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WTA Finals 2015, známý také jako Turnaj mistryň 2015 či se jménem sponzora BNP Paribas WTA Finals 2015, představoval jeden ze dvou závěrečných tenisových turnajů ženské profesionální sezóny 2015 pro osm nejvýše postavených žen ve dvouhře a osm nejlepších párů ve čtyřhře na žebříčku WTA Race.

Turnaj se odehrával mezi 23. říjnem až 1. listopadem 2015, podruhé v singapurské aréně Singapore Indoor Stadium, v níž byl instalován tenisový dvorec s tvrdým povrchem. Celkové odměny činily 7 000 000 amerických dolarů, což znamenalo půlmiliónový meziroční nárůst.

Trojnásobnou obhájkyní titulu ve dvouhře byla americká světová jednička Serena Williamsová, která si účast zajistila již v červenci. Na počátku října, s jistotou prvního místa v závěrečné klasifikaci WTA, však předčasně ukončila sezónu a do Singapuru nepřicestovala. V deblové části trofej obhajovala zimbabwsko-indická dvojice Cara Blacková a Sania Mirzaová, jehož členky v sezóně 2015 nehrály společně.

Nejcennější titul dosavadní kariéry vybojovala Polka Agnieszka Radwańská, která jako první vítězka triumfovala na závěrečné události s pouze jednou výhrou v základní skupině. Premiérově do finále postoupily dvě tenistky, jež v základní fázi uhrály jediný vítězný zápas. Deblovou soutěž ovládl první světový pár složený ze Švýcarky Martiny Hingisové a Indky Sanie Mirzaové, která tak titul obhájila. Dominanci v sezóně potvrdily 22. vyhraným zápasem v řadě a devátou trofejí roku.

Turnaj

Podruhé v historii se turnaj konal v singapurské aréně Singapore Indoor Stadium, která jej hostila mezi 23. říjnem až 1. listopadem 2015. Představoval čtyřicátý pátý ročník ve dvouhře a jubilejní čtyřicátý ve čtyřhře. Událost organizovala Ženská tenisová asociace (WTA) jako součást okruhu WTA Tour 2015. Jednalo se o větší ze dvou závěrečných turnajů sezóny. Menším pak byl nově zřízený WTA Elite Trophy, hraný v následujícím týdnu po turnaji mistryň.

Singapur se stal historicky devátým dějištěm WTA Finals, od založení v roce 1972. Práva zakoupil minimálně na pět ročníků (2014–2018). Los dvouhry i čtyřhry proběhl 23. října v 20 hodin místního času.

Formát
Soutěže dvouhry se účastnilo osm hráček, z nichž každá v úvodních čtyřech dnech odehrála tři vzájemné zápasy v jedné ze dvou čtyřčlenných základních skupin – červené a bílé. První dvě tenistky z každé skupiny postoupily do semifinále, které bylo hráno vyřazovacím systémem pavouka. První z bílé skupiny se utkala s druhou z červené skupiny a naopak. Vítězky semifinále se následně střetly ve finále o pohár Billie Jean Kingové.

Do soutěže čtyřhry nastoupilo osm párů. Její formát kopíroval singlovou část turnaje.

Kvalifikační kritéria
Ve dvouhře byly žebříčkové body kumulovány ze šestnácti turnajů. Mezi ně se povinně započítávaly čtyři Grand Slamy, čtyři události Premier Mandatory a nejlepší výsledky ze dvou turnajů Premier 5.

Ve čtyřhře byly žebříčkové body kumulovány z jedenácti nejlepších výsledků páru jakýchkoli turnajů v sezóně. Nemusely se tak povinně započítávat Grand Slamy ani události kategorie Premier.

Kritéria pořadí v základní skupině
Konečné pořadí v základní skupině se řídilo následujícími kritérii:
 největší počet vyhraných utkání
 největší počet odehraných utkání; nebo
 pokud měly dvě hráčky stejný počet výher, pak rozhodovala jejich vzájemné utkání; pokud měly tři hráčky stejný počet výher, pak:
a) tenistka, která odehrála méně než tři utkání byla automaticky vyřazena a dále postoupila hráčka, jež vyhrála vzájemný zápas mezi dvěma zbývajícími; nebo
b) dalším kritériem bylo nejvyšší procento vyhraných setů; nebo
c) dalším kritériem bylo nejvyšší procento vyhraných her.

Finanční odměny a body
Celkový rozpočet turnaje mistryň činil 7 000 000 dolarů.

Ženská dvouhra

Kvalifikované hráčky

Přehled hráček

Serena Williamsová
Sezónu zahájila v týmu s Johnem Isnerem na exhibičním Hopmanově poháru, kde ve finále podlehli polské dvojici složené z Agnieszky Radwańské a Jerzyho Janowicze.

Na Australian Open přehrála v závěrečném zápasu Marii Šarapovovou a devatenáctý grandslamový titul znamenal posun na druhé místo otevřené éry. Poté ukončila 14letý bojkot Indian Wells Masters, ovšem pro kolenní problémy před semifinále odstoupila. Osmou trofej si odvezla z Miami Open po výhře nad Carlou Suárezovou Navarrovou a stala se čtvrtou tenistkou historie, která vyhrála jeden turnaj alespoň osmkrát. První ze tří porážek v roce přišla v semifinále Mutua Madrid Open od Petry Kvitové. Ve finále French Open zdolala Lucií Šafářovovu. Vítězstvím se zařadila po bok dvou hráček historie, které dokázaly každý ze čtyř Grand Slamů získat alespoň třikrát.

Pošesté zdvihla nad hlavu mísu Venus Rosewater, když ve finále Wimbledonu přehrála Garbiñe Muguruzaovou. Stala se první ženou historie, jež vybojovala šest titulů na třech grandslamech a první tenistkou od Steffi Grafové, která triumfovala na třech úvodních majorech sezóny. Podruhé v kariéře také dobyla nekalendářní grandslam, tj. vyhrála čtyři Grand Slamy za sebou ve dvou kalendářních letech. Na žebříčku WTA z 13. července dosáhla, jako první tenistka od jeho zavedení, v roli světové jedničky více než dvojnásobný počet bodů před druhou v pořadí. Na Canada Masters ji zaskočila teenagerka Belinda Bencicová, které podlehla v semifinále.
Pátý titul dovršila na Cincinnati Masters po výhře nad Simonou Halepovou. Na US Open nenašla v semifinálovém duelu recept na Italku Robertu Vinciovou, přestože získala úvodní set a v rozhodujícím měla k dobru brejk. Stanice ESPN to označila za jedno z největších vítězství v historii sportu. Tím byla přerušena její 33zápasová grandslamová neporazitelnost. Dne 1. října oznámila ukončení sezóny, aby mohla doléčit zranění a nabrat novou motivaci k tenisu.

Simona Halepová

Rok otevřela titulem na čínském Shenzhen Open, když ve finále přehrála Timeu Bacsinszkou.

Na Australian Open skončila ve čtvrtfinále po porážce od Jekatěriny Makarovové po dvousetovém průběhu. Druhou trofej v roce přidala na arabském Dubai Tennis Championships, kde si v závěrečném duelu poradila s Karolínou Plíškovou. Nejlépe ohodnocený titul dosavadní kariéry dosáhla na březnovém BNP Paribas Open v Indian Wells po vítězství nad Srbkou Jelenou Jankovićovou.

Pokles formy v antukové části provázel její účast na French Open, kde ve druhém kole nestačila na Mirjanu Lučićovou Baroniovou. Následovalo vyřazení v úvodním zápase Wimbledonu proti Slovence Janě Čepelové. Během letní US Open Series přišlo zlepšení, když si zahrála dvě navazující finále v Torontu a Cincinnati. První z nich skrečovala pro vyčerpání s Belindou Bencicovou a ve druhém nenašla recept na Serenu Williamsovou. Na newyorském US Open skončila v semifinále po prohře s Flaviou Pennettaovou. Bodový zisk jí zajistil druhou účast na Turnaji mistryň.

Maria Šarapovová
Do sezóny vstoupila trofejí z Brisbane International, na němž v boji o titul porazila srbskou hráčku Anu Ivanovićovou. Australian Open znamenalo finálovou účast a v ní porážku od světové jedničky Sereny Williamsové.

Mezi šestnáctkou hráček skončila na Indian Wells Masters, když nenašla recept na Flavii Pennettaovou. Ve druhém kole Miami Open jí stopku vystavila Darja Gavrilovová. Také na antukovém Porsche Tennis Grand Prix dohrála ve svém úvodním zápase s Angelique Kerberovou. Porážka ukončila její sérii 64 antukových zápasů, v nichž vyhrála zápas vždy, když zvítězila i v úvodním setu. Během Madrid Open nenašla recept na Světlanu Kuzněcovovou. Zlepšení formy přišlo na Internazionali BNL d'Italia, kde ve finále zdolala Carlu Suárezovou Navarrovou.

