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The streets of downtown Charleston went the way of the boats Tuesday.
The forecast
Today: Showers likely, and possibly a thunderstorm. New rainfall amounts between a quarter inch and a half inch with higher amounts possible.Thursday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. New rainfall amounts between a tenth of an inch and a quarter-inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.Friday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Drier weather pattern sets in.Updates: Go to postandcourier.com/weather.
Kayakers paddled through the City Market. Wakeboarders were towed over flooded pavement. And dozens of cars stalled in floodwater on the Septima P. Clark Parkway.
To blame was heavy rainfall that Tropical Storm Isaac sucked in from the tropics, and there could be plenty more this week where that came from. More than 7 inches was recorded on Daniel Island and about 5 inches downtown, according to the National Weather Service.
Meteorologists expect more downpours through Thursday.
"If you have a small sedan, you're not going to make it through this," downtown resident Judge Kelly, 22, said as he directed cars to turn away from a flooded King Street. "I hope we don't end up like Venice."
The parkway, where drainage improvements were touted to alleviate flooding, was still closed late Tuesday. Flower- pots, part of the effort to beautify the roadside, floated in the floodwaters.
In May, workers completed the initial phase of a $154 million drainage project for the roadway.
City officials have said Crosstown drainage will get progressively better as each part of the work moves forward toward completion in 2020.
Meanwhile, a half-dozen cars were flooded to their windows Tuesday near the Ashley Avenue intersection.
Samy Rugema had just left work at the Medical University of South Carolina when his Chevrolet Cavalier encountered 3 feet of water on the parkway, also known as the Crosstown. He regretted trying to make it through.
"All of a sudden, my car won't move," Rugema said as he looked under the hood of his car. "It won't go forward or backward. (The water) was all the way above my tires."
Tuesday's rainfall was concentrated in Charleston and in parts of Berkeley County.
"It's a peripheral effect of Isaac," said Blair Holloway, a meteorologist at the Weather Service office in North Charleston. "The general circulation around the system helped push some very deep tropical moisture into the area."
Holloway said Charleston was fortunate that the heaviest rainfall occurred near low tide, which was at 11:30 a.m. in Charleston Harbor.
"It could have been considerably worse," he said. "But it's going to be real active the rest of the week, with lots of periods of rainfall."
The weather ruptured a sewer line, causing traffic headaches and fouling the air near Long Grove Drive in Mount Pleasant. Long Grove, which runs south of Rifle Range Road, was expected to be closed through this afternoon, and police urged motorists to avoid the area.
During the height of the storm the Charleston Police Department recommended that motorists stay put. Downtown Charleston descended into gridlock.
Brian Boyd, 28, who lives in an apartment at the Crosstown and Kracke Street, watched traffic back up for miles as motorists feared driving through a newly formed lake.
Nearby, a Ford Taurus had been abandoned. Water flowed through an open window. Its headlights remained on.
"This is the first real big storm that's come through," Boyd said. "I thought for sure that (U.S. Highway) 17 had been taken care of. ... Unless you have a big car, you're still going to get stuck."
Daniel Prenner, an attorney, stepped outside his office at King and Line streets and threw sandbags against a doorway. Cars, trucks and a fire engine rushing by sent waves crashing over the sidewalk and into his building.
"This is the first time we've experienced anything like this," Prenner said. "The main thing is the cars coming through and making a wake."
Reach Andrew Knapp at 937-5414 or twitter.com/offlede.
When 5 or so inches of rain pelted Charleston on Tuesday, the Septima P. Clark Parkway the Crosstown turned into a small river, and a nightmare for vehicles.×
The heavy rain Tuesday made Huger Street unusable for vehicle traffic, but for kayaker Wilder Johnson, accompanied by his dog Scooby, it was just fine.×
This bicyclist was forced to carry his wheels and his shoes on a flooded sidewalk on Radcliffe Street.×
Greg Barabell (left) gets help from a stranger, Greg Buckner, after floodwater stalled Barabells BMW at Carolina and King streets Tuesday afternoon.×

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Nikon Coolpix L28 Review
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where can i buy much cheaper than the price in amazon? anyone? please healp me - Julie
Why can't you better video sample makeing? You never test the focus in the video.
Do not like the operation on this camera. Pictures are OKAY but does very strange things. Wished I had not bought this camera.
I agree with Paul. My camera would, without any warning, "freeze" and I would have to take the batteries out and allow the camera to "sit" for a few minutes, then reinstall the batteries and it would work again for a few shots and then "freeze" again. I have returned it to Nikon twice and they say they can't duplicate the problem…......
amyone want to buy mine????
Thank goodness Target has good employees and a good return policy. I bought this camera before a vacation and did not like it at all. It took good photos, but that was the only good thing about it. It constantly froze up; requiring about 12 seconds after each photo before I could take another shot or even use the zoom button. Panorama mode wasn't user friendly; there is not a "Flash ON" button (other than scrolling through the modes till you hit "backlight"; self timer is always 10 seconds and not adjustable. All in all, not a user friendly camera.
This camera is nothing but trouble. Its always going pink on me. Every time i use it i get 2 maybe 3 photos then everything turns pink and it drives me nuts. Will i buy another NO!!!!
Nikon finally replaced my original camera and now, 6 months later, it "turns pink" also. I sent it back to Nikon and they wanted to charge me $68 to "repair" it and I said "HELL NO!" The came back and said the would give me a one time complementary repair at no cost..how nice! how can a company continue to market such a poor product unless the plan to make their profits through repairs….....????
So disappointed wth this cam.I don't like the piks at all and it is comparable wth my very old and cheap camera of about 10 yrs ago, ie, too much noise in the photo. Occasionally, I have had good results but thankfully, I have only owned it for 2 days and hence, shall be able to return it. Any suggestions for a more snappier small camera. I have a nikon dsr but need a small cam that is handy to have on me??
I loaned my good camera to my daughter for her Africa honeymoon, and purchased the L28 to take to Europe for an pleasure trip. Took great pictures while there, but when I returned, I get a "LENS ERROR", which can't be fixed. Lens appears to fully extend, and it retracts fully, but won't focus, or stay on, as seconds after turning on, I get the error, and the lens retracts by itself. Never jostled, always kept in it's padded case. Camera is 4 months old, and already broken. Will NEVER buy another Nikon camera…one and done.
