a library at the university of toronto. his idea was essentially s, by tying off part of the pancreas he helped to isolate the elusive insulin that they secrete. little did he know, it was not a new idea. researchers before him had tried and failed. even though his idea was not an original one, his persistence led to a solution that was both original and successful. the next day he approached a colleague who suggested that he discussed his idea with one of the greatest authorities on metabolism at the time, dr. j. j. r. mcleod, chairman of the physiology department of the university of toronto. now, these two men could not have been more different. macleod was formal, reserve, a distinguished looking. banting, self-conscious and inarticulate. format beclouds notes on the encounter we note that bad things proposal was hardly well thought out. in his frantic excitement mccloud thought that banting looked like he had wandered in from the nearby psychiatricward. there was something about panting and commenced macleod to give hi

he went to toronto to ask permission to mass produce.he answer is yes you back to denmark to stare would eventually became garbled nordisk. >> the producers have their roots back in 1922. lilly because of an enterprising research your. merck is because his wife had become diabetic and he wanted to know how-to make insulin so he could save his wife's life. marie krogh survived and went insulin hit the commercial market in late 1923, lives of people around the world saw a renewed chance of life. every story was different, but bob cleveland is certainly represented with early recipients. he was five years old evidence he accused new york when he was diagnosed with diabetes. >> i father said of his skin and bones limited to the hospital. >> dobler and jan for treatment for diabetes required rigid management. he was bucking up to a mother up to the challenge. >> occasionally she would add a slice of bread, maybe 30 grams, so she'd have to cut a piece off or cut the cost of soil that 20 grams. >> a few years later, his older brother was also d

first of all, london and toronto announced a merger of their stock markets. this will make the biggest platform for mining and for energy stocks worldwide. after the bell in frankfurt, the new york stock exchange announced they are negotiating with the german stock market. they both plan a merger of equals as well. the germans may be in the lead because the german stock market is a little bigger than the new york stock exchange. the new york stock exchange already owns stock market ueronix. the european stock market will not be the same after that. >> staying in frankfurt, let us look at market numbers. the dax index closed slightly lower. the euro stocks 50 -- stoxx 50 finished lower. the dow is currently going down. the number is 12,205. the euro is trading at $1.3717. >> in milan, italian prosecutors have requested that prime minister silvio berlusconi be put on trial immediately for paying for sex with underage dancer, and for abuse of office. omar suleiman -- silvio berlusconi denies such charges, but said he did use his influence to help the girl. he sa

using the gps has so many flaws that i could talk for hours about. >> barry toronto followed by talik mahmoud. >> good afternoon, chairman nolan. i am really concerned about process. there is a lot here. you do not have to tell me. have all of you read all the pages of the changes today? if you have not, this is a concern, because then you are voting on something you do not know about. we need to go to every page. i have not been able to go to every page. that would be an insensitive way of going through this, by approving something you do not know personally about. on that note, there are concerns. some of the issues need to be passed today, because they are our safety and they are procedural and they ought to be done. there are others that require at least proper book vacation. we know about the tax schemes, but that is for the pilot program. it is not for dealing with pages of changes that couldpeople's id other issues. those issues have not been dealt with enough. have a couple more town hall meetings so you make sure, when you get the note is about all the discussions of the traf

chris bosh returned to toronto for the first time since returning to the heat. he was booed every time he touched the ball. didn't bother him. he scored 25 against his former team. miami's big three combined for 76. heat cruise 103-95. >>> to boston, celts and nets tied going into the fourth and then the celts went on a tear. outscored new jersey by 14 in the quarter. paul pierce led everybody with 31. boston heads into the all-star break with the west record in the east with a 94-80 win. knicks and hawks play the game turned in by wilson chandler. reverse alley-oop from felton. knicks down the hawks 102-90. >>> nascar's dale earnhardt jr. says he feels like he is snake bitten. he might be right. three days after winning the pole for the daytona 500, junior crashed his qualifying car during a practice run yesterday. he'll a have to use his backup car for the 500 and forced to start in the back of the pack on sunday. finally number 12 uconn knocked off georgetown. kem ba walker, a one-man wrecking crew, case in point, passed it off to the backboard to himself and

