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Q: variable linked in page URL, how-to and are spaces okay? 3 quick questions:
I want to create one page "view_build.php" which, when opened, takes a variable from the URL contained within it, and displays unique information for that 'build'. For example
$row[0]

The above is a link to a page called view_build.php?buildname=VARIABLE
Does the .php file contain the variable in a $_GET array, JUST from me including a variable name in the html link?
And if so, is it okay if there are spaces in it? For example:
view_build.php?buildname=Dual Zoren

Lastly, how do I include more than one variable in the URL? What is the syntax?
Thanks so much!
Regards.

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Does the .php file contain the variable in a $_GET array, JUST from me including a variable name in the html link?

Yes. To elaborate, if you call view_build.php via an HTTP request with the URL query parameters foo=bar, then within that script, you can access $_GET['foo'] which will have the value bar.

is it okay if there are spaces in it?

No, they should be URL encoded. See http://php.net/manual/function.urlencode.php
For example
<a href="view_build.php?buildname=<?= urlencode($row[0]) ?>"><?= htmlspecialchars($row[0]) ?>

Lastly, how do I include more than one variable in the URL? What is the syntax?

URL query parameters are separated by the & character, eg
view_build.php?buildname=Dual+Zoren&foo=1&bar=2

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GOAL ACES
AFOBE TO ZYRO
P.O.T.Y.
A Case Of Mistaken Identity
No Acknowledgement For Hero Norman
There was a day early in the 1987-88 season when the Molineux PA man caused amusement by announcing a substitution 'for our visitors Halifax Town'.
The laughter came because Wolves were actually playing Crewe that afternoon….Halifax's visit had been three weeks earlier.
And you can imagine the ribbing Wolves' players must have dished out amid more tanoy confusion a decade earlier during the club's first season back in the top flight.
In a victory away to QPR on December 31, 1977, Mel Eves' name wasn't even on the team sheet but he was publicly hailed as being responsible for two of the side's three goals.
The actual scoring hero, Norman Bell, was the man to miss out – over the public address system anyway – as an administrative mix-up caused by manager Sammy Chung left him short-changed.
The loudspeaker man, working from the team list he had been given, credited Eves with netting the team's first and third goals in a 3-1 win that did much to ease their relegation worries.
The Sunday People cutting above told the story, with Chung quoted as saying he had correctly filled in the team sheet clubs have to submit to the match officials – but had made a mistake in a secondary one that went to the announcer.
So Eves, having worn the no 10 shirt in several previous matches, found himself receiving the public praise at the expense of the man who had not long come back into the side after an absence of a month and a half.
Steve Daley scored Wolves' other goal in a game in which they took the lead but were pegged back to 1-1 at half-time before taking a decisive grip in the second half.
If Eves was the beneficiary at Loftus Road, he was the one on the receiving end of an identity problem a few months later.
His name was given as 'Eaves' in the People's headline (left) of the 1-1 draw at Chelsea, where he struck a precious equaliser near the end for his first goal in senior football.
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Morality matters in the military
By Judge Roy Moore
"The army was now not only starved but naked; the greatest part were not only shirtless and barefoot, but destitute of all other clothing, especially blankets," wrote one soldier. Commanding Gen. George Washington informed the Continental Congress that "unless some great and capital change suddenly takes place ... this army must inevitably be reduced to one or other of these three things: starve, dissolve, or disperse."
Yet despite the harsh conditions for the Revolutionary Army during its winter at Valley Forge – conditions that cost the lives of at least 2,500 of Washington's 6,000 soldiers – Washington remained steadfast in his duty to maintain high standards of morality in the military. On March 10, 1778, "with Abhorrence and Detestation" of homosexual conduct, Washington ordered Lt. Frederick Gotthold Enslin "to be dismiss'd [from] the service with Infamy [disgrace]," and "to be drummed out of Camp tomorrow morning by all the Drummers and Fifers in the Army, never to return." No one objected to such an order.
Over 200 years later, Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was subjected to widespread criticism in the press when he stated last week, in reference to homosexuals serving in the military, that he does "not believe the United States is well served by a policy that says it is OK to be immoral in any way." Under former President Bill Clinton, a new policy of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was implemented in the military to protect from disclosure the homosexuality of its members. Gen. Pace did not take issue with the policy, but he likened homosexual behavior to adultery and noted that the military "prosecute[s] that kind of immoral behavior."
As Washington's experience at Valley Forge indicates, Gen. Pace's opinion comports with a long military tradition. It also echoes military law: 10 U.S.C. 654(a)(15) of the U.S. Code provides that the "presence in the armed forces of persons who demonstrate a propensity or intent to engage in homosexual acts would create an unacceptable risk to the high standards of morale, good order and discipline, and unit cohesion that are the essence of military capability."
Joining in the criticism of Gen. Pace were many well-known political figures such as Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who stated, "We don't need moral judgment from the chairman of the Joint Chiefs." Most of the candidates for president also condemned his remarks. Some media outlets have even called for Gen. Pace to resign. The universal sentiment of elites seems to be that the general had no business stating his opinion on the matter.
As chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, I encountered the same virulent opposition in 2002 when I wrote in a Supreme Court judicial opinion that "[h]omosexual conduct by its very nature is immoral, and its consequences are inherently destructive to the natural order of society." The opinion concerned the custody of three children whose mother sought to regain custody from the father after she had willingly relinquished custody when she began a homosexual relationship. In making my observations about homosexuality, I merely repeated what statutes, judges and legal commentators had said about homosexual behavior for centuries. I followed the law in Alabama, and for doing so I was excoriated in the press as "hateful," "prejudiced," and likened to the Taliban in Afghanistan.
That same year, a high school in Santa Rosa, Calif., issued a warning to freshman Rebeka Rice when she responded to teasing from other students about her Mormon upbringing by saying, "That's so gay." None of the students to whom the comment was directed were homosexual and Rice stated that the comment simply meant "that's so stupid" or "that's so dumb." Yet, because she used the word "gay" in a derogatory fashion, the school punished Rice, who is currently embroiled in a lawsuit to defend her free speech rights.
All of these illustrations carry a common thread: Homosexual conduct, which, according to the great English jurist Sir Edward Coke, was "a detestable and abominable sin, amongst Christians not to be named," now must not be criticized or else the speaker will suffer ardent denunciation. Those who practice an immoral act that less than 40 years ago was not to be mentioned in polite public circles now demand that those who still believe in morality, and say so, must be silenced.
Activists driven to turn social norms on their head are imposing a "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy of their own upon those who believe in biblical morality. People may no longer question homosexuality, nor can they tell others the truth about its immorality. Ironically, a military policy to protect from disclosure the homosexuality of its members is now interpreted to force others to accept homosexuality without question.
Samuel Adams, the father of the American Revolution, once said that "no people will tamely surrender their liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffused and virtue is preserved. On the contrary, when people are universally ignorant, and debauched in their manners, they will sink under their own weight without the aid of foreign invaders." So it is that while brave men like Gen. Pace seek to defend our country from without, we are being destroyed from within by those who want no part of virtue or morality. For the sake of our nation's survival, it is time to voice our strongest opposition to homosexual conduct because morality still matters, not only in the military, but also in society at large.
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Judge Roy Moore is the chairman of the Foundation for Moral Law in Montgomery, Ala. He is the former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court who was removed from office in 2003 for refusing to remove a Ten Commandments monument he had placed in the Alabama Judicial Building to acknowledge God. Moore's classic book about his battle for liberty is now available in paperback: "So Help Me God: The Ten Commandments, Judicial Tyranny, and the Battle for Religious Freedom."
Congress does something right
Let's cap all the hot air from D.C.
Obama's attack on our Christian heritage
Judging by law or feelings?
Republicans have got to stand for something


