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Australia's energy system is undergoing a revolution – driven by changing consumer choices and rapidly evolving technology.
The AEMC's work program is focused on:
The generation mix of the power system is changing. The renewable energy target is encouraging more wind and solar generation to enter the market. At the same time coal-fired generators are retiring. We are also seeing more rooftop solar PV, microgeneration and battery storage.
Having more renewable, non-synchronous generation, like wind and solar, affects the technical characteristics of the electricity system.
New approaches to maintaining power system security are needed. System security is all about the power system's ability to withstand the unexpected loss of electricity supply from sudden equipment failure.
System security is being addressed through:
and you can read more about these below.
System security review
Our system security review is addressing fundamental questions raised by the technological revolution underway in the national power system.
A range of mechanisms are available to provide the additional services that are required to manage changes in power system frequency caused by increasing non-synchronous generation like wind and solar. These mechanisms are being examined in the review, along with related rule change requests.
In March 2017 we published a directions paper recommending mechanisms to facilitate the ability of the power system to accommodate new technologies. A final report is due in June 2017.
We are also considering a number of rule changes relevant to system security including requests relating to the rate of change of frequency and system strength.
On 30 March 2017 we made a final rule to help protect the power system from emergencies through a new management framework for emergency frequency control schemes. These are 'last line of defence' mechanisms such as controlled load shedding, designed to protect against a major blackout if a sudden and unexpected loss of generation or load causes rapid changes in system frequency.
Learn more about the AEMC's system security work program.
Gas market changes to support system security
A more efficient gas market improves the power system's ability to integrate renewables like wind and solar. Gas-fired generation is able to provide fast-start backup to complement these newer forms of generation. Changes to existing gas markets that make it easier to buy and sell gas should increase competition and help lower supply costs for gas-fired power stations.
Governments agreed to implement reforms to enable faster and more efficient gas trading along the east coast following the AEMC's 2016 gas market review.
Reliability Panel work
The AEMC's Reliability Panel determines standards and some of the guidelines for maintaining a secure and reliable power system, as well as reviewing, monitoring and reporting on system performance. The Panel is comprised of members who represent a range of participants in the national electricity market, including the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), generators, network businesses, consumers and large end users.
In March 2017 the Panel started its four yearly review of the reliability standard and settings and in June 2017 published an issues paper on the review for stakeholder feedback.
In May 2017 the Panel published the final report for its annual review of the performance of the power system for the period July 2015 to June 2016.
Effective integration of emissions reduction policy
In December 2016 the AEMC advised the COAG Energy Council on potential mechanisms to reduce emissions in the electricity sector in line with Australia's Paris accord commitments. The AEMC supports a mechanism that achieves the emissions reduction target chosen by government, while minimising consumer costs and impacts on system security and reliability.
We will also contribute to the federal government's 2017 review of climate change policies.
In April 2017 the Minister for Environment and Energy asked the AEMC to provide advice on policies to enhance power system security and to reduce electricity prices consistent with achieving Australia's emission reduction targets in the Paris Agreement. The review, which was done jointly with the Climate Change Authority, was published in June 2017.
Review into South Australia's system black event
The COAG Energy Council has asked the AEMC to undertake a review into South Australia's system black event on 28 September 2016. This will build on work by the market operator, AEMO, into technical aspects of the event; and the Australian Energy Regulator's investigations.
The AEMC will focus on systemic issues that caused the system black or affected the response. We will look at possible changes to market rules and legislation flowing from analysis of those systemic issues. The review is likely to start in mid 2017.
Finkel review
We contributed our expertise to the Independent Review into the Future Security of the National Electricity Market, chaired by the Chief Scientist, Dr Alan Finkel AO. Read our submission to the review.
Consumers are driving the transformation of the energy sector through the decisions they make about their household and business energy needs.
Reforms flowing from the AEMC's Power of choice review have laid foundations for an energy system where more engaged and better informed energy shoppers have greater access to new products and services like solar, storage, electric vehicles and smarter consumption management.
Key reforms include new rules to support competition in metering and cost-reflective prices.
Competition in metering reforms
The AEMC's Competition in Metering reforms removed the networks' effective metering monopoly – giving consumers more opportunities to access a wider range of electricity services.
New arrangements will take effect on 1 December 2017. There will be more competition between retailers, networks and others to deliver new services via smart meters; giving consumers the choice of keeping existing working meters or to take up new services enabled by advanced meters.
Cost-reflective pricing
From 2017 the prices paid by households and businesses will better reflect the different ways they use electricity and the costs of providing it to them. When prices reflect how much it costs to use different appliances at different times, consumers are able to make more informed decisions in the face of changing energy products and services and increasingly competitive energy deals.
Network regulation reforms based on business efficiency
We have changed the rules which govern the 'incentive based' regulatory framework for network businesses. The rules increased the regulator's ability to base regulation on business efficiency. Allowed revenues for the network businesses are set by using the most prudent, efficient operators as a benchmark. This is important because around 50 per cent of an Australian consumer's electricity bill is made up of network costs to build poles and wires.
The same rules apply to both government-owned and privately-owned networks.
Learn more about key reforms to network regulation and cost-reflective pricing.
Monitoring change in energy markets
Our work program includes ongoing monitoring of energy markets to provide governments and consumers with an understanding of market transformation. Our reviews include analysis of:
Learn more about price trends including how the generation mix, interconnectors and the large-scale renewable energy target (LRET) are affecting wholesale prices.
Technology work program
The AEMC has a strong understanding of technological developments in energy products and services, and how they may impact energy markets.
When we make rules, we don't bet on a single technology. We establish frameworks where all technologies can participate in the market based on their ability to deliver the outcomes that consumers want and value.
Our technology work program identifies barriers to new technologies; asks whether consumer protections need to be changed; and if the right incentives are in place to support investment and innovation.
Rule changes and reviews
Many of our rule changes and reviews drive significant reform in energy market frameworks as the sector transforms. For example:
Just as importantly, our business as usual work responds to the more immediate requirements of electricity and gas market participants. These more tactical rule changes – for example clarifying roles, responsibilities, guidelines and reporting requirements, ensure markets can continue to function and energy market institutions can do their job effectively as the market evolves.


