The culture of a regulated monopoly must change to a culture of an efficient business. Everyone involved must contribute to the success of this business. A water utility must commit to a systematic approach and a sustained, continuous improvement effort. Failure to do this makes the public utility less competitive and opens the door to private alternatives. Improved Human Resources business services generate two kinds of returns. The first is higher quality and/or lower cost service delivery to internal customers. Second, because the utility workforce supports or enables core services to be delivered efficiently, as utility personnel improve their skills, so does delivery of core services to external customers, i.e., utility ratepayers. Based on our research, 11 categories of best practices for successful organization change were identified and each one is described in detail: Establish and Maintain a Sense of Urgency Provide and Build Leadership Create and Maintain Organization Alignment Create Commitment by Continuous Participation Delegate Decision-Making and Create Accountability Effectively Communicate Continuously (Internal and External) Establish and Track Meaningful Measures Develop Workforce Flexibility Provide Appropriate Compensation and Rewards Use Supporting Tools and Techniques Build and Maintain Effective Relations (with governance, labor, regulators)
I like you, Sakurada," Aoba-kun finally opens up about his feelings to Mayo. As they enter a new stage in their relationship, Mayo’s heart hasn’t stopped pounding…!! She inadvertently ends up avoiding him, which causes Aoba-kun to worry that his condition is making her anxious. Meanwhile, Nao overhears a conversation that Aoba’s feelings will fade away someday. It looks like Aoba and Mayo’s love is still fraught with troubles. This refreshing, pure love story continues in Volume 6!
I'll do it! I'll become your thrall!" A crossdressing girl and an obsessive vampire find themselves entangled in a dangerous relationship inside the boys' dorm. This is a heart-pounding boys' love-esque romance drama from award-winning author Ema Toyama!Mito, pretending to be a boy, lives in the boys' dorm as the vampire Ruka's thrall. Every day, Ruka showers Mito with love to sweeten her blood. But the legends speak of a "fated partner" for each vampire, so Mito's heart wavers… will Ruka abandon her?! Meanwhile, one thing after another happens and Mito ends up in very close quarters with the mysterious Ren! Could he be falling for her, too?! The dangerous romance between a crossdressing girl and an obsessive vampire continues!
Akari was a typical game-loving 16-year-old girl who lived with her mother, until a fateful accident left her an orphan. A year later, she makes a fateful wish on a game cartredge to be a great mother for a family of her own—only to be swept through a portal into another world! She finds she's been summoned as the "priestess from another world"...whose role is to become mother to the children of the demon king himself?!
Ruzé, the long-lost twin brother of Ruka, has fallen hard for Mito, and attacks Ruka to steal her for himself! But Komori, the Progenitor of the Vampires, blocks his attack…and the only way to heal his wounds is with the magic of the Vampire Lord's crown. To unlock the crown, Mito must marry Ruka—and if she does, she'll become a vampire herself, forever banished from the human world! But when Juri asks her to abandon the Land of Vampires and help him rescue Takara instead, will she be able to choose love over friendship?!
Akari was a typical game-loving 16-year-old girl who lived with her mother, until a fateful accident left her an orphan. A year later, she makes a fateful wish on a game disc to be a great mother for a family of her own—only to be swept through a portal into another world! She finds she's been summoned as the "priestess from another world"...whose role is to become mother to the children of the demon king himself?! After she quaffs a stork tincture, a cheat potion that causes anyone who drinks it to become pregnant in an instant, she gives birth to An, King Gran's firstborn daughter. Before long An's old enough to leave the house, so King Gran and Akari take her to see the outside world...where they encounter the Hero Albert, the sworn enemy of demonkind! Before Akari knows it, he's whisked her and her daughter to a nearby human town...where he hopes to win them over to his side!
I'll do it! I'll become your thrall!" A crossdressing girl and an obsessive vampire find themselves entangled in a dangerous relationship inside the boys' dorm. This is a heart-pounding boys' love-esque romance drama from award-winning author Ema Toyama! Ren discovers Mito's secret—and asks her out! Meanwhile, Ruka returns to the Land of the Vampires only to be accosted for pursuing Mito rather than searching out his destined partner, which would allow him to claim the title of Lord of the Vampires. However, he is informed of a premonition: he will encounter his destined partner upon his return to the human realm! But can Mito compete for his attentions… against herself?!
