- published: 23 Apr 2013
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A windmill is a machine which converts the energy of wind into rotational energy by means of vanes called sails or blades. Originally windmills were developed for milling grain for food production. In the course of history the windmill was adapted to many other industrial uses. An important non-milling use is to pump water, either for land drainage or to extract groundwater with windpumps. Windmills used for generating electricity are commonly known as wind turbines.
The windwheel of the Greek engineer Heron of Alexandria in the 1st century AD is the earliest known instance of using a wind-driven wheel to power a machine. Another early example of a wind-driven wheel was the prayer wheel, which was used in ancient Tibet and China since the 4th century. It has been claimed that the Babylonian emperor Hammurabi planned to use wind power for his ambitious irrigation project in the 17th century BC.
The first practical windmills had sails that rotated in a horizontal plane, around a vertical axis. According to Ahmad Y. al-Hassan, these panemone windmills were invented in eastern Persia as recorded by the Persian geographer Estakhri in the 9th century. The authenticity of an earlier anecdote of a windmill involving the second caliph Umar (AD 634–644) is questioned on the grounds that it appears in a 10th-century document. Made of six to twelve sails covered in reed matting or cloth material, these windmills were used to grind grain or draw up water, and were quite different from the later European vertical windmills. Windmills were in widespread use across the Middle East and Central Asia, and later spread to China and India from there.
Actors: Courtney B. Vance (actor), Lucas Moore (miscellaneous crew), Laura Summer (actress), Dawnn Lewis (actress), Richard Gibbs (composer), Larry Gilbert (miscellaneous crew), Nicole Sullivan (actress), Mona May (costume designer), Nickolas Wolf (actor), Alex Désert (actor), Kelsey McDonald (actress), Paul Hoen (producer), King (actor), Paul Hoen (director), David Martyn Conley (actor),
Plot: Based on the story of Cyrano de Bergerac, an awkward man speaks through another to the girl he loves. She falls for the words i.e. the lyrics.
Keywords: baptist-church, cheat, choir, club, competition, conciliation, dancing, father-son-conflict, friendship, gospel-singerI dont want to care
but I have to stop and stare
watch my house burn down
as the flames dance around
I dont want to breathe
all the memories that I see
from the house that used to be
thats where I used to be
Kick the dust Im moving on
Dont care where Im coming from
Windmill keep on turning
As my life goes burning away
Burning away
Windmill keep on turning
Keep turning
Keep turning away
Left here standing still
No more bitter pills
But I cant leave this hill quite yet
Until the moonlight starts to set
The roaring of the flames
It overtakes the shame
The framework crumbles to the ground
But my ears cant hear a sound
Ill be waiting for the sun
With heavy sails spinning up above
Windmill keep on turning
As my life goes burning away
Burning away
Windmill keep on turning
Keep turning
Keep turning away
Just the slightest breeze
Keeps the house burning
Keeps the windmill turning
Windmill keep on turning
As my life goes burning away
Burning away
Windmill keep on turning
Keep turning
Keep turning
Windmill keep on turning
As my life goes burning away
Burning away
Windmill keep on turning
Keep turning