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23.15 Some chat on The Twitter that Coquelin may actually be about to sign a contract extension at Arsenal. Quite a month for him.

And quite a day for me, hauling this blog through the final eight hours during which Arsenal steadfastly refused to do any business at all. You've been great, I've been exasperated, and, for now at least, we're done. Until next time...

Please all head over to our main Transfer Deadline Day blog being run by Thom Gibbs until 01.00. God speed to him.

23.07 Adebayor going nowhere. Not QPR, not West Ham. Nowhere. Staying with Spurs. It was all a trap, get out, get out quick.

23.06 Now just 209 days, 23 hours, 54 minutes and 38 seconds until the summer transfer window closes.

23.01 Paul Merson removes his microphone and heads for his taxi. Devastated to learn he's contracted for another half hour, taking us past closing time of course.

23.00 News.

22.59 Ha ha ha.

22.57 Three minutes to go. Adebayor still flapping around on the North Circular.

22.55 I'm going to get up and sing Danke Shoen at 23.00 but first let's reflect, for a final time, on a successful January for Arsenal.

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For a while, Spurs meant Harry, and there are races as yet undiscovered on Pluto who have a word for talking through the car window on transfer deadline day in the manner of Harry Redknapp (below). Or bare bones, in their dialect.

Probably Spurss greatest moment of squeaky bum transfer business was in summer 2010 when Harry managed to land Rafael van der Vaart for the absolutely bargain basement sum of 8 million, a paltry sum for a triffic player such as the Dutch master.

Tottenham have also come with a late run for the likes of Roman Pavlyuchenko, who cost 10 million and was intended as a replacement for Dimitar Berbatov. Not to get too technical, but he wasnt a replacement for Dimitar Berbatov. He was more of a latter-day replacement for Sergei Rebrov, and nobody wanted that.

For some reason, a lot of Tottenhams last-minute dealings seem to have involved players leaving rather than coming. Jermain Defoe (below) scurried out of White Hart Lane to Pompey where he set the South Coast alight with a 17 goals in 36 appearances, form so impressive that he was lured back to Tottenham the following January.

Steven Pienaar is another one who has seen things look up away from the Lane, while Danny Murphy enjoyed something of a new lease of life when he left Tottenham in summer 2007 to Fulham. He will always have a place in the hearts of those down at Craven Cottage after a header on the final day of the season versus Pompey kept the Cottagers up.

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There are lots of things to like about Nest, the smart thermostat that learns your habits and regulates your homes temperature based on your schedule. Its easy to use and install, looks attractive, and lowers your heating and cooling bill. At least, that last part was what the Google-owned company always promised. Now it says it has the data to back up the claim.

In a new white paper, Nest said that based on data it gathered from homeowners from before and after they installed the smart thermostat, the savings averaged out to 10 to 12 percent for heating bills and 15 percent for cooling bills. The company estimates customers saved an average of $131 to $145 a year. The device costs $249, so it would pay for itself in about two years, the company says.

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The data came from 735 homes in 36 states for gas usage and 624 homes in 39 states for electric. Only customers who had enrolled in Nests MyEnergy service, which lets users track and compare their utility bills, were included in the study. (Back when Google first acquired the thermostat maker, Nests CEO had to reassure customersthat both companies would be transparent about how they used users data.) A control group of non-Nest, MyEnergy customers ensured that energy savings werent due to lower energy costs or unseasonably warm weather, for example.

Nest says its internal study is backed up by two independent ones, one from theEnergy Trust of Oregon, which found Nest users had 12-percent reductions in electric heating bills, and the other from Indiana utility company Vectren.

While we always knew that the Nest Learning Thermostat helps people save energy, we now have independent, third-party evidence of how much it can save, says Ben Bixby, Nests general manager of energy services.

Still, the company admits there are lots of factors that will determine how much the device can actually save you. If you live in a temperate climate and already program your thermostat, you probably wont see the same reduction in your utility bill as someone who leaves the heat blasting all day and night because theyre snowed in from a Noreaster.

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TERRELL (CBSDFW.COM) - In Terrell, the busted heat at the Virginia Anne apartments has become something of a broken record.

Oh, its incredibly frustrating, says Desiree Hollis, when they tell you things are changing, and nothing changes.

For nearly a month now weve been chronicling residents efforts to stay warm as one break after another crippled the aging system. As soon as one break is repaired in the underground boiler pipes, another springs up somewhere else. Bottom line, says Hollis, We still have no heat. Its crazy.

One tenant, who did not want her name used, says the heat in her unit hasnt worked all winter. And shes now resorting to risky measures to stay warm.

I pull the mattress in the living room and we all, my husband and two kids sleep on the mattress with the oven down and a heater in the front. With one and 3 year old sons, she admits that heating the apartment with an open oven is a dangerous move. But, told CBS 11 What else can I do?

A spokesperson for the apartment management company says they, too, are frustrated with the seemingly endless series of temporary repairs and are moving forward with plans to install a new heating and cooling system. However, the upgrades will likely take months to complete. A spokesperson told me that they are offering heaters to tenants that request them, and a break on the rent.

Terrell City officials echo that frustration and say they are monitoring the situation closely and will impose fines for every day that the complex is without heat.

Last month, a CBS 11 viewer stepped in to help the Hollis familydropping off blankets and heaters. The family has since paid that generosity forwardsharing a heater with another family. But, they hope their next step forward will take them to a better place to live.

We are looking, says Hollis. We are actively looking. We are tired.

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Climate Change in Minnesota: An MPR News special report

A farmer in western Minnesota recently installed a new heating and cooling system to keep nearly a thousand sows eating and gaining weight during summers that have grown warmer.

The Minneapolis Health Department established a comprehensive heat-warning system that kicks in during heat waves to protect the vulnerable.

Leaders on the Fond du Lac Indian reservation near Duluth bought a seamless gutter machine after flooding in 2012 with the aim of directing water away from houses during increasingly heavy rains.

Minnesotans have taken a variety of steps that deal with climate change. But, as in each of these instances, those steps often deal less with reducing carbon emissions than with adapting to change that already has arrived in Minnesota.

That's new.

While the argument rages globally over how to reduce the pollution that has generated climate change, individuals and communities have quietly begun embarking upon the practical business of dealing with it, whether or not they call it climate change.

Minnesota is warming faster than the nation as a whole, according to a recent analysis by the non-profit Climate Central. And the character of the rain it receives has changed - more precipitation falls overall and more of it falls in big storms.

Minnesota lawmakers took note as early as 2007, when they passed the Next Generation Energy Act to set renewable energy and conservation goals. It and many other local efforts around climate change have focused on so-called "mitigation" the reduction of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere.

Cities and counties across the state have mounted solar panels on public buildings and replaced old, inefficient boilers and lighting systems with new ones. Schools and homeowners have installed efficient doors and windows and sent tons of would-be trash to recycling bins.

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