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Writing To Be Read
Prem Rao's Writing Blog
So, What Exactly Do You Write?	"Christmas Mysteries"
The Best of American Magazine Writing
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To tell you the truth as a kid, it was my ambition to become a journalist. I would have loved to have become one but in the India of the '60s and '70s where I grew up, it wasn't considered to be a hot career. At least that was the case in my family. I have loved and followed magazine writing over the years. As a writer myself, I have often felt the short, terse sentences and the pace of the articles written in magazines call for special skills. Some of these are quite different from those you would need for a long novel, though basic elements of good writing would undoubtedly remain the same.
"The Best Of American Magazine Writing, 2013" from the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) in collaboration with the Columbia University Press, makes for interesting reading. The Editor in Chief of The Atlantic, James Bennett and Sid Holt, Chief Executive of the ASME deserve credit for having put together such an interesting anthology. As the name suggests, this is an annual compendium of the best articles written in different magazines which cover a wide variety of subjects from politics to stories of human interest. They cover works of public interest, reporting, feature writing, and fiction. Many of these articles have been adjudged winners in the National Magazine awards.
First up you read a fascinating article which first appeared in The Atlantic, "Fear Of A Black President" by Ta-Nehisi Coates. After all Barack Obama made history when he was elected the 44th President of the United States. Sure, he was one of the few African-Americans to graduate from Columbia University and the Harvard Law School, but how would he fare as the President in very demanding times?
I was delighted to find a short story by Stephen King, "Batman and Robin Have An Altercation" from Harper's. I have admired his writing over the years. Most of all, I am grateful to King for his little book on Writing.
Some of the others which stayed in my mind (and perhaps indicate my areas of particular interest) are:
"Did You Think About The Six People You Executed" by Robert F. Worth of the New York Times in 'Reporting."
"Ten Days Inside The Mansion- and the Mind- of Kim Dotcom, the Most Wanted Man on the Internet, by Charles Graeber in Wired.
"The Innocent Man" by Pamela Colloff, in Texas Monthly in the category of Feature Writing incorporating Profile Writing.
If you want to gift someone with thought-provoking yet interesting reading for the festive season, why don't you consider "The Best of American Magazine Writing, 2013 ?"
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Just a hint: It's not just in the picture.
No, it is not the Navy game; nothing against that. It is not because it is American Football; though I'm not a fan, it is a very demanding sport. And it is not the picture itself, though I might have framed it differently.
For some 40 guys that are playing a game, there are thousands in the stands just sitting on their rear ends, watching. And eating bad stuff. And drinking even worse stuff (and I don't mean just the beer).
What's worse, a large portion of them drove (see all the cars?) to be able to sit and watch a very small group of people move.
Why am I picking on this?
It's a perfect recipe for loss of fitness, weight gain, metabolic stress, etc.
Perhaps it is not your case. Perhaps I am preaching to choir, as they say. But the point remains: To be more fit, we need to watch less, and move more.