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ATOL-holder Markhor Traders, which sold packages and flights, ceased trading over the festive period, leaving some customers out of pocket.
The Harrow-based company owned the websites flightmart.co.uk, markosflights.co.uk, travelwithsmile.co.uk, caribbeanvybz.co.uk and markhorflights.com.
The CAA said Markhor sold some non-ATOL products, including package holidays that didn't include flights, accommodation only and flights paid in full at the time of booking when tickets were issued immediately.
It said that all bookings made after October 30 were also not protected by the company's ATOL. The company failed on December 19.
The CAA said customers who were still due to travel and were issued with an ATOL certificate and a scheduled flight ticket might still be able to travel but they will have to re-book other elements of the trip, including accommodation, and claim back the cost under the ATOL.
Customers who haven't been issued with flight tickets will not be able to travel and will have to claim a refund.
The CAA is advising customers with non-ATOL protected bookings who paid with a credit or debit card to claim refunds from their card issuer.
Reading this article, I am left with the uneasy feeling that the protection provided to the public by an ATOL is pretty useless, if this can happen and the company can continue trading. Is this a case of insufficient oversight by the authorities, resulting in the public being given a false sense of security?
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Do you want to get to know Barack Obama a little better before the election? I would strongly suggest visiting Dan Caplis Reports: The Obama Tapes. They are excerpts from his book, Dreams From My Father, complete with audio recordings of Obama reading them.
Obama and his campaign are continuing to dismiss the socialism allegations, and with good reason. The majority of Americans deplore the tenets of socialism. The ones left are the college professors, Hollywood actors, and "intellectual" elites who have never quite set foot in the real world. The rest are blinded by the Obama star and have no idea what socialism even means.
So, of course Obama is trying to distance himself from this (until after he's elected). Just like he has had to distance himself from a variety of people and institutions (ACORN, Ayers, Wright, Khalidi, you get the idea.) It's the same story, told again and again. To anyone with a genuine concern for the future of America as we know it, to anyone who believes that the US Constitution is sufficient unchanged, and to anyone who balks at the thought of such a man with so many radical connections leading the free world, Barack Obama is a real problem.
One excerpt from Obama's book has come up of late. Obama says:
"To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist Professors and structural feminists and punk-rock performance poets."
Okay, so Obama carefully chose his friends. Interesting choices. I'm always drawn to Marxists, myself.
Then I got to wondering, what in h3ll is a structural feminist? Here is a short definition (as opposed to about thirty other derivatives of feminism):
"Structural feminist theory focuses on social structures, notably patriarchy and capitalism that oppress women. Theorists in this tradition emphasize the dominating influence of these social structures, but by doing so they also tend to construe women as passive. Despite their somewhat deterministic view of women's circumstances, structural feminists nevertheless call for resistance toward the mechanisms in families, schools, and workplaces that serve to reproduce oppressive relations of power."
Of all the different types of feminists he could have chosen to hang out with, he narrowed it down to the one that thinks capitalism is oppressive. Got it.
This takes me back. I have known these types. I went to a liberal arts (read, liberal) four-year private college. I was an english major. (Not quite as bad as a sociology or philosophy major as far as that goes, but really, there were plenty of Birkenstocks in my department.) I sat through four long years of such academic tripe. Oppression, dominating hegemony, status quo, blah blah blah blah blah. Enough, already! I recall thinking, "Yeah, what a shi!!y deal, that you people can sit around with your lattes at the coffee shop, discussing how oppressive this country is."
I'm not black, so I can't talk about that. But damn it, I'm a woman, and you wanna know something? Patriarchy? I'm OVER IT. Most people, the people who make this country work—no matter what their race or sex—don't sit around griping about past oppression. They don't flock to the coasts and to the universities to live in alternate universes of their own creation. They just go out and live life.
As for universities selling themselves as places that invite "diversity of ideas," I found out first-hand that diversity and tolerance extend only so far. The classroom as a place for objectivity? Only if you're praising Karl Marx or bashing Christianity (especially Catholicism.)
I recall one situation in particular. It's truly the one time I wish I was one of those students who brought recording devices to lectures in lieu of taking notes. It was my sophomore year, (required) African American Literature. The professor, an African American woman and decent enough educator, came in one morning, twenty minutes late, and came unglued on us. I'm not kidding, it was a full twenty minutes of nonstop lunacy. She was unhinged. She swore at us, talking about oppression and our ancestors, throwing in some truly awful language, pacing around the room, turning suddenly around and picking out certain students and getting in their faces. Looking back, we were all stunned, I think. No one wanted to make eye contact with her for fear of being singled out.
As I said, this went on for a solid 20 minutes before she left the classroom. She went on a leave of absence for the rest of the semester (hopefully to a good psychiatrist), and damage control was promptly called in the following day. We were encouraged to "talk about it," and the university president, and president of student affairs, along with some more university higher-ups were present as well. I'll never forget it.
Why am I relating this episode? To me, for a man who aspires to be the POTUS to align with and purposely form friendships with these types of people, who are caught up in a theoretical and radical world where the only thing that matters is so-called racial, social and economic "justice," is a scary proposition. While the rest of society has moved beyond these injustices, people like Reverend G-D America Wright, for example, simply fare better as long as oppression still exists, and they'll play it up as much as they can. What would they do without it?
In short, it appears that these types of people all have a grudge. And I believe that Obama has one, too.
Barack Obama: A man who laments that the Constitution places limits on government and regrets that courts aren't radical enough. A man—a lawyer, community organizer, and university professor—who chooses to work with these types of radical ideologues, sit on boards with them, dine with and toast them, and listen to them preach every Sunday for twenty years. A man with a grudge who aspires to be the next president. All necessary ingredients for disaster are present and accounted for.


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Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has posted a disappointing full-year profit despite the performances of the big four.
TICKY FULLERTON, PRESENTER: The big banks have unveiled some very healthy profits, but for one smaller country cousin it's been tougher going.
