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THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC Working on the railroad hand over fist? Probably not Today's question: Where did the phrase "hand over fist" come from? The first thing that comes to mind is, back in the late 1800s, they used to hold the railroad spikes and pound them in. The fist holds the spike. 1 know it's lame, but 1 love trains. Gee, it's been years and years since I rode on a train, except for our light rail. I'm thinking of taking a train trip to a reunion next summer, partially because I don't want to drive that far and partially because I would rather eat my cellphone than fly.

Also, while I dislike the phrase "bucket list," one thing I always wanted to do is travel by train in a sleeping compartment. You know, with the fold-down bed and everything. I wonder if they still do that. It would be extremely cool. Anyway, "hand over fist" doesn't have anything to do with railroads.

I did find one source that said it may date way back to when they stamped coins by hand, but most of the stuff I read said it is an old nautical term and has to do with the way you handle a rope and, of course, sailing ships had ropes out the kazoo. If you were pulling on a rope to hoist the mainsail or run out the guns or trim the scuttlebutt or whatever it is sailors do, you would grab the rope and pull with a fist while you reached over with the other hand to take a new grip. And if you had bothered to read Seba Smith's 1833 book, "The Life and Writings of Major Jack Downing," you would have read the phrase, "They clawed the money off of his table, hand over fist." Who was Major Jack Downing? Who was Seba Smith? Beats me. Reach Thompson at clay.thompson arizonarepublic.com or 602-444-8612. VALLEY 101 Clay Thompson B8 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2012 ri SUN MOON PHOENIX DAILY TEMPERATURE RANGES Average high Average low Daily range 115 95 75 LME 12 News Weather Plus 7-day forecast Get updates right now by tuning in to Weather Plus.

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29 Nov. 6 TODAY Sunset: 5:41 p.m. Moonrise: 4:26 p.m. TODAY 35' 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 YESTERDAY IN THE VALLEY SUNDAY Sunrise: 6:44 a.m. Sunset: 5:40 p.m.

Moonset: 5:42 a.m. POLLEN FORECAST Low Moderate High 88 v4 UV INDEX Mod- Very Low erate High high SUN MON TUES WED THU FRI vAy vAy yiy vAy vAy VA HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH 89 88 88 87 86 85 LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW A higher reading indicates an increased risk of sun damage. Predominant pollen: Ragweed and chenopods. Source: www.weather.com PHOENIX At Sky Harbor Airport High: 83 Low: 57 Rainfall: 0.00" Rain to date: 3.36" Peak wind gust: 23 mph GLENDALE At Glendale Municipal Airport High: 84 Low: 64 Rainfall: 0.00" Rain to date: 3.21" Peak wind gust: 19 mph SCOTTSDALE At Scottsdale Airpark High: 82 Low: 66 Rainfall: 0.00" Rain to date: 2.51" Peak wind gust: 25 mph MESA Near Mesa Community College High: 83 Low: 56 Rainfall: 0.00" Rain to date: 3.30" Peak wind gust: 21 mph GET CELLPHONE ALERTS SUNNY, winds out of the northeast at 5-1 5 mph with gusts to 18 mph. Sunrise: 6:43 a.m.

Sunset: 5:41 p.m. WEATHER aztentralcom LAWN WATERING 0.66" is needed for ryegrass if last watered seven days ago. Information: Phoenix Water Conservation Office, 602-256-3370. www.wateruseitwisely.com HUMIDITYDEW POINT Most evaporative coolers are effective only when dew point is below 55 degrees. Text azweather to 44636 to get forecasts and weather news sent to ABOUT THE AIR-QUALITY CHART The Arizona Republic no longer publishes a daily air-quality chart because this reading varies by location and time of day.

