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Diners scan the pies, cakes and cookies with practiced eyes, rating them for looks, tasting to see if they’re worth a second bite.

In addition to learning different maneuvers, massage students practiced projecting their voices to deny unwanted advances and to call for help.

"My tee shot and putter were the things I was focusing on and I really practiced them a lot. I think that was the foundation to my success today," Lee said through a translator.

After taking on the Ravens, they spent a week in Maryland and practiced at the Orioles’ ballpark before flying across the Atlantic the following Friday night to take on the Jaguars.

I glance at Ma, who gives me a practiced smile of her own.