai Bot distracted him just as he was about to end her. Karai used the opportunity to kill him by striking him from behind. Two of his brothers used his death as motivation.
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