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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 JobManager thread. 		"""

		if self._thread_running.is_set():
			raise RuntimeError('the JobManager has already been started')
		self._thread.start()
		self._thread_running.wait()
		return