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The frog jumped into the pond drinking game is a word game that involves a lot of repetition. It does not require any planning or any additional equipments and can be played in the bar, in the rooms, at a party or just about anywhere. As long as there are alcoholic beverages of their choice, the players are good to go. This game needs two players or more and depends heavily on the player’s ability to be alert enough to know when they turn to speak and what they are supposed to say.

The frog jumped into the pond drinking game is a quick fire drinking game that involves the players spelling out the words in the title. The players in a circle go around repeating the statement “one frog jumped into the pond, plop” in turns in a clockwise manner.

All the participants sit around in a circle facing each other and the first player starts by saying “one frog”, to which the next player has to say “jumped over”, the third person says “the pond” and the last person says “plop”. The number of words said in any one game round depends on the number of players. If there are more than four players then each player can say one word from the statement instead of two. For example instead of a player saying “jump over”, one player can say “jump” and the other say “over”.

The “drinking game” then starts again but in this round the first player says “two frogs” once and not “one frog” as were said initially. The next person says “jumped over” twice now. The third one also says the words “the pond” twice and the last person says “plop, plop”. After the last two “Plops” have been said the game begins with the first player saying “three frogs” and the rest saying their words three times.

In the frog jumped into the pond drinking game the other players repeat their words according to the number of frogs mentioned by the first player. So the key is to always listen to the number of frogs being said by the player who starts every round of the game. The first player will only say the number of frogs once so it is up to the other players to keep up and know where the game is at.

The players are required to say their words immediately without hesitation, pausing for too long, mixing up their words or saying the wrong words that are not even in the given phrase or messing up in any way. Every time a player breaks any of these rules they are required to take drinks according to the number of frogs mentioned. For example if one player says their words eight times and there are nine frogs, they have to drink all nine drinks. After they have taken their drinks the game starts all over again with the first player starting with the words “one frog”.

Halloween has a fond memory in the hearts of minds of many of us that remembers all the fun we had as children dressing up and going to parties and of course “trick or treating”. What is so wonderful about this night is that the fun does not have to end just because you are grown up. Everyone loves to dress up and enjoy a fun party. The hardest thing about Halloween is creating a party that will be remembered by all guests young and old alike. Of course, you want to have the spookiest party of the year!

You must start with as many scary decorations as possible and yummy appropriate treats such as caramel apples. The entire idea is to create a unique theme for your Halloween party such as transforming your party room into a crypt, a cemetery, or even a scene out of scary movie. You can even have an outdoor party with a theme such as a scene out of Freddy, Jason, or even coffins with vampires. There is no end to the type of scenario you can design. The fun will begin when everyone gathers in his or her own costumes.

If you desire a themed Halloween party, you must ensure that all guests dress for the theme. If your theme is centered on zombies, vampires, or even the underworld you must let your guests know so they can find the best costumes to wear to enjoy your evening of scary fun.

Do not forget to include games. You can have games for both children and adults such as bobbing for apples. You can include spider webs all over the place, spooky sounds, and other great decorations.

What about costumes? If you plan a themed Halloween party, then you will have to find the perfect costume for that specific theme. On the other hand, if you just want a Halloween party without any specific theme, you can choose from a large array of Halloween costumes from fun and sexy to scary and spooky. If you will have children at your party, then you may wish to forget the scariest costumes available or you may have kids screaming instead of having fun.

This year for Halloween, start making your plans now. Look for Halloween recipes, decorations, and other ways to create an unforgettable spooky night. Once you have all of this in place, I hope you remembered to find your Halloween costume. If you plan to wear a popular one, you may soon learn they are all gone and you will be out of luck. Some of the most popular for children include black cats, pumpkins, super heroes, witches, ghosts, and of course various monsters. This will change according to their age. As they become older, they will want to look as gruesome as possible. For adults, the most popular are Dracula, vampires, witches, and of course characters out of scary movies.