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has posted a disappointing full-year profit, its bottom line the victim of high funding costs and low demand for credit.
Emily Stewart reports.
EMILY STEWART, REPORTER: The community bank has hit a rough patch.
MIKE HIRST, MD, BENDIGO BANK: The year for us has been one of consolidation and investment. The market itself hasn't allowed significant growth because of the demand for credit. Yet nevertheless, we've performed pretty well on that basis.
EMILY STEWART: The bank posted a net profit of $195 million, down 43 per cent on the previous year. That figure includes a $95 million writedown of the wealth business. Cash earnings were also down 4 per cent to $323 million.
BRETT LE MESURIER, BANKING ANALYST, BBY: There's no growth in Bendigo at the moment, and it's true for the banking system as a whole. But in Bendigo's case they had margin decline which offset what asset growth they had.
EMILY STEWART: More than 80 per cent of Bendigo Bank's funding comes from retail deposits, but there's fierce competition amongst lending institutions for those dollars. And in the past year the Reserve Bank cut official interest rates a number of times, which put pressure on margins as lenders tried to keep their rates attractive.
RICHARD FENNELL, CFO, BENDIGO BANK: The reality is it does take time to recover those margins. But as we look like we're heading now into a less aggressive easing cycle, if it continues to be an easing cycle, hopefully we won't see as much volatility in the price we're having to pay for term deposits.
EMILY STEWART: But with more people saving, Mike Hirst says arrears remain low.
MIKE HIRST: They're actually paying off more principal than they have been in the past. That goes hand in hand with the increase in the savings rate within the economy. I think people are cleaning up their own individual balance sheets and that's a good thing.
EMILY STEWART: And there's been a reduction in collective provisions - all reserves held for a general deterioration of the loan book.
BRETT LE MESURIER: It's very odd that the collective provision would fall in that context. The fall in the collective provision helps the bad debt charge fall and therefore is a positive to profit. But even after doing that, profit's not going up.
EMILY STEWART: Demand for credit has also hit the bottom line, but Mike Hirst sees hope on the horizon for the housing market.
MIKE HIRST: Whether or not it's bottomed out, who knows? I think the key to housing prices is really employment. Employment seems to be holding up at the moment. And whilst ever that's the case, I don't see a significant fall ahead.
EMILY STEWART: Mike Hirst says the outlook for the coming year is too difficult to predict with market volatility and revenue challenges affecting all banks.


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In globally distributed software development, does it matter being agile rather than structured? To answer this question, this paper presents an extensive case study that compares agile (Scrum, XP, etc.) vs. structured (RUP, waterfall) processes to determine if the choice of process impacts aspects such as the overall success and economic savings of distributed projects, the motivation of the development teams, the amount of communication required during development, and the emergence of critical issues. The case study includes data from 66 projects developed in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. The results show no significant difference between the outcome of projects following agile processes and structured processes, suggesting that agile and structured processes can be equally effective for globally distributed development. The paper also discusses several qualitative aspects of distributed software development such as the advantages of nearshore vs. offshore, the preferred communication patterns, and the effects on project quality.


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A few years back, I made a gift guide for Father's Day full of things I thought weren't lame. I really love to give gifts but honestly- we are at a point when spending money on gifts that aren't needed/wanted feels wasteful even though they're totally thoughtful and bring a smile. So as we're busy working on renovations for our home- gift cards are on the top of Shane's wishlist at every holiday. Even though I KNOW that GCs are top of his list, I feel like that's totally boring on it's own. So, when I was challenged by Home Depot Canada to share my idea for a perfect Father's Day Gift… I thought it was time to get creative. So the kids and I teamed up and made it a bit of a challenge for him to get his hands on it with this DIY Gift Card Crate!
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- Fix mismatches by changing your tags
- When you have a lot of streamed items
- Take care not to accidentally set any of your own albums as being streamed
- If you have tracks with blank album tags
- Identifying which of an album's tracks remain unmatched?
- Helpful to refer to the list of unmatched scrobbles while editing templates?
- The combo-boxes are too narrow?
- Handling composite albums (ie. albums with tracks for various artists)
- Handling composite albums, when an artist is mistagged.
- Upper vs Lower case.
- Revealing hidden items
- You have redundant templates?
- Getting more fresh scrobbles
- The "Plays" column
- Handle the Album action list before the Track list
1. Fixing mismatches the other way
The preceding discussion focused upon how you could fix mismatches by creating a rule to translate the scrobbled tags to your current tags.
Sometimes it is just best to update your current tags with MediaMonkey, so that they match the incoming scrobbles. If Last.fm has "corrected" your scrobble, and you have no strong preference for your own tag, it is simplest to just accept their correction.
Use MediaMonkey to re-tag your track, and then rerun the Approve action.
Important It is important that you do use MediaMonkey, and not some other tool, to do any track re-tagging. The reason for this, is to ensure that your track and your MediaMonkey tags remain in synchronisation. Your scrobbles are generated using your track tags, but AlbumPlays works by matching importing these & matching them against your MediaMonkey tags (except for Sonos owners)
2. When you have a lot of streamed items
If your grid contains a lot of streamed albums or tracks, you may mark the whole grid as being streamed via the check-box at the top of the streamed column.
Then un-check just the exceptions. A template row will be automatically unchecked if you select any item from either of it's check-boxes.
3.Take care not to accidentally set any of your own albums as being streamed
If you tell AlbumPlays that an album or track is streamed, you are indicating that you don't own the item, and it is therefore not in your MediaMonkey database. The rule will mean that the album or track will be automatically suppressed from any future unmatched action list.
If you subsequently buy and play the item, and a future scrobble is successfully matched against your MediaMonkey database of the time, it will used to upgrade MediaMonkey regardless of the rule. But should it remain unmatched against your MediaMonkey database due to Last.fm tag "corrections", it will be suppressed from your default action list, so the issue can be difficult to detect.
