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Man recognizes that drastic and innovative measures need to be taken in order to protect the environment and create a better future for all. Such measures include creating digital currency. There's hope when man creates innovative and helpful new tools.

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Gina Rodriguez is using her platform to bring attention to national issues. By doing this, she is attempting to bring economical equality to all. When praised for her efforts, she said  "I'm just another person trying. That is literally all we can do." This is all we can do. When people stand together for good, those who are bad will fall. Her hope to even out the wage gap drives her motivation to do so.

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Between her heartfelt acceptance speeches about her humble upbringing, her messages about equality and body positivity, and the anecdotes about her giving nature, she's one of the industry's brightest young stars.

But this Hollywood's good girl is also not one to shy away from a fight -- especially if its for equal pay.

She admits it took some time for her to get to this point.

"I was just so grateful when I had the opportunity to do what I loved that I never once stopped to complain that I wasn't getting paid as much as my fellow co-stars or male counterparts," Rodriguez told CNN in a recent interview. "I realized that I was afraid to make problems for anyone... I didn't want to get on anyone's bad side and I wanted to be the actress who was easy to work with and didn't complain."

As much as she aims to be a good person in life, Rodriguez said she realized that gratefulness and asking for what you deserve aren't mutually exclusive.

"I don't think standing up for myself for equal pay is complaining or something I should be afraid of," she said.

So Rodriguez has partnered with LUNA bars to raise awareness and funds for LeanIn.Org's #20percentcounts campaign.

The company also plans to make a donation to the American Association of University Women's (AAUW) salary negotiation workshops.

In 2015, American women working full time were, on average, paid 80% of what men were paid, according to stats from AAUW.

"The gender pay gap does exist, and I'm sure there are other women out there who are just so appreciative [that they get to] do what they love and just so appreciative of being able to care for their family or so appreciative of just having a job that having the conversation is terrifying," Rodriguez said.

But, she said, "it's a scary conversation that needs to be had."

"Even though I don't know what the answers are, I'm willing to start looking for them," Rodriguez said. "And I'm willing to be open to other women that may have answers that I don't know."

Rodriguez said she's utilized the AAUW's resources herself since learning more about the issue "because I realized I need it."

In Hollywood, the gender pay disparity remains a frequent area of discussion.

Based on Forbes' 2016 list of highest paid actors and actresses, the top 10 male earners made a combined $488 million. That's more than double what the top female earners received: $205 million.

Rodriguez praised women like Jennifer Lawrence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Meryl Streep and Mila Kunis for voicing their experiences with the pay gap and fighting back against it.

"They gave a voice to me," she said.

She added: "I'm just another person trying. That is literally all we can do."

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Between her heartfelt acceptance speeches about her humble upbringing, her messages about equality and body positivity, and the anecdotes about her giving nature, she's one of the industry's brightest young stars. But this Hollywood's good girl is also not one to shy away from a fight -- especially if its for equal pay.

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North Korea fired a ballistic missile off the coast of the Korean Peninsula. The missile is one of several the country has test-fired in recent months. The inability for man to give up its deadly weapons is hazardous to all, especially as nuclear weapons become more powerful in the hands of the wrong people.

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The missile -- which fell into the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea, on Wednesday morning -- is one of several the country has test-fired in recent months.

Even before the missile test, North Korea's nuclear program was expected to be an important talking point between Xi and Trump.

The United States has been pushing China to put pressure on North Korea to stop its nuclear program and missile testing, but Trump said on Sunday the United States would be prepared to act alone to stop North Korea.

In his first five years as North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un has overseen more than double the number of missile tests than his father did during his 17-year rule, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

A senior White House official on Tuesday said: " The clock has now run out, and all options are on the table," pointing to the failure of successive administrations' efforts to negotiate an end to the country's nuclear program.

The test elicited a terse response from the US State Department, unlike the standard diplomatic condemnations that usually follow Pyongyang's missile tests.

"North Korea launched yet another intermediate range ballistic missile. The United States has spoken enough about North Korea. We have no further comment," US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in the statement.

Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Hua Chunying said her country opposed any violations to UN Security Council resolutions, and urged the relevant parties to exercise restraint.

The test comes as South Korea, Japan and the US wrap up trilateral naval military drills off the Korean Peninsula.

South Korea's Unification Ministry spokesman, Lee Duk-Haeng, said the launch was a "threat against peace and stability." Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe condemned the launch and convened a meeting of the National Security Council.