. >> sam marian, followed by barry toronto. >> the delay was a first -- a one time event and should not minimize the value. what i am talking about -- you can access all the information by one or two keystrokes. but there is a flop if you want to use the gps, for example. if somebody forgets to turn off the meter, the drop off point could be a few miles down the hill. many times, we get papers from the police department or customers that they need some information. if we write it down on our way bill, we can fish the memory for that incident. but if it is done through the gps, we have nothing to go by. an electronic waybill using our waybill as a foundation for a database is good. using the gps has so many flaws that i could talk for hours about. >> barry toronto followed by talik mahmoud. >> good afternoon, chairman nolan. i am really concerned about process. there is a lot here. you do not have to tell me. have all of you read all the pages of the changes today? if you have not, this is a concern, because then you are voting on something you do not know about. we need to go to every p

the london and toronto stock bourses announced a merger last week, the growing rivalry may also forcehe tokyo stock exchange to review its strategy. its presence in asia is on a decline having been overtaken by the shanghai stock exchange in terms of trading volume. >>> u.s. retail sales in january edged up from december, marking an increase for the seventh straight money, but rate of growth fell short of market expectations. the commerce department said on tuesday that january's retail sales in the united states stood at slightly above $380 billion. that's a rise of 0.3% from the previous month, but much less than the market forecast of about 0.6%. by sectors, sales of department stores and large retailers grow 0.8% while those in cars and auto parts expanded 0.5%. gasoline sales also rose 10.5% due to higher prices. meanwhile prices of building materials tumbled nearly 3%. those of furniture and clothing were down 0.3%. the fashion world has gathered in manhattan for one of its most prestigious events. this semi-annual event brings in over $380 million in business. it can also make

where the pick of the day's action sol toronto gave a valiant effort but still come up short yet again the visiting some antonio spurs sounding the raptors their fifteenth loss in sixteen games the opening quarter belong to toronto is on the barn yami he scored thirteen points and not twelve minute period and finished the night with twenty nine tim duncan and george hello playing the given goal to perfection hill putting the spurs up forty three thirty nine in the second of the raptors kept the tempo up though with the martha rules on getting two of his twenty five points in style this is proving to be a more conclusive unit duncan involved in another pass and sequence as the one blur slams at home one hundred eleven to one hundred the final score in canada. just over a week now before cricket world cup champions astraea begin their title defense skipper ricky ponting still recovering from a broken finger so his side lose the ashes for a second straight time last month a must of disappointment ahead of the year's biggest tournament. fair to sound pretty fresh. a month from the sideline

first of all, london and toronto announced a merger of their stock markets. this will make the biggest platform for mining and for energy stocks worldwide. after the bell in frankfurt, the new york stock exchange announced they are negotiating with the german stock market. they both plan a merger of equals as well. the germans may be in the lead because the german stock market is a little bigger than the new york stock exchange. the new york stock exchange already owns stock market ueronix. the european stock market will not be the same after that. >> staying in frankfurt, let us look at market numbers. the dax index closed slightly lower. the euro stocks 50 -- stoxx 50 finished lower. the dow is currently going down. the number is 12,205. the euro is trading at $1.3717. >> in milan, italian prosecutors have requested that prime minister silvio berlusconi be put on trial immediately for paying for sex with underage dancer, and for abuse of office. omar suleiman -- silvio berlusconi denies such charges, but said he did use his influence to help the girl. he sa

gentlemen this is crosstalk that means you can jump in anytime you want professor mohammad marandi in toronto if i can go to you first if i if i read the mosque i'm sorry the wall the washington post or the new york times. etc etc in the united states your country is on the verge of having a crisis a revolution and its people's power and it's a repetition of egypt of tunisia and are you getting ready to pack your bags to leave. well i think if you have been reading the washington post or the new york times or if you've been watching a.b.c. n.b.c. or c.b.s. or and c.n.n. at least for the last couple of decades you would have been thinking that for the last three decades now the united states has constantly said that iran in iran the situation is deteriorating but the facts on the ground are that this time republic has strong popular support and that there are different political organizations and groups in the country with a very differing ideas about how the country should be run but the political establishment is very stable and as you saw during the anniversary of the revolution just a week

