Appendicitis is swelling of the appendix. Typical symptoms are pain in the abdomen, at the McBurney's point, that gradually worsens over several hours. The most common causes of appendicitis are infection and obstruction,
Super Bowl XXXI. Super Bowl XXXI was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion New England Patriots and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Green Bay Packers to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1996 season.
Definition of the VIX (Volatility Index): The VIX is an indicator of the stock market's expected movement (up or down) over the next 30 days. The VIX number itself is simply the annualized expected movement (up or down) of the SandP500 Index over the next 30 days. The general media sometimes refers to the VIX as the fear index because lately the markets have focused on the down side risk of another market crash rather than the up side hope of a strong bull market recovery.