I have bought two Nikon Coolpix cameras, the L22 and L28. The reason I bought the L22 was that I wanted a good camera that fit in my pocket. The reason I bought the L28 is because the battery cover on the L22 broke and does not hold in the batteries. I could use a large rubber band and this worked but looked awful.
Now the battery cover on the L28 has broken and this time I have taped is closed with strapping tape. It works great but looks awful.
Will I upgrade to the L30 or L32? NO WAY.
"There appears to minimal lens distortion at the wide-angle setting." in http://www.photographyblog.com/reviews/nikon_coolpix_l28_review/image_quality/
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Newt Gingrich's Parks and Recreation Cameo and 23 More Politicians Who've Played Themselves in TV and Movies
Plus a few first ladies!By Sarah Frank
Plus a few first ladies!By Sarah Frank
Politics aside, isn't this the best?By Eliot Glazer
As well as some other senators.By Kyle Buchanan
King served two terms from 1995 to 2003.By Brett Smiley
Why do elites always think centrists must be fiscally conservative?By Jonathan Chait
We're living in her world. She just won't admit it.By Jonathan Chait
She's tired of the uncompromising Senate body.By Brett Smiley
It's a really, really, really big deal.By Jonathan Chait
But Snowe hasn't talked to them yet about running for president.By Dan Amira
She certainly seems to be dropping some hints.By Jonathan Chait
Snow puns! Seriously though, this is big news.By Dan Amira
The bill fails, but it was unconstitutional anyway.By Dan Amira
She might need to leave the GOP to remain a senator.By Dan Amira
But it's still a matter of getting it to a vote.By Chris Rovzar
That's our prediction, anyway.By Dan Amira
How today's Massachusetts special election could change everything.By Chris Rovzar
Not yet, anyway.By Dan Amira
"I have ruled out voting for this bill but I still very much want to vote for a bill."By Adam K. Raymond
The president has started "popping in" to her meetings.By Chris Rovzar
Olympia Snowe risks her party's ire by giving Democrats a modicum of bi-partisan support.By Dan Amira


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What materials did you use? Upholstery material, felt flowers, satin leaves, Sizzix dyes, bejewelled jewels,wool, wonder under size 17" x 17" / 44cm x 44cm
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Tuesday, November 12
8:30 am Chairperson's Remarks
Jim McNally, Ph.D., Senior Principal Scientist, Biotherapeutics research, Pfizer, Inc.
Focus on Specific Products: ADCs and PEGylated Proteins
8:35 Immunogenicity Assessment for Antibody-Drug Conjugates
Marta Starcevic Manning, Ph.D., Principal Scientist, Clinical Immunology, Amgen, Inc.
Biotherapeutics containing multiple domains, such as antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), require careful assessment of the immunogenicity monitoring strategy. ADC administration may result in antibody responses against the monoclonal antibody and/or linker/cytotoxin portions of the molecule. Immunogenicity assays should be able to detect antibodies against all components. Epitope characterization may be useful in ascertaining whether different types of responses have unique impact. Risk assessment, method development challenges and preliminary nonclinical and clinical immunogenicity results will be presented.
9:05 Regulatory Expectations and Experiences Regarding Immunogenicity of PEGylated Proteins
Laura Salazar-Fontana, Ph.D., Senior Staff Fellow and Immunogenicity Program Coordinator, Therapeutic Proteins, CDER/FDA
Pegylation of therapeutic proteins is believed to reduce their immunogenic potential. Published clinical data shows that antibodies directed against the PEG moiety pre-exist in the normal population and can be further induced upon exposure to pegylated therapeutics. Furthermore, the detection of these antibodies correlates, in certain instances, with increased drug clearance and adverse reactions. The impact of anti-PEG antibodies in the efficacy and safety of currently approved pegylated therapeutics will be presented to facilitate the understanding of current regulatory recommendations.
9:35 Potential Immunological Response to a PEGylated Protein Therapeutic after Chronic Administration
Anu Cherukuri, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Pharmacological Sciences, BioMarin, Inc.
Pegylation was first introduced as a way to extend the half-life of protein therapeutics and reduce immune-mediated clearance. Despite this original intention, there have been several reports of anti-PEG antibody development associated with decreased therapeutic half-life and increased hypersensitivity reactions. The immunologic mechanism of the anti-PEG antibody response will be reviewed in this presentation. Understanding and anticipating the anti-PEG antibody response may help guide the clinical dosing regimen of some PEGylated proteins and increase the likelihood of these drugs moving forward in the clinical development process.
10:05 Innovative Uses of Acid Treatment to Improve Immunogenicity Testing and LBA for Pharmacokinetic Assessment
Manju Saxena, Ph.D., Group Leader, Principal Scientist, Tandem Labs, a LabCorp Company
Complementary methods with acid treatment will be discussed to mitigate 1) interference by anti-drug antibodies (ADA) on ligand-binding pharmacokinetic (PK) assays, and 2) masking of ADA activity in immunogenicity assays due to high concentrations of biologic drug. These methods are applicable to the bioanalysis of peptide drugs and anti-drug antibodies.
10:20 Poster Presentation
10:35 Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall with Poster Viewing
Pre-Existing Antibodies
11:10 Impact of Pre-Existing Antibodies on the Safety and Clinical Pharmacology of a Novel Anti-TNF Alpha Receptor 1 Therapeutic.
Claire Holland, Ph.D., Senior Manager, Biopharm R&D, Clinical Immunology, GlaxoSmithKline
Pre-existing antibodies are frequently encountered during immunogenicity assessments. However, their relevance in terms of the safe and effective administration of a therapeutic protein is still poorly understood. Here we present a case study where pre-existing antibodies altered the safety and clinical pharmacology of a novel TNF alpha receptor 1 therapeutic in a preliminary clinical trial involving healthy subjects. We will discuss the in vitro and clinical investigations that were conducted and the risk factors that contributed to the clinical outcome.
US and EU Regulatory Concerns
11:40 EU Perspectives on Assessing Unwanted Immunogenicity of Non-Innovator Products and Biosimilars
Christopher J. Holloway, Ph.D., Dr.rer.hum.biol.habil., Group Director, Regulatory Affairs & Chief Scientific Officer, ERA Consulting Group
12:10 FDA Perspectives on Issues Regarding Immunogenicity for Monoclonal Antibodies
Kathleen Clouse, Ph.D., Director, Division of Monoclonal Antibodies,FDA/CDER
This talk will address challenges with pre-existing antibody; how excess drug interferes with the assays; novel issues that are not anticipated by clinicians; the potential of emerging antibody products for greater immunogenicity; attempts to increase half-life that may render products more immunogenic; overcoming Immunogenicity to TNF antagonists; and the importance of post-licensing monitoring.
