I'll Smile Tomorrow: Lessons Learned begins with a violent present day prison riot where the so called "Blacks" and Hispanics no longer see eye to eye. Their long lasting peace treaty was breached and when the smoke cleared, H. Keith McAdams was accused of rioting and assault on a New York State corrections officer. Handcuffed, beaten, and thrown in the box, Mr. McAdams finally found the time to contemplate his life and the many trials and tribulations that molded his perceptions. Ultimately this led him behind the menacing walls of someone's prison. Like the work of a diamond miner, the author H. Keith McAdams digs into the shadows of his soul and learn lessons that are divinely related to every obstacle and all misfortunes he encountered. Throughout the book, you will notice his disregard to his parent's instruction and expectations. Despite reading about adolescent intimacies, school yard brawls, indefinite school suspensions, drug addiction and distribution, gang affiliations, homelessness and a fascination with firearms, there is a stimulating love story hanging by a piece of thread. I'll Smile Tomorrow is brilliantly sub-titled Lessons Learned. Within this spellbinding dialogue are multiple buried lessons which makes this book an absolute page turner. So, was Mr. H. Keith McAdams' new viewpoint on life just a crutch to get him through his prison term, or upon his release will he reign victorious over the many temptations that awaits his return? Fasten your seat belt, because this ride will make you laugh, cry and holler but most of all it will make you pray that the little boy on the book's cover will make it through the fire which he clearly initiated himself.

The 2014?2015 Ebola epidemic in western Africa was the longest and most deadly Ebola epidemic in history, resulting in 28,616 cases and 11,310 deaths in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. The Ebola virus has been known since 1976, when two separate outbreaks were identified in the Democratic Republic of Congo (then Zaire) and South Sudan (then Sudan). However, because all Ebola outbreaks prior to that in West Africa in 2014?2015 were relatively isolated and of short duration, little was known about how to best manage patients to improve survival, and there were no approved therapeutics or vaccines. When the World Heath Organization declared the 2014-2015 epidemic a public health emergency of international concern in August 2014, several teams began conducting formal clinical trials in the Ebola affected countries during the outbreak. Integrating Clinical Research into Epidemic Response: The Ebola Experience assesses the value of the clinical trials held during the 2014?2015 epidemic and makes recommendations about how the conduct of trials could be improved in the context of a future international emerging or re-emerging infectious disease events. Table of Contents Front Matter Summary 1 Introduction 2 Conducting Clinical Research During an Epidemic 3 Assessment of Therapeutic Trials 4 Assessment of Vaccine Trials 5 Strengthening Capacity for Response and Research 6 Engaging Communities in Research and Response 7 Facilitating International Coordination and Collaboration Appendix A: Study Approach and Methods Appendix B: Clinical Trial Designs Appendix C: Ethical Principles for Research with Human Subjects Appendix D: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff