Piston

A piston is a component of reciprocating engines, reciprocating pumps, gas compressors and pneumatic cylinders, among other similar mechanisms. It is the moving component that is contained by a cylinder and is made gas-tight by piston rings. In an engine, its purpose is to transfer force from expanding gas in the cylinder to the crankshaft via a piston rod and/or connecting rod. In a pump, the function is reversed and force is transferred from the crankshaft to the piston for the purpose of compressing or ejecting the fluid in the cylinder. In some engines, the piston also acts as a valve by covering and uncovering ports in the cylinder wall.

The piston of an internal combustion engine is acted upon by the pressure of the expanding combustion gases in the combustion chamber space at the top of the cylinder. This force then acts downwards through the connecting rod and onto the crankshaft. The connecting rod is attached to the piston by a swivelling gudgeon pin (US: wrist pin). This pin is mounted within the piston: unlike the steam engine, there is no piston rod or crosshead.

I'm Afraid Of Life

let me out of the womb...
leave this earth with a dry wet kiss
capture my heart with your fingertips
i love you in death i hate you in life
a 2 second flashback can change my life
i'm afraid of life. i need some understanding world
i'm afraid of life. i need some strength and four more horse
strange but blid she shows up timed
angry and scared i loose my mind
i hate you in death. i love you in life
these feelings of fear they rule my life
and together we fight. together we die
give me your tongue and the earth flies bye
but together were one. together wev'e died
i am your sun and your earth
[chorus]
take me back to the womb...

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Golden State Beats Oklahoma City To Force A Game 7

Edit National Public Radio 29 May 2016

i. Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson (11) shoots over Oklahoma City Thunder center Steven Adams (12) during the second half of Game 6 of the NBA basketball Western Conference finals in Oklahoma City on Saturday. The Warriors won 108-101. Sue Ogrocki/AP hide caption. toggle caption Sue Ogrocki/AP ... The Warriors won 108-101. Sue Ogrocki/AP ... The winner will play Cleveland in the NBA Finals ... ....

photo: AP / Luca Bruno

Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo scores the decisive penalty kick during the Champions League final soccer match between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid at the San Siro stadium in Milan

Real Madrid wins Champions League in penalty shootout

Edit Deseret News 29 May 2016

MILAN — Cristiano Ronaldo did it again for Real Madrid, stepping forward to score a penalty and inflicting another devastating loss in a Champions League final on rival Atletico Madrid. For the second time in three years, the biggest game in club soccer ended with Ronaldo sealing victory then ripping off his shirt to show off his muscled torso for adoring fans ... "I knew I was going to score the winning penalty ... ....

photo: Public Domain / Alexas_Fotos

'Mass rape' video on social media shocks Brazil

Edit BBC News 27 May 2016

Brazilian police are hunting more than 30 men suspected of raping a teenage girl in Rio de Janeiro, and of putting video of the attack on social media. The girl is reported to have gone to her boyfriend's house on Saturday and to have regained consciousness later, surrounded by the men ... ....

photo: AP / Mikhail Klimentyev/SPUTNIK, Kremlin Pool Photo

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a video conference with the top military brass on a Russian air campaign in Syria, in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, Nov. 20, 2015.

Putin blasts West on first trip to EU country this year

Edit St Louis Post-Dispatch 28 May 2016

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — On his first trip to a European Union country this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday sharply criticized western policy toward Moscow, describing a newly expanded U.S. missile defense system as a threat to his… ... ....

photo: AP / Leo Correa

A woman wearing a female gender symbol attends a protest against the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, May 27, 2016.

Brazil police identify 4 of 30-plus men wanted in gang rape

Edit One India 28 May 2016

Rio de Janeiro, May 28. Police has said that they have identified and are searching for four of the more than 30 men suspected in the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl, a case that has rocked Latin America's largest nation ... ....