V roli obhájkyně titulu na Roland Garros ji v osmifinálovém duelu zastavila Lucie Šafářová. Mezi poslední čtyřku hráček pronikla na wimbledonském pažitu, kde vypadla se Serenou Williamsovou. Celou letní US Open Series vynechala a na dvorce se vrátila až čínským Wuhan Open. Otevírací klání proti Barboře Strýcové však musela skrečovat pro natažení svalstva levého předloktí. Následně se odhlásila z povinného pekingského podniku China Open, aby se zotavila před již jistou účastí na Turnaji mistryň, kam zavítala poosmé.

Garbiñe Muguruzaová
Do sezóny vstupovala mimo elitní dvacítku žebříčku a průlomový rok kariéry završila jako druhá nasazená a světová trojka na říjnovém Turnaji mistryň.

Z lednového Brisbane International odstoupila pro zranění hlezna. Na Apia International Sydney ji ve čtvrtfinále přehrála Němka Angelique Kerberová. Osmifinálovou účastí se rozloučila s Australian Open, kde vypadla se světovou jedničkou Serenou Williamsovou. Debutový postup do semifinále turnaje kategorie Premier 5 dosáhla na Dubai Tennis Championships. V zápase však podlehla Češce Karolíně Plíškové. Následovala šňůra porážek až do French Open, na němž se podruhé probojovala do čtvrtfinále majoru. Nad její síly však byla další česká reprezentantka Lucie Šafářová. Travnatý Wimbledon znamenal první start v grandslamovém finále, v němž nenašla recept na favorizovanou Američanku Serenu Williamsovou.

Pokles formy přišel během letní části, když nezvládla své úvodní zápasy na torontském Rogers Cupu, stejně jako na Cincinnati Masters. Následkem toho v srpnu ukončila dlouhodobou spolupráci s trenérem Alejem Mancisidorem, jehož vystřídal Sam Sumyk. Newyorský US Open přinesl vyřazení ve druhém kole od britské tenistky Johanny Kontaové. Kvalitnější výsledky se dostavily v asijské fázi roku, kde postoupila do finále Wuhan Open, v němž skrečovala bývalé světové jedničce Venus Williamsové pro poranění hlezna. Poté dosáhla na titul v nejkvalitněji hodnoceném turnaji dosavadní kariéry, když ovládla pekingský China Open z kategorie Premier Mandatory. V závěrečném utkání zdolala jednu ze soupeřek o účast na Turnaji mistryň Timeu Bacsinszkou.

Petra Kvitová
Sezónu rozehrála na šenčenském turnaji, kde byla v semifinále nad její sílyTimea Bacsinszká. První titul roku si připsala na Apia International Sydney po finálové výhře nad krajankou Karolínou Plíškovou. Australian Open znamenal vyřazení ve třetím kole od útočně hrající teenagerky Madison Keysové.

Po čtvrtfinále Qatar Total Open přerušila na pět týdnů sezónu pro vyčerpanost. Až srpnové testy odhalily prodělanou mononukleózu. V polovině dubna se vrátila výhrami v semifinále Fed Cupu proti Francii. Druhou trofej získala na Mutua Madrid Open, kde jako první ze tří hráček oficiální profesionální sezóny porazila světovou jedničku Serenu Williamsovou. Závěrečný zápas pak zvládla hladce proti Světlaně Kuzněcovové. Ve čtvrtfinále Rome Masters potřetí v roce podlehla Carle Suárezové Navarrové. Roland Garros přineslo osmifinálové vyřazení z rakety Timey Bacsinszké. Jako jedna z hlavních favoritek Wimbledonu překvapivě skončila již ve třetím kole na raketě Jeleny Jankovićové, když prohospodařila vedení 6–3 a 4–2.

Severoamerickou tenisovou sezónu na betonech otevřela porážkou ve druhém kole Canada Masters od Bělorusky Viktorie Azarenkové. Ani na Cincinnati Masters nezvládla svůj úvodní zápas, když nenašla recept na Francouzku Caroline Garciaovou. Třetí titul ve čtyřech letech dobyla z newheavanského Connecticut Open, kde ve finále zdolala Lucii Šafářovou. Na US Open ji ve čtvrtfinálové fázi vystavila stopku pozdější šampionka Flavia Pennettaová, přestože získala první set a ve druhém měla k dobru prolomené podání Italky. V roli obhájkyně zavítala na Wuhan Open, kde ji ve třetím kole přehrála Roberta Vinciová. China Open přinesl prohru v úvodním zápase s třetí Italkou v řadě Sarou Erraniovou. Popáté v řadě se kvalifikovala na závěrečnou událost roku.

Agnieszka Radwańská
Do nového roku vstoupila v družstvu s Jerzym Janowiczem na exhibičním Hopmanově poháru v Perthu, kde získala trofej. Ve finále si polští reprezentanti poradili s americkou dvojici složenou z  Johna Isnera a světové jedničky Sereny Williamsové, jíž porazila poprvé v kariéře.

Konečnou fází na Apia International Sydney se stalo druhé kolo, v němž prohrála s Garbiñe Muguruzaovou. V osmifinále Australian Open opustila grandslam po porážce od Venus Williamsové. Během březnového Indian Wells Masters skončila na raketě Heather Watsonové ve třetím kole. Do čtvrtého se podívala na navazujícím Miami Open, aby jí v něm stopku vystavila Carla Suárezová Navarrová. Mezi poslední čtveřicí hráček dohrála na Katowice Open s Italkou Camilou Giorgiovou. Po rychlém vyřazení na antukovém Porsche Tennis Grand Prix nepřešla třetí fázi Mutua Madrid Open, na němž podlehla Caroline Wozniacké. Poprvé od října 2011 tak vypadla z elitní desítky žebříčku WTA. Pokles formy pokračoval v průběhu French Open, kde ji v úvodním duelu zdolala Němka Annika Becková. Na travnatém AEGON Open Nottingham ukončila její cestu pavoukem v semifinále Monica Niculescuová. Premiérové finálové střetnutí sezóny pak odehrála na AEGON International, v němž nepřekonala švýcarskou hráčku Belindu Bencicovou. Ta ji uštědřila v rozhodující sadě "kanára". Wimbledon přinesl její třetí semifinálovou účast za předešlé čtyři roky. V utkání však nenalezla recept na Španělku Garbiñe Muguruzaovou. Bodový zisk ji přesto posunul zpět do první světové desítky.

Letní americká série znamenala čtvrtfinálové porážky na Bank of the West Classic s Angelique Kerberovou, a také během Rogers Cupu od Simony Halepové. Vzhledem k časnému vypadnutí na Cinncinati Masters se rozhodla přijet i na navazující Connecticut Open. Mezi poslední osmičkou hráček ji zastavila Petra Kvitová. Ve třetí fázi US Open pak skončila na raketě Američanky Madison Keysové. Na tokijském Toray Pan Pacific Open vybojovala premiérový titul v roce po finálovém vítězství nad Belindou Bencicovou, čímž jí oplatila červnovou porážku z trávy. O třicet šest hodin později nastoupila k zápasu na Wuhan Open, z něhož odešla potřetí v sezóně poražena od Venus Williamsové.   China Open znamenal konec v semifinále porážkou od Garbiñe Muguruzaové. Až druhá trofej v sezóně z Tianjin Open, kde přehrála Černohorku Danku Kovinićovou, přinesla jistotu startu na turnaji mistryň, kam postoupila popátě za sebou.

Angelique Kerberová

Na úvod sezóny prohrála ve čtvrtfinále Brisbane International s ukrajinskou hráčkou Elinou Svitolinovou. Navazující Apia International Sydney znamenal semifinálovou porážku od Karolíny Plíškové. Poprvé od Wimbledonu 2011 pak vypadla v úvodním kole grandslamu, když v melbournském Australian Open nestačila na Rumunku Irinu-Camelii Beguovou. Arabský Dubai Tennis Championships přinesl účast ve třetím kole, v němž podlehla Italky Flavie Pennettaové. Na dvou velkých amerických turnajích, Indian Wells Masters a Miami Open, vyhrála jediný zápas. Na prvním z nich skončila na raketě Sloane Stephensové. Ve druhém případu ji zastavila Světlana Kuzněcovová. Na Family Circle Cupu, probíhajícím na zelené antuce, se probojovala do svého prvního finále v roce, které proti Madison Keysové vyhrála. Porsche Tennis Grand Prix přinesl další finálovou účast a triumf po výhře nad Caroline Wozniackou.