The primary concern surrounding North Korea's weapons program is that Pyongyang could eventually equip long-range missiles with a nuclear warhead.

North Korea has conducted five nuclear tests -- including two last year -- but experts said the country still hasn't developed nuclear warheads that can be mounted onto missiles.

"Before the end of President Trump's current term, the North Koreans will probably be able to reach Seattle with an indigenously produced nuclear weapon aboard an indigenously produced intercontinental ballistic missile," Michael Hayden, who served as the director of the CIA between 2006 to 2009, said Tuesday while speaking at Johns Hopkins University.

Hayden went on to call North Korea the intelligence community's toughest target on the planet.

Sinpo shipyard

Both the US military command in Asia Pacific and South Korean officialssaid the projectile was a KN-15 medium-range ballistic missile. However, a senior US defense official later told CNN that the missile was actually an extended-range Scud missile.

The Scud ER is a short-range ballistic missile with a range of about 1,000 kilometers (621 miles), according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies' Missile Defense Project.

The missilewas launched Wednesday at 6:42 a.m. Seoul time from a site in the vicinity of Sinpo, South Hamgyong province, a South Korean Defense Ministry official said.

The North Koreans use Sinpo shipyard for their submarine activity, and US satellites have observed increased activity there in recent days, another US official said.

It was believed to have flown a distance of around 60 kilometers (37 miles)and flew as high as 189 kilometers (117 miles), South Korean officials said. Cmdr. Dave Benham, spokesman for US Pacific Command, said it was tracked for nine minutes and did not pose a danger to North America.

Multiple defense officials told CNN that the nine-minute flight time for the missile was accurate, but, separately, an official with the Trump administration said the missile exploded approximately 55 seconds after launch.

It's unclear why the discrepancy exists.

US Pacific Command said it doesn't revise initial assessments if it's determined the missile doesn't pose a threat.

The initial launch details also raised questions with some experts. If the tracking time and distance are accurate, North Korea would have fired "the world's slowest missile," according to Melissa Hanham of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program.

"This test compared to the last one (in February) did not go as far or as high," she said. "They may have been trying to test one stage."

It's also unclear what type of fuel the missile used -- that's important because it determines how quickly North Korea can prepare it for launch.

The KN-15, which the North Koreans call the Pukguksong-2, is a medium-range ballistic missile and a land variant of the KN-11, a submarine-launched ballistic missile. US officials said it was launched from a mobile launcher, powered by solid fuel.

Solid fuel is like an explosive jelly, less corrosive than liquid fuel, and it can be more easily stored in the rocket's fuel tank than the liquid alternative, which requires specially lined tanks.

That makes them difficult for those monitoring North Korea's military movements to spot, as there are fewer indicators, such as movement of trucks, for South Korean or US satellites and other surveillance to detect.

"If this is the KN-15, North Korea is refining their solid fuel capabilities," says David Schmerler, a research associate at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. "It should be concerning everyone because it will be improving the chance to use their offensive capabilities better."

The US defense official who identified the missile as a Scud said the projectile used liquid fuel.

North Korea's liquid fuel-powered ballistic missiles typically require a garrison, fuel storage tanks and support vehicles to launch, which can be identified with imagery, experts say.

The use of a mobile launcher is concerning because it's harder to detect and preemptively strike, according to Carl Schuster, a professor at Hawaii Pacific University and former director of operations at the US Pacific Command's Joint Intelligence Center.

"It can roll out of a tunnel and launch on short notice," Schuster told CNN.

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The missile -- which fell into the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea, on Wednesday morning -- is one of several the country has test-fired in recent months. Even before the missile test, North Korea's nuclear program was expected to be an important talking point between Xi and Trump.

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been accused of using chemical weapons in the strikes that rattled the rebel-held area while many were still sleeping. The attack, led by man, killed upwards of 70 innocent people. This destructive path using these dangerous hazards created by man will continue  by some men unless others help--unless others provide hope.

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He awoke, finding it difficult to breathe.

Leaping from bed, Youssef scrambled to make sure his 9-month-old twins were still alive. Apparently unharmed, he passed them to his wife and told her to stay in the house.

Rushing outside to check on his parents next door, Youssef passed people staggering and falling in the street.

Youssef and many members of his extended family live on the northern edge of Khan Sheikhoun, a town in Syria's Idlib province. On Tuesday, airstrikes battered an area near their local bakery, meters from Youssef's home.

