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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 log_local_message(message_format, *args):
 """ Log a request so that it matches our local log format. """

    prefix = '{} {}'.format(color('INFO', fg=248), color('request', fg=5))
    message = message_format % args

    sys.stderr.write('{} {}\n'.format(prefix, message))