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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 startService(self):
 """ Start the writer thread. """

        Service.startService(self)
        self._thread = threading.Thread(target=self._writer)
        self._thread.start()
        addDestination(self)