You can review those albums from the current batch which have been designated as being streamed, by checking the "Include streamed albums" checkbox on the dialog box offering you the update grids. You may reset an album's status by un-checking the "streamed" checkbox, and then exiting via F3 or Navigate|Apply menu item. (NB: you may need to press F5 a few times to toggle the active filter to "Streamed or Suppressed" … see the section below named "Display Grid filters")
There is also a button on the Status Report tab to list "Unmatched streamed scrobbles". The report for the current batch remains available until you run the 1st get action for the new batch.
4. If you have tracks with blank album tags
When Last.fm receives a scrobble with a blank album tag, it seems to "help" by supplementing your scrobble with the title of the album generally accepted as owing the track.
This false album tag will cause the track to be unmatched when it is re-imported from Last.fm. If want to create a rule to reset the LFM value back to your blank tag, you need to use a special token character, because if you leave the "Correct Album" value as a blank, the AlbumPlays application will assume that you are not making a change.
Use the ~ character to cause the scrobble's album tag to be reset to a blank.
This functionality is turned off by the _no_blank_album_tags configuration as described here.
5. Identifying which of an album's tracks remain unmatched?
If you are uncertain which of an album's tracks remain unmatched, causing a album template to be generated, you can display a list of the tracks affected by pressing the "Lookup" button at the right hand end of the template row.
6. Helpful to refer to the list of unmatched scrobbles while editing templates?
You can refer to the list of unmatched scrobbles, while editing rule templates, but it takes a small amount of preparation. You need to display the list of unmatched scrobbles before initiating the edit session. You do this by tapping on the Status Report tab on AlbumPlay's main screen, and then pressing the Unmatched Raw Scrobbles button. This will display the list of unmatched scrobbles. The report is modal, meaning that you must close it before starting any other action in AlbumPlays.
Then start the template editing session (Edit|ActionList..). If you need to refer to the list of unmatched raw scrobbles during the template editing session, you take option File|ShowLastReport, or press the F8 key. This will load the unmatched listing into your browser.
7. The combo-boxes are too narrow?
If the a combo-box is too narrow to see enough of the row to make a choice, you should stretch the whole window. Only the entry columns will be stretched, which hopefully will open up enough room to identify the correct row.
8. Handling composite albums (ie. albums with tracks for various artists)
If a composite album is unmatched because the album name has changed, there will be a separate template row for each artist who has tracks on the album. This situation would require that you update each of the artist rows in order to make a rule which updates the album title for all artists. The same thing if you want to mark the album as being streamed.
There is a more efficient way to address composite albums. Check the "Include ALL rows for composite albums" option, as shown below, and a template rule for the album as a whole will be added to your grid.
The All artists template has no combo-box for album title adjustment, but you may paste the correct album title from MediaMonkey, or enter it via the keyboard, or cut and paste it from a combo-box on one of the artist rows.
9. Handling composite albums, when an artist is mistagged.
The above section covered how to address the situation when the composite album's name was incorrect. The situation is also complex if the artist name for one of the tracks is incorrect. The combo-box will only contain the albumartist tag, so it will be "Various Artists" or whatever you use to group your composite albums.
You can load the combo-boxes with all of the individual artist tags for the album. You trigger this, for the current grid, via the menu item Action|DeepSearch, or via the "Deep Search" button at the bottom of the grid.
10. Upper vs Lower case
AlbumPlays will successfully match scrobbles to your tags regardless of case differences. eg. "Let it Bleed" matches, without assistance, to "Let It Bleed".
11. You have redundant templates?
It is possible to generate a jumble of redundant rule templates. For example, maybe you make an incorrect entry into a rule template. The next approve action will correct nothing, the incorrect template will remain in the grid, and another template row will be generated for you.
Incorrectly specified templates cause no problem, excepting visual clutter which may confuse you during the editing cycle. They will be permanently deleted when you close the batch, but you may chose to manually delete them by blanking out both combo-boxes, pressing Update, and then running an Approve action. (nb. a quick way to blank out a combo-box entry is by selecting the blank entry sitting at the top of each combo-box)
12. Display grid filters
You may control which items to allow into the template editing grid via the following check-boxes:
- "Include rules requiring further action" includes all rules which have not been fixed, ie no successful tag translation has been provided, and nor has the album been marked as being streamed
- "Include *ALL* rows for composite albums" also include whole-album templates, discussed above, for any albums containing tracks for a mixture of artists
- "Include streamed albums" include any albums which either you, or the application, has marked as being streamed … it is assumed that you don't own these, that they won't be in your MediaMonkey database, and as such may be ignored
- "Include albums which you have already fixed" include any templates which you have already updated, and a subsequent Approve action has confirmed that the issue is now successfully resolved
By default, only the first item is checked, meaning that your action list will initially contain only items requiring your attention.
The editing grid is loaded, according to the above restrictions, but is then is further filtered to segregate the display into separate groups. Only a single group is on display at the one time, and you can progress from group to group via the F5 key:
F5 toggles from Requiring Action –> Streamed –> Fixed –> All mixed together –> Requiring Action –> etc etc
13. Getting more fresh scrobbles
You can run multiple Get actions to extend the quantity of fresh scrobbles that you are working with. Additional Get actions extend the batch of fresh scrobbles, ie. they do not overwrite those that you have already downloaded.
You can also adjust the number of scrobbles downloaded from Last.fm by each Get operation. See the Last.fm section in the FAQ for instructions.
14. The "Plays" column
The Plays column shows how many scrobbles from the current batch of fresh scrobbles, are affected by the rule template. In the example shown, The Mikhail Pletnev has 22 track plays within the current batch of scrobbles, and that some or all of these scrobbles are unmatched.
15. Handle the Album action list before the Track action list
As illustrated in the User Guide, it is best to handle Album action list (menu item Edit|ActionListAlbumBasedRules) before the Track level action list. This is because a single fix at the album level may fix all of the album's tracks.
It is best if you run the Approve action, after updating the Album templates, before starting work on the Track templates.