We will publish high-pollution advisories. Get the latest on air quality, including alerts, at www.azdeq.govenvironair or call ADEQ's hotline: 602-771-2367 or 800-234-5677. TODAY'S TEMPERATURE MILESTONES your phone every day. For conditions any time of day, go to rn.azcentral.com on your Web-enabled phone or PDA. YESTERDAY High, low humidity: 287 High, low dew pt: 28712 Barometer at 5 p.m.: 29.89 DEW-POINT FORECAST 8 a.m.: 22 Noon: 23 3 p.m.: 25 RECORD HIGH 98 in 2001 RECORD LOW 39 in 1918 NORMAL RANGE 84 60 ARIZONA Fire restrictions: Call 877-864-6985 orvisit www.azfireinfo.com YOUR WEATHER Friday Today Sunday Friday Today Sunday Grand Page: 60 40 Canyon Village: Phantom Ranch: Nelson: 62" 20" o80o42o 71" 29" Window Bullhead Rock: 0 City: Williams: Flagstaff: 59 20 82" 58" 64" 30" 61 23 Winslow: 0 0 Ofifi28 Lake Kingman: oSedona: 7f43.

Havasu rayson: caydi. oPrescott: 70 34 69 37 63 25 Show Low: City: 85 56 Parker: 87 49 63 33 Hi Lo Pre Hi Lo Sky Hi Lo Sky Hi Lo Pre Hi Lo Sky Hi Lo Sky Alpine 58 24 61 24 64 26 Page 54 36 60 40 68 43 Benson missing 79 48 79 47 Payson 68 42 69 37 73 39 Bisbee 76 43 72 41 75 44 Phoenix 83 57 88 62 89 63 Buckeye 82 55 87 53 88 55 Pinetop missing 63 27 66 33 Bullhead City 78 60 82 58 86 56 Prescott 65 36 70 34 74 36 CnyndeChy 57 27 62 30 68 35 Safford 78 41 74 44 79 45 Carefree missing 85 55 87 55 St. Johns 58 24 66 29 71 33 Casa Grande 81 46 86 48 87 52 Sedona 64 45 75 43 78 44 Coolidge 83 53 87 47 87 50 Show Low 55 26 63 33 68 35 Cottonwood 74 39 75 41 81 42 Sierra Vista missing 74 48 80 48 Douglas 78 39 76 40 79 44 Springerville missing 63 25 67 28 Flagstaff 48 28 61 23 64 25 Tucson 83 44 83 55 86 54 Gila Bend missing 89 54 90 55 Wickenburg 80 51 85 48 86 49 Globe missing 76 44 81 46 Willcox 73 33 73 41 77 41 Grand Canyon missing 62 20 65 20 Williams missing 64 30 67 31 Greer missing 59 22 62 26 Winslow 58 26 66 28 71 31 Heber 83 29 62 29 67 31 Youngtown 83 54 87 54 87 56 Holbrook 58 24 66 30 70 34 Yuma 81 67 86 61 89 62 Kingman 67 38 77 40 80 40 LkHvsuCity missing 85 56 88 55 Hot spot Friday Cold spot Friday Nogales 84 41 80 46 82 45 U.S.: 93 at Imperial Beach, Calif. U.S.: -17 at Northway, Alaska Organ Pipe missing 86 55 88 55 Arizona: 85 at Picacho Peak Arizona: 16 at Bellemont Wickenburg: 85 48 Globe: 76 44 oPhoenix: 88 62 Gila Bend: 89 54 Casa Grande: 86 48 Barbara Richards snapped this picture of a golden autumn sunrise peeking through the clouds while walking with her dog recently in Phoenix. Send your weather pictures to weather pixarizonarepublic.com.

Find slide shows of reader pictures at weather Yuma: 86 61 Ajo: 86 57 Tucson: 83 55 Safford: 074 44 Willcox: C73 41 Douglas: 76 40 Benson: 79 48 Sierra Vista: 074 48 Nogales: 80 46 Kl ATfK KEY: s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, r-rain, f-fog, sh-showers, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, w-windy, th-thunderstorms, i-ice, t-trace, nr-no report, cl-clear, c-cloudy. -10s -Os Os 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 1 00s 1 1 0s TEMPERATURES AND WEATHER FRONTS Friday Today Sunday Friday Today Sunday Friday Today Sunday Weather Central, LP 2012 Hi Lo Pep Hi LoSky Hi LoSky Hi Lo Pep Hi LoSky Hi Lo Sky Hi Lo Pep Hi LoSky Hi Lo Sky Albany, NY 63 56 68 51 58 47 El Paso 62 47 62 42 70 46 Omaha 44 28 48 32 pc 53 34 pc Albuquerque 55 36 61 38 68 43 Eugene 62 46 58 46 sh 60 49 sh Orlando 85 70 .15 78 61 pc 80 57 Amarillo 49 29 56 28 60 34 Evansville 53 43 .60 56 33 53 33 pc Palm Springs 82 66 89 62 95 60 Anchorage 31 15 35 23 37 22 Fairbanks 17 10 21 0 21 6 pc Philadelphia 68 60 69 53 62 49 Atlanta 80 62 69 48 63 40 pc Fargo 42 34 37 27 40 28 pc Pittsburgh 76 55 52 42 sh 47 36 sh Atlantic City 72 54 69 55 66 52 Fort Wayne 58 44 .02 51 33 pc 50 33 pc Portland, ME 62 41 62 46 pc 57 47 Austin 63 52 .01 64 38 65 38 FortWorth 55 45 60 36 64 38 Portland, OR 58 46 .04 55 49 58 54 sh Baltimore 70 61 68 53 58 46 sh Fresno 72 49 79 52 83 53 Providence 65 44 67 51 61 52 Baton Rouge 84 60 67 38 66 37 Grand Jnction 47 24 55 33 61 37 pc Raleigh, NC 72 57 68 54 62 44 Billings 40 23 41 27 50 34 pc Grand Rapids 51 41 .16 48 33 47 32 pc Rapid City 39 16 40 26 sn 45 35 Birmingham 82 59 62 42 pc 59 40 Great Falls 41 18 38 29 sn 52 36 Reno 63 29 67 38 pc 72 40 pc Bismarck 36 30 35 23 41 28 Green Bay 47 34 43 27 43 30 pc Richmond 72 63 .09 69 56 60 50 Boise 50 32 56 39 pc 60 42 pc Greensboro 65 54 67 51 63 41 Roanoke 67 52 66 48 58 38 sh Boston 66 47 65 50 59 53 Hartford 67 52 69 50 59 48 sh Rochester, NY 77 55 53 41 sh 48 40 sh Brownsville 91 71 72 56 pc 75 58 pc Helena 36 19 40 29 sn 50 35 sn Sacramento 74 47 79 51 80 52 Buffalo 72 50 50 39 sh 46 38 sh Honolulu 86 73 85 72 85 72 St. Louis 51 39 53 35 52 31 pc Burlington, VT 61 55 67 52 59 48 Houston 73 54 .05 67 44 70 46 Salt Lake City 48 29 52 36 pc 59 42 pc Caribou, ME 61 29 54 42 pc 52 48 Indianapolis 50 44 .24 51 34 pc 50 33 pc San Antonio 66 48 1.38 63 42 pc 66 43 Casper, WY 37 19 40 26 pc 48 34 pc Jackson, MS 71 53 61 38 62 41 San Diego 83 57 80 62 80 59 Charleston, SC 80 66 72 57 72 50 pc Jacksonville 77 70 76 57 pc 77 49 San Francisco 71 50 72 54 pc 72 54 Charleston, WV 81 54 58 43 sh 50 38 sh Juneau 37 17 34 20 34 21 pc San Jose 71 43 77 51 79 51 Charlotte 77 55 70 51 65 42 pc Kansas City 47 30 52 36 pc 55 35 pc Santa Fe 49 23 55 28 61 38 Chattanooga 81 55 60 43 59 39 pc Knoxville 80 53 59 43 sh 55 37 pc St. Ste. Marie 48 39 .07 44 28 pc 44 32 pc Cheyenne 27 10 .10 42 24 pc 48 31 pc LasVegas 68 52 76 55 79 54 Savannah 78 66 74 57 pc 75 51 pc Chicago 51 37 .12 49 38 48 38 pc Little Rock 52 46 .86 60 36 60 36 Seattle 50 45 .03 54 50 59 51 sh Cincinnati 60 47 .24 53 37 pc 52 34 pc Los Angeles 86 58 89 61 86 60 Shreveport 62 50 1.80 62 36 64 39 Cleveland 67 48 .37 51 40 sh 50 38 sh Louisville 70 46 .60 55 39 pc 52 34 pc Sioux City 40 30 48 32 48 34 pc Colo Springs 39 25 48 28 pc 52 32 pc Lubbock 55 33 55 33 62 37 Sioux Falls 37 33 44 30 sn 46 32 Columbia, SC 79 56 75 54 71 44 pc Memphis 59 44 .39 57 38 56 39 Spokane 37 30 .07 44 39 sh 52 42 sh Columbus, GA 84 63 74 47 66 41 Miami Beach 81 71 .14 84 71 pc 83 65 Springfield, IL 50 37 .27 51 32 pc 52 30 pc Columbus, OH 64 48 .17 51 39 sh 50 34 pc Midland 57 40 59 38 66 42 Syracuse 74 54 61 47 52 45 sh Concord, NH 66 40 67 45 57 45 Milwaukee 49 36 46 37 45 35 pc Tallahassee 87 65 77 52 74 46 Corpus Christi 78 57 67 48 pc 72 48 pc Mpls-St.