But it wasn't just any attack -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been accused of using chemical weapons in the strikes that rattled the rebel-held area while many were still sleeping.

Youssef arrived in his parents' house to find his two brothers dead. Panicked, he rushed back to his home to check on his wife and babies.

"There was foam on their mouths, there were convulsions. They had all been on the floor," Youssef told CNN on Wednesday, sobbing.

"My kids, Ahmad and Aya, and my wife... they were all martyred.

"My entire family's gone."

Youssef's wife and children were among the victims of what is feared to be the deadliest chemical attack in years in the country. Investigations are underway to determine who was responsible for the Tuesday morning attack that left at least 70 dead, according to activists. Syria's military has denied using chemical weapons and blamed rebels for the carnage.

Youssef says he collapsed and awoke a few hours later in a hospital bed to a shocking reality -- much of his extended family was dead.

He says about 25 of his relatives died that day in Khan Sheikhoun.

"My brothers, their children, and their cousins," Youssef says. "Around 25 members of my family, all martyred."

According to local reports on Tuesday, at least 19 members of the Youssef family were killed in the strike. His wife and twins were noted on the list of victims, which was circulated online.

On Wednesday, people in the northern Syrian town gathered to bury the dead.

A picture of Youssef cradling his children, both wrapped in white sheets, went viral on social media. Youssef was photographed sitting at the edge of a burial site, holding his twins. Footage, filmed later, shows him kneeling by their graves and weeping.

"I am crying, but these are tears of joy," Youssef says, explaining that his children are now with God, and that is better than being in Syria.

"My kids aren't the first kids to die," he adds, breaking down in tears.

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He awoke, finding it difficult to breathe. Leaping from bed, Youssef scrambled to make sure his 9-month-old twins were still alive. Apparently unharmed, he passed them to his wife and told her to stay in the house. Rushing outside to check on his parents next door, Youssef passed people staggering and falling in the street.

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In the same situation, man can prove to be both the hazard and the hope. This is evident in the story of Syrian refugee Bana Alabed, who made a heart breaking plea to Stop the carnage that's dragged on for six years in Syria and killed hundreds of thousands of her countrymen, including children. She hoped for man to stop the devastation caused by their own hazards they created.

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Seven-year-old Syrian refugee Bana Alabed made this heartbreaking appeal to the world Wednesday morning: Stop the carnage that's dragged on for six years in Syria and killed hundreds of thousands of her countrymen, including children.

"I want (them) to stop the war, and I want the children of Syria to play and go to school and live in peace," Bana told CNN's "New Day." "Together we can help them. Together we can save them."

The child's appeal comes as the international community expressed shock and outrage at reports of a suspected chemical attack Tuesday that killed scores of civilians in northwestern Syria.

Bana became the face of the human toll of Syria's conflict last year when she shared her experiences from the besieged city of Aleppo via Twitter. She and her family have been living in Turkey since fleeing Aleppo in December.

"I am very sad," Bana told "New Day" anchor Alisyn Camerota as she spoke from Ankara via Skype. "A lot died and no one helped them. The world is watching. The world doesn't do anything."

Bana and her mother, Fatemah Alabed, who also appeared on the program, left little doubt about whom they blame for the violence that's cost so many lives.

"Yes," Bana replied simply when asked if Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was responsible for the death and destruction.

Activists said the Syrian regime was responsible for Tuesday's suspected chemical attack, which killed at least 70 people, including children.

Assad's military denied using chemical weapons and blamed rebels for the carnage. Russia, Syria's strong ally, said it had no warplanes in the vicinity.

In another poignant moment of the interview, Bana asked Camerota why the world had so far done so little to intervene.

"I don't know Bana," the CNN anchor said. "I don't know why the world can't stop the war in Syria."

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7-year-old Syrian girl's heartbreaking plea: 'Why can't you stop the war?'

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Seven-year-old Syrian refugee Bana Alabed made this heartbreaking appeal to the world Wednesday morning: Stop the carnage that's dragged on for six years in Syria and killed hundreds of thousands of her countrymen, including children. "I want (them) to stop the war, and I want the children of Syria to play and go to school and live in peace," Bana told CNN's "New Day."

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Hope: desire for certain things to happen

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Hope: desire for certain things to happen

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"Man himself has become our greatest hazard and our only hope."

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"Man himself has become our greatest hazard and our only hope."

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- John Steinbeck