professor waugh: good morning ucla students. good to see you for my lecture baseball becomes professional. it wasn't too long ago that these subjects were controversial, if you can can imagine. sports and consumerism, they weren't important enough. it would have raised eyebrows. like i am raising my eyebrows now. sports, department stores buying stuff, will not anymore. sports and consumer culture our research and written about, made boring like every other topic by historians. now they're even professors of sports history. why? because professors have found that we cannot ignore sports. why? because it represents money and big power, big business. we can't ignore sports for another reason. it's also cultural and emotional. there is this tension between professionalism, big business, and the emotional tie that is exemplified by this letter, written by a baseball fan and published in a newspaper sports section. let me read a quote. "these modern ballplayers care about nothing but money. they don't care about their team, or their

[laughter] just -- professor waugh: so you are clear on that.he game of baseball was a symbol of an early model american pastime, innocent and fun. get its glowing popularity brought both professionalism, and with professionalism, with the idea that it was a business, it made it a symbol for the growing tension between capital and labor, between black and white, between fun and profit. and between business and pleasure. let's go back to the origins of america in baseball. this is a painting that was completed in 1845. like so many portraits, in the 19th century, especially of children -- no real boy ever look like that, so needs. especially when he was going to engage in sports. but that's what it is. that's what we should know right now, that baseball started as a children's game. and it became very popular by the 1830's and 1840's. it was known by many names. old bat, feeder, and bat and ball, but the most , from game was rounders an english children's game dating from the 17th century. here's a boy's baseball team. whatever it was called, the

the chinese capital of beijing banned the ownership of dogs as pets, as it was considered boo sha waugh013, a restriction was implemented again in certain parts of the city. the leon dog market was once the largest place to buy pet dogs in beijing. it's about to be relocated due to redevelopment and many sellers have already moved out. liu has heard that buyers are purchasing dog meat from people who are leaving. many of the animals sold for meat are large dogs, such as tibetan mastiffs, which have lost their popularity as pets. all of the stores must be gone by september. but while the streets are very quiet a few stores are still open for business. >> signs for tibetan mastiffs line the once-crowded streets. and stores look like they have been closed for several months. >> as the craze for tibetan mastiffs was coming to an end, numerous cases in which people were being attacked began to emerge all over china. in most cases, owners simply weren't able to discipline and control one of the world's largest dogs. now, the places that specialized in big dogs are almost all desserted. >> we

and by the waugh, and this is true of all of them, presidents sometimes have to go through three-hour crisis meetings like every day. chairs might help but it's not an unusual thing to have to be on your toes for three hours. >> people don't walk away if you are having a good discussion. that's a motto of this show. people don't walk away from good conversation. nice job. another pat on the bag for everyone here. see you guys soon. >>> up next -- >> thanks, don. >> fooiting to be the gop nominee in the field of 15 candidates. how much longer can those struggling in the polls stay in this race? i'll talk to some campaign insiders. an happen spontaneously, so why pause to take a pill? and why stop what you're doing to find a bathroom? with cialis for daily use, you don't have to plan around either. it's the only daily tablet approved to treat erectile dysfunction so you can be ready anytime the moment is right. plus cialis treats the frustrating urinary symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently, day or night. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medicines, and ask

by scott walker's performance in the poll decided to sell scott walker after he seemed to support a waugh with canada. according to a supporter of koch "ignorance has always been a part of scott as peal but that canada thing was just too much." that was a joke but it felt too real. polls were describing walker as peal as freefall and fading into the background. scott walker donors in fact started talking to the press about other candidates who they also liked in addition to their like for scott walker. governor walker's top-flight, top-dollar campaign team, at that point they picked a new catch phrase for the governor to drop into his appearances and his stump speeches. he started to say in early september that if elected he would, and i quote, wreak havoc in washington. this past friday night we reported governor walker had given up a keynote address opportunity in michigan this weekend at a big republican event in michigan as a sign of some of the chaos in his campaign it appears what actually happened is governor walker gave up that keynote address so he could spend more time campaigni

are you less empathetic than waugh would imagine? is it more scientific than we assume from your presence? >> no. i think that science can't simulate empathy but i -- it's a streams privilege, extraordinary when people lecture into themselves. >> what areas of exploration of the brain are the most fascinating to you. >> i think increasingly those two do with consciousness. i have looked at perception of movement for years. now i'm interested in conscious and what tbhaiks us a personal like being charlie rose or oliver sacks. your intrain you in the way your heart isn't. you have a brain transmit or a brain implant -- may not need one but go ahead. >> has been doing so from the moment of birth and i think this to is the exciting things. >> am i right in assuming that we're just beginning to understand the brain? if you look at our analysis of how the human body works, and the area that is least explored is the brain and has the most potential for payoff. >> absolutely. i think we understand.heart or liver or kidney very well now. ther

. >> next, ucla professor joan waugh talks about the rise of sports in the 21st century.

. >> next, ucla professor joan waugh talks about the rise of sports in the 21st century. baseball grew to be a national pastime and big business. she describes the efforts of baseball club owners to modify the rules of the game, establish a national league, and attract a broad audience. the class is about