Paul 39 33 43 33 pc 44 29 pc Tampa 87 72 82 65 80 60 pc Dallas 57 48 61 37 65 41 Mobile 86 60 70 44 pc 67 41 Topeka 48 32 51 29 pc 55 33 pc Dayton 66 45 .84 52 36 sh 52 32 pc Nashville 61 48 57 40 pc 56 36 Tulsa 51 39 57 28 61 33 Denver 37 25 51 29 pc 54 31 pc New Orleans 84 62 67 48 66 48 Walla Walla 50 38 .08 53 43 sh 64 47 Des Moines 45 33 47 31 pc 50 31 pc New York City 65 57 69 55 63 53 sh Washington 71 63 68 53 58 47 sh Detroit 69 46 .03 50 36 pc 48 37 pc Norfolk, VA 71 64 70 59 65 54 Wichita 49 35 53 30 58 36 pc Duluth 38 31 36 25 pc 39 27 pc North Platte 36 26 49 24 pc 52 31 pc Wichita Falls 54 39 60 32 64 38 Durango 50 1 7 57 23 62 26 Oklahoma City 52 36 56 31 62 34 Wilkes-Barre 62 57 65 49 56 45 sh High Low Cold front Stationary front Warm front 6-10 DAY NATIONAL FORECAST TEMPERATURES Above normal Below normal PRECIPITATION Above normal Below normal WORLD Data for world cities are forecast conditions for today. City Hi LoSky City Hi LoSky City Hi LoSky CANADA MEXICO Johannsbrg 76 50 sh Moscow 35 29 pc San Juan 89 79 th u. c. H. Kabul 69 45 Nairobi 82 64 th Santiago 70 56 Clty Sky Hl Lo sk hi Lobky Kjev 46 46 Nassau Seou 62 43 sh Calgary 26 20 pc Acapulco 86 75 th 41 28 pc Kingston 89 76 th New Delhi 87 67 Shanghai 77 63 sh Edmonton 23 20 CaboSnLucs 87 70 43 29 sh La Paz 60 36 sh Osaka 70 62 sh Singapore 87 79 th Halifax 57 44 pc Cancun 85 72 th 85 79 sh Lima 73 63 pc Oslo 36 27 Stockholm 35 27 Montreal 59 52 Chihuahua 60 39 80 69 pc Lisbon 66 55 pc Paris 49 35 pc Sydney 69 60 pc Ottawa 52 46 sh Guadalajara 84 56 pc 30 22 sn London 49 32 Perth 90 57 Taipei 86 72 pc Regina 28 16 pc Hermosillo 89 67 89 76 th Madrid 61 36 sh Prague 34 29 sn Tel Aviv 77 63 pc St.