I'm a 16-year-old virgin who's never had a boyfriend…Yet I'm going to be the mother of a Demon King's children…?! I guess I became the Mother of the Great Demon King's 10 Children in Another World is a romantic comedy about raising a child in another world by Ema Toyama, the author of Missions of Love! Akari, a high school girl, lost her mother, who was the only family she had, in a freak accident. Wishing for a family, she is summoned to the Zodia Empire, a foreign world that is home to demons. There, she is told that she will bear the children of the Archfiend, King Gran, so they can fight in their war against Soleil, the land of humans! She is a virgin, but thanks to cheat items, she gives birth to six children! Akari goes looking for Shinichiro, the human husband of her mother-in-law Dernière, and Gran is captured by Ciel and mortally wounded. But thanks to the skill of Six, the sixth child, and the entire demon clan taking care of Gran's wounds, the surgery is a success and Gran is saved. For the first time in a long time, peaceful days have returned. Gran confesses his love to Akari, and the two spend the night together for the first time. Akari finally gets pregnant naturally and she's expecting triplets! With the arrival of Sept, Huit and Neuf, Akari is now the mother of nine children, and her days are very busy!
I guess I became the Mother of the Great Demon King's 10 Children in Another World is a romantic comedy about raising a child in another world by Ema Toyama, the author of Missions of Love! Akari, a high school girl, lost her mother, who was the only family she had, in a freak accident. Wishing for a family, she is summoned to the Zodia Empire, a foreign world that is home to demons. There, she is told that she will bear the children of the Archfiend, King Gran, so they can fight in their war against Soleil, the land of humans! She is a virgin, but thanks to cheat items, she gives birth to six children! Gran is mortally wounded by Ciel, the Queen of the Celestials, who is trying to start a war between demons and humans. However, he recovers and confesses his love to Akari, and the two spend the night together for the first time. Akari then gives birth to triplets! Unfortunately, Akari and her children are caught by Ciel. In order to save them, Akari asks Ciel to execute her alone. Akari is saved by Gran, who catches her at the last minute as she's falling to her death, but the whole thing was actually a trap set up by Ciel! The children, believing that their mother had been executed, are so filled with hatred that their “demon blood” is out of control and they destroy everything on their path. According to an old legend, the tenth child will be the child of hope, the one who can make the situation right again. Akari and Gran manage to give birth to their tenth child on a sacred island, but Ciel has caught up with them…!
I'm a 16-year-old virgin who's never had a boyfriend...Yet I'm going to be the mother of a Demon King's children...?! I guess I became the Mother of the Great Demon King’s 10 Children in Another World is a romantic comedy about raising a child in another world by Ema Toyama, the author of Missions of Love! Akari, a high school girl, lost her mother, who was the only family she had, in a freak accident. She is summoned to the Zodia Empire, a foreign world that is home to demons, where she is told that she will bear the children of the Archfiend, King Gran! She is a virgin, but thanks to cheat items, she gives birth to five children! She also succeeds in rescuing the Demon King's mother, Dernière, who was being held captive in Soleil, the Land of Humans, who are at war with the demons. Dernière's missing husband, Shinichiro, is also a human. Together with Dernière, Akari, Gran and their children climb the World Tree in search of him and at the top find El Dorado, the Land of Celestials. However, their Queen, Ciel, is actually bored of peace and enjoys the all-out war between demons and humans! As Gran tries to save Akari from Ciel, a World Tree flower starts glowing and their sixth child is born. But then Akari gets sent back to her world with the baby...!
Mito has finally married her love, Ruka, and become a vampire herself. But she causes chaos when she can't control her blood thirst, so Komori tells her that she must leave the Land of Vampires and undertake “bride training.” Once again donning a male disguise, Mito enrolls in a peculiar all-boys academy filled with enigmatic and charming young men…who all turn out to be nightmares, zombies, and even werewolves! Will Mito be able to keep her true identity hidden and succeed in becoming Ruka's bride?
Not wanting to give Mito up to Ruka, Ren uses his dhampir magic to turn her into a him! Mito's days pass one by one as the chance for Ruka to recognize her as his destined partner grows slimmer and slimmer… But then, Ren's father creates a female doppelganger of Mito to steal Ruka away! Will he be able to tell the difference in time?! It's one turn after another as the heart-pounding boys' love-esque romance drama continues!