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snow will be found towards the great lakes, picking up the cold arctic air, toronto, 4 degrees, 6 in new york city, 3 in chicago, but turning much colder towards the northwest, only 1 in vancouver and zero for seattle. now, finally taking a look at europe, we still have that high pressure system towards the east but this frontal line is starting to move into continental, winds picking up in norw a srto e at rain turn to snow as that enters that cold zone for northern germany, the low countries and northern france. pretty mild and really quiet for the iberian peninsula and over towards e hesi oth mediterranean, the weather looks very stormy again, lots of wet conditions over the next couple of days. southern italy dealing with gale force windsnd also torrential rains a flood concern here. athens will be 13 degrees day, cold weather for central and eastern europe, minus 10 in moscow and minus 7 in warsaw. but different story all together for the west, spring-like here. 14 degrees in london, 8 in madrid and 20 degrees in lisbon. here is your extended forecast. >>> and that concludes thi

he caught up with dave last week outside of toronto. >> that's enough. >> so the reality is, these thingshe most part aren't -- >> tigers aren't it's anomaly when these animals start eating people. >> reporter: they're unstoppable and unavoidable at 6 a pounds and up to 11 feet long. they have overrun one of india's islands where humans were once safe. >> i feel like i'm being hunted. >> reporter: tigers hunting humans. in one place the village of widows. four men from one family have been killed. >> it's one of those places that made it hit home. these people are living turned constant threat of being hunted by one of these. the rules of that xhur in my mind don't exist there. >> from what i hear, this is how the guys get attacked. sitting out here at night can't see anything. can only hear the waves crashing. pretty simple for a tiger to sneak up and grab you and take you. >> reporter: many experts believe that global warming has shrinked their habitat. they go after humans because it turns out we don't put up much as a fight. in another remote stretch of india, another peaceful animal,

minus 8 in chicago, minus 6 in toronto. so very chilly weather continues with you today.inally a look at europe. windy weather as well as chilly rain will impact a lot of the british isles for scotland. upper elevations could be seeing snow, as well. and then the showers move across the scandinavian peninsula and into the northern end of germany and towards poland, baltic states, as well. drier for greece, a lot of the rain moving into turkey and that system is slowly weakening and we shouldn't be seeing as heavy downpours as we've seen the past couple of days. temperatures overall are quite mild across europe. 2 to 4 degrees above seasonal averages. 7 in berlin and 9 degrees in vienna. looking at 11 for paris and lond. that's a look at your weather for now. re is yo three-day outlook. an cl irndemra wo, esen wod nkntchs llfohiregnio ctu. esen tt t hse ubako

her flight home to toronto has just been cancelled. >> i'm happy. that's's okay.o one controls nature. >> no one controls nature. >> no. >> the departure board here at sfo affirms that no one does control nature. flights cancelled to chicago, new york, milwaukee, detroit and the list goes on. one man who hopes to be in philadelphia tonight is hoping the list dodoesn't go o on much longer. >> we're opening it's pretty good. >> what have y you heard. >> the stororm stays north a little, what i heard. probably a little just rain there i hope. >> hans williams of belmont wants to get back to duke university. >> supposed to be major delays. i'm hoping -- >> delays where? >> delays going from houston to durham. >> there are winter storm watches, warnings and advisories in more than 30 states and the big storm is sliding east where it could stop air travel at a whole list of airports. mike mccaron is offering time-saving advice for every traveller. >> check with carrier either by phone or internet. call your destination. you could be going someplace warm and wonderful li

her flight home to toronto has just been cancelled. >> i'm happy. that's okay.o one controls nature. >> no one controls nature. >> no. >> the departure board here at sfo affirms that no one does control nature. flights cancelled to chicago, new york, milwaukee, detroit and the list goes on. one man who hopes to be in philadelphia tonight is hoping the list doesn't go on much longer. >> we're opening it's pretty good. >> what have you heard. >> the storm stays north a little, what i heard. probably a little just rain there i hope. >> hans williams of belmont wants to get back to duke university. >> supposed to be major delays. i'm hoping -- >> delays where? >> delays going from houston to durham. >> there are winter storm watches, warnings and advisories in more than 30 states and the big storm is sliding east where it could stop air travel at a whole list of airports. mike mccaron is offering time-saving advice for every traveller. >> check with carrier either by phone or internet. call your destination. you could be going someplace warm and wonderful like hawai