Časná vyřazení přišla na Mutua Madrid Open i na Italian Open. Ze semifinále odstoupila během Nürnberger Versicherungscupu a ve třetí fázi vypadla na French Open s Garbiñe Muguruzaovou. Další trofej dosáhla na AEGON Classic po finálovém vítězství s Karolínou Plíškovou. Wimbledon přinesl vyřazení ve třetím kole s Muguruzaovou. Čtvrtý titul roku dobyla na Bank of the West Classic opět po výhře nad Plíškovou. Po nevýrazných výsledcích na Canada Masters a Cincinnati Masters opustila US Open ve třetím kole po nezvládnutém zápasu s Azarenkovou. Do semifinále dospěla na Wuhan Open, kde ji stopku vystavila Muguruzaová a na raketě Agnieszky Radwańské skončila ve čtvrtfinále China Open. Jako poražená finalistka odjížděla z Hong Kong Open, kyž nenašla recept na Srbku Jelenu Jankovićovou.

Flavia Pennettaová
Do sezóny vstoupila v družstvu s Fabiem Fogninim na exhibičním Hopmanově poháru v Perthu, kde po třech porážkách skončily na posledním čtvrtém místě základní skupiny. Její účinkování na Australian Open ukončila v úvodním kole krajanka Camila Giorgiová.

Mezi poslední osmičku hráček se podívala na Dubai Tennis Championships, kde ji zdolala Caroline Wozniacká. Titul obhajovala na Indian Wells Masters. Ve čtvrtfinále dohrála raketě Němky Sabine Lisické. Navazující Miami Open znamenal vyřazení v osmifinálové fázi s Rumunkou Simonou Halepovou. Ve čtvrtfinále Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem ji porazila Tímea Babosová. Brzká vypadnutí utrpěla na větších antukových turnajích, Mutua Madrid Open a Rome Masters. Naopak postup do čtvrtého kola French Open představoval vyrovnání kariérního maxima. V něm jí však vystavila stopku Garbiñe Muguruzaová.

V travnaté části roku zůstala bez jediného vítězného zápasu. Na eastbourneském AEGON International skončila po nezvládnutém duelu s Ruskou Světlanou Kuzněcovovou a ve Wimbledonu její pouť završila Kazaška Zarina Dijasová. Během americké letní vypadla ve druhé fázi torontského Canada Masters, když skončila na raketě favorizované Sereny Williamsové. Na Western & Southern Open ji poté zastavila teenagerka Belinda Bencicová. V prvním kole opustila newhavenský Connecticut Open po nezvládnutém duelu s Magdalénou Rybárikovou. Vrchol kariéry přišel na US Open, na němž otočila čtvrtfinále proti Petře Kvitové, a po semifinálovém vítězství nad Halepovou, porazila i krajanku Robertu Vinciovou.Získala tak premiérový grandslamový titul ve dvouhře. Během turnaje oznámila, že po sezóně ukončí ve svých 33 letech profesionální kariéru. Na čínském Tianjin Open ji na úvod vyřadila kvalifikantka Ljudmila Kičenoková a pekingský China Open znamenal opuštění ve třetím kole, když nenašla recept na Anastasiji Pavljučenkovovou. Poprvé v kariéře se kvalifikovala do dvouhry Turnaje mistryň.

Lucie Šafářová
Sezónu rozehrála na Hopmanově poháru v družstvu s Pavláskem. Pár obsadil druhé místo čtyřčlenné základní skupiny. Prvním oficiálním turnajem se stal Apia International Sydney, kde skončila v prvním kole na raketě Samanthy Stosurové. Australian Open znamenal další rychlou porážku od Jaroslavy Švedovové. Na Fortis Diamond Games poprvé v kariéře podlehla Karolíně Plíškové. V navazujícím Dubai Tennis Championships skončila v téže fázi na raketě stejné soupeřky.

Jako nenasazená vyhrála Qatar Total Open po zvládnutém finálovém boji s Viktorií Azarenkovou. BNP Paribas Open představoval opuštění turnaje ve třetí fázi po prohře s Elinou Svitolinovou. Na Miami Open nenašla recept na Johannu Larssonovou. J&T Banka Prague Open znamenal vyřazení v otevíracím duelu s Terezou Smitkovou. Mezi osmičkou hráček ji na Mutua Madrid Open zdolala Světlana Kuzněcovová a ve druhém kole její cestu pavoukem Rome Masters přerušila Alexandra Dulgheruová. Vrchol roku přišel na French Open, kde si zahrála premiérové grandslamové finále singlu. V něm však nestačila na favorizovanou Serenu Wiliamsovou.

Ve druhé fázi opustila travnatý AEGON International po duelu s Dominikou Cibulkovou. Wimbledonský pažit přinesl osmifinálové vyřazení od Coco Vandewegheové. Na srpnovém Canada Masters ji ve druhém kole přehrála Darja Gavrilovová. Naopak na Connecticut Open se probojovala až do finále, v němž ji posedmé v kariéře zastavila Petra Kvitová. O tři dny později její pouť newyorským US Open ukončila Lesja Curenková. Šafářová si však stěžovala na zranění břišního svalu. V polovině září se ke svalovým potížím přidružila týdenní hospitalizace pro bakteriální infekci. Na okruh se vrátila říjnovým Generali Ladies Linz, avšak dohrála v úvodním kole s Andreeou Mituovou. Také Kremlin Cup přinesl porážku v jejím úvodním zápasu proti Anastasiji Pavljučenkovové. Přesto se dokázala poprvé kvalifikovat na Turnaj mistryň, když jí pomohla moskevská čtvrtfinálová porážka Suárezové Navarrové a skreč Bacsinszké v prvním kole lucemburské události.

Předešlý poměr vzájemných zápasů

Výsledky a body
Tabulka uvádí sezónní výsledky a odpovídající bodový zisk kvalifikovaných hráček a náhradnic Turnaje mistryň.

Čtyřhra

Kvalifikované páry

Předešlý poměr vzájemných zápasů

Výsledky a body
Tabulka uvádí sezónní výsledky a odpovídající bodový zisk kvalifikovaných párů a náhradnic Turnaje mistryň.

Turnaj vycházejících hvězd

Turnaj mistryň podruhé hostil exhibiční soutěž vycházejících hvězd – WTA Rising Stars Invitational, která se odehrála mezi 22. až 25. říjnem 2015 v singapurské OCBC Arena. Finále proběhlo na centrálním dvorci Singapore Indoor Stadium. Čtyři tenistky, které nepřesáhly věk 23 let, byly vybrány více než dvěma miliony fanoušků ze 137 zemí.. Dvě účastnice vzešly z asijsko-pacifického regionu a další dvě ze zbytku světa. Vítězkou se stala Japonka Naomi Ósakaová, která ve finále zdolala francouzskou hráčku Caroline Garciaovou.

Poprvé se hrálo na dva vítězné sety do čtyř gamů bez výhody. Po shodě následoval vítězný bod hry. Za stavu 4–4 rozhodoval standardní sedmibodový tiebreak.

Přehled hráček

Turnaj legend

Podruhé v historii hostil Turnaj mistryň soutěž legend – Legends Classic Invitational, jenž se odehrál mezi 27.–29. říjnem 2015. Soutěže deblového formátu se zúčastnily čtyři ženské legendy, vedené nejúspěšnější hráčkou závěrečné události ženského okruhu Martinou Navrátilovou, která vyhrála osmkrát dvouhru a jedenáctkrát čtyřhru. Další bývalou šampiónkou, jež nastoupila na dvorec, se stala nejmladší vítězka turnaje WTA Tour v historii Tracy Austinová. Poprvé startovala španělská finalistka z roku 1993 Arantxa Sánchezová Vicariová a účastnice doplnila doplnila obhájkyně titulu z předchozího ročníku Marion Bartoliová.

V každém ze tří utkání čtyřhry si hráčky vždy vyměnily spoluhráčku, čímž každá legenda odehrála pouze jeden zápas se stejnou partnerkou. Tenistka s nejvíce výhrami, případně nejlepším poměrem her, se stala celkovou vítězkou. Trofej si po dvou výhrách odvezla Čechoameričanka Martina Navrátilová.

