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Cuba: Photographs by Jeffrey Milstein

The images contained in this book do more than mirror reality in Cuba. They offer an orientation to its complexities. They present glimpses that are factual, realistic, honest, mixed with a breath of lyricism and quotidian simplicity, capturing our attention and allowing us to see the unseen. They get us in touch with the depth of our own inwardness and expand our sympathies not only for the Cuban people but also for humanity. —Nilo Cruz

Cuba is a rhythmic, colorful, sophisticated, and intimate view into this isolated island that has long existed in a state of paralysis, immobile in time. Photographer Jeffrey Milstein captures and delves deep into the beauty, soul, and the extremes of Cuba’s urban life, the character of its people, the atmosphere of the region, and the country’s visual attractions and landscape.

The artful presentation and more than one hundred stunning photographs portray a story far more revealing and intimate than words can tell, rare views of Cubans at work and play will dispel any notion you might have that Cuba is a somber and depressing place, and will draw you into the history and the people that make Cuba our most fascinating neighbor.

January
MONTH of the HOLY NAME

1. Solemnity of Mary Mother of God
2. Foundation of the Abbey of Dunes, Flanders, in honor of the Blessed Virgin (1128)
3. Our Lady of Sichem, Belgium (474)
4. Our Lady of Treves, Italy (746). Appeared to St. Jerome Emiliani, 1530
5. Our Lady of Abundance or Prosperity, Cursi, Italy (1641)
6. Our Lady of Cana
7. Our Lady of Egypt
8. Our Lady of Prompt Succor, New Orleans, Louisiana (1809)
9. Our Lady of Beyond the Tiber, Rome,
Our Lady of Clemency, or Mercy of Absam, near Innsbruck, Austria (1797)
10. Our Lady of the Guides, Constantinople (1570)
11. Our Lady of Bessiere, Limousin, France
12. Our Lady of the Broad Street, Rome
13. Our Lady of Victory, Prague, Czechosolovakia (1620), home of the Infant of Prague.
14. Our Lady of the Word, Montserrat, Spain (1514)
15. Our Lady of the Crops, Syria
Our Lady of Banneux, Belgium (1933)
16. Our Lady, Refuge of sinners. Our Lady of Montserrat delivers captives from tyranny of Turks, Spain
17. Our Lady of Peace, Rome (1483)
Our Lady of Pontmain, France (1871)
18. Our Lady of Dijon, France (1513)
19. Our Lady of Gimout, Citeaux, France
20. Our Lady of Tables, Montpellier, France. "Arms of the city of Montpellier"
21. Our Lady of Consolation, Rome (1471)
22. Eve of Our Lady’s Espousals to St. Joseph
23. Feast of Our Lady’s Espousals, approved by Pope Paul III (1546)
24. Our Lady of Damascus, (1203)
25. Translation of the winding sheet and tomb of Our Lady to Constantinople in 455
26. Our Lady of Long Fields, Madrid, Spain (1261)
27. Our Lady of Life, Provence, France. Image has often restored to life children who
died without baptism.
28. Our Lady of Good Succor, near Rouen, France (1613)
29. Our Lady of Chatillon sur Seine, France. Appeared to St. Bernard (1130)
30. Our Lady of the Rose, Lucca, Italy
31. Apparition of Our Lady to Bl. Angela de Foligny (1285)

February
MONTH of the PASSION of OUR LORD

1. Eve of the Purification of Our Lady
2. Purification of Our Lady - First celebrated in 544
3. Our Lady of Saideneida, Damascus
4. Our Lady of Fire, Forli, Italy
5. Dedication of the First Church of Our Lady by St. Peter in Tortosa, Italy
6. Our Lady of Louvain, Belgium (1444)
7. Our Lady of Grace (or Our Lady of the Bowed Head), Rome (1610)
8. Abbey of Our Lady of the Lily, Melun, France (13th C.)
9. Our Lady of the Bells, Cathedral of Saintes, France
10. Our Lady of the Dove, Bologna, Italy
11. Our Lady of Lourdes, France (1858)
12. Our Lady of Argenteuil, Paris, built by Clovis I (101) containing a portion of the
Seamless Garment
13. Our Lady of Pellevoisin, France (1876)
14. Our Lady of Bourbourg, Flanders (1383)
15. Our Lady of Paris, France (522)
16. Our Lady of the Thorn, Chalons-sur-Marne, France (19th C.)
17. Our Lady of Constantinople, Bari, Turkey (566)
18. Our Lady of Laon, Rheims, France (500), founded by St. Remigius
19. Our Lady of Good Tidings, Lempdes, France (1500’s)
20. Our Lady of Bolougne sur Mer, France (633)
21. Our Lady of Bon Port, Dol
22. Our Lady of Succour, Rennes, France
23. Our Lady of Rocks, near Salamanca, Spain (434)
24. Plague in Rome ends after Pope St. Gregory the Great leads procession with a
painting by St Luke of Our Lady (591)
25. Our Lady of Victory, Constantinople (621)
Our Lady of Great Power, Quebec, Canada (1673)
26. Our Lady of the Fields, Paris France, consecrated by St. Denis (250)
27. Our Lady of Light, Lisbon, Portugal and Palermo, Italy (18th C.)
28. Institution of the Monastery of the Annunciation, Bethune, France (1519)

March
MONTH of ST. JOSEPH

1. Our Lady Della Croce, Crema, Italy (1873)
2. Our Lady of Apparitions, Madrid, Spain (1449)
3. Our Lady of Angels of Toulouse, France
Our Lady of Longport, Valois, France (1131)
4. Our Lady de la Guard, Marseille, France (1221)
5. Our Lady of Good Help, Montreal Canada (1657)
6. Our Lady of Nazareth, Pierre Noire, Portugal (1150)
7. Our Lady of the Star, Villa Viciosa, Portugal
8. Our Lady of Virtues, Lisbon, Portugal. The 10 principal virtues for which she is
known: Purity, Prudence, Humility, Faith, Piety, Obedience, Poverty, Patience,
Charity & Compassion
9. Our Lady of Savigny, France (1112)
10. Our Lady of the Vine, Tuscany, Italy
11. Our Lady of the Forests, Porto, Portugal (12th C.), and Britain (1419)
12. Our Lady of Miracles, St. Maur des Fosses, France
13. Our Lady of the Empress, Rome (593)
14. Our Lady de la Breche, Chartres, France (1568)
15. Our Lady of the Underground, Chartres, France (911)
16. Our Lady of the Fountain, Constantinople (460)
17. Our Lady of Ireland or the Madonna of Ireland (1697)
Office of Our Lady Instituted, Pope Urban II (1095)
18. Cathedral of Our Lady of Loretto, erected (1586)
Our Lady of Mercy of Savona
19. The Beautiful Lady, Nogent-sur-Seine, France
20. Our Lady of Calevourt, near Brussels, Belgium (1454)
21. Our Lady of Bruges, Flanders (1150), where a lock of Our Lady’s hair is preserved

Type: Sea Fury FB Mk.II
Serial #: WM483
Registry: N42SF
Base: Jerome, ID



The Hawker Sea Fury Carrier borne fighter-bomber was the British Fleet Air Arm's last piston-engined fighter, developed during WWII it did not see service with the Fleet Air Arm until after the war. It was arguably the fastest piston powered aircraft ever manufactured.

It was a development from the Hawker Tempest, itself a development of the Hawker Typhoon. Originally, the Hawker Fury was designed by Sidney Camm in 1942 under F.2/43 specification, to provide the RAF with a lightweight replacement for the Tempest II.

On 23 June, 1942, Luftwaffe Pilot Oberleutnant Arnim Faber erroneously landed his Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-3 fighter at RAF Pembrey, apparently having mistaken this airfield for a Luftwaffe channel coast airfield. The British were thereby presented with a working example of the Fw 190 fighter, which had been giving the RAF an extremely difficult time. The Hawker Fury design was a direct result of the examination of Faber's Fw 190A-3. Examination of Faber's aircraft was largely responsible for the preparation of Specification F.6/42, which called for a new, high-performance fighter.

The design was modified in 1943 to meet a Royal Navy specification (N.7/43) for a carrier-based interceptor and named the Hawker Sea Fury. Hawker was designated to work on the land-based version, and responsibility for the naval conversion was assigned to Boulton-Paul Aircraft Ltd. of Wolverhampton.

Early in 1944, a revised naval specification, N.22/43, supplanted N.7/43. and in April 1944 contracts were placed for 200 F.2/43 planes for the RAF and 200 N.22/43 planes for the Fleet Air Arm. The first Sea Fury prototype, SR661, flew on 21 February, 1945. It was powered by a Centaurus XII engine driving a four-bladed propeller. This airplane had a deck arrester hook under the rudder, but retained fixed wings. The second Sea Fury prototype, SR666, was powered by a Centaurus XV driving a five-bladed propeller and was a fully navalized aircraft with folding wings. The prototype Sea Fury SR661 was subsequently tested for its suitability as a naval fighter, and in deck landing trials, at the A&AEE Boscombe Down in May 1945. Tests were still underway as the Japanese surrendered in August 1945.