the thing finally got done because the university of toronto got behind it because lily got behind it and they got the message to work. one the things when you public a paper, you promising that it is reducible. five days out of seven you can get the experiment to work. there are hundreds of discoveries made where you kind of have it but you don't have it and you can't report it and you doesn't get settled. so, in fact, mccloud clearly deserves the noble prize. it wouldn't have happened if the crazy guy banting who came with the talisman, and not a real indication, but mccloud had all of the facilities, protocols, and all of things that you actually used to do it. but i mean oscar was alive at the time. he was a professor in germany who was the first one to give insulin in germany. probably in those days they used to give the noble prize very quickly. they wanted a very current discoveries. and kroge who you saw came to get his wife treated. he had won the noble prize himself, and he was on the noble committee. the prize was given very quickly. had they done the kind of studious study

as for high, minus 4 in chicago, minus 12 in denver, minus 5 in toronto.hilly weather continues again today. that's a look at your weather for now. here is your three-day outlook. >>> once again the headlines this hour. egyptian president hosni mubarak told the nation in a televised speech he will not run for the next presidential election scheduled for september. mubarak spoke on state-run tv on tuesday night. >> hundreds of thousands of egyptians took to the streets earlier in date to call for the president's regulars neighs in defiance of the curfew. more than 100,000 people gathered at a square in central cairo, and over 50,000 held a rally in the second largest city, alexandria. the demonstrators include many women and children, indicating the anti-government movement is gaining the support of the general population. protesters remained in the square in cairo, but no major clashes with the security forces have been reported. >>> u.s. president barack obama called for an immediate peaceful transition of power in egypt. in a speech on tuesday, obama sai

. >>> the london stock exchange and the operator of the toronto stock exchange said on wednesday that they will merge their operations to create the world's largest exchange. the merger of the stock exchange and canada's tmx group will make the world's biggest exchange by number of listed companies. the total market capitalization of the listed 6,700 firms will be about $6 trillion. the amount will be second only to the figure of the nyse euronext, the operator of the new york stock exchange. the exchanges say they will complete business integration late this year. nyse euronext issued a statement on wednesday saying it has entered into merger talks with germany's deutsche bors, the operate operator of the frankfurt stock exchange. >>> u.s. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke has stressed the need for additional monetary easing as a full recovery in the job market will take years. bernanke told the house budget committee on wednesday that a recent drop in the jobless rate to 9% is encouraging. >> notable declines in the unemployment rate in december and january, together with improv

watson did make a few embarrassing mistakes along the way, naming toronto, for example, as a u.s. city, but still he earned $1 million for charity. the humans he defeated to get to the winner's circle should remember it took humans to program watson in the first place. >>> the nbc family has lost a veteran member and long-time friend. bill monroe has died. he was at one time our nbc news bureau chief in washington, and from 1975 to '84 moderator of "meet the press." a proud native of new orleans, a veteran of world war ii, bill monroe was the very first news director at our station in new orleans, wdsu, during the civil rights era, and he aired some ground-breaking weekly editorials supporting the integration of the city schools. it was an unpopular position at the time. bill monroe passed away early this morning. he was 90 years old. the condolences of the entire nbc family go out to his family. >>> and in hollywood, the character actor len lesser has died. despite a long list of tv and movie credits, he was not terribly well known until he started chewing up the scenery as jerry

temperatures dropping in places like toronto, minus 7. and then chicago minus 12 on tuesday. then minus 12 in denver as well. so bitterly cold out here as well. finally, taking a look at europe, dry for the most part. there is going to be a winter storm that's affecting southern sweden, accompanied by strong winds. that's set to head into the baltic states. it's quite windy across poland and germany as well. but that wind will die down during tuesday for germany. as for the british isles, not too bad. we've got some sunny spells for parts of england. but there is going to be hefty showers moving into ireland by the end of the day. producing some showers for southwestern england as well. so that's something to watch out for. in terms of temperatures, not too bad. 9 degrees in london with sunny spells. 10 in paris with a light drizzle. 9 degrees in berlin. but temperatures certainly on the decline for northern and eastern areas. we've got 1 in stockholm and then zero in moscow, coming down to 4 in warsaw as well. all right. here's the extended forecast now. ♪ ♪ >>> once again,