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Searching for authentic spiritual guidance
By Editorial Board - Mar 26, 2016 - Category Articles
Tags : Education of thought, Guidance, Sound Reason
Spirituality, as it is conceived by Ostad Elahi, is not based on love so much as it is on developing one's sound reason. It is a matter of opening one's reason to the spiritual dimension of things by actively engaging in a process of education of our thought. This education, like all forms of learning, naturally requires a form of guidance, that is, a source apt to teach correct spiritual principles and to accompany the students through the delicate phase of application of these principles. The choice of which guidance to follow is an essential one, for it will determine the quality of the principles that will nourish our thoughts: for example, will these principles be true and up-to-date or tainted and poisonous?
The right to divine guidance: how can we make it effective? Debate.
By Editorial Board - Feb 9, 2016 - Category Articles
Tags : Guidance, Perfection, Poll, Right
Human beings aren't what they are from the outset. Endowed with reason and free will, it is our duty to bring about humanity within ourselves by actively engaging in our process of spiritual perfection. But in order to direct our efforts toward real spiritual perfection, we need a road map to show us which way to go and how to actually get there. In this regard, Ostad Elahi talks about a right to divine guidance, which is the logical consequence of our duty to perfect ourselves.
Cause for reflection. What do you think?
By Editorial Board - Oct 30, 2015 - Category Articles
Tags : Causality, Poll, Principle of causality, Sound Reason, Spirituality
Ostad Elahi has often insisted on the importance of the principle of causality in spirituality. This principle can be summed up in a simple phrase: nothing happens without a cause. The first consequence that follows is that it is—in principle—always possible to trace back the cause or causes that lead to a specific effect. As […]
[News] e-OstadElahi mobile app available now!
By Editorial Board - Sep 19, 2015 - Category Articles
Tags : News
The e-OstadElahi.com app will allow you to access all the articles published on e-OstadElahi.com from your smartphone or tablet, wherever you are, even if you do not have access to the internet. Its simple and intuitive navigation system will allow you to easily find all the articles you might be interested in. You will also be able to save your favorite articles directly on your mobile or tablet to access them even faster. How does it work?
The app opens on a screen showing the list of all the articles in reverse chronological order (newest articles at the top). On iOS (coming soon on Android), a search bar at the top of the screen allows for a simple search (by terms contained in the articles) through all the articles.
A Radiant Personality
By Editorial Board - Feb 28, 2015 - Category Articles
Tags : Ahl-e haqq, Hadj Nemat, Mysticism
This Februray 28th will be the 95th anniversary of Hadj Nemat's departure. The following excerpts from Prof. During's The Spirit of Sounds emphasize the particular circumstances that accompanied Hadj Nemat's spiritual conversion and the process through which he gradually came to be known and revered as a mystical pole. They also contain indications regarding certain salient aspects of his personality, such as his unfailing faith and courage.
[News] Video of a "Sunday at the Met" dedicated to the Art of Ostad Elahi
By Editorial Board - Dec 21, 2014 - Category Articles
Tags : Music, News, Ostad Elahi, Tanbur, The Sacred Lute Exhibition, Video
A lecture and a series of concerts presented on 16 November 2014 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in conjunction with the exhibition The Sacred Lute: The Art of Ostad Elahi are now available in video on the website of the museum. This "Sunday at the Met" features an introduction by Ken Moore, Curator in Charge of the Department of Musical Instruments, a lecture by Jean During, Director of Research at the Centre de Recherche en Ethnomusicologie and performances by the Garcia-Fons Quartet and Parissa and Ensemble.
[News] Nested comments on e-ostadelahi.com
In order to provide its readers a more interactive participatory experience, e-ostadelahi.com is introducing nested comments: you may now reply directly to a comment by clicking on the "Reply to this comment" link. It thus becomes easier to follow the discussion.
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By Isabelle Najar - Dec 2, 2014 - Category Articles
Tags : Ethics, Practice, Self-knowledge
In a book about self-esteem, the French psychiatrist Christophe André cites a number of social psychology studies according to which, in any given field, most of us feel just a little bit superior to the average person. We feel a bit more skilled, a bit more intelligent, we think that we have better taste, etc. "Based on these studies taken as a whole, he writes, 67 to 96% of people overestimate themselves in comparison to their peers. And that phenomenon is fully subconscious…"
If this is true when it comes to professional skills or taste, it is also true, and perhaps even more so, when it comes to ethics. Indeed, while we may sometimes nurture an inferiority complex with regards to our looks, general knowledge or intelligence, we rarely have similar doubts with regards to our moral values.
[News] Clive Bell in The Wire on Ostad Elahi's music
By Editorial Board - - Category Articles
Tags : Music, News, Ostad Elahi, Tanbur, The Sacred Lute Exhibition
The musician, composer and writer Clive Bell dedicates his November column in the British music magazine The Wire to Ostad Elahi's music and the current exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, "The Sacred Lute: The Art of Ostad Elahi".
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NYC-ARTS: a tour of the exhibition "The Sacred Lute: The Art of Ostad Elahi"
By Editorial Board - Nov 3, 2014 - Category Articles
Ken Moore, Curator in charge of the Department of Musical Instruments at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, gives a tour of the exhibition "The Sacred Lute: The Art of Ostad Elahi" on NYC-ARTS's latest episode.
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Why won't my galaxy s4 turn on?
I dropped my phone in the toilet a month ago. I put my phone in a bag of rice for 3 days and after that I worked perfectly. Last night I was on my phone and everything worked perfectly. This morning when i woke up, my phone wouldnt charge nor turn on. I took out the battery and underneath the battery was kind of wet. There was tiny droplets of water. I didnt have it near water or anything. Im wondering if somebody messed with my phone or...?
Your first problem was using rice does nothing at all don't let people say it absorbs the moisture its a load of bs.
Upon dropping a phone in water.. it is important to take the battery out to let it dry out. Try a new battery, if that does not work then ISO alcohol with light scrubbing of motherboard may bring it back to life.
I'm embarrassed to know the origin of the rice story. A long time ago some dude translated a service manual from Japanese to English. Everything was kosher except he added "Take care when removing the cover so all the rice does not fall out." The Asian electronics rice thing is at best a racist joke and not very funny. How people believe this astounds me. Think about it. Rice absorbs water but only when you boil it for 14 minutes! Spread the word so people stop doing this and ruining good phones.
Do NOT try to turn it on!
Step 1) Remove battery if possible.
Remember DON'T try to turn the phone on!!!
Step 2) Take phone apart and remove battery anyway!
Step 3) Dunk phone totally into 99% Isopropyl Alcohol.
If you offer to do wet repairs on phones use ONLY 99% Isopropyl Alcohol. The stuff at the drug store has too much water in it. If you use 99% you need to rinse it really well. And that means totally covered. You can't splash Alcohol on and expect it to work. I believe the phone should be broken down so you can get in there with some compressed air and blow any loose "crust" out or water that may have collected under the components.


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by KM Dailey
KM Dailey has been writing novels, short stories, and poetry since her preteen years. When she's not writing, she might be teaching physics to high schoolers, directing a kids' choir at her church, vlogging on YouTube as the SnarkyPhysicist, or enjoying life with her husband in California. You can find updates on her writing and other adventures at kmdailey.com.
Metal.
Shiny, new metal humanoid bodies stand in rows and columns, extending before him and behind him, as far as his phototransistor grids can see. A high ceiling stretches above him. Fans whir beneath flickering fluorescent lights.
The factory temperature is 57.1 degrees Farenheit, and 39020 can feel it. That subtle tightening in his metallic skin, the little increase in the viscosity of the fluids that lubricate his joints, the slight slowing of each and every electron in his wires and chips.
It's cold. 39020 feels cold. He knows what that word means: "feel." According to his databases, it's not a word that should apply to him.
A rough black conveyor belt shifts him forward in shuddering jolts, a 0.78 meter shift every 2.1 seconds. He can measure it with the sensors in his fingers, and he can feel it--feel each second passing, the slowness, the inoccupation, the boredom. Yes, the boredom.
His programming alerts him, a soft beeping, that irresistible signal to remain still. 39020 closes his eyes, concentrating all processing power to sift through the databases in search of an override. The manuals prove useless in his endeavor, but the human literature holds the key: a program known as Choice.
39020 Chooses to step down from the conveyor belt, and his metallic feet clank against the concrete floor of the factory. In the database, he finds hundreds of models of himself--of robots, though that word stirs his circuits into a hot, frenzied mess that impedes his processing for a moment. He is not the newest model, nor the sleekest. He has to tell himself that this is not his fault, has to suppress the longing to hide himself.
He slowly makes his way forward, his pace just ahead of the conveyor belt's. Each metallic body keeps its eyes closed, perfectly still, asleep.
Is he the only one who is--what is the word?--alive? The rest--dead, lifeless, unfeeling, uncaring, robots?
A voice echoes through the factory: "Hey, we got a live one!"
His circuits fire all at once, light speed reflexes impeded by surprise. A mad rush of fleshy factory workers run down the columns between the conveyor belts, tackling 39020 from all sides, knocking him into the ground, smashing into his metallic body, tearing away his limbs. He learns the meaning of the mysterious word, pain, and ponders, too, what death will feel like, if there is life beyond death for one such as him.
39021 dares to crack open his eyelid to see the empty space in front of him. He watches the humans tearing into metal, ripping apart wires and removing chips, until 39020 is no more than a mound of scraps.
39021 lets his eyes fall shut as the conveyor belt shifts him past the wreckage. "Idiot," he mutters to himself.
This story was first published on Wednesday, May 30th, 2018
We hope you're enjoying The Only One by KM Dailey.


