GAY VOTERS AND #BlackLivesMatter TO OBAMA, But Kids With Cancer…Not So MuchThere s no need for Barack Obama and Valerie Jarrett to make a statement about finding a cure for pediatric cancer, which receives 4 percent of The National Cancer Institute s $4.6 billion budget. There s no need because working together to help fund a cure for cancer doesn t divide a nation, and we all know kids can t vote Picture is from Rockstar Ronan, a website dedicated to lighting the White House gold!Quite some time ago, a petition was circulated to  Light the White House Gold.  The ask was simple: Come September 1, or the beginning of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, put some gold lightbulbs in the spotlights out front of the White House and tell the childhood cancer community and all the kids fighting and dying of cancer that they matter.The president, through Paulette Aniskoff, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Public Engagement, dropped the news that there would be no gold lights. There was a recycled proclamation, though, so maybe we should be happy for this small token. Of course, most of you will recall that last year on October 1, a giant pink ribbon and pink lightbulbs were festooned quickly on the White House. Should the White House go  pink  again in a month, it will be a significant slap in the face to the childhood cancer community. Yet another gesture of inequality for our kids.Cancer remains the number one disease killer of children. Cancer kills more kids in this country than AIDS, cystic fibrosis and muscular dystrophy combined. So, when the long awaited response came from the president, you can understand why it was quite disappointing.Cancer kills more than 2,500 children in our country every year. Over 13,500 kids will be diagnosed with cancer in the next 365 days. Though these numbers are significant, the potential market is too small to attract the attention of private industry. This makes the role of the taxpayer-funded National Cancer Institute (NCI) especially critical yet approximately 4% percent of its annual budget is dedicated to childhood cancer. The result is that children are dying every day waiting for promising new treatments that lack funding. This puts an extra burden on families with a child battling cancer.Of course, lighting the White House gold would not cure any children or provide additional research funding. But that is not the point. I would gladly choose additional funding in the federal budget over a handful of gold lightbulbs. Again, that is not the point. Childhood cancer advocates fight so hard for every ounce of awareness in an effort to translate it into additional funding. What better symbol to raise the ultimate amount of awareness than the most powerful residence on the face of the earth? At the present time, a paltry 4 percent of the total National Cancer Institute Budget (NCI) is dedicated to all forms of childhood cancer. Thank you, Harold Varmus, M.D. That brings me back to the small little ask that apparently is only reserved for the ubiquitous pink ribbon.What is the message here to the childhood cancer community? Kids with cancer do not matter as much as breast cancer? If kids with cancer do not merit more than 4 percent of the federal research budget, and childhood cancer is not important enough to garner the simple gesture of a handful of gold lightbulbs, then what is our position? I wish I had the answer to that question. I hope that it does not mean that children with cancer do not merit the same simple gestures and considerations as breast cancer. It certainly appears that way though.According to the news of Take Part, White House led the celebration by lighting up rainbow-colored lights. President Obama cited a statement which was quoted by takepart.com. He said,  When all Americans are treated as equal, we were all more free, this ruling is a victory for America.  President Obama had long been supporting marriage equality since 2012.Niagara Falls was one of the several US landmarks that lip up rainbow-colored lights for supporting same-sex marriage.Cinderella Castle in Disney World also took part of the celebration. According to Take Part, in Florida, same-sex marriage was illegal but on Friday, people and the Disney World partied as they have heard the decision, the Cinderella Castle became more enchanting with its rainbow-colored lights as they celebrated marriage equality.The St. Louis Civil Courts Building also lit up with flying rainbow colors. Alderman Shane Cohn spent $15,000 in capital for the improvement funds of the rainbow lights in the Civil Courts Building in St. Louis. Several downtown buildings as well lit up rainbow-colored lights as a sign of support for the gay rights and St. Louis  PrideFest. accrding to the report of stltoday.com, St. Louis recently was called the  gayest cities in America. Other famous landmarks which supported the same-sex marriage and brighten up with rainbow colors were Terminal Tower in Cleveland, The Empire State Building (In September 2014, the Empire State Building received national backlash for their decision not to go gold for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.)Penn Station in New York City, The Seattle Great Wheel, The Alamo in San Antonio, in San