Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.

In Vietnam, bitter melon halves are stuffed with meat mixtures, such as ground pork with black mushrooms and cellophane noodles, then braised.
In Vietnam, bitter melon halves are stuffed with meat, mushrooms, noodles, abs then braised.

As a member of the Citywide Friends of the Free Library you will receive a quarterly newsletter informing you of library events and legislative issues. You will also receive a discount at the bookstore.
As a member you will receive a quarterly newsletter informing you of library events and legislative issues as well as a discount at the bookstore.

We might refer to this layered set of possibilities as the spectrum of equality. As in abstaining from killing, one can cross the initial stage of this spectrum and remain unsure about how far to ascend on the scale.
Abstaining from killing, once can cross the stage of this spectrum and remain unsure about how far to ascend on the scale.