Banting Research Foundation endowment. A large bequest in 1948 from the estate of Kate E Taylor of Toronto added to the endowment. From its inception, the intent was to create a fund for researchers with "good ideas but no money", as was the situation for Banting when he approached JJR Macleod in 1921 with a request for facilities and resources to pursue his ideas about insulin. The Foundation continues that tradition by making grant funds available only to investigators whose research funding is limited. The Foundation was the first and virtually the only organization funding medical research in Canada until 1938 when the
Best of the Best II wasted its top-drawer cast." Returning star Eric Roberts claims to have made this film to compensate for the original. In Maltin's words, "What a considerate guy!" In 1996, the World Wrestling Federation introduced a character called "Brakus". The character was portrayed by German bodybuilder-turned-wrestler Achim Albrecht. Best of the Best II Best of the Best II is a 1993 martial arts film directed by Robert Radler, and starring Eric Roberts and Phillip Rhee. It is the first sequel to the 1989 film "Best of the Best". The plot follows four of the characters from the original film, and was released