In the world of gaming, there always seems to be this difficult relationship with the casino and its regulator. This is true for both private casinos and those that are Native American owned. Casinos need to hire reliable individuals (ideally those who have passed employee background checks) to keep their business generating revenue, and the gaming commission’s job is to make sure those people are legally licensed to work in their respective facilities. Sometimes, the casinos refer in jest to the gaming commission as “cops,” and the gaming commission can refer to the casino as “cowboys.” Aside from that friendly banter though, this is truly a symbiotic relationship. Both parties need each other, and the fact remains that if the gaming commissions overregulated the casinos, the gaming commissions wouldn’t be around themselves.

The Importance of Employee Background Checks & Monitoring

I had a chance to talk with casino employees and casino managers about how the gaming licensing process affects their lives. I also spoke with gaming commissions on how they view their role with respect to regulating. My firm works with a great deal of casino clients that span private industry operators to Native American owned enterprises. One of the major issues that kept coming up was the problem of casino employees not reporting to the gaming commission when they get arrested. This seems to be a recurring problem, but there are many different angles to the issue.

The first perspective that I encountered was from the applicant. Those that I talked to mentioned they knew they should report an arrest but it wasn’t very clear to them what a disqualifying offense was or not. The reality of the situation is that most of these offenses are not ones that would have their gaming license taken away, but the applicant doesn’t know that so they simply don’t report it, and then run the risk of having it exposed by the gaming commission. And if the gaming commission does an audit and finds an arrest record, that licensee can be terminated. If the applicant came clean and explained the circumstances and situation surrounding the event, he or she could have remained employed.

Another perspective is from the casino. Most casinos run employee background checks on any applicant that they hire, and then, in turn, the gaming commissions will typically also do a thorough investigation that involves an FBI database search. Then, a license is issued if the applicant passes all of the employee background checks. After this is done, casinos will employ the individual and put him or her through extensive training and on-boarding. According to an article published by Robinson and Associates, casino employees are considered to be very valuable asset because they fall under what is called a complex position. A great deal of time, effort, and resources goes into training and nurturing them. When a casino has to replace an employee, this could cost them over $10,000 (or over $12,000 if they work in an upscale property). What if the gaming commission runs an audit by performing its own employee background checks, finds an employee that recently got arrested (which went unreported), and terminates that employee?

In a time when gambling revenue is down, casinos are watching their bottom line very closely. In many of my discussions, executives have mentioned that if there was some way to have their employees electronically monitored and have the right process to provide the documentation of the arrest occurrence delivered to the gaming commission, it would be a huge help. Casino turnover is already high enough, and if the gaming commission came in and terminated a licensee, that would cost the casino even more money than normal turnover because that employee would have to be removed from the property immediately.

Instituting a System that Monitors Employee Background Checks

The last perspective on performing routine employee background checks is from the gaming commission side, whose responsibility is to keep those casinos in compliance with laws and policies from their respective governments. They are held to those standards and are expected to enforce them. However, every gaming commissioner that I talked to reiterated that the job is not to try and harm the casino’s profitability, but to make sure they are kept in compliance and assist them with remaining in compliance. I mentioned the idea of having a system that would instantly alert the employer and then provide a system for the applicant to report his or her arrest to the gaming commission. Although they cannot “officially” comment on any particular service, they did mention that it sounded like an excellent idea. Most commissioners say they consider themselves partners for the casinos and operate as such.

In closing, managing the dynamics of the casino, the gaming commission, and the employee can be challenging, but all parties working together can bring about a consistent solution. I have had the good fortune of being able to work with all parties on solutions for their relationship and get to hear about great ideas all the time. A system for instantly delivering arrest results and setting up a process for self-reporting sounds like a win-win-win. But this is just one of many different ways to approach managing all those involved on the different issues that they intersect on, including employee background checks. Great things come about by working together…and not in conflict.

About the Author

Devon Wijesinghe, Chief Strategy Officer of workforce solutions and risk assessment process provider e-VERIFILE.COM, is responsible for formulating and facilitating execution of long-term strategies that position the company as a leader in its field. Devon is also the youngest member ever inducted into the Atlanta CEO Council and the Atlanta Technology Angels. He sits on the Security Risk Management committee for the American Public Transportation Association and is also an active real estate developer in Hilton Head, South Carolina. To learn more about e-VERIFILE.COM, please visit www.everifile.com.