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Significance of sixth consecutive trip to Finals not lost on LeBron James, James Jones

Edit Boston Herald 29 May 2016

TORONTO — LeBron James has only two championships to show for his previous six trips to the NBA Finals, so it’s not as if everything he touches turns to gold ... Jones, Satch Sanders, Tom Heinsohn, Frank Ramsey and Bob Cousy ... That’s my life ... According to ESPN Stats and Information, James also became the second man to play in at least three Finals with two different teams, joining Dennis Rodman (Pistons and Bulls) ... ....

Cal’s Jaylen Brown sees the good in ex-Bad Boys

Edit Detroit Free Press 28 May 2016

The draft hopeful has bent the ear of a couple of Pistons greats in his pursuit of NBA dream ... ....

Gonzaga's Domantas Sabonis has rebound skills 'you can't teach'

Edit Detroit Free Press 28 May 2016

DraftExpress has Pistons taking Sabonis at No. 18 ... ....

Gonzaga's Sabonis a beast on the glass

Edit Detroit Free Press 28 May 2016

DraftExpress has Pistons taking Sabonis at No. 18 ... ....

Rickshaw Run adventure-packed

Edit Otago Daily Times 28 May 2016

Previous .. Next.  . When Jendi Paterson goes on holiday she is unlikely to be found sitting around reading books. The Dunedin City Council recreation planning and facilities manager loves an adventure. She got all the adventure she could ask for when she travelled across India in a three-wheeled rickshaw in April, as a participant in the Rickshaw Run ... "The teams that went hell for leather pretty quickly blew pistons ... The Star . ....

Payne: Q&Auto; with Indy elder Kanaan

Edit Detroit news 28 May 2016

In its 100 years, the Indy 500 has changed lives. And arms. When Tony Kanaan realized his “dream achievement” by winning the 500 in 2013, the Brazilian star had the Borg-Warner winner’s trophy tattooed on his right shoulder and bicep. “It’s the race I always wanted to win. The most important race of my career,” says the diminutive, 5-foot-5 car jockey as we sat courtside at a Detroit Pistons game surrounded by basketball giants ... I was 16....

Bruce Springsteen steamrolls through 3½-hour set at Croker

Edit The Irish Times 28 May 2016

Here’s something I never knew before. 80,000 people saying “Bruuuuuce!” sounds like they’re booing. They are not booing ... Saying “Bruuuuuuce!” in unison is the opposite of booing ... Bruce cares deeply ... And you wanted working class credibility? That length of time on stage is more like a factory shift than a rock show and the E Street Band wrangle their instruments like they’re welding rivets (Bruce’s left hand often moves like a piston) ... ....

Bruce Springsteen steamrolls through 3½-hour set at Croke Park

Edit The Irish Times 28 May 2016

Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James just too much for Raptors

Edit Toronto Sun 28 May 2016

There’s only one LeBron James, a one-of-a-kind player who comes along once in a generation.  . Heading into Friday night’s Game 6, the Raptors had five occasions to match wits and baskets with the Cavaliers star, as much a cerebral hoopster as he is an athletic freak ... “He knows ... a little bit ... The Pistons also dealt James his only series loss when leading 3-2 — James’ first post-season in 2006 ... ....

A surreal day inside our war against ISIS

Edit New York Post 28 May 2016

One hundred and fifty years ago, in 1866, the town of Waterloo, NY, celebrated the first Memorial Day, remembering the fallen of the Civil War. Fifty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson honored Waterloo and reaffirmed the Memorial Day celebration, then centered around the heroes of World War II ... For that reason, it can be easy for Americans to forget we’re even fighting a war ... M ... Pistons moved by explosive charges punch each 2,000-lbs....

'Piston' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

Franklin Charter (2005)

Mentovskie voiny (2005)

Histoire de Pen (2002)

Full Blast (1999)

Bespredel (1989)

Lagunilla, mi barrio (1981)

Angels Die Hard (1970)

Gokuraku ôichiza: Acharaka ôatari (1956)

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