16. What to do when you have finished seeding your database?
You don't need to do anything. Get actions will now download your current scrobbles, and the same processing cycle will attempt to match and use then to update your MediaMonkey database. It should become a lot easier now, due to:
- the reduced volumes
- the library of remap rules and streaming rules which you have built up should silently auto-correct many issues which arise
- and you shouldn't have to handle issues caused by any track re tagging that you do between the time that you scrobble play, and the time when download it back from Last.fm
You should open and review the suggested workflow discussed further down this page.
You should consider "vacuuming" your AlbumPlays database to do some housekeeping that will keep it in good shape and reduce any bloat that has been left over after all the inserting and deleting that is a natural part of the seeding process.
To vacuum your database, press the Set options button, and then select the vacuum radio-button as illustrated. Then run a Get action to trigger the vacuuming.
Sonos owners: you should also read the discussion elsewhere in the site, describing the merits of running this application in the mode where it directly detects your Sonos scrobbles, by observing your zones, rather than continuing to rely upon what Sonos manages to scrobble to Last.fm.
17. Recap: suggested workflow
|Your action
|AlbumPlays response
|Run the Get action
|Imports a batch of fresh scrobbles from Last.fm
|– nb. may be rerun, at any time, to extend the batch of fresh scrobbles
|Run the Approve action
|Detect mismatches, and generates rule templates
|– any prior rules are automatically pre-applied,
|translating tags to avoid mismatches,
|– also ignores any unmatched scrobbles for which
|you have streaming rules
|If there are mismatches, press Unmatched Scrobbles button on Status Report tab
|List any unmatched scrobbles
|– sometimes it is best to adjust your tags to LFM's tags – use MediaMonkey to do this
|– then rerun the Approve action
|If remaining issues, select ActionListAlbumBasedRules from the Edit menu
|Generate fuzzy logic pre-selections, then display
|for approval, your action list with pre-selections
|– scrobbles where neither artist nor album are in MM
|are hidden (pre-selected as being streamed)
|Review any fuzzy logic pre-selections. Correct or blank out where necessary.
|Make any combo-box selections, or manual entries, to enable scrobbled tags to be matched.
|Optionally flag any streamed albums (to exclude them from future action lists if they are replayed)
|Optionally review any streaming assumptions (use F5 key to toggle action grid's filtered view)
|important Make sure that you exit via F3, or Update button, or Apply from Navigate menu.
|If many mismatches, rule templates will be prioritised, and segmented into separate action grids
|– use Next button to review each action grid (otherwise pre-selections are neither generated nor enacted)
|– when you get to an empty action grid, close and press Finish
|Rerun the Approve action
|Apply pre-selections and any updated templates
|– make new matches, hide away fixed items
|– generate updated templates for remaining unmatched
|If is often worthwhile returning to re-review Album Based Rules
|Regenerate fuzzy logic & streamed pre_selections
|– corrections to one tag may open up combo_box or fuzzy logic pre-selections for the other tag
|– it is easier to see smaller details once all of the fixed items are hidden from view
|– if problems resist fix, it may be due to track level issues (see following)
|Rerun the Approve action
|Select ActionListTrackBasedRules from the Edit menu; handle as above
|Same as at the album level, but this time where
|Artist & Album combination in MM, but not the track
|Rerun the Approve action
|If remaining significant mismatches, press Unmatched Scrobbles button on Status Report tab
|Lists any unmatched scrobbles
|– use the report's ViewLastReportFromBrowser option in the File menu
|A copy of the report is sent to your browser
|– review any issues using MediaMonkey; either re-tag the tracks, or make further template alterations
|Rerun the Approve action to handle any final adjustments
|The batch of scrobbles will auto-close whenever everything is matched, otherwise you may force-close
|Matched scrobbles are exported to MM
|– unmatched and streamed scrobbles are discarded
|– successful templates are saved as ongoing rules
|– the next Get action will start a new batch
|– force-close by checking any ignore check-boxes, then re-pressing Approve
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Mortimer, Gary (2013) Aussie retailers should get their Christmas wish this year. The Conversation, December(17).
Consumer Sentiment fell by 4.8% in December, but despite the drop other indicators still point toward a robust Christmas period for retailers. Retail trade recorded its strongest result for three consecutive months to October, with Queensland and Western Australia leading the way. A closer inspection of ABS Retail figures indicate six consecutive months of positive results and this suggests consumer confidence has finally returned to the market. But it may not be a rosy outlook for all retail sectors. Overall we are spending more, but not where we once traditionally did.
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Francie Alexander
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Francie Alexander is the Senior Vice President and Chief Academic Officer for the Intervention Solutions Group at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH). She manages the evidence-based portfolio of research projects, with a specialized focus on translating research results into recommendations for product development. Francie provides thought leadership to the group on topics ranging from early learning to support for struggling adolescent learners. She has been a frequent guest on NBC's TODAY Show and has written columns for The New York Post. Francie has authored almost 60 children's books including Dots! Dots! Dots! At the Museum and Curious George Sight Word Readers. Prior to joining LAUP's Board of Directors, she served on LAUP's Corporate Council. Francie's work as an educator started as a first grade teacher in LAUSD.
Dora Jacildo
Dora Jacildo has over 20 years of experience in the field of early care and education, beginning as a preschool teacher and later transitioning as the manager of the Resource and Referral Department for Connections for Children. During her time at Connections for Children, she helped hundreds of child care providers start their own businesses, and was instrumental in improving access to and the quality of child care programs in Los Angeles County. She helped develop the pilot for KCET's "A Place of Their Own" and "Los Niños En Su Casa," and actively participated in drafting the initial quality standards for Los Angeles County's Universal Preschool Today.
Jacildo is executive director of Children Today, a nonprofit organization serving children and families experiencing homelessness. She has served on many local committees and commissions as member or chair, including vice president of the California Child Care Resource and Referral Network. She is currently vice chair of the Los Angeles County Policy Roundtable for Child Care. Jacildo has a Master's degree in Human Development and Social Change from Pacific Oaks College. She is part-time faculty at Los Angeles Harbor College and teaches in the Child Development Department. She lives in Cerritos with her son Jacob. Jacildo was appointed to the LAUP Board of Directors by Supervisor Don Knabe in 2013.
