The Samuels family runs from Nazi Germany to Japanese controlled Shanghai. Without funds or visas Dr. Samuels accepts Japan's Captain breaking the family to worlds apart. Ito's offer allow's his wife and daughter to travel to the U.S. in exchange for the doctor's time to treat Emperor Pu Yi's drug addict wife in Changchun, China. The bombing of Pearl Harbor changes everything. Esther must now find a life living in Japan with the geisha, Yasuko, in Nagasaki while the doctor's name becomes a curse to the Chinese in Northern China. The Samuels family finally unites as the sons of both families,...

This symposium entitled Calcium, Neuronal Function and Transmitter Re lease, was in the framework of the regional meeting of the International Union of Physiological Sciences, that took place in Jerusalem between August 26-31, 1984. The symposium dealt with the role of calcium ions in regulation of a large number of important processes in modern neurobiology, from molecular and cellular points of view. In this context, we consider heart and most cells as 'honorary neurons'. The meeting was comprised of lectures and quite intense discussions. We hope that the transcription of the discussions...