A reason that the heart causes pain can be angina. Angina is pain of the heart. This usually occurs during exertion or times of emotional stress. It usually is a pressure, squeezing or tightness, but can also feel like burning. This pain is directly under the sternum or just to the left of the sternum.
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE; also often known as the Elks Lodge or simply The Elks) is an American fraternal order founded by Joseph M. Norcross in 1868 originally as a social club in New York City.
The Elks organization voted to remain all-male but approved a proposal that could make it easier for nonwhite men to join the fraternal order. About 5,000 Elks from across the nation voted against admitting women in a show of hands at a closed session of the group's 125th national convention in New Orleans. Donald D. Dapelo of Coalinga, Calif., the newly installed grand exalted ruler, said the proposal was overwhelmingly defeated..