And they could, if they wanted, insist on this weekend's gucci shoes cheap match being played in the open air as the standard protocol for Tests at the Millennium is that both sides must agree to the retractable roof being closed.
Wales, 23-21 winners away to Ireland in their tournament opener last weekend, are unlikely to have any qualms about playing 'indoors'.
But nor are Scotland, according to captain Ross Ford, even though their handling game let them down badly in decent conditions at Murrayfield during last Saturday's 13-6 loss at home to England.
"We've asked for the roof to be closed, so that guarantees us a nice dry ball to go out and play the way we want to," Ford said.
"We believe we've got the ability there to put pressure on Wales with the way we want to play and we'd prefer it if the roof was closed," the hooker added.
"We have had victories in the worst weather conditions, but I think you would be hard pressed to find a rugby player who enjoys the wet and the cold.
"We're going down there with the intention of closing the roof and playing."
In Gregor Laidlaw, nephew of Scotland great Roy, the visitors will have a 'running' fly-half in contrast to Dan Parks, who retired from international duty after the England defeat and was renowned for his ability to direct operations with the boot in the wet.
But Laidlaw will be looking to the forwards and scrum-half Chris Cusiter to provide him with quick ball in a bid to spark a Scotland back division that, for all the talent of the Lamont brothers and Max Evans in particular, has now gone four games without a try.
"Greg for Edinburgh in the Heineken (European) Cup this year, everything that's been asked of him he's gone out and done it," Ford said. "That's the type of man he is.
"I'm sure he will carry on in the same vein down in Wales on Sunday."
World Cup semi-finalists Wales will be firm favourites to win this weekend but the 27-year-old Ford added: "It is a big challenge, going down to Wales always is.
"Wales are coming off a good win in Ireland, but we believe gucci bags cheap we've seen enough from how Ireland played them and that we've got the ability in our squad to go down there and win.
Woods, back at the pro-am celebrity event for the first time in a decade and hunting his first victory on the PGA Tour in more than two years, evoked memories of his glory days.
He was in sparkling form off the tee, a little frustrated by his approach play and could have been at least two or three shots better had a few well-struck putts not halted inches short of the cup or slipped past the edge.
"I drove it great, I had it on a string for most of the day," Woods told reporters after hitting 11 of 14 fairways and 15 of 18 greens in regulation on the most difficult of the three venues hosting this week's event.
"I just wasn't very good with my irons so I'll have to go and work on that. I left a few putts out there ... and I didn't give myself enough looks when I had wedges in my hand."
With barely a breath of wind on the picturesque Monterey Peninsula, scoring conditions were near-perfect and Woods knew it was crucial not to end the first round too far adrift.
"When the scores are like this, I can't get too far behind the lead," said the 36-year-old American. "Hopefully tomorrow I can get it going over there at Monterey. It will be an important day to put it together and make some birdies."
Woods made a sizzling start with consecutive birdies, gucci shoes 2012 hitting a superb approach to three feet at the par-four 10th and narrowly missing an eagle putt from 14 feet at the par-five 11th.
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Unless you have a really good medical history
Many experts have diagnosed them with conversion gucci shoes cheap disorder -- where a stress or psychological issue manifests in physical symptoms. But now New Jersey neurologist Dr. Rosario Trifiletti suspects that the real root cause could be something called PANDAS, TIME reported, an infection that the girls he's seen are now being treated for with antibiotics.
PANDAS, or pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections, is characterized by a sudden onset of symptoms -- including obsessive behavior, vocal or motor tics and having compulsions -- that happens seemingly overnight, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.
There is no test that can diagnose PANDAS -- instead, doctors must look at five different criteria to come to the conclusion of a PANDAS diagnosis. These criteria include having an OCD or tic disorder, having the onset of symptoms occur during childhood or adolescence, having an "episodic course" of severity of symptoms, being infected with a certain kind of streptococcal bacteria, and having neurological abnormalities, like jerky movements or hyperactive motor movements, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.
NBC affiliate WGRZ reported that Trifiletti announced his diagnosis on HLN's Dr. Drew show. The doctor had analyzed the lab data on eight of nine girls he saw while in LeRoy in January.
"I can tell you that they are testing positive for, each one is testing positive either for streptococcas or mycoplasma, which are known triggers of the PANDAS/ PANS Syndrome," WGRZ reported Trifiletti as saying.
"Thus, a PANDAS-like illness is my working diagnosis, rather than a mass conversion disorder," Trifiletti said in a statement on the PANDAS Network website. [You can read his full statement here.]