Francisco, three of their monuments have participated, including: San Francisco City Hall, San Francisco International Airport and Grace Cathedral, the Playhouse Square in Cleveland, The Davis Building in Dallas, The U.S. Grant Hotel in San Diego also participated in the celebration.Ultimately, a handful of lightbulbs and a giant gold ribbon will not find better treatments or cures for the difficult cancers that kill so many children. It will not force Harold Varmus, M.D., to change his funding allocations. And, it may not cause more people to donate money toward childhood cancer research. All may be true. What that handful of lightbulbs and fabric may do is provide an additional measure of hope. And never should we forget that hope is a dangerous commodity, especially to a community that sometimes finds itself without any. Thanks for nothing, Mr. President.  Via: Huffington Post A Day Of Yellow And Gold To Fight Childhood Cancer  Facebook page.left-news
gay voters and blacklivesmatter to obama but kids with so muchthere need barack obama galerie barrett make statement finding cure pediatric cancer receives percent the national cancer institute billion budget there need working together help fund cure cancer divide nation know kids vote picture rockstar roman website dedicated lighting white house gold quite time ago petition circulated light white house gold the ask simple come september beginning childhood cancer awareness month put gold lightbulbs spotlights front white house tell childhood cancer community kids fighting dying cancer president palette aniskoff deputy assistant president director office public engagement dropped news would gold lights there recycled proclamation though maybe happy small token of course recall last year october giant pink ribbon pink lightbulbs festooned quickly white house should white house go pink month significant slap face childhood cancer community yet another gesture inequality remains number one disease killer children cancer kills kids country aids cystic fibrosis muscular dystrophy combined so long awaited response came president understand quite kills children country every year over kids diagnosed cancer next days though numbers significant potential market small attract attention private industry this makes role national cancer institute nci especially critical yet approximately percent annual budget dedicated childhood cancer the result children dying every day waiting promising new treatments lack funding this puts extra burden families child battling course lighting white house gold would cure children provide additional research funding but point i would gladly choose additional funding federal budget handful gold lightbulbs again point childhood cancer advocates fight hard every ounce awareness effort translate additional funding what better symbol raise ultimate amount awareness powerful residence face earth at present time pastry percent total national cancer institute budget nci dedicated forms childhood cancer thank harold various that brings back small little ask apparently reserved ubiquitous pink message childhood cancer community kids cancer matter much breast cancer if kids cancer merit percent federal research budget childhood cancer important enough garner simple gesture handful gold lightbulbs position i wish i answer question i hope mean children cancer merit simple gestures considerations breast cancer it certainly appears way news take part white house led celebration lighting lights president obama cited statement quoted he said when americans treated equal free ruling victory america president obama long supporting marriage equality since falls one several us landmarks lip lights supporting castle disney world also took part celebration according take part florida marriage illegal friday people disney world parties heard decision cinderella castle became enhancing lights celebrated marriage louis civil courts building also lit flying rainbow colors alderman shane con spent capital improvement funds rainbow lights civil courts building louis several downtown buildings well lit lights sign support gay rights louis pridefest according report louis recently called games cities america other famous landmarks supported marriage brighter rainbow colors terminal tower cleveland the empire state building in september empire state building received national backlash decision go gold childhood cancer awareness month penn station new york city the seattle great wheel the alam san antonio san francisco three monuments participated including san francisco city hall san francisco international airport grace cathedral playhouse square cleveland the davis building dallas the grant hotel san diego also participated handful lightbulbs giant gold ribbon find better treatments cures difficult cancers kill many children it force harold various change funding allocations and may cause people donate money toward childhood cancer research all may true what handful lightbulbs fabric may provide additional measure hope and never forget hope dangerous commodity especially community sometimes finds without thanks nothing president via huffington post a day of yellow and gold to fight childhood cancer facebook