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Clay Hensley pitched eight strong innings, and the Zephyrs made their three hits count in a 3-1 victory Sunday night against Iowa at Zephyr Field.
Jay Buente pitched the ninth for his first save this season.
Zephyrs take lead in sixth
The Zephyrs took a 2-1 lead in the sixth. Gookie Dawkins walked with two out and stole second. Casey Fossum then walked Gaby Sanchez intentionally. Michael Ryan blooped a single to right center, driving home Dawkins.
Sanchez lined a home run to left with two out in the fourth, tying the score at 1 with the Zephyrs' first hit off Fossum.
The homer was Sanchez's ninth this season and first since he returned from a stint with the Marlins.
The Cubs had taken the lead in the top of the inning, scoring without getting a hit. Matt Camp and John-Ford Griffin walked to start the inning. After Matt Craig hit into a force play at second, Bobby Scales grounded to first baseman John Lindsey. He touched first to retire Scales, then threw to shortstop Gookie Dawkins. He tagged Craig to complete a double play after Camp had crossed the plate with the game's first run.
Pitchers sharp early
The score was 0-0 after three innings. Iowa starter Casey Fossum retired the Zephyrs in order the first three innings, and Zephyrs starter Clay Hensley shut out the Cubs on one hit.
Iowa's John-Ford Griffin tripled with two out in the first, but Hensley struck out Matt Craig to end the inning.
For the second consecutive game, the Zephyrs didn't have a hit entering the fourth inning.
Right-hander Clay Hensley (5-2, 4.27 earned run average) will start for the Zephyrs, and left-hander Casey Fossum (2-3, 5.40) will start for the Cubs. Hensley started Tuesday at Nashville but had to leave the game after one inning with a groin injury.
The Marlins on Sunday called up reliever Tim Wood from the Zephyrs and put pitcher Burke Badenhop on the disabled list.
Zephyrs center fielder Cameron Maybin, who has a minor back injury, was out of the lineup Sunday.
The 14-0 loss Saturday to Iowa was the most lopsided shutout loss in Zephyrs history. Five pitchers combined for a one-hitter, the first one-hitter for a Zephyrs opponent since Omaha's Billy Buckner pitched a one-hitter against the Zephyrs in 2007.
Sunday was Hornets Night. Hornets center/forward Hilton Armstrong took batting practice against Zephyrs pitching coach Scott Mitchell and threw out the first pitch. Armstrong hit several foul balls and grounders to the infield before lining a single to left on his last batting-practice swing, earning a fist-bump from batting coach Steve Phillips.
"This opens my eyes,'' Armstrong said. "This was tougher than I expected. He's throwing 30 miles per hour, and I could hardly hit the ball. Just imagine trying to catch it a 90 miles per hour.''
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In case people were wondering, yes I'm still here. Sorry I haven't been updating my blog recently. I'm in the final week of Graduate School and graduation is coming faster than ever. Ive been busy the past month with school projects and presentations, last-minute graduation plans and job hunting. I'm happy to say that I found a new job and also got a new place with my fiancee. So as you can imagine, things are getting a little hectic here at the House of Supreme. Oh and to add on top of that, the wedding is coming up in 4 months.
With the wedding coming up, I went on a selling spree. I'm currently in the process of downsizing my collection to help come up with some extra funds and also to lighten the load when moving. In fact, I've been debating on whether to sell off the entire collection and just start from scratch when the wedding is all said and done. *** Of course there will be somethings that I will keep such as my CE/LE's and a few noteworthy games such as my boxed retro collection.***
With the extra free time I've been playing some Valkyria Chronicles on the PS3. This game came out when, 2008? I'm currently on Chapter 12. It's such a great game and the story so far is very, very good. Each of the main storyline characters are very well developed and they flesh out the story very well. Awesome game so far. If you own a PS3 and are into strategy RPG games, I highly recommend this game.
I also finished The Simpsons: Road Rage for the PS2. A Crazy Taxi clone with the Simpsons license attached to it. You drive through the familiar areas of Springfield collecting cash to unlock new drivers and courses. As a Simpsons fan, it was entertaining, but yet got very repetitive as you play on. The Mission Mode was... average. In fact the whole game was average. Not mention, the long ass load times. Unless you love the Simpsons, just stick with Crazy Taxi instead.
I started playing some Viewtiful Joe for the Gamecube and also started playing some Grand Theft Auto: Vice City on the PS2. Viewtiful Joe is an amazing beat-em up (I wrote about it in my 30 Days of Gaming Blog here). The graphics, art style, gameplay, characters... I can't give this game enough praise. I still haven't finished it though, not even once. Vice City is a game I only played for 2 hours when I had owned it a long time ago and I must admit that I wasn't a fan of Sandboxes back then. Well, Red Dead Redemption changed all of that.
So where do I go with this blog? I've been thinking about that for the past month. I plan on trying to keep it updated as much as possible and not go on these long spells of not posting anything. I have many ideas for topics that I'm excited about, but will it come to fruition? That's the question. As soon as we get settled in at the new place I plan on updating you guys on my Game Room. Of course, new game purchases and the occaisional reviews will still be here.
Thanks everyone for being so patient.


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Bucknell to host 2011 EIWA ChampionshipsLast November, Bucknell and Sojka Pavilion hosted eventual national champion Iowa, the top wrestling program in the country. This coming March, Sojka Pavilion will once again serve as the backdrop to high-profile wrestling when it is the site of the 107th EIWA Championships, which will take place March 5-6. It is the first time Bucknell will host the prestigious event.
In addition to announcing it will host the EIWA Championships, Bucknell on Thursday unveiled its complete 2010-11 schedule. Highlighting the home slate is a dual match against EIWA foe and in-state rival Lehigh on Dec. 3, immediately following road competitions at Nebraska and Oklahoma State on back-to-back days in late November. Overall, the Bison will face no fewer than five teams that finished in the top 25 at last year's NCAA Championships.
Bucknell, which is entering its fifth year of competition since the program was reinstated prior to 2006-07, will have a total of seven home duals, as well as the EIWA Championships on its home slate. All regular-season home matches will take place in Davis Gym and will feature free admission. The EIWA Championships, however, will be a ticketed event.