But outside experts, such as PANDAS expert Dr. Susan Swedo, who is the branch chief of pediatrics and developmental neuropsychiatry at the National Institute on Mental Health, are skeptical of Trifiletti's diagnosis, TIME reported:
For one thing, PANDAS doesn't usually occur in clusters. Indeed, Swedo says that she is "not aware" of any epidemics of PANDAS ever occurring. The last epidemic of illness following strep infections -- a cluster of rheumatic fever, which is an gucci bags cheap inflammatory disorder -- happened in the 1980s. (Both PANDAS and rheumatic fever are caused by overzealous immune responses to infections; immune cells mistakenly attack particular organs or tissues, in addition to the infectious agents.)
In addition, PANDAS is extremely rare, with many tic or OCD-related disorders not attributed to infections, TIME added. [Read more about why experts are skeptical over at TIME.]
Michael Jenike, an OCD expert and professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, told Scientific American that even though PANDAS was initially ruled out as a diagnosis when news of the mystery illness first broke, it's still possible for an infection to be a root cause.
He said in the Scientific American Q&A:
"Unless you have a really good medical history, it's easy to miss signs of many of these infections. Parents say no, the kid hasn't been sick, but maybe there was a fever one day that nobody could explain and they forgot about it. Often these infections are very subtle. If strep is in the sinuses, for instance, a throat culture might come back negative. But if you do the blood test and get the patient's antibodies, you can often figure out if there was some sort of infection without symptoms. That's what Trifiletti will be able to do.
[Click here to read Scientific American's explainer about PANDAS, also known as PANS, and how it might be linked with the mystery Le Roy illness.]
Recently, University of Buffalo neurology professor Dr. David Lichter told WKBW that the symptoms might have spread via social media by students unintentionally mimicking the symptoms they've seen in videos.
Previously, USA Today reported that Erin Brockovich -- the environmental activist who linked cancer cases with toxic drinking water in California, spurring a 2000 gucci bags movie starring Julia Roberts -- has launched her own investigation into the cause of the illness.
PANDAS, or pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections, is characterized by a sudden onset of symptoms -- including obsessive behavior, vocal or motor tics and having compulsions -- that happens seemingly overnight, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.
There is no test that can diagnose PANDAS -- instead, doctors must look at five different criteria to come to the conclusion of a PANDAS diagnosis. These criteria include having an OCD or tic disorder, having the onset of symptoms occur during childhood or adolescence, having an "episodic course" of severity of symptoms, being infected with a certain kind of streptococcal bacteria, and having neurological abnormalities, like jerky movements or hyperactive motor movements, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.
NBC affiliate WGRZ reported that Trifiletti announced his diagnosis on HLN's Dr. Drew show. The doctor had analyzed the lab data on eight of nine girls he saw while in LeRoy in January.
"I can tell you that they are testing positive for, each one is testing positive either for streptococcas or mycoplasma, which are known triggers of the PANDAS/ PANS Syndrome," WGRZ reported Trifiletti as saying.
"Thus, a PANDAS-like illness is my working diagnosis, rather than a mass conversion disorder," Trifiletti said in a statement on the PANDAS Network website. [You can read his full statement here.]
But outside experts, such as PANDAS expert Dr. Susan Swedo, who is the branch chief of pediatrics and developmental neuropsychiatry at the National Institute on Mental Health, are skeptical of Trifiletti's diagnosis, TIME reported:
For one thing, PANDAS doesn't usually occur in clusters. Indeed, Swedo says that she is "not aware" of any epidemics of PANDAS ever occurring. The last epidemic of illness following strep infections -- a cluster of rheumatic fever, which is an gucci bags cheap inflammatory disorder -- happened in the 1980s. (Both PANDAS and rheumatic fever are caused by overzealous immune responses to infections; immune cells mistakenly attack particular organs or tissues, in addition to the infectious agents.)
In addition, PANDAS is extremely rare, with many tic or OCD-related disorders not attributed to infections, TIME added. [Read more about why experts are skeptical over at TIME.]
Michael Jenike, an OCD expert and professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, told Scientific American that even though PANDAS was initially ruled out as a diagnosis when news of the mystery illness first broke, it's still possible for an infection to be a root cause.
He said in the Scientific American Q&A:
"Unless you have a really good medical history, it's easy to miss signs of many of these infections. Parents say no, the kid hasn't been sick, but maybe there was a fever one day that nobody could explain and they forgot about it. Often these infections are very subtle. If strep is in the sinuses, for instance, a throat culture might come back negative. But if you do the blood test and get the patient's antibodies, you can often figure out if there was some sort of infection without symptoms. That's what Trifiletti will be able to do.
[Click here to read Scientific American's explainer about PANDAS, also known as PANS, and how it might be linked with the mystery Le Roy illness.]
Recently, University of Buffalo neurology professor Dr. David Lichter told WKBW that the symptoms might have spread via social media by students unintentionally mimicking the symptoms they've seen in videos.
Previously, USA Today reported that Erin Brockovich -- the environmental activist who linked cancer cases with toxic drinking water in California, spurring a 2000 gucci bags movie starring Julia Roberts -- has launched her own investigation into the cause of the illness.
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