Ruzé has kidnapped Mito and locked her away to become his bride! But before the ceremony can be completed, Ren infiltrates the castle to bust Mito out! Ren, wanting to repay his debt of gratitude to Mito, helps her escape and prepare for her wedding with Ruka. Ruzé makes one last stand, challenging Ruka to a final confrontation over Mito's hand in marriage! Will Ruka and Mito be able to defeat him and say their vows before the eclipse ends?!
Now that Mito and Ruka each know how the other feels, their romance goes into overdrive as Ruka pops the question! However, Major Ruzé of the Patriots, a militia attempting to seize control of the Land of the Vampires, seeks to steal Mito away and separate Ruka from his destined partner! What's more, it seems Ruka and Ruzé have some kind of connection… With explosive new twists, the dangerous romance between a crossdressing girl and an obsessive vampire rises to a new climax!
I'm a 16-year-old virgin who's never had a boyfriend...Yet I'm going to be the mother of a Demon King's children...?! I guess I became the Mother of the Great Demon King's 10 Children in Another World is a romantic comedy about raising a child in another world by Ema Toyama, the author of Missions of Love! Akari, a high school girl, lost her mother, who was the only family she had, in a freak accident. Wishing for a family, she is summoned to the Zodia Empire, a foreign world that is home to demons. There, she is told that she will bear the children of the Archfiend, King Gran, so they can fight in their war against Soleil, the land of humans! She is a virgin, but thanks to cheat items, she gives birth to six children! Gran is captured by Ciel, the Queen of the Celestials, while Akari, who returned to her own world, goes looking for Shinichiro, the human husband of her mother-in-law Dernière, with her children. They find Shinichiro, but he has lost his memories of the other world. However, he is determined to go back to Zodia with Akari and her children. Gran is mortally wounded by Ciel, but thanks to the skill of Six, the sixth child, and the entire demon clan taking care of Gran's wounds, the surgery is a success and Gran is saved. For the first time in a long time, peaceful days have returned. But not for long....
“Thank you for protecting me… and for loving me.” Ruka has finally awakened to his true feelings towards Mito. Without regard for gender or destiny, he is in love. But, not wanting to give her up, Ren has erased Mito’s memories of Ruka, transformed her into a boy, and is about to marry her! Ruka, madly in love, crashes the ceremony, and…! Then, mysterious new characters are introduced as a new chapter in the heart-pounding boys’ love-esque romance drama begins!
I'm a 16-year-old virgin who's never had a boyfriend...Yet I'm going to be the mother of a Demon King's children...?! I guess I became the Mother of the Great Demon King's 10 Children in Another World is a romantic comedy about raising a child in another world by Ema Toyama, the author of Missions of Love! Akari, a high school girl, lost her mother, who was the only family she had, in a freak accident. Wishing for a family, she is summoned to the Zodia Empire, a foreign world that is home to demons. There, she is told that she will bear the children of the Archfiend, King Gran, so they can fight in their war against Soleil, the land of humans! She is a virgin, but thanks to cheat items, she gives birth to six children! Gran is mortally wounded by Ciel, the Queen of the Celestials, who is trying to start a war between demons and humans. However, he recovers and confesses his love to Akari, and the two spend the night together for the first time. Akari then gives birth to triplets! In order to cheer up the inhabitants of a human country ruled by Ciel, Akari and the others hide their true identities and visit a town in Soleil as a circus troupe. However, they are caught by Ciel and she orders all of them to be executed. In order to save her children, Akari asks Ciel to execute her alone. Akari is saved by Gran, who catches her last minute while she's falling to her death, but the whole thing was actually a trap set up by Ciel. The children, believing that their mother had been executed, are so filled with hatred that their “demon blood” is out of control…!
As part of her training to become a proper bride and a full-fledged vampire, Mito is crossdressing once more to attend a school for demi-humans like werewolves, zombies, and demons. She faces a daily battle with her overwhelming desire to drink blood, but it turns out that her classmates might be more dangerous to her than she is to them! During a class in the enchanted forest, she gets ensnared in a massive spider web crafted by Noah the incubus, who demands that she show him what true love is. How will Mito get out of this one?!