"We are excited to be hosting the EIWA Championships" said Bucknell head wrestling coach Dan Wirnsberger. "The EIWA is a premier, prestigious conference and it will be exciting to showcase our program, campus and facilities to a tremendous part of the wrestling community. I know our guys are looking forward to wrestling in front of their home fans in Central Pennsylvania and I expect to see some outstanding competition next March."
An all-session ticket purchased in advance will cost $50 for adults and $25 for students of competing institutions and children 18 and under. The all-session ticket purchased at the door will be $60 for adults and $30 for students and children. Single-session tickets will also be available. Session 1 tickets will be $25 for adults and $13 for students. Session 2 tickets are $20 (adults) and $10 (students/children), while sessions 3 and 4 will cost $15 (adults) and $8 (students/children) apiece.
Tickets for the EIWA Championships will go on sale Aug. 16 at 11 a.m. Fans can purchase the tickets by calling the Weis Center Box Office at 570-577-1000 or online at www.bucknell.edu/boxoffice.
Additionally, there will be a limited number of reserved parking spots available in designated lots for the EIWA Championships. Reserved parking can be purchased the same way as tickets. A weekend pass is $25, while a single-day parking pass is $15.
Bucknell has had plenty of success in recent years at the EIWA Championships. Last year Andy Rendos won the program's first-ever individual title as he led the Bison to a fourth-place finish. One year earlier Bucknell tied for third in the team standings, the best showing in program history.
Bucknell's 2010-11 season will commence Nov. 20 at the Navy Classic. Four Bison claimed individual titles at the event last year. The road trip to Nebraska and Oklahoma State follows. The Huskers finished 12th at last year's NCAA Championships, while Oklahoma State claimed sixth.
The dual with Lehigh, which finished 17th at last year's NCAA Championships, kicks off the home schedule. Bucknell will also be home on Dec. 17 for the annual Bison Duals against Princeton and Drexel, Jan. 21 vs. Old Dominion, Jan. 23 against Liberty, Feb. 4 opposite Lock Haven and Feb. 10 against EIWA foe Army.
Including Nebraska and Oklahoma State, the road dual slate includes matches at Rutgers, Penn, Brown and American, as well as a neutral-site outing at Lower Dauphin High School against Maryland.
Tournament competition once again includes the Midlands Championships in late December and the Virginia Duals a week later in addition to the season-opening Navy Classic.
Bucknell is coming off a 2009-10 season where it had two All-Americans (Kevin LeValley, Andy Rendos), the first EIWA champion in program history, went 12-6 and was an unblemished 6-0 against EIWA competition. The 12 victories equaled a school record, while it was the program's first unbeaten conference mark since 1987-88.
2011 EIWA Championships Information
Saturday, March 5
Session 1: 10 a.m.-approx. 3 p.m. (Round of 16, Quarterfinals & Consolations, Consolations)
Session 2: 3:30 p.m. (Semifinals)
Sunday, March 6
Session 3: 10 a.m.-approx. 1 p.m. (Consolation Semifinals, Place Finals)
Session 4: 3 p.m. (Finals)
Ticket Information (570-577-1000 or www.bucknell.edu/boxoffice starting Aug. 16 at 11 a.m.)
All-Session Pass (advance purchase)
Adult: $50
Student/Children: $25
All-Session Pass (purchase at door)
Adult: $60
Student/Children: $30
Single-Session Tickets
Session 1: Adult ($25)/Student/Children ($13)
Session 2: Adult ($20)/Student/Children ($10)
Session 3: Adult ($15)/Student/Children ($8)
Session 4: Adult ($15)/Student/Children ($8)
Note: Student ticket valid for competing institution student with valid ID and children 18 and under
Reserved Parking
Reserved parking is available in designated lots. An all-session parking pass is $25. A single-day parking pass is $15. There are limited reserved parking spaces and they are expected to sell out quickly.


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Pee-wee's Playhouse
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Parents need to know that Pee-wee's Playhouse is filled with silly slapstick comedy that many adults love as much as kids do. This '80s cult classic's creative incorporation of puppetry and various animation styles gives it visual appeal, and a recurring cast of quirky characters keep things unpredictable. Pee-wee sometimes behaves disagreeably and rudely, but it's meant for laughs and never has a negative impact on the other characters. Some of the show's humor is a bit subversive, but that part will probably go right over most kids' heads.
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PEE-WEE'S PLAYHOUSE stars Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman, the exuberant man-child who spends his days in a whimsical playhouse in Puppetland with an assortment of human and puppet friends. Mixing live animation, puppetry, animation, and vintage cartoons, the show introduces viewers to an array of wacky characters, including Captain Carl (Phil Hartman), Reba the Mail Lady (S. Epatha Merkerson), and Cowboy Curtis (Laurence Fishburne). The playhouse also is home to talking furniture such as Chairry the armchair (voiced by Alison Monk), Magic Screen (Monk again), and Mr. Window (Ric Heitzman). Running gags such as a secret word that prompts the characters to scream, and a wish that usually has unexpected consequences, make for even more laughs.
Is it any good?
In Pee-wee's Playhouse, Reubens pulls off a kind of Bugs Bunny trick, entertaining the kiddies while giving grown-ups something to smirk at. The magic of Playhouse is its dual audience: Children notice only the show's imaginative charm, while adults warm to the sly subversive nature of many of the characters and situations. With decades having passed since the show's production, it's also fun to watch the early work of now-well-known actors Fishburne and Merkerson.
Most of the Playhouse gags still seem quite innovative today, and its incorporative animation style is a nice change of pace from today's CGI-heavy series. Pee-wee's cooking segments are particularly choice, as are any interactions with Jambi the Genie (John Paragon). Because so many adults find Pee-wee's zaniness enchanting, this '80s series is quite the cult classic. That said, though, Reubens' unique entertainment style can be an acquired taste, and it may not strike your fancy the first time you watch. Kids, on the other hand, won't think twice about loving it.
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What, if anything, can you learn from these characters about friendship? Do they always get along? How do they resolve problems that come up?
Why does this show continue to be popular with viewers? Can you think of another character who can match Pee-wee's wackiness? Does he ever seem concerned about how other people react to his unique personality?
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This article discusses the use of business analytics to predict the likelihood of future events based on past performance. The predictions can then be used to make faster, more informed decisions. It is important that predictions be adaptable and dynamic to new business information so that they can reflect the most up to date information available.