also subzero in toronto, new york. single digits in denver, as well as even houston, texas. wow, it's really cold for you. i know. 24 in l.a. and just 5 in vancouver. 25, though, not bad here in mexico city. next is going to be europe. now, while much of central and eastern europe has been enjoying quite pleasant and mild conditions much of the week, things are going to change as we head into friday. see this system here, right over scandinavia, very gusty conditions, ice, sleet, snow, that is all involved with this. this is going to be tracking its way further into continental europe, bringing that moisture with it. perhaps bringing that snow into parts of germany, poland, the baltic region as well as western russia. to the south, we remain very dry. a bit too dry. let me point out near the pyrenees where we're seeing a lot of not snow. look at this. in france, it's going to be very dry. lots of problems in terms of ski season. very high temperatures. lack of the white stuff is leaving it a bit deserted. that's a bit of a shame. temperatures across the board are warm in the

world protesters in the region follow the example set in egypt by demanding reform meanwhile over in toronto. democrats are getting outspoken support from washington some experts say it shows using double standards under the pretense of democracy. will street also finds itself in broiled in this global tidal wave of unrest experimental chancery choose to. fueling these demonstrations by closing up i can food prices say this was the original pools of frustration which forced people to take to the streets. and a politician in lithuania may face jail for disagreeing with his government claims local authorities are not soviet troops were behind a fatal uprising twenty years ago is even way you write about unity from prosecution to stand up for freedom of speech in the baltic states. writing their first into the world of sports. so another busy night of champions league football is fast approaching and i'm not ashamed to say i've been looking forward to this night for weeks it is beautiful football time of the emirates are still versus barcelona as i'm sorry you took my future champions what's wh

minus 3 in toronto. and just at 0 for new york. finally, here a look at europe, where it's going to stay calm and dry for a lot of the east here. this large area of high pressure blocking that rain. and we're keeping it over toward the western and central sections of europe. so it's going to stay wet for you, those of you here. winds are going to be on the gusty side. and we're talking about both rain and snow possible in this area. look pretty wet, especially across the iberian peninsula with some heavier rain possibly in the southern end of spain. another mass area continues to be turkey. a little bit more rain and even some snow will impact those of you here throughout the evening as we head into tuesday. as for highs, we're still on the mild side out west. 10 in madrid and even 14 degrees for lisbon, but still very, very cold out east. minus 10 in kiev and minus 5 for warsaw. finally, giving you a look at madagascar, that tropical cyclone made landfall, it has since been dissipated, it's right now a tropical low, but forecaster

we're up to date most of all coming up in toronto last time to say change a lot say whether it's coming up next. wealthy british style. that's not on the title of. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with much stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to cause a report. of . russia would be soon much brighter if you bought sums from funds to impressions. from stock totty dot com. me it is easy to. shift to. meet. some of its. cool. i demands for political reform. in the middle east and north africa has the domino effect to continue. forward initiatives that will leave our military less capable and less ready to fight america's top military official stand guard over there pushing massive cuts to the rest of society. and extremism fears grow that the flow of saudi money is turning the still playing republic of kosovo into a training ground for radical islamists. and. joining the elephant oilfields in libya and in jail with the taliban energy company any more in twenty minutes. into the program under pressure governmen

. >> fortunately for the blades, today's game against toronto is at home where they're only facing as ride instead of the 12-hour ones they're used to. >> four-time olympian angela has experienced the sport at its highest level. when the blades came calling, she didn't hesitate. >> i'm doing this. i'm getting on the bus. they're making ends meet so they can train for the sport they love. >> the blades are already a tight knit group in therrir inaugural season. hockey people are like that. once the puck drops though, the blades are all business, offering the crowd of almost 500 their biggest yet, a fast paced game, great passing and tenacious battles along the boards. >> forward liz keady, a former star at princeton, has no doubt about the appeal of the women's game. >> people come in and see it, they say, everyone from the fans to the players, like every time you see someone at a game or at a practice, you know they want to be there. that's really cool. >> something else that's cool? wowing the fans with a dramatic shoot-out victory. >> probably a little better than the real bruins.

