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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():
 """ Validate the config """

    configuration = MyParser()
    configuration.read(_config)

    d = configuration.as_dict()

    if 'jira' not in d:
        raise custom_exceptions.NotConfigured

    # Special handling of the boolean for error reporting
    d['jira']['error_reporting'] = configuration.getboolean('jira', 'error_reporting')

    return d