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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 run method as a new thread. It will first stop the thread if it is already running. """

        if self.running:
            self.stop()

        self._thread = threading.Thread(target=self._wrapped_target)
        self._thread.daemon = True
        self._thread.start()