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State vs. fed Ebola response, a cosmetic surgery convention, and learning to speak Dothraki
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Oct 28, 2014
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State vs. fed Ebola response, a cosmetic surgery convention, and learning to speak Dothraki

Ebola response at the state and federal level, a cosmetic surgery convention, and from Game of Thrones, learning to speak Dothraki.

San Francisco Giants' Pablo Sandoval, right and Brandon Belt leap to high five as Buster Posey, left, and Madison Bumgarner walk off the field after the Giants beat the Royals 5-0 during Game 5 of baseball's World Series Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014, in San Francisco. The Giants beat the Royals 5-0 to lead the series 3-2. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
San Francisco Giants' Pablo Sandoval, right and Brandon Belt leap to high five as Buster Posey, left, and Madison Bumgarner walk off the field after the Giants beat the Royals 5-0 during Game 5 of baseball's World Series Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014, in San Francisco. The Giants beat the Royals 5-0 to lead the series 3-2. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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On Tuesday Take Two discusses Ebola response at the state and federal level, dealing with puberty happening at a younger age and several cosmetic procedures that lack regulation. 

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Last year the United States Postal Service approved nearly 50,000 requests from law enforcement agencies and its own internal inspection unit to secretly monitor mail.
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The differing responses at the state and federal level have highlighted the lack of a single standard in our Ebola management.
Listen 7:32
While the Dodgers' and Angels' runs have ended, many people in Southern California are still cheering for their teams in the World Series. It's just that their teams aren't from around here.
Listen 7:45
Girls are hitting puberty at much earlier ages these days. In "The New Puberty," Dr. Louise Greenspan and Dr. Julianna Deardorff explain what's behind the phenomenon and what parents can do about it.
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From Brazil to Beijing, one of the fastest growing markets in the world is the one for clinical cosmetics. But a surprising number of these treatments are barely regulated at all, the BBC's Justin Rowlatt found.
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Take Two features the latest in music with music journalist Chris Martins and Justino Aguila, Associate Editor of Latin at Billboard Magazine.
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This Wednesday, Bill Clinton is expected to join candidates Julia Brownley, Pete Aguilar and Dr. Raul Ruiz from the Coachella Valley for a Get Out the Vote rally in Oxnard.
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The California Report's Sasha Khokha looks at the most lopsided district in the state when it comes to Latino voter registration versus turnout.
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Metro is expected to approve $2.3 million to draw up plans for the path that would transform a railway not in use.
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A study linked a compound found in cocoa with improved memory in older adults. Take Two speaks with Dr. Scott Small, lead author on the study.
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Somewhere between 400,000 and 700,000 of unauthorized immigrants are uninsured and ineligible for benefits under the Affordable Care Act, which prompted the county to create a new health program for them.
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Cremation is one of the ways to contain the Ebola outbreak, but the practice runs counter to West African tradition. This poses a challenge for health workers whose job is to collect bodies.
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A Silicon Valley tech company has developed technology to let police dispatchers know when an officer's weapon has been fired and more details.
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One way to kill the time until the new season starts is learn to speak Dothraki. Creator David Peterson talks about the language of the nomadic, warrior people who strike fear into anyone they come across.