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: GAY VOTERS AND #BlackLivesMatter TO OBAMA, But Kids With Cancer…Not So MuchThere s no need for Barack Obama and Valerie Jarrett to make a statement about finding a cure for pediatric cancer, which receives 4 percent of The National Cancer Institute s $4.6 billion budget. There s no need because working together to help fund a cure for cancer doesn t divide a nation, and we all know kids can t vote Picture is from Rockstar Ronan, a website dedicated to lighting the White House gold!Quite some time ago, a petition was circulated to  Light the White House Gold.  The ask was simple: Come September 1, or the beginning of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, put some gold lightbulbs in the spotlights out front of the White House and tell the childhood cancer community and all the kids fighting and dying of cancer that they matter.The president, through Paulette Aniskoff, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Public Engagement, dropped the news that there would be no gold lights. There was a recycled proclamation, though, so maybe we should be happy for this small token. Of course, most of you will recall that last year on October 1, a giant pink ribbon and pink lightbulbs were festooned quickly on the White House. Should the White House go  pink  again in a month, it will be a significant slap in the face to the childhood cancer community. Yet another gesture of inequality for our kids.Cancer remains the number one disease killer of children. Cancer kills more kids in this country than AIDS, cystic fibrosis and muscular dystrophy combined. So, when the long awaited response came from the president, you can understand why it was quite disappointing.Cancer kills more than 2,500 children in our country every year. Over 13,500 kids will be diagnosed with cancer in the next 365 days. Though these numbers are significant, the potential market is too small to attract the attention of private industry. This makes the role of the taxpayer-funded National Cancer Institute (NCI) especially critical yet approximately 4% percent of its annual budget is dedicated to childhood cancer. The result is that children are dying every day waiting for promising new treatments that lack funding. This puts an extra burden on families with a child battling cancer.Of course, lighting the White House gold would not cure any children or provide additional research funding. But that is not the point. I would gladly choose additional funding in the federal budget over a handful of gold lightbulbs. Again, that is not the point. Childhood cancer advocates fight so hard for every ounce of awareness in an effort to translate it into additional funding. What better symbol to raise the ultimate amount of awareness than the most powerful residence on the face of the earth? At the present time, a paltry 4 percent of the total National Cancer Institute Budget (NCI) is dedicated to all forms of childhood cancer. Thank you, Harold Varmus, M.D. That brings me back to the small little ask that apparently is only reserved for the ubiquitous pink ribbon.What is the message here to the childhood cancer community? Kids with cancer do not matter as much as breast cancer? If kids with cancer do not merit more than 4 percent of the federal research budget, and childhood cancer is not important enough to garner the simple gesture of a handful of gold lightbulbs, then what is our position? I wish I had the answer to that question. I hope that it does not mean that children with cancer do not merit the same simple gestures and considerations as breast cancer. It certainly appears that way though.According to the news of Take Part, White House led the celebration by lighting up rainbow-colored lights. President Obama cited a statement which was quoted by takepart.com. He said,  When all Americans are treated as equal, we were all more free, this ruling is a victory for America.  President Obama had long been supporting marriage equality since 2012.Niagara Falls was one of the several US landmarks that lip up rainbow-colored lights for supporting same-sex marriage.Cinderella Castle in Disney World also took part of the celebration. According to Take Part, in Florida, same-sex marriage was illegal but on Friday, people and the Disney World partied as they have heard the decision, the Cinderella Castle became more enchanting with its rainbow-colored lights as they celebrated marriage equality.The St. Louis Civil Courts Building also lit up with flying rainbow colors. Alderman Shane Cohn spent $15,000 in capital for the improvement funds of the rainbow lights in the Civil Courts Building in St. Louis. Several downtown buildings as well lit up rainbow-colored lights as a sign of support for the gay rights and St. Louis  PrideFest. accrding to the report of stltoday.com, St. Louis recently was called the  gayest cities in America. Other famous landmarks which supported the same-sex marriage and brighten up with rainbow colors were Terminal Tower in Cleveland, The Empire State Building (In September 2014, the Empire State Building received national backlash for their decision not to go gold for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.)Penn Station in New York City, The Seattle Great Wheel, The Alamo in San Antonio, in San