The number of degree days applied to any particular day of the week is determined by calculating the mean temperature for the day and then comparing the mean temperature to a base value of 65 degrees F. (The mean temperature is calculated by adding together the high for the day and the low for the day, and then dividing the result by 2.)
Carrie E. Garrow is a member of the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe. She is a visiting assistant professor at Syracuse University College of Law and the Chief Appellate Judge for the St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Court. She also is a judicial consultant and currently works for Tribal Law and Policy Institute.
Miss Gard, whose real name is Sigrun, is a valkyrie who works as a security consultant of the supernatural. She first appears in Death Masks. Gard is described as being about six feet tall, athletic, feminine, blonde, with a stark face and ice cold blue eyes.