Průběh turnaje

1. den: 22. října 2015

2. den: 23. října 2015

3. den: 24. října 2015

4. den: 25. října 2015

5. den: 26. října 2015

6. den: 27. října 2015

7. den: 28. října 2015

8. den: 29. října 2015

9. den: 30. října 2015

10. den: 31. října 2015

11. den: 1. listopadu 2015

Odkazy

Poznámky

Reference

Externí odkazy
 WTA Finals – oficiální stránky

Tenisové turnaje v Singapuru
Turnaj mistryň
WTA Tour 2015
Sport v Singapuru v roce 2015


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Q: Наследование реализаций интерфейсов на Kotlin Мне нужно реализовать два интерфейса. У каждого интерфейса будет по несколько наследников. А потом нужно создать интерфейс, который будет состоять из наследников предыдущих интерфейсов, причем неважно каких. Сразу на примере - есть интерфейсы кузов машины и двигатель, у каждого есть по значению:
// кузов
interface Carcase {
   val aerodynamics: Float

   fun getAD(){return aerodynamics}
}

// двигатель
interface Engine {
   val power: Int

   fun getP(){return power}
}

У каждого есть по несколько реализаций:
class Lada: Carcase {
    override val aerodynamics: Float = 1.0f
}
class Volvo: Carcase {
    override val aerodynamics: Float = 1.5f
}

class V1: Engine {
    override val power: Int = 10
}
class V3: Engine {
    override val power: Int = 20
}
class V5: Engine {
    override val power: Int = 30
}

А теперь мне надо реализовать интерфейс или класс, который будет собирать из двух реализаций одну, что то вроде этого:
// правильно ли это и вообще возможно ли - не знаю
interface Car<S,T>: Carcase, Engine {
    fun getSpeed{
        return( S.getAD() * T.getP() )  //?????
    }
}

В итоге я должен писать в основном коде что то вроде:
val car1 = Car<Lada, V1>
val car2 = Car<Volvo, V5>

И должно работать:
val s1 = car1.getSpeed() // 1.0f * 10
val s2 = car2.getSpeed() // 1.5f * 30

Вопрос: как правильно реализовать такое наследование?
Помогут и прямой ответ ответ на вопрос, и ссылки на книги (с указанием раздела, что смотреть). Так как я сам даже не понимаю, в какую сторону тут надо гуглить.

A: Могу предложить что-то подобное (композиция вместо наследования).
class Car<C, E>(private val case : C, private val engine: E) where C:Carcase, E:Engine {
    fun getSpeed() : Float {
        return( case.getAD() * engine.getP() )
    }
}

Использование
val car1 = Car(Lada(), V1())
val car2 = Car(Volvo(), V5())

println("Lada: ${car1.getSpeed()}")  // Lada: 10.0
println("Volvo: ${car2.getSpeed()}") // Volvo: 45.0

Бонус. Можно использовать inline reified функцию для быстрого "производства" машин.
inline fun <reified C: Carcase, reified E: Engine> produce(): Car<C, E> {
    val case = C::class.constructors.first().call()
    val engine = E::class.constructors.first().call()

    return Car(case, engine)
}

Использование
val car1 = produce<Lada, V1>()
val car2 = produce<Volvo, V5>()

Функция написана с условием, что у классов корпуса и двигателя есть только один конструктор без параметров!

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Dr Richard Baird and his team at the University of Cambridge hope to find out whether radiotherapy helps a tumour targeting drug (afatinib) cross the blood brain barrier to reach cancer that has spread to the brain.
Failure of drugs to cross the blood brain barrier can be a major reason for treatment not working for patients with brain tumours.
In this clinical trial, which is jointly funded with Cancer Research UK, Dr Baird will test whether radiotherapy increases the amount of the cancer-targeting drug afatinib reaches the tumours in patients with cancer that has spread to the brain, also called metastases.
They want to identify the best dose of radiotherapy and of afatinib to ensure enough of the drug reaches the tumours to have an effect.
Positive results could lead to a larger trial to test whether afatinib with radiotherapy is more effective than the standard treatment for patients with cancer that has spread to the brain.


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"How to increase productivity" is one the most common Google searches — and a question I am often asked.
In fact, there is not a single person I encounter who doesn't want to know how to get more out of their time. Because we all get the same amount of time to work with, there are two options: work smarter or work longer.
Not many people willingly choose the latter.
Productivity is about being deliberate and purposeful with your time.
Here are seven ways to increase your productivity while ditching the distractions holding you back.
So simple. So effective. Many of us are guilty of scheduling every minute of our day. This can actually eliminate time to get things accomplished. Think about it: If you are constantly running from board meeting to client meeting to answering emails and "quick questions" from employees, you've put yourself in a position prioritizing distractions over productivity.
Running a business is hard. It's fast-paced. Often, it is essential to keep a strict calendar to organize your appointments. So do yourself a favor and pencil in "work time." This is a meeting with you; it is an important engagement that requires zero interruptions.
We are all guilty of allowing ourselves to be on call. We work, but we keep our email open in another browser and check it every time we look up. We answer text messages on our phone the minute we receive the notification.
Setting blocks of time to check your email allows you to regain control over your schedule and, therefore, your productivity.
For many people, noise equals distractions. To increase your productivity, do what you can to quiet your workspace. Shut the door. Go to another part of the building.
If you are the type of person who needs a certain amount of ambient noise, take control over it.
Purchase an ambient sound machine or play instrumental music. Finding quality ambient sound is also a way to tune out other loud distractions if leaving your workspace for another is not an option.
When tasks feel overwhelming, we can be unsure of where to begin — and so we don't. Don't let this be you. By breaking up large tasks into smaller, more manageable goals, you take the pressure off yourself.
After time has passed, be sure to check up on your goals to understand which objectives you have reached and which are left. Then create a plan for meeting them.
Meetings are essential for communicating with your team, but they are also productivity's No. 1 enemy. These time-suckers can quickly halt momentum.
Try holding "standing" meetings. Yes, they are just what they sound like: Everyone stands the whole time. While this tactic may not work for every agenda, you will quickly find that people cut straight to the point during these meetings and are less likely to stray off topic.
This saves valuable time for you to reallocate to your own tasks. Standing meetings have also been shown to increase team morale and improve group performance.
Take it one task at a time.
Quit multitasking. Seriously. Trying to handle multiple things at one time has actually been shown to decrease productivity.
Look at it strategically. When you multitask, no one thing gets your focused attention. You end up taking more time to complete each task. Fully throw yourself into one specific project and watch the progress happen.
Don't forget to give yourself a break. Performing long tasks without allowing yourself to rest will lead to burnout: Your productivity will slow down because your brain is tired.
Think of taking a 10-minute break every two hours as refueling your mental fortitude. You can't expect to produce quality work if your brain is running on empty.


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Mass Effect: Andromeda Will Have Two Main Characters, Here's Who They Are
By Will Usher
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A lot of gamers are still attached to Commander Shepard from the original Mass Effect trilogy. The male/female protagonist resonated quite strongly with the gaming community. Well, Mass Effect: Andromeda is doing something a little different by having two main characters, a brother and sister.
Mac Walters, the creative lead on Mass Effect: Andromeda at BioWare, explained to PlayStation Access...
"They both exist in the game world at the same time. If you're playing as the female Ryder, your brother is out there somewhere in the universe."
Electronic Arts and BioWare were on hand at the recent PlayStation Meeting event held in New York this past week, where Sony unveiled the new PS4 Slim and the PS4 Pro. The two console SKUs will arrive this November; but hardware announcements weren't the only thing on hand. Mass Effect: Andromeda was also showcased where they talked more about the game, including the main character(s), Ryder.
The brother and sister duo will allow players to choose between one or the other to play as throughout the main game. If you choose to play as the brother Ryder, your sister will be controlled by the NPC. If you choose to play as the sister Ryder, your brother will be controlled by the NPC.
Walters also mentions that the Ryder siblings' father is also out there, too. Whether or not you'll actually encounter him throughout the gameplay was not mentioned, and whether or not he plays a significant part in the story also went without mentioning, but he at least exists within the Mass Effect universe.
The rest of the conversation deviated from the protagonist(s) and story and honed in on the game's use of HDR filters and how they've improved the overall in-engine assets thanks to Mass Effect: Andromeda running on DICE's coveted Frostbite 3 game engine.
Walters' comments were attached to a brief interview that PlayStation Access posted up over on their YouTube channel, which you can view below.
This at least gives us a little bit more insight into the whole main character situation and what we can somewhat expect from the Ryder siblings.
Some people in the comment section in one of the Mass Effect: Andromeda videos pined for BioWare to make the other NPCs controllable by other players, giving the game's campaign a bit of a co-op feeling to it. It's actually not that bad a suggestion... being able to grab a controller and play as the teammates running around on the planet surface alongside the brother/sister Ryder could prove to be fun, but that doesn't seem like an option that's on the table for the upcoming game.
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Posted on August 18, 2015 August 18, 2015 by emchitty
So we were talking about Donald Trump and his 4th-grade vocabulary level.
Trump is still doing well in the polls as of mid-August, 2015, though that could change this week, or next, or the next.
And he is doing well despite the insults that…he is hurling right and left–insults toward women he thinks are ugly, insults towards Latinos (the vast majority of whom are working hard constructing buildings and cutting lawns and keeping their heads down in hopes of not being noticed), insults towards the same politicians he has bought and paid for with his "yuge" (huge) fortune. He's doing well despite the fact that everyone who displeases him gets the schoolboy taunts of "dummy" and "loser."
To put it mildly, Trump's an entitled bully. Born wealthy, he shouts, he postures, and his hair is a monument to an obscene male vanity. He preens, he flatters himself, all right out in front of the national stage. Everything he has ever wanted, he has gotten. When his wives begin to show some age, he replaces them. And he can buy their acquiescence to the narrative he chooses. Ivana Trump, in the heat of divorce and before she got her settlement, said he had raped her. Now, bought, she denies it was rape.
How can he be doing so well? Why does he not disgust people instead of entrancing them?
The key is precisely in his 4th-grade language.
In general, the most important quality a politician (or anyone) can have is that people trust him to be a straight shooter, to tell the truth.
Truth, in English, is told at Level I. The strongest truth from the heart is not "I detest you," or "I strongly deprecate your existence," but plain old (and short) "I hate you." "Detest" comes from French, "deprecate" from Latin, and "hate"–surprise–from the Germanic ancestor language, Anglo-Saxon. "Heissen" is the modern German word. You can see the family resemblance for yourself.
Level I words, remember, are our home language, the language we know from the cradle, the language that is closest to our hearts–the language we trust, the language we knew fluently before we ever went to school to learn those fancy words.
That's what Trump speaks.
And that's why people believe he speaks the truth. He's not stupid, not at all. He's smart enough to know that simple language is the language people believe. They think it shows honesty. Poor them.
Tomorrow, I'll show you an interesting comparison of the rhetoric of George W. Bush, who ended his presidency as a reviled figure whom even his own party can't bear to mention, and Bill Clinton, who ended his two terms riding high on a tide of popularity. The results are quite interesting.
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So What's the Best Level of Language to Use?, You May Ask.
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marjorie561 says:
This just keeps getting better and better. So intriguing–level I words are the language of trust–keep teaching, sister.
emchitty says:
Yes. Level I words are the deepest we can go to express our true feelings. That's why I call it "irreducible" language.It can't be translated or interpreted. It simply is. Trump (and probably every spectacularly successful politician) knows how to speak the common tongue, the language in which people believe they understand what is being said.
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Q: How to create IntelliSense compatible documentation for generated WCF proxy classes? I am trying to add IntelliSense and SandCastle compatible documentation to my WCF proxy classes that were generated via svcutil.  Is there any way to do this without directly editing the generated code (as it would be lost if it is ever regenerated)?

