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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _start_handler_thread(self):
 """Called once to start the event handler thread."""

        # Create handler thread
        t = Thread(target=self._start_loop)
        t.daemon = True

        # Start handler thread
        t.start()
        self.thread_started = True