Added simple example demonstrating the use of interval scheduling

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+"""
+Basic example showing how to start the scheduler and schedule a job that
+executes on 3 second intervals. It uses sys.stdout.write instead of print to
+allow it to work unmodified on both Python 2.x and 3.x.
+"""
+
+from datetime import datetime
+import sys
+import time
+
+from apscheduler.scheduler import Scheduler
+
+
+def tick():
+    sys.stdout.write('Tick! The time is: %s\n' % datetime.now())
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    scheduler = Scheduler()
+    scheduler.add_interval_job(tick, seconds=3)
+    sys.stdout.write('Press Ctrl+C to exit\n')
+    scheduler.start()
+
+    # This is here to prevent the main thread from exiting so that the
+    # scheduler has time to work -- this should not be necessary in real world
+    # applications
+    time.sleep(9999)