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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_running(conn, args):
 """ Run a command to check the status of a mon, return a boolean. We heavily depend on the format of the output, if that ever changes we need to modify this. Check daemon status for 3 times output of the status should be similar to:: mon.mira094: running {"version":"0.61.5"} or when it fails:: mon.mira094: dead {"version":"0.61.5"} mon.mira094: not running {"version":"0.61.5"} """

    stdout, stderr, _ = remoto.process.check(
        conn,
        args
    )
    result_string = b' '.join(stdout)
    for run_check in [b': running', b' start/running']:
        if run_check in result_string:
            return True
    return False