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Contributed photo by Angela Foster / Katherine Goforth Elverd, left, leads students Seth Moulton, Kennedi Walz, Kalika Best and Mary Record. The way UTC music therapy consultant Katherine Goforth Elverd sees the new partnership between the college and the Songbirds Foundation, everybody comes out winning.As part of the collaboration, Songbirds instructors will begin teaching incoming University of Tennessee at Chattanooga students in the music therapy program this fall, marking its first partnership with a college-level, accredited institution.Elverd said that with Songbirds now focused on teaching students the guitar - which along with voice, piano and percussion make up the
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llection of rare and vintage guitars, learning from instructors there. How cool is that Elverd said. It s such a win, win, win for Songbirds, the therapists and UTC. She said her main instrument is the violin, and that to this point she has been solely responsible for teaching all instruments. The Songbirds instructors are way more proficient at teaching our students guitar than I would be, so I can go beyond my skills and knowledge and go beyond the technical, she said. This will allow [stude Fftt Yachting is a fancy word for having fun
MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Economics WriterWASHINGTON - Chairman Ben Bernanke said the Federal Reserve is prepared to take further steps to lift the U.S. economy if it weakens. But he didn t signal any imminent action in testimony before a congressional panel Thursday.Bernanke said the Europ
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ean debt crisis poses significant risks to the U.S. financial markets. He noted that U.S. unemployment remains high and the outlook for inflation subdued.But Bernanke said that he expects economic growth to continue at a moderate pace this year. As always, the Federal Reserve remains prepared to take action as needed to protect the U.S. financial system and economy in the event that financial stresses escalate, he told the congressional Joint Economic Committee.The Fed could buy more bonds to lower long-term interest rates, which would encourage more borrowing and spending. Or it could extend its plan to keep short-term rates near zero beyond late 2014.But most economists don t expect further moves at the Fed s next policy meeting June 19-20, despite some signals from other Fed members in recent days.For one thing, long-term rates have already touched record lows. Even if rates did decline further, analysts say they might have little effect on the econom
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e further stimulus before the November election because such steps could be perceived as helping President Barack Obama win re-election.John Ryding and Conrad DeQuadros, economists at RDQ Economics,