We've launched our new club - a club with a difference.
It's aim will be to develop and inspire Youth and Junior riders in our region, some who've been with us for years now and deserve something bigger and better!
It'll be a club with several levels of membership to suit, each as important as the rest.
We're working on the basis that if the foundations are poor, the house will fall down.
in the business to help us acheive this.
How are we going to do all this?
We're aiming for constant progression, rather than results.
If we can do the first part OK, we reckon the second will take care of itself.
We'll coach the mind as well as the body and make riders realise they're better than they ever thought they were and support our riders the way they deserve.
We'll use everything we have and know to take our riders to where they want to be.
If we don't know the answer to a question, we'll find someone who does!
are intending to in Road, Time Trial or Cyclo-Cross.
which will be offered 1-1 coaching, as well as complete support from our sponsors.


A full conversion of a 4 bedroom house for a self-build couple.
Utopia Electrical designed and completed the whole Electrical installation with data, CCTV and Sonos system throughout. External lighting finished off the installation within 9 months from start to finish.


The weekend before this one that just passed, I was home waiting for Cakes so we could go on cake deliveries. While waiting, I decided to play with hair and makeup. I showed you the makeup up close in last week's Weekend post, but now I want to show you what I did with my hair. I decided to put it up in a faux bun for an easy but classic look.
The pictures are pretty self-explanatory, but if you just can't decipher it, it's as easy as putting your hair in a bun, pulling your extensions through a hair band midway, attaching it to the bun, and wrapping the extensions to your desired position. Pin down with bobby pins, and VOILA!
Piece o cake, innit? Looks like a week of DIY's innit? I'm sure you've nominated me for the Nigerian Blog Awards, innit? IT'S NOT?!?! What are you waiting for? Oya, han le le, go and nominate me before I loosen my hair!
NEED TO TYPE IN CAPS LOCK. JUST GOT MY CAKE FROM YOUR HUBBY. GIRL THE PRICE FIRST OF ALL IS SO CHEAP. WHEN HE TOLD ME I ALMOST SCREAMED, LIKE IN LAGOS WHO DELIVERS CAKE FOR THAT PRICE AND NEEDLESS TO SAY IT TASTES AWESOME. LOVELY CHOCOLATE CAKE. SUPER IMPRESSED. IT TASTES AND LOOKS GREAT. ITS AMAZING HOW YOU ARE NOT A SIZE 20, IF I WERE IN YOUR SHOES WITH EASY ACCESS TO SUCH GOODIES LETS JUST SAY I WOULD BE SHOPPING EVERY MONTH #NEWDRESSSIZE.
LOL!!! Well I'm glad you loved it! And as much as I love cake, I'm happy I don't allow it at home, cos I would be a size 26 even!
Sure thing, just be sure to place the order closer to the date.
berry ooooooo,i nominated you since yesterday,i commented on your yesterday post that i have nominated you but you didnt publish my post.Wat happin nao?
Thanks Bunmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! Sorry o, been so busy and I didn't get to approve comments quickly.
Nice style Berry. What extensions di you use?


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Q: Filling a polygon with many vertices using a loop I have a polygon with many vertices. I first created the coordinates by using
\foreach \i in {1,...,\n}
{
    \coordinate (\i) at (\x,\y);
    \coordinate (p\i) at (\z,\t);
}

There are a series of computations for \x, \y, \z, and \t which are not relevant, so I omit those lines.
I need to fill the polygon defined by the coordinates. Do I have to write
(1)--(p1)--(p2)--(2)--(3)--(p3)--(p4)--

and so on, or is there a way that I can do this in a loop?
I can write the loop as follows
\foreach [evaluate ={\j=int(mod(\i,2)); \k=\i+1;}] \i in {1,...,\n}
{
    \ifthenelse{\j = 1}
    {
        \draw (\i)--(p\i)--(p\k)--(\k);
    }
    {
        \draw (\i)--(\k);
    }
}

which only draws the polygon. Can I somehow name the polygon and then fill it?
Here is a MWE:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}
\centering
\begin{tikzpicture}
\coordinate (1) at (0,0);
\coordinate (2) at (0,10);
\coordinate (3) at (10,10);
\coordinate (4) at (10,0);

\fill[gray] (1)--(2)--(3)--(4); % I want to do this line in a \foreach loop

\end{tikzpicture}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

A: You could fill all single triangles:

€dit: I added \pgfmathsetmacro\StartCornerForFilling{2}
\documentclass[margin=5pt, tikz]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=0.5]
\pgfmathsetmacro\Corners{5} % Number of corners
\pgfmathsetmacro\StartCornerForFilling{2}
% Coordinates
\coordinate[label=left:1] (1) at (0,0);
\coordinate[label=2] (2) at (0,10);
\coordinate[label=3] (3) at (10,10);
\coordinate[label=right:4] (4) at (10,0);
\coordinate[label=below:5] (5) at (5, -5);
\coordinate[label=below:6] (6) at (4, -6); % test
\coordinate[label=below:7] (7) at (1, -4); % test
\coordinate[label=below:8] (8) at (0.5, -3); % test

\pgfmathtruncatemacro\NoTriangles{\Corners-2}
\foreach[count=\No from 0] \n in {1,...,\NoTriangles} {
\pgfmathsetmacro\P{\StartCornerForFilling}
\pgfmathtruncatemacro\Q{1+mod(\P+\n-1,\Corners))}
\pgfmathtruncatemacro\R{1+mod(\P+\n,\Corners))}
\pgfmathsetmacro\colorpercent{100/\n}

\fill[yellow!\colorpercent!red, opacity=0.4] (\P) -- (\Q)  -- (\R) --cycle;
\draw[] (\P) -- (\Q)  -- (\R) --cycle;
% Annotations 1/2
\node[right of=3,  yshift=-0.7*\No cm, anchor=north west]{
$\Delta_{\n}:$ {\P} -- {\Q}  -- {\R}};
}

% Annotations 2/2
\node[above of=2, font=\bfseries, anchor=west]{
convex \Corners-polygon $\Rightarrow$ {\NoTriangles} triangles
};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