Nestor Barrero
Nestor Barrero is an experienced labor and employment attorney with the national law firm of Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete in Century City. He advises large and medium sized employers on all aspects of labor and employment law including compliance with anti-harassment, discrimination, privacy and workplace laws, effective performance management, negotiation of executive agreements, planning for layoffs, mergers and acquisitions, and defending wrongful termination cases in mediation, arbitration or litigation. He was formerly corporate counsel for NBCUniversal Media LLC and Union Bank, and was associated with the law firm of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton in Los Angeles.
Barrero received his BA in Psychology from UCLA and his J.D. degree from UC Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco. He is bilingual in Spanish and is a part time adjunct professor of Business Law and Human Resources Management at Pasadena City College and Azusa Pacific University and a frequent speaker, trainer and lecturer.
Barrero is a member of the California State Bar Labor and Employment Law Section. He has also served on the Board of the Constitutional Rights Foundation, and is a member of the Hispanic National Bar Association and the Association of Corporate Counsel. Barrero has served as President of the California Employment Law Council. He is also active in professional and community organizations such as the Bilingual Foundation of the Arts and the UCLA Academic Advancement Program. Barrero, who is a resident of Monrovia, was elected to the LAUP Board of Directors to represent the Corporate and Development sectors in 2011.
Judith Bay
Judith Bay is a communications and marketing executive with over 25 years of experience in private, nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations. She currently serves as Chief Marketing Officer for Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP where she drives global marketing strategy, branding and business development. Judy brings her passion for the importance of early childhood education to the LAUP board and believes it as paramount to a child's emotional and cognitive development.
Jean Bixby Smith
Jean Bixby Smith is a long-time business leader, volunteer and community activist. She is retired from Bixby and Alamitos Land Companies, having served both organizations as board chair and president. She has been a trustee of Scripps College since 1980, where she held the position of board chair for eight years. Smith also served on the board of the Long Beach Day Nursery for nine years, including two years as president and two years as treasurer. Her current community boards include: the Long Beach Community Foundation, American Red Cross (Greater Long Beach Chapter), Rancho Los Cerritos Foundation and Tichenor Orthopedic Clinic for Children. In addition, she is a director of International City Bank. Smith was elected to the LAUP Board of Directors to represent the Corporate and Development sectors in 2004.
David Crippens
David Crippens is a consultant who brings over 30 years of nonprofit management, fundraising, and media development, with a major focus on providing interim leadership and management for nonprofit agencies facing transitional challenges. He formerly served as senior vice president of Foundations and Education for KCET-TV. In that capacity, he was responsible for raising more than $70 million for programs and educational services. He is also the beneficiary of many awards for his service to education, broadcasting, and nonprofit organizations.
Crippens currently serves on the Unite-LA Board of Directors, as well as the Los Angeles Workforce Investment Board Youth Council, and is a former member of the School Construction Bond Citizens Oversight Committee. He is a graduate of Antioch College and San Diego State University. Crippens was appointed to the LAUP Board of Directors by Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas in 2011.
Bishop Henry W. Hearns, Sr.
Bishop Henry W. Hearns, Sr. has been actively involved in civic and other community activities for much of his life. A retired Chief of the Environmental Branch at Edwards Air Force Base in the Antelope Valley, Hearns is the only African-American minister ever elected to the City of Lancaster City Council. He served for 10 years as vice-mayor and two terms as mayor of Lancaster. Hearns continues to serve on numerous boards and committees, including the United Way, NAACP, the Housing Urban Development Community Development Act Board, the American Cancer Society, the Advisory Board for the Boys & Girls Club, and as program sponsor for the Antelope Valley Black Infant Health Program. In 1965, Hearns was selected as senior pastor for the Living Stone Cathedral of Worship Church in Sun Village. Hearns was appointed to the LAUP Board of Directors by Supervisor Michael Antonovich in 2011.
Kathleen Malaske-Samu
Kathleen Malaske-Samu recently retired from the County of Los Angeles where she addressed child care and development issues for 22 years, including serving as the Director of the Office of Child Care from 2001 to 2015. Prior to her work with Los Angeles County, Malaske-Samu was the Executive Director of a child care resource and referral agency serving the eastern San Gabriel Valley. Her child development classroom experience was earned in Minnesota and California, working with preschool and school age children. She holds a B.A. in Child Psychology from the University of Minnesota, and M.A's in Human Development from Pacific Oaks College, and Urban Planning from University of California Los Angeles. Malaske-Samu was appointed to the LAUP Board of Directors by Supervisor Sheila Kuehl in 2015.
Scott L. Hippert
Chief Executive Officer
Scott Hippert is a highly respected nonprofit leader with a successful track record of creating and strengthening initiatives for the youngest generation of Americans so that they will be successful in school and life. He brings to LAUP more than a decade of experience in managing early childhood initiatives and public policy advocacy – at the regional, state and national levels. His experience leading nonprofits and large-scale initiatives spans several decades. Scott previously served as the President and CEO of Parents as Teachers, a nationally recognized voice for early childhood education with headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri.
Prior to his chief executive role at Parents as Teachers, Scott served as President of the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation in Richmond, VA, where he successfully launched the startup of a public/private/nonprofit partnership that provided support to school-readiness initiatives throughout Virginia. He also served as the Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Ready 4 K in St. Paul, Minnesota, and directed public awareness and funding efforts for Family and Children's Service, one of the state's largest community/family service agencies. He spent his early career in broadcast and telecommunications, serving as an executive news producer, anchor and reporter.
Dawn A. Kurtz, Ph.D.
Chief Program Officer
Dawn A. Kurtz, Ph.D. has worked in the Child Development and Early Childhood Education fields for more than 15 years. As the Chief Program Officer for LAUP, Kurtz oversees Provider Operations for an early learning network that impacts over 11,000 children each year. She is also responsible for the Research & Evaluation, Workforce & Professional Development and Program Support Departments.