A: In the WCFExtras project you can find the functionality you are looking for; a WSDL exporter and importer that takes XML code documentation and embeds it in the WSDL + pulls it out and adds it as XML doc again on the generated client-side proxy.
WCFExtras can be found here: http://wcfextras.codeplex.com/ (or as a Nuget package).
--larsw

A: A limited solution may be to create documentation only partial classes to mirror the classes generated by SvcUtil. Since the SvcUtil classes are created as partial classes, you can take advantage of this for documenting the class but this probably won't work for the methods or properties. IntelliSense will display the comments. I believe SandCastle will also merge the comments but haven't tried it. It could be a pain to keep these classes in sync with the service changes  if you want to go this route.
Here is what the documentation class would look like:
/// <summary>
/// This is a comment
/// </summary>
public partial class YourSvcUtilGenerateClientClass { }

A: I think you can override the way these classes are generated with a template.
Here is a link to an article talking. They are focusing on silverlight but i think the code context is still applicable.
http://www.silverlightshow.net/items/ADO.NET-Data-Services-Advanced-Topics-Custom-proxy-based-on-T4-templates.aspx

A: Personally, I don't ever use the generated WCF proxy classes. It's too easy to roll your own proxy class. This is all it takes (the methods can be added for you by Visual Studio when you add your ServiceContract interface on your proxy class):
using System.ServiceModel;

namespace My.Namespace
{
    public class MyServiceContractProxy : ClientBase<IMyServiceContract>, IMyServiceContract
    {
        public MyServiceContractProxy() { }
        public MyServiceContractProxy(string endpointName) : base(endpointName) { }

        #region IMyServiceContract Members

        public int AddValues(int val1, int val2)
        {
            return Channel.AddValues(val1, val2);
        }

        #endregion
    }
}

If your ServiceContract changes, it will throw a compile error because your proxy will no longer match the interface, but it's typically not more than 10-second edit to your proxy class.

A: Since the XML comments route won't meet your needs then the Document! X 2011 product would be a choice. It isn't free but it will do what you need.


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Listen to an excerpt of the book on SoundCloud or YouTube.
I went into reading this story without bothering to read the blurb or any book details. I've read quite a few Asta Idonea works, so I just delved right in. Boy, was I surprised! Maybe why I am such a big advocate of just reading stories or watching movies without knowing anything about them.
Wish You Were Here is a bitter-sweet story of love, loss, and healing. It's told in an elegant, touching style, and although there are clear tensions between Oakley and his parents, there's not a lot of blaming going around. Mourning is treated as what it is – pain, hurt, denial, a mix of feelings that leave you a little lost, and force you to find your way out of it and back to yourself.
Bobby was my favorite character in the book. He's sweet and caring, and when you start to figure out what's going on with him… well, it will break your heart a little. Despite that, I am so happy I read this and wholeheartedly recommend it.


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Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) doesn't like that militants are currently occupying a federal wildlife facility in Oregon. But he does like the militia's main idea: Seizing and selling off America's public lands.
On Wednesday, Rubio explained his position on the controversial occupation at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, now entering its fifth day. Rubio said that while he doesn't support "lawless" activity, he does agree with the militia on its main point that federal public lands should be transferred to private ownership for activities like logging, coal mining, oil drilling, and farming.
"I most certainly believe that the federal government controls far too much land in the Western parts of the United States especially," Rubio told the Des Moines Register's editorial board. "The state of Nevada is an example — it's almost entirely owned by the federal government. And it goes well beyond the legitimate need of land ownership for defense purposes, for example."
Though the federal government does own some land for defense purposes — more than 14 million acres are administered by the Department of Defense — one of the core reasons for government ownership of land is environmental protection. Indeed, the United States owns approximately 640 million acres of land, and much of that is owned for purposes of preservation and conservation. Private activities like mining are sometimes permitted on these lands, depending on the lands' level of protection and provided the activities don't clash with the needs of protected species.
The militia currently occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge argues that the federal government's ownership of so much land — about 28 percent of America — is costing them their economic livelihoods. They are not allowed to graze, farm, mine, or drill on a good deal of protected land. And they want to.
Rubio wants them to, too. In fact, his first promise in his presidential campaign's energy plan is to transfer all federally-owned energy resources to the states. That way, Rubio argues, states can have more power over their own natural resources.
While that may sound reasonable, progressives argue that Rubio's plan would essentially cause a free-for-all, where states can devastate national forests, parks, and other important wildlife and plantlife zones for temporary economic gain.
"Such a shift would give state governors unprecedented power to sell drilling and mining rights in America's national forests, national parks, and other public lands; to waive environmental protections; and to seize revenues owed to U.S. taxpayers," a 2015 report from the Center for American Progress reads. "Sen. Rubio's energy plan is the latest indication that the radical idea of selling, transferring, or privatizing America's public lands and energy resources has entered the mainstream of Republican politics."
A photo from the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, where an armed militia is currently occupying.
CREDIT: John Matthews/Flickr
Many in the American west agree with ranchers' complaints that there should be more livestock grazing on public lands. According to a 2015 poll by the Outdoor Industry Association, the vast majority of voters in Colorado and Nevada prioritize making public lands available for grazing. Voters in those states also support making public lands available for oil and gas, mining, and logging.
Those voters do not, however, support Rubio's idea of transferring ownership of American public lands to states. Sixty-four percent of voters in Colorado and 58 percent of voters in Nevada said they oppose giving states control over nationally-owned resources.
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Assevillers New British Cemetery is een Britse militaire begraafplaats met gesneuvelden uit de Eerste Wereldoorlog, gelegen in het Franse dorp Assevillers (Noorderdepartement). De begraafplaats werd ontworpen door Edwin Lutyens met medewerking van William Cowlishaw en ligt langs de weg naar Barleux op 550 m ten oosten van het dorpscentrum (Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption). Ze heeft een trapeziumvormig grondplan met een oppervlakte van 2.655 m² en wordt omsloten door een lage natuurstenen muur. In de zuidwestelijke hoek staat buiten het terrein een crucifix. Aan de zuidelijke muur staat het toegangsgebouw, eveneens in natuursteen, met een rondboogvormige open doorgang en afgedekt met een zadeldak. Links van de doorgang is een rustruimte met zitbank (daar bevindt zich ook het registerkastje). Centraal tegen de zuidelijke muur staat het Cross of Sacrifice en aan de tegenover liggende zijde staat de Stone of Remembrance. De begraafplaats wordt onderhouden door de Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Op de begraafplaats liggen 815 gesneuvelden waaronder 331 niet geïdentificeerde.