Francisco, three of their monuments have participated, including: San Francisco City Hall, San Francisco International Airport and Grace Cathedral, the Playhouse Square in Cleveland, The Davis Building in Dallas, The U.S. Grant Hotel in San Diego also participated in the celebration.Ultimately, a handful of lightbulbs and a giant gold ribbon will not find better treatments or cures for the difficult cancers that kill so many children. It will not force Harold Varmus, M.D., to change his funding allocations. And, it may not cause more people to donate money toward childhood cancer research. All may be true. What that handful of lightbulbs and fabric may do is provide an additional measure of hope. And never should we forget that hope is a dangerous commodity, especially to a community that sometimes finds itself without any. Thanks for nothing, Mr. President.  Via: Huffington Post A Day Of Yellow And Gold To Fight Childhood Cancer  Facebook page.left-news
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: gay voters and blacklivesmatter to obama but kids with so muchthere need barack obama galerie barrett make statement finding cure pediatric cancer receives percent the national cancer institute billion budget there need working together help fund cure cancer divide nation know kids vote picture rockstar roman website dedicated lighting white house gold quite time ago petition circulated light white house gold the ask simple come september beginning childhood cancer awareness month put gold lightbulbs spotlights front white house tell childhood cancer community kids fighting dying cancer president palette aniskoff deputy assistant president director office public engagement dropped news would gold lights there recycled proclamation though maybe happy small token of course recall last year october giant pink ribbon pink lightbulbs festooned quickly white house should white house go pink month significant slap face childhood cancer community yet another gesture inequality remains number one disease killer children cancer kills kids country aids cystic fibrosis muscular dystrophy combined so long awaited response came president understand quite kills children country every year over kids diagnosed cancer next days though numbers significant potential market small attract attention private industry this makes role national cancer institute nci especially critical yet approximately percent annual budget dedicated childhood cancer the result children dying every day waiting promising new treatments lack funding this puts extra burden families child battling course lighting white house gold would cure children provide additional research funding but point i would gladly choose additional funding federal budget handful gold lightbulbs again point childhood cancer advocates fight hard every ounce awareness effort translate additional funding what better symbol raise ultimate amount awareness powerful residence face earth at present time pastry percent total national cancer institute budget nci dedicated forms childhood cancer thank harold various that brings back small little ask apparently reserved ubiquitous pink message childhood cancer community kids cancer matter much breast cancer if kids cancer merit percent federal research budget childhood cancer important enough garner simple gesture handful gold lightbulbs position i wish i answer question i hope mean children cancer merit simple gestures considerations breast cancer it certainly appears way news take part white house led celebration lighting lights president obama cited statement quoted he said when americans treated equal free ruling victory america president obama long supporting marriage equality since falls one several us landmarks lip lights supporting castle disney world also took part celebration according take part florida marriage illegal friday people disney world parties heard decision cinderella castle became enhancing lights celebrated marriage louis civil courts building also lit flying rainbow colors alderman shane con spent capital improvement funds rainbow lights civil courts building louis several downtown buildings well lit lights sign support gay rights louis pridefest according report louis recently called games cities america other famous landmarks supported marriage brighter rainbow colors terminal tower cleveland the empire state building in september empire state building received national backlash decision go gold childhood cancer awareness month penn station new york city the seattle great wheel the alam san antonio san francisco three monuments participated including san francisco city hall san francisco international airport grace cathedral playhouse square cleveland the davis building dallas the grant hotel san diego also participated handful lightbulbs giant gold ribbon find better treatments cures difficult cancers kill many children it force harold various change funding allocations and may cause people donate money toward childhood cancer research all may true what handful lightbulbs fabric may provide additional measure hope and never forget hope dangerous commodity especially community sometimes finds without thanks nothing president via huffington post a day of yellow and gold to fight childhood cancer facebook