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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 init_controller(url):
 """Initialize a controller. Provides a single global controller for applications that can't do this themselves """

    # pylint: disable=global-statement
    global _VERA_CONTROLLER
    created = False
    if _VERA_CONTROLLER is None:
        _VERA_CONTROLLER = VeraController(url)
        created = True
        _VERA_CONTROLLER.start()
    return [_VERA_CONTROLLER, created]