diff --git a/samples/threadqueue/main.py b/samples/threadqueue/main.py
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+from apiclient.discovery import build
+from apiclient.discovery import HttpError
+
+import Queue
+import httplib2
+import pickle
+import threading
+import time
+
+# Uncomment to get detailed logging
+# httplib2.debuglevel = 4
+
+
+NUM_THREADS = 4
+NUM_ITEMS = 40
+
+queue = Queue.Queue()
+
+
+class Backoff:
+  """Exponential Backoff
+
+  Implements an exponential backoff algorithm.
+  """
+  def __init__(self, maxretries=8):
+    self.retry = 0
+    self.maxretries = maxretries
+    self.first = True
+
+  def loop(self):
+    if self.first:
+      self.first = False
+      return True
+    else:
+      return self.retry < self.maxretries
+
+  def fail(self):
+    self.retry += 1
+    delay = 2**self.retry
+    time.sleep(delay)
+
+
+def start_threads(credentials):
+  # Start up NUM_THREADS to handle requests
+
+  def process_requests():
+    http = httplib2.Http()
+    http = credentials.authorize(http)
+
+    while True:
+      request = queue.get()
+      backoff = Backoff()
+      while backoff.loop():
+        try:
+          request.execute(http)
+          break
+        except HttpError, e:
+          if e.resp.status in [402, 403, 408, 503, 504]:
+            print "Increasing backoff, got status code: %d" % e.resp.status
+            backoff.fail()
+
+      print "Completed request"
+      queue.task_done()
+
+  for i in range(NUM_THREADS):
+    t = threading.Thread(target=process_requests)
+    t.daemon = True
+    t.start()
+
+def main():
+
+  f = open("moderator.dat", "r")
+  credentials = pickle.loads(f.read())
+  f.close()
+
+  start_threads(credentials)
+
+  http = httplib2.Http()
+  http = credentials.authorize(http)
+
+  p = build("moderator", "v1", http=http)
+
+  series_body = {
+        "description": "An example of bulk creating topics",
+        "name": "Using threading and queues",
+        "videoSubmissionAllowed": False
+      }
+  series = p.series().insert(body=series_body).execute()
+  print "Created a new series"
+
+  for i in range(NUM_ITEMS):
+    topic_body = {
+        "data": {
+          "description": "Sample Topic # %d" % i,
+          "name": "Sample",
+          "presenter": "me"
+          }
+        }
+    topic_request = p.topics().insert(seriesId=series['id']['seriesId'], body=topic_body)
+    print "Adding request to queue"
+    queue.put(topic_request)
+
+  queue.join()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+  main()
diff --git a/samples/threadqueue/three_legged_dance.py b/samples/threadqueue/three_legged_dance.py
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+# Copyright (C) 2010 Google Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""Do the OAuth 1.0a three legged dance.
+
+Do the OAuth 1.0a three legged dance for
+a Buzz command line application. Store the generated
+credentials in a common file that is used by
+other example apps in the same directory.
+"""
+
+__author__ = 'jcgregorio@google.com (Joe Gregorio)'
+
+from apiclient.discovery import build
+from apiclient.oauth import FlowThreeLegged
+
+import pickle
+
+moderator_discovery = build("moderator", "v1").auth_discovery()
+
+flow = FlowThreeLegged(moderator_discovery,
+                       consumer_key='anonymous',
+                       consumer_secret='anonymous',
+                       user_agent='google-api-client-python-threadqueue-sample/1.0',
+                       domain='anonymous',
+                       scope='https://www.googleapis.com/auth/moderator',
+                       #scope='tag:google.com,2010:auth/moderator',
+                       xoauth_displayname='Google API Client Example App')
+
+authorize_url = flow.step1_get_authorize_url()
+
+print 'Go to the following link in your browser:'
+print authorize_url
+print
+
+accepted = 'n'
+while accepted.lower() == 'n':
+    accepted = raw_input('Have you authorized me? (y/n) ')
+verification = raw_input('What is the verification code? ').strip()
+
+credentials = flow.step2_exchange(verification)
+
+f = open('moderator.dat', 'w')
+f.write(pickle.dumps(credentials))
+f.close()