Mito and Ruka have weathered many challenges together… and no sooner are they engaged than the Patriot militia makes its move, led by none other than Ruka's long-lost brother, Ruzé! Ruzé's sights are set on none other than Mito herself, and he won't rest until his childhood love returns his affections! Can Mito end the brothers' feud and bring peace to the Land of the Vampires?! The dangerous romance between a crossdressing girl and an obsessive vampire speeds towards the ultimate conflict!
Akari was a typical game-loving 16-year-old girl who lived with her mother, until a fateful accident left her an orphan. A year later, she makes a fateful wish on a game disc to be a great mother for a family of her own—only to be swept through a portal into another world! She finds she's been summoned as the "priestess from another world"...whose role is to become mother to the children of the demon king himself?! After she quaffs a stork tincture, a cheat potion that causes anyone who drinks it to become pregnant in an instant, she gives birth to An, King Gran's firstborn daughter. Just as An, King Gran and Akari are beginning to feel like a family, Akari and her daughter are whisked away by the Hero Albert, the airheaded, gallant sworn enemy of demonkind. He means to win them over to his side, but Akari chooses to return to King Gran...and gives birth to Deux, An's baby brother! It doesn't take long for Deux's gifts to manifest. He teams up with his sister to solve food shortages at the Zodia Empire...just as they take Albert prisoner! Things are livelier than ever around King Gran's castle, but on the other end of the world, the captive Queen Dernière burns with rage in the clutches of the humans...
Akari is only sixteen, and she’s never even had a boyfriend, so the last thing she expected was to be a mother…much less to demon children! But that’s exactly what happens when she’s summoned to another world in Ema Toyama’s romantic comedy! With the help of a few rare items, she gives birth to the first five out of ten children the Demon King demanded of her! And with the help of some new allies, she and the demons save Gran’s mother, Dernière, from the humans! With her newfound freedom, Dernière torments her young daughter-in-law and demands her grandchildren join the battle against the humans! But when Akari stands up to her, she tells the girl to find her traitorous husband!
Production-targeted Spark guidance with real-world use cases Spark: Big Data Cluster Computing in Production goes beyond general Spark overviews to provide targeted guidance toward using lightning-fast big-data clustering in production. Written by an expert team well-known in the big data community, this book walks you through the challenges in moving from proof-of-concept or demo Spark applications to live Spark in production. Real use cases provide deep insight into common problems, limitations, challenges, and opportunities, while expert tips and tricks help you get the most out of Spark performance. Coverage includes Spark SQL, Tachyon, Kerberos, ML Lib, YARN, and Mesos, with clear, actionable guidance on resource scheduling, db connectors, streaming, security, and much more. Spark has become the tool of choice for many Big Data problems, with more active contributors than any other Apache Software project. General introductory books abound, but this book is the first to provide deep insight and real-world advice on using Spark in production. Specific guidance, expert tips, and invaluable foresight make this guide an incredibly useful resource for real production settings. Review Spark hardware requirements and estimate cluster size Gain insight from real-world production use cases Tighten security, schedule resources, and fine-tune performance Overcome common problems encountered using Spark in production Spark works with other big data tools including MapReduce and Hadoop, and uses languages you already know like Java, Scala, Python, and R. Lightning speed makes Spark too good to pass up, but understanding limitations and challenges in advance goes a long way toward easing actual production implementation. Spark: Big Data Cluster Computing in Production tells you everything you need to know, with real-world production insight and expert guidance, tips, and tricks.
Faa‘imata represents the traditional home of Kava, a significant figure and source of Tongan culture. Thus, as in the legend of the origin of Kava, Faa‘imata connotes a place where great sacrifices have been laid to honour authority and yet also where kingly favours have been granted that covered shortcomings and inadequacies. More significantly, it marks a place where new beginnings and new legacies can sprout. Therefore the Road to Faa‘imata represents the many facets and multiple interpretations of the pathways and passages traversed by each of the Tonga High School ex-student featured. It represents an equalizer of sorts where students coming from diverse backgrounds and stations in society are provided with empowering opportunities to achieve outcomes that benefit Tonga, reflecting their capacity to absorb, critique and reapply what they have learnt.
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