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IT'S exactly six months since Steve Simms had the look of a man coming to terms with a jury's verdict.
He saw Salford relegated and sentenced to a life outside Super League. As football director, the ball was booted straight into his court to trigger a revival.
Simms offered a consoling arm to distraught chairman John Wilkinson and drove home knowing that the Reds' revival had already started.
Simms had been highly influential in persuading coach Karl Harrison to stay on to help revitalise a club in desperate need of a major overhaul.
Harrison did stay and on the eve of a new national league season Simms, not a man for rash statements or bold predictions, has heaped glowing praise on the coach and has paid him the ultimate compliment: "Karl will one day coach Great Britain, he is a top man."
Few would disagree with Simms. The Reds are unbeaten, heading in the right direction and playing with new-found confidence.
Simms said: "It's not just the football aspect, it is everything about this club. We're all in this together there's a great spirit and everyone is pulling together. The fans, for instance, are absolutely magnificent."
Simms himself has silenced the critics as his appointment was viewed with some scepticism in certain quarters yet he has proved himself and there can be no doubting his passion.
Harrison said: "I've played under Steve at Halifax and he was a very good coach. We're a good team at Salford. People just let me get on with the football job and Steve looks after all the administrative duties and that suits me."
Simms is one of the most experienced figures in the game, having coached and had an impact at home and in Britain. Why would anyone though want to swop Sydney's sun soaked beaches for the coffin lid skies hovering over Salford?
The reason is quite simple. Simms has a passion for rugby league and cannot wait for the start of the season.
He predicted: "I am sure my old club Leigh will again be there or thereabouts. Whitehaven are also unbeaten and could be the dark horses.
"You also cannot underestimate Hull Kingston Rovers, Featherstone and Doncaster. Everyone wants a piece of us this season - there's added pressure on us and it promises to be a long campaign."
Simms can assess the season with all the benefits of experience and wonders if clashes with Salford could take their toll on opposition ranks as was the case with the great Wigan team of the 80s and 90s.
Teams played out of their skins against Wigan and then lost the following week.
Simms added: "We saw this with Leigh recently. They gave us a really hard game and then lost at Chorley.
"Generally we are in the position we wanted to be at this start of the season - we've bought well and look good throughout the team. Gavin Clinch is clearly a different class in the middle while Steve Blakeley is a refreshed character. We also have a pack we think will be as good as anything in Super League.
"This is the target. We have to get back there and again be involved at the highest level.
"The right people are now in the right kind of jobs and we have structures in place geared towards long term success. I am pleased with how things are going and cannot speak highly enough about the input of Karl Harrison. He is very much a modern day coach who is definitely heading for the top.
"I've never seen anyone so dedicated. Some days he is in here around 6.30am and is the last to leave at night.
"He was a great player who always led from the front. We've already seen he can bring out the best in the players and we're delighted with him.
"He will coach a national league representative team later this year. It's an honour thoroughly deserved and could just be the start of what could be a very successful career. I'm convinced he has what it takes to eventually take charge of Great Britain.
"We are absolutely delighted with the impact Karl has had on this club, we realise it's an important season and we know what is expected of us. Teams will raise their games and we are expected to go through the season unbeaten but we have confidence in the squad. There's competition and there's also a great deal of quality talent coming through.
"Like I say it's an outstanding time not just because of the football but because of the attitude throughout the entire club."
When Simms was appointed rugby director, many supporters were convinced it was only a matter of time before he too tried his hand at coaching. Simms always distanced himself from this.
He enjoys his role alongside Harrison. They are as different as chalk and cheese - the dapper Aussie and the typically gruff Yorkshireman. Yet between them they seem to have found the recipe for success.
This was the case when the roles were reversed at Halifax, Simms was coach, Harrison was skipper. Both men are both older and wiser but neither has lost his enthusiasm and drive - the kind of qualities needed to take Salford back to the top.


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Edward Burtynsky's thought provoking studies of quarry sites around the world. Over a twenty-five year career exploring the landscape as transformed by industry, the celebrated Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky has accumulated a body of work on large scale quarries around the world. Images of sites in Canada, Italy, China, Spain, Portugal, India and America that are created as we dig into the earth for material in order to build our cities, urge us to consider how we as viewers are simultaneously attracted yet repulsed by these landscapes - somewhere a building is created while a landscape is destroyed.

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Name: Natasha Manji
Location: Audiologist at ListenUP! Canada, Toronto, Ontario
"Witnessing daily the profound impact hearing aids were having on both kids and adults in re-connecting them to the world inspired me to switch my career goals from teaching to audiology, and it's the best decision I have ever made."
Have you ever played with tigers in Chiang Mai, Thailand, experienced a full moon on Koh Phagnan Island or taken a day to see the Angkor Wat in Cambodia? You may have never heard of these places nor done any of these activities, but Natasha has. Her interest in travel has also taken her to a volcano in Hawaii and hiking on Grouse Mountain in Vancouver. Her next trip HAS to be a visit to Harry Potter World in Orlando!
Natasha completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Western Ontario in Health Sciences with Biology plus a minor in French. She later received her Bachelor of Education from the same university with the intention to teach high school students French and Biology.
While completing her undergrad and teacher's degree at the University of Western Ontario, Natasha Manji worked as a secretary at a hearing clinic in London, Ontario. It was here where she learned of the field of audiology, and after enrolling in and completing her Masters of Clinical Science in Audiology in 2013, she joined ListenUP! Canada and has been an Audiologist there ever since.
"Over the past 3.5 years, I've seen young adults who've struggled to obtain employment due to their hearing loss successfully enter the job market," says Natasha. "I've seen infants hear their first sounds; I've seen seniors reconnect with grandchildren and friends because they made the active choice to treat their hearing loss. Hearing loss can affect someone at any age, and it's been heartwarming to see the significant impact we as audiologists can have on someone else's life."
By being a part of the Campaign for Better Hearing which encourages everyone to test their ears if they are 60 years of age or older, Natasha is able to improve the lives of others in a much more impactful way. For every free hearing test taken with one of the campaign's sponsors, $4.00 is donated through the campaign's Give-Back program to purchase hearing aids for those who really need them.
"The campaign allows me to promote hearing health awareness and hearing conservation daily," says Natasha. "It allows me to educate patients on the importance of baseline hearing assessments, preventing hearing loss, and treating hearing loss.
Hearing healthcare is an area people usually don't think is essential to monitor; the campaign has been an excellent way to promote healthy hearing for all Canadians, while also helping many in need receive the gift of hearing through our generous give back program."
For Natasha, there are few things as rewarding as helping individuals who are socially isolated, who are withdrawing from their daily activities and who have general communication barriers due to their hearing impairment reconnect with their friends, families and the sounds of the world.