With the end of the Second World War, the RAF cancelled all production contracts for the Fury, deciding to concentrate all of its future efforts on jet fighters. The Royal Navy reduced its order for Sea Furies to 100 aircraft, and canceled the Boulton-Paul contract in its entirety.

The first production aircraft - a Mark 10 which was a carrier-based version, with folding wings- did not make its initial flight until September 1946. Although originally intended to serve with both the RAF and FAA, the RAF order was cancelled at the end of the war. The first deck trials with Sea Fury TF898 began aboard HMS Victorious during the winter of 1946-47. The Mark 10 was approved for carrier operations in Spring 1947, and five Fleet Air Arm squadrons were then equipped with the Sea Fury. The Mark 10 was followed by the Mark 11 fighter-bomber - 615 of these were eventually delivered to the Navy. It became the Fleet Air Arm's principal single-seat fighter and remained so until the introduction of the Sea Hawk jet fighter in 1953.

The Sea Fury served throughout the Korean War, replacing the Seafire, which was not really built for carrier operations, being too fragile.

The Sea Fury was used by the FAA, Canada, Holland, Australia, and other countries including the Iraq Air Force. A total of 75 Sea Furies served with the Royal Canadian Navy(R.C.N.) between 1948 and 1956. All flew from the Aircraft Carrier HMCS Magnificent in 871 squadron.

Operators

RAAF, RCAF, RAF, Netherlands, Cuba, Germany.


Versions

Mk.X
50 built, first production variant powered by Centaurus XV (fighter-bomber)
FB.MK 11
First widespread variant, 615 built including 31 for the RAN and 53 for the
RCN.
T.Mk 20
60 trainers, 10 of which were later converted to target tugs for West
Germany. (two seat trainer)

Mk. 50 (first foreign variant)



Fleet Air Arm history
Hawker Sea Fury
Total FAA 1939-1945: 1 (a total 725 built post-war)
First delivered to RN: May 1945 to A&AEE only
First squadron 1939-1945: None 1939-1945
Operational squadron: None in 1939-1945. Saw trials in Oct 1945 and service from 1947
Last served with RN 1955 - last Sea Fury squadron disbanded

Serials of the Sea Fury 11 were TF956-TF973, TF985-TF999, TG113-TG129, VR918-VR952, VW224-VW243, VW541-VW590, VW621-VW670, VW691-VW718, VX608-VX643, VX650-VX696, VX707-VX711, VX724-VX730, VX748-VX764, WF590-WF595, WF610-WF627, WE673-WE694, WE708-WE736, WE785-WE806, WM472-WM482, WM487-WM495, WG564-WG575, WG590-WG604, WG621-WG630, WH581-WH594, WH612-WH623, WJ2

The music of Cuba developed from a unique set of historical and social circumstances. African slaves, brought to work on the Spanish sugar plantations, soon outnumbered the European colonists. The attitude of the Spanish political and religious institutions towards African culture, while undeniably oppressive, was more open than in some other colonial societies. Catholic priests did their best to convert the Africans to Christianity, but they overlooked their worship of African deities as long as they gave them Christian names. In fact, santeria, a religion that combines Catholicism with African deities and rituals, is still a key part of Cuban spiritual life. Most of the songs on this collection are a style called son, (lit. "sound") one of the most popular and influential Cuban musical forms. Son developed around the turn of the century in Oriente, a region in eastern Cuba. Migrating musicians brought son west to Havana in the 1920s, where it exploded in popularity. The fundamental element of the son is a rhythmic pattern called clave (lit. "key"). Played on two wooden sticks, called claves, this repetitive beat is the foundation upon which all of the other musical elements are structured. It gives son the propulsive swing that has endeared it to people around the world. Most contemporary salsa is based on son.

At once spicy hot and languorously sweet, Putumayo Presents Cuba is a passionate marriage of active and passive, masculine and feminine, a contemporary festival of sound whose roots were born in defiance of onerous distraction and oppression. Based on Afro-Cuban culture, whose music comes from a combination of European and African instrumentation, the songs in this collection swing with the energetic rhythms of traditional son (also the base of salsa). Layered over the repetitive beat, guitars chime, maracas add shimmy, and trumpets take the upper accent melody, often repeating or contrasting the main vocal melody. One of the finest contributions to the disc is Mi Son's "Mecanica de Amor," in which the band substitutes the violin for the lead trumpet, making a treat of the unexpected. Irakere's funky fusion "Boliviera" comes on gangbusters with beefy bass, full horn section, and featured flute melody. Containing superb liner notes, Putumayo Presents Cuba makes a fine introduction to this island's rich sound, and a superb remedy to the blues. --Paige La Grone