The most-cited official unemployment measures erase this kind of unemployment from the statistics using " seasonal adjustment " techniques.

Estimates such as averages are often subjected to seasonal adjustment to remove weekly or seasonal-periodicity elements, for example, holiday-period sales and seasonal unemployment.

The unemployment rates are annual averages without seasonal adjustment.

The most-cited official unemployment measures erase this kind of unemployment from the statistics using " seasonal adjustment " techniques.

X-12-ARIMA is the U. S. Census Bureau's software package for seasonal adjustment.

This takes its name from the seasonal ' bourne ' or stream that runs through local valleys following unusually wet winters in the district and by tradition foretells national or local disaster.

Jacksonville is home to the Britt Festival, a seasonal music festival that takes place at an open-air amphitheater.

This averaging takes into account the absence of sunlight during the night, increased scatter in the morning and evening hours, average effects of cloud cover and smog, as well as seasonal variations of the mid-day solar elevation.

It describes how the continent changes throughout the seasons, as it effectively doubles in size in winter when the surrounding sea freezes over, " the greatest seasonal change that takes place on this planet.

However, like any efficient forager, the swift fox takes advantage of seasonal foods.

This seasonal festival takes place from March 17 to 26, annually and it is one of the most traditionalist festivities.

He takes the tradition to an extreme by deciding to undertake a multi-year trip, not a seasonal long journey as is typical.

The Breviary itself is divided into four seasonal parts — winter, spring, summer, autumn — and comprises under each part:

The flow of water into the Tonle Sap is seasonal.

Agriculture throughout the region has been supplemented by nomadic pastoralism, where tent-dwelling nomads herded sheep and goats ( and later camels ) from the river pastures in the dry summer months, out into seasonal grazing lands on the desert fringe in the wet winter season.

This climate is influenced by the monsoons originating from the South Atlantic ocean, which is brought into the country by the ( maritime tropical ) MT airmass, a warm moist sea to land seasonal wind. Its warmth and high humidity gives it a strong tendency to ascend and produce copious rainfall, which is a result of the condensation of water vapour in the rapidly rising air.

Because of the seasonal overflow of the numerous westward-flowing streams, the lowland areas of the Paraneña region also experience poor drainage conditions, particularly in the Ñeembucú Plain in the southwest, where an almost impervious clay subsurface prevents the absorption of excess surface water into the aquifer.

The Egyptians subdivided daytime and nighttime into twelve hours each since at least 2000 BC, hence the seasonal variation of their hours.

A seasonal river, Rudkhaneye Khoshk, flows through the northern part of the city and on into Maharloo Lake.

Surrounded by seasonal plantings and gardens, the fountain periodically shoots water high into the air.

The IAAF World Race Walking Challenge forms the primary seasonal competition – athletes earn points for their performances at ten selected racewalking competitions and the highest scoring walkers are entered into that year's IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final.

As Neptune orbits the Sun, Triton's polar regions take turns facing the Sun, resulting in seasonal changes as one pole, then the other, moves into the sunlight.

Given a day mandated for seasonal rejoicing ( Shemini Atzeret ) with no specific obligations as to the focus of the rejoicing ( such as sukkah, lulav or etrog ), it is not surprising that the celebration of the conclusion of the annual reading was absorbed into the celebration of Shemini Atzeret.

The earliest settlements were seasonal, but, by the Bronze Age, had developed into large urban centres.

As prosperous urbanites purchase village houses for their second homes, Russian villages sometimes are transformed into dacha settlements, used mostly for seasonal residence.

At the time of the founding of Salt Lake City the valley was within the territory of the Northwestern Shoshone ; however, occupation was seasonal, near streams emptying from Canyons into the Salt Lake Valley.

However, many commodities markets are frequently in backwardation, especially when the seasonal aspect is taken into consideration, e. g., perishable and / or soft commodities.

Tolkien has managed to incorporate into the imagery elements of plot ( the horn that was blowing ), his consistent thematic imagery of West and shadow and imagery of the constant seasonal and linear flow of irretrievable time that gives The Lord of the Rings an authentically Anglo-Saxon note.

Near the Paraguayan border, shallow sandy streams carry the seasonal runoff into the Pilcomayo or Paraguay rivers.

It was difficult for the Naskapis to integrate commercial trapping, especially of marten in Winter, into their seasonal round of subsistence activities, for the simple reason that the distribution of marten was in large measure different from the distribution of essential sources of food at that season.