Geschiedenis
In het najaar van 1916 werd het dorp door de Franse troepen ingenomen, op 26 maart 1918 door het Fifth Army geëvacueerd en op 28 augustus 1918 door de 5th Australian Division heroverd.
De begraafplaats werd na de wapenstilstand aangelegd door concentratie van graven uit de omliggende slagvelden van de Somme en volgende ontruimde begraafplaatsen:
 de Duitse begraafplaats in Barleux (10 doden), in Bouchavesnes-Bergen (10 doden), in Estrées-Deniécourt (2 doden), in Hyencourt-le-Grand (2 doden) en in Misery (16 doden).
 de Franse militaire begraafplaatsen in Foucaucourt (4 doden), in Belloy-en-Santerre (10 doden), in Vermandovillers (2 doden) en in Plantation Cemetery (5 doden) en Highway Cemetery (7 doden) in Cappy.
 de Britse begraafplaats Kiboko Wood Cemetery (30 doden) en de gemeentelijke begraafplaats van Vauvillers (4 doden).

Onder de geïdentificeerde doden zijn er 374 Britten, 100 Australiërs, 8 Zuid-Afrikanen en 2 Canadezen. Voor 26 Britten werden Special Memorials opgericht omdat hun graven niet meer gelokaliseerd konden worden en men neemt aan dat ze onder naamloze grafzerken liggen. Elf slachtoffers worden herdacht met een Duhallow Block omdat zij oorspronkelijk in andere begraafplaatsen lagen maar wier graven door artillerievuur werden vernietigd.

Graven

Onderscheiden militairen
G.B.S. McBain, kapitein bij de Royal Air Force werd onderscheiden met het Distinguished Service Cross (DSC).
 de kapiteins Roy Launceton (Middlesex Regiment), George Fleetwood Thuillier (Devonshire Regiment) en William Alderman (Dorsetshire Regiment) werden onderscheiden met het Military Cross (MC).
 Ernest Raymond Bregenzer, sergeant bij de Australian Infantry, A.I.F. werd onderscheiden met de Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM).
 nog 12 militairen werden onderscheiden met de Military Medal (MM).

Minderjarige militair
 Francis Terence Julian Belcher, onderluitenant bij het Royal Warwickshire Regiment was 17 jaar toen hij op 4 februari 1917 sneuvelde.

Alias
 soldaat Alfred Duck Ward diende onder het alias A. Courtney bij de Australian Infantry, A.I.F..

Assevillers
Begraafplaats in het Noorderdepartement
Begraafplaats van de CWGC in Frankrijk
Begraafplaats van de Eerste Wereldoorlog

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Correspondence and papers of Jane Johnson of Olney, Buckinghamshire (1706-1759) and of her family, 17th-19th cent.
Jane Johnson (1706-1759) was the wife of Woolsey Johnson, Vicar of Olney, Buckinghamshire. She was the author of the earliest known (to date) example of an English fairy story for children (MS. Don. d. 198 - see 'Related Material' below). For further details see the Bodleian Library Record, vol. XVI, no. 2, Oct. 1997, pp. 165-170.
Robert Augustus Johnson (1745-1799) was the son of Jane Johnson. He married Anna Rebecca Ludford Taylor, née Craven, sister of the 6th Lord Craven. He was at one time Rector of Wistanstow in Shropshire, in the patronage of the Earls of Craven, and was Rector of Hamstall Ridware, Staffordshire, 1791-1799. At the time the journals described in section C were written he was living in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, close to the Craven seat at Combe Abbey where he seems to have been a frequent visitor.
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The fairy story which Jane wrote for her children in 1744 is MS. Don. d. 198.
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The History of the Mexicans as Told by Their Paintings () is a Spanish language, post-conquest codex written in the 1530s. This manuscript was likely composed by Father Andrés de Olmos, an early Franciscan friar.  It is presumed to be based upon one or more indigenous pictorial codices.

Henry Phillips Jr., a 19th-century historian, made a translation of the document in the 1880s and referred to it as the Codex Ramírez, after Bishop Ramírez de Fuenleal who authorized its creation in 1532.

It is held in the library of the University of Texas at Austin.

See also
Aztec codices

External links
History of the Mexicans as Told by Their Paintings. English translation version by Henry Phillips Jr. (1883). Edited and with annotations by Alec Christensen, FAMSI.
История мексиканцев по их рисункам. Russian translation version by Henry Phillips Jr. (1883). Edited and with annotations by Alec Christensen, FAMSI.
Historia de Mexico with the Tovar calendar, ca. 1830–1862. From the Collections at the Library of Congress

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History of the Aztecs
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Q: Subtitle separated from the image I have the following code constructing a confusion matrix image:
truth <- c(0,1,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,1)
pred  <- c(0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0)
FWConf <- mlearning::confusion(factor(pred,labels=c("Loyal","Churn")), factor(truth,labels=c("Loyal","Churn")),vars=c("a","b"), labels = c("Actual","Predicted"))
opar <- par(mar=c(14, 4, 7, 2))
x <- x.orig <- unclass(FWConf)
x <- log(x + 0.5) * 2.33
x[x < 0] <- NA
x[x > 10] <- 10
diag(x) <- -diag(x)

graphics::image(1:ncol(x), 1:ncol(x), -(x[, nrow(x):1]), xlab='', ylab='',col=colorRampPalette(c("red","yellow","green"))(41), xaxt='n', yaxt='n', zlim=c(-10, 10))

axis(1, at=1:ncol(x), labels=colnames(x), cex.axis=0.8)
axis(2, at=ncol(x):1, labels=colnames(x), las=1, cex.axis=0.8)
title(ylab='Predicted', line=0.5, xlab = 'Actual')
abline(h = 0:ncol(x) + 0.5, col = 'gray')
abline(v = 0:ncol(x) + 0.5, col = 'gray')
text(1:6, rep(6:1, each=6),
     labels = sub('^0$', '', round(c(x.orig), 0)))
box(lwd=2)
title(sub = paste("\n\n\n +-------------------------------------------------------+",
                  "\n\t[\tCosto Mancato Allarme:\t", 90      ,"\t euro\t]",
                  "\n\t[\tCosto Falso Allarme  :\t", 10      ,"\t euro\t]",
                  "\n\t[\tIndice di Salvataggio:\t", 0.4*100 ,"\t  %  \t]",
                  "\n+-------------------------------------------------------+"),
      main = paste(" +-------------------------+","\n | Costo  = " ,10, " euro |", "\n+-------------------------+"))
par(opar)

The resulting image is:

In order to have the subtitle separated from the image I have changed the title part in the following way.
title(main = paste(" +-------------------------+","\n | Costo  = " ,costo, " euro |", "\n+-------------------------+"))
title(sub = paste("\n\n\n +-------------------------------------------------------+",
                      "\n[\tCosto Mancato Allarme:\t", z2            ,"\t euro\t]",
                      "\n[\tCosto Falso Allarme  :\t", z1            ,"\t euro\t]",
                      "\n[\tIndice di Salvataggio:\t", savingRate*100,"\t  %  \t]",
                      "\n+-------------------------------------------------------+"),
        line = 7
)

Is there a better way to show the information contained in the title and subtitle and the image? Something like boxes, rectangles, and so on?


