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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 run():
 """ Initialize and start objects. This is called automatically when importing the package. :return none: """

    # GLOBALS
    global cwd, files, logger_start, logger_benchmark, settings, _timeseries_data
    _timeseries_data = {}
    # files = {".lpd": [ {"full_path", "filename_ext", "filename_no_ext", "dir"} ], ".xls": [...], ".txt": [...]}
    settings = {"note_update": True, "note_validate": True, "verbose": True}
    cwd = os.getcwd()
    # logger created in whatever directory lipd is called from
    logger_start = create_logger("start")
    logger_benchmark = create_benchmark("benchmarks", "benchmark.log")
    files = {".txt": [], ".lpd": [], ".xls": []}

    return