The main walk here is the Witches Falls Circuit ( 3 km ) which snakes down a steep slope through closed in forest into rainforest with cycad groves, seasonal lagoons, enormous strangler figs and palm groves, en route to the falls.

Around 500 AD the Athabascan speaking Gwich ’ in people ( often called Neets ' aii Gwich ' in or “ those who dwell to the north ”) came into the area with seasonal hunting and fishing camps.

New River is named after the seasonal wash of the same name, part of the Agua Fria River system which drains into the Salt River.

The seasonal car-and-truck-ferry service operated by the Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority docks outside the harbor, at a long pier projecting into Nantucket Sound, as does the fast ferry that provides seasonal service to New Bedford.

First, he argues that John's account of Jesus ' ministry is always consistent, in that seasonal references always follow in the correct sequence, geographical distances are always consistent with indications of journey times, and references to external events always cohere with the internal chronology of Jesus ' ministry.

This service is seasonal and only operates between the months of May and December on account of heavy sea ice and the lack of icebreaking ferries.

Southwest farmers developed irrigation techniques appropriate to seasonal rainfall, including soil and water control features such as check dams and terraces.

In the 1997 federal election, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Liberals endured a bitter defeat to the PCs and NDP in many ridings as a result of unpopular cuts to unemployment benefits for seasonal workers, as well as closures of several Canadian Forces Bases, the refusal to honour a promise to rescind the Goods and Services Tax, cutbacks to provincial equalization payments, health care, post-secondary education and regional transportation infrastructure such as airports, fishing harbours, seaports, and railways.

Clippers were built for seasonal trades such as tea, where an early cargo was more valuable, or for passenger routes.

ECMWF's monthly and seasonal forecasts provide early predictions of events such as heat waves, cold spells and droughts, as well as their impacts on sectors such as agriculture, energy and health.

* A kigo ( seasonal reference ), usually drawn from a saijiki, an extensive but defined list of such words.

Christian hymns are often written with special or seasonal themes and these are used on holy days such as Christmas, Easter and the Feast of All Saints, or during particular seasons such as Advent and Lent.

The generally humid, temperate climate exhibits marked seasonal variation such as the blooming of the spring cherry blossoms, the calls of the summer cicada and fall foliage colors that are celebrated in art and literature

Some paycard locations, such as the lay-bys in Victoria Avenue, and car parks in St Brelade's Bay are seasonal.

Some of the areas within the Kalahari are seasonal wetlands, such as the Makgadikgadi Pans of Botswana.

These cities have large seasonal populations that arrive from the nearby urban areas such as Chicago, Milwaukee, Grand Rapids and Detroit, as well as from Southern states, such as Florida and Texas.

In keeping with the time-oriented surprises of the Saturn original, the remake features Nights, Elliot and Claris wearing special seasonal clothing during certain holidays, such as party costumes during Halloween in Mystic Forest or swim-wear during two special days in summer in Splash Garden.

Since the destruction of the Second Temple, and ( therefore ) the cessation of the daily and seasonal temple ceremonies and sacrifices, Kohanim in traditional Judaism ( Orthodox Judaism and to some extent, Conservative Judaism ) continue to perform a number of priestly ceremonies and roles such as the Pidyon HaBen ( redemption of a first-born son ) ceremony and the Priestly Blessing, and have remained subject, particularly in Orthodox Judaism, to a number of restrictions, such as restrictions on certain marriages and ritual purity ( see Kohanic disqualifications ).

Alternatively, in coastal towns cheap fish such as sardines ( sardalya ) or hamsi ( anchovies ) are widely available, as well as many others with seasonal availability.

The word " year " is also used of periods loosely associated but not strictly identical with either the astronomical or the calendar year, such as the seasonal year, the fiscal year or the academic year, etc.

A seasonal year is the time between successive recurrences of a seasonal event such as the flooding of a river, the migration of a species of bird, the flowering of a species of plant, the first frost, or the first scheduled game of a certain sport.

These are used for dating in a manner similar to dendrochronology, and such techniques are used in combination with dendrochronology, to plug gaps and to extend the range of the seasonal data available to archaeologists and paleoclimatologists.

Many nations also have large numbers of guest workers who are brought in to do seasonal work such as harvesting or to do low-paid manual labor.

; Fairs: The Annual Summer Fair and other seasonal fairs such as May Day were often bawdy affairs.