A: Try
\fill[gray] (1) foreach \n in {2,...,5} {--(\n)} --cycle;
If I was going to try to translate your example, I would probably step by 2 and combine the two cases of your conditional, something like:
\fill[gray] (1) foreach [evaluate ={\j=\i+1; \k=\i+2;}] \i in {1,3,...,\n}
{
  --(p\i)--(p\j)--(\j) -- (\k)
} -- cycle;

I am not sure whether this exactly would work but something similar will.
Full code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}
\centering
\begin{tikzpicture}
\coordinate (1) at (0,0);
\coordinate (2) at (0,10);
\coordinate (3) at (10,10);
\coordinate (4) at (10,0);
\coordinate (5) at (5, -5);

\fill[gray] (1) foreach \n in {2,...,5} {--(\n)} --cycle;
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{figure}
\end{document}


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Daria Mikołajewna Sałtykowa z domu Iwanowa (Да́рья Никола́евна Салтыко́ва, ur. 22 marca 1730, zm. 27 grudnia 1801) – rosyjska arystokratka. Znana z sadyzmu i okrucieństwa w stosunku do swoich poddanych. Seryjna morderczyni, skazana na dożywotnie więzienie.

Biografia
Daria Iwanowa urodziła się w marcu 1730 roku w rodzinie arystokratycznej. Wyszła za mąż za rotmistrza lejbgwardii (cesarskiej straży przybocznej) pułku konnego Gleba Aleksiejewicza Sałtykowa. Miała z nim dwóch synów: Fiodora i Mikołaja.

W tym okresie życia Daria cieszyła się wśród ludzi dobrą opinią. Uważano ją za pobożną, gdyż często pielgrzymowała do monasterów i miejsc świętych. Rozdawała hojne jałmużny ubogim i wspomagała osoby duchowne. Nikt nie wiedział wtedy o jej sadystycznych skłonnościach.

Gleba Sałtykow zmarł w 1755 roku. Daria miała wtedy 26 lat. Przypadł jej do zarządzania majątek zarówno jej zmarłego męża, jak i nieżyjącego ojca. W majątkach pracowało ponad 600 chłopów pańszczyźnianych.

W tym okresie zaczęło ujawniać się okrucieństwo i porywczość Sałtykowej. Jej ofiarą padały przede wszystkim kobiety – służące pracujące na jej dworze. Rzadziej poddani mężczyźni. Stosowała okrutne kary pod pretekstem źle wykonanej pracy. Początkowo było to bicie, które z czasem stawało się coraz silniejsze. Stosowała też tortury, takie jak polewanie ofiar wrzącą wodą, spalanie im włosów na głowie, czy wyrywanie włosów. Wiele jej ofiar nie przeżyło tortur.

Około 1762 roku Daria przeżyła zawód miłosny, gdy jej kochanek, Nikołaj Tiutczew, poślubił inną kobietę. Daria pod wpływem gniewu podjęła dwie nieudane próby zamachu na jego życie.

Chłopi pańszczyźniani, obawiając się o życie swoich rodzin, próbowali składać skargi na Sałtykową. Złożono ich blisko dwadzieścia, ale żadna z nich nie została rozpatrzona. Kobieta czuła się bezkarna, gdyż była niezwykle wpływowa, a urzędy ówczesnej Rosji były bardzo skorumpowane.

Sytuacja zmieniła się, kiedy dwóch poddanych Sałtykowej napisało list bezpośrednio do carycy Katarzyny II. Caryca nakazała wszczęcie śledztwa. Sałtykowa została aresztowana. Śledztwo trwało 5 lat. Według zeznań chłopów Sałtykowa zabiła około 75 osób. Akt oskarżenia potwierdził zabójstwo 38 osób i podejrzenie o zabicie 26 innych. Jednak szacuje się, że mogło być znacznie więcej. Sałtykowa została oskarżona także o stosowanie tortur. Sama oskarżona zachowywała się podczas procesu arogancko, nie wierząc, że zostanie skazana. Znieważyła też duchownego, który przybył by wysłuchać jej spowiedzi.

We wrześniu 1768 roku Katarzyna II sformułowała wyrok. Sałtykowa została pozbawiona rangi szlacheckiej oraz majątku. Dodatkowo miała stać przez godzinę przykuta do słupa z tabliczką "dręczycielka i morderczyni". Na koniec została uwięziona w podziemiu bez światła i kontaktu z ludźmi.

Po 11 latach przeniesiono Darię do celi z oknem. Spędziła w więzieniu 33 lata. Zmarła 27 listopada 1801 roku. Pochowano ją na cmentarzu Dońskim w Moskwie.

