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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(self):
 """ Loads the local configuration """

        # load the global config
        with open(self.config_global_path, "r") as f_config:
            config = ordered_yaml_load(f_config)
        self.config_global = config

        # Load the local config
        if self.config_global_local_path:
            config = ordered_yaml_load(open(self.config_global_local_path, "r"))
            self.config_global_local = config

        self.config = merge_config(
            OrderedDict(
                [
                    ("global_config", self.config_global),
                    ("global_local", self.config_global_local),
                ]
            )
        )