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-Apache PredictionIO is an open source machine learning framework
-for developers, data scientists, and end users. It supports event collection,
+Apache PredictionIO is an open-source machine learning framework
+for developers, data scientists, and end-users. It supports event collection,
 deployment of algorithms, evaluation, querying predictive results via REST APIs.
-It is based on scalable open source services like Hadoop, HBase (and other DBs),
-Elasticsearch, Spark and implements what is called a Lambda Architecture.
+Based on scalable open-source services like Hadoop, HBase (and other DBs),
+Elasticsearch, Spark, and implements what is called a Lambda Architecture.
 
 To get started, check out http://predictionio.apache.org!