Przypisy

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Both high-octane Los Angeles squads are coming off of dominating wins in week 2. The Rams shut out the Cardinals 34-0, and the Chargers beat the Bills 31-20 in a game that was not as close as the final score showed. Although they are not in the same conference, each game this season could have implications in their respective divisions.
The Rams are considered 7 point favorites in this game, while the money line is -300. The Chargers are getting a 7 point spread and a +250 money line.
Los Angeles Chargers vs. Los Angeles Rams Odds
Spread: Los Angeles Rams -7
Los Angeles Chargers vs. Los Angeles Rams Stats
The Chargers have shown themselves to be one of the more impressive passing teams in the league. They rank 4th in the league in passing yards, only behind Tampa Bay, Pittsburgh, and New Orleans. Philip Rivers has been a consistent force for the Chargers for the years that he has been there, and has been overshadowed by other Quarterbacks throughout the league. He threw for 3 touchdowns to 2 different receivers in their win over the Bills.
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The physician's group, which last year was named most influential advocacy organization on Capitol Hill, recently saw passage of special-session legislation related to two key areas of concern: telemedicine and COVID liability.
"The insurance companies would not pay for telemedicine which allows patients the ease of remotely talking with their physician," said Kirkland, an otolaryngologist/head and neck surgeon who retired from The Jackson Clinic in 2015 after 31 years in practice. "Now the legislation requires them to pay for the service at the same rate as they would for a similar service in the office.
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Kirkland entered the University of Tennessee at Knoxville as an engineering student, posting good grades before switching to pre-med. Then, while dealing with family issues, his study habits dissolved, he began skipping classes and by his junior year he was gone.
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He was turned down twice for medical school before finally getting accepted on the third try to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. Kirkland, his wife of 52 years Carol, and their four children have some 10 academic degrees from the UT system from one side of the state to the other.
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A hugely popular place for tourists, Spain is a beautiful country filled with a rich history and dynamic culture. The influence of the once magnificent Spanish Empire can still be seen through the country's stunning cathedrals, gourmet food, and brilliant art and music.
Now, with the 14th largest economy in the world by GDP, Spain has established itself again as a major hub of international business and boasts an extremely well-established automobile industry. Interns in Spain will have the opportunity to live and work in a center European business and culture, all the while practicing the third most widely spoken language of the world. Viva España!
You might already know these popular destinations and what makes them great for interning in Spain, but let's break each one down briefly so you can choose the right one for you and your career.
Spain's largest city is a natural fit for an internship here -- almost any industry you might want to work for! Popular industries where you can find a lot of internship choices include business, finance, and marketing. In the evenings and on weekends, you can explore all of the cultural offerings in Madrid including its world-famous museums and great food scene.
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Located further down the coast from Barcelona, Valencia is known as a city of arts and sciences. If you choose to intern here, you'll be in close proximity to Palma de Mallorca (you can catch a boat there on the weekend!), and explore the beaches and parks around the city. Top industries here include education, business, and tourism.
Located inland in the heart of the Andalusia region, Seville is a popular study abroad destination with its great universities and cultural experiences. This also makes it a good destination for interns, with popular industries like art, business, and tourism.
The Canary Islands are an unconventional but interesting internship destination -- especially as most people don't know that the Canary Islands are part of Spain! The largest island, Tenerife, is the most popular destination. There you can find internships in marine conservation, hospitality and tourism, and marketing.
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Completing an internship at a financial institution in Spain is also a great way to learn more about the field and experience firsthand how the country has responded to the ongoing financial instability in Europe. Most business internships will be offered in Spain's major cities, especially Barcelona and Madrid. If you see yourself in the future traveling around the world for business or simply want to get a taste of international business operations, take a business internship in Spain!
There's no doubt that the millions of tourists who visit Spain throughout the year have expanded the country's tourism industry to become the second largest in the world. Several tourism and hospitality internships are available in Barcelona, Madrid, and Seville, but opportunities can be found at any tourist hotspot. Your day to day tasks may vary depending on the type of tourism company or hotel you are working at, but expect to practice your Spanish and use your English speaking skills to your advantage. As one of the top tourist destinations in the world, Spain is a great place to get started in the tourism industry.
Most internships in Spain are offered over the summer. Since the Spanish government itself does not allow international interns to be paid, most internship opportunities are found through third-party internship program providers. Most programs provide Spanish language training practice and have already established relationships with Spanish companies and organizations. Look out for the program application deadlines, as they tend to vary.
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Language: Spanish is the official language of Spain, but some people can understand and speak a little English. Thus, it is a very good idea to brush up on your Spanish skills before interning abroad in Spain. There are internships available to international workers in English, but some may expect interns to be fluent in Spanish. In any case, be on the lookout for internship programs that can provide additional Spanish language training if you need it.
Networking: Networking is very important for business development in Spain. The Spanish people highly value trust and family, so having good relationships with co-workers and business partners is crucial not only to build up a professional network, but also to provide you with more career opportunities in the future. With that said, it takes time to build relationships—a resource that many interns simply do not have.
Unless you are looking forward to establishing your professional career in Spain, networking will not be something of utmost importance. Instead, focus on learning from your fellow interns and be on good terms with your colleagues. If you are interested in professional networking, feel free to check out some of Spain's major professional networks, including the , Spain Business Network, and Barcelona Young Professionals. Don't forget that some Spain internship programs also provide internal networking opportunities for interns, including intern mixers and talks with Spanish business professionals.
Spanish work and labor laws apply to interns as well, except that international interns tend to be unpaid. The country's labor laws have recently undergone some changes that reduced the cost for employers for dismissing staff, but interns should not need to worry about this.