Rule-based classification systems are designed and updated for a view of the business at a point of time. As soon as they are created, they become progressively out of touch with the current business. Using analytics in conjunction with existing rule systems allows for automatic adaptation to the changing factors in the business.
Our motivation as an integration test team was to introduce analytics into our home insurance solution environment. With SPSS analytics, you were able predict whether a customer was high risk by predicting whether the customer was likely to claim. Our insurance solution uses a JRule to perform a real-time quotation on a policy. We integrated IBM ILOG® JRules® and SPSS because we wanted a mathematical prediction of risk to combine with business-intelligent rules to provide real-time quotes. This article uses this scenario to show how to set up predictive analytics in an enterprise environment.
What is a predictive model?
A predictive model is the structure and process used to generate a prediction. A model is created by processing existing business data for common links and segments towards a specified target value. For example, a model can be created using information from a view of the current customer base. In the view there would be a target value, such as whether a customer is a high or low risk.
What is scoring?
Scoring is an action in which business analytics is used to generate a value. An example of a value would be a prediction in which a customer is scored as either high or low risk. The prediction is generated by supplying a predictive model with input data. In this example, the input data would be information about the customer.
Why use scoring in an enterprise?
There are many real world examples where scoring could potentially be used in enterprise applications. This article will follow the scenario of scoring an insurance customer.
Here are a few other scenarios where scoring a customer could benefit decision-making in an enterprise application.
- Accessing a customer's risk
Similar to the insurance quotation system, potential customers are scored either low or high risk when defaulting on loans. This score can then be used as additional input to calculate the loan approval. This could be useful as the scoring could use additional information about the current customer base to attempt to find links between existing defaulting customers.
- Direct marketing
A marketing tool that uses rules to target campaigns to match a particular customer and then uses a the scoring system to find out which method of communication the customer is most likely to respond to (such as SMS, email or post). The goal of the predictive analytics is to lower the cost per order or cost per action.
- Classify customer usage
Classify customers into segments of service usage patterns, using the pattern to predict group membership. A decision flow will then identify the correct offers for that customer. This would increase customer satisfaction and lower costs per order.
- Cross-sell
A cross-sell tool that uses scoring to identify product areas of interest to a customer and rules to check for products on offer to cross-sell. This can lead directly to higher profitability per customer and strengthening of the customer relationship. The predictive analytics side could analyze the customers' spending, usage and other behaviors, and help cross-sell the right product at the right time.
Before getting started, you need to install and configure the following software:
- IBM SPSS Modeler 14.1 with the Enterprise View plug-in
- IBM SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services 4.2 Server with correct version of the Modeler Adapter
- IBM SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services Deployment Manager 4.2
Once installed, you should familiarize yourself with the basics of these products and run through the tutorials provided in the help documentation.
The scenario and the design
Our scenario is an existing insurance quotation system that uses rules to price a policy. We want to use analytics to assist in the pricing of a policy by scoring customers as either high or low risk. Predictive analytics in this scenario are used to streamline the process of customer acquisition by predicting the future risk behavior of a customer and lead to informed pricing decisions to mitigate future risk.
To do this, we need to use profiling and segmentation to determine the historic behavior of a group. This will then allow for the prediction of future behavior of a particular customer, and the prediction will be used as additional input to effect the pricing of policies.
This article explains how to incorporate predictive scoring in an enterprise environment.
The quotation web service uses an ILOG JRule to price the policy. The rule is executed in the execution server, which is triggered by the web service. In this article, we'll set up the predictive analytics.
Figure 1. Figure 1. Rule-based quoting solution design
We can use SPSS to implement the capability to look at our current customer base and create a scoring model that can be used to score customers on whether they are likely to make a claim. The model will be refreshed with the latest business data on a schedule and a scoring web service is provided for applications to use.
Figure 2 shows how the different artifacts we are going to create link together. In Collaboration and Deployment Services, tables are imported from the DB2 database. All the tables that are used in the enterprise are included in the enterprise view. For each application that accesses the data in the enterprise view, we provide an application view. An application view contains a subset of data from the enterprise view. This allows the application view to provide only the required data for the application.
To allow for SPSS Modeler to use the tables in the application view, we need to provide two data providers: one for training the model and the other for operational use of the model. Once we have created the SPSS Modeler stream and model, we deploy it as a scenario to SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services. SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services provide enterprise-level centralized, secure and auditable storage of the analytical artifacts. The artifacts are then made available to the enterprise by providing access to files, jobs, web services and URLs. We use the scenario in Collaboration and Deployment Services to provide a scoring using a scoring configuration, and we refresh the model using the latest business information by using a scheduled model refresh job. The scoring service can then be leveraged by any client application. This means that the scoring results from the deployed model can be delivered in real-time when providing a policy quote to a customer.
Figure 2. Figure 2. SPSS scoring design
Prepare your environment
Before you can implement the design, you need to prepare the environment so that business data and SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services views are defined and ready to be used to create a model.
Create and load the DB2 database
SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services supports many types of databases. In this article, we'll set up a DB2 database that contains four tables and one view, a simple view of data that a home insurance company keeps, as follows:
- Policy – Table containing all the insurance policies
- Quote – Table containing all the quotes given to customers
- Customer – Table containing customer contact information
- Claim – Table containing claims made by customer
- Claimed – View containing information about which customers have claimed or not and the policy details of those claims
We will be using the claimed view to train a model to whether a customer is likely to claim or not. The view contains eight fields.
- CLAIMMADE – A flag to show whether a claim was made on the policy or not
- HOUSEBEDS – The number of bedrooms in the customer's house
- CONTENTSVALUE – The value of the insured contents of the customer's house
- HOUSETYPE – A code for the type of house
- BACCIDENTALDAMAGE – Whether the policy covers accidental damage
- POLICYTYPE – Three types of policy: A = Buildings & Contents, B = Buildings Only or C = Contents Only.
- PROPERTYVALUE – Value of the property
- CACCIDENTALDAMAGE – The amount of accidental damage coverage
To create and load the databases, do the following:
- This step only needs to be done once to create the database. Enter
the following command from the DB2 command line processor (CLP):
create database hminsur using codeset 'IBM-1252' territory 'GB'
- Copy the DB2_HMINSUR_Dist.zip file, provided in the Downloads section, to a temporary directory
on the DB2 machine and unzip it. The zip file contains the following
- DB2_HMINSUR_Dist.ddl
- CUSTOMER.txt
- CLAIM.txt
- POLICY.txt
- CLAIM.txt
- Edit DB2_HMINSUR_Dist.ddl and set the <db2User> name on the
connect statement to a DB2 user authorized to create tables and views
in your DB2 environment. To do this, edit the paths specified on the
import load data statement in the
Preload tables with sample datasection to the temporary directory to which you copied the files in the previous step.