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It's Kirby's 30th Anniversary And There May Be Plans To Celebrate
12 Jan at 21:30
Not only did we get a solid release date for the next Kirby adventure today, but it's also time to celebrate the pink puffball's three decades of video games.
2022 marks the 30th anniversary of the Kirby series! Please look forward to a variety of #Kirby30 activities coming soon. pic.twitter.com/BZO1rz4LwC
— 星のカービィ (@Kirby_JP) January 12, 2022
The Kirby Twitter account posted about the milestone this morning. The tweet reads, "2022 marks the 30th anniversary of the Kirby series! Please look forward to a variety of #Kirby30 activities coming soon." A prior tweet actually announced the anniversary in Japanese and shared a link to a "teaser site" with commemorative wallpapers to celebrate the occasion. A rough translation of the tweet states there may be other "goods and campaigns" coming down the line. For now, the adorable wallpapers are a great way to start Kirby's year.
Kirby's Dreamland was released in 1992 for the Game Boy, soon after becoming one of the must-have games for the handheld system, at least for me. Its easygoing platforming and whimsical stages and characters set the stage for Kirby's subsequent adventures on the NES, SNES, Nintendo 64, and so on. Here's a fun fact about the first game: its Japanese title, Hoshi no Kirby, translates to "Kirby of the Stars," which explains the absorbent hero's penchant for riding and coughing up stars.
What do you want to see from the Kirby 30th anniversary? Are there any lost or forgotten Kirby adventures you'd like to see collected for Switch or elsewhere? Let us know in the comments below!
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WVSOM improvements topic of public concerns
Residents of Crowfields in Lewisburg, attending the Tuesday evening Lewisburg City Council meeting voiced concerns for the planned upcoming improvements at WVSOM and how they might affect the Crowfields neighborhood nearby. Not having heard or seen any announcements about the plans for a new entry road to the college from Hwy. 219, the clock tower and new student center, resident Harvey Neel and others are wondering why there has been nothing about the projects in the papers nor any notices for public hearings. They are anticipating more traffic coming into their neighborhood. Neel said since the school borders the narrow section of Dwyer Lane, Crowfield residents are concerned that emergency service access for the neighborhood could be blocked as traffic increases. As neighbors to the school, the Crowfields residents are forced to conclude that the school is avoiding any public comments on the improvements to the school facilities.
Mayor John Manchester responded stating the osteopathic school has a master plan but that the City has not been consulted on any issue. The only point where the City might have involvement is with an abutment permit at Lee Street, where the school plans to build a road across a small park facing the front of the school Otherwise, the mayor said, the college is not subject to City regulations. He said the topic [traffic in town] is on the agenda of the next Public Works meeting scheduled for the second Tuesday of every month. The next meeting is June 10 at the Paul R. Cooley Council Chambers at 7 p.m.
In other business:
• Four ordinances were approved by council, having received their second readings and public hearings. All will go into effect on July 1, 2014. A few residents attending the meeting gave some discussion, especially concerning the addition of contractors fees to the B&O tax. Questions arose concerning the definition of "contractor." It depends on how the state defines one's occupation, said Mayor Manchester. A contractor is defined, with regard to this application, as pertaining to the building profession, including general contractor and any subcontractor such as plumbing, and electrical contractors. If receiving a license, then one is a contractor. If receiving a certificate and not a license, then, the classification as a service business is not affected by the B&O tax. Home-owners doing remodel work themselves on their homes are also not subject to the B&O tax.
The remaining three ordinances were: Ordinance 242 will increase the building permit fee from $3 to $6 per $1,000; Ordinance 243 simplifies business license fee categories, of which, the most common category is the fees for general contractor which will be raised from $15 to $20 per annum. The fourth, Ordinance 244 is for the Home Rule application in which six components were selected for variance allowing Lewisburg to have more control and less bureaucracy. Manchester said there are 22 other cities in the state vying for the 16 openings for home rule application.
• Lewisburg's fire department, headed up by Chief Wayne Pennington, has been approved to purchase a fire pumper/rescue truck plus equipment for not more than $350,000 to be financed over seven years at an interest rate of 3.80 percent.
• Council member Mark Etten announced there will be a comprehensive plan meeting scheduled for Wednesday, June 11 at the Paul R. Cooley Council Chambers at 5:30 p.m.
• Council member Josh Baldwin, reporting from the Parks Commission meeting, stated with obvious disappointment that a baseball Little League Tournament in Lewisburg has been cancelled due to a lack of volunteers needed to cover the games. Twenty volunteers are needed for each game.
• A proposed sidewalk from Court Street to Dorie Miller Park was approved for construction.
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Q: Run nopCommerce on virtual directory on Azure I have been running DNN 7 on Azure using some store module that we have grown out of. We are in the process of moving our store to nopCommerce. But since we have so much content, other than the store on the DNN site, we would to explore keeping the DNN site and setting up a virtual directory with nopCommerce and run them both under the same domain name.
I have configured the virtual directory MyDNNPortal.AzwureWebSites.net/store to point to the physical folder "site_nopCommerce" and checked the "application" checkbox.
DNN works fine, but when trying to navigate to MyDNNPortal.AzwureWebSites.net/store, I get the following error:
"The page cannot be displayed because an internal server error has occurred."
This error is just those words in black on a white screen. It is not the typical IIS error.
I have customErrors set to off in both the DNN app and the nopCommerce app. I have the show detailed errors option checked in the Azure config for the DNN website. But that is the only error I get.
If I go to the LogFiles folder via FTP, there is an errorpage000001.htm page that sheds some more light:
HTTP Error 500.19 - Internal Server Error
The requested page cannot be accessed because the related configuration data for the page is invalid.
Error Code 0x80070003

Config Error
   Cannot read configuration file

Config File
   \\?\D:\home\site\_nopCommerce\web.config

Requested URL
   http://mywebsite:80/store

Physical Path
   D:\home\site\_nopCommerce

Any ideas? Is this structure possible (running nopCommerce in a virtual directory within a DNN site)?
I've seen this error on my localhost and then add IIS_USERS permissions to fix...but I am not aware of the ability or need to configure those types of permissions on Azure.


Born and died in Bad Kreuznach. He was the son of Carl Cauer, sculptor and grandson of Emil Cauer the Elder (1800 -67). Emil was the first sculptor in the family, who trained in Berlin and then became curator of the antiquities collection in Dresden in 1832. Emil then moved to Bad Kreuznach and established a successful practice as the maker of statues of historical figures. Ludwig's brothers Emil, Robert and Hugo were also sculptors.
Ludwig received his initial training from his father and then studied in Rome and Berlin. From about 1891-3 he lived in London and returned to Germany. Ludwig received a number of major public commissions resulting in him being elected to the German Academy in 1916. From 1918 he returned to Bad Kreuznach and worked principally as a funerary sculptor.
Exhibited 3 times, average 2 works per year.
The Water Carrier (cat. no. 1180, not for sale).


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A "special situation" could be the sign of a great investment opportunity. We've both been in the investment industry for over three decades, and we've gained insight on many ways to research stocks. Today, our investment process includes several types of idea generation, one of which is special situations. This refers to a variety of events that may drive performance in a stock. Often, it involves something unusual in the fundamentals of a business. A special situation could be a company exiting bankruptcy, a turnaround story, or a business that is restructuring or working out financial challenges. It could also be related to a seasonal event, such as tax-loss selling, or business initiatives such as initial public offerings. It can also involve complex — and therefore underfollowed — situations, such as SPACS (special purpose acquisition companies).
Typically, we pursue a special situation when we believe a company's underlying business is worth far more than the value the market is currently placing on it. This has allowed us to seize opportunities when investors are slow to appreciate a company's long-term potential. If we believe problems are temporary and fixable, and that the business has earnings power the market is meaningfully undervaluing, we take a position and wait for our thesis to play out.
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Spin-off companies usually get less attention from investors because they are more difficult to research.
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According to analysis from Goldman Sachs as of 2020, the performance of spin-offs has generally been above average relative to that of the parent companies. Moreover, if the spin-off had a cheaper price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple, a lower growth rate, and lower margins than the parent, the spin-off had the potential to significantly outperform the parent. Taken as a whole, these variables would suggest that many of the spin-offs were undermanaged by the parent company. If the management of a spin-off company can improve growth rates and margins as an independent company, it is likely to drive the multiple and the stock price higher.
Looking at spin-offs versus the equal-weighted S&P 500 over the past 20 years also shows above-average performance when at least two of three attributes — cheaper P/E, lower growth rate, lower margins — were met. Although the percentage of outperformers and magnitude of the outperformance was not as high, we believe it still demonstrates the investment potential in spin-offs.
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Constellation Energy (CEG). This business was spun out of Exelon Corporation in early 2022. The company provides nuclear, hydro, wind, and solar power to more than 20 million homes and businesses. We believe CEG's upside potential is much greater than its current stock price indicates, especially if nuclear subsidies continue to be implemented. Also, as more consumers place greater value on environmentally friendly energy sources, CEG, which positions itself as a "clean energy center," offers further growth potential.
Otis Elevator (OTIS). In 2020, United Technologies announced the spin-off of this business, one of the pre-eminent providers of elevators and elevator servicing in the world. At the time of the spin-off, we believed the stock traded at a substantial discount to its closest competitors, and we established a position. Recently, the industry has faced some headwinds due to the slowdown in China's property market, which accounts for only 20% of Otis's revenues. In our view, what's attractive is the recurring nature of Otis's elevator service business, which remains an underappreciated asset.
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's National Assembly passed a resolution on Wednesday condemning U.S. President Donald Trump's accusations that Islamabad was prolonging the war in Afghanistan, denouncing them as "hostile" and "threatening".
Speaking before the assembly, Pakistani Foreign Minister Khwaja Asif Asif urged the government to consider postponing any visits by U.S. delegations to Pakistan or by Pakistani officials to the United States and closing off "ground and air lines of communication through Pakistan".
On Sunday, Pakistan's foreign office announced that it had postponed a visit by a U.S. acting Assistant Secretary of State Alice Wells to discuss Washington's new Afghan policy, but at the time did not provide a reason.
Trump accused Pakistan of harboring "agents of chaos" and providing safe havens to militant groups waging an insurgency against the U.S.-backed government in Kabul.
Pakistani officials bristle at what they say is a lack of respect from Washington for the country's sacrifices in the war against militancy and its successes against groups like al Qaeda, Islamic State or the Pakistani Taliban.
Pakistan estimates there have been 70,000 Pakistani casualties in militant attacks since it joined the U.S. war on terror after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.
Successive U.S. administrations have struggled with how to deal with nuclear-armed Pakistan. Washington fumes about inaction against the Taliban, but Pakistan has been helpful on other counterterrorism efforts, including against al Qaeda and Islamic State.
The United States also has no choice but to use Pakistani roads to resupply its troops in landlocked Afghanistan. U.S. officials worry that if Pakistan becomes an active foe, it could further destabilize Afghanistan and endanger U.S. soldiers.
"Afghanistan, the U.S. and its allies should close their borders to leaders of terrorist, militant groups carrying out acts of terrorism against Pakistan," Asif told the assembly.
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In response to warnings that Washington might cut aid to Pakistan, Asif rejected the importance of American dollars, saying that Pakistan has lost more than $123 billion to terrorism since the Sept. 11 attacks.
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The relationship between Islamabad and Washington has endured periods of extreme strain during the past decade, especially after al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was found and killed by U.S. special forces in Pakistan in a 2011 raid.