Prior to joining LAUP, Kurtz spent six years at First 5 LA where she played an integral role in the conceptualization, planning, development, and oversight of various phases of funding initiatives designed to improve the well-being of children and their families in Los Angeles County. During that time, she managed First 5 LA's Early Childhood Education portfolio, which included LAUP, School Readiness, Family Literacy and Workforce Development.
Earlier in her career, Kurtz was a Project Director for a study on the impact of neglect on adolescent development in the School of Social Work at the University of Southern California, a subject in which she is published. She has also worked as adjunct faculty at Cal State University, Los Angeles and Whittier College, where she taught courses in Psychology and Child Development.
Fernando Almodovar
Chief Financial Officer
As the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for LAUP, Fernando Almodovar oversees the finance, accounting, and business services of the organization.
Fernando brings over 25 years of experience in both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors. As a financial professional, he is skilled in building and leading efficient teams, and thinking strategically to produce positive results.
Prior to joining LAUP, Almodovar was the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer at Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF), the nation's largest Hispanic nonprofit organization. At HSF Fernando had oversight responsibility for all finance and accounting activities, grants management, risk management, and human resources functions. He also worked closely with the President and CEO, the other members of HSF's executive team, and the Finance Committee of the Board of Directors, to ensure that the organization was strategically positioned to fulfill the organization's mission and goals to advance higher education opportunities for the Hispanic community.
Almodovar's private sector experience includes leadership at a subsidiary of Home Depot, where he served as the Director of Finance and Controller. He also worked at Mattel, Inc. in the Internal Audit Department and in the Operations Finance Division. Through his bilingual ability, Almodovar's work took him to Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Chile, and Argentina. He worked as a liaison between the Mexico manufacturing plants and corporate headquarters.
Fernando is a Certified Public Accountant in California; holds a bachelor's degree in Accounting from California State University, Fullerton; and a Master's in Business Administration from Loyola Marymount University, with a concentration in Finance with an International Certification. He also serves on the board of the South Central Family Health Center as Chairman of the Board.
Bill Sperling
Chief Operations Officer
General Counsel
As Chief Operations Officer and General Counsel of LAUP, Bill Sperling provides legal counsel to the CEO, senior management, as well as the LAUP Board of Directors. Sperling also manages outside counsel and litigation, drafts contracts, participates in negotiations, and manages the organization's contract review and compliance processes.
Within his multifaceted role, Sperling oversees network compliance for LAUP early learning providers, manages the process of setting quality levels for all centers and organizations in the LAUP network, and manages the Human Resources Department.
Prior to arriving at LAUP in 2006, Sperling worked as a business litigator for several different Los Angeles law firms. His practice experience includes corporate litigation as well as environmental regulation. Early in his career, Sperling worked for the Maryland State Attorney's Office as a prosecuting attorney.
Sperling earned his law degree from American University in Washington, D.C., and moved to Los Angeles in 1998.
Together, our directors have more than a century of leadership experience in nonprofits, business and early childhood education.
Michele Broadnax
Sr. Director of Advancement
As Sr. Director of Advancement, Michele Broadnax brings more than 25 years of experience in successfully designing and implementing fundraising, public relations and program development initiatives for nonprofit, for-profit and public institutions.
Prior to joining LAUP, Broadnax worked as a consultant for the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE), San Bernardino City Unified School District and the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools, as well as local charter schools. Throughout her tenure with other nonprofit organizations and governmental entities – most notably Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles, House of Ruth and Fontana Unified School District – she has built and refined a robust fundraising and advancement skill-set that includes business development, public relations and strategic planning practices.
Broadnax has an MBA in Business Administration, with an emphasis in Management, Strategy and Leadership, from Claremont Graduate University; She has a B.A. in Management from Azusa Pacific University.
Robert Lazo
Managing Director of Information Technology
With over 20 years of experience working in Technology, Robert Lazo joined LAUP in 2005. As Managing Director of Information Technology, Lazo oversees the IT department and is responsible for IT department systems, support and maintenance–which includes designing, building and implementing the infrastructure. During his time at LAUP, Lazo has shaped LAUP to embrace technological advances, ensuring that LAUP staff and stakeholders leverage the latest technology tools to achieve LAUP's mission.
Prior to LAUP, Lazo worked for Crystal Cruises, managing their infrastructure, and for Bank of America where he began his first assignment in IT supporting users.
Lazo has a B.S. in Computer Science from California State University Long Beach.
Schellee Y. Rocher
Senior Director of Provider Services
Bringing more than 25 years' experience in the field of early childhood education, as the Senior Director of Provider Services, Schellee Rocher manages the operations and direct support given to providers in the LAUP network, which includes the coaching teams that support the providers. She plays a key role in the strategic planning and external collaborations for LAUP, as well as the countywide roll out of the county's Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS). During her tenure at LAUP, she also led the implementation of the California Child Signature Program for Los Angeles County.
Prior to joining LAUP, Rocher worked as a Head Start teacher in Atlanta and was a director of two centers in New York; one of which began with 30 children, and now services over 300 children in 3 locations across Harlem, New York. She was an early childhood education coach for New York City's Administration for Children's Services Agency for Child Development. She also managed the Early Childhood Education Special Projects Unit at Crystal Stairs, Inc., a Los Angeles-based resource and referral agency.
Rocher has a B.A. in Child Development from Southern University in Baton Rouge, La., and an M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn.
Dennis Ebuen
Director of Applications Development
As the Director of Applications Development, Dennis Ebuen develops and implements data collection systems utilized by internal and external partners to LAUP, as well as manages the custom built internal operating system of the company. Prior to joining LAUP in 2007, Ebuen was Vice President of Change Management at Bank of America, working primarily in the Collections and Student Lending divisions, focusing on large-scale technology implementations. He was also a consultant at Technology Solutions Company, where he was involved in various CRM and ERP projects for companies such as Toshiba, HP and Agilent Technologies.
Ebuen has a B.S. in Applied Mathematics-Economics with a specialization in Computing from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Kristin Feltz
Director of Marketing and Communications
As Director of Marketing and Communications, Kristin Feltz provides direction and leadership related to the communication of LAUP's mission, goals and achievements to the external community and internal teams. Feltz works closely with the Executive Leadership team to guide all marketing strategies including branding, collateral and editorial development, media strategies, advertising, social media and business services.
