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-Send and receive real time events
+Event stream processing
 
 # Event Service
 
-Publish and subscribe to messages on an event stream. Group messages by topic and asynchronously 
-notify listeners of new events occuring in real time. Messages are persisted in case consumers 
-disconnect.
+Publish and consume messages from a scalable persistent event stream. Group messages by topic and asynchronously 
+notify listeners of new events occuring in real time. Messages are persisted in case consumers disconnect.