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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 _StartStatusUpdateThread(self):
 """Starts the status update thread."""

    self._status_update_active = True
    self._status_update_thread = threading.Thread(
        name='Status update', target=self._StatusUpdateThreadMain)
    self._status_update_thread.start()