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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 create_alarm(self, check, notification_plan, criteria=None, disabled=False, label=None, name=None, metadata=None):
 """ Creates an alarm that binds the check on this entity with a notification plan. """

        return self._alarm_manager.create(check, notification_plan,
                criteria=criteria, disabled=disabled, label=label, name=name,
                metadata=metadata)