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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 load_config(name, base='conf'):
 """Load config dict from JSON"""

    fname = pjoin(base, name + '.json')
    if not os.path.exists(fname):
        return {}
    try:
        with open(fname) as f:
            cfg = json.load(f)
    except Exception as e:
        warn("Couldn't load %s: %s" % (fname, e))
        cfg = {}
    return cfg