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+"""
+Demonstrates how to use the background scheduler to schedule a job that executes on 3 second intervals.
+"""
+
+from datetime import datetime
+import time
+
+from apscheduler.schedulers.background import BackgroundScheduler
+
+
+def tick():
+    print('Tick! The time is: %s' % datetime.now())
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    scheduler = BackgroundScheduler()
+    scheduler.add_job(tick, 'interval', {'seconds': 3})
+    scheduler.start()
+    print('Press Ctrl+C to exit')
+
+    try:
+        # This is here to simulate application activity (which keeps the main thread alive).
+        while True:
+            time.sleep(2)
+    except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
+        scheduler.shutdown()  # Not strictly necessary if daemonic mode is enabled but should be done if possible