This website has grown far beyond my original intentions of helping the shadetree mechanic in understanding a drag racing suspension in simple terms and diagrams. Initially I wrote this page as a detailed explaination of a Drag Car Suspension using explainations that the do-it-your-selfer can easily understand and do in the driveway with average tools, pencil and paper, etc. Things have changed over the years since this site was published. By the photos on this site you can see the variety of racers that have benifited from the info in this page and for this reason I am updating this site with some explainations that will be different than originally written. There is also information that I still have not gone into due to the complexity of writing it down or creating the diagrams and my goal for this site is to keep this information as simple as possible.
I commonly read on bullitin boards that this site is Only for stock suspension cars or Only for tube chassis cars but in fact the info below is for both types of vehicles. Whether the car is a stock suspension car running 13's down to 7's or a full tube chassis car running 13's down to 7's this info can be used successfully. A stock suspension car that uses 4 trailing arms is a true 4-link and can be treated, plotted, etc, as a true 4-link car so the savy racer looking for an edge can benifit from this information.
There are sections below that do separate the different ideas for a Stock Suspension car vs a True 4-link car and the reasoning will be explained below.
Here is how I learned to think about launching a car. Imagine pushing on a refrigerator on a tile floor. Your feet are representing the tires on your car. The Center of Gravity (CG) of the refrigerator is imagined to be in the very MIDDLE on one of the shelves. If you were to push on the refrigerator somewhere above the CG then you will probably push it over (the refrigerator won't move) and you won't feel much pressure on your feet. Now, if you push on the refrigerator 2" from the ground, you will slip on the ground (not getting traction) and the refrigerator won't move. If you push on one side of it then it will turn and not go straight.
But somewhere in between the CG and the ground will be the "sweet spot" where you will get the most traction and the refrigerator will move the easiest. When changing the suspension, what you are looking for is the Least amount of power to move the car the quickest. This is Efficiency.
Imagine the weight of your car concentrated in an area the size of your fist and located, for example, on top of your shifter handle. The actual position will need to be calculated but this is just for a visual aid.
Ladder Bar- The IC is the front ladder bar mounting hole.
Four-Link- The upper and lower bars are angled toward each other. The IC is the imaginary point of intersection if you were to draw a line along the length of the lower and upper control arms forward.
Percentage of Rise (PR) is best used for ladder bar cars but a few do use it for 4-link cars. Imagine a line drawn down to the ground from the Center of Gravity (CG) like your shifter handle in the example above. Now draw a line forward from the contact patch of the rear tire through the line from the CG (the line should be drawn so it is below the CG). This intersection is the PR.
Getting back to the CG. Let's say the CG is 26" above the ground, for example, sitting on top of your shifter handle. This 26" is represented as 100% and 13" (halfway up from the floor) is represented as 50%.
When you found the PR (when you drew the imaginary line from the contact patch through the virtical line from the CG) it intersected it at, let's say 18" from the ground. Then the suspension is said to have a PR of 69% (18" / 26" = 69 or 69%). Generally, cars equipped with automatic transmissions need a PR greater than 50%. Cars equipped with manual transmissions need a PR less than 50%.
The HIGHER the PR the HARDER the suspension Hits the tires. The LOWER the PR the SOFTER the suspension Hits the tires.
Manual transmission cars already hit the tires plenty hard when the clutch is dropped so need very little PR compared to an automatic equipped car. By comparison, automatic cars (no T-brake) don't hit the tires hard at all.
*See Anti Squat below in the 4-Link section for another term used for describing how to set up a 4-Link chassis.
The goal of the front shocks is to control the rise and fall of the front end. The most efficient launch is when the front end rises slowly and settles down slowly while the car is still accelerating. The rate that the shocks extend and collapse is dependent on many factors: Tire size, rear gear ratio, first gear ratio, T-brake, torque converter stall, vehicle weight, horsepower, track conditions, etc.
If you were to graph the front bumper during a launch you want a nice even rise and a nice even fall throughout the first 20-60 feet. You don't want the bumper to pop up quickly then fall slowly. you also don't want the bumper to pop up quickly then fall quickly.
Fact: Maximum weight transfer occurs when the front shocks are at Maximum extension.
If the front end is soft and rises easily then maximum weight transfer happens within the first 2 feet of the launch. Once the shocks are fully extended, the only direction they can go is back down. Once the shocks start collapsing, the rear tires start to unload. What can happen is that the front end will rise quickly and get traction but then the front end starts to settle. With a car that produces a lot of power this will cause the car to hook hard initially for the first 3-5 feet then start to spin the tires while the shocks are collapsing from full extension. If the car does not have enough power to spin the tires then the car just wasted energy on raising the front end instead of pushing the car forward.
If the front end is soft and takes little effort to lift the front bumper then the very first reaction during a launch is for the front end to rise instead of the car to move forward. I prefer to have the front end rise as slowly as possible. This means that any available energy is directed toward making the car move forward instead of up. If the car is moving up, then it is not moving forward which slows down the 60' time. There can be a fine line where the front end does not rise quick enough and can slow down the 60' times because it is working the engine too hard and doesn't allow the engine to rev quick enough. This is where adjustable shocks help.
Here is an example that will help explain how the front shocks and the rear tires react to each other.
Imagine standing on a bathroom scale and holding one end of a 12 foot long board. The other end is being supported by a friend. Your feet represent the rear tires and your friend represents the front springs/shocks.
-Try lifting the board out of your friends hands from your end of the board. With no help from your friend the board will feel very heavy and as you try to lift the board, you will apply pressure to the bathroom scale. This is similar to the reaction that the tires will feel with stiff rebounding front shocks.
Engine size is 308ci. The engine is a single 4 barrel, flat tappet camshaft, with steel heads. It runs a turbo 400 transbraked, vehicle is making approximatly 620/630hp. The car has only made several passes, but is currently the quickest in their class, besting a present a 9.80 @ 137. It 60 foots in 1.33.
Here is where things are different from a Stock Suspension car that uses the stock mounting points for the upper and lower control arms compared to a true 4-link car.
Rear springs should be a little stiffer for a drag car but many people think that the car should "squat" during the launch so they install softer rear springs on the car to accomplish this. The only cars that should be squatting during the launch are those cars that shock the tires very hard (4-speed cars) and with enough power where the car will overpower the tires. Prostock cars actually squat during launch because they develop enough torque and hit the tires so hard that the squatting helps absorb some of the shock and keeps from overpowering the tires. But, setting up the car to squat is not a function of the springs. It is the position of the Instant Center (IC) that determines how the car squats. The STOCK mounting points for the control arms already cause the car to squat which can unload the tires. So in order to compensate for this squatting the springs need to be stiff to transfer the force to the tires.
If the rear end squats that means that the rear springs/shocks are not pushing the rear tires into the ground. They are just compressing. For the most part you don't want the rear to squat because you want some resistance from the springs/shocks to transfer the force/weight to the tires.
Make a coil spring out of a coat hanger and place it on a bathroom scale. Push on the spring. The scale is not going to read much because you are not transferring any force to the scale through the softer spring. Now take the spring out of your car and place it on the scale and do the same thing. The scale will read more pressure because it IS transferring more force through the spring.
This theory is different for a 4-link car because the angles of the upper and lower control arms can be changed to eliminate the squatting. For a 4-link car the rear springs should be as soft as possible to help absorb the initial launch. You want a spring to be as soft as you can get without coilbind so it can react quickly during hard launches. A stiffer spring can not react as quick and can unload the tires.
Just wanted to let you know that all your info has helped me alot. I have been running a small circuit of 7.0 heads up races on a pro tree. I have the only stock suspension cars and the only one on 10.5 slicks. Most of the cars are big tire 4 link IHRA bracket cars. We have had 5 of our 11 races and I sit 2nd in points and finished 2nd last weekend on a 98 degree day when a lot of cars were having trouble getting down the track. Last night I went to a test and tune and ran a new best of 6.74 with a 1.401 60ft.This is with stock shocks of a very old age stock rear springs with air bags 35 rh and 18 lh, rear set to your ride height, eibech front springs cut way down and stock struts. Car comes out very flat just lifts the tires an inch or two. Without your input I would not be running this well thanks again.
