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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 is_after(self, ts):
        ''' Compare this event's timestamp to a give timestamp. '''
        if self.timestamp >= int(calendar.timegm(ts.timetuple())):
            return True
        return False