Kristin has over 15 years of corporate marketing experience within the entertainment and education industries. Prior to joining LAUP, she worked with leading education organizations including Kaplan and Knowledge Universe, which ignited her passion for advancing the education of young children.
Feltz has a B.A. in Marketing and Public Relations from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Alexandra Himmel
Director of Strategic Initiatives
Alexandra Himmel brings over 20 years' professional experience within the early childhood education field. As Director of Strategic Initiatives, Himmel leads the design and execution of programs aligned with LAUP's Strategic Plan, such as the California State Preschool Program QRIS Block Grant, Quality Start Los Angeles, the upcoming Infant/Toddler Block Grant and the First 5 California IMPACT Grant. In addition, she oversees the Family Engagement team, which empowers programs with tools and strategies to engage families–including The Strengthening Families framework from the Center of the Study of Social Policy.
In 2006 Alexandra joined LAUP as a coach, working shoulder-to-shoulder with providers as they implemented quality improvements and prepared for their first quality rating. Prior to LAUP, Himmel worked as teacher, assistant director and director at Bright Horizons early learning centers in the greater Boston area.
Himmel studied early childhood education at University of Vermont.
Elsa Jacobsen
Director of Public Policy
Elsa Jacobsen oversees LAUP's public policy efforts; developing and executing strategies to advance policies that support high-quality early learning. Through candidate forums, legislative briefings, public comment, budget advocacy and a host of other measures, she and the Public Affairs team seek to develop new early learning champions and to elevate the ECE field.
Prior to joining LAUP, Elsa served as a law clerk at Young, Minney & Corr, LLP, a leading charter school law firm. She also served fellowships with the California Charter Schools Association (CCSA), the California Department of Education and the office of the late Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA). Elsa has a B.A. in History and an M.A. in Education Policy Analysis and Evaluation from Stanford University, and a J.D. from BYU Law School.
Kim Robinson
Director of Human Resources & Administration
As Director of Human Resources & Administration, Kim Robinson is responsible for the overall strategic direction of Human Resources, including labor policy and recommendation, performance management, compensation and benefits, hiring, training, organizational development, and employee relations.
Robinson joined LAUP in 2011, bringing more than 25 years of relevant human resource experience from the legal industry, where she worked in the capacities of human resources director and administrator. She is a member of the local chapter of Association of Legal Administrators where she sits on the Board of Directors and serves as section-chair for the Human Resources division. Robinson often provides human resources expertise for other human resources professionals, and is often sought out for HR consulting. She has written several articles on various human resources matters. Robinson has a B.A. in Business Management.
Matthew Swearman
Director of Business Development
Matthew Swearman brings over 14 years of public affairs and public relations experience to LAUP. As Director of Business Development, Swearman proactively builds relationships with key stakeholders and initiates contracts for quality assessments, coaching, and business services. Prior to joining LAUP in 2016, Swearman worked as Director of Business Development for SevenTwenty Strategies – a public affairs and PR firm based in Washington, D.C., where he served nonprofits, corporations and national associations support their missions through effective advocacy and public awareness campaigns.
Swearman currently serves on the board of directors for the Valley Industry and Commerce Association (VICA), as well as Chair of the Ambassador Committee. He is also a volunteer on the marketing committee for the Boys and Girls Club of the West Valley.
Swearman has a B.A. in Education from Pennsylvania State University.
Rosa M. Valdés, Ph.D.
Director of Research and Evaluation
As Director of Research and Evaluation, Rosa Valdés oversees a team of researchers who conduct studies and evaluations focused on LAUP's programs, and the overall benefits and outcomes of high quality early learning. These projects have a general focus on child outcomes, early care and education workforce, LAUP's coaching model, family engagement, child development, and curriculum related topics. She and her team also prepare data reports to meet grant requirements and for internal departments' progress monitoring.
Valdés joined LAUP in 2012. She brings more than 25 years of interdisciplinary research experience, having previously worked at LAUSD as a researcher and manager in the Program Evaluation and Research Branch, and at UCLA's National Center for Research, Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing as a researcher.
Valdés earned her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from UCLA's Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.
Angel Walters
Director of Quality Services
As the Director of Quality Services, Angel Walters strategically leads her team in delivering assessments, trainings, and technical assistance to early learning providers in support of QRIS implementation efforts. Walters has more than a decade of experience with LAUP, previously serving as the Director of Compliance and Quality Ratings, and responsible for the development of compliance and quality assessment infrastructures. Prior to this role, she served as a staff certification analyst and helped early childhood professionals navigate the child development matrix process.
With years of nonprofit management and social services experiences, she attributes a previous role of managing a homeless and transitional shelter for women and children as the catalyst and foundation for the work she does now. In addition, her experience working as a specialist in the Early Childhood Unit at Crystal Stairs, Inc. has been instrumental to her commitment to the field.
Walters is an alumnus of the University of California at Los Angeles.
Amy Williams
Director of Community Engagement
As the Director of Community Engagement, Amy Williams is dedicated to building the capacity of parents, stakeholders, and community members,
and mobilizing communities to advocate for quality services in their community. She manages LAUP's Best Start communities as well as LAUP's Parent Ambassador Program.
She has been with LAUP since 2012, previously serving as the Supervisor of Workforce and Professional Development. She also managed an Early Care and Education Consortium that included county entities as well as over 20 colleges and universities countywide.
Williams' career has followed a strategic path of supporting and empowering local families; she has worked as a Health Educator for the School District of Philadelphia, and Los Angeles Unified School District, and worked as a Division Manager for California Family Health Councils, where she managed Family Planning Programs. In 2008, she became a program officer for First 5 LA, and later assisted F5LA in managing a community investment initiative for 14 communities aimed at improving quality of life for children ages 0 to 5.
Williams has a B.S. in Political Science/Public Administration from Cal State LA, and an M.A. in Health Science/Community and Public Health Education.


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