only minus 7 in toronto, dropping to minus 2 in new york. on the other hand, down towards the southwest, los angeles it will stay very pleasant and warm. all right, here is your extended forecast now. >>> the headlines this hour. smoke continues to billow from mt. shinmoe in southwestern japan. residents dealing with volcanic ash and tremors from periodic eruptions now have another concern. weather officials have forecast rain for thursday afternoon raising the risk of mudslides. on wednesday morning, the volcano straddling the prefectures sent up a column of smoke hundreds of meters high. two weeks passed since the mountain awoke from its slumber. in one town in miyazaki's prefecture, the municipality office is busy removing ash from the roads to make them safe. garbage trucks were used to cart about 240 tons of volcanic suddener to a dump site. weather officials say the thick layers of ash and stones could become a hazard if there is substantial rainfall. the foot of the mountain on the miyazaki prefecture side is on risk for mudslides. re

and on the result to score thirty seven over the visiting toronto kevin durant's wrecked havoc for the city against new orleans forty three points ten rebounds on the night blake griffin thirty two points and thirteen rebinds for the l.a. clippers but they still lost at home to the chicago bulls. injured. and they went on to the feast and rockets. of margin. all right that brings us to winter sports now or cross-country skiing is called central cup has been held here in moscow constantine to top off went along to find out more. cross-country skiing in a park in the central russian capital it may surprise you but not citizens of the european cities where such computers are usually the stars of russians key get to try old the course before the latest races maybe them that in fact true and bronze medalists not. winning the final in the spring and. now imagine. they usually just pick and tend to be very likely here to for me it was a hard freeze because i'm just trying to reach my potential to mean today. the men's final turned out to be a real. brands medal is that when you were twenty ei

is retreating in iraq because they have islamic government if you got to today have to people in toronto drinking whiskey not because they like the city just to give it to the gov so islam is ration is increasing in egypt when this preacher this fanatic. went to cairo one million people can do this because at this stage of the. religion is much more meaningful democracy and to have democracy have to have real respect for human rights and personal individual but let me tell you the middle east lost its appeal already with the world and it's even less importantly it generates a lot of headlines but the real politics now is in the pacific and it is china and china that's where world politics is it's not the middle east is just pictures television pictures of people shouting what is this what's going on there there's nothing going on. this is you're talking about countries that don't really produce and they don't eventually they don't develop. them like you and some of them have that's. the center of world politics is completely different to that do i understand correctly that you believe eu

and the result to score thirty seven with the visiting toronto kevin durant's ready for the city thunder against new orleans forty three points ten rebounds on the night blake griffin thirty two points and thirteen response to the l.a. clippers but they still lost at home to the chicago bulls. injured. and they went on to diffuse the rockets by the. margin. all right that brings us to winter sports now where cross-country skiing is called central cup has been held here in moscow to top off went along to find out more. cross-country skiing in a fork in the center of the russian capital it may surprise you but not citizens of the european cities where such competition. this stars of russians got to try out the course before the latest races maybe then that effect during the olympic bronze medalist not. winning the final in the sprint was now imagine the. spectators tend to be very likely here to for me it was a hard freeze because of. potential. today. the men's final turned out to be a real crack at the home of bronze medal is that when you were twenty eight sam was the first to cross the

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but other stock exchanges catheters group which owns the toronto stock exchange are to merge in an all share deal near exchanges set to become the largest form for trading mining companies at a time of surging commodity prices and with a combined six thousand seven hundred listings there will also be the world's largest exchange by a number of companies just the latest in a wave of consolidation sweeping the globe's exchanges here in russia for example to my six and the r.t.s. have announced plans to much. of an hour back back in one hour's time headlines and i started. wealthy british scientists i. sometimes it's right on. target. market why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's cars or for an old.