- Create and load the database tables by running the script with the
db2 -tf <path>/DB2_HMINSUR_Dist.ddl
Note: If you need to rerun the script, edit the DB2_HMINSUR_Dist.ddl and uncomment the drop table statements.
Prepare SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services
To prepare SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services, you need to set up the logical and physical links between the data in the database and the data used in the enterprise and in the application. First, add the Collaboration and Deployment Services server to the Deployment Manager.
- Open Deployment Manager.
- Click File => New => Content Server Connection.
- Specify the connection name, host name and port for your Collaboration and Deployment Services server.
- Click Finish.
- Right-click Collaboration and Deployment Services definition in the Content Explorer and select Log on as.
- Enter your log-in information and click OK.
Create resource definitions
Next you will create the resource definitions so that you can provide access to the database, SPSS Modeler server and Collaboration and Deployment Services server.
- Expand Resource Definitions, right-click Credentials, and select New => Credentials Definition.
- Specify the name
DB2and click Next.
- Provide the DB2 user ID and password.
- Set the Security Provider to Local User Repository, and click Finish.
- Repeat steps 2-6 for the Modeler Server and Collaboration and Deployment Services Server credentials.
- Right-click Data Sources in the Content Explorer, and select New => Data Source Definition.
- Enter the Database Name and select JDBC, then click Next.
- To find out the possible inputs for this panel, click the help icon
and open the topic "Specifying a JDBC name and URL" and check for
supported "SPSS inc. Drivers." Or, follow the instructions in the
"Third-party JDBC Drivers" topic.
For example, if you are using a DB2 V10 z/OS subsystem with a database name of DSNV10DB, take the DB2 drivers (db2jcc.jar, db2jcc_javax.jar and db2jcc_lience_cisuz.jar) and follow the instructions in the "Third-party JDBC Drivers" topic, specifying the following inputs:
- JDBC Driver Name:
- JDBC Driver URL:
- JDBC Driver Name:
- Click Finish.
- Right-click Data Sources in the Content Explorer, and select New => Data Source Definition.
- Enter the Database Name and select ODBC, and click Next.
- Ensure that the DSN matches the DSN that was set up when installing the Enterprise View plug-in into the SPSS Modeler Server, and click Finish.
- Right-click Servers in the Content Explorer, and select New => Server Definition.
- Enter the name
Collaboration and Deployment Servicesand select the type Content Repository Server, then click Next.
- Enter the Collaboration and Deployment Services server host and port, and click Finish.
- Right-click Servers in the Content Explorer, and select New => Server Definition.
- Enter the name
Modelerand select the type Modeler Server, then click Next.
- Enter the Modeler Server host, port and data directory, and click Finish.
It is also useful to organize the content repository for easy browsing. This is done by creating folders for each type of content you are going to create, as follows:
- Right-click Content Repository in the Content Explorer, and select New Folder.
- Name the folder
Application Views.
- Repeat to create folders named
Data Definitions,
Scenarios. It's also a good idea to create an archive folder for resources you want to keep for reference.
- Verify that your Content Explorer looks like Figure 3.
Figure 3. Figure 3. Content Explorer after preparation
Create the enterprise view
To create the enterprise view, complete the following steps:
- Double-click Enterprise View to open it.
- Click Add Table, and specify the name
- Check Select columns from a physical table.
- Fill in the JDBC and credential data fields with your predefined data source and DB2 credentials.
- Click Connect, then click Next.
- Click Table Types.
- Check VIEW and uncheck TABLE.
- In the drop-down menu, select HMINSUR.CLAIMED.
- Select the columns that will be used to train the predictive model. A list of columns in the view are displayed. Ensure that all the columns are checked except CLAIMS and POLICYID, then click Finish.
- Click Add Table.
- Specify the name
- Check Select columns from a physical table.
- The JDBC and credential fields should already populated. Click Next.
- In the drop-down menu, select HMINSUR.QUOTE.
- Select the columns that will be used as input to the operational predictive model. This time uncheck CUSTOMERID, PREMIUM, QUOTEID, QUOTETIME, STARTDATE and STORED, then click Finish.
- Save the enterprise view.
Create the application view
To create the application view, complete the following steps:
- Right-click the Application Views folder and click New => Application View.
- Enter the name
RiskScoringView, and click Finish.
- In the application view, select each table and check all of the columns.
- For neatness, on the TrainingData table click the CLAIMMADE column last. Its index should be 8, so that it appears as the last column because it will be the target predicted value.
- Save the application view.
Create the data providers
To create the data providers, complete the following steps:
- Right-click the Data Definitions folder and select New => Data Provider Definition.
- Enter the name
AnalyticDPD, and click Next.
- Select RiskScoringView and check Analytic.
- Select the JDBC and ODBC data sources.
- Select the DB2 credentials and click Finish.
- In the data provider view, click on the TrainingData table.
- Click Table Types.
- Check VIEW and uncheck TABLE.
- From the drop-down, select HMINSUR.CLAIMED, and click OK.
- The fields should be automatically mapped and you should see a green tick beside the TrainingData table.
- Repeat these steps for the OperationalData table, but map it to the table HMINSUR.QUOTE.
- Click Validate to ensure the data provider is valid, then save the data provider.
- Right-click the Data Definitions folder and select New => Data Provider Definition.
- Enter the name
OperationalDPD, and click Next.
- Select RiskScoringView and check Operational.
- Repeat steps 4-12.
Prepare the SPSS Modeler client
You need to ensure that the Modeler client can connect to the Collaboration and Deployment Services server and is running on the Modeler server. You can run the stream in the client if you have set up the Enterprise View plug-in and database ODBC DSN.
- Open the SPSS Modeler Client.
- Click Tools => Repository => Options.
- Specify the Collaboration and Deployment Services host name and port, and click OK.
- Specify the User ID and password.
- Select Local User Repository as the provider.
- Check remember the repository and user id, and click OK.
- Click Tools => Server Login.
- Click Add.
- Specify the Modeler server's host name and port, and click OK.
- Check Modeler Server to make it the default.
