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class NewThread implements Runnable {
  String name; // name of thread

  Thread t;

  NewThread(String threadname) {
    name = threadname;
    t = new Thread(this, name);
    System.out.println("New thread: " + t);
    t.start(); // Start the thread
  }

  public void run() {
    try {
      for (int i = 5; i > 0; i--) {
        System.out.println(name + ": " + i);
        Thread.sleep(1000);
      }
    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
      System.out.println(name + "Interrupted");
    }
    System.out.println(name + " exiting.");
  }
}

class MultiThreadDemo {
  public static void main(String args[]) {
    new NewThread("One"); // start threads
    new NewThread("Two");
    new NewThread("Three");

    try {
      Thread.sleep(10000);
    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
      System.out.println("Main thread Interrupted");
    }

    System.out.println("Main thread exiting.");
  }
}