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MADISON – When Gov. Jim Doyle flew around the state last week to announce the expansion or relocation of 10 tech-based companies, the news raised a question that is harder to answer than one might imagine: How many technology companies and tech jobs does Wisconsin have?
It can depend on who's doing the counting, as well as what categories of jobs and companies are being counted. The search for an answer also demonstrates that technology is a part of so many companies and professions that it's hard to tell where a high-tech job begins and a low-tech job ends.
In his fly-around to Green Bay, Hudson and Madison, Doyle cited 403 companies and 34,000 jobs in the state's "biotechnology" sector. Both numbers come from a 2008 report by the Wisconsin Association for Biomedical Research and Education.
A more encompassing term than biotechnology would have "bioscience" jobs. The WABRE survey counted numbers from bioscience manufacturers, bioscience service companies and jobs in 14 different sectors, from medical imaging to food biotechnology to biofuels research. In other words, it measured a lot more than the stereotypical medical biotech company.
Battelle, the nation's largest non-profit research organization, offered a similar benchmark in its 2008 report on the bioscience industry. Using 2006 data, Battelle reported that Wisconsin had 684 companies and 22,414 workers in the four main categories they have been measuring for years – agricultural feedstocks and chemicals, drugs and pharmaceuticals, medical devices and equipment, and research, testing and medical laboratories.
While Battelle didn't come up with 34,000 jobs, it calculated the "total employment impact" at 85,019 jobs. In other words, there's a ripple effect.
Battelle also said Wisconsin's bioscience employment was growing faster than the U.S. average in three of four major categories. Wisconsin's job growth in agricultural feedstocks and chemicals, drugs and pharmaceuticals, and research, testing and medical laboratories all exceeded the U.S. average between 2001 and 2006, the Battelle study concluded. Only in medical devices and equipment did Wisconsin fail to grow at the U.S. average, but the state still ranked as a "specialized" state in that sector.
The Madison area was the only one of 361 metropolitan areas classified by Battelle as "specialized" in all four sectors. That's also captured in the annual High-Tech Directory published by Madison Gas & Electric Co., which has been charting the tech sectors in Dane County for 20-plus years.
The 2009 MGE report counted 83 companies in the biotechnology cluster for Dane County. It showed another 34 in the Scientific R&D services cluster, of which 17 are life sciences. There are three more in the Medical & Diagnostic Laboratories category. So, there are roughly 100 companies in Dane County now that could be described as "life sciences" or biosciences. That compares to about 80 three years ago.
Perhaps the real story is that information technology continues to be a far larger sector in Wisconsin than biosciences.
The latest Cyberstates report by TechAmerica, the nation's largest technology organization, ranked Wisconsin 21st among the 50 states in high-tech workers with 85,100 in 49 industry sectors measured by NAICS. Grouped more broadly, those sectors include high-tech manufacturing, communications services, software services and engineering and tech services.
Wisconsin's high-tech payroll was $5.4 billion in 2007, according to the Cyberstates report released in April, and ranked 22nd nationwide. The state had 4,300 high-tech establishments, which ranked 23rd among the states. Salaries of Wisconsin high-tech workers averaged $63,100, good for 35th among the states – but still 67 percent higher than Wisconsin's average private sector wage.
Additional bright spots within those figures: Wisconsin ranked third in the electromedical equipment manufacturing with 6,300 jobs and ninth in electronic components manufacturing with 7,300 jobs. It was also 13th in software publishers at 5,500 jobs.
Of course, all of these figures reflect job levels before the Great Recession. And it's complicated by the fact that many tech jobs are imbedded in companies that seem decidedly no-tech.
The bottom line is that no one can say for sure how many bioscience or other tech jobs exist in Wisconsin today because it's a moving target, redefined by an ever-growing list of jobs that didn't exist 15, 10 or five years ago. The trick is to keep that target moving in the right direction.


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SmartyGirlLeadership (SGL) editors are curious, what are you doing differently for nutrition this summer?
Jeremy Anthony Lopez, a Nutrition Sciences major at Riverside Community College shared 5 easy-to-follow tips for those starting a 5k training program or facing a 5k zombie run in six weeks. He applies these nutrition tips to hiking for fitness. Remember the rules from Zombieland to keep from becoming a human happy meal?
Allow yourself to have a serving or more of carbohydrates such as rice or pasta on the evening before a four-hour hike. You'll need the energy. It's true what white rice or low-fiber pasta cooks in about 10 minutes. If you have more time and zombies aren't knocking down your apartment door yet, consider fixing yourself brown rice and whole grain pasta.
Add antioxidants to your smoothie. You can blend blueberries, strawberries or mangoes with skim milk and raw rolled oats (not steel cut because it may jam the blender) for a nourishing breakfast on the morning of the hike. Fresh fruit also helps your body combat the stress of outrunning zombies. The rolled oats help sustain your body for a workout because it digests slowly. Jeremy warns that raw blended oats are an acquired taste. It becomes pleasant and you might look forward to a thick chewable oaty shake after a few of these. Some choose to add bananas and a spoonful of peanut butter. It's up to you.
Avoid overdoing fiber supplements because you won't want to upset your bowels when you aren't likely to have outdoor toilets with plumbing. Besides you know to beware of bathrooms: zombies might choose to attack when you are most vulnerable.
Skip eating more than 25 grams of protein in less than two hours. More than that is wasteful because your body can't make use of all that in such a short period. Look at the nutrition label of your bar or drinkable supplement. Consume just enough of the protein to fortify your body. For instance, split the portion with a friend if there isn't a way to keep the leftovers.
Pack food, fruit and beverages to refuel during your hiking trip. Suggested fruits include bananas and grapefruit. Trail mix bars such as Mojo are Jeremy's favorite. Bring water. Also pack a type of vitamin-fortified water and sports drink to replace the sodium that you will sweat out.
What are 3 reasons to choose hiking as fitness training?
Parking is cheap. Instead of paying for a daily pass, consider buying a season permit that charges per car. That means you can get a Ford Focus full of friends and split the cost. Even a 20 minutes drive to the trailhead will be fun compared to finding yourself alone at a bus station shooting zombies Call of Duty Black Ops II-style.
Socialize while exercising. It'll feel more like fun than a workout when you can laugh together. It also doesn't hurt to build bonds now before trust means survival on DayZ.
Enjoy the outdoors. Get some natural Vitamin D from the sun while protecting your skin with shades, a hat and sunblock. Relish being out in the open rather than hiding in a pool hall from the seventh wave of the walking dead.
What's a good way to choose a hiking area based on your group's skill level?
Read through the reviews on Yelp. Note the tough terrain for beginners, challenges for intermediates and serious climbs for the advanced.


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Hernia. The World Journal of Hernia and Abdominal Wall Surgery  ist eine wissenschaftliche Fachzeitschrift, die vom Springer-Verlag im Auftrag der European Hernia Society, der American Hernia Society und der Asia Pacific Hernia Society veröffentlicht wird. Die Zeitschrift erscheint mit sechs Ausgaben im Jahr. Es werden Arbeiten veröffentlicht, die sich mit der Anwendung chirurgischer Methoden in der Behandlung von Hernien und Erkrankungen der Bauchdecke beschäftigen.

Der Impact Factor lag im Jahr 2014 bei 2,050. Nach der Statistik des ISI Web of Knowledge wird das Journal mit diesem Impact Factor in der Kategorie Chirurgie an 71. Stelle von 198 Zeitschriften geführt.

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Chirurgische Zeitschrift
Medizinische Fachzeitschrift (Frankreich)
Englischsprachige zweimonatliche Zeitschrift
Ersterscheinung 1997