- Click set credentials.
- Enter the User ID and Password, and click OK.
Create the predictive model using SPSS Modeler
Now that you have the application views, you can create a model for the data. To create and deploy the model you need to:
- Create the model.
- Test the model.
- Create a scoring branch.
- Deploy the model to SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services.
Create the model
In this section you will create a model from the training data using the CLAIMMADE flag as a target output from the remaining seven inputs. Creating the model in the SPSS Modeler client is a two-step process:
- Create the stream
- Execute the stream
- Open SPSS Modeler and create a new stream. Ensure that you are running against the Modeler server environment.
- Click the Sources tab and drag an Enterprise View node onto the canvas.
- As an example, let's create a CHAID model. To do this, click the Modeling tab and drag a CHAID node onto the canvas.
- Right-click the Enterprise View node and select Connect.
- Click on the CHAID node to connect them. The results should look like
Figure 4.
Figure 4. Figure 4. Modeler stream after step 4
- Double-click the Enterprise View node.
- Click Edit beside Connection.
- Click Add a new connection.
- Browse to the Application Views folder and select RiskScoringView.
- Ensure that the entries match Figure 5.
Figure 5. Figure 5. Enterprise view analytic source
- Click OK.
- Next to Table Name, click Select.
- Select the TrainingData table, and click OK.
- Click the Types tab.
- Click the binocular icon to read values by default.
- Click Read Values.
- Set the CLAIMMADE field to Target, as shown in Figure
6, and click OK.
Figure 6. Figure 6. Enterprise view types
You will notice the CHAID node name changes to CLAIMMADE.
- Click the Run button to execute the stream. You will notice
that a new nugget-shaped node called CLAIMMADE displays. This
is the model you have generated from the source data. Double-click on
the nugget to view information about the model. If you are
interested in how the model classifies a customer; click the
Viewer tab. Here, as shown in Figure 7, you can see a tree
diagram that shows how the model classifies a customer and how the
input factors influence the likelihood of a claim.
Figure 7. Figure 7. Rules for classifying a customer as high or low risk
One question you might ask is, "why would I not just build this decision tree in a business rules application instead of integrating a scoring service?" There are two key reasons to integrate the scoring service:
- It allows you to retrain and redeploy the scoring model without having to reconfigure the rules. For example, you would want to schedule a job to retrain the model regularly to allow current information to affect the business decisions.
- The single scoring model can be accessed by multiple users and applications throughout the enterprise.
Test the model
Drag and drop an Analysis node and a Table node onto the stream and connect the nugget node to them as shown in Figure 8. Now when you click the Run button, you will see;
- An analysis output window where you can see how well our new model performs when classifying its training data.
- A table output window that shows the results from scoring the input data
Figure 8. Figure 8. Test the model
Create the scoring branch
Now that you have your model, you need to create a branch that will perform scoring. A branch is a single flow through the stream from an input to an output. You can see your scoring branch because it is automatically highlighted on the canvas. You'll use the data from the quote table as your operational scoring data. You will only score the quotes that are not purchased because the scenario accesses risk on policies that have not been purchased.
- From the pallet, drag another Enterprise View source node, a Select record ops node and an output Table node onto the canvas.
- Connect the nodes as shown in Figure 9:
- Connect the enterprise view node connects to the select record ops node.
- Connect the select record ops node connects to the nugget node.
- Connect the nugget node connects to the output table node.
Figure 9. Figure 9. Modeler Stream with nodes connected
- Double-click the new Enterprise View node.
- By Connection, click the Edit button and configure the
source node as follows:
- Select the Connection RiskScoringView
- Select the Application View RiskScoringView
- Select the Version label LATEST
- Select the Environment Operational
- Select the Data provider OperationalDPD
- Click OK.
Figure 10. Figure 10. Enterprise view operational source
- Click Select next to Table Name, and select the OperationalData table.
- Click the Types tab.
- Click the binocular icon to read values by default, and click Read Values, then click OK.
- Double-click the Select node.
- In the condition box, enter
PURCHASED = 'N', and click OK.
- Right-click the Table node.
- Check Use as Scoring Branch.
- Run the model.
The model should complete successfully and display a table output window that shows the results from scoring the quotes that were not purchased. If you look at the tables, you can see that the prediction fields are called $R-CLAIMMADE and $RC-CLAIMMADE. Next you'll perform some reclassification of the field names and data so that you can translate the prediction of whether a customer is likely to claim into high or low risk.
- Drag the field ops Filter and Reclassify nodes onto the canvas.
- Connect them into the stream as shown in Figure 11:
- Connect the nugget node to the filter node.
- Connect the filter node to the reclassify node.
- Connect the reclassify node to the table output node.
Figure 11. Figure 11. Modeler stream after field ops nodes are connected
- Double-click the Filter node and change the field names of
$R-CLAIMMADE and $RC-CLAIMMADE to RISK and
RISKCONFIDENCE, as shown in Figure 12.
Figure 12. Figure 12. Rename the fields in the Filter node
- Double-click the Reclassify node and click on the Settings tab. Set
the following properties as shown in Figure 13:
- Set the Reclassify field to RISK.
- Click the Get button to populate the Original Value column.
- Where the Original value is N set the New value to Low.
- Where the Original value is Y set the New value to High.
- Click OK.
Figure 13. Figure 13. Reclassify the prediction values
When you run the stream, the table output display should now be reclassified as shown in Figure 14.
Figure 14. Figure 14. Reclassified table output
Deploy the model to SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services
Now you need to deploy the scoring model to an SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services repository.
- First, ensure that the repository's settings are correct, then go to
Tools => Stream Properties => Deployment and set the
following properties as shown in Figure 15:
- Set the Deployment type to Model Refresh.
- Set the Scoring node to Table.
- Set the Modeling node to CLAIMMADE.
- Set the Model nugget to CLAIMMADE.
- Ensure that Deploy as scenario is checked.
Figure 15. Figure 15. Deployment settings
- Click Check to ensure that there are no errors. If no errors
are found, click Store. To finish the deployment, select the
Scenario folder location, name the file
ScoringScenario.scn, and click Store.
- Click OK to exit the Deployment window.
Configure the scoring service in SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services
Before a model can be used for real-time scoring, you must define some supplemental information. The scoring configuration allows you to define the parameters, outputs, identification, logging and cache you want the scoring to use. This allows for a single model to be used in a variety of scoring situations.
