def initialize(self, storm_conf, context):
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Called immediately after the initial handshake with Storm and before
        the main run loop. A good place to initialize connections to data
        sources.

        :param storm_conf: the Storm configuration for this component.  This is
                           the configuration provided to the topology, merged in
                           with cluster configuration on the worker node.
        :type storm_conf: dict
        :param context: information about the component's place within the
                        topology such as: task IDs, inputs, outputs etc.
        :type context: dict