Update: I apologise for spamming all the nice people on Planet Debian with this unrelated post in foreign language it got mis-tagged and (although I tried classifying it correctly and removing it from the separate Debian-only RSS feed going to the Debian Planet) Planet software just keeps it around until admins get a spare moment to remove it manually. The basic idea of the post is that there is a e-government service by the Latvian government that provides any citizen a way to check what their pension would be, but it is kinda useless, because it calculates what you pension would be if you decided to retire right now. So in the post below I provide a few simple steps on how to estimate what the real pension could be (in todays currency values) if a person kept paying into the system at the same rate until the normal retirement age. Latvija.lv ir r ks savas n kotnes pensijas prognoz anai, ta u tas ir, maigi izsakoties, bezj dz gs tiem, kas nepl no iet pensij tuv k gada laik . tri apskatoties atteic gos likumus un noteikumus es nonacu pie lietder g kas metodes. Vispirms m s varam dro i ignor t pensiju indeks ciju un visas ar to saist t s pensiju kapit la p rr in anas vai iemaksu palielin anos ir skaidrs, ka gadiem ejot uz priek u b s kaut k ds infl cijas procents, kura d palielin sies algas, palielin sies iemaksas pensiju kapit l un tiks p rr in tas vis das izmaksas, ta u t pati infl cija tie i ietekm s ar to cik v rt gs b s katrs gala pensijas lats taj br d , kad pensija tiks sa emta, l dz ar to infl cijas efekts tiek neitraliz ts, ja m s v rt jam gala ciparu br a cenu kontekst t.i. ja gal san ks, ka pensija b s 400Ls, tad to vai tas ir daudz vai maz j dom br a cen s, nevis m inot izdom t k das b cenas p c 30 gadiem. To visu emot v r pensijas apr ins stipri vienk r ojas:

1. Pa emam atskaiti no t Latvija.lv pakalpojuma. Tas mums dos uz o br di uzkr to pensijas kapit lu (U) un aptuvenu ciparu par to k ds ir kapit la ikgad jais piaugums (P)
2. Apr inam cik v l gadi ir paliku i l dz pension an s vecumam (t) t.i. l dz 62 gadiem. Es pat r in tos ar to, ka ap to laiku m r a vecums jau b s 65.
3. Sar inam to cik b s aptuvenais pensijas kapit ls pension anas vecuma, ja m s turpinam iemaksas k tagad K = U + ( P * t )
4. Apr inam k da san k ikm ne a pensija no da pensijas kapit la Pensija = K / G / 12, kur G ir emts no pension an s vecumam atbilsto s rindi as MK noteikumos, piem ram 62 gadiem tas ir 18.43

Piez me: G ir statisti u apr in ta prognoze par to cik vid ji gadus Latvijas iedz vot ji nodz vo ja vi i ir sasniegu i attiec go pension an s vecumu, t.i. t ir prognoze par to cik gadus vid ji jums b s tas prieks baud t pensiju. Ja rezult ts san k par k mazs, tad j em v r , ka summa neiek auj dividendes no 2 un 3 pensijas l me a, kas p ris gadu desmitu laik var b t t ri iespaid gs. Da as prognozes ir t das, ka 2ais un 3ais pensijas l menis kop var tu dod v l aptuveni t du pa u pensiju kl t k 1ais l menis. Ta u tas ir stipri atkar gs no fondu tirgus ilglaic gas dinamikas. Man to visu apr inot san k ap 400 Ls pensijas prognoze. Ja piepild s paredz jumi par 2o un 3o pensijas l meni, tad, ja es iedom jos sevi tagad k pension ru ar 600-800 Ls pensiju zin nav ne vainas.

Italian weather agencies Most Italian regions have agencies providing good regional weather forecast. However, I could not find a useful national index of all their weather forecast pages. So I made one, tweaking an image map found on wikipedia. I only filled in those regions that I was checking to organise a specific trip. With time, if I'll keep using this map I'll add more regions. Of course, if you now of a weather forecast page of a regional, public funded agency that is missing here, send me an e-mail.

(This blog post is in Latvian and is about a public discussion that the capital of Latvia, Riga is having about where to put new bicycle racks in the center of the city. In the post I point to an article describing where to send in suggestions, point out a few possible locations for such racks and suggest installing racks with build-in locks that would require inserting a refundable coin to remove the key locking a bike in place) R gas dome v c ierosin jumus par jaunu velost vvietu novietojumu R gas centr . Es tur nos t ju sekojo us ieteikumus, parosieties ar j s. Vislab k velovietnes b tu izvietot t d viet , kas b tu p rredzama no ce iem, pa kuriem iet daudz cilv ku un ar kur b tu novietotas dro bas nov ro anas kameras, lai minimiz tu z dz bu risku. Viena vietne var tu atrasties Str lnieku laukum vai t tuvum , jo tur ir viegla piek uve no Krasta ielas. Vieta starp RTU ku Ka u 1 un
Krasta ielu var tu b t oti piem rota. Tas ar ierosin s studentus lietot velotransportu pa ce am uz lekcij m Ka u iel . Alberta laukuma var tu atrasties vieta velosip du novieto anai - vieta ir viegli pieejama no Stacijas puses un ir tuvu vair k m viesn c m. Ja ir pl ni izveidot Pay&Ride autom tisko velosip du nomu, tad is var tu b t par vienu no vislab kajiem punktiem dai iecerei. Pils laukums ir viegli sasniedzams no P rdaugavas pa Van u tiltu. Ja tur izveidotu velost vvietu, tad tas iev rojami atvieglotu iesp ju atbraukt ar velosip du pa J rmalas veloceli u p ri Van u tiltam, nogriezties pa labi un uzreiz dro i noparkoties. T pat l dzu apv rt ideju pielietot velovietnes ar ieb v tu atsl gu, lai neb tu nepiecie ams vest l dzi savu sl dzeni. Katrai vietai var tu b t sava sl dzene (bieza un pietieko i gara cietmet la trose) un atsl ga. Atsl gu var tu iz emt no sl dzenes tikai tad, kad sl dzene ir aiztais ta un sl dzenes meh nism ir ielikta 1 Ls mon ta. Atsl dzot sl dzeni ar atsl gu mon ta tiktu atdota atpaka . Tas nodro in s pret vand lismu, kad vienk r i vis m sl dzen m tiktu iz emtas atsl gas un aizmestas prom. Ta u jebkur gad jum j b t vieglam veidam k aizvietot nozaud t s atsl gas gan gad jumos kad velosip da pa nieks to pieprasa (tas var aiz emt vair kas dienas un pras t 5-10 Ls un iesnieguma uzrakst anu) vai ar kad velosip ds ir pamests piesl gt st vokl . Jaunas atsl gas izgatavo anai nevajadz tu pras t vair k k 1 Ls no pils tas bud eta, tad tas 1 Ls sl dzen os izdevumus atmaks s.