Create a scoring configuration for the model
To create a scoring configuration, do the following:
- Open IBM SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services Deployment Manager and log in to the Collaboration and Deployment Services server.
- You should be able to see the scenario you just deployed. Right-click it and select Configure Scoring.
- Enter the name
- Click Next three times.
- Check the box to not return model inputs, then click Next.
- For model outputs, check RISK and RISKCONFIDENCE.
- Click Next twice, then click Finish.
Test the scoring configuration using the deployment portal
Now that you have defined the scoring configuration, you can test that you can use the model for real-time scoring using the deployment portal.
- Open the deployment portal at http://<host>:<port>/peb and log in.
- Click the Content Repository tab.
- Click the Scenarios folder.
- Click ScoringScenario.scn.
You are now able to see the inputs required for the scoring. Enter your scoring details as in Figure 16.
Note: The select statement in the branch only allows you to score policies that have not been purchased. Therefore, to get a score result you should set the PURCHASED field to
Figure 16. Figure 16. Test scoring input
- Click Score.
- You should see results like Figure 17.
Figure 17. Figure 17. Test scoring result
Refresh the model
A job is used to provide information on how to execute one or more scenarios or streams. Scenarios can have three types of jobs. In this scenario we are interested in the refresh job.
Create the job
To create the job, complete the following steps:
- Right-click the Jobs folder, and select New => Job.
- Enter the name
RiskScoringRefreshJob, and click Finish.
- On the right of the Content Explorer, right-click ScoringScenario.scn, and select Add to Job.
- A ScoringScenario.scn_step node appears in the job.
- Click on the ScoringScenario.scn_step node.
- On the General tab, specify the following settings as shown in
Figure 18.
- Set the Object Version to LATEST.
- Set the Modeler Server to the Modeler server definition you created earlier.
- Set the Modeler Login to the credential definition for the Modeler server that you created earlier.
- Set the Content Repository Server to the Content Repository Server definition you created earlier.
- Set the Content Repository Login to the credential definition for the Content Repository server that you created earlier.
- Select the Type Refresh and ensure that the checked refresh relationship CLAIMMADE-CLAIMMADE (Default) appears.
Figure 18. Figure 18. Configure scenario properties
- On the Enterprise View tab, set the EV Node to AnalyticDPD, as
shown in Figure 19.
Figure 19. Figure 19. Set EV Node to AnalysticDPD
- On the Results tab, Set the Output Target to
the current scoring scenario file, as shown in Figure 20. This will
ensure that the job replaces the current scenario with a refreshed
Figure 20. Figure 20. Ensure that current scenario file will be overwritten
- Save the job.
Test the job
To test the job, do the following:
- In the Content Explorer, right-click RiskScoringRefreshJob and click Run Job.
- With the job open in the editor, select View => Show View => Job History.
- Select your Collaboration and Deployment Services server and refresh the view.
- You can now see that your job status is Running. Wait a few
minutes and refresh the screen until the job completes with the status
of Success, as shown in Figure 21.
Figure 21. Figure 21. Refresh job completed successfully
- Right-click ScoringScenario.scn in the Content Explorer, and select Properties.
- Check the last modified data on the General tab and the versions
available on the Versions tab to verify that a new version has been
created by the job, as shown in Figure 22.
Figure 22. Figure 22. Verify model refresh
Schedule the job
The final step is to configure the scenario job to automatically refresh the model. There are two types of scheduling you can use to trigger the refresh job:
- A time-based schedule (such as, run once an hour)
- A message-based schedule (such as, listen to a JMS topic for a start job message)
This article focuses on time-based scheduling. Refer to the IBM SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services Deployment Manager 4.2 User's Guide (see Resources) for information on message-based scheduling.
- Right-click RiskScoringRefreshJob in the Content Explorer, and select New Schedule => Time Based.
- For the Credentials field browse to and select Collaboration and Deployment Services, then click Next.
- Set the time-based schedule to run once an hour, as shown in Figure
Figure 23. Figure 23. Time-based schedule to run hourly
- Click Next again, then click Finish.
You can monitor your schedule by right-clicking the job in the Content Explorer and clicking Show Schedule.
Final words
You have now configured a scoring service and a scheduled model refresh job in your enterprise environment for use by your enterprise applications. Now that you have a basic understanding of how to set up the scoring service and model refresh job, what's next?
- In this article, you accepted the default version label LATEST . This is not the best practice; instead, it's recommended that you use specific version labeling. Version labels are used to define the specific development and production version of an artifact to use. Find out more about labeling in the IBM SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services Deployment Manager 4.2 User's Guide provided with the product.
- Use a real-time data provider in a scoring configuration to pick up some scoring parameters to be pulled out of the database. For example, a customer ID input could be used to automatically collect information about a customer. You need to define a table key in the enterprise view to use real-time data providers.
- If you have not already added a security provider, you can implement a security provider in Collaboration and Deployment Services. Refer to the IBM SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services Deployment Manager 4.2 Installation and Configuration Guide, provided with the product, for detailed configuration information.
- You can implement refresh and scoring notifications so that you can track model refreshing and scoring using messaging forms like email or JMS. For more information, refer to the IBM SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services Deployment Manager 4.2 User's Guide, provided with the product.
- You can implement the scoring service as a web service client using web service generation tools, as described in the Scoring Service 4.2 Developer's Guide, provided with the product. You can find the WSDL for the scoring service at http://<host>:<port>/scoring/services/Scoring?WSDL. You can use the WSDL to generate a web service client to call the scoring service. The WSDL has cyclic data types, which may give you trouble in generating a client. If so, your IBM SPSS representative can provide you with the individual data definition files.
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IBM SPSS provides documentation that explain the concepts discussed in this article in more detail. These guides are provided with the products, or can be downloaded here:
- The "Scoring Service 4.2 Developer's Guide" provides information on the how to implement the scoring service.
- The "IBM SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services Deployment Manager 4.2 User's Guide" provides information on the deployment manager features.
- The IBM "SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services Deployment Manager 4.2 Installation and Configuration Guide (UNIX)" provides information on the Collaboration and Deployment Services server configuration.
- The "IBM SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services Enterprise View Driver 4.2 User's Guide" provides information on how to install and use the enterprise view source node in an SPSS Modeler stream.
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The Pocahontas County Opera House wraps up its 2011-2012 Performance Series with singer/songwriter Naomi Sommers - joined by her father, Phil Rosenthal - on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
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