diff --git a/libs/esl/python/events.py b/libs/esl/python/events.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import string
+import sys
+import pickle
+
+from ESL import *
+
+con = ESLconnection("localhost","8021","ClueCon")
+#are we connected?
+
+if con.connected:
+
+  con.events("plain", "all");
+
+  while 1:
+  #my $e = $con->recvEventTimed(100);
+    e = con.recvEvent()
+
+    if e:
+      print e.serialize()