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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(self):
 """Start the Consumers. :return: """

        if not self.connection:
            self.create_connection()
        while True:
            try:
                channel = self.connection.channel()
                channel.queue.declare('simple_queue')
                channel.basic.consume(self, 'simple_queue', no_ack=False)
                channel.start_consuming()
                if not channel.consumer_tags:
                    channel.close()
            except amqpstorm.AMQPError as why:
                LOGGER.exception(why)
                self.create_connection()
            except KeyboardInterrupt:
                self.connection.close()
                break