Offering something as a way of thanking your hosts in advance is a thoughtful and caring gesture. It demonstrates your appreciation of their important efforts to make your stay a good one. Considerate, inexpensive gifts include a bottle of wine, a box of chocolates, a basket of fruit, or a bouquet of flowers. Express that you are pleased with the local food, sightseeing, and other attractions. If your hosts have provided you with a home-cooked meal, show your appreciation through compliments and by offering to take care of the next meal. Help them clean up anything that you may have moved during your visit. Also don't rush out of the house when you are leaving, since the hosts might assume that you did not appreciate your stay. Leave a thank-you note on your departure. It is polite to leave a small token to show that you are grateful for their hospitality. A handwritten card makes a thoughtful token of appreciation.
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One-sentence summary -- Bring a gift to show gratitude. Be appreciative. Thank your hosts for the stay.

Q: About 47% of epileptics will eliminate seizures after being prescribed an anti-epileptic drug. After some experimentation to determine which drug works best for the person, that number rises to 70%. In short, medical intervention is generally effective, over time, at  stopping seizures. Antiepileptic drug (AED) is usually prescribed once the type of seizure disorder has been established.  Patients who have had just a single seizure are usually monitored but are not treated with AEDs.  In children, use of AED is not always automatic either.  The decision to start AED drug is complex and is influenced by the frequency and type of seizures.  Treatment decision should always be make by a pediatric neurologist.  Children are rarely treated for a first-time seizure. Substance abuse, particularly alcoholism, is a major cause of epilepsy. More than 5,000 people per year suffer from alcohol induced seizures. These incidents are associated with severe abuse and addiction. If medicine does not work, vagus nerve stimulation can reduce the frequency of seizures by as much as 50% after two years of treatment. In this procedure a pulse generator is surgically implanted in the chest so as to send signals to the brain. You will be given a device to temporarily turn off signals when exercising or doing a public performance. Doctors may prescribe the ketogenic diet to children who are not responding to medication. In this diet, you will severely limit the number of carbohydrates you consume. Instead you will derive your energy from consuming large amounts of fat. While the procedure has been shown to be effective, the diet would be hard for an adult to maintain. It is common to feel annoyed or elated for hours prior to a major seizure. With experience you might be able to recognize an “aura” before the onset of a seizure. When you feel the symptoms, sit down so that you do not hurt yourself by falling. In some cases, you can stop the seizure by responding to your symptoms.  If you inexplicably detect a strong odor or taste, this may be a sign of an oncoming seizure. These seizures can sometimes be fought off by sniffing a strong odor, like garlic. The sudden onset of depression, irritability, or headache can also be the sign of an impending seizure.  In this case, contact your doctor immediately and ask if you can take an extra dose of medication to stave off the seizure. Uncontrollable twitching is a strong indication of an impending seizure. When this happens, squeeze the muscles around the twitching to try to contain it. This will sometimes prevent the seizure. Certain lifestyle changes are important to either eliminating seizures or minimizing their effects. You should refrain from alcohol and other recreational substances. Maintain a regular sleep schedule. Consume Vitamin D and exercise to minimize the risk of bone fracture during seizures. Decrease and manage stress.  In some cases you might also want to wear a protective helmet to prevent head injuries.  You can try to limit stress, often a precipitating factor for seizures, by employing yoga or meditation. Minimize factors in your life that cause stress. Flashing lights can cause seizures. Limit exposure to video games, big screen action flicks, and holiday lights.
A: Visit a doctor for medication. Take your medications as directed. Refrain from substance abuse. Visit a doctor for vagus nerve stimulation. Begin the ketogenic diet. Brace yourself for oncoming seizures. Maintain a healthy lifestyle.

Article: The natural instinct of your horse should be to move away from where pressure is applied - the same instinct humans have. Test this reaction in your horse by bumping them with an open palm near the girth where you would bump them with your calf. They should move away from your hand, possibly already in a side pass.  Continue bumping your horse near the girth with added pressure if they do not respond to you. As soon as they take a step away, release pressure and reward them. Practice this until your horse needs only a single bump, or no bump at all (just pushing energy with your hand towards their girth), in order to move away from you. Put your horse on a lead rope, and if necessary grab a crop. Stand so that your body is positioned slightly behind the barrel of your horse’s body, and gesture with your arm or crop towards their shoulder. If they do not respond to this, then apply pressure on their shoulder. The goal is to get them to move away from your pressure by rotating their body around their back legs.  If your horse turns away or simply walks in the opposite direction rather than crossing their front legs in a turn, grab the lead rope and hold them straight ahead. As soon as your horse crosses their front legs in a turn on the haunch, release pressure, drop your eyes, and reward them for doing what you asked. Continue practicing a turn on the haunch on the ground, so that your horse will respond to the same cues when riding. Similar to a turn on the haunch, a turn on the forehand is done when your horse rotates their entire body around their front legs by crossing their back legs. Accomplish this by standing near the shoulder (to block shoulder/forward movement) and gesturing towards the haunch with your crop or open hands. If they don’t respond without pressure, add a bit by pushing against the haunch with your open hands, or tapping them with the crop.  Don’t remove pressure if your horse simply backs away or turns to the side. Straighten them out if necessary, but continue bumping with pressure until they take at least one step by crossing their legs. As soon as your horse achieves a single step in a turn on the forehand, release pressure and reward them for following your cues. Practice this over and over until your horse requires a  minimal amount of pressure to accomplish a turn on the forehand. Stand next to your horse near the barrel of their body, using a crop if necessary. Bump the girth of the horse to tell them to move away; if they don’t move how you want, give them the cues for a turn on the haunch and a turn on the forehand. Continue working back and forth between your cues until your horse clues in and does at least a single successful step in a side pass.  Reward your horse and release pressure as soon as they take even a single step in the form of a side pass. Continue doing this until they don’t need to be cued for a turn on the forehand and a turn on the haunch in order to recreate a side pass. Eventually they should only need to be bumped on their side near the girth.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Test your horse’s ability to move away from pressure. Train a turn on the haunch. Train a turn on the forehand. Combine your groundwork to accomplish a grounded side pass.