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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 _threaded_start(self):
        '''
        Spawns a worker thread to do the expiration checks
        '''
        self.active = True
        self.thread = Thread(target=self._main_loop)
        self.thread.setDaemon(True)
        self.thread.start()