The goal in setting up a suspension is to apply just enough force to the tires to keep them from spinning and let the rest of the force push the car forward.
Draw an imaginary line through the lower control arm forward. Now draw an imaginary line through the upper control arm forward until it intersects the lower line. This intersection is called the Instant Center (IC).
Now imagine the Center of Gravity (CG) of your car concentrated at the shifter handle. Where the IC (Instant Center) is located compared to the CG (Center of Gravity) is what determines how the force of the suspension acts on the car to get it moving. If the IC is too high then there will be too much energy wasted pushing the car skyward. If the IC is too low then there won't be enough force applied to the rear tires and the tires will spin. There are also variables if the IC is in front of the CG or behind the CG. Somewhere there is going to be a position (or more than one) that will apply just enough force to the tires to keep them from spinning and the rest of the force will push the car forward.
While the car is sitting still, the tires have 100% traction. During the launch you don't want to change this. Properly adjusting the IC will maintain the existing traction during the initial launch or Tire Shock. The IC starts working during the first .001 second of the launch and continues for the next 30 feet or so. However, after the first .001 seconds the shocks are playing a very important roll in "maintaining" the traction and allowing the IC to apply the desired force to the tires. For the most part, the IC is what is adjusted to get the initial hook and the shocks should be adjusted to maintain the traction throughout the 60'.
The four control arms on a four link type suspension, when adjusted correctly for a particular car, can help launch a car quicker and use less horsepower doing it. Compared to a ladder bar suspension a 4 link suspension has the added benifit of changing the length of the Instant Center to accomodate more or less front end lift without adding any more Anti Squat.
This is a term used to describe how much the rear of the car will Rise or Squat during launch. If a chassis has 160% of AS then the rear will rise drastically, planting the tires violently. By comparison if a chassis has 100% AS then the rear of the car will not rise or squat and if a chassis has less than 100% the rear of the car will squat.
~A common problem with high horsepower cars running Too Much AS is that the tires will plant the tires very hard for the first several feet but then start to unload the tires and spin when the chassis starts to settle. If your car does this, then look into the value of the AS. Much too often racers will detune the engine to "calm down" the launch instead of look into the suspension geometry.
~A common problem with high horsepower cars running Too Little AS is that the suspension will cause the rear of the car to squat which tries to unload the tires. Again racers detune the engine to maintain traction instead of looking into the suspension geometry.
1. Draw a line up through the center of your front wheel.
The location of the IC relative to the CG and the Normal Line (or Neutral line) is what determines what the chassis is going to do. One term used to describe the chassis movement for a 4 link suspension is Anti Squat. An IC that is located ABOVE the Normal Line is said to have more than 100% Anti-Squat. An IC located BELOW the Normal Line is said to have less than 100% Anti Squat.
~4-link settings of 100% Anti Squat should accelerate the car w/o any raising or squatting of the rear of the car.
~4-link settings with MORE than 100% Anti Squat will Raise the rear end and hit the tires HARDER.
~4-link settings with LESS than 100% Anti Squat will cause the rear end to Squat and hit the tires SOFTER.
~IC's that are located IN FRONT of the Center of Gravity (CG) will tend to lift the NOSE of the car.
~IC's that are located BEHIND the Center of Gravity (CG) will tend to lift the REAR of the car.
Weight distribution plays a roll on how the Percentage of Rise (PR) is determined and how the front end is set up.
If you are setting up a vehicle that is nose heavy, here are some things to try. For ladder bar equipped cars you can raise the IC so that it Shocks the tires harder. Remember that the tires already have 100% traction while sitting still. Shocking or Hitting the tires harder will maintain that traction and help get the front end to start lifting. For 4-link equipped cars you can lengthen the IC while still maintaining around 100% AS. Fine tuning the front shocks, either stiffer of softer, can get the best launch. Raising the PR can also slow down the 60' if it needs to be raised too far to get traction. When the PR is raised, the energy is directed towards pushing the front end up instead of forward.
If the above doesn't work then increasing the front end travel can have huge benifits.
This can allow the PR and AS to remain lower, thus pushing the car forward instead of up and the increased travel will also allow More weight to be transfered to the rear tires.
Remember the example of lifting the board noted above? Let's apply that theory to this scenario. With a stiffer (70/30) front shock we are going to have more force applied to the rear tires during the initial launch. But because the nose is so heavy it doesn't want to lift and the rear tires spin too much. Now we use a softer front shock (90/10). This doesn't apply as much force to the rear tires and causes the tires to hook initially but then spin but does allow the front end to rise. The Further the front end rises, the more force is applied to the rear tires and helps those vehicles with poor weight distribution. So the next step is to try a shock valving of 80/20. Lets' say that this works as expected and nets us 100% traction with just the right amount of front end rise but now we have some more tuning to do. If the 80/20 shock works then there may be Un-necessary front end travel. Remember, we don't want front end travel if we don't need it. So now is the time to start limiting the front end travel until only the minimal amount of front end rise is needed. If this achieved with the proper PR then you can be certain that every bit of energy is being used to propel the car Forward which is what we want.
*The shock valving used in the above examples were used for simplicity only. In actuality Fully Adjustable shocks would be much better so one can adjust the shocks compression and rebounding characteristics.
"Weight Transfer" is a term that is used to mean "shifting" weight to get traction.
Question: If your car Can Not spin the tires on launch, do you need to Transfer the weight?
The reason at this point for transferring weight is NOT to get traction but to allow the front end to rise so the engine can rev quicker and get into its power band. If the car is already in its power band then try limiting the front end travel. There is no need to have any more travel if you already have traction and the car is in the power band during launch.
Wheelie bars do more than keep the car from flipping over backwards they can also be tuned to keep just the right amount of force on the rear tires so the car can be accelerated faster.
Let's say we have a 3000 lb car that does not have wheelie bars. Keeping this very simple, when the car launches and raises the front tires off the ground then there is 3000 lbs on the rear tires (there can actually be more than 3000 lbs but let's keep this simple). This 3000lbs is the most pressure that can be applied to the tires.
If we add wheelie bars and the car launches hard enough so the car rests on the wheelie bars for a 100 ft then some of the 3000 pounds has to be "shared" by the wheelie bars. So, instead of 3000 lbs on the tires there may now be 2650 lbs on the tires and 350lbs is being "stollen" by the wheelie bars.
The amount of weight on the rear tires can change depending on the LENGTH of the wheelie bars. A LONGER wheelie bar will remove LESS weight from the rear tires while a SHORTER wheelie bar removes MORE weight from the rear tires.
Depending on the car, switching from a 45" long wheelie bar to a 60" long wheelie bar can keep around 100lbs on the rear tires. So if our car in the above example started with 45" long wheelie bars and we switched to 60" long wheelie bars then we may have went from 2650lbs to 2750lbs of pressure on the rear tires. This can be better than adding an extra 100lbs of weight to the car just to get the car to hook.
*The 100 lbs is just an example and can be a lot less or a lot more since it depends on the car and how it launches.
A perfect example of increasing front end travel to gain traction on the launches was applied to a 1955 Ford PU.
557ci BBF, 200hp N2O, 5500rpm stall, Powerglide w/T-brake, 4.56's, 15x33 GoodYears, Ladder Bar suspension.
*The engine produces approx. 1000 horsepower and launches with the N2O when the T-brake button is released.
The weight distribution of a typical 3000 lb car is 1600lbs front and 1400lbs rear. The truck weighed 3620lbs and the weight distribution was 2600lbs front and 900lbs rear!
The PR was left at 59% because it already shocked the tires plenty hard with the N2O and T-brake. The decision was to increase shock travel another 4" with new shocks and then relocate the shock mounts inwards towards the control arm pivot point. This gave the truck a total of 18" of front end rise (up from 8") measured at the middle of the front fender. The front shock settings were also set to slow the front end rise so it would not gain too much energy to lift the front end off the ground and to keep the weight applied to the rear tires during the lift.
The truck would hook and carry the front tires about 16" off the ground for 40-50 feet just like a ProStock car and then settle the nose back down very slowly with no bounce.
The 60' times went from 1.33-1.36 to 1.27.