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Most of our readers are aware that the object of the Conference was the formation of a society for the purpose of promulgating advanced knowledge on the subject of diet , and particularly the reasons for , and the advantages and duty of , abstinence from the flesh of animals as food . In August 2003 , the Service reported that proposed cutbacks in its training funds would require it to extend the date for all air marshals hired from October 2001 through July 2002 to complete the 4-week advanced course from January 2004 to mid-2004 . Bailey has inspired hundreds of students over the years , through her advance placement and honors courses at Poolesville . You should be especially proud that even in the seventies , when the demands of special interest politicians were in full cry , you always advanced your own cause within the framework of advancing your country 's interest first . To provide all the newly hired air marshals with needed skills , beyond the basic abilities the Service determined were critical for immediate deployment , the Service instituted a new 4-week advanced training course in October 2002 . In selecting Gates Cambridge Scholars , the Trust looks for students of exceptional academic achievement and scholarly promise for whom advanced study at Cambridge would be particularly appropriate . Societies that borrow and absorb into their own cultural system useful elements from foreign cultures have a better chance of advancing to a higher stage . The more we trust our political leadership , the more willing we may be to accept less public debate for the sake of advancing a human rights agenda . That is the threat that scientists , under the guise of advancing medicine , will create human embryos by cloning , or undertake research that requires the destruction of human embryos - - both in pursuit of " stem cells .