John's 53 45 sh Mazatlan 85 75 pc 82 72 th Manila 89 76 pc Reykjavik 48 38 sh Tokyo 70 55 sh Thunder Bay 36 27 Mexico City 72 47 71 66 Mecca 96 75 Rio de Jan. 91 76 pc Vienna 37 28 sn Toronto 50 42 sh Monterrey 63 51 88 76 th Melbourne 60 45 pc Riyadh 91 69 Warsaw 35 30 sn Vancouver 51 46 Puerto Vallrta 86 73 th 72 58 pc Milan 58 45 sh Rome 72 62 sh Zurich 37 26 sn Winnipeg 34 23 Rocky Point 80 74 City Hi LoSky City Hi LoSky City Amsterdam 49 42 pc Bogota 74 50 sh Frankfurt Athens 76 70 sh Brussels 48 33 pc Geneva Auckland 69 53 Budapest 55 41 sh Guam Baghdad 86 70 sh Buenos Aires 78 55 pc Havana Bangkok 93 76 th Cairo 82 67 Helsinki Barcelona 71 52 sh Caracas 90 76 th HoChiMinh Beijing 68 28 Casablanca 74 63 pc Hong Kong Beirut 75 64 Copenhagen 45 33 pc Istanbul Berlin 43 29 pc Dublin 44 38 pc Jakarta Bermuda 75 72 pc Edinburgh 43 34 pc Jerusalem Linkin Park vocalist to raise funds for Mesa kids hospital what they do and enthusiastic." Proceeds from this year's event will benefit Cardon's Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery Program, which provides care for children born with congenital heart defects or who develop heart conditions early in life. According to the hospital, approximately eight of every 1,000 newborns have congenital heart defects, which can range from mild to severe. "For me," Bennington said, "the best part of doing these benefits is when you're at the event and you see all these people really excited about contributing and then watching the hospital grow. This place didn't even exist four years ago.

And now it's the epicenter of care for all these children." Stars of the Season, which also features dinner and an auction, starts at 6 p.m. today at the Montelucia Resort Spa, 4949 E. Lincoln Drive, Scottsdale. Tickets start at $250. family's Boston terrier, who also volunteers at Cardon as a therapy dog.

Bruiser couldn't make the meet-and-greet, but Talinda was there, as was the host of this year's benefit, Los Angeles radio personality Ted Stryker. It was Talinda, a Stars of the Season advisory-council member, who initiated the family's involvement in the hospital. "She got involved before the hospital was even built," Bennington said. "She initially wanted to do the dog-therapy program. So we got one of our dogs involved.

But my wife is very charismatic and outgoing, so immediately, she was on the board. And she helped organize the entertainment for the benefit. of course, support her in all the things she loves to do, and she's a really giving person." Two years ago, Bennington shared the benefit's spotlight with Art Alexakis of Everclear. Last year, his other musical pro- By Ed Masley The Republic azcentral.com Chester Bennington of the music group Linkin Park met with patients at Cardon Children's Medical Center in Mesa on Friday, a day before the annual Stars of the Season fundraiser, which the multiplatinum rocker will headline for the third straight year. Bennington is good with kids, getting the patients, who range in age from 12 to 17, to talk about video games, social media, sports and other interests.

He set the tone for his visit by going around the table asking them how old they were, then saying, "I wish I was any of those ages." Whether sitting with children or rocking the mic at the benefit, donating time at the hospital is a family affair for the Phoenix-born rocker, who lives in Gilbert with his wife, Talinda, their children and Bruiser, the Sun! Metro Linkin Park's Chester Bennington talks to Angelique Villegas on a visit to Cardon Children's Medical Center in Mesa, patshannahanthe republic ject, Dead by Sunrise, performed. For this year's event, he assembled an all-star band with the Cult's Billy Morrison, Billy Idol guitarist Steve Stevens, Elias Andra of Dead by Sunrise and Robbie Merrill of Godsmack. "I wanted to do something really fun," Bennington said. "And I wanted to bring a bunch of guys who are really good at.