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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 getLogger(name):
    ''' Create and return a logger with the specified name. '''

    # Create logger and add a default NULL handler
    log = logging.getLogger(name)
    log.addHandler(_NullHandler())

    return log