diff --git a/src/extra_interview_problems/basic_examples/example_logging.py b/src/extra_interview_problems/basic_examples/example_logging.py
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+++ b/src/extra_interview_problems/basic_examples/example_logging.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+__author__ = "bt3"
+
+import logging
+
+LOG_FILENAME = 'logging_example.out'
+logging.basicConfig(filename=LOG_FILENAME,
+                    level=logging.DEBUG,
+                    )
+
+logging.debug('This message should go to the log file')
+
+f = open(LOG_FILENAME, 'rt')
+try:
+    body = f.read()
+finally:
+    f.close()
+
+print 'FILE:'
+print body
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diff --git a/src/extra_interview_problems/basic_examples/example_threads.py b/src/extra_interview_problems/basic_examples/example_threads.py
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+++ b/src/extra_interview_problems/basic_examples/example_threads.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+__author__ = "bt3"
+
+import threading
+
+def worker(num):
+    """thread worker function"""
+    print 'Worker: %s' % num
+    return
+
+threads = []
+for i in range(5):
+    t = threading.Thread(target=worker, args=(i,))
+    threads.append(t)
+    t.start()
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