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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 run(self):
 """ Span a background thread to periodically report queued spans """

        self.timer = t.Thread(target=self.report_spans)
        self.timer.daemon = True
        self.timer.name = "Instana Span Reporting"
        self.timer.start()