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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_connections(self):
 """Create and start the RabbitMQ connections, assigning the connection object to the connections dict. """

        self.set_state(self.STATE_CONNECTING)
        for conn in self.consumer_config.get('connections', []):
            name, confirm, consume = conn, False, True
            if isinstance(conn, dict):
                name = conn['name']
                confirm = conn.get('publisher_confirmation', False)
                consume = conn.get('consume', True)

            if name not in self.config['Connections']:
                LOGGER.critical('Connection "%s" for %s not found',
                                name, self.consumer_name)
                continue

            self.connections[name] = connection.Connection(
                name, self.config['Connections'][name], self.consumer_